Recession Makes Americans Kill Pets, Quit Having Kids

Not that you’d notice from the 40 million unemployed “workers” in this country, or the way all the houses in your neighborhood are being abandoned by night, or the miles of empty strip malls on the edge of every doomed American town, but experts in New York and Washington (the only two thriving cities in [...] United States - Birth rate - Bristol Palin - New York - National Center for Health ...

Rescue group saves animals from all over the Southland

Not many volunteers would take responsibility for a homeless 2-year-old dog that would face certain death unless it underwent a $5,000 heart operation.

The rodeo: abuse or entertainment?

I admit that I wrangled with the notion of writing an article relating to the rodeo. After all, this sporting event is a time-honored Santa Barbara tradition.