County Jail: If You Build It, They Will Fill It
Let’s be blunt: “system wide capacity” is a euphemism for poor people and people of color being incarcerated en masse.
Author: Jean Yamamura
Rental Assistance Payments Hit $10 Million
United Way of Santa Barbara County directs rent and utility payments to families and individuals.
The Bitter Cycle of Schizophrenia
After a six-month stay Patton State Forensic Hospital, she was the daughter I remembered, the one I raised.
One More Week to Save the Foothills
As I write there is barely over a week left to raise $8 million dollars to pay a developer to purchase 104 acres on the San Marcos Preserve.
A Mis-Guided Tour of Santa Barbara Streets
Getting around this town can be confusing. This guide is slightly helpful.
Foodbank Looks to ‘Stamp Out Hunger’ on Saturday
Annual mail-carrier food drive nixed for COVID, drive-ups open for donations instead.
State Street: Not a Bike Thoroughfare
Several groups of 8-10 bicyclists in black-and-white jerseys, representing the Los Angeles Police Department on a charity ride, sped down State Street. One of their bicyclists struck a pedestrian.
Vandenberg Renamed a Space Force Base
Dedication ceremony asserts U.S. access to space.
Death Reported at East Beach
Metal-detecting beachwalker discovers unresponsive man lying on the sand.
Old Friends
What a delightful surprise to see my long-ago university professor on the cover of the Independent together with HH the Dalai Lama.
