Kaufman and Hart’s 1939 classic comedy The Man Who Came to Dinner takes place during Christmas, but laughter and wit are always in season. When we join the action, an obnoxious dinner guest, Sheridan Whiteside, has appropriated the elegant living room of the Stanley home in Mesalia, Ohio.
Months in the making, the gut wrench of imminent-and substantial-budget cuts in the Santa Barbara School Districts got a whole lot more uncomfortable this week for the decision-makers.
As early as age seven, I was told I had emotional problems. I didn’t talk much and kids made fun of me. Something was wrong, but I had no idea what that something was. I didn’t have close friends, I was self-conscious, and academically I was a failure.
I saw on television the other day that a local organization is providing free meals for seniors in Santa Barbara. I have even heard that they are wonderful gourmet meals. I was happy for our seniors to have this lovely service. And then it was announced that this was a service for those who were 60 and over. As someone who is dangerously close to that watermark of aging, I was shocked and awed. Since when did 60 become the new 75?
The San Francisco band puts a native twist on Latin funk.
With tax season drawing to a close, Mollie seeks out some financial advising, and finds a couple thrifty student resources along the way.
Last Friday, after some initial trepidations, the Montecito Sanitary District Board of Directors (shown here leaving their meeting) gave tepid 3-2 approval to collaborating with Heal the Ocean on the environmental group’s upcoming study of shallow-water sewer outfall at the end MSD’s line.
Here’s a fast rundown of the three top stories related to the News-Press in recent days: 1) the union’s brief opposing the newspaper’s exceptions to the union vote approval; 2) the hearing on the anti-SLAPP motion related to the Susan Paterno libel case on Monday, April 16; and 3) the announcement by the News-Press on Tuesday, April 17, that they’ve hired a new gossip columnist.
Barney investigates Santa Barbara’s sanitation complaints, crowns the King of crossword puzzles, and checks out an upcoming Kona Village soiree.
The 14-year-old junior high school student accused of fatally stabbing 15-year-old Luis Angel Linares during a sprawling State Street gang brawl Wednesday afternoon made his first courtroom appearance at about 2:12 p.m. Friday afternoon. Dressed in a dark green jail jumpsuit with a cable of chains wrapped around his waist, the most striking fact about the defendant was his glaring youth.
