Santa Barbara County Superior Court (Santa Maria)
(Courtesy of Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Jed Q. Beebe)
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963 influenced Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Jed Q. Beebe to go into law, or at least some position in the public arena.
“It made me think there’s something wrong with the world that needed to be fixed,” said Beebe, who was in junior high school at the time.
He had brief political aspirations during those days and law “seemed like a good... (continued)