The news took its time solidifying. Rumors from the Gaviota speculation from Montecito, and worst case scenarios from everywhere in between eventually gave way to an official statement issued on January 10: the historic, sprawling, and awe-inspiring Jalama and Cojo ranches-collectively and popularly known as the Bixby Ranch-had officially sold.
Santa Barbara shoppers hoping for a Target to open on property owned by the City of Santa Barbara near the
The Santa Cruz Island species battle entered the legal arena on January 10 when animal rights activist Rick Feldman and
A court case that began January 17 could determine once and for all the fate of American Indian Health & Services (AIHS), which is the third incarnation of a clinic first established in the 1970s to serve Native Americans in Santa Barbara.
Environmentalists, Mayor Marty Blum, and singer Jack Johnson attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of USA Grown Fuel,
Citizens’ Alert January 18-25
In April 2004, vivid photographs of American military and intelligence personnel torturing Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison facility were leaked to the press. Instantly iconic, the images became political rallying flags for terrorist recruitment throughout the Arab world, and within the United States they inspired shock and disgust.
Imet Joseph R. Areno when he was working at Areno Produce with his father, Joe Sr., back in 1980. I had taken over the kitchen at the famous Enterprise Fish Company and did what any new manager would do: cut costs. One obvious method was to buy more produce from other companies, less from Areno. Their prices were higher and their invoices were handwritten in dense blue excitable ink. When I revealed my plans to the kitchen crew, one of the fish cutters shook his head, drew his blade symbolically across his throat, and went back to work. The Arenos were Sicilian and I could expect the worst.
Yes, my generation is getting to the stage when we’re beginning to see the herd thin out. In recent years, we lost such unique individuals as Tony Alvis, Tom Kell, and now Joe Areno. One thing they all had in common was that they rode hard and traveled light.
After speculation that it would be seen by audiences only in an edited form, a film detailing housing costs will now be screened in the original format that director Lisa Snider had inteded. Inside, see some trailers from Snider’s Price of Paradise.
