Smart Meter Smack Down
Utility companies blistered from all sides over eco-friendly energy meters.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
Police Station Public Enemy #1
Councilmembers take baby step toward funding new headquarters for cops.
Waterfront Director Retires
John Bridley, the city’s waterfront czar for the past 15 years, will retire this week after a City Hall career spanning 30 years, and will be replaced—at least on an interim basis—by Scott Riedman, business manager of the Waterfront Department for the past 10 years.
House Closes Sewing Machine Shop
Economic hard times have forced Santa Barbara City councilmember Grant House to close up the sewing machine shop he’s run for the last 34 years
Putting the ‘Ow’ Back in Bow-Wow
Five years after the News-Press Meltdown and it’s still smoking.
Council Approves Cliff Drive Re-Striping
Stretch of road to feature two bike lanes, two through lanes, and two bike lanes.
Trash Wars: David Eats Goliath
Allied Waste executives say they’ll sell their S.B. franchise to MarBorg Industries.
Rowse Declares Candidacy
Stands on platform of public safety and fiscal restraint.
Williams More Mellow than Counterparts about Brown’s Budget Veto
Democratic Assemblymember Das Williams is not voicing the same outrage as his party leaders over Governor Jerry Brown’s decision last week to veto the state budget document passed on strict party lines.
K-9 Krazies
Talk may be cheap, but silence ain’t golden, as Santa Barbara City Councilmember Dale Francisco and the council conservatives discovered the hard way.
