Lowering Boom on Building Heights
Signatures are being gathered to get lower building heights on the November ballot.
Author: Nick Welsh
Greka Faces Review at Special Hearing
With two criminal convictions, more than 250 environmental violations, and numerous spills, Greka Oil has become Santa Barbara’s favorite oil company to hate.
Santa Barbara News-Press Body Slammed in NLRB Decision
Judge rules against daily on all but one point.
Area Greenie Blasts EPA Decision
Decries new fuel standards as Trojan Horse.
Hit-and-Run Homicide Conviction Upheld
Appeals court rejects Montecito woman’s claim of prosecutorial misconduct.
Independent Challenges Court’s Contempt Finding
Photog Wellman awaits yet to be scheduled hearing.
Seasons Greeting From Chairman Nava
Drunk driving, leaky oil plants, and yuletide cheer.
Water, Water Everywhere : For Now
With Tuesday’s rains as a backdrop, the Santa Barbara City Council heard how city water consumers used nearly 1,000 acre-feet more water than usual this year, the driest in city history. Water resources planners reassured councilmembers that water supplies remain safe, sufficient, and reliable, even though southern municipalities are talking rationing.
City Council to U.S.: Withdraw from Iraq
After nearly two hours of speechifying and preaching by the South Coast’s peacenik choir, the Santa Barbara City Council voted 6-0 in favor of a resolution calling for the withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq within the year.
Smoochin’ the Pooch
The Angry Poodle tells the Santa Barbara City Council a good way to make money: rent to cannabis dispensaries.
