Million-Dollar Penalty Finalized for Million-Gallon Sewage Spill in Goleta Slough
Goleta West Sanitary District will fund well water sampling and remediation rather than pay a cash settlement.
Author: Jean Yamamura
Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore Reopening in Downtown Santa Barbara
Opening this summer, the new home improvement store and donation center adds to the burgeoning energy on State Street’s 400 block.
Morning Commuter Train to Santa Barbara on Track for Spring
If all goes as planned, the new rail service through Ventura should be running by late April or early May.
City of Goleta Promises Twin Roundabouts on Hollister Avenue to Open by March 2
Impatient drivers currently pass through K-rails marking sinuous lanes of roadway and abrupt lane changes.
Santa Barbara County’s Water Picture Rosier After Recent Storms
Despite California’s below-average snowpack, above-normal precipitation has been filling the county’s reservoirs and replenishing groundwater basins.
Shelby Builder’s Remedy Project in Goleta Undergoes Design and Environmental Review
Development at 7400 Cathedral Oaks Road includes lower-income homes and fruit trees.
Santa Barbara ICE Observers Stopped by CHP
ICE agents call California Highway Patrol to get observers off their tail.
Proposed Metrolink Commuter Train to Santa Barbara Canceled
A similar service is now being proposed through Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner.
A Clear Voice for Thoughtful Action
Goleta Councilmember Luz Reyes-Martín talks ICE, Planned Parenthood, and repping the Good Land.
Former ‘Santa Barbara News-Press’ Publisher Looks to Move Bankruptcy Case to New Venue
Wendy McCaw’s lawyers point to a “rent withholding dispute” over broken AC units at the McCaw-owned courthouse property as the reason for their relocation request.
