Scary Shark, Tasty Lunch
With this year’s installment of Fiesta securely in our rearview mirror, what better time to look back at arguably the most famous fish tacos ever sold during our city’s annual Old Spanish Days celebration?
Year: 2008
Consumer Guide to Political Polls: What to Believe, Not Believe, and Why
Mark Baldassare, preeminent pulse-taker of public opinion in the state, has sampled the views of Californians on every conceivable issue-including how they feel about polls.
Education 8-14
This fall’s three-seat race for the Santa Barbara School Board finally has more candidates than open spots.
World War II, Santa Barbara’s Waterfront, and 2,000 Shark Livers a Day
Prior to the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week becoming a summer ritual and way before Jaws‘ theme music was unnervingly burned into our collective psyche, there was a time when sharks were famous along the shores of Santa Barbara for much more money-minded reasons.
C’est Cheese
A review of this family-run cheese shop with popular monthly tastings.
A Tisket, A Tasket, A Meal in a Basket
Not quite going out to eat, not quite cooking at home, picnics can combine the best of both worlds.
Chris Messner
Ever since we reviewed his work last year (see independent.com/messner), Santa Barbara photographer Chris Messner has been on our radar.
Notes for Notes Music Box Announces Second Location
Notes for Notes (notesfornotes.org), a local nonprofit music education organization, is opening another set of studio doors-and expanding opportunities in music production for Santa Barbara youths-with a new facility scheduled to open at the downtown Boys and Girls Club in early October.
$220 per pound
$220 per pound
County 8-14
An estimated 200 people attended the grand opening of the new headquarters for Santa Barbara Democrats: a 6,000-square-foot office at 430 Chapala St. that chairman Daraka Larimore-Hall deemed the “bitchin’-est headquarters in the history of Santa Barbara.”
