Ben Kingsley stars in Gandhi, a biographical film about the life of Mahatma Gandhi

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Independent Editor-in-Chief Marianne Partridge

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Independent Editor-in-Chief Marianne Partridge (left center) and staff

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Judge Denise de Bellefeuille

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Randy Campbell

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Judge Denise de Bellefeuille

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Independent Editor-in-Chief Marianne Partridge (left) with Independent Executive Editor Nick Welsh at the conclusion of the original trial in August 2011

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Counselor Jarred Marlett (center) does a puzzle with volunteers and children at the B&G club

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Shay Fisher at the Unity Shoppe

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JP Southern, 15, Boys and Girls Club

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Volunteers Greg Wasserstrom, Rachel Kretz and JP Southern at the Boys and Girls Club

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Alex Chang

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Katy Perry struts her (feathered) stuff this weekend at the Santa Barbara Bowl.

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MODERN PROMETHEUS: Simians gain higher intelligence thanks to the Frankenstein-like tinkering of a researcher (played by James Franco) in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

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UNLOCKING THE MYSTERY: A young girl gets split up from her family during the Holocaust and a modern-day journalist sets out to uncover her mysterious fate in the sometimes moving, other times maudlin Sarah’s Key.

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The Sadies

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Nick 13 embraces his rockabilly roots in his recently released self-titled solo effort.

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Ethan Turpin

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Lompoc’s Carnegie Library

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Alex Chang

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PETA rodeo protest

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PETA rodeo protest

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FROM LEFT: Julia Dawson as Rosina, José Rubio as Figaro, and Marco Stefani as Count Almaviva in the Music Academy's production of The Barber of Seville.

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"Storm Over Field," by Mitch Dobrowner

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Steven Gilbar

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Saint Barbara

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Jim Beckworth

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