Saks 5th Avenue Charity Shopping for Nanomedicine will have an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. December 6 to benefit the Center for Nanomedicine, a nonprofit biomedical research institute based in Santa Barbara. Saks Fifth Avenue is at the corner of State and Carrillo streets.
Deckers Outdoor Corp. will break ground on its global corporate headquarters in Goleta at an 11 a.m. December 7 ceremony in Cabrillo Business Park, at the corner of Hollister Avenue and Los Carneros Road. Company officials want to move in to the new building by the second quarter of 2013.
The Association for Women in Communications will have its holiday party from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on December 7 at the Canary Hotel. Cost is $10 to $40.