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.
Facing the financial pressure caused by the low revenues of a public golf course, a $15 million debt, and the abundance of places to putt in the area, Glen Annie Golf Club is seeking other options.
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.
Montecito Planning Commission sends project back to drawing board, but Caruso won’t go.
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.
Barbara Ruth Weiss, Bela Ruchel bat Rifka, Rama Seltzer, our lion and mother, has left us.
Summer Solstice is touted and marketed as Santa Barbara’s ode to wild abandon, a haven for pagan sun worshippers, temporary hippies, free expressionists, and gonzo suburban fun-lovers of all ages.
Shakespeare’s glorious language rarely gets upstaged, but it almost happened last Saturday night.
