Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sent shockwaves throughout the state on January 10 with his proposals to close a $14.5 billion budget gap, with many of these plans being mid-fiscal year moves as opposed to the more traditional changes that occur in July.
Looking to counter hours of damning testimony about their oil operations from county, state, and federal agencies at the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting this week, a spokesperson for Greka Energy attributed a recent rash of large-scale spills to “intentional human conduct.”
The position of County Counsel can be a tough one and in Santa Barbara County perhaps more so. Nonetheless, outgoing County Counsel Shane Stark-after 20 years in the department, the last 13 of it serving as the head of the 45-person department-said he loved his job and wouldn’t trade his time there for anything.
With some bitterness, condo developer John Blankenship declared to the City of Santa Barbara’s Planning Commission that he would not stand before them again.
Though our beloved Bowl may have closed up shop for the season, a quick look at some of the pop and rock acts currently scheduled to make their way through town will prove the arts don’t hibernate through Santa Barbara’s cooler months.
Perhaps the greatest living theater artist, composer, and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim will be in town this March for a public conversation at UCSB with former New York Times critic Frank Rich.
Santa Barbara’s many inviting museums and galleries offer not only refuge from the chill in the air, but opportunities to experience people, places, and things through art. Photography decks the halls this winter, along with vibrant paintings, delicate assemblage, and intricate etchings.
When the weather’s cold and the days are short, sometimes it’s tempting to just stay home with a book. This winter, there are books galore outside the house, too, so grab a coat and check out what’s going on beyond the front door and the central heating!
When you look up in the night sky, you will always see certain stars. The reliability of this celestial dance is so certain that for millennia, sailors have navigated the vast and treacherous oceans of the world by the stars’ light.
Scheduled to reopen this month, the former Hotel Andaluc-a has been completely renovated.
