Month: August 2007

Renter Goes to Jail
Living By Ben Preston

Renter Goes to Jail

Ending a nearly yearlong legal ordeal, Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge George Eskin on August 1 sentenced Amanda Leigh Charis to 365 days in Santa Barbara County Jail, a psychological evaluation, and slightly more than $78,000 in restitution. Charis had been convicted of four felony counts, including grand theft and perjury; complainants Jill Ballantyne, Sharon Granoff, and John Maxwell-all former landlords-described Charis’s tenancy in their respective properties as being marked by outrageous behavior.

CAF Makes Music and Popcorn! Outdoors at Samy’s Camera
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CAF Makes Music and Popcorn! Outdoors at Samy’s Camera

Popcorn! Short Film and Video Festival, the popular one-night, outdoor mini-festival of short films presented each year by the Contemporary Arts Forum, gets a makeover and an upgrade this year with the addition of a musical performance. The trio that will play between the films is led by Brent Green, a Pennsylvania animator and musician who has worked with the Chicago band Califone.

Army Specialist Jaime Rodriguez Jr., 1987-2007
Cover Story By Chris Meagher

Army Specialist Jaime Rodriguez Jr., 1987-2007

When the Kalitta Charters airplane carrying the body of U.S. Army Specialist Jaime Rodriguez Jr. landed at Santa Barbara Airport just before 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 2, the jet also brought home what the South Coast had avoided for more than four years-a young soldier killed in Iraq. The 19-year-old Rodriguez died July 26 when an Improvised Explosive Device detonated near his vehicle in Saqlawiyah, a city just northwest of Fallujah in Anbar province. Sgt. William R. Howdeshell, 37, of Norfolk, Virginia, and Spc. Charles E. Bilbrey Jr., 21, of Oswego, New York, from his unit also died from the blast.

Minnie Driver’s Musical Mission
Arts & Entertainment By Brett Leigh Dicks

Minnie Driver’s Musical Mission

When Minnie Driver steps onto the SOhO stage this Sunday evening, she won’t be exercising a separate side of her artistic psyche so much as sharing a soul fueled simply by creative yearning. In a world that feels the need to assign people a distinct artistic place and is reluctant to let them stray, Minnie Driver refuses to subscribe to such constraints.

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