Opinion
Technical Difficulties
Getting checks is a fraught and disconnected process. Read story.
By Seth Reid
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010
Poodle ruminates on Dodger Dogs, cops pay, and a life of crime. Read story.
While your genes are mutating out of control, so is Santa Barbara's health care universe Read story.
They shared a cramped Eastside house until a wonderful opportunity arose: a cottage of their own behind the Hope ... Read story.
It will be held tomorrow, August 27, at the Hope Ranch Inn. Read story.
Technical Difficulties
Getting checks is a fraught and disconnected process. Read story.
By Seth Reid
Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010
City Squandering Income Potential from West Beach Music Fest
The real disaster last year was that the city was paid exactly $5,610 by Twiin Productions for their occupation and private, for-profit use of West Beach for 10 days, to the exclusion of the public. Read story.
By David C. Turpin
Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010
And Don’t Call Them Tax Increases
Where is the gratitude from the wealthiest two percent of Americans for their nine years of fabulous tax cuts? Read story.
By Dan McCaslin, Ph.D.
Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010
No Take Zone Off of Carpinteria?
We should allow for “fossil free” fishing from the proposed Marine Protected Areas, allowing freedivers, kayakers, and float-tubers to continue their limited take on the coast. Read story.
By Michael Hanrahan
Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010
Rumor of Its Demise Greatly Exaggerated
It is not true that classes for seniors are being dismantled. With the exception of this summer, about 60 percent of offerings each term are for adults. Read story.
By Len Jarrott
Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010
California mobile home owners are indebted to Matt Kettmann for a very fair report on this case. [“Goleta’s Mobile Home Battle Goes to Court, 8/21/10.] ... Read Letter
From the time I went to college in Southern California I have had a dream and a goal of owning a home in Santa Barbara ... Read Letter
Glenn Beck is really doling out the Kool-Aid. First he announces he is "taking back the civil rights movement" and "restoring honor" to America. Then, ... Read Letter
I’d like to know who the driver that crashed into the house and killed the family was working for. A couple of years ago an ... Read Letter
I hope the Care4Paws festival at Girsh Park on Sunday, August 29, was a success but the booming music there was intensely inappropriate. The lyrics ... Read Letter
Congress stonewalled on Environmental Protection Agency legislation, most likely because the corporations and their megabucks have succeeded in pretty much buying the vote, not to ... Read Letter
As a Middle East journalist, I’ve always envied the ability of autocratic nations to crack down hard on criminals. Such tactics can give comfort to ... Read Letter
In last week’s story about Marty Blum's bid for a seat on the Santa Barbara City College Board of Trustees there was a question about ... Read Letter
The Santa Barbara Community College Board of Trustees has demonstrated exemplary leadership that has ensured the excellence of the college. Recently, the college was evaluated ... Read Letter
I am a carpet cleaner in Santa Barbara, and recently I acquired my first parking ticket in two years. I made a simple mistake, and ... Read Letter
"I'm expressing gratitude to the higher powers only because they've seen fit to confirm . . . my longstanding Theory of Lee, which holds that ... Read Letter
A conserved friend of mine was written about recently who has been mandated to live in a facility. [Voice, "Overseeing the Overseers," 8/5/10.] He has ... Read Letter
Crossing the Cold Spring Canyon Bridge the other day, my thoughts turned to suicide. Not mine, of course, but the self-inflicted demise chose by many ... Read Letter
My mother, Theresa Carman Ward, was Archie Carman's youngest sister. [Obituaries, “Robert A. Carman, 1931-2010,” 7/8/10, independent.com/franciscanmathematician.] This makes Bob my first cousin. I never ... Read Letter
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