Arts Alive! is hosting an Old Spanish Days Fiesta art contest for kids aged 5 to 13. To participate, use any medium to portray this year’s Under the August Moon theme into a 16-by-20-inch, ready-to-hang piece, and submit it to the gallery, at 1 North Calle Cesar Ch¡vez, by Monday, July 3. Call 966-6366 or see artsalivesb.com.
More than 500 firefighters succeeded in containing a blaze late Sunday that ravaged 14,988 acres and three mobile homes in New Cuyama, only to see a bolt of lightning start up a fresh fire several miles away on Monday.
The Modest Mouse concert scheduled for Sunday, August 6, at the S.B. Bowl was canceled. Tickets will be refunded at the point of purchase.
No criminal charges will be filed against Health Sanitation, the Santa Maria trash company that shortchanged the county by as much as $1 million in recycling fees and charges. Sheriff’s investigators said they could find no evidence substantiating a whistleblower’s claim of premeditated criminal intent.
Although the exact date of its construction is unknown, the general belief is that the San Jose Winery, located off Vineyard Road near San Jose Creek, is the oldest building in the Goleta Valley. At one time the tile-roofed adobe was at the center of a thriving wine operation by Mission Santa Barbara.
– Santa Barbara Police Detective Mike McGrew, responding to Mayor Marty Blum’s suggestion that the SBPD’s old headquarters might be responsible for the high turnover among experienced officers.
1. Mary Jo Catlett said that the show has a great message, that “seniors are alive and well. People may
Ed Moses – the embattled head of the county’s Housing and Community Development department – is heading south to take a job as chief executive officer of the Area Housing Authority for Ventura County. Despite speculation from friends and foes alike that he was forced out, Moses insists his July 28 departure has “nothing to do” with the audit of the affordable housing program he administered. Rather, he said, the new job is 15 minutes from his Oxnard home and high-school aged son.
Any notions that the Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) might relocate its Chapala Street transit center to the railroad depot – in anticipation of the still hypothetical day when Santa Barbara might enjoy commuter rail service – were soundly squashed Tuesday afternoon during a joint meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council and MTD’s board of directors. Members of both agencies unanimously and enthusiastically affirmed their support for the transit center’s octagonal-shaped current digs, pointing out that downtown is the final destination for many bus riders, not merely a jumping-off point for other journeys.
After years of page-turning in De la Guerra Plaza, the Santa Barbara Book & Author Festival is moving to the S.B. Public Library this fall. The free festival will beheld Saturday, September 30, from 10:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. See sbbookfestival.org.
