Women Lawyers Honor Ellen Goodstein
Executive Director of Legal Aid Foundation will receive the Deborah Talmage Attorney of the Year Award at the Santa Barbara Women Lawyers Annual Celebration Dinner on December 13
Month: November 2010
Verizon Foundation Gives $12,000 For Literacy Tutor Program
The Verizon Foundation awarded a $12,000 grant to the AmeriCorps Literacy Tutor Program run by the Center for Community Education, a program of the Santa Barbara County Education Office.
Super Santa Barbara 2 at CAF
Super Santa Barbara 2 will focus on the under-publicized issue of Net Neutrality and how it’s absence/presence relates to the future of our community.
Venoco Abandons Expansion Proposal
After a decade of trying, Venoco Energy officially abandoned its efforts this week to expand oil-drilling operations off Platform Holly in the Santa Barbara Channel.
Firefighters Get Own Show
The city’s fire department got the go-ahead from council members this week to begin production on a reality TV show titled “First Responders—Firefighters of Santa Barbara.”
Former Santa Maria Police Chief Dies
John Sterling, the former Santa Maria police chief far more popular with community activists and fellow cops than his higher-ups in City Hall, died last week at age 60.
Borders Bites the Dust
The Borders bookstore at the corner of State and Canon Perdido streets will close on 1/7, leaving more than 30 employees out of work and vacating one of the most prominent storefronts in Santa Barbara.
We Need to Talk
The Holden Foundation films its first panel discussion on education.
Quaids Miss Another Court Date
They’re still in Canada, and have forfeited a million dollars in bail bonds.
Health of World’s Oceans and Fisheries Inaccurately Measured, Study Claims
The most widely adopted measure for assessing the state of the world’s oceans and fisheries led to inaccurate conclusions in nearly half the ecosystems where it was applied, according to new analysis
