Volunteer efforts on 9/19, the 25th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day, collected more than 4,124 pounds of garbage-including 2,879 of waste and 1,245 of recyclable material -from 23 beaches and creeks throughout Santa Barbara County.
County homeless programs will receive $829,000 in funds as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, announced 3rd District Supervisor Doreen Farr on 9/22.
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It wasn’t Councilmembers Das Williams and Helene Schneider who were politicizing the issue of federal offshore oil leases, but their not very collegial colleague, Dale Francisco.
Musicians tend to gravitate toward and excel at particular instruments that suit their individual personalities.
Students attending UCSB’s fall quarter, which began 9/24, will be among the first to utilize the Social Sciences & Media Studies Building and the Education Building-collectively 194,000 new square feet of classroom and miscellaneous other space that will house the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, among other campus institutions.
Smooth sailing turned to rough waters for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s Vital Mission Plan-the project to further develop and enhance the garden that’s been jumping through hoops for nearly five years.
The following letter, which casts doubt on candidate Joyce Dudley’s academic record, has been fact-checked and found to be inaccurate: She does indeed have the degrees (and honors) that she claims. We sincerely apologize for having published this letter without having checked its veracity, especially during campaign season.
Research the Vietnam War era, the Iraq war under Bush, and you’ll find not a single instance of a Democratic congressmember shouting at the President while Congress was in session.
Not too surprisingly, “In 2006, Intuit, the company that makes TurboTax, spent $1 million trying to elect Tony Strickland (R-Moorpark) as state controller.”
