Sea Bass Released at Stearns Wharf
For the first time since 2005, white sea bass were released into the Pacific Ocean off Stearns Wharf.
Year: 2007
Indie Music Show
This week, you’ve got two opportunities to catch diverse and talent-filled installments of the ongoing Indie Music Show concert series. On Thursday, September 27, head on over to Rocks (801 State St.) for performances by Antara with Bill Lanphar, folk rockers Gates & Goodell, pop-rock band Fingersmyth, and Michael Minnis.
It’s All The Stuff of Thought
for Steven Pinker
Nobody can accuse cognitive scientist Steven Pinker, best known as the author of How the Mind Works, of lacking ambition. The Harvard professor of psychology is not only tireless in asking probing questions about language and human behavior; he also makes bestselling tomes out of the answers. Pinker’s recently released The Stuff of Thought investigates how what we say exposes the way we think. I caught up with Pinker over the phone to discuss words, ideas, and his upcoming visit to Santa Barbara.
Meet the Editors
So who’s to blame? Well, the same people who shouldered the bulk of the burden. Pictured, from left, are Senior Editor Matt Kettmann, Webmaster Robert LeBlanc, Managing Editor Michelle Drown, and Associate Arts Editor Aly Comingore, and and they’re just the four who showed up early enough on Wednesday to get their picture taken.
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Literature Symposium
With the start of school come a number of on-campus programs, screenings, lectures, and performances. Starting this Wednesday, avid and casual litterateurs alike are invited to take part in the weekly Literature Symposium at UCSB’s Old Little Theater in the College of Creative Studies. This week, famed poet Sandra Alcosser (A Fish to Feed All Hunger, Except by Nature) will open the season with a reading of her works.
Zaca Fire Starters Delay Arraignment
The two ranch workers accused of starting the Zaca Fire appeared in a Santa Maria courtroom on 9/20, but their arraignment was delayed until 10/15.
Car Washes Fined
Two Santa Barbara County car wash owners were fined $10,000 each for failing to register with the California Labor Commissioner’s office.
Snowy Plovers on the Rise
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finished a plan to bring the population of the Western snowy plover on the Pacific Coast back to a sustainable level.
Quiz: Goin’ to College, Hollywood-Style
1) In the 2003 movie Old School, when Mitch “The Godfather” comes home early to find his girlfriend cheating on him, what is on the table-and also appears in scenes where something bad is about to happen in The Godfather?
