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SBCC Continuing Education Awards 94 Scholarships

Santa Barbara City College’s Continuing Education Division awarded 94 full scholarships and four partial scholarships totaling $10,181 to financially needy students to take one of the tuition-based classes for the Spring 2012 term.

MTD Decision Wrong

I’d like to share an appreciation for the effort that Allan Viscarra, Jeff Theimer, and New Noise have put into re-opening the Living Room; the generous donation of space from Marborg, which does so much for the community; and the donors supporting the re-opening.

Public Comment Open for Carpool Lane Report

Caltrans has completed its Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Highway 101 lane expansion project between Bailard Avenue in Carpinteria and Sycamore Creek in Santa Barbara.

Pappas Raises More Cash Than Farr

Third District Supervisor Doreen Farr was outpaced by her opponent in fundraising over the last two-and-a-half-month period, garnering $21,285 to Steve Pappas’s $35,400.

Opportunity to Weigh in on MTD Route Changes

Before implementing proposed changes to bus lines 1, 2, 6, 11, 15x, 23, and 25, and eliminating line 22, the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) is soliciting public input.

Capps, Maldonado Comment on Affordable Care Act

While Rep. Lois Capps spent last week pointing out how the Affordable Care Act has benefited many people in her district, including families, seniors, and small businesses, the main roadblock to her reelection, former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, held a press conference in San Luis Obispo to discuss the negative impacts of Obamacare, which is being argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court this week.

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