Story Archive for March 2011
Thursday, March 31
- St. Petersburg Philharmonic at the Granada
- Search Underway for Missing Man with Dementia
- Housing Loan Questions
- Tsunami Prep All Wet
- Threat of Floatopia Closes IV Beaches
- More Money for Ocean Meadows Project
- Capps Targets Diablo Canyon
- School District, Teacher Negotiations Continue
- New Poet Laureate
- Conference Room Named After Stanley
- Heart Disease Biggest Cause of Early Death
- Gang Prevention Coordinator Gives Talk
- Aggie Agitation
- A Tale Stranger Than Fiction
- Dogs and Other Strangers
- DA Vets Step Down
- Cold-Blooded or Passionate?
- Brandi Rivera
- Poodle Radio on the Dangers of Diablo Canyon and the Novels of T.C. Boyle
- Nell Campbell
- volume 25, number 272, March 31 - April 7, 2011
- Did Booth Get Away with Killing Lincoln?
- Hell to Pay
- The Boyle Point
- Music + Noise + Body
Wednesday, March 30
- County Unemployment Numbers Released
- Deny Diablo
- 154 Crash Victim Dies
- License for Disaster
- Music Academy Gets $1 Million Donation
- S.B. Attorneys Win Big Wells Fargo Suit
- Indie Rock All Stars Recreate Big Star’s Third Live in New York
- Beach Sampling Results, Mar. 22nd
- Potential County Employee Layoffs Sit at 288 Positions
- Fitz & The Tantrums Return to Town
- Going Native
- Miracles, History, Homelessness, and Conspiracy
- Eating Apples in Paradise at CAF
- Crosby and Nash at the Arlington
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
- Love of Literature
- Handled
- Restricting Rights
- Track-and-Field Superstar
- Flock My Life
Tuesday, March 29
- Isla Vista County Beaches Closed April 2-3, 2011
- Blog Wins Online Community Building Fellowship
- S.B. High School Class of 1956 Looking for Missing Classmates
- Ghosts by Ibsen at ETC
- Sucker Punch
- Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro de Cuba to Play UCSB
- American Eden by Wade Graham
- The Baseball Project Takes Goleta
- Ill-Wishers
- Nuclear Energy Worth the Cost?
- Everyday Resistance in Syria and Iran
- Blues Explosion
Monday, March 28
- Spring Cleaning Poisons
- Spring for the Outdoors at 1st Thursday in April!
- Spring Plant Sale
- News to Yous
- Old Ironsides
- Reading Rainbow
- Give a Little
- Three Reasons to Watch Up and A Town Called Panic Back-to-Back
- Middle Brother
- Jake Shimabukuro Comes to UCSB
Sunday, March 27
- What Is Life?
- Paying Attention Before the Sea Turns Violent
- Casa Reduncion
- Sweet Tweets
- Can We Talk?
- That’s the Way the Pastry Contest Crumbles
Saturday, March 26
- Realistic Marines
- Biltmore to Celebrate Brit Wedding
- Hiatal Hernia
- Things to Do in Ensenada
- Gun Show Loopholes
- Songs on Wheels
- The Biology of Radioactivity
Friday, March 25
- State Parks Foundation Hosts Improvement Days
- Albertsons Carpinteria Store to Host Bagless Kick-Off Event March 28
- Central Coast is a Center for Aid to Japan
- Santa Barbara Still Rents
- Gang Injunction Targets Speak Out, Part 2
- Week in Sports
- Welcome Home Search Teams!
- Fundraiser at Oreana Winery to Benefit Marine Mammal Rehabilitation
- Twinkle Toes
- Mad Scientist of Wine Country
- Love, Dad
- GOP 5 to the Rescue
Thursday, March 24
- Beach Sampling Results, Mar. 22nd
- Kids Carnival At Isla Vista Elementary School Co-Hosted by Inter-Greek Council
- Health Care for All Guest Speaker
- Taking the Next Steps to Medicare for All
- Trash Wars Trudge On
- S. B. Foreclosure Numbers Released
- Growing the Wall of Fame
- Chris Robinson Sticks Around a While
- S.B. Journalist in Court
- Mission Creek Restoration Complete
- Police Nab Suspected Car Thief
- Barking Dogs of Diablo Canyon
- Grand Old Pandemonium
- Does Intervention Need an Intervention?
- Wet 'n Wild
- Paradigms Lost and Found
- SBCC Prez and Her Job Search
- Pimp My Riders
- D.J. Palladino
- Deadly Hit-and-Run Details
- Red Cross Month
- Poodle Radio on Cottage Hospital Security Problems and Santa Barbara’s Greatest Internet Memester
- volume 25, number 271, March 24-31, 2011
- Getting a Gripp on Parry
Wednesday, March 23
- County Continues to Eye Bixby Ranch
- Tree Must Stay, City Says
- Nun Scammer Completes Sentence
- Public Invited to Comment on Pipeline Proposal
- DNA Links Man to Sexual Assaults
- Beautiful Fools
- Special Symposium on Street Gangs and School Safety
- Earthquakes: Before, During, and After
- Paul Galbraith and His Unique Eight-String Guitar
- Food Truth According to Ruth
- Of Gods and Men
- There’s Something in the Wine
- emma’s revolution
- Another Year
- The Santa Barbara Symphony Announces Season for 2011-2012
- Thanks for Reminder
- Green Is the Loneliest Color
- Graham Nash Joins David Crosby at the Arlington
- Super Shot
Tuesday, March 22
- Calling All Santa Barbara Prius Owners
- WillBridge Inching Toward Acceptance at Peabody
- Gang Injunction Targets Speak Out
- UCSB Workers Rally at Cheadle Hall
- Ad Lib(ya)
- Santa Barbara County Fire Department Preparedness
- Series Aims to Increase Local Awareness About Farming and Ranching
- Mystery on Micheltorena
- Vertical Fruits
- The Lincoln Lawyer
- News to Yous
- Alex Ebert
- Give a Little
- City Hall Hit with Swastikas
- Train Security
- Deny Diablo License
- Thanks for the Oom-pah-pah!
- Radio Futures
Monday, March 21
- South By Southwest: Day One
- Francisco Mulls Ways to End Homelessness
- March Madness: Find an MVP at the Local Animal Shelter
- Downtown Organization Announces 2011 Officers
- Rain Postponed Raptor Move In to Sunday, March 27
- SBPD Conducting DUI Checkpoints this Weekend
- A Bit of Brazil
- Cub Scouts Rescued
- “Mo(or)Town” at the Lobero
- Hit-and-Run Suspect Flees Authorities, Causes Injury Accident
- Warren M. Christopher: 1925 – 2011
- Flooding Risk Reduced as of Sunday Evening
- Alisa Weilerstein with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic
- Farm to Fork Series
- Courtney Ferriera’s Lifesaving Lungs
Sunday, March 20
Saturday, March 19
- Burn Areas On Flash Flood Watch
- The Writing on the Desk
- CEC Launches “Rethink the Drink” Bottled Water Reduction Pilot Project
- Morrie Jurkowitz to Be Honored at SBCC Golf Classic
- Greka and County Reach Historic Settlement
- Pain at the Pump
- A Teen Drinking Primer
- Turning Cacao Beans into Cocoa Bars
Friday, March 18
- Goleta Borders Bookstore Closing
- Emergency Preparedness
- Armed Suspect Leads Authorities on High Speed Pursuit
- Crowning Santa Barbara’s Kings or Queens of Pastry
- Library Friends Provide Vital Support in Goleta For Children’s Programs
- “Wake up Call” Rally and March
- Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training Starts April 6 in Goleta
- Neal Taylor: 1932-2011
- Stop Imperialistic Madness
- The Moment Of Truth
Thursday, March 17
- Elders Beware!
- Week in Sports
- NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting
- Kindness of Strangers
- Unblock the Barrier
- Public Comment Over for Las Varas Ranch Project
- Subcommittee Works on General Plan Compromise
- New Miramar Plan Approved
- Capps Struggles in Climate Change Votes
- Chaparral Shenanigans
- Tsunami Near and Far
- SBHS First to Get Wireless Internet
- Downtown Detox Gets Green Light
- Open Season on Pedestrians
- Tartuffe
- volume 25, number 270, March 17-24, 2011
- Mary Crookston
- Ganging Up on Gangs
- Lap Dogs of the Apocalypse
- Call Security
Wednesday, March 16
- New Director for S.B.'s Red Cross
- Trucker in Fatal 154 Crash in Court
- 200 School District Employees Given Notice
- Blue Bee Out of Business
- Danny Lee McLaughlin, Jr.: 1966-2011
- UCSB Stem Cell Research Leader Shares America's Most Distinguished Prize in Medicine
- Direct Relief Announces Joint Effort with Japanese American Citizens League
- Rock-Paper-Scissors Tournaments Explain Ecological Diversity
- Beach Sampling Results, Mar. 14th
- Rooney’s Irish Pub
- Two Artists Tackle the Lost World of Plants
- Trains, Guitars, and Great Songwriters
- Bringing History Alive
- Getting Hedges Back in Shape
- Citizens' Alert
- Red Riding Hood
- Road to Hell Lit by Fluorescent Bulbs
- March Madness
- Mom's Got Germs
- Off-Shoots and Tributes
Tuesday, March 15
- Nuclear Jitters
- Three Reasons to Check Out Art Careers Unlimited
- McCoy Tyner at the Lobero
- Divvying Up Gaviota Coast
- RV Dwellers Seek to Reopen Lawsuit
- 2011 Fiesta Poster Art Competition Commences: Call to All Santa Barbara County Artists
- Dear Congresswoman Capps
- Chaucer's Book-Signing with Neal Bascomb
- Students and Workers Show Solidarity at UCSB
- Indy St. Patrick's Day Stroll
- In the Ballpark
- The Guppy
- Battle: Los Angeles
- Backyard Bowls
- Beating Bullies
- Give a Little
- Earl Warren Showgrounds Blossoms with Orchids
- Thematic Dramatics
Monday, March 14
- Balé Folclórico da Bahia at UCSB’s Campbell Hall
- Farmers Market Hour Changes
- Santa Barbara County Recognizes World TB Day and Local Partners Fighting Tuberculosis
- First Nissan Leaf, An All-Electric Vehicle, Arrives March 12
- Santa Barbara County Firefighter Responds to Japan
- SBCC Faculty Practicing Latest Technology for Classroom Instruction
- The Fess Parker Family: One Year Later
- SBTHP presents Casasola Archives - The Mexican Revolution and Beyond
- Taking It to the Stump
- 1977 Shooting Victim Dies
- Camerata Pacifica at Hahn Hall
- Hot Tuna at the Lobero Theatre
- Neighbors, Friends Testify in Mesa Murder Trial
- Carpinteria Property Gets Revamped
- Cab Rides from Jail Could Resume
- Capps Tours UCSB’s Weimbs Lab
- CALM Celebrates 25 Years of World Famous Authors & Unforgettable Stories
- Renowned Specialist and Educational Consultant to Speak March 19th
- Delicious Details Revealed for 19th Annual Taste of Solvang
- Santa Barbara Zoo Job Fair
- Waging Peace: The Webisodes
- DANCEworks 2011 Presents Doug Elkins and Friends
- Gilles Apap Plays with S.B. Symphony
- News to Yous
- Nate Latta
- St. Patrick’s Day, Santa Barbara Style
- Noleta's Next 20 Years
- Rallying Democrats in Goleta
Sunday, March 13
- Gauchos Going to Florida to Play in the Big Dance
- Towbes Group Raises Nearly $20,000 for Local Food Banks
- Community Supported Agriculture SPRING progam Sign-Ups
- UC Santa Barbara Named a Gold-Level Bicycle Friendly University
- 2011 27th Annual Central Coast Wine Classic Grantees Announced
- Richard Merrifield Appointed to Goleta Water District Board of Directors
- No Bus Strike
- Sheila Murphy, Part 2.
- Listen to Your Animals
- Smoke-Free Smoke Lounges
- Beale’s Real Winter Deal
Saturday, March 12
- Daylight Saving Time Begins This Sunday March 13th
- UCSB Turning Around Its Basketball Fortunes
- Tsunami Advisory is Canceled Saturday Morning
- Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue Team Re-accredited In Technical Mountain Rescue
- Two Local Affiliates “Think outside the Box … Wine Box That Is”
- City of Santa Barbara Forestry Program Releases Community Guide to Tree Planting
- The Goleta City Council Accepts a $750,000 Fisheries Restoration Grant
- Chef Rick’s Ultimately Fine Foods Crowned Taste for Justice Chili Champion
- Ode to an iPhone
- Choosing a Personal Trainer or Strength Coach
- High Schoolers Bitten by Permaculture Bug
- Save Social Security
- To Your Health
- Case of the Incredible Shrinking City
Friday, March 11
- UCSB Helps Kids Master the Stage
- Job Fair at SB Zoo
- PUEBLO Update
- Tsunami Update: So Far, So Good
- Tsunami Inundation Hazard Zones in County
- Santa Barbara Drive-In Theatre Opens For the Season!
- Film Premiere: The Economics Of Happiness
- St. Patrick’s Day Stroll
- Songs for a New World Come to the Granada
- Animal Abuse
- Between the Intention and the Act
Thursday, March 10
- Post Japan Earthquake, Local Tsunami Information
- Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery
- SB Triplets to Receive Makeover on Rachael Ray Show
- Foster the People at SOhO
- Homeless Kids Plentiful in Santa Maria Schools
- Serban Looking to Leave SBCC?
- Week in Sports
- 26th Annual Probation Department Staff Recognition Dinner
- “Curiosity Cabinet”
- Gas Prices Skyrocket
- Two Groups Settled North America?
- Republicans Eye Capps's District
- Matson Leaves for Goleta Water District
- Democrats Want City Hall Back
- Conservative Group Hires Obama Impersonator
- Flu Season Not Unusual
- Two Separate Fires Break Out in Summerland Home
- You Pay, but the Jobs Don’t Exist
- Don Hughes's Nightmare House
- Deal or No Deal?
- Wine You Can Believe In
- Dire Straits and High Hopes
- volume 25, number 269, March 10-17, 2011
- Georgina McNerney
- I Sing the Canine Electric
- Poodle Radio on the State of the Homeless and the Fascinations of Wine Writing
- Luis Muñoz
- New Threats to Women’s Rights
- Public Employee Rope-A-Dope
Wednesday, March 9
- Second Lyons Trial Focusing on Lawsuit
- Councilmember House in Car Accident
- Courthouse Suicide Victim Identified
- Hosannas at Muddy Waters Café
- Going to the Extremes at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
- Goleta Valley Beautiful to Plant Trees at 7 Schools for California Arbor Week
- Man Accused of Killing Girlfriend Headed to Trial
- The Joffrey Ballet at the Granada Theatre
- Oil Spill at Faria Beach
- Man Charged in Fatal 154 Truck Accident
- “Water Awareness Special Award” Winners Selected at 2011 Santa Barbara County Science Fair
- World Kidney Day this Thursday, March 10
- Beach Sampling Results, Mar. 7th
- The Adjustment Bureau
- What's Hot, What's Not
- Kissing Frogs
- Hot Tuna and Hell Times 200
- Folkies Rejoice!
- Sophisticated
- Winter Winners
- I Was a Flash Mob Virgin
- Jeff Bridges at Sings Like Hell
- Model Ambassadors
Tuesday, March 8
- Local Artists Honor Naples
- Person Jumps from Courthouse Tower
- Springtime at Antioch
- Sheriff Brown Promotes New Undersheriff
- Theater 150 Announces new structure; strong start to "$50K Challenge" Drive
- Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Tribal Election Demonstrates a United Tribe
- Nitrates in Drinking Water
- Tip-A-Cop Luncheon
- Petrini’s Crowns a Winner
- Eden Kennedy's Baby Book Parody
- Local Resident Celebrates 102nd Birthday
- More Mesa Study Released
- La Traviata at the Granada
- Sympathy Notes from Nigerian Women
- Balé Folclórico da Bahia to Visit S.B. March 10
- Rango
- The Emerson String Quartet at UCSB’s Campbell Hall
- Vienna Philharmonic at the Granada Theatre
- Musical Story-Sharing
Monday, March 7
- Four Found Guilty in 2007 Murder Case
- Tartuffe at SBCC’s Interim Theatre
- Condor Trail, Environmental Awards & Trails Meeting
- Mt. Sac Presidential Candidates Open Forum
- Harbor Lights … An Evening by the Sea
- Rotary Corner for the Month of March
- Week in Sports Update
- Shop Spree SB, March 11 & 12
- Earth Day Festival 2011 Announced by CEC
- Making Green Green
- Up Close With … the Windmill Vandals
- Blossoming Beauties
- Lykke Li
- News to Yous
- Give a Little
- The Isla Vista Car Massacre: Ten Years Later
Sunday, March 6
- Contemporary Arts Forum’s 7th Annual Santa Barbara Million Dollar Home Raffle
- UCSB Critical Issues Conference Explores Marriage and Alternatives
- Sing-Off's Whiffenpoofs Tour Santa Barbara
- Still Spry at 99, Jerry Harwin to Be Honored by Elings Park Foundation
- An Interview with ex-TV Palm Star Sheila Murphy
- Simple as a Foot Massage
- Swimming, Climbing, Earning Admiration, Hunting Prey
Saturday, March 5
- Study Mirrors Capps’ Legislation
- Disaster Preparedness for Pets
- Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum Presents "Rolling Through the West" Carriage Symposium
- County Hot Mix Asphalt Overlay Project
- Scientists Study Control of Invasive Tree in Western U.S.
- Acting as One
- Sounds of the Universe
- Composting Closes the Circle
- The Ultimate Boot Camp Experience
Friday, March 4
- What a Wacko!
- Who Benefits?
- Forum Explores Causes of Homelessness
- NASA Rocket Splashes into the Pacific
- Capps Announces Benefits of Early Retiree Reinsurance Program for California’s 23rd Congressional District
- Rancho Guadalupe Dunes County Park West Main Street Access at Park Remains Open, Though Tentative
- Candlelight Vigil and Rally for Public Employees at De La Guerra Plaza
- California Outdoors Q & A: What to do with injured wildlife?
- Channelkeeper Student Art Show, "What the Channel Means to Me"
- The Santa Barbara Middle School Search for Homeless
- San Marcos Students Win Local Engineering Contest
- SBPD DUI Checkpoints in the City
- Bishop Diego's Nic Mon Qualifies For Prestigious Mathmatics Examination
- Esperanza Spalding at UCSB
- Local Community Helps Montecito Bank & Trust Select Triathlon Beneficiary
- Make-A-Wish Foundation Host Annual Wish Granter Trainings
- National Ground Water Awareness Week, March 6-12
- Monty Python’s Spamalot at the Granada
- Give a Little
- Charity Golf Event
- Yoga for the People
- Hosannas Return to Muddy Waters Together
- Guinea Pigs as Pets
- Injured Birds Find Sanctuary in Ojai
Thursday, March 3
- Goleta City Council Appoints West to Planning Commission
- Santa Barbara Art Roots: Celebrating 60 Years
- New Tipton Meeting House at Sedgwick Reserve Earns LEED Platinum Certification
- Tiny Golden Lion Tamarin Monkey Born at SB Zoo
- Authorities vs. Shoppers (or Protesters?)
- Fuddy-Duddy Council, Supes
- Week in Sports
- Rudy’s Struggle Met with Heaps of Support
- Gang Injunctions to Be Filed Soon
- Kicking General Plan’s Can
- Das Williams Looks to Ban Trucks on Highway 154
- City Sued over Sewage?
- Olympic Cyclist in Bad Crash
- Jury Still Deliberating in Mize Trial
- Bikes and Brides
- Foster the People Sign Big, Release Small
- More Protection for Mobile Home Park Residents?
- Finding the Most Fragile
- Jane Russell Dies
- County Budget Shortfall Less Than Predicted
- New Public Defender Named
- How Now Bow-Wow?
- Sibling Feud Hits Lundberg Survey Heirs
- Capps: ‘I’m Running’
- Scott Starr
- volume 25, number 268, March 3-10, 2011
- Waves and Rockets
- Poodle Radio Surfs the Middle East, Promotes Youth Literacy and Talks Chocolate
- Kiran Aulakh
Wednesday, March 2
- Wolf Nominated for Coastal Commission
- Art From Scrap Welcomes Allied Waste Services As Newest Corporate Partner
- New Sustainable High Tech Lighting at Arroyo Burro Beach County Park
- Capps: House Budget Bad for California’s Security
- Community Forum on Homelessness
- Local Residents Needs to Learn from New Zealand Earthquake
- Tennis Courts Transfer to Elings Park
- Rio Beni Health Foundation Emergency Flooding Appeal
- Summerland’s “Big Yellow House” Sold
- The Joffrey Ballet Comes to the Granada
- Donate to Help Rio Beni Flooding
- Beach Sampling Results, Feb 28th
- Women's Days
- Serious Crime Takes Serious Dive
- Santa Barbara Students Conducting Traffic Safety Campaign
- SBHS Principal to Step Down
- DA Stops Pursuing Death Penalty in 2004 Murder Case
- Grandparent Portrait Show
- Kristen Reed on La Traviata
- Proboscis’ Piezoelectric Love at Center Stage Theater
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet at the Music Academy’s Hahn Hall
- Drive Angry
- Allied v. Marborg
- Still Waiting on That Apology
- Stick to Subject
- Rounding the Bases
- Opera Santa Barbara Presents La Traviata
- 'Yo Mama' Still Draws Laughs, Wrath
- Pappas Takes Election Fight into Criminal Territory
Tuesday, March 1
- No Service Disruptions at This Time for MTD
- Petrini’s Restaurant Challenge Finalists
- General Membership Meeting
- Our Daily Bread Still Rising
- Life in Libya, Pre-Gaddafi
- Accused Double Murderer Back in Court
- Surfing Safari
- Capps: 'I’m Running'
- Week in Sports Update
- Quinn Gets Spelling Bee Win
- Free Pancake Fundraiser at IHOP
- The New Cool Book Release
- Girl Scouts Cookie Booth Sales Start
- County Science Fair slated for March 4th.
- Local Students Spend Weekend at the San Carlos Apache Reservation
- Cleanup, Restoration of UCSB's South Parcel Has Begun
- Cleaning the Butterflies' House
- McCoy Tyner Is Back
- Cedar Rapids
- Kinesis at Center Stage Theater
- She Stoops to Conquer at UCSB’s Hatlen Theatre
- Mike Watt
- God Is in Details
- America's Reliable Asset in the Middle East
- Bring Back Curb Extensions
- Dos Pueblos Engineering Students Featured in New Book
- Another Overnight Diary
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