It’s not easy to bring soulfulness into the world. Many try, and if you have a positive view of human nature, you might say it is what everybody tries to do. Babatunde Folayemi did it.
Read MorePosted: 04/12/2012
“When I heard the door close behind me, I was terrified,” Gerda Zinn recalled, describing her meeting with Adolf Hitler and his flunky Joseph Goebbels.
Read MorePosted: 04/11/2012
Annette couldn’t help but effortlessly create and maintain a happy, winning, and forever closeknit family – something precious and rare.
Read MorePosted: 03/29/2012
His friendliness came from a spirit of both affection and curiosity, and from a conscious sense that we don’t endure life, we celebrate it.
Read MorePosted: 03/22/2012
Remembering the life of a Santa Barbara grassroots legend.
Read MorePosted: 03/15/2012
I met Barbara many years ago at the Sunday art show along Cabrillo Boulevard.
Read MorePosted: 03/04/2012
Meg began to paint seriously only after retirement in 1978 from a 45-year career as a teacher, designer, editor, and curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, where she hung shows for and wrote articles about many important mid-century artists
Read MorePosted: 02/24/2012
Mike was director of photography for a gazillion films and series about ocean animals. He worked for National Geographic and PBS, for BBC and David Attenborough and James Cameron and Turner Broadcasting. His contagious enthusiasm was once graphically captured in his jumping and gesturing during a one-hour film called The Octopus Show, which led to Mike’s celebrated TED talk on the creature.
Read MorePosted: 02/15/2012
He brought an elevated and artistic sensibility to every publication he worked on, from fine cookbooks to student newspapers, literary works to catalogs.
Read MorePosted: 02/02/2012
Berka and her late husband began the Tenth Life Foundation, caring for old and disabled cats.
Read MorePosted: 02/02/2012
It was my good fortune to meet Chet Gala almost immediately upon moving to Santa Barbara in 1983 to take a job as reporter with the Santa Barbara News & Review.
Read MorePosted: 01/26/2012
Rachel Johansen — for 31 years one of the pillars of the Starr King Parent-Child Workshop — was all about giving young minds and souls the freedom to wander, choose, and experiment.
Read MorePosted: 01/10/2012
Burial ceremony will be held at Carpinteria Cemetery on Sunday, May 3 at Noon.
Read MorePosted: 04/27/2026
Per his wishes, no service will be held. But in lieu of flowers, please consider donating to anyone except the
Read MorePosted: 04/27/2026
Gloria Decker passed away on 18th February. A memorial service will be held Thursday 30th 11.00 at the First United
Read MorePosted: 04/24/2026
Hollie Ann Churchill Towle, 74, a third-generation Santa Barbaran, passed away on April 13, 2026. A celebration of life will
Read MorePosted: 04/21/2026
Rosary, 4/21, 7PM, Welch-Ryce-Haider Sola Street; Mass 4/22 10am Our Lady of Sorrows, burial follows; Celebration of life, 4/22 2-5pm
Read MorePosted: 04/14/2026
86; of Santa Barbara; died April 3; arrangements by Coast Cities Cremations Santa Barbara.
Read MorePosted: 04/10/2026
Eve passed away on April 1, 2026, at the age of 51, in Santa Barbara, California. She is survived by
Read MorePosted: 04/08/2026
Tuesday April 21, 2026 10:00am Our Lady of Mt Carmel Catholic Church 1300 E. Valley Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93108
Read MorePosted: 04/06/2026
A small gathering of Family is planned for the internment, but visitors are welcome to the site at the sunrise
Read MorePosted: 03/30/2026
Beloved mother, wife, and active member of the Santa Barbara community. Her final resting place will be at Calvary Cemetery
Read MorePosted: 03/23/2026
Jim McNeil, 94, a Santa Barbara resident since 1966, passed away peacefully in his sleep. His children were by his
Read MorePosted: 03/20/2026
Memorial services will be held Friday, March 20th at 10:30 a.m. at Calvary Cemetery, 199 N Hope Ave., Santa Barbara,
Read MorePosted: 03/12/2026
Ann Willene Joiner-Mullins, a woman of profound grace, tireless creativity, and an unwavering heart for service, passed away on February
Read MorePosted: 04/27/2026
Robert K. Graves died peacefully at home with family present on April 29, 2025 in Goleta, CA. He was 87.
Read MorePosted: 04/23/2026
John “Jack” Edmund Dillon Jr. (86) passed away peacefully and returned to Our Lord on Friday, April 17, 2026 in
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Albert Acuña, born May 8th, 1923, in Canoga Park, California passed away peacefully on Sunday April 18th, at the age
Read MorePosted: 04/22/2026
1945-2026 Leslie Siemon, DVM, of Santa Barbara, California, passed away peacefully on April 9, 2026, in Carpinteria. She was 80.
Read MorePosted: 04/21/2026
Jim Worthen, a long-time resident of Santa Barbara and Goleta passed away on April 9, 2026, at the age of
Read MorePosted: 04/20/2026
Joan Ellen Magenheimer passed away on April 13, in Santa Barbara, CA. Born in Milwaukee to Jack and Edith (BURKE)
Read MorePosted: 04/20/2026
Barbara T. Menna, 99, passed away peacefully on April 14, 2026, surrounded by her family. A devoted mother, grandmother, great
Read MorePosted: 04/20/2026
Aileen Castillo (Koppleman), loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully on 03/26/2026. Aileen was a 4th generation Santa
Read MorePosted: 04/20/2026
Monastary of Poore Claires dedicated a mass for Don arranged by Sisters April 26, 2026 Sunday 7am All are Welcome.
Read MorePosted: 04/20/2026
1953-2026 Tim Brophy passed peacefully on January 21, 2026, at Serenity House in Santa Barbara. A formal obituary appeared in
Read MorePosted: 04/17/2026
1923-2025 Rutledge Alexander “Putty” Mills, the absolute best Husband, Dad, Brother, Uncle, Grandfather, Great Grandfather and great friend to many,
Read MorePosted: 04/15/2026
