You Plan the Future
The city is sponsoring a new two-year plan deemed “Plan Santa Barbara,” which is seeking out community opinion and response fon matters of housing, transportation, development, and environmental impact.
Year: 2007
“Grade-In” Graces UCSB Campus
Teaching assistants and graders aim to favorably renegotiate their contact with UC.
Hands of the Homeless
A schizophrenic homeless man teaches Batya a thing or two about psychiatric diagnostic categories
Record Labels Team Up at SOhO
Corporate Nightmare Records & Beehouse Records hosted an amazing night of indie rock at SOhO on May 23rd
White Fires of Venus
Singer/songwriter Jeff Sparks, the multifaceted former member of Primitive Radio Gods, has given us Skin and Light, his debut album as The White Fires of Venus
El Salvador Mirrors the Middle East
Veteran journalist, Central American war correspondent, and former Indy publisher George Thurlow interviews Salvadoran war survivor Oscar Torres, whose film Voces Inocentes showed at UCSB last month.
Activists Demand Revamped California Healthcare
The march coincided with the passage of two California State Senate bills attempting to revamp healthcare.
Close of Friday, June 8
NOW WITH LIVE LINKS TO COMPANY WEBSITES! Welcome to The Independent‘s fourth installment of stock quotes from publicly traded companies either based in Santa Barbara or conducting a significant portion of their business here. The quotes are updated on Fridays, and the rise of fall in the stock price is compared to the previous week. If readers are aware of other corporations that should be listed here. please let us know.
Giada Ate Here
Barney dishes on De Laurentiis’ visit, Stanley’s stock woes, and the kick-off of CAMA’s 89th season
The One and Lonely
With her boyfriend away, Chassy ponders the pros and cons of serial monogamy
