Can St. Mary’s Help the Homeless Crisis?
The controversial plan to buy an abandoned seminary has promise.
Nick Welsh
Recent Stories
Poodle: Santa Barbara’s Mayoral Race Needs Reform
Run-off elections and campaign finance reform are wanted.
Santa Barbara Supes Give High Praise to Mental Health Program
The experimental co-response teams save time and money but get no funding.
COVID Cases Continue Downward Trend in Santa Barbara County
Cases and hospitalizations are down from September, but 13 new deaths have been reported in October.
Santa Barbara Council Continues Paying for Hotel for Homeless People
Votes $1.2 million to rent Rose Garden Inn for 90 more days.
Santa Barbara County Fire Chief Recounts How Alisal Fire Got the Jump on Firefighters
With fire almost contained and rains predicted, Fire Chief Mark Hartwig on Tuesday warned supervisors of the looming threat of a debris flow in fire-scarred Refugio Canyon.
Joe Centeno, Former Santa Barbara County Supervisor, Dies at 86
Born in a boxcar, Santa Maria’s onetime police chief and mayor died of a heart attack late last Thursday.
Lola Zinke Christens USS ‘Santa Barbara’
The wife of Donald Trump’s former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke performed the ceremonial bottle break over the bow of the combat ship named after her hometown.
Alisal Fire 50 Percent Contained
Fire expanded slightly to west on Friday; cool and wetter weather on the way.
Alisal Fire Update: Freeway 101 Opened and Train Service Restored
County landfill thrashed; trash will be hauled to Ventura.
