Talking Life and Music with ALO’s Zach Gill
The extended chat between
Year: 2006
From the Mouths of Babes
During the Christmas holidays, some of us might be lucky enough to spend time with loved ones, hunkered down in the embrace of sweet indolence. But for some, the holidays will be defined by sand, grit, grime, fear, and extreme vigilance. These are members of the armed forces, pursuing a military mission that every day seems increasingly doomed to failure.
Letters Abroad
Notes from Servicemembers in Iraq
Vision Quest
S.B.’s Direct Relief International Brings Sight to Salvadorans
Michael Jackson Allegedly Selling Neverland Ranch
Despite denials from his representatives, rumors posit that Michael Jackson may may be looking into selling his Neverland Ranch estate on the reality show Million Dollar Listing for $50 million.
Letters Abroad
In 2004, Santa Barbaran Sally Brown started sending care packages twice a month to a family friend who was serving in Iraq. Word spread about what she was doing, and soon people inquired as to how to get their loved ones on the list-and so began the group effort, headed by Brown, called the Santa Barbara Angels.
Vision Quest
S.B.’s Direct Relief International Brings Sight to Salvadorans
Fifty-five cents was all Rosalina needed. Fifty-five cents for the bus so she could take her son to San Salvador, where a doctor might be able to help him. The boy was eight years old, with severely impaired motor and mental skills. He had not learned to walk until he was four, and he had never spoken a word.
The Latest and Greatest Longevity Pill
Don’t mourne the bygone days of wonder tonics like Geritol. Researches may have found a medicinally sound youth formula in the form of Resveratol. It keeps even the most gluttonous mice young and healthy, but will it one day work the same magic for people?
Tarantino Filming in Santa Ynez Valley
Word on the backroads is that Quentin Tarantino is filming his latest flick up on Figueroa Mountain and popping up in hotels, restaurants, cafes, and public places all over the Santa Ynez Valley. Look for our oak forests in Grind House, which is slated for an April release.
Jerry Roberts Lambasts McCaw’s AJR Lawsuit
Wendy McCaw, owner of the Santa Barbara News-Press, used her lawsuit against an American Journalism Review writer to “publicly attack and defame” former editor Jerry Roberts, his attorney contends.
UCSB Professors Publish Studies on Singles and Snails, Respectively
Two studies emerge from UCSB professors in December: One explores how single people are viewed by scoiety. The other details a species of snail that has migrated into American ecosystems and the parasitic flatworms that came with it.
Nature’s Nitrogen
Suppose you never had to fertilize your garden again? Suppose all you had to do was include a few special plants in your garden design to produce all the nutrients your garden needed? Sound too good to be true? It’s not. Farmers all over the world, from India to Mexico to Hawai’i, have been doing just that for ages.
