What Works in Learning to Read
The English language is complex, and without the letter-sound learning to form words, students either guess at the meaning of words or are left with gaps in their reading knowledge.
Year: 2022
Housing: A Self-Inflicted Crisis
There are many possible solutions to the current housing shortage. But no solution will be as effective as building additional housing.
The Race Is on for Goleta City Council
Two incumbents face two challengers for two seats.
Wastewater in Los Olivos
The Los Olivos Community Services District is working to solve our portion of a groundwater pollution problem that resulted in large swaths of the Santa Ynez Valley being designated a Special Problems Area in 1974.
Sleepless Near the Airport
You don’t have to live next to SBA to be annoyed by the air traffic.
Why Are Cruise Ships Back?
The City of Santa Barbara quietly, and with little comment, is reversing the ban of cruise ships in our port city.
Amazonia Initiative Selects UC Santa Barbara Anthropologist to Lead International Team
The Fulbright Program seeks to build environmental protections for the vast landscape.
Santa Barbara–Based Author Mary Firestone on Her New Book, ‘Trusting the Dawn’
Mary Firestone’s new book discusses growing through trauma toward greater happiness.
Santa Barbara Holds Off Rio Mesa in Overtime
Santa Barbara comes out on top of a defensive slugfest.
What to Sip at Santa Barbara Vintners Festival 2022
The 38th annual tasting returns to Solvang after a two-year COVID hiatus.
