Montecito Miscellany Bolton at the Bowl

“Interestingly enough, my career doing Super Bowl coverage started at the same Phoenix venue in 2015,” says David, whose 30-year live sports career includes more than 1,000 productions, including professional and international soccer, the World Cup, regular season NFL, the NFC championships, professional lacrosse, college sports, and championship boxing.

“This is my ninth straight year of producing NFL broadcasts for a Latin America audience. It’s been such a fun run, including Atlanta, San Francisco, Miami, Tampa, a frigid cold Minneapolis, and last year in Los Angeles, plus now two in Phoenix.

“I owe so much to my Spanish teachers, from elementary to high school at Montecito Union to Santa Barbara High, to the many legendary local coaches and players who instilled such an admiration and respect for sport.

“Life is full of challenges. But always strive for your dreams. Always work hard.”

Local Couple Renews Vows

After tying the knot 15 years ago, former TV talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres, 65, and actress wife Portia de Rossi, 50, renewed their wedding vows at their $70 million Montecito estate.

The dynamic duo’s good friend, Kris Jenner, matriarch of the Kardashian clan, officiated at the intimate ceremony with guests including near neighbor Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Portia, who starred on Ally McBeal, wore the classic gown from her Los Angeles wedding in 2008, while Ellen dressed down in a blue jacket and khaki slacks with sneakers. Brandi Carlile sang the Roberta Flack classic, “The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face.”

Ellen, who thought she was attending a bash to celebrate Portia’s half century, shared the occasion on her Instagram page.

A Stirring Evening

by Richard Mineards

When the Kansas City Chiefs take the field against the Philadelphia Eagles at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., this Sunday, Santa Barbara producer David Bolton, director of the California Missions Foundation and this year’s El

Presidente of Old Spanish Days, will be handling the live international Spanish language broadcast for Fox Sports for the eighth consecutive year.

David’s company, Cultural Global Media, will produce and coordinate the seven-hour live coverage of Super Bowl LVII in the 63,400-seat locale, with his efforts and cameras seen by millions of viewers from Mexico to Argentina.