How Now Bow-Wow?
Das Williams to mayors on redevelopment funding: Blight my ass.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
Hunkered in the Bunker
School District prepares for $10 million in cuts.
Goleta Suspends Summer Classes
The Goleta Valley School District Board voted unanimously last week to suspend summer classes because of budgetary pressures.
Santa Barbara Foundation New Digs Named After Donor
The new headquarters for the Santa Barbara Foundation—the South Coast’s biggest and oldest philanthropic organization—will be named after donor Léni Fé Bland in recognition of her recent multimillion-dollar endowment.
Bed Tax Receipts Up
For the 12th month in a row, the City of Santa Barbara has posted bed tax receipts higher than the year before.
Canines from Outer Space
Will Santa Barbara become the union-busting capital of the state? Wait and see.
Legal Hot Shot
Goleta mobile home park owner hires Ted Olson.
Electric Car Rebates Explained
Several dozen people gathered at the Metropolitan Transit District offices this week to hear how up to $12,500 in state and federal rebates will be available to people purchasing electric cars such as the Chevrolet Volt or the Nissan Leaf.
Carp to Install LED Street Lights
The City of Carpinteria will replace all its existing sodium halide street lights with LEDs, reducing its consumption of kilowatt hours by two-thirds and saving up to $20,000 a year, according to Parks czar Matt Roberts.
Revenge of the Tiger Dog
Why no panhandlers would be worse than too many.
