Santa Barbara County Supervisors Vote to Support Prop. 15
Santa Barbara County supervisors took the public temperature for an initiative to increase to market-rate the tax for large business properties and voted to support it.
Year: 2020
A Note to Colleges: Going Test-Optional Isn’t Good Enough
How to get financial aid for merit when students can’t sit for the SATs because of COVID.
Santa Barbara County Fire Reveals Cause of Lito Fire Near Lompoc
A fire that burned 24 acres south of Lompoc on September 7 was caused by recreational target shooting.
Santa Barbara County’s COVID Case Rates Hit Purple-Tier Plateau
The county’s seven-day average of new cases per 100,000 residents is just shy of meeting the state’s red-tier requirements.
Reflections on Trump, the Military, and Ground Zero
Honoring my friend Angel on 9/11
City Net Ends Emergency COVID Housing Project for Homeless Residents
Temporary quarantine program provided homes to 35 individuals over three months.
Billionaire Investor and Trump Donor Thomas Barrack Jr. Seeks COVID-Related Financial Relief
The Neverland Ranch and Santa Barbara vineyard owner is behind nearly $2 billion on loans he took out to buy 160 hotels.
Public Defender’s Office Takes Santa Barbara County Sheriff to Court over Jail Conditions
Several inmates alleged unsafe conditions and forced COVID-19 exposure in the facility.
Young Voters of Color Could Tip the Election to Biden/Harris
COVID is 3-4 times greater among minority communities.
UC Santa Barbara Police Chief Sued for Sexual Battery
A UCSB student has accused interim police chief James Brock of groping her in a dining commons in August 2019.
