AMERICANA THE BEAUTIFUL: Setting aside the increasingly slippery business of what defines patriotism, something jarring this way comes these days for anyone in the 1400 block of Anacapa Street. An epic-scaled American flag once again festoons the huge backside of the Lobero Theatre, timed for Independence Day, and begging even more questions than in its earlier appearance on this highly public wall.
Though most levels of care at the three Cottage hospitals in Santa Barbara County fall in line with those of medical centers throughout the United States, a federal government report reviewing 4,500 U.S. hospitals found that Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital lags in treating surgery patients with preventive antibiotics one hour before incision as well as stopping the antibiotics within a day of the completion of surgery.
Though no one yet realizes it, the Refugio Fire, as it will soon be called, will burn for 10 days, consume more than 77,000 acres of vegetation, scar the entire length of the Santa Ynez Mountains from Refugio to San Marcos Pass, and call for a drastic reorientation of fire policy.
These devil winds are known by many names-simoon, santa ana or sundowner in Southern California; chinook in Colorado; ghibli in the Middle East; zonda in the Argentinian Andes. It is a condition initiated by conditions a thousand miles away, where high pressure on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains forces the dry, hot desert air toward the Pacific Coast.
Half a year after foreclosing on developer Bill Levy and taking over plans to build a Ritz-Carlton timeshare village at
Sara Miller McCune, founder of Sage Publications, donated $2.5 million to Cottage Health System’s massive remodeling effort. The money has
Two 10-unit apartment buildings in Isla Vista have been secured for affordable housing. The Santa Barbara County Redevelopment Agency voted
Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum sent a letter to California Assemblymember Pedro Nava on 6/20 asking him to support legislation
The spirit of Luis Linares, the teen stabbed to death in a State Street gang fight in March, hovered over
Santa Barbara City Councilmember Brian Barnwell may re-examine mini-roundabouts after a recent trip to Portland, Oregon-regarded as a leader in
