I’ve always hated interviewing Bill Wallace. His thoughts come rushing out in short, quick bursts. His fat-to-verbiage ratio is notoriously low, and even in short exchanges, Wallace is apt to make countless shorthand references to bureaucratic pressure points that I should understand the relevance of, but too frequently do not.
At 93, Arleigh Adams occupies a unique place in Santa Barbara history-literally. From 1912 to 1920, his home on Mission and Chapala streets, where he has resided for 70 years, housed Santa Barbara’s claim to cinematic fame: the pre-Hollywood Flying A movie studios.
Sigmund Freud originated the term overdetermination-“the idea that a single observed effect is determined by multiple causes at once, any one of which alone might be enough to account for the effect.” Such a concept is entirely appropriate when considering Alpha Dog, Nick Cassavetes’s devastating version of the events leading up to the murder of Nicholas Markowitz.
At least two stories run on parallel tracks in Guillermo del Toro’s fascinating achievement of a film. One takes place in the very harsh and cold warring world of the Spanish military. On a very different plane is the experience of a brave young girl (Ivana Baquero, a small wonder) who ventures into trees, mazes, and underground portals to find a fantasy, fairytale world of creatures, ghouls, kindly dragonflies, and treasures in the muck.
An estimated 7,000 Santa Barbara County children without health coverage will be helped by a program referring elementary students to
Despite short notice and chilly weather, an estimated 250 residents of Santa Barbara County gathered outside the Santa Barbara Museum
According to the latest figures released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Santa Barbara County has sentenced the
High-ranking Santa Barbara city officials have asked Granada Theatre supporters to rescind their request for an additional $500,000 from the
From Santa Maria to Carpinteria, the mercury dropped to record-setting lows last weekend, destroying crops, freezing flowers, bursting pipes, and creating a potentially deadly environment for homeless people throughout the county.
Clear Channel Communications announced its plans on January 10 to sell its Santa Barbara radio stations to Rincon Broadcasting for
