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CARPINTERIA Vol. 30, No. 11

Nov. 30 - Dec. 6, 2023

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Lantern Tree Books opens on Linden Avenue

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“Miracle on 34th Street” coming to Alcazar Theatre

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Warriors dominate in water

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Heavy lifting

From left, Andy Patterson, Oliver Patterson and Andrew Fedders move a tree onto the St. Joseph Church field on Saturday, Nov. 25; the three, along with other volunteers and Carpinteria scouts, unloaded nearly 900 Christmas trees at 1531 Linden Ave. last week for the scouts’ annual Christmas Tree Farm. The lot will remain open on weekdays, 3–8 p.m., Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., and Sundays, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. until all the trees are sold. Check out more pictures of tree-hoisting fun on pages 16 and 17.

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The berm returns

Construction on Carpinteria’s winter berm – a large, sandy barrier that helps protect Carpinteria’s oceanside properties from winter storm damage – began this week. The annual berm project is paid for by Sandyland homeowners and the city of Carpinteria.

According to Public Works Director John Ilasin, it will be in place through April 15.

Last Museum Marketplace of the year scheduled Dec. 2

The last Carpinteria Valley Historical Society and History Museum Marketplace of the year is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 2, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. at 956 Maple Ave. Browse toys, food, collectibles, musical instruments, vintage clothing and more on Saturday; the museum’s booth, Granny’s Attic, offers items starting at 25 cents.

This month’s featured vendor is Felicia “Flea” Brown, the owner of A Gift From the Maker. Brown sells decoupage home goods, including wooden trays, boxes, furniture and home décor.

“It brings me joy to create items that in turn bring others joy. Often, people look at my creations and say, ‘That’s exactly what I wanted,’ or ‘This is exactly what I need,’ or ‘This will be a perfect gift for…

How did you know?’” Brown said in a press release.

Entry is free; snacks, cold beverages and hot dogs are available for purchase.

For more information, call (805) 684-3112, email info@carpinteriahistoricalmuseum. org or visit carpinteriahistoricalmuseum. org. After December, the next Museum Marketplace is scheduled for March 30.

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Felicia “Flea” Brown will sell decoupage home goods at this month’s museum marketplace.

Middle school to hold information panel for families

Carpinteria Middle School (CMS) will host an informational panel at the school on Thursday, Dec. 7 at 5:30 p.m., 5351 Carpinteria Ave., with teachers, counselors and students present to answer questions about the school.

A video presentation will also be shared at the event. “We welcome all to come and find out more about CMS and the middle school experience,” according to a press release from CMS.

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From left, Chairman and CEO of Montecito Bank & Trust Janet Garufis with Montecito Bank & Trust President and COO George Leis.

Rincon Classic registration opens Friday

Registration for the 2024 Rincon Classic opens Friday, Dec. 1, with a deadline of Dec. 31 to register. The oldest asurfing contest in Santa Barbara, the Classic is a locals-only event; registrations are prioritized by entry date and by the participant’s proximity to Rincon. See more online at rinconclassic.com.

Pick up some avocado gear at Farmer’s Market

Forget to grab that favorite avocado t-shirt, poster or beanie at the California Avocado Festival this year?

Pick up it up at the Carpinteria Farmers Market on Dec. 7, 3–6 p.m., in downtown Carpinteria. Posters, t-shirts and more will be available for purchase, with designs

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Montecito Bank & Trust gives $1.1 million to local nonprofits

CEF, Avofest, Girls Inc. and Carpinteria Arts Center among recipients

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The bank, which receives applications for funding each year, divides finding among Santa Barbara and Ventura county nonprofits. Over 195 nonprofit organizations received funding from the Community Dividends program this year, including Girls Inc. of Carpinteria, Carpinteria Education Foundation, California Avocado Festival and the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center.

“As leaders of our local nonprofits, you play a pivotal role in driving the growth, development and vitality of our communities,” Chairman and CEO Janet Garufis told nonprofits during the luncheon. “You inspire and motivate your staff, your boards and the larger community to come together, work towards a common goal and make a tangible difference in the lives of so many. Our communities and their futures are better because of the work you do today!”

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BY ATMIKA IYER The Carpinteria City Council passed a proclamation on Monday, Nov. 27, congratulating outgoing City Manager Dave Durflinger on his upcoming retirement and recognizing his contributions to the city during his 24-year tenure as a city employee. .The council also temporarily adjourned to present Durflinger with a celebratory cake.

Durflinger’s journey with the city of Carpinteria began in January 1999 when he became the community development director. By October, he also served as deputy city manager and filled in as interim city manager from October 1999 through January 2000, and again from June 1, 2001, until July 2001. He has officially served as city manager since July 24, 2001, and will retire as the longest-serving city manager in Carpinteria’s history. Michael Ramirez, Durflinger’s successor, will take over next week.

The proclamation described Durflinger ’s contributions as a “lasting and positive legacy on the city organization and Carpinteria community.” Durflinger played an instrumental role in shaping the city’s response to several crises, including the Thomas Fires and the Covid-19 pandemic.

The council also recognized Durflinger’s role in increasing transparency and engaging with Coastal View News by providing agendas for local government meetings.

“One of the first actions Dave did as City Manager was to provide the Coastal View News with the agenda packets for City Council and Planning Commission meetings so it could provide the public with more concise factual information; in fact, the first time the packets were ready,

“It’s really humbling and moving. Your kind words really are unbelievable (…) I don’t relish the spotlight, but I want you to know I appreciate all the kind things you’ve said tonight.”

– Dave Durflinger

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The city of Carpinteria honored Dave Durflinger for his 24-year tenure as a city employee with a celebratory cake.

Dave personally delivered the first one to the Coastal View News,” Councilmember Wade Nomura read aloud from the proclamation.

The proclamation concluded by extending “its best wishes to Dave Durflinger and his family on behalf of the citizens of Carpinteria on this occasion and looks forward to hearing of his enjoyment and

relaxation in the years ahead.”

During public comment, former mayor and councilmember Fred Shaw came up to the podium, praising Durflinger’s accomplishments.

“For a lot of us in the room, it has been a real privilege to work alongside you (…) You’ve just constantly been a great leader for all of us,” Shaw said.

“Congratulations on retiring – I can tell you it’s a great gig.”

Durflinger also received a certificate of recognition from the California Legislative Assembly for his tenure with the city from California State Senator Monique Limón, a certificate of special congressional recognition from Congressman Salud Carbajal, and a plaque from the city.

After a slew of praise and applause, Durflinger spoke to the council and the public.

“It’s really humbling and moving. Your kind words really are unbelievable (…) I don’t relish the spotlight, but I want you to know I appreciate all the kind things you’ve said tonight,” Durflinger said. “I wouldn’t have been able to do this work if it weren’t for all of our relationships that have helped me tremendously.”

Carpinteria reports job growth, dips in population, student enrollment Housing inventory at all-time low

BY ATMIKA IYER Carpinteria saw job growth in 2022 and dips in its population and student enrollment, according to Mark Schniepp, the director of the California Economic Forecast in Santa Barbara. Schniepp, who presented a report to the council on Monday night about the state of Carpinteria, also highlighted the status of various industries in the city, employment rates and more.

Schniepp reported a job growth of

5.4% in 2022 and 2.6% thus far for 2023, and described the city’s technology and tourism industries as “key engines of growth.” He also described industrial real estate as a scarce commodity; there is a strong demand for more housing, and pressures to pursue further development of Carpinteria.

Both the city population and K-12 enrollment rates have gradually decreased over the years. Currently, there are 16,069 people living in the Carpinteria Valley; of those, 12,711 people live in the city of

The city has a 3.7% unemployment rate as of October 2023, with a median household income of $88,690.

Carpinteria. There are 8,414 employed residents in the valley; 6,900 of those live within city limits. The valley also has an unemployment rate of 3.7% as of October 2023.

The median household income of Carpinteria is $88,690, while the county and state’s median incomes are $84,817 and $89,113, respectively. In 2023, the average selling price of homes based on 57 sales in Carpinteria was $1,913,456.

Schniepp also said housing availability continues to be scarce for rent and pur-

chase, and rent is up 7% from last year in the apartment housing market. Housing inventory is at an all-time low this year in Carpinteria, he said.

Currently, the city has approved two residential projects that are actively underway – 50 units for GranVida Assisted Living and three units for Zins Condominiums. The city is also looking at two proposals, five units for Vernon Residents

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The city’s population dropped to 12,700 in 2023.

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Keep an open mind to neighbors

I understand Ms. Blue’s concerns (CVN, Vol. 30 No. 9), but “betraying the park’s neighbors” and maligning C-DOG’s efforts are way off base. Statistically, 44.5% of U.S. households own a dog. There are no official statistics for Carpinteria, but it would be unusual if we were too far off that number, and we’ve never said that all dogs require a dog park.

Interestingly, when we attended the Nov. 6 Carpinteria Planning Commission meeting, only three residents who live anywhere near the proposed off-leash area spoke against the proposal. We have heard positive comments from others, if for no other reason than it should reduce the number of off-leash dogs who currently run around the park. A few others have laughed at the prospect of noise, citing the Mariachi bands, parties, games, etc., that are the present reality.

As for your eyebrow-raising, I’ve heard that it’s a symptom of disagreeing with something. Nothing to worry about unless you can’t see the other point(s) of view. I serve on two non-profit boards, and our missions, although different, are squarely in line with what nonprofits do – advocate for our members and to society in general. That doesn’t mean that 100% of society agrees, but the majority does.

C-DOG’s mission is to provide safe and secure environments where owners may exercise and train their dogs off-leash, provide additional socialization opportunities for people and their dogs and enhance positive interaction between, dog owners and the community.

So if you have a dog, we’re trying to help; and if you don’t have a dog, we’ll be trying to be good neighbors in every respect, including understanding your point of view.

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LETTERS “Bottom line: What’s in it for Carpinteria? Absolutely nothing.”

–– Todd Stewart

through the reallocation of space from existing, busy public parks, often at the expense of kids who use them. Parks for humans are best situated in residential areas, while dog parks, due to piercing noise, are not. Thus, appropriating space from a residential park not only conflicts with its intended users but also causes hostilities with neighbors. As such, C-DOG’s approach to getting a dog park has been controversial and contentious.

With the dog park experiment now moving from El Carro Park to the busier Monte Vista Park, heightened conflicts can be expected. The playbook seems predictable: dog park supporters will again deny issues, dismiss complainants as habitual whiners and crowd city hall meetings to drown out opposing voices.

Amidst this combative dynamic, one fundamental question remains: Is it right for a special-interest group to take space from a city park actively used by children and the community at large?

If this precedent stands, my beer-loving friends might demand park space for a beer garden. More seriously, every successful public-space initiative in town provides a blueprint: establish public spaces where they are welcome and don’t encroach on existing community usage.

Simply put, do no harm.

Felix Schneider Carpinteria

Establish a new park that doesn’t encroach Thanks to IBC for live The dog park saga presents a troubling departure from Carpinteria’s tradition music of civic generosity, which produced an impressive number of public spaces, including Lions Park, the Bluffs, the Franklin Trail, the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Art Center and the Skate Park.

These additions enriched the community without taking away from established community usage.

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Just four years ago, during Covid-19, there was no live music. My husband and I danced in our living room to CDs and vinyl. I so appreciate Island Brewing Company giving us live music every week to dance to. There is no better feeling for me than to be out on the dance floor having

fun with people of like interest. I will never forget not being able to do just that.

Thank you Paul and Cheryl Wright for giving all of Carpinteria that gift.

Elise Winneguth Carpinteria

Bluffs resort not for Carpinteria

There were two letters published in last week’s CVN (CVN Vol. 29, No. 10) in support of the concept of building a massive resort on the Carpinteria Bluffs.

The first letter argued that the property owner has constitutional rights to develop the project. This attempt to frame constructing 125,000 square feet of buildings next to a nature preserve as an inevitability is false. Recall there was an approved development plan to be built on the Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve in the 1990s. Locals organized against that folly of a plan, and successfully pumped the brakes on approval.

The developers litigated against the city and council members and lost. Today, there’s a slice of magic on the bluffs where there could be houses, hotels, roads and gas stations. Property rights have meaning, but anyone who has applied for a permit to build a deck or add on a room knows there’s nothing inevitable about property owners gaining permission to

build on private property.

In another letter, People’s Self-Help Housing highlighted the affordable housing part of the resort proposal. PSHH does great work, but should not be drawn in as a bargaining chip for commercial, for-profit development on coastal open space. Particularly in this case, where the low-paying-jobs to affordable housing ratio skews toward more jobs than apartments, only fueling the housing crisis. The number of service jobs at the proposed resort – including a restaurant, spa and events center – only creates more need for housing, parking, resources and infrastructure. Organizations like PSHH that offer solutions to real problems should act to solve the problems and not make them worse.

Indeed, anyone looking for information on the proposed bluffs resort should be aware of their sources and the intent of the messenger. Bottom line: What’s in it for Carpinteria? Absolutely nothing.

Todd Stewart Carpinteria

Vandalism at church is hateful

Unfortunately, the violence and hate crimes that we see has reared its ugly head in Carpinteria. Recently, St. Joseph’s Chapel on Seventh Street was the target with broken windows, and damage to the statue of the blessed Virgin Mary which is in front of the chapel. Praying for the perpetrators and hope someday they see the “light.”

Dolores Schneider Carpinteria

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THE LAY OF THE LAND M I K E WO N D O LOW S K I If a statement is repeated often enough, sometimes it just starts seeming true. It may even seem to be a truism – a self-evident, obvious truth. But seeming true is most definitely not the same thing as being true!

“Housing is expensive, so we need to build more to fix that problem.”

“If a community doesn’t grow, it dies.”

“Carpinteria is a jobs center, with more jobs available than a resident labor force to fill it.”

OK, that last one hasn’t been repeated in exactly that form (partly because of grammar issues), but it does appear in the 2023 Carpinteria Valley Economic Profile the city of Carpinteria recently commissioned (tinyurl.com/CarpProfile). So, it might be repeated.

The problem is that not a single one of those three statements is true. Let’s start with that last one: Is Carpinteria a jobs center?

Despite some flawed analysis, the Carpinteria Valley Economic Profile has a lot of good data that provide interesting insights. For example: Total population of the Carpinteria Valley: 16,069. Number of these people who are employed: 10,493. Number of jobs in the Carpinteria Valley: 10,078.

There are 415 fewer jobs in the valley than there are people who live here and have jobs. That is the opposite of what the Economic Profile states. It neglected to do this analysis and simply asserted “Carpinteria is a jobs center” – that’s one way a truism that is not true gets started.

If there are more working people than jobs, rather than being a jobs center, the Carpinteria Valley is a bedroom community for neighboring jobs centers. Specifically, Goleta and the city of Santa Barbara have more jobs than they have working residents. So, their workers live elsewhere and commute to those jobs. The Average Commute Time graph from the Economic Profile shows the effect of this dynamic: shorter average commutes for residents of Goleta and Santa Barbara, with longer commutes the further residents live from

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Truisms are not always true The buildings where people lived in 2016 did not disappear.

What happened to them? They were converted into shortterm rentals or bought up as second homes. That is what caused the population decline. those two areas.

Now let’s look at the often-repeated claims that we need to build more housing because housing is expensive, and we must keep growing to stay economically healthy. Truisms, right?

Again, no. The city of Carpinteria’s population has decreased by approximately 830 residents (about 6%) since 2016. The Economic Profile asserts this decrease was the result of high home prices, but this assertion is not supported by the data in that very same section of the report. The report documents that the population of the entire Carpinteria Valley “has been remarkably constant” over that period, so the population in the unincorporated part of the Valley increased by around 830 residents. Since home prices have also increased in the unincorporated area, citing that as the cause of the population decline in the city of Carpinteria just doesn’t hold water.

The buildings where people lived in 2016 did not disappear. What happened to them? They were converted into shortterm rentals or bought up as second homes. That is what caused the population decline. These conversions reduce housing availability and force housing prices up in the entire area. So high prices are not the cause of the population decline as the report states. Preventing new conversions and reversing some that have occurred are key to preserving our existing housing supply.

Is it true that since housing is expensive, we need to build more? How did

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Residents of Goleta and Santa Barbara have shorter average commute times, with longer commutes the further residents live from those areas.

(2023 Carpinteria Valley Economic Profile, page 7.) that work out for Orange County? For decades they built and built and sprawled and built some more. So that should be one of the most affordable housing markets in California, shouldn’t it? But, of course, it is not. They just have more expensive housing, as well as a bunch of really wealthy real estate developers.

But we need to grow because… you know… because that’s what people say is necessary. Plus, it generates more tax revenue.

This idea implies that growth for growth’s sake is good, but it completely neglects any mention of the associated costs for infrastructure and services to support new growth, which would likely exceed the increases in property and sales tax revenue to the city of Carpinteria and Santa Barbara County.

It also completely ignores the fact that building housing to accommodate population growth creates demand for lowwage service jobs which have the hidden cost of increasing demand for affordable housing, which requires public subsidies. In fact, the Economic Profile shows “Hotel and Food Services” and “Retail Trade” are two of the three lowest-wage employment sectors. Creating new jobs in those sectors means more local workers who cannot afford market-rate housing.

Building new market-rate housing only

digs the hole even deeper.

It is wrong to believe that supply-and-demand means that if we build more housing, prices will go down. That would only be true if there were fixed demand. But we have what is called “highly elastic demand,” which means there are a whole lot more people who don’t live here now and want to move here than we could possibly build enough housing for.

Some truisms are just not true, no matter how often they are repeated. To address our problems, including housing, we must look for true root causes for the issues we face and not buy into the idea that building more of something is the answer to every problem.

Mike Wondolowski is president of the Carpinteria Valley Association (www.facebook.com/ carpinteriavalleyassociation), a local organization dedicated to maintaining the small beach town nature of our community. In over 30 years of involvement in planning issues, he has witnessed visionary successes, as well as decisions that were later widely regretted.

When not stuck indoors, he can often be found enjoying Carpinteria’s treasures including kayaking and snorkeling along the coast, running or hiking on the bluffs or the Franklin Trail, or “vacationing” as a tent camper at the State Beach.

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and three for Saticoy Condominiums.

The city also has several non-residential projects in the pipeline as of Summer 2023. The 40-room Surfliner Inn and a 60,522-square-foot Procore Training Center have been proposed, as well as a mix-used, 99-room operation known as The Farm, which would cover 122,211 square feet on the Carpinteria Bluffs. The 700 Linden Ave. development is underway, and the McCann Mini Storage renovations and a 72-room hotel on Via Real have been approved.

Carpinteria also currently has seven hotels, with 594 rooms that keep a 68.8% average occupancy rate in 2023, down from 2022’s 90.1%. Short-term vacation rentals brought in $6.2 million in sales in 2023, with 205 reporting vacation rentals. Hotels brought in $21.5 million in sales.

Carpinteria’s 10 largest employers are Procore, Agilent, LinkedIn, the Carpinteria Unified School District, Gigavac, NuSil, Plan Member Services, Bega US, Freudenberg Medical and AGIA. The valley also boasts the second lowest crime rate in the whole county, with poverty rates reportedly extremely low while median household incomes are “relatively high.”

Carpinteria’s K-12 school district now has less than 2,000 students enrolled.

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Obituary

Dianne Marie (Kleber) Paradis 10/30/1952 – 10/24/2023 Dianne Marie (Kleber) Paradis passed away on Oct. 24, 2023, at her home in Carpinteria, Calif.

She was born Oct. 30, 1952 in Melrose, Mass. to Richard T. Kleber and Caroline R. (Greeley) Kleber. Dianne spent her childhood in Worcester, Mass., along with her six brothers and sisters. She was raised with a curiosity for her natural surroundings, and this evolved in her adult years to an appreciation for the beauty of the daily routines in her classroom, home, and garden.

Dianne was always a passionate and dedicated student. She first attended Canisius University in Buffalo, N.Y., and graduated from UMass Amherst with her bachelor’s degree. After graduating, Dianne, along with her future husband

Jim and their dear friend Jack, traveled cross-country to visit her childhood friend Eileen in Santa Barbara. With little hesitation, Dianne and Jim decided to remain in California, marry, and build their life together. Dianne and Jim welcomed their son Matthew J. Paradis and daughter Caroline M. (Paradis) Whittaker before Dianne returned to school to earn her teaching credential from UC Santa Barbara.

She began her early teaching career in Ventura before accepting a position with Canalino Elementary School, where she spent the rest of her long career serving students and families in Carpinteria and building relationships in the community.

Dianne spent over 30 years in early elementary school classrooms and shared her love of learning with hundreds of children and their families.

Upon retiring, Dianne was able to enjoy time with her family, including her four beloved grandchildren and her husband Jim. Dianne also cherished time with her dear friends, many of whom were friendships that lasted decades.

Dianne is predeceased by her parents, sister Gail, brother Ronnie and husband James. She is survived by her son Matt, his wife Kimi, their children Emmalani and Bryce; daughter Caroline and her children Dianne and Jeffry; and her siblings Rick, Donna, Russell and Katrina.

We invite you to join us in memory of her life on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 1 p.m. at Linden Field at Carpinteria State Park.

Please feel free to bring a chair or blanket.

For those interested, the family suggests you bring a children’s book to donate in Dianne’s honor instead of flowers.

City recognizes outgoing SB Association of Realtors president

On Monday, the Carpinteria City Council recognized the outgoing president of Santa Barbara Association of Realtors Todd Shea for organizing events, fundraisers and philanthropic donations.

A city proclamation thanked Shea for his active role in the Carpinteria community through his support of the Santa Barbara Association of REALTORS Young Professionals Network, as director for the California Association of REALTORS and coach for the Junior Varsity Girls Volleyball team at Dos Pueblos High School.

“Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the city council of the city of Carpinteria offers a deep appreciation for President

Todd Shea’s ability to exhibit strong leadership and strength in character in service to his community and the membership of the Santa Barbara Association of REALTORS for the year of 2023,” Mayor Al Clark read aloud from the proclamation.

Shea spoke to the council about his experience serving as the president of the association, stating it has been an honor.

“Giving back to our community and protecting personal property rights, it’s been my pleasure and honor to do that this year and again thank you so much for the recognition, the award,” Shea said on Monday.

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Light Up A Life creates sacred space to grieve, honor deceased loved ones Carpinteria ceremony scheduled Dec. 9, 5 p.m.

BY COMPASSIONATE CARE OF CARPINTERIA With the holiday season in full swing, it’s an exciting time for many of us to be thinking about all the wonderful memories we’ll be making with our close friends and family members.

This isn’t the case for everyone. Unfortunately, the holiday season can be extremely difficult and painful for those who feel an empty and aching space in their hearts for a loved one who has passed away and won’t be a part of this year’s annual holiday traditions. Though grief is a normal part of life, it can be especially difficult to cope with loss during one of the most joyous times of the year.

Compassionate Care of Carpinteria, an initiative of Hospice of Santa Barbara, encourages our community to look for ways, if possible, to embrace the season as a time for healing. There is no right or wrong answer to managing your grief – particularly at this time of year.

It is in the spirit of shared loss and healing that we began our Light Up A Life ceremony in Carpinteria. It allows all of us a path to integrate our loved ones into the holiday through these sacred events and experience that loss and love with others who are experiencing the same thing.

This Year ’s Carpinteria Light Up A Life event, held at the Seal Fountain, is on Saturday, Dec. 9, beginning at 5 p.m.

The event will feature special speakers and guests, musical entertainment and the lighting of a memorial tree. Light up A Life is free and open to everyone. We look forward to seeing you there.

Tips for navigating the holidays after the loss of a loved one

Hospice of Santa Barbara encourages our community to not just “get through” the holidays, but to embrace the season as a time for healing. Here are a few tips we hope will be helpful to you or someone you care about.

As the holidays near, you should acknowledge that there will be hard

The holiday season can be extremely difficult and painful for those who feel an empty and aching space in their hearts for a loved one who has passed away and won’t be a part of this year’s annual holiday traditions. times ahead as you mourn your loved one. Remember that everyone grieves differently, and that it’s okay to not feel okay. If there are children in your family who are also coping with loss, focus on their needs and help them process through their grief.

Make a conscious decision when it comes to carrying on your holiday traditions or considering starting new ones. Continuing the old traditions may help keep your loved one’s memory alive, but setting new ones may help you to move on.

Honor your loved one’s memory, whether it is through a beloved holiday tradition, or by sharing stories about them with your friends. Remember that although they are gone, their memory will always live on in your heart.

Don’t forget to take care of yourself by getting a proper amount of sleep, eating healthily and exercising when you can, but without forcing too much of your energy. Taking care of your body will help alleviate stress and improve your overall well-being.

Surround yourself with a supportive community that will be with you every step of the way as you cope with your grief. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it.

Compassionate Care of Carpinteria, an initiative of Hospice of Santa Barbara, is a volunteer hospice organization operating in Santa Barbara County. For more information, visit hospiceofsb.org.

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An odor-control pact with Carpinteria cannabis growers breaks down “We kept our promises and they broke theirs,” a citizens’ coalition says

BY MELINDA BURNS It’s been more than two years since the Santa Barbara Coalition for Responsible Cannabis signed a peace treaty with a leading growers’ organization in the Carpinteria Valley.

Today, the coalition says, that agreement is in tatters.

The agreement of August 2021 was an odor-control pact signed by the coalition, a countywide advocacy group of about 200 members, and the Cannabis Association for Responsible Producers, or CARP Growers, representing most of the valley’s greenhouse owners.

The coalition’s assent was a tacit concession that suing the growers and challenging their permits had failed to halt the wholesale conversion of the flower greenhouses ringing the beach town of Carpinteria to smelly, industrial-scale pot.

Now, however, the coalition has gone back to court. In September, the group filed a class action lawsuit in Santa Barbara County Superior Court against Case and Alex Van Wingerden, a father and son who are members of CARP Growers.

They own 19 acres of cannabis at Valley Crest Farms and Ceres Farm on Casitas Pass Road. The lawsuit alleges that the “ever-present noxious odor” and “thick, heavy, strong stench of cannabis” in the neighborhood from these operations is a violation of the state Clean Air Act. Valley-wide, the coalition says, the growers are dragging their feet and failing to adopt state-of-the-art clean-air technology in their open-vented greenhouses. Carbon filters called “scrubbers” have been shown to be effective in preventing the “skunky” smell of pot from wafting out of the roof vents and into urban neighborhoods. Yet only four of 20 active “grows” in the valley are fully equipped with them, county records show.

In all, that’s 28 acres of cannabis greenhouses with scrubbers out of a total 122 acres under cultivation, or not quite one acre out of every four.

“We’ve been played,” Lionel Neff, a coalition director who signed the 2021 agreement, said this month. “We thought we were all working together on an answer to the problem, on the same track, going to the same destination. Everybody was rejoicing. We’d share beers together.

Now we’re looking at this as promises made, promises broken. We kept our

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A citizens’ coalition has filed a class action lawsuit against Valley Crest Farms and Ceres Farm, alleging that the “noxious” smell of cannabis in the neighborhood represents a violation of the state Clean Air Act. promises and they broke theirs.”

As the private agreement breaks down, though, public policy may be shifting in favor of a requirement for the use of scrubbers in cannabis. For the first time, during an impromptu discussion at the county Board of Supervisors meeting this week, three out of five supervisors signaled that they were open to the idea.

“There’s good technology out there,” said Supervisor Laura Capps, who represents the Goleta Valley and has long advocated for stricter regulations for cannabis. “If it were any other industry, we would be requiring it.”

Seven more greenhouse operations totaling 30 acres are slated for scrubbers next year, records show; the growers agreed to install them as a condition of their zoning permits. That means that in all, 58 acres, or just under half of the cannabis acreage under cultivation in the valley, could be equipped with scrubbers by the end of 2024.

But that’s only 39% of 149 acres of greenhouse cannabis approved for permits to date. There is no requirement for scrubbers on the remaining acreage, with the exception of 13 acres at Vista Verde, an operation at 3450 Via Real that’s not yet online.

(These figures do not include about nine acres in the valley approved for processing, the smelliest stage of cannabis production. The growers who are processing have installed carbon scrub-

bers inside their processing rooms and warehouses. These structures, unlike the greenhouses, are sealed and do not have open roof vents.)

CARP Growers responds

Under the 2021 agreement with the coalition, CARP Growers committed to “continuously employing the best available control technology” so that the smell of pot could not be detected beyond the growers’ property lines. The association also agreed to a protocol for responding to odor complaints that, depending on the scope of the problem, could lead to a requirement to install state-of-the-art equipment.

In return, the coalition agreed not to sue the growers or oppose their project applications at county hearings, and even pledged to support them. CARP Growers hailed the agreement as “historic” and sent out press photos of their representatives smiling and clasping hands with coalition directors. During the year that followed, the coalition spent $150,000 helping the growers test odor-control technologies.

“This is the first I’ve heard of any collapse of an agreement with the coalition,” Graham Farrar, the CARP Growers president, said earlier this month. “We’re still certainly operating as if it’s intact. We’re all doing the things we said we would do.

Many people are working on scrubbers on their own volition.”

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Several cannabis operations are in proximity to Carpinteria High School, including Ever-Bloom and Mediedibles.

Farrar is one of the largest cannabis growers in California, with 125 acres of greenhouses in Ventura County and 11 acres in the Carpinteria Valley. The intention of the agreement, he said, was not to impose a one-size-fits-all technology on CARP Growers members, but rather to find a solution tailored to each site. Some greenhouses are not in close proximity to homes, he noted.

“There’s nowhere in there where it designates a specific model, technique or odor technique,” Farrar said of the agreement. If neighbors complain about the smell, he said, the intention was that growers would “work with the community until the problem is solved.”

No mandate

Though the smell of pot is much less noticeable in the valley than it was five years ago, residents say, hot spots persist in neighborhoods around Foothill and Casitas Pass roads; Padaro and Cravens lanes; Via Real; La Mirada Drive; and the polo club on Foothill – including neighborhoods near greenhouses owned or operated by present and past presidents of CARP Growers.

Carpinterians have filed more than 3,000 odor complaints with the county – including 350 this year – since the county Board of Supervisors opened the doors to a “green rush” in 2018. Many residents have complained of health problems such as asthma, sore throats, headaches and eye irritation that they believe were brought on by the smell of pot.

The Van Wingerdens did not respond to requests for comment on the recent lawsuit. But in a court filing, they stated that they were operating in compliance with state and local laws. They also submitted a plan to the county earlier this month, proposing to install scrubbers at Ceres Farm, at 6030 Casitas Pass Road, by the end of 2024. (They have not submitted plans for scrubbers at their Valley Crest operation at 5980 Casitas Pass Road, next to the Rose Story Farm.)

What’s most frustrating, Neff said, is that the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors has not identified carbon scrubbers as the “best available” technology for odor control or mandated them for use in the valley’s greenhouses.

“All this is brought on by the county,” Neff said, noting that the coalition has spent more than $1 million on lawsuits, appeals and the agreement with CARP Growers. “Look at the amount we’ve spent to do what the county should have done. I’ve put in at least $75,000 of my own money. It troubles me that the county doesn’t want to embrace scrubbers as a palliative and as a showing of goodwill.”

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Coastal View News • Tel: (805) 684-4428 Most growers in the valley, including Farrar and the Van Wingerdens, are still using “vapor-phase” systems – perforated pipes around the perimeter of the greenhouses that release a perfumed mist into the outside air. They are designed to “mask” the smell of cannabis after it escapes from the roof vents.

Judging from the growers’ project descriptions, these systems are collectively releasing several hundred tons of the deodorant, a non-toxic mix of plant oils and water, into the valley air every year.

Some residents have complained that the “laundromat” smell is as bad as the smell of pot.

A change of mind

On Nov. 14, the Carpinteria City Council, which has long pressed the county to enact stricter regulations for the industry, voted 5-0 to send a letter to board Chair Das Williams, a chief architect of the county’s cannabis ordinance and a resident of Carpinteria, requesting that the county start requiring the use of carbon scrubbers in new and previously permitted cannabis greenhouses as the “sole best available” technology for odor control.

And on Tuesday, county Supervisor Bob Nelson introduced the subject for the first time, during a board discussion on cannabis tax revenue. He represents a portion of the Santa Rita Hills west of Buellton, where a number of outdoor cannabis operations are under cultivation.

“There should be at some point a shift to best available control technology,” Nelson said.

Nelson requested that the board revisit the question of cannabis odor at a future hearing. Supervisors Capps and Joan Hartmann, whose district also includes part of the Santa Rita Hills, enthusiastically agreed. Supervisor Steve Lavagnino of Santa Maria, a co-architect of the cannabis ordinance, cast the only “no” vote, suggesting that requirements for new technology would put growers out of business and trigger layoffs.

“Do we regulate any other odor in agriculture?” he asked. “You’re not going to be able to put odor control in outdoor grows … I think we’re opening a Pandora’s Box.” Although he voted to revisit the question, Williams has long favored seeking the growers’ voluntary cooperation as the fastest way to get scrubbers installed.

He said again on Tuesday that it would take two years to change the ordinance to require them. He noted also that the county can require scrubbers if growers are unable to resolve odor problems when neighbors complain – though, admittedly, the county has never taken that step.

“The only thing that has stood in the way of it has been knowing the source of the odor,” Williams said in an interview.

And he added: “Mandating a specific technology is a bad idea… We might have a technology in a year or two that’s even better. We don’t want to have a system that we then have to unravel.”

Mike Cooney, the county planning commissioner for the valley and a Williams appointee, takes a different view.

At the commission level, he said, “We’ve constantly called for an amendment to the ordinance to require scrubbers.

“I’d rather have someone stop growing than not put the scrubbers in,” Cooney said. “I would like to see the county be more aggressive. If we say a year and they don’t have them in, there ought to be at that time a revocation letter that goes out and says, ‘Thirty days from now, your permit will be invalid.’”

the large Van Wingerden farming family in the valley and also is a member of CARP Growers.)

In November 2022, Ed Van Wingerden and his partners released the results of a $750,000 controlled study, paid for by Ever-Bloom and conducted in Carpinteria, showing that a three-stage carbon scrubber engineered by Envinity Group, a firm based in the Netherlands, could eliminate, on average, 84% of the smell of cannabis inside a greenhouse before it could escape through the open roof vents.

The scrubbers cost $22,000 each, and the recommended density was 10 per acre – an expensive proposition, now that the price of wholesale cannabis has dropped to $500 per pound, down by more than half since 2020.

“That’s the cost of doing business,” Neff said. “Growers have the choice of spending the money on attorneys or putting in scrubbers and doing a service to the community.”

In 2022, Ed Van Wingerden installed 110 scrubbers at Ever-Bloom, or 10 per

acre, at a cost of more than $2 million.

He and his partners also purchased 100 extra Envinity scrubbers to sell to other growers, without much success so far; 12 have been purchased for a processing building, but none for greenhouses.

Last June, Neff said, the coalition dropped its 2020 lawsuit against Ever-Bloom. Van Wingerden paid $185,000 to cover the group’s attorney’s fees; $45,000 to cover the moving expenses to Ventura incurred by Greg and Marllus Gandrud, former neighbors of Ever-Bloom and former plaintiffs in the case; and $5,000 to Paul Ekstrom, another former plaintiff, in recompense for the air ventilation system he installed at his home on Manzanita Street.

Yet as of today, county records show, only two “grows” in the valley are equipped with Envinity scrubbers in their greenhouses, and both are owned by Ed Van Wingerden: Ever-Bloom on Foothill, and Roadside Blooms at 3684 Via Real.

At Farmlane, two greenhouse operations at 1400 and 1540 Cravens Lane,

Ongoing complaints

This year to date, among 350 odor complaints filed with the county, Carpinterians have described the stench coming from cannabis greenhouses as “very, very strong,” “overwhelming,” “foul,” “very unpleasant,” “nauseatingly disgusting,” “gross,” “miserable” and “revolting.”

At the top of the list, with 98 complaints, is Farrar’s G&K Produce, eight acres of cannabis at 3561 Foothill Road.

Farrar has not submitted a plan for scrubbers at G&K. The county renewed his annual business license for G&K in May. “I’ve made complaints to this office before,” wrote a resident of La Mirada Drive who has filed 30 complaints against G&K so far this year. “However, the odor issues have yet to go away. I had stopped making complaints as they take up time and have not led to a decrease in odors.

Nevertheless, I do not want my lack of reporting to make it appear that the problem has been solved. As such, I am again reporting the issues…to make it known that the problem still exists.”

In an interview, Farrar said he specifically picked his Foothill location for cannabis because it is not near homes or schools. There are other greenhouse operations in the vicinity, he said, so it’s impossible to know who is causing the smell in the La Mirada neighborhood, which lies in the hills above Foothill. As

“Act like neighbors”

As part of its negotiations with CARP Growers two years ago, the coalition agreed to put on hold a “nuisance” lawsuit it had filed in 2020 against Ed Van Wingerden, the owner of Ever-Bloom, an 11-acre cannabis operation at 4701 Foothill. (Ed heads a separate branch of

an earlier brand of scrubbers is in use.

The owners, Cindy and David Van Wingerden, were the first to adopt the technology, three years ago. They are not members of CARP Growers.

Winfred Van Wingerden, Ed’s brother and a CARP Grower member, plans to install Envinity scrubbers early next year at Maximum, four acres of cannabis greenhouses at 4555 Foothill.

And Farrar plans to install Envinity scrubbers early next year at Glass House Farms, a three-acre greenhouse operation at 5601 Casitas Pass Road, though not at the recommended ratio of 10 per acre.

They will join six scrubbers of a different model that are currently in place at Glass House.

Glass House is one of five “grows” at the eastern end of the valley, where administrators at Cate School, a private boarding school on Cate Mesa Road, have complained that the smell of pot is a daily aggravation. In the past, Glass House has spent long stints at the top of the county’s odor complaint list.

“I want more people to get Envinity scrubbers,” county board Chair Williams said. “Am I satisfied with the progress?

I’m not. But I think things are moving in the right direction. Within the hot spots, most growers are making changes. I understand that it’s not as rapidly as some folks would like.

“In my judgment, we’ve gone sixty to seventy percent of the way and it hasn’t really changed some people’s minds, and it’s frustrating. I hope if we get to a larger reduction in odors, it will allow for people to act like neighbors again.”

But for now, the matter is back in court.

And members of Concerned Carpinterians, a loosely-knit organization with 350 residents on its email list, say they welcome the coalition’s decision to rejoin the fray. Concerned Carpinterians has continued to file appeals of cannabis projects during the past two years.

“What ended up happening was that every appeal I made, the coalition refused to take a stand and actually spoke in favor of the growers and in opposition to what I was saying,” said Jill Stassinos, who belongs to both groups. “That was really difficult for me to understand, after having contributed money to the cause. I’m happy that, finally, they are becoming more supportive of Concerned Carpinterians.”

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for the smell on the road in front of his operation, Farrar said, that’s not regulated by the county.

Farrar said he had been held up until now by state Coastal Commission review of a processing warehouse at G&K. Now that the warehouse has been approved, he said, he is “committed to addressing odor” in the greenhouses, adding, “Now we will have the ability to talk about what comes next.”

Other greenhouses near La Mirada include Autumn Brands, owned by Autumn Shelton; and Ocean Hill Farms, owned by Kelly Clenet; together, they are growing nine acres of cannabis at 3615 Foothill. Shelton was president of CARP Growers when the group signed the agreement with the coalition in 2021; she has not installed scrubbers and did not respond to a request for comment this month.

The latest lawsuit

Case and Alex Van Wingerden, the defendants in the coalition’s latest lawsuit, own nine acres of cannabis greenhouses at Valley Crest and 10 acres at Ceres, two of the operations nearest Cate School.

William Hahn and Danielle Dall’Armi, owners of Rose Story Farm next to Valley Crest; and Chonnie Bliss Jacobson, a neighbor at 6217 Casitas Pass Road, have joined the coalition as plaintiffs in the recent lawsuit. They allege that the stench of cannabis from the two greenhouse operations has lowered their property values and reduced the rental and business income at Rose Story Farm.

According to Marc Chytilo, a former coalition lawyer, the odor response protocol in the CARP Growers agreement

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Simon van der Burg – seen here at Ever-Bloom with Envinity scrubbers in the background – is the co-founder and managing partner of Envinity, a Netherlands firm that has spent $800,000 developing a carbon scrubber for the Carpinteria greenhouse industry. broke down at Valley Crest and Ceres.

The coalition reported to the operators dozens of instances of odor problems at the Rose Story Farm in windy conditions, Chytilo said, with Valley Crest and Ceres as “the most likely cause.”

“Sometimes they had excuses, and other times we just didn’t get a response at all,” Chytilo said. “Over time, it was clear they were unwilling or unable to take steps to control their odors. At times, it seemed they didn’t believe they were generating odors.”

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Case and Alex Van Wingerden “have shown little concern for the citizens of Carpinteria,” the coalition’s lawsuit alleges. “Instead, they have focused on lining their pockets with profits from this modern-day cash crop.”

In a recent court filing, the Van Wingerdens responded that the damages claimed by the plaintiffs were “speculative and uncertain.” In plans submitted to the county this month, they proposed installing CleanLeaf scrubbers, a model that sells for $4,500. The company is headquartered in St. Louis, Mo. Neff is not impressed: “It’s nothing but a stalling tactic,” he said. “Why are they looking at other scrubbers when Envinity works?”

Tristan Strauss, the Valley Crest and Ceres operator, a past president of CARP Growers and the CEO of Headwaters, a bulk cannabis supply company in California, did not respond to requests for comment on the lawsuit. Strauss played an active role in drafting the agreement with the coalition; and in turn, the coalition put on hold an appeal of one of Strauss’s five cannabis active “grows” in the valley. None of Strauss’s operations are equipped with scrubbers.

At a county hearing on the Valley Crest project last year, Strauss said: “The cannabis market is in a place of peril right now. The cost of scrubbers is prohibitive.

Politicians in Santa Barbara County have to decide if they want us to stay here.”

The view from the Netherlands

Simon van der Burg, the co-founder and managing partner of Envinity, has made 15 trips to the Carpinteria Valley during the last two years, visiting greenhouses and talking to all the growers. On his last trip in March, he said, he came away empty-handed, with no orders for scrubbers. He plans to return on Dec. 3.

“I’m definitely disappointed because we spent three-quarters of a million euros ($800,000) doing everything CARP Growers wanted,” van der Burg said, “and in the end, we were the best-proven technology.

“I wish they saw it as more like an investment project that also solves odor,” he said, adding that the scrubbers also remove dust, mold, viruses, bacteria and pesticide drift. “We want them to buy it from us because they want to buy it and not because the government is pushing them to buy it.”

If all the cannabis growers in the Carpinteria Valley were to place orders

today, delivery could start within five or six months and Envinity would deliver the scrubbers before the first of June 2024, van der Burg said. But he said the growers have told him they’re struggling to meet payroll and avoid layoffs.

“The market went down, so the money is gone,” van der Burg said.

Envinity’s main business is air filters for petrochemical firms and for companies such as yacht-building firms that do a lot of spray painting. Envinity also sells scrubbers designed for hothouse lettuce and tomato operations.

To meet the challenge in cannabis, a new industry for his firm, van der Burg said Envinity tested 500 filters to develop a model that worked. Figuring out what odor is and what it does was “a very, very, very difficult question,” he said.

Inside the Envinity scrubbers, greenhouse air is pre-filtered to remove both large and small particles before they can clog up the works. Next, the air passes through a carbon filter, where it is exposed to titanium oxide and ultraviolet light to oxidize and reduce the smelly gases. In the final stage, another filter captures any remaining gases. The technology is the first of its kind and the only model to be tested in a controlled study in the Carpinteria Valley.

Van der Burg’s own government, while tolerating the illegal sale of cannabis in coffee shops, has proceeded with caution when it comes to cultivation, which is still illegal in the Netherlands.

After a four-year period of research on the cultivation, supply and use of cannabis; growers’ banking problems and potential crime and public health problems, the government will allow the first two growers in the Netherlands’ “Controlled Cannabis Supply Chain Experiment” to start growing marijuana in December.

They will be delivering to coffee shops in two Dutch cities. The shops must be owned by residents of the Netherlands and can sell cannabis only to residents of the Netherlands. In all, 10 growers and 11 cities will eventually participate in the pilot project.

“They want to be sure if cannabis is being produced, it’s being produced the way the government wants it to be produced, with all the correct permits,” van der Burg said. “It is really organized.”

Melinda Burns is an investigative journalist with 40 years of experience covering immigration, water, science and the environment.

As a community service, she offers her reports to multiple publications in Santa Barbara County, at the same time, for free.

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We needatallThe theSpot. help we can get A reader sends a halo to Kassandra Quintero “When the keeping roof-toptrash flag picked up inand the lodged neighborhoods ongutter, the beach-side the tracks.” was twisted in the rain Quinteroof jumped into action and climbed up to the roof and untangled it so that it could wave freely. Way to show patriotism!”

A reader sends a halo to Carpinterians who put out boxes in front of their homes full of surplus avocados, from“It their “Thankwedding, you for sharing your A reader sends oranges, a halo to Emma andetc.

Justin. wastrees. a wonderful great food, abundance.”location and great people! It was moving and wonderful.” spectacular

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A reader reader sends sends aa halo halo to to Nikki all the at beach community residents.

“Thank you for A HEAT Culinary. “I went to my first class thisparking weekin front your home with end withofmy sister, who hasyour been permit.” to four so far. I had the best time! Someone get this girl a TV show, she should be on the Food Network already.”

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

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 reader sendscent a halo to Tomhowever, Sweeney for goingwant out on Avenue to lose one ofAthese magnifi creatures; I wouldn’t it toElm suffer to a by the beach to clean up plastic bottles, bags, dirty gloves and masks. miserable death.”

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A reader reader sends sends aa halo halo to to Ryan the CUSD Superintendent Diana and CHS administrators for meeting with HopeNet of Carpinteria board members to discuss the A readerhealth sendsprograms a halo to in everyone mental place at who localsupported schools. the Playa Del Sur 4-H this year.

“The members are looking forward to another successful year.”

A reader sends a halo to retiring city manager Dave Durflinger for his commitment A reader sends atohalo Valerie, the new volunteer at the Friends of the Library and long service the to Carpinteria community.

Bookstore, for cleaning and reorganizing the self-help section.

A reader sends a halo to Terra and Eric at the Carpinteria Community Library for helpingreader the reader find two books.

“Theirthe patience and persistence A sends a halo to Desiree, new masseuse at The were Gymvery Nextappreciated.”

Door. “She

could have coasted through it, but she worked really hard to relieve my back pain. I A reader sends a halo to Dr. Smith and his wonderful staff at Animal Medical Clinic never experienced such a great massage.” for saving Bob’s life. “Thank you.”

A reader sends a halo to whoever left a sign telling people to pick up their dog-waste reader sends a halo to the fireRoad. department and the Carpinteria sherbags and stopAleaving them on Casitas Pass iff’s deputies for helping the reader when they wrecked their motorized scooter on sends a bump and went flying like Superman.

“Thank for A reader a pitchfork to whoever has been leaving bagsyou of dog driving home.” waste me 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 A the reader sends a pitchfork to the woman at the local Starbucks who situation?” steals other people’s food and beverages off the mobile order and pay table. “You do represent at allperson and should of yourself!”

Anot reader sendsCarpinteria a pitchforkwell to the who be hitashamed the reader’s pickup in front of the reader’s house and didn’t stop. “Shame on you, and I hope A readeryou sends a pitchfork to the person who vandalized the St. Joseph Chapel on have karma insurance.”

Seventh Street by breaking several windows.

A reader sends a pitchfork to the bicycle events on Foothill Road. “Purposely hostA reader sendsthat a pitchfork to the silver pick-up truck seenThere speeding down Linden ing huge rides take up the whole road is irresponsible. are countless bike Avenue on a daily basis.

“It’s illegal and very dangerous – watch out people.” lanes that were put in with our tax dollars to avoid this problem.”

A reader readersends sendsaapitchfork pitchforktoto their neighbor, whose dog constantly barks A the lifeguards braiding hair while swimmers areduring in the the evening and into the night. “The incessant noise disrupts my peace and makes pool.

“Not professional!” it challenging to relax or focus. It’s not only annoying but also seems cruel to the dog, as continuous barkingtooften indicates distress or neglect.

I wish A reader sends a pitchfork the employees of the newer businesses onmy theneighbor Carpinwould address this issue, considering the well-being of their pet and the of teria Bluffs. “Learn to share the bike/walking path with locals… There willpeace be four the neighborhood.” to five of you walking together and not a single one will scoot over just a tad to let a local pass through?”

A reader sends a pitchfork to a former city council member, who “in his arrogance and unprofessional behavior, a retired employee publicly, A reader sends a pitchfork to thedenounced Linden planters.

“Allcity the mushrooms growing while there praising too the much city manager.” indicate water. Nice weed farm.”

A reader readersends sendsaapitchfork pitchforktotoa restaurant the city forowner lettingforthe streetshis “get so bad.

El spots Carro A parking vehicle in the north and south of Linden, Sterling, Valecito and Palm are the worst.

It’s dangerous right out front of his establishment. “Shouldn’t he leave those parking spots available on ahis bike!” for paying customers?”

A reader reader sends sends aa pitchfork pitchfork to tothe theCity momofwho took it upon herself pocket allinto the A Carpinteria for letting thetobluffs turn tennis balls near the school tennisiscourts.

“Great example forpurchased the kids!”for. an ever-increasing dirtmiddle parking lot. “That not what the bluffs were Post No Parking signs immediately!”

Submit Halos & Pitchforks online at coastalview.com.

A reader pitchfork toSwing the new zones. the “no parkA reader sends a halo sends to Billaand Rosana forparking spending their“All Saturday taking photos for Junior Warriors appreciate all you doneighborhood. for our families, playing/two hour”Football. signs just“We made people park in my Seventh ers and program.

Youneighboring rock!” and the streets are a packed parking lot.”

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 go by one to of the schools and catch all All submissions areyousubject editing. the speeders there in morning, and keep our children safe while walking to school.”

Areader readersends sendsaahalo pitchfork to thosefor who lied out on their and took scholarships A to DJ Hecktic coming earlyFAFSA Saturday morning to support away from kids who need it. the Junior Warriors. “It made the kids so happy to hear you say their names—you’re a local celebrity to them!”

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A reader sends a halo to Diana Rigby,are Superintendent schools, and Debra HerAll submissions subject toofediting.

Larry and Kathryn Wolfe of Carpinteria celebrated 70 years of marriage

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Fall in love with reading at Lantern Tree Books Carpinteria’s newest bookstore opened earlier this month at 892 Linden Ave.

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BOSSES BY BOSTROM INGRID BOSTROM Louis Force Torres, owner of Carpinteria’s Lantern Tree Books, recently met up with CVN to discuss his life and dreams for his new shop at 892 Linden Ave. During the winter, the store is open Tuesday–Friday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.; Saturday–Sunday, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.; and closed Monday.

CVN: Please describe a few bullet points from your life that led to opening Lantern Tree Books in Carpinteria.

Louise Force Torres: My whole family was full of wonderful and encouraging readers. As a teacher, my father would correct papers with a single light on. I could read anything in his office, as long as I was quiet and respectful of the books.

It led me to learn and develop a respect for reading at a very early age.

I grew up in Solvang – it was life in a fantasy village – and I used to ride my bike to the Book Loft to buy books with my lawn-mowing money. And I loved the journey, and the reward of working, saving and then getting to read the next Redwall book, Mechwarrior or Star Wars novel.

I excelled in yearbook and leadership courses. I wrote my own comics and concepts for books. Everything was a story. So publishing, and then a bookstore space, were all sort of the natural flow of things. Stories need to be familiar enough to appeal to us on a human level, but unpredictable enough to be original and new. That is this story!

What is your vision for this space and its connection with the community?

I like to call Lantern Tree Books a literary community center. (It’s actually why I left the word store out of the name.)

It’s a space where stories can be found, and storytellers are welcome. Yes, we sell new books. We also sell rare and old books. We also encourage art, consult for publishing clients, curate and donate book boxes through my non-religious, non-profit, Bookchurch.org and encourage people to read. I like that people can learn about bookmaking and publishing simply by coming in and showing interest. I like that my authors, artists, proofers

Louis Force Torres is the owner of Lantern Tree Books, located at 892 Linden Ave.

INGRID BOSTROM PHOTOS

“No book should be banned. Period (…)

Ultimately, you are responsible for what you read. You can learn from it or reject it. But reading materials should be available for all to read or not read. No book should be banned based on content.”

–– Louis Force Torres

and designers can come to do their work for Polyverse Publishing in an active bookstore!

My vision is to listen to the community – to understand what we all want to read, what we need to read and serve all the little nuanced interests that exist here.

Like a tide, we get visitors, we get families, we have seasons. I want Lantern Tree Books to change and provide books that interest people as the tide changes. Beach reads for campers during the summer, of course, but also a solid foundation of titles that I know Carpinteria likes, needs and wants all year round.

What is your take on banned and challenged books? Do you/will you carry them?

No book should be banned. Period.

Books don’t leap off a shelf and scream their message at you. (That is reserved for the screens at the gas station.) The

person who picks the book up and reads it chooses to do so. If parents are worried their child is reading something they don’t approve of, then the fault lies in the parent… in not communicating with their child enough to know what they are reading in the first place.

Ultimately, you are responsible for what you read. You can learn from it or reject it. But reading materials should be available for all to read or not read. No book should be banned based on content.

We actually plan to have a banned books section, but that will come later.

For now, we carry books of all kinds, and our research section offers opportunities to explore old and rare books as well.

Tough question: what’s your pick for the most impactful book?

Haha! I grew up being able to read very fast. And retain what I had read, so I have read (and re-read) thousands of books over my lifetime. Scenes and chapters have become almost undefinable between my years of growth as a reader and a person, and between the many stories and lives I have experienced through the pages.

I have never had this conversation with another person – or even really myself – but to me, what I have read are like moments. Moments where I learned something about myself, moments where I was introduced to a new concept, moments where I was afraid, moments where I was elated… There are moments that feel like old friends, and moments of surprise, though I may have read them over and over again.

There are many, many moments and I cannot choose one or even a few. But if someone wants to share their special book moments with me, I would love to hear

The shop sells both newer books and older collections, with a research center onsite and plans for a section that will carry banned books. them and tell them some of mine. And they know where to find me.

Enough about books… What else would you like to share about yourself and your interests?

Many things! To live in such a wonderful area – with so many opportunities for adventures, exploration, encounters with nature and things to show my wife and new son – makes me very happy.

I definitely want to help preserve the balance here in Carpinteria by encouraging independent ventures, such as restaurants and shops and places of learning and art like the Chrisman Center and the Alcazar. We want to help prevent being overrun by outside developers and corporations who simply seek to monetize the community (as they are often not a part of it in the first place).

All in all, Carpinteria has many stories, and many more to be told. We are very happy to be living here and finding new interests, groups and friends.

Ingrid Bostrom is a photographer, drawn to open space and stories told in each new face.

Send ideas of impactful Carpinterian bosses to ingrid@ingridbostromphotography.com.

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The free event is open to all, allowing those who have experienced loss to honor their loved ones during the holiday season.

Carpinteriaʼs holiday parade hits the streets on SATURDAY, DEC. 9 AT 3 P. M . O N L I N D E N AV E . This yearʼs Parade Marshall is the Carpinteria Skate Foundation, and 42 groups have signed up to march. Donʼt forget to get their early to find the best parade-watching spot!

Festival of Trees The Lions Club of Carpinteriaʼs Festival of Trees is NOW OPEN at the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center through Dec. 16. This year, six local groups were chosen – 4-H Playa del Sur, Carpinteria Community Association, Carpinteria High School Boosters, Parents for Carpinteria High, the Alcazar Theatre and the Carpinteria Lions Community Building Association. The club will host a raffle on Dec. 16, so head on down and purchase your $1 ticket; credit cards, cash and Apple/Google Pay are accepted.

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Christmas tree lot open for business PHOTOS BY ROBIN KARLSSON In less than two hours, volunteers and scouts unloaded, moved, stacked and displayed nearly 900 Christmas Trees at the St. Joseph Church field on Saturday, Nov. 25, scout leaders told CVN. The tree lot – located at 1531 Linden Ave. – will remain open until all the trees are gone; proceeds are used to purchase camping supplies, pinewood derby materials, achievements awards and more for the Cub Scouts and the Boy Scouts. The lot is open on weekdays 3 – 8 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., and Sundays 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

William Harris, left, and Ollie Farell, right, help Matt Harris carry a tree out of one of the semi-trucks.

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From left, Zeke Blais, Nico and Luca Lionella, Titas Blais and Fin Kraybill play on one of the trees.

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From left, Sammy Reynolds follows Ryder Forner and Luca Lionello as they team up to carry a tree.

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Koa Zertuche and Eli Lomomaco move a tree for display.

Andrea Lionello, right, moves a tree with the help of Sammy Renolds, left, and Sean Kane.

From left, Easton Densmore and Finn Oliver team up.

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Volunteers and scouts helped move nearly 900 Christmas Trees onto St. Joseph Church Field.

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Senior Center Activities: Senior Lecture Series Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 9:30–10:45 a.m.

Senior Center Activities: Chair Yoga Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 11 a.m.–noon.

Bilingual Postpartum Support Group El Carro Park, 5300 El Carro Lane. 1 p.m. rmaldonado@carpchildren. org, (805) 566-1613 Senior Center Activities: Book Club and Games Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 2–4 p.m.

Carpinteria Creative Arts Eighth St. and Linden Ave. 2:30–6 p.m. Handmade pottery, beach art, cards, jewelry and sewn articles. (805) 698-4536 Carpinteria Farmers Market 800 block of Linden Ave. Thursdays, 3–6:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 1

Friday Fun Day Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10 a.m.–noon Seniors Inc. Meeting and Thanksgiving Feast Carpinteria Community Church, 1111 Vallecito Road. 1 p.m.

Live Music: Rick & Jenny The Good Plow, 5205 Carpinteria Ave. 5:30–7:30 p.m.

Live Music: Bombafiya Island Brewing Company, 5049 Sixth St. 6–9 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 2

Carpinteria Museum Marketplace Carpinteria Valley Historical Society and History Museum, 956 Maple Ave. 8 a.m.–3 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 Arts and Craft Faire Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center, 865 Linden Ave. 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Canalino Holiday Festival & Trolley Tour Canalino School, 1480 Linden Ave. 5–9 p.m. bit.ly/holidaytrolley Live Music: Cliff and the Cliffhangers Island Brewing Company, 5049 Sixth St. 6–9 p.m.

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“Miracle on 34th Street” Sneak Peek Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center, 865 Linden Ave. 3–4:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 4

Preschool Story Time Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10–10:30 a.m. For preschool-aged children. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314 Senior Center Activities: Music Mondays Sing Along Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 10:30 a.m.–noon Monday Mahjong All levels of play. 1 p.m. (805) 729-1310 Mind Games Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 2–3 p.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314 Classes de Computación en Español Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 6–7:30 p.m. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314

Tuesday, Dec. 5

Senior Center Activities: Arts and Crafts Carpinteria Arts Center, 865 Linden Ave. 9–11 a.m.

Carpinteria Writers Group Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 10 a.m.–noon. (202) 997-0429 Senior Center Activities: Mind Body Balance Exercise Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 11 a.m.–noon Spanish Conversation Group Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 1–2 p.m.

Duplicate Bridge 1 p.m. Call Lori Locker at 805-684-5921 for more information Tai Chi for Beginners Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 2–3 p.m.

Paint n Sips Island Brewing Company, 5049 Sixth St. 6–8 p.m.

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

Email your event listings to news@coastalview.com

Wednesday, Dec. 6

Senior Center Activities: Walking Group Meet at Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 9 a.m.

Baby & Me Meet Up Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 9–9:45 a.m. Children under two. carpinterialibrary.org, (805) 684-4314 Knitting Group Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 1–3 p.m. Free.

(805) 886-4382 Senior Center Activities: Mindfulness Meditation Veterans Memorial Building, 941 Walnut Ave. 2–3:30 p.m.

Reading to Therapy Dogs Carpinteria Community Library, 5141 Carpinteria Ave. 3:30–4:30 p.m. For children Senior Center Activities: Line Dancing Veteran’s Hall, 941 Walnut Ave. 3:30–4:30 p.m.

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From left: Van Riker as Kris Kringle, Lee Nesheim as Susan Walker and Jillian Bavar as Doris Walker in the Alcazar’s production of “Miracle on 34th Street.”

Alcazar to put on third annual performance of “Miracle on 34th Street”

The Alcazar Ensemble has announced that the third annual performance of the holiday classic “Miracle on 34th Street” will return to the theater from Dec. 8 to Dec. 10, and Dec. 15 to Dec. 17.

The story revolves around a Macy’s department store Santa Claus, Kris, who claims to be the real Santa Claus and quickly becomes a favorite at the store. However, things take an unexpected turn when Kris’s authenticity is questioned, leading to a court case to determine his mental health and prove he genuinely is Santa Claus.

The production will feature a cast of more than 30 Santa Barbara and Ventura County residents. Among those are Van Riker, playing Kris Kringle; Lee Nesheim as Susan Walker; Charlie Freund as Mr. Macy; Sylvie Freund as Janet Mara; Abner Freund as foster brother Andrew; and Jillian Bavar, from Santa Barbara, who will be making her stage debut as Doris Walker.

The story was written by Valentine Davies, and will be directed by Asa Olsson.

“The opportunity to once again bring this production to our community, performed by actors from our counties, is exhilarating and a work of love for all involved,” Olsson said in a press release.

The show will run from Dec. 8 to Dec. 10, and Dec. 15 to Dec. 17, with shows beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. on Sundays. Doors will open 30 minutes before the show, and general admission tickets are $20, and $15 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased at thealcazar.org.

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Ninth annual holiday concert features local artists, student singers

The Choral Society’s ninth annual “Hallelujah Project” holiday concert will be held on Saturday, Dec. 9 and Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara. The concert will feature many local Santa Barbara County artists, including Justin Fox from the band Dishwalla and elementary school children from the free afterschool choral SING! program.

Fox will narrate an orchestral version of Clement Moore’s evergreen poem “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.” The performance is directed by artistic director JoAnne Wasserman, and Bach’s “Magnificat” and Randol Bass’ “Gloria” will also be performed during the holiday concert. The audience will also be invited to join Carpinterian Justin Fox, lead singer of in the “Hallelujah Chorus” Dishwalla, will perform at the Choral Society’s ninth annual “Hallelujah Project” holiday from Handel’s Messiah.

The Choral Society’s concert. ninth annual concert will be held on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 10 at 3 p.m. at the Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido St., in Santa Barbara. Tickets are available at the Lobero Box office – which can be reached by calling (805) 963-0761 – and online at lobero.org.

Arts and Craft Faire: Dec. 2

The monthly Arts and Craft Faire will be held at the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Koch Courtyard at 865 Linden Ave. The featured vendor of the month is Debbie Beach; music will be provided by the Ukulele Jammers and the Americana Cats.

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“Dusk, May 2017” by Priscilla King, painted in 2023. King’s work will be on display at Zookers through February 2024.

Oil painter’s works on display at Zookers

Artist Priscilla King will have her artwork on display at Zookers Restaurant, at 5404 Carpinteria Ave., until Feb. 24, 2024. King is an oil painter who draws inspiration from California; her artwork is also influenced by the natural grain of the wood panels she paints on.

41st Messiah Sing Along scheduled Dec. 12

The 41st annual Messiah Sing Along – which benefits Unity Shoppe – will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 12 East Constance Ave., in Santa Barbara.

Phillip McLendon will conduct the performance of George Frederick Handel’s “Messiah,” and James Mooy has organized the orchestra, which includes members of the Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) Symphony. Performers also include several volunteers, four soloists and Erin Bonski-Evans as the organist; audience members will join in on the chorus.

Tickets are $10 general admission, with all proceeds going to Unity Shoppe, the Santa Barbara non-profit that helps low-income neighbors, children and the elderly. Tickets and music scores are available at Chaucer’s – 3321 State St. – and at the door. Tickets are also available at the Unity Gift Shoppe, 1209 State St.

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1752 hrs / Collision / Via Real and Casitas Pass Road

Deputies responded to a traffic collision.

2012 hrs / Narcotics / Highway 101 and 150

A traffic enforcement stop was conducted for multiple vehicle code violations. The driver admitted to having methamphetamine and a methamphetamine pipe in his possession. A knife was also located in the vehicle, which is a violation of his probation. The driver was arrested and his vehicle was towed.

0035 hrs / Incident / 3800 block Santa Claus Lane

Deputies were dispatched to the above address for a welfare check, after the reporting party told dispatch people were trying to kill him and hung up. Deputies arrived on scene and contacted the subject, who walked out of an unoccupied business which he did not have reason to be in. Deputies recognized the subject from a prior prowling call in the area, and he was arrested and booked for the violation.

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Reporting party stated that her wallet

0113 hrs / Incident / 940 block had been stolen from her unlocked car.

The suspect used App and sent Walnut Avenue tHeCash CArPiNteriA HerAld money to and themselves.

Deputies Two subjects were contacted for il-Carpinteria Storms of 1972-1973 rolled over left it an officialreviewed security footage and confirmed they legal camping outside local building.

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ThisaBobcat in the Santa Monica Creek bed drowned the subject who was caught on camBoth subjects were issued andMadness As the nation gears upcitations for March (starting March 19), CVN in mud in “an instant,” according to knew an eyewitness.

The wet weather era attempting usehillsides the stolenwith property, released onjust without incident. thought itscene would be appropriate stoke the fire oftothe excitement an arrived two months after thetoRomero Fire left along with an unknown suspect.

Suspects image of Carpinteria’s version of highly competitive basketball.

Sports stripped of vegetation. Damage was estimated at $1.7 million. were seen on video arriving with rivals Carpinteria schools vie footage for a piece of the Monday, Nov. 20and Bishop Diego high an electric bike matching the exact bike ball hrs at this Feb. 7,/ 1978 1835 / Incident 6200 game. block Via stolen earlier in the morning.

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Reporting party called to report that a local hotel was refusing to let her stay at the hotel. The reporting party also wanted to report a burglary at a residence. She stated approximately 50 to 60 art pieces, approximately 40 mini collectible clocks and a bottle of blue paint were stolen between Sept. 25 and Nov. 20.

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0812 hrs / Incident / 4600 block Seventh Street

Deputies were dispatched to contact a reporting party who wanted to report vandalism at a local church. Four windows and a Virgin Mary statue had been vandalized. The reporting party stated he believes he knows who did it.

0737 hrs / Incident / Lookout Park Road

A subject was located in a transient camp near the railroad tracks by Lookout Park, after the reporting party reported to have been awoken at 0415 hours by an electric guitar playing.

1452 hrs / Incident / 5700 block Via Real

A subject violated a restraining order and was arrested and booked at Santa Barbara Main Jail.

2312 hrs / Incident / 4700 block Eighth Street

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1033 hrsus / Incident / 1000 block To learn more about Carpinteria’s unique andphoto interesting past, visit the Carpinteria Valley Casitas Pass Roadopen Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. at 956 Maple Ave. Museum of History, CoastalaView Newscheck is ready get a little silly with Carpinteria history, and we’d During welfare of atosubject like readers to join us by coming up with clever captions for photos from the past. At sleeping on a bench at a local apartment the end of each month we’ll publish our favorite caption submissions from readers. complex. The subject was found to be too Get creative, butand keep comments brief and don’t expect CVN to print intoxicated to careget forgoofy, himself had a any inappropriate language or innuendo.

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Rotary Clubs of Carpinteria come together for Friendsgiving

All three chapters of the Rotary Clubs of Carpinteria – Morning, Noon and Sunset – gathered at the Woman’s Club of Carpinteria for Friendsgiving last week.

“Each club provided turkey and fixings, so there was no shortage of amazing food to go around,” club member Sheila Hess told CVN. “It was a lovely way to spend an afternoon getting to know our sister club members.”

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PENDING ACTION BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO: WAIVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A CDP HEARING APPLICATION AND APPROVE, CONDITIONALLY APPROVE, OR DENY THE CDP HEARING APPLICATION This may affect your property.

Please read.

Notice is hereby given that an application for the project described below has been submitted to the Santa Barbara County Planning and Development Department.

This project requires the approval and issuance of a CDP Hearing application by the Planning and Development Department.

The development requested by this application is under the jurisdiction of the Zoning Administrator and therefore a public hearing on the application is normally required prior to any action to approve, conditionally approve, or deny the application. However, in compliance with the , the Director intends to waive the public hearing requirement unless a written request for such hearing is submitted by an interested party to the Planning and Development Department within the 15 working days following the Date of Notice listed below. All requests for a hearing must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Request for Hearing Expiration Date listed below, to Henry Wakamiya at Planning and Development, 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara 93101 2058, by email at wakamiyah@countyofsb.org, or by fax at (805) 568 2030. If a public hearing is requested, notice of such a hearing will be provided.

WARNING: Failure by a person to request a public hearing may result in the loss of the person’s ability to appeal any action taken by Santa Barbara County on this CDP Hearing Application to the County Planning Commission or Board of Supervisors.

If a request for public hearing is not received by 5:00 p.m. on the Request for Hearing Expiration Date listed below, then the Planning and Development Department will act to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the request for a CDP Hearing application. At this time it is not known when this action may occur; however, this may be the only notice you receive for this project. To receive additional information regarding this project, including the date the CDP Hearing application is approved, and/or to view the application and plans, or to provide comments on the project, please contact Henry Wakamiya at Planning and Development, 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara 93101 2058, or by email at wakamiyah@countyofsb.org, or by phone at (805) 568 3017.

PROPOSAL: LAUDIG ADDITION PROJECT ADDRESS: 5160 VIA VALVERDE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93111 2nd SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN THE COASTAL ZONE DATE OF NOTICE: 11/16/2023 REQUEST FOR HEARING EXPIRATION DATE: 12/7/2023 PERMIT NUMBER: 23CDH 00024 APPLICATION FILED: 7/25/2023 ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NO: 065 280 011 ZONING: 20 R 1 PROJECT AREA: 0.39 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Applicant: Ben Laudig Proposed Project: The project is a request for a Coastal Development Permit to allow construction of an 89 SF addition to the existing single family dwelling, a new 678 SF attached garage, and a 1,033 SF interior remodel that includes the conversion of the existing 474 SF garage into habitable space.

An as built pergola of approximately 572 SF will also be permitted with this project.

Grading includes 5 CY of cut and fill for pad preparation and foundation excavation. No trees are proposed for removal.

APPEALS: The decision of the Director of the Planning and Development Department to approve, conditionally approve, or deny this CDP Hearing application 23CDH 00024 may be appealed to the County Planning Commission by the applicant or an aggrieved person. The written appeal must be filed within the 10 calendar days following the date that the Director takes action on this CDP Hearing application. To qualify as an “aggrieved person” the appellant must have, in person or through a representative, informed the Planning and Development Department by appropriate means prior to the decision on the Coastal Development Permit of the nature of their concerns, or, for good cause, was unable to do so.

Written appeals must be filed with the Planning and Development Department at either 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, 93101, or 624 West Foster Road, Suite C, Santa Maria, 93455, by 5:00 p.m. within the timeframe identified above. In the event that the last day for filing an appeal falls on a non business day of the County, the appeal may be timely filed on the next business day.

For additional information regarding the appeal process, contact Henry Wakamiya. The application required to file an appeal may be viewed at or downloaded from: https://ca santabarbaracounty.civicplus. pro/1085/Planning and Building Permit Application ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Information about this project review process may also be viewed at: https://casantabarbaracounty.civicplus.pro/1499/ Planning Permit Process Flow Chart Board of Architectural Review agendas may be viewed online at: https://www.countyofsb.org/160/Planning-Development Publish: November 30, 2023 ________________________________

CITY OF CARPINTERIA 5775 CARPINTERIA AVENUE CARPINTERIA, CA 93013 (805)684-5405/www.carpinteriaca.gov PUBLIC NOTICE SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 772 (AS PRESCRIBED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 36933(C)(1)) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARPINTERIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.08 TO REMOVE THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT AND APPEAL RIGHTS FOR THE CITY MANAGER The proposed Ordinance was introduced and a first reading was approved at the regular City Council meeting held on November 13, 2023. The Ordinance was adopted following a second reading at a regular City Council meeting held on November 27, 2023, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN:

Lee, Nomura, Solórzano, Alarcon, Clark None None None

This Ordinance will amend Chapter 2.08 of the Carpinteria Municipal Code to amend the City Manager residency requirement to accord with State law and eliminate the City Manager’s appeal right to dismissal. The Ordinance will require the city manager to establish residence within 30 miles of the city within 180 days of appointment unless, the city council by resolution establishes a different reasonable and specific distance from the city and/or time period to establish residency.

A certified copy of the full text of Ordinance No. 772 is posted in the Office of the City Clerk, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA. The full text can also be viewed on the City’s website at https://carpinteriaca.gov/city-hall/publichearings-legal-notices/, under “Public Hearing & Legal Notices.”

Ordinance No. 772 will become effective 30 days after adoption.

Brian C. Barrett, CMC, CPMC City Clerk Publish: November 30, 2023 _________________________________

CITY OF CARPINTERIA 5775 CARPINTERIA AVENUE CARPINTERIA, CA 93013 (805)684-5405/www.carpinteriaca.gov PUBLIC NOTICE SUMMARY OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 774 (AS PRESCRIBED BY GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 36933(C)(1)) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARPINTERIA AMENDING CHAPTER 2.06 (CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ELECTIONS) OF TITLE 2 TO ADD SECTIONS 2.06.060, 2.06.070, AND 2.06.080; AND CHAPTER 3.34 (REVENUE AND FINANCE) OF TITLE 3 TO MODIFY SECTION 3.34.040 RELATING TO SCHEDULE OF FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT this Ordinance was duly introduced for first reading at the Carpinteria City Council meeting of November 27, 2023. A second reading and adoption of the Ordinance is scheduled for December 11, 2023, at 5:30 pm, City Hall, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA. Summary of Ordinance: If adopted, this Ordinance will amend Chapter 2.06 of the Carpinteria Municipal Code to establish a $25 candidate filing fee for City Council candidates filing nomination papers.

This Ordinance will also amend Chapter 3.34 of the Carpinteria Municipal Code to remove the percentage cost recovery of the costs reasonably borne table that will be included in the annual fee resolution during the mid-year process.

A certified copy of the full text of Ordinance No. 774 is posted in the Office of the City Clerk, 5775 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA. The full text can also be viewed on the City’s website under “Public Hearing & Legal Notices at

https://carpinteriaca.gov/city-hall/publichearings-legal-notices/.”

Brian C. Barrett, CMC, CPMC City Clerk Publish: November 30, 2023 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as SANTA BARBARA MOTORCAR INVITATIONAL at 4427 SHADOW HILLS BLVD, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105. Mailing address: 1187 COAST VILLAGE ROAD, STE 1, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108. Full name of registrant(s): MONTECITO CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE at 4427 SHADOW HILLS BLVD, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105. This business is conducted by a Corporation. This statement was filed with the County on 10/26/2023. The registrant began transacting business on Sep 15, 2023. Signed: LINDA ROSSO, PRESIDENT/CEO. 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 in 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 a change in the residence address of a 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 is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk-Recorder (SEAL) FBN2023-0002518.

Publish: November 9, 16, 23, 30, 2023 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as ELEMENTS APARTMENTS at 3519 MERCURY DR, SANTA MARIA, CA 93455. Mailing address: PO BOX 1190, SANTA MARIA, CA 93456. Full name of registrant(s): SKYWAY PROPERTIES, LLC. at 3519 MERCURY DR, SANTA MARIA, CA 93455. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. This statement was filed with the County on 10/26/2023. The registrant began transacting business on Aug 31, 2023. Signed: TONI MAREZ, AUTHORIZED AGENT. 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 in 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 a change in the residence address of a 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 is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk-Recorder (SEAL) FBN2023-0002515.

Publish: November 9, 16, 23, 30, 2023 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as APPLIANCE REPAIR GOLETA at 230 MATHILDA DRIVE #5, GOLETA, CA 93117. Mailing address: 8151 N PAULA AVE, FRESNO, CA, 93720. Full name of registrant(s): FMX GLOBAL INC at 8151 N PAULA AVE, FRESNO, CA, 93720. This business is conducted by a Corporation. This statement was filed with the County on 11/01/2023. The registrant began transacting business on Oct 27, 2023. Signed: ARTUR SAGHATELYAN, 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 in 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 a change in the residence address of a 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 is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk-Recorder (SEAL) FBN2023-0002559.

Publish: November 9, 16, 23, 30, 2023 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as MORNING KETTLE at 2215 BANNER AVE., SUMMERLAND, CA 93067. Mailing address: PO BOX 20216 SANTA BARBARA, CA 93210. Full name of registrant(s): DEVEREUX MEDIA, LLC at 2215 BANNER AVE., SUMMERLAND, CA 93067. This business is conducted by a Limited Liabilty Company. This statement was filed with the County on 10/31/2023. The registrant began transacting business on N/A. Signed: ANTHONY PATOLO, 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 in 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 a change in the residence address of a 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 is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk-Recorder (SEAL) FBN2023-0002554.

Publish: Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 2023 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as (1) OLIO E LIMONE RISTORANTE (2) OLIO PIZZERIA at 11 W. VICTORIA ST., STE. 17, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101. Mailing address: 3123 CALLE CEDRO, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105. Full name of registrant(s): OLIO CUCINA, INC at 3123 CALLE CEDRO, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105. This business is conducted by a Corporation. This statement was filed with the County on 11/06/2023. The registrant began transacting business on Nov 15, 1999. Signed: ELAINE ANDERSEN MORELLO, PRESIDENT. 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 in 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 a change in the residence address of a 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 is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk-Recorder (SEAL) FBN2023-0002593.

Publish: Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 2023 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as DOGGY POOP PICKUP at 298 ASPEN WAY, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93111. Full name of registrant(s): TINA SORENSEN at SAME ADDRESS AS ABOVE. This business is conducted by an Individual. This statement was filed with the County on 10/27/2023. The registrant began transacting business on N/A. Signed: TINA SORENSEN. 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 in 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 a change in the residence address of a 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 is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk-Recorder (SEAL) FBN2023-0002522.

Publish: Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 2023 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/are doing business as EXPRESS APPLIANCE REPAIR SANTA BARBARA at 147 POR LA MAR CIRCLE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93103-3775. Mailing address: 17328 VENTURA BLVD, #315, ENCINO, CA 91316-3904. Full name of registrant(s): EUGENE LUTSENKO at 147 POR LA MAR CIRCLE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93103. This business is conducted by an Individual. This statement was filed with the County on 11/06/2023.

The registrant began transacting business on Nov, 01, 2023. Signed: EUGENE LUTSENKO, 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 in 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 a change in the residence address of a 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 is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk-Recorder (SEAL) FBN2023-0002590.

Publish: Nov. 16, 23, 30, Dec. 7, 2023 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT. The following Entity(ies) is/ are doing business as (1) DA CREATIVE CONSULTING (2) DALIDAA.COM at 217 LA PLATA, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93109. Full name of registrant(s): DALIDA S ARAKELIAN at SAME ADDRESS AS ABOVE. This business is conducted by an Individual. This statement was filed with the County on 11/01/2023. The registrant began transacting business on July 07, 2023. Signed: DALIDA S. ARAKELIAN, 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 in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where

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Publish: Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21, 2023 ________________________________ IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF LAILA KAMALI ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NO. 23CV04924 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: JAMIE PAMELA GOODWIN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JAMIE PAMELA GOODWIN Proposed name: JAMIE PAMELA HILL 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 a 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 a hearing.

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Past parades coasted down the coast highway

Above, the Carpinteria Christmas Parade marches east on Carpinteria Avenue in this undated photo, perhaps from the 1970s. The Grocery Store in the background is now home to Lemos Feed & Pet Supply. The annual parade moved to Linden Avenue in the early 1980s.

At right, Gerrie Bauhaus, daughter of Hugo and Millie Bauhaus, royally cruises along in a 1970s Carpinteria Christmas Parade in her princess finery. Bauhaus passes Coastal Liquor in the 4800 block of Carpinteria Avenue.

This year’s Holiday Spirit Parade will roll up Linden Avenue on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m.

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The dispute at issue is the current location of the boundary between the State sovereign lands and privately owned uplands depicted on Tract No. 14,026, in the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, according to map thereof recorded in Book 156 of Maps, Pages 91-95. The State asserts the boundary of state ownership is the ordinary high water mark, without consideration of deed boundaries or tract maps, and that the last natural location of the MHTL, as depicted in the 1964 MHTL survey and prior to the expanded construction of the revetment, is the best evidence of the boundary of state ownership. The upland property owners assert the boundary for state sovereign lands can be no further landward than the boundary between Lots 11 and Lot 12 of Tract No. 14,026 as depicted in Book 156 of Maps. Street addresses potentially impacted by this dispute include 865 to and through 879 Sand Point Road, Carpinteria, CA. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BY AND THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA STATE LANDS COMMISSION, A PUBLIC COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

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Festival of Trees now open PHOTOS BY ROBIN KARLSSON Bid on your favorite Christmas Tree and support local organizations at the Lions Club of Carpinteria’s Festival of Trees, now open at the Lynda Fairly Carpinteria Arts Center through Dec. 16. This year, six local groups were chosen as beneficiaries: 4-H Playa del Sur, Carpinteria Community Association, Carpinteria High School Boosters, Parents for Carpinteria High, the Alcazar Theatre and the Carpinteria Lions Community Building Association.

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Carpinteria dominated Foothill Tech 17-2 in the Warriors’ season opener

BY RYAN P. CRUZ • PHOTOS BY ROSANA SWING Carpinteria girls water polo opened its season with a splash, taking control from the start to the end in the Warriors’ first match of the year on Tuesday, Nov. 21 against the visiting Foothill Tech Dragons and winning in convincing fashion, 17-2, starting the season at 1-0.

The home crowd turned out to Carpinteria Community Pool for the home opener, and right away returning senior Lilli Nemetz got the offense going with her first goal of the year to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead.

That score opened the floodgates for Carpinteria, which went on to score eight unanswered goals to take an 8-0 lead while the defense shut down the Dragons for much of the first half.

“The Warriors were able to capitalize on their speed and quickness on defense as they did not allow a shot on goal until midway through the second quarter,” said Carpinteria coach Jon Otsuki. “It was a great opportunity for quality minutes

from the varsity team.”

Carpinteria had a breakout performance from freshman Hazel Dugré, who scored eight goals in what was her first game as a high school athlete.

Although she is only a freshman, Dugre’s eight-goal performance is a sign of a bright future and earned her the title of Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table’s Athlete of the Week.

Along with Dugré, Carpinteria also had some solid offensive performances from returning starters Nemetz and Devyn Clayton, who both scored two goals, and junior Guilia Picolletti – who had a standout sophomore season last year – with four goals in the win over Foothill Tech. Junior Caden Lemere rounded out the scoring for the Warriors with one goal.

In Carpinteria’s second match of the year – a tough road test against San Marcos – the Warriors and Royals both put on an offensive show with a

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combined 28 goals.

San Marcos jumped out to an early 5-1 lead after the first quarter, and despite Carpinteria’s defense snagging steals and forcing turnovers, the Royals kept their four-goal lead through three quarters, leading 10-6 heading into fourth.

But Carpinteria’s scrappy squad was not done, and the Warriors scored three straight in the fourth quarter to bring the game within one. After a few backand-forth goals, the Warriors were still behind one goal, 13-14, with just a few

minutes left. San Marcos would score one more time – on a penalty with 53 seconds left on the clock – before forcing one last turnover to take the win 13-15 over the Warriors.

Picoletti led the team with five goals in the loss, Nemetz finished with four goals, while Dugré and Lemere each scored twice and Clayton pitched in one goal.

Carpinteria is now 1-1 overall, and the Warriors will hit the road for their net match against Oxnard on Nov. 30.

Freshman Hazel Dugré had a breakout performance with eight goals and was named SBART Athlete of the Week.

Thursday, November 30

Carpinteria Girls Basketball at Bishop Diego Tournament, TBD Carpinteria Boys Basketball at Nordhoff Tournament, 3 p.m.

Carpinteria Boys Soccer at Thacher, 3 p.m.

Carpinteria Girls Water Polo at Oxnard, 3:15 p.m. *Carpinteria Girls Soccer vs La Reina, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, December 1

Carpinteria Girls Basketball at Bishop Diego Tournament, TBD Carpinteria Boys Basketball at Nordhoff Tournament, TBD Carpinteria Girls Soccer vs Cate, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 2

Carpinteria Girls Basketball at Bishop Diego Tournament, TBD Carpinteria Boys Basketball at Nordhoff Tournament, TBD *Denotes Home Game

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CRUZ ON SPORTS R Y A N P. C R U Z If I were a gambling man, I would wager that as soon as humans started competing for sport, there was someone right there gambling on the outcome of that contest. In fact, the first records of gambling date back to 2300 BC, when ancient humans placed bets on animal fights or games with six-sided dice and – since currency wasn’t invented until at least the seventh century – settled those bets with livestock, land, food or anything else that was considered valuable.

But the world has come a long way since then, and I’d bet good money that those early gamblers’ heads would explode if exposed to the big-money onslaught of ads, apps and addicts that make up today’s billion-dollar gambling industry.

The sports world has become particularly infested with gambling in recent years, ever since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law that prohibited states from allowing sports betting back in 2018.

In the five years since, over 35 states have legalized sports betting in some form, and Americans have placed more than $250 billion through legal gambling outlets while online betting platforms like FanDuel and DraftKings have jumped the barrier from startup to corporate partners, with their logos and advertisements plastered on stadiums in many major sports leagues – making it near impossible for a sports fan to avoid their charms. As of this year, the two companies control over 70% of the legal sports betting market in the country.

And these companies have gotten unnervingly creative with their honey traps. They offer free bets (if you win, you could get another free bet!) or microbetting, where gamblers not only place bets on the outcome of a football game, but also whether the next play will be a run or a pass or which player will score next. When that’s not enough, gamblers can customize multiple-game parlays, putting up a small price for the chance to win a big pot if they can correctly call the winner in every match.

It’s extended to sports media as well, seeping into broadcasts and game coverage, with commentary becoming less about who will win the game and more about whether they’ll cover the spread or crack the over/under line. ESPN, the once mighty home of sports news, has become

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the network announced a $2 billion brand deal with a casinoCcompany H U C K to G Rcreate A H AitsM own online sports betting platform called “ESPN Bet.” I understand the temptation and the thrill of gambling, and I’ve surely placed a bet or two with friends, but the proliferation of sports betting companies and the sheer amount of money and power these companies have amassed cannot erase the real-life damage that gambling has caused to individuals and to the sports industry as a whole.

Just last year, the Iowa State football team was involved in a gambling scandal when several team members were found to have placed thousands of dollars’ worth of bets through DraftKings, including games they were playing in.

Across the country, sports gambling adROSANA SWING ROSANA SWING diction has risen tenfold in the past five Junior Carlo Suarez scored ten Sebastian Campuzano-Reed drives years as online betting has become more to the basket; he led the team with points in Carpinteria’s home accessible, making it easier than ever to 15 points against the Pirates. opener against Santa Ynez. spiral into a gambling habit and inescapable debt because, regardless of how lucky anybody is, the house will always win.

Sports betting The Warriors boys basketball squad played their first game at home after splitting was on the Califortwo road games to start the season 1-1. nia ballot in 2022, Carpinteria hosted Santa Ynez for the home opener, but the Pirates nulled any with two separate propositions that potential home court advantage early on, taking a 21-6 lead over the Warriors after would have legal- the first quarter.

By the fourth quarter Carpinteria cut the lead to single digits, but the Warriors ized sports betcould not overcome the slow start and Santa Ynez took the win 55-46. ting either in tribal Carpinteria was led by its trio of juniors: Sebastian Campuzano-Reed, Aiden Alcaraz casinos or online. and Carlo Suarez.

Reed led the team with 15 points in the win, all while battling Santa Lobbyists for the casinos and online Ynez’s biggest player on defense and fighting for rebounds, steals and deflections.

Suarez played every minute of the second half and dropped 10 points, while Alcaraz sports books spent a record-breaking showed off his sharpshooting skills with 11 points – including two big three-pointers $600 million trying that brought the Warriors within striking distance in the third quarter. “He was also to get the measures calm and confident from the free throw line throughout the game,” Carpinteria coach passed, but vot- Jackson Hall said of Alcaraz.

Carpinteria is now 1-2 overall heading into next week, with the Warriors preparing ers resoundingly denied both, with for a tournament at Nordhoff High School. over 70% of voters opposed to sports betting in casinos and 83% opposed to online sports books.

It was a small win for the state, but Carpinteria High School graduates and 2022-2023 water polo stars Erin Otsuki with a lot of money to be made from the and Taylor Classen – who both played a large role in the Warriors’ success in the millions of sports fans in California, the pool during their four years in the program – have now found success as freshman tribal casinos and online platforms are members of the Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) water polo team. The team just not going to give up their chance to win made history with back-to-back state championships and more wins than any water big. If anything, the scales will continue polo team in California Community College Athletic Association (3C2A) history. to tip toward legalized sports betting The Vaqueros finished the season 37-1 – and undefeated against 3C2A opponents as the gambling industry crawls out of – breaking the previous state record of 35 wins in a single season. SBCC was also the the underground world of bookies and first back-to-back state champions in over 10 years, and the Vaqueros have now won handshake bets and into the primetime, three state titles in the past six years. giving these groups even more sway to Otsuki and Classen both contributed in SBCC’s playoff run, with both grabbing a convince voters that legalized gambling pair of steals in the Vaqueros’ 17-3 win over Merced in the quarterfinal match. Both is the only way to those sweet, sweet tax are expected to return for their sophomore seasons to potentially take another run dollars (lobbyists for Prop. 27, which at the title next season. would have legalized online betting in California if passed, claimed that the state could rake in hundreds of millions of dollars through sports betting taxes).

But I’m still not convinced that legalCate’s eight-man football team recovered from an 0-3 start to the season to make izing sports gambling is the best course a deep CIF playoff run this year, hosting the Division 1 Southern Section Semifinal of action. I don’t mind a small bet with under the lights at Carpinteria Valley Memorial Stadium on Nov. 11. And although friends, but with the corporate monsters the Rams were knocked out of the postseason just short of the championship game trying everything in their power to win – losing to Valley Christian Academy for a second time this year – Cate’s team was the right to squeeze every possible dollar well represented in the All-League and All-CIF 2023 selections. from hard-working sports fans, it takes Three Cate players were named first team All-CIF – seniors Tyler Martinez and the fun out of the game. I wouldn’t ven- Kristian Scurtis and junior Henry Bouma – while juniors Johnny Foster, Cody Mast ture to bet against them, but then again, and Zach Coulter were all named to the second team. After earning first team honors I’m not much of a betting man. for the past three seasons, Bouma is now Cate’s first-ever three-time All-CIF player.

The proliferation of sports betting companies and the sheer amount of money and power these companies have amassed cannot erase the real-life damage that gambling has caused to individuals and to the sports industry as a whole.

Carpinteria boys basketball drops home opener

Former Warriors make water polo history at SBCC

Cate football earns end-of-year recognition

Ryan P. Cruz is the sports editor for Coastal View News. This is the latest installment of a monthly column where he explores local sports, sports history, and what’s in store for the future of Carpinteria sports. Have an idea, tip, or sports story? Email me at sports@ coastalview.com.

Bouma and Martinez were also chosen for top honors in the All Tri Valley League selections. Bouma was named as the league’s Defensive Player of The Year, while Martinez was selected as the Offensive Play of The Year. Both also earned first team All-League along with teammates Mast and Coulter. Juniors Riley Valente and Quinn Pullen ‘25 received Honorable Mention recognition.

“Congratulations to the players who were recognized for their play and to the 2023 Cate Football team for a season well played,” said David Soto, Cate senior associate director of admission and assistant coach.

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