Good morning, Santa Barbara ☀️
Today is Veterans Day and we thank all veterans for their service.
Here’s what we have for you today:
- Exclusive: Runners speak out about their experiences during Santa Barbara Half Marathon
- In the face of litigation, Santa Barbara City Council still opts to keep State Street closed to cars
- Santa Barbara County supervisors choose to not fight Santa Ynez Chumash land transfer
- Santa Barbara County Notebook: Brooks Firestone honored
- Kristen Sneddon might be mayor after all
- Valencia appears headed to victory in Fifth District race for Santa Barbara County supervisor
- Check out our coverage today of the Santa Barbara Half Marathon drama. Our News-Press reporters spoke with runners at the event. More than two dozen fell ill after the event. The News-Press speaks with two of those runners who explain their experiences, and what happened. Both were treated at Cottage Health.
The story has attracted international headlines. Was it heat exhaustion as county health officials say? Others believe different factors were at play. Read the story below and hear from the runners themselves.
Also: Note the News-Press interviewed my friend, former colleague and podcast guest, Jade Martinez-Pogue, who did not get sick, but talks about what it was like for her to run the marathon. Spoiler Alert: She finished 31st overall in her division.
We hope all the runners have recovered and are feeling better.
Joshua Molina
News-Press Editor
Top stories
Exclusive: Santa Barbara Half Marathon runner: ‘am I going to be stuck like this forever?’
By Angel Corzo • Santa Barbara News-Press and Kaitlin Sweeney • Santa Barbara News-Press
In the face of litigation, Santa Barbara City Council still opts to keep State Street closed to cars
By Joshua Molina • Santa Barbara News-Press
Santa Barbara County supervisors choose to not fight Santa Ynez Chumash land transfer
By Tom Schultz • Santa Barbara News-Press
Kristen Sneddon overtakes Eric Friedman’s lead in Santa Barbara mayoral race
By Julianna Lozada • Santa Barbara News-Press and Sofia Wallace • Santa Barbara News-Press
Valencia appears headed to victory in Fifth District race for Santa Barbara County supervisor
By Tom Schultz • Santa Barbara News-Press
Santa Barbara County Notebook: Fees, retirees and honorees
By Tom Schultz • Santa Barbara News-Press
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Looking back: News-Press archives
Melinda Burns wrote a story in 1986 for the News-Press about Isabel Letelier, a Chilean human rights activist. Letelier died recently. Burns wrote about her after an appearance she made at UCSB. “I am from a very small country — a very long country, with a very long history of Democracy — that for the past 13 years has lived a very horrendous nightmare,” Burns quoted her saying.
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