Honoring Those Who Served Our Country Annual ceremony at Santa Barbara Cemetery will feature music, military tributes, a flyover of historic aircraft and a focus on the Military Reserves
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EVERY VETERANS DAY, the Santa Barbara community gathers to remember the men and women who have served in the nation’s armed forces. This year, the annual ceremony at Santa Barbara Cemetery will place special emphasis on a group whose contributions are sometimes less visible but no less important: the men and women of America’s Military Reserves.
Higher Tides Hit Santa Barbara Harbor, Carpinteria Beaches
Sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1649 and the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation, the free public ceremony will take place Wednesday, November 11th, at 11am at Santa Barbara Cemetery, 901 Channel Drive.
DANGEROUSLY HIGH TIDES reached the shores of the Santa Barbara Harbor and Carpinteria beaches on Tuesday, following National Weather Service warnings of higher tides and flooding on the California coast earlier in the week.
The trend of higher waters moving up the California coast was marked by significant damage to the waterfront at the Long Beach Peninsula.
Tide gauges in San Pedro (Los Angeles Harbor) hit an all-time high of 8.19 feet, breaking previous records set decades ago. Similar record water levels were logged in La Jolla, Santa Barbara, and Newport, according to an article in the Washington Post.
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Sand berms, the first defense for high tides, have begun to appear at both the Santa Barbara Harbor and Carpinteria beaches on Tuesday.
An AccuWeather report stated, the cause of the higher tides were an exceptionally strong El Niño, a warm Kelvin wave pushing water levels a foot higher, and alignment from the recent full moon, which all combined 15 to drive the surge.
While active-duty military personnel serve full time, members of the Military Reserves balance their civilian lives and careers with an ongoing commitment to military service. These trained service members stand ready to support and reinforce
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Commercial fishing company to pay $100,000 for oil spill off Channel Islands News-Press, 10.26.26
A WATSONVILLE-BASED COMMERCIAL FISHING COMPANY will pay a $100,000 settlement for an oil spill after one of its vessels ran aground off of Santa Cruz Island in 2022. The captain of the vessel fell asleep while operating the vessel after only sleeping for three hours over a two-day period, according to an investigation led by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Of the $100,000 penalty, $20,000 will fund supplemental environmental projects, $15,000 will go to the California Hazardous Materials Investigators Association, and $5,000 will go to the Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute to rehabilitate injured marine wildlife.
Santa Barbara District Attorney John Savrnoch announced Monday that his Consumer and Environmental Protection Unit reached a settlement with the owner of the vessel, Ocean Angel VI LLC. The 60-foot squid fishing vessel Speranza Marie hit shore at Chinese Harbor in Channel Island National Park on Dec. 15, 2022 and spilled 1,300 gallons of diesel fuel and oil byproducts into the Pacific Ocean. Several hundred birds were covered in oil and the sheen from the spill extended for nearly a mile into the ocean. “This case is yet another reminder of what can happen when individuals operate motorized vehicles — both on land and at sea — without proper sleep.” Savrnoch said. “Hopefully this incident serves as a reminder to those who operate commercial fishing
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The fishing vessel Speranza Marie lays on its port side after running aground on Santa Cruz Island, Dec. 15, 2022
vessels of how important it is to implement appropriate sleep and rest policies,” Savrnoch said.
Santa Ynez Tribal Health Clinic Salutes Veterans With Free Dental Services THE VETERANS SMILE DAY EVENT, offered by the Santa Ynez Tribal Health Clinic, will offer free dental services on November 5th, at 90 Via Juana Lane on the Santa Ynez Reservation.
The event will provide veterans with complimentary dental exams, professional dental cleanings, and oral health assessments, as well as blood pressure and diabetes screenings. Veterans will receive gift bags containing oral hygiene products and a military pin, and complimentary pastries and refreshments will be provided. Appointments are required, and new patients are welcome.
DA's Office to Hold Día de los Muertos Altar Celebration A DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION will be held at the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office on Friday, October 30th, from 11:30am to 1pm. The community is invited to attend.
District Attorney John T. Savrnoch describes the celebration: Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a Mexican tradition that honors loved ones who have passed away and celebrates the lasting connections they continue to hold with family and community. The altar provides a place for remembrance and reflection, honoring the lives and memories of those who are no longer with us.
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"This event is a meaningful opportunity to support our veterans by ensuring they have access to the high-quality dental care they deserve,” said Dr. Mike Savidan, Dental Director for the Santa Ynez Tribal Health Clinic, a United States Air Force veteran, and organizer of the event.
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Last year's Veterans Smile Day event served more than 20 military veterans receiving complimentary dental and health services. The annual event is made possible through the volunteer efforts of the clinic's Dental Department team, including dentists, registered dental assistants, and dental hygienists who donate their time and expertise as a gesture of gratitude for our veterans’ military service. Veterans interested in participating can call the Santa Ynez Tribal Health Clinic at 805688-7070 to reserve an appointment or log on to sythc.org
"As a District Attorney’s Office, the work of the office brings employees into contact with victims, families, and community members whose lives have been deeply affected by loss. This celebration offers an opportunity to recognize the importance of remembering loved ones and honoring the lasting impact they have on our lives," commented Savrnoch in an announcement for the event. The altar is located in Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office Lobby, at 1112 Santa Barbara St., Santa Barbara. The altar in the lobby will be on view from October 26th to 30th, during regular business hours, 8am to 5pm.
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Santa Barbara Veterans Day Ceremony to Honor Military Reserves on November 11th
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For many reservists, that commitment traditionally includes training one weekend a month and approximately two weeks each year, although service requirements can vary considerably. When called upon, they may leave their families, jobs and communities to serve wherever they are needed. This year’s ceremony will recognize the sacrifices and contributions of these citizen-soldiers, while honoring all veterans who have served in the United States Armed Forces.
The ceremony will feature a combination of military traditions, patriotic music, and community tributes. Participants will include Bernard “Barney” Melekian, the UCSB Color Guard, the Gold Coast Pipe & Drum Band, David Gonzales, the Santa Barbara Choral Society, and the Prime Time Band. One of the ceremony’s most anticipated moments will come overhead, with a flyover by the San Diego Salute flying formation team. Featuring classic aircraft, the aerial tribute will provide a dramatic conclusion to the morning’s observance. Veterans Day traces its origins to November 11, 1918, when an armistice brought an end to the fighting in World War I. Originally observed in the United States as Armistice Day, the holiday was later expanded to recognize American veterans of all wars and generations of military service. Today, Veterans Day provides an opportunity not only to remember the sacrifices of those who served in the past, but also to recognize the continuing contributions of veterans and military families within our communities.
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active-duty forces during times of war, national emergencies and other military operations, both at home and abroad.
The Santa Barbara ceremony has become an annual opportunity for residents of all ages to come together in appreciation of that service, with veterans,
no designated accessible parking area. Those requiring special parking accommodations are encouraged to allow additional time. Bicycles and e-bikes are not permitted at the event.
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families, civic leaders, and community members gathering beneath the cemetery’s main flagpole. Seating will be available for approximately 600 people, with additional standing room. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early. Parking will be available, although there is
For more information about the ceremony, visit www.pcvf.org/veterans-day-ceremony.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1649 serves Santa Barbara-area veterans and promotes camaraderie, advocacy and support for those who have served in overseas conflicts. The organization also works to preserve military history and honor the sacrifices of veterans and their families. The Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation honors and supports veterans and active-duty military personnel throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Through community events, educational programs and partnerships with veterans’ organizations, the Foundation works to preserve the legacy of military service and fulfill Pierre Claeyssens’s vision that those who served are “Never Forgotten.” The Foundation is funded entirely through private donations. pcvf.org
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work in three movements became his most popular work for concert audiences across the globe. Anticipation for its opening salvo of the Symphony Season was keen and the packed Granada seats proved the point.
FROM HER FIRST SPLENDID NOTES ON THE STEINWAY CONCERT GRAND, gifted pianist Michelle Cann ignited a fiery performance Cann is definitely one of of Rachmaninoff’s Second the most exciting concert Concerto in C Minor with pianists seen at The conductor Nir Kabaretti Granada. Her physicality and the Santa Barbara and confident passages, Symphony. The Grammy with dynamic range, Award-winning soloist Cann seemed to bring out the knows this work inside and orchestra's finest playing. out and the orchestra played She is a remarkable to a pinnacle in this openingmusician and her journey of-the-season performance Pianist Michelle Cann and within the work was on Saturday, October 24th, Kathryn R Martin, President memorable. Cann's encore and CEO of the SB Symphony within the performance hall turned in another direction of the historic Granada. to exude a deep understanding of American This complex Rachmaninoff work has jazz rhythms and tempos. considerable depth and charge, with multiple tempo changes. In her career she has made a multitude of appearances including concerts with Rachmaninoff, a Russian composer, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The wrote the work in 1901 after a devastating Cleveland Orchestra, The Philadelphia personal period. The Second Concerto was Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and first performed at a Moscow Philharmonic Society concert later in November resulting the Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São in wide acclaim. It was an absolute success, Paulo. Recent highlights of Cann’s seasons include appearances with the Colorado and a newly triumphant Rachmaninoff Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, the enjoyed wild acclaim and eventually the
Romeo and Juliet By Daisy Scott / VOICE
NEVER WAS THERE A MORE ELECTRIFYING TALE OF ROMANCE AND WOE than Naked Shakes’ presentation of Juliet and her Romeo. After a successful months-long run, UC Santa Barbara’s Naked Shakes wowed audiences this past weekend during its culminating performances of Romeo and Juliet. With an original score and UCSB Studio Theater’s intimate setting as the ideal playground for a cast of dynamic actors, the production channeled the unbridled joy, anxiety, and love that beats at the heart of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. These timeless themes inspired Naked Shakes Artistic Director Irwin Appel to revisit Romeo and Juliet this fall. “Romeo and Juliet is a particularly apt play for the times in which we currently live,” shared Appel with VOICE. “We are a divided nation with seemingly no end in sight. Romeo and Juliet tells us from the opening moments in the play that it is only through the death of these two young people that the society in which the play takes place will truly heal. It is a message of sacrifice, determination, accountability, and forgiveness. Most of all, it is about the power of love.” As its name suggests, UCSB’s Naked Shakes celebrates Shakespeare by presenting minimalist productions that focus entirely on the actors and the bard’s beautiful language. Romeo and Juliet reflected this mission in full, presenting a series of outdoor performances on UCSB campus and at Elings Park before its conclusion at UCSB’s Studio Theater.
Kansas City Symphony, and Ireland’s National Symphony Orchestra. She is also recognized as a leading interpreter of the piano music of Florence Price, as evidenced by her recording of the concerto with the New York Youth Symphony winning a 2023 Grammy Award in 2023 for Best Orchestral Performance. She won another Grammy in 2025 for Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price. Her performance with the Santa Barbara Symphony was rewarded with appreciative applause at the conclusion of the first half. After the intermission, Kabaretti paired the Rachmaninoff with Shostakovich’s 1937 Symphony No. 5. Kabaretti mentioned the Symphony’s mentor pipeline with several talented young musicians from Westmont College and UCSB who were invited into the ensemble and into a spotlight with The Symphony during the second half. The highlight within this work was found in the 3rd Movement (Largo) that features deep mourning and lamentations which evolves into passionate phrases from the clarinet, piano, and xylophone. As the kaleidoscopic work unfolded, the ensemble was led brilliantly by Maestro Kabaretti.
Audiences entering the theater were greeted with no scenery, save for graffitiscribbled newspapers plastered on the walls, as well as no set to speak of except a single table that served simultaneously as a barricade, balcony, bed, and tomb. The costumes, designed by Daegan Bowers, held modern edginess that expressed the character’s individual personalities while maintaining a cohesive color scheme: red for Capulets, blue for Montagues, and yellow for neutral families.
This Season Opener was sponsored by Barbara Rosenblum with Artist and Selection Sponsors including Susan Aberle, Ann & Eric Capogrosso, Barbara Burger and the late Phil Munch, Robert Koenig, Ruth and the late John Matuszeski, and thesymphony.org Jerry & Joan Rocco.
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Armed with this simple yet intentional staging, the Naked Shakes cast launched into a wholly transportive performance that imbued familiar words with fresh meaning. Shining most brightly were Mason Davis and McKenna Hill, playing Romeo and Juliet, respectively. Each monumental on their own accord, their chemistry together sparked with all of the impulsive, shy excitement of young love. One could not help but imagine a couple today saying “no, you hang up” on the phone while watching this couple’s earnest delivery of the famous line, “Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.” In a fun break with tradition, several core characters were reimagined or combined into solely female roles, which invited new considerations. For instance, Gabriella Roberts’s depiction of Mercutio brimmed with moxie, elevating the character’s humor to new heights. Meanwhile, the exclusion of father figures in favor of Jasmine Salata and Evelyn Li’s depictions of Lady Capulet and Lady Montague, respectively, created fascinating mother dynamics that added
a layer of complexity to the play. This nuance especially rang through Salata’s stand-out performance as Lady Capulet, shifting seamlessly between vivacious and brutal deliveries. Equally magnetic was Luna Aguilar acting as Mother Laurence, as she offered misguided help and care to the star-crossed couple. An original score of gentle love songs performed by songwriter Alina Ashby, accompanied by local musicians Jim Connolly, Matt Perko, and Dan Zimmerman, united the production in a sense of sonic grace. Ultimately, the true measure of Naked Shakes’ success could be heard in the audience’s laughter, gasps, and murmurs. These genuine, human reactions to such a familiar tale is a remarkable testimony, and were aptly punctuated by a standing ovation. theaterdance.ucsb.edu/signature-programs/naked-shakes
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8th Annual Nature Track Film Festival
Nature Track Film Festival To Open November 5th
Wild & Free Film Festival Returns
“This festival is about the moment a story changes the way we see the world outside our own door,” said Sue Eisaguirre, founder of NatureTrack. “By growing from two opening nights into a yearlong series, we can keep that sense of discovery alive, and keep bringing people together around the places, wildlife and ideas worth protecting.” Opening night for the Nature Track Film Festival is November 5th at the Alcazar Theatre (4916 Carpinteria Avenue) in Carpinteria and continues Friday, November 6th, at the Santa Ynez Valley Grange (2374 Alamo Pintado Avenue) in Los Olivos. At the opening of the Festival, Michael James Love, award-winning writer, director, and producer, will be honored with the Nature Track Outdoor Icon Award. Both programs will honor filmmaker Michael Love followed by a compilation of his work and an onstage conversation moderated by Chris Jenkins. The evening will then continue with a special Opening Night feature from an awardwinning filmmaker whose work was named Best Feature Film at the 2019 NatureTrack Film Festival and went on to receive multiple international awards. A filmmaker Q&A and post-screening gathering will complete the evening. Love's first produced feature, Gaby: A True Story, received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. His later screenwriting work included the historical epic For Greater Glory, starring Andy Garcia, Peter O’Toole, Oscar Isaac, and Eva Longoria. His environmental work includes The Santa Ynez River Wilderness, The Snowy Plover and You, From Golf Course to Wetland, Learning to Condor, Why Are Birds Important?, Little Fox of Limuw, and the six-film Bringing Back the Wild series, which chronicles efforts to recover endangered species and restore threatened habitats. The NatureTrack Outdoor Icon Award honors a filmmaker whose body of work has inspired audiences to connect with, better understand and protect the natural world. It recognizes exceptional achievement in nature and outdoor storytelling— work that educates, sparks curiosity, deepens our relationship with the living world and leaves a lasting impact both on and beyond the screen. The festival is also revealing its official 2026 artwork, The Wonder of Nature, a sweeping landscape by celebrated artist Tom Henderson. The image follows a winding path into the foothills, an invitation to leave the familiar behind and see the natural world with new eyes. Henderson will be recognized as the festival’s NatureTrack.org 2026 Honored Artist during both opening-night programs.
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THE WONDER OF NATURE WILL TAKE CENTER STAGE at the eighth annual NatureTrack Film Festival, which returns November 5th and 6th with backto-back opening nights in Carpinteria and Los Olivos. Both evenings begin with a 6pm reception featuring small bites, cocktails, and conversation; theater programming starts at 7pm.
Nuisance Bear will receive the Spirit Award on Saturday evening.
SHOWCASING DIVERSE ADVENTURE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FOCUSED FILMS the Wild & Free Film Festival will open November 6th at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara. The movie the Siege of Paradise will open the festival, along with 40 films from 12 counties, including four world and three U.S. premieres. The opening reception will be a Mediterranean inspired evening with libations and live music. During the reception Irish Director Gar O’Rourke will be presented with the inaugural TEVA Trailblazer Award, presented by Stefano Caroti, CEO of Deckers. “We are thrilled to welcome the community to the second Wild & Free Film Festival, and this year’s expanded festival has something for everyone: incredible films from around the world, new events such as our Walking Panel, and a wonderful Opening Night Gala at The Ritz-Carlton Bacara,” commented Gareth Kelly, Founder and Executive Director. O’Rourke is an award-winning director based in Portugal and Ireland, O’Rourke made his feature documentary debut with Sanatorium (2025), which was selected as Ireland’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the 2026 Academy Awards. His commercial and branded work includes projects for Patagonia, Sony, Canon, Visa, Anthropic, and Heineken, and received a Grand Prix at the 2026 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Festival screenings, along with Q&A’s and panels will take place at the Camino Real Cinemas, Goleta, November 7th and 8th. Sundance winner, Nuisance Bear, will receive the Wild & Free Spirit Award on Saturday night. Nuisance Bear is about a shifting Arctic landscape, when an ancient polar bear migration route intersects with eager tourists, stressed wildlife officers, and local hunters, the majestic predators are suddenly branded “nuisances.” This visually stunning documentary turns the camera on humanity and asks a provocative question: in a rapidly shrinking world, who is actually the nuisance? Released by A24, the film won the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. It was directed by Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden. There will be a Saturday night after party on the Hilton Garden Inn Rooftop. An innovative Walking Panel, presented by Teva, will take place on Sunday morning at Ellwood Mesa. Free community programming is also scheduled for Sunday, November For tickets, schedules, and information: wildandfreefilm.org 8th.
Frost Without Snow and Ice will have its California premiere on Thursday evening.
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Chasing Voices with Filmmaker Daniel Golding
HONOR NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH with a special screening of Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington, Daniel Golding’s documentary about the linguist and ethnologist who amassed notes on and helped preserve over 100 Native American languages. James Yee, UCSB Linguistics Ph.D. candidate and descendant of one of the tribal leaders who collaborated with Peabody, will lead a postscreening panel in the SB Museum of Natural History’s Fleischmann Auditorium from 7pm to 8:30pm on Monday, November 2nd. Free and open to the public, sbnature.org Photo courtesy: facebook.com/p/Chasing-Voices-TheStory-of-John-Peabody-Harrington-100063517418972/
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though the board will continue to Sanitary District data meet at 2pm on the second and fourth show that in 2025, the Wednesdays of every month. directors were paid a Jostling for election total $43,693, based on Altogether, five candidates are $254 per director per running for three seats on the board this November. Murphy, who was meeting for a maximum appointed to the board last May, is of six meetings per month running against Barrett, his colleague
By Melinda Burns, Santa Barbara News-Press, 10.16.26
ON THE EVE OF THE UPCOMING ELECTION, the Montecito Sanitary District board has decided to slash its own pay to $254 per month per director, down from as much as $1,524 monthly. Board President Rock Rockenbach and directors John Murphy, Carter Ohlmann and Woody Barrett voted this Wednesday in favor of the pay reduction. Director Dorinne Johnson voted against. “We’re here to serve the ratepayers,” Murphy said. A formal board vote on a first reading of an ordinance cutting the directors’ pay will be taken after the November 3rd election, on either November 4th or 18th, officials said. Sanitary District data show that in 2025, the directors were paid a total $43,693, based on $254 per director per meeting for a maximum of six meetings per month. These could include board meetings, (twice a month), committee meetings, and outside conferences. Last year, the data show, the directors were compensated as follows: $12,378 for Johnson; $11,154 for former Director Dana Newquist, who resigned in April this year; $7,113 for Ohlmann; $6,143 for Barrett; $3,810 for Rockenbach, who was appointed in May 2025, and $3,095 for Diantha Glaser, who resigned in May 2025. On Wednesday, Barrett and Murphy initially proposed cutting the directors’ pay to zero, but Ohlmann argued that future boards might be “heavily constrained” by that requirement. The board’s vote effectively limits their compensation to one regular board meeting per month, or $254, even
on the board, for a two year term. Rockenbach, who was appointed in July 2025, is running for a fouryear term against Chris Francis, a financial consultant, and Floyd Wicks, a Montecito Water District board director. The present Sanitary District board majority of Rockenbach, Murphy, and Ohlmann favors studying the cost and feasibility of two options for the future of the district before making a decision next spring. The alternatives under study are rebuilding the existing aging plant at 1042 Monte Cristo Lane as a “recycling-ready” facility; or effectively replacing the plant with a pumping station and shipping Montecito’s wastewater to Santa Barbara for treatment and recycling. Eiher way, the district will have to spend millions of dollars on repairs to keep its treatment plant operating safely while it builds an alternative project. A plant rebuild could be online by 2028, the district says, while it might take seven or eight years to negotiate a contract with Santa Barbara, get permits, and build the infrastructure of pipes and holding tanks that the “city option” will require. Seven or eight years is about the limit of the “expected useful life” of the Montecito’s existing treatment plant. “The longer it takes, the greater the need for significant near-term expenditures,” Ohlmann said. As a case in point, he said, the district needs to replace its obsolete “belt press,” a machine that squeezes fluid out of sludge and is the size of a onecar garage. The de-watered sludge is then hauled to a dump. In January, the district hopes to run a three-week pilot test on a replacement machine. The new press is estimated to cost between $400,000 and $1 million.
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Montecito Sanitary directors cut their own pay, raise questions about shipping wastewater to Santa Barbara
The Montecito Sanitary District wastewater treatment plant was built in the early 1960s. In the short term, the board will be forced to spend millions of dollars on repairs.
In launching their campaigns, Barrett, Francis and Wicks sent out a large mailer this month to Montecito households, advocating for the city option alone. On Wednesday, Barrett said he had been given an estimate by “word of mouth” of $25 to $30 million for the project. Rockenbach, in turn, has estimated it would cost the district $50 million to rebuild its plant or ship wastewater to the city. On Wednesday, he and Murphy said they would need more official estimates of the cost, scope, and timeline of the city option before they could make a decision. “How much will the city charge and who will set the rates? How much will it cost to connect?” Rockenbach asked. He noted, too, that the city will likely have to move its El Estero wastewater treatment plant back from the waterfront later this century in response to rising sea levels. “What’s our charge for that?” Rockenbach asked. “… Some of us have made their decision; I haven’t.” Complicating the board’s dilemma, Santa Barbara officials have said they would require a $100,000 fee to offset city staff time spent on negotiating any future contract between the two agencies. If Montecito Sanitary pays the fee but later walks away, the city would keep the money.
he said … How best do we utilize this asset? That’s what it is. We have a lot of information to gain before we make a decision.” On Wednesday, the directors agreed to send all of their questions to district staff in order to define the scope of a proposed study by a consulting firm on the city option. The directors said they were looking for a more specific estimate of the scope, timeline, and cost of sending Montecito’s wastewater to Santa Barbara. Hopefully, Murphy said, information that could be obtained without triggering the city’s $100,000 fee. Ideally, the board said, the study would account for the cost of negotiations, engineering, environmental review, permitting, and construction for the city option, and would be completed by April or May. That’s when a separate $1.7 million report, focused on the design and cost of building a new wastewater treatment plant, is expected to be made public. That study set aside $50,000 for a technical memo on the feasibility of sending wastewater to the city.
Murphy said wastewater was “a very valuable commodity.”
In the meantime, the district must urgently address not only repairs to its aging treatment plant, which was built in the early 1960s, but also to its sewer pipes and lift stations, some of which also are more than 60 years old. According to a report presented to the board on Wednesday, those repairs will cost $29 million over the next ten years, not counting inflation.
“This wastewater is worth money,”
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VOICES: Letters to the Editor
Affordability Requires More Than Sympathy
AFFORDABILITY IS ON EVERY CANDIDATE’S LIPS. I’m more interested in which policies they’re willing to change. California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office has identified barriers to homebuilding as a major contributor to high housing costs. We have spent years making homes difficult to build, then wondering why they’re difficult to afford. Carbajal supports buyer assistance and construction incentives. But I favor Bob Smith’s emphasis on expanding housing supply and examining additional land for development. I want more attention to what prevents homes from being built in the first place. Protecting the coast matters. So does allowing the people who work here to build a life here. The view is magnificent. The monthly payments are less photogenic. What good is an environmental utopian dream if no one can afford to sustain it? Nick Koonce Santa Barbara
Opportunity at the ballot box THIS 2026 ELECTION SEASON HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST EXHAUSTING ONES IN MY MEMORY, even this time as a non-candidate. Along with the circuslike distractions in Washington, this campaign season has been contentious with political party and ideological influences that deflect attention away from important local issues. There is a lot at stake for the city that we love and your vote matters as much as ever. The demand for lock-step loyalty has been graphically demonstrated by the public criticisms of our own Congressman for endorsing Eric Friedman, and articles condemning the Independent for stepping out of the party line for the same sin. That all sounds ironically Trumpian, adding to the tiresome atmosphere surrounding this year’s election. I have very rarely endorsed candidates as a matter of personal policy. Members of City Council need to function as individuals as opposed to mouthpieces for special interests and political parties. This year, however, party politics and social ideologies have injected themselves to a greater level than I can remember, with requirements for specific litmus tests and fealty. My endorsement has one simple standard that I find essential to our future as a city, and that is service to the entire community above any political designation, ambitions or ideological beliefs. Each Councilmember must be mindful that they serve every resident of the City of Santa Barbara, regardless of district. I have endorsed three candidates, all with whom I’ve spent many hours and meetings talking about the essential priorities for our city’s future. Each of them have their own political allegiances, ideological beliefs and backgrounds, but the common thread is the priority of community first. We may not agree on every issue, but all are willing to subordinate their own ambitions or desires for the greater common good. That may sound quaint, particularly in this era of challenging established ethics and norms, but we need to rise above the noise of politics and bring the entire community back into focus. I’m endorsing Eric Friedman for Mayor, Monte Wilson for 4th District Councilmember, and Cevin Cathell for 5th District Councilmember. They are here to serve you, not any political group and are not running to launch a political career. This is a golden opportunity for a community service reset and to have a council that will focus on all of us who populate this incredible city. That opportunity is at the ballot box…please exercise that privilege. Randy Rowse Mayor of Santa Barbara
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Police, Labor, Real Estate and Business Organizations Unite Behind Mayor and Santa Barbara City Council Candidates FOUR ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING SANTA BARBARA’S BUSINESS COMMUNITY, HOUSING, WORKING PEOPLE, AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS have united in support of four candidates in the 2026 local election: Eric Friedman for Mayor, Monte Wilson for District 4, Cevin Cathell for District 5, and Alexander Stoeber for District 6. The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce’s Business Action Fund, the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA!), the Santa Barbara Police Officers Association, and the Santa Barbara Association of Realtors have each endorsed the same four candidates. This alignment brings together voices from business, housing, labor and public safety around a shared commitment to strong local leadership and a practical focus on Santa Barbara’s future. While the four organizations represent different interests and perspectives, they have found common ground on the importance of keeping city government focused on the issues that directly affect the community. The organizations believe Santa Barbara needs local leaders who understand the city, its neighborhoods and its residents, and who will remain focused on local priorities rather than national partisan agendas. The 2026 election comes at an important time for Santa Barbara. The leaders elected this year will help shape major decisions on housing, infrastructure, economic development, public safety, city finances and the local economy for years to come. These issues affect working families and residents across Santa Barbara. A strong local economy, reliable infrastructure, housing opportunities and safe neighborhoods all play a role in keeping the city a place where people can continue to live, work and build a future. The organizations’ support for Friedman, Wilson, Cathell, and Stoeber reflects their shared belief that these local priorities should remain at the center of city government. “Our local businesses, their employees, and the officers who keep our neighborhoods safe all need the same thing: practical leaders who stay focused on local priorities,” shares SBSCCC CEO, Kristen Miller. “Santa Barbara has its own challenges, opportunities, and priorities. These local concerns should come first.” Santa Barbara Police Officers Association represents sworn police officers serving the Santa Barbara community. Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA!) represents working men and women across the construction and public-service sectors and advocates for good jobs and strong communities. The Santa Barbara Association of REALTORS® (SBAOR) represents about 1,200 REALTORS® throughout the South Coast and our mission includes engaging in real estate related community issues affecting our members and/or their clients who are homeowners, housing providers, tenants, and commercial owners. Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce Business Action Fund engages in local civic and political affairs on issues affecting the South Coast business community and economy.
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Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara Celebrates Grand Opening of Bella Vista Affordable Housing Development
Gardner Named SBC Social Services Director Submitted by Jackie Ruiz, Communications & Outreach Coordinator
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA celebrated the grand opening of Bella Vista, its new affordable housing development at 200 North La Cumbre Road, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week. The 48-unit development provides affordable rental housing for families with low and very low incomes, offering a mix of one-, twoand three-bedroom apartments. All units are subsidized through Section 8 Project-Based Vouchers, allowing residents to pay 30 percent of their income toward rent. HACSB purchased the 1.34-acre property at the corner of North La Cumbre Road and Via Lucero in 2019 with the goal of creating additional affordable housing opportunities for local families. Bella Vista represents a significant investment in the community and includes community rooms, on-site laundry facilities, and outdoor courtyard areas for residents. The development also features 68 parking spaces, all-electric building systems, and photovoltaic panels. Yesterday’s grand opening celebration featured
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remarks and a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Rob Fredericks, Executive Director/CEO of HACSB; Congressman Salud Carbajal; Benjamin Peterson, Deputy District Director for Senate Pro Tempore Monique Limón; Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse; and Lisa Carlos, Chair of the HACSB Commission. The ceremony was followed by refreshments and guided property tours for attendees. Bella Vista was developed in collaboration with community and development partners, including 2nd Story Associates, the City of Santa Barbara, The Cearnal Collective, Citi Community Capital, Enterprise Community Partners, Garden Court, Inc., McGillivray Construction, Inc., Santa Barbara Affordable Housing Group, and New Beginnings Counseling Center. The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara is a local public agency created for the purpose of providing safe, decent, and quality affordable housing and supportive services to eligible persons with limited incomes, through a variety of federal, state, local, and private resources. Since 1969, the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara has developed and/or secured over 4,000 units of affordable rental housing for Santa Barbara. hacsb.org
executive roles, she has led major organizational transformations, strengthened partnerships across sectors, increased access to safety net services, and supported programs serving more than 179,000 residents.
Maria Gardner has been selected as the next Director of the Department of Social Services following an extensive recruitment process by The County of Santa Barbara. Gardner is expected to begin her new role pending formal approval by the Board of Supervisors on November 10th. Maria Gardner The Department of Social Services is one of the County’s largest public service agencies and provides essential programs that support children, families, older adults, and vulnerable residents. Its services include CalFresh, CalWORKs, Medi-Cal eligibility, child welfare, adult protective services, and workforce development, all of which help strengthen stability and well-being across the community. Gardner brings more than 30 years of experience with the County of Santa Barbara’s Department of Social Services. She advanced from a frontline Child Welfare Services Social Worker to Assistant Director and, most recently, served as the Department’s Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. In her
During her tenure, she led the department’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act and helped reduce the county’s uninsured rate by 25 percent within two years. She also helped increase CalFresh participation by 75 percent in five years through service improvements and staterecognized program innovations. “For more than 30 years, I have had the privilege of serving the residents of Santa Barbara County. My professional north star has always been to make a meaningful difference in the lives of the people we serve,” said incoming Social Services Director Maria Gardner. “I am honored to be selected for this role and look forward to continuing our work to strengthen systems, expand access to services, and advance wholeperson care in partnership with our dedicated staff, community organizations, and County leadership.”
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Suspicious Death Investigation Responding to a welfare check, Santa Barbara Police officers discovered a dead person and have opened an investigation into a suspicious death.
The SBPD received a call on October 27, 2026, at about 9:37 p.m. and responded to the 100 block of Los Angeles Avenue and contacted a resident. During their initial investigation, officers identified suspicious circumstances that prompted further investigation. Based on the circumstances, investigators obtained a search warrant for the apartment. On October 28, 2026, at approximately 6:45 a.m., officers served the search warrant and located a deceased individual inside the residence.The circumstances surrounding the death are considered suspicious, and the Santa Barbara Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit has taken the lead in the investigation.
Investigación por muerte sospechosa
El 27 de octubre de 2026, aproximadamente a las 9:37 p. m., el Centro de Comunicaciones del Departamento de Policía de Santa Bárbara recibió una llamada para realizar una verificación del bienestar de una persona en la cuadra 100 de la avenida Los Aguajes. Los oficiales acudieron al lugar y entrevistaron a un residente. Durante la investigación inicial, los oficiales identificaron circunstancias sospechosas que motivaron una investigación más exhaustiva. En función de las circunstancias, los investigadores obtuvieron una orden de registro para el apartamento. El 28 de octubre de 2026, aproximadamente a las 6:45 a. m., los oficiales ejecutaron la orden de registro y encontraron a una persona sin vida dentro de la vivienda. Las circunstancias que rodean la muerte se consideran sospechosas, y la Unidad de Investigaciones Criminales del Departamento de Policía de Santa Bárbara está a cargo de la investigación. La investigación continúa activa y en curso. Por el momento, no hay información adicional disponible para su divulgación.
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Getting Out the Vote!
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VOTERS USING THE U.S. POST OFFICE to send in their ballots were busy at the blue boxes Tuesday, seven days before the election. This gives adequate time for the ballot to be received and processed. The white drop boxes, another option, are open until 8pm on November 3rd.
Santa Barbara Harbor Experiences High Tides
THE SANTA BARBARA HARBOR BOAT LAUNCH AREA saw some of its highest tides ever Tuesday. This is concerning now prior to the usually larger King Tide events in November and December.
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Salt Marsh Overflows
BALLOT RETURN HAS PICKED UP with one week to go before the November 3rd election. Santa Barbara County elections officials say voters have the message to vote early and a big load came in from the weekend. Ballots in now will be in the first batch that comes out on election night. Already about 50,000 ballots are in or about 20 percent.
Coastal Defense!
First Responders Update
SOME COASTAL AREAS ARE GOING INTO A DEFENSIVE MODE with rising tides and the need for sand berms. You will see this in Santa Barbara and Carpinteria where it can reduce impacts to parking areas and businesses at the shoreline.
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SANTA BARBARA POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SUSPICIOUS DEATH at an apartment on Los Aguajes Ave. in the West Beach area. The first call was Tuesday night and a search warrant was served Wednesday. A deceased person was found and the area was sealed off.
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TIDAL OVERFLOW could be seen by the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Tuesday. Coastal tides exceeded the predictions by over a foot in many areas.
High Tide Flooding WHEN THE HIGH TIDES ROSE TUESDAY, a homeless camp at Mission Creek in Santa Barbara was surrounded by water. Santa Barbara Police did a welfare check on the man on the ground who was also up and in the water and said he was “OK.” It’s a very dangerous site if the person is impaired.
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Santa Barbara Beautiful Tree of the Month — September 2026
By David Gress / Special to VOICE
THE SILK FLOSS TREE is perhaps the most astounding tree seen in Santa Barbara. Remarkably, it blooms in the fall. Exotic-looking, it is covered with intensely colored blossoms, bears large seed pods, and has a trunk covered with oversized thorns.
They are pollinated by bees and hummingbirds, which eagerly lap up the sweet nectar.
After pollination, the blooms develop plump seed pods that look like enormous dangling sausages with smooth green skin. When ripe, they turn dark brown, dry, and crack open to expose black The fabulous seeds covered with blossoms are so white cotton-like big, so vibrant, stuffing - which and so prolific, is the reason for that they instantly Silk Floss Tree seed pod the common name catch your “Silk Floss Tree.” attention, even Gobs of these soft from a distance. fluffy fibers easily The blooms are blow off in the either pink-andbreeze, like drifts white, pink-purple, of cotton candy, or all-white, carrying with them depending on the little black seeds species or cultivar. for dispersal. They resemble oversized The trunk is truly hibiscus flowers curious, because it Silk Floss Tree fruit (understandably is naturally studded so, as the two with very large plants are in – very numerous the same plant - and very sharp family). Individual – conical thorns. flowers can be The thorns over four-inches very effectively across. They have protect the trunk. five petals, each of Fortunately, if you which is white to want a tree without yellow at the base these formidable and adorned with thorns, there are brown stipes or grafted varieties spots. The blooms Silk Floss Tree trunk thorns available that have are classified as eliminated them, leaving a smooth “perfect,” meaning each has both trunk with light-green bark. male stamens andNotice a female pistil. Availability.Ryan Banks. Ryan Banks 10.30.26 Display. of Funding 1/4 color Display ad. Insertion: 10.30.26; digital 10.28.26 • $175
The Silk Floss tree is a relatively fast-growing tree and can become quite large at maturity. In ideal growing conditions, it can reach 50 feet in height with a 40-foot spread. However, most standing in our community remain much smaller. The round crown can be dense or open and is often asymmetrical. The distinctively light green to lime-green leaves (four-to eight-inches across) are palmately compound and carry five to seven leaflets (two- to fourinches long and ½- to 1½-inches wide). It does best in deep sandy loam soils, but it can be grown in most areas of our city. It should be planted in full sun and given adequate space to accommodate its large surface roots. It requires only an occasional deep watering; an established tree is quite drought tolerant. It will drop its leaves if the temperature drops below 27° F, though it will refoliate when the weather warms. The Silk Floss Tree is native to the tropical rain forests of Brazil and Argentina. It was introduced into California in 1900 by the Santa Barbara pioneering horticulturist and nurseryman Dr. Francisco Franceschi. It is in the Malvaceae plant family. Its usual common name is “Silk Floss Tree,” though it is also called “Floss Silk Tree.” Its botanical name is Ceiba speciosa. The genus name, Ceiba, is the Latinized version of the South American name for the Floss Silk Tree. The specific epithet, speciosa, also comes from Latin,
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Silk Floss Tree Ceiba speciosa
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and means “showy” or “brilliant,” referring to the flowers.
Silk Floss Tree flowers
The tree’s happy combination of strikingly beautiful flowers, drought tolerance, and low maintenance requirements have made Silk Floss Tree an increasingly popular choice for planting in our parks, on our streets, in residential gardens, and in commercial landscapes. Mature Silk Floss Trees are street trees in the 2400 block of Santa Barbara Street, the 200 block of West Yanonali Street, and the 200 block of South Voluntario
Street. A fine pink one stands at a residence in the 200 block of Alameda Padre Serra. Both the pink-flowering and the whiteflowering species can be seen next to the west fence (on the Santa Barbara Street side) of Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden - a tall pink one stands alongside the Cypress Allee in Ganna Walska Lotusland - and a white-flowering species, Ceiba insignis, is in the parking lot of the Santa Barbara Zoo. Tree-of-the-Month articles are sponsored by Santa Barbara Beautiful, whose many missions include the increase of public awareness and appreciation of Santa Barbara’s many outstanding trees and, in a long-time partnership with the City Parks & Recreation Department, the funding and planting of trees along the City’s streets. sbbeautiful.org
Notice of Funding Availability and Mandatory Application Workshop for Human NOTICE Services PUBLIC and Community Development Block Grant Funds
2022-2023 Consolidated Annual Performance Notice is hereby given that the City of Santa Barbara will be soliciting proposals from eligible applicants for Fiscal Years 2028 and 2029 Human and Evaluation Report (CAPER) Services Grant and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding. To All Interested Persons, Groups and Agencies
A mandatory Application Workshop will be held November 5, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. In order to apply, a representative of each applicant is required to attend this The City of Santa Barbara is seeking public comment on the 2022-2023 Consolidated workshop in its entirety. To register for the workshop, sign up at https://santabarbaraca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uC3IWFOVRJK51JN43RPiLQ. Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). The CAPER evaluates the Attendees of this on workshop must beAnnual staff that are Plan directly involved preparing grant submissions. City’s performance the 2022-2023 Action (AAP), whichinlisted
activities that would be performed during the year to achieve the performance Applications areindue end2020-2024 of day December 10, 2026. NO EXCEPTIONS. measures outlined the by City’s Consolidated Plan (CP). The CP is a 5- It is the applicant’s responsibility to see that their application is complete and submitted online on or before the stated due and time. Incomplete willand NOT be accepted. Acceptance of application does NOT guarantee funding. year planning document whichdate primarily determines the applications City’s housing community development needs, issues, and resources. The CP helps the City Further strategies information can be obtained online https://santabarbaraca.gov/cdbg-human-services. determine to address those identified needsat using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME funds. 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
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Economic Growth Continues The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the US was unchanged in September 2026 at 99.6 (2016=100), after a decline of 0.1% in August. The LEI grew by 0.6% between March and September 2026, a reversal from its decline of 1.1% over the previous six months (September 2025 to March 2026). By Harlan Green, Special to VOICE, October 24, 2026
THE CONFERENCE BOARD’S INDEX OF LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS (LEI) does a decent job of predicting future economic growth and recessions. So, we can use it to learn just how much recent economic events, such as President Trump’s illegal tariffs and gulf wars, are affecting future growth in President Trump’s second term.
the ‘Big 7’ tech companies and banks—such as Apple, Meta, Alpha (Google)—that it has boosted the stock market to record levels. It’s also boosted interest rates and shaken the bond markets, who are worried that it is crowding out other more mundane investment that keep our government running. And several IPOs are in line, such as Anthropic which believes it can raise up to $1Trillion in its upcoming IPO.
The above LEI graph is an overlay of its growth rate So, economic growth predictions (blue has been a mixed line) six-months bag until now. The ahead overlaying growth slump in the length of 2024 happened actual recessions when Trump (gray bars). That enacted his first means its various tariffs and another By Harlan Green dips portrayed One Big Beautiful in the graph seem Bill tax cut bill that to have predicted a added more $Trillions to downturn looming in the the national debt. upcoming 12 months. “Five out of ten components
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The red line below which a recession was called had one exception—there was no recession in the 2022 to 2024 dip before the latest positive upturn.
Why then is the positive upturn predicting higher growth ahead? The A.I. data center construction is generating so much investment (approx. $800B) by
made positive contributions to the LEI in September, led by the interest rate spread and average weekly hours in manufacturing. Nevertheless, these gains were offset by a large decline in consumer expectations and much smaller negative contributions from stock prices, new orders for capital goods, and building permits.”
South Coast commercial real estate sales totaled $75 million in Q3 SOUTH COAST COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE saw two major transactions generating 58 percent of dollar volume during the third quarter, with off-market sales accounting for 71percent of the sold real estate. "The commercial real estate market recorded 17 sales
totaling $75,033,288 in the third quarter of 2026, down from 23 transactions in Q3 2025. Google’s $32.5 million acquisition in Goleta led the quarter, followed by the $11.3 million sale of Kellogg Square. Together, the two transactions represented approximately 58 percent of total sales volume for the quarter," according to a
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The huge surge in A.I. investment is giving a boost to economic growth this year. But what happens when all the data centers have been built out sometime next year? When will use of the new ChatGPTs, Claude software generate enough profits to pay for the record debt that underpins its construction and the huge amount of power required to run it?
as we would like. But we are dealing with an administration that glories in its ignorance of the most basic economic verities in its quest to prolong the latest Gilded Age of robber barons as long as possible.
But we do have examples of past over-investment bubbles that burst and caused recessions, such as the dot-com bubble of 2000 when there was a huge buildout in fiber optic cables that opened the Internet to everyone.
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The good news is that it’s a huge plus for upgrading our energy infrastructure that requires new electrical networks to run it as well.
Then GDP growth stalled in 2001, a recession followed and growth didn’t turn positive until 2003, which lasted until the 2008-09 Great Recession. So the LEI red line may not reflect recessions as accurately market report released by the Radius Group this week. "Google’s $32.5 million acquisition of 147–165 Castilian Drive adds about 83,400 square feet to the company’s Goleta presence, bringing its reported local footprint to roughly 300,000 square feet. The purchase further expands Google’s presence in a region shaped by UCSB’s research and technology ecosystem," stated the report.
A recession might not occur in the next 12 months, of course. What if the Strait of Hormuz is opened and Trump makes a deal with Iran? Or he settles the tariff trade war? Or, the Federal Reserve succeeds in taming inflation?
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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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as OUMI SUSHI at 29 S Milpas St, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. LWIN FAMILY CO, LLC, at 3623 Lazy Hawk Road, Suite 101, Rock Hills, SC 29730-8272. State of Inc/Org/Reg: DE. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on October 5, 2026. This statement expires five years Experience you can count on! from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify HRIS GNOLI that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. (805) 682-4304 Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2026-0002447. Published October 16,chris@suncoastrealestate.com www.chrisagnoli.com 23, 30, November 6, 2026.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT: FICTITIOUS BUSINESS The followingBUSINESS Limited Liability Company following Limited Liability Company The following Limited isThe doing business as HISSHO SUSHI at isis doing business SUSHI at doing business asHISSHO GHOSTWRITER 1984 Old Mission Dr,as Solvang, CA 934631984 OldatMission Dr, Solvang, CA 93463EVENTS 2491 Roblar Ave, 2281. LWIN FAMILY CO, LLC, at Los 3623Olivos, Lazy 2281. LWIN FAMILY CO, at 3623 Lazy CA 93441. ADSuite FREELANCE LLC at 8798 Hawk Road, 101,LLC, Rock Hills, SC Hawk Road, SuiteRd, Rock Hills,DE. SC Tassajara Creek Santa Margarita, 29730-8272. State of101, Inc/Org/Reg: 29730-8272. State of Inc/Org/Reg: DE. CAstatement 93453. This statement with This was filed withwas thefiled County This was filed with theBarbara County thestatement County of Santa Clerk of SantaClerk Barbara on October 5, Clerk of Santa Barbara on October on October 14, 2026. This statement 2026. This statement expires five years5, expires five years from theindate ityears was 2026. This statement expires fiveoffice from the date it was filed the filed the office of the County Clerk. from the date itClerk. was filed in thecertify officeI of thein County I hereby hereby that this isI hereby aofcorrect copy of the Clerk. certify that this County iscertify a correct copy the original of the fileoriginal in my that thisoriginal is a copy ofonthe statement oncorrect filestatement in my office. Joseph E. office. Joseph E. Clerk Holland, County statement on file in my (SEAL). office. Joseph Holland, County FBNClerk No.E. (SEAL). FBN No.Published 2026-0002518. Published Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2026-0002448. October 16, October 30, November 20, 2026. 2026-0002448. Published October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 2026.6, 13, 23, 30, November 6, 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT: The followingBUSINESS Limited Liability Company following Limited Liability Company isThe doing business as OUMI SUSHI at 175 doing business as OUMI at 175 Nis Fairview Ave, Goleta, CASUSHI 93117-2304. N Fairview Ave,CO, Goleta, LWIN FAMILY LLC, CA at 93117-2304. 3623 Lazy LWIN Road, FAMILYSuite CO, 101, LLC, Rock at 3623 Hawk Hills,Lazy SC Hawk Road,State Suiteof101, Rock Hills,DE. SC 29730-8272. Inc/Org/Reg: 29730-8272. of Inc/Org/Reg: DE. This statementState was filed with the County This statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa was Barbara on October 5, Clerk This of Santa Barbara on October 2026. statement expires five years5, 2026.the Thisdate statement expires fiveoffice years from it was filed in the from date itClerk. was filed in thecertify office of thethe County I hereby of the Clerk. I hereby certify that this County is a correct copy of the original that this is a copy of the original statement oncorrect file in my office. Joseph E. statement on file Clerk in my (SEAL). office. Joseph Holland, County FBN No.E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2026-0002446. Published October 16, 2026-0002446. Published 23, 30, November 6, 2026. October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT: The followingBUSINESS Limited Liability Company following Limited Liability Company isThe doing business as OUMI SUSHI at 29 doing St, business OUMI SUSHI at 29 SisMilpas Santa as Barbara, CA 93103. S Milpas St, Santa CA 93103. LWIN FAMILY CO, Barbara, LLC, at 3623 Lazy LWIN Road, FAMILYSuite CO, 101, LLC, Rock at 3623 Hawk Hills,Lazy SC Hawk Road,State Suiteof101, Rock Hills,DE. SC 29730-8272. Inc/Org/Reg: 29730-8272. of Inc/Org/Reg: DE. This statementState was filed with the County This statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa was Barbara on October 5, Clerk This of Santa Barbara on October 2026. statement expires five years5, 2026.the Thisdate statement expires fiveoffice years from it was filed in the from date itClerk. was filed in thecertify office of thethe County I hereby of the Clerk. I hereby certify that this County is a correct copy of the original that this is a copy of the original statement oncorrect file in my office. Joseph E. statement on file Clerk in my (SEAL). office. Joseph Holland, County FBN No.E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2026-0002447. Published October 16, 2026-0002447. Published 23, 30, November 6, 2026. October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 2026.
The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as OUMI SUSHI at 2170 Simar Gulati, 805-403-9679 Bradley Road, Santa Maria, CA 93455U.S. BANK 1346. LWIN FAMILY CO, LLC, at 3623 Lazy Please call for current rates: Teri Gauthier, 805-565-4571 • Coastal Housing Partnership Member Hawk Road, Suite 101, Rock Hills, SC Rates are supplied by participating institutions prior to publishing deadline29730-8272. and are deemed reliable. They do constitute a commitment to State ofnotInc/Org/Reg: DE. lend and are not guaranteed. For more information and additional loan types and rates, consumers should contact the lender of their choice. Thisrates. statement wasonfiled withincluding the County CASA Santa Barbara cannot guarantee the accuracy and availability of quoted All quotes are based total points loan. Rates are effective as of October 21, 2026. ** Annual percentage rate subject to change afterof loanSanta closing. Barbara on October 5, Clerk 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: of the County Clerk. I hereby certify The FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT: followingBUSINESS Limited Liability Company SB MORTGAGE GROUP
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE – CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NUMBER: 26CV05144. Petitioner: Guillermo Mendoza Macedo filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Guillermo Mendoza Macedo to PROPOSED NAME: Guillermo Macedo. 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: November 4, 2026; 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: 09/11/26 /s/: Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #26CV05144 Pub Dates: October 9, 16, 23, 30, 2026. 2ND AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE – CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NUMBER: 26CV04494. Petitioner: Malek Ahmad Dandan filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Malek Ahmad Dandan to PROPOSED NAME: Malek Lucien Dandan. 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: December 9, 2026; 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: 09/30/26 /s/: Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #26CV04494 Pub Dates: October 9, 16, 23, 30, 2026.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as ESTHER’S at 1213 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. FROM BEAU LLC at 1213 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on October 13, 2026. 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. 2026-0002500. Published October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 2026.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as FLOWSTATE PERINATAL at 1613 Villa Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. WHITNEY O GRAY at 1613 Villa Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on September 17, 2026. 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. 2026-0002335. Published October 9, 16, 23, 30, 2026.
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PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, during the afternoon session of the meeting that begins at 2:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to introduce Amendments to Title 25, Title 26, Title 28, and Title 30 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code for Inclusionary Housing regulations; amend the City of Santa Barbara Schedule of Penalties, Fees, and Service Charges to add Inclusionary Housing fees; determine that the Amendments are consistent with the General Plan and City Charter; and determine that the Amendments do not require further CEQA review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15168. The data required by Government Code Section 66016 is available on https://SantaBarbaraCA.gov/Inclusionary-Housing-Requirements. Public comment may be given in person at the meeting or remotely via zoom. Members of the public who wish to give public comment remotely may do so by completing the Zoom registration at the link provided on the cover page of the appropriate meeting agenda: www.santabarbaraca.gov/CAP. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office by sending them electronically to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov. Written comments may also be submitted to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990. On Thursday, November 12, 2026, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, will be available at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP. The Agenda will include instructions for participation in the meeting. If you wish to participate in the public hearing, please follow the instructions on the posted Agenda. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at (805) 564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange. (SEAL) /s/ Sarah Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager October 16, 2026
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The Secretary of the Staff Hearing Officer has set a public hearing for Friday, November 13, 2026, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the David Gebhard Public Meeting Room, 630 Garden Street. On Tuesday, November 10, 2026, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Friday, November 13, 2026 will be available online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHO. Agendas, Minutes, and Staff Reports are also accessible online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHO. TELEVISION COVERAGE: This meeting will be broadcast live on City TV-Channel 18 and online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTV. See SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTVProgramGuide for a rebroadcast schedule. An archived video of this meeting will be available at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHOVideos. WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT: Public comments may be submitted via email to SHOSecretary@SantaBarbaraCA.gov before the beginning of the Meeting. All public comments submitted via email will be provided to the SHO and will become part of the public record. You may also submit written correspondence via US Postal Service (USPS); addressed to SHO Secretary, PO Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990. However, please be advised, correspondence sent via USPS may not be received in time to process prior to the meeting and email submissions are highly encouraged. Please note that the SHO may not have time to review written comments received after 4:30 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting. All public comment that is received before 4:30 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting will be published on the City’s website at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/SHO Comments provided via USPS or e-mail will be converted to a PDF before being posted on the City’s website. Note: comments will be published online the way they are received and without redaction of personal identifying information; including but not limited to phone number, home address, and email address. Only submit information that you wish to make available publicly. APPEALS: Decisions of the SHO may be appealed to the Planning Commission. Appeals may be filed in person at the Community Development Department at 630 Garden Street or in writing via email to SHOSecretary@SantaBarbaraCA.gov. For further information and guidelines on how to appeal a decision to the Planning Commission, please contact Planning staff at (805) 564-5578 as soon as possible. Appeals and associated fee must be submitted in writing, via email to PlanningCounter@SantaBarbaraCA.gov and by first class mail postage prepaid within 10 calendar days of the meeting that the SHO took action or rendered a decision. Appeals and associated fee post marked after the 10th calendar day will not be accepted. NOTE TO INTERESTED PARTIES: Only those persons who participate through public comment either orally or in writing on an item on this Agenda have standing to appeal the decision. Grounds for appeal are limited to those issues raised either orally or in written correspondence delivered to the review body at, or prior to, the public hearing. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: If you need services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the SHO Secretary at (805) 564-5470, extension 4572. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange. •
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Assessor’s Parcel Number: 049-040-054 Zoning Designation:
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Front Setback Modification for addition to accessory structure.
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Assessor’s Parcel Number: 045-042-015 Zoning Designation:
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Project Description:
Coastal Development Permit for Garage to JADU conversion and addition
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE – CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NUMBER: 26CV05644. Petitiones: Mayra Galvan and Eduardo Galvan filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Julius James Chavez Galvan to PROPOSED NAME: Julius James Galvan. 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: November 20, 2026; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 4; 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: 10/5/26 /s/: Donna D. Geck, Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #26CV05644 Pub Dates: October 23, 30, November 6, 13, 2026.
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Notice hereby given that the Santa Barbara County Association of at ourisupcoming listening sessions: Governments (SBCAG) will hold a public hearing on the Draft Fiscal Year 2025/26 Measure A Program of Projects on the following date/ time:
Notice is herebya given that the Santa Barbara Countyde Association de transporte pedido (dial-a-ride) y los servicios transporteof Governments (SBCAG) will hold a public hearing on the Draft Fiscal adaptado satisfacer mejor sus necesidades en on el condado de Santa Year 2025/26 Measure A Program of Projects the following date/ Bárbara? Únase a la conversación en nuestras próximas sesiones time:
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IN-PERSON Santa Barbara Barbara County Board of Supervisors Hearing Room VisitSanta in person or virtually any time during the two-hour listening 105 E. Anapamu Street, 4th Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 session REMOTE When: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., December 3, 2026 Details on how to participate remotely will be published on the Where: SBCAG Board of Directors agenda at County least 48 hours prior to theof • In-person: Santa Barbara Association meeting online at www.sbcag.org Governments (SBCAG) Wisteria Conference Room – 260 North San Antonio Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. • Virtually: on how participate virtually via Zoomall The SBCAG boardDetails must adopt a to program of projects identifying will be published on the SBCAG website at www.sbcag.org transportation projects to be funded with Measure A revenues for the November 1. through FY 29/30. The program of projects next fiveby years, FY 25/26 is scheduled for adoption at the June and 19, 2025, SBCAG Board • Accessible accommodations Spanish language meeting.translation Only projects that are included in theContact approved program is available by request. SBCAG byof projects November are eligible Measure A 600-4477 funding. Measure A revenues 28,for 2026, at (805) or info@sbcag.org. available for allocation are estimated to be $257 million during the five-year period with $52 million available in FY 25/26.
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(Services specific to to Santa Regional Transit) Projects identified receiveMaria Measure A revenues for the five-year
period include, but are not limited to, improvements on Highway 101 Santa on theMaria South Coast, Highway 166 Safety and Operational Improvements, streets and roads improvements countywide, When: Two sessions: 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. to 6bicycle, p.m. pedestrian and 2,safe on December 2026routes to school improvements, interregional transit, Where:and reduced transit fares for the elderly and disabled. For more information about the Measure A Program, please visit SBCAG • Santa Maria Public Library Shephard Hall, 1st Floor 421 S. Measure A webpage at: www.sbcag.org/measure-a
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LEGAL NOTICES ORDINANCE NO. 2026-6235
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ADOPTING THE STATE STREET MASTER PLAN AND AMENDING TITLE 31 OF THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on September 15, 2026. 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. 2026-6235 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on September 1, 2026, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on September 15, 2026, by the following roll call vote:
Harold Kono and Halle Papen
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creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Teri Anne Evans. 2. A Petition for Probate has been filed by (name of petitioner): Jama Hashbarger in the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 3. The Petition for Probate requests that Jama Hashbarger be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 4. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. 5. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. 6. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 11/19/26 Time: 9:00 AM Dept.: SB5 Room: at the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, Anacapa Division, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. 7. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. 8. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. 9. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. 10. Attorney for petitioner Harold K. Kono: 831 State Street, Suite 289, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Telephone 805-962-8412. Pub Dates: October 23, 30, November 6, 2026.
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AYES:
Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Kristen W. Sneddon.
NOES:
Mayor Randy Rowse.
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 September 15, 2026. /s/
Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on September 15, 2026. /s/ Randy Rowse Mayor
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Fall One Acts • Presented by UCSB Theater Dance, featuring A Gaggle of Saints by Neil Labute, The Bear by Anton Chekhov, Man in the Basement by Arlene Hutton, and Funeral in the Rain by FJ Hartland • UCSB, Studio Theater • Free • campuscalendar.ucsb.edu • 7:30pm Fr, 10/30.
R.U.R.—Rossum’s Universal Robots Discover the story that introduced the world to the word robot when Ojai Art Center Theater presents an adaptation of the 1920 screenplay by Karel Čapek, R.U.R–Rossums’s Universal Robots. Witness a science fiction scare as Rossum’s factory-working artificial beings begin to formulate ideas of their own and eventually turn on humanity in the Ojai Art Center Patio from 7pm to 9pm on Friday, October 30th. Free and
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Friday CHILDREN
R.U.R.—Rossum’s Universal Robots • Adaptation of the 1920 play by Karel Čapek that introduced the world to the word robot and the concept of artificial workers • Ojai Art Center • Free • ojaiact.org • 7pm & 9pm Fr, 10/30. Ragtime • Musical following the stories of an upper-class wife, a Jewish Immigrant, and a young musician living in New York at the turn of the 20th century • Rubicon Theatre • $30-85 • rubicontheatre. org • through Su, 11/15. The Wizard of OZ • The classic story of a girl from Kansas who lands in a fantasy world, presented by Pacific Conservatory Theatre and 2 Ring Circus • Marian Theatre • $25-70 • pcpa.org • 7pm Th, 10/5 through Su, 12/20. The Throwaways • Whimsical play using puppetry • Severson Theatre • $7 • pcpa.org • 1:30pm Fr, 11/6.
10/30 LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
Wiggly Storytime at Oak Park • Short stories, songs, rhymes and dance for ages 0-5 • Oak Park • Free • calendar.library.santabarbaraca.gov • 10:30-11am Fr, 10/30. Read with a Dog • Children practice reading to a furry friend • Central Library • Free • 3:30-4:30pm Fr.
DANCE
Sorciere X Carmilla • Selah Dance Collective presents a gothic double bill dance performance • Center Stage Theater • $20-50 • centerstagetheater. org • 7:30pm Fr, 10/17 & Sa, 10/31; 2pm Sa, 10/31; and 7:30pm Su, 11/1. Dracula, a dark shadow • Performance by State Street Ballet, featuring the Kronos Quartet • Granada Theatre • $25-145 • ticketing. granadasb.org • 7:30pm Fr, 10/30 & 2pm Sa, 10/31.
Fall Choral Festival • Concert by Westmont College students • First Presbyterian Church • Free • westmont.edu • 6pm Fr, 10/30.
OUTDOORS
SBC Courthouse Docent Tours • Free • www.sbcourthouse.org • 10:30am Mon-Fri & 2pm daily. Special Events The Molly Ringwald Project All 80s Halloween Party • 80s tribute experience, come dressed as an 80s icon • SOhO • $20 • sohosb.com • 8:30pm Fr, 10/30.
Saturday 10/31 CHILDREN
Little G’s • Reading of Midnight Manor • Godmothers Books • Free • godmothers.com • 11am Sa, 10/31. Crafternoon • Fun crafts, ages 5+ • Explore Ecology Makerspace • $8 • exploreecology.org • 10am-12pm, Sat. Storytime @ the Sea Center • All ages, free w/admission • SBNature.org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
Tree Planting at Elings • Join Your Children’s Trees in volunteering to plant 100 native trees • Elings Park, SB Foundation Trailhead • Free • elingspark.org • 9:30am-12:30pm Sa, 10/31. Magic: The Gathering • Learn to play this trading card game • Metro Comics Metro Entertainment • Free • 12-12:30pm Sa. Santa Barbara Go Club • All levels welcome to learn this ancient game • Free • Mosaic Locale, 1131 State St • 805-448-5335 • 11am-3pm Sa.
Free Balance Workshop • Debbie Fisher and Sally Saenger host senior balance training workshop • Grace Fisher Clubhouse in La Cumbre Plaza • Free, RSVP to info@csasb.org or call (805) 898-8080 • 10-11am Fr, 10/30.
MUSIC
Grupo de Lectura en Español • Discussion in Spanish of Asesinato para principiantes (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder) by Holly Jackson • Eastside Library, MLK Jr. Room • Free • calendar.library.santabarbaraca.gov • 9:30-11am Fr, 10/30.
OUTDOORS
The Enduring Classics Book Club • Discuss Dracula • Godmothers Books • $49 • godmothers.com • 5:30pm Fr, 10/30.
Pumpkin Palooza • A downtown Halloween party featuring Smelly Cat and, Infinite Pumpkins, DJ Darla Bea, food and a full bar • SB Public Market Event Center • $21 • djdarlabea. ticketsauce.com • 11am Sa, 10/31.
MUSIC
Tom Scott & Laurence Hobgood • Saxophone & piano jazz duo • The Grand on State • $59-119 • thegrandonstate.com • 7-9pm Fr, 10/30.
Jerry McGuire and John Adair • Folk, rock and acoustic duo • Cold Spring Tavern • Free • 1:30-4:30pm Sa, 10/31. Architectural Walking Tour • History of buildings in SB • City Hall steps at De la Guerra Plaza • $20 • afsb. org • 10am, Sat.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Sunset Sessions: Mystic Nights at Hotel Californian • Halloween celebration of Moroccan-inspired glamour • Hotel Californian • $35 •
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Halloween EMBRACE SPOOKY SEASON on the South Coast as Santa Barbara hosts a series of Halloween-themed community events for all ages. Kick off the festivities with family-friendly fun. On Saturday, October 31st get into the Halloween spirit with Dress Wild and don an animal, plant, or fungi-themed costume to SB Museum of Natural History or The Sea Center from 10am-5pm, and Witch’s Ride, a Halloween planetarium show for children ages seven and up from noon to 3pm. Regular admission for SBMNH and The Sea Center includes both events. For themed gatherings, live music, and more on Halloween, check out Pumpkin Palooza, a downtown party featuring bands Smelly Cat and Infinite Pumpkins, along with DJ Darla Bea in SB Public Market Event Center beginning at 11 am. In the evening, head to SOhO for the Heads All Happy Halloween Ball with bands No Simple Highway, Jax Plays Dead, and LadyFinger. Keep the spooky fun going into the night with glamorous rooftop gatherings at Hotel California and The Kimpton Canary Hotel. From hands-on crafts and creative costumes to live music and after-dark dancing, Santa Barbara’s bewitching collection of October events offers something for everyone.
hotelcalifornian.ticketsauce.com • 5-9pm Sa, 10/31. Brass to the Bone Rooftop Party • Rave with DJ Thee-O, drinks and more • Kimpton Canary Hotel • $20-40 • canarysantabarbara.com • 6:30pm Sa, 10/31. Heads All Happy Halloween Ball • Featuring bands No Simple Highway, Jax Plays Dead, and LadyFinger • SOhO • $25 • sohosb.com • 8pm Sa, 10/31. Dress Wild • Dress up in an animal, plant or fungi themed Halloween costume • At SB Museum of Natural History & The Sea Center • Admission as normal • sbnature.org • 10am-5pm Sa, 10/31.
Halloween Planetarium Show: Witch’s Ride • Featuring friendly ghouls and goblins, for children ages seven and up • SB Museum of Natural History, Gladwin Planetarium • Included with admission • sbnature.org • 12-3pm Sa, 10/31.
Sunday
11/1
CHILDREN
Storytime @ the Sea Center • All ages • Free w/ admission • SBNature. org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun. Sundays at the Ranch • Family fun, barn animals and tractor rides • Stow House • Free • 11am-2pm Sun.
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Lectures/Meetings/Workshops Miriam Pawel • Signs and discusses her book California Dreams: The Making and Remaking of the University of California, with UCSB Professor Emeritus Richard Flacks • Chaucer’s Books • 4-5pm Su, 11/1. Empathy Cafe • Practice communication skills and creating trust & understanding • Riviera Theater upstairs • Free • theempathycenter.org • 11am-1pm Sun.
MUSIC
Chamber Winds Concert • Featuring 9 different ensembles from the SBCC community • First United Methodist Church • Free • 7pm Su, 11/1. Lyle Lovett and his Small Large Band • An evening of country, jazz, swing, folk, blues and gospel • UCSB Arts & Lectures • UCSB’s Campbell Hall • $19-150 • artsandlectures.ucsb. edu • 7pm Su, 11/1.
OUTDOORS
Sunday Architecture Tour • Meet at Public Library Plaza at 40 E Anapamu St • Architectural Fdn of SB • $20 • afsb.org • 10am Sun.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Dia de los Muertos Market & Craft Day • Day of art, remembrance, and celebration featuring local vendors, arts & crafts, dance performances and more • El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park • Free • sbthp.org • 10am-4pm Su, 11/1.
Monday CHILDREN
Algae Pressing Workshop • Learn
Baby & Me • Develop your baby’s pre-literacy skills, 0-14 months • Central Library • Free • 11-11:30am Mo.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
Eitan Yardeni & Jennifer Rudolph Walsh • Discuss The Power of Kabbalah • Godmothers Books • $23 • godmothers.com • 6pm Mo, 11/2.
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Morning Bird Walk • Rebecca Coulter leads a guided, educational walk • Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Courtyard near the Entrance Kiosk • $25-35 • sbbotanicgarden.org • 8:3010am Tu, 11/3.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Help Light Up Downtown with Unite to Light JOIN UNITE TO LIGHT IN CELEBRATING THEIR GLOBAL IMPACT and honoring the community that made it possible. Dedicated to providing lowcost solar energy and power to those living without light all over the world, the organization invites community members to a special evening of live music, light-based art and installations, hands-on activities, and more in the San Marcos Courtyard from 5pm to 8pm on Thursday November 5th.
Parliamo • Italian conversation, all levels • Natural Cafe, 361 Hitchcock Way • Free • parliamo.yolasite.com • 5-6:30pm Mon.
Board Games + Brews • Community game night • Night Lizard Brewing Company, 607 State St • 6-9pm Tu.
SB Bridge Club • Play bridge, meets daily • 2255 Las Positas Rd • Schedule and RSVP: bridgewebs.com/sbbc542
Wednesday 11/4 Spiritual Care Club • Learn to
Thursday 11/5
CHILDREN
LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
SPECIAL EVENTS
Grad Hearth Series: Community Care Dinner • Dinner for graduate students to connect • UCSB Multicultural Center Lounge • Free, registration required • mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 5pm Mo, 11/2. Dinner with an Artist • Private gallery tour, dinner and conversation with artist Hilary Brock • Art & Soul Gallery • $85 • artandsoulsb.com • 5:30-8pm Mo, 10/26.
Creator’s Club • Bilingual, weekly STEAM activity • Eastside Library • Free • 2-3pm We.
DANCE
Kickin’ Country • Line dancing lessons by Christy Grant • Best BBQ • Free, reg required • downtownsb.org • 6-8pm Wednesdays in Oct.
LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS
Wool, Fish Scraps and Molasses
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Chess Club • Louise Lowry Davis Center • All levels/ English/Spanish • Free • 1-4pm Tue.
School Book Fair • 25% of all in-store purchases donated to Cold Springs Elementary • Chaucer’s Books • 5-7pm Tu, 11/3.
Carpinteria Improv Drop-In Class • Learn or practice skills • Alcazar Theatre • $10 • 7pm Tu.
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Sea Center on Stearns Wharf • $60 • sbnature.org • 6-7:30pm Tu, 11/3.
Scrabble Club • Louise Lowry Davis Center • All levels/ English/Spanish • Free • 1-4pm Mon.
COMEDY
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Composing with Sound • Diego Ratto discusses the compositional process • UCSB Music, 1145 • Free • campuscalendar.ucsb.edu • 3pm Tu, 11/3.
algae and how to press for both 11/2 about art and scientific preservation • The
Little G’s • Reading of Millie Fleur’s Worst Day Ever • Godmothers Books • Free • godmothers.co • 11am Mo, 11/2.
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Fiction Book Club • Discuss Sing, unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward • Central Library, Upper Level • Free, registration required • calendar.library. santabarbaraca.gov • 5:30-6:30pm Tu, 11/3. Medicare 101 • Sky Savarese’s educational workshop for community members preparing for retirement • Central Library, Faulkner Gallery • Free • calendar.library.santabarbaraca. gov • 5-6pm Tu, 11/3.
blocks for healthy soil • Trinity Lutheran Church • Free • sbchs.org • 7pm We, 11/4.
Strategic Social Media for Nonprofit Growth and Engagement • Workshop teaching the strategy of creating content and using scheduling and analytics tools • Zoom • $0-55 • callutheran.edu • 9am12pm We, 11/4. BEAM: Financing the Growth of Early Stage Companies • Informative workshop for entrepreneurs and business owners • Workzones Santa Barbara • $15-25 • sbscchamber.com • 4:30pm We, 11/4. Pet Loss and Grief Support Group • Compassionate gathering to discuss and process grief • Central Library, Faulkner Gallery East & West • Free • 5:30-6:30pm We, 11/4.
The courtyard is free and open to the public, to purchase tickets that include dinner and drinks visit unitetolight.org
Fall Ceramics Session 2 • Learn to throw basic forms, trim and glaze pieces using colored underglaze pencils • SBMA’s Art Studio @ The Downtown Club • $200-240 • sbma.net • 5:307:30pm We, 11/4 use divine and intuitive tools • UCSB Multicultural Center Lounge • Free • mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 12pm We, 11/4. Way Back When: Santa Barbara in 1926 • Betsy J. Green discusses her latest publication about the best Santa Barbara stories of 1926 • SB Museum of Natural History • $10-20 • sbhistorical.org • 5:30pm We, 11/4. Knitting & Crochet Club • Louise Lowry Davis Ctr • All levels/English/ Spanish • Free • 9-11:30am Wed. Le Cercle Français • French conversation, all levels • Free • Natural Cafe • sbfrenchgroup.yolasite.com • 5-6:30pm Wed.
MUSIC
Nemanja Radulović & Double Sens • Violinist and chamber orchestra perform Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade • UCSB’s Campbell Hall • $15-73 • artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 7pm We, 11/4. Open Jam • At Revolver Pizza. Jam with musicians • 1429 San Andres St • Free • revolversb.com • 6-9pm Wed.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Bingo for Bottles • A benefit for Hearts Aligned featuring a bingo with a chance to win wine bottles • Carr Winery • Free • carrwinery.com • 6pm We, 11/4.
School Book Fair • 25% of all in-store purchases donated to Santa Barbara Junior High • Chaucer’s Books • 5-7pm We, 11/4.
Gray Malin & Veronica Taylor Black • Discuss Malin’s Snow, his new collection of snowscape photography • Godmothers Books • $17 • godmothers.com • 6pm Th, 11/5. State of the Country 2026: Economic Summit • Informative conversation about policies, priorities and economic issues • The Ritz Carlton Bacara Santa Barbara • $150-200 • sbscchamber.com • 3pm Th, 11/5. Paint at Paseo • Painting class taught by MCASB artists, materials included • Paseo Nuevo, Unit #101 • Free, RSVP required • paseonuevosb. com • 5-7pm Th, 11/5. Bodies Politic Talk: A-mazing Natural Healers • Dr. Edward Anthony Polanco will discuss indigenous healers in early modern Central Mexico, followed by a Q&A • UCSB’s McCune Conference Room • Free • ihc.ucsb.edu • 4-6pm Th, 11/5. Local Discoveries, Cosmic Implications • Six-class course about black holes, supernovas, exoplanets, interstellar comets, and more taught by Krissie Cook • SB Museum of Natural History, Gladwin Planetarium • $120-150 • sbnature.org • 5:15-6:15pm Thursday, 11/5 through 11/12.
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MUSIC
Viva el Arte!: LADAMA DISCOVER A DYNAMIC MUSICAL EXPERIENCE when ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Barbara! and UCSB Arts & Lectures present the all-female alternative Latin band LADAMA. Celebrating the cultural heritage of Latin America, these talented musicians from Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela blend traditional Caribbean rhythms with soul, R&B, and pop for a series of performances across Santa Barbara. Don’t miss this rich cultural experience in the Carpinteria Arts Center at 7pm on Thursday, November 5th; Isla Vista Elementary at 7pm on Friday, November 6th; Guadalupe City Hall at 7pm on Saturday, November 7th; and Marjorie Luke Theatre at 6pm on Sunday, November 8th. Free and open to the public. artsandlectures. ucsb.edu
MUSIC
Jazz Jam • Featuring the house band, Shane Savala on guitar and Ralph Lowi on bass • The Blue Owl • Free • 5-8pm Th, 11/5. Viva el Arte!: LADAMA • Celebrate the cultural heritage of Latin America with the all-female alternative Latin band LADAMA • Carpinteria Arts Center • Free • luketheatre.org • 7pm Th, 11/5.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Veterans Smile Day • Dental services and health assessments for veterans, followed by pastries and refreshments • Santa Ynez Tribal Health Clinic • Free, call 805-688-7070 to reserve an appointment • Th, 11/5. Celebrate Philanthropy Awards Luncheon • Honoring individuals and their work in the Santa Maria Valley • Santa Maria Country Club • $60 • sbfoundation.org • 11:30am1:30pm Th, 11/5. Help Light Up Downtown with Unite to Light • An evening of music, light illustration and art, hands-on activities ,and community • San Marcos Courtyard • Free • unitetolight.org • 5-8pm Th, 11/5.
Anything for Salina’s • Karol Posadas’ Selena Quintanilla tribute band • Chumash Casino Resort • $20-30 • chumashcasino.com • 8pm Fr, 11/6. Terrace Martin • Grammynominated saxophonist, producer and composer with a six-piece jazz ensemble • UCSB’s Campbell Hall • $15-55 • artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 7:30pm Fr, 11/6. Viva el Arte!: LADAMA • Celebrate the cultural heritage of Latin America with the all-female alternative Latin band LADAMA • Isla Vista Elementary • Free • luketheatre.org • 7pm Fr, 11/6. Rigoletto • Tragic Italian opera set in the 16th century presented by Opera Santa Barbara • Lobero Theatre • $95220 • lobero.com • 7:30pm Fr, 11/6 & Tu, 11/10; and 2:30pm Su, 11/8.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Queen of Arts Artisan and Craft Fair • Local artist and vendors selling ceramics, glass, handbags, jewelry, homegoods and more • Elverhoj Museum of History and Art • Free • elverhoj.org • 3-6pm Fr, 11/6.
The Rhythm Industrial Complex • A night of afrobeat, funk, reggae, and percussion-driven music • M. Special’s Goleta Taproom • Free • tricsb.com • 7pm Sa, 11/7. All Acoustic Evening Of Classic Rock Music • Featuring Swan Montgomery (Led Zepagain), Stewart Sher (Never a Dull Moment), and Acoustic Echoes • Alcazar Theatre • $25-40 • thealcazar.org • 7pm Sa, 11/7. Viva el Arte!: LADAMA • Celebrate the cultural heritage of Latin America with the all-female alternative Latin band LADAMA • Guadalupe City Hall • Free • luketheatre.org • 7pm Sa, 11/7. Psychedelic Symphony 2: Take Another Trip • Songs from the 60s and 70s presented by Santa Barbara Symphony and featuring The Doublewide Kings • Granada Theatre • $35-160 • granadasb.org • 7:30pm Sa, 11/7.
OUTDOORS
Tree Planting at Elings • Join Your Children’s Trees in volunteering to plant 100 native trees • Elings Park, SB Foundation Trailhead • Free • elingspark.org • 9:30am-12:30pm Sa, 11/7. Architectural Walking Tour •
Saturday 11/7 History of buildings in SB • City Hall Friday
steps at De la Guerra Plaza • $20 • afsb.org • 10am, Sat.
CHILDREN
11/6 Little G’s • Reading of Pete the
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Read with a Dog • Children practice reading to a furry friend • Central Library • Free • 3:30-4:30pm Fr. Lectures/Meetings/Workshops Chess Club • All ages and all levels practice and play • Free • calendar. library.santabarbaraca.gov • 2:30-4pm Fr, 11/6. Between the Lines: Adult Literacy Book Club • Discuss Amelia Airheart by Terry Barber • Central Library, Tech Lab • Free, registration required • calendar.library. santabarbaraca.gov • 12-1pm Fr, 11/6. Workshop for Nonprofits • How to build, lead, and sustain high performing teams • VCCF Community Room (Camarillo) • $0-55 • callutheran.edu • 9am-4pm Fr, 11/6. Climate Fridays Santa Barbara • Learn how the midterm election results affect climate policy • CEC’s Environmental Hub • Free • cecsb.org • 4-5:30pm Fr, 11/6.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Cat and The Cookie Catastrophe • Godmothers Books • Free • godmothers.com • 11am Sa, 11/7. Crafternoon • Fun crafts, ages 5+ • Explore Ecology Makerspace • $8 • exploreecology.org • 10am-12pm, Sat.
Holiday Boutique·• Handcrafted gifts, décor, food items, profits support education for women • First Presbyterian Church patio·• Free • 10am-1pm Sa, 11/7.
COMEDY
Community Baby Shower: New Parent Resource Fair • Discover parent and caretaker resources and how to support a baby’s health, development, and literacy skills • Central Library, Michael Towbes Upper Plaza • Free • calendar.library. santabarbaraca.gov • 10:30am-12pm Sa, 11/7.
MUSIC
Fall Harvest Dinner • An evening of food, wine and conversation • Alma Rosa Estate • $175 • almarosawinery. com • 4-7pm Sa, 11/7.
Storytime @ the Sea Center • All ages, free w/admission • SBNature.org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun. Unscripted Voyages • Improv series featuring live, ocean-inspired stories • SB Maritime Museum • $8-15 • sbmm. org • 7-9pm Sa, 11/7. Jim Rankin • Blues and rock performance • Cold Spring Tavern • Free • 1:30-4:30pm Sa, 11/7.
October 30, 2026 California Home Show • Featuring local contractor, builders, designers and remodelers • Earl Warren Showgrounds • $0-10 • earlwarren. com • 10am-8pm Sa, 11/7 & 10am5pm Su, 11/8. Fall Plant Sale 2026 • Discover and shop for California-native plants for your home • Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Nursery • Free, registration required • sbbotanicgarden.org • 1-3pm Sa, 11/7. UCSB Black Family Weekend Celebration • Featuring discussions about college, board games, a DJ and food • UCSB’s Student Resource Building • Free, RSVP recommended • mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 1pm Sa, 11/7. UCSB Celebración de la Familia • Bilingual event featuring live music and food honoring the role of family in the university journey, particularly within Chicane/Latiné communities • UCSB’s Hatlen Theater • Free, RSVP required • mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 1-4pm Sa, 11/7. Santa Barbara Fall Tasting Festival • Outdoor culinary experience featuring wine, beer, spirits, and food from regional producers • SB Museum of Natural History • $125-165 • sbnature.org • 2-5pm Sa, 11/7.
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CHILDREN
Bilingual Storytime • Short stories in English and Spanish and art activities presented as a part of SBPL’s Raíces y Sueños celebration • SBMA, Art Learning Lab • Free • sbma.net • 11-11:40am Su, 11/8. Storytime @ the Sea Center • All ages • Free w/admission • SBNature. org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun. Sundays at the Ranch • Family fun, barn animals, and tractor rides • Stow House • Free • goletahistory.org • 11am-2pm Sun.
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LECTURES/MEETINGS/ WORKSHOPS Jonathan Schooler • Discusses Staying Open to Wonder • Godmothers Books • $28 • godmothers.com • 6pm Su, 11/8.
The Sacred Circle • Diana Raab’s gathering for women over 60 to
reflect • Godmothers Books • $39 • godmothers.com • 2pm Su, 11/8. Parallel Stories: Karen Tei Yamashita • Signs and discusses her novel Questions 27 & 28, chronicling the Japanese experience in America before, during and after the war • SBMA, Mary Craig Auditorium • $1015 • sbma.net • 2-3pm Su, 11/8.
MUSIC
Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan • Guitar and harmonica blues, rag, and goodtime music • Cold Spring Tavern • Free • 1:30-4:30pm Su, 11/8.
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Faculty Artist Recital • Wesley Arai presents a recital of original works for carillon • UCSB, Stroke Tower • Free • campuscalendar.ucsb.edu • 2pm Su, 11/8.
OUTDOORS
Santa Barbara Half Marathon • Take on the 13.1 mile half-marathon, the 5k, or cheer on participants in the Kids Fun Run • Registration required • santabarbarahalf.com • 7am Su, 11/8.
Día de los Muertos CELEBRATE THE MEXICAN HOLIDAY HONORING AND REMEMBERING DECEASED FRIENDS, RELATIVES, AND LOVED ONES at two community Día de los Muertos events in Santa Barbara. Commemorate Mexican history and culture at the Día de los Muertos Market & Craft Day, a gathering of local vendors, featuring arts and crafts, face painting, a photo booth, live music, dance performances, a Catrina Contest, and more. Visitors can also bring a photo or memento of a deceased loved one to contribute to a community ofrenda in El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park from 10am to 4pm Sunday, November 1st.
Beach Cleanup • Volunteer to help clean Arroyo Burro Beach, meet in front of the Watershed Resource Center to sign in • Free • 10am-12pm Su, 11/8
SPECIAL EVENTS
Sunday Architecture Tour • Meet at Public Library Plaza at 40 E Anapamu St • Architectural Fdn of SB • $20 • afsb.org • 10am Sun.
Viva el Arte!: LADAMA • Celebrate the cultural heritage of Latin America with the all-female alternative Latin band LADAMA • Marjorie Luke Theatre • Free • luketheatre.org • 6pm Su, 11/8.
Free Second Sunday • Free Admission to the SB Museum of Art for residents of SB, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo County • 12-4pm Su, 11/8.
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Santa Barbara’s
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ST THURSDAY is an evening of art and culture in downtown Santa Barbara that takes place on the first Thursday of each month. Participating art venues offer free access to art in a fun and social environment from 5-8pm. 1st Thursday venues also provide additional attractions, such as live music, artist receptions, lectures, wine tastings, and hands-on activities. State St also comes alive on 1st Thursday with performances and interactive activities.
November 4 th • 5 to 8pm Galleries, Museums, & Art Venues
1. VOICE Gallery • La Cumbre Plaza, 110 S. Hope Ave., Unit H-124 • BessDISCARDIA: The Afterlife of Discarded Objects. An amusing exhibition by Dianne and Jim Bess. Most people visit thrift stores looking for something useful. Dianne and Jim went looking for trouble. Nearly two years later, they had assembled the whimsical objects into 600 bizarre and mischievous sculptures with rather quirky titles. 2. Couture Pattern Museum • 1525 State Street, Penthouse Floor, Ste. 301 • Explore the Chanel in Vogue photography exhibition from New York, courtesy of Thames & Hudson, featuring Irving Penn, Cecil Beaton, and others, alongside Chanel archival materials. Hear recordings from a former Chanel technical fashion designer and the Consul General of France. Enjoy wine with a book purchase or museum donation. 3. Art & Soul • 1323 State Street • We invite you to experience The Willard Suitcase Project, featuring Jon Crispin’s evocative photographs of suitcases left behind by patients at New York’s Willard Psychiatric Center. These deeply personal belongings reveal forgotten lives and stories, inviting reflection on dignity, identity, and mental health. Presented in support of Santa Barbara’s New Beginnings nonprofit organization. 4. Santa Barbara Fine Art • 1321 State Street • November brings a quiet beauty and a softer light to the coast. The golden hills deepen in color, and the Pacific shimmers beneath the skies, changes in seasons, light and shadows as we move from Fall to Winter. (Painting by local artist, Sam Winkelmeyer: Rain Incoming, 24 x 48, oil on canvas).
5. domecíl • 1223 State Street • Join us for an evening with photographers Brian Kuhlman and Joslyn Lawrence, the artists behind Song of Absolution. Through a slideshow and artist talk, explore their evocative photographs of trees from around the world and our local landscape, whose moody, painterly
16. Fuzion Gallery & Boutique at 1115 State Street will host Burgandy Viscosi’s paintings. Her life is dedicated to visually conveying profound insight into how frequency serves as a bridge between Spirit and the physical world. quality captures the quiet beauty and mystery of nature. Talk begins at 6pm. 6. The Grand • 1218 State Street • Lois Mahalia returns to The Grand for our regular 1st Thursday performance, joined by Brian Mann on grand piano and her full band. The show runs from 7-9:30pm. Doors open at 5pm., so come early and enjoy dinner, cocktails, wine and more before the music begins. 7. Jeanne Dentzel Art • 1213 State St, unit i • Jeanne Weber Dentzel will open up her working artist studio and show new work as well as featuring prints on paper for holiday gifts. Her book Social Surrealism, a collection of painted collages, will also be available. 8. 10 West Gallery • 10 W. Anapamu St. • Articulations: 12 artists expressing human connections that span from our relationship to the universe to basic connections like feeling the joy of sunlight on your face. Local and regional contemporary work: paintings, sculptures and digital mixed media. Image: James Petrucci, Symbiosis. 22 x 30 inches. Through Nov. 29. 9. REH Contemporary Studio & Gallery • 12 W. Anapamu St. • The special feature this month is seeing the Studio works-in-progress with an eye for the Holidays. Small and large paintings and all those in-between, colorful, fun, and festive, or serene and dream-like moods coming from the easel. In the Gallery, Bonnie Rubenstein’s powerfully curated eight are an intriguing delight.
October 30, 2026 10. Seimandi & Leprieur Gallery • 33 W. Anapamu St. • Discover In Studio, an exhibition of large-scale abstract paintings by Chicago-based artist Julie Anderson Mathias. Blending architectural precision with playful experimentation, Julie A. M. transforms vibrant colors into dynamic compositions. Explore her creative process through studio photographs and miniature gallery models, and experience the joyful possibilities of abstract art at Seimandi & Leprieur Gallery. 11. Sullivan Goss • 11 E. Anapamu St. • Join Sullivan Goss Gallery at the opening reception for Beyond the Veil, Maria Rendon’s third solo show of sublime abstractions with the gallery. Also on view, Mary-Austin Klein hyperrealist show Lucidity, and our Fall Salon of recent acquisitions and historic masterworks. 12. Gallery Josephine • 133 E. Anapamu St. • This November, Gallery Josephine celebrates the art of giving with gratitude. Josephine Tournier Ingram marks her fourth year supporting CALM. Guests can learn how to bid on her original art and a private gallery soirée benefiting the November 6 Rosewood Miramar fundraiser, helping CALM prevent childhood trauma and help families heal. 13. Faulkner Gallery • 40 E. Anapamu St. • Explore the Abstract Art Collective Member Show, featuring dynamic paintings from more than fifty artists. Enjoy the exhibition at the Faulkner Gallery November 2–30 (M–F 10am–7pm, Sat. 10am–5pm, Sun. 12–5pm). Don’t miss the November 5 (1st Thursday) reception, 5–7pm. Image by Christian Hires, #3696, panels 1&4. 14. Santa Barbara Museum of Art • 1130 State Street • Check out the Museum’s newest exhibitions,
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the science behind the local impacts of El Niño. Listen to short presentations, a panel discussion, and Q&A. Enjoy live music. 20. The Yes Store • 1015 State Street • Celebrate the work of our incredibly talented local artists. Enjoy music, drinks, and treats. View our private collection of Eileen Richardson’s 1980’s art pottery. A Santa Barbara Artist whose work is in The Smithsonian Museum! Looking for locally handmade gifts or something special for yourself? Look no further than The Yes Store! 21. SuperMoss • 922 State Street • Join us for another 1st Thursday at SuperMoss, where preserved moss takes center stage! Explore our collection of moss art and unique plant arrangements, meet fellow art and plant lovers, and connect with inspired crafters in a relaxing, immersive green atmosphere. 22. Game Seeker • 920 State Street • This month at Game Seeker, we’re featuring the photographic works of Kayla Pence Bales. Kayla combines photography, mixed media, and fine art processes to create landscapes that feel both familiar and unexpected. Each unique piece reflects her experiences and memories, while exploring where she’s been, where she is, and what comes next. 23. SBIFF’s SANTA BARBARA FILMMAKER SERIES • SBIFF’s Film Center, 916 State Street • Join us at the NEW Film Center every 1st Thursday for free screenings of short films by Santa Barbara filmmakers. Check sbiff.org/ sbfilmmakers for film info. Showtimes 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm, and 7pm (showtimes subject to change). 24. Soul Sucker • 814 State Street STE 38 • Join us as we welcome new artists to the shop. Textile Artist: Prina Tailor (Los Angeles), Ceramicists: Max Damon (Los Angeles) and Martha Day (Santa Barbara), and Sculptural Artist: Desmend Angel (Los
Angeles). Stop by to learn about collaborations with Il Fustino, Creatiffity Studios, and Roemeria Mercantile with a special pop up. 25. SBTHP & The SPACE • Casa de la Guerra, 15 E. De La Guerra Street • SBTHP & The SPACE invite you to Casa de la Guerra to experience Reclaiming Our Stories: Reflecting on the Land, a new exhibit developed by California Humanities focusing on the past, present, and future of the land that now makes up California, and its deep and continuing connections to California Native communities. 26. Paint at Paseo • The Parlor, Paseo Nuevo • Join us for a fun guided painting workshop with the incredible Alisha “Lish” Muller. Her step-by-step painting classes are relaxed, upbeat, and designed for all ages. No pressure, just good vibes, bold colors and creative fun! 5-7pm. 27. Santa Barbara Historical Museum • 136 East De La Guerra St. • In celebration of our exhibition Finding Saint Barbara, enjoy a tour by guest curator and historian Neal Graffy as he explores the highlights in art, sculpture and photography. 28. Center For Psychotherapy & Integrative Health • 615 State Street, STE B • The Center For Psychotherapy and Integrative Health featuring the work of Barbara Romain. 29. SBCAST • 513 Garden St. • Join us at SBCAST for an enchanting evening of Vedic wisdom, sensory explorations, and a culinary feast celebrating Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Discover Ayurveda, experience Agnihotra, a Vedic practice performed live at sunset, and enjoy a fascinating 30-minute documentary screening throughout the evening. Come curious, leave inspired!
Entertainment Morganfield Burnet • 900 Block of State Street.
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Art Venues
• GALLERIES • STUDIOS • MUSEUMS • PUBLIC PLACES • Atkinson Gallery • Tu & We 10–2 • SBCC Humanities East Campus Rm 203 • atkinsongallerysbcc.com The Carriage and Western Art Museum • Old Spanish Days Trophy Saddles; Victoria Stables Wagon • ongoing • Free • 129 Castillo St • 805-962-2353 • 9-3 Mo-Fr • carriagemuseum.org California Nature Art Museum • Untamed Desert: Captured by Paulette Donnellon, through Jan 18; Lulu Hyggelig: California’s First Thomas Dambo Troll • ongoing • 1511 B Mission Dr, Solvang • 11-4 Mo, Th, Fr; 11-5 Sa & Su • calnatureartmuseum.org
Lenore Tolegian Hughes lenorehughes.com 10 West Gallery • Articulations through Nov • 10 W Anapamu • 12-5 Su, 11-5 We-Mo • 805-770-7711 • 10westgallery.com Architectural Fdn Gallery • What Remains by Don Scott & Ella Jennings through Nov 7 • 229 E Victoria • 805-965-6307 • 1–4 some Sa & By Appt • afsb.org Arrediamo Fine Art & Rugs Gallery • 911.5 State St • 9:30-6 MoSa • arrediamo.com Art & Soul Gallery • Salt + Light New Paintings by Hilary Brock through Nov 1 • 12-5 Th-Su; by appt • 1323 State St • artandsoulsb.com
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Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB • Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames Since 1970 and Jackie Amézquita: Gemidos de la Tierra through Nov 29 • 12-5 We-Su • museum.ucsb.edu Art From Scrap • Explore Ecology • Creative ReUse Store& Art Workshop • 11-6 Tu-Fr, 10-5 Sa • exploreecology.org ArtLabbé Gallery • Hidden Treasures: Rescued from the Storage Locker • Free art, music, & exercise classes to our individuals with special needs & family • Tu, We, Th, Su 125:30; Fr 12-5 • 111 Santa Barbara St, #H • artlabbe.org
Casa de La Guerra • Fine Print, Hard Lines: Housing and Exclusion in Santa Barbara • ongoing • $5/Free • 15 East De la Guerra St • 12-4 Th-Su • sbthp.org/casadelaguerra Casa Dolores • Bandera Ware / traditional outfits • ongoing • 1023 Bath St • 12-4 Tu-Sa • 805-963-1032 Casa del Herrero • Gardens & House • by reservation • 1387 East Valley Rd • tours 10 & 2 We & Sa • 805-565-5653 • casadelherrero.com Channing Peake Gallery • Scaling the Walls • 8-5 M-F • 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 • 125 N Milpas • 11-6 We-Sa • 805-966-7939 • corridan-gallery.com
The rams are yearning for their forever homes! Come ready to adopt!
Cypress Gallery • 119 E Cypress Av, Lompoc • 1-4 Th-Su & By Appt • 805-737-1129 • lompocart.org El Presidio De Santa Bárbara • Nihonmachi Revisited; Memorias y Facturas - ongoing • 123 E Canon Perdido St • 10:30-4:30 Daily • sbthp. org Elverhøj Museum • Through the Eyes of Wiinblad through Jan 10 • History & Danish culture • 1624 Elverhoy Way, Solvang • 805-686-1211 • 11-5 Th-Mo • elverhoj.org
Paulo Lima’s herd of rams and sheep can be seen at the Art Considered....
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Exhibit extended through Nov 8. at Ruth Ellen Hoag Gallery 12 West Anapamu, SB
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Faulkner Gallery • Abiding Legacy by the Oak Group through Oct 30 • 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 • 1011 State St • 805730-9109 • Fazzino.com
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Fuzion Gallery & Boutique • Hand blown glass, 100 + artists • 1115 State St • fuzionglass.com Gallery 113 • Members of the SB Art Assn • 1114 State St, #8, La Arcada Ct • 805-965-6611 • 11-5 Mo-Sa; 11-2 Su • gallery113sb.com Gallery Josephine • 133 E Anapamu St • Work by Josephine Tournier Ingram • 1st Thu & By Appt Gallery Los Olivos • A Personal Point of View by Karen McGaw and Carrie Givens through Oct 31; Solo artist Susan Kounanis Nov 1-30 • Daily 10-5 • 2920 Grand Av • 805688-7517 • gallerylosolivos.com Ganna Walska Lotusland • Gardens • by reservation • 695 Ashley Rd • 805-969-9990 • lotusland.org Grace Fisher Fdn • Inclusive Arts Clubhouse • Paintings by Grace Fisher • 121 S Hope, La Cumbre Plaza • TuSu 11-5pm • gracefisherfoundation.org Indah Gallery • Charles Lister: Lighthearted Dark Mess Oct 30-Nov 22 • Fri-Sun 12-5 • 2190 N Refugio Rd, Santa Ynez • indahgallery.org 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-Th; 9-3 Fr • 524 Chapala St • 805-957-1115 ext. 114 Kathryne Designs • Local Artists • 1225 Coast Village Rd, A • 10-5 Mo-Sa; 11-5 Su • 805-565-4700 • kathrynedesigns.com
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La Cumbre Center For Creative Arts • Fine Line Gallery; Elevate Gallery; Illuminations Gallery • Multi-Artist Studio/Gallery Spaces • La Cumbre Plaza • 12-5 Tu-Su • lcccasb.com Linden Studio • Art & Artifacts • 963 Linden Ave, Carpinteria • 805570-9195. Lompoc Library Grossman Gallery • 501 E North Av, Lompoc • 805-588-3459 Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center • Artist’s Choice through Nov 21 • 12-4 Th-Mo • 865 Linden • 805684-7789 • carpinteriaartscenter.org
Art Events Opening Reception: Charles Lister: Light Hearted Dark Mess • Indah Gallery • 5-7pm Fri, 10/30. Gemidos de la Tierra Activation • Exhibition public memorial for the hundreds of people who have died in ICE detention by Jackie Amézquita • UCSB, AD&A Museum • Free • museum.ucsb.edu • 2-5pm Su, 11/1. In Full Bloom • Susan Kounanis’s exhibit of nature-inspired oil paintings • Gallery Los Olivos • Free • gallerylosolivos.com • 10am-5pm Su, 11/1. 1st Thursday • Art venues open late for a cultural night out. See pages 28-29 for complete listing of venues and events • 5-8pm Thu,11/3. Opening Reception for Stretching the Boundaries • Buenaventura inkspots exhibit opening reception, silent auction, & free raffle for a limited edition folio of original prints • 643 N Ventura Av, Ventura • Free • inkspotsventura.com • 5-8pm Fr, 11/6. Post Wild • Closing reception of the exhibition exploring environmental change, urbanization, and nature through painting, ceramics, photography, digital media, and mixed media • Betteravia Art Gallery • Free • sbac.ca.gov • 1-4pm Sa, 11/7. Carpinteria Creative Arts Market • Pottery, beach art, cards, jewelry, sewn articles • 8th St & Linden Av • Free • 2:30pm-6pm Thu. SB Arts & Crafts Show • Local artists & artisans • Free • 236 E Cabrillo Blvd • 10am-5pm Sun.
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JILLIANMAMEY.COM Maker House • Muddy Madness and the Eloquence of Clay: An Exhibition Celebrating Ceramic Sculpture, through Nov 7 • 9-9 Mo-Th; 9-5 Fr-Su • 1351 Holiday Hill Rd • 805-565CLAY • 10-4 Daily • makerhouse.org Marcia Burtt Gallery • Landscape paintings, prints, & books • 517 Laguna St • 1-5 Th-Su & By Appt • 805-962-5588 • artlacuna.com Mate Gallery • Beach images alongside vintage oils, gifts • 1014 Coast Village Rd • 805-895-6283 • mategallery.com MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation • 10-5 Daily • 125 State St • 805-770-5000 • moxi.org Museum of Contemporary Art SB • 11-6pm We-Su • 653 Paseo Nuevo • mcasantabarbara.org MCASB Satellite • Riviera Beach House • Alexis Childress: Migration, Memory, Movement; and Tristan Esmino: sa gawi ng araw • 121 State St. Legacy Arts International • 12-5 We; 12-8 Th-Fr; 1-5 Sa-Su • La Cumbre Plaza • 310-880-6671 • legacyartsb.com Palm Loft Gallery • Make Hay While The Sun Shines through Nov 7 • 10 Palm Av, Loft A1, Carpinteria • 1-6 Fr-Su & By Appt • 805-684-9700 • palmloft.com
Santa Barbara Historical Museum • Project Fiesta!: Arte de los Mantónes and Finding Saint Barbara; 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 • Play: Bronze Sculptures and Other Stuff by Susan Read Cronin through Nov 29 • 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
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Patricia Clarke Studio • 410 Palm Av, Carpinteria • By Appt • 805-4527739 • patriciaclarkestudio.com Pippin • La Aracada’s newest art, antiques, boutique • 1114 State #24. Portico Fine Art Gallery • Jordan Pope & Gallery Artists • 11-5 Mo-Sa • 1235 Coast Village Rd • 805-729-8454 • porticofinearts.com REH Contemporary • Art Considered…by RubensteinContemporary.art through Nov 8 • 12 W Anapamu • Studio of Ruth Ellen Hoag and gallery for local artists • 805-689-0858 • RuthEllenHoag.com Santa Barbara Art Works • Arts Education for All • 28 E Victoria St • 805-260-6705 • 8:30-4:30 Mo-Fr • sbartworks.org Santa Barbara Botanic Garden • Still Growing: 100 Years of California’s Native Plants through Mar 2027 • 1212 Mission Canyon Rd • 10-5 daily • 805-682-4726 • sbbg.org
Santa Barbara Museum of Art • As if in a Dream: History, Fantasy, Future through Jan 3; Cassatt & Friends through Jan 3 • 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 • The Living Print through Nov 8; Chumash Basketry: Art & Life through Nov 30 • 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 • 805-682-4711 • sbnature.org Santa Barbara Tennis Club 2nd Fridays Art • Western Edge: through Nov 4; SBAA Small Works: Nov 6 through Dec 29 • 2375 Foothill Rd • 10-6 Daily • 805-682-4722 • 2ndfridaysart.com Santa Ynez Chumash Museum • A Legacy of Culture, Innovation, and Resilience • 3500 Numancia St, SY • Thu-Sun 10-5pm • sychumashmuseum.org Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum • 3596 Sagunto St • 12-4pm We-Su • santaynezmuseum.org
Santa Barbara City Hall Gallery • Scaling The Walls • featuring Arts Alliance members • 735 Anacapa St.
Sahyun Genealogical Library • Research family history • 316 Castillo St • Tue/Thu 10-4; Sun & 3rd Sat 1-4 • SBGen.org
Santa Barbara Fine Art • Places from the Heart • Landscapes & sculptor Bud Bottoms • 1321 State St • 1-6 We-Sa & By Appt • 805-845-4270 • santabarbarafineart.com
Seimandi & Leprieur • Julie Anderson Mathias: In Studio through Nov 8 • 33 W Anapamu St. • Wed-Sat 11-6 • 805-610-1203 • seimandileprieur.com
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Beginning Stone Carving for Older Adults JOIN THE FUN AND LEARN TO CARVE ALABASTER. It’s not too late to register for a free beginning stone carving class (all levels welcome) at Santa Barbara City College. Classes take place on Saturday at 9:30am outside in the sculpture yard at SBCC’s humanities building. Come as you are – wear sturdy shoes. For information, call Kerry Methner, Instructor (805-570-2011). •It’s never to late to try something new and kindle your creativity!
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 • Mary Austin Klein: Lucidity through Nov 29; Maria Rendon: Through the Veil Oct 30- Dec 28; Fall Salon II through Nov 23 • 11 E Anapamu St • 10-5:30 daily • 805730-1460 • sullivangoss.com
New Beginnings To feature Photo Exhibition & Gala TURNING TO THE ARTS TO TELL COMPELLING STORIES and connect the community to their work, New Beginnings has announced its Annual Benefit Gala and an art exhibition at Art & Soul Gallery.
“New Beginnings changes lives,” said Executive Director Kristine Schwarz. “By providing integrated and accessible services to prevent homelessness and improve mental health, we truly help people create new beginnings.” New Beginnings is a nonprofit organization that provides lowcost mental health counseling, housing assistance services to families and individuals, and supportive services to veterans and their families throughout Santa Barbara County.
This year the benefit event highlights the significant need for affordable mental health services. The organizers are presenting The Willard Suitcases, a photo exhibit by acclaimed photographer Jon Crispin at Art & Soul Gallery, on view November 5th to 8th. The gallery is open to the public Thursday through Sunday from 12 to 5pm. During the week of the exhibit, the gallery will participate in the 1st Thursday Art Walk. The Willard Suitcases exhibit features the discovery, in 1995,
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 • 805-688-7889 • santaynezmuseum.org Tamsen Gallery • Transitioning to Bridges Gallery in Dec • 1309 State St • 12-5 We-Su • 805-705-2208 • tamsengallery.com UCSB Library Ocean Gallery • Creating Community Through Books: 20 Years of UCSB Reads through Jan 2027 • library.ucsb.edu Voice Gallery • Goleta Vallery Art Association • through Oct 31; BessDiscardia Nov 3-27 • La Cumbre
of over 400 suitcases in the attic of The Willard Psychiatric Center in upstate New York, when the institution was being closed after 100 years. Jon Crispin’s photos of the contents of the residents’ suitcases reflect their stories and are emotionally powerful – some funny, some strange, some tragic, and all very, very human. The images have a significant resonance in today’s world.
Gala sponsors will enjoy a private event at the gallery and a luncheon on Sunday, November 8th at The Grand on State. The Grand offers a memorable setting for supporters to gather, celebrate, and support the services that New Beginnings provides.
At the luncheon, sponsors will also enjoy a special sneak peek of the Willard Suitcases musical that New Beginnings will present in fall 2027, including live performances of songs from the production. Visit the New Beginnings Gala website for more information about sponsorship levels and benefits. sbnbcc.org
Plaza H-124 • 10-5:30 M-F; 1-5 SaSun • 805-965-6448 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 • 805962-8885 • waterhousegallery.com Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum Of Art • Haptic Knowing through Nov 7; As It Is in Heaven: Encaustic Paintings by Marissa Voytenko through Dec 19 • Mon-Fri 10-4; and Sat 11-5 • westmont.edu/museum The Yes Store • Art by Local Artists • 1015 State St • M-F: 11am-6pm; Sa:10:30am-6pm; Su: 10:30am-5pm • theyesstore.com
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Institute for Energy Efficiency invests in energyefficient AI, data centers, and quantum technologies AS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ADVANCED COMPUTING GROW MORE POWERFUL, so does the energy required to run them. UC Santa Barbara researchers are tackling this challenge from several directions, such as making AI models more efficient, rethinking how data centers are cooled, and how quantum technologies are built. Five projects have received seed funding from the university’s Institute for Energy Efficiency (IEE), supporting early-stage research across these areas. “The problems we’re trying to solve are becoming more urgent, from the energy demands of AI and data centers to the next generation of quantum technologies,” said Steven DenBaars, director of IEE. “These awards give our researchers the chance to take on those problems early, test ambitious ideas, and move the most promising technologies closer to real-world use.” The projects were selected through IEE’s 2026–27 Research Seed, Software Impact, Gauthier Quantum and Photonics Seed grant programs, ,which support early-stage work that can open new research directions and lay the groundwork for larger-scale investment. “We want to give researchers the freedom to pursue ideas that are high-risk, high-impact, and capable of opening entirely new directions,” said DenBaars, a Distinguished Professor of Materials and Electrical and Computer Engineering in UCSB’s Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering and holder of the Mitsubishi Chemical Chair in Solid State Lighting and Displays.
Making AI agents work with fewer tokens As AI agents take on longer tasks — conducting research, navigating software, or completing digital workflows — they can generate and reprocess vast numbers of tokens, the units they use to reason and respond. The computational cost grows with every step. Xin Eric Wang, an assistant professor of computer science, is
working to help AI agents complete those tasks using fewer tokens and less computation.
measure the energy required to produce a correct response.
The work builds on earlier research from “There are multiple the team showing ways to solve the that large visionsame problem, the language models model should be contain substantial able to choose the redundancy. In one Henley Hall, home to UCSB’s Institute for Energy most efficient one,” project, they removed Efficiency, is LEED Platinum certified, underscoring Wang said. “If we can the institute’s focus on reducing the energy 25 percent of a demands of advanced technologies predict which path model’s layers while costs less, we can retaining about 89 choose the least expensive one with minimal percent of its average benchmark performance. cost.” Bringing quantum light sources Wang’s team is developing an open-source system that tackles the problem in two ways: closer to room temperature training models to reach successful answers Many quantum technologies require extreme through shorter reasoning paths and reducing operating conditions, including cryogenic the amount of information long-running agents temperatures and ultra-high vacuum. Sriram must repeatedly process. The team is targeting Krishnamoorthy and Galan Moody are a fraction of token usage while maintaining exploring whether semiconductor-based performance. quantum systems could instead operate at or near room temperature. The project builds on earlier work from “Color centers and point defects in wideWang’s group that enables a model to estimate bandgap semiconductors offer a compelling in advance how costly different routes to a path toward energy-efficient quantum solution are likely to be. technologies because they can host optically Matching AI energy use to the task addressable quantum states that operate at or near room temperature,” said Krishnamoorthy, Today, a simple request can send a large AI a professor in the Materials Department, and model through much the same computational Moody, a professor of electrical and computer pipeline as a difficult reasoning problem. engineering. Electrical and computer engineering professors Mahnoosh Alizadeh and Ramtin Pedarsani Their project focuses on color centers, are developing AI systems that could change atomic-scale defects in crystalline materials that, using lighter configurations for easier that can interact with light and, in some cases, requests and reserving the full model for more emit individual photons capable of carrying demanding ones. quantum information. The researchers will “The focus of this seed project is on developing investigate these defects in gallium oxide, an energy-proportional AI: foundation models that ultra-wide-bandgap semiconductor that could allocate computation according to the difficulty support stable single-photon emission at room of each request,” said Alizadeh and Pedarsani, temperature. whose goal is to create AI systems that use only as much computing power as each task requires. The work brings together Krishnamoorthy’s expertise in high-quality gallium oxide An online learning system would choose the materials and Moody’s expertise in quantum lowest-energy option that can still meet a photonics. Their goal is to demonstrate singlerequired level of quality. Rather than judging photon emission from gallium oxide for the first efficiency only by model size or the number of time, opening a potential path toward compact computations performed, the researchers plan to quantum light sources that require far less energy-intensive infrastructure. Photo by: Bruce Damonte
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Cooling data centers where they need it
Steven DenBaars
Xin Eric Wang
Galan Moody
Igor Mezić
Thermal management can account for 30 percent to 50 percent of a data center’s total energy use. Yangying Zhu and Igor Mezić, professors of mechanical engineering, aim to reduce that burden by directing cooling to the
processors that need it most as computing loads change. “By directing cooling resources where they are most needed and reducing overcooling of low-load devices, this approach enables significant reductions in overall cooling energy consumption,” said Zhu and Mezić, who are developing a more adaptive way to manage heat in energy-intensive data centers. Their system combines advanced chip-level cooling with an AI-enabled control system that can redistribute coolant across computational processing units and graphics processing units in real time. The researchers estimate that a successful demonstration could reduce cooling energy use in AI data centers by 20 percent. At the chip level, tiny silicon channels would carry coolant close to heat-generating electronics, including systems in which liquid absorbs heat as it turns to vapor. Across the larger cooling network, predictive models based on Koopman theory would anticipate changing thermal loads and adjust coolant flow accordingly. The goal is a system that responds as computing demands shift, rather than spending energy cooling every component equally.
Designing hardware for probabilistic computing Some computational problems depend heavily on generating random numbers and repeated mathematical operations known as dot products. Used across fields from artificial intelligence and physics to statistics and cryptography, those operations can become major computational bottlenecks. Dmitri Strukov, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, is exploring whether specialized hardware could make these probabilistic computing tasks faster and more energy efficient than conventional processors. “Many modern workloads are fundamentally ill-suited to general-purpose processors and even highly data-parallel architectures, such as graphics processing units,” Strukov said. “Highly efficient, purpose-built computational circuits continue to emerge, offering dramatic gains in performance and energy efficiency.” The project reflects a broader shift toward designing specialized hardware for computationally demanding tasks that conventional processors handle inefficiently. Strukov and his collaborators will use the work to generate preliminary data toward a scalable framework for probabilistic computing and a larger external funding effort. Printed with permission of UCSB Office of Public Affairs and Communications.
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