Natural Gas Leak Briefly Imperils Isla Vista’s Pardall Road
Firefighters, gas company employees work quickly to evacuate area, stop leak.
Year: 2008
Foresters Reach World Series Finals
Wednesday night win puts Santa Barbara baseballers into Friday afternoon championships.
Makar Property Annexed by Goleta Water District
Company plans to build two large homes in that area.
UCSB Researcher Improves Blog-Clotting Gauze
Department of Defense lauds Galen Stucky for live-saving achievement.
Music Academy Rakes in Two Major Donations
$3 Million from longtime supporters Shirley and Seymour Lehrer and an avocado ranch from soprano Irene Cummings.
Small Blaze Extinguished at Bishop Ranch
No structures damaged; investigators looking into fire’s cause.
Public Nuisance Complaint
A50-year-old woman now living in Northern California claims that she was forced repeatedly to strip naked in front of the prying eyes of a Franciscan brother when she was a six-year-old girl growing up in Santa Barbara in 1964.
Caruso’s Miramar: What Now?
Rick Caruso made one thing clear in a conversation earlier this week with The Independent: He will not be doing any more environmental review on the Miramar hotel project.
Sharks and Humans Getting to Know Each Other in the S.B. Channel
If you’ve spent any real time hanging out on, under, or around the ocean waters of Santa Barbara, chances are you have heard at least one good shark story.
Old Films, New Chef at Restaurant Marcella
Dinner and a movie has been one of the standby dates probably since Edison, but Restaurant Marcella at Fess Parker’s Wine County Inn (2860 Grand Ave., Los Olivos, 688-7788) has decided to provide you with both in one fell swoop, if a lovely outdoor patio is a swoop.
