Lookout Fire 75 Percent Contained
Crews still at work on the blaze that began Wednesday morning.
Nick Welsh
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Cottage Posts Low Readmission Rate
The three hospitals making up Cottage Health System outperformed most hospitals in the region and nation when it came to readmitting patients discharged for heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia, the conditions studied by Medicare examiners when gauging a hospital’s effectiveness.
More Santa Barbarans Bike
Santa Barbara County ranks 25th in the United States when gauging the rate of increase in bicycle commuters from 2000 to 2010.
Antitax Crusaders Support Parcel Tax Measures
Traditional antitax crusaders with the Taxpayers Association and Republican Party have come out in favor of parcel tax Measures A and B, which combined will generate $2.9 million a year for four years for the Santa Barbara Unified School District.
City Crews Attack Vegetation with ‘Masticator Tractor’
City work crews armed with something called a “masticator tractor” have attacked a six-acre chunk of land alongside Las Positas Creek, chewing up the thick vegetative underbrush that could provide combustible fuel in a fire.
Dave Damiano Dies
Succumbs to liver failure at age 46.
Chariots of the Dogs
Can fall-out shelters protect us from testosterone poisoning? Poodle celebrates the Prez Debates and Cuban missile crisis.
‘Zombee’ Confirmed in S.B.
The infected fly clumsily and leave their hives at night.
Cam Show Gets Frisky
Police chief talks corn vendors, “motherships,” jail conditions, and TRUST Act.
City Posts Dramatic Gains in Sales and Bed Taxes
The City of Santa Barbara is almost out of the fiscal woods — but not quite — after posting dramatic gains in sales taxes and bed taxes for the past year.
