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Republican businessman and congressional candidate Justin Fareed speaks to supporters at the opening of his campaign headquarters. The political mailers piled up at David Rowan's Paso Robles home this spring as nine different candidates sought to escape the June primary for a shot at replacing retiring Democratic Rep. Lois Capps.
A controversial bill that would allow the Chumash Indian Tribe to transfer hundreds of acres of land in the Santa Ynez Valley into tribal sovereignty has cleared a major hurdle in Congress.
One year to the day after one of the worst oil spills in Santa Barbara County history, elected officials and environmental organizations held a press conference Thursday at Refugio State Beach , calling for closer regulation of the oil industry, greater protection of the environment, and harsh penalties for Plains All American Pipeline . "You could almost not think of a more beautiful place that could be destroyed - however temporarily - by an oil spill," Assemblyman Das Williams said, pointing out the spot nearby where he learned to surf.