Jorge Mercado | Wednesday, March 4th, 2026
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Jorge Mercado | Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
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Santa Barbara County In an effort to call the city of Santa Barbara’s temporary rent freeze ordinance illegal, the Santa Barbara Rental Property Association is taking legal action against the city to invalidate the freeze, according to Cappello & Noël LLP, the Santa Barbara-based law firm representing the association The move comes after the Santa Barbara City Council Read More →
Jorge Mercado | Monday, March 2nd, 2026
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Technology Matt Lafferty and Brian Gonzalez have been doing things together for a long time. The two met through some like-minded friend groups while Gonzalez was attending Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and stayed connected even when the early parts of their career took them to other places. Even with Lafferty living in Southeast Asia for Read More →
Jorge Mercado | Saturday, February 28th, 2026
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Santa Barbara County By Paula Aven Gladych The Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UC Santa Barbara continues to innovate when it comes to climate science, sustainability, resource management and policy, even in the face of federal funding cuts and a national anathema to environmental problems and concerns. Sarah Anderson, interim dean of the school, said Read More →
Jorge Mercado | Friday, February 27th, 2026
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Top Story Most college students who go home for winter break are excited to celebrate the holidays, see some old friends, and, most importantly, avoid doing any work for the next couple of weeks. But in 2000, UC Santa Barbara students Ali Bauerlein, Brenton Taylor and Byron Myers had some homework — they tasked themselves to come Read More →
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