Passionate Pictures

The Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara is showing Passionate Gestures on Canvas and Film, by international award-wining painter/sculptor/filmmaker/artist Rita Blitt.

Lindsey Cornish

Lindsey Cornish may be nearing the end of her internship with The Independent, but she’s moving on to bigger things: saving the world.

Law and Disorder 1-15

The sentencing of 15-year-old Ricardo Juarez-convicted in October of voluntary manslaughter, among other charges, in the March 2007 stabbing death of Luis Angel Linares-was delayed to 1/14.

News to Yous

Artamo Gallery’s (11 W. Anapamu St.) fourth anniversary retrospective show, Review for Preview, opens to the public this Wednesday, January 21.

The Week in History

The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs at the Los Angeles Coliseum in America’s first Super Bowl championship game.

vol. 23, no. 157, Jan. 15-22, 2009

While many of us were fattening up during the holidays, the folks with the men’s and women’s basketball programs at SBCC, Westmont College, and UCSB were hard at work on the court.

City 1-15

Rebecca Bjork, City of Santa Barbara water resources manager, expressed confidence in the city’s supplies despite climate change, measures taken to protect the endangered Delta smelt, and the fact that 2007 fires diminished Gibraltar Reservoir’s capacity by about 20 percent.

Goleta 1-15

The roster of the Goleta Planning Commission has shuffled slightly, with former City Council member Jonny Wallis being appointed to the commission by former commissioner Ed Easton, who was just elected to the City Council.

County 1-15

The Board of Supervisors on 1/13 voted 4-1 for a graffiti abatement ordinance in Isla Vista in hopes that the quick removal of graffiti will deter future culprits from such vandalism.

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