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Law and Disorder 8-7
This year’s Fiesta celebration passed without stabbings or shootings and with minimal apparent gang activity, though police noted increased felony arrests — 33, up from 21 last year — as well as increased misdemeanors — 104, up from 97. Read story.
Business 8-7
In the Canon Perdido Street space once occupied by Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens — which closed two years ago — a new, high-end food market is scheduled to open within weeks. Read story.
State 8-7
In light of the state’s budget crisis, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a three- to four-year one-percent sales tax increase on 8/4. Read story.
Media 8-7
Santa Barbara-based progressive talk radio station KIST (1340 AM) will be sold for $1.44 million by its current owners, R&R Radio, LLC, to California Lutheran University, according to news reports this week. Its programming will change to be more like the university’s existing station, KCLU: noncommercial, with National Public Radio content. Read story.
Goleta 8-7
In an effort to save on the cost of legal services, the City of Goleta has opted to hire Tim Giles as a permanent, in-house attorney. Read story.
Enviroment 8-7
What appeared to be a Gap Fire flare-up in the hills above Goleta on 8/1 in the hills above Goleta turned out only to be ash and dust kicked up by crews cleaning up after the blaze, which was contained last week. Read story.
County 8-7
Executive Order S09-08 — which on 8/1 called for state employees to be paid minimum wage until a new state budget is adopted and which also eliminated 22,000 non-full-time state employees — 195 Santa Barbara County residents are facing diminished paychecks. Read story.
Development 8-7
Among the changes made by Rick Caruso in between Montecito Planning Commission hearings on his increasingly controversial Miramar project was the decision to eliminate the second-floor spa room, according to reports. Read story.
Development 7-31
The Miramar Hotel was removed from the 7/28 Montecito Board of Architectural Review (MBAR) agenda after owner Rick Caruso said members of his staff couldn’t attend. Read story.
Environment 7-31
New state rules requiring tankers off the California coast to burn cleaner fuel will only marginally benefit Santa Barbara’s air quality, concluded Air Pollution Control District chief Terry Dressler. Read story.
Media 7-31
Ross Nolan and Ryan McNicholas, members of UCSB’s College Republicans, appeared on the 7/22 episode of Fox News show Hannity & Colmes to discuss a YouTube video they had posted depicting a March 2008 war protest in Santa Barbara. Read story.
Business 7-31
The Santa Barbara City Council on 7/29 denied Bricks Café’s appeal of the Police and Fire Commission’s decision to reject the State Street nightspot’s application for a dance permit. Read story.
Education 7-31
A 7/27 fundraiser at Casa de la Raza had brought together community members supporting Libros Sin Fronteras (Books Without Borders) — a financial aid program sponsored by Latino activist group PUEBLO that aims to help noncitizens find the money to attend college. Read story.
City 7-31
Beginning 8/1, the Santa Barbara Central Public Library will close at 8 p.m. — one hour earlier, Mondays through Thursdays, as a result of a citywide cost-cutting effort. Read story.
Law and Disorder 7-31
Santa Barbara police are gearing up once again for a crowded, alcohol-infused Fiesta celebration. Read story.
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