Montecito YMCA Opens New Pickleball Courts
The Montecito YMCA opened its new pickleball courts with learning clinics on April 12. There are both Introductory and Intermediate clinics. Sign-up for the clinics is required through the website. On May 10, the Y will celebrate having the courts in a grand opening event. Community is invited.
Channel Island YMCA 25th Reaching for the Stars Fundraiser
The Channel Islands YMCA’s 25th Annual Reaching for Stars fundraiser is on Thursday, May 1, at the Rockwood Women’s Club SB. Funds raised by the event are slated for the Channel Islands Y’s programs that assist disenfranchised youth in SB County to enroll for free in their programs – Noah’s Anchorage Youth Shelter, the Haley Street Navigation Center and My Home Transitional Age Living Program.
411: Tickets are on sale now www.ciymca.org
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month in the U.S.
For Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Channel Islands YMCA – via press release – has listed its services for immediate publication as follows:
– The Y’s Operations Director serves on the Santa Barbara County Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC), collaborating with many other dedicated county and community leaders.
– The Y provides immediate 24/7 crisis and respite care to youth and families, allowing them to have a safe space to ‘cool off’ and then come back together as they work through conflict.
– The Y offers conflict resolution, mediation, and mental health services to youth and families, ensuring they have a safe and supportive environment in which to live.
– The Y ensures youth have access to basic needs, alleviating stress and hardships around necessities like food, shelter, and clothing.
– The Y coordinates care with local agencies like Child Welfare Services, Santa Barbara Unified, and Juvenile Probation to provide well-rounded collaborative care in support of each youth and family.
– The Y provides young adults with housing opportunities and all-encompassing supportive services as they navigate adulthood and prepare to build and grow their own families and future generations to come.
Ted Rhodes is the Carpinteria 2024 Volunteer of the Year
Ted Rhodes will receive his award for Carpinteria Volunteer of the Year for his service during 2024 at the Annual Carp Awards Banquet, April 26. He has been selected by the Carpinteria City Council for his work as an advocate and leader committed to defending open natural spaces from development since 1988. His work includes spearheading the Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve & Viola Fields, bluffs acquisitions, stewardship, the Measure X campaign, and funding and reopening of the Franklin Trail. Currently Rhodes serves on the Carpinteria Open Space Management Board (COSMAB).
Juliza Briones, New Public Info Officer, City of Carpinteria
Juliza Briones is hired as the new Public Information Officer, City of Carpinteria. She is a UCSB grad and worked as a Communications Analyst for the City of Thousand Oaks, CA. Briones, “I’m eager to use my bilingual skills to help improve bilingual emergency preparedness efforts, making sure all Carpinteria residents have the information and support they need in times of need.”
Dr. Amir Jalilian Joins Cottage Health
SB Cottage Health has announced this week that Dr. Amir Jalilian, Family Medicine Physician has joined Cottage Health’s Primary Care Goleta office.
Dr. Jalilian is Board Certified in Family medicine and a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Jalilian worked as a Family Medicine physician at Peace Health Medical Group in Florence, Oregon; before moving to the Santa Barbara area, where he was a Family Medicine physician at Jackson Medical Group. He then went on to work at the Santa Barbara Health Care Center, a public health clinic under the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department from 2021 to March 2025.
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