The qualities that set Sam Cunningham apart and made him the brightest star in the constellation of sports figures during my lifetime were his genuineness, his honesty, and his decency.
Read MorePosted: 09/16/2021
American historian Leon Litwack had a distinguished career that included a Pulitzer Prize-winning books and four decades teaching at UC Berkeley. Born in Santa Barbara, he returned in 2013 to give a talk, the preview for which we run again here.
Read MorePosted: 09/09/2021
A decade after I met Lee Moldaver in the offices of the Santa Barbara Independent, he asked me to serve
Read MorePosted: 08/19/2021
Hugo Macario, an accomplished educator, performer of Latin fusion music genres, and longtime Santa Barbara resident, died unexpectedly on May
Read MorePosted: 08/12/2021
Tara Haaland-Ford told the author that being diagnosed with stage four cancer helped her identify what she should be doing with her time. That included fighting for causes that she believed in and recruiting others, for instance, against the gang injunction, establishing a Teen Legal Clinic, and creating the S.B. Survivors Network after the Montecito mudslides.
Read MorePosted: 08/04/2021
Nandini Iyer was wildly gifted from the beginning and had a deeply classical, formidably well-rounded Indo-Anglian education that she carried like a treasure through life.
Read MorePosted: 07/29/2021
Audrey Berman began work at The Village Voice in Manhattan in the late 1960s, where she rose through the ranks to Managing Editor.
Read MorePosted: 07/22/2021
A take-charge leader for Santa Barbara since the formation of the Community Environmental Council in 1970, Hal Conklin was 17 years a City Councilmember, mayor briefly, with active interest in the arts, historic preservation, and community planning and development.
Read MorePosted: 07/15/2021
If you lived in Santa Barbara, you likely met Steven — on his postal routes, serving meals at Transition House, or surfing the outer breaks of local beaches.
Read MorePosted: 07/08/2021
In 1989, with the help of the Miller family, Jim, Adam Tolmach, and I built a winery at the Bien Nacido Vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley. Jim and I have continued to make our wines in the same winery ever since.
Read MorePosted: 06/17/2021
Maestro sin vista para alumnos sin vista.
Read MorePosted: 06/03/2021
I first met Greg Benavidez 25 years ago, when we were both students at the Braille Institute in Santa Barbara.
Read MorePosted: 06/03/2021
Memorial service October 2, 2021 at Saint Rafael Church at 10:00 am. Celebration of Life to follow Moose Hall 110
Read MorePosted: 09/24/2021
Jess passed away peacefully on Aug 30, 2021. He was 100 yrs old. Funeral Mass will be held at St.
Read MorePosted: 09/07/2021
Please join us for his celebration of life, scheduled for 10:30am on Saturday 4th at SOUTHCOAST Church in Goleta; and
Read MorePosted: 08/30/2021
Saturday, August 28, 2021 at 10am Leadbetter Beach
Read MorePosted: 08/26/2021
August 28th 2021 10:00 a.m. service Saint Raphael Church Goleta.
Read MorePosted: 08/26/2021
Rosary; Thursday, Aug. 26, 6pm with Mass; Friday, Aug. 27, 10am at Mt. Carmel Church. Interment to follow at Calvary
Read MorePosted: 08/18/2021
Graveside at Goleta Cemetery: Fri Aug 27 11 am. Memorial at Restoration Church 595 N Fairview: Sat Sep 25 1
Read MorePosted: 08/17/2021
August 21, 2021 Apostle’s Church 4485 Hollister Avenue 11:00 am
Read MorePosted: 08/10/2021
James Julca, beloved teacher, father and grandfather passed away peacefully at his home in Santa Barbara, CA on May 13,
Read MorePosted: 07/27/2021
00 Garden Street and Cabrillo Boulevard Palm Park Parking Lot Saturday July 17th @ 10am
Read MorePosted: 07/08/2021
Private interment at Goleta Cemetery.
Read MorePosted: 06/29/2021
Ramona Foran died peacefully in Santa Barbara on September 23, 2021, which would have been her husband’s 97th birthday. Born
Read MorePosted: 09/27/2021
Tom Watts, loving ohana (family) man and proud Hawaiian, has died. Cancer took him far sooner than he and his
Read MorePosted: 09/27/2021
It is with great sadness to write that Guadalupe Martinez, Husband, Father, Brother, Uncle, and Friend, unexpectedly passed away on
Read MorePosted: 09/27/2021
1942 – 2021 Frank Bellows Williams, age 79, died peacefully on September 21, 2021, from complications of Covid. He is
Read MorePosted: 09/27/2021
In loving memory of Jimmy Pena, a Legend in Goleta, especially, Goleta Beach. Despite his personal challenges, his free spirit,
Read MorePosted: 09/27/2021
Violet Solomon Oaklander, beloved family member, friend, and mentor to countless people near and far, took her final breath in
Read MorePosted: 09/24/2021
David J. Chapman, PhD, DSc, born December 12, 1939 passed away from natural causes on August 19, 2021. David was
Read MorePosted: 09/21/2021
It is with sadness to write that Fred Louis Arredondo: Father, Brother, Uncle, and Friend, unexpectedly passed away on August
Read MorePosted: 09/21/2021
Sylvia T. Louda passed away peacefully on September 2, 2021. She will be greatly missed by her two grown children,
Read MorePosted: 09/20/2021
Larry was born in Sacramento on May 29, 1952, to the late Harold Drake and Dorothy Quam. He passed on
Read MorePosted: 09/20/2021
Jewel, Geoffrey Albridge of Santa Barbara. 1968-2020, died unexpectedly November 12, 2020. He is survived by his wife Christina, the
Read MorePosted: 09/17/2021
Sue was born in Cranston, Rhode Island to Carl Malmborg and Lillian Smith. She was brought up on a rural
Read MorePosted: 09/17/2021
