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McCain’s green agenda

By   /  Friday, June 27th, 2008  /  Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on McCain’s green agenda

At times, it seemed like Sen. Barack Obama was talking to a group of some 150 guests at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on June 24, touting incentives to entrepreneurs who create zero-emission vehicles and replace the federal government’s vehicle fleet with fuel-efficient cars. But it was John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential Read More →

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Eagle Ranch flying high in Atascadero

By   /  Friday, June 27th, 2008  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Eagle Ranch flying high in Atascadero

Plans for Atascadero’s 3,500-acre Eagle Ranch area could help the city soar to new heights. On May 27, the Atascadero City Council granted authorization to process the project application for a conceptual Eagle Ranch specific plan, the first step in a master plan that could create a major residential, commercial and tourism center in the Read More →

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Dealing with drought – Tri-Counties feeling its effects

By   /  Friday, June 27th, 2008  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Dealing with drought – Tri-Counties feeling its effects

It’s not easy being downstream. Much of Southern California relies on water piped from Northern California and the Colorado River. Dry years and a judicial action to protect endangered fish up north are acting as a dam to slow the flow southward, where voluntary water use reductions are touted as a way to stave off Read More →

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BofA gets OK for Countrywide acquisition

By   /  Wednesday, June 25th, 2008  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on BofA gets OK for Countrywide acquisition

Countrywide Financial Corp. shareholders approved an estimated $2.8 billion takeover by Bank of America Corp. June 25, spelling the end of the home lending company, though not necessarily all its lawsuits and federal investigations. The Calabasas-based mortgage company held a closed meeting to decide its fate, with 69 percent of shareholders voting for the acquisition. Read More →

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McCain highlights energy policy in Santa Barbara campaign stop

By   /  Tuesday, June 24th, 2008  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on McCain highlights energy policy in Santa Barbara campaign stop

Sen. John McCain dropped by Santa Barbara June 24 to tout his support of entrepreneurship and nuclear energy as solutions to the United States’ energy problems. McCain spoke as one of five panelists, which included Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former CIA Director James Woolsey, to a packed room of about 150 guests at the Santa Read More →

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McCaw loses appeal

By   /  Monday, June 23rd, 2008  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on McCaw loses appeal

An appeals court has ruled against Santa Barbara News-Press co-publisher Wendy McCaw’s libel suit aimed at an American Journalism Review 2006 magazine article. In a June 12 ruling, the court said McCaw failed to prove author Susan Paterno’s statements in the story were “provably false.” McCaw sued Paterno individually. That placed the burden of defense Read More →

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Road work planned

By   /  Monday, June 23rd, 2008  /  Uncategorized  /  Comments Off on Road work planned

Construction will begin June 30 along a section of Jalama Road about 7.7 miles west of  Highway 1, south of Lompoc, Santa Barbara County Public Works Department officials said. Crews will repair a section of Jalama Road that was damaged and eroded by the rains during the 1995 winter storms. The project is supposed to Read More →

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