Story Archive for June 2007

Saturday, June 30

• Updated: 200 Acre Fire in Back Country

Friday, June 29

• Brent Does Bahrain

• Santa Barbara stock prices and activity over the past week

• Meet Kevin Bourke

• Warts and All

• Crime and Punishment?

• Man Arrested for Allegedly Molesting Girl

• Three-Hour Standoff Ends Peacefully

• Veggie Snack Gives Toddler Salmonella

• Vandenberg: County's Biggest "Economic Engine"

• Big Caliente Hot Springs

Thursday, June 28

• Sheriff Leads Gang Crackdown

• Art Museum Wants Your Cell Photos

• The Ecology of Fire

• Learning to live with Wildfire

• Small Fire Burns Stearns Wharf

• Teacher Gets High With Student, Arrested

• Woman Arrested for Leaving Kids in Car

• Sycamore Leaves / Quiet Canyon

• Indy Goes Green

• Consider the Source

• That Stung!

• Fueling the Fires

• No Child Not Recruited

• Lost Names

• N is for Neuroscience

• A Conversation With American Riviera Bank Founder Michael Salsbury

• Bottled Water Ban

• Casa del Mural Wins Reprieve

• Small 2.7-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes SB Channel

• Is News-Press’ Surf Mag Blue Edge Wiping Out?

• Quote of the Week

• Ernestina Franceschi Fenzi 1918-2007

• Goo Goo Dolls at the Santa Barbara Bowl.

• The  ‘Patriot Act’ in the White House

• Tina Malia Concert

• Sound and Fury 6-28-07

• Positively State Street

• Cinematographer- Turned -Director Lajos Koltai Discusses Evening

• Beloved Comedienne Carol Burnett Comes to Santa Barbara

• Wine & Weiners

• 11

• Citizens' Alert

• Quiz: Go Fourth and Celebrate

• Letters from a Santa Barbara Soldier in Iraq

• Give a Little

• Do This: Fourth of July

• This Week in History

• Norah Jones and M. Ward at the Santa Barbara Bowl

• Pick it Up

• Seeing Red, White and Blue

• Swinging into a SOhO-phonic Summer

• High-Priced Country Clubs and Solvang Theater

• Ain’t Got No Dog

• Waves, photography by Bill Dewey

• Love, Work, and Play: Art by Philip Koplin and Virginia McCracken

• It’s a Wilde World : The Importance of Being Earnest

• Everything I Know About Men I Learned at Strip Clubs

• Forged in Iron: The Expressive Art of the Roof Cross Tradition in Chiapas, Mexico.

• The 20th Annual Santa Barbara Wine Festival

• See The Itals, Save the Coast

• Top 3 Reasons to Put on Your Wizard's Cap

• Incompetence and Autocratic Management at Santa Barbara County

• Tacos a Mano de Rajas con Chorizo

• ShiiMac Halibut

• David Robertson at the Academy Festival Orchestra

• 1st Thursday Reminder

• Blue Agave Offers a Fixe for Monday Blahs

• Parade of Peeps

• Sprinter Payton Jordan Lives a Masterful Life

• Eco Homes: Prefab and Fabulous

• Ray Bradbury and Gail Tsukiyama at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference

• Homegrown Crops from Your Garden

• Juicers

• John Williams, composer and conductor, at the Santa Barbara Bowl.

• Wine Cask Sold Without Los Olivos Restaurant

• A Mighty Heart

• Every Week: Yoga Class

• Ratatouille

• Flagging Down Questions

• Cottage Gets a Check Up

• The Refugio Fire 1955

• Santa Anas

Wednesday, June 27

• No Buyers for Former Levy Project Site

• Isla Vista Apartments Dedicated as Affordable Housing

• McCune Donates Whopper Sum to Cottage Hospital

• Mayor Seeks Nava's Support for Affordable Housing

• SB City Council Allots Money to Fight Gangs

• Barnwell Looks to Re-examine Roundabouts

• Fire Marshal Retires

• Freon Leaks at Cottage Hospital

• Fire Burns Mobile Home

• Goleta Approves First Two-Year Budget

• Fayetteville Beats Santa Barbara for Most Sustainable

• Chainsaw Don Wants Montecito Wildfire Plans

Tuesday, June 26

• Survey Says Solo Drivers In SB Down

• Fire Marshal Russ Cole Resigns

• Summer Colors Figueroa Mtn

• Understated Colors

• There's No Place Like Home

• Put a Capp on It

Monday, June 25

• Barnwell Looks at Roundabout Revamp

• Study Sheds Light on Drugs and Nanoscience

• New Service Makes Voicemail Readable

• The Pretenders to Headline Santa Barbara Bowl Show

• South Coast Nudists’ $2 Bill Campaign

Sunday, June 24

• Pedophile Priests Lose Privacy Rights

• Your Worship: St. Barbara Parish

Saturday, June 23

• Independent Solstice Float, 2007

• The Land of Sand Dunes and Flatbreads

• Tripdavon Guests on HBO's Entourage

Friday, June 22

• Close of Friday, June 22

• Trails Gone Gonzo

• Agreement May Bring Jail to North County

• Apartments to be Converted to Affordable Housing

• The Words and the Sound of Silence

Thursday, June 21

• Man Succumbs to Auto Accident Injuries

• Sonos Lands Deal With Best Buy

• More Review for Gaviota Mega-House

• Supes Pass $800 Million Plan

• Jerry Roberts Raises Cash

• D.A. Launches Frimpong Rape Case

• Dr. Philip E. Zwicke 1949-2007

• Summer Solstice Artistic Director Riccardo Morrison Gets Ready to Roll

• Elephant's Ear

• Life and Death in the Sandy Shadows of Coastal Armor

• Solstice After Party

• The Snobs

• Bowling for Hollers

• The Moishe Mobile at Bonnaroo

• Give a Little

• StylePhile

• SBMA Nights Again

• This Week in History

• Bouncing Back

• My First Fisticuffs: The Good, the Bad and the Bloody

• Bryan Dunn’s Debut Novel, Thaw

• Summer Arts Theater Preview

• Positively State Street

• Siren Song: Wave Riding as Art

• Bathers, by Thomas Zika. At Edward Cella Art+Architecture. Shows through July 29.

• Speak Your Story

• Oso's Last Show

• Pick It Up

• Dos Pueblos High’s Austin Ford Is One of America’s Best Snowboarders

• Summer Arts Preview

• Summer Arts Pop and Rock Preview

• The Goo Goo Dolls Give Back

• Indie Up-and-Comer M. Ward Prepares to Wow Bowl-Goers

• Top 3 Ponderings of Bill Davis

• The Indie Music Show

• 23 Million

• Quiz: The Reality Will Be Televised

• Reality Check

• The Healing Power of Nature

• Quote of the Week

• Getting My Dog On

• Summer Arts Classical Music Preview

• Summer Arts Film Preview

• Summer Arts Dance Preview

• Summer Arts Visual Art Preview

• Summer Arts Books and Lectures Preview

• The Evolution of the Sta. Rita Hills, Host of Wine & Fire

• Gallery Spotlight

• It’s Time to Reevaluate No Child Left Behind

• Mary Anne Stevens Chapman 1916-2007

• Man vs. Urinary Infection

• Child Proofed: Cachuma Lake

• Week Spot Photo: Looking Back

• Jane Monheit at SOhO.

• Citizens' Alert

• Company, in Concert, presented by PCPA Theaterfest.

• La Vie en rose.

• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

• Faith Healing Monopoly

• Community Leaders

• Invaders' Responsibility

• Behind Walls

• Ledbetter Bully

• Fishy Soy

• Far-Reaching Consequences

• Interesting Propositions

• Points for Pollution

• Healing the Victim

• No Simple Solutions

• Burgeoning Buellton?

• Traffic Accident Kills Woman Near Refugio

• Stuck at Prom

• Santa Barbara Teams Finish Race Across America

• Wall of Sound at SBMA Nights

• Gang Fight Errupts at Rusty's Pizza

• Customer Vote Needed to Raise Goleta Water Rates

• Juarez's Preliminary Hearing Delayed

• Five Year Old Causes Goleta Apartment Fire

• North Hills Developers Indefinitely Postpone Hearings

• SB Planning Commission May Impose Inclusionary Requirements

• Criminal Charges Filed Against Santa Barbara Landlord

• Supervisors Extend Brown's Contract

• Police Nab Suspected Embezzler

• Middle School Student Arrested for Threats

• Non-Profit Arts Yield $77.6 Million Annually

• Santa Barbara City Council Opts to Hold Own Election

• Williams to Star in Recycling Telenovela

• Audubon Cites Santa Barbara as Plentiful Bird Habitat

• Shorebirds to Blame for High Bacteria Content

• Alzina Named Principal of Reunited Academy

• UCSB Names First Chief Information Officer

• UCSB Professor Publishes in Nature

• UCSB Professor Publishes Global Warming Warning

• Armstrong Attacks Goleta Chamber of Commerce

• Water Officials Deny Information to Botanic Garden Neighbors

• Micromedics, Inc. Buys Medco

• Sonos, Inc. Hires Sony VP

• Santa Barbara Man Wins National Mountain Bike Series

• Goleta City Council Authorizes Affordable Housing Project

• City Council to Expand Goleta's Sphere of Influence

• Woman Dies in Cliff Drive Car Accident

• Innovative Micro Technology Identifies Potential Energy Savings

• Two Dead in 154 Crash

• Three Arrested in Murder of Homeless Man

Tuesday, June 19

• News-Press Shame Overshadows Party Report

• Celebrate Ancient Egypt

• Movin' On Up

Monday, June 18

• Wilco, 311 to Play at the Bowl

Sunday, June 17

• Walking the Big Dog

• Alleged Stabber Juarez Back in Court

• Close of Friday, June 15

• Supes Allot $1 Million for Kids' Healthcare

• Carp Student Arrested for Threats

• Supes Extend County CEO's Contract

• Your Worship

Saturday, June 16

• Capital-T “Things” At Joshua Tree

Friday, June 15

• New Bank in Town

• The Mountain Wall

• Educational Leadership, Technology, and the Future

• Round Two: Liz Plus Marcos vs. Entropy

• Business First Bank to Be Acquired

• Trail Standards Needed

Thursday, June 14

• Fire Scorches Goleta Apartment Complex

• Non-Profit Arts Yields Annual $77.6 Million

• Dancing Drums Highlights SOhO’s Solstice Bash

• Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Names New Director

• Hot or Heavy

• Wonderland of Rock

• Venoco Seeks Carp Expansion

• Jury Finds Anti-White Bias

• In the Doghouse Now

• KJEE’s Seaside Beach Ball at the Ventura Fairgrounds

• Positively State Street

• ’Round and ’Round We Go

• The Santa Barbara Writers Conference Gets the Best out of Writers

• Self-Defense Workshops

• $67,100

• Quiz: Cars of Fame and Infamy

• Ken Collier

• Zoom Motors and the Road Ahead

• My Father’s Gift

• Top 5 Driving Songs

• Sally Barr Presents Songs for Africa, a Benefit Concert for Direct Relief International

• Lucky Cab Jumpstarts Eco-Friendly Taxiing in Santa Barbara

• Pick it Up

• Ed France Wants to Make La Casa de la Raza “BiCi Centro”

• Be a Bike Commuter

• The Granada Garage’s Bike Parking Lot Is in Full Effect

• Pioneering Yoga Teacher Shares Insights in New Book

• Car Sharing in the 21st Century

• Telegraph Opens to the Public

• A Non-Hippie Goes Bio

• Ojai Music Festival at the Libbey Bowl, Ojai.

• Quote of the Week

• Jan Timbrook's Chumash Ethnobotany

• A Feast of Color

• Queen C at Center Stage Theater

• For Sheer Love of Me at Center Stage.

• Ernestina Charlotte Franceschi Fenzi 1918-2007

• Paintings by Victor Schiro from the Rancho el Cojo series. At the Delphine Gallery. Shows through June 30.

• Citizens' Alert

• Fast Cars, Good Times

• Living La Vida Vespa

• North Hills Development Does Not Pass ‘Go’

• KCBX Presents the Live Oak Music Festival

• The Sticky Convergence of Steroids and Baseball

• The Power of Music

• Your Village Cheat Sheet

• Big-Top Fun

• Solstice Parade Needs Volunteers

• Tell Your Secrets

• Rock Out at RockCamp

• Coyotes and Bourbon

• Teens Work Closely with Master Artists in Arts Fund Program

• Children of a Lesser God at Rubicon Theatre

• Surf’s Up

• Ocean’s Thirteen

• Australian Songstress Follows Her Heart to Santa Barbara

• Morrissey at the Majestic Ventura Theatre.

• Sound and Fury 6-14-07

• Summertime Harbingers

• GAY: Great Autos of Yesteryear

• S.B.’s Top Film Geek Finds Nirvana

• Four Women Attempt to Break Team Record in the Race Across America

• Safety in Knowledge

• Harder They Fall

• Good Clean Dancin'

• Cover Representation

• Never Home Free

• Earthly Wrath

• Civil Dialogue

• One Heart

• Easy Healthcare Fix

• Third's a Charm

• Deadly Convenience

• Ochoa Increases Bail for Heather Hulsey

• Former St. Anthony’s Priest Arrested for Battery

• Five Arrested in Carpinteria Stabbing

• Two Arrests Made in Eastside Stabbing

• UCSB Votes to Raise Required Minimum Units

• Gevirtz School of Education Receives Grant

• Kenneth Starr Speaks at Victoria Hall

• New Bike Path to Commemorate Boysel

• Judge’s Ruling May Save St. Francis

• Choi Returns to UCSB

• State Street Reopens After Lengthy Remodel

• First Chumash to Receive Doctorate from UCSB

• Teaching Assistants Stage “Grade-In” at UCSB

• You Plan SB Forum Kicks Off

• IVFP Cracks Down on Couch Burning

• City Council Approves Candidate Video Program

• City Approves Contract Renewal with SBMTD

• Schwarzenegger Praises Slain Soldier

• Committee Created to Allocate Measure D Funds

• Activists Lobby for Single-Payer Healthcare

• Plane Crash Causes Delays at SB Airport

• Aloha Drive-Up to Remain Open

• Parker Reclaims, Renames Wine Cask Los Olivos

• Butterfly Beach Named Best in U.S. for People Watching

• UCSB Graduate Designs Oil Spill Clean-Up Device

• Report Estimates Number of Illegal Immigrants

• County Praises Los Prietos Boys Camp

• Safety Barrier to Be Built on Cold Spring Bridge

• County Supervisors Begin Budget Hearings

• Aloha Passes Muster

Wednesday, June 13

• Theater Gone Wild at SB Zoo

• Downtown Fight, Stabbing Appear to be Related

• Rookie Race Fan

• M is for Marijuana

• Westside Stories

Tuesday, June 12

• Mapping the New Miramar

• SB Boutique Offers Design Contest

• Wine Cask Sold Without Los Olivos Restaurant

• New Finnish Plays Get Staged Readings

• Canyon Falls

• Santa Barbara Yields Top Chef Contender

• Rock the Summer With Jensen Guitar Camp

• Vocals by Locals

• The Case of the Broken Side Mirror

Monday, June 11

• Green Green Money

• Chumash Woman Earns Doctorate

• A Dream Come True

• Recycled Eyes

• So You Think You Can Dance?

• Governor Praises Slain Santa Maria Soldier

• Ancient Channel Islands

• You Plan the Future

• “Grade-In” Graces UCSB Campus

• Hands of the Homeless

• Record Labels Team Up at SOhO

• White Fires of Venus

• El Salvador Mirrors the Middle East

Saturday, June 9

• Activists Demand Revamped California Healthcare

Friday, June 8

• Close of Friday, June 8

• Giada Ate Here

• The One and Lonely

• Arrested UCSB Student Returns

• Folk Rock at its Finest

• Gevirtz School Awarded Grant

• Evening Stars

Thursday, June 7

• News-Presser Scott Steepleton Lets Lawyers Do His Talking

• Contests Asks for Residents’ Favorite Spots

• Cyclists Ride for AIDS Through SB County

• Write On!

• Veterans’ Clinic Shrinks

• Community Academy Reunited

• Cash for Kids’ Healthcare

• Lou Cannon Responds to Wendy McCaw

• Mobile Home Mogul Muzzled

• Solstice Workshop

• Lit Moon Theatre Company Presents the Midnight Sun Festival

• Quiz: Artificial Body Parts

• 1.9 Million

• Nailed!

• Speaking Workshop

• Summertime and the Style is Easy

• Parading Peeps

• UCSB Summer Concerts

• Gated Community

• 1st Thursday

• The Price of Redemption

• Zen Calligrapher Alok Brings Creative Non-Doing to Kim3 and Arts Alive!

• On Ojai Time

• Sandy Everett-Mayhew, 1947-2007

• Bang the Drum Slowly Author Dies at 84

• Open Wide Furniture to Close

• Wachovia Launches Earth-Friendly Campaign

• Six Local Breweries Launch Guild

• InfoGenesis Bought by Technology Company

• Business First National Bank Merges with Paso Robles Branch

• Sojourner Joins Composting Pilot Program

• La Salsa Chain Sold to Competitor

• Supervisors Upset Over New Town Proposal

• Budget Cuts Mean Changes for Casa de Mural

• City to Raise Parking Ticket Fees

• Supervisors Vote for More Managers, Less Protection

• Water Rates Rise for SB Residents

• Sound and Fury 6-07-07

• County Meetings Now Available Online

• Democrats Host Politics and Religion Conference

• UCSB Receives $12.5 Million Donation

• NLRB Sets Hearing Date for News-Press

• Coastal Cities Issue Group Discusses Pollution Permit

• State Water Shutdown to Have No Local Effect

• PETA Protests Kangaroo Skin Sales

• Veteran Cultural Reporter Tom Jacobs Leaves News-Press

• Bones May Link Chumash to Polynesians

• Wolf Lobbies for Creek Protections

• Creek Expansion Gets Go-Ahead

• Sex Offender Arrested at Goleta School

• Viral Video: By Students, For Corporation

• Goleta to Build New Sheriff's Substation

• SB Lawyers Lobby for Accused Friars

• Art Mankin 1921-2007

• Hulsey Heads Back to Jail for Public Intoxication

• Meena Nanji’s View from a Grain of Sand

• Once

• Suspect Arrested for Citibank Robbery

• One Suspect Nabbed in Stabbing

• Knocked Up

• Teacher Arrested for Sex with Student

• Garden of Verses

• Don’t Mention My Name. At Circle Bar B Dinner Theatre, Saturday, June 2. Shows through July 15.

• The Life of Reckless Rocker Warren Zevon, Through an Ex-Wife’s Eyes

• Fifteen Rounds with Jackson Pollock. At Victoria Hall Theater, Thursday, May 31. Shows through June 16.

• Continuing the Latino Tradition. At Channing Peake Gallery. Shows through July 20.

• The Westmont String Trio, presented by the CAMA outreach program.

• The Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra at the Lobero Theatre.

• Former UCSB Basketballer Lowell Steward Receives the Congressional Medal of Honor

• Santa Maria Wine Country

• Quote of the Week

• Fighting the Hand That Bleeds You

• The Latest News-Press Generated Drama

• Harsh Words

• Dads Dream of a Guy's Getaway

• Citizens' Alert

• This Week in History

• Demanding Solutions to the Nation's Health Care

• Sugarcult Super-Fans

• The Raveonettes at Velvet Jones.

• Pick It Up

• Middle Eastern Oasis

• How Not to Be a Victim

• Positively State Street

• Cold Spring Tavern

• Picture of the Week

• Give a Little

• Sugarcult and The Coral Sea Play at the Hub

Tuesday, June 5

• Round One: Liz vs. Entropy

• Suicide Barrier Planned for Highway 154 Bridge

• Teaching English When It’s Not Spoken in the Home

• Students Prove Victorious at Science Fair

• Don Miller’s Sycamore Canyon Road Crusade

• Fly to Blue

• UCSB Gets $12.5 Million from Elings

• Firestone Stands Behind Brown's Suit

• Prom, Senior Prom

Monday, June 4

• Downtown Citibank Held Up

• PETA to Protest in Downtown SB

• Indy Ditches Disposable Cups

• So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye

• Board of Supes Meeting Now Online

• Downtown Tapas Bar Worth Every Penny

• Democrats and Clergy Gather to Discuss Faith and Politics

Friday, June 1

• Joel Aurora

• Bianca Calhoun

• Close of Friday, June 1

• The Alternate Routes

• Arabella Watters

• Kevin Spracher

• Stephanie Flint

• Michael Baker

• Jessica Hilo

• Jessica Small

• Dualistic Banjos and Other Highs

• Mate & Multiply

• Sojourner First to Compost All

• Rattlesnake Canyon Trail

• Deputies Nab Sex Offender

• Feds File News-Press Complaint

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