Sports Feature Photo: Lean on Me

Junior forward Mark Hill leans in for a jumper over a startled defender.
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Feature Photo: The Tree with a Thousand Eyes

Monarch butterflies engulf this Eucalyptus tree near Santa Barbara Shores in Ellwood.
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Driving the Weatherhuman

People react to the statement, "I don't drive" as if one were to say, "I am paralyzed down the left side of my body" or "I am unable to digest any food more complex than toast."
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Nobel Peace Prize Alternates

If George W. Bush is Up for One, How About Nominations for Some Other Misfits?
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Ghost of Tom Joad

Providing assistance to Isla Vista's homeless may not be a solution to homelessness, if there is such a solution, and it may not be cheap, but it is the decent thing to do.
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Meathead in Training

The containers for weight gain and muscle growth formulas are really large.
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Feature Photo: “I Do”


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Feature Photo: Check This Out!


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I Am the Lizard King!

WH: "Sorry Ray, I was imagining myself as a giant infectious microbe. That's how microbes talk."
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Police Report

Kraft Boy Can’t Hold It or Hack It At approximately 12:20 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 27, Isla Vista Foot Patrol officers patrolling the 6600 block of Del Playa Dr. observed an 18-year old male subject...
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All of These Are Deductable

The weatherfund is tapped.
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Jan. 31, 2002 – Feb. 6, 2002

Thursday Are you “Running On Empty?” Tonight would be a great night to “Take It Easy” with legendary folk performer Jackson Browne. He’ll be performing a special, all-aco...
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Brine Shrimp Make Flamingos Pink

I have several new friends. Last week I purchased and hatched sea monkeys, the playful sperm-like ambassadors of the deep.
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Score One for Evil

Congratulations to the campaign to recall 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall! With hard work, perseverance and cunning, you collected the 8,914 signatures needed to challenge the liberal supe.
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Thighs of Steel

Since the abduction of El Canario, I have obtained a new weathercycle. It is approximately 9 feet long, red and weighs about as much as a 1972 Volkswagon Beetle.
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