Rebecca Gowing - Santa Maria

As voters of the 24th Congressional District, we heard a lot of campaign promises from Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) when he ran to represent us on the Southern Coast. Rep. Carbajal promised to be a bipartisan voice and work with both sides of the aisle to fix the gridlock in Washington. After reviewing his […]

In a letter to this newspaper (“Dirty oil campaign,” Sept. 14), a Buellton resident recently opened up regarding his concerns related to Aera Energy’s oil extraction plan proposed for East Cat Canyon, all of which were speculative and not directly related to this specific project. Clearly the writer was not familiar with Aera or its […]