A Father Remembers
Father Maurice K. O’Mahony, from Our Lady of Mount Carmel, remembers Father Virgil’s warm welcome.
Month: May 2008
Mesa Cafe
Review of Santa Barbara’s “old-fashioned locals’ hang-out. “
With Dog at My Side
One of the simple pleasures of my life is cresting the steep round belly of the Micheltorena Street bridge early in the morning.
Education 5/29
Newsweek magazine released its ranking of the nation’s top 1,300 public high schools last week.
At Home with the Angels
Summerland’s Jolinda and Patrizio Pizzirani remember 33 years.
Big Money in 3rd District Race
With fundraising records being broken in the presidential primaries and recent supervisorial races in Santa Barbara County taking in unprecedented amounts of cash, it should come as no surprise that the race for the 3rd District has prompted people from inside the county and out to open their checkbooks in big ways to support their candidates of choice.
A Helping Hand Through Death and Divorce
Washington D.C.-based journalist Joan McQueeney Mitric remembers Father Virgil from the 1950s until today.
Development 5/29
A call went out from Santa Barbara County on 5/21 seeking “developer/borrowers” interested in creating permanent rental housing for people with severe mental illness, using some or all of the $4,577,000 it expects to receive over the next three years from the California Department of Mental Health.
The Fall
Even though the focus of this ravishing film is synonymous with its title, the most engaging aspect of The Fall is its examination of points of view.
Port O’Brien
Starting off with one of the most infectious and high-energy lead tracks the neo folk world has heard of late, Port O’Brien’s debut studio release, All We Could Do Was Sing, admirably sets the bar high from the get go.