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KEYT Staff Votes to Unionize Amid Calls for Fair Wages and Workplace Safety
Employees of the Central Coast news station KEYT have voted to unionize, with their decision certified on December 3 by the National Labor Relations Board. This vote secures Local 600, a union representing workers in 13 other broadcast news stations across the nation, as the official representative for collective bargaining for the staff. KEYT staff More
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SpaceX Launched Falcon 9 Rocket Wednesday Night, Booms Followed
Update by the edhat staff December 4, 2024 SpaceX successfully launch a Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday evening sending 20 more Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The launch took place around 7:00 p.m. and sent a series of booms and window rattling throughout the county. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on More
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Standing Up to Trump: Laura Capps Leads Off Our New Series, as Local Leaders Gird for Looming Threats and Perils
Steadfast, practical and solution-oriented, Supervisor Laura Capps acknowledges that Donald Trump poses clear and present dangers to Santa Barbara County communities, but maintains that California and local jurisdictions are prepared to withstand his vows of “retribution.” “Retribution is what (Trump) has promised” to those who oppose his authoritarian MAGA movement, said Capps, set to become More
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Santa Barbara County Judge Faces Public Admonishment for Courtroom Misconduct
The Commission on Judicial Performance, tasked with oversight of California’s judiciary, delivered a public reprimand to Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Thomas R. Adams this Tuesday for inappropriate conduct during court proceedings. The independent state agency, governed by a six-member commission, is responsible for investigating complaints leveled against judges within the state’s various courts. More
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Top Democrats say they won’t just ‘Trump-proof’ California — they’ll make it Affordable Again
By Alexei Koseff, Calmatters The leaders of the state Legislature have a message for voters: We know you’re frustrated with how expensive California is — and we’re going to fix it. After a painful election that sparked recriminations and soul-searching among Democrats across the country, state Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire and Assembly Speaker More
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Review for Carpinteria’s Surfliner Inn Project Scheduled for Next Week
Downtown Carpinteria’s future landscape began to take shape with the recent installation of story poles for the proposed Surfliner Inn project located in the train station parking lot. The setup comes ahead of the Architectural Review Board’s critical meeting slated for December 12. The placement of story poles, which outline the future development’s scale and More
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Annual New Year’s Polar Dip at East Beach Canceled Due to New City Requirements
The much-anticipated annual New Year’s Polar Dip, which has been a vibrant tradition at East Beach since 2017, has been canceled this year. The event, known for its chilly plunge into the Pacific Ocean to ring in the new year, will not be occurring due to new requirements imposed by the City of Santa Barbara. More
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WAY BACK WHEN IN 1924 – Weather and Radio Reception
Dateline: December 1924 We pretty much take radios for granted today, we click them on and off, click to change a channel, but static? Who knows what static is anymore? But a century ago, the quality of radio reception varied according to the weather, and you didn’t click to change to another station, you rotated More
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Cathedral Oaks Road Bike Path in Western Goleta Newly Repaved
Good news for users of the Cathedral Oaks Road bike path in western Goleta. The segment stretching from Paseo Del Pinion to the closure point at the crib wall near the intersection of Cathedral Oaks Road and Calle Real has been fully repaved and restriped. These upgrades provide a smoother, safer surface and clearer markings, More
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Fatal Motorcycle Crash on Highway 101 Prompts Lane Closure and Investigation in Montecito
Late Friday night, a traffic crash on Highway 101 southbound near San Ysidro Road in Montecito led to the death of a motorcyclist, prompting an extensive investigation by the California Highway Patrol (CHP). Following the crash, which occurred around 9:47 pm, authorities closed the right lane of the highway and the southbound San Ysidro Road More