Dianne Channing
A refugee from Laguna Beach, Dianne Channing says she knows firsthand how a quick burst of intense real estate development can spoil a charmed coastal community forever.
Year: 2009
Public Humiliation
In Murphy v. Florida, Thurgood Marshall wrote: “If the general atmosphere in the community or courtroom is sufficiently inflammatory, the community can be so influenced against the defendant as to impeach the indifference of jurors who displayed no animus (prejudice) of their own.”
Health 10-22
The Santa Barbara Public Health Department announced on 10/20 that a four-year-old boy died over the weekend as a result of H1N1 flu, marking the second swine flu-related death in the county.
Obama’s Nobel
When the Nobel Committee announced the awarding of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama they indicated that they “attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.”
volume 23, number 197, October 22-29, 2009
Cash and Confrontation Reign in City of S.B.’s First Mail-In-Only Election
One in Eight Women
One in eight women
Avoid Ventura
Ventura has cameras set up in every intersection at the Esplanade and Target shopping areas.
Nick Tonkin
Intern Nick Tonkin likes pirates.
County 10-22
Harrington West Financial Group, the parent company of Solvang-based Los Padres Bank, announced on 10/16 that it consented to a cease-and-desist order issued by the federal Office of Thrift Supervision.
Cathie McCammon
Unlike the two other council candidates backed by Van Wolfswinkel’s slate, Cathie McCammon has been a card-carrying and active Democrat all her life.
