The cause of a large scale bee die-off last autumn involving 16 hives located near each other in Montecito remains murky, but a recent pesticide screening of hive and honey samples showed several “commonly used pesticides” were found.
Council accepts $300,000 grant from California Coastal Conservancy.
Why Bishop Curry needs to resign
Gregg Hart, a spokesperson for the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, has confirmed he will run for Santa Barbara City Council in this November’s election, making him the fourth candidate who’d been barred from seeking re-election by the city’s term limits ordinance.
Council re-assumes control of 12 downtown parking lots.
S.L.O. sides with car-campers in a lawsuit against the city.
The State Department of Finance has dropped its opposition to efforts by the City of Santa Barbara to retain control and ownership of all downtown public parking lots and garages built with Redevelopment Agency dollars.
Landlord Dario Pini’s plans to build a two-story addition to a single-family home on the 1900 block of Chino Street on the city’s Westside squeaked through the Santa Barbara Architectural Board of Review (ABR) by a vote of 4-3. Several neighbors objected that the new structure was out of character with the smaller single-family homes surrounding it and that it would intrude into the backyards of the five adjoining properties.
One small step for the Poodle; one giant bus ride for mankind.
Santa Barbara bishop accused of sex abuse cover-up.
