Beanie Babies Billionaire Girds for Battle over Biltmore Property Taxes
Meanwhile, Ty Warner has settled a legal showdown over pickleball noise at his Montecito Club.
Author: Nick Welsh
California to Require Diversion of 75 Percent of Organic Material by 2025
Food scraps, green waste, dirty diapers, and dead rats will no longer be buried.
Black Healers of Santa Barbara Honored
Supervisors praised 19 “health-care heroes.”
Inmates Not Competent to Stand Trial Stuck in Santa Barbara Jail
Mental-health advocates demand the county find more secure beds.
Saying Goodbye to the Great Gary K. Hart
A politician who pushed educational, environmental, and legislative innovation.
Santa Barbara Hotel Workers Sue Ty Warner for $6 Million
The class-action suit charges staff were terminated through no fault of their own.
Singing the Bicycle Electric
Here’s how powered pedaling brought fun back to his saddle.
Poodle: COVID Cruise Ships Coming to Santa Barbara?
A really bad idea whose time has not come.
Tight Split over Makeup of Santa Barbara’s Civilian Police Review Board
Community Formation Commission votes to exclude current or retired law enforcement officers or their immediate family.
Santa Barbara COVID Cases May Have Peaked
Hospitalizations have increased 309 percent in last month.
