California to ban pesticide it says hurts babies’ brains Wednesday, May 8, 2019 by Brian Melley Published in the Sacramento Bee The nation’s most productive agricultural state moved Wednesday to ban a controversial pesticide widely used to control a range of insects but blamed for harming brain development in babies. The move cheered by environmentalists would […]
Grantee Spotlight
Cultural Friday!
French, Spanish Honor Societies at Santa Maria High School Celebrate Cultural Friday Fund for Santa Barbara grants assist students’ May 3 event Friday, May 3, 2019 by Kenny Klein Published in the Noozhawk The Santa Maria High School French and Spanish honor societies will team up for Cultural Friday, 3:15-6:30 p.m. May 3, thanks to […]
Southern California Edison installs storage projects
Southern California Edison Picks 195MW Battery Portfolio in Place of Puente Gas Plant How a California community succeeded in pushing for a reliability fix that will see the installation of storage projects rather than a natural-gas peaker plant Thursday, April 25, 2019 by Julian Spector Published in the Green Tech Media What started as a routine […]
CAUSE works to address Citizenship Question
Supreme Court Weighs Citizenship Question Wednesday, April 24, 2019 by Blanca Garcia Published in the Santa Barbara Independent Roughly 15 percent of the population of Santa Barbara County is made up of undocumented residents, one of the highest percentages statewide. And if they avoid the upcoming Census because of a citizenship question, it could cost […]
New Land to be Designated as Wilderness Area
Carbajal leads hike to announce legislation creating new wilderness area Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo Counties Monday, April 8, 2019 by Mike Hodgson Published in the Lompoc Record A soon-to-be-introduced federal bill would designate a quarter of a million Central Coast acres as wilderness and establish a new 400-mile trail that would pass through Santa Barbara and […]
Corazon Del Pueblo Officially Open!
Corazon del Pueblo officially opens in Santa Maria Tuesday, April 2, 2019 by Rebecca Rose Published in the Santa Maria Sun On March 31, the Corazón del Pueblo Cultural and Creative Arts Center of the Santa Maria Valley officially opened. The center’s mission is to promote creative expression in all areas of art—performing, visual, and literary—and […]