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Annual cancer relay brings out the best in UCSB. Read story.

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Bicycles Provide Rwandans with Transportation to Move Harvests

Heart rate through the roof, lungs burning, pedal stroke erratic. As I round a bend in the road, I am hit by a wall of excited screams. Read story.

By Jacob Seigel-Boettner
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Peeps

Earth Day at the Santa Barbara Courthouse

The going got green at Sunday’s party for the number one planet in this solar system. Read story.

By Rachel Weight

Life Is My Designated Driver (and Dog Is My Co-Pilot)

Have you ever noticed how sometimes, if you relax and let life drive, it will steer you in precisely the ... Read story.

By Shannon Kelley Gould

Paint It Blackbird

When I first discovered the little shop Blackbird hiding out on the still relatively undiscovered oasis of hip Parker Way, ... Read story.

By Shannon Kelley Gould
Style

Style Phile

S.B.’s best-kept secret for affordable, unique furniture for home/office/and otherwise-furnished locations, the Opportunity Shop, has moved to a new location, ... Read story.

By Shannon Kelley Gould
My Life

Bicycles Provide Rwandans with Transportation to Move Harvests

Heart rate through the roof, lungs burning, pedal stroke erratic. As I round a bend in the road, I am ... Read story.

By Jacob Seigel-Boettner
Gardening

Silver Foliage Turns a Humdrum Bed into a Star

Plant foliage comes in many shades. Read story.

By Virginia Hayes
History 101

Question: ‘Who was the mayor of Santa Barbara during World War II?’

For 50 years, Patrick Maher was involved in the public affairs of Santa Barbara. Read story.

By Michael Redmon
Animals

Wildlife Deserve a “Brake”

Animals are on the move in Spring so be alert while driving to avoid hitting them. Read story.

By Lisa Acho Remorenko
Health & Fitness

Healthy Kids Day

The Channel Islands YMCAs are teaming up to help put some healthy play back in your day with fun-filled and ... Read story.

Starshine

Bawling for Dollars

I know some stuff. Cool stuff. Man stuff. Like how to hook up jumper cables and spackle drywall and calculate the ... Read story.

By Starshine Roshell
Business News Roundup

What Is Best for Bishop Ranch?

Goleta development in light of traffic, water, money and space. Read story.

By Margaret Connell
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Erotic Intelligence

If you live long enough, you kind of figure out that lust, love, and marriage might be three very different ... Read story.

By Michael Seabaugh
Kids & Parents

Teach Your Children Well

Bring the kiddies to an interactive reading of A Clean Sky: The Global Warming Story, with special guest Mayor Marty ... Read story.

By Indy Staff
Nature

Santa Barbaran Cycles and Surfs for Charity

Protecting the environment is an important job, and people chose many different ways to do it. Read story.

By Ben Preston
Spirituality

Ground Breaking Construction at Live Oak

Goleta Unitarian church makes room for growing congregation. Read story.

By Elena Gray-Blanc

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