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- Story: Coyote Fire: Sept 22-Oct 1, 1964 (Wednesday, September 30, 2009)
... r homes in nightclothes and burn our belongings and our baby pictures. They ... es and burn our belongings and our baby pictures. They trick us into thinki ... an tame them with puny hoses carried by brave people and air-borne squirt gu ... le and air-borne squirt guns wielded by heroes. "They kill us. "There' ...
- Story: No Open Seats Make for Tight Squeeze in Santa Barbara City Race (Thursday, November 1, 2007)
... andicappers regard the upcoming November 6 Santa Barbara City Council electi ... main event: the anticipated showdown between councilmembers Iya Falcone and ... ticipated showdown between councilmembers Iya Falcone and Helene Schneider o ... andicappers regard the upcoming November 6 Santa Barbara City Council electi ...
- Story: Not in Kyoto Anymore (Thursday, July 23, 2009)
... nts find Santa Barbara homestays can be heaven or hell. It’s midnight, ... lirious after a 24-hour frenzy of globe-trotting flights and far-flung airpo ... . This is where you’re supposed to be living for the next six months, so y ... bara when he flew in from his native Belgium to begin an English language co ...
- Story: California’s Great Olive Oil Flood (Thursday, January 8, 2009)
... beyond tap into an ancient tradition. ... stages of ripeness, and in late November, the final window of opportunity re ... ked for workers to harvest the fruit before the first frost ruins the crop. ... ly cooler in the early weeks of December as five dozen hired hands comb thei ...
- Story: Roger Durling Reports from Cannes (Monday, May 21, 2007)
... val in France, where he was asked to be programming director for the America ... ilms, some good ones, and managed to be in the same room as Roman Polanski. ... same room as Roman Polanski. About five years ago, Roger Durling was na ... nce, he’s elevated the festival to be one of the industry’s most excitin ...
- Story: StylePhile (Thursday, September 4, 2008)
... By now you know “paper or plastic” ... stic” is a trick question, but woe be the bag ladies (you know who you are ... arses. Au Courant: Bag it: By now you know “paper or plastic” ... stic” is a trick question, but woe be the bag ladies (you know who you are ...
- Story: Letters 8-3-2006 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)
... Beginnings I appreciate Michelle Zimne ... e Michelle Zimney’s efforts to get beyond simplistic “good guy/bad guy ... nd the Gaza Strip [Voices, “In the Beginning, There Was Occupation,” Jul ... t the origins of the current war can be ascribed to the kidnapping of Israel ...
- Story: Inventors Save Planet (Thursday, July 19, 2007)
... out everybody but Exxon has finally admi ... n garages, inventors all over the globe are trying to find ways to rescue th ... ay of astonishing inventions pouring out of UCSB now includes film-thin photo ... r-efficient LED lights. In the world beyond academia as well there is a grou ...
- Story: A Noble Undertaking (Friday, December 22, 2006)
... aisles; a gray, stormy sky. The day before, my cousin Michelle had seen the ... lot sounded fun, and I was excited about the idea. I pictured myself roaming ... eerfully helping happy families pick out just the right tree for their cozy h ... tree for their cozy homes. I would be the nice, accommodating young colleg ...
- Story: Obama Wins, Election Results (Thursday, November 6, 2008)
... in a new direction. All three describe the 2008 presidential election, whic ... presidential election, which on November 4 ended with the election of first- ... onent, Senator John McCain, all will be able to say that they played a role ... t a moment when the nation is shaken by economic failures and a lingering wa ...
- Story: Zaca Incident Commanders Cautiously Optimistic (Sunday, August 12, 2007)
... leading edge of the fire appears to be turning northeast and into the wilde ... wilderness -- 40 days after the fire began and after a week in which Santa B ... t they had turned the corner on the southern flanks of the fire. At the ... t they had turned the corner on the southern flank of the fire. Forty days af ...
- Story: On the Ground of the Gap Fire (Thursday, July 10, 2008)
... on July 1, he knew this was going to be a bad fire. The call reporting wh ... e. The call reporting what was to become the Gap Fire, which as of press ... rters, an expanded dispatch was sent out immediately calling the incident the ... dent the Gap Fire, though it quickly became clear that the location was much ...
- Story: The Retail Detail (Sunday, February 15, 2009)
... ny advertising reduced rent—posted by such companies as SIMA, the Radius G ... Goodwin & Thyne. Few can remember the last time State Street looked s ... s commercial core is dying, doomed by the country’s economic woes. Are t ... g extinct? Will only national chains be able to weather this storm of recess ...
- Story: Honoring Barry Siegel (Tuesday, March 20, 2007)
... Transportation Activist Gets Honored by COAST; Young Tynan in NYT; Steadman ... Montecito resident Barry Siegel has been a community advocate on behalf of ... gel has been a community advocate on behalf of sensible traffic-transportati ... solutions, and this weekend he will be recognized for his drive. The Coalit ...
- Story: A Voice of Dissent (Saturday, May 24, 2008)
... vasion of Iraq. Wright will speak about her career and anti-war activism as ... est on Monday, May 26. She will also be signing her book Dissent: Voices of ... to focus on? Well, I’m going to be talking about the costs of war, and ... Well, I’m going to be talking about the costs of war, and as we can see ...
- Story: A Tale of Two News-Press Histories (Tuesday, August 14, 2007)
... began their case against the News-Press ... rning. Dozens of people clamored outside of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on ... .S. Bankruptcy Court on State Street before 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, August ... er extraordinaire Craig Smith and members of the curious public, but mostly, ...
- Story: Gap Fire Reaches Critical Stage (Friday, July 4, 2008)
... o imagine how much a community could be turned upside-down in just 48 hours? ... ike there was something I could do about it. Quickly I called a member of San ... d do about it. Quickly I called a member of Santa Barbara County Search and ... st year’s Zaca Fire was a long one by most fire fighting standards. It sta ...
- Story: Turkish Writer Orhan Pamuk Discusses His Love of Literature (Thursday, October 18, 2007)
... ell-known author, and his works have been published worldwide in more than 5 ... 0 languages. Last year, he won the Nobel Prize for literature; in announcing ... of Turkish identity and the tension between East and West, modernity and Is ... ell-known author, and his works have been published worldwide in more than 5 ...
- Story: Ready! Set! Hike! (Tuesday, September 8, 2009)
... rundown on high school football in southern Santa Barbara County. Footb ... s elicited responses that would have been different 30 or 40 years ago. A ... The coach: “Okay. Don’t worry about practice.” Likely answer in the pa ... st: “Rub some dirt on it, then get out there and run.” The thermometer ...
- Story: Don't Ban Gay Marriage (Wednesday, October 29, 2008)
... lpas Street when I noticed a scuffle between a "well-heeled" man and woman i ... man and woman in the parking lot nearby. She was trying to eat her bagel whi ... ood bagel to the ground. He then grabbed the helpless Pomeranian and tossed ... ir into the open window of their nearby SUV. Unlike the few other passive ...
- Story: The Last Call (Tuesday, November 7, 2006)
... trict Supervisor; Bob Noel gets told by Ethan Stewart that he won, and Marth ... Martha Sadler reports from Goleta about how the two new councilmembers have ... leta about how the two new councilmembers have big plans to change Goleta's ... he Dems took back the House (and maybe the Senate), Janet Wolf won the 2nd ...
- Story: A Perfect Day in Isla Vista (Tuesday, January 13, 2009)
... ay in the eclectic college community by the sea. The weather in Isla Vis ... tedly, an hour at those cliffs would be part of my perfect day in Isla Vista ... ancisco Chronicle and read a piece about the perfect day in San Francisco. Th ... sco. The original article was penned by local author Jack Shelton back in 19 ...
- Story: NLRB Judge Rejects News-Press' Unionization Objections (Monday, March 12, 2007)
... rbara News-Press got the news they'd been waiting to hear: The federal gover ... deral government approved last September's 33-6 unionization vote, so the Te ... stay, barring any successful appeals by the newspaper. That was the decis ... ision issued last Thursday, March 8, by Judge William Schmidt (pictured), th ...
- Story: The Beginning of the Surfers' Journey (Friday, December 21, 2007)
... o going on crazy trips, so would you be willing to pick my car up in LA and ... ive it to me down here in Panama?” Before he could finish the question I r ... ery excited “YES!” That was about two months ago, and the only thing I ... onths ago, and the only thing I’ve been thinking of since then has been th ...
- Story: Evening Report from Las Canoas and Beyond (Wednesday, May 6, 2009)
... Meagher was up on Las Canoas for the better part of the dusk hours on Wednes ... r said that the Botanic Garden had about 13 acres toasted, and a structure ac ... protecting it. No big trees were nearby, and up on a nearby hill, another ho ... g trees were nearby, and up on a nearby hill, another home was still smolder ...
- Story: Big Laughs at the Director’s Panel (Monday, February 4, 2008)
... Best Wishes for Tomorrow, a Japanese wa ... trial film; and When Clouds Clear, about a mining fight in Ecuador. LAF ... o write the scripts — where it all begins. But before that, it was time fo ... scripts — where it all begins. But before that, it was time for wisecracks ...
- Story: A Talk with Keith Harmon Snow (Monday, January 26, 2009)
... , Tuesday January 27 at UCSB he will be giving a lecture illustrated with hi ... abwe, Nigeria, Somalia, China, and Tibet. He will also discuss the genocide ... ings I’ve seen, places that I’ve been and the research that I’ve done. ... ou feel that college students should be more involved in understanding confl ...
- Story: Anarchy on the Streets (Tuesday, February 26, 2008)
... g arts season. No Insurance: One out of every four drivers you pass on th ... other states, the percentage may not be much better. And don’t be surprise ... ates, the percentage may not be much better. And don’t be surprised to see ... may not be much better. And don’t be surprised to see Poizner run for Cal ...
- Story: My Son's Peaceful Defiance (Tuesday, April 28, 2009)
... approach to life. Parents can be so smug. We think we have life's puz ... l potential. Lately, though, I've been wondering if we're wrong. If, in f ... "clean" does a person really need to be? What will his preschool teachers wh ... n his knee yesterday … and the day before? But his behavior also kind o ...
- Story: Old Spanish Daze (Thursday, August 2, 2007)
... ark. There I found Marc and Donna Egeberg working away; he’s the float hon ... , she’s the flower chairperson. By tonight, over 1,000 volunteers will ... tonight, over 1,000 volunteers will be swarming a line of floats and carria ... onated or bought from local growers, beautiful cut flowers at cut-rate price ...
- Story: StylePhile (Thursday, June 21, 2007)
... Betsey Johnson; need I say more? I did ... k ’n’ roll? Au Courant: Betsey Johnson; need I say more? I did ... d never to loose relevance, and now, Betsey-loving Barbareñas will have a p ... ds on her duds. Yep, I’m told that Betsey Johnson will open its doors at 9 ...
- Story: The Last Meow (Thursday, May 31, 2007)
... ew place to live, I assumed it would be a town with a healthy gay scene; fro ... y gay scene; from what I’d heard about the Golden State, the only people wh ... ew place to live, I assumed it would be a town with a healthy gay scene; fro ... y gay scene; from what I’d heard about California, the only people who didn ...
- Story: Zaca Fire One Dogleg Short of Containment (Sunday, August 19, 2007)
... implement “Plan A” — and burn out ahead of the advancing flames. Th ... advancing flames. The back firing began just after noon. Not too long aft ... hat looked like mounds of pure white began to appear over the Santa Ynez Mou ... r over the Santa Ynez Mountain crest behind Montecito. From town it was d ...
- Story: Firefighters Cope With Changing Winds (Saturday, July 5, 2008)
... hanges in the Gap Fire were reported by 4 a.m. this morning. As areas of the ... emained in effect. Wind continues to be a factor in the ongoing danger to st ... ty. (For details on which areas have been evacuated, check the latest Indy ... est Indy update.) The fire is still believed to be nearly 6,000 acres in si ...
- Story: My Kingdom for Bloody Bandwidth (Tuesday, September 22, 2009)
... ng to one son's birthday party, find out who's coming to the other son's band ... s not explain what they plan to do about it. I click my "get mail" button ... raculously, spontaneously decide to obey. I am impotent. I am a eunuch. I am ... am a eunuch. I am flipping the freak out. Part of the problem is that I do ...
- Story: Todd Snider Returns to Santa Barbara in Devilish Fashion (Thursday, June 19, 2008)
... been traveling around the country telli ... For 20 years, Todd Snider has been traveling around the country telli ... her Snider is filling the interludes between songs with stories or the space ... ween songs with stories or the space between stories with songs. Not that it ...
- Story: Wine Futures Tasting Tomorrow (Friday, June 12, 2009)
... d for May 9. The newly anointed date became June 13, which — happily for a ... ’s proud wine snobs — happens to be tomorrow, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at ... ’ll just rehash what was written about the event at the end of April. Here ... ction.” Since mid-February, he’s been working like a true hound, sniffin ...
- Story: Gap Fire Morning Outlook (Wednesday, July 2, 2008)
... controlled until more personnel can be utilized at dawn. New photo gallery ... located on West Camino Cielo Road, about four and a half miles away from wher ... now, said Incident Commander Fleming Bertelsen of the Los Padres National Fo ... aintain status quo until efforts can be ramped up at daylight. Captain Eli I ...
- Story: Spring Cleaning (Thursday, April 17, 2008)
... to boot — my home will never ever be clean. Not for one hour. Not for one ... n fresh-smelling cleansers and under-bed boxes and all-purpose microfiber cl ... der-bed boxes and all-purpose microfiber cloths? What, pray tell, would b ... er cloths? What, pray tell, would be the point? If I followed my kids ...
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