Terrace of Trouble?
Jury awards $2.2 million in elder care lawsuit.
Month: June 2009
Glen Annie To Close
In the wake of the Goleta City Council’s denial of a study examining saving the golf course with housing, owner ValleyCrest Companies throws in the towel.
Setback for Naples Plan
In what was music to the ears of opponents to Matt Osgood’s Naples development dream, the Santa Barbara County supervisors voted 3-0 this week-boardmembers Joni Grey and Joe Centeno abstained-to further delay the permitting process for the controversial 71-mansion plan.
Tragic Notes 6-25
Engineer John Schoof, regarded as a rising star throughout Santa Barbara City Hall, died last week of sudden heart failure as part of his ongoing battle with diabetes.
Jeff Shelton, Santa Barbara’s Architectural Wizard
From the rooftop of El Andaluz, the newest building going up along the Chapala corridor, we could see the dazzling panorama that is Santa Barbara: Sailboats bobbing in the marina, red-tiled roofs defining white stuccoed buildings, the Santa Ynez Mountains cascading toward Rincon-a city of natural beauty and human charm.
Indy Folks Do Solstice
Busted tires and blown-out bearings didn’t stop The Independent‘s director of sales Robby Robbins and classified sales rep Dorothy Dent from rocking the Summer Solstice parade last Saturday.
Business 6-25
Pacific Capital Bancorp-the parent company of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust-announced that it would neither be paying dividends on preferred or common stock nor interest on certain securities in order to bolster its reserves.
volume 23, number 180, June 25-July 2, 2009
Jeff Shelton: Architectural Wizard (Michael Seabaugh) Cover image by Paul Wellman.
Health 6-25
The Cottage Health System’s Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Santa Ynez Valley branches are increasing security precautions, both to keep up with national trends in hospitals and in light of the kidnapping of a newborn baby from the Santa Barbara facility last July
Garamendi Doesn’t Support Vandenberg Slant Drilling
His purported approval of the proposal resulted from a misunderstanding, a staffer says.
