• A bill by state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) aimed at preventing lawsuits and giving mobile home owners more of a say when their mobile home park is being subdivided and sold passed off the Assembly floor on a bipartisan vote of 41-23. The bill now heads to the Senate floor. According to information […]
Political Watch 9/12/13
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Community Notebook 9/12-9/19
TUESDAY, SEPT. 17 • The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has its regular meeting at 9 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, 105 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. Agendas are available at http://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx#current. • The Guadalupe Planning Commission has its regular meeting at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, […]
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Community Corner: Panera strives to feed 50,000 in September
This month Panera and Feeding America are teaming up to provide 50,000 meals to local food banks by Sept. 30. “One in six people in America is food insecure, which means that 50 million people don’t know where their next meal is coming from,” said Stephanie Wren, senior regional marketing manager for Panera. Whenever a […]
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Prying open ‘The Devil’s Jaw’
On the evening of Sept. 8, 1923, Southern Pacific Railroad foreman John Giorvas was sitting in his second-story bedroom of the Honda Point Section House doing his weekly management reports. Shortly after 9 p.m., he heard two loud explosions at the base of the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Giorvas and some of his men […]
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Santa Maria puts future downtown discount stores on hold
If it wasn’t for the elongated Fallas Discount Store debate that took place this earlier summer, the Santa Maria City Council might not be talking about bargain basement stores in the downtown area. But the Fallas saga did happen and, to the chagrin of some city residents, the business was allowed to put down roots, […]
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Santa Barbara County’s “AVOID the 12” campaign nets 171 drunk drivers
An 18-day crackdown on people driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol resulted in 171 arrests, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department announced in a recent press release. That’s seven arrests more than during the same period last year. “Any one of those could have turned fatal. It’s just pure luck that they didn’t,” […]
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Poverty study shows a need for reallocation of Santa Barbara county’s resources
The results of a Santa Barbara County-sponsored study on poverty reveal that access to social services, health care, affordable housing, and public transportation are some of the major barriers to people living in high-poverty areas. Officials from the county’s Department of Social Services gave a presentation on the study, called “A Snapshot of Poverty in […]
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Lompoc City Council grants Valley Haven an extension on construction of its new adult day-care facility
If everything goes according to plan, Valley Haven employees expect to move into their new Lompoc location by Halloween weekend, said Sandra Knight, the nonprofit organization’s executive director, while taking the Sun on a tour of the 1920s home. Based in Solvang, Valley Haven runs adult day programs for area seniors who are suffering from […]
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Setting the record straight
Generations of students have been simultaneously entertained and educated by the iconic “Schoolhouse Rock” series. Whether relating the American judicial process, or proper grammar, the series has staying power thanks to the classic rock’n’roll style and coherent cartoons. Central Coast native, actor, and filmmaker David Scheve has called on the “Schoolhouse Rock” formula for a […]
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What are your thoughts on the space satellites that orbit the Earth?
Caroline Moreli homemaker “It’s good for the economy and it’s good for the nation as a whole.” Elmer Wolgamott retired “I like them. I hope it brings a lot of possibilities for more people to get some work. It takes thousands of pieces to build a satellite, and if it’s all built around here, it’ll […]
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Now, where was I?
When I was just a little fledgling, I had a bad habit of losing things. I’d leave the nest for school with a lunchbox, scarf, and hat, and I’d come home with an empty thermos, some plastic tubs, and a crumpled wad of papers. “Where’s all your stuff?” my mom would ask. I’d look down […]
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The harm in arming educators
There was another school shooting recently, near Atlanta, and this one was relatively benign. The gunman walked into an elementary school, told employees to call the police, fired five or six rounds from his assault rifle, and surrendered. Yawn. It’s a hiccup in the news cycle. Of course, the NRA repeatedly assures us, with their […]