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4 days ago | 
independent.com | Tiana Molony
Patrice Karst | Photo: Mariana SchulzeWhen Patrice Karst’s son Elijah was in kindergarten, he struggled with severe separation anxiety. School drop-offs were hard — Elijah would cry, begging his mom not to leave, often bringing her to tears as well. Amid the heartbreak of daily goodbyes, Karst searched for a way to ease her son’s pain.
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2 weeks ago | 
montecitojournal.net | Tiana Molony
“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth,” said Neil Armstrong shortly after the Apollo 11 Mission on July 20, 1969. “I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant.
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2 weeks ago | 
independent.com | Tiana Molony
When Mike Weyandt and Eric Drew, founders of Casa Agria, were roommates at the University of Oregon, they developed a penchant for beer. But not cheap, throw-it-down-the-hatch-as-fast-as-you-can-type beer like other college kids. No. They liked the good, high-quality beer, the kind you swish around in your mouth like wine. The outside patio at Casa Agria | Photo: CourtesyThat appreciation only deepened during their college years as they immersed themselves in Oregon’s craft beer scene.
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3 weeks ago | 
independent.com | Tiana Molony
It was on one of their regular Monday-night walks when cofounders of Lowstate Writing Salon, Patricia Fancher and Dan Troon-Sazani, began talking about the quiet isolation that often shadows the writing life. “Writing can be so lonely, and it can be so isolating,” Fancher told me over the phone.
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3 weeks ago | 
montecitojournal.net | Tiana Molony
“We weren’t expecting that,” said Alex Katz, Executive Director of the Environmental Defense Center, to the Montecito Journal shortly after the California Coastal Commission fined Sable Offshore Corp. $18 million for unapproved work on the Las Flores pipeline. Katz and other environmental activists were quite surprised, yet pleased, when the commission raised the fine by more than three million dollars.
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3 weeks ago | 
montecitojournal.net | Tiana Molony
In a unanimous vote on Thursday, April 10, the California Coastal Commission (CCC) rejected appeals – from Unite Here Local 11 and Heal the Ocean – to the Rosewood Miramar housing project. The project includes 26 affordable housing units for employees, eight market-rate units, and about 12 new shops. It already received unanimous approval from the County Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors last year.
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4 weeks ago | 
independent.com | Tiana Molony
Children’s book author Lee Wardlaw prefers to do things her way — after 40 years of writing children’s books, she’s learned to listen to her gut. This proved especially true with her 2011 book Won Ton, a story about a shelter cat that gets adopted. Publishers liked the story but weren’t fond of the haiku format — they wanted her “to just write it straight.” Wardlaw said no.
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4 weeks ago | 
independent.com | Tiana Molony
Branded Content Presented by Santa Barbara City College Office of CommunicationsWhen Edith De La Rosa’s parents immigrated from Zacatecas, Mexico, in 1990, hoping to give their children a better life, they emphasized the value of education. But having never attended college themselves, they weren’t sure how to help their kids get there.
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1 month ago | 
businessinsider.de | Tiana Molony
Das Paar hat sich um die Planung des Tiny Houses gekümmert. Tiana Molony Ich wollte in meiner Heimatstadt Santa Barbara leben, aber nicht den Großteil meines Einkommens für die Miete ausgeben. Also boten mir meine Eltern an, einen Schuppen auf ihrem 5-Hektar-Grundstück in ein kleines Haus mit circa 46 Quadratmetern umzubauen.
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1 month ago | 
businessinsider.com | Tiana Molony
Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link I wanted to live in my hometown Santa Barbara but didn't want to spend most of my income on rent. So, my parents offered to convert a shed on their 5-acre property into a 500-square-foot tiny home. I'm so grateful they let me and my boyfriend live there rent-free while we save for a house. Last year, my boyfriend and I were trying to figure out our next move — and we found it in my parents' backyard.
