A judge on 5/11 granted a motion to consolidate the civil lawsuits of Lance and Carla Hoffman and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection against the “Tea Fire Ten,” the 10 people alleged to have started the November 2008 fire which burned dozens of homes and severely injured the Hoffmans.
Open letter to the County Supervisors: The Carpinteria Valley Association was both shocked and vindicated to read in the May 5 issue of the Santa Barbara Independent that Venoco, Inc. is engaged in “fracking” activities at two sites near Vandenberg, and that the County Energy Division was unaware of it.
Four beaches at warning level in this week’s report.
Calder Nold is likely armed and dangerous, authorities say.
Community Environmental Council shows the community how easy it is to go solar.
CNN host and Google exec talk tech and revolution.
The bassist of 311 visits young Santa Barbara musicians.
South African writer and daughter of playwright Athol Fugard discusses her 2006 novel, Skinner’s Drift, in advance of her appearance at the sixth annual Women’s Literary Festival on May 14.
This outstanding Santa Barbara painter has worked all over the Central Coast, Wyoming, and Montana.
Gets folks sighing for acai.
