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.
Year: 2006
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.
DNA Cup In Play
Former Devereux School night supervisor Darren Boyer Thomas-charged with raping and impregnating an autistic Devereux resident-returned to Judge Brian Hill’s court last week to talk about a Starbucks coffee cup.
Up from the Underground
Yes, it’s well and good that the world at large has come to know the name Philip Seymour Hoffman, whose knock-out performance in Capote is rightfully racking up trophies in the awards season (a Golden Globe and Los Angeles Film Critics Award so far, and an Oscar nomination with good odds for winning).
Take The Long Way Home
Some 500 friends, relatives, coworkers, and well-wishers turned out to Santa Barbara Cemetery Tuesday morning to bid farewell and lament the loss of Maleka Brinley-Higgins Pineda, one of six Goleta postal workers shot and killed last Monday by her former coworker, Jennifer Sanmarco.
New York, New Worlds
For lifer jazz fans, any time is the right time to visit N.Y.C., the once and always jazz Mecca, no matter what hopeful “out of town” cities claim.
