Award-winning writer Cheri Rae has joined the staff as senior editor and columnist. Known for her civic activism and insightful chronicles of the local scene, Cheri has a hard-won reputation for writing about issues that other Santa Barbara-based writers are reluctant to tackle.
From 2007 to 2009, Cheri shared her unique citizen’s eye view of the region as a columnist for the Santa Barbara Daily Sound. In 2009, her work was recognized by the California Newspaper Publishers Association, which awarded her first-place honors in the Best Newspaper Column category.
Before concentrating on her writing, Cheri had a successful career as a magazine editor with stints at Surfer, Runner’s World and Bicycle Sport. In Santa Barbara, she served as editor for her own Olympus Press, publishing nature and outdoor recreation books as well as custom books. Deftly covering both lively local issues and national ones, Cheri has contributed to most of the region’s magazines and newspapers, from the Los Angeles Times to the Santa Barbara Independent.
Here’s a partial archive of Cheri Rae Columns on the Santa Barbara View.
- “If Das Succeeds, Who Succeeds Him?“
- 9/11: Nine Years Later
- Santa Barbara and the Secret Lives of Bees
- Leaking Underground Fuel Tank
- High Costs and a Free Press
- The Sounds of Silence: Environmental Monitoring at St. Francis
- Gone but not Forgotten
- Whooping Cough Aftermath: A life of complications
- Out of the Darkness, Light: Brilliant Waiting for Superman
- Declaration of an Independent: John Hager’s Congressional Candidacy
- What’s a Moderate to Do?
- The Governor and the Editor
- Hit the Bricks, Sow some Seeds
- Dyslexia
- Talking Turkey: Walking the Walk
- The Body Politic, Santa Barbara Style
- Santa Barbara: The Reality Show
- A New Voice, a Change in Direction
- Pearl Chase Week hosted by Cheri Rae
Hi Cheri, Congratulations on a heartwarming and inspiring article on dyslexia. I moved to SB about 3 years ago and first learned of you from my SBCC instructor, Rose Thomas who recommended your Walk Santa Barbara book. I believe that you were a student in my husband’s (Bob Horn)political science classes at CSUN and one of his favorites!
Judy Horn