Chief Sanchez Honored by Faith-Based Nonprofit
Police Chief Cam Sanchez was honored by the Turner Foundation, a faith-based nonprofit, for agreeing to locate a quasi-police substation in a Westside apartment building it had renovated.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
FEMA to Remap Coastal Flood Risk Areas
Will meet with area officials next week to begin two-year, multimillion-dollar process.
Police Hire Community Outreach Workers
The Police Department has now hired eight of the nine community outreach workers to help connect homeless people to services and to help keep a lid on minor street crime associated with transients.
City Approves Funding for Grease-to-Energy Facility
The City Council approved spending up to $850,000 to install the equipment necessary to intercept all the fats, oils, and greases that would otherwise get dumped down the city’s collective drains — or shipped to repositories in faraway places like Bakersfield or Fresno.
Keri Stokstad Steps Down as Head of Santa Barbara Channels
After two years at the helm of Santa Barbara Channels, a tag team of two public access broadcasting channels, Keri Stokstad is stepping down to take a job at Pasadena Public Access.
Gang Injunction Blistered
Redundant, overarching, and too expensive, critics say.
Anguish Spurs Action
Dozens attend second neighborhood meeting on Milpas traffic safety after 15-year-old’s death.
By the Sweat of the Dog
If the County Supes can’t keep the poor out of sight, then they’ll keep them out of mind.
Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenue Keeps on Rising
The hotel occupancy taxes charged by the City of Santa Barbara went up in October, 6.4 percent more than the same month a year ago.
City Workers to Remove Broken Brick Crosswalks
City workers will remove the brick crosswalks at three intersections along Cabrillo Boulevard because they were defective from the start and have since defied all efforts at repair.
