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Justice: A New Musical To Open at ETC’s New Vic Theatre

By Mark M. Whitehurst / VOICE

ELEBRATING WOMEN WHO CHANGED AMERICA, Justice: A New Musical will open at the Ensemble Theatre Company. It’s a groundbreaking new musical about the women who shaped the highest court in the land.

A Southern California premiere, the musical features music by Bree Lowdermilk, lyrics by Kait Kerrigan, and book by America’s most produced playwright, Lauren Gunderson. Returning to ETC, Jenny Sullivan is the director.

A musical that sees and hears a clear call to social justice through the women who have served on the Supreme Court of the land, Sullivan finds it especially relevant. She shared, “Justice is fragile and precious! We need to pay attention to it and the words on the exterior of the Supreme Court house, “Equal Justice Under the Law.”

A captivating story of three remarkable women who transformed American jurisprudence forever—Sandra Day O’Connor, the pioneering first female Supreme Court Justice; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the tireless champion for gender equality; and Sonia Sotomayor, the Court’s first Latina Justice, Justice: A New Musical follows their extraordinary journeys from law school to the highest court in the land, highlighting the personal and professional obstacles they overcame in a male-dominated legal world. Through stirring music, sharp humor, and emotional depth, this innovative production celebrates these judicial icons who forever changed what

justice looks like in America.

“This remarkable creative team has crafted a powerful and entertaining musical that brings to life the extraordinary stories of these pioneering women jurists,” said Scott DeVine, ETC’s executive artistic director.

ETC has assembled three extraordinary Broadway veterans for their production: Heather Ayers (A Little Night Music and Young Frankenstein on Broadway, The Wickhams at ETC) will portray Sandra Day O’Connor. Julie Garnye (recently heard as a vocalist in the blockbuster 2024 film Wicked and last seen onstage as “Leah” in the World Premiere of Prelude to a Kiss, the Musical at both South Coast Repertory Theatre and Milwaukee Repertory Theatre will be Sonia Sotomayor. Valerie Perri (most recently seen in the record-breaking production of Fiddler on the Roof as “Golde,” opposite Jason Alexander, for McCoy-Rigby Entertainment; followed by her critically acclaimed performance as “Fräulein Schneider” in 5-Star Theatrical’s production of Cabaret will be Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

“Lauren Gunderson’s book, Bree Lowdermilk’s music, and Kait Kerrigan’s lyrics come together seamlessly to create a musical that does justice to these remarkable trailblazers. Our exceptional cast, led by three of musical theatre’s finest performers, brings these iconic women to life with dignity, humor, and heart. Justice: A New Musical promises to be both an educational journey and an uplifting theatrical experience that celebrates the ongoing fight for equality under the law,” continued DeVine.

Playwright Lauren Gunderson is one of the most produced playwrights in America since 2015. She has topped the list three times, including in 2022/23. She is a two-time winner of the Steinberg/ ATCA New Play Award for I and You and The Book of Will, the winner of the William Inge Distinguished Achievement in Theatre Award, the Lanford Wilson Award, and the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award.

Composer Bree Lowdermilk’s work includes The Mad Ones, Henry & Mudge, and The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown. Her music has been performed at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, and theaters nationwide. Lowdermilk’s compositions are known for their emotional resonance and contemporary sophistication.

Lyricist Katie Kerrigan is an awardwinning author, lyricist, and playwright. Her work includes: BROADWAY: The Great Gatsby (book); WEST END: The Great Gatsby, The Time Traveller’s Wife (add’l lyrics with a score by Joss Stone and Dave Stewart); OFF-BROADWAY: The Mad Ones (book and lyrics), Henry and

Mudge (book and lyrics). Also in 2025: The Heart (book and additional lyrics) at La Jolla Playhouse, The Great Gatsby in Seoul, The Mad Ones off-West End at the Other Palace, Indigo (book) at the Leicester Curve, UK.

Director Jenny Sullivan was the director for ETC’s The Children (with Nancy Travis, Linda Purl, and Michael Butler, Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical with Linda Purl and David Engel, Sleuth with Daniel Gerroll and Matthew Floyd Miller, Rubicon’s Twilight: Los Angeles-1992 with Chris Butler, and The Gin Game with Joe Spano and JoBeth Williams. Her film, I Know Catherine, The Log Lady, is currently being screened across the country.

Sullivan is most proud of the World Premiere of her play J for J starring Jenny, Jeff Kober, and the late great John Ritter.

The production’s design team includes music director Sio Tepper, scenic design by Francois-Pierre Couture, lighting design by Jared Sayeg, sound design by Randy Tico, costume design by Alex Jaeger, and properties design by Alex Johnston. Casting is by Michael Donovan Casting: Michael Donovan, CSA, and Richie Ferris, CSA. The production stage manager is Kristal Georgopoulos.

Producers for Justice: A New Musical are Kathy Weber and Dr. Philip J. Wyatt. Associate Producers are Cynthia Brown and Arthur Ludwig. Supporting Producers are Carla Amussen, Debra and Peter Bertling, Chris and Dori Carter, Beverly DeVine, Sybil Rosen, Sheila M. Stone, and Robert Turbin and Carol Vernon. Dana White is ETC’s Visionary Producer for the season.

Ticket prices range from $25 - $94. All Patrons 35 and under are always $35. Student tickets are $25. Single tickets are available through the ETC ticket office at 805-965-5400, or online at etcsb.org. Prices are subject to change. Previews are Thursday, June 4th at 7:30pm and Friday, June 5th at 8pm. The musical opens on Saturday, June 6th at 8pm and runs through Sunday, June 21st, at 2pm at The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria Street in Santa Barbara.

Jennie Sullivan, Director

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Valerie Perri Heather Ayers Julie Garnyé Photos courtesy of ETC

Valerie Perri (Ruth Bader Ginsburg), Heather Ayers (Sandra Day O’Connor), and Julie Garnyé (Sonia Ssotomayor) in Justice: A New Musical at The New Vic

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By Mark M. Whitehurst, PhD / VOICE

STUNNING CHOREOGRAPHY

by renowned contemporary dance legends George Balanchine and Gerald Arpino, and a premiere of a commissioned work by Kassandra Taylor Newberry were staged by State Street Ballet for Brilliance, their 30th Anniversary Season Finale at the Lobero Theatre.

State Street Ballet Dazzles in Brilliance

The first piece, Birthday Variations, was choreographed by Gerald Arpino, with music by Giuseppe Verdi whose ballet music was adapted by Jonathan McPhee and performed by the Opera Santa Barbara Orchestra, under the baton of Kostis Protopapas. Dancers performed with a strong sense of the Verdi Operas and in classic costumes. The traditions of ballet were danced with elegance.

Balanchine’s Who Cares raised the curtain for the dancers to merge modern dance with some traditional forms. Their dancing, often off axis, was intriguing, vibrant, and delicious. Balanchine selected music composed by George Gershwin, which was adapted and orchestrated by Hershey Kay and performed by the OperaSB Orchestra.

Dancers were freed to move with the Gershwin beat and meld into a magnificent Hollywood performance.

The finale of the program was To do less with a certainty, with choreography by Kassandra Taylor Newbery, with 17 dancers and an assortment of music. The piece was thoughtfully structured and embodied with great finesse by the dancers to convey a cultural narrative. Dancers were both in sync and out of sync – together in a high energy and compelling performance.

Cecily MacDougall, SBB Executive Director and Megan Philipp, SBB Artistic Director, both offered special thanks to Nora McNeeley Hurley and the Manitou Fund for the live music during the entire 30th season. Also thanked were répétiturs Kim Salami from the Arpino Foundation and Nilas Martins, Artistic Associate, from the Balanchine Trust for sharing their knowledge with the dancers.

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Above: Who Cares by George Balanchine

Left: Birthday Variations by Gerald Arpino

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Sable Offshore Has Begun Pumping Oil At Platform Harmony

By Mark M. Whitehurst, PhD / VOICE

WITH AN OIL PHASEOUT

IN THE WORKS BY SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

OFFICIALS, a defiant Texas oil company, Sable Offshore Corp., announced they had restarted oil production on May 15th at platform Harmony, off the coast near Refugio Beach, where a pipeline oil spill damaged the coast ten years ago.

The Santa Barbara County Supervisors, just two days before Sable Offshore’s announcement, voted 3-1 to direct their staff to bring back a timeline and budget, Environmental Impact Report, and process for drafting a phaseout ordinance for oil production.

“It’s alarming that no agency comprehensively looked at the environmental risks of restarting this aging, corroded pipeline, and that

Sable steamrolled over orders to halt construction. We’ll keep working to protect the sensitive habitats, species, and communities harmed by offshore oil drilling,” said Miyoko Sakashita, oceans director at the Center for Biological Diversity.

The oil spill on May 19, 2015, near Refugio State Beach and Santa Barbara harmed 150 miles of the California coast, and resulted in polluting thousands of acres of shoreline and habitat and killed marine mammals and birds, closing beaches and fisheries. The spill resulted in a class action law suit, which was won with damages and a felony conviction against Plains All American Pipeline.

Plains All American Pipeline then sold to Exxon, and then Exxon sold the onshore and offshore pipelines, three offshore platforms, and onshore processing facilities known as the Santa Ynez Unit to a new company, Sable Offshore.

According to a Sable press release, “Seven of the eight sections of the Onshore Pipeline have been successfully hydrotested. Sable will complete the final hydrotest in order to meet the final operational condition to restart

the onshore pipeline as outlined in the Consent Decree. Sable expects to fill the ~ 540,000 barrels of crude oil storage capacity at LFC by the middle of June 2025 and subsequently recommence oil sales in July 2025.”

Metropolitan Theatres Celebrates Families with Metro Summer Kids Movies Bringing Family Favorites On-Screen at Camino Real Cinemas

METRO SUMMER KIDS

MOVIES will be providing fun and summertime entertainment when it returns to Camino Real Cinemas, located at 7040 Marketplace Drive, Goleta June 18th through August 6th. Movie-goers can celebrate summer and enjoy the big-screen experience with family and friends for just $2 per ticket, with no booking fee for online and mobile purchases. Tickets will be available to purchase at MetroTheatres. com, on the Metropolitan Theatres mobile app, and at theatre box offices.

The Metro Summer Kids Movies series offers a new film every Wednesday morning at 10am at Camino Real Cinemas. The weekly shows offer the perfect activity for field trips and group summer camp outings.

Moviegoers can enjoy their favorites like Despicable Me 4, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, The Wild Robot, Kung Fu Panda 4, and more as part of this series.

In addition to Metro Summer Kids Movies, families can look forward to a summer of brand new family friendly releases at Metropolitan’s Santa Barbara and Goleta theatres including Lilo & Stitch which is opening May 23rd, Karate Kid: Legends on May 30th, How To Train Your Dragon on June 13th, Elio on June 20th, Smurfs on July 18th, The Bad Guys 2 on August 1st, Freakier Friday on August 8th and Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie on September 26th.

Metro Summer Kids Movies schedules at Camino Real Cinemas: include:

· 6/18: Despicable Me 4

· 6/25: The Bad Guys

· 7/2: The Garfield Movie

· 7/9: The Wild Robot

· 7/16: Spider-Man: Across the SpiderVerse

· 7/23: Shrek 2

· 7/30: Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

· 8/6: Kung Fu Panda 4

Metropolitan Theatres, a fourth-generation family owned theatre circuit launched in 1923, provides a premium movie-going experience with a growing number of plush luxury recliner auditoriums and expanded food and beverage offerings. Metropolitan currently operates a diverse collection of historic properties and stateof-the-art multiplexes among its 11 theatres and 62 screens in California and Colorado. For more information on Metropolitan Theatres, visit www.MetroTheatres.com.

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Consumers Are Unhappy

By Harlan Green / Special to VOICE “CONSUMER CONFIDENCE

DECLINED for a fifth consecutive month in April, falling to levels not seen since the onset of the COVID pandemic,” said Stephanie Guichard, Senior Economist, Global Indicators at The Conference Board.

“The decline was largely driven by consumers’ expectations. The three expectation components—business conditions, employment prospects, and future income—all deteriorated sharply, reflecting pervasive pessimism about the future.”

The University of Michigan’s Sentiment Survey Index has also declined for five consecutive months, from 74 to 50.8. It’s mainly about the growing inflation fears.

Why so much doom and gloom in surveys while consumers are still fully employed? Consumers don’t like uncertainty any more than businesses, and their lack of confidence could have an even larger impact on economic growth than uncertainty in the financial markets.

Consumer activity drives two-thirds of economic growth, and a recession begins when a majority begin to save more than they spend for a prolonged period.

There are many ways to measure this, such as a growing cutback in retail sales.

By Harlan Green

“Year-ahead inflation expectations surged from 6.5 percent last month to 7.3 percent this month. This month’s rise was seen among Democrats and Republicans alike. Long-run inflation expectations lifted from 4.4 percent in April to 4.6 percent in May, reflecting a particularly large monthly jump among Republicans,” according to Survey Director Joanne Hsu.

Retail sales rose just 0.1 percent in April. That’s a big comedown from a 1.7 percent spike in March that marked the biggest increase in more than two years because consumers bought ahead of the April 2nd tariff announcements that imports from all 180 countries in the world would be taxed at least ten percent.

Retail sales account for onethird of consumer spending and shoppers have been hunting for more bargains. Sales have declined in three of the past 13 months as portrayed in the FRED graph and

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were flat another three months but are still up 4.7 percent in a year.

Motor vehicle and parts dealers were up 9.4 percent (±1.8 percent) from last year because consumers knew that motor vehicle import taxes (i.e., tariffs) of at least 25 percent had already been announced, while food service and drinking places were up 7.8 percent (±1.8 percent) from April 2024.

In fact, this tells us it’s not the real reason for his tariffs, since he is more concerned about cutting taxes and federal spending that would also disincentivize more domestic manufacturing investment.

Sales at gasoline stations, on the other hand, fell last month after a decline in oil prices. Omitting autos and gas, U.S. retail sales rose a mild 0.2 percent last month, the government said recently.

The Conference Board’s Index of Leading Economic Indicators (LEI), another growth indicator that attempts to predict future growth, showed more weakness.

“The US LEI for March pointed to slowing economic activity ahead,” said Justyna ZabinskaLa Monica, Senior Manager, Business Cycle Indicators, at The Conference Board. “March’s decline was concentrated among three components that weakened amid soaring economic uncertainty ahead of pending tariff announcements: 1) consumer expectations dropped further, 2) stock prices recorded their largest monthly decline since September 2022, and 3) new orders in manufacturing softened.

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Manufacturing will be the hardest hit, because Trump’s tariffs will bring higher inflation and interest rates, which especially hurts manufacturers because they need to borrow lots of money to build their factories. The LEI survey reported new manufacturing orders were already softening.

This will defeat what President Trump says is the main reason for tariffs—bringing manufacturers home, as will the immigration crackdown, which reduces the working age population at a time of worker shortage. The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte accounting firm have projected that manufacturing will need an additional 3.8 million workers by 2033. Where will they come from?

No, it looks like Trump’s chaotic tariff war will create bottlenecks last seen during the COVID-19

pandemic, unless he relents.

We know what those supply interruptions did to economic growth during the pandemic and why it took the succeeding Biden administration four years to fix with its bipartisan New, New Deal legislation.

Harlan Green has been the 18-year Editor-Publisher of PopularEconomics.com, a weekly syndicated financial wire service. He writes a Popular Economics Weekly Blog. He is an economic forecaster and teacher of real estate finance with 30-years experience as a banker and mortgage broker. To reach Harlan call (805)452-7696 or email editor@populareconomics.com.

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Sara Miller McCune Donates $1.5 Million To DignityMoves

LOCAL TRANSITIONAL HOUSING

has received a significant boost from the philanthropy of Sara Miller McCune, with her gifts to DignityMoves totaling $1.5 million. DignityMoves is a nonprofit working to reduce homelessness in Santa Barbara County and has built three significant area developments of tiny homes.

“The steadfast dedication and conviction of Supervisor Laura Capps’ that the DignityMoves’ model was one that would dramatically change the course of how we address and solve homelessness in Santa Barbara was quite convincing,” commented Miller McCune.

In 2022, Miller McCune gave DignityMoves a $50,000 gift for Santa Barbara Street Village. Another gift of

$500,000 was received for La Posada Village in 2023. More recently she offered a donation of $1M for the future Family Village – all which are located in the greater Santa Barbara area.

Miller McCune is known for her business acumen running SAGE Publishing with subsidiary companies with sales offices in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., London, India, East Asia, Melbourne, and Latin America. She is co-founder and president of the McCune Foundation, based in Ventura, California, which supports productive change through building social capital in two counties on California’s Central Coast.

Miller McCune is a former member of the Social Science Research Council’s board of directors and is a past chair of

Meals on Wheels has added Two Board Members

SANTA BARBARA MEALS ON WHEELS, an independent, volunteer-based 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of senior, disabled and/or homebound residents of the city of Santa Barbara by providing home delivered meals, has added two new board of director members: Caitlin Hensel and Carol Kallman. mealsonwheelssb.org

CAITLIN HENSEL is a partner at Hayes Commercial Group, specializing in a wide range of commercial real estate transactions, with a focus on value-add opportunities and property repositioning. She has completed over 450 deals totaling more than $300 million and is one of the region’s most active agents. Known for her strategic insight, market expertise, and dedication to client service, Hensel draws on a background in transaction coordination, marketing, and research.

A UCSB alumna, she has been with Hayes since 2008 and actively contributes to the Santa Barbara community through board positions and nonprofit work. Her achievements have earned her honors such as “Top 50 Women in Business” and “40 Under 40” from the Pacific Coast Business Times.

CAROL KALLMAN was born and raised in Santa Barbara and continued her family’s legacy in serving the community through her work with many non profits. She has served as the President of the Channel City Club, the Junior League of Santa Barbara, Alpha Resource Center, SB Yacht Club Women, and the SB Zoo Auxiliary. She served on the Deepwater Diving Monument Committee and continues to serve on the Board of the SB Yacht Club Women as well as the Community Relations Committee for the Santa Barbara Zoo. In 2016 the Association of Professional Fundraisers presented her with the Award of “Volunteer of the Year for the County of Santa Barbara.” She was the Junior League Sustainer of the Year and she and her husband Don were honorary Chairs of the Zoofari Ball.

Kallman earned her BA in Business Administration from Cal Poly and manages the family rental and investment properties. She is married to Don Barthelmess, has two grown children and is the proud “Nana” of four grandchildren.

their Visiting Committee. Previously, she was a long-serving member of the board of directors of both the American Academy of Political and Social Science and Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

“This show of support from one of the Central Coast’s most respected and successful community members has enhanced the credibility of what we were attempting to achieve,” said Jack Lorenz of DignityMoves,

Using donated money for construction and County money primarily for supportive services helped assure a high rate of success in moving people off the streets into permanent housing.

Marionettes To Perform at Plaza del Mar Band Shell

MARIONETTES DANCING ACROSS THE BAND SHELL STAGE AT PLAZA DEL MAR has been a dream of the Santa Barbara Park and Recreation Community Foundation and the City Parks & Recreation Department. They’ll see them come to life this Saturday, May 24th at 11am and 1pm in two free performances open to the public. Plaza del Mar Band Shell is located at 131 Castillo Street, near the Harbor, across from Los Baños del Mar Pool.

The Bob Baker Marionettes, of international puppetry fame, will be hosted by PARC, City Park & Recreation Department, with the sponsorship of title sponsor, Santa Barbara Beautiful.

“Puppetry is an art form that combines design and technique with performing art and cultural storytelling. If you’ve never seen Bob Baker Marionette Theater, you’re in for a treat,” said PARC Foundation Board Member Claudia Schou.

The public is encouraged to bring “a picnic basket and blanket, and hats and sunscreen,” Schou added.

The recent restoration of Plaza del Mar Bandshell marks a significant milestone for Santa Barbara and underscores PARC Foundation’s commitment to fostering an inclusive space where all community members can gather and enjoy free artistic performances.

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In addition to the Marionettes, PARC Foundation will partner with Santa Barbara Beautiful and Music Academy of the West to host

“Brass at the Bandshell,” a free summer concert in partnership with Music Academy of the West on Saturday, July 26th at 11am.

“The Academy is thrilled to be offering more concerts in the community, and particularly at the newly renovated bandshell which traces its historical roots to classical music performances. This concert, ‘Brass at the Bandshell’ will feature the Academy’s brass fellows and teaching artists in a family-friendly, outdoor chamber music performance,” said Indigo Fischer, Artistic Administrator. For more info, visit parcsb.org

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The Grand Wine Tasting A Connoisseurs Delight

By Richard and Amanda Payatt, Special to VOICE

WITH WINEMAKERS, SPECIAL TASTINGS, AND SUPERB BITES

from area restaurants, this year’s Grand Wine Tasting at El Presidio de Santa Barbara Historic State Park on Saturday hearkened back to pre-pandemic heights. The culminating event for the 2025 Santa Barbara Culinary Experience featured numerous wine events, wine dinners, winery tours, and culinary classes.

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This year, there were 45 wines represented, and a dozen restaurants and food companies present. We have to give special praise to Jamie Knee, the Director of the Santa Barbara Culinary Experience, who pulled the event together. Her teamwork with the winemakers balanced not only the best of our Old School wineries, but also brought in many new, promising local wineries to the event.

All in all, we haven’t seen a tasting experience in years with so many of the winemakers themselves present. And, because the winemakers were there, you were able to ask specific questions about the wine and get precise, honest answers, and not the marketing speak that you so often get at big events. Better still, because it was a small scale event, wines that were much better than usual were to be had. We were seeing library wines from 2012 by famed Santa Barbara County producers being poured for the guests. It was a connoisseur’s event.

The food offerings were also a cut above. Chilled oysters. Spicy Mexican food from three different restaurants. Sumptuous deviled eggs. Avocado tasting featuring six different varieties of avocados. Chocolate and ice cream were served when it was time for dessert. Even a Pellegrino stand handing out chilled cans of their water.

The location was a delight as well. The rear gardens of the Presidio are indeed a beautiful space, filled with shade trees and room to stretch out in the afternoon sun.

Legendary Santa Barbara restaurateur and winemaker Doug Margerum said that this was “one of the better events in Santa Barbara. A lot of people have never been back here in the back of the Presidio.” Bryan Babcock, another of our local legends, added, “The whole week has been glorious. We have had weather that was wonderful. We have been touched by the gods. This has been culinary arts at its best.”

So mark your calendar for May 11th to the 16th of 2026 for next year’s Santa Barbara Culinary Experience. And if you love the chance to appreciate fine wine, be sure to get tickets for the Grand Wine Tasting early. We won’t miss this one, and neither should you. sbce.events.com

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The City of Santa Barbara is seeking public comment on the 2022-2023 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). The CAPER evaluates the City’s performance on the 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan (AAP), which listed activities that would be performed during the year to achieve the performance measures outlined in the City’s 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan (CP). The CP is a 5year planning document which primarily determines the City’s housing and community development needs, issues, and resources. The CP helps the City determine strategies to address those identified needs using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME funds.

In order for the City to receive annual Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a Consolidated Plan (CONPLAN) must be submitted. The CONPLAN identifies the City’s housing and community development needs and details the City’s 5-year strategy and goals to address those needs using CDBG and HOME funds. Annually the City must also submit an Annual Action Plan (AAP), which specifies the activities that will be undertaken to meet the CONPLAN goals. The CONPLAN and AAP are scheduled to be submitted to HUD by July 10, 2025, and is subject to review and approval by HUD.

The Draft CAPER will be available online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov on September 11th, 2023. Comments must be received by September 26th, 2023. For more information, contact the Community Development Department, Housing and Human Services Division, at (805) 564-5461 or e-mail to: HHS@SantaBarbaraCA.gov

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Santa Barbara’s Draft CONPLAN for Program Years 2025-2029 and draft AAP for Program Year 2025 will be available for a 30-day public review period starting on May 22, 2025. The purpose of the review period is to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on the planned expenditures of an estimated amount of $1.6 million annually in CDBG and HOME funds for HUD-eligible activities such as housing, public services, capital improvement projects, economic development, and administration and planning. Written comments can be sent to daldrich@ santabarbaraca.gov and must be received by June 23, 2025.

For additional information, contact Community Development staff by e-mail at daldrich@santabarbaraca.gov.

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Para que la Ciudad reciba fondos anuales de la Subvención en Bloque para el Desarrollo Comunitario (CDBG) y del Programa de Asociaciones de Inversión HOME (HOME) del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos (HUD), se debe presentar un Plan Consolidado (CONPLAN). El CONPLAN identifica las necesidades de vivienda y desarrollo comunitario de la Ciudad y detalla la estrategia y los objetivos de 5 años de la Ciudad para abordar esas necesidades utilizando fondos CDBG y HOME. Anualmente, la Ciudad también debe presentar un Plan de Acción Anual (AAP), que especifica las actividades que se llevarán a cabo para cumplir con los objetivos de CONPLAN. El CONPLAN y el AAP están programados para ser presentados a HUD antes del 10 de julio de 2025, y están sujetos a revisión y aprobación por parte de HUD.

POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que el borrador del CONPLAN de la Ciudad de Santa Bárbara para los años del programa 2025-2029 y el borrador del AAP para el año del programa 2025 estarán disponibles para un período de revisión pública de 30 días a partir del 22 de mayo de 2025. El propósito del período de revisión es proporcionar al público la oportunidad de comentar sobre los gastos planificados de una cantidad estimada de $1.6 millones anuales en fondos CDBG y HOME para actividades elegibles para HUD, como vivienda, servicios públicos, proyectos de mejoras de capital, desarrollo económico y administración y planificación. Los comentarios por escrito se pueden enviar a daldrich@santabarbaraca.gov y deben recibirse antes del 23 de junio de 2025.

Para obtener información adicional, comuníquese con el personal de Desarrollo Comunitario por correo electrónico a daldrich@santabarbaraca.gov.

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Memorial Day Ceremony at Santa Barbara Cemetery to Honor Military Service

HONORING AND REMEMBERING MEN AND WOMEN who have served in the United States military, the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1649 will present Santa Barbara’s annual Memorial Day ceremony on May 26th, at 11am at the Santa Barbara Cemetery, 901 Channel Drive.

The free event will feature keynote speaker will be Captain Charlie Plumb, a former U.S. fighter pilot and six-year prisoner of war. The program will also feature presentations and performances by the UCSB ROTC Color Guard, Gold Coast Pipe & Drum Band, David Gonzales and the Santa Barbara Choral Society, and The Prime Time Band. A flyover by the Condor Squadron in restored North American Aviation At-6/SNJ trainers originally flown during World War II will conclude of the ceremony.

Captain Plumb started his naval career at the Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego where he flew the first adversarial flights in the development of what would be called The Navy Fighter Weapons School, now known as “Top Gun.” He later served in the Vietnam War, completing 74 successful combat missions flying the F-4 Phantom jet. During his 75th mission, five days before he was scheduled to return home, he was shot down over Hanoi, captured, then tortured and imprisoned for the next 2,103 days.

After his release from captivity, Plumb continued to serve in the Navy flying in reserve squadrons until he retired with the rank of captain after 31 years of service. Today, Plumb shares his story of overcoming hardship and developing resilience with audiences around the world. He shares strategies on how to cope with life’s challenges, how to find the positive in difficult circumstances, and how to hold onto hope no matter what.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early in order to secure a seat. Plenty of free parking will be available onsite. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 11am sharp near the cemetery’s main flagpole.

Annual Memorial Day Service at Goleta Cemetery

EVERYONE WHO HAS A LOVED ONE, FAMILY MEMBER, CLASSMATE, CHURCH MEMBER, OR FRIEND to remember this Memorial Day is welcome to participate in a service at Goleta Cemetery, 44 S. San Antonio Road on May 26th starting at 9am. Presented by AMVETS Santa Barbara Post 3 and Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 218, the service invites participants to bring a photo of their loved one to show, say their name, and tell their story.

With singing, bagpipes, a presentation of colors and of wreaths, a keynote by Drew Wakefield and four Memorial Speakers, as well as a rifle salute, the service will focus on those who gave their lives in service to their country. Carmen Munoz, Veterans Memorial Building Mgr. will be Master of Ceremonies. To conclude the interlude, Bob Burtness and Howard Hudson will bugle Taps Seating is limited: priority to guests who have difficulty standing. Bring lawn chairs. Parking is Limited: carpool or use alt. transportation. Meet near the Veteran’s Memorial.

The program offers a rich and varied musical journey from contemporary American choral treasures, vibrant African selections, a moving Moravian folk song, and beloved English ballad to radiant classical selections from Mozart’s Requiem and Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, brought to life by the 60+ voices of our choral ensemble, conducted by JoAnne Wasserman and accompanied on piano by Kevin Su Fukagawa.

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By Camie Barnwell, Santa Barbara County Education Office

STEP ONTO THE SUN-BAKED PAVEMENT of the Old Mission Santa Barbara this Memorial Day Weekend, and you might just find a child’s imagination, an artist’s legacy, treasured friendships, and decades of joy beneath your feet.

With more than 140 vivid chalk pastel street paintings created live on the plaza - plus live music, local food, and a joyful atmosphere - the I Madonnari Street Painting Festival has become one of Santa Barbara’s most beloved traditions, made even more meaningful this year as organizers reflect on 50 years of service to students through arts education.

To be held Saturday, May 24th through Monday, May 26th from 10am to 6pm, Children’s Creative Project invites community members of all ages to experience the magic of this beautiful community event, celebrating its 39th year.

What began over 50 years ago as a small, pilot dance program at Franklin Elementary School has since evolved into a dynamic, deeply impactful arts initiative reaching thousands of students across the region. In 1974, Children’s Creative Project was officially incorporated as a nonprofit under the Santa Barbara County Education Office. Today, CCP brings professional artists and live performances into schools, annually serving more than 80,000 students across 80 campuses in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

I Madonnari Festival serves as CCP’s primary fundraiser, with proceeds directly supporting inclusive, high-quality arts programming for TK–12 public school students.

:Honoring Legacy and Looking Forward

This year also marks the unveiling of a vibrant rebrand for CCP and the I Madonnari Festival - ushering in a new era under the leadership of Executive Director Kai Tepper-Jahnke, a Santa Barbara native and CCP alumna who stepped into the role in 2021.

“Art fosters joy, curiosity, connection, and critical thinking,” Tepper-Jahnke shared. “At a time when public school arts programs remain underfunded or inaccessible, CCP is here to ensure that each and every student has access to creative expression.”

Tepper-Jahnke and her team were recently awarded a Hope Award, presented by the Santa Barbara Education Foundation. The annual event recognizes two outstanding recipients each year who demonstrate exemplary service to public education. Santa Barbara Education Foundation also honored its former Executive Director, Margie Yahyavi, who passed away in 2024. Last year’s I Madonnari Festival was dedicated to Yahyavi as a passionate leader and champion of the arts in public education.

It’s impossible to tell the story of CCP or the I Madonnari Festival without honoring its visionary founder, Kathy Koury. In the wake of

devastating budget cuts to arts education in the 1970s, Koury responded with action - launching what began as a single dance residency at Franklin Elementary School. From that seed, she cultivated a thriving regional model for arts integration, forging trusted partnerships with schools and professional artists to ensure students could experience the transformative power of creativity in the classroom.

In 1987, inspired by Italy’s International Street Painting Competition in Grazie di Curtatone, Koury founded the I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival, North America’s first such event. I Madonnari has not only endured—it’s been replicated in more than 150 cities worldwide. Koury’s influence resonates in every pastel-covered square and every student who discovers their voice through CCP arts programming.

Festival Highlights

This year’s featured artists, Cheryl Guthrie and Terri Tabor - dear friends and both seasoned festival participants and longtime registered nurses - will be honored for their lasting contributions to I Madonnari. Together, they will create a large 12’ x 16’ street painting, prominently centered at the base of the Old Mission Santa Barbara steps.

Guthrie is known for her years of

“heart art for auction” contributions to the Friendship Center’s Festival of Hearts and was recently commissioned to create a tactile mural for the Braille Institute of Santa Barbara, featuring beloved icons of the city. Tabor, who holds a degree in art with a focus in painting from UCSB, has long been active in Adult Education and Plein Air Painting circles, bringing her talents to both community and classroom.

In addition to viewing hundreds of street paintings, festival attendees will enjoy live performances from local favorites such as Mezcal Martini, Spencer the Gardner, Rent Party Blues, The Brasscals, and Mark and the Logistics as well as several talented youth performances.

A closing ceremony will be held on Monday, May 26th at noon on the Mission steps to thank sponsors and honor featured artists, with remarks from Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools Susan Salcido and other supporters.

Continuing a recent partnership this year, Children’s Creative Project is grateful to be recognized by the Santa Barbara Arts District. Many local businesses within the Arts District have provided in-kind support to the I Madonnari raffle. As part of this collaboration, local artist and street painter, Ann Hefferman, will be creating a pop-up square in front of the Arlington Theatre. The Arts District is planning to host a mixer on Thursday, May 22nd as a preview to the festival.

This year’s Kids Square area is sponsored by Village Properties. Children can create their own chalk masterpieces in the Kids Square area for $15, which includes a box of pastel chalk.

I Madonnari Street Painting Festival will take place Sat to Mon, May 24-26th, 10am to 6pm. Old Mission Santa Barbara is located at 2201 Laguna St, Santa Barbara. https://ccp.sbceo.org/i-madonnari/welcome

Featured artists: Cheryl Guthrie and Terri Tabor

Work by featured artists: Cheryl Guthrie and Terri Tabor

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Friday 5/23

COMEDY

Friday Night Laughs • LA

Comedians • Java Station • $20 • santabarbaracomedyclub.com • 7pm, Fri.

LECTURE & WORKSHOPS

GCLR Book Presentation • The Late Karl Marx’s Revolutionary Roads: Colonialism, Gender, and Indigenous Communism • with Kevin B. Anderson, presented by UCSB IHC • Zoom • complit-glcr@ucsb.edu • 122pm, Fri. 5/23.

CalFresh Connect • The CalFresh team at the Foodbank helps with their CalFresh applications • Free • Eastside Library • 10am-3pm, Fri. 5/23.

Santa Barbara County Courthouse Docent Tours • Free • www.sbcourthouse.org • 10:30am Mon-Fri & 2pm daily.

Meditation Class • Mahakankala Kadampa Buddhist Ctr @ 1825 State Street (Upstairs) with Kadam Keli • $15 • meditationinsantabarbara.org • 5:30-6:30pm Fri.

MUSIC

Three Dog Night • live in concert at Chumash Casino Resort • $49-79 • Chumashcasino.com • 8pm Fri, 5/23.

Justice • The Grammy-nominated French rock duo performs • $87-585 • SB Bowl • axs.com • 7pm, Fri. 5/23. UCSB Graduate Composers

Concert • Original music by emerging composers • Lotte Lehmann Hall • 7pm, Fri. 5/23.

Longleash, Piano Trio Concert

• UCSB CCS hosts an NYC trio (violin, cello, piano), playing new works • Free • Old Little Theater (UCSB) • 7:30pm, Fri. 5/23.

Karaoke Fridays on State • Longoria Wines • 6:30-8:30pm Fri.

OUTDOORS

Gem Faire • $7 • Earl Warren Showgrounds • gemfaire.com • 5/23-25.

SPECIAL EVENTS

LISO 27th Annual Conference

• Interdisciplinary research and discussion from experts of naturally occurring human interaction, presented by UCSB IHC • McCune Conference Room • Register at ihc. ucsb.edu • 8am-5pm, 5/23-25.

Saturday 5/24

CHILDREN

Storytime @ the Sea Center • stories of the sea • all ages • Free with admission • SBNature.org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun.

Musical Learning with Lanny • Grace Fisher Clubhouse La Cumbre Plaza • Free • 11am-12pm 1st & 3rd Sat.

LECTURES/WORKSHOPS

Explore Together • Ages 0-7 • Interactive science, math, literacy and art learning activites • Central Library • 10:15-11:15am, Sat.

Crafternoon: Craft for the Earth • EE Makerspace, 302 East Cota St • $8 • exploreecology.org • 2:30-4:30 Wed; 11:30-1pm Sat.

SB GO Club • Play or learn the ancient strategic board game. All levels welcome • Questions: Lorin 805-4485335 • Free • Mosaic Coffee, 1131 State St • 11-4 Sat.

MUSIC

Locals & Legends: Celebrating the Music of David Crosby • SB Records presents Glen Phillips and other local artists, with the SB Symphony • The Granada • $40-105 • granadasb.org • 7:30pm, Sat. 5/24.

Bob Dylan B-Day Celebration • presented by Shakey Zimmerman who recreates when the Grateful Dead backed up Bob Dylan in 1987 • $25 • The Alcazar • 7:30pm, Sat. 5/24. Pablo Cruise • Honest, real down to earth vocals, and fun yet elegant, infectious grooves • Solvang Festival Theater • sbac.ca.gov/eventsportal • 7pm, Sat. 5/24.

SB Voice Academy• Classic Rock, Country, Pop, Blues and Jazz • SOhO • $10 • Sohosb.com • 6:30-8pm Sat, 5/24.

The Hot Sardines • fall in love with classic, speakeasy jazz • Lobero Theatre • $37-57 • lobero.org • 7:30pm Sat, 5/24.

OUTDOORS

Field Trip: Nojoqui Falls • Join Rob Lindsay on a free <1 mile birdwatching walk to the falls, hosted by the Audubon Society • santabarbaraaudubon.org • Nojoqui Falls Park • 8:45-11:30am, Sat. 5/24.

Bike & Buy Local Goleta Old Town • Old town businesses welcome the bicycle community • 298 Pine Ave • 9-11am, Sat. 5/24.

Twilight Hour at Lotusland • Delight in the light • $25-75, children of members free • 4:30-6:30pm, 5/24. Gem Faire • $7 • Earl Warren Showgrounds • gemfaire.com • 5/23-25.

SPECIAL EVENTS

I Madonnari Street Painting Festival • chalk painting, live music & food. Presented by and benefiting Children’s Creative Project • Old Mission Santa Barbara • Free • 10am6pm Sat, Sun, Mon, 5/24-26.

LA Art Tours • Visit with artists Luz Carabaño, Hannah Hoffman and Elizabeth Paige Smith and see previews of exhibition Tony Cokes • $250, transport and box lunch included • register at: https://tinyurl.com/yc7aw7ue

• Departs SB at 9am, returns 5pm, Sat. 5/24 • Ventura pickup/dropoff available.

LISO 27th Annual Conference

• Interdisciplinary research and discussion from experts of naturally occurring human interaction, presented by UCSB IHC • McCune Conference Rm • Register at ihc.ucsb.edu • 8am-5pm, 5/23-25.

Sunday 5/25

CHILDREN

Storytime @ the Sea Center • stories of the sea • all ages • Free with admission • SBNature.org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun.

LECTURES/WORKSHOPS

Painted Fabric Dialogue • Cloth as Canvas hosts speaker Jeanne Surber • Free • 1624 Elverhoy Way (Solvang) • 2-4pm • Sun. 5/25.

Empathy Cafe • practice listening & empathy • Riviera Theatre upstairs • Free • theempathycenter.org • 11am Sun.

MUSIC

SB Youth Symphony • accomplished high-school aged musicians under the direction of Dr. Daniel Gee • Lobero Theatre • Free • lobero.org • 4pm Sun, 5/25.

OUTDOORS

Santa Barbara Cemetery Tour •

Historian David Petry leads an intimate cemetery walk in honor of Memorial Day • $20-30 • sbhistorical.org • 10am, Sun. 5/25. Gem Faire • $7 • Earl Warren Showgrounds • gemfaire.com • 5/23-25 Domingo Tour • presented by AFSB • relaxed, guided stroll through SB’s

Locals & Legends: Celebrating the Music of David Crosby

LOCALS & LEGENDS: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF DAVID CROSBY, will bring standout artists from Santa Barbara Records, special guests, and The Santa Barbara Symphony—led by Music & Artistic Director Nir Kabaretti—for a one-night-only celebration of a hometown legend at the Granada Theatre at 7:30pm on Saturday May 24th.

Featured performers include Glen Phillips, Chris and John Beland, Shawn Thies, Jonathan Firey, and Kathleen Sieck. Special guests James Raymond, Steve Postell, Miriam Dance, and Lois Mahalia bring their unique voices and personal ties to David Crosby’s music to the stage.

Backing this incredible lineup is a powerhouse band made up of some of the most accomplished and versatile musicians in the industry, many of whom call the Central Coast home.

Tariqh Akoni, Santa Barbara native, has worked with musical legends including Stevie Wonder, Barbra Streisand, LeAnn Rimes, Bette Midler, LeeAnn Womack, and David Foster.

Randy Tico, a revered local bassist, has recorded and toured with Jeff Bridges, Kenny Loggins, Flora Purim & Airto, and José Feliciano.

David Delhomme brings a deep résumé that includes performances with Eric Clapton, Whitney Houston, Marcus Miller, Michael Bolton, and Neil Young.

James Raymond, David Crosby’s son and longtime collaborator, brings a personal and musical legacy to the stage, having worked with CPR (Crosby, Pevar, Raymond), Oleta Adams, Graham Nash, Kirk Whalum, and even the Spice Girls.

Steve Postell, David Crosby’s final musical director and a member of The Immediate Family, has performed with Jennifer Warnes, Lea Salonga, and Kenny Loggins, and continues to carry forward Crosby’s musical vision.

Fausto Cuevas, an Oxnard native and world-class percussionist, has toured with Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, Celia Cruz, and Al Jarreau.

Austin Beede, a Santa Ynez-based drummer, performs with The Grateful Shred and has collaborated with artists like Glen Phillips, Omar Velasco, Tina Schlieske, and Randy Tico.

Lois Mahalia, a beloved local favorite, blends soul, gospel, and rock. Her powerful vocals have been heard alongside Joe Walsh, Kenny Loggins, and Joe Sample, and her stage presence is magnetic.

Miriam Dance, a UCSB faculty member and Santa Barbara staple, is a soulful, high-energy performer known for her work with The Doublewide Kings and her signature Gospel Brunch at SOhO. She continues to uplift and inspire as a teacher, artist, and community leader.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Continued

Architectural charm • begins at SB Downtown Library • $20 • afsb.org • 10am Sun.

THEATRE • • THEATRE

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Presented by Theatricum Botanicum • A SOLD-OUT HIT LAST SUMMER, Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum returns to Elings Park over Memorial Day Weekend with two performances of their enchanting outdoor staging of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

The Park’s Godric Grove becomes an enchanted forest –complete with an oak tree growing through the stage – where human and fairy realms collide, resulting in comic confusions, mistaken identities, and unrequited love. All is joyously reconciled. But perhaps it was all a dream?

Performances take place Saturday and Sunday, May 24th and 25th at pm at the Elings Park Godric Grove Amphitheater. For tickets ($25 General; $15 teens & seniors; $10 for children 12 and younger. $35 for VIP Reserved Seating (allows paid parking at Godric Grove and free rental of a seat-back cushion) • Parking for all ticketholders is $6) visit: Elingspark.org

General Admission tickets will be sold at the door if space allows: $30 adults, $18 for teens & seniors, $12 for children 12 and younger. No VIP ticketing at the door.

Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone • A Musical tribute to the father of the American Songbook • by Hershey Felder, Directed by Joel Zwick & Directed by Trevor Hay • ETC’s Old Vic Theatre $29-86 • ETCsb.org • 8pm 5/23 & 24 • 3pm 5/24 & 25 • 7pm 5/25.

Manifestations • UCSB Grad directed one-acts • UCSB studio theatre • 7:30pm, 5/24&25.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Presented By Theatricum Botanicum • Summer Shakespeare at Godric Grove, Elings Park • $10-35; parking $6 • Elingspark.org • 3pm Sat & Sun, 5/24 & 25.

Sundays At The Ranch • Barn animals, outdoor fun & tractor rides! GV Hist. Society, 304 N. Los Carneros Rd • Free First Sunday Concerts! • 11am – 2pm Sun.

Beach Cleanup • Join Explore Ecology. Meet Watershed Resource Center Arroyo Burro Beach • Free • exploreecology.org • 10am-12, 3rd Sun.

SPECIAL EVENTS

LISO 27th Annual Conference

Monday 5/26

LECTURES/WORKSHOPS

Scrabble Club • Louise Lowry Davis Center • All levels/ English/ Spanish • Free • 1-4pm Mon.

Parliamo • Italian conversation, all levels • Natural Cafe, 361 Hitchcock Way • parliamo.yolasite.com • Free • 5-6:30pm Mon.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Memorial Day Services • see pages 4, 13, 25.

Tuesday 5/27

CHILDREN

Tevye in New York! • by Tom Dugan • One man show about Tevye, from Fiddler on the Roof, as he and his daughter immigrate to America. • $2055 • Rubicon Theatre • Opening Night Post-Show Talkback and Reception with the Artist • Hosted by the Jewish Federation of Santa Barbara County and Ventura County • 7pm, 5/28&30; 2pm, 5/29.

Dance Nation • Pre-teen dancers face the pressure of nationals, ambition and changing bodies while vying for the coveted solo • Presented by UCSB Department of Theater & Dance at the Performing Arts Theater by Clare Barron & Directed by Pesha Rudnick. • Ages 15+ • 7:30pm, 5/23, 28, 29, 30 at 7:30pm; 2pm, 5/31.

presents a Multimedia Concert and Artist Talk with Gizelxanath Rodriguez and Benjamin Barson • MCC Theater • mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 6pm, Tue. 5/27.

Building a House with Cellophane Bricks • SB Museum of Art hosts a reading and conversation with author Jonathan Lethem • $10-15

• 1130 State St • 5pm, Tue. 5/27.

Montecito Book Club • Register(805) 969-5063 • Montecito Library • 2-3pm, Meets Every Last Tue.

Intermediate Spanish Conversation • Central Library • Free • calendar.library.santabarbaraca.gov • 10-11am Tue.

Chess Club • Louise Lowry Davis Center • All levels/ English/Spanish • Free • 1-4pm Tue.

Collage Zine Workshop • Discover the art of DIY publishing • EE Makerspace, 302 East Cota St • $20 register at exploreecology.org • 6-7:30pm Tue.

OUTDOORS

Student Tea Session • Observe a Sensei teaching her students Chanoyu/ Japanese Tea Ceremonies • Botanical Garden • 10am-12:30pm, Tue. 5/27.

Wednesday 5/28

CHILDREN

Bilingual Music & Movement •

Ages 0-5 • SB Public Library • 10:1510:45am, Wed.

Read to a Dog • Practice reading with therapy dog Tallulah! • Free • Eastside Library • 3-4pm, Wed.

DANCE

Sizzling Salsa Dance Night • Free • 634 State St • Lessons 6-7pm, open dancing 7-8pm, Wed, 5/28.

LECTURE & WORKSHOPS

The Power of Birds • SB Audubon Society • Panel with National Audubon Society CEO Dr. Elizabeth Gray • $5 @ door or online • sbnature.org • Natural History Museum • 7-8:30pm, Wed. 5/28.

communities • Free • Music Bldg 2230 (UCSB) • 3:30-5pm, Wed. 5/28.

Beer, Champagne, and Abstinence: The Construction of Class in U.S. Popular Song, 1850s-1900s • UCSB music presents speaker Gillian Rodger • HSSB 2218 • music.ucsb.edu • 3:30pm. Wed. 5/28. Santa Barbara Poetry Series Reading • Readings by SB Poet Laureate George Yatchisin and Clayton E. Clark • Central Library • 5:306:30pm, Wed. 5/28.

The Manicurist’s Daughter • KAAREM hosts author Susan Lieu for a book signing and talk • Chaucer’s Books • chaucersbooks.com • 6pm, Wed. 5/28.

Green Gold • The Avocado’s Remarkable Journey From Humble Superfood to the Toast of the Nation with Authors Sarah Allaback and Monique F. Parsons • Chaucer’s Books • chaucersbooks.com • 6pm, Wed. 5/28.

Crafternoon: Craft for the Earth • EE Makerspace, 302 East Cota St • $8 • exploreecology.org • 2:30-4:30 Wed; 11:30-1pm Sat.

Knitting & Crochet Club • Louise Lowry Davis Ctr • All levels/ English/ Spanish • Free • 9-11:30am Wed. Mending Matters • Sewing & mending • Explore Ecology, 302 E Cota St • $15 • exploreecology.org • 5:30pm7:30pm Wed.

Le Cercle Français • French conversation, all levels • The Natural Cafe, 361 Hitchcock Way • https://tinyurl.com/5ejbd9ye • Free • 5-6:30pm Wed. Meditation Class • Mahakankala Kadampa Buddhist Ctr @ 1825 State Street (Upstairs) with Charles DeLisle • $15 • meditationinsantabarbara.org • 6:30-7:30pm Wed.

MUSIC

UCSB Ensemble for Contemporary Music Spring Concert • $7-10 • Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall • music.ucsb.edu • 7:30pm, Wed. 5/28.

Lego Club • Ages K-6 • Central Library • 4-5pm, Tue.

Bilingual Songs & Stories • Ages 0-5 • Eastside Library • 11-11:30am, Tue.

Yarn Buddies • Crochet and knitting circle for children 9 and up • EE Makerspace, 302 East Cota St • $12 register at exploreecology.org

COMEDY

Carpinteria Improv Drop-In

Class • Learn improv with friends • Alcazar Theater • $10 at door • thealcazar.org • 7-9pm Tue.

LECTURES/WORKSHOPS

Building Solidarity Through Artistic Activism • UCSB MCC

Kurdish Media History and the Role of Cassettes in Iraq • UCSB CISM and Ethnomusicology Forum present Hardi Kurda, talking Kurdish archival structures and how media circulates within Kurdish

Thursday 5/29

COMEDY

Backstage Comedy Club • Home to hilarious stand-up comedy • The

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Red Piano • $20-$25 • theredpiano.com

• 7:30pm, Thu.

DANCE

UCSB Senior Dance Solos • Creative dance and multimedia works by senior and junior BA Dance Majors • targeted for adults • 7:30pm, 5/29&30.

Debut! 2025 • Toddlers dance with SB Dance Arts’ crews in a family friendly showcase! • $19-54 • Center Stage Theater • centerstagetheater.com • 5pm, Fri. 5/30.

LECTURE & WORKSHOPS

An Evening with Albert Brooks • Golden Voice hosts a conversation with acclaimed filmmaker, actor, author and comedian Albert Brooks, hosted by Kevin Pollak • lobero.org • The Lobero • 7:30pm, Thu. 5/29.

Public Lecture by Gabriel Ritter, AD&A Museum Director and Associate Professor • Free • Hosted by UCSB AD&A Museum • Embarcadero Hall • 5pm, Thu. 5/29.

Community Conversations: Understanding the Gang Ecosystem • Panel by CommUnify and the South Coast Youth Safety Partnership • Free, register @ shorturl. at/eCYpW • 40 E Anapamu • 11am3pm, Thu. 5/29.

Environmental Justice Through Grassroots Activism • The CEC hosts a panel with MiniNature Reserve founder Diego Magaña and Climate Corps fellow Solimar Gutierrez • Free, register at cecsb.org • 1210 State St • 6:30-8pm, Thu. 5/29.

Research Focus Group Talk: Disease and Inclusive Healing in Jude Idada’s Boom Boom • UCSB IHC presents speaker Noela Mankfu-Ngwa • ihc.ucsb.edu • 1011am, Thu. 5/29.

A Look Back and Thinking Ahead: MCC’s Holistic Safety Plan • UCSB MCC highlights upcoming projects, resources, and approaches • MCC Lounge • mcc. sa.ucsb.edu • 2pm, Thu. 5/29

MUSIC

UCSB Wind Ensemble & Choirs Concert • The Wind Ensemble presents With Heart and Voice with the UCSB Chamber Choir • $7-10 • Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall • music.ucsb. edu • 7:30pm, Thu. 5/29.

UCSB Arts & Lectures Cello & Piano Recital • Chamber music from siblings Sheku & Isata KannehMason is back by popular demand! • $32.50-77.50 / $10 UCSB Students • artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • Campbell Hall • 7pm, Thu. 5/29.

Bee Gees Fever • Relive the 70s at this Vegas-style spectacle with songs by the Brothers Gibb • $58.5 • The Lobero • lobero.org • 7:30pm, Fri. 5/30.

OUTDOORS

Mayor’s Bicycle Ride • Bike with elected officials in Old Town Goleta as a part of CycleMAYnia presented by the City of Goleta • 320 S. Kellogg Avenue • 10-11am, Thu. 5/29.

Santa Barbara Flea Market • at Earl Warren Showgrounds • $7-32 • Earlwarren.com • 7am-3pm, Thu.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Book Fair Fundraiser for AVID • 25% of all Chaucer’s in-store purchases from 6-8pm will be donated to the SBHS AVID program • Chaucer’s Books • 6-8pm, Thu. 5/29.

Friday 5/30

COMEDY

Friday Night Laughs • LA

Comedians • Java Station • $20 • santabarbaracomedyclub.com • 7pm, Fri.

DANCE

UCSB Senior Dance Solos • Creative dance and multimedia works by senior and junior BA Dance Majors • targeted for adults • 7:30pm, 5/29&30.

LECTURE & WORKSHOPS

A&L Masterclass: Isata KannehMason (piano) • Watch Kanneh-Mason coach students • Free • Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall • 10am, Fri. 5/30.

Santa Barbara County Courthouse Docent Tours • Free • www.sbcourthouse.org • 10:30am Mon-Fri & 2pm daily.

Meditation Class • Mahakankala Kadampa Buddhist Ctr @ 1825 State Street (Upstairs) with Kadam Keli • $15 • meditationinsantabarbara.org • 5:30-6:30pm Fri.

MUSIC

Alicia Villarreal - Donde Todo Comenzó Tour 2025 • $61-230 • The Arlington • arlingtontheatresb. com • 8pm, Fri. 5/30.

Karaoke Fridays on State • Longoria Wines • 6:30-8:30pm Fri.

OUTDOORS

Xtreme Backyards • See new swim spas, hot tubs and more • Earl Warren Showgrounds • 12pm-7pm, 5/30-31 • 12pm-6pm, 6/1.

Saturday 5/31

COMEDY

South Coast Stand Up Comedy

• Comedians Dana Eagle, Eric Swartz and Matt Hirshen • $15 • The Alcazar • 7pm, Sat. 5/31.

CHILDREN

Storytime @ the Sea Center • Stories of the sea • all ages • Free with admission • SBNature.org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun.

LECTURE & WORKSHOPS

Lobero Live: Quips & Pix & Flix

• Music photos and stories from iconic music photographer Henry Diltz, with Hale Milgrim • $30-75 • The Lobero • lobero.org • 6:45pm, Sat. 5/31.

Stitch as Artistry: A Hands-On Workshop • Cloth as Canvas hosts artists to guide you through stitching • $5-10 • 1624 Elverhoy Way (Solvang) • elverhoj.org • 1-3pm, Sat. 5/31.

League of Women Voters SB Annual Meeting • Speaker Starshine Roshell talks stopping misinformation • Register by 5/23 • Free / Buffet $30 • 113 Harbor Way • lwvsantabarbara.org • 11am, Sat. 5/31.

Explore Together • Ages 0-7 • Interactive science, math, literacy and art learning activites • Central Library • 10:15-11:15am, Sat.

SB GO Club • Play or learn the ancient strategic board game. All levels • Questions: Lorin 805-448-5335 • Free • Mosaic Coffee, 1131 State St • 11-4 Sat.

MUSIC

Harmonica Master Mitch Kashmar • The Santa Barbara Blues Society welcomes blues musician Kashmar • $10-45 • sbblues.org • 100 E Carrillo St • doors open 7pm, show @ 8pm • Sat. 5/31.

SB Music Club Scholarship Showcase • First United Methodist Church, 305 E Anacapa St • Free • 3pm Sat, 5/31 & 6/7.

UCSB Middle East Ensemble Spring Concert • Directed by Scott Marcus • $7-10 • Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall • music.ucsb.edu • 7:30pm, Sat. 5/31.

OUTDOORS

Xtreme Backyards • See new swim spas, hot tubs and more • Earl Warren Showgrounds • 12pm-7pm, 5/30-31 • 12pm-6pm, 6/1.

VISIT THE PRESIDIO for their 4th Annual POP! in the historic orchard on Sunday, June 1st from 4-7pm! Home to grape vines, and lemon and orange trees, our Presidio Orchard Party will be an early evening full of delicious BBQ food catered by Country Catering Company, McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams, tasty local beer and wine, and kid’s crafts and activities.

Prepare for a wine toss featuring wines from Au Bon Climat and Frequency Wine Company, raffle prizes with unique local items, and a live music performance by the Senior Swing Band! The proceeds of this unique fundraising event support the work and mission of SBTHP. Everyone is welcome!

For tickets ($77 / $67 members / $22 kids 5-13) visit SBTHP.org

SPECIAL EVENTS

GCLR Conference: Blue Humanities and Liquid Media: A Watery View of the World • UCSB IHC presents its annual student conference • Wallis Annenberg Conference Room • complit-gclr@ucsb. edu • 9am-3pm, Sat. 5/31.

UCSB Fashion Club’s Annual Spring Runway Show • $10 • 552 University Rd • @ucsbfashion • Doors open 7pm/ show @ 7:30pm, Sat. 5/31.

Sunday 6/1

LECTURES/WORKSHOPS

SB’s History of Community Response to the 1925 Earthquake & other Natural Disasters • Historian Betsy Green and Chaucer’s owner Jen Lemberger explore the impact of the 1925 Earthquake on our city • Free • Central Library • library. santabarbaraca.gov • 2-3:30pm, Sun. 6/1.

The History of WE • Children’s book event with artivist Nikkolas Smith • Chaucer’s Books • 3pm Sun, 6/1.

Empathy Cafe • practice listening & empathy • Riviera Theatre upstairs • Free • theempathycenter.org • 11am Sun.

MUSIC

The Many Shades of Choral • The Choral Society plays fan favorites and new pieces • $10-30 • 909 N La Cumbre • sbchoral.org • 3pm, Sun. 6/1. ‘Sounds of Home’ - Quartet • A SoCal quartet explores a variety of California genres • Free • 6595 Covington Way • 2:30pm, Sat. 6/1. UCSB Gamelan Ensemble Spring Concert • Dir. Richard North showcases ancient gamelan muisc from Cirebon and West Java • $7-10 • Karl Geiringer Hall • music.ucsb.edu • 5pm, Sun. 6/1.

OUTDOORS

Dink for Disabilities Pickleball Tournament • Mosaic Therapy Collective hosts co-ed games for all levels • $50 donation • shorturl.at/MYMEn • 1414 Park Pl • 12-4pm, Sat. 6/1.

Xtreme Backyards • See new swim spas, hot tubs & more • Earl Warren Showgrounds • 12pm-7pm, 5/30-31 • 12pm-6pm, 6/1.

Mujeres Makers Market • SB Trust for Historical Preservation presents vendors, food options & vibes • El Presidio • sbthp.org • 10am-4pm, 1st Sun.

Domingo Tour • presented by AFSB • relaxed, guided stroll through SB’s Architectural charm • begins at SB Downtown Library • $20 • afsb.org • 10am Sun.

Santa Barbara Ghost Tours

Photo courtesy of sbthp.org

Cinema Events

Panic!: Shut Up &

Sing

• a documentary about the The Dixie Chicks (now The Chicks) will screen at UCSB Pollock Theatre at 7pm Thursday, May 29th. In the early 2000s, the Chicks topped country charts until a 2003 tour, when lead singer Natalie Maines criticized the Iraq War and President Bush, sparking backlash from conservatives and leading to their blacklisting by the country music industry. Shut Up & Sing (2006), directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck, captures this firestorm of political and cultural panic. The documentary follows the band over three turbulent years of public outrage and scrutiny, all fueled by a wave of reactionary nationalism at the height of the Bush administration. After the screening Directors Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck will join moderator Chelsea Kai Roesch (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a discussion of the film.

Reserve free tickets at carseywolf.ucsb.edu • Pollock Theatre • 7-9:30pm, Thu. 5/29.

CALENDAR

Continued

Sundays At The Ranch • Barn animals, outdoor fun & tractor rides! GV Hist. Society, 304 N. Los Carneros Rd • Free First Sunday Concerts! • 11am – 2pm Sun.

SPECIAL EVENTS

POP! 4th Annual Presidio Orchard Party • SB Trust for Historical Preservation event ticket includes buffet, McConnell’s and 1 drink ticket. Live music by the Senior Swing Band • $77 / $67 members / $22 kids 5-13 • El Presidio • sbthp.org • 4-7pm, Sun. 6/1.

To have your events included in VOICE Magazine's calendar or arts listings, please email information to Calendar@ VoiceSB.com by noon the Monday before publication.

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Community science helps reveal population growth among SoCal’s endangered giant sea bass

By Harrison Tasoff

The UC Santa Barbara Current

NICKNAMED THE “KING OF THE KELP FOREST,” giant sea bass are among scuba divers’ favorite characters to spot off the California Coast. But very few of these charismatic fish remain.

A team led by researchers at UC Santa Barbara has conducted the first direct population estimate of this critically endangered species in Southern California. Using photos sourced from the diving community, they found slightly more than 1,200 adult giant sea bass within Southern California waters from 2015 to 2022. The results, published in the Marine Ecology Progress Series represent an increasing trend in their numbers, suggesting that current conservation efforts are helping the species recover from decades of overfishing. That said, SoCal’s giant sea bass population is still far below its historical level, and recovery will take a while for this slowgrowing species.

“It’s reassuring to see things moving in the right direction in Southern California,” said lead author Andrew Pettit, a recently graduated master’s student in UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory. “This project, with its continually growing dataset, is a huge step forward in understanding and protecting this remarkable species.”

Population crash and conservation

Giant sea bass can reach lengths greater than seven feet, weigh over 550 pounds, and live as long as 76 years. These characteristics make them one of the top predators in their ecosystem, where they play a crucial role in maintaining the health of kelp forests and rocky reefs by regulating prey species.

Unfortunately, these characteristics also make them particularly vulnerable to impacts from human activities. The slow-growing species was fished to near extinction from the late 1800s until 1981, when California closed the fishery due to a total collapse. Commercial landings had declined by 95 percent in Mexico and California between 1932 and 1980. In 1996, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed giant sea bass as critically endangered.

Since then, California has banned set gillnets within three nautical miles of the mainland and one nautical mile of the Channel Islands. The state has also reduced incidental take allowances to one fish in California waters per vessel per trip. Mexico hasn’t yet enacted any regulations for the commercial fishery, and scientists know very little about the species’ status south of the border.

“A few recent studies have hinted at a population increase in giant sea bass numbers since the nearshore gillnet closure,” said Pettit, now a doctoral student at University of Hawai‘i, Manoa’s Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology. So he and his co-

authors sought to estimate the species’ population size and trends in Southern California.

A community initiative

Despite their size and appetite, the kings of the kelp forest are rather gentle and very curious animals. They will often approach and investigate divers like curious puppies. A previous study out of UCSB estimated that the fish contribute over $2.3 million to the recreational diving industry each year.

fish in different areas, this is essential for the species’ recovery and long-term genetic diversity.

The authors harnessed the community’s enthusiasm for giant sea bass, sourcing more than 1,600 photos from divers and fishermen through UCSB’s Spotting Giant Sea Bass Project. The initiative grew from a collaboration between the Benioff Ocean Science Lab and Professor Milton Love’s lab back in 2016, and now has contributions from over 420 citizen scientists.

Giant sea bass have unique spot patterns that remain consistent throughout their adult lives, making it straightforward to recognize specific fish from photographs. The team used pattern-recognition software to identify individuals based on their spot patterns, and statistical methods to extrapolate population sizes from re-sightings. Based on their results, the authors estimate just over 1,220 adult giant sea bass called Southern California home between 2015 and 2022.

“I’m encouraged to see evidence that the population is increasing, but there’s still a long way to go before we can celebrate,” Pettit said. “The population is still far below historical levels, and I’m particularly concerned about longterm genetic connectivity and diversity, especially since we have so little data from Northern California and Mexico.”

Unfortunately, this is still far below their numbers in even the 1930s, when commercial landings alone could exceed 4,500 individuals per year, with most activity concentrated in Southern California. “And this would have been after 62 years of intense commercial fishing,” Pettit said. Sadly, the current incidental take allowance means that, on average, 126 giant sea bass were landed by gill-netter fishermen each year from 1994 to 2022. And the trend is increasing, with 180 caught and sold in 2022.

Giant homebodies

The photos revealed that the fish like to stick close to their homes with the exception of a few intrepid individuals. The researchers found only eight instances of fish traveling across islands or more than 30 miles. Giant sea bass also aggregate seasonally in predictable locations, which historically made them easy targets for fishers. But it makes them a favorite of divers, who will often encounter the same fish on successive visits to a given spot.

While the giant sea bass’ high site fidelity may have contributed to their precipitous decline, it also presents opportunities for conservation. “Their recovery is highly dependent on protecting key habitats where they aggregate,” Pettit said. And given the limited genetic exchange between

The fish’s tendency to stay put also made photo identification easier, freeing the team from relying on more traditional surveying techniques, such as catch-and-release tagging. These are not only labor-intensive and expensive but also stressful for the fish, Pettit explained. In addition to the stress of being on the line and then handled, giant sea bass are also susceptible to injury from pressure change when brought to the surface. The popularity of diving across Southern California, combined with the gentle, curious nature of giant sea bass, made photo identification a far better option for the study.

“By utilizing community science, we not only avoid these risks but also create a platform for public engagement,” Pettit said. “This approach empowers the community to actively participate in conservation, fostering stewardship of the ocean and its vital resources.”

This approach did run the risk of potentially undersampling areas where diving is less frequent. So the team incorporated key variables to account for that in their model, such as annual identification rates, the number of encounters per year, and the number of days with reported encounters per year.

The authors supplemented community science data with photos and videos of giant sea bass from research divers and baited underwater cameras, which can be placed at depths unreachable by recreational divers, explained co-author Molly Morse, senior manager of UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory. They also analyzed incidental landings from commercial gillnets, which bore out the population growth.

The researchers plan to extend the Spotting Giant Sea Bass Project to encompass more of the species’ range. “We know a large proportion of the population lives in Mexican waters,” Morse said, “which were outside the scope of this study, and likely some of the fish found in Southern California waters travel across the border.”

They also aim to expand the program’s community engagement from Northern California to Mexico. The Spotting Giant Sea Bass dataset is now open access, and the team will update it annually to invite further exploration by the research community. The dive community is invited to submit photos of their encounters with giant sea bass to the Spotting Giant Sea Bass project. Community participation is critical, Morse said, for the projects’ continuation and its impact on management and conservation of this flagship species.

Photo by Merry Passage

Photo by Douglass Klug

Divers often see the same individual giant sea bass when returning to a specific dive spot.

Southern California’s population of giant sea bass is recovering from overfishing, but progress is slow.

VOICE Magazine • Community Market • LEGAL NOTICES

Insertion Date: Print: 5.23.25 Norma Welche, City Admin Digital included 5.21.25 7.96”x2 col; $76.10 • Ordinance 6181

ORDINANCE NO. 6181

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

AUTHORIZING THE SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEASE AGREEMENT NO. 28,226 WITH FBK INVESTMENTS, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 801 GARDEN STREET, SUITES 200 AND 201, COMMENCING UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT, JULY 1, 2025.

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on May 20, 2025.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(SEAL)

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

ORDINANCE NO. 6181

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. )

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on May 13, 2025, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on May 20, 2025, by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Wendy Santamaria, Kristen W. Sneddon.

NOES: None.

ABSENT: Councilmember Mike Jordan, Mayor Randy Rowse.

ABSTENTIONS: None.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on May 20, 2025.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on May 20, 2025.

/s/ Eric Friedman Mayor Pro Tempore

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 25CV02282

Petitioner: Antonio Partida filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Antonio Partida to PROPOSED NAME: Anthony Partida. 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 above must file a written objection that includes 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. NOTICE OF HEARING: Date: June 25, 2025; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 3; ROOM: [ ] other (specify): at the: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the courts website. To find your courts website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm.) 3 a. [X] A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation: [x] (for resident of this county) printed in this county: VOICE MAGAZINE. Date: 4/29/2025 /s/: Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #25CV02282 Pub Dates: May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as SARA MATTESON EVENTS at 334 Calor Dr, Buellton, CA 93427. SARA S MATTESON at PO Box 45, Los Olivos, CA 93441. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on April 15, 2025. 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). FBN No. 2025-0000984. Published May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following Corporation is doing business as MEDICINE SHOPPE #793 at 3605 State Street, CA 93105. SBRX, INC. at 3605 State Street, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on May 06, 2025. 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). FBN No. 2025-0001150. Published May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as MULTILINGUAL PROMISE at 567 Christmas Tree Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. MULTILINGUAL PROMISE, LLC at 567 Christmas Tree Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on April 8, 2025. 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). FBN No. 2025-0001172. Published May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as R & R FINANCIAL at 5071 Walnut Park Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. GUY M RIVERA at 1736 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on April 24, 2025. 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). FBN No. 2025-0001068. Published May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2025.

CH-210: SUMMONS (CIVIL HARASSMENT RESTRAINING ORDER)

1. Person asking for protection: Alea Bryn White. 2. Notice to (name of person to be restrained): John Hawk. The person in 1. is asking for a Civil Harassment Restraining Order against you. 3. You have a court date: 07/07/25 at 8:30am in Department SB1 at: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93121-1107, Anacapa Division.

How do I find out what the person in 1) is asking for? To find out what the person in 1) is asking the judge to order, go to the courthouse listed at the top of page 1. Ask the court clerk to let you see your case file. You will need to give the court clerk your case number, which is listed above and on page 1. The request for restraining order will be on form CH-100, Request for Civil Harassment Restraining Order.

Where can I get help? Free legal information is available at your local court’s self-help center. Go to www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp to find your local center. Do I need a lawyer? You are not required to have a lawyer, but you may want legal advice before your court hearing. For help finding a lawyer, you can visit www.lawhelpca.org or contact your local bar association.

Filed on April 21, 2025. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer. Signed by Teddy Napoli, Deputy Clerk. Case Number: 25CV01639.

CH-116: ORDER ON REQUEST TO CONTINUE HEARING CASE NUMBER : 25CV01639. Protected Party: Protected Party: ALEA BRYN WHITE. Restrained Party: JOHN HAWK. The request to reschedule the court date is GRANTED Your court date is rescheduled for July 7, 2025 at 8:30am, Department SB1.

4. Temporary Restraining Order: A Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) is still in full force and effect because b(1). The court extends the TRO previously granted on 03/18/2025. Warning and Notice to the Restrained Party: If 4b is checked, a civil harassment restraining order has been issued against you. You must follow the orders until they expire.

5. Reason Court Date is Rescheduled a. There is good cause to reschedule the court date: 1. The protected party has not served the restrained party.

6. Serving (Giving) Order to Other Party: 4. The court gives you permission to serve the restrained party as listed on the attached form CH-117.

7. No Fee to Serve (Notify) Restrained Person: a. The order is based on unlawful violence, a credible threat of violence, or stalking.

Signed on April 7, 2025 by Judicial Officer Elizabeth Diaz. Filed in the Superior Court of California County of Santa Barbara, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93121-1107 Anacapa Division on April 7, 2025. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer. Signed by Joe Garnica, Deputy Clerk.

CH-117: ORDER GRANTING ALTERNATIVE SERVICE: 1. Serving the Restrained Party: Protected party: You must have the restrained party served by following the orders below. b. Papers to Serve: 1. A copy of this order, including form CH-116 or other order setting new hearing date; 2. Form CH-210; 3. All the documents indicated on form CH-109, item 6.

C. How to Serve Papers: 2: Publish in a newspaper. (A) You must have form CH-210 published at least once a week for four weeks in a row with the newspaper listed here: Voice Magazine.

2. Findings That Support This Order: a. The protected person has made diligent efforts to have the restrained party personally served but has been unsuccessful. b. There is reason to believe that the restrained party is avoiding (evading) service or cannot be located. This is a Court Order.

Pub Dates: May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following General Partnership is doing business as EXPLORIUM at 1601 Calle Canon, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. COLE T. PACIANO at 1601 Calle Canon, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 and CORY C. KAUFMAN at 857 Cheltenham, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on May 7, 2025. 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). FBN No. 2025-0001158. Published May 23, 30, June 6, 13, 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as PHASE 3; SANTA BARBARA SEO; WEB AGILITY; AND ONLINE INTERESTS at 93-B Castilian Dr, Goleta, CA 93117. JUSTIN A SOENKE at PO Box 369, Goleta, CA 93116. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on May 6, 2025. 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). FBN No. 2025-0001149. Published May 23, 30, June 6, 13, 2025.

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Insertion Date: Print: 5.23.25 Norma Welche, City Admin Digital included 5.21.25 7.76”x2 col; $74.19 • Ordinance 6180

ORDINANCE NO. 6180

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE (“SBMC”) BY ADDING SECTION 17.12.200 RELATING TO VESSEL INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS; AND SECTION 17.12.210 RELATING TO PROCESS, ENFORCEMENT AND ABILITY TO APPEAL

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on May 13, 2025. The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(SEAL)

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

ORDINANCE NO. 6180

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. )

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on May 6, 2025, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on May 13, 2025, by the following roll call vote:

AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Wendy Santamaria, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse.

NOES: None.

ABSENT: None.

ABSTENTIONS: None.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on May 13, 2025.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on May 13, 2025.

/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor

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1. Person asking for protection: Amanda Michelle McFee. 2. Notice to: Veronica Gwendolyn Ferries. The person in 1. is asking for a Civil Harassment Restraining Order against you. 3. You have a court date: 7/1/2025 at 8:30am in Department SB1 at: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 931211107, Anacapa Division.

What if I don’t go to my court date? If you do not go to your court date, the judge can grant a restraining order that limits your contact with the person in 1. Having a restraining order against you may impact your life in other ways, including preventing you from having guns and ammunition. If you do not go to your court date, the judge could grant everything that the person in 1. asked the judge to order. How do J find out what the person in (1) is asking for? To find out what the person in (1) is asking the judge to order, go to the courthouse listed at the top of page 1. Ask the court clerk to let you see your case file. You will need to give the court clerk your case number, which is listed above and on page 1. The request for restraining order will be on form CH-100, Request for Civil Harassment Restraining Order.

Where can I get help? Free legal information is available at your local court’s self-help center. Go to www.courts.ca. vwselthel to find your local center.

Do | need a lawyer? You are not required to have a lawyer, but you may want Iegal advice before your court hearing. For help finding a lawyer, you can visit www.lawhelpca.org or contact your local bar association.

Filed on May 15, 2025. Executive Officer Darrel E. Parker by Deputy Teddy Napoli. Case Number: 25CV01637 Pub Dates: May 23, June 6, 13, 20, 2025.

On the Street with John Palminteri

Community Members Missed

FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED

Monday evening to remember their loved one, Joel, who died in a fatal vehicle crash Sunday night.

It happened on State St. in Santa Barbara near Mission St. A Go Fund Me page has been set up. The driver involved has been arrested and faces charges including Gross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated, Driving Under the Influence Causing Injury, and Driving Without a License.

ONE OF SANTA BARBARA’S LEGENDARY MENTORS of youth for years through the Boys and Girls Clubs, Bernard Hicks has passed away. He helped to shape lives and keep kids on track with their schooling, fitness and support of all kinds.

TANNER PRENTISS, a missing UC Santa Barbara student, has been found. About 10:23am, following an extensive search by deputies and the Sheriff’s Dive Team, Tanner’s body was located in the water near the Pine Knot Marina. Investigators followed up information from people who last saw him. No foul play was indicated, and the Coroner’s Office has assumed the investigation.

Another Shuttle Hits the Street

SANTA BARBARA’S NEWEST SHUTTLE down State Street will get a test this week. It will officially start next week through Labor Day. The LOOP will go from the waterfront to Victoria St. and back. They will be running Thursday through Sunday from noon until 7pm. There will be three six-seat carts in motion. The route map was designed by local artist Peter Horjus Art. https://friendsofstatestreet.org/loop-pilot/

SB Salute to Armed Forces

THE SANTA BARBARA SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES was a day long event at the American Indian Health Center Saturday. Congressman Salud Carbajal presented special pins and a Huey UH-1C helicopter was on display. It flew missions in Vietnam in the 1960’s. All those who served in the military were thanked and appreciated.

Fiesta Unveils Poster & Pin

The 2025 Old Spanish Days poster and pin were revealed at La Primavera in Santa Barbara on Saturday. Both were based on the photography work of El Presidente Fritz Olenberger. The annual Fiesta event, La Primavera, took place at the Carriage and Western Art Museum.

Welcome Back

SANTA BARBARA CITY

COUNCILMAN ERIC FRIEDMAN is back - in person - after a heart attack in early April. He had a big task right away. Friedman was filling in for Mayor Randy Rowse who was representing the area on transportation issues with government leaders on the East Coast.

NEED A LIFE JACKET and forgot one? Santa Barbara now has a loaner station on the honor system for adults and children. Instructions are in English and Spanish. It is located by the boat launch ramp. They are funded by the Waterfront department and the display was built by the maintenance department staff. There is also a QR code for weather and water information.

John Palminteri is a veteran news reporter and anchor for Newschannel 3-12 TV and both KJEE and KCLU radio in Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/Ventura. Off the air, he’s often bringing his smile and positive energy to the microphone at fundraisers and civic events. John’s social media presence has one of the largest followings in Santa Barbara, and this page has the weekly highlights. Twitter: @JohnPalminteri • Instagram: @JohnPalminteriNews • www.facebook.com/john.palminteri.5

Photos and Stories by John Palminteri, Special to VOICE

Photos by: Julia Di Sieno, Gary Dobbins, and JP

2025 Fiesta Poster And Pin 2025 Unveiled - Capture the Spirit!

CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF SANTA BARBARA’S BELOVED TRADITIONS, the 2025 edition of Santa Barbara’s Fiesta poster and pin were unveiled at the Old Spanish Days La Primavera celebration at The Carriage and Western Art Museum, last Saturday during La Primavera.

“At the heart of the composition is a flamenco dancer clad in a striking red Bata de Cola, the longtailed dress traditionally worn in this passionate art form,” said El Presidente Olenberger in unveiling the poster. “A graceful ‘S-curve’ flows through the image, formed by the dancer’s flying, white-fringed shawl, the elegant turn of her body, and the trailing fabric of her dress — capturing a dynamic sense of movement and vitality. This powerful visual invites viewers to feel the rhythm and emotion of the moment, conveyed through vivid color and light, even in the absence of sound.”

The poster celebrates the spirit, color, and passion of Santa Barbara’s Fiesta celebrations while the pin is based on movement and tradition. Both were designed by El Presidente 2025 Fritz Olenberger who selected one of his own favorite photographs of a flamenco dancer for the poster, and a Folklórico dancer

mid-spin for the pin. Local artist Derek Harrison transformed the poster image into an oil-on-canvas painting.

Each year, months are spent designing and creating the Fiesta poster which is an iconic symbol of Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days celebration. Local artists Larry Vigon, Eric States, and Cynthia Van Stein also contributed to the poster design.

“I envisioned a poster that embodies the beauty, magic, and vibrant energy of Fiesta,” Olenberger said. “I emphasized the importance of expressing pure joy and freedom, asking Harrison to capture the dancer mid-motion — ‘dancing as if no one is watching’.”

Known for his captivating images of dancers in motion atop the Old Mission’s rooftop, Olenberger’s work also serves as the creative foundation for this year’s collectible pin.

“After reviewing hundreds of dynamic photographs, I selected one vibrant image and artistically adapted it into a stunning enamel pin design,” he said. “The Folklórico dancer is in colorful dress that swirls around her, a handkerchief gracefully in hand, and her hair caught in joyful motion. Enhanced with gleaming gold lettering and delicate highlights, the design radiates movement, joy, and tradition.”

Both the 2025 Fiesta poster and pin are available at sbfiesta.org.

Old Spanish Days 2025 runs July 30-August 3. Additional information and schedules are available at sbfiesta.org

ART VENUES •

West Gallery • Summer Vibe thru June 22

• 10 W Anapamu • 11-5 We-Mo • 805-770-7711

• 10westgallery.com

Architectural Fdn Gallery • Marcia

Rickard: Gimme Shelter ~ May 31 thru Aug 9 •

229 E Victoria • 805-965-6307 • 1–4 some Sa & By Appt • afsb.org

Art & Soul Gallery • Biophilia: the Nature Within thru May • 1323 State St • artandsoulsb.com

Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB • It’s About Time thru Jun 1 • 12-5 WeSun • museum.ucsb.edu

Art From Scrap Gallery • Environmental Educ. & Artistic Expression • exploreecology.org

The Arts Fund • La Cumbre Plaza, 120 S Hope Ave #F119 • 11-5 We-Su; Free Fri • 805233-3395 • artsfundsb.org

Atkinson Gallery, SBCC • Tu-Thu 10-3; By Appt • gallery.sbcc.edu

Bella Rosa Galleries • 1103-A State St • 11-5 daily • 805-966-1707

The Carriage and Western Art Museum • SB History Makers Exhibit: Silsby Spalding, WW Hollister, Dixie; Saddle & Carriage Collections • Free • 129 Castillo St • 805-9622353 • 9-3 Mo-Fr • carriagemuseum.org

California Nature Art Museum • Yosemite: Sanctuary in Stone, Photographs by William Neill thru Sep 1 • 1511 B Mission Dr, Solvang • 11-4 Mo, Th, Fr; 11-5 Sa & Su • calnatureartmuseum.org

Casa de La Guerra • Manongs on the Central Coast: Forming Communities Across Generations • $5/Free • 15 East De la Guerra St • 12-4 Th-Su • sbthp.org/casadelaguerra

Casa del Herrero • Gardens & House • by reservation • 1387 East Valley Rd • tours 10 & 2 We & Sa • 805-565-5653 • casadelherrero.com

Casa Dolores • Bandera Ware / traditional outfits ~ ongoing • 1023 Bath St • 12-4 Tu-Sa • 805-963-1032 • casadolores.org

Channing Peake Gallery • 105 E Anapamu St, 1st fl • 805-568-3994

Colette Cosentino Atelier + Gallery • 11 W Anapamu St • By Appt • colettecosentino.com

Community Arts Workshop • 631 Garden St • 10-6pm Fri & By Appt. • sbcaw.org

Corridan Gallery • La Primavera - The Early Spring by James Paul Brown thru Jun 21 • 125 N

Milpas • 11-5 We-Sa • 805-966-7939 • corridan-gallery.com

CPC Gallery • By appt • 36 E Victoria St • cpcgallery.com

Cypress Gallery • Painting with Glass: Kristine Kelly thru May 25 • 119 E Cypress Av, Lompoc • 1-4 Sa & Su • 805-737-1129 • lompocart.org

Elevate Gallery • La Cumbre Center For Creative Arts • Gallery Artists • La Cumbre Plaza • 12-5 Tu-Su • lcccasb.com

Elizabeth Gordon Gallery • Contemporary Artists • 15 W Gutierrez • 805963-1157 • 11–5 Tu-Sa • elizabethgordongallery. com

El Presidio De Santa Bárbara • Nihonmachi Revisited; Memorias y Facturas • 123 E Canon Perdido St • 10:30-4:30 Daily • sbthp.org

Elverhøj Museum • Cloth as Canvas ~ 11 local artists thru Jul 6 • the history and Danish culture of Solvang & promoting the arts • 1624 Elverhoy Way, Solvang • 805-686-1211 • 11-5 Th-Mo • elverhoj.org

Faulkner Gallery • 40 E Anapamu St • 10-7 Mo-Th; 10-5 Fri, Sa; 12-5 Sun • 805-962-7653.

Fazzino 3-D Studio Gallery • 3-D original fine art • 529 State St • 805-730-9109 • Fazzino. com

Fine Line Gallery @ La Cumbre Center For Creative Arts • Multi-Artist Space • La Cumbre Plaza• 12-5 Tu-Su • lcccasb.com

Gallery 113 • SB Art Assn • 1114 State St, #8, La Arcada Ct • 805-965-6611 • 11-5 Mo-Sa; 1-4 Su • gallery113sb.com

Gallery Los Olivos • Out and About: Morgan Green, Terri Tabor, Carol Talley thru May 31 • Daily 10-4pm • 2920 Grand Av • 805-688-7517 • gallerylosolivos.com

Ganna Walska Lotusland • Gardens • by reservation • 695 Ashley Rd • 805-969-9990 • lotusland.org

Goleta Valley Library • Closed for renovations.

Grace Fisher Fdn • Inclusive Arts Clubhouse • Paintings by Grace Fisher • 121 S Hope, La Cumbre Plaza • We-Su 11-5pm • gracefisherfoundation.org

Illuminations Gallery • La Cumbre Center For Creative Arts • Multi-Artist Space • La

ART EVENTS

Meet the Muralist Reception • Hotel

Californian • Meet artist Nicole Belton paints as she a new mural. She’ll be painting through 5/25. • Free • 36 State St • Meet + Greet & Reception at Court of Califia 4-6pm Fri, 5/23. Gimme Shelter Opening Reception • The Architectural Foundation of SB presents an exhibition by Marcia Rickard showing impacts of war and natural disasters. • 229 E Victoria • 2-4pm, Sat. 5/31.

SB Arts & Crafts Show • Local artists & artisans • Free • 236 E Cabrillo Blvd • 10-5 Sun.

Carpinteria Creative Arts Market • Local pottery, beach art, cards, jewelry, and sewn

Cumbre Plaza • noon-5 Tu-Su • lcccasb.com

Indah Gallery • el dood: Artworks by Jeffrey Chernov thru June 15 • 12-5 Fri-Sun • 2190 N Refugio Rd, Santa Ynez https://www.maxgleason.com/indah-gallery

James Main Fine Art • 19th & 20th Century Fine art & antiques • 27 E De La Guerra St • 12-5 Tu-Sa • Appt Suggested • 805-962-8347

Jewish Federation of Greater SB • Portraits of Survival interactive ~ Ongoing • 9-4pm Mo-Fr • 524 Chapala St • 805-957-1115 ext. 114 Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum • The Stamp Act: Manuscripts of the American Revolution ~ Thru Jun 30 • 21-23 W Anapamu • 10-4 Tu-Su • 805-962-5322 • karpeles.com

Kathryne Designs • Local Artists • 1225 Coast Village Rd, A • 10-5 Mo-Sa; 11-5 Su • 805-565-4700 • kathrynedesigns.com

Kelly Clause Art • Watercolors of Sea & Land • 28 Anacapa St, #B • Most weekdays 12-5 • kellyclause.com

Lompoc Library Grossman Gallery • 501 E North Av, Lompoc • 805-588-3459

articles • 8th St & Linden Av • Free • 2:30-6 Thur.

Call for Artists • The New Salon Arte Del Pueblo at MCASB • Art Drop-off: 2-7pm Thu, 5/22 & Fri, 5/23 • Opening Party & Reception - Open to all: 4-6pm Sun, 6/1 • Must complete registraton at: https://tinyurl.com/3dr2n7ps

Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center • Palate to Palette Thru May 30 • 12-4 Th-Su • 865 Linden • 805-684-7789 • carpinteriaartscenter.org

Maker House • Slingshot/Alpha Art Studio Exhibition • 1351 Holiday Hill Rd • 805-565CLAY • 10-4 Daily • claystudiosb.org

Marcia Burtt Gallery • Cultivated thru May 25 • Landscape paintings, prints & books • 517 Laguna St • 1-5 Th-Su • 805-962-5588 • artlacuna.com

MOXI, The Wolf Museum• of Exploration + Innovation • 10-5 Daily • 125 State St • 805-770-5000 • moxi.org

Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara • Closed to June 1 • 11-6pm Tu-Sun • 653 Paseo Nuevo • mcasantabarbara.org

MCASB Satellite @ the Riviera Beach House • In Motion: Marie McKenzie & Marlene Struss thru Oct 12 • 9am-9pm Daily • 121 State St • mcasantabarbara.org

Museum of Sensory & Movement Experiences • La Cumbre Plaza, 120 S. Hope Av #F119 • seehearmove.com

Palm Loft Gallery • 410 Palm Av, Loft A1, Carpinteria • 1-6 Fr-Su & By Appt • 805-6849700 • palmloft.com

Patricia Clarke Studio • 410 Palm Av, Carpinteria • By Appt • 805-452-7739 • patriciaclarkestudio.com

Peregrine Galleries • Early CA & American paintings; fine vintage jewelry • 1133 Coast Village Rd • 805-252-9659 • peregrine.shop

Peter Horjus Design • Studio • 11 W Figueroa St • peterhorjus.com

Portico Gallery • Jordan Pope & Gallery Artists • Open Daily • 1235 Coast Village Rd • 805-729-8454 • porticofinearts.com

Santa Barbara Art Works • Artists with disabilities programs, • 805-260-6705 • sbartworks.org

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden • Seed: A Living Dream thru Jun 8 • 1212 Mission Canyon Rd • 10-5 daily • 805-682-4726 • sbbg.org

Santa Barbara Fine Art • SB landscapes &

3845 State Street Open 11 AM – 5 PM (Closed Tuesdays) Call: 805-770-7715 Live Jazz Weekends SCAN TO SHOP

ART VENUES

www.ruthellenhoag.com @ruthellenhoag 805-689-0858 ~inquire for studio classes~

sculptor Bud Bottoms • 1321 State St • 12-6 Tu-Sa & By Appt • 805-845-4270 • santabarbarafineart.com

Santa Barbara Historical Museum • Don Louis Perceval: His Vision of the West thru Aug 17;

Edward Borein Gallery and The Story of Santa Barbara ~ ongoing • 136 E De la Guerra • 12-5 We, Fri-Su; 12-7 Th • 805-966-1601 • sbhistorical.org

Santa Barbara Maritime Museum • The Swiftest Recovery: Island Fox Chronicles May 22-Aug 24; The Chumash, Whaling, Commercial Diving, Surfing, Shipwrecks, First Order Fresnel Lens, and SB Lighthouse Women Keepers ~ Ongoing • 113 Harbor Wy, Ste 190 • 10-5 Daily • 805-962-8404 • SBMM.org

Santa Barbara Museum Of Art • Math + Art thru Aug 24 • Sea of Ice: Echoes of the European Romantic Era thru Aug 24; Dario Robleto: The Signal thru May 25; Proscenium: Elliott Hundley thru Aug 31; By Achilles’ Tomb: Elliott Hundley and Antiquity @ SBMA thru Feb 22 • 1130 State St • 11-5 Tu-Su; 5-8 1st Th free; 2nd Sun free Tri-Co residents • 805-963-4364 • sbma.net

Santa Barbara Museum Of Natural History • Drawn from Nature: Antique Prints thru Sep 7 • 2559 Puesta del Sol • 10-5 We-Mo •

sbnature.org

Santa Barbara Sea Center • Dive In: Our Changing Channel ~ Ongoing • 211 Stearns Wharf • 10-5 Daily (Fr & Sat 10-7 until 7/27). • 805-6824711 • sbnature.org

Santa Barbara Tennis Club - 2nd Fridays Art • SB Visual Artists thru-June 11 • 2375 Foothill Rd • 10-6 Daily • 805-682-4722 • 2ndfridaysart.com

Slice of Light Gallery • Ben Coffman Exhibit; PassagePhotography by JK Lovelace • 9 W Figueroa St • Mo-Fr 10-5 • 805-3545552 • sliceoflight.com

Stewart Fine Art • Early CA Plein Air Paintings + European Fine Art + Antiques • 539 San Ysidro Rd • 115:30 Mo-Sa • 805-845-0255

Sullivan Goss • In Good Company: Cooper | Dabo | De Forest thru May 26; Spring Salon thru May 26; TL;DR: Text/Art thru Jun 23 • 11 E Anapamu St • 10-5:30 daily • 805730-1460 • sullivangoss.com

Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Bear Museum • 122 W Canon Perdido • 11-4 Fr-Sa; Su-Th by appt • quinlanmuseum.com • 805-687-4623

SYV Historical Museum & Carriage House • Art of The Western Saddle ongoing • 3596 Sagunto St, SY • 12-4 Sa, Su • 805688-7889 • santaynezmuseum.org

Tamsen Gallery • Reminiscence’ by Loan Chabanol thru May 31; Work by Robert W. Firestone • 1309 State St • 12-5 We-Su • 805-705-2208 • tamsengallery.com

UCSB Library • Readymade Emanations: Trianon Press and the Art of Tearing Apart thru Jun 25 • library.ucsb.edu

Voice Gallery • Abstract Art Collective Spring Exhibition thru May • La Cumbre Plaza H-124 • 10-5:30 M-F; 1-5 Sa-Su • 805-965-6448 • voicesb.art

HSUCCESS STORIES in recent history, The Swiftest Recovery: Island Fox Chronicles, a photographic showcase by photographer and environmentalist Chuck Graham will open at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum on May 22nd and be on view through August 24th.

The island fox’s recovery is the fastest of any terrestrial mammal under the Endangered Species Act, making it a powerful symbol of successful conservation efforts. Graham’s captivating images were taken when he paddled across the Santa Barbara Channel and around the Northern Chain of the Channel Islands National Park. Each photograph offers a glimpse into the resilience and beauty of these unique creatures and the critical role they play in the island’s ecosystem.

“This collection of photographs is not just about the island foxes; it’s about the incredible story of conservation and collaboration that brought these animals back from the brink of extinction,” said SBMM Curator Emily Falke.

Graham’s photographic style combines quiet observation with an immersive presence in nature. Whether shooting from a kayak, hiking through remote terrain, or quietly waiting in the brush, Graham uses natural light, patience, and perspective to capture the intimate, unscripted moments of wildlife in their natural environments.

“I wanted to document not just the island fox, but its environment and the urgency of preserving it,” said Chuck Graham. “These photos are about presence—being in the fox’s world without disturbing it. The more time I spent with them, the more I realized their story is one of survival, interdependence, and the quiet strength of nature when we step back and let it heal.”

The exhibition is supported by: Mimi Michaelis, George H. and Olive J. Griffiths Charitable Foundation, June G. Outhwaite Charitable Trust, Wood-Claeyssens Foundation, and the American Riviera Bank. sbmm.org

Waterhouse Gallery Montecito • Notable CA & National Artists • 1187 Coast Village Rd • 11-5 Mo-Su • 805962-8885 • waterhousegallery.com

Waterhouse Gallery SB •

Notable CA & National Artists • La Arcada Ct, 1114 State St, #9 • 11-5 Mo-Sa • 805-962-8885 • waterhousegallery.com

Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum Of Art • 2025 Tri-County Juried Exhibition: On the Edge • May -June 14 • westmont.edu/museum

Photo of Island Fox Pups by Chuck Graham

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Take a microscopic look at our native bees at the UCSB Library

By Harrison Tasoff, The UC Santa Barbara Current

INSECTS OFTEN EXIST ON THE PERIPHERY of our experiences. They blend into the landscape and soundscape, rarely the objects of our attention.

But an exhibition at the UC Santa Barbara Library draws our focus to these creatures by upending our usual experience of them. “Insects are really small. So I wanted the photos larger than life,” said curator Katja Seltmann, director of UCSB’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration.

“Through the Looking Glass: A Microscopic Look at our Native Bees” showcases photos of species from campus, all taken by undergraduates as part of the National Science Foundation’s Big Bee project. It highlights the university’s research on this incredibly diverse group, which boasts over 20,000 species worldwide. The exhibition will run through June 30.

An interactive look at bees

A dozen photos line the library’s first-floor Ocean Gallery, and with a few exceptions, each is paired with the actual bee in the photograph above, delicately positioned in the same pose as in the image. “I think that just blowing up the picture divorces it from what the thing really looks like,” Seltmann said. “That’s why having the specimen there is important.” A small magnifying glass sits above each specimen, inviting viewers to take a closer look so that they, themselves, can make that connection between the photo and the actual specimen.

particularly areas like the North Campus Open Space or the UCSB Lagoon. The single outlier, the Channel Islands leafcutter bee, is a species of special concern.

However, since it lives at the university’s Santa Cruz Island Reserve, you might say it’s still found at UCSB. Together, the 12 bees span the diversity of their clade. Some are social, others solitary. Some are large and fuzzy like little bears, while others glisten like microscopic gems. Some are specialists, others generalists, and one is a social parasite that steals pollen from other bees.

Each bee has its own box, its own placard, and its own glam shot. By highlighting individual bees, the exhibit calls attention to insect individuality. “To understand insects, we have to break this bias that they are not individuals,” Seltmann said. “We have to treat them like individuals, just like we do with wildebeest or whales.”.

The exhibition’s interactivity and multifaceted presentation makes it more than a photo gallery. “People tend to linger a lot longer. They tend to go up and investigate and revisit the bees,” said Sara Kelly, the library’s exhibitions and events manager. “There’s not a time that I walk through the library that I don’t see people stopped there looking at the bees.”

The exhibit has become part of students’ daily lives, she added, saying that she’s overheard students talking with each other about their favorite bee. The gallery’s placement on the first floor near the elevators means students can return to the bees on their way to their favorite study spaces.

Serendipitous opportunities

The show traces its inception to an email from the California Nature Art Museum, in Solvang. The museum was putting together an exhibition on pollinators, and asked Seltmann if the Cheadle Center would like to contribute.

Seltmann’s group had been taking high-resolution photos of bees, including local bees, for the NSF Big Bee project. She immediately saw the potential these photos had. A grant from UCSB’s Coastal Fund paid for most of the printing and mounting, and the images made their way to Solvang.

The library’s former exhibitions librarian saw the museum’s show and approached Seltmann to bring it to UCSB. “We really value bringing an extra spotlight on research happening on campus since the library is such a hub of campus activity,” Kelly said.

UC Santa Barbara’s size and productivity means a lot of fascinating pursuits happen behind the scenes. “There’s such great research going on; it’s just hard to spread that information to everyone,” Kelly said.

By showcasing the activities at UCSB, library exhibitions help promote collaboration across campus. For instance, Seltmann mentored three undergrad capstone projects using bee data in the Department of Statistics and Applied Probability. “This year, the students told me that one of the reasons they signed up to work with me was because they saw the exhibit,” she said.

Diversity and creativity

In addition to highlighting UCSB’s hidden research, the exhibit also showcases the campus’s unseen biological diversity. “We often think of biodiverse areas as someplace other than where we live,” Seltmann said. “But local biodiversity can be just as exciting as places far away from us.”

All but one of the bees in the exhibition live on campus,

“I wanted a diverse array of bees,” Seltmann said. “I wanted pretty bees and ugly bees. Bees that we recognize as bees and bees that we don’t think of as bees at all.”

She hopes that people learn something just by viewing the exhibit because the artwork is placed in the context of research and learning. Indeed, the photos were intended as data for an academic study, not as art for an exhibit. But the genesis, according to Seltmann, is essentially the same.

“The act of research is also an act of creativity,” she said. That creativity can follow different paths: If these photos were in a journal, they’d be technical figures. On a library wall, they’re artwork. “It’s the same pictures, just packaged differently.”

Printed with permission of UCSB Office of Public Affairs and Communications.

Katja Seltmann Director

Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration

Katja Seltmann is the Director of the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration. The center’s mission is to preserve and enhance our natural heritage through leading biodiversity research, conservation and ecological restoration, including stewardship of campus lands, organismal biology, and the preservation of natural history collections. Her research focuses on biodiversity informatics, the data science behind digitized natural history collections. Seltmann is particularly passionate about insect biodiversity, exploring conservation, evolutionary trends, and the intersection of insects with media arts. Her work primarily centers on Hymenoptera, including bees and wasps.

Photo by Harrison Tasoff

Courtesy Photo

Photo by Harrison Tasoff

The interactive exhibition pairs images with the specimens.

Photo by Matthew Rosen

This digger bee (Anthophora curta) lived a solitary life on campus. It’s now a superstar in the Through the Looking Glass exhibition.

Photo by Tianruo You

The color of this female metallic green sweat bee (Agapostemon texanus) comes from the microstructure of its exoskeleton.

Natural history collections like the one housed at UCSB’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration hold valuable data accumulated over 100 years.

Presented by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society

the power of birds

An Evening with the CEO of the National Audubon Society

Wednesday, May 28th 7:00 PM

Dr. Elizabeth Gray is the CEO of the National Audubon Society and the first woman since Audubon's founding in 1905 to hold that role. She is a champion of science-based conservation and leads Audubon's initiative to alter the course of climate change and habitat loss while protecting birds.

Miller Says We Can Suspend Habeas Corpus Because of “Invasion”— But His Own Words Belie That Theory

By By Stephen Richer, CATO At Liberty

EARLIER THIS MONTH, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said that the Trump administration is “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus for suspected illegal immigrants.

The constitutionally enshrined right of habeas corpus traces its origins back to the Magna Carta, and it guarantees that those detained by the US government can challenge that detention in court.

In Federalist no. 84, Alexander Hamilton wrote that the “establishment of the writ of habeas corpus” is a “greater security to liberty and republicanism” than nearly any other provision in the Constitution.

Nearly 200 years later, the US Supreme Court described the writ as “the fundamental instrument for safeguarding individual freedom against arbitrary and lawless state action.”

Given the importance of habeas corpus in protecting the rights of the individual from the abuse of government power, it should come as no surprise that the Cato Institute has consistently defended the writ. In 2007, David Boaz listed it among the rights most “indispensable to securing all the others.” My criminal procedure professor, libertarian luminary, and Cato adjunct scholar Richard Epstein extolled the importance of the writ in 2008 and reminded readers of the New York Times that the writ extends to all “persons,” not just citizens.

Miller and the Trump administration base their alleged authority on Article 1, Section 9, Clause 2 of the US Constitution, which reads, “The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.”

And indeed, this provision, the “suspension clause,” has been used four times in US history. Once during the Civil War, once during Reconstruction when the Ku Klux Klan overran parts of South Carolina, once in the Philippines during a rebellion by the native population against US presence, and once immediately after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.

In each instance, however, the president acted only with the approval of Congress—although in the case of Abraham Lincoln, who faced the outbreak of an actual civil war, the approval was given belatedly.

As my Cato colleague Mike Fox recently said on TV, if Miller and Trump try to suspend habeas corpus, they will likely lose in the courts.

Among other things, the government would have to overcome Justice Antonin Scalia’s opinion in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (“Although this provision does not state that suspension must be effected by, or authorized by, a legislative act, it has been so understood, consistent with English practice and the Clause’s placement in Article I”). As well as both an unfavorable online article and an unfavorable law review article from Justice Amy Coney Barrett (“it does require Congress to decide … that an invasion or rebellion has occurred and that protecting the public safety may require the exercise of emergency power.”)

Additionally, Professor Marjorie Cohn of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law points out that the government will have to contend with four recent rulings from federal district courts that make clear that we are not currently suffering a “rebellion or invasion.” One decision from Texas stated, “surges in immigration do not constitute an ‘invasion’ within the meaning of the Constitution.” And a federal judge in Colorado called the government’s definition of invasion “unpersuasive.”

There’s no shortage of highly detailed legal takedowns of Miller’s comment. For example, see Georgetown University law professor Steve Vladeck’s article, Jacob Sullum in Reason, Bill Galston at the Wall Street Journal, or a piece in the New Yorker by Ruth Marcus.

I have nothing to say about the law beyond what Vladeck and others have already said.

But I will point out an amusing paradox that damages the government’s interests here, as well as in the Alien Enemies Act cases. At the same time that the government is making legal arguments that we are suffering an “invasion” and therefore can suspend habeas corpus or invoke the Alien Enemies Act, the government is also trumpeting that it has effectively put an end to illegal immigration.

In February, Miller claimed that illegal border crossing had decreased by 95 percent in the first 11 days of Trump’s second term, calling it “the biggest and most successful change in any area of law enforcement that this nation has ever seen.”

That same month, President Trump celebrated by saying that border crossings were “the lowest ever recorded.”

“Border czar” Tom Homan claimed that in the first two weeks of February 2025, illegal migrant encounters numbered only 359 per day, down from 4,800 per day in 2024.

So, even if we accept that large numbers of illegal border crossings constitute an “invasion”—the courts don’t—then the administration is still on shaky legal grounds because it tries to have its cake and eat it too. Which is it? Are we being invaded? Or has the administration already largely secured the border?

My recommendation: Drop the threats, respect long-established legal rights, work with Congress to improve our immigration policies and border security, and then brag about that if successfully accomplished.

But I won’t hold my breath.

Printed with permission: CATO Institute online article, May 19, 2025

Tips for staying alive, decades in the making

JoAnn Manson has spent her career researching – and highlighting – how everyday choices influence healths

WBy Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer

HEN IT COMES TO THE IDEA THAT PREVENTION IS THE BEST MEDICINE, JoAnn Manson doesn’t mess around.

Since the 1980s, Manson has dedicated her career to teasing out complex threads of human health, with an emphasis on factors under our control: physical activity, diet, sleep, smoking, alcohol consumption, medications such as menopausal hormone therapy, low-dose aspirin, statins, and, most recently, vitamins and other dietary supplements.

“Ever since my early years of medical training, I’ve been astounded by the powerful role of modifiable lifestyle factors as bulwarks against chronic disease,” said Manson, who is the Michael and Lee Bell Endowed Professor of Women’s Health at Harvard Medical School, chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a professor of epidemiology at the Harvard Chan School. “I became motivated to devote my research career to testing interventions to reduce chronic disease burden, extend years of good health or ‘healthspan,’ and to try to decrease premature mortality.”

cardiovascular component for 26 years.

In 1993, Manson became one of the initial principal investigators of a National Institutes of Health-backed study called the Women’s Health Initiative [www.whi. org], which enrolled 160,000 postmenopausal women in three large, randomized trials, along with an investigation of major causes of chronic disease and mortality in older women, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and osteoporosis. Manson leads the study’s clinical center in Boston.

“Ever since my early years of medical training, I’ve been astounded by the powerful role of modifiable lifestyle factors as bulwarks against chronic disease.” – JoAnn Manson

A scan of Manson’s publication history — one major database of medical research returns more than 1,800 hits on her name — reads like a list of national health headlines over the past 20 years: menopausal hormone therapy and cardiovascular disease and breast cancer; passive smoking in the workplace; walking versus vigorous exercise in prevention of heart disease; steps per day and cancer risk; pre-pandemic physical activity and COVID severity. A member of the National Academy of Medicine, she is listed by Research.com as the world’s top female scientist based on citation metrics, with more than 369,000 citations and an h-index, which reflects the scope and influence of her work, of 310.

Her tools have been major randomized prevention trials and large longitudinal studies that follow tens of thousands of people over time, gathering health, diet, and behavioral data, often augmented by blood, tissue, and other physical samples that enrich the picture and provide physical evidence of changes reported by participants. Many of these initiatives have received support from the federal government.

Manson’s research began with the landmark Nurses’ Health Study [https:// nurseshealthstudy.org], which launched in 1976, when most study subjects were white males, and sought to fill gaps around women’s health. The decadeslong study, established by Brigham and Harvard investigators to explore links between contraceptive use, smoking, heart disease, and cancer, expanded over time to provide a broad view of lifestyle and health. Manson has been involved with the project since the mid-1980s and has been a principal investigator of the

More recently, she has focused on what she has described as the “Wild West” of American healthcare — dietary supplements, whose health claims and distribution are unchecked and unregulated. In the nationwide VITAL randomized trial [www.vitalstudy. org] of 25,000 men and women 50 and older, she and colleagues investigated health claims about vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids, reporting in 2018 that omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil were associated with a 28 percent reduction in heart attack. The effect was even higher among those who reported minimal fish in their diet, cutting risk about 40 percent. For vitamin D, there appeared to be little effect on heart disease, but a significant 17 percent reduction in advanced cancer, and a 22 percent reduction in autoimmune diseases.

A more recent randomized trial, COSMOS, the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcome Study, investigated links between cocoa flavanols — the major ingredient in dark chocolate — multivitamins, and health impacts, including effects related to cognition. In 2023 and 2024 it linked the humble daily multivitamin to benefits for cognitive aging and a reduction in cognitive decline, with consistent findings in three separate placebo-controlled studies in COSMOS.

Manson, like all health researchers, is keeping a wary eye on cuts to federal research funding. (A halt to support for the Women’s Health Initiative was reversed after an outcry.) Her own funding hasn’t been affected, though proposed cuts to indirect research costs would have a significant impact, as studies like VITAL and COSMOS have major infrastructure and blood repository costs. She’s concerned about cutbacks beyond her own division’s research, because they will have broad impact on science and prevention nationally, as well as on training programs and pipelines for future generations of scientists.

“It’s distressing what’s happening,” Manson said. “We’re very concerned, obviously, about our faculty and staff supported by federal funding, but it really goes far beyond the impact on any individual division or research program. It’s really the nationwide, and even global, impact on the scientific enterprise and population health.”

JoAnn Manson

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Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer

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