‘A Ways to Go’ in Santa Barbara’s COVID Fight
County supervisors debate free speech, public threats, and when to end the indoor mask mandate.
Author: Nick Welsh
Santa Barbara High Grad Takes Reins of Behavioral Wellness
Antonette “Toni” Navarro has been appointed as the new director of the county’s mental-health department.
Poodle: Santa Barbara’s 51st Mayor Will Likely Be Randy Rowse
Many candidates will win with small percentage of voters.
Can St. Mary’s Help the Homeless Crisis?
The controversial plan to buy an abandoned seminary has promise.
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.
