Dog owners and their four-legged friends are invited to celebrate the official grand opening of the Monte Vista Off-Leash Dog Park this Saturday, April 20; the opening was pushed from April 13 due to rain.
Carpinteria businesses that submit permanent parklet plans to the city prior to July 1 will be allowed to keep their temporary parklets in place while they go through the formal city review process, per a city council decision made during the council’s Monday, April 8 meeting.
Carpinteria is no exception to the statewide housing crisis in California, but community members are concerned that current developer solutions look better on paper than next to their long-established neighborhoods – and the Lagunitas Apartments and Mixed-use Project proposed for the 6300 bl…
The Carpinteria Unified School District (CUSD) Board of Trustees heard about Aliso Elementary School’s after-school Extended Learning Program (ELP) from Principal Brett Weiberg at the board’s Tuesday, April 9 meeting.
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The Carpinteria City Council passed three proclamations during its Monday, April 8 meeting, honoring the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Noon, and designating April 2024 as Fair Housing Month and April 7–13 as National Library Week.
At it's Monday, April 8 meeting, the Carpinteria City Council elected to use this year’s funding of $336,667 from the state’s 2024-25 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account to complete the 2022 Pavement Project.
On a stormy Saturday on April 13, Carpinteria track and field hosted 50 teams for the 104th annual Russell Cup at Carpinteria Valley Memorial Stadium, where athletes, coaches and volunteers battled through wind and rain for a long day of competition.
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Cate baseball extended its win streak to five games and improved to 3-0 in the Frontier League with a few more wins over Santa Clara and Villanova in the past week.
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Warriors baseball picked up its fourth and fifth win of the season with back-to-back victories over Nordhoff on April 10 and April 12.
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Laura Tunberg recently purchased the Carpinteria location of Visiting Angels, a home health care service located at 5565 Carpinteria Ave., Suite 1; it is the fourth Visiting Angels operation that Tunberg now owns and oversees.
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Local artist Leigh Sparks has returned to her 961 Linden Ave. studio after leaving for several reasons, including a cancer diagnosis, the Covid-19 pandemic and the birth of her grandchildren.
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Carpinteria’s Seaside Makers Collective is now at 4193 Carpinteria Ave., with a soft opening held on Tuesday, March 26.
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Editor’s Note: This piece expands on “C.D. Hubbard and his lemon legacy,” which ran in CVN Vol. 26, No. 19.
The author and artist Barnaby Conrad – a Rincon Point resident from 1973 until his death in 2013 – credited two towering figures of 20th-century American literature with molding his career. He spent five months living and working with one of them but couldn’t elicit even a postcard out of t…
Let’s travel back in time to the Rincon of the 1970s and ‘80s.
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Let’s face it, the media – local and national – have discovered our little slice of paradise. The word is out. Carpinteria, and its sleepy little beach town vibe, has become a destination. And we all know that mere words don’t do justice to our beach with its beautiful sunsets, scenic tide p…
Regarding the two CVN opinion letters last week that spoke to Carpinteria culture, sound levels and lifestyle expectations of certain Carpinteria neighborhoods, the Marcussen household is happy to provide clarification, context, fact and our opinion to this dialogue.
In response to the ongoing letters and public comments regarding noise levels affecting the beach neighborhood, particularly the music from Island Brewing Company (IBC), I would like to add my two cents. When I purchased my property in the beach neighborhood in 1998, I was already aware of t…
Thanks again to the Carpinteria City Council for doing the right thing in keeping live music alive and well in Carpinteria.
Please attend this Architectural Review Board meeting on April 11 at Carpinteria City Hall, at 5:30 p.m. Developers want to build 159 units on 8.6 acres. Very, very high density! Don’t let the state or city destroy Carpinteria.
Suppose a task is important, but nearly impossible. You’ll almost certainly never accomplish it, but it would be great if you did. Would you try?
Last month (CVN Vol. 30, No. 27) I discussed the definition of resiliency, noting that it differs from – though is often confused with – post-traumatic growth (PTG).
Life is about balance. The word balance has two definitions, and both are important to consider as you age.
Editor’s Note: A copy of the Superintendent’s Report is run in print as a service for parents, students and community members who cannot attend Carpinteria Unified School District’s Board of Trustees meetings. This report was read aloud during the school board’s April 9 meeting.
A reader sends a halo to The Food Liaison for providing a great meal for the less fortunate in our great community. “The Food Liaison has been a regular for our lunches for several years.”
The next Summerland Taste Makers Market – a gathering that promotes local makers and artisans – is scheduled for Saturday, April 20, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club – at 3300 Via Real – will kick off its 2024 season on May 5 with the Lucid Motors, Pope Challenge Cup.
Santa Barbara musician and singer Jackson Gillies will celebrate the release of his debut album “High and Low” at the Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., on Friday, April 26, which will include performances of each track from the album, and a performance from Jax Plays Dead, honoring the…
From left, Mike and Susan Damron took a recent trip to Oklahoma to find the grave of Mike’s great-great-grandparents, bringing along their copy of CVN Vol. 30, No. 28. Mike told CVN that they stopped in Atoka, Oklahoma to have lunch at Reba McEntire’s restaurant, pictured. “It was fabulous,”…
The Torres family of Carpinteria spent their spring break trip on Mammoth Mountain, bringing along their copy of CVN. From left, son Judah reads the Halos and Pitchforks section while mother April and father G enjoy the view from their ski lift.
Carpinteria Magazine Winter 2024
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