Ramona Rodeo Meet some rodeo queens (or be crowned as one yourself) in R-Town’s annual celebration of the Wild West. Three days of mutton bustin’, tie-down roping, and barrel racing are all doing the community some good: Proceeds from the event funnel into local organizations like Ramona Town Hall a

What the hell just happened? That was the question on loop in my head as I sat, nearly catatonic, watching my chickens scratch and crap, from a chair on my patio. It was the first Monday after dropping my one and only at college on the other side of the country. I was tired to the bone and in shock.

Set on an exquisitely landscaped 2.7-acre lot in Santa Barbara’s legendary Hope Ranch neighborhood, this 2023 dwelling by DesignARC is a contemporary essay in the lessons learned from International Style architect Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. With a restricted palette of travertine, steel and glass and