News Roundup

September 9, 2020

Buyer of $30.8 Million Estate Revealed

Other recent news: Front-country trails included in Los Padres National Forest closure; Santa Barbara School Board approves contentious sex-education curriculum; alleged robber caught stuck in traffic; a victory for State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson at the end of her capitol career; man spotted riding giant guinea pig. 1

September 7, 2020

News-Press Fined $2 Million for Unfair Labor Practices

Other recent news: Proposed State Street development gets raves from Planning Commission; earthquake in the Santa Ynez Valley; workspace rentals in Goleta. 1

September 5, 2020

You Might Get to Visit Rincon Island

Other recent news: Bacara is trying to close beach access at night; Central Coast throws its hat in the ring for the Space Force headquarters; Pier to Peak race postponed; interviews with two more school-board candidates. 1

September 3, 2020

Landmark Montecito House Bought by Tesla’s Head Designer

Other recent news: Dylan Star boutique is moving to the Funk Zone; surge in county cannabis revenue; profile of musician Zach Gill; Goleta allows businesses to put up shade tents; oil drilling in Los Padres National Forest; the News-Press endorsed Trump again.

September 1, 2020

Isla Vista Is Poised to Drag the County’s Reopening Down

Other recent news: A long look at the Paseo Nuevo deal; Roger the Scanner Guy is retiring from Edhat; Montecito man sentenced to three years in prison for fraud; state bill to allow subdivision of residential lots stalled; another school-board candidate Q&A.

August 30, 2020

Hair Salons Are Allowed to Operate Indoors Again

Other recent news: California has a new system to determine reopening schedule; 13 schools submitted waivers to reopen; UCSB moves almost all classes online and cancels all events and sports; prescribed burn at the UCSB lagoon; UCLA Health's expansion into this area; oil platform update; Carpinteria city council candidates; school-board candidate Virginia Alvarez.

August 27, 2020

The County Decided Not to Ratchet Up Covid-19 Rule Enforcement

Other recent news: Goleta School District won't apply for reopening waiver, and Santa Barbara is unsure; investigation into the career of police officer Jeremy Rogers; the Biltmore made an announcement to employees; more on the county's use of Roundup herbicide in creek beds; progress for new Goleta fire station.

August 25, 2020

Bureaucratic Bickering Over the Olive Mill Roundabout

Other recent news: Fundraising drive for new Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network hospital; census update; UCSB sorority house flouted pandemic rules with a big party; school-board candidate Monie de Wit; fight over Junípero Serra statue in Solvang.

August 23, 2020

County May Punish Businesses Flouting Covid-19 Rules

Other recent news: Grenade found in garage got blown up in Pershing Park; where Montecito's name comes from; more on the Randall Road Debris Basin; Cottage Hospital seeks Covid-19 plasma donors; Q&As with school-board candidates Brian Campbell and Elrawd MacLearn.

August 19, 2020

The State May Allow Local Elementary Schools to Reopen

Other recent news: Covid-19 spike in Isla Vista; landlords closer to having to pay some tenants "relocation assistance"; two arguments against the rent control proposal; Funk Zone alley closure; Carp rolls back its street closure; Goleta mailbox brouhaha; more.