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Oct 16, 2024 | 
independent.com | Ryan Cruz |Margaux Lovely |Aidan Kenney |Isabelle Walker
Santa Barbara County’s electric grid is a fragile network. It is literally at the end of the line for both PG&E and SCE power lines, which are in areas prone to wildfire, floods, and debris flows. One bad disaster, and the grid goes pfft. As these natural disasters increase in frequency and scale thanks to climate change, the county is adding defense against inevitable power outages through its 2030 Climate Action Plan. Enter: a plan within the plan.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
independent.com | Nick Welsh |Margaux Lovely |Aidan Kenney |Jackson Friedman
Santa Barbara County Struggles with Court Homeless Ruling To Close Encampments and Vehicle Dwelling? But Where Do People Go?
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
independent.com | Margaux Lovely |Aidan Kenney |Jean Yamamura |Callie Fausey
Santa Barbara Homeless Stats Given to Council Some Success Stories, but Funding Sources Cut in Half Add to Favorites Credit: elavuk81 - stock.adobe.com Barbara Andersen quietly delivered an unlikely one-two punch — part good news, part bad news — when speaking before the Santa Barbara City Council this Tuesday. The city’s de facto homeless czar, Andersen had a lot to say on all the ways City Hall has been addressing homelessness on the South Coast. In August, the first day center opened,...
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
independent.com | Ryan Cruz |Margaux Lovely |Caitlin Scialla |Aidan Kenney
‘Huge’ Great White Shark Spotted Eating Elephant Seal in Santa Barbara Channel ‘Condor Express’ Passengers Get Front-Row Seat to Brutal Buffet The graphic image of a great white chowing down on an elephant seal carcass near the Condor Express on August 30.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
independent.com | Nick Welsh |Margaux Lovely |Caitlin Scialla |Aidan Kenney
Santa Barbara Unified, Police Department, and Sheriff’s Office Issue Joint Statement on Recent Threats to Schools Uptick in Vague, Social-Media-Based Threats Has Authorities Advising Public to ‘Report Instead of Repost’ Credit: Courtesy An uptick in vague, social media–based threats to schools is scaring parents across the country, including in Santa Barbara Unified and other school districts in Santa Barbara County. Such threats, while predominantly false, have increased since the school...
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
independent.com | Ryan Cruz |Jean Yamamura |Caitlin Scialla |Aidan Kenney
For the first time in its history, the Council of University of California Faculty Associations on Thursday filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge against the University of California, accusing the UC of violating the law and UC policy through its far-reaching efforts to suppress pro-Palestine speech on campuses this spring. The UC-wide council was joined by seven faculty associations from individual UC campuses.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
independent.com | Christina McDermott |Leslie Dinaberg |Caitlin Scialla |Aidan Kenney
Chef and activist Alice Waters was the star of The Time Is Now: Dinner in the Garden fundraiser dinner, an event aimed towards supporting her upcoming trip to Washington D.C. in October to present her idea of school supported agriculture. Bringing together prominent community figures and members of the regenerative agriculture community, the fundraiser brought attention to the importance of healthy, nourishing food.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
independent.com | Austin Lampson |Caitlin Scialla |Aidan Kenney |Margaux Lovely
What Do You Pay Your Professionals?
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
independent.com | Nick Welsh |Caitlin Scialla |Alejandro Lazo |Aidan Kenney
Santa Barbara High Joins Growing List of Solar Sites Now Online in School District Santa Barbara Unified Says 12 of 14 Sites Now Online, with Dos Pueblos and San Marcos Not Far Behind Goleta Valley Junior High is one of the first school sites that had solar panels up and running.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
independent.com | Leslie Dinaberg |Caitlin Scialla |Aidan Kenney |Margaux Lovely
Review | It’s Nothing But Blue Skies for Sturgill Simpson An Appealing Mix of Covers and Originals Prove to Be Crowd Pleasers at the Santa Barbara Bowl By Margaux Lovely Wed Sep 18, 2024 | 4:00pm Add to Favorites Sturgill Simpson at the Santa Barbara Bowl, September 15, 2024 | Photo: Deborah Chadsey In his long-awaited return to music, Sturgill Simpson – or Johnny Blue Skies, depending on who you ask and when – brought a mesmerizing sense of calm to the Santa Barbara Bowl. Maybe it was the...
