At the Carpinteria Cemetery on Monday, the Lions Club of Carpinteria and other local groups honored U.S. veterans who died in service to the country.
Carpinteria’s Architectural Review Board unanimously approved the signage program for the 700 Linden Avenue project, which consists of three commercial buildings – the Butterfly, the Butler and Hardware buildings – at the center of Carpinteria’s downtown.
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Several residents who live on Ninth Street attended last Thursday’s Architectural Review Board (ARB) meeting to contest the multi-unit property proposed for 4745 Carpinteria Ave., with many asserting that the current plans for the property would violate the privacy of residents and create pa…
CVN photographer Robin Karlsson stopped by the Carpinteria beach over the weekend, snapping photos of this year’s crop of lifeguards receiving training from the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District firefighters ahead of the upcoming summer months.
An adult male was killed after being struck by an Amtrak passenger train around 12:15 p.m. on May 27 near Bates Road in Carpinteria. His name was not released.
Carpinteria’s Push Project – a partnership between the Carpinteria Skate Foundation (CSF) and the Carpinteria Unified School District – will host an open house to showcase student work on Friday, June 2, from 5-8 p.m. at the Culture Skate Factory.
The Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District will hold a public hearing on a new district-based electoral system on Wednesday, June 7 at 5:30 p.m. at Carpinteria City Hall.
Toine Overgaag, president of Westerlay Orchids, accepts a check from Aja Forner, development coordinator at Girls Inc., left, and Aubry Watkins, marketing and communications coordinator at Girls Inc., right. Westerlay Orchids has donated $2,538.90 to Girls Inc. of Carpinteria in honor of Gir…
The Lions Club of Carpinteria conducted vision screening on children at the Carpinteria Children’s Project (CCP) at Main School last week; Guadalupe Perez from CCP helped coordinate the event, the club said.
Each and every day, the Carpinteria Sanitary District sends over one million gallons of highly treated water through our outfall pipeline and into the Pacific Ocean. In 2016 we began working in partnership with the Carpinteria Valley Water District on a plan to recapture this valuable resour…
The Carpinteria Unified School District (CUSD) Board of Trustees heard from several fifth-grade students enrolled in the Canalino Elementary School Dual Language Immersion program, at the board’s May 23 meeting.
Carpinteria resident Luke Deppmeier has been awarded the American Scandinavian Foundation of Santa Barbara scholarship, and will be sent to Denmark for several weeks during the summer to connect with his roots.
Editor’s Note: The Vietnam Veterans of America Local Chapter 218 is looking for a home for a local Huey helicopter. The helicopter has made appearances at several parades and events in the area since the chapter acquired it in 1993. According to Maureen McFadden, the “‘bird’ means so much mo…
Santa Barbara County Animal Services saw a significant increase in the number of lost pets coming into its facilities for the sixth month in a row during April. The shelter plans to expand its team and hold more community events to meet the needs of the increasing number of lost pets.
New Directions Travel, a non-profit organization, is looking for volunteer chaperones across Santa Barbara County and in Carpinteria to support adults with intellectual disabilities on vacation tours. This non-profit provides local, national and international vacations for adults with brain …
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The Lions Club of Carpinteria will honor veterans during a Memorial Day Observance ceremony on Monday, May 29 at 10 a.m. at the Carpinteria Cemetery, 1501 Cravens Ln. Chairs will be provided; attendees can also bring their own.
Following the retirement of Jim Reginato from the Carpinteria’s Architectural Review Board (ARB), the city received one application from Richard Little to fill the board’s vacancy. The council unanimously approved Little’s appointment on Monday.
Lieutenant Butch Arnoldi, from Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office (SBSO) Carpinteria Station, reported an uptick in arrests, but reduced thefts and accidents, in Carpinteria between January 2023 and April 2023.
The Carpinteria City Council unanimously repealed its Feb. 13 resolution approving a five-year plan for local projects in order to approve a revised version; the revised version reflected changes to expense estimates within the Measure A Local Street and Transportation Improvements Submittal Form.
The city approved May 21-27 as National Public Works Week in Carpinteria for the fourth year in a row, to recognize those who work in the field maintaining infrastructure, facilities and services, and to raise awareness of public works personnel being designated first responders.
The Carpinteria City Council approved three legislation position letters on Monday, relaying its opposition to Senate Bill 423, requesting a permanent budgetary allocation for housing production and requesting the state take action in response to the fentanyl public health crisis.
Following the hiring of Holden Arquilevich as the new Carpinteria Community Library technician on May 1, Carpinteria’s library is now fully staffed. The municipal library – run by the city of Carpinteria – opened in July of last year, after years of operating as part of the larger Santa Barb…
Carpinteria High School’s Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry class has ended for the semester. Junior and senior students in AP chemistry are exposed to college-level chemistry content, which they are later tested on; students can potentially use the credit from the high school course to waiv…
More than 30 Carpinteria High School (CHS) students traveled to New York City from April 17 to April 21 as part of the school’s Virtual Enterprise course; several of the students recounted their trip at the Carpinteria Unified School District board of trustees meeting on Tuesday, May 9.
Kristy Guerrero, a second-grade teacher at Canalino Elementary School, was honored by the Tri-county GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) Council recently for her commitment to rigorous education for all students.
Island Breeze Farms, a cannabis greenhouse operation that was sued by the county in 2021 for allegedly creating “a continuing public nuisance,” failing to make progress on a zoning permit application and engaging in “unfair competition,” was granted a permit this spring by the county plannin…
From left, Jeanie Epley and Pastor Joe Epley celebrated the 70th birthday of the Family Baptist Church over the weekend. Joe served as a senior pastor for the church starting in 2000; he stepped down in 2019 but continues as the Pastor Emeritus.
The newly formed board of the Carpinteria Cultural Foundation (CCF) was introduced to the community on May 20, at the Carpinteria Woman’s Club; CCF is a branch of the Latinx Arts Project, and will expand on the project’s mission to create murals recognizing Carpinteria’s Mexican community.
Muralism partnered with the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center and the city of Carpinteria to host Chalk Up 2023 – an event which invited community members to add art along designated spaces on Linden Avenue – on May 20 and 21.
Students from Canalino Elementary School stopped by the Carpinteria High School’s Future Farmers of America (FFA) farm last Thursday to check out this year’s crop of animals. Students pet the goats and met the farm’s pigs, before creating an art project led by FFA members.
Muralism, in collaboration with the city of Carpinteria, took on the restoration of Tomol Interpretive Play Area last week; according to Muralism Manager Greg Perea, the team designed a mural with dolphins swimming across “the channel” and underneath a newly-painted rainbow bridge, with 11 d…
This year’s Carpinteria and Summerland Artists Studio Tour exhibit – organized through the Carpinteria Arts Center – featured more than 23 artists across the area. Visitors were given a map of local artists’ studios to check out during Mother’s Day weekend, on May 13 and May 14, between 10 a…
From left, Future Farmers of America members Diego Cervantez, Nathan Carrino, Laura Jimenez and Cassandra Vergara earn volunteer hours while helping out at the California Women for Agriculture – Carpinteria chapter flower sale on Saturday; funds raised at the flower sale will go back to Carp…
The Compassionate Care of Carpinteria’s (CCC) annual luncheon is scheduled for Wednesday, May 31 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., at the Rincon Beach Club, 3811 Santa Claus Ln.
Santa Barbara Humane took in 47 kittens from another overcrowded shelter last week, according to Public Relations Specialist Marissa Miller. The kittens range from seven weeks to three months old; all will be spayed or neutered and receive microchips and vaccinations.
Construction crews finished paving and stripping the Olive Mill Roundabout project on Wednesday, May 17; construction in the area will now move to the northwest and northeast corners by North Jameson Lane, Olive Mill Road and Coast Village Road.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officially declared the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency on May 11, marking three and a half years since the U.S. first declared the rise of Covid-19 was a pandemic.
The Santa Barbara Police Department will reward a $100 gift card per firearm to individuals who surrender any unwanted firearms to officers on Saturday, May 20 at the City Yards off 300 East Cota St. Officers will accept guns between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., according to Public Information Officer…
The Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation (PCVF) will honor veterans on Monday, May 29 at 11 a.m. at the Santa Barbara Cemetery, 901 Channel Dr. in Santa Barbara.
Inflation has touched every aspect of all our lives over the past few years, and the costs associated with supplying water to our customers are no different. Like all public water agencies, we must recoup the cost of ensuring high quality, safe and reliable water around the clock, and that r…
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The Carpinteria City Council ruled 3-1 to pursue alternative three – an altered version of the proposed Rincon Multi-Use Trail project that sparked controversy for impacts to paragliding and safety concerns – during a special meeting on Monday.
Former California Coastal Commissioner – and the featured speaker at the Friends of the Carpinteria Library’s upcoming annual meeting – Jana Zimmer published her memoir, “Chocolates from Tangier: A Holocaust replacement child’s memoir of art and transformation,” earlier this year.
Four Carpinteria High School students participated in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) retreat in Ojai from April 20 to April 23, and recounted their experiences to the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning on May 10. The Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning had sponsored the four studen…
The Santa Barbara County Education Office (SBCEO) honored the county’s top educators Thursday at the 2023 Education Celebration, including Canalino Elementary School teacher Sonia Aguila. Aguila recently received both the California and National Bilingual Teacher of the Year awards.
Four Carpinteria Middle School students were selected to attend the UC Santa Barbara Summer Tech Trek Camp: Samantha Sanchez, Mariah Galvez, Callie Balch and Evelyn Aviles-Moreno. “CMS would love to recognize these four scientists who have been selected for the prestigious UCSB Summer Tech T…
Cyclers of all ages learned about traffic rules, bike riding and how to properly secure a helmet on Saturday afternoon at the Carpinteria Children’s Project, in a CycleMAYnia family event organized by MOVE Santa Barbara County. Attendees stood in line for free helmet and bike light distribut…
Happy Mothers Day from the Coastal View News
In the fall of 1975, Jacquelyn Geary took her first steps into her teaching career. Nearly 50 years later, the Carpinteria Middle School P.E. teacher is retiring.
Several members of local gun-control group Moms Demand Action spoke at Monday night’s council meeting, urging the Carpinteria City Council to adopt a safe storage gun ordinance. A safe storage ordinance would require all guns in a residence be kept “securely stored” in a locked container or …
From left, locals Candi Burquez, Susan Anderson and Vincente Lopez ready to plant trees on Sunday at the Franklin Trail; at right, their trees are marked with unique signage, each with the planters’ names. Lopez began planting seeds from a California Live Oak Tree at the bottom of the Frankl…
The average number of PCR-confirmed Covid-19 cases in Santa Barbara County decreased last week, by 28.2%. Covid-19 community levels remain low in Santa Barbara County; one new death related to Covid-19 was reported last week. It is recommended that everyone six months and older receive an up…
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