Gay Bars Come and Go, But the Party Continues
A brief history of LGBT nightlife in Santa Barbara over the last six decades.
Staff Writer
29 articles
A brief history of LGBT nightlife in Santa Barbara over the last six decades.
By Emily Vesper ·
A chaotic scene near La Cumbre Plaza led to the arrest of 30-year-old Mitchell Grant Grote.
By Emily Vesper ·
Filmmaker Gabe Polsky joins SBIFF’s Roger Durling for a post-screening conversation.
By Emily Vesper ·
The alleged shooter is in custody and the officer was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition following an "officer-involved shooting" on Friday morning.
By Emily Vesper ·
Gas prices reached as high as $6.70 per gallon during the first week of May.
By Emily Vesper ·
A group of volunteers tend to a local sustainable garden that provides 1,200 pounds of food per year.
By Emily Vesper ·
The Democratic candidate receives a warm welcome and some pointed questions at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
By Emily Vesper ·
April 19-26 brings special events and celebrations to Santa Barbara and Goleta branches.
By Emily Vesper ·
A marketplace, film screenings, and an expert panel will highlight native plants and Santa Barbara sustainability efforts.
By Emily Vesper ·
Erika Ruiz Santillán was named as the California Association for Bilingual Education’s Teacher of the Year.
By Emily Vesper ·
“Etiquette,” “Subtrahend,” and “Fricassee” send students to the podium.
By Emily Vesper ·
Players of all stripes are welcome at the new downtown space.
By Emily Vesper ·
After winning the County Championship, the team will advance to compete at the State Finals in Oakland.
By Emily Vesper ·
Artist Dez Alaniz of honey boy press spreads the “good gospel” of creating.
By Emily Vesper ·
Analysts described “unprecedented” volatility as local prices went up by more than 60 cents in a week.
By Emily Vesper ·
The funds raised through the GoFundMe page for Captain James Mellor will support his medical costs and rehabilitation.
By Emily Vesper ·
The Board of Trustees did not comment on the investigation into the unauthorized use of a portion of the funding.
By Emily Vesper ·
Audra “Nikki” Mitchum earned recognition as a potential winner in National Life Group’s annual award.
By Emily Vesper ·
The board voted 4-0 to audit the county’s top five overtime-incurring departments and to increase oversight of the Sheriff’s Office, including looking into creating a new Inspector General position that would function “like a circuit breaker on a runaway system.”
By Emily Vesper ·
High school junior Johnny Duffy collects sports gear to distribute to youth in need.
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How a running office gag turned into a gift of goodwill for a family fighting cancer.
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Hundreds gathered to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day with speeches and a march up State Street on January 19.
By Emily Vesper ·
Demonstrators lined upper State Street on January 10 in response to recent military action in Venezuela and the fatal ICE shooting in Minnesota.
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Indivisible Santa Barbara organizes protest along upper State Street for January 10 at 10 a.m.
By Emily Vesper ·
First Presbyterian Church staff found a trove of artifacts hidden more than 25 years ago.
By Emily Vesper ·
The Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara partners to build the largest affordable project in Goleta history.
By Emily Vesper ·
Graffiti was found scrawled over culturally significant artwork in Santa Barbara’s Eastside neighborhood.
By Emily Vesper ·
County officials hosted a ribbon cutting for the new countywide dispatch center on Cathedral Oaks Road on December 9.
By Emily Vesper ·
Police arrested a man for vandalizing a church days before the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
By Emily Vesper ·