Mayor Wants Regular Reports from Chief
The City Council and the public would benefit, Schneider says.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
Michael Magne Passes Away
Michael Magne, the former owner of A Skaters Paradise who’d run several times for the Santa Barbara City Council, died last week from complications connected to a massive brain injury he’d sustained the previous year in a skiing accident.
The (Mosh) Pit and the Pendulum
For the first time in 35 years, the race for Santa Barbara’s City Hall — normally a bastion of environmental, Unitarian-tinged, quasi-progressive high-mindedness — has been taken over by a solid conservative majority. In the reputed “birthplace of the environmental movement,” how could that be?
Kasi at the Stand
Police Officer Kasi Beutel explained the circumstances under which she arrested investigative reporter Peter Lance.
Air Tanker Base Back to Full Service
Re-designation in response to intense political pressure from fire chiefs and members of congress.
Schools Chief Unveils New Discipline Plan
Santa Barbara’s new schools chief, Dr. David Cash, announced at a public forum Thursday night that the current system of school discipline has been a failure and that he’s committed to a major overhaul, beginning later this year.
Demonizing the Homeless?
Council candidates bristle at Cathy Murillo’s characterization.
Restless Dog Syndrome
City Hall is still scratching its collective head about how to respond to the handful of Occupy S.B. campers seeking to pitch their tents out front in De la Guerra Plaza.
Cancer Center Pulls Out Stops
Pulitzer winner, Siddhartha Mukherjee, outlines “War on Cancer.”
Impounds Reined In
New law limits what cars can be towed at DUI checkpoints.
