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- Story: Who’s on 2nd (Thursday, November 2, 2006)
... the two candidates for the 2nd District ... recent forum, the two candidates for the 2nd District seat on the Board of Su ... didates for the 2nd District seat on the Board of Supervisors squared off on ... Board of Supervisors squared off on the issue of who could “play better in ...
- Story: The Candidates’ Catechism (Thursday, May 18, 2006)
... the Race for 2nd District Supervisor Fou ... rvisor Four candidates are vying for the county Board of Supervisors seat bei ... finishes up eight years representing the 2nd District. Embracing the great un ... esenting the 2nd District. Embracing the great unincorporated eastern Goleta ...
- Story: The Fight for the Bight (Thursday, July 30, 2009)
... environmentalists square off over marine reserves in S ... quare off over marine reserves in Southern California. It’s the g ... outhern California. It’s the golden hour on the Santa Barbara wat ... It’s the golden hour on the Santa Barbara waterfront, with a war ...
- Story: Greka’s Monkey Business (Thursday, April 17, 2008)
... soil Santa Barbara's backyard? Is it the county, the media, the environmental ... arbara's backyard? Is it the county, the media, the environmentalists, or eve ... ckyard? Is it the county, the media, the environmentalists, or everyone? Etha ... rd? Is it the county, the media, the environmentalists, or everyone? Ethan Stewart finds ou ...
- Story: Oil Deal Between PXP and Environmentalists Falters in Face of Oil Moratorium (Thursday, February 5, 2009)
... in Santa Barbara County and beyond, the historic proposal to allow new oil p ... ecisively shot down last Thursday by the State Lands Commission after a gruel ... ling five-and-a-half-hour meeting at the Mar Monte hotel. Despite support ... in Santa Barbara County and beyond, the historic proposal to allow new oil p ...
- Story: No Open Seats Make for Tight Squeeze in Santa Barbara City Race (Thursday, November 1, 2007)
... the upcoming November 6 Santa Barbara Ci ... ouncil election as mere foreplay for the main event: the anticipated showdown ... as mere foreplay for the main event: the anticipated showdown between council ... Many political handicappers regard the upcoming November 6 Santa Barbara Ci ...
- Story: Letters 1-4-2007 (Thursday, January 4, 2007)
... served tributes have been offered by the nation for former president Gerald R ... for former president Gerald R. Ford. There is one special aspect of his long ... long life that has been missing from them all and should be mentioned for the ... them all and should be mentioned for the record. On September 30, 1949, Geral ...
- Story: Governator Pushes Green at ECO:nomics on Friday (Friday, March 14, 2008)
... nuclear, philanthropy, and oil. The Wall Street Journal’s “ECO:nomic ... acara came to a close on Friday with the newspaper’s publisher Robert Thomp ... Arnold Schwarzenegger, who said that the federal government has “failed ter ... en industry growth. Speaking with the Journal’s editorial page writer Ki ...
- Story: Beach Town, Oil Town, or Something in Between? (Thursday, October 2, 2008)
... The seaside city of Carpinteria finds it ... riendly beach town or will it accept the big money bequests of oil, and allow ... f oil, and allow a towering drill in the middle of town? The seaside city ... ing drill in the middle of town? The seaside city of Carpinteria finds it ...
- Story: Changing the City Map (Thursday, July 24, 2008)
... The final gathering for PlanSB saw less ... thering for PlanSB saw less fighting tha ... rents of tension will surely rise to the surface when push comes to shove and ... surface when push comes to shove and the City Planning Commission and City Co ...
- Story: Measure H: The County Split? Absolutely Not. (Thursday, May 11, 2006)
... The most important vote you can cast thi ... rtant vote you can cast this June is the one against splitting Santa Barbara ... er for us all — those stuck in the economic chaos of the new Mission Co ... those stuck in the economic chaos of the new Mission County and those strande ...
- Story: Will the Central Coast's Alternative Energy Businesses Survive Downturn? (Sunday, October 26, 2008)
... the Carrizo Plain, world’s largest sol ... lar project-to-be, may be a test for the rest. Carrizo Plain, in southe ... the rest. Carrizo Plain, in southeastern San Luis Obispo County, is a s ... a sprawl of gently rolling hills. Bathed in sunlight most days of the year, ...
- Story: Governor Arnold’s Big Oily Surprise (Thursday, May 21, 2009)
... ize a new lease for oil drilling off the Santa Barbara County coast caught en ... he Santa Barbara County coast caught environmentalists by surprise, and suddenly reignited ... lly cooled. “This hit us out of the blue,” said Linda Krop, chief coun ... said Linda Krop, chief counsel for the Environmental Defense Center (EDC), ...
- Story: Decline of Canine Civilization (Thursday, July 30, 2009)
... the Angry Poodle weighs in on the latest ... week, the Angry Poodle weighs in on the latest drama surrounding the Tranqui ... s in on the latest drama surrounding the Tranquillon Ridge. RUMBLING ELEP ... REMBLING GRASS: Even on a good day, there’s more bad blood between Santa B ...
- Story: Indian Environmentalist Speaks at UCSB (Friday, February 23, 2007)
... the effort to clean up pollution in Indi ... Corwin Pavilion Thursday night about the difference between what the American ... ht about the difference between what the American environmental movement has ... o. If nothing else, it speaks to the fire behind Sunita Narain’s w ...
- Story: Uniform Chaos (Thursday, December 14, 2006)
... e his Santa Ynez Valley constituents the Uniform Rules public workshop they ... ts the Uniform Rules public workshop they’ve been asking for. More than 100 ... 0 landowners, farmers, ranchers, and environmentalists turned out Tuesday night at the Vete ... ntalists turned out Tuesday night at the Veterans’ Memorial Building in Sol ...
- Story: Paul Hawken Speaks about Social Change (Thursday, May 10, 2007)
... d spokesperson Paul Hawken is one of the founders of the Natural Capital Inst ... aul Hawken is one of the founders of the Natural Capital Institute (NCI), an ... platforms and networks for those in the business of social and environmental ... environmental change. Hawken is also the author of a number of bestselling an ...
- Story: Cousteau Praises Bush’s Marine Monuments (Thursday, January 15, 2009)
... environmentalists are able to work with a conservative ... ident, miracles can happen. When environmentalists are able to work with a conservative ... t: President George W. Bush endorsed the largest-ever marine conservation eff ... ffort when he announced on January 6 the formal protection of nearly 200,000 ...
- Story: Lost Secrets of the Sunbird Quicksilver Mine (Sunday, April 19, 2009)
... the Los Padres National Forest’s post- ... ’s post-industrial ruins. Over the mountains from the Riviera’s palat ... l ruins. Over the mountains from the Riviera’s palatial, ocean-viewing ... l, ocean-viewing mansions and far up the Santa Ynez River on the southeast ba ...
- Story: When Friends Become Rivals (Wednesday, February 4, 2009)
... il-enviro heaven but annulled before the honeymoon. Now the in-laws are fight ... t annulled before the honeymoon. Now the in-laws are fighting. OILY B ... are fighting. OILY BLOOD ON THE WATER: It was a marriage cooked up ... il-enviro heaven but annulled before the honeymoon. Now the in-laws are fight ...
- Story: Enlarging the Change (Thursday, June 5, 2008)
... ues, Mountainfilm in Telluride leads the wave of film festivals that are turn ... has grown in scope and impact over the decades until blossoming this year u ... des until blossoming this year under the leadership of David Holbrooke into a ... hink tank for progressive minds from the environmental movement, media, polit ...
- Story: Showdown Over Wide
Open Spaces (Thursday, July 26, 2007)... the first time in human history, more pe ... an areas than in rural lands. Though the tipping point will most likely be re ... h a less agrarian lifestyle. Here in the United States, with the ever-growing ... yle. Here in the United States, with the ever-growing beast of urban sprawl s ...
- Story: June 2008 Endorsements (Thursday, May 22, 2008)
... The Indy's picks for the June 3 election ... the June 3 election, including county su ... strict Supervisor: Doreen Farr Of the county’s five supervisorial distri ... so contradictory, and so critical to the overall direction of county governme ...
- Story: Endorsements (Thursday, June 1, 2006)
... the polls to voice their preferences on ... e 6, voters go to the polls to voice their preferences on a plethora of state ... and county-wide races and measures. The Independent does not provide an endo ... ows are endorsements on what we deem the most critical votes — most imp ...
- Story: Blue & Green Guide 2006 (Thursday, May 18, 2006)
... of our region’s oddest years of weather ever, this year’s cold, wet winte ... ar’s cold, wet winter slipped into the June gloom we all know before we eve ... eil our annual Blue & Green Guide to the great outdoors. Our Annual Blue &a ... ur region’s oddest years of weather ever, this year’s cold, wet ...
- Story: Nature's Roll Call (Thursday, May 10, 2007)
... the word biodiversity makes you do one o ... ty makes you do one of two things: either immediately glaze over in a cloud o ... s in your backyard. Chances are, the word biodiversity makes you do one o ... ty makes you do one of two things: either immediately glaze over in a cloud o ...
- Story: An Unexpected Monument to Nature (Thursday, July 13, 2006)
... the president with the worst environment ... e W. Bush — the president with the worst environmental record in the la ... th the worst environmental record in the last 50 years — created by exe ... s — created by executive order the largest marine preserve in the world ...
- Story: Excessive Access? (Thursday, May 10, 2007)
... the crest of Half Dome, with El Capitan ... Capitan and Glacier Point enclosing the sparkling wash of the Merced River a ... oint enclosing the sparkling wash of the Merced River as it wends its way thr ... r breathing, intent on hearing fully the haunting silence of the untrammeled ...
- Story: Local Heroes 2007 (Wednesday, November 21, 2007)
... this 22nd annual Local Heroes issue, The Santa Barbara Independent tries to r ... rbara Independent tries to recognize them all. Heroes come in all shap ... apes and sizes: lifesavers acting in the heat of the moment, philanthropists ... es: lifesavers acting in the heat of the moment, philanthropists generously g ...
- Story: The Scariest Man on the Planet (Thursday, February 8, 2007)
... ecting a very scary map on a wall of the University Club, Santa Barbara’s c ... del of tradition and accomplishment. The map, prepared by UCSB’s geography ... it showed a very different city from the one we now know. It predicted what S ... ric ice sheets were to melt, causing the world’s sea levels to rise about 2 ...
- Story: Our 2008 Endorsements (Thursday, October 9, 2008)
... The Santa Barbara Independent voters’ ... bara Independent voters’ guide for the November election. The vot ... for the November election. The voting season officially began this ... Santa Barbara voters began receiving their requested absentee ballots in the ...
- Story: Measuring B (Wednesday, October 14, 2009)
... the preservation of Santa Barbara came i ... reservation of Santa Barbara came in the 1950s, when I would answer the phone ... me in the 1950s, when I would answer the phone and Ms. Pearl Chase would be o ... hone and Ms. Pearl Chase would be on the line for my mother. Voters in Sa ...
- Story: The North County Racing Form (Thursday, October 2, 2008)
... pointed by fellow councilmembers, so there is no mayor’s race. Two seats ... yor’s race. Two seats are up in the Buellton City Council race, and neit ... e Buellton City Council race, and neither of the incumbents — Diane Whi ... on City Council race, and neither of the incumbents — Diane Whitehair a ...
- Story: Risk, Challenge, and Choice on the Wildland Urban Interface (Thursday, September 25, 2008)
... There is nothing like a wildfire roaring ... o evacuate in a panic, to illustrate the dilemma Santa Barbarans face every d ... ta Barbarans face every day. There is nothing like a wildfire roaring ... o evacuate in a panic, to illustrate the dilemma Santa Barbarans face every d ...
- Story: Growing Solutions (Tuesday, September 23, 2008)
... historic alliance that aims to shape the future of the county. The batt ... nce that aims to shape the future of the county. The battle lines are d ... hape the future of the county. The battle lines are decades old, the rh ... The battle lines are decades old, the rhetoric around them spoken on a nea ...
- Story: Goleta’s Tug of War (Thursday, September 28, 2006)
... ght Over Fast Growth vs. Slow Growth The Goleta City Council race pits three ... ree incumbents who have served since the city’s 2002 incorporation against ... against three challengers who accuse them of being too slow-growth. Goleta vo ... ack Hawxhurst into office as part of the city’s first council, along with J ...
- Story: On the Road — Cruising Highway 70 (Saturday, March 22, 2008)
... the night in Green River, Utah, a stone' ... te 70 and am on my way to Denver via the small mining town of Leadville. What ... of Leadville. What would have taken the wagon trains several weeks will take ... what would become a major route over the Continental Divide. Without the inte ...
- Story: The Independent’s 2006 Endorsements (Thursday, October 12, 2006)
... the absentee ballot has become an increa ... s in a series of endorsements during the next three weeks. As has always been ... ieve we can offer informed opinions. The most important point we want to make ... important point we want to make, whether you agree with our endorsements or ...
- Story: Saving the Silence (Thursday, April 16, 2009)
... the Carrizo Plain National Monument prep ... Plain National Monument prepares for the future. Back in January 2001, du ... re. Back in January 2001, during the waning days of the Bill Clinton admi ... uary 2001, during the waning days of the Bill Clinton administration, I pulle ...
- Story: Pedro Drills Arnold (Thursday, July 30, 2009)
... Pedro Nava wins a big battle against the offshore oil plan, but the oil war g ... e against the offshore oil plan, but the oil war goes on. The shameful sp ... l plan, but the oil war goes on. The shameful spectacle of California’s ... tionally watched legislative battle, the Santa Barbara Democrat led the fight ...
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