Jake Curtis Celebrated in Goleta Through Memorial Paddle Out After Tragic Passing | News Channel 3-12

Jake Curtis celebrated in Goleta through memorial paddle out after tragic passing | News Channel 3-12

GOLETA, Calif. – Several members of the community paddled out in Goleta, celebrating the life of Jake Curtis and two other Dos Pueblos students who died in a car crash May 18. Family, friends and other community members took their surfboards to the beach to commemorate the lives of the three teens who lost their lives far too soon. Curtis and the two other students died in a head-on collision on Highway 1 in Lompoc after traveling back from juni…

Vigil, Paddle-Out Honors Jake Curtis, Dos Pueblos High School Student Killed in Wreck

One of the last moments Jessica Brown spent with her son Jake Curtis was in their kitchen. She was having a bad day, and Jake wanted to comfort his mother. “He came over and wrapped his arms around me and called me ‘shrimp,'” she said. That was his nickname for her because he was so much taller than her. “He hugged me really warmly and said, ‘It will be OK, Mom. You’ll be OK,'” Brown recalled. She responded: “I’d be lost in this world without yo…