Responding to complaints about helicopters landing and taking off at Cottage Hospital, as first published on Santa Barbara View, Cottage officials began holding special neighborhood meetings. The meetings haven’t been enough for neighbors of the hospital and the City of Santa Barbara has failed to address the issue; thus, local residents have once again taken up for themselves through the creation of a Helicopter Task Fork.
“The Task Force acknowledged that while the mission of the Cottage Hospital is health care, the helicopters are having a negative effect on the health and well-being of neighbors, especially those who live under the flight path. Task Force members stated plainly that they support the hospital’s medical staff, medical mission and applaud its commitment to saving lives.
The Task Force asked the hospital to recognize that its growth over the last ten years has resulted in a different footprint than what most of us knew when we moved into our houses. We asked the hospital to recognize that Cottage is a neighbor among neighbors and that it has an obligation and responsibility to its neighbors.
Several members related their personal experiences with the helipad. One member described how a tenant of many years had just given notice because she could not endure the sound of the helicopters over her house.”
Three years ago today, the Jesusita Fire broke out. First word of a fire in the hills came around 1:45 pm in the afternoon, a breaking report followed… “there is a very visible fire in the hills above Santa Barbara.” Preliminary reports had the fire near Tunnel Road… the first picture of the blaze was sent in from La Cumbre Mall (left).
The third different phone book 0f 2012 is being distributed throughout the city Santa Barbara; again, wrapped in a plastic bag. A 
