Tag archives: awards

Happy Trails
By Richard Mineards   |   October 11, 2018

Santa Barbara Beautiful hosted its 54th annual awards celebration Growing Resiliency at the Music Academy of the West for 200 guests. The fab fete, co-chaired by Mark Whitehurst and Kerry Methner, and emceed by ubiquitous KEYT-TV reporter John Palminteri, donated half of the day’s proceeds to the Montecito Trails Foundation, one of the event’s honorees, […]

Oscar Nod, by Design
By Richard Mineards   |   March 1, 2018

Longtime Montecito resident Gary Fettis will be on tenterhooks on Sunday, March 4. Gary, 68, who has lived in our rarefied enclave since 1992, has been nominated for his fourth Oscar for Best Production Design for Christopher Nolan‘s epic $110-million World War II film, Dunkirk, about the May 1940, evacuation of 330,000 troops to safety […]

Los Arroyos News
By Kelly Mahan Herrick   |   March 1, 2018

This weekend marks the 19th anniversary of Los Arroyos’s downtown location, just a week after owner Tony Arroyo was honored for his efforts in helping to feed first responders during the Thomas Fire.  The Downtown Organization of Santa Barbara awarded Arroyo the Business Champion of the Year award at its annual breakfast event, held at […]

Striking Gold
By Richard Mineards   |   February 8, 2018

It wasn’t quite the Olympics, but KEYT-TV reporters Mike Klan and Kelsey Gerckens were going for gold at the 68th annual Golden Mike awards in Los Angeles. The ABC affiliate broadcaster won the coveted trophies at a glittering Radio and Television News Association of Southern California gala at the Universal Hilton, with Kelsey – who […]