Melinda Burns
Investigative Reporter at Freelance
Melinda Burns is a staff writer for Miller-McCune magazine who covers issues relating to the environment, poverty and possible solutions to worldwide problems.
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1 month ago |
independent.com | Melinda Burns
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Presents ‘The Story of the Western Flyer’ This Thursday Famous Fishing Boat Stops in S.B. as It Re-Creates Steinbeck’s 1940 Expedition The Western Flyer stopped at Santa Barbara Harbor this week on its way to the Sea of Cortez.
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1 month ago |
santamariatimes.com | Melinda Burns
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has unanimously adopted odor-control regulations for commercial cannabis, requiring the installation of state-of-the-art odor control systems inside every cannabis greenhouse or before March 31, 2026.
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1 month ago |
independent.com | Melinda Burns
In a historic vote this week, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted what may be the toughest odor-control regulations for commercial cannabis in the nation, requiring the installation of state-of-the-art odor control systems inside every cannabis greenhouse in the Carpinteria Valley, on or before March 31, 2026.
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1 month ago |
independent.com | Melinda Burns
A standing-room-only crowd packed into Carpinteria City Hall on Friday, eager to advise three Santa Barbara County supervisors on how best to get rid of the smell of pot that drifts around town from the cannabis greenhouse industry. The community forum was convoked by Laura Capps, chair of the county Board of Supervisors, and Supervisors Roy Lee and Bob Nelson. None of them were on the board in February 2018, when the county’s unpopular cannabis ordinance was approved.
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1 month ago |
independent.com | Melinda Burns
The property owners at Island Breeze Farms, a controversial cannabis greenhouse operation across from the Polo Condos, are embroiled in bankruptcy proceedings, having declared $9.6 million in debts, $6.4 million in real estate assets, and $3,400 in the bank, according to records at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Santa Barbara.
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