Year: 2006

By Indy Staff

HOT TIP:

Nearly 14 years after Korrina Nicholas’s body was found half-naked in the bushes near the Douglas Family Preserve, her alleged killer was finally brought to justice this week thanks to some high-tech police work. After his DNA was found to be a perfect match to samples taken from the crime scene in 1992, Gregory Edwards was arrested by Santa Barbara police in San Quentin State Prison, where he was serving a nine-month sentence for a theft-related charge. A longtime Santa Cruz resident, 43-year-old Edwards was apparently working as a tree trimmer in Santa Barbara around the time of Nicholas’s murder and, according to authorities, has made “incriminating statements” about his role in the crime since his arrest.

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March Madness

Typically regarded a shoo-in, 10-term Republican Congressman Elton Gallegly-whose district includes much of inland Santa Barbara County-announced last Friday he would not seek re-election in June, citing serious but unspecified health problems. Because the legal deadline to file had expired, Gallegly’s decision spurred a desperate though futile scramble among replacement Republicans hoping to jump into the race.

By Indy Staff

ONE FLEW EAST, ONE FLEW WEST:

Cottage Hospital was ordered to pay $250,000 in legal fees and court costs for failing to warn patients receiving electroconvulsive shock therapy (ECT) of the treatment’s inherent risks. Judge Denise de Bellefeuille ruled the fees were warranted because the suit was beneficial to public interest. Cottage stopped performing shock treatments after de Bellefeuille issued an injunction against the practice in January 2005 and has filed an appeal of the judgment.

Living By Shannon Kelley

No Irish need Parade

New York City’s been celebrating St. Paddy’s Day with a parade since 1762. Clan by clan, participants hoof it up 5th Avenue, from 44th all the way to 86th Street. San Francisco’s St. Paddy’s Day parade has been going on for more than 150 years, and this year, for the first time, the city will also host a full day of Irish festivities.

By Indy Staff

GAME ON:

Santa Barbara native Bobby Martinez stormed out of the gates last week in the first event of this year’s World Championship Tour of Surfing on the Gold Coast of Australia. The first Santa Barbara board rider since Chris Brown to qualify for the elite tour, the 23-year-old Martinez wasted no time in announcing his arrival on the scene by defeating tour heavyweights Joel Parkinson and Mark Occhilupo, on his way to an unexpected semi-final finishearning himself $10,000 and a number 3 ranking in the world. The 12-event tourwhich features contest sights at some of the best waves in the worldnext rolls into Bells Beach on the South Coast of Australia in mid April.

Uncategorized By James Hanley Donelan

Maestro of the Week

“What musician never makes a sound during a performance?” goes the old riddle, and the answer seems obvious-once somebody tells you. The conductor neither speaks nor plays, but what a difference his smallest gesture can make. Last Saturday, the Santa Barbara Symphony finally gave us the answer to its own riddle and announced the result of its long search for a new conductor: Nir Kabaretti.

By Indy Staff

GUARDING GAVIOTA:

The joint efforts of the Land Trust of Santa Barbara County and the California Rangeland Trust were rewarded last week, as nearly 2,000 acres of rolling Gaviota rangeland were officially placed in conservation easements. The long-speculated deal effectively protects the agricultural and ecological value of the El Choro Ranch and the Rancho La Pur-sima forever. Located three miles north of Buellton just off Highway 101, the 1,007-acre La Pur-sima is an active cattle ranch owned by Paul McEnroe, the director of the County Cattlemen’s Association. The 871-acre El Choro propertywhich is part of the original Rancho San Julian land grantis situated south of Lompoc, among the north ridges off Highway 1. The financial terms of the preservation deal were undisclosed as of press time.

By Shannon Kelley

Real World Peeps

“This is the true story of seven strangers who agree to live together and have their lives taped, to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real.”
And so, with that clever little tag phrase that hasn’t changed in 17 seasons, reality TV began, way back in 1992, tapping into the voyeuristic tendencies of the populace at large via the exhibitionist tendencies of a chosen few-and launching a new genre of television and several “careers” with it. The granddaddy of reality television, MTV’s The Real World, came to town last Saturday to cast for next season, and the peeps lined up, waiting for hours in the chilly rain, hoping to stake a claim on their 15 minutes.

Uncategorized By Molly Freedenberg

Making Fun of Manliness

Contender, by Type A

At Contemporary Arts Forum, through April 7.

New York artists Adam Ames and Adam Bordwin are men’s men. They drink beer. They spit. They compete against each other in physical contests. Or at least that’s what you’ll see in Contender, their multimedia exhibit at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum.

Living By Indy Staff

5,867

The number of species of plants native to California. Source: The Jepson Manual of Higher Plants of California

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