Pamela Gann, a legal scholar and former college administrator with broad experience in higher education, public affairs, and international relations, has been elected chair of the board of directors for the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. Gann studied mathematics as an undergraduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before earning a law […]
Lea másMeghan Markle’s As Ever rosé wine went on sale last week and is already sold out. Customers are able to buy three bottles for $90, six for $159 and 12 for $300. It is made by Fairwinds Estates, a California vineyard that creates wines for celebrity labels, according to the tabloid, London’s Daily Mail. This […]
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Montecito resident Chris Dentzel’s secret to a good night’s sleep is not lavender, chamomile, or any of the usual somnolent suspects you might think of. “I actually sleep a whole lot better,” Dentzel said. “And I know there are more things to do.” The key to Dentzel’s tranquility is evident throughout his thoughtfully designed Sycamore […]
Lea másRecently, our 2024-25 Grand Jury confirmed what I have long suspected – our cannabis program is shockingly unprofitable! Over five years the program posted $15M in losses by rewarding 30 or so cannabis growers with a hugely favorable tax scheme while spending lavishly to administer the program. On June 20, the Grand Jury released Cannabis […]
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That’s correct, Mr. Spock! We humble humans are now viewing the first images made public by the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science (DOE/SC). The images were officially released the last week of June, and endearingly named […]
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Society Invites is most pleased to report that Rona Barrett is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her foundation to help seniors. Founded in 2000, the Rona Barrett Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide affordable and dignified housing and care for seniors aged 62 and older. With that, she established first the […]
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There is probably nothing more thrilling to the average reader than the idea of somebody being saved or rescued from something terrible. I have just seen part of a video in which a woman is apparently trapped in her car which has been swept off in the middle of a raging flood. A man, who […]
Lea másIn 1850, the average American family size included six to nine children. Boys in the early to mid-19th century wore dresses handed down from sisters, typically termed frocks, and these frocks were worn without either short or long pants underneath until a boy reached “breeching” age. What is breeching age? It is when a young […]
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There’s something magical about a great hotel bar. Done right, it becomes a portal: a sanctuary for travelers, a home base for locals, a liminal space where you can slip into anonymity or stumble into unexpected conversation. It’s the perfect setting for an impromptu martini or a slow-burning Manhattan, a late-night snack or a celebration […]
Lea másDaily commuters between Lompoc and Santa Barbara may not feel this way, but the drive along the coast on the CA101 west of Goleta, and then through the rural areas heading toward Lompoc, can be meditative on its own. Even better, Sunburst Sanctuary shows up several miles outside of Lompoc, and tensions seem to fade […]
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This girl never tires of London. My perfect day in London would include walking as much as possible, popping into rare bookstores, antique shops, and art galleries, attending an auction at Bonhams, Christie’s, or Sotheby’s, and lingering in a museum or two. A “must” is catching a play and listening to jazz at Ronnie Scott’s. […]
Lea másOur family and community lost a wonderful human being on March 22, 2025. Thelma Fraley Mead, just three weeks shy of 102, was born on April 13, 1923, in Ashland, Oregon, and lived for 68 years in Santa Barbara. She grew up in Alameda, California, attended Pasadena College for two years, and graduated from UC […]
Lea másA few years ago, I ran into a couple that my husband and I knew from our “pre-kid” lives in Los Angeles. They were visiting Montecito and had ridden their bikes to the lower village to have lunch together. As they walked into the restaurant, their hands found one other, instinctively entwining by their sides. […]
Lea másDennis Michel still vividly remembers the first time he ever heard the bassoon as a seven-year-old boy growing up on a 480-acre farm in northern Idaho. “Through the magic of television I saw a Leonard Bernstein Young Person’s Concert with the New York Philharmonic, and they had a teenage bassoon soloist for Haydn’s ‘Sinfonia Concertante,’” […]
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Westmont alumnus Paul Mori (‘77) directs the Prime Time Band’s free Fourth of July Concert, presented by the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation, on Friday, July 4th, at 5 pm at the Santa Barbara Courthouse Sunken Gardens. Guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or low-back chair. The performance will feature an afternoon of lively music […]
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The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art celebrates Judy L. Larson, who retired following 17 prolific years as museum director, on Thursday, July 10, from 4-6 pm at the museum. The special celebration includes an exhibition featuring prominent objects from the collection acquired during Larson’s tenure. Major donors during Larson’s tenure included Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree, Faith […]
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About 100 top high school baseball players from Southern California and Hawaii worked out in front of MLB and college scouts as part of the Milwaukee Brewers Area Code Baseball Tryouts June 30 to July 2 from 9 am to 4 pm at Carr Field. Westmont has hosted the annual event, which is free and […]
Lea másThis July 4th, San Ysidro Ranch invites guests to its “Fourth of July in the Gardens” celebration – a festive afternoon of elevated Americana. From 12 to 4 pm, enjoy live music, lawn games, and patriotic décor in the sun-drenched gardens. Indulge in a gourmet Santa Maria-style barbecue featuring Snake River Farms Wagyu tri-tip, Jidori […]
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To paraphrase an early Bruce Springsteen song, fireworks will be hailing over Little Eden on July 4 down at our own slice of heaven known as the Santa Barbara waterfront. Not so much out in Goleta, where the family-friendly Independence Day festival that ended each year with big aerial pyrotechnics that was quite popular, never […]
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To polo playing billionaire Tom Barrack’s Happy Canyon Vineyard for the 13th annual Santa Ynez Valley Polo Classic benefitting local charity People Helping People with 300 guests helping raise more than $25,000. The energized equestrian bash, co-chaired by T.J. Barrack and Sean and Jodi Pitts, consisted of two matches – female and male – and […]
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