Internet Matchmaking
THE WORLD’S A BIG SINGLES BAR: Heard the one about the guy who dropped into a computer dating center and said he wanted someone who enjoyed water sports, liked company, favored formal attire, and was very small?
Month: February 2008
Woman Drives Wrong Way on Highway 101
Early on 2/1, a 26-year-old Santa Barbara resident, Skye Brooke Holyfield, was arrested for a misdemeanor DUI…
CHP Gets Money For DUI Enforcement
The California Office of Traffic and Safety awarded a grant of $658,000 to the Santa Barbara-area CHP to fund a program titled “STOP DUI, II.”
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion Take Their Tales to the Tavern
For Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, their relationship was always destined to be a spiritual union.
ForestWatch Sues For Spills
ForestWatch has filed an intent to sue Occidental Petroleum and Vintage Production for violations of the Clean Water Act.
Michael Jason Spradling 1982-2007
My nephew Michael was murdered in Lompoc six months ago, and I’ve been thinking a lot about him and the person(s) who murdered him.
Capps Decries ExxonMobil’s Record Profits
Representative Lois Capps released a statement on 2/1 decrying Exxon Mobil’s record profit of $40.6 billion last year in the face of high gas prices for consumers.
James Carroll on Religion and War
James Carroll, op-ed columnist for the Boston Globe, will give a free lecture, The Disputation: Christians Arguing with Christians about the Jews tonight, February 7, at UCSB’s Campbell Hall.
John King: Encaustic Paintings, Drawings, Prints.
For John McDevitt King, painting is more a way of life than a matter of furthering a specific agenda.
This Week in History
February 8, 1587
After 19 years of being imprisoned for a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots, is beheaded. Ouch.
