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Heated Debate Over Gang Injunction

Blank check, slippery slope, or another tool in toolbox? Read story.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Siphoning Off Goleta Slough

Concerns over steelhead are wrapping airport, cities, county, state, and feds in coastal conundrum. Read story.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

High Fire Season Hits Hard

The South Coast is put on inferno alert. Read story.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Homeless Deaths Decrease Countywide

Officials cite a 25 percent decline from 2009 to 2011. Read story.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Sergeant Sandra Brown Looks to Unseat Sheriff Bill Brown

The challenger doesn’t mince words as she critiques Santa Barbara County’s top cop. Read story.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Bus Line to Mission Gets Reprieve

But a pension dispute puts MTD $4.6 million behind the eight ball. Read story.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Connecticut Shootings Prompt School Safety Measures

But will federal funding for more equipment make it to the South Coast? Read story.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Playing Chicken with Freeway Widening

City Hall pushes for new Cabrillo bridge and butts head with Caltrans. Read story.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Kings and Queens of the Hill

City College celebrates #1 ranking, but access remains a problem. Read story.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Busted Structure

The fault lines and fallout of El Puente's collapse. Read story.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

DA Dismisses DUI Case Against Tony Denunzio

Cites inability to use blood-alcohol content evidence in second trial. Read story.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Five Miles in Their Shoes

A night in the life of Isla Vista Foot Patrol. Read story.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Cops Take Aim at Public Art Piece

State Street sculpture cited for attracting aggressive street people. Read story.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Authorities Investigating Homeless Man’s Death

“Half Brain” Baumann died in custody after a “medical event.” Read story.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

‘Party Houses’ Still Irking Neighbors

Permitting loophole reaches supervisors who kick it down the road. Read story.

Thursday, April 4, 2013