Story Archive for October 2007
Wednesday, Oct. 31
Tuesday, Oct. 30
- Hazmat Soaks Up Small Chemical Spill on Figueroa Street
- Tricks, Treats, and More from the "Ghost" Village
- Casa de la Raza Holds Dia de los Muertos Celebration
- KJEE DJ Makes Waves in Basketball World
- All Hail Halloween
- Patient Advocacy for Pain Care
- Tricks-Not Treats-for Pets This Halloween!
- Radiohead
Monday, Oct. 29
- Police Seek Man Injured in Goleta Bike Accident
- Two More Teen Stabbings
- Forest Foundation Honors Yvon Chouinard, Robert Lagomarsino
- Citizens March for Peace
- Bardem to Receive SBIFF's Montecito Award
Sunday, Oct. 28
- Giving Halloween Back to the Children
- It All Started When They Published His Address
- Primer on Election 2007
- Riding At Night With The SBPD
- Another Unremarkable Night of Debauchery in Isla Vista
- Santa Barbara Seventh-Day Adventist
Saturday, Oct. 27
- Warrant Issued for Alleged ATM Vandal
- County Firefighters Continue to Fight Southern Fires
- First Night of IV Halloween Goes Off Without Incident
- Goleta Valley Fetes New Water Plant
- Touring the Santa Barbara Cemetery
Friday, Oct. 26
- Who's Got the Money?
- Newspapers Respond to Juarez Case Subpoenas
- Art Museum Offers Aesthetic After-School Alternative
- USC Marching Band Rolls Into Town
Thursday, Oct. 25
- Red Flag Alert Cancelled
- SB Firefighters Join Southern Blaze Battles
- Once Upon a Cool Mom
- Red Flag Alert Extended
- High School Survival Guide
- Have Your Say on Goleta's General Plan
- Feds Slow in Regulating Dirty Ship Emissions
- SBCC Cancels Adult Ed Housing Series
- Hatch & Parent to Merge With Major Colorado Firm
- Borrowers Beware
- Zaca Fire Soot Casts Haze Over Weekend
- Sierra Club's Executive Director Carl Pope on Global Warming, Water, and Al Gore
- Over the Tavern
- Jane Eyre
- Carmen, presented by State Street Ballet.
- Camerata Pacifica
- Santa Barbara's 48th Big Game and Other Sports Headlines
- Capps Objects to More War Funding
- 2007 Surf Issue - Surf Season Returns
- Stateside Sets Sail
- UCSB Hosts Holocaust Lecturers
- Your Tablas Waiting
- Eating French
- Director Craig Gillespie on Dolls, Ryan Gosling, and Lars and the Real Girl
- I Am the Medium Brings Live Art to UCSB
- Iron Chef's Cat Cora Comes to S.B.
- A Tour through Winemaker Daryl Sattui's Napa Valley Ch•teau
- A Post-Loveline Adam Carolla Signs On to Host the West Beach Music Festival
- Winners of The Independent's Locals Only Music Contest
- A Journey to Anacapa Island's Dark Side
- McKinley Steps Down as DA Second-in-Command
- 2007 Endorsements
- Branden Aroyan
- SB Carpooling Proves Effective
- Channel Keeper Teams with EDC against LNG
- Deckers Secures Top Honors in Forbes
- Pro-Development Law Firms Merge
- Get Your Shoes! Wes's Gets Evicted
- La Purisima to Expand
- Court Interpreters Go Back to Work
- Los Padres Closed to Public
- Museum of Art to Receive Rousseau
- Zona Seca Gets New Directors
- City Toughens Energy Efficiency Standards
- Milpas Post Office to Close
- Truck Catches on Fire Downtown
- Actor's Son Arrested for Cocaine Possession
- Car Rolled on 101
- Man Arrested for Coke and Meth Possesion
- Halloween Tales from Storyteller Michael Katz
- Opera Santa Barbara Brings Hansel and Gretel to the Marjorie Luke
- Positively State Street
- Jarrett Patrol, Continued
- vol. 21, no. 093, Oct. 25-Nov. 1, 2007
- The Darjeeling Limited
- Lust, Caution
- Week Spot Photo - Shiver Me Timbers
- Eco-Philosopher Joanna Macy on Interdependence, Politics, and Poetry
- Solid Blues
- Peeping Pink
- Quiz: Wine-Ohs!
- Six Degrees of Stellastarr*
- This Week in History
- It's Magic!
- Give a Little
- 16,000
- To Cork or Not to Cork
- Awakening the Dreamer Symposium
- Budget Guru Diaz Resigns from School District
- My Almost Secret Life
- Krispy Kanines
- Two Teens Killed in Goleta Crash
- UCSB Professors Receive Honors
- UCSB Receives Increased Federal Funding
- Sage & Onion's Red Dragon Souffle
- Glass Love Honors the Art of Surf
- Candy We Thought Was Dandy
- Oliver Gagliani: Scores of Abstraction.
- Paired
- Growing Mushrooms In Your Garden
- Feeling the Future
- UCSB Scientists Find Evolutionary Key
- The Heart Gallery of Santa Barbara County.
- Recent Works by Chris Messner
- Sara Quin Sings the Praises of Friends, Family, and Staying Balanced
- Katz Scares Libraries
- Hip-Hop Dance Class
- More Students Transferring into District
- Judy Jones's Journey
- Protesters Rally Against Capital Punishment
- Good Karma Party
- Child Proofed: Halloween Activities
- Santa Barbara Men's Conference
- Question: 'Wasn't there another mansion where the Clark Estate is today?'
- Beehouse Records
- Dianne Reeves
- Living Page Photo - Que syrah, syrah:
- Music from the Crooked Road
Wednesday, Oct. 24
- Juvenile Flees CHP in 100 Mile-Per-Hour Chase
- Pedestrian Killed on Northbound 101
- Local Veterans Group Seeks Donations
- New Department Head Selected
- Dueling Wind Collectors
- The Roar Is Gone
- Anti-War March and Rally Planned
- All Clear
- The Story of the Double Life Line
- Aiding the Courageous
- I.V. Braces for Halloween
- Blaqk Audio
- Authorities Brace for IV's Halloween Party
Tuesday, Oct. 23
- Montecito's Citizens of the Year
- UCSB Biologists Claim to Have Pinpointed Development of Vision
- SB Museum of Art Receives Rousseau Painting
- Los Padres Forest Closed
- Sedgwick Fire Contained
- Saying Goodbye
- The Beautiful Girls'
Monday, Oct. 22
- UCSB Touts $176 Million in External Research Funding This Fiscal Year
- The Great Turning
- Milpas Station Sets Closing Date
- Sedgwick Fire 50 Percent Contained
Sunday, Oct. 21
Saturday, Oct. 20
Friday, Oct. 19
- The Night the Lights Went Out in SB
- Close of Friday, October 19
- Walking Across the State to Oppose Capital Punishment
- Car Flips Over on Northbound 101
- A Color-Blind Education
- Drawing Lines in the Goleta Valley
- Milpas Post Office Closing
- The One AM Radio
- Puppy Love: Is It for You?
Thursday, Oct. 18
- Michael Douglas's Son Could Face Cocaine Charge
- New Goliath in Town
- Truck Catches Fire on Figueroa
- Head-on Crash Kills Two in Goleta
- Activist Horowitz to Bring Islamo-Fascism Week to UCSB
- Comments to Nava's Staff Deemed "Not Threats"
- Jackson Announces End of Political Retirement
- Burglary Twins Released, Sent to Rehab
- State to Inmates: Get Out and Stay Out
- Condos vs. Tenants
- Governor Signs Lead Bullet Ban
- Rincon Septic-to-Sewer Plan Approved
- Supes Vote to Raise Parking Fees Only at Cachuma and Jalama
- Creeks Division Tries to Explain Foam
- Goleta Puts Off Bond Issue
- Trailer Park Owner Sues Goleta
- No New Dispensaries in Goleta
- HAZMAT Responds to Small UCSB Chemlab Explosion
- City Settles with County Over Election Funding Lawsuit
- Union Officials Still Await Agreement with County
- City Appoints New Fire Marshal
- Man Treads Water to Avoid Law Enforcement
- Hit-and-Run Suspect Apprehended with Meth
- Zaca Fire Suspects Appear in Court
- Burgers to Bistros
- StylePhile
- City Coucil Adopts Temporary Parking Plan for Modoc Condos
- Vote No on Measure A
- S.B.-Born Spilborghs Cleans Up in Colorado
- Santa Barbara's Best of Readers' Poll 2007
- Quiz: Dawg Days
- Ed Diamond on The Singing bee
- Wants to Needs
- Carp Poetry Bash
- Parade Wants Eco Friends
- The Gargoyle Gourmand
- Caddell & Williams
- Chef'n Spatula
- The Tales Continue
- Talent Needed
- Tres Hermanas Vineyard & Winery
- Ragin' Cajun Comes to Montecito
- Rugrats to Kitty Cats
- Santa Barbara and Goleta Seek Ways to Use Trash
- Roses to Rings
- Growing Garlic
- Question: When did Santa Barbara get its first sidewalks?
- Roof to Roots
- Jocks to Rocks
- Doppeldressers
- Two Women Killed in Crash Identified
- Caffeine to Cocktails
- Reminiscing with Tony Ochoa
- Bren Shares In Nobel Honors
- Someone Save Arts Alive!
- Governor Vetoes Rent Control Bill
- UC Makes Agreement With Union
- Texas Connection: Michelle Y. Williams & Ray Phillips
- Butchers to Bakers
- Bumper to Bumper
- Head to Toe
- Kris Kristofferson Offers a Personal View of the World
- Nashville Stalwart Launches New Season
- The Hero and The Victor Celebrate
- Steve Tyrell and The Hollywood Jazz Orchestra.
- Positively State Street
- The Bowl that Almost Was
- Bells to Whistles
- Give a Little
- vol. 21, no. 092, Oct. 18-25, 2007
- Dreaming of Graceland
- This Week in History
- Governor Signs School Speed Limit Bill
- Best of Baby
- For the Love of the Work
- Adopt-a-Dog Month
- Child proofed: After-school specials
- Jolie Selected for Honors in Upcoming Film Fesival
- John Sonsini, The Santa Barbara Project.
- Introducing the 4th Annual Santa Barbara Ocean Film Festival
- Highbrow to Get Down
- Green Greeting Cards
- SB Books You May Have Missed
- Zaca Fire Impacts Will Linger for Years
- Screams of the Dog Whisperer
- Frank Black
- Great White Seen in Carpinteria
- Jackson to Run for State Senate
- Andr¡s Schiff
- Santa Barbara Symphony
- Madwoman in the Attic Gets a Makeover at Westmont
- We Own the Night
- Jamaica Farewell
- Turkish Writer Orhan Pamuk Discusses His Love of Literature
- UCSB Lecture Series Fosters the Holocaust Narrative
- Sharkwater
- Resurrecting Charles Burnett's Classic 1970s Film Killer of Sheep
- Michael Clayton
- Bomberos Without Borders
Wednesday, Oct. 17
- Deep Water
- Santa Barbara Looks at More Stringent Energy Efficiency
- Reading the Angel of Mercury
- Walk to School in Montecito?
- Santa Barbara-Area Gay and Lesbian Students Receive Scholarships
- Jayco Brothers
Tuesday, Oct. 16
- City, County Settle Election Cost Dispute
- Vandenberg Solider Wounded, Receives Purple Heart
- Police Make Arrests for Burglary, Meth Use, Trespassing
- Montecito Auto Crash Victims Identified
- Man Flees Police, Land
- New Counsel for Goleta City Council?
- Unearth
- Wasted Website
- Mando Diao
- Write or Wrong
Monday, Oct. 15
- Coroner Still Awaiting Notification of 101 Crash Victims' Kin
- Chemicals "Go Boom" at UCSB Science Lab
- Busy Weekend for Isla Vista Foot Patrol
- Bren Congratulates Staff for Role in Nobel Prize Win
- Poire Becomes New SB City Fire Marshall
- James Carville Rallies for Planned Parenthood
- Westmont College Creates New Endowed Chair
- Donation to UCSB Establishes Endowed Chair
- SB Film Festival to Honor Angelina Jolie
- Poetry Out Loud
- Mae
Sunday, Oct. 14
Saturday, Oct. 13
Friday, Oct. 12
- Group Raises Funds for Earl Warren Showgrounds
- Close of Friday, October 12
- Mount Eerie
- Details of UC Student Employee Contract Revealed
- Capps Praises Gore for Nobel Prize Win
- Cat Scratch Fever
- Teaching Students to Learn
- Condors Come to SB Zoo
- The Stranger's Six
Thursday, Oct. 11
- Man Walks From Crash With Drugs Falling Out of His Pocket
- Scissors for Lefty
- David Barsamian Speaks on Iran
- Inside Goleta's General Plan Housing Workshop
- Royalty for a Day
- Tempers Flare on Goleta Water Board
- State Housing Honcho Visits, Offers Solutions
- Budget Hunting
- Standoff Over Psych Admissions Continues
- Thomas Tighe
- Multitasking Munch la Montecito
- The Shins
- Gibraltar Road Closed for 40 Days
- Strawberries from Your Garden
- Positively State Street
- The Beaver Awards
- Poetry Out Loud
- Meet the Intrepid Fox
- Why Benise Is Spicy Hot
- Forrest Service Re-Opens Some Areas
- City Council Hashes Over Development Proposals
- Artist Robert Shetterly Honors America's Real Defenders
- Solid Blues Rocks the Luke
- Walking Company Opens New Stores
- Raytheon Receives Air Force Contract
- Why Dan Dickau's L.A. Clippers Are the SoCal Team to Watch
- $10-million Donated to UCSB for Law and Neuroscience
- Lamb Loin Chops in Syrah-Shallot Sauce with Gremolata
- 2007 Endorsements: Santa Barbara City Council
- ExpressJet Now at Santa Barbara Airport
- Cool Beans
- Larry Adams 1936-2007
- MoveOn Rallies for Healthcare
- The Curse of the Perro
- Island, Island on the Mountain
- Inside Last Weekend's Tsunami Extreme Fight Productions' Martial Arts Showdown
- Question: When did Babe Ruth come to Santa Barbara?
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- The United States of Arugula
- Paul Farmer and Thomas Tighe Discuss the Practical Ways to Cure the World
- UCSB Scientists Observe Galaxy 100 Times Lighter than Milky Way
- Jazzy Peeps
- Foxes Released on Santa Cruz Island
- The Mayas' Ancient Eco-Wisdom
- Gypsy Kings
- This Week in History
- California Archaeology Month
- Give a Little
- Poetry Out Loud
- Coastal Cleanup Day Nets a Lot of Trash
- County's Second-from-the-Top Dog Retires
- UCSB Hosts Credit Card Ploy Forum for Students
- vol. 21, no. 091, Oct. 11-18, 2007
- Moorpark Mammoth at Museum of Natural History
- Robert Shields, Festival of Fools
- Movin' Out
- Humpty Dumpty, presented by the Loose Affiliation of Artists
- The Clean House
- Santa Barbara Symphony Opens Last Season At the Arlington
- Artist Sara Wookey Walks Los Angeles
- Feeling Foxy
- Pete Hamill's New Novel, North River
- Poet Ellen Chavez Kelley and Photographer Patricia Clarke Collaborate
- The Magic of Myths
- Into the Wild
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Ag Board Members Removed Amidst Conflict-of-Interest Investigation
- Nearly Human by Andrew Y. Grant
- How the Health Insurance Crisis is Ruining Antiques Roadshow
- Woman Falls Off Cliff on Mesa
- Not Winging it with Wine
- Boy Hit By Car Still in Hospital
- Poetry in Paint: New Works by Ben Brode.
- Andr¡s Schiff Scales the Greatest Solo Piano Challenge
- State Water Curtailed for Endangered Species
- Hotchkiss Attacks Park Expenditure
- Babyshambles
- CIty Reorganizes Top Personnel
- Get Out!
- Zaca Fire May Affect Reservoir Capacity
- Human Skull Left at Ojai Police Station
- Road Rage Ends in Hospitalization
- Detroit's Electric Six Hits the Road and Heads to Velvet Jones
- Keyboard Sublimity
- Quiz: October Days
- Living Page Photo - Pumpkins
- Stand up Straight: The Alexander Technique
- 6 million
- Santa Barbara Zoo Breaks Ground for New Exhibit
- Texas Company Seeks to Change Oil Rig into LNG Terminal
Wednesday, Oct. 10
- County Continues Contract Talks With Employees
- Preventing Identity Theft
- Largura Makes Case to Montecito Association
- Stars
Tuesday, Oct. 9
- Safe Routes to School Moves Forward
- What's Selling?
- Island Foxes Freed
- The Mercury Finger
- Sondre Lerche
- Falling Up
Monday, Oct. 8
- Woman Struck, Killed by Suspected Drunk Driver
- New Dimensions in Personal Mythology
- L.A. Clippers Shoot It Up in Santa Barbara
Sunday, Oct. 7
Saturday, Oct. 6
Friday, Oct. 5
- Avocado Safety and Potion Permits
- Close of Friday, October 5
- Them Terribles Compete for Fame on MTV2
- Protesters Urge Capps to Override Healthcare Veto
- The Weakerthans
- Legalize Pot, Help the Uninsured
Thursday, Oct. 4
- Perry Farrell's Secret Sandbar Show
- More Than Just A Number
- Still "The Good Land"
- Superintendent Brian Sarvis on Budget Woes, Mini-Victories, and the No»l Factor
- Prodded by PETA, Carl's Jr. Takes First Step Away from Factory Farming
- Ecko Asks BrandNew to Brand His Ball
- Das Williams Leads Money Chase
- Transfer of Development Rights at Gaviota Gateway Debated Again
- On the Road Again
- Morrissey
- Tragedy of Errors
- Feast of Love
- Learn How to Pair Food and Wine Like an Expert
- This Week in History
- Magic Lantern Film Series
- Give a Little
- Heart and Sole Aids Walk
- Steve Tyrell and the Hollywood Jazz Orchestra Come to Campbell Hall
- The Dance of Culinary Secrets Unveiled
- Dawg-toberfest Rules!
- All About a Friendship
- Question: Can you give me a little history on the town of Guadalupe?
- Dos Voces para un Baile
- Les Petits Ballets Santa Barbara
- Organic Materials
- Quiz - Oktobertest
- The Scoodie
- Capoeira Batizado
- Third Blue Whale Killed in Channel
- Blanchett Gets Top SB Film Festival Honors
- Fresh Food at our Farmers Markets
- Ethel Wells 1916-2007
- Playing the Race Card
- Cool Cat
- Pizza Guru's White House Pie
- Positively State Street
- The Jane Austen Book Club
- Peter Case Kicks Off Tales from the Tavern Music Series
- Social Commons Architecture
- Vote on S.B. Bands
- Duane "Dog" Chapman's You Can Run But You Can't Hide
- Six Events Flying Under Your Radar
- American Martin at Koehler Winery
- Three Bethany Nuns
Get To Stay in Town - Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go's Returns with the Band
- From Doggerel to Verse
- Arturo Tello's Mishopshno, Whitney Brooks Abbott's Harvest, and Tom Henderson's Slices of Life.
- Debra Ehrhardt Bids Jamaica Farewell
- Margaret Mills
- Ann Magnuson Brings '80s Avant-Garde to CAF
- vol. 21, no. 090, Oct. 4-11, 2007
- The Story of O, O, and O.J.
- S.B. High Alum Gets a Shot at the Big Leagues
- Caruso To Proceed With Development at Miramar
- Tony Bennett
- The Catch Heard 'Round the World
- The Shins' James Mercer Dissects His Rise to Fame
- Pickin', Grinnin', and Thinkin'
- Festival of Fools Honors the Legacy of the Late Marcel Marceau
- Bonkers for Botanical
- Ed Inks: Sculpture Garden.
- I Killed the Tooth Fairy
- Peeping-a-Plenty
- Cell Phones More Popular Than Internet
- Manu Chao
- Cannibis Clubs Close
- SB County Beaches Cleaner Than Last Summer
- UCSB Buys Land at Coal Oil Point
- Man Whose Arm was Broken By Police Settles
- Judge Orders Mental Evaluation for Fake Gun-Wielding Man
Wednesday, Oct. 3
- Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day Coming Soon
- Can Naples Be Transferred?
- Dialing for Dollars
- George Carlin
- Largura Project to be Appealed
- Against Me!
Tuesday, Oct. 2
- "The Bachelor" Firestone to Wed Yugoslav Model
- Caruso Not Ditching the Miramar
- Sweet Subleaser
- Natural Incense





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