Professor Eduardo Orias, who has mapped its genome, discusses the seven genders of the tiny predatory protozoan known as Tetrahymena, the possibility of creating giant unicellular organisms, our potential immortality, and other scenarios. Are they science, or science fiction? Judge for yourself when you read this week’s installment of plain talk with brilliant scholars.
Cop cars chased a pair of locals suspected of grand theft auto
on Modoc Road on the morning of Thursday, January 25. The suspects
had eluded officers the previous day. “The story began last night
at 10 p.m.,” Santa Barbara Police Department spokesperson Lt. Paul
McCaffrey later explained, “when an officer tried to stop a black
1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse for playing the stereo too loud.” The car
sped off and officers gave up the chase because they didn’t want to
endanger the public over such a minor violation.
Another big week for UCSB’s student government group, Associated Students, and the campus newspaper, the Daily Nexus, ends with a resolution to a funding dispute and the hiring of former Santa Barbara News-Press editor Jerry Roberts as campus publications director.
Jana Losey is not the typical musician-singer-songwriter type. She’s teamed with Santa Barbara’ Melanie Peters for her latest efforts. Rachel Weight explains why you might want to check out her show on Thursday, February 1 at the Creekside Inn.
The first annual Santa Barbara City Firefighters Association
Longboard Classic will be going on all day long at Leadbetter Beach
on Friday, January 26. Not only firefighters but ambulance drivers,
lifeguards and cops of all stripes will surf the waves below SBCC
from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. with their entry fees going to local
charities.
Rachel Weight gives an over-due shout-out to 
local indie band Springtime Is Wartime, who are playing a show on Tuesday, January 30 at Muddy Waters.
Here are the questions for this week’s super fun Retro Trivia Quiz. Answer them correctly and win free meals at some of Santa Barbara’s hottest restaurants.
This is a transcript of Charles Donelan’s interview with Helen Mirren. Charle’s full-length article ran in the January 25 issue of The Independent (Vol. 21, No. 54).
This is a transcript of Charles Donelan’s interview with Helen Mirren. Charle’s full-length article ran in the January 25 issue of The Independent (Vol. 21, No. 54).
Between Water Canyon Beach and the Northwest Anchorage at Bechers Bay [on Santa Rosa Island], are the foreman’s house, a cookhouse, and bunkhouse, two large red barns, and the main ranch house. Made of white-painted pine, it is thought to be the oldest standing wood frame house in Santa Barbara County and was built in 1855. Two elegant cypress trees sway and push against the house’s front door.
