Jean Yamamura, Author at The Santa Barbara Independent

Briefs By Jean Yamamura | Mon Oct 12, 2020 | 5:18pm

Unlicensed ‘Vehicle Service Contract’ Business Ordered to Cease and Desist

The California Department of Insurance included seven Santa Barbara County residents as victims of an unlicensed auto-repair coverage provider.

Letters By Tirosh Schneider, S.B. | Mon Oct 12, 2020 | 4:18pm

No on Prop. 25

Proposition 25 would severely target Black and brown individuals with a racist algorithm, leaving them in jail for longer and with no options for release.

Letters By David K. Hughes, S.B. | Mon Oct 12, 2020 | 4:15pm

Bad Timing

I was shocked when I recently read that on Tuesday, October 6, the County Board of Supervisors voted themselves a 3 percent salary increase.

Letters By Callie Fausey, Goleta | Mon Oct 12, 2020 | 4:12pm

Right to Repair

The Critical Medical Infrastructure Right-to-Repair Act would remove manufacturer-imposed barriers to fixing medical equipment.

Coronavirus News By Jean Yamamura | Mon Oct 12, 2020 | 10:05am

Santa Barbara County’s COVID Cases on the Rise Amid Nursing Facility Outbreak

At Santa Maria Post Acute, 41 residents and 23 health-care workers have tested positive.

Letters By Daniel Fleury, S.B. | Sun Oct 11, 2020 | 4:09pm

Opposites

Thank you for your endorsements.

Letters By Bill Marks, S.B. | Sun Oct 11, 2020 | 4:08pm

Renaming Streets

We live in troubled and contentious times where any name can be found to be offensive to somebody.

Letters By Peer Amble, S.B. | Sun Oct 11, 2020 | 4:06pm

Republicans, Stand Up

First he attacked the journalists, and we joined him—
Because we were not journalists.

Opinion By Stephen Martin | Sat Oct 10, 2020 | 5:33pm

What Happened to That Stable Genius?

Donald Trump is actually mentally ill, something many mental health professionals have been warning about.

Letters By Richard G. Closson, S.B. | Sat Oct 10, 2020 | 4:04pm

More to It

Santa Barbarans today have an El Pueblo Viejo to enjoy (and profit from) due to the protections — large and small — provided by continued HLC oversight for over 60 years’ worth of “moments.”

Author: Jean Yamamura