“You have taken my family savings to fix your building, and then now you want to kick us out,” Rodriguez said. Rodriguez said the city approved her concept and tenancy when she originally signed the lease in 2023. She said the city never said in writing or otherwise that if Metropolitan Theatre left that it would void her lease. Even though Cookie Plug had a lease through 2029 with MTC, Rodriguez said the city surmised that the sublease ended when the city declined to renew the master lease in September.
Crews are set to begin work this week to replace the De la Vina Street bridge over Mission Creek in Santa Barbara. In Solvang, approximately 300 people gathered along Mission Drive to show their opposition to the current presidential administration’s action. Cole said Trump is attempting to set up an autocracy, attacking the press. “It’s sad to think that some of those people who we have grown up with, their families can just be taken away,” Akin said. Many people in the crowd waved flags of Mexico, the United States, Palestine and Ukraine.
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He thanked the parents who dropped off food, workout clothes and iPads when students left them at home. Andy Brennan, ASB president and class of 2025, delivered a speech, recalling some of his favorite and most memorable moments from his time at Dos Pueblos. In a year marked by tragedy and triumph, Dos Pueblos High School celebrated 512 students who graduated Thursday night at Scott O’Leary Stadium. Villa acknowledged that while it wasn’t easy, they rebuilt their school community and soon had packed schedules with classes, dances and football games.
So, he quit and hit up Santa Barbara again, eventually getting hired in 1960. All of the editors who quit on July 6, 2006 were recognized for their defense of journalism, but Brantingham’s resignation stunned the community in a way that could never be repeated because of the changing media landscape. He was known on sight at every restaurant in town, around City Hall, and at every place that he attempted to sniff out a story. Barney Brantingham, a master hand of journalism, a quintessential newspaper reporter and columnist, and a scribe known for his must-read “Off the Beat” columns that captured portraits of life in Santa Barbara, has died. Noozhawk is an online and professional local news reporting and publishing platform.
Rolf was always inquisitive, sometimes quirky, very intelligent, much loved and so appreciated by many. He knew and espoused the more interesting Paul Feller sides of history, and could recall so many Santa Barbara facts of the past 50 years, it was uncanny. Hundreds of graduating seniors and their proud families and friends filled Righetti High School’s Warrior Stadium on Thursday afternoon for graduation for the class of 2025, totaling 550. All are invited to share their thoughts and experiences with waste services provided by MarBorg Industries. Any survey responses from customers in the cities of Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Buellton will be forwarded to solid waste city representatives. Another SpaceX launch could occur as soon as Monday night, according to notices released ahead of missions.
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The Community Transportation System of the Year award is presented to agencies that demonstrate superior achievement and innovation in their service delivery. “We are incredibly honored to be named Community Transportation System of the Year,” said Gamaliel Anguiano, Transit Services manager for the city of Santa Maria. As she pointed out vacant storefronts all over the 900 blocks, Rodriguez told Noozhawk on Monday that she wanted to be part of downtown’s solution. She said she doesn’t understand why, when the city is struggling to keep businesses alive, that it would kick out a successful tenant.
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Both speakers shared their appreciation for the support of family, faculty and others who helped them through the past years to reach graduation. “I’m willing to bet that there’s less 10 people in the whole world who has ever seen me cry, and I hope to keep that number the same after today,” valedictorian Jaroel Alcantara said after arriving on stage. Wearing red caps and gowns, the class of 2025 boasted 715 graduates, the largest this year for the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District, which also saw two other campuses hold commencement ceremonies earlier in the morning and midafternoon Thursday. “As we close this chapter in our life, let us carry the memories, friendship and laughter we made, because in the end, it wasn’t just about making it through high school; it was about growing through it,” salutatorian Evelyn Ramirez Villa said. The ceremony will honor the community’s 28 veterans who died in combat, as well as Lorenzo Martinez — a Korean War veteran — who died recently at age 96.
Talkin said the Foodbank is working to localize how it resources food. The plans are in the early stages, he added, but the long-term goal is to make the organization more resilient and independent. He added that the cuts also will affect local farmers who are paid with funding provided by the government programs. Even though the cuts will have a massive effect on the Foodbank, Talkin said he hopes the Trump administration realizes that people rely on those programs and changes course. Despite rising inflation and a higher number of clients, the organization will have fewer resources to help. Harmon, a Lompoc native who is a real estate attorney in addition to councilwoman, said she looks forward to working closely with local governments during her time as chair.
He was the co-founder and editor and publisher of the South Coast Beacon, a weekly community newspaper that made its debut in 2002, won the California Newspaper Publishers Association General Excellence Award the following year and went bust in 2005. Not having the sense to get a real job, he turned his attention to the Internet, where the overhead is lower and the optimism knows no boundaries. Bill Macfadyen is the founder and publisher of Noozhawk.com, Santa Barbara’s freshest news and information source — and its only 24/7 professional news site. Commanding a staff of seven full-time professional journalists, three full-time sales representatives and an army of community contributors, he’s on a quest to figure out how to make online local news viable and sustainable. According to a city press release, new safety features include curb extensions, high visibility crosswalk markings, rectangular rapid flashing beacons, and safety lighting.
