Carpinteria oil firm seeks $17M in malpractice suit
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Local shopkeepers challenge the chains on State Street
Changes are afoot along the region’s main retail corridor, and for the most part its mom-and-pop shops that are giving downtown Santa Barbara a new lease on life. Let’s take a closer look.
Brown’s rainy-day plan is the sane solution to California budget crises
Gov. Jerry Brown may be looking to make the rebalancing of California’s budget the signature achievement of his second administration.
Editorial: The perils of losing faith in the American Dream
When you cut through it all, these books give an articulate voice to inchoate feelings so many average Americans already harbor: The game is rigged, and the rich just keep getting richer.
Spilling the beans on Ventura County’s lima legacy
Before there were strawberries, lemons and avocados, the lima bean dominated agriculture on Ventura County’s coastal plain for nearly a century.
