Tag archives: Alixe Mattingly

You’re driving south on the 101, headed down to the celebrated City of Angles (or whatever it’s called) when you suddenly get a hankering for what your grandpa used to call “a sody pop”. Happily, a left-lane exit looms just there – the deceptively nondescript Exit 94B – and you ease over and hop off […]

The Thomas Fire and debris flows that plagued Montecito and the area in over a month spanning 2017-18 was an unprecedented tragedy that caused great devastation to the community.  But out of the ashes and mud rose a brand-new nonprofit called One805, which has not only raised funds to support the First Responders who worked […]

Montecito always was a place of talent, care, resources, and community. There are a lot of smart, accomplished people making this beautiful place their home. It has also suffered its share of disaster, with the biggest fire in California history at the time — the Thomas Fire in December 2017. That fire has now dropped […]