Santa Barbara County Resolution Honors Chumash on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Supervisors also proclaim October as Italian American Heritage Month.
Nick Welsh
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Historical Museum Explores Santa Barbara’s Bohemian Rhapsody
The much-mythologized Mountain Drive community is explored in a new museum exhibit.
Santa Barbara Supes Move to Banning Natural Gas
Getting ahead of state mandates, but fighting over exemptions.
New White Paper Brings New Approach to Solving Homeless Issues
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Santa Barbara Philanthropist Leslie Ridley-Tree Dies
She was a businesswoman who donated hundreds of millions of dollars to institutions throughout the county.
Santa Barbara Ordinance Committee Approves Civilian Oversight Commission
The new police chief declares it historic.
