UC Makes Agreement With Union
Members of the UAW voted to ratify the contract between the University of California and the United Auto Workers Local 2865 on 10/11.
Year: 2007
Two Women Killed in Crash Identified
The Santa Barbara County Coroner’s Office revealed the names of the two women killed in Sunday morning’s collision on Highway 101 at the San Ysidro Road overpass. Sara Pezzimenti, 21, of Palo Alto, and 26-year-old Kelly Ruiz of Santa Clara died in the crash.
Roses to Rings
Best of Readers’ Poll 2007 – Roses to Rings
vol. 21, no. 092, Oct. 18-25, 2007
The votes are in and the people have spokenyou think Santa Barbara is the best! Find out the best place to get pizza, a hot dog, or a veggie burger; the best surf spot and the best watering hole; and the best place to get your shoes shined and your clothes tailored. It’s all here in this year’s edition of the Best Of Readers’ Poll. Enjoy!
Trailer Park Owner Sues Goleta
Rancho Mobile Homes park owner Daniel Guggenheim is suing Goleta for requiring an environmental impact report (EIR) before he can condo-ize the trailer park.
Sharkwater
Sharks are the last dragons, the last dinosaurs,” raves wildlife photographer, conservationist, and now filmmaker Rob Stewart. The species is often viewed as a monster, but in reality, sharks play an integral role in our oceans’ ecosystems-and they play the leading role in Sharkwater, Stewart’s first documentary feature. Since the film’s initial release in Canada, it has been playing the circuit of film festivals worldwide, garnering acclaim and collecting awards.
Green Greeting Cards
The second victory of George W. Bush inspired S.B. businessman Steve Knaub to do something good for the environment, since it appeared nobody in national politics was about to pursue such a task. Knaub was already looking to invest in a business, and decided he might as well make it one that, in some way, had a positive effect on the earth.
HAZMAT Responds to Small UCSB Chemlab Explosion
Santa Barbara City and County fire departments responded to a small explosion in a research laboratory at UCSB on 10/13.
Someone Save Arts Alive!
It’s 5:30 on Friday evening, and the long hallway gallery space at Arts Alive! Creativity Center, a converted warehouse on Calle Cesar Ch¡vez, is jammed with people, all listening to artist Robert Shetterly as he introduces his traveling exhibition, Americans Who Tell the Truth. The capacity crowd ranges in age from younger than eight to nearly 80, and in social status from lowly journalists to Congressmember Lois Capps.
Texas Connection: Michelle Y. Williams & Ray Phillips
Artists Michelle Y. Williams and Ray Phillips have more in common than their Texas roots and a proclivity for the abstract. These occasional collaborators also share a stylistic genealogy that unites them aesthetically. Though on a surface level their similarities are more obvious than their differences, a deeper consideration of their work reveals each artist’s distinct individuality.
