City Council Declares Children Top Priority
The Santa Barbara City Council declared the welfare of the city’s children to be a top priority on 7/31. Though
Year: 2007
Dr. Mac’s Music
Although she was playing it cool, my friend was panicking when I went to see her the other day. Many people might not have noticed, but we mothers pick up on this panic in each other right away. It’s that I’m-afraid-my-kid-isn’t-going-to-get-something-I-want-them-to-have panic. It’s the kind of panic that fuels viciousness about preschool admissions and fist-fights over Tickle Me Elmos.
Zaca Fire Roars Back to Life
Predictions that the Zaca Fire was nearing its end went up in smoke on 7/29, as the nearly month-old inferno
Montecito Author Stephen Murdoch’s IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea
Intelligence, to put it bluntly, is a stupid idea. Though the concept is deeply embedded in our culture, intelligence is really just a historical coincidence, a measure of nothing at all, save for possibly test-taking skill. Nonetheless, for the past century, tests of intelligence have been used to order society, not to mention oppress, imprison, sterilize, and kill.
North County Pot Club Raided, Shut Down
Following raids at 10 medical marijuana dispensaries around Los Angeles, federal drug agents raided and shut down northern Santa Barbara
Police Investigate Trigger-Happy Officer
Santa Barbara police are still investigating how an officer accidentally discharged his rifle while responding to a gang fight on
Meeting Discusses Plans for Cold Springs Bridge Barrier
Caltrans is headed toward installing a safety barrier along the Cold Spring Canyon Bridge along Highway 154 in an effort
Shakespeare Santa Barbara Presents The Comedy of Errors
As technology becomes more advanced, we find ourselves more and more reliant on it. I can hardly go a day without checking my e-mail at least three times. Meanwhile, television beckons with its dumbed-down version of reality. How can we escape this language of text message abbreviations that would have George Orwell rolling in his grave?
Pablo de la Guerra Speaks Out Against Injustice
The Hispanic-American civil rights struggle is rooted, in part, in the Mexican-American War and the resulting Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848). The treaty was negotiated by the United States ostensibly to prevent American settlers moving west from seizing land that belonged to Mexicans before the war. With the gold rush in full throttle, however, the treaty was quickly abandoned, as pioneers seized land indiscriminately and without care for Mexican Americans.
UCSB Bans On-Campus Camping
On 7/27 UCSB’s Office of Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs released a statement that effectively banned camping on the university’s
