Recent Stories

Law and Disorder 1-7

On 12/16, Peter Jeschke-the former Santa Barbara High School tennis coach convicted of having sex with a minor-was released from the Santa Barbara County Jail on $100,000 bail.

Commerce 1-7

Despite the recent closure-or consolidation-of certain high-profile retailers on State Street, Chamber of Commerce chief Steve Cushman said the number of downtown vacancies is diminishing.

Take My Cab, Please

I think if the City of Santa Barbara is so hell bent on having checkpoints every other night (or so it seems), then they should vote on an ordinance to make taxi companies lower their rates.

New Goleta Tax

I just received a letter mandating that all companies doing business within the City of Goleta will now be required to obtain a City of Goleta Business License ($100).

Mason Carrington Kettmann

Mason Carrington Kettmann was in the womb for nearly as long as it took his daddy, The Indy‘s Senior Editor Matt Kettmann, to put together this week’s cover story about the return of the California condor.

Year in Perspective

I just heard from the fourth friend saying they hope 2010 is a better year than 2009 and thank God ’09 is finally over.

Care-Loss

I was deeply saddened by the closing of CARE and disappointed by the way the facility has been represented by The Independent.

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