Goleta Valley Voice Roundup - 6/29

Front Page:
A hometown 4th
The skies above Goleta will once again be ablaze in honor of Independence Day, this coming Wednesday.

News Briefs:
Council OKs first two-year budget
The City Council voted to adopt its first two-year budget Monday evening, 4-0, with council member Eric Onnen absent.

Midnight fire destroys Goleta mobile home
Several fire crews knocked down a two-alarm fire just after midnight last Tuesday, June 26, at a doublewide mobile home at Rancho Santa Barbara, 333 Old Mill Road. The occupants, two women, were thought to have been trapped inside by neighbors who called 911. The women escaped the blaze, which had engulfed the structure by the time the firefighters arrived. One of the them had a minor injury, which was treated by paramedics at the scene.

GVJH teacher accused of giving pot to student
A temporary teacher at Goleta Valley Junior High School was charged Wednesday with allegedly furnishing marijuana to a student and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Following a nearly month-long investigation, detectives from the Sheriff’s Department presented their findings to Deputy District Attorney Joyce Dudley who filed the two counts against 32-year-old Melissa Dunning after reviewing the complaint.

I.V. apartments to become affordable housing
Two 10-unit apartment buildings in Isla Vista have been acquired by the county to create 20 units of affordable housing.

Sheriff's Blotter

• It's all a blur
• Perseverating, '80s style
• Dehydrated stage fright
• The devil made him do it
• Dumb luck
• On a mission
• An adventure he'll never remember
• Class uninterrupted
• Slim pickins
• Such poor taste

In Brief

• Mother arrested on child endangerment charges
• Driver survives trapped overnight in vehicle
• Sobriety checkpoint tonight [Friday 6/29]
• Free hoops clinics offered

Viewpoint:
Mayor's Report: Budget in, busy times ahead
Another big milestone for your city was reached this week as the City Council adopted its first ever, two-year budget. This year’s budget is balanced with little to spare.

Letter to the Editor: Scale back monster house
We live in an age of extremes, and there is no better example than the monstrosity planned for the top of Farren Road hill. No wonder county Supervisors are having difficulty. Having biked up the hill many times, I have come to appreciate the rolling, sloping nature of the area. The sketch you show is that of a structure so out of tune with the “sense” of the land that it represents an ugly intruder. I can only wonder if the initial approval took place at a wild party with no one knowing this area.

Community:
DP grad honored for service
Fatima Mendez, who graduated from Dos Pueblos High School this year, was the recipient of the top honor as a youth leader at the recent Teen Programs annual Youth Leadership Awards banquet.

The Day Tripper: From an egg collection springs a natural treasure
Santa Barbara’s Museum of Natural History has a colorful past that includes several name changes throughout the years. In 1890 professional and amateur naturalists formed the Santa Barbara Natural History Society and opened a museum at 1226 State St. Since those early days much has happened in the area of natural history.

Goleta Scrapbook: Good Land always up for a good time
Celebrations and social occasions were popular in the Goleta Valley from its earliest days, and one of the most popular sites for getting together was Tucker’s Grove, owned first by Capt. Reason P. Tucker and later his son Charlie.

Business:
Strictly Local: A career tailor-made to make you look good
Out here in the Good Land we’re known largely as a T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops crowd. But sometimes even in Goleta a man’s gotta step out. And that’s where Jorge Larin steps in.

Other articles at at the Goleta Valley Voice website.