Cheri Rae
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Sep 17, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for The Santa Barbara Independent
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- Aug 6, 2026
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The Big Battle, Part Two (opens the original)
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Last month, we detailed the battle to protect Santa Barbara from the development of two high-rise condominium towers on the square block bordered by Micheltorena, Arrellaga, Garden, and Santa Barbara streets. The citizens’ group Save Our City took the El Mirasol Investment Company — composed of leading members of the business community — and the City of Santa Barbara to court, and won. Here’s the rest of the story about what happened next to keep Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara in the 1960s. The El
Vaccine Refusal: Decisions Have Consequences You May Not Have Considered (opens the original)
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Measles, mumps, whooping cough — diseases nearly eradicated by the widespread use of vaccines are now back with a vengeance without them. It’s been more than 20 years since my young son’s case of whooping cough (also known as pertussis, Latin for “intensive cough”) introduced me to issues I’d never realized were issues: “herd immunity,” “anti-vaxxers” and “vaccine-preventable diseases” became part of my daily vocabulary. And his unmistakable cough rang in my ears all day and all night. I can sti
The Big Battle: When Santa Barbara Community Members Fought High Rise Development — and Won! (opens the original)
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The square block now occupied by Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden was once the site of a grassroots community battle that determined the soul — and the skyline — of Santa Barbara for generations. Both Pearl Chase and Thomas M. Storke remembered around the turn of the century when the downtown adjacent location — bounded by Micheltorena, Garden, Arrellaga, and Santa Barbara streets — served as a pasture where horses grazed. As a schoolgirl, Pearl had lived across the street in a rental house locat
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