Tuesday, February 7, 2012     Volume: 26, Issue: 27
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6/3 Election Night

Weekly Poll
Should deceased Santa Maria officer Alberto Covarrubias Jr. have received a police funeral?

What happened to innocent until proven guilty?
His final actions should forfeit that honor.
It's tragic, but the Santa Maria PD are partially responsible.
The decision should be left to his family.

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A smattering of applause

BY ANNA WELTNER

Attending the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s opening weekend with the intention of generating some sort of conclusive report is a fool’s errand at best. There are simply too many films to see in four days—not counting the panels and parties and tribute events honoring Viola Davis ...

Phantom menace!

BY GLEN STARKEY

It’s Saturday, Jan. 28, at 11:30 a.m. when I arrive at 672 Higuera St., where artists have been arriving since 8 a.m.  to pay $25 to enter up to three pieces in a juried art show. The space, nestled between Tom’s Toys and West End Coffee, is chalk full of art: paintings stacked against walls, t...

Passing glances

BY ANNA WELTNER

The work of computer technician-turned-artist Steven Boothe and the premise of Peter Lovenheim’s book In the Neighborhood have so much in common, it’s a relief they found each other: Boothe’s photography exhibit “found in passing” is currently on display at Cal Poly’s Kennedy Library, in...