County Supervisor Salud Carbajal took on Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum in what had to be the world’s slowest adult tricycle race at high noon Wednesday in front of the city’s downtown train depot. If big talk translated to high speeds, then Carbajal would clearly have won.
Less than four months old, Santa Barbara’s new-fangled Medical Marijuana Ordinance flashed its teeth for the first time last week, as two separate cannabis dispensaries found themselves in Superior Court facing potential shutdown.
With August 13 the deadline for would-be Santa Barbara School Board members to throw their hats in the ring for this November’s election, the normally hotly contested race finds itself with more open seats than officially declared prospective board members.
Come and enjoy a witty and romantic tale! Be sure you don’t miss Shakespeare S.B.’s hilarious version of Much Ado About Nothing, opening Saturday, August 9, at 5 p.m. at Casa de la Guerra (9 E. De la Guerra St.).
While we may not have seen a lot of Jesse Rhodes and his acoustic guitar around Santa Barbara’s live music venues recently, he has by no means been laying idle.
Even though last month’s Hot Off the Press was the official “summer reading” edition, we’ve still got a bit of the season left, which means we’re going to need a handful of additional summer reads to get us through.
Montecito Planning Commission sends project back to drawing board, but Caruso won’t go.
By the time this here column makes it’s way out of my word processor, the fine folks behind this year’s Independent Road to West Beach competition will have officially launched 2008’s online Indy Band Guide.
What was the month of August named after?
Executive Order S09-08-which on 8/1 called for state employees to be paid minimum wage until a new state budget is adopted and which also eliminated 22,000 non-full-time state employees-195 Santa Barbara County residents are facing diminished paychecks.
