Barking Dogs of Diablo Canyon
What Capps and Feinstein Saw at Diablo Canyon
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
Paradigms Lost and Found
Where right meets left on homelessness.
Subcommittee Works on General Plan Compromise
High density housing development might be encouraged in certain areas of Santa Barbara as a quasi-experimental way of determining whether the so-called “smart-growth” agenda—greater housing densities in exchange for greater affordability and smaller unit sizes—can deliver as promised without overrunning the affected neighborhoods with crime and congestion.
Capps Struggles in Climate Change Votes
Santa Barbara’s Congressmember Lois Capps repeatedly found herself on the short end of the stick this week on a series of committee votes dealing with climate change and air pollution control that fell largely along party lines.
Downtown Detox Gets Green Light
Proposal draws mixed reviews from neighbors-to-be.
Lap Dogs of the Apocalypse
Finding fault with Diablo Canyon while Japan melts
No Bus Strike
MTD announces contract with drivers.
Case of the Incredible Shrinking City
Santa Barbara’s population drops.
Republicans Eye Capps’s District
With the boundary lines of Lois Capps’s congressional district about to be dramatically redrawn, Republican candidates are actively sniffing around for a chance to take on a politician deemed hitherto unbeatable.
Democrats Want City Hall Back
Council candidates speak out.
