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Huh? : 11/26/2009

A victim of overcrowding.

Sardine Can

To sardine can : 11/26/2009

why don't you bail them all out and invite them to stay at your house? yeah... didn't think so.

SB Native

you should respect the dead : 11/26/2009

You other posters should think about what you are saying. This man is someones son, someones dad, someones best friend, show some class and respect the dead regardless of how or where they died.

friend of the departed

really? : 11/26/2009

why show respect for sopmeone that is disrespectful to you.
Jail is there second chance and and are still disrespectful.
If that was my dad do you think I would show any respect to him?
Realize the reality not what you read about.

The Truth

: 11/26/2009

RIP LOWELL... I can't believe you are gone.

Sad : 11/27/2009

RIP Lowell, you were a good soul trapped by a sickness.

NJS

whos in charge... : 11/27/2009

Sargent Shultz and Colonel Klink must have been on duty... because apparently nobody KNOWS NOTHING!!!

Boycott Boy

RIP Lowell... : 11/27/2009

What a sad ending to a genuinely hilarious talented character....
Hopefully your dumb ass brother can learn something from this!
Let Lauren and Lowell's deaths be a lesson: chill..or you're next.

SAD! : 11/27/2009

SAD!
System failed.

Friend

Death In The Cell : 11/28/2009

The third inmate to die in jail this year.........

Citizen

bunius : 11/28/2009

R.I.P Shoal always remember .you inspire us all in surfing.. u should of come to hawaii..

Santa Bruta Local..residing in the northshore

: 11/28/2009

RIP Lowell.
-Morning Star loc

Show respect : 11/28/2009

So sad that everyone feels the need to gossip and destroy people's reputations. These people have family and friends that love and miss them. People have problem and make mistakes, but it doesn't give anyone the excuse to discuss what they feel is right or wrong. Lauren and Lowell were both amazing people and deserve to rest in peace.

Friend

Beautiful Soul : 11/29/2009

This person has a beautiful with a sad final chapter
We are all struggling with something...
May his soul rest in peace...
Vanessa

Amazing? : 11/30/2009

Sorry to question your assesment but i was just wondering how "amazing" people end up dead in prison? Sad, perhaps, but amazing? I would tend to hold that assessment for people who do amazing things like not end up dead in prison.

SV

Lowell... You will be missed : 11/30/2009

Lowell...Everyone misses you very much and we all are hurting inside.... Please send my regards to all the fallen SB born… everything will work out ……. Your son will be okay…RIP
SBL

amazing : 11/30/2009

to SV suck it!!! thats someone who knew him.

be nice people

you will be missed, the beach wont be the same : 11/30/2009

Say hi to Jake for me.........

He will know

bunius : 11/30/2009

Lowell remember when we used to drive to Jalama every morning How stoked were we when we pulled over the hill and it wasn't blowin out. hahah i will always remember .Remember when that wave Depressions used to break .the good old days . Take me back.say what up to Jacko for me.. ill see ya soon gonna pull in hard at pipe for you this year .. Remember when?????

Remember the great ones

Lowell... RIP : 11/30/2009

Lowell was a good brother, father, son and friend. He was a talented surfer, snowboarder and skateboarder. He was good to everyone who knew him and everyone loved him. He taught me how to snowboard and he was a great instructor.
One thing that Lowell didn’t do is write crap about the deceased like "butthead". You're a looser and you wish you where half the man Lowell was....hater.... You probably suck at everything he was good at. I can image you are a person that nobody would like to be around because of your bad attitude. You are disrespectful to someone you never knew and everyone who loved him. You talk like you know a lot but you know nothing of a man that was loved by everyone in SB.

Far Behind.... : 11/30/2009

Lowell was one of the best things that ever happend to me. When I read this article I was completely devasted and I think I'm still in shock it's hard to beleive he's really gone. I feel so bad for his family, his son and other friends that are hurting inside and I can only hope his family doesn't read the peoples comments like Butthead's above.
Lowell you are loved by so many people and will never be forgotten.
I'm sad you left us far behind and so early in life, you still had sooooo much to give. I'll never forget your smile, your laugh and your overall good persona. I'll also never forget the day you came to school with paint in your hair and how long it took to get it out bc you were helping paint your mom's house.
I pray your in a much better place
I'll never forget you:(

snowgirl29

be aware : 11/30/2009

this is someone's son and father. there is nothing saying that your child, father, uncle, brother or any other would be any higher or better. anyones lack of compassion and love to the family who is dealing with this has no right to respond to this article. this is not about judgment and your personal opinion it is about supporting a person who lived an agonizing life. this is not the time to put judgment towards a person who you don't know. this is the time to send support and love to the family involved and anyone else stuck in a situation like this.

get your head out of your ass

: 12/1/2009

Wow, I didn't know this man, but obviously many did, and I'm sorry for their loss. I am also sorry for the overcrowded system we had to offer him. But I am sorrier for the dearth of compassion some have for him. That is a sorrier state than the other too, and a sickness of the soul. Many 'upstanding' citizens have 'skeletons' in their closets, it is what makes people interesting, and not robots. Careful, karma's a strong teacher.

teacher

doed anyone know about a funeral??? : 12/1/2009

We cant call Alex because he is ahh busy , and dont want to call his mom, does anyone know when/if/where a funeral will be??? Lots of us want to know please post it here since this seems to be the only forum people are posting in. THanks
ALSO Suck it Mr. Curtis from all of the SB locals at butterfly and GV who dont have there heads up their ass you punk biotch

Freinds from Santa Barbara PS F you to the mean people

Lowell : 12/1/2009

We are all in shock, you will be missed. Your friends will never forget you. Your son will grow up knowing that he had one hell of a good dad, that was sooooo happy when he found out he was going to have a son , I was with Lowell the day he found out about Elisha. Lowell was a good man regardless of what any of you say or think. I will miss chilling beachside with you and the crew watching the little one play in the surf. November is hard for The SB guys, Jake Martin Nov 22nd 2003 RIP( I LUV YOU STILL and always will no matter where life takes me) and now you to Lowell, so sad they were all way to young. STOP DOING DRUGS PEOPLE PLEASE and if you have a problem seek help we wont judge we will help you dont keep it to your self please

SQD

Jake? : 12/1/2009

I had no idea that Jake Martin died as well, I knew this guy well from jr. high and high school- so sad:(
I too would like to know if there are funeral arrangements if anyone knows of anything pls post.
Ps Lowell- say hi to my dad for me, I know you never got to meet him but you will like him.

snowgirl29

This Sucks... : 12/1/2009

I hadn't seen Lowell in years and it really sucks to read about his passing. RIP Lowell...

-Darryl from M*B

So Sad : 12/1/2009

Lowell, you will be sadly missed. The old Campus Point & Morning Star Locs should have a paddle out.

Another Morning Star Loc

RIP LOWELL : 12/1/2009

We Will remember all the good memories * At the PIT for Elisha B-day, beers, BBQ and games. U will be missed, hopefully this will be the last goodbye to the SBL.

NT

RIP Lowell : 12/2/2009

Lowell will forever be remembered as an SB Local who was a son, a brother and a father. He was an amazing surfer, snowboarder, skater, but most of all a genuine person.
A lot of people cannot overcome addiction, however that does not make them bad people, so for all you morons wanting to post unnecessary comments, when you don't know the person should shut the hell up. Do any of you have a life? or are you that depressed in your own that you feel the need to comment on a mans that just passed away. "The Truth" and "SV" I'd like to see you put your real names on there. Both of you need to seek counseling for why you two are so depressed in your own lives. Punks.
RIP Lowell... much love homeboy... Say hi to Lauren, Goofy, Jacko, Justin Van Pelt and of course my pops and grandparents as well as all the other SBL's that have passed before us. You will be missed, but you are at peace.

Teddy Cabugos

Great Guy Right? : 12/3/2009

All great men die in jail right? Sounds like an idiot.

SB Me

To: SB me : 12/3/2009

You can only wish you were half the man Lowell was- if you were then you'd know better than to say stupid crap
I think it's seriously really sad how people can speak against him when they DIDN"T EVEN KNOW HIM!
Because honestly wake up and smell the coffee- everyone who knew him is saying what a great guy he was because it's the honest to god truth.
Why do people have to be so damn judgemental - just go live your life, there is no need to post rude comments about someone you never had the honor of knowing...if you had known him you would be saying quite the opposite. If anyone's an idiot here it's you show some respect for the deceased.

Sad in SB

Great Guy Right? : 12/4/2009

It's called deification of the dead. People do it all the time. It's a coping mechanism. It's when, no matter how bad a person was, people talk about how great they were. Read any obit on some idiot gangbanger and you'll see. When poeple die those that were close to them tend to only remember the good about the person, and that's fine. I understand. But those same people are often to bereaved to have any sort of perspective. Yes, I didn't know this person. But here's what I do know...The guy couldn't hold his stuff together enough to stay out of jail, even though he apparently had a little kid to take care of. For those of us that didn't know him, that doesn't speak well to how good of a person he was. Honestly he sounds like kind of an idiot. Probably put having good time in front of responsibility. It happens all the time, he's not the first.

SB Me

SB ME : 12/4/2009

Lowell was an addict, and a great friend, gifted athlete, got excellent grades in high school, put college on hold because he was dealing with his son and addiction.
Addicts are sick. Too bad Lowell never got the treatment he needed.
Too bad for you there is no cure for dumb. You can teach ignorant, but you can't change jerks.

JD

Lowell - loving son and father : 12/4/2009

Thank you... thank all of you for taking this opportunity to express your kind thoughts and words in loving remembrance for your friend, and our beloved son, Lowell during this difficult time. Even as our hearts ache and we love and miss him so much, please know that we are comforted in the knowing that Lowell was so loved by so many. Most of you know that although he was seldom hesitant to express that love in return with words, he simply preferred to show it with a rare honesty that touched each of us in our own way, and through this act alone his selfless spirit lives on and his tragic passing not be in vain. Knowing him, please be reminded that he would have been the first to urge all of us to forgive the ignorant for being unaware of their own shamelessness. His generous smile was only surpassed by his tremendous heart. Rest in peace, son. Heaven has you now. We love you.

The Bowling family

Great Guy Right? : 12/4/2009

People with cancer are sick! All this guy had to do to not be sick was stop taking drugs. That's it. We all know that drugs are bad for. Some of us decide to do them and some of us don't. It takes minimal will power not to take them. It is no ones fault but his own that he is gone. I'm arguing that he was a horrible person. I am saying though that I have no respect, dead or alive, who chooses drugs over their children. That child has been robbed of a father because of his or her fathers shitty choices. Stop doing that thing where now you say how great he is, when several months ago many of you were probably cursing the guy for doing the right thing. It is what it is. An addict died in jail. A true victim of his own choices.

SB ME

Great Guy Right? : 12/4/2009

"I'm arguing that he was a horrible person" was supposed to be "I'm not arguing that he was a horrible person"

SB ME

Friend : 12/8/2009

RIP Lowell-
We will always remember your lip bashing at the beach and at the wave at La Colina.

SB

To SB ME : 12/10/2009

You should change your posting name.... you're no SB local, you're a pile of crap who doesn't have any friends and comes on random threads to post negative things about people you don't know.. As I said in my first post... you need more help then anyone as your life obviously sucks, so go seek some help or counseling on why you dislike yourself so much. The fact that you could care less that this mans family is grieving enough at this time and you continue to bash him when you didn't even know him is beyond ridiculous, but just comes to show really how much your life must suck and how much you truly dislike yourself... so we all pray that you get the help you need for your addiction to being a piece of trash. Good luck to you cause not too many people can overcome that addiction.
RIP Lowell, you're with the angels now!

Teddy

Devastated : 12/11/2009

Lowell was one of the kindest, most thoughtful, sincere, and funniest guys I have ever crossed paths with in my life. He lit up any room he walked into. He and I were very close and I learned a lot from him in many ways. I loved him very much. Unfortunately, I had not seen him in a couple of years but the last time we saw each other he told me that he would always love me and joked that I would always love him too He was right. When I learned about his addiction, I was so devastated that there was nothing I could do to bring him out of it He was such a good guy and had such a strong passion for humanity, but was possessed by the evils of addiction. This breaks my heart. But as Lowell told me, I will never forget him because of the closeness we shared over the years. I will forever remember him for all the good that he embodied, all of the wonderful memories we shared, and all the lives he touched along the way.
I know you are in a better place now. You will be greatly missed...
Does anyone know his family's address to send condolences?

Lauren

hey sb me : 12/11/2009

leave your name and # brother .. if u got something to say say it to bunius...u know who i am..

sb me is a kook dont listen to him

Lowell : 1/14/2010

When I was 15 I had a HUGE crush on Lowell. What a cutie. I lost touch with him around the time that his then-girlfriend got pregnant. I have seen his son once and to me he looked like Lowell.
I was really stricken by Lowell's death. So sad. So soon. I feel for his family.
I am shocked by some of the comments expressed within this page. I am surprised by the cruel things said about the deceased. It is unnecessary. Nobody is going to learn from those opinions. They just hurt and anger. The fact that they have been posted is unconscionable.
RIP Lowell. I hope that people learn from your life and your death and I wish the best for your son. I hope he is looked after with love, compassion and care.

Nicole

Probably from neglect : 1/15/2010

I went there for a DUI they treat you worse than a pound dog.

jk : 1/16/2010

sounds like a cool dude who is now high on clear light.

be happy : 1/16/2010

one other thing... people have the right to do what they want to do... judge not, he without --- cast the first stone, there is no sadness in a life lived to the fullest!

jk

Celebration of life : 1/28/2010

I saw in the Independent that there was going to be something held in Lowell's honor in January when they wrote up his obituary. Does anyone know anything, I haven't seen anything further?

snowgirl29

not really high on "clear light" : 1/29/2010

Unfortunately, it sounds like a dude who is now dead from drugs and irresponsibility and not "high on clear light" He is not a martyr, he is another unfortunate casualty of the inability to control himself. Sorry to sound crass, but enough of everyone drooling over what a "great person" this guy was. "Great People" do not end up dead in a prison cell from being arrested on drugs. Sad, yes, but not "cool" or otherwise.

not impressed

Learn, Live, Respect : 1/30/2010

I do not know this guy, i feel sorry for his kids to have a father pass away, one thing his kid or kids should learn from this is, stay clear of drug abuse, respect yourself and love to live.
Control Your Habit
May he live on in another life with another chance in a new life of happiness.

Pewetang

Vacation and sick pay : 2/2/2010

Hey Christie Stanley.. I hope you enjoy all that cash you are to receive for never, ever once claiming a sick day while you were absent for 3 years. What does that come to $15,000 to $20,000 dollars? I don't know, so If I am incorrect in my guess, maybe you or the County Controller or Josh Lynn can let us know. Tragic is your sickness but absolutely amazing that you never once had to claim a sick day and are now entitled to "cash out" all those days. Hmmmm.... And you want us to consider your hand picked successor, Josh Lynn? Do you have an agreement with him not to pursue you or others for fraud in this matter?

Tax payer

Sorry : 2/2/2010

Sorry, the above post was posted in the wrong article

Tax payer

sadness : 2/3/2010

he must have had a big heart,it seems that it is those who feel the most have a hard time being here sober,they feel more than others and the road is to hard,when you ad addiction you seldom win , May he finnally find peace and watch over his son from affar,A note to the harsh when you feel anger while writeing or disscucing your idea, back off do not let the evil live, rest in peace

mad man

This could have been anyone of us : 2/5/2010

Rest in Peace. We need a better solution then locking up and letting them die. i did not know this man personally, but he could have been anyone close to me. he was not jailed for beating his kids or killing anyone. He was in jail because he was addicted. That could have easily been you or i in for simple infraction and those families morning would be our families morning the death of their son or daughter(you). If you think its ok for these people that really need help to be locked up and killed by the officers or inmates then you my friend need to go to china. if you want a better place to live then pick a solution that is a long sustaining solution, instead of these simple sweep it under the rug and wait solution that were in now(the debt of califorina).

Rest In Peace to all that died in jail

Absurd assertion : 2/8/2010

You are an idiot if you think "this could have been anyone of us". I guarantee 95% of the people on planet Earth will not end up in jail and dead of drug addiction or whatever other behaviour you want to speculate on. We didn't "lock him up and let him die", he put himself there WITH HIS OWN DECISIONS! Why do apologists for this person want to blame others for this persons bad behaviour and poor life choices. He ended up where his choices took him. Tragic and sad but true, and, NO, "this could not have been anyone of us"!

Responsible citizen who does't self destruct

Love and Trolls : 2/9/2010

My thoughts are with Lowell and his family. What a tragedy - seems like a guy who had a heart of gold. Not to go off track, but honestly, what can be done about these comment trolls? Does anyone else find these comments odd? Seems like no matter what article is produced, no matter what someone says, these trolls are here in hordes to shake up the debate and push a (typically conservative) agenda (in this case, equating addiction to severe criminality). And it is clear that you cannot argue with these "people". Any act of compassion, education, and progression is met with hostility. Very sorry to hear about this man, I hope as a society we can become more open to treatment as opposed to punishment.

good afternoon