Story Archive for January 2012
Tuesday, Jan. 31
- Otter 501 Reviewed
- Stealing Kindness
- Woodard Wacky for Scorsese
- The Arts Fund Offers New Teen Mentorship Opportunities
- The Gathering
- Martin Scorsese Receives American Riviera Award
- Rape Caught on Tape?
- Mighty Fine
- Father Accused of Shaking Baby
- UCSB Student Arrested for I.V. Foot Patrol Arson Attack
- Lucky
- Womb with a View
- Charlene
- The Last Broadcast
- Dirty Energy
- Ugg Goes to the Super Bowl
- Hazardous Materials Banned on Highway 154
- The Sky’s the Limit for Cielito
- First Aid Kit
- Man on a Ledge
- A Review of Nebula Dance Lab’s Premiere
- The Royal Philharmonic at the Granada Theatre
- Genocide Touches Nerves
- Figueroa Mountain One-Day Hike/Bike
- Movie Museum of the Week
Monday, Jan. 30
- Mourning in Mammoth
- Occupy Abstaining Democrats
- Angels & Airwaves at Velvet Jones
- Fie on Developers
- Painting Bolinas
- Whore's Glory
- SBPD's New Electronic Alert System Already Paying Off
- UCSB Arson Fire Causes More than $1 Million in Damage
- Nothing Like Chocolate
- A Raisin in the Sun Redux
- Day for Night at SBIFF
- SBIFF 2012 Writer’s Panel
- DFG Extends Stamp Artwork Contest Deadline
- Shuffle
- Wildling Museum Hosts Photography Contest
- Anacapa Island Volunteers
- Poetic Justice Project Scores $10,000 in Funding
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Sunday, Jan. 29
- UCSB Lecture Series to Examine the Juvenile Justice System
- Christopher Plummer’s Modern Master Ceremony
- My Breakfast with the Filmmakers
- UCSB Among Top 20 Campuses Producing Peace Corps Volunteers
- SBIFF 2012 Saturday Report
- Santa Barbara and the Sea
- Leaving Alaska
- Illusion of Protection
Saturday, Jan. 28
- SBIFF Report, Day Two
- Chilling
- Viola Davis at SBIFF
- City Parks & Recreation Commission Recognizes Two Volunteers
- Carpinteria High School Professional Teaching Kitchen
- Objection Period Opens on Frazier Mountain Project
- The Kill Hole
- Glickman
- A People Uncounted
- Safety Options Outlined for Milpas Street
- How to Think About Money
- Time to Work for Yourself?
- Mac’s Fish N Chips
Friday, Jan. 27
- Police Department to Utilize Text Messaging to Residents
- Vinyl: Truth, Lies, Rock and Roll
- Generation P
- Spanish/Latin American Sidebar
- Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
- First Night at the Film Fest
- SBIFF Opening Night Report
- Paso Garagiste Presents $10,000 to Cal Poly Wine and Viticulture Program
- The Moringa Seed Benefit Feast
- Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Road Construction Starts February 1
- American Riviera Bank Reports Earnings
- Give Up Tomorrow
- The Soil Solution
- Sassy Pants
- Kevin Nealon at the Lobero
- Music Man of the Week: Van Dyke Parks
- Book Junkies!
- Contemporary Arts Forum Hosts 8th Annual Million Dollar Home Raffle
- Jim Messina Offers Six-Day Songwriting Workshop at Alisal Guest Ranch
- What Pop Songs Can Teach You About Life
- What Fred Saw
- Adoptable Pet of the Week
- Fix Your Pets
Thursday, Jan. 26
- Cinema Nouveau Sidebar
- Screen Cuisine Sidebar
- Kolnoa Sidebar
- Social Justice Films
- Intro to 10-10-10
- To the Maxxx Sidebar
- Another Pelican Found with Unnatural Injuries
- Week in Sports
- Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
- Hesitation Highway
- Detectives Look for Missing Teen
- Ninth Annual Young Tree Workshop Trains 40
- Carbon Monoxide Alarms
- Beebe Joins NAICU Board of Directors
- Ocumicho, Michoacán: A Devil's Workshop
- W.H.O. Foundation Grants $24,500 to Doctors Without Walls
- Carpinteria Switches to LED Street Lighting
- Boys & Girls Club Announces New Board Appointments
- Fifth Band Heard From
- Who's Raising the Musicians?
- Empty Seats
- State Senate Race Ramps Up
- Veronica Meadows Goes to the Voters
- Despite Storm, County Well Below Average Rainfall Totals
- New CEO for County Employee Retirement System
- Seed Time
- Must-See Movies
- Santa Barbara Filmmakers 2012
- La La La Human Steps to Perform New Work
- Joe Show Continues
- Top Cop Delivers ‘State of Department’ Address
- Fire Chiefs Seeing Red
- Is the Past Fair Game?
- When Abortion Was Illegal
- Viola Davis Becomes a Star
- Harmonic Convergence
- Wide-Screen Cuisine
- Short Takes
- Film Fest Refigured
- Winning with Beginners
- Dog's Best Friend?
- Newt Nixon
- Chet Gala: 1933-2011
- James Malia
- volume 26, number 315, January 26 - February 2, 2012
- Supes Appoint New Retirement Board Member
- Competition for Carbajal?
Wednesday, Jan. 25
- Cypress Hill and Rusko Announce Cypress X Rusko Set for Release April 2012
- Family Service Agency Appoints Executive Director
- UCSB Receives Grant to Study Gangs
- Lompoc Shelter Reopens after Surprise Closure
- Pacific Coast Collective Dispensary Owner in Court
- Denunzio Guilty of Battery on Girlfriend's Son
- Goal Tending
- Four Reasons to Check Out Persistence at SBCC
- Wardrobe of C. S. Lewis Welcomed Back to Westmont
- Capps Statement on State of the Union Address
- El Puente Student Honored by Rotary
- Two Area Youth Earn the Rank of Eagle Scout
- SBIFF Welcomes 21+ Oscar Nominees to the 27th Festival
- Mission Docents Needed
- Feedback on Goleta Target
- Winged Wonders
- Haywire
- The S.B. Symphony at the Granada Theatre
- 1940 Census Release
- Stinkin' Inkin'
- Parentclick.com Marks 10th Year
- New Board, Same as the Old Board
- Depending on Income
- The Wood Brothers Headline SOhO
- Again
- Ghost Salmon
Tuesday, Jan. 24
- Mammoth Man Accused of Sex Crimes Commits Suicide
- Year of the Water Dragon
- Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s 11th Annual Frank K. Kelly Lecture
- Judge Rules in Scout Abuse Case
- Santa Barbaran Bidding for Dodgers
- One Tough Mudder
- Native Flowers Shower Rose Parade
- Richard Rice Named Santa Ynez Artist of the Month
- Daughter of Lompoc Police Sergeant Sentenced to Jail
- Twelfth Annual Blue Water Ball
- Goleta Valley Homeowner Workshop and BBQ
- “Cash for College” Scholarship Opportunities
- Antique Lamp Stolen from Arlington
- Suspicious Pelican Injuries Raise Alarm
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
- Milo Greene
- The Drawings of Leon Dabo
- Nebula Dance Lab Launches
- Cheating in Space Race?
- How About a Southbound Train?
- Lawrence Kasdan on Darling Companion and More
- Cutting What Can't Be Cut
- Survivors, Young and Old
- Ciclovía Inspires an Active Community
Monday, Jan. 23
- Santa Barbara Middle School Dissects Science
- San Marcos Road Bridge Retrofit Construction
- Charles C. Fenzi, M.D., New Chief Medical Officer at Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics
- SBHS Athletic Director Nan Verkaik to Move to Teaching Position at End of School Year
- Santa Barbara Fighting Back Coalition to Present at National Substance Abuse Prevention Conference
- PODS Moving and Storage Donates More Than $78,000 in Logistics in 2011
- Detectives Look for Molestation Victims
- Bridge Retrofit to Close San Marcos Road
- Handsome Furs at SOhO
- Prison Guard Pleads Guilty to Sex with Inmate
- PathPoint CEO Celebrates 25 Years
- Collectors Weekend
- Wish Granters Training
- World of Pinot Noir vs. Hospice du Rhône
- Photojournalist Displays Works at Hospice of Santa Barbara
- Valentines for Good
- Comedy Show of the Week: Kevin Nealon
- ‘Carrot Mob’ Advocates for Environmentally-Conscious Business
Sunday, Jan. 22
- Local Chinese-Americans welcome the Year of the Water Dragon
- Montecito Bank & Trust Opens Second Branch in Goleta
- Supervisor Salud Carbajal Endorses Hannah-Beth for Senate
- Poet Laureate to Host Stafford Reading
- Santa Barbara Establishments Earn 2012 AAA Four Diamond Award
- Digital Lending Attracts New Users to the Public Library
- From Lawyer to Peacemaker
Saturday, Jan. 21
- Local Brewery Makes Locals Only Beer
- Week in Sports
- 14-Week Course Helps Entrepreneurs Reach Goals
- Measure A Funds Allocated
- City Accepting Applications for Design Review Board
- Island Terroir
- On the Road Again, with Hoss
- Natural Weed Whackers
- Reporter for The Economist Holds Book Signing
- Regulators to Act in Wake of Bass Fisheries Collapse
- Fundraising Is Like Housework
- Teaching Farming to the Next Generation
Friday, Jan. 20
- Dead Man on Parker Way
- Judge Orders Communication Restrictions for Mammoth Lakes Men
- Chamber Board announces Business Awards
- Hospice of Santa Barbara Seeks Complimentary Therapy Volunteers
- Poetic Justice Project Receives Grant
- New Project, Same Skepticism
- WheelHouse Going Out of Business
- Carnage
- Tastings, Dinners, and More
- Adoptable Pet of the Week
- My Fair Lady Comes to the Granada Theatre
- To Err Is Human
- C.A.R.E.4Paws
- Local Brewery Makes Locals Only Beer
- Santa Barbara Airport Announces Non-Stop Service to Portland, Oregon
- Bill Maher Tells It Like It Is at the Arlington
Thursday, Jan. 19
- Week in Sports
- Help Search for New SBCC President-Superintendent
- The Humble and Honest Tommy Noble
- Discover a Park Underwater at the Sea Center on Saturday, January 21
- Rincon Classic Postponed
- Nonstop Flights from Santa Barbara to Portland
- Man Killed When Truck Hits Tree Off Las Positas Road
- International Photo Exhibition Captures Stories of the Human Condition
- Santa Barbara’s First Intercollegiate Mock Trial Tournament
- Cate School Announces Success of its Centennial Campaign
- Capps Campaign Posts Strongest Fundraising Quarter Yet
- Westside Action Summit Invites Public to Attend Community Event this Saturday
- Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest
- Funding for Poverty Study Approved
- Sheriff's Office Investigates Two Deputies
- Bowl Contributing Ticket Proceeds to Arts
- Downtown Organization Doles Out Annual Awards
- UCSB Fall 2012 Application Stats
- Operational Changes at Venoco Inc.
- Angels & Airwaves Bring the Love to Velvet Jones
- Judge: Beutel Not Ducking Court
- New World of Trash Conversion
- Discipline Policy Reboot
- Vote, Take Finals, Move Out
- Dog Like Me
- Romance of the Rails Blooms
- None of Your Business
- Skimming the Cream
- Southern Travels
- Keep On Shakin'
- Macduff Everton and Mary Heebner
- Patagonia: La Última Esperanza
- volume 26, number 314, January 19-26, 2012
Wednesday, Jan. 18
- Beach Sampling Results, Dec. 9th
- UCSB Professor Wins Innovator of the Year Award
- Strickland Announces Congressional Candidacy
- Women Nominations Sought
- Camerata Pacifica Plays Bach
- Target on Track in Goleta
- Marie Schoeff, Traces at Jane Deering Gallery
- Female Fitness
- Four Reasons to Bring the Family to a Kid Flix Mix
- Saving Seeds
- The Iron Lady
- Feed Your Head
- Wooing Steelhead Back From Extinction
- Fabio and Whole Foods. Together.
- Economics Faved
- Mind-Bending Irony
- Rising to the Defense
- Remember Healthy Food Choices?
- Riverbench Vineyard and Winery Welcomes New Winemaker
- Mothers for Peace Scholarships
- Who Will Be Mobbed?
- MarineBIOS: Marine and Coastal Map Viewer
- Santa Barbara Zoo Free Job Fair February 5
- Rotary Club Presents Family of the Month Award
- 8th Santa Barbara Million Dollar Home Raffle
- Steve Aoki Expands His Horizons
- Bradlee Van Pelt
- Q&A with ‘The Girl in the Picture’
- Kristy McNichol Is Gay
- New Year, New Nights
Tuesday, Jan. 17
- Light Years, Pentimento, and Souvenirs at the Biko Co-Op Garage
- Citizen Cope at SOhO
- Fire Prevention Division Offices Relocated
- SBCC Redrawing District Lines
- Public Hearing on Unmet Transit Needs in North County
- Music Academy of the West Hosts The Enchanted Island
- Laura Gibson
- Kenny Loggins Hosts Teen Star Audition Workshop
- Volunteer Training to Help the Homeless
- Carrot Mob Buy-Cott
Monday, Jan. 16
- Downtown Organization Announces Award Recipients
- SBCC Seeks Community Members for Presidential Search Committee
- Girl Scout Cookie Pre-Sales Start January 14th
- Bacara Welcomes David Sigman as Director of Catering
- A Napalm Survivor’s Story of Forgiveness
- Did You Ever Miss New Orleans?
Sunday, Jan. 15
- Rutz Declared New Head of Santa Barbara Christian School
- SBCC Dual Enrollment Program Sponsors State-wide Conference
Saturday, Jan. 14
- Marathon Takes Toll
- SB Bowl to give $.25 of Every Ticket Sold to County Arts Commission
- UCSB Professor Named Innovator of the Year
- “Cool Car Free Discounts” Announced
- City Breaks Ground on New Affordable Housing
- What's Your Wish For Goleta in 2012?
- Species Loneliness
- Elvira the Winemaker
Friday, Jan. 13
- Safer, Cleaner, Fireplace Burning
- City Firefighters Conduct Live Training Exercises
- UC Santa Barbara Receives 68,331 Applications for Fall 2012
- Santa Barbara Public Library to Host the Digital Bookmobile
- California Outdoors Q&As
- Governor Awards Mesa Lane Partners Environmental Leadership Award
- Fee Free Weekend for Visitors to Los Padres National Forest
- Announcing the S.B. Sandwich Showdown
- Three Reasons to Catch Art | Architecture On Film at UCSB's Campbell Hall
- Caring for Your Aging Pet
- Still Dreaming
- Interview: Handsome Furs’ Alexei Perry
- Adoptable Pet of the Week
- Rocking for a Cause
- Open Casting Call for "Hello! My Baby"
Thursday, Jan. 12
- UC Santa Barbara Installs New Bicycle Repair Stations
- Girls Incorporated Names New Board President
- Teen Star Santa Barbara Audition Workshop
- Train to Become a Sexual Assault Counselor
- Los Baños Pool Improvements Celebrated Sunday, January 8
- Cold Spring Bridge Suicide Barrier Project Begins Next Week
- Local Business in National Rankings
- Professor Receives Grant for Humanities Bibliographical Social Network
- The Garden Reaches Halfway Mark on Campbell Bridge Rebuild
- Uni-Tea Garden Party to Feature Author/Actress Mara Purl
- UCSB Entrepreneur Contest Aims for Next Big Technology Venture
- Fatal Accident Shuts Down 101 South of Buellton
- Cottage Hospital Tests Helipad
- Election for Sale
- Farr Takes Over as Board Chair
- $20,000 Gift to Pay for New Sheriff Canine
- Protesters Toma Las Calles
- Gallegly Won't Seek Reelection
- UCSB's Very Own TV Station
- Brock Brower’s The Late Great Creature
- Accused Mammoth Men Appear in Court
- Slick Rick Dodging the Miramar
- Ransom Note
- PUEBLO Closes S.B. Offices
- Besos de los Perros
- volume 26, number 313, January 12-19, 2012
- Winter Arts Preview 2012
- Leigh Legler
Wednesday, Jan. 11
- Death Songs Announce West Coast Tour
- Next Occupy Wall Street (Carpinteria) Gathering
- Valle Verde Retirement Community Wins 5th CalRecycle Award
- How Topography Helped Clean Up After Deepwater Horizon Disaster
- Rattlesnake Canyon Trail Maintenance Project
- Flying Goat Cellars Wine Awarded Double Gold
- County Probation Implements Vocational Training Program
- New Ortega Street Bridge Opens Ahead of Schedule
- Week in Sports
- MarBorg Settles Class Action Lawsuit
- Fringe Beat
- Deputy Saves Kidnapped Girl
- Remember Alex Brown Assembly Makes Big Impact at Bishop Diego
- International Women’s Festivals Executive Director Named
- Santa Barbara Foundation Grants $15 Million to Nonprofits
- County Rethinks Special Event Permits Big and Small
- Pruning Party in the Mission Rose Garden
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Bicycle Film Festival Tour Coming to S.B.
- Road Dogs
- Heavenly Bodies
- Doug Noll
- First Latina Councilmember Sworn In
- Running Down a Dream
Tuesday, Jan. 10
- Beach Sampling Results, Dec. 9th
- Radiohead returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl on April 12
- Hyatt Renovation Nearly Done
- Hand Mirror Helps Save Missing Hiker
- WineBistro Goes Montecito
- Sara Bareilles at the Granada Theatre
- Healthy Soil
- Combating Chiari
- Rachel Oatman Johansen: 1931-2011
- The David Bromberg Quartet and Hot Tuna at the Lobero Theatre
- The Devil Inside
- Slimy Invertebrates
- How to Not Get Your Bike Stolen
- Tiger Mother Author Coming to UCSB
Monday, Jan. 9
- The National Defense Authorization Act Is Unconstitutional
- Rich Reveries
- California Outdoors Q&As
- California Department of Fish and Game Names Top Stories and Accomplishments for 2011
- The B-52s Shack Up at the Ventura Theater
- Annual Green Shorts Film Fest Now Accepting Entries
- UCSB Reads Picks Moby-Duck for 2012
- Gotye
- Westmont Art Museum Plays Host to Continua in Light
- So Many Fish in the Sea
- Santa Barbara Film Fest Unveils Program
- A Bigger, Better Cottage Hospital
Sunday, Jan. 8
- Palm reading, Zapatistas, and Eco-tourism
- UCSB TV to Debut on Cox Cable Channel 72
- The Humane Society of the United States Becomes Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. Shareholder
- Questions for People
- Dreaming of Turtles
Saturday, Jan. 7
- Quaids’ Bail Bond Company Out $1 Million
- In NCEAS Study, Ecologists Call for Screening Imported Plants to Prevent New Wave of Invasive Species
- City Kicks Off Annual Community Project Grants Program
- UCSB Awarded $553,000 by Seismic Micro-Technology to Advance Geoscience Research
- Isla Vista’s Brand New Bag
- When the New Year Is Your Last
Friday, Jan. 6
- Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest
- Taylors Near to Posting Bail
- Bill Gates to Speak at Upcoming ECO:nomics Conference
- Gay Girl Responds to Gay Bashing
- Santa Barbara Airport’s Short Term Parking Lot Closes January 8th, 2012 for Roadway Realignment
- Why We Remember the Story of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- UCSB Arts & Lectures adds Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers’ bluegrass concert at The Granada to its spring 2012 lineup
- Dry Winter has CAL FIRE on Alert
- Carl’s Jr. Honors Founders by Offering $60,000 in Scholarships
- SBIFF 2012 Unveils Slate
- Mammoth Lakes Men Accused of Sex Crimes Involving S.B. Teen
- Roger Durling’s Top Flicks
- Year in Review: Our Favorite Articles
- RDA Decision Specifics for Goleta
- Pet Care Savings
- Adoptable Pet of the Week
- War Horse
- Why?
- DEA Agents Arrest 'Candy Man'
Thursday, Jan. 5
- Week in Sports
- Residents, Leaders Denounce NYE Hate Crime
- Beach Sampling Results, Dec. 3rd
- La Purisima Roundabout Project on Highway 246 Now Underway
- Nonprofit Program for Local Teens Reaches Eleventh Hour Fundraising Goal
- Diablo Canyon Cost Recovery Denied
- Cottage Offers Public Tours of New Facilities
- Tribal Rugs and Art Owner Sentenced to Probation
- Teen News Network Gets Much-Needed Funding
- New Year’s Art Resolutions
- Openings on 1st District Boards and Commissions
- Library Expands E-Book Selection
- Crews Quickly Repair Highway 192 Sinkhole
- Veronica Meadows in Peril
- Dawn of the Dawg
- NECTAR: Home at Yoga Soup
- Warning: Thorny Road Ahead
- It Won’t Be Just Another Year
- Let the Sun Shine In
- Shannon Kelley
- volume 26, number 312, January 5-12, 2012
Wednesday, Jan. 4
- .25 Sheets
- Witch Hunt
- Cops Make 154 DUI Arrests Over Holidays
- High Surf on the Way
- Bail Reduced for Montecito Motors Duo
- New Booster Seat Law Effective New Year’s Day
- Bike Drive January 7th: To Benefit Youth Bicycle Education
- Volunteers Who Love Gardens, Antiques, and History Wanted to Lead Tours of Historic Montecito Home
- Arthur J. Merovick Endowment Surpasses $1Million to Assist Local Cancer Patients in Need
- Celebrity Beanie Baby Bear Auctioned on eBay
- Police Investigating Possible Hate Crime
- Second Arson Attack on I.V. Foot Patrol Station
- Off-Duty Deputies Find Abandoned Panga Boat
- The Santa Barbara Symphony at the Granada
- Tuberose
- Shaken, Stirred, or Aged?
- Get Scrappy
- Volunteers Needed to Count Gray Whales
- Chubster
- Richard Rollin Rintoul: 1955-2011
- Your Child, Your Mouthpiece
- Sara Bareilles Lends a Helping Hand
- Good Government Is Possible
- Gridiron Guard
Tuesday, Jan. 3
- Mad at Ad
- Freddie and Fannie and Franklin and Chris
- Lean, Green Feeding Machine
- Wanda Jackson at SOhO
- Bottoms Up
- Petros Meets Arlington
- BYOB to Monthly Arroyo Burro Beach Cleanup
- Shame
- C Gallery Hosts Three-Day Collage Retreat
- The Soft Hills
- Hot Tuna and David Bromberg Co-Headline the Lobero
- New No Fishing Zones for California
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