Bowled Over
This week’s Weird SB looks at the love for lawn bowling among certain residents.
Year: 2007
The Night the Lights Went Out in SB
Skies to darken in Santa Barbara at the tail end of the worldwide star count.
Close of Friday, October 19
The Independent’s weekly listing of stock quotes from companies based in Santa Barbara or doing a significant portion of their business here.
Walking Across the State to Oppose Capital Punishment
Anti-death penalty activists stride through Santa Barbara.
Car Flips Over on Northbound 101
Driver Ping Yang of Rosemead is recovering from non-life-threatening injuries.
A Color-Blind Education
Why are white kids the overwhelming majority in Santa Barbara High’s top classes?
Drawing Lines in the Goleta Valley
Where should Santa Barbara stop and Goleta begin?
Milpas Post Office Closing
There’s been no announcement, but the Milpas Street post office will close next month after nearly a half-century of duty.
The One AM Radio
Composer Hrishikesh Hirway’s (aka The One AM Radio) This Too Will Pass is yet another coffeehouse burner brewed in isolation, misery, and suffering. Unlike his contemporaries (Kings of Convenience, Iron & Wine), The One AM Radio evokes feelings of emptiness and sterility through instrumental forays uncommon to the indie genre. “Mercury” highlights the bass clarinet in ways I haven’t heard since my high school honors band.
Michael Douglas’s Son Could Face Cocaine Charge
A judge ruled that he should be tried for alleged drug incident.
