John Fogerty

About 25 guitars lined the stage of the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sunday night; Gibson Les Pauls in various colors, a row of Fender Stratocasters, a few different Martin acoustic guitars, all placed upright and ready to go.

Law and Disorder

Transportation Security Administration employees found a 10-inch knife in a man’s carry-on luggage at Santa Barbara Airport on 5/2 and arrested the 19-year-old man for possession of an illegal weapon.

Business

Ben Werner and Eric Sandozwho helm Goleta’s Multimode Technologies, are seeking local investors for the Dagne, a low-cost, ultra-efficient commuter vehicle designed run on six kilowatts of energy per day

Environment

Santa Barbara County Fire’s Hazardous Materials team responded to an oil spill at a Greka-owned facility off Palmer Road in northern Santa Barbara County on 5/1, according to County Fire spokesperson Eli Iskow.

vol. 22, no. 121, May 8-15, 2008

News reporter Chris Meagher looks at the candidates who are running for the hottest of the hot seats in this June’s election in the cover story.

Hop on the LifeCycle

When I think about San Francisco and Los Angeles, I think ethnic food, thrift stores, and the friends who live there. I never think about traveling on a bike from one city to the other.

Going Post-Voicemail

After enduring two years of eye-rolling every time I took out my once ¼ber-cool and now old-fashioned Razr cell phone, I let my sisters convince me to purchase a BlackBerry.

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