COUNTY BUDGET BALANCED - FOR NOW

After taking heat for proposing to slash public safety funds, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors accommodated a handful of public safety departments by restoring $4.29 million to their budgets when members approved next year’s budget June 12. ...

• By Jeremy Foster, Staff Writer
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WATER DISTRICT UNDER SCRUTINY

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• By Lauren Crecelius, Staff Writer
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KNEE SLAPPIN' FUN FOR EVERYONE AT OLD SANTA YNEZ DAY

Old Santa Ynez Day has been a valley tradition for 47 years now. ...

• By Candi Edie, Staff Photographer
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THIS WEEKS MOVIE REVIEW

Before I start, I suppose a few words about myself. I received my associate’s degree in film and video production from Allan Hancock College in 2005, and my bachelor’s degree in screenwriting from CSU, Northridge in 2007. I’m a lover of all sorts of films, from the entire history...