Head to Toe, BOSB’06

Sometimes it’s not always easy to leave
it. Billing itself as Santa Barbara’s “Hippest resale boutique,”
The Closet is open every day. But on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays, The Closet is open to take in consignment clothing,
which means fresh stock and buying and trading frenzies.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS

With less than two months to the final deadline, there’s still no sign of construction on lower State Street, where

Bumper to Bumper

You can’t detail a car without providing
attention to detail, points out Brian Tomkinson of the Union 76 gas
station that works in tandem with the Fairview Carwash.

Bells to Whistles, BOSB’06

It’s the best place in town where your
kids can learn how to play rock guitar. You can buy electronic
equipment, as well as beautiful handcrafted acoustic instruments.
And the readers pick it every year.

Election Time Correspondence

A News Gathering Exchange from last week’s election coverage: Dan Secord answers a few questions on the 2nd District Race

Canine Congestion

No-Brainer Blues: Somebody get Kinsey Millhone on the phone. If Measure D, the countywide traffic congestion relief effort, fails to pass this November, Santa Barbara’s most famous detective writer, Sue Grafton, will have to revisit her alphabetical crime novels and replace “D Is for Deadbeat”-written eons ago-with “D Is for Dummies.”

It’s a small World

Clinton and Orfalea Chat About NGOs and Globalization

The scene outside the Arlington Theatre Friday afternoon, where people lined up for former president Bill Clinton’s appearance, was marked by lively passions, chief among them a fierce nostalgia for the 42nd presidency.

They’ve Got Class

Santa Barbara School Board Candidates Clash Over Budgets, Teachers’ Housing, and Personalities

Given the vital role public schools play in forming the minds of our community’s next generation, the case could easily be made that this fall’s race for two vacant seats on the Santa Barbara School Districts Board of Education has the most local significance of any election this November.

Trivial Peeps

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Old King’s Road’s Pub Trivia Night

Do you know the capital of Burkina Faso? Neither do I, which proved unlucky last Wednesday night when I was initiated into the ways of Old King’s Road’s Pub Trivia Night.

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