Isabelle Walker
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1 month ago |
independent.com | Isabelle Walker
The Santa Barbara City Council is having a tree moment. On Tuesday, for the second time this year, councilmembers found themselves juggling community attachment to a set of mature street trees with the realities of crumbling sidewalks and pedestrian safety.
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2 months ago |
ibanet.org | Isabelle Walker
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has confirmed that 2024 was the deadliest year on record for humanitarian personnel. The Aid Worker Security Database recorded the deaths of 344 aid workers, surpassing the 2023 total of 280. ‘It is unspeakably tragic when colleagues lose their lives trying to do their jobs’, says Linda Isabel Ngesa, a legal adviser with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in London.
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2 months ago |
independent.com | Isabelle Walker
Santa Barbara Public Works Gets Green Light to Remove 13 Trees from Milpas Street Parks and Rec Commission Gives Unanimous Approval on Condition That at Least 30 New Trees Will Be Planted By Isabelle Walker Thu Jan 30, 2025 | 1:34pm Add to Favorites The 13 trees are being removed from North Milpas Street for safety, accessibility, and sightline issues. | Credit: City of Santa Barbara Public Works Santa Barbara’s Parks and Recreation Commission gave a unanimous go ahead Wednesday, January 29,...
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2 months ago |
independent.com | Isabelle Walker
The fate of 13 trees on North Milpas Street, including eight Indian laurel fig trees that rise 60 feet above the sidewalks, providing shade and a slice of nature, will be decided on Wednesday, January 29, when the City of Santa Barbara’s Parks and Recreation Commission considers a request to remove them. If approved, the request from transportation planners would be an initial step in a long-awaited safety upgrade of 11 North Milpas intersections between Quinientos and Canon Perdido Streets.
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Jan 16, 2025 |
independent.com | Isabelle Walker
The end result means that, from here forward, the empty tree beds that edge the sidewalks on East Anapamu between Garden and Milpas will be re-planted with Italian stone pine saplings — much to the joy of historic preservationists and community members. In the two-and-a-half-hour hearing, City Council members effectively reversed a Parks and Recreation Commission ruling of last October that redesignated the street’s tree to native coast live oak.
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