Lauren Gurley
Lauren Gurley, Santa Barbara born and bred, has been interning in the news department since mid June.
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Mayor Helene Schneider and Marija Maja Ćatović
During a recent trip to Kotor, Montenegro — one of Santa Barbara’s six official sister cities — Mayor Helene Schneider took a copy of The Santa Barbara Independent along to read during the 26 hours of travel it took to get there.
Kettmanns
At 3:03 p.m. on Sunday, July 15, Senior Editor Matt Kettmann, his wife, Joanna, and his son, Mason, welcomed Madeline Rose to the family after a brief, all-natural, and relatively painless labor, the last two hours of which were spent at Cottage Hospital.
Abe Peck
Journalism veteran and Santa Barbara resident Abe Peck recently traveled to Tibet, managing to get into the region tightly controlled by China just five days before the borders were temporarily closed to foreigners.
Spike Miller
Spike Miller found a friend this summer when his family adopted Ace, a purebred mutt.
Yarn Bomb
In the maybe-you-missed-it department, a prominent eucalyptus tree on Cold Spring Trail in the mountains above Montecito was attacked with a “Yarn Bomb” for about one week in early June.
Cassi Lindberg
Graphic designer Cassi Lindberg, who recently started working in The Santa Barbara Independent’s advertising production department, has always loved English bulldogs as pets because they’re lazy.
2012 Summer Solstice Workshop
A massive birdcage featuring everything from a flying pig and 12-foot flamingo to a crazy macaw and the last dodo, the float falls under this year’s theme, Fantasy, which opened the floodgates for creativity in the workshop.
Chris Potter
Three years ago, Santa Barbara native Chris Potter — a deep descendant of the old Potter Hotel family — quit his job to paint full-time and now is a fixture on the streets and hillsides of Santa Barbara, where he crafts plein air landscapes and urban scenes every day of the week, including the image featured on this week’s cover, called “Old San Marcos Greens.”
Paul Wellman
Almost every day of every week of every year for the past decade, The Santa Barbara Independent’s staff photographer Paul Wellman has been out on the scene, snapping pics of politicians, criminals, chefs, athletes, rock stars, and everyone and everything in between.