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In Memoriam By Angie Bertucci | Mon Jun 02, 2025 | 11:03am

In Memoriam: David Maurice Mendoza 1976–2025

“Your absence has gone through me / Like thread through a needle. / Everything I do is stitched with its

In Memoriam By Penny Protheroe | Tue May 20, 2025 | 11:03am

Daniel Protheroe was a beloved local recording engineer in Santa Barbara for decades, and he was the love of my

In Memoriam By Sabrina Oertle and Patrick Maiani | Wed May 14, 2025 | 2:22pm

The world has lost a true force of nature. Alexis Giorgio Cottavoz-Usher, a native of Santa Barbara and a man

In Memoriam By Yvonne Sawyer and Joan Sanger | Tue May 06, 2025 | 11:48am

It is with overwhelming sadness yet celebration that we share Jessie McMillan’s transition on March 8, 2025, after a long,

In Memoriam By Stan Roden | Mon Apr 28, 2025 | 4:00pm

Phyllis de Picciotto’s motto was “Imagine the possibilities. Dare to do the impossible.”I say — “visionary.” Oh, and sexy, astute,

In Memoriam By Randy Rowse | Tue Apr 22, 2025 | 12:52pm

I first met Steve Hyslop at Chuck’s Steak House when he was hired as our newest dishwasher. He was tall

In Memoriam By Samantha Silverman | Tue Apr 15, 2025 | 3:39pm

Helga Carden passed away peacefully on March 4, 2025, in Santa Barbara at the age of 99. A Holocaust survivor,

In Memoriam By Daniel Marshall | Thu Apr 10, 2025 | 11:25am

Oliver Wheeler, a son of Santa Barbara and the godfather of its basketball scene, died from cardiac arrest at Cottage

In Memoriam By Leslie Leaney and John Kane | Tue Apr 01, 2025 | 10:43am

When Santa Barbara diving pioneer Bob Ratcliffe was 16 years old and in the 11th grade, he snorkeled into the

In Memoriam By Hannah Apricot Eckberg | Wed Mar 19, 2025 | 3:47pm

Charles Perry Eckberg lived a purposeful and good life. He was an Earth Warrior with a kind soul. Born in