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Sansum Clinic, one of the oldest non-profit outpatient clinics in California, is now in its 100th year of service. From its origins with Dr. William Sansum, the first U.S. physician to both develop and administer insulin for diabetes, to its current day operation with 220 doctors in more tha…
On Jan. 13, Carpinteria Unified School District updated its Covid Dashboard on cusd.net with its cumulative (since Oct. 13) known positive cases of Covid-19. The report does not differentiate between active and recovered status.
On Jan. 21, at 6 p.m., Hospice of Santa Barbara’s free virtual Illuminate Speaker Series will present the talk, “Ritual and Resilience: Building Meaning and Connection in a World Turned Upside Down” by Katy Butler.
On Jan. 11, a mobile Covid-19 testing unit was made available to support the expansion of testing throughout Santa Barbara County. The mobile testing unit will be located at CenCal Health in Santa Barbara (4050 Calle Real) from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. The test site is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. …
On a bright Friday morning, I pulled into the parking lot of Island View Nursery, past natural rock fountains, vibrant “Sticks on Fire” succulents and lush green foliage. I asked the friendly guy behind the outside counter—a structure that resembles a small temple—if the owner Nacho Mendez w…
Delgado’s Mexican Restaurant’s sister location Pepe’s in Goleta recently experienced a fire and had to close temporarily. To make the best of the situation, some of the staff from Pepe’s visited Delgado’s to show the Carpinteria team how to work the “trompo” or spinning top used to make the …
Brenda Tan is a columnist and a freelance writer. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in English, Writing and Literature, and Art History with an emphasis in Museum Studies at UCSB. She can be reached at brendatan321@gmail.com.
This week, thee Carpinteria Arts Center rolled out “Signs of Hope,” a new community art project. “Signs of Hope” aims to give Carpinterians an outlet to share positive messages and their own artwork on personalized yard signs. There are two versions of the yard signs. One is a blank canvas w…
The Ensemble Theatre Company (ETC) in Santa Barbara is now accepting applications for its fourth Annual Young Playwrights’ Festival for writers ages 13 to 19. The program provides young writers with an environment to learn the craft of playwriting over a four-month period.
Cate School junior Asen Kim Ou has received the National YoungArts Foundation merit award in Design Arts. Ou was one of 14 students that received this award. The merit level is the organization’s third highest honor, which recognizes artwork that is technically strong with a clear artistic p…
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A reader sends a halo to Lisa Lombardi O’Reilly. “It’s thanks to her help, support and encouragement in assisting me that I was able to publish my first book.”
Sanderson Smith’s letter in the Jan. 7 issue of CVN (Vol. 26, No. 16) wishing Joe Biden well is welcome; yet the differences cited between Democrats and Republicans show very selective reasoning. “Take from the rich and give to the poor,” is overstated and omits the broader interests of most…
I noted in the Jan. 7 edition of CVN (Vol. 26, No. 16) that in the “Man on the Street” column a responder “wondered”: whether our democracy will survive after this attempt by the GOP to overthrow the election. The responder and other like-minded thinkers should be aware that the GOP’s electi…
After the horrifying and despicable acts of violence against our democracy today, prompted by Donald Trump and his congressional enablers, I am thoroughly disgusted. During the past four years, our democracy has been stretched to the limit by a president who has shown no regard for the rule …
My best friend from childhood sent a photo of his 12-year-old daughter a week ago with a text message: “I wish I’d spent more time with her.” He and his wife split up last year, and it’s not so much the pain of divorce he’s referring to (there were plenty of reasons), but the 15-hour days he…
Most know Dr. John Zemjanis, a.k.a. Dr. Z, as the community’s devoted family medicine practitioner at Beach Medical Clinic on 8th Street and Linden Avenue. But Dr. Z has also lived an extraordinary life, filled with grace, empathy, and education. For Carpinteria Magazine, the good doctor ope…
The Modisette brothers, a trio of rising stars on the surf and music scenes, are on their way to calling Carpinteria home. Tahven, 15, Koa, 12, and Hawk, 11, are faces and names to learn now, as the rest of the world will undoubtedly discover the talented trio in short order.
On Dec. 1, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) announced that due to the surge of Covid-19 infections in California, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) postponed the release of youth sport guidelines and CIF will postpone all in-person practices and competitions un…
This year’s recipient of the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table’s Phil Womble Award is Carpinteria High School junior, Kate Cooney.
Shawn Olmstead’s relationship to the sport of volleyball rivals that of a ‘90s Disney sports movie. Ever since he was a kid, Olmstead has always had some notion of contact with the sport. This should come as no surprise seeing that his father, Rick Olmstead, was a championship winning coach …
Jackie Williams, David and Dan Abramovs started off the new year in paradise when they travelled to Hawaii to visit Jackie’s daughter and son-in-law, Vonnie and Steve Razoin. The group traveled around the islands with their copy of Coastal View News, stopping at the Punaluʻu Beach to see hug…
Coastal View News photographer Robin Karlsson hangs onto her copy of CVN in a gusty cornfield in Southport, Indiana, where she experienced 30-degree weather. Karlsson travelled across the country to visit her mother and brother for Thanksgiving and made sure to take all the precautions neces…
This year’s election cycle includes a hotly contested race for Carpinteria’s two open seats on City Council. Citizens of the World’s Safest Beach will have a chance to choose two councilmembers from a pool of three qualified candidates. Incumbent Mayor Wade Nomura competes for his third term…
In this year’s election for Carpinteria Unified School District Board of Trustees, incumbent Rogelio Delgado faces four challengers in a race for two seats on the school board. In our final installation of a three-part Q & A series with the candidates, we learn more about the top priorit…
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