On Wednesday, the 5th of September, local lifestyle company, LoaTree, announced the launch of two new projects as part of its next phase of growth in front of 200 guests at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum.
Get into the Halloween spirit at La Cumbre Plaza
Joyce Howerton has retired as executive director of Santa Barbara County Action Network (SB CAN) after nearly three years serving on the staff first as advocacy director, then as executive director.
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County is a new nonprofit partner of 1% for the Planet, an alliance of over 1,380 member companies in 43 countries that give one percent of revenues to environmental causes.
Michael Hardy sentenced to eight years in prison; Sean Crane will receive seven years.
Shaken Up Shaken Down, Brandon Fastman’s excellent article summarizing the changes to SBCC Continuing Education, requires two clarifications.
Your story “Prop 34: High Price of Death” says that one of the arguments to abolish the death penalty in favor of life without parole is that it costs $100,000 a year to keep someone on Death Row, but only $38,000 to keep them in maximum security.
Referrals to the county’s probation department are way down.
The state’s Office of Traffic Safety recently ranked Santa Barbara No. 3 out of 103 similarly sized cities for bicycle collisions, and during the past year the SBPD said it has seen an increase in bike crashes.
Santa Barbara County’s Department of Social Services will be getting 39 new staff positions to help meet state and federal mandates.
