ON THE COVER: UCSB men’s basketball star Alex Harris graces the cover image of this week’s Indy. Taken during the Gauchos’ November 1 exhibition-game win over Cal State Dominguez Hills, it captures all the excitement and promise of a new college basketball season. For more about S.B.’s college hoops action, read John Zant’s cover story, starting on < ahref="http://www.independent.com/news/2007/nov/15/preview-college-basketball-santa-barbara-ucsb-west/">here.
ROCK LOBSTERS: You have to admire any group of musicians that call themselves “the world’s greatest party band.” With their quirky combination of contemporary dance beats and catchy harmonies, it’s no surprise that the B-52s‘ self-titled debut album went platinum when it was released in 1979.
A 21-year-old resident of Loma Alta Drive was arrested on 11/11 on charges of felony animal cruelty, false imprisonment, and battery after allegedly beating a roommate’s pet cat against a wall…
School performances are in full swing, and the Goleta Valley Junior High is doing a review of popular musicals called Got Broadway? It runs this Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., so email cross@sbsdk12.org or call 9673486.
The Santa Ynez Valley Artists’ Studio Tour happens this weekend, November 17 and 18, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., in Los Olivos. It’s centered around the Wildling Art Museum, so see wildlingmuseum.org or call 688-1082.
When Patricia Clarke volunteered, in 1979, to teach English to Hmong immigrants living in Isla Vista, she never envisioned that, 28 years later, she would photograph an impoverished Hmong village in the remote hinterlands of Laos.
The debut of the Orfalea Fund’s Cool Food Initiative at Marjorie Luke Theater on 11/7 marked the community’s first taste of an effort that aims to teach kids in Santa Barbara County-and possibly beyond-to eat healthier.
BYE-BYE BARNWELL: Maybe it’s true that defeat is an orphan and victory has a thousand fathers. But in the weird case of Santa Barbara City Councilmember Brian Barnwell, defeat appears more like a class action paternity suit.
Clark Emmons is an honest-to-goodness cowboy, and he’s got the grace and integrity of a man who has lived the life that is right for him. Born in 1919, he spent much of his boyhood in Lompoc roaming the hills, wandering along the creeks, and learning the ways of the outdoors.
The typecast pumpkin has fallen victim to its own success, at least in Iowa. According to the Department of Revenue there, as of this year, pumpkins are decorations, so Iowans have to pay sales tax on this delicious and absolutely edible food.
