Activate, Not Placate: The Solution to Santa Barbara’s State Street Blues
Colorful windows with nothing inside will not make a vibrant downtown.
Author: Nick Welsh
KEYT Catches ICE in Lies over October Incident Involving Activist
Body-cam footage shows federal agents fabricating an attack by an immigration rights activist in Oxnard.
Trump Will Try to Stop or Steal the Next Election
Please read the tea leaves for yourselves.
Santa Barbara Sheriff Awarded Nearly $1M for Co-Response Teams
A $993,000 state grant will field two co-response teams for one year and slightly more than $300,000 will be used to reactivate the crisis intervention training program after a two-year hiatus.
Santa Barbara’s Beth Goodman Speaks Out After Being Pepper-Sprayed by Masked ICE Agent: ‘I Just Couldn’t Do Nothing’
The real estate agent and soccer mom of quadruplets says she was temporarily blinded after being sprayed in the face during last week’s confrontation on Santa Barbara’s Eastside.
Santa Barbara County Sales Tax Initiative Dead in the Cradle
Supervisors lack four-vote super majority to place proposed one percent sales tax increase on the June ballot.
Feds Subpoena Sable Offshore over Insider Information
The Houston oil company, which is trying to restart oil production off the coast of Santa Barbara County, says it could face civil and criminal penalties from the SEC and U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Santa Barbara’s Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto, Barbareño Chumash Elder, Dies at Age 87
Ygnacio-De Soto, daughter of the last native speaker of any Chumash language, was an outspoken advocate for Chumash historical and cultural preservation.
Santa Barbara County Concedes Its Greenhouse-Gas Goal Likely Unreachable by 2030
While some supervisors seek to put a brave face on the numbers, Supervisor Steve Lavagnino says, “Americans are addicted to convenience.”
Santa Barbara Police Chief and Sheriff Respond to Fatal Shootings in Minneapolis
Federal immigration officers’ actions in Minnesota put public trust at risk nationwide and locally, Chief Kelly Gordon says, while Sheriff Bill Brown expresses concern over expressed concern that “inaccurate and provocative statements from leaders on both sides of the aisle.”
