Man Who Attacked Jail Guard Gets Life

A man who attacked a custody deputy in Santa Barbara County Jail will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to charges relating to the attack, according to Cynthia Gresser, deputy district attorney, as well as charges related to sexual assaults on two women and a child for which he was in jail in the first place.

Legalize Clotheslines

Although the Board of Supervisors deserve praise for their strong stand regarding the safety of Diablo Nuclear Power Plant, insisting safety studies be completed before relicensing, they need to go farther, demanding an immediate shut down.

A Film for My Father

Mike Mills’s lovely bittersweet film Beginners finally opens here this weekend, in the city where the real life and death events that inspired it occurred.

French Festival Canceled

Shifting management, rising expenses, and a time shortage prove detrimental to the “quirky and unusual” legacy.

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