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Drop Some Names, Please
updated: Jul 16, 2012, 9:50 PM

By Edhat Subscriber

Hello Edhat Team and Readers: Recently, an out of town visitor asked who are celebrities with a home in the Santa Barbara area. I knew only a few. Ed hat readers help me compile a list of of celebs for the next time I need an answer to this question. By the way, the visitor was from San Francisco, not L.A.

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COMMENT 298262P	2012-07-16 10:01 PM
One of the things that makes SB great is the relative anonymity celebs retain. I'd be against compiling such a list. Let them have their privacy.
COMMENT 298263	2012-07-16 10:04 PM
Steve Martin, John Cleese, Cat Cora, Oprah, Drew barrymore, Rob Lowe, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Carol Burnett, Al Gore, Ty Warner, Dennis Miller (might be up for sale), Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwartzenegger, are the ones I know ...and think still have property here.
D8VANILLA	2012-07-16 10:39 PM
Even though I'd like to show-off the who's who that I know live here, or own a property here, I would have to agree with 262p. We don't know the OP, or the intentions of the OP (original poster), so I would encourage everyone to keep silent. BTW - Dennis Miller has more than one house.
COMMENT 298270P	2012-07-16 11:51 PM
Shh. Don't tell anyone about Google or wikipedia.
COMMENT 298282	2012-07-17 07:06 AM
Jonathon Winters
COMMENT 298291	2012-07-17 07:34 AM
Kevin Costner, John Travolta, Paula Abdul, Sylvester Stallone
COMMENT 298296P	2012-07-17 07:41 AM
What are you going to do, drive them around to show them the celeb's houses? Pffft.
COMMENT 298297P	2012-07-17 07:42 AM
Michael Douglas doesn't live in SB any longer(NYC for years). More celebs who do: Billy Baldwin & Chynna Phillips, Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Steve Martin (part-time), Tommy Lee Jones (part time), Michael Keaton (part-time), Julia Louis Dreyfus, Chris Lloyd, Alan Parsons, Don Johnson, Ivan Reitman, Bob Zemeckis, Jay Thomas, Chris Mitchum, George Lucas...
COMMENT 298301	2012-07-17 08:01 AM
Rielle Hunter and child.
ROB EGENOLF	2012-07-17 08:06 AM
Don't forget Roger the Scanner Guy and EdHat
COMMENT 298312	2012-07-17 08:09 AM
Very Sophomoric. Another popularity contest. Mums the word.
COMMENT 298313	2012-07-17 08:16 AM
peter and lois griffin, huckleberryhound, snagglepuss, secret squirrel...though he's in assisted living these days...
COMMENT 298319	2012-07-17 08:30 AM
Remember that these people chose to be celebrities - so they get what comes with that choice - fabulous wealth and people who are interested in their lives.
OLDLAWOMAN	2012-07-17 08:48 AM
Me!!!
COMMENT 298355	2012-07-17 09:23 AM
John Palmintari and Paula Lopez
HDB	2012-07-17 09:53 AM
I heard Halle Berry is in Montecito now...and of course, Jeff Bridges and Dennis Franz.
COMMENT 298387	2012-07-17 10:03 AM
313 for the WIN!
COMMENT 298388	2012-07-17 10:03 AM
Paul Walker, Kenny Loggins, Priscilla Presley, Jack Johnson, Brad Paisley (has a home here ... probably for vacation), don't Brad & Angelina have a home here?
COMMENT 298399	2012-07-17 10:31 AM
Martin Gore from Depeche Mode, David Crosby up in Santa Ynez...
COMMENT 298417	2012-07-17 11:04 AM
Stop.
MTNDRIVER	2012-07-17 11:08 AM
Funny that a Who's Who means celebrities to the OP. If I was going to compile a Who's Who in SB, it would people who were community leaders and activists. Like Rob E. says, Roger and Edhat, for starters!
COMMENT 298434	2012-07-17 11:23 AM
Listening to the (a) scanner all day is no way equivalent to being a community activist/leader.
COMMENT 298436	2012-07-17 11:27 AM
originally the property was Brad & Jennifer's. Hope the split up did not allow Angelina's name to go on the deed.
COMMENT 298454	2012-07-17 12:03 PM
@436 Who cares though? They both have way more than they need, of properties and everything else you can think of.
PJG	2012-07-17 12:33 PM
What about the people that contribute to making Santa Barbara a great community such as Barbara Tellefson, founder of Unity Shoppe and Tom Tighe, President of Direct Relief International just to name a couple. Or those who left a legacy to Santa Barbara such as Pearl Chase. And I agree Edhat and Roger!
COMMENT 298476	2012-07-17 12:43 PM
I nominate the Quazy Quaids, Randy and Evi. They got themselves known in Montecito, Canada, and in parts of alien space.
COMMENT 298491	2012-07-17 01:17 PM
Yeah, I second the vote for Barbara Tellefson, she is amazing! And Kenny Loggins too :) I don't know what Oprah had done to help our community, have yet to hear about her creating any type of program for OUR disadvantaged youth...
AUNTIE S.	2012-07-17 01:27 PM
I agree with 262P. Encourage the celebs to move back to LA, cancel the film festival and the cruise ships and let's revert to the sleepy little town (for the locals) that I knew and loved.
COMMENT 298516	2012-07-17 02:09 PM
Isn't there some special place, some all-encompassing (of all religions) purgatory, reserved for name-droppers? It is so much more fun to come face-to-face with any celeb and pretend you don't know who he/she is. Must we out the location of every famous personality to outsiders? Leave these "stars" alone, I say. Just because they entertain us up on the big screen, doesn't make it all right to torment them. It must be hell, all the "little people" nipping at one's heels. Give them their space.
COMMENT 298524	2012-07-17 02:24 PM
What's wrong with dropping their names? It is all part of the SB culture... catering to them and to tourists is what our city is about and what has ruined anything "community" about Santa Barbara! Fact is that we have a great deal of celebs that own homes here and yet we don't hear about how they are doing things to help out our "little town". Why not? It's sad! I remember being a kid and seeing Jonathan Winters downtown and we always left him alone even though we were HUGE fans of Mork & Mindy so we were excited. Where is the respect for our city? Why don't these "stars" help it shine again? Who cares about the Film Festival? I would rather feel safe walking down the street after dark.
ROGER DODGER	2012-07-17 02:25 PM
I don't consider myself a Community leader or a celebrity. I do consider myself a bit of an activist because I put my opinion out there and it's usually not a opinion other people agree with. When one does that they put themselves on the line for intimadation and threats. I actualy don't consider some of our community leaders, leaders because some of them are corrupt and in it for themselves. I do alittle more than sit on my ash and listen to the scanner@434 but I don't advertise. I think the real celebritys should be left alone..I'm not talking about city leaders either...Thank You guys though very nice.
COMMENT 298566	2012-07-17 03:40 PM
Can you say B-List?
COMMENT 298585P	2012-07-17 04:13 PM
Original poster here - am an antiquarian wallflower who knows almost nothing about modern celebs and am without devious intentions. Just wanted to respond to a visitor's question about who famous lives in SB. The Who's Who part was added by Edhat. Thanks.
COMMENT 298603	2012-07-17 04:35 PM
Julia Louie ?Dreyfus
COMMENT 298616	2012-07-17 04:47 PM
Hoss Cartrights (Bonanza Fame) wife lives next to me - 20+ years Great lady and family
COMMENT 298665	2012-07-17 07:17 PM
S'Aunite Barbara can't believe the lack of depth. Y'all deserve each other and all the hoolywood crap you are so interested in. Ever heard of the Nobel prize? Not a film industry award. How bout LEDs. Direct Relief ring a bell? The lucky jeans guy with all the restaurants, maybe that's more you speed.
COMMENT 298673	2012-07-17 07:33 PM
There are errors in the information posted here. To be on the safe side, and to respect sb style for privacy, hold your tongue. Please.
COMMENT 298692	2012-07-17 08:41 PM
jimmy conners

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