Wet Winter, No New Water
Goleta water ban remains despite abundant rains.
Melinda Burns
Recent Stories
Does Montecito Want Greater Self-Governance?
County Supervisor Das Williams agrees to start “a conversation” on community service district.
Harriett Phillips: 1923-2019
Harriett Phillips was a big-D and little-d democrat from the days she helped her mother feed striking workers at Chevrolet in 1936 to walking precincts during Barack Obama’s first presidential run. Along the way, she fought to save Haskell’s Beach from development.
Montecito Water Rate Study Delayed
A deal to buy a long-term share of Santa Barbara’s water is now 32 months in the making.
No Truce in Montecito’s Water Wars
Opponents take aim at a new operations building for the sanitary district.
Major Prehistoric Debris Flow Discovered in Montecito
UCSB geologist says the “penultimate event” happened at least a thousand years before last January’s disaster, and that’s reassuring.
Pest-Control Companies Pull Out of Carpinteria Cannabis Deal
Avocado growers say they are left with no good options this spring.
Bob Sollen: 1921 – 2019
Bob Sollen got an anonymous phone call on January 30, 1969: “The ocean is boiling around Platform A,” the caller said. “Thousands of tons of oil are headed for the beach.”
Avocado and Cannabis Growers Struggle over Insecticides
The unintended consequences of growing cannabis next to avocado orchards that spray insecticides.
‘Montecito Journal’ Editor, Public Officials Get a Lesson in the Brown Act
Writer and public official roil conflict-of-interest waters.