Environment 8-6

Thanks to 1st District County Supervisor Salud Carbajal, the dangers of emissions from ocean-going vessels is becoming better known to Washington policymakers.

Business 8-6

Pacific Capital Bancorp, the holding company for Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, announced second-quarter losses totaling $362.6 million, or $7.77 per share, compared to net losses of $5.9 million for the second quarter of 2008.

Law and Disorder 8-6

An early morning walk turned fatal on 8/1 in Santa Maria when Frederick Holgate, 69, was partially decapitated by an axe-wielding assailant.

Scott Kaufman

Affectionately known as the “Duke of Distribution,” Scott Kaufman has been the force behind getting The Independent into the hands of our rabid readers for the past 27 years.

County 8-6

Beginning 8/3, responsibility for Minuteman III parts stored at Vandenberg Air Force Base for occasional unarmed test launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles came under the auspices of North Dakota’s Minot Air Force Base.

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