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James Malia

Santa Barbara artist James Malia loves making a living by making people smile with his art.

Competition for Carbajal?

Carole Lieff, a Montecito resident who has in recent months become more and more outspoken about county employee salaries and pensions, told The Santa Barbara Independent she plans to take on 1st District Supervisor Salud Carbajal as he seeks his third term in office.

UCSB Receives Grant to Study Gangs

Victor Rios, associate professor of sociology at UC Santa Barbara, has received a $300,000 grant from the William T. Grant Foundation for a study examining how the interactions between gang-associated youth and their parents, school professionals, police, and probation officers affect their identity and criminal behavior.

Denunzio Guilty of Battery on Girlfriend’s Son

A Santa Barbara jury found Tony Denunzio — the man involved in a serious physical altercation with police officer Aaron Tudor outside Gelson’s Market in October — guilty of battery upon his girlfriend’s son.

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