I.V. Beach Booze Ban
Santa Barbara County supervisors made a preemptive strike this week and unanimously approved a temporary ban on open alcohol containers along the sandy shores of I.V.
Author: Ethan Stewart
Evening Report from Las Canoas and Beyond
Parts of Botanic Garden charred; many homes gone; info from hospital and city fire.
Santa Barbara Bodies of Water “Impaired,” Report Says
Pollutants such as fecal coliform are allegedly present in 42 of them.
Cruel Cuts
School Board takes $3 million in teaching jobs, class sizes, and college counselor jobs away in unavoidable decreases, with the potential for more.
SB County Petroleum Lawsuit Dismissed
A judge rejected Greka Energy’s claims that a new ordinance was unconstitutional.
U.S. Interior Secretary Holds Offshore Drilling Hearing
Santa Barbara officials traveled to San Francisco to denounce offshore leases.
Greka Goofs Again
Ladder climbing causes another oil spill for beleaguered energy company.
Gaviota, the Gone Land?
Naples isn’t the only proposed development posing a threat to North County’s open spaces.
School Board Begins Budget Blood Bath
A menu of rather grim options were considered to gain the $3 million the board needs to make in cuts.
City and Activists Spar over Toxic Dirt
Studies so far yield different results as to the threat the contamination poses to water sources.
