Regal Eagles
Anyone who cares about endangered species will want to show their support by entering the “Eagles Forever! It’s Our Duty for Future Generations” contest by March 24.
Month: February 2006
On Canaan and the Promised Land
Taylor Branch is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of a three-book series on Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement. At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-68, the third and final installment, has just been published by Simon & Schuster. Before his free lecture this Sunday at Victoria Hall, Branch gave The Indy a sneak peek into MLK’s world.
Quote of the Week
‘There is a certain amount of people in our local jails that don’t belong there.’
-Santa Barbara County Sheriff hopeful Butch Arnoldi, alluding to the untold numbers of incarcerated people with drug addiction and mental health issues.
No Joy in Dogville
REFUND THIS: Like about 2,025 other people, I wedged my soggy self into a seat at the Arlington Theatre last Friday night to see former secretary of state Colin Powell. He was there, ostensibly, to talk about leadership. I harbored some delusions that he might talk about some other things, too. Like how he’d been totally punked by the Bush White House.
Large Mammal Count
Migrating gray whales on their return trip from the arctic have been passing through the Santa Barbara Channel in recent weeks, and the nonprofit group Gray Whale Count scrambled to take an accurate headcount.
Feeling California
Hoping to pull the plug on off-shore drilling in California waters, S.B. Congresswoman Lois Capps proposed the California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act last Thursday; in a similar vein, Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein recently brought similar legislation to the Senate floor.
A Journey Back From Postpartum Depression
In a small, tidy office on Chapala Street, a young Latina mother still recovering from postpartum depression (PPD) recalled the voices that once told her to walk into the ocean with her children and never come back. “Just go, go : at the beach,” said Danielle Vasquez. “Just go in with the kids.”
Like most mothers with PPD, Vasquez (not her real name) didn’t realize she had a common and treatable disorder. She thought she was either on her way to being crazy or already fully there.
Speedbump
Police raided a Milpas Street house Friday morning, arresting eight of the 13 adults on the premises of what they said was a meth crash pad.
Montecito Rules
Threatened on one side by a precedent-setting lawsuit and pressure from the Montecito Association on the other, Santa Barbara County supervisors voted 3-2 to reject an appeal by a property owner who sought to subdivide his land for development.
Indy Publisher Named Regent
Santa Barbara Independent publisher George Thurlow was elected last week to serve a two-year term as alumni representative to the University of California Board of Regents.
