Courthouse Restoration Plan Approved
Keeping an eye on one of the most recognized and visited structures in Southern California, the Board of Supervisors received and filed a five-year plan to maintain and spruce up the historic County Courthouse.
Year: 2013
Compounds to Cure Cancer?
A group of researchers at UC Santa Barbara has developed a new solution to make a class of compounds, commonly used as cancer therapeutics, to work like a light switch.
Light Bulb Moments
It’s an invention so great that a sudden brilliant idea is actually called a “light bulb moment.”
DNA and Beer
I love malty beers and mocha lattes. Now, instead of defending my finicky palate I have genetic research to back me up.
Drug Thugs
Riffing on comments that prescription drugs are as risky as illegal drugs sold by thugs.
EDC Releases Offshore Fracking Report
Identifies 15 known occurrences, with more pending approval.
Goleta Approves McDonald’s Drive-Through
The permit also mandates crosswalk striping and a pedestrian walkway.
Workers’ Comp Office Closing
The only location in the county is disappearing November 30.
County Officially Opposes Chumash’s Camp 4 Dreams
Supervisors send letter to Bureau of Indian Affairs in strident opposition to annexation of 1,400 acres in Santa Ynez Valley.
Oprah Winfrey Home Auction
Bid on Continental and English antiques, light fixtures, upholstered furniture, fine art, and personal memorabilia autographed by Oprah.
