Sweet Tweet Balance Sheet
Barney wonders why Santa Barbara scored a lowly number 38 on the happy meter.
Barney Brantingham
Recent Stories
Dudes Flock to Guest Ranches
The Old West still lives at dude ranches sprinkled through the saguaro-studded deserts of Arizona.
No Parking, No Bucking
Fiesta full of odd surprises, this year and every year.
My Favorite Fiesta Food
Look, it won’t kill you to relish in warm and fuzzy pleasures of all kinds during Fiesta.
Of Tourists and Junkets
Visiting faraway places can be educational, or not.
Rights, Wrongs in Steinbeck Case
Why do Steinbeck’s Santa Barbara son and 87-year-old Harper Lee have to wage court battles to regain their royalties?
Death of a Firefighter
It was beastly hot when Steve Masto hiked out alone to join a crew battling a Santa Ynez Valley blaze.
Ponzi King Reed Slatkin Freed
Released from halfway house after 10 years in prison.
Santa Ynez Firefighter Killed in Arizona Blaze
Sean Misner, 26, was nephew of Montecito Fire District operations chief.
Are We Too ‘Normal’?
Santa Barbara is a lot of things, but it ain’t zany.
