Cameras for Cops?
Grand Jury Advises city to find funding for patrol car cameras.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
Dead Dogs Wag No Tails
Poodle attempts to extricate fact from fiction about cops and crime on the campaign trail.
Clear as Mud
Status of pot dispensaries murkier than ever.
Election Ballots in the Mail
Santa Barbara city election officials dropped 46,000 mail-in ballots this Monday, marking the official start of this year’s election season.
City Reduces Number of Staff Cars
Buys 10 more police cruisers.
Dems Ahead in Money Dance
Deborah Schwartz top fundraiser in council race.
The Dog that Didn’t Bark
How to forget what you never knew, especially when a million dead Iraqis might be involved.
$450,000 in Found Reserves Fund Police
The council won’t have to squint hard to find the $450,000 needed to pay for the three additional “phantom” police officer positions authorized in this year’s budget but not funded.
Council Approves $67,000 for Gang Task Force
The City Council voted to pony up another $67,000 to help fund the South Coast Task Force on Youth Gangs for a second year.
S.B. Poverty Climbs
18 percent of population living at or below federal level.
