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County Moves to Reopen Economy Creeping Closer Toward Opening Certain Retail Businesses

by Delaney Smith anta Barbara County is beginning to taste the fruits of its social-distancing labor this week as it takes its first steps to safely reopen the economy.

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the beginning of phase two in his four-phase plan to fully reopen the state. He listed specific “safe” types of retail businesses that can open for curbside pickup and drop-off this Friday, like furniture stores, bookstores, music stores, toy stores, and florists.

How the reopening will look in Santa Barbara County is still unclear. Newsom said he would release more detailed guidelines Thursday, so Public Health Director Dr. Van Do-Reynoso and Nancy Anderson, assistant CEO of the county, provided additional insight into Santa Barbara’s new future.

Do-Reynoso said that offices, shopping malls, and seated dining at restaurants will not be included in the businesses opening, but until the detailed list from the governor is released, it is hard to know which specific Santa Barbara retail businesses can open on Friday. What is certain is that the openings will be drop-off and pickup only, meaning if a shoe store is open, a person can purchase and pick up a pair, but they cannot try them on in the store.

She also pointed to a local health officer order for already-open essential businesses, which was issued April 24, as a temporary guide for retail businesses expecting to reopen Friday.

“The governor also gave us more freedom and said that certain counties grouped together as a region can attest that they are ready to accelerate through phase two and open more businesses,” Do-Reynoso said.

She said that by partnering with neighboring counties and creating a “readiness plan” and a “containment plan” that meets the state’s criteria, Santa Barbara County can get the governor’s green light to decide on its own how fast it opens up more retail businesses.

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In a separate but parallel reopening effort, Anderson reported the progress the county’s business stakeholder team has made to develop a Santa Barbara–specific reopening plan that’s in line with the governor’s criteria. She said 25

Though the timing is impeccable, officials did not cite recent protests — such as the one at De la Guerra Plaza attended by Republican State Assembly candidate Charles Cole (below) — as a reason for the reopening announcement. Instead, they pointed to the county’s success in following socialdistancing orders, illustrated in the graph (above) showing a decrease in active cases and rise in recovered cases.

or so stakeholder groups made up of local industry experts and community leaders are meeting this week to discuss reopening plans before presenting their input to a medical panel for review.

She estimated about 300 stakeholders were involved from sectors like education, faith institutions, lodging, agriculture, building and development, beverage and restaurant industries, and others. Although there will be time for public input soon, she said the roundtable discussions are informal and not subject to the Brown Act; therefore, most discussions are not required to be open to the public.

The county contracted with REACH, a nonprofit economic development think tank, to work with the stakeholders to create the reopening plan. Formerly known as the Hourglass Project, REACH is the same group that San Luis Obispo County used to adopt its own reopening plan.

“This project was supposed to go for about four to six weeks, but it’s been very expedited,” Anderson said. “Starting next week we will be kind of finalizing and wrapping up what we’re doing with our REACH project. We’ll have a draft of guidelines for each sector ready to be reviewed by the medical panel by next week.”

The gradual reopening comes just one week after many residents throughout the county joined a larger national movement to reopen the economy. Multiple protests throughout Santa Barbara County took place; many protested on foot, like in Santa Maria, while other protestors in Santa Barbara city took to their cars. Signs with messages like “Remember the Constitution” and “Open Our County” were flashed in opposition to the economic shutdown.

Though the timing is impeccable, the recent protests did not motivate the reopening announcement. The county’s commitment to following social-distancing orders has been largely successful and is the true driving force behind opening more businesses.

Do-Reynoso said the number of active cases in the

county has been declining steadily for the past 14 days, one of the governor’s requirements for reopening. Maintaining a hospital surge capacity of at least 25 percent is another requirement, which Santa Barbara County has more than surpassed with 699 available beds and an alternative shelter plan already established.

Even increased testing, which has been one of the county’s tallest hurdles to jump, is quickly approaching the governor’s standards. Do-Reynoso compared the county to a ratio that Harvard put out which indicates Santa Barbara County would need to test 684 people per day to open up businesses. Though the county currently tests 126 people a day, three new community testing sites — the first opened Tuesday— will add an additional 390 tests a day, five days Tuesday a week.

She said the county’s five hospitals are well-equipped with personal protective equipment like masks and gowns, which just a few weeks ago were in desperately low supply.

All in all, it seemed that the county’s progress is taking it toward reopening the economy.

But not all agree. Supervisor Peter Adam, who has been a critic of the prolonged economic shutdown, felt that the gradual reopening is not fast enough.

“The time has come to focus on restoring economic health. Our goal in the beginning was to bend the rate of new infections down. That happened,” Adam said. “We should have declared victory and began reopening our economy, but that process has yet to begin.”

He said he feels the state has “moved the goal post” for criteria to reopen. “We seem to be switching standards for reopening from the number of confirmed cases to focus on the number of tests we can perform,” he continued. “This is going to lead to an artificial spike in documented cases. …

The disease is far more widespread than previously thought and far less lethal than predicted.”

He went on to say that the 699 available hospital beds prove that this is no longer an emergency. He added that many people will have the virus and never show symptoms or become sick enough to be hospitalized.

In Santa Barbara County, about one in five people who tested positive for COVID-19 have been hospitalized. Out of the 544 confirmed cases so far, 105 of them were hospitalized for it.

The rest of the board appeared satisfied with Do-Reynoso’s report and took the progress and step toward reopening the economy as positive news. The board, including Adam, unanimously voted to accept the report. n

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by Tyler Hayden ederal officials announced this week that construction is now complete on a new 20-bed hospital space inside the Lompoc prison complex, where an outbreak of coronavirus has infected scores of inmates and staff. Scheduled to open May 6, the Hospital Care Unit (HCU) is located on the first floor of a decommissioned military uniform factory in a medium-security area of the complex.

The HCU, the Bureau of Prisons said in a prepared statement, comprises 10 double-occupancy treatment rooms, a patient intake area, nurses’ station, pharmacy, and biohazard room, as well as a guard post and staff lounge. “The concept to build the hospital began on April 9, after the institution’s first positive COVID-19 inmate case was identified on March 31,” the statement reads. “Based on the size of the inmate population, the epidemic curve projected a high volume of cases, which would require a level of hospitalization the local community would be unable to meet.”

The exact number of inmates and staff sickened by coronavirus remains an elusive figure, as the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and Santa Barbara County health officials have offered conflicting data since the start of the outbreak.

Citing security considerations, the BOP has also prohibited regional hospitals from disclosing how many inmates and staff have been, or are currently, in their care.

As of Tuesday, May 5, the BOP was reporting 111 open cases in the complex, which consists of United States Penitentiary Lompoc (USP Lompoc), a medium-security facility with an adjacent minimum-security satellite camp, and Federal Correctional Institute Lompoc (FCI Lompoc), a

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County health officials, on the other hand, are reporting only 107 totaltktkk cases, both active and inactive. The BOP and the county, however, agree that 66-year-old inmate Oliver M. Boling died April 17 from the virus. Other sources familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak publicly have suggested the prison may contain as many as 300 to 400 open cases among inmates cases and another 50 to 70 among staff.

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In a letter sent to the Santa Barbara Independent, inmate Steven Fishman accused Lompoc prison administrators of intentionally manipulating and downplaying the data.

“They are taking off those COVID-19 positive inmates who have ‘apparently recovered’ from the list of reported cases, when in fact none of them were ever re-tested,” he said. “This falsification of records is being done to make Lompoc Correctional Complex look good, but the reporting is not being done ethically or honestly.”

Fishman provided a copy of a formal complaint filed by fellow inmate Michael Ellis, who said he tested positive for COVID-19 on April 9 and was briefly placed in quarantine, but then reintroduced to the general population without being re-tested. “I have been placed back in my bunk in D Unit at North Camp, where there are approximately 125 other inmates living who might be susceptible to contagion of the virus because I have not been re-tested!” he wrote.

Vandenberg Air Force Base provided cots and tents to the Lompoc prison complex. To increase social distancing, the prison also converted its gym and chapel into inmate housing.

Ellis also described his time in quarantine in the prison’s Secure Housing Unit, or SHU, which is normally reserved for violent or misbehaving inmates. “I felt hopeless,” he said. “I was listening to men throw up and cough all night.”

Inmate Scott Byars echoed Fishman and Ellis’s concerns in his own letter to the Independent. For speaking out, he predicted the BOP would subject him to “diesel therapy,” an unsanctioned form of punishment whereby shackled prisoners are aimlessly transported between institutions for days and weeks on end. “However,” Byars said, “this message is more important than how I do the rest of my time.”

FAMILIES STILL CONCERNED

News of the Hospital Care Unit’s completion may offer some solace to the families of offenders. Many remain desperately worried about the health of their relatives and have been clamoring for information after the complex went on a complete lockdown on April 17 in an attempt to contain the outbreak. Phones and email were shut off, and though prison officials said mail service would continue, families have complained that most of their letters are being returned to them without explanation.

The order was meant to last 14 days but has been extended as new cases are identified. Inmates are confined to their bunks except to use the shower and toilet, and they play cards and chess to pass the time. As boredom and frustration grow, however, more fights are breaking out. The older prisoners do their best to keep the younger ones calm.

“By initiating a two-week communications blackout that has been indefinitely extended, families are frustrated and concerned,” said Beth Lawrence, the mother of an inmate serving an eight-year sentence on drug charges. “We want to know what’s happening with our loved ones.” Lawrence said her son suffers from severe mental illness and was expressing troublesome thoughts right before she stopped hearing from him. “I don’t know if he has the virus,” she said. “I don’t know if he’s suicidal. I don’t know anything.” Other families have been able to communicate with their relatives by contraband cell phones.

On April 24, Maria Del Carmen Torres Figueroa, who lives in Florida, received a letter from her son in Lompoc. He said his asthma was acting up and he was feeling very sick but his repeated requests for medical care were going unanswered. The next letter to Figueroa came on April 30 from her son’s cellmate. “I only write to you with bad news since

your son has asked me to only tell you the truth of the state of his well-being and health,” the cellmate wrote in Spanish.

He went on to explain to Figueroa that her son had developed a bad fever and was experiencing extreme bouts of diarrhea and vomiting. Though he could barely get out of bed, the guards continued ignoring his cries for help. After five days of this, the cellmate said, he and the other inmates in their unit decided to start banging on their cell doors until medical attention came. It worked, and Figueroa’s son was taken to the hospital, he said. But when Figueroa contacted the prison on May 1, an officer said her son was still at the prison but refused to provide her any more information.

The cellmate concluded his letter by stating, “I am sending physical copies of all documents as evidence of everything that is happening here.” But Figueroa said the envelope arrived empty except for his handwritten note. “Where’s the rest?” asked Figueroa’s daughter, Kiara Carror. “There’s clearly something going on that they don’t want outsiders to know.” She called conditions at the prison “cruel.”

FEDERAL EXPLANATIONS

BOP Director Michael Carvajal directly addressed the Lompoc outbreak in an April 29 video statement. He touted the new Hospital Care Unit, which will be staffed by personnel from Aspen Medical, a private health-care contractor that assisted with quarantines during the coronavirus outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

Carvajal, whose agency has been widely criticized for its slow and disorganized response to multiple outbreaks at its 122 facilities, where 41 inmates have died, struck a defensive and defiant tone in the video. He said he was proud of the way Lompoc prison officials are performing “despite the constant criticism and distraction.”

In a media statement released Tuesday afternoon, the BOP said it has started the process of testing 100 percent of the FCI Lompoc population for COVID-19 so the facility can better separate the infected from the healthy and reduce transmission rates. The agency also said the prison has an ample supply of personal protective equipment for both inmates and staff.

A letter from Beth Lawrence’s son, however, said some still aren’t taking the necessary precautions. “The guards walk around with no masks making jokes about the virus, saying it’s a hoax and it’s being blown out of proportion,” he wrote.

“Because of their incompetence, we are paying the price.” n

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COVID Delays 2020 Census he Census Bureau is asking Congress for four additional months to complete its count after being knocked off track by the coronavirus. But despite being sidelined by the outbreak, the once-per-decade count remains critical, said State Assemblymember Monique Limón, who represents Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

“It’s such an important civic duty,” said Limón. “This is not about any one individual but our collective knowledge of the people that are in our With door-to-door outreach now off the table for the time county and the resources we being, the state is focusing on its “very active” online and virtual need to make this a thriving campaigns, said State Assemblymember Monique Limón. community.”

While the Census Bureau is legally bers of crowded rental units, low-income required to deliver the final figures to the households, limited English speakers, nonpresident by December 31, census officials high-school graduates, or children below have proposed moving the deadline to April the age of 5.

2021. The extra time will be crucial in CaliThe California government allocated fornia, which is considered at high risk of more than $90 million to its Census 2020 outreach program — including over an undercount.

The census is used to set the number of $300,000 to Santa Barbara County—with seats each state gets in the House of Repre- the hopes of reaching these hard-to-count sentatives and to draw legislative districts. It populations. also influences how resources are allocated But the pandemic forced the state to change its plans. With door-todoor outreach off the table for the Assemblymember time being, the state is focusing on Monique Limón on the its “very active” online and virtual Decadal Count’s Importance campaigns, Limón said. They’re also doing limited in-person outreach in places where essential to communities — including federal and services are still being provided, like the state funding, hospital beds, schools, new Foodbank. roads and highways, and more.

Meanwhile, the exodus of college stuIn fact, the coronavirus pandemic is dents complicates the count. Many sturevealing the importance of an accurate dents returned to their hometowns once count, Limón said. The Coronavirus Aid, their schools switched to online learning, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or and some might decide to fill out the census CARES Act, which was signed into law for their hometown address instead of their on March 27, provides direct federal aid to school address. It’s important for college counties with populations over 500,000 students to be counted in the county they —and that population data comes straight spend most of their time, Limón said. from the Census Bureau. Santa Barbara “When the Thomas Fire happened, for County fell short of the threshold, with a example, knowing the population at Westpopulation of 446,000. mont [College] was important to us because An accurate count is also critical for they were part of the evacuations,” Limón said.

Despite these challenges, Santa Barbara disaster response — and Santa Barbara County has a long history of natural disas- County’s self-response rate as of Wednesday ters. Census data helps officials determine was about 59 percent, higher than the state how much federal emergency aid a county average of around 56 percent.

Households can fill out the census online, receives, how many people need to be evacuated, which neighborhoods have more at- over the phone, or by mail. The process takes “minutes,” Limón said. risk residents, and more.

“It does not take very long,” she said. “We “If you think about that, you don’t want to undercount,” Limón said. “All of this is hope that they’ll remember how easy it is tied, most importantly, to resources—criti- and the impact it will have.” cal resources for a community.”

Census takers are scheduled to start Santa Barbara County is especially at knocking on non-responders’ doors in risk for undercounting, since about half of August, and the count is scheduled to end its residents live in “hard-to-count” census on October 31, assuming no further delays. tracts. These areas tend to have higher numn

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her announcement, quickly filled with hundreds of comments from customers wishing her well and notes of gratitude from artists and craftspeople who got their start in her space. Cooper is selling off her remaining product through her website and offering free delivery. She spent Tuesday making the dropoffs herself. As she considers her next move, Cooper said she’ll stay active on the mayor’s newly formed Business Advisory Team. Plum Goods owner Amy Cooper, who has permanently closed up shop after 10 years in business, said she saw the writing on the wall not long after she shut her doors on And she hopes to March 13 to comply with Governor Gavin Newsom’s lockdown order. somehow keep the Plum Goods name going, either by going In a glimmer of good news, Downentirely digital or organizing pop-ups. “I town Santa Barbara, which recently lost would like to see Plum Goods alive,” she said. its director in the midst of the pandemic, Meanwhile, on the 900 block of State has already named a new interim director.

Street, where eight storefronts now sit empty, Robin Elander spent the last five years leadthe lobby of the two-story Forever 21 build- ing the Summer Solstice Celebration and ing is piled high with bulging trash bags and has worked with both the Impact Hub (now naked mannequins. Calls to the national KIVA SB) and the Fund for Santa Barbara. chain’s corporate office were not returned, “It’s going to take us all working together to but recent discussions at City Hall hint at recover, innovate, and grow in these unprecwhat the large retail footprint could someday edented circumstances,” she said. “Let’s get become. the conversations started and make some Entrepreneur Teddy Cabugos spoke to downtown magic happen.” the City Council two weeks ago and outlined in broad terms a plan to turn the building Nick Welsh contributed to this report.

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by Tyler Hayden wo big holes opened downtown this week with the departure of Plum Goods and Forever 21, both brought down by the commerce-killing power of the coronavirus. Their closures could constitute grim harbingers of things to come as Santa Barbara’s retail core—already beset with a high number of vacancies and a business community highly frustrated by lack of city leadership—attempts to weather the ongoing health crisis.

Amy Cooper opened Plum Goods 10 years ago on the 900 block of State Street and quickly established it as one of the few and one of the best locally owned stores that carried locally sourced merchandise, from artwork to jewelry to books to postcards.

Cooper herself would also become one of the leading voices for downtown retail interests, pushing City Hall to help — or at least not hinder— business owners navigating Santa hinder Barbara’s notoriously stingy and expensive permitting process.

Cooper said she saw the writing on the wall not long after she shut her doors on March 13 to comply with Governor Gavin Newsom’s lockdown order. “There was no way I could operate on such low margins,” she said. “My store was dependent on tourism, which stopped, and experiential shopping, which stopped.” Cooper also said Plum Goods, like many other retailers, relies heavily on a busy fourth-quarter shopping season, and she worried the state might be back under quarantine by that time.

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owned by Ray Mahboob, a powerhouse of downtown real estate, into a one-stop shop for cannabis cultivation and consumption with an accompanying museum dedicated to the psychoactive crop. By keeping sales of products limited to patrons or members, Cabugos explained, the project would not qualify as a dispensary, thus avoiding any potential conflict with the city’s cannabis dispensary ordinance. Cabugos and Mahboob have been making the rounds and speaking individually with councilmembers, some of whom are apparently open to the idea.

The concept is bound to spark some controversy, but according to the latest quarterly report from Hayes Commercial, State Street will need all the help it can get in the coming months and years. California’s unemployment rate spiked to 22 percent by mid-April, the report states, and Santa Barbara County has reportedly lost 22,000 jobs. The California Restaurant Association estimated that up to 30 percent of restaurants may not reopen when dine-in restrictions are lifted, it noted. Before the pandemic hit, there were 941 restaurants in Santa Barbara County that employed approximately 18,000 people.

With the exception of Zoom, which has an office downtown, nearly all other commercial tenants in the area have suffered “an immediate (and often profound) loss of revenue,” the Hayes report says. “Some landlords proactively deferred rent for April and are negotiating with tenants various forms of relief in the short-term. In turn, banks have deferred some portion of landlords’ mortgage payments on a case-by-case basis.”

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A Lexus SUV barreled through the front of Las Positas Liquor 4/30, lodging fully inside the store and causing major damage to shelving and merchandise. Miraculously, no one was hurt. The driver, the only occupant of the vehicle, walked away unscathed and no customers or employees were caught in the vehicle’s path. Firefighters backed the SUV back out of the store as city inspectors arrived to assess the structural integrity of the building. Authorities have so far not released any additional details on the incident, including whether the driver is being investigated for any wrongdoing.

News-Press owner Wendy P. McCaw and the newspaper’s latest editor-in-chief, Nick Masuda, have parted ways due to an editorial that McCaw wrote dismissing the COVID-19 pandemic as an exaggerated gambit concocted by liberal elites to bring down President Donald Trump. Masuda, who took over the helm of the News-Press a year and a half ago, found himself in hot water with McCaw for posting a disclaimer at the end of her missive, stating that the views expressed were those of McCaw’s only. Words were reportedly exchanged between the two; it is unclear if Masuda quit or was fired.

COURTS & CRIME Heraclio Pulido, 26, was arrested 4/27 at his Goleta home “as part of an ongoing investigation into criminal activities involving the suspect, who is on active County Probation,” said Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Raquel Zick. During a search of his home, authorities seized two Springfield 1911 pistols, a Glock .40 caliber pistol, an FN57 pistol, a Marlin .22LR rifle, a Mossberg pump-action shotgun, a .357 revolver, and an AR15 rifle. They also found a meth pipe, prescription medication, meth, cocaine, a scale, and baggies. Pulido was taken into custody without incident and booked into County Jail with no bail on multiple gun and drug charges.

On 4/29, the Sheriff’s Office released its 2019 statistics on crime in the county, which had downward trends since 2015 in most areas, especially violent crime. A small uptick in property crime, which increased by 2.8 percent compared to 2018, meant that the overall crime rate was 1.6 percent higher than last year. However, a closer look showed some encouraging signs: The county’s crime rate was 15 percent lower than the 10-year average, and violent crime had decreased by more than 6 percent since 2018, bringing the violent crime rate 28 percent lower than the 10-year n average.

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ur politicians have made our lives miserable. Shopping at markets for groceries these past two weeks reminds me of how I feel at an airport security check line. There is absolutely no joy in the experience. It wasn’t this bad during the peak of this pandemic in March. The curve has been flattened, the hospitals are not overwhelmed, and yet there is no end in sight of this oppressive lockdown. Why the heavy hand in May? The World Health Organization states Sweden is the model on how to handle COVID-19 — why are we still on lockdown?

Are our government officials not paying attention to the science?

Our government is depriving us of living safely. I learned this week that I cannot get my pets immunized. It is “unlawful” until the government lifts the restrictions. Seems irresponsible to me.

This past week, I received a threatening letter from Supervisor Das Williams warning that I must obey or he will be “forced” to close Santa Barbara beaches.

Am I his subordinate that he can take away my privileges with impunity? How did our politicians gain the power to run over our rights?

—Cheryl Trosky, S.B.

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Sweden, we asked Public Health. Animal Control responded that its weekly vaccine clinics are suspended, but area veterinarians may allow vaccinations, depending on how they are operating during the health emergency.

Sweden did not close but limited gatherings to 50 and asked the elderly and chronically ill to take shelter. We note its population is comparable to Los Angeles County, about 10 million persons. The number of people who’ve died of COVID-19 in Sweden exceeds 2,700; for L.A., it is more than 1,200. For Sweden’s neighbors Norway and Finland, which have half its population and have imposed restrictions, deaths number above 200.

Dr. Henning Ansorg, our county health officer, stated Sweden may have the population of Los Angeles but is the size of California; thus, its population density is very different. Also, half the adults in Sweden’s capitol, Stockholm, live alone. “California has the potential for a major exponential rise of cases if social distancing would not be followed,” Dr. Ansorg stated.

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y husband is currently housed in the Lompoc Federal Correctional Institution. There has been no communication on his well-being since April 17, except for two letters. One was dated the 17th (the day of the lockdown). In another dated April 20, he expressed his concerns.

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I agree that allowing this virus to run rampant in that prison will have an inevitable effect on the population surrounding the prison. My husband is not a violent offender. He should be sent home and be allowed to serve his remaining sentence on home confinement, but that is not taking place. This is the case for many prisoners held within Lompoc.

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3/18/1924 – 4/14/2020

On April 14 our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother passed away peacefully.

She was a caring, energetic, and charming 96 year old. Elouise was born and grew up in Santa Barbara.

In 1941 she met and married Arthur Paez. They were married for 68 years until he passed away in 2010.

They have two daughters – Julie Boller and Sandra Reese (Dave); three grandchildren – Rick Boller (Cynthia), James Boller (Akina), and Kristy Reese (Tetsuo); three step-grandchildren – Jeffery Boller (Joie), Nancy Gent (Lance), and David Reese; and five greatgrandchildren – Lauren Boller, Preseley Turner, Austin Boller, Nicholas Boller, and Karina Boller.

She was a life member of Native Daughters of the Golden West, Tierra de Oro #304 for over 50 years, and served as a volunteer at Cottage Health Systems for over 30 years.

A special thank you goes to Gran Vida and their resident caregivers for the love, happiness and friendship given to Elouise these last three years.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Native Daughters, Tierra de Oro #304, P.O. Box 3326, SB 93130, or VNA/Hospice, 512 E. Gutierrez St., SB 93103.

“Grandma we love you – We will miss you so much – Forever in our hearts just like you touched each of us In the dearest way – Now all we pray as we think of You everyday – May God rest your soul in every way!

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J. Taylor Woodward III passed away in Boston on April 23, 2020 from peripheral T-cell lymphoma. His wife, Barbara Hauter, was able to be with him when he died.

Taylor was born on September 10, 1940 in New York City to John Taylor Woodward Jr. and Helen Ashbrook Woodward. Raised in Rye, New York, and Princeton, New Jersey, Taylor graduated from Princeton Country Day School in 1954, Phillips Exeter Academy in 1958, Princeton University in 1962, and Harvard Law School in 1965. While at Harvard, he married the late Pamela Warner with whom he had three children: John Taylor Woodward IV (Virginia Moodie-Woodward) of Bethesda, MD; Seth Warner Woodward (Jennifer Terra) of Hailey, ID, and Anne Dulles Woodward (Britt Miller) of North Port, FL. He and Pam raised their children in his hometown of Princeton, New Jersey. The marriage ended in divorce in 1982.

Taylor worked on Wall Street as an associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham, & Taft in New York City until 1968, when he joined the legal department at the multinational health care company Johnson & Johnson.

There he worked on both domestic and international assignments, becoming International Counsel and eventually Corporate Secretary for the firm. Shortly before his death, upon hearing that Johnson & Johnson was working on a COVID 19 vaccine, he remarked how proud he was to have worked for that company.

Taylor married Barbara

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Hauter at a poolside ceremony at their Hopewell, New Jersey home in 1993.

The next year, they moved to Santa Barbara, CA — a city Taylor had fallen in love with on a trip with his son a few years prior. While in retirement there, Taylor served on the boards of S.E.E. International, The Channel Islands YMCA, the Montecito Shores Homeowners Association, and the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. Taylor and Barbara also enjoyed cycling and hiking trips across Europe. Taylor wryly noted that these trips seemed to involve fewer miles and nicer accommodations as the years passed. Recently, they took eight of their grandchildren on trips to Italy.

At Princeton, Taylor played on the Ivy League championship varsity lacrosse team. He took up distance running in his forties, qualifying for and running the Boston Marathon three times. In retirement, he developed a love for golf, which he enjoyed at La Cumbre Country Club (where he served as president of the Board) and The Valley Club of Montecito.

He also served for twenty five years as an official for the Southern California Golf Association, which in 2016 gave him the Jim House Award, its highest volunteer honor.

In addition to his children and his wife, Taylor is survived by his sister Helen Ewing of Baltimore, MD, his brother Donald Woodward of Gainesville, FL, his step-daughter Melora Myslik Balson (Andrew) of West Newton, MA, his step-daughter-in-law, Susan Bogue Myslik, of Boston, MA, and ten grandchildren: Lilly and Natalie Woodward; Beverly Woodward; Maggie Bogue Myslik; and Alan, Philip, Isabelle, John, Robert, and Martha Balson.

He was preceded in death by his step-son, Robert Hauter Myslik.

For those who have asked,

Taylor loved his work with the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara and would be honored to have any memorial donations be directed to that organization.

Robert Mask

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Robert J. “Bob” Mask, artist, photographer, SBCC teacher, and noted wellspring of humor, passed away April 28th in Santa Barbara, California, due to complications related to Parkinson’s Disease. He was 72. Born October 28, 1947, in Wisconsin Rapids to Norman and Helen Mask, Bob was the oldest of six siblings.

He grew up working the family A&W Drive-In business in Platteville, Wisconsin, earned a Mathematics degree from the University of Wisconsin, and he always maintained his identity as a lifelong Green Bay Packers fan. Later in life he toured Europe, worked as a news photographer in Darlington, Wisconsin, then as a medical photographer/photo lab manager in Ames, Iowa. In the mid-1980s, Bob drove to California where he happened to make an overnight stop in Santa Barbara – and stayed. There, while selling computers at K-Mart and Circuit City by day, Bob studied art and printmaking by night. In 2008, he became Adjunct Professor at Santa Barbara City College Center for Lifelong Learning where he taught what he called “Expressive Figure Drawing,” a class in which he carried on (in Room 23) many of the figure drawing teaching methods of his friend and predecessor, Jorgen Hansen.

Bob was beloved by many Santa Barbara artists and patrons, not only for his artwork, but for his cleverly-shaped, always-

generous sense of humor, and he melded both into a unique mode of visual self-expression. There was usually a bright, colorful twist to every art technique he mastered, and his drawings and paintings usually contained an expressive, whimsical depiction of the human form. In 2007 Bob was one of four artists in the “True Metier” exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Forum (CAF) — work chosen from more than 1,000 images submitted. That CAF show contained images of what Bob would call his Family Portrait series, begun around 2004, and inspired from photographs of his growing-up years. In Bob’s expressive way, he showed revelatory familial images of intimacy and joyful times of an era past wherein we all could find ourselves.

In 2016, at the Community Arts Workshop (CAW), Bob hosted his largest, most successful show ever with enough framed works to fill the walls of two CAW buildings. Later at CAW, in 2018, Bob hosted another show from his wheelchair, where friends and patrons scrambled for unframed copies of his popular prints.

Bob is survived by brothers Michael Mask of Las Vegas, Nevada, William Mask (Anne) of Saint Paul, Minnesota, sisters Kathie McPhail (Doug) of Platteville, Wisconsin, and Jane Fowler (Bob) of Platteville, Wisconsin. He was preceded in death by his youngest sister, Rita Mae Mask.

Memorial plans will be announced after current COVID-19 social distancing restrictions are relaxed. In lieu of flowers, Bob’s family suggests donations in Bob’s name to either The Santa Barbara Parkinson’s Association, The Santa Barbara Community Arts Workshop, The Santa Barbara City College Center for Lifelong Learning, The Santa Barbara Art Association, The Santa Barbara Arts Fund, or a charity of your choice.

Memorial to be held when we are past the current conditions due to the corona virus

obituaries David John (DJ) Rodriguez 4/2/1943 - 4/28/2020

In memory of, David John (DJ) Rodriguez, at 77 years of life passed away early Tuesday morning at home on April 28, 2020 with his family.

A husband of 50 years to his lovely wife, Linda Rodriguez, the son of Angela Yee and father to Anna, Lydia and Monica. Also, survived by his grandchildren Tina, Ricky, Roy, Alyssa and 5 great-grandchildren. A brother to Isabel Larsen, Lupe and Joe Sandoval.

A special thanks to Diane Skare-Zamora, Darryl and Doug Skare for having him as part of their family.

In his school years he attended Dolores Elementary, La Cumbre Jr. High and S.B. High School.

He served in the Navy from 1960-1964. After serving in the Navy, he attended SB City College for Sheet Metal Trade to pursue a career as a Sheet Metal Journeyman.

He kept his family busy with many hobbies which included hunting, fishing, horseshoes, bowling, and trap shooting. He was a member of the Elks #613 and the Faternal Order of the Eagles 442, where he enjoyed bingo with his friends and his granddaughter Alyssa. Alyssa and her Grumpy, as he was lovingly called, enjoyed their special time together watching movies.

In consideration of family and friends, during this dif difficult time, there will be no services. We will Honor DJ at a later date.

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Ellen C Everson

Brent Koch Daniels, Jr.

Beloved and loving wife of Bill Everson, Ellen was a one-off. She was opinionated, kind, loyal, generous and very, very smart. She loved birds and cats and gardening and the ocean. And books. She inhaled books at a rate of probably at least one a day.

She spent a good portion of her adult life working on and around boats. A familiar figure at various yachts in the harbor carefully applying a beautiful coat of varnish, or working on her well loved little gaff headed sloop “GJOA”.

She spent years working as ship’s cook on various working vessels. Her travels took her to the Beaufort Sea via the inside passage on the R/V“GLORITA” and through the Panama Canal on the R/V“WM MCGAW”.

She ended her seagoing career as a permanent cook on a CHEVRON tanker that ran from the refineries in Pascagoula, MS to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Crews loved her. She took no nonsense, bossed them around like their mothers, baked bread every day, and fished off the side when not in the galley.

She also told one of her captains that “God didn’t put her on this earth to make up bunks”. The captain had to make his own bunk.

When Ellen retired, she headed to ceramics classes (at adult education). There she found a creative outlet and many great friendships.

She certainly had a way with clay that gave her much enjoyment.

She was much loved and will be missed by all of us.

Services will be held privately.

Brent Koch Daniels, Jr. died peacefully at home in Nipomo, California, on March 31, 2020, at the age of 59. Brent was born on September 12, 1960, in Burlingame, but considered Monterey his hometown. He received a BA in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Barbara and a Masters in City and Regional Planning from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

In 1986 he married his partner In the adventure of life, Lisa Jean Glidden. They lived in Goleta while they raised their two daughters, Karisa Jean Daniels and Anjali Elizabeth Daniels.

Brent was a proud Papa, supporting everything his daughters pursued.

Brent was active in his chosen profession as a city planner in Santa Barbara County for more than 30 years in both the public and private sector. He touched many lives through his work and was known for his humor, warmth, intelligence, and easy-going style.

He was an inaugural Planning Commissioner for the City of Goleta and served for seven years. In 2015, he was honored as Goleta Public Servant of the Year.

Brent made life-long friends as he participated in various sports throughout his life, including baseball, fast-pitch softball, and cycling.

In Fall 2016 he was diagnosed with GerstmannSträussler- Scheinker disease (GSS), a rare neurodegenerative brain disorder. In 2018, Brent and Lisa moved to Nipomo, California, into a newly-built accessible home where he could be cared for entirely at home.

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wife Lisa, daughters Karisa (Brady Blasco) and Anjali, mother Frances Newman Daniels, brother Bradley Allen Daniels (Beverly), and step-mother Victoria Daniels. He is also fondly remembered by other family and many friends. He was predeceased by his father, Brent K. Daniels, Sr. Brent’s family is grateful to the many individuals who provided support during the last years of his life, including doctors and research professionals at UC San Francisco and Sansum Clinic, Wilshire Hospice team members, care providers, and physical therapists.

Memorial contributions may be made to Wilshire Hospice-Music Program (wilshirehcs.org/ donate), UCSF specifically CJD Clinical Research-Dr. Geschwind (makeagift.ucsf. edu/brain), or your favorite charity.

Robert (Bob) Sorich 4/13/2020

Robert (Bob) A. Sorich Santa Barbara CA Bob Sorich passed away suddenly and peacefully on Monday, April 13th in Santa Barbara at the age of 96. A recent broken leg required him to move from his home in Santa Barbara where he had lived for 53 years to Maravilla Retirement Center. He was cared for exceptionally and tenderly

by Clara and Vivi while at Maravilla. Bob was a devoted husband of 46 years to Jane, father of 3, grandfather of 6 and great grandfather of 9.

Bob was born in Chicago, Illinois to John and Elsie Sorich, immigrants from Croatia and Serbia. Always a superb athlete, he received a scholarship to attend Yankton College in South Dakota. WWII interrupted INDEPENDENT.COM

his education and he was entered into the Army AirCorp. He served on a B24 bomber out of England, flying missions over Germany.

His plane was shot down over France, but the crew was rescued and returned to service.

Upon release from the Army, he returned to Chicago and began his career in the commercial meat industry at the family business, Sorich and Sons Sausage. He then went to Pfaelzer Brothers Meat company. Bob started by carrying sides of beef from trucks to the coolers but worked his way up to the sales desk. He followed his parents out to Burbank, California in 1954 to work for Youngs Market. Bob rose to the position of General Manager after 10 years. In 1967, Peter Jordano enticed him to move to Santa Barbara as manager of Jordanos Meat Company.

The move to Santa Barbara was life changing and stimulated Bob and Jane to pursue a whole new lifestyle.

They rode a motorcycle, bought a ski boat and began to travel the world. They made many trips to Europe and other destinations. After Jane’s passing, Bob continued exploring the world by traveling to the Far East, Russia, South America and Australia.

Bob’s passion was playing golf his whole life and he was a member of Sandpiper GolfClub and Montecito Country Club. He played until he was 96 years old.

He was a member of 2 wine tasting groups, the VFW and the Cosmopolitan Club and volunteered at his church. Bob was beloved by his friends and family. He was outgoing, tireless, and served in his Clubs, as well as feeding the hungry and was a friend to all.

Bob was preceded in death by his brother, John and survived by his sister Jean. He was buried in a private ceremony at the Santa Barbara Cemetery. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Memorial gifts can be made to any Veterans Organization.

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BY N I C K W E L S H t all started out with a gag.

reality. Much of what Mickey championed has come to pass. In later years, she even came to enjoy working with Mickey Flacks — then Miriam Sally Hartman — many in the real estate industry — some of whom she had was a 17-year-old camp counselor at a communist so roundly castigated earlier in her career. The feelings, it Jewish summer camp in New York. The year was 1957, turned out, were mutual. at the height of the Red Scare. Dick Flacks — also a camp Flacks had a great laugh, a sardonic chortle, and an evident impatience with poseurs and grandstanders. She could counselor — was then 19. They first met in the camp office be severe and intimidating. Given her background, that’s when a mutual friend was explaining how she had caught a case of “vernal catarrh,” now better known as conjunctivitis. not surprising. Mickey grew up in the Bronx, the second Mickey thought this name was hilarious and began riffing child of defiant communists at a time when such defiance on it to the tune of “Johnny Guitar,” then a top pop hit. came at a high price. Her mother, Sonia, grew up in Russia, If it wasn’t love at first sight, it was the next best thing. coming of age during the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. She “We knew we were meant for each other,” Dick Flacks wanted to serve that revolution but was forced to immigrate recalled. with her family to the United States. Denied her revolutionThis astonishing partnership flowered into one that ary dreams, Mickey’s mother became bitter and sad. She would have a profound impact on Santa Barbara County married a Polish immigrant with the Americanized name for half a century. of Charles Hartman, who shared her revolutionary fervor.

Mickey and Dick Flacks have been making So ardent were their left-wing passions not just music together, but also history, and that they named their firstborn son yes, blintzes. (The name of their 2018 co-written — 10 years older than Mickey — after memoir is Making History / Making Blintzes.) two Russian martyrs to the communist They have redefined the very ecosystem of South cause.

Coast politics, spearheading the transformation For her first five years, Mickey Hartof what was once a sleepy Republican backwater man spoke only Yiddish. Smart and run by, for, and of the real estate industry into tough, a tomboy who smoked by age 10, she was a rebel, preferring to wear her what’s now lampooned in some quarters as “the father’s work shirts instead of the girlSocialist Republic of Santa Barbara.”

In a town where elected officials are famously ish dress code of the time. Her mother known only by their first names, Dick and was a devout atheist who celebrated the family’s Jewish culture. The famMickey Flacks have long found themselves famously foreshortened to “DickandMickey.” ily moved a lot during the Depression.

On April 20, it became just “Dick.”

There were rent strikes and rent parties.

Mickey Flacks — as fierce and tireless an As a girl, Mickey would enthusiastically pass out notices for her mother, who advocate for affordable housing that Santa Barbara has ever seen — died surrounded by was organizing a tenant union. Less Dick and her two sons, Charles and Marc, two enthusiastically, Mickey also had to colmonths after her 80th birthday. Done in by a lect the union dues from her neighbors. sudden failure of her kidneys after a protracted Over the years, Mickey’s mother would get fired for being a “Red Combattle with bone marrow cancer, she died in the mie,” and her father’s nose was broken midst of the current COVID pandemic, but she by police during a strike. Her mother was not its victim.

Over the years, Mickey liked to joke she taught her that if someone punched would “let” Dick take care of saving the world, so you, you should punch right back.

SMART AND TOUGH: A tomboy who smoked by age 10, Mickey Flacks was a rebel, preferring to wear that she could focus on more important matters, She was coached to tell FBI agents to her father’s work shirts instead of the girlish dress code of the time. such as what’s happening right here in Santa Barpound sand if they came around asking bara. However which way they divvied up their nosy questions. And that’s exactly what labors, the Flackses enjoyed a collaborative partnership that vene, crisply but diplomatically. Over the years, the Flackses’ Mickey did. She never allowed FBI agents into her family’s remains unsurpassed in terms of duration and impact. They living room became ground zero where umpteen political apartment, or they would have seen the bust of Lenin and were, in the words of their son Chuck Flacks — now a major campaigns were hatched and from which even more politi- the photograph of Stalin in the entranceway. player as a homeless advocate — “enmeshed.” cal candidates would emerge.

Mickey embraced her parents’ politics and their secular Individually or collectively, the Flackses got a ridiculous But Mickey’s lasting impact would be with the issue of Jewish identity. But in 1956, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushamount done. When they moved from the University of affordable housing. To her, housing was always far more chev revealed the truth that Josef Stalin, his predecessor, Chicago to Santa Barbara in 1969 so Dick could take a posi- than a financial investment, a retirement plan, or a tax had exterminated millions and millions of Jewish citizens. tion with UCSB’s Sociology Department, then-governor dodge. It was about creating a community genuinely open For most communists, this sparked a profound crisis. For Ronald Reagan quipped that hiring Flacks — then a celeb- to working people of all incomes, not just the very rich Mickey Hartman — and for young Dick Flacks living across rity in left-wing academia — was like hiring a pyromaniac and the very poor. Without government intervention, she town in Brooklyn — this revelation shattered their faith in to work in a firecracker factory. It was a nice line, and true feared, Santa Barbara would be overcome by polarizing Soviet Communism, but not their ideals for a better, more enough so far as it went. But egregiously overlooked in the gentrification. We would become a gated community, just just world. equation was Mickey Flacks, a no-nonsense, get-shit-done, without the gates.

When they finally met, Mickey was getting a biology proto-feminist, Red Diaper Baby, working-class lab techniMickey was relentless. She testified in front of so many degree at New York’s City College, and Dick had been cian who suffered fools very little, if ever. city councils that a council pew should be named in her accepted to the University of Michigan, where he would In the 1970s, Mickey Flacks served on the founding honor. She was always way ahead of the curve, advocating earn his PhD in sociology. During their courtship, they board of UCSB’s now-stellar University-Community Day for requirements that would ensure the maximum num- went to Greenwich Village clubs and coffee houses; he liked Care Center. Fifty years later, it remains the gold standard by ber of new units would be affordable for working families. jazz, and she liked folk music. Not long after they married which large-scale child care is measured. She was appointed Mickey served many years on the County Housing Author- in 1959, Dick was helping to pen the Port Huron Statement, to the county’s Affirmative Action Committee, and she ity board, mastering the bureaucratic and financial intrica- the 1962 manifesto from which Students for Democratic served on the executive committee of the union represent- cies needed to translate theoretical dreams into practical Society (SDS) and the whole New Left soon emerged.

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ing state, local, and federal employees. She had a major hand in the creation of Network, and more recently, Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN), two grassroots organizations that advocated and lobbied for environmental and social-justice causes. She served on the boards of the Santa Barbara Tenants Union, the ACLU, Citizens Planning Association, the Environmental Defense Center, the Jewish Secular Humanist Society, CAUSE, the Fund for Santa Barbara, and a host of organizational acronyms dedicated to social justice and environmental protection.

The Flackses played a major role in the creation of the Independent’s predecessor, the Santa Barbara News & Review, in the early ’70s. Mickey took it upon herself to school young reporters on the idiosyncratic history of Santa Barbara so they better understood the deeper foundations of each news story. If she felt a reporter was falling down on the job — or succumbing to cynicism — she would inter-

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Less famously, in the autumn of 1963, Mickey interrupted a lengthy Saturday afternoon powwow of SDS big wigs. She and Dick were going to a University of Michigan football game. The meeting wasn’t over, many objected. Mickey held her ground: “We go to football games on Saturday.”

And off they went.

This fondness for football did not abate when they moved to California. First, she rooted for the Rams, and then—when the Rams abandoned Los Angeles—for the Raiders. But naturally, there was soft spot in her heart for the Green Bay Packers, the only professional franchise ever to be collectively owned by a town. That’s as close to socialism as the United States will ever allow itself to get.

But the real life lesson behind this love of football was the love of life itself. Every night, the Flacks family would sit down to dinner together. Dick and Mickey made a point to see one or two movies a week. They had friends with whom they loved to eat and loved to argue.

“We argued the world,” recalled their son Chuck. “That was my childhood.”

Mickey loved movies like Casablanca and The Grapes of Wrath. She loved detective novels, especially those by Ross Macdonald, who lived in and wrote about Santa Barbara. She would masquerade as a folk singer and even played an elderly Irish woman in a Center Stage production. Mickey and Dick figured out the balance needed to remain creatively engaged while so many of their peers were falling prey to cynicism and burnout.

When the Flackses moved to Santa Barbara, it was to escape the University of Chicago, where faculty dinners typically were served by African-American waiters and entertained by string quartets. That was decidedly not Mickey’s thing. Here was a woman who, during the Chicago Democratic convention riots of 1968, drove scores of protest- Egregiously overlooked in the ers bloodied by the police to the hospital. At the university, her husband equation was Mickey Flacks, a had barely survived a political assassination attempt by a hatchet-wield- no-nonsense, get-shit-done, ing assailant. Santa Barbara, which proto-feminist, Red Diaper Baby, Mickey had initially derided as a bastion of right-wing whack jobs, began working-class lab technician who to look better and better. When UCSB suffered fools very little, if ever. offered Dick Flacks a post, Dick and Mickey jumped at it.

For Mickey, the culture clash was instantaneous. Everyone was so nice, she complained.

The roads were too narrow and too windy. “And where were the sidewalks?” she asked.

By day, Mickey worked as a lab technician. By night, she ventured out into the world of activism.

In 1970, she joined the Citizens’ Coalition, a group of good government types worried about excessive growth. Before long, Flacks was declared vice president. Four of the seven city council seats were up for grabs, and the Coalition’s slate won, including Leo Martinez, the first Latino councilman in the 20th century. The new council funded the first comprehensive study on the impacts of growth in Santa Barbara County. Based on this research, the council concluded the city’s resources could accommodate 85,000 residents, about 6,000 more than were living here at that time. To reach this goal, they downzoned the city, restricting how many new residential units could be built.

From the very start, Flacks bristled. The council needed to establish a balance between new jobs and new housing. To limit just housing but not commercial development, she argued, would promote the proliferation of new jobs. That, in turn, would push housing prices beyond what most workers could pay. That would lead to the gentrification of Santa Barbara. And that was the fight Mickey Flacks waged for pretty much the next 40 years of her life.

Rob Rosenthal, now a professor of sociology at Wesleyan University, got to know Mickey in the 1980s, when they were both working with Santa Barbara’s homeless population.

“Mickey wanted the world to be better,” he said. She taught him three things that he passes on to his own students: “Never come to visit without something in your hands. Don’t falsify history to match current thinking. And win or lose, you continue the struggle.”

At some later date, a public celebration of Mickey Flacks’s life and struggles will be held.

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ust two months ago, Chef Jason Paluska was slicing hamachi crudo onto hearts of palm, passionfruit, and coconut cream while grilling ribeye with trumpet mushrooms, sunchokes, and black-garlic sauce during regular dinner service at The Lark.

This week, deep in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic — which may decimate America’s culinary culture more dramatically than any other industry — Paluska remains in the kitchen. But instead of prime cuts and sushi-grade seafood, he’s cooking up massive pots of Tex-Mex chili and chicken pozole verde, throwing braised pork enchiladas together with beans and rice, and packing it all into to-go containers that will by feed the homeless, veterans, seniors, and other at-risk segments of Santa Barbara County.

It’s all part of an emerging network of restaurants, social workers, and nonprofit foundations that are trying to fill the region’s most vulnerable bellies while also keeping chefs employed and protecting the larger food chain of farmers, ranchers, and fishermen.

These efforts are complex, very fluid, and still in need of sustained funding.

But just a few weeks into the projects — the primary ones being umbrellaed under the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County and SB ACT’s Community Food Collaborative, with New Beginnings and City Net as partners — many

feel that the work is paving the way for food-distribution solutions that will persist even when the pandemic dies down.

“When you think about it, as a dude who cooks in restaurants, we’re not really contributing to the greater good,” reflected Paluska on his new reality. “We feed people who are hungry and like the menu, but I’ve always had this internal struggle about what am I doing that’s good for the world by

Multiagency Pandemic Response Feeds Vulnerable, Saves Chefs, and Protects Food Chain Matt Kettmann ∙ photos by Daniel

FRONTLINE FOODS: City Net’s Chuck Reed delivers a meal to Martin Travensat, a homeless man who spends much of his time on State Street.

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selling Brussels sprouts. This is a good opportunity for me to connect with that, and it’s not really that hard for us. We already cook for a living.”

As of this week, The Lark is preparing the batch meals for the Foodbank, most of which go to seniors who can warm the dishes up at home. Meanwhile, Chef Nik Ramirez at Loquita is making the Community Food Collab meals, which include sandwiches, salads, noodles, and other foods designed to be enjoyed with minimal to zero extra prep.

Also contributing to the effort is Jennifer Shively of Lunchbox, which she started in 2001 as a meal-delivery service for offices. She’s been pumping out casseroles in the last few weeks, based on ingredients Dreifuss donated by Sysco as well as unsold produce rounded up by Veggie Rescue. “We wanted to make them something warm and comfort food-y,” said Shively, who’s been able to keep her three employees on staff due to these orders.

“The point of the program is three-fold: feed people who need help, get restaurant people back to work, and support the local food chain,” said Sherry Villanueva, owner of Acme Hospitality, which runs both The Lark and Loquita. She laid off 345 of her 350 employees at the start of the pandemic and believes there is plenty of opportunity to expand this program beyond her establishments.

She was shocked to learn that there are 13,000 children in Santa Barbara County whose only guaranteed meal each day is the free lunch they get at school. “Thirteen thousand kids!?! It just makes me want to cry,” she said. “The need is probably much larger than one restaurant would ever fill.”

Though it’s nowhere near the volume

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PIVOTED CHEFS: The Lark’s Jason Paluska (left) and Loquita’s Nik Ramirez are now making hearty to-go meals for homeless people, veterans, and seniors down in their Funk Zone kitchens. that these restaurants are accustomed to, the meals are bringing money in from the foundational support and keeping a core team of chefs busy. “Restaurants are just desperately trying to stay alive, both in the psyche of their customer base as well as financially.

We’re still here. We’re still fighting,” said Villanueva. “If we can bring some people back to work and we can support our suppliers, then that’s a program we are willing to invest our time into, and we’re serving the community at the same time. It feels like it is the best use of our limited resources, better than doing a takeaway program that takes tons of work and doesn’t have a lot of return.”

COMMUNITY FOOD COLLAB’S PRIMARY PLAYERS

Spearheading the coordination of the newest program, the Community Food Collaborative, is the Santa Barbara Alliance for Community Transformation (SB ACT), which was founded in 2005 to address homelessness. Inspired by a similar program in Cambridge, Massachusetts—and working with a network of 38 partners and a steering committee of people from forprofit, nonprofit, and government backgrounds—SB ACT got an initial $40,000 from the Julia Child Foundations for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, which is also funding national campaigns during this time.

“The Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts understands how important Santa Barbara was for Julia throughout her lifetime,” said the foundation’s chair, Eric Spivey. “We are honored to support this important initiative.”

The money will pay for 250 prepared meals twice a week from Loquita, at $10 per meal, running for eight weeks from April 20 to June 22. The majority will go straight to homeless people on the streets and in their cars, as well as to a growing population of formerly homeless people who have been housed in motels during the shelter-in-place orders.

“If additional funds are raised, then we will expand meals to more days a week or to other target populations in Santa Barbara County based on funder interest,” said SB ACT’s Barbara Anderson, who’s posted more details at sbact.org/cfc.

With SB ACT as the backbone and Loquita chefs making the food, the food is distributed by New Beginnings and City Net, two organizations that have greatly expanded their capacities during the pandemic.

New Beginnings, which also offers low-priced counseling services, works with veterans and the “vehicular homeless.” Indeed, the organization’s Safe Parking Program, which arranges overnight parking for those who live in cars, has been copied by other communities nationwide. They are passing out food from their office at 324 East Carrillo Street on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon and delivering meals to the veterans who live at Johnson Court.

The nonprofit’s director, Kristine Schwartz, is also buying $1,000 worth of food that doesn’t need to be cooked and getting donations via the Amazon Wish List Registry and the United Way. “I buy a lot of peanut butter. I buy a lot of tuna fish. I buy a lot of turkey jerky. I buy a lot of fruit and a lot of water,” said Schwartz. “We are finding people are saying we don’t have food. We used to do one big food distribution once a month. Now we are doing it twice a week.”

She believes the need is going to persist even as businesses open again. “The food insecurity is probably going to last for a while,” explained Schwartz. “It will really come down to funding. Everything is moving at breakneck speed in terms of

COVER STORY funding. The guidance can’t keep up with the changes.”

City Net, which began in Anaheim but expanded to Santa Barbara a few years ago, deals with the most critically homeless people in the city. During the pandemic, they’ve focused on feeding clients who have successfully found housing, moving the most vulnerable into motels (about 15 so far), and staying in touch with the folks who hang out on the 400 to 800 blocks and 1200 block of State Street. Overall, they help about 65 people and are passing out 60 meals on Tuesday and Friday mornings in teams of two, with the opportunity for case management conversations, as well.

“It’s allowing us to be able to check in on our clients when the other supportive services aren’t available,” said Emily Koval, City Net’s program supervisor. She’s also fielding food donations from the Salvation Army, PATH Santa Barbara, and Chick-fil-A. “We’ve never done food distribution before,” she said, noting that clients typically use food stamps programs to survive.

“They’re still able to do that, but the population is vulnerable, and getting into supermarkets is hard for anyone these days.”

Koval’s clients are excited to be getting meals made with creativity and care from the Acme chefs. “They are pumped,” she said. “It’s definitely a morale booster.”

FOODBANK OUTREACH

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County’s main mission is food distribution, which is usually done via 50 distribution sites across the county. However, with shelter-in-place orders keeping people at home, particularly the at-risk elderly population, the Foodbank immediately shifted into a personal delivery model and has already visited more than 8,200 households to date. The service is for anyone 60 or older, 55 with a disability, or any age with a severe medical condition.

The first meals came from Lunchbox, said the Foodbank’s Lacey Baldiviez, and were very well received. “The residential facility asked for the name of the vendor so they could write thank-you notes,” she said.

From The Lark, they are now passing out 500 double-packs of meals weekly, delivering through partners such as La Casa de la Raza, the county’s Behavioral Wellness program, Pilgrim Terrace senior community, and even to the night shift at Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria. She’d love to expand outreach deeper into Santa Barbara, Lompoc, and Carpinteria but said that funding is the primary limitation right now.

“I thrive on it,” said Balvidiez, who grew up in Santa Maria and was briefly the head of Fairview Gardens in Goleta. “It’s really fun to work with so many different people: nonprofit people, restaurant people, people at risk and in need in our community. We’re trying to build a safety net for any type of emergency that our community has.

We know these emergencies are going to keep coming.”

MATCHMAKER EXTRAORDINAIRE

With so many nonprofit and for-profit players wanting to help, there’s bound to be both redundancies and critical gaps in service. Tracking these efficiency issues is Julia Blanton of the Community Environmental Council, which broke into the county’s food distribution a couple years ago as part of the Santa Barbara County Food Action Network in order to cut down on food waste and improve the region’s overall resiliency in times of emergency.

Blanton, who graduated from Santa Barbara High, studied nutrition at Cal Poly, and previously worked for Cottage Hospital, is developing a database that’s matching food donors, recipients, and volunteers.

“It became clear that there was an unprecedented need

FEEDING VEHICLE DWELLERS: New Beginnings’ Safe Parking Program is considered a national leader for what to do with the “vehicular homeless.” Now they’re feeding those clients too, as the nonprofit’s Rhandi Lachonce unloads meals to pass out last week. for prepared meals throughout the county,” said Blanton of the needs that arose at the start of the pandemic. “In essence, I’m playing the matchmaker for long-term and short-term needs.” The emergency work is actually paving a better way into the future, said Blanton, explaining, “It’s just pushing my work forward, actually.”

She’s also been in contact with the Ventura County chapter of World Central Kitchen, which is the globally active nonprofit food service created by the famous Chef José Andrés of Washington, D.C. There’s hope the organization may soon start funding Santa Barbara County efforts to expand through the United Way and various family resource centers in Guadalupe, New Cuyama, and Lompoc, many of which also serve undocumented citizens.

Blanton is uniquely well qualified for the position she’s now in, and, like everyone else interviewed for this story, happy to be of service. “It’s exhilarating,” she said. “It’s so amazing to be able to help and be useful during this time. I’m happy to be working after hours and to know that those hours are truly making a difference.” n

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Kits can also be downloaded for free via sbma.net/events/ sbmaathome. Participants can email their finished works to sbmaathome communityprograms@sbma.net, which will then be posted communityprograms@sbma.net on sbma.net/learn/flickrgallery. sbma.net/learn/flickrgallery —MK

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he Beekeepers Guild of Santa BarBarbara is inviting residents to nominate their neighbors’ gardens — or their own — to win one of 10 coveted “Plant BUZZING WITH BEAUTY: Sunflowers are laden with pollen. The U.K. Royal Bee Friendly” awards. The community Horticultural Society selected the Lemon Queen variety as the sunflower of competition for green thumbs and hobhob- choice for honeybees.

• Drought-tolerant, California-native plants if possible byist landscapers is a chance to showcase their work while supplying nectar and pollen for local Entries must be received by May 15. Winners will pollinators.

“You don’t have to be a beekeeper to help the be announced October 11 during the Beekeepers bees!” said Laurie Rasmussen, president of the guild. Guild’s annual Harvest Festival.

A few tips to keep in mind while picking bee“Healthy gardens are essential to the survival of our friendly plants: pollinators, especially in urban areas where flowerflower ing plants may not be readily available.”

In order to qualify, the nominee’s garden should • Bees have their favorite plants. Many plants are “bee friendly” but not all are “bee favorites.” contain the following: • Bees have favorite colors, too. The like blue and • Flowering plants, shrubs, or trees that are attractive purple best, followed by yellow, and then white. to pollinators (plants with year-round or successive • Bees need floral resources all year long. Some plants have bloom periods as short as two weeks blooms are preferable) while others bloom for months.

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the garden can host guests, but only if it adheres to a strict set of criteria that ensures the social distancing of its attendees. These will include advanced handsfree payment, on-site signage about social-distancing protocols, the ability to wash or disinfect hands, the frequent cleaning of high-touch surfaces, and limitations on the number of guests that can be on the grounds at any one time.

“Nothing is more important than the safety of both the public and our staff,” said Windhager. “As such, the garden is actively consulting with the county, our Board of Directors, and others to ensure a healthy experience for visitors and garden staff that follows county guidelines.”

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BLOCK BY BLOCK: Kept away by COVID-19, UCSB students are building a virtual Minecraft campus.

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or undergraduate Charles Neumann, the announcement that spring quarter classes would be delivered via remote instruction was sad news. Like many graduating seniors, he had hoped to spend his final days at UC Santa Barbara in the company of friends on the picturesque campus.

“I was actually studying in the library at the time,” recalled Neumann, a fourth-year political science and global studies major, “so I just decided to write a post on Facebook.” His idea: Keep the community together by creating a joint server where fellow Gauchos could enjoy the video game Minecraft with each other.

He didn’t expect much attention, but interest exploded. “Comments in the posts started talking about, ‘Oh, let’s re-create campus,’” he said. “‘Let’s build Storke Tower.’”

Now Neumann administers a digital version of the seaside institution, constructed and populated by the students who hold it dear. The virtual campus already includes landmarks like the UCen, Storke Tower, and Campbell Hall at a scale of one Minecraft block to one real-life meter.

The pastel-colored sidewalks and red cinderblock buildings impart a familiar feeling to home-bound students, faculty, and staff.

“People have been saying that it’s literally as if they are walking on campus because the attention to detail is so amazing,” Neumann remarked.

Central locations, such as The Arbor, Storke Plaza and the UCen, have received early attention, as have the on-campus residence halls.

The community has re-created the iconic foyer of Davidson Library in exquisite detail and is working on the rest of the massive structure.

However, the server captures more than just the architectural aspects of campus. Players can ride around campus — not on bikes, which aren’t a part of Minecraft, but rather on horses. They can also enjoy Dog Therapy Day on the grass north of the library or talk with the man at the 5¢-advice booth near Girvetz Hall. Students can even stop by for some quality time with Big Boy the cat.

Although Neumann hosts and administers the server, the project has no central management. Anyone can join using the Java edition along with the IP “islavista.mc.gg.” islavista.mc.gg.” Once there, they can help build islavista.mc.gg the map as long as they use Google Earth to ensure the measurements work out.

The endeavor quickly grew beyond just Neumann’s own cadre of friends. “I have never met, probably, 95 percent of the people who are part of the server community,” Neumann said. And new people join every day— day more than 420 people had joined the Facebook group as of late April.

While Neumann intended the server to be a place for friends to hang out, the community is already adapting it to its needs. For instance, he’s heard of prospective students using the map to familiarize themselves with the campus. Neumann also hopes to host fun events in the future. “I definitely want to do a graduation ceremony on the server,” he said.

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rior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the culinary culture of Santa Barbara County’s wine country was thriving like never before, with establishments from Los Alamos to Santa Ynez able to compete with the best big-city menus. While the coronavirus dust is far from settled, there’s strong optimism that most of that edible landscape will survive the shutdown.

“It seems to us that being in S.Y. TO YOU: The chefs at S.Y. Kitchen are still cranking out pasta and more for pickup the valley, our shop, as well as during the pandemic. our friends and neighbors with In Santa Ynez, while delivering to Santa Barbara restaurants and shops, have not been as hard hit as larger metro areas like L.A. — maybe even Santa is not yet happening, S.Y. Kitchen is now home to Barbara — since we serve a smaller demographic a pop-up market that’s open daily 11 a.m.-6 p.m. with definitely less competition,” said Bob Oswaks, The market is selling the restaurant’s homemade owner of Bob’s Well Bread in Los Alamos, which pasta (fusilli, tagliolini, or maccheroncini), sauces started a curbside takeout service more than six (including wagyu Bolognese, cilantro pesto, and weeks ago. “And, with lower-density living, people more), and chicken broths, as well as produce from Finley Farms, olive oil, cheese, bottled cocktails, seem to have less fear about visiting us.”

Yet that hasn’t helped and beer and wine by the the many Santa Barbara bottle. Proceeds are going residents who love Bob’s straight to the restaurant’s employee relief fund. bread, Full of Life’s flatbreads, Pico’s burgers, or They’re also still serving a Bell’s bistro eats. So a few pared-down pickup menu. weeks ago, many of the Los “We’re trying our best Alamos restaurants started to accommodate the delivering packages down wants and needs of locals,

BY MATT KETTMANN to Santa Barbara on the what they’re missing, weekends. what is comforting now,” Oswaks first reached out to Clark Staub from said Luca Crestanelli, chef and co-owner of S.Y. Full of Life, and the first delivery was so successful Kitchen. “But some of that is also what non–Santa that they roped in other neighbors. This weekend Ynez Valley residents enjoy about S.Y. Kitchen: will be the fourth time the delivery service has what’s stable, familiar, but also special. We’re happy been operational, and participants now include to fill that void for them, as well.”

Bell’s, Full of Life, Plenty on Bell, and Pico (which is Over in Los Olivos, the Wine Merchant & Café also hosting fun how-to cooking shows via Zoom is experimenting with different regional cuisines, and also selling quite a bit of provisions through while in Solvang, many of the Danish bakeries are losalamosgeneralstore.com). For beverages, people open for takeout, as is the Good Seed Coffee Boucan also order from Casa Dumetz, Babi’s Beer, and tique, Cailloux Cheese Shop, and Peasants Feast, Bedford Winery. which opened during the pandemic. Solvang’s To be part of this week’s delivery, see losalamos Succulent Café and Santa Ynez’s Dos Carlitos are two restaurants that are now back open for limited delivers.com.

“Up until now, tourism made up about 40 service after initially closing due to the pandemic. percent of our business,” said Oswaks, who’s also For those seeking a smokier touch, Alisal Guest developed a “B-L-D” kit to serve a family of four Ranch just announced four-course BBQ meal multiple meals. “Now we rely on our locals and pickup starting May 3 and running through the nearby residents that appreciate what we provide month (Mother’s Day on May 10 not included). For and are so grateful that we’re open for them. We $85, you get five pounds of beef short ribs, Green are starting to see people who are driving up from Goddess wedge salad, Bob’s ciabatta with herb L.A., Ojai, and Santa Barbara who’ve been house- butter, mac and cheese, cookie-dough balls, and, bound for so long, so a two-hour drive is a nice for an additional cost, beer and wine. The meals, diversion. I honestly don’t know how long this can which should serve four to six people, can be keep us open, but we’re doing our best to make it ordered up to one week in advance and picked up work, keeping our staff intact and paying what on Sundays at Alisal, 1054 Alisal Road in Solvang, bills we can.” n noon-2 p.m. See alisal.com/dine/order-bbq.

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Scrabble — it’s worth 69 points, triple score! — but it just may be the cutest creature in the world: a cat-sized Australian marsupial that seems to smile.

That’s what Kevin Lunn learned when googling in search of a catchy name for the nutrition-planning and meal-delivery business he was cofounding. His business partner Hunter Rusack warmed to the name upon learning that quokkas eat a special diet that adjusts to seasons.

“It serves as a good mascot and representation of diet, in its own way,” said Rusack.

Thus christened, Quokka Kitchen started operations in November 2019, and it is currently dropping off 200 to 350 meals per week to Santa Barbara residents.

The menus are crafted by the company’s third cofounder, Julian Martinez, executive chef at the Foodie Award–winning Barbareño. He’s focused on developing meals about

BY GEORGE YATCHISIN health, wellness, and performance that, as Martinez put it, “taste more like restaurant food.” That means farm-to-table, of course, while eschewing seed oils to cook clean. “We also cook everything really gently,” explained Martinez, “so the antioxidants in the good oils don’t break down.”

You wind up with some delicious meals, like a shrimp al pastor dinner with chile-lime polenta, pineapple-shishito slaw, and avocadolime dressing that is brilliant and bright, with the grilled shrimp adding umami without much added fat. Other recent meals included roast chicken with farro, pork tenderloin with polenta cake, and a breakfast muesli with Greek yogurt.

Tasty bites are just part of the service, as Quokka aims to serve the right food for each person. Each new customer fills out a questionnaire about his or her activity level, reason for joining, weight loss goals, height, weight, age, and so forth. Those data points help the team develop a nutrition plan, complete with micronutrient targets for each meal.

“People want guidelines,” Rusack said. “Some people before Quokka were eating fast food for lunch every day, so now they have targets and suggestions to aim for. It’s about establishing clean eating habits.”

About half of Quokka customers go one step further, getting fully personalized plans after meeting with nutrition counselors.

These chats go beyond caloric intake, as customers ask about supplements or food they can prepare themselves. “Having that sense of

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Both restaurants posted a notice to their Instagram pages on Thursday morning around 9 a.m. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce we have closed our doors for good,” reads the LARRY’S LEGACY: Chuck’s of Hawaii owner Larry Stone has closed his two restaurants in Chuck’s post. “Thank you for the Santa Barbara Harbor, but the upper State Street original remains open for takeout. your constant support. The memories will never be forgotten.” The Endless Summer post says the same, but global pandemic together,” said the owners, Lauit concludes, “It truly is the end of an incredible ren Herman and Christina Olufson. “We are so grateful to be able to continue to cook for all of our era.”

Though it was presumed initially that the neighbors that have become our friends.”

COVID-19 pandemic’s shutdown orders contribSee bossieskitchen.com. uted to the closings, it turns out that a change has been in the works for a while. According to the REOPENINGS: As restaurants inch toward reopenCity of Santa Barbara’s Waterfront Department, ing amid the pandemic, a few spots that initially the restaurants’ owners, Larry Stone and Steve closed are opening back up for takeout and delivHyslop, have been seeking to sell the businesses ery. That includes Santo Mezcal, the Nuggets in since August 2019. They found a buyer in Febru- Goleta and Summerland, Altamirano’s Mexican ary 2020: Aaron Petersen, who owns Chomp, The Grill in Goleta, and Joe’s Café. To see a full list of Coffee House by Chomp, and Brekkies by Chomp who’s serving takeout and delivery throughout in Solvang, and co-owns Mortensen’s Danish Bak- the Santa Barbara region, see santabarbara.com/ ery located in downtown Solvang. dining dining.

Petersen initially planned to keep the Endless Summer and Chuck’s Waterfront in normal CRUSHCAKES IN CARP CLOSES: Reader Primetime let operation until the fall, and then switch to his me know that Crushcakes, which opened in Febown concepts. For the former Endless Summer, ruary 2011 at 4945 Carpinteria Avenue in CarpinPetersen is planning a traditional deli café serving teria, has closed permanently. The Santa Barbara sandwiches, soups, and salads with a grab-and- and Goleta locations continue be open daily 8 go component as well as a small grocery store. At a.m.-3 p.m., offering takeout and delivery. night, the upstairs would shift into a dinner menu VILLAGE CHEESE & WINE PLATFORM: Montecito’s Vilwith full bar.

Downstairs, in the former Chuck’s space, lage Cheese & Wine Store (VC&W) at 1485 East Petersen plans to open a restaurant like Chomp, Valley Road launched a new online ordering and featuring burgers, fries, and shakes, that caters to delivery platform at montecitogourmet.com. The families, young adults, and retirees. The design menu assures contactless pickup and delivery and will be diner-like, with stools and a larger counter offers gourmet charcuterie breakfast sandwiches, area. avocado toast, gourmet lunch sandwiches, locally Though the pandemic is not the cause of the roasted coffee, and Santa Barbara County wine. changes, it does appear that the shutdown did The restaurant is also developing “DeliBox stall the plans to maintain the original restaurants Essentials” of freshly sliced meats, cheeses, freshly baked local bread, and produce for people who until the fall. want an alternative to the grocery store and bigMOTHER’S DAY AT BOSSIE’S KITCHEN: For Mother’s box retail shopping.

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At dawn, I awake and feel empowered Life changes direction from up to down But I must fight and not be a coward I continue to fight and avoid frowns Hardship brings both the best and worst in souls Barren streets are no excuse to crumble Go with the flow and engage cruise control Find peace through heart or mind and stay humble When life throws a swift curveball, learn and grow Say thank you for the opportunity Make the best of it and learn to let go Remember no one has immunity Let go of the ego and find self-bliss Find gratitude and avoid the abyss —Pablo Hsu

Pablo Hsu has a passion for both riding motocross and the business world. He hopes to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s BusiBusiness Administration path and find that proper work/personal balance. Ultimately, he plans to work alongside his older brother, Sasha, as they tackle real estate development and investment as a career. He is quarantining with Vadim, his father. During difficult times, he finds solace in his motocross shop; servicing bike engines and repairing helps him tune things out.

SHE WAITS FOR NO ONE She pleaded her case to an eye turned blind Alas, she proclaimed, “enough is enough!”

“Is harmony too much to ask?” she pined Weathered the storm till the task posed too tough

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THE FLORES OF MY GARDÍN ARE FLOURISHING Flores of my gardín are flourishing on the top of a grassy steep loma.

Flowers of many colors are painting the garden with color and aroma.

There are herbs and citruses that dozes So flores are always in the spotlight.

There’s gladiolus, hydrangeas, roses, snapdragons and fuchsia overexcite.

They bloom in summer and seem abiding when the autumn comes to wither and leap away. They’re as beautiful as the spring in bloom after an everlasting sleep.

The abejas tend to nuestro jardín Y están tanbonitas hastael fin.

—Lourdes Dorado Lourdes Dorado plans on attending Santa Barbara City College and will transfer to a university to ultimately major in Spanish. She spends her time in quarantine with her family while she brushes up on both baking and cooking skills. Clearly, based on the subject of this poem, she is also slowing down and enjoying the beauties of her family garden.

ALONE TOGETHER The four Lambes, united safely at home Making the most of our time together Searching for new talents to call our own, Whilst recording it with ink and feather.

Innocence governed; dancing from her womb Utopia collapsed, mayhem begun Greed turned to lust, they danced to their tombs With woe she exclaimed, “What more could I’ve done?”

Crafting puzzles of places far away, Reminiscing of times that were quite free.

Hoping normalcy will resume someday, Where we can go about our lives carefree.

For mercy they wept, “mother oh mother!”

Too much too late, succumbing to their fate Omniscience ensued, now they discovered Time stops for no one, no more could she wait

Our lives are fast, we haven’t learned to stop.

All has changed, life in a new form of town.

Newer priorities rise to the top, We wait patiently as the states shut down.

Juxtaposed to a society failed Onward she had carried, her grace prevailed —Henry Haber While Henry Haber is currently a senior at SBHS, he transferred as a freshman from Oak Grove School in Ojai, where his mother still resides as a result of his parents’ divorce. Upon seeking to expand upon his creative passion via the medium of cinematography and directing, Henry has been accepted to attend NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Throughout high school, he has honed his creative interests as well as athletic interests by leading the varsity volleyball team as the setter, as well as immersing himself in the brotherhood offered via the varsity football team. In the years ahead, he hopes to advance his passion of storytelling and seeking new ways of giving back.

Blessed to have more than we need to survive.

We know staying at home is saving lives.

—Connor Lambe Connor Lambe is wrapping up his senior year of high school online. He plans on attending either the University of the Pacific or Oregon State University, both of which have offered him the opportunity to play soccer at the D1 level. Juggling sports and school is always a challenge, but Connor has proven to be a multifaceted talent. He loves writing and hopes to pursue areas related to journalism. He’s staying home with his parents and Owen, his older brother who is an alum of SBHS and is finishing his college semester virtually as well.

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ARIES

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(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): According to Aries author and

(June 21-July 22): Novelist Marcel Proust was a sensitive,

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the course of my life, I’ve met

mythologist Joseph Campbell, “The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating.” He was referring to our early human ancestors, and how they stumbled upon a valuable addition to their culture because they were curious about a powerful phenomenon, not because they knew it would ultimately be so valuable. I invite you to be guided by a similar principle in the coming weeks, Aries. Unforeseen benefits may emerge during your investigation into flows and bursts that captivate your imagination.

TAURUS

dreamy, emotional, self-protective, creative Cancerian.

That may explain why he wasn’t a good soldier. During his service in the French army, he was ranked 73rd in a squad of 74. On the other hand, his majestically intricate seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time is a masterpiece — one of the 20th century’s most influential literary works. In evaluating his success as a human being, should we emphasize his poor military performance and downplay his literary output? Of course not! Likewise, Cancerian, in the coming weeks I’d like to see you devote vigorous energy to appreciating what you do best and no energy at all to worrying about your inadequacies.

many sharp thinkers with advanced degrees from fine universities — who are nonetheless stunted in their emotional intelligence. They may quote Shakespeare and discourse on quantum physics and explain the difference between the philosophies of Kant and Hegel, and yet have less skill in understanding the inner workings of human beings or in creating vibrant intimate relationships. Yet most of these folks are not extreme outliers. I’ve found that virtually all of us are smarter in our heads than we are in our hearts. The good news, Libra, is that our current Global Healing Crisis is an excellent time for you to play catch up. Do what poet Lawrence FerlingExperiment: To begin the next momenhetti suggests: “Make your mind tous healing, tell the simple, brave, learn its way around the heart.”

(Apr. 20-May 20): “The future belongs to those who

LEO

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SCORPIO Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com. half-hearted prayers,” wrote the poet Ovid more than 2,000 years (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Aphorist Aaron ago. I will add that Fortune also Haspel writes, “The less you are resists poorly formulated intentions, feeble vows, and contradicted, the stupider you become. The more sketchy plans — especially now, during a historical powerful you become, the less you are contradicted.” turning point when the world is undergoing massive Let’s discuss how this counsel might be useful to you transformations. Luckily, I don’t see those lapses being in the coming weeks. First of all, I suspect you will problems for you in the coming weeks, Leo. According be countered and challenged more than usual, which to my analysis, you’re primed to be clear and precise. will offer you rich opportunities to become smarter.

Your willpower should be working with lucid grace. Secondly, I believe you will become more powerful as You’ll have an enhanced ability to assess your assets and long as you don’t try to stop or discourage the influmake smart plans for how to use them. ences that contradict you. In other words, you’ll grow your personal authority and influence to the degree VIRGO that you welcome opinions and perspectives that are (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Last year, the Baltimore Museum not identical to yours. of Art announced it would acquire works exclusively from women artists in 2020. A male art critic com- SAGITTARIUS plained, “That’s unfair to male artists.” Here’s my reply: (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “It’s always too early to quit,” wrote Among major permanent art collections in the U.S. author Norman Vincent Peale. We should put his and Europe, the work of women makes up 5 percent words into perspective, though. He preached “the of the total. So what the Baltimore Museum did is a power of positive thinking.” He was relentless in his righteous attempt to rectify the existing excess. It’s a insistence that we can and should transcend discourjust and fair way to address an unhealthy imbalance. In agement and disappointment. So we should consider accordance with current omens and necessities, Virgo, the possibility that he was overly enthusiastic in his I encourage you to perform a comparable correction in implication that we should NEVER give up. What your personal sphere. do you think, Sagittarius? I’m guessing this will be an

see possibilities before they become obvious,” says businessperson and entrepreneur John Sculley. You Tauruses aren’t renowned for such foresight. It’s more likely to belong to Aries and Sagittarius people. Your tribe is more likely to specialize in doing the good work that turns others’ bright visions into practical realities. But this Year of the Coronavirus could be an exception to the general rule. In the past three months as well as in the next six months, many of you Bulls have been and will continue to be catching glimpses of interesting possibilities before they become obvious. Give yourself credit for this knack.

Be alert for what it reveals.

(May 21-June 20): For 148 uninterrupted years, Ameri-

can militias and the American army waged a series of wars against the native peoples who lived on the continent before Europeans came. There were more than 70 conflicts that lasted from 1776 until 1924. If there is any long-term struggle or strife that even mildly resembles that situation in your own personal life, our Global Healing Crisis is a favorable time to call a truce and cultivate peace. Start now! It’s a ripe and propitious time to end hostilities that have gone on too long.

(July 23-Aug. 22): “Fortune resists

and humble truth about yourself.

important question for you to consider in the coming weeks. It may be time to reevaluate your previous thoughts on the matter and come up with a fresh perspective. For example, maybe it’s right to give up on one project if it enables you to persevere in another.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The 16th-century mystic nun Saint

Teresa of Avila was renowned for being overcome with rapture during her spiritual devotions. At times, she experienced such profound bliss through her union with God that she levitated off the ground. “Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction,” she wrote. I hope that you will be periodically moving in that direction yourself during the coming weeks, Capricorn. Although it may seem odd advice to receive during our Global Healing Crisis, I really believe you should make appointments with euphoria, delight, and enchantment.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Grammy-winning musician and com-

poser Pharrell Williams has expertise in the creative process. “If someone asks me what inspires me,” he testifies, “I always say, ‘That which is missing.’ ” According to my understanding of the astrological omens, you would benefit from making that your motto in the coming weeks. Our Global Healing Crisis is a favorable time to discover what’s absent or empty or blank about your life, and then learn all you can from exploring it. I think you’ll be glad to be shown what you didn’t consciously realize was lost, omitted, or lacking.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): “I am doing my best to not become a museum of myself,” declares poet Natalie Diaz. I think she means that she wants to avoid defining herself entirely by her past. She is exploring tricks that will help her keep from relying so much on her old accomplishments that she neglects to keep growing. Her goal is to be free of her history, not to be weighed down and limited by it. These would be worthy goals for you to work on in the coming weeks, Pisces. What would your first step be?

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g p e r s o n ( s ) i s / a re d o i n g b u s i n e s s a s : P H O T O S A N TA B A R B A R A , S A N TA B A R B A R A P H O T O EXPEDITIONS, SPENCER DEAN PHOTOGRAPHY at 23 E Pueblo St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Spencer Dean (same a d d re s s ) conducted by an Individual Signed: Spencer Dean Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 1, 2020. This statement e x p i re s f i v e y e a r s f ro m t h e d a t e i t w a s f i l e d i n t h e O ff i c e of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

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Published: Apr 16, 23, 30. May 7 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g p e r s o n ( s ) i s / a re d o i n g b u s i n e s s a s : S K U N K B E A R TA C K T I C A L a t 1 1 4 0 E d g e m o u n d D r. S a n t a Barbara, CA 93105; Skunk B e a r A r m s L L C ( s a m e a d d re s s ) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Pasi Puentes‑Member Manager Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 1, 2020. This statement e x p i re s f i v e y e a r s f ro m t h e d a t e i t w a s f i l e d i n t h e O ff i c e of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000895.

Published: Apr 16, 23, 30. May 7 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CYBER POSSE CONSULTING at 1140 Edgemound Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Pasi Puentes ( s a m e a d d re s s ) conducted by an Individual Signed: Pasi Puentes Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 1, 2020. This statement e x p i re s f i v e y e a r s f ro m t h e date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000896.

Published: Apr 16, 23, 30. May 7 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: MAPLE LEAF CONSTRUCTION at 4882 Payton St Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Maple Leaf Remodeling, LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Joshua Dunlap Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 7, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000920. Published: Apr 16, 23, 30. May 7 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: DESTINED FOR GRACE‑CHILDREN’S RELIEF at 5960 Hollister Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Destined For Grace‑ Children’s Relief (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Lindsey Connelly‑CFO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 7, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000923. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TRANSFORMATIVE BODYWORKS at 113 West Mission St. Suite C. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Thomas R Sorg 691 San Richardo Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111 conducted by an Individual Signed: Tom Sorg Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 6, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000913. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE WALDORF SCHOOL OF SANTA BARBARA at 7421 Mirano Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Santa Barbara Waldorf Association(same address) conducted by an Coproraton Signed: Heidi Goodwin,Business Manager Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 26, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Maria F Sanchez.

FBN Number: 2020‑0000869.

Published: Apr 23, 30 May 7, 14 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 7 ELEVEN 18828E at 1017 N Broadway Santa Maria, CA 93454; M&J Virk Corporation 545 Birdie Ln Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 10, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck.

FBN Number: 2020‑0000947.

Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SB ICE at 733 Carpinteria St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Crocker Group Corp (same address) conducted by an Coproraton Signed: Joshua Dunlap Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 8, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000933. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 7 ELEVEN 17499D at 121 W Stowell Rd Santa Maria, CA 93458; M&J Virk Corporation 545 Birdie Ln Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 10, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000946. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CENTRAL COAST PALLETS at 1571 E Betteravia Santa Maria, CA 93454; Erik Ortiz 305 S Oakglen Ave Nipomo, CA 93444 conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 23, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001035. Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: A. MCBRIDE CONSULTING at 945 Ward Dr, Spc 13 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Allan Douglas McBride (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Allan McBride Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 16, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000988.

Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: POPPINS FAMILY SERVICES at 3803 Connie Way Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Michele Martin (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Michele Martin Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 6, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000912.

Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SOUL CITY SURVIVORS at 2043 Mountain Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Winfield Shiras (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 21, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001001.

Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: INGREDIENT WINE COMPANY at 2670 Ontiveros Rd Los Olivos, CA 93441; Thomas L Beckmen 1318 Monaco Dr Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 14, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jo. FBN Number: 2020‑0000969. Published: Apr 30.

May 7, 14, 21 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CORPS ESSENTIALS at 5441 Toltec Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Thomas Soto (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 13, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000951. Published: Apr 30.

May 7, 14, 21 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MANDRAKE WINE, MANDRAKE WINES, PROTECTOR CELLARS at 2705 Aviation Way #100 Santa Maria, CA 93455; Project Cabernet, LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 21, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001006.

Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GAL FRIDAY at 4739 Greenway Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Erika C. Robinson(same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Erika C. Robinson Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 21, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000999.

Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WILD ROOTS at 3730 Avon Ln Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Lia Grippo (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 14, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000963.

Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s)is/are doing business as: METROPULOS FINE FOODS MERCHANT at 216 E. Yanonai St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Metropulos Inc. (same address), conducted by a Corporation, signed: Ann E. Addis, President filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara county on Apr. 21, 2020. This statement expires 5 years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number 2020‑0001003.

Published: April 30, May 7, 14, 21 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SERENO RELIEF SERVICES at 325 E Valerio Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Miriam Christina Ketcham (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Miriam C. Ketcham Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 16, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000972.

Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: E‑VOLK, E‑VOLK RIDES, EVOLK SKATEBOARDS at 2985 Steele Street Los Olivos, CA 93441; 4Skin Industries (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 9, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000943. Published: Apr 30.

May 7, 14, 21 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: A.C.T. INSTALLS at 7280 Tuolumne Dr Goleta, CA 93117; Andy J. Triant (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 16, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000987. Published: Apr 30.

May 7, 14, 21 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ROADRUNNER ORGANICS at 308 South E Street Lompoc, CA 93436; George Mark Raugh (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 16, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000986.

Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PAPE POWER SYSTEMS at 1322 White Court Santa Maria, CA 93458; Pape Material Handling, Inc 355 Goodpasture Island Road Eugene, OR 9701 conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 21, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001000. Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PURE MAINTENANCE OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY at 5511 Ekwill St Suite D Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Master Clean USA, Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Jessica Jankoski Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 23, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001027.

Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA MARIA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY at 5399 Overpass Road Santa Barbara, CA 93111; The Santa Barbara Humane Society For The Prevention of Cruelty To Animals (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 27, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001053.

Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VILLA ROSA INN at 2019 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Alamar II, LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 24, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001046.

Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CASA DEL SOL MOTEL at 2019 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Alamar II, LLC‑ (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 24, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001044.

Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FLOW CHIROPRACTIC at 1727 State Street Suite 22 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Frederick Lee Polizo 3639 San Remo #22 Santa Barbara, CA 93105 conducted by an Indicidual Signed: Fredrick Polizo Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 22, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001019.

Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SUPERIOR HOSPICE at 320 E Walnut Ave Suite A Lonpoc, CA 93436; Superior Hospice Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Pablo Martinez Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 28, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001069.

Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DP INVESTMENTS, SANTA MARIA RV PARK at 2019 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Dario Pini 1335 Mission Ridge Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93103 conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 24, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001043.

Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALAMAR MOTEL at 2019 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Nonnie Investments, LLC (same address conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 24, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001045.

Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PUNCH VINTAGE at 1223 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Lynn Morrison 1215 Olive St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 16, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0000979.

Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA AUTO STEREO & WIRELESS, SIA/SEE IT ALL/ SATELLITES IN ACTION at 1406 San Miguel Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Alan Gold (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Alan Gold Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 28, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001061.

Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2020.

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF EVELYN LEE BUZBEE TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV01485 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: EVELYN LEE BUZBEE TO: EVELYN LEE GOLDMAN 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.

NOTICE OF HEARING June 1, 2020 9:30 am, Dept 5, Courthouse, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 Anacapa Division A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.

Dated April 3, 2020. by Colleen K.

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Apr 16, 23, 30. May 7 2020.

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described above are set forth in detail in the California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 366.26.

You are referred to that section for further particulars. Michael J. Planet, Executive Officer and Clerk, County of Ventura, State of California. Dated: 04/08/2020 by: Crystal Jimenez Deputy Clerk, Children and Family Services Social Worker.

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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD STATE OF CALIFORNIA WCAB No.: ADJ11158356 To: DEFENDANT, EDUARDO BUENROSTRO APPLICANT, MARTIN LERENA NOTICES 1) A lawsuit, the Application for Adjudication of Claim, as been filed with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board against you as the named defendant by the above named applicant.

You may seek the advice of an attorney in any matter connected with this lawsuit and such attorney should be consulted promptly so that you response may be filed and entered in a timely fashion.

If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney reference service or a legal aid office. (See telephone directory.)

2) An Answer to the Application must be filed and served within six days of the service of the Application pursuant to Appeals Board rules; therefore, your written response must be filed with the Appeals Board promptly; a letter or phone call will not protect your interests.

3) You will be served with a Notice(s) of Hearing and must appear at all hearings or conferences. After such hearing, even absent your appearance, a decision may be made and an award of compensation benefits may issue against you. The award could result in the garnishment of your wages, taking of your money or property or other relief.

If the Appeals Board makes an award against you, your house or other dwelling or other property may be taken to satisfy that award in a non‑judicial state, with no exemptions from execution.

A lien may also be imposed upon your property without further hearing and before the issuance of an award.

4) You must notify the Appeals Board of the proper address for the service of official notices and papers and notify the Appeals Board of any changes in that address.

TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS Issued by: WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD Name and address of Appeals Board: WCAB Santa Barbara 411 E. Canon Perdido Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Name and address of applicant’s attorney: Ghitterman, Ghitterman & Feld, 418 E. Canon Perdido St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101; FORM COMPLETED BY: Benjamin P. Feld, Esq. Ghitterman, Ghitterman & Feld, 418 E. Canon Perdido St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Telephone No.: (805) 965‑4540.

NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served: as the person sued under the fictitious name of: Concrete & Pavers Specialist.

Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2020.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF VENTURA. NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION WELFARE &amp; INSTITUTIONS CODE §366.26 J 072414 HEARING DATE: 07/01/2020 TIME: 08:30 am COURTROOM: J1 In the matter of the Petition of the County of Ventura Human Services Agency regarding freedom from parental custody and control on behalf of Jonathan Fleischer, a child. To: Lindsay Fleischer, Unknown father, and to all persons claiming to be the parents of the above‑named person who is described as follows: name Jonathan Fleischer, Date of Birth: 02/11/2020, Place of Birth: Santa Barbara, CA, Father’s name: Unknown, Mother’s name: Lindsay

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IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF LISA MARIE ARIAS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV01503 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: LISA MARIE ARIAS TO: LISA ARIAS WITHERSPOON 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 includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING June 5, 2020 9:30am, Dept 4, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated April 6, 2020 by Donna D. Geck, J udge of the Superior Court. Published: April 16, 23, 30. May 7 2020.

Fleischer. Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 366.26, a hearing has been scheduled for your child. You are hereby notified that you may appear on 07/01/2020, at 8:30 a.m., or as soon as counsel can be heard in Courtroom J1 of this Court at Juvenile Justice Center 4353 Vineyard Ave. Oxnard, CA 93036.

YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED as follows: At the hearing the Court must choose and implement one of the following permanent plans for the child: adoption, guardianship, or long term foster care. Parental rights may be terminated at this hearing. On 07/01/2020, the Human Services Agency will recommend termination of parental rights. The child may be ordered placed in long term foster care, subject to the regular review of the Juvenile Court; or, a legal guardian may be appointed for the child and letters of guardianship be issued; or, adoption may be identified as the permanent placement goal and the Court may order that efforts be made to locate an appropriate adoptive family for the child for a period not to exceed 180 days and set the matter for further review; or, parental rights may be terminated.

You are entitled to be present at the hearing with your attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, you are entitled to have the Court appoint counsel for you. A thirty‑ day continuance may be granted if necessary for counsel to prepare the case. At all termination proceedings, the Court shall consider the wishes of the child and shall act in the best interest of the child. Any order of the Court permanently terminating parental rights under this section shall be conclusive and binding upon the minor person, upon the parent or parents, and upon all other persons who have been served with citation by publication or otherwise. After making such an order, the Court shall have no power to set aside, change, or modify it, but this shall not be construed to limit the rights to appeal the order. If the Court, by order or judgment, declares the child free from the custody and control of both parents, or one parent if the other no longer has custody and control, the Court shall, at the same time, order the child referred to the licensed County adoption agency for adoptive placement by that agency.

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2 Baltimore bird 59 Be behind 3 Physician’s patron 62 It may get blown 4 Blows away 63 Mitt Romney’s state 5 Pick the wrong side in a coin 64 On the open waters flip 65 Computer capacity units, 6 Groups of three briefly 7 “Hawaii Five-O” setting 66 Toasted or wasted 8 Motivate 67 .org relative 9 Range in Wyoming 68 “The Masked Singer” 10 19th Greek letter network 11 Split ___ (new wave band ©2020 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords. (editor@ com) For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 cents per from New Zealand) minute. Must be 18+. Or to bill to your credit card, call: 1-800-6556548. Reference puzzle #0978 12 Historic “Affair” of 1797-98 14 “The Metamorphosis” writer LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION: Franz 19 Agonize (over) 21 Yarns 25 Right direction?

26 1 + 2, in Germany 27 Engineering detail, for short 29 Just scratch the surface 30 Tiny, to twee pet owners 32 Hulk portrayer Ferrigno 33 Word sung twice after “Que” 36 Some 61 Vegan breakfast dish (and this puzzle’s theme) 66 Ignored 69 Gets less strict 70 Last words of an engagement 71 Org. before the gates?

72 Draw 73 Prom rental 74 Forced laugh sound 75 Didn’t fade

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