A Very Early Black Resident

Readers may be interested to know that Santa Barbara was the longtime home of one of the first Black men in California.

Isla Vista Problematic

Some of the moments I recall most distinctly from when I was a little girl are dangerous encounters with the transients in the parks and open spaces of Isla Vista.

Parking Discrimination

As a chronically ill senior citizen, for many years I have walked in the dry sand at Leadbetter Beach for cardio-vascular exercise, because walking in the dry sand is much easier on my arthritic joints than walking on hard surfaces.

Well Done, Cottage

My senior friends and I would like to commend the personnel at Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital and Wake Center for their smooth and speedy vaccination procedures.

County Mis-Planning

Los Alamos is in the midst of a development blunder aided by our own County Planning Department.

Racism at Supes Meeting

This kind of hate speech only emboldens the white supremacists, and to dismiss it as another crackpot to be ignored is how our country has come to the current place.

Impeach

The impeachment trial of Donald Trump is necessary to show the behavior of this man in a trial-like setting.

Preventing the Next Big One

Getting ahead of the economic virus of mass unemployment of unskilled workers requires computer literacy and internet access.

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