Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away
No dent in the drought with storms mostly missing backcountry reservoirs.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
Justice-Obstructing Jail Guard Gets Three Years Probation
Sentenced for failing to report custody deputy’s excessive use of force on county inmate.
City Approves Three-Story Housing Project
Critics contend the development doesn’t have enough parking.
DoubleTree Looking to Add 70 Rooms
Developers want to transfer building rights from a new hotel project.
Affordable Care Act Enrollments Keep Climbing
5,335 county residents signed up in 2015.
Let Go, Let Dog
Paranoid Poodle sniffs at Cottage-Sansum merger.
Feds Want Incarceration for Former Jail Deputy
Prosecutors demand 12 months for guard convicted for obstruction of justice.
![[UPDATE] Ventura Fire Shuts Down Freeway Between Carpinteria and Ventura](https://www.independent.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/26/mike_solimar_fire.jpg?resize=220,150)
[UPDATE] Ventura Fire Shuts Down Freeway Between Carpinteria and Ventura
Downed power lines blamed for fire; highway back open; firefighter battle against Solimar blaze continues.
Residents Asked for Input on New Police Chief
Public hearing scheduled for January 7 at Louise Lowry Davis Center.
Through the Rearview Mirror: Drought, Housing, Politics
All the news we could squeeze into print in 2015.
