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Big Dog Spanks Michael Vick

Santa Barbara Independent | August 31, 2007

Santa Barbara-based Big Dog Sportswear, with annual sales of more than $200 million, is releasing a new line of T-shirts that ridicule the NFL quarterback.

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Federal Homeless Official Tours Santa Barbara Housingnew

Philip Mangano, executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, is on a multi-city tour of the US touting permanent housing as the solution to homelessness that will relegate it to the dustbin of history.

Santa Barbara Independent | Martha Sadler | 07-14-2008 | Housing & Development

Tags: homelessness, Homeless, Santa Barbara, housing & development, permanent housing, U.S. Interagnecy Council on Homelessness

What's Greener: Cute Little Buildings, or Big Tall Ones?new

The city of Santa Barbara is embracing the philosophy of "smart growth" and mixed-use high-rises as an alternative to sprawl, but not without some fights.

Santa Barbara Independent | Martha Sadler | 03-18-2008 | Housing & Development

Tags: housing & development

Her Mother's Daughternew

Chelsea Clinton, 27-year-old daughter of would-be president Senator Hillary Clinton and former president Bill Clinton, wowed even Obama campaign volunteers with her detailed understanding of the issues.

Santa Barbara Independent | Martha Sadler | 02-04-2008 | Politics

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Heartbreak and Hope in Lesbosnew

A Santa Barbara couple is on front lines of refugee crisis on the Greek island of Lesbos.

Santa Barbara Independent | Tyler Hayden | 03-10-2016 | Immigration

How Did 2,500 Barrels of Oil Escape Into the Pacific Ocean Without Notice?new

One of the big surprises to emerge out of the Refugio Oil Spill is that the pipeline owned by Plains All American Pipeline is the only one in all of Santa Barbara County not to have an automatic shut-off valve. Not coincidentally, it happens to be the only pipeline over which the county Energy Division has no safety and inspection oversight authority.

Full Coverage:
Huge Oversight Gap on Refugio Pipeline
What Will the Refugio Oil Spill Kill?
The Mysterious Case of the Automatic Shutoff Valve

Santa Barbara Independent | Nick Welsh, Tyler Hayden and Brandon Fastman | 06-11-2015 | Environment