‘Bleak House’ Case over Jail Overcrowding Settles After 45 Years
Defense attorney Bob Sanger sees some improvements, but much remains to do.
Nick Welsh
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Santa Barbara County Supervisor Bob Nelson Wields Gavel for Second Time
Supervisor Laura Capps vacates her seat as board chair to make way for the most outspokenly conservative member of the board.
City of Santa Barbara Gets Judge Off Lawsuit with Harbor Restaurant
Judge Colleen Sterne has been bumped from the Harbor Restaurant’s case, brought by John Thyne III and his partners, to “reform” their lease at the Stearns Wharf property.
Feds Twist Logic and Language to Grease Sable’s Skids
The pipeline restart hinges on a semantic debate over “interstate” and “intrastate.”
Emergency Rent Freeze Goes Before Santa Barbara City Council Next Week
If a five-vote super majority passes the special urgency measure, it will go into effect immediately.
Four-Way Race for Santa Barbara Mayor?
Councilmember Eric Friedman joins the fray against Mayor Randy Rowse and Councilmember Kristen Sneddon as former school boardmember Wendy Sims-Moten also expresses an interest in running.
Santa Barbara County Supervisors Weigh Legal Options to Stop or Slow Down Restart of Sable Offshore’s Oil Pipeline
No reportable action took place following Monday’s closed-door hearing as the supervisors reportedly found themselves deadlocked.
Carbajal Slams Military Attack in Venezuela
Carbajal calls the action reckless and deeply destabilizing.
Sable Offshore Wins Court Battle over Oil Pipelines
Enviro groups vow to continue the fight to stop the permit that would allow the restart of pipelines in Santa Barbara County.
Put Another Yule Dog on the Fire
Reminiscences of a Christmas Catholic’s last midnight Mass at Old Mission Santa Barbara, plus the seedier side of St. Nicholas’s origin story and a brief history of Saturnalia.
