Preliminary Hearing Continues for 14-Year-Old Juarez
Testimony went for and against 14-year-old murder defendant Ricardo Juarez at a preliminary hearing in the continuing case. Authorities testified
Year: 2007
Head Back to School To Learn About Plants and Gardening Techniques
Sudoku may serve to keep your brain healthy and young, but there are other ways to keep the gray matter going than twisting it around a numbers game. School is starting soon for students both young and old. You don’t need to sign up for an advanced degree to benefit from some of the excellent learning opportunities in our community.
Standards, Surfing, and Subculture
CROONING KRALL: With her striking good looks, distinctive husky voice, and more-than-proficient piano skills, it’s no surprise that Diana Krall is a modern-day jazz legend. What is a surprise, however, is the way she manages to keep making music that is simultaneously comfortable and cutting-edge-no small feat for an artist whose career is mostly built on covering well-known American standards.
Man Dies in Fire at La Patera Ranch
Early in the morning of 8/8, a fire at La Patera Ranch in northern Goleta killed a man whose identity
Designing Your Home With Pet-Friendly Decor
Let’s face it: Our pets are members of the family, no longer relegated to a backyard doghouse. Decorating with your pet dog or cat in mind is really just one part of what we call lifestyle design. Simply put, it’s relatively easy to make a room look like it’s been pulled from the pages of a magazine if no one has to live there. It’s an entirely different undertaking to make it look and feel great, while also accommodating the demands of your lifestyle, including children and pets.
Bodies Unbound Promises Insight, Relief
Cynthia Waring Matthews makes no claim to psychic powers. Nothing she does is supernatural or beyond the bounds of the scientifically possible, she would tell you; nevertheless, her abilities and experiences are surprising, intriguing, and a little bizarre.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
“You must plan a murder carefully,” states one of the suspects in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and while the novel itself may have started out being planned carefully, Charles Dickens inconveniently died while still writing Drood, so any careful planning of its ending on his part was lost.
City Issues Moratorium on New Pot Dispensaries
The Santa Barbara City Council issued an immediate moratorium, effective 8/14, on any new medical marijuana dispensaries during the next
Rehabilitation Employee Charged with Assault
Bruce Duane Nelson, a former night-shift staffer at Solutions Residential Rehabilitation, was charged with sexually assaulting a former patient on
Songstress with Quiet Verve
SONG AND A PRAYER: Diana Krall, the queen of current jazz singers any way you slice it, is no stranger to the Santa Barbara Bowl, where she makes a return visit on Sunday.
