Story Archive for August 2010
Tuesday, Aug. 31
- Beach Sampling Results, August 30
- Fall Edition of Goleta City Newsletter Available
- New Medieval Lit Professor at Westmont
- Pull to the Right and Sit Tight
- Unemployment Benefits Blues
- Cloud Climbers Wins Prestigious California Tourism Award
- New Board and Officers for Local Make-A-Wish Foundation
- 26th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day
- lynda.com Buys 6410 Cindy Lane Property
- Come Cook at the Canary
- Sex Parlor Music
- Money for More Mentors
- Going Orwellian
- Capps Welcomes $1.5 Million Airport Grant
- Ojai Art Center Honors Legendary Singer Kay Starr
- MTD Receives "Imagine A World" Award
- Westmont Construction Complete In Time For Start
- Sotheby's International Realty Tops in Sales Volume
- Feathering Their Nests
- The Hold Steady at Velvet Jones
- S.B. Wine Industry
- Norah Jones at the Bowl
- Plants for the Planet
- The Last Exorcism
- Radio Beyond the Borders
- Up Close with … Ed Kowalczyk
Monday, Aug. 30
- Criminal Self-Concepts
- At Least $150,000
- SBCC Has First-Class Board
- Nelson Family Opens Blue Lotus:
Fair Trade Products and Local Art - Robert Hambleton Joins Radius Group
- Local Board Game Inventors Receive National "Major Fun" Award
- Traditionally Red Bishop High Goes Green
- Bad Daddy at Center Stage Theater
- Flash Fire Severely Burns Worker
- News to Yous
- Fitz & the Tantrums
- Charity Regatta on September 12
- Teacher Funding Approved for California
- Online Pet Licenses Now Available
- Ultimate Golf Challenge of Santa Barbara
- Give a Little
- County Discrimination Trial, Part 3
- Could a Sunken WWII Tanker Leak Oil?
- Week in Sports
- Summer of Search and Rescue
Sunday, Aug. 29
Saturday, Aug. 28
- Walking with Jellyfish
- A Good Death
- iStoryTime Releases App for Deaf Children
- Wastewater in Seawater
Friday, Aug. 27
- Egg Recall
- Whatever Happened to that ACLU Lawsuit?
- Parking Ticket Blues
- Multiple Planets Transiting Same Star, Reports UCSB Affiliated Scientist
- Man Shot near Refugio Beach
- Delorean Brings the Sounds of Spain to SOhO
- Kogi Craze A-Coming!
- Final Polo Showdown
- Mao's Last Dancer
- Conversations on the Effects of Gator Roll and the Curiosities of History
- Neighborhood Watching
Thursday, Aug. 26
- Cathleen M. Fisher Joins County Agriculture Department
- Benefit BBQ for Family of Crash Victims
- Highway 246 Rumble Strip Project Begins Next Week
- Santa Bruta
- Blum Takes Off Gloves
- Arnold Says He’s No ‘Lame Duck’
- Last Call for Santa Barbara Bands Issue
- Salary Watch: Goleta Union School District
- Who’s Watching Huguette’s Millions?
- Full Steam Ahead for The Hold Steady
- Let’s Make a Sweeter Deal
- Rainbow Republicans
- Killer Kanines in 4-D
- Friends Win One
- Preventing the Next Deepwater Disaster
- volume 24, number 241, August 26 - September 2, 2010
- Susannah Lopez
- Ron Robertson
- Representing for Lees
Wednesday, Aug. 25
- Rock Slide Repair on 101 at Gaviota Tunnel
- Defensible Space Maintenance
- Wine Growers Erosion Workshops
- Goleta Gets New Police Chief
- S.B. Channels President to Resign
- Hate Crime Murder Trial Pulls S.B. Jurors
- Discrimination Trial Against County Continues
- West Beach Fest Is Happening
- Autopsy Suggests Former Carp Screenwriter Was Murdered
- Kogi Truck at SBMA on August 28
- Annual 'Fire Ball' to Raise Funds for Equipment
- Beach Sampling Results, August 23
- Jensen Audio Visual Hits Inc.’s List of Fastest Growing Companies
- Community Organizer Position Opens
- Shop Spree SB, Downtown on September 10 & 11
- Get Down with Get Low
- S.B. Studio Artists Tour
- Exercising Good Judgment
- Planter-Box Gardening
- Luscious Lunch Gets Eco-Friendly
- Pet Adoption
- Get Low
- The Art of the Come-On
- Hole in a Richer Fabric
- Leaping Tax
- Goodbye Summer, Hello School Year
- S.B. Triathlon
Tuesday, Aug. 24
- States of Beings
- Five-Car Pileup on Cabrillo Boulevard
- S.B. Triathlon
- The Making of Bad Daddy
- Elderly Driver Strikes Elderly Pedestrian
- 12 Miles in 7 Hours
- Rig Crushes House, Kills Residents
- Week in Sports
- Saving Lives and Money
- Money for Nothing
- K Is for Kyoto
- People Pleaser
- S.B. Dance Alliance Goes Global
- The Switch
- Let Bush Tax Cuts Expire in January!
- Learning to Listen
- Toast to the (Gulf) Coast
- More than Four Reasons to Hit the Four Seasons
Monday, Aug. 23
- Whither Pizza Hut?
- The Good Parts
- Unemployment Numbers in Santa Barbara County For July 2010
- Apply For California's Pre-Existing Condition Pool
- Doug Jones Joins Advisory Council for Rabobank
- Former Mayor Marty Blum Joins Elings Park Foundation Board
- Housing Trust Fund Gets $500,000 Fed Grant
- Eric Swanson Joins Community West Bank
- Opera Santa Barbara Has New Board for 2010-11
- Bobbie Rosenblatt Joins Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care
- Dog Fest Features PetSafe Outreach Clinic
- Santa Barbara Homeless Musicians Hit YouTube
- Wildfires Have Abundant Fuel to Burn after Above Average Rainfall
- California Fresh Heads To Middle East
- Former County Executive Alleges Religious Discrimination
- Fundraiser Supports 33rd Assembly District Hopeful
- Lt. Butch Arnoldi to Serve As Goleta Police Chief
- UCSB Ranks in Another National Poll
- Robles to Stand Trial
- What’s at the School Board This Week
- News to Yous
- Pretty Petals
- Spice Is Nice
- Arcade Fire
- Worth the Drive
- Give a Little
Sunday, Aug. 22
Saturday, Aug. 21
- Homeless Couple Caught in Limbo
- Goleta’s Mobile Home Battle Goes to Court
- Speaking Portañol, Latin America’s Universal Language
- Hendry’s Beach Murder Suspect in Court
- Genetically Modified World: Part III
Friday, Aug. 20
- And Now, Something for the Kids
- Fire Breaks out Near Old San Marcos Road
- What’s Going To Happen To Ruth?
- Richie Hayward, 1946-2010
- Field Trips Forever
- Animal Vacations
- Alien Invasions
- Bella Vista Bicycle Crash Victim Files Claim
Thursday, Aug. 19
- Gloria Dominguez Receives International Recognition
- All SBCEO State Preschool Programs Earn Accreditation
- Duo Steals Dead Man’s Guns
- Youth Mural Brings a Touch of Paris to Santa Barbara
- Intermittent Closure of Southbound 101 On-Ramp
- Senator Boxer Singles Out Local Company
- Salary Watch: Goleta Sanitary District
- Norah Jones Brings New Record to the Bowl
- Go (Arch Rock) Fish
- Dog Days
- UCSB Ranks Highest Ever
- Adult Ed Strong and Vibrant
- What to Wear, Where to Shop
- Hackers Unite
- Crossroad for the Crosses
- Switching Sides
- A Second Steinbeck Tells a Tale
- No Ifs, Ands, or Mutts
- Tow-to-Tow
- Fiesta Downer
- volume 24, number 240, August 19-26, 2010
- David Bazemore
- Morganfield Burnett
- A Center Stage History Tour
- The (Radio) Voices of Center Stage Theater
Wednesday, Aug. 18
- Fire Hazard Road Clearance Project
- Celebrate Harvest 2010 Event October 2
- Montecito Man Charged with Medi-Cal Fraud
- SBCC and Brandman University Ink Early Advantage Partnership
- Westmont Gets Nod on Best College List
- Wildlife Care Network Receives Posthumous Gift
- Sting Nabs Stores Selling Tobacco to Minors
- El Carrillo: Santa Barbara’s “Almost” Housing First
- Treatment, Not Felonies
- St. Francis Foundation Awards More Than $1 Million in Local Grants
- Beach Sampling Results, Aug. 16
- Nancy Leffert New Antioch University President
- Cate School Chef Earns Recognition
- Successful Summer Youth Celebrations
- Unique Partenavia Aircraft Aids in Gulf Cleanup
- Last of the Apehangers
- Music Academy of the West’s Cabaret
- Saving Jake
- Romeo and Juliet at Center Stage Theater
- My Hollywood by Mona Simpson
- Under the Stars
- Eat Pray Love
- Criss-Cross
- Five Days of Pay
- Debra Bowen’s Battles
- Our Kids Are Snitches
- Sports News
- Hot Hot Heat Get Weird on Fifth Album
Tuesday, Aug. 17
- Paving on Stow Canyon Road This Week
- City Provides Free Movies - and Parking - on Stearns Wharf
- Week in Sports
- Request for Sealed Bids for Library Roof Replacement
- Stoker Gets NFIB/California Endorsement
- Art From Scrap Teams Up with Jack Johnson
- Wavves at SOhO
- Sedgwick Reserve Is Off-Limits to Deer Hunters
- 330 State Will Be New Restaurant for Tom and Adam White
- Erin Van Valkenburgh Is New Charity League President
- Sheriff’s Citizen’s Academy Taking Sign-ups
- UCSB Ranked Among Country's Best Universities
- Primus at the Santa Barbara Bowl
- Westmont in Top 100 Colleges
- Mat Kearney, New-School Troubadour
- Call for Entries Kicks Off at CAF
- Santa Barbara Printmakers at Channing Peake
- Second Bite at the Savoy Apple
- Santa Barbara Weighs In for Clean Energy
- The Expendables
- Presidio Goes Ethiopian
- Behind the Green Labels
- Seeking Latino College Graduates
Monday, Aug. 16
- Help the Economy by Falling in Love
- Reflecting Pool
- Santa Barbara Sheet Music's New Owners
- Hidey-Holes
- Goleta Council Votes to Support Proposition 22
- Shipwrecked on the Gaviota Coast
- Pet Insurance Available to Farm Bureau Members
- Serena Jedrick New SBB&T Branch Manager
- Escape to the Eastern Sierra
- Wonderful Woodies
- New Vision for Old Vons Lot
- Harvest Fest at the Best
- Delorean
- Give a Little
- Architectural Wonders
Sunday, Aug. 15
- La Cumbre Plaza’s JEANious Bar
- Contestants Wanted
- News to Yous
- Give a Little
- Drive-in Movies Draw Goleta Families
Saturday, Aug. 14
- Breaking Away from Ruben Mize
- AACM Calls for Withdrawal of Michele Leonhart Nomination
- CAF: Call For Entries 2011
- How She Does It
- Circle V Ranch in 20th Year Here
- The Fourth Candidate
- Threat to Freedom of Information
- Guiding Light on the Mesa
- UC Haiti Initiative Takes Off
Friday, Aug. 13
- West Beach Fest Pushes Back
- Memorial for Gail M. Rink August 15
- Genetically Modified World: Part II
- Entire La Brea Fire Area Open for Non-motorized Use
- Thirty-Eight New Fish and Game Wardens Graduate
- Who Goes There?
- With Conservatives Like These . . .
- Ken George to be Honored by Family Care Network
- Public Library Offering Downloadable E-books
- Brad Frohling New Senior Vice President
- Feminist Scholar Examines Care Work and Other Forms of Intimate Labor
- State of the Schools
- Police Advise of ‘Skimming’ Scam
- Lucinda Williams and Chrissie Hynde Play Ventura Theater
- Milpas Residents, Business Owners Unhappy About Homeless
- Five Heroin Overdoses in Three Days?
- Cotton Jones to Play Muddy Waters Café
- Overflowing Louisiana Shelters
- New Candidates Vie for School Board Seats
- Dyslexics and Poetics
- Sunlight and Water
Thursday, Aug. 12
- Gigantic Gaviota Ganja Farm
- Foresters in Final Four
- The Writer/Director Is All Right
- Arrests Made in Child Abuse Investigation
- Towed Away
- Environmental Coalition Submits Lead Ban Petition
- Money Helps Undocumented Youth Find Higher Education
- Goleta Meets Jail Tax With Some Skepticism
- Farm Worker Health Bill Passes Senate Committee
- Thunder on the Right
- Wavves Come Clean
- Les Claypool Talks Life, Love, and the Return of Primus
- The Gloomiest Gloom Ever?
- S.B. Council Backs Jail Tax
- Great White Attacks Paddler Off Gaviota Beach
- Salary Watch: City of Goleta
- Are You As Smart As Your Dog?
- Where’s the Val Verde Money?
- Slipping Through the Cracks
- Noel Not Seeking Reelection
- Ocean Gallery
- volume 24, number 239, August 12-19, 2010
- Misuse of Forest
- The Independent’s 2010 After-School Guide
- Bolivian River Reading
Wednesday, Aug. 11
- County Planning Director Heads to Ventura
- CalRecycle, Santa Barbara County, Team Up to Fix Palomino Road
- Supes Whittle Down CEO Candidates
- REI to Open New Store in Santa Barbara
- Maldonado Revives Commission for Economic Development
- Patricia Kelly to Superior Court
- UCSB Gets Cash for Trail Repair
- Dave Dorsey Honored by American Cancer Society
- Cathedral Oaks Bridge Project Closures
- Los Padres Announces “Fee Free” Days
- Kim Rodriguez Appointed Manager of SBB&T’s Mesa Branch
- Paramount Unveils New Website
- Massive Pack of Cruisers Pedals Through Fiesta
- Goleta Is 2010 Planning Achievement Award Winner
- County Board and Commission Vacancies
- Small Quake Jiggers County
- Seeing Winemakers in Sepia
- Loophole Still Allows Killers Guns
- Bishop Ranch Development Study to Start
- Fiesta File
- Art on the Eastside
- Janet Reineck’s World Dance Workout
- Restrepo
- Seal the Deal
- Absent-Minded Science
- Hanging with Barney at the Mercado
Tuesday, Aug. 10
- Capps Votes for Medicaid and Teacher Assistance
- Grunt’s-Eye View of Afghanistan
- Once Upon Two Mattresses
- Beach Sampling Results, Aug. 9
- Walk to Cure Diabetes on September 18
- New Theory about Origin of Life
- Eat Pray Love Partners with Cost Plus World Market
- UCSB Grad Students Receive $50,000 Fellowships
- Direct Relief Responds to Pakistan Flooding
- Persistent Commuters
- Polo Spectacular
- Up Close with Misa Kelly
- Under One Umbrella of Aid and Awareness
- Week in Sports
- Steelhead Trout Recovery Project Bigger Than Ever
- Fiesta Crime Stats
- Academy Chamber Orchestra at First Presbyterian
- Elders Are People Too
- Farewell
- Salsa Time
- Cosmic Event
Monday, Aug. 9
- S.B Hip-Hop Representing on the Radio
- Lawsuit Looms over Bishop Ranch
- UCSB Prof Validates New Bone-Quality Testing Tool
- Man Dies in Probable Drowning Accident
- Compassionate by Nature
- Busy Sunday for Search and Rescue
- Don Giovanni at the Granada
- Animal Hoarders Uncovered
- Biker Takes Bad Spill
- Santa Barbara's Own Football Team
- Glenna Luschei’s Witch Dance
- Ed Kowalczyk
- Help the Horses
- Outdoor Zoovies
- News to Yous
- Stevie Nicks at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Sunday, Aug. 8
- Fire Quickly Under Control
- Watching the Agendas: Week of August 9
- Biltmore Hosts Marrow Registration and Blood Drive
- Goleta’s Political Future
Saturday, Aug. 7
Friday, Aug. 6
- Genetically Modified World: Part I
- The Current Crisis
- Yes You Can Legislate Behavior
- Accused Accessory to Murder Changes Plea
- Poodle on the Keys
- Greka Leaks More Oil
- Richard Merrill Evans: 1925-2010
- Gail M. Rink: 1944-2010
- Proximity Theatre Take On Romeo & Juliet
- Munching El Mercado del Norte
- Meet Aly the Arts Editor, and Eat All the Meat at Fiesta
- With Shepherd as Your Farm, You Shall Not Want
- Safe Passage over the Canyon
- So You Think You Know Pinot?
Thursday, Aug. 5
- Transitional Beds at Casa Esperanza Temporarily Safe
- Beach Sampling Results, Aug. 3rd
- A New Yorker Tastes Fiesta
- Oil Spills Near and Far
- Cathedral Oaks Bridge Closures
- Healthy for Life TV Shows
- Funding Approved for ‘Gang Czar’
- Homeless Death Report
- Supes Approve Gaviota House
- Toe-to-Toe Over Pot Shop Ban
- Otters Up and Down
- Joan Armatrading Comes to the Lobero
- Fiesta Events
- UCSB Soccer, S.B. Baseball Updates
- Hoist by El Perro’s Petard
- Let the Race Begin
- Wild, Wacky, and Romantic
- Fiesta Father and Son
- Natalia Cohen
- Fiesta 2010
- Party Favors
- Fiesta Horse Parade Lineup
- The Spirits of Fiesta
- Suing the City
- Money Talks
- volume 24, number 238, August 5-12, 2010
Wednesday, Aug. 4
- Judge Overturns Prop. 8
- DNA Helps Identify Nojoqui Grade Body
- County Sends Letter of Concern to Coastal Commission
- Symposium on Authentic Learning
- Campaign Finance Numbers Released
- Supes Lobby for Fault Line Study
- Reyne Stapelmann Running for Goleta City Council
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Bulb-Outs But Were Afraid to Ask
- Healthy Help for the Homeless
- Michael Chenoweth Radius Group Senior VP
- Prolific Tagger Arrested
- Week in Sports
- Complete Nutrition Comes to Goleta
- NextG Cellular Project Inches Forward
- Kinky Friedman’s Big (Musical) Comeback
- New Wines from a New AVA
- Bob Wennberg 1935 – 2010
- On the Ranch
- Kisses
- Wheels Within Wheels
- Slippery When Wet
- Granting Change
Tuesday, Aug. 3
- Linda Adler-Kassner New Writing Program Director
- New Trustees for Antioch
- Steve Petersen New Rotary President
- Explorer Academy Graduates 32 Cadets
- Family Travels
- Protecting or Trespassing?
- Charlie St. Cloud
- A Fire-Safe Home While on Vacation
- Aching for Nick
- Dinner for Schmucks
- Builder of the Year Award Winners
- Southern-Style BBQ Done the Cowboy Way
- OP Your Trail Treat
- Homeless at 80, Eugene Postorono Moves Inside
- Mariachi Days and other Fiestivity
- Take Your Shot
- UCSB Shows Off New Stem Cell Lab
- Wild Grass
- Summer Chores
- The Music Academy of the West presents Don Giovanni
- It’s Not Personal, It’s Business
- West Side Story in Solvang
- Santa Barbara Cancer Center to Build New Facility
Monday, Aug. 2
- Don’t Call It Elevator Music
- Week of Weed-Whacking
- Bomb Threat at Public Health Department
- Immunizations Should Top Back to School List
- Calle Real Public Health Offices Close
- Joanna Newsom at the Lobero Theatre
- Glow: a Light Installation
- Watching the Agendas: Week of August 2
- Holding On to a Historic Trail
- Pancake Palooza
- Hello! My Baby Premieres at Rubicon
- News to Yous
- Best Coast
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