2011 - Page 301 of 599 - The Santa Barbara Independent

Briefs By Nick Welsh

Police Station Public Enemy #1

Councilmembers take baby step toward funding new headquarters for cops.

Briefs By Nick Welsh

Waterfront Director Retires

John Bridley, the city’s waterfront czar for the past 15 years, will retire this week after a City Hall career spanning 30 years, and will be replaced—at least on an interim basis—by Scott Riedman, business manager of the Waterfront Department for the past 10 years.

Positively State Street By Aly Comingore

Rise Against, 3OH!3 Headline 17th Annual Vans Warped Tour

Ottmar Liebert gears up for a stop at SOhO, while Jeff Bridges and The Mountain Goats gave us a decidedly killer night of music last Friday.

Briefs By Nick Welsh

House Closes Sewing Machine Shop

Economic hard times have forced Santa Barbara City councilmember Grant House to close up the sewing machine shop he’s run for the last 34 years

Angry Poodle By Nick Welsh

Putting the ‘Ow’ Back in Bow-Wow

Five years after the News-Press Meltdown and it’s still smoking.

Opinion By Barney Brantingham

Is Joe Btfsplk Jinxing Huguette’s Museum?

I love it: a Mecca of masterpieces challenging The Getty, old masters peering down at the ocean on one side, the city and mountains on the other.

Opinion By Kristi Morris

Robert Danforth Morris, 1979-2011

Rob loved to call women princesses, whether they were at Alpha or people he saw while he was out in the community with his Cruisers. He waved at them and told them they looked like princesses and to “Have a princess day!”