• Thousands of people turned out for the Santa Barbara Downtown Holiday Parade. (Fritz Olenberger photo)
  • Santa Barbara’s Austin Lind goes up for a shot against Saugus defender Dylan Spring in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Holiday Classic on Wednesday evening at JR Richards Gymnasium.  (Blake DeVine / Noozhawk photo)
    Santa Barbara’s Austin Lind goes up for a shot against Saugus defender Dylan Spring in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Holiday Classic on Wednesday evening at JR Richards Gymnasium.  (Blake DeVine / Noozhawk photo)
  • Co-auctioneer Andrew Firestone with wife Ivana.
  • Alyssa Hendricks, left, of AHA-Central Coast with guest speaker Rich Block of the Santa Barbara Zoo and event co-chair Janet Garufis of Montecito Bank & Trust.
  • Darouny and Daniel Menna.
  • Child drawings for the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians contest .
  • Joanne Funari, Business First Bank’s executive vice president, with husband Carlos Plascencia.
  • Alisa Wilcox and Mike Traphagen.
  • Nick Hewes, left, Debra Powell, Tiffany Torrente and Mark Gonzalez.
  • Healthy Heart drawing contest winners, from left, Jacob Macias, first place; Emma Coglizer, third place; and Chase Raisin, second place.
  • Drawings and the winners plaque for the Healthy Heart drawing contest.
  • Auction items on display in the lobby of Bacara Resort & Spa.
  • A full crowd in the Bacara ballroom.
  • Fiesta dancers entertain the crowd during a break in the live auction.