Saving the Gaviota Coast Piece by Piece
With the Naples project looming, Goleta Grapevine looks at coastal conservation efforts.
Year: 2007
Email Embarrassment
What happens when Starshine accidentally sends a snarky email to the wrong person?
J7 Surfboards Goes Downtown
For a town steeped in homegrown surf culture, something funny has been happening recently in Santa Barbara proper. The classic surf shop-a simple affair offering the basics of custom boards, bikinis, leashes, wetsuits, and the occasional T-shirt-has become an endangered species.
S.B. Natives Them Terribles Compete in MTV2’s National Battle of the Bands
“Since making the top 12, we’ve been hustling nonstop,” laughed Them Terribles guitarist Jonny Black, 22, about the band’s ongoing fight to stay afloat in MTV2’s annual Dew Circuit Breakout contest.
Mental Health Braces for Budget Bloodbath
It began with a November 1 memo from County Executive Officer Mike Brown to all department directors, budget staff, and executive staff, explaining that 3rd District Supervisor Brooks Firestone had asked him to find possible budget reductions for the current fiscal year. All county departments responded with potential cuts, including Alcohol, Drug & Mental Health Services (ADMHS), which submitted a list of $1.1 million in potential reductions in programs.
Afghan Refugee Visits Area Charities
Dressed in jeans and a sweater, her dark hair pulled back into a ponytail, she is not necessarily what an American would expect an Afghan woman to look like. Her name is Amena Shams, and she is the orphanage coordinator for the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA).
Murder-for-Hire Plot Spawns Crime Chain Reaction
It’s the stuff movies are made of. Nonetheless, a real-life murder-for-hire plot meant serious consequences for several people, including one who was almost killed-despite the fact he had originally contracted for the planned murder himself-and several others arrested in relation to the attempted murder.
Health Fairs Screen Tots While State Braces for Cuts
Children from 10 state preschool classes in Goleta and Santa Barbara missed story time last week to receive vision, hearing, and dental exams-courtesy of the First 5 Commission of Santa Barbara County-at Harding and Isla Vista elementary schools.
The World’s a Dance for Bill Coleman and Laurence Lemieux
For many who pursue the creative life, it’s the ultimate dream: marrying a fellow artist. For Bill Coleman and Laurence Lemieux, it’s an obvious union-dance and family are the primary languages they use to engage with the world.
Herbie Hancock Quartet
When Herbie Hancock introduced his band-Vinnie Colaiuta, drums; Nathan East, bass; and Lionel Loueke, guitar-at Campbell Hall Sunday night, he finished by saying, “I’m just the old man. I’m your neighbor; I live in L.A.”
