Misrepresentation
In “Planning Santa Barbara’s Future to Preserve its Past,” [Voices, Nov. 15], Judith D. Orias and Sheila Lodge clearly demonstrate the power of statistics to manipulate and deceive.
Year: 2007
Award-Winning Poet B.H. Fairchild to Read at SBCC
B.H. Fairchild is the author of six books of poetry, including ,em>Local Knowledge, The Art of the Lathe, and Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest. He has won numerous honors and awards for his poems, including an NEA Fellowship, the William Carlos Williams Award, and the California Book Award.
Santa Barbara Choral Society Prepares for a Breakthrough Year
In this 60th anniversary year of the Santa Barbara Choral Society (SBCS), rehearsals, like much of the music it sings, are sacred. Wednesday night attendance is required of every one of SBCS’s 126 current members, and director Jo Anne Wasserman insists there be no fooling around. Got something to say to your neighbor in the Tenor 2 section?
Nelson Waives Prelim Hearing
Bruce Nelson appeared in Santa Barbara Superior Court on 11/20 for a preliminary hearing before Judge Bruce Dodds, opting to waive the hearing to proceed to trial before Judge Frank Ochoa.
Teamsters Continue Charges Against News-Press
An unfair labor practice charge was filed by the Teamsters with the National Labor Relations Board, against the Santa Barbara News-Press on 11/27.
Boys are back in Town
The 20th annual S.B. Motorcycle Toy Run begins at Santa Claus Lane in Carpinteria at 9 a.m. and ends at Elks Lodge #613 in Goleta. The $25 donation per rider ($20 per passenger) plus a new, unwrapped gift includes a BBQ lunch, music, and a raffle. Call 689-3065
Mayor Blum Hospitalized After Fainting
A change in medications was blamed as a possible cause.
Homeboy Sermon
Fr. Greg Boyle will speak tomorrow night at Campbell Hall about gang issues.
Talk and Awe at UCSB
War photog Ashley Gilbertson relates his experiences and images from Iraq.
UCSB Students Rally for Sexuality-Based Employment Rights
The L Word actress sings in support of the march.
