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The Santa Barbara City Council passed a temporary rent freeze
in a 4-3 vote on Tuesday,
putting a halt on rent increases for up to a year
while the City Council works toward drafting a more permanent rent stabilization ordinance
to be considered later in 2026. 
The rent increase moratorium will be officially adopted next week
and would be effective 30 days later.
The council failed to get the fifth vote needed to qualify for an urgency ordinance,

Santa Barbara City Council Passes Temporary Rent Freeze
Council will adopt a moratorium on rent increases while the city drafts a permanent rent cap.

Circana: US game console spending fell 27% in November to $695M, the lowest in the pivotal month for holiday shopping since 2005, after a tough year for makers (Vlad Savov/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025…

US Game Console Sales Crater in Worst November in Two Decades
US spending on video game consoles fell 27% last month, marking the worst November in two decades as tariffs and rising component costs pushed prices to record highs.

Very much mainstream Labour. Ged Cooney has had enough of what the Labour Party has become.
Former [Tameside] council leader resigns from Labour Party - Manchester Evening News https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/former-greater-manches…

Former Greater Manchester council leader resigns from Labour Party
The councillor was suspended for being critical of the party following the Trigger Me Timbers WhatsApp scandal last year

Das #Rezept des Tages:
🍛 Würziges Putengeschnetzeltes mit Chinakohl. 🥥
Diese schnelle #Wok-Gericht kombiniert zartes #Putenfleisch mit

Puten-Geschnetzeltes mit Chinakohl
Chinakohl lassen viele Leute am Gemüsestand liegen, weil sie nicht wissen, was man daraus zubereitet. Eigentlich scheint Kohl generell kein super Image zu haben. Aber der schmeckt gut.Ich empfehle auch hier einfach...

Troy Aikman says he will continue role with Dolphins after consulting on GM hire https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7122796/2026/03/16/troy-aikman-consultant-miami-dolphins/

Absolutely normal behaviour that a foreign government with a head of state being accused of war crimes is... inviting local city councillors and paying for their trip
https://www.

Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled (Melody Schreiber/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/hepatitis-b-vaccines-study-africa-cancel
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p51#a260115p51

Summary:
A colossal ancient impact may have reshaped the Moon far more deeply than scientists once realized.
By analyzing rare lunar rocks brought back by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from the Moon’s largest crater,
researchers found unusual chemical fingerprints pointing to extreme heat and material loss caused by a giant impact.
The collision likely stripped away volatile elements,
reshaped volcanic activity,
and left a lasting chemical signature deep belo…

Chang’e-6 lunar samples reveal a giant impact reshaped the Moon’s interior
A colossal ancient impact may have reshaped the Moon far more deeply than scientists once realized. By analyzing rare lunar rocks brought back by China’s Chang’e-6 mission from the Moon’s largest crater, researchers found unusual chemical fingerprints pointing to extreme heat and material loss caused by a giant impact. The collision likely stripped away volatile elements, reshaped volcanic activity, and left a lasting chemical signature deep below the surface.

Indian edtech startup upGrad plans to acquire rival Unacademy in an all-stock deal; Unacademy was valued at less than $500M in 2025, down from $3.5B in 2021 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/15/unac

Unacademy to be acquired by upGrad in share-swap deal as India’s edtech sector consolidates | TechCrunch
The deal comes after Unacademy’s valuation plunged from $3.5B to under $500M, as India’s once-booming edtech sector struggles.

Trump's CDC is canceling $600M in HIV and STD funds to four Democrat-led states
The Centers for Disease Control plans to suspend grants to local public health agencies, hospitals, NGOs and universities in
California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota
Attorneys general in the four states set to lose funding have sued to block the cuts,
saying the changes are retaliation over state resistance to the administration's immigration priorities.
In the suit, th…

Trump's CDC is canceling $600M in HIV and STD funds to four Democrat-led states
The Trump administration this week began cuts to $600 million in funding used to track and prevent HIV and STDs in four Democrat-led states.