Ross McMurry: 1939-2020
I lost my friend this week. It still hasn’t quite set in. We were supposed to have lunch on Friday, like we do most weeks.
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Fund for Santa Barbara Celebrates Virtually with Jane Fonda and Dolores Huerta
Annual Bread and Roses event commemorates 40 years bold and raises $150,000.
Starshine Roshell Versus a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy in Santa Barbara School Board Race
Brian Campbell and Elrawd MacLearn Charge Unfair Words from Famous Columnist
Double Exposure
By day, I’m a photographer specializing in the intimacy of childbirth — and the flood of emotions when holding the little person you just made.
Did Donald Trump’s Secondhand COVID Smoke Infect Salud Carbajal?
The White House is covering up the tracks for the guilty, the stupid, and the psychotic.
Why Are So Many Folks Hankering for a Pandemic Pup?
Columnist takes this quaran-tunity to adopt a furry friend.
Edwin Austin Shaw: 1947-2020
Edwin Shaw was a natural teacher. Every summer, he helped children at Lobero Circus Camp build their wildest ideas out of recycled cardboard; for years, he was the Artist-in-Residence of the Summer Solstice Workshop; and every school year, he worked with developmentally disabled teenagers in classrooms around Santa Barbara County.
Trumpanomics and Dumpster Diving for Dollars in Santa Barbara
Poodle riffs on the debate and the Supreme Court as its head explodes.
The Scales Fall Away
“Before we moved from our tiny apartment in Brooklyn, we carried our garbage in little grocery bags to the basement.”
Code Switching
But, really, it’s, “You’re Black, what’s it like?” Well, it’s painful as shit.