Diablo Canyon: How Safe is Safe Enough?
Supes get an earful about the nuclear power plant.
Month: May 2011
Every Dog Has Its Day
With mile-wide tornadoes ravaging the Midwest, wall-to-wall fires sweeping Texas, and flooding overwhelming the Mississippi, the Poodle has hope for commuter rail.
volume 25, number 278, May 12-19, 2011
How 500 Citizens Volunteered to Create the Vulnerability Index Report
Laguna Blanca Lower School Gets New Leader
Laguna Blanca’s Lower School got a new leader this week. As of 7/1, Shayne Horan will be the new head of the Lower School at the Montecito and Santa Barbara-based private school, overseeing the K-4 portion of the school.
The Homeless Count
No one could miss the hum of anticipation in the room as 350 people, give or take, were all about getting up at 3 a.m. the next day to begin a momentous three–day survey of the homeless.
Isabelle T. Walker
Isabelle T. Walker has spent the past three years writing and reporting about the homeless in Santa Barbara, both for The Independent and for her own blog.
Man Crashes Car, Falls from Overpass
Authorities unsure at this point if he dove or fell.
Nun Scammer Found Guilty of Financial Elder Abuse
The jury convicts Denise D’Sant Angelo on a total of 12 felony counts.
Cloud Computing Firm Makes Big Move
One of the fastest growing companies on the South Coast, RightScale announced this week that it is moving from current headquarters on Canon Perdido and taking over some 26,000 square feet of office space on the 400 block of Gutierrez Street.
Tea Fire Civil Suits Merged
A judge on 5/11 granted a motion to consolidate the civil lawsuits of Lance and Carla Hoffman and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection against the “Tea Fire Ten,” the 10 people alleged to have started the November 2008 fire which burned dozens of homes and severely injured the Hoffmans.
