Santa Barbara and News-Press Ownership Settle Lawsuit
City agrees Brown Act violations may have occurred; no fines involved.
Recent Stories
E-Voting Made Scary
UCSB’s Giovanni Vigna gives timely talk on why electronic voting is frighteningly insecure.
Good Quality, Lower Quantity for Wine Grape Harvest
Santa Barbara County’s biggest moneymaker endures weather woes, remains optimistic.
Highlights from the Harvest
A report from the Santa Barbara County Vintners’ Association’s Celebration of Harvest on October 11.
Five Reasons to Be Scared, Get Prepared, and Watch FLOW
As the world worries endlessly about oil supplies, there’s another resource we should be caring much more about: clean water.
Reflections on Werner Herzog’s Encounters at the End of the World
When the triumvirate of legendary adventurers Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, and Roald Amundsen initiated and, 20 years later in 1917, ended the so-called “Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration,” the last corner of our globe was checked off the undiscovered list, and those hoping to grow up to be explorers were immediately out of luck.
Beach Town, Oil Town, or Something in Between?
The seaside city of Carpinteria finds itself at a crossroads: Will it live forever as a tourist-dependent and farmer-friendly beach town or will it accept the big money bequests of oil, and allow a towering drill in the middle of town?
The Master Glazer of Figueroa Street
Santa Barbara ceramicist James Haggerty turns pottery into fine art.
Cell Phone Recovered Via SendMeHome.com
Item “lost” at Hammond’s Beach and returned within 24 hours.
Five-Starring in Pismo Beach?
Dolphin Bay Resort & Spa offers livable luxury and good autumn eats.
