SBCC Named One of Country’s Best Community Colleges
Santa Barbara City College got a nice nod this week as the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program identified SBCC as one of the 120 best community colleges in the country.
Year: 2011
101 Third Lane Trumps Median Landscaping
Caltrans gets green light to insert additional northbound lane.
Secure Communities Deports Noncriminals
Support cools for the statewide ICE program.
Despite Apparent Life Changes, Gang Member Gets 15 Years
The SBCC student and high school mentor is convicted of attempted murder.
Executing Justice
I just finished John Grisham’s novel The Confession, a compelling story of twisted justice and capital punishment.
Rental Mediation Program Under Budget Axe
Cutback critics call the potential move “unnecessary, severe, and harsh.”
Vivian Girls, Agent Ribbons Bring the Rock to S.B.
Crystal Stilts, Jamuel Saxon round out this week’s concert picks.
Robert Francis Phillips: 1921-2011
Robert Francis Phillips, the husband and silent partner of noted Goleta civic activist and slow-growther Harriett Phillips, died last week at the age of 89.
Leslie Holtzman
The Indy thanks photographer and longtime Santa Barbaran Leslie Holtzman for the last three years of her column, “Holtzman’s Eye,” which will be ending this week.
Undecided
In their new book, mother and daughter explore the choices provided by the Women’s Movement and the resulting angst facing postfeminism generation.
