Tag archives: Kirsten Cavendish
When Benji Madden talks about first responders, it’s not just rock star lip service – he’s speaking from the kind of backstage, on-the-road experience that comes with decades of loud guitars and even louder emergencies. “As a touring musician, we rely on first responders all the time,” Benji says. “Your worst nightmare is for someone […]
Mark your calendars and dust off your dancing shoes – Trisha Yearwood is coming to Santa Barbara to headline the area’s biggest night of support for First Responders. One805 is proud to announce that the Grammy-winning country music legend will take center stage at the annual benefit concert One805LIVE! 2025. This year’s event takes place […]
Richard Weston-Smith is a co-founder & COO of One805 – alongside cofounder/CEO Kirsten Cavendish Weston-Smith and cofounder/CFO John J. Thyne III. What exactly did these folks cofound? It’s a fair question. The nearly indescribable One805 can rightly be called First Responder to our First Responders. Like many nouns in the English language, though, First Responder […]
Multi-Grammy winner Pink and Dallas Green (City and Color) will perform as the duo You + Me, joining retired Montecito rocker Kenny Loggins in headlining the One805Live! gala at the oceanside estate of Oscar winning actor Kevin Costner in September. Co-founder, chairman, and CEO Kirsten Cavendish Weston-Smith revealed the latest addition to the stellar lineup […]
Life is capricious – to put it as charitably as possible – and “First Responder” has become too familiar a term. The full weight of what “First Responder” means bears some quick recollecting. When the Thomas Fire raged across 440 square miles of central coast some five years ago, it blasted all vegetation off the […]
One805, the local nonprofit dedicated to supporting First Responders across Santa Barbara County, didn’t have to look very far for a headliner for its flagship gala event on September 22 at the oceanside Summerland estate of Oscar winning actor Kevin Costner and his wife Christine. At a socially gridlocked reception for more than 100 guests […]



