Library Fund Drive Opens
New children’s library hopes to raise $2.2 million more.
Barney Brantingham
Recent Stories
Icebergs to the Rescue
The idea of towing ice down from the far north has been floated for centuries.
Humor with McAttitude
The first Comedy Fest was full of bumbling gender politics and national obsessions.
Run for the Border
Crossing into Arizona, Barney finds himself in the Wild (and racist) West
No Cop, No Stop
Santa Barbarans do not, as a group, believe in obeying stop signs.
Who Could Afford Jackson’s Ranch?
Real estate sale rumors swirl over the possible sale of Neverland.
Six Santa Barbaras?
Barney takes a theoretical poke at drawing voting-district boundaries.
Circle Bar B Theatre Closing
The popular dinner-plus-play program will end this fall after 40 years on the Gaviota Coast.
Where’s the Best Fiesta Food?
For the umpteenth summer, Barney went searching for the best at Los Mercados de la Guerra and
del Norte.
Fiesta: Honorary Vaquero
Cowboy Frank Machado has been wrangling cattle since he was a boy in Santa Maria.
