New Graduate Nursing Programs at Westmont Meeting a local and international need, Westmont College has launched two graduate nursing programs in downtown Santa Barbara
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Meghan and Harry, Duchess and Duke of Sussex, leaving Montecito
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Access to nursing education is expanding locally as Westmont College, now in its 89th year, has been approved to offer two new graduate nursing degrees. Westmont College received full accreditation for a Master’s Entry Program in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing degree. In a historic first, the accreditation was granted by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) for the two new graduatelevel nursing programs.
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The Duchess and Duke of Sussex will return to the United Kingdom later this month after spending six years living in Montecito, as first reported by the Daily Telegraph.
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The couple left their royal duties behind for the California coast in July of 2020, raising their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet among the private schools of Montecito. (See LEAVING, 26
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Susan Read Cronin’s Play the SB Maritime Museum
Community News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 , 6 , 11-14 Arts & Culture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 , 8 , 2 7 - 2 9 Robert F. Adams: Music Note Gala. . . . . . . . . 9 John Palminteri: On the Street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
By DaiSy Scott / VOICe INVITING ALL TO TAKE THEIR INNER CHILD ON A PLAYDATE this back-to-school season, local artist Susan Read Cronin has transformed the upper level of the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum into a wonderland where eggs sprout bird legs, acorns attack squirrels, and the world feels a bit sillier and brighter. (See Play, 7)
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Meghan and Harry are saying goodbye to the 805.
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THE BRITISH ARE… LEAVING?
Upsy Daisy by Susan Read Cronin (detail)
Harlan Green: Economic Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The Center for Successful Living. . . . . . . . . . 15-18 Community Market & Legals. . . . . . . . . . . 19-21 Bridget Keon: The Weekly Scoop. . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Bestselling Author Cheryl Strayed to Headline Heroes of Hospice
DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING LITERACY AND LEARNING, the Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation has named its Board of Directors officers for the 20262027 year to be: Co-Presidents Anna Alldredge and Raissa Smorol, Vice President Anne Howard, Secretary Peter Ginsberg, and Treasurer Brooke McDermott. The board has sblibraryfoundation.org also welcomed three new members.
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Ally Meier
PAT CAIRD is a longtime Santa Barbara resident with deep roots in the community, brining a passion for local history, philanthropy, and community engagement. After a career in her family’s wholesale nursery business, she has dedicated herself to preserving her family’s local legacy while supporting numerous nonprofit organizations throughout Santa Barbara.
ALLY MEIER, CFP®, CDFA®, CPFA is a Financial Advisor with Arlington Financial Advisors. She specializes in financial planning, retirement strategies, tax planning, and wealth management. A former Junior League of Santa Barbara board member and active community volunteer, Meier is passionate about helping individuals and families thrive while making a positive impact in the community. CHRYSS YOST served as the City
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of Santa Barbara Poet Laureate from 2013–2015 and is an awardwinning poet, editor, educator, and co-editor/designer of Gunpowder Press. A longtime advocate for poetry education, she brings a deep appreciation for literature, creativity, and lifelong learning to the SB Public Library Foundation.
Strayed is also known for her collection Tiny Beautiful Things, which has been adapted into a Hulu limited series. Her award-winning essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post Magazine, Vogue, and The Best American Essays. Her work explores grief, courage, love, and resilience, making her an insightful and muchanticipated keynote speaker for Heroes of Hospice. The luncheon, the primary fundraising and recognition event of the year for Hospice of Santa Barbara, will also honor local individuals and organizations whose service strengthens the community, with all proceeds directly supporting Hospice Santa Barbara’s free counseling, grief support, and patient care services. For tickets ($225) visit hospiceofsb.org/heroes
Housing Authority Celebrates Student Grads LEARNING THE RESOURCES AND EXPERIENCES NEEDED TO PREPARE FOR COLLEGE, careers, and beyond, 14 students were recently celebrated by the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara for graduating from its free, four-week Preparación, Bienestar y Cultura summer program. Designed for HACSB residents entering grades nine through 12, PBC led students through college tours, educational field trips, community service projects, Top: Kaylee Alejandra-Padilla, Delilah Santillan, Joshua Gomez Lopez, Alex Soto, Joshua Inda, and interactive and Francisco Rodriguez Cabrera; Bottom: Hector Avila, Josefa Olivo, Janelle Vargas, Leah workshops. Abundez, Genezaret Lopez, Veronica Villegas, Valerie Villegas, Santiago Dominguez, Nicolas Participants also Dominguez, and Leticia Zuniga earned community service hours and received a backpack filled with school supplies. Courtesy Photos
SB Public Library Foundation Welcomes New Board of Directors Members
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reminded that the moments people cherish most are often the simplest ones—a conversation around the dinner table, a walk with someone they love, or an ordinary afternoon together,” said David Selberg, CEO of Hospice of Santa Barbara. “While we often spend our lives searching for extraordinary moments, Cheryl’s writing reminds us of the extraordinary found in everyday life. Her wisdom, authenticity, and lived experience make her the perfect person to help our community reflect Author Cheryl Strayed on what truly matters and inspire us to embrace our own one wild and precious life.” “Every day at Hospice of Santa Barbara, we are CELEBRATING THE EVERYDAY MOMENTS that become life’s greatest treasures with the theme “One Wild and Precious Life,” the 14th Annual Heroes of Hospice luncheon will return on Sunday, September 27th, from 11am to 1:30pm at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. The event will be headlined by New York Times bestselling writer Cheryl Strayed. The author of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, which was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Reese Witherspoon.
“While HACSB’s primary mission is to provide affordable housing; our resident programs extend that mission by investing in the success of the families we serve,” said Rob Fredericks, CEO, HACSB. “Programs like PBC encourage our youth to think intentionally about their futures, explore higher education opportunities, and build the confidence and skills they’ll need to achieve their goals.” PBC also helped students build cultural awareness and a stronger sense of identity and belonging through interactive workshops and presentations exploring topics such as social justice, civic engagement, social movements, and family and cultural traditions. The program was also supported with instruction and resources from community partners including Cal-SOAP (California Student Opportunity and Access Program), the Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation, Domestic Violence Solutions, AHA!, Santa Barbara Public Library, Mental Wellness Center, Rooted Santa Barbara County, Pacific Pride Foundation, Impact Leadership Network, and The Land Trust for Santa Barbara hacsb.org County.
Women Waging Peace Luncheon THE WOMEN WAGING PEACE LUNCHEON will return on Wednesday, September 30th from 11:30am to 1:30pm at the Kimpton Canary Hotel Rooftop. Hosted by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, the luncheon celebrates Katrina vandal Heuvel and Annie Jacobsen as the 2026 Honorees. To sponsor or purchase tickets, visit: wagingpeace.org/women-waging-peace-luncheon-2026/
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In a Historic First, Westmont Launches Graduate Nursing Programs
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“These new graduate programs meet a critical need in our community for outstanding nurses equipped to provide crucial leadership and compassionate care in healthcare at our hospitals, clinics and medical offices,” shared President Gayle D. Beebe. “This is a historic moment for the college, as we continue to lean into opportunities that extend our reach to directly serve our Santa Barbara community.”
“Launching graduate programs reaches a broader range of students, extends Westmont’s reach and influence, attracts diverse new learners, and serves the immediate and greater needs of our Santa Barbara community,” noted Provost Kimberly Denu. The MEPN, designed for individuals holding bachelor’s degrees in non-nursing fields, combines foundational nursing education, graduate coursework, and clinical experience. The MSN program allows registered nurses with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) to pursue leadership roles, career advancement, and specialized practice.
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Dianthe Hoffman, nursing program director, says the move
aims to address local healthcare demands by preparing nurses in advanced roles who are equipped with both clinical expertise and compassionate care. Westmont’s graduate offerings build on the strength of their Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN), which currently enrolls three cohorts of 40 student nurses each year at Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing building on Anapamu Street. Westmont’s undergraduate nursing program is growing swiftly and the masters degree programs are designed to fast track their onboarding opportunities into a direct career path following graduation.
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The MEPN launches this fall with an initial cohort of nine students, while the MSN program begins in January 2027.
Applications for the ABSN program now in its fifth year have increased by 400 percent demonstrating not only the high interest in health care and nursing, but the appeal to work in a career that is booming with demand and growth. Graduate nursing program applications for the January cohorts for MEPN and MSN are now open. For more information go to westmont.edu/nursing or to schedule a visit with an admissions representative, call (805) 565-6300. Non-profit sponsored
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City Unveils New EV La Ciudad inaugura una nueva Charging at Eastside Library estación de carga para vehículos SUPER FAST EV CHARGERS are being installed at the Eastside Library eléctricos en la Biblioteca Eastside and the City of Santa Barbara Sustainability & Resilience Department is inviting the community to celebrate the completion of the EV Charger Project with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, August 26th, at 11am at the Eastside Library, 1102 East Montecito Street. “Expanding the City’s charging network helps make electric vehicle ownership more practical for community members, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and improves local air quality,” said Jefferson Litten, Energy & Climate Division Manager. “Projects like this help remove barriers to EV adoption, while supporting the City’s long-term climate and sustainability goals.”
EL DEPARTAMENTO DE SOSTENIBILIDAD Y RESILIENCIA DE LA CIUDAD DE SANTA BÁRBARA invita a la comunidad a celebrar la finalización del Proyecto de Cargadores para Vehículos Eléctricos (VE) de la Biblioteca Eastside con una ceremonia de inauguración el miércoles 26 de agosto a las 11:00 a.m., en la Biblioteca Eastside, 1102 Montecito Street.
La nueva estación de carga cuenta con cuatro cargadores rápidos de corriente directa (DC) de 400 kilovatios (kW), disponibles para el público y alimentados con electricidad 100 % libre de carbono a través de Santa Barbara Clean Energy. Ubicados en el corazón del vecindario Eastside, estos cargadores se encuentran entre los más rápidos disponibles públicamente en la Costa Central de California, ofreciendo una carga conveniente y confiable, mientras amplían la infraestructura para vehículos eléctricos en toda la Ciudad.
The new charging station features four publicly accessible 400-kilowatt (kW) DC fast chargers powered by “Ampliar la red de estaciones de carga de la Ciudad 100 percent carbon-free electricity ayuda a que tener un vehículo eléctrico sea más Public EV charging stations have been installed at the Eastside Library parking lot. through Santa Barbara Clean práctico para los miembros de nuestra comunidad, Energy. Located in the heart of the Eastside Neighborhood, the stations reduce las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero y mejora la calidad del aire local”, are among the fastest public EV chargers on California’s Central dijo Jefferson Litten, gerente de la División de Energía y Clima (Energy & Climate Coast, providing convenient, reliable charging, while expanding EV Division Manager). “Proyectos como este ayudan a eliminar las barreras para la adopción infrastructure throughout the city. de vehículos eléctricos, al mismo tiempo que apoyan los objetivos de la Ciudad a largo plazo en materia de clima y sostenibilidad”. The project received more than $500,000 from the California Energy Commission, the California Transportation Commission and Senate Bill El proyecto recibió más de $500,000 de la California Energy Commission, la California 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. The SB 1 funding Transportation Commission y el Proyecto de Ley del Senado 1 (SB 1), la Ley de was allocated by the California Transportation Commission through Reparación de Carreteras y Responsabilidad de 2017. Los fondos de SB 1 fueron the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG). asignados por la California Transportation Commission a través de la Santa Barbara The project was planned by the City’s Energy & Climate division, County Association of Governments (SBCAG). El proyecto fue planificado por la in collaboration with the Santa Barbara Public Library as the site División de Energía y Clima de la Ciudad, en colaboración con la Biblioteca Pública de host and delivered through a public-private-partnership with Carbon Santa Bárbara, que proporcionó el sitio para la instalación, y se llevó a cabo mediante una Solutions Group (CSG). The project was constructed by Electric Vehicle alianza público-privada con Carbon Solutions Group (CSG). El proyecto fue construido Infrastructures with support from Southern California Edison and is por Electric Vehicle Infrastructures, con el apoyo de Southern California Edison, y es operated through CSG’ DirtRoad charging network. operado a través de la red de estaciones de carga DirtRoad de CSG. For more information about the project, visit Eastside Library EV Charger Project (SantaBarbaraCA.gov/EastsideLibraryChargers).
Para obtener más información sobre el proyecto, visite Eastside Library EV Charger Project (SantaBarbaraCA.gov/EastsideLibraryChargers).
ReStore To Reopen With Ribbon Cutting Downtown A COMMUNITY RIBBON CUTTING FOR RESTORE, a new business downtown Santa Barbara, will take place as the store opens for business next Wednesday, August 26th at 9:30 am at 400 State Street. The celebration is being hosted by the Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association.
ReStore is operated by Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County and offers gently used furniture, home improvement materials, appliances, décor, and building supplies at a fraction of retail prices. “We know that our community has been waiting for the ReStore to come back,” said Jessica de L’Arbre, Habitat Santa Barbara CEO, “and we are thrilled to not only reopen, but to reopen in a beautiful space that will be in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara.” Every purchase and donation helps support Habitat Santa Barbara’s mission of building and preserving affordable housing throughout Southern Santa Barbara County. “The ReStore is a wonderful addition to downtown, offering a unique shopping experience while supporting affordable housing and creating opportunities to give back to the community,” said Robin For more information, visit sbhabitat.org Elander, Executive Director of the DSBIA.
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2026 Pacific Pride Festival is Out. Proud. Unstoppable. OYFULLY INVITING ALL TO DANCE, SING, AND CELEBRATE alongside friends and neighbors, the Pacific Pride Festival will return to Chase Palm Park from 11am to 7pm this Saturday, August 22nd. Hosted by the Pacific Pride Foundation, this free event will welcome Santa Barbara’s LGBTQ+ community and allies of all ages to groove throughout a day of national and local drag stars, live music, art exhibitions, and a Family Stage. “Pride brings families, young people, elders, artists, nonprofit organizations, local Quilt Project Gold businesses, visitors, The Coast will once again and longtime share its AIDS Memorial Quilt installation residents together,” shared Julio C. Roman, Pacific Pride Foundation Executive Director. “It creates connection, supports our local economy, and demonstrates that Santa Barbara is a place where people from every background can belong. For LGBTQ+ people—especially young people who may feel isolated—seeing thousands of people gathered openly and joyfully can be lifechanging. Pride tells them: You are not alone. There is a community here for you, and there is a future waiting for you.” One of the largest Pride events on the Central Coast, the Pacific Pride Festival welcomes thousands of people each summer. Leading up to the big day, a whole week of Pride activities spark the community’s excitement, including this year’s SB Gay Men’s Chorus Pride Cabaret concert on August 20th at The New Vic, as well as the Santa
Barbara Zoo’s Pride Family Day on Sunday, August 23rd. Throughout the week and festival day, attendees are encouraged to embody the 2026 theme “Out. Proud. Unstoppable,” which uplifts the LGBTQ+ community’s resilience and happiness in the face of adversity.
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“It reminds us that our visibility matters, our joy matters, and our community cannot be erased,” voiced Roman. “At PPF we know being ‘out’ looks different for everyone, and we recognize that not every person feels safe enough to live openly. But Pride creates a space where each person can show up exactly as they are—without
Emceed by festival host local drag superstar Vivian Storm, Saturday’s festival will feature two stages to ensure that all attendees can join in the fun. The party starts with the Main Stage, where American Idol and America’s Got Talent drag icon Ada Vox will headline with strong vocals and enthusiasm. Brightening the spotlight, Morgan McMichaels of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars will guest host, joining a lineup of live music, DJ’s, and community talent that will keep
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festival-goers dancing all day long. A Family Stage will also keep dance parties going with family-friendly entertainment, crafting tables, singalongs, and more. Designed with the festival’s younger attendees and their loved ones in mind, the area will provide plenty of lighthearted fun for
all ages. Food trucks will also be serving up delicious local fare. The idea of unity and diversity in community will be celebrated through a collaborative art installation. Hosted in partnership with the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, festival-goers will be invited to weave a thread of the installation, creating a one-of-a-kind work by the day’s end. Attendees will also have the opportunity to honor individuals lost or impacted by AIDS and HIV as the Quilt Project Gold Coast once again shares its AIDS Memorial Quilt installation. “Pride must hold both celebration and remembrance. We can dance, laugh, and experience joy while also honoring the people whose courage and lives helped make gatherings like this possible,” said Roman. “These installations give attendees an opportunity not only to observe Pride, but to participate in its story, reflect, and connect our history to the work still ahead.” Roman also expressed gratitude to the festival’s supporters for not only ensuring the festival remains free and open to all, but supporting PPF’s year-round counseling, programming, and resources at a time when LGBTQ+ organizations are facing new threats and lacking funds. “Pacific Pride Festival is proof of what becomes possible when a community chooses to invest in belonging,” said Roman. “We invite everyone to celebrate with us, but we also ask those who believe in this work to support it—by donating, sponsoring, volunteering, partnering, or simply sharing our mission. Pride may happen on one extraordinary day, but the responsibility to care for and protect our community continues every day of the year.” To learn more visit pacificpridefoundation.org
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MTD Bus Service Changes FOLLOWING OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC in the spring and a Board of Directors decision in May 2026, Santa Barbara MTD bus route service changes and reductions went into effect this week.
The changes were in response to a growing budget deficit, which reflects a 3.6 percent reduction in service to the public. The deficit is largely due to changes from the 2020 Census which caused a loss of 30 percent of the agency’s federal operating funds. Even with these reductions, MTD is facing a $4.9 million shortfall in Fiscal Year 2026-27. While there are currently still funds from federal pandemic assistance to cover that gap, those funds are shrinking as the deficit grows in future years. Below is a table with a description of these changes.
Line Changes
Lines 1 (West SB) & 2 (East SB): Reduced weekday headways from 15 to 20 minutes Line 3 (Oak Park): Reduced service
on Saturday to match Sunday service schedule Lines 4 (Mesa/SBCC) & 17 (Lower West SB/SBCC): Reduced service on Saturday to match Sunday service schedule Line 5 (Mesa/La Cumbre): Reduced service on Saturday to match Sunday service schedule Line 7 (Goleta Old Town): Eliminate last weekday outbound trip Line 14 (Montecito): Eliminate one weekday AM roundtrip, bringing all day headways to 1 hour Line 14 (Montecito)
Eliminate one Saturday AM roundtrip: Lines 11 (UCSB), 23 (El Encanto Heights), & 25 (Ellwood/ Winchester Canyon) Eliminate last weekday: outbound 23 trip, inbound 25 trip, and inbound 11 trip Line 2730 (Dos Pueblos HS): Minor adjustment to Tuesday and Thursday morning schedules For questions on the changes, the public may contact Santa Barbara MTD at 805-963-3366 or email info1@sbmtd.gov.
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Cambios en el servicio de autobuses de MTD TRAS UN PROCESO DE CONSULTA PÚBLICA realizado en la primavera y una decisión de la Junta Directiva tomada en mayo de 2026, los cambios en el servicio de autobuses de Santa Barbara MTD entrarán en vigor al inicio de la jornada del lunes 17 de agosto de 2026.
Ante un déficit presupuestario creciente y la proximidad de una crisis fiscal crítica, estas medidas representan una reducción del 3,6 % en el servicio. El déficit se debe en gran medida a cambios derivados del Censo de 2020, los cuales provocaron la pérdida del 30 % de los fondos federales para operaciones de la agencia. Aun con estas reducciones, MTD enfrenta un déficit de 4,9 millones de dólares para el año fiscal 2026-27. Si bien actualmente se dispone de fondos de asistencia federal por la pandemia para cubrir dicha brecha, estos recursos se están agotando a medida que el déficit aumenta de cara a los próximos años. A continuación, se presenta una tabla con la descripción de estos cambios. Líneas Cambios
Líneas 1 (West SB) y 2 (East SB): Aumento del intervalo de paso de 15 a 20 minutos en días laborables Línea 3 (Oak Park): Reducción del servicio los sábados para igualarlo al horario de los domingos
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Líneas 4 (Mesa/SBCC) y 17 (Lower West SB/ SBCC): Reducción del servicio los sábados para igualarlo al horario de los domingos Línea 5 (Mesa/La Cumbre): Reducción del servicio los sábados para igualarlo al horario de los domingos Línea 7 (Goleta Old Town): Eliminación del último viaje de salida en días laborables
Línea 14 (Montecito): Eliminación de un viaje de ida y vuelta matutino en días laborables; el intervalo de paso durante todo el día pasa a ser de 1 hora : Línea 14 (Montecito): Eliminación de un viaje de ida y vuelta matutino los sábados
Líneas 11 (UCSB), 23 (El Encanto Heights),y 25 (Ellwood/Winchester Canyon): Eliminación del último viaje en días laborables: viaje de salida de la línea 23, viaje de llegada de la línea 25 y viaje de llegada de la línea 11 Línea 2730 (Dos Pueblos HS): Ajuste menor en los horarios matutinos de los martes y jueves
Los detalles de los cambios en el servicio pueden consultarse en www.sbmtd.gov/ servicechanges y la guía completa de los nuevos horarios está disponible en línea aquí. Para cualquier consulta sobre los cambios, el público puede comunicarse con Santa Barbara MTD llamando al 805-963-3366 o enviando un correo electrónico a info1@sbmtd.gov.
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Play: Bronze Sculptures and Other Stuff
Susan Read Cronin’s Imagination Lights Up the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum has continued sculpting while Best in Show by Susan Read Cronin also expanding her creative different projects, the “Family Oof,” playing with skills through papercutting and Open through November 29th, Play: Bronze the French word for egg, oeuf. Accompanying this publishing three books of poetry. Sculptures and Other Stuff presents a series of egg-cellent display is a new piece, an egg carton She feels a strong connection between her vignettes through Cronin’s car called Humpty Dumpty’s Bronze Baby Buggy sculptures and poetry, prompting the decision to sculptures, aluminum Bumper. pair a series of lighthearted poems with the works silhouettes, and poetry. The “Quite a lot of time has gone into presenting it, displayed at SBMM. result is a delightful, clever and a lot of the pieces that are shown haven’t really exhibition that Cronin hopes “I try to distill down with my words to get to been out in the world before!” said Cronin. will spark happiness for viewers the essence of what it is I’m trying to say, and it’s By presenting her bronze sculptures at SBMM, of all ages. the same thing with the sculpture, to try to get Cronin’s works relate to and challenge bronze’s down to what I am trying to do with “That is what I historical identity as a utilitarian material for using gesture and tension within a hope people come tools—especially seafaring tools, as bronze is not composition,” explained Cronin. She away with, that corroded by salt water. In Cronin’s hands and added that she also feels that titles play feeling of being molds, bronze develops an engaging liveliness that a similarly significant role across both uplifted, having suits her subjects. forms. “The importance of words in fun, smiling, and both of those arts is important to me.” To share her love for bronze sculpture’s beauty, just feeling really A member of the “Family Oof” durability, and collaborative nature, Cronin has good that they saw Her love of wordplay and visual fun by Susan Read Cronin something that made are apparent from the moment viewers also displayed sample molds and print-outs from her children’s book about bronze casting in the them feel good and also made them step into the exhibit space, where a exhibit. think a little bit,” shared Cronin with series of scissors with legs instead of VOICE. “That it brought out their blades (titled Running Scissors) hang “Bronze casting is a team sport,” shared Cronin. Artist and poet childlike glee and their own side of Susan Read Cronin on the wall. A series of animals in sbmm.org playfulness and maybe made them go semi-allegorical positions, including a repentant home and think about how they want to play a bear writing lines on a chalkboard and a piecrust By Daisy scott / VOICE little bit more.” bursting with blackbirds, evoke memories of classic children’s Cronin has exhibited her work nationwide, books and nursery rhymes. In a including her traveling exhibition, Fables, Foibles, particularly humorous display titled and Fairy Tales, which also reflects her art’s playful nature. Since moving to Santa Barbara in 2016, she To the Rescue, a squirrel clutching an acorn turns back to see that he is being pursued by an army of acorns. Courtesy image
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Several imaginative motifs also repeat throughout the show, including Cronin’s focus on ladders and eggs, both of which have grown feet. She calls the series of eggs, which she created by pairing molds of eggs and bird legs from two
I Will Be A Good Bear by Susan Read Cronin
To the Rescue by Susan Read Cronin
Upsy Daisy by Susan Read Cronin
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The Santa Barbara Sculptors Guild and VOICE Gallery present:
Caliente!
August 2nd to 29th, 2026
By Michael Hannon
Participating Artists: Bay Hallowell Beverly Decker Bruce Berlow Bruce Birkland Carla Spence Carolyn Lokken Christine Jeszeck Danuta Bennett Deidre Stietzel Edward Rodgers Frank DiMarco Fred Lehto Inés Monguió Jim Kay Jill Sattler Kelly Hildner Ken Waxman Melinda Mettler Merith Cosden Marlene Struss Nadya Brown Nagui Achamallah Pamela Benham Patricia Heller Patricia Post Peter Andrews Ritva Hiltunen Robert Voorhees Jr Roberta Gross Rosemarie Gebhart Susan Price Tom Burgher Tom Post
Sculptors: By Rosemarie Gebhart
A. Michael Marzolla Angeles GF Carl Berney Cevins McCullah Elmer Francine Kirsch George Jercich Jay Plaehn John Spivey Joseph Crosby Dan Rider Kerry Methner Lewis Cohen Mary Dee Thompson Michael Hannon Nina de Creeft Ward Patrick McGinnis Pati Griffin Paul Larsen Richard Kaplan Tom Peck Toni Scott
By Patricia Post
By Tom Peck By Nadya Brown
By Roberta Gross
By Inés Monguió By Angeles GF
La Cumbre Plaza 110 S. Hope #H124 M-F 10-5:30; Sa & Su 1-5
La Cumbre Plaza 3rd Friday Artwalk
August 21st • 5-7:30pm
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Music Academy of the West
Dreamy Showtunes With Audra McDonald By Robert F. Adams, Special to VOICE
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performance space and a roof deck at the proposed building on State Street, very near the Lobero Theatre and SBIFF’s new Film Center. The creative design is a collaborative design from Brooks Scarpa Huber Architects and representatives were in attendance to present the model.
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CROSS THE GOLDEN SUNDRENCHED POLO FIELDS OF SUMMERLAND’S BELLA VISTA ESTATE, the Music Academy of the West offered a private concert for 400 guests on Friday, August 14th, for their 2026 Music Note Gala. The performer for the evening was the multiple Tony and Emmy award winner, singer and actor Audra McDonald. The vibrant gala featuring black and white smartlydressed supporters and also included accents of yellow, embodied by strategically placed bouquets placed within the entry to the green fields, outdoor lounges, and the elegantly- Co-Chairs Andrea Hein and Rachael Douglas address guests set dinner tables right at Bella Vista Estate below the main stage. An ambitiously staged party, guests were offered a glimpse, via an architectural model, of the levels of a new development, The Muse Education Center, made possible with a generous gift from Cheryl Goldberg. The project will offer a bold futuristic central
A sumptuous long bar offered signature cocktails, namely the long-glassed vodka and ice-filled ‘Opening Night’ along with the delicious ‘Bella Vista Sunset.’ The sumptuous dinner offered multiple fresh courses including a vegetarian Risotto, deliciously paired with wines, red and white from Montgomery Vineyard, BrewerClifton, and Fine Wines International.
The stage was flanked by enormous video screens featuring warm welcomes from Music Academy President & Chief Executive Officer Shauna Quill who shared, “We gather to celebrate Cheryl Goldberg, whose landmark gifts make a future made brighter, and bolder
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by her commitment. And this evening will help to keep the path open for our students on the world’s greatest stages.” The Academy is a hotbed of developing young talent. The institution and the benefactors are investing in the future in a profound way and are destined to have a musical impact in the years to come. Audra McDonald and her music director Andy Einhorn were welcomed onstage with an exuberant set list from the Great American Songbook. She followed with an exquisitely expressive selection from the operatic musical Porgy and Bess, Summertime. Oft heard, and possibly one of the most covered songs in the past 100 years, her version was earthy, delicate, and authentic. She described the song as a spell for ‘the protection of children everywhere.’
Audra McDonald performed songs from the Great American Songbook.
sponsors including Rhapsody, Overture, Harmony, Ensemble, and Event levels, all McDonald then offered I Could Have invested in the Academy’s accomplishments. Danced All Night from My Fair Lady where There were many Corporate Sponsors and she asked the audience to sing along at certain Event Sponsors as well, major pillars for verses. Fortunately our the Music Academy’s fellow dinner guests community of teachers and were gloriously in tune, students. The audience was a delightful moment. not only generous with Her performance table sponsorships, but also concluded with a medley enthusiastically offering of lullabies, and was additional financial support capped with Climb Ev’ry at the direct to audience Mountain from Sound of paddle-raising to support Music, accompanied by the Academy’s fellowships key members of the Sing! headed up by auctioneer Jim chorus. She sung that Nye. Funds raised directly song, portraying Mother benefit the Fellows, the Abbess for a 2013 Live MAW President & Chief Executive new high school intensive NBC production. Audra’s Officer Shauna Quill and Patron program, and the Sing! and Board Member Cheryl convincing mastery Children’s Choir. This event delighted the patrons who Goldberg provided a needed impact rose to their feet in appreciation. where the funding is directed toward the mission of advancing transformative musical Gala Co-Chairs included Andrea Hein education. The 2026 Music Note Gala was an and Rachael Douglas with honoree Cheryl evening to remember, raising a resounding1.2 Goldberg as an Honorary Chair, along with million. strong backup by the committee. The creative Visit musicacademy.org to see upcoming team for the Gala included Katelin Ridenour, events and programs, including the La Vie Events, and the Allison Jackson Mariposa Series of concerts. Company. The production team from Islay Events provided flawless stage, lighting, video, and sound. Seasons Catering provided the sumptuous dinner and desert courses. And the staff from the Music Academy were graciously onboard to encourage a seamless fundraiser as a concluding anchor of a summer filled with classical music workshops and concerts. There were many
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SB Bowl is Hot: Interpol Interpol at the Santa Barbara Bowl Friday night with another memorable summertime experience. 16 shows left this season. 311 with Dirty Heads, Atmosphere, and Rome today starting early 4:30pm.
Keeping Your Air Clean This simple filter on a box fan can save you from health issues in a wildland fire where ash and particulates are coming in to your home. It can be made for about $45. or less. You can also buy a air purifier HEPA machine, but both are important if you are a senior, have an infant or heart and lung issues. You want to keep the dirty air out and create a clean room where you live if possible. You can also go on line to the APCD and see if you qualify for a free filter unit. There is a special program now for residents of Old Town Goleta.
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It’s Pride Week in Santa Barbara
First Responders Updates Santa Barbara County Sheriff ’s detectives arrested a Carpinteria man following an investigation that resulted in the seizure of over nine pounds of dangerous drugs including fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine along with a firearm and ammunition.
The Pride flag is flying in De la Guerra Plaza in downtown Santa Barbara near City Hall for the first time. This marks the city’s Pride Week. A Pride Flag ceremony with about 50 people attending took place Monday. City leaders, LGBTQ+ advocates, families and community members attended.
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At his home, Kenneth Rivas of Carpinteria reportedly had approximately 3.2 pounds of suspected fentanyl, 6.5 pounds of suspected methamphetamine, 1 ounce of suspected cocaine, a handgun, ammunition and approximately $1,100 in cash. This seizure equates to approximately 14,528 potentially lethal doses of fentanyl. Rivas was booked at the Santa Barbara County Main Jail on felony charges including possession of narcotics for sale and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person. He is being held on $35,000 bail.
Last Weekend of Summer Vacation
Summer vacations are about two months these days and classes are starting back across the Central Coast. Last weekend was the last big weekend of time off for many families and they made the most of it.
Santa Barbara City Fire Investigators were on the scene Sunday to try to determine what started a destructive house fire in the 300 block of Alisos Street. Nine people were displaced. One had minor injuries Several cars were also destroyed.
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Going 115 on Highway 101 resulted in a double stop this week by the Santa Barbara CHP in Carpinteria. A McLaren and a BMW. They were on the way to the Monterey Car Week events. Both drivers were stopped and cited for unsafe speed and reckless driving. A ticket over 100 mph now is an alert to the DMV for possible license suspension.
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Poetry Out Loud Competition Registration Open SPARKING CREATIVITY AND PASSION, registration is now open for the 2026–27 Poetry Out Loud program. Santa Barbara County high schools may now apply to participate. The Santa Barbara County champion and first and second runners-up will receive gift cards, with the county champion also receiving formal recognition from the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors and advancing to the State Finals in Sacramento. The California State champion will receive a cash prize, funding for their school to purchase literary materials, an all-expenses-paid trip to the National Finals in Washington, D.C., and the opportunity to compete for college scholarship funds. Santa Barbara County schools must register by September 30th, using the online registration form. Poetry Out Loud is open to any public, private, charter, or homeschool high school program in Santa Barbara County. Modeled after a spelling bee, Poetry Out Loud begins each fall as students memorize and recite poems selected from an anthology. This national poetry recitation competition helps students strengthen public speaking skills, build confidence, and deepen their appreciation for literature. “Poetry Out Loud has been an incredible way to get my students excited about reading a variety of different styles of poetry,” said Righetti High School English Teacher Kristen Kurth. “I love when students who are not that excited about English find a specific poem that speaks to them in some way and then they want to show others how they got hooked.”
Teachers, administrators, or school staff can opt to facilitate a program in class or an elective, club, or after-school activity, and can request additional support from poet mentors. Students who do not have a program in their own school may contact the County Office of Arts and Culture directly to learn about additional participation options. The Santa Barbara County Poetry Out Loud Competition is scheduled for Wednesday, November 18, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. in the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Hearing Room in Santa Barbara.
“The Poetry Out Loud competition helps to build the speaking skills, inspire confidence and enrich the arts education of those that participate,” said Mark Oliver, Chair of the County Arts Commission. “The County Arts Commission encourages students to embrace this unique, countywide opportunity to excel.” Schools can learn more about the program and register through the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts & Culture website.
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Free Program Offers Scholarships, State Recognition, and Public Speaking Mentorship for High School Students
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Santa Barbara County POL Champion Jaslyn Lomibao at the 2025-2026 State Championship
Se abre la inscripción escolar para la competencia Poetry Out Loud en el condado de Santa Bárbara El programa gratuito ofrece becas, reconocimiento estatal y tutoría en oratoria para estudiantes de preparatoria.
YA SE ENCUENTRA ABIERTA LA INSCRIPCIÓN PARA QUE LAS ESCUELAS preparatorias del condado de Santa Bárbara participen en el programa Poetry Out Loud 2026–27. La persona que resulte campeona del condado de Santa Bárbara, así como el segundo y tercer lugar, recibirán tarjetas de regalo; la persona campeona del condado también recibirá un reconocimiento formal por parte de la Junta de Supervisores del condado de Santa Bárbara y avanzará a las Finales Estatales en Sacramento. Quien obtenga el campeonato estatal de California recibirá un premio en efectivo, fondos para que su escuela adquiera material literario, un viaje con todos los gastos pagados a las Finales Nacionales en Washington, D.C., y la oportunidad de competir por becas universitarias. Las escuelas del condado de Santa Bárbara deben registrarse a más tardar el 30 de septiembre de 2026 mediante el formulario de inscripción en línea.
Poetry Out Loud está abierto a cualquier programa de preparatoria de escuelas públicas, privadas, charter o de educación en el hogar dentro del condado de Santa Bárbara. Con una estructura similar a la de un concurso de ortografía (spelling bee), Poetry Out
Loud inicia cada otoño cuando los estudiantes memorizan y recitan poemas seleccionados de una antología. Esta competencia nacional de recitación poética ayuda a los estudiantes a fortalecer sus habilidades de oratoria, desarrollar confianza y profundizar su apreciación por la literatura.
una actividad optativa, club o actividad extracurricular y pueden solicitar apoyo adicional de poetas mentores. Aquellos estudiantes cuya escuela no cuente con el programa pueden comunicarse directamente con la Oficina de Arte y Cultura del Condado para conocer otras opciones de participación.
La competencia Poetry Out Loud del Condado de Santa Bárbara está programada para Santa Barbara County POL Champion Alicia Blanco Imagen 1. Jaslyn el miércoles 18 de noviembre Bautista at the 2024-2025 State Championship Lomibao, campeona de de 2026 a las 5:30 p. m. en Poetry Out Loud del Condado de Santa Bárbara en el la Sala de Audiencias de la Junta de Supervisores del Campeonato Estatal 2025-2026, foto de Luke Cheng. Condado de Santa Bárbara (Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Hearing Room), en Santa Imagen 2. Alicia Blanco Bautista, campeona de Poetry Out Loud del Condado de Santa Bárbara en el Bárbara. Campeonato Estatal 2024-2025, foto de Luke Cheng.
“Poetry Out Loud ha sido una forma increíble de entusiasmar a mis estudiantes con la lectura de una variedad de estilos poéticos”, señaló Kristen Kurth, profesora de inglés en la Preparatoria Righetti. “Me encanta cuando los estudiantes que no están muy entusiasmados con la materia de inglés encuentran un poema específico que les habla de alguna manera y luego quieren mostrar a los demás cómo los atrapó”. Los maestros, administradores o personal escolar pueden optar por impartir el programa en clase o
“El concurso Poetry Out Loud ayuda a desarrollar las habilidades de oratoria, inspirar confianza y enriquecer la educación artística de quienes participan”, dijo Mark Oliver, presidente de la Comisión de Artes del Condado. “La Comisión de Artes del Condado alienta a los estudiantes a aprovechar esta oportunidad única a nivel del condado para sobresalir”.
Las escuelas pueden aprender más sobre el programa y registrarse a través del sitio web de la Oficina de Arte y Cultura del Condado de Santa Bárbara. www.sbac.ca.gov / poetryoutloud.org
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Cottage Health Listed Among 2026 PEOPLE Companies That Care
RECOGNIZING COTTAGE HEALTH ON A NATIONAL SCALE for their workplace culture and commitment to employees and communities, Great Place To Work® and PEOPLE magazine have named the local organization as one of the 2026 PEOPLE® Companies that Care. This list is highly competitive and largely based on employee surveys about their workplace experience, with honorees selected based on their ability to care for employees, families, and the communities where they operate. Cottage Health bases its workplace culture on the idea of shared governance, encouraging employees to share their experiences, ideas, and solutions to help strengthen the organization and its care. Cottage Health also offers various employee programs and resources such as initiatives focused on homeownership and access to child care.
“This recognition is especially meaningful because it reflects the experiences of those who make Cottage Health such a special place to work,” said Cara Williams, Chief Human Resources Officer at Cottage Health. “We are proud of the culture our teams help shape at Cottage Health, and learning from employee feedback is cottagehealth.org an important part of how we continue to strengthen it.”
Detection Cameras Used for Goleta Citywide Traffic Signal Upgrade Project
LOCALS DRIVING AROUND GOLETA WILL NOTICE RECENTLY INSTALLED CAMERAS at various in Goleta intersections, which will be used for vehicle detection as part of Goleta’s Citywide Traffic Signal Upgrade Project, according to a city announcement. The city statement reads: “The upgraded cameras are not currently online, but once in operation, they will detect when vehicles are present and allow the traffic signal to respond to traffic demand. The cameras are not license plate readers or traffic enforcement cameras. They do not record or store video, identify vehicles or individuals, issue citations, or transmit information to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.” As construction in Goleta continues, some traffic signals will operate in recall or default timing mode, meaning the signals may run on preset timing rather than responding to current traffic demand, which may result in additional delays. Traffic signals will be returned to their normal operating configuration as work is completed, with the project expected to be finished by early September 2026.
Questions may be directed to Administration-PW@cityofgoleta.gov.
Registration Open for CEC’s Fall Climate Stewards Course
HELP LEARN HOW TO CREATE A HEALTHIER, MORE RESILIENT CENTRAL COAST this fall when the Community Environmental Council hosts its next Climate Stewards Course. Held from 6:30 to 8:30pm on Tuesdays, September 15th through October 27th, the course is open to all locals, including educators, non-profit leaders, students, retirees, business owners, and climate advocates. The course will be held via weekly Zoom meetings as well as hands-on field trips. “Becoming a Climate Steward gave me facts to stand on and the tools to talk about them,” shared past program participant Ali Hanson. “I’ll always be an ambassador for this program. It’s approachable for anyone, no matter where they are on their climate journey, and it gave me both the confidence and the community to keep making an impact.”
Scholarships are available. To learn more and register visit cecsb.org/climate-stewards
August 21, 2026
New Hollister Care Center Unites Greater Central Coast Dermatology Services
Aniko Kim, Director of Operations, Matt Baumann, Ambulatory CEO, Dr. Kurt Ransohoff, President, Sutter Health Greater Central Coast, and Lindsay Cortina, VP, Strategy & Business Development
BRINGING TOGETHER ALL OF SUTTER HEALTH GREATER CENTRAL COAST’S DERMATOLOGISTS in one location, the new Hollister Care Center has officially opened. Located at 5383 Hollister Ave., Suite 140 in Goleta, the dermatology facility features 21 exam rooms, three treatment rooms, three Mohs surgery exam rooms, a dedicated Mohs laboratory, photo therapy and laser treatment areas, and modern clinical and support spaces.
The eight practicing physicians at the new location include Dr. Tamara Berry, board-certified dermatologist; Dr. Bret Davis, board-certified dermatologist, chair, Dermatology Department; Dr. Peter Ford, board-certified dermatologist; Dr. Tony Jiang, board-certified dermatologist; Dr. Andrew Kwong, boardcertified dermatologist, Mohs micrographic surgery, and fellowship training in Mohs surgery; Dr. Lindsay Sklover, board-certified dermatologist; Dr. Jason Solway, board-certified dermatologist; and Dr. Jessica Sprague, board-certified sutterhealth.org dermatologist and pediatric dermatologist.
SB Polo & Racquet Club Hosts 2026 U.S. Polo Assn. Pacific Coast Open Through August 30th THE CROWN JEWEL OF WEST COAST POLO is in full swing as the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, in partnership with U.S. Polo Assn., the official sports brand of the United States Polo Association (USPA), continues to host the 2026 U.S. Polo Assn. Pacific Coast Open through August 30th.
“The U.S. Polo Assn. Pacific Coast Open is one of those special occasions when you can feel polo history all around you,” said David Sigman, General Manager of the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club. “For more than a century, this tournament has brought together remarkable players, horses and fans, and we’re proud to carry that tradition forward here in Santa Barbara. Whether you’ve followed polo for years or are joining us for the first time, there’s nothing quite like being here and experiencing it together.”
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Matches are being held Fridays at 4pm and on Sundays at 3:30pm. The semifinals will take place Friday, August 28th, at 4pm, followed by the championship final on Sunday, August 30th, at 3:30pm. The semifinals and final will also be livestreamed on the USPA Polo Network. Viewing details, including access information, are available on the USPA Polo Network livestream schedule For tickets and information visit SBPolo.com and Global Polo YouTube.
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Theatre News
Joe Spano To Appear at The New Vic Theatre
Celebrating Hispanic Culture – Raíces y Sueños
THE RICHNESS OF HISPANIC CULTURE will be celebrated at the Santa Barbara Public Library, an annual event of family acitivities.
This year’s programming will focus on honoring culturally diverse roots, sharing traditions, and creating spaces where people of all backgrounds can learn, engage, and celebrate. Community members of all ages are invited to participate in more than 15 events, including curated art exhibits, a celebration honoring grandparents, a cooking workshop series, musical performances, a special mercado, and so much more! Raices y Suenos will be held on September 3rd through October 14th. “Since 2024, Raíces y Sueños has brought the community together to celebrate culture, learn from one another, and connect with library resources,” said Catalina Morancey, Spanish Outreach Coordinator. “By creating programs where people feel seen and represented, this initiative builds trust, strengthens connections, and encourages community members to discover and use more library services.” “This series of programming illustrates Santa Barbara Public Library’s dedication to celebrating our diverse community,” said Brandon Beaudette, Library Director. “We’re proud to continue growing this series and creating spaces where everyone can appreciate the diversity and vibrancy of Hispanic heritage.” For more information and the full lineup of events, sbplibrary.org/raicesysuenos
Raíces y Sueños (Roots & Dreams) 2026
La Biblioteca Pública de Santa Bárbara se enorgullece de presentar Raíces y Sueños 2026, una serie anual de eventos vibrantes, gratuitos y para toda la familia; estos eventos celebran la riqueza de la cultura hispana. La programación de este año se enfoca en honrar nuestras diversas raíces culturales, compartir nuestras tradiciones y crear espacios donde personas de todos los orígenes puedan aprender, participar y celebrar. Invitamos a miembros de la comunidad de todas las edades a participar en más de 15 eventos, que incluyen exposiciones de arte, una celebración en honor a los abuelos, una serie de talleres de cocina, presentaciones musicales, un mercado especial y mucho más. Raíces y Sueños, Del 3 de septiembre al 14 de octubre. “Desde 2024, Raíces y Sueños ha reunido a nuestra comunidad para celebrar nuestras culturas, aprender unos de otros y conectarnos con los recursos de la biblioteca”, dijo Catalina Morancey, coordinadora de divulgación en español. “Al crear programas donde las personas se sienten representadas y valoradas, esta iniciativa fortalece la confianza, fomenta las conexiones y anima a los miembros de la comunidad a descubrir y utilizar más servicios de la biblioteca”. “Esta serie de programas refleja el compromiso de la Biblioteca Pública de Santa Bárbara con la celebración de nuestra diversa comunidad”, dijo Brandon Beaudette, director de la Biblioteca. “Nos enorgullece continuar haciendo crecer esta serie y crear espacios donde todos puedan apreciar la diversidad y la riqueza de la herencia hispana”. Para obtener más información y consultar la programación completa de eventos, visita Raíces y Sueños (sbplibrary.org/raicesysuenos).
A NEW STAGED READING BY JOHN ROMANO and directed by Jenny Sullivan, King Of The Wild Frontier will feature Joe Spano and play for one performance at the New Vic Theatre. That performance will be followed by a post-show talk back featuring the creative team. A benefit for the Ensemble Theatre Company, the performance will take place on Sunday, August 30th at 2pm at the New Vic Theatre, 33 W. Victoria St. in Santa Barbara.
Set against the world of a New Jersey country club in the 1960s, King of the Wild Frontier is a richly layered, funny, suspenseful, and deeply moving meditation on family, faith, organized crime, and the moral choices that shape a life. Through Joe Spano the memories of a young man coming of age, Romano interweaves two stories: one involving a gifted golfer whose desperation leads him across an unspoken line, and another involving a Catholic school student whose faith is transformed by an encounter with authority. The stories converge in a haunting reflection on power, conscience, and the hidden structures that hold a world together. Joe Spano is one of America’s most respected actors, with an extraordinary career spanning Broadway, regional theatre, film, and television. He received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Midnight Caller and earned widespread acclaim as Lt. Henry Goldblume on Hill Street Blues. For more than two decades, audiences have also known him as FBI Special Agent Tobias Fornell on NCIS. His film credits include Apollo 13, Primal Fear, American Graffiti, Hart’s War, Fracture, and Frost/Nixon. On Broadway, he appeared opposite Eli Wallach in Arthur Miller’s The Price.
John Romano is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter, television writer and producer, playwright, novelist, and essayist whose career bridges literature, theatre, film and television. His film credits include The Lincoln Lawyer, Nights in Rodanthe, Intolerable Cruelty, and The Third Miracle. In television, Romano wrote for and produced some of the medium’s most acclaimed dramatic series, including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Monk, Party of Five, Third Watch, Banshee, and Hell on Wheels. He received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for writing the final episode of Hill Street Blues. Before moving to Los Angeles to join Hill Street Blues, Romano taught English at Columbia University, and wrote the literary study Dickens and Reality. Jenny Sullivan is an award-winning director whose credits include the Ensemble Theatre Company, Rubicon Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Laguna Playhouse, The Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Theatre 40, The Falcon Theatre, and OffBroadway. She directed the world premiere of Jane Anderson’s The Baby Dance at Pasadena Playhouse.
King Of The Wild Frontier will perform on Sunday, August 30th, at 2pm at The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria Street. Ticket prices are $50 (show only) & $100 (which includes a VIP Reception) and can be purchased at etcsb.org. For more information, call 805-965-5400.
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BUSINESS Summer Coffee & Community Set for August 29th
PARADISE SKATING RINK will be the location of the next Coffee & Community / Café y Comunidad. Make time to stop in on August 29th for iced coffee and conversation from 9 to 11am. Councilmember Stuart Kasdin, Mayor Paula Perotte, and Goleta’s Chief of Police Services, Lt. Jarret Morris, all plan to join community members there.
People will have the opportunity to ask questions, provide feedback, and get updates on important topics impacting western Goleta such as airport noise, housing, homelessness, traffic safety, and upcoming projects like the Barnsdall Rio-Grande gas station.
Spanish interpretation will be provided. Ice in Paradise will provide complimentary coffee, muffins, and activities for the kids outside the Rinkside Café and free skate passes (not including skate rental). cityofgoleta.org
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Inflation Here to Stay
“The Producer Price Index for final demand was unchanged in July, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand increased 4.7 percent for the 12 months ended in July.” BLS By Harlan Green, Special to VOICE, August 13, 2026
THE WHOLESALE PPI IS A SIGN that inflation is too high to raise hopes for any decrease in interest rates anytime soon. And because the PPI measures the cost of raw materials that go into retail products, it foretells how consumer prices will behave in the coming months. In fact, August PPI also tells us why interest rates are soaring in the bond markets as well that set mortgage rates. It’s why 30-year fixed mortgage rates have risen to 6.67 percent at this writing.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory projects U.S. data center electricity demand will grow from 176 TWh in 2023 (about 4.4% of total U.S. electricity) to 325–580 TWh by 2028 (6.7–12% of total U.S. electricity)
That’s probably why Q1 2026 GDP growth was just 2.1 percent, and the advance Q2 estimate was 1.5 percent, as I’ve said.
Tech financial analysts worry that enthusiasm for AI has So why are interest rates turned into a bubble so high at this time? that is reminiscent It’s not only of the mania the ongoing around the wars creating internet’s shortages in infrastructure everything build-out boom (mainly Iran from 1998-2000, and Ukraine) By Harlan Green I have also been but the huge saying. During that demand for more time period, telecom money to build out network providers spent over the AI data centers. Musk’s $100 billion blanketing the SpaceX IPO got ahead of the country with fiber optic cables crowd by netting $75 billion, based on the belief that the which delayed IPOs for Open A and Anthropic among others. internet’s growth would be so explosive that such massive The IEEE Technology Society investments were justified. predicts that the AI build out The “talk of the town” during will cost $363 to $400 billion. those years was the “All And the investments are Optical Network,” with ultramostly borrowed money which long haul optical transceiver, is driving up bond yields even photonic switches and optical higher, crowding out funding add/drop multiplexers. 27 for much-needed government years later, it still has not programs. been realized anywhere in the world. The 10-year Treasury yield is 4.70 percent today, up from The annual PPI held at its low of 4.1 percent April 4.7 percent for the past 3, 2025 (tariff liberation day two months, down from again). 5.5 percent, which is the stratosphere as far as inflation And that’s not all. Once up and is concerned. The last time it running, the amount of water even approached the Fed’s 2 and electrical power needed to percent target was April 2025, operate the data centers drives the month Trump began his up electricity prices as well. illegal liberation day tariffs And global warming will be that is now refunding, per the exacerbated from the excess
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The real lesson(s) from the self-induced geopolitical uncertainty by the Trump administration is that many safeguards are being reduced or eliminated that protect the American economy and American citizens. These safeguards include paying down the national debt instead of tax cuts that increase it, funding scientific research instead of reducing it, and expanding public health care. Without those safeguards it's just a matter of time before another recession.
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The Importance of Balance Training By Sally Saenger
What Is Balance Training? In basic terms, balance training involves exercises that improve your ability to maintain your center of gravity over your base of support. This can include practicing static balance exercises such as standing on one leg or dynamic exercises such as walking heel-to-toe as if on a tightrope and weight shifting. As you perform a balance exercise—even if you wobble slightly forward, backward, or side to side—your brain gathers information about your body’s position in space. When it senses that you’re leaning too far in one direction, it quickly activates the muscles needed to bring you back to center. By practicing these movements repeatedly, your brain learns to activate the right muscles at the right time more quickly. This creates muscle memory, the ability to perform familiar Sally Saenger movements with little conscious effort. As your muscle memory becomes more efficient, your ability to balance effectively improves.
Why Do Balance Training? As we age, our bodies go through a number of changes that can affect our balance. These changes include a loss of muscle mass and strength, decreased bone density, and reduced function of the body’s sensory systems—vision, the vestibular system, and proprioception. Together, these changes can affect your sense of balance and increase your risk of falls.
to a better overall quality of life.
How Often Should You Do Balance Exercises? It is recommended that older adults perform specific balance and stability training exercises at least two to three times per week, in addition to other forms of exercise such as strength training, stretching, and cardiovascular exercise. My suggestion is to find ways to give attention to improving your balance skills every day, even if it’s only a few minutes. Also, try to include a variety of physical and recreational activities in your life. Dancing, tennis, tai chi, yoga, and other similar activities challenge your stability in different ways and help your balance continue to improve. Balance is a skill that must be practiced regularly in order to improve. Challenge yourself enough to make progress, but always practice in a safe environment where you feel confident and secure. The extra time invested in balance training is well worth the effort. It can help you stay active, independent, and confident for years to come. Sally Saenger, faculty member at SBCC, works with older adults in the public and private sector, specializing in senior strength, balance and mobility training. www.LifelongFitness.org
By Tiff Thompson, PhD
There is a myth about the aging brain I would like to retire: that cognitive decline runs on a schedule, and we are all simply waiting for our appointment. Well, after nearly two decades of recording and reading the brain’s electrical rhythms, I can tell you this narrative needn’t be yours.
How Does Balance Training Help?
Here is what’s true about the aging brain. Each unique brain creates a resting rhythm, a steady wave that shows up when you close your eyes, called alpha. From teenage years until about 60, it hums along at about ten cycles per second. With age, it tends to slow. By 70 it may be running closer to nine, or eight cycles per second. This slowing is ordinary and not easily changed.
Second, balance training improves muscle strength, mobility, and flexibility, all of which are important for maintaining stability and preventing falls. By challenging your body to maintain equilibrium during both static and dynamic movements, it also enhances coordination and motor control. Regular practice can even improve posture, another key component of good balance. Finally, balance training helps build confidence and maintain independence. As your balance improves, you’ll likely become less fearful of falling and more confident in your ability to move safely. This can encourage you to stay more active and engaged in your daily activities, leading
• For local, in-person senior classes for developing balance skills, SBCC School of Extended Learning has the most diverse offerings and all are tuition-free. Check the schedule of classes online (sbcc.edu/extendedlearning) or go to the Wake or Schott Campus for a hard-copy schedule. The Wellness category offers several classes to help to improve balance: Active Body, Active Mind; Yoga for Balance; Tai Chi for Stability; and Rhythm-Based Mobility. • Both Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Department’s Older Adults Program (805-897-2519) and the Goleta Senior Program (805-690-5106) offer low-cost exercise classes for seniors. • For free online classes, SeniorPlanet.org and SilverSneakers.com offer live, online balance classes as well as recorded classes specifically for senior balance and stability training. • The YMCA, private clubs, and fitness centers often offer balance classes for seniors, call for information. • The next CSA Successful Aging Club event will focus on balance. Don’t get left out! Call CSA for information at 805-898-8080 and get on the list to be notified of free club events.
The Myth of the Aging Brain
Research shows that regular balance training helps older adults improve balance and reduce their risk of falling. This type of training involves exercises that challenge the body’s ability to maintain stability and control its movements, thus helping you stay steadier and more confident during everyday activities.
First, balance training enhances proprioception, your body’s awareness of its position in space. It also strengthens muscle memory, allowing you to react more quickly to changes in your environment and maintain your balance more effectively.
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What can create more troubling symptoms are fading memory, slower reactions, forgetting things, word-finding issues. This is when the data shows drifts—slowing that is concentrated in one region and deepens over time. A woman came to me at age 72, concerned that words were going missing—names, the right noun, the thread of a sentence. Her overall base alpha rhythm was on the slow side of normal, but not abnormal. What stood out was a pocket of slow
activity over her left temporal lobe, which is territory that matters for words and meaning. Three years later, it had slowed further. This corresponded to her reported worsening symptoms. Fortunately for her, this change was caught while she still had time to act. The fact is, our brains have the ability to change, even in our twilight years. Our neurological patterns can be altered and cognitive capacity can be brightened. I know because it’s what I have the privilege to do every day. Some of my favorite success stories are in lessening those pockets of slowing brainwave, which are often created by wear and tear on the system, a life full of stress, or cardiovascular issues. In my clinic, we use quantitative EEG to see how a brain is organizing itself, and to track whether that organization is holding or drifting over time. For some patients, we also work directly with those rhythms using gentle, non-invasive stimulation. This approach is still considered investigational, and I say so plainly. But I have watched those pockets of slowing lift, and watched words come back. That is reason enough to keep at it. Tiff Thompson, PhD, is a clinical neuroscientist and licensed therapist in Santa Barbara. neurofieldneurotherapy.com.
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Community: The Magic of Gathering By Beth Amine
Every season when I sit down to write this column, a theme naturally emerges. It isn’t something I plan. Instead, it reflects what has been most alive in my own life and in the lives of those around me. This season, it is community. I have been blessed to live in a town where communities weave together like the threads of a beautiful tapestry. My art groups, dance gatherings, caregiver clans, students, friends, neighbors, and family have all become part of the fabric of my life.
Beth Amine Each has enriched me with friendship, inspiration, encouragement, shared purpose, and countless moments of joy that could never have happened from just being alone.
Reflecting on more than five decades of bringing people together through creativity and celebration, I realized the activities themselves were almost secondary. Looking back, I see that community was always the art form. Something remarkable happens whenever people come together with open hearts. Confidence grows. Friendships form. Differences soften. People discover gifts they didn’t know they had, and individuals blossom in the safety of being able to be truly who they are. Over the years, I have watched shy people find confidence, grieving people rediscover joy, strangers become lifelong friends, and individuals bloom simply because they were welcomed into a community that celebrated authenticity rather than perfection. Those moments have convinced me that one of the greatest gifts we can offer each other is the opportunity to grow and flourish together. Perhaps this longing for connection lives deep within us because it always has. Our ancestors depended upon one another for safety, survival, and shared wisdom. Although our lives look very different today, our hearts are still wired for being part of a whole where we create, celebrate, and thrive together. Today, our need for relationship remains just as vital, even though our “tribes” can now stretch far beyond our neighborhoods. For the first time in history, we witness the lives, struggles, celebrations, and triumphs of people across the globe every
single day. This offers us an extraordinary opportunity—to expand our sense of community beyond “my family” or “my town” and begin to embrace our shared humanity. Every act of kindness, every gesture of understanding, every bridge we build reminds us that we are part of one human family. One of the strongest contributors to a long and fulfilling life is staying socially engaged through meaningful relationships and shared activities. How do you find community at any age and support your healthy longevity? Begin with what lights you up. Follow your deepest interests. Join a walking group, a choir, a volunteer organization, an art class, or a book club. If getting out is difficult, online communities can offer meaningful friendships and support right from home. Successful aging isn’t simply just about taking care of ourselves. It is also about discovering where we belong, contributing our unique gifts, and remembering that each of us has the power to make someone else feel seen. It’s about staying engaged, sharing our talents, nurturing meaningful relationships, and continuing to contribute to something larger than ourselves. When we create community, we don’t just enrich our own lives—we help create a kinder world, one connection at a time. dancingwithtime.com beth@bethamine.com
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“Tell Me Your Stories”
Eight-Week Writing Workshop for Seniors Sponsored by Center for Successful Aging
“Tell Me Your Stories” is an intimate and inspiring eight-week writing workshop created for seniors who feel called to preserve, explore, and share the stories of their lives. This workshop offers a welcoming, supportive space where memories are honored, voices are nurtured, and life experiences are shaped into meaningful written expression. The workshop is produced by Rod Lathim, who has for years produced CSA benefit concerts for seniors at The Marjorie Luke Theatre. The class is led by Cynthia Waring, an accomplished author and playwright whose celebrated work “Bodies Unbound” has inspired audiences nationwide for decades. A senior herself, Cynthia brings a rare blend of artistic mastery, intuitive insight, and heartfelt connection to her teaching. Her enthusiasm, compassion, and vibrant spirit create an atmosphere that is both energizing and deeply supportive. Each session gently guides participants into the art of storytelling. Through thoughtfully offered prompts—exploring memories of childhood, travel, love, loss, and pivotal life moments—participants will write for twenty minutes, allowing their stories to emerge naturally and authentically. Throughout the workshop, participants will learn to: • Organize and shape their stories • Use language to bring memories vividly to life • Apply techniques for documenting personal life experiences • Paint rich, evocative images with words • Weave past experiences together with the wisdom of the present Participants will also have the opportunity to share what they’ve written. While this may feel daunting at first, many discover it to be deeply rewarding, even exhilarating. There is a unique power in being heard and in listening. The shared experience fosters connection, builds confidence, and affirms that every story holds value. Cynthia Waring
Just as important, this workshop offers something many seniors may be missing— meaningful social connection. In a time when isolation can quietly take over daily life, “Tell Me Your Stories” provides a healthy, uplifting way to gather with peers in a safe and supportive environment. Here, participants are not only writing, they are connecting, engaging, and rediscovering the joy of shared human experience. Participating in a class setting offers far more than writing in isolation. It brings motivation, inspiration, laughter, reflection, and the simple but profound comfort of being in community. Listening to others, and being heard, enriches our lives in ways that extend far beyond the page.
Curiosity Leads, Learning Follows FIND YOUR COMMUNITY. CLASSES ARE FREE. REGISTER NOW AT SEL.SBCC.EDU For assistance, visit our Welcome Centers at Wake or Schott Campus or call (805) 683-8201.
“Tell Me Your Stories” is more than a writing workshop—it is an opportunity to reflect, connect, and celebrate a life fully lived. It invites participants to honor their journey, share their voice, and experience the healing and vitality that comes from storytelling together. Classes meet 2:30-4:00pm beginning Tuesday September 9th and continuing each Wednesday through October 27th at Gardens on Hope. There is a $10 fee per class session, with scholarships available for low-income seniors. For more information, scheduling and registration contact: cynthiawaring22@gmail.com
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data from Down Under has been The Flu and You year, concerning, with a highly contagious flu By Judi Shor, PharmD, CSA Counselor
Fall is around the corner, and with it the inevitable start of influenza season. However, all year long, scientists are collecting and studying flu samples in over 129 countries around the globe. The most dangerous and contagious viral strains are then identified and incorporated into the United States flu vaccine formulation. This helps recipients to stay one step ahead of a severe flu season. Australia’s current winter season, which aligns with our summer, often provides an early prediction of the strains expected to circulate in the U.S. This
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mutation known as Super-K contributing to a massive surge in Australian transmission and hospitalizations. The good news is that although flu viruses continue to mutate and evolve, the current Super-K variant has been proactively included in the 2026-27 U.S. vaccine formulations. As the American Lung Association states, “Vaccination is the best way to prevent flu and its potentially serious complications for almost everyone.” Older adults overwhelmingly fall into the cohort of those most at risk of flu complications, particularly if unvaccinated. Nearly 85% of flu-related
CSA Is Here to Help! The Center for Successful Aging (CSA) offers several programs to help you age successfully: Senior Peer Counselors are marriage and family therapist interns and trained volunteers who provide individual and group support and direction to seniors. Staff are supervised by CSA’s Clinical Director, Gary Linker, PhD, MFT. Fees are determined on a sliding scale and free for Medicare/Medi-Cal clients. CareLine is a telephone reassurance program with CSA volunteers calling seniors regularly to check in and make sure they have their daily needs met. This free service is open to any senior living alone. Real Help provides seniors with help in their homes: basic caregiving, cooking, cleaning, driving, and light housework. Helpers are available at a discounted rate of $25 per hour, usually for a 2-hour minimum. Successful Aging Club is a casual club where seniors can gather to meet and enjoy quarterly educational or recreational activities. The club is free to join. Successful Aging is CSA’s quarterly newspaper, with important and relevant articles and programs for all seniors living between Carpinteria and Goleta. Please see the CSA website, csasb.org, or call 805-963-8080.
vaccination. Although subject to change, U.S. vaccination start dates for adults age 65 and older are September or October with one of the following preservative-free, FDA-approved options:
deaths and up to 70% of hospitalizations occur in the over-65 unvaccinated population. While it is still possible to contract the flu after vaccination, studies consistently show that vaccination reduces the risk of severe outcomes such as pneumonia, organ failure, hospitalization, and death. I am often asked if the flu vaccine can cause the flu. It takes about two weeks for full post- vaccination immunity to set in, so it is possible to catch the flu during that time interval or to contract another significant respiratory virus, such as RSV or COVID-19. Influenza injections are composed of inactivated viruses, meaning they are biologically incapable of causing infection. Mild post-vaccination flu-like symptoms, such as fatigue or a mild fever, are actually positive signs that the immune system is mounting a protective response. Vaccinated or not, seniors experiencing flu symptoms or exposure to infected contacts, such as during a nursing home or workplace outbreak, may immediately contact their healthcare provider for consideration of additional antiviral therapy to shorten the course and reduce symptoms and spread. For maximum benefit, antivirals are best prescribed during the first 48 hours of flu symptom onset. Antiviral agents, however, have limited efficacy and potential side effects, and are not a substitute for timely
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Fluzone High-Dose®: The high-dose [HD] formulation is four times stronger than the standard-dose flu shot. Clinical studies have shown that HD elicits a stronger antibody response in older adults, with a significant reduction in flu-related hospitalizations and deaths. FLUAD®: The body’s immune response is enhanced by the addition of its specialized adjuvant, i.e., booster ingredient. It was specifically developed for older adults whose immune systems have been weakened due to age, certain medications, or underlying disease. FLUBLOK®: Created in the laboratory, this recombinant (genetically multi-sourced formulation) bypasses the need for egg or virus cell cultivation. This technology has generated an accessible alternative for individuals seeking an egg-free vaccine. Fluzone HD and Fluad are both eggbased vaccines. However, updated instructions on egg allergies now state that the amount of purified egg protein in each vaccine is inconsequential and no longer requires special precautions. The exception is that individuals who previously experienced a severe allergic reaction to an egg-based influenza vaccine would prudently continue to opt for egg-free alternatives.
At present, the above three vaccines are all equally recommended for seniors. Side effects are generally mild and subside within 48 to 72 hours. Refer to the FDA website for updates and detailed information on each vaccine: www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/ vaccines. As always, consult with your healthcare provider regarding vaccinerelated concerns and guidance. Judi Shor operates a senior care management practice; she is a boardcertified Geriatric Care Manager. ShorCare@gmail.com or 805-895-1014
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Safe Moves for Seniors: Compassion in Action Moving Miss Daisy is proud to announce it will serve as the Safe Moves for Seniors chapter for Santa Barbara County. As Certified Senior Move Managers, they help older adults and their families navigate one of life’s most emotional transitions. Glenn Novack, owner of Moving Miss Daisy, noted, “Whether downsizing, relocating to assisted living, or moving closer to family, we know a move involves much more than packing boxes—it requires organization, guidance, and compassion.” Safe Moves for Seniors is a national nonprofit founded by Jill Yesko Diana, a respected leader in senior move management and longtime member of the National Association of Senior & Specialty Move Managers (NASMM). Its mission is to ensure older adults facing financial hardship can receive professional movemanagement services with dignity, compassion, and respect. Many seniors simply cannot afford professional movemanagement services. Through Safe Moves for Seniors, qualified individuals receive the help they need regardless of their financial circumstances. Moving Miss Daisy frequently reduces its fees by 50 percent—or waives them entirely Safe Moves for Seniors client and when necessary—and pet all packed and ready to our professional moving go. The newest chapter of this partners generously program is here in Santa Barbara with Moving Miss Daisy and Miss donate or discount a Daisy’s Consignment & Auction portion of their services. House. Together, we work to ensure that no senior is left without support during this important life transition. Helping fund these efforts locally is Consign for a Cause at Miss Daisy’s Consignment & Auction House. Consignors may donate part or all of their consignment proceeds to Safe Moves for Seniors, transforming items they no longer need into meaningful assistance for older adults in our community. Every donated commission helps provide professional guidance, compassionate care, and practical support to seniors throughout Santa Barbara County. Diana describes the program best, “I would say this is the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done.” Her vision continues to inspire communities across the country to ensure older adults with limited incomes can move to better homes safely and with dignity. For Novack, this mission has become personal. “Moving Miss Daisy has never been just about moving people, it’s about caring for people,” he said. “Safe Moves for Seniors allows us to help older adults who have nowhere else to turn, while Consign for a Cause gives our community a meaningful way to become part of that mission. Together, we’re proving one donated chair, one dresser, or one collection of a lifetime can help change someone’s life.” https://www.safemovesforseniors.org/santabarbara info@movingmissdaisy.com
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Don’t Fall This Fall… or At All! checked regularly and reviewing your medications with your doctor or pharmacist. Some prescriptions can affect balance or make you feel dizzy without you even realizing it.
By Rachel McDonald
Personally, Autumn is my favorite time of year. The air gets that energizing crispness, some trees in the neighborhood put on a beautiful show, and pumpkin-flavored everything shows up seemingly overnight. The beauty of Fall is undeniable, but there’s one kind of fall we’d all rather avoid—a tumble. Here are a few simple habits and tools you can use to stay steady on your feet: One of the best ways to prevent falls is to keep your body strong and balanced. Gentle strength training like standing and sitting several times in a row, balance exercises such as standing with your feet on an imaginary tightrope, dancing, tai chi, and even regular walks can improve your stability and confidence. Assess your home by taking a quick
And finally, don’t rush. Whether you’re answering the phone, getting out of bed, or answering the door, taking an extra few seconds is far better than spending weeks recovering from a fall. look around. Loose rugs, electrical cords, and clutter can become unexpected trip hazards. Good lighting is another easy fix. If you have to squint to see where you’re walking, it’s time for a brighter bulb. Don’t forget your feet! Supportive, well-fitting shoes with non-slip soles are much safer than slippers that slide or shoes with worn-out soles. It’s also worth having your eyes
This Fall, enjoy the changing seasons, get outside, stay active, and keep making wonderful memories. With a little preparation and a few healthy habits, you can help make sure the only thing falling this season is the leaves. Rachel McDonald is a fitness professional specializing in working with seniors as well as cancer patients and survivors. rachel@fitnessrachel.com
Keeping The Shine On Your Golden Years By Gary Linker, CSA Clinical Director
Most of us hope to enjoy what we call the Golden Years, that later chapter of life. If fortunate enough, we relax and travel, enjoying family, friends, and hobbies and harvesting what we have built over the years. However, due to the miracles of modern science, many of us are living long enough that we literally outgrow our brain’s functionality, leading to cognitive impairment or dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. In these situations our minds just don’t quite work as they did before, causing difficulty with problem-solving, memory recall, and even language expression. In early stages, we call this condition Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). MCI is not considered dementia, but it may be a precursor. Fortunately, there are lifestyle strategies that can delay, if not prevent, further decline. If someone you know is showing early signs of cognitive decline, I suggest that he or she consult a neurologist and if emotional support might be beneficial, join a support group. The Center for Successful Aging is now offering such a group at their location in Santa Barbara. We provide a warm and caring setting where participants can share their experiences and get the support of others in similar circumstances. The group meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 4-5pm, and is free of charge. For further information, contact the Center at 805898-8080. Gary Linker, Ph.D. has worked for the past 47+ years as a Marriage, Family Therapist. Contact Dr. Linker at (805) 898-8080 or info@csasb.org
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE – CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NUMBER: 26CV04473. Petitioner: Ghina Fouad Brogan filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Ghina Fouad Brogan to PROPOSED NAME: Ghina Chloe Haddad. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: September 21, 2026; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 5; ROOM: [ ] other (specify): at the: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the courts website. To find your courts website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.) 3 a. [X] A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation: [x] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 07/22/26 /s/: Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #26CV04473 Pub Dates: August 14, 21, 28, September 4, 2026. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE – CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NUMBER: 26CV04233. Petitioner: Cynthia Elizabeth Perez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Cynthia Elizabeth Perez to PROPOSED NAME: Cynthia Elizabeth Santoyo. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: September 9, 2026; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 3; ROOM: [ ] other (specify): at the: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the courts website. To find your courts website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.) 3 a. [X] A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation: [x] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 07/17/26 /s/: Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #26CV04233 Pub Dates: July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 2026.
20 Local News for a Global Village | www.VoiceSB.com Insertion Date: Print: 8.21.26; Digital 8.19.26 7.6” times 3 columns = $108.98 • 8.21.26 PC meeting 9.3.26.Kira Esparza RE: 33 E Canon Perdido St : PO 32600495
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NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONS ON APPLICATIONS REGARDING PROVISIONS OF TITLE 28 AND/OR 30 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA (SBMC) The Secretary of the Planning Commission has set a public hearing for Thursday, September 03, 2026 beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street. On Thursday, August 27, 2026, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Thursday, September 03, 2026 will be posted on the outdoor bulletin board at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, and online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC. Agendas, Minutes, and Staff Reports are also accessible online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC. TELEVISION COVERAGE: This meeting will be broadcast live on City TV-Channel 18 and online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTV. See SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTVProgramGuide for a rebroadcast schedule. An archived video of this meeting will be available at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PCVideos. Public comments may be submitted via email to WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT: PCSecretary@SantaBarbaraCA.gov before the beginning of the Meeting. All public comments submitted via email will be provided to the Commission and will become part of the public record. You may also submit written correspondence via US Postal Service (USPS) addressed to PC Secretary, PO Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990. However, please be advised, correspondence sent via USPS may not be received in time to process prior to the meeting and email submissions are highly encouraged. Please note that the Commission may not have time to review written comments received after 4:30 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting. All public comment that is received before 4:30 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting will be published on the City’s website at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC. Comments provided via USPS or e-mail will be converted to a PDF before being posted on the City’s website. Note: comments will be published online the way they are received and without redaction of personal identifying information; including but not limited to phone number, home address, and email address. Only submit information that you wish to make available publicly. APPEALS: Decisions of the Planning Commission may be appealed to the City Council. For further information and guidelines on how to appeal a decision to City Council, please contact the City Clerk’s office at Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov as soon as possible. Appeals may be filed in person at the City Clerk’s office at City Hall or in writing via email to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov and by first class mail postage prepaid within 10 calendar days of the meeting at which the Commission took action or rendered its decision. Appeals and associated fee postmarked after the 10th calendar day will not be accepted. NOTE TO INTERESTED PARTIES: Only those persons who participate through public comment either orally or in writing on an item on this Agenda have standing to appeal the decision. Grounds for appeal are limited to those issues raised either orally or in written correspondence delivered to the review body at, or prior to, the public hearing. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: If you need services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at (805) 5645305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange. • 33 E Canon Perdido St Assessor’s Parcel Number: Zoning Designation: Application Number: Applicant / Owner: Project Description:
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Let’s talk Real Estate, coffee’s on us! FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following Corporation is doing business as MID PACIFIC DRYWALL at 225 Capitol Drive, Santa Maria, CA 93454. MID PACIFIC, INC. at 225 Capitol Drive, Santa Maria, CA 93454. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on August 10, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2026-0002024. Published August 14, 21, 28, September 4, 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as THE MEN’S DEN at 137 Anacapa St Suite A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. KARIELLA LLC at 214 Ojai Ave, Ojai, CA 93023. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on July 27, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2026-0001935. Published August 21, 28, September 4, 11, 2026.
www.YourSBTeam.com FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as STARR HALL MEDIA & PARTNERS at 509 East Valerio Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. STARR HALL at 509 East Valerio Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on August 12, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2026-0002045. Published August 21, 28, September 4, 11, 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following Corporation is doing business as CERRO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH and CERRO HEALTH at 1125 E. Clark Ave, Suite A3, Santa Maria, CA 93455. CERRO HEALTH FOUNDATION INC. at PO Box 184, Pismo Beach, CA 934480184. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on July 29, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2026-0001947. Published August 7, 14, 21, 28, 2026.
039-322-009 C-G (Commercial General) PLN2025-00529 Melisa Turner, DesignARC, Inc. / Marianne Clark, Lobero Theatre Foundation Development Plan for a three-story, 10,000+ sq. ft. addition to the rear of the Lobero Theatre
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RE: 3102 Sea Cliff; 102 E Yanonali St; 710, 726, 730, 740 Garden St & 320 E De La Guerra St; 814 Weldon Road
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONS ON APPLICATIONS REGARDING PROVISIONS OF TITLE 28 AND/OR 30 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA (SBMC) The Secretary of the Staff Hearing Officer has set a public hearing for Wednesday, September 02, 2026 beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the David Gebhard Public Meeting Room, 630 Garden Street. On Thursday, August 27, 2026, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Wednesday, September 02, 2026 will be available online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHO. Agendas, Minutes, and Staff Reports are also accessible online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHO. TELEVISION COVERAGE: This meeting will be broadcast live on City TV-Channel 18 and online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTV. See SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTVProgramGuide for a rebroadcast schedule. An archived video of this meeting will be available at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PCVideos. Public comments may be submitted via email to WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT: PCSecretary@SantaBarbaraCA.gov before the beginning of the Meeting. All public comments submitted via email will be provided to the Commission and will become part of the public record. You may also submit written correspondence via US Postal Service (USPS) addressed to PC Secretary, PO Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990. However, please be advised, correspondence sent via USPS may not be received in time to process prior to the meeting and email submissions are highly encouraged. Please note that the Commission may not have time to review written comments received after 4:30 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting. All public comment that is received before 4:30 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting will be published on the City’s website at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC. Comments provided via USPS or e-mail will be converted to a PDF before being posted on the City’s website. Note: comments will be published online the way they are received and without redaction of personal identifying information; including but not limited to phone number, home address, and email address. Only submit information that you wish to make available publicly. APPEALS: Decisions of the Planning Commission may be appealed to the City Council. For further information and guidelines on how to appeal a decision to City Council, please contact the City Clerk’s office at Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov as soon as possible. Appeals may be filed in person at the City Clerk’s office at City Hall or in writing via email to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov and by first class mail postage prepaid within 10 calendar days of the meeting at which the Commission took action or rendered its decision. Appeals and associated fee postmarked after the 10th calendar day will not be accepted. NOTE TO INTERESTED PARTIES: Only those persons who participate through public comment either orally or in writing on an item on this Agenda have standing to appeal the decision. Grounds for appeal are limited to those issues raised either orally or in written correspondence delivered to the review body at, or prior to, the public hearing. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: If you need services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at (805) 5645305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange. • 3102 Sea Cliff Assessor’s Parcel Number: Zoning Designation: Application Number: Applicant / Owner: Project Description: • 102 E Yanonali St Assessor’s Parcel Number: Zoning Designation: Application Number: Applicant / Owner: Project Description:
047-091-010 A-1/S-D-3 (One-Family Residence/Coastal Overlay) PLN2025-00003 Filing Date: 01/06/2025 Ellen Bildsten / Welch & Lewnes Family Living Trust New garage/storage with ADU above. 033-083-016 OC/S-D-3 (Ocean-Oriented Commercial/Coastal Overlay) PLN2026-00009 Filing Date: 1/28/2026 Hanne Burdick, Studio 1030 Architects / Todd Lyle, MBB Santa Barbara LLC Coastal Development Permit for new outdoor dining, recreational area, and delivery/loading area per AB-2097
• 710, 726, 730, 740 Garden St & 320 E De La Guerra St Assessor’s Parcel Number: 031-091-008 Zoning Designation: R-M (Residential Multi-Unit) Application Number: PLN2025-00486 Applicant / Owner: Christine Pierron, Cearnal Collective, Inc. Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara Project Description: Tentative Subdivision Map for lot split. On Lot 1 demolish 48 units to construct 104 units, including parking. No change to development on Lot 2. • 814 Weldon Road Assessor’s Parcel Number: Zoning Designation: Application Number: Applicant / Owner: Project Description:
035-243-003 RS-15 (Residential Single Unit) PLN2024-00280 Carlos Ortiz / Ortiz Sonia Marcela Living Trust 8/8/14 Open yard Modification and site improvements
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE – CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NUMBER: 26CV04154. Petitioner: Elias Maldonado filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Elias Maldonado to PROPOSED NAME: Eli Axion Maldonado. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: September 4, 2026; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 4; ROOM: [ ] other (specify): at the: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the courts website. To find your courts website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.) 3 a. [X] A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation: [x] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 07/10/26 /s/: Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #26CV04154 Pub Dates: August 7, 14, 21, 28, 2026.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE – CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NUMBER: 26CV04494. Petitioner: Malek Ahmad Dandan filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Malek Ahmad Dandan to PROPOSED NAME: Malek Fouat Dandan. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: September 23, 2026; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 3; ROOM: [ ] other (specify): at the: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the courts website. To find your courts website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.) 3 a. [X] A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation: [x] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 07/22/26 /s/: Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #26CV04494 Pub Dates: August 14, 21, 28, September 4, 2026.
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Celebrate Culture: Roots Beyond the Surface • Experience indigenous culture remembered and reimagined when Su’nan The SPACE presents short film screenings reflecting indigenous connections to the ocean. The evening will begin with a mini market on the lawn from 3pm to 7pm followed by the short film screenings and Q&As in the Alhecama Theatre from 7pm to 9pm on Friday, August 28th. For tickets ($5-10) visit sbthp.org
CINEMA EVENTS
Thelma • Action-comedy following a 93-year-old woman out to get revenge after being duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson • Alcazar Theatre • $7-10 • thealcazar.org • 7pm Fr, 8/21. Celebrate Culture • Su’nan The SPACE presents short films with Q&A reflecting indigenous connections to the ocean, the evening starts with a mini market on the lawn • Alhecama Theatre • $5-10 • sbthp.org • 3-9pm Fr, 8/28. The President’s Wife • Following Bernadette Chirac, the wife of the newly elected president of France, as she becomes a major media figure • Alcazar Theatre • $12-15 • thealcazar.org • 6:30pm Th, 8/27. Family Movie Night • Screening of the live action adaption of Lilo & Stitch • Eastside Library, MLK Jr. Room • Free • calendar.library.santabarbaraca.gov • 3-5pm Fr, 8/28. Ursa Major • Screening of an animated northern lights tale • Refugio State Beach • Free • naturetrackfilmfestival.org • 8pm Su, 8/30.
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Community Calendar Fr, 8/21 through Su, 8/23. Mosaic Magic Community 8/21 7:30am-5pm Workshop • Michelle Griffoul offers Santa Cruz Island Day Trip •
CHILDREN
Read with a Dog • Children practice reading to a furry friend • Central Library • Free • 3:30-4:30pm Fr.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
Sound Bath • Melodic full-body meditation • 1221 Victoria Court • $45 • momence.com • 6-7:30pm Fr, 8/21. Finish Up Friday • Finish a creative project or start something new • EE Makerspace • $15 • exploreecology.org • 1-4pm Fr, 8/21. Dinosaur Safari • Interactive talk and tour • SB Museum of Natural History • Included with admission • 1:30-2pm Fr, 8/21.
MUSIC
Alison Tuma • Jazz Vocalist performing songs from the Great American Song Book with Shane Savala on guitar • Blue Owl Restaurant • Free • 6-8pm Fr, 8/21. Will Evans • Folk and roots • SOhO • $28 • sohosb.com • 7pm Fr, 8/21. The Brasscals • Street brass band • Night Lizard Brewing Company • Free • 8-10pm Fr, 8/21.
OUTDOORS
SBC Courthouse Docent Tours • Free • www.sbcourthouse.org • 10:30am Mon-Fri & 2pm daily.
SPECIAL EVENTS
SB Kennel Club • Dog show, breeder’s showcase • Earl Warren Showgrounds • Free • sbkcdogs.org •
Varnava Romo & Sabina Thompson lead a scenic walk • Meet at Ventura Harbor • $175-200 • sbbotanicgarden.org • 8:15am-6pm Fr, 8/21.
Saturday 8/22 CHILDREN
Little G’s • Reading of Good Night, Little Blue Truck • Godmothers Books • Free • 11am Sa, 8/22. Crafternoon • Fun crafts, ages 5+ • Explore Ecology Makerspace • $8 • exploreecology.org • 10am-12pm, Sat. Storytime @ the Sea Center • All ages, free w/admission • SBNature.org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun.
TEEN
Relax and Craft For Teens • Crafting session for grades 7-12, supplies will be provided • Central Library • Free • 3-4:30pm Sa, 8/22.
COMEDY
The Ocean Hates You! • Comedy by former marine biologist Forrest Shaw • Alcazar Theatre • $15-20 • thealcazar.org • 7pm Sa, 8/22.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
Medicare 101 • Sky Savarese’s workshop • Faulkner Gallery • Free • 10-11am Sa, 8/22. The Sacred Circle • Diana Raab’s guided gathering for women over 60 • Godmothers Books • $39 • godmothers.com • 2pm Sa, 8/22.
tips to turn tiles, beads, and shells into wall hangings • EE Makerspace • $15 • exploreecology.org • 2-4pm Sa, 8/22.
Magic: The Gathering • Learn to play this trading card game • Metro Comics Metro Entertainment • Free • 12-12:30pm Sa. Santa Barbara Go Club • All levels welcome to learn this ancient game • Free • Mosaic Locale, 1131 State St • 805-448-5335 • 11am-3pm Sa.
MUSIC
Elijah Rock: Memories Unleashed • A concert celebrating the power of music and memory • The New Vic Theatre • $3-50 • etcsb.org • 8pm Sa, 8/22. Van Allen Twins • Blues, bluegrass, and folk • Cold Spring Tavern • Free • 1:30-4:30pm Sa, 8/22. Bear Redell • Country • Chumash Casino • Free • chumashcasino.com • 8pm Sa, 8/22. Train • Drops of Jupiter: 25 Years Tour, with special guests Barenaked Ladies and Matt Nathanson • SB Bowl • $62-156 • sbbowl.com • 6pm Sa, 8/22.
OUTDOORS
Out, Proud, Unstoppable • Pacific Pride festival featuring performers, local musicians, dance companies, DJs, drag artists and more • Chase Palm Park • Free • pacificpridefoundation.org • 11am7pm Sa, 8/22. Twilight Garden Walk • Take a self guided tour • Ganna Walska Lotusland • $35-80 • lotusland.org • 4:30-6:30pm Sa, 8/22. Architectural Walking Tour • History of buildings in SB • City Hall steps at De la Guerra Plaza • $20 • afsb.org • 10am, Sat.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Run Like a Woman • Interactive campaign workshop presented by SB Women’s Political Committee • Venue address provided upon registration • sbwpc.org • 9am-1pm Sa, 8/22
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Friday
Zoofari Ball: Atlantis Rising • Gala supporting conservation • SB Zoo • $650 • sbzoo.org • 5:30– 11:00pm Sa, 8/22.
Echoes of the Anchor: A Journey Through Maritime History Set sail on a voyage through California maritime history when SB Maritime Museum presents a unique, educational community event featuring authentic artifacts, tours of the ship Mystic Whaler, interactive family activities, and living history reenactors depicting the famous 1818 raids of the pirate Hippolyte Bouchard. Don’t miss this chance to interact with California’s colorful coastal past from 10am to 4pm at the Santa Barbara Harbor on Sunday, August 23rd. Free and open to the public, for more information visit sbmm.org
Sunday
8/23 MUSIC A Tribute to the Fillmore •
CHILDREN
Storytime @ the Sea Center • All ages • Free w/ admission • SBNature.org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun. Sundays at the Ranch • Family fun, barn animals and tractor rides • Stow House • Free • 11am-2pm Sun.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
Misha Brown • Author talk, discussing his book Be Your Own Bestie • Godmothers Books • $23-52 • godmothers.com • 6pm Su, 8/23. OG Tutor Training • Based on the Orton-Gillingham Approach • Central Library • Free, register: calendar.library.santabarbaraca.gov • 9:30am-12:30pm Su, 8/23. Empathy Cafe • Practice communication skills and creating trust and understanding • Riviera Theater upstairs • Free • theempathycenter.org • 11am-1pm Sun.
Classic rock presented by Kenny Lee Lewis • SOhO • $29 • sohosb.com • 7pm Su, 8/23
Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan • Guitar and harmonica blues, rag, and goodtime music • Cold Spring Tavern • Free • 1:30-4:30pm Su, 8/23.
OUTDOORS
Sunday Architecture Tour • Meet at Public Library Plaza at 40 E Anapamu St • Architectural Fdn of SB • $20 • afsb.org • 10am Sun.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Echoes of the Anchor: A Journey Through Maritime History • Community event featuring authentic artifacts, history reenactors, and interactive activities • SB Maritime Museum • Free • sbmm.org • 10am4pm Su, 8/23.
Monday CHILDREN
8/24
Little G’s • Reading of This is Not a Carrot • Godmothers Books • Free • godmothers.com • 11am Mo, 8/24.
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8/25 Wednesday 8/26 LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
COMEDY
Carpinteria Improv Drop-In Class • Learn or practice skills • Alcazar Theatre • $10 • 7pm Tu.
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LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
LAUNCH PAD 2026 Summer Reading Series
Discover new works by talented student playwrights when UCSB, in partnership with Ensemble Theatre Company, presents LAUNCH PAD 2026 Summer Reading Series. Two plays-inprogress, The Banana Factory by Julia Izumi and The Rink at the End of the World by Megan Tabaque, will be tested in front of a live audience to support creative development. Each reading will be followed by a Q&A with the playwright. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to getr a sneak peek into the early, evolutionary stages of production in the New Vic Theatre at 4pm on Thursday, August 27th. Free and open to the public. For info visit campuscalendar.ucsb.edu
LAUNCH PAD 2026 Summer Reading Series • Featuring the plays The Banana Factory by Julia Izumi and The Rink at the End of the World by Megan Tabaque, plus a Q&A with the playwright after each reading • ETC at the New Vic Theatre • Free • campuscalendar. ucsb.edu • 4pm Th, 8/27.
King of the Wild Frontier • A Special Benefit Reading of John Romano’s new set in a New Jersey country club in the 1960s, followed by a Q&A • The New Vic Theatre • $50-100 • ensembletheatre.com • 2pm Su, 8/30.
Baby & Me • Develop your baby’s preliteracy skills, 0-14 months • Central Library • Free • 11-11:30am Mo.
Parliamo • Italian conversation, all levels • Natural Cafe, 361 Hitchcock Way • Free • parliamo.yolasite.com • 5-6:30pm Mon.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
Portrait Drawing Class • Skilled instruction and fundamentals presented by Jennifer Bi • Community Arts Workshop • $300 • sbcaw.org • 6-9pm Mondays, 8/24 through 9/14. Scrabble Club • Louise Lowry Davis Center • All levels/ English/ Spanish • Free • 1-4pm Mon.
SB Bridge Club • Play bridge, meets daily • 2255 Las Positas Rd • Schedule and RSVP: bridgewebs.com/sbbc542
SPECIAL EVENTS
LPTC at Mendocino Farms • 50% of purchases will be donated to Elings Park Tennis • Mendocino Farms • elingspark.org • 2-9pm Mo, 8/24.
CHILDREN
Creator’s Club • Bilingual, weekly STEAM activity • Eastside Library • Free • 2-3pm We.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
Library Services Orientation for Teens • informative overview of library services and programs • Central Library, Island Room • Free • calendar.library.santabarbaraca.gov • 5-6pm Tu, 8/25.
Death Over Drafts • Have a draft beer and discuss new narratives around end-of-life conversations • Brass Bear Uptown • Free, RSVP required • deathoverdrafts.com • 6-8pm We, 8/26.
Montecito Book Club • Discuss The Thing With Feathers by Noah Strycker • Montecito Library • Free, registration required • calendar. library.santabarbaraca.gov • 2-3pm Tu, 8/25.
Well-being Wednesday • Tai Chi in the garden with instructor Chao Pang • Ganna Walska Lotusland • $90 • lotusland.org • 11:30am12:30pm We, 8/26.
Embodied Arts Workshop • Kathy Leader’s mindful art experience centered on nature and landscapes • CEC’s Environmental Hub • Free • cecsb.org • 6:30-8pm Tu, 8/25. Jeffrey Hoelle • Signs and discusses his book Cultivated: Plants, Hair and the Aesthetic of Control • Chaucer’s Books • Free • 6-7pm Tu, 8/25. Chess Club • Louise Lowry Davis Center • All levels/ English/Spanish • Free • 1-4pm Tue.
MUSIC
Chorus Auditions • The Christmas Revels’ production The Celestial Fools–A Magical Winter’s Tale • Jefferson Hall at the Unitarian Society • santabarbararevels.org • Children (4th thru 6th Grade) & Teens (7th thru 9th Grade) 4-5:30 pm, and Adults (16 years and older) 6:309:30pm Tu, 8/25 & We, 8/26.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Board Games + Brews • Community game night • Night Lizard Brewing Company, 607 State St • 6-9pm Tu.
Talk With a Fire Scientist • Kristina Fauss discusses wildfireresilient landscapes and plant flammability • SB Botanic Garden • $10-15 • sbbotanicgarden.org • 6:307:45pm We, 8/26. Sewing and Mending • Repair something old or create something new • EE Makerspace • $15 • exploreecology.org • 6-8pm We, 8/26. Knitting & Crochet Club • Louise Lowry Davis Ctr • All levels/ English/Spanish • Free • 9-11:30am Wed. Le Cercle Français • French conversation, all levels • Free • Natural Cafe • sbfrenchgroup.yolasite.com • 5-6:30pm Wed.
MUSIC
Open Jam • At Revolver Pizza. Jam with musicians • 1429 San Andres St • Free • revolversb.com • 6-9pm Wed.
Thursday 8/27
Lunar Doorways: Full Moon in Pisces and the Terrain of Intuitive Perception • Part of the ongoing class series Opening to Intuition led by Erin McKeever • Paradise Found • $44 • To register contact staff@paradisefoundsb.com / 805.564.3573 • 6:15-8pm Th, 8/27. Transportation Circulation Com. Meeting • David Gebhard Public Meeting Room (630 Garden St) • Free • calendar.santabarbaraca.gov • 5:30pm Th, 8/27. Cynthia Abulafia • Yoga Under the Redwoods Workshop • Santa Barbara Botanic Garden • $81 • godmothers.com • 10am Th, 8/27.
Why Islands Matter: A New Vision For Protecting Islands • Presentation and discussion about how protecting island environments brings benefits to local people • SB Maritime Museum • $5-20 • sbmm.org • 6-7:30pm Th, 8/27.
MUSIC
The Waymarkers • An evening of Celtic jazz • The Grand on State • $38 • thegrandonstate.com • 7pm Th, 8/27. Live Jazz Piano • With pianist Cainan Birchin • The House of Beau • Free • frombeau.com • 7-9pm Th, 8/27. Diana Ross • R&B pop performance • SB Bowl • $66-235 • sbbowl.com • 7pm Th, 8/27.
Friday
8/28
CHILDREN
Read with a Dog • Children practice reading to a furry friend • Central Library • Free • 3:30-4:30pm Fr.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
Knit ‘n’ Needle • Fiber arts club • Montecito Library • Free • 2pm Th.
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LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
Chess Club • For players of all ages and skill levels • Central Library, Michael Towbes Upper Plaza • Free • calendar.library.santabarbaraca.gov • 2:30-4pm Fr, 8/28. Grupo de lectura en español • Discuss the book Creep Creep: Acusaciones y confesiones de Myriam Gurba • Eastside Library, MLK Jr. Room • Free • calendar.library.santabarbaraca.gov • 9:30-11am Fr, 8/28 Creativemornings Santa Barbara • Lecture by conceptual artist Cole Sternberg • SBMA Art Learning Lab • Free • creativemornings.com • 8:30-10am Fr, 8/28.
MUSIC
The Charities with The Cormorants & Sam Blasucci • Classic soul performance • SOhO • $21 • sohosb.com • 8:30pm Fr, 8/28. Conjunto Primavera • A night celebrating the sounds of Norteño Music featuring Los Cadetes de Linares • Arlington Theatre • arlingtontheatresb.com • 8pm Fr, 8/28.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Theresa Caputo • Interactive stage show with shared stories, humor, and attempts to connect audience members with deceased loved • Chumash Casino Resort • $79-125 • chumashcasino.com • 8pm Fr, 8/28.
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Local News for a Global Village | www.VoiceSB.com Campus Lagoon Tour and Exhibition Tour • Walking tour of the Campus Lagoon restoration area followed by a walk-through of the exhibition Jackie Amézquita: Gemidos de la Tierra led by Ana Briz • Campus Lagoon and AD&A Museum, UCSB • Free • sbac.ca.go • 10am-1pm Fr, 8/28.
Saturday 8/29 CHILDREN
Little G’s • Reading of If the Moon • Godmothers Books • Free • godmothers.com • 11am Sa, 8/29. Crafternoon • Fun crafts, ages 5+ • Explore Ecology Makerspace • $8 • exploreecology.org • 10am-12pm, Sat. Storytime @ the Sea Center • All ages, free w/admission • SBNature.org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun.
COMEDY
South Coast Stand-Up Comedy • Featuring Dave Reinitz, Sandy Sec, Ryan Connor, and Nick Hoff • Alcazar Theatre • $15-20 • thealcazar.org • 7-9pm Sa, 8/29.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
Type 1 Diabetes Education & Screen and Treat Initiative • interactive session discussing T1D early warning signs and the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, plus free testing • Eastside Library, MLK Jr. Room • Free • calendar.library.santabarbaraca.gov • 10am-12pm Sa, 8/29.
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Fly Me to the Moon Experience a music adventure for the whole family when The Santa Barbara Chamber Players present a program featuring music through the ages set to images from the Hubble space telescope. Plus, enjoy a special appearance from The Santa Barbara Symphony’s Music Van, offering children and parents alike the opportunity to explore a collection of string, woodwind, and brass instruments. Join in the musical fun at the First Presbyterian Church at 3pm on Sunday, August 30th. For tickets ($10) visit sbchamberplayers.org
Zan Romanoff • Discusses her book Vacation Self • Godmothers Books • $17 • godmothers.com • 6pm Sa, 8/29. Daydreaming Mixed Media Collage • Hands-on family workshop with multimedia artist Basil Kincaid • SBMA Art Learning Lab • $10-15 • sbma.net • 10am-12pm Sa, 8/29.
MUSIC
Paradise Kings • Rock and blues band • Cold Spring Tavern • Free • 1:30-4:30pm Sa, 8/29. Last Saturdays • Live music, wine, and food • CrossHatch Winery • Free • 12-7pm Sa, 8/29. Go To Hale: Music From the Vault • Hale Milgrim and Richard Salzberg screen handpicked performances from their private archives along with firsthand stories • Lobero Theatre • $33-78 • lobero.org • 6:52pm Sa, 8/29
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OUTDOORS
Architectural Walking Tour • History of buildings in SB • City Hall steps at De la Guerra Plaza • $20 • afsb.org • 10am, Sat.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Go To Hale: Music From the Vault Witness never-seen-before musical moments through found footage and live storytelling when former President/CEO of Capitol Records, Hale Milgrim, and archivist, Richard Salzberg, screen handpicked performances from their private archives, offering live commentary and firsthand stories from years spent in the music industry working with legendary artists. Don’t miss this rare look at raw footage from a wide range of musicians in the Lobero Theatre at 6:52pm on Saturday, August 29th. For tickets ($33-78) visit lobero.org
Slingshot Art Fest • Featuring work from over 20 Slingshot artists, plus Koth, Dante Elephante, Alpha Thrift, and Rest Stop beverage service • Community Arts Workshop • Free • slingshotart.org • 10am-4pm Sa, 8/29. Beau’s First Annual Relics & Rarities Vintage & Antique Market • Curated vendors benefitting benefit NatureTrack Foundation • Beau • Free • frombeau.com • 9am-3pm Sa, 8/29
Santa Barbara Home and Garden Expo • Curated line up of vendors offering products, services, discounts and demonstrations • Earl Warren Showgrounds • Free • earlwarren.com • 10am-5pm Sa, 8/29 & 10am-4pm Su, 8/30. Indy 40 Fest • SB Independant’s block party celebrating 40 years of journalism featuring live music, performers, journalism panels and more • Presidio Parade Grounds and Chapel • Free • sbthp.org • 11am-4pm Sa, 8/29.
Sunday
8/30
CHILDREN
Storytime @ the Sea Center • All ages • Free w/admission • SBNature.org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun. Sundays at the Ranch • Family fun, barn animals, and tractor rides • Stow House • Free • goletahistory.org • 11am-2pm Sun.
DANCE
Swing Dance Lessons and Dance Social Summer 2026! • Featuring West Coast Swing • Center Stage Theater • $20-25 • centerstagetheater.org • 5-9pm Sa, 8/30.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
Rendy Freedman • Shares stories about strength • Godmothers Books • $39 • godmothers.com • 2pm Su, 8/30. Serena Chopra • Joined by writer Monica Mody, reads and discusses her poetry book A Catalog of Future Mercies • Chaucer’s Books • Free • 4-5pm Su, 8/30.
Spiritual Technologies • Basil Kincaid discusses the art of quiltmaking • SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium • $0-10 • sbma.net • 11am-12pm Su, 8/30.
MUSIC
Hello Jerry! • Tribute concert for Jerry Herman • SOhO • $23 • sohosb.com • 12pm Su, 8/30. Mason Jennings • Folk and Americana performance • SOhO • $25 • sohosb.com • 7pm Su, 8/30. Fly Me to the Moon • A Family Concert presented by SB Chamber Players • First Presbyterian Church • $10 • sbchamberplayers.org • 3pm Su, 8/30. Teresa Russel • Rock and blues vocalist and songwriter • Cold Spring Tavern • Free • 1:30-4:30pm Su, 8/30. Thee Sacred Souls • R&B soul performance, with special guests LA LOM and The Womack Sisters • SB Bowl • $46-86 • sbbowl.com • 6pm Su, 8/30.
OUTDOORS
Sunday Architecture Tour • Meet at Public Library Plaza at 40 E Anapamu St • Architectural Fdn of SB • $20 • afsb.org • 10am Sun.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Sip and Shop • Drinks and lite bites benefiting Habitat Santa Barbara • the J. McLaughlin store in Montecito • Free • For more information, email Susan Renehan at susan@sbhabitat.org • 12-4pm Fr, 8/30. To have your events included in VOICE's calendar or arts listings, email info to Calendar@ VoiceSB.com by noon the Monday before publication.
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A Montecito Bank Robbed At Gun Point Meghan and Harry, Duchess and Duke of Sussex, leaving Montecito to enroll kids in UK schools A ROBBERY IN PROGRESS WAS REPORTED to the Santa Barbara Police Department today, August 19th, at about 2:56pm. Multiple callers reported the robbery at the Bank of America located at 1096 Coast Village Road.
Bank employees reported to the SBPD that a masked suspect entered the bank, brandished what appeared to be a firearm, and demanded money before fleeing the scene on a bicycle. Both SBPD and the SBC Sheriffs responded to the calls and began searching the area surrounding the bank.
The suspect may be armed and seeking refuge. According to the SBPD, current information indicates the robbery was an isolated incident and there is no known ongoing threat to the public.
Leaving – Continued from page 1
The couple left their royal duties behind for the California coast in July of 2020, raising their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet among the private schools of Montecito. By Sofia Wallace, Santa BarBara newS-PreSS, 8.19.26
THE BRITISH ARE… LEAVING?
Harry and Meghan, Duchess and Duke of Sussex
Meghan and Harry are saying goodbye to the 805. The Duchess and Duke of Sussex will return to the United Kingdom later this month after spending six years living in Montecito, as first reported by the Daily Telegraph. The couple left their royal duties behind for the California coast in July of 2020, raising their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet among the private schools of Montecito. Archie and Lilibet are now enrolled in a British school this September. The BBC reported that King Charles was unaware of the move, but welcomed the opportunity for family togetherness. Still, no current plans are under way for Meghan and Harry to resume their Royal roles at Buckingham Palace—they will relocate to a private residence outside of London.
Press Photo from Kensington Palace engagement
The investigation remains ongoing and the SBPD is requesting any information pertaining to the robbery.
presence, as it draws attention to the secluded neighborhoods they sought for privacy. Other Santa Barbara residents on online forums say that Meghan and Harry don’t fit Santa Barbara, and have turned a “cold shoulder” to them. However, paparazzi and excitement always follows the occasional Meghan and Harry sighting. Despite pushback, Megan and Harry have undoubtedly adapted to the Santa Barbara lifestyle. On social media, Meghan has shared videos of Harry surfing. The Santa Barbara mountains were the backdrop of Meghan’s 2025 Netflix series “With Love, Meghan.” Centering hosting, cooking and gardening, the show was filmed in a Montecito farmhouse estate. Meghan took international audiences to Santa Barbara county’s lemon and avocado orchards, as well as Santa Barbara Harbor for sea urchins.
Montecito is known as the exclusive— and expensive—celebrity enclave The family will maintain ownership of in Santa Barbara County. Megan their Montecito home, as reported by and Harry were neighbors to other Yahoo News. celebrities such as Oprah, Gwenyth Paltrow and Katy Perry. On the other Printed with permission: Santa Barbara NewsRich@RichWilkie.com end, some, more private Montecito Press • 8.19.26 • Newspress.com community members dislike celebrity RichWilkie.com/commissions
Suspect at SBCC pulled knife, slashed bike tire of victim on campus By angel corzo , Santa BarBara newS-PreSS, 8.18.26
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE WENT ON LOCKDOWN Tuesday morning after a person pulled a knife on someone and then slashed their bike tire, before fleeing the scene. The incident shook up the college a week before classes were set to start and when staff and teachers were gathering for meetings before the launch of the semester. Campus safety officers responded to the incident in the parking lot between La Playa Stadium and the campus bookstore. Just before 11am, someone pushed an individual and pulled a knife on them, said Jordan Killebrew, the college’s spokesman. Then the individual slashed the victim’s tire before running from the scene, Killebrew said.
Santa Barbara Police Department officers arrived shortly after the event unfolded. Killebrew said the suspect was last seen fleeing toward the parking lot on campus near Cliff Drive. Santa Barbara police and City College reviewed video footage of the incident and determined that the suspect had left campus. The Rinehart family was at the campus bookstore to buy textbooks for daughter Hadley when the campus went on lockdown. Heather Rinehart, Hadley’s mother, said she was pleased with how quickly law enforcement officers responded to the scene. “It was a quick response,” Heather said. “Makes us feel, you know, a little bit comfortable because we’re leaving her down here.”
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LA CUMBRE PLAZA
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At Voice Gallery enjoy their hot exhibit, Caliente! featuring 3D work by Santa Barbara Sculpture Guild artists and 2D works created by other Santa Barbara artists. Enjoy wine and snacks as you talk to the artists and learn about their work..
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The Artists of Elevate, Fine Line, and Illuminations Galleries of the La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts will be present and ready to share their most recent work. Chat, enjoy wine and snacks, and take a visual journey.
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Just outside, Pali and a crew of artists from Solstice will be painting away, as they complete the painting of an elephant designed by Pali. • At Grace Fisher’s Inclusive Arts Clubhouse step out and participate in D.C. Griff ’s Club Diversity Dance Party and join the art tables where attendees of all abilities are creating art.
In the Plaza: The Community Painting is returning to the Plaza with lots of new colors to explore. It’s fun for all ages. There will also be live music: Ruben Arriaga will play music near the Fine Line and Mike Cregan’s vocals and guitar will warm the crowd between Illuminations and Elevate galleries.
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The artist Pali and other Solstice artists will be in front of the Legacy Gallery from 5 to 7:30pm painting Pali’s Musiphant.
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Art Venues
• GALLERIES • STUDIOS • MUSEUMS • PUBLIC PLACES • Casa Dolores • Bandera Ware / traditional outfits ~ ongoing • 1023 Bath St • 12-4 Tu-Sa • 805-963-1032
Malcolm Tuffnell Art Studio
Six Light Sculptures by Rod Lathim this month at REH Contemporary Gallery 12 W. Anapamu St
Six Light Sculptures by Rod Lathim month at Lathis Quinceanera
Tuffnellarts@hotmail.com REH Contemporary Gallery 12 805-965-8950 W. Anapamu St
10 West Gallery • Figurative through Aug • 10 W Anapamu • 11-5 We-Mo • 805-770-7711 • 10westgallery.com Architectural Fdn Gallery • • 229 E Victoria • 805-965-6307 • 1–4 some Sa & By Appt • afsb.org Arrediamo Fine Art & Traditional Rugs Gallery • 911.5 State St • arrediamo.com Art & Soul Gallery • Cosas De La Vida through Aug 30 • Thu-Sun 12-5; by appt • 1323 State St • artandsoulsb.com
Art Events La Cumbre Plaza 3rd Friday Gallery Row Art Walk • Six galleries, music, art activities, & more! • 5-8pm Fri, 8/21. Opening Reception: Through the Eyes of Wiinblad • Elverhøj Museum of History and Art • 4-6pm Sat, 8/22. Opening Reception + Artist Talk • Out of the Blue • Patricia Clarke Studio • 3-6pm Sat, 8/29. Carpinteria Creative Arts Market • Pottery, beach art, cards, jewelry, sewn articles • 8th St & Linden Av • Free • 2:30pm6pm Thu. SB Arts & Crafts Show • Local artists & artisans • Free • 236 E Cabrillo Blvd • 10am-5pm Sun.
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REH Contemporary Gallery • 12 W. Anapamu St Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB • Closed through Aug 26; Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames Since 1970 and Jackie Amézquita: Gemidos de la Tierra Aug 26 through Nov 29 • museum.ucsb.edu Art From Scrap • Explore Ecology • exploreecology.org ArtLabbé Gallery • Free art, music, & exercise classes to our individuals with special needs & family members • Tu, We, Th, Sun 12-5:30; Fr 12-5 • 111 Santa Barbara St, #H • artlabbe.org Atkinson Gallery • Tu & We 10–2 • SBCC Humanities East Campus Rm 203 • atkinsongallerysbcc.com Bella Rosa Galleries • 1103-A State St • 11-5 daily • 805-966-1707 The Carriage and Western Art Museum • Old Spanish Days Trophy Saddles; Victoria Stables Wagon • Ongoing • Free • 129 Castillo St • 805-962-2353 • 9-3 Mo-Fr • carriagemuseum.org California Nature Art Museum • Untamed Desert: Captured by Paulette Donnellon, through Jan 18; Lulu Hyggelig: California’s First Thomas Dambo Troll • ongoing • 1511 B Mission Dr, Solvang • 11-4 Mo, Th, Fr; 11-5 Sa & Su • calnatureartmuseum.org Casa de La Guerra • Fine Print, Hard Lines: Housing and Exclusion in Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara 1925 – 2025: A Portrait in Maps; Finding Fiesta through Oct 25 • ongoing • $5/ Free • 15 East De la Guerra St • 12-4 Th-Su • sbthp.org/casadelaguerra
Casa del Herrero • Gardens & House Six • by Light reservation • 1387 East Valley Rd • tours 10 Sculptures by& 2 We & Sa • 805-565-5653 • casadelherrero.com
Rod Lathim
Channing Peake Gallery • Scaling this month at the Walls • 8-5 M-F • 105 E Anapamu REH St, 1st Contemporary fl • 805-568-3994 Gallery • 12 W. Anapamu St Colette Cosentino Atelier + Gallery • 11 W Anapamu St • By Appt • colettecosentino.com Community Arts Workshop • 631 Garden St • 10-6pm Fri & By Appt • sbcaw.org Six Light Sculptures Corridan • • 125 N Milpas byGallery Rod Lathim month at • • 11-5 We-Sathis • 805-966-7939 REH Contemporary Gallery corridan-gallery.com 12 W. Anapamu St
Cypress Gallery • 119 E Cypress Av, Lompoc • 1-4 Sa & Su • 805-7371129 • lompocart.org El Presidio De Santa Bárbara • Nihonmachi Revisited; Memorias y Facturas - ongoing • 123 E Canon Perdido St • 10:30-4:30 Daily • sbthp.org Elverhøj Museum • Through the Eyes of Wiinblad opens Aug 22 • History & Danish culture • 1624 Elverhoy Way, Solvang • 805-686-1211 • 11-5 Th-Mo • elverhoj.org Faulkner Gallery • 40 E Anapamu St • 10-7 Mo-Th; 10-5 Fri, Sa; 12-5 Sun • 805-962-7653. Fazzino 3-D Studio Gallery • 3-D original fine art • 1011 State St • 805730-9109 • Fazzino.com
Six Light Sculptures by Rod Lathim this month at REH Contemporary Gallery 12 W. Anapamu St
Indah Gallery • Fri-Sun 12-5 • 2190 N Refugio Rd, Santa Ynez • maxgleason.com/indah-gallery Light Sculptures JamesSix Main Fine Art • 19th & 20th Centuryby Fine art &Lathim antiques • 27 E Rod De La Guerra • 12-5 Tu-Sa thisStmonth at • Appt REH Contemporary Suggested • 805-962-8347 Gallery 12 W. Anapamu St
Jewish Federation of Greater SB • Portraits of Survival interactive ~ Ongoing • 9-4pm Mo-Fr • 524 Chapala St • 805-957-1115 ext. 114 Kathryne Designs • Local Artists • 1225 Coast Village Rd, A • 10-5 Mo-Sa; 11-5 Su • 805-565-4700 • kathrynedesigns.com La Cumbre Center For Creative Arts • Fine Line Gallery; Elevate Gallery; Illuminations Gallery • Multi-Artist Studio/Gallery Spaces • La Cumbre Plaza • 12-5 Tu-Su • lcccasb.com Linden Studio • Art & Artifacts • 963 Linden Ave, Carpinteria • 805570-9195.
Six Light Sculptures RUTH ELLEN HOAG by Rod Lathim www.ruthellenhoag.com
this month at @ruthellenhoag REH Contemporary Gallery 805-689-0858 12 W. Anapamu St ~inquire for studio classes~
Lompoc Library Grossman Gallery • Ollie Woodworth through Aug • 501 E North Av, Lompoc • 805588-3459 Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center • 12-4 Th-Su • 865 Linden • 805-684-7789 • carpinteriaartscenter.org Maker House • 1351 Holiday Hill Rd • 805-565-CLAY • 10-4 Daily • makerhouse.org Marcia Burtt Gallery • Coastal California and Peggy Gruen through Aug 23 • Landscape paintings, prints, & books • 517 Laguna St • 1-5 Th-Su • 805-962-5588 • artlacuna.com Mate Gallery • Beach images alongside vintage oils, gifts • 1014 Coast Village Rd • 805-895-6283 • mategallery.com MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation • 10-5 Daily • 125 State St • 805-770-5000 • moxi.org Museum of Contemporary Art SB • 11-6pm Tu-Sun • 653 Paseo
Fuzion Gallery & Boutique • Hand blown glass, 100 + artists • 1115 State St • fuzionglass.com Gallery 113 • Members of the SB Art Assn • 1114 State St, #8, La Arcada Ct • 805-965-6611 • 11-5 Mo-Sa; 1-4 Su • gallery113sb.com Gallery Josephine • 133 E Anapamu St • Work by Josephine Tournier Ingram • 1st Thu & By Appt Gallery Los Olivos • Go West: Robin Deshayes, Deborah Kalas, & Linda Lewis through Aug • Daily 104pm • 2920 Grand Av • 805-688-7517 • gallerylosolivos.com Ganna Walska Lotusland • Gardens • by reservation • 695 Ashley Rd • 805-969-9990 • lotusland.org Grace Fisher Fdn • Inclusive Arts Clubhouse • Paintings by Grace Fisher • 121 S Hope, La Cumbre Plaza • WeSu 11-5pm • gracefisherfoundation.org
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LCCCA Fine Line Gallery La Cumbre Plaza www.bovonhohenlohe.com
Kerry Methner TheTouchofStone.com 805-570-2011 • VOICE Gallery
Art Venues
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Santa Barbara Tennis Club - 2nd Fridays Art • GVAA, curated & juried by Linda Ekstrom through Aug • 2375 Foothill Rd • 10-6 Daily • 805-682-4722 • 2ndfridaysart.com Santa Ynez Chumash Museum • A Legacy of Culture, Innovation, and Resilience • 3500 Numancia St, SY • Thu-Sun 10-5pm • sychumashmuseum.org Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum • 3596 Sagunto St • 12-4pm We-Su • santaynezmuseum.org Sahyun Genealogical Library • Research family history • 316 Castillo St • Tue/Thu 10-4; Sun & 3rd Sat 1-4 • SBGen.org
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Nuevo • mcasantabarbara.org Legacy Arts International • Wed-Sun 12-8pm • La Cumbre Plaza • 310-880-6671 • legacyartsb.com Palm Loft Gallery • Sacred Places • Paintings of Arturo Tello through Sept 6 • 410 Palm Av, Loft A1, Carpinteria • 1-6 Fr-Su & By Appt • 805-684-9700 • palmloft.com Patricia Clarke Studio • 410 Palm Av, Carpinteria • By Appt • 805-4527739 • patriciaclarkestudio.com Peregrine Galleries • Early CA & American paintings; fine vintage jewelry • 1133 Coast Village Rd • 805252-9659 • @peregrinegalleries Pippin • La Aracada’s newest art, antiques, boutique • 1114 State #24. Portico Gallery • Jordan Pope & Gallery Artists • Open Daily • 1235 Coast Village Rd • 805-729-8454 • porticofinearts.com REH Contemporary • Music in the Air • 12 W Anapamu • Studio of Ruth Ellen Hoag and gallery for local artists • 805-689-0858 • RuthEllenHoag.com Santa Barbara Art Works • Arts Education for All • 28 E Victoria St • 805-260-6705 • M-F 8:30-4:30 • sbartworks.org Santa Barbara Botanic Garden • Still Growing: 100 Years of California’s Native Plants through Mar 2027 • 1212 Mission Canyon Rd • 10-5 daily • 805-682-4726 • sbbg.org
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Lenore Tolegian Hughes lenorehughes.com Santa Barbara City Hall Gallery • Scaling The Walls • featuring Arts Alliance members • 735 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara Fine Art • Places from the Heart • Landscapes & sculptor Bud Bottoms • 1321 State St • 1-6 We-Sa & By Appt • 805-845-4270 • santabarbarafineart.com Santa Barbara Historical Museum • Project Fiesta!: Arte de los Mantónes and Finding Saint Barbara; and Edward Borein Gallery, and The Story of Santa Barbara ~ ongoing • 136 E De la Guerra • 12-5 We, Fri-Su; 12-7 Th • 805-966-1601 • sbhistorical.org Santa Barbara Maritime Museum • Play: Bronze Sculptures and Other Stuff by Susan Read Cronin through Nov 29 • The Chumash, Whaling, Commercial Diving, Surfing, Shipwrecks, First Order Fresnel Lens, and SB Lighthouse Women Keepers ~ Ongoing • 113 Harbor Wy, Ste 190 • 10-5 Daily • 805-962-8404 • SBMM.org Santa Barbara Museum Of Art • Remixed: Entwined Histories & New Forms, through Aug 30; RandomAccess Memory: Internet Art, through Sep 27; As if in a Dream: History, Fantasy, Future: through Jan 3 • 11-5 Tu-Su; 5-8 1st Th free; 2nd Sun free Tri-Co residents • 805-963-4364 • sbma.net Santa Barbara Museum Of Natural History • Butterflies Alive! through September; The Living Print through Nov 8; Chumash Basketry: Art & Life through Nov 30 • 2559 Puesta del Sol • 10-5 We-Mo • sbnature.org Santa Barbara Sea Center • Dive In: Our Changing Channel ~ Ongoing • 211 Stearns Wharf • 10-5 Daily • 805682-4711 • sbnature.org
Daydreaming Mixed Media Collage JOIN MULTIMEDIA ARTIST BASIL KINCAID for a hands-on family workshop inspired by Kincaid’s incredible quilted work A Day at Victoria Glades (2021), depicting the young artist’s favorite spot to daydream. Attendees will learn to use precut fabric, magazine clippings, and other reclaimed materials to create magical collages depicting their own daydreaming sites. This creative opportunity for Basil Kincaid children and their caregivers will take place in the SBMA Art Learning Lab from 10am to 12pm on Saturday, August 29th. For tickets ($10-15) visit sbma.net Photo by Zachary Balber
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Seimandi & Leprieur • Hunt Slonem: a leading figure of American Neo-Expressionism; Year One: Group Show through Aug • 33 W Anapamu St. • Wed-Sat 11-6 • 805-610-1203 • seimandileprieur.com Stewart Fine Art • Early CA Plein Air Paintings + European Fine Art + Antiques • 539 San Ysidro Rd • 115:30 Mo-Sa • 805-845-0255 Sullivan Goss • Wosene: Words in Time through Sep 21; Nicole Strasburg: The Whole is Greater through Aug 24 • 11 E Anapamu St • 10-5:30 daily • 805-730-1460 • sullivangoss.com Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Bear Museum • 122 W Canon Perdido • 11-4 Fr-Sa; Su-Th by appt • quinlanmuseum.com • 805-687-4623 SYV Historical Museum & Carriage House • Art of The Western Saddle • ongoing • 3596 Sagunto St, SY • 12-4 Sa, Su • 805688-7889 • santaynezmuseum.org Tamsen Gallery • Before they were Legends through Sep 17 • 1309 State St • 12-5 We-Su • 805-705-2208 • tamsengallery.com UCSB Library Ocean Gallery • Creating Community Through Books: 20 Years of UCSB Reads through Jan 2027 • library.ucsb.edu Voice Gallery • SB Sculptors Guild & VOICE present Caliente • La Cumbre Plaza H-124 • 10-5:30 M-F; 1-5 Sa-Sun • 805-965-6448 Waterhouse Gallery Montecito • Notable CA & National Artists • 1187 Coast Village Rd • 11-5 Mo-Su • 805962-8885 • waterhousegallery.com Waterhouse Gallery SB • Notable CA & National Artists • La Arcada Ct, 1114 State St, #9 • 11-5 Mo-Sa • 805962-8885 • waterhousegallery.com Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum Of Art • Recent Acquisitions • Some weekdays 10-4 during the summer • westmont.edu/museum The Yes Store • Art by Local Artists • 1015 State St • M-F: 11am-6pm; Sa:10:30am-6pm; Su: 10:30am-5pm • theyesstore.com
Jackie Amézquita, Gemidos de la Tierra (Wailings of the Land/Soil), 2023, photo documentation of public activation, March 25, 2023. Photo by Gina Clyne. Courtesy of the artist, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), and LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division).
AD&A Museum to open two New Exhibitions this month
AS THE FALL TERM NEARS, THE ART, DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM at UC Santa Barbara will reopen with two new exhibtions: Bonnie Ora Sherk: Frames since 1970, the first major survey exhibition of the late artist and Jackie Amézquita: Gemidos de la Tierra, a remembrance of people who have died in ICE custody. The two shows will run from August 26th to November 29th with a public reception on September 26th at 5pm. Bonnie Ora Sherk, a pioneer Californian conceptual and performance artist, spent her life at the crossroads between art and ecology. Conceiving the widely celebrated ‘Portable Parks’ project in San Fransisco—a temporary landscape architectural intervention—Bonnie made a name for herself in the world of public installations and performances. Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames since 1970 traces her sustained commitment to art and ecology in the public sphere through newly transferred film and video alongside rarely seen photographs, collages, works on paper, artist books, printed matter, and ephemera.
Gemidos de la Tierra (wailings of the land/soil) was initially presented in 2020 as a two-day, mobile procession throughout Los Angeles to honor the dead and protest the bureaucratic erasure that often accompanies death within carceral systems. It offers up the names of those who have lost their lives and each name is handcast by artist Jackie Amézquita using soil from the state where the person died, combined with masa, salt, and rainwater—materials that carry cultural, ancestral, and elemental resonance. The exhibition marks the inaugural museum presentation of the project since its inception. On November 1st, as part of Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations, Amézquita will publicly update the work at UC Santa Barbara with the names of those who have passed away in recent years. museum.ucsb.edu/exhibitions
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Storytelling Holds The Alcazar Theatre to the Light
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The Weekly Scoop By Bridget Keon / VOICE
SERVING UP ICE CREAM IN AN INVENTIVE AND UNUSUAL FASHION, Rolld Ice Cream is located on State Street in downtown Santa Barbara. As the name suggests, their ice cream is served hand-rolled, mixed on a cold plate with flavors that begin as a sweet cream base before being chopped and mixed on the spot with real ingredients, carefully rolled, and topped with whipped cream. A creative and engaging new take on a classic dessert, Rolld becomes an interactive experience, watching the flavor transform from its components into a delicious concoction, right before your eyes.
THE INTIMATE ALCAZAR THEATRE was the local for three special days of the 2nd Annual Carpinteria Film Fest. A non-profit, run-by-volunteers in downtown Carpinteria, the festival took place August 14th, 15th, and 16th. The weekend was a proud moment for the organizers, inviting newer filmmakers, along with veterans to show films.
On Sunday, the last day, the Alcazar welcomed surfers and surf fans for the beach and surfing culture subjects. The late afternoon shorts and evening feature were inspired by the sense of place Carpinteria offers with the adjacent coastal beaches, salt marshes, and bluffs. The festival, instigated by Alcazar Board President Michael Lazaro and Josh Pangan, was supported by a small army of enthused volunteers.
Also on hand were plentiful groups of actors and directors presenting a variety of shorts in the late afternoon with a dinner break then onto The Shape of Things: The Dick Brewer Story feature at dusk. The films VOICE got to see varied in quality, but one element in common was that all showed abilities in storytelling. Most had limited budgets and there were gentle family or coming of age stories presented. The audience came away with life lessons and perhaps minds opened a bit to predicaments they were not familiar with. The selections were definitively independent and the filmmakers share a passion for film storytelling.
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To mention some highlights, Salty, a 14 minute short, from Josh Martin, comically looks at the personality of a fierce surfer, Dave, who accidentally reveals a soft side on occasion. His interactions between kooky characters who he meets is grounded by a strong portrayal from Paul Zies as the main character. The director is also clever in creating zany situations that show surfer to surfer conflicts and attitudes. The other highlight was the evening main feature, The Shape of Things: The Dick Brewer Story, a documentary from Bob Campi. The film won audience awards from both the Maui Film Festival and the Honolulu Surf Film Festival and is a fascinating look at a superstar of board shaping in the 1960s and 70s. There are some terrific talking head interviews with some star big wave surfers as well as some gorgeous surfing shots using Gordon Brewer shaped boards. The boards were pioneeringly aerodynamic on big wave faces. The film beckons one to want to know more about surfing and surf riding history. Overall, festival films hailed from Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Laguna Beach, Chicago, and New York, bringing together the creativity behind the cameras and giving the audiences a fun weekend of screenings.
I am a big believer in judging quality based on how good a timeless flavor is, and their cookies and cream was on the mark. They top each of their rolls with whipped cream and extra toppings, and the crunch of the cookies atop the rolls was a truly wonderful addition. The sweet cream was rich and smooth, and a natural base for each of their flavors. The most exciting part of ordering was being able to observe the process, where the cream was chopped with the cookies and smoothed over the -22 degree cold plate before being rolled into shape.
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Their menu features four classic flavors alongside four rotating weekly flavors. Classics include vanilla sweet cream, strawberry milk, Chapala chocolate, and cookies & cream. Their rotating flavors vary, with current offerings of Dubai chocolate pistachio, sea salt caramel chip, chocolate covered pretzel, and coconut cream pie.
The rolls were more similar in texture to a dough than an ice cream, but melted really beautifully. They have been experimenting with some non-dairy base options as well, but have not released them yet as they hope to ensure they hold up as well as the sweet cream. Rolled ice cream had a big moment on the East Coast a few years ago, and I was surprised to discover them thriving here in Santa Barbara. I think Rolld sets itself apart by inviting people into an experience and presenting something unique and highquality. The space itself is warm, clean, and inviting. Opened by Lucy Genge and Payton Krasner in 2025, Santa Barbara is their first location, after a few years of experience doing popups and catering ventures. They recently opened a second location near their Santa Maria home. rolldicecreamsb.com
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For women in menopause, ‘not all healthy diets are equal’ Study comparing eleven eating patterns finds two clear paths to curbing weight gain By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer, August 11, 2026
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A recent study examining how eleven different diets affect weight gain and obesity during menopause found that two — the Planetary Health Diet and a diet that supports healthy insulin metabolism — are best for weight management. The research, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, seeks to fill a gap in studies of diet and weight gain involving women around the age of menopause, during which weight gain is Tong Xia common. The researchers, led by Tong Xia, a postdoctoral fellow in epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Channing Division of Network Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, examined the diets of 38,283 women who participated in the Nurses’ Health Study II, a long-running study of the lifestyle habits of registered nurses who were between the ages of 25 and 42 in 1989. As part of the study, the nurses filled out detailed dietary questionnaires every four years. Researchers examined dietary and weight records during the six years before and after menopause. “Weight gain during menopause is common, but until now we didn’t know which specific diet actually helps
most,” Xia said. “Our study is the first to directly compare eleven major dietary patterns, plus ultra-processed food intake, in the same group of women around menopause. What we found is that not all healthy diets are equal — a low-insulinemic diet and the Planetary Health Diet stood out as most effective for managing weight during this transition, giving women and their doctors concrete, evidence-based guidance for a stage of life when few such answers have existed.” Researchers found that the Planetary Health and low-insulinemic diets were associated with the lowest weight gain and with the lowest risk of obesity. The Planetary Health Diet was developed by the EATLancet Commission in recent years and has been shown to be both healthy and have environmental impacts that are lower than other diets. “These two dietary patterns are low in red and processed meats, potatoes, french fries, sodium, and high in nuts, fruits, vegetables, whole grains,” Xia said. Though the diets can be broadly categorized as either healthy or unhealthy, according to nutritional studies in recent years, the researchers said the dietary details matter so even diets with ample evidence for their health-promoting characteristics, such as the Mediterranean diet and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, also known as the DASH diet, are distinct because they include different proportions of healthful foods.
The study, supported by the National cautiously, Xia said, but is likely because Institutes of Health and the Julie Wilcox it is low in protein at a time of life — Women’s Health and Nutrition Novel menopause — associated with a loss of Research Fund, muscle, which is included the Planetary a dense tissue. Health Diet, the “Weight gain “Women already Mediterranean Diet, during menopause lose more muscle, and the DASH diet, and the low as well as healthy is common, but protein intake and unhealthy plantuntil now we may make this based diets, those high process quicker,” in ultra-processed didn’t know Xia said. foods, those known which specific to promote insulin Xia said she resistance and diet actually helps became interested inflammation, and in diet and – Tong Xia most.” healthy and unhealthy menopause during low carbohydrate her doctoral work diets — which are on pregnancy, often chosen by people when she noticed how little work was looking to lose weight. being done about the time when fertility declines. A potential next step, she said, A surprise in the study, Xia said, is that one of the unhealthy diets, the unhealthy would be a trial where women entering menopause get a dietary intervention to plant diet —which emphasizes lesssee if it helps weight management and healthy plant foods such as french fries promotes longer term health. — had a slight association with weight loss. That warrants further investigation and the explanation should be interpreted
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Politics
By Yue Stella Yu and Kristen Hwang June 25, 2026 Updated June 30, 2026
This story was originally published by CalMatters
On November 3rd, Californians will vote on 14 statewide ballot measures on environment, taxation, election, housing and healthcare. For months, interest groups sponsoring ballot initiatives spent heavily on ad blitzes and signature gathering to get on the ballot, but some agreed to withdraw high-profile proposals after striking deals with state leaders or other interest groups this week, ahead of Thursday’s deadline to finalize the November ballot. Rideshare giant Uber and the state’s trial lawyers pulled rival measures in a deal with state lawmakers and healthcare labor unions and the California Hospital Association agreed to pull two measures that would have capped hospital executive pay and restricted spending by healthcare unions. Here’s what’s on your November ballot:
Proposition 40: Billionaire tax
WHAT IT DOES: This high-profile measure would apply a one-time 5% wealth tax on the assets of roughly 200 California billionaires, to be paid over five years. Ninety percent of the revenue would go to pay for healthcare for low-income Californians and 10% toward education and food assistance programs. SUPPORTERS: Service Employees
International Union–United Healthcare Workers West, independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, Teamsters California and AFSCME California
Ripple Labs co-founder Chris Larsen, the California Teachers Association, California Primary Care Association and California Medical Association
Proposition 41: Audit new tax spending
WHAT IT DOES: This measure in response to the billionaire tax proposal would require state audits of programs funded by new taxes. It would also apply revenue from new taxes to the state’s spending cap, which requires that spiking revenue go back to taxpayers or toward education. That would effectively cancel out the wealth tax proposal. If voters approve both measures, the one with more votes will prevail. SUPPORTERS: Building a Better
California, primarily funded by Brin and venture capitalists John Doerr and Michael Moritz, Reform California and California Chamber of Commerce
OPPONENTS: Proponents of the
billionaire tax initiative
Proposition 42: Prohibit new personal property tax and retroactive taxes WHAT IT DOES: This measure is also
aimed at undercutting the wealth tax proposal. It would prevent new taxes on personal property, which would offset the wealth tax. If both pass, the one with more votes prevails. SUPPORTERS: Building a Better
California, Reform California, the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California and California Chamber of Commerce
OPPONENTS: Proponents of the billionaire tax initiative
OPPONENTS: Gov. Gavin Newsom, prominent billionaires including Google co-founder Sergey Brin and
IN SUMMARY: California voters will decide on 14 statewide policy proposals come November, including the high-stakes billionaire tax, an $11 billion affordable housing bond and voter ID requirements. Be prepared for California’s general election: Sign up for our election newsletter to get breaking news and key developments on the ballot propositions and races.
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Protect Huntington Beach volunteers hand out campaign materials in Huntington Beach on Nov. 11, 2023.
Proposition 3: Make high-earner income tax permanent
WHAT IT DOES: The measure seeks to make permanent a temporary income tax — up to 12% — on high earners that voters approved in 2012. The tax applies to household income over $721,000 for couples and over $360,000 for individuals. The tax generates between $5-15 billion each year for K-12 schools and community colleges. It is set to expire in 2031.
Supporters: California Teachers Association, California Federation of Teachers and California School Employees Association OPPONENTS: California Taxpayers Association
Proposition 43: Higher threshold for local special taxes
WHAT IT DOES: This would raise the threshold for citizen-driven special tax ballot initiatives to pass from a simple majority to two-thirds, making it harder to impose or increase taxes. The measure, placed on the ballot at the last minute by state lawmakers, reflects a deal state leaders struck with Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. SUPPORTERS: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers
Association
Proposition 1: Affordable housing bond WHAT IT DOES: This would allow the
state to borrow a record $11.25 billion for affordable housing, with $10 billion to buy, build, rehabilitate and preserve affordable homes and $1.25 billion to
help veterans buy homes. SUPPORTERS: Newsom, Democratic
state lawmakers, the California Apartment Association and AFL-CIO California
OPPONENTS: Republican state lawmakers
Proposition 37: $25 billion homebuying loan
WHAT IT DOES: This would create a $25 billion mortgage loan program for home buyers who make less than 200% of the area median income. The measure would offer fixed-rate mortgages for up to 17% of the purchase price on homes priced under $1.5 million. Home buyers must pay at least 3% of their down payment. SUPPORTERS: Former Senate Majority
Leader Bob Hertzberg, Building a Better California, the California Association of Realtors, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and Western States Regional Council of Carpenters
Proposition 2: Rainy day fund
WHAT IT DOES: This constitutional amendment from top Democratic leaders would allow the state to deposit up to 20% of its general fund tax revenue into its rainy day fund each year, instead of the current 10%. The state could also spend some tax revenue to pay down its $20 billion federal unemployment insurance debt. SUPPORTERS: Newsom and legislative
Democrats
OPPONENTS: Legislative Republicans
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Proposition 45: Expedited environmental review
WHAT IT DOES: This would amend the state’s landmark California Environmental Quality Act to create deadlines for environmental reviews of most housing, transportation, water, health and clean energy projects to speed up permitting and limit the court’s ability to stop or delay developments. SUPPORTERS: California Chamber
of Commerce, Building a Better California, the California Building Industry Association, PG&E and Edison
OPPONENTS: Clean and Healthy California, a coalition of environmental advocates and the California State Building and Construction Trades Council
Proposition 39: Voter ID
WHAT IT DOES: This constitutional amendment would require voters to present government-issued ID when voting in person or the last four digits of their ID number when voting by mail. SUPPORTERS: Reform California,
Californians for Voter ID and Republican U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert
OPPONENTS: League of Women Voters
of California, ACLU California Action and California Donor Table
Proposition 4: Public campaign financing
WHAT IT DOES: This measure would give California governments the authority to set up public financing systems for state and local political candidates. Public campaign financing has been banned in California since 1988. State lawmakers approved the measure last year to send it to voters this November. SUPPORTERS: California Common
Cause, California Clean Money Campaign, League of Women Voters and ACLU California Action
OPPONENTS: California Taxpayers
Association
Proposition 5: Recall election reform
WHAT IT DOES: After a recall, this
constitutional amendment would eliminate the election to pick a successor immediately, such as when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger replaced the recalled Gov. Gray Davis, instead leaving the post vacant until it’s filled in a separate election. It would also allow the recalled official to run for the office again.
Local News for a Global Village | www.VoiceSB.com SUPPORTERS: League of Women
Voters, California Common Cause and Secretary of State Shirley Weber
OPPONENTS: Election Integrity Project California
Proposition 44: Clinic funding
WHAT IT DOES: This measure would require federally qualified health centers to spend 90% of revenue on direct patient care and services that aid in providing care to low-income and underserved people. Clinics that don’t comply would be fined; the money would go into a state-operated account for worker training and staffing. SUPPORTERS: Service Employees
International Union-United Healthcare Workers West
OPPONENTS: The California Primary Care Association, which represents clinics, the California Medical Association, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and the California Teachers Association
Proposition 38: Immunology research bond
WHAT IT DOES: This would allow the state to borrow $8.4 billion in debt to research immune system-based technologies for treating conditions including cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s. The money would be divided between a University of California-affiliated nonprofit and a grant for public or nonprofit institutions. Any resulting technology and drugs from the research would be sold at 20% below the national average. SUPPORTERS: Gary Michelson,
philanthropist and funder of the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy, Meyer Luskin, philanthropist and institute board member, The ALS Association, The Alzheimer’s Association and Blood Cancer United
OPPONENTS: Robert Kaplan, former associate director of the National Institutes of Health
For the record: This story was updated to add the proposition numbers assigned to each measure. Also, Democratic legislators and Newsom were removed as supporters of Proposition 43, after they brokered the deal to put it on the ballot. Many have not taken a position yet. CalMatters’ Ben Christopher contributed reporting. Printed with permission of CalMatters
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