Recent Stories

Unsightly Downtown Parklets

In the daytime there’s nothing charming about walking on State Street because one feels like a pin in a bowling alley, dodging out of the way of dangerous and radically moving bicyclists, skate boarders, e-bikers, scooters.

A Vote for Condor National Forest

I have read few more cogent and appropriate suggestions than that of Brian Sarvis to rename Los Padres National Forest for the magnificent bird that so well defines this area.

El Mirasol an Outlier

It happens that my late father, William Alexander, was the developer who proposed the El Mirasol Hotel on the site where Alice Keck Park now sits.

Too Much, Too Tall

Thank you to Marell Brooks for that perfectly written Opinions essay!

Training Burns at VSFB Scheduled

VANDENBERG SFB, Calif. — The Vandenberg SFB Fire Department has been scheduled to conduct a  series of small, controlled fires

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