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• Plug Pulled on Highly Effective Mental-Health Program

  Staffing shortage dooms pilot program that foun...

• Why All the Fuss at Montecito’s Water and Sanitary Districts?

  Elections at Montecito’s water and sanitary dis...

• Santa Barbara City Council Continues to Act Like Stumbling Drunk

  Santa Barbara City Council and its staff fight ...

• Praying for Hail Mary Pass in Brett Kavanaugh Hearings

  Will a “female assistant” save Mitch McConnell ...

• Why Won’t Santa Barbara City Council Progressives Fix Broken Housing Plan?

  Santa Barbara City Council Progressives refuse ...

• Brett Kavanaugh: Mr. Nice Guy or a Right-Wing Water Boy?

  Why we’ll never see the true record of Brett Ka...

• Modest Proposal for Santa Barbara’s State Street

  What to do and what not to do with the homeless...

• Trump, Climate Change, and the California Fires

  How Trump’s trickle-down policies are affecting...

• You Can’t Get There from Here, and It’s Not an Accident

  Pop-up road construction and cellular projects ...

• County Supes Don’t Just Talk About the Weather; They Actually Do Something!

  County supes consider buying green energy, and ...

• Last One Standing: Melinda Burns or Wendy McCaw?

  After 12 years, Melinda Burns and Wendy McCaw a...

• Reason in Government Will Not Un-Rig Santa Barbara County Elections

  A new group wants to change Santa Barbara Count...

• 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?...