City Retreats on Pot Shops
The maximum number of dispensaries allowed may increase from three to five.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
Capps Not Packing Heat
But says her colleagues might in the wake of the Arizona shooting.
$10,000 Approved For Warming Shelter, Just Barely
New councilmember Randy Rowse casts the decisive vote.
Brown’s Budget Pain Hits Home
His proposal would cost the city’s Redevelopment Agency $12 million a year.
Lap Dogs, Running Dogs or Mad Dogs?
Duck-and-cover drills for the New Dark Ages.
Council Votes for Suicide Barrier Transparency
Spurred on by Councilmembers Dale Francisco and Frank Hotchkiss, the Santa Barbara City Council voted to instruct Mayor Helene Schneider to ask the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments to ask Caltrans to share a secret engineering study about suicide barrier alternatives for the Cold Spring Bridge with the head of the state’s Office of Historic Preservation.
Status Quo Defended
Police chief keeps car-impound policy.
Every Dog Returns to its Vomit
In the battle of blasphemers, who’s more radioactive—Brett Favre or Aasia BiBi?
Shiver Me Timbers
2010 claims the lives of 32 homeless people.
Dog in the Manger
Capps deploys “Power of Nice” to repeal Don’t-Ask-Don’t-Tell.
