Santa Barbara Human Rights Activist Honored For Body of Work
Dr. Victoria Riskin, a tireless human rights advocate both globally and locally was honored Monday as one of California’s “Women of the Year.”
Month: March 2012
City Announces Popular Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt at Chase Palm Park
The City-sponsored Eggstravaganza is the biggest egg hunt in town for toddlers to 8-year-olds and is anticipated with great enthusiasm by families each year.
Solar Project Will Power County Campus
4,500 panels being installed on seven-acre parcel near County Jail.
Prosecutor Allowed to Stay on Vargas Murder Trial
The defense alleged that the DA’s office and its attorney had acted inappropriately.
Tasting Tibet Without Airplane Tickets
Ventura’s Himalaya aces exotic Eastern cuisine.
County Unemployment Rate Remains at 8.9 Percent
Is 0.8 percent below figure from the same time period last year.
Bill Gates Speaks to Santa Barbara Middle School Teen Press at ECO:nomics Summit 2012
With press lanyards swinging around their necks, and walking with the swagger and confidence of true Wall Street Journalists, three former Santa Barbara Middle School Teen Press (SBMS) alums were the only 16 year olds at the WSJ sponsored ECO:nomics Summit’s high profile conference at the Bacara this week. They were also the only ones to score an interview with world-renowned entrepreneur and philanthropist, Bill Gates. These three journalists are now high school sophomores and juniors at Santa Barbara High School and San Marcos High.
Brawl Leads to Felony Arrest
Police respond to initial call of 20 people fighting.
The Hunger Games
Gary Ross’s adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s novel is fun, but it doesn’t pack the book’s moral punch.
Rafael Perea de la Cabada at Westmont
The show Alien Heartland is Rafael Perea de la Cabada’s best yet.