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Lawsuit Forces Fire Chief into Early Retirement

Lawsuit Forces Fire Chief into Early Retirement

This Tuesday, the board of directors of the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District will vote to part ways with Chief Michael Mingee. His last day with the department will be July 31, a year and five months before his employment contract is scheduled to end.

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McCaw, Mold, and Another Black Eye for the News-Press?

McCaw, Mold, and Another Black Eye for the News-Press?

For some, the Santa Barbara News-Press has been a scary place to work during the last 10 years. Under the ownership of Wendy McCaw and a relentless stream of firings, quittings, and union-busting, its once-active newsroom has mostly been whittled down to a skeleton crew of interns and greenhorns. And last March, the paper fired one of its last remaining veterans, who is now suing the paper for wrongful termination.

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Arbitrator Rules Santa Maria Officer Wrongly Fired

Arbitrator Rules Santa Maria Officer Wrongly Fired

The city of Santa Maria should not have fired Lt. Dan Ast from his job with the Santa Maria Police Department, according to an arbitration hearing officer who recommended that he be reinstated. Read full PDF here Read original article on the Noozhawk

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