Bikes and Brides
Elings Park directors have agreed not to hold wedding receptions or host organized bike races on Elings Park South as part of a legal settlement hammered out between the park and attorneys for the County of Santa Barbara.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
Jane Russell Dies
Jane Russell, the iconic actress whose mammary majesty captured the obsessive imagination of reclusive mogul Howard Hughes and aroused the wrath of movie censors in the late 1940s and early 1950s, died this week in her Santa Maria home.
How Now Bow-Wow?
Das Williams to mayors on redevelopment funding: Blight my ass.
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.
