Jean Yamamura, Author at The Santa Barbara Independent

Letters By Alan Lerner, S.B. | Mon Mar 30, 2020 | 9:18am

Lax Screening at LAX

A passenger from Colombia had no temperature check and no questions asked.

Letters By Thomas Scheff, S.B. | Mon Mar 30, 2020 | 9:11am

A Good Cry

How is it that one can have a huge and deeply satisfying cry in seeing a fictional tragedy on film or in theatre?

Letters By Lorna Moore, S.B. | Mon Mar 30, 2020 | 9:05am

We can’t let the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors approve ExxonMobil’s recent proposal to restart its dormant offshore drilling rigs and put an additional 70 tanker trucks a day on that highway.

Letters By Ibrahim Ibn Salma, S.B. | Mon Mar 30, 2020 | 8:58am

Coronavirus: A Poem

Embrace me if you can, / My heart is getting thin,

Opinion By Leoncio Martins | Sun Mar 29, 2020 | 10:47am

The Real Priorities in the COVID-19 Fight

Where are the coronavirus tests? Where are the masks? Where are the ventilators?

Opinion By Dr. Daniel Cox, Dr. Nessa Meshkaty, Dr. Melissa Barger | Sun Mar 29, 2020 | 10:35am

Stay Home, Please

Ventura County doctors underscore risk to everyone from COVID-19.

Letters By Claude Raffin, S.B. | Sun Mar 29, 2020 | 8:57am

Not About to Sacrifice Seniors

How dare you to imply or suggest that I, as a senior citizen, have become irrelevant, a burden to society!

Letters By Edmund Geswein, Lompoc | Sun Mar 29, 2020 | 8:52am

Bathroom Shortage

Since all the restrictions started it’s been totally ridiculous trying to find a restroom.

Letters By Roberta Parkinson, S.B. | Sun Mar 29, 2020 | 6:08am

Tankers Away

It didn’t take a crystal ball to foresee a significant oil spill accident on Highway 166.

Letters By Diana Diaz, Lompoc | Sat Mar 28, 2020 | 6:02am

Isolation in History

Social isolation has happened before, and it appears we have failed to teach this in history classes.

Author: Jean Yamamura