Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Receives $1,000,000
Keith Coulter and the B. Paul Moser Trust donates $900,000 to support the Museum’s Master Planning Efforts and $100,000 for its Astronomy Program.
Indy Staff
Recent Stories
Point Blank
Fred Cavaye writes and directs this exhilarating suspense film about a male nurse trying to save his pregnant wife.
Frimpong Habeas Corpus Petition Waits Longer
Judge Brian Hill has issued another extension of time—until 9/14—for him to respond to a habeas corpus petition from convicted rapist Eric Frimpong, a former UCSB soccer player who is currently in the midst of a six-year prison term.
Katy Perry’s Two-Night Stand
This week in live shows, it’s all about the California love.
Sharon Byrne: Council Race Game Changer
She dismays incumbent conservatives with her announcement to run.
volume 25, number 291, August 11-18, 2011
The Independent’s 2011 Back-to-School Activity Guide
Reading On The Río Beni
For the ninth year in a row, a crew of Santa Barbara Middle School kids and their supporters ventured into the Bolivian Amazon to raise money and do some hands-on work in support of the Fundación Salud Río Beni, the health organization founded more than a decade ago by the late Dr. Lou Netzer.
The Independent’s 2011 Back-to-School Activity Guide
With the first day of school fast approaching, children going back to school may panic at the thought of losing the fun activities and leisure time that are granted by summer.
Back to the Time Machine
At the turn of the 20th Century, unfettered capitalism was proving to be a “winner take all” economy that served the few and left the many in a post-industrial revolution serfdom.
Audits Coming for Council, Assembly Race Candidates
All candidates in the most recent Santa Barbara City Council election and race for the 35th District Assembly seat will be undergoing a random audit by the California Fair Political Practices Commission.
