Poverty Study Abandoned
Supervisors vote against spending $30,000 for probe.
Month: November 2011
County to Disallow Elected Officials to Rack Up Vacation Hours
The county will be eliminating the ability of elected officials to cash out on vacation accrual.
Sharon Jones Is Bringing Motown Back
Poor Man’s Poison plays the Brewhouse, Carpinteria’s Playhouse gets a Santa Barbara Independent–approved makeover.
Homeless Receive Preventative Health Care
Santa Barbara’s homeless residents got three days of access to all kinds of preventive health care this week during the seventh annual Project Healthy Neighbors fair.
Antioch, SBCC Finalize Unique Transfer Program
Antioch University Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara City College signed an agreement on Wednesday morning that formalized a unique transfer arrangement between the two schools.
Chris Edgecomb, Telecom Mogul, Dies at 52
Chris Edgecomb, the high-flying telecom mogul whose flaunt-it-if-you’ve-got-it lifestyle gained him national fame and notoriety, died last week at age 52.
Grafton’s Newest: V is for Vengeance
Sue Grafton was on the phone, her soft Kentucky accent coming through from Phoenix, first stop on her book-signing tour for the 22nd in her alphabet crime series, V is for Vengeance.
Why I Occupy
I attended my first “Occupy” rally and march on Saturday in Santa Barbara.
The Dog End of the Street
When irrational people do rational things.
Political Intelligence
Top rank Beltway pundit will offer 2012 election forecast at UCSB
