Beginning Sunday, February 19, the excitement of a bicycling stage race will zip 600 miles through California from north to south. Much in the style of the very famous race that covers France each summer and is usually won by an American, the Amgen Tour of California will be divided into eight leg-busting days, or stages.
Introducing a color-code system to designate pesticide toxicity hazards in city parks, the Santa Barbara City Council adopted its transitional plan for making 98 percent of city parklands pesticide-free, or “green zones.”
As part of its mid-year budget review, Santa Barbara city staff announced some $67 million worth of capital improvements to be completed this year, with another $157 million currently in the design process, to be funded over several years.
With enrollment declining at Carpinteria High School for the sixth year in a row, new Carpinteria Unified School District Superintendent Paul Cordeiro has undertaken an aggressive campaign to attract new students from outside the district.
Beachgoers that frequent Goleta’s Campus Point received a shock last week when feeding the parking meters in the nearby UCSB parking lot. To many, it seemed the parking fees had inexplicably doubled overnightfrom 25 cents for 10 minutes to 25 cents for five minutes.
Santa Barbara City Council members voted 6-1 this week to approve a final position on the controversial Southern Sea Otter Management Program.
Federal officials announced tentative plans last week to sell off more than 80,000 acres of national forest land in Californiaincluding 104 acres located in Los Padres National Forestto help fund President Bush’s Secure Rural Schools Act, which looks to raise $800 million in the next five years for schools that were once funded by timber sales from federal land.
Jeanette Nadeau announced her departure, effective February 28, as executive director of the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County.
Jeanette Nadeau announced her departure, effective February 28, as executive director of the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County.
Santa Barbara City College President John Romo has taken steps to add a bachelor’s degree program to the SBCC curriculum for the first time.
