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Tyler Farrar Takes Stage 4 of Amgen Tour
It was a close finish in the bike race's Santa Barbara leg. Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Housing Experiment Makes Debut
Will determine if increased density will actually mean affordability. Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Isla Vista Properties in Limbo
Supervisors mulling over parking lot, empty church, neighborhood clinic. Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Counting the County Coin
Proposed 2013-2014 budget numbers are released. Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Entire Staff of San Roque Union Bank Replaced
The entire staff of the San Roque branch of Union Bank, formerly Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, has been replaced, customers have reported. Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Whiskey Richards Dance Permit Suspended
The Santa Barbara City Council upheld the 30-day dance permit suspension imposed by the Police and Fire Commission on Whiskey Richards, a nightclub on the 400 block of State Street, stemming from what police described as several operating transgressions. Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
More Defendants in Farmers Market Lawsuit
An anti-trust lawsuit filed against the Santa Barbara Certified Farmers Market Association has been amended to name, among other additions, new defendants who the plaintiffs allege are abusing their board positions for personal economic gain by limiting competition. Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Supes Pick New Jail Consultants
Santa Barbara County officials on 5/13 continued to press forward with efforts to build a new North County jail, agreeing to contracts with several consultants related to the construction and design of the 376-bed jail, scheduled to open in 2017. Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Opposition Group Forms Over SoCal Gas Project
With the County of Santa Barbara ready to release the environmental report on the proposal to expand the capacity of the natural gas storage facility owned by Southern California Gas Company near Goleta Beach on May 16, an official opposition group formed this week. Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
May Revise Gets Good Marks From S.B. Legislators
The May Revise version of the state budget drew praise from Santa Barbara’s state legislators. Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
SBCC Students Take First in Business Ethics Competition
Four Santa Barbara City College students brought home a first-place prize to go along with a runner-up finish in two separate divisions at the 2013 International Business Ethics Case Competition (IBECC). Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Chumash Make Major Donation to Search Dog Foundation
The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians has donated $150,000 to Ojai’s Search Dog Foundation, an organization that trains canine-firefighter teams to search for and rescue people buried alive underneath wreckage in disaster locations. Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Justice Award Winners Announced
Judge Thomas Adams, attorney Tara Haaland-Ford, Dr. Bill Elliott, Léni Fé Bland, The Fund for Santa Barbara, and Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck were all honored by the Legal Aid Foundation with the Richard Goldman Heroes for Justice Award on 5/10. Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Heated Debate Over Gang Injunction
Blank check, slippery slope, or another tool in toolbox? Read story.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Goleta Suing State Over Creek Funds
Contending $18 million in withheld money meant for San Jose Creek project. Read story.
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