Sanchez Interviewing for New Job
One of two finalists vying to become San Bernardino’s top cop.
Year: 2011
Folk Yeah!
Indie and alternative strummers make fall show-going some of the best 2011 has to offer.
UCSB, Westmont, SBCC Named Among Nation’s Best Schools
This week, Santa Barbara City College was named one of the Top 10 Community Colleges in the country by the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program, making it the only California school on the list and one of the finalists for the institute’s inaugural search for the country’s number-one community college.
Westmont Soars in U.S. News Rankings
Westmont leaped nine spots in this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts colleges according to U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges, 2012 Edition.”
Bobby Martinez Kicked off ASP Tour
Santa Barbara native and celebrated goofy-foot Bobby Martinez made some major waves in the professional surfing universe this past week with an expletive-charged public rant against the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP), the governing body of surfing’s World Tour.
Sipping the Sierra Foothills
Here are four winemakers worth finding in Nevada County, California.
Goleta Street Extension Proposal Open to Public Review
The proposal to extend Ekwill Street and Fowler Road in Old Town Goleta and open up parts of that neighborhood to better traffic flow is now available for review by the public, as the draft environmental report was released this week.
Das Doing Work
Assemblymember Williams closes out summer session with flurry of legislation.
Action Down in the Funk Zone
Who says nothing ever happens down in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone, where boom often turns to bust?
Hot Buttons
GOP contenders must decide if Tea Party primary support will play in general election.
