All I Want for Xmas
A pony, couture fashion, a cute little puppy to take to class, or maybe just a decent place to pee on campus. A post-Christmas wish list in full.
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Coral Casino Lawsuit Shot Down
In this Montage EXTRA, J’Amy breaks the news about Cynthia Ziegler’s lawsuit on behalf of the Coral Casino Preservation Committee being shot down by the 2nd District Court of Appeals in Ventura. Also, we’ve reposted her bit about Sue Burrows being named to the Montecito Planning Commission.
E Is for Energy
The Indepedent‘s consumate reporter attempts to answer such questions as “Where does energy come from?” and “Why is the sky blue?” The answers might surprise you, especially if weren’t paying enough attention in physics class.
The Latest and Greatest Longevity Pill
Don’t mourne the bygone days of wonder tonics like Geritol. Researches may have found a medicinally sound youth formula in the form of Resveratol. It keeps even the most gluttonous mice young and healthy, but will it one day work the same magic for people?
Season’s Bleatings
We hope this holiday letter finds you merry, gay, and all the other pleasant emotions the season demands of you.Whew! What a whirlwind year it’s been for us.
The baby is quite active these days. He likes to bang his head on things and spin around until he falls down. We assume this is because he’s so smart, and he’s trying to slow his poor little brilliant mind down to a more comfortable level.
Unaccompanied Canines
FIGHTING WORDS: I love the language of lawyers, and the more weirdly remote, the better. In a recent letter sent out to as many as seven local merchants, attorney Barry Cappello charged that the pro-union posters in their business establishments could generate “obloquy” toward News-Press owner and publisher Wendy P. McCaw-against whom the current Teamsters Union drive is directed.
Goodbye to Bob and Dick
J’Amy tells us which two folks retired from the Montecito Planning Commission, explains why the MPC won’t be re-hearing the Westmont plan, gives some holiday tips on what books to buy, asks for you to send cards to the Montecito Fire District, and delivers a slew of other news about the village in this special holiday Montage.
Learning Romance from Disney
For a generation who learned about love from Disney, can Isla Vista ever find its way back to romance? Mollie hopes so, and gives some suggestions on how to make that happen.
Fighting for Girls
As popular culture primes girls to become women well before their time, parents should take an active role in making sure thier daughters understand that women can be more than just sex objects.
Trim Your Dog
FICUS FRACAS OR HOW LOWE CAN YOU GO? Recent events call to mind the ancient philosophical riddle: If a hedge is clipped in the wilds of Montecito without its celebrity owner’s consent and the News-Press isn’t there to report it, did it really happen? I can assure you I was not there last summer when, under the mistaken understanding that he had permission, Jim Neuman trespassed onto the property of actor Rob Lowe, his Padaro Lane neighbor, to trim the hedge that blocked Neuman’s million-dollar coastal view.