This holiday season, the Carpinteria-Summerland Firefighters Association joined forces with the nonprofit organization, CALM, to help supply families in need with a gift-filled Christmas. Each year, CALM, whose mission is to support local and county wide children and families that are the vi…
The county of Santa Barbara has released a new Storm Impact Considerations Map identifying properties that may be at risk from debris flow or flooding this storm season. Based on the most recent watershed data, the map indicates that very few residences in the city of Carpinteria remain in t…
Rotary club members and volunteers spent Saturday, Nov. 23, giving the Tomol Interpretive Park on Linden Avenue a fresh look by trimming trees, weeding and spreading mulch and wood chips. The park was created by a unique partnership between the Rotary Club of Carpinteria, the city of Carpint…
Brooding skies and a slate gray sea hint at storms to come on Tuesday, Dec. 3, as Mac Brown makes the initial cuts in building up the annual winter berm along the Carpinteria City Beach. With tides often running more than six-feet, as well as regular heavy surf from the Northwest, the berm p…
Carpinteria Valley Water District’s Board of Directors will consider certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Carpinteria Advanced Purification Project at a public meeting held on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 5:30 p.m. at Carpinteria City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Ave. The Final…
The Carpinteria City Council acted on a series of issues in sweeping votes at its Nov. 25 meeting.
The Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center will host a holiday Jazz and tamales party on Saturday, Dec. 14, after the Holiday Spirit Parade concludes at 3:30 p.m. The Cate Jazz band will play holiday tunes, and tamales, cookies and a variety of beverages will be available until the Hospice Tre…
La Conchita artist Dr. Bonnie Kelm’s line of jewelry—Bella Kaye Designs—will be featured in the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Store on State Street in Santa Barbara. A retired art history professor and museum director, Kelm began her “second act” in 2007 writing, making art and creating jewelr…
Girls aged three to seven at Girls Inc. learned how to polka, cha-cha and disco with guidance from California Gold Ballroom champion instructor Mariia Usanina and owner Diane Meehan. After practice sessions, the girls performed a showcase for their parents. Continuing dance classes for girls…
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I’d waited six months for this moment and was hoping for an easier time of it, but sometimes you just have to put your head down and lay into it.
I recently crossed paths with one of the biggest and most beautiful coyotes I’ve ever seen while walking my dog on the Bluffs just after sunrise. It was tall and sleek, with a thick, shiny coat and direct stare. We walked towards one another until I turned so as not to trap it in a narrow s…
Mike Wondolowski is president of the Carpinteria Valley Association (CarpinteriaValleyAssociation.org), a local organization dedicated to maintaining the small beach town nature of our community. In his 30 years of involvement in planning issues, he has witnessed visionary successes, as well as decisions that were later widely regretted. When not stuck indoors, he can often be found enjoying Carpinteria’s treasures including kayaking and snorkeling along the coast, running or hiking on the bluffs or the Franklin Trail, or “vacationing” as a tent camper at the State Beach.
A reader sends a halo to Kerry at Jazzercise for always being there for her clients. “She brings her beautiful smile and keeps us moving.”
Carpinteria is well served by our two water-related agencies, but we are also dependent on governmental agencies external to our direct control. I worked for the Office of the California Legislative Analyst (LAO) and did forensic audits/analyses on many state and local agencies and their pro…
The Carpinteria High School boys soccer team opened its season on Wednesday, Nov. 20, hosting Division Three Rio Mesa, who bested the Warriors 4-1.
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The United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County’s Carpinteria Chargers earned high marks during the organization’s 2019 flag football season. Local squads won league championships in both the third/fourth and fifth/sixth grade divisions.
This year’s Holiday Spirit Parade will be a new twist on an old classic, but the picture at right illustrates that the parade has undergone multiple revisions over time. This image, judged to be from the 1960s or 1970s, shows a marching band making its way along Carpinteria Avenue, blocking …
Julia Offen brought the Coastal View News along when she attended the American Anthropological Association conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. As treasurer for the Society for Humanistic Anthropology and an editor for the association’s journal Anthropology and Humanism, Offen spent mo…
Coastal View News photographer and woman-about-town Robin Karlsson took leave of her seaside beat to spend time with friends in the Rocky Mountains of Aspen, Colorado. With CVN in hand, she made it to the top of Aspen Mountain (elevation 11,212 feet) after a fresh, one-and-a-half feet of sno…
Ever wanted to buy your buddy a drink to celebrate their birthday or anniversary but aren’t there to take them to the bar? GYDO-Get Your Drink On, a local Carpinteria-based company, hopes to solve that quandary.
Pacific Coast Business Times has reported that Carpinteria-based tech giant, LinkedIn, has purchased its campus in a $30.4 million acquisition. The 6410 Via Real property includes 87,000 square feet of office space on 15 acres. Owned by Microsoft, LinkedIn is one of the five largest employer…
Megan Waldrep is a columnist and freelance writer, currently living on a 34-foot sailboat. To learn more about Megan, visit meganwaldrep.com.
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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