Common Core: What’s Behind the Curtain?
One thing left out of the euphoria over Common Core is that it’s No Child Left Behind on steroids.
Month: September 2013
Non-luxury Yacht
Responding to the retort that “luxury yacht” is a redundant term rather than a title that the grandest boats earn.
Ban the Brats
I was shopping in a local supermarket the other night around 6 p.m. It was the most unpleasant shopping experience I have ever had.
77th Annual Solvang Danish Days Set for September 20-22, 2013
The charitable Solvang Danish Days Foundation is pleased to announce that its 77th Annual Danish Days will be celebrated from Friday, September 20 through Sunday, September 22, 2013.
UCSB Urban Art Workshop completes third mural for the Isla Vista Mural Project
UCSB students will be celebrating their hard work from Spring Quarter’s Urban Art Workshop, a class taught by artist Ann Hefferman.
No U.S. Missiles into Syria
As veterans and members of Veterans for Peace, we are writing to Lois Capps to request that she consider voting against the use of missiles against Syria.
Goleta Abandons Gang Task Force
Goleta’s decision to pull funding from the South Coast Youth Gang Task Force raised eyebrows at last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
Third-Strikers Reformed?
Santa Barbara prosecutors say it’s still “too early” to say what impact Proposition 36 — the statewide initiative passed last November granting early release to eligible repeat offenders sentenced to life under the state’s Three-Strikes law — has had despite a new study showing only 2 percent of those released have re-offended.
$40 Million More For New Jail?
Sheriff Bill Brown is sharing plans to apply for a $40 million grant available through Senate Bill 1022.
Supervisors to Appeal Chumash Expansion
After the urging of Santa Ynez residents and businesspeople, the Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 (with 1st District Supervisor Salud Carbajal against) on 9/10 to appeal the June decision by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to approve a Tribal Consolidation and Acquisition Area Plan.
