In all, the county has received 24 applications for cannabis cultivation in the Sta. Rita Hills, a federally designated American Viticultural Area…
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One grower makes a pact with neighbors and sets the “gold standard” for odor control. Will others follow…
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Mike Hoover, a Santa Barbara geologist, wants to remind us of the Medieval Drought, the epic dry period that held California and the West in its grip…
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Some call it a “quiet revolution.” Others, a “hostile…
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Signing off on a historic deal with its wealthiest – and thirstiest – neighbor, the Santa Barbara City Council this week voted 6-0 to ship a…
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In a historic move, the Montecito Water District board voted unanimously on Thursday to “drought-proof” the wealthy enclave by importing a large…
Continue Reading Promising to “drought-proof” Montecito and banish rationing – if not forever, at least for the foreseeable future – the Montecito Water…
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The county Board of Supervisors tinkered with its cannabis ordinance this week, promising immediate relief to 500 residents of North County canyons,…
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The county’s $1.2 billion budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year, beginning July 1, includes an estimated $10.6 million in cannabis tax revenue, money…
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The county Planning Commission voted 5-0 this week to lay the groundwork for denying a zoning permit to Herbal Angels, a cannabis operation near…
Continue Reading A citizens’ coalition is suing the Board of Supervisors and the owner of Busy Bee’s Organics, a 22-acre cannabis project on Highway 246 that was…
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A hydrogeologist who was laid off last summer from a Santa Ynez water district has filed suit against her former employers, alleging that her boss…
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The largest cannabis operation to come before the county Board of Supervisors was approved for a zoning permit in a contentious 3-2 vote on…
Continue Reading The county Planning Commission this week postponed a vote on a zoning permit for a large cannabis operation in Cebada Canyon, a bucolic community of…
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Two years after the Jan. 9 mudslides in Montecito, residents are picking up the pieces and trying to rebuild.…
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What if the boulders and debris that obliterated whole neighborhoods in Montecito on Jan. 9, 2018 could have been captured in the…
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A large debris basin will be constructed on San Ysidro Creek within two years, county officials…
Continue ReadingThe five-year-old moratorium on new water hookups in the Goleta Valley will likely continue through 2020, even though the drought emergency is over,…
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