Opinion
Many Benefits of Scheduling Lunch After Play
Orfalea Foundation finds many benefits to scheduling lunch after playground time. Read story.
By Laurel Anderson
Sunday, November 8, 2009
This week, the Angry Poodle takes on Travis’s surprising departure. Read story.
This week, the Angry Poodle looks at the final days before the election. Read story.
A Teamsters Web site article by former News-Press reporter Dawn Hobbs updates the saga. Read story.
The bank’s parent company, Pacific Capital, loses more than $411 million in first nine months of the year. Read story.
Many Benefits of Scheduling Lunch After Play
Orfalea Foundation finds many benefits to scheduling lunch after playground time. Read story.
By Laurel Anderson
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Do the Math: Maximum of Six Minutes Saved by Speeding Over Pass
Highway 154 traffic deaths are gratuitous, since a maximum of six minutes is saved by speeding. Read story.
By Chuck Lepkowsky
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Test Scores Don’t Begin to Tell the Story
The assertion that César Chávez Charter School is a low-performing school is simply inaccurate. Read story.
By The teachers of César Chávez Charter School
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Proposed BMX Development Heads for EIR
The owners of Elings want to develop a portion of the park into a 55,000-square-foot BMX park with spectator bleachers, an amplified PA system, and very bright lights. Read story.
Monday, October 26, 2009
100 Classes Axed, Another Hundred Lined Up for Chopping Block
One hundred classes are axed and another hundred are lined up for the chopping block at Adult Ed. Read story.
By Charmaine Jacobs
Thursday, October 22, 2009
No on Measure B; Helene Schneider for Mayor; White, House, and Pritchett for City Council. This is a mail only election!
A few weeks ago, two major group art shows opened in town, the annual Small Images show at Atkinson Gallery and Reflections and Projections: 20 ... Read Letter
Ann Louise Bardach's exposé on Castro is simply biased opinion about Fidel's morality and is entirely off-point [News, “Cuba Sí, Subpoenas No,” 10/22/09]. The United ... Read Letter
Benjamin Gottlieb's essay on the UC furlough situation was a well-meaning attempt to shed light on the situation, but addresses only a small part of ... Read Letter
As a native of Santa Barbara and a graduate of SBHS (Class of 1941), I find the generosity of another SBHS graduate, Randall Van Wolfswinkel, ... Read Letter
It would be a sad day for Santa Barbara County dogs and cats if the mandatory spay/neuter ordinance proposal before the Board of Supervisors on ... Read Letter
So, the Board of Supervisors has decided to raise the speed limit on Via Real between Greenwell Avenue in Summerland and Toro Canyon Road. Their ... Read Letter
It is imperative that as adults we have a say regarding the elimination of classes, and in ensuring that our instructors in the Adult Education ... Read Letter
People say that Barack Obama “hasn’t accomplished much” in his first few months as the President of the United States, i.e. we’re still in Iraq ... Read Letter
Which View of the Past to Guide Us? With the fall election upon us, I find myself reminiscing about Fiesta. Sitting in the Sunken Gardens ... Read Letter
There is no such thing as “sustainable hunting.” Predators kill the weak. Hunters deliberately target the strong, thereby weakening the gene pool. For details, see ... Read Letter
This is to inform the public of recent unsafe situations created by actions of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. For three consecutive weekends there have ... Read Letter
All is normal in the City of Santa Barbara. Anglo candidates, many from out of town, get the endorsements and ample financial support. For the ... Read Letter
When I came to UCSB in 1986 as a newly minted PhD, I thought I was the luckiest assistant professor in the country. Until a ... Read Letter
What is UCSB thinking? In order to save less than two percent of its budget shortfall, UCSB is eliminating the Exercise & Sport Studies Department ... Read Letter
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