¡Viva la Fiesta! The Sea Center on Stearns Wharf is closed today (Friday, August 2) due to Fiesta street closures, but here's a beautiful Spanish Shawl Nudibranch for you, photographed on the Sea Center’s Wet Deck by Kennedy Rivera. The Sea Center reopens tomorrow at 10:00 AM as usual. The Museum’s schedule this week is as usual, Weds–Mon, 10:00 AM–5:00 PM. | Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

More than 1,000 people gathered near Santa Barbara’s Stearns Wharf on Monday night for a candlelight vigil to mourn the death of Minneapolis man Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot Saturday by a federal agent. Click the link in our bio to read the full story. | Noozhawk

This White Shark recently spotted at the Sea Center on Stearns Wharf appears to be a juvenile female, about 7–8 feet long. Our coast is known as a nursery for juvenile White Sharks, and we last saw a White Shark here in early May, another juvenile around 6–7 ft. We enjoyed an amazing view of this important predator and could feel confident that from the wharf we were giving it the space and respect it deserves. This sighting made for an extra special visit to the Sea Center—where you can meet an