Jarrell Jackman: Santa Barbara Presidio Hosts More ‘Mudslinging’ and a World-Class Exhibition
Restoration project builds to groundbreaking display of early ceramics and their homemade importance to Spanish California
Then-Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum, center, celebrates progress on the Presidio Northwest Corner Project with Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation board, staff, supporters and other guests in 2008. (Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation photo)
The reconstructed adobe defense wall of the Presidio northwest corner. This 165-foot section represents about 10 percent of the original defense wall the Spanish built in the 1780s. (Jarrell Jackman photo)
Presidio northwest corner foundation work, circa 2008. The foundation was being completely rebuilt with no concrete used except in the mortar and the standing pylon that provides the building with seismic protection. In the presidio’s early years, boulders were carted in wagons to the site from the bea
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An engraving titled “Mule and Ass,” by an unknown artist, dated 1578. (Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News)
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (CN) As he traveled a historic trail with a pair of mules, John Sears says the California Highway Patrol violated his right to intrastate travel and his “ages-old nomadic way of life” when he was arrested in January last year.
Sears filed suit in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court last week seeking, among other things, to compel CHP officers to be trained to know that mules have a right to public roads.
“I think that police do not see mules very often, and often are unfamiliar with the applicable vehicle and AG codes,” Sears’ attorney Todd Cardiff, of San Diego, said in an interview. “Of course, not every law enforcement interaction is negative.”
Listen 7 min Christmas trees line the streets of downtown Solvang. Photos by Kathryn Barnes/KCRW.
Jule Hus is the place to go for one more ornament for your Christmas tree. Nestled in the quaint town of Solvang, it’s filled with music boxes, advent calendars, and that last shepherd you’ve been missing for your nativity scene.
“Jule Hus is Danish for Christmas House. The attempt is to recreate a European Christmas with the old world flavor,” says the owner, David Watts. His family has owned the shop for 53 years. Shops get creative with their public health messaging. Photo by Kathryn Barnes/KCRW.