The heiress owner of Santa Barbara’s majestic Clark Estate is a frail 104-year-old who’s lived in a hospital for two decades and whose sole contact with the outside world apparently is with her felon accountant and his attorney associate.
Thom Steinbeck sat under a spreading oak in his Montecito yard, his first novel in the bookstores and where I found it, at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas.
Niece of the estate’s late owner calls for an investigation into what happened to $20 million in charitable trust funds and loan proceeds.
As usual, I prowled for food. That was my assignment. Sue and I took our lives in our hands crossing State Street and headed for the neon-blazing midway.
From goat tacos to churros, and everything inbetween, doing the booths at El Mercado De la Guerra.
Fiesta week can mean enough excitement for a lifetime, or, for some, a time to get out of town.
Suppose you’re a Santa Barbara attorney and the state of Iowa wants you to investigate a gambling-money case. Gambling? In the Corn Belt state of Iowa? A tainted $25,000 donation to the governor? Get out!
Pacific Capital Bancorp loses $61 million in second quarter.
You just LOVE to shop, right? Well, how’d you like to make money doing it? Yes, you too can join the ranks of the Mystery Shoppers.
Lacking the euros to tour Europe, I hit the road to “Switzerland of America” country in southwest Colorado.
