Gap Fire Nearly Gone
Front country scare all but gone with 90 percent containment by Sunday night.
Author: Matt Kettmann
Three Reasons to Get Caught Up in Mongolian Melancholy: Tuya’s Marriage at UCSB’s Campbell Hall
Internationally focused cinema is getting quite the showcase in this season’s run of films presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures at Campbell Hall, with The Band’s Visit (a charming tale about an Egyptian orchestra arriving in Israel) and Sharkwater (a stunning story about the worldwide disasters that occur as a result of shark hunting) already hitting the screen.
Firefighter Profiles
On the Fourth of July, S.B. County Fire Captain Patrick Byde of Engine Company 30 in Solvang was awaiting the flames on Farren Road in west Goleta.
Wildfire Burns Above Goleta
Flames visible from Santa Barbara; evacuations ordered for La Patera and Glen Annie canyons; other residents warned.
Brooks Hansen’s New Book Reveals the Perilous Path to Parenting
For Santa Barbara-based author Brooks Hansen and his wife Elizabeth, the road to parenthood was perplexing and perilous, fraught with physical and emotional pain, tormenting personal introspection, and more medical failures and bureaucratic nightmares than any mere mortal should be expected to endure.
Carpinteria Surfer Dies at Hollister Ranch
Contractor Frank Louda, 61, dies “doing what he did best” on Monday at St. Augustine’s Beach.
Update on Central California Fires
Up-to-date map of what’s burning in Big Sur and the rest of Monterey County.
Al Steinman Dies Tuesday Morning
Manager, part-owner of Moby Dick on Stearns Wharf is dead.
Syrah Secrets Revealed
When the wine list lands on a restaurant table anywhere in America, it’s pretty much Pavlovian that those who prefer red wine begin scanning for the right cabernet sauvignon or the perfect pinot noir to accompany their meal.
Jack Johnson’s Gaucho Homecoming
UCSB grad/pop superstar, who was named an Environmental Hero by the EDC last weekend, brings sustainable world tour to Harder Stadium in August; student tickets on sale June 11.
