volume 26, number 348, September 13-20, 2012
Daredevil Dentist to Jump Off Chinese Bridge
Year: 2012
Modernism Trumps Red Tiles
Mixed-use project with rental units gets thumbs-up from city council.
Defeating Deadly Infections
Sepsis kills more people than breast cancer, prostate cancer, and HIV/AIDS combined, and is the most common cause of hospital death in the United States.
Propping Up Education
Officials expect cuts and cutbacks in tax initiative fails.
The Daredevil Dentist
China invites Santa Barbara’s Joseph Weber to BASE jump from its new sky-high bridge.
Dat Dog Don’t Hunt
How 9/11 and the new NFL season connect right here in Santa Barbara…
The First Lady’s Roots
While Michelle Obama has “publicly embraced her mixed heritage,” the subject is a sensitive point on the white side.
City College Shaken Up, Shaken Down
School faces job cuts, declining enrollments, and reorganization.
Mary Elon Bell Chatham: 1910-2012
Sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee, Granny hears the door open and a cheery little voice. “Look what we have here,” she says as her great-granddaughter, Lexi, marches into the room.
City Fire Chief Retiring
Just a few days after he was appointed the City of Santa Barbara’s fire chief, Andrew DiMizio took charge of organizing a massive effort to fight the Jesusita Fire.
