vol. 22, no. 101, Dec. 20-27, 2007
ON THE COVER: There are many different perceptions of what peace means. For some, it is a world without war; for others it revolves around a holistic approach to human rights.
Year: 2007
Salvation Army Breaks With United Way
Santa Barbara’s Salvation Army has severed its decade-long relationship with United Way, hoping to raise more money on its own.
Healthcare May Be Difficult To Obtain, Says Study
Having a job and having health insurance are slowly but surely becoming less related to each other in California.
Positively State Street
DO THE PIGEON: So, you couldn’t make it to Pigeon John‘s Summertime Pool Party? Well, you need to check out the underground rap veteran himself when he appears at SOhO (1221 State St.) on Saturday, December 29. After making a name for himself in the mid ’90s at the Good Life Cafe-rapping alongside such venerable underground legends as Kurupt and Jurassic 5-John has amassed quite a following of fellow “street geeks” enamored of his affable, self-deprecating style and flows as snug-fit as his trademark fedora.
NLRB Maintains Union Elections
On 12/14, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld its original certification of the union election at the Santa Barbara News-Press.
A Medical Team Gives Aid to the Homeless
By the Moreton Bay Fig Tree, across from the flood control tunnels that run under the 101 and a million miles from the Santa Barbara of the Conference and Visitors’ Bureau, a band of volunteer doctors and social workers search for sick homeless people. I followed this Doctors Without Walls (DWW) street medicine team on their Wednesday night rounds a few times this fall, watched them bandage up skin infections and measure the blood pressure of people no one wants to deal with.
Rundown Features S.B. High Standout Roberto Nelson and Three Christmastime Tournaments
If you see Roberto Nelson on the street, chances are he’ll be dribbling a basketball.
The Seelbach Cocktail
It’s practically New Year’s Eve and simple champagne won’t do; you need something with a bit more elan and oomph. Enter the Seelbach Cocktail from a hotel of the same name in Louisville, Kentucky, via Ted Haigh, aka Dr. Cocktail’s handy Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails.
S.B. Symphony Heralds the New Year
This New Year’s Eve, maestro Richard Kaufman, one of the world’s finest pops conductors, will help the Santa Barbara Symphony ring in 2008 in style. He and guest soloists Matt James (tenor) and Nelson Kole (piano) will be performing a tribute to composer Leroy Anderson as well as works by Smetana, Lara, Puccini, and Sousa, among others.
Former Cop Convicted of Sex With a Minor
In Santa Maria Superior Court, former Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputy Jon Holm was convicted on 12/13 of two counts of unlawful sex with a 15-year-old girl.