SB County Unemployment Rate Increases To 7.3%
Santa Barbara County’s average unemployment rate for October 2012 increases to 7.3% from 7.1% just a month ago.
Year: 2012
National Geographic Books Releases New Book
According to IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS (ISBN 978-1-4262-0987-1; on sale Nov. 6, 2012; $40; hardcover), a new publication from National Geographic Books, Jesus and his father, Joseph, may have been skilled workers forced into labor on the rebuilding of Sepphoris, the Galilean capital.
SB Senior Living Community Breaks Ground On Expansion
In Santa Barbara County, 13 percent of residents have already reached their senior years, a number that will continue to climb as the Baby Boomers age.
Operation KUDOS
Team Vandenberg is scheduled to host Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations at 9 a.m. Nov. 17 at Cocheo Park here.
Science Conference for Girls, Parents and Teachers at UCSB
Local education firm Upper Hand to College will host a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) conference for girls in grades 6-12, parents, teachers and counselors on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 8:30 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. at the UCSB campus.
Growing Citrus
All citrus have their origins in tropical Asia, but, in Southern California, most will grow well even in interior valleys that experience frost.
Ernest L. Thayer
“Casey at the Bat” author Ernest L. Thayer lived in Montecito
Online Discipline
The Organizer calls the Internet onto the carpet, in the fourth of her series on the Top 5 Time-Wasters.
Harding Principal Removed from Post
Head of Westside elementary school replaced before first semester ends.
AHA! Hike-a-thon
Local program for teens to hold hike-a-thon fundraiser December 1, 2012 in Montecito if your teenager attends Santa Barbara High School, San Marcos High School, or Carpinteria High School, he or she might have come home talking about a program called AHA!.
