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California Pipeline Owner to Settle With EPA for $60 Million Over Santa Barbara Oil Spill

March 16, 2020 5:02 pm

Plains All American Pipeline agreed to settle with the Environmental Protection Agency over a 2015 oil spill in Santa Barbara County for $60 million on late Friday, almost ending an almost 5-year saga over the incident. The 2015 Refugio oil...

2020 March Primary Preview: 19th State Senate District

February 9, 2020 2:16 amFebruary 10, 2020 7:49 am

The 19th State Senate District: The Beach, farmland, hills, and blotches of urbanity in Santa Barbara and the tail-end of the Los Angeles metro area, the 19th Senate district is Santa Barbara County and just over half of neighboring Ventura...

2020 March Primary Preview: 35th State Assembly District

January 22, 2020 2:42 amJanuary 30, 2020 8:57 am

The 35th Assembly District: The 35th Assembly District is essentially San Luis Obispo County with a part of Northern Santa Barbara County. It’s a mix of traditionally conservative and traditionally liberal leaning areas. An Air Force Base, farm areas, and...

Uber Begins to Allow Drivers to Set Their Own Fares in Newest AB 5 Changes

January 21, 2020 5:09 pmJanuary 22, 2020 8:31 am

Uber began testing driver-set fares in three California cities on Tuesday in the latest change the rideshare company has made in the wake of AB 5. Tests in Sacramento, Santa Barbara, and Palm Springs Rideshare passengers using Uber in the...

35th Assembly District Challenger Enters Race

November 8, 2019 1:18 pmNovember 8, 2019 9:21 pm

Morro Bay Councilwoman Dawn Addis announced Thursday night that she will run against the current incumbent, Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham, in the upcoming 2020 election. Councilwoman Addis, a Democrat, made her announcement at the San Luis Obispo County Progressives meeting. “I...

California Parents’ Lawsuit to Block Racist, ‘Social Justice’ Agenda on Children Instruction in Santa Barbara Schools Moves Forward

October 21, 2019 2:03 amOctober 23, 2019 8:00 am

A group of Santa Barbara parents and teachers formed Fair Education Santa Barbara, and then filed a lawsuit against the Santa Barbara Unified School District and JUST Communities Central Coast. The group said the “anti-Caucasian, anti-Christian organization calling itself Just Communities Central...

California Parents Sue to Block ‘Creeping, Social Justice Warrior’ Instruction in Schools

March 6, 2019 3:07 pmMarch 7, 2019 9:38 am

Los Angeles attorney Eric Early, working with a group of Santa Barbara parents and teachers over ‘Unconscious Bias’ curriculum, filed a federal lawsuit in December in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of Fair...