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Long legacy: Central Coast tribes push to reclaim their ancestors’ remains and belongings

Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series. The first, “Native return,” ran June 25. Whiteboards crowded with titles and case numbers loom behind Jonathan Malindine’s desk at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. The museum’s Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) officer has underlined some in red and circled others in blue.  “We’ve got, I’d say, 40 cases that are ongoing,” he said. “It’s a lot of keeping plates in the air.” Each…

Long legacy: Central Coast tribes push to reclaim their ancestors’ remains and belongings

Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series. The first, “Native return,” ran June 25. Whiteboards crowded with titles and case numbers loom behind Jonathan Malindine’s desk at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. The museum’s Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) officer has underlined some in…


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A Guadalupe muralist is one step closer to opening an arts academy in town

Stephanie Krouse was trained as a scientist. In her early career, she worked for seed companies, studying different treatments that impact plant growth. But a Chicago company’s acquisition of the business left Krouse and many others out of a job. As cliché as it may sound, another door opened for her. “Once that happened, I was like, ‘OK. Well, now I’m just going to do what I really want to do,’” Krouse told the Sun one morning at Guadalupe…

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