News Roundup

August 20, 2021

Airport Noise Complaints Have Doubled This Summer

Other recent news: An update on the county's Covid numbers; four theaters now require proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test; ExxonMobil’s plan for up to 70 truckloads of oil a day has hit a snag; cannabis grower fined $40,000 for environmental violations; new technology repair shop.

August 16, 2021

Magnolia Founders Chip and Joanna Gaines Are Reportedly Looking in Montecito

Other recent news: An old oil well dumped around 500 gallons of oil into Toro Canyon; the tree of the month is the marvelous Bunya-Bunya; new tenant for the former Carrows/Denny's space in Goleta; carbon-scrubbing technology proposed for massive pot greenhouse complex in Carpinteria; the town of Port Hueneme is mulling a name change.

August 12, 2021

The Six Candidates Running for Mayor of Santa Barbara

Other recent news: City council rejects Mission Canyon Bridge replacement; Amur leopard born at the zoo; California requiring all school staff to be vaccinated; Santa Barbara man accused of murdering his children in Mexico; MarBorg Industries expansion allowed to proceed. 12

August 10, 2021

Should Santa Barbara Ban the Fiesta Rodeo?

Other recent news: Man drives into laundromat in an attempt to hurt someone inside; efforts to address the homelessness situation; hospitals now require proof of vaccination of negative Covid test to enter; county poised to seize property for the Randall Road Debris Basin; the science behind the Hope Ranch "volcano"; new hotel and workforce housing proposed for Solvang. 1

August 6, 2021

Biltmore Employees to Vote on a Lowball Severance Offer

Other recent news: The Santa Barbara transportation manager alleging discrimination urged his religious group to "take over" the city; disagreement over whether to regulate sidewalk vendors; SBCC approves vaccine mandate; Montecito boutique Juniper has changed locations; cannabis-industry machinations in Camarillo; thirty miles of Highway 101 in Ventura County will get widened.

August 3, 2021

Update on the Changes to Dwight Murphy Field

Other recent news: Carpinteria's skate park is near the fundraising finish line; Santa Barbara's first newspaper has been digitized; pushback on the Neighborhood Clinic's proposed Westside building; coffee table book about Carp artists; sleazy cannabis dealings in San Luis Obispo.

July 29, 2021

Most Bedrooms at UCSB’s Proposed 5,000-Student Dorm Won’t Have Windows

Other recent news: Challengers emerge for city council members Meagan Harmon and Eric Friedman; the county is not required to enlarge its jail after all; commercial rocket launches made easier at Vandenberg Space Force Base; anonymous gun buyback; updated map for tsunami risk. 1

July 25, 2021

A Step Forward for Carpinteria’s Surfliner Inn

Other recent news: Remains found of debris-flow victim Jack Cantin; Santa Barbara has banned natural gas in most new construction projects; debate over solar panels atop a downtown garage; the redistricting process for the county's Board of Supervisors; interview with District 4 candidate Barrett Reed; La Cumbre Mutual Water Company seeks deal with Santa Barbara's desalination plant.

July 22, 2021

Paso Robles Light Show Is Morphing Into an “Outdoor Museum”

Other recent news: Santa Barbara's transportation guru claims his religious activities have been held against him; researchers are looking into why California bluffs collapse; electric-vehicle charging lot proposed for Chapala and Cabrillo; members appointed to the State Street commission; East Beach Inn wants a variance; mountain lion spotted in Samarkand.

July 19, 2021

Santa Barbara’s City Administrator Is Stepping Down

Other recent news: Los Angeles County now requires masks indoors; the University of California system will insist students and staff get vaccinated; new recycling plant; the push for more large-scale solar; an increase in stingray stings; more thefts of catalytic converters; monarch butterflies skipping this area. 1