New Graduate Nursing Programs at Westmont Meeting a local and international need, Westmont College has launched two graduate nursing programs in downtown Santa Barbara
NEWS
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August 21, 2026
Meghan and Harry, Duchess and Duke of Sussex, leaving Montecito
SuBmitted By WeStmont College
Press Photo from Kensington Palace engagement
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.
By Sofia Wallace, Santa BarBara News-Press, 8.19.26
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.
Photo by Brian McDonnell
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
Cheryl Strayed to be Keynote speaker at Hospice of SB’s annual Heroes of Hospice benefit 2
(See NURSING, 3)
In This Issue
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)
Image courtesy of the artist
Meghan and Harry are saying goodbye to the 805.
Photo courtesy of Westmont College
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
Calendar........23-25 Cinema............22, 30