Doors open half an hour before the show start / Las puertas se abrirán media hora antes del espectáculo
Reception follows the performance / Habrá recepción después del espectáculo
SB County Sheriff Bill Brown Refuses County Supervisors’ Requests Concerning ICE
By Mark Whitehurst / VOICE
SHERIFF BILL BROWN WILL NOT ENFORCE THE NEWLY PASSED CALIFORNIA LAW requiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE) to not use face masks. In an October 14th memo sent to Santa Barbara County Supervisors, Brown detailed his refusal and reasoning concerning the new law and denied to meet the supervisors’ request for the Sheriff department to provide reports on county ICE activities.
Following warrant-less detentions of both citizens and non-citizens by ICE agents using scare tactics, including full face masks, riot gear, and refusing to wear identification badges, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 627 barring federal officers from wearing facial coverings during enforcement operations. The new law is intended to prevent intimidation and follow community policing policies that encourage citizen participation and rapport.
Sheriff Brown quoted case law as part of his refusal to enforce the new law against federal agents in his memo, writing
“The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office will not enforce the provisions of Senate Bill 627 against federal law enforcement officers, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. This position is grounded in case law, to wit the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in In re Neagle, 135 U.S. 1 (1890), which held that state and local authorities cannot prosecute or interfere with federal officers acting in their official capacities. This precedent was reaffirmed in Clifton v. Superior Court (N.D. Cal. 1973), involving a federal drug agent in Humboldt County, where a federal court blocked state prosecution based on the same principle.”
County Supervisors had previously requested that the Sheriff report to them about ICE activities in the county. Brown’s response to that request was: “Additionally, while federal law enforcement agencies typically notify our office prior to conducting operations in Santa Barbara County for purposes of deconfliction, we must respectfully decline the Board’s request to provide regular reports detailing the dates, number of notifications, locations, or other specifics related to these operations. Disclosing such information,
either prospectively or retroactively, could interfere with ongoing federal investigations and as such be construed as obstruction of justice under federal law.”
The Sheriff closed his memo on a conciliatory note: “We value our
26,280,000 minutes
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18,263 days
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collaborative relationship with the Board of Supervisors and appreciate your understanding of these legal and operational constraints. Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions or require further clarification.”
...we started our journey of creating meaningful, lasting impact with and across the Central Coast.
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Masked ICE agents clashed with protesters in Oxnard on Wednesday, October 29th
Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1649
An Open Invitation to the Veterans Day Ceremony at the Santa Barbara Cemetery
By Christopher Davis
ACOMMUNITY GATHERING, the Santa Barbara Veterans Day Ceremony will be hosted by the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1649. It will take place at 11 am Tuesday, November 11th, at the Santa Barbara Cemetery, 901 Channel Drive.
The open-air ceremony will begin promptly at 11 am with presentations and performances by the UCSB Color Guard, Gold Coast Pipe & Drum Band, David Gonzales and the Santa Barbara Choral Society, Sons of the American Revolution, and The Prime Time Band. The ceremony will conclude with a flyover by The Condor Squadron.
The ceremony will include a the first ever performance of The Veteran, a song by Barry De Vorzon, recorded by Sons of the American Revolution.
De Vorzon is a local American composer, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He co-founded recording studio Valiant
Records and made a name for himself as a film and television score composer, becoming a Grammy Award winner, Academy Award nominee, and a six-time Daytime Emmy Award winner. His tune, Nadia’s Theme, was released by A&M Records for the television soap opera The Young and the Restless, hitting No. 8 on the U.S. Top 40 that year. The title Nadia’s Theme was given to the song after the ABC television network used it in a montage of gymnast Nadia Comăneci’s performances during the 1976 Olympics. He later composed the tune, It’s Christmas Once Again in Santa Barbara, in honor of the town and the people he learned to love after moving to California from New York City. The song was later re-recorded with various other city names, including San Diego and San Francisco.
In keeping with tradition, the cemetery’s driveway will be decorated with dozens of American flags. The ceremony will take place near the main flagpole, with seating available for up to 500, with additional standing room and plenty of parking.
A national holiday, Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans. It was originally known as Armistice Day in the U.S. and coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I. This event honors the dedication, service, and bravery of local men and women who served in the six branches of the U.S. armed forces.
For more information: PCVF.org
Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation is committed to honoring the men and women who have served in U.S. military efforts. PCVF does this by supporting veterans and active duty members, and related partner organizations, in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties as well as preserving military history and legacy. The Foundation works to uphold Pierre Claeyssens’s vision that those
VFW’s
to foster camaraderie among United States veterans of overseas conflicts and to serve our veterans, the military and our communities and advocate on behalf of all veterans. The purposes of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States are fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational; to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their surviving spouses and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its institutions of American freedom, and to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies.
who have served are “Never Forgotten.” PCVF is funded entirely by private donations.
Santa Barbara VFW Post 1649: The VFW was established to assist veterans.
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Barry De Vorzon
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Queen of Arts Artisan and Craft Faire Returns to Solvang’s Elverhøj Museum
UNEARTH
UNIQUE
HOLIDAY GIFTS AND SUPPORT
LOCAL ARTISTS when the “Queen of Arts” Artisan and Craft Faire returns to the Elverhøj Museum of History and Art from 3 to 6pm on Friday, November 7th and from 10am to 3pm on Saturday, November 8th. Visitors will enjoy free museum admission along with the chance to shop from over 20 vendors selling handmade goods, including ceramics, glass, handbags, holiday items, jewelry, home goods, pantry items, textiles, skin care, stationery, and more.
“We are happy to welcome a wide array of artists and crafters for the 2025 Queen of Arts,” stated Sandie Mullin, Executive Director. “This event is a favorite of locals. To ensure our community can experience Queen of Arts to the fullest, the Museum will be offering free admission during the event. Not only can visitors shop, but they can also explore and enjoy all that the Museum has to offer about Solvang’s history and heritage.”
Elverhøj Museum of History and Art is located at 1624 Elverhoy Way in Solvang, just two blocks from Copenhagen Drive. Street parking is available. elverhoj.org
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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA
NOTICE OF A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2025, 1:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 735 ANACAPA STREET
The Planning Commission will hold a meeting to initiate and consider a recommendation to City Council for adoption of Zoning Ordinance Amendments related to the definition of Historic Resources to change terminology from “Historic Resources Inventory” to “Local Register of Historical Resources.”
For information, please contact Nicole Hernandez, NHernandez@SantaBarbaraCA.gov or visit SantaBarbaraCA.gov.
The Commission will receive and consider public comment at this meeting. The process for receiving public comment is described on the agenda, which will be available at least 72 hours prior to the meeting at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC. This meeting will be broadcast live on City TV-Channel 18 and online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/citytv. If you need staff assistance to participate in this meeting, contact the City Administrator’s Office at (805) 564 5305. If possible, please provide notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
Written by Jessica Bedford, Kathryn MacMillan, Charlotte Northeast, and Meghan Winch
Directed by Robert Kelley
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Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Responds to Federal Shutdown and CalFresh Benefit Disruption
MORE THAN 55,000 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL LOSE THEIR CALFRESH (SNAP) BENEFITS ON NOVEMBER 1ST.
As the federal government shutdown persists, the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County has launched an emergency response to help protect local families from the impact of missed paychecks and suspended food assistance. The organization is also encouraging community members to act by donating funds, volunteering, or spreading the word about their programs and resources.
The Foodbank will increase food supplies by ten to 15 percent in targeted areas. It is also expanding programs that serve children and families, enhancing support for students and older adults, and strengthening home-delivery options for those with limited mobility or disabilities to ensure continued access for all residents. The organization has additionally designated CalFoods emergency funds to purchase high-demand items. However, using these funds now to meet immediate needs will limit what can be drawn upon later in the fiscal year.
The Foodbank also began supporting federal employees affected by the shutdown on October 23rd, providing food for distributions at Vandenberg Space Force Base and staple grocery items to TSA employees in both North and South County. To learn more or donate visitFoodbankSBC.org
MOVE Santa Barbara County to Distribute Hundreds of Free Bicycle Lights
ENSURING THAT ALL CYCYLISTS CAN SHARE THE ROAD IN A SAFE AND FUN MANNER, MOVE Santa Barbara County is resurrecting its annual Iluminando La Noche (Light Up the Night) campaign. Beginning on Monday, November 3rd through Friday, November 7th, MOVE will host evening events across the South Coast to distribute hundreds of free rechargeable bicycle lights to locals who need them most.
“As daylight hours shrink, riding without lights becomes a serious hazard,” said Rick Wayman, Interim Executive Director of MOVE Santa Barbara County. “Biking with lights saves lives, and we’re proud to serve our community in this way. To get your set of lights, come out to one of our distribution events. Please bring your bike so we can install them for you on the spot.”
Each night’s event will begin at 5pm and include volunteers who will help install lights, offer safety tips, and share information about Bici Centro, MOVE’s DIY community bike repair shop at 434 Olive Street in Santa Barbara. Events will take place on November 3rd in the eastside (Milpas & Cota); November 4th downtown (State & Ortega); November 5th westside (Micheltorena & San Andres; November 6th in Carpinteria (Linden & Carpinteria) and at Isla Vista School; and on November 7th in Goleta (5679 Hollister Ave). movesbcounty.org/community-bike-shops-bici-centro
Unity Shoppe Lompoc Expands Service Hours
MEETING GROWING NEEDS IN NORTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Unity Shoppe will expand its Lompoc location service hours, giving even greater access to free groceries, fresh produce, clothing, shoes, and household essentials. Beginning November 6th, Unity Shoppe Lompoc will be open two days per week, Wednesdays from 12 to 5pm and Thursdays from 9am to 12pm. The site is located behind Goodwill Mission Services at 1009 North H Street, Suite B.
“The Lompoc community has welcomed us with open arms, and the need continues to grow,” said Angela Miller-Bevan, Executive Director/CEO of Unity Shoppe. “By adding an extra day of service, we’re ensuring that families can access healthy food, produce, clothing, and essentials with dignity and choice— without having to travel long distances for help.” unityshoppe.org
Support Local Nonprofits and Community Organizations
Organic Soup Kitchen’s Holiday Soup Social: Locals looking for a fun, community-building way to support Organic Soup Kitchen are invited to the nonprofit’s Holiday Soup Social, taking place at 4pm on Thursday, November 13th at the Organic Soup Kitchen Distribution Headquarters (126 E Haley St ste A4, Santa Barbara). Guests will enjoy an Italian-inspired holiday feast paired with local wines and craft beers, and live music by À La Carte Music. The evening will also feature a raffle and silent auction. The night celebrates Organic Soup Kitchen’s 16th anniversary and its mission to make organic, nutrient-dense meals accessible to those in need. For tickets ($45): https://paybee.io/in-person-event/osktasting/4
Unity Shoppe 2025 Season of Hope Food Drive: Community members are encouraged to donate non-perishable food items at any first responder stations. These include: Santa Barbara City Fire, Santa Barbara County Fire, Montecito Fire, Carpinteria-Summerland Fire, and Santa Barbara County CHP. In addition, donation boxes can be found at participating local businesses, or donations may also be dropped off directly at Unity Shoppe’s Executive Offices at 110 West Sola Street, Santa Barbara. Most-needed items include: baking essentials (sugar, flour, salt, etc.); instant potatoes and stuffing; yams and gravy; cooking oil and cranberry sauce; broth (vegetable, chicken, beef); pasta, rice, and beans (canned or dry); peanut butter; canned soup, fruit, vegetables, chicken, or tuna; and breakfast items (cereal, oats, etc.).
Unity Shoppe is also seeking donations of whole chickens and turkeys to provide complete holiday meals for local families. Frozen and refrigerated items must be dropped off directly at the Unity Shoppe at 110 West Sola Street, Santa Barbara.
MCASB Future Fund: The Museum of Contemporary Art SB has launched the MCASB Future Fund, a membership and year-end campaign inviting sustaining gifts to protect free exhibitions and public programs. To donate visit www.mcasantabarbara.org
Blind Fitness to Empower Athletes of
All Abilities at SB Half Marathon & 5K
BLIND FITNESS WILL CONTINUE ITS PARTNERSHIP with United in Stride, Wayfinder Family Services, and the Santa Barbara Half Marathon & 5K, which is set to take place Sunday, November 9th. The inspiring event brings together athletes who are blind or have low vision, along with volunteer guides and supporters, for a day celebrating inclusion, movement, and community connection.
“We’re excited to see the community come together again to celebrate the power of connection through movement,” said Tania Isaac-Dutton, Executive Director of Blind Fitness. “Events like this remind us that inclusion isn’t just about access - it’s about belonging, visibility, and joy.”
Blind Fitness will bring together over 20 blind and lowvision athletes from across California and beyond, creating an empowering experience. The event not only promotes fitness and health but also raises awareness about accessibility and inclusion in athletic spaces. Scholarships were available for blind and lowvision participants to ensure everyone could join the fun.
Festivities will begin on Saturday, November 8th, with a Team Lunch at Anchor Rose in the Santa Barbara Harbor.
For info or to register, visitblindfitness.org
Overnight Paving Work on Milpas St.
UTILITY WORK AND OVERNIGHT PAVING will begin on Tuesday, November 4th on Nopalitos Way, S. Nopalitos Way, Kimball Avenue, Carpinteria Street, S. Quarantina Street, Powers Avenue, and Cacique Street. The work will be overseen by the City of Santa Barbara Streets Operations Division and take place from 7pm to 7am. On paving days, residents and business owners on impacted streets will not be able to access their driveways during those working hours. Work will continue through Thursday, November 6th. santabarbaraca.gov
Image courtesy of Foodbank of SB County
Westmont’s Antigonick an Artistic, Powerful Reminder
ABy Daisy Scott / VOICE
POWERFUL REMINDER THAT ALL MUST ANSWER TO A HIGHER LAW OF JUSTICE and humanity than those edicts decreed by fallible governments, Westmont College Theatre’s Antigonick is timely and captivating. Using Anne Carson’s translation of Sophocles’ Antigone, Westmont’s production brims with themes of civil disobedience, solidarity, and life. Performances continue on October 31st and November 1st at Westmont’s Porter Theater, inviting locals to become immersed in Antigone’s tragic rebellion as she honors her brother’s funerary rites under the threat of capital punishment.
Renowned for her comprehensive, fresh analyses of Ancient Greek literature, Carson makes antiquity feel personal and present. Her approach is grounded in a holistic appreciation for Ancient Greek and Latin as the language of living civilizations, full of people that wept, laughed, and loved to the same extent we do in the present. Simply put, she refuses to treat Ancient Greek texts as static documents.
Accordingly, Antigonick cannot really be called a translation so much as an artistic, poetic, and scholarly re-conceptualization of Sophocles’ tragedy. While the original play’s story remains constant, Carson forgoes straight translation to act more like Penelope at her loom, weaving and unweaving fourth wall breaks, references to various scholarly interpretations of the play, and off-beat humor.
It’s a bold script, and it is a bold decision to bring it to life on the stage. Happily, director Mitchell Thomas and Westmont theatre students were up to the task, creating an avant-garde production that is well acted and visually intriguing.
Porter Theater audiences face a stripped-down set, with chairs, umbrellas, and other items dangling from the rafters. The scene suggests we have been pushed through the looking glass to exist in a liminal space much like the one Antigone is destined to occupy.
As Antigone, Grace Crowell embodies grief and defiance as she buries her brother’s corpse in direct defiance with a law that dead traitors-to-the-state shall lie uncovered. Raw emotion fuels her delivery, and we understand her as a woman with the confidence to act even as her government denies her right to grieve. Her scenes with her sister, Ismene (wonderfully portrayed by Marissa Candelaria), especially highlight how patriarchy and misogyny are issues that continue to plague women today.
Emerging from the shadows on a golden sphinx-crested boat dressed like a gaudy rockstar, Lucca Rodríguez wows as Kreon, King of Thebes. His acting ranges from comically self-impressed to dangerously authoritarian as he mandates that Antigone be buried alive, despite warning from the seer Teiresias, creatively represented by Dania Hafeez.
A Greek chorus supplements each scene with music, chanting, and interpretive dance. Consisting of Candelaria and Hafeez, as well as Jenna Leslie, Haven Prosperi, Hannah Watson, and Granite Waterman, the chorus secures the play as an aesthetic, emotional journey rather than a plot-driven work. Composer Jim Connolly adds to this mystic atmosphere by performing unique sound effects and haunting music.
As the final lantern light burns out on Antigone’s story, audiences are confronted with a silent figure (Jordyn Clinton) who has lingered in the shadows throughout the whole play. Measuring tape in hand, her presence underlines the play’s universality in calling all to take a stand against injustice. For tickets visit westmont.edu/watchtheater
City of Santa Barbara Accepting Proposals for Community Development Block Grant and Economic Development Programs
PUBLIC NOTICE
2022-2023 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) To All Interested Persons, Groups and Agencies
The City of Santa Barbara is seeking public comment on the 2022-2023 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). The CAPER evaluates the City’s performance on the 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan (AAP), which listed activities that would be performed during the year to achieve the performance measures outlined in the City’s 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan (CP). The CP is a 5year planning document which primarily determines the City’s housing and community development needs, issues, and resources. The CP helps the City determine strategies to address those identified needs using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME funds.
Notice is hereby given that the City of Santa Barbara will be soliciting proposals from eligible applicants for Fiscal Year 2027 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Programs.
A mandatory Application Workshop for CDBG Economic Development and Capital applicants will be held November 13, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. In order to apply, a representative of each applicant is required to attend this workshop in its entirety. To register for the workshop, sign up at https://santabarbaraca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4oiRNVYhSWuf1qT8TYhXsQ. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Attendees of this workshop must be staff that are directly involved in preparing grant submissions.
The Draft CAPER will be available online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov on September 11th, 2023. Comments must be received by September 26th, 2023. For more information, contact the Community Development Department, Housing and Human Services Division, at (805) 564-5461 or e-mail to: HHS@SantaBarbaraCA.gov
Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. December 11, 2025. NO EXCEPTIONS. Further information can be obtained online or by contacting the Community Development Programs staff at LDrewes@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.
It is the applicant’s responsibility to see that their application is complete and submitted online on or before the stated due date and time. Incomplete applications will NOT be accepted. Acceptance of application does NOT guarantee funding. See all requirements and process details at https://santabarbaraca.gov/services/housing-human-services/cdbg-human-services.
La Ciudad De Santa Bárbara Aceptando Propuestas
PUBLIC NOTICE
2022-2023 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) To All Interested Persons, Groups and Agencies
Para Programas De Subvención En Bloque Para El Desarrollo Comunitario Y Desarrollo Económico
Por la presente se notifica que la Ciudad de Santa Bárbara solicitará propuestas de solicitantes elegibles para los Programas de Subvenciones en Bloque para el Desarrollo Comunitario (CDBG) del año fiscal 2027.
The City of Santa Barbara is seeking public comment on the 2022-2023 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). The CAPER evaluates the City’s performance on the 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan (AAP), which listed activities that would be performed during the year to achieve the performance measures outlined in the City’s 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan (CP). The CP is a 5year planning document which primarily determines the City’s housing and community development needs, issues, and resources. The CP helps the City determine strategies to address those identified needs using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME funds.
The Draft CAPER will be available online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov on September 11th, 2023. Comments must be received by September 26th, 2023. For more information, contact the Community Development Department, Housing and Human Services Division, at (805) 564-5461 or e-mail to: HHS@SantaBarbaraCA.gov
El 13 de noviembre de 2025 a las 9:30 a.m. se llevará a cabo un taller obligatorio de solicitud para los solicitantes de Desarrollo Económico y Capital de CDBG. Para poder postularse, se requiere que un representante de cada solicitante asista a este taller en su totalidad. Para inscribirse en el taller, regístrese en https://santabarbaraca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4oiRNVYhSWuf1qT8TYhXsQ. Después de registrarse, recibirá un correo electrónico de confirmación con información sobre cómo unirse al seminario web. Los asistentes a este taller deben ser personal que esté directamente involucrado en la preparación de las solicitudes de subvenciones.
Las solicitudes deben presentarse antes de las 4:30 p.m. del 11 de diciembre de 2025. SIN EXCEPCIONES. Se puede obtener más información en línea o comunicándose con el personal de Programas de Desarrollo Comunitario en LDrewes@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.
Es responsabilidad del solicitante asegurarse de que su solicitud esté completa y se envíe en línea en la fecha y hora de vencimiento indicadas o antes. NO se aceptarán solicitudes incompletas. La aceptación de la solicitud NO garantiza la financiación. Vea todos los requisitos y detalles del proceso en https://santabarbaraca.gov/services/housing-human-services/cdbg-human-services.
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Antigone, Grace Crowell, calls out to her peers (Jordyn Clinton, Hannah Watson, Dania Hafeez, and Haven Prosperi)
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ORDINANCE NO. 6193
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING SECTION 10.44.152 OF THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING REGULATION OF PARKING UPON MUNICIPALLY OWNED AND/OR OPERATED PARKING LOTS
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on October 14, 2025.
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.
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ORDINANCE NO. 6193
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COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. )
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on October 7, 2025, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on October 14, 2025, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Wendy Santamaria, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on October 14, 2025.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on October 14, 2025.
/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing on the matter of the proposed ordinance of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara amending Santa Barbara Municipal Code Chapters 22.04; and 8.04 adopting by reference the 2025 California Building Code, Volumes 1 and 2; 2025 California Residential Code; 2025 California Electrical Code; 2025 California Mechanical Code; 2025 California Plumbing Code; 2025 California Energy Code; 2025 California Historical Buildings Code; 2025 California Existing Buildings Code; 2025 California Green Building Standards Code; 2025 California Fire Code, 2025 California WildlandUrbane Interface Code, 2025 California Referenced Standards Code; and the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code; adopting local revisions to those codes; and repealing Ordinance Number 6093 and 6094 will be held in Council Chambers, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California, on November 18, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at which time evidence will be taken and interested persons will be heard by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara.
Notice is further given that copies of the 2025 California Building Code, Volumes 1 and 2; 2025 California Residential Code; 2025 California Electrical Code; 2025 California Mechanical Code; 2025 California Plumbing Code; 2025 California Energy Code; 2025 California Historical Buildings Code; 2025 California Existing Buildings Code; 2025 California Green Building Standards Code; 2025 California Fire Code, 2025 California Wildland-Urbane Interface Code, 2025 California Referenced Standards Code; and the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code, and the proposed local amendments to those codes being considered for adoption are on file with the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Santa Barbara, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California and are open for public inspection.
The proposed ordinance will adopt the aforementioned state building standards codes and will adopt local amendments to these statewide codes based on local geological, topographical, and climatic conditions and local administrative procedures for the implementation of said codes.
Written comments may be sent to the City Clerk of the City of Santa Barbara at the above address or clerk@santabarbaraca.gov.
For further information, please contact Tina Dye, Santa Barbara Community Development Department, Building and Safety Division, (805) 564-5553.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or special assistance to gain access to, comment at, 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 enable the City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange.
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/s/ Sarah
P. Gorman, MMC
City Clerk Services Manager October 31, 2025
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¿Cómo podrían los sistemas de autobuses, los servicios de transporte a demanda y los servicios de transporte adaptado en el condado de Santa Bárbara satisfacer mejor sus necesidades? Únase a la conversación en nuestras próximas sesiones de escucha:
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Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Hearing Room 105 E. Anapamu Street, 4th Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Thursday, May 15, 2025
IN-PERSON
Listening
Sessions
How could bus systems, dial-a-ride, and paratransit services better serve your needs in Santa Barbara County? Join the conversation at our upcoming listening sessions:
Notice is hereby given that the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) will hold a public hearing on the Draft Fiscal Year 2025/26 Measure A Program of Projects on the following date/ time:
10 a.m. Thursday, May 15, 2025
Countywide
Board of Supervisors Hearing Room
sistemas de autobuses, los servicios de servicios de transporte adaptado en el satisfacer mejor sus necesidades? Únase nuestras próximas sesiones de escucha:
REMOTE
En Todo el Condado
Street, 4th Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Details on how to participate remotely will be published on the SBCAG Board of Directors agenda at least 48 hours prior to the meeting online at www.sbcag.org
(Información sobre los servicios disponibles en cualquier lugar del condado de Santa Bárbara)
REMOTE
Condado
Buellton
participate remotely will be published on the Directors agenda at least 48 hours prior to the online at www.sbcag.org
servicios disponibles en cualquier lugar Bárbara)
Visite en persona en cualquier momento durante la sesión de escucha de dos horas
Cuándo: 4 p.m. a 6 p.m., 3 de diciembre, 2025
cualquier momento durante la sesión de
¿Dónde?:
The SBCAG board must adopt a program of projects identifying all transportation projects to be funded with Measure A revenues for the next five years, FY 25/26 through FY 29/30. The program of projects is scheduled for adoption at the June 19, 2025, SBCAG Board meeting. Only projects that are included in the approved program of projects are eligible for Measure A funding. Measure A revenues available for allocation are estimated to be $257 million during the five-year period with $52 million available in FY 25/26.
3 de diciembre, 2025
adopt a program of projects identifying all be funded with Measure A revenues for the through FY 29/30. The program of projects at the June 19, 2025, SBCAG Board are included in the approved program of Measure A funding. Measure A revenues estimated to be $257 million during the million available in FY 25/26.
• En persona: Cámara del Consejo Municipal de Buellton – 107 W Hwy 246, Buellton, CA 93427.
Consejo Municipal de Buellton – 107 93427.
• Se ofrecen acomodaciones accesibles e interpretación al español con previa solicitud. Comuníquese con SBCAG antes del 28 de noviembre de 2025 al (805) 961-8900 o info@sbcag.org.
Projects identified to receive Measure A revenues for the five-year period include, but are not limited to, improvements on Highway 101 on the South Coast, Highway 166 Safety and Operational Improvements, streets and roads improvements countywide, bicycle, pedestrian and safe routes to school improvements, interregional transit, and reduced transit fares for the elderly and disabled. For more information about the Measure A Program, please visit SBCAG Measure A webpage at: www.sbcag.org/measure-a
Santa Barbara
acomodaciones accesibles e interpretación al solicitud. Comuníquese con SBCAG antes del al (805) 961-8900 o info@sbcag.org.
Visite en persona en cualquier momento durante la sesión de escucha de dos horas
PARTICIPATION NOTICE
Cuándo: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., 2 de diciembre, 2025
Notice is hereby given that the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) will hold a public hearing on the Draft Fiscal Year 2025/26 Measure A Program of Projects on the following date/ time:
How could bus systems, dial-a-ride, and paratransit services better serve your needs in Santa Barbara County? Join the conversation at our upcoming listening sessions:
IN-PERSON
Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Hearing Room 105 E. Anapamu Street, 4th Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
10 a.m. Thursday, May 15, 2025
(Input on services available anywhere in Santa Barbara County) Buellton
REMOTE
Countywide
IN-PERSON
STATEMENT: The following Individual is doing business as CRANIOSACRAL SANTA BARBARA at 1823 Grand Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. RAQUEL ROTNES at 1823 Grand Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on October 22, 2025. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2025-0002421. Published October 31, November 7, 14, 21, 2025.
Visit in person any time during the two-hour listening session
(Input on services available anywhere in Santa Barbara County)
Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Hearing Room 105 E. Anapamu Street, 4th Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
REMOTE
Details on how to participate remotely will be published on the SBCAG Board of Directors agenda at least 48 hours prior to the meeting online at www.sbcag.org
When: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., December 3, 2025
Buellton
Where:
Visit in person any time during the two-hour listening session
Details on how to participate remotely will be published on the SBCAG Board of Directors agenda at least 48 hours prior to the meeting online at www.sbcag.org
When: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., December 3, 2025
Where:
your
• In-person: City of Buellton Council Chambers – 107 W Hwy 246, Buellton, CA 93427.
• In-person: City of Buellton Council Chambers – 107 W Hwy 246, Buellton, CA 93427.
• Accessible accommodations and Spanish language translation is available by request. Contact SBCAG by November 28, 2025, at (805) 961-8900 or info@sbcag.org.
Santa Barbara
• Accessible accommodations and Spanish language translation is available by request. Contact SBCAG by November 28, 2025, at (805) 961-8900 or info@sbcag.org.
The SBCAG board must adopt a program of projects identifying all transportation projects to be funded with Measure A revenues for the next five years, FY 25/26 through FY 29/30. The program of projects is scheduled for adoption at the June 19, 2025, SBCAG Board meeting. Only projects that are included in the approved program of projects are eligible for Measure A funding. Measure A revenues available for allocation are estimated to be $257 million during the five-year period with $52 million available in FY 25/26.
Santa Barbara
The SBCAG board must adopt a program of projects identifying all transportation projects to be funded with Measure A revenues for the next five years, FY 25/26 through FY 29/30. The program of projects is scheduled for adoption at the June 19, 2025, SBCAG Board meeting. Only projects that are included in the approved program of projects are eligible for Measure A funding. Measure A revenues available for allocation are estimated to be $257 million during the five-year period with $52 million available in FY 25/26.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
Visit in person or virtually any time during the two-hour listening session
When: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., December 2, 2025
Where:
Visit in person or virtually any time during the two-hour listening session
When: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., December 2, 2025
Where:
receive Measure A revenues for the five-year limited to, improvements on Highway 101 Highway 166 Safety and Operational roads improvements countywide, bicycle, routes to school improvements, interregional transit fares for the elderly and disabled. For Measure A Program, please visit SBCAG www.sbcag.org/measure-a
¿Dónde?:
cualquier momento durante la sesión de
PARTICIPATION NOTICE
2 de diciembre, 2025
Comments on the Draft Fiscal Year 2025/26 Measure A Program of Projects may also be submitted in writing to be received by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Written comments can be submitted via U.S. Postal Service to 260 N. San Antonio Road, Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110; or electronically by emailing info@sbcag.org
• En persona: Asociación de Gobiernos del Condado de Santa Bárbara (SBCAG por sus siglas en inglés) Sala de Conferencias Wisteria – 260 North San Antonio Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.
Projects identified to receive Measure A revenues for the five-year period include, but are not limited to, improvements on Highway 101 on the South Coast, Highway 166 Safety and Operational Improvements, streets and roads improvements countywide, bicycle, pedestrian and safe routes to school improvements, interregional transit, and reduced transit fares for the elderly and disabled. For more information about the Measure A Program, please visit SBCAG Measure A webpage at: www.sbcag.org/measure-a
• In-person: Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) Wisteria Conference Room – 260 North San Antonio Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.
PARTICIPATION NOTICE
• In-person: Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) Wisteria Conference Room – 260 North San Antonio Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.
PARTICIPATION NOTICE
• Virtually: Details on how to participate virtually via Zoom will be published on the SBCAG website at www.sbcag.org by November 1.
de Gobiernos del Condado de Santa siglas en inglés) Sala de Conferencias Antonio Road, Santa Barbara, CA
Fiscal Year 2025/26 Measure A Program of submitted in writing to be received by 5 p.m. on Written comments can be submitted via 260 N. San Antonio Road, Suite B, Santa electronically by emailing info@sbcag.org
to providing access and reasonable these meetings. In compliance with the Act, accommodation requests should be advance of public meetings to SBCAG at
SBCAG is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations for these meetings. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, accommodation requests should be made 48 hours in advance of public meetings to SBCAG at (805) 600-4477.
• Virtual: Los detalles sobre cómo participar virtualmente a través de Zoom se publicarán en el sitio web de SBCAG en www. sbcag.org para el 1 de noviembre.
sobre cómo participar virtualmente a publicarán en el sitio web de SBCAG en www. noviembre.
• Se ofrecen acomodaciones accesibles e interpretación al español con previa solicitud. Comuníquese con SBCAG antes del 28 de noviembre de 2025 en (805) 961-8900 o info@sbcag.org.
acomodaciones accesibles e interpretación al solicitud. Comuníquese con SBCAG antes del en (805) 961-8900 o info@sbcag.org.
Ciudad de Santa Maria
(Comentarios sobre los servicios específicos de Santa Maria Regional Transit)
Santa Maria
Santa Maria
servicios específicos de Santa Maria
Cuándo: Dos sesiones: de 4 p. m. a 5 p. m. y de 5:30 p. m. a 6:30 p. m. el 4 de diciembre de 2025.
¿Dónde?:
4 p. m. a 5 p. m. y de 5:30 p. m. a 6:30 2025.
• Biblioteca Pública de Santa María Shephard Hall, primer piso 421 S. McClelland Street, Santa Maria, CA 93454.
Santa María Shephard Hall, primer piso Santa Maria, CA 93454.
• Se ofrecen acomodaciones accesibles e interpretación al español y al mixteco con previa solicitud llamando al (805) 9285624 antes del 1 de diciembre de 2025.
¿No puede asistir?
acomodaciones accesibles e interpretación al previa solicitud llamando al (805) 928diciembre de 2025.
Envíe sus comentarios antes del 15 de diciembre de 2025 a través de cualquiera de estos métodos:
• Correo electrónico a info@sbcag.org
antes del 15 de diciembre de 2025 a través métodos:
• Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos a 260 North San Antonio Road, Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.
info@sbcag.org
Estados Unidos a 260 North San Santa Barbara, CA 93110.
• Virtually: Details on how to participate virtually via Zoom will be published on the SBCAG website at www.sbcag.org by November 1.
Comments on the Draft Fiscal Year 2025/26 Measure A Program of Projects may also be submitted in writing to be received by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Written comments can be submitted via U.S. Postal Service to 260 N. San Antonio Road, Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110; or electronically by emailing info@sbcag.org
City of Santa Maria
Projects identified to receive Measure A revenues for the five-year period include, but are not limited to, improvements on Highway 101 on the South Coast, Highway 166 Safety and Operational Improvements, streets and roads improvements countywide, bicycle, pedestrian and safe routes to school improvements, interregional transit, and reduced transit fares for the elderly and disabled. For more information about the Measure A Program, please visit SBCAG Measure A webpage at: www.sbcag.org/measure-a
Comments on the Draft Fiscal Year 2025/26 Measure A Program of Projects may also be submitted in writing to be received by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. Written comments can be submitted via U.S. Postal Service to 260 N. San Antonio Road, Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110; or electronically by emailing info@sbcag.org
• Accessible accommodations and Spanish language translation is available by request. Contact SBCAG by November 28, 2025, at (805) 961-8900 or info@sbcag.org.
• Accessible accommodations and Spanish language translation is available by request. Contact SBCAG by November 28, 2025, at (805) 961-8900 or info@sbcag.org.
STATEMENT: The following Married Couple is doing business as SAME DAY JUNK HAULING BY IGNACIO at 322 W Mission St #A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. IGNACIO LOZA JR and GLADYS ECHEVERRIA SIERRA at 322 W Mission St #A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on October 7, 2025. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2025-0002319. Published October 31, November 7, 14, 21, 2025.
SBCAG is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations for these meetings. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, accommodation requests should be made 48 hours in advance of public meetings to SBCAG at (805) 600-4477.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
City of Santa Maria
SBCAG is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations for these meetings. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, accommodation requests should be made 48 hours in advance of public meetings to SBCAG at (805) 600-4477.
(Input on services specific to Santa Maria Regional Transit)
Santa Maria
(Input on services specific to Santa Maria Regional Transit)
Santa Maria
When: Two sessions: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on December 4, 2025
Where:
When: Two sessions: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on December 4, 2025
Where:
• Santa Maria Public Library Shephard Hall, 1st Floor 421 S. McClelland Street, Santa Maria, CA 93454.
• Santa Maria Public Library Shephard Hall, 1st Floor 421 S. McClelland Street, Santa Maria, CA 93454.
• Accessible accommodations and Spanish and Mixteco translation are accessible upon request at (805) 928-5624 by December 1, 2025.
Can't Attend?
• Accessible accommodations and Spanish and Mixteco translation are accessible upon request at (805) 928-5624 by December 1, 2025.
Can't Attend?
STATEMENT: The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as TONY’S ON PALISADE at 116 S. Palisade Dr, 114, Santa Maria, CA 93455. FOOD INCORPERATED LLC at 116 S. Palisade Dr, 114, Santa Maria, CA 93455. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on October 09, 2025. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2025-0002330. Published October 24, 31, November 7, 14, 2025.
Submit comments by December 15, 2025 through any of these methods:
• Email to info@sbcag.org
Submit comments by December 15, 2025 through any of these methods:
• Email to info@sbcag.org
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
• U.S. Postal Service to 260 North San Antonio Road, Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.
• U.S. Postal Service to 260 North San Antonio Road, Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.
STATEMENT: The following Married Couple is doing business as SHEPPARDX at 335 Capitol Dr, Santa Maria, CA 93454. MICAH S SHEPPARD and DINA I SHEPPARD at 335 Capitol Dr, Santa Maria, CA 93454. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara on October 27, 2025. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN No. 2025-0002468. Published October 31, November 7, 14, 21, 2025.
On the Street with John Palminteri
Happy Halloween!
A WITCHES BRUNCH brought a newly formed group of 31 witches together at the El Paseo Restaurant on Sunday, October 26th. They had buffet-filled plates of Santa Barbara’s traditional Mexican Food and likely a side of witches brew and after dark stories.
THE KIDS AND COSTUMES were out for the Downtown Santa Barbara Trick or Treat over several blocks on October 25th. It was a colorful street scene and a showcase of creativity capped off by a bag of candy.
Coral Princess Cruise Ship Visits
LIL’ TOOT
of the buoy) tour boat gets squeezed for space during all the activity on Monday, October 27th, during the stop of the Coral Princess off the coast of Santa Barbara. This was cruise ship number nine of eleven for 2025.
SB Gears Up for Election Day!
ELECTION WORKERS
AWAIT THOUSANDS of vote by mail ballots for the upcoming special election in California to come back in. They were sent to registered voters this month for the November 4th election. The return as of Monday, October 27th in Santa Barbara County was 21 percent.
Children’s Creative Project Honored by City
THE CHILDREN’S CREATIVE PROJECT, a non-profit of the Santa Barbara County Education Office, was honored by the Santa Barbara City Council for its 50th anniversary. They were honored for five decades of arts education across our county. The City also awarded CCP a $12,750 grant in support of arts education programs countywide.
Superintendent Susan Salcido joined CCP Executive Director Kai Tepper Jahnke and her team in a ceremony at City Hall. CCP brings professional artists into schools and also holds fundraising events, like the annual I Madonnari Street Painting Festival.
SBPD Ramps Up Biking Enforcement
SANTA BARBARA POLICE HAVE CRACKED DOWN on reckless bike riders, speeding bikers, riding on the sidewalk, riding through the Farmers Market, and riding under the age of 18 without a helmet, as well as other code violations. 172 tickets were written between June and September. Some, for under 18 riders, are cleared through diversion classes if they attend and pass a test. Fines range from $100 to $500.
SBHS Students Protest For Polluters Pay Act
SANTA BARBARA HIGH STUDENTS LOUDLY RALLIED outside the Santa Barbara County Administration Building on October 24th to call on state lawmakers to pass the Polluters Pay Climate Super Fund Act. The legislation would hold large fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change damages by making them pay fees.
Plane Pull Supports Alpha Resource Center
THE PLANE PULL FUNDRAISER for the Alpha Resource Center in Santa Barbara brought out some very determined teams competing to move an Alaska Airlines plane a distance of 20 feet in the shortest amount of time on Saturday, October 25th. Similar to a tug-ofwar, teams pulled on a rope and grunted.
First Responders Updates
HEAD ON CRASH on Hwy 154 westbound at Painted Cave Road on October 28th. Three vehicles blocking San Marcos Pass and one over the shoulder. One Subaru and two Teslas. Moderate injuries reported. Two dogs taken to a Goleta shelter. CHP, Santa Barbara Co. Fire, AMR, 805 Roadside tow were on it.
RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF CALLE ROSALES in Santa Barbara (San Roque) reported last week the thefts of large Halloween decorations. This included 12-foot tall skeletons.
Among the ten participant teams were American Riviera Bank, Santa Barbara County and City Firefighters, and airport workers. The Star Wars painted plane that was expected had to be relocated.
John Palminteri is a veteran news reporter and anchor for Newschannel 3-12 TV and both KJEE and KCLU radio in Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/Ventura. Off the air, he’s often bringing his smile and positive energy to the microphone at fundraisers and civic events. John’s social media presence has one of the largest followings in Santa Barbara, and this page has the weekly highlights.
Photos and Stories by John Palminteri, Special to VOICE
CCP Executive Director Kai Tepper Jahnke and team thank City Council
THE
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Santa Barbara’s Cultural Night Out
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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 handson activities. State St also comes alive on 1st Thursday with performances and interactive activities.
November 6th • 5 to 8pm
Galleries, Museums, & Art Venues
1. Voice Gallery
• La Cumbre Plaza, 110 S. Hope Ave, H-124 • The Santa Barbara Art Association’s Anything Goes, a juried exhibition at Voice Gallery, runs November 2–29. Featuring a vibrant mix of mediums and artistic visions, the show celebrates creativity in all its forms. 2nd Receptions: Nov 21st, La Cumbre Plaza’s 3rd Friday Artwalk.
2. Waterlight Studio • 18 W. Micheltorena D. • Handcrafted ceramic vessels by Suzanne Schwager, blending intricate glazing techniques with decades of artistic practice. Inspired by her studies at UCSB and mentor Sheldon Kaganoff, Suzanne has been perfecting her ceramic work since the 1970s. All pieces are handmade in Santa Barbara and available for purchase.
3. SBIFF’s Santa Barbara Filmmaker Series • SBIFF’s Education Center, 1330 State Street STE 101 • On Thursday, November 6th, we are featuring Selah Blackwell’s Who Are You, Molly Baker?; Winner of SBIFF’s 10-10-10 for High-School. Overachieving high schooler Molly is sent into a tailspin when she loses her school’s presidential election. Showtimes 5:30pm, 6pm, 6:30pm, and 7pm. Runtime: 10 mins
4. Art & Soul • 1323 State Street • Art & Soul is proud to present Emerging, the debut solo exhibition of Bella DiBernardo—a rising artist whose creative voice has been intertwined with the gallery since its earliest days. Exploring a personal narrative through bold, intuitive expression, Bella shares a deeply personal collection that reflects her journey and echoes the creative spirit that has come to define Art & Soul. Fine wines, lite bites.
5. Santa Barbara Fine Art • 1321 State Street • Paintings from Across the Channel by John Comer. “In the 70’s this was a favorite place to anchor along with Smuggler’s to the east after swordfishing for the day.
14. Waterhouse Gallery offers a range of beautiful works by respected artists.
13. The Square Foot Show at Gallery 113 is a benefit exhibition open to the community!
16. Have you visited The Yes Store yet this season? It’s a one stop shop for creative gifting!
19. It’s Burger Night at Tyler x Lieu Dit! And, they’re exhibiting Ignacio Meza’s travel photography.
8. Jazz, local wine and bites and a chance to win tickets! Don’t miss The Granada’s 1st Thursday.
7. Jenna Gibson’s figurative portraits will be featured at domecíl
22. Catch printmaker Maurizio Barattucci’s retrospective at CAW
6. Inside Heaven’s Gate by Susan Bridges is on view at Tamsen Gallery.
10. Celebrate a Festive Fall, which includes Tom Peck’s Smooth Horse at 10 West Gallery
15. Photography by J K Lovelace, Ben Coffman, and Eric States is on view at Slice of Light Gallery.
9. If you love flowers stop by Sullivan Goss for Irresistible: Flowers and Their Admirers
There could be a whole fleet of older wooden fishing boats there. I was on Santa Lucia built in 1917. This spot feels very calm after crossing a windy lane in the channel. It was part of the Gherini Ranch, now National Park.”
6. Tamsen Gallery • 1309 State Street • Visit Tamsen Gallery in downtown Santa Barbara for Inside Heaven’s Gate – Behind the Scenes with Susan Bridges. Experience the captivating world of filmmaking through Bridges’ lens, featuring her intimate photographs from the iconic film. Exhibition is open until Dec 31st, with artist talks and special programs throughout its run.
7. domecíl • 1223 State Street • Stop by domecíl to view the art of Jenna Gibson whose beautiful work is figurative and portraits based, with a hint of history and natural elements intertwined throughout.
8. The Granada Theatre • 1214 State Street • Stop by The Granada during November’s 1st Thursday Art Walk and enjoy local wine and refreshments while listening to the sounds of our fabulous Jazz Quartet. There will also be a drawing for tickets to upcoming Granada performances! See you there!
9. Sullivan Goss • 11 E. Anapamu St. • Sullivan Goss invites you to join us for the opening reception of Irresistible: Flowers and Their Admirers. The show includes floralinspired works by many of our favorites alongside other nationally recognized artists. Also on view: Nathan Huff, and our Fall Salon.
10. 10 West Gallery • 10 W. Anapamu St. • Festive Fall — Ten contemporary artists from the Santa Barbara area plus a new selection of
exquisite contemporary pottery from Mata Ortiz, Mexico. 10 West Gallery features abstract, impressionist and figurative paintings as well as sculpture in stone, bronze and other media.
11. Seimandi & Leprieur, Art Gallery • 33 W. Anapamu St. • Whose Paradise? continues this 1st Thursday at Seimandi & Leprieur Gallery. Through painting and photography, five artists explore the myth of the “tropical paradise”, between fantasy and lived reality, light and resistance. The palm tree, both witness and symbol, anchors a reflection on history, nature, and identity. Join us for an evening of art and conversation, with a wine tasting hosted by Au Bon Climat Winery.
12. Santa Barbara Museum of Art • 1130 State Street • Join us for 1st Thursday at SBMA; our main galleries are free and open from 5 to 8 pm! Explore our diverse galleries, see new photography and collage exhibitions, and drop by the Art Learning Lab for a hands-on art activity related to our exhibitions!
Our featured exhibitions The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse and Encore, remain ticketed.
13. Gallery 113 • 1114 State Street #8 • The Square Foot Show Anniversary open community show and Gallery113 fundraiser features artists from Santa Barbara Art Association and the community. All art is priced at $113. $50 will go to the artist, $50 will go to the gallery for needed improvements, and $13 will go to C.A.R.E.4Paws, an incredible local organization supporting pets and their owners.
14. Waterhouse Gallery • 1114 State Street #9 • The Gallery features figurative works, interiors, and cityscapes, by some of today’s finest nationally known local and Oak
Group artists. Enjoy works by Ray Hunter, Derek Harrison. Wyllis Heaton, Camille Dellar, Ann Sanders, Thomas Van Stein, Nancy Davidson, Rick Garcia, Ellie Freudenstein, and Ralph Waterhouse.
15. Slice of Light • 9 W. Figueroa St. • Slice of Light Gallery’s Fall Exhibition is up now! We’re displaying gorgeous photography and art from J K Lovelace, Ben Coffman, and Eric States. Stop by to enjoy fine wine and a beautiful array of art and photography.
16. The Yes Store • 1015 State Street • Come celebrate the holiday season while enjoying local arts, music, drinks, and treats! View the work of all our incredibly talented local artists. Looking for locally handmade gifts or something special for yourself? Look no further than The Yes Store - local arts gallery.
17. Finch & Fork | The Kimpton Canary Hotel • 31 W. Carrillo St. • $2 oysters, cocktails, and shop local, all under one roof! Every 1st Thursday the Canary Hotel lobby transforms into a haven for art and music lovers. Join from 5pm - 8pm to shop jewelry, clothing and art from local vendors. Take a seat at the bar and enjoy $2 oysters & cocktails and bites whilst DJ Dansauce provides the beats.
18. Maker House Annex • 913 State Street • Maker House Annex is a Downtown satellite space in the heart of State Street, featuring resident artists, a shared gallery, and a retail area. Artists from Maker House will showcase and sell their work while engaging the public through exhibitions, demos, and events that celebrate our vibrant studio community.
19. Tyler x Lieu Dit • 23 East Canon Perdido Street • Join us for Thursday burger night at Tyler x Lieu Dit! Starting at 4 pm, we will be serving French-bistro style burgers and opening large-format and library wines alongside photographer Ignacio Meza’s portfolio of travel photography.
20. Paint at Paseo • Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara • Paint at Paseo is an all-ages painting class provided by Paseo Nuevo and artists at MCASB. Each month, different local artists will lead you through a 90-minute acrylic painting session designed for all ages and skill levels. All materials, including canvases, paints, aprons and brushes, are provided, and you’ll take home a beautiful painting. Best of all, this monthly event is free! Bring your family and friends to share the joy of creativity.
21. Santa Barbara Historical Museum • 136 East De La Guerra St. • Join the Museum after-hours for wine, live music by the Tony Ybarra Trio, and a chance to see our latest exhibitions, Ludmilla Pilat Welch: Serene Santa Barbara, Pop-Up History! and Images from the Gledhill Library. Free admission!
22. Community Arts Workshop (CAW) • 631 Garden Street • Santa Barbara printmaker Maurizio Barattucci is having an artist’s retrospective of his works which dazzled the art world during an exciting era of experimentation. His prints are masterworks of technical virtuosity, and his subjects, usually inspired by nature, have an exuberance and immediacy that continue to resonate today. Please join us for a rare opportunity to meet the artist at a retrospective exhibition of his work.
18. The Maker House has a new Annex downtown with gallery and retail space, demos and more!
Sponsor
Entertainment • The 805 Blues Collective will play in the 800 Block of State Street. They’re dedicated to fostering the local blues rock scene with heavy inspiration from BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, and more. It will be screaming guitar over a cemented rhythm section with an infectious raw energy.
11. Whose Paradise? at Seimandi & Leprieur Gallery offers five artists’ take on the question via painting and photography.
5. See John Comer’s Yellow Banks at Santa Barbara Fine Art.
12. Stop in at the SBMA’s Art Learning Lab for a hands-on art activity!
20. Try your hand at painting is this fun workshop at Paseo Nuevo!
1. See Keepers of the Coast by Odessa Burrow in SBAA’s show at VOICE
21. The Tony Ybarra Trio, wine and free reign to view exhibitions are on the menu at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.
4. Emerging, by Bella DiBernardo is on view at Art & Soul.
17. Vendors will offer their wares at the The Kimpton Canary Hotel while Finch & Fork serves up cocktails & more!
3. See Selah Blackwell’s Who Are You, Molly Baker?; Winner of SBIFF’s 10-10-10 for High-School.
2. See handcrafted ceramic vessels by Suzanne Schwager, at Waterlight Studio
A Music Dialogue with Heiichiro Ohyama and Friends at the Lobero
By Mark Whitehurst / VOICE
NAVIGATING THE MUSIC OF ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK as a conversation was the purpose of a rehearsal in front of a small audience on the Lobero stage with music conductor Heiichiro Ohyama and four SB Chamber Orchestra alumni (Amy Hershberger, Elizabeth Hedman, Erick Rynearson, Paula Fehrenbach), last Thursday.
The evening, titled Music Dialogue, was dedicated to the memory of Robert Emmons, a long time supporter of the Chamber Orchestra and made possible by Mahri Kerley a friend of Emmons and the Chamber Orchestra.
The unique concept drew about 70 people into a dialogue with Dvořák’s String Quintet No. 3 in E-flat major, Op 97; “America” 1st Movement Allegro non tanto. Taking place on the stage at the Lobero, the music was projected onto two large screens so people could follow along as the quintet played. Another screen in the center behind the ensemble projected their conversation about the music as they rehearsed as well as some history about Dvořák and the music. Maestro Ohyama took the lead to draw out the finer points of the music. Following a sight reading of the entire piece, the rehearsal, and final performance run through, the musicians formed a panel and took questions from the audience, in a Q&A led by Concert Navigator Miho Ito.
Emcee for the evening was Joe Campanelli, also a long time supporter and leader of the Chamber Orchestra. A brief reflection followed on support given by Emmons as well as comments by Christine Emmons, who shared a touching poem written by Emmons and a video memorial about “Bob.”
A delightful addition to the behind-the-scenes concert/rehearsal/dialogue was a pre-event reception in the Lobero Courtyard with complimentary drinks and light bites by State & Fig.
2026 LEAP Award Honorees Announced
CELEBRATING LEAP’S 55TH ANNIVERSARY as a nonprofit and 50 years of its Children’s Center program, the 2026 LEAP Awards will be held at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort on Saturday, February 28th, 2026. Tickets are on sale now. leapcentralcoast.org
JACKIE CARRERA is the President & CEO of the Santa Barbara Foundation. Since she joined SBF in 2018, the Foundation’s assets have grown from $500 million to $900 million with $51 million in grants made in 2024. Carrera has over 36 years of leadership experience in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors, previously serving as the President & CEO of the Parks & People Foundation in Maryland. She is a licensed consultant in nonprofit management and has a BBA in Finance from Loyola University in Maryland and Certificate on Nonprofit Management from University of Wisconsin Extension. Carerra has been named one of the Central Coast’s 50 Most Influential People in the Region by the Pacific Coast Business Times annually from 2021 to 2025.
ASHLEY COSTA is the Executive Director for Lompoc Valley Community Healthcare Organization. She is a third-generation native of the Lompoc Valley and made history at 22 years old as the youngest person ever elected to the Lompoc City Council. During her four-year term in office, she served on the Board of the Air Pollution Control District and CommUnify and volunteered on the Healthy Lompoc Coalition. In her current role at LVCHO, she has led initiatives that promote health, wellness, and equity, such as co-chairing the multi-year campaign to renovate the Lompoc Community Track and Field at Huyck Stadium. Costa graduated cum laude from UC Los Angeles and is currently pursuing a law degree at the Colleges of Law.
DAS WILLIAMS currently is a Senior Advisor for Policy and Legislative Affairs for Central Coast Community Energy (3CE). He has served on the Santa Barbara City Council (2003-2010), California State Assembly (2010-2016), and as Santa Barbara County Supervisor for the First District (2016-2024). Williams grew up in Santa Barbara and life circumstances led him to drop out of Dos Pueblos High School. He found his way back through education at Santa Barbara City College, later traveling to South Africa to work for Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress. After graduating from UC Berkeley, he returned to Santa Barbara to attend UCSB’s Bren School. His representative work has supported education, gun safety, infant childcare and after school programs, and renters’ rights.
SB South Coast Lodging Offers 30 Percent Off Overnight Stays for Local Residents
AS THE HOLIDAY SEASON APPROACHES, accommodating visiting friends and family sometimes means needing additional space or an extra bedroom. Visit Santa Barbara is bringing back its Locals Lodging Promotion, offering 30 percent discounts for residents from Goleta to Carpinteria who book overnight trips within the Santa Barbara South Coast. The deal applies to stays between October 2025 and early 2026 at a dozen South Coast properties.
Participating hotels include luxury resorts such as Hotel Californian and Kimpton Canary Hotel, boutique options like Hotel Santa Barbara and The Steward, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, as well as charming bed and breakfasts like The Eagle Inn. Short-term rental properties from Paradise Retreats and Beach House Villa in Summerland are also included. Some properties are sweetening the deal with extra perks for locals who book overnight stays, such as complimentary parking.
New this year, more than 25 South Coast hospitality partners are providing deals just for locals. Participants range from restaurants and tour operators to wineries and outdoor excursions. Additional deals from area businesses are available on Visit Santa Barbara’s Locals Lodging Promotion page. All offers are managed directly by the individual businesses. Although this off-season deal is only for locals, area residents can extend the offer to their visiting friends and relatives.
To view all offers visit santabarbaraca.com/locals
Jackie Carrera
Ashley Costa
Das Williams
Photo by David Bazemore
Photo by David Bazemore
The Quintet: Amy Hershberger, Elizabeth Hedman, Erick Rynearson, Paula Fehrenbach, and Maestro Ohyama
VOICE Magazine • Community Market •
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE DEPUTY CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE A FIVE-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH ONE, FIVE-YEAR OPTION WITH ESTRELLA EMPORIUM LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS GAME SEEKER OF SANTA BARBARA, FOR THE 1320 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL SPACE AT 920 STATE STREET COMMENCING UPON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ENABLING ORDINANCE
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on October 7, 2025.
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.
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/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager
ORDINANCE NO. 6192
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. )
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on September 30, 2025, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on October 7, 2025, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Wendy Santamaria, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on October 7, 2025.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on October 7, 2025.
/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONS ON APPLICATIONS REGARDING PROVISIONS OF TITLE 28 AND/OR 30 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA (SBMC)
The Secretary of the Planning Commission has set a public hearing for Thursday, October 16, 2025 beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street.
On Thursday, October 09, 2025, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Thursday, October 16, 2025 will be posted on the outdoor bulletin board at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, and online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC. Agendas, Minutes, and Staff Reports are also accessible online at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC.
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/PCVideos.
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT: Public comments may be submitted via email to PCSecretary@SantaBarbaraCA.gov before the beginning of the Meeting. All public comments submitted via email will be provided to the Commission and will become part of the public record. You may also submit written correspondence via US Postal Service (USPS) addressed to PC 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 Commission 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/PC. 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 Planning Commission may be appealed to the City Council. For further information and guidelines on how to appeal a decision to City Council, please contact the City Clerk’s office at Clerk@ SantaBarbaraCA.gov as soon as possible. Appeals may be filed in person at the City Clerk’s office at City Hall or in writing via email to Clerk@SantaBarbaraCA.gov and by first class mail postage prepaid within 10 calendar days of the meeting at which the Commission took action or rendered its decision. Appeals and associated fee postmarked 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 City Administrator’s Office at (805) 5645305. 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.
• 816 Cacique - People Assisting the Homeless (PATH)
Applicant / Owner: Jennifer Hark-Dietz Tescia Uribe - PATH
Project Description: Two Year Update for Homeless Shelter
VOICE Magazine • Community Market • LEGAL NOTICES
Where to Learn About Local Government Meetings
The Santa Barbara City Council meets most Tuesdays at 2pm • To learn more about the council and other City department meetings, visit www.santabarbaraca.gov
The Goleta City Council meets biweekly on Tuesdays at 5:30pm • To learn more about the council and other City department meetings, visit www.cityofgoleta.org
The Carpinteria City Council meets on the second and fourth Monday of the month at 5:30pm • To learn more about other City departments visit www.carpinteriaca.gov
The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meets most Tuesdays at 9am • To learn more about other County departments visit www.countyofsb.org
Insertion Date: Print: 10.31.25/ Digital included 10.29.25 9.03” times 3 columns = $129.49 •10.31.25 SHO Hearing 11.12.Kira Esparza re: 1428 Harbor View Dr, 405 W Sola St, 529 De La Vina Street
• Name Change
• Petition to Administer Estate
• Trustee Sale
• Public Entities
NOTICE OF PUBLICATIONS ON APPLICATIONS REGARDING PROVISIONS OF TITLE 28 AND/OR 30 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA (SBMC)
The Secretary of the Staff Hearing Officer has set a public hearing for Wednesday, November 12, 2025 beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the David Gebhard Public Meeting Room, 630 Garden Street.
On Thursday, November 6, 2025, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 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.
Insertion Date: Print: 10.31.25 Caitlin Colyer, City Admin Digital included 10.29.25 8.3”x2 col; $79.35 • Ordinance 6189
ORDINANCE NO. 6189
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING AND RATIFYING AGREEMENT NO. 26,724, BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AND RINCON CONSULTANTS, INC. FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND RESTORATION SPECIALIST SERVICES, AND RELATED SUPPORT FOR THE LAS POSITAS AND MODOC ROADS MULTIUSE PATH PROJECT
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on September 16, 2025.
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.
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/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager
ORDINANCE NO. 6189
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. )
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on August 19, 2025, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on September 16, 2025, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Wendy Santamaria, Kristen W. Sneddon.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Mayor Randy Rowse.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on September16, 2025.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on September 16, 2025.
/s/ Eric Friedman Mayor Pro Tempore
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME, CASE NUMBER: 25CV06125 Petitioner: Veronica Sanchez filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: PRESENT NAME: Alexander Maximo Adan Sanchez to PROPOSED NAME: Job Sia Reyes Sanchez; and PRESENT NAME: Michael Gabriel Adan Sanchez to PROPOSED NAME: Michael Gabriel Reyes Sanchez. 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 8, 2025; Time: 10:00 am; Dept.: 5; 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: 10/15/2025 /s/:Colleen K. Sterne , Judge of the Superior Court. Legal #25CV06125 Pub Dates: October 24, 31, November 7, 14, 2025.
Housing Market Is Recovering
Existing-home sales increased by 1.5 percent month-over-month in September, according to the National Association of REALTORS® Existing-Home Sales Report. The Report provides the real estate ecosystem, including agents and homebuyers and sellers, with data on the level of home sales, price, and inventory.
By Harlan Green, Special to VOICE
IT’S ABOUT TIME. We are seeing a housing revival with existing home sales on a 7-month high for the first time since the 2008-09 Great Recession (wide gray band in FRED graph), as reported by the National Association of REALTORS (NAR).
That may start a more sustained housing recovery, as fixed mortgage rates are also beginning to decline despite rising inflation since April and Trump’s retaliatory tariffs. (Bond holders don’t like inflation because it reduces the value of bonds.)
By Harlan Green
The housing market has been stuck in part because the Fed held off cutting interest rates until its September FOMC. The cut was just -0.25 percent, and two more rate cuts are expected this year.
"As anticipated, falling mortgage rates are lifting home sales," said NAR Chief Economist Dr. Lawrence Yun. "Improving housing affordability is also contributing to the increase in sales."
Affordability has improved because "Inventory is matching a five-year high,
Insertion Date: Print: 10.31.25 Norma Welche, City Admin Digital included 10.29.25 8.01”x2 col; $76.58 • Ordinance 6190
ORDINANCE NO. 6190
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING SECTION 14.08.150 OF THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO WATER METERS FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECTS
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on October 21, 2025.
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.
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/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager
ORDINANCE NO. 6190
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. )
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on September 9, 2025, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on October 21, 2025, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Wendy Santamaria, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on October 21, 2025.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on October 21, 2025.
/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor
though it remains below pre-COVID levels," Yun added. "Many homeowners are financially comfortable, resulting in very few distressed properties and forced sales. Home prices continue to rise in most parts of the country, further contributing to overall household wealth."
The 30-year conforming fixed mortgage rate for best credit holders has dipped below six percent to about 5.875 percent for zero points in closing costs, or 5.50 percent for a one point origination fee. The 15-year fixed rate is now 5.25 percent for zero points, and 4.875 percent, one point at this writing.
This year’s housing revival first showed up in a boost in new-home sales, according to the National
Association of Homebuilders (NAHB). Sales of newly built single-family homes jumped 20.5 percent earlier in August, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 800,000 from an upwardly revised reading in July, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.
Much of the new-home sales boost was due to a construction surge to as much as 1.9 million annual units after the COVID-19 pandemic, seasonally adjusted. That and record low interest rates during the pandemic caused
Insertion Date: Print: 10.31.25 Norma Welche, City Admin Digital included 10.29.25 8.01”x2 col; $76.58 • Ordinance 6191
ORDINANCE NO. 6191
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING THE SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTION 30.185.045 PERTAINING TO REGULATIONS FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECTS
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on October 21, 2025.
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.
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/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager
ORDINANCE NO. 6191
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. )
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on October 14, 2025, and adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on October 21, 2025, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Mike Jordan, Wendy Santamaria, Kristen W. Sneddon, Mayor Randy Rowse.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on October 21, 2025.
/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, MMC City Clerk Services Manager
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on October 21, 2025.
/s/ Randy Rowse Mayor
bloated inventories that builders are attempting to reduce. So they are offering interest rate buydowns to reduce mortgage rates. It cuts into builders’ profits but adds little to the sales price.
Housing construction has declined since then, decreasing 8.5 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.31 million units and construction will probably remain lower until more buyers come into the housing market as mortgage rates decline further.
What about mortgage rates? That hasn’t stopped homebuyers before. The 30-year conforming fixed rate hovered between 7.5 percent to 5.0 percent from the beginning of the housing bubble in 2000 to 2010 when homebuyers went wild with subprime loans, until the Great Recession.
The moral of this tale is that homebuyers and lenders have always found a way to finance a purchase with an almost infinite variety of mortgage choices. But the U.S. population is beginning to shrink because of the immigration restrictions. Builders and governments must find more creative solutions to affordable housing to bring more young adults into the housing market.
Challenging affordability conditions have always created headwinds for the housing sector, but that never stopped those that wanted to own a residence during the era of double-digit interest rates in the 1980s and 90s.
The average 30-year conforming fixed rate mortgage didn’t drop below ten percent until the 1990s and 7.5 percent until 2001.
I foresee lenders finding creative ways to finance more homebuyers in the coming years as well.
Green
CINEMA
Celebrate independent film when the Ojai Film Festival returns from Thursday, November 4th through Monday, November 10th. The 2025 schedule includes a wide range of documentaries, narrative and feature films, animation, and short films. All films will be shown between the Ojai Art Center and Matilija Auditorium.
For tickets and festival passes ($20-220) visit ojaifilmfestival.com
CINEMA LISTINGS
Spooky Movie Nights • Screening of Halloweentown with complimentary popcorn. Bring blankets, chairs and friends • Paseo Nuevo Mall • Free • 7pm Fri, 10/31.
Mission Movie Night • Free outdoor screening of Encanto • SB Mission • 6pm Sa, 11/1.
CWC Global: In Flames • Film exploring youth, oppression, and love in Pakistan, post-film talk with Filmmaker Zarrar Kahn • UCSB CWC Pollock Theater • Free, RSVP: www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu • 7pm Tu, 11/4. Tangerine • Film about trans sex workers followed by panel discussion • UCSB MCC Theater • Free, register: mcc.sa.ucsb.edu • 6pm We, 11/5. Storytelling for the Screen: HIM • Screening of Jordan Peele’s new horror film, postfilm talk • UCSB CWC Pollock Theater • Free, RSVP: www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu • 7pm Th, 11/6. Ojai Film Festival • View documentaries, features, animation, and more, all celebrating independent film! • Ojai Art Center & Matilija Auditorium • $20-220 • ojaifilmfestival.com • Th, 11/6 through Su, 11/9.
Regretting You -PG13- Thu-Fri 4:30-7
Sat-Sun 11:30-2-4:30-7 | Mon-Tue-Wed 4:30-7
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere -PG13Thu-Fri 4:30-7
Sat-Sun 11:30-2-4:30-7 | Mon-Tue-Wed 4:30-7
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Friday 10/31
COMEDY
Magic with Gene Urban • Magic and mind-reading • Satellite SB, 1117 State St • Free • satellitesb.com • 6-9pm Fri.
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
Murder At The Old Mission • An educational conversation about the history of Franciscan Ferdinand Bergmeyer • SB Mission Archive Library • $50 • www.sbmal.org • 6-8pm Fri, 10/31.
Storytime @ the Sea Center • All ages • Free w/ admission • SBNature.org • 10:30–10:45am Sat & Sun.
DANCE
Flamenco Íntimo • Dancers
Lakshmi Basile and Timo Nuñez • SB Historical Museum • Sold out, info: sbhistorical.org • 6:30 & 8pm Sa, 11/1.
Collective Collaborative 2025
• A vibrant celebration of dance, community, and collaboration • SBCC Dance • Center Stage Theater • $17 • centerstagetheater.org • 7pm Sat, 11/1.
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
Figure Drawing • Introduction to tools and methods drawing the human form, artist Eric Saint Georges • Community Arts Workshop • $60 • sbcaw.org/upcoming • 9am-12:30pm Sat, 11/1.
Composting With Jack • Learn how to professionally compost from a professional • Mesa Harmony Gardens
Medicare 101 – Crucial help for our community • Free consulting from Stevens & Associates • Central Library • Free, register: library. santabarbaraca.gov • 10:30am-12pm Sa, 11/1.
SB GO Club • Play or learn the ancient strategic board game. All levels • 805-448-5335 • Free • Mosaic Coffee, 1131 State St • 11am-4pm Sat.
MUSIC
UCSB Chamber Choir Workshop • Fun and educational workshop for junior or high school students • UCSB Karl Geiringer Hall • Free, register: https://music.ucsb.edu • 10am Sa, 11/1.
Surfer Girl • Indie-pop, reggae, surfrock, and hip-hop led by Carter Reeves
• SOhO • $23-$27 • sohosb.com • 9pm Sat, 11/1.
OUTDOORS
Architectural Walking Tour • History of buildings in SB • 229 E. Victoria St • $20 • afsb.org • 10am, Sat. Volunteer Gardening • Care for Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden • City of SB • Free, bring hats, water, and tools (some will be provided • 9am12pm Sa, 11/1.
Toes in the Cove • Join the 2025 Rincon Longboard Classic • Rincon Point • Schedule to be posted: www.toesinthecove.com • Weather depending, to be held on a Saturday in Nov. Check the website for updates.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Carpinteria Arts & Crafts Faire
• Shop fall and holiday handmade goods, gifts, and more • Carpinteria Arts Center • 10am-4pm Sa, 11/1.
Black Is Beautiful Gala • Second annual celebration for Black/African American beauty, culture, and community in Santa Barbara County • Healing Justice SB • Grand Meadow, SBCC • $250 • www.hjsb.org • 5-9pm Sat, 11/1.
Sunday 11/2
CHILDREN
Sundays at the Ranch • Fun for the family. Enjoy barn animals and tractor rides • Stow House, 304 N Los Carneros Rd • Free • goletahistory.org • 11am-2pm Sun.
Inner Vision Sound Journey • A yoga in the dark event. Proceeds support Blind Fitness • Power Of Your Om, 1221 State St • $10-$35 • blindfitness.org/programs • 1-2:30pm Sun, 11/2.
Book Signing & Talk • With Stephen P. Huyler • Presenting his new memoir, Transformed by India: A Life • SBMA, Mary Craig Auditorium • $15 • sbma.net/events • 2:30-4pm Sun, 11/2.
Empathy Cafe • Practice listening & empathy • 2040 Alameda Padre Serra, Unit #224 • Free • theempathycenter.org • 11am Sun.
Tom Lehrer Tribute Show • Presented by Gale McNeeley • Ojai Art Center • ojaiact.org • 3pm Su, 11/2.
OUTDOORS
Domingo Tour • Guided stroll through SB’s Architectural charm • Begins at SB Downtown Library • Architectural Foundation of SB • $20 • afsb.org • 10am Sun.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Coffee & Community / Café y Comunidad • Join Mayor Paula Perotte and Councilmember Luz Reyes-Martín for conversation, coffee, and treats. Spanish interpretation • City of Goleta & Goleta Valley Historical Society • Stow House Ranch Yard, 304. N Los Carneros • Free • 10am-12pm Sun, 11/2.
Book Fair • 25% in store purchases donated to Adams Elementary School • Chaucer’s Books • 2-4pm Su, 11/2.
Monday 11/3
DANCE
Community Dance Class with Ballet Preljocaj • All ages/levels welcome to learn from experts • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Carrillo Ballroom • Free, register: artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • 3:30pm Mo, 11/3.
Happy Halloween!
Halloween Speakeasy • Spinetingling cocktails and fare • San Ysidro Ranch • Reservations (805) 565-1720 • 5pm-12am through 11/2.
Rave To The Grave • House beats & high energy dance party • Kimpton Canary Hotel • $24 • downtownsb. org • 7-10pm Fri, 10/31.
Adapted Halloween Dance • All-inclusive Halloween party for folks of all abilities, costume contest • Carrillo Recreation Center • $10 • SB Parks & Rec • tinyurl.com/yjxpz6yh • 7-9pm Fri, 10/31.
The Mart’s Halloween Spectacular • Costume contest, trick-or-treating, and a movie • The Trading Post, Montecito Country Mart • Free • 11am-6pm Fri, 10/31.
Trick-or-Treat in a safe and fun way byvisiting Old Town Goleta, the Calle Real Shopping Center, the Montecito Country Mart, Linden Ave. in Carpinteria, and other areas hosting family-friendly activities on Halloween night!
Trunk Or Treat • View decorated cars and trick or treat • Girls Inc of Carpinteria, 5315 Foothill Road • Free • girlsinc-carp.org • 3-5pm Fri, 10/31. Goleta the GHOUL-Land • Live music, face painting, and family-friendly Halloween fun • Calle Real Shopping Center • 3-6pm Fr, 10/31.
Sip spooky cocktails at San Ysidro Ranch’s Halloween Speakeasy, running each night from 5pm to midnight through November 2nd
Old Town Halloween Candy Crawl & Pizza Party • Visit Goleta businesses for prizes and treats • Old Town Goleta • 3-6:30pm Fr, 10/31.
Halloween Costume Contest • Trick or treat and show off your costumes • Trick or treating on Linden Ave 3:30-5pm, Carpinteria, contest at Carpinteria Arts Center at 5:15pm Fr, 10/31.
Halloween Dance Party • Dancing, music, raffle, and costume contest • The Edge salon/ SAS Dance Studio • $10 • 6-11:30pm Fr, 10/31.
All Hallow’s Eve • DJs will guide you as the dance floor glows under black light. Tarot cards and elixers • Yoga Soup • $35-$45 • yogasoup.com • 7-10pm Fri, 10/31.
All Booked Up: Candy Swap & Storytime • Trade leftover Halloween candy for mystery book, storytime with local children’s author Julie Dillemuth • Dean Coffee • Free • 10-11am Sa, 11/1.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Honor
Día de los Muertos
REMEMBER
LOVED ONES AND ANCESTORS
by participating in a local Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration. All weekend long there will be opportunities to contribute to community altars, savor delicious food, shop at the Mujeres Makers Market for shopping, and more.
Día de los Muertos
• Tamale lunch and community altar, benefit for Association San Miguel • County of SB District Attorney’s Office, 1112 Santa Barbara St • $4-48 (for tamales) • 11:30am-1pm Fr, 10/31.
Día de los Muertos at SBMA • Enjoy free art activities for all ages, contribute to a community altar, and view student and locally-made ofrendas in the galleries • SB Museum of Art • Community displays and activities free; gallery ofrendas included with admission • 12-4pm Sa, 11/1 & Su, 11/2.
Dia De Los Muertos Market & Craft Day • Live performances, community altar, shopping from local artisans, and more • SBTHP & Mujeres Makers Market • El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park • Free • sbthp.org/ diadelosmuertos • 10am4pm Sun, 11/2.
and contribute to community
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
Underwater Archaeology: Voices from Coaybay • Free talk by State Parks Senior State Archaeologist John W. Foster • SB Museum of Natural History, Farrand Auditorium • www.sbnature.org • 7-8:30pm Mo, 11/3.
Scrabble Club • Louise Lowry Davis Center • All levels/ English/Spanish • Free • 1-4pm Mon.
Parliamo • Italian conversation, all
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
Intermediate Spanish
Conversation Class • Practice with others naturally • Central Library • Free, register: library.santabarbaraca. gov • 10-11am Tu, 11/4.
English Conversation Group • Practice speaking English • Central Library • Free, register: library. santabarbaraca.gov • 1-2pm Tu, 11/4.
Chess Club • Louise Lowry Davis Center • All levels/ English/Spanish • Free • 1-4pm Tue.
Spheres of Injustice • Talk on minority politics today by Professor Bruno Perreau • UCSB IHC • McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB • Free • www.ihc.ucsb.edu • 4pm Tu, 11/4.
Ezra Klein • Columnist and policy analyst discusses new book Abundance • UCSB Arts & Lectures • Arlington Theatre • $16-83 • artsandlectures.ucsb. edu • 7:30pm Tu, 11/4.
MUSIC
ZZ Top • Rock concert, opener Night Ranger • SB Bowl • $45.50-125.50 • sbbowl.com • 7pm Tu, 11/4.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Book Fair • 25% in store purchases go to Washington Elementary School • Chaucer’s Books • 5-7pm Tu, 11/4.
Wednesday 11/5
CHILDREN
Bilingual Music & Movement • Ages 0-5 • SB Public Library • 10:1510:45am, Wed.
Day of the Dead Celebration • Celebrate with dance performances, community altar, and treats • Carpinteria Arts Center • Free • 4-6pm Su, 11/2.
Día de los Muertos • Dress up, bring a photo, and enjoy festive food and drink • La Paloma Cafe • 4-10pm Su, 11/2.
Knitting & Crochet Club • Louise Lowry Davis Ctr • All levels/English/ Spanish • Free • 9-11:30am Wed.
CELEBRATED FOR HER RICH, INVITING VOCALS, Grammy-winning singersongwriter Gaby Moreno will hold free concerts across Santa Barbara County through UCSB’s Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara programming this week! Renowned for blending Latin pop, rock, and Americana, Moreno has swept the music scene with her Guatamalan roots. She is the winner of two Latin Grammy Awards and won the Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album in 2024 for X Mí (Vol. 1). Moreno will perform at 7pm on Thursday, Nov 6th at Carpinteria Vets Memorial Building; 7pm on Friday, November 7th at Isla Vista Elementary; 7pm on Saturday, November 8th at Guadalupe City Hall; and 6pm on Sunday, November 9th at the Marjorie Luke Theatre. artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/learn/viva-el-arte-de-santa-barbara
Lunch & Learn • Virtually discuss Tenant Protections Ordinance with City of Goleta staff • Free, register: https://tinyurl.com/5d5ypw9d • 12pm We, 11/5.
Fiction Book Club • Discuss The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen • Central Library • Free, register: library.santabarbaraca.gov • 5:30pm We, 11/5.
Le Cercle Français • French conversation, all levels • The Natural Cafe • https://tinyurl.com/5ejbd9ye • Free • 5-6:30pm Wed.
MUSIC
Open Jam • At Revolver Pizza. Bring an instrument. Jam with other musicians • 1429 San Andres St • Free • revolversb.com • 6-9pm Wed.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Casa Las Palmas Open House • Explore the improved building and its beautiful new patio • 323 East Cabrillo Boulevard • Free • 1-3pm Wed, 11/5.
Book Fair • 25% in store purchases donated to Adams Elementary School • Chaucer’s Books • 5-7pm We, 11/5.
Thursday 11/6
CHILDREN
Music & Movement • Shoreline Park • Free • calendar.library.santabarbaraca.gov • 10:30-11am, Thu.
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
The Life & Legacy of Tom Dibblee • Talk by Jonathan Hoffman • SB Museum of Natural History, Fleischmann Auditorium • Free-$15 • www.sbnature.org • 2pm Th, 11/6.
Survival is a Shared Story • Writing workshop with UCSB doctoral candidate Lexxus Edison • UCSB MCC Lounge • Free, register: mcc.sa.ucsb. edu • 5pm Th, 11/6.
Class • Learn improv with friends with Kymberlee Weil• Alcazar Theater • $10 at door • thealcazar.org • 7-9pm Tue.
The Mujeres Makers Market will host its annual Catarina Contest as well as dance performances, Lotería, booths featuring local vendors, and more from 10am to 4pm on Sunday, November 2nd.
Appreciate
ofrendas at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art through Sunday, November 2nd. Free art activities will also be held all weekend long.
Guess Who’s in Town Reading Series • Poets James Lenfestey and Chryss Yost • Unity of SB Chapel • $5 donation suggested • 5:30pm Th, 11/6.
Book Talk & Signing • UCSB Professor Michael Gurven discusses Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer • Chaucer’s Books • Free • 6pm Th, 11/6.
Sherrilyn Ifill • Civil rights lawyer • UCSB Arts & Lectures • UCSB Campbell Hall • artsandlectures.ucsb.edu • Free$20 • 7:30pm Th, 11/6.
MUSIC
Jack Johnson and The Moonshine Conspiracy • Live music and classic surf films • Arlington Theatre • arlingtontheatresb.com • 7pm Th, 11/6.
Gaby Moreno • Latin pop, rock, and Americana • Viva el Arte SB/UCSB Arts & Lectures • Carpinteria Vets Memorial Building • Free • 7pm Th, 11/6.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Celebrate Philanthropy • Luncheon honoring locals giving back • SB Foundation • Santa Maria Country Club • $50 • sbfoundation.org • 11:30am-1pm Th, 11/6.
Therapy Dogs of SBA • SB Airport partnered with Therapy Dogs of SB to help ease travel stress • flysba.santabarbaraca.gov/therapydogs • Free • Thu.
Weekly Protest • Protesting current administration and calling for human rights • Women’s March SB • SB County Courthouse • 4-6pm Thu.
Portraits of Life After Service • Honoring veterans and first responders through photography • City of Carpinteria’s AgeWell Program & SBCC School of Extended Learning • Alcazar Theatre • Free, RSVP: thealcazar.org • 6pm Th, 11/6.
Friday 11/7
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
Climate Fridays Santa Barbara
• Meet activists and discuss local initiatives • CEC Hub • Free, RSVP: cecsb.org • 3:30-5pm Fr, 11/7.
An Evening with Robert Ooley
• Pearl Chase Society hosts author to discuss new book • Alhecama Theatre • Free, donations appreciated • pearlchasesociety.org • 6pm Fr, 11/7.
SPHEREx: NASA’s New 3D Cosmos-Mapping Machine • Talk by Caltech Research Scientist Phil Korngut • SB Museum of Natural History, Farrand Auditorium • Free • 7:30-9pm Fr, 11/7.
David Sedaris • Humorist & author
• UCSB Arts & Lectures • Arlington Theatre • $16-68 • artsandlectures.ucsb. edu • 7:30pm Fr, 11/7.
MUSIC
Fall Choral Festival • Westmont music students • First Presbyterian Church • Free • 6pm Fr, 11/7.
Gaby Moreno • Latin pop, rock, and Americana • Viva el Arte SB/UCSB Arts & Lectures • Isla Vista Elementary
• Free • 7pm Fr, 11/7.
Cavalleria Rusticana • Opera SB performs an ill-fated romance • Lobero Theatre • $99+ • lobero.org • 7:30pm Fr, 11/7 & 2:30pm Su, 11/9.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Calm At Heart • Inspiring presentation and lunch hosted by Calm • Rosewood Miramar Beach • $1$2,500 • calm4kids.org • 11am-1:30pm Fri, 11/7.
Intimate Impressions: Art, Wine, and Music • Admire art, wine, and music by Kristen Lee Sergeant • SB Museum of Art • $120-150 • www. sbma.net • 3:45-6pm Fr, 11/7.
Saturday 11/8
CHILDREN
Explore Together: 1000 Books Before Kindergarten • Interactive learning fun for kids and families • Central Library • Free • 10:15-11:15am Sa, 11/8.
SB Reads: Vietnamese Stories and Crafts • Storytelling and crafts with students from the Vietnamese Student Association at UCSB • Montecito Library • Free • 11am-1pm Sa, 11/8.
DANCE
Annual Choreography Showcase • Benefit dance show by
Be Momentum • Center Stage Theater • $28-48 • centerstagetheater.org • 7pm Sa, 11/8.
MUSIC
Free Organ Concert • Thomas Mellan plays Liszt, Chopin, and originals • SB Music Club • First United Methodist Church • 3pm Sa, 11/8. Gaby Moreno • Latin pop, rock, and Americana • Viva el Arte SB/UCSB Arts & Lectures • Guadalupe City Hall • Free • 7pm Sa, 11/8.
Psychedelic Symphony • SB Symphony and Doublewide Kings perform ‘60s & ‘70s rock • Granada Theatre • $35-160 • granadasb.org • 7:30pm Sa, 11/8.
Queens of the Stone Age • Rock concert • Arlington Theatre • www. arlingtontheatresb.com • 8pm Sa, 11/8.
VOZ DE MANDO + NUEVOS REBELDES • Mexican regional concert • Chumash Casino • $49-89 • chumashcasino.com • 8pm Sa, 11/8.
OUTDOORS
SB Half Marathon & 5K • Also enjoy a free kids run and Chase Palm Park Festival • Race starts on Cabrillo Blvd, festivities at Chase Palm Park • Details/registration: https://santabarbarahalf.com • Festival 11/8, Races start 7am Su, 11/9.
Nature Walks at Elings Park • Annie Ayers & Sarah Cusser discuss pressing plants for museums • Elings Park, meet in parking lot • Free • 9-10:30am Sa, 11/8.
Fall Plant Season Kickoff • Shop seeds and plants for autumn gardening • SB Botanic Garden • early admission for members, RSVP required for all: sbbotanicgarden.org • Included with entry • 1-3pm Sa, 11/8.
Star Party • Observe the night sky • SBMNH Palmer Observatory • Free • 7-10pm Sa, 11/8.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Holiday Boutique • Shop handmade decor, gifts, treats, and more • First Presbyterian Church • 10am1pm Sa, 11/8.
Carp Photo Club Steals The Show • Theatrical photography exhibition to support Alcazar • Alcazar Theatre • $15, $25 for two • thealcazar. org • 7pm Sa, 11/8.
Theatre
Fleish Gordon and the Space Amoeba of Doom!
EXPERIENCE A REIMAGINING OF THE CLASSIC SCI-FI Flash Gordon series through a Yiddish immigrant lens when Shtetl Home Companion presents its staged radio comedy Fleisch Gordon and the Space Amoeba of Doom! at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum’s Covarrubius Adobe on Sunday, November 9th. Performances will be held at 3pm and 6pm. Tickets ($20) available at the door, suggested for audiences ages 12 and up.
Million Dollar Quartet • Four of music’s most legendary icons— Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins—meet for an impromptu jam session that would make rock n’ roll history • Rubicon Theatre • $55-$95 • rubicontheatre.org • Through 11/9.
Antigonick • Sophocles’ ancient and disturbing tragedy with fresh language and new life • Porter Theater, Westmont College • $12$20 • westmont.edu/boxoffice • Through 11/1.
Educating Rita Auditions • Auditions for a witty, two-character
TEENS
Youth Climate Workshop • Hands-on workshop on environmental advocacy for grades 6-12 • CEC Hub • Free, RSVP: cecsb.org • 1-4pm Sa, 11/8.
Sunday 11/9
CHILDREN
Bilingual Storytime • Stories/ crafts, museum admission included • SB Museum of Art Learning Lab • Free • 11-11:40am Su, 11/9.
DANCE
Celebrate Our Vibrant Dance Community • Colorful flavors of Dom’s Pintxos, cocktails and dancing
play • Details: ojaiact.org • The Fireside Room, Ojai Art Center Theater • 1pm Sa & Su, 11/1-11/2.
Disney’s Frozen • Broadway musical version of animated favorite • PCPA, Marian Theatre, Santa Maria • $25 starting • pcpa.org • 7pm Th, 11/6, through 12/21.
Fleisch Gordon and the Space Amoeba of Doom • Yiddish twist on ‘30s Flash Gordan space series • Shtetl Home Companion • Casa Covarrubias at the SB Historical Museum • $20+ • 3pm & 6pm Su, 11/9.
hosted by American Dance and Music • Dom’s Taverna, 30 E. Victoria St • $125-$150 • adam-tdh.org • 4-7pm Sun, 11/9.
Gaby Moreno • Latin pop, rock, and Americana • Viva el Arte SB/ UCSB Arts & Lectures • Marjorie Luke Theatre • Free • luketheatre.org • 6pm Su, 11/9.
Aly & AJ • Pop concert • Arlington Theatre • www.arlingtontheatresb.com • 7pm Su, 11/9.
OUTDOORS
Beach Cleanup • Care for our shores • Explore Ecology • Arroyo Burro Beach • 10am-12pm Su, 11/9.
SPECIAL EVENTS
The Beach Ball • Second annual event benefit for CASA. Sponsor and bid with champagne, brunch bites, surprise guests and music • San Ysidro Ranch Gardens • RSVP: e.givesmart.com/events/ISb/ • 12-2pm Sun, 11/9.
Santa Barbara Ghost Tours
Photo courtesy of Shtetl Home Companion
Carob Tree
By David Gress / Special to VOICE
ECAUSE ITS NATIVE REGION IS THE ARABIAN PENINSULA, the Carob Tree is, not surprisingly, incredibly drought- and heat-tolerant. What is surprising is its lush evergreen foliage and tropical look.
In the late 1860s, this interesting tree was introduced into the Santa Barbara area by pioneering horticulturists, and, due to its resilience and adaptability to our climate, soon became commonly planted locally – as a lovely ornamental for gardens and parks, and as street trees. It was also planted, for utilitarian purposes, in newly established commercial orchards, because it was prized for its remarkable seed pods that were processed for livestock feed.
~ Ceratonia siliqua
landscape. However, worldwide, it is best known and cultivated simply for its seed pods. From September to November, its thick stringbean-shaped pods (4- to 6-inches long) form in clusters. Of course, the seed pods only occur on female and/or monecious trees.
It can take up to a year for the seed pods to mature. When young, they are straight, smooth, and green; when mature, they become curved, wrinkled, and dark brown. When ripe, they do not split open to drop their seeds; instead, they fall to the ground intact - where they are eagerly eaten by animals - and subsequently disbursed with a dollop of fertilizer.
Carob Tree grows best with full sun in deep, well-drained, sandy loam soil - but it does seem to survive in a wide variety of soil conditions, including rocky and nutrient-poor soils. When first planted out in our community, it will require supplemental irrigation. When established, it will do quite well on our limited natural rainfall and can survive with annual rainfall of less than 12 inches. Fortunately, it is easy to grow, since it apparently has no serious insect or disease problems. Older foliage is tolerant of salt spray and is cold tolerant to 18 degrees Fahrenheit; new foliage is frost sensitive.
perfect in water-conserving landscapes for gardens, parks, and commercial landscapes. Planted in multiples, it can also be utilized as a large hedge for privacy and screening.
Now is the time to move Carob Tree into the list of trees that are an excellent choice for planting here, in preparation for what is anticipated to be our drier and hotter future.
In our Mediterranean climate, Carob Tree grows slowly to become a handsome, uniformly shaped, small- to medium-sized tree (25- to 40feet high), bearing a rounded crown (20- to 35-feet wide), with single or multiple trunks.
It is covered with glossy, dark green, pinnately compound leaves (5- to 12-inches long). The leaves are comprised of 4 to 8 pairs of leaflets that are ovate to elliptical in shape (1- to 3-inches long and 1- to 2-inches wide).
As the tree matures, the trunk develops a distinctive twist with deep furrows on the surface. When young, the bark is grayish brown; with age, it turns darker gray with rough scales.
The flowers are well hidden within the interior of the tree canopy. From June to September, depending on the weather, tiny flowers appear on catkinlike racemes (1- to 6-inches long and 1/3- to 1-inch wide) that emerge from short spurs on older stems, branches, or even the trunk. Each raceme can bear 20 to 60 diminutive, petal-less, flowers. Carob Tree is typically “dioecious” (female flowers and male flowers are found on separate trees) - but can occasionally be “monecious” (both male and female flowers and/ or perfect flowers are found on the same tree). Pollination is done by the wind or by insects.
Carob Tree is planted in Santa Barbara primarily for its stately appearance in the
The pulp within the seed pods has a heavy, sweet smell; in fact, the pods contain more sugar than sugar beets or sugarcane. The dark brown oval seeds inside the pods are 1/3-inch long; these are so uniform in size and weight that it has been reported that they were the original jeweler’s “carat” weight.
Carob Tree is endemic to Oman on the Arabian Peninsula. It has been widely cultivated for many centuries and is now naturalized throughout much of the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
Its common name, “Carob Tree”, comes from the Arabic word “kharrub”, meaning “locust bean pod.”
Another common name is “St. John’s Bread” – referring to the belief that it was eaten by Saint John the Baptist while wandering in the wilderness. It is in the Fabaceae (pea or bean) plant family. Its genus name, Ceratonia, comes from the Greek word “keratonia”, the name for the Carob Tree. The specific epithet, siliqua, comes from Latin and means “curved pod,” referring to the shape of the mature seed pods.
Humans have used Carob Tree throughout recorded history, primarily as food for personal consumption, as feed for livestock, and for firewood. The pods have a sweet flavor. After drying (and often roasting), they can be broken into chunks or ground into a fine powder, which can be used as a substitute for chocolate - for use in cooking, for hot drinks, for processing into a syrup used as a sweetener, or for the creation of a delicious liqueur. The gum from the seeds is used in food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. The wood is used in making furniture and for carving, due to its wavy grain and resistance to splitting.
Fallen seed pods can be messy. Of course, male trees are pod-free and should be planted in high traffic areas. Older trees can develop large surface roots; it is wise to provide sufficient space to accommodate their future growth.
Carob Tree is easily propagated from seed, although the gender and nature of the baby trees will be unknown until their flowers appear. Obtaining a new tree of the preferred sex and the best growth characteristics would require either grafting or air-layering.
Carob Tree is a handsome specimen tree,
There are many places in town to see these magnificent trees: some of the best specimens are on the SB City College campus (by the Administration Building and in the overlook lawn); several in upper Orpet Park; two in MacKenzie Park; as street trees, on Loma Street, on La Plata Street, on California Street; and a large tree on Chapala Street at W. Quinto Street.
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
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Carob Tree bark
Photos by David Gress Carob Tree
Carob Tree flower
Carob Tree fruit
So Much to Discover! during the 21st Mesa Artists Studio Tour
By Wendy Brewer / Mesa Studio Artists
HE SERENE SANTA BARBARA MESA will come alive with creativity when Mesa Artists host the 21st annual Open Studio Tour from 11 am to 4 pm on Saturday and Sunday, November 8th and 9th. Open to the public and free of charge, this unique event invites art enthusiasts and the curious alike to explore the working studios of ten professional local studio artists.
Visitors will enjoy strolling through the scenic Santa Barbara Mesa and Westside, witnessing firsthand the artists at work, and engaging in dialogue about their creative processes.
Each artist contributes to a dynamic showcase of artistic expression. Including landscapes, portraits, abstracts, mixed media mosaics, photography, metalwork, and sculptures, attendees will experience the diverse range of creative talent that flourishes in the vibrant Mesa community.
Participating artists include: Karin Aggeler, Misa Art, Wendy Brewer, Helena Daybreese, Sol Hill, Brian Kuhlmann, Jim
Martin, Chris Owen, Lena Savage, and Ellen Yeomans. The tour promises not just a visual feast, but an immersive experience that champions the spirit of local artistry and fosters a sense of connection between creators and their audience. Known for being easy to attend in a single day, all the studios are within a compact radius creating an intimate tour area that allows visitors to spend little time traveling between studios, be it by bike, foot, or car. Others enjoy making it a full day adventure including lunching at one of the many local restaurants.
This event is designed for art lovers and collectors of all ages and backgrounds, and is a perfect opportunity to acquire unique pieces for personal collections, gifts for others, or to simply indulge in the beauty of local artistry.
Art is a vital part of our community, and the Mesa Artists Studio Tour is a celebration of that. Continually reinventing itself, the group celebrates members who have been involved since the beginning as well as featuring new artists each year.
Mark your calendar and make the most of your visit by downloading or printing the tour map, at sbmesaartists.com
You can also follow the group’s journey on social media to get a sneak peek of what Mesa artists are creating: Instagram: @sbmesaartiststour FaceBook: Mesa Artists Studio Tour
Brian Kuhlmann’s Dead Lakes Cypress, Photograph
Water Element, Acrylic Etched on Metal by Misa Art
Happy Dance, Abstract by Karin Aggeler
Sol Hill’s Habitat Loss, Metagraph
Transcendence, Mixed Media Mosaic by Wendy Brewer
Wendy Brewer
Lakota Chief, Watercolor by Lena Savage
Sunbather, Photograph by Helena Breese
Helena Breese
Brian Kuhlmann
Sol Hill
ART VENUES
GALLERIES • STUDIOS
Dee Thompson LCCCA Illuminations Gallery La Cumbre Plaza marydeethompson@gmail.com
10 West Gallery • Festive Fall• Through Oct 29-Dec 7 • 10 W Anapamu • 11-5 We-Mo • 805-7707711 • 10westgallery.com
Ann Foxworthy Gallery • Dreams & Revelations by Paulo Lima • through Dec 4 • Alan Hancock College, 800 South College Dr, Bldg L, Santa Maria.
MUSEUMS
Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB • Beyond the Object; Mexican Prints: The Garcia-Correa Collection from local collectors Gil Garcia and Marti Correa de Garcia; Environmental Communications: Big Bang Beat LA; Joan Mitchell 100 • through Dec 7 • 12-5 Wed-Sun • museum.ucsb.edu
Art From Scrap • Explore Ecology • exploreecology.org
ArtLabbé Gallery • 111 Santa Barbara St, Suite H • artlabbe.org
Atkinson Gallery, SBCC • Up Next: Fall 2025 Student Show • atkinsongallerysbcc.com
Bella Rosa Galleries • 1103-A State St • 11-5 daily • 805-966-1707
PUBLIC PLACES
Architectural Fdn Gallery •
The Taut And The Lush By Madeleine Ignon • Through Nov 1 • 229 E Victoria • 805-965-6307 • 1–4 some Sa & By Appt • afsb.org
Art & Soul Gallery • Raw and Revealed: Joan Rosenberg-Dent & Sarita Reynolds through Nov 2 • 1323 State St • artandsoulsb.com
ART EVENTS
15th Slopoke Western Art Show • Octagon Barn, 4400 Octagon Way, SLO • $28.62 • Oct 31 - Nov 2nd. Opening Reception 5:30-7:30pm, 10/31.
Makahiya: I Wanted You To Feel The Same • Opening reception for artist Godofredo Astudillo • MCASB Satellite • Free • mcasantabarbara.org • 11am-2pm Sun, 11/2.
Artists In Dialog • Danvy Pham and Max Gleason on Pham’s Nostalgic Resonance • Indah Gallery • 2pm Sun, 11/2.
1st Thursday Art & Culture Evening • 5-8pm Thur, 11/6. See pages 14 & 15 for details.
Maurizio Barattucci: Observation, Reflection, Response • Printmaking retrospective with the artist • Community Arts Workshop • Free • Opening 5-8pm Th, 11/6; exhibition runs through 11/15.
HOME • Art show by The Institute of Absurd Affairs • Community Arts Workshop • Free • 11am-3pm Sa & Su, 11/8-11/9.
Sketching in the Galleries •
Draw inspired by art • SB Museum of Art • Free with admission & to students • RSVP: www.sbma.net • 11:15am-12:15pm Sa 11/8.
Adult Art Studio Class En Plein Air at Lotusland • Led by SBMA Teaching Artist Nicola Ghersen • Lotusland • $125-175 • RSVP: sbma.net • 1-4pm Sa 11/8.
Art KIT: Archiving & Pricing
Your Work • Calculate costs, set goals and learn pricing • Community Arts Workshop • $10 • www.sbcaw.org • 1-3pm Su, 11/9.
Mesa Artists Studio Tour •
Private studio spaces open to the public • Mesa, Santa Barbara • Free • sbmesaartists.com • 11am-4pm Sat & Sun, 11/8-11/9.
SB Arts & Crafts Show • Local artists & artisans • Free • 236 E Cabrillo Blvd • 10-5 Sun.
Carpinteria Creative Arts Market • Local pottery, beach art, cards, jewelry, and sewn articles • 8th St & Linden Av
Free • 2:30-6 Thur.
The Carriage and Western Art Museum • SB History Makers: Silsby Spalding, WW Hollister, Dixie; Saddle & Carriage Collections • Free • 129 Castillo St • 805-962-2353 • 9-3 Mo-Fr • carriagemuseum.org
California Nature Art Museum • Lulu Hyggelig: California’s First Thomas Dambo Troll • ongoing • Wild in California • Through Feb 23 • 1511 B Mission Dr, Solvang • 11-4 Mo, Th, Fr; 11-5 Sa & Su • calnatureartmuseum.org
Casa de La Guerra • Santa Barbara 1925 – 2025: A Portrait in Maps • $5/ Free • 15 East De la Guerra St • 12-4 Th-Su • sbthp.org/casadelaguerra
Casa del Herrero • Gardens & House • by reservation • 1387 East Valley Rd • tours 10 & 2 We & Sa • 805565-5653 • casadelherrero.com
Casa Dolores • Bandera Ware / traditional outfits ~ ongoing • 1023 Bath St • 12-4 Tu-Sa • 805-963-1032 • casadolores.org
Channing Peake Gallery • Form and Frame: Abstraction, Community, and the Language of Art • 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 • James Paul Brown A Joyful Vision & gallery artists • 125 N Milpas • 11-5 We-Sa • 805-9667939 • corridan-gallery.com
CPC Gallery • By appt • 36 E Victoria St • cpcgallery.com
Cypress Gallery • Joellen Chrones: Hot Glass and Warm Fuzzies • Through Nov 23 • 119 E Cypress Av, Lompoc • 1-4 Sa & Su • 805-737-1129 • lompocart.org
El Presidio De Santa Bárbara • Santa Barbara 1925 – 2025: A Portrait
Arcada at State & Figueroa Santa Barbara • 805-962-8885 www.waterhousegallery.com
in Maps • 123 E Canon Perdido St • 10:30-4:30 Daily • sbthp.org
Elverhøj Museum • history & Danish culture of Solvang • 1624 Elverhoy Way, Solvang • 805-686-1211 • 11-5 Th-Mo • elverhoj.org
Faulkner Gallery • 40 E Anapamu St • 10-7 Mo-Th; 10-5 Fri, Sa; 12-5 Sun • 805-962-7653.
Fazzino 3-D Studio Gallery • 3-D original fine art • 1011 State St • 805730-9109 • Fazzino.com
Gallery 113 • SB Art Assn • 1114 State St, #8, La Arcada Ct • 805-965-6611 • 11-5 Mo-Sa; 1-4 Su • gallery113sb.com
Gallery Los Olivos • Karen Mcgaw, Renée Kelleher, Carrie Givens: a personal point of view • through Oct 31; Five O’Clock Shadow: Garrett SpeirsNov. • Daily 10-4pm • 2920 Grand Av • 805-688-7517 • gallerylosolivos.com
Grace Fisher Fdn • Inclusive Arts Clubhouse • Paintings by Grace Fisher • 121 S Hope, La Cumbre Plaza • WeSu 11-5pm • gracefisherfoundation.org
Indah Gallery • Nostalgic Resonance: Danvy Pham through Nov 9 • 12-5 FriSun • 2190 N Refugio Rd, Santa Ynez • maxgleason.com/indah-gallery
James Main Fine Art • 19th & 20th
Century Fine art & antiques • 27 E
De La Guerra St • 12-5 Tu-Sa • Appt Suggested • 805-962-8347
Jewish Federation of Greater SB • Portraits of Survival interactive ~ Ongoing • 9-4pm Mo-Fr • 524 Chapala St • 805-957-1115 ext. 114
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum • a million+ historical documents • 21-23 W Anapamu • 10-4 Tu-Su • 805-962-5322 • karpeles.com
Kathryne Designs • Local Artists • 1225 Coast Village Rd, A • 10-5 Mo-Sa; 11-5 Su • 805-565-4700 • kathrynedesigns.com
La Cumbre Center For Creative Arts • Fine Line Gallery; Elevate Gallery; Illuminations Gallery • MultiArtist Studio/Gallery Spaces • La Cumbre Plaza • 12-5 Tu-Su • lcccasb.com
Lompoc Library Grossman Gallery • 501 E North Av, Lompoc • 805-588-3459
Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center • Blue through Nov 23 • 12-4 Th-Su • 865 Linden • 805-684-7789 • carpinteriaartscenter.org
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Sunlight and The Blues
Submissions are open for Voice Gallery’s December 2025 Exhibition.
Sculpture and 2D work is welcome.
To participate: email up to three images to artcall@voicesb.art by end of day, November 21st.
Label images with artist name and title of the piece.
Entry email must also include: artist’s name, telephone number, material, dimensions, price.
ACCEPTED entries pay fee at the ingathering:
$40 - 1st piece; $35 - 2nd piece; $30 - 3rd piece. All pieces must be wired or pedestal ready. NO brackets, saw tooth, etc.
Sales: 70% to artist / 30% to gallery.
Ingathering: Accepted art must be dropped off between 10am-12:30pm, Sunday, November 30th.
Exhibition Dates: December 2nd to 27th, 2025
Unsold Art Pick Up: Saturday, December 27th - 3 to 5pm
1st Thursday Reception:
December 4th • 5-8pm 3rd Friday Reception: December 19th • 5-8pm Questions? Call Kerry Methner • 805-570-2011
Book Bench Ribbon Cutting: Eastside Library
A BENCH IN THE FORM OF A BOOK and painted to look like book, was the cause for a celebration and ribbon cutting on Saturday, hosted by Friends of the Santa Barbara Public Library. The special reception included the unveiling of the newly painted book bench at the Eastside Library.
The bench was described as a whimsical, functional piece of art that celebrates imagination, reading and community spirit, in a release from the Friends of the Santa Barbara Public Library.
Local author Janet Lucy’s book, Makana is a Gift - Makana es un Regalo was used as an inspiration and templet for the bench illustration. Ann Hefferman interpreted the original illustrations by Alexis Cantú for the bench. The translator for the book was Marcos O. Martinez. During the unveiling and celebration, the Friends thanked Library Director Brandon Beaudette, and sponsors Santa Barbara Beautiful and Deckers Gives for their support.
805-845-4270 • santabarbarafineart.com
Maker House • A Gesture Repeated • 1351 Holiday Hill Rd • 805-565-CLAY • 10-4 Daily • makerhouse.org
Marcia Burtt Gallery • Coastal Life and Randall David Tipton • through Nov 16 • Landscape paintings, prints, & books • 517 Laguna St • 1-5 Th-Su • 805-962-5588 • artlacuna.com
Mate Gallery • beach images alongside vintage oils, gifts • 1014 Coast Village R • 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 Santa Barbara • San Milano Drive: DJ Javier • 11-6pm Tu-Sun • 653 Paseo Nuevo • mcasantabarbara.org
MCASB Satellite @ the Riviera Beach House • Makahiya: I Wanted You to Feel the Same by Godofredo Astudillo Opens Nov 2 • 9-9pm Daily • 121 State St • mcasantabarbara.org
Museum of Tibetan Art & Legacy Arts International • Wed-Sun 12-8pm • 310-880-6671 • lamatashinorbu.org / legacyartsb.com
American Girl project; Primal Wild; Correspondences, Erasing Lines, and Facing Ourselves • 410 Palm Av, Carpinteria • By Appt • 805-452-7739 • patriciaclarkestudio.com
Peregrine Galleries • Early CA & American paintings; fine vintage jewelry • 1133 Coast Village Rd • 805252-9659 • peregrine.shop
Peter Horjus Design • Studio • 11 W Figueroa St • peterhorjus.com
Portico Gallery • Jordan Pope & Gallery Artists • Open Daily • 1235 Coast Village Rd • 805-729-8454 • porticofinearts.com
Rubenstein Chan Contemporary Art • Sijia Chen, Chiho Harazaki and Kaoru Mansour • through Oct 26 (best to call ahead) • 410 Palm Avenue, Loft # B3 • 805-576-6152 • RubensteinChan.com
Santa Barbara Art Works • Arts Education for All • 28 E Victoria St • 805-260-6705 • M-F 8:30-4:30 • sbartworks.org
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden • Join the Enlichenment through Dec 7 • 1212 Mission Canyon Rd • 10-5 daily • 805-682-4726 • sbbg.org
Santa Barbara Fine Art • SB landscapes & sculptor Bud Bottoms • 1321 State St • 12-6 Tu-Sa & By Appt •
Santa Barbara Historical Museum • Ludmilla Pila Welch: Serene Santa Barbara through Mar 26; Pop-Up History through Nov 23; 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
• Redwoods of the Sea • through Jan 4
• The Chumash, Whaling, Commercial Diving, Surfing, Shipwrecks, First Order Fresnel Lens, and SB Lighthouse Women Keepers ~ Ongoing • 113 Harbor Wy, Ste 190 • 10-5 Daily • 805-962-8404 • SBMM.org
Santa Barbara Museum Of Art
• The Impressionist Revolution and Encore • Through Jan 25; By Achilles’ Tomb: Elliott Hundley and Antiquity @ SBMA through Feb 22 • 1130 State St • 11-5 Tu-Su; 5-8 1st Th free; 2nd Sun free Tri-Co residents • 805-963-4364 • sbma.net
Santa Barbara Museum Of Natural History • The Living Print through May 30; Drawn from Nature through Mar 26 • 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 • 805682-4711 • sbnature.org
Santa Barbara Tennis Club - 2nd Fridays Art • Western Edge • through Dec 2 • 2375 Foothill Rd • 10-6 Daily • 805-682-4722 • 2ndfridaysart.com
Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum • 3596 Sagunto St • 12-4pm Wed-Sun • santaynezmuseum.org.
Sahyun Genealogical Library • 1925 Santa Barbara Earthquake: Stories and Lives Remembered • 316 Castillo St • Tue/Thu 10-4; Sun & 3rd Sat 1-4 • https://SBGen.org
Seimandi & Leprieur • Whose Paradise?: Karine Tailame; Pierre Roy-Camille; Dora Vital; Ricardo Ozier-Lafontaine; Anabell Guerrero through Nov 22 • 33 W Anapamu St. • Wed-Sat 11-6 • 805-610-1203 • seimandileprieur.com
Slice of Light Gallery • Fall 2025; Photography by JK Lovelace • 9 W Figueroa St • Mo-Fr 10-5 • 805-3545552 • sliceoflight.com
Stewart Fine Art • Early CA Plein Air Paintings + European Fine Art + Antiques • 539 San Ysidro Rd • 11-5:30 Mo-Sa • 805-845-0255
Sullivan Goss •; Nathan Huff: Within Wilds through Nov 24; Fall Salon • 11 E Anapamu St • 10-5:30 daily • 805-7301460 • sullivangoss.com
Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Bear Museum • 122 W Canon Perdido • 11-4 Fr-Sa; Su-Th by appt • quinlanmuseum.com • 805-687-4623
SYV Historical Museum & Carriage House • Art of The Western Saddle • ongoing • 3596 Sagunto St, SY • 12-4 Sa, Su • 805-688-7889 • santaynezmuseum.org
Tamsen Gallery • Inside Heaven’s Gate – Behind the Scenes with Susan Bridges through Dec 31 • 1309 State St • 12-5 We-Su • 805-705-2208 • tamsengallery.com
UCSB Library Ocean Gallery • Art of Science through Mar 17; Unyielding Voices: Global Resistance and the Black Radical Tradition ~ drawn from the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archive 8 through Jun 12 • library.ucsb.edu
Voice Gallery • Goleta Valley Art Association • Through Oct 31; Anything Goes by SBAA Nov 2 through 29 • La Cumbre Plaza H-124 • 10-5:30 M-F; 1-5 Sa-Su • 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 • 805-9628885 • waterhousegallery.com
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum Of Art • Lines of Inquiry: Westmont Art Faculty Exhibition Fall 2025 • through Nov 1 • Weekdays 10-4, Sat 11-5 • westmont.edu/museum
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Marcos O. Martinez, Janet Lucy, Ann Hefferman, and Barbara Cronin Hershberg
Featuring Hankus Netsky, Andy Statman and Members of the Brave Old World and Klezmer Conservatory Band and other special guests
Thu, Oct 30 / 7 PM Granada Theatre
“If there’s anything that can be identified as the soul of Jewish society, it’s klezmer music.” – Itzhak Perlman
Lead Sponsor: Sara Miller McCune
From Illusion to Real Peace: Trump’s Test in Gaza and Ukraine
Real peace demands Palestinian statehood, Ukrainian neutrality and the courage to defy the war lobby.
UBy Jeffrey D. Sachs & Sybil Fares / October 23, 2025 / Al Jazeera
nited States President Donald Trump styles himself as a peacemaker. In his rhetoric, he claims credit for his efforts to end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Yet beneath the grandstanding lies an absence of substance, at least to date.
The problem is not Trump’s lack of effort, but his lack of proper concepts. Trump confuses “peace” with “ceasefires,” which sooner or later revert to war (typically sooner). In fact, American presidents from Lyndon Johnson onward have been subservient to the military-industrial complex, which profits from endless war. Trump is merely following in that line by avoiding a genuine resolution to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
Peace is not a ceasefire. Lasting peace is achieved by resolving the underlying political disputes that led to the war. This requires grappling with history, international law and political interests that fuel conflicts. Without addressing the root causes of war, ceasefires are a mere intermission between rounds of slaughter.
Trump has proposed what he calls a “peace plan” for Gaza. However, what he outlines amounts to nothing more than a ceasefire. His plan fails to address the core political issue of Palestinian statehood. A true peace plan would tie together four outcomes: the end of Israel’s genocide, Hamas’s disarmament, Palestine’s membership in the United Nations, and the normalisation of diplomatic ties with Israel and Palestine throughout the world. These foundational principles are absent from Trump’s plan, which is why no country has signed off on it despite White House insinuations to the contrary. At most, some countries have backed the “Declaration for Enduring Peace and Prosperity,” a temporising gesture.
Trump’s peace plan was presented to Arab and Muslim countries to deflect attention from the global momentum for Palestinian statehood. The US plan is designed to undercut that momentum, allowing Israel to continue its de facto annexation of the West Bank and its ongoing bombardment of Gaza and restrictions of emergency relief under the ruse of security. Israel’s ambitions are to eradicate the possibility of a Palestinian state, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made explicit at the UN in September. So far, Trump and his associates have simply been advancing Netanyahu’s agenda.
Trump’s “plan” is already unravelling, much like the Oslo Accords, the Camp David Summit, and every other “peace process” that treated Palestinian statehood as a distant aspiration rather than the solution to the conflict. If Trump really wants to end the war – a somewhat doubtful proposition – he’d have to break with Big Tech and the rest of the military-industrial complex (recipients of vast arms contracts funded by the US). Since October 2023, the US has spent $21.7bn on military aid to Israel, much of it returning to Silicon Valley.
Trump would also have to break with his donor-in-chief, Miriam Adelson, and the Zionist lobby. In doing so, he would at least represent the American people (who support a state of Palestine) and uphold American strategic interests. The US would join the overwhelming global consensus, which endorses the implementation of the two-state solution, rooted in UN Security Council resolutions and ICJ opinions.
The same failure of Trump’s peacemaking holds in Ukraine. Trump repeatedly claimed during the campaign that he could end the war “in 24 hours.” Yet what
Jeffrey D. Sachs, who recently received the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s Distinguished Peace Leader award, is a world-renowned economics professor, bestselling author, innovative educator, and global leader in sustainable development. Sachs serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he holds the rank of University Professor, the university’s highest academic rank. Sachs was Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University from 2002 to 2016. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Co-Chair of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, academician of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican, Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Honorary Distinguished Professor at Sunway University, and SDG Advocate for UN Secretary General António Guterres. From 2001-18, Sachs served as Special Advisor to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan (2001-7), Ban Ki-moon (2008-16), and António Guterres (2017-18). www.JeffSachs.org
he has been proposing is a ceasefire, not a political solution. The war continues.
The cause of the Ukraine war is no mystery – if one looks beyond the pablum of the mainstream media. The casus belli was the push by the US military-industrial complex for NATO’s endless expansion, including to Ukraine and Georgia, and the US-backed coup in Kyiv in February 2014 to bring to power a pro-NATO regime, which ignited the war. The key to peace in Ukraine, then and now, was for Ukraine to maintain its neutrality as a bridge between Russia and NATO.
In March-April 2022, when Turkiye mediated a peace agreement in the Istanbul Process, based on Ukraine’s return to neutrality, the Americans and the British pushed the Ukrainians to walk out of the talks. Until the US clearly renounces NATO’s expansion to Ukraine, there can be no sustainable peace. The only way forward is a negotiated settlement based on Ukraine’s neutrality in the context of mutual security of Russia, Ukraine, and the NATO countries.
Military theorist Carl von Clausewitz famously characterised war as the continuation of politics with other means. He was right. Yet it is more accurate to say that war is the failure of politics that leads to conflict. When political problems are deferred or denied, and governments fail to negotiate over essential political issues, war too often ensues. Real peace requires the courage and capacity to engage in politics, and to face down the war profiteers.
No president since John F Kennedy has really tried to make peace. Many close observers of Washington believe that it was Kennedy’s assassination that irrevocably put the military-industrial complex in the seat of power. In addition, the US arrogance of power already noted by J William Fulbright in the 1960s (in reference to the misguided Vietnam War) is another culprit. Trump, like his predecessors, believes that US bullying, misdirection, financial pressures, coercive sanctions and propaganda will be enough to force Putin to submit to NATO, and the Muslim world to submit to Israel’s permanent rule over Palestine.
Trump and the rest of the Washington political establishment, beholden to the military-industrial complex, will not on their own account move beyond these ongoing delusions. Despite decades of Israeli occupation of Palestine and more than a decade of war in Ukraine (which started with the 2014 coup), the wars continue despite the ongoing attempts by the US to assert its will. In the meantime, the money pours into the coffers of the war machine.
Nonetheless, there is still a glimmer of hope, since reality is a stubborn thing.
When Trump soon arrives in Budapest to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, his deeply knowledgeable and realistic host, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, can help Trump to grasp a fundamental truth: NATO enlargement must end to bring peace to Ukraine. Similarly, Trump’s trusted counterparts in the Islamic world – Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto – can explain to Trump the utter necessity of Palestine as a UN member state now, as the very precondition of Hamas’s disarmament and peace, not as a vague promise for the end of history.
Trump can bring peace if he reverts to diplomacy. Yes, he would have to face down the military-industrial complex, the Zionist lobby and the warmongers, but he would have the world and the American people on his side.
