A one-of-a-kind life that began with a lovely bunch of coconuts; skyrocketed during conversations with presidents, global icons, and Hollywood heavyweights; intertwined itself into our culture via game shows; and rode off into the sunset on the backs of racehorses and world-class hotels has ended. Merv Griffin died last weekend after a battle with prostate cancer. He was 82, and he was my great-uncle.
What’s more Santa Barbaran than beautiful people gathering to enjoy great food, fancy drinks, and top-notch entertainment while benefiting nonprofits in a world-class setting?
Former Isla Vistans play SOhO on the success of their new album, Roses & Clover.
Former editor Linda Strean takes stand in between Steepleton’s testimony.
The NLRB began their case against the News-Press on Tuesday morning.
Firefighters will be discussing the Zaca Fire with Mission Canyon residents on Friday evening.
As winds push the fire northeast, firefighters make progress on southern front and Happy Canyon goes home.
Intelligence, to put it bluntly, is a stupid idea. Though the concept is deeply embedded in our culture, intelligence is really just a historical coincidence, a measure of nothing at all, save for possibly test-taking skill. Nonetheless, for the past century, tests of intelligence have been used to order society, not to mention oppress, imprison, sterilize, and kill.
When the Borroel sisters went to Nashville for the Country Music Association (CMA) Music Festival, they knew they were in for lots of twang, Southern glitz, and a great concert from their favorite band, Sugarland. However, the Santa Ynez teens never guessed they’d be featured on national television a couple weeks later.
It’s startling to think that fewer than 20 years ago, a supposedly civilized country called the German Democratic Republic (aka East Germany) was actively spying on its own citizens with the sort of invasive technology usually reserved for James Bond.
