Story Archive for December 2012
Monday, Dec. 31
- All Year Long
- Local School Support From Arch Rock Fish
- Freedom Warning Centers to Activate
- Getting Started on the New Year
- Santa Barbara Reads Selection Announced
- 5th Annual Herb Peterson Day Celebrates the Wholesome Egg McMuffin®!
- Integrative Medicine Center of Santa Barbara
- Christina Djernaes Dies
- Santa Ynez Valley Polo Classic Mounts Up for An Encore Performance
- Proper Christmas Tree Disposal
- Vexed Vindication
- Trevor Borden
- PIPW Expands Writing Workshops
- Anacapa School Performers Give Us a History of American Music
- BASSHup! Seeking New Dance Works
- Orfalea Foundation’s REACH Program Recruiting New Students
Sunday, Dec. 30
- Remembrance Quilt Project to Stop Gun Violence
- Vandenberg Airman receives heirloom
- Santa Barbara Reads Selection Announced
- $19 Million Clark Heir Dies
- Hub International Sponsors Two Easy Lift Vehicles
- Search Team Rescues Hikers
- New 2013 Institute of Management Board
Saturday, Dec. 29
Friday, Dec. 28
- Catalytic Converter Thefts Continue
- Suicide Prevented
- Rape Crisis Counseling Training
- Adoptable Pet of the Week
- Saint Anne’s Place Release The Earth Shaker
Thursday, Dec. 27
- Sports Highlights: Dec. 27-29
- Year in Pictures 2012
- Paul Wellman
- volume 27, number 363, December 27, 2012 - January 3, 2013
Wednesday, Dec. 26
Tuesday, Dec. 25
Monday, Dec. 24
Sunday, Dec. 23
- SB Travel Celebrates 65 Years of Award Winning Travel Service
- Winter Crafts in Los Olivos and Santa Ynez Libraries
- Foothill School Team Wins “Champions Award, 2nd Place” at Los Angeles Regional Championship Tournament
- Scanned for Life
Saturday, Dec. 22
- The Santa Barbara Journalism Initiative Announces Hiring of Executive Editor Joe Donnelly
- Santa Barbara County Unemployment Rate Stable at 7.3%
- New iPad App from Santa Barbara Filmmaker Peeks into the Shadows of the Cuban Revolution
- Adoptable Pet of the Week
- Report from End of World
- Racing Toward a Lompoc Motorsports Park
- World Doesn't End — Second Time in Two Years!
Friday, Dec. 21
- Freedom Warming Centers Open
- State Street Mistletoe Prank
- Capps Announces Implementation of “Pay as You Earn” Program to Make Student Loan Repayment Easier for Young People
- Detectives Seize Pound of Meth in Drug Bust
- Holiday Safety Tips
- Beach Sampling Results, Dec. 17th
- Season's Greetings
- Holiday Prioritizing
Thursday, Dec. 20
- Pariah, Missouri: The Graphic Novel Press Release
- International Women’s Festival Announces Call for Gutsy Gals
- In 2012 Foodbank Collaborates with 302 Community Partners and Provides Direct Programs throughout Santa Barbara County
- Live Healthier and Strengthen Your Community with a Y Membership
- UC Santa Barbara's Gevirtz School Responses to the Connecticut Shooting
- Goleta Water District Launches Electronic Billing and Online Payment Service
- Amgen Tour of California Retains its Position as one of the Top Four Best Stage Races in the World
- The Wildling Museum is Pleased to Announce the Appointment of Two New Staff
- Santa Ynez Valley Journal Prints Last Paper
- 'AVOID the 12' Targets Impaired Drivers with Sobriety Checkpoint in Lompoc
- Paul Bradford Joins Hayes Commercial Group
- Mystery Jolts Rattle Central Coast
- KDB Reports: 'Youth Interactive' Inspires Local Teens
- Santa Barbara Airport Holiday Travel
- Non-Profit Founded by UCSB Faculty Members Brings Relief to Refugees in Chad
- Students Wearing Sandy Hook's Colors
- Eternal Vigilance
- Nuclear Cliff
- An Honest Living
- Jeff Bridges Pushes Food Program
- City Tightens Grip on Parking Lots
- Tea Fire Homeowners Owed $420,000
- Cottage Housing Spoken For
- City Hall Going Quiet for the Holidays
- Sally Kingston Named Neighborhood Advisory Council Chair
- Luke Branquinho Wins National Rodeo
- Dog Got Your Tongue?
- Death by Water
- volume 27, number 362, December 20-27, 2012
- For Big Black Delta, Sky’s the Limit
- A Charlie Brown Christmas Tree
- Was Jesus Invented?
- Christ the Activist
- Emily Carlson
- End-of-the-World Blues?
- Juan Crow Lands in S.B.?
- Caruso Levels Miramar, Wrangles with County
- Mortgages and Christmas Gifts
- Tommy & The High Pilots Come Home for the Holidays
- Farmers Grab Their Pitchforks
Wednesday, Dec. 19
- CDPH Warns Consumers Not To Eat True Taste Smoked Fish Products Because of Botulism Risk
- Bank of Manhattan Expands to Downtown Santa Barbara
- New Santa Ynez Valley Tourism Marketing Alliance Formed
- Santa Barbara Pilot Disappears over Yosemite
- Hutton Parker Foundation Awards $965,000 in Core Support Grants
- Former Spirit of Fiesta Franchesca Marisol Cabrera Returns to Santa Barbara as Education Co-ordinator with Ballet Hispanico
- WWII Dog Tags Found in France Returned to Service Member's Family for the Holidays
- Southern California Edison presents a $5,000 donation to Santa Barbara-based nonprofit Just Communities
- Enviro Group Appeals Naples Approval in State Court
- EDC Hires New Executive Director
- Supreme Court Denies Steve Pappas Appeal
- The Militarization of America
- Santa Barbara Zoo is Open on Christmas Day for the First Time
- Cottage Health System Names Christopher Ponce as Vice President of Advancement
- Goleta Seeking Applicants for City Boards
- Music Academy Vocal Auditions
- Nicholas Baume at SBMA
- Josie Hyde Brings Ayahuasca Visions to Center Stage Theater
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- Fishing Banned on Sisquoc River
- No-Otter Zone Officially Ended
- Search and Rescue Goes to Macchu Picchu
- Santa Barbara Jazz All-Stars
- Don’t Bogart Christmas
- Mark One for McCaw
- Hoop Dreams
- A Gaviota Christmas
Tuesday, Dec. 18
- Adsum Education Foundation, Inc. Receives $25,000 from the Fund for Santa Barbara
- Local Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofit Organization Collaborate for Music Education
- Santa Barbara's Mary Hubbard Given Takes New Role at Fuller Seminary
- Holiday Office Closure Planned for City of Santa Barbara
- 2012 Black Bear Hunting Season Closes
- County Issues High Wind Warning
- Wendy's Win
- More Mesa Sold to Saudi
- UCSB Researcher to Study Cognition in Wild Birds
- Restaurant Management Tactics from HJL Restaurant Advisors
- Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara Announces 2014 In-House Co-Ed Basketball 2013 Registration
- Alpha Resource Lauds Westmont Professor Christine Milner
- Hugs For Sandy Hook
- Poor Moon and Pure Bathing Culture at Muddy Waters Café
- Body Found on Santa Cruz Island
- Film Festival to Honor Daniel Day-Lewis
- US Forest Service Report Forecasts Natural Resource Management Trends and Challenges for Next 50 Years
- Sports Highlights: Dec. 18-22
- Santa Barbara Travel Agent Training Course
- Santa Barbara Trolley Co. Launches 13th Annual Contest
- Any Day Now
- Newtown Native on Sandy Hook School Massacre
- Adopt Feral Cats
- The Accidental Santa
- State Street Ballet Presents The Nutcracker
- The Christmas Revels at the Lobero Theatre
- Winter Pruning
- There's One Born Every Minute
- Scarlett Begonia Adds Wow-Worthy Dinner Service
- Tasting Old Town Orcutt
- Who Was Benjamin Foxen?
- Jane Criswell of Mallard Lake Ranch
Monday, Dec. 17
- O Street Truck
- Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara Announces New Board Appointment
- Environmental Defense Center Names Owen Bailey as New Executive Director
- Goleta Gas Storage Meeting Monday
- Man Charged with Felony Assault After Downtown Stabbing
- Smart Meters Still Riling S.B. Residents
- UCSB Scientist Ben Halpern Involved in Environmental Mapping of Great Lakes
- Adrian Robles Found Guilty
- Basketball Game, Fundraiser Honors Moore
- Viewing Goes Lunar with Chance of Saturn
- Community Members And Renowned Experts To Gather To Shape Confident Future For Aging Population
- Santa Barbara Young Professionals Club Hosts Annual Gala
- As You Wish, If …
- SBCC to Suspend Men’s Tennis Program
- Essential Guidance For School Librarians Grappling With Multiple Standards
- Santa Barbara County Search And Rescue Team Members Return From Annual Training For Machu Picchu Search And Rescue Team
- Santa Barbara Middle School Hosts “Hunger Banquet”
- Camping Plan Travels to Top with Judges
- Decision Allowing Development at Naples Appealed by Local Groups
- Hospice of Santa Barbara Offers Advice for Parents After Elementary School Shooting Tragedy
- ‘UCSB Reads’ Picks ‘Moonwalking With Einstein’ by Joshua Foer
- Santa Barbaran Deborah Hutchinson Receives Award
- Solange
- S.B. County Arts Commission Receives 10 Works by Channing Peake
- 5 Steps to Recharging Your Sparkle
Sunday, Dec. 16
- Friends Rise to New Levels in Steer Wrestling at Wrangler National Finals Rodeo
- UCSB Physicists Make Strides in Understanding Quantum Entanglement
- SBCC Board of Trustees Elect New Officers
- UCSB Communication Course Studies Effects of Chronic Uncertainty on Undocumented Immigrants
- Goleta Seeking Applicants for City Boards
- Alumni Gift Brings Ballet Hispanico to UC Santa Barbara for Weeklong Residency
- Post Offices Open Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve
- Freedom Warming Centers Extend Actvation
- S.B. Finance Guru Publishes First Book
- Who Let the Dog Out?
Saturday, Dec. 15
- Harriet Miller Youth Scholarship Award
- Amy Adams - Cinema Vanguard Award
- SBNC Partners With UC Berkeley
- Synergy Backs High School Student Effort to Raise Funds
- CenCal Health Model Shows What Adult Day Care Can Be
- Local Company Signs Contract With Inc. 5000 Company
- Goleta Company Gets National Attention
- S.B. Street Medicine Cares for the Vulnerable
- The Smart-Meter Racket
- Greetings from Heaven
- SB Rescue Mission Christmas Feast
- It's a Wrap!
Friday, Dec. 14
- SB Junior League Announces 2012-2013 President
- Ugly Sweater SOHO Concert Benefits the Unity Shoppe
- King Tuff at Muddy Waters Café
- 'Up-Skirt Voyeur' Strikes Again
- More Money-Raising for Goleta Ice Rink
- Scouts Lose Appeal
- Carpinteria High School Teacher Arrested on Campus
- Help-Portrait Event
- PathPoint to Move Programs to Downtown Santa Barbara
- SB Junior League Hosts Winter Wonderland Event
- Starlet
- A Home for the Holidays
Thursday, Dec. 13
- Goleta DUI Checkpoint Press Release
- "Super Chic" Store Opens
- CAB Fare
- So Many Faults
- Rich Family Dining
- SBIFF Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film
- UC Santa Barbara Brings Music and Mentorship to Local Schools
- KDB Reports: A Musical Twist on Dickens
- A History of Ocean Meadows
- Sewage Spill Reignites War of Words
- Santa Maria Election Decided by Defective Ballots?
- Das Targets Waiting Lists
- New Chopper for County's Air Support Unit
- Smart Meter Opponents Gather
- Two Reappointed to County Planning Commission
- New Head of Special Ed Arriving January 7
- Switchfoot Headlining Kids Helping Kids Fundraiser
- Horny Toad’s Holiday Help
- Three Times the Funk
- Graduation Days for Trustees
- Alleged Abalone Poachers Caught
- S.B. Dems Oppose Gang Injunction
- Adam Bomb on the Board
- James Victor: 1950-2012
- volume 27, number 361, December 13-20, 2012
- Kevin McKiernan
- All Bark and No Hat
- Confessions of a Nude Dancer
- The Rise of Poor Moon
- A Report from Kurdish Syria
Wednesday, Dec. 12
- Junior League of Santa Barbara Collaborates with UCSB Clinic
- Murder Suspect's Mom Pleads Guilty to Dealing Heroin
- Sex Offender Deported
- Robles Murder Trial Nearing End
- Police Arrest Catalytic Converter Thieves
- Robert De Niro Honored By SBIFF
- Dave Brubeck: 1920 – 2012
- A Assemblymember Das Williams Presents Proclamation
- 11 Arrested in Gaviota Panga Bust
- Eight Local Companies Vie for Foodbank’s 2012 Challenge Title
- DUI Enforcement December 14 and 15
- Santa Barbara Young Professionals Club Hosts Annual Gala
- Hospice of Santa Barbara Light Up Carpinteria
- NFSA Warns Families of Increased Fire Risk During Winter
- Local Independent Producer Wins Award
- Santa Barbara High School Alum Raising Funds for New Feature Film
- Italian Peasant Food Goes Grand
- Santa Barbaran Wins Golf Division
- Playing for Keeps
- Make Someone Happy
- We Stopped the Diablo Testing
- Cruelty Not Sport
- December 2012 SB County OEM Preparedness
- ’Tis the Season, Again
- To the Olympics and Back
- Public Nuisance Number One?
- Three Can’t-Miss Holiday Concerts
- Sue “Flying” Fish Honored
Tuesday, Dec. 11
- Anne & Walon Green Gift to the County Arts Commission
- Christmas Basket Program Helps Needy
- Deckers’ Sustainability Director Joins Board of Environmental Defense Center
- St. Mark's Announces Christmas Season Services
- Homeless Man Sets American Flag on Fire
- Suspects in April Police Chase Enter Pleas
- Hitchcock
- KJEE’s Winter Round-Up at the Arlington Theatre
- Capps Urges Federal, Local Coordination to Combat Pangas
- Ocean for Life: Accepting Student Applications
- AB 109 Press Release
- Boosting Economic Health
- Giving Back with Grassini Family Vineyards
- Entrée des Artistes at La Petite Chouette Aerial Dance Studios
- Becoming Forever at UCSB’s Hatlen Theater
- Punch Brothers at the Lobero Theatre
- Cielito's Ramon Velazquez Shares His Tamale Recipe
- Adelfos Ensemble
- Closed Athletic Fields
- Not Genocide
- All Power to the Pedals
- 15 Minutes with Cielito's Ramon Velazquez
- “Boomer” of Santa Barbara Pistachio Company
- Seed Dispersal
Monday, Dec. 10
- McCune Foundation Announces $360,000 in Grants
- InTouch Health to Appeal Decision in Patent Suit
- New Sponsor Ad Unveils Beauty of Alexander Properties
- One Warm Coat Coatdrive
- Santa Maria Chooses New Police Chief
- Amy Adams to Be Honored by Santa Barbara Film Festival
- The Towbes Group is 2012 Water Hero
- Isla Vista Explosion Caused by Hash Oil Extraction
- 2012 Solvang Julefest Parade Winners Revealed
- Edhat Founder Peter Sklar Dies
- Rotary Club Honors Adams Family for November
- Mrs. Picky Measuring Wine Glass: A Dieter’s Best Friend
- Moscow Ballet Comes to the Chumash Casino
- Arlington Screens The Hobbit in High Frame Rate
- Merchandise
- S.B. Artist Ethan Turpin Unveils The Gilded Garden
- Newsman Journeys into a Likely Future
Sunday, Dec. 9
- 3rd Annual Holiday Sound Check
- SB Bike Blast
- Music Academy Receives NEA Grant
- Founder Leaves Legacy of Caring
- ABC Announces New Division Management Team
- ABC Awarded $853,000 Grant
- Cottage Names Physicians of the Year
- Rotary Club Honors Colette Hadley
- The Villa at Sunstone Welcomes Pamela Sheldon Johns
- Meet The Restaurant Guy
Saturday, Dec. 8
- SB Airport’s 2nd Annual Songs of the Season
- Goleta Water District Inaugurates Three Members
- Santa Barbara Seniors Reserve Residential Living Homes
- Das Williams to Present Official Proclamation
- Avoid Wild Mushrooms, State Public Health Director Warns
- “Summit for Danny” Traveling Trophy
- Fire Restrictions Lowered on Los Padres National Forest
- Transition to Low Fire Season Preparedness Level
- A Good Day for Gratitude
- The Hobbit in HFR 3D
- Fête with Success
Friday, Dec. 7
- Mental Wellness Center 2012 Volunteer of the Year
- Call for Youth Scholarship Applicants
- Peter Schuyler Elected President of the Environmental Defense Center
- 12th Annual Police Activities League Family Holiday Dinner
- Fear of Fracking
- Animals Make Children Happy
- Seen and Not Seen
- Spread Your Seed
Thursday, Dec. 6
- Winners of the 60th Annual Downtown Holiday Parade
- Circle V Ranch Camp Receives Donation
- Martial Arts Family Fitness Announces Black Belt Exam
- Rod Lathim Receives 2012 Leadership in the Arts Award
- Closure of Chemical Facility Is Good News for Ventura River
- UCSB Vice Chancellor Contributes to Report to President Obama
- SB Spectrum Athletic Clubs Team with Salvation Army for Gift Drive
- Bill of Rights Lives On
- Sports Highlights: Dec. 6-18
- Jack-in-the-Box Shooters Sentenced to 29 Years, 10 Years
- Clean Water Coalition Sues State Over Farm Rules
- Stalker Sentenced to One Year in Jail
- Repeat Offender Takes Plea Deal
- Last Week's Rain Wrap-Up
- Cavalier Steward
- City Kicks Off Annual Community Project Grants Program
- Notification of Street Closures For Motorcycle Toy Run
- Carp Bluff Oil Well Cleanup
- Rain Comes Down, Shelters Open Up
- Money Approved for Cop Car Cameras
- County Reaches Contract Agreement with Public Employees
- New Buzz for At-Risk Kids
- School District Restores Seven Furlough Days
- Sign Reflectivity to Be Studied for $72,000
- Pat McElroy Named Interim Fire Chief
- School Board Approves Cash's Strategic Plan
- Handcrafted Holiday
- San Marcos High School Marching Band and Color Guard Win Gold
- Los Prietos Boys Camp Wins Holiday Day Parade Award
- Christmas in Santa Barbara
- Made in Santa Barbara Books
- The California Honeydrops Go Live!
- Hanukkah on Fire!
- Hanukkah Latkes
- Two Ways to Dance into December
- All Hail King Tuff
- Shoeshine Shining Star
- Ticking Time Bond
- Untying Knots of the Past
- volume 27, number 360, December 6-13, 2012
- Alden Phelan Taugher
- Dynasty of the Dog
- Montecito Picture Co. and the Making of Hitchcock
- Presidio Motel’s Deck the Halls Pops Up at the Ojai Rancho Inn
- Spotlight on Beware of Darkness
- Bulldogging Champ Luke Branquinho
Wednesday, Dec. 5
- Alastair Greene In Concert At The Hub In Ojai
- Gift Baskets For the Needy Assembled By Local Association
- Hospice of Santa Barbara Light Up A Life Stars Available
- New Technology to Help Protect Families with Alzheimers
- Alpacas at West Ranch’s Holiday Celebration
- Friends of the Sea Otter Gears Up for New Battles
- Snow Leopard Festival Postponed One Week
- Das Williams Bill Would Fund Colleges, Universities
- UCSB Statistics and Applied Probability Scholar Named to Treasury Department Advisory Committee
- CSD Launches New Website
- Dine at Favorite SB Eatery to Support Glendon
- Santa Barbara Middle School Students Enroll in Financial Literacy 101
- Williams, Jackson Sworn Into Office
- KRUZ 97.5 Goes Christian Rock
- SPECIAL REPORT: Details Revealed in Coast Guard Officer's Death
- Heroes of S.B. Independent’s Holiday Homebrew Hoedown
- Election Results Certified
- UCSB Receives $1.6 Million from DOE
- Goleta Eyes Ellwood Trails
- Vocal Exercises with S.B. Choral Society and SBCC Quire of Voyces
- Shipwrecks at Honda
- Killing Them Softly
- A Christmas Carol at the Plaza Playhouse Theater
- Charles Bradley at UCSB’s Campbell Hall
- Water v. Oil
- What Would Washington, Adams, and Madison Say?
- Sex Won’t Induce Labor (Even If Your Husband Says So)
- College Football Predictions
- Waging an Assault Upon the Battery
- Jack Motter of Ellwood Canyon Farms
Tuesday, Dec. 4
- San Marcos Marching Band and Colorguard Best in Southern California
- County Announces Holiday Closures
- Assistance League of Santa Barbara Promotes Literacy and Leadership
- Saint Barbara
- Police Searching for Missing Autistic Teen
- C4 Green Awards to Showcase Innovative Green Projects
- Burglar Caught Red-Handed
- Winter Solstice Ball and Summer Solstice Theme Announced
- Bell, Book & Candle at the Alhecama Theatre
- Foxtail Agave
- SciArt 2012 Mysterious
- Anna Karenina
- Santa Paws
- Disturbing Deportation Policy
- Bike Like a Woman
- Piedrasassi New Vineland Adds Bread to Its Repertoire
- Santa Barbara's Go-Kart Racer
Monday, Dec. 3
- Trails Improvement and Habitat Restoration on Ellwood Mesa
- UC Santa Barbara Foundation Welcomes New Trustees
- Holiday Artisan Bazaar
- Big Sewage Spill Closes Leadbetter Beach
- Truck Flies off Cliff into Ocean
- New Jet Membership out of S.B. Airport
- Shen Wei Dance Arts at the Granada
- Leaving Santa Barbara
- Charles Mingus
- Michael Towbes Establishes Performing Arts Foundation
- S.B. Author Melinda Palacio Receives PEN Award
- Westmont Dance Department Presents Motion/Emotion
- Sea Otters Sue State Water Resources Control Board
- Olympian Scores Points in Goleta
Sunday, Dec. 2
- Holiday Festival of Trains at the Goleta Library
- Guadalupe Glistens with Annual Christmas Parade
- Panga Rams Coast Guard Boat, Kills Chief Officer
- North Coast Marine Protected Areas Effective December 19
- Barry Alan Berkus: 1935-2012
- Adams Elementary Announces Science Night: A Celebration of Discovery
- Blue Canyon Hike-Bike Loop
Saturday, Dec. 1
- Sprout Up, Environmental Education Nonprofit, Finalist for $1 Million Award
- CALM Calls on Local Businesses to Spread Holiday Cheer
- Rincon Events Hosts the Perfect Holiday Party
- The Fund for Santa Barbara Announces the Fall 2012 Grant Recipients
- County Fish and Game Commission Call for Grant Requests
- Feral Cats Will Work for Food
- Political-Ad Guru Fred Davis to Speak at Anacapa School
- Santa Barbara Travel Celebrates 65 Years
- Adoptable Pet(s) of the Week
- Greatest Potential Deed
- Bici Centro Moving to Haley
- Holiday Stress-Reduction
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