Tag archives: One805

“He’s my security,” Kevin Costner joked, smiling as he gave Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown a friendly pat on the back. It was a lighthearted moment at Costner’s oceanfront “Field of Dreams,” where nearly 4,000 guests gathered over two nights for ONE805LIVE! – a weekend of music, philanthropy, and appreciation for the men and […]

I’m still a little stunned to have received the 2026 One805 Heart of the Community Award, and I’m very grateful for it. I want to thank the people who made the September 25 event such a success, and to tell everyone in Santa Barbara who couldn’t be there what the award means to me. Thank […]

The annual One805LIVE! benefit concert coming up this month could adopt a version of the old Doublemint Gum jingle as its tagline: Double your pleasure, double your fun. That’s because instead of just a single big event, there are actually two concerts slated to take place at Kevin Costner’s oceanside “Field of Dreams” estate in […]

A temperate summer evening. A young woman leaves her apartment barefoot to walk the rural neighborhood and revel in the season. Fading sun paints low-lying clouds a manic champagne pink, nightbirds begin swapping their melodious gossip, and all is right with the world. Three blocks from home our pedestrian rounds a corner to find a […]

The iconic rolling concrete architecture and inimitable art of Bruce Heavin’s Hill House set the scene for an “Evening of Appreciation” on December 3rd. One805 staff and supporters, along with Santa Barbara County’s first responders, met at the structural masterpiece for the organization’s official launching of a $10 million One805 Mental Wellness Endowment Fund, a […]

Editor’s Note: As many Montecitans have heard, the MJ’s longtime columnist Richard Mineards experienced some health issues last week. We are told he is in good spirits and the MJ staff is wishing him a speedy recovery. In the meantime, his trusty shutterbug Priscilla and friends, including Maria McCall, will be helping keep his column […]

The first three One805LIVE! Rock for First Responders benefit concerts at Kevin Costner’s Summerland-Carpinteria estate – created to continue to support the first responders of Santa Barbara County in the aftermath of the Thomas Fire and Montecito debris flows – were smashing successful affairs. Past artists have included P!NK as You+Me, Maroon 5, John Fogerty, […]

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 […]

Since his election in 2007, Sheriff Bill Brown has been the chief law enforcement officer for Santa Barbara County. While “Santa Barbara County” may suggest to some the varied and gorgeous environs associated with the “Santa Barbara” brand – sandy beaches, the rolling hills of wine country, wildflowers, a puzzling Danish village with windmills – […]

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 […]

“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth,” said Neil Armstrong shortly after the Apollo 11 Mission on July 20, 1969. “I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.” […]

The venerable Granada was packed for a sold-out Rock for First Responders concert, organized by One805. Even Prince Harry turned out for the VIP reception. A guitar signed by HRH and the other performers, including Macy Gray, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald and Alan Parsons, soldfor $9,000. Toad the Wet Sprocket and Hootie & the Blowfish […]

As he shared from the Granada stage last Saturday night, it turns One805’s Rock for First Responders benefit concert grew out of Glenn Phillips’s idea to put something together in the wake of the Los Angeles fires to support both local and L.A. first responder fires, as well as the nonprofit Music Cares that helps […]

For the past three years, the nonprofit One805 has staged a big boisterous benefit bash in late summer at Kevin Costner’s surfside Summerland spread to raise a big percentage of its funds. The money is earmarked for all the first responder organizations throughout Santa Barbara County to help with equipment, mental health services and more. […]

One805 hosted a grants reception at the Montecito Club handing out a record high of $1,003,000 in checks to First Responder agencies and the One805 Mental Wellness Fund. The chiefs of all First Responder Agencies in Santa Barbara County were present, including SBC Fire Chief Mark Hartwig, Montecito Fire Chief David Neels, and SBC Sheriff […]

“911. What is your emergency?” The phrase we so commonly hear in TV shows and movies and yet hope to never hear ourselves.  Until we make the call. Until we need the reassurance of the voice on the other end telling us that help is on the way.  With the recent fires down in Los […]

SOhO serves as host of a celebration of life and musical tribute to Gary Fruin, the longtime K-LITE Morning Show co-host who passed away in January. The event, at 1 pm on February 2, is an opportunity for listeners, fans, community members and all those whose lives were brightened by Fruin to remember and celebrate […]

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 […]

For the second consecutive year the One805LIVE! fundraiser at Oscar winner Kevin Costner’s Carpinteria estate was by royal appointment with Montecito resident Prince Harry, who celebrated his 40th birthday last week, presenting an award to Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office helicopter pilot Loren Courtney. The Duke of Sussex, a former chopper pilot himself in the […]

The Belmond El Encanto hosted a champagne-fueled bash for 150 guests to promote a forthcoming auction in connection with the One805Live concert at Oscar-winning actor Kevin Costner’s Carpinteria estate on Friday, Sept. 20. Star of the show was a Ferrari LaFerrari prototype, which has a reserve price of $2.1 million; safaris to South Africa, Botswana […]