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By Sonia Fernandez, Noozhawk Staff Writer - Members of Troop 105 spend a few minutes chatting with Gregory Chamitoff, who is aboard the international space station.

KCLU Acquires Santa Barbara Radio Station KIST-AM

By Karin Grennan - The purchase will boost the station’s signal in Santa Barbara from four watts — which can’t penetrate some buildings — to 650 watts.

Sports »

Santa Barbara Soccer Club's Boys U16 White Team Races to Title

By Vicki Lekas - Squad takes championship with 4-0 victory after winning three weekend matches in a row.

Big West Coaches Pick UCSB to Defend Men's Soccer Title

By Scott Flanders - With key players returning this season, the Gauchos will go for a league-record sixth championship.

Nonprofits »

Computers for Families Calls on Volunteers for Triathlon

By Mollie Helmuth, Noozhawk Intern - Sunday's Santa Barbara Triathlon requires a lot of advance work. Can you spare some time to help?

Schools »

Santa Barbara Home-School Program Taking Shape

By Rob Kuznia, Noozhawk Staff Writer - The district's program, with about 95 students enrolled so far, offers a menu approach, in which families can customize a child's education.

Santa Barbara Officials Offer School Progress Report

By Rob Kuznia, Noozhawk Staff Writer - The district says the budget is back on track and laid-off teachers have returned. Among changes for students is a ban on cell phones and MP3 players.

Arts »

Academy's Mahler Performance a Fitting End to Session

By Margo Kline, Noozhawk Contributor - The young students rise to the challenge of an incredibly complex and profound symphony.

Sustainable Life »

Heal the Ocean Stays the Course in Finding Pollution Solutions

By Tracy Shawn, Noozhawk Contributor - Looking forward to the future while celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Santa Barbara organization has become an international model.

Officials Bracing For Winter Rains, Floods in Wake of Gap Fire

By Sonia Fernandez, Noozhawk Staff Writer

Municipalities had been planning for the rainy season even before the blaze was extinguished.

Trash Hauler MarBorg Industries Making Inroads In Recycling

By Sonia Fernandez, Noozhawk Staff Writer

On behalf of the community, the company opens a free hazardous waste disposal facility in Goleta.

Norm Clevenger Files Lawsuit Against Santa Ynez School District

By Rob Kuznia, Noozhawk Staff Writer

Clevenger, now principal at San Marcos High, demands monetary damages and reinstatement to his Santa Ynez post, although he says he has no intention of returning.

Gustafson Dance, State Street Ballet On the Move

By Sonia Fernandez, Noozhawk Staff Writer

Their new studio will have more performance space for their nearly 500 dancers.

Scott Harris: Public Education In California is Failing

By Scott Harris

The days of funding a system that promotes failing students and protects failing teachers must end.

Efforts Aim to Take Bite Out of Carpinteria Mosquito Outbreak

By Mosquito & Vector Management District

The primary culprit is the black saltmarsh mosquito, and the focus is on finding and treating breeding sources at the salt marsh.

Michael Martz Named Partner With Hayes Commercial Group

By Ted Hoagland

He brings expertise in retail, office and development projects to the Santa Barbara real estate company.

Bill Cirone: Help Children Brush Up on Academic Skills

By Bill Cirone

Summer is a good time to bolster the three Rs, but also to help foster a sense of responsibility.

PCPA Theaterfest Imagines an 'Invalid' in Colonial America

By Gerald Carpenter, Noozhawk Contributor

The production is a world-premiere adaptation of Patricia Troxel's farce, The Imaginary Invalid.

UCSB’s Pontius Named to M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Watch List

By Scott Flanders

The prestigious collegiate soccer award is presented to the nation's top NCAA Division I player.

Santa Barbara Ranch Plans Building Toward a Legacy Project

By Sonia Fernandez, Noozhawk Staff Writer

The developer says his 72-home plan will preserve the vast majority of his 3,200-acre tract. Opponents decry the precedent it sets. The end result is likely to become the legacy of the Gaviota coast.

Noozhawk Photo of the Day:

There’s nothing like passing the day in a tree with a best friend by your side. Photographed by Donald Jahadhmy / South Coast Photos

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So, the CEC wants us to power our cars and trucks with windmills and wave power. And these people want us to trust them with our future? 80% of the oil we consume is turned into gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel. Very little, less than 1%, is used to produce electricity. Windmills ( I love the quixotic irony) will do nothing to power our motor vehicles and aircraft. The CEC also wants us to turn the world's farmland into biofuel fields. Millions would starve if we did that. Perhaps they wish for us to drive electric cars. We've already gone through that. Electric cars don't work. That's why you don't see people driving them. There are 10 billion+ barrels of oil off California's coast. There's at least that much in and off Alaska. There's a trillion+ barrels of shale oil in Colorado and Utah. Producing conventional oil from California, Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico gives us 20 years to perfect shale oil technology.

By tom becker on 08/21

From the entry 'Letter to the Editor: Beware of Nonsolutions to Energy Crisis'.