Cottage Health System CEO Ron Werft said pains are being taken to avoid a conflict of interest in awarding the construction contract for the 115-unit housing project Cottage hopes to break ground on early next year.
Westmont College has agreed to delay construction of five new buildings until October 2008.
editor’s note: Welcome to Off the Wall, The Indy’s new visual art column where no show is off-limits, whether or not it’s hanging on a traditional gallery wall. Check in every few weeks for a roundup of the worthy art we’ve scoped out-all around town.
The Santa Barbara County Green Award Consortium announced its 2007 Green Award winners.
The Goleta Planning Commission voted to reconstruct the Highway 101 overpass between Calle Real and Hollister Avenue west of Cathedral Oaks Road last week.
The Goleta Costco may be fitted with a solar-powered electricity generator to cut store costs.
The first month of the football season is a tough time for women’s soccer to come out of the shadows, even though the game is better than ever, better than it was eight years ago when Brandi Chastain displayed her abs.
“We are Velvet Revolver, and we play motherfucking rock ‘n’ roll,” declared Scott Weiland from atop one of the Bowl speakers. Truer words were never spoken by the Stone Temple Pilots’ former leading man.
Live music, dance exhibitions and classes, deejay music, and, of course, a salsa-making contest make the Annual Salsa Festival a spicy day in Ortega Park. Start off with the Salsa Instruction Boot Camp from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Then tingle your taste buds from 1-3 p.m. at the Salsa Tasting booth and vote for your favorites from among the peppery sauces.
Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a two-alarm blaze near the Gaviota hot springs just before 6 a.m. on 9/15.
