This Week in History

While salmon fishing in Yukon Territory, George Carmack spots nuggets of gold in a creek bed, sparking the last great gold rush in the American West.

City 8-14

Anticipating a possible drought, the city will pay Carollo Engineers up to $122,000 to assess the cost of rehabilitating its desalination plant, built for $34 million at the tail end of the extended drought of the 1980s but quickly mothballed.

Ken Bortolazzo, Optikinetics III

This glistening, effervescent, and quietly transformative show represents the next stage in an already illustrious career for sculptor Ken Bortolazzo, and marks the maturing of Bortolazzo’s playful synthesis of two established art movements: optical and kinetic art.

Media 8-14

More information has been disclosed regarding the purchase of progressive talk radio KIST (AM 1340) by California Lutheran University, which was announced last week.

Law and Disorder 8-14

Police offered few details regarding the 8/8 stabbing of an 18-year-old man at the Guest House Inn at 3344 State St.

Bottle Shock

Without really trying, Santa Barbara County viewers may find themselves engaging in some region-centric hubris and comparison-testing while watching this interesting-if oddly slack-film about fine wine turf wars.

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