Just as a massive west swell lit up fabled Rincon Point this week, late-hour legal jockeying and one big procedural blunder by a county agency have the long-simmering plans to convert the 72 homes that line the fabled surf break from septic to sewer systems very much on the ropes-less than two months after they seemed all but guaranteed to become a reality.
Global Brands Marketing, Inc. (GBMI), which abruptly terminated its remaining 70 employees in early November, appears to be dead and without any hope of revival. All that remains is for a few global corporations to squabble over the carcass of the Santa Barbara-based footwear giant.
As the operators of Santa Barbara’s remaining medical marijuana dispensaries braced themselves for possible federal raids, the ordinance committee of the Santa Barbara City Council met on Tuesday to grapple with how best to regulate the operation of such facilities-legal under state law but federally prohibited-throughout the city.
Attorney Robert Sanger’s questions to witnesses in the rape trial of Eric Frimpong have gradually revealed his defense strategy for the accused soccer star. At least for now, Sanger seems to be proving his point.
Contingent upon a four-fifths vote by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, a plan that would help the county’s Alcohol, Drug & Mental Health Services Department (ADMHS) eliminate its $3.4 million deficit has been reached.
If speed is the essence of heavy metal, then harmonica player Nicky Shane is the essential metalhead. In fact, he’s got a world record to prove it. Shane-who will be playing a benefit concert for the Santa Barbara Foodbank at SOhO on Tuesday, December 11-holds the record as the world’s fastest harmonica player, at least according to the people keeping score for Guinness.
When Maui resident Leokane Pryor steps onto the stage at the Ventura High School Auditorium this Saturday night, he will be returning to the terrain where he first began developing his voice in Hawaiian music.
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art announced on 12/4 the appointment of Larry J. Feinberg as its new director.
Zuihitsu, a Japanese word that translates roughly into “following the brush,” is a genre of poetry that emerged sometime during the ninth century. Sensuality and nature are predominant themes, with a specific focus on romance. A clearer translation of zuihitsu might be “random jottings” or “occasional writings,” but the poetry-paintings of Barry Spacks are not intended so literally.
Environmental lobbyist Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, spoke at a forum on 12/4 to address global climate change issues.
