Arts + Culture

The Bea Side

Vintage fabric, sharp instincts, and Santa Barbara’s creative edge. Article by Grace Galloway | Photography by Lena Ibarra Santa Barbara style is often described in soft language: white walls, ocean light, Spanish lines, linen, oak, restraint. And all of that is true. But there is another current running through the Central Coast, one with more grit, color, humor, and nerve. Joanna "Bea" Shultz lives comfortably in that current. Her pieces have polish, but they also have attitude, the sense...

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Chairman of the Board

Hand-shaping boards with purpose and soul. Article by Sara DeMarcus | Photography by Lena Ibarra A surfboard begins as a blank. Foam, dust, measurement, instinct. Before the resin cures and before color enters the picture, there is only a form waiting to be found. In Ryan Lovelace's hands, that form becomes something more personal than a product: a board built for a specific person, a specific wave, a specific feeling he's trying to get right. Sometimes that feeling is as simple as catching...

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The Art of Noticing

Kelly Clause paints the coast like it still has secrets. Article by Matt DeMarcus | Photography by Provided Mother Nature has a way of humbling us. Up and down the Central Coast, there's no shortage of wonders to chase — mountains, canyons, hidden trails — but none of them quite match the ocean's gravity. It's why tide pooling feels grounding instead of trivial, and why an afternoon at the beach can quiet a mind the way nothing else seems to touch. Kelly Clause has spent a lifetime paying...

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Legendary Local: Sal Rodriguez

The man behind one of Goleta’s great youth basketball traditions Article by Matt DeMarcus | Photography by Provided Every community has people whose impact is difficult to measure. They are not always the loudest names in the room, but they are the ones who show up, year after year, helping a place feel more connected and more like home. Our new Legendary Local feature is dedicated to those people. For our first installment, it only feels right to begin with Sal Rodriguez. For more than 50...