Mission Creek to Get Fish-Friendly
Unique channel design would let trout swim all the way through town.
Year: 2009
College Hoop Update: UCSB Women Win Sixth Straight
Gauchos beat Portland State at Thunderdome. SBCC, Westmont women win on the road.
UCSB Ranked 18th for Number of Peace Corps Volunteers
It ties with UC San Diego for having produced 49 students who participated in the program in 2008.
Budget Impasse Wreaks Havoc
If Sacramento politicians are unable to quickly figure out how to begin offsetting the state’s estimated $42 billion deficit through June 2010the brakes could be put on the Highway 101 expansion project; county services, already hit hard by deficits, could be hit even harder.
Surf Shop Crime Fighters
Last week, after a young man and woman attempted to purchase a sweatshirt from the J7 surf store on Cota Street with a stolen credit card and then quickly fled the scene, the store’s crew not only called the police but they tracked down the perpetrators themselves with a little bit of old-fashioned detective work
Surfers Suffer as Epic Flat Spell Nears an End
Ask any South Coast surfer how the first half of the 2008-09 surf season is working out and you will likely find yourself on the receiving end of a frustrated rant.
Gang Prevention Lite
A coalition of six chronically under-funded community groups that have been making it their business to deal with “hard core” gang members and at-risk youth announced they were forming a formal partnership to achieve a degree of financial stability that has so far eluded them.
No Easy Options in City Budget
The operative cliches at the financial powwow hosted by Santa Barbara City Administrator Jim Armstrong last week were “The wolf is very much at the door” and “When it comes to possible cuts, everything is on the table.”
Cousteau Praises Bush’s Marine Monuments
When environmentalists are able to work with a conservative president, miracles can happen.
2009 Winter Arts Preview – Jazz
2009 Winter Arts Preview – Jazz
