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• Cannabis Grower Appointed to County Ag Board

  Cannabis grower John Sherman De Friel has been ...

• John Perlin Rediscovers Feminist Crusader Who Discovered Climate Change

  John Perlin reveals how scientist and feminist ...

• Mike Stoker About to be Appointed West Coast Czar of EPA

  The anti-environmental crusader is slated to ge...

• Ambassador Joe Wilson on Trump’s Pardoning of Scooter Libby

  Ambassador Joe Wilson talks about Trump’s pardo...

• Commuter Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara Is Really Coming

  Commuter train arriving in Santa Barbara surpri...

• God Takes Credit

  Montecito and Carpinteria dodge storm bullet, s...

• The Kids at Marjory Stoneman Are Alright

  After the Valentine’s Day Massacre in Florida, ...

• Trump, Zinke Seek to Foul Santa Barbara’s Nest

  The president, Secretary of the Interior, and S...

• A Professor Explains the Geology Behind the Montecito Disaster

  Ed Keller walks us through what caused the viol...

• Cooked, Steamed, and Half-Baked: Trump’s Speech Regurgitated

  The president’s one-handed salute and other adv...

• Dog Bites Council; Council Bites Self

  With Tuesday’s decision to fill the 3rd Distric...

• Climate Change According to Al Gore

  Al Gore talks climate change in Santa Barbara...

• A Squandered Opportunity with Ryan Zinke

  Poodle has a chance to confront Secretary of th...

• Yule Dogs Roasting on the Thomas Fire

  The Poodle thanks all the firefighters who work...

• Santa Barbara Mayoral Watch: The Russian Connection

  The Russians are coming to the Santa Barbara ma...

• Saving Santa Barbara from Its Saviors Yet Again

  Is Angel Martinez the right straitjacket for Sa...

• Sexual Predator Weinstein Faces No Charges in Santa Barbara

  Santa Barbara winery owner Thomas J. Barrack Jr...

• Trump Gets Foot in Mouth over Football — Again

  Why is kneeling less respectful than standing?...

• Santa Barbara’s Open Season on Panhandlers

  Santa Barbara candidates attack the aggressive ...

• Tiki Torches, Bedsheets, and ‘Very Fine People’ on Both Sides

  UCSB prof pens Yale letter demanding treasury c...

• Trump and Kim Jong Un Walk into a Bar …

  Vandenberg is at the center of the U.S. and Nor...

• Simmering Tensions Roil Old Spanish Days

  There ain’t no unity in the community....

• Mass Evictions Anticipated Because of Trump Cuts

  Section 8 housing vouchers at risk in trump bud...

• Tic-Tac-Toe Cleavage

  Female body parts, health repeal, and the Repub...

• Tony Romasanta, Santa Barbara Developer, Bows Out

  Longtime mover and shaker moves on....

• Triple Homicide Collides with Second Amendment

  The Poodle riffs on silencers, baseball, Congre...

• Will Santa Barbara’s Matriarchal Circle Be Unbroken?

  Wonder Woman and the race for mayor....

• Bovine Canine

  Trump sucks the oxygen out of the mayor’s race....

• A Dog Agog

  Firestone gives Trump $250k; HBJ gives him hell...

• From Isla Vista to Trump’s Ear

  How Santa Barbara propelled Sean Hannity to fam...