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In Memoriam: Betty DeShong Meador January 24, 1931 – February 20, 2023 Loving mother, author, and psychotherapist Betty DeShong Meador passed away on February 20, 2023, at age 92. Her [...]

Patricia Reis’s historical novel “Unsettled” Author Patricia Reis’s historical novel will be published October 10, 2023, by new women’s publishing company Sibylline Press. Reis was a [...]

The Umoja Mural Film & Discussion June 22, from 6:30–8:00pm Pacifica Graduate Institute, South Hall 249 Lambert Road, Carpinteria The Umoja (“unity” in Swahili ) Mural at Santa Barbara City [...]

Kevin Sousa, local musician and ‘heartbeat of the South Bay,’ dies at 52 Kevin Sousa, the South Bay’s proverbial Renaissance man, who was a singer-songwriter, musician, surfer, teacher, [...]

Ximena Dussan-Aya Pearson’s Autobiographical Story Was Exhibited at the 2023 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books The poetry and psychology book “The Little Girl in the Red Boots” by Ximena [...]