County Releases Debris Flow Five-Year Anniversary Video
‘Ark Storm Scenario’ revises future emergency planning.
Recent Stories
Early Results of Cancer Investigation at Dos Pueblos High Turn Up ‘No Concerns’
Preliminary air and soil tests and a Cancer Registry review point to no cancer cluster.
Gaviota Region Achieves a Wildfire Plan
Santa Barbara County supervisors approve the program over 106,000 rural coastal acres.
Prime Ag Lands Near Lompoc Saved from Housing for Now
More problems than solutions were found in the 148-acre Bailey Avenue housing project, says Local Agency Formation Commission.
A Deliberate Limit
Santa Barbara County has had but 16 beds for the care of 5150 WIC referrals (probably for as long as that statute has been on the books).
A Weird Week for Oil off California
Oil companies ask for Supreme Court review of offshore fracking ban; House and Senate propose offshore drilling ban; Republicans propose tying strategic reserve releases to oil and gas lease production.
Preserve the Modoc Preserve
I have always felt safer on that sloping stretch of Modoc than on most other roads, because the bike lane there is quite generously wide.
Well Written and Fair
We want to thank Callie Fausey for her very well written and very fair online article on the events at the Board of Supervisors hearing that designated Rocky Nook Park a County Historic Landmark.
You Can Fool Some of the People All of the Time
Public comments extolling the benefits of Medicare once again exposed the naivety of the American public on government “benefit” programs.
Federal Regulators Deny PG&E’s Request to Resume Review of Diablo Canyon
Nuclear Regulatory Commission says no to reopening old license application; utility pursues a time waiver for a new one.
