Growing up in the Rey family means dance is a way of life. Eighteen-year-old Alina grew up watching her mother dance and instruct students at La Casa de la Raza for performances in Fiesta, and in 1998, she cheered on her older sister as the Fiesta’s chosen Spirit. And now it is her turn to shine.
Not long after dawn on the day of the Fiesta Parade (Fri., Aug. 3), trailers will start rolling onto the Pershing Park greensward. Hundreds of heads of prize horseflesh will be arriving. Stepping out onto the dewy morning grass will be big black Friesians that will be pulling La Presidenta Kelly Magne’s carriage.
It’s time once again for another Barney’s Kulture Kwiz. If you correctly answer all 25 questions you get a big star on your class paper. (Answers at right. Please, no peeking.) But watch it. I’ve thrown in some trick questions. Ready?
When I turned on the third season of American Idol to see William Hung destroy “She Bangs,” I knew the Latin music revolution of the late ’90s had begun its glorious swan song. Remember the darkened age of music history that brought us diet-tejano musicians like Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, and Enrique Iglesias?
The Salvation Army in Carpinteria was evacuated on 7/27, after all 12 employees complained of feeling dizzy and lightheaded. Workers
Tickets to Oprah Winfrey‘s $2,300-per-person fundraiser event for Barack Obama have officially sold out, say sources. The gala – to
The City of Santa Barbara rejected the Grand Jury’s recommendation that voters be given the choice to approve whether to
1782: King Carlos wished to establish a fortress to protect the new colony from foreign aggression. A wooden cross is raised on the site of the future Presidio de Santa Barbara (near present-day intersection of Canon Perdido and Santa Barbara streets) and blessed by Padre Junipero Serra. Lt. Jose Maria Ortega, first comandante, erects stockade to house the families of 36 soldiers, 70 officers, and nine Chumash Indians. Presidio will be the last of four built in New Spain (the others are in San Diego, Monterey, and San Francisco).
• Foster grandparents are needed for 15 hours per week to assist in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties’ schools. Participating volunteers must be at least 60 years old, qualify as low-income residents, and have a passion for serving the community. Benefits include a tax-exempt stipend, one meal per day while on duty, travel reimbursement, an annual health appraisal, and monthly in-service meetings. Call 884-7226.
S.B. Police Department Chief Cam Sanchez was raised in East Los Angeles and has been in police work for 27 years, the last seven of those in Santa Barbara. He has strong feelings about gangs and quite a bit of insight into that lifestyle. Sanchez consented to sit down and talk with Martha Sadler for the better part of an hour about gangs in Santa Barbara. What follows is an edited transcript of that conversation.
