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A Loose Cannon

What all of us are witnessing is a preview of a second Trump administration, grinding the rule of law in an amoral meat grinder. Where the law is violated as a rule, not the exception. And the legal guard rails don’t just bend but break.

Los Olivos Wastewater Meeting May 15

On May 15 the Los Olivos Community Services District will receive a new 30 percent basis of design estimate from REGEN that the district’s 391 property owners will end up paying for.

The Changing Urban Coast of the Goleta Valley

Speeding down Ward Memorial Boulevard, the freeway that links Highway 101 to the University of California, Santa Barbara, you might not even notice a small, unassuming hill on the righthand side, where once thrived as He’lo, a vibrant island nestled within a bustling harbor, supporting two flourishing Chumash villages.

Mothers Overlooked

As society honors and celebrates mothers and mother-figures on Mother’s Day, mothers who have relinquished their children for adoption continue to be overlooked and disregarded.

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