August 20, 2021
News Roundup
August 16, 2021
August 12, 2021
The Six Candidates Running for Mayor of Santa Barbara
Other recent news: City council rejects Mission Canyon Bridge replacement; Amur leopard born at the zoo; California requiring all school staff to be vaccinated; Santa Barbara man accused of murdering his children in Mexico; MarBorg Industries expansion allowed to proceed. 12
August 10, 2021
Should Santa Barbara Ban the Fiesta Rodeo?
Other recent news: Man drives into laundromat in an attempt to hurt someone inside; efforts to address the homelessness situation; hospitals now require proof of vaccination of negative Covid test to enter; county poised to seize property for the Randall Road Debris Basin; the science behind the Hope Ranch "volcano"; new hotel and workforce housing proposed for Solvang. 1
August 6, 2021
August 3, 2021
July 29, 2021
Most Bedrooms at UCSB’s Proposed 5,000-Student Dorm Won’t Have Windows
Other recent news: Challengers emerge for city council members Meagan Harmon and Eric Friedman; the county is not required to enlarge its jail after all; commercial rocket launches made easier at Vandenberg Space Force Base; anonymous gun buyback; updated map for tsunami risk. 1
July 25, 2021
July 22, 2021
July 19, 2021
Santa Barbara’s City Administrator Is Stepping Down
Other recent news: Los Angeles County now requires masks indoors; the University of California system will insist students and staff get vaccinated; new recycling plant; the push for more large-scale solar; an increase in stingray stings; more thefts of catalytic converters; monarch butterflies skipping this area. 1
Burning Questions
- Why Are There Story Poles at Calle Real Center?
- When Will the Last Segment of Highway 101 Get Upgraded?
- Why Are There “No Grading” Signs on the Edison Catway?
- Why Are There Pedestrian Gates at Train Tracks?
- Is This Summerland’s Original Train Station?
- What Does the “S” on Certain Chimneys Stand For?
- What’s the Status of the Decommissioning of Rincon Island?
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