Victoria Rightmire is the new executive director of CADA, the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. Since 2013 Rightmire has served as Program Director of CADA’s SAVE program, which provides free counseling, assessment, referral, financial consultation, and legal guidance to employees of contracted companies. Rightmire also provided exemplary leadership, guidance and clinical supervision at CADA […]
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Santa Barbara Symphony president Kathryn Martin has been honored with the 2024 Executive Leadership Award by the Association of California Symphony Orchestras. The prestigious accolade will be presented at the organization’s annual conference in San Francisco at the end of this month. Kathryn’s dynamic leadership has been instrumental in bucking national trends through improved community […]
Lea másCorin Lee is the 2024 Alumni Enterprise Award winner at the Music Academy of the West for his innovative endeavor VR Practice. Lee attended the Miraflores campus as violin fellow in 2009 and today is a member of the Ethel string quartet and founder of the Liberated Performer, a program that trains and empowers performers […]
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Local realtor, investor, and entrepreneur Kim Stone is the new president of the Montecito Rotary Club. A longtime Rotarian who has led multiple service projects for the organization, she succeeds Tony Morris, who has just completed a two-year term. Founded in 1953, club has developed projects and provided service to the community and the wider […]
Lea másSanta Barbara warbler Katy Perry has teased the lyrics of her new fantasy song “Woman’s World” in a most environmental way, wearing them on the back of her Balenciaga dress during Paris Fashion Week. While her one-shoulder red velvet look featured a super-short hemline, it also included an extraordinary train that trailed an unbelievable 200 […]
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Stephanie Kaster has been our village’s Empress of Architectural Interiors for quite a little while now. Is Kaster an actual Empress? No. For one thing, that would make our deciduous little whistlestop an Empire, which hardly suits the place. Does Kaster comport herself like an Empress? If bounding across the room with arms outstretched in […]
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Old Spanish Days Fiesta is rooted in the dozens of short-lived attempts to establish an annual festival in Santa Barbara, starting, perhaps, with the 1886 Mission Centennial celebration. In 1924, the fiesta that was created to celebrate the opening of the new Lobero Theatre succeeded spectacularly. This year marks its 100th year anniversary. Months of […]
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Timo Andres’ first visit to the Music Academy will include – for the fellows’ brass concert – the west coast premiere of the rising star pianist-composer’s “Land Lines”for triple brass quintet, as well as his “Tides and Currents” in the faculty concert at the Lobero. Andres once served on the judges panel for the fellows’ […]
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When we say “Montecito” nowadays, that word carries a lot more weight to those outside our realm than it did five years ago. Before the Rosewood at Miramar caught the eye of L.A., and before we all knew the term “working remotely.” More than the perception of Montecito as it has long been, a land […]
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“Home.” It’s complicated. Home is where the heart is, and where you hang your hat. Home is where – when our best intentions go astray – the chickens come to roost. Are the words House and Home interchangeable? Only loosely. “House” is a structural term, an object subject to space, time, and mortgage amortization. “Home” […]
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As we approach the middle of 2024 and the end of Q2, it’s notable that as of this writing there are currently 192 homes and PUDs (planned unit developments, i.e. single-family homes within an HOA) on the market in the South Coast of Santa Barbara, which spans from Goleta to Carpinteria. We have not seen […]
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Writing for a publication is a new adventure for me. I appreciate the opportunity from the Montecito Journal to share our recent and future activities and goals. The Birth of the Community Benefit Improvement District (CBID) In 2023, the Coast Village Association (CVA) and I reflected on a year of renewed focus on Santa Barbara’s […]
Lea más“Estate Management.” You just know this is one of those deceptively tidy terms that contains worlds. Surely one approach to grasping the Estate Management space would be to put the question to an actual Estate Manager. “What constitutes a typical day?” Or maybe not. “Every single day is different,” says Kelly Warner with something like […]
Lea másA realtor friend of mine has a card on his desk from years ago. It’s an ad for a mortgage lender, long since out of business. On it there is a reflective sticker next to the words, “If you can fog this mirror, I can get you a loan.” Banks have failed, guidelines fluctuate frequently, […]
Lea másClimate change has accelerated the frequency and intensity of natural disasters. Insurers were on the hook for $108 billion in damages from catastrophes in 2023, down from $125 billion in 2022 but above the 10-year average of $89 billion. The long-term trend of increased catastrophes from climate change will show up in rising insurance rates. […]
Lea másLarry Wall sagely advised “Don’t wear roller skates to a tug of war.” Apparently, the United States Department of Justice and the National Association of REALTORS® did not listen. For decades, these two behemoths have played tug-of-war with the DOJ, asserting that the NAR’s commission-splitting agreements between its 1.4 million real estate agents, despite the […]
Lea másI thought the Clash song would be a good title. It rather succinctly states the dilemma faced by those wishing to immigrate to California. Here’s my premise: You are a wealthy couple from a place where you made your money, but you wish for the California lifestyle and climate in your latter years. Home is […]
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Casa del Herrero held its 2nd Annual Docent Graduation on Friday, June 21, at the estate. The new docents are responsible for leading the classic 90-minute tours of the Casa, volunteer at events where they provide modified tours that cater to the focus of the event, and answer any questions visitors have about the property. […]
Lea másAfter the reported break-in that occurred on Coast Village Road, we reached out to the Santa Barbara Police Department for a statement: “On June 12, 2024, around 1:20 pm, the Santa Barbara Police Department Combined Communications Center received a report about a grand theft that occurred from a local clothing store in the 1200 block […]
Lea másCarpinteria, home to the world’s safest beach, is having its first annual beach and community clean-up day, Saturday, June 29, from 9 am to 12 pm. All volunteers are requested to wear sun protection, closed toe shoes, and to bring their own protective gloves. Clean Up leaders will provide a map, materials and instructions. People […]
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