Trial Date Set For Gang Injunction
The city’s proposal will be heard in court mid-March.
Year: 2013
Fracking in the Los Padres
The steady stream of concerns about hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in California hit close to home again this week, as the nonprofit advocacy group Los Padres ForestWatch called attention to the controversial oil extraction practice being used on wells in the Sespe Oil Field, which is in the Los Padres National Forest just north of Fillmore in Ventura County.
Goleta Activists Appeal McDonald’s Drive-Through
The Goodland Coalition, a group of Goleta activists concerned about development, filed an appeal on 10/24 of the Planning Commission’s recent 3-2 approval of a drive-through for the McDonald’s in the Camino Real Marketplace.
City College Students Vote To Raise Transportation Fees
Santa Barbara City College students voted last week to increase their transportation fees $5.50 per semester to $30 total.
Proposed Goleta Hotel To Be Vetted By Planning Commission
A Goleta Planning Commission decision on the Marriott Residence Inn proposed for Hollister Avenue at Robin Hill Road — across from the airport — was delayed 10/28 to 11/25 because of an error in the meeting’s noticing.
Family of Man Killed in Work Accident Files Lawsuit
The family of Jose Ortiz, who was crushed to death between a tractor trailer and a loading dock at a Goleta dairy company last month, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company, as well as the transportation company and the truck’s driver.
Parson Redheads Talk New Album, New Baby
Muddy Waters Café welcomes the Portland quartet back to town on Tuesday, November 5.
John Divola’s Photography
The pioneering Southern California artist/photographer John Divola gets a well-deserved multi-museum show.
Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild
The famed animal expert brings his furry friends to Santa Barbara as part of his educational stage show.
Scene in S.B.
Soaring through the skies and swinging your hips.
