The city approves Cottage Hospital’s revised plans to build a 115-unit housing development at the site of the former St. Francis Hospital, despite being 13,000 square feet larger than originally approved.
Thought to be dead for more 40 years, the last surviving branch of Chumash languages was merely dormant.
Following statewide cuts, the Santa Barbara School Board approved more than $4 million in cuts.
Ann Detrick, director of Santa Barbara County’s Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services, may very well have the most difficult job in the county. She has to cut $8.4 million from her budget, soon.
After discussing the matter for almost four hours, the Santa Barbara City Council decided it will not hastily implement an emergency interim ordinance reducing building heights.
We’ve come to count on Robin Cox‘s fascinating Iridian Arts new music series for injecting much-needed contemporary musical energy into downtown in recent years.
Children are the true magicians in our midst: They can transform a sandbox into a bed of hot lava, use an empty bucket to serve high tea, or describe in chilling detail the monster that crept out from under the bed last night.
It has often been written-admittedly more than once in the pages of this very paper-that Australia’s The Beautiful Girls are a band with a saltwater-infused sound, much like Santa Babylon’s beloved part-time resident Jack Johnson.
The FBI and Interpol are now assisting the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s office in the search for Orson Mozes, a 56-year-old former Santa Barbara resident, for whom an arrest warrant was issued this week on felony charges, including grand theft.
Economists are predicting that the South Coast should weather the coming recession with minimal pain.
