Feds File News-Press Complaint
The NLRB sets a hearing date, Tom Jacobs moves on to greener pastures, and Barry Cappello responds to Barney’s NP article.
Barney Brantingham
Recent Stories
Benefit for Jerry Roberts
Cruisin’ for a Court Bruisin’? The City of Santa Barbara may be laying itself wide open to be sued for discrimination due to an unfair voting system. The potential charge: that its at-large system of electing the city council raises an almost insurmountable barrier for a Latino to win a council seat, although Spanish-surnamed people make up more than 30 percent of the city’s population.
Remembering Uncle Gene
In honor of Memorial Day, Barney recalls the bravery and courage of his late uncle, Gene Ely.
Truman’s Former Right-hand Man Celebrates His 93rd
Former journalist, speech-writer, and war correspondent, Frank Kelly has a lot to celebrate at his upcoming 93rd birthday bash.
Election Races and Solitary Confinement
Poli-Tricks: With three incumbent Santa Barbara City Councilmembers running for reelection this year, savvy politicos are already looking ahead to the Big Enchilada in 2009: the mayoral race.
East Asian Travels
The tallest building in the world loomed on the Taipei skyline, its 101 stories rising ghostly in the morning mist. I leaped out of the taxi and soon was in the world’s fastest elevator, zipping from the fifth floor to the glassed-in 89th floor observatory in 37 seconds. Other than a moment of ear-popping, I was hardly aware I was smoothly traveling aloft at 37.5 miles an hour.
One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure
Barney gets a lesson in recycling, talks about the upcoming Hunger Awareness Day, and says goodbye to an old friend.
The Battle for Compensation
While out-of-work Pressers lobby for unemployment, Carpinteria drowns in water debt, and Mayor Blum hits the airwaves
Ethical Misbehavior
Mom in Jail: What’s this? The “mother of the year” spent Mother’s Day behind bars? Sylvia Vasquez, who locked her kids in cages, got sentenced to a cage herself-just for a year in the county jail, which, to many, is nowhere near enough time in the hoosegow. How about until the children are old enough to draw Social Security?
Where Are They Now?
Barney vacations in Hawaii, checks out Warner’s Kona Village Resort, and returns in time to catch up on all the new News Press drama.
