Jean Yamamura, Author at The Santa Barbara Independent

Letters By Robert M. Handy, Sanford D. Cook, Shawn Terris | Wed Apr 08, 2020 | 2:42pm

Poor Leadership

Acting Secretary Modly must have slept through his leadership classes at Annapolis.

In Memoriam By Deborah Barnes | Tue Apr 07, 2020 | 10:30pm

Leland ‘Hobo’ Goodsell died at age 66 on Saturday, April 4, 2020, in Cottage Hospital after being ill for six weeks.

Letters By Rev. Julia Hamilton, S.B. | Tue Apr 07, 2020 | 4:08pm

I’ve already started spending that stimulus check in my mind, but many others in our town are struggling just to put food on the table.

Coronavirus News By Jean Yamamura | Tue Apr 07, 2020 | 12:46pm

Santa Maria company’s Chinese partner caught up in blanket prohibition.

Letters By Bob Ledner, S.B. | Tue Apr 07, 2020 | 3:12am

Right now, AB5 in California is literally killing the “gig economy” just as much as the virus.

Letters By Ken Hough, Santa Maria | Mon Apr 06, 2020 | 3:04pm

The remaining Cat Canyon proposals constitute major threats to our water, wildlife, and communities.

Letters By Deborah Barnes, S.B. | Mon Apr 06, 2020 | 1:40pm

How are our 2,000 homeless helping to flatten the curve?

Letters By Robert Baruch, Yeosu, South Korea | Mon Apr 06, 2020 | 1:15pm

Since the first information came out of Wuhan, China, concerning the deadly coronavirus, Donald Trump has bungled the U.S. response.

Letters By Cotty Chubb, Montecito | Sun Apr 05, 2020 | 3:36pm

Thank you for reporting on the infuriating opacity of the public health officer.

Letters By John and Vicki Ummel, S.B. | Sun Apr 05, 2020 | 3:26pm

Nearly 90 percent of all households will get a recovery check.