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The traffic board shuffles around money and projects to keep the work on track.
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The traffic board shuffles around money and projects to keep the work on track.
Friends of the Bridge, a civic group against the proposed Cold Spring Bridge suicide barrier, filed a report with Federal Recovery Board this week, alleging that Caltrans and the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments are attempting to illegally divert $1.5 million away from federal roadway projects to fund the project.
Work began this week on the new Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, a $105-million project designed to meet current seismic requirements and expand the hospital into a 152,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility.
To save $200,000 a year in salaries, City Administrator Jim Armstrong opted not to fill the position of Joan Kent-the assistant city administrator who just retired-but instead decided to split up her duties three ways.
Congressmember Lois Capps and the House of Representatives voted this week to approve the Consolidated Appropriations Act.
Wind turbine maker Clipper Windpower, based in Carpinteria, sold 49.5 percent of the company to United Technologies Corp. for $270 million on 12/9.
Actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, for the fifth straight time, did not appear in Santa Barbara Superior Court, compelling Judge Clifford Anderson to forfeit their bail and issue a felony arrest warrant.
Recognizing the potential energy that can be garnered from waves off Santa Barbara County’s weather-battered North Coast, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. made an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to study the area near Vandenberg Air Force Base.
A report distributed by the City Administrator’s department this week revealed that in 2008, the City of Santa Barbara generated 11,232 metric tons of carbon dioxide.
Genise Schu, 47, accused of having a seven-year sexual relationship with her son’s friend, starting when he was 13 years old, waived a preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty to 10 separate charges, including unlawful oral copulation and unlawful sexual intercourse.