Street Smarts: St. Patrick’s Day parade returns to Ventura; Wall Street Journal discovers Central Coast

It’s back, and Nan Drake is in the lead. Entries are now being accepted for the Ventura Elks Club’s 2022 County of Ventura St. Patrick’s Day Parade, beginning at at 10 a.m. on March 12, along Main Street in midtown Ventura. The parade was dark in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID, but it returns Read More →
Good Works: Girls Inc. names new CEO; Vitamin Angels reaches new countries

After a nine-month nationwide search, Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara has a new CEO. Jennifer Faust was hired in September in a consulting role for the nonprofit and took over in January as CEO, Girls Inc. said in a recent news release. Prior to joining Girls Inc., Faust spent with the Pacific Council on Read More →

Street Smarts: Casa Pacifica’s food and brew festival to make its return

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Street Smarts: Westmont will bring author Michael Lewis back to Santa Barbara

Bestselling author Michael Lewis will keynote the 17th annual Westmont College President’s Breakfast on March 4 at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Lewis is best known for “Moneyball,” “The Big Short” and “The Blind Side,” but his pandemic book, “The Premonition” made prescient calls about COVID-19 and it made a hero out of Charity Read More →