Pt. Sal Access Suspended

A little over a year after access to Pt. Sal State Park was reopened to hikers through negotiations between Santa Barbara County and base command, the entrance road has again been closed by Vandenberg, this time as a security precaution.

Stimulating Santa Barbara

Via Google Maps, Rep. Lois Capps has provided a visual breakdown of what locations in her 23rd Congressional District have received money as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

More School District Cuts

Thanks to the undeniably dire realities of the current state budget crisis as well as a recently discovered $500,000 daily attendance snafu at the high schools, the Santa Barbara School Board began looking this week at ways to whittle away some $1.5 million more from its budget, just six weeks after it cut $3.1 million.

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