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Westmont’s 12 junior engineering students battled in a three-part competition as part of their Machine Design course that included racing and jumping the 500-piece remote-control car they had created in front of Kerrwood Hall on Dec. 5.  In the end, it was the women who shined with the team of Grace Morgan and Ainsley Martin […]

Confession of the week: I didn’t know what a drag race was. I thought it was the highly demanding sport where large groups of men spend months work-shopping their bodies and paint jobs, preparing for their minute on the fashion runway. It was only recently I found out that not all drag racing is hosted […]

The Atchison family came to Santa Barbara from Centralia, Washington, in 1912 seeking health for the father who suffered from chronic stomach problems. Alas, salubrious Santa Barbara was not able to work its magic on Garrett, and he died that July. His wife Sarah had set up housekeeping in a home on Carrillo Street, and […]