A gala to honor Meghan Markle as “a champion of underserved communities” has been scrapped because of Los Angeles’ erupting ICE protests. Guests had paid a minimum of $1,500 to see the Duchess of Sussex, 43, give a speech at Saturday’s Night of Wonder bash at the city’s Natural History Museum. But the star-studded event […]
You won’t feel any pane paying at Santa Barbara’s latest walk-up food joint The Win-Dow, located on the corner of Chapala and Ortega, opposite Paseo Nuevo. The eatery, which features $4.35 smash-cheeseburgers and inexpensive fried chicken, along with $6 milk shakes, is the sixth outlet opened by founder Jeff Goodman, who formerly worked at the […]
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Salvatore “Tory” Milazzo has been appointed senior Vice President, regional trust and investment manager for the Farmers & Merchants Trust Company. A longtime Santa Barbara resident, he will head the newly relocated office opening next month at 33 East Carrillo Street. With more than 20 years in wealth management and having served as a senior […]
Casa Dorinda is hosting its annual Scholarships Awards ceremony next week. Every year the tony retirement home raises scholarships for staff members and their families. This year they are honoring more than 40 scholarship recipients and celebrating a record-breaking $217,000 in scholarship rewards. Since its establishment in 1997, the scholarship fund, in partnership with the […]
The Santa Barbara Historical Museum was socially gridlocked when the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara hosted its annual dinner after handing out checks in the south county with $3,892,647, bringing the total to $7.7 million for 2,125 students in the county as a whole, $600,000 more than last year. Since forming in 1962, the foundation […]
The contents of one of Montecito’s greatest estates, 70-acre El Mirador, will be up for auction by Kaminski auctions in Beverly, Massachusetts. The expansive property belonged to the family of John J. Mitchell Jr., a founding force behind United Airlines and heir to one of Chicago’s most prominent banking dynasties. The auction takes place over […]
Legendary TV gossipeuse Rona Barrett was the first award recipient at the Alzheimer’s Association’s inaugural Hearts & Hope Garden Soirée at the impeccably manicured 40-acre Hope Ranch estate of Jerry and Geri Bidwell with 90 sun-soaked wine-swilling guests. The boffo bash – co-chaired by Brenda Blalock, Cathy Cash, and Tony Morris – bestowed upon Rona […]
After the success of the show Rachmaninoff and the Tsar, actor Hershey Felder was back in our Eden by the Beach with his entertaining work George Gershwin Alone directed by Joel Zwick at the Ensemble Theatre Company’s New Vic. The show, which had sold-out runs from London to Broadway to Los Angeles, was retired by […]
After a delay due to a medical treatment, American pianist Garrick Ohlsson performed an all-Chopin concert at the Lobero at part of CAMA’s Masterseries. It was the first time returning to CAMA since his virtuosic all-Brahms in March 2019. With works including “Nocturne in F Major,” “Fantasy in F Minor,” “Impromptu in F-sharp Major,” and […]
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One hundred and fifty guests crowded into the Cabrillo Pavilion for the 17th Women of Achievement Awards lunch organized by the Association for Women in Communications Santa Barbara. The fun fest, co-chaired by Brooke Holland and Judith Smith-Meyer, featured Dr. Nancy O’Reilly, founder of Women Connect4Good, and honored five visionary women – JoAnne Wasserman, veteran […]
Prince William is the most popular living member of the Royal Family in the U.S., according to a new YouGov poll in the London Times. The Prince of Wales garnered a 63 percent rating while 56 percent of Americans said they had a favorable view of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, a resident of Riven […]
City College’s sixth annual Spring Forward foundation gala was in style… Bond Style… at the sprawling campus’ Great Meadow, where 280 guests raised more than $500,000. The monies go to a number of programs, including school scholarships, book grants, and emergency funds, plus moves to four-year universities. An Aston Martin DB5 was the star of […]
Award-winning architect Robert Ooley has just completed a detailed guide to our Eden by the Beach. “It has 538 locations covering 35 styles and has taken me two years to put together, including detailed research,” he told 45 guests of the Montecito Bank and Trust’s MClub at a lunch at the historic Santa Barbara Club. […]
The Junior League of Santa Barbara just celebrated the end of its centennial year donating $100,000 to 16 nonprofits to mark the occasion at a dinner for 90 guests at the University Club. A gavel passing ceremony marked the inauguration of incoming president Jessica Hawley with the Sustainer of the Year Award being presented to […]
