Geek Out on Creek Work
Seeing Goleta’s San Jose Creek project up close.
Year: 2012
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet to Visit S.B.
With its innovative business model and commitment to fostering emerging talent, this company points the way forward for American dance.
Conflict of Dog
Missing the forest for the Chick-fil-As and how the council got it right by doing nothing.
Democracy Comes to City College
Two Candidates vie for Noleta seat.
Tegan and Sara Hit the Stage with The Black Keys
Canadian’s favorite pop-rock twins put the finishing touches on album number seven and play the Santa Barbara Bowl on Tuesday, October 2.
Housing Scandal Goes Radioactive
DA executes search warrants on defunct Lompoc nonprofit.
Manners Matter
S.B. moms Buffy Lee Porter and Staci Silva came together to create Goodness Graces, a program to teach children manners and social skills.
County Unemployment Drops
Santa Barbara County’s unemployment rate for August 2012 dropped to 7.6 percent from July’s 7.9 percent, the Workforce Investment Board (WIB) announced this week.
Joe Takes Show on Road
Carpinteria councilmember steps down before end of term.
Santa Barbara Journalism Initiative Gets Major Grant
The Santa Barbara Foundation received a healthy chunk of cash this week in the form of a $500,000 matching grant from the Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to help launch the Santa Barbara Journalism Initiative, “a nonprofit enterprise journalism project for investigative and explanatory reporting on the South Coast,” said S.B. Foundation spokesperson Jessica Tade in a prepared statement.
