Soulless ‘big box’ storefronts are erasing downtowns’ character. But there’s still time to save our cities

New retail developments are replacing small storefronts in downtown areas, leading to a kind of suburbanization of urban ...
The Santa Barbara Independent

Dom’s Taverna Connects Santa Barbara to San Sebastián

They nearly signed deals in Santa Monica and Silverlake (twice), but Santa Barbara’s appeal remained strong. Nallapothola ...

Laura MacGregor wrote about her experience of extreme caregiving and won the CBC Nonfiction Prize

The Waterloo, Ont.-based writer will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at ...
Us Weekly

All the Surprise Guests on the Jonas Brothers’ ‘Jonas20: Greetings From Your Hometown Tour’

The opening night of the Jonas Brothers’ JONAS20: Greetings From Your Hometown Tour was full of surprises, and fans are hoping for plenty more where that came from. The surprises continued on the ...
Greater Fool

The bedroom tax

As it turns out. The UK actually does have a bedroom tax. Well, sort of.