Santa

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Even after she became head coach at UC Santa Barbara in 1995, Close would make the long drive to see Wooden as much as she could.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Following the fires, they told outlets that the family had moved closer to Santa Barbara.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

PHOENIX—Cori Close was a rookie assistant women’s basketball coach at UCLA, barely past her playing career at UC Santa Barbara, when she met the most famous coach in college basketball history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Earlier in the afternoon, Smith also won the fifth and final of Saturday’s stakes races, the $100,000 Monrovia, with an even larger surprise than the Santa Anita Derby.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Tomorrow I would start my freshman year at Santa Maria High School on the first day of classes.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez