volume 26, number 348, September 13-20, 2012
Daredevil Dentist to Jump Off Chinese Bridge
Author: Indy Staff
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.
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.
First Cold Spring Bridge Suicide Since New Barrier
Sheriff’s deputies Monday morning responded to an apparent suicide at Cold Spring Bridge at 1:40 a.m. and found the body of 30-year-old Santa Monica resident Peter Roycewicz near Stagecoach Road, which runs under the 1,148-foot span on Highway 154 just north of San Marcos Pass.
Three People Sentenced in 2009 Murder Case
While Andrew Baldarez, accused in the 2009 Westside murder of 22-year-old Baldemar Leal, is headed toward a competency trial in December, Judge Frank Ochoa sentenced Jonathon Alonzo, Imelda Guevara, and David Martinez for their involvement in Leal’s death.
New Ecology Lecture
New Lecture Series on Ecology Begins With Talk About Lake Baikal in Siberia.
Frisch Announces Fall Session for Actors
Peter Frisch and The Frisch Studio announce the Fall line-up of professional classes for the actor.
