Restoring a Drowned Valley
Mike Marshall and group campaign to drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.
Barney Brantingham
Recent Stories
Your Choice: Vegas or San Roque
Where would you rather be a tourist: Las Vegas or Santa Barbara? I’m just back from Lost Wages, and I thought I’d see how our town stacks up.
Invasion of the (gasp!) Preppies
Vanity Fair magazine warns that Santa Barbara is a favorite spot—along with Oyster Bay and other, mostly ritzy, places—for preppies to vacation. (They are not to be confused with yuppies.)
Huguette Clark Mystery Deepens
East is east, and east is where a judge has thrown the 104-year-old multimillionaire’s relatives out of court.
Former SB Police Chief Dies
Gerald Lowry, well-liked and respected throughout his career, passes away at the age of 83.
Jerry Roberts Leaving UCSB Post
The longtime journalist says he wants to devote more time to writing.
Twin Towers of Tragedy
Joanne Ronaldson, a Santa Barbara pediatric nurse, hails from Brooklyn. Her Irish firefighting family knew 65 of the firefighters who died that day.
Family’s Dream Ends with a Nightmare
They shared a cramped Eastside house until a wonderful opportunity arose: a cottage of their own behind the Hope Ranch Inn.
Santa Barbara Bank Closes $500 Million Deal
It won’t have to close or be sold now.
Benefit BBQ for Family of Crash Victims
It will be held tomorrow, August 27, at the Hope Ranch Inn.
