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Santa Barbara Oil Spill Highlights Local Concerns

Plains All American, the corporate parent behind the Rancho LPG facility, has gained national attention for its abysmal safety record…

10 years ago

California Dreaming

From Booms to Busts, the Optimists are Always Searching for the Gold By James Preston Allen, Publisher At a meeting…

10 years ago

Connecting the Dots

Between the Waterfront, Minimum Wage, Homelessness, Free Trade By James Preston Allen, Publisher   So, one day, this guy walks…

10 years ago

Port Truckers Strike Again

[gallery ids="9808,9810,9811,9812,9813,9814,9809"] Green Fleet Bows to Pressure in Advance By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor Truckers at four major companies in…

11 years ago

Obama’s TPP

A Secret Deal That Protects Special Interests By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor President Barack Obama turned heads when he appeared…

11 years ago

The Great Homeless Debate

Whack-a-mole enforcement in a city spending $87 million on policing the homeless, and no solution in sight By James Preston…

11 years ago

Taking Sides

We Can Be Pro-Business and Pro-Labor By James Preston Allen, Publisher   I recently found myself involved in a very…

11 years ago

The Law of Unintended Consequences Part II

James Preston Allen, Publisher The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. —Finley Peter…

11 years ago

The Persistence of Memory

Nostalgia for a Past that No Longer Exists By James Preston Allen, Publisher Nostalgia hangs over this harbor area like…

11 years ago

Fractured Perspectives

From the Waterfront to Gaffey Street and Beyond James Preston Allen, Publisher   I am thinking today about the famous…

11 years ago