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Apparently reporters take vacations, too. Just ask those close to Kelsey Brugger, author of this week’s cover story, who is said to have jetted away to the Big Island last week for some mahimahi and mai tais. Sources say highlights included watching the sunrise, trekking to volcanoes, and getting her poke on. Brugger hasn’t used enough of her vacation time, records reveal, and she still has two weeks’ worth at her disposal. When asked to comment, Brugger chalked it all up to rumors and said she was focused on her next story. She said that, however, with a tan.

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by T y l e r H ay d e N oseph Castro walked into the interrogation room cocky and relaxed. He joked with detectives and showed off his gang tattoos, taking special pride in the “fukk my enemies” along his collarbone. The extra “k,” he explained, was for the Eastside Krazies, the Santa Barbara gang he joined when he was 12 years old, like his uncles and grandpa before him.

Six hours later, Castro was a broken man, worn down by a relentless line of questioning over the murder of Kelly Hunt. He held his head and sobbed as he confessed to killing the Ventura gang member the previous February.

He said he used a .38 revolver loaded with hollow-point bullets to shoot Hunt four times as they walked down Olive Street, twice in the back and twice after he hit the pavement. Castro remembered Hunt whispering,“Homie … homie …” as he struggled to breathe.

Castro said he murdered Hunt — who’d grown tweaky and unpredictable from heavy drug use — because he had threatened to shoot fellow Krazies. Castro described how he and mutual friend Isaac Jimenez planned earlier in the morning to kill Hunt sometime that day. The opportunity came in the early evening when the three broke off from a party to drink beer under the Santa Barbara High School bleachers and to steal a car on the Mesa. Castro said he didn’t want to shoot Hunt on the high school campus, where he had fond memories as a good student and varsity football player.

The detectives asked Castro if he felt bad about killing Hunt. He shrugged and replied, “It’s just how it is.” His tears, he said, were for his younger brother and sister, whom he would miss in prison.

This week, a jury of 10 women and two men in the ongoing trial of Castro and Jimenez watched video footage of Castro’s lengthy interrogation and confession. As evidence for the prosecution, it’s compelling and offers rare insight into the methods police employ to convince suspects to talk.

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But in a bold gambit to sway the jurors, Castro’s defense team is also using the footage to argue he was unlawfully coerced into giving what they claim was a false confession. They promised Castro would now give an honest account of what happened that night and how it was Jimenez who gunned down Hunt.

BuildiNg Pressure

Under questioning from his attorney Michael Hanley, Castro testified that he initially took the rap to avoid being labeled a snitch by his gang, which would put him and his family in danger. He argued detectives tricked him into breaking his silence by feeding him lies about evidence and insincere promises of leniency.

Both Castro and Jimenez—who have been in County Jail since their arrest in August 2013 — face charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy, with gang and firearm enhancements. Friends since high school, they’ve been implicated in other shootings and assaults before and after the murder.

At the time of his death, Hunt— Hunt a founding member of the Ventura-based Crazy Winos street gang—had forged an alliance with Castro and the Krazies through Jimenez.

Castro, then 20 years old, was feared and respected among city cliques and had ties to Mexican Mafia associates, who held sway over Latino gang activity throughout the county.

He was also a member of Palabra, a nonprofit group whose purported mission was to steer young men away from gang life.

The interrogation video reveals a cramped room in police headquarters with bare walls, three chairs, and a small metal table. It shows that soon after Castro denies involvement in Hunt’s murder, Detective Brian Larson informs him police already collected a mountain of evidence against him and others, including more than 400 interviews, numerous phone records, Facebook transcripts, and surveillance footage.

Larson, the lead investigator on the case, starts easy, leaning back in his chair and telling Castro,“I don’t want to put you on the spot” and “I don’t think all of this is your fault.”

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After more stonewalling from Castro, Larson turns up the heat. He says Jimenez has also been arrested and already ratted on Castro. “He’s talking, and he’s talking about you,” Larson states, which was reportedly untrue.

Larson tells Castro he needs his side of the story. Other Krazies have already given up information; he should help himself. “Don’t let other people write your story.”

Larson hints that police believe Jimenez was the triggerman. In so many words, he suggests Castro’s life is worth more because he has a girlfriend, more friends, more respect in his gang, a coaching job at the Boy’s Club, and because “Isaac is a weird cat” who seems capable of such a cold-blooded act. “Don’t trade your fate for Isaac’s,” Larson says as he slowly leans forward in his chair.

The one-sided conversation then moves to Hunt. Larson calls him an “asshole” who regularly threatened people at gunpoint, sold drugs, and gangbanged up and down the South Coast.“Did Kelly have something coming?” he asks. Larson also appeals to Castro’s admitted desire to impress his gang. If he shot Hunt, Larson said, he should be proud of it.

“It was a clean shooting. Every round was on target. … If you’re going to prison, go in as a killer. Go in legit.”

As the hours tick by, Larson stresses that Castro’s honesty will go a long way with a jury.

To stay silent would mean sacrificing the best years of his life to a lonely existence in prison.

“If you didn’t do this, I want you to be a free man,” Larson says. “People beat cases all the time.” On the flip side, Larson goes on, police have already wrapped up their case. Castro’s testimony would have little impact.

Castro concedes he was with Hunt and Jimenez and that he heard the gunshots. Larson seizes on the partial admission and tells Castro he’s already made himself look like a rat. He might as well give it all up. Everyone spills eventually, Larson says, and they aren’t killed because of it. If they were,“there’d be no more gangsters.” cont’d page 10 

The UCSB student who was brutally gang raped near the Rec Center on 2/22/14 filed a personal-injury lawsuit this week against the university. The complaint, drafted by Santa Barbara attorney Josh Lynn, alleges the then 19-year-old woman — identified only as Jane Doe in court files — was “savagely beaten and raped” by three men for “several hours” on campus in an area covered in dark, overgrown foliage that did not have a surveillance camera. The suspects remain at large. The complaint also alleges the UC Police Department failed to provide a detailed report of the investigation and did not contact other law enforcement agencies.

A UCSB spokesperson declined to comment on the pending litigation, citing university policy.

Fired Santa Maria prosecutor Paul Greco has been criminally charged for bringing a handgun into the Santa Maria District Attorney’s Office, a public building. The charges were brought by the California Attorney General’s Office after it was determined local authorities had a conflict. Greco, one of the two prosecutors running the Santa Maria office, was suspended on 12/17 after backlash from an affair he’d had with a subordinate prosecutor achieved critical mass. The gun incident occurred several months prior. In a written statement, Greco said he brought the handgun to train other deputies about the mechanics of handguns for the purpose of courtroom preparation.

Emily Anna Fox, a 22-year-old Dos Pueblos High School alumna and a student at California State University Northridge, and her boyfriend Jerrad Cardae Scott, 24, of La Mesa, were shot and killed at Fox’s Winnetka apartment building in the westcentral San Fernando Valley on 1/17 in a double homicide, reportedly at the hands of her ex-boyfriend Brian Gonzales. Gonzales, 24, and a Santa Barbara native, was apprehended two days later on a bus in Southern California, according to Los Angeles Police Department officials; he faces two counts of murder at his arraignment on 2/26.

A criminal misdemeanor charge was filed against landlord Dario Pini by Santa Barbara County prosecutors because Pini allegedly had his workers continue using scaffolding outside a downtown motel despite written instructions by state safety inspectors not to do so. The exact problems with the scaffolding remains uncertain, but the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration dispatched two inspectors to Pini’s Fiesta Motel — at 1816 State Street — last October. Pini is currently in the midst of a major remodel project, and the safety inspectors issued an order that the scaffolding was not safe to be used. According to the prosecution complaint, Pini’s workers continued to do so anyway.

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Extending its tentacles into Isla Vista, UCSB is poised to acquire the property of the pub Dublin’s, tattoo parlor Precious Slut, and food delivery service I.V. Menus. Located on I.V.’s busiest street corner at 910 Embarcadero del Notre, the one-quarter-acre property is currently owned by Jason Yardi, who is the son of Yardi Systems founder Anant Yardi. UCSB spokesperson Andrea Estrada said escrow on the property would close January 28 at the earliest; she declined to comment further until the deal is finalized.

Tenants expressed confidence that their businesses would stay intact for the time being. Riccardo Fundament, who is the owner of Dublin’s, said he still has several years on his lease. “It’s not a big deal. Everything continues as normal,” he said. “The fact is the university is buying everything.”

University administrators notified the tenants in writing of their plans to buy.

Workers were reportedly on site recently to look at the roof, among other things.

Yardi purchased the property in 2002; it was last assessed at about $1.4 million and pays $17,114 in property taxes, according to county records. It is unclear how much UCSB paid for it or if it was partially donated. It is also unclear when UCSB could make significant changes.

Two years ago, the property was in the spotlight when Yardi’s architect Jeff Shelton went before the county’s Board of Architectural Review (BAR) with a proposal to bulldoze the Irish pub building and tattoo shop and construct a four-story 36,500-square-foot property with residential, commercial, and hotel units called The Nest. Opponents raised parking and water issues and charged the plans failed to fit in with I.V.’s rustic beach-town character. The proposal never returned to the BAR. Last year, the University of California’s $156 million purchase of three Tropicana student apartments caused a stir because the move eventually takes the properties off of the county’s tax rolls. The 500 or so Santa Barbara City College students who lived there will be displaced sooner or later, but they can continue to live there for — Kelsey Brugger “the forseeable future,” Estrada said.

County in Pennsylvania on a California probation violation warrant. Since 1999, Kunes has served time for false use of financial information, grand theft, and forgery. Most recently, he was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for removing his electronic monitoring ankle bracelet, which he mailed to the Sheriff’s Office. After his release in June 2015, he skipped out on probation. Two weeks after he convinced the Bucks County Courier Times to run a story that he was the executive producer of Over My Dead Body, a purported Netflix series.

In response to repeated complaints from residents living near Santa Barbara City College students, the City Council’s Ordinance Committee took the first step toward drafting a new noise ordinance that will be easier to enforce and will impose stiffer penalties. If ultimately adopted by the City Council, the proposed measure would allow police officers to issue noise citations based on what they hear with their own ears as opposed to signed complaints filed by an affected party. The current ordinance is almost never enforced because of this requirement.

COUNTY The California Transportation Commission voted this week to allocate $60 million in state funds to, among other things, widen the 101 freeway bridge over Carpinteria Creek to accommodate the widening project underneath it. In addition, the 101 freeway bridges at Linden Avenue and Casitas Pass Road in Carpinteria will be widened. The project also calls for two Class I bike paths: one along the Carpinteria Creek under the freeway and the other from Rincon Point to Carpinteria Avenue. The latter is not yet funded. Construction

for the four-year project is slated to begin this summer.

ENVIRONMENT The Asian citrus psyllid eradication program that was to start 1/25 was postponed to 1/27 — with Carpinteria, at press time, likely to be the first area treated — according to pesticide hotline personnel. The spraying with Tempo SC Ultra is timed to attack adult psyllids before they lay their eggs on the new shoots of spring, said Steve Lyle, director of public affairs for California Department of Food and Agriculture. Imidacloprid soil application will take place later this year. For bees, both of the program’s poisons — Tempo’s ingredient cyfluthrin, a pyrethrin insecticide, and imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid — are lethal. Residents concerned about harm to bees can opt out of the program after they are notified their property will be sprayed.

Longtime efforts to locate and cap so-called legacy wells — those poorly sealed oil seepers fouling certain Southern California beaches, especially in Summerland — may get a $2 million annual injection. On 1/14, State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson introduced SB 900, which would require the State Lands Commission to build an inventory of leaky wells and cap them “once and for all,” she said. The legislation would also require a hard look at coastal hazards, such as abandoned pier pilings, and study whether oil-seepage hotspots stem from natural or manmade sources.

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triple Whammy hits Police department Retirements, Transfers, and Resignations Thin the Ranks

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by N i c k W e l s h imultaneous waves of injuries and departures have hit the Santa Barbara Police Department just as Chief Cam Sanchez prepares to step down next month, and other key commanders have stepped down or are preparing to do so, as well. Of the 100 sworn officers assigned to the department’s patrol division, 25 have left — due to retirement, transfers to other departments, or resignations.

To backfill those vacancies, the department has reassigned officers working specialty assignments — either cutting those back or gutting them outright. Gone or seriously reduced are traffic patrol, the downtown nightlife detail, the gang patrol, the criminal impact team, the restorative policing squad, and the school resource officers. These all have strong constituencies within the community. At full strength, the detective bureau has 18 positions; currently, it’s operating with 12. Since the lab technician recently retired, the Police Department has had to make use of the County Sheriff’s.

Captain Gil Torres, who is also stepping down this February after 33 years with the department, said he’s never seen turnover like this. By this summer, he said that number will climb to 32. In the past, the department never had anyone working full-time on recruiting, just a few people assigned to that function on a part-time basis. Now, Torres said, Sergeant Dave Henderson has been assigned to do nothing but recruit. Also for the first time ever, the department has launched an advertising campaign, running ads in law enforcement trade magazines, military recruitment websites, KEYT, Metropolitan Theatres, and UCSB’s kiosks.

Torres said that he expects about 200 people this Friday to take written as well as physical tests, climbing over six-foot training walls and performing other drills. The independent.com

department is poised to hire 14 new cops by this summer — some recruits, others transfers — but another seven more are expected to leave. At that point, the department will be running with 96 percent of its positions filled as opposed to 91 percent right now.

Chief Sanchez — in his last presentation to the City Council before retiring after a 15-year career in Santa Barbara, expressed regret over all “the bad choices” he’s had to make in response to staff shortages, while seeking to reassure councilmembers that “a blue shirt” will still respond to any call for service within six minutes. “We’re still chasing the radio,” he said.“We’re not letting go; we’re not slowing down.” That claim was particularly true with regard to homeless encampments.

The departmental goal is to clear 16 this fiscal year; in just six months, 14 have already been eliminated.

Sanchez will retire as the longest-serving chief in city history. But in recent months, Sanchez’s reign has grown rockier, with the police officers union complaining that his lack of leadership caused serious morale problems that in turn led to the high turnover rates. A freak accident precipitated Sanchez’s retirement last fall after an errant truck tire flew over a freeway divider and into his car windshield.

City Administrator Paul Casey expects to have selected a new chief early this summer and will need to appoint an interim chief to take over when Sanchez steps off the job on February 16. By the time Sanchez leaves, a major portion of his command staff will have gone, too, leaving the department in an acute transitional state. At the meeting’s close, Councilmember Frank Hotchkiss expressed heartfelt appreciation for the job Sanchez had done — as did Mayor Helene Schneider — causing the chief to become momentarily n choked up.

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As Larson talks about Castro’s girlfriend, mother, and other loved ones, Castro says he’s had enough and is ready to go to jail.

“Fuck that,” says Larson. “That’s not how I work. I will not lock you up with ‘I don’t knows.’” Larson leans closer and puts his hand on a sobbing Castro’s shoulder. “Let it out,” Larson says. “God already knows what happened. Why not tell, man?” Soon after, Castro confesses, “Fuck it. I did everything,” he says.

With additional questioning and Castro’s confession, Larson leaves the room.As Castro sits alone, he says to himself: “Fucking Isaac snitching me out on his shit …” Earlier in the interview Castro talked to Larson about watching the reality TV show The First 48, which depicts interrogations of murder subjects through video and audio recordings. Castro also appeared at one point to look directly into the camera mounted in the room.

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On the stand this Friday, Castro told the jury he stood in shock as Jimenez wordlessly murdered Hunt.“Isaac pulled his gun out in the middle of the street and shot him,” he declared. Earlier in the day, Castro claimed, Jimenez confided in him that Hunt was acting angry and erratic, that he wanted to kill Hunt before Hunt could kill him.

Castro said he gave Larson a false confession because of the gang-life pressure to never cooperate with law enforcement. He claimed he’s since renounced his allegiance to the Krazies and gone into protective custody to avoid retaliation. “It was the hardest decision I ever made in my life,” he said.

Castro complained Larson lied to him, never produced a charging document, and didn’t end the interrogation when Castro asked him to stop.

Prosecutor Kimberly Siegel countered Castro was treated fairly in his six hours at police headquarters. He was offered meals and breaks and felt comfortable enough to openly yawn and burp, she said. Siegal noted Castro has shown little remorse for Hunt’s death. If Castro didn’t pull the trigger, she asked, did he think to warn Hunt of Jimenez’s intentions or render aid as he lay bleeding on the ground? Castro said no.

The only reason Castro might appear sorry, Siegal charged, is “because you’re in this situation now.”

On Monday, Hanley called an expert on false confessions to testify — Dr. Richard

Leo, a law professor and forensic psychologist who’s written books on the subject and was retained in the homicide case depicted in the Netflix series Making a Murderer.

Leo talked about the phenomenon in general, stopping short of offering an opinion on Castro’s case. He said not long ago the judicial system believed only crazy people rendered false confessions. Research now shows 15-25 percent of wrongful convictions are based on unreliable confessions given by otherwise rational individuals.

Leo described how the solitary goal of a police interrogation — as opposed to an interview — is to move a suspect already believed guilty from a denial to an admission by persuading them that the benefits of a confession outweigh the costs of being silent. The process starts with detectives convincing a suspect that he or she is caught.

They present evidence, which can be real or made up. It’s perfectly legal for police to concoct a “ruse,” said Leo, though he and other researchers refer to the strategy as “lying about evidence.”

Then comes the carrot and the stick.

Detectives will tell a subject it’s in his or her best interest to stop denying and start admitting. They appeal to the person’s self-interest, that talking will feel better and help their case. “The concept is very counterintuitive, but what didn’t make sense to the person at the start of the interrogation can start to make sense by the end,” said Leo. Police get themselves into trouble when their promises and threats — whether explicit or implied — put so much pressure on a person that they perceive they have no choice but to cooperate, Leo said. “Their will has been broken.” Age, personality type, fatigue, drug withdrawal, and other factors increase the risk of false confessions, he went on. Police can accidentally “misclassify” a suspect (deciding they’re guilty when they aren’t) or disclose facts about the case that weren’t public. That “contaminates” the interrogation, Leo said.

Most interrogations last 15-45 minutes.

False confessions tend to occur after sixeight hours. Leo stated 80-90 percent of suspects waive their Miranda rights — as Castro did — because they believe they will look bad if they don’t talk.

The trial will continue next Monday when Jimenez and his attorney Ilan FunkeBilu will put on a defense. Proceedings are expected to last until Wednesday or Thursday, at which point the jury will begin delibn erations.

news briefs cont’d along the South Coast. The offer would be open to students of any socioeconomic or ethnic background and cover a full load of courses and books for their first two years out of high school, according to Geoff Green, CEO of the SBCC Foundation. It would also be open to graduates of private high schools and homeschooled students. Green expects the program to be in place this fall.

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National Laboratory on 1/21. He is the former director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the largest particle physics laboratory in the country, and is currently UCSB’s Presidential Chair in Physics. As the eighth director of the lab, Witherell will oversee approximately 3,200 employees with access to an estimated $790 million budget. He will receive an annual salary of $440,000, funded by a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) contract. Since 1931, UC has managed the Berkeley Laboratory, which is supported by the DOE through its Office of Science. n

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behind-closed-doors effort to fire the executive director of the California Coastal Commission recently erupted into the spotlight as Charles Lester, who’s headed up the state agency since 2011, opted to bring the debate to a public meeting next month. Lester’s job performance is reportedly at issue, but according to former commissioners and environmental watchdogs, the proposed ousting goes all the way to Governor Jerry Brown’s office. “Developers have always tried to gain influence over the commission and its staff,” said Susan Jordan, executive director of Santa Barbara–based California Coastal Protection Network and wife of former commissioner Pedro Nava.

“It’s been a constant battle since the Coastal Commission was created [40 years ago], and this latest flare-up is being led by Brown’s appointees,” all four of whom—Erik Howell, Effie Turnbull Sanders, Wendy Mitchell, and Martha McClure — score poorly in terms of conservation-minded voting, according to the ActCoastal accountability project.

“Of all people, the governor has appointed some of the most toxic commissioners,” added former commissioner Steve Blank.

Gov. Brown has yet to comment on the issue.

Sitting commissioners have also declined to provide details. Commission Chair Steve Kinsey did not return calls for comment. Lester is not taking interviews but is expected to speak at the upcoming meeting.

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Jordan said. “The Gaviota Coast as a whole would definitely be targeted more heavily by developers” if the commission’s power shifts away from the conservation traditions that have aimed to keep development in check. However, “a key thing to remember,” according to Glenn Russell, the director of Santa Barbara County’s Planning and Development department, is that local land-use policies are very strong.“I don’t see a change of leadership [at the Coastal Commission] seriously affecting that.”

“The Coastal Commission seemed politically charged all along,” said Dan Secord, a former commissioner and Santa Barbara city councilmember. “But it’s irregular and burdensome to have political differences fought out this way. They shouldn’t try to remove Lester just because he might have pissed off some developers.”

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by K e l s e y B r u g g e r ay Freeman — an Isla Vista activist and founder of a multimillion-dollar tech company—announced this week he is jumping into the 3rd District Supervisor race. His candidacy—challenging Santa Ynez Valley residents Joan Hartmann and Bruce Porter — increases the chances the winner will be determined in November rather than June. In 2012, twice as many 3rd District voters cast a ballot in November compared to June. To win in June, a candidate must receive 50 percent of the votes plus one.

The 3rd District, currently represented by Supervisor Doreen Farr, is vast and diverse.

It spans from Isla Vista, along the Gaviota coast, and over the mountain to the Santa Ynez Valley. In person, Freeman, 34, is tall and has a thick beard and long hair. He is from a suburb outside of Chicago and came to the area to study computer science at UCSB in 1999. In 2008, he founded the software company Cydia, an app that allows users to customize features on their jailbroken Apple devices—or a “pimp my ride” for tech geeks.

Freeman is known for rapid-fire public comment; Supervisor Peter Adam recently suggested he lay off the coffee. Freeman has been, as he put it, “omnipresent” in Isla Vista politics for the past year and a half, but active since 2003. Last year, I.V. residents met

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by N i c k W e l s h f Clark Kent were a woman, she’d probably wear stylish, black, thickframed glasses much like Elizabeth Majestic’s, Cottage Health’s new, first, and to date only vice president for Population Health. The hue of Majestic’s blue suit when we met vibrated on much the same frequency as the Man of Steel’s superhero leotards. A recent arrival to Santa Barbara, though a longtime visitor, Majestic is leading Cottage Health’s recently launched foray into as-yet uncharted territory —“population health” for medically underserved neighborhoods throughout the South Coast.

A few superpowers would no doubt come in handy, but Majestic will have to rely on her 24 years of experience with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), where she took on a variety of chronic diseases as a high-octane, number-crunching, public-healthpolicy wonk.

“The basic idea is that we have a very fragmented health system,” she said in a recent interview. “We have to piece it together. That’s why we need to get outside the walls of the hospital.”

Majestic began work for Cottage Health on October 1. In short order, she and a translator were pounding the pavement of Santa Barbara’s Westside, radiating out from Micheltorena and San Andres streets — the epicenter of a neighborhood defined by high poverty rates and dramatically higher death rates. Majestic went from store to store, taking a detailed inventory of what foods were available and what foods were not. The neighborhood didn’t qualify as a “food desert,” she said, thanks to Foodland’s looming presence. But she didn’t find an abundance of fresh produce, either.

In one establishment, Majestic noted sprigs of wilted cilantro marinating in murky green water. Mostly, she found lots of corner stores selling foods high in fats, sugar, salt, and alcohol. “The urban wallpaper of the neighborhood was alcohol ads,” she commented.

Majestic didn’t merely take copious notes and retreat to the comfortable confines of her Cottage Health digs. “If you want to improve people’s health, it’s important that you talk to them,” she said. “You don’t just do things to them.” So what did she hear? “They want to learn how to cook healthy dishes but within the confines of the culture,” she said. While Majestic has yet to prescribe any solutions —she’s still in the early stages of her listening tour—she pointed out how proto-population-health gurus in Detroit addressed the same issue by organizing cooking classes in social settings.

As both concept and buzzword, “population health” has only been around a few years, secondhand policy smoke generated

by the Affordable Care Act. What exactly it is and what it can become, Majestic acknowledged, remains very much a work in progress.

Countless experiments are now springing up across the United States, she said, as medical care providers find themselves forced to shift away from a fee-for-service business model into something new. Under the Affordable Care Act, hospitals are now being held accountable for the health of patients after

profit perhaps—to help make it happen. For the exercise-averse, Majestic said,“it could be something like a dance class.” The key challenge, she added, is getting people to take the first step.

The United States spends the most among 17 industrially advanced nations on health care but boasts the lowest life expectancies.

The single best predictor of health outcomes, Majestic said, is education and income. Those

create a new post just for her. Two weeks into the job, Majestic was the star attraction for a two-day retreat held by the Cottage Board of Directors, focused exclusively on population health. At the end of the retreat, the board voted to change Cottage Health’s mission and vision statements to embrace population health.

One partner whose mind Majestic has clearly blown is Dr. Fred Kass, the noted oncologist and head of the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara. In the past year, Kass has independently taken a keen interest in the health-care needs of the Westside; his wife is a volunteer tutor at the Westside United Boys & Girls Club. Known for his expansive enthusiasm, Kass watched Majestic in action at several neighborhood meetings and couldn’t have been more impressed. “I don’t know if you believe in God or happenstance, but her arrival in Santa Barbara at this particular time makes you believe in one or the other,” he exclaimed. Majestic, Kass said, won’t merely make a major contribution to Santa Barbara. “She could create a national model.”

To an exceptional degree, Kass said, Majestic knows how to crunch the numbers to achieve a tellingly detailed diagnosis of Santa Barbara’s diverse and disparate health-care profiles. Armed with such baseline data, Majestic can better gauge what gaps in care need to be prioritized and what interventions are called for. That same information, Kass said, will prove Elizabeth Majestic, Cottage Health’s vice president for Population Health indispensable in determining just how successful—or not—those interventhey’ve been discharged. Hospitals with high on the high end of that equation, on average, tions have been. By sharing this information, readmission rates are penalized with lower live nine years longer than those on the short Kass suggested, Majestic and Cottage can Medicare reimbursements. As of 2018, such end of the stick. As 78 million baby boomers help nonprofit partners better compete for penalties will range between 4 and 8 percent. and 35 million Gen Xers hit their golden years limited grant funds. And, he added, it will That can add up quickly. Cottage ranks in — when medical challenges become more help them better determine what strategies the top 7 percent of all hospitals nationally numerous and treatment more expensive will be most effective. “It won’t be a matter when it comes to readmission rates, said —such disparities will bear more dire results. of gut feelings or good intentions,” Kass said. spokesperson Maria Zate, and the highestAs lore has it, Cottage CEO Ron Werft “There will be actual evidence available now performing 5 percent in the state. Zate noted received an unsolicited email one day with that can indicate what strategies work and that 75 percent of all hospitals were dinged for a link to Majestic’s résumé attached. They which ones don’t.” excessive readmission rates last year; Cottage talked. He was impressed. She, likewise, found Kass was equally bullish on Majestic’s was dinged only 0.11 percent, she said, for herself impressed by Werft. Majestic’s hus- political skills. He recalled attending a meetgoing over the readmission rate by less than band had just retired from his post with the ing where Majestic described in great detail, one percent for only one of seven procedures CDC, and the couple was thinking of moving without notes, all the shops she visited on to Santa Barbara, which she discovered 10 the Westside and which ones—such as the monitored by Medicare.

In this context, treatment for lifelong dis- years ago while attending a conference on Botanica, a traditional Mexican apothecary eases such as diabetes clearly needs to begin childhood obesity at the Bacara hotel. On that — might make good partners. “Let me tell before patients ever check themselves in. trip, Majestic was struck by the sometimes you: That’s not our image of a hospital vice Seventy percent of overweight and obese fractious vitality of Santa Barbara’s sprawl- president, someone who goes door-to-door kids, Majestic said, grow up to be overweight, ing community of nonprofit organizations. and spots a shop like Botanica as a possible obese adults with a lifetime of chronic dis- These, she explained, are indispensable part- partner,” he said. eases ahead of them. The trick is to teach ners for any entity seeking to address imbalFor the next 10 months, Majestic and a them healthy eating and exercise habits when ances in access to health care. With an enthu- small staff will be strip-mining data from they’re still young. Under a population health siastic CEO, one nonprofit for every 200 peo- census tracts, readmission records, and state, approach, she suggested, a doctor could write ple, and a geographically distinct population local, and federal health reports. From that, a prescription for exercise. But that presumes in a very defined medical universe, Majestic various plans of attack will emerge. “It’s all there’s some agency — a community non- could hardly say no when Werft offered to about making a difference,” she said. n pau l wellm an

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ANNE RIVES WHITE JONES, a longtime and prominent resident of Santa Barbara, died on January 8, 2016, at age 94. Anne truly savored life as a member of our “greatest generation.” Born to Dr. Thomas Wistar White, a pediatrician, and Cora Lee Maury White on April 5, 1921, in St. Louis, Missouri, Anne obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Washington University, studying under and assisting the famed Greek archeologist and historian, Dr. George Mylenos. Much to her father’s anguished concern, Anne joined the American Red Cross in 1944 and was posted first to Cambridge and then to Provence, France, where she set up and ran canteens for the troops. It was in Aix-en-Provence that she met the love of her life, Major Robert M. Jones, Bob, who had been admitted to the California bar immediately prior to his enlistment.

Upon her return to St. Louis after the war, she convinced Bob that his army days were over, and they married and settled, first in Woodland, California, and shortly thereafter in Santa Barbara. Bob became a member of the law firm of Price, Postel and Parma, where he practiced law for the next 50 years.

Anne energetically pursued her own career as a community volunteer and played increasingly important leadership roles in Santa Barbara institutions such as the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (where she initiated the docent program), Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (president), Santa Barbara Board of Education, the American Red Cross (boardmember), Junior League of Santa Barbara (president), and the Garden Club of Santa Barbara (president). She was also a founding trustee of Lotusland. As president of the Montecito Resident’s Association, she was instrumental in the reorganization of Casa Dorinda. Anne was certified by the Garden Club of America as a master judge of flower shows, and she and Bob had a hand in the organization and development of Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden in downtown Santa Barbara.

To know Anne was to know her garden, which she shared with enthusiasm and generosity.

And what a garden it was. Her husband was her ever useful helpmate as she produced a place of beauty and wonder, earned through endless hours of stooping to plant and kneeling to weed.

Its creation was ongoing, and it provided a completely appropriate setting for her and Bob's lives, the lives of their family, and those of their friends and friends of friends.

Anne is survived by her four sons, Thomas Wistar Jones (Amanda), Robert M. “Grigger” Jones, JD (Alice), William Maury Jones, PhD (Sarah), and Richard Saunders Jones (Kathy), her eight grandchildren, Commander Andrew Jones U.S. Navy (Ali), Dr. Carolyn McGaughey (Ryan), Nancy J. Sylvester, JD (Chris), Esther Jones, Eleanor Jones, Isabel Jones, Annie Jones, and Peter Jones, and her five great-grandchildren.

The family would like to thank the staff of the Personal Care Unit of Casa Dorinda (Peggy, Ann, Rufina, John, Lenore, Mauricio, Irma, Shelly, and Brigette) and Janet from Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care for their understanding and compassion. A celebration of Anne's life will be held on February 27 from 2–4 pm at Casa Dorinda, 300 Hot Springs Road in Montecito.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Lotusland, or Planned Parenthood in Anne's name.

Bill (John William) Nelson 12/20/36-01/08/16

Bill (John William) Nelson died Jan. 8 doing what he loved, snorkeling on Maui. Born 12/20/1936 in Devil’s Lake, ND, Bill found his true calling as a pilot, first in the U.S. Air Force, then with Continental Airlines from 1966 to 2001 and lastly flying small business jets for corporate clients. His final career as Bill Nelson Home Repair let him use his considerable fix-it skills.

Bill lived in Denver with first

wife Betty Hurtt-Nelson where children Greg and Jennifer were born and raised. In 1988 Bill moved to Santa Barbara where he married Judy Ricker and had children Benjamin and NoraAbeni. Bill adored his children and was a wonderful father.

Bill is survived by wife Judy, daughters Jennifer (Rod) and Nora-Abeni (Will), sons Greg (Cindy) and Ben, grandson Anthony, great-grandkids Anthony and Makenna and former wife Betty, plus many cousins, nieces, nephews and dear friends.

A memorial and celebration of Bill’s great life will be held Sunday, February 21 at Encina Royale.

Details to follow. Instead of flowers, please donate to Bill’s favorite local nonprofits, the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County and Direct Relief International.

Lynda Louise Kinney

Lynda Louise (Foss) Kinney was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1949, to Harland and Cecelia “Ceal” (Monson) Foss at District One Faribault Hospital.

Lynda was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Kenyon. She graduated from Kenyon High School in 1967 and graduated from Rochester Junior College in 1968. Following college Lynda worked at Mayo Clinic and then IBM in Rochester until moving to Texas and then California with her husband Jack Kinney, whom she was married to for a short time.

Living in Santa Barbara, is where she met her many dear friends. She worked for Faulkner Title Company there and in 1980 joined the staff of SysteMetrics, first in the accounting department, then in research. The firm was bought by McGraw-Hill and went through many transitions to eventually become Truven Health Analytics. She ended her working career with the J.S. Bower Foundation. In 1990, Lynda bought her cozy condo that was her home until she moved back to Minnesota. She eventually became president of the Homeowners’ Association there because she wanted to make sure everything was getting done to maintain the properties.

Lynda was involved in many charitable and community organizations, La Cumbre Jr. High School Fundraising, Alzheimer’s Association and the Elks, where she sometimes worked the bingo games, when she wasn’t playing them! With her friends, she loved to spend evenings doing crafts or playing games and weekends shopping or seeing what treasures she could find at yard sales.

When she found a bargain, she

always knew just who among her family and friends was looking for that exact thing.

Survivors include her mother, Ceal Foss of Kenyon, her brother and sister-in-law, Russell and Jeanne Foss of Kenyon, her nieces and nephews, Deborah Quam (Brent Lurken) and her children Nathan, Brandon, and Megan Quam of Kenyon, Angela (Todd) Stockmo and her children Carly and Broc Fredrickson of Zumbrota, Dustin Foss (Jenny Peterson) of Merrifield, Matthew (Amy) Foss of Kenyon, Bryan (Tana) Foss and their child Mya of Otis Orchards, WA, Kara (Daniel) Mendes and their children Kendahl and James of DesMoines, WA, Loren (Angie) Foss of Wenatchee, WA, Aunt Hazel Solberg of Faribault, Aunt Marilyn Schaper of Kenyon, Aunt Shirley Foss of Cannon Falls, and numerous cousins and friends.

She is preceded in death by her father, Harland Foss, her brother, Jim “Jimbo” Foss, and her maternal and paternal grandparents.

A memorial service for Lynda Kinney will be held on Saturday, February 6, 2016, from 11:00 am -1:00 pm at the Elks Lodge #613, 150 North Kellog Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Friends are invited to share their memories of Lynda during that time. Family requests memorial to the Elks Lodge #613, and Santa Barbara Hospice.

The family wishes to extend a thank-you to the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Staff and to everyone who shared their prayers, love, and support.

Geraldine LaVerne (Wheldon) Jones 05/26/28-01/09/16

her husband of nearly 60 years, Harold Jones, who passed away in 2011. She also shared special relationships with both her mother (Leah) and "daddy," Elwood (Casey). She graduated from the UCSB teachers program on the Riviera and went on to become an excellent teacher. Her first position was 1st grade at Hope School, and in 1952 she was chosen by McCall's magazine as the First National Teacher of the Year. She and Harold traveled to Washington, D.C., where she was recognized by President Truman in the Rose Garden of the White House.

In 1958, upon the birth of daughter Marcey, Gerry took a break from teaching. Gerry returned to teaching eight years later with the opening of Monte Vista Elementary as the kindergarten teacher.

She had a wonderful way with both students and parents alike.

Ironically, she taught some of the children of her 1st grade students in kindergarten. Gerry enjoyed the sun, the beach and the surf for many years and couldn't resist a dog. She also collected bears.

After her retirement she and Harold walked most every street in Santa Barbara. World travel with special friends was also a big part of her life as well as weekly card games, a monthly lunch with cousins and a breakfast with colleagues. Gerry loved to read, and even as her muscular degeneration progressed she continued to "read" through talking books (a whopping 681!)

Gerry had longtime affiliations with several sororities, including Nu Phi Delta Chi and Kappa Alpha Theta. In high school she was a Queen in Job's daughters.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

Geraldine was a thoughtful, intelligent and fun-loving woman with a great sense of humor and quick wit. May she rest in peace with those she loved.

Love you. Love you more.....

An informal gathering to celebrate Gerry's special life will be held at the Chase Palm Park Center (236 E. Cabrillo Blvd.) on Thursday, January 28, from 3-6 pm.

"The 26th of May is my Birth Day"...Gerry passed away at home in the late afternoon of January 9 with her daughter by her side.

Geraldine was born in Ventura, CA, but the family soon moved to Santa Barbara where Gerry was fortunate enough to spend the rest of her life. Gerry attended local schools: Garfield, LCJH and SBHS, where she excelled in both academics and athletics and made many lifelong friendships.

While at La Cumbre, she met

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DOWN THE DRAIN: A week after the fact and my jaw still remains down by my ankles.

Last Tuesday, the county supervisors voted to give money back to the state, $40 million to be precise. That’s a lot. This action contravenes all known laws of nature. Once the distracting ephemera of ideology is dispensed with, the chief function of any elected official is to get the money, not return it. But last week, the supervisors voted to return $40 million to the California Board of State and Community Corrections. This money had been secured

to build a new, touchy-feely, kinder, gentler 238-bed annex to the more traditional new jail approved for North County. According to boosters of what’s dubbed the STAR Complex, the new wing would offer a state-of-the-art, dorm-like learning environment where endof-sentence inmates could get a crash course in how not to “recidivate” before being tossed into the swirling winds of freedom. Like the new, more lock-’em-up 376-bed North County Jail, the STAR Complex was the brainchild of Sheriff Bill Brown, who was first elected in 2008 on the “anti-recidivate” platform. To the extent any rational sense can be made of last week’s vote, it’s that the longfestering bad blood between Brown and the supervisors had grown — gratuitously, stupidly, needlessly — so radioactive the EPA should have intervened and declared it an environmental disaster.

I spent enough time the past week talking to the warring parties that I can now hang

out my shingle as marriage and family therapist. As expected, everyone has their points and everyone’s to blame, though not necessarily equally. Brown failed utterly and miserably to keep the supervisors in the loop as he absolutely needed to do. That someone as smart and talented as the sheriff could mess up so badly is inexplicable. Likewise, if the supervisors didn’t understand key details of the STAR proposal enough to ask the big questions when it counted, why not? (The supes say by the time they knew what questions to ask, it was already too late.) At last count, the STAR Complex had been the focus of 17 hours of board discussion over the past two years. If supervisors felt Brown played bait-and-switch on them regarding the provision of mental-health services in either of the new jail facilities — the single biggest chicken bone in their collective craw—they should have intervened sooner and more forcefully.

Only at the very last minute—on December 8 — did Brown finally get the message.

That’s when he proposed a seat-of-the-pants redesign —all but scribbled on the proverbial soggy bar napkin —that would have set aside 50 beds for the mentally ill and another 50 beds for those fighting addiction. Brown’s critics correctly wondered why it took him so long, while simultaneously objecting how egregiously he was violating the process by which so momentous a decision should be made. Ultimately, the supes voted not to allow Brown to submit these revisions to the state

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funding board to see if the changes could be deemed in keeping with the scope of the initial grant application. In other words, they pulled the plug and wrapped it three times around Brown’s neck and yanked with all their might.

My only point is this: Fifty beds for the mentally ill is 50 beds we need and 50 beds we don’t have right now.

Likewise 50 beds for recovery is 50 beds we don’t have right now.

And somehow in all the past 50 years, the correct process by which things should get done has never managed to produce a gob of spit for the mentally ill and the addicted, let alone 100 desperately needed beds.

Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t see what other point there is.

So now what? The county, it turns out, owns a lot of vacant land. The county also enjoys one of the highest credit ratings on the planet and is encumbered with hardly any debt. Now is the time for the supervisors to exploit all that land and great credit to incur serious enough debt to build some serious housing for the mentally ill. No more handwringing. No more excuses. Do it.

Jail overcrowding still remains an issue.

Rather than building more jail cells, it’s time the supervisors took an equally serious look at bail reform. Seventy-five percent of the people in the county jail are awaiting trial.

Many, as Brown notes, are hardly “debutantes.”

But many are in for crimes that pose no seri-

ous threat to life or limb. Many — and we don’t know how many—remain behind bars only because they can’t raise the bail. California, it turns out, sets the highest bail of any state in the union. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, California median bail—$50,000—is five times higher than the national average and is only getting bigger, having increased 22 percent between 2002 and 2012. Not coincidentally, California has the highest rate of pretrial detention in the country. Santa Barbara’s bail schedule ranks among the second highest of four tiers in California and also has one of the highest rates of pretrial detainees—75 percent—in the state. High bails are justified as a deterrent to reoffenders and no-shows at trial. But despite our stratospheric bails, California also boasts the highest rate of no-shows. In Santa Barbara, inmates released on their own recognizance — no bail — have a no-show rate of only 2 percent. Some counties deem 15 percent acceptable. Some counties also use scientifically designed algorithms to determine which inmates pose the great risk to reoffend. Typically, these counties keep fewer pretrial inmates behind bars. Other counties have adopted various pretrial service programs to keep nonserious offenders out of jail while awaiting trial. Experts discovered this dramatically decreases the tendency of nonserious offenders to “recidivate.” Santa Barbara county officials only recently started looking at these approaches. I’d say they need to start squinting.

In the meantime, $40 million, indeed.

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George Donald Sturman passed away peacefully at the age of 87 surrounded by his family in Santa Barbara, California, on Sunday, January 17, 2016. George was born on July 28, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan, the middle child of Henry and Elizabeth Sturman. Henry moved the family to West Hartford, Connecticut, and later pursuing a long-cherished dream to a farm upstate. George remained in West Hartford for schooling and graduated from Hall High School, class of 1946. He then attended the University of Michigan, where he earned his undergraduate degree in 1950 and met his wife, Adrianne Reevman. He did graduate studies at the University of Illinois Dental School, class of 1954, served in the U.S. Army for two years at Fort Devens, MA, and did postgraduate research at Yale University. He then returned to the University of Illinois, where he completed his specialty in orthodontia.

Moving back to the Hartford area with his young family in 1959, George joined his father’s orthodontic practice. For more than 45 years, George served the Greater Hartford area and West Hartford as an orthodontist, in solo and group practice, until retiring in 2005. He was a member and contributor of the Angle Society, an orthodontic organization, and for many years taught at the University of Connecticut as a member of the cleft palate team. George and Adrianne established deep roots in West Hartford, raising their family and developing lifelong friendships.

Deeply curious about the world, they traveled frequently and extensively. George’s other great passions were golf, bridge, and oration, the last exhibited mostly at family affairs with considerable panache.

In 2007 George and Adrianne moved to Santa Barbara, California to be closer to their granddaughters and live in a Mediterranean climate. There, he worked on perfecting his bridge game, investigated and wrote his family’s genealogy, and religiously followed the University of Michigan Wolverines in football and basketball and the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team. In Santa Barbara, George and Adrianne quickly built a new network of close friends, which included a dinner club George 16

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aptly coined “The Fed-Ups.” George is survived by Adrianne, his loving wife of 63 years; children Sally and Peter; daughter-in-law Hui-shu; granddaughters Leanne and Olivia; and siblings Martin and Sandy. He will be remembered for his compassion, friendship, generosity and wit, as well as all the smiles he perfected (human and canine alike) throughout his long and successful orthodontic career.

He will be greatly missed.

George was deeply interested in understanding his family history and Jewish heritage. For this reason, the family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Birthright Israel, www.birthrightis rael.com, or a charity of choice.

Helene Mussbach

Santa Barbara.

Helene is survived by her relatives in Germany: Alfred Mezger, brother, and her nieces Monika Honisch, Annedore Beer-Kasprzak (husband Bernd Kasprzak), Ulrike Rocker, Susanne Laich, and Henriette Sauter.

A memorial service and reception will be held at 11:00am on Friday, February 19, 2016, at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 909 La Cumbre Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. For those wishing to make remembrances, consider a donation to a worthy charity or foundation serving the Santa Barbara community.

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man, jack-of-all-trades until his retirement.

James was a skilled and gifted man who enjoyed using all of his talents to help others. He was known for his tremendous generosity, kindness, quick sense of humor, spontaneity, love of cooking and dancing, and big heart. He was deeply loyal to family. He told every sibling, niece, nephew, and grandchild, "You are my favorite" and they believed him. He died unexpectedly 3 months short of his 70th birthday from trauma due to a bicycle accident. He is survived by his wife, Alice; 3 children, Nathan King (Joanna), Neysa King – Connolly (Michael), and Reno King (Sara); 4 grandchildren, Ryan, Jayden, Jonathan, and Josephine; 2 brothers, Dennis and Robert King; 3 sisters, Jean Bonetti, Virginia Gonzalez, and Beverly Kleven; and loads and loads of nieces, nephews and their children. He leaves a huge, heart-shaped hole in all our lives.

A memorial of his life was held at 7 pm on Friday, Jan 22, at Unity Church, 227 E. Arrellaga St., Santa Barbara.

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Helene passed away at the age of 92 at the Samarkand Retirement Community after a brief illness.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, at age 90 on November 1, 2013.

Helene and Robert relocated from Arcadia, CA, to the San Roque neighborhood of Santa Barbara for retirement in 1981. But Helene never really retired, working as a tax accountant for many years with local clients. She also self selflessly gave her time and energy to others, including work as a volunteer docent at Lotusland and as a volunteer instructor at the YMCA in Santa Barbara. She had also generously supported numerous charitable organizations in the local community. In her spare time, she enjoyed sewing, hiking, cooking and trips to visit her family members in Germany.

Helene was an accomplished accordionist, performing professionally up to her very passing.

Some of her notable performances included the annual celebration in Glendale, CA, of Austria's first Independence Day in the 12th Century, the annual French Festival in Oak Park, performances with the Edelweiss Choir of Santa Barbara, and, most recently, entertaining the residents of the Samarkand Retirement Community.

In addition to her participation in the Accordion Club of Santa Barbara, she was also engaged in several fraternal organizations, including the German-American Clubs of both Santa Barbara and Los Angeles and the Swiss Club of

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James King, a Santa Barbara resident for 40 years, was born in San Francisco as the 7th of 9 children. His father was a Russian immigrant born in China, and his mother’s Irish/Welsh family had been Californians since the 1850s.

James’s love of life and adventure began at an early age when he and his brothers had the freedom to roam San Francisco. James married young, had two wonderful children with his first wife, spent two years as an army staff sergeant working for a three-star general in Berlin, Germany, during the Viet Nam War, and was the first ever in his family to graduate from college. He received a BA in psychology from San Francisco State University. His love of adventure was sparked by his hiking the Sierras as a teenager and flowered when he met the love of his life, his wife of 42 years, Alice Alldredge, while she was walking down a dusty road in Baja California carrying two scuba tanks. He stopped to ask her if there was any anywhere nearby to camp, and the rest is history. Together they had a third wonderful child and traveled the world as marine biologists. He had many shark encounters in Australia, Polynesia, Micronesia, coastal California, Hawaii, and the Sea of Cortez. He explored the bottom of the ocean in submersibles, survived a hurricane on a desert island in Baja California, helped rescue a burning freighter at sea, went skydiving over the islands of Palau with a defective parachute, and trekked the Himalayas. He loved photography and won several international photo contests.

In his later years in Santa Barbara he had his own business as a handy

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Jean Hayward was a fixture in Montecito before Montecito became Montecito.

She and her husband George Collins, raised their 4 children and rode Montecito trails on horseback with rider-friends, especially around the Buena Vista Canyon where they lived, which led them to taking a major role in the formation of the Montecito Trails Association, still active today. Hitching posts in front of all their homes, in those days, were common.

The Collinses developed quite a reputation for creative New Year’s Eve parties, where Jean wrote creative scripts based on famous mov movies, and the party-goers re-enacted scenes (in costume) of iconic films such as "Around the World in 80 Days," "Goldfinger" and "Ben-Hur”.

Of course an "after party" a few months later was as popular as the first gala, where all were invited to view the screening of Jean's creation.

Jean was an accomplished mime artist, devoting her skills to skits such as “A Christmas Carol” for large local groups and eventually to a significant venue in the prestigious Hollywood Bowl, where she performed a solo performance

of the "Carnival of the Animals" complete with exotic costumes she designed, a symphony orchestra, and narration and introduction

by Danny Kaye, with whom she shared the stage.

Her day-to-day passion, though, was life at the Buena Vista house with family and the horses, plus her mule. While husband George was a member of the Rancheros Visitadores and S.B. Trail Riders, Jean helped create a woman's version of this, the "Sage Hens," who, for a decade, did an annual outing with dozens of ladies, which included fancier tents, better food, and better behavior.

This progressed into Thanksgiving camping trips with family friends and horses at the Hollister Ranch. Her idea: a formal Thanksgiving with fully set tables under the stars with silver settings, candelabra, table cloths and all the trimmings of a Thanksgiving Feast with horses tied in the background and moonlight providing the ambience.

Unfortunately, as so many of these Jean-directed outings got rained out, this camping group gained the moniker, "The Rainmakers." This didn't hold her back, as she then enrolled The Rainmakers in several Fiesta Parades as an equine group announced as "The Rainmakers" on State Street over the PA system for years. Generations of Montecito Riders were part of this procession.

Jean Ellen Eastwood (then) was born in Oxnard, California. Her father, Herbert Hastings Eastwood (1869-1957), was a longtime mayor of Oxnard and was from a pioneer family that moved westward in the late 19th century. (HH Eastwood Park still exists in his honor.) Her mother, Irma Arundell Eastwood (1878-1960), was originally from England and then lived in Greely, CO, before moving to Oxnard.

Jean attended Ojai Valley School as a child, when the school was just beginning, and later graduated from UCLA, where she met her future husband George Collins, who was to serve soon thereafter in WWII in the navy.

George’s early passing in 1967 brought a pause to Jean’s life, but some years later, she married Bill Hayward (a longtime Montecito family widower friend), and she was happily with him until his passing in 1995. In 1997, Jean moved to the Casa Dorinda Retirement Community.

Jean gave her final performance of "A Christmas Carol" on Christmas Day, 2006, at Casa Dorinda at age 90.

Jean was predeceased by her two older sisters, Blanche Eastwood Espy and Alice Eastwood Hollis, as well as by her son, Stephen Collins (1944-2006), who is well remembered for his football greatness at S.B. High School, with the nickname of "Crash Collins." Jean is survived by her children, Julia cont’D

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Bound for Glory. Garrett Brown, the inventor of the Steadicam petuate the hazardous policy of excessive hours in Hollyaskell Wexler had eclectic tastes — grass- and, later, the Skycam, told me Haskell’s decision revolution- wood. For that film, Santa Barbara director/DP Ron Dexter roots unions, L.A. Lakers games, electric cars, ized Hollywood, giving camera operators the mobility to built a bumper rig to Haskell’s specs so the camera could Liberation Theology, naughty limericks, veg- capture an intimacy that camera cars, track dollies, and cranes highlight the ground-level view of a tired driver coming home from long shoots. But Haskell was not always one to gie food, cowboy shirts, and baseball games could never provide. with Fidel Castro. We met in 1973, after he The legendary Steadicam moment in Bound for Glory, a follow his own advice. Driving home to Santa Barbara on heard my NPR reports about the Indian uprising at Wounded biopic about his merchant marine buddy Woody Guthrie, the 101 from an 18-hour day on that film, he fell asleep at the Knee. I was a car buff at the time and was immediately taken is the shot from a crane overlooking a makeshift migrant wheel. He rolled his vintage El Camino near Carpinteria, but by the fact that he had 17 automobiles, including a 1949 Rolls- camp. The operator aboard the crane swoops down smoothly, he escaped largely unscathed.

Royce Silver Dawn with right-hand drive, which he’d picked landing on the ground behind David Carradine (as Woody It was one of many contradictions.

Despite his belief in nonviolence, he agreed to shoot Emile up on a shoot in Italy, and a Formula 1 racer with a souped- Guthrie) and follows him as he makes his way among the 900 up Buick Straight-8 engine. For the next 42 years, he’d be my extras playing “Okies.” This seamless, unbroken shot lasts an de Antonio’s documentary on the militant Weathermen. That decision got him fired from One Flew Over the friend and mentor.

Born into a wealthy Chicago family in 1922, Cuckoo’s Nest after the FBI hounded the proHaskell took his first photos — of striking unionducers. (He was also fired by Francis Coppola on The Conversation following a dispute about ists during the Depression — when he was still in the 8th grade. When he was just 12 on a family lighting, although 10 years later Coppola sent vacation to Italy, he used a wind-up 16mm camera him a letter of apology.)

A strict vegetarian and virtual teetotaler, to shoot his first film. The footage intercuts holiday he drank a beer with me in Washington, D.C., shots of his parents and siblings with Fascist teenwhen he was shooting my film Good Kurds, agers wearing Mussolini insignia. He told me that Bad Kurds. He ate fresh-caught salmon on during the Spanish Civil War in 1937, when he was still in high school, he’d lied about his age to join the another shoot on the Yurok Indian reservaAbraham Lincoln Brigade. Rebuffed, he proceeded tion in Northern California. And during a to leaflet against the aerial bombings of civilians film festival in Tulsa, one midnight when in Spain, earning him his first attention from the no restaurants were open, we repaired to a local tavern, where we split a pork (horrors) FBI. According to his Freedom of Information Act sandwich. file, the Bureau marked him as “prematurely antiHe was famous for shooting the Marlboro fascist.” He was 15 at the time.

Haskell enrolled at UC Berkeley in 1940. A Man commercials — until public consciousyear later, after he was expelled by the dean of stuness about the health risks made him turn his dents for a campus prank, he joined the merchant back on Big Tobacco. He was a safety nut, but marines. In 1942, his ship was torpedoed by a Nazi he imported Ferraris in the 1960s and personally raced a rare Lola at Riverside. When he sub off the coast of Africa. He spent two weeks in ULTRA COOL: Haskell Wexler’s groundbreaking production of Medium Cool amid the brawling 1968 died at 93, he still had a roll bar in his car. a lifeboat, nursing a leg wound, catching seagulls, Democratic Convention earned him the cover of Film Quarterly. Rebel Citizen examines his documentaries eating them raw, and watching his best friend die in Haskell often said that “the most valuable and shows on February 9-10 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. At right, Wexler shoots in County Donegal at age 88. his arms. He was the last sailor off the sinking ship, thing we own is our time,” but he seemed to give away much of his own precious time, manning — but not firing — a machine gun as his fellow crewmen scampered for safety. Haskell remembered incredible four minutes. When the first dailies came back, especially to aspiring filmmakers. He was generous to my the U-boat commander standing on the deck of the surfaced the screening room was jammed with producers, crew, and family, filming an interview with my father on his last trip sub, shooting the bobbing lifeboat with a small movie camera. the director, Hal Ashby. Brown was there that day. When the to Santa Barbara; shooting my kids’ birthday parties and It was Friday the 13th, a day he would always consider lucky. lights came up, he said, everyone jumped to their feet, roaring basketball games; flying with his wife, Rita, to the Bay Area President Franklin Roosevelt cited Haskell for bravery in Haskell’s name. for their graduations; and visiting them as adults when they But Haskell believed that filmmakers were much more moved to New York. His message to them — and to anyone combat, but for most of his adult life, Haskell would speak about the scourge of war. The day after I’d get home from than f-stops, hi-hats, focus pullers, and Steadicams. The gear, who would listen — was always the same: Be pro-people; don’t assignment in Syria or Afghanistan, he’d be there on the like art itself, was just a means to an end. lose your history; connect the dots; build on the struggles of doorstep, camera in hand, eager to know what I’d seen and The end was fighting injustice and working for nonviolent, those who’ve gone before you.

Haskell hated hospitals. I remember one visit when he was heard. He wanted to know how it felt. He was interested in grassroots change. the detachment war photographers experience when they In his book, artists had a special responsibility — not just 88. We were shooting a story about a shepherd in County look through the lens, but he usually focused on the larger as reflectors of culture but as contemporary historians, even Donegal, and he was chasing a sheep to get just the right shot. meaning of events. In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, he prophets. To me, that embodied W.H. Auden’s line about artists Suddenly, his pacemaker went haywire, and he started getting noted how stocks in companies such as Boeing, Raytheon, showing “an affirming flame.” dizzy. I raced the rental car to the nearest hospital, an hour and Lockheed had skyrocketed. He remarked on the pheHaskell stayed in shape. Well past his 93rd birthday, he away on those twisted, narrow lanes that double for roads in nomenon again with the rise of ISIS, which he believed the would arrive at the gym each day at 7 a.m. to work out with Ireland. Ten minutes after nurses covered his chest with leads, invasion had spawned. He called it “the marriage of capitalism a trainer and to watch TV news. He preferred C-SPAN — for the pacemaker settled down. The doctors decided to hold him and the Pentagon.” its unedited rawness — and those broadcasts were fodder for overnight for more tests. Feeling “captured,” Haskell started to When I met Haskell, the Vietnam War was still raging. his website commentaries. freak out, abruptly yanking the wires off his chest and barking Two years earlier, he’d filmed the last interview with Salvador Haskell shot some 60 Hollywood films and more than a good-bye to the stunned hospital staff.

Allende just before the Chilean president died in the U.S.- 100 documentaries, including Target Nicaragua, his prescient I wish he could have pulled that trick last month when he engineered coup. It was six years after winning his first Oscar, exposé of the Contras and the secret CIA war to topple the went to an L.A. hospital for the last time. But to the end, he for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, when he’d galloped to the Sandinista regime. We traveled to Nicaragua in 1982. For a held tight to his sovereignty and famous wit.

Rita told me that the day before he died, he informed a stage to deliver the shortest acceptance speech in Academy scene at the U.S. Embassy in Managua, he adroitly slipped history: “I hope we can use our art for peace and love.” It was his 16mm camera past U.S. Marines to film me asking the hospital orderly: “I’m just in here for a tune-up.” When somefive years after he’d been tear-gassed at the Democratic Con- ambassador if he was “our man in Managua.” During the same one with a laptop said she needed to get info “to put him into vention in Chicago while directing his iconic film Medium period, Haskell wrote, shot, and directed his independent the system,” Haskell replied, “I don’t want to be part of your Cool and two years after his Oscar for producing Interviews feature Latino about an American soldier torn about Contra system.”

On his last afternoon, his sister-in-law Jane, who is a regwith My Lai Veterans. In all, Haskell would be nominated for atrocities. The film received special recognition at the Cannes Film Festival but did poorly at the box office. istered nurse, texted the hospital to say she’d be there just as five Academy Awards as a cinematographer, winning two.

Haskell was the first director of photography (DP) to Haskell asked me to shoot part of Who Needs Sleep?, his soon as she took a shower. employ the Steadicam for handheld shots in a feature film, exposé of the sweetheart union-producer contracts that pern “Good,” Haskell joked.“I like a clean nurse.” independent.com

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obituaries, cont’d Collins, George (Robin) Collins, and Mark Collins, as well as her grandchildren, Valerie Haselton, Daryl Haselton, Heather Collins, Robert Collins, Stephen Collins Jr., and Kyle Collins. Services pending at Santa Barbara Cemetery will be private with the immediate family.

For those wishing to make remembrances, please consider Montecito Trails (http://www.montecitotrails foundation.info ),“The Westerners” (805.682.1113) or The Santa Barbara Historical Museum (http://www. santabarbaramuseum.com).

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and spent countless joy-filled hours working in her beautiful yard and enjoying marvelous surrounding countryside.

Always an active volunteer in community affairs, Selena served on the Cold Springs School District Board and was involved in her children’s activities such as being a Girl Scout Leader and running after-school art. She worked as the director of the Montecito Association and as a travel agent. In Cedaredge, she was elected to the City Council and served for years as the treasurer for the local nonprofit Pioneer Town, a preserved historic western town and museum.

Selena is survived by her daughter, Katherine Parker, her husband Bill Parker and their children, Matt and Kevin Parker; and her son, Eric Pedersen, his wife Lori Pedersen, and their children Stacia and Zoey Pedersen. Selena was interred in the family plot in Roanoke, VA. Donations may be made to Hopewest at hopewestco.org who provided Selena with hospice.

Wester Olsen Selena Stone Pedersen passed away on January 2 at her home in Cedaredge, Colorado. A caring and giving person, she lived a full and happy life. She passed away peacefully while with friends at home after a two-year battle with cancer. Before her passing, she was able to share Christmas, her favorite holiday, with her children and grandchildren in her Colorado home. Memorial services will be held at a later date in Cedaredge, CO, when fairer weather prevails.

She was born Selena Fontaine Stone on September 12, 1935, in Roanoke Virginia, to Norton and Emille Stone. Always an excellent student, Selena attended Wellesley College, UCLA and UCSB where she earned her bachelor's degree in botany. She loved the outdoors and gardening and kept beautiful and natural landscapes wherever she lived. Her childhood was spent in both Roanoke and in the coalfields of West Virginia near Bluefield, where her father served as president of the local coal mining company. He also served in the South Pacific Theater as a navy commander in Word War II. Both of Selena’s grandfathers were doctors.

She moved to California in the 1950s where she met and married Leo Pedersen in Los Angeles, where he was attending architectural school. They went on to have two children, Katherine Pedersen Parker and Eric Norton Pedersen. They relocated to Montecito, California, where they raised their children. She returned to Roanoke in the 1980s where she lived near her father and cared for him in his later years. In the early 1990s she moved to beautiful Cedaredge, CO, where she had a home built 18

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Wester Olsen, 81, died January 15, 2016, at Serenity House in Santa Barbara after a lengthy illness.

Mr. Olsen was born July 24, 1934, in New York and lived in Santa Barbara for 68 years. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War and worked in marine electronics and communications in Santa Barbara, Puerto Rico, Alaska and Hawaii. He owned and operated Wes Olsen Electronics at the Santa Barbara Harbor for a number of years. Mr. Olsen is a past president of the Goleta Lions Club and was a dedicated amateur bowler. He loved the outdoors and was an avid fisherman. As he aged he enjoyed observing and photographing the hummingbirds that came to his feeders. Mr. Olsen is survived by his daughters, Jennifer Clayton Rodriquez, Kimberly Olsen and Crystal Olsen Glynn, as well as four grandchildren. A memorial service and inurnment will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery in Ballard, CA, on January 28, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. Donations to the California Central Coast Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association are requested in lieu of flowers.

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What’s in Your Mailbox?

SCALLYWAG SCHEMES: A Santa Barbaran

I know regularly finds his mailbox stuffed with heartrending appeals from charities. I’ve checked and found that too many of them are just shameful shams, little more than moneymaking rackets.

The operators make annual salaries of up to $300,000 or more while spending perhaps 2 percent of the donations on the causes they hustle.

While charitable giving is a long, honorable tradition in America, sham “charities” aim for your heart, but their real target is your wallet.

Only occasionally are they shut down by the feds.

But last week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cracked down on four bogus cancer charities, charging them with bilking over $187 million from generous but tricked Americans.

They claimed that donations would help pay for pain medication, hospice care, and other services for children, women suffering from breast cancer, and others, but instead the defendants blew the money on such things as travel, cars, luxury cruises, ski outings, and dating-site memberships, according to the FTC. A family was running these scams, operating as “personal fiefdoms,” the feds said. Law enforcement in all 50 states joined in the FTC action. I wish I could report that criminal

action was taken against the fraudsters, but it wasn’t.

As in many of these cases, the millions are gone. Little is left. For instance, a judgment of $30 million was imposed on Rose Perkins, based on the amount donated to her bogus Children’s Cancer Fund of America. But the judgment was suspended “based upon her inability to pay.”

James Reynolds II, who ran Breast Cancer Society, was ordered to pay a $65 million judgment, but he spun off a warehouse in part payment and only has to come up with $75,000.

Kyle Effler of Cancer Support Services, facing a $141 million judgment, need only pay $60,000.

Under the settlement, they’re all banned from further action in the sham charities racket. But litigation continues against James Reynolds Sr., president of Cancer Fund of America and Cancer Support Services.

Other bogus charities prey on the public’s desire to support military veterans and law enforcement. A few years ago, the FTC took action against 32 such fundraising outfits.

Three sham nonprofits — American Veterans Relief Foundation (AVRF), the Coalition of Police and Sheriffs, and Disabled Firefighters Fund — were all based in Santa Ana “and created almost entirely to provide profits” for the operators, the FTC said. Despite promises that donations were going to assist military

families, “virtually no money” went to them, according to the FTC. Hit with judgments of $19 million, those running the scams evaded payment by claiming inability to pay. The money was gone.

David Scott Marleau ran a handful of sham charities claiming to benefit police, fire, and veterans YOU’VE GOT SCAMS: Those heartrending appeals from charities groups, the FTC said. It charged lining your mailbox may very well be shameful shams. that the supposed charities also targeted seniors, sometimes debiting their bank FIDDLER AT THE GRANADA: The superstar rolled into the post-concert reception and accounts without permission.

You probably won’t be surprised to learn was immediately surrounded by groupies. that the $1.7 million judgment against Mar- I’m talking about world-famous violinist leau’s fake charities was suspended due to his Itzhak Perlman, 70 years young, seated on a motorized cart, being fawned over by the supposed lack of ability to pay.

Although these are just a sampling of many women of Santa Barbara. crooked “charities” that lie and cheat in purPerlman traded jokes with his pianist suit of your dollars, it shouldn’t stop you from sidekick, Emanuel Ax, himself a global star. supporting worthy organizations. Just select Reminded by Ax of being flown in to a longcharities you know are on the up-and-up ago concert at remote Jackson Hole, Wyobefore you write a check. (Never send cash, ming, Perlman cracked, “I remember it not of course.) so well.”

Remember, a lion’s share of donations usuOffered a drink, the violinist jokingly ally goes to telemarketers who do the dirty declined. “I have to drive.” (Highly unlikely.) work. Before writing that check, think of a Born in Israel, he contracted polio at age 4. He local organization that could use your help learned to walk with crutches and now also closer to home. uses an electric Amigo scooter.

I hope my friend looks closely at what’s Earlier, the duo delighted a full house with stuffing his mailbox and thinks twice about a concert of pieces by Mozart, Fauré, and Richard Strauss. — Barney Brantingham where his money is going.

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ifteen years ago, anyone who suggested Santa Maria farmer Peter Adam would become chair of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors would have been dismissed as a loon. Adam, a lifelong, selfproclaimed government loather, first burst into the public arena when he battled environmental planners over the right to work his family’s North County farm as he saw fit. He accused county government of conspiring against him, and sued to prove it.

Eventually he became an “anti-politician” politician, running in 2012 to represent the 4th Supervisorial District —made up of Lompoc, Guadalupe, portions of the Santa Maria Valley, and most of Orcutt. His candidacy was a long shot. Adam’s opponent was incumbent Joni Gray, a middleof-the-road conservative backed by what remained of the Republican establishment. Adam painted her as ineffective and, worse, part of the red against blue political tennis match he greatly despised. She had succumbed to “the club.” He told voters,“If you’re looking for somebody who is going to bring home the bacon for the 4th District, do not vote for me.”

That November, he proved conventional wisdom wrong; he won. County operators were understandably anxious when Adam showed up on the fourth floor of the County Administration Building wearing Wrangler jeans and cowboy boots, ready to represent “the Colonies”— his description of North County taxpayers. But he was nervous, too.

Once Santa Barbara’s leading antigovernment protester, Adam has softened a bit as he has grown into the supervisor’s job. During the last three years, he’s had to meet all kinds of humanity and face all kinds of issues he never considered when living on the family farm. Though the five Santa Barbara supervisors are generally viewed as a dysfunctional family, Adam and his colleagues have gotten to know one another, especially in the less politically polarizing setting of closed sessions. Today even many of his adversaries admit to sincerely enjoying his personality. But Adam remains stubborn, often in opposition to the other members of the board, arguing points he cannot hope to win.

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by Kelsey Brugger Photos by Paul Wellman Fast-forward to January 5 of this year. Adam was sworn in as chair of the board. Though a rotating, largely ceremonial position, the chairperson sits at the center of the dais and carries the burden of ensuring meetings run smoothly. On his first day, Adam appeared awkward. This year — when he is up for reelection—will be telling for him: Will he find ways to collaborate with his colleagues so that the government can move forward, or as the chair, will his dogma increase tensions?

On his first day, Adam showed restraint. He even described his fellow supervisors as “mentors.” “If you don’t like what I’m doing, you might be looking in the mirror,” he laughed. Later, banging the gavel, he joked, “You’re going to be sorry you gave me this thing.”

Farmer Boy One recent stormy Wednesday, I rode shotgun in Adam’s white pickup truck and toured his ranch, which he owns with his two younger brothers, Dominic and Kerry Adam.

The trio formed Adam Brothers in 1994 and quadrupled the family’s property, which dates back five generations. It now comprises 1,800 acres of Sisquoc farmland and 1,600 acres of rangeland. They raise broccoli, cauliflower, celery, and cattle, employing 400 workers. To call it a “farm” does not do it justice.

I got a taste of a world North County farmers believe city-dwellers just don’t get. And they may be correct. I saw rolling countryside, sprawling fields, and a fundamentally different economy. Over lunch at a Mexican restaurant in Guadalupe, Peter Adam explained the operation: “We level the earth here. We irrigate. We extract water and spread it over thousands of acres to grow crops. We’ve been drilling holes up here since Jesus was a lieutenant.”

As a young person, Adam ran wild on his father’s Santa Maria ranch. He was a self-described “pain in the ass” who didn’t do great in school, because he was “probably bored.”

He fought like “cats and dogs” with his father, Richard Adam, who died in 2014 at age 84. The senior Adam, who served on boards for the school district and water conservation district, was a “micromanager,” Adam said, whereas he is an “extreme delegator.”

At 9, Adam began riding seriously and developed a deep love for horses. Today, when people get sick of him, he said, “I just go ride my horses.” He and his wife, Amy Adam, have three kids, two who work at the ranch.

In person, Adam is jovial and boyish and laughs at his own jokes. He has soft hazel eyes and a gap between his two front teeth. But his signature feature is his mustache, a thick gray-brown stripe that spans across his entire face. It’s unlike any other on the planet.

antigovernment roots Adam, now 52, was raised in a Roman Catholic family, the oldest of four boys. The first time he began to believe that government is an oppressive force came in the early 1990s when his father started a 10-year water-rights fight with the county. Some years later, when an attorney told him no one could sue the county because they were immune — they could do whatever they wanted — Adam’s antagonism toward government intensified.

In 1998, he began an open battle with the county after its environmental planners declared one-third of a 270-

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acre Adam Brothers parcel a protected wetland. This prohibited farming it. Adam believes that regulation stifles economic prosperity and that forbidding him to cultivate the 95 acres was an example of “ideological” extremism.

The Adam brothers began grading the lot without a permit in late 1998. Three months later, the county issued a stop-work order. A year later, after administrative appeals, he sued the county and its environmental planners. He later boasted he was “the most litigious son of a bitch” he knows. His suit charged that staff members Elihu Gevirtz and Dan Gira instructed biologist Katherine Rindlaub to simply draw an arbitrary red line on the map. “There was no science involved,” he said. Why would they make up such a thing? “They do not believe in private ownership of property,” he contended.

County planners insisted the designation emerged out of an exhaustive public process. Philip A. Seymour, who represented the planners, acknowledged mistakes were made, “but the idea that there was a conspiracy to falsify a report is ridiculous,” he said.

A Santa Maria jury found county environmental planners violated the company’s due process. It awarded Adam Brothers nearly $5 million for lost profits and $892,500 for the depreciated land value.

The jury found the planners acted with “malice, oppression or fraud” and awarded Adam an additional $130,000 in punitive damages.

An appellate court later overturned the monetary damages; the company lacked standing to sue because it didn’t own the property before the designation.

Adam also claims he personally faced a minimum three-year prison sentence for a federal Clean Water Act violation. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency launched an investigation. Federal agents planned to come onto his property in what Adam described as a “shoot-to-kill”

order. The then-sheriff Jim Thomas got involved and told the feds all they had to do to serve a search warrant was knock on his door. They did, and Adam cooperated.“It turned out to be a nonevent,” Thomas said.

He settled by paying $1 million.

In the end, Adam lost millions, but the wetland designation was reversed; he could farm the land. “I am still the winner because I did not have to give up the property and I never ended up in jail,” he said. But it left an abidingly bad taste in his mouth.

‘the minority oF a minority’ After his first year in office, Adam boldly and, some said, presumptuously launched an initiative, known as Measure M. It proposed to funnel tens of millions of dollars into the repair and upkeep of county roads, parks, and public buildings. At first blush, it sounded great.

But the measure turned out to be deeply controversial. By committing limited county resources to road repair, opponents charged, Measure M would decimate funds for public safety, the courts, and human services. South Coast officials, including Sheriff Bill Brown and District Attorney Joyce Dudley, came out against it. Most telling was the outspoken opposition of the only other conservative on the board, 5th District Supervisor Steve Lavagnino. He led the charge against Measure M, even appearing in TV commercials with Adam’s chief adversary on the board, liberal-leaning 1st District Supervisor Salud Carbajal.

Anti-Measure M forces raised $131,000 with sizable donations from the Chumash, the sheriff’s union, and the labor union SEIU. But Adam fought back, raising $113,000 from archconservative supporters. The measure came within 4 percentage points of winning.

During 2014 budget hearings held a week after Measure M’s defeat, the other supervisors acknowl-

edged Adam had instigated an important conversation. They voted to set aside 18 percent of revenue growth each year for a decade. That equated to about $102 million in 10 years. But that wasn’t good enough for Adam. He voted against the county’s entire budget then, and each year since, because it did not provide enough for maintenance. Even longtime conservative and board agitator Andy Caldwell pushed Adam to compromise with his colleagues during that hearing, but he would not budge.

Respected economist and fiscal conservative Lanny Ebenstein, who opposed Measure M, said Adam’s methods showed his inexperience.

“For people who haven’t been in government, they feel like the details don’t matter,” he said. Once you’ve been in the system awhile, you realize they do.

take halF a loaF Another major battle, and one that highlighted his antagonism toward Carbajal, was over hoop houses, the tent-like structures that are used to cover field crops.

The issue came up last year when Windset Farms sought a building permit exemption for their hoop houses. It turned out that most of the estimated 4,500 acres of hoops covering county farmland exist illegally.

In fact, Planning and Development Director Glenn Russell said no one had ever applied for a permit, let alone an exemption. On the books, structures shorter than 12 feet are already exempt, and the Agriculture Advisory Committee later recommended the height exemption be expanded to a maximum 20 feet.

Rather than pushing for a compromise hoop height amenable to North County ag interests, Adam argued they should not be restricted at all. He contended berry hoops are vital to save water, reduce pesticides, and create a better working environment. The South County supervisors disagreed. After a testy back-and-forth, Adam backed down, but just a little, pushing for a compromise of 36 feet.

In an op-ed, Adam later asked if Carbajal, who is running to represent the 24th Congressional District, would “… protect true agricultural viability or would … simply support “snow-globe” farms so he and his South Coast elite friends can drive by and enjoy the view?”

Carbajal responded that this issue was not about gamesmanship or putting forth extreme proposals to make a point. His opinion, he said, was based on conversations with agricultural representatives who said their hoop houses would not need to be higher than 18-20 feet. The planning staff will bring the item back before the board on February 9.

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While Adam’s hostility toward establishment liberal Carbajal is expected, his animosity toward Lavagnino is more surprising. He has attacked the 5th District supervisor in op-eds, condemning him and the other supervisors for voting to receive a 12 percent pay raise. He argued the board should evaluate themselves “more on the fiscal health of the county and whether or not we’re taking care of our infrastructure needs.”“I would give us a D,” he said. Lavagnino was furious. He called Adam a hypocrite and blasted him for getting “high fived” in the community for bashing the pay hike but taking the money.

When Adam was the only dissenter in the vote to give county employees paid time off during the week between Christmas and New

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Joe Armendariz, conservative watchdog, former Carpinteria City Councilmember, and the county’s Taxpayers Association executive director, chalked up the difference between Adam and Lavagnino to different political styles. “[Peter]’s the consummate outsider,” he said. “Steve is the son of the very beloved mayor of Santa Maria who worked for the long-serving congressman [Elton Gallegly].”

“Would I like to have unanimous support from him? Yeah, I would,” Adam said of Lavagnino. “He’d probably like to have unanimous support from me, too.”

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Though Adam is known for his far-right views, Caldwell said, “He’s no more extreme on the right than [Supervisor Janet Wolf] is to the other extreme.”

Wolf more or less agreed.“He stands by his standards,” she said. “I guess I relate to that.”

Adam has repeatedly been the lone vote against renewing an emergency declaration after the Refugio Oil Spill, which allows the county to be eligible for state reimbursements. Adam objected because the county denied Exxon Mobil an emergency permit to truck crude oil on Highway 101 after its pipelines were forced to shut down. Wolf, meanwhile, has proved to be the board’s most outspoken critic of the oil industry.

Yet Adam and Wolf make an unlikely pair. It just so happens they share a birthday, May 17. Their personal relationship has grown from skeptical and at times prickly to affectionate. They are both stubborn and have a tendency to wear their hearts on their sleeves.

“We can’t be who we’re not,” Wolf said.

Last November, Adam joined three other supes, Lavganino, Doreen Farr, and Carbajal, in voting to allow Sheriff Brown to explore alternatives to the reentry wing, better known as STAR, of his proposed northern branch jail project. The supervisors — Lavganino dissenting — had voted to kill the STAR project three weeks prior. But at the November meet-

ing, Adam turned to Wolf and begged her to make the recommendation unanimous. She dissented, but the moment was noticeably sweet. It was also odd, as Adam never has qualms casting the nonconforming vote. (Adam has a public adversarial relationship with Brown; he campaigned for Brown’s challenger Sandra Brown in the 2014 Sheriff election.)

“There’s an authenticity in Peter I really like,” Wolf said.“We definitely disagree on policy.” But, she added, they are both fiscally conservative sometimes. “Personally,” Adam said of Wolf, “She’s my favorite. I just love her.”

tough love That’s no small compliment, considering Adam’s habit of besmirching his colleagues both in print and in session. Once he described the board as the “face of tyranny.” Another time he wrote that Carbajal, Wolf, and Farr “shared an elitist set of attitudes” and “seek to stifle economic development against the will of the governed.” He suggested people in North County should once again consider splitting from the south.

He publically called on someone to run against liberal Assemblymember Das Williams for 1st District supervisor. During a contentious hearing, he called Sheriff Bill Brown “dude,” and later snapped at Lavagnino and Carbajal: “If we were at the ranch, I’d have a short phrase for you.” In an interview, he mocked environmentalists’ objection to development on the coast:“We can’t have a margarita blender that bothers a baby seal.”

“Peter says what’s on his mind,” Lompoc Mayor Bob Lingl said.“I don’t necessarily always think it’s the best thing to do.” He added,“I wish he’d be a little more accommodating to the other supervisors.”

enviros Adam does not pretend to be eco-friendly. When the board debates whether to approve two new houses in the coastal zone, Adam thinks they should be talking about 20. Where does he draw the line? He could not say for sure. “I know for a fact that at this point we haven’t gone anywhere near enough,” he said. He

refutes manmade climate change “unless someone can explain to me how the Earth” historically warmed and cooled.“I can’t accept responsibility” for it this time, he said.

Mental-health care, however, is one issue to which Adam appears to be sympathetic. Long known for its dysfunction, ADMHS (Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services) brought on a new director, Alice Gleghorn, to initiate sweeping changes last year. Since then, Gleghorn faced intense scrutiny from other supervisors and community members, but Adam gave her unwavering support.“She’s in a very challenging position,” he said.“She’s dealing with a bunch of psychiatrists. These guys screw with people’s heads all the time.”

chairPersonshiP Supervisor Wolf, who was last year’s board chair, said not many perks come with the job. “We are all equal,” she said. The chair just “runs the meeting.” But Wolf did say as chair she was able to call more special meetings and budget workshops. The chair also signs official documents and resolutions that reflect the opinion of the majority board, which could be difficult for Adam. The reality is the chair speaks last and does not usually frame the deliberation. “We have to show stability,” Wolf said. Being involved also exposes you to people in need so you can help them, she added.“I think Peter has realized that,” she said.

Even though Adam considers his politics just short of being a true “Libertarian with a capital L”—because he does not agree with that political party’s position on legalizing drugs and militarization — he is also at odds with some conservatives. Armendariz noted it is difficult for any supervisor to accomplish much in the minority. “Sometimes Peter was in the minority of a minority,” he said.“I am very sympathetic to the [libertarian] philosophy, but sometimes there are things that government should get involved in that are beneficial.”

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Over lunch, a half dozen men stopped by our table to congratulate Adam on becoming chair. So far, no one has formally challenged him for reelection, but Janet Blevins, a Lompoc Democrat active in environmental causes, might jump in the race. Blevins, who has criticized Adam during public comment, contended Adam thinks “pavement is more important than people.”

Adam found it difficult to articulate his transformation into politics. He said he was “born roughly where I am now” on the political spectrum.“If you live in the rearview, you’re going to crash into something,” he said. “If you would have told me six years ago that I would be the Chair of the Board of Supervisors, I would have laughed you out of the car,” Adam said.“There is this really credible group of representatives from a very credible group of people that told me recently I should run for governor. They got laughed out of the car.” I asked him, “Well, maybe in six years?” He responded, “No, no, no. I have attained the highest office I will seek.” As to how long he plans to stay in that n office, he said there’s “no telling.” independent.com

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1/28-1/31: Music of the Night For the past 14 years, this Broadway Revue has been a part of S.B. High School Theatre’s student culture. This year, 24 students will perform musical numbers from Wicked, Mathilda, Spring Awakening, and many more. Fill the break between fall shows and spring shows with this full-blown student production. Thu.-Sat.: 7pm; Sun.: 2pm. S.B. High School Theatre, 700 E. Anapamu St. $10-$25. Call 966-9101 x5029 or visit sbhstheatre.com.

Thursday 1/28 1/28: Learn How to eBorrow Books Learn how to borrow free eBooks and downloadable audiobooks using your smartphone or tablet devices. This intimate class is limited to the first 20 participants, so an RSVP is recommended. 6:30-7:30pm.

Goleta Library, 500 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Call 964-7878 or visit sbplibrary.org.

1/28: Lichen Identification Workshop Lichen is an organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria. Interested? President of the California Lichen Society Shelly Benson will recognize various lichen structures through tests and microscopic dissections. This workshop includes a lecture, short field trip, and lab time. All you need is a hand

lens, lunch, and any unidentified lichens. 9am-3pm. S.B. Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Rd. $30-$45. Call 682-4726 or visit sbbg.org.

1/28: Curator’s Choice Lecture: Keith F. Davis The senior curator of photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and author of Natural Magic: Salted Paper Prints in North America, Keith F. Davis will discuss one of the first inventions of photography. Check out what

the pioneering American photographers who lived in the midto late-19th century were up to.

5:30-7:30pm. Mary Craig Auditorium, S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. $6-$10. Call 963-4364 or visit sbma.net.

1/28: Become a Confident Rider Know your rights and responsibilities as a biker. You will develop abilities to identify unsafe traffic situations and make decisions to prevent crashes. Space is limited, so preregistration is recommended.

No bike is required for this classroom session. 7-8:30pm. S.B. Bicycle Coalition, 506 E. Haley St. Free. Call 845-8955 or visit bicicentro.org.

1/28-1/31: UCSB Opera Theatre: Aspects of Love Go on a wild roller coaster ride of love!

1/28: Lemâitre, StarRo Influenced by artists such as Phoenix, Daft Punk, deadmau5, and Ratatat, indie-electronic duo Lemâitre will play disco beats with soft synths and melodies.

Check out the new single “Step “ ping Stone”, released this month, for a sneak peek of the show.

Special guest includes StarRo, bringing electronic sounds of the future with blends of house, R&B, hip-hop, and soul. 9pm.

SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $15. Ages 18+. Call 962-7776 or visit sohosb.com.

1/28-1/31: Pacifica Graduate Institute: 2nd Annual Coming Home Welcome our military (active and veterans) to a special weekend. Events include a tribute to veterans across the U.S., screening of the film Ground Operations, presentations, Chancellor’s Reception, Second Annual Alumni Authors Spotlight, and more. Various times.

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Ladera Ln. Free. Call 969-3626 or visit tinyurl.com/cominghomesb for a full schedule.

Friday 1/29 1/29-1/31: Antiques, Decorative Arts & Vintage Show and Sale Dealers all over the West Coast will sell period furniture, garden artifacts, decorative accessories, paintings, estate jewelry, china, and more. This event benefits CALM (Child Abuse Listening Mediation).

Fri.-Sat.: 11am-6pm; Sun.: 11am5pm. Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real. Free-$6. Call 898-9715 or visit calmantique shows.com.

1/29-1/31: 4th Annual Festival of New Plays Four theater organizations have gotten together to provide you a weekend of new plays and readings by many different playwrights.

There will also be a Playwrights Panel and an Artist and Donors’ Reception, along with the premiere of five different, sometimes funny, sometimes thought-provoking plays. Various times and locations. Individual tickets: $15-$25; festival passes: $78-$103. Call 963-0408 or visit centerstagetheater.org for a full schedule.

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1/28: Reporting from the Paris Climate Conference The COP21 Paris Climate Conference was dedicated to achieving universal agreement on climate, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2 degree Celsius. For the first time in more than 20 years, global consensus was reached. The Santa Barbara Independent’s editor-at-large, Ethan Stewart, will join this conversation with other panelists to discuss what part we play in restoring this fossil-fuelbased economy. 6:30-8:30pm. Antioch University, 602 Anacapa St. Free. Call 962-2571 or visit tinyurl.com/cop21talk.

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7pm. Antioch University, 602 Anacapa St. Free. Call 962-8179 or visit antiochsb.edu/nin.

1/30: 67th Annual Starr King Rummage Sale Shop new and used housewares, furniture, tools, clothing, toys, and more for cheap! Starr King is a parentchild workshop that provides a creative and flexible-structure system for children and gets parents actively involved in their children’s learning during precious school years. Early entry: 7-8am; regular: 8am-3pm. Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real. Early entry: $5; general: free. Call 966-1325 or visit starrking-pcw.org.

1/30: Essential Water: Embracing & Shaping the Future of A Limited Resource Share ideas on how to increase scarce water resources during this lecture in memory of Darcy Aston, 1981 UCSB environmental studies alum. Speakers will include The Santa Barbara Independent Executive Editor Nick Welsh, Environmental Defense Center Chief Counsel Linda Krop, and others. A potluck will follow the lecture. 3pm. Mosher Alumni House, UCSB. Free. Visit tinyurl .com/waterlecturesb.

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Noon. Board of Supervisors Conference Rm., County Administration Bldg., 105 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call 568-3534 or email askish@sbccsd.org.

1/29: Probiotics & You Learn all about what probiotics can do for you! Clinical dietitian Stacey Bailey will discuss and encourage healthy eating habits for all ages. Bring a packed lunch, and get your tips at this informal free session.

1/30: Rod Piazza and The Mighty Flyers Six years ago, Rod Piazza and his band came into town and blew S.B. away with songs that led to their status as four-time winners of the Best Blues Band of the Year by the Blues Foundation. Enjoy dancing all night, BBQ snacks, and music including “Wine, Wine, Wine,” “I’m Dangerous,” and more. Rick Reeves will open the show with a solo acoustic set. 7:15pm. Carrillo Recreation Ctr., 100 E. Carrillo St. $15$40. Call 722-8155 or visit sbblues.org.

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1/30: Carpinteria Museum Marketplace Enjoy this flea market with more than 70 vendors of antiques, collectibles, jewelry, furniture, books, decorative arts, and much more. If you love to hunt for treasures, this is the spot. 8am-3pm. Carpinteria Valley Museum of History, 965 Maple Ave., Carpinteria. Free.

Call 684-3112 or visit carpinteria historicalmuseum.org.

1/30: Bike Handling Skills & Group Ride Learn a number of handling skills, take better control of your bike, and practice hazards and crash-avoidance techniques. After a break, go for a ride around Santa Barbara. A bike and helmet are required.

Preregistration is required. 9amnoon. S.B. Bicycle Coalition, 506 E. Haley St. Free. Call 845-8955 or visit bicicentro.org.

1/30: Carrizo Plain National Monument So little is known about this national monument.

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1/30: Diana Anderson: Painted with Love: Romance Eludes Time and Death Author and intimacy coach Diana Anderson will sign the first book of a planned trilogy. Follow photographer Dee Coulter, who somehow transports to 1900 Paris, France, and ends up in a complex love story. With her history of helping committed couples work together and aiding women get in touch with their femininity, Anderson knows what readers want. 4:30pm. Tecolote Book Shop, 1470 E. Valley Rd., Montecito. Free. Call 969-4977.

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1/31: Yamato: The Drummers of Japan This taiko drumming ensemble is back. Through rhythms and movement, drummers will create an explosive musical performance. 3 and 7pm.

Campbell Hall, UCSB. $12-$20. Call 893-3535 or visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu.

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1/30: Comedy with Pride This will be one fabulous night of comedy. Brutally honest Heather Turman (Laughs, Stand Up & Deliver Deliver), Ian Harvie (Transparent), Kyle Shire, Kimmie Dee parent (Creative Director of No Indoor Voices Productions), and witty singer/songwriter Courtney McClean are here to make you laugh until you can’t possibly anymore. 8pm. Brasil Arts Café, 1230 State St. $15-$20. Visit tinyurl.com/pridecomedy.

1/30: Valentine Wreath Making Kids aren’t the only ones who like to craft — adults do, too! Create Valentine wreaths out of paper and upcycled book pages. This is perfect to hang around the house, just in time for the heart season.

2-4pm. Goleta Library, 500 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Call 964-7878 or visit sbplibrary.org.

1/30: Peculiar Pretzelmen Kick off Mardi Gras with friends and your children! These musicians in pin-striped suits are ready to strum, slam, stomp, and scream until all are rockin’.

They will share songs from 2007 album Uncanny Eyes, including “Undertaker,” “Gone to Jericho,” and a lot more. There will also be food by Al Fresco Picnic.

7:30pm. Standing Sun Wines, 92 2nd St., Buellton. $10-$15. Call 691-9413 or visit standingsun wines.com.

1/30: Sophocles and Plato on Universality Explore the theories of two renowned Greek philosophers. What do metaphysical concepts have to do with politics and moral integrity? Can we ever become harmonious individuals and become the definition of “universality,” a “world culture that is greater than the sum of its parts”? 2-5pm. Concord House, Institute of World Culture, 1407 Chapala St. Free. Call 966-3941 or visit worldculture.org.

sunday 1/31 1/31: Mycenae and the Minoans: Helladic Art in the Peloponnesus Dr. Eric Frank, who is an art historian, an expert in Italian Renaissance art, chair of the Department of Art and Art History at Occidental College, and so much more, will discuss the history of Western art, from Greece to Rome and into the Middle Ages. 3pm. Mary Craig Auditorium, S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. $5-$8. Call 963-4364 or visit sbma.net.

1/31: Mandarins in Goleta — Take Three! Don’t let ripe mandarins go to waste! Spend time with volunteers, harvest mandarins, and enjoy a beautiful S.B. day. Let’s see how many pounds of produce we can recover. 10am-noon. Location in Goleta given upon RSVP. Free.

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1/31: Year of the Explorer: Plastic Lid Ladybugs Make an easy craft while visiting the zoo! Participants will create lucky ladybugs out of plastic jar lids. Making crafts is free with zoo admission. 11am-1pm. S.B. Zoo, 500 Niños Dr. Free-$17. Call 962-5339 or visit sbzoo.org.

1/31: 8th Annual Community Seed Swap Last year, more than 400 people shared seeds, knowledge, and fun with other backyard gardeners, plant lovers, farmers, and more. There will be tables with various organizations dedicated to seed-saving techniques, activities, music, special presentations, and more. Make sure to bring seeds to swap! 11am-3pm.

Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free.

Call 962-2571 or visit sbpermaculture.org.

1/31: Art Reception: Organic Matters This exhibit celebrates Earth’s natural environment, from the soil to the green world. Listen to live music from fingerstyle guitarist Michael Holland, Yiddish folk musician Lorraine Klein, and Lawrence Wallin; sip wine; eat appetizers; and enjoy all types of art, including collages of paper and cotton and photographs printed on natural wood. The exhibit shows through February 23. 1-4pm. Jewish Federation of Greater S.B., 524 Chapala St. Free. Call 957-1115 or visit jewish santabarbara.org/art-at-the-jcc.

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2/1: Learn How to Lindy Hop The Lindy Circle is ready to teach dancers of all levels how to swing dance. There will be an hour of intermediate class, an hour of beginner class, and an hour of social dance. The first visit is free, so you can decide if swing dancing is for you. 7-10pm.

Goleta Valley Community Ctr., 5679 Hollister Ave., Goleta. First session: free; drop-in: $5; fiveweek session: $10-$15. Visit thelindycircle.com.

2/1: Juan Felipe Herrera The first Latino United States Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera has created “a new hybrid art,” according to the New York Times.

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Tuesday 2/2 2/2: Art Reception: Malik Seneferu: From the Hill and Beyond This conceptual artist explores race, identity, and adolescence in From the Hill and Beyond, which draws on his experience of leaving San Francisco to go to Kenya.

In Kenya, he found his roots among the Kamba people of Machakos. Discuss the magic he found abroad. The exhibit shows through March 18. 6pm.

MultiCultural Ctr. Lounge, UCSB. Free. Call 893-8411 or visit mcc.sa.ucsb.edu.

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. . . at the 3rd Annual VADA Draw to benefit the Visual Arts & Design Academy (VADA). Everyone is a winner at the event, with each ticket buyer going home with an original work of art by a local or international artist, a well-known personality, or a talented VADA student.

With 5:30 pm Reception

Friday, February 26 | 7:30 pm Mimi Gilbert CD Release Concert

Plaza Playhouse Theater

1/30: Judgment at Nuremberg This 1961 film, nominated for a staggering 11 Oscars in 1962, takes place three years after the most important Nazi leaders had been tried. Can retired American judge Dan Haywood (played by Spencer Tracy) forget the past as the Cold War heats up? 7pm. Plaza Playhouse Theater, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. $7. Call 684-6380 or visit plazatheater carpinteria.com.

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For more information and to purchase tickets: Call 805-966-9101 x5055, or go to vadasbhs.org “The VADA Draw” is organized by the Friends of VADA, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.

The Visual Arts & Design Academy at Santa Barbara High School is a unique “schoolwithin-a-school” that integrates rigorous academic coursework with project-based and career-focused art and design instruction in a supportive and creative environment.

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2/3: The Homestretch Follow three homeless teens as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and continue their future. This film will change the way you think about youth homelessness and the larger issues of poverty, foster care, and more. Prepare to be inspired, surprised, and moved. 6pm. MultiCultural Ctr. Theater, UCSB. Free. Call 893-8411 or visit mcc.sa.ucsb.edu.

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2/2: Most Likely to Succeed Entry-level jobs are no longer plentiful, college tuition has risen, and the school model in today’s world has shortcomings. This documentary examines the history of education, revealing many truths and provoking thoughts for all parents and educators. 7pm. Elings Performing Arts Ctr., Dos Pueblos High School, 7266 Alameda Ave., Goleta. Free. Visit tinyurl .com/likelytosucceedsb.

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1/29, 2/1: Spotlight Before Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, and Rachel McAdams come to town for the S.B. International Film Festival, watch this film about the true story of how the Boston Globe investigated and eventually uncovered the child molestation scandal within the Catholic Archdiocese. 7 and 10pm. Isla Vista Theater, 960 Embarcadero del Norte. $4. Call 966-3652.

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week 2/2-2/3: The Princess and Pirates Puppet Show Former bilingual elementary teacher Franklin Haynes Marionettes creates shows to support school education, including language development, visual/performing arts curriculum, and more.

Find out if this princess will be saved in this family-friendly show. Tue.: 10:30am-11am; Montecito Library, 1469 E. Valley Rd., Montecito; 969-5063. 4-4:30pm; Solvang Library, 1745 Mission Dr., Solvang; 688-4214. Wed.: 10:30-11am; Eastside Library, 1102 E. Montecito St.; 963-3727. 4-4:30pm; Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St.; 564-5603. Visit sbplibrary.org.

2/2: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan: Rice As the people of Taiwan harvest rice and rice paddies, Cloud Gate dancers will enact a drama parallel to the life cycle of rice. This multimedia work includes visually stunning backdrops and awe-inspiring movements woven through soil, sunlight, wine, water, and fire.

And on Monday, February 1, at 4 p.m., join a free Artist Conversation with Lin Hwai-min at UCSB’s MultiCultural Center Theater.

8pm. Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $20-$48. Call 893-3535 or visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu.

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2/2-2/3: Proof Auditions Do you want to be in a play? This one follows a troubled young woman who is forced to deal with her own volatile emotions after the death of her father, a famous mathematician. How much of her father’s madness or genius will she inherit as she makes new relationships and discovers new mysteries? 6:3010pm. Jurkowitz Theatre, SBCC, 721 Cliff Dr. Free. Call 965-0581 x2376 to make an appointment or visit theatregroupsbcc.com.

Wednesday 2/3 1/23: E.N Young Performing since the age of 15, reggae musician E.N Young has played with big names including Quino Big Mountain, Don Carlos, Slightly Stoopid, Devastators, and more.

His Live Love Stay Up album is all about spreading good through reggae music and inspiring others. 8pm. Velvet Jones, 423 State St. $10. Ages 21+. Call 965-8676 or visit velvet-jones.com.

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Wednesday, February 24, 5:15 – 6:45 pm Sansum Clinic, 215 Pestas Lane, 3rd Floor Conference Room Join our Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for a discussion on simple steps toward heart health. Learn what lab tests mean, facts about fats and fiber, how to enjoy heart-healthy meals at home and dining out, and current approaches such as Mediterranean Diet and AntiInflammation Diet.

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A Public Forum

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Reporting from the Paris Climate Conference What does COP21 mean for Santa Barbara & California?

With Ethan Stewart of The Santa Barbara Independent

Thursday, January 28 • 6:30-8:30pm Antioch University Community Hall While still much to be done, let’s take a moment to Celebrate!

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WANDERLUST: California Explorer takes travelers to Golden State attractions near and far, including Knapp’s Castle.

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Energetic 88-year-old Gil Ramirez (right) helps out his neighbors, maintains gardens, makes hot sauce, enjoys a good glass of wine, and is a Saturday-night regular at the James Joyce. “Every time I hear music, my feet just want to move,” he said while waiting for the band to play his favorite tune, “Take the ‘A’ Train,” so that he and his dance partner, Laurie Pfeiffer (left), could get to cutting a rug. Ramirez, who has been dancing for as long as he can remember, met Pfeiffer at a Wednesday-night Lindy Hop Circle where she is an instructor, and the two have been boogieing down ever since.

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any people collect seeds because it’s cool to grow interesting fruits and vegetables in your garden, while others consider the practice an active front against the corporatization of our food supply. Whatever your motivation, this Sunday’s Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap, hosted for the eighth annual time by the S.B. Permaculture Network, is the best place to trade seeds (or get some for free), learn from farmers, and connect with the broader seed-minded community, including the likes of Larry Kandarian and Emma Cantu.

In the seed business for 40 years, Kandarian’s farm in Los Osos is a hotbed of herbs, spices, peas, beans, and gourmet pollens, which he’s built his organic business upon. But for the past six years, he’s focused on ancient grains like farro and einkorn in hopes of providing alternatives to those suffering from celiac disease and other gluten intolerances. “I’m looking for ancient grains rather than the stuff from Archer Daniels Midland and General Mills and shit like that,” said Kandarian, whose friend’s son almost died from celiac. “I want to get away from that system.

We’re trying to find something better.” He’ll be giving away Ethiopian blue tinge farro, black barley, and Genovese basil on Sunday.

Cantu, meanwhile, is a resident of downtown Santa Barbara, where she’s renowned for growing some of the hottest chiles this side of Mercury. On

SWAP MEET: Farmer Larry Kandarian will be sharing his knowledge and seeds at this Sunday’s Seed Swap.

Sunday, she’ll be giving away ghost pepper, chocolate habanero, red savina, Thai, pequin, and numerous other seed varieties, including milkweed, which attracts monarch butterflies. “People need to grow their own veggies and stop depending on others for their food sources,” said Cantu. “We grow our own, we save the seeds from the harvest for next year, we know what we put into the soil, and they are always hot!”

— Matt Kettmann The S.B. Permaculture Network’s 8th Annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap is Sunday, January 31, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at the S.B. Public Library’s Faulkner Gallery. See sbpermaculture.org.

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long the coast of Santa Barbara’s West Beach, a group of about 40 individuals, most in their early twenties, gather to celebrate their passion for travel. People of varying ethnicities scatter themselves across the sandy beach — some staying close to their friends, others branching out and playing beach volleyball— as the buzz of unique languages comes from each distinct volleyball group. Classic American party food (chips, hotdogs, and lemonade) is displayed, as if to bring a sense of American culture to the diverse group. This Beach Bonfire and BBQ event, hosted by the California Explorer travel company, occurs on the first Friday of each month.

Here, international students can gather to create friendships and experience a place that is quite different from their own surroundings. Such events encourage young Explorers to soak up and experience Santa Barbara’s unique culture. One Beach Bonfire attendee, AD, described how California Explorer has allowed him to become a true member of the community. “If I go to Starbucks, they know my name and order,” said AD as he cheerfully described how people recognize him within the neighborhood.

Founded by owner Dan Cabe in 2006, California Explorer, a Santa Barbara company, seeks to bring world travelers together in the heart of Santa Barbara. It acts as a travel guide for the most illustrious places in the Golden State while providing a sense of community for those new to Santa Barbara. California Explorer is present at multiple language schools in the area, as well as UCSB and SBCC. Although the company caters mainly to international and foreign-exchange students, all are welcome.

Mats Myhre, the operating manager, claims that California Explorer is “trying to become more of a true, local host” for the community.“We are designed for students to settle into Santa Barbara,” said Myhre.

Although California Explorer originally focused on organizing multiday trips to California landmarks, the company is now adding more local activities to its agenda— agenda some of which include hiking Montecito’s hot springs and skydiving with an ocean view— view allowing Explorers to create memories and make new friends. Day tours can range anywhere from $10-$75, while multiday trips are typically around $200-$300. Those interested can visit californiaexplorer.net or, for a more personal experience, their stand location on Chapala and Figueroa streets.

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f I had to pick five words to explain the astounding appeal of the Serial podcast and its beloved host Sarah Koenig, it would be these, uttered by Koenig earlier this season: “That’s me, calling the Taliban.”

The most popular podcast of all time, Serial dives deep into a dramatic true story each season, untangling clues and cover-ups almost in real time, week by week. Last season, which was downloaded more than 100 million times and earned a Peabody Award, was about the murder of a high school girl whose ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was convicted of the crime. This season centers on Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. soldier who walked off his Afghanistan base in 2009 and spent five years in a Taliban prison.

Koenig’s quip about calling the Taliban—which she totally did—shows email: starshine@roshell.com how far she’ll go for answers and, with a wink, illustrates the irresistible tone of her storytelling. Unlike newscasters, whose robotic deliveries distance the reporter from the story, Koenig is delightfully human. She’s a diligent and skeptical journalist, but she’s also unexpectedly real, flavoring her reporting with observations such as “I know — weird, right?” or “I don’t actually understand what’s going on” or “I know. I know!

It’s maybe not what you wanted to hear.”

UCSB Arts & Lectures is bringing Koenig and the show’s coproducer, Julie Snyder, to Campbell Hall on Thursday, March 3, to share behind-thescenes stories (visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu for tickets). In anticipation of her appearance, I had the nearly-peed-myself thrill of speaking with Koenig last week and got to ask her all the stuff I wonder when I’m listening obsessively to Serial. She was exactly as awesome as you’d think.

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You’ve worked as a newspaper reporter. What’s gained and lost in the transition from telling stories in print to telling them in audio? What’s lost in radio is you just can’t do the same kind of technical detail or explaining. I can only talk to you for a minute and a half about cell-tower technology before you’re just going to be like, “Stop, stop, stop! I can’t take anymore.” But what’s gained is all the nuance of people’s personalities and the way they talk. Sometimes you can shortcut a lot of writing because you’re hearing it emotionally.

This season’s story seems like a 24/7 gig: trying to get interviews with the CIA, history lessons in Pakistani relations, drone policy … Are you working around the clock?

I do sleep and eat and spend some time with my

kids when I can, but, yeah, it’s every day. It’s consuming, and not just for me. I kicked off work at 4 yesterday, but my colleagues were there ’til midnight finishing mixing the next day’s episode.

Are you ever intimidated by the material this season?

The military goes out of its way to use jargon and keep civilians out of its business. Do you ever think, “I’m in over my head here”? It’s a huge, huge learning curve for me. Initially I had some trepidation of, like, will I get my head around this, and how long will it take me? But in terms of coming to it green, I think that’s any reporter. If you’re genuinely curious about something, people appreciate that. And sometimes being a dummy helps because you’re getting people to explain things they might not say to someone who already has that background. And the people who are listening are not, by and large, experts, either.

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How much of what you say is scripted, and how much is ad-libbed? None of it is ad-libbed. It’s all scripted.

But you sound so off the cuff! I know, but that’s our trick. The goal is to make it conversational, to make it not feel like you’re taking your medicine. That’s the style I learned to write for radio in, with This American Life. I care enormously about the language. Believe it or not, I’m actually really a stickler.

You were on Colbert last week — your second time. As a reporter, how do you wear this mantle of being the interviewee? It’s incredibly uncomfortable. It’s horrible what we do to people! It’s horrible! In the perfect world, I would do no interviews at all, but I feel like I should take my own medicine. It really is a leap of faith you’re making when you’re trusting your thoughts to another human being to convey. That is a really sacred thing! It’s made me much more sensitive and more careful as a reporter.

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Understandably, you don’t want to be the story. But what do you want listeners to notice about your reporting — about the way you put these stories together? I hope that you trust as your narrator that I’m going to ask the questions you have and I’m also going to tell you what I’m thinking — and that what I’m thinking is based on a lot of homework and fact-checking.

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No, it never changes.

There was a moment in Season One when you said it wasn’t your job to exonerate Adnan. What is your job, besides keeping readers interested? To shine a light on things that are murky or systems that aren’t working the way they should. I feel very oldfashioned in that way. I don’t want to be all finger-waggy about “kids today,” but there is this tendency that we’re a very judgmental society.

People, wow, they’re so sure about things — and I don’t move through the world that way. I’m not sure. And I want to find out.

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he decathlon is a track-and-field event that purportedly produces the World’s Greatest Athlete — a title currently held by Ashton Eaton, the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder.

Last Saturday morning at the Westmont College track, the decathlon training of Tom FitzSimons Jr. helped him become the World’s Greatest High Fiver.

FitzSimons was also assisted by the 339 people with whose raised hands he connected during a 60-second lap around the track. That number, verified by a slow-motion camera (near misses didn’t count), far exceeds the Guinness World Record of 260 high fives in 60 seconds recorded last year by Florida insurance executive J. Powell Brown.

“It’s hard to get Santa Barbara to turn out for anything,” a woman said in amazement at the crowd. They included FitzSimons’s Santa Barbara Track Club teammates, Westmont runners and baseball players, children and parents from the track club’s youth program, and curious onlookers.

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S.B. Athletic Round tABle: Athletes of the Week Marko Pliso, Cate basketball He put together a pair of 31-point games as the Rams outscored Foothill Tech and Fillmore.

“We can go back to Germany and say we participated in a world record,” said Dieter Goertz of Berlin, visiting with his wife, Christine.

FitzSimons, who placed third in the 2014 U.S.A. decathlon championships, envisioned his achievement in July after watching NBA player Carmelo Anthony fall short in an attempt to break the 30-second high five record. “Three days later during lunch, I thought of going for the minute record as a fundraiser,” he said.

With everything in place, FitzSimons felt momentary panic before the starter’s pistol went off.

He’d brought all those people out and had nowhere to hide if he failed. But once underway, he flew around the track, using gaps in the crowd to swing his right arm out of its upraised position.

HIGH TALES: Retired UCSB coach Kathy Gregory main-

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UP HIGH: Tom FitzSimons Jr. set a world record of 339 high fives in 60 seconds last Saturday morning at Westmont College, with the help of enthusiastic Santa Barbarans and tourists alike.

tains that women’s volleyball players introduced high fives to the world of sport in the 1960s. Others credit Dodger outfielder Glenn Burke, who high-fived Dusty Baker after Baker hit a home run in 1977. Whatever its origin, the gesture is ubiquitous now. U.S. soccer star Carli Lloyd may set some kind of record if she keeps scoring goals as she did last Sunday — three in the first 30 minutes against Ireland.

HIGH FAMILY: While he was an athlete at Santa Barbara High, future All-Pro quarterback Randall Cunningham

Brittany Prentice, San Marcos water polo Her goal put the Royals ahead of Dos Pueblos 4-3, and her defense helped preserve the victory.

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Joel Garcia, Dos Pueblos wrestling The Chargers won the league title after Garcia pinned a Buena opponent in the final bout for a 29-28 victory.

cleared 68 in the high jump. His children are raising the bar.

Last weekend at an indoor meet in Birmingham, Alabama, USC sophomore Randall Cunningham Jr. went 75, the top collegiate mark in the nation. Vashti Cunningham, a senior at Bishop Gorman High in Las Vegas, set a national high school girls’ record of 65 last summer.

SO LONG: UCSB’s oldest existing track-and-field record is a long jump of 262, set by Henk Visser in 1960, the same year he finished seventh in the Rome Olympics. Visser died in November in his native Netherlands. He was 83.

TRIUMPH: Four hardy British women have completed

their long journey (8,446 miles) across the Pacific Ocean in a 29-foot rowboat. They spent 257 solitary days at sea — row-

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Abbi Hill, Dos Pueblos water polo Only a freshman, she scored five goals as the Chargers ended Laguna Beach’s 63-game winning streak.

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ing around-the-clock in two-person shifts — after departing from San Francisco on April 20. Known as the Coxless Crew, they made an unscheduled stop for repairs in Santa Barbara and officially began their crossing here on May 13. Other landings were in Honolulu and Apia, western Samoa. It took them 77 days to get through the last leg, finishing at Cairns, Australia, on Monday. With 20 miles to go, team leader Laura Penhaul wrote in their blog,“It’s fair to say that with physical exhaustion, sleep deprivation and a lack of savoury food, we are being tested to our limits. However this is where we draw on our spirit, row hard, row strong, row together.”

TRAGEDY: Henry Worsley, another adventurous Brit, attempted to traverse Antarctica on foot by himself. After 71 days and 913 miles, he broke down 30 miles short of his goal. He was rescued Saturday and died a day later from a serious infection.

TRAVAIL: As the first female soigneur (helper) in professional cycling during the 1980s, Shelley Verses observed

firsthand the physical and mental torture that riders put themselves through in races such as the Tour de France.

Verses will talk about her experiences on Saturday, January 30, at Santa Barbara Cycling, 531 East Cota Street. Doors open at 6 p.m. n

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1/29: High School Soccer: San Marcos at Santa Barbara The crosstown rivals will play four games Friday in the annual Super Soccer Showdown. The varsity matches feature the Channel League–leading teams. Santa Barbara’s boys (4-0 league, 17-4-1 overall) are ranked No. 8 in CIF Division 1. Abraham Sierra has scored 13 goals for the Dons, including a pair in their 4-1 victory at San Marcos three weeks ago. The Royals girls (9-2-2, 3-1) lost their league opener to Santa Barbara but took over first place with three consecutive shutout wins behind goalkeeper Addie Furrer. Boys’ junior varsity: 2pm; girls’ junior varsity: 3:15pm; boys’ varsity: 5pm; girls’ varsity: 7pm. Peabody Stadium, Santa Barbara High School, 700 E. Anapamu St. $3-$5. Call 966-9101 or visit sbhsathletics.org.

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by Matt KettMann quite possibly the best yet, from Montecito to Manhatboth for the food itself and the tan in recent years.

My modern foray began back overall ambiance — was at Finch in 2013, when The Shop Café opened & Fork on the ground floor of the on Milpas Street and started serving their Kimpton-owned Canary Hotel at Carrillo General Sanders, whose chicken gets topped with and Chapala streets, where the B.F.C. Sandwich is apple slaw, sweet and sour carrots, and spicy mayo, on the lunch menu but is also a central player in served on a soft bun, which seems to be the fried the renewed happy hour menu, called “Early Bird” meat’s ubiquitous bread buddy. The $10 sando (4-6pm) and “Night Flight” (9-10pm). went down way too fast, a hazard that’s become Chef James Siao, a 10-year Kimpton employee common for these treats, whose salty side is usu- who took over the kitchen about four years ago, ally cut by the freshness of crisp veggies. Last year, remembers a fried chicken sandwich at Arby’s I stumbled into similar joy at The Honor Bar in from his upbringing in Ohio, where his dad ran a Montecito, whose Ding’s Chicken Sandwich adds Chinese restaurant. But his $11 version is considerAsian slaw and baby Swiss to the mix. I’ve recom- ably evolved, topped with kale slaw, a lemon yogurt mended it to quite a few people since, and though dressing that’s lighter than mayo, a smoked honey it’s not cheap at $16 — it is Coast Village Road, after mustard, and house-made bread-and-butter pickall — not a soul has expressed disappointment. les, served on a brioche bun. It looks fantastic — I Soon, I couldn’t visit a restaurant and not order posted a picture of mine on Instagram, and people this dish if it was on the menu, so I started won- were digitally drooling immediately — but tastes dering if there was something in my taste-bud even better: crunchy, soft, tart, and smoky, with just DNA that predisposed me to this affinity. Then a touch of spicy. Eating two would have been easy.

I remembered Carl’s Jr.’s Bacon Swiss Crispy The new between-meal menu is part of a stronChicken Fillet Sandwich, a favorite of mine grow- ger focus on the Finch & Fork bar, which bar-

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He paired my B.F.C. with his Virginia Gentleman, a favorite from D.C. that combines bourbon, honey whiskey, lemon juice, bitters, and ginger beer. “It’s a whiskey cocktail for non-whiskey drinkers,” he explained, and, like the sandwich, it offered a little bit of everything, with a slightly sour, slightly sweet, slightly smoked profile going down quite easy.

But even Nelson’s eyes widened when my sandwich came out. The North Carolina native is a proud Southerner, so only with reluctance would he admit that Siao’s fried chicken — made by a Midwestern-raised, Pittsburgh-educated, Califor-

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That might as well be the motto for Red Carpet Red, a wine commissioned by Visit Santa Barbara and made by Ampelos Cellars to celebrate the 2016 edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The clever moniker stresses our town’s filmic history from the Flying A Studios to today, so much so you have to inspect the back label to realize this is no mere red — it’s a pinot noir from the Sta. Rita Hills. (No doubt Miles from Sideways wishes he could attend the festival this year.)

“Since our area Sta. Rita A-LIST WINE: A Sta. Rita Hills pinot noir, Ampelos Cellars’ Red Carpet Red is the featured wine Hills is most well-known of this year’s film fest. for complex and expressive pinot noir, it was an obvious choice,” said trailer is promising — that’s like the wine in the winemaker Peter Work, whose Ampelos estate is glass, as you observe it with your eyes and nose to farmed sustainably with organic and biodynamic get your first impressions,” he said.“The day comes techniques. Given that he’s a fan of James Bond when you watch the movie, and it totally lives up films, it makes sense that Work decided to make to your expectations — you are already hoping a rich and strong style of pinot. So he selected they make a sequel.” three barrels — including one of new French oak — of the estate’s darker clones. “It’s a big, expressive pinot noir,” he said, “the one that you have a glass of at a reception and ‘Wow!’ comes out of your mouth.”

It is a lovely wine, as much about mineral- It will be served while supplies last at Opal Restity and those typical Sta. Rita Hills cola notes as aurant and Bar (1325 State St., 966-9676) and C’est its piquant raspberry and black cherry fruit. It Cheese (825 Santa Barbara St., 965-0318). It will debuted in Hollywood, of course, at an exclusive also be part of Film Fest lodging packages (santa Golden Globes party, but will mostly be poured at barbaraca.com/filmfeast) at Encina Inn & Suites, the SBIFF, all 570 bottles of it.

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Pizza of Isla Vista.” I spoke with a representative We have been in the community serving great of Carl’s Jr., and they confirmed that the space food since 1979 and will continue to do so at all is being split into two restaurants and said that our locations. Please come join us to relaunch one of the tenants is Blaze Pizza, which currently Giovanni’s Isla Vista this week.” has a location at 6546 Pardall Road in Isla Vista.

Assuming that two competing pizza parlors CHASE SOLD? Reader CaroinJM tells me that wouldn’t occupy the same building, I’m guessing Chase Restaurant & Lounge at 1012 State Street that Blaze, not Woodstock’s, is heading to Upper has been sold. I have not confirmed this. They are open for business as usual.

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erde! It was the spirited exclamation bestowed upon dancers in the days leading up to a performance, a tradition derived from the horse-and-carriage days when a healthy procession of dung outside of the theater ensured the house seats inside would be filled with paying patrons. In her book The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton described the cavalcade in more pragmatic terms: “Carriages waited at the curb for the entire performance. It was widely known in New York, but never acknowledged, that Americans wanted to get away from amusement even more quickly than they wanted to get to it.”And so, as the 1800s gave way to a new era, Americans adopted less formal introductions to art and culture, and the salon made its Western debut.

Described as “a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host,” salons gained notoriety among European intellectuals in the 17th century as a way to expose themselves to art and ideas in a more expedient setting.

Hidden from high society’s watchful glare, women, Diane Vapnek especially, benefited from the relaxed environment, where wine and discussion could easily flow well into the witching hour and in the absence of judgment. The format was simple enough: A salonnière, or hostess, would select the evening’s theme, invite an eclectic selection of artists and scholars into her home, and moderate a lively post-presentation discussion. Centuries later, it would seem fitting that Dianne Vapnek, Santa Barbara’s own venerable hostess of dance, would bring the historical tradition back for a new generation to experience.

Best known for presenting emerging choreographers through her DANCEworks program, Vapnek has spent the last 19 years curating innovative ways to bridge the gap between East and West Coast dance, injecting the tranquil Santa Barbara landscape with big-city vigor. “Maybe it’s because of the broad exposure they get while living there, but New York dancers seem more ambitious in their pursuit of a career, hungrier and more curious about experiencing dance than their counterparts here,” Vapnek said. Exposing the community to a New York

famous salonnière, the venerable Gertrude Stein. Like Stein, Vapnek’s insatiable appeappe tite for the unconventional artist is reflected in every objet d’art that decorates the livliv ing space. Up the spiral staircase, an assortment of chairs and settees are informally arranged around the carpeted living room, and the dancers quietly begin warming up as hors d’oeuvres and wine are merrily passed around in the adjoining room.

Molissa Fenley and Company are on the evening’s bill, Fenley a seasoned veteran of the contemporary dance scene who splits her time between teaching spring semesters at Oakland’s Mills College and directing a 40-year-old company based in New York City.

Introduced to Vapneck through a mutual friend, Fenley couldn’t resist the opportunity to present work on such an intimate level.

“There’s a give-and-take to the creative process, and this relaxed format builds community in a brilliant way,” she explained. Over the course of the evening, the dance trio, dressed in elegant indigo jumpsuits, address their environment with poise and fervor, darting confidently through the modest square footage in a presentation of three dance works and, to the audience’s delight, one encore performance by Fenley herself.

At evening’s end, Vapneck led her guests in a candid discussion over the highs and lows of the creative process. Minda Kraines, an elegantly coiffed retired dancer and my seatmate for the evening, summed up the program perfectly: “This is so cool!”

The next DANCEworks Dance Salon is Saturday, February 27, and features San Francisco choreographer Margaret Jenkins. There is limited ticket availability. Call 966-4946 for more information.

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Walking into Vapnek’s discreet downtown residence for her dance salon debut, it’s hard not to make comparisons to America’s most

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The Olés have officially stamped their music on Santa Barbara. Their just-released hiphop-infused reggae album, Strictly Speaking, represents the vibes of our city and, more importantly, of Isla Vista, the home of The Olés. From incorporating strains of mariachi in “Strictly Speaking” to giving shout-outs and thanks to all their supporters in track “Muchas Gracias” to naming one of the numbers “Sabado Tarde”– homage to the street where it all started – these musicians show where their roots belong. By taking the mellow sounds of S.B.-based reggae band Iration and the blues and funk of Slightly Stoopid and then mixing them with hip-hop and limited rock, The Olés really take ownership of this new breezy blend.

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It’s ironic that Bob Dylan has traveled from Blonde on Blonde to “bland on bland”– perpetuating the trend of rich, aging rock stars cheesing out and covering The Great American Song Book ad nauseam. Yet perhaps it was inevitable that Dylan – the greatest songwriter of the 20th century – would cover Sinatra, the 20th century’s most popular singer. And ultimately, Dylan has always been an amazing iconoclast who, like Frank Sinatra before him, has done it his way. The 10 ballads on Shadows In the Night are tastefully if minimally arranged, steeped in noir and emphasizing pedal steel guitar while complementing Dylan’s “tangled up in blue” crooning. Who knows what nostalgia, yearning, regret, and tenderness lurks in the heart of Bob Dylan? The shadows know.

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Every artist needs a start — especially young performers looking to get a foot in the entertainment industry’s door. For 10 talented young dancers from Santa Barbara County, that opportunity is on January 30 at the Teen Dance Star finalists’ showcase at the Lobero Theatre. This program gives young soloists the chance to perform for a panel of celebrity judges from the dance world and TV’s So You Think You Can Dance and compete for a scholarship prize.

Teen Dance Star Star, the newest addition to the Teen Star franchise, is more than a basic talent show. The participating dancers — Katie Cleek, Lily Connolly, Frankie Harman, Lauren Morrison, Riley Brewer, Grace Quittner, Victoria Biancone, Sarah Block, Sophia Vraciu, and Kailani Cordero — were chosen via open audition; the finalists train with professional dancers as mentors in a challenging but encouraging environment that fosters these youths’ talent to its highest potential. Teen Dance Star features a variety of styles, including tap, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, modern, and flamenco. The work of these soloists, as well as a dynamic group number in the finale, displays the inspiring aptitude of some of the finest teen dancers in the county.

Teen Dance Star emphasizes the importance of an arts education. Beyond offering a scholarship prize to the finalist, the program, in league with the Arts Mentorship Program (AMP), will use the proceeds from the finalists’ showcase to increase access to educational opportunities in the performing arts to underprivileged area children. Executive Producer Joseph Lambert praised the connection between Teen Dance Star and the AMP, noting that the one-on-one guidance offered to the finalists is part of an important support and engagement system that helps up-and-coming dancers hone their craft. It also gives community members the ability to start their children in dance classes at an affordable rate.

Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind opportunity to see the county’s best young dancers perform at an impressive, competitive level. Teen Dance Star takes place Saturday, January 30, at 7 p.m. at the Lobero Theatre (33 E. Canon Perdido St.). For tickets, call the Lobero box office at 963-0761 or email boxoffice@lobero.com.

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he first Latino to serve as United States Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera has published energetic, immediate, eloquent work that has been compared to that of Walt Whitman, César Vallejo, and Allen Ginsberg. As Jennifer Benka, executive director of the Academy of American Poets, notes, he is “someone who believes that poetry can make a difference in people’s lives and communities.” I recently spoke over the phone with Herrera, who will present an evening of poetry Monday, February 1, at UCSB. You went from serving as Poet Laureate of California directly into the position of Poet Laureate of the United States. What have those two very public positions taught you about the state of poetry in California and across the country? Everyone is hungry for poetry, and everyone delights in it — from high school poetry clubs to support organizations, children who read tons of books, and, of course, spoken word. We do need more bilingual poetries and events, as well, which are on the rise. And the poetry festivals are making progress in their diversity outreach. At the same time, we are losing great writers like Phil Levine, C.D. Wright, and Francisco X. Alarcón.

Would you say the emphasis of poetry is shifting?

One of the shifts is toward poetry zines such as Paperbag in the old Tin Pan Alley of N.Y.C. They’re run by young ruffian MFA grads — Adam Soldofsky is one great example.

We need to make the existence of these new trends more public. People respond to the call of poetry with urgent excitement.

In your opinion, who stands to benefit the most from poetry, and why? Everyone. Poetry allows reflection in a time of national and global danger, great class divides, ongoing violence in the streets, and loss and anxiety in the working-class schools as well as in privileged arenas. Poetry is the new rock ’n’ roll of the mind and voice — the last frontier.

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by David Starkey You excel both on the page and in performance — that’s a rare gift. Can you talk a bit about the bridges and divides between oral and written poetry? The divides are always in flux; there is a swing toward oral text — a blur, as well.

For the youth it provides a unique cultural club, which is their power territory — say what you want the way you want it, pierce the walls of proprietary and call out the agents of oppression and youth-hurt. Yet the spoken is also experimental and is becoming a most attractive and alluring art of diverse mediums.

“Youth-hurt” is a striking, if distressing, phrase. I know you’ve worked extensively with at-risk young people. How are they using poetry to eliminate, or at least deal with, their pain? Youth are quite simply writing about their personal lives — in concert with their friends, in groups, and large, young, and new audiences. And they compete, move their bodies onstage, and they become alarmingly sincere about themselves, others, and the various multi-hurts of their streets, peers, cities, and the larger issues of race, color, ethnicity, stereotypes, war, and violence in the larger quest for peace, both outside and inside. These are most effective steps in the healing of self and others.

As someone who has inspired so many people, is there anyone in particular who has inspired you?

Francisco X. Alarcón, the great Chicano poet I mentioned earlier, passed away on the 15th of this month to stomach cancer. He was a marvelous poet, pioneer of a new Nahuatl, Aztec poetics, a pioneering teacher, translator, and community leader. We miss him greatly in our communities. I plan to bring his story to light in a number of ways — he was too beautiful and rare and innovative to forget.

UCSB’s Arts & Lectures presents an evening of poetry with Juan Felipe Herrera Monday, February 1, at 7:30 p.m. at UCSB’s Campbell Hall. The event is free. Call 893-3535 or see artsandlectures.ucsb.edu.

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hen Lin Hwai-min began Cloud Gate Dance Theatre back in 1973, Taiwan had no other professional dance companies, and the art of choby Charles Donelan reography, especially for modern and contemporary dance, commanded little respect. “When I started, my family and research and design this intricate, seamless friends were surprised,” he told me last week 75-minute spectacle, Hwai-min deployed a by phone from his hotel in San Francisco, team of specialists, including videographer another stop on Cloud Gate’s current North Howell Hao-jan Chang, who shot stunning American tour. “There was no path to follow, time-lapse footage of every aspect of rice and little support, so I had to figure it out for cultivation in the village of Chihshang in the myself. I had to take care of the sets and the East Rift Valley of Taiwan. Ethan Wang then costumes, and I even had to train the techs turned that footage into the wall-to-wall back who ran the light and the sound.” projection that seems to immerse the dancers Today, more than 40 years later, things in a living landscape. could hardly be more different. Cloud Gate Yet for Hwai-min, just capturing the is the pride of high-tech Taiwan, both one images of his subject matter on video was of its most prestigious cultural exports and nowhere near enough. In order to adequately the focus of a massive home fan base that prepare his dancers, he decided that it would routinely packs outdoor shows in Taipei be necessary for them to travel to the site and with upward of 60,000 spectators. Honored participate in the harvesting of the rice. This multiple times as one of the world’s top cho- way, they would be able to enter more fully reographers, Hwai-min remains refreshingly into the elemental sensations of the seasonal approachable and present to interviewers and cycle when they set out to portray it onstage. audiences, and his wit sparkles whether he’s Asked if the dancers were surprised by his speaking Chinese or English. His company, request, Hwai-min laughed, saying,“Nothing with its athletic and spirited dancers, imagina- I do surprises them anymore — they know I tive and technically innovative staging, and am crazy.” unexpected combinations of music and subCrazy or not, Hwai-min could hardly be ject matter (rice farming and Maria Callas?) more influential, not only in the contemis one of the most in-demand dance groups porary dance world but also in the broader on the international circuit, stopping at all culture of what has been called “the three the best venues from Hong Kong to Moscow, Chinas”— the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. An esteemed novParis, London, and beyond.

The work that Cloud Gate will perform elist as well as one of the first public figures as part of the UCSB Arts & Lectures Dance in Taiwanese life to come out as a gay man, series at the Granada on Tuesday, February Hwai-min has, by sheer force of personality 2, is called Rice, and it does use the vocal- and tremendous organizational effort, altered izing of opera great Maria Callas, alongside the perception of contemporary dance as an traditional Taiwanese folk songs in the art form in East Asia. On Tuesday, Santa Barindigenous Hakka language. In order to bara gets its chance to see how his crops grow.

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UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan in Rice on Tuesday, February 2, at 8 p.m. at the Granada Theatre. For tickets and information, visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu or call 893-3535.

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rom Antony and Cleopatra to Bill and Hillary, written around 1585; Purcell’s opera premiered 104 years we are fascinated by romantic couples whose later. The differences between the two texts tell us a lot rocky relationships play out on the world stage. about how societal mores and expectations changed These are love affairs in which the personal truly over the course of the 17th century. is political, where spats and betrayals can shape the “Nahum Tate, Purcell’s librettist, is interesting,” fates of entire nations. The first couple to embody this Blondell said. “He was instrumental in making Shakedynamic was the mythical Dido and Aeneas. She was speare palatable to the restoration sensibility. One of Queen of Carthage; he was a survivor of the Trojan War, the notorious things he did was an adaptation of King whose escape from a disastrous battle brought him to Lear in which Lear lives and Cordelia and Edgar marry. her shores. Their affair was intensely passionate, but he That was the version performed for a couple of hundred years.” was torn between his love for While today we scoff at the her and his perceived destiny, which was to travel on and notion of Lear with a happy found the capital of a mighty ending, “He was adhering to the zeitgeist of the age,” new civilization: Rome.

Love versus duty, raisBlondell noted. “Shakespeare was considered far too messy ing a family versus buildwith too much ambiguity. His ing an empire — these

by Tom Jacobs timeless themes resonate with version followed strict rules of ‘poetic justice,’ where the us deeply, as they always have.

Virgil was the first to write down the legend, as part of people who deserved to die died and the people who his Aeneid, but many major authors and artists have deserved to live lived. Dido [the opera] was part of this reinterpreted it over the centuries. Over the next two remodeling project.”

So whereas in Marlowe’s play the characters are, weekends, Westmont College will present in repertoire one of The Aeneid’s best-known adaptations, Henry in Billington’s words, “constantly torn between divine Purcell’s one-act opera Dido and Aeneas, and one of intervention and human impulse,” the moral equation its most obscure, Christopher Marlowe’s early play is much simplified in the opera. Aeneas is instructed Dido, Queen of Carthage. Both will be directed by John to leave Carthage not by the gods (as in Marlowe) but Blondell, who noted that the two could hardly be more rather by witches who have no motivation other than to different. “To see the way the [respective creators] play cause mischief and misery. As a result, the opera “seems with the material — what they leave in, what they leave more like an investigation of the nature of evil,” Blondell out, what they change — is fascinating,” he said. “The said.“Given these differences, I’m trying to make the two opera is refined and elegant; there’s the kind of artificial- very discrete and very independent,” he added.“Each has ity you find in baroque music. Marlowe is the opposite: a couple of quotes from the other, but they’re just little It’s raw and edgy. There are jarring, abrupt changes. I moments. Otherwise, they’re completely different prowant it to provide a little shock to the senses.” ductions. Although the two share many cast members, Blondell, who is known for visually inventive pro- the theatrical approach is different. The costumes are ductions of the classics, has been adding opera and quite different. The set has the same elements but used musical theater to his repertoire since his award-win- toward different ends.” ning 2014 staging of The Pirates of Penzance. Already The double bill could prove particularly interesting. committed to directing Dido and Aeneas, he was look- “They kind of meet each other,” Blondell said. “One ing for a companion piece when, last March, “I saw on leaves a negative space for the other’s positive impact. my Facebook news feed that the Globe company [from The stories kind of nest together like Lego building London] was producing Dido, Queen of Carthage with blocks.” its young-players company. I thought,‘What?!’”

A quick Internet search revealed that the play was Dido, Queen of Carthage opens Thursday, probably a product of Marlowe’s university years. Its January 28, at 8 p.m. and Dido and Aeneas first major London production in decades took place in on Friday, January 29, at 8 p.m. at Westmont College’s Porter 2009; critic Michael Billington of the Guardian called it Theatre. Tickets are $12 general, $7 for seniors and students. “a forgotten dramatic landmark” that “has about it the For tickets, see westmont.edu/boxoffice or call 565-7140. authentic whiff of tragedy.” The play was apparently

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As a drummer in Amsterabout right now when they dam, Rengert naturally gravicome to the show [in S.B.].” tated toward other drummers; The evening at the Mercury he just happened to meet the Lounge will start as a guitarmost important one of all, Henk and-piano duet, “but it’s up to Jonkers. “Henk Jonkers, this what the audience is feeling,” humble musician who didn’t Rengert said of how the show demand any recognition, basiwill progress. He advised that cally put together people he there may be a violin player, played with over the past years percussion, harmonica, and and helped me record my album,” all kinds of instrumentalists

by Ginny Chung Rengert explained — hence the that may end up onstage with album’s name as an homage. them by the end of the show.

After the record release and a Audiences will still hear the brief 12-venue tour on the West Coast, Rengert and his repeated happy-go-lucky The Beatles– and The Velvet band flew from California to Europe for a tour, where Underground–like sounds but with blends of the blues they played with indie rock bands The War on Drugs, —it’s Dutch and American grooves in one. “You’ll get a different feel with the same material,” he explained.

Neutral Milk Hotel, and other big names.

And the lyrics? Very relatable. “I look back and see After the tour wrapped, reality hit Rengert: Touring was too expensive. But then he realized the name Chas- the driving force of the songs, like, ‘Oh, those are all ing Rainbows is “about chasing a dream that’s bigger about love’; well that makes sense because I was backthan yourself that has a mystical, magical, musical feel packing through Europe, building relationships, falling to it,” he said. The music gods were on his side when he in love with others and myself,” Rengert said. He didn’t met Vaughn Montgomery from Ojai at Folk Steady, a have to go to another country to find others who liked monthly concert where musicians join together and American rock ’n’ roll music. But he went anyway, and perform a day of tunes for audiences. Montgomery what he came back with is much more than music.

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Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum – Murray Hidary: Photography, Photography through Feb. 28; John Herd: Photography and Computer Graphics, through Apr. 30.

21 W. Anapamu St., 962-5322.

Museum of Contemporary Art S.B.– Tam Van Tran: Aikido Dream; Michael DeLucia: Appearance Preserving Simplification, through Feb. 21. 653 Paseo Nuevo, 966-5373.

Rancho La Patera & Stow House – Multiple permanent exhibits. 304 N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta, 681-7216.

S.B. Historical Museum – Alexander F. Harmer, through Feb. 8; The Story of Santa Barbara, permanent exhibition. Free admission. 136 E. De la Guerra St., 966-1601.

S.B. Maritime Museum – Tattoos & Scrimshaw: The Art of the Sailor Sailor, through Aug. 31. 113 Harbor Wy., 962-8404.

S.B. Museum of Art – Peter Halley: Geometry of the Absurd Absurd, through Feb. 21; Cayetano Ferrer: Interventions, through Mar. 13; Looking In, Looking Out: Latin American Photography Photography, through Mar. 20; Degas to Chagall: Important Loans from the Armand Hammer Foundation, Visions of Modernity: 20th-Century Japanese Woodblock Prints, ongoing exhibitions. 1130 State St., 963-4364.

S.B. Museum of Natural History – Multiple permanent installations. 2559 Puesta del Sol, 682-4711.

S.B. Museum of Natural History Sea Ctr. – Multiple permanent installations. 211 Stearns Wharf, 962-2526.

Wildling Museum – Legacy and Loss: Landscapes of the S.B. Region, through Feb. 1. 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang, 686-8315.

Galleries Allan Hancock College Library – Children’s book illustrations, ongoing. 800 S. College Dr., Santa Maria, 922-6966.

Architectural Foundation Gallery – Jen Zahigian: Street Scene Daydream, through Feb. 18. 229 E. Victoria St., 965-6307.

Art from Scrap Gallery–The Coming Out Party, through Mar. 5. 302 E. Cota St., 565-1332.

Party Artamo Gallery–Bothne & Cox: In Contrast IIII, through Jan. 31; Eleven, Feb. 3-28.

11 W. Anapamu St., 568-1400.

Arts Fund Gallery–Artists' Balls, through Jan. 30. 205-C Santa Barbara St., 965-7321.

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Atkinson Gallery – Ed Inks Has Left the Building, Jan. 29-Mar. 25. 721 Cliff Dr., 965-0581.

Beatrice Wood Ctr. for the Arts – Eryn Talevich: Culture/Couture, through Feb. 21.

8585 Ojai-Santa Paula Rd., Ojai, 646-3381.

Bella Rosa Galleries – Amber Paresa, through Jan. 31. 1103 State St., Ste. A, 966-1707.

Bronfman Family Jewish Community Ctr. – Organic Matters, Jan. 31-Feb. 23. 524 Chapala St., 957-1115.

Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Ctr. – Sharing Our Hidden Talents, through Jan. 29. 1118 E. Cabrillo Blvd., 897-1982.

Cancer Ctr. of S.B. – Art Heals, a permanent exhibit. 540 Pueblo St., Ste. A, 898-2204.

Carivintas Winery – Kathy Badrak: Just Going There, through Mar. 1. 476 First St., Solvang, 693-4331.

Carpinteria Arts Ctr. – Imaginations, through Feb. 29. 855 Linden Ave., Carpinteria, 684-7789.

Casa Dolores – Barro Petatillo Pottery, through Apr. 2. 1023 Bath St, 963-1032.

Faulkner Gallery East–Jean Demro: Text & Texture, through Jan. 30. S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St., 962-7653.

Divine Inspiration Gallery of Fine Art – Pedro De La Cruz: Life Is Art, Life Is Divine, Life Is Love, through Feb. 26. 1528 State St., 570-2446.

Gallerie Silo – Steven DePinto: Fire on the Desert: a New American Landscape, through Jan. 31. 118-B Gray Ave., 640-5570.

Gallery 113 – Seraphine, through Jan. 30; Tom Carey, Feb. 1-27. La Arcada, 1114 State St., 965-6611.

Gallery Los Olivos – Art from the Heart Heart, through Feb. 29. 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos, 688-7517.

The Good Life – Sharon Foster: Coastal Beauty, Feb. 1-Mar. 31. 1672 Mission Dr., Beauty Solvang, 688-7111.

JadeNow Gallery – Ryan and Jeff Spangler, Donn Salt, Deborah Wilson, through Feb. 16. 14 Parker Wy., 845-4558.

Lady McClintock Art Gallery – Portrait Artist, Rosemary McClintock brings life to reproductions of the Masters, through Jan. 31.

1221 State St., Ste. 6, 845-0030.

Larry Iwerks' Studio/Gallery– Manny Lopez: West Coast Exhibit Exhibit, through January 2016. 958 Weldon Rd., 965-5486.

Leigh Block Gallery – Susan Savage: Given to the Light Light, through Jan. 29. 2050 Alameda Padre Serra, Ste. 100, 563-8820.

Los Olivos Café – Patricia Stalter: Splendors of the Central Coast, through Mar. 3. 2870 Grand Ave., Los Olivos, 688-7265.

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127 Anacapa St., 284-0358.

Marcia Burtt Studio – Dawn/Dusk, Dawn/Dusk through Mar. 20. 517 Laguna St., 962-5588.

MCASB Satellite – Magic Mountain, through Jan. 31; Shift, Stretch, Expand: Everyday Transformations, Jan. 31-Jan. 22, 2017. Hotel Indigo, 121 State St., 966-5373.

Meisel Gallery of Art – Friends & Family, through May 13. Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital, 2415 De la Vina St., 687-7444.

MichaelKate Interiors & Art Gallery – CLICK, through Feb. 15. 132 Santa Barbara CLICK St., 963-1411.

Montecito Aesthetic Institute – RT Livingston & Francine Kirsch: Lifelines, through May 11. 1150 Coast Village Rd., Montecito, 565-5700.

MultiCultural Ctr. – Malik Seneferu: From the Hill and Beyond Beyond, through Mar. 18.

MultiCultural Ctr., UCSB, 893-8411.

Ojai Art Ctr. – Joyce Huntington: Painting in the Light, through Feb. 3. 113 S. Montgomery St., 640-8797.

Oliver & Espig Gallery of Fine Arts–Tielle Monette and Sergey Fedotov, ongoing. 1108 State St., 962-8111.

Pacifica Graduate Institute – Mythic Threads: Art, Healing and Magic in Bali Bali, ongoing. 801 Ladera Ln., 879-7103.

Palm Loft Gallery – Nature’s Music Music, through Feb. 28. 410 Palm Ave. Loft A-1, Carpinteria, 684-9700.

Porch – Marilee Krause & Lindy Kern: The Painter and the Potter: Inspirations from the Sea, through Jan. 28. 3823 Santa Claus Ln., Carpinteria, 684-0300.

Porch Gallery Ojai – Claudia McNulty: Hubris, through Feb. 14. 310 E. Matilija St., Ojai, 620-7589.

El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park – Nihonmachi Revisited: Santa Barbara’s Japanese American Community in Transition, 1900-1940 and Memorias y Facturas, ongoing. 123 E. Canon Perdido St., 965-0093.

Roy – Holly Mackay: Gumdrop Chicken X-Ray Vision, throughout February. 7 W. Carrillo St., 966-5636.

Royal Oaks Winery – Barbra Mousouris: East Meets West West, through Mar. 1. 1582 Mission Dr., Solvang.

S.B. Artwalk – Arts & Craft Show, ongoing Sundays. Cabrillo Blvd. at State St. S.B. City Hall Gallery – Ray Strong: Shared Vision/Common Ground Ground, through Feb. 18. De la Guerra Plaza, 568-3994.

S.B. Zoo – Emeritus Edward “Ted” McToldridge: TED: Artwork by Edward ‘Ted’ McToldridge, through May 5. 500 Niños Dr., 5962-5339.

SOhO Restaurant & Music Club – Morrison Hotel Gallery, ongoing. 1221 State St., 962-7776.

Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery – 100 Grand, through Jan. 31; Nicole Strasburg: Grand 50/50, through Feb. 28. 7 E. Anapamu St., 730-1460.

UCSB MultiCultural Ctr. – Malik Seneferu: From the Hill and Beyond Beyond, through Mar. 8.

UCSB, 893-7609.

Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art – Barbizon, Realism, and Impressionism in France, through Mar. 19. 955 La Paz Rd., 565-6162.

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Campbell Hall – 574 Mesa Rd., UCSB, 893-3535. sun: Yamato: The Drummers of Japan (3 and 7pm) Carr Winery – 414 N. Salsipuedes St., 965-7985. fri: The Agreeables (6pm) Carrillo Recreation Ctr. – 100 E. Carrillo St., 722-8155. sat: Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers (8pm)

Chumash Casino Resort – 3400 E. Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez, (800) 686-0855. thu 1/28: Purple Reign (8pm) thu 2/4: Blood, Sweat & Tears feat. Bo Bice (8pm) Cold Spring Tavern – 5995 Stagecoach Rd., 967-0066. fri: Slanted Land (7-10pm) sat: Natalie Wattre (2-5pm); Led Zecutives (6-9pm) sun: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan (1:154pm); Switchbak (4:30-7:30pm) The Fig Grill – 5940 Calle Real, Goleta, 692-8999. sat: Dos Pueblos Jazz Quartet (6-8pm) Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. – 137 Anacapa St., 694-2255. wed: Acoustic Singer/Songwriter Showcase Wednesdays (6:30pm) Granada Theatre – 1214 State St., 899-2222. sat: The Beach Boys (7:30pm) Hauffman Brathaus – 801 State St., 962-3131. thu 1/28: The Agreeables set to rock (7pm) The Hub – UCSB, 893-8411. fri: An Evening of Balkan Music (8pm) The James Joyce – 513 State St., 962-2688. thu: Alastair Greene Band (10pm) fri: Kinsella Brothers Band (10pm) sat: Ulysses Jazz Band (7:30-10:30pm) sun, mon: Karaoke (9pm) tue: Teresa Russell (10pm) wed: Victor Vega and the Bomb (10pm) SOhO Restaurant & Music Club – 1221 State St., 962-7776. thu: Lemâitre w/ StarRo (9pm) fri: Area 51 (9:30pm) sat: King Bee (8:30pm) sun: Sol Seasons (7pm) wed: G. Love & Special Sauce (8pm) thu: The Hood Internet (9pm) UCSB Music Bowl – Music Bldg. Courtyard, UCSB. wed: Sephardic Music with Flor de Kanela (noon) Velvet Jones – 423 State St., 965-8676. fri: Tastytreat, Convex, WillyP, Peitzke (8pm) sat: Vajra, Vitriol (8pm) tue: Punk Rock Bingo w/ Emmet Bentley (7pm) wed: E.N Young (8pm)

theater Alhecama Theatre– 914 Santa Barbara St., 963-0408. sun: The Family Blessing (2pm) Center Stage Theater – 751 Paseo Nuevo, 963-0408. fri: The Boondawgle Estate (7pm); The Gun Show (9:30pm) sat: Breakfast with Smartasses (10am); Magellanica (2 and 7pm); The Gun Show (9:30pm) Karl Geiringer Hall – UCSB Opera Theatre: Aspects of Love. UCSB, 893-7001. thu-sat: 7:30pm sun: 3pm Porter Theatre –Westmont Campus, 255 La Paz Rd., 565-6045. thu: Play: Dido and the Queen of Carthage (8pm) fri: Opera: Dido and Aeneas (8pm) sat: Play: Dido and the Queen of Carthage (9pm) sun: Opera: Dido and Aeneas (7pm) S.B. High School Theatre – Music of the Night. 700 E. Anacapa St., 966-9101. thu-sat: 7pm sun: 2pm

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f there is any constant in Charlie Kaufman’s films, it’s his contrarian streak regarding moviemaking “rules.” In a Santa Barbara Film Fest panel years ago, Kaufman defended the idea of writing against all writing-school dictums. More than that, his movies seem indefensibly crazy. Imagine pitching Being John Malkovich or Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to a studio head. Thank heaven Kaufman exists.

Anomalisa is a stop-action animated film based on a play Kaufman wrote for a dramatic-reading festival and is no exception to his Lord of Misrule Rule, though the story is exceptionally simple. A motivational speaker named Michael Stone flies into Cincinnati for a conference, tries unsuccessfully to hook up with an old girlfriend in the hotel where he’s staying, but then meets an unusually vulnerable girl named Lisa, whose voice offers him a rare thrill.

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POETRY IN STOP-MOTION: David Thewlis voices motivational speaker Michael Stone in writer/codirector Charlie Kaufman’s transcendent stop-motion movie, Anomalisa.

This being Kaufman, there are some surreal twists, including a dream sequence. But the main quirk offered ought to remain in surprise for the moviegoer. (It’s central to Stone’s narcissistic bent.) Of course, the most dramatic rule-breaking aspect is the story’s medium —the cartoon. Kaufman and codirector Duke Johnson not only decided to present the play as a labor-intensive stop-action animation but also allowed their puppets to be transparently constructed. Joints and face panels appear plain as if to underscore that this naturalistic tale is also totally artificial.

It’s not what animation usually does. Instead of superhero magic, the movie leaves you marveling at plain acts and sights. The act of putting a credit card key in a motel door becomes intricately interesting.

Many dismiss animation as a bastard child of Saturdaymorning commercialism. Here’s a chance to see one of the purer forms of cinema applied to adult topics and themes. (Yes, there is a sex scene.) You may not walk away from this movie mind-blown by puppets, but you’ll have a hard time forgetting the heartbreaking residue of Stone’s march through the mundane. n

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Jafar Panahi’s Taxi (88 mins.; NR) The acclaimed director drives a taxi through the streets of Tehran, Iran, recording his passengers’ views on the world.

Sun., Jan. 31, 4:30pm,

Matilija Auditorium, 703 El Paseo Rd., Ojai

PREmiERES Fifty Shades of Black (92 mins.; R: strong crude sexual content including some graphic nudity and for language throughout)

Marlon Wayans stars as Christian Black in this parody of Fifty Shades of Grey.

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The Finest Hours (117 mins.; PG-13: intense sequences of peril)

some language)

This historical drama tells of the true story of the Coast Guard’s attempt to save sailors after two oil tankers are split in half by a severe nor’easter in 1952.

Casey Affleck, Chris Pine, Ben Foster, and Eric Bana star.

Natalie Portman stars as Jane Hammond, a woman who will do anything it takes to protect her family from the sadistic outlaw gang the Bishop Boys.

Ewan McGregor and Joel Edgerton also star in this action Western.

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Hail, Caesar! (98 mins.; PG-13: mild language, violence, and sensuality)

The Coen brothers’ latest follows a Hollywood “fixer,” Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), who cleans up problems for big stars. But when one of those stars goes missing, Mannix is in over his head.

George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, and Channing Tatum also star.

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Michael Bay’s film is based largely on the Mitchell Zuckoff book; it never treads on any specific U.S. politician.

Those expecting to see dirt on Hillary Clinton will be disappointed. The fight seems more like another Alamo than the tragic fiasco that it was. (DJP) Camino Real/Paseo Nuevo

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The Santa Barbara Police Department’s Fallen Officer Memorial Project will honor the five S.B.P.D. Officers – H. Thomas Guerry, Henry Evans, Clarence Jensen, Ronald Wainscott, and Richard Williams – who have given the ultimate sacrifice protecting the safety and freedoms of our community.

and destruction, some sci-fi thematic elements, language, and brief teen partying)

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Humanity has been knocked back to the Stone Age, and one of the last survivors, teenager Cassie Sullivan (Chloë Grace Moretz), tries to save her 5-year-old brother from one of the Others’ training camps.

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Riviera The Big Short (130 mins.; R: pervasive language and some sexuality/nudity) Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell reunite on-screen for this film based on Michael Lewis’s best-selling book about four people who predicted the implosion of the credit and housing bubble and bet against the big banks, thus profiting from the financial crisis. Paseo Nuevo The Boy (97 mins.; PG-13: violence and terror and some thematic material)

An unwitting young woman takes a job as a nanny for an 8-year-old boy who turns out to be a life-sized doll meant to represent the parents’ child, who died 20 years prior. But is the doll actually alive?

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O Brooklyn (111 mins.; PG-13: a scene of sexuality and brief strong language) The film begins visually in dowdy monochromatic tones with a surprisingly drab Saoirse Ronan as Ellis, an Irish girl with no prospects on the eve of her departure for America. As Ellis sets sail, however, the film’s colors brighten and deepen and the story accumulates glories of composition and striking period details. Brooklyn is indeed a strong woman’s film, but it’s also a glowing testament to America’s meaning.

(DJP) Plaza de Oro Daddy’s Home (96 mins.; PG-13: thematic elements, crude and suggestive material, and language) Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg star in this comedy that pits father against stepfather.

Fiesta 5 Dirty Grandpa (102 mins.; R: crude sexual content throughout, graphic nudity, and language and drug use)

Robert De Niro and Zac Efron team up in this road-trip comedy about a grandpa and his about-to-be-married grandson.

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LIGHTS, cAMERA, ANIMATION: This year’s Santa Barbara International Film Festival opens Wednesday, February 3, with an animated featurelength movie, The Little Prince. Although based on Antoine de SaintExupéry’s book, screenwriters Irena Brignull and Bob persichetti have taken elements from the 1943 novella and knit them into an original story that features a new main character, the Little Girl. The girl, who is struggling under an overbearing mother, meets the now elderly Aviator, who shows her a magical world where anything is possible. Directed by Mark osborne, the film features the voice talents of Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, paul Rudd, Ricky Gervais, James Franco, Mackenzie Foy, and Benicio Del Toro, among others. For tickets and information, see sbiff.org.

Popeil. Director David O. Russell places his Joy in a nexus of crazies. As usual, his casting is magic. The movie doesn’t quite live up to the joys of Silver Linings Playbook or American Hustle, but it has subtle joys of its own. A tour de force takes over the finale when our heroine goes on air to promote her genius invention. (DJP) Arlington/Plaza de Oro Norm of the North (86 mins.; PG: mild rude humor and action)

A polar bear and his lemming friends head to New York City after becoming displaced from the Arctic thanks to an evil corporation.

Metro 4 The Revenant (156 mins.; R: strong frontier combat and violence including gory images, a sexual assault, language, and brief nudity) The Revenant opens thrillingly with a quasi-military fur-trapping march suddenly invaded by Indians we barely see.

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu, who made last year’s astonishing Birdman, remains infatuated with long shots, and we experience the attack as if one of the trappers. You could argue that The Revenant underscores the horrors of the American genocide. Yet it is more like an indictment of our romance with the making of the West, but that’s been done better so many times, from Little Big Man on, that this seems dull. (DJP) Camino Real/Paseo Nuevo

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Ice Cube and Kevin Hart reteam in this sequel to the 2014 film. Ben (Hart) is now an Atlanta cop striving to be a detective. He and James (Ice Cube) are assigned a case in Miami to bring down a powerful drug lord.

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Maybe it seems like a bad idea for a movie, but Room, made by the deft and adventurous director Lenny Abrahamson (Frank), is at times creepy, thrilling, tender, melodramatic, and in its final moments, suffused with unexpected beauty. The best part is Brie Larson’s performance. This movie about human resilience has its most perfect image here — a woman wishing the traumatic past away even though she’s smart enough to know she can’t. (DJP) Metro 4

OSpotlight (128 mins.; R: some language including sexual references) The story begins in 2001 when new Globe editor Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber) reads an alarming column in his own paper that alludes to a priest sexually abusing children with a church apparatus apparently covering for him.

Baron directs the Spotlight staff to look into allegations, and the story keeps expanding in horrible dimensions.

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What’s best about the new Star Wars movie is that it isn’t just for white boys anymore. The new maestro, J.J. Abrams, puts a strong, principled woman and a black man equally gifted in the morally awake department in the central roles. Yet it never feels as if some quota of inclusiveness was invoked. But my favorite aspect of the new Star Wars universe is that it’s funny again. It’s also dark enough to fit the Lucas cosmology.

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The Fallen Officers Memorial will include a life size bronze sculpture (depicted above) designed by renowned Santa Barbara artist Bud Bottoms, and created by Dorothy Boyle, symbolizing commitment, service, sacrifice and community, and will be engraved with the names of the five fallen officers. The Santa Barbara Police Department front walkway was selected as the site for the memorial so that everyone who walks up the steps will pass by the honorary location.

This project is 100 percent privately funded, so donations are needed to help to bring the Fallen Officer Memorial to fruition. Donor names will be added to an honor roll inside the police station.

Those giving $1,500 or more will have their names displayed with the memorial and those contributing $5,000 or more will also receive a special gift: a bronze centerpiece replica of the sculpture.

Please visit www.gofundme.com/sbpdmemorial for details and to contribute online. Or mail checks payable to City of Santa Barbara Police Officer’s Memorial Fund (include name, address, phone, email address & name as you would like it to appear on the memorial) to: Fallen Officers Memorial Fund, Santa Barbara Police Department 215 East Figueroa Street • Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805-897-2320

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(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Do you know Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights? At one point, the heroine Catherine tells her friend about Edgar, a man she’s interested in. “He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace,” Catherine says, “and I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine.” If you’re a typical Aries, you’re more aligned with Catherine than with Edgar. But I’m hoping you might consider making a temporary compromise in the coming weeks. “At last, we agreed to try both,” Catherine concluded, “and then we kissed each other and were friends.”

(June 21-July 22): We all go through phases when we are at odds with people we love. Maybe we’re mad at them, or feel hurt by them, or can’t comprehend what they’re going through. The test of our commitment is how we act when we are in these moods. That’s why I agree with author Steve Hall when he says, “The truest form of love is how you behave toward someone, not how you feel about them.” The coming weeks will be an important time for you to practice this principle with extra devotion — not just for the sake of the people you care about, but also for your own physical, mental, and spiritual health.

tary historian called it “the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare.” This milestone occurred just six months after Japan’s devastating attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor. To compare your life to these two events may be bombastic, but I’m in a bombastic mood as I contemplate your exciting possibilities. I predict that in the second half of 2016, you’ll claim a victory that will make up for a loss or defeat you endured during the last few months of 2015. And right now is when you can lay the groundwork for that future triumph.

LEO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Playwright Edmond Rostand (1868-1918) had a lot of friends, and they often came to visit him uninvited. He found it hard to simply tell them to go away and leave him alone. And yet he hated to be interrupted while he was working. His solution was to get naked and write for long hours while in his bathroom, usually soaking in the bathtub.

His intrusive friends rarely had the nerve to insist on socializing. In this way, Rostand found the peace he needed to create his masterpiece Cyrano de Bergerac, as well as numerous other plays. I suggest you consider a comparable gambit, Scorpio. You need to carve out some quality alone time.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): People turn to you Tauruses for help in staying grounded. They love to soak up your down-to-earth pragmatism. They want your steadfastness to rub off on them, to provide them with the stability they see in you. You should be proud of this service you offer! It’s a key part of your appeal. Now and then, though, you need to demonstrate that your stalwart dependability is not static and stagnant — that it’s strong exactly because it’s flexible and adaptable.

The coming weeks will be an excellent time to emphasize this aspect of your superpower.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When winter comes, pine trees that grow near mountaintops may not be able to draw water and minerals from the ground through their roots. The sustenance they require is frozen. Luckily, their needle-like leaves absorb moisture from clouds and fog, and drink in minerals that float on the wind.

Metaphorically speaking, Gemini, this will be your preferred method for getting nourished in the coming weeks. For the time being, look up to obtain what you need. Be fed primarily by noble ideals, big visions, divine inspiration, and high-minded people.

Homework: What could you do to free your imagination from its bondage? Read “Liberate Your Imagination”: bit.ly/Liberate.

(July 23-Aug. 22): After fighting and killing each other for years on end, the Roman and Persian armies agreed to a truce in 532 ce. The treaty was optimistically called “The Endless Peace.” Sadly, “endless” turned out to be just eight years. By 540, hostilities resumed. I’m happy to announce, though, that your prospects for accord and rapprochement are much brighter. If you work diligently to negotiate an endless peace anytime between now and March 15, it really is likely to last a long time.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people, to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole.” Author Lauren Oliver wrote that, and now I’m offering it to you, just in time for your Season of Correction and Adjustment.

The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to get smarter about evaluating your allies — and maybe even one of your adversaries, as well. I expect you will find it relatively easy, even pleasurable, to overcome your misimpressions and deepen your incomplete understandings.

SCORPIO

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t.” The preceding reminiscence belongs to a character in Khaled Hosseini’s novel The Kite Runner. I bring it up in hopes that you will do the opposite: Say the words that need to be said. Articulate what you’re burning to reveal.

Speak the truths that will send your life on a course that’s in closer alignment with your pure intentions.

LIBRA

CAPRICORN

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In June 1942, the U.S. Navy crushed Japanese naval forces at the Battle of Midway.

It was a turning point that was crucial to America’s ultimate victory over Japan in World War II. One mili-

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): According to some traditional astrologers, you Capricorns are vigilant to avoid loss.

Old horoscope books suggest that you may take elaborate measures to avoid endangering what you have

accumulated. To ensure that you will never run out of what you need, you may even ration your output and limit your self-expression. This behavior is rooted in the belief that you should conserve your strength by withholding or even hiding your power. While there may be big grains of truth in this conventional view of you Capricorns, I think it’s only part of the story. In the coming weeks, for instance, I bet you will wield your clout with unabashed authority. You won’t save yourself for later; you’ll engage in no strategic self-suppression. Instead, you will be expansive and unbridled as you do whatever’s required to carry out the important foundation work that needs to be done.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “It seems that the whole time you’re living this life, you’re thinking about a different one instead,” wrote Latvian novelist Inga Abele in her novel High Tide. Have you ever been guilty of that, Aquarius? Probably. Most of us have at one time or another. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the coming months will bring you excellent opportunities to graduate forever from this habit. Not all at once, but gradually and incrementally, you can shed the idea that you should be doing something other than what you’re doing. You can get the hang of what it’s like to thoroughly accept and embrace the life you are actually living. And now is an excellent time to get started in earnest on this project.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): “Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales,” says a character in Ivan Turgenev’s novel Fathers and Sons. In other words, these marvelous birds, which sing sublimely and have long been invoked by poets to symbolize lyrical beauty, need actual physical sustenance. They can’t eat dreamy stories. Having acknowledged that practical fact, however, I will suggest that right now you require dreamy stories and rambling fantasies and imaginary explorations almost as much as you need your daily bread.

Your soul’s hunger has reached epic proportions. It’s time to gorge.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Key DID YOU KNOW Information is Class Fund at 1111 Chapala St. Ste power and content is King? Your 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa doorway to statewide Public Notices, Barbara Foundation (same address) California Newspaper Publishers This business is conducted by a Association Smart Corporation Signed: Ronald V. Gallo, Search Feature. Sign‑up, Enter key‑ President and CEO filed with the words and sit back and let public County Clerk of Santa Barbara County notices come to you on your mobile, on Dec 15, 2015. This statement desktop, and tablet. For more infor‑ expires five years from the date it mation call was filed in the Office of the County Cecelia @ (916) 288‑6011 or www.­ Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk capublicnotice.com (Cal‑SCAN) (SEAL) by Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0003470. Published: Dec 24, FBN Abandonment 31 2015. Jan 07, 14 2016.

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STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: Sage Construction Services at 1307 Salsipuedes St Santta Barbara, CA 93103. The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 09/16/2013 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2013‑0002876.

The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Bruce M Burke 1307 Salsipudes St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 29 2015, I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Noe Solis. Published. Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: Solutions At Santa Barbara at 1135 N. Patterson Santa Barbara, CA 93111. The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 02/10/2014 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2014‑0000381.

The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Interface Environments Inc. 27075 Hidden Trail Road Laguna Hills, CA 92653; Newport Rehabilitation Agency Inc. (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 06 2016, I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. Published. Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: Ke‑No Dental Studio at 5370 Hollister Ave #J Santa Barbara, CA 93111. The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 10/16/2015 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2015‑0003000.

The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: David VU 117 Blackburn Pl Ventura, CA 93004 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 15 2016, I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. Published. Jan 21, 28. Feb 4, 11 2016.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: The Barclay at 1812 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101. The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 5/27/2014 in the County of Santa Barbara.

Original file no. 2014‑0001544. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Franjo Bucifal 4886 Payton Street Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Slavica Bucifal (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 25 2016, I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original state‑ ment on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter.

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Fictitious Business Name Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Apothecary at 3617 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Joseph D Allen 701 E. Victoria Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conduct‑ ed by a Limited Liability Company Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 23, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0003530.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CCSB LLC, Complete Care SB LLC at 1160 North San Marcos Road Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Complete Care Santa Barbara LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 29, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2015‑0003554. Published: Jan 07, 14, 21, 28 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Compassion Farm Collective at 1900 N San Marcos Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Armando Reyes (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 03, 2015.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jaysinge.

FBN Number: 2015‑0003378.

Published: Dec 10, 17, 24 2015.

Jan 07 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Upbeats Media at 3463 State Street #211 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Ruth Wishengrad (same address) This busi‑ ness is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 23, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0003535.

Published: Jan 07, 14, 21, 28 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Vision Captured at 1315 Olive St #E Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Sylvia Spiro (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 21, 2015. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0003508. Published: Jan 07, 14, 21, 28 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Tiffany Diane Design at 2100 Red Rose Way #K Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Tiffany Hoagland (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 07, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000052. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Richard N. Abrams & Associates, LLC at 464 San Marino Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Richard N. Abrams & Associates, LLC (same address) This business is con‑ ducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 12, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2016‑0000089. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Hair By Elyse at 3206 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Elyse Blevins 4053 Foothill Rd Apt D Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 30, 2015. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2016‑0003563. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 805 Audio Systems at 1024 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Paul Polizzi 869 Via Campobello Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Cynthia J Mollica Scalisi 298 San Napoli Drive Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 07, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2016‑0000047. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Dan Weber Architecture at 740 State St Third Floor Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Dan Weber 212 Mohawk Road Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Sarah Bourke, Agent filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 07, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000051. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sea Breeze Kennels at 681 E New Love Santa Maria, CA 93454; Greti U Cro 2333 Foothill Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 05, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2016‑0000024. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Hair By Ashley Rose at 3206 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Ashley Rose Lipsett 215 W. Haley Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This busi‑ ness is conducted by a Individual Signed: Ashley Lipsett filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 29, 2015. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2015‑0003548. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: All Around Cleaning at 626 Fremont Place Santa Barbara, CA 93101; James R. Bernal (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 08, 2016.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2016‑0000055. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Audiologic Associates of Santa Barbara at 215 West Pueblo Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Helix Hearing Care (California).

Inc 1101 Brickell Avenue Suite N401, FL 33131 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 07, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2016‑0000048. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Santa Barbara Tea, Santa Barbara Tea Co at 3897 Cinco Amigos Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Hope Geyer (same address) Scott Maio (same address) This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 05, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2016‑0000014.

Published: Jan 07, 14, 21, 28 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Katie’s Fund at 4501 Cathedral Oaks Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 06, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2016‑0000025. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: All Points North Consulting at 123 E Micheltorena Street Apt 12 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Barbara Anderson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 17, 2015.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Jan Morales.

FBN Number: 2015‑0003480.

Published: Jan 07, 14, 21, 28 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pacific Crest Santa Barbara at 433 Corona Del Mar Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Br Guest, Inc (same address) This busi‑ ness is conducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 04, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2016‑0000009. Published: Jan 07, 14, 21, 28 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Nimita’s Cuisine at 3765 Torino Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Nimita’s Cuisine LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Nimita Dhirajlal filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 23, 2015.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2015‑0003526.

Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Built To Behave, Built To Behave Dog Training at 820 Poinsettia Way Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Sara Munro (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 04, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2016‑0000003. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mother Mayhem’s Cattle Company at 226 Calle Serrento Goleta, CA 93117; Danielle Maria Holzer (same address) This business is conduct‑ ed by a Individual Signed: Danielle Holzer filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 07, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2016‑0000046.

Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DRD4 Fin Company at 3710 Essex Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; DRD4 Surfwerks, Inc (same address) This business is con‑ ducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 23, 2015. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0003532. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Photography

By Amanda Mills at 3895 Les Maisons Dr Santa Maria, CA 93455; Amanda Mills (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 28, 2015. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0003543. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Password RBL at 5710 Hollister Ave. #133 Goleta, CA 93117; Adam J. Smith 451 Cannon Green Dr. Apt B Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 11, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Andrea Luparello. FBN Number: 2016‑0000075.

Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Westwood Hills Avocado Alliance at 2451 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Elizabeth Bray 2459 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Philip Condon 2443 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Ilene Macedo (same address) Ben Valencia 2427 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Joseph Webster 2435 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Jimmy Bray 2459 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, 93109; Leah M Little 2451 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Steve Macedo 2455 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Christine Valencia 2427 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Jeanette Condon 2443 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Steven Little 2451 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Michael Silva 2447 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Elaine Webster 2435 Calle Linares Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is con‑ ducted by a Unincoprorated Association Signed: Stephen M Little filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 18, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by.

Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0003495.

Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Clacton & Frinton at 2255 Las Canoas Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Hilary Anderson (same address) Michael Anderson (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Hilary Anderson filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 08, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2016‑0000063. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Central Coast Mobile Health at 682 Walnut Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Lynneth Whitaker (same address) William Whitaker (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Bill Whitaker filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 08, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2016‑0000064. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sporting Cars Of Santa Barbara at 3518 Chuparosa Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Stephen Hughes (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 29, 2015. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0003551. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Little Kitchen at 17 W Ortega St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; CGMB Block Party LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 08, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000065.

Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ke‑No Dental Studio at 5370 Hollister Ave. #J Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Hung Nam VU 117 Blackburn Pl Ventura, CA 93004 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 15, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2016‑0000134. Published: Jan 21, 28. Feb 4, 11 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Small And Tall at 1591 E Chestnut Unit A Lompoc, CA 93436; On Your Le Inc 2161 Echo Park Ave Los Angeles, CA 90026 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Joanne Duray filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 11, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by.

Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2016‑0000076.

Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cosmeceutical Technologies, Prime Life Nutriceuticals at 218 Helena Avenue #C Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The Sisquoc Healthcare Corporation (same address) This business is con‑ ducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 14, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000117. Published: Jan 21, 28. Feb 4, 11 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Rebecca Clark, HHP at 510 State Street Suite 202 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Rebecca Clark 2846 Ben Lomond Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 11, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Andrea Luparello. FBN Number: 2016‑0000079. Published: Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 4 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Welcome Coffee Cart at 115 W Canon Perdido Santa Barbara, CA 93109; June Haupts 1415 Kenwood Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 14, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000121. Published: Jan 21, 28. Feb 4, 11 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: M.D. Aesthetic Consulting at 5353 8th St. Carpinteria, CA 93013; Jaclyn Steinmann (same address) This busi‑ ness is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 13, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by.

Andrea Luparello. FBN Number: 2016‑0000106. Published: Jan 21, 28. Feb 4, 11 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Concierge Companions at 2421 Castillo St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Margaret Daley (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Margaret Daley filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 13, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2016‑0000108. Published: Jan 21, 28. Feb 4, 11 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Optimus EMR at 430 S. Fairview Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Yardi Systems, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Gordon Morrell, Secretary filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 31, 2015. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2016‑0003578. Published: Jan 21, 28. Feb 4, 11 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sbprinter, Sbprinting, Sbprinter.com, Sbprinters at 5799 Hollister Ave #B Goleta, CA 93117; Aaron Swaney 118 Salisbury Ave Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Aaron Swaney filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 06, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000030. Published: Jan 21, 28. Feb 4, 11 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Home Theather Innovations & Designs at 3784 San Remo Dr Apt 106 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Brian Leavitt (same Address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Brian Leavitt filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 13, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000107. Published: Jan 21, 28. Feb 4, 11 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Ponds at 1215 De La Vina Street #E Santa Barbara, CA 93101;­Michael Jay Cavalletto 5700 Via Real #142 Carpinteria, CA 93013 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Michael J. Cavalletto filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 14, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000113. Published: Jan 21, 28. Feb 4, 11 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SB Smores Bar at 1423 Park Pl #7 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Nicole Davis (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 11, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Melinda Greene. FBN Number: 2016‑0000084. Published: Jan 21, 28. Feb 4, 11 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Legacy Investment Works at 102 Hixon Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Legacy Investment Works, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Carl Palmer, Managing Member filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 22, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0003522. Published: Jan 21, 28. Feb 4, 11 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cal Coast Window Tinting at 523 Garden St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kenton Eyman 967 N. San Marcos Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93116 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Kenton Eyman filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 13, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2016‑0000110.

Published: Jan 21, 28. Feb 4, 11 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SBSC at 401 Shoreline Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; The Santa Barbara Swim Club (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 20, 2016.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000180.

Published: Jan 28. Feb 4, 11, 18 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Dancing Chef at 336 East Victoria Street #A Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Irina Skoeries (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Irina Skoeries filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 07, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Mellissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2016‑0000045. Published: Jan 28.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Emeriti Philharmonic at 652 San Marcos Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Daniel A Kepl (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 22, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000201. Published: Jan 28. Feb 4, 11, 18 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Massage Amaze at 403‑A Northgate Goleta, CA 93117; Walter S Witkowski (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 22, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2016‑0000204. Published: Jan 28.

Feb 4, 11, 18 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Freedom Warming Centers at 1535 Santa Barbara St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Unitarian Society Of Santa Barbara (same address) This business is con‑ ducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 12, 2016.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Jan Morales.

FBN Number: 2016‑0000097.

Published: Jan 28. Feb 4, 11, 18 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EG Weddings at 7016 Danforthe Dr #304 Goleta, CA 93117; Emily Betz (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 25, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000217.

Published: Jan 28. Feb 4, 11, 18 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: B‑S Partners at 780 Glen Annie Road Goleta, CA 93117; Kevin Birch 1435 Olive Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Cheryl A Schaff 780 Glen Annie Road Goleta, CA 93117; Melissa Birch 1435 Olive Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Harold F Schaff 780 Glen Annie Road Goleta, CA 93117; Blake A Schaff 6079 Suellen Court Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 17, 2015.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Andrea Luparello . FBN Number: 2015‑0003470. Published: Dec 24, 31 2015. Jan 07, 14 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Synergy Fitness Santa Barbara at 363 San Domingo Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; William Keiran (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: William D. Keiran filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 19, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by.

Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2016‑0000141.

Published: Jan 28. Feb 4, 11, 18 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Graphix706, Santa Barbara Sticker Company, Stickers4pets.com at 3463 State Street #224 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Jennifer Miller 706 East Victoria St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; William Muneio (same address) This business is con‑ ducted by a Married Couple Signed: Jennifer Miller filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 12, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2016‑0000090.

Published: Jan 28. Feb 4, 11, 18 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rancho Productions at 1742 Olive Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Rancho Del Mar Productions (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Cali Peck, President filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 19, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000155. Published: Jan 28. Feb 4, 11, 18 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Edition Reese, Turkey Press at 6746 Sueno Rd Isla Vista, CA 93117; Sandra Liddell Reese (same address) This business is conduct‑ ed by a Married Couple Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 20, 2016. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000179. Published: Jan 28. Feb 4, 11, 18 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Peak Cost Containment at 1129 State St Suite 30A Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Accountix, Inc (same address) This busi‑ ness is conducted by a Corporation Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 20, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Tara Jayasinghe.

FBN Number: 2016‑0000187.

Published: Jan 28. Feb 4, 11, 18 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Angels Nail & Spa at 1825 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kim Thi Le 9630 Cardinal Ave Westminster, CA 92683. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 21, 2016. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by. Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0000191. Published: Jan 28.

Feb 4, 11, 18 2016.

Name Change IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ALAN EVERETT FEITSHANS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 15CV04284 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A peti‑ tion has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: ALAN EVERETT FEITSHANS TO: BRYAN BRAHN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING Feb 10, 2016 9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four succes‑ sive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Dec 18, 2015. by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Jan 7, 14, 21, 28 2016.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF RENEE ANN PAPADOPOULOS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 15CV04138 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A peti‑ tion has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: RENEE ANN PAPADOPOULOS TO: RENEE ANN MARVIN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING March 16, 2016 9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Jan 11, 2016. by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Jan 14, 21, 28. Feb 04 2016.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF GRANT OWEN HOLDERNESS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 15CV04555 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A peti‑ tion has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: GRANT OWEN HOLDERNESS TO: GRANT RICHARD HOLDERNESS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING January 06, 2016 9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Jan 06, 2016. by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Jan 28. Feb 04, 11, 18 2016.

estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $607,447.38. The benefi‑ Notice to CREDITORS OF BULK ciary under said Deed of Trust has deposited SALE (Notice pursuant to UCC Sec. all documents evidencing the obligations 6105) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that secured by the Deed of Trust and has a bulk sale is about to be made. The declared all sums secured thereby imme‑ name(s) and business address of the diately due and payable, and has caused a seller are: Giati Designs, Inc.. 1125 written Notice of Default and Election to Sell Mark Avenue Carpenteria, CA 93013 to be executed. The undersigned caused Doing business as: Giati Designs. All said Notice of Default and Election to Sell other business name(s) and address(es) to be recorded in the County where the real used by the seller(s) within the past property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL three years, as stated by the seller(s), BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on are: (if none, so state): 6398 Cindy Lane this property lien, you should understand Carpinteria, CA 93013: The location in that there are risks involved in bidding at California of the chief executive office a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a of the seller is: 1125 Mark Avenue lien, not on the property itself. Placing the Carpinteria, CA 93013: The name(s) highest bid at a trustee auction does not and business address of the buyer(s) automatically entitle you to free and clear are: Giati, LLC 1125 Mark Avenue, ownership of the property. You should also Carpinteria, CA 93013: The assests be aware that the lien being auctioned off being sold are generally described as: may be a junior lien. If you are the highest Outdoor furniture, umbrellas, pavillions bidder at the auction, you are or may be and textiles and are located at: 1125 responsible for paying off all liens senior to Mark Avenue Carpinteria, CA 93013: the lien being auctioned off, before you can The bulk sale is intended to be consum‑ receive clear title to the property. You are mated at the office of: Giati Designs, encouraged to investigate the existence, Inc 1125 Mark Avenue Carpinteria, priority, and size of outstanding liens that CA 93013 and the anticipated sale may exist on this property by contacting the date is January 26, 2016. The bulk county recorder’s office or a title insurance sale IS subject to California Uniform company, either of which may charge you Commercial Code Section 6106.2. The a fee for this information. If you consult name and address of the person with either of these resources, you should be whom claims may be filed is: Mark aware that the same lender may hold more Singer Giati Designs, Inc. 1125 Mark than one mortgage or deed of trust on the Avenue Carpinteria, CA 93013 and the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: last day for filing claims by any creditor The sale date shown on this notice of sale shall be January 25, 2016 which is the may be postponed one or more times by business day before the anticipated sale the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a date specified above. Dated: December court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the 29, 2016. Signed: Giati, LLC, Kevin California Civil Code. The law requires that A. Corbett, attorney in fact Buyer (s). information about trustee sale postpone‑ Published: Jan 7, 14, 21 2016. ments be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present Public Notices at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if DID YOU KNOW Information is applicable, the rescheduled time and date power and content is King? Do you for the sale of this property, you may call need timely access to public notices (916)939‑0772 or visit this Internet Web and remain relevant in today’s hostile http://search.­nationwideposting.­com/prop‑ business climate? Gain the edge ertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file num‑ with California Newspaper Publishers ber assigned to this case CA1500271270 Association new innovative website Information about postponements that are capublicnotice.com and check out the very short in duration or that occur close FREE One‑Month Trial Smart Search in time to the scheduled sale may not Feature. For more information call immediately be reflected in the telephone Cecelia @ (916) 288‑6011 or www.­ information or on the Internet Web site. capublicnotice.com (Cal‑SCAN) The best way to verify postponement infor‑ mation is to attend the scheduled sale.

Trustee Notice If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled TSG No.: 8588249 TS No.: CA1500271270 only to a return of the deposit paid. The FHA/VA/PMI No.: 6000663949 APN: Purchaser shall have no further recourse 065‑364‑014 Property Address: 460 against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee EVONSHIRE AVE SANTA BARBARA, CA or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: First 93111 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU American Title Insurance Company 6 ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, Campus Cir, Bldg 6, 1st Floor Westlake, DATED 04/09/2009. UNLESS YOU TAKE TX 76262 First American Title Insurance ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT Company MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE FOR YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On TRUSTEES SALE INFORMATION PLEASE 02/03/2016 at 01:00 P.M., First American CALL (916)939‑0772NPP0269642 Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed To: SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of 01/14/2016, 01/21/2016, 01/28/2016 Trust recorded 04/15/2009, as Instrument TSG Order No. 2009‑0020726, in book , page , , of T.S. No.: 9551‑3421 A.P.N.: Official Records in the office of the County No.: 150255741‑CA‑VOI Recorder of SANTA BARBARA County, 027‑181‑002‑00 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S State of California. Executed by: MARGIE SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED A. PRICE, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, WILL OF TRUST DATED 07/31/2006. UNLESS SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/ PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of pay‑ SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION ment authorized by 2924h­ (b), (Payable OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING at time of sale in lawful money of the AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT United States) At the main entrance to A LAWYER. NBS Default Services, LLC, as the County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa the duly appointed Trustee, under and pur‑ Street, Santa Barbara, CA. All right, title suant to the power of sale contained in that and interest conveyed to and now held by certain Deed of Trust Recorded 08/03/2006 it under said Deed of Trust in the property as Document No.: 2006‑0061105, of situated in said County and State described Official Records in the office of the as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE Recorder of Santa Barbara County, ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# California, executed by: CHARLES B 065‑364‑014 The street address and other BUTLER AND SYLVIA BUTLER, HUSBAND common designation, if any, of the real AND WIFE, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC property described above is purported to be: AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR 460 EVONSHIRE AVE, SANTA BARBARA, CASH (payable in full at time of sale by CA 93111 The undersigned Trustee dis‑ cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or claims any liability for any incorrectness national bank, a check drawn by a state or of the street address and other common federal credit union, or a check drawn by designation, if any, shown herein. Said a state or federal savings and loan asso‑ sale will be made, but without covenant or ciation, savings association, or savings bank warranty, expressed or implied, regarding specified in section 5102 of the Financial title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay Code and authorized to do business in this the remaining principal sum of the note(s) state). All right, title and interest conveyed secured by said Deed of Trust, with inter‑ to and now held by it under said Deed of est thereon, as provided in said note(s), Trust in the property situated in said County advances, under the terms of said Deed and state, and as more fully described in of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the the above referenced Deed of Trust. Sale Trustee and of the trusts created by said Date & Time: 02/11/2016 at 01:00 PM Deed of Trust. The total amount of the Sale Location: At the main entrance to the unpaid balance of the obligation secured County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, by the property to be sold and reasonable Santa Barbara, CA. The street address and

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other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 17 W VALERIO ST, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101‑2523 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining prin‑ cipal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to‑wit: $1,031,627.51 (Estimated) as of 01/12/2016. Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that informa‑ tion about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale.

If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call, 916‑939‑0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site, www. nationwideposting.com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9551‑3421. Information about postpone‑ ments that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet Web site. The best way to verify postpone‑ ment information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the success‑ ful bidder shall have no further recourse.

NBS Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 800‑766‑7751 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www.­nationwideposting.com or Call: 916‑939‑0772. NBS Default Services, LLC, Kim Coker, Foreclosure Associate This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. However, if you have received a discharge of the debt ref‑ erenced herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this is not an attempt to impose personal liability upon you for payment of that debt.

In the event you have received a bank‑ ruptcy discharge, any action to enforce the debt will be taken against the property only. NPP0269825 To: SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT 01/21/2016, 01/28/2016, 02/04/2016 T.S. No.: 9551‑3421 TSG Order No.: 150255741‑CA‑VOI A.P.N.: 027‑181‑002‑00 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 07/31/2006.

UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NBS Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 08/03/2006 as Document No.: 2006‑0061105, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Barbara County, California, executed by: CHARLES B BUTLER AND SYLVIA BUTLER,

January 28, 2016

HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situ‑ ated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. Sale Date & Time: 02/11/2016 at 01:00 PM Sale Location: At the main entrance to the County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA. The street address and other common designa‑ tion, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 17 W VALERIO ST, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101‑2523 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regard‑ ing title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to‑wit: $1,031,627.51 (Estimated) as of 01/12/2016. Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due.

NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that informa‑ tion about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale.

If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call, 916‑939‑0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site, www. nationwideposting.com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9551‑3421. Information about postpone‑ ments that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet Web site. The best way to verify postpone‑ ment information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the success‑ ful bidder shall have no further recourse.

NBS Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 800‑766‑7751 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www.­nationwideposting.com or Call: 916‑939‑0772. NBS Default Services, LLC, Kim Coker, Foreclosure Associate This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. However, if you have received a discharge of the debt ref‑ erenced herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this is not an attempt to impose personal liability upon you for payment of that debt.

In the event you have received a bank‑ ruptcy discharge, any action to enforce the debt will be taken against the property only. NPP0269825 To: SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT 01/21/2016, 01/28/2016, 02/04/2016

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Address: Marina 3, Santa Barbara Harbor Status: On the market Price: $650,000

row view of the sunrise every morning and unparalleled views of the harbor at sunset every evening.

I absolutely fell in love with this houseboat, both as a house and a boat. Crane and his family lived aboard it for 19 years, and he built and refurbished almost all of it. His love for it is evident, an d I could certainly see why. The houseboat combines the romance of my recent cruise with the adventure of my usual sense of travel; it’s an all-in-one floating home-sweet-home.

The houseboat Thomas Jefferson is currently for sale in Santa Barbara Harbor, listed by owner Peter Crane of Peter Crane Yacht Sales. Reach Peter at 895-1873 or pc@petercraneyachts.com .

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The Santa Barbara Association of Realtors honored three of their members with the RealToR® emeritus award at its monthly networking meeting at the Cabrillo arts Center in Santa Barbara on January 14th. each of these members have contributed forty cumulative years of service to the local association, plus served at least one year at the state or national level. They were awarded plaques by 2016 SBaoR President alec Bruice.

Pictured are Kathy Hughes and alec Bruice.

Not pictured are Michele allyn and Marion Davenport.

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we sat on a cute back patio area with a comfortable wicker settee, providing the perfect cozy setting to relax and gaze at the harbor activity and the horizon beyond. Inside the house, the downstairs space starts with a wood-paneled large dining/ living/office room that has custom touches everywhere and is big enough to configure to your needs.

The open floor plan leads into the kitchen, er, galley, where everything is compact and efficient but still somehow spacious.

Beyond the galley is a utility room with a large sink and work station, and next to it is one of my favorite discoveries on the houseboat: a glass-ceilinged hot tub room.

There’s also a comfortable shower and an inside stairwell that lets you climb up to the upper deck. The top floor is one open, airy bedroom that can easily be chopped up or arranged to fit your needs. There are lots of windows, as well as great light, cross-ventilation, and a deck that goes all the way around the outside. Did I mention the incredible views? You’d have a front-

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owner, captain, and seller of the Thomas Jefferson—was what made his houseboat unique. It turns out it is, quite literally, the only houseboat in Santa Barbara Harbor.

Built in 1972 and designated a “floating home,” it is a classic Sausalito-style houseboat. And though a designation change last year prevents any new floating homes in the harbor, the Thomas Jefferson has been grandfathered in as legal.

Another one-of-a-kind feature is the inclusion of an adjacent 40-foot sidetie, which means your boat can be permanently moored alongside your houseboat.

This houseboat slip and its sidetie total 80 feet, the largest combination in the harbor.

Slips themselves are highly regulated and have an extremely high market value; one can pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for larger slips. Crane worked diligently with the city and the Harbor Commission to create this configuration, which can never be duplicated in Santa Barbara Harbor.

It was great to get educated about the houseboat, but what I really wanted to do was explore it.

After stepping off the gangway onto the stern of the boat,

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went on my first cruise this month.

I grew up at the beach and love the ocean, but I’ve never had much desire to go on a cruise, preferring slightly more spontaneous travel. But the opportunity for the cruise presented itself, so I went and had a great time. We sailed from Long Beach to Ensenada and back in just three days and nights, which was just long enough to learn all sorts of seafaring lingo: We had to muster, our cabin was aft, and the kitchen was a galley. It was fun and relaxing, and everything was taken care of for us. The cruise was a nice little respite from real life and gave me a taste of the lure of the open sea.

That Monday back in the office, I was invited to take a tour of Santa Barbara’s only houseboat. Shiver me timbers! Of course I said yes, so the next day found me down at Santa Barbara Harbor, walking for the first time through the gate at Marina 3 and aboard the Thomas Jefferson.

The first thing I asked Peter Crane—the

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by Michael Redmon

scorched survival sagas of the Wasn’t Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens Wildfire Zone

once proposed to be a resort?

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Mary Herter’s Mission Revival-style home became El Mirasol hotel upon her death in 1913.

After many changes in owner, the property was bought and gifted to the city by Alice Keck Park in 1975.

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idea of razing the historic El Mirasol and replacing it with a “high-rise” was anathema. For months, debates raged over zoning questions, the historic character of the city, and impacts on scenic views.

Late in 1967, Seldowitz won a partial victory. His plan for a new hotel was turned down, but he was given permission to tear down El Mirasol. A new battle flared when El Mirasol Investment Company proposed the construction of two ninestory condominium towers on the site.

When the city council initially approved the project, opponents appealed to the courts. In July 1969, the court ruled that the city council, by approving the project, had violated the city’s general plan. The towers were out. Eventually, an amendment to the city charter was passed, which put a limit on building heights.

But what to do with the site? In 1975, an anonymous donor bought the property and gave it to the city for a park. The name of this benefactor was revealed two years later— Alice Keck Park. Upon her death, later she left some $20 million to various Santa Barbara agencies and causes. There was a problem, however. There apparently was a secret, second husband whom Alice never discussed and who could lay claim to a sizeable portion of the estate.

An extensive investigation turned up one Bruno Leonarduzzi, living in Italy. He swore the two had indeed been husband and wife, although irrefutable evidence was lacking. Nevertheless, a settlement was reached, with Leonarduzzi receiving $5 million. One year later, Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens became a reality.

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lice Keck Park Memorial Gardens, a city park bounded by East Arrellaga, Garden, East Micheltorena, and Santa Barbara streets, was dedicated in 1980 and occupies a site with a long and most interesting history.

In 1904, Mary Herter bought this block with the intention of having a home built.

She enlisted her son, Albert, and his wife, Adele, to help decorate the large Mission Revival–style home. Both were artists, and they helped transform the home into a showplace, filled with magnificent murals, tapestries, and other artistic pieces.

Albert inherited the house in 1913 upon his mother’s death. He decided to turn it into a hotel and christened it El Mirasol (The Sunflower). The Herters added a series of bungalows to the property, and El Mirasol became a destination resort for the wealthy.

In 1920, Herter sold El Mirasol to Frederick Clift, the famous San Francisco hotelier, who continued the tradition of elegance. The Clift family owned the hotel for some 20 years, and after that it passed through a number of owners’ hands. By the late 1960s, El Mirasol was primarily a residence hotel and beginning to show signs of age. The hotel began a new, contentious chapter in its history in 1966.

El Mirasol suffered two fires that year, which destroyed the west wing of the main building. In the eyes of the hotel’s owner, Jacob Seldowitz, the hotel was beyond salvage. He wished to tear down El Mirasol and replace it with a nine-story hotel, which would include a restaurant and a theater. This proposal stirred considerable public debate. For some, it was a wonderful opportunity to give the city’s economy a healthy shot in the arm. For others, the

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is literally called the insurance of last resort,” Barbara said. Some neighbors with better coverage “had to fight tooth and nail,” but the risk pool “was very fair.

They paid us the money so we could rebuild.”

That payment was $400,000 less than the house was worth at the time, but it reflected the maximum limit. And since the fire inconveniently coincided with the Great Recession, “banks were squeamish,” Nelson said. “It was a really, really rough time. It took twice as long as we thought it would.” But it worked out, and eventually, four years later, the Nelsons were back into their home, this time built of fireproof steel and concrete. “Awesome,” Nelson labeled it.“Our contractor said,‘If there’s an earthquake, I’m coming to your house.’ I hope we never test it.”

It was “a doozy of a year, that year,” Nelson said, referring to the one-two punch of the shop fire and the Tea Fire. “I suppose we should have been pessimistic, but we just rolled with the punches.”

That’s not to say those punches didn’t hurt. To have all your everything burned to ashes “sucks, big time,” Nelson said.

“Now I see people who have suffered floods or tornados or hurricanes or fires, and my heart just hurts.”

On the other hand, they have a new appreciation for their hometown. First of all, planes did night water drops during the Tea Fire. “They normally don’t because it’s dangerous for the pilots,” Nelson said. “But they saved a lot of the city.

They stopped it before it went lower than the Riviera. That was courageous.”

Yes, there was a lot of bureaucratic red tape to slice through, but other than that the experience was heartening. “People were so compassionate,” Nelson said.

“Every day they’d leave notes on our door.

‘Is there anything we can do? Do you need anything?’ It was pretty phenomenal to see what an amazing community n we have.”

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arbara Nelson’s mother likes to say that some people are delicate porcelain cups and others are sturdy mugs, the kind you can really knock around. It turns out Barbara and her husband, Andy, can take some serious knocks.

Their buffeting began on June 27, 1990, with the Painted Cave fire. They were lucky that time. “The fire came over the ridge,” Barbara said in an interview. “It was going to take us out, but then the wind shifted.” The blaze, which destroyed nearly 500 homes, spared theirs on Painted Cave Road. A neighbor, the singer Joe Cocker, was nearly as fortunate, losing only a shed. (Tidbit: Cocker, who was in Europe at the time, was informed of the fire by phone. Apparently one of his thoughts was about the pigs that Jane Fonda had given him as a wedding gift. Told that the flames were approaching, he shouted, “Release the pigs!” Said Nelson, “It’s good to take a little humor from tragedy.”)

In April 2007, the Nelsons were tested in a different kind of fire, one that caused extensive smoke damage to their downtown State Street shops, Beads and Blue Lotus next door, the boutique where their jewelry creations are sold. That put them out of business for a year, which they spent “cleaning smoke damage off thousands and thousands of our products.”

Seven months after reopening, they were just catching their breath when the Tea Fire roared through Montecito and eastern Santa Barbara. The Nelsons, who had moved to Coyote Road in 1995, weren’t spared this time.

Andy was home that day. He grabbed his computer, his guitar, and the dog; chased the cat for 20 minutes but couldn’t catch it; and escaped. Their house was destroyed.

The personal stories sparked by such a massive disaster could fill books. A real estate column can only scratch the surface, but here’s one scratch. It involves the Nelsons’ daughter, Raquel, who became “the patron saint of cats” in the fire’s aftermath, sneaking through barricades to rescue lost pets. She had just about given up hope of finding her own, a fuzzy, peach-colored Himalayan-tabby blend named Peach, when she took a closer look at one scorched creature she’d already saved and said, “Oh, God, this is my cat!”

Peach made it; the care center (now VCA Care Specialty and Emergency Animal Hospital) saved her. “And they did it all free of charge,” Andy said. “We love them.”

Because their house was in a fireprone area, the Nelsons were insured through the California Fair Plan, “which

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4902 Sandyland Road #241, 1BD/1BA, Sun 11-2, $569,000, Sotheby’s, Carolyn Wood Friedman 805-886-3838

3863 Fairfax Road, 3BD/3BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 10-1, $775,000, Keller Williams Santa Barbara, Ruth Eggli 805-252-9763

4523 Carpinteria Avenue #B, 2BD/2.5BA, Sat 1-3, $605,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jessie Sessions 805-709-0904

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1245 Franciscan Court #2, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $639,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ewy Axelsson 805-689-4124

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1482 Eucalyptus Street, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $725,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Dale Sundell 805-895-2064 3375 Foothill #933, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 2-4, $795,000, Village Properties, Susie Maybery 805-684-3415 1254 Camino Meleno, 4BD/2BA, By Appt., $1,495,000, Sotheby’s, Mike Pearl 805-637-6888 Gail Pearl 805-637-9595 4772 3rd Street #B, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,895,000, Stella Anderson, Prestigious Properties & Investments 805-570-8529 3447 Padaro Lane, 5BD/3.5BA, Sun 1-4, $12,500,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Kathleen Winter 805-451-4663 3111 Padaro Lane, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-3, $13,900,000, Village Properties, John Henderson 805-689-1066

Downtown Santa Barbara 2525 State Street #12, 2BD/2BA, Sat 10-12 Sun 1-4, $579,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Paul Mueller 805-315-1515 829 North Salsipuedes Street #B, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 2-4, $599,900, Berkshire Hathaway, Andy Madrid 805-4521456 Isaac Garrett 805-729-1143 2621 State Street #3, 2BD/2BA, Sun 11-1, $649,000, Sotheby’s, Robert Heckes 805637-0047

29 Dearborn Place #20, 1BD/1BA, Sun 1-3, $329,500, Berkshire Hathaway, David M. Cohn 805-214-8244 216 Moreton Bay Lane #5, 2BD/1.5BA, Sun 2-4, $432,000, Sotheby’s, Mike Pearl 805-637-6888 Gail Pearl 805-637-9595 349 Northgate Drive #D, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $579,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ken Switzer 805-680-4622

1570 La Vista Del Oceano, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $2,975,000, Village Properties, Calcagno & Hamilton 805-896-0876

2355 East Valley Road, 5BD/9BA, Sun 2-4, $4,250,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Wes St. Clair 805-886-6741

1211 Harbor Hills Drive, 4BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $3,500,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Randy Freed 805-895-1799 Kellie Roche 805-7055334

1709 Overlook Lane, 5BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-4, $4,620,000, Sotheby’s, Frank Abatemarco 805-450-7477

Mission Canyon 831 Windsor Way, 5BD/3BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $997,000, Village Properties, John A. Sener 805-331-7402 876 Windsor Way, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,075,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jason Ebin 805-364-3070 2985 Glen Albyn Drive, 4BD/3BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $1,125,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ricardo Munoz 805-895-8725 1485 Tunnel Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,145,000, Sotheby’s, The Stricklands 805708-6969

62 Touran Lane, 3BD/2.5BA, Sat 12-3 Sun 1-3, $755,900, Village Properties, David Magid 805-451-0402 Regina Magid 805451-1994

2660 Montrose Place, 4+BD/3+BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $1,650,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Kathy Strand Spieler 805-895-6326 The Santa Barbara Group Garrett McCaw 805252-2335

280 Daytona Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $775,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jamie Jo Sim 805-689-5799

2451 Las Canoas Road, 3+BD/4BA, Sat 2-4, $2,275,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Michelle Madril 805-453-0927

7755 Jenna Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sat 1:303:30 Sun 1:30-3:30, $829,000, Village Properties, Cindy Campbell 805-570-4959

2634 Tunnel Ridge Lane, 2BD/2.5BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 2-4, $2,400,000, Keller Williams, Jon Mahoney 805-689-0532

5068 San Julio Avenue, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $879,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Robert Ratliffe 805-448-6642 Lisa Ann Walters 805-705-6368 5661 Marbury Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $879,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Reyne Stapelmann 805-705-4353 510 Coronado Drive, 5BD/4BA, Sun 1-4, $995,000, Goodwin & Thyne Properties, Stuart Morse 805-705-0161 72 Sanderling Lane, 3BD/3.5BA, Sun 1-3, $1,195,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Cindy Van Wingerden 805-698-9736 1254 Camino Meleno, 4BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,495,000, Sotheby’s, Mike Pearl 805-6376888 Gail Pearl 805-637-9595

Montecito 1940 North Jameson Lane #B, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $825,000, Village Properties, Lynn Golden 805-570-5888 1220 Coast Village Road #110, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $999,000, Sotheby’s, Arve Eng 805-698-2915 2775 Sycamore Canyon Road, 2BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $1,295,000, Berkshire Hathaway, The Jason Streatfeild Team 805451-4999 62 Olive Mill Road, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 12-4, $1,439,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Joe Stubbins 805-729-0778 421 Seaview Road, 2BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,450,000, Village Properties, Robert Watt 805-252-2190

1420 Castillo Street #A, 2BD/2BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $699,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Marguerite Taylor 805-705-0957 Randy Freed 805-895-1799 Kellie Roche 805-705-5334

5592 Camino Cerralvo, 4BD/3.5BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $1,749,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Dale McCaskey 805-703-3413

401 Chapala Street #222, 1BD/1.5BA, Sun 11-4, $1,250,000, Village Properties, Calcagno & Hamilton 805-896-0876

7720 Kestrel Lane, 3BD/4BA, Sat 11-2, $2,150,000, Keller Williams, Janay Marshall 720-984-0087

2109 Chapala Street, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3, $1,395,000, Sotheby’s, Judy Frank 805886-6181

7797 Goldfield Court, 4BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-3, $2,695,000, Village Properties, Beverly Palmer 805-452-7985

105 W De la Guerra #R, 2BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $1,415,000, Village Properties, Shandra Campbell 805-886-1176

Hope Ranch

556 Periwinkle Lane, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,975,000, Village Properties, Grubb Campbell Group 818-919-6020

4135 Lago Drive, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-3, $2,499,000, Pacific Coast Realty, Nancy A Nolan 805-570-1015

1907 San Leandro Lane, 3BD/3BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $2,195,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Marsha Kotlyar 805-565-4014

835 Puente Drive, 5BD/4BA, Sun 2-4, $2,975,000, Village Properties, Brian King 805-452-0471

901 Aleeda Lane, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-3, $2,265,000, Village Properties, Susan Jordano 805-680-9060

1263 Las Palmas, 4BD/3.5BA, Sun 1-3, $3,650,000, Sotheby’s, Rich van Seenus 805284-6330

462 Toro Canyon Road, 4BD/3BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 1-4, $2,290,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Wes St. Clair 805-886-6741 Jo Ann Mermis 805-895-5650

401 Chapala Street #221, 1BD/1.5BA, Sun 11-4, $1,425,000, Village Properties, Calcagno & Hamilton 805-896-0876 1935 Bath Street, 4BD/3BA, Sat 1-4, $1,175,000, Keller Williams, Daniel Zia & The Zia Group 805-637-7148 909 Laguna Street, 2BD/1BA, Sun 1-3, $1,749,000, Village Properties, Louise McKaig 805-285-2008 18 West Victoria Street #310, 1BD/1.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,950,000, Village Properties, Don Hunt 805-895-3833 401 Chapala Street #403, 2BD/2BA, Sun 11-4, $2,135,000 Village Properties, Calcagno & Hamilton 805-896-0876 924 Garden Street, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 1-3, $2,475,000, Village Properties, Jan Banister 805-455-1194

4178 Creciente Drive, 4BR/3BA, Sun 12-4, $3,995,000, Stones Real Estate, Team Eric and Mary 805-682-6090

The Mesa 1114 Del Sol Avenue, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,195,000, Berkshire Hathaway, The Santa Barbara Group Joe Parker 805-886-5735 1318 Kenwood Place, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,295,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Andy Madrid 805-452-1456 1220 Miracanon Lane, 4BD/3BA, Sat 1-3, $1,595,000, Keller Williams Santa Barbara, Jon Mahoney 805-689-0532

1526 East Valley, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $1,485,000, Village Properties, Thomas Johansen 805-886-1857 227 North Sierra Vista Road, 4BD/2BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 1-3, $1,495,000, Village Properties, Sina Omidi 805-689-7700

885 Toro Canyon, Lot/Land, Sat 1-4, $2,450,000, Sotheby’s, Sandy Stahl 805335-0158 309 Avila Way, 5BD/3BA, Sun 12-3, $2,500,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Josalyn Burcham 805-335-0385 352 East Mountain Drive, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $3,199,000, Sotheby’s, Toni Sutherland 805-618-1886 1103 Camino Viejo, 4BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-4, $3,795,000, Berkshire Hathaway, The Jason Streatfeild Team 805-451-4801

705 Oak Grove, 4BD/4.5BA, Sun 2-4, $4,650,000, Village Properties, Ron Madden 805-565-4541 549 Hot Springs Road, 7BD/6BA, Sun 1-3, $4,950,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Barbara Neary 805-698-8980 975 Mariposa, 4BD/4BA, Sun 2-4, $4,995,000, Village Properties, Hutch Axilrod 805-637-6378 745 Lilac Drive, 4BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-4, $5,995,000, Sotheby’s, Nick Svensson 805895-2957 630 Stonehouse Lane, 5BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-4, $6,650,000, Village Properties, Loyd Applegate 805-570-4935

Noleta 95 Santa Ana Avenue, 4BD/2BA, Sat 12-4 Sun 12-4, $864,900, Keller Williams, David Johnson II 805-689-7948 4571 Camino Del Mirasol, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3, $1,995,000, Sotheby’s, Melissa Birch 805-689-2674

Riviera 814 Paseo Alicante, 2+BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3, $925,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Thomas Schultheis 805-729-2802 Doug Van Pelt 805637-3684 331 Conejo Road, 4BD/3BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $1,295,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Lisa Ann Walters 805-705-6368 Jarrod Shively 805-714-5114 139 Loma Media Road, 2BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4, $1,299,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Marguerite Taylor 805-705-0957 33 Rubio Road, 2BD/1.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,345,000, Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg 805-969-1258 85 Canon View Road #3, 2+BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,350,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Tony Miller 805-705-4007 3 Las Alturas Road, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3, $1,599,000, Village Properties, John Bahura 805-680-5175 151 La Vista Grande, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,799,000, Sotheby’s, Gene Archambault 805-455-1190 2211 Stanwood Drive, 6BD/4BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 2-4, $1,895,000, Keller Williams, Jon Mahoney 805-689-0532 1994 Sycamore Canyon Rd, 5BD/4BA, Sun 12-3, $1,975,000, Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg 805-969-1258 1746 Prospect, 2BD/3.5BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 1:30-4, $1,995,000, Village Properties, Priscilla Bedolla 805-680-7146 1010 Roble Lane, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4, $2,249,000, Sotheby’s, Fal Oliver 805-6806526 1800 El Encanto Road #A, 2BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $2,350,000, Sotheby’s, Rickard 805452-8284

Samarkand 2834 Serena Road, 2+BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $1,089,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Gordon Hardey & Marilyn Wankum 805-455-1607

San Roque 3570 Modoc Road #15, 2BD/1BA, Sun 1-3, $599,000, Sotheby’s, Joanna Slott 805335-0158

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San Roque (CONTiNUED) 615 Las Perlas Drive, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3, $735,000, Sotheby’s, Christine Oliver 805-680-6524 36 Lassen Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $789,000, Sotheby’s, Robert Heckes 805637-0047

3971 Foothill Road, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3, $1,295,000, Village Properties, Marcella Simmons 805-680-9981 754 El Rodeo Road, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3, $1,349,000, Village Properties, Louise McKaig 805-285-2008

2025 Garden Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun 12-2, $1,750,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ken Switzer 805-680-4622

341 Valley Dairy Road, 5BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $697,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Rhoda Johnson 805-705-8707

1252 Santa Teresita, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $2,250,000, Village Properties, Leanne Wood 805-284-7177

3064 Glengary Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $875,000, Village Properties, Michelle Glaus 805-452-0446

1721 Santa Barbara Street, 5BD/4BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $3,100,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ashley Anderson 805-618-8747 Paul Hurst 805-680-8216

1888 Ringsted Drive, 4BD/2.5BA, Sat 12-3, $869,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Glynnis Mullenary 805-705-5206

715 Russell Way, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $898,000, Village Properties, Chris Salvetti 805-705-4040

3132 Calle Mariposa, 3BD/2.5BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 1:30-4, $1,599,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Debbie Kort 805-368-4479 Robert Johnson 805-705-1606

3102 Calle Madera, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $939,000, Teles Properties, Inc., Adam A McKaig 805-452-6884

3844 Lincoln Road, 5BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,649,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Debby Rexford 805-886-8773

4004 Via Lucero #6, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4, $965,000, Village Properties, Elizabeth Wagner 805-895-1467

3815 Crescent Drive, 4BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $1,795,000, Village Properties, Cimme Eordanidis 805-722-8480

4004 Via Lucero, 3BD/2.5BA, Sat 1-3, $965,000, Village Properties, Sina Omidi 805-689-7700

1365 Via Veneto, 4BD/4.5BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 12-3, $2,995,000, Sotheby’s, Janet Caminite 805-896-7767

80 Zaca Street #71, 2BD/2BA, Sat 11:302:30, $135,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Karin Aitken 805-252-1205

6536 Camino Venturoso, 5BD/3BA, Sat 2-5 Sun 11-2, $975,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Brett Buschbom 805-451-9108

Summerland

1328 West Airport Avenue, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $199,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Todd McChesney 805-291-7902

861 East Alamar Ave, 1BA, By Appt., $1,025,000, Sotheby’s, Robert Heckes 805637-0047 3623 Rockcreek Road, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,095,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Mitch Stark 805-689-2429 3075 Paseo Tranquillo, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,099,000, Coastal Properties, Roland J Lewin 805-729-8134

2205 Lillie Avenue #D, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $899,000, Sotheby’s, Deb Archambault 805-455-2966

Upper East Santa Barbara 1727 Loma Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $1,195,000, Sotheby’s, Jennifer Berger 805451-5484 Sasha Bondarchuk 310-804-2373 1814 Olive Avenue, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,250,000, Sotheby’s, Lauren Stewart 805618-6007

2659 Todos Santos Lane, 4BD/4BA,

By Appt., $3,295,000, Sotheby’s, Paula Goodwin 805-451-5699

Westside Santa Barbara 1268 Veronica Springs Road, 6BD/4BA, $1,289,000, 6BD/4BA, Keller Williams, Justin Etherton 805-617-0774

Santa Ynez Valley

1665 Laurel Avenue, 2BD/1BA, Sun 1-3, $595,000, Village Properties, David McIntire 805-315-8444 3437 Tivola Street, 3BD/3BA, Sun 11-2, $650,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Chris McCool 805-680-3594 3364 Sagunto Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun 12-3, $669,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Hristo Hristov 805-284-8471

3040 Glengary Road, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-3, $934,900, Village Properties, Judy Crawford 805-588-1425 1453 Remington Drive, 3BD/3BA, Sat 1-3, $1,178,500, Village Properties, Barbara Morr 805-245-0455 2100 Adobe Canyon Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,495,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Sharon Currie 805-448-2727

Ventura County 1151 Skeel Drive, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $519,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Sherry Zolfaghari 805-386-3748

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3744 Greggory Way #4, 3BD/3BA, Sat 1-3, $885,000, Sotheby’s, Lauren Stewart 805-618-6007

970 North Kellogg Avenue, 4BD/2BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $1,125,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Parsons 805-895-4866 Young 805-453-8528

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work on senior living complexes, such as Valle Verde in Santa Barbara and Rona Barrett’s new project in Santa Ynez. But in all of her projects, Scott aims to do two things: one, get involved early so a client’s expectations are reasonable and the project moves smoothly; and two, make functionality primary. “What it looks like is secondary to whether it functions or not,” she explained. “Something can be beauti-

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Fess Parker’s Wine Country Inn & Spa, Tengri Ranch (a Bhutanese-inspired home), and Sea Cliff (a private castle in Newfoundland, Canada) “I’m one of those people who’s known what they wanted to do basically their whole life,” explained Shannon Scott, a Big Sur–born, Burbank-raised interior designer who studied at Allan Hancock College and the UCSB Extension program in the mid-1990s. “Since 5th grade, I’ve been changing my bedroom every few weeks.”

After some post-college work in antiques — there weren’t many interior design firms in Santa Barbara back then— Scott found work with SFA Design in 1996 and was assigned to the hospitality sector, working on projects such as the Lake Las Vegas resort and Ventana at Big Sur. Upon being let go in 1999 while pregnant, she

started her own firm out of her mother’s office and soon focused on wine country, designing Eli Parker’s Epiphany tasting room. That led to a longterm relationship with the Fess Parker family, who have tapped Scott for her services many times.“A lot of my clients have done multiple projects over the years,” she said.“That’s always a nice validation.”

Other winery clients include Tre Anelli, Stolpman, and Byron, so Scott is a bit of a specialist in tasting-room design. “That work is really focused on creating something that represents their brand, giving a sense of who they are,” explained Scott, who makes spaces that encourage exploration. “You want to make them walk around the space versus just having them stand around the bar.”

Residential and hospitality design also remains a big part of Scott’s portfolio, and those two are somewhat combined in her

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