Of religion or ethnicity. And at least ten people are confirmed dead in iran during protests against fuel price rises. The Supreme Leader backs the hike and blames counter revolutionaries for violence. We have the latest. Hello and welcome to world news today. Prince andrew is facing widespread criticism after the bbc interview in which he denied having a sexual encounter with a 17 Year Old Girl in 2001. Virginia roberts says she was groomed byjeffrey epstein the american financier who was convicted on child sex offences in 2008 and who had been a friend of Prince Andrew. The prince has admitted that going to stay with him after his release from prison was a mistake and is now facing calls to assist Legal Inquiries in the united states. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. Your royal highness, weve come to buckingham palace. The interview has been heard, andrews answers have been noted, with incredulity in some quarters and, one suspects, with something close to despair w
In this installment on El Real Presidio de Santa Bárbara, I try to encapsulate four decades of Presidio history in our community (1782-1820).
The Spanish period can be extended to five decades if the period when Alta California was first established in 1769 is included. The Spanish crisscrossed Santa Barbara during this time, and first developed El Camino Real through the region.
From some I have heard over the years that too much emphasis has been placed on this “sliver” of Santa Barbara history manifested in the Spanish colonial architecture that became a signature of the town after the 1925 earthquake, not to mention the annual Old Spanish Days celebration.