Ralph Minc, longtime Santa Barbara local, passionate athlete, loving husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully on July 4, 2025, at the age of 79. Ralph was born in Tayport, Scotland, to Catherine Duncan Minc and Hendryk Minc, a Polish Jew who escaped the Nazis and eventually made his way to Scotland. In 1958, the […]
Lea másIn an all-hands-on deck request, Sarah Aguilar, director for the Santa Barbara County Animal Welfare Services, is asking community members to temporarily or permanently adopt one of 50 dogs that are being displaced while the SB and Lompoc shelters undergo repairs and upgrades. The SB shelter received a grant from the ASPCA in partnership with […]
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JE has a wonderful 1900s vintage Japanese necklace composed of faces of benevolent gods. The links are porcelain on sterling. Firstly, the faces (and the gods they belong to) are important to Japanese mythology; they are the Seven Gods of Fortune. They are pictured on kimono toggles called netsuke, and in woodcuts since the 1600s. […]
Lea másPresident Trump, casting himself as the nation’s top investment guru and seeing opportunity in Intel, announced the government’s $8.9 billion investment in Intel for a ten percent stake in the company. The money comes from Biden’s Chips Act, the purpose of which was to create more onshore chip manufacturing. Intel had already received $2.2 billion […]
Lea másIt was in January of this year that Cindy Hill, CEO of the Battistone Foundation, informed residents of its intention to sell the Battistone properties, which house 190 low-income seniors. The news was a heavy blow to residents who had hoped to spend their “golden years” there. “It will be displacing all of us,” said […]
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See all CVR has to offer September 8th-14th! Join us for Coast Village Week, celebrating our vibrant community with a variety of events and experiences that capture the heart of Coast Village Road for residents, visitors, and merchants alike. Coast Village Week Events Dive into Coast Village by shopping, sipping, and perusing! Don’t forget to check […]
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With the NFL football season launching earlier this month, the Santa Barbara Symphony is hosting a kickoff of their own, a free season preview event on Thursday, September 18, at the at the historic Lobero Theatre. The preview will be jamming with fun, music, and inside info to introduce a season that marks a milestone […]
Lea másThose of us with even a modicum of “context” know that Santa Barbara is not unique. Prices continue to rise – as they do around the globe – and new housing stock, at least in SB-land, is as rare as shared martinis between Trump and Newsom. So, yes, I thought I would venture onto the […]
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Third-generation Montecito resident Taran Collis, a certified Yoga Therapist and Ayurveda Wellness Counselor, spent almost two decades teaching yoga and wellness to adults at La Casa de Maria and the Montecito YMCA before the debris flows from the Thomas Fire and later the pandemic interfered. What also changed things was having a son. Within a […]
Lea másWestmont’s talented art faculty, who inspire students to envision exciting, real-world possibilities for their own creative paths, offer an impressive range of works from their innovative careers in Lines of Inquiry: Westmont Art Faculty Exhibition Fall 2025 from Sept. 4-Nov. 1, in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. The museum hosts a free, public opening […]
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Westmont men’s soccer jumped out to an early lead and then battled back from a three-goal deficit but came up just short in a 4-3 loss to the crosstown Gauchos of UC Santa Barbara on Aug. 30 at Harder Stadium. This exhibition game was the 63rd edition of the Community Shield between the NCAA Division […]
Lea másHello Loves! Welcome to my new column, The Society Edit. This week it is filled with your c’est une must list on fashion, art, and the latest café opening. It’s Labor Day Weekend as I write this; when I follow my NYC roots immersed in changing out my wardrobe for the new season, and lining […]
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A long known hard fact is that Santa Barbara County is at the end of the power grid line for electricity powered by Southern California Edison. No matter how you slice it, if there is a power shut down for any reason, SBC is out. This was detailed in the Montecito Journal by Rinaldo Brutoco, […]
Lea másJeff Harding criticizes the college educated youth that are gravitating to Socialism with puerile augments such as “Capitalism has provided the greatest prosperity ever.” This is simply not true; it has provided the greatest wealth inequality in history and left our environment shattered. Science has progressed in the last 200 years, and this provided the […]
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Polo players turned in their mallets for golf clubs and showed non-equestrian talents at the Glen Annie course for the 7th annual Polo Training Center fundraiser. The event, which raised around $10,000, was partially sponsored by Farmers & Merchants Bank and organized by Rhys Williams. The Friedman family, led by Geoff Friedman, looking dashing in […]
Lea másOne of the original TV “bachelors” Andrew Firestone has called it quits with his wife Ivana after 17 years of marriage, I am saddened to report. “After much reflection and many hours of counseling we have decided we can best serve the children and honor our commitment to family by moving forward as co-parents,” Andrew, […]
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1974. The Oscars. The place is packed with Old and New Hollywood cognoscenti. Groucho Marx and Tatum O’Neal are breathing the same air, though likely from separate tables. Henry Mancini (Henry Mancini!!) is in the pit conducting the Academy Awards Orchestra. Now Burt Bacharach and the amazing Ann-Margret are at the dais – Burt in […]
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For the first time in six years, Chowderfest, the much-cherished annual fundraiser for the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County, is coming back to its most popular location this September. Following a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the food-and-fun filled benefit bounced over to Rancho La Patera & Stow House in Goleta for […]
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The glorious shades of Santa Barbara’s midsummer madness, the pinnacle being the traditional colors of Fiesta Week, seemed a little less bright this year. Could this have been the grey skies and minimal sunshine that dampened the landscape or … could it possibly have been the deeply felt absence of the person who embodied the […]
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