For the past 10 years, The Sportfishing Conservancy and local fishing clubs have hosted the “No Motor Tournament” to benefit the Land Trust for Santa Barbara County in its restoration efforts of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh. This year, those efforts will help fill a critical need created by la…
On Saturday, Nov. 8, the Howard School Hedgehogs participated in the Santa-to-Seas half marathon in Ventura, supporting the United States Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program. Headmaster Joel Reed, preschool director Monica Robarge, preschool teacher Katherine Murray and parent Lynn Griffin r…
The Carpinteria Lions Club’s ninth annual Festival of Trees concluded on Dec. 7, after selling a record-breaking 33,000 tickets, and tallying over 400 volunteer hours. Twenty lucky community members won their desired tree raffles and took home crates full of prizes, ranging from gift certifi…
Local cannabis farmers delivered a $1,200 check to Carpinteria High School on Dec. 7 that will enable students in the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program to tour three colleges and the Ronald Reagan Library. The money was raised at the CARP Growers booth during the 2018 C…
On the only other election night that Brad Stein tasted defeat, George H.W. Bush was celebrating victory in the 1988 race for the U.S. presidency. Following the then 32-year-old Stein’s failed 1988 bid for a Carpinteria City Council seat, he embarked on a streak of seven-straight successful …
At the Dec. 10 Carpinteria City Council meeting there were two transitions of note. First, the council welcomed new member Roy Lee and returning members Gregg Carty and Al Clark. The council also gave a heartfelt thank you to City Council member J. Bradley Stein for his 28 years of service. …
The Powdrell family will show a selection of mixed-media works from Dec. 16 to Jan. 17, at Zookers, 5404 Carpinteria Ave. Parents David and Valerie, and children Madison and Keenan, are numbers people by trade, professional accountants and bookkeepers, and creative artists by vocation.
Lately, Curtis Studio of Dance is a flurry of children, mice, royals and dolls, as the studio prepares for its annual performance of Tchaikovsky’s timeless holiday classic, The Nutcracker. Studio owner Bonnie Curtis usually selects one prima ballerina for the principal role of Clara. However…
Palm Loft Gallery presents “So Grateful!” a one-man art show featuring the paintings of artist John Wullbrandt. The show will open on Saturday, Dec. 8, and run through Jan. 27.
2/15/1943 – 11/16/2018
7/23/1920 – 11/4/2018
Lorraine Marie (Laaker) Gnuse, 93, went to be with her Lord an…
4/27/1941 – 11/3/2018
1/17/1920 – 10/7/2018
1920 – 2018
Nothing excites our senses like the holiday season. Twinkling lights and candles, special treats baking, choruses of song, snowflakes on the tongue and hand-to-cheek greetings from distant relatives crescendo into moments and memories that last a lifetime. At the center of it all are the uni…
I will never, ever forget the anguish and helplessness I felt during the Thomas Fire and mudslides. But a year later, the stronger memory is about the strength and determination of people and our community during that disorienting time and how proud I was to be a part of it. The power of rel…
A letter published in the Dec. 6 CVN (“Progressive taxation,” Vol. 25, No. 11) suggested that progressive taxation is a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. But what sort of equality do we mean? Should each taxpayer pay the same percentage, or the same dollar amoun…
I want to thank the new mayor, City Council and staff for a total lack of vision on the Faith Lutheran Church project, and for not taking into account all the valid concerns from the people that live in the affected neighborhood. We came together with real ideas that would have made the proj…
My father, Robert Gillman Beamish, died this past summer on June 30. He was 85, born in 1932. When Sunday rolls around I still think of visiting him, and a couple of weeks ago at Thanksgiving, I began to go through the logistics of getting him to our place. On the heels of these thoughts com…
Girls soccer
Soccer exploded onto the South Coast scene Dec. 8 and 9, with the NCAA Men’s Soccer College Cup taking place at UCSB and the NCAA College Cup Showcase boys soccer tournament being played at local high schools. The defending CIF State SoCal Regional Division V Champion Warriors hosted one of…
Carpinteria High School alumnus Brandon Jordon, now playing wide receiver for Ventura County Community College, caught three touchdown passes in his team’s Dec. 8 loss to Laney College in the State Football Championship Game. Earlier in the season, Jordan won MVP honors for the Pirates in th…
Shaping the face of Carpinteria, Reverend John Woods Dorrance developed the first local subdivision, the Dorrance Tract, between 3rd Street and the railroad tracks in the 1920s or 1930s. The tract, shown above in its early days, boasted paving, electricity and city water.
Chris Hecox, right, recently flew to the UK to visit her English cousin, Amanda Beart, who lives in a village near Cambridge. Besides touring grand manors, enjoying the countryside and meeting up with Amanda’s friends and family members, the two rented a flat for a week in the Norfolk town o…
Toledo, Spain is sometimes called the “City of Three Cultures” for the influences of the Christians, Jews and Muslims that are reflected in its history. Taking a break from touring wineries in Spain, Lisa Guravitz and Fred Shaw caught up with the Coastal View News in the historic town of Tol…
“Rain or shine, the progressive party on Santa Claus Lane will go on,” said Joyce Donaldson of the Carpinteria Valley Chamber of Commerce before the Padaro Beach Village shops’ party began on Dec. 5. Indeed, it was an afternoon of light rain and merriment as stores along the lane served cook…
On the one-year anniversary of the start of the Thomas Fire, Wells Fargo and Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) awarded $450,000 to small businesses that were impacted by the fire and Montecito debris flow. Dozens of business owners met at the Carpinteria Garden Park to receive their awards on …
“Rain or shine, the progressive party on Santa Claus Lane will go on,” said Joyce Donaldson of the Carpinteria Valley Chamber of Commerce before the Padaro Beach Village shops’ party began on Dec. 5. Indeed, it was an afternoon of light rain and merriment as stores along the lane served cook…
Question: Carpinteria has a long-held reputation for being a charming beach community, however, as the population rises and housing prices increase, the City faces profound questions regarding commercial and residential development. First, what is your position on the development of more res…
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