During a committee debate over how much mercury the nation’s power plants should be allowed to emit, Congressmember Lois Capps revealed that a recent test of her own hair revealed mercury levels higher than what the EPA deems safe for child-bearing women.
While food banks throughout Southern California are experiencing serious strain meeting the growing demand for service, the Santa Barbara County Food Bank reported serving 45,000 more people since 2008 when the current recession officially hit.
MarBorg Industries was given 60 days to craft a new garbage contract City Hall can’t resist; after that, the company—which now enjoys a near monopoly over South Coast garbage services—will have to compete with other trash haulers to retain the western half of the City of Santa Barbara’s garbage franchise.
Lanny Ebenstein, an editorial page writer with the Santa Barbara News-Press, has submitted a statewide ballot initiative to the State Secretary of State’s office for review that would eliminate all collective bargaining by California public employees.
Hunting is now forbidden along Paradise Road in the Los Padres National Forest until March 2012, marking the first time in recent memory that the practice has been officially banned for the Lower Santa Ynez Recreational Area.
Isla Vista still sticking point in rework of supervisorial districts.
Decade-cap birthdays are like utilitarian rest stops on a far-reaching span of highway; you stop obligingly, stretch, pee, and have a look around whether you feel the urge or not.
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Twelve days late and a tough labor later, Asher Salek Fastman entered the world on July 6 at an impressive 8 pounds, 5 ounces, and at 20.5 inches, making proud parents out of Indy contributor Brandon Fastman and his wife, Jenn.
Her attorneys describe newspaper series as “offensive, irresponsible, and tortuous.”
