Sara Smith

May 9, 2003

The Few | s/t | PSB

By Sara Smith

When listening to the self-titled debut from new indie rockers, the Few, one can't help but be swallowed up by their refreshing, light-hearted take on a genre often saddled by crunchy guitars and overly downtrodden lyric...

April 18, 2003

American Hi-Fi | The Art of Losing | Island

By Sara Smith

The incessant rise of pop-rock, with its catchy beats and brain cell-killing lyrics, is an evil vacuum capable of sucking innocent bystanders into a world of corny adolescence.

February 20, 2003

The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek | Wrestle with the Trestle

By Sara Smith

The play, written by Naomi Wallace and directed by UCSB graduate student Kate Yust Al-Shamma, revolves around five characters plagued by the pains of waiting for change to occur in their lives. Each character experiences...

January 13, 2003

City of Goleta Breaks In First Manager, Staff

By Sara Smith

The City of Santa Barbara is no longer the manager of Goleta. That would be Fred Stouder. Stouder is the first city manager of Goleta since it became a city in Nov. 2001.

January 9, 2003

Injured Turtle Surfaces on SB Coast

By Sara Smith

The turtle is believed to have been lured by the warm water currents of El Ni–o from the stretch of ocean between Mexico and Columbia, where large populations of the turtles live.

January 9, 2003

Pet Owners Shouldn’t Let Campus Greens Turn Brown and Yellow

By Sara Smith

Next time you take a seat on one of our beautiful UCSB lawns, consider whether the glistening of the grass is the dew left over from the salty sea air or a salty puddle of urine from a dog's midday piss.

December 5, 2002

Bevy of Dead Birds Prompts Investigation

By Sara Smith

A local environmental group hopes that a pending investigation will lead to a culprit in several recent seabird deaths. Nine seabirds were found dead on a stretch of beach near the Santa Barbara Harbor this past week.

November 26, 2002

Outreach Program Relocates to I.V.

By Sara Smith

The YMCA Street Outreach Program - which administers to homeless, runaway and at-risk teens - transferred its headquarters to the I.V. Teen Center in September after it took over management of the center from Zona Seca, ...

November 15, 2002

Environmentalists Campaign to Protect Mice

By Sara Smith

These and other environmental groups became alarmed last year after the National Park Service announced their plan to eradicate the non-native black rat from the island.

October 25, 2002

SB Continues to Evaluate Living Wage

By Sara Smith

The ordinance provides a wage of $12.25 an hour without benefits to 211 temporary city employees of Santa Barbara. Joan Kent, Santa Barbara's assistant city administrator, said the living wage targeted the city's more sk...

October 22, 2002

Debate Ends in Agreement

By Sara Smith

The debate was between Democrat Lois Capps, Republican Beth Rogers, and Libertarian James Hill. The League of Women Voters, American Association of University Women and Cox Digital Cable sponsored the event.

October 16, 2002

I.V. Recycling Rate Increases, Fails to Match Rest of County

By Sara Smith

Santa Barbara County currently recycles 59 percent of its solid waste according to the most recent annual report from 2000. However, the report also states that the rate of recycling in Isla Vista is still significantly ...

October 14, 2002

Downtown Celebrates Coming Out Day

By Sara Smith

Approximately 20 people celebrated National Coming Out Day on Friday at 5:30 p.m. at Plaza Del Mar Park in downtown Santa Barbara to support each other and reach out to those still in the closet.

September 30, 2002

Goleta Blocks Extension Move

By Sara Smith

While Goleta grows into a full-fledged city by flexing its governmental muscle, UCSB will be waiting for nearly two years before its extension can move to a more spacious home.