Outbreak at Santa Maria Nursing Facility Leads to Five Residents’ Deaths
Santa Barbara County’s reopening progress stymied by Santa Maria COVID Cases.
Author: Jean Yamamura
Update: Drum Fire Contained
About 600 acres burned northwest of Buellton on Sunday, reaches 30 percent containment by Monday morning.
An American Civil War
Our rights have been slowly stripped: Police officers are equipped like soldiers while doctors are not even equipped like doctors.
Maybe Not the Batteries
Batteries on the ‘Conception’ might not be the whole story.
Alt-Polling Places
Police stations, banks, and post offices have the capacity to serve as alt-polling places in the days surrounding November’s election.
How Santa Barbara Is Handling the Pandemic
Would that UCSB had such an online course in Instant History.
Stumbling Toward Hope
With Black Lives Matter leading the way, lately we have been stumbling and even marching in the right direction: less violence and more equity.
Defense Attorneys Say Stop Building North County Jail
Our existing jail population plummeted by half, due to COVID, and there has been no spike in crime. We couldn’t ask for better data on what incarcerating far fewer people looks like.
Santa Barbara Reopenings Include Movie Theaters and Macy’s
City to reestablish parking lot fees June 22; Metro 4 and Camino Real are back June 26.
Four More Years of Wrecking Balls?
Democrats, God help us, have answered this historic presidential moment by choosing a frayed flannel bathrobe.
