Although the race to fill Susan Rose’s seat as 2nd District Supervisor has not officially begun, candidate Das Williams was fastest off the fundraising blocks, raising $27,695 last December. Of that, $25,000 came from just one donor, Peter Sperling, founder of Call Wave Inc.
Former homeless advocate and well-known Santa Barbara street person James Lee Magruder, 44, died Monday at Cottage Hospital just a day before the City Council committed research funds aimed at ending chronic homelessness in Santa Barbara.
Born in Alabama, the son of an advance scout for Christian televangelist Billy Graham, Brown took over the Lompoc Department 10 years ago, fighting an uphill battle against gang violence and domestic abuse with a department beset by rapid turnover, losing 20 officers to the Santa Maria Police Department.
The automobile was given the backseat in Ventura County’s future as supervisors voted unanimously to forge a transportation future relying on buses, trains, and bicycles.
If she had worked her normal 11 p.m.-7 a.m. overnight shift at the Goleta postal annex last Monday night, Maleka Higgins would be alive today.
Sometimes you don’t have to go to Burger King to get fed a whopper. Sometimes the County Supervisors’ chambers will do just fine. I was only half paying attention last week when I heard Sheriff Jim Anderson announce that jail overcrowding had gotten so bad, his jailers were forced to release an inmate being held on $1 million bail.
As director of the Fund for Santa Barbara (FSB)-now entering its 25th year in operation-Geoff Green has played a pivotal role promoting many of the grassroots organizations now afflicting Santa Barbara County’s comfortable and comforting its afflicted.
As the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Council meltdown escalates from name-calling to dueling lawsuits, one political candidate has officially stepped forward to challenge Sheriff Jim Anderson for his job. Lieutenant Ugo “Butch” Arnoldi, a 32-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department, confirmed he would run against Anderson in this coming June’s election.
Christmas-New Year’s maelstrom. And I would wager every one of you is sporting a similar bite mark on your own behind as well. How’d it get there? Remember the federal spending bill passed by the Senate with a one-vote margin of victory during the Christmas vacation? That’s the one for which Vice President Dick Cheney had to cut short his visit to Iraq to cast the tie-breaking vote.
