The engine on James Lambden’s boat makes no noise, so sometimes it’s hard to tell whether it’s off or running full throttle, especially because it tops out at about two-and-a-half miles per hour, and is operated with a watch-sized remote control.
A recent spate of stabbings by adult gang members in Santa Barbara indicates that local knife violence is not only a problem among youth.
A man hung himself at Cottage Hospital’s psych unit on April 5, one day shy of his 38th birthday, and was pronounced dead two days later.
Two corrupt Santa Barbara telemarketers, Stevan Todorovic and Michael Harvey, were charged with operating telemarketing scams and issued lifetime bans by the Federal Trade Commission. Harvey and Todorovic operated out of offices at 25 West Anapamu Street under the shingles American Bartending Institute and Intuitive Logic.
1) Beckmen 2005 Grenache Pur-sima Mountain Vineyard: A bold, chewy red overflowing with plum, blueberry, caramel, and oak. Blended with a little syrah, it’s nothing short of exceptional.
“It’s time to move man. It ain’t time to stand around.” That’s the prescription from blues doctor Taj Mahal for his upcoming performance at UCSB’s Campbell Hall on Tuesday, April 25 with soul queen Mavis Staples. One of the greatest living musicians of any genre-in large part because he plays them all-Taj Mahal’s career spans from his Springfield, Massachusetts upbringing to his globe-trotting exploration into everything from jazz and reggae to hula, Malian kora, and Indian classical. I had the rare chance to chat with Taj-who’s got the gravelliest voice ever-over the phone last week, while he was at the San Francisco airport. Quite the talker, Taj jumped from institutional racism to Frank Zappa to the dirty business of music. What follows is the full version of that conversation.
A week after the Santa Barbara Libertarian Party levied a lawsuit against the Santa Barbara School District for possible Brown Act violations, the dispute was settled out of court Monday night.
Agricultural production in Santa Barbara County jumped 10 percent in gross value last year, thanks to the popularity of Santa Barbara wines.
Prosecution witnesses took the stand in a pretrial hearing starting last Friday to determine if there is enough evidence to try Sylvia Vasquez (pictured) on felony child abuse charges.
He is hailed as the greatest living choreographer, his 124 works representing the pinnacle of American modern dance. Paul Taylor is 76 years old this year, his company 52, and they continue to set the standard for what, with jazz, is considered America’s greatest indigenous art form. A student of modern dance pioneer Martha Graham, Taylor departed from the rigid angularity and tension of Graham’s technique to create his signature style: vigorous and athletic, full of human emotion and gentle grace.
