Story Archive for June 2008
Monday, June 30
- Tables Turned on Alleged Gunpoint Robber
- Man Stabbed Through Open Car Window
- School Taxes Bound for November Ballot
- Seabees Show Their Stuff
Sunday, June 29
- Independence Day, Goleta-Style
- Vandenberg Receives New Commander
- Drowning Victim Identified as City College Student
- Basin Fire Expands Dramatically
- Tibetan Wisdom in Santa Barbara
Saturday, June 28
- Getting a Good Night's Sleep
- County Issues Air Quality Advisory
- Man Arrested on Charges of Threatening Police Chief
- Update on Central California Fires
- Capturing Wild Animals, Teaching Your Peers
- World Weird Web: Conventionally Weird
- Bears Bad News?
- Countdown on Plastics
Friday, June 27
Thursday, June 26
- Good Doggie
- Santa Barbara Residents Offered Free HIV Testing This Morning
- The Big South
- Southern Movies
- Buying Fuel? Buy a Taco, Too
- Next Stop: Freedom
- Developer, Activists Strategize for Future of Gaviota Coast
- McCain, Schwarzenegger Tout Energy Independence
- Maneuver by Goleta Could Endanger Measure A
- Pacific Fusion Brings a Taste of the Islands to S.B.
- StylePhile
- Songs of Heartbreak and Hope from the everybodyfields
- Documentary Chronicles Marta Becket's 40-Year Solo Career
- Diving for Delicacies and Dollars
- Nature Cruise
- Tibetan Lama Visits Santa Barbara
- Catherine Meagher
- Beach Style
- Eulah Laucks 19092008
- Fresco Cafe North Opens in Goleta
- This Week in History
- Music Academy Unveils Hahn Hall
- WORD Isla Vista Arts & Culture Mag
- S Is for : Square One
- My Mantle
- It's Only Life
- The Quirky Cafe Quackenbush
- Quote of the Week 6-26
- Health 6-26
- Pazzazz!
- Solstice Peeps
- Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Education 6-26
- County 6-26
- Law and Disorder 6-26
- Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
- vol. 22, no. 128, June 26-July 3, 2008
- The Trial of Mata Hari
- Republican Tony Strickland Offers a Stark Alternative to Hannah-Beth Jackson
- Vans Warped Tour
- Body Wonder
- Three Reasons to Come Together for 2008's Unity Tour
- 80-Year-Old Bert Shaw Completes the AIDS Ride; Plus, Santa Barbara's RAAM Riders
- The Nature of Things
- Opera Under the Stars
- Get Smart
- Mongol
- Environment 6-26
- 1.75 million
- Pride Goeth Before the Dog
- 21st Annual Santa Barbara Wine Festival
- The Passion Flower and Fruit
- Greening Grasses
- Give a Little
- This Is Our Town
- Brandi Carlile
- Positively State Street
- News to Yous
- Suit Against County CEO Dropped
Wednesday, June 25
- Shoreline Beach Cafe
- Scotch Bonnet
- Man Dies Following Post-Solstice Party in Westside Pool
- Going Ultralight - The Pack
Tuesday, June 24
- Goleta Presbyterian Church Reaches Out To Ghana
- UCSB's Student-Run Ad Agency Largest in State
- 'How long did the famous actress Judith Anderson live here?'
- Benefit Featuring Erika Kahn Supports Santa Barbara Outreach Program
- Colter Frazier's Experiments in New Music
- Santa Barbara's Katy Perry on Kissing Girls, Dissing Boys, and Making it Big
- Slightly Stoopid
- Families Protest Outside Cottage Hospital
- Burning Transformer May Have Contained PCBs
- Cuba Sweeps Foresters
- Reptiles Return to Wheeler Gorge this Saturday
Monday, June 23
- Blue and Gold Bikes
- U.S. EPA Holds Greka Responsible for Cleanup of Toxic PCBs
- County Fire Department Bans Burns
- A New Eye for Isla Vista
- Back by Popular Demand
- How Politics and Museums Mix
- Santa Barbara City College Commemorates Sam Wake
- Cuba Beats Foresters, Again
- Are Hotels Good for the Good Land?
Sunday, June 22
- Capps Blasts McCain and Bush
- Mushroom Delight
- Santa Barbara Breakers Win Championship
- Vehicle Fire on 101 Leaves Teen in Critical Condition
- Weathering the Storms
- UCSB Study Examines Central Coast Quality of Life
- Money Talks
- Seven Stores Cited for Selling Cigarettes to Sting Operatives
- Squeezing Every Last Drop
- County Upping Fire Staff on Hand at All Times
- Santa Barbara Foursquare
Saturday, June 21
- Lowe and Gibson Continue Fight
- Shoreline Park Beach Steps Closed
- One Among Many
- Isla Vista Not So Trashy
- Like Oil and Water
Friday, June 20
Thursday, June 19
- Breakers Make Title Run
- Smoothly Functioning Flu Response
- Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Take the Stairway to Down-home Heaven
- Standing Up, Sitting Down, Moving On
- Timeless Beauty
- Animal Services Seeks Foster Parents for Kittens
- Pali-X.-Mano Sets the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
- Sentencing Over Bogus Will Postponed
- Marriage Licenses for All Becomes Law
- Faced with $17 Billion in State Cuts, County Supervisors Finally Pass Tightened Budget
- Former Basketball Coach to Spend Seven Years Behind Bars
- Veronica Meadows a Go : for Now
- Flora and Fauna
- 2008 Summer Dance Guide
- Death Cab for Cutie's Drummer Weighs In on Latest Album
- 2008 Summer Film Guide
- Sheryl Crow
- Helio Sequence
- Mad Caddies
- Positively State Street
- The Dark Knight of Surfing
- Trail Picture Becoming Brighter
- City 6-19
- vol. 22, no. 127, June 19-26, 2008
- Law and Disorder 6-19
- Hannah-Beth's Comeback Bid
- Pedophile-Priest Victim Describes Meeting Pope
- SpiritLand Uncorks Wednesday Wine & Dine
- War, Inc
- Moving Daze
- June Boom
- Safely Socking Your Wine Away
- Catching Up with Singer Brandi Carlile
- Jane Gottlieb
- Jessica Anya Blau's Semi-Fictional Novel Set in S.B.
- The Soccer Wars
- A Little Broadway Pazzazz! on State Street
- 2008 Summer Visual Arts Guide
- 2008 Summer Arts Guide
- Quote of the Week 6-19
- 2008 Summer Classical Music Guide
- 2008 Summer Pop & Rock Guide
- The Incredible Hulk
- S.B. Thrash Heroes Civil Unrest
- 2008 Summer Jazz Guide
- The Cutting Garden
- Hot Fun in the Summer Solstice Workshop
- Children's Safety Program
- Concert for Women in Africa
- 60 million tons
- Quiz: Fresh Fruit
- Bans, Marriage and Otherwise
- Michael Gonzales, 1951-1989
- Four Choreographers to Watch for at Fusion Dance Company's Intertwine
- News to Yous
- Greener, Greener
- Peeping Pops
- 2008 Summer Books & Lectures Guide
- Q Is for : Quantum Kitchen & Cocktails
- 'How did Meigs Road get its name?'
- Warren Holt: Playascope
- Cool Classes
- Give a Little
- Adopt-A-Cat
- This Week in History
- 2008 Summer Theater Guide
- Luis Alberto Urrea to Speak at S.B. Writers Conference
- Todd Snider Returns to Santa Barbara in Devilish Fashion
- Renaud's Patisserie & Bistro
- Tapas Tango In
- Ruth's Chris Steakhouse
- Trainer Rebecca Atwater Teaches S.B. How to Ride
- Business 6-19
- Environment 6-19
- Montecito Ponders Cityhood
- Deaths 6-19
- Media 6-19
- Education 6-19
- Goleta 6-19
- County 6-19
- Kim's Kite: The Eyes Have It
- Ewephoria
Wednesday, June 18
- The Original Femme Fatale Gets a New Trial
- How Bicycle Riders Donate to Car Drivers in Goleta
- Adventure on the Sisquoc
- Investing Green
- New County Fireworks Ordinance in Time for July 4
- JT Lindsay Returns Solo to Sings Like Hell Series
- Babes in the Woods at Wheeler Gorge
Tuesday, June 17
- It's Only Life Opens at the Rubicon
- Church and State Collide on Highway
- S.B. Publisher Claims Photojournalism Award
- Al Steinman Dies Tuesday Morning
- Keb' Mo'
- The Graduate
- John McCain to Come to Santa Barbara
- Intense Whitewater
- Living in Chaparral Country
- How Many Acorns Can a Woodpecker Store?
- The Feast of Pentecost
- Mates of State
Monday, June 16
- Suicide Confirmed Beneath TV Hill
- Citizen McCaw Filmmakers Defy News-Press Owner
- Graduation Season Ends
- Anonymous Donor Pledges $75,000 to Direct Relief International
Sunday, June 15
- County Passes $760 Million Budget
- Going Ultralight - The Basics
- Schwarzenegger Supports Nava-Introduced Oil Company Bill
- Peregrine Falcons Returning to the Channel Islands
- Santa Barbara Schools Switch to Homemade Foods
- Green - Inside and Out
- Judge Hands Down Probation Sentence in Cooney's Case
Saturday, June 14
- Drought Stalks Montecito
- Firefighters Douse Thursday Afternoon Fire Near Tucker's Grove
- Racing Across America for Green Power
- Healing the Weird
- Judge Fines Delinquent Jurors
- Remembering a perfect father
- A City's Carbon Footprint
Friday, June 13
- McCaw "SLAPPed" Down
- Markets: Close of Friday, June 13
- Arts Paradise
- GRID
- State Supreme Court Declines Review of Suit Against County
- Wheeler Center Celebrates Outdoor Day
- Santa Barbara Police Release DUI Reports for June 6-9
Thursday, June 12
- Dancing the Night Away
- Draft EIR Released for Santa Ynez Valley Community Plan
- They're Headed This Way
- All These Things That I've Done
- 101 Expansion Project Begins
- Goleta Water Board Talks Moratorium on New Connections, Annexations
- Fe Bland Donates $1 Million to Cottage Hospital
- We're in the Water
- Smart Building
- E-mail, Online Banking Inventor Coming to UCSB
- Fatherly Love
- County Budget Bludgeoning
- Not So Lonely
- The Dagne
- Bicycle Empowerment
- Cruisin' Down the Street in My '64
- Hot Rod Reunion Sparks Flame Nostalgia
- Death Cab for Cutie's Narrow Stairs
- Rude Boys
- NEWS 2 YOUS
- Major League
- Take a Hike
- Do This: Knit and Purl
- Circus circus
- Give a Little
- P is for: Petit Valentien
- Foxen's Groundbreaking Sale
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan
- Glenna Hartmann
- Friendly Festival Turns 20
- Pane e Vino
- Family Outing of the Week
- Beauty in Simplicity
- vol. 22, no. 126, June 12-19, 2008
- The Butler at the Ranch
- Singing Acceptance
- Esther Tran-Le
- Dog Day Pups (I Mean Peeps)
- Famous Last Words
- Carl Gaines
- Name That Car
- Quiz: Famous Cars
- 55%
- Cruisin' Cars
- Vagrancy Patrols DEMANDED
- Septic to Sewer to LAFCO
- Homemade Hothouse
- This Week in History
- 'Round 'n' 'Round We Go
- Kung Fu Panda
- Phantom Tiara Syndrome
- Independent's Road to West Beach
- Homers at Home and in Havana
- Whatever, Dog
- Syrah Secrets Revealed
- And the Award Goes to :
- The Palace Grill
- Chosen by the King
- Coyotes and Canoes
- Part of Nature, Part of Us
- Coast Village Conundrum
- Robin Norwood
Wednesday, June 11
Tuesday, June 10
- Victim of Isla Vista Assault Dies
- Caltrans Gives Public Glimpse of Cold Spring Suicide Barrier
- UCSB Grad Student Nominated as UC Student Regent
- Jack Johnson's Gaucho Homecoming
- Wising Up
Monday, June 9
- Goletan Dies in Los Padres National Forest
- Half-Naked
- Stolen Taxi Leads Santa Barbara Police on Chase to Malibu
- They Do It Better Naked
- Alternative Light Source Pioneer Nakamura Lauded by Spanish Prince
- An Olympic Splash at Dos Pueblos High
- The Summer of Naples
Sunday, June 8
- Goleta Gets Police, Party, and Potentially Problematic Planning
- Stanwood Drive Repairs Complete 12 Days Early
- Caring for Elders
- Bringing in the Green
- Will Lakeview Estates Preserve Ag or Destroy It?
- Electricians Sue Granada Theater Construction Contractors
Saturday, June 7
Friday, June 6
- Capps Lauds New Direction Budget
- No More Lead Bullets
- Mass Effect
- Markets: Close of Friday, June 6
- Long Hot Summer Remembered
- Habit's New CEO
- Public Speaks on UCSB's Expansion Plans
- An Historic Occasion
Thursday, June 5
- Curtain Call
- Bill Bertka's Favorite Laker-Celtic Memories
- Them Terribles to Rock Rock Band
- Missing Person, Trampled Transient, and Copper Cable Caper
- AIDS/Life Cycle Ride to Move Through Central Coast
- Santa Barbara Warned of Oil Shortage Impacts
- Making Prop. 36 Cuts Sting Slightly Less Painfully
- Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Measure Will Be on November Ballot
- High Price for Neglect
- Where to Party
- Press Secretary McClellan's Latest Report
- Joseph Lodge Superior Court Judge
- David Peterson & Richard Evans
- Namaste
- Big Fish in a Small Sandbar
- Jen Villa
- Just Like Heaven
- What's Up, Doc?
- Dating with Dear Old Dad
- Enlarging the Change
- The Truth Behind Tonic
- Atonally Yours
- Yesterday's Party, Tomorrow's Buzz
- Shootout at Miramar Corral
- Nightlife Peeps
- I Alone Tempt You
- Kids for a Cure
- Ojai Calling
- vol. 22, no. 125, June 5 - 12, 2008
- Hanging Out Stateside
- Drag Show Peeps
- Nite Moves
- So I Think I Can Dance
- And Then There Were Two
- Babes in Clubland
- Joy Mixed with Sorrow
- One for the Gipper
- Slow: Whales Crossing
- Five Creative Lives
- this WEEK in HISTORY
- This Burg's Best Burger
- The Strangers
- Sex and the City
- Our Daily Bread
- Norton's Pastrami
- Baby Northern Mockingbird I found
- 20,000
- Quiz: On the Radio
- Showy Hues
- Pick Up the Park
- Grant to Fund Education for Inmates
- Summer Camp
- News 2 Yous
- The National's
- Sing a Song
- Give a Little
- 3 Reasons to Hit the Streets for SOhO's Art & Music Fest
- Hey There, Pink Cheeks!
- Past & Present
- The Tranquil Trickster
- Question: Belle Reynolds
- Banjo-String Bill Heads to NBA Finals
- Stained Teeth Be Gone!
- Eschewing la Carte at the Hitching Post
- Charitable Donation
- N is for : Natural Cafe
Wednesday, June 4
- A Chance for Fairview Gardens
- Supes Table Rincon Septic-to-Sewer Vote
- Friends of the Bridge Continue Their Fight
- Live's set list from their Friday, May 30 concert at the Majestic Ventura Theater.
Tuesday, June 3
- 3rd District Supervisor Candidates React to Santa Barbara County Votes
- June 3 Election Results for Santa Barbara County
- Election Results Rolling In
- Don Golfers Take Second; UCSB Names Volleyball Coach
- 90-Year-Old Pedestrian Dies From Vehicular Accident Injuries
- Sacred Visions
- Last Minute Campaign Fundraising Figures
- Isla Vista: Partying With a Purpose?
- Firefighters Rescue Woman From Burning Apartment
- Miramar Magnate Eyes L.A. Mayoralty
- Whale Tales





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