Ranell Hansen News Today

April is designated as Carpinteria Beautiful Month and the organization has named two bungalows on Walnut Avenue as the month’s recipients of the Looking Good Award. The homes, 539 and 519 Walnut Ave., are owned by Ranell Hansen and date back to 1939.  Hansen moved into the house at 539 Walnut Ave. in 1979. “I always had a garden in the back yard, and one year I even had a small chicken coop with three chickens,” she said. “Over the years, because of the drought, we stopp...