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• Good Budget News, Bad Budget News

  While the State of California is $1.5 billion b...

• Poverty Study Abandoned

  Supervisors vote against spending $30,000 for p...

• Chumash Ask to be Excluded from Marine Protected Areas

  Early next year when the state closes sections ...

• Hospital Housing Sparks Complaints

  Neighbors are upset about truck traffic and dus...

• County to Disallow Elected Officials to Rack Up Vacation Hours

  The county will be eliminating the ability of e...

• Homeless Receive Preventative Health Care

  Santa Barbara’s homeless residents got three da...

• Antioch, SBCC Finalize Unique Transfer Program

  Antioch University Santa Barbara and Santa Barb...

• Chris Edgecomb, Telecom Mogul, Dies at 52

  Chris Edgecomb, the high-flying telecom mogul w...

• Life Boat Earth

  “Too many people on Life Boat Earth will sink i...

• Grafton’s Newest: V is for Vengeance

  Sue Grafton was on the phone, her soft Kentucky...

• Political Intelligence

  Top rank Beltway pundit will offer 2012 electio...

• The Dog End of the Street

  When irrational people do rational things....

• Why I Occupy

  I attended my first “Occupy” rally and march on...

• Anna Jensen and Ethan Stewart

  Last Friday, on 11/11/11, longtime Santa Barbar...

• Return of the G-Man

  Former S.B. Police Commissioner writes ACLU rep...

• Surfer, Robber, Writer, Lifer

  A <em>Santa Barbara Independent</em&gt...

• Unnecessary Density

  There’s an easy way to escape the state mandate...

• State Street Retail Rundown

  With Christmas just weeks away, Santa Barbara b...

• Community Demanding Pedestrian Safety on Milpas

  Local residents voiced their concerns over the ...

• Eastside Residents Voice Concerns Over Pedestrian Safety on Milpas Street

  Speakers at a community forum insist something ...

• Survey: Amid Concerns About Budget Cuts, Most Say Higher Ed Heading in Wrong Direction

  But half of California respondents balk at high...

• B2B Panelists Outline Rules to Tweet By for Businesses Using Social Media

  Transparency, relevance, knowing your audience ...

• SBCC, Antioch University Sign Agreement Formalizing Collaborative Transfer Program

  The Bridge Program arrangement will provide stu...

• Churches, Community to Gather Sunday to ‘Give Thanks, Goleta’

  Thanksgiving celebration will include readings,...

• Start Your Holiday Shopping with Craft Sale at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

  Lutheran Women Mission League will sell home-cr...

• Capps Applauds House Passage of ‘Putting Veterans to Work’ Legislation

  The bill calls for tax credits for businesses t...

• College Agreement Could Bring Education Costs Down

  The words "college education" and "affordable" ...

• Cinema in Focus: ‘J. Edgar Hoover’ a Multilayered Portrait of a Singular Man

  Clint Eastwood takes on the true story of one o...

• Cox Communications Cuts the Cord on Wireless Phone Service

  The company will continue providing service for...

• Hutton Parker Foundation Awards $830,000 in Grants to Local Nonprofits

  Core Support funding goes to 28 Santa Barbara C...