New Bookstore Opening Downtown
Granada Books is scheduled to start business June 20.
Barney Brantingham
Recent Stories
For Richer or Poorer
I see where 7 percent of American families got vastly richer as the Great Recession tailed off.
Bamboozled
Some people are so dumb they can’t see a cash opportunity in their own backyard.
The Other Side of Jonathan Winters
Nutty characters tumbled from his acrobatic mind.
What, Me Worry About Dear Leader Jr.?
It’s weird that around town you don’t hear people buzzing about Kim Jong-un’s missile-rattling ranting.
New Beach Hotel Proposal
The Fess Parker family wants to build a high-end Cabrillo Boulevard hotel, scaled down to about 50 rooms instead of the 150 rooms approved years ago.
Income Taxes: Legit or Not?
Santa Barbarans I know have assured me that the federal income tax is illegal and unconstitutional.
They Were Riding in Style
A visit to an exhibit of European luxury cars of the 1920s and ’30s, now worth millions.
El Encanto a Hit
Barney Brantingham reviews the refurbished hotel.
Beach Bottleneck Brewing
Workers are already narrowing State Street to one lane each way where it approaches the Cabrillo Boulevard.
