California State Parks Offers Free Admission to Veterans, Active and Reserve Military on Memorial Day
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— California State Parks is honoring the service of veterans, and active and reserve military members, by offering free admission
Indy Staff
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Environmental Defense Center to Honor Hillary Hauser of Heal the Ocean with 2024 Environmental Hero Award
Santa Barbara, CA – The Environmental Defense Center (EDC) – one of the nation’s longest-running nonprofit law firms working to protect
A Visit by Julia
Julia Child used to come to The Spot, a small burger joint in Carpinteria. She always said it was her favorite cheeseburger.
Biblical/Middle East History, Current Events and a Dash of Political Analysis
Congratulations on a wonderful editorial, “No Dog but Dog.”
Who Pays for Libraries?
We don’t need to tax every sale in the county. we don’t need to tax every sale in the county. A half-percent property tax on homes that are sold for over $10 million would raise a lot of money. In 2023, there were 36 properties that sold for more than ten million dollars in our county. Those properties came to over a half-billion-dollars! Asking the 36 individuals or families or corporations that purchased $529 million in property to pay another 0.5 percent would yield $26 million.
Realtor Rules
A lot of misinformation has appeared in the news lately about changes coming to the real estate industry and what they mean for homebuyers and sellers.
Stop the Steal!
Say “no” to PG&E.
Time to Impose Limits on Growth
Economics is not a deterministic science; it’s a highly politicized philosophy.
Nine Years Since the Refugio Oil Spill
Transfers of ownership are an oil-industry shell game to avoid paying the true costs of cleanup. Often, at the end of an oilfield’s life, the big companies sell their assets to an underfunded entity that then goes bankrupt, abdicating cleanup responsibility.
Honkers
Heading home from work. /
Stopped at red light on East Micheltorena Street.
