A history of Santa Barbara

[@GMAN95120]

The story forgot to mention UC Santa Barbara with it's 6 Nobel Laureates. It's ranked top 5 public universities by US News. Santa Barbara has it all.

[@TurnRiver]

Quite possibly the most underrated city in California.

[@markothwriter]

oh, no question

[@surfwriter8461]

I don't see how it can be considered underrated. I think SB has a strong reputation for both quality of life and a desirable tourist destination. I've lived there and no its many appealing qualities. But the touristy aspect of it has always been a bit of a drag for locals who tend to prefer a more mellow lifestyle that's authentic instead of hyped by the tourist industry.

[@TurnRiver]

@@surfwriter8461 Maybe underrated is the wrong word. I think I meant to say that SB has an understated elegance. Either way, I don't think SB is as common as LA/OC, San Diego, and Bay area for tourists and for living. I think I prefer it that way.

[@oneearedmusician]

This is my family's hometown! I am so glad you did a segment on this beautiful city my family and I call home. I wished this segment was much longer! Both sides of my family were born and raised there and we all went to the Old Mission for Mass. I left Santa Barbara when I was 8 when my family moved to Texas. For those interested, there are Tarahumara Indians from Chihuahua, chihuahua, Mexico that has lived in Santa Barbara for a very long time. I am 13 percent Tarahumara Indian after my DNA test came out. I found out that we are called, The Footrunners who ran marathons wearing just sandals. I have been studying my family history this past two years. I am proud of my history though as my family on both sides, has served in the U.S. military for over 5 generations.

[@tobehonest7541]

oh my 13% ! you're still a colonizer

[@situated4]

What are you even talking about?? Geez.

[@charlottaw599]

@@situated4 who?

[@charlottaw599]

@@tobehonest7541 🙄

[@sparkuuu]

UCSB class of 2008. I miss Santa Barbara everyday.

[@thecaffeinefiend]

I feel your pain! SB is like a little slice of heaven on Earth.

[@adolfojuarez3654]

So beautiful

[@chrisfinch8637]

Haven’t been to California in over a decade, so it’ll be nice to regroup with Hollywood, Los Angeles, and even Santa Barbara

[@stoundingresults]

A little more homeless people then there used to be.

[@flormorena3778]

My beautiful hometown. Even though I’ve moved away. I visit every chance I get & one day I’ll be back to stay. G-d willing . Thank you for sharing this sweet little video of a wonderful place. 🌊 ☀️ 🏝 🏔 🐎 🐬 🥑 🍋

[@dianamal]

I live in Santa Barbara & I approve this video !

[@apriljoyjones3285]

me too

[@jaimej40]

I grew up in Appalachia watching the NBC soap, Santa Barbara. I still haven’t forgiven the network for canceling the show. I do hope to visit the town it was named for someday.

[@jaydibernardo4320]

All the California Missions make great day trips. I've been to seven of them. Well worth the time & it makes for quite a history lesson.

[@dredebtsjourney]

Home sweet home… I grow up a half of my life there and always have a chance visit and tour the Mission when I was kid.. I always appreciate it the finer things in life plus the Court house and Old Oak Tree. I’m glad it now on the Map for visitors to see and explore other places. Now I live in Las Vegas for 16 years.

[@EnronnSierra]

Very beautiful. When I win the lottery, I’ll buy a vacation home there.

[@ELURIE12]

Taxes will eat up all your lottery earnings if you move there

[@EnronnSierra]

@@ELURIE12 I’ll just vacation there then and leave.

[@pumasgoya]

Me too.

[@sondraallphin2156]

Me too - or possibly move there entirely.

[@keithjohnson5398]

Enjoyed living while going to a photography school that was headquartered on a hilltop mansion in Montecito, the Graholm estate.

[@jojopuppyfish]

Brooks Institute of Photography.

[@janeforever]

While it looks like a beautiful coastal city, it's a CA dream - but only for the rich, sadly, who can afford those kinds of humongous homes with swimming pools, despite the water problems in thie area.

[@situated4]

Does that not include Jane Pauley? Thank, man, think.

[@paulcunningham2859]

I lived there in 67 and 68 as a little boy. The house was demolished and the street, olive, was made into a shopping mall. I had my picture taken with sandy Kofax when the Los Angeles dodgers had their training camp there.. I would love to live there again.

[@situated4]

Back on the meds, Paul. Back on the meds now.

[@LaBucci]

Been to Santa Barbara and I love the Mission! Wish I could of explored more but was there just passing through but got a glimpse of the beauty of the homes, architecture and beach side location! Simply amazing.

[@oneearedmusician]

I recommend going back and sitting through a Mass. It's very old schooled just like I remembered it when I was young. (My family is from Santa Barbara.)

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you for sharing.

[@raulahuatl]

history has to be told as it is...... and in this clip-... there is a major part missing...... when california belonged to mexico.....

[@LR-mh8hs]

B4 it was taken (er, stolen).

[@surfwriter8461]

It belonged to native tribes, indigenous people, first. Yes, California was essentially stolen from Mexico, and of course now that population of Latino people is the dominant one in many parts of California including Los Angeles where the vast majority of students in the school district are Latino/Hispanic. Which is why the white nationalists in the country are so worked up, fearful of losing "their country" to a "replacement" population when in fact THEY are the replacements of indigenous populations. Just like Trumpists: charging election fraud against others when they are the ones engaged in a despicable attempt to steal the election delegitimize the Biden administration and perpetuate their toxic form of cultural wars.

[@tmghui888]

@@LR-mh8hs It wasn’t stolen because both the US and Mexico didn’t do anything to avoid a war over the disputed Texas border. When the war happened, the US won it easily and agreed to pay Mexico at least $15 million in the peace treaty. Mexico gave up all that land from California to Texas cause they lost the war and got paid and also recognized the new borders of Texas under the US.

[@raelcortez9508]

This is a bit deceptive, Santa Barbara was not always a Spanish town, prior to the earthquake it’s “downtown” looked was similar to most American downtowns at the time, after the earthquake destroyed much of what was Santa Barbara a group of socialite’s formed a coalition and petitioned for a uniform Spanish style (so much more to this and very interesting). Santa barbara was and continues to be a place where wealthy and international travelers come, although back then it was more of a health destination, known as a place with climate that could cure asthma, allergies and a slough of other ailments.

[@raelcortez9508]

It continues to be a beautiful town with an amazing community!

[@thinkmilly2810]

While I’m glad that CBS cited the Chumash peoples being in the area for hundreds of years before, it should have been noted that they are still around and that the Spanish likely forced them to build their buildings.

[@gayforhands5563]

yeah "along with the chumash". like they were inslaved and many died totally skipped over that, a group of chumash litteraly tried to escape in the middle of the night to get to others in lompoc and they were caught and murdered. weird

[@surfwriter8461]

Yes, that's a typical but now more offensive way of whitewashing the history to avoid castigating the Spanish missionaries for their crimes against native populations.

[@pumasgoya]

@@gayforhands5563 they were not murdered. Cite your sources for that.

[@lisasands1914]

It’s a privilege to live here.

[@situated4]

Yeah, white male 1% privilege.

[@corym8358]

@@situated4 What exactly do you have against whites and males?

[@steveconn]

Someday I'll go. Lots of migrees to Santa Fe I noticed. Used well in the Jeff Bridges film Cutter's Way.

[@markothwriter]

I spent a couple years in Santa Barbara and I was in an Army Reserve unit that mobilized from there. Man, I love that place. My favorite place in California. I have had so much fun in that town. Lots of beautiful women.

[@situated4]

Did you leave many a fatherless progeny when you up and left town?

[@miamianz]

Beautiful City name , it was bound to be great and well cared for. Saint Barbara is often portrayed with miniature chains and a tower. As one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Barbara continues to be a popular saint in modern times, perhaps best known as the patron saint of armorers, artillerymen, military engineers, miners and others who work with explosives because of her legend's association with lightning, and also of mathematicians. In the 12th century, the relics of Saint Barbara were brought from Constantinople to the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, where they were kept until the 1930s, when they were transferred to St. Volodymyr's Cathedral in the same city. In November 2012, Patriarch Filaret of The Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchate transferred a small part of St. Barbara's relics to St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Bloomingdale, Illinois.

[@who818]

Santa Barbara is part of California history that participated in imminent domain Jim Crow segregation and redlining. Conveniently they did not introduce that part of history. Santa Barbara also was a sundown town along with Ojai and Simi valley ( those two still are though)

[@geothon]

SB, Ojai and Simi are still habitable. Unlike Los Angeles.

[@sebastianslife91]

Best city in USA!!!

[@Sbannmarie]

I'm here in SB and here's my t-shirt: "Don't hassle me, I'm a local." (Shout out to Bob from What About Bob)

[@situated4]

Back on the meds, Annie, back on the meds.

[@i.m.7710]

Tsunami of December, 1812. It was described as a “wall of water” and went inland 3 miles or more…today that would be up to Paseo Nuevo Mall on de La Guerra St. A commercial ship was forced inland and survived to sail again. Earthquakes, mudslides for most of December. A father rigged up a pendulum to measure earthquakes. It didn’t stop moving for two weeks.

[@DebsFan101]

And here all this time I thought Shawn and Gus were the ones who put Santa Barbara on the map. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@tiboregoldberger6817]

And not one homeless then anywhere to be seen Glory be hallelujah glory be no homeless no drug addicts a paradise of the Rich and famous we're homelessness is not allowed and no food stamps are accepted except gold card credit card

[@flaskwater44]

Fires....you forgot the fires.

[@tonioriginal3215]

Okay, that’s wrong, Santa Barbara was named by Frai Juniper Serra, although he never got to see it finished

[@davecongalton2858]

I'm guessing Jane didn't get down to State Street and see all the empty storefronts and the homeless people.

[@Someonesaidthis]

Wish i had the money to live there..

[@eddus705]

great video! beautiful city! although the rent struggles and kardashians are still a problem to sb :/

[@Sisteryoda1440]

Yes, it’s dreamy. Too expensive for the college students and regular people to live there.

[@pattydriskel6208]

Sunday Morning should have gotten their facts straight. Charlie Chaplin was never associated with The Flying A and the Flying A was not the first major movie studio built in California... the reporting is a good example of how history is distorted by incorrect info.

[@vaninsha]

You have to talk about wildfires if you mention Santa Barbara's history

[@hr6334]

🥰

[@toddhastings5548]

UCSB is a plague to our beautiful town. It keeps expanding without adequate housing and a large percentage of its graduates never leave driving rents out of reach for the locals who’s families have lived here for generations.

[@hhernandez8437]

Born and raised in Santa Barbara but it's sad to see all the entitled people with an attitude here. The people here are extremely rude and think they are better than you. Especially the gay road bikers.

[@rickymarwah3438]

ah yes, the monument to slavery in Fresno by the beach. Lovely.

[@George-xe2ub]

Good. Stay out!

[@rickymarwah3438]

@@George-xe2ub 30 yr SB Loc I live behind the mission raised and educated in SB your imperialist rose tint should be illegal not my car windows

[@surfwriter8461]

You're right about this whitewashed monument to slavery, but I'm not sure what Fresno has to do with it. There were many missions along the California coast (Fresno is not on the coast) that were part of the same Spanish Catholic crimes against indigenous populations, wiping out their culture and enslaving them in the name of "civilizing" them.

[@markothwriter]

Slavery got work done

[@LR-mh8hs]

Don't mind the homeless littering downtown.

[@tonylenzi1458]

Isn’t that the truth how much are taking over pretty sad🥴

[@Maddiehere89]

With home prices being so outrageous where do you expect homeless ppl to go??

[@LR-mh8hs]

@@Maddiehere89 Off drugs so they can get a job and a decent place to stay.

[@meganh7742]

Homeless people aren’t stupid…would you prefer to live where it there’s crappy weather and ugly surroundings? Ha, no way. They aren’t dumb.

[@VanIife]

it's true sb has it all except for diverse culture and good cheap food (other than mexican)

[@aldossnow3703]

West coast plantation