Chumash Make Tomol Crossing
Hours before dawn on 9/7, Chumash paddlers in tomols set out from the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard and successfully completed the annual 21-mile crossing of the Santa Barbara Channel.
Year: 2013
Brown Signs Rape-By-Impersonation Law
Gov. Brown on 9/9 signed a bill that closes a loophole in rape-by-impersonation law.
Westmont Ranked One of Top Liberal Arts Schools
Westmont College made it into the U.S. News & World Report‘s top 100 liberal arts schools for the fifth consecutive year, checking in at number 94.
Damilano Barolo
Review of Damilano Barolo Cannubi 2008.
Downtown Sound Heats Up
Starting September 19, vote for your favorite Santa Barbara band online at independent.com.
Lois Klein Brings New Poetry to Granada Books
Santa Barbara poet Lois Klein will read from and sign copies of he new book, Blooming Wild So Close to Home.
Getting to Know Banks
The rising L.A. soul singer heads to Santa Barbara on Sunday, September 15.
Art Boss Scrapped
During Sanchez’s tenure, Art From Scrap started as an independent nonprofit, was subsumed into the Community Environmental Council, spun out as an independent again, and last year was rechristened and re-branded as Explore Ecology.
Rodger Casier, 1955-2013
Many met Rodger through the Mental Health Arts Festival where his warmth and welcoming energy drew people in to view and appreciate his work.
1 in 5 in Poverty
Countywide study delivers startling results.
