Law and Disorder 11-20

U.S. Forest Service and Santa Barbara County Fire Department investigators announced on 11/17 that a 16-year-old suspect has been arrested on arson charges associated with this summer’s Gap Fire, which burned approximately 9,544 acres of private and National Forest land.

A Brave, Nervous, Hopeful New World

Being in Berlin immediately following Obama Day, it seemed proper to make a pilgrimage to the Rathaus Schneberg, where, in 1963, John F. Kennedy made his legendary goodwill speech with the line “I am a small donut” (one actual translation of “ich bin ein Berliner”).

County 11-20

Paradise Road resident Tom Merkel has been notified by the Forest Service that he is now trespassing and subject to fines when he enters the cabin he’s leased from the federal government for the past 17 years.

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