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- Story: Coyote Fire: Sept 22-Oct 1, 1964 (Wednesday, September 30, 2009)
... up power, then usually rage angrily for hours, days--threatening, threatenin ... They're nature striking back at mere men presuming to claim possession of the ... weathered slowly, the upthrust crags forming a series of triangular-shaped fl ... ique character. Life in chaparral country begins in these canyons, thin crease ...
- Story: SBIFF 2008 Slate (Monday, December 31, 2007)
... ARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2008 PROGRAM * * * FEST P ... E GIUSEPPE TORNATORE’S “AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (SCONOSCIUTA, LA)” CLOSES ... ATORE’S “AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (SCONOSCIUTA, LA)” CLOSES * * * NOR ... ONOSCIUTA, LA)” CLOSES * * * NORMAN JEWISON TO SERVE AS GUEST DIRECT ...
- Story: Letters 8-17-2006 (Thursday, August 17, 2006)
... d Losers I echo Nick Welsh’s sentiments and carefully chosen words regardi ... and carefully chosen words regarding former News-Press reporter Chuck Schultz ... t belied the complexity of the assignment. … [A]nyone who’s spent five se ... s spent five seconds with Schultz knows … with Chuck there is no hidden ...
- Story: Letters 11/2/2006 (Wednesday, November 1, 2006)
... I was on the News-Press news staff for 22 years, and I retired about the sa ... level of competence. But poor management has ended this by generating the re ... 01;was on the News-Press news staff for 22 years, and I retired about the sa ... level of competence. But poor management has ended this by generating the r ...
- Story: Life in the Time of Torture (Thursday, April 13, 2006)
... se and renewal, it seems appropriate for all Americans to contemplate the mor ... e and renewal, it seems appropriate for all Americans to contemplate the mor ... sue debated in our courtrooms and before military tribunals. But as citizens ... and as human beings we must answer for ourselves the question: Is torture ...
- Story: Refugio Fire September 6-15, 1955 (Saturday, September 19, 2009)
... Ford takes a look at a major and well-re ... k at a major and well-recorded front-country fire in Santa Barbara. "The long ... the greater becomes its potentiality for fires of uncontrollable fury. The re ... in its coverage, that the combined efforts of Forestry Services, State, Count ...
- Story: Humanitarian Greg Mortenson and Economist Jeffrey Sachs Chat with Howard Schiffer (Thursday, May 1, 2008)
... d humanitarian and poverty-ending economist. They'll be at the Arlington on ... be at the Arlington on May 13. NOTE: This talk is at the Arlington The ... is talk is at the Arlington Theatre, not Campbell Hall as was initially repo ... hiffer, founder of Santa Barbara’s nonprofit Vitamin Angels, which was fea ...
- Story: First King of the Festival (Thursday, February 1, 2007)
... Forest Whitaker Talks Acting, Uganda, an ... t All Bad The Last King of Scotland, Forest Whitaker becomes the notorious Ug ... cotland, Forest Whitaker becomes the notorious Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. To ... dictator Idi Amin. To deliver the performance of a lifetime — and one t ...
- Story: The Lord Hath No Mercy (Thursday, June 29, 2006)
... ted on the dusty, war-torn plains of Northern Uganda. For as long as the 11- ... war-torn plains of Northern Uganda. For as long as the 11-year-old boy could ... n Uganda. For as long as the 11-year-old boy could remember, his small villag ... year civil war between Ugandan government forces and a rag-tag band of dreadl ...
- Story: Voices Rarely Heard (Thursday, November 13, 2008)
... roup PUEBLO began interviewing undocumented immigrants about their lives here ... justice group PUEBLO (People United for Economic Justice Building Leadership ... e group PUEBLO (People United for Economic Justice Building Leadership Throu ... Organizing) began interviewing undocumented immigrants about their lives here ...
- Story: Taxi Timebomb (Thursday, July 24, 2008)
... t call on Monday, the weeknight when foreign students head to both Sharkeez a ... let loose. After scanning the street for cops, Honigman, like the numerous ot ... over in a red zone because there’s nowhere legal to pick up passengers on ... y night — some say it accounts for 75 percent of their business — ...
- Story: Letters from a Santa Barbara Soldier in Iraq (Thursday, June 28, 2007)
... way, the work load is crushing right now, the days long, and the reward only ... ara carpenter and part-time citizen soldier activated from the California Nat ... tizen soldier activated from the California National Guard, 41-year-old Capta ... e California National Guard, 41-year-old Captain Timothy Fessier, who, as fat ...
- Story: The Men Behind the Myths (Tuesday, April 21, 2009)
... s silver-studded rastra belt, which holds the blade flat against the small of ... les to fit into his boots. This afternoon, he's already shed those boots in ... ose boots in favor of a snug pair of country slippers called alpargatas. He’s m ... t prehistoric version of the cowboy, men who resolved disputes not with a gun ...
- Story: Not in Kyoto Anymore (Thursday, July 23, 2009)
... Foreign students find Santa Barbara home ... ight, and you’ve just stepped foot for the first time on Santa Barbara soil ... orts. You’re a bright-eyed 18-year-old who knows very little English, and y ... ’re a bright-eyed 18-year-old who knows very little English, and you’re ...
- Story: Local Heroes 2007 (Wednesday, November 21, 2007)
... fesavers acting in the heat of the moment, philanthropists generously giving ... nteers donating all their time and effort to making other people’s lives a ... le’s lives a little bit better. Nowhere is this essence of heroism more ... a Barbara County, where civic involvement, the spirit of support, and genuine ...
- Story: Big Problems, Bigger Men (Thursday, August 13, 2009)
... to me. A group of eight or 10 young men, some carrying 40-ounce bottles of m ... living room watching a gang ritual, known as a “jump in,” through his fr ... dow. The group I had encountered was now at the end of the street, and the y ... the end of the street, and the young men were beating another teenager savage ...
- Story: Letters 12-14-2006 (Thursday, December 14, 2006)
... for the issue of December 14, 2006 Lan ... g in the Land of Cha Cha Cha” [Nov. 30]. Michael Seabaugh asserts tha ... clusion that smoking prolongs life. Nothing could be further from the truth ... h 10 million deaths. Some of the information in the “Cha Cha Cha̶ ...
- Story: Can Vitamins Save the World? (Thursday, April 24, 2008)
... people’s garbage. Dilapidated apartment complexes rise above the metropolis ... which is constantly ablaze, sending noxious plumes of white and black smoke ... idewalks, where scrawny dogs rummage for scraps and naked children, wearing o ... vil, play. In the shadow of the apartments are one-room, half-story huts that ...
- Story: California’s Great Olive Oil Flood (Thursday, January 8, 2009)
... where the vineyards are turning to gold, and now Pasolivo’s staff must gea ... e vineyards are turning to gold, and now Pasolivo’s staff must gear up for ... now Pasolivo’s staff must gear up for the olive harvest. The fruit, which ... ying stages of ripeness, and in late November, the final window of opportuni ...
- Story: From the Front Lines (Thursday, July 27, 2006)
... day Israel began its assault on the country — I was immediately enchanted ... t photographing architectural spaces for a body of work my dad, Richard Ross, ... he banks of Paris’s La Seine could not match the Corniche, Beirut’s wate ... e Corniche, Beirut’s waterfront promenade. Driving along the shore of the M ...
- Story: A Chat with Josh Brolin, Star of No Country for Old Men (Thursday, November 29, 2007)
... No Country for Old Men, has been called ... Country for Old Men, has been called a maste ... oen brothers’ new film, No Country for Old Men, has been called a masterpie ... brothers’ new film, No Country for Old Men, has been called a masterpiece b ...
- Story: This Is Not a Tourist (Friday, July 11, 2008)
... g in a Bottle and Santa Barbara wine country. (Editor's note) Every Santa Bar ... Barbara wine country. (Editor's note) Every Santa Barbara resident has ... last, on their way to Santa Barbara for vacation, and you are either going t ... hout dropping your job or your life? Fortunately for everyone concerned, a lo ...
- Story: Made In Santa Barbara, 2006 (Thursday, December 7, 2006)
... For this year’s Made In issue, we’ve ... to come up with 20 fabulous things. For example, did you know that Motel 6 w ... bulous things. For example, did you know that Motel 6 was started in S.B.? A ... ng, Earth Day, and the Egg McMuffin, for that matter? Read on to learn of the ...
- Story: California's Prop. 8 Defeat: A Bungled Campaign (Thursday, December 4, 2008)
... s to hear some of the leaders of the No on Prop. 8 campaign discuss why they ... s to hear some of the leaders of the No on Prop 8 campaign discuss why they ... trongly disagreeing with their assessment, and I found myself in excellent co ... So what happened? On a day of a monumental tidal shift, when voters bust dow ...
- Story: Letters 5-25-2006 (Thursday, May 25, 2006)
... I have been a registered Democrat for 42 years, but I want to pick the bes ... , but I want to pick the best person for 2nd District supervisor regardless o ... ss of party affiliation. I am voting for Dan Secord because I want an experie ... he can negotiate with the opposition for our South County interests. I don’ ...
- Story: Tommy Lee Jones Comes Home to Santa Barbara (Thursday, January 31, 2008)
... For an actor so rooted in our soil, Tomm ... was landscapes instead of crafted performances. For an actor so rooted in ... instead of crafted performances. For an actor so rooted in our soil, Tomm ... was landscapes instead of crafted performances. It’s not totally surpris ...
- Story: Letters 7-20-2006 (Thursday, July 20, 2006)
... now far-flung from East to West Coast, ... to enter the newspaper business. His no-holds-barred father Charles took ove ... nter the newspaper business. His no-holds-barred father Charles took over edi ... building a paper that was a powerful force for the region, with a national re ...
- Story: The Real Embedded Truth (Wednesday, February 11, 2009)
... Cameron Clark's response to the documentary "Road to Fallujah." (A shortened ... eft the theater—a hatred of myself for not having devoted every minute of m ... the theater—a hatred of myself for not having devoted every minute of my l ... years to stopping this horrible war. For having gone about my life as if thin ...
- Story: Letters 2-22-2007 (Thursday, February 22, 2007)
... 1; [Feb. 8] on mistreating dual diagnosis. I was sitting there in Lazy Acr ... alienation from society these young men felt. I have never been diagnosed bi ... oung men felt. I have never been diagnosed bipolar, but I can still relate ... ate to their struggles. As a 23-year-old, I know that “growing up̶ ...
- Story: Meet Javier Bardem, This Year’s Montecito Award-Winner for Classic Performances (Thursday, January 24, 2008)
... no character more haunting in 2007’s ... nton Chigurh in the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men. There is no ... n Chigurh in the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men. There is no charact ... h in the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men. There is no character m ...
- Story: Tis the Season 2008 (Thursday, December 4, 2008)
... The Indy’s newest holiday-spirit enforcer, Devon Claire Flannery, wants to ... The Indy’s newest holiday-spirit enforcer, Devon Claire Flannery, wants to ... rs to the fullest. To make it easier for you to do so, she has compiled a lis ... owing pages, you’ll discover that snowfall is possible on the Central Coas ...
- Story: The Woodard File (Tuesday, February 6, 2007)
... ment of Josef Woodard's SBIFF '007 blog, ... #8217;s the best analogy/cliché for the potent and ever underrated role ... elephant in the room, the hidden lifeforce? All of the above? Film composers, ... nsciousness — don’t get enough respect, both in their work, or o ...
- Story: Army Specialist Jaime Rodriguez Jr., 1987-2007 (Thursday, August 9, 2007)
... nded at Santa Barbara Airport just before 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 2, the j ... ome what the South Coast had avoided for more than four years — a young ... ore than four years — a young soldier killed in Iraq. The 19-year-old R ... soldier killed in Iraq. The 19-year-old Rodriguez died July 26 when an Impro ...
- Story: The Man Who Is Creating a World Without Poverty (Thursday, January 10, 2008)
... mmad Yunus is the winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize or his path-breaking ... in bringing microcredit (tiny loans for small businesses) to millions of imp ... mmad Yunus is the winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize or his path-breaking ... in bringing microcredit (tiny loans for small businesses) to millions of imp ...
- Story: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity (Monday, October 19, 2009)
... Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for the New York Times since 2001, is a ... Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, which he wrote with ... ng Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, which he wrote with his w ... ingly infinite number of ways that women are brutalized around the world with ...
- Story: Memoir by Murat Kurnaz, Survivor of American Torture, May Help U.S. Face Reality (Thursday, April 24, 2008)
... For the last two years, my mother has fl ... ry few months to meet with her pro bono client, a 32-year-old Algerian man n ... with her pro bono client, a 32-year-old Algerian man named Abdul Aziz Naji. ... man named Abdul Aziz Naji. For the last two years, my mother has fl ...
- Story: Knocking Down Silos or Tilting at Windmills? (Thursday, April 27, 2006)
... ny T-shirts do you have to sell to afford State Street rents?” Heroux wonde ... what kind of wages can the owners afford to pay their workers?” Heroux kno ... ord to pay their workers?” Heroux knows that this county’s growing legio ... workers will join the 6,000 homeless men, women, and children who now call Sa ...
- Story: Letters 10-12-2006 (Thursday, October 12, 2006)
... independent.com. All letters that conform to our standards of length and clar ... and clarity will be published. We do not publish letters anonymously. Please ... ublished. We do not publish letters anonymously. Please keep letters to fewe ... 300 words and include a phone number for verification. Mail to: Letters, The ...
- Story: Jessica Small (Friday, June 1, 2007)
... ing with the breathy “Flight Plans for Airplanes” on their debut album, C ... k “September Calls”). They hit a nostalgic note, echoing bands such as R ... mber Calls”). They hit a nostalgic note, echoing bands such as R.E.M. and ... modern indie rock as well. They may not save music, but The Little Heroes b ...
- Story: Stick Figure Masterpiece (Thursday, June 22, 2006)
... not far from the heart of Old Town Gole ... Old Town Goleta is a young man working m ... t person and he’s an animator. And for a young man, he is very old school. ... tor. And for a young man, he is very old school. He works on a genormous el ...
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