Citizen’s Alert
UCSB Lecture Series: Sheila Watt-Cloutier, chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, discusses Inuit perspectives on climate change and human rights. 5:30pm. Buchanan Hall, room 1910, UCSB. Call 893-8726.
Month: February 2006
What a Dump
Beginning February 9, Californians won’t be allowed to throw electronic devices, batteries, mercury thermostats, or fluorescent light bulbs into the trash anymore.
Budget Blitz
Congresswoman Lois Capps lashed out at President Bush’s proposed $2.7 trillion spending plan, calling it “fiscally irresponsible” and “unrealistic.”
Widows and Orphans
Families of the postal workers killed in last week’s murder spree by Jennifer Sanmarco won’t be left high and dry financially, at least for the immediate future; victims were automatically granted U.S. Postal Service (USPS) life insurance, conferring to beneficiaries or next of kin a payment equivalent to each victim’s annual salary plus $2,000.
Whale Tales
A 27-foot-long boat was totaled last Wednesday, nearly killing a man, when a whale breached in the normally safe waters off Leadbetter Point in Santa Barbara.
Stabber Confesses
According to a search warrant released by the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department last week, 15-year-old Goleta resident Darrick Hernandez admitted to killing his mother, Tina Keglar of Lompoc, during his initial interview with investigators in early January.
Hello Birdy
The recent winter flock count of western snowy plovers at Sands Beach in Goleta hit an all-time high of 312 birds last month-more than double the number of the endangered birds counted there in 2001.
RKL RIP
Jason Sears, lead singer of the Santa Barbara-based punk band Rich Kids on LSD (RKL), died January 31 while undergoing treatment for heroin addiction at an alternative clinic in Mexico.
Condo Throwdown
Architect, developer, and former City Councilmember Gil Garcia sat at the center of a Tuesday storm over high-density gentrification on Santa Barbara’s lower Westside. The City Council gave final approval to plans for a seven-unit condominium project on San Pascual Street, denying an appeal by neighbors who warned it would create too much traffic and set a bad precedent for overdeveloping their block, which is now mostly single-family homes, though it is zoned for higher density
Dash for Cash
Although the race to fill Susan Rose’s seat as 2nd District Supervisor has not officially begun, candidate Das Williams was fastest off the fundraising blocks, raising $27,695 last December. Of that, $25,000 came from just one donor, Peter Sperling, founder of Call Wave Inc.
