On a recent trip north to Mendocino County’s idyllic Anderson Valley (think Napa 30 years ago with today’s wines), I visited with winemaker Vern Boltz at Toulouse Vineyards. Not only is his pinot noir spectacular-and different from vintage to vintage, the 2003 more Burgundian, the 2005 more a California berry-bomb-but he will also teach you the ins-and-outs of winemaking as if you’d signed up for a course from UC Davis.
On some not-so-deep level, Death Sentence is all about transformation and righteous outrage. It’s a contemporary fable about the happenstance intersection of evil and suburban complacency, as well as the inevitability and irresolution of the wheel of vengeance. Like the cop (Aisha Tyler) tells the revenge-hungry Kevin Bacon, “Everybody thinks they’re right in a war.”
Perched above a sea of shellacked dos, tight jeans, and Bettie Paige look-a-likes, Wanda Jackson truly did seem like the Queen of Rockabilly when she took the stage at Velvet Jones on Saturday night. Despite getting off to what she admitted was “a bit of a slow start” (timing troubles plagued most of the opening number), Jackson quickly regained her composure and powered through a set list that solidified her as one hardworking (and hard-rocking) old lady.
The Zaca Fire Area Closure remains closed until the public’s safety can be ensured.
While the photographic undertakings of the nation’s Farm Security Administration in the 1930s were designed to reinforce the organization’s various aid programs, the images that arose have come to define a turbulent period of American history. Taken between the Great Depression and World War II, these iconic photographs portray the effects of economic hardship, displacement, and industrialization on the American people.
HEY DUDE, WHERE’S THE REST OF ME? A couple weeks ago, I attended an impeach-Bush event held at the Veterans Memorial Building down on Cabrillo Boulevard. There were lots of people wearing black Dennis Kucinich for President T-shirts.
Anti-growth activists accused district staff of having allocated water for new development annually, in alleged violation of a 1980s water conservation ordinance.
A lightning storm passed directly over the city of Santa Barbara on 8/29.
Police are still searching for Edward Galvez, 28, who is wanted for robbery and battery with serious injury in connection with a fight.
Two ranch workers are being criminally prosecuted for starting the Zaca Fire while trying to fix a pipe leading to a watering trough. Jose Jesus Cabrera, 38, of Santa Ynez, and Santiago Iniguez Cervantes, 46, of Santa Maria were charged on August 31 with four felony counts of “recklessly causing a fire”-one count each for three of the many workers injured fighting the blaze, plus one for the burned forest.
