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Covenant Services Job Fair

Mating in the Millenium
The singles scene is changing fast. Leslie Dinaberg tags along to dig up the dish on blind dating — 21st-century style.

Bob Archer’s farewell
Bob Archer, San Marcos High athletic director and a fixture on the Royals football sidelines for three decades, will retire this spring.

With strokes, you can be your own best ally — or worst enemy

Old Town project approved over city staff’s objections
The Old Town Inn and Village’s roller coaster ride through the Goleta City Council and Planning Department is finally coming to an end.

Opportunity Shop offers community just that
The doors of The Opportunity Shop (127 W. Canon Perdido) have opened windows of opportunity to budget-minded furniture buyers since 1929.

Fine time for wine
Join the social buzz Saturday at Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort, where more than 15 wineries will offer their finest wines for tasting by participants in Savor Santa Barbara.

Interfaith Seder celebrates community
Spreading the passion of Passover to the greater community, about 50 people gathered last week for an interfaith Seder, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara and the Community Shul of Montecito and Santa Barbara, whose Rabbi, Arthur Gross-Schaefer, presided over the event.

Jewels take new shine to remodeled business
More than gold and diamonds glitter at the newly remodeled Churchill Jewelers at 1015 State St. in Santa Barbara.

Celtic melodies, global rhythms
Think about Irish music and more than likely the sound of jigs, reels and doleful renditions of “Danny Boy” fill your head. Consider the Irish-American band Solas and its contemporary take on traditional Celtic music, however, and you find a shamrock of an entirely different color.

Dining out in town takes a ‘Quantum’ leap with new restaurant dedicated to tasty tidbits.

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