Politics 12-11
Retired Lt. Col. Robert “Buzz” Patterson, who served as a senior military aide to President Bill Clinton from 1996 to 1998, delivered an indictment of Democratic party leaders’ policies on military issues at a 12/3 lecture at UCSB.
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State 12-4
Just hours after the new Legislature was sworn into office on 12/1, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger put its members to work, declaring a fiscal emergency.
City 12-4
Rain and cold did not stop Valerie Paget and Tracie Jones from continuing their journey from West Hollywood to San Francisco, as they passed through Santa Barbara on 11/25 in a state-spanning protest of Prop. 8, which passed on 11/4 and effectively banned gay marriage.
County 12-4
The hotly contested race for California’s 19th Senate District ended late on 11/26 when Hannah-Beth Jackson conceded to her opponent, Tony Strickland.
Nonprofit 12-4
Forbes magazine awarded Santa Barbara-based humanitarian aid nonprofit Direct Relief International a perfect 100 score in the “fundraising efficiency” category for the seventh year in a row.
Environment 12-4
The Greka-Davis Tank Battery facilities at 5017 Zaca Station Road suffered another spill on 11/24.
Business 12-4
Despite regularly drawing a bustling weekday lunch crowd, Savoy Cafe closed the doors of its location at 24 West Figueroa Street on 12/1.
Law and Disorder 12-4
The 10-month-long investigation into the rape and murder of Santa Barbara City College student Brianna Denison culminated on 11/25 with the arrest of James Michael Biela, a 27-year-old resident of Sparks, Nevada.
Environment 11-26
With some weather reports predicting anywhere between two and four inches of rain between 11/25 and 11/27-but others guessing that the storm will peter out with little rainfall-volunteers came out en masse this week to the Tea Fire-ravaged Mountain Drive neighborhood to stack sandbags in an effort to prevent mudslides from heavy precipitation.
Law and Disorder 11-26
The District Attorney’s Office has no timetable for when, if at all, charges will be filed against the 10 unnamed people who started the Tea Fire by improperly extinguishing a bonfire on 11/12.