Why Big Oil and Santa Barbara County Cannot Be Friends
A new oil company, financed by Exxon, has reopened the fight.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
Specter of Mass Shootings Casts Pall over State Street Parades
Will cars, bikes, and a bowling alley save Santa Barbara’s downtown?
Santa Barbara Nonprofits Work to Send Aid to Gaza
Shipments from Direct Relief and ShelterBox have been blocked indefinitely following Israel’s strike on Rafah, and storm damage to temporary pier.
Jim Stubchaer, Former Santa Barbara County Flood Control Czar, Dead at 94
Longtime flood control engineer who built 13 debris basins on the South Coast dies of cancer complications.
Arnoldi’s Café Down but Not Out
The historic Santa Barbara restaurant is in talks with a prospective new operator.
There’s a New McAdoo in Town
New City Administrator Kelly McAdoo is unfazed by the discovery of storage tanks that threaten to delay the relocation of the famers’ market and police station.
Santa Barbara County Supervisors Approve Funding for 12 New Mental-Health Beds
The county’s Crisis Stabilization Unit will reopen as an eight-bed, locked facility run by private contractor Crestwood, which is also adding four beds to its Lompoc facility.
Ambulance Monopoly Trial Postponed in Santa Barbara Superior Court
Settlement talks start between AMR and the county over the 10-year contract awarded to the county’s Fire Department.
Is There a Somewhere Over the Rainbow for Santa Barbara?
Economist confab concludes you can’t get there from here. Really?
Santa Barbara County Supervisors Weigh Bed-Tax Hike Against Cannabis Tax Reform
The board will decide next month which tax proposal to put on the November ballot.
