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Local attorney Luis Esparza holds a lead over 86-year-old incumbent Judge Thomas Adams, Jr. in the race for Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge, Office 2, according to the latest vote tally ...

A collection of Harold Bloom’s letters details the working life of one of America’s most influential intellects. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we ...

Thomas Harold Hettig, Sr. made his final flight heavenward on Memorial Day, May 25, 2026. He was predeceased by his parents, August T. and Mildred T. Hettig and his brother David Hettig. Tom loved ...

Thomas J. Scheff, a pioneering sociologist whose work reshaped the study of emotions, mental illness, and human connection, died May 23, 2025, in Santa Barbara. He was 95. Born in 1929, Scheff spent ...

The lack of imagination of our political leaders amazes me. There are nine countries that currently possess nuclear weapons: U.S., Russia, China, France, U.K., Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea ...

Santa Cruz representatives currently want to eliminate public hearings for new buildings. Our city was divided into gerrymandered districts thanks to Shebreh Kalantari Johnson, Renee Golder and Sonja ...

The April 16 Opinion page of The Wall Street Journal included remarks Justice Clarence Thomas made about “Progressives vs. the Declaration.” It appears that Thomas conflates the Declaration of ...

A Santa Monica executive sent a disturbing letter to his friend before he shot his wife in a shocking murder-suicide, cops have revealed. Jeremy Ferguson, who served as director of operations for ...

Some people of faith now recognize that Trump is the Antichrist. He demands that his followers put him, a false (wannabe) god before Jesus. He demands that wealth be transferred from the poor to the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a previously unknown remnant of Thomas Jefferson’s era at Monticello: a brick kiln used to build his home. The kiln was recently found on the east side of the Founding ...

Born Sept. 23, 1965, he was the son of the late Harold Eugene Felger Sr. and Nora Ann Barton Felger. A beloved father, brother, grandfather and “fun uncle,” Butch was an electrician by trade and known ...