Negligence Lawsuit Proceeds Against City
Man sued after he fell on his bicycle on uneven pavement.
Author: Nick Welsh
City Settles Excessive Force Cases for $170,000
Tony Denunzio and Britteny Cotledge cases settled; Denunzio’s harbor matter continues.
Caltrans Examines Wrong-Way Collisions
Caltrans officials reported that between July 2002 and 2012, nine people were killed and 64 injured in wrong-way collisions that occurred on state highways in Santa Barbara County.
Fraudster Takes 10-Year Deal
David Prenatt risked spending 50 years in prison.
Beneath the Valley of the Dogs
There’s Good News and Bad News on the state of our late (not) great (not) drought.
City Union Protests Over Pay, Health Care
About 20 workers active with the Service Employees International Union Local 620 marched in a loop in front of City Hall, chanting slogans over a megaphone that pierced the council deliberations taking place within.
New Groundwater Plans Afoot
Lawmakers say proposed bills would ensure supplies are not over-harvested.
State Law Would Close Recycling Loophole
Assemblymember Das Williams said his “favorite” bill this legislative session would eliminate a major loophole in California’s recycling law, preventing cities and counties from claiming in their diversion tabulations green waste and organic materials that they had chipped, composted, and landfilled.
Big Changes on Bench
De Bellefeuille stepping down; Ochoa announces retirement.
Developer to Save Funk Zone
Developer Neil Dipaola plans to put sailboats on a hotel roof and artists in storage containers, and almost everybody is ecstatic. How come?
