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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on 11/23 that two Santa Barbara County businesses were awarded American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants from the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs.
The County Civil Service Commission this week denied Sheriff Bill Brown’s request for a rehearing of an earlier meeting in which the board found Brown had unlawfully disciplined former employee Shawn Terris when she attempted to organize a union.
The Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation Board of Directors announced earlier this month that, at the request of an anonymous donor who contributed $250,000 to the American Classic Campaign, the venue’s West Road will be renamed Rex Marchbanks Way in memory of the Bowl’s late, beloved operations manager.
On the morning of 11/11, the body of Buellton resident Richard Dean Harvey, 53, was found inside a vehicle at a Gaviota rest stop on the northbound side of Highway 101.
Public Health Department officials stated that, as of 11/13, the county has received a total of 50,100 H1N1 vaccines and is expecting an additional 15,800 doses-more than enough to cover the 60,000 county residents who are designated at high risk for health complications should they contract swine flu.
Next Monday, 11/23, the Carpinteria City Council is expected to certify the 1,004 citizen signatures needed to qualify Venoco Energy’s controversial Paredon Project for a spring 2010 special city election.
A 20-year-old Tustin man, who was allegedly intoxicated and driving the wrong way on Highway 101, is under arrest for the death of two Goleta residents whose car he struck in the early morning hours of 11/7.
The Cancer Center of Santa Barbara announced on 11/9 that it received a $500,000 donation from Montecito resident Elaine Stepanek.
City residents concerned with medical marijuana dispensaries plan to hold a community forum on the topic at Victoria Hall on 11/12.
The Marine Life Protection Act’s Blue Ribbon Task Force adopted its final array of protected fishing areas on 11/10 with a unanimous vote.
