Is there anybody in Santa Barbara who is not running for mayor or city council?
You heard it here first; the News-Press will endorse Dale Francisco for alcalde.
Unlike his mayoral opponents, Steve Cushman, Iya Falcone, Helene Schneider and JMike, Francisco does not appear to be on Facebook.
Has anyone spotted any of the items offered for sale in the "Santa Barbara News-Press Boutique" in the field?
Add Barnes & Noble to the list of places in downtown Santa Barbara where you can get free WiFi. On Tuesday the company announced complementary WiFi in its stores in the U.S. that offer wireless Internet access.
What's with all of the disappearing mailboxes around town? The main post office on Anacapa Street used to have three boxes in front of it, now there is only one.
Happy birthday to Santa Barbara's most famous blogger, Doc Searls.
The News-Press may continue to knock KEYT, but the TV station beat it to the story about Friday night's drive-by shooting by three days.
It's nice that President Obama is having Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates and the police officer who arrested him, over to the White House for a beer, but I'd be more impressed if he could get our own police chief Cam Sanchez and his nemesis Wayne Scoles together instead.
I hear that invitations are out for Wendy and Arthur's "End of Summer" bash to be held on her 193 foot yacht. I guess my invite must have been delayed in the mail.
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