Give a Little

Join government and nonprofit organizations this weekend with a creek or beach clean-up! East and West beaches, Leadbetter Beach, Miramar, Hendry’s Beach, Mesa Lane, and Devereux Creek are a few of the places you can volunteer on Saturday, April 19, at 10 a.m.

Education

As of 4/11, Gayle Beebe is officially Westmont’s eighth president.

Quote of the Week

‘We don’t need another supervisor to supervise the supervisors who are already supervising the people who are actually doing the work.’

Camerata Pacifica

In a season of flux, while their usual home at the Music Academy of the West is undergoing extensive renovation, Camerata Pacifica has gone a-roving, as a genteel squatter in various temporary homes.

Law and Disorder

Attorneys for the City of Santa Barbara and the family of Katie Janewaywho drowned at Los Ba±os pool three years agoreached a $2 million settlement just as the case was to be tried.

Guys and Garages

Part picture book, part anthropological study, Santa Barbara writer/photog Helena Day Breese’s ode to male packratting is nothing short of perfect-at least as far as Father’s Day gift fodder goes.

Science

Mere hours after the release of the first ever statewide earthquake forecast, a 3.2-magnitude shaker rolled through Santa Barbara at 10:49 p.m. on 4/14.

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