Noleta resident Joe Alarid joined nearly 20 of his family members on a trip this summer to Ecuador, where they took in the cities of Quito, Guayaquil, and Cuenca, the Galapagos Islands, and the rainforest, and marveled at hummingbirds, the use of “Ellwood Cooper’s accursed eucalyptus” in construction, a blossoming recycling program, and the low price of gas.
The balloons floated down from the rafters, the pundits pontificated, the families embraced and smiled through glittering teeth and perfect hair, and the convention was done. But the pretense had been undone — by an actor.
Superintendent David Cash Rules the Schools
Santa Barbara’s innovative young theatre group presented a staged reading of Joe Schermann’s new musical.
For Cash, “change is fast and furious. People who don’t like Dave aren’t comfortable with change.”
In its first year of operation, the Santa Barbara County Small Business Development Center based at Santa Barbara City College served 116 clients at no charge, who reported almost $7.2 million in capital infusion or sales increases while creating 82 local jobs.
The USS Halsey and its 338-member crew is scheduled to arrive in town September 7 and depart three days later.
UCSB student William Calabrese passed away Sunday from injuries he suffered during a fireworks explosion in Riverside County on Friday.
The Santa Barbara schools special education boss announced last week that she is resigning to take a job with the Mount Diablo Unified School District in Contra Costa County.
For the second year in a row, SBCC has been named one of the top 10 community colleges in the country by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Award Program.
