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- Story: SBIFF 2008 Slate (Monday, December 31, 2007)
... The full slate to the 2008 SBIFF. 23 ... the 2008 SBIFF. 23rd SANTA BARBARA I ... JULIE CHRISTIE *** SBIFF OPENS WITH ADAM BROOKS’ “DEFINITELY, MAYBE ... IRECTOR Santa Barbara, CA – The 23rd installment of the Santa Barbar ...
- Story: Letters 11/2/2006 (Wednesday, November 1, 2006)
... the News-Press news staff for 22 years, ... ff for 22 years, and I retired about the same number of years ago. As an avid ... employee and reader, I have watched the news staff improve to an unusually h ... agement has ended this by generating the recent rash of resignations and dism ...
- Story: Local Heroes 2008 (Wednesday, November 26, 2008)
... 986, we published our first issue of The Santa Barbara Independent. It was al ... ur first honor roll of Local Heroes, with stories of men and women who truly d ... 986, we published our first issue of The Santa Barbara Independent. It was al ... ur first honor roll of Local Heroes, with stories of men and women who truly d ...
- Story: Thumbs Up for Santa Barbara News Room (Wednesday, April 4, 2007)
... The eight fired News-Press reporters' ne ... ts and more friendly competition for the Independent. Some may ha ... Some may have wondered where the Independent has been with its covera ... dered where the Independent has been with its coverage of SantaBarbaraNewsRoom ...
- Story: The Outsiders (Tuesday, October 13, 2009)
... two years, Santa Barbara voters find themselves confronted by a host of mayor ... candidates who did not rise through the ranks of established political organ ... two years, Santa Barbara voters find themselves confronted by a host of mayor ... candidates who did not rise through the ranks of established political organ ...
- Story: Father Kelly’s Curse (Thursday, September 6, 2007)
... Ruiz was initially happy not to take the witness stand, not to answer difficu ... nful past. And content not to endure the agonies of a protracted trial with n ... re the agonies of a protracted trial with no certain outcome. A rawboned man w ... h no certain outcome. A rawboned man with sad, piercing eyes, elaborately tatt ...
- Story: The Man Who Is Creating a World Without Poverty (Thursday, January 10, 2008)
... the winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize ... the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize or his path-b ... of impoverished Bangladeshis through the creation of the Grameen Bank. Mu ... Bangladeshis through the creation of the Grameen Bank. Muhammad Yunus is ...
- 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: Coyote Fire: Sept 22-Oct 1, 1964 (Wednesday, September 30, 2009)
... rike hard and fast, like lightning. Then they're gone. Wildfires start dec ... hard and fast, like lightning. Then they're gone. Wildfires start deceptiv ... eceptively small, building up power, then usually rage angrily for hours, day ... days--threatening, threatening. "They terrorize, chase us from our homes ...
- Story: Bean Counting (Thursday, April 5, 2007)
... coffee roasting 15 years ago, it was with one intention — to create the ... with one intention — to create the kind of gourmet, organic coffee he l ... c coffee he loved. His girlfriend at the time was unimpressed. “She didn’ ... f a good cup of coffee was Farmer Brothers. If it didn’t taste like a brown ...
- Story: Full Text of SiCKO Q&A (Tuesday, July 10, 2007)
... s Ron Werft and Kurt Ransohoff speak with Isabel T. Walker about the good and ... ff speak with Isabel T. Walker about the good and the bad in the new document ... Isabel T. Walker about the good and the bad in the new documentary. This ... Walker about the good and the bad in the new documentary. This is a trans ...
- 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 ... surfer-turned-singer spoke at length with The Indy’s senior editor Matt Kett ...
- Story: Will News-Press Owner Wendy McCaw Wake Up? (Wednesday, February 21, 2007)
... , more than 200 people showed up for the Wake Up Wendy Wednesday rally today, ... February 21, in De la Guerra Plaza. They got to hear some pretty moving spee ... ar some pretty moving speeches, show their support for the fired staffers, an ... ing speeches, show their support for the fired staffers, and start a more poi ...
- Story: Why the Biggest Acts Love to Play in Our Backyard (Thursday, May 1, 2008)
... There’s one near virtually every Ameri ... merican city — an outdoor amphitheater designed to hold thousands of pe ... e and host touring rock shows during the summer. So why does the Santa Barbar ... shows during the summer. So why does the Santa Barbara Bowl manage to get the ...
- Story: The Price of Redemption (Thursday, June 7, 2007)
... the inside story of Phillip Gladden, a f ... rbara to reveal God's plan. Some say the registered sex offender is a healer ... epic proportions and that he speaks the word of God, so The Indy's Sarah Ham ... d that he speaks the word of God, so The Indy's Sarah Hammill, herself a prac ...
- Story: Reading, Writing, and Original Sin (Thursday, May 7, 2009)
... ublic elementary school kids through the Good News Club. It was during ... her first-grade classmate Emma* near the swing sets and delivered the bad new ... a* near the swing sets and delivered the bad news. “You can’t go to he ... ey had already determined that Emma, the only Jewish girl in her class, did n ...
- Story: Discovered—Carolina Beltran Interviews Soprano Célia Zambon Wollenberg (Thursday, August 6, 2009)
... ndy intern Carolina Beltran looks at the Music Academy of the West’s vocal ... eltran looks at the Music Academy of the West’s vocal program and conducts ... m and conducts an in-depth interview with soprano Célia Zambon Wollenberg, on ... ano Célia Zambon Wollenberg, one of the stars of Mignon. Imagine yours ...
- Story: Dancing Days Are Here Again (Thursday, April 20, 2006)
... with Taj Mahal “It’s time to move man ... t time to stand around.” That’s the prescription from blues doctor Taj M ... s Campbell Hall on Tuesday, April 25 with soul queen Mavis Staples. One of the ... ith soul queen Mavis Staples. One of the greatest living musicians of any gen ...
- Story: Strange Bedfellows (Thursday, January 18, 2007)
... rsonnel torturing Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison facility were leak ... hraib prison facility were leaked to the press. Instantly iconic, the images ... aked to the press. Instantly iconic, the images became political rallying fla ... for terrorist recruitment throughout the Arab world, and within the United St ...
- 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 ... rnor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wall. With California’s gubernatorial electio ...
- Story: Our 2008 Endorsements (Thursday, October 9, 2008)
... The Santa Barbara Independent voters’ ... bara Independent voters’ guide for the November election. The vot ... for the November election. The voting season officially began this ... Santa Barbara voters began receiving their requested absentee ballots in the ...
- Story: California's Prop. 8 Defeat: A Bungled Campaign (Thursday, December 4, 2008)
... ing in Beverly Hills to hear some of the leaders of the No on Prop. 8 campaig ... Hills to hear some of the leaders of the No on Prop. 8 campaign discuss why t ... e No on Prop. 8 campaign discuss why they thought we lost. Last night I a ... ing in Beverly Hills to hear some of the leaders of the No on Prop 8 campaign ...
- Story: Barfoot Snowboards Turns 30 (Thursday, March 6, 2008)
... the history of snowboarding and its less ... lesser known origins in our neck of the woods. Not long after calendars ... woods. Not long after calendars the world over were turned to 2008, a ma ... esmerizing snow in our foothills. In the mountains behind Ojai, this same low ...
- Story: Clouds Gathering Over Police Chief (Thursday, April 23, 2009)
... s a little premature to declare that the proverbial perfect storm is brewing ... erbial perfect storm is brewing over the head of Santa Barbara Police Chief C ... hez, now entering his eighth year at the helm of the city police department. ... ering his eighth year at the helm of the city police department. But the clou ...
- Story: Letters 11-9-2006 (Thursday, November 9, 2006)
... erstanding, health, and prosperity. Without a physically and psychologically ... ychologically secure basis to life, there is great likelihood for infection ... ohandas Gandhi wrote that poverty is the worst form of violence.) As a cultu ... we only now seem to be awakening to the implication of these truths. Domest ...
- Story: The Granada Begins a New Century (Thursday, February 21, 2008)
... The most anticipated renovation since th ... he most anticipated renovation since the Parthenon is about to be unveiled in ... anticipated renovation since the Parthenon is about to be unveiled in a mara ... in a marathon of special events The most anticipated renovation since th ...
- Story: Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter to Speak in SB (Thursday, October 9, 2008)
... Jonathan Alter has produced some of the most consistently intelligent and co ... ng political analysis to be found in the mainstream press. On Wednesday night ... a lecture entitled “Election 2008: The Stakes,” in which he’ll discuss ... kes,” in which he’ll discuss why the current presidential race is of such ...
- Story: Governator Pushes Green at ECO:nomics on Friday (Friday, March 14, 2008)
... with talk of ethanol, solar, wind, nuclea ... nuclear, philanthropy, and oil. The Wall Street Journal’s “ECO:nomic ... at Bacara came to a close on Friday with the newspaper’s publisher Robert T ... acara came to a close on Friday with the newspaper’s publisher Robert Thomp ...
- Story: How a Group of Ex-Catholic Nuns Saved Their Famous Montecito Retreat Center (Thursday, August 28, 2008)
... ty of religious sisters began living there 65 years ago. El Bosque ... ty of religious sisters began living there 65 years ago. Visitors might not r ... ts quiet, reflective beauty and even the most secular among you will find bre ... For half a century, seven of these acres have been home to a small bu ...
- Story: No Open Seats Make for Tight Squeeze in Santa Barbara City Race (Thursday, November 1, 2007)
... the upcoming November 6 Santa Barbara Ci ... ouncil election as mere foreplay for the main event: the anticipated showdown ... as mere foreplay for the main event: the anticipated showdown between council ... Many political handicappers regard the upcoming November 6 Santa Barbara Ci ...
- Story: Jessica Small (Friday, June 1, 2007)
... & Fury, Independent vol. 74) The Little Heroes, Cinematic Americana ... e Heroes, Cinematic Americana Can The Little Heroes save music? Opening wi ... he Little Heroes save music? Opening with the breathy “Flight Plans for Airp ... ttle Heroes save music? Opening with the breathy “Flight Plans for Airplane ...
- Story: My Dog Ate the Homework (Thursday, September 6, 2007)
... THE REST OF ME? A couple weeks ago, I a ... tended an impeach-Bush event held at the Veterans Memorial Building down on C ... Building down on Cabrillo Boulevard. There were lots of people wearing black ... T-shirts. HEY DUDE, WHERE’S THE REST OF ME? A couple weeks ago, I a ...
- Story: Sheriff Showdown (Thursday, October 26, 2006)
... The race for County Sheriff heats up as ... race for County Sheriff heats up as the last men standing, current Sheriff J ... Lompoc Police Chief Bill Brown shed the usual political niceties. Candid ... office need a thick hide to survive the campaign trail. Santa Barbara Sherif ...
- Story: The Next Great Awakening? (Thursday, February 28, 2008)
... t. Jim Wallis, national renowned theologian, author and preacher, began S ... ously successful God's Politics: Why the Right is Wrong and the Left Just Doe ... ful God's Politics: Why the Right is Wrong and the Left Just Doesn't Get It was ... Politics: Why the Right is Wrong and the Left Just Doesn't Get It was on the ...
- Story: UCSB Students Connect with Veterans and Others Touched by the Horrors of War (Thursday, July 3, 2008)
... ergeant Christopher Loverro recounts the grueling daily struggle of life as a ... ergeant Christopher Loverro recounts the grueling daily struggle of life as a ... squad in 2004 assembled in front of their armored Bradley Fighting Vehicle ... tank-like conveyance widely used by the U.S. Army — just before leavin ...
- Story: The Scariest Man on the Planet (Thursday, February 8, 2007)
... ecting a very scary map on a wall of the University Club, Santa Barbara’s c ... del of tradition and accomplishment. The map, prepared by UCSB’s geography ... it showed a very different city from the one we now know. It predicted what S ... ric ice sheets were to melt, causing the world’s sea levels to rise about 2 ...
- Story: Fighting Gangs with Film (Sunday, November 23, 2008)
... of teenagers attacked and killed another teenager in the middle of downtown ... acked and killed another teenager in the middle of downtown Santa Barbara on ... up in arms about what to do about “the gang problem.” Amid committees bei ... , and neighborhoods being raided, another two teenagers have been stabbed to ...
- Story: California’s Great Olive Oil Flood (Thursday, January 8, 2009)
... ate each fall, tense times arrive in the olive orchard at Pasolivo near Paso ... rchard at Pasolivo near Paso Robles. The annual wine-dark flood has already d ... wine-dark flood has already drenched the rest of the Central Coast and state, ... ood has already drenched the rest of the Central Coast and state, where the v ...
- Story: Letters 8-31-06 (Wednesday, August 30, 2006)
... eminists, we are extremely concerned with your views on women’s rights, LGBT ... you recently became a columnist for the News-Press, we had a degree of conce ... ree of concern. However, we gave you the benefit of the doubt because we assu ... However, we gave you the benefit of the doubt because we assumed you would u ...
- Story: The Elements of a Great Scientific and Technical Dispute (Thursday, September 17, 2009)
... the scientific fight over the World Trad ... the World Trade Center was not so hugely ... isputed by people equally pledged to the scientific method. If the scient ... ged to the scientific method. If the scientific fight over the World Trad ...
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