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The Goleta Postal Murders

San Marco, 44, was obsessed with racial hatred and so paranoid that she thought her former workmates were conspiring against her. Read story.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Barney's Film Festival Notes

It was so misty-moisty on Saturday morning that directors’ panel moderator Peter Bart told a Lobero audience, “I didn’t know if I was coming to Santa Barbara or Downton Abbey.” Read story.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Sex, Love, and Saving Elephants at the Film Fest

Sex * Drama * Environmental Crises * Forbidden (and Unforbidden) Love * Movie Stars on the Red Carpet * All coming to a theater near you! Read story.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

They Didn't Get a Sporting Chance

Watching President Obama's inauguration on MLK Day, I reflected back to when as a boy I watched the Chicago Bears and the Cubs play and saw no black faces on either field. Read story.

Monday, January 21, 2013

The Kalashnikov and I

There are an estimated 100 million AK-47 assault rifles in the world, but I couldn’t find one to buy in Santa Barbara this week. Read story.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

The Not-So-Friendly Skies

“We are old enough to remember the glory days of flying, when flight attendants were happy, attractive people, eager to please,” muses Montecito’s Bill Tomicki, publisher of the witty travel newsletter ENTREE. Read story.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

He Demanded Olympics Purity, but Not His Own

For decades the most powerful man in amateur sport, Santa Barbaran Avery Brundage fawned on Hitler and believed that athletics was the proper province of the rich. Read story.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Death Valley Rocks

If ever there were an ideal place to harness solar energy, it’s sun-drenched Death Valley National Park. Read story.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

A Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

The other day, Sue arrived home with the skinniest, scrawniest sliver of a tree I ever saw. Read story.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Confessions of a Nude Dancer

She went to all-girls boarding schools and USC, and looks back on her sans-clothes career without regret. Read story.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Untying Knots of the Past

The former Boy Scout lost self-esteem and jobs as a result of abuse suffered as a teen. Read story.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

I Confess: I Liked Ike

Ah yes, those 1950s, a decade so many cherish as the good old days. Read story.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Getting Naked for Minimum Wage

Owners of the Spearmint Rhino had a great little deal going. They didn’t pay their exotic dancers a cent. Read story.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Ballots, Bullets, and Booze

Gangs of violent wives terrorized saloon keepers during the moral crusade that led to Prohibition, 1920-1933. Read story.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Wallflower at the $6-Billion Orgy

It’s finally over, and we ended up with the same president. Fortunately. Read story.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Atlas Genius

Australian trio Atlas Genius performs with opening performances by The ... Read More