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Concert review: Peter Gabriel at the SB Bowl

Written on 13 Jun, 2011 in Discovered, Featured | 2 comments

BY DAVID CONGALTON The facts of Saturday night at the Santa Barbara Bowl are easy enough to report. Rock artist, and that really is the operative word for the British musician, Peter Gabriel performed with the New Blood Orchestra. It... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara man pleads guilty in $12 million Ponzi scheme

Written on 23 Nov, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 10 comments

A Santa Barbara  man accused of defrauding more than 50 investors in a $12 million Ponzi scheme pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges related to federal mail and wire fraud charges. Frommer faced a statutory maximum sentence of 233 years in... (Continue reading)

Randy and Eva Quaid fugitives

Written on 16 Nov, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Randy and Evi Quaid failed again to appear at Santa Barbara County court for an arraignment prompting a superior court judge to file arrest warrants for the pair on Tuesday. [Noozhawk] The Quaids are accused of living in and trashing... (Continue reading)

Randy Quaid claims conspiracy is out to get him

Written on 6 Nov, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A Santa Barbara County judge forfeited Randy Quaid’s $500,000 bail while the actor was telling a national TV audience that a conspiracy was out to get him and other celebrities. [Noozhawk] Quaid and his wife Evi remain fugitives on the... (Continue reading)

Quaid fails to show in Santa Barbara court

Written on 19 Oct, 2010 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A Santa Barbara judge issued arrest warrants Monday for actor Randy Quaid and his wife after they failed to show up at a court hearing stemming from their arrests last month on suspicion of illegally squatting at a Montecito home... (Continue reading)

Randy Quaid busted for squatting

Written on 19 Sep, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 5 comments

Santa Barbara Sheriff’s deputies arrested Randy and Evi Quaid for squatting at a home they used to own in Montecito on the 1300 block of East Mountain Drive on Saturday, according to the sheriff’s department. A representative of the property... (Continue reading)

Students mourn loss of 3rd-grader as details emerge about driver in deadly big-rig crash

Written on 25 Aug, 2010 in Daily Briefs | No comments

Just a few yards from the door third-grader Jaciel Tellez passed through on the first day of school Monday, Franklin School Principal Casie Killgore briefed the media Wednesday on how the campus is handling the news of his death. [Noozhawk] Eight-year-old... (Continue reading)

Truck crashes into Santa Barbara home killing three

Written on 24 Aug, 2010 in Daily Briefs | One comment

A heavily loaded gravel truck crashed into a small home in Santa Barbara earlier today killing a man, woman and child. [MercuryNews] Rescue crews are looking for another child that might be trapped in the collapsed building. Police said the... (Continue reading)

Spirit of Small Business Awards, event photos

Written on 15 Aug, 2010 in Eye on the Coast | No comments

The eighth Annual Spirit of Small Business Awards Luncheon, held at Fess Parker’s Double Tree Resort, celebrated the achievements of small businesses from San Luis Obispo, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. Award winners included  Thoma Electric of San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Irish students trashing Santa Barbara

Written on 7 Aug, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 17 comments

Irish college students spending the summer in California on work visas are getting a bad reputation after one group caused $20,000 in damages to a Santa Barbara resort. [Irish Times] William Sanchez, property manager of the Breakpointe apartment complex in... (Continue reading)