Fire Caused Outage (Updated)
UPDATED: Lines were damaged causing power outages on the South Coast; Board of Supervisors declares emergency status for Gap Fire
Month: July 2008
No Amended Sentence for Pregnant Hit and Run Driver
Mother-to-be Heather Hulsey should serve six-year sentence, judge rules.
Medi-Cal Doctors Take Pay Cut
Those in Santa Barbara get reprieve, however.
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Trains Community Peace Leaders
Santa Barbara may have more nonprofit organizations per capita than almost any other city in the country, but few of them act on an international stage.
Three Reasons to Sign Up for the Granada’s Youth Summer Drama Class
All up-and-coming theater folk, take note: For the first time ever, the newly restored Granada Theatre will be hosting its very own summer session of applied drama classes for kids, starting Monday, July 14.
High Turnover and Fragmented Focus Plague Foster Care
Of the 38 children emancipated from foster care last year throughout Santa Barbara County, 12 wound up homeless within six months.
McKinley Retires from DA’s Office
For years, Patrick McKinley liked to describe himself as “arguably the best assistant district attorney along the Pacific Rim.”
Goleta Tax Won’t Endanger Measure A
While slow-moving tedium usually defines City Council meetings, Goleta’s was abuzz with meaningful activity on Tuesday evening.
Construction Fits and Starts
Santa Barbara Planning Chief Paul Casey said he’s not troubled that construction has abated at the site of Fess Parker’s proposed new waterfront hotel on Cabrillo Boulevard for the past six weeks.
The Cost of Death Penalty
The State of California could save $100 million a year if the death penalty were abolished and those currently on death row were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, according to the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice.
