Middle-Class Boater Blues
Like Mark, I’m a middle-class boater, and I can empathize with his feelings, but just for clarification purposes: The city owns all of the slips in the harbor.
Month: April 2011
County Tweaks Code to Allow Solar Projects
Amendment prompted by proposal for Cuyama solar farm.
Ag Worker Carpool Program Shut Down
Santa Barbara will be shutting down a vanpool program that transports agricultural workers to the fields each day because it was not financially feasible.
Mayor Boards Luxury Cruise Ship
Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider met with the captain of the Crystal Symphony, a 461-cabin cruise ship that moored in Santa Barbara earlier this week, exchanging official plaques and saying hello.
Affordable Housing Complex Opens
By the time Artisan Court—55 units of strategically targeted affordable housing—opened its doors for business this Wednesday, the new three-story structure at 422 East Cota Street already had a waiting list of prospective new tenants.
PETA Wants Neverland Ranch to Be Refuge for Rescued Animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has challenged the owners of Neverland Ranch—once the exclusive domain of reclusive pop star Michael Jackson—to make the Santa Ynez property a high-profile refuge for animals in need of rescue rather than recreate it as a menagerie for exotic animals bought for show.
New Natural Landscape Playground at Zoo
Sixty years ago, Robert Kallman—then owner of a thriving nursery and later a county supervisor—played a pivotal role locating the Santa Barbara Zoo in its current location; as an accent note to that accomplishment, Kallman and his family provided key funding for the creation of a new children’s play garden at the zoo, which opens this weekend.
County Creates Community Services Department
The county, in hopes of creating a more efficient process as well as saving some money, is creating the Community Services Department, which will encompass the Parks Department, Housing and Community Development, Library Advisory Committee, the Human Services Commission, and the Arts Commission.
Food Fight Starring the Felix and Oscar of Chefs
Eric Ripert and Anthony Bourdain come to the Arlington.
Employee Loan Review: All Over but the Shouting
City Hall’s controversial employee loan program emerged relatively unscathed from its first review by the council’s Finance Committee after the story broke three weeks ago.
