Feeling SAFE: What Shelter MeansWhen Everything Else Is Gone
By Lola Keech   |   October 6, 2026

In Montecito, a disaster is not an abstract idea. Our community remembers the 2018 Debris Flow and the neighbors whose lives were lost. I grew up knowing that an ordinary day can change without warning. This month, I began to understand what it takes to help a family in the days that follow. I’m a […]

Jane Lynch: A Montecitan Learning the Oxford Way
By Lola Keech   |   October 24, 2023

I met the American actress Jane Lynch by total coincidence this summer in a store in Oxford, U.K. Jane is best known for starring as Sue Sylvester in the musical television series Glee, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award. She also starred in Best in Show – which is one of the funniest movies […]