Chumash Check Forgers Arrested
Three Ventura County residents – Michael Leake, 18; Taylor Hill, 18; and Cynthia Wigton, 38 – were arrested for allegedly
Year: 2007
Earthquake Rattles Santa Barbara County
The harmless fringe of an earthquake rattled the homes of sleeping Santa Barbara, Camarillo, and Ventura residents around 1 a.m.
City Council to Draft Affordable Housing Ordinance
Housing affordable to middle- and upper-middle income workers is the intended result of the Santa Barbara City Council’s unanimous decision
State Street Bank Robbed
An unidentified man took an undisclosed amount of money from the Bank of America at 3790 State Street around 4:40
The Web’s Gift to Wine Lovers
It was bound to happen. All its old-world charm-visions of sun-ripened clusters hanging on the vine; cool, dark, fragrant cellars lined with oak barrels; teams of harvest workers picking pinot clusters by hand-doesn’t seem to lend itself to the computer age. But, in fact, many wine lovers these days discover wines, meet fellow wine lovers, and, yes, buy wine, all via the Internet.
Goleta Native Kirk Reynolds Bids 49ers Coach Bill Walsh Farewell
Kirk Reynolds will not likely attain the prominence of the great quarterbacks groomed by Bill Walsh-namely, Joe Montana and Steve Young-but he was the last person to call the signals for the legendary football coach. It was a heady experience for Reynolds, a Goleta native who pursued a career in sports publicity after graduating from UCSB. He was the San Francisco 49ers’ director of public relations for six years.
Nights event at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
American Modernism is the backdrop for this month’s Nights event at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. The evening includes an impressive display of American Modernist art, live jazz, signature cocktails, and DIY craft projects. The gala takes place Thursday, August 16, from 5:30-8 p.m. Visit sbma.net/nights for tickets.
SB Asset Management to Direct New Mutual Fund
Santa Barbara Asset Management will be directing a new small-to-mid-cap mutual fund for Nuveen Investments of Chicago. The Nuveen Santa
Quiz: School Daze
Quiz: School Daze
Launching Rocket Science by Jeffrey Blitz, Winner of Best Director at Sundance
Ateenager tackles the mysteries of life, love, and public speaking in Rocket Science, a wry comedy of adolescent angst by Jeffrey Blitz, director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Spellbound. Making his feature narrative debut, Blitz leaves behind the conventions and cliches of coming-of-age tales to instead conjure a world where everyone, regardless of age, is befuddled by desire and the longing for human connection.
