Of Prisons and Prosecutors
Pedro Nava, the Santa Barbara assemblymember running for state attorney general, voted on Monday against a bill to cut the state’s prison budget, which ultimately passed.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
Let My Steelhead Flow
The National Marine Fisheries Service held the second of two public hearings late Tuesday afternoon on its recently released steelhead recovery plan for the 46 watersheds between the Santa Maria River and the Mexican border.
S.B. High Enrollment Up
Although student enrollments continued to drop slightly throughout the Santa Barbara School District-in both elementary and secondary levels-Santa Barbara High School witnessed a unexpected increase of 150 additional students over the year before.
Judge Rules on ‘High-Rise’ Meaning
Supporters of Measure B, the Santa Barbara ballot measure that would lower maximum allowable building heights from 60 feet to 40 in El Pueblo Viejo-won a key semantic argument in court Tuesday.
Love at First Bite
This week, the Angry Poodle takes on the case for alternative transportation.
Keeping Cons Out of Prison
Santa Barbara repeat offender program posts dramatic results.
Canine Most Asinine
This week, the Angry Poodle takes on the recent changes to downtown’s landscape. Proliferation of yogurt shops, anyone?
B Is for Bad
An unlikely coalition thronged the front steps of Santa Barbara City Hall to denounce Measure B, the proposed ballot initiative that would reduce the maximum allowable building height to 40 feet downtown and 45 feet elsewhere throughout the city.
Homeless Deaths Hit 20
Toll on street people reaches record proportions while “alternative giving” program stalls.
Falcone Bows Out
The mayoral candidate will not challenge last week’s disqualification.
