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Immigration raids reach 93013

Before last week, the immigration raids sweeping the United States felt far away from Carpinteria, a beach town home to roughly 15,000 residents, a quarter of whom are immigrants. The city is often described as one of the last true California beach towns, and wears the title of “World’s Safest Beach” proudly.

But the morning of July 10, that perhaps false sense of security was shattered as dozens of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security agents raided a state-legal cannabis farm just outside city limits, detaining and removing at least 10 farmworkers accused of being undocumented.

In the hours that followed, community members rushed to Ca-

sitas Pass Road, demanding the farmworkers be released. Agents threw smoke bombs and flash grenades at the crowd, as a few protesters lobbed rocks in return. Hundreds of locals rushed to city hall for a special meeting addressing immigration enforcement concerns that same night, asking the city council to protect its immigrant community.

At least two of those detained — both California residents of nearly 20 years — have since been deported to Mexico; one is the mother of three U.S. children.

Coverage of the raid, the protest, and the aftermath can be read on pages 4–8 of this week’s print.

Five teenagers from Carpinteria hosted a bake sale on July 11, to support those impacted by recent raids and arrests carried out by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Teens host bake sale to support families impacted by ICE

Five Carpinteria 15-year-olds hosted a bake sale last Friday to raise money for local families impacted by the recent raids and arrests carried out by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). They brought in more than $2,000.

The group included Eloise Grewe, Hiver von Johnston, Alissa Neuron, and two other children who requested anonymity because they feared potential repercussions. The group donated $1,300 to a local family whose relative was deported following an ICE raid in Carpinteria, and the rest of their funds were donated to 805 UndocuFund, a local nonprofit that provides relief for immigrants and natural disaster survivors.

On Thursday, July 10, agents from the United States Immigration and Customs nforcement IC o ce raided Glass House Farms facilities in Carpinteria and Camarillo. In Carpinteria, at least 10 undocumented farmworkers from the cannabis company were arrested. At least two have since been deported to Mexico.

One Carpinteria employee who was deported is a mother of three young boys, as reported by the Santa Barbara Independent . The boys, ages 15, nine and eight, plan to join their mother in Mexico.

A second farmworker who was deported was identified in a GoFundMe

on Tuesday as Carpitnerian Sandra Berenice Santiago Hernandez. She has been living in the U.S. for 20 years, said her niece, who set up the GoFundMe.

“While the girls didn’t know any of the families affected personally, as soon as they heard about the raid, they wanted to do something to support the kids and families of those taken, and came up with the idea of a bake sale,” said mother Sarah Grewe. “They baked late into the night and set up at the end of Linden at the beach.”

Grewe said the sale saw about 100 people purchasing baked goods and contributing. The group of teenagers plan on hosting another bake sale soon.

“They wanted to thank everyone in town for contributing and supporting the children in our community who have had their parents detained and deported,” she said.

Ventura local Walt Dunlop, who was walking through Carpinteria when the teens held their bake sale, said he was “deeply moved” by the bake sale, and snapped a photo of the group working together.

“I’m convinced that they represent the goodness that lives in the (hearts) of young people throughout Carpinteria and, indeed, throughout our nation,” Dunlop told Coastal View News. “These kids made my day!”

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onprofit groups set up relief funds for immigrant families

Two local groups this week set up relief funds for immigrant families affected by the recent immigration enforcement actions on the Central and South Coasts: the Carpinteria Children’s Project (CCP), a nonprofit that offers family support and child education services, and the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning, a community service group.

In Carpinteria, at least a dozen people in the last week were arrested by Immigrant and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in three separate incidents.

ICE arrested two men in the parking lot of Carpinteria’s Smart & Final on July 7; one man in a residential neighborhood near El Carro Park on July 8; and at least 10 farmworkers accused of being undocumented in a raid of cannabis farm Glass House Farms on July 10. Protesters and members of the National Guard clashed in the aftermath of the Carpinteria raid.

At least two undocumented farmworkers detained in Carpinteria have since been deported to Mexico, according to GoFundMe fundraisers launched by their families and friends.

CCP has opened a “Helping Hands Fund,” with the goal to raise $100,000 for food, housing assistance, clothing and supplies to impacted Carpinteria families.

“Carpinteria families are hurting. We have witnessed inhumane treatment in our community that leaves children without caretakers and responsibly employed residents unable to support their families,” said Teresa Alvarez, CCP’s executive director. “Our organization is fortunate to be able to help local families who might be apprehensive to ask elsewhere, and at the same time, we are connected to the wider fundraising community. We hope to quickly raise $100,000 for dozens of local families who are suffering from

recent traumatic events.”

CCP has been in contact with two of the families affected by the IC arrests last week. The nonprofit is also working with other nonprofits who are connected with affected local families, including Girls Inc. of Carpinteria and the Carpinteria Boys & Girls Club, according to a press release from CCP sent out on Tuesday.

“We are proud of the outpouring of support Carpinteria has shown, and people have continued to ask us how they can act to help heal so much pain. It is so meaningful for underrepresented neighbors who are hurting to know that their community is here for them and compassion is alive and well,” Alvarez said.

The nonprofit is re uesting donations online at carpchildren.org/donate. Donations are tax deductible.

The Morning Rotary club set up its fund under the Morning Rotary of Carpinteria Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit. The club will provide funds on a recurring basis to local nonprofits supporting immigrant families with emergency and long-term assistance.

Rotary Morning President Steve Gerteis said the nonprofits serving the nutrition, education, mental health and housing needs for Carpinteria children and families can apply for these funds online at forms.gle/wMdCP2x1JkorRe4F9.

“Rotary has a long and proud tradition of stepping up in times of need,” Gerteis said in a press release sent out on Tuesday. “With so many in our community facing sudden and significant challenges, this is our moment to act, with compassion, leadership, and tangible support.”

Learn more online at givebutter.com/ pOx2R6.

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BY EVELYN SPENCE AND JUN STARKEY

Old Town Carpinteria Fiesta: July 20

The annual Old Town Carpinteria Fiesta will be held on Sunday, July 20, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Friends of the Carpinteria Library Bookstore.

The event will feature the 2025 Spirit and Junior Spirit of Fiesta, Natalia Trevino and Victoria Plascencia, as well as the Mariachi Los Arrieros, Sahagun Dance Academy, Luna Aguilera, and Timo Nunez Flamenco.

Food will be available for purchase from Geezy Q’s, including plates of barbecue ribs and tri-tip. Attendees can apply for ra e prizes, and fiesta crafts will be available for children. Canalino Elementary School teacher and radio host Sonia Aguila-Gonzales will keep the crowd upbeat with announcements and ra e prizes while DJ Marco provides music.

The event is hosted by the Friends of the Carpinteria Library, Artesania para la familia, and the Carpinteria Community Library. It is sponsored by Montecito Bank & Trust.

The bookstore is located at 5103 Carpinteria Ave.

Rincon paddle out to protest deep-sea mining organized for Sunday

A paddle out at the Rincon Beach Park to protest deep-sea mining is scheduled for Sunday, July 20 at 11 a.m.

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would allow American companies to mine for offshore minerals including manganese, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements — and resources in the seabed. Per the NOAA, these minerals are used in batteries, smartphones, medical devices and defense systems.

The International Seabed Authority is meeting in Jamaica through July 25 to decide if deep-sea mining will be allowed in international waters.

Local protest organizer Peggy Oki said allowing deep-sea mining could devastate American Samoa’s territorial waters. “Seabed mining threatens to disturb and harm sensitive marine life, including plankton, fish, whales, and dolphins,” Oki said in an email on Tuesday. “Sir David Attenborough likens bottom trawling to ‘bulldozing underwater rainforests.’ Seabed mining is like bottom trawling on steroids doing irreparable damage.”

More information about the paddle out and deep-sea mining is available at deep-sea-conservation.org.

CHS earns Career Choices Silver Medal from curriculum publisher

Carpinteria High School (CHS) has earned the prestigious Career Choices Silver Medal, presented by curriculum publisher Academic Innovations, which honors schools that excel in preparing for success.

“We’ve seen students go from unsure to focused,” said CHS Assistant Principal Jeremiah Sobenes in a press release for Academic Innovations. “When they realize they can shape their own path — whether it’s college, a trade, or something in between — it changes everything.”

According to the press release, the medal is awarded to schools that demonstrate strong outcomes in post-secondary planning, career readiness, and equitable access for all students.

“Carpinteria’s results reflect the program’s deep integration into school life. The school’s counselors use students’ 10-year plans to guide meaningful one-on-one discussions about course selection, interests, and future opportunities,” Gavin Rhoades with Academic Innovations said in a press release sent out last week. “Administrators use it as a motivational tool, while teachers encourage exploration through real-world financial planning and career research. Many students also earn dual enrollment credit through Santa Barbara City College’s Professional Development 138D course building confidence in their ability to succeed in higher education.”

The medal also recognized CHS’ work with its partner AHA! (Attitude, Harmony, and Achievement , a Santa Barbara-based nonprofit that supports students with social-emotional learning.

“All of our freshmen take this course — it’s not just a class, it’s a graduation requirement,” said CHS teacher Kevin Dolon. “It gives them clarity. Whether they’re college-bound or exploring the trades, the 10-year plan helps them connect what they’re doing in school to what they want out of life.”

t oe s estival attendance drops li el due to ICE concerns

While fun was had at the 68th annual three-day St. Joseph Church Festival in Carpinteria last weekend, festival organizers said attendance dipped roughly 20% compared to previous years, likely due to fear about immigration enforcement.

At least a dozen Carpinterian residents were arrested last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents: two at the parking lot of Carpinteria’s Smart & Final on July 7, one in a residential neighborhood near El Carro Park on July 8, and at least 10 reportedly undocumented farmworkers in a July 10 Homeland Security raid on Glass House Farms, a cannabis operation on Casitas Pass Road.

The latter incident has since drawn

national attention, paired with a concurrent raid at Glass House Farm’s Camarillo cannabis farm.At least two undocumented farmworkers picked up in the Carpinteria Glass House raid have since been deported, according to GoFundMe fundraisers launched by their families and friends. Last year, ten thousand people visited the festival across three days. This year, the guest count was roughly 8,000, with 2,000 at any one time, St. Joseph Church Pastor Fr. Dick Martini said on Tuesday. Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s O ce deputies were on hand to provide extra security, Fr. Martini said, and the festival was undisturbed.“Participants enjoyed a safe and joyful event,” he said.

––Evelyn Spence

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From left, Zermeno Dance Academy members Maya Lopez, Solara Acosta, Valentina Vega and Andrea Martinez at the 2024 Old Town Fiesta celebration..

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A view of the fairgrounds at the 68th annual St. Joseph Church Festival.

Protesters, Homeland Security clash after officers raid canna is farm

Federal agents deploy smoke bombs at crowd on Casitas Pass Road

BY EVELYN SPENCE

Hundreds of protesters and United States Department of Homeland Security agents clashed on Foothill and Casitas Pass roads last week, after Immigration and Customs nforcement IC o cers conducted a mass raid of Glass House Farms — a cannabis operation at 5601 Casitas Pass Road — in Carpinteria the morning of July 10.

At least ten Carpinteria Glass House workers were detained by ICE, according to information released by Congressman Salud Carbajal’s office. Glass House’s cannabis operation in Camarillo was also raided at the same time.

In a statement posted to X (formerly known as Twitter) on Friday morning, Glass House Brands said that the immigration and naturalization warrants were valid, and that the company was assisting detained workers with legal representation.

A video circulating Instagram last week showed the inside of the Glass House Farms during the Carpinteria raid. In the video, several farmworkers are seen being led outside and patted down by ICE and Homeland Security agents, as the unidentified woman filming repeatedly says in Spanish, “ayuda, ayuda, por favor” — which translates to “help, please.”

She says she is in Carpinteria at Glass House Farms. Translated from Spanish, she says: “We are not criminals, we came to work in this country.”

At one point in the video, one detained farmworker tries to run. He is tackled by two o cers, and one o cer pulls his gun and points it at the farmworker on the ground.

After ICE arrived, a large crowd began to form near the cannabis operation, yelling at the o cers to let the detained workers go. Members of the Homeland Security deployed smoke bombs and flash grenades into the crowd, and a few protesters threw rocks. There were two injuries reported: Vice Mayor Mónica Solórzano fell to the ground and was bleeding after agents deployed a flash grenade; and one ICE agent received stitches in his hand after a protester threw a rock, the Department of Homeland Security said this week.

In a statement to Coastal View News, Solórzano said she was upset that “the agents felt it was necessary to throw flash-bang and smoke grenades into the crowd, despite the fact that our residents were not being disruptive or violent in any way.”

“I was so proud to see so many Carpinterians standing peacefully in the face of tanks, armored trucks, and masked ICE and Homeland Security agents today. Our community is showing that it wants to protect and defend our neighbors who are being threatened, intimidated, and detained,” she said.

Beyond Sol rzano, several local o cials — including Congressman Carbajal, City Councilmember Julia Mayer and Mayor Natalia Alarcon — also showed up.

Carbajal tried to make his way into Glass House but was denied entry. In a statement, he said the raid was conducted using “disproportionate displays of force against local farm workers and our agricultural community.”

“As a member of Congress and representative of the Central Coast, I have the right to conduct oversight and see first-hand what IC was doing here. As soon as I walked up, I was denied entry and was not allowed to pass. This was

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ICE agents and Homeland Security clashed with protestors on Casitas Pass and Foothill roads, after ICE raided Glass House Farms on July 10.

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From left, Carpinteria Mayor Natalia Alarcon and Vice Mayor Mónica Solórzano — who was injured in the chaos — observe the crowd. At far right is councilmember Julia Mayer.

completely unacceptable. There’s been a troubling lack of transparency from ICE since the Trump Administration started, and I won’t stop asking questions on behalf of my constituents,” he said, adding that he will find out who was taken.

“And let me be clear: these militarized ICE raids are not how you keep our communities safe. This kind of chaos only traumatizes families and tears communities apart. They are also a gross misuse of limited resources and a betrayal of the values that define us as Americans.”

Santa Barbara County First District Supervisor Roy Lee, whose district covers Carpinteria, said the army presence was “over the top” and felt like “intimidation.”

“This was scary — and it was unnecessary. There’s absolutely no reason to roll armored trucks down the streets of Carpinteria (...) People in our community have every right to protest, and I’m proud that Carpinteria stood together and spoke up loudly but peacefully. Federal agents need to remember that their job is to de-escalate tensions — not to escalate them.”

Homeland Security left the area just after 1 p.m., after the crowd moved toward them with their hands up in the air.

The raid last Thursday comes after three other ICE arrests in Carpinteria earlier that week. Two Carpinteria men were detained in the parking lot of Carpinteria’s Smart & Final on July 7, and another in a residential neighborhood near El Carro Park on July 8. A GoFundMe, gofundme. com/f/families-in-crisis-after-suddenice-arrestsplease-help, has been set up to support their wives and children.

Sara Grey holds up a sign: “No human is illegal on stolen land.”

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Hundreds of protesters and members of the National Guard clashed on Foothill and Casitas Pass roads in Carpinteria last Thursday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a cannabis farm.

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Locals grab Carpinteria Immigrant Rights Coalition pins ahead of the special Carpinteria city meeting on July 10 addressing immigration enforcement concerns.

Anti-ICE protesters line the walls of the Carpinteria City Council chambers on July 10 as councilmembers discuss how to support the immigrant community.

The aftermath of an ICE

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Carpinteria city co ncilmem ers e are fi htin an enemy.

BY EVELYN SPENCE

Anger. Fear. Anguish.

One by one, Carpinterians took to the podium at city hall last Thursday night, unified and direct in their grief: keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) out of Carpinteria, they said over and over and over.

Of the hundreds that packed into Carpinteria City Hall the night of July 10, not a single person spoke out in favor of the mass deportation policies adopted by President Donald Trump’s administration.

After ICE agents in unmarked vehicles detained two men in the parking lot of Carpinteria’s Smart & Final the morning of July 7,Carpinteria city staff rushed to organize a city meeting directly addressing the community’s immigration enforcement concerns.

But two more ICE sightings quickly followed. On July 8, ICE agents arrested one man —a gardener with a wife and young children — from a residential neighborhood near El Carro Park, breaking the window of his employer’s truck in the process. And just two days later, ICE and Homeland Security agents arrested at least 10 reportedly undocumented farmworkers from Glass House Farms, a state-legal cannabis operation on Casitas Pass Road.

At least two undocumented farmworkers who were detained in the Carpinteria raid have since been deported.

As reported by the Santa Barbara Independent, one farmworker who has been deported to Mexico leaves behind three children: ages 15, eight and nine. They plan to join her in Mexico, according to the Independent.

Another farmworker detained in Carpinteria was identified by her niece as Sandra Berenice Santiago Hernandez. She had lived and worked in Carpinteria for 20 years before she was deported to Mexico.

According to a GoFundMe posted by Santiago Hernandez’s niece, Santiago Hernandez was taken to detention centers in Camarillo and Los Angeles before she was deported to Tijuana. She is originally from Guanajuato, Mexico. “I do

have contact and can speak with her, she is okay just tired and in disbelief of what had happened,” her niece wrote on the GoFundMe page and on Facebook, adding that her aunt has no criminal record beyond entering the county illegally. Her aunt has diabetes and cirrhosis and was being treated at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

Agents also raided the Glass House Farms operation in Camarillo at the same time, arresting more than 300 people accused of being undocumented and detaining 14 children federal agents say were working at the Camarillo site. Glass House Brands, the parent company of Glass House Farms, has denied knowingly violating hiring practices and said the company has never employed minors.

Company representatives said on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) that the company complied with the warrants and is working to connect their detained workers with legal aid.

In the hours that followed the Carpinteria raid, upset community members

rushed to Foothill and Casitas Pass roads, demanding agents release their friends, family and neighbors. They were met with smoke bombs and flash grenades in an incident that has since drawn national attention.

The Carpinteria City Council, speaking to a crowd of hundreds spilling out of the council chambers the night of July 10, offered its unwavering support to the city’s immigrant community during the nearly five-hour meeting. Just under a uarter of the city’s population are immigrants, and roughly 36% speak a language other

than English at home, per the last census. These numbers don’t include those living in unincorporated areas of the Carpinteria Valley, which fall under county jurisdiction.

“We will stand with you,” Councilmember Julia Mayer told the public. “We are fighting an enemy,” Councilmember Wade Nomura said.

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he wor ers tar eted in these raids are not stran ers they are o r nei h ors.

— Assemblymember Gregg Hart

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Vice Mayor Mónica Solórzano sits down during the Pledge of Allegiance on July 10; Councilmember Julia Mayer, at right, offers her support.

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Protesters march down the boardwalk on July 12.

member Gregg Hart and Santa Barbara District Attorney John T. Savrnoch — also condemned the July 10 federal government actions online and over email.

In a statement posted to social media platform X, Congressman Carbajal, whose district includes Carpinteria, said the raid was conducted “using a disturbing and disproportionate level of force, both on the farm workers they were targeting and the peaceful protesters who gathered to defend their neighbors.”

“I witnessed agents, in full military gear, fire smoke canisters and other projectiles into a crowd of peaceful civilians. Just before I arrived at the scene, witnesses told me the agents threw a stun grenade into the crowd. Several civilians were injured, including a child,” he wrote in response to an ICE statement calling the Carpinteria protestors “a violent mob.”

“The workers targeted in these raids are not strangers — they are our neighbors,” Assemblymember Hart said in an email last week. “They are the people who plant, tend, and harvest the crops that sustain our local economy. They are parents, community members, and essential workers who deserve dignity and respect — not fear, intimidation, or detention.”

Locals agreed.

In a display of unparalleled Carpinteria unity, community members shared personal stories of being there the morning of July 10, watching military tanks and vehicles descend on the “World’s Safest Beach.”

David A. Rosso who was filmed blocking Homeland Security agents with his car in a video that later gained significant traction on social media platforms said he was delivering food for local seniors from the Santa Barbara Foodbank when he spotted military-style vehicles driving down Rincon Road.

In the video, a Homeland Security agent can be seen pulling the keys out of Rosso’s ignition and tossing them into the bushes as he argues with other agents.

“I look in my mirror, and I can see a military armored convoy, literally, coming down Rincon Road,” Rosso told the council last week. “Up until today, I only saw these things on the news in the evening.”

Others urged the Carpinteria City Council to support its immigrant community financially and positionally.

“I have always said that Carpinteria was, and should always be, the safest

town I’ve ever lived in (...) I now have to witness mi gente walking the street with their head on a swivel. It’s not a safe town anymore,” local Natalie Vilchez told the council.

“I’m 20 years old (...) I should not be scared for my people, for my grandparents. I have family who have papers, but because they are brown skinned — and they do look a little bit different,they’re not blonde and blue eyed —I have to fear for them, and I’m not even the one who is targeted.”

Ivan Vega, the policy and health equity manager for Future Leaders of America, a Santa Barbara-based youth organization, said last week’s ICE sightings were “only the first wave.”

“Thousands of people are being affected. There’s children that went home today without parents. What are those children going to do without their parents? If they’re lucky, they had a family plan already in action. Many of them, I assume, do not. No one prepares for their family to be ripped apart,” Vega said.

Teachers and club leaders told the council the kids in their classrooms and playrooms are scared.

“We have kids that are going home with no parents,” Carpinteria Boys & Girls Club Director Diana Ornelas told the council; “Every single day, when my students would come to class, they were stressed,” said Carpinteria High School science teacher Mandi de Witte.

Representatives from nonprofits such as the Carpinteria Children’s Project, an early childhood education nonprofit, and La Casa de la Raza, which helps immigrant families, also asked the council for support.

After hearing from community members, the council unanimously approved a statement rea rming the city’s commitment to all of its residents; adopted a proclamation supporting immigrant communities and denouncing aggressive immigration enforcement practices; and approved $10,000 in emergency funding that will go to nonprofits in the coming weeks that support impacted residents.

Nonprofits will also be able to apply for the city’s annual community support grants through the end of this month, with $150,000 in funding available to be dispersed later this fall.

The city council also discussed joining the lawsuit filed by Los Angeles immigrant advocacy groups against the Trump administration and its mass deportation policies. After hearing from city legal

counsel, the council decided to hold off for now until the lawsuit progresses further.

They also questioned Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s O ce SBSO Carpinteria Chief Lt. Rich Brittingham on police options if ICE, or someone impersonating an ICE agent, is spotted in Carpinteria.

Lt. Brittingham once again confirmed that the Sheriff’s O ce does not enforce immigration status, but he did note that SBSO is typically given a heads up when ICE is in town — similar to when any other police or federal agency comes into town to prevent any agency conflict.

Following council direction, the city on Friday launched an immigration support and resources page: carpinteriaca.gov/ immigrantsupport.

“There’s no doubt that it has been a di cult week for our community, and a di cult day,” Mayor Natalia Alarcon told the crowd on Thursday, choking up.

Protesters also crowded the streets of downtown Carpinteria on Saturday morning, marching from the Seal Fountain down to the city boardwalk.

“ICE out of Carp,” hundreds chanted, spanning over three city blocks long. Their signs reflected their anger ” ducation not deportation,” “All are welcome, hate is not,” “Tu lucha es mi lucha.” (“Your struggle is my struggle.”)

One little girl, perched on her father’s shoulders, held her sign high while the pair walked over the city’s boardwalk: “Stop separating families.”

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Locals gather at the Seal Fountain on July 12 for an “ICE Out of Carpinteria!” protest.

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Ashley Ferrell marches on July 12.

Misinformation explodes online following ICE raids in Carpinteria, Camarillo

BY EVELYN SPENCE

Misinformation about last week’s Immigration and Customs (ICE) enforcement raids of two Glass House Farms cannabis farms in Carpinteria and Camarillo has exploded online since the news hit the national spotlight.

In the aftermath of the two raids — conducted on two separate Glass House Farms operations roughly 30 miles apart the morning of July 10 — many commenters and posters have repeatedly conflated and manipulated the facts of the two raids on social media platforms including Instagram, X (formerly known as Twitter) and Facebook.

Here’s what we know, and what we don’t.

Facts: Carpinteria

The Carpinteria raid took place on a Glass House Farms state-legal cannabis operation at 5601 Casitas Pass Road. Roughly 50 Homeland Security and ICE agents were seen in the area.

The Carpinteria Glass House operation is located on a 4.8-acre property in the south area of Santa Barbara County, with both cultivation and processing of cannabis on site.

At least four local news outlets — print publications Santa Barbara Independent and Coastal View News, TV outlet KEYT, and digital publication Noozhawk — had at least one reporter, one photographer or both on the scene of the Carpinteria protest the morning of July 10. Protesters gathered on Casitas Pass and Foothill roads, located just outside Carpinteria city limits in an unincorporated area of the Carpinteria Valley, after the ICE raid.

Noozhawk, a digital outlet, covers the entirety of Santa Barbara County; Santa Barbara Independent, a weekly print paper, covers the Santa Barbara northwest through Goleta and the Santa Ynez Valley, and then southeast through Montecito and Carpinteria, with presence in Ventura as well, according to its website; and Coastal View News, a weekly print paper, covers the Carpinteria Valley, Summerland and Rincon. TV news station KEYT covers the Central Coast.

The first alert from the 0 Immigrant Coalition — a grassroots immigrant rights group that operates in the 805 area code, which covers San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in California — about ICE sightings at Glass House Farms in Carpinteria and Camarillo went out at 10:32 a.m.

The alert stated in Spanish: “7/10 Carpinteria and Oxnard. 10:20 a.m. Immigration is present on both Glass House farms. Don’t say anything or sign anything. Citizens show up to protect workers!”

Glass House Brands — the parent company of Glass House Farms — later confirmed on the social media platform X that the company had received and complied with immigration and naturalization warrants.

In Carpinteria, a crowd began to form on Casitas Pass Road near the Glass House Farms operation around 11 a.m. Agents later piled onto a military-style vehicle and left the scene as protesters walked toward them with their hands up in the air just before 1:15 p.m.

Over roughly two hours, in incidents captured on video and through photos,

Fact check: here’s what we know, and what we don’t

armed Homeland Security agents threw smoke bombs and flash grenades into the crowd. Protesters were not armed with weapons; some threw rocks at the agents. Tear gas was not present in Carpinteria.

There was at least one physical confrontation between a protester and an ICE agent. In a photograph captured by a Coastal View News photographer, an ICE agent can be seen putting his hands on an unidentified woman, who is being pulled away by another man.

Homeland Security agents also fired rubber bullets at one man who ran after the military vehicle as it was leaving the area, as seen in photos posted online and as reported by KEYT reporter John Palminteri.

Two injuries were reported in the aftermath of the Carpinteria protest.

Carpinteria City Vice Mayor Mónica Solórzano fell to the ground after agents threw a flash grenade into the crowd, in an incident recorded on video. She can be seen in photos and videos with a bleeding arm.

The Department of Homeland Security said on Monday that a rock thrown by a protester injured one ICE agent. They provided a photo and said he was treated at a hospital for stitches.

The Department of Homeland Security has claimed Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) doxed an ICE Public Affairs Specialist who gave Carbajal his business card. The department said he showed the ICE employee’s business card to “the mob” and made the agent a target.

Carbajal said the DHS’ claims are a “blatant attempt to distort what occurred in Carpinteria.” Carbajal has said he arrived on site and attempted to oversee the ICE operation. He was physically pushed back by federal agents when he attempted to pass through the agents, as seen in videos posted online and by reporters on the ground.

Noozhawk reported Monday that a

reporter covering the protest witnessed Carbajal interact with an ICE employee, who gave him a business card. Carbajal then shared that card with members of the media, including Noozhawk.

At least two undocumented farmworkers who were detained in the Carpinteria raid have since been deported.

As reported by the Santa Barbara Independent, one farmworker who has been deported to Mexico has three children, ages 15, eight and nine, who are planning to join her in Mexico.Before last week, she had lived in Southern California for 16 years and has no criminal record beyond entering the county illegally, the Independent reported.

Another farmworker detained in Carpinteria, identified by her niece as Sandra Berenice Santiago Hernandez, had lived and worked in Carpinteria for 20 years before she was deported to Mexico.

According to a GoFundMe posted by Santiago Hernandez’s niece, Santiago Hernandez was taken to detention centers in Camarillo and Los Angeles before she was deported to Tijuana. She is originally from Guanajuato, Mexico.

“I do have contact and can speak with her, she is okay just tired and in disbelief of what had happened,” her niece wrote on the GoFundMe page and on Facebook, adding that her aunt has no criminal record beyond entering the county illegally. Her aunt has diabetes and cirrhosis and was being treated at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

A video circulating Instagram last week shows the inside of the Glass House Carpinteria raid. ICE and Homeland Security agents can be seen patting down several Glass House farmworkers, as the unidentified woman filming says in Spanish that they are at Glass House Farms in Carpinteria.

Translated from Spanish, she says: “We are not criminals, we came to work in this country.”

Facts: Camarillo

KEYT, KTLA and the Ventura County Star have been covering the Camarillo raid, which was located in Ventura County.

The Camarillo raid took place on a Glass House Farms operation at 645 Laguna Road. That Camarillo operation is one of the largest legal cannabis operations in the state, roughly 94 acres cultivating cannabis. Of Glass House’s Camarillo greenhouses, three grow cannabis, and three grow tomatoes and cucumbers, VC Star reported in September 2024.

Per the acific Coast siness imes, a print publication that covers the tri-county area, the company bought the Camarillo property in 2021.

After ICE and federal agents appeared at the Camarillo operation, protesters — forming a larger crowd than the one in Carpinteria — spent several hours clashing with federal agents. Federal agents used tear gas on the protesters, and one man was filmed firing a gun at federal agents. He has not been identified, and the FBI has issued a $50,000 request for information.

At least four U.S. citizens were arrested in Camarillo during the protest, the Department of Homeland Security said, including a California State University Channel Islands professor.

The professor, Jonathan Anthony Caravello, was released Monday. He was arrested with charges related to reportedly throwing a tear gas canister at law enforcement, but news reports state that he was attempting to remove a tear gas canister that was stuck underneath a person’s wheelchair.

KARLSSON PHOTOS

Federal agents and protestors clash on Casitas Pass Road in Carpinteria on July 10 after an immigration raid at a nearby cannabis farm.

LETTERS

“Please do not use rodenticides. I have a pair of estrels in my yard that ed ed three babies, and I also have a roadrunner. They are at ris of ein illed y rodenticides.

— Nancy Hill

Issues regarding the ur iner Inn

This is to offer a few thoughts regarding the Surfliner Inn project. A draft nvironmental Impact Report IR will be available sometime in the fall. In the meantime, we wait. We also ponder and review. Has the developer been thoroughly vetted Is the developer successfully managing any hotels

nder “Hot Topics” on the city’s website, the history of this project is spelled out. The Re uest for roposal RF was due on Nov. 1 , 017. It was very specific in terms of what was supposed to be submitted.

Nine separate items were re uested. A few of these were A list of the entities and individuals that would be involved with a description of their responsibilities an organizational chart showing the entity structure a summary of the team’s past experience developing similar projects a preliminary capital pro forma and an operating pro forma.

The city would be creating a business partnership with the developer that would last years. Do they have experience building managing a hotel restaurant operation Could the developer submit a business plan

Annie Sly Carpinteria

Stop the killing of wildlife, please

List of animals killed by rodenticides owls, hawks, falcons, turkey vultures, bobcats, mountain lions, coyotes, skunks, opossums and more.

lease do not use rodenticides. I have a pair of kestrels in my yard that fledged three babies, and I also have a roadrunner. They are at risk of being killed by rodenticides. estrel populations have declined 9 in the central California coastal area. I had roadrunners for 0 years and suddenly they disappeared. I suspect they were poisoned. The other day for the first time in 10 years I saw a roadrunner in my

yard. I would be grateful for your help to promote a no poison environment.

Nancy Hill Summerland

Sponsor those in other countries

While passing through your lovely town, I picked up a copy of Coastal View News to read. I couldn’t help but smile at some of the letters and wondered if the people commenting were born here.

Lately I’ve had so many people born in the .S. commenting on something they know very little about nor have they been taught anything about immigration in schools. I am a legal alien, twice, so I know a thing or two. The best way to show sympathy is to sponsor someone from another country. kraine or Gaza would be good choices. ick a person or family to sponsor through a church group and then they get on the waiting list, which in our case was 17 years long, all the while waiting, working, saving money, going to school, learning nglish, getting all medical tests, x-rays for the entire family. Then show up to pick them up at the airport, or if they are arriving by boat across the Atlantic like we did, show up at whatever port it docks. Then take the family to their apartment, drive them around to help them get jobs, and sign up for schools.

To do anything other than that is to hand out a bandage. Another way would be to work with your representatives to enact new laws, although the current laws on the books work very well. Meanwhile, I’ll keep reading your lovely paper in your sunny town and keep smiling at people’s naiveness.

I guess it’s part of the human condition to think something is being accomplished by handing out bandages since that’s easier to feel something is being accomplished instead of getting deep down into it. Vivian Rutland, a proud legal alien and there’s generations and generations of people like me.

Vivia Rutland Ojai

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CITY BEAT

Rezone of bluffs property not in the cards at this time, council says

BY LIV KLEIN

The Carpinteria City Council on Monday voted 4-1 not to initiate the rezone of two industrial parcels on the bluffs for housing and not pursue a development agreement with the property owner, against staff recommendation.

While City Principal Planner Mindy Fogg made it clear that the resolution on the table on Monday wasn’t a rezone approval, but rather a first step in a multistep process to potentially rezone the property Site 1, with . 1 acres across 1 and 17 Carpinteria Ave. for residential/mixed use, the council still largely voted to stop the process while they were ahead, citing concerns with building housing on the bluffs.

With the council’s rejection, Site 21 will now be bundled in with the second round of city rezone proposals, which will return to the council sometime later this year or early 0 .

Late last year, in an urgent effort to bring the city’s Housing Element up to speed and get back into compliance with the state of California’s Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), the council approved a new zoning designation known as residential/ mixed use (RMU) with accompanying objective design standards.

During the selection and approval of eight new parcels for the new RMU zoning designation, property owner Victor Schaff offered Site 21, located on the bluffs. But the council was deadlocked in a decision, and instead voted to bring back Site 5 and Site 21 this year for further consideration.

Site the Lagunitas parcel at 0 Via Real —has a new proposal on the table for 9 -unit town homes, making it ineligible for RM rezone at the time.

Schaff returned to the council at Monday night’s meeting for a second look at possibly rezoning Site 21 for residential/ mixed use and for an early look at Schaff’s housing proposal 17 rental units across four two-story buildings. Thirty-six units would be designated for low-income housing.

Rezoning Site 1 would allow Schaff and his consultants from SEPPS Land Use Consulting to implement a housing project that would primarily focus on accommodating affordable low-income housing and workforce housing for Carpinteria residents — an ongoing and prevalent city crisis.

“In Carpinteria, we are providing affordable housing at four properties that’s about 1 0 apartments. Our waitlist in Carpinteria for those 160 apartments is over 1,000 households,” Kenneth Trigueiro, C O of eople’s Self-Help Housing, shared in Monday night’s meeting. “We really welcome the opportunity to work with the owners to deliver affordable housing at this infill location and support the local workforce — those who really need it.”

Schaff said his intentions for the project grew out of the need to address the housing crisis that Carpinteria continues to face, especially for low-income and workforce housing.

He noted the lack of housing for the local workforce in Carpinteria is an issue that has remained prevalent for decades. As the first owner of S S Seeds, he said he had trouble hiring due to housing costs.

“When I tried to hire executives — we only had about 15 people — it always came down to housing, they just could not afford to live in this area,” he said.

While highly dense at about 25 dwelling units per acre, the development would dedicate 20% to low-income

“This proposal is about providing housing at this site in lieu of more ind strial o ce development. These properties are zoned for development. They will be developed (...) It is not an issue of open space ers s ho sin — it’s, do you want more D o ce space or do yo want housing here?”

—Laurel Perez of SEPPS Land Use Consulting

housing in its own section of the bluffs. Sectioning it off would allow the successful development and management from a low-income housing group, such as eople’s Self-Help Housing, Schaff said.

The project proposal also commits to two-story buildings under the city’sfoot height limit and establishes a buffer to the environmentally sensitive habitat on site.

“This proposal is about providing housing at this site in lieu of more industrial o ce development. These properties are zoned for development. They will be developed,” Schaff’s consultant, Laurel Perez of SEPPS Land Use Consulting, told the council. “It is not an issue of open space versus housing — it’s, do you want more R D o ce space or do you want housing here?”

During the public comment period, Angel Sugleris, a longtime employee of lanMember Services, a financial firm located in Carpinteria, showed her support for workforce housing.

“As the head of facilities and HR, I have seen firsthand how di cult it has become for people to live and work in this community… The housing shortage is real it’s directly affecting our ability to recruit and retain good employees,” Sugleris told the council. “Local businesses like ours are struggling to fill roles, not because there aren’t ualified people, but because they can’t afford to live here. We need homes, not more o ces.”

Other public commenters on Monday stood their ground, stating that the bluffs should not be developed. Some said they felt the community was being blindsided by this agenda item.

“My sentiment after living here for nearly 0 years is that with this rezoning you are creating a wedge that will eventually evolve at one time or another into mansions on the beach,” Kathleen Reddington —a Carpinteria City councilmember between 00 and 01

said. “I understand the sentiment for low-income housing, I’m all for that, but I don’t think this is the place.”

While the city rezoned enough sites as RM for possible low-income affordable housing development projects to bring

its Housing Element up to speed, the low-income housing demand will remain prevalent.

Unless all of the sites that have been rezoned get developed as 100% low-income affordable which is highly unrealistic — the demand for low-income/ affordable housing will remain, Fogg explained.

But after further discussion, the council ultimately agreed to cater to what seemed to be the community’s biggest concern — no housing on the bluffs.

“I think if we change the zoning (for this site), we create precedence for those other sites, that’s my biggest concern. Once we’ve done it, we can’t retract it,” Councilmember Wade Nomura said.

Mayor Natalia Alarcon agreed with Nomura’s comments, citing her appreciation for the property owner’s plan, but ultimately determined that being current-

ly in compliance with the state is enough to deter her from currently rezoning a property on the bluffs for housing.

“I agree with Councilmember Nomura in terms of the precedent it could establish for housing in that area, and I think right now, given where we are with the other properties we have rezoned and RHNA, I don’t know that it is an emergent need for us at this time,” Mayor Alarcon said.

Vice Mayor Mónica Solórzano stood alone in voting against the council’s motion not to initiate the rezone process.

“The adoption of the resolution would not be taking us down that road now, it would just be providing an opportunity for more information,” Vice Mayor Solórzano said. “To be clear, I’m not saying I want housing on the bluffs I’m saying I want more information about what that might look like.”

Former city manager steps in to help

Former city manager Dave Durflinger will return to city service later this month, helping while the city’s Public Works director, John Illasin, takes temporary leave through October.

Ilasin is taking active-duty military leave July throughOct. 1. While he will remain available at a limited capacity as a city engineer, he will not be physically present to fulfill his role as director.

“(Durflinger’s) deep institutional knowledge of Carpinteria is really going to make him the best fit for this role,” Assistant City Manager Ryan intz said.

Durflinger retired in 0 after years of public service.

––Liv Klein

COURTESY GRAPHICS

Bluffs parcels located at 6155 and 6175 Carpinteria Ave.

The property owner of bluffs parcels located at 6155 and 6175 Carpinteria Ave. wants to build high-density housing. An early proposal includes 178 rental units, with 36 of those designated for low-income households.

ourth of ul fire or mitigation plan did not go as hoped cit staff sa

BY LIV KLEIN

In an effort to mitigate the notorious chaos in the city of Carpinteria that comes with Fourth of July activities, city staff this year hired two teams of security o cers posted on the beach on July and July to warn residents away from using fireworks.

It didn’t go as hoped, staff said at the city council’s meeting on Monday.

Ideally, the city’s firework mitigation plan would have discouraged the use of fireworks which is illegal with city of Carpinteria limits along the Carpinteria City Beach and surrounding areas with the help of Medallion rotective Services, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s O ce SBSO and the Carpinteria-Summerland Fire rotection District.

While the daylight hours remained fairly peaceful, nightfall brought firework chaos, City Manager Michael Ramirez told the council.

In protest of the security team, a “mob mentality” broke out amongst the public, and security o cers faced intentional crossfire from fireworks and verbal abuse from the public until their supervisor eventually instructed them to back up to a safe distance.

In order to make a citation, police ocers have to see someone visibly light the fireworks which became increasingly di cult with nightfall, Ramirez noted. Ramirez told the council that staff will continue to consider ade uate public-safety approaches for future Fourth of July events. Currently, plans to implement flood-lights on the beach and the

eachgoers light up rewor s on the Fourth of uly

use of drones to increase surveillance are under consideration.

During public comment, Carpinteria residents also suggested the city consider hosting a controlled firework show on July to limit the public taking fireworks into their own hands and implementing a substantial fee for public firework use.

“I want to give City Manager Ramirez and his staff a lot of praise because they put a lot of time and effort into this plan and I thought it was a well-thought out

plan it’s just that, that mentality of people when they want to do something, as a group they feed off of each other, and no one respected the security guards,” SBSO Carpinteria Chief Lieutenant Rich Brittingham said at the meeting on Monday. Additionally, Ramirez and Brittingham noted that a domestic abuse call and incident in the mountain area involving fireworks and an open container citation the night of July interfered with SBSO’s typical patrol pattern.

esign services contract approved for iving horeline ro ect

BY LIV KLEIN

The Carpinteria City Council on Monday authorized an agreement with Integral Consulting, Inc., for design services for the city’s Living Shoreline roject.

The project’s three-year budget should not exceed 1, 19,99 , per the council’s authorization. It will be funded by a 1, 0,000 Coastal Conservancy grant from the State Coastal Conservancy.

Throughout the last several years, the living shoreline project has been a hot topic for preserving Carpinteria’s coast. With climate change persisting, Carpinteria’s coastline is terminally vulnerable to erosion, coastal flooding and sea-level rise.

A living shoreline would protect the area from sea-level rise and flooding by using natural resources, including sand and vegetation, to create a protective barrier.

Staff conducted several workshops in 0 0 and 0 1 to engage community ideas, opinions and preferences for the project.

“Community engagement is a vital part of this project and we want to ensure that we are reaching community members of all different backgrounds,” city nvironmental rogram Specialist DeLayni Millar told the council.

Integral Consulting will work with a sub-consultant, Strategic arth, to facilitate community-engagement strategies including one-on-one conversations, focus groups, micro surveys and public forums. They will also offer stipends to supplement families who may need financial assistance like pay for childcare to attend the project’s community engagement activities and forums.

Additionally, principal consultant of Integral Consulting, David Revell, said

the group will prioritize the community’s opinions and preferences.

“We have an Indigenous tribal member of the Chumash who will be engaging with them about specifics around the place and the importance of it we have dedicated stipends so that the people of Carpinteria who are fearful of IC can be involved in telling us how they feel about what the future of the beach at Carpinteria looks like, the access, the recreation, their concerns about tra c and trucks,” Revell said, adding that he is a former Carpinteria Beach lifeguard.

Councilmembers said they are excited for the community engagement in this project and added it’s good to know the chosen consultant is bringing local experience and background to the table.

concerns are affecting li rar programming li rarian sa s

Concerns about Immigration and Customs nforcement IC are affecting participation in the Carpinteria Community Library’s programs, librarian ric Castro told the Carpinteria City Council on Monday.

One of the library’s most successful programs, a leadership program, pairs learners with tutors. The program recently lost two of its learners due to fears of deportation. “IC is impacting our programs and we have to find ways to continue the programs without fear

of coming to the library for this specific situation,” Castro told the council.

Last week, IC agents arrested more than a dozen Carpinteria residents accused of being undocumented, including at least 10 in a raid on a Glass House Farms, a cannabis operation on Casitas ass Road. At least two of the farm workers who were picked up at Glass House Farms have since been deported, according to GoFundMe fundraisers set up by their family and friends.

Castro who took over as lead li-

brarian from Jody Thomas last month after Thomas’ retirement said he formulates special programs based on what the immigration community says they need. So far, he’s introduced a financial empowerment program, an nglish Language Learners class every Saturday, and a citizenship preparation class.

“Thank you for everything you’re doing at our library to support our immigrant and Latino community,” Vice Mayor M nica Sol rzano told Castro.

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Summer Camp

04/03/1956 —06/07/2025

Marca L. Rowley, born April , 19 , passed away on June 7, 0 , with family surrounding her.

Marca, a -year resident of Carpinteria, fought the valiant fight against cancer and won the battle. Seven years later, last

November, the beast came back with a vengeance and won the war this June. Marca tended to live her life her way, vowing to us all that if it came back, she’d go willingly. So she did in June.

Marca was a wonderful spirit who loved life. She worked hard as a telecommunication advisor. She even sold Bic pens for a time. She played hard, drank red wine, and was into fine dining. Just ask her friends who loved to cook for her. veryone was her friend and Marca relished everyone.

In her last few months, hordes of loving friends and family came into town to spend one last meal and drink with her. She rallied for every one of us Though she tired uickly, she held up and kept on keeping on. She was a delight to all who made the journey. Marca went out in style, much to her friends’ and family’s good cheer. Thank you, Lord, for taking her back with grace into your fold as to greet her mother and mine. Marca lived a life well loved

Previously published obituaries may be read online at coastalview.com

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School board drops down to monthly meetings

BY JUN STARKEY

Through the end of 2025, the Carpinteria nified School District C SD Board of Trustees will only meet once a month. The board historically has met twice a month.

During the regular July meeting, the board approved the second reading of the district’s updated Bylaw 9 0 from the C SD board manual, which outlines the board’s re uirements for meeting and providing the public notice under the Brown Act, California’s open meeting law.

The bylaw illustrates the re uirements of different meeting types, including the regular monthly meetings special meetings adjourned or continued meetings study sessions, retreats, public forums, and discussion meetings and other gatherings. The bylaw also specifies re uirements for teleconferencing, and where to host meetings.

The board’s July agenda is available at tinyurl.com July Agenda.

Before reading the bylaw, the board accepted comments on the item and Jay Hotchner, president of the Carpinteria Association of nited School mployees CA S spoke, accusing board members of approving the bylaw to hide unethical practices.

“So once again, C SD will go through gyrations to suggest that transparency exists on paper while failing to honor those very policies in practice,” Hotchner said. “Now the community gets to watch C SD o cials demonstrate their peni-

tent, your penitent, to approve this board policy which stands as a stellar example of do as I say and not as I do’ leadership.”

Hotchner also accused board members of conspiring together to reach decisions outside of board meetings, such as the recent decision to reduce staff at Carpinteria Family School CFS .

The board voted at a public meeting in late June to reduce CFS staff down to one classroom and said it will likely recommended the closure of the school altogether before the 0 - 7 school year due to budget issues. C SD Board resident Jaime Diamond said the board could not consider Hotchner’s comments because they were unrelated to the agenda item.

Board approves learning grant, technology purchases

The Carpinteria nified School District Board of Trustees on July approved a grant of 0,000 from First Five Santa Barbara County an organization that supports early childhood development for the early learning model transitional kindergarten and outdoor classroom project at Aliso lementary School. The board also approved two purchases, including 1 0 Chromebooks for incoming ninth graders, for , 0 and 10 i ads and MacBooks for incoming teachers, which will cost 1 , .

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Fourteen minors were also detained in Camarillo. .S. Customs and Border rotection Commissioner Rodney Scott confirmed on , in response to a video of the Camarillo raid, that the unaccompanied juveniles were found at the cannabis farm.

Federal agents posted a photo of 10 of them online, with their faces blurred. IC said on that the minors were discovered working at the facility. Workers must be at least 1 to work at a marijuana farm in California.

The nited Farm Workers nion, in a press release sent out Monday, said “Farm workers are excluded from basic child labor laws and it is unfortunately not uncommon for teenagers to work in the fields. To be clear detaining and deporting children is not a solution for child labor.”

Glass House Farms said last week the company has “never knowingly violated applicable hiring practices and does not and has never employed minors.”

Ten of the minors, who were unaccompanied, have since been transferred to the .S. Department of Health and Human Services, per a Homeland Security press release.

Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said on Monday that the children “may have been exploited, forced into labor and trafficked.” The Department of Homeland Security said the investigation into immigration and potential child labor violations at Glass House is ongoing.

One man died during the chaos of the Camarillo raid after he climbed on top of a greenhouse and fell 0 feet. Family and

The flavor of presence: finding calm through sight and taste

CVN VICKIE GONZALEZ

MY WELLNESS NOW

Summers in Carpinteria are filled with beautiful colors and rich flavors. Flowers are blooming, fruit is ripening on the trees, and we get to enjoy long days outside, savoring our meals. These sensory moments undoubtedly enhance the allure of summer they also significantly contribute to our emotional well-being.

Last month CVN Vol. 1, No. 0, “The scent of wellness” I explored how our sense of smell can be a calming and memory-rich grounding for our nervous system. This month, the second of my three-part summer series on the senses, I turn to the senses of sight and taste — two present-moment ways for reconnecting with mindfulness and well-being.

Color walks. Choose a color and observe how fre uently it appears during a walk or in your surroundings. This simple practice sharpens your awareness and trains the brain to look for beauty.

Mini visual resets. Let your eyes rest on something calming ocean waves, soft shadows, a tree outside your window. Take 0– 0 seconds to absorb the scene without doing anything else.

Mindful bites. Choose one meal or snack this week to eat slowly, without multitasking. Let yourself fully enjoy it. Bonus points for food you don’t usually eat. xplore it with curiosity rather than judgment. What do you notice

Taste and memory. Cook a dish that connects you to someone or someplace meaningful. Reflect on the emotional memory it carries.

Gratitude through your senses. Ask yourself each evening what did I see today that I want to remember What did I taste that brought me comfort or delight

These practices re uire only a shift in attention. They’re accessible ways to regulate the nervous system and connect to what nourishes us emotionally and physically.

Why it matters

friends later identified him as Jaime Alan s Garcia. IC o cials said on that the man wasn’t in federal custody at the time.

What we don’t know

It isn’t known as of press time exactly how many farmworkers accused of being undocumented were taken from Carpinteria.

Numbers released by the Department of Homeland Security state that at least 1 farmworkers were detained across the two raids, but department press releases don’t differentiate between which farmworkers were picked up at Camarillo vs. Carpinteria.

Congressman Carbajal said on social media last week that at least 10 farmworkers were taken from the Carpinteria Glass House Farms operation. He attributed this information to Glass House Farms owners.

The names of those detained specifically in Carpinteria have not been released by the government. Homeland Security on Monday released the names and photos of several undocumented workers who had criminal records beyond entering the country illegally, but again they did not specify who was picked up in Carpinteria vs. Camarillo.

Those names include Santos Alberto Rodriguez-Jacinto, Josefina Lopez-Martinez, Jorge Luis Anaya-Garcia, Jose Vas uez-Lopez, Fabian Fernando Antonio-Martinez, Jesus Hernandez-Ramirez, Miguel Mejia- chevearia, Christina Martinez-Modesto, Cinthia aola Cardona-Mendoza and Adriana Gonzalez-Gonzalez.

Your local news reporters across the county are continuing to report on these raids and their aftermath. To keep up with your local newspapers and news stations that are covering city and county incidents from the scene, visit coastalview.com, independent.com, noozhawk. com, pacbiztimes.com and vcstar.com and keyt.com.

Taste and sight are both naturally centering senses, as they invite us into the present moment. We physically see what’s in front of us and taste what’s on our tongue. et, both senses also spark strong emotional memories. A flavor can take us back, just like a scent, and remind us of a person, place, or time in our lives. The sight of something familiar can bring up feelings of safety and joy. This blend of sensory presence and emotional memory makes these senses especially important to engage with intentionally.

A bit of research

Science continues to confirm what many of us already know sensory engagement has a significant impact on emotional resilience and cognitive function.

2023 research found that tasting something sweet increased generosity and helpfulness toward others.

2022 findings showed that viewing natural scenery, even in the form of photographs, lowered stress and sharpened focus.

2021 research on mindful eating revealed higher meal satisfaction and less emotional eating.

2020 data indicated that we naturally associate flavors with emotions sweetness with happiness, bitterness with sadness, and so on.

These studies further demonstrate that sight and taste enable us to self-regulate and reengage with the world around us.

Incorporating sight and taste into daily life

In my column “Mindfulness in Motion” 0 , I explored how we can incorporate mental wellness into everyday moments. That same idea applies to the senses we don’t need a uiet retreat or meditation app to reconnect with ourselves. Our bodies are already e uipped with tools for restoration we just have to notice them.These sensory practices are not only powerful but also accessible, empowering you to incorporate them into your daily life.

Here are some practical ways to engage your senses of sight and taste this summer.

When life feels fast or overwhelming, our senses can serve as gentle guides back to the present. As I shared in June’s article on scent, simple sensory cues — what we breathe in, look at, or taste can shift us from tension to calm, from overthinking to noticing.

Sight and taste are especially vivid during summer. They invite us to slow down, to appreciate, and to savor. They remind us that joy doesn’t need to be planned — it can be found in the simplest of moments, such as the oranges of the Carpinteria sunset or the taste of a plum off your tree. It can be felt in the flavor of ice cream on a warm summer day or in the various shades of blue in our sky each morning.

Summer invites us to notice more and our senses are an easy way to do so. My hope is that these simple ideas will help you feel more grounded and connected wherever summer finds you.

Next month, I’ll conclude this series by exploring touch and sound and how these senses can help us regulate and prepare for the shifts that come with the end of summer.

As always, may this topic inspire curiosity, compassion, and conversation.

“Food is not just about taste. It’s about memory, emotion, connection.” – adma Lakshmi

Vickie Gonzalez has been licensed for almost 20 years as an LMFT and currently provides counseling, coaching and consulting services. Her private practice is currently online only. She specializes in private practice, including grief loss, addiction/codependency and anxiety disorders. She works with people around themes of identity and purpose as well, primarily with individuals and couples. Coaching services focus on collaborating with clients on setting and reaching their wellness goals, whether those goals are career, relational, financial or personal in nat re. n a personal note, she has lived in Carpinteria all her life and became a therapist to give back to the community.

Read previously published columns by Vickie Gonzalez at www.coastalview.com

KARLSSON

Congressman Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) asks to pass through federal agents to observe an ICE operation at a nearby cannabis farm.

CLUB SCENE

Chuck Graham to discuss new book at Morning Rotary event

Writer and photographer Chuck Graham will speak about his new book, “Paddling into a Natural Balance: Stories of Kayaking and Conservation around Channel Islands National Park,” on Wednesday, July 23, at the Carpinteria Woman’s Club.

The event, which is part of the Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning’s evening series, is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will also be served. Graham will speak and show off some of his photos of the Channel Islands.

The event will take place 6–7:30 p.m.; Graham’s presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. The Carpinteria Woman’s Club is located at 1059 Vallecito Road.

AgeWell, Hospice of Santa Barbara open new discussion group

Carpinteria’s AgeWell Senior Programming and the Hospice of Santa Barbara have collaborated to bring locals the Circle Discussion Group, a welcoming and thoughtful space to share ideas, experiences, and perspectives. The group will meet on the second and fourth Fridays of each month, 10 a.m., at the Carpinteria Veterans Hall Meeting Room.

According to Jena Jenkins, the community services program coordinator for Carpinteria: “The Circle is not a traditional lecture or workshop — it’s a free-form conversation space where each session is guided by a single word or theme such as trust,’ change,’ or growth.’ articipants are invited to listen deeply, reflect openly, and speak from the heart, with no pressure to perform or reach a conclusion.”

Conversations will be facilitated by Mary Joe Spencer, Shirley Strickler and Sue Willner. The event is free and open to all community members. Those interested can learn more by contacting AgeWell at (805) 881-1279 or agewell@carpinteriaca.gov.

ON THE ROAD

CVN joins pickleball group in Costa Rica

From left, locals Christopher Curcuru, Ron Kvale, Lourdes Trigueros and Erick Trigueros packed their copy of Coastal View News for a trip to Costa Rica. The four traveled to the area along with their 35-person pickleball group.

CVN spots animals in the Galapagos

Carpinterian Lisa Guravitz took a trip to the Galapagos in honor of her 70th birthday, where she fulfilled her dream of “seeing blue-footed boobies, red-footed boobies, penguins and so much more!” Guravitz spent time aboard a 40-passenger yacht with three naturalists, she told Coastal View News. “The trip included hiking, snorkeling, kayaking and more,” she said. “(I) was lucky to see a blue-footed boobie hatch an egg and a group of penguins swimming next to the zodiac (panga). An amazing trip!”

CVN pops by Rotary event in Calgary

The Rotary Club of Carpinteria Noon President David Powdrell, left, and his wife Valerie, as well as Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning President Steve Gerteis and Libby Gerteis, spent time together at the annual Rotary Convention in Calgary, Canada. Powdrell said the annual event drew “15,000 presidents from around the world.”

GOING ON THE ROAD?

Snap a photo with your Coastal View News in hand and email it to news@coastalview.com. Tell us about your trip!

Chuck Graham will speak about his new book on Wednesday, July 23, at the arpinteria oman’s lub

From left, facilitators for the Circle Discussion Group include Mary Joe pencer, hirley tric ler and ue illner

of David Powdrell Through the lens...

I arrived in Carpinteria three-and-a-half years ago during a pandemic after having an epiphany to visit my sister and family in Montecito. I thought, “Why not take a leap of faith, sell my home and find a home that can enhance this ‘Encore Chapter’ of my life?”

What I’ve come to appreciate in my years living in Carpinteria is that it’s more than a coastal town — it s a thri ing creati e community. hrough the years I e argued loudly and often that ours is among the finest small-town art communities in America I m passionate about that

ere art isn t limited to galleries. It s found on our sidewalks, in shop windows, along the blu s, and in the e eryday rhythm of life. Poets, painters, dancers, musicians, photographers, storytellers and other creati es draw inspiration from the ocean, the foothills, the salt marsh, and our sacred harbor seal rookery.

I was so grateful to Lisa and Len Price for renting me their cute motherin-law suite while I looked in a very “hot” market. As the months went by in a hot housing market, one thing was certain: I had to make Carpinteria my home, and with that, the vision was realized.

What is amazing to me is the “giving spirit” of Carpinteria. I was so welcomed by everyone, and so in return, I give back in any way I can to this beautiful community.

But Carpinteria s beauty isn t ust in the scenery it s in the connection. It s a place where neighbors wa e from porches, where a stroll down Linden A enue becomes a string of warm hellos. ome couples find oy riding bikes on the sand at low tide. thers head up ranklin rail for inspiration. Nothing beats a slow sunset walk along our beach boardwalk with your best friend.

Magic surrounds us in Carpinteria dolphins playing o shore, pelicans tracing the wa es, hummingbirds i ng through gardens, and wild owers blooming without apology.

Carpinteria doesn t ust host artists. It in ites all of us to li e ar ully.

I am also a passionate volunteer for Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network and assist Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute (CIMWI). My passion is with all wildlife, but raptors are my absolute favorite. I also recently joined the board of Ojai Raptor Center.

tay grateful, my friends. And ne er take a single day in this remarkable place for granted.

––David Powdrell

I believe my photography of birds and marine animals has taken on a new life since I started rescuing precious wildlife around Santa Barbara. It is one thing to photograph these beautiful birds, but it is another

Almost any day of the week you can find me at Rincon, Padaro Beach or

–Susie Clothier

Tern With An Appetizer | Padaro Beach, 2024 Black Crown Night Heron | Tar Pits,

My Beach Boy Haden | Padaro Beach, July 2024

Rincon Skies | October 2023

Surf Scoter Padaro Beach,

Carpinteria boardwalk with a best friend.

Backyard hummingbird

A couple rides on the sand at low tide.

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Poppies in the evening light.

This summer, Coastal View News asked local photographers a uestion Where do you see beauty in Carpinteria hrough August , ip open the center of each week s print to see Carpinteria through their eyes.

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A reader sends a halo to Ryan Moore for bringing dirt back to Carpinteria.

CALENDAR

A reader sends a halo to everyone who supported the Playa Del Sur 4-H this year. “The members are looking forward to another successful year.”

A reader sends a halo to Valerie, the new volunteer at the riends of the Library Bookstore, for cleaning and reorganizing the self-help section.

Thursday, July 17

A reader sends a halo to Burlene for making the Carpinteria Lumberyard Nursery area a joy to visit. “Her outgoing personality (Southern style), friendly conversation and plant knowledge make it a pleasure to visit and shop.”

A reader sends a halo to the generous person for paying for the reader’s gas when she forgot her ATM card at the gas station. “I’m sorry I chose the most expensive oil, I’d love to reimburse you, and thank you. I’m deeply moved by your generosity.”

A reader sends a halo to the visitor center by the Seal Fountain on Linden Avenue for the sidewalk sign with big letters reminding everyone — including kids and their parents — that bicycle riding on the sidewalk is not OK. “More of those signs would be even better, and some TLC from our local constabulary better yet!”

A reader sends a halo to Sean and Dayna for being wonderful neighbors and helping the reader through another frazzled mom situation.

A reader sends a halo to the 93013 Fund, Uncle Chen Restaurant and Marybeth Carty for the surprise delivery of a delicious dinner complete with a fortune cookie, candy bar and painted rock. “Wonderful kindness and quite a thrill!”

A reader sends a halo to o n at acific Auto Bod for a repair that was reasonably priced and perfectly matched to the car’s existing paint. “Over and above in every way, tidied up areas extra to the work order. It’s a beauty, again!”

A reader sends a halo to the anonymous person who left a $100 donation in the H LP of Carpinteria office mail slot this past week. “Thank you for your kindness.”

A reader sends a halo to the staff of Jack’s Bistro for staying open during Covid-19. “Always a smile no matter how busy. A great way to start the day.”

A reader sends a halo to e ood Liaison for another outstanding meal for the less fortunate in town, and to on Ha, Brass Bird and aro ic o s for helping.

A reader sends a halo to the Daykas for always being there to help with anything and never complaining. “Many thanks to the best neighbors ever. We love you all dearly.”

A reader sends a halo to Mayor Wade Nomura for the city’s beautiful flower wreath at the Carpinteria Cemetery for the Memorial Day program.

A reader sends a halo to anta Bar ara District Attorne o n avrnoc “He is a shining example of what community leadership in the justice system looks like.”

A reader sends a halo to Tami and John at Robitaille’s for their constant smiles and over-the-top customer service. “The wedding favors were loved by all and brought a bit of Carpinteria to the Seattle wedding!”

A reader sends a halo to those who acknowledge people with disabilities. “When you encounter a person in a wheelchair or walking with a walker, please smile and say hello to that person.”

A reader sends a halo to n rid Bostro for “tirelessly reflecting the heart of our community through your incredible photos. Your heart is as big as your impact.”

A reader sends a halo to t e oca ids who held a bake sale in the aftermath of the immigration raids, raising $1,000 for the families impacted. “And halos to the community members that donated funds and baked goods!”

A reader sends a halo to Lance Lawhon at the Carpinteria Sanitation District for helping Kim’s Market.

A reader sends a halo to the Carpinteria Beautiful lady picking up trash in a neighborhood near the beach. “Thank you! We need all the help we can get keeping trash picked up in the neighborhoods on the beach-side of the tracks.”

A reader sends a halo to Kassandra Quintero at The Spot. “When the roof-top flag was twisted and lodged in the rain gutter, Quintero jumped into action and climbed up to the roof and untangled it so that it could wave freely. Way to show patriotism!”

English Language Conversation Group Grupo de Conversación en Inglés Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 8:30–10 a.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Family Movie Night: “WALL-E” Noche de Cine Familiar “WALL-E” Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 5:30 p.m. carpinteriali brary.org, (805) 684-4314

A reader sends a halo to Desiree, the new masseuse at The Gym Next Door. “She could have coasted through it, but she worked really hard to relieve my back pain. I never experienced such a great massage.”

One-on-One Tech Help Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10 a.m. 12:30 p.m.- carpinterialibrary. org, (805) 684-4314

Live Music: The Youngsters Corktree Cellars, 910 Linden Ave. 6:30–9:30 p.m. corktreecellars.com, (805) 684-1400

A reader sends a halo to whoever left a sign telling people to pick up their dog-waste bags and stop leaving them on Casitas Pass Road.

Mamma Mia Sing Along Party Vet erans Memorial Building Meeting Room, 941 Walnut Ave. 1–2 p.m. agewell@ carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 881-1270

Movies in the Park: “Monsters, Inc.” Linden Field. Movies start at sunset. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. carpedfounda tion.org

A reader sends a pitchfork to whoever has been leaving bags of dog waste on the ground along Casitas Pass Road. “Yes, it’s frustrating that the trash cans are gone, but is that really your best way of handling the situation?”

Saturday, July 19

Carpinteria Creative Arts Eighth Street and Linden Avenue. 2:30–6 p.m. Handmade pottery, beach art, cards, jewelry and sewn articles. (805) 698-4536

A reader sends a pitchfork to the person who hit the reader’s pickup in front of the reader’s house and didn’t stop. “Shame on you, and I hope you have karma insurance.”

Carpinteria Farmers Market 800 block of Linden Ave. Thursdays, 3–6:30 p.m.

Blood Drive Masonic Lodge, 5421 Carpinteria Ave. a.m. 1:30 p.m. do nors.vitalant.org, blood drive code K1009. (877) 258-4825

Clase de Ingles Para Principiantes

Clase Gratuita Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 9:30 a.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

A reader sends a pitchfork to the bicycle events on oothill oad. “Purposely hosting huge rides that take up the whole road is irresponsible. There are countless bike lanes that were put in with our tax dollars to avoid this problem.”

Dungeons Dragons Club Carpinte ria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 3–4:45 p.m. Full. carpinterialibrary. org, (805) 684-4314

A reader sends a pitchfork to the lifeguards braiding hair while swimmers are in the pool. “Not professional!”

Good Troubles Lives On march Seal Fountain, 855 Linden Ave. 5:30 p.m.

Salt Marsh Nature Park Docent Tours Meet at the entrance across from the corner of Sandyland and Ash Avenue. 10 a.m. noon. Free. (805) 886-4382

Live Music: D.J. Marco Corktree Cellars, 910 Linden Ave. 8–10 p.m. cork treecellars.com, (805) 684-1400

A reader sends a pitchfork to a rude custo er who yelled at a barista over a cup of ice.

A reader sends a halo to Emma and Justin. “It was a wonderful wedding, great food, spectacular location and great people! It was moving and wonderful.”

A reader sends a halo to Carpinterians who put out boxes in front of their homes full of surplus oranges, avocados, etc. from their trees. “Thank you for sharing your abundance.”

A reader sends a pitchfork to ar interia restaurants that give out plastic straws, sometimes without asking. “Many alternatives are available besides paper (avocado pits, pasta, bamboo etc.)”

A reader sends a halo to all the beach community residents. “Thank you for parking in front of your home with your permit.”

A reader sends a pitchfork to a oca ast ood restaurant “Our server was short with us. Food was good otherwise.”

A reader sends a halo to Nikki at H AT Culinary. “I went to my first class this weekend with my sister, who has been to four so far. I had the best time! Someone get this girl a TV show, she should be on the ood Network already.”

A reader sends a halo to Diana a caregiver at Carpinteria Senior Lodge for nearly three years.

A reader sends a pitchfork to the employees of the newer businesses on the Carpinteria Bluffs. “Learn to share the bike walking path with locals There will be four to five of you walking together and not a single one will scoot over ust a tad to let a local pass through?”

World’s Safest Bingo! Main Beach at Linden Avenue. 6–7 p.m. Free. All ages. Held Thursdays through Aug. 28. Spon sored by Carpinteria Community Library. WorldsSafestBingo@gmail.com

Sunday, July 20

Live Music: Dylan Cunningham Corktree Cellars, 910 Linden Ave. 6–9 p.m. corktreecellars.com, (805) 684-1400

Friday, July 18

A reader sends a pitchfork to the Linden planters. “All the mushrooms growing there indicate too much water. Nice weed farm.”

A reader sends a pitchfork to a restaurant owner for parking his vehicle in the spots right out front of his establishment. “Shouldn’t he leave those parking spots available for his paying customers?”

AgeWell Senior Program: Pickle ball Free Play Girls Inc. of Carpinteria, 5315 Foothill Road. 8–10 a.m. agewell@ carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 881-1279

A reader sends a halo to Tom Sweeney for going out on Elm Avenue by the beach to clean up plastic bottles, bags, dirty gloves and masks.

A reader sends a halo to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the local vet for working diligently to save the Rincon Beach bear. “It’s a terrible shame to lose one of these magnificent creatures however, I wouldn’t want it to suffer to a miserable death.”

A reader sends a pitchfork to a rude custo er in ar interia “I’ve read that the company has a new policy that requires a purchase if you want a cup of water and that’s not on the barista (...) Take it up with corporate, these baristas are just doing their jobs.”

A reader sends a pitchfork to the City of Carpinteria for letting the bluffs turn into an ever-increasing dirt parking lot. “That is not what the bluffs were purchased for. Post No Parking signs immediately!”

A reader sends a halo to Bill and Rosana Swing for spending their Saturday taking photos for Junior Warriors ootball. “We appreciate all you do for our families, players and program. You rock!”

A reader sends a pitchfork to eo e who show up to an important protest “just so they can take a smiling selfie to post on Facebook. This is life and death for our immigrant neighbors, go take your selfie somewhere else.”

A reader sends a pitchfork to the new parking zones. “All the “no parking/two hour” signs just made people park in my neighborhood. Seventh and the neighboring streets are a packed parking lot.”

Beach Cleanup Day Linden Beach. 2:30–4 p.m. Girls Inc. of Carpinteria, Tidy Seas, city of Carpinteria, Carpinteria Beautiful. aja@girlsinc-carp.org

A reader sends a pitchfork to the sheriff’s deputy using his radar gun the other morning in front of city hall. “Why don’t you go by one of the schools and catch all the speeders there in morning, and keep our children safe while walking to school.”

Maker Space for Teens Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 3–4 p.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Old Town Carpinteria Fiesta Friends of the Carpinteria Library Bookstore, 5103 Carpinteria Ave. 11 a.m. p.m. Hosted by the Friends of the Carpinteria Library, Artesania Para La Familia, and the Carpinteria Community Library. Spon sored by Montecito Bank Trust. Rincon Beach Park Paddle Out to Stop Deep Sea Mining Rincon Beach Park. 11 a.m. deep-sea-conservation.org Film: “Happy Gilmore” The Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave. p.m. Tickets: $15 adults, $12 seniors. Kids free. Rated PG-13. thealcazar.org, (805) 684-6380

Live Music: Will Stephens Band Cork tree Cellars, 910 Linden Ave. 5:30-8:30 p.m. corktreecellars.com, (805) 684-1400

A reader sends a pitchfork to itter u s ever w ere, but especially people who use places of nature for their own enjoyment and then defile them with trash. “Where is the respect for the natural world? I followed (and picked up) a trail of candy wrappers at the bluffs, and each one made it harder to fathom the utter lack of conscience it would take to leave them there.”

A reader sends a pitchfork to those who lied on their FAFSA and took scholarships away from kids who need it.

A reader sends a halo to DJ Hecktic for coming out early Saturday morning to support the Junior Warriors. “It made the kids so happy to hear you say their names—you’re a local celebrity to them!”

Submit Halos & Pitchforks online at coastalview.com. All submissions are subject to editing.

A reader sends a halo to Diana Rigby Superintendent of schools, and Debra Herrick, director of Boys Girls Club, for removing the toxic uphorbia fire sticks from the pots and landscape.

Submit Halos & Pitchforks online at coastalview.com.

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Submissions

he found a small baggie containing a white powdery substance underneath the driver’s seat of his recently purchased vehicle. The man stated he purchased the vehicle three weeks ago but didn’t find the small baggie until he’d removed the driver’s seat to fix the reclining mechanism. The incident was documented, and the baggie was booked into Santa Barbara Sheriff’s ffice property for destruction.

Friday, May 22

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Two men were contacted in a parked truck and both were extremely intoxicated with open containers of alcohol observed in the vehicle. One man was not being the most cooperative, but once he was convinced to exit the vehicle, a pat down search of his person was conducted. Deputies located a collapsible baton in the man’s front waistband. He was cited and both were released to a sober friend.

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Deputies responded to a motel on Via Real for a report of a domestic violence incident. Upon arrival, a deputy contacted a man and woman in the parking lot. After contacting both subjects, there were visible injuries on both parties. Due to conflicting statements regarding their mutual altercation and obvious injuries, both parties were arrested for corporal injury on a spouse.

ported her residence was burglarized the prior night. The woman stated a cartoon of almond milk and tools were taken from her garage. She told the reporting deputy that the tools belonged to her daughter’s boyfriend. The deputy attempted to contact the man via telephone multiple times with no response. The woman stated her garage door was unlocked during the night and is in the process of getting a new lock. She did not have any suspect information at the time. The incident was documented, and patrol will follow-up for further details of the stolen items.

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0 p. . ound rugs 000 block acaranda ay A man was contacted after reporting

Deputies responded to a report a of a black sedan crashing into a parked water truck. While en route, it was also reported the male sub ect driving the sedan fled the scene on foot. Upon arrival, deputies observed the sedan abandoned in the middle Cameo Road with major damage to the front right passenger wheel

Chi and Qigong Classes in

805-705-3426

JessicaKolbe26@gmail.com

Monday, July 21

Preschool Story Time Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10–10:30 a.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

AgeWell Senior Program: Music Mondays Sing Along Carpinteria Veter ans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 10:30–11:30 a.m. agewell@carpinteriaca. gov, (805) 881-1279

Monday Mahjong All levels of play. p.m. (805) 729-1310

AgeWell Senior Program: Mind Games Veterans Memorial Building Meeting Room, 941 Walnut Ave. 2–3 p.m. agewell@carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 881-1279

AgeWell Senior Program: Tai Chi Together Carpinteria Veterans Memo rial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 3:30-4:30 p.m. agewell@carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 881-1279

Carpinteria Book Club Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. p.m. Every third Monday. carpinteriali brary.org, (805) 684-4314

Tuesday, July 22

AgeWell Senior Program: Walking Club Meet at Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. a.m. agewell@carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 8811279

Carpinteria Writers Group Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10 a.m. noon. (202) 997-0429

AgeWell Senior Program: Mind Body Balance Exercise Carpinteria Vet erans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 11 a.m. noon. agewell@carpinteriaca. gov, (805) 881-1279

Bridge Group Veterans Memorial Building Meeting Room, 941 Walnut Ave. 1–4 p.m. agewell@carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 881-1279

Spanish Conversation Group Carpin teria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 2–3 p.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Summer Spanish Conversation for Teens Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 2–3 p.m. For im mediate and advanced learners; native speakers welcome. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Carpinteria Songwriters Circle Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 4–5:30 p.m. carpinteri alibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Clases De Preparación Para El Ex amen De Ciudadanía U.S. Citizenship Test Preparation Class Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria

Ave. 5:30-6:30 p.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Carpinteria Improv Classes The Al cazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave. 7–9 p.m. Tuesdays, weekly. $10 at the door. thealcazar.org, (805) 684-6380

Wednesday, July 23

AgeWell Senior Program: Pickleball for Beginners Girls Inc. of Carpinteria, 5315 Foothill Road. 8–10 a.m. agewell@ carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 881-1279

AgeWell Senior Program: Veterans Morning Coffee Meet Up Carpinteria Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 8:30–9:30 a.m. agewell@carpinte riaca.gov, (805) 881-1279

Senior Arts Crafts Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center, 865 Linden Ave. Wednesdays, 9–11 a.m. Free. info@ carpinteriaartscenter.org, (805) 684-7789

Babies Are The Best Carpinteria Li brary Community Room, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 9-10 a.m. (805) 886-4382

Carpinteria Knitters Group Carpin teria Library Community Room, 5141

Artesanía para la Familia presents a FREE family event

~ Old Town ~ Carpinteria Fiesta

Mariachis Dancers • Gee y m n , 20 d u Sunday, July 20

11 am - 1 pm The Friends of the Carpinteria Library Bookstore 5103 Carpinteria Ave. Carpinteria

Thank You to Our Sponsors:

Carpinteria Ave. 1–3 p.m. Free. (805) 886-4382

AgeWell Senior Program: Mindful ness Meditation Carpinteria Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 2:45–4 p.m. agewell@carpinteriaca.gov, (805) 881-1279

Live Music: Vinny Berry Corktree Cellars, 910 Linden Ave. 6–9 p.m. cork treecellars.com, (805) 684-1400

Meeting: Rotary Club of Carpinteria Morning Carpinteria Woman’s Club, 1059 Vallecito Road. 6–7:30 p.m. Speak

er: Chuck Graham. Visitors welcome. Sandpiper Community Bingo Sand piper Community Clubhouse, 3950 Via Real. 6:30 p.m. Fourth Wednesday of the month. 5 for six cards and five games. (310) 403-9973

ONGOING

Senior Nutrition Program Carpinteria Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. Monday–Friday, 12:15 p.m. No cost for seniors ages 60+. (805) 925-9554, meals@centralcoastseniors.org

St. Joseph Church Festival comes to town

BY ROBIN KARLSSON

More than 8,000 people crowded onto St. Joseph Church grounds in Carpinte ria July 11–13 for the 68th annual St. Joseph Church Festival, a church fundraiser.

“The festival is a sort of ‘homecoming’ for many who grew up in Carpinteria,” Fr. Dick Martini told Coastal View News on Tuesday, stating that several children cited the Caterpillar and Great Slide rides as their favorites. “Several families and friends reunite to catch up with each other and to reminisce.”

Tri-tip, tacos, churros, french fries and strawberry shortcake flew off the stands, and popular booths included the Dime Pitch, Ducks and Loteria booths.

PHOTOS

From left, Avery Lindsaw and Caryll Sprague zip around on the Dive Bomber.

Wylie and Katie Eklund make their way down the Great Slide.

From left, Zoe and Sven Brock, with Kai and Leo Home.

Laura Cook left, offers apple pie; Pat Beals, at right, made strawberry aprons for all festival volunteers.

From left, Theo, Judah and Hudson Pennington dive into snow cones.

Hans and Esther Brand wave from the Ferris Wheel.

Gregorio Cervantes, left, helped build St. Joseph Church in the 1950s; at right is, Salvadore Carrera.

From left, Chloe, Harper and Emma Braden fish for ducks.

From left, Father Martini and Antonio Maya.

Banda la Reyna de Santa Barbara rocks the festival.

Miranda Graham shows off her pink sloth.

From left, Maria Ramos, Isabel Ruiz, Sigi Trusello and Rodolfo Ordaz.

Victoria and Vivianne show off their strawberry shortcake — a festival favorite.

Grace Macias and Mateo Gonzales smile from their airplane seat.

Carmen De La Torre serves lemonade. dancers.

Dozens take home awards at classic car show

Nearly 40 cars and their owners took home awards at the 29th annual Rods & Roses classic car show last month.

This year, the June 28 car show was sponsored by Crown Classics & Exotics, Born Vintage Hot Rods, Shade Farm Management, Bob’s Garage, Brotherhood of Carpinteria MC, the Bliss family, the Lyons family, and E.J. Harrison & Sons, and more. Artists who created the custom trophies included Johnny Martinez, Ruben Ambriz and Tony Castro, and Santa Barbara Trophy & Engraving handled the merchant plaques and specialty glass awards.

“The 2025 Rods & Roses Car Show once again transformed Linden Avenue into a vibrant showcase of classic cars, custom builds, and community spirit. Enthusiasts and families gathered to admire the incredible vehicles and celebrate the people behind them,” organizer Michael Lazaro said in a press release sent out on Tuesday.

Top awards included: the Crown Classic Award, given to Ken Adrianse and his 1965 Chevrolet Corvette; the Mac Brown Memorial Award, given to Mark Lyons and his 1966 Chevell; the Rods & Roses Hot Rod Award and a trophy from Joy Equipment Protection, both given to Daniel Rodriguez and his 1950 Mercury Couple.

Organizers also offered shoutouts to

Jimmy Garza and his 1938 Plymouth, JR Rodriguez and his Buick Riviera and 1942 Packard, and Greg Camacho and his 1950 Mercury.

Next year’s car show is already on the calendar: Saturday, June 27, 2026.

Award-winning Entries

Crown Classic Award - Presented by Crown Classics & Exotics

Ken Adrianse

1965 Chevrolet Corvette

Mac Brown Memorial Award

Mark Lyons 1966 Chevelle

Bob’s Garage Award in memory of Jack Barnard

Jimmy Garza 1938 Plymouth 5 Window

Wes Franken Memorial Award JR Rodriguez Buick Riviera

Joy Equipment Protection Award

Daniel Rodriguez 1950 Mercury Coupe

Shade Farm Management, Inc. eff en ie 1974 Ford Bronco

The Lyons Award - Presented by the Lyons Family Sergio Orozco 1969 Lincoln Mark III

Rods & Roses Hot Rod AwardPresented by Rods & Roses

Daniel Rodriguez 1950 Mercury Coupe

George Bliss Founders AwardPresented by The Bliss Family Greg Camacho 1950 Mercury

The Jack Risdon Award

Tom Jordan 1957 Chevy Belair Hardtop

The Joe Wullbrandt Excellence In Community Service Award - Presented by Lions Club of Carpinteria Clyde Freeman 1930 Plymouth 4 Door Delux Sedan

The Bliss Family presented the George Bliss Founders Award to Greg Camacho and his 1950 Mercury.

The Rods & Roses Hot Rod Award was presented to Daniel Rodriguez for his 1950 Mercury Coupe.

he ob’s arage ward in memory of ac arnard was presented to immy ar a and his lymouth indow

he ac rown emorial ward was presented to ar yons for his 1966 Chevelle.

The Lions Club of Carpinteria presented the The Joe Wullbrandt Excellence In Community Service Award to Clyde Freeman and his 1930 Plymouth 4 Door Delux Sedan.

The Wes Franken Memorial Award was presented to JR Rodriguez and his 1964

2025 Rods & Roses Merchant Awards

Buick Riviera.

The Weekly Crossword

Each Sudoku has a unique solution that can be reached logically without guessing. Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square.

Level: Hard

Margie E. Burke

by Margie E. Burke

Sunday, July 6

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The reporting party called to report two stolen bikes that were left locked in the bike rack in front of a local hotel. One of the bike locks had been cut through and left on the scene, and the other had been cut and stolen. The estimated total of the stolen bikes is $2,600.

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her two-year-old daughter’s stroller. The reporting party was able to move the stroller out of the way in time, but her daughter fell out and hit her head. The driver did not stop to check if her daughter was okay. The reporting party did not desire prosecution, but wanted the incident documented.

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Aliso School’s fourth- and fifth-graders line up for a class photo for the 1931 yearbook.

He said, she said History doesn’t have to be boring. Readers sent in their funniest captions for the photo above, and we selected our favorites (in no particular order). Enjoy.

Deputies were dispatched to a trespassing-related issue with an agitated subject who was potentially HBD or UI. After speaking with the subject, it was determined she was under the influence of drugs and unable to care for herself in a public place. She was placed under arrest and transported to Santa Barbara County Jail.

Wednesday, July 9

1930s yearbooks spotlight education during segregation, part III

Deputies responded to the Carpinteria Creek Bike Path for an area check of a homeless encampment. The reporting party had also seen very expensive e-bikes. Upon arrival, the squad made contact with seven transient males. While in the encampment, the squad discovered multiple bikes, miscellaneous items, and trash. None of the transient males took ownership of the bikes, so the squad collected 13 bikes and booked them as found property at the Carpinteria Station.

Caltrans: “No problem. We can fix this in less than 15 years. (Snicker, snicker)”

––Robert Miller

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“Ace, I’ve heard about the running-out-of-gas ploy, but don’t you think this a bit ridiculous?”––Ward Small

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Tiny home movement

Deputies responded to a verbal argument between two family members.

“Toto, I don’t think we’re on Linden Ave. anymore.” ––James Smallwood

This “History of the Fourth and Fifth Grades” appeared in the 1931 yearbook:

Last stop on the Homes of D-List Celebrities Tour. ––Anonymous

Monday, July 7, 2025

Student driver not following instructions. ––Chas. Jerep

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Set of “Survivor: New Jersey” ––Anonymous

When Rich Medel unearthed a pair of his father’s elementary school annuals from the 1930s, he uncovered a rarely seen slice of Carpinteria history. His father, Lucio Medel, was born in 1920 and attended school during Carpinteria’s ugly era of segregation. Children of Mexican descent all went to Aliso School in the 1920s through 1947, while white students attended other campuses.

When orth Dakota winters became intolerable to George Chaffey, he put his oneroom cabin on a trailer hitched to his Model T and relocated to Carpinteria in the early 1900s. There is a lot more to the story, of course, like the breakdown in yoming that had Chaffey swap his car for a pair of mules. ut once Chaffey arrived in Carpinteria, he plunked down his 8-by-16-foot cabin on the corner of Ash Avenue and th Street, and sent for the rest of his family. e added a kitchen and a bedroom to the oneroom cabin, but soon after his wife arrived, Chaffey died. In 1995, his granddaughter remodeled, and incorporated the little cabin into her spacious, contemporary home. The roof of the cabin can be seen in the backyard below.

We started the year by fixing up our room. First we painted the library table and two small chairs. We painted them blue and trimmed them in orange. The table was so bright it made the rest of the room look dull, so we asked Mr. Lintz for some varnish. We varnished as much of the woodwork as we could reach. Then we did our desks and Miss Flacheneker’s. Mr. Lintz had some men paint the wall a cream color.

A government agency reported a check they had written had been stolen, washed and deposited into the suspect’s bank account fraudulently in San Diego. Montecito Bank & Trust requested a case number before the money could be refunded.

“Hey! That’s my dad’s hooptie I snuck out with and got swamped in the mud. Busted!” ––Jack Bevilockway

The result when ISIS takes over travel planning. ––Anonymous

At Halloween we had a party. We bobbed for apples, played other games and then had candy, cookies and suckers. We all helped to decorate the room. Just before Christmas we had another party. There was a tree with candy and presents for everyone. Our ten Girl Scouts had on their new uniforms for the first time that day. On Valentine’s Day we had the biggest box in the room.

Tuesday, July 8

“Oh no! That sign ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ wasn’t an advertisement for a song.” ––Marty Panizzon

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Deputies received information stating a suspect was responsible for stealing and attempting to sell a stolen e-bike (valued at 1,700 from Summerland. Deputies responded to his home address to attempt to contact him. He denied stealing the bicycle. He admitted helping sell the bicycle. He stated an unknown person who lives in Oxnard had the bicycle and when he offered to help him sell it, he did not realize it was stolen. He also denied having sold the bicycle as the person from Oxnard left with the bicycle before it was sold. A consensual search of his home was conducted; the bicycle was not located. In addition, deputies checked the creek yielding negative results. A report is being forwarded to the district attorney’s o ce, re uesting they file charges.

We had lots of baseball games this year with Miss Robbins’ and Mrs. Perry’s boys and girls. The big people always beat us and we won the games with the smaller children, but sometimes they were very close.

We had one boy in the track meet, Joe Munoz. He took third place in his class in high jump. He was also in the Junior Olympics.

Thursday, July 10

“Hey Vern, I don’t think that new fangled doohickey GPS thingy works too well. We are supposed to be on the interstate highway right about now.” ––JB

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In March our class put out the second edition of the “Aliso Bee.” We had to work hard on it because Miss Robbins’ class put out such a fine paper the month before.

“At least there’s not much traffic.” ––Anonymous

“Mr. Don’t-Need-a-Map and your classic car with no GPS!” ––Linda Melsher

The reporting party reported that “federal agents broke the window of a vehicle and stole someone” from a “landscaping truck.” The Carpinteria Immigrant Rights Coalition (approximately 10 people) was on scene. The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) later confirmed they had taken someone into custody from the above location.

This was the place locals referred to as Point Nofunatall. ––Anonymous

“They told me it was equipped for off road.” ––Chas. Jerep

Coastal View News will continue to print excerpts from Lucio Medel’s yearbooks over the next couple weeks to provide a glimpse into the school lives of local Latinos during the 1930s.

To learn more about Carpinteria’s unique and interesting past, visit the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History, open Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at 956 Maple Ave.

This is what happens when you get into an argument with the woman inside your navigation system. ––Anonymous

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At 8 p.m., the reporting party found broken glass inside their leasing o ce and realized two windows were broken. They noticed two big rocks inside the o ce. Nothing was taken from inside the o ce. They don’t know who might have caused the vandalism. It happened sometime when the o ce was closed between 1700 hours and 0800 hours.

A subject known to be on parole was observed in the parking lot of a local motel. A parole compliance check was conducted in his motel room. Additional subjects were inside the motel room where narcotics were recovered. The subject’s parole o cer was contacted and a flash hold was placed. The subject was arrested, as well as an additional subject found in the room.

Saturday, July 12

“My parents explained that the receding floodwater revealed interesting things such as this bridge—and that I was adopted.” ––Anonymous

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To learn more about Carpinteria’s unique and interesting past, visit the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History, open Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at 956 Maple Ave.

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The reporting party called to report that a vehicle had almost collided with

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A suspect was found in a local field in Carpinteria after hours. When contacted, he provided consent to a search of his person after a glass pipe was found near where he was sitting. The suspect had a plastic baggie containing a white crystalized substance that he stated was “crystal” methamphetamine. He was arrested and booked at Santa Barbara County Jail.

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posing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. creating nonprobate transfer or modifying nonprobate transfer in the manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of nonprobate transfer can take effect or right of supervisorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF JOHN RAYMOND JACOBUS CASE NO. 25PR00312

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JOHN RAYMOND JACOBUS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by DIANE TASSINARO in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

The PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that DIANE TASSINARO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

NOTICE OF ANCILLARY PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: THOMAS TODD AKA THOMAS WILLIAM TODD AKA THOMAS W. TODD CASE NO. 25PR00364

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The staff reports will be available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s Office 15 days prior to the start of the public hearing and may be requested by email at brianb@carpinteriaca.gov.

If you have any questions about the above referenced matter, please contact Stephon Downes, Management Analyst II, by email at stephond@carpinteriaca.

gov or by phone at (805) 755-4446.

If you challenge the actions of the City Council related to the matter noted above in court, you may be limited to only raising those issues you or someone else raise at the City Council hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence to the City Council prior to the public hearing.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact Brian Barrett, City Clerk at brianb@carpinteriaca.gov or (805) 755-4403. Notification of two business days prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.

Brian C. Barrett, CMC, CPMC, City Clerk Publish: July 17, 24, 2025

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as LA FEE at 112 W. CABRILLO BLVD., SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101. Full name of registrant(s) FAIZAH DEAN at 2011 OAK AVE 4, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101. This business is conducted by an Individual. This statement was filed with the County on 07/10/2025. The registrant began transacting business on Nov 1, 2024. Signed: FAIZAH DEAN, DBA OWNER. In accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than change the residence address of registered owner. A new fictitious business name must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (see section 1441 Et Seq., Business and Professions code). I hereby certify this copy correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk-Recorder (SEAL) FBN2025-0001396. Publish: July 17, 24, 31, August 7, 2025

You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use community property, quasi-community property, or your own separate property to pay an attorney to help you or to pay court costs.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 1100 ANACAPA STREET

SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101

ANACAPA

The name, address, and telephone number of petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney are: VANESSA B. CARRILLO 110 MILPAS ST SANTA BARBARA, CA 93103

805-978-2743

Date: 05/13/2025

Filed by Vega, Jessica, Deputy Clerk, for Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer.

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SUMMONS (Family Law) CASE NUMBER 25FL00562

NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: WANGYAL PALJANG SHERPA

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on AUGUST 28, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Dept. SB of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, Anacapa Division, at 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107, Santa Barbara, CA, 93121-1107.

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of THOMAS TODD AKA THOMAS WILLIAM TODD AKA THOMAS W. TODD. AN ANCILLARY PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by THELMA JANE BALCH HEATHERLY in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA BARBARA. THE ANCILLARY PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that THELMA JANE BALCH HEATHERLY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE ANCILLARY PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/18/25 at 9:00AM in Dept. SB located at 1100 ANACAPA STRET, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93121

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as MONTECITO SERVICE GROUP at 7170 GOBERNADOR CANYON RD, CARPINTERIA, CA 93013. Full name of registrant(s) HARDWING, LLC at at SAME ADRESS AS ABOVE. This business is conducted by Limited Liability Company. This statement was filed with the County on 07/11/2025. The registrant began transacting business on N/A, 2025. Signed: MATTHEW HARDING, MANAGING MEMBER. I accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a fictitious name statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where expires 40 days after any change the facts set forth the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than change in the residence address of registered owner. A new fictitious business name must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or common law (see section 1441 Et Seq., Business and Professions code). I hereby certify this copy correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk-Recorder (SEAL) FBN2025-0001644.

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SUMMONS (Family Law) CASE NUMBER 25FL00807

NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: JOSE M. ALVAREZ CASTRO

YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual.

PETITIONER’S NAME IS: VANESSA B. CARRILO

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, antacting your local county bar association.

NOTICE: The restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen copy of them.

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from 1. removing the minor child or children of the parties, any, from the state without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, pr changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or any other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor child or children; 3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or in any way dis-

YOU HAVE BEEN SUED.

NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual.

PETITIONER’S NAME IS: DEKI YANGZOM

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, antacting your local county bar association.

NOTICE: The restraining orders are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition dismissed, judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen copy of them.

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

Starting immediately, you and your spouse or domestic partner are restrained from 1. removing the minor child or children of the parties, any, from the state without the prior written consent of the other party or an order of the court; 2. cashing, borrowing against, canceling, transferring, disposing of, pr changing the beneficiaries of any insurance or any other coverage, including life, health, automobile, and disability, held for the benefit of the parties and their minor child or children; 3. transferring, encumbering, hypothecating, concealing, or any way disposing of any property, real or personal, whether community, quasi-community, or separate, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court, except the usual course of business or for the necessities of life; and 4. creating nonprobate transfer or modifying nonprobate transfer in the manner that affects the disposition of property subject to the transfer, without the written consent of the other party or an order of the court. Before revocation of nonprobate transfer can take effect or right of supervisorship to property can be eliminated, notice of the change must be filed and served on the other party.

You must notify each other of any proposed extraordinary expenditures at least five business days prior to incurring these extraordinary expenditures and account to the court for all extraordinary expenditures made after these restraining orders are effective. However, you may use

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IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner

STEFANIE HERRINGTON MONTECITO LAW GROUP, P. C. 559 SAN YSIDRO ROAD, SUITE MONTECITO, CA 93108 805-293-6363

FILED 6/27/2025 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy, for Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer.

Publish: July 3, 10, 17, 2025

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF SASHA DAWN GIBSON AMENDED ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NO. 25CV02077

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

Petitioner: SASHA DAWN GIBSON filed petition with this court for decree changing names as follows:

Present name: (a) SASHA DAWN GIBSON (b WILLIAM CHARLES THOMAS GIBSON-SKINNER

Proposed name SASHA DAWN LINOWSKI WILLIAM CHARLES THOMAS LINOWSKI

THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file written objection that include 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 hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING AUGUST 6, 2025 at 10:00 am, Dept:

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are person interested in the estate, you may file with the court Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner

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BARTH CALDERON LLP

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Publish: July 17, 24, 31, 2025

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The complicated business of afterlife affairs

THE SEAWITCH SAYS CVN

AMY OROZCO

Dear Amy O.,

My brother-in-law recently died, leaving my husband and myself to clean out his former residence.Yes, he did have a trust made out to my husband and, yes, my husband loved him very much.

Unfortunately, my brother-in-law was a collector of everything one can think of! We are now faced with cleaning out his residence in order to sell the place and are spending long hours each day going through all his possessions — clothes, kitchenware, furniture, years of family pictures, multiple electronic devices with all the associated paraphernalia, and thousands — yes, thousands — of books, to name just a few of our discoveries within his former home.

In addition, we are faced with closing out multiple bankaccounts and shutting off utilities as well as planning a funeral service.Needless to say, we are overwhelmed with so muchwork and decisions to make in order to be sure that everything runs smoothly. We have spent over a month now sorting through

items in three rooms, only; we anticipate another two to three months of daily sorting in order to finally have the residence cleaned out.

Why do people collect so much stuff And why do they wait to let family members sort through everything after their death when emotions are running high and time could be spent beginning a healthy grieving process

What and how do you recommend for people when planning for their future death so that family members are not spending these moments feeling drained and overwhelmed

Please help!

Signed,

Vowed to Have Our Affairs Laid Out For Our Beneficiaries

Dear Vowed to Have Our Affairs Laid Out for Our Beneficiaries,

I’m really sorry about your brotherin-law and the extra layer of di culty his death brought. Please accept my condolences.

Thank you for your letter. It sounds like you are managing the tasks at hand, and by the questions asked you’d like to prevent your situation from happening to others. That’s very kind.

To your first uestion I don’t know why people collect so much stuff. There are a variety of reasons, such as compulsive shopping (which people do for a variety of reasons) or the belief or buy-in

to Madison Avenue’s nonstop advertising are two common reasons. I’d say as a nation we are Big Gulp® consumers. Our economic engine runs on unnecessary spending. Big box stores, stratospheric military spending, super-sized eating, and crushing debt are our normal.

Thank goodness for millennials and their minimalist movement!

Secondly, I don’t know why people let family members sort through all their belongings. I like to think it’s because they don’t realize how colossally selfish it is to focus only on oneself at the expense of others. Things are slowly changing, though, as more and more people find themselves in the same predicament as yours and vow to do things differently. I sure hope the minimalist movement gains momentum.

As for what and how do I recommend planning for one’s death I say begin with intention. The intention being not leaving family members and other loved ones drained and overwhelmed. In addition to having your end-of-life legal documents — will, trust, advance directive — in order, make sure you have your literal house in order.

I was at a garage sale earlier this month (it was a good one!) chitchatting with the homeowner couple, who volunteered that at their ages, she 70, he 80, and that they have so much stuff they had the sale because they didn’t want to leave it for their son to deal with. “What good people!” I thought. Now I think, “Darn it! I

should have sent them a halo.”

Start going through your stuff. Today. If it helps, think of it as curating your belongings. Finally drop those boxes at the thrift shop. Ask your niece if she wants your button collection; maybe give it to her before you’re gone. Just what is stored in the cabinet above your refrigerator This isn’t a one and done chore. Think of it as more of a lifestyle. Because you know what Just like a home remodel or any construction project, one can bank on it being late and costing more than the quoted price. We all have way more stuff than we think we do, and anyone who has ever moved or helped someone move will back me up on this.

There are fortunate people who can fix a problem with the aid of a self-help book or an accountability arrangement with a friend. Others may need more, and there are plenty of resources available. Call a professional organizer. Check out a support group like Debtors Anonymous. Make an appointment with a mental health professional. Reach out to loved ones.

Thank you again for your letter. It is very helpful. May you finish with your business of dying responsibilities sooner than later.

Former CVN editor Amy Marie Orozco loves living in Carpinteria, including all the sometimes socially sticky situations happening in our seaside setting. Have a question for her? Email it to news@coastalview.com.

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THROWBACK

Granada and The Dovers

BY DR. JIM CAMPOS

AM Top 40 radio reached its peak in the 1960s. The wide variety of musical styles of the 1950s on AM radio had given way to the teen idols of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s to, perhaps, the inevitability of the Beatles and all the guitar bands that imitated their style.

One phenomenon of the era was the garage bands. Have a group with a rhythm, lead and bass guitar, add a drummer and you are equipped to cut a record. With some luck, and knowing the right people, you could make it up the charts. A group from Portland, Oregon, the Kingsmen, for example, cut a cover of an Afro Cuban song, “Louie, Louie.” They put some unintelligible lyrics to it and had a #2 record on the national Billboard chart on Jan. 4, 1964.

Carpinteria had its own version of a garage band: the Del Mars, which recorded on Miramar Records. Sounds pretty Carpinterian, right? Various businesses in Carpinteria have used the Del Mar name over the years. Miramar? Well, the Rosewood Miramar Beach resort is back in business in the same spot it vacated many years ago just off the 101 Freeway, oceanside, between Summerland and Montecito.

Tim Granada (CHS class of ’62) was the lead singer, songwriter and arranger for the Del Mars. Joining forces with Bruce Clawson from another band, they formed a new group, The Dovers, destined to have a taste of fame.

Granada revealed to editor Shirley Douglas (CHS class of 1966), who interviewed him for the El Rincon student page of the Carpinteria Herald (Dec. 2, 1965), that the Del Mars’ manager, Tony Cary, made the decision to remove the Carpinteria reference in the band’s name to The Dovers. The “British Invasion” in pop music was in full swing, dominating the radio air waves, so the British sounding name was chosen, hopefully giving The Dovers an edge in finding their place in the music-making business.

At the time of the interview, The Dovers were riding high with a regional hit record “She’s Gone” that was getting regular air play throughout California, especially in the Los Angeles market. They were mobbed during a performance in Fresno, such was their popularity. Granada was working hard to have enough material to put out an album soon. His, and the band’s newfound popularity, meant long hours of practice and songwriting. “As long as people enjoy my music, I

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don’t mind all the work I put into it,” he said to El Rincon Alas, The Dovers’ time in the limelight was short-lived, not lasting even a year. In-fighting and drug use short-circuited the path to fame. Despite having the backing of Johnny Fairchild, the influential disc jockey on KIST 1340 in Santa Barbara, their total output was four two-sided 45 rpm records —a total of eight songs. Their output was thus still about four songs shy of the typical 12-track album of the era. Within a year, Fairchild’s support for local bands helped the Strawberry Alarm Clock reach the national #1 Bill-

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board spot with the song “Incense and Peppermints” (Nov. 25, 1967).

The Dovers band was finished by mid-1966, as their peers the Strawberry Alarm Clock (nee The Sixpence) shot to fame. Decades later, however, The Dovers would develop a worldwide cult-following based on their eight songs. The Internet is filled with ueries about who this mysterious group was with such great songs. But its lead singer and key songwriter, Granada, had gone underground and would remain so for the rest of his life. In fact, one of the only known interviews that Granada ever gave was the one to Shirley Douglass on the El Rincon page of his hometown newspaper, the Carpinteria Herald. Another curious fact was that no picture of Tim Granada existed on the Internet until this Throwback Thursday article was first published in the Coastal ViewNews back in 2020. Within days of its publication, a picture of Tim Granada’s high school senior portrait appeared on a Dover’s fan page on the Internet. Somewhere, someone was paying attention to the CVN’s citing of Tim Granada and The Dovers and must have got hold of a 1962 CHS yearbook!

The fan base of Tim Granada and The Dovers will be glad to see several never

published photos of the group as both Del Mars and as The Dovers in this Throwback Thursday column. They come from family relative Rob Leighty (CHS class of 1975). His mother Jeannie Gonzales was Tim Granada’s sister, who kept a family album that was passed down to Rob. If you would like to see how revered Tim Granada and The Dovers are, try Googling them on the Internet, or take a listen to their music on YouTube. In 2009, the Psychedelic Rock’n’roll blogspot had this to say “Mr. Granada is a genius. The music of The Dovers is still as fresh and exciting today as it must have been upon its initial release in 1965-66.”

Jim Campos is a native born Carpinterian. Upon retiring from a 35-year career with the Carpinteria Unified School District in 2006, he joined a group of local historians to publish two pictorial history books on Carpinteria. Jim’s curiosity of local history grew from that experience. He is currently serving on the Carpinteria Cultural Foundation which honors the achievements and contributions of Carpinteria’s diverse community. He is also on the board of the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History, where he writes occasional in-depth articles. In 2020, Jim wrote an entire year of columns for CVN’s Throwback Thursday.

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SPORTS

JULY 17, 2025

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Dancers have “Wicked” fun at Mini Cheer Camp

The Carpinteria High School (CHS) Mini Cheer Camp brought out more than 260 kids this month for four days of perfecting their dance skills, building confidence, and having fun with their fellow dancers.

This year’s camp theme was based on the movie “Wicked.” Coaches choreographed a special performance based on the movie, with cheerleaders cast as the main characters Elphaba, Glinda

and the Wizard. Campers all received T-shirts with a special “Wicked” design, and green sparkly bows for the girls or green sunglasses for the boys.

Campers learned from five volunteer coaches and 45 CHS cheerleaders, who led the younger mini cheerleaders through drills July 7–10, 9 a.m. –1 p.m.

On the final day of the camp, the group performed the new dance for the first time during the closing ceremony. They will perform the same dance at CHS’s first home football game this year.

Coaches said the kids loved the “Wicked” theme and the final performance, which is set to the movie’s feature song “Defying Gravity.” Different sections of the song are choreographed for each of the age groups, including a part highlighting this year’s boy dancers.

Children of all skill levels attended the camp, from pre-kindergarten through middle school age. It was a community-wide effort, with CHS pitching in to help feed the campers breakfast and lunch each day.

“It was truly a team effort,” said Ashley Labistour, a CHS cheer mom and member of the Mini Cheer Champ Committee. “As a parent volunteer, seeing everything up close this year I was extremely impressed by the amount of time and effort that goes into this event, with everything from the T-shirt design to the top-notch choreography to the heart of the cheerleaders, who are such amazing role models for the youth who attend.”

Junior Guards of the Week: Week Four

After each week of the summer program, Carpinteria’s Junior Lifeguards selects two guards from each group that display great sportsmanship and attitude. Below are the best on the beach for the fourth week of summer guards.

In the Mini Group, Sienna Lelande and Oliver Rocci were selected by instructors as the standouts of the week. Lelande was described as an “exceptional athlete” who placed first in all four events at the recent Carpinteria competition.

Rocci exemplifies the junior guard spirit, overcoming early summer nerves and improving his skills every day, while always treating his instructors and fellow guards with respect.

Joshie Zick and Noah Donahue were chosen by C-Group instructors for their positive attitudes and competitive spirits. Zick stood out during the recent competition, earning fifth place in flags and performing well in the long swim and long run events.

Instructors called Donahue a strong all-around Junior Guard competitor who is a “monster with unmatched determination,” taking on daily challenges without a single complaint.

B-Group’s best of the week were Frankie Stewart and Holyn Vega. Stewart is no stranger to success in the water, and he has excelled even more as a distance swimmer after attending another swim camp last week. He came back to Junior Guards and grabbed two top-five finishes in the run-swim-run and long swim competition events.

Vega was described as a “beast” in competition. She finished in the top three in every event she attempted and took first place in three different events, including the long swim, which she won after deciding to join the race at the last minute.

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And for the A-Group, instructors chose Olive Carlstedt and Roly Theule, who represents both the passion for competition and positive attitude needed to be a Junior Guard. Carlstedt brings a positive attitude every day, and has emerged as a dominant sprinter who finished in the top five in flags and played a crucial role in her team’s success in the girls relay run.

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respect among all his teammates in the A-Group. Instructors say he always comes prepared to take on the day’s challenges with a positive attitude.

––Ryan P. Cruz

Carpinteria Open brings locals out to the links

BY RYAN P. CRUZ

The Carpinteria Open expanded this year, welcoming 7 golfers in five divisions — including the new senior and women’s categories — for the second annual tournament at Soule Park Golf Course on Sunday, July 13.

Last year’s inaugural event attracted golfers for the Carpinteria’s first-ever golf championship, and this year’s event organizer Andres Nu o opened up the field to five different divisions Championship, Warrior, Rincon, Senior and Women’s.

“The competition was great,” Nu o said. “Golfers of all levels had an opportunity to bring home the championship this year.”

The best score of the day came from Nu o’s son, Noah Nu o, who finished

with a three-under par score of 69 to win the Open Division, taking on the best golfers in Carpinteria to take the championship trophy.

Raif Gonzalez took the top spot in the Warrior Division for golfers with a handicap range of seven to 1 . , with a two-under-par score of 70, taking the division trophy.

Justin Davis won the Rincon Division handicap of 1 or higher with a net two-over-par score of 7 David Brook grabbed the first Senior Division championship trophy with a net seven-under-par score of and Michelle Oyler won the first-ever Women’s Division title with a net eight-over-par score of 0.

“This was a great day to celebrate all of the Carpinteria golfers and we are looking forward to 0 ,” Nu o said.

Open Division players from left, Eric Bell, Rhett Delozier and Mike Galsterer.

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Tournament Director Andres Nuño, left, with his son and Open Division Champion Noah Nuño.

Senior Division Champion David Brook, right, receives his trophy from Tournament Director Andres Nuño.

he rst arpinteria pen omen’s i ision participants, from left Michelle Oyler, Juliet Parsons, Joanie Costa, Jeanie Cornet, Kimberly Eckert and Rosie Fuentes.

AROUND TOWN

Aliso portables bulldozed

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At Aliso Elementary School, construction workers bulldozed the kindergarten and transitional kindergarten portable classrooms July 8 and 9. Kids are out of school for the summer, but will return in August.

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CEF kick off summer movie series with “IF” Carpinteria Education Foundation opened up the “Under the Stars” Movies in the Park series at Linden Field last Friday, with a showing of “IF,” a family comedy about a girl who gains the ability to see people’s imaginary friends. The lineup of summer movies in the park continues over the next few weeks, with “Monsters, Inc.” on July 18, “Wicked” on July 25, “Inside Out” on Aug. 1 and “Minecraft” on Aug. 15.

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

SOUTH BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

CASE NUMBER: 25BAR-00062

DATE OF HEARING: July 25, 2025

MEETING BEINGS: 9:00 A.M

SUBJECT: Cooperstone Additions

Request of Blake Herpst, agent for Randy Cooperstone, to consider Case No. 25BAR-00062 for Conceptual Review of a proposed remodel which consists of exterior and structural improvements to an existing residence, key scope items include the enclosure of a 206 square foot lower-level porch to create a dedicated gym space. The existing exterior shingle siding will be repainted, and associated trim will be revised and refreshed with new paint. The existing shingle roof will be replace with a new standing seam steel roof for enhanced durability and a modern aesthetic. Upgrades to outdoor living areas include the addition of tile finishes to the entry-level balcony and the sun deck above, the installation of a new outdoor grill and parapet, and replacement of the existing glass railing system with a steel cable railing. Additional modifications include revising the entry columns, removing the existing glass door at the entry deck, and raising the existing storage structure by 1’6” with new door to be installed. The following structures exist on the parcel; 2,251 square foot residence. The proposed project will not require any cut or fill. The property is a 0.14-acre parcel zoned 10-R-2, and shown as Assessor’s Parcel Number 005-152-033, 2435 Golden Gate Avenue, in the Summerland community plan, First Supervisorial District.

Anyone interested in this matter is invited to join and speak in support or in opposition to the projects. Written comments are also welcome. All letters should be addressed to the Santa Barbara County Board of Architectural Review, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101 (Attn: Hearing Support).

For further information contact the assigned planner Keanna Lam via email lamk@countyofsb.org or the SBAR secretary, Jonathan Martin at (805) 568-3374 or martinj@countyofsb.org or via FAX at (805) 568-2030.

Suppose you challenge the project 25BAR-00062 in court. In that case, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Board of Architectural Review Board prior to the public hearing.

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CHEF

RANDY

RANDY GRAHAM

This is my take on a popular recipe circulating on the Internet. These freezer-friendly egg mu ns are delicious for breakfast and ideal for your next brunch. If you’re serving them for brunch, pair them with a mixed greens salad dressed with olive oil and red vinegar. Makes 1 mu ns.

Ingredients:

12large eggs

½ teaspoon salt

½ freshly ground black pepper

½ teaspoonItalian seasoning

editerranean egg muffins

2cups fresh baby spinach (chopped)

12grape tomatoes(cut in half)

½ cup red bell pepper (chopped)

6Kalamata olives (cut in half)

2green onions(sliced)

Feta cheese (crumbled)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 1 -cup mu n tin with cooking spray.

Whisk eggs, salt, pepper and Italian seasoning in a large mixing bowl until fluffy.

In each mu n cup, place a small handful of spinach, two halves of tomato, a bit of red bell pepper, some Kalamata olives, a sprinkle of green onions and cheese. Fill each cup approximately 90% full with the egg mixture.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Allow the mu ns to cool until the eggs have set, then run a knife along the outer edge to remove them.

Randy Graham is a noted chef and writer and has been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for over 38 years. Chef Randy has written and published a series of seven cookbooks with original recipes developed over the period 1975 through 2020. He writes for the Ojai Quarterly, the Ojai Discover Monthly, and the California 101 Travelers Guide. His vegetarian recipes are published in newspapers throughout Central California under the header, Chef Randy. He and his wife, Robin, live in Ojai, California, with their dog Cooper. Robin and Cooper are not vegetarians.

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