Billionaire developer Rick Caruso’s oceanside hostelry the Rosewood Miramar went to the dogs when it hosted its fourth annual Best in Show hosted by actress Jane Lynch and manager Rick Fidel with proceeds helping Santa Barbara Humane, which is currently expanding its Goleta site, the first development since the ‘60s. More than 430 humans took […]
For the first time in six years, Chowderfest, the much-cherished annual fundraiser for the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County, is coming back to its most popular location this September. Following a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the food-and-fun filled benefit bounced over to Rancho La Patera & Stow House in Goleta for […]
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The glorious shades of Santa Barbara’s midsummer madness, the pinnacle being the traditional colors of Fiesta Week, seemed a little less bright this year. Could this have been the grey skies and minimal sunshine that dampened the landscape or … could it possibly have been the deeply felt absence of the person who embodied the […]
Santa Barbara Humane, which was founded in 1897, truly had paws for thought when three rescue dogs were brought to the 3.98-acre site to break ground on a new $18 million addition, the first since the 1960s, which will include a new behavior center. In two years’ time, Phase Two will begin, which will quadruple […]
How appropriate that Don Bellisario, the creative force behind some of TV’s biggest hits, should celebrate his 90th birthday in true Hollywood style at his Montecito estate, a tiara’s toss from the San Ysidro Ranch. Guests in tuxedos and glamorous gowns for the Hollywood Legend-themed bash were met with a vintage Jaguar parked in the […]
Susan Hersberger has succeeded Cliff Lundberg as new board chair of United Way Santa Barbara County. She brings a wealth of strategic leadership experience from a 25-year tenure at Aera Energy where she directed public affairs, community engagement, and philanthropic investments. Susan has been on the board of directors at United Way since 2017. New […]
Gerry Spence, the legendary Wyoming attorney whose folksy style and relentless advocacy won him every criminal jury trial he ever argued, died Wednesday at his Montecito home. He was 96. Over more than five decades, Spence built a reputation as a “country lawyer” who took on some of the nation’s most powerful institutions. His high-profile […]
The Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation Annual Golden Gala is scheduled for September 27, at the Tuscan Hills Estate, the home of longtime TBCF supporters Michael and Sylvia Schulte Molony. Honorees at the Gala included the Rodriguez family, recipients of the Pay It Forward Award; Jeff and Margo Barbakow, recipients of the Heart of Gold Award; […]
Casa Dorinda has been accentuating the negative! Former Ford Executive Roger Craton, 93, a keen photographer and traveler in his retirement, is showing 29 pieces of his colorful work on textured watercolor paper which gives it “a more painterly look.” He last had an exhibition in 2023 and has captured tens of thousands of images […]
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Fiesta may officially be over, but the Santa Barbara Historical Museum hosted a Project Fiesta fête to mark the tony institution’s purchase of the voluminous records of the former Santa Barbara News-Press for its Gledhill Library, and also honor my late colleague Erin Graffy de Garcia who left us earlier this year. The News-Press collection […]
The Music Academy of the West ended its annual summer festival on a high note at the Granada with the Academy Festival Orchestra, under conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya, playing Mahler’s “Symphony No. 3 in D Minor.” The stellar performance featured Julia Holoman, mezzo-soprano fellow, the children’s troupe Sing! and the Music Academy Women’s Chorus. Stirring stuff… […]
David Carpenter passed away on July 21, surrounded by family and loved ones. He was 86 years old. Dave was born on March 24, 1939, in Ft. Wayne, Indiana; the fourth of five children. Valedictorian of his high school (North Side High School), he went to the University of Michigan on scholarship where he received […]
It’s an indicator of change. Those chain link fences lined with black plastic are popping up in nascent construction sites all over town – augmented with copious dirt piles and hovered over by towering cranes. Near the end of May, one such scene appeared near the high-traffic intersection of Micheltorena and San Andres streets on […]
On Wednesday, July 30, the Santa Barbara Women’s Club (SBWC) held its 95th Annual La Merienda Fiesta celebration. Per tradition, it was held on SBWC’s storied property “Rockwood,” home of the Santa Barbara Woman’s Club ever since they purchased the property in 1927. I attended to honor their tradition and contributions to the town. Historically, […]
