Matson Leaves for Goleta Water District
David Matson, head of the county’s Housing and Community Development Department, is leaving the county for the Goleta Water District, where he will work under his former boss, John McInnes.
Year: 2011
Two Groups Settled North America?
A recent article in Science magazine describes evidence that North America was colonized by two groups of immigrants, rather than only one, around 13,000 years ago.
Republicans Eye Capps’s District
With the boundary lines of Lois Capps’s congressional district about to be dramatically redrawn, Republican candidates are actively sniffing around for a chance to take on a politician deemed hitherto unbeatable.
Democrats Want City Hall Back
Council candidates speak out.
Conservative Group Hires Obama Impersonator
COLAB, the conservative North County group headed by Andy Caldwell, has come under scrutiny— specifically within the San Luis Obispo New Times‘s “Shredder” column—for inviting Steve Bridges, a white man, to perform as President Barack Obama at its annual dinner.
Flu Season Not Unusual
Although it may seem that everyone around us is falling prey to the flu, the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department says otherwise.
Two Separate Fires Break Out in Summerland Home
Two separate fires at a home in Summerland caused significant damage early in the morning on 3/8. The first fire, which was called in at 11:56 p.m. the night before, originated in a downstairs bedroom at the home on 2496 Banner Street, and the fire command was dissolved an hour-and-a-half later.
Deal or No Deal?
Brown’s old school horse trading style faces new GOP’s no compromise spirit.
You Pay, but the Jobs Don’t Exist
The feds raided the office of telemarketers Anthony J. Newton and Jeremy S. Cooley at 114 E. Haley Street, shut the place down, and by court order froze their assets.
Don Hughes’s Nightmare House
Chapala One meltdown goes to trial.
