Archive » November 20, 2008

Vol. 6 Issue 47

FALLEN HERO

Corporal Aaron Allen, class of 2002 at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School and a U.S. Marine, was killed in Iraq on Nov. 14. He was 24 years old. ...

DEVASTATION LEFT IN TEA FIRE'S WAKE

The Tea Fire, started by a bonfire that had not been properly extinguished, ravaged parts of Santa Barbara and Montecito Nov. 13 and 14. ...

NEW BRIDGE BUILT ON REFUGIO ROAD

Residents along Refugio Road may have noticed what appeared to be a new bridge going by on a large flatbed truck Nov. 13. ...

FOSS PARK

It’s a bittersweet victory for the eight remaining residents of the former Foss Trailer Park, across from Santa Ynez Valley Union High School on Highway 246; they’ll be able to stay in their homes, but most of their friends and neighbors are gone. ...

PIRATE VOLLEYBALL WINS LEAGUE FOR 3RD YEAR

To get amped up for its first-round playoff volleyball game, the Santa Ynez Valley Union High girls’ volleyball team did something a little different....