Aerial monitoring of mammal behavior and vessel traffic in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is being touted in a State of the Sanctuaries report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as one of its most important new programs.
LABEL LUST: Susan Pitcher and company are at it again. At dressed (1253 Coast Village Rd.), you’ll find Missoni’s spring collection and Lanvin accessories, and at ready (1253 Coast Village Rd.), look for spring lines from Anna Sui and Helmut Lang.
Kristoffer Ragnstam’s Sweet Bills: Landing somewhere between Prince, Jamiroquai, Beck, and George Michael, this Swedish purveyor of fast, full, and funky pop has been entertaining The Indy’s offices for a week straight.
Judge George Eskinspeaking on behalf of his wife, former Assemblymember Hannah-Beth Jackson, and the other owners of a four-story mixed-use property at 1528 State Streetwent before the City Council on 3/13 objecting that a proposed four-story property to be built next door will obliterate their views and destroy their personal privacy.
The schoolyard rule states that any possession is up for grabs if it doesn’t bear its owner’s name. Conversely, Kenny Sultan has his name on a guitar made especially for him, yet he wants you to own it.
The Amgen Tour of California that blazed through town last month added more than $1.1 million to the local economy, according to the Solvang and Santa Barbara visitors’ bureaus.
Look for the Union Label: It’s been a long, hard struggle since embattled News-Press journalists were forced to protect themselves and newsroom ethics by forming a union last summer.
Lisa Citore’s new play, Bloodlines, explores the different perceptions and experiences of menstruation by women around the world. She’s also busy directing the show, but I caught up with her to ask about her inspiration.
Itwas, for me, love at first sight with the Black and Tan, a visually stimulating and tongue-tantalizing blend of Bass Ale on the bottom and Guinness Draught on top.
Marc Swanson grew up in New Hampshire, where his father was a Marine, an Eagle Scout, and a hunter. Among many other things, Swanson’s artwork is an elaborate and gay fantasy about his relationship to his father’s deer hunting.
