New No Fishing Zones for California
Thirty-six marine protected areas from Point Conception to the Mexico became a reality on New Year’s Day.
Ethan Stewart
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New Offshore Oil Plan in the Works
Environmental hearings for a new drilling project proposed off of the Carpinteria coast to start in January.
Yuletide King Tides
Unusually high tides will mark the holiday weekend.
Hiccup for Hot Springs Plan?
Groundwater rights issue impedes Land Trust’s acquisition of 462-acre property.
New Voter Districts for SBCC Trustee Elections
The SBCC Board of Trustees has approved new voter districts for future trustee elections.
SBCC Trustees Elect Board Officers
Santa Barbara City College’s Board of Trustees elected board officers last week at its annual organizational meeting. In a somewhat heated discussion that fell along the same old line of division between the four most recently elected trustees (Peter Haslund, Marty Blum, Lisa Macker, and Marcia Croninger) and the three longer-serving ones (Joan Livingstone, Morris Jurkowitz, Luis Villegas), the board reelected Haslund as president and instated Macker as the new vice president, both of whom first won their seats at the trustee table in 2010.
SBCC Makes Top 10 in National Awards Ceremony
Santa Barbara City College’s acting president, Dr. Jack Friedlander, traveled to Washington, D.C., this week for the Aspen Institute’s long-awaited College Excellence awards ceremony.
Los Alamos Steer Wrangler Takes Top Honors
Los Alamos’s Luke Branquinho furthered his reputation as one of the best steer wranglers on the planet last week as he took home top honors at the World Steer Wrestling competition in Las Vegas.
Cojo-Jalama Ranch’s Canadian Connection
A north of the border bait-and-switch has enviros worried about the S.B. property.
Fantastic Four
Catching up with former Indy Surf Issue stars.
