Crunched by Numbers
Crime down, call for cops up.
Month: February 2011
Westmont LGBT Alumni Speak Up
Say they experienced “doubt, loneliness, and fear” at school.
Vandenberg Launches Rocket
After a 24-hour delay due to a power issue affecting safety equipment, Vandenberg Air Force Base successfully launched a Minotaur I rocket on 2/6 that carried a payload into space for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Designer Chosen for New Courthouse
Santa Monica-based architecture firm Moore Ruble Yudell has been chosen to design the planned Santa Barbara Criminal Courthouse, a proposed eight-courtroom, 97,000-square-foot building to be built in the coming years.
Arroyo Toad Gets Critical Habitat
Responding to lawsuits filed by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized 6,807 acres of critical habitat in Santa Barbara County—and a total of 98,336 acres throughout Southern California—for the arroyo toad this week.
Collective Bargaining in Crosshairs
Lanny Ebstein takes his fight against employee unions and pensions statewide.
County Goes Out of Passport Business
Bill prevents same local agency from issuing both birth certificates and passports.
District Selects New Firm to Recruit Next Superintendent
After Ray and Associates–the lowest bidder chosen by the school board last week to recruit for the district’s next superintendent–withdrew, the school board selected its successor, Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates on 2/8 to lead the search to replace Dr. Brian Sarvis.
Surf Flicks and Barefoot Chicks
Our resident peeper snaps her way through yet another SBIFF.
Sister Sylvianne Mattern: 1916-2011
The arrival of Sister Sylvianne’s skills was a godsend, coming at a time when financial resources were in such short supply that the plan was to eliminate beds and mental health services. She leaves a legacy of fundraising and renovation.
