Grand Jury Issues Blistering Report on Mental-Health Care in Santa Barbara County Jail
No training, no night counseling, no statistics on prisoner mental health conditions.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
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How Ronald Reagan, Jerry Brown, and the Tooth Fairy take the fall.
Why Are So Many Roosters Living in Santa Barbara County?
Supervisors worry it could be for cock-fighting.
The Poodle Weeps: Spending the Fourth with the Supremes
How Billie Holiday explains the three recent Supreme Court rulings.
Cottage, Sansum, CenCal, and Others to Pay Millions in Settlement over False Medi-Cal Claims
The latest deal involving Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo health-care providers brings the total settlement to $90.5 million.
Santa Barbara Cannabis Update: Sniffing Smoke, Where’s the Fire?
State audits and supes crack down on operators, and growers in Glass House throw stones.
Crisis Over Santa Barbara County’s Crisis Beds
How Santa Maria hospital helped bridge gap in psych bed space.
One in Three People Experiencing Homelessness over 50 Years Old
Santa Barbara statistics reflect findings of statewide report released last week by UC San Francisco.
The Poodle Pants: Is the Future So Dark Because I’m Wearing Unabomber’s Shades?
Theodore Kaczynski checks out none too soon.
Chumash Memorial Bear Sculpture Installed in Old Mission Cemetery
According to historical documents, the deaths of about 3,800 baptized Chumash people living in Santa Barbara were recorded between the
