Nick Welsh, Author at The Santa Barbara Independent

Housing By Gail Arnold and Nick Welsh | Wed Mar 27, 2019 | 11:00pm

Montecito’s Villas at Olive Mill Project Opens

The project was 15 years in the making.

Angry Poodle By Nick Welsh | Wed Mar 20, 2019 | 6:00pm

Santa Barbara County mental-health advocates are working together to solve problems.

Environment By Nick Welsh | Wed Mar 20, 2019 | 2:32pm

Greenhouse gas emissions are projected to increase 800 percent.

Labor By Nick Welsh | Wed Mar 20, 2019 | 12:46pm

Contractors accuse councilmembers of being bought and paid for.

Politics By Nick Welsh | Sun Mar 17, 2019 | 2:00pm

Governor’s reprieve has little effect in Santa Barbara, except in the Han case.

Housing By Nick Welsh | Fri Mar 15, 2019 | 12:00am

Planning Commission votes against below-market rate requirements.

Homeless By Nick Welsh | Thu Mar 14, 2019 | 9:04am

Officials say they attract homeless people and nuisance crime.

Cannabis By Nick Welsh | Thu Mar 14, 2019 | 12:00am

Tensions between wine and weed bubble over in Santa Ynez Valley.

Courts & Crime By Nick Welsh | Thu Mar 14, 2019 | 12:00am

Brenda Ross was originally sentenced for trying to stab a pregnant woman in the stomach.

Community By Nick Welsh | Wed Mar 13, 2019 | 1:42pm

De la Guerra Plaza may not work as a new home, leaders say.