Did Booth Get Away with Killing Lincoln?
It took novelist/artist/raconteur Barnaby Conrad more than 60 years to write this what-if book.
Month: March 2011
Music + Noise + Body
Experimental music takes over UCSB, while the Santa Barbara Symphony plays it less-than-safe in its upcoming concert season.
The Boyle Point
Santa Barbara’s most prolific author, T.C. Boyle, talks Channel Islands, the work of writing, and the end of the world as we know it.
Brandi Rivera
Brandi Rivera has been with us at The Santa Barbara Independent since 2008 managing business and human resources.
County Unemployment Numbers Released
The Employment Development Department (EDD) released numbers on 3/25 that show unemployment rates in Santa Barbara County dipped slightly from 10 percent in January to 9.6 percent in February, with the category of “agriculture and administrative support and waste services” gaining the most jobs.
Deny Diablo
My thanks goes to Angry Poodle for pointing out the tons of nuclear fuel rods stored at our local reactor.
154 Crash Victim Dies
A suspected drunk driver traveling westbound on Highway 154 in heavy rain caused a head-on collision at around 10 p.m. on 3/19.
License for Disaster
In 1975, before Diablo Canyon went on-line, my husband and I attended a two-day symposium in the Cal Poly gym.
Music Academy Gets $1 Million Donation
The Music Academy of the West received a $1 million donation this week from local philanthropist Leslie Ridley-Tree to help complete the school’s new Luria Education Center.
S.B. Attorneys Win Big Wells Fargo Suit
Santa Babara attorneys Barry Cappello and Leila Noel won a $3.5 million lending discrimination verdict for 880 borrowers against Wells Fargo Bank after a three-month trial concluded last week in Los Angeles.