Evelyn Spence

With the swearing-in oath on Tuesday, Jaime Diamond will represent Trustee Area 3, seen in green; Aaron Smith will represent Trustee Area 4, seen in purple.

“You step in here, you’re five years younger,” Gary Binkow, operator of Carpinteria Avenue’s newest shop, The Longevity Lab, joked to Coastal View News last week.

It’s been one year since the no-cost meals for seniors program opened at the Veterans Hall, and the program’s Carpinteria faction — run by the nonprofit Central Coast Commission for

Josef Gottwald, pictured here during Saturday’s pumpkin smash, took over as Carpinteria’s community garden coordinator in May.

From left, Summerland Beautiful board members Elizabeth Winterhalter, Penny Mathison, D’Arcy Cornwall and Leslie Person Ryan, with Summerland Teacher in Charge Shannon Colson and Parents for Summerland board members Jennifer Gallup, Lidia Lombardi, Eléa Panofsky, Krissy Yonker and Aspen.

From left, Natalia Alarcon, Julia Mayer and Wade Nomura.

The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission again continued its discussion of amendments to the 2018 county cannabis ordinance to a special hearing on Jan. 22, 2025.

Two high profile Carpinteria projects are in front of city review boards next month: renovations to The Palms at 701 Linden Ave., and plans for the Surfliner Inn at Parking

Carpinteria City Manager Michael Ramirez told Coastal View News on Wednesday — in response to an article released Tuesday night by Santa Barbara County publication Noozhawk — that the city of Carpinteria’s Ad-Hoc Harbor Seal Advisory Committee has not yet finalized its recommendations regarding the seal rookery.

Community members are launching into action to help fund medical bills for Carpinterian Lisa Burch, 61, who has Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — a progressive neurological disease that affects nerve