Lori Varlotta arrived at California Lutheran University as an agent of change, determined to shake up the status quo and focus on social issues. Her transformational formula was an advantage for CLU as it was forced to deal with the pandemic and changes sweeping through universities nationwide. But her approach also created what was perhaps
David Spainhour, who played a lead role in the rise of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust to become the region's dominant banking institution in the 1990s and early 2000s, died in Santa Barbara on May 28. He was 91. David Spainhour, an influential part of Santa Barbara's banking history, died on May 28. Spainhour, a