Teachers’ Association Ratifies Calendar
The Santa Barbara Teachers Association ratified the Santa Barbara School Districts’ 2008-09 school calendar.
Year: 2007
The Poetry of Peace (and War)
December’s darkness leads us inward. We light candles and turn our thoughts to peace, taking a small break from all the chaos. Almost everyone becomes a poet, reaching out to others with words. “Poetry is an act of peace,” wrote Pablo Neruda, a statement David Krieger quotes in his preface to The Poetry of Peace (Capra Press, 2003), a collection of the winning poems from the first seven years of the Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards, sponsored by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation of Santa Barbara.
More News-Press Drama
GREASING THE SKIDS: Months before Santa Barbara News-Press editor Jerry Roberts resigned in July 2006, owner Wendy McCaw was trying to replace him-so why did she sue him for $25 million after he quit? She was rid of him, wasn’t she?
Pacifica Commercial Realty Absorbs SLO Firm
Pacifica Commercial Realty, which already lays claim to being the largest commercial brokerage on the Central Coast since 1969, will
UCSB Scientists Attempt to Understand Proteins
A group led by UCSB physicist Mark Sherwin combined the talents of scientists from UCSB and Florida State University to better understand how proteins work in life processes.
Goleta to Appeal Mobile Home Park Condoization
The City of Goleta will appeal Superior Court Judge Thomas Anderle’s recent ruling in favor of Daniel Guggenheim…
I Am Legend
Not to put too flippant a spin on it, but beneath its hyperbolic, apocalyptic, kitschy sci-fi dread, I Am Legend taps into some basic fears we have as Americans and earthlings. First of all, we suspect that New York City may harbor rabid zombies in its darkest recesses, and-more globally-that if the terrorists don’t get us, then the environmental/bio-mishaps will.
City Council Pushes Rail Improvements
City councilmembers Grant House, Helene Schneider, and Roger Horton, and Mayor Marty Blum were well received by rail authorities when discussing proposed increases in commuter service from Ventura to Santa Barbara.
Bouchon Uncorks Seagrass
Sage & Onion’s run as one of the town’s best restaurants ends with a ray of hope.
Water Water Everywhere…For Now
With Tuesday’s rains as a backdrop, the Santa Barbara City Council heard how city water consumers used nearly 1,000 acre-feet more water than usual this year.