Tag archives: Leanne Wood

The non-profit Teacher’s Fund has launched its annual Back to School Supplies Drive, which will run from Aug. 20 to Sept. 20. This year’s goal is to raise $75,000 to purchase educational supplies such as STEM supplies, learning toys, art supplies, electronics, classroom furniture, plus more for teachers and students in the Santa Barbara area. […]

With over fifty percent of the homes in the area being rentals, and many of the owners living outside of the region, property management plays a vital role in maintaining the range of real estate found throughout Santa Barbara and Montecito. Many houses have just mom and pop homeowners who may not have the time […]

Village Properties has announced that realtor Leanne Wood, who is also the managing editor of the Montecito Journal glossy magazine, has joined the Village Properties staff as the new executive director, Strategic Development.   In her new full-time job, Wood will help with the day-to-day running of Village Properties. She also will work with company owner […]

Antipodean author Leanne Wood celebrated her first book, The Power of Things Unseen: Tales of Choosing Crazy Over Normal, with a socially gridlocked bash at the Float Luxury Spa, just a tiara’s toss from the Lobero Theatre. Leanne, an editor for the Journal’s glossy magazine, spent six months writing the riveting true story about a […]

Normally, there’s nothing major on the classical calendar between the closing of the Ojai Festival and the opening bell of the Music Academy of the West’s summer festival, which this year is on Monday, June 18. But due to the closure of the 101 Freeway in the wake of the Montecito debris flow, the Santa […]

Journal writer Leanne Wood‘s new book, The Power of Things Unseen: Tales of Choosing Crazy Over Normal, about a woman whose inner voice leads her on an enthralling and nerve-wracking journey pursuing what’s written in her heart, is being released as a paperback in February. But the tantalizing tome is also available in an e-book […]