Holiday Pet Safety
‘Tis the season for celebration, but keep in mind the following tips to ensure the safety of your pets during the holidays:
Year: 2008
How to Have a Pleasant Christmas
Barney advises the avoidance of certain subjects while people are slicing the ham with a sharp knife.
Three Reasons to Celebrate New Year’s in San Francisco
December 31 falls on a Wednesday this year-in many ways, the optimal day of the week to celebrate New Year’s Eve.
This Week in History
Naturalist Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution.
County 12-24
On 12/22, 80 percent of the county’s 4,200 employees began their furloughs-essentially unpaid vacations through 1/4-in an effort to save around $10 million and reduce the county’s debt while preventing layoffs and cuts to programs deemed essential.
Goleta 12-24
With Margaret Connell dissenting, the Goleta City Council voted on 12/16 to begin a study of two General Plan amendments relating to a 22-acre mixed-use complex on Hollister Avenue near Storke Road.
News to Yous
It recently was announced that Los Olivos’s Wildling Art Museum will move locations this January.
Thank You Firefighters
This week, for what is our annual Peace on Earth issue, we here at The Indy figured that before 2008 fades in the rearview mirror, we owed the brave men and women one last salute of gratitude for being there when we needed them mostand what better way than this collage of photos taken and assembled by artist Jane Gottlieb.
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
The Arlington packed a full house for Ventura’s Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (BBVD) on Tuesday night.
Quiz: Happy New Year
1) Which country’s New Year, called Losar, falls from January through March?
