The next time you see a map of California, look on the west, or left-hand side, where the Pacific Ocean is. Now, run your eye down the map until you find where the coast line turns a square corner to the east.

A very long time ago, the Spanish explorers named that corner “Point Concepcion,” (Con-sep-see-own’).
It is a very special, wonderful corner. Because of that bend in the coast, its climate is superior to that of most places in California. This wonderful corner is known as the Santa Barbara region.
SBView.com is a a website that covers this Santa Barbara region.

The Santa Barbara View is Santa Barbara’s online home for information, commentary, and conversation. It’s a website for informed opinion writing and thoughtful analysis about the stories, events, and people that shape Santa Barbara, California. Daily posts are enhanced by an interactive and engaged online audience.

Santa Barbara’s fastest-growing website is a place where you will get a bird’s-eye view of local news, politics, entertainment, history, sports, arts, humor, and culture. The Santa Barbara View is the place where Santa Barbara comes together online.

The Santa Barbara View is also the region’s only home for citizen journalists.
Registered users can upload pictures, pen Public Posts, and/or announce events on the County Calendar for free.

Cheri Rae is the 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. 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.

Cheri joins a talented group of contributors to include, but not limited to; Bill Heller, Barbara Hirsch, Chloe Walker, and Editor Tom Bird, who since 2005, has penned more articles about Santa Barbara than anyone in the County. Bird was the previous editor of Santa Barbara’s Blog.

The Santa Barbara View
P.O. Box 30651
Santa Barbara, CA 93130-0651

The publishing of accomplished contributors takes place on the Santa Barbara View. If you’d like to share your talents with Santa Barbara,  please email your idea.

Do you have a community event that you’d like to promote?
Post directly to the Santa Barbara County Calendar for free!

If you would like to share a one-time story or an opinion with the community,
please pen a Public Post or email a Letter to the Editor.

Header images are provided by Bill Heller Fine Art & Commercial Photography.

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