Neuter Bill Withdrawn Due to Opposition
A bill co-sponsored by Assemblymember Pedro Nava, AB1634, which would have fined cat and dog owners $500 for failing to
Year: 2007
UCSB Professor Wins Eni Italgas Prize
UCSB Professor Alan Heeger recently won Italy’s $156,000 Eni Italgas Prize for his research on energy and the environment in
Teacher Arraigned for Smoking Pot with Student
Melissa Dunning, a teacher at Goleta Valley Junior High School, was arraigned on 7/17 for allegedly smoking marijuana with two
Westmont Names New President
Princeton Theological Seminary alum and philosophy of religion scholar Gayle Beebe became Westmont’s eighth president on 7/1, officially succeeding Stan Gaede, who moved on to a new position at Gordon College in Massachusetts in July 2006.
Carpinteria Man Killed By Amtrak Train
On 7/14 Alan Shapiro, a 60-year-old Carpinteria resident, was killed by a northbound Amtrak train while trying to save his
Judge Reduces Bail for Hulsey
On 7/16 Superior Court Judge Frank Ochoa decided to reduce bail for Heather Hulsey, a City College student who allegedly
NLRB Issues Subpoena to The Independent
The National Labor Relations Board issued a subpoena on 7/10 ordering The Independent to produce photographs of Santa Barbara News-Press
Los Angeles Archdiocese Settles with Santa Barbara Residents
Nineteen of the 508 sexual abuse victims who settled with the Los Angeles Archdiocese for $660 million were living in
Capps, Nava Praise City’s Longest Running Track Club
Santa Barbara’s longest-running independent track club, Club West, was lauded by Representative Lois Capps, Assemblymember Pedro Nava, and county supervisors
Santa Barbara Art Studios
Entering Santa Barbara Art Studios is like leaving the industrial section of town and walking into a perfumed and quiet cocoon.
