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Home Is Where the Hurt Is

A look at Santa Barbara foreclosures. Read story.

By Brandon Fastman

Plug Pulled on Redevelopment Agency

City officials scramble to figure out what they can no longer do. Read story.

By Nick Welsh

More and More Smugglers Take to the Sea

Santa Barbara and Southern California See Rising Problem with Panga Boats Feb. 3, 2 p.m.

Murillo's Spouse Leaves Transportation Committee

David Pritchett says Continued Service 'Presents an Appearance of Awkwardness if Not Even Silliness' Feb. 2, 12 a.m.

Plug Pulled on Redevelopment Agency

City Officials Scramble to Figure Out What They Can No Longer Do Feb. 2, 12 a.m.

Home Is Where the Hurt Is

A Look at Santa Barbara Foreclosures Feb. 2, 12 a.m.

Arrest of Officer Goes Terribly Wrong

Albert Covarrubias, Suspected of Sex Crimes, Is Shot and Killed by Fellow Cop Feb. 1, 12 a.m.

UCSB Student Arrested for I.V. Foot Patrol Arson Attack

Video of Attack Released; Suspect in Previous Firebombing Remains At-Large Jan. 31, 1 p.m.

Safety Options Outlined for Milpas Street

Traffic Lights, No; Median Islands with Flashing Lights, Yes Jan. 28, 6 a.m.

Top Cop Delivers ‘State of Department’ Address

Highlights Drop in Violent Crime and Rise in Positive Changes Jan. 26, 12 a.m.

Is the Past Fair Game?

Concerns About Juvenile Records of Gang Injunction Targets Bog Down Case Jan. 26, 12 a.m.

Joe Show Continues

Councilmember Armendariz Dodges the Censure Bullet Jan. 26, 12 a.m.

Daughter of Lompoc Police Sergeant Sentenced to Jail

Pleaded No Contest to Vehicular Manslaughter in Distracted Driving Accident Jan. 24, 10 a.m.

Cutting What Can't Be Cut

Proposed State Budget Once Again Has Public Schools Staring Down the Barrel Jan. 24, 12 a.m.

New Project, Same Skepticism

Residents Weigh In on Proposed Offshore Oil Project in Carpinteria Jan. 20, 8 a.m.

Funding for Poverty Study Approved

Two Homeless Shelters Close in Lompoc Jan. 19, 12 a.m.

Discipline Policy Reboot

S.B. Schools Move Toward Restorative Justice Program Jan. 19, 12 a.m.

New World of Trash Conversion

Supervisors Start Environmental Review of High-Tech Recycling Plant Jan. 19, 12 a.m.

Judge: Beutel Not Ducking Court

Rules Police Officer Didn't Willfully Ignore Subpoena Jan. 19, 12 a.m.

Wooing Steelhead Back From Extinction

Restoration Plan Adopted from Santa Maria to San Diego Jan. 18, 6 a.m.

Gallegly Won't Seek Reelection

Longtime Congressional Representative Will Retire Jan. 12, 12 a.m.

Accused Mammoth Men Appear in Court

Plead Not Guilty to Sex Crimes with Santa Barbara Teen Jan. 12, 12 a.m.

PUEBLO Closes S.B. Offices

Financial Woes Plague Latino Advocacy Group Jan. 12, 12 a.m.

First Latina Councilmember Sworn In

Murillo Wades into Trash Debate on Day One Jan. 11, 12 a.m.

A Bigger, Better Cottage Hospital

Santa Barbara’s Health-Care Powerhouse Features Private Amenities, a Helipad, and Tons of Artwork Jan. 9, 12 a.m.

ALL ARCHIVED NEWS

S.B. Filmmaker Mike DeGruy Killed in Helicopter Crash

The respected underwater documentarian and SBIFF curator dies in Australia while working ...

By Matt Kettmann

Police Cite 60 Drivers During Crosswalk Stings

Motorists are ticketed for not stopping for a decoy pedestrian.

By Tyler Hayden

Truck Driver in Fatal Crash Was High on Meth

A toxicology report reveals that Charles Allison Jr. used the drug shortly ...

By Tyler Hayden

Joni Gray Announces Run for Reelection

Fourth District County Supervisor Joni Gray announced on 1/31 that she intends ...

By Chris Meagher

Bacara Back on the Market?

Within six months of buying the Bacara, the new owner of Goleta’s ...

By Nick Welsh

Council Hears New Plans for Bowl Entrance

Plans to reconfigure the entrance of the Santa Barbara Bowl — and ...

By Nick Welsh

Political Number Wrangling

Hannah-Beth Jackson campaign takes issue with poll release by Jason Hodge.

By Chris Meagher

Activist Found Guilty of Trespassing and Resisting Arrest

Kate Smith, who frequently finds herself behind the microphone at public City ...

By Chris Meagher

Surfboard Company Demands Day in Court

Channel Islands Surfboards, the S.B.-based surfboard manufacturing titan, has requested that a ...

By Ethan Stewart

Goleta Man Sentenced for Murder-For-Hire Plot

Goleta resident Eugene Temkin was sentenced this week to six years in ...

By Indy Staff

Autopsy Confirms Mammoth Man's Suicide

An autopsy conducted Friday confirmed Dr. Andrew Bourne, who was facing several ...

By Chris Meagher

Denunzio Sentenced to Jail in Battery Case

Tony Denunzio must serve 30 days in jail, enroll in anger management ...

By Chris Meagher

Father Accused of Shaking Baby

A father is accused of child endangerment after his baby daughter after ...

By Kevin Zambrano

Rape on Tape?

A parking lot technician viewed an alleged rape on security footage.

By Kevin Zambrano

ALL BRIEFS

Features

More and More Smugglers Take to the Sea

Santa Barbara and Southern California see a rising problem with panga boats. Read story.

By Tyler Hayden

Murillo's Spouse Leaves Transportation Committee

David Pritchett says continued service “presents an appearance of awkwardness if not even silliness.” Read story.

By Nick Welsh

Arrest of Officer Goes Terribly Wrong

Albert Covarrubias, suspected of sex crimes, is shot and killed by a fellow Santa Maria ... Read story.

By Chris Meagher

Capitol Letters

Political Intelligence

A roundup of campaign buzz from Santa Barbara, Sacramento, and beyond. Read story.

By Jerry Roberts

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