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Angry Poodle Barbecue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12 Capitol Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15

OBITUARIES.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 THE WEEK.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Sidewalks to Be Colonized by Merchants and Restaurants by Nick Welsh oving at warp speed, the Santa Barbara City Council acted with rare unanimity to allow restaurant owners throughout the city to set up tables on their adjacent sidewalks, feeding their customers both inside and out. The restaurants will also be allowed to use adjoining parking spaces and lots — known now in the brand-new planning vernacular as “parklets” — both publicly and privately owned. The council gave City Administrator Paul Casey a free hand to make this happen as soon as possible — which could be as early as next Saturday, the beginning of the three-day Memorial weekend. The big question mark here, however, is how soon Governor Gavin Newsom will give local authorities the green light to approve indoor and outdoor dining. That is not currently allowed based on Newsom’s economic reactivation schedule. But given the rapid pace of change attending the state’s response to the COVID crisis, anything is possible. The council’s action plan emerged out of countless closed-door discussions by a special task force convened by Mayor Cathy Murillo to jump-start the local economy as soon as the governor allowed. Last week, the council’s focus was locked in on only State Street with a clear majority of councilmembers eager to open State Street to pedestrians and cyclists while redirecting automobile traffic to other thoroughfares. But the task force is led by Jason Harris, the city’s new economic development czar who believes such a tectonic shift has to wait until there is enough foot traffic and actual customers.

Right now, he argued, was all about throwing businesses a lifeline. Santa Barbara, he said, is home to 400 restaurants and cafés that employ thousands of workers. If TASKMASTER: The City Council’s action plan emerged out of countless closed-door discussions by a special task 30 to 40 percent of them force convened by Mayor Cathy Murillo to jump-start the local economy as soon as the governor allowed. do not survive — as has often been predicted — that could mean the death knell Ultimately, the council voted to go full speed ahead on for 120 to 160 local restaurants. both fronts, but just a little faster on sidewalk seating. The The key, Harris said, was ensuring that pedestrians had votes are clearly there — and vehemently so — to close off a buffer between themselves and the tables and chairs State Street to cars and open it up as a pedestrian promset out on the sidewalks by restaurant operators. If, after enade. The only question — and it’s a big one — is which time, customers felt safe enough to come back, then the blocks. Called out for certain are the 500 and 1200 blocks council could talk about closing off portions of State of State Street, but also getting support were the 400, 1100, Street. and 1300 blocks of State Street. Richard Berti, a prominent This shift in focus from last week did not sit well with real estate owner often sharply critical of City Hall’s Planalternative-transportation advocates with groups like ning Department, urged consideration of the 600 block as COAST (Coalition for Sustainable Transportation) and well, where he holds considerable property. Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition, who worried that Harris Councilmember Michael Jordan stressed that the and the council risked squandering a historic moment — council’s action was only the beginning for many of the after 30 years of dithering debate — to radically reimagine businesses struggling to survive. They will need many State Street as a more pedestrian and bipedal space. new permits to take the economic advantage offered by Councilmembers, Kristen Sneddon in particular, were the promise of outdoor seating and many new daunting inclined to do both at the same time. Sneddon echoed bureaucracies to be navigated, such as the state’s Alcoholic concerns expressed by a handful of critics who doubted Beverage Control and the county’s Environmental Health that city sidewalks — 20 feet wide — were broad enough Services Department. City Hall cannot sit by and watch to accommodate tables, chairs, and customers sitting six as business owners find their own way. “I don’t want busifeet away from one another while also providing enough nesses to fail because they didn’t know to ask the right questions,” Jordan said. n space for pedestrians, trees, planters, and poles.

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by Delaney Smith anta Barbara County residents are still stuck on the rickety pandemic roller coaster racked with unpredictable turns, but the ride hit a new peak Tuesday — the county has its first shot at taking local control over reopening businesses. “This is an extraordinary achievement in an incredibly short period of time,” 2nd District Supervisor Gregg Hart said. “In fact, I can say with certainty that nothing like this has ever been accomplished in our community. Normally, our community dialogue … takes years to bring to a resolution.” The achievement Hart was referring to is the county’s RISE, or Reopening in Safe Environment, Guide, which was created in just three weeks. The Santa Barbara–specific guide to reopening businesses was released to the public Friday and presented to the Board of Supervisors Tuesday. It is a fluid document that will change constantly with new state and federal regulations, as well as input and feedback from the public. The county contracted with Reach, a nonprofit economic development think tank, to work with 350 area stakeholders from sectors such as education, faith institutions, lodging, agriculture, building and development, and beverage and restaurant industries. The stakehold-

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RISE ABOVE: “I don’t think it’s by accident this was achieved so quickly and so well,” Supervisor Gregg Hart said of the county’s RISE Guide, which was created in just three weeks. “This is a moment everybody is stepping into in extraordinary ways and putting aside some of the old drama that comes with those dialogues….”

ers collectively shared their expertise and input before the drafts were submitted to an independent medical and public health expert panel for vetting. The guide will be submitted as part of the county’s attestation to Governor Gavin Newsom to gain more local control over the way businesses reopen in the county. If the state approves, the county will be able to more quickly move through phase two of the state’s four-phased reopening plan. The board unanimously voted on Tuesday to send the attestation. Though it was clear the county meets all criteria, it is unclear how many days it may take to get approval. Melissa James, president and CEO of Reach, described the crammed planning process as having “pieces of the puzzle but never the whole picture.” The governor’s criteria and timeline for reopening changed several times throughout the three weeks the RISE Guide was created, so the large group had to pivot its process several times to keep up. The most recent turn on the COVID-19 roller coaster, though, was in the county’s favor toward reopening. Just one day prior, Newsom agreed to loosen his criteria for attestation and separate the Lompoc prison inmate cases from the rest of the county’s cases. The prison has accounted for more than half the cases countywide and CONT’D ON PAGE 9 

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BOP ON BLAST: “Through a series of unconscionable delays, blunders, and failures to follow official guidelines, the situation grew unimaginably worse,” the ACLU said in a prepared statement announcing its class-action lawsuit against the Bureau of Prisons and Lompoc prison.

ACLU Sues Lompoc Prison

Delays and Failures Have Created ‘Medical and Humanitarian Crisis,’ Org Says by Tyler Hayden he American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Saturday filed a class-action lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Prisons and the Lompoc correctional complex for “mismanaging one of the worst public health catastrophes related to COVID-19 anywhere in the country,” the document claims. The filing names BOP director Michael Carvajal and Louis Milusnic, acting warden of the Lompoc complex, where at least 1,088 inmates and 39 staff have tested positive for the virus since it was first detected in late March. Two inmates have died. “This crisis need never have reached such horrific proportions,” the ACLU said in a prepared statement. The organization is also suing the BOP’s Terminal Island facility, where eight inmates have died. “Through a series of unconscionable delays, blunders, and failures to follow official guidelines, the situation grew unimaginably worse. And still, Terminal Island and Lompoc prison officials refuse to take adequate remedial actions, including those approved by the U.S. Congress and Attorney General’s office.” The lawsuit accuses federal officials of not enacting proper safety protocols; providing basic sanitary supplies, such as soap and hand sanitizer; or distributing sufficient personal protective equipment to either inmates or staff. It also claims authorities did not conduct timely testing or do enough to isolate infected prisoners. These conditions allowed the virus to “spread like wildfire” within the close confines of the facilities, said the ACLU, which lodged the class-action Lompoc complaint on behalf of five inmates. Yonnedil Torres is one of them. According to the ACLU, Torres, 24, suffers from chronic asthma. In the midst of the Lompoc outbreak, he developed fever, diarrhea, and body aches, but his requests for medical assistance went ignored for five days. Only after he collapsed in his cell with acute respiratory shock did the prison intervene. Torres was put into a medically induced coma and placed on a ventilator, but the ordeal left him with severe lung damage. On their most recent phone call, his sister could no longer recognize his voice. “It’s not just a medical and humanitarian crisis,” the ACLU said in its statement, “but also a violation of the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that protects against ‘cruel and unusual punishments.’ ” The organization cites original reporting by the Santa Barbara Independent as the basis for a number of its allegations. “Prison officials’ deliberate indifference has endangered the lives of the thousands of people imprisoned in Terminal Island and

Lompoc, including those who have high-risk health conditions,” said attorney Naeun Rim in a prepared comment. “Congress gave prisons broad authority to release low-risk offenders into home confinement so that it could reduce overcrowding and save lives. But officials failed to use that authority. We will hold them accountable in court.” Reducing prison populations was one of the goals of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act signed into law on March 27, the ACLU noted. It gave prison officials broad discretion to allow petitions for home confinement. Attorney General William Barr also specifically urged the transfer of people with medical conditions. “While the rest of California took extraordinary measures to stop the spread of coronavirus, the Bureau of Prisons failed to take preventive measures as basic as isolating sick prisoners, allowing social distancing, or providing enough soap,” said attorney Peter Bibring. “Their deliberate indifference to the risk of disease violates the Constitution and puts both those in prison and the surrounding community at risk.” The lawsuit also makes special mention of the restrictions on phones and email that Lompoc officials imposed on prisoners, ostensibly to slow the spread of the virus. “Petitioners have barely been able to access phones and internet to ask for help from their lawyers or family members,” the suit says. “State jails and most other federal facilities have not implemented similar restrictions on communication with the outside world, and in fact, some state jails are permitting free phone calls due to bans on in-person visiting.” Lompoc inmate-plaintiff Andre Brown, 55, has learning disabilities and is illiterate, the filing goes on to explain. The communications blackout has functionally cut him off from the outside world. Brown has prostate cancer and asthma, and while he has petitioned for compassionate release, he has not received a response. The same goes for inmate-plaintiff Felix Samuel Garcia, 36, who is scheduled to be transferred to a halfway house on July 7 sand then released from custody on November 6. He petitioned for home confinement but never received a response. “Staff have not been accepting the forms required to initiate the process, claiming they cannot do so due to the exigency of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the ACLU said. Instead, Garcia is now housed in a makeshift cell block set up in a prison warehouse. He’s locked down nearly 24 hours a day and not allowed to shower or change clothes. He’s using a sink to wet n his body in an attempt to stay clean, the lawsuit claims.

Four F-15s saluted Santa Barbara’s medical workers in a roaring fly-by on 5/13 as about 70 workers at Cottage Hospital gathered to watch from atop the parking lot. Many first responders and others gathered in the courthouse clock tower and on the top level of downtown parking structures to view the quick-moving formation. The Eagle fighter jets were part of a 15-city tour by the California Air National Guard, which departed their Fresno base at 10 a.m. for the two-hour cruise. On 5/16, area organizations distributed emergency supplies — including masks, disinfectant, and books — to childcare sites caring for vulnerable populations and children of essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic. The supplies came from First 5 S.B. County, a child-advocacy organization funded by tobacco product taxes. First 5 partnered with Children’s Resource and Referral, which distributed the supplies from its locations in Santa Maria and S.B. An additional shipment including diapers and wipes is expected to arrive in the coming weeks. The county Public Health Department is recruiting contact tracers, nurses, investigators, interviewers, drivers, and outreach workers as volunteers and employees to conduct “disease detective” work remotely and within communities. Clinical degrees are needed for some positions, and an ability to speak languages other than English is a boon in others. Visit publichealthsbc.org/volunteering-anddonations for more. As of this weekend, 10 COVID-19 patients in the county have been treated with a new therapy using convalescent blood plasma. As well, hospitals in Lompoc and Santa Maria have begun remdesivir trials. Cottage Health instituted the program on 4/20. The more than 400 people who have recovered from COVID-19 in the county are invited to volunteer as donors by contacting the blood service company Vitalant at vitalant.org/covidfree or (866) 287-5762. You must be symptom free for at least two weeks prior to donating blood.

COURTS & CRIME Two 18-year-old S.B. residents were arrested last week in connection with suspected gang-related attempted murders in Goleta and Carpinteria in March. Miguel Angel Arizmendi was charged with gang membership, assault with a deadly weapon, and accessory in an attempted homicide, and Kevin Vasquez Fernandez with attempted homicide, gang association, conspiracy, assault with a deadly weapon, and inflicting bodily harm during the commission of a felony. Both are being held in County Jail, on $100,000 and $1,000,000 bail, respectively. Five juveniles were arrested in March in connection with the assaults. CONT’D ON PAGE 9 

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BUD BUCKS: The county has now raised more tax revenues from its controversial cannabis industry during the first three quarters of this year than it did in the four quarters of last year.

Santa Barbara Cannabis Revenues: Higher and Higher Empty County Coffers Are Getting Cash from Crops and Shops by Nick Welsh ith the COVID crisis hammering county coffers — an estimated $50 million for additional costs and lost revenues combined — cannabis sales remain about the only revenue source where the numbers are going up. Thirdquarter tax revenues from the county’s cannabis operators — from January through March—totaled $2.6 million, about 60 percent higher than the same time last year. Put another way, the county has now raised more tax revenues from its controversial cannabis industry during the first three quarters of this year than it did in the four quarters of last year. County bean counters are projecting total annual revenues of $9.2 million this year, often delivered to the tax collectors in large satchels bursting with old $20 bills. The debates that are bound to arise over proposed new land use restrictions generated by the county’s 113 cannabis operators will certainly be colored by all that money. One of the criticisms of the new industry is that they’ve been allowed to self-report their revenues with no oversight by county tax collectors. Twenty-three file no reports at all, 44 reported zero gross receipts, and 46 reported taxable income. Bernard Melekian, the county administrator charged with bird-dogging the cannabis industry, will be notifying those operators who filed no reports at all for two consecutive quarter that they will be in danger of losing the county letters of authorization upon which their state licenses are based. Melekian said he did that once before and that such letters successfully rattled a few cages. In related news, an attorney representing the owners of a downtown cannabis dispensary have sent a stern warning letter to city councilmembers and city administrators should they entertain a proposal from Teddy Cabugos and property owner Ray Mahboob to locate a four-story cannabis emporium —with two levels of indoor cultivation, one

level of museum space dedicated to cannabis related themes, and an outdoor rooftop consumption café — at the site formerly occupied by Forever 21 at the corner of State and Cannon Perdido streets. Cabugos has twice raised the idea at recent council meetings and has been meeting personally with councilmembers. In less stressed times, such an outside-the-box proposal probably would have been dead on arrival, but given the dire COVID-related problems confronting State Street and City Hall’s diminished coffers, some councilmembers had expressed interest in the idea. The time to consider newer and more audacious solutions, some say, is at hand. Representing the owners of Coastal Dispensary located on Chapala Street, attorney Cameron Gharabiklou urged the councilmembers to “reject any attempt to grant approvals for the operation of a cannabis consumption lounge within city limits,” unless other operators had been given a chance to compete for the same concession and all had been thoroughly vetted. Coastal Attorney Gharabiklou argued that Cabugos’s proposed cannabis café would still qualify as a dispensary even if none of the product sold was allowed offsite; as such, he argued, it could not be approved without violating the terms of the city’s exhaustive review process, which ultimately allowed only three dispensaries to be opened within city limits. Cabugos and Mahboob have argued that such an emporium would draw new shoppers to downtown, generate foot traffic for nearby businesses, and generate revenues for a city government now looking at a $30 million shortfall over the next two years. Cabugos is still polishing the details of his final proposal, and nothing has been officially submitted for City Hall review. It remains to be seen just how chilling the Coastal warning letter will be, but the road ahead for Cabugos definitely tilts more uphill. n

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JUVIE JAWS: Above are the different types of shark warning and closure signs posted by Santa Barbara County’s Parks Department. Below, a juvenile white shark was captured on video from Carpinteria’s Padaro Beach in early May.

Eight White Sharks Tagged off Carp Coast Shark Lab Shares Findings on Growing Population by Tyler Hayden hanks to regulations protecting their food sources and the big fish themselves, white sharks have been growing in number over the last 50 years. So too have sightings. In fact, there’s been a fivefold increase in sightings in Southern California over the last decade, as well as an uptick in beach closures because of them. “It’s not your grandparents’ ocean anymore,” said biologist Chris Lowe in reference to a time last century when the apex predators were much fewer and farther in between. Still, shark bites are incredibly rare, explained Lowe, director of CSU Long Beach’s Shark Lab, during a Tuesday webinar hosted by UCSB. Only two to three are recorded in California every year, despite 20 million people living and playing along the coast between Santa Barbara and San Diego alone. Because beach closures have real impacts on local economies, Lowe is working with lifeguards and parks departments to provide guidance on when and how to make those tough calls. “It should really be based on good science,” he said. Southern California is a nursery habitat for white sharks, which span five feet at birth and stick close to shore during their first year of life to feed on stingrays and other smaller prey. Adults hang out in deeper waters to hunt for seals and sea lions, including off of the Channel Islands. For all the data Lowe and his team have (and they have a lot), they have yet to explain why the juveniles seem to pick favorite spots along the shoreline year over year. For a while, it was San Onofre and Santa Monica beaches. Now, it’s Padaro Beach in Carpinteria, where a swimmer was reportedly nipped on her foot earlier this month. The Shark Lab operates a network of acoustic receivers to track white shark movement from Central California all the way down to Baja California and Mexico,

where they migrate to breed. The scientists also maintain a data-collecting buoy off Sand Point near Padaro. They’ve tagged eight juvenile sharks in the area in recent weeks. Lowe said his team is also gathering aerial drone data to help create a predictive model for when interactions between people and sharks may be more likely. Factors include the weather, the waves, time of year, and type of beach activity, such as swimming, surfing, stand-up paddle boarding, and so on. While the study is ongoing, Lowe said the anecdotal evidence shows that sharks generally don’t care about people. “They just swim right by,” he said. Lowe recalled a few years ago tracking 20 white shark juvies off Manhattan Beach, where more than 1,000 people

enjoyed the water every day for a month. Surfers were literally sharing waves with sharks, he said, but there were no reports of bites or even bumps. That’s not to say interactions can’t happen, Lowe went on. Swimmers and surfers ought to take common-sense precautions, like going out in pairs and keeping their eyes peeled for activity. Calm sharks cruise along with tails slowly swinging side to side. An aggressive one will dart and circle. “It doesn’t mean the shark is going to attack,” Lowe said, “but it’s telling you to back off.” If you’re keeping track of one and lose it, it’s probably behind you, Lowe said. Sharks are stealth predators and look for the element of surprise. But remember, Lowe said, that the sharks we see off Santa Barbara County’s beaches are almost always young ones not hunting for big meals, even if they look scary to us. n “A 10-footer is still a toddler,” he said.

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Escape Attempted on Conception

he Santa Barbara County Sheriff ’s Office has released the final coroner’s reports for the 34 victims of the Conception diving boat disaster. The chartered vessel sank in the middle of the night on September 2, 2019, after catching fire off Santa Cruz Island. All 33 of its passengers and one crew member were killed in California’s deadliest maritime incident since 1865. The captain and four crew members survived. Smoke inhalation was listed as the cause of death for all 34 victims, “which created lethal levels of carbon monoxide in their blood,” said Sheriff ’s Office spokesperson Lt. Erik Raney. The extensive fourth- and fifth-degree burns found on their bodies occurred post-mortem, he said. DNA and tattoos were used to make most of the identifications. Details from the reports suggest some of the passengers had attempted to escape the Conception’s below-deck bunk room before they were overwhelmed by the smoke or carbon monoxide of the fastmoving fire. Recovery divers found one victim still clutching a cell phone. Another held a flashlight. Many of the passengers were wearing shoes or sandals. Others wore jackets. A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) asserted that all six crew members were asleep when the fire broke out shortly after 3 a.m. that Labor Day weekend, despite commercial safety regulations requiring one crew member to remain awake on night

watch. The final NTSB report is expected to be published later this year. Raney explained that the coroner’s investigation could not determine where exactly the victims were located in the bunk room at the time of their deaths. “When the Conception sank and overturned, the victims were displaced from the locations in which they died,” he said. “Additionally, due to the intense fire, the majority of the boat’s interior structures were destroyed.” During its investigation, the NTSB commented how difficult and narrow the access was to the bunk room’s escape hatch in the ceiling. A surviving crew member and the Conception’s designer both speculated soon after the disaster that the fire was perhaps sparked by a faulty lithium-ion battery charging at an electrical outlet in the galley above, where cellphones and cameras had been plugged in overnight. A week after the incident, the Coast Guard sent a bulletin advising small passenger vessels to be aware of the fire danger of power strips and lithium-ion batteries. Four victims’ families have since filed wrongful-death claims against the Santa Barbara–based operator of the Conception, Truth Aquatics, owned by Glen and Dana Fritzler. They alleged a “litany of safety lapses” were responsible for the deaths. California legislators last year proposed stronger federal safety regulations for passenger vessels. Improved escape pathways, better fire detection systems, and lithium-ion battery storage were emphasized. —Tyler Hayden

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not sure. Either way, I’m still wondering which one of the 350 stakeholders who spent last week Zooming 27 times was the one who realized genital piercing was a concern when crafting plans to bring Santa Barbara’s economy back from the dead. Yet there it was on page 58 of an 80-page report dubbed “The RISE Guide,” otherwise known as “A Local Supplement to the Governor’s Resilience Road Map.” Did I ever tell you how much I hate the word “resilience”? I do. Who knew genital piercing was a big enough potential vector to warrant its own special mention? Yet there it was—Subsection F in Section 5: “Prohibit procedures that include tattooing or piercing genitals or other respiratory anatomy such as the lips and nose until the Shelter-at-Home Order is modified, replaced or lifted.” Naturally, this conjured images of angry live-free-and-die genital piercers storming City Hall wearing nothing but their piercings—dyed red, white, and blue for the occasion, of course—with AK-47s strapped to their glistening backs. That, at least, would be different. The inclusion of such piercings had the desired subliminal effect. It reassured me that these people — whoever the hell they were — must know what they were talking about

if they’d gotten into such specificity. And by page 58, I was having some doubts. The report was all about reopening the economy while

being poised, vigilant, and prepared to “tap the brakes” should we get a boomerang resurgence of COVID cases. After all, during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50-100 million people worldwide, it was the second and third waves that did the most damage. Statewide, the numbers are not going up. But they’re not going down either. Last I looked, L.A. County was still smoking, and our resilience plan relies upon an infusion of tourist dollars brought by day trippers from L.A. Maybe I’ve eaten too much fear over the past two months, but the verbiage in the RISE report detailing exactly how and when we tap those brakes felt squishier than a wad of wet toilet paper. There were way too many recommendations and suggestions for my comfort level, and not nearly enough black-and-white, line-in-the-sand statistical thresholds for when we pull the rip cord. The idea of a lot of government officials representing even more government agencies hashing it all out in the moment, strangely, did not reassure. In reality, maybe nothing can. But in that context, I took momentary comfort knowing the RISE report on “Resilience” —prepared with help from a group called Reach — had examined the issue down to its last pubic hair. On the flip side—in Section 4—it devoted considerable ink to when churches could reopen. Zooming for the Lord is fine and dandy, I suppose, but it does not accommodate the transmission of spiritual mojo better known as transubstantiation. In

other words, no body and blood, no wafers and wine. And that, after all, is the punch line of the whole thing. Maybe that’s really the best we got — a hope and a prayer. The reality is that Santa Barbarans have done a really great job at this. By cutting off ours noses to spite our faces, we’ve managed to protect our hospitals from being overrun. When it comes to resilience—or rubbing up against things against which we must resiliate — we’ve become old pros. Our accessory of choice has become the loudly colored gummy wristband that denotes a perversely positive 805 attitude in the face of yet another spirit-crushing catastrophe. Droughts, fires, exploding boats, mass shootings, we’ve done ’em all. When it comes to collective duck and cover and mass fire drills, we’re experts. This week, coincidentally, marks the fifth anniversary of the late, great Plains All American Pipeline blowout —in which 140,000 gallons burst loose and gummed up the ocean because of sustained corporate neglect. In retrospect, that disaster now seems almost cute and whimsical. Still, certain numbers stick in my craw. By the time you read this, the United States will have lost—how’s that for a flaccid euphemism — about 94,000 people to COVID. Sure, many of them were old or overweight or had underlying conditions. Maybe—as the Live Free and Die crowd likes to say—it was time for them to go. But that number also hap-

pens to be the population of Santa Barbara,

minus the tourists and out-of-town workers who commute here. Look around and imagine everyone you see being dead. Don’t forget to look in the mirror, because you’re gone too. That’s what 94,000 looks like. The real reality is that there are certain genies that just can’t be crammed back in the bottle. When 450,000 groundhogs — the population of Santa Barbara County — see their shadow, there’s no way any public health officers are going to cajole them back into their hole. As emergency freak-out planners know, there’s only so many bites of the apple to be had. There’s a good reason that County Supervisor Gregg Hart studies Sheriff Bill Brown so intently during their joint press conferences together on COVID. Brown called the shots about evacuations during the Thomas Fire, still one of the worst in state history. It fell to Brown to say when people had to flee their homes and it fell to him to say when they could return. History will be second-guessing Brown forever —and for good reason—but there are no how-to manuals for certain things. On December 19, 2017, Brown ended Montecito’s mandatory evacuation and allowed people to return home just in time for Christmas. Two weeks later, Brown — and umpteen other big shots—urged and ordered yet another evacuation, anticipating a massive debris flow. Some people would have gotten out if the warnings had been clearer. Some people simply refused to budge; they had evacuation fatigue. We know how that movie ended: 23 dead. Resilience. I really hate that word.

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California’s Economic Pandemic

Amid Massive Uncertainty, Newsom Sends Lawmakers a Crisis Budget

n 2018, Jerry Brown unveiled his final budget in January, including billions in new spending; the as governor with some words of counsel for Legislative Analyst foresees a more manageable, if still severe, shortfall somewhere between $18 billion and his successor. $31 billion, pegging it to actual current spending spending, not “What’s out there is darkness, uncertainty, the governor’s start-of-year proposition. decline, and recession,” he said in starting his last The $18-$31 billion estimate range rests on two year in office. “So good luck, baby.” The man always had a knack for peering into different scenarios for California’s recovery, one a the future. relatively quick rebound and the other a more stubBrown’s words reverberated in Sacramento born recession; the governor’s projection rests on a this week, as California’s Legislature began urgent worse-case, if not worst-case, scenario of sustained tax revenue losses. consideration of Governor Gavin Newsom’s emergency state budget plan to withstand the sudden and calamitous COVID-19 pandemic recession. WHAT ABOUT NEW TAXES? Newsom’s plan “The world has changed dramatically since I contains only one modest revenue side increase— proposed my budget in January,” Newsom said suspension of $4.4 billion of current business tax on May 14. “Now our state is in an unprecedented breaks. emergency, facing job losses and shortfalls in record As budget hearings begin, look for advocates for time.” public employees, teachers, and social welfare groups, Four months earlier, he presented a rosy, $222 perhaps as well as left-liberal Democrats, to suggest billion proposal for the coming fiscal year, bristling more taxes to address the problem; education and Governor Gavin Newsom labor groups already have qualified a November balwith new spending— spending plus a budget surplus. Now, after a two-month shutdown of California’s lot measure, dubbed the “Schools and Communities economy, he’s sent lawmakers a revised, $203 billion plan billion in already approved federal relief funds; $6 billion First Initiative,” to raise $12 billion annually from corporathat includes cuts in education, health, welfare, and other in canceled new spending proposed in January; $4 billion tions by amending California’s iconic Proposition 13, and programs — plus projected multiyear deficits and a loom- in suspended business tax breaks; $2 billion in a rescinded it will be politically instructive to see how much support ing $54 billion shortfall for the fiscal year beginning July 1. planned payment on unfunded pension liabilities; and coalesces amid the gloom of recession. Facing a June 15 constitutional deadline to pass a bal- $10 billion from borrowing, transfers, and deferrals via anced budget, legislators are scrambling to act amid the internal accounting moves. WHAT WILL SCHOOLS DO? Leaders of more than 1,000 wreckage the virus inflicted on state finances. As the governor and Legislature enter an intense month school districts are struggling with perplexing questions An exercise in apportioning economic pain, their actions of negotiations, the budget that emerges will be shaped in about whether, when, and how to reopen schools in the will affect millions of students and their teachers and hun- part by answers to five key questions: fall; faced with their own budget deadlines, school districts dreds of thousands of public employees, along with four confront massive uncertainty, both about the course of the million newly unemployed workers and the growing rolls of WHAT WILL TRUMP AND MCCONNELL DO? New- virus and about how to pay extraordinary costs — for extra poor, homeless, and otherwise vulnerable residents, immi- som’s plan rests precariously on $15 billion of what are staff, personal protective equipment, diagnostic testing, grants, and children in need of medical, welfare, and food called “trigger cuts” in budget-speak: proposed reductions distance-learning equipment and services, and disinfecting programs — not to mention every taxpayer who uses state for schools, higher ed, health and welfare, parks, and other classrooms, for starters—that may be necessary to reopen. roads, parks, and beaches or lives at risk of earthquake, services that would take effect—unless the federal governNewsom’s budget specifies no new funding for such wildfire, or flood. ment delivers another relief package. expenses; absent more federal relief, it also would reduce The Democrat-dominated House recently passed a current spending for schools via Proposition 98, the land“We’re dealing with an unprecedented combination of a public health emergency and an economic crisis,” said Santa new $3 trillion bill including money for cashBarbara Assemblymember Monique Limón, who serves on strapped states, but Republican Senate Majority a key budget subcommittee overseeing education. Leader Mitch McConnell and President Don“The reality is that that there are no good options,” ald Trump have scoffed at the legislation, porLimón added. “There’s Hard Choice A and Hard Choice B.” traying it as a partisan “bailout for blue states.” California’s budget now depends on when—or BY THE NUMBERS: Sacramento confronts its worst fis- if—a compromise emerges in bitterly divided — State Assemblymember Monique Limón cal mess in a decade as more than 3,000 people have died Washington. from COVID-19 and more than 80,000 have been infected; the statewide unemployment rate heads toward 25 percent; HOW MUCH WILL LAWMAKERS PUSH BACK? Soon mark 1988 initiative that adjusts support for schools to overthousands of small businesses fear they may never reopen; after the pandemic hit, the Legislature vacated the capital, all state revenues. “Across the state, public schools are tasked with the and the pandemic widens the economic gulf between Cali- leaving Newsom to act unilaterally under his stay-at-home and other emergency orders — and to spend billions on daunting challenge of doing much, much more with far fornia’s rich and poor. Newsom’s $54 billion deficit estimate combines a short- coronavirus response with scant oversight or transparency. less, educating and supporting students in entirely new fall in the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, and Now, some lawmakers are asking tough questions about ways while protecting the health of the entire school comanother in the 12 months that follow. It has two basic causes: his fiscal management of the crisis, and the Legislature’s munity,” said Laura Capps, president of the Santa Barbara About three-fourths of the total traces to the precipi- independent budget analyst has warned that elements of Unified School District board. tous collapse of California’s three main revenue sources— Newsom’s plan would give the governor some unprecCuts would fall heavily on the majority of California districts, which the state funds directly, under the Local income, sales, and corporation taxes — as the loss of wages edented new powers. “In a number of areas across the budget, the Gover- Control Funding Formula; so-called “Basic Aid” districts, slashed consumer spending and cut corporate profits. The balance represents unexpected spending increases, nor makes proposals that raise serious concerns about the including Santa Barbara Unified, Carpinteria Unified, Cold including about $7 billion in emergency response to the Legislature’s role in future decisions,” Legislative Analyst Spring Elementary, Goleta Union, Hope Elementary, and coronavirus, plus rising costs for people out of work and Gabriel Petek wrote this week. “We urge the Legislature to Montecito Union, are financed primarily by local property increased demand for health and social service programs. jealously guard its constitutional role and authority.” taxes and would be hit less hard, at least in the short term. Thanks to Brown, the state is better prepared than in “Luckily, because our funding levels are determined by previous budget crises: He championed a “rainy day” emer- HOW BIG IS THE DEFICIT, AND HOW BAD WILL property taxes, Santa Barbara public schools are not as gency reserve fund, which now holds about $16 billion. THE RECESSION BE? There is disagreement about the impacted by state cuts,” Capps said, “although a fiscally Newsom’s fiscal strategy cobbles a solution from mul- scale of the projected deficit: Newsom’s baseline for his conservative approach will serve us well as we navigate — Jerry Roberts tiple sources: about $8 billion from reserve accounts; $8 $54 billion estimate is the budget plan that he proposed these uncharted waters.”

‘The reality is that there are no good options. There’s Hard Choice A and Hard Choice B.’

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Alphonso P. Ruiz

Margaret Jane Bartlett

7/5/1929 – 4/26/2020

3/25/1921 - 2/18/2020

Richard Alpert

7/5/1925 – 5/12/2020

man [Cher],and Howard Guttman [Grace]. His beloved wife Phyllis, son Larry, and sister Joan predeceased him. He will be remembered as a man who loved his family, watching movies, and collecting books, and he truly believed that living well is the best revenge.

Ramon (Ray) Gonzalez 2/18/1952 – 5/10/2020

Jerry Haines

9/10/1927 – 4/24/2020

Our beloved father went to be with his Lord Jesus on a beautiful Sunday morning, April 26, 2020. He was born to Alphonso and Juanita (Cordero) Ruiz in Santa Barbara, 1929. He graduated from Santa Barbara High School a proud Don in 1947. Known as an athlete in football and in baseball, he was recruited by the Dodgers in 1947, but decided to stay in Santa Barbara and marry the beautiful Patricia Moody and make his home here for their six children. In 1968, he was devastated by the death of Patricia at the young age of 39. Two daughters were married. Alphonso, worked hard to care and raise his four children still at home. Two years later Alphonso fell in love with Beverly Brown and the two married, bringing another daughter to the family. Alphonso and Beverly loved to go fishing, traveling in their motor home, and visiting casinos on their travels. They both loved their Church which became their second family. Alphonso was loved by so many dear friends and respected in the Church. He was quick to make friends wherever he went. He was recognized for his high school athleticism on April 27,2008, when he was inducted into the Santa Barbara “Ye Ole’ Gang”, and then on April 26, 2017, when he was inducted into the Santa Barbara Athletic Hall of Fame. He was a devoted husband and father. He loved to dance, sing, and was always quick with a smile and laughter. Alphonso had a sharp mind as he had 7 children, 17 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren, and 13 great-great grandchildren. Remarkably, he could name each one and bragged about all of them. His last words were, “I love you all”. He is survived by children, Alana (Mark), Sherry, Alan, Jerilyn, Stephanie, Darci (Scott), Patty (Mike), and all of the grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, and great-great grandchildren. He will be dearly missed by all 14

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A very special person who gave so much to our lives. Mom possessed a quiet elegance that she brought to our family and had a way of making people around her feel warm and comfortable. She was the focal point of our family that kept us together. Born in Moline, Illinois to Katheryn and Harry Patterson, raised in Eagle Rock, California. She began nursing school at Queen of Angles in Los Angeles and finished at Knapp school of nursing in Santa Barbara in 1943. Married Judson Bartlett in 1944 and together they ran a successful business, had four children and built a beautiful home on the Santa Barbara Rivera overlooking the city and ocean. Mom embraced Santa Barbara participating in the annual Fiesta events taking the kids to the parades and making enchiladas now a family recipe. After Dad passed away in 1961, with four children to raise ages 15, 14, 12 and 9, Mom returned to nursing at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. A strong, gentle and caring force she supported us all encouraging whatever we pursued. She worked in the new born nursery at Cottage as a staff nurse becoming head nurse of that department retiring at age 90 in 2011. She lived independently on her own, becoming computer savvy to follow her grandchildren and great-grandchildren on Facebook. The Goleta library was her favorite source for the many biographies she liked to read. Pre-deceased by the oldest of her children Nancy BartlettEggers in 1975. Survived by 3 children Lynn Bartlett Meyer of Portland, Oregon, Robert Bartlett of Santa Barbara, James Bartlett of Goleta, 4 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren and 3 greatgreat grandchildren. I know our personal memories of her will be a source of strength and a blessing to all that knew her.

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Richard Alpert, 94, died May 12, 2020. Married for almost 69 years to his adored wife Phyllis, he was the father of four children (Barbara, Larry, Peter [Cali], and David [Patricia], grandfather to six (Lauren, Stephanie [Brian], Charlie [Brittany], Joshua, Jackson [Daija], and Casey), and great-grandfather to three (Kamya, Mazie Lee, and Ember). Born in the Bronx, NY, son of Martin and Bess Alpert, Richard attended Townsend Harris High School, a prep school for “bright boys” at City College of New York. His college education was interrupted by World War II. He served in the Army, mostly in Italy, and wrote a book about his wartime experiences, How I Lost My Harvard Accent. Based on his letters home, the book shared lively stories he could tell his mother without alarming her. He also wrote about his unforgettable war nurse, Syvetta Vezmar. During Richard’s recuperation from hepatitis, she took him to the opera house in Florence to hear “Rhapsody in Blue,” and she encouraged his dreams of becoming a writer. When the war ended, Richard finished his business degree and began a long career in the men’s wear business as a buyer, store manager, and sales rep. He enjoyed his work, but his best times were traveling the world with Phyllis and attending theater and opera performances. They cruised everywhere, and they saw just about every show worth seeing. Richard was also a great lover of books and literary magazines. He had tall bookcases lining the walls of every room— and he saved more than 40 years of The New Yorker! In the mid-1980s, after their sons settled out West (Larry in Colorado and Peter and David in California), Richard and Phyllis moved to California to be near them and their families. Living in Santa Barbara since 1985, they were actively involved as reviewers for the Santa Barbara Film Festival. They also loved the Music Academy of the West, attending piano and voice master classes and acting as volunteer ushers. But Richard’s true love, after his wife and family, was the movies! He found great happiness as a teacher of film courses for the adult school at Santa Barbara City College’s Schott Center. He taught The Wonderful World of Movies for many years, and his knowledge of cinema was prodigious. Richard’s film writing was published in The New York Times and his short essays in the Montecito Journal. Richard is survived by his children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren mentioned above. He also loved his nieces and nephews: Jimmy [Marjorie] and Bobby Kuhn, Michael Brode and Diana Brode Artosky [Bill], and Beth Guttman Dunn [Gary], Alan Gutt-

Jerry Haines was born in Oakland California to Ernest and Marjorie Haines. He grew up in Stockton where he enjoyed sports and outdoor activities. He attended Stockton High and the College of the Pacific where he studied education and was a standout in Baseball and Basketball. He also met the love of his life, Helen Howard, at college and they were married in their senior year. They remained happily married for 72 years until his death. After college Jerry was a pitcher for two years for the Stockton Ports of the minor league Pacific Coast Baseball League and then spent two years as an officer in the Army Medical Corps during the Korean War. He then began a distinguished career in Education, starting out as a coach and teacher and rising through the ranks to become Principal at Pioneer High School in Whittier, CA, after which he served as a District Administrator. After earning a Doctorate in Education from USC, he taught Education at California State University Los Angeles, and consulted on curriculum development for the state of California. Jerry was active in many professional and community organizations, where his natural leadership and communication abilities attracted many colleagues and friends to respect and admire him, and where he was often given leadership positions. His interests were wide-ranging and he contributed to and supported many charitable organizations, including environmental, political, nature and humanitarian causes He spent the last few years of his life in Santa Barbara at the Maravilla Retirement Community where he touched and influenced many of the residents. He was a friendly, caring and empathetic gentleman. He was an athlete, sportsman, educator, leader, friend, husband, father and grandfather. He served as an outstanding example of how to be a positive influence on society and lead a life well lived. He will be sorely missed and fondly remembered by his wife Helen, two sons Charles and Mark, Granddaughters Lauren and Taylor, and all of the rest of his family and friends. A memorial service will be planned when the current health restrictions are relaxed

Ray was born on February 18, 1952 to Edward and Dolores Gonzalez and passed away with his family by his side on May 10, 2020 at the age of 68. Ray grew up and lived his entire life in Santa Barbara, California. He attended Wilson elementary, La Cumbre Jr High, and graduated from Santa Barbara High School class of 1971. As a Santa Barbara Don, he ran track and played football. After high school, Ray continued to follow his passion for athletics by playing softball for many years in the Santa Barbara City League and coached football for the Youth Football League. As a YFL coach, he led his team of the Cowboys to several YFL Championships. Ray always talked with pride about being a coach for the youth and the authentic relationships he created with his players and their families. He also loved music and played the drums for many years. As an avid sports fan, he was a lifelong supporter of the Los Angeles Rams, Dodgers, and Lakers, and attended numerous sporting events with his son, Mychal. Ray also enjoyed yearly garden planting, trips to Disneyland, and countless visits to ice cream parlors with his daughter, Kristina. He loved cooking and BBQ’n for family and friends. Throughout his life, Ray was a hard worker, and the root of this character trait was sculpted by working with his father at Ott’s as a janitor. He worked jobs at KFC, Sears, was an MTD and UPS driver, and also worked in construction. In 2000 Ray would go on to own his own business Gonzalez Sandblasting for over 20 years and would sandblast anything and everything customers would ask for. As a perfectionist, he took great pride in his work, particularly in his specialty: wood. He was proud to have his son Mychal working by his side. Ray is survived by his wife of 38 years, Eileen, daughter Kristina, son Mychal, sisters Rachel Lopez (Henry) and Yolanda Marquez (Pepe), brother David Gonzalez, as well as many nieces and nephews. Ray Is Preceded In Death By His Mother Dolores. Ray was a good man who loved his family and friends and was loved by many. The Gonzalez family would like to thank caregivers Jacqueline, Yesenia, Wendy, Sam, Mainor, Jose and Sheridan for all the love, care, and friendship’s they gave to Ray. They would also like to thank Assisted Hospice for all the support provided. Dad, we love you and will miss your jokes and genuine smile. May you Rest In Peace. Ray will be laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery in Santa Barbara, California, with a Celebration of His Life to be held at a later date. Arrangements entrusted to Pueblo Del Ray Funeral Services.

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Letters

Cover That Up!

n Saturday at 6:30 a.m., I went for a walk at Shoreline Park. I wore a mask. I saw only two other people with masks on during my walk. What shocked me the most was that joggers would come up behind me and not move over … I was the one who had to move off the path to create distance. And none of these joggers had masks on. I find this incredibly rude and insensitive to others. I thought we cared about each other?

—Shelly Dixon, S.B.

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went to D’Angelo’s for a sorely missed breakfast to go this Saturday morning. No sign(s) on the door stating Masks Required. What? Inside, not one, not two, but three customers not wearing masks! Outside, more masks, but an older guy, no mask, and coughing! This is against the current laws. I’ve been a longtime customer, but no more.

—Susan Koehn, S.B.

No Cars on State

et’s not drop this once-in-generations opportunity to change the look and feel of our beautiful “Mediterranean” city … no cars on State St. Let’s take back our city from cars and give it to people. —Tom Hussey, S.B.

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es! Close off traffic on State Street. S.B.’s new economic development manager has the right idea to save State Street businesses. At least until the state removes all COVID-19 restrictions for businesses, particularly restaurants. How can any restaurant operate with mandated “social distancing,” which in all cases would curtail capacity to well under 50 percent normal capacity, and still pay for food, staff, rent, insurance, and other expenses? Let them use the sidewalks and, where appropriate, the adjacent parking spaces. Haven’t any of the City Council or the mayor been to Europe (or even Santa Monica), where it is wildly popular and successful since a very long time? This dining format is inviting to the public, especially in the fast-approaching summer and fall weather warming trends (smoking can be outlawed). Save our restaurants and small retail shops! City Council: Don’t be so provincial; be progressive:

Close State Street to cars; let necessary deliveries with trucks be made in the early morning hours.

—Alex Ziegler, S.B.

A Good-Paying Job

’m writing in response to the article about the Coalition for Responsible Cannabis filing a lawsuit against the County of Santa Barbara, claiming inadequate oversight of the cannabis farms and businesses that are prospering in our area. My family and I moved from Los Angeles in 2009 because the recession had hit us hard. I was a new mom, my company had downsized, and my husband’s position had been eliminated at his company. In L.A., I held important positions in the finance. Moving to North County meant that I would have to commute a long distance to find a job that paid close to what I had made — a difficult decision for a parent. I have been employed by the cannabis industry here since 2018. The job eliminated the long-distance travel for a job that paid me equitably, with benefits, for my skills and experience. We can live comfortably, and I am here when my daughter needs me. With everything that is going on in the world at the moment, I have not been concerned my company will downsize or eliminate my position. The cannabis industry has helped our county’s economy and will continue to do so if people are willing to set their negative perceptions aside and get educated in our industry and farming practices. We are all working hard in a new and exciting industry that is sustaining our families. We abide by all the county’s laws and requirements. We are farmers who share the same commitments of other farmers. I can only hope the coalition can realize that we are stronger together, and we can make our communities a better place to live in. —Veronica Benton, Lompoc

For the Record

¶ We note that the In Memoriam for Mickey Flacks on May 7 should have stated that her son Marc Flacks is a professor of sociology at Yuba College in Marysville, California.

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Mary Ayala Ranson 5/22/1932 - 5/9/2020

Mary Ayala Ranson was born to Angel Ayala and Nellie (Pico Romero) Ayala in Ventura California. A descendant of one of the soldiers who helped to found the Santa Barbara Presidio in 1751, she was proud of her early California heritage. Dry farmers in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, the Ayala family moved in order to be near their crops. Mom tagged after her Mother in the fields, and “helped” cook meals for the work crew. At night, the two retired to an enclosure made of hay bales, then snuggled into blankets and fell asleep under the stars. In the 1930's the family settled in Carpinteria, where Mom attended grade school and high school. As a kid, she hung out at the beach with friends and worked at the packing house sorting lemons. Mom had a knack for drawing, and filled a notebook with pencil sketches of Hollywood starlets, and a few drawings of family and friends. In high school, Mom met Luis Goena. They married in 1949 and had six children. Most of their married life was spent at the Polo Fields, where Louie was Caretaker. Mom liked to sew, and made most of her daughters' childhood clothing. She cooked, cleaned, and canned foods from the garden, hosted fun birthday parties, and stenciled snowflakes on the windows at Christmas time. When it rained she played records and gave the kids pots and pans to bang on while marching through the house, which was hung with laundry that had been pulled indoors out of the rain. She was a patient woman. When her marriage ended, Mom and her children moved to the outer reaches of Santa Barbara, which at that time felt a hundred miles away from family and friends in Carpinteria. Mom went to work at Applied Magnetics, then Delco. She became a highly skilled solderer and contributed to the building of Lunar Rovers. Being a single Mom, raising six young children and working full time was not an easy thing to do. Mom cooked us breakfast before leaving for work and made dinner every night. She kept our clothes clean and the house and the yard tidy. And she did it gracefully. In the 1970's while on an extended visit with her daughter, Cecilia, in Colorado, Mom INDEPENDENT.COM

met Robert LeMoyne Ranson on a Friday night, at a country dance place in Colorado Springs. After their first dance Bob was smitten. Less than a year later Mom and Bob were married and they began their happy, thirty-year marriage in Pueblo, Bob’s hometown. Bob was a hardworking tire store manager, and Mom took care of the house. She wallpapered, painted, shoveled snow, made curtains and tablecloths, and every year grew huge patches of Cosmos along their sidewalks. Mom joined the YMCA where she met a great group of ladies, with whom she became fast friends. They named themselves The Penguins. They swam, hit the casino in Cripple Creek, had lunch together and celebrated each other's birthdays. In 2004 Bob left the tire business and the two retired in Santa Paula, Ca. “a right size town", with wide streets and tree-lined sidewalks. Four years later Bob passed away. To be close to her children, Mom moved to Santa Barbara. She spent her last twelve year at Villa Caridad, where she attended the morning rosary, lunches and various other happenings, completed the daily crossword puzzle, listened to Coast to Coast on the radio every night, researched her genealogy in the computer lab, and enjoyed visits from family and lunches out. Mom counted herself lucky to become close friends with her neighbor Mary Castaneda, who looked in on Mom every day. Mom died peacefully of natural causes, thirteen days short of her 88th birthday. Predeceased by her parents and three brothers, Gene, Bill, and Eddie, and her granddaughter Rosalind Adams, left to cherish her memory are her children, Cecilia (Adams) Berry, Linda Goena Caldwell, Cynthia Goena, David Goena, Chris (Diane Bury) Goena, Mark (Linda Noel} Goena, and daughter in law Jill (Rob) Palmer. Grandchildren Jake (Mandy} Goena, Vivian Goena, Damien Pearson, Marisa (Garrett) Gamache, Calisto Caldwell, Alex Goena, Louie Caldwell and Ana Goena. Great-grandchildren McKayla, Calise, and Mila Rose Goena, and Juniper and Owen Gamache. Cousin Carmie Ryan, sistersin-law Dolores Ayala, Virginia Ayala, and Virginia Tryon, and many beloved nieces and nephews. Thank you to Dr. Omlid and the staff at Cliff View Terrace and Mission Terrace, where Mom spent the last few months of her life. A private burial took place on May 14th at the Carpinteria Cemetery. A celebration of Mom's life will be planned for a future date. Welch-Ryce-Haider Mortuary, Downtown Santa Barbara.

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RESTAURANT REOPENING

Reality Check

STATE STREET SOLUTION? Will Santa Barbara soon see servers like Adrienne Perry, who works uptown at Harry’s Plaza Café, on the sidewalks and surface of State Street? Restaurant owners see that as a means of increasing table space, which will certainly be reduced inside due to physical-distancing guidelines.

’ve never known Mitchell Sjerven to be a dour man,

even during past disasters and downturns. But today, clouded by the coronavirus pandemic’s relentless uncertainty, there’s an unquestionable level of angst in the veteran restaurateur’s voice when he talks about the future of bouchon, the West Victoria Street fine-dining establishment he opened in 1998, as well as the 400-plus other restaurants across Santa Barbara. “We were geared up for what probably would have been our best Q1 ever— ever then we came to a screeching halt,” he explained of closing the restaurant on March 15 and sending his team of 23 home with care packages from his unsold supplies. His team investigated doing takeout and delivery, but that makes little sense, economically or qualitatively, for a white-tablecloth restaurant. Instead, Sjerven — who’s also taught restaurant ownership for SBCC’s School of Culinary Arts since 2009—is saving money on utilities, dipping into his bank account to pay rent, and trying to figure out how he can use his PPP loan, itself a confusing conundrum of short-sighted legislation for most restaurants. “The hospitality, restaurant, and leisure sectors are all hurting hard, and that’s people, not money,” he said of the shutdown’s human impacts, which are compounded in his neighborhood, where all of the nearby theaters shuttered as well. “We’ll drain our savings until the willpower disappears.” Most critically, like business owners from Long Island to Long Beach, he’s preparing to reopen his restaurant. But despite state guidelines that were issued last week and federal and county guidelines that came out this week, no one really knows when that will be or what that will look like. The state is allowing certain counties to open restaurants and other businesses if they meet thresholds for new COVID-19 cases and deaths. Until this week, Santa Barbara County’s tally was being hampered by the outbreak at the Lompoc penitentiary. But on Monday, after relentless lobbying by regional politicians, the state agreed to decouple those numbers from the county’s, meaning reopening could come soon. When restaurants do open, diners can expect to see plenty of masks, gloves, and sanitizer bottles. Physical distancing rules may also mean plexiglass partitions and, almost certainly, greatly reduced capacity. Given that most restaurants already teeter on razor-thin margins, cutting sales in half just won’t work out. “We want to be able to open in a manner that’s safe for both our guests and our staff,” said Sjerven, echoing every restaurant owner I’ve spoken to. But he hopes it comes soon.

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“We can’t keep our heads down forever,” he said. “It’s taxing, and I think the toll it’s taking on our society as a whole may end up being more costly than anyone is acknowledging right now.” Somewhat paradoxically, the number-one fear hovering above Sjerven and the entire industry is that reopening will cause a surge in new COVID-19 cases, triggering a second wave of shutdowns. “That would be the death knell for tons of restaurants and other small businesses, too,” said Sjerven, who said reopening costs are similar to starting a new restaurant from scratch. “It’s one thing to fingernail it and get back up and running. But to close down two to four weeks later? Where do you get the money to try to reopen after that? That’s when reopening would cost more than remaining closed.”

will allow restaurants to expand their seating onto the sidewalks, parking lots, and even the street, where appropriate. It’s not a new idea, as shutting down State Street has been bandied about for years. But, as Nina Johnson, Santa Barbara’s senior assistant to the city administrator, explained, “The pandemic is giving us a compressed timeline to plan out and reenvision downtown.” Her colleague Jason Harris, who started as the city’s firstever economic development manager amid the pandemic on March 30, believes Santa Barbara is ideal for this solution.

HIGH STAKES ON STEAKS

The stakes are incredibly high in Santa Barbara, where tourism traditionally picks up so many tabs. According to Visit Santa Barbara, dining at restaurants is the number one thing that tourists do when they come to town, with 71 percent of visitors in a recent survey saying so — that even beat out our beaches, which only got 55 percent. Restaurants and bars are also one of the region’s largest employers, with about 5,000 jobs estimated to be in the sector in the city alone. Unfortunately, the federal Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, doesn’t work well for all restaurants. “PPP has been helpful to a lot of restaurants, but it’s also handcuffed a lot of them — it’s an eight-week fix for what is going to be an 18-month issue,” said Greg Ryan of Bell’s in Los Alamos, which was one of the 80 founding establishments behind the Independent Restaurant Coalition. “The IRC is working very hard to make people understand that there needs to be some carved-out money for restaurants of a certain size that will sustain them as they start to move into different models.” Fortunately for restaurateurs, both the City and County of Santa Barbara reacted quickly to develop creative solutions. Both launched task forces with business owners and policy makers, who are meeting regularly and with extreme urgency. On Friday, May 15, after 27 meetings with more than 350 individuals, the county unveiled its 80-page RISE (Reopening in Safe Environment) Guide, designed as a supplement to the Resiliency Roadmap that California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled earlier in the month. The city is moving even more acutely. On Tuesday, the city council approved a plan to shut down vehicular traffic on the 500 and 1200 blocks of State Street. A forthcoming ordinance

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ANGST SERVED RAW: Veteran restaurant owner Mitchell Sjerven, who opened bouchon in 1998 and teaches at SBCC, wants to reopen safely but worries that a second wave of COVID-19 infections could lead to a second shutdown. “That would be the death knell for tons of restaurants and other small businesses, too,” he said.

“We are a very fortunate community to have the climate to support outdoor dining, at least for the foreseeable future,” said Harris. “It would allow restaurants to augment the reduced capacity on the interior premises. And as we know with the virus, it’s much better to be in the open air from a public-health standpoint.”

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RESTAURANT SURVEY

RESTAURATEURS EXPLORE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO PANDEMIC DINING

1,279 People Surveyed

1. Prior to COVID-19, how often did you eat out? Daily  5.5%

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Multiple times weekly

Sherry Villanueva, the owner of Acme Hospitality, which runs The Lark, Loquita, and other restaurants, is encouraged by the city’s progress. “We’re not interested in jeopardizing public health and safety, so if that means taking 50 percent of my tables and putting them in the parking lot, then everybody is happy,” explained Villanueva. “Is it going to meet the needs of all 402 restaurants? No. There are going to be some that have nowhere to expand.” For those who can, Villanueva believes that, with the city’s support, both the state alcohol regulators at the ABC (Alcoholic Beverage Control) and the county’s health watchdogs will allow these expansions very quickly. (In fact, on Monday, the ABC unveiled the Temporary Catering Authorization to allow for outdoor expansion of licenses.) “It should not be that hard,” she said. “This should be a piece of cake.” This sort of relief couldn’t come soon enough, even for a successful restaurant group such as Acme. Villanueva’s establishments have started, stopped, and restarted takeout/delivery in the past two months, and her chefs are helping to feed homeless people, seniors, veterans, and others in need through partnerships with the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County and the Community Food Collaborative. “I’m not exaggerating— exaggerating I have been working 15 hours a day seven days a week going into my ninth week straight,” explained Villanueva, who’s on pandemic subcommittees for both the county and city. “I don’t say that with pride. It’s unsustainable, but you’re desperately trying to create a survival strategy for your business. You’re trying to be a banker and a CPA and a therapist while preparing food for 200 people every week.”

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For those establishments that won’t be able to rely on the outdoors, the restaurant dining experience of 2020 to come won’t be anything like it was three months ago. Marge Cafarelli, the owner and developer of the Santa Barbara Public Market— Market where 500 people could congregate over noodles, tacos, pizza, beer, and bubbly in the past— past is taking a firm stance when it comes to public health. “My situation is a little different than other restaurants: You walk into a very large space with multiple restaurants,” she said. “I have to control that space. That could be fertile ground for the coronavirus for a whole host of reasons. It’s incumbent upon me, not only as a landlord but also as a business owner, to take the steps to protect against what I don’t even know might be out there.” She’s always prided herself on keeping the food hall clean but is now upping that game considerably. Starting this week, she is mandating all of her tenants and employees to take each other’s temperature and check for COVID-19 symptoms

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If restaurants were to open for regular service, how soon would you visit?

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I’ll Wait a Bit Longer (46%)

(24%) No (21%)

Would you be more inclined to eat somewhere that offered outdoor service?

Yes (79%)

5. Which of the following protocols do you expect to see?

93%

Reduced dining capacity

87%

Employees with masks

52%

Customers with masks

79%

Hand sanitizer everywhere

41%

Plexiglass partitions

81%

Minimal-contact ordering/ payment system

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before starting their shifts. She will expand those protocols to the general public when we are allowed back in. She’s also drastically reducing the 350 seats and spacing everything out in line with the physicaldistancing guidelines and is putting up plexiglass in strategic spots. The Chapala Street door will be for emergency exits only so as to better track occupancy coming in the main entrance, and she’s turning the air conditioning down and off in some spots, to ensure less coronavirus-spreading air flow. “This is not going to be easy,” said Cafarelli. “It’s going to be fluid. It’s going to be a work in progress. Some things may work; other things may not. We have to be smart about how we reopen so that we don’t have this massive reinfection.” How effective any of this will be toward that goal remains unclear. “The reality is that this is all theater,” said Cafarelli. “Our guests have to use common sense about how they do this.”

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To gauge how ready our readers are to return to restaurants, whatever they look like, the Santa Barbara Independent ran a week-long survey via Independent.com, the full results of which are on page 17. Of the more than 1,200 responses, of which 95 percent ate at restaurants at least once a week prior to the pandemic, the primary takeaway is that 30 percent are ready to go back to restaurants right away, and that nearly 80 percent would be more inclined to sit outside. The survey also asked what diners will expect to see as the pandemic winds down: masks, sanitizer, contactless ordering and payment systems, and, most of all, reduced dining capacity scored highest. “Do you really want to sit at bouchon for two hours under those circumstances? It doesn’t sound fun,” explained Sjerven. “We’re not selling food and wine. We’re selling an experience that people enjoy lingering over.” He’s preparing nonetheless — his daughter, Caroline, whom he whisked from her college studies in Paris as the pandemic grew, is now sewing “designer bouchon face masks,” reported Sjerven, with a glint of hope. “We’re gonna make the best of it.” Even better news: “Someone made a reservation for Thanksgiving yesterday,” he said. “That made my day.” While the immediate future remains hazy at best, there is a strong belief that restaurant life will one day return to some semblance of normal, even if that means waiting for a vaccine. “I believe in my heart that, since the beginning of time, humans have been gathering and celebrating around food,” said Villanueva. “It’s not just a trend. It’s something that is part of the culture and experience of being an interconnected human family. I just think that’s never going to go away.” n

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As always, find the complete listings online at independent.com/events. And if you have virtual events coming up, submit it at independent.com/eventsubmit.

THURSDAY 5/21

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5/21: Virtual Trail Talks: Alta California: From San Diego to San Francisco, a Journey on Foot to Rediscover the Golden State Author

5/23-5/25: I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival One of S.B.’s

and teacher Nick Neely will lead you along Alta California, the route of the first overland Spanish expedition in 1769. Neely trekked the 650-mile span by foot and will share his experiences from along the way. The book Alta California is available for digital checkout or through SBPL Delivers. This talk will also be recorded and livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube. 6:30-8pm. Free. Call (805) 962-7653 or email jlemberger@santa barbaraca.gov.

tinyurl.com/AltaCalifornia facebook.com/SantaBarbara PublicLibrary tinyurl.com/AltaCaliforniaYouTube 5/21: Get Baked with Chef Doug Join Jewish Federation baker-in-residence Doug Weinstein and learn how to make the world’s best challah and other baked goods from the comfort of your own home. No prior baking experience required. 2-3pm. Free. Email mwitt@ sbjf.org to RSVP.

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SUNDAY 5/24 5/24: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Nature Connection Radhule Weininger, PhD, and Michael Kearney, MD, from Mindful Heart Programs will lead you on this weekly Zoom meditation. 10-11am. Free. Email mindfulheartprograms@gmail.com.

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MONDAY 5/25 5/25: S.B. Small Biz Virtual Coffee Meet Up Here is an opportunity for S.B.’s small-business owners to get together virtually to support one another, brainstorm, share resources, and just talk. 10-11am. Free. tinyurl.com/SmallBizCoffee

Vineyard and Winery team and other wine club members from across the country for a live tasting of the May wine allocation. Laura, Danae and Vanessa will share their thoughts and impressions about the 2018 Reserve Chardonnay, 2017 Clone 115 Pinot Noir, and 2017 Blanc de Noirs. RSVP to receive a Zoom link. 5-5:30pm. Free.

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Group want to honor the fallen heroes and heroines and toast to their bravery this Memorial Day weekend with a virtual Mad Men pajama party! Break out a martini or preferred beverage while donning your favorite pjs for a main screen welcome followed by smaller breakout conversations. Compete in the best Mad Man pajama wear contest to win bragging rights! 7-8:30pm. Free.

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WEDNESDAY 5/27

Cup of Culture: Living Undocumented (Part 2)

Watch this weekly Netflix movie as a collective and then join the post-film discussion. Living Undocumented is a 2019 Netflix series that tackles the subject of undocumented families in the U.S. and how their lives are like a roller-coaster as policies are transformed. Part 2, titled “The World Is Watching,” follows an ICE trap and an Israeli-born daughter who gets DACA status and a work permit. 5:30-8:30pm. Free. Rated TV-MA. mcc.sa.ucsb.edu/events/spring-2020

PCVF Memorial Day Broadcast Pierre Claeyssens Veter-

ans Foundation (PCVF) will present the 2020 Memorial Day community event remotely. Gather together while maintaining socialdistancing measures at home to remember heroes who died in the service of our country. 4pm. KEYT Channel 3.

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you the tools and tips to learn how to integrate telework in the future, how to set up a telework program the right way, and ways to understand the impact of telework beyond 2020. Register online. 1pm. Free.

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favorite festivals will be going virtual this year. New street paintings drawn with chalk pastels will be created by invited artists on their driveways for festival sponsors during the Memorial Day weekend to benefit the Children’s Creative Project, a nonprofit arts education program serving 50,000 children in more than 100 schools in S.B. County. Free.ccp.sbceo.org/i-madonnari

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based American-Nigerian chef Kwame Onwuach will share his inspiring journey from his youth to appearing as a contestant on Top Chef to receiving the James Beard Award for Rising Star Chef of the Year to writing his book, Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir. Afro-Caribbean recipes and cooking tips will also be shared. 6pm. Free. tinyurl.com/KwameOnwuachiWorkshop

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A new email service is also available to deliver news in Spanish directly to your inbox. Also, tune in to Radio Bronco 107.7 or La Musical at 94.5 daily, twice a day around noon and in the evening after 7 p.m, for a radio show dedicated to bringing COVID-19 information, updates, and community resources to the Spanish language community.

From Candy Bars to Michelin Stars: Notes from a Young Black Chef Join this virtual workshop where Washington, D.C.–

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speaking community, the city created a dedicated area on its website for a new

Cómo Recibir Noticias de la Ciudad en Español Para servir mejor a la comunidad de habla hispana, la Ciudad creó un área dedicada en su sitio web para un nuevo Portal de Información en Español. Un nuevo servicio de correo electrónico está disponible para enviar noticias en español directamente a su buzón electrónico. Además, favor de sintonizar en Radio Bronco 107.7 FM o La Musical 94.5 FM diario, dos veces al día, alrededor del mediodía y después de las 7 p.m., para escuchar un programa de radio dedicado a brindarle información y actualizaciones de COVID-19 y recursos comunitarios para nuestra comunidad hispano hablante. santabarbaraca.gov/español

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5/26: Positive Mindset and Reset: Couples’ Issues in Extreme Conditions AHA facilitator Tara Schlener, MA, AMFT, will address issues of how to communicate with partners effectively, listen deeply, and keep the love flowing when under stress during shelter-in-place. Explore how to create a positive mindset and reset when triggered in a relationship. 10-11am.

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Children’s Craft Kits The library is excited to announce that patrons of the Goleta, Buellton, and Solvang libraries can sign up to receive craft kits for kids! Fill out a brief form, and a kit will be sent to your home. You may request two kits each month for each child. Some kits have small pieces so younger children should be monitored. Free.

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Virtual Exhibition: Time & Memory Westmont’s popular annual juried art "August Afternoon" by R. Anthony virtual exhibition will feature 48 works by tri-county artists. Christopher Miles, professor at the School of Art at CSU Long Beach, juried the show, which received 221 entries from 95 artists in S.B, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties. This year’s featured artists include last year’s first-place winner, Brendan Murdock, as well as Westmont Professor Emeritus Tony Askew, Joan Rosenberg-Dent, alumna Sharon Schock, and Westmont Art Council members Rosemarie Gebhart, Kimberly Hahn, Holli Harmon, Ruth Ellen Hoag, Marcia Rickard, Kerrie Smith, Nancy Rossi and Don Zimmerman. The exhibition shows through June 20. westmont.edu/time-memory

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PRETTY IN BLUE: The Sea Center on Stearns Wharf is just one of many buildings bathed in sapphire in salute to the medical and frontline COVID-19 workers.

#LightItBlue in Santa Barbara Last week, several Santa Barbara buildings became beacons of blue light in visual support of COVID-19 frontline workers. #LightItBlue, as the movement is called, began in the U.K. on March 26 with the illumination of landmarks and historical buildings in recognition of the health-care providers who were thrust onto the front lines of the pandemic battlefield. Other countries quickly followed suit, lighting up hundreds of buildings, bridges, entertainment halls, and landmarks in honor of not only the frontline medical staff but also the grocery-store employees and other essential workers and businesses. Currently, The Arlington Theatre tower, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center on Stearns Wharf, Lobero Theatre, Cottage Hospital sites, and the Mission Tower are all bathed in sapphire. The locations will remain blue through the month of May, with other sites joining the campaign in the upcoming days. See makeitblue.us. —Michelle Drown

f you’ve ever needed a deck of tarot cards, a unique piece of jewelry, a wind chime, sage to clear away the negative energy and help you sleep, or an intuitive reading, Paradise Found (17 E. Anapamu St.) is the place to go. Yet, like so many Santa Barbara businesses, Paradise Found has been hit hard by COVID-19. “Since the state-mandated closure on March 20, our modest cash reserves are being rapidly depleted, and we need your help if we are to survive,” writes owner Teresa Taylor on the Paradise Found website. While the brickand-mortar shop, which opened in 1986, remains closed, Taylor has adapted to the pandemic by GOOD VIBES: Paradise Found, owned by Teresa Taylor (pictured), pivots to a robust creating a robust online shop. online store and curbside pickup. Peruse the store’s extensive reading offerings, which include gems such as readers, all of whom bring a special energy skill and Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead, Christiane Northrup’s knowledge to their readings. Paradise Found’s goods and services are meant Dodging Energy Vampires, and Adyashanti’s The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the to infuse peace, love, and positive vibes into life Nature of Enlightenment. Astrology tomes, books — all of which we especially need right now. There by contemporary spiritual teachers, and tarot cards is curbside pickup every Monday, Wednesday, and are also available. Customers interested in virtual Friday, 2-5 p.m. See paradisefoundsb.com. reading sessions can choose from seven different —Terry Ortega

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Students Offer Free Tutoring ince schools closed across the state, students have faced myriad challenges adapting to the new educational paradigm. A particularly acute problem with the move to online classes is the lack of one-on-one time for students. Enter Santa Barbara Sunshine Tutors. Founded by Cate School sophomore Lesley Drucker, the program provides free tutoring to K-8th graders. Drucker feels strongly that tutoring is an important piece of the education puzzle that has been missing since lockdown. “The TEEN TUTORS: Cate School sophomore Lesley Drucker (pictured) got the idea to start S.B. Sunshine tutors after her little sister came to her for help education of all these students shouldn’t with her math homework. be put on hold,” she said. Drucker got the idea to start Santa Barbara Sunshine tutors after was originally staffed with Drucker’s circle of friends, her little sister came to her for help with her math but has since grown as more people have reached out homework. “That’s when I realized that not every kid to help. Drucker enjoys working with the kids she tutors, has an older sibling who could help when they were struggling.” According to Drucker, many parents are who range from 2nd to 8th grade. While she sees herconfused about the $0 price tag, but she insists that it self as a teacher, she also feels it is important for her to is as simple as students doing what they can to help provide the kind of peer-level assistance that has been missing since schools closed. Though high school other students. Through a network of tutors — who hail from graduation is several years away still for Drucker, she Santa Barbara High, San Marcos High, Middle Col- hopes to take her joy for helping young people and lege @ SBCC, and Cate School— School the group offers apply it in the fields of teaching or pediatrics. See facebook.com/pg/sbsunshinetutors/services. hour-long tutoring sessions every day in subjects ranging from physics to U.S. history. Sunshine Tutors —Nolan McCarthy

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Library Craft Kits for Kids Struggling to keep your young ones entertained during lockdown? Goleta, Buellton, and Solvang libraries are offering reprieve in the form of crafts kits for kids. Each month you can receive up to two craft kits for each of your children. Some of the crafts will require glue, crayons, or some other supplies that are not included in the kits. To request kits, fill out a brief form on the library website (cityofgoleta/city-hall/goleta-valley-library/i-want-to/craft-kitrequest) and then just wait for your package to arrive in the mail. See goletavalleylibrary.org for other ideas on how to keep busy at home for all ages and a schedule of virtual activities. —TO

Memorial Day Broadcast Santa Barbarans will have an opportunity to gather together remotely this Memorial Day to honor those who sacrificed their lives in wars on foreign soil. Presented by Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation (PCVF), the televised broadcast takes place Monday, May 25, on KEYT Channel 3 at 4 p.m. The program consists of, among other things, an opening statement from Col. Philip J. Conran (USAF, ret.), a traditional bagpipe processional at the Santa Barbara Cemetery, the National Anthem sung by David Gonzales, and a choir singing “Shenandoah.” The event will also include speakers Brigadier General Fred Lopez, Vandenberg Airforce Base’s Anthony J. Mastalir, and PCVF cofounder Lt. John Blankenship, who will talk about the work service members are doing on the frontlines to help fight COVID-19. The broadcast will conclude with a solo bugle performance of “Taps” and a “Missing Man” flyover formation. See pcvf.org/memorial-day-2015. —TO INDEPENDENT.COM

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caught off guard when Food & Wine let the Santa Ynez Valley native know that she’d been selected as one of the magazine’s “Best New Chefs,” quite possibly the most important honor in the country for younger chefs. “Are you sure you have the right person?” asked Ryan, who opened Bell’s with her husband, Greg Ryan, in January 2018, in part to move away from the celebrity chef world that they braved during their New York City days. “We wanted to open a restaurant that wasn’t chef-driven, that was very much about the space and the experience of being there as much as it was the food.” In fact, while she attended culinary school and worked in important Manhattan kitchens, the bulk of Ryan’s hospitality career was spent in the front of the house — most notably at Per Se, the New York City outpost of Napa’s Thomas “The French Laundry” Keller, but also during jobs in Los Angeles and Austin. Opening Bell’s was a means of getting her back in the kitchen and, with the Ryans’ son, Henry, born in 2017, moving closer to her parents, who own Carpinteria’s Eye of the Day Nursery. Given that she’s the only West Coast chef on the 2020 list,

Los Alamos Restaurateur Using Honor to Boost Pandemic Response BY MATT KETTMANN which is the 32nd edition ever and was released on May 12, the kitchen — and motherhood — are suiting her just fine. Food & Wine’s restaurant editor, Kushbu Shah — who ate 110 meals in 25 cities to research this year’s class of chefs — was enthusiastic about Bell’s focus on “Franch” food. That means French-inspired yet relaxed, while showcasing the region’s ranches and farms. Among other menu highlights, Shah called out the crêpe cake layered with crème fraîche, caviar, and uni; the moules frites in a saffron-garlic broth; and the steak tartare with capers and egg yolk, which is the recipe that the restaurant provided for the magazine spread. Ryan hopes the accolade lifts up the entire region. “Santa Barbara County is very much recognized for the wine industry, and more and more all the time,” she said. “But I don’t think the region is focused on as a culinary destination. I hope something like this will draw that attention, not only to consumers but to hospitality professionals.” Granted, it’s a tough time to celebrate anything. “All of this comes with the disclaimer of COVID-19,” said Ryan. “It’s not going to go back to what normal was six months ago. Things are going to have to change. Epidemics and unfortunate scenarios like this force change, and often for the better.”

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the start of the pandemic, a number of restaurants are now reopening. The list includes: • Taffy’s Pizza at 2026 De la Vina Street, which reopened on May 15 for pickups and deliveries, Tuesday-Sunday, noon-7 p.m. Customers can order by calling (805) 687-3083, going to the website taffyspizza.com, or via grubhub.com and doordash.com. • The Brewhouse at 229 West Montecito Street is offering food, beer, wine, and cocktails, Tuesday-Saturday, 4:30-7:30 p.m. for pickup only. Call (805) 884-4664 or see sbbrewhouse .com.

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Carr Winery is hosting a drivethrough fundraiser, with live music and to-go wine, to benefit the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County on Sunday, May 31, noon-4 p.m., at the winery’s headquarters, 414 North Salsipuedes Street. Part of the Santa Barbara community for over 20 years, Carr Winery has hosted many parties for nonprofits. Since COVID-19 put restrictions on how events can function now, Carr developed this safe way to give back to the community. The winery will also donate 20 percent of wine sales to the Foodbank. To participate, bring a nonperishable food item — or a check made out to the “Foodbank of Santa Barbara County” — to the winery on May 31. Most needed are nut butters, canned proteins, whole grains, canned fruits and vegetables, and pasta. Then order your wine for pickup via carrwinery .com or by calling (805) 965-7985. T

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• On the Alley at 117 Harbor Way is now open seven days a week, 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., for pickup, delivery, and “walk through” service. The Goleta location of On the Alley in the Camino Real Marketplace never closed. Online ordering is at onthealley.com. •And Benchmark Eatery at 1201 State Street also reopened this week.

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from its longtime location in Victoria Court to 21 West Victoria Street, the former home of Locavore Kitchen, The Nugget, Arlington Tavern, Hobnob Tavern, Epiphany Restaurant & Bar, Blue Shark Bistro, and Mandalay. In addition to the daily menu, the restaurant is offering bulk items and take-andbake dinners. They are open seven days a week, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with orders taken until 3:30 p.m. and no pickups after 4 p.m. “During these uncertain times, all of us at Scarlett Begonia want to assure you that the well-being of our guests and our staff is our absolute highest priority,” said owner Crista Fooks, whose staff is handling all deliveries personally. “Our community has been through a lot together over these last few years and your unwavering support of small, local business gives us the strength through this new challenge…. So if you can’t quell the craving for a delicious cinnamon roll, shrimp and grits, or the kale salad, give us a call, we can help!” Call (805) 770-2143 or visit scarlettbegonia .net.

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EMAIL: ARTS@INDEPENDENT.COM CREATIVE ENDEAVORS: Dos Pueblos High School junior Tara Woodard (pictured) has organized the online 805 Youth Film and Arts Festival, which will feature films, vlogs, poems, photography, visual art, music, literature, and more, created by S.B. County youth, ages 12-19.

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he coronavirus pandemic has motivated some to buy a Nintendo Switch, others to inhale bags of Cheetos, and Dos Pueblos High School junior Tara Woodard to organize a community arts festival. The 805 Youth Film and Arts Festival (805YFAF) is a free, online display of short or full-length films, vlogs, poems, photography, visual art, music, literature, and more, and launches June 30 for public viewing. The COVID-19 lockdown hit Woodard hard, turning the renaissance teen’s life— she is the lead student producer of her high school’s news program, an AP art prodigy, a reporter for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and an ambitious filmmaker herself— on its head. herself Fulfilling social needs while abiding by the imposed physical-distancing restrictions is challenging. So, Woodard teamed

up with her three best friends—Nate Vance (DPHS), Maya Samarasena (DPHS), and Maxine Borders (SBHS)—to foster solidarity in Santa Barbara through art. Working on a project together has only strengthened their friendship in this trying time, she said. “I had a really great idea with my film mates in a class I’m in right now, but, given the situation, that all fell out the window,” shared Woodard in a phone interview. “While I’ve been able to still make films, it is definitely hard to have your creative expression limited. That’s why we opened our festival to previously made works so everyone can show what they could do.” Open to Santa Barbara County youth ages 12-19 years old, 805YFAF is currently accepting submissions through June 15. The categories include film, fine art, photography, poetry, and literature. There is also

a special submission subcategory called “Outstanding 805,” for artists to feature work inspired by the Santa Barbara/805 area. In addition to bringing the community together through art, the event is a fundraiser for Direct Relief, the Santa Barbara–based nonprofit that provides medical supplies during emergency situations. (Only teenagers can submit their projects, but anyone can make a monetary contribution to help Direct Relief.) While Woodard has created a rewarding project to focus on during the months in quarantine, she cannot help but wonder what her senior year will be like. “I hope I’ll be able to have milestones like homecoming and prom and graduation,” she said. “I’m hoping for the best and I’m hoping our country can figure out a way to make things safer for everyone.” —Miranda de Moraes

Even though the physical-distancing decree is still in place, it doesn’t mean Santa Barbarans have to miss out on one of our favorite springtime events — the I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival. Rather than setting up camp in front of the Old Mission steps, artists will create their chalk paintings in their driveways. Each day, viewers can follow the evolution of the compositions on the website, Instagram, and Facebook. There will also be a “Chalk for Kids” event which encourages children to create drawings on their driveways and share their colorful work on Instagram using #ChalkOn2020. Village Properties has donated free chalk, which will be distributed on Saturday, May 23, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at the drive-through parking lot at the corner of State and Micheltorena streets. Speaking of kids, donations are being accepted for the Children’s Creative Project arts education program. For more information on the festival, see ccp.sbceo.org/i-madonnari/ welcome. Follow the hashtags #imadonnari, #iMadOnline2020, #ChildrensCreativeProject, and #ChalkOn2020. —Michelle Drown

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With the canceling of film festivals and closing of movie theaters, cinephiles have had a rough go of it, relying on streaming services for their viewing fix. Using that medium, the folks at the Ojai Film Festival are expanding cinematic choices by offering free online access to a potpourri of films screened during its 2018-19 festivals. Beginning Friday, March 22, the festival will release several selections for viewing, including Eternal Winter (Best Narrative Feature, 2018), Nobody Dies Here (Best Doc Short 2018), and Vice (Best Narrative Short, 2018). Films will be released each subsequent Friday for six weeks. To see the full slate being offered and to access the movies, visit ojaifilmfestival.com/category/festivalojaifilmfestival.com/category/festival highlights. —MD

S.B. Studio Artist Tour CANCELED Each spring for nearly two decades, Santa Barbara artists have opened up their studios for the public to take a peek. This year, however, the artists’ workspaces will remain shuttered due to COVID-19. “It was a very difficult decision to make, not wanting to lose our momentum over the last 18 years, but necessary to protect our artists and their guests,” said Francis Scorzelli, SBSA board president in a prepared statement. Although the event is canceled, folks can still donate to the nonprofit to which the 2020 tour ticket monies would have gone — Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. At press time, the Foodbank had already distributed more than three million pounds of food (80,000 pounds per day) since the March lockdown went into effect. “This is more than double our food distribution from the same period last year, and we anticipate the dramatic increase in need for food support to continue throughout the year,” said Lauren Coiro, the Foodbank’s grant writer and special events coordinator. SBSA is a nonprofit trade organization of professional artists whose goal is topromote Santa Barbara as an art destination See santabarbara studioartists.com. —MD

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Breszny ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): “Excellence does not require per-

fection,” wrote Aries author Henry James. Now I’m conveying this brilliant counsel to you — just in time for the season when it will make good sense to strive for shining excellence without getting bogged down in a debilitating quest for perfection. Have fun recommitting yourself to doing the best you can, Aries, even as you refuse to be tempted by the unprofitable lure of absolute purity and juvenile forms of idealism.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): To generate an ounce of pure

cocaine, you must collect 52 pounds of raw coca leaf and work hard to transform it. But please don’t do that. Fate won’t be on your side if you do. However, I will suggest that you consider undertaking a metaphorically comparable process — by gathering a sizable amount of raw material or basic stuff that will be necessary to produce the small treasure or precious resource that you require.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for,” writes author Barbara Kingsolver. “And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.” According to my analysis of the astrological omens, that is exactly the work you should be doing right now, Gemini. Everything good that can and should happen for you in the coming months depends on you defining what you hope for, and then doing whatever’s necessary to live inside that hope.

being rather than an act of knowing.” Many Westerners find this hard to understand because they regard truth as a “fixed set of rules or dogma,” or as a body of “objective facts.” But here’s the good news: Right now, you Cancerians are especially receptive to Fatunmbi’s alternative understanding of truth — and likely to thrive by adopting it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Novelist and war correspondent

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Snatching the eternal out of the

desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.” Playwright Tennessee Williams said that, and now I’m conveying his insight to you — just in time for you to dramatically embody it. According to my astrological analysis, you now have more power than usual to accomplish this magic trick: to create something permanent in the midst of the transitory; to make an indelible mark on a process that has previously been characterized by restless permutations; to initiate a bold move that you will forever remember and be remembered for.

Martha Gellhorn departed this life in 1998, but she articulated a message that’s important for you to hear right now. She wrote, “People often say, with pride, ‘I’m not interested in politics.’ They might as well say, ‘I’m not interested in my standard of SCORPIO living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the course of his 73 years on the my future or any future.’ ” Gellhorn added, “If we planet, Scorpio author Paul Valéry (1871-1945) wrote mean to keep control over our world and lives, more than 20 books. But between the ages of 25 and we must be interested in poli45, he passed through a phase he tics.” In my opinion, her advice called the “great silence.” Duris always applicable to all of us, Homework: Is there anything about ing that time, he quit writing and but it’s especially crucial for you your experience of the global panpublished nothing. Afterward, he to meditate on right now. You’ll be demic that you enjoy? RealAstrology returned to his life’s work and was wise to upgrade your interest and .com nominated 12 times for a Nobel involvement in the big cultural Prize. Although your own version and political developments that of a great silence is less extreme are impacting your personal destiny. than his, I’m happy to announce that you will emerge from it sooner than you imagine. VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): According to author and teacher Marianne Williamson, “Ego says, ‘Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace.’ Spirit says, ‘Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place.’ ” I think the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to take Williamson’s advice seriously, Virgo. How? By giving control of your life to Spirit as you find your peace. In saying this, I’m not implying that Ego is bad or wrong. In fact, I think Ego is a crucial asset for you, and I’m hoping that in recent months you have been lifting your Ego to a higher, finer state of confidence and competence than ever before. But right now, I think you should authorize Spirit to run the show for a while. If you do, it will bless you with good surprises.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I’m sad that my two favorite 19th-cen-

tury poets were unfamiliar with each other’s poetry. Walt Whitman was 11 years older than Emily Dickinson but didn’t know her work. Dickinson had heard of Whitman but didn’t read his stuff. Their styles were indeed very different: hers intimate, elliptical, psychologically acute; his expansive, gregarious, earthy. But they were alike in being the most innovative American poets of their time, and equally transgressive in their disregard for standard poetic forms. If there were such a thing as time travel, I’d send one of you Sagittarians back to set up a meeting between them. Acts of innovative blending and creative unifying will be your specialties in the coming weeks.

WEEK OF MAY 21 CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The fictional character Sherlock

Holmes (born January 6, and thus a Capricorn) is a brilliant logician and acute observer who has astonishing crime-solving skills. On the other hand, according to his friend Dr. Watson, he “knows next to nothing” about “contemporary literature, philosophy, and politics.” So he’s not a well-rounded person. He’s smart in some ways, dumb in others. Most of us fit that description. We are both brilliant and ignorant; talented and inept; interesting and boring. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to hone and cultivate the less mature aspects of your own nature. I bet you’ll reap rich rewards by doing so.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “People become like what they love,”

observed theologian St. Catherine of Siena. That’ll be an interesting truth for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. I suspect you will attract experiences that are clear reflections of the kind of love you have cultivated and expressed for quite some time. You’ll be blessed in ways similar to the ways you have blessed. You’ll be challenged to face questions about love that you have not been dealing with. And here’s a promise for the future: You’ll have the opportunity to refine and deepen your approach to love so as to transform yourself into more of the person you’d like to become.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): “Humanity is a mystery,” wrote author

Fyodor Dostoevsky. “The mystery needs to be unraveled, and if you spend your whole life unraveling it, you haven’t wasted your time. I am studying that mystery CANCER because I want to be a complete human being.” I love (June 21-July 22): The periodic arrivals of “natuthis tender perspective on the preciousness of the Great ral disruption” in our everyday routines has a Riddle we’re all immersed in. It’s especially useful and divine purpose, writes Yoruba priest Awó Falokun apropos for you to adopt right now, Pisces, because Fatunmbi. It is “to shake consciousness loose from you are undergoing an unusually deep and intense complacency and rigid thinking.” To be vital, he says, communion with the mystery. As you marinate, you our perception of truth must be constantly evolving, shouldn’t measure your success and good fortune by and never stagnant. “Truth is a way of looking at how much new understanding you have attained, but self and World,” Fatunmbi declares. “It is a state of rather by how much reverence and gratitude you feel and how stirring your questions are. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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California needs building solutions that address our housing crisis and our wildfires. Quail Springs has been building with monolithic adobe (also known as “cob”), a fire-resistant and affordable material, for over a decade. While earthen building has been practiced around the world for thousands of years — in fact, some of the oldest buildings in Santa Barbara are built from adobe — a lack of modern testing data makes it nearly impossible to build with earth in California today. Last year we conducted seismic testing on cob walls with Cal Poly, and this year we’re planning to conduct an official fire safety test. With this official data and through continued advocacy to evolve building codes, we intend to create a streamlined and affordable pathway for anyone in California who wants to permit and build an earthen home.

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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.

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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: 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.

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: FLOAT LUXURY SPA, LLC at 18 E. Canon Perdido Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 5, 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: 2020‑0001111. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2020. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CUSTOM MATTERS at 7389 Elmhurst Place Apt A Goleta, CA 93117; Valerie N, Yoshimura (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Valerie Yoshimura, President Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 12, 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: 2020‑0001179. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2020. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: ORTHOPEDIC SURGICAL PRACTICE at 5333 Paseo Rio Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Daniel F. Craviotto, Jr., MD., Inc 5327 Paseo Rio Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Steven B. Hollstien, MD 1390 N. Fairview Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Bryan C. Emmerson, MD 333 El Cielito Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Mathew Pifer 1020 Alston Road Montecito, CA 93108 conducted by an Unincorporated Association other than a Partnership Signed: Daniel F. Craviotto Jr., M.D., Inc., President Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2020‑0001154. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2020. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SUSTAINABLY YOU BODYWORK & SKINCARE at 117 West Gutireez St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jennifer Warner Grey 4008 Otono Dr Unit B Santa Barbara, CA 93110 conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 29, 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: 2020‑0001071. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2020. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LYMPHATIC THERAPY SANTA BARBARA at 21 E Carrillo St #280 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Brenda Oglesby 1748A Prospect Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93103 (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2020‑0001119. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2020. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: PERSONALIZE GIFT SHOPPING at 273 Forest Dr. Goleta, CA 93117; Ofelia Szell (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Ofelia Szell Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 12, 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: 2020‑0001184. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2020. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: THE IMPERIAL at 320 South Kellogg Avenue Goleta, CA 93117; Alba Enterprises 1817 Mountain Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by an Corporation Signed: Dawn O’Brien Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 29, 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: 2020‑0001073. Published: May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2020.

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CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV01756 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: AMY ELIZABETH BARBABELLA TO: AMY ELIZABETH JOHNSON 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 15, 2020 9:30am, Dept 5, 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 May 4, 2020 by Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court. Published: May 14, 21, 28. June 4 2020. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF NATALIE CHRISTINE SANTIZO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV01766 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: NATALIE CHRISTINE SANTIZO TO: NATALIA CHRISTINE SANTIZO 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 15, 2020 9:30am, Dept 5, 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 May 4, 2020 by Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court. Published: May 21, 28. June 4, 11 2020.

PUBLIC NOTICES 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

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LEGALS 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. SONOS LTD Registration No. 079049 (Voluntary Winding‑Up) NOTICE is hereby given that in accordance with Section 286 of the International Business Companies Act, 2016: ‑ Sonos Ltd, a company incorporated in the Republic of Seychelles, is being voluntarily wound up; ‑ the commencement of the company’s voluntary winding up is 8th May 2020. ‑ Eric Bowers of 614 Chapala St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, United States is the liquidator. Dated this 18th of May, 2020 LIQUIDATOR

SUMMONS SUMMONS ‑ (Family Law) NOTICE

TO REPONDENT: ERIC GROOMS AVISO AL DEMANDANDO: Petitioner’s name is: CLAIRE GROOMS Nombre del demandante: CASE NUMBER: (Numero del caso) 20FL00028 You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL‑120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE‑RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. Tiene 30 dias calendario despues de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citacion y Peticion para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL‑120) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefonica o una audiencia de la corte no basta para protegerto. Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar ordenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte tambien le puede ordenar que pague manutencion, y honorarios y costos legales. Para asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener informacion para encountrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpca.org) o poniendose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado. AVISO‑LAS ORDENES DE RESTRICCION SE ENCUENTRAN

EN LA PAGINA 2: valen para ambos conyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la peticion, se emita un fallo o la corte de otras ordenes. Cualquier autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas ordenes puede hacerlas acerlas acater en cualquier lugar de California. EXENCION DE CUOTAS: Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario un formulario de exencion de cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a peticion de usted o de la otra parte. 1.The name and address of the court are (El nombre y direccion de la corte son): SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: Marcus W. Morales, Esq 718‑B State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 845‑5405 (El nombre, direcion y numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): Dated Jan 8, 2020. Darrel E. Parker, Execcutive Officer; Clerk, by (Secretario, por) Yuliana Razo Deputy (Asistente) Published May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2020. SUMMONS ‑ (Family Law) NOTICE TO REPONDENT: AVISO AL DEMANDANDO: JOSE RAMON GONZALEZ DOMINGUEZ Petitioner’s name is: DENISE BORRAYO Nombre del demandante: CASE NUMBER: (Numero del caso) 19FL02652 You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL‑120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. NOTICE‑RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders. These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law

enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them. FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party. Tiene 30 dias calendario despues de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citacion y Peticion para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL‑120) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefonica o una audiencia de la corte no basta para protegerto. Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar ordenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte tambien le puede ordenar que pague manutencion, y honorarios y costos legales. Para asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener informacion para encountrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpca.org) o poniendose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado. AVISO‑LAS ORDENES DE RESTRICCION SE ENCUENTRAN EN LA PAGINA 2: valen para ambos conyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la peticion, se emita un fallo o la corte de otras ordenes. Cualquier autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas ordenes puede hacerlas acerlas acater en cualquier lugar de California. EXENCION DE CUOTAS: Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario un formulario de exencion de cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a peticion de usted o de la otra parte. 1.The name and address of the court are (El nombre y direccion de la corte son): SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: DENISE BORRAYO 910 E. Haley St. #B Santa Barbara, CA 93103 (805) 708‑1209 (El nombre, direcion y numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): Dated Dec 06, 2019. Darrel E. Parker, Execcutive Officer; Clerk, by (Secretario, por) Caitlin Colyer Deputy (Asistente) Published May 21, 28. Jun 4, 11 2020.

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