Saving State Street by Closing It Off to Traffic?
City Hall contemplates speedy measures in response to economic Armageddon.
Nick Welsh
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‘Santa Barbara County Got Hosed’ by Newsom’s Reopening Criteria, Says City Manager
There’s little hope of relaxing restriction further while Lompoc prison stats are included in Santa Barbara County’s case count.
Mrs. Wendy P. McCaw and Santa Barbara Supervisor Peter Adam Dismiss COVID-19
Mrs. Wendy P. McCaw and Supervisor Peter Adam say stop panicking over a little virus.
Mickey Flacks, 1940-2020
Mickey Flacks: Champion of fair housing, social justice, and environmental protections
Grand Jury Approves of Santa Barbara County Detention Facilities
Members are “generally satisfied” with incarceration conditions, but concerns linger over new North County jail.
Plug Finally Pulled on La Casa de la Raza
What’s next for Santa Barbara’s embattled cultural center remains unclear.
‘Santa Barbara News-Press’ Editor and Owner Part Ways over COVID-19
Wendy McCaw likens Public Health restrictions to Nazi Germany; Editor-in-Chief Nick Masuda ditches paper.
Santa Barbara’s Sansum Medical Clinic Facing a Financial Crisis
Fear of the COVID-19 virus keeps patients from visiting Sansum doctors.
Santa Barbara City Council Unwittingly Declares War on Irish Seaport
Somewhere outside the cow-mad town of Abilene, Kansas, the body of Dwight D. Eisenhower — buried in an $80 standard military-issue coffin — is
News Commentary | ‘Is It Safe?’
Trust but verify when getting into a dental chair during the coronavirus crisis.
