The two new weather stations, in Lompoc and in the Mesa area of the City of Santa Barbara, have begun to record weather data which can be accessed by County residents.
During the first quarter, the bank celebrated its 36th anniversary by continuing its tradition of giving $15,000 to ten local nonprofits selected by the bank’s employees through our Anniversary GrantsSM program.
Three professors at UC Santa Barbara have been elected as Fellows of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Diablo Canyon not safe enough, he tells senate panel.
The double murder retrial of Corey Lyons—accused of shooting and killing his brother and brother’s life partner—continues to trudge along in Judge Brian Hill’s courtroom.
Three alleged gang members pleaded not guilty to attempted premeditated murder for a stabbing that took place on the Eastside on 3/30.
Santa Barbara’s City Council declined to throw in the towel on efforts to revise its General Plan, even though the prior two years of exhaustive debate and deliberation have yet to yield the five-vote supermajority required to get anything passed.
Santa Barbara forced to absorb only $2.7 million shortfall; county looking at $72 million problem.
Santa Barbara’s March unemployment numbers held steady at 9.6 percent, slightly higher than the national average of 9.2 and well below California’s 12.3 percent rate.
County officials are negotiating with the Chumash Casino, working on a conditional withdrawal of a protest letter it filed with the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control last year against the casino’s application for an expansion of its liquor license.
