Eating Up “The Gobble Song”
Spencer the Gardener’s Thanksgiving tune is ready for an encore.
Author: Matt Kettmann
Michael Jackson Is Innocent
Michael Jackson is 100 percent innocent, and his 2005 trial on charges of child molestation was an outrageously expensive witch hunt solely designed by then Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon to dethrone a successful black celebrity.
Indy Wins Some Loses Some in News-Press Lawsuit
A federal judge ruled on 11/19 that The Independent violated Santa Barbara News-Press copyrights…
Jake Shimabukuro at SOhO
For such a tiny instrument, the ukulele-at least in the hands of virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro-can unleash quite a massive sound. The Honolulu native, who comes to SOhO on Tuesday, November 13, has been playing the four-stringed instrument since he was four years old, and it shows, for he can take any genre of music and uke-ify it with jaw-dropping results.
Robert Grande Weiss Is Dead
The legendary Santa Barbara theater director succumbs to cancer.
News-Press Circulation Free Falls
More than 5,000 subscribers have jumped ship in the past six months.
“Semi-Official” City Election Results
Williams, Schneider, and Francisco set to win, Measure A to lose.
Beware the Box
UCSB conference to discuss past, present, and future of shipping containers.
Pinot Noir and a Highway 246 Blaze
Wine sippers watch as fire crews quickly put out Saturday’s brush fire.
Fewer Grapes Mean Better Wine for Santa Barbara County’s ’07 Harvest
Those who complain that California doesn’t have a discernible autumn haven’t been to the Santa Ynez Valley in late October. There, when the bright harvest moon gives way to a rising, fog-burning sun, the endless rippling lines of red, gold, and orange leaves are as vibrant as any East Coast display-but even better, for beneath the foliage hide clusters of deep purple, the promising color of yet another successful wine grape harvest for Santa Barbara County.
