Story Archive for February 2008

Friday, Feb. 29

• Missing Mesa Woman Found

• Markets: Close of Friday, February 29

• UCSB Announced New Program for Energy Efficiency

• Anti-Military Protestors to Rally Against Vandenberg

• Vandenberg Missile Launch Postponed

• Classroom Democracy

• To See and Not Be Seen

• Downed Cow Disgrace

Thursday, Feb. 28

• Got Smoke Detectors? Here’s a Pizza

• New Upper State Hotel: Too Big?

• Never Again, Never Again, Never Again!

• Judge Hears Frimpong’s Retrial Motion

• Sara Miller McCune Grants Endowed Chair to UCSB

• Mesa Woman Missing

• To Endure, and to be Heard

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• Protesters, UCSB Argue Researchers’ Role in War Efforts

• New Phone Tax

• County Making Plans Now for Big Reductions Later

• Ridding Fruit Trees of Menacing Larvae

• Sorenson Sues Pacificor

• Chumash Casino Named as Fast-Growing Employer

• Raytheon Receives $100 Million In New Contracts

• Be Kind Rewind

• Wound Closure Company to Headquarter in SB

• Truston Partners with Identity Force

• Week Spot Photo: The Essential Worker

• Vantage Point

• Give a Little

• The Wendy Chronicles

• SB Zoo Receives $150,000 Grant

• Santa Ynez Valley Union High School Principal Deposed

• Global Telescope Network Created in Goleta

• US Scientists Lead Dark Matter Research

• Officers Support "Don't Ask Don't Tell"

• Film Shown for Ugandan Children

• SB Business College Goes Cyber

• SB Schools May Lose Healthcare Money

• Pulitzer Prize Winner Passes On

• She’s Great. Him I Hate.

• Music at the Tavern

• Memorial Held for Lawrence King

• Photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale Speaks at UCSB

• Turning Science into Social Change

• Fulfilling Fun

• Trouble in Africa

• Balance of Power

• Prevention In Jail

• Cask-Conditioned Ale at Hollister Brewing

• Fiction with Novelty

• Philip Glass on 50 Years of Collaborations

• Violence In Oxnard

• Opera Santa Barbara Receives $5M Donation

• Tribal Rivalry in Kenya Causes Death and Displacement for Many

• Food Hits the High Notes

• Question: ‘What was the practice of medicine like in the Spanish era?’

• Romancing the Indian: The Photographs of Edward S. Curtis.

• Rufus Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Penny! Penny! Penny!

• Great to Dine with the Danes

• Giselle, presented by the State Ballet of Georgia

• Positively State Street

• Anon(ymous), an adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey by Naomi Iizuka.

• 2008 Wedding Guide Listings

• Cracking Down

• Supervisors Clash Over Cash for the Coast

• This Week in History

• DA Opposes Frimpong Retrial Motion

• LIBBY, LINE 1-18:

• Vandenberg Tracks Bits of Blown Up Satellite

• vol. 22, no. 111, Feb. 28 - Mar. 6, 2008

• Nava Unleashes New Sex Offender Laws

• Amgen Cycling Tour Blows Through Town

• Nava Combats Dog Fighters

• Teamsters and News-Press Charge Unfair Labor Practices

• Uncertain Future for Nevrland Ranch

• Blaze at Warner Estate Burns Mansion

• SB Home Prices Fouth Highest In State

• De la Guerra Plaza Plans in the Air

• Carpinteria Limits Big Box Development

• The Next Great Awakening?

• Pointer Announces Candidacy for 3rd District Seat

• Snowy Plover Breeding Prompts Beach Closures

• Amgen Tour Breezes Through SB

• Online Only

• Annual Songwriters Expo Converges on the Valley

• The Giant Among Us

• Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliaccipresented by Opera Santa Barbara.

• Bus Stop by William Inge, presented by Rubicon Theatre Company.

• The Shape of Jazz Festivals to Come

• Oblivion: David Maisel

• Adventures of an Independent Woman

• Pinback and MC Chris.

• Lompoc Federal Penitentiary Goes On Lockdown

• Language of Love

• Happy Birthday, Dr. Suess!

• Bridal Wear

• Remembering a Friend

• Punk Rock-Out

• Going to the Chapel

• Wear the White Tuxedo

• Morgan John Cowles 1968-2008

• The Last Days of Empire by Bob Potter.

• Covert Contributions

• Three Reasons to Appreciate Isaac Julien’s Moving Pictures

• What to Eat

• School Board Slap

• Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

• Granting Wishes

• The Independent Wedding Issue

Wednesday, Feb. 27

• Where We Fall Down

• Blue Whale Death Investigators Point Finger

• Melting the Ice in the Heart of Man

• Eyes Are the Coal Mine Canary of Malnutrition

Tuesday, Feb. 26

• Top Sporting Events: February 26-March 6

• Anarchy on the Streets

• Michael Bublé Confirms Two Bowl Dates

• Beating the Hope Drum

• Ole, Ole, Ole

• Various Artists

Monday, Feb. 25

• Discovering the Power of Awareness

• Santa Barbara Opera Receives $5 Million Donation

• Gone to NAMM

• Africa’s Most Dedicated Witness

• Health for Pune City’s Poor

• Is the Good Land Ready for Disaster?

• Sneak Attack!

Sunday, Feb. 24

• Big Waves Return to SB

• Nava Seeks Tougher Sex Crime Laws

• Youth Violence and Religion

• Welcome to Bombay

Saturday, Feb. 23

• Remembering Lawrence King

• UCSB Scientists Map Human Effect on Oceans

• Leipheimer Leads Amgen Tour

• Our Glorious Leaders

• Plover Lovin’ Prompts March 1 Closure of Vandenberg Beaches

• Care and Feeding of IRA

Friday, Feb. 22

• Dos Pueblos, Santa Barbara High Face Off

• Healthspan

• Market: Close of Friday, February 22, '08

• Blaze Burns Billionaire Beanie Baby Baron’s Bedroom

• Plays Well With Others

• UCSB Scientist: “Potato Chip of the Ocean” at Risk

• Buellton Councilwoman Announces Candidacy for 3rd District Supervisor

• Shooting of Gay Oxnard Student Resounds in SB

• Uno Is Not for Everyone

• Cuba Libre

Thursday, Feb. 21

• Teamsters, News-Press Trade Unfair Labor Practice Charges

• Top Sporting Events: February 21-24

• Paul Veblen, Former News-Press Editor, Dies

• Nava Measure Would Make Dog Fighting a Felony

• BioIQ Scores Venture Capital

• More Than 700 Attend DP High "Invisible Children" Screening

• Robert Plant, Alison Krauss Announce SB Stop

• The Swing of Things

• Rickey Ederington 1953-2007

• The Future of Biofuels Takes Root in S.B.

• School District Braces for More Massive Budget Cuts

• Homophobia in Our Schools

• The African Heritage Film Series Offers Honeydripper and 9 More Films

• Ladysmith Black Mambazo Sing of a Hero and a Country

• David Oliveira Visits Santa Barbara

• Kickin’ Balls

• Almaz Damanias and the Blue Nile Café

• Denver’s Hotel Teatro Offers the Perfect Escape

• This Week in History

• Single and (Un)Professional: 1, 2, 3 … Fall in Love

• The Solar Power of Costco

• Get Your Game On

• The Really, Really Free Market

• Quantum’s Flat Iron Steak Sandwich

• Pro Ballplayers Train at Santa Barbara’s Peak Performance Project

• Cream of Leek and Potato Soup

• Support Those Who Defend Us

• Goleta’s Shelby Trust Moves Toward Re-zone, Development

• Santa Barbara Readers Take On the World Economy

• CompUSA Store Space Yet to be Filled

• Question: ‘Weren’t there ostrich farms around here at one time?’

• Mega Montecito

• Santa Barbara To Have Major New Marijuana Ballot

• UC Fixes Mesa Road Potholes

• Report Examines UC Service Workers' Wages

• Discontinued Extension

• Turnbull Defects to Santa Ynez School District

• Thanks for the Memoriams

• Amgen Tour of California Begins

• Oil Spill Contained at Richards Oil

• Anti-War Civility

• Vital Link in the Food Chain Threatened

• UCSB Study Analyses Human Impact on Oceans

• When the Spirit Moves the Wine

• Sea Otters on the Rise

• Federal Corruption

• EDC Receives Jim Ryerson Award

• Riff Raff Rumination

• Happy Sleep

• Shifting Sands

• Shoreline Sinks Shoreward

• Chamber of Commerce Explores Healthcare Options

• Realistic Rainbow

• High School Student Casts Fraudulent Ballot

• Smoke Detector-less House Burns

• Six Arrested for Selling Crack

• The No Kill Revolution

• Teen Stabbed on Westside

• Military Conference Moved from UC Campus

• The Knight from Olmedo

• Destroying the Addicted

• Jumper Dies at Cold Spring Bridge

• Denison Murderer Still at Large

• Why Unions?

• Poison Free Project

• Mercury Lounge Spotlights Santa Barbara Artists

• The Tempest, presented by The Acting Company

• Steelhead Seen In Mission Creek

• The Many Reasons to Love a Cupcake

• The Music Man

• Ron Reihel: The Presence and Absence of Light

• Opera Santa Barbara Opens Three “Italian Passions”

• The Barren Beauty of Death Valley

• vol. 22, no. 110, Feb. 21 - 28, 2008

• Brown Pelicans To Be Delisted?

• Roy Fowler

• Jazz Takes a Bow

• Oval Office Antics and Achievements

• SBMA’s Electronic Poetics Brings in the Community

• Polly Caldwell Bookwalter’s Butterfly Beach

• Jumper

• In Bruges

• Getting Personal with Phillip Lopate

• Sings Like Hell, with Kelly Willis and Chuck Prophet.

• ¡Bailamos!

• The Granada Begins a New Century

• Positively State Street

• Dr. Luis Castillo and Diane Appelbaum Bring ¡SALUD! to Town

• A Vote for Change

• Eucalyptus Trees Take Root in California

• Mountain Movies

• New Names, New Faces

• Ty One on at the Biltmore

• Give a Little

• Theatrical Time Warp

Wednesday, Feb. 20

• Methane, H2S, and Oil Spilling

• Citizens Invited to Vigil for Slain Oxnard Student

• Two Arrested Following Jack in the Box Assault

Tuesday, Feb. 19

• Supes Terminate Terrace

• DP High Screens New “Invisible Children” Documentary

• Failing California Communities and the UC System

• Starbucks, iPods, School Shootings

• Southern Strategy

• Top Sporting Events: February 19-25

• The Mars Volta

• How to Make a Practice with All These Pieces

Monday, Feb. 18

• The Giant Among Us

Sunday, Feb. 17

• Ship Shape… And Very Strange

• Gaviota’s Highway 101 Lane Closed

• UCSB Conference Looks at 1968 East LA Walkout

• B’nai B’rith Recognizes Work by SB’s Judy Meisel

Saturday, Feb. 16

• Developer Won't Give Up Transit Center Dream

• Missing SBCC Student Found Dead in Reno

• Lights, Camera, Brooks Students Say, “Action!”

• Teenager Stabbed Near Cottage Hospital

• Is Now the Time to Buy a Home?

• Unclear Results of UCSB Anti-Military Rally

• Judaism in Santa Barbara

Friday, Feb. 15

• What's Funny About the News-Press

• Close of Market: Friday, February 15

• Marijuana Legalization on the Ballot?

• Eddie Vedder Heads to the Arlington

• Trail Organization Slammed For Supporting Multi-Use

• Whining in Rome

• Puppy Love?

Thursday, Feb. 14

• Surfing Rabbi Charges I.V. and Rincon

• Trash Bin Fire Scorches Goleta Home

• Goleta Organic Farm Bows to Neighbors’ Complaints

• Agnes Guevara’s Living Legacy of Mexican Cuisine

• Scientology Church Decries Wave of Worldwide Persecution

• Making Use of Disposable Bunk Beds

• 49th Winter Antique Gun Show

• Catalan Violist Jordi Savall Writes History with Music

• Mama Pat’s Inner Light Community Gospel Choir.

• St. Vincent (a k a Annie Clark) on Sufjan, Coachella, and Going Solo

• Val Days

• Sandy Tolan Corrects Us

• Well Oiled

• The Next Supreme

• Educate This

• Think Big!

• Piece by Peace

• Blatant Self-Promotion (dot com)

• Obama, Yes!

• Egar Gets Day In Court

• Blood Oranges

• It’s Elemental, Being Green

• Why It’s Smart to Invest in Art

• Lisa Lampanelli

• Light Brown Apple Moth Returns to SB County

• UCSB Receives Grant for Alzheimers Research

• Positively State Street

• Bobby Bradford and the Mo’Tet.

• Ballroom, presented by State Street Ballet.

• Othello, presented by PCPA and directed by Patricia Troxel.

• Camerata Pacifica

• vol. 22, no. 109, Feb. 14 - 21, 2008

• Dos Pueblos, San Marcos, and Santa Barbara High Schools Prepare for Prep Playoffs

• New Candidates Run for Superior Court Judge's Seat

• CALobster Formed to Study Effects of MPAs

• Seared Duck Breast

• Kathryn Ish-Stahl 1936-2007

• Debbie Stanbro 1956-2008

• Creative Philanthropy

• Improvability

• Southern California Dreamin’

• Give a Little

• This Week in History

• Love on the Wild Side

• 5,924 miles

• Single and (Un)Professional: Ode to Valentine’s Day

• Quiz: My Funny Valentine

• WE’RE COUNTING ON YOU

• Peeps Is Like a Box of Chocolates

• Egar Gets Day In Court

• Voting Mishaps Explained

• Clean Air Bus Catches on Fire

• Three Ways Santa Barbara Artists Are Putting the “Art” Back in “Heart”

• UCSB Student Mugged on Campus

• Tennis Coach Faces Additional Charges

• Hit-and-Run Convict Sentenced

• The Tempest

• Meditations in Silver: Photographic Studies by Paul Caponigro.

• Kelly Willis and Her Wandering Ways

• Juarez Pleads Not Guilty to Re-filed Charges

• Elastic Perspective Redux, presented by Rubberbandance Group.

• Annual Orchid Show

• Sex Offender Denied Movement Privilege

• Voters Complain About Rigged Election

• Stopping Homelessness May Protect All from Epidemics

• Dispensary Regulation Debate Continues

• Tierney Gearon’s Mother Project

• Chumash Foundations Found at Mission

• Colman McCarthy on Teaching Nonviolence

• Jackson May Lose Neverland Ranch

• Prima Ballerina Nina Ananiashvili to Grace Santa Barbara

• Recycled Cellular Phones for Soldiers

• Get Oil Out Has Commemorative Cruise

• Sheriff Unveils Plan for New Jail, Expanded Prevention Program

• Anglers Push for Artificial Reefs

• Greka Investigates Sabotage Claims

• The Work of Love

• Ode to Real Love

• UCSB Freshman Breaks Freethrow Record

• Gallegly Files for Reelection

• Groundation

• Capps Praises College Affordability Legislation

• Persepolis

• Voting Mishaps Explained

• UCSB Library Wins Award for Outreach

• SB Middle Schoolers Ride 4 Rwanda

• City to Improve Mission Street Bike Lane

• City to Filter Debris From Water

• City Adopts Ahwanee Water Principles

• Knock, Knock: Plow’s There

• Will.i.am’s  “The Yes We Can Song”

• Fools Gold

Wednesday, Feb. 13

• Military Conference Sparks UCSB Protest

• DNA Leads to Arrest in 2006 Hotel Stabbing Case

• Cold Springs Rehabilitation Project

• They Can’t Read and Write, But They Sure Can Multiply

• Ugandan Brings Art for Peace

• Top Sporting Events: February 14-24

• Carp High’s Jason Ranger Nominated All-American

Tuesday, Feb. 12

• Clean Air Bus Spews Black Smoke

• The Hottie and the Nottie

• UCSB Library Lauded for Earth Day Efforts

• Bren School Scientists, Fisherman Examine Marine Reserves

• Goleta’s New Citizens

• Staying Classy

• Vampire Weekend

Monday, Feb. 11

• Frimpong Lawyer Files Motion for Retrial

• From Hors d’Oeuvres to Dessert

• SB Police Tangle With Rock-Wielder, Drug Pusher

• Striking Out Together

• Clean Water 39 Years Later

Sunday, Feb. 10

• Chamber Raises $100,000 for Gang Resisters

• The Ghost of Wild Parties Past

• Running Man

Saturday, Feb. 9

• Greka Finds Evidence of Sabotage

• UCSB Women’s Center Sponsors Three On-Campus Lectures

• College Bill Passes

• Anna Schwab Wins Middle School Math Bee

• Whom Are You Going to Believe?

Friday, Feb. 8

• How to Take Years off Your Age Without Lying About It

• Market: Close of Friday, February 8

• Middle Schoolers Benefit Rwanda, Chat up Film Fest Celebs

• Evolution Weekend

• Obama Country

• High School Politics

Thursday, Feb. 7

• Donated Phones Bring Soldiers Closer To Home

• Police Warn Motorists to Hide Valuables, Lock Cars

• A Divided Holy Land

• Ken Williams’s New Book Addresses Homelessness in Santa Barbara

• 1-800-Got Junk?

• Top Sporting Events: February 7 - February 14

• Financial Reprieve for County Mental Health

• Supes Arrange Naples Transfer of Development Rights

• UCSB Extension Retreats onto Campus

• Can Mike Foley House Santa Barbara’s Homeless?

• Farr Leads 3rd Dist. in Campaign Money

• Bye-Bye Bazaar, Hello New Building

• Kicking the Legs Out of Martyrdom by Boosting the Palestinian Economy

• Free Family Day

• African Musicians Bearing Deep Messages

• SBIFF 2008 Comes to a Close; Third Weekend for Locals on the Way

• Sanger Calls for New Frimpong Trial

• Veggie Tales

• Alleged Child Molestor Pleads No Contest

• Prop. 92 Explained

• Music Is for Lovers

• Paper or Plastic?

• Mental Health Malady

• Parcel Problems

• The Truth About Goleta

• The Eye

• KOOL KELA

• vol. 22, no. 108, Feb. 7 - 14, 2008

• Calling for Consistency

• UCSB Grad and Global Superstar Jack Johnson Releases Sleep Through the Static

• From Birth to Victory, The Saga of a Santa Ynez Valley Racehorse

• Internet Matchmaking

• Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion Take Their Tales to the Tavern

• Molly Inspires

• Woman Drives Wrong Way on Highway 101

• Thérèse Raquin

• Disastrous Renewal

• General Plan Review Concludes

• Rescue Searches For Downed Plane

• Into the Woods, presented by Westmont College.

• Puppy Love

• Punk Rock Pup

• Quiz: Animal Crackers

• 127,750

• Furry Facebook

• The Art of Wine and Chocolate

• There’s Got to Be a Morning Drink After

• Cook In

• Chocolate Guinness Cake

• This Week in History

• Take a Tour

• Give a Little

• Little Stacks, Big Help

• Merit Badge

• ’Zine and Heard

• Wildling Out

• Question: When did the first automobile come to Santa Barbara?’

• Five Reasons to Indulge at CAF’s Chocolate

• Concert for a Cause

• UCSB Employee Killed In Avalanche

• Dioji Offers Owner-Approved Pooch Pampering

• Cooking with Your Valentine

• Imam's Injustice

• Cool Cats

• Silverscreen Santa Barbara

• Loose Pooch Social Club Offers Doggy Daycare Done Right

• High School Paper Robbed

• John King: Encaustic Paintings, Drawings, Prints.

• Strange Wilderness

• Fred Armisen

• Members Collect III.

• Brush Buddy

• Riders to the Sea, presented by UCSB Opera Theatre.

• Drought and Rain Vol. 2, presented by Company Ea Sola.

• Keep It Clean

• James Carroll on Religion and War

• Michael Jason Spradling 1982-2007

• A Celebration of Threats

• A Man's World No Longer

• Every Dog Has Its Day

• Pit Crew Problems

• Teen Arrested for DUI

• Sorority Smashing Protected By Free Speech

• Capps Decries ExxonMobil's Record Profits

• Chelsea Clinton Visits SBCC

• Scientists Look For Answers in Whale Death

• Acreage Protected for Endangered Fish

• No Sonar Order Holds

• First Trout Seen At Fish Ladder

• ForestWatch Sues For Spills

• Five Years of MPAs Evaluated

• Greka Threatens To Sue County

• Greka Faces Stiff Daily Fines

• Goleta To Be Sister Cities With La Union, Mexico

• CHP Gets Money For DUI Enforcement

• Carbajal Campaign Enjoys Strong Finances

• Arthritic Anteater Passes On

• Solar Bathroom Added at Marina

• Veronica Meadows EIR Deemed Insufficient By Some

• City Sewer Program Enjoys Explosive Popularity

• Murderer Sentenced to 25 Years

• Japan’s Gift to Wine Lovers

• Another Vote for Hillary

• Hang the Potty

Wednesday, Feb. 6

• Winners Announced for SBIFF's Audience Choice Award

• Obama, McCain Victorious in SB County

• Apollo and Jupiter

Tuesday, Feb. 5

• Police Pursuit Ends in Arrest of Underage Driver

• Dead Whale Washes Up on Ventura Shores

• Goleta Looks South to Potential Sister City

• The Original Culture War

• Talking with Jack Johnson

• The Mean Greens

• Hot Chip

Monday, Feb. 4

• Charges Dismissed Against Accused Murderer Juarez

• Plane, Pilot Missing Near Cuyama

• Brangelina Peeps

• Woodard’s Wraps: Day Eleven

• Big Laughs at the Director’s Panel

• Calling on Our Ancestors: The Healing Connection

Sunday, Feb. 3

• Palladino's Picks: The Film Fest Finale

• Woodard’s Wraps: Film Fest, Day Ten

• Capps Decries Exxon Mobil Profit

• CHP Warns Against Super Bowl Sunday Drunk Driving

• Grant to Help CHP Battle Winery-Related DUI

• Spotlight on Women’s Portrayal in Media

• A Cry From the Cross

Saturday, Feb. 2

• Film Festival Fotos: Day Ten

• Montecito Drivers Alerted to Road Construction

• Film Festival Fotos, Day Nine

• Woodard Wraps: Film Fest, Day Nine

• The Forge Is Cracked

• Woman Drives Wrong Way on Highway 101

• The Butcher, the Baker, and… the Taxidermist?

• Greka Threatens to Lay Off 100 Workers

Friday, Feb. 1

• Her Mother's Daughter

• UCSB Women Beat Riverside

• Bluff 'n Back

• Market: Close of Friday, February 1

• Little Pine Mountain

• Buckhorn Trail

• Confessed Murderer Edwards Sentenced 25 Years to Life

• Palladino's Picks: Film Fest, Day Nine

• The Case of the Missing Conductor

• How to Save for College

• Camuesa Connector

• Cold Springs—Middle Fork

• Tangerine Falls

• Cold Springs—West Fork

• Cold Springs—East Fork

• Woodard’s Wraps: Day Eight

• Students to Gather for “Day of Action” on Saturday

• Festival Entry Examines India-Pakistan Split

• Last-Minute Decision

• What’s Your Dog’s Real Age?

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