Armed with gruff vocals, chilling lyrics, and an ex-Smiths member to boot, Modest Mouse hits the stage at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Friday, September 14. The band is currently on tour in support of its recent release, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, and CA-based singer/songwriter Matt Costa is along for the ride. The show starts at 7 p.m. Visit sbbowl.com for tickets. Photo by Wendy Lynch
Investigators determined that a vegetation fire that burned 490 acres south of Lompoc was caused by four juveniles playing with fire.
Although school has started and dusk falls earlier, autumn in Santa Barbara differs little from summer, in terms of both clement temperatures and the abundance of intriguing offerings on view by local and international artists.
This fall, Santa Barbara will have a wealth of great classical music performances. Internationally famous artists, such as Andr¡s Schiff and the Emerson String Quartet, will be arriving soon. Local heroes, such as the Santa Barbara Symphony, the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, and Camerata Pacifica, will be dazzling us with their new seasons, and a few up-and-coming visitors, such as the Phoenix Piano Quartet and pianist Margaret Mills, will show us something new.
My name is Sally. I’m a suicide survivor-two times. I lost both my daughter Linda and my niece Stephanie to suicide. Linda killed herself by jumping from the seventh-floor balcony of her apartment. She was 45. Stephanie ingested a lethal combination of alcohol and prescription drugs. She was 32.
Former county planning commissioner Doreen Farr announced she is running for the 3rd District supervisor post.
THE BRAVE LITTLE ROCKERS: Hailing from the synth rock capital of the world, New York neo-New Wavers The Bravery are poised to pack the house for their Wednesday, September 19 stop at SOhO (1221 State St.). Since bursting onto the music scene in 2005, the boys have been touring heavily and feuding publicly with fellow synth darlings The Killers.
Archetypes can turn into cliches and nonstop action films sometimes morph into white noise. Tarantino understands this-his horrific scenes are punctuated by long insipid conversations about pop culture. Lesser directors, like Robert Rodriguez, just keep piling up the gross-outs, wandering deeper and deeper into taboos, which can be fun, but run the risk of just wearing out the audience.
Caruso Affiliated CEO Rick Caruso elected to begin anew plans for the Miramar Beach Resort and Bungalows after neighbors disapproved of his decision to move a road from the middle of the property to its eastern edge.
Thalheimer was camping near the beach when he was spotted by police.
