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.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
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.
Sable Offshore Gets Green Light to Restart Pipeline from Feds
As of Tuesday morning, no officials with the County of Santa Barbara or the State of California appeared to know whether the Houston oil company has already recommenced production off the Gaviota Coast.
Showdown Brewing Between City of Santa Barbara and Harbor Restaurant
Restaurant co-owner John Thyne III sues City Hall over “unconscionable” lease terms and is served with an eviction notice.
Feds Assert Oversight Authority over Sable Offshore
The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Substance Safety Administration takes pipeline oversight and restart authority away from California’s Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Longest Night Memorial Remembers 69 Homeless Deaths in Santa Barbara County
Dozens gather at Santa Barbara County Courthouse on Sunday for 13th annual ceremony.
Journalist Lou Cannon, Who Covered Ronald Reagan for Decades, Dies at 92
A nuance, precise reporter spent 26 years as White House correspondent.
Can Indiana Be the Beginning of the End for Trump World
Hoosier football, world wrestling, and a Republican state legislature stand up.
Sable Offshore Oil Guilty of ‘Systemic Non-Compliance’
Transfer of title and permits from Exxon to Sable rejected 3-1.
‘Grim,’ ‘Bleak,’ ‘Tough,’ and ‘Painful’: Santa Barbara Supervisors Looking at Serious Cuts
Over the next five years, the county government is looking at $66 million in cumulative budget shortfalls.
