Poodle Postscript
News commentary on suspicious coolers and the “Theory of Lee” in PG&E.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
Blakeslee Tees Off on NRC
Diablo Canyon not safe enough, he tells senate panel.
General Plan Revision Process Still a Go
Santa Barbara’s City Council declined to throw in the towel on efforts to revise its General Plan, even though the prior two years of exhaustive debate and deliberation have yet to yield the five-vote supermajority required to get anything passed.
Sunnier City Budget
Santa Barbara forced to absorb only $2.7 million shortfall; county looking at $72 million problem.
Let Sleeping Dogs Prevaricate
Looking for truth—and Pulitzer Prizes—in all the wrong places.
Nava Lobbies For Redrawn 35th District to Include Only S.B. County
Ruffles feathers of Das Williams and many other South Coast Democrats.
Mayor Boards Luxury Cruise Ship
Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider met with the captain of the Crystal Symphony, a 461-cabin cruise ship that moored in Santa Barbara earlier this week, exchanging official plaques and saying hello.
Affordable Housing Complex Opens
By the time Artisan Court—55 units of strategically targeted affordable housing—opened its doors for business this Wednesday, the new three-story structure at 422 East Cota Street already had a waiting list of prospective new tenants.
PETA Wants Neverland Ranch to Be Refuge for Rescued Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has challenged the owners of Neverland Ranch—once the exclusive domain of reclusive pop star Michael Jackson—to make the Santa Ynez property a high-profile refuge for animals in need of rescue rather than recreate it as a menagerie for exotic animals bought for show.
New Natural Landscape Playground at Zoo
Sixty years ago, Robert Kallman—then owner of a thriving nursery and later a county supervisor—played a pivotal role locating the Santa Barbara Zoo in its current location; as an accent note to that accomplishment, Kallman and his family provided key funding for the creation of a new children’s play garden at the zoo, which opens this weekend.
