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No Gang Injunction for the American Riviera

Santa Barbara has accomplished what no other community in the US has been able to achieve; the first successful defense of a gang injunction case anywhere in the country. PODER press release PODER Press Release – 7 25 14 …

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The People vs. Brian Tacadena (video)

Excerpt - Brian Tacadena waited for a bus while the midday sun assaulted the turquoise facade of the San Jose Greyhound station. The station’s Googie-style blue-and-white sign, featuring the eponymous leaping canine, presented an iconic image from an optimistic, mid-century…

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Santa Barbara Police Shooting (VIDEO)

There's very few facts about Brian Tacadena's death beyond that a Santa Barbara Police officer shot and killed him on Labor Day at 11:30pm.

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The Private Goes Public (the Meaning of Chelsea Manning)

The more I find out about Chelsea's wild ride, the more I love her, but now, she's revealed herself as a Republican and I feel betrayed. Moby don't care

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Sacred Monsters

Sacred Monsters; Confronting the culture of sex abuse in the shadow of the Old Mission is my piece on the clergy sex abuse scandal through the lens of St Anthony’s Seminary in Santa Barbara for Mission and State. The piece includes…