Dogs and their owners crowded at Monte Vista Dog Park on Saturday, April 20 for the off-leash dog park’s grand opening, celebrating with free hot dogs and a day of play.
The Rotary Club of Carpinteria’s 15th annual talent showcase brought Carpinteria’s talent front and center at the Alcazar Theatre on Saturday, April 20. The show – hosted by John Palminteri – raises money for the Carpinteria Unified School District, funding the purchase of instruments, books…
Members and supporters of the Carp Surf Team swapped out their surfboards for skateboards for a fundraising night at the Carpinteria Skate Park on Friday, April 19. With skateboard, surfboard, e-bike raffles and more – and a showing of the classic surf film “North Shore” – attendees snacked …
Code Compliance Supervisor David Hernandez shared the quarterly code compliance report with the council on Monday, highlighting code compliance stats from January through March 2024.
The Carpinteria City Council unanimously passed a proclamation during its Monday, April 22 meeting recognizing the local history and impact of The Alcazar Theatre as it celebrates its 96th anniversary.
In honor of Earth Month and in partnership with Impossible Foods, Carpinteria High School (CHS) will offer a plant-focused menu to students and staff on Thursday, April 25.
While delivering his crime report at the city council meeting, Lieutenant Butch Arnoldi told the Carpinteria City Council on Monday that officers responded to an attempted assault with a hammer at the 1000 block of Concha Loma Drive.
The United Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara County, Carpinteria division, will host its 40th annual Carpinteria Auction on Saturday, May 18 at the Rich Medel Carpinteria Club, 4849 Foothill Road. This year’s auction honoree is Michael VanStry, one of Coastal View News’ publishers.
Public Works Director John Ilasin announced on Monday that construction of a new traffic light, curb ramps and bike lanes at the intersection of Carpinteria and Palm avenues has finished.
Stephon Downes from Public Works presented to Carpinteria City Council on Monday the Parking and Business Improvement Area Assessment, summarizing recommendations from the Downtown T Advisory Board.
The city of Carpinteria and Carpinteria Dog Owners Group (C-DOG) cut the opening ribbon on the Monte Vista Off-Leash Dog Park on April 20 with shaved ice and hot dogs to celebrate.
Many Carpinterians can relate to the rush of catching the perfect wave. But for Andrew Byron, a local paraglider, the perfect wave is in the sky.
The nonprofit Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network began on Tuesday treating large numbers of emaciated and dehydrated California Brown Pelicans that were found across Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, Wildlife Care spokesperson Rachel Mattovich said on Wednesday. Deceased pelicans were als…
Isla Jaynes, Kacy Kramer and Otto Layman each took home winning titles in the 2024 Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center poetry contest; the three were honored at the center during a reception on Saturday, April 14, where they read their poems aloud at the art center’s 865 Linden Ave. campus.
Linden Studio’s Leigh Sparks hosted a grand reopening for her gallery on Saturday, April 20, inviting the Carpinteria community to view the works of six local artists. Patrons, friends and family gathered in the back garden to celebrate the gallery expansion with food and refreshments betwee…
The Lions Club of Carpinteria recently spent a Saturday preparing a portion of the Girls Inc. of Carpinteria’s campus for the Lions’ upcoming butterfly garden, a President’s Service Project which will be revealed on June 1.
Members of Carpinteria Beautiful – in collaboration with Muralism and Carpinteria Middle School – spent their Saturday turning two cement planters in the middle school quad into works of art, Carpinteria Beautiful’s Bryan Mootz told CVN. The volunteer-run group was joined Saturday by middle …
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Built in the 1950s, La Casa Del Sol Motel offered travelers a warm bed and a roof over their heads with simple rooms alongside Coast Highway, now Carpinteria Avenue. The original sign remains, and the once-motel now offers long-term rentals.
The Coast Highway, now Carpinteria Avenue, was once a service station hot spot. Motorists heading up or down the coast flowed through town and often stopped to fuel up on gas, food and a short rest. In “Images of America: Carpinteria,” authors describe the photo above with the following: “Th…
El Sereno Motel at 3250 Via Real once offered pleasant accommodations for travelers passing through town or stopping over for a polo match at the adjacent Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club. Eventually the motel was converted into apartments before being razed for a neighborhood development.
Carpinterian Michael Solano recently returned from a trip to West Bengal, India, bringing along his copy of CVN and snapping a photo at the Belur monastery on the bank of the Ganges River.
The Alcazar Theatre – at 4916 Carpinteria Ave. – will celebrate its 96th anniversary on Wednesday, April 24, spokesperson Debbie Nomura confirmed to CVN.
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.
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.
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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.
Santa Barbara County Behavioral Wellness is hosting its annual initiative, Light up Green, encouraging businesses, neighborhoods and individuals to illuminate buildings with lime green lights throughout May.
Several local organizations – including Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office, the California Highway Patrol and the Santa Barbara Police Department – will honor and remember victims of drunk driving crashes during a Tuesday, April 23 vigil at the…
The upcoming city of Carpinteria’s Architectural Review Board (ARB) and Planning Commission meetings – scheduled for April 25 and May 6 respectively – have been canceled.
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Carpinteria Middle School (CMS) will hold its first-ever CMS Color Run – where students are sponsored to run while being doused in colors – on Friday, April 26, orchestrated by Parents for Carpinteria Middle School (PFCMS).
Carpinteria Children’s Project (CCP) will host an information night for its Dual Language Early Childhood Education program at its facility, 5201 Eighth St., on Friday, May 3, at 5:30 p.m.
Editor’s Note: This piece expands on “C.D. Hubbard and his lemon legacy,” which ran in CVN Vol. 26, No. 19.
Teresa Alvarez, executive director of the Carpinteria Children’s Project (CCP), spoke to the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Noon about the services offered at CCP, and the group’s future projects.
The Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning recently heard from Dr. Richard Godfrey, a surgical oncologist at UC San Francisco, who spoke to club members about preventing cervical cancer.
Closures continue along Highway 101 as construction progresses on the roads and adjoining on- and off-ramps; consecutive ramps in the same direction will not be closed unless noted.
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.
Carpinterians gathered at the Girls Inc. of Carpinteria campus on Thursday, April 4 for the organization’s Fuel Her Fire night, recognizing those who champion women and girls’ success. The Thursday night event – held previously as the Women of Inspiration luncheon – honored Tim Cohen, Sonia …
The 65th annual Community Awards Banquet – held on Saturday, April 6 at the Girls Inc. of Carpinteria campus – marked a return to local organization of the time-honored tradition, this time spearheaded by the newly-founded Carpinteria Community Association.
The City of Carpinteria has canceled the Household Goods and Hazardous Waste Day on Saturday, April 13. The city plans to reschedule the event.
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Met with a standing ovation, lifelong Carpinterian Rick Olmstead accepted his award for 2023 Carpinterian of the Year (COY) during the Saturday, April 6 Community Awards Banquet at the Girls Inc. of Carpinteria campus.
Fifteen merit awards were given out to Carpinterians on Saturday, April 6 at the 65th annual Community Awards Banquet, honoring them for their dedication to the community. This year’s banquet was organized by the Carpinteria Community Association.
On March 5 election day, First District County Supervisor Das Williams lost every precinct in the city of Carpinteria to his challenger, City Councilmember Roy Lee, garnering only 33% of the vote in the town they both call home.
Carpinteria High School senior Lizbeth Alpizar Farfan accepted her 2023 Junior Carpinterian of the Year award on Saturday, with her parents, Sara Farfan and Nahu Alpizar, at her side.
Jamie Persoon will take over as the principal of Carpinteria Middle School (CMS) in July of this year, Carpinteria Unified School District (CUSD) Superintendent Diana Rigby announced last week. The district is currently searching for a replacement for Persoon at Canalino Elementary and Carpi…
Carpinteria’s Architectural Review Board will review a mixed-use project proposed for the Lagunitas area at 6380 Via Real during its Thursday, April 11 meeting. Story poles for the project – which comes to the city via RPG Carpinteria, LLC – went up last month at the 8.63-acre property.
The city of Carpinteria’s new assistant city manager is Ryan Kintz, city staff announced this week; he is scheduled to start on April 29.
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