As most of Santa Barbara County now knows, the Carpinteria Valley Water District (CVWD) has been beset with controversy, staggering debt, soaring water rates, a series of contracts riddled with conflict of interest, and, most recently, a failed attempt to re-seat a former board president who had been voted out by a landslide in the previous election.
I have every hope that Rep. Lois Capps will be reelected and sent back to Congress in November.
The Latino Democrats’ mission includes supporting initiatives that will benefit the Latino community, and the community at large.
Taxpayers Association endorses parcel tax measures.
Bici Centro, Santa Barbara Bike Coalition’s education program and DIY workshop, has outgrown the space it’s occupied for five years at Casa de la Raza.
Santa Barbara’s Public Library System received a $50,000 grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to promote literacy among low-income kids eight and younger.
Junior high school students have a new opportunity to participate in competitive sports thanks to the collaborative efforts of the Santa Barbara Police Activities League (PAL), the cities of Goleta and Santa Barbara, and the Santa Barbara Unified School District.
This week’s concert highlights include Brit pop-rockers The Wombats, neo folkies The Lumineers, and the first night of our Downtown Sound battle of the bands semifinals.
Racial targeting alleged; immigrant licenses approved.
A political junkie since his Michigan upbringing, Independent news reporter Chris Meagher (pronounced “marrrr”) — who penned this week’s cover story on the race between Rep. Lois Capps and challenger Abel Maldonado — takes that addiction one giant leap further this coming Tuesday, when he takes the stage of UCSB’s Pollock Theater in front of 300 people alongside political science professor John Woolley to moderate a debate between those two Congressional candidates.
