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County 10-5
On 11/2 Dustin Olson was appointed UC Santa Barbara Police Department’s new police chief over 100 other applicants in a nationwide search. Read story.
Environment 10-5
Meteorologists, climate researchers, and state water authorities met in San Diego on 11/3 to discuss long-range water supply forecasting for the coming year. Read story.
Law and Disorder 10-5
Sixteen-year-old Aziz Gazga committed suicide by hanging himself in the bathroom of his mother’s home on 10/30. Read story.
Dance ’Til It’s Midnight
Velvet Jones nightclub won an extra hour of dancing for the 18-and-over crowd by taking its case to the Santa Barbara City Council on Tuesday. Read story.
County 10-29
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 this week in favor of a rescission ordinance that undoes the Naples coastal development agreement while retaining the inland agreement. Read story.
Environment 10-29
The Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council named its Conservation Working Group Partner of the Year in a ceremony on 10/27. Read story.
Law and Disorder 10-29
Actor Randy Quaid and wife Evi — both charged with fraud for allegedly skipping out on a $10,000 bill at the San Ysidro Ranch this summer — failed to appear in court on 10/26, which was their second straight no-show in the case. Read story.
City 10-29
Andrew DiMizio was officially named Santa Barbara city Fire Chief on 10/27 after serving as interim chief for the past year. Read story.
Law and Disorder 10-22
The sentencing for Jesse James Hollywood, who appeared before Judge Brian Hill on 10/20, has been continued to 11/10. Read story.
County 10-22
Harrington West Financial Group, the parent company of Solvang-based Los Padres Bank, announced on 10/16 that it consented to a cease-and-desist order issued by the federal Office of Thrift Supervision. Read story.
Health 10-22
The Santa Barbara Public Health Department announced on 10/20 that a four-year-old boy died over the weekend as a result of H1N1 flu, marking the second swine flu-related death in the county. Read story.
UCSB 10-15
Errki Ruoslahti, a professor at UCSB’s Burnham Institute for Medical Research, was awarded a $2.8 million grant for research into breast cancer detection and therapies using nanotechnology. Read story.
Law and Disorder 10-15
David Abraham, a licensed life insurance agent and former employee of Brown & Brown Insurance, will start serving a 90-day jail sentence on 10/16, after having pled guilty to a felony count of grand theft with a special allegation that he took more than $1 million. Read story.
Environment 10-15
Wet weather returned in a big way to Santa Barbara County this week as the season’s first real rain hit the South Coast on 10/13. Read story.
County 10-15
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors once again takes on the volatile Naples debate at a meeting on 10/20. Read story.
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