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Even those sick to death of Christmas standards can’t deny the pleasure of Ray Charles’s take on “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” perhaps the most sweet and soulful rendition ever.
Year: 2008
Sheriff Looking for Missing Lompoc Man
He was allegedly last seen in Vandenberg Village on December 31.
Anti-Gay Graffiti Scrawled on Clearview Home
The couple who live there, Andrew Knox and Doug Reid, say the incident should be treated as a hate crime.
UCSB Hoops: Women Get Caught in a Crimson Tide
Harvard scores the last nine points to beat the Gauchos, 61-59.
Goleta Urban Village Moves Forward
With one dissenting vote, City Council initiates study of General Plan amendments to make it possible.
Draft of City’s Future Gets Mixed Reception
Santa Barbara City Councilmember Dale Francisco started the proceedings out with a bang on December 16 by trying to shoot holes in the new land-use blueprint lovingly crafted by the city’s planning staff and Planning Commission over the past two years.
Dark Clouds on Fiscal Horizon
The Santa Barbara City Council faced a grim reality Tuesday when City Finance Director Rob Pierson notified elected officials that City Hall was confronting a $5.5 million general fund shortfall for this current fiscal year-which ends the last day of June-and a $9 million projected shortfall for the following one.
Tech Mogul Brings Laptops to Kellogg Kids
D.J. Perry’s third-grade class at Kellogg Elementary School in Goleta buzzed with excitement on Friday, December 5, as students clicked away on their new XO-brand laptops.
School Board Struggle Pits Noel Against Sarvis
An old-fashioned food fight has broken out in recent weeks at the Santa Barbara School Board.
Overpass Gunman to Remain in Hospital Care
Edward Van Tassel, the 28-year-old Iraq War veteran who last month shut down Highway 101 for several hours while he waved a gun on the La Cumbre Street overpass, is now in a secure veteran’s hospital facility in Los Angeles after multiple visits to the home of actor Tom Cruise and a diagnosis last week that he was gravely disabled.
