Carpinteria Beats Back an Epidemic
If it takes a village to raise a child, then it takes a small city to reverse an epidemic in children’s health, and that’s exactly what’s happening in Carpinteria.
Year: 2009
One Day: Sarah House at Center Stage Theater
Peter Lackner directs a life-affirming play about dying.
Give a Little
This Saturday, April 4, hundreds of Santa Barbarans will join the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Southern California Chapter for Walk MS Santa Barbara at Leadbetter Beach.
Positively State Street
While I refuse to ever commit a portion of this column to the “What the Hell Happened to Popular Music?” argument, I will say that this week I came close.
Carol Valentine 1910-2009
Carol Valentine died this month at the age of 98. In characteristic fashion, she did not want a funeral or any fuss made over her passing.
Flaming Whale of a Problem
Jean Michel Cousteau’s next two PBS specials on beluga and killer whales get personal.
Hot Spots Warmed Over
Shuttered coffee shop reopens after development stalls.
volume 23, number 168, April 2-9, 2009
Carpinteria’s Crusade Against Obesity
Murder Inquiry Defended
Santa Barbara assistant police chief Frank Mannix defended his department’s decision to drop the investigation of homeless resident Ross Stiles, who died five weeks ago from massive brain injuries after friends reported he’d been physically assaulted.
Fiesta Spirits
Old Spanish Days may be four months out still, but preparations for the event have already begun.
