A Mitigated Miramar?
Developer drops ballroom and tennis courts from hotel’s plan.
Indy Staff
Recent Stories
Poodle Radio on the Best of the Film Festival and the Challenge of Lois Capps
First on this week’s Poodle Radio, Colin Marshall talks to Executive Editor Nick Welsh about his cover story on Representative Lois Capps, who’s gone from notoriously nice to well-known Democratic “800-pound gorilla.”
Downtown Darling
INDY IS DOWNTOWN DARLING: Last Thursday, the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization (DO) surprised the staff of The Independent by awarding the paper with one of our city’s most coveted honors: the 2010 Citizen of the Year Award, which the DO presented to Editor-in-Chief Marianne Partridge for our paper’s “efforts to support, promote, and chronicle downtown Santa Barbara.”
Days Of Wine And Roses
Stars as Kirsten Arnesen in Days of Wine and Roses
volume 25, number 262, January 20-27, 2011
Accidental Congresswoman to Political Powerhouse
Capps Votes Against Repeal of Health Insurance Reform
On January 19, Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) voted against legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which was enacted into law last March. The Patients’ Rights Repeal Act was approved by a vote of 245-189. All House Republicans voted “Yes” to repeal this life-saving law.
The Walking Company Opens Nine New Retail Locations in 2010
The Walking Company is the largest comfort footwear retailer in the world and offers over 60 premium brands of luxury comfort shoes.
James Thomson Awarded 2011 King Faisal Prize for Medicine
Thomson’s research showed that human skin cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent stem cells with all the properties of embryonic stem cells.
Koraima Hernandez is El Puente Student of the Month
Koraima was nominated by her teacher, Michael Riley, who recognized Koraima’s dedication to her school work, good work habits, and her respect of others.
Start-Up ‘FindTheBest.com’ Moves from Garage to Downtown Santa Barbara
December was a big month for FindTheBest.com, who made headlines when they received an undisclosed amount of funding from prominent venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.
