The Santa Barbara Independent
WEB1 day ago · Founded in 1986, the Santa Barbara Independent is the leading source for news, arts & entertainment, and lifestyle coverage in the greater Santa Barbara area.
A Look at Commuting, Building Homes, and Vacation Rentals
WEB1 hour ago · A little over a year ago, a 63-unit income-restricted residential building managed by the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara was approved, which will be constructed on the parking lot at West Carrillo and Castillo streets. Santa Barbara faces an additional problem of investors buying up homes to rent as short-term vacation rentals ...
Santa Barbara County Voters to Receive Voter Information Guides
WEB15 hours ago · (SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) – Registered voters throughout Santa Barbara County will receive a County Voter Information Guide in the mail around September 26. The guide provides the voter’s polling place location and hours, contains an image of what the ballot looks like including candidates and local measures as well as instructions for completing the ballot.
Join Coastal Cleanup Day! - The Santa Barbara Independent
WEB15 hours ago · On Saturday, September 21, from 9 a.m. to noon, Santa Barbara County community members will have that opportunity during Coastal Cleanup Day. For forty years, Coastal Cleanup Day (CCD) has inspired people around the globe to take action for a healthier, cleaner environment. The state’s largest …
The Home Page | Behind the scenes of Home & Garden
WEB20 hours ago · Credit: Austin Lampson. Mr. Fred the cat — hiding in “his” garden, above — is a feral-turned-playful addition to my friend Austin Lampson ’s menagerie. Austin and her husband Kai have been gently nurturing Mr. Fred over the past three years. Mr. Fred apparently agrees that it’s a good season for the garden.
Santa Barbara and the New Deal
WEB5 days ago · Infrastructure. The list of New Deal– and WPA-funded buildings is long and varied. It includes the Santa Barbara Bowl; the rebuilding of the Sheffield Reservoir, which was destroyed during the 1925 earthquake; upgrades to Laguna Park Ball Park (designed by architect Winsor Soule and sadly demolished in 1970 to make way for a parking lot); Los Baños Pool and Bathhouse; the Armory on Canon ...
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Woman Sexually Assaulted by Jail Employee Sues Santa Barbara …
WEB[Updated: Wed., Aug. 7, 2024, 4:10pm] Santa Barbara County is facing a federal lawsuit on allegations that their “policy of inaction” and “deliberate indifference” paved the way for multiple female inmates to be sexually assaulted at the Santa Barbara County Main Jail by then-employee Salvador Vargas, who pleaded guilty in 2022 to two felony charges on the eve of his criminal trial.
Californians Will Vote on a $18 Minimum Wage. Workers Already …
WEBAug 16, 2024 · It’s not that workers, and their advocates, are uninterested. The campaign estimates 2 million workers would still get a raise under the ballot measure — but that’s significantly fewer than the 4.8 million calculated by UC Berkeley economist Michael Reich in 2022, when the measure was first proposed and then delayed because Sanberg missed an administrative deadline.
Local Heroes 2021 - The Santa Barbara Independent
WEBNov 23, 2021 · George A. Kaufmann was at the top of his game — vice president for a major pharmaceutical company in Kalamazoo, Michigan — when his world exploded. His 19-year-old son began showing signs of the mental-health disorder schizophrenia, which would profoundly disrupt his family’s life for decades.
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