| Today's weather: Patchy dense fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 70. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the morning.Sunday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 58. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west in the evening.
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July 08, 2012 - Paradoxes in Paradise
So Summer Solstice and the Fourth July, 2012 have passed in Santa Barbara. Now our winter residents can go to their summer homes, and summer residents can settle in. We had a similar discussion this week at the Edhat office. If you lived somewhere else, would you visit Santa Barbara - in the winter when it is cold everywhere else, or in the summer when our beachy town becomes beachy? Thank goodness we live here. Thank goodness we live here and don't have to choose. Of course, there are other paradoxes in the sandbox, like; our town is famous for its surf culture, but you really have to go out of town for some good surf; we're many miles north of Mexico, yet people visit here for the Mexican food. And, our most famous resident doesn't live here, right? There are many more paradoxes in paradise that we could ponder on this beautiful, beachy summer day. Maybe you can share some on our comments board.
When you're done with that, we've got some good summer reading. The Dog of the Week is Skippy, one cool dog; the Cats of the Week are Betty and Jonny, the twins. Edda is back with her sage advice, and Nicole is prepping for the big race. Get your Edhat T-shirt and join her!
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Nicole: Nicole is prepping for her big race, discovering a mind blowing director, and advising everyone to properly
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ASK EDDA: Dear Edda, I was in Gelson's parking lot the other day and an SUV came up too
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CAT OF THE WEEK: Meet Betty and Jonny, the rambunctious siblings. |
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DOG OF THE WEEK: Meet Skippy, the coolest rider in Santa Barbara. |
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Did anyone else notice these strange jets over Goleta? [pics] |
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A subscriber saw these two locals hanging out off of Paradise Road. [pic] |
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One Edhatter caught a message in the sky that spreads the love. [pic] |
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An Edhatter describers her morning beach walk and all that she discovered along the way. [pics] |
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Fiona takes a run at West Beach after watching the cardboard kayak race. [pic] |
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Does anyone know if the Coroner's Bureau's records about causes of death are available to the public, and
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Robert Bernstein shows off his patriotic photos from this week. |
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A subscriber snapped four quick photos from Friday's grass fire off the 101 and 154. [pics] |
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824: A truck in East Montecito is on fire. Engine 2 is responding. |
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Make It Work is selling its furniture and equipment through Saturday to fund employees' final paychecks. |
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Quite a few surfers were trying to catch small waves in shallow water at Campus Point in John Wiley's aerial.
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A Nipomo historian says he's pinpointed the site of the "Migrant Mother" photo from famed photographer
Dorothea Lange. |
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What products do people use to ward off moths in clothes closets which bore holes in wool and other
fabrics and where can such products be found? |
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The highly contagious stomach virus that sickened more than a dozen guests of the Alisal Guest Ranch in
the Santa Ynez Valley has been confirmed as norovirus by the SB County Public Health Department. |
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One Alaska town wants a Taco Bell badly, was pranked then accepted
their consolation prize gladly. |
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A Santa Maria man is behind bars after deputies say he tried to hijack a helicopter at the Yuba County
Airport. |
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There was a report of a semi-truck fire on Highway 101 just North of Refugio Beach, full fire is in response. Reports of smoke coming from the trailer. |
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David Powdrell meets James Earl Jones, as a frog. |
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A 21 year old Santa Maria man is in stable condition after being stabbed at a party. |
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Santa Maria Police cracked down on drunk driving Friday night. As a result of the checkpoint, 2 drivers
were evaluated for DUI, 11 were cited for driving unlicensed, and 2 were cited for driving on a
suspended license. |
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The Indie Film Guru discovers the Beasts of the Southern Wild. |
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Santa Barbara French Festival - The French Festival is Back!!
The Food! The Music! The Can-Can! The Poodles! (Saturday, July 14, 2012) |
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