••• Pacifica Graduate Institute announced that it “will not renew our lease of the Lambert Campus [above] following its expiration in April 2027, and all the Institute’s operations and on-campus programs will move to the Ladera Campus [above] starting in the Fall 2026 quarter.” No word yet, of course, on what’s next for the 13-acre property west of Toro Canyon. UPDATE: The image that Pacifica has on the web page about the transition is of the Ladera Campus.
••• “805 UndocuFund, an organization that helps run the Rapid Response Hotline and provides aid to undocumented individuals, shared on social media on Sunday that officers were spotted on the Eastside and Westside of Santa Barbara. […] ‘Yesterday, ICE came into our communities without warrants, dressed in plainclothes, and driving unmarked vehicles. They resorted to verbal and physical intimidation, flagrantly attempting to violate people’s rights,’ said [executive director Primitiva] Hernandez. She added that one incident involved ICE agents surrounding an individual’s truck, mocking him, and shouting at him.” —Noozhawk
••• “It’s Time to Declare SB Cannabis Ordinance an Utter Failure [….] Pot revenues keep plummeting, prices keep dropping, and growers keep quitting.” —Newsmakers
••• “Merlone Geier Partners is planning a major renovation of the [Target Shopping Center] on Hollister Avenue. The tenants have been given notice that construction will begin in March. Some of them who spoke to Noozhawk on the condition of anonymity said their rents were increased [but] it is unclear who plans to leave and who will remain.”
••• “A new project is underway to restore kelp forests in the Santa Barbara Channel by removing sea urchins and selling them to restaurants or turning them into agricultural products.” —Noozhawk
••• The tree of the month is the Japanese yew pine: “Distinctively and unlike most other conifers, its fertilized seed cone develops into a small (1/2-inch long) oval-shaped ‘drupe’ (a seed lightly covered with flesh) that sits right on top of a fleshy berry-like ‘aril’ (3/4 inch in diameter), which turns reddish-purple when mature. The seeds are eagerly eaten by birds, which will subsequently disperse the seeds—along with a dollop of their ‘fertilizer.’ The seeds are not edible by humans, but the ripe aril berries are; they can be enjoyed raw or used in baking. All the cones tend to blend into the foliage, so it requires close observation to see them.” —Edhat
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You got your pictures mixed up. The picture above is the Ladera Campus
Wrong information regarding sites, Art is correct.
Thanks, I updated the text.
I despise the GOP and the Moron-in-Chief, but when it comes to this issue I am behind them. Seeing action when there has been none is a positive thing. It’s nice to see enforcement of immigration laws and some forceful pushback against the open flaunting of their existence. Not that I think the R’s will do anything of the sort, but the right thing to do is to go after the people and the businesses who cheat by knowingly, selfishly hiring and exploiting people for profit and gain.
While it’s hard to see in today’s America, no one holds a right to profit, nor a right to simply ignore the law because of convenience. No one.* Enforce the laws against the profiteers and we’ll see change. As always, incentives control outcomes.
*except Trump. He’s given a free pass by the oligarchy. They needed a useful idiot to do their bidding and boy did they find a doozie/
*except Trump. Yup just him. No one else can simply ignore the law because of convenience or for profit.
Oh, what’s this? https://apnews.com/article/biden-pardons-family-trump-white-hous-caee326c4723a4ba6d972f7daf750a0b
And since you brought up the oligarchy: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/10/30/kamala-harris-has-more-billionaires-prominently-backing-her-than-trump-bezos-and-griffin-weigh-in-updated/
I think the useful idiot might be looking at you in the mirror.
For lunch today I had a nice grilled chicken breast and some sauteed spinach..
I’m just thrilled
There are many people that come to America for safety. They don’t have the luxury of waiting months or years to come over legally. They just don’t have the option- they must ‘break the law’ to keep themselves and their families safe. Additionally, there were no borders before colonizers stole the land from native peoples.
Are people who cross the border without any inclination to make it legal- actually worth getting upset over? Why bother coming if you are just gonna couch surf and hide? My mother became a citizen- does that make her a super hero, and those who don’t super losers? How can you call a place home for 20+ years yet not become a citizen? Times up for the back and forth it seems.
Is there anyway to post a photo along with the decription of the tree for the month. Then we can identify them around town. Thank you or it could be a treasure hunt???
Those articles are created by Santa Barbara Beautiful, and I can ask whether the organization will allow me to regularly run one of their photos. (I’m afraid I don’t have the bandwidth to go take a photo myself.) In the meantime, you can always see a bunch of photos—and read much more about the trees—by clicking through to the Edhat article.
Hi Erik, Thanks for the shout out to Santa Barbara Beautiful.
I’m a Santa Barbara Beautiful board member and wanted to let you and cathy h know that David Gress, Santa Barbara Beautiful board member (25 years) was City Arborist of the City of Santa Barbara (8 years), takes the photos and writes the “Tree of the Month” articles.
The archive of 100+ articles can be found on the Santa Barbara Beautiful website at https://sbbeautiful.org/category/tree-of-the-month/ He wraps up each article with locations around town where mature examples of each tree can be found.
let’s see some pix of the drupes and arils– what r u talking about??
I am old enough to remember a time when learning about something new took some effort. Visiting a library, looking through the card catalog, finding the corresponding book on the subject you wanted to learn about. Reading it. It took some effort. The inter-webs and sites like Google have made learning so incredibly easy, that it astounds me when I see questions posed that could be answered in seconds with the same fingers and keyboards used to ask them.