Council Hears New Plans for Bowl Entrance

Plans to reconfigure the entrance of the Santa Barbara Bowl — and abandon a portion of a public street in the process — encountered no major opposition at the City Council on Tuesday, but several councilmembers made it clear they wanted a lot more attention paid to providing drop-off and pickup points on Milpas Street for people coming and going to Bowl shows.

Joe Show Continues

What steps, if any, the Carpinteria City Council might take to publicly rebuke Councilmember Joe Armendariz for his second major drunk-driving incident in five years was postponed for three weeks Monday.

Fire Chiefs Seeing Red

Santa Barbara County Fire Chief Michael Dyer and Montecito Fire’s Chief Kevin Wallace are leading the charge against a new emergency regulation that will require owners of about 20,000 structures located in the county’s rural back country to pay $150 each in new fire-prevention fees.

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