Recent Stories

Don’t Tow Me Away

I think your readers might be interested in a ticketing and towing scam that has been operating in Santa Barbara for years.

James Dean

Just to fact-check your “This Week in History” blurb, James Dean’s infamous crash occurred in San Luis Obispo County just north of Cholame, at the intersection of Highways 41 and 46 (the 466 at the time).

Bottle Trees

The oversized trunks serve a function in the long dry season-storing up water-and make them perfect for our landscapes

Nonprofit 10-1

In response to the massive flooding in the Philippines caused by Typhoon Ketsana, Direct Relief International has made available its more than $60 million in medical material inventory and $50,000 in emergency funds to provide aid for the 450,000 people affected.

Less Aid for AIDS

State budget cuts to Pacific Pride Foundation hurts HIV/AIDS patients and threatens the future.

Pea-less

The health-care reform bill is a political lightning rod, but, in the shell game of American politics, where is the pea?

Law and Disorder 10-1

The trial of Los Angeles residents Claudia Cabrera and her husband, Josue Luna, is underway in Los Angeles for the hit-and-run death of 18-year-old Adrianna Bachan earlier this year.

County 10-1

The ribbon was cut on the 43-acre Gaviota Village on 9/25, officially making it part of Gaviota State Park.

Environment 10-1

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Weather Service, El Ni±o is officially here and has the potential to cause higher-than-normal rainfall and storms in the coming months.

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