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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Editorial

MJ explains in depth why Sharon Byrne, representing District 3 on the west side, deserves a seat on Santa Barbara City Council; election day is November 3

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Letters to the Editor

Patrick Lindsey in victory lane; Brooks Firestone to publish journal; Shirin Rajaee send-off; pianist Lang Lang; UCSB and dancing; ETC begins third season; DAWG and the Jansens; actress Dot Marie Jones; Cecilia Fund’s Affaire of the Heart; cellist Ani Aznavoorian; and Celesta Billeci honored “Anonymous” writes about short-term renters; Iris Eisenbach feels the Bree’Osh; Kevin McDaniels on lava; David McCalmont chimes in about Donald Trump; John Burk seeks a van or SUV; Rick Reeves on guns; Larry Bond sounds off about President Obama; and Leslie Nelson on how to appease the masses

12 Village Beat

Montecito Association discusses trees and short-term vacation rentals; Montecito Union continues renovation plans; Carp native launches floral delivery service; boater Christopher Madsen talks about his new book, Rowdy, at Tecolote

11 This Week

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MUS food drive; earthquake drill; STEAM luncheon; SBMM lecture; French conversation; artists reception; “An Evening in Bloom”; Gloria Kaye healing and book signing; viewing of stars; Read-To-A-Dog; John Wilder book signing; library Book Club; MUS school board; Planning Commission; writing workshop; community workshop; Stephanie Dailey lecture; The New Yorker discussion; Spooky Sushi Art; Howl-O-Ween party; SB MJusic Club; 12-Step retreat; grieving support group; art classes; Adventuresome Aging; Cava entertainment; brain fitness; Locals Night; Story Time; Italian conversation; farmers and artisans market; Cars & Coffee; and French conversation

14 Seen Around Town

Lynda Millner traverses the SB Museum of Natural History’s ArtWalk; State Street Ballet at Four Seasons Biltmore; and “An Evening in Verona”

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28 Tide Guide

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36 Celebrating History

Hattie Beresford chronicles the book Spanish Colonial Style, an exposition about architects James Osborne Craig and Mary McLaughlin Craig

37 On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz chats it up with Ray Chen before his Hahn Hall performance; update on SB Symphony’s season; Santa Barbara band Gardens & Villa; and Laugh Out Loud festival with Chris Hardwick and Cheech Marin

40 Legal Advertising 42 Calendar of Events

Jimmy Buffett and Janet Jackson among those performing at SB Bowl; The Dance Network on Center Stage; Brian Harwell as Sherlock Holmes; Dogsbreath Devereaux in Carpinteria; Tim Flannery, from baseball to music; Anna Deavere Smith at UCSB; Wesla Whitfield and Mike Greensill; Dave Rawlings Machine at Lobero; and festivals abound around Santa Barbara

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44 Real Estate Update

Montecito has a new real estate sales office, behind The Honor Bar, owned by Nancy Hamilton and Michael Calcagno. James Buckley dishes out the details.

45 Open House Directory 46 Classified Advertising

Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales

47 Local Business Directory

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Editorial

by James Buckley

Sharon Byrne for Santa Barbara City Council

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he announced back in June, but in case you’ve been away, you should know that Sharon Byrne is running for Santa Barbara City Council, the election that takes place Tuesday, November 3, just three weeks from now. Sharon’s district is the west side, District 3, and if that is where you live, you must – for the sake of the long-term health of the city – cast your ballot for this industrious and accomplished woman.

Sharon has been a moving force in the ongoing upgrade of Milpas Street, so the first thing I ask her as we settle into our chairs on the outside patio of the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Coast Village Road is how that all came about.

“The tricks I learned,” she says, “in order to have all that success on Milpas, I actually learned downtown, so I’m going to walk you back a little further than Milpas.”

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GIFFIN & CRANE We don’t live in District 3 but if we did, we would certainly be voting for Sharon Byrne. As for those who do live in District 3, how could you not vote for such a qualified and effective candidate? The Montecito Journal emphatically endorses Sharon Byrne as yet another practical, rational, non-partisan voice of reason on the Santa Barbara City Council.

Seven years ago, she explains, she moved into the area around De La Vina and Haley streets in downtown Santa Barbara. “It’s the kind of place where the neighborhood looked kind of sketchy, but it had affordable housing, which is what I was looking for,” she says.

When asked why the place she was looking at was not only inexpensive but also allowed both dogs and kids, the real-estate agent responded that, ‘Well, there was a shooting over here; there was a stabbing over here, a murder over there...’

“Okay, it’s that kind of neighborhood,” Sharon laughs. “So, we moved in.”

She thought she’d probably need a gun and a dog, and she really did not want to get a gun, so found “the biggest and meanest German Shepherd I could find off of death row.” The dog proved gentle with the family in the house. “We raised her with a kitten,” Sharon says, “but she was tough on the street.” Her daughter was 10 at the time and as soon as the shepherd figured out that the little person was important, it became the dog’s main task to protect Sharon’s daughter.

A Death In The Family

Not too long after moving in, she woke up to take her dog for a walk and found herself behind police tape. “A boy who’d moved into our neighborhood just two days before,” she recalls, “was murdered by six west-siders outside my house. He bled out on the sidewalk.”

She explained that people coming out of the bar area walked by his body all night long, not realizing it was a kid. “They thought it was a homeless guy down, because there was a lot of that going on in the neighborhood. And, it was so dark, they didn’t see the blood.”

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LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR

If you have something you think Montecito should know about, or wish to respond to something you read in the Journal, we want to hear from you. Please send all such correspondence to: Montecito Journal, Letters to the Editor, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net

Short-Term Renter Better Than Long-Term Neighbor

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read the letter from Laura Scott (MJ #21/39) regarding the problems with short-term rentals. I completely sympathize and understand her viewpoint, except for one part where she wrote, “If I had one noisy neighbor, I could discuss it with them.” If only that were true where I live. Talking to these neighbors about that is like pulling the tail of a tiger: you will get it back in spades.

These people are the neighborhood nuisance and have very bad relationships with everyone that borders with their “house,” including those across the street. These are people who do not have jobs and have worked on this house for more than a decade, almost every single day (except Sundays, usually). We have to listen to the noise of construction (hammering, sawing, welding, etc.) and their multitude of orange hazard cones placed around this house practically every day. There appears to be no end in sight, as most

of this house is patched together with all manner of unmatched materials.

There is a long history of violations and complaints with the County, as they don’t get permits most of the time. The County said there are no limitations on hours worked by homeowners. I heard through the grapevine that the County has been worn down by the complaints, going out to the site, and nothing being done because they don’t enforce most of the violations anymore.

Although this sounds like an exaggeration, anyone who lives in the vicinity of these people will know exactly what I am talking about by what has been described here.

Speaking directly to them backfires, with them doing things [such as] playing loud, live music (garage band), verbal assaults, physical gestures of aggression, etc. Laura said about 50 percent of the time the vacationers are quiet. I would trade that in an instant

with what we have to put up with. By the way, she can always call the police regarding the noise if it’s late at night, as we have done. They try to be helpful and it often succeeds.

Anonymous (for good reason) Summerland

Bree’Osh on the Rise

Thank you for the interesting article on the new Bree’Osh café (Village Beat MJ # 21/40). Their brioches are truly delicious; they taste exactly like the ones we had in France.

In her article, Kelly Mahan mentions that Pierre-Yves, the baker, uses sourdough instead of baker’s yeast as leavening agent, the way it is done in France.

This sourdough has low amounts of lactic acids, which make the brioches a little denser than yeast would; it breaks down some of the gluten and it keeps them fresh longer. Even so, I froze some and they were almost as good as fresh.

The brioches are slightly sweet, I tried the “regular” ones with some blueberry jam and a cup of tea – yummy.

And they aren’t sour at all; the taste is not comparable to, e.g., San Francisco sourdough bread.

Francophiles, enjoy!

Iris Eisenbach Montecito

Tube, Tube, Do

I am unclear as to Ernie Witham’s motive in his article about Thurston’s Lava Tube (Ernie’s World, MJ #21/39).

Why would he choose to describe the attraction of the Lava Tube as a place one should be terrified of?

His misrepresentation of it makes no sense. It doesn’t have a repeating echo; it is high enough in the center for anyone of average height to walk through comfortably; it is an inactive lava tube, so it is highly unlikely that molten lava would again flow through it; it is at nearly 4,000 feet in elevation, so the chance of a tsunami flooding it is astronomical. Someone reading his story who has never been to Volcanoes National Park would come away believing that Thurston’s Lava Tube was a place to avoid at all costs.

To be clear, I did pick up on his “humor” later on in the article; it is his inaccurate depiction of a wondrous place that I am confused about. Having visited the Big Island & Volcanoes National Park multiple times, I would only encourage the uninitiated to go and to experience as much of it as possible in the time they are there. Not dissuade them with a story of fear and danger.

Kevin McDaniels Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: We all thank you for

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defending Volcanoes National Park and its wonders. However, you should know that Mr. Witham searches high and low (and truth be told, mostly low) to find appropriate material for his humor column. Our advice is to avoid inviting Ernie to your cocktail party, birthday party, or bar mitzvah, as you too could end up as fodder for one of his blunderbuss tirades. – J.B.)

Trump As Perfect Storm

You’re coming around. Your criticism of Donald Trump is more nuanced today (“En Garde!” Letters to the Editor Editor’s Note, MJ #21/40), as opposed to the broad-brush strokes you’ve taken to him in the past. The fact that you find something intelligible about his tax plan and foreign policy statements on Russia and Syria is really quite important. America needs a “Strong Man” in the White House who takes no crap from domestic adversaries and foreign enemies. We need a man who’ll use the “Bully Pulpit” to blaze a trail for the changes that will be necessary in order to roll back the socialist infrastructure put in place by The Perfect Storm of Democrat monolithic dominance in Washington, D.C,. between 2009 and 2011.

You refer to effective spokespeople for partisan patriotic change as “windbags.” A rose is a rose is a rose.

So be it. Donald Trump is a windbag.

Windbags out front paving an asphalt road through a dense forest of propagandists, ideologues, parasites, and just plain stupid people are going to occasionally “step in it.” So be it. I’d rather support a guy who sometimes misspeaks than be an advocate for a guy who says nothing but banalities when he speaks: an empty vessel in which one can fill with one’s own Bucket List of dreams and wishes, but in final reality do nothing to change one iota of what will eventually destroy us.

David McCalmont Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: The problem I have with Mr. Trump is not just that he is a windbag, since I highly respect another windbag – Rush Limbaugh – or that he really isn’t particularly conservative. It’s The Donald’s tendency to disparage the opposition. And, not just disparage, but belittle, humiliate, and dismiss his detractors. We’ve had seven years of that kind of arrogance from Mr. Obama. I for one neither want, nor does the country need, another such politician at the helm. – J.B.)

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Seize the Initiative

The latest horrific American mass shooting, in Roseburg, Oregon, has predictably resulted in demands for more gun control; e.g., greater restrictions on the ability of American citizens to keep and use firearms for defensive purposes. Soon, demands for more laws banning firearms in public places – “gun-free” zones – will follow.

Readers of Montecito Journal surely know Jack Welch’s Six Rules for Successful Leadership; to me, the most important one is: “Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it were.”

In my opinion, modern American “reality” is: Our society is seeded with criminally insane persons capable of mass murder; our popular culture’s glorification of gun violence encourages them to act. Such people are unaffected by gun control laws and will always find a way to acquire firearms, in some cases (as happened in the Roseburg shooting) from a family member. This combination is the catalyst for almost 300 mass shootings that have occurred in the United States this year.

Any American not recognizing this cause-and-effect is denying reality.

How can Americans prevent these shootings? Absent citizen involvement, law enforcement has not done so, nor can they. What tangible actions can Americans take to reduce the carnage? Review the incident reports from these shootings, and three such actions emerge: first, citizens close to or aware of potential mass shooters (in the Roseburg case: the shooter’s mother) must notify law enforcement of that person’s potential for violence. Second: citizens can arm themselves and train to interdict a mass murderer in any public place, at any time. Third: confronted with an armed shooter, trained citizens must seize the initiative from and neutralize the shooter, just as the three brave Americans did to save so many innocent lives on the French train.

To act quickly, however, armed and trained Americans must know that they have the support of the legal system: law enforcement, the legal profession, and the courts. Gun control and gun-free zone laws do not dissuade the criminals, but they do discourage

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This Week in and around Montecito

Over $1 Billion in Sales!

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 Food Drive at MUS To benefit Santa Barbara Foodbank, donations can be left in the school’s parking lot in the morning during drop off. Items needed include baby food, cereal, pasta, peanut butter, rice, soup, and canned goods.

Where: 385 San Ysidro Road Earthquake Drill MERRAG members should respond to MFPD headquarters to participate in the Great California Shakeout Drill to participate in “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” and then activate the District Operations Center. The drill begins at 10:15 am.

When: 10:15 am to noon Where: 595 San Ysidro Road Info: www.merrag.org STEAM Luncheon Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara (GIGSB) invites the community to its 14th annual Celebration Luncheon at the Bacara Resort & Spa. This year’s luncheon will celebrate girls and women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) fields in which women are widely underrepresented. Girls Inc.’s programs are designed to change this very dynamic – by breaking gender stereotypes and providing girls with the opportunity and support to explore STEAM careers.

Lynda.com’s Lynda Weinman, a teacher, writer, learning activist, entrepreneur, will serve as the honored speaker. Lynda is no longer affiliated with lynda.com, but as cofounder of lynda.com, Weinman was responsible for the student-centered teaching philosophy, authored numerous books and tutorials, and served as the executive chair of the company. Her passions include film, design, women’s issues, philanthropy for the arts, and inventing the future of learning.

Local STEAM professionals in the Goleta and Santa Barbara community are invited to arrive early for a special STEAM “networking hour” from 11 am to noon and connect with others who support girls’ empowerment to enter STEAM fields.

Women who have found science and mathematics empowering in their own lives are also invited to share their stores as an inspiration to Girls Inc. members.

When: 11 am to 1:30 pm 15 – 22 October 2015

Where: 8301 Hollister Avenue Cost: $125 per person Info: 963-4757 Lecture at SBMM “Lusitania, Then & Now,” a lecture presented by Dr. Richard Slater at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, will include talk about the history of the ship, the controversies of its sinking, and the dives he made on the wreck, off Ireland, for of a National Geographic movie, book, and magazine article in 1993.

When: 7 pm; members only reception at 6:15 pm Where: 113 Harbor Way Cost: Free (members), $10 (non-members) To Register: www.sbmm.org or (805) 962-8404 x115 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 French Conversation Group The Montecito branch of the Santa Barbara Public Library System hosts a French conversation group for those who would like to practice their French language conversation skills and meet others in the community who speak French. Native speakers and those who learned French as a second or foreign language will participate, and new members are always welcome.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Artists Reception at MAI Montecito Aesthetic Institute hosts an artist reception for a new exhibition of art by Patricia Houghton Clarke and Stuart Carey.

When: 5:30 to 7:30 pm Where: 1150 Coast Village Road Healing Demonstration & Book Signing Gloria Kaye, PhD., will be doing a healing demonstration and signing her new book, Healer’s Hands Healer’s Heart, at Paradise Found.

When: 6:30 to 8 pm Where: 17 E. Anapamu Street Public Viewing of the Stars Several globular clusters of stars will be available for viewing with the powerful Keck Telescope and others provided by members of the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit.

When: 6:30 to 11 pm

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Enjoy complimentary coffee and pastries while they last and view our newly stocked and updated store.

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Montecito Association Supports Vacation Rental Ban

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he majority of this month’s Montecito Association (MA) Board of Directors meeting was spent discussing short term vacation rentals in Montecito, in an effort to make a recommendation to the Santa Barbara Planning Commission and Montecito Planning Commission (MPC) in November.

Last week, the Land Use Committee discussed the issue, and suggested that the full board send a letter to commissioners supporting the banning of short-term (30 days or fewer) vacation rentals in residential zones in the county. The draft letter, which executive director Victoria Greene read aloud to the board and the audience, states that prohibiting such rentals and establishing effective enforcement of that prohibition is the only approach that meets the intent of the residential zone in Montecito to “protect the residential characteristics of an area and to promote a suitable environment for family life,” as described in the Montecito Community Plan.

Several members of the community spoke at the meeting, voicing their support of the draft letter. Neighbors of vacation rentals complained about loud parties, parking issues, and other nuisances vacation rentals can create.

Three residents spoke on behalf of vacation rentals, saying rental income earned is vital to their financial stability. The board voted to send the letter to

Former Montecito Planning commissioner and former Montecito Association board president Dan Eidelson has been elected once again to serve on the Montecito Association

both commissions, with director Peter Dealy opposing the vote, and board president Cindy Feinberg abstaining. At the commission hearings in November, commissioners will direct staff to draft ordinance language, and there will be more public workshops before ordinances regarding shortterm vacation rentals are adopted.

“They’ll have difficult things to figure out, like whether to ban all short-term rentals, and if so, how to enforce those regulations,” Greene said.

There is more information about vacation rentals on the Association’s website, www.montecitoassociation. org.

Also at the meeting, director Sylvia Easton announced her resignation from the board, as she has been appointed to the Montecito Fire Protection District board of directors, in the vacancy left by Susan Keller.

The MA appointed Dan Eidelson to fill Easton’s vacancy.

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Instead of approaching the museum from the parking lot through the street, there will be a safe arrival plaza, which is also beautiful according to the renditions. As Luke said, “The current butterfly habitat looks rather like a Quonset hut.” It is one of their most popular exhibits. After next year, it will be rebuilt completely and will not only be used for the butterflies but for private parties and events.

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A red moon eclipse outside added the final touch. The gala benefited SSB and honored Sara Miller McCune.

As Sara said, “Every year, SSB takes dance to new heights with edgy and elegant choreography, telling timeless stories against a backdrop of outstanding musical scores. Last year they sold out in Los Angeles, New York, and several other parts of the country.

This year, they danced before audiences in 25 cities throughout China!

I am so pleased to be honored by this talented professional group. I know that my friend Leni Fe Bland, who helped found this dance troupe 20 years ago and passed away early this year, would join me, if she could, to say, ‘Bravo State Street Ballet! Bravo!’”

Sara also said it was hard to be here without Leni, and that the ballet has been more than they expected 20 years ago. Among her many credits, Sara is founder and executive chair of SAGE Publications.

After cocktails in the garden, we sat down for a yummy meal of black truffle brioche-crusted beef tenderloin or herb pistachio-crusted local sea bass.

Between courses, we were treated to three vignettes by the real stars of the evening – the dancers. As artistic director Rodney Gustafson told the audience, “Twenty years. Wow! It’s been an honor to lead this company for twenty years.” It was Rodney’s dream to found the ballet, and he succeeded.

Jonatha King was one of the event producers and emcee. She introduced auctioneer Geoff Green, who kept the bidding lively, especially when it came to providing ballet shoes for the company. Most folks don’t realize that toe shoes are hand-made, they cost $100 each, and they last only two weeks. The bidding raised $35,000 to help keep the ballerinas in footwear.

Board president Lynn Stokes welcomed the group. She wasn’t a dancer herself but clearly loves her job. She’s

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Despite torrential downpours, a large number of cautions, and even a brief race stoppage, Patrick, 32, the son of Jim and Joan Lindsey, along with co-drivers Spencer Pompelly and Madison Snow, swept to a well-deserved win in the race that finished the 12-event 2015 Tudor United Sports Car Championship season, “It’s a great way to finish our best season yet,” says Patrick, who splits his time between Manhattan and our tony town. “Driving in such treacherous and difficult conditions was an exceptional challenge, by far the hardest race of the season that really tested the abilities of the drivers and how well our team worked together.

“I’m really happy for these guys that we can celebrate as a team. It’s such an iconic race. Having this one in our trophy case is something special for years to come.”

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Patrick, who has been racing for 11 years, and his team would take the chequered flag, their second of the season and matching as the most successful GTD Porsche this year, with two wins, two pole positions, and a top-five finish in the series’ championship.

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When the sun came up, people realized what had happened. There were two gang houses on the street, one right next to Sharon. The neighbors wondered what they were going to do, if anything, but Sharon decided that what they all needed to do was organize for action.

“I don’t know where this came from,” she laughs, “but I said, ‘We’re going to organize; we’re going to do a big march (and I’d never done such a thing in my life). We’re going to get the people running for political office down here, and they’re going to make promises and we’re going to put west downtown on the map. Everybody is going to know this neighborhood.’”

Sharon and a small group of like-minded women organized a march of some 200 people inside of a week. They made up a flyer, posted it up on telephone poles, gave it out to neighbors, many of whom were afraid of retaliation. It was up to Sharon to convince them that if they all stuck together, they’d beat these gangbangers. Among those who helped in that initial effort were Christina Pizzaro, Juanita Medina, Jacqueline Abboud, and her father, Jack. There were others too, such as a group of retirees living on nearby Brinkerhof.

The group gave a 30-second moment of silence for the kid who was killed at the place he was killed. Sharon called all three people running for mayor at the time: Iya Falcone, Helene Schneider, and Steve Cushman. She told each that the other two were going to be there, so get down here and make them some promises. “No politician can resist a crowd of two hundred people and a microphone, so all three came,” Sharon says. They joined in the march. “Cushman did not speak. Helene said, ‘I will get you street lights if I’m elected mayor,’ and Iya said, ‘I will get you cops.’”

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In that one block of Haley, De La Vina, Bath, and Cottage Grove there had been two murders, a shooting and a stabbing inside of three months.

The women began arranging community meetings with the police, who initially told them there were no “highcrime districts” in Santa Barbara, that “our neighbors were our problem.”

Sharon says that’s when they threw tomatoes at the police (metaphorically speaking, of course). “We told them they needed to help us with this. That they’re the ones with the weapons.”

The police finally relented and parked a police mobile unit in the neighborhood for two straight days.

All the women brought them enchiladas, cookies, along with intel on what was going on in the neighborhood and who was doing what. They made a deal with the police that there would be no questions asked as to who makes the reports.

Taking on the Drug Pushers

The women, under Sharon’s tutelage, took on a crack dealer whose territory was at the end of an alley.

She got a bunch of the moms together and stood there with arms folded when their kids were getting off the bus after school. They took pictures of the crack dealer with their cell phones.

“The guy looked like he came out of central casting for gangbangers: big chains on his neck, tats, the whole thing. But all of us moms intimidated him to the point that he moved out” Sharon says.

As they began to run the drug trade out of their neighborhood, two things happened: the drug dealers escalated on them. The first thing they did when they found out there had a neighborhood watch meeting, was try to intimidate the women with in-your-face questions and threats.

“There was a witness who saw who killed the boy in our neighborhood and reported what he saw to the police. A week later, four west-siders jumped him in broad daylight inside of Lily’s Tacos. It made us all fearful,” Sharon says.

But instead of cowering inside, their response was for everybody to move in groups, to not go out alone.

“We’d go out every night on a dog patrol,” Sharon says. “Eight women.

Of course, I was the one with the big

dog; everyone else had Pomeranians and Chihuahuas. It became obvious very quickly that they wouldn’t do anything to ‘the white girl.’ So, I would get sent down the alley with the big dog and everybody else would stay on the corner with their cell phones ready to call the police.”

The dealers eventually moved on.

“I learned that you have to work your city resources, like your police and your streetlights. And, I learned you have to keep your neighborhood together and stay alert. There was a marijuana dispensary around the corner, and that’s when I got interested in zoning and learned that they had zoned our neighborhood for four dispensaries.

“No, no, no,” she says.

Then, she got the Salvation Army engaged.

On to Milpas

That’s when she met a group of east-siders who were also angry because they had been zoned for three dispensaries and didn’t like what they were seeing. It seemed to them that it was mostly kids going in there.

There was one at-large seat available in the Franklin Neighborhood Advisory Group and Sharon applied for it. The city council approved her appointment.

She wondered if they should have relationships with the business community on Milpas. Council member Bendy White said, “Absolutely.”

Sebastian Aldana and Sharon went out with flyers and asked businesses if they had problems. They gave them an earful.

Dealing with the Homeless

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out. Then, they were called ‘Mexican whores’ for their effort,” Sharon reports.

City council members Dale Francisco and Frank Hotchkiss attended the forums. “It was the first time the business owners had been in a room with their city council members who were actually listening to them,” Sharon notes. “Bendy showed up at some of them, too.”

Then the Milpas Community Association (MCA) was created and because of its ambitious agenda, they had to hire an executive director. “Business owners can’t do what’s required, as they have businesses to run and families to raise,” Sharon says. “They asked me to be that paid executive director and I said, ‘Yes’.”

They took city council members to Santa Monica to show them how they’d turned it around with programs such as the Homeless Police.

“They put a half-cent tax on the ballot for the money to pay for it and that supplies about $6 million every year.

Santa Barbara has nothing like that,” Sharon says.

She then relates how Santa Barbara spends at least $700,000 a year in community development block grants, and the feds give out a million dollars to “eradicate community blight.”

“The money is being used to repair parks, or fences. Why not spend that money as Santa Monica has?” She wonders.

Sharon says that Santa Monica had gotten its homeless population down from 6,000 to 1,100, and it’s now 700 or 800. So, she got behind doing a homeless population survey, a restorative policing program, and supported a program that focuses on getting the 10 most chronically homeless guys off the street, “because they are the most expensive users of police and fire. They’d been banned from every homeless facility for bad behavior, so they are never not going to be homeless, right?”

So, her group targets them. They talk to them. Businesses establish a relationship with them. Then, they bring in service providers to say, ‘Let me get you into the veteran’s program, housing, detox.’

“You’ve gotta get him off the curb,” she says, “and so far, we’ve gotten nine out of the ten off the street. And, they’ve stayed off. State Street is copying the project, and they’ve gotten three off their streets.”

Once a problem is clear, the trick is to keep it clear. Sharon and her team have revived the Milpas Street Parade; this year the 62nd Annual Parade will take place on December 12, beginning at 5:30 pm, and go from Canon Perdido to Mason. Christmas lights are back up ($12,000, all raised by the commu15 – 22 October 2015

nity); The Taste of Milpas is another winner; “It’s a restaurant crawl. We stack it with volunteers from the area.

Everybody knows the rock stars like Super Rica and Los Agaves,” Sharon says, “but have you tried Rosale’s, The Shop Café, Sublime? Have you eaten the clam chowder at Jack’s Bistro?”

This year, the Taste of Milpas is scheduled for the middle of October and will be combined with the revelation of trashcan art, painted by local youth, who’ve responded to the theme of “We Meet On Eat Street” and “Don’t Rest Until Eat Street Is Clean.”

There are four different styles of trashcans on Milpas, all hand-medowns from State Street. “They’re battered and vandalized, and they cost about a thousand bucks for the city to replace,” Sharon explains.

“We have forty of them and we figure the city probably doesn’t want to spend $40,000 to give us new ones, and neither do the taxpayers. And, besides, what’s likely to happen if we did get them replaced? They’re likely to get vandalized and battered.

“So, why don’t we do something else? Let’s give the street a facelift.

Let’s give the kids an outdoor art gallery, and let’s do it at no cost to the taxpayers.”

She noticed that the littering on the street was between the high school and the junior high and contained a lot of candy wrappers and soda bottles. So, why not, she thought, have the kids message the kids on keeping the street clean?

“We came up with the cutest messages and we loved them. Casa La Raza, Boys & Girls Club, Nava Franklin, youth offenders. We print the art on a vinyl banner and then wrap the banner around the trashcan.

I’ve got to tell you, it’s a hit.”

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Although she seems ambivalent about the idea of district elections, Sharon does believe it will place emphasis on underserved neighborhoods such as the one she lives in, and that that is a good thing.

Sharon has been out walking every evening from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, talking to voters. She’s out every Saturday with a team. And every Sunday, too.

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M

y husband came in from washing the cars and had a pained look on his face.

Not to worry… he wasn’t wasting water in the middle of a drought. He has a waterless auto-cleaning kit.

It sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel, and I’ve no idea how it works. My husband has every carcare gizmo on the planet. The garage is packed with the paraphernalia. We could’ve paid for an Ivy League education with what he’s spent.

I’m not complaining. There are many worse hobbies a husband could have. And both our cars look great, even though they’re not new. They even have that new car aroma due to his new-car smell kit.

All that polishing keeps him smiling. That’s why I was surprised when he came in with a long face.

“Come out and look,” he said.

I surveyed the scene in the driveway. “What beautiful cars!”

“Look at the roof on this one.”

My husband’s a foot taller than I am. Looking at the roof of an SUV is easy for him. I’m so short, I have to take it on faith that SUVs even have roofs up there.

He offered me a step ladder, so I could climb up to see the problem.

Sure enough, the top of the vehicle was peeling. It looked horrible, but I’m philosophical. “The car’s nearly ten years old,” I said.

He pointed at the roof of our other car, which is a year older.

It was fun being on a step ladder and viewing the world the way the tall people see it. And I had to admit, the older car had a perfectly polished new-looking roof.

My way of dealing with this was to step off the ladder. Standing on the ground, I could no longer see the roof.

Ergo, the peeling didn’t exist. Besides, there are so many worse problems that someone could have. Why sweat a little bad paint?

And we’d had great luck with these cars. The only things they’d needed had been routine maintenance and new tires. We had no room to complain.

My husband didn’t expect to be compensated for the peeling paint on such an old car. But he wanted to let the manufacturer know – because if he owned the company, he’d want to know.

He wrote a letter to Mr. T in Japan.

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way around the world.

I figured writing to Mr. T was roughly equivalent of writing to Santa Claus.

One might as well believe in the Tooth Fairy and the Great Pumpkin.

I didn’t even know if there was a real Mr. T. Nobody puts his own name on products anymore. And I didn’t think anything would come of it.

I forgot all about the paint problem and the letter, but a few weeks later in the mailbox was something from Japan. My first thought was the junkmail scammers were getting really good at making fake letters.

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However experienced, I’m still a sucker. I opened the envelope to see if it was real. It was. Mr. T had taken notice of my husband’s description of peeling paint and decided a reply was in order.

It sounded as though Mr. T was as appalled as my husband was about this embarrassing ugly-roof situation, and he wanted to make it right.

After a few more weeks, several conversations between my husband and a customer service representative, and an inspection by a designated body shop, it was determined that the peeling roof was, in fact, a manufacturing problem.

Making this determination was helped a lot by the fact the car had been taken care of by a crazed man with a garage full of care products and a blind desire to have his vehicles look fantastic. The peeling paint problem was definitely not due to neglect.

Sometimes, obsession is a good thing.

Mr. T offered to pay for the majority of a premium paint job. And that is the happy ending of how our old car came to look brand-new again.

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Winemaker Brooks, 76, has previously written journals for Westmont College’s production of Haydn’s Nelson mass and an Italian concert by the Berkshire Choral International at the Trevi Cathedral in Italy. He is also the author of a book on choral singing, Evensong.

I was given a sneak-peek of New York choreographer William Soleau’s work for Carmina Burana at the ballet company’s studio.

“It is a wonderful journey,” he told me. “It is undoubtedly one of the most wonderful works of the 21st century.

Incredible poems about wine, women, songs, and sex. Quite irreverent and graphic in nature. It is quite an undertaking for everyone concerned.”

A great deal to look forward to.

Anchor Away Staffers of KEYT-TV were out in force when morning news co-anchor Shirin Rajaee bid adieu to the ABC affiliate with a farewell bash at Blush.

Shirin, who came to KEYT in August 2011 after four years as an assignment editor for CNN in Los Angeles, has joined the CBS affiliate in Sacramento as an evening news anchor, one of the top 20 markets in the country, as I exclusively revealed here.

The patio at the State Street eatery was ground central with Armando Romero, the station’s tech guru, setting up a projector that displayed photos from Shirin’s four years on TV Hill and 100 guests, including anchors C.J. Ward and Beth Farnsworth, morning co-anchor Joe Buttita, reporters Kelsey Gerckens, Tracy Lehr, Nataly Tavidian, news director Jim Lemon, weather gurus Alan Rose and Meredith Garofalo, and Dream Foundation founder Thomas Rollerson, had the opportunity to use a photo booth set up to remember the poignant occasion.

Shirin made her debut in California’s capital city on October 14 and I have no doubt will go far.

Yin and Lang International pianist Lang Lang, who kicked off CAMA’s (Community Arts Music Association) 97th season at the Granada, gave the theater’s ushers quite a treat.

The Chinese keyboard legend was late arriving for rehearsal and played for 45 minutes, leaving the stage just 15 minutes before curtain up for the sold-out event.

The ushers, known as ambassadors, literally had a private concert by one of the world’s top players, who was making his fifth visit to Santa Barbara, all of which I have been lucky enough

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capable citizens from taking action: If you can lose your life savings – or your freedom – to the criminal justice system after defending a group of “strangers” from a shooter, are you still likely to take the risk?

Enacting more laws that will be ignored by the perpetrators of mass shootings will not reduce the carnage.

However, empowering trained citizens to take direct action against would-be mass murderers, and supporting them when they are forced to do so, most certainly will.

Rick Reeves Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Sage advice, Mr. Reeves; we applaud your collection of rational responses. – J.B.

Appease, Please

“The cost of freedom is always high, but America has always paid it.” So said president John F. Kennedy. Then along came President Obama to disprove Kennedy’s message.

What can you expect from a sincere though totally inexperienced community organizer from Chicago, once hailed by the masses as our new Messiah? He was elected to withdraw our U.S. presence and influence from the Middle East.

Remember the Apology Tour? His answer to George W. Bush’s attempt

to upgrade the stone-age stuckness of those countries considered to be the “cancer” of our planet was through nation building, like bringing electricity to cities like Kabul, which never experienced light other than fire. This was a worthy attempt to bring backward countries to a more modern level. I believe he will be remembered in history as an admirable president who was strongly influenced by Paul Wolfowitz, probably the most respected princely man in Washington, D.C., by those morally inclined and enlightened.

President Obama is now facing the unforeseen consequences for his inaction: not once consulting our military advisors; caving in to our greatest foe, Iran, capitulating everything for a worthless deal that anyone with any brains is simply dumfounded by.

At the zenith of Obama’s presidency, graced by Pope Francis himself; parading about the U.N., whose members are certainly not America’s friends, though we always pick up most of the tab; enduring a 95-minute conference meeting with Putin, and that most memorable photograph of the handshake between these two adversaries.

Putin’s timing was impeccable. He ordered a 3-star Russian general to give our Iraqi Ambassador exactly one hour to clear out of Dodge City, er, Syria, before the air-bombing sorties

by Russian pilots in lethal jet-to-jet w/

missile capacity up against those without any planes commenced.

At the height of all this intrigue, the Santa Ana winds on First Thursday’s Art Walk caused havoc with electric outages all over the place. My circuit breaker froze my television set flashing a red button reading “unsafe voltage.”

The last memorable image was that of foreign minister Sergei Lavrov of Russia standing shoulder-to-shoulder with state secretary John Kerry, who was noticeably twitching erratically, next to Sergei. One could easily see

by Kerry’s body language a totally different story was being played out, certainly not his statement that the Russian sorties were merely a “misunderstanding between old friends.”

The United States is now considered totally unreliable and feckless by friends and foes alike, due to Obama’s dithering and lack of backbone. Our investment in both blood and treasure (thousands of lives as well as two trillion dollars) has been squandered into oblivion.

My greatest concern, however, is with the fragile two-decade old “experiment” called the EU. These 28 countries (22 are about to be downgraded

by S&P for drowning in Debt) are beside themselves in squabbling what to do with the flood of Syrian refugees and migrant immigrants. Please bear in mind that only 20 percent of these

numbers of displaced people are actually Syrian families with children who are being constantly photographed to capture maximum sympathy from the global viewers. The majority of these refugees and migrant immigrants are able-bodied angry young men all demanding asylum.

Denmark, the world’s happiest country, doesn’t want any. France and U.K. are leery of further terrorist attacks. Germany (with its aging work force) and Sweden are the most generous countries, fully welcoming large numbers of these unfortunates. My favorite news show, BBC, ominously reminds us that millions of Africans are watching these developments that are now being called the greatest mass migration of displaced people since World War II. Lastly, my thoughts go out to those countless Granada attendees who stampeded like locusts from their seats on May 23 during the Q&A completing the evening after having been shown a riveting documentary depicting the abuse of women in the Middle East... except in Israel, where women enjoy equal opportunity and treatment.

They showed me how well-intentioned people who opted for peace at any cost are so willing to sacrifice truth and freedom for appeasement’s sake.

Leslie Nelson Montecito •MJ

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Where: Westmont Observatory, 955 La Paz Road Info: 565-6051 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

Read-To-A-Dog Beginning today, the popular ARF! (Animals + Reading = Fun!) program is expanding to the Carpinteria Library.

Children in grades K-6 can stop by the library any Saturday morning from 10-11 am to read a book to Buttercup, one of the beloved therapy dogs.

When: 10 am Where: 5141 Carpinteria Avenue Book Signing at Tecolote Author and Emmy Award-winning producer, screenwriter, and director John Wilder for the first celebration of his debut novel, set in Santa Barbara (as well as Hollywood), Nobody Dies in Hollywood.

When: 3 to 4 pm Where: Tecolote Book Shop, 1470 E. Valley Road Info: 969-4977 “An Evening in Bloom” Girls Inc. of Carpinteria invites the community to “An Evening in Bloom,” a glamorous evening of dinner, dancing, and beautiful orchids.

Honoring Sharon Organista, the fundraiser gala will feature cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, a red-carpet photo reception, dinner buffet, hosted bar, live and silent auctions, live entertainment, and dancing. All proceeds will support Girls Inc. of Carpinteria, a local nonprofit organization that inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold, and seeks to empower girls and women to achieve personal, social, economic, and political success. This year’s event co-chairs are Stefanie Herrington and Gail Persoon.

When: 6 pm Where: Westerlay Orchids, 3504 Via Real, Carpinteria Tickets: $125 per person Info and tickets: www.girlsinc-carp.org TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 Montecito Library Book Club Join for a lively discussion of this

month’s title. Check the library for current title; new members always welcome. Today’s book: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls.

When: 1 to 2 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 MUS School Board Meeting When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 Montecito Planning Commission Meeting MPC ensures that applicants adhere to certain ordinances and policies and that issues raised by interested parties are addressed.

When: 9 am Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu Free Writing Workshop This is an opportunity for high school seniors to be guided through a series of writing exercises and discussion that will help them craft compelling and captivating essays. Special attention will be paid to both University of California essay choices, as well as the Common Application essay prompts. Creative writing instructor Paul Zakrzewski will lead the workshop, offering participants a fresh, imaginative approach to the college application essay. Interested students may pre-register for this free event and get more information by calling their local library.

When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 Community Workshop The Alliance for Living & Dying Well recommends using the Five Wishes process developed by Aging with Dignity to lead your conversation and help formulate the decisions you put into

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 Free Lecture Dr. Stephanie Dalley, retired research Fellow in Assyriology with the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford and currently an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Somerville College, will give a lecture on “The Hanging Garden of Babylon: an Elusive World Wonder Traced” that reveals her ingenious and detailed solution to the problem of whether these gardens ever existed, allowing a fact-based reconstruction of the garden, and an appreciation of the system of water management that qualified it as a world wonder. The lecture is sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America and the Classics Department at UCSB. When: 6 pm Where: Karpeles Manuscript Library, 21 West Anapamu Street Cost: free and open to the public

your Advanced Care Directive. To get this conversation started, The Alliance offers free workshops for members of our community to attend and gain knowledge on end-of-life care!

When: 10 am to noon Where: Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold Spring Road, Fellowship Hall Registration and information: 845-5314 Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker When: 7:30 to 9:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 Spooky Sushi Art with Studio Nihon Join accomplished chef and proprietor of Studio Nihon, Fukiko Miyazaki, for a rare opportunity to learn and create Sushi Art at the Public Market.

Guests will learn the unique skill of artistically rolling sushi to create festive Halloween-inspired images within each piece, and plate their very own dishes. Chef Miyazaki combines a professional training in both Japan and the U.S. with years of experience sharing traditional and contemporary Japanese food and hospitality with friends and clients in Santa Barbara and beyond. Spooky Sushi Art with Studio Nihon includes all materials, sushi bites, and a Kirin Ichiban beer,

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When: 6 to 8 pm Where: 18 W. Victoria Reservations: (805) 770-7702 Cost: $45 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 Howl-O-Ween Block Party Join Santa Barbara Humane Society, Santa Barbara County Animal Services, and D.A.W.G. for a spook-tacular event, their first-ever Howl-o-Ween Block Party! Families are welcome to join the fun that will include a parade of adoptable dogs (in costume!) at noon, a bake sale, face painting, food trucks, adoption discounts, bobbing for hot dogs, and more. There will also be three gift basket drawings. To enter, guests can pick up their “Pawsport” at the Santa Barbara Humane Society, Santa Barbara County Animal Services, or D.A.W.G. on the day of the event, and visit all three locations.

When: 11 am to 3:30 pm Where: Santa Barbara Humane Society, 5399 Overpass Road Cost: free Free Music The Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music.

A valued cultural resource in town since 1969, these concerts feature performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are free to the public.

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Interested participants must complete registration before the first session begins. No drop-ins, please.

When: This ongoing group session will be held Wednesdays from October 14 through December 16 Where: Hospice of Santa Barbara 2050 Alameda Padre Serra, Suite 100 Cost: free; donations accepted Info: (805) 563-8820 x110 SAVE THE DATE Ghost Village Road is on Halloween, October 31 Montecito’s annual trick-or-treat event will be on the Saturday of Halloween.

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This October, Dave’s Dogs Food Truck is bringing their famous hot dog creations downtown, and popping up for dinner at the Public Market each Monday! Beer, wine, and other beverages will be available for purchase, too.

Come play Cards Against Humanity, Dominos, Boggle, Yahtzee, Connect Four, and giant Jenga while enjoying “locals only” food and drink specials from participating merchants.

There is also live music each week.

When: 5 pm Where: 38 West Victoria Info: 770-7702 TUESDAYS Adventuresome Aging Program Community outings, socialization, and lunch for dependent adults When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $75, includes lunch, plus one-time fee of $35 Info: Kai Hoye, 969-0859 THURSDAYS Story Time at the Library A wonderful way to introduce children to the library, and for parents and caregivers to learn about early literacy

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skills; each week, children ages three to five enjoy stories, songs, puppets, and fun at Story Time.

When: 10:30 to 11 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Casual Italian Conversation at Montecito Library Practice your Italian conversation among a variety of skill levels while learning about Italian culture. Fun for all and informative, too.

When: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAYS Farmers Market When: 8 to 11:15 am Where: South side of Coast Village Road Local Artisans Market When: 3 to 7 pm Where: La Cumbre Plaza, 121 South Hope Avenue Info: www.localartisansmarket.com

SUNDAYS Cars & Coffee Motorists and car lovers from as far away as Los Angeles, and as close as East Valley Road, park in the upper village outside Montecito Village Grocery to show off and discuss their prized possessions, automotive trends, and other subjects. Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Corvettes prevail, but there are plenty of other autos to admire.

When: 8 to 10 am Where: Ever y Sunday in the upper village, except the last Sunday of the month, when the show moves to its original home, close to 1187 Coast Village Road.

Info: sbcarscoffee@gmail.com French Conversation Every Sunday at Pierre Lafond in Montecito, look for a small group in the shade and join for casual conversation (and lunch if you’d like!)

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winner of eight Grammy Awards, in honor of the 500th anniversary of the city’s founding.

It was an evening to savor for ticket buyers and ushers alike.

Lang Lang mesmerizes

to see.

“It was a unique occasion, and we savored every minute of it,” one delighted employee tells me. “He left the stage just 30 seconds before the doors opened!”

As Lang Lang sublimely played Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons, Bach’s Italian Concerto in F Major, and Chopin’s The Four Scherzos, the audience was in raptures. He wrapped his appearance with Cervantes’ Cuban Dances, a nod to his departure the following day to the Caribbean island for a televised concert in the Plaza de la Catedral with the National Symphonic Orchestra of Cuba with Havana jazz artist Chucho Valdes,

In Step with India and New York Two very different dance events kicked off the 56th year of UCSB’s popular Arts & Lectures program.

Spirit of India, with the Bollywood Masala Orchestra at Campbell Hall, presented a bold vision of music and dance from Rajasthan to Mumbai, in costumes as colorful as a Las Vegas review, with one piece having the sariclad dancers balancing brass pots on their heads.

Four days later, it was time for iconic New York choreographer Twyla Tharp to entertain with her 50th anniversary tour at the Granada, another sold-out performance, with two distinctly different halves.

The 45-minute opener Preludes and Fugues was a tour de force of choreographic invention accompanying music from Bach, while the second part Yowzie was a more jazz-oriented show influenced by cartoons and silent films.

On Saturday, Santa Barbara dance lovers had the chance to watch Tharp and her talented company for free in Alameda Park with her 1970 groundbreaking work The One Hundreds with

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100 dancers and non-dancers performing 100 movement phrases of 11 seconds each.

Chances to participate, unfortunately, ran out well before the interactive event, with an extremely long waiting list.

Fleet Afoot Ensemble Theatre Company (ETC) has kicked off its third season at the New Vic with an absolute cracker, Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Having seen the Tony Award Broadway production with Angela Lansbury in 1979, I had quite high expectations of Jonathan Fox’s production and I wasn’t disappointed.

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Don’t miss the Carmina Burana at the Granada Theatre on Saturday, October 17, 8 pm and Sunday, October 18, at 3 pm (almost sold-out) where you’ll see the State Street Ballet, the Santa Barbara Choral Society, and the symphony all together on stage in this legendary performance.

An Evening in Verona

The Bacara Resort and Opera Santa Barbara wanted guests to have “An Evening in Verona” touching all their senses – seeing, the beautiful setting in the terrace and rotunda at the Bacara; hearing, the all-Italian arias and smelling; and tasting the wines of the Fumanelli family and the specialties of executive chef Vincent Lesage.

The sold-out crowd of about 80 folks gathered on the terrace for hors d’oeuvres such as mozzarella soup with a basil gel and a Parmesan bar with pasta tossed in a Parmesan wheel.

And we had our first taste of the Fumanelli wines—a chardonnay and a reserve sauvignon blanc.

The pedigree and provenance of this winery was amazing. Proprietor Armando Fumanelli was there to tell us. “The Marchesi Fumanelli family have been cultivating grapes and producing prestigious wines since 1470, that’s 23 generations.” They come from the heart of the Valpolicella Classico area, and their wines are produced exclusively from their own grapes grown on their Squarano Estate. There are still vestiges of a temple on the

property dedicated to the Goddess Flora and built by the Romans. They planted the first vines over a thousand years ago. It’s a bit older than our Santa Ynez Valley! The family villa was built in the 1600s.

Then it was time to go into the rotunda, which was stunning with gold jacquard cloths and huge bouquets of peonies, orchids, and roses on the tables. Each place had many glasses of various sizes to accommodate the different wines paired with each course. My favorite visual course was called the Verona garden with a cedar plank on the plate holding wild pig paté and foie gras, fig chutney, and more. The chef’s second course was grilled ribeye with a tortelli di zucca, mostarda, red wine sauce, and black truffle. That was followed by a trio of desserts from pastry chef Brooke Martin.

In between our senses being overwhelmed was Opera Santa Barbara performances from four Italian operas, beginning with Musetta’s Waltz from Puccini’s La Boheme sung by soprano Jamie Chamberlin. Next was bass-baritone Craig Colclough singing Basilio’s Aria from Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. Each course brought another part of an opera.

Opera always reminds me of when I lived in Naples, Italy. There was a side door on their opera house, which you could knock on during the week. They would let you in, and you could wander around and even sit in the queen’s box. That is also where I saw my first opera, but I didn’t have all the good wine that we did this night.

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A cut above the rest, without a doubt.

Robert and Shirley Jansen and supporter Roy Buford (photo by Jesus Barragan)

Good Cause for Paws

Gretchen and Jeff Jones and Susan Jansen in the English pub (photo by Jesus Barragan) Shirley Jansen and Jesus Barragan (photo by Jesus Barragan)

The Elizabethan home of Montecito couple Robert and Shirley Jansen, went to the dogs at the weekend, but in a good cause.

The tony twosome, who founded DAWG, the Dog Adoption & Welfare Group, in 1991 with a no-kill shelter in Goleta that deals with more than 400 canines a year, with an annual budget of $500,000, live in a character-filled residence that dates back to 1590 and was shipped in pieces from Kent in the south-east of England and

re-erected in our rarefied enclave.

Nearly 90 guests packed the charming English pub, complete with a darts board and snooker table in the house’s basement for the barking bash, raising around $15,000 for the worthy cause, with the talented quintet, Tree, providing the music.

Paws for thought, indeed.

On the Dot Emmy-nominated actress Dot Marie Jones, who starred on the Fox series Glee, relived some harsh memories when she was the guest speaker at a Biltmore High Esteem lunch for the 38-year-old charity Domestic Violence Solutions (DVS).

Jones, who received three consec-

utive Emmy nominations, recounted how her sister had become a victim of abuse, while another friend had gasoline poured on her and was burned over 75 percent of her body.

“It is all very harrowing stuff!” she said, tearing up for most of her speech recounting the incidents.

“I am impressed by what DVS is doing in Santa Barbara County to end the cycle of domestic violence by providing awareness, and prevention and intervention services. I look forward to further help raise awareness and funds to help support the mission.”

Nearly 200 guests attended the event, co-chaired by Lauren Katz and Dawn Sproul, which was expected to raise around $120,000 including executive director Charles Anderson, board chair Julie Capritto, district attorney Joyce Dudley, Robert and Christine Emmons, Nancy Gifford, Geoff Green, Penny Jenkins, former mayor Sheila Lodge, Barbara BenHorin, Eddie Garcia, Timothy and Louise Casey, and Marissa Byrne.

Health Benefits The 123-year-old Cecilia Fund, formerly known as the St. Cecilia Society, threw its second annual Spanishthemed Affaire of the Heart at the Music Academy of the West, raising around $50,000.

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to help them pay their medical and dental bills, with the average bequest being $2,000.

“There are a lot people needing dental care, many of whom are undergoing chemotherapy,” says Sigrid Toye, who co-chaired the garden party with LaShon Kelly, which was emceed

by K-LITE host Catherine Remak, while flamenco guitarist Vincent Zorn entertained.

Debbie Arneson recounted receiving help from the group 30 years ago when her son was born with a cleft lip and palate. “By the age of two, he’d undergone five surgeries at Stanford and the help we received was invaluable,” she said. “It enabled us to get through it in very trying circumstances. I will never forget what the fund did.”

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Mellow Cello Accomplished cellist Ani Aznavoorian, who has appeared with many of the world’s top symphony orchestras, was front and center when the Camerata Pacifica played its second event of the new season at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall.

Aznavoorian played in both works at the chamber group’s lunchtime concert with Rossini’s Duet in D Major, with Timothy Eckert on double bass and Smetana’s Trio in G minor with accomplished violinist Giora Schmidt and Irish pianist Michael McHale.

In the evening concert, she also appeared in works by Ian Wilson and Carl Maria von Weber.

A busy and very talented lady.

Celestial Celesta UCSB Arts & Lectures Miller McCune executive director Celesta Billeci has been awarded the 2015 Jerry Willis Leadership Award from the Western Arts Alliance at its 48th

UCSB’s Celesta Billeci gets major award

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The honor recognizes extraordinary vision, distinguished leadership, and artistic excellence in the performing arts field “It is an incredible honor,” says Celesta. “It is wonderful to be part of a team that is committed to bringing some of the world’s greatest artists and influential people to our community.”

With more than 25 years of experience in the performing arts, Celesta joined Arts & Lectures as executive director in 2000. It is now one of the largest and most impactful arts and lectures organizations on the Left Coast, with an impressive roster of world-class artists and speakers.

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The book is authored by Pamela Skewes-Cox, granddaughter of the Craigs, and Robert Sweeny, architectural historian. Each of the Craigs’ projects is carefully examined. Of the hundreds of projects, from residences to remodels to additions, close to 50 influenced the architectural landscape of Montecito. Biographical chapters reveal the paths and choices that led the Craigs to become such skilled practitioners in the world of architecture.

James Osborne Craig studied architecture in his native Scotland before coming to Colorado and, later, Arizona where he worked for various architectural firms. In the West, he was exposed to a new genre of architecture – Spanish Colonial Revival.

He came to Santa Barbara in 1916.

Probably his two most important projects were a new home for Bernhard and Irene Hoffmann behind St. Anthony’s Seminary in 1921 and Hoffmann’s El Paseo, the Streets of Spain complex, which would come to define the direction and tenor of Santa Barbara’s civic architecture to this day.

Craig died before he could complete either project, but then a remarkable thing happened. His wife, Mary, whom he had married in 1919, took over the business. Born and raised in rough-and-tumble Deadwood, North Dakota, at age 14 Mary was sent to the Georgetown Visitation Convent in Washington, D.C., to receive her education. After her father died, her mother moved them to Pasadena, and Mary often sojourned with friends and relatives in Santa Barbara, where she met James Osborne Craig.

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Ms Beresford is a retired English and American history teacher of 30 years in the Santa Barbara School District. She is author of two Noticias, “El Mirasol: From Swan to Albatross” and “Santa Barbara Grocers,” for the Santa Barbara Historical Society.

Winslow finished Craig’s projects for the Hoffmanns, Mary, according to the authors, “became an accomplished designer through her natural good taste, sense of beauty, and understanding of the need for practicality in day to day living.” She had intriguing ideas and a talent for visualizing architectural forms and details that the talented architect Ralph Armitage made manifest through renderings and blueprints. From 1922-1958, Mary Craig worked as an architectural designer creating more than 100 projects in a variety of styles. Probably her best-known project is the Plaza Rubio subdivision. Photographer Matt Walla’s keen eye was able to express the romance and charm of this cluster of Spanish style houses, which overlook the Santa Barbara Mission Rose Garden.

Sweeny and Skewes-Cox researched nationwide for their information. In Santa Barbara, they credit Michael Redmon, director of research at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum and the collection of materials at the Museum’s library to be the “mother lode” of local information.

“Maria Herold, longtime keeper of the Montecito Association History Committee and one of the doyennes of Santa Barbara history,” they write, “opened numerous doors, both physically and intellectually; she is sorely missed.”

The large, coffee table book is available at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum starting October 13. Museum members and guests are invited to an opening reception for the Craig Exhibit on Thursday, October 22, at 5:30 pm and a lecture on Friday, October 23, at 11 am. Reservations •MJ required; (805) 966-1601.

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On Entertainment Classical Music’s Ray of Hope

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ay Chen was 25 minutes late calling for our interview last week, explained he’d gone off on tangents during the previous chat, and then took more detours than lower State Street during the current construction in our own talk.

But that’s exactly what you might expect from a young violinist who is already a master at 26, a star player who has claimed prestigious awards and performed on the most venerable stages in the world while also turning the classical music scene on its ear through heavy use of social media and even modeling for Armani.

Chen and pianist Julio Elizalde return to Hahn Hall on Wednesday in an encore performance for UCSB Arts & Lectures that kicks of the Up Close & Musical Series at the venue on the campus of the Music Academy of the West. He talked about the program and his approach to music and his instrument over the phone last week.

Q. Do you remember your last time through here at the same hall in 2013 when you were just 23?

A. It was super memorable. Julio and I still talk about that concert, because we played it really well so it stuck out in our minds. It was a combination of the place and the music, and I really enjoyed the town and the people who run the series and the people who came to the concert.

You play on the 1715 “Joachim” Stradivarius once owned by Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim, who gave the premiere of the Violin Concerto by Brahms.

That’s got to be special.

It’s one of my favorite of the Strads I’ve played. Just amazing. But I’ve changed my mind about modern instruments. Before, I was gung-ho about nothing can beat a Strad. But it’s not even fair. You’re comparing the greatest violin maker in all of history to a random newer instrument. But it’s like wine snobs who like more expensive and older wines because they’re supposed to... The bottom line

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is yeah, it’s a great Strad, and it’s very humbling to play this instrument. I play it 90 percent of the time. But will you know if I’m playing my modern one on that day or not? There are places I use the modern just for fun, and nobody knows. Actually, I get more compliments on the modern. Or maybe it’s just that I notice it more.

Can you take us through the Santa Barbara program – how you chose the pieces and the challenges?

My big rule is to not just do three sonatas, an encore, and call it a day.

That’s too boring of a concept of a violin recital. I think it turns off audiences. Pianists play all kinds of pieces, but for some reason violinists seem to shy away from virtuosic stuff. So this time I’m doing a mixed program. The first half is the serious half – big names with lesser-known repertoire. Beethoven’s first sonata, just his first attempt, more classical sounding than his later works, less death – Beethoven before he showed his temper in the music. It’s a great opener. I’m also playing Saint-Saëns first sonata. It’s such a good piece, but most people have never heard it. I hadn’t until my pianist introduced it to me and I went, “Wow! Now I gotta play it.” After intermission, it really gets interesting. We start with Ysaÿe (Sonata for Solo Violin in E Minor, op. 27, no. 4), which is still a sonata but not one of his most popular pieces, but it’s very beautiful. Then it’s de Falla’s set of six suites, which are actually songs that were written for voice so there’s a lot of flourish, before we finish with Monti’s Czardas. It’s fiery stuff.

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ENTERTAINMENT (Continued from page 37) It seems it’s not enough for a classical musician just to play well nowadays – you have to be marketable.

Musicians are a product just like everything else. Sometimes the marketing is that there’s nothing but the music, but that’s a form of marketing as well: He’s the serious musician who just plays and goes home. Mine is much more visible – you see the interaction, the comments, the shares, the re-posts. You can see the number of views and it’s quantifiable. I see social media as a tool that’s available. I want to share who I am with my audience and feel connected with them. People used to do that with newsletters, now it’s online. And it’s not invasive. You choose to go there.

So you’re optimistic about the future of classical music?

Yeah, I think it looks bright, actually. But the danger is to sit back and just let it happen and think things take care of itself. You have to actively make it something. I want to be on the forefront, the trendsetter, not the person who’s following them.

It takes a lot of psychological effort and time, but that’s who I am. I’m not one of those who wants to only spend time on the music. I can’t be in the practice room 12 hours a day.

I’m not even sure that makes you a

richer musician. To me, going out and seeing the world makes me a better person, which makes me a better musician.

Classical Corner

Santa Barbara Symphony music director Nir Kabaretti opens his 10th anniversary season with a massive co-production of Orff’s Carmina Burana with State Street Ballet and the Santa Barbara Choral Society on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at the Granada. The undertaking dwarfs even the latter two organizations collaboration on the same piece seven years ago, and looks to be one of the highlights of the classical arts season. The concert opens with Beethoven’s Leonore Overture #3 and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms.

The Symphony also has another collaboration with a local arts organization next month as Kabaretti and Co. team with actors from Ensemble Theatre Company for a program titled “Shakespeare Set to Music”. The actors will play parts on stage to the musical background of Mendelssohn’s incidental music to Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Walton’s film score for As You Like It, and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet for the November 14-15 concerts. Call 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org for tickets and more information.

Going to the Dogs: Gardens & Villa Moves to L.A.

The New Noise Music Festival has undergone some changes for its seventh season. Gone are the aspirations to turn Santa Barbara into a mini (or maxi) South by Southwest in Austin as the conference/workshop portion has been excised in favor of a partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art’s second annual On Edge Festival.

But the four-day event will still offer multi-act showcases at several downtown clubs simultaneously, culminating with the Funk Zone Block Party on Sunday afternoon.

That’s where Santa Barbara-born indie rock band Gardens & Villa will make its triumphant return to town hot on the heels of its just-released third album, Music for Dogs, recorded down in its adopted home of Los Angeles. The new environs are readily apparent in both the sound and edginess of the new album, though the feel-good vibes blended with Eastern philosophies are still running in the undercurrent.

“When we first started, it was very mystic and natural,” explained keyboard-synth player/songwriter Adam Rasmussen, who started Gardens & Villa with longtime friend and cohort Chris Lynch (songwriter, guitar, wood flute, vocals), whom he

Gardens & Villa members Adam Rasmussen and Chris Lynch perform Sunday in the Funk Zone (photo by S.Perlin)

met in a composition and history of Western music class at UCSB, plus Shane McKillop (bass) and Dustin Ineman (drums) back in 2008. “There was lots of swimming in the ocean, hiking on trails, and lots of meditation. Musically and thematically, it was a mystic expression.”

Even the band’s name was a nod to the metaphor of self-growth in the natural world, said Rasmussen. “We were all living in the same house on Villa Street on the West side. There was sisal overgrowing the place like in Beauty and the Beast. We had to clear out the entire thing and plant a garden. So, that’s a symbol of freshness and sustainability that was similar to our creative process in music.”

But after touring for seven months behind their second album, Dune, early last year, Rasmussen and Lynch found Santa Barbara no longer felt like home.

“It was really arduous time all the

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way through, the whole process of the record and the road painfully long.

And when we got back, our relationships and friendships weren’t as strong. We felt displaced. Both of our romantic relationships came to an end.

It was like, “What are we doing here?”

So we thought, let’s just go back to the drawing board, back to basic, rip it out of the ground. We’d had an yearning to move to a larger metropolitan area for a long time, so we took a leap of faith, found a warehouse in Los Angeles.”

As Rasmussen explained, the new digs in a sketchy neighborhood by the L.A. River proved the perfect place to create Music for Dogs. Everybody in the building was doing art in one way or another: a TV producer, some really eccentric artists, musicians, whatever. That certainly stirred the creative energy. You could walk out of your room at 4 in the morning and somebody else was DJ-ing tunes to nobody.

Or they’d be having their coffee and writing a book. It was constant creativity.”

Coming back to Santa Barbara to play in the same area where they used to rehearse seems a bit strange, even if they’re looking forward to seeing old friends, Rasmussen said.

“It’ll be like a dream now to go back there now.”

joy to your community... by means of armed takeover. No really, it just focuses people on what to expect, know what you’re getting into, and to enjoy that.

for them it was real. So they loved us. My dad especially loved what I was doing, mostly because he could give our albums away for free to the tough kids.

Going back to the beginning, it’s amazing to realize that you were out there doing the comedy thing about weed while your dad, who was a cop, was trying to catch people like you. How did that work out?

It wasn’t like that. Everybody thinks the police were on us, but they were our biggest fans. They got the humor. They were the ones who dealt with the street life, though

You guys had so many big albums and then the movies. What stands out most from those days?

Really, it was such a blur. We made albums one after another – we were never off. On the road, we rented equipment and made them there. And after that phase, we did the same thing with the movies – just one after another. It didn’t stop... and then all of a sudden we were old.

It did seem sudden when it stopped.

Was that difficult?

It was okay. You do your run. The most successful comedy acts when they go into movies have a run of six movies at the most where they’re portraying the zeitgeist of particular culture. Six at the most. Then the culture moves off to someone else, because new audiences want their own comedy heroes. We had a long run. And what we did stayed in the culture and grew and grew. Not necessarily reflected in the box office for us, but it influenced in what people heard and treasured around the world. So it’s •MJ cool.

(Gardens & Villa perform at the New Noise Block Party taking place 12-6 pm Sunday afternoon in the Funk Zone. Run the Jewel is the headliner. For tickets and a full schedule of New Noise concerts, visit www.newnoisesb.com.)

Chicanos, but No Chong: Cheech Hosts Comedy Night

The second annual Santa Barbara Laugh Out Loud comedy festival winds up its two-week run this weekend with two final shows, closing out Saturday night with Chris Hardwick, who just won an Emmy for his hit Comedy Central show @Midnight.

But first we get “Legally Brown”, an evening of all-Chicano comics who have each enjoyed their own specials on Showtime, yukking it up at the Arlington Theatre on Friday. It’s hosted by Cheech Marin, one-half of the famed stoner comedy team Cheech and Chong. He gave us a quick look back at the good old days and the upcoming show over the phone recently.

Q. Even after all these years, is it necessary to have a night devoted to Chicano comics?

A. Well, it raises funds so we can buy arms to take over the country. Oh, right, family newspaper. We come to spread peace and love and 15 – 22 October 2015

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE OF NOMINEES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following persons have been nominated for the offices designated to be filled at the General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Santa Barbara on Tuesday, November 3, 2015.

For Member of the City Council, District 1

Vote for 1 (no more than)

Cruzito Herrera Cruz Jason Dominguez Michael Merenda Andria Martinez Cohen Jacqueline Inda For Member of the City Council, District 2

Vote for 1 (no more than)

Robert W. Burke Randy Rowse K. Missy McSweeney-Zeitsoff Luis Esparza For Member of the City Council, District 3

Vote for 1 (no more than)

Sharon Byrne Cathy Murillo Cristina Cardoso

/s/___________________________ Gwen Peirce, CMC City Clerk Services Manager Publication Date: October 14, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Shivall; Tickled Inspirations, 708 Chelham Way, Montecito, CA 93108. Ehsida Bisset, 708 Chelham Way, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 8, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. 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. FBN No. 2015-0002935. Published October 14, 21, 28, November 4, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Coastal Pride Carpet and Window Care, PO Box 745, Santa Barbara, CA 93102. Greg Sanderson, 1433 Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 30, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. 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 Christine Potter. FBN No. 2015-0002852. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Winters Wonderland, 755 Romero Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Lucinda Kelly Winters, 755 Romero Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 30, 2015.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. 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 Miriam Leon. FBN No. 2015-0002855. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Plaza Eight Twenty Nine, 829 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Donald George Sharpe TTEE, 680 Cowles Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Kay Whitney Sharpe TTEE, 680 Cowles Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 24, 2015.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. 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. FBN No. 2015-0002810. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Hellfire Gear, 2020 Las Canoas Ridge Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Robert Wilkins Sheffield, 2020 Las Canoas Ridge Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 2, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for:

BID NO. 5414

BID NO. 5416

DUE DATE & TIME: November 10, 2015 UNTIL 3:00P.M.

DUE DATE & TIME: November 5, 2015 UNTIL 3:00P.M.

Hope Avenue Well Rehabilitation Project

Installation of New PVC Thermoplastic Membrane Roofing for Airport Building 223

Scope of Work requires contractor to provide all equipment, labor, and appurtenances necessary to complete work consisting of pre-rehabilitation video surveying, nylon brushing the well screen, bailing the well to bottom, pre-chemical dual-swab airlifting, chemical treatment, agitation by swabbing, postchemical dual-swab airlifting, installation of test pump, development via pumping and surging, postrehabilitation pumping tests, well disinfection, and postrehabilitation acceptance video surveying.

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on October 26, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., at Hope Well, located adjacent to Hope Ave on the southwest corner of the property at 36 Hitchcock Way, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions.

Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977.

There is no charge for bid package and specifications.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California C-57 Well Drilling Contractor &/OR C-61 Limited Specialty/D-21 Machinery and Pumps Contractors License. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive.

Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. _________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. Published: October 14, 2015 General Services Manager Montecito Journal

certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2015-0002866. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) have abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): Servicemaster Commercial Cleaning By Office Team; Servicemaster Fire & Water Clean-up by Rapid Response Team, 2646 Palma Drive, Suite 175, Ventura, CA 93003. Pacific

Scope of Work requires Contractor to supply all labor, material and equipment to install an adhered thermoplastic felt-backed PVC roofing system over the existing cap sheet, with Fleeceback Low Rise Foam Adhesive. Eleven skylights shall be installed as new at same locations.

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on October 28, 2015 at 3:00 p.m., at Airport Building 223, located at 94 Frederick Lopez Road, Goleta, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions.

Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977.

There is no charge for bid package and specifications.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California C39 - Roofing Contractor’s Contractors License. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive.

Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. _________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. Published: October 14, 2015 General Services Manager Montecito Journal

Building Maintenance, INC, 2646 Palma Drive, Suite 175, Ventura, CA 93003. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 24, 2015.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. 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. Original FBN No. 2014-0003078. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

as: Servicemaster Restoration & Cleaning by Integrity, 2646 Palma Drive, Suite 175, Ventura, CA 93003. Pacific Building Maintenance, INC, 2646 Palma Drive, Suite 175, Ventura, CA 93003. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 21, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. 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. FBN No. 2015-0002775. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

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

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

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business as: JanGeorge, 1101 Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Jan and George LLC, 11 Madison Street #1837, Sag Harbor, NY 11963. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 1, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. 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. FBN No. 20150002611. Published September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 2015.

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

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Whitney Spackman, 4630 Vista Buena Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 25, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. 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 Adela Bustos. FBN No. 20150002819. Published September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 2015.

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for: BID NO. 5417 DUE DATE & TIME: October 29, 2015 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Santa Barbara Golf Club Tee and Bunker Renovation Scope of Work requires a qualified golf landscaping company to complete a series of improvements to tee boxes and bunker locations at Santa Barbara Golf Club.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Loza Tech, 1019 Bel Monte Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Igacnio Loza III, 1019 Bel Monte Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 14, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. 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 Andrea Luparello. FBN No. 20150002696. Published September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 2015.

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on October 21, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., at the Santa Barbara Golf Club, located at 3500 McCaw Ave St., Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions.

Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977.

There is no charge for bid package and specifications.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV02967. To all interested parties: Petitioner Skyler Marie Stokes-Tillotson filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Skyler Marie Stokes. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter 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. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed September 21, 2015 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: November 18, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept.

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The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California A - General Engineering Contractor OR C27 - Landscaping Contractors License.

The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive.

Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. _________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. Published: October 14, 2015 General Services Manager Montecito Journal

Construction; Oswald Inc.; Pirate, 1061 East Mountain Drive, Montecito, CA 93108. John Oswald, 1061 East Mountain Drive, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 2, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 20150002623. Published September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Campo Vanworks; Campovans, 687 Circle Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Byron R. Beck, 687 Circle Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

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Robyn G. Beck, 687 Circle Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 16, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. 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 Adela Bustos. FBN No. 20150002724. Published September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Honey Butter Food Company, 209 West Haley Street #4, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Katie Belanger, 209 West Haley Street #4, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Tara Coleman, 15025 Corona Del Mar, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV01890. To all interested parties: Petitioner Jeovany Javier filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Jeovany Abrajan Javier and from Guadalupe Salatiel Chavez Tenorio to Salatiel Abrajan Chavez. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter 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. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed October 5, 2015 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: November 18, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept.

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Eidelson is former president of the Montecito Association, and more recently, former chair of the Montecito Planning Commission; he retired from the MPC last November. Eidelson has been a Montecito resident for 28 years and has served on countless boards and commissions, including the Montecito Fire District, Sanitary District, Vector Control, Montecito Community Foundation, Casa del Herrero, and others.

During community reports, Cold Spring School superintendent Tricia Price reported that classrooms have gotten up to 92 degrees in the last few weeks, and the school administration is looking into finding portable air-conditioning units. “We want to make sure it’s a comfortable learning environment for the kids,” Price said, adding that the school board continues to finetune plans for a new administrative building, which will not be voter funded. The board hopes to break ground on the building in 2016.

Montecito Water District board president Dick Shaikewitz announced that the District has received 37 applications for the general manager position being vacated by Tom Mosby.

The application period ends Friday, October 30. For more information, visit www.montecitowater.com.

Montecito Union School Continues Expansion Plans Also at the Montecito Association monthly board meeting, MUS board president Gwyn Lurie gave an update on the plans for campus improvements at the school, nearly one year after the failure of Measure Q, the $27,150,000 school bond measure that was on the ballot in November 2014. “Since then, we have licked our wounds after our defeat in the polls,” Lurie said, adding that the school board is in the process of discussing and listening to the community on how to move forward.

The board has hired agent Mary Rose to meet with stake holders to get a sense of what people care about and what they think is important, and direct neighbors of the school were invited to a get-together to discuss issues with former expansion plans. “We feel like there is a good line of communication now. I think they’re feeling heard, and we are feeling heard by them,” Lurie said.

While they decide whether they will go for another bond measure, the board is moving forward on maintaining the current buildings, including performing much-needed health and safety improvements on the main school building and the kindergarten building. The school’s facilities committee is also looking into rerouting the south parking lot, to decrease

We tell lies when we are afraid. But every time we lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger. – Tad Williams

school traffic on San Ysidro Road, and looking into securing the perimeter of the school. “The money for this work is coming from our reserves, it needs to be done now,” Lurie said.

As part of the maintenance project, students will need to be relocated for one or two years, and Lurie said the board is discussing whether to house them in portable buildings, or add a new permanent building on the southwest corner of campus. “We are trying to figure out what makes the most financial sense,” Lurie said.

Anyone who has any questions or concerns is encouraged to take part in the discussion “Without the input, we fly blind,” said school board member Peter van Duinwyk, who sits on the facility committee at MUS and is a former president of the Montecito Association. “We’re all very invested in doing it right,” Lurie said.

For more information, visit www. montecitou.org.

Book Signing at Tecolote

Santa Barbara boater-turned-author Christopher Madsen will be at Tecolote Books this Friday, October 16, from 5 to 6 pm, signing his historical biography, Rowdy. A boat owner for the past 40 years, Madsen has logged hundreds of trips to the Santa Barbara Channel Islands, in addition to renovating Rowdy, a 60-foot racing yacht built in 1916. His six-year renovation of Rowdy was followed by an additional 10 years of research in order to produce the book, which was released in August 2015.

According to Madsen, Rowdy is the story of his undertaking to rebuild and bring back to life the famous racing yacht for which the book is titled, and of the ensuing investigation into Rowdy’s colorful past. “It’s a remarkable true life 1920s adventure and love story; one which fully brings to life the era and flair of Gatsby and Hemingway,” he says, adding that the “biography” of the boat is authentic, true, and historically significant.

Madsen spoke with family members of former owners of the boat, mainly descendants of Holland Sackett Duell, who was a decorated World War I major, a New York state senator, patent attorney and, of course, highly accomplished sailor. A complex and entertaining story soon emerged, which Madsen knew would make a great biography.

Rowdy is the recipient of numerous literary awards, 5-star reviews and high-profile endorsements, according to Madsen. For more information, visit www.rowdystory.com.

Tecolote is located at 1470 East Valley Road. The book signing is from •MJ 5 to 6 pm, Friday, October 16.

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SAVE THE DATE Bopping at the Bowl – Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band kick off a busy week at the amphitheater on the northern end of Milpas Street, Santa Barbara’s biggest and best-loved concert venue. Local Parrotheads get yet another chance to soak in the full Margaritaville experience on Thursday, October 15, as part of Buffett’s “Workin’ n’ Playin’” Tour 2015, which marks the 40th anniversary of the release of the laid-back singer-songwriter’s A1A album, his first Top 40 record. (7 pm; $76-$180).... Next up is Hozier, the charismatic Irish singer-songwriter whose self-titled debut sold more than 500,000 copies, a rare feat in these digital days. The album’s seminal single “Take Me To Church” went quadruple platinum itself and has hundreds of millions of video views.

Dublin folk rock quintet Little Green Cars opens. (7 pm Sunday, October 18; $44.50-$64.50).... How Big How Blue How Beautiful, the third album from siren rock juggernaut Florence + The Machine fronted by Florence Welch, became an instant worldwide sensation when it came out last June, hitting iTunes top spot in myriad countries from the U.S., to the U.K., Canada, Australia, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, and Sweden. The rockers show no signs of slowing down and may bring down the rock formations that underpin the Bowl when they hit the stage Tuesday night.

Opening is The Goastt, comprising Sean Lennon (yes, John’s son) and Charlotte Kemp Muhl. (7 pm; $65.50-$105.50).... Six Grammys. two Emmys. a Golden Globe Award – and one well-known “wardrobe malfunction” – Janet Jackson has scored in so many avenues of entertainment. Her previous albums have amassed sales of more than 160 million records worldwide, and just last week she released Unbreakable, her 11th studio disc and first since 2008 (and since brother Michael died in 2009), which reunites her with the songwriting/production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and reflects on much of her life and outlook. (WednesdayThursday, October 21-22; $69-$140).

WHERE: 1122 North Milpas St. INFO: 962-7411 or www.sbbowl.com FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 The Voodoo Strut – Kyleigh Carlson, Karyn Laver, Deja Re, Daniel Rojo, and Bethany Sutherland create the choreography for the first fall showcase from The Dance Network, featuring performers ages 4 to almost 80 in a wide variety of dances, including jazz, tap, hip hop, and more. The evening offers Halloweenthemed dance pieces, guest performers from Just Baila, costumes, some tricks, and a surprise treat for the audience at the end of the show. WHEN: 7 pm today & tomorrow WHERE: Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo, upstairs in the mall COST: $20 general,

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 Harwell as Holmes in Hound – Veteran Santa Barbara thespian Brian Harwell, an alum of the SBCC Theatre Arts Program, where he has performed in nearly 20 productions, returns to the Garvin to star as the legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes in a new adaptation of The Hound Of The Baskervilles. Seattle actors David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright, who began new careers as co-adapters a few years ago with Double Indemnity, and have now taken on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s greatest adventure, as the famous consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend and colleague Dr. John Watson are called in to investigate what could have frightened Sir Charles Baskerville to death. Holmes and Watson, played by fellow SBCC regular Jon Koons, pursue the mystery from their rooms in Baker Street, through the teeming streets of London and on to the windswept moors of Devonshire. The cast, directed by SBCC theater professor R. Michael Gros (who just helmed SBCC’s much-lauded production of The Music Man this summer), also features Elaine Arnett, Blake Benlan, and 12 more actors both new and familiar to SBCC. Note: audience members are encouraged to wear their best Sherlock Holmes or Steam Punk costume to get in the spirit of the mystery on closing night on Halloween, October 31. WHEN: Opens tonight, continues Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Sundays at 2 pm, through October 31. WHERE: Garvin Theatre, SBCC West Campus, 900 block of Cliff Dr. COST: $24-$26 general, $19-$21 seniors; $14$17 students INFO: 965-5935 or www.theatregroupsbcc.com

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EVENTS

by Steven Libowitz

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 Baseball to Bluegrass – Not many people can say they have shared a baseball clubhouse with Tony Gwynn, Goose Gossage, and Barry Bonds and also opened for Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Linda Ronstadt, Dwight Yoakam, and Judy Collins. Tim Flannery, who played 11 seasons with the San Diego Padres before turning to coaching – he manned third base for all three of the San Francisco Giants’ recent World Series-winning campaigns – is also an accomplished bluegrass guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who takes music as seriously as he does waving home runners. This is no vanity thing – Flannery has more CDs to his name (11) than career home runs (9). Just last October, mere weeks before he announced his retirement from baseball, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead joined Flannery to sing the national anthem at AT&T Park. Now Flannery heads down the coast to the Lobero with his band, the Lunatic Fringe, for a Sings Like Hell date, with Angela Easterling & Brandon Turner opening. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $34 INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

$13 children INFO: 963-0408 or www.

CenterStageTheater.org (studio 2256078) Melodrama at Plaza – We go from the heroic Holmes to downright silly sleuthing as Carpinteria’s Plaza Theater presents Dogsbreath Devereaux, The Dastardly Doctor or Nurses! Foiled Again by Bill St. John.

The bad doc plots to wed and do away with the wealthy widow Lotta Cash so he can inherit her fortune and her late husband’s clinic. He enlists the aid of the nasty nurse Hilda Hatchet, but problems arise when the insanely jealous nurse catches the dastardly Dogsbreath flirting with Wendy March. Can our hero Dr. Phil Good save Wendy and the unsuspecting Lotta Cash from certain death? The over-the-top melodrama set in a clinic full of zany patients features great characters and crazy situations that will only be enhanced by the pre-show appetizers, refreshments and live music by Fred Olivas as the nonprofit theater produces the show as a fundraiser benefiting the installation of a new loop for the hearing impaired.

Jordana Lawrence directs. WHEN: 8 tonight & Saturday, 3 pm Sunday (pre-show half hour earlier) WHERE: Plaza Playhouse Theater, 4916 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria COST: $20 general, $15 students & seniors INFO: 684-6380 or www. plazatheatercarpinteria.com SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 Song from Santa Maria -- Wesla Whitfield was born in Santa Maria and trained in piano and classical

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singing (her earliest professional experience was a mid-’70s stint with the San Francisco Opera as a salaried chorister) but turned to jazz and pop singing shortly afterward. Since then, she’s been singing with her husbandpianist-arranger Mike Greensill for nearly 40 years, performing at venues all over the country (from Carnegie Hall to New Jersey’s Garden State Art Center to the Clinton White House) and on radio and TV programs (Prairie Home Companion, Weekend Edition, Fresh Air, and All Things Considered, plus Regis and Kathie Lee and CBS Sunday Morning). Now, the pair are coming to Santa Barbara to play for the monthly meeting of the Santa Barbara Jazz Society, partially through the urging of president Ian Bernard, who met Whitfield and Greensill when they opened a date on Michael Feinstein’s summer symphony tour he was part of. “Her choice of songs, her pure tone, and her presentation gave new meaning to the word perfection,” said Bernard. “I’m in awe of her interpretation of songs you’ve heard before in a combination of Cabaret, jazz, and Broadway.” WHEN: 1-4 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 general, $15 SBJS members, $7 member local professional jazz musicians & full-time students INFO: 962-7776/www.sohosb.com or 6877123/www.sbjazz.org Festival Fever – Savory seafood at the Santa Barbara Harbor and soupy sustenance down the street at the Fess Parker Resort, plus a Saturday signed over to the sudsy stuff, make up this weekend’s festival favorites.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18 Smith Channels King – Actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith has had a successful TV career, having played National Security Advisor Dr. Nancy McNally on The West Wing and hospital administrator Gloria Akalitus on Nurse Jackie. But the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, and a National Humanities Medal has offered much more than merely interpreting roles, no matter how well written by others. She’s also a playwright whose one-woman show Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 about the riots that followed the Rodney King trial was nominated for a Tony Award for both the play and her performances.

And when she won the MacArthur, her work was described as “a blend of theatrical art, social commentary, journalism, and intimate reverie.” Now Smith has turned her attention to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s seminal text “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, exploring the voices and stories that gave shape to the Civil Rights movement, which has gained even more poignancy following the recent spate of black Americans killed by white policemen. The piece began life two summers ago at the Aspen Music Festival, where Smith worked with the world-renowned violinist Robert McDuffie and pianist Anne Epperson, the former UCSB music professor and collaborative piano faculty at Music Academy of the West. The collaboration comes to UCSB complete as a hybrid construction, combining a reading of the King’s “Letter” with musical accompaniment and interviews with those who are continuing King’s fight for racial and economic equality. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $30-$50 INFO: 8933535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

The Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival, which takes place on Saturday, is now timed with the opening of lobster season so that festival-goers can, not only meet local fishermen, enjoy live entertainment and other family-oriented activities but also sup on seafood ranging from fresh lobster, crab, prawns to other local-caught fish right down by the waterside. (10 am-5 pm; 132-Harbor Way; free; www.harborfestival. org).... Also on Saturday: the Santa Barbara Beer Festival, which lets visitors to Elings Park sip on a plethora of different brews and ales from the best microbreweries of the Central Coast and beyond, plus in a twist some wines and hard ciders, while listening to music from Afishnsea the Moon, Sonic Chaos and Thunder Rose and munching on offerings from the trio of local food booths. The event benefits

both the park, which has a huge field and terrific ocean views, and the Santa Barbara Rugby Association, co-creators of the festival. And you get to take home your special festival glass. (noon4 pm; ; $60, designated drivers $15; www.sbbeerfestival.com).... You’ll have almost 24 hours to recover from both events in time to chow down at the 6th annual Santa Barbara Chowder Fest, where the area’s best chefs and restaurateurs vie for bragging rights of “Best Chowder in Santa Barbara” as judged by local celebrities and foodies.

Naturally, numerous local wineries and brewers are also on hand for attendees to sample their finest, along with live music and both silent and live auctions, with proceeds benefiting the Legal Aid Foundation. (1-4 pm; Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort, 633 E Cabrillo Blvd.; $75; www. santabarbarachowderfest.com). •MJ

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Machine Music – Dave Rawlings and partner Gillian Welch – who won the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting from the Americana Music Association in mid-September – shared the stage under Welch’s banner at the Lobero just two weeks ago. Now they’re back for a return visit of Dave Rawlings Machine, which showcases the duo alongside double bassist Paul Kowert of Punch Brothers, singer-songwriter-guitarist-banjo player Willie Watson ex of Old Crow Medicine Show, and fiddler Brittany Haas of Crooked Still. The all-star folk-bluegrass outfit is touring behind its recent second album, Nashville Obsolete, which features seven original compositions written by Welch and Rawlings, who is considered one of the finest and most original acoustic guitarists of our time. Prepare to be amazed by perhaps the hottest string band on the planet. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $40 INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

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REAL ESTATE UPDATE

A Partnership Grows

by James Buckley

Michael Calcagno, Nancy Hamilton, and Village Properties owners Renee Grubb and Ed Edick celebrate the opening of the Calcagno & Hamilton team office on Coast Village Road

W

e are celebrating the launch of a sparkling new and handsomely decorated real-estate sales office, steps down from the eastern confluence of Coast Village Circle and Coast Village Road.

Calcagno & Hamilton (C&H) at 1255 Coast Village Road is midway between the Honor Bar and Jeannine’s, next to HR Home. The company’s principal owners, Michael Calcagno and Nancy Hamilton, share a desk and sit side by side; both look out toward the front of their modern 1,260-sq-ft space. It’s an unusual seating arrangement, but then, C&H is an unusual real estate partnership.

Firstly, there is that desk, which overlooks the entire operation and does not allow either partner to hide from anyone or anything. Then, there are the high ceilings, the desks without drawers, the open space, lack of cubicles, and the gallery-type display of photos from Peter Fetterman Gallery. Looking in from the street, it is apparent that everyone and anyone working in this office is going to be available to help facilitate a real estate transaction in this very visible endeavor of theirs.

The Partners

Nancy hails from the Deep South: Marks, Mississippi, “a little town in the Delta,” she says with an only slightly disguised southern accent, “not far from Ole Miss.” She met her husband, Michael Hamilton - a Southern California native who grew up in Montecito - in Santa Barbara while both were attending law school.

They had three daughters: Austin, Jordan, and Madison; all have now graduated college and have their

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own careers. Nancy says she felt the urge to “go back to home,” using an expression that revealed her Southern roots. So, they moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where Nancy began selling houses. After three years in the South, her husband told her that he “missed Santa Barbara.”

So they “loaded up the kids,” moved back west, and she joined Pitts & Bachmann in 1996. She always figured she’d have to work, as her husband chose to be a teacher, and currently teaches at Mountain View Elementary.

She says “it’s something in my soul” that allowed her to make “over six figures” during her very first year with Pitts & Bachmann.

The other half of the C&H partnership, Michael Calcagno, grew up in Brentwood, attended UCSB, wanted to stay in Santa Barbara (he’d been coming up for vacations since he was six years old) but left the area after graduation and worked as a talent agent in Hollywood for nearly four years. “I got out of there as quick as I could,” he quips, and came back to Santa Barbara with wife Cammie (short for Carmellita), a nurse at Cottage Hospital, in 2001. They were married in 2002 and now have two boys: Henry (5) and James (3).

His first job here was working for well-known, Santa Barbara-based photographer Macduff Everton, but then “fell into real estate” after buying two condominiums. He also began selling with Pitts & Bachmann, where he and Nancy met. They joined forces some nine years ago; Pitts & Bachmann had been sold to Sotheby’s by then. Both agents left Sotheby’s to join Village Properties, with whom they remain affiliated even though they have their own office.

The Calcagno & Hamilton team, from left: agents Dan Crawford, Amanda Lee, and Lisa McCollum, principals Michael Calcagno and Nancy Hamilton, office manager Susan Kim, and agent Kelly Mahan (photo credit Doug Ellis)

They first partnered on a large home in Montecito, and from there it became a real 50/50 partnership. They have no written contract, just a handshake, but that has worked well and neither has any reason to believe that handshake agreement won’t last for at least another nine years.

The combination of the two agents has proven to be a powerhouse (more than $100 million in sales in 2014).

After having bought and sold more than 25 homes with her husband, Nancy has developed an eye for what can be done to make a home more attractive... and sellable. Michael, for his part, has made invaluable contacts in the world of show business and has a knack for putting the right buyer with the right house.

Market Trend

“I think the real estate market here is just a reflection of what’s going on in all the markets,” Nancy offers when asked about the state of real estate. “There was a shift in consciousness that occurred in the 2000s,” she notes, “and the shift was from grand and opulent to simple and environmentally conscious.” She also suggests that “a lot of the money is coming from Baby Boomers who are saying they don’t want to go to a nursing home. They want to live in their own home and be tied to a

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community; they just don’t want all the maintenance.”

Nancy believes that explains why condominium complexes in downtown Santa Barbara moved so well over the last couple years. “That shift,” she says, “has taken place in every market. People want to walk to town, walk to the store, a restaurant.”

Michael makes the same observation. The shift, he says, was apparent when they were selling the two condo developments, Sevilla and Anacapa Villas. Nancy then pointed out that the two condos in the building where they are, just behind the Honor Bar, sold out quickly at premium prices.

“It’s still location, location, location; it’s just that the location is shifting,” Michael says.

“Where once it was Picacho, Hot Springs, Park Lane – now it’s Middle Road, Danielson, Olive Mill,” proffers Michael. “It’s where people can walk to everything.”

“Birnam Wood too is going crazy,” Nancy adds, suggesting that walkability and neighborliness are its main draws. “We have a lot of great product in and around Santa Barbara,” she says, “but the smaller places are demanding – and getting – almost as much per square foot as the larger estates. It’s what’s in demand. Small and perfect has as much appeal as big, big, big.”

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They both agree that more families are moving to Montecito, regardless of price. And, they suggest, those people moving from a big home in Montecito or Hope Ranch to smaller homes and condos are allowing younger couples with kids to buy what they once had.

Coming Up

There are a number of developments in the works, Michael and Nancy suggest, but they could talk only about one: a seven-unit condominium complex going up on West Beach. The units on the corner of Yanonali and Chapala will be sized from 2,200 to 2,500 square feet, with two-car garages, and the project is being developed by the same team that created The Honor Bar complex (Brian Cearnal was its architect).

“These are for people who want to walk to the beach,” Michael says, “maybe have a boat in the harbor, want to maybe lock and go.”

Overlooked Areas

“My dad came out from Mississippi when I first wanted to buy a house here when I was twenty-five years old,” Nancy recounts. “He looked at me... my first house was on Miramar Beach and the second was at Dos Pueblos Ranch. He says, ‘I’m so confused. The sun shines the same in Goleta as it does in Montecito. Why are they paying more money for it in Montecito?’

“What you’re coming here for is the nature and lifestyle,” Nancy adds, “so I think if you’re open to it, there’s always opportunities here.”

Nancy, for example, just purchased an older home in downtown Santa Barbara. “’But, it’s old,’ people would say. I’d say, ‘Yeah. But you can walk to dinner. It’s in a great spot. A great

neighborhood.’”

They believe Goleta is going “nuts” right now and will continue to be a good choice going forward. As will downtown Santa Barbara, the lower east side, and the west side (on both the east and west side of 101). The Haley Street corridor is another place they’d look. “Some of those little bungalows selling for $600,000 or $700,000 will be completely redone, and they’ll be put back on the market for who knows how much,” Michael says.

The former reason to buy in those areas was that that was all people could afford. The shift is that now they actually want to live there.

Nancy suggests that what happened in and around New York City over the past few decades will likely happen here too. When prices in midtown Manhattan became prohibitive for younger buyers, those buyers first moved to SoHo (South of Houston), then Tribeca (Triangle Below Canal Street), the lower east side, on to Dumbo (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge), and then Prospect Park in Brooklyn. In each case, the impetus was affordability, but in time those areas became attractive in their own right. People wanted to live there.

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Concierge Service

A unique aspect of Calcagno & Hamilton is agent Lisa McCollum’s Considerate Done concierge service, available at the front desk. The concept is simple enough: when people first come to an area, they wonder who is going to do their hair, where to walk their dog, where should they bring their dry cleaning, and other niceties. Lisa and the gang are there with suggestions.

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& Hamilton team are agents Dan Crawford, Amanda Lee, and our own Village Beat columnist and editor, Kelly Mahan. Office manager Susan Kim will greet you at the door, before offering you a glass of Nancy’s take on “Clyde’s iced tea,” a nod to her southern roots, right here

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Try our FREE Introductory Ballroom dance class. World-Class teachers from Russia. Sign up today (805) 512-0332 www.sb.dancefeverstudio.com dancefeverpros@yahoo.com

Personal Art Consulting Jessika Cardinahl 310-6543136 www.jessikacardinahl.com HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES

PR SERVICES

Experienced, compassionate & focused in house caretaking for elderly, children or any other client in need of house cleaning, cooking, laundry etc. References upon request.

My contact is 805-680-1091. Email annettendagano@hotmail.com.

COMPUTER/VIDEO SERVICES

VIDEOS TO DVD TRANSFERS Hurry, before your tapes fade away.

Now doing records & cassettes to CD. Only $10 each 969-6500 Scott.

PHYSICAL TRAINING/COACHING

Fit for Life Customized workouts and nutritional guidance for any lifestyle.

Individual/ group sessions.

Specialized in CORRECTIVE EXERCISE – injury prevention and post surgery. House calls available.

Victoria FrostCPT & CES 805-895-9227 PHYSICAL THERAPY

Marketing and Publicity for your business, non-profit, or event. Integrating traditional and social media and specializing in PSAs, podcasts, videos, blogs, articles and press releases. Contact Patti Teel seniorityrules@gmail.com REAL ESTATE SERVICES

NancyHussey.com Nancy Hussey Realtor ® 805-452-3052 Coldwell Banker / Montecito DRE#0138377 “With her keen eye for design, her superior knowledge of the Santa Barbara real estate market, and her relentless work ethic, our home sold immediately and for top dollar.”

-Norman and Iya Falcone Brown, Former Santa Barbara City Councilwoman SHORT/LONG TERM RENTAL

Improve the Way You Move-Improve the Quality of Your Life.

Josette Fast, PT35 years experience.

House calls 805-722-8035 www.fitnisphysicaltherapy.com

CARMEL BY THE SEA vacation getaway. Charming, private studio.

Beautiful garden patio. Walk to beach and town. $110/night. 831-624-6714 Santa Barbara Short Term fully furnished Apartments/Studios.

Walk to Harbor & Downtown.

Day/Week/Month 805-966-1126 TheBeachHouseInn.com

TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD $8 minimum

STATE LICENSE No. 485353

It’s Simple. Charge is $2 per line, and any portion of a line. Multiply the number of lines used (example 4 lines x 2 =$8) Add 10 cents per Bold and/or Upper case character and send your check to: Montecito Journal, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA 93108.

Deadline for inclusion in the next issue is Thursday prior to publication date. $8 minimum. Email: christine@montecitojournal.net

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Yes, run my ad __________ times. Enclosed is my check for $__________

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• The Voice of the Village •

15 – 22 October 2015

LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY local expertise. national reach. world class.

BUSINESS CARDS FOR VOL 20#48, Dec 10, ’14

(805) 565-1860

CAREGIVING REFERRAL SERVICE www.filcaremanagement.com • Full time/Part time Caregivers • Meal & Menu planning • Escort to medical & personal appointments • Light housekeeping

Hydrex Rob Adams | 805-560-3311 228 W. Carrillo Street, Suite A Filcare Merrick Construction Santa Barbara, CA 93101 1024 Rosewood Avenue, Camarillo, CA 93010 www.lee-associates.com Bill Vaughan Shine Blow Dry Musgrove(revised) Valori Fussell(revised) Lynch Construction Good Doggies Pemberly Beautiful eyelash (change to Forever Beautiful Spa) Luis Esperanza Simon Hamilton

www.MontecitoVillage.com® Broker Specialist In Birnam Wood. Member Since 1985 Bonded & Insured

(805) 200-8881

www.BirnamWoodEstates.com BILL VAUGHAN 805.455.1609 BROKER/PRINCIPAL

CalBRE # 00660866

PORTICO FINE ART GALLERY

ART CLASSES

Beginner to experienced welcome. small classes | convenient parking

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1235 Coast Village Rd. Santa Barbara/Montecito, CA 93108 For more information call (805) 695-8850

FREE YOURSELF FROM HOUSEWORK! AFFORDABLE-LICENSED BONDED-INSURED ENGLISH/FRENCH SPEAKING WEEKLY /BI WEEKLY 1 TIME VISIT

SIGNMAKER

LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED SINCE 1990

CALL FOR A FREE ESTIMATE @ 805 451 1291 OR 805 563 7439

Offering great affordable prices this season for residential & commercial.

All type of windows, screens & sills skillfully washed by hand.

Loving Pet Care in my Home $25 for play day $40 for overnight Carole (805) 452-7400 carolebennett@cox.net

Satisfaction guaranteed.

Free estimates.

Licensed/bonded/insured & ladder specialist.

Call or text 805 259-5255

NEWLY REMODELED HOME FOR RENT Unique home beautiful setting ocean and mountain views near hiking trails.

Fully furnished with 3br/3ba. Short or long term rental minimal one month.

Offer at $9500/mo. ontact Omid Khaki (805) 698-1616 Cabre# 01472496 COTTAGE/APT/ROOM WANTED

Looking for a room to rent in a private home in Montecito/Summerland. Quiet & responsible. Good refs & excellent credit. Jacqueline. 805 722-4792.

in the Santa Barbara Market!

Professional, Personalized Services for Moving, Downsizing, and Estate Sales .

Complimentary Consultation (805) 708 6113 email: theclearinghouseSB@cox.net website: theclearinghouseSB.com

ESTATE/MOVING SALE SERVICES

THE CLEARING HOUSE, LLC Recognized as the Area’s Leading Estate Liquidators – Castles to Cottages Experts 15 – 22 October 2015

HOME C are PLUS NON-MEDICAL IN HOME CARE

There’s no place like home.

PIANO LESSONS Santa Barbara Studio of Music seeks children wishing to experience the joy of learning music. (805) 453-3481.

HANDYMAN SERVICES

Estate Moving Sale ServiceEfficient-30yrs experience.

Elizabeth Langtree 689-0461 or 733-1030.

Non-Medical

In the Privacy and Comfort of Your Own Home

TUTORING SERVICES

Repairs and replacements of all types including painting and drywall.

35 years of experience. References Chuck: 805-636-7943

805.426.0990

24 Hour & Live-In Care Experts www.HomeCarePlusLLC.com

WOODWORKING/CARPENTRY

Finish Custom Carpentry.

Furniture, cabinets, restoration, doors, windows.Ca Lic#911243.

(805)696-8507. Cristian.

CEMETERY PLOTS (4) burial plots (grave sites) for sale, at Santa Barbara cemetery in Montecito. Nice location, west corner of central section (O), bordering top plateau. $32,000 total. 966-0707

SPECIAL SERVICES

Live Pain Free and Regain Optimal Health Through Natural Healing Systems

Ageless,Timeless,Youthful Style COTTAGE/APT/ROOM wanted.

Artist, ocean swimmer. New to SB after 20yrs in Santa Monica. Seeking 1 large bd/1ba. Maria 805 729-6648. chateauhaven@gmail.com

When you need experienced care at home…

LLC

Just Good Doggies

Schulman Window Cleaning Service

Refresh, rethink your personal style.

Over 40 years of unique experience.

Author of “Forever Cool” and “Steal This Style” (Random House) 480-3618550 www.sherriemathieson.com sherrie@sherriemathieson.com

"If you have any doubts about energetic healing, this book will dispel them. Filled with fascinating true accounts...it is a testiment to the limitless possibilities of this healing method."

— Laren Bright

Paradise Found Hosting Author October 16th at 6:30 p.m.

17 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara Lecture | Demonstration | Signing

The truth is more important than the facts. – Frank Lloyd Wright

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314 E. Carrillo Street, Suite 10 Email: drgloria@drgloriakaye.com Web: www.drgloriakaye.com Direct: 805.701.0363

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735 Picacho Ln $7,950,000 Daniel Encell 805.565.4896 Resort-like feel on coveted Picacho Lane - 5BD/5½BA on 1.12 acres with ocean and mountain views! Montecito Union School. www.DanEncell.com

1385 Oak Creek Canyon Rd $4,950,000 Joe Stubbins 805.729.0778 Premiere estate site in Montecito. Offering spectacular views of Ocean, islands & coastline.

1775 Glen Oaks Dr $3,650,000 Marsha Kotlyar 805.565.4014 Stylish Mid-Century compound, 2BD/2BA + 3BD/2BA, pool, lawns, 1+ac (assr). www.1775GlenOaks.com

1389 Oak Creek Canyon Rd $3,250,000 Marsha Kotlyar 805.565.4014 6± acs (assr) in A+ Montecito location. Ocean & mountian views.

Water meter in-ready to build!

230 Hot Springs Rd $2,595,000 Montecito Partner Group 805.455.7577 Renovated & enhanced 4BD/2.5BA home in Montecito near lower village. www.MontecitoPartner.com

1211 E Valley Rd $2,595,000 Yolanda Van Wingerden 805.570.4965 Montecito Mid-Century 3BD + office/4BA + guest quarters on 1 acre (assr).www.YolandaSB.com

2019 Plaza Bonita $1,775,000 Randy Glick 805.563.4066 Spanish Colonial 2BD/2½BA w/ separate artist studio. Beautiful ocean, island, & city views.

843 Park Hill Ln $9,495,000 Tim Dahl 805.886.2211 Gated 4BD/5BA Don Nulty designed Hilltop Villa with ocean views situated on 4+ acres (assr).

773 Park Ln $6,500,000 Daniel Encell 805.565.4896 In the heart of Montecito, behind a private gate, lies this enchanting 5BD/5BA/2HalfBA estate!

1987 Birnam Wood Dr $5,590,000 Daniel Encell 805.565.4896 Elegant 5BD/5½BA home in Birnam Wood golf club, Montecito, on a private double lot!

549 Hot Springs Rd $5,295,000 Nancy Kogevinas 805.450.6233 Irreplaceable Montecito Compound! 3BD/3BA home, 2 detached buildings, 2BD Pool House, Pool/Spa.

760 Romero Canyon Rd $3,500,000 Jason Streatfeild 805.280.9797 Stunning Montecito Estate, 3,000+ SF (assr), 3BD/2½BA cottage, guest house, studio & office.

1141 Glenview Rd $3,495,000 Daniel Encell 805.565.4896 Private hilltop estate with stunning views. Near Upper & Lower Villages! 4BD/2BA. DanEncell.com

2355 E Valley Rd $4,500,000 Mermis/St. Clair 805.886.6741 Incredible Ranch/Estate. 11,000 SF (assr) on 4 acres (assr), 5BD/9BA, pool, & guest apartment. www.StallaggioRanchEstate.com

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