Carpinteria-based Balance Bar Company, which makes nutrition bars and powdered and pre-made health drinks, was purchased last week for $268 million by Kraft, a subsidiary of Phillip Morris Company. The unlikely pairing has already produced a windfall for Balance Bar’s stock price, which rose to $19.12 per share last Friday, nearing Kraft’s offer of $19.40.
Ride for Rwanda: Fundraiser for Project Rwanda-which seeks to purchase bicycles for workers in the Rwandan coffee industry-will stage a nine-mile loop from Goleta Beach to More Mesa beginning at 9 a.m. Email jacobsb@berkeley.edu for more information.
Death Lurked at Santa Cruz: For ex-CHP officer Tom Campbell, his wife Cindy, and a friend, it started out as an easy lobster-hunting cave dive at Santa Cruz Island. All three were experienced divers, but the pleasure plunge into the underwater maze beneath the Channel Island off Santa Barbara turned into a trap, with air in their tanks running out.
Tuesday was a bad day and I needed a jolt, so I tuned in to the president’s State of the Union speech. During the president’s six years in power, I’ve managed to condition myself to Pavlovian perfection; every time he opens his mouth, I erupt in a foamy fury of expletives that foul the air for miles around.
Expect nothing but the best in movie recommendations from Barney. But for those who’d rather steer clear of the glitter parade that is the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Barney also includes a few pointers that will take you away from the darkened movie dens.
A chilly wind is whipping around Chapala Street, and Roger Durling-the well-known and charismatic director of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival-is dodging distractions in the office by walking briskly to a nearby coffeehouse while trying to explain the latest twists in the organism he heads. Part of his challenge in this, his fourth year at the helm, was to respond to the twin sisters of huge acclaim and street-level dissonance regarding last year’s festival.
Starshine defends actress Ellen Pompeo against celebrity critics and their nitpicky opinions about Pompeo’s nipples.
Even if you might not judge a book by its cover, you might be getting an impression of people on the street just by the way they carry themselves. Healthspan columnist Dr. Michael Seabaugh asks those in the know about why posture is important, both to how a person presents him or herself and for health reasons as well.
He’s tall. He’s a two-time Grammy
winner. And as far as we know, Will Smith has no official opinion
on antidepressants.
If Helen Mirren, this year’s SBIFF
honoree for outstanding performance, also wins the 2007 Oscar for
best actress, it will be in no small measure due to what is surely
the year’s most peculiar action sequence.
