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- Story: Not in Kyoto Anymore (Thursday, July 23, 2009)
... , and you’ve just stepped foot for the first time on Santa Barbara soil, je ... le English, and you’re standing on the doorstep of a strange person’s hou ... e you’re supposed to be living for the next six months, so you knock, but n ... one answers. You start to panic, but then see the note, which you can barely ...
- Story: First King of the Festival (Thursday, February 1, 2007)
... ganda, and Why Idi Amin Wasn’t All Bad The Last King of Scotland, Forest Wh ... a, and Why Idi Amin Wasn’t All Bad The Last King of Scotland, Forest Whitak ... of Scotland, Forest Whitaker becomes the notorious Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. ... gandan dictator Idi Amin. To deliver the performance of a lifetime — an ...
- Story: Voices of the Evacuated (Friday, November 14, 2008)
... itnesses and people most affected by the Tea Fire. While it is unclear pr ... ated, with more than 200 hunkered at the San Marcos High School shelter, many ... s High School shelter, many watching the map with a view to trying to figure ... th a view to trying to figure out if their homes and those of their friends a ...
- Story: Santa Barbara Gangsters (Thursday, July 7, 2005)
... rom burning sage leaves settled over the salon of La Casa de la Raza as a Chu ... e la Raza as a Chumash elder smudged the crowd gathered for this year's Cinco ... a Chumash elder smudged the crowd gathered for this year's Cinco de Mayo fes ... n red, white, and green dresses from the Alma de Mexico dance troupe hurried ...
- Story: Letters from a Santa Barbara Soldier in Iraq (Thursday, June 28, 2007)
... aghdad when he sent me this report: They have a new kind of explosive device ... my truck, and as we are driving down the road, I find myself very conscious o ... very conscious of where my arms are. These new devices always take off some p ... e part of you, usually a leg or two. The other day, a driver lost both legs a ...
- Story: Good Night & Good Luck (Thursday, April 27, 2006)
... The Independent’s 2006 tribute to S.B. ... s 2006 tribute to S.B. nightlife and the annual Spring Fashion issue. We figu ... hion issue. We figured a marriage of these parties was anything but a stretch ... de, Shannon Kelley Gould takes an up-close-and-personal look at the deejays of ...
- Story: Last Calls (Thursday, July 27, 2006)
... The news descended slow but strong, like ... news descended slow but strong, like the dark rum slipping through the pineap ... , like the dark rum slipping through the pineapple slice in one of Willy Gilb ... i tais: Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens—the nearly 60-year-old bar and restauran ...
- Story: Taxi Timebomb (Thursday, July 24, 2008)
... the hard work of taxicab drivers to keep ... the hard work of taxicab drivers to keep the city safe at night and moving du ... hard work of taxicab drivers to keep the city safe at night and moving during ... city safe at night and moving during the day, they're complaining that they ...
- Story: Burgers to Bistro, BOSB'06 (Thursday, October 19, 2006)
... the Benson family’s on its way to ... Solvang, Los Olivos, Montecito, and the ever-popular store across from Our D ... Barbara Street, Carter Benson admits they have their eye on conquering Carpi ... reet, Carter Benson admits they have their eye on conquering Carpinteria and ...
- Story: Coming Out Stories (Sunday, October 5, 2008)
... they told the world they were gay. F ... ta Barbarans remember when they told the world they were gay. For everyon ... ns remember when they told the world they were gay. For everyone, the act ... rld they were gay. For everyone, the act of discovery constitutes a lifel ...
- Story: 2007 Surf Issue - Surf Season Returns (Thursday, October 25, 2007)
... surf season is once again kissing the coastline of Santa Barbara. The all- ... sing the coastline of Santa Barbara. The all-too-short annual love affair bet ... f sublimely surfable days throughout the county, and the hungry hordes were o ... able days throughout the county, and the hungry hordes were on it. Get re ...
- Story: Letters 8-3-2006 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)
... efforts to get beyond simplistic “good guy/bad guy” accounts of the fight ... to get beyond simplistic “good guy/bad guy” accounts of the fighting that ... c “good guy/bad guy” accounts of the fighting that is rocking Israel, nor ... fighting that is rocking Israel, northern Lebanon, and the Gaza Strip [Voice ...
- Story: Local Heroes 2008 (Wednesday, November 26, 2008)
... 986, we published our first issue of The Santa Barbara Independent. It was al ... 986, we published our first issue of The Santa Barbara Independent. It was al ... rbara such an amazing place to live. They included people from all walks of l ... commissioner and a philanthropist, a theater director and a human rights advo ...
- Story: Arnold Revs Up The People's Machine (Thursday, September 21, 2006)
... Gregarious and solidly built, Joe Mathews — a reporter for the Los Ang ... , Joe Mathews — a reporter for the Los Angeles Times — has spent ... Los Angeles Times — has spent the past three-and-a-half years as a fly ... al election just seven weeks away, Mathews’s book — The People’s Ma ...
- Story: From Birth to Victory, The Saga of a Santa Ynez Valley Racehorse (Thursday, February 7, 2008)
... the Santa Ynez Valley when the racehorse ... night in the Santa Ynez Valley when the racehorse to be named Gentle Romeo c ... e to be named Gentle Romeo came into the world. It was a starry night i ... orld. It was a starry night in the Santa Ynez Valley when the racehorse ...
- Story: Talking with Jack Johnson (Tuesday, February 5, 2008)
... bal superstar releases Sleep Through the Static on February 5. Today, Fe ... eases his fifth album, Sleep Through the Static. Last week, the surfer-tur ... ep Through the Static. Last week, the surfer-turned-singer spoke at length ... r-turned-singer spoke at length with The Indy’s senior editor Matt Kettmann ...
- Story: Catching Up with NorCal’s the morning benders (Thursday, October 23, 2008)
... the morning benders hit the ground runni ... erkeley band the morning benders hit the ground running and head to UCSB. ... those who believe youth is wasted on the young, allow me to introduce Christo ... low me to introduce Christopher Chu. The morning benders frontman and 21-year ...
- Story: Pretty Women? (Monday, November 20, 2006)
... ’s punk-goth-softcore porn. It’s the cute girl at the punk show posing na ... ftcore porn. It’s the cute girl at the punk show posing naked for pictures, ... osing naked for pictures, and it’s the girl’s boyfriend, the band’s lea ... , and it’s the girl’s boyfriend, the band’s lead singer, and the geeky ...
- Story: From the Front Lines (Thursday, July 27, 2006)
... autiful. As my dad and I pulled into the Lebanese capital on the evening of J ... pulled into the Lebanese capital on the evening of July 13 — the same ... al on the evening of July 13 — the same day Israel began its assault on ... same day Israel began its assault on the country — I was immediately en ...
- Story: First King of the Festival (Thursday, February 1, 2007)
... The Last King of Scotland, Forest Whitak ... of Scotland, Forest Whitaker becomes the notorious Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. ... politics, and Santa Barbara. This is the extended version of that Q&A, which ... rm in this week's printed edition of The Independent. In The Last King of ...
- Story: Boot Camp: Psychobilly Pioneers Tiger Army, in Conversation (Friday, October 27, 2006)
... the road, first in Europe and then throu ... ths on the road, first in Europe and then throughout the States, supporting s ... first in Europe and then throughout the States, supporting such artists as M ... s Tiger Army are primed to head into the studio to record their fourth full-l ...
- Story: Wake - up Call (Thursday, March 29, 2007)
... ficially — he just hung around them. Angel was on the football team wit ... just hung around them. Angel was on the football team with me, and was the f ... n the football team with me, and was the funniest kid you would ever know. Du ... iest kid you would ever know. During the summer, he and some friends would go ...
- Story: The Mind of Matt McAllister (Thursday, July 6, 2006)
... ell-balanced, and disarming aren’t the adjectives you’d usually use to de ... morning DJ, but Matt McAllister — the number-one radio personality in Sant ... ality in Santa Barbara — is all of the above. As the front man and mastermi ... Barbara — is all of the above. As the front man and mastermind behind 99.9 ...
- Story: Sure Glad I Didn’t Step in It (Thursday, April 3, 2008)
... It’s not considered wise to pee in the water from which you drink. But in S ... which you drink. But in Santa Maria, they're putting toxic dirt next to their ... , they're putting toxic dirt next to their river. TOXIC TRASH, TOXIC CA ... it’s not considered wise to pee in the water from which you drink. In most ...
- Story: Blue & Green Guide 2006 (Thursday, May 18, 2006)
... of our region’s oddest years of weather ever, this year’s cold, wet winte ... ar’s cold, wet winter slipped into the June gloom we all know before we eve ... eil our annual Blue & Green Guide to the great outdoors. Our Annual Blue &a ... ur region’s oddest years of weather ever, this year’s cold, wet ...
- Story: Vandetta Politics (Thursday, May 25, 2006)
... Four Candidates Square Off Remember the chaos theory head-scratcher about th ... idates Square Off Remember the chaos theory head-scratcher about the flap of ... he chaos theory head-scratcher about the flap of a butterfly’s wings causin ... fly’s wings causing a hurricane on the other side of the planet? In Novembe ...
- Story: Helter Shelter (Tuesday, January 23, 2007)
... those who aren't so fortunate. If there’s anything that I’ve m ... ues more than having to overpay for the use of half a tiny bedroom that may ... furnished one-bedroom apartment in Athens, an apartment on the beach in Tel ... apartment in Athens, an apartment on the beach in Tel Aviv, or a cute little ...
- Story: Voices from the Fire (Friday, May 8, 2009)
... cuees, victims, and volunteers share their stories from the Jesusita Fire ... volunteers share their stories from the Jesusita Fire Stories from UCSB ... Red Cross Shelter: Friday, May 8 The Recreation Center at UCSB has been t ... er at UCSB has been transformed into the largest temporary shelter in recent ...
- Story: San Fran Explodes with Five Days of Indie Rock (Thursday, March 6, 2008)
... the South by Southwest of the California ... eralded as the South by Southwest of the California coastline, Noise Pop offe ... ia coastline, Noise Pop offers under-the-radar rock awesomeness. For the ... -the-radar rock awesomeness. For the hipsters who just simply can’t bri ...
- Story: Letters 1-4-2007 (Thursday, January 4, 2007)
... served tributes have been offered by the nation for former president Gerald R ... for former president Gerald R. Ford. There is one special aspect of his long ... long life that has been missing from them all and should be mentioned for the ... them all and should be mentioned for the record. On September 30, 1949, Geral ...
- Story: Don't Step on the Dog (Thursday, October 15, 2009)
... the Angry Poodle takes on the political ... the political "ick factor." FEAR OF ... bridge jumpers in Santa Barbara. In the past seven days, two people leapt to ... past seven days, two people leapt to their deaths off of Cold Spring Bridge, ...
- Story: Beard Boys Warm Up at Sea (Sunday, May 24, 2009)
... ge, our bearded correspondent enters the cruise ship preshow. On the las ... ers the cruise ship preshow. On the last day at sea, the guests aboard t ... reshow. On the last day at sea, the guests aboard the Carnival Spirit fo ... e last day at sea, the guests aboard the Carnival Spirit found a special trea ...
- Story: The Beard Boat Sets Sail (Saturday, May 16, 2009)
... rt from Santa Barbara’s captain on the high seas of facial hair. While ... f facial hair. While waiting in the long embarkation line at the Vancouv ... ting in the long embarkation line at the Vancouver international sea port, it ... st few classes at UCSB. All just for the hell of it. Whatever bit of this ...
- Story: The Uncertain Fate of Independent Bookstores (Thursday, February 12, 2009)
... the future hold for Santa Barbara’s bo ... Kelley first realized how thoroughly the Internet was going to transform his ... was going to transform his business. The proprietor of the Book Den, Californ ... form his business. The proprietor of the Book Den, California’s oldest used ...
- Story: Is News-Press’ Surf Mag Blue Edge Wiping Out? (Thursday, June 28, 2007)
... The three staffers who kept the surf cul ... the surf culture publication alive quit ... e 22. Can it stay afloat? One of the region’s only surf culture publica ... lture publications, Blue Edge, is on the verge of wiping out. The staff of th ...
- Story: America the Not-So-Beautiful (Tuesday, July 3, 2007)
... the start of summertime quite like the F ... s the start of summertime quite like the Fourth of July. The combination of b ... rtime quite like the Fourth of July. The combination of barbecues on the beac ... uly. The combination of barbecues on the beach, sparklers in the sky, and a s ...
- Story: It's Not Fair (Monday, March 19, 2007)
... just seems to have taken a turn for the worse, much like the foggy weather t ... aken a turn for the worse, much like the foggy weather that has pooped on eve ... or the worse, much like the foggy weather that has pooped on everyone's good- ... eather that has pooped on everyone's good-weather parade. Got beef? Join the c ...
- Story: All Hail Maldonado (Thursday, February 26, 2009)
... s king for a day. Now he’s just another guy in the California State Senate ... day. Now he’s just another guy in the California State Senate’s minority ... State Senate’s minority party. The King from Santa Maria: Last week he ... s king for a day. Now he’s just another guy in the California State Senate ...
- Story: Near Naked Ambush at the Gym (Monday, March 26, 2007)
... feel like a lot less of a failure in the first-date-department. Also, I was e ... are some advice on how to succeed in the dating game. Thanks so much to t ... feel like a lot less of a failure in the first-date-department. Also, I was e ... are some advice on how to succeed in the dating game. Ryan Keyes-Mathews, who ...
- Story: Governor Schwarzenegger’s Lottery-Lending Scheme (Thursday, May 29, 2008)
... the pols and pundits mercilessly pounded ... pols and pundits mercilessly pounded the governor’s scheme to liquidate Cal ... et deficit with state lottery lucre, the Governator may have hoped that voter ... , would buy into his plan. While the pols and pundits mercilessly pounded ...
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