Street Sweeper Catches Fire
Castillo Street apartment complex evacuated.
Year: 2011
MacKenzie Park Lawn Bowls Club to Host America’s Top Lawn Bowlers Tournament on Labor Day Weekend
Most of America’s top men and women lawn bowlers will convene in Santa Barbara at MacKenzie Park Lawn Bowls Club on September 3rd and 4th for the Third Annual Memory Glass Pairs Tournament.
County Starts Pot Rules Vision Quest
Staffers select only seven potential storefront sites.
Judge Delays Sentencing for Murder Defendant
Over the objection of prosecutor Kimberly Smith, Judge Brian Hill delayed the sentencing of Robert Ibarra, convicted in June of first degree murder for the 2004 stabbing death of Elias Silva in Goleta, until 12/12.
Council Approves Renovation Plans for Mission Street House
Neighbors strenuously objected to metal-paneled, industrial-chic design.
U.S. Attorney Talks to Santa Barbara Media
Andre Birotté Jr. was in town on Tuesday to discuss his work as part of an outreach campaign.
Santa Barbara Channels Executive Given Leadership Award
Keri Stokstad, executive in charge of Santa Barbara Channels—public access channels 17 and 21—won the Buske Leadership award from the Alliance for Community Media.
Animal News
Dioji opens a second location; baby otters make their debut at the zoo; it’s doggie day at the Botanic Gardens; and more.
D.C. Hearts Abel
Maldonado gets new boost from national Republicans in his bid to beat Capps.
Montecito’s Toxic-Waste King
Montecito Billioniare Harold Simmons parlayed campaign donations to Rick Perry, the aw-shucks Texas governor and presidential hopeful, into a license to dump up to 2.3 million cubic feet of radioactive waste in West Texas.
