‘Unhealthy’ Air-Quality Warnings Remain in Effect
Santa Barbara’s Air Pollution Control District announced the air quality in the City of Santa Barbara remains “unhealthy.”
Author: Nick Welsh
Friday Morning Update: Thomas Fire Grows to 132,000 Acres
The fire has grown to 132,000 acres. It is 10 percent contained.
One of Two Psych Patients Who Escaped During Thomas Fire Back at Cottage
Marina McKenzie’s 23-year-old son reportedly jumped out of a transport van while the driver was distracted taking pictures.
More Problems for Embattled Landlord Dario Pini
Pini is facing a broad and ambitious legal attack.
Westside Kids Get Mayoral Love
Mayor Helene Schneider is approaching the end of her term.
Tax Cuts for Christmas: Who Needs the Grinch?
The strange, shocking silence of Justin Fareed on the Republican Congress’s feed-the-rich tax bill.
Challenges Continue as City Council Undertakes State Street Blueprinting
We don’t need no stinking task force … or do we?
Santa Barbara Hits Its Seventh Year of Drought
With little left in Cachuma and less precipitation forecasted, things aren’t looking up.
Evacuations Ordered for Parts of Carpinteria as Thomas Fire Swells to 96,000 Acres
With active fire throughout the Ojai Valley, concern rises that fire could move into Santa Barbara County as the western and northern flanks grow ‘very rapidly.’
Santa Barbara Vista del Mar Psych Patients Relocated After Hospital Destroyed in Thomas Fire
One patient remains AWOL after wandering away from the Ventura County Fairgrounds.
