Goleta Valley Voice Roundup - 5/4

Front Page:
Thirst for knowledge
So one night you’re sitting around the house and you develop a thirst. You don’t want water, soda or milk. You want a drink.

News Briefs:
Sheriff's Blotter

• Schooled in sleuthing
• The joke's on him
• Ammo unearthed
• Bunkmate beat-down
• Flipping the bird
• Passport pain
• A guilty conscience
• Cruel theft
• Doing her job
• Wrong man

City gives green light to business park
After almost 10 years of applications and studies, the Sares-Regis Group has finally gotten the city’s go-ahead to build Cabrillo Business Park, what could be the largest of its kind on South Coast.

In Brief

• Water board meeting reset
• Makeover for design panel
• Rehab Institute, Cottage explore merger
• USCB physics professor honored
• Chamber campaign begins
• Student group to host education summit

Community:
Passion for firefighting is a family affair
Firefighting and rescue service are a family affair for the Vegas: Chris, 20, and Amanda, 21, lead the local firefighter Explorer Troop, and their father, Vidal, is in his 30th year as a county firefighter.

Around Town: Vieja Valley School celebrates 45th year
The beautiful, newly completed Hope Ranch home of Kim and Tammy Hughes handled an overflow crowd of 300 guests who celebrated Vieja Valley Elementary School’s 45th birthday.

Goleta Scrapbook: A local hero laid low in Cuba
The Spanish-American War, which began with the sinking of the American Battleship Maine in Havana in the spring of 1898, had many theaters, including Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico.

Business:
Stricly Local: They've got your walls covered
“A paint store, not a paint department,” is how Goleta Valley Paint’s owners, Colleen and Steve Ozab, like to describe the business they’ve owned and managed since 1978.

Other articles at at the Goleta Valley Voice website.