Firefighters May Get Pay Increase
The Santa Barbara City Council may approve a new contract with city firefighters offering a 21 percent pay hike and a 3.7 percent increase in medical benefits.
Year: 2007
CallWave Touts Virtual Fax as Eco Friendly
Calling fax machines “the silent eco-killer,” Santa Barbara-based CallWave is attempting to call attention to its virtual fax service by planting a native tree for every new subscriber.
Woman Pleads No Contest in Hit and Run
Heather Lea Hulsey, 22, pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated in connection with last year’s hit-and-run killing of forensic psychiatrist Dr. Ronald Shlensky.
Car vs. Christmas Tree: Car Loses
The tree is mightier than the car, it seems…
vol. 22, no. 100, Dec. 13-20, 2007
ON THE COVER: Having trouble sleeping? You certainly are not alone. More than 70 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders, which means we’ve got a country full of really tired people.
School Board Considers Options for Property Holdings
The Santa Barbara School Board continued deliberations over the future of its Hidden Valley and Tatum property holdings at a special hearing on 12/4.
Showtime Down Under
When Midnight Oil performed at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, immediately prior to taking the stage, the band members removed their boiler suits to reveal clothes lavishly emblazed with the word SORRY.
Atonement
Good books can be a blessing and a curse; a sweet killer of a combo for cinema. Films need stories to tell and rich characters to people them with, and often the best writer for the job is a novelist rather than a screenwriter saddled with screenwriting thoughts and formulae.
Blue Casa Rolling in Green
The land line phone service caters to the Spanish-speaking market.
CallWave Attacks Fax Use
CallWave promotion targets tree saving and planting.