Archive » August 17, 2007

Also Inside This Issue

ON THE RANCH
Nancy Gives Her Take on Hunting Season and More!

COMMENTARY BY ANDY CALDWELL
Andy Gives Speaks About County Government in Relationship to the Zaca Fire

HOOF BEATS
Pat Murphy Shares More About Friesian Fanatics

STONEHORSE WOWS CROWD
Stonehorse rocks the crowd at The Maverick.

SCENE IN THE VALLEY
Leanne Cooper Elliott Visits Fiesta and More!

YOUR LETTERS
Journal Readers Respond

COMMENTARY BY STEVE PAPPAS
Steve Pappas Gives His Take on the SYV Baseline Conditions Report

POLITICAL OPINIONS
David Phillips Gives His Take on Unions from the Left

POLITICAL OPINIONS
Harris Sherline Gives His Take on Unions from the Right

GOLF WITH RAY NAVIS
Ray Navis Visits Another Golf Paradise

PLANE TALK
Robert Perry on The Airport Authority Meeting

BELOVED VALLEY DOCTOR REMEMBERED
Doctor Frank Pedersen is Remembered

POLICE BLOTTER
Check Out What the Police Have Been Busy With

BOOKS
Kathy Mullins Reviews More Books from the Book Loft

DINING GUIDE
See What's in the Valley!

COMMUNITY CLASSIFIEDS
View the Valley's Employment, Sales, Rentals and More!

HOT SPRINGS BRIDGE DEEMED 'OK' BY CALTRANS

Vol. 5 Issue 20

In the wake of the disastrous Minnesota bridge collapse, inspections of similar bridges were ordered nation-wide.

YOUR BUSINESS IS OUR BUSINESS

Czech Glass Art Finds a Home at a Local Gallery

Glass, its uses unlimited, its shapeable potential infinite, almost never as it appears, its exterior is usually hard but fragile. And when formed into art, it dazes, whether layered, colored or compounded to display a seemingly seamless exterior, glass is the ultimate element of illusion....

VALLEY PEOPLE

In the post-“Sideways” mainstream of hot destinations, Los Olivos ranks pretty high among up-and-comers, with its trendy coffee bars, art galleries, organic food shops and glistening wine tasting rooms. ...

VALLEY A&E

An eclectic blend of artistic imagery will be featured this weekend at the Museum of History and Art in Solvang, including vibrant mediums such as oil and acrylic paintings, crayon, video installation and more....

NEWS BRIEFS

Artistic Pony to Host Humane Society Fundraiser; Zaca Fire Unified Command Suggests Recipients for Donations; UCSB Announces New Scholarship for Teaching Credential Program; Board Expands Budget for Santa Maria Jail’s Upgraded Facilities; Man Arrested for Beating a Homeless Woman; Cachuma Lake to Offer Second Round of Fishing Classes; Dead...