Fear, Loathing, and Smart Meters
Councilmembers send a letter to Edison asking for a thorough vetting of the devices.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
Lies My Dog Told Me
Unlike the throngs assembling outside the White House the night elite U.S. military forces popped a richly deserved cap in Osama Bin Laden’s turban, I felt no jubilatory impulse to wave a flag or pump my fist.
Braving Burning Busses and Brutal Beatings
Santa Barbara Freedom Rider to appear on Oprah.
Can Rental Task Force Survive Budget Ax?
Tenants, advocates, and volunteers appeal to the city council.
New Haley Street Bridge Opens
Inviting design also fits into Mission Creek flood-control plans.
Food-Scrap Recycling in Trouble
Councilmembers say the program just isn’t economical.
New PUEBLO Leadership
Mark Alvarado promises to be more diplomatic.
101 Third Lane Trumps Median Landscaping
Caltrans gets green light to insert additional northbound lane.
Rental Mediation Program Under Budget Axe
Cutback critics call the potential move “unnecessary, severe, and harsh.”
Robert Francis Phillips: 1921-2011
Robert Francis Phillips, the husband and silent partner of noted Goleta civic activist and slow-growther Harriett Phillips, died last week at the age of 89.
