HeyJaredBetsy J. Green
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Latest publication
- Sep 10, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for The Santa Barbara Independent
- Top 500K sites
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- Aug 20, 2026
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Valerio Street: A Former ‘Speedway’ (opens the original)
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The top part of Valerio Street, on its eastern end where it meets Grand Avenue, was one of the steepest streets of Santa Barbara in the early 1900s. Technology has allowed us to pave and drive on much steeper streets now, but in 1914, the city wasn’t quite sure how to transform this dirt street into asphalt. Some folks recommended that the top of the street, called Valerio Hill, should have “brick in the center of the street…. The brick [10 feet wide] was planned because of the steep grade, and
Hubba Hubba Lane: A Doggone Tale (opens the original)
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Way back when in 1965, a parked car with a handbrake problem rolled down Laurel Canyon Road, smashed into another parked car, and accidentally started the story of Hubba Hubba Lane. The neighbors used that nickname for the little alley where the accident occurred, so that’s what police wrote in their accident report. But this tiny dead-end street above Foothill Road did not have a formal name — yet. Local journalists were quick to notice the story, and they rushed to their typewriters (remember
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