Not so Brilliant Description of Grief
By Kim Cantin   |   January 14, 2025

As this week marks the anniversary of the January 9th Debris Flow that killed 23 of our neighbors, friends, and, in my case, my 48-year-old husband, Dave, my 17-year-old son, Jack, and our family dog, I was deeply disheartened by the column entitled Brilliant Thoughts: Bad Grief by Ashleigh Brilliant. Flipping through the Montecito Journal, […]

Letter to the Board of Supervisors
By Kim Cantin   |   September 19, 2023

Dear Supervisors, I am writing you today to share with you my strong appeal for the Board of Supervisors in Santa Barbara County to approve the request to extend the emergency permit to allow the Debris Flow Nets to stay installed until 2029 and to have Flood Control manage them.  As you know, in the […]