Indy Staff, Author at The Santa Barbara Independent

Opinion By Mayor Randy Rowse | Mon Dec 15, 2025 | 7:02pm

Paseo Nuevo: What’s in It for Us?

Paseo Nuevo was originally built in the ’80s for precisely the purpose of downtown vitality and to gain that much housing in the core of our downtown adds around 700 residents who aren’t there now.

Opinion By David Sullins | Mon Dec 15, 2025 | 6:48pm

The Landlord You Want

If I quit and sell, it will take 400 new developed units to set aside 10 percent of their units to regain our units.

Letters By Robert Baruch, New Britain, CT (formerly Goleta) | Mon Dec 15, 2025 | 5:12pm

Making a List, Checking It Twice

At a recent rally at The Mount Airy Casino Resort in Pennslyvania, Donald Trump unveiled a brilliant plan to get America’s economy out of his gold-plated toilet.

Letters By Diana Thorn, Carpinteria | Mon Dec 15, 2025 | 5:07pm

Shame on the World

We are living in dangerous, unsettling times.

Letters By Ernie Salomon, S.B. | Mon Dec 15, 2025 | 5:03pm

Beware Norovirus Aboard

Don’t we have enough ill people locally?

Letters By Jonathan Abboud, Chair, Board of Trustees, Santa Barbara City College | Mon Dec 15, 2025 | 5:00pm

SBCC Asks ICE Not to Use Campus

I want to make it crystal clear: SBCC has absolutely nothing to do with ICE staging in our parking lots.

Announcement By California Department of Justice | Mon Dec 15, 2025 | 4:48pm

Attorney General Bonta Opposes U.S. Department of Education Proposal Imposing Burdensome Data Collection Requirements on Schools and Universities

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today led a coalition of 17 attorneys general in submitting a comment letter to the

Announcement By California Department of Justice | Mon Dec 15, 2025 | 4:46pm

Attorney General Bonta Blocks Trump Administration from Penalizing California for Its Own Erroneous Guidance on SNAP Eligibility

OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today secured a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon blocking the

Dance By Jatila van der Veen | Mon Dec 15, 2025 | 3:31pm

Dance Review | Winter Suite Is a Delightful Holiday Treat

Selah Dance Collective and Novus Contemporary Ballet, with an assortment of guest artists, filled Center Stage Theater.

Announcement By Santa Barbara County Office of the District Attorney | Mon Dec 15, 2025 | 2:43pm

Santa Maria Man Convicted of First-Degree Murder in 2021 Gang-Related Shooting

Re: People v. Alfredo Junior AlanizSanta Barbara County Superior Court Case No. 21CR04149 SANTA MARIA, Calif., December 12, 2025 –

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