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Sheriff's Blotter
08/22/2008
Sign of the times?
A woman out for a jog returned to her car parked along Cannon Green Drive to find two people standing near her vehicle awaiting her return. According to the witnesses, two thieves had attempted to siphon gas from her car while she ran.The witnesses told the victim, 27, the thieves fled the scene after being spotted just before noon. The suspects immediately left the
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Council votes to 'streamline’ EIR reviews
08/22/2008
By Lara Cooper
Voice Staff Writer
A split Goleta City Council voted to approve staff recommendations to “streamline” the city’s environmental review guidelines.The proposal will remove public hearings on draft environmental documents for development projects from the Planning Commission and City Council and place them before a “staff-level Environmental Hearing Officer.” T
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Skunks taking toll on plovers
08/22/2008
 By Nicole Cerra
Skunks predated approximately 50 percent of Western Snowy plover nests this breeding season at Coal Oil Point Reserve, a 170-acre nature reserve owned by UCSB in Goleta. Western Snowy plovers, a federally protected shorebird, nest on sandy beaches and lakeshores throu
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In Brief
08/22/2008
Recycle cell phones
Unwanted cell phones may be recycled through the Lions Sight and Hearing Center, which uses profits from the phones to help support its program that distributes eyeglasses internationally in third world countries. Typically, glasses can cost as much as a year’s salary in these countries, according to Jean Mangus, executive director of the nonprofit.For additional i
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Goleta Scrapbook: The daughter who crossed Hollister
08/22/2008
 By Jim Logan
Voice Managing Editor
Col. W.W. Hollister was rich and immensely influential, but nobody would say he was a lucky man in the final years of his life. Not only did he suffer through a lawsuit that would eventually strip the family of his beloved Glen Annie Ranch, h
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At Your Service: Toastmasters: Go ahead, speak up
08/22/2008
What it is
This is the first in an occasional series on fraternal and service clubs in the Goleta Valley. To contribute contact managing editor Jim Logan at jlogan@goletavalleyvoice.com.By Paul Burri
Glossophobia, the fear of speaking in public, is the most prevalent phobia in the world. The rest of the top five fears: death, spiders, darkness and heights. In other words, m
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