Goleta Valley Voice Roundup - 4/06

Front Page:
Council backs plans for creek
Long-awaited improvements to San Jose Creek’s capacity took another step towards fruition Monday as the Goleta City Council took a look at the Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration/Environmental Assessment document for the project.

News Briefs:
In Brief

• City looks at proposed Measure D projects
• Two UCSB programs deemed among best
• Reservations due for Goleta's Finest
• Fund designates $1 million for scholarships

Sheriff's Blotter

• High-octane java
• Dude, missing something?
• Empties gone missing
• For nasty threats, press 1
• Loitering for malt liquor
• Another sore loser
• Genius at work
• Genius at work, part 2
• Juvenile prank carries heavy penalty
• Executive decision

Viewpoint:
The Duckpond: Itching to save San Jose Creek
I love creeks and have the scars to prove it. They’re on my left side, where middle age and gravity are trying to grow a love handle. I earned them the summer I caught chicken pox, measles and poison oak at the same time. The exact sequence of my afflictions escapes me, but I do remember that nothing could keep me out of San Pedro Creek, which ran behind our house on Valdez Avenue.

Community:
Local Currents: A month of activities for women
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center’s campaign, “Tools for Change: Building Lives Free From Sexual Violence,” kicks off a host of events:

The Daytripper: A station to another time
Is the Goleta Depot just another whistle stop between Los Angeles and San Francisco? You’ll be surprised at all the history the rails that run through Goleta have to tell. Goleta was on the route the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. would go through as it began constructing the Los Angeles to San Francisco Coastal Line.

Goleta Scrapbook: First in the foothills; last in pioneer skills
Who can name the first homesteader to lay claim to land in the Goleta Valley? Was it Catlett? Nope. Lillard? Close, but no.

Other articles at at the Goleta Valley Voice website.