PUEBLO Holds Immigration Rights Workshops
Last Sunday, PUEBLO held the third in its series of five immigration rights workshops at the Westside Boys and Girls Club.
Month: April 2011
Hot Desert Days, Cool S.B. Nights
Jessica Fichot and Del the Funky Homosapien are just some of this week’s live-music highlights.
Gas Prices Continue to Rise
The average price of gas in Santa Barbara was $4.27 per gallon as of 4/17, up 4.2 cents from the previous week.
Supes Proclaim April Child Abuse Prevention Month
Santa Barbara County supes proclaimed April Child Abuse Prevention Month at their April 12 meeting. In 2010, 4,000 children were reported to the county’s Child Abuse Hotline.
Donald Rumsfeld Speaks in Town
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush, former U.S. Treasurer Bay Buchanan, and U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter were all in town to speak at a Young America’s Foundation event over the weekend.
Alpha Thrift Store Opens on Milpas
The Alpha Resource Center opened its third Alpha Thrift Store and the first in Santa Barbara since it was priced out of its 2006 digs on the 1100 block of State Street.
UCSB Professor Studies Jellyfish for Cancer Treatment
UCSB Chemical Engineering professor Patrick Daugherty is using jellyfish proteins to figure out when cancerous tumors will metastasize.
Kayaks, Canoes Now Allowed on Lake Cachuma
The park’s policy changes are meant to attract more visitors.
UCSB Again Makes Playboy’s Top Party School List
UCSB cracked Playboy magazine’s top 10 list of biggest party schools again this year, coming in at number 10.
Teachers Union and School District Struggle to Mitigate Sacramento Woes
How Santa Barbara’s Board of Education is dealing with the state budget mess.
