Time to sign up online for your child’s weekend slot at the Montecito Country Mart’s Annual Community Lemonade Stand. Weekend schedule is for July and August. MCM’s hosting of your child’s lemonade stand is said to teach entrepreneurship while supporting a cause you (or your children) are fond of. How it works: MCM provides the […]
Lotusland announces their partnering with Oscar de la Renta for a Private After Hours Shopping Event for Lotusland, Tuesday, June 2. Oscar de la Renta will donate 10% of all purchases made in boutiques and online at www.oscardelarenta.com when the code LOTUSLAND10 is used at time of purchase. Montecito Country Mart Updates – Friday, May […]
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As National Mental Health Awareness Month draws to a close, Santa Barbara is finding a meaningful – and celebratory – way to keep the conversation going. The Mental Wellness Center’s inaugural Wellness Weekend, taking place May 30-31 at Alma Rosa Estate in the Santa Rita Hills, is designed not simply as a finale to the […]
Retail Theft / 500 block San Ysidro Road — Wednesday, May 13, at 16:53 hours The general manager of a women’s retail store in Montecito called to report a 459 PC (Burglary) that occurred at the store during normal business hours. The Reporting Party (RP) believed a male customer, who had entered the store on […]
With the recent Sandy Fire in Simi Valley, a section of Ventura County, our Montecito Fire Protection District (MFD) is lending support with MFD engine 391 and firefighters. They join the SB County local strike team 1521C, partnering with Lompoc City Fire Department, Santa Maria Fire Department, Santa Barbara City Fire Department, and Carpinteria-Summerland Fire […]
It was all “Go Rams!” with parents and families attending Cate School’s 113th graduation held on Sunday May 25, at 10 am, outside at the school campus in Carpinteria. The just under three-hour ceremony began with the graduates’ traditional processional wearing the school colors of blue (boys) and white (girls), arm-in-arm in pairs. Music was […]
After nearly two months of soft opening evenings, including last weekend’s Tom Scott–Roger Kellaway show that raised the bar musically and otherwise, The Grand on State (right next door to the dear Granada) is having its official (grand) opening on Saturday, May 30. The celebration at the intimate “fine dining and jazz” spot – whose […]
At its recent monthly meeting, the Montecito Association welcomed community members and partners for a wide-ranging discussion focused on wildfire preparedness, public safety, advocacy efforts, and upcoming community events. A major focus of the meeting was wildfire mitigation and emergency preparedness. Representatives from the Montecito Fire Protection District and the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe […]
From here to the San Francisco Gate news and high-profile global travel magazines, updates on the proposed 2026 reopening of Ty Warner’s Four Season’s Biltmore remain a mystery with many speculating. Just take a drive past the resort and one clearly notes that construction continues, although many are hoping it will be open for the […]
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The Women’s Fund of SB (WFSB) held its 22nd Anniversary Grantee event at the Lobero Theatre on Wednesday, May 13. The total grants awarded this year amounted to $1,275,000, given in various amounts to ten grantees. The organization states the amount raised by their members is a record, and that the funding effort is an […]
The old adage, “April showers bring May flowers,” is not a complete bed of roses given high fire season predictions on the Santa Barbara County South Coast. Maeve Juarez is a wildland fire specialist with Montecito Fire Department and has been responding to wildfires across the Western United States for the better part of the […]
Twenty-two members of the seventh cohort of the Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing program were pinned at a special ceremony to honor their accomplishments on May 7 at Montecito Covenant Church. The group included the college’s first nursing fast track graduate, who earned two bachelor’s degrees in just four and a half years. “I am […]
The Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) and Westmont College excitedly announce a $2.4 million award to launch a new residency program providing tuition funds for students seeking a teaching credential and position in California public schools. Each student will receive a $33,000 stipend for tuition at Westmont and other living expenses, providing a yearlong, […]
In December 2024, the USPS changed the rules about how mail-in ballots will get collected, postmarked, and eventually counted. This had a profound effect on the number of ballots that can be rejected. Statewide, the number of mail-in ballots disqualified due to these changes increased by 400% between 2024 and the 2025 special election (Prop […]
