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Founded in 1986, the Santa Barbara Independent is the leading source for news, arts & entertainment, and lifestyle coverage in the greater Santa Barbara area.
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Santa Barbara County, Goleta Pursuing Creation of Gun Shop Buffer Zones
1+ week, 4+ day ago (223+ words) Proposed Regulations Would Apply to New Businesses but Not Existing Firearms Retailers Like One that Recently Relocated Next to Preschool Goleta’s cannabis license update a few years ago had also included buffer zones. While the consequences of a 1,000-foot buffer…...
State Street Master Plan Approved by Santa Barbara City Council
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1026+ words) Council Supports Vision for Downtown, Though Questions Remain over Funding, Interim Operations The State Street Master Plan, the guiding document for the future of downtown Santa Barbara, was approved by the City Council in a 6-1 vote — with Mayor Randy Rowse…...
Build the Community "Living Room"
1+ week, 6+ day ago (263+ words) Now is the time for bold action. History is littered with plans that were never built. Olmsted’s L.A. River Plan would have created a 50-mile park; instead, we have a concrete basin. Yet when grand plans are built, the results…...
Mona's Last Hurrah
3+ week, 4+ day ago (752+ words) After 13 Years of Floods, Fires, Debris Flows, Oil Spills, Shredded Safety Nets, Housing Nightmares, Fiscal Blood Baths, and Pickle Ball, What's Next for County CEO? Then there was the 2015 oil spill along the coast — from which the state, national, and…...
Santa Barbara County’s Admired Chief Executive Retires After 13 Historic Years
3+ week, 4+ day ago (739+ words) Mona Miyasato Receives Standing Ovation, Praised for Her Transformative Tenure on Last Day Then there was the 2015 oil spill along the coast — from which the state, national, and local political worlds are still reeling. And of course, Santa Barbara’s never…...
One Giant Step for Santa Barbara County, One Small Step for Child Care
3+ week, 5+ day ago (322+ words) The Santa Barbara Independent At a time when childcare costs statewide rival that of rents and the gap between supply and demand remains pervasively excruciating, Santa Barbara County has just received props for leading the pack for bridging the divide....
Santa Barbara: Women and Children First?
4+ week, 1+ day ago (378+ words) Numerous Agencies Engage with the Vulnerable to Block Exploitation, but Gaps Exist Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle inebriated himself with strangers and slept through a revolution of social and structural change. There are those who can and those who cannot…...