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By Leslie Dinaberg

  • A Day to Dream
  • A different view of alcohol use
  • A Passion for History Brings Heroic Tale to Life
  • A passion for philanthropy
  • American Riviera Wine Auction to Benefit Direct Relief International
  • An Interview with Arcelia “Chello” Gladden
  • An Interview with Jonathan and Kathy Abad
  • An Interview with Scott and Sheri Martin
  • Are you really busy?
  • Author-Go-Round comes round again
  • Backstory: Behind the Scenes of "Citizen McCaw"
  • Behind the Scenes at the Election Office
  • Bishop High separates from archdiocese
  • Blum finds freedom with her openness
  • Board extends comment deadline for county Draft Housing Element
  • Breast Resource Center finds a new home
  • Caines named La Cumbre principal
  • CALM Author’s Lunch Serves Up Food for Thought
  • CALM Director offers tips to spot child abuse
  • CALM’s 22nd Annual Celebrity Author’s Luncheon
  • Can the Homeless and the Business Community Coexist?
  • Carbajal and Buttny Rack up Community Support
  • Case against art dealers hinges on technicality
  • Case against Hall in hands of the jury
  • City gets transportation update
  • City planners aim to define standards
  • City updates neighborhood guidelines
  • Coalition gets creative with commerce
  • Cottage housing plan causes conflicts
  • Cottage pushes for chance to spring into action
  • County honors women helping women
  • Crane Music Fest rocks out this week
  • Dos Pueblos Inaugurates New Theater Complex with Beauty and the Beast
  • Eastside dental clinic gets new site, mission
  • Elings Park fills in blanks with new capital campaign
  • Ellwood teacher gets an A+ for Energy
  • Entrada project takes step forward, back
  • Environmental center named to UN commission
  • Exit strategies
  • Fausett explains principal rotation idea
  • Fiesta celebration a quiet one for law enforcement
  • Firefighters Alliance benefit features Travolta film
  • FitFest aims to raise energy level
  • Franceschi plan draws split crowd
  • Funk Zone fate v. Coastal Commission politics
  • Gang-related crime is up
  • Gay marriage issue hits home
  • Girls get out the vote at Girls Inc.
  • Going long
  • Goleta hatches first general plan
  • Goleta’s general plan crawls along
  • Grief Book Benefits Hospice and the Temple
  • Group aims to influence its sphere
  • Habitat gets land for condos
  • Hallmark’s Biggest Ever Mother’s Day Promotion
  • Handmade cards help to say you care
  • Harding Principal Forced on Leave
  • Harding principal’s future uncertain
  • Harmony, Hope Abound at La Casa de Maria
  • Hillside House, neighbors at odds
  • Holiday bonuses fall out of season
  • Honors program gets reprieve
  • Honors program sticking—for the moment
  • Hope District teachers make progress on contract
  • Hope principals set goals high
  • Hope principals transferred
  • Hope trustees ratify principal reassignment
  • Hospital construction to begin in June
  • Housing forums strike environmental nerve
  • Housing plan update a monumental task
  • J.R. Richards, former Santa Barbara High Principal
  • Kids aren’t just playing games here
  • Kids in court get support from CASA
  • La Cumbre principal goes recruiting
  • Lab now center of school’s attention
  • Ladies, Let Your Inner Diva Shine for an Evening
  • Landshark may not be beached
  • Las Aletas Serves Up a Smash at Annual Tennis Event
  • Las Positas residents urge council to get a plan
  • Local private schools expand enrollment and facilities
  • Local woman brings rape into spotlight
  • McMansions cause McConflicts
  • Medical marijuana issue inflames council
  • Moratorium goes, plan proceeds
  • Neighborhood at odds
  • New Book Guides Parents In Understanding Autism


  • New County Supervisors Sworn In
  • New housing inches its way into town
  • New members take their places in city council history
  • New principal a familiar face
  • Nyle Utterback was champion of South Coast’s natural assets
  • Parents plead to retain principal
  • Parks Dept. shifts softball to major league
  • Passions run high as controversial condos approved by city
  • Policies throw wrench into school programs
  • Polo club hosts president’s cup this weekend
  • Principals offer plans to keep kids on track
  • Prom time is prime time
  • Questions rise as enrollment falls
  • Rape Crisis Center’s Wall of Witness Debuts
  • Raytheon brings science back to school
  • Regional coordination sought for challenges
  • Researcher touts stem cell advances
  • Rising Up
  • Ruth Chris Steak House opens in La Cumbre Plaza
  • RV Ordinance Parked
  • San Marcos High to Celebrate 50th
  • San Marcos nursing students go on rounds — in Boston
  • Sansum gets $90,000 diabetes grant
  • Santa Barbara can expect slow economic growth, expert says
  • Santa Barbara High puts Turnbull at the Helm
  • Santa Barbara police say gang activity is on rise
  • Sarah House Lights Up The Night with “The Artizans’Ball”
  • Schneider, Williams and Barnwell take City Council seats
  • Schneider, Williams, Barnwell victorious
  • Schools offer preliminary headcounts
  • Schools share in afternoon recreation programs
  • Schools turn to universal preschool
  • Schools zero in on individual students
  • Shrek merchandise spells cash for DreamWorks
  • Smashing Success
  • St. Vincent’s project digs into future for housing
  • St. Vincent’s project gets $6.7 million more
  • Students win big in clean air calendar contest
  • Talking Kindness with Anita Roddick
  • Think globally, act regionally
  • Trish Dupart was one of City College’s Strongest Supporters
  • Veterans voice frustration over shift to Santa Maria
  • Vieja Valley wins Math Superbowl
  • Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of Santa Barbara
  • Vitamin Angels provide disaster relief
  • WEV: Women get professional guidance
  • What Do They Mean?
  • Whole Foods project causes community concern
  • Whole Foods survives first review
  • Women's Festival Debuts
  • Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara Grants $600,000 to Local Nonprofits
  • Youth Council voices frustration

     

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