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Opinion

“Recess First” Movement Rocks

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
Angry Poodle

Mad Dog Flu

This week, the Angry Poodle takes on Travis’s surprising departure. Read story.

Bitch in Heat

This week, the Angry Poodle looks at the final days before the election. Read story.

On the Beat

Justice Crawls, Fired Reporters Wait

A Teamsters Web site article by former News-Press reporter Dawn Hobbs updates the saga. Read story.

S.B. Bank & Trust's Rocky Year

The bank’s parent company, Pacific Capital, loses more than $411 million in first nine months of the year. Read story.

Voices

“Recess First” Movement Rocks

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

Gratuitous Gore on Highway 154

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
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Shutting Down Cesar Chavez Charter School Would Be Error

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
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Save Elings Park South

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.

By Michelle Howard
Monday, October 26, 2009
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Adult Ed’s End

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
Endorsements

Election Endorsements 2009

No on Measure B; Helene Schneider for Mayor; White, House, and Pritchett for City Council. This is a mail only election!

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Letters

Ignored Art

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

Missed Point on Cuba

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

UC Story: Catch Up

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

Van Wolfswinkel’s Public Spirit

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

Don’t Force Neutering

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

Supes Are Crazy

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

Spare Adult Ed

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

Why Obama Is Still in Catbird Seat

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

B from Both Sides

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

Hunting Unsustainable

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

Whose Canyon?

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

A Silent Majority

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

Can the UC Be Saved?

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

Don’t Diss Students’ Bodies

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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