Story Archive for December 2008
Wednesday, Dec. 31
- Criminal Defense Attorney Caught Buying Heroin
- Forbush Flats or Bust
- Doubt
- Top 10 of 10, Season of Getting, and Getting Genii in Bottle
- Vandenberg Homes Evacuated
- vol. 23 no. 155, Jan. 1-8, 2009
Tuesday, Dec. 30
- Paul Wellman
- The Year of Hope and Fire
- Jerry Roberts Beating Wendy McCaw
- Carpinteria Rape Suspect Caught
- Capsized on Christmas Morning
- Rescue in Rattlesnake Canyon
- U-Haul Propane Explosion Injures Two
- Top Sporting Events: December 30-January 5
Monday, Dec. 29
Sunday, Dec. 28
- 'Tis the Season for Movies
- Valkyrie
- The Reader
- Frost/Nixon
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Gran Torino
- The Tallest Man on Earth
Saturday, Dec. 27
Friday, Dec. 26
Thursday, Dec. 25
Wednesday, Dec. 24
- Santa Barbara High Business Lauded for Environmental Efforts
- Suit Against Goleta Water District Upheld
- Peace Corps Wants You
- Bargains Galore Pre-Christmas
- The Winners of the 2008 Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards
- Holiday Cheers for Santa Barbara's Overseas Soldiers
- Waging Peace
- Holiday Planner 2008
- MoJoW & the Vibration Army Plot Another Santa Barbara Invasion
- How to Have a Pleasant Christmas
- Sissy's Surprisingly Uptown Cafe
- Goleta 12-24
- West Indian Girl Returns to Town to Ring in 2009
- Elliott Carter Turns 100
- The Chaparral Is Not Our Enemy
- Environment 12-24
- Media 12-24
- Business 12-24
- Seven Pounds
- Of Montreal
- Seed Catalogs Inspire Planting Ideas for Your Garden
- This Week in History
- Deity-free Holiday Meal
- Hazy Outlook
- vol. 23, no. 154, Dec. 25, 2008-Jan. 1, 2009
- Give a Little
- The Tale of Despereaux
- East Beach Art Show
- Thank You Firefighters
- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
- Law and Disorder 12-24
- Tommy & the High Pilots
- Peter Pan at the Lobero
- A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley
- Rose Bowl-Colored Glasses
- Champagne on the Brain
- Holiday Pet Safety
- Get Your Pom Red
- Meet the Purple Hands of Santa Barbara
- News to Yous
- Three Reasons to Celebrate New Year's in San Francisco
- Erick Hawkins Dance Intensive
- Vintage Santa Claus
- Fishbon's Art of Participatory Celebration
- City 12-24
- Quiz: Happy New Year
- 1741
- Geisha Secrets
- County 12-24
- Richard Exner 1929 - 2008
- Positively State Street
Tuesday, Dec. 23
Monday, Dec. 22
Sunday, Dec. 21
- Stop Shopping and Start Tapas
- Free to Go : Where?
- Missile Defense Success Questioned
- Hanukkah - Or Is It "Chanukah"?
- Compassionate Clothing
Saturday, Dec. 20
- Arraignment Postponed for D'Sant Angelo
- Art, Scrap, and Everything in Between
- Grant Benefits UCSB Stem Cell Science
- To Vend or Not to Vend
Friday, Dec. 19
- Kicking Plastic and Paper to the Curb
- SantaCon 2008
- Goleta Gets New Police Chief
- For the Felines
- New Traffic Signal at Foothill and Cieneguitas
Thursday, Dec. 18
- Let Them See Data
- Various Artists
- KCSB's Ask-A-Lawyer Radio Program
- Anti-Gay Graffiti Scrawled on Clearview Home
- UCSB Hoops: Women Get Caught in a Crimson Tide
- Goleta Urban Village Moves Forward
- UCSB Professor Expelled from Israel
- School Board Struggle Pits Noel Against Sarvis
- Dark Clouds on Fiscal Horizon
- Draft of City's Future Gets Mixed Reception
- Overpass Gunman to Remain in Hospital Care
- Tech Mogul Brings Laptops to Kellogg Kids
- StylePhile
- A Cautionary Tale about Airports and Holiday Horrors
- Wendy Foster
- A Superb and Snotty 12 Minutes
- Cheap Eats in a Bad Economy
- Law and Disorder 12-18
- Environment 12-18
- Health 12-18
- Education 12-18
- Carl Herman 1910-2008
- Tea Fire Massage
- How Gourmet Was My Valley
- County 12-18
- Santa Barbara County's First Syrah
- Peace
- Anthology at the Contemporary Arts Forum through February 8
- Off the Wall
- A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley at the Granada
- Get Classical, Santa Barbara
- S.B.'s Alice Condodina Brings Classic American Dance to Russia
- Quiz: Happy Holidays!
- Yo Yum Yum Yogurt
- On Par with Bob Chilcott
- Jingle Wheels
- Give a Little
- The Week in History
- Seeing Stars
- There's No Place Like Home
- Christmas Gifts from the East
- Neal Graffy's Street Names of Santa Barbara
- Marianne Dissard
- vol. 23, no. 153, Dec. 18-25, 2008
- Four Reasons to Say "Happy Birthday" to Velvet Jones
- News to Yous
- Tea Fire 12-18
- $600 million
- BoxTales Presents The Ages
- The Christmas Revels
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Let the Right One In
- SendMeHome.com
- Rudy
- Lasagna Gardening
- City 12-18
- Charity Peeps
Tuesday, Dec. 16
- Carolina Liar
- Brian Setzer Orchestra
- New Clinic Caters to Homeless Women
- Visiting Yellowstone Park
- Man Stabbed During Altercation at Party on Sunday
- Various Artists
- CHP Toy Drive Urges Donations Before Friday
- Orcutt Woman Stabbed to Death
- Reality Show Filmed in S.B. Debuts Tonight
Sunday, Dec. 14
Saturday, Dec. 13
- Murder Suspect Arrested in Camarillo
- Pappas Supporter Requests Recount of 3rd District Votes
- Lance and Carla Hoffman's Condition Improves
- Disaster Recovery Center Relocating to County Admin Building
- Stabbing Victim Identified
- Verizon Donates Sum to City College
Friday, Dec. 12
- Poodle Radio Strikes Again
- Grant Funds Anti-Drunk Driving Campaign
- Playing It Safe
- Postal Service Collecting Food Donations
- National Weather Service Looking for Spotters
Thursday, Dec. 11
- Habitat for Humanity to House Area Families
- Top Sporting Events: December 11-21
- Man Killed in West Haley Street Stabbing
- Seven Falls
- Oil Spill Takes Toll on Wildlife
- New Mental Health Coalition Forges Bonds
- Winslet to Receive Film Festival Award
- City Braces for Budget Cuts
- Art Event Commemorates the Life of Wes Nishimura
- Bravo Leads a Latex Revolution
- Thousand-Gallon Spill in Santa Barbara Waters
- The Long Road to Rebuilding
- An Interview with Dustin Lance Black, Screenwriter of Milk
- Tuberculosis in Santa Barbara Homeless
- Chet Kammerer Gets Floored
- Leonard Bernstein's Peter Pan
- Quiz: Inventive Inventions
- Law and Disorder 12-11
- County 12-11
- Three Reasons to Celebrate Form and Function at Westmont College
- City 12-11
- Politics 12-11
- Environment 12-11
- Memories of George Moscone
- Education 12-11
- Christian Tetzlaff
- George Bliss 1919-2008
- Bolt
- A Legend Passes
- News to Yous
- Chip Royston and Benjamin Ciccati
- Positively State Street
- Making Friends with Mushrooms
- vol. 23, no. 152, Dec. 11-18, 2008
- Shannon Switzer
- Dueling Nutcrackers Vie for Audience
- Chuck's Waterfront Grill
- Trinity Backstage Closes Out '08 with Benefit Show
- Striking 12 at Ensemble Theatre
- Inspecting Carol at Theater 150
- Harvey Milk's Living Legacy
- A Very Indy Christmas
- For Po' Girl, Home Is Where the Songs Are
- Zach Gill
- Cupcake Contest
- 50,000
- Madonna with a rhinestone crown
- Throwing the (Cook)Book at Trader Joe's
- Anthony Bourdain Reserves a Santa Barbara Table
- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Comes Home for Christmas
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Chatting with Danny Boyle, Director of Slumdog Millionaire
- Cachuma Lake
- Give a Little
- This Week in History
- Cookie Monsters
- Saving S.B.
- Artist Max Hirschfield Brings 'Outsider Art' to Cesar Ch¡vez Charter School
- Harvey & Dan: That '70s Show
- Our Gay Girl Watches Milk
Wednesday, Dec. 10
- Van Tassel Forbidden to Contact Tom Cruise
- It's Caruso's Miramar
- Nobel Son
- Voters Will Decide Veronica Meadows
- Woman Fights Robber for Her Wallet
- Firemen Show Gauchos Their Version of a Transition Game
- Roe v. Wade Advocate Speaks to S.B. Women's Political Committee
Tuesday, Dec. 9
- Great Whites on Display
- UCSB LabRATS Honored
- UCSB Librarian Named "Pioneer of Digital Preservation"
- UC Berkeley vs. Stanford
- Soldiers Welcomed Home
- Oil Spill Still Offshore
- John Doe
Monday, Dec. 8
- Labor Battle at UCSB
- Oil Spill in the Channel
- This Could Be the Start of Something Big
- Vandenberg Protesters Convicted of Federal Charges
- Xanadu French Bakery
Sunday, Dec. 7
Saturday, Dec. 6
Friday, Dec. 5
- Final Numbers in Jackson-Strickland Race
- Security at Naples Trailhead Beefs Up
- Poodle Radio Turns Five!
- UCSB Hoops: Showing Passion and Compassion
- Top Sporting Events: December 5-14
- Pet Shopping
- Holiday Parade Reroutes Traffic Today
- Clinton Military Aide Criticizes Dems
Thursday, Dec. 4
- News-Press' Don Katich Explains Lay-Offs
- District Attorney: Tea Fire Investigation Is Ongoing
- Madam Pleads Guilty to Charges She Ran Brothel
- Four Arrested for Armed Robbery of Area Shops
- Vandenberg Gets into the Holiday Spirit
- Burned Couple Upgraded to Serious Condition
- New Council Casts First Votes in Collaboration
- City Plan Steps into Limelight
- Video Schmideo Set to Close
- Critics Ask Sarvis to Resign
- Lineman Turned Rhodes Scholar
- From Fire to Flood
- Kelly Joe Phelps Waxes Lyrical
- This Port-ing Life
- Giant Gingerbread House
- 'What can you tell me about a local photographer named Karl Obert?'
- Biltmore Bets on Tydes in the Coral Casino
- JCVD
- Australia
- Twisty Times
- Give A Little
- Blitzen Trapper
- Quiz: Historic December
- 45 tons
- Mike Kresky
- City 12-4
- Cruisin' Creeks
- State 12-4
- Holiday Plants
- Quotes of the Week
- Nonprofit 12-4
- County 12-4
- Business 12-4
- Environment 12-4
- This Week in History
- Lighting the Way
- "Survivor"-Proofed
- vol. 22, no. 151, Dec. 4-11, 2008
- News to Yous
- Four Reasons to Harness the Healing Power of Poetry
- Davey the Cat
- Enrique Doniz Gonzalez 1973-2008
- Todd Hannigan and the Heavy 29's
- Magic Lantern Films Premieres Humboldt County
- Tis the Season 2008
- Mariana Titus's Sunday Mornings, Crowning Glories
- Village Cheese & Wine Shop
- Rock Musical Striking 12
- Positively State Street
- Law and Disorder 12-4
Wednesday, Dec. 3
- Business Comings and Goings
- Wendy McCaw Shuts Down Goleta Valley Voice
- "Buzz" Patterson to Entertain UCSB Republicans Tonight
Tuesday, Dec. 2
- VADA Project at SBMA
- Zach Gill's Timely Tidings
- I.V. Eatery Branches Into Downtown
- Star to Shine on the Bookshelf
- Michele Carbone's New Book Cooks Up the Sweet Life
- Bob Roan's Unconventional Clocks
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