Lowering Boom on Building Heights
Signatures are being gathered to get lower building heights on the November ballot.
Month: January 2008
Does Community Design Affect Health?
How the City of Santa Barbara is implementing a blueprint for community health as part of its next General Plan.
An Introduction to the 2008 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Yes, it is crunch time on Chapala, as the city’s proudest and most successful festival operation gears up for another 10 days of film-obsessive activity. Our rich little tourist town will host stars, artistes, craft people, seminars, panels, swanky parties, homegrown filmmakers, and what is, for some of us, the festival’s heart and soul: films from around the globe inviting us to reflect on both the state of the world and the state of the cinematic art form.
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
Ryan Adams is good in the sack-or at least so says J.J. Bouillabaisse, the singer’s alter ego and opening act for Monday night’s performance.
Mom Envy
Working Moms and Hausfrau Moms face off: but do they need to?
Question: ‘I’m interested in one of the early families in Carpinteria, the Olmstead family.’
Stephen H. Olmstead was among the first American settlers in the Carpinteria Valley, arriving in the early 1860s. Highly adaptable, he was willing to try any number of enterprises in the quest for success.
Woman Arrested for Burglary
The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department announced this week that deputies had arrested a woman they believed to be at least partly responsible for a rash of automobile burglaries…
Health at the Biko Co-Op
“We have wanted to play Santa Barbara for two years and haven’t been able to,” John Famiglietti of experimental/noise band HEALTH told me over the phone.
Give a Little
•Secure the Call Foundation is a nonprofit helping to collect and redistribute used cell phones to community members who need a 911 phone in case of an emergency but can’t afford one.
More Improvements Planned for Freeway Widening
Improvements include new interchanges and bridges, two additional freeway lanes, and, on surrounding streets, bike lanes and roundabouts.