Goleta’s Anti-Drilling Resolution Back to the Drawing Board
After passionate commentary by pro and con factions, the Goleta City Council opted to change language in a resolution to support the moratorium on offshore drilling.
Year: 2008
Breathing Room for the Red-Legged Frog
U.S. Fish & Wildlife proposes raising the species’ critical habitat to 180,000 acres.
No Prison for Pregnant DUI Convict
It’s been more than 25 months since Dr. Ronald Shlensky, one of the country’s most well-known psychiatrists, was struck and killed in a hit-and-run collision.
Final EIR Released for Lompoc Wind Farm
Largely lost in the oil-soaked hullabaloo of the county’s current energy debates, the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Lompoc wind farm was released last week, setting the stage for a Santa Barbara County Planning Commission hearing later this month.
City’s General Plan Stalls
At the end of an eight-hour meeting on the City of Santa Barbara’s general plan update in which the Planning Commission commented on a staff report titled “Draft Policy Preferences,” commission member Bruce Bartlett spotted a snafu.
Goleta City Council Forum
Candidates running for the two seats open on Goleta’s City Council spoke Wednesday, September 10 at a community forum hosted by the Santa Barbara News-Press.
Wall Street’s Effects Muted
In the wake of the recent government bailouts of America’s largest lending institutions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted more than 500 points on September 15, as investors began selling off shares in an effort to gain liquidity.
Height Fight Vote in 2009
In November 2009, Santa Barbara voters will decide whether the maximum building height limit-now 60 feet-should be reduced to 40 feet.
Supes Okay Naples TDR
Long considered to be key in the fight against the mansionization of Naples, a Transfer of Developments Rights (TDR) ordinance was approved by the Santa Barbara County supervisors this week.
T.S.O.L.’s Jack Grisham Reflects on 28 Years of Rock
Jack Grisham is the frontman and founding member of Orange County punk pioneers True Sounds of Liberty.
