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NEWS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 OPINIONS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

OBITUARIES.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 THE WEEK.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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COVER STORY

Struggling in Silence

With Schools Closed, Teachers and Therapists Find Ways to Connect with Students (Delaney Smith)

above: Carol Morgan with the Family Service Agency

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County to Crack Down on Cannabis?

(Melinda Burns)

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Living Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

FOOD & DRINK .. . . . . . . . . . 24 The Restaurant Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Stay In/Take Out Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Dining Out Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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How has the lockdown affected your daily routine? I get more treats when I scratch the scratching post, and I do enjoy that. I notice I’m spending more time on my mom or dad’s lap when they are using the computer talking to the screen. Sometimes I meow at the screen or rub my face against it to be helpful. I do the same amount of sleeping.

What is your favorite form of distraction while your parents are trying to work? I really love looking out the window, so if it’s not open, I meow ’til they open it for me. I also love belly rubs and pets, and I demand those sometimes even if my parents are working. If they don’t pay attention to me, I just meow ’til they do.

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Santa Barbara Unified Selects New Superintendent Hilda Maldonado to Take Charge Amid Pandemic

by Delaney Smith he future of the Santa Barbara Unified School District is in new hands — the hands of Hilda Maldonado.

Maldonado was unanimously selected to be the district’s new superintendent in closed session Tuesday after the district spent months headhunting for the perfect leader. She is taking over the position from current Superintendent Cary Matsuoka, who is retiring after four years and is making upward of $350,000 a year in pay and benefits at the time of his departure.

The switch in leadership comes amid a global pandemic that has forced all the district’s campuses to close, and nine weeks into remote learning, the district is still grappling with how to continue school in the fall. It also comes at a time when the district has been under fire for a slew of controversies, mostly from the administration level, in the year before the pandemic hit.

“Our hearts are full of hope; this is indeed a new era of education,” Board President Laura Capps said. “You are helping us, leading and ushering it in with us tonight.”

The rest of the board shared similar sentiments, with Boardmember Jacqueline Reid calling Maldonado a “beacon during this unprecedented time” and all five women expressing general excitement to have a woman at the helm.

“This is also historic because it’s incredibly rare to have an all-women board working with a woman superintendent,” Boardmember Kate Ford said. “I don’t mean to sound sexist, but we are going to do great things.”

And Maldonado has a history of doing just that. She is leaving her position as the associate superintendent of leader-

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ship and partnerships in the Los Angeles Unified School District, where her career began 34 years ago as a bilingual teacher before she worked her way up to her position today.

As a Mexican immigrant who came to the United States at age 11 as an English learner, she said working with underserved students and building systems of A FAMILY WELCOME: Newly selected superintendent Hilda Maldonado (above), who is taking over the equity for all students is one of her position from retiring superintendent Cary Matsuoka in July, introduces one of her two sons, Joshua, during top focuses, which aligns with the Tuesday’s virtual school board meeting. district’s. In the LAUSD, she led the expansion of multiple dualment with teachers. She emphasized that the district—and language programs, and English learners have seen higher the world — is in a crisis that will have a lasting impact on progress under her leadership. This experience seems espe- education, but that she feels prepared to meet the challenges cially crucial, as the SBUSD recently adopted a multilingual head-on. teaching plan and converted McKinley Elementary into a full Because the meeting was over Zoom, Maldonado introdual-language immersion program. duced her husband, Kamran, and her two sons, Joshua and “Public education delivers more than academics,” Mal- Ari, over the webcam session. Both of her sons are currently donado said. “It changes lives. It improves society. It creates in college, but they are sheltering in place with her during opportunities for students to thrive, and, in some cases like the pandemic. mine, it provides a way out of poverty. As I promised during “I look forward to leading this district as we collectively my interview, I’m ready to lead with my equity and excel- navigate an education system that ensures all students are prepared for life, college, and a career,” she said. “Public edulence lens.”

She said her priorities are student safety and achievement, cation made a difference in my life journey, and I wish the including access to devices and all other resources students same for all of our students.” need; collaboration with the board, parents, students, and Maldonado will earn a $250,000 annual salary and offithe community; and maintaining a professional environ- cially begin her role July 1, 2020. n

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County Mandates Masks as It Lifts the Lid on COVID Medical Study Review Determines Masks Do Make a Difference

by Jean Yamamura anta Barbara entered the ranks of civilized places this Tuesday with the lifting of the ban on haircuts. As well, crowds had started enjoying the urban pleasures of restaurants, bars, and shops the previous Friday — especially along the newly opened pedestrian promenade on nine blocks of State Street — after two months of going without. The three-day Memorial Day weekend was both a liberating feast for the senses and an alarming influx of people, some from out of town, few of whom wore facemasks which were mandated countywide on Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Amid the heady mixture of relaxed rules and newfound freedoms, Santa Barbara seemed to forget the virus. We’d so successfully stayed at home and minimized the infection that it might have gone away completely. The statistics by Tuesday were sobering, though not directly related to the holiday. Two people died of COVID-19 — one an elderly person in Santa Maria, another a prisoner at Lompoc penitentiary — and 105 people were confirmed positive last

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week. Two of them were health-care workers — bringing that total to 74 persons — and 1,611 more people were tested.

Yet if not for COVID, the new promenade would never have opened so quickly. It’s a feature downtown supporters have called on for decades to bring people back to the faltering retail corridor. But the holiday crowd has city officials holding their breath for a possible uptick 14 days from now.

To address the danger, Mayor Cathy Murillo was on hand to pass out facemasks.

Tuesday’s news included not only hair coloring, weaves, braids, blowouts, relaxing, and wig maintenance — though not treatments that involve touching the face — but also churches and other places of worship could open at 25 percent the building capacity or 100 persons, whichever is less. Graduation rules were relaxed, now allowing graduates to receive their diploma on a stage, from a car, or in a gathering that totals 100 people or fewer. In all cases, everyone must wear a mask, not be sick, and stay six feet apart unless getting a trim.

The novelty of wearing facemasks has its detractors. At a May Day drive-by rally against the state shutdown, protesters

said any required mask-wearing was tantamount to “fearmongering.” African-Americans have objected that wearing a mask puts them at greater risk from law enforcement. A Memorial Day protest at West Beach complained of an abridgement of rights by governments trying to quell the virus.

But COVID-19 is oblivious to politics. It’s out there, in the air, on surfaces, and carried by people not showing symptoms. In a webinar last Thursday, Dr. Jason Prystowski, an MD with Doctors Without Walls, gave facts and figures demonstrating that masks cut down on the disease.

Even if half the people wore masks that were half as effective as surgical masks, he said, disease transmission went down by 86 percent. It was a small concession of civil liberties for a huge public health benefit. If that seems specious, a review of 104 medical studies determined much the same thing: Masks could reduce the death toll from COVID-19 given the lack of therapeutics or vaccine.

The review appeared at Preprints.org as a not-yet-peerreviewed article — a shortcut all COVID-related journal articles seem to be taking — by 19 scientists from a who’s

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Religious Leader Decries Lack of ‘Basic Human Decency’ Among Lompoc Prison Officers

by Tyler Hayden organizer Chrissie Rogers from San Bernardino. “You can’t get well third inmate at the federal prison complex in Lompoc has in a cell.” died of COVID-19, according to data published Tuesday on Their complaints echoed those in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU last the Bureau of Prisons’ website. The inmate, whose identity was week, which accused the BOP of violating the Eighth Amendment not released, was housed at Federal Correctional Institute Lom- rights of prisoners against cruel and unusual punishment. The organipoc (FCI Lompoc). The complex’s two other COVID-19 deaths were zation detailed an incident in which a sick inmate was denied medical among inmates at United States Penitentiary Lompoc (USP Lom- attention for five days until he passed out in his cell from acute respipoc). Both were older with underlying ratory shock. Representative Salud health conditions. Since the start of Carbajal and California senators the outbreak in late March, more than Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris 1,000 prisoners and staff have been have also expressed serious concern infected with coronavirus. with the BOP’s lack of action to shield Santa Barbara health officials said both inmates and prison staff from they had no information on the most the outbreak. The protestors’ main demand was the early release or home recent death, as the county Coroner’s confinement of elderly and medically Bureau “does not have jurisdiction for fragile inmates. death investigations that occur within the USP Lompoc facility,” said SherAccording to the BOP’s website, iff ’s Office spokesperson Raquel Zick.

988 of the 1,069 infected prisoners at “Unfortunately, we are not sure who the complex are considered “recovhandles their investigations, so you ered,” though widespread testing has will have to check with [the Bureau yet to take place at USP Lompoc, of Prisons].” The Bureau of Prisons where 1,707 inmates live. Carbajal and other legislators continue to push the (BOP) did not return requests for comment.

BOP to implement mass testing there The Independent had recently in order to better understand the received a Twitter message from Cris scope of the outbreak and to prevent staff from further transmitting the Zarm, the ex-wife of a current LomPRISON PROTESTERS: Demonstrators called for the release of elderly and poc prisoner. Zarm stated inmates had virus into their home communities. medically at-risk prisoners. witnessed “a coffin loaded into a black During Sunday’s protest, prison van” on the prison grounds. Zarm said officers blocked public access to faciliher ex-husband wanted to remain anonymous because correctional ties and staff housing. The California Highway Patrol issued a handful officers “actively retaliate against any inmate who’s directly or indi- of tickets to participants for driving too slowly on Santa Lucia Canyon rectly providing information to the media.” For the last six weeks, Road. After the procession, 50 or so demonstrators gathered at nearby Lompoc authorities have severely curtailed inmate access to phone Ryon Park, where Rev. Julia Hamilton addressed the crowd. “This is and email, prompting panic among families wanting to know the a crisis of national proportion,” said Hamilton, minister of the Unihealth status of their loved ones. tarian Society of Santa Barbara. “These are loved ones and human The BOP’s latest coronavirus-related death is the 64th in its facili- beings who are treated like they’re disposable. Their basic rights are ties, and the disclosure comes just two days after an estimated 100 being denied.” relatives and supporters staged a Sunday protest outside the Lompoc “We’re not asking for the impossible,” she went on. “We’re asking complex gates. They decried the lack of response by federal authori- for soap and hot water. We’re asking for a phone call. We’re asking for ties to stop the Lompoc outbreak, which grew at one point to become respect for the families who care about their loved ones, who deserve the worst in the country, and they blasted federal officials for failing to know whether they are living or dying. This is not hard. It is not to provide basic sanitary supplies and quarantine protections for impossible. It just requires a will to make it happen, and the people inmates. Many claimed prisoners were being fed rotten food, pre- running this prison have not demonstrated basic human decency vented from showering, and denied basic health care. “They’re sick, to make sure that during this pandemic every single human soul is and they’re not getting the resources they need to get better,” said treated with care.” n C H R ISSI E RO GERS

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Ed St. George: Tilting at Windmills?

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Four-Story Solvang Development Faces Intense Opposition

by Nick Welsh olvang’s new mayor, Ryan Toussaint, pledged to shake things up big-time when he ran for office more than a year ago in the land of windmills and æbleskivers. So far, he’s been true to his word.

To generate municipal cash flow and give the Danish-themed village a dramatic makeover, Toussaint, a Solvang native and tech-geek entrepreneur, teamed up with Santa Barbara landlord and developer Ed St. George. At Tuesday’s special City Council meeting, however, St. George’s expansive four-story plans to cure what ails Solvang got an angry earful.

The mixed-use plans — which include a European-style plaza, restaurants, hotels, 125 dwellings, and public administration buildings — were blistered by a crowd of about 250 residents, both virtual and

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in the flesh. They argued that the proposed project would destroy Solvang’s character while eliminating the Veterans’ Memorial Building, where so many had danced, met their spouses, celebrated anniversaries, and played “turkey” bingo.

Bruce Porter, a two-time supervisorial candidate, former school board member, and Desert Storm veteran, castigated the council for even considering a plan that called for the destruction of the veterans’ center, which has been a hub of community life in the Santa Ynez Valley since the Great Depression, when it was built. Replacing it with a room in a new building, said Porter, dishonored the veterans whose graves had been adorned with flags during this past weekend’s Memorial Day observances.

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Artists took to their driveways and sidewalks this Memorial Day weekend as part of 2020’s virtual I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival. At an undisclosed location, artists Sharyn Chan, Ann Hefferman, and Jay Schwartz created a detailed 12’x48’ recreation of Thomas Hart Benton’s “Achelous and Hercules” as the headlining painting of the festival. Chalk paintings depicting graduating seniors, the Earth, flowers, animals, and much more were also seen throughout Santa Barbara via photos posted to I Madonnari’s Instagram and Facebook. The festival benefits the Children’s Creative Project, a nonprofit art education program. For more photos, see independent .com/i-madonnari-2020 Although the West Wind drive-in movie theater went dark last year, the coronavirus pandemic has sparked new interest in outdoor cinematic viewing. In response to public demand, the Goleta movie viewing location reopened Memorial Day with a Harry Potter double feature. West Wind Drive-Ins, which is part of Syufy Enterprises, is now hiring cashier, concessions attendant, outreach marketer, and traffic/gate attendant positions via ZipRecruiter.

Los Baños del Mar reopened to lap swimming on 5/26. It was the first recreational pool facility in the greater Santa Barbara area to reopen after the countywide COVID-19 closure on 3/16. Swim lanes are limited to one swimmer per lane, and lane assignments must be booked online in advance, a city press release stated. Swimmers must bring their own equipment — public, shared equipment will not be available — including cloth face coverings for when they are poolside and in the restroom.

MTD buses in Santa Barbara have doubled their “safely distanced” passenger load as of 5/22. On the big 40-foot buses, up to 15 passengers may board. On the smaller 30-foot buses, the limit is 10 passengers. Once a bus is “full,” it will pass up stops until its number of passengers decreases.

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Lecture Cancelled, Recording Available Online

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Community Lectures

FACETIME: Few wore face masks as Santa Barbara opened to dining in for the first time in two months.

Above, customers kick off Memorial Day weekend at the Cruisery on State Street.

who of research institutes and universities from Cape Town to California. Homemade masks even offered an economic edge, especially in light of the second wave of infection expected after stay-athome restrictions are lifted. One study across multiple countries measured a benefit of $3,000-$6,000 per cloth mask due to decreased positive COVID cases and fewer deaths.

Cloth face coverings are by no means adequate for medical workers, for whom N95 and surgical masks protect against actively infected patients. But even cloth coverings made from T-shirts, tea towels, and washcloths passed the dropletcontrol test — droplets being the primary source of viral spread. Once contained within the cloth, they have less chance of drying out, becoming aerosolized, and lingering longer in the air.

Airborne transmission of the virus was a late realization in the world’s collective COVID journey, and the one that prompted the mask advisory by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More recently, at Hong Kong University Dr. Kwok-yung Yuen offered proof through a study involving 52 golden Syrian hamsters, which have a very similar enzyme receptor to the one used by SARS-CoV-2 to infect humans. Yuen had earlier determined that plasma from recovered hamsters helped sick hamsters get better, but in this study, surgical masks between cages of sick and healthy hamsters blocked virus transmission. Without the masks between the cages, two to three times as many became infected.

When it came to homemade masks that don’t fit as tightly as an N95 or surgical mask, “all types of masks are at least somewhat effective at protecting the wearer,” the mega-review reported. And while the studies agreed that masks alone were no panacea, they found that the public did not view them as one. Handwashing continued among mask-wearers, as did social distancing.

One case report addressed airplane travel briefly. A man who flew from China to Toronto and then tested positive for COVID had worn a mask during

the flight. No one on the flight caught the disease, not the 25 people sitting near him nor the flight attendant. The thought of wearing a mask for a 15-hour flight might feel impossible, but consider that dental hygienists routinely live in them for about eight hours a day, as do busy doctors and nurses.

Among weary stay-at-homers, actively donning a facemask gave a feeling of selfsufficiency for many, the study determined. Further, a sense of altruism and solidarity was found among communities in which everyone wore a mask.

County Health Officer Dr. Henning Ansorg, who resisted a mandatory mask order for weeks, noted: “It will not necessarily be a complete preventative to keep me from catching it. But it has a very close, to 90 percent, to keep me from spreading it.” He warned against a false sense of security, however, emphasizing that hand washing and staying six feet apart needed to continue to contain the virus. But outdoors, “If you’re all by yourself, there’s no point to wearing it because you’re not spreading it to anybody.”

The people promenading, biking, and skateboarding up and down State Street are indeed out-of-doors, but Dr. Daniel Fishbein, a retired public health infectious disease specialist, told reporters he’d counted 92 people passing by the Granada Theatre on Tuesday over the course of one half-hour, only one-third of whom were wearing facemasks. Some shopkeepers expressed fear, as well, for themselves and their employees when people entered maskless. Others were elated by the influx, feeling saved from drowning in debt.

Public Health would become concerned, Ansorg stated, if a rise in cases of 22 a day is seen for a week solid or if cases go up by 10 percent for five days. Environmental Health inspectors were visiting restaurants and so far finding flexible, creative, and cooperative operators. “Masks are now mandated to be worn in most indoor settings,” Ansorg added, “which should help to slow the spread of this virus.” n

Advances in Melanoma & Skin Cancer Prevention Ridley-Tree Cancer Center’s Medical Oncologist and Hematologist Julian Davis, MD, MA and Mark Burnett, MD, FAAD of the Santa Barbara Skin Institute offer a view on the latest advances in treating melanoma and what patients can do to best reduce their risk of this and other skin cancers.

FEATURED SPEAKERS: Julian Davis, MD, MA - Medical Oncologist, Ridley-Tree Cancer Center Mark Burnett, MD, FAAD - Dermatologist, Santa Barbara Skin Institute Ridley-Tree Cancer Center is committed to keeping our patients and community safe throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In order to adhere to social distancing guidelines, the in-person lecture scheduled for Thursday, May 28 has been cancelled. A recording will be made available at lectures.ridleytreecc.org on May 28.

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explore the plans further. He also stressed that the specific proposal had recently emerged out of an economic planning process that’s been the focus of no fewer than four public hearings so far.

Toussaint is an outspoken critic of Solvang’s reliance on “tour bus” tourism, in which large numbers of visitors — often part of large excursion packages — show up, eat fast, and leave faster. Since his election, Toussaint has pushed hard to rebrand Solvang — “Solvang 2.0,” he calls it — to make it inviting for well-heeled visitors from Los Angeles and elsewhere to stay longer, spend more, and come back for repeated visits.

When Toussaint learned that St. George UP IN ARMS: Protesters gathered Tuesday outside Solvang City Hall to oppose plans to build a closed escrow on “the old lumberyard” European-style plaza, restaurants, hotels, 125 dwellings, and public administration buildings and, property next to the Veterans’ Memorial in the process, eliminate the Veterans’ Memorial Building.

Building — where St. George has permits Speakers cautioned that state laws protected such cen- to build 45 rental units — he urged St. George to think about ters and that the council had no power to take them away. a hotel instead and gave him a copy of “Solvang 2.0” to read.

Another expressed outrage that the veterans themselves had A new hotel would not be enough, replied St. George, telling not been consulted yet, and others charged that the timing the mayor, “You need a major change.” felt suspiciously rushed. The city staff report, meanwhile, Cue the latest plans: a high-octane mixed-use proposal explained that the vets’ building faces serious seismic retrofit that St. George has dubbed “Little Copenhagen.” Amid the challenges, for which no funding exists. hotel rooms, offices, and residences, the strategically small At Tuesday’s hearing, the majority of the Solvang City shops would cater to the “experiential” appetite of shoppers Council, including Mayor Toussaint, opted to continue pub- that cannot be replicated by online retail, said St. George. A lic discussion of St. George’s plans. Altogether, for the lot consultant estimated the total development would generacross the street from Mission Santa Inés, the plans propose ate nearly $800,000 in various tax revenues so desperately two new hotels (108 rooms in total), 125 new housing units, needed by Solvang City Hall. and 96,000 square feet of new retail space, which is about the As proposed, the project involves eight parcels and seven size of Nordstrom in downtown Santa Barbara. acres of real estate, requiring the approval of the City of Toussaint stressed that the process was just now begin- Solvang and the County of Santa Barbara, both major propning and that the council’s vote constituted an intent only to erty owners. The development would also displace a small

county courtroom, offices for 3rd District Supervisor Joan Hartmann, and a sheriff ’s substation, which would all be relocated to a new, not-yet-found site.

In an interview before the council meeting, St. George said the project would provide Solvang a much-needed economic boost. “There are 25 million people who hate where they live,” he said. “They can come up here and have a great experience.”

But it would also provide a benefit for residents. “It’s going to be the coolest place to live, ever,” St. George said. “You’re going to wake up in the morning and think, guess what, you’re on a European vacation.”

Many Solvang old-timers begged to differ, and vehemently so. Not only will the vets center be eliminated, they objected, but so would Solvang’s Senior Center, which now serves 500 people. “What about water supply and sewage?” even more wondered. “The traffic problems — won’t they get worse?”

When plans were unveiled last week, their size and speed galvanized community opposition so much that City Hall opened the comment wider than many public hearings right now. In addition to the virtual squawk box testimony typical of public gatherings in the age of COVID-19, the council welcomes in-person commenters to the hearing.

In light of such matters, Toussaint also delayed any action until further public discussion can take place at an outdoor hearing, perhaps as soon as in the next couple of weeks.

St. George had been warned that such opposition might arise. “I’ve been a developer in Santa Barbara,” he joked.

“You can’t make me nervous.” But given the heat of Tuesday night’s hearing, St. George may have met his dragon and might need to recalibrate his plans.

None of the speakers, incidentally, took exception to St. George building what he could on the “old lumber yard” property he just purchased. If all else were to fail, he noted, n he could still build the 45 rental units.

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Average Unit-size Density IncenDve Program Planning Commission Thursday, June Thursday, June 4, 4, 1:00 1:00p.m. p.m.

The Planning willwill consider recommendation of General Plan The PlanningCommission Commission consider General Plan and Zoning and Zoning Ordinance amendments regarding the Average Unit-SizeDensity Density Ordinance amendments regarding the Average Unit-Size Incentive Program (AUD) to Santa Barbara City Council: General Plan map Incentive Program: General Plan map and text amendments to and text amendments to reflect housing density changes within the Central reflect housing within Business District; Business District;density removalchanges of the 250 unit the cap Central pertaining to expiration of and amendments to the Title 30 of the Municipal Code regarding the AUD Program; and amendments to the Title 30 of the Municipal Code regarding development standards for multi-unitresidential residential development in the development standards for multi-unit development in Central Business District. the Central Business District.

The Planning Planning Commission andand discuss the The Commissionwill willreceive receivepublic publiccomment comment discuss proposed General Plan and Zoning Ordinance amendments. This meeting will the proposed General Plan and Zoning Ordinance amendments. This be conducted electronically via the GoToWebinar platform, as described in meeting be conducted electronically via the GoToWebinar more detailwill below. platform, as described in more detail below.

On Thursday, May 28, 2020, an Agenda with all items to be heard on June 4,

On Thursday, May 28, 2020, an Agenda with all items to be heard on 2020, will be available online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC. June 4, 2020, will be available online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ IN ORDER TO PROMOTE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND PRIORITIZE THE PC. PUBLIC’S HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE

Stability and Landlords

national, state, and local economies have been Ourdecimated from the impacts of COVID-19, leav-

ing no one unaffected. Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the jobless rate in April reached 14.7 percent, with 36.5 million workers applying for unemployment benefits over the last two months.

Furthermore, a Columbia University study projects that homelessness to grow as much as 45 percent this year. To prevent this from happening, federal rental assistance programs like the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program, which provides direct rental payments to landlords on behalf of households, should be expanded. Such expansion is being considered by Congress through various measures such as the HEROES Act. The Housing Authority would like to take this opportunity to thank the many local landlords participating in the Section 8 program for decades, helping to keep our seniors, disabled individuals, and low-income workforce stably housed. At this time, there remains a great need, so we encourage our local landlords to provide housing to our other voucher holders who are seeking a place to live.

The main benefit of the Section 8 program is that rent to the landlord is all but guaranteed. If a tenant’s income is lowered or lost altogether, the adjusted subsidized portion of rent is paid by the Housing Authority on time, directly to the landlord. Landlords do not suffer a loss of rent and can continue to help house our vulnerable populations.

We have streamlined and improved the operation of the program through electronic document signing and processing, and incentives, including damage protection up to $2,000. Please reach out to our Leasing Agent, Jerry Morales, at (805) 897-1049 or jmorales@hacsb.org for more information.

—Rob Fredericks, Executive Director/CEO, Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara

The Truth

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he truth is out. Three-star retired General Michael Flynn was targeted, set up, and persecuted by the Obama administration, FBI leaders, and the corrupt media.

But why? In Andrew McCarthy’s book Ball of Collusion, the reason becomes clear. Flynn made his mark on modern insurgent warfare by helping revolutionize the rapid dissemination of battlefield intelligence. He was promoted by President Obama to lead the Defense Intelligence Agency. However, Flynn was outspoken. He

questioned Obama’s counterterrorism strategy and his weakness on Iran, and called out national-security officials for politicizing intelligence. As a result, he was fired.

Going forward, Flynn became President Trump’s national security adviser and exposing the weak Iran deal was at the top of his agenda. The Obama administration knew that Flynn was going to release secret documents around the Iran Nuclear Deal.

And the rest is history. Plans were then made to destroy retired General Flynn and by extension President Trump. This marks one of the most corrupt, immoral scandals in American history.

Will anyone be held accountable?

—Don Thorn, Carpinteria

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he answer is yes. When Donald Trump, William Barr, Michael Pompeo, Michael Flynn, Mitch McConnell, Jared Kushner, and all the other criminals of the Trump administration are behind bars, we can be satisfied that these cretins who have conspired to sell our country into ruin will have finally been held to account.

—Tom Garey, S.B.

On Outdoor Dining

On closing State Street to cars and opening it to outdoor dining, Facebook readers had thoughts: Beebe Longstreet Damned if you do and damned if

you don’t. I look forward to trying a different approach on State Street — definitely not a new idea. There isn’t a quick fix to keeping the virus in check and starting to restore the economy. Everyone will be assessing their own comfort level of exposure and hopefully, acting responsibly—it is up to all of us to make reopening work.

Chris Knight Closing State to vehicles is a great start.

The council really needs to sort through some massive safety issues. I’m thinking of Milpas—if restaurants there use the sidewalk for tables, peds have to use the street instead. If the restaurants use the parklet parallel parking spot in front of their business for tables, that puts patrons inches away from vehicle traffic. I don’t think using some potted plants as a buffer is enough.

Are all city sidewalks wide enough to handle tables and keep pedestrians six feet away from patrons? And keep the aisle wide enough for wheelchairs?

Chet Santia III I guess a mask will need to be designed,

that you can eat through, like those old-school pajamas with the trap door in the rear! This could get really messy.

OF ORDER CALIFORNIA ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20, ALLOWS IN TO PROMOTE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND WHICH PRIORITIZE THE THE CITY TO HOLD MEETINGS VIA TELECONFERENCES OR OTHER PUBLIC’S HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE ELECTRONIC MEETING FORMAT WHILE STILL MEETING THE STATE’S OF CALIFORNIA ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20, WHICH HEALTH ALLOWS OPEN AND PUBLIC MEETING REQUIREMENTS. AS A PUBLIC THE CITY TO HOLD MEETINGS VIA TELECONFERENCES OR AND SAFETY PRECAUTION, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WILLOTHER NOT ELECTRONIC FORMAT WHILECOMMISSION STILL MEETING THE STATE’S BE OPEN TOMEETING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. MEMBERS MAY PARTICIPATE ELECTRONICALLY. THE CITY STRONGLY ENCOURAGES OPEN AND PUBLIC MEETING REQUIREMENTS. AS A PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELCOMES PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THIS TIME. PUBLIC AND SAFETY PRECAUTION, THE COUNCILDURING CHAMBERS WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATION IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS: OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. COMMISSION MEMBERS MAY TELEVISION COVERAGE: This meeting will beSTRONGLY broadcast live on City TVPARTICIPATE ELECTRONICALLY. THE CITY ENCOURAGES Channel 18 and online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/citytv.

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Elise Buenaventura

Margaret Thompson

3/18/1931 - 5/6/2020

11/3/1926 - 5/11/2020

In lieu of flowers please make a donation to Visiting Nurse Association or St. Raphaels Church. The family would also like to thank Pueblo Del Rey for their personal touch in handling funeral arrangements.

Robert “Bob” Lee Magruder 1932 - 2020

Elisa Buenaventura Posso was born on March 18, 1931 in Santander de Quilichao, Cauca, Colombia. She was the 7th child of 8 children born to Manuel Maria Buenaventura and Elisa Posso de Buenaventura. At the age of 89, after a brief illness, Elisa passed away on May 6, 2020 in the home of her oldest daughter Victoria Makrides in Westwood, MA. She was cremated on May 11th at the Newton cemetery. She is survived by her children (Victoria (Klaus Hoyer) and Veblen Makrides), grandchildren (Paul Elijah Green (Jane Malcolm) and Gelando Thomas Makrides Beltrani (Pia Goeke)), great grandchildren (Lucas Galen and Milo David Malcolm Green), 6 of her nieces and nephews, and her dear twin brother Joseph Bonaventure. And by her two cats, Lily and Luigi.

Dearly loved by her family and friends, Elisa was an amazing woman; she had a full life with many adventures and accomplishments.

Please see Eaton Funeral home Needham, MA (https://www. eatonfuneralhomes.com/) or the “Elisa Buenaventura joy of life memorial” Facebook Group for Elisa’s complete obituary.

Memorial services will be held

by First Parish UU Needham via Zoom on May 30th at 10 AM ESTD for details please see Elisa’s obituary in the Eaton Funeral Home website.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Elisa’s memory to the Cambridge Women’s Center (https://www.cambridgewomenscenter.org/ , 46 Pleasant St, Cambridge MA, 02139) or to Noah’s Ark Animal Foundation (http://www.noahsark.org/ , 1986 W Gear Ave, Fairfield, IA, 52556) or the Liceo Benalcazar (http:// liceobenalcazar.edu.co/ , Cra. 2 Oe. #10-83, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia).

Celebration of His Life to be held at a later date. Arrangements entrusted to Pueblo Del Ray Funeral Services.

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Margaret Marie Luth Thompson passed away peacefully on Monday, May 11th, 2020 at Serenity House in Santa Barbara.

At 93 years young, she lived a long and beautiful life, filled with love. Margaret was born to Opal and August Luth on November 3, 1926 in Davenport, Iowa and grew up in Muscatine, Iowa.

She met the love of her life Paul Thompson while playing baseball in the alley. They fell in love and were married on Christmas Eve in 1944 in Las Vegas, Nevada and had 6 children Nancy, Randy, Sally, Patsy, Cindy and Peggy. After relocating to Santa Barbara in 1965 they successfully operated Santa Barbara Screen & Shade until 2009 They were hands on loving parents to their 6 children and lived a very active life playing in bowling leagues for decades, listening to big band music, gardening and traveling. Family came first and was everything to her and she was everything to her family. She organized numerous family gatherings throughout the years. They also shared a love for playing cards, especially pinochle and rummy with their grandkids. She was affectionately known as Grandma Peach, named by her first granddaughter Allegra because they picked peaches and made peach ice cream together. “Grandma Peach” will be deeply missed and fondly remembered by her 9 grandchildren, Allegra, Reyna, Solana, Tracy, Lianna, Ryan, Rene, Lisa and Evan and her 7 great-grandchildren Ciela, Kaliyah, Serena, Paloma, Izabella, Santino and Zaira, as well as her 2 great-great grandchildren, Amarina and Isaiah. She is preceded in death by her husband Paul and daughter Cindy. She is survived by twin sisters Deloris Jolley and Dorothy Luth Osbon as well as numerous nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly. We will all miss her but find great comfort that she is now reunited in heaven with her beloved husband of 67 years Paul, daughter Cindy and many loved ones. Heaven gained one of the finest angels on earth.

A small private graveside service was held for immediate family. In the future when gatherings are allowed, we will have a mass and celebration of life for her extended family and friends.

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Robert “Bob” Lee Magruder, a longtime resident of the Santa Barbara/Carpinteria, CA area, died peacefully on Thursday May 21, 2020 with his granddaughter, Sara, and her dog Kahlo, by his side.

Bob was born in Los Angeles, CA in 1932, where he spent his youth growing up in Whittier, CA. He spent his college years at the Santa Barbara College of the University of California and in 1955 he graduated with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science. His first jobs were connected to the college in the athletic department and sports news casting. He spent the rest of his working life working in various jobs in the insurance industry.

He married Barbara Gill in 1957 and they had three children in four years, divorcing in 1964. He married Ruth (Sally) Schroeder King in 1971 and was a stepfather to her two children, Lisa and Greg, for the next seven years. They divorced in 1977.

He married the love of his life, Joan (Oliver) Moore, in February 1978. They traveled together, navigated their way through the deaths of two of Bob’s children (Sara and James) and became the biggest fans of anything related to UCSB and the singing group The Four Freshmen.

After growing up an only child, Bob flourished under Joan’s love of family. Their house was always full of grandchildren for summers, holidays and any celebration.

He and Joan separated in 2010, probably due to the frustrations around the beginnings of his dementia. They remained married and good friends, sharing their dog Peanut, until Joan died in 2016.

Bob, also known as Buddy by family when he was growing up, had an extended family of uncles and aunts reaching from Los Angeles to Minnesota and Washington DC. His father, William Henry Magruder, was born

to a large family in the Arlington/DC area in 1896, served in WW1 and was a well-loved, likable man until his death in 1989.

Bob’s mother struggled to have children and treasured her only child. She grew up in Minnesota in a large Norwegian family. She died in 1976. They spent a lot of time with aunts, uncles and cousins at Moon’s Cafe [Santa Fe Springs] talking about life and racing go-karts on the nearby track (Bob’s cousin Dean Moon would eventually own Moon Speed Equipment). He joined the Naval reserves in 1949 and was an airman until 1953.

Friends were an important part of Bob’s life. He kept in touch with Walter Pierce, Craig Powers, and Bob Rolph, a combination of high school and college friends, getting together with them yearly. He had his weekly Harry’s Plaza lunch buddies, Kay Holmes and Earle Whitney, from the insurance industry, whose politics were different, but they always seemed to be able to laugh and have a good time. Bob highly respected those in the journalism field and seemed to know everyone in town connected to news, especially sports writers.

Everyone always commented on Bob’s friendliness and his smile.

He still had this wonderful disposition to the end.

Bob spent about 6 ½ years living at the Friendship Manor in Isla Vista after he and Joan separated. He was able to walk to every sporting event at UCSB and daily to the bluffs overlooking the sea. As his dementia worsened, his family and friends helped him to remain there and independent as long as possible.

He even laughed at himself at times knowing he was making mistakes. He was also a proud life member of the Mensa Society, so he was convinced he should be able to work a “smart phone”, and was a little upset when he couldn’t seem to answer it!

His last almost 3 years were spent in Hood River, Oregon at Brookside Manor where he explored the area with his daughter and grandchildren.

He grew to love the beauty of the Columbia Gorge, especially the wineries where everyone was always happy and having a good time. In the end, he barely knew his family or even who the Four Freshmen were, but when Trump was on the television, he would state “there he is” in a not too happy tone. Bob was a lifelong Democrat and had broken the screens on two TV’s during the last four years of his life, by throwing the remote control at Trump. Needless to say, we eventually stopped playing the news on his TV. Toward the end

of his life, his family became all the wonderful caregivers at Providence Brookside Manor, Providence Hospice, and the staff of the Providence Sunshine Club, who gave him smiles and such tender loving care.

Bob is survived by his daughter, Linda Magruder Densmore (Gregg); his three stepchildren Jody Elgan Thomas (Doug), Adam Khan (Klassy) and Mike Elgan (Amira); his nine grandchildren Jessica Lara, Ben Wagner, Kevin Elgan (Nadia), Joya Groves (Jesse), Jordan Loggins (Bella), Kenny Elgan, Sara Densmore, Samantha Densmore and William Densmore; his sister-in-law Judith Mulroy; and brother-in-law John Oliver; and three great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his daughter Sara Gill Magruder in 1976 and his son James Lee Magruder in 2006; and his wife Joan Magruder, in 2016.

In lieu of flowers, please give to the Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs or to the Providence Sunshine Club, Hood River, (C/O Anderson’s Tribute Center 1401 Belmont Ave. Hood River, OR 97031), so that families can get a break when they are caring for their loved ones with dementia.

Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson’s Tribute Center (Funerals • Receptions • Cremations) 1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031.

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Dylan Corselius Willson May 27, 1986 Happy Birthday Dylan You are forever in our hearts With deepest love,bits Mom, Dad, Maggie, Peter, Michael, Brad, Lorrie, David, Shayna and Hannah and all whose lives and hearts you have touched

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A HUMBLE CAT: Saxophonist Henry Estrada was a founding member of the legendary Estrada Brothers and a dedicated family man.

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BY M A R K M . A LVA R A D O ne thing that separates a good musician

from a great one is the ability to touch listeners with an original sound. This is generally rooted in not only their skilled musicianship but stems from their spirit and ability to welcome you at the door. The tone of a beautifully played instrument comes with hours of practice and discipline. However, the genesis of that talent is born from a deeper region of the soul. It touches you and it can make you move. It can make you sing, even cry.

That touch is what came out of saxophonist Henry Estrada. It was also part DNA mixed with a profound love for jazz. As a founding member of the legendary Estrada Brothers, Henry Estrada carved out his place in the world of Latin music and has now taken that spirit and touch to a place where music greats are forever loved and remembered.

Henry Ortiz Estrada was born on July 25, 1936, in Ventura and passed on May 10, 2020, in Camarillo.

Henry was raised and attended school in Oxnard with his eight brothers and two sisters. His parents, Luis and Jesusita, migrated from Chihuahua, Mexico, to raise their growing family in fertile west Ventura County.

His father was an accomplished professional violinist leading his own orchestra, providing the classical music foundation that led his sons to seed decades of the best music this region of California has ever produced.

It was his oldest brother, Luis Jr., who insisted the brothers learn an instrument after returning home from World War II. Henry’s younger brother Angel got them gigging in the mid-’50s, playing pop standards for neighborhood parties, high school dances, and wedding receptions. Starting out on percussion, the teenage Henry began paying close attention to jazz and bebop, wishing to switch over to saxophone, but the band of brothers insisted he keep playing percussion.

Thankfully, his mother took notice and purchased his first horn, affording him the opportunity to voice his musical talent and launching a career of performances and recordings that lasted seven decades.

Above all, Henry was a family man with his wife, Lydia, and children, Gigi, Henry Jr. (Hank), and Sergio.

He built a dual career as a reputable hairstylist to support his family, while the career of the Estrada Brothers simultaneously took shape outside of the local music scene due to baby brother Ruben’s fierce musical talent as a highly skilled multi-instrumentalist. The band blended their classical Mexican upbringing with jazz and Latin rhythms, and as people in the music industry

took notice, the brothers made a conscious decision to stay home and avoid the trappings of life on the road.

This was especially important for Henry, despite developing himself as a world-class musician. He chose a life of being a well-rounded person and putting family before music. He looked at life philosophically and through a lens of spirituality, understanding that being a husband and father was far more important. Family was personal and intimate, but for the public, he lived onstage as a masterful player, transmitting his tenor saxophone and flute into the hearts of fans up and down the West Coast.

From those early teenage gigs in the 1950s, up through recording sessions for the worldwide Jazz Fantasy/Milestone label in the late 1990s, Henry and his brothers became the go-to favorites for just about any kind of performance imaginable. If East Los Angeles had Los Lobos, then Oxnard had the Estrada Brothers.

By the 1980s, the Estradas were firmly devoted to Latin jazz, with Henry and Ruben front and center. Brothers Angel and Bobby had moved on, but the group was now anchored by Ruben’s prodigal teenage son Cougar on drums. Throughout the years, the Estrada Brothers shared the stage with the likes of Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, Tito Puente, Poncho Sánchez, and Cal Tjader.

They developed their own sophisticated sound built around Ruben’s stellar vibe playing and Henry’s crafted jazz licks.

If you listen back to the recording of “Ya No Me Quieres,” Henry hits you hard with his romantic tenor, as an example of the many nights spent consoling the brokenhearted with his peaceful demeanor. It is also recommended to listen to their version of “Blue Moon” and let Henry take you on a ride with his flute floating through the heavy groove that established his family as the kings of the West Coast Latin jazz sound.

Being a real musician and a responsible father and husband at the same time is no easy task. The odds are stacked up against you because one has to be almost superhuman to pull it off. You have to be dedicated to your craft, get up every morning and haul your butt to work, provide quality time for family, and still make it to the gig. Well, through the grace of God, that’s what Henry Estrada accomplished in life: 50-plus years of music and family with an extraordinary gift and talent to touch people with his soul.

There’s no doubt Henry belongs in the same breath as Stan Getz and Paul Desmond as a pioneer of the West Coast jazz sound. But his legacy is that of just being a humble cat who could play with anybody but n wisely chose to make sure his family came first.

obituaries Mary Ayala Ranson

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 often 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.

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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 years 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.

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BY LOIS CAPPS

efore being elected to the United States Congress by the citizens of our Central Coast, I had served for many years as a school nurse for the Santa Barbara School District. It was a distinct honor and a privilege to live among and work with the families of our community in supporting the health and welfare of our children.

However, during these years, I also became keenly aware of disparities in access to affordable health care by so many of these hardworking families. And this despite the availability of Medi-Cal and our Neighborhood Clinics. Fortunately, the state and federally funded Child Health and Disability Prevention Program is available in California for periodic childhood screening. But there were—for a variety of reasons — many gaps in health-care coverage and service.

Of special importance to me during my years as a school nurse were the teenagers who became pregnant and parents at a young age. Their experiences and many challenges underscored the value of the appropriate inclusion of comprehensive sex education as a part of the school curriculum beginning at a young age.

While working with these teenagers, I became aware of many of the resources available in our community, especially our Central Coast Planned Parenthood affiliate. They underscore a value I share: Knowledge Is Power! And this in addition to and along with the exemplary services they provide. The physicians and staff who serve at Planned Parenthood have been real heroes in our midst.

When my husband, Walter, and I moved to the area many years ago, I soon learned of the illustrious history of our local Planned Parenthood. It was and is definitely nonpartisan. In fact, the story is that years ago it happened to be a group of Republican women who banded together to support the start of a local branch. I’ve come to associate their efforts with those of the suffragettes. This issue was never meant to be a partisan one, and it pains me to see that it has become that.

With this background and through a variety of unusual circumstances, I found myself a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in a special election in 1998. It was not a landslide victory! In fact, one local newspaper had editorialized in words to the effect— “Who does she think she is, running for Congress; she’s just a school nurse!”

When I was elected, I discovered that there were three of us nurses in the House.

Fortunately, the Ranking Member (chair of the minority side) of the Energy and Commerce Committee (with its prize Health Subcommittee) was the venerable and “old-school” John Dingell of Detroit.

He had an opening on his committee, and he had, as he said, always put nurses on a pedestal. (I had pointed out to him that he had no nurses on his committee). I was invited to join. Then when Barack Obama was elected U.S. president in 2009, he found that he had, as he said, “the wind at his back,” meaning he had a Congress he could work with! He told us he had two goals: to reform health care and to create a renewable energy policy.

Our Health Subcommittee was one of three committees to tackle health-care reform, and it took us a full year to draft a bill. Despite the partisan final vote in the House, the discussion and debate were very bipartisan and thorough with input from every corner. I argued successfully for the inclusion of school-based health clinics. And reproductive health, including access to abortion services, became an essential part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

This experience of being a part of hammering out and then voting for this legislation was one of the most rewarding of my time in Congress.

Fundamental to the ACA is its implementation by each state. We know it here as Covered California.

Certain provisions such as the extension of some Medicare benefits have been provided through federal legislation, but the ACA itself has not been fully adopted by all states nor fully funded by many. We are fortunate here in our state! But it has remained a Standard of Care. Not a gold standard by any means, but a ground floor. And, unfortunately, a whipping post for anti-choice advocates.

The Affordable Care Act has survived at least one challenge by the Supreme Court. Now it is being challenged again—however, it is a different court. How it survives remains to be seen. But I believe there is perhaps an even bigger question. President Clinton once stated that he wanted abortion to be safe, legal, and rare. Most Americans, in fact, agree. But perhaps the significance of this Supreme Court decision will be less about a specific medical procedure than the larger question — whether to affirm or deny the opportunity for equal rights for all. It will signal for our time how far it is that we have come toward a just society.

Lois Capps was the U.S. Representative for Santa Barbara’s 24th Congressional District from 1998 to 2017.

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VENTING: Cannabis is grown in Carpinteria in former flower greenhouses with roof vents; neighbors want the county to require sealed greenhouses to stop the smell from drifting into homes and schools.

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Proliferation of Pot Farms ‘Driving Everybody Mad,’ Critics Say

by Melinda Burns

n unrelenting barrage of citizen complaints, contentious hearings, lawsuits, a bitter election campaign, and a last-ditch request for a federal investigation has finally brought the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors to a critical vote on how and whether to put the lid on the cannabis industry in what some residents are calling “CannaBarbara County.”

Not since the heydays of Big Oil has an industry so divided residents here — with the difference that, in the wake of the 1969 oil spill and under pressure from a burgeoning environmental movement, the county government vigorously regulated oil and gas development, accepting more drilling, but on its own stringent terms.

By contrast, in 2018, the county Board of Supervisors overrode the findings of “significant impacts” from future clusters of cannabis operations, including “offensive odors,” and approved an ordinance that was designed to promote “a robust and economically viable legal cannabis industry.”

Now, after three years of mounting protest from Carpinteria to the Lompoc Valley, a big showdown is brewing. On Tuesday, June 2, the board will consider a 5-0 recommendation from the county Planning Commission to require stricter zoning permits, called conditional-use permits, or CUPs, for all cannabis cultivation and processing.

On one hand, industry advocates contend that “a small vocal group” of affluent NIMBY residents is demanding unreasonable restrictions that will gum up the system and set growers back more than a year and tens of thousands of dollars. And on the other, homeowners and farmers alike say their health, livelihood, and quality of life are being threat-

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ened, if not ruined, by an out-of-control marijuana “gold rush.”

In theory, CUPs would set a higher bar for cannabis operators, requiring them, for example, to avoid pesticide conflicts with neighboring vintners and avocado growers and stop the skunk-like stench of marijuana plants from drifting into homes and wine tasting rooms.

“A CUP should have been required since day one,” said Paul Ekstrom, a member of Concerned Carpinterians, a loosely organized group of 300 residents, businesspeople, and farmers and a boardmember of the Santa Barbara County Coalition for Responsible Cannabis, a nonprofit group with 200 members.

Ekstrom believes that cannabis should be readily available for sale at 7-Eleven convenience stores, like six-packs of beer.

But he is a plaintiff in a coalition lawsuit against the county, seeking relief from the “ever-present noxious odor” from four open-vented greenhouses on Foothill Road in Carpinteria.

“My house is just bombarded,” Ekstrom said. “These people are making a fortune doing this; the least they can do is come up with a better way to control odor. I just want to smell air that doesn’t smell at all.”

The voters of California legalized marijuana for adult recreational use in November 2016. Today, with 1,133 state licenses for cannabis and 260 acres under cultivation, Santa Barbara County is second only to Humboldt County in its embrace of the lucrative crop. Most growers here are operating without county zoning permits or county business licenses.

At a March 25 hearing to discuss a CUP, David Van Wingerden, who grows cannabis at CVW Organic Farms on Casitas Pass Road, told the Planning Commission, “You’re

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shutting down the entire industry.” Van Wingerden said he took odor complaints seriously, but, he said, “Does this mean our neighborhood will never catch a whiff?”

“We need some tolerance for short periods of odors around our farms,” Van Wingerden said. “Give the current ordinance time to work.”

A CUP automatically requires a public hearing before the commission. Under the current rules, cannabis projects can be approved by the county Planning Department director without a hearing, except on appeal.

Crucially, to obtain a CUP, a grower would have to show that his or her cannabis operation was “compatible with the surrounding area” and “not detrimental to the comfort, convenience, general welfare, health, and safety of the neighborhood.” No such findings are necessary under the current zoning permit that the county requires.

“Moving to a CUP would send all of us back to square one,” said Graham Farrar of Glass House Farms on Foothill and Casitas Pass. “The sooner you permit and fully license folks, the sooner you can penalize someone who doesn’t obey the rules. That’s what I think the community wants.”

CLAMOR FOR REFORMS Cannabis critics across the county support a conditional-use permit for all cannabis cultivation as an immediate fix. But for months, if not years, these residents have clamored for more far-reaching reforms: sealed cannabis greenhouses and processing buildings with state-of-the-art odor filtration systems; per-parcel caps on “grows”; larger buffer zones between cannabis operations and schools, homes, and “legacy” farms;

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NONCONFORMING ‘GROWS’ Alone in California, Santa Barbara County has allowed selfidentified former medicinal marijuana growers to continue operating under “legal, nonconforming” status and temporary state business licenses, so long as they submit applications for county zoning permits and county business licenses. In its lawsuit, the cannabis coalition contends that most of those operations have illegally expanded well beyond their 2015 pre-legalization acreage. But the county doesn’t keep track.

Only 20 zoning permits have been issued for cannabis cultivation to date, covering 243 acres, according to a quarterly report that was presented to the board last week by the county executive officer. Meanwhile, 189 applications are in the pipeline, most of them listed as “awaiting applicant action.” There is no deadline for obtaining a permit.

On March 25, planning Commissioner John Parke proposed a conditional use permit for cannabis as “a simple, sweet thing.” Parke represents part of the scenic Sta. Rita Hills wine region west of Buellton, where swaths of white plastic cannabis hoop houses have popped up in a federally designated American Viticultural Area.

“This is something we can do right now,” Parke said. “It will resolve most of the problems we are having.”

Commissioner Mike Cooney proposed, and the commission agreed, to forward a second recommendation that the board will hear on Tuesday: that “odors generated by cannabis activities will be compatible with the surrounding area” and “will not be detrimental” to the health and welfare of the

neighborhood. Yet one grower told the commission: “Nobody complains about the smell of garlic in Gilroy because it’s the Garlic Capitol of the World.”

Cooney represents the Carpinteria Valley, a hotbed of protest ever since a number of flower greenhouses with open roof vents were converted to cannabis four years ago, many of them along Foothill, now known as “Cannabis Row.” “I wasn’t willing to let this leave the Planning Commission without addressing the offensive odor,” said Cooney, who has a son living in Carpinteria. “All we’ve done is delay the inevitable.

“I rail against the growers who say it isn’t a big deal — it is.

They shouldn’t be allowed to cultivate cannabis at the expense of the existing neighborhood. And I’m not sure that five members of the board agree with me on that.”

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the middle of the Sta. Rita Hills AVA, where we have spent a huge amount of capital trying to create an image of a serious, world-class wine-growing area.”

Rough estimates from growers suggest that one acre of wine grapes can gross anywhere from $8,000 to $25,000 in annual revenues, while one acre of marijuana can bring in as much as $1 million.

Ted Fox, vice president of compliance for Heirloom Valley LLC, a 45-acre cannabis operation on Santa Rosa Road, believes that vintners are supporting a conditional-use permit for cannabis as a way to attack a formidable competitor and retain their “monopoly” status in the region.

“It’s a concerted effort on the part of a major industry to fight a new industry,” Fox said. “It’s just adding layers of appeals that are unnecessary. This is not resolving issues between neighbors.”

In all, zoning permits are in the pipeline for about 600 acres of cannabis in the Santa Rita Hills, while 3,600 acres are planted in wine grapes — out of a total 31,000 acres in the AVA, most of it in pasture.

“And we’re being positioned as ‘monster grows’?” Fox said.

“There has been a lot of rhetoric, but not a lot of evidencebased facts in this discussion.”

But at the 99-acre Fiddlestix Vineyard on Santa Rosa Road, Kathy Joseph, the owner and winemaker since 1997, said she lost $80,000 in chardonnay grapes last year, after her spraying operations were found to have contaminated the Central

Some Carpinteria Valley greenhouse operators have voluntarily installed vapor-control systems designed for landfills in an attempt to neutralize the smell of marijuana, which is especially strong during harvesting and processing.

Farrar says sealed greenhouses would be costly to build and energy-intensive to run, requiring air conditioning for 10 acres of buildings. They might be appropriate for Colorado or Canada, where it snows, he said, but “Santa Barbara is beautiful because the climate is perfect.” Farrar prefers to highlight the “bright spot” of cannabis — the $10 million in tax revenues it’s expected to bring in to county coffers during the 2020-21 fiscal year.

But Carpinterians say cannabis taxes give them no relief from the smell of marijuana that persists daily, alternating with a soapy “laundromat” smell from the greenhouse vapor-control systems.

There are five main hot spots, residents say: at Foothill and Nidever Road near the Polo Club; on Foothill west of the Carpinteria High School; near the intersection of Foothill and Casitas Pass Road; on Via Real near the Santa Claus Lane freeway exit; and in the beach community of Padaro Lane. HOOP-HOUSE HOOPLA: This cannabis operation on Santa Rosa Road follows the Santa When the wind is blowing offshore, Padaro Ynez River into the heart of wine country. resident Nanci Robertson says she can’t be outdoors after 5:30 p.m. She said she has installed a $900 air Coast Agriculture cannabis operation next door. purifier in her bedroom that runs 24 hours a day, but the odor Threatened with a lawsuit, Joseph said, she switched her steals in through her dryer vents and blasts her awake in the fungicide to one that was compatible with cannabis. Her grapes did not prosper, she said, and her buyer rejected five middle of the night.

“The board is so worried about the growers having to acres’ worth. spend extra money,” Robertson said. “It would be very sur“We are on a plateau at an extremely windy site,” Joseph prising to me if the board takes that CUP recommendation said. “I’m not against cannabis; I’m against having to adjust what I do for the benefit of cannabis. We’re trying to work and runs with it.”

Robertson and others say they don’t bother anymore to file with our neighbor, but they would not agree to a wind fence odor complaints with the county because they always get back unless we would publicly support the land-use permit they’re the same “canned” reply, informing them that the county can’t applying for. We’re being strong-armed into making it work require growers to install “odor-abatement equipment” until for them.” they obtain zoning permits.

Joseph said the county “didn’t do its homework about the Last fall, Carpinterians were instrumental in an unsuccess- effects on long-term existing farming. … At least under a ful campaign to unseat Supervisor Williams. And in January, CUP, every situation would be reviewed and customized.”

John De Friel, the Central Coast owner and CEO, who the coalition filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Attorney’s office, requesting a federal investigation into cannabis opera- belongs to a group of cannabis growers with a lobbyist in Sacramento, said the company reported the incident to the tions in Carpinteria. county because it was required: pesticide drift is illegal.

But as “a good-faith gesture,” De Friel said, he bought a state-of-the-art tractor equipped with vacuums and is willing According to last week’s board report, the largest number to lease it to Joseph’s commercial sprayer for $1 per month. of active state cannabis licenses in Santa Barbara County is De Friel said he did not threaten to sue Joseph. He confirmed held by growers in the Santa Ynez and Lompoc valleys — 691 that he had offered to build a wind fence if she agreed not to contest his zoning permit application. He said he was not licenses covering 165 acres to date.

In the Santa Rita Hills between Buellton and Lompoc, vint- interested in a “one-sided deal.” ners such as Michael Benedict, who cofounded the Sanford As for conditional-use permits, De Friel thinks they are & Benedict Winery west of Buellton 50 years ago, are calling burdensome and would stall the industry.

“I have seen zero evidence that cannabis affects tourism,” the influx of cannabis “the biggest concentration anywhere he said. “We will bring in tourism from millennials who are in America.”

“It’s what’s been driving everybody mad,” said Benedict, falling out from the wine industry. who now works as a consultant. “I don’t object to cannabis.

“Santa Barbara County has the opportunity to be the Napa n What I do object to is for them to insert themselves right in Valley of cannabis.”

MELINDA BURNS

a ban on cultivation in and around rural neighborhoods; a ban on cultivation on coastal properties of less than 20 acres; term limits on cannabis permits; and a shutdown of what they view as the illegal expansion of former medical marijuana grows.

Many of these proposals would likely require amendments to the county’s cannabis ordinance. On Tuesday, the board may consider them in addition to or instead of a CUP requirement, since they have been discussed by the Planning Commission.

Yet while the commissioners have fielded the brunt of citizen complaints about the cannabis industry and sought to address them, the supervisors, led by Das Williams of Carpinteria and Steve Lavagnino of Santa Maria, have repeatedly rebuffed their recommendations.

The board has watered down proposals designed by the commission to contain or eliminate odor. It has reduced buffers between cannabis greenhouses and schools and declined to enact a formal process to verify the validity of growers’ claims to prelegalization medicinal grows. Just last month, the board increased the acreage for a cannabis project on Highway 246 beyond what the commission had recommended.

“We have watched you agonize over these topics,” Blair Pence, the owner of the Pence Vineyards & Winery, across the street from that project, told the commission in March.

“Your recommendations have been consistently ignored by the county Board of Supervisors. The system is gamed to make simple solutions too complicated right now. At least a CUP will give you some control. Go for it.”

Pence is a coalition cofounder; he and the group filed a lawsuit last month against the Board of Supervisors and a cannabis grower who was approved for a zoning permit on Highway 246, across from Pence’s tasting room. The coalition alleges that the board broke its own zoning rules and failed to conduct proper environmental review of the project.

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became her mission. The number of teen suicide attempts began to drop once the district rolled out the Signs of Suicide (SOS) Program in 2018, a curriculum Wageneck implemented for middle and high schoolers that focuses on suicide awareness and skills to deal with depression and recognize the signs in others.

But now, as the coronavirus panBY DELANEY SMITH demic hit Santa Barbara, suicide rates PHOTOS BY DANIEL DREIFUSS have begun to rise again. The county’s hen Mari Hernandez woke up on May Department of Behavioral Wellness confirmed that there 15, 2018, she immediately knew her son has been an overall increase in suicides countywide since was gone. Andrew, the second youngest the month of April, and Cottage Hospital confirmed that of her four children, had taken his own there has also been an increase in teens admitted for suicide life. Known as the “Big Friendly Giant” attempts since the shelter-in-place order went into effect.

When all county schools closed in March amid the by his friends, Andrew was just weeks away from graduating COVID-19 pandemic, the eyes and ears of teachers and Santa Barbara High School.

He had everything to live for. He was surrounded by fam- counselors were replaced by webcams in Zoom meetings. ily and friends who loved him, and he had dreams for his Students who already felt isolated may have had those feelfuture. Anyone who knew Andrew pinned him as the “old ings intensified. Others might be absorbing their parents’ soul” type who was upbeat and kind. Mari, along with every- pandemic-fueled financial strains, particularly when 58 one else in her son’s life, was floored at Andrew’s decision to percent of district families are already socioeconomically disadvantaged. drown himself off of Stearns Wharf.

But oftentimes, those who take their own lives fit that very But Wageneck is determined. Social-emotional learning description — happy, at least outwardly.

Andrew’s suicide was one in a string of teen suicides in Santa Barbara County in recent years. Suicides and suicide attempts in the county peaked in 2016, when 62 of the attempts were by middle and high schoolers. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among teenagers in the United States.

Frann Wageneck, the assistant superintendent of Student Services at the Santa Barbara Unified School District, set out to conquer the silent beast. Shedding the stigma around depression by integrating social-emotional learning into schools

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IT TAKES A TEAM: Jill McGonigle (left) is a therapist with CALM who practices mental-wellness techniques with her elementary-aged clients. Frann Wageneck (right), the assistant superintendent of Student Services at the Santa Barbara Unified School District, has been dubbed “a blessing” by school counselors and therapists for her commitment to addressing the mental-health issues students and educators face.

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cannot fall on the wayside now. In fact, she believes it is more important than academia while schools remain closed.

“We are still here doing the same methods, but things are modified for this pandemic world,” Wageneck said. “We have a campaign to remind students, parents, and teachers about the signs of depression and what to do. We are creating videos to send out to schools and families.

Students are also continuing to see their therapists and counselors that they would normally meet with at school via Telehealth, and the district is continuing to give additional referrals.

“Counselors and therapists are really on the front lines,” Wageneck continued. “In grades 7-12, we had almost 900 student referrals for counseling and therapy this year.”

THE FRONT LINE

Susie Stone has been a counselor in the Santa Barbara Unified School District for a decade, and she has worked in the field for more than 20 years. Now a counselor at Dos Pueblos High School, she said kids are growing up in a “different age” and need additional support to learn how to navigate their difficult emotions.

“We’ve had a few students who have had attempts at Dos Pueblos,” Stone said. “Man, I thought the month of February was bad when we had some incredibly painful losses. With the death of the Corrals [a Goleta couple who worked for the district and were both killed in a hit-and-run accident], and Trevor Katz [16-year-old student], we couldn’t imagine it would get worse. Then the schools closed down.”

Stone said that teachers are taking “soft attendances” to see which students are not checking in, so counselors can reach out to make sure the student isn’t skipping out for mental-health reasons. She added that the controversial push by district counselors for pass/no pass grading during the pandemic is to take the academic pressure off students.

“Teenagers are in a funky place where they are coming up on the legal age of 18 but they are still very dependent on their parents,” Stone said. “Now they have the added ‘I know my parents are struggling, but I don’t have the power to do something to help.’ People say high schoolers are just kids, but they are very thoughtful and … are sensitive to the stresses.”

The counselors do not work with the students alone, though. Part of their role is also to equip parents with the tools to help the child, and also to help them deal with their own stress. Edith Cortes, a counselor at Santa Barbara High School, pointed out that culture and lifestyle can have a tight grip on families struggling with the stigma around mental health.

“How can we reach families who don’t believe in mental health?” Cortes asked. “I am Latino, and mental health was

SELF-CARE IN THE PANDEMIC: Sierra Smargon, another therapist with CALM, said that she has had clients as young as 10 years old say they have contemplated suicide, so she and her colleagues have found creative ways to stay connected to their clients remotely during the pandemic.

never discussed with my family, and many of the Latino kids that I see are the same.

“I tell these parents that stress is real; it can lead to depression.

Those families that work two jobs and wait in line at the Foodbank for hours need to be reached.”

Cortes said that since her meetings with students have moved virtual, the first question she asks every teen is what they’re doing for self-care. A lot of students live in multi-family situations with upward of 15 people in one home, she explained. School was an escape for many students, so taking care of themselves is even more critical when they are stuck without their own space.

Like Stone, Cortes has been checking that every student who doesn’t show up to Zoom classes is accounted for. “If we can’t get ahold of the parents, then we track down the student on Instagram, social media, anything,” Cortes said. “It’s not even about academics; we are just making sure they are okay. It’s a huge community effort, and it’s a labor of love. We feel blessed to support families through difficult times.”

THE RIPPLE EFFECT

Deaths like Andrew Hernandez’s can wreak emotional havoc on communities, even for those who didn’t know him personally. But they can also be the catalyst for a much-needed wakeup call.

“I checked out when all the suicides happened,” said a recent Santa Barbara High School graduate who attended the school at the time of Andrew’s and other students’ suicides and who asked to remain anonymous.

“It seemed like every year, it was someone new,” the student said. “I remember counting down the days to graduation, making sure all my friends were all alive. My friends and I decided we were in this together. It made me watch my friends differently.

“All of the deaths made us come together as a class,” the student said. “These are the people who I’ve known since I was 5. The first few guys who died were my brother’s friends. The closer I got to it, the more I struggled with it. I’m still working on how to be there for others but still separate myself from taking on the sadness.”

She said that the campus dialogue that opened up as a result of the tragedies made her more comfortable talking about her own emotions and being realistic about when she needs to take care of herself before she can take care of others.

Because of her experiences with suicide, she said she hopes to work as either a therapist or a trusted high school teacher, so that future students will be able to lean on her for support if they are struggling with depression or thoughts of suicide.

Mari, a licensed clinical social worker, holds an annual remembrance ceremony for Andrew each

DON’T KEEP QUIET, GET LOUD: Carol Morgan with the Family Service Agency, which contacts with the district to provide therapy for all secondary students, said that the best way an adult can handle a teen they believe is struggling with depression or suicidal thoughts is to directly confront them about the behaviors they have noticed in a nonjudgmental and supportive way.

year, where she speaks candidly about his death. One girl from a well-to-do family told Mari she was planning to walk in front of a car but changed her mind after attending the ceremony where she realized how much pain Andrew’s death had caused. In January, Mari began mentoring teens struggling in silence like Andrew, including this young teen as part of her new nonprofit, the Vida Center.

“This is my life mission from now on,” Mari said. “How do we heal these inner wounds? How? Vida Center teaches kids mental resiliency, self-esteem, and how to discipline their mind. It gives them the tools and techniques to handle when they are feeling sad or when they lose someone.”

‘All of the deaths made us come together as a class . . .

The closer I got to it, the more I struggled with it.

I’m still working on how to be there for others but still separate myself from taking on the sadness.’

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She said that while she is grateful to the district for implementing suicide awareness campaigns and the SOS curriculum, she doesn’t feel the responsibility should fall entirely on the shoulders of schools. Her hope is that families and nonprofits like hers can take more of a role in stopping teen suicide.

“Instead of being sad about people who are gone from the past, my best coping skill is to focus on giving love to the people who are around me right now,” the anonymous student said. “High school taught me that no one is alone. I have also struggled with depression, and it’s common; most people have suffered from it.

I want people to know there is someone out there who loves you and you’re not alone. Your life means more than you know to other people.”

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The district contracts with multiple organizations to integrate social-emotional learning into classrooms. More than three months into remote education, these organizations are connecting with students and families in unique ways to ensure that mental-health needs are met, particularly at a time when student suicide attempts are on the rise.

“When you’re on a school campus, there are quite a few adults keeping in touch with these students every day,” said Carol Morgan with the Family Service Agency, which contracts with the district to provide therapy services in all secondary schools.

“Coaches, teachers, counselors — they are pretty perceptive and notice changes in behavior.”

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NOT IN VAIN: Mari Hernandez and her late son, Andrew Hernandez, after one of his Santa Barbara High School football games. Mari said football was Andrew’s main passion, and he had accepted an early recruitment offer from a private college for his football skills. Andrew was weeks away from graduating high school when he died.

Though having a safety net of trusted adults watching students every day has changed because of the pandemic forcing school closures, the Family Service Agency is still providing therapy via Telehealth to students.

“Many parents are dealing with their own problems right now,” Morgan said. “They are out of tune with their teens because they are dealing with their own stressors.

They can’t see their teenagers struggling and miss the signs that school adults see. … We look for the same kinds of signs now, but because we aren’t in the same room, we have to look for nonverbal signs.

“For example, if we are on the phone, we might hear more pauses or not a lot of clarity in the students’ voices. Their affect is different. Before, they were engaged, but now they are flat.”

Morgan said that if parents or other adults are concerned that their child is struggling, speak up.

Tiptoeing around the issue, no matter how delicate, is the most harmful response toward a teen who is considering ending their life.

Open the door to conversation instead. Morgan said adults should directly confront the teen in a nonjudgmental way by mentioning behaviors they observed and asking the teen about it in a private setting, free of siblings or other people.

“Tell them, ‘We are in this together. I will listen to you and then still be here for you afterwards,’ ” Morgan said. “Teenagers feel safe when there is a sense of connection. Sometimes you need to find the person who has the best connection with the teen to talk to them. That may be an aunt, their counselor, or another trusted adult.”

The district keeps tabs on elementary children’s mental health, too. Sierra Smargon with CALM, the nonprofit specializing in childhood trauma, is diligently working to keep preschool- and elementary-aged students from falling through the cracks. Although the recent local increase in suicides and attempts is among teens and adults, Smargon said that she has had clients as young as 10 years old who said they have thought about suicide.

“It’s been harder to engage the younger kiddos in online classes and individual therapy when their parents aren’t home,” Smargon said. “We’ve had to get really creative about utilizing older siblings to get it set up. A 7-year-old isn’t going to remember, ‘Oh, I have therapy at 2 p.m. on Friday.’”

Access is also an issue. Though the district provides iPads to students in 3rd grade and older and extended it to kindergarten students once campuses closed, Smargon said many kids had left theirs at school when campuses abruptly closed.

To ensure that therapy sessions could still continue, she said many CALM clinicians delivered the iPads to their clients’ houses and helped parents with setting up Wi-Fi. She said CALM has created a virtual schedule with classes like How to Cope with COVID-19 for Parents and Students.

For students who hadn’t been in therapy when schools were open but are not showing up to class on Zoom, CALM is also keeping an eye on them. When a

Changing your own motor oil is low-cost, easy, and can be done right at home. child doesn’t show up to remote learning, a CALM therapist, the school psychiatrist, and the school principal get on a Zoom call to pinpoint what the family needs. Whether it be food, a therapy referral, or financial support, the nonprofit makes sure that family’s needs are met so the child can stay in school.

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family. Cortes said at Santa Barbara High, the STOPit app has also been frequently utilized, which she has also attributed to SOS. “I’ve noticed that 9th graders tend to report the most, because they have had two years of the SOS,” Cortes said. “Current juniors and seniors didn’t have as strong of a buy-in because they didn’t get it until they were older. I am definitely hopeful that the more we continue to do this with students, the more comfortable they will be with recognizing the signs and speaking up.”

Suzanne Grimmesey with the Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness added that there are some signs of suicide that are more unique to teens and children than adults.

She said that online learning, though it may sound simple to some, is really hard for many kids because they require structure, routine, and regular face-to face contact with friends and adults. She recommended that parents help them create regular schedules during the pandemic and encourage them to make social connections, even if just through Zoom.

Most of all, she said, it’s important to get kids and teens to do activities that stimulate the so-called right side of their brains, which in popular culture is said to be responsible for creative, social, and visual skills and intuition.

“Encourage intentional daily journaling, some type of creative expression that uses the other side of the brain,” Grimmesey said. “Still make sure they are getting outdoors, even if it’s just taking the dog for a walk around the block or running around in the backyard.”

Engaging in these types of activities helps to change negative thought patterns

“Oftentimes, the signs that teachers spot over Zoom are the same classic signs that we look for when school is in-person,” Wageneck said. “Like when a student appears less taken care of over time, or when a student has been present and participating in class and then suddenly stops. Sometimes they show a ‘cry for help’ through a writing assignment and their teacher picks up on it.”

The SOS curriculum implemented in the wake of the chain of teenage suicide incidents is meant to help students spot the signs in themselves and in their peers, too. Wageneck said the most important tool it gives students is the ACT acronym: Acknowledge, show Care and Compassion, and Tell a trusted adult. Although Wageneck said the SOS curriculum is being temporarily replaced by suicide-awareness videos created by district teachers and staff while the schools are still closed, the lesThe S.B. Public Library is hosting sons taught the past two years • • a free Mental Health Awareness have made an impact on the Month Virtual Community Panel on Thursday, May way middle and high school 28, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Representatives from schools, students face mental health. government, and community orgs will participate in Stone said that at Dos the panel, which will be followed by a Q&A, to talk Pueblos High School, it has about ongoing work to support the mental health become common for stuof our community. For more info, call (805) 962dents to report when they 7653, email jlemberger@santabarbaraca are concerned about their .gov, or visit tinyurl.com/PanelMentalHealth. friends.

“A student will actually tell me, ‘Oh, so-and-so posted something conthat can lead to depression and wanting to cerning on Snapchat last night. I am worried about them,’ ” Stone end one’s life. said. “It is becoming acceptable for them Mari agrees. “The only reason anyone does anything is because they’re believto talk about these issues.”

She also said the district’s app called ing their thoughts,” she said. “Andrew STOPit has been an important tool for believed everything he thought about students who may still feel uncomfort- himself.… He is not here today because able about reporting signs of depression he believed his thoughts. Young people in their peers. It allows them to anony- must not forget — don’t always believe mously report a concern, and an admin- your thoughts. They aren’t always true.” istrator will connect with that student’s n

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10-11am. Free. ahasb.org

son with a few dances to warm up, followed by a lesson and great music from DJ Josh as he counts you in on each dance. You can show your appreciation via Venmo @Tabitha-Carnes and @Josh-Kelly-30. 7:459pm. Free.

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Counseling at Pacific Pride Pacific Pride Foundation will continue to support LGBTQ+ mental health by continuing to see existing individual and couples’ counseling clients as well as new clients at the S.B. and Santa Maria offices via teletherapy. The newly opened Transgender Adult Therapy Group is accepting new members. Visit the website or call to request a free intake. If you are a parent seeking consultation around your LGBTQ+ child or teen, you can schedule a call with our LGBTQ+ program manager. Call (805) 963-3636 x103. pacificpridefoundation.org/counseling

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“We are thrilled to bring this product to market at a time when it is needed most and give back to those protecting our community,” said Brooke Hansen, director of Surf ’s Up. “The support of local purchases has allowed us and our entire community to pay it forward. We look forward to future partnerships of this kind as we ramp up manufacturing.”

In conjunction with the launch, 1,000 bottles of hand sanitizer will be donated to the local nonprofit One805 to further support COVID-19 relief. Through the partnership, hand sanitizer will be distributed to first responders and frontline providers across Santa Barbara County.

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hand sanitizers, and is infused with aloe vera and jojoba esters. All of the companies’ products are eco-friendly, American-made, and created without animal testing. For more information, visit surfsupbathco.com.

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arpinteria’s Westerlay Orchids is on its way toward accomplishing its 100,000 Orchid Challenge, an effort to send thousands of donated and deeply discounted blooms to frontline COVID-19 workers and those isolated in quarantine. So far, the company has shipped more than 50,000, but it needs help crossing the finish line.

“We’re showing our gratitude to those on the front lines of this pandemic, setting a goal of sending 100,000 flowering orchids to nonprofits, nurses, doctors, and other essential staff in California,” said Westerlay Orchids owner Toine Overgaag. “We need the community’s help to reach this goal, so we are looking for significant financial sponsorships to help cover partial costs while ensuring the livelihood of our 120 employees and the survival of our business.”

Join the 100,000 Orchid Challenge by emailing community@ weserlayorchids.com. Westerlay, a third-generation family-run business, also set up a website to send a box of orchids at wholesale price to any group or organization you may want to thank. Go to boxoforchids.com to find out how.

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Soon, the zoo will again be home to a new pair of lions. “We’re bursting with ‘pride’ to welcome these new lions to Santa Barbara,” said Rich Block, president/CEO of the zoo in a prepared

statement. “We know these new additions will bring so much joy and happiness to our community.”

As the facility nears a reopening date, the zoo will share new information about the big cats, as well as lion facts and trivia on its social media channels, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Folks interested in helping the zoo during its closure can become African lion Foster Feeders. See sbzoo.org.

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apocalypse continues, Atlanta will host the Seattle Seahawks.

“I’d rather play in an empty stadium than not play at all,” Mack said. He said he might even prefer not to have a crowd when he plays at New Orleans, where the deafening noise can mess up the execution of visiting teams. The Falcons are scheduled to visit the Saints on December 6, and a week later (Dec. 13), Mack will come back to Southern California for a game against the L.A. Chargers, who are not expected to have a hostile crowd.

In lieu of off-season training sessions with his team, Mack has been working out at home.

He moved his car to the street and converted his garage into a gym with a full set of weights.

His coaches at San Marcos High say that Mack never took it easy. “He out-worked everybody,” Royals line coach Dennis Kittle said. Mack showed up for practice after getting dental work, when he could easily have been excused. He always led the charge when the linemen had to run up a hill at the end of practice.

“If everybody listened like Alex, coaching football would be easy,” defensive coordinator Dare Holdren said. “He was a super nice kid.

His freshman nickname was Goofy because he walked funny with his big old feet. As a senior, he was Man Child.”

Mack also wrestled in high school, going from novice to dominant in a hurry. He was 43-2 in his senior year, finishing runner-up in the state finals. His only two losses were to the champion.

Although he became a blue-chip football recruit, Mack never took it for granted. “I made school a priority,” he said. “There’s no guarantee sports is going to work out.” He was a superior student at Cal, majoring in legal studies. In 2008, he received the Draddy Trophy, a k a the academic Heisman, awarded to the top student-athlete in college football. (Now deemed the Campbell Trophy, this year’s was awarded to Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert, the top draft pick of the Chargers.)

Mack’s smarts, as well as his athletic ability, have served him well in the NFL. He attributes his durability — he has never missed a game for the Falcons — to “being genetically flexible [he could do splits as a wrestler], and going hard all the time.” Injuries happen, he said, “when they catch you with your leg on the ground. I keep my legs moving. You have to be lucky, too.”

Mack suffered a fracture above his left ankle when a teammate fell on him in the NFC championship game four years ago. He still played most of that game, as the Falcons defeated the Packers, and he made it through every snap of Super Bowl LI, a harrowing overtime loss to the Patriots.

“It was difficult not to be 100 percent,” Mack said.

“Before the game, I wasn’t able to practice with my teammates. That was not ideal.”

Mack said he loves NFL football because it is hard. “It’s cool to be part of something so difficult,” he said. “You challenge yourself against the best in the world. And it’s financially rewarding. It’s popular because it’s fun to watch. Any play can be a big, exciting, momentous event.”

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“I’m learning to bake bread,” he disclosed recently, and on his Twitter feed appeared photos of French rolls, brioche loaves, muffins, and crusty pizzas.

A diet rich in carbs is not immoderate for Mack. He carries 310 pounds on a 64 frame, a necessary size to be an offensive lineman in the National Football League. He remembers always being a Hummer in the fleet of his peers, and he found personal satisfaction in football beginning with Santa Barbara’s YFL. “I embraced my size,” he said. “It’s a game where you can celebrate the fact you can push people around.”

In combination with the sheer joy of being physical and a relentless drive to work and improve, Mack’s bulk became a potent force. He was an all-everything two-way lineman at San Marcos High, an All-America center at Cal, and a sixtime NFL Pro Bowl selection.

His NFL career has spanned 11 seasons. The first seven, he spent grinding away with the futile Cleveland Browns, who took him in the first round of the 2009 draft. His efforts did not go unnoticed. In 2016, the Atlanta Falcons signed the center to a rich free-agent contract (five years, $45 million). It immediately paid off, as Mack was given credit for solidifying their offensive line, and the Falcons reached the Super Bowl.

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anonymous unless a snap sails over the quarterback’s head.

In the 2011 Pro Bowl, he scored the game’s last touchdown by hustling downfield, taking a lateral, and rumbling 40 yards to the end zone, blowing away safety Roman Harper’s attempt to tackle him. It became a YouTube highlight.

The NFL and the Pro Football Hall of Fame put Mack on their 2010-19 All-Decade Team, announced in early April when there was a dearth of sports news. “I didn’t know that was coming,” said Mack, who tweeted out his gratitude to “teammates, coaches, trainers, equipment guys, family, and friends.”

It’s been an eventful off-season for the 34-year-old veteran.

He went to Budapest, Hungary, in February with a contingent of NFL players who conducted a football camp under the banner of American Football Without Barriers (AFWB).

It was the fifth time Mack participated in such a camp, having previously done duty in Brazil, Turkey, Finland, and Germany.

On March 10, Mack was elected to a two-year term as treasurer of the NFL Players Association. Five days later, the NFLPA settled new collective bargaining agreement with the league’s owners. “There will be labor peace for the next 10 years,” Mack said, even though he has misgivings about the league adding a 17th regular-season game in 2021. “It’s good for both sides.”

While his wedding will have to wait until next year, Mack is preparing to play in 2020, the final year of his contract with the Falcons. There have been doubts whether crowds will be permitted to swarm into the stadiums, but the NFL released its schedule last week. The first Sunday of the regular season is September 13, and unless the sports

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Jamie Slone Wines in downtown County’s wineries employ highly individualized Santa Barbara was one of the first business models. to reopen, doing so on Friday, May Many rely primarily on the direct-to-consumer, 22. “It’s been fantastic!” said Slone, or DTC, formula, in which business flows through the who is serving paired flights of BY MATT KETTMANN tasting room and wine club. Some are more invested Buena Onda empanadas to satisfy in selling wholesale to bottle shops and grocery stores the food mandate. “We are thrilled to help lead the way (also known as the “off-premise” market), and others for wineries in Santa Barbara.” Guests must maintain focus predominantly on restaurant, or “on-premise,” a six-foot distance and wear masks until seated. “We sales. Most, however, depend on some combination of are cleaning machines!” said Slone, who recommends reservations although they are all three.

Thanks to the coronavirus not required. pandemic’s wide-ranging shutTo gauge what these past two down effects, the specific breakmonths of closed tasting rooms have meant for Santa Barbara down almost doesn’t matter. The traditional tasting room and vintners, the Independent sent a simple survey around the restaurant models have been decimated, and while retail is up, industry. More than 60 wineries responded, and the results can the bulk of that buying is lowerbe seen at right. priced, mass-produced booze — not the hand-crafted wines that There is good news: for 22 our wineries barely make any percent, business is either normoney on when selling at $35 a mal or even up, while 45 percent bottle. said business is slow, but not Yet, like vintners across the as bad as expected. That leaves world, most of the county’s winemore than 31 percent who said makers scrambled to boost revbusiness is way down. About enues through new means: big three-quarters of respondents online discounts; free, sometimes said that their brands will defieven personal, delivery; curbside nitely survive this crisis, with the pickup; and the now ubiquitous remaining 25 percent expressing virtual tasting, of which this cautious optimism. No one even author alone has participated in clicked the “probably will close” STILL SELLING: The J. Wilkes tasting room on lower more than a dozen so far. That’s box.

State Street, where Tommy Schmitz handed out an stopped some of the bleeding, “I’m uncertain if we’ll be able order last week, managed to keep bottles moving but it’s not gonna work in the to sustain the level of DTC sales during the shutdown. long term. through the summer months “Everybody’s wheeling and and what size of a hit we’ll have dealing to stimulate cash flow, so margins are down,” taken overall by the time harvest rolls around,” worried said Bob Lindquist of Lindquist Family Wines. Stephen veteran vintner Rick Longoria, who has seen a rise in Janes, the general manager at Pence Vineyards, echoed online sales, but they often come with deep discounts many of his colleagues when he explained, “We seem to and reduced shipping costs. “I’m planning on making less wine due to the reduced cash flow and lower be working much harder for less revenue.”

Last week, the state Alcoholic Beverage Control demand.” allowed tasting rooms to open so long as they incorThe latter point — that winemakers won’t be buying porate food service, and the City of Santa Barbara had as much fruit this year, especially after substantial harfollowed suit by Friday. In other parts of the county, vests in 2018 and 2019 — is starting to freak out grape amid a bit of confusion about what was allowed and growers, who fear the prices could plummet to less what wasn’t, the County of Santa Barbara enacted a than half of normal. Countless other questions about rule on Monday, May 25, to allow tastings rooms in the employment, leasing, and much more linger for Santa Barbara County winemakers at this time, who conunincorporated areas to do the same.

A number have since opened, with the requisite slew tribute more than $1.7 billion to the regional economy, of public health protection measures. “We are thrilled to according to a 2016 report. finally have a crack in the door to opening,” said Alison That leaves most of them in the same boat as Sonja Laslett, head of the Santa Barbara Vintners. “Vintners Magdevski at Casa Dumetz. “I am scrapper and hustler are so creative; I have confidence in them to find ways and I will figure it out,” she said. “I don’t have an alterto feed their customers, offer them fantastic local wines, nate plan, so this has to work regardless. Creativity and n and do it all safely. We are so excited to welcome people resilience are the key right now.” back.”

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Barbara and other jurisdictions began allowing many types of businesses emerge from the shelter-in-place orders of the COVD19 pandemic, a steady string of restaurants have reopened for dine-in service. This includes many on State Street, where the road was closed to vehicular traffic in order to allow restaurants to start serving guests on the sidewalk and street in order to comply with social-distancing rules. But it also includes a number of other restaurants from Carpinteria to Goleta.

My inbox has been full of owners telling me that their businesses are reopened, and you can see specific details at santabarbara.com/dining/news. As well, my list of restaurants doing takeout and delivery during this time is also still available at santabarbara. com/dining.

For anyone who’d like to be included in these lists, simply email me your details at news@ santabarbara.com.

As of May 26 at 9 a.m., here is a list of the restaurants on the South Coast that are back open or soon to be open for business.

AH Juice Organics, Asie Dumpling House, Barbareño, bouchon (June 27), Brasil Arts Café, California Pasta, Carlitos Café y Cantina, The Chase, Chuck’s of Hawaii, Convivo Restaurant, Crocodile Restaurant, The Cruisery, Crushcakes, Cubaneo, Daily Grind, Finney’s Crafthouse & Kitchen (June 1), The Garden Market, Garrett’s, Giovanni’s Pizza in Carpinteria, Goat Tree (June

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PIZZAREV CHAIN CLOSES: PizzaRev, the Westlake

Village–based chain known for its create-yourown pizzas, has permanently closed its locations in Camarillo, Thousand Oaks, Santa Barbara County, and most of Los Angeles County. The eatery had a prominent location in Paseo Nuevo mall at 12 West De la Guerra Street. The company says that closures are due to the impact of COVID-19, according to messages posted on the chain’s social media accounts; however, the chain claimed a total of 40 locations in 2016 and was down to 27 in 2019. PizzaRev opened locally in April 2015.

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In response to the ongoing pandemic, the restaurant has so far donated 200 family meals to special-needs families. To expand the impact of the program, owner Jay Ferro launched a GoFundMe in April to fundraise an additional $20,000 for family meal donations. But that’s not all — the Ferro family, whose son Kyle has special needs, has also committed to matching all donations up to $10,000.

“It’s not a profitable decision, but I think it’s the right decision,” said Ferro. “It helps maximize the amount of food these families can get.”

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FOOD FOR FAMILIES: Kyle Ferro and his family, who own Kyle’s Kitchen, are raising money to donate food to more than 200 special-needs families across Santa Barbara and Goleta.

COVID-19 has introduced new challenges for many of these families. Children with special needs need structure to thrive, Ferro explained, which can be difficult for parents to maintain while working full-time in a home setting.

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The meal program is also keeping Kyle’s Kitchen staff employed. Like most Santa Barbara restaurants, Kyle’s Kitchen was hit hard by COVID-19 restrictions—65 employees were laid off and sales fell by over 50 percent.

Since launching the GoFundMe, however, the restaurant has been able to rehire former employees. If the $20,000 fundraising goal is met, Ferro anticipates that the additional revenue will enable the restaurant to assign more hours to staff members and keep them employed.

The response to the campaign has been extremely positive: More than $14,000 was raised in less than a month. The Ferros ultimately hope to feed up to 1,000 special-needs families in the Goleta and Santa Barbara community.

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this program, the Ferro family aims to “make special-needs families’ lives a little easier during these uncertain times.”

The program is possible due in part to the restaurant’s close relationships with special-needs organizations, which were developed through years of philanthropy projects. Since Kyle’s Kitchen opened in 2014, the Ferro family has donated over $150,000 to a total of 34 specialneeds organizations.

“They’re really important to the success of this,” Ferro said. “Where they help us is finding the families.” The organizations help locate families in need through existing networks and contacts, who use the restaurant’s meal donation request form to help recommend families for the service.

Community members and special-needs families are also encouraged to fill out the form to recommend families or request assistance.

There are no restrictions or qualifications for the program other than living with a family member with special needs, and multiple meals are available to those most in need.

Meal vouchers will be distributed through digital gift cards that families can use to order curbside pickup or delivery. For families who may have difficulty with ordering meals due to obstacles like internet access or language barriers, the restaurant has a facilitator program in place.

Facilitators are volunteers who help place orders and coordinate the delivery process.

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TIME AND MEMORY AT WESTMONT’S MUSEUM OF ART

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obody needs reminding that the COVID19 poltergeist has undermined business and pleasure on every front.

Right about now, for example, institutions of higher learning would have exhibitions by art students for people to peruse in person.

Although physical visitation isn’t possible, Westmont College is still hosting its annual group show — a juried selection of art from the tri counties. This year’s model, chosen by artist and CSU Long Beach professor Christopher Miles, is dubbed Time and Memory, with its 48 pieces drawn from 221 entries by 95 artists.

The show’s first-place-winning piece, James Van Arsdale’s “Electroexplosive Time Machine to the ’70s” is a cheeky retro-futurist combination of mystical triangles and a tour-ready road case. The work is an extension of the artist/ musician’s ongoing interest in relatively recent high-low cultural antiquation.

Dane Goodman’s “right where you wanted” offers teetering charm in his leaning tower of straw hats. His piece “then and then” features a lanky Abe Lincoln and an innately doomed snowman — a familiar member of Goodman’s recurring cast of characters.

Assemblage is well represented in this

show, from former Westmont professor Tony Askew’s “Measure Up” to Lori Call’s “Developing Wisdom over Ti(hy)me” and Rosemarie Gebhart’s “Invisible City.” Each of these works adeptly fuse structure and randomness, and the evocative beauty of found objects organized into new, delightfully irrational scenarios. Plumbing that idea from a different angle and material base, Susan Owens’s collage material sourcing comes from bits of tin detritus, elevated and immortalized in the artwork “No Longer Remembered.”

The show’s second-place winner, Lisa Crane’s “Newborn,” imparts a sense of innocence and fertility, explicitly conveying a lamb’s birth — between the maternal portal and the earthy new reality implied by a pile of stones.

Ron Newton’s mixed-media concoction “Dog Chasing Tail,” with a sculptured pooch atop a painted wooden box with a wind-up crank, is described pithily by the artist as “a commentary of life spent on planet earth.”

Ralph Corners’ “Painted Cave I” is another of the artist’s wily primitive inventions, a tableau of imagery by turns mythically and absurd, like pictographs from an indeterminate age or culture. More to the point, these are

from his own imaginary realm, the painted cave of his creative domain. Another hardto-categorize piece is from inspired min-iaturist Gail Pine, whose weirdly alluring “Tireless Exertion” adorns a manipulated, mysterious found photo of faceless, milling figures with fabric, colored pencil, and dried pigments.

In painting, Marcia Rickard’s deft, detailed “Memento Mori” unapologetically extends the still-life tradition of painters such as the 19th-century American William Michael Harnett. Moving in other directions, piece by piece, Paige Wilson goes giddy with the animalistically astronomical dog portrait “Let’s Get Sirius,” which contrasts with WB Eckert’s sleek “The Other Day,” a streamlined dream scene of a somnolent man encircled by large birds, possibly menacing and/or protective.

The free interchange of representation and abstraction in Brendan Murdock’s “Watch” — with enigmatic forces and forms swirling around an ominous eyeball — makes for a good segue into the abstract painting contingent. The orderly, grid-like color gradients giving rhythm to Cynthia Martin’s “Time Lapse” is in sharp contrast to the amorphous surface-spatial play of A. Michael Marzolla’s “With the Grain.”

Mixing painting genres in its own way, Randal Working’s “Permanent Things (Youth and Eternity)” (the show’s third-place winner) works up a rough, appealing brushstroke energy in its depiction of a woman in contemplation.

Time and memory play more than bit parts in this art, as they do elsewhere in the “gallery.”

As intriguing as internet art-watching can be — as it is over at “the Westmont Museum of Art” — we also find ourselves implicitly using “air quotes” when taking in culture at the moment. But art will out, as will we.

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—Josef Woodard

Time and Memory is online through June 20, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, westmont. edu/museum. Gallery hours: 24/7.

INDY BOOK CLUB J U N E R E A D

Malena, Flaca, Romina, Paz, and Anita are the five queer women whose personal revolutions intermingle with the dictatorship of 1970s Uruguay on the pages of Carolina de Robertis’s Cantoras.

Set in the remote beach town of Cabo Polonio, where the protagonists are vacationing together, they find themselves feeling at home in each other company and letting their guards down

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away from the harsh government control in Montevideo, where they reside.

The book spans more than three decades, following the women as they continue to go back and forth between Montevideo and Cabo Polonio, where they eventually pool their money to buy a small beach shack. While the dictatorship eventually falls, their haven on the beach continues to stand — a metaphor for their enduring, familial love for one another. Although each character suffers great losses (Warning: There are descriptions of sexual violence in this book), de Robertis expertly makes space for both tragedy and empowering joy as the women

learn to lead their most authentic lives under difficult — and sometimes nearly impossible — conditions.

De Robertis’s writing flows elegantly in and out of each woman’s narrative and feels a bit like a song sung in commemoration.

Although the LGBTQ+ struggles that are illustrated in this book are unique to a particular time and place, these are universal themes that all people can relate to.

—Caitlin Fitch

To find out more about the Indy Book Club, keep an eye on independent.com/category/artsentertainment and the Thursday print issue.

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WRITING WILD

Central Valley native Kathryn Aalto explores the ethereal bond between woman and nature in Writing Wild: Women Poets, Ramblers, and Mavericks Who Shape How We See the Natural World, a creative environmental anthology hitting shelves late June.

Aalto grew up in Escalon, a farm town flocked with almond orchards and berry bushes, where she and her imagination ran wild. Developing a lofty reverence for the great outdoors, she gravitated to nature in literature, particularly by American Renaissance authors.

However, after realizing paragon writers such as Walt Whitman were all the same —“dead white guys,” as she described in a phone interview — Aalto decided to venerate diverse female voices in her own environmental literature.

Writing Wild features Aalto’s 25 essays on female visionaries who revolutionized society’s understandings of environment and gender. She highlights women who wrote in a time when walking alone was considered unseemly, insisting that “if you don’t give voices representation, then it’s like they didn’t exist.”

Beginning with a striking exploration of the historically downplayed writings of Dorothy Wordsworth, sister of poet William Wordsworth, and ending with a contemporary analysis of climate scientist Elizabeth Rush, Writing Wild is a compilation of cutting cultural critiques alongside sensory imagery.

“I am like a field guide for readers,” Aalto explained. Committed to authenticity, Aalto visits the sites where these women would write, sharing her firsthand experiences with figurative finesse. “Above me, a sharp ping, ping, ping of a buzzard against the fingernail moon,” she vividly describes her climb at Scafell Pike, a muse for poets of the English Lake District, in the beginning of chapter one.

Writing Wild will be available at bookstores June 23, and it is available for preorder now at your preferred retailer. To learn more about Kathryn Aalto and her expertise, see kathrynaalto.com.

—Miranda de Moraes

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Breszny ARIES

CANCER

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): “The best of my nature reveals itself

(June 21-July 22): When Lewis Carroll’s fictional hero-

in play, and play is sacred,” wrote the feisty Aries author Karen Blixen, who sometimes used the pen name Isak Dinesen. The attitude described in that statement helps illuminate the meaning of another one of her famous quotations: “I do not think that I could ever really love a woman who had not, at one time or another, been up on a broomstick.” In my interpretation of this humorous remark, Blixen referred to the fact that she had a strong preference for witchy women with rascally magical ways.

I bring this to your attention, Aries, because I’m inviting you to cultivate a Blixen-like streak of sacred play and sly magic in the coming days.

ine Alice visits the exotic realm behind her looking glass, she encounters two odd men named Tweedledee and Tweedledum. The latter tells her, “You know very well you’re not real.” He’s implying that Alice is merely a character in the dream of a man who’s sleeping nearby.

This upsets her. “I am real!” she protests, and breaks into tears. Tweedledum presses on, insisting she’s just a phantom. Alice summons her courageous wisdom and thinks to herself, “I know they’re talking nonsense, and it’s foolish to cry about it.” I suspect you Cancerians may have to deal with people and influences that give you messages akin to those of Tweedledum. If that happens, be like Alice.

TAURUS

LEO

(Apr. 20-May 20): Taurus music legend Willie Nelson

(July 23-Aug. 22): “The less you fear, the more power

has played the same guitar since 1969. He calls it “my horse,” and named it after Trigger, a famous horse in Hollywood films. Although Nelson still loves the tones that come from his instrument, it’s neither sleek nor elegant. It’s bruised with multiple stains and has a jagged gash near its sound hole. Some Tauruses want their useful things to be fine and beautiful, but not Willie. Having said that, I wonder if maybe he will finally change guitars sometime soon. For you Bulls, the coming months will be time to consider trading in an old horse for a new one.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I’ve got a message for you, courtesy of poet Lisel Mueller. I think her wisdom can help you thrive in the coming weeks. She writes, “The past pushed away, the future left unimagined, for the sake of the glorious, difficult, passionate present.” Of course, it’s always helpful for us to liberate ourselves from the oppressive thoughts of what once was in the past and what might be in the future. But it’ll be especially valuable for you to claim that superpower in the coming weeks. To the degree that you do, the present will be more glorious and passionate and not so difficult.

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part of your life is that most likely to happen? Focus on it. Feed it. Love it.

both in the post-pandemic world, and fine intuitions about which one to prioritize at any particular time.

LIBRA

CAPRICORN

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to my analysis of the

can be quite demanding. To make biáng, for example, which is used in the name for a certain kind of noodle, you must draw 58 separate strokes. This is a good metaphor for exactly what you should avoid in the coming weeks: spending too much time and devoting too much thought and getting wrapped up in too much complexity about trivial matters. Your focus should instead be on simple, bold approaches that encourage you to be crisp and decisive.

SCORPIO

committed to her creative process. She tells us, “I was once making a burger for myself at my boyfriend’s house and a lyric started pouring out and I had to catch it, so I ran to another room to write it down, but then the kitchen caught fire. His cabinets were charred, and he was furious. But it was worth it for a song.” My perspective: Scott’s level of devotion to the muse is too intense for my tastes. Personally, I would have taken the burger off the stove before fleeing the scene to record my good idea. What about you, Aquarius? According to my analysis, you’re in a phase when creative ideas should flow even better than usual. Pay close attention.

Be prepared to capture as much of that potentially lifealtering stuff as possible.

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio comedian John Cleese does you will have,” says the rapper known as 50 Cent. I solo work, but many of his successful films, albums, agree with him. If you can dissolve even, say, 25 perstage shows, and TV programs have arisen from joincent of your fear, your ability to do what you want will ing forces with other comedians. rise significantly, as will your influ“When you collaborate with someence and clout. But here’s the major one else on something creative,” he HOMEWORK: What’s the story or song riddle: How exactly can you dissolve testifies, “you get to places that you that provides you with your greatest your fear? My answers to that queswould never get to on your own.” I consolation? FreeWillAstrology.com tion would require far more room propose you make this your temthan I have in this horoscope. But porary motto, Scorpio. Whatever here’s the really good news, Leo: In line of work or play you’re in, the the coming weeks, you will naturally have an abuncoming weeks will offer opportunities to start getting dance of good insights about to dissolve your own fear. involved in sterling synergies and symbioses. To overTrust what your intuition tells you. And be receptive to come the potential limitations of social distancing, clues that serendipity brings you. make creative use of Zoom and other online video conferencing.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): For his film Parasite, Virgo film-

maker Bong Joon-ho received Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. In his natal horoscope, Joon-ho has Pluto conjunct his sun in Virgo, and during the time Parasite began to score major success, Saturn and Pluto were making a favorable transit to that powerful point in his chart. I’m expecting the next six months to be a time when you can make significant progress toward your own version of a Joon-ho–style achievement. In what

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Writing some Chinese characters

astrological omens, the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to seek out, seduce, and attract luck.

To inspire you in this holy task, I’ll provide a prayer written by Hoodoo conjurer Stephanie Rose Bird: “O sweet luck, I call your name. Luck with force and power to make change, walk with me and talk through me.

With your help, all that can and should be will be!”

If there are further invocations you’d like to add to hers, Libra, please do. The best way to ensure that good fortune will stream into your life is to have fun as you draw it to you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Wherever I am, let me never forget to distinguish want from need,” vows author Barbara Kingsolver. “Let me be a good animal,” she adds. That would be a stirring prayer to keep simmering at the forefront of your awareness in the next six weeks.

According to my understanding of the astrological omens, you’ll be getting clear signals about the differences between your wants and needs. You will also discover effective strategies about how to satisfy them

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Singer/songwriter Jill Scott is strongly

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): To protect ourselves and others from

the pandemic, most of us have been spending more time than usual at home — often engaged in what amounts to enforced relaxation. For some of us, that has been a problem. But I’m going to propose that it will be the opposite of a problem for you in the next three weeks. In my astrological opinion, your words to live by will be this counsel from author and philosopher Mike Dooley: “What if it was your downtime, your loungingin-bed-too-long time, that made possible your greatest achievements? Would they still make you feel guilty?

Or would you allow yourself to enjoy them?”

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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GOLETA TRAIN DEPOT PROJECT 27 S. La Patera Lane; APN 073-050-033 PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE: This Notice of Preparation (NOP) is being issued by the City of Goleta for the proposed Goleta Train Depot Project located in the City of Goleta. The City is the lead agency for the project and will prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA implementation guidelines. This NOP is being circulated pursuant to California Resources Code Section 211153(a) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15082.

The City is requesting written feedback from the public, interested organizations, and responsible trustee agencies about the scope and content of the environmental information that will be addressed in the draft EIR. The EIR will address the environmental issues discussed in the project’s initial study that can be found online on the City’s website at: https://www.cityofgoleta.org/projects-programs/studies-and-other-projects/goleta-train-depot-project A paper copy can be mailed upon written request (one copy per requestor). This offer is limited to just those projects for which there is a public comment period that runs during the Health Orders requiring members of the public to shelter in place or be safer at home due to COVID-19.

PROJECT LOCATION: The project would be located at the northern terminus of S. La Patera Lane on a 2.5acre project site currently occupied by an industrial warehouse structure (former DRI building), a parking lot, outdoor storage area, and vehicle yard. The project is located near a number of regionally important areas, land uses, and transportation facilities, which include Old Town Goleta, University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), the Santa Barbara Airport, US Hwy 101, the Union Pacific Rail Road (UPRR) train corridor, and the existing Goleta Rail Station.

GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION: Business Park (I-BP) ZONING: Business Park (BP) BACKGROUND: The complete conceptual design of the depot station has not yet been completed. The City will seek community input on the design in upcoming community workshops. This notice and upcoming presentation are only related to environmental concerns and comments on the environmental analysis, which is based on a worst-case development footprint of a new train depot.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed project would include demolition of an existing industrial warehouse structure (approximately 39,800 square feet) in order to develop a new train depot on the City-owned property adjacent to the existing Goleta Rail Station and Union Pacific right-of-way. The proposed new train depot is anticipated to be approximately 9,000 square feet. It would provide a permanent, enclosed, and safe structure for Amtrak passengers to use as they wait to board or after they disembark from trains. The proposed train depot would be located in the northern portion of the project site adjacent to the railroad right-of-way.

The proposed new train depot would include a lobby, vending machines, a café area for riders to purchase beverages and food, restroom facilities, multiple indoor waiting areas, a meeting room, an on-site ticketing area, as well as adequate luggage and storage space. The project will also accommodate bicycle access and provide onsite bicycle storage options, as well as ample vehicle parking on an adjacent surface parking lot.

A proposed “Kiss N’ Ride” space in front of the building would allow for designated pick-up and drop-off locations for passengers.

EIR SCOPE OF ANALYSIS: The EIR is intended to provide decision-makers and the public with information that enables them to consider the environmental consequences of the proposed project. The EIR would identify potentially significant effects, cumulative impacts, and any feasible means of avoiding or reducing the effects through project redesign, the imposition of mitigation measures, or implantation of project alternatives. Based on the analysis contained in the Initial Study, the probable environmental effects to be analyzed in the EIR include but are not limited to the following: Air Quality Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hazards and Hazardous Materials Noise

Transportation Tribal Cultural Resources Utilities and Service Systems

The issues of Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, and Geology and Soil were determined to be less than significant with mitigation in the Initial Study. In addition, the following issues were determined to be less than significant and will not be addressed in the EIR: Aesthetics Energy Land Use and Planning Population and Housing Recreation

Agricultural Resources Hydrology and Water Quality Mineral Resources Public Services Wildfire

Reponses received on this NOP may modify or add to the preliminary assessment of potential issues addressed in the EIR. SCOPING PRESENTATION: In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and County stay-at-home orders, a virtual Scoping Presentation has been prepared and posted in the link below in place of an in-person Scoping Meeting to provide information and solicit comments from the public about the issues and content of the EIR. All interested parties are encouraged to watch the virtual Scoping Presentation, which will be available from May 25, 2020 to June 24, 2020 at the link below. Comments, feedback, or questions on the presentation can be addressed to Jaime Valdez, as detailed below under the Public Comment Period.

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION:

May 25 through June 24, 2020.

PLACE: https://www.cityofgoleta.org/projects-programs/studies-and-other-projects/goleta-train-depot-project NOTICE OF PREPARATION PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The public comment period begins on May 25, 2020 and ends on June 24, 2020 (30 days). All letters should be addressed to Jaime Valdez, Principal Project Manager, City of Goleta, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, CA 93117 or jvaldez@cityofgoleta.org. All comments must be postmarked no later than June 24, 2020 at 5:30 P.M. Please limit comments to environmental issues. Emails are the preferred method of comment during the COVID-19 pandemic and must be received by June 24, 2020 at 5:30 P.M. NOTE: In compliance with the Americans with Disability Act, if you need special assistance to view or submit comments or questions on the Scoping Presentation, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 961-7505.

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ADMINISTER OF ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GINA LOUISE ZANELLA Case No.: 20PR00176 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of GINA LOUISE ZANELLA A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: ANN ZANELLA in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: ANN ZANELLA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 9/17/2020 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 Anacapa Division.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Jeffrey B. Soderborg;1900 State Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 687‑6660.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: NANCY L. LEE Case No.: 20PR00175 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of NANCY L. LEE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: JAMES LEE in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: JAMES LEE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested

person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 9/3/2020 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 Anacapa Division.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Jeffrey B. Soderborg;1900 State Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 687‑6660.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JON M. PEEBLES, also known as JON MICHAEL PEEBLES CASE NO: 20PR00192 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of JON M. PEEBLES, also known as JON MICHAEL PEEBLES A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: MERILEE PEEBLES in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MERILEE PEEBLES be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A Hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 08/06/2020 AT 9:00 am Dept: 5 located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court an mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of

any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Susan H. McCollum, Hollister & Brace 1126 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 963‑6711 Published May 28. Jun 4, 11 2020.

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

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

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PURE MAINTENANCE OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY at 5511 Ekwill St Suite D Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Master Clean USA, Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Jessica Jankoski Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 23, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001027. Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALAMAR MOTEL at 2019 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Nonnie Investments, LLC (same address conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 24, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001045. Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2020.

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

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 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.

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

FBN Number: 2020‑0001019.

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

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

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001069. Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2020.

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

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

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PACIFIC PAINTING COMPANY at 5092 Rhoads Avenue #E Santa Barbara, CA, 93111; PPC Associates INC (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Robert Gruenberg Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 28, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001057.

Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SUPER BEE RESCUE ROAD REMOVAL at 25 Northridge Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Nicholas Wigle (same address) Rachel Wigle (same address) conducted by an Married Couple Signed: Nicholas Wigle Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 30, 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: 2020‑0001091. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA 805 WATER POLO CLUB at 6279 Aberdeen Avenue Goleta, CA 93117; Santa Barbara Water Polo Club, Inc. 915 Camino Lindo Goleta, CA 93117 conducted by an Corporation Signed: 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: 2020‑0001018. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BENCHMARK EATERY at 1201 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 3 Sides Clear LLC 119 Harbor Way A Santa Barbara, CA 93109 conducted by an Corporation 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: 2020‑0000981. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: REICKER, PFAU, PYLE, & MCROY, LLP at 1421 State Street, Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Alan A. Blakeboro 3524 Motebello Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Robert B. Forouzandeh 4300 Vieja Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Michael E. Pfau 2430 Santa Barbara Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Russell D. Terry 288 Santa Monica Way Santa Barbara, CA 93109; John G. Busby 95 Depot Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Diana Jessup Lee 1141 Arbolado Road Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Daniel A. Reicker 2787 Ben Lomond Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Timothy J. Trager 237 Sylvan Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Mark R. Carney 2688 Dorking Place Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Kevin R. Nimmons 3130 Serena Avenue Carpenteria, CA 93013; Andrew D. Simons 1220 Camino Manadero Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Fernando Velez 3786 Pescadero Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105 conducted by an Limited Liability Partnership 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: 2020‑0001054. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ACRE at 27 West Anapamu St. #303 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Acre Studio LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Liabikity Company Signed: 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: 2020‑0001016. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAFEGROUNDS at 1916 Chino St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Gustavo Dabos (same address) 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: 2020‑0001026. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LOVEBIRD, INC. at 7 E De La Guerra Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Lovebird, Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation 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: 2020‑0000982. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DRIVEN CREDIT SOLUTIONS at 377 N. La Cumbre Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Janet Ferrusquilla (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 28, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001068. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BOBCAT OF VENTURA at 285 Rutherford St. Goleta, CA 93117; Mel Giffin, INc (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Amanda Twining‑President 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: 2020‑0001081. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2020.

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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: 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.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Design Review Board Goleta City Hall – Council Chambers (Electronically and Telephonically) 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, CA 93117 Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 3:00 P.M. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Design Review Board (DRB) of the City of Goleta will conduct a Electronic public hearing on the date set forth above to consider the following new project: Conceptual Review Goleta Energy Storage Facility 6864 & 6868 Cortona Drive (APN 073-140-027) Case Nos. 19-0201-DP, 19-0202-DPAM; 19-0202-CUP; 19-0001-SUB ATTENTION: Pursuant to of the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020 authorizing local jurisdictions subject to the Brown Act to hold public meetings telephonically and electronically in order to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular meeting of the Design Review Board for June 9, 2020 will be conducted telephonically and electronically. It will be broadcast live on the City’s website and on Cable Goleta Channel 19. The Council Chambers will not be open to the public during the meeting. Design Review Board Members will be participating telephonically and will not be physically present in the Council Chambers.

IN LIGHT OF THE CITY’S NEED TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS ELECTRONICALLY AND TELEPHONICALLY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, written comments may also be submitted as instructed above or via email to the DRB Secretary, Mary Chang at mchang@cityofgoleta.org or by electronic means during the Public Hearing (date and time noted above), provided they are received prior to the conclusion of the public comment portion of the Public Hearing. Instructions on how to submit written comments during the hearing will be available on the City’s website: https://www.cityofgoleta.org/i-want-to/news-and-updates/government-meetingagendas-and-videos.

PUBLIC COMMENT: This hearing is for design review only. All interested persons are encouraged to participate in the public hearing electronically (by phone) as described above. You may also request your written comments to be read into the record during the hearing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: The items in this notice are new items. The DRB agenda may also include items continued from prior meetings. All persons wanting to review any project applications may do so by contacting City of Goleta, Planning and Environmental Review at (805) 961-7543. The Agenda, staff reports and project plans will be available approximately one week before the hearing on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.org.

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ORDINANCE NO. 20-08 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2.10 OF THE GOLETA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO EMERGENCY ORGANIZATION AND THE COORDINATION OF EMERGENCY FUNCTIONS On May 19, 2020 at Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, California, the City Council of the City of Goleta conducted the second reading and adopted Ordinance No. 20-08 that restructures and clarifies the City’s emergency response organization.

The City Council of the City of Goleta passed and adopted Ordinance No. 20-08 at a regular meeting held on the 19th day of May 2020, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

MAYOR PEROTTE, MAYOR PRO TEMPORE RICHARDS, COUNCILMEMBERS ACEVES, KASDIN AND KYRIACO

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The Ordinance will be effective 31 days from the date of adoption.

Any interested person may obtain a copy of the proposed ordinance at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, California 93117 or via email at cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org or by calling City Hall at (805) 961-7505.

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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: CUSTOM MATTERS, SANTA BARBARA EMBROIDERY 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: 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: 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: 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.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DUCATI SANTA BARBARA at 17 W. Montecito St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Moto Club Santa Barbara Inc. 17 W Montecito St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by an Corporation Signed: Bryan Maroun, President Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 30, 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: 2020‑0001104.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SHERWOOD INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING GROUP at 5667 Cielo Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Morris S Sherwood (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Morris Sherwood Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 19, 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: 2020‑0001241. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SKUNK BEAR LASERWORKS at 900 McMurray Rd.,#2 Buellton, CA 93427; Skunk Bear Arms LLC 5142 Hollister Ave. #534 Santa Barbara, CA 93111 conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Pasi Puentes, Managing Director Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2020‑0001275. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BARRIER ENERGY INC at 928 Carpinteria St, Suite 8, Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Michael Barriere, 316 W Anapamu St, #3, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by an Individual Signed: 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 Jo. FBN Number: 2020‑0001146.

Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EAST STREET PRESS at 128 E. Canon Perdido Santa Barbara, CA 93101; George Ayoub 1016 East St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103 conducted by an Individual Signed: George Ayoub Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 7, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2020‑0001129.

Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: 925 YANONALI STREET PROPERTIES at 925 E. Yanonali Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; James Knapp 1117 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 30, 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: 2020‑0001092. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WESTERN PROPANE SERVICE at 2326 Meredith Ln. Santa Maria, CA 93455; Superior Plus Energy Services Inc. 1870 South Winton Road, Suite 200 Rochester, NY 14618 conducted by an Corporation Signed: 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: 2020‑0001175. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VESPA SANTA BARBARA at 21 W. Montecito St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Moto Club Santa Barbara Inc. 17 W Montecito St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by an Corporation Signed: Bryan Maroun, Business Manager Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 30, 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: 2020‑0001105.

Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TRI‑VALLEY TROPHIES & SPECIALITIES COMPANY, TRI‑VALLEY SPECIALTIES COMPANY, TRI‑VALLEY TROPHIES COMANY, TRI‑VALLEY SPORTSWEAR COMPANY at 330 S. Kellogg Ave. Goleta, CA 93117; Krissman Enterprises, Inc. 5410 Sunvalley Agoura Hills, CA 91301 conducted by an Corporation Signed: Michael Krissman, President Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 7, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001141. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LAU CUSTOM DESIGNS at 1120 N Nopal St Apt 27 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Laura Estrada (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Laura Estrada Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 20, 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: 2020‑0001251. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2020.

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF AMY ELIZABETH BARBAELLA ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR 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.

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

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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.

NOTICE OF PREPARATION FOR A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND NOTICE OF SCOPING MEETING

BY THE ENVIRORNMENTAL HEARING OFFICER (held electronically and telephonically) June 18, 2020 at 4:00 P.M. CALLE REAL HOTEL PROJECT NO. 16-097-DP 5955 Calle Real; APN 069-110-018 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning and Environmental Review Department of the City of Goleta has determined that an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will be prepared for the above referenced project and is seeking input on the scope of the topics to be addressed within the EIR. The topics to be analyzed within the EIR are outlined on page 2 of this notice. In addition, a virtual scoping meeting conducted by the Environmental Hearing Officer will be held on June 18, 2020 as indicated below on page 3 for the Calle Real Hotel Project (Project) proposed by Paradigm Hotel Group.

Pursuant to of the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020 authorizing local jurisdictions subject to the Brown Act to hold public meetings telephonically and electronically in order to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Environmental Hearing Officer hearing for June 18, 2020 will be conducted telephonically and electronically. The Council Chambers will not be open to the public during the meeting. The Environmental Hearing Officer and staff will be participating telephonically and will not be physically present in the Council Chambers.

PROJECT LOCATION: The Project would be located on an existing 1.98-acre site that was formerly occupied by Santa Barbara Motorsports at Calle Real at 5955 Calle Real within the City of Goleta, California. The existing building is a two-story, 13,327-square foot (sf) vacant retail building. The site is located near the intersection of Calle Real and North Fairview Avenue, north of U.S. Highway 101, east of Fairview Car Wash and AC4 Fitness, and west of Zodo’s Bowling & Beyond. The project is proposed on Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) 069-110-018.

GENERAL PLAN: Community Commercial (C-C) ZONING: Community Commercial (CC) (prior to April 3, 2020, the Zoning was C-2) (Note: The Project application was deemed complete prior to September 1, 2019; therefore, pursuant to Title 17, Section 17.01.040(E.4), the project would be processed under the zoning regulations in effect at the time the application was deemed complete, unless the applicant elects to be processed under Title 17. If the application is processed under the zoning regulations in effect at the time the application was deemed complete, it must receive all required land use entitlements by December 31, 2021. Otherwise, the project shall be subject to all regulations of Title 17.)

BACKGROUND: The conceptual design of the Project has been reviewed by the Design Review Board (DRB) on August 9, 2016, November 29, 2016, November 18, 2018, and August 27, 2019. The conceptual design of the Project has since been revised to respond to concerns expressed by the DRB, which included, but were not limited to, size, bulk, scale and mass of the proposed structure, site circulation, and landscape design.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Project would involve the demolition of the existing vacant building, grading of nearly the entire site, and construction of a three-story 128-room boutique hotel totaling 57,733 sf with a building footprint totaling 19,990 sf. The site is adjacent to commercially zoned lands developed for highway-related and neighborhood-serving commercial uses in the City of Goleta. The building would be at maximum 35 feet high, reaching 39 feet with an equipment screen. The building would include back-of-house operations areas, a pantry/kitchen area, ground-floor lounge area and patio, fitness room, a small laundry and a third-story patio.

The Project would provide a total of 138 ground-level parking spaces (including 28 compact, 5 ADA compliant, and 7 motorcycle spaces) and 8 bicycle parking spaces.

Project vehicular access would be provided via two (2) two-way driveways onto Calle Real in the northeast and northwest corners of the lot. Egress from both driveways would be restricted by the 3-foot median to right-turn movements onto Calle Real. The westbound ingress turn will only be allowed at the easterly driveway.

PURPOSE OF NOTICE OF PREPARATION AND SCOPING MEETING: The City of Goleta will be the Lead Agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and will prepare an EIR for this project. The purpose of this Notice of Preparation/Notice of Public Scoping Meeting is to obtain agency and public comment on the adequacy of the scope and content of the environmental information and analysis, including significant environmental issues, reasonable alternatives, and mitigation measures that should be included in the Draft EIR. EIR SCOPE OF ANALYSIS: The EIR is intended to provide decision-makers and the public with information that enables them to consider the environmental consequences of the proposed project. The EIR would identify potentially significant effects, and any feasible means of avoiding or reducing the effects through project redesign, the imposition of mitigation measures, or implementation of alternatives to the project. The EIR will address the key issue areas listed in CEQA Guidelines Appendix G Checklist and cumulative impacts, which are: Aesthetics Cultural Resources Hydrology/Water Quality Noise Tribal Cultural Resources

Air Quality Greenhouse Gas Emissions Land Use/Planning Transportation

In addition, the EIR will at a minimum address the following issues which are anticipated to have a less than significant finding: Biological Resources Geology/Soils Population/Housing Recreation Wildfire

Energy Hazards & Hazardous Materials Public Services Utilities/Service Systems

The issues of Agriculture and Forestry Resources and Mineral Resources will be addressed but limited in scope due to their low significance to the Project or lack of presence of resources at the Project site.

VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEARING OFFICER HEARING: The City of Goleta Environmental Hearing Officer will conduct a virtual public scoping meeting for the proposed project to receive oral and written testimony at the time and place listed below: MEETING DATE AND TIME:

June 18, 2020 at 4:00 P.M.

PLACE

Goleta City Hall, Council Chambers 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, California, 93117 (Electronically and Telephonically)

All interested parties are encouraged to attend the virtual scoping meeting and to present written and/or oral comments. In light of the city’s need to hold public meetings electronically and telephonically during the COVID-19 pandemic, written comments may also be submitted as instructed below or via email to the cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org or by electronic means during the public hearing (date and time noted above), provided they are received prior to the conclusion of the public comment portion of the hearing.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Please register Environmental Hearing Officer meeting on June 18,2020 at 4:00 PM PDT at: ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION: Please register for Environmental Hearing Officer Meeting on Jun 18, 2020 4:00 PM PDT at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3939220715896997644 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Webinar ID: 828-405-443 You will be connected to audio using your computer’s microphone and speakers (VoIP). A headset is recommended.

You can also select the option to use your telephone, but you must use the Go To Webinar software to interact with the meeting. Select “Use Telephone” after joining the webinar in order to use your telephone.

Oral comments during a meeting may be made by electronic participation only.

NOTICE OF PREPARATION PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: The public comment period begins on May 28, 2020 and ends on June 27, 2020 (30 days). All letters should be addressed to Mr. Brian Hiefield, Associate Planner, City of Goleta, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, CA 93117 or bhiefield@cityofgoleta.org. All comments must be received no later than June 27, 2020 at 4:00 P.M. Please limit comments to environmental issues. When possible, please use email to submit public comment. There is up to a 10-day delay in processing paper mail due to City of Goleta COVID 19 protocols put in place.

NOTE: In compliance with the Americans with Disability Act, if you need assistance to participate in the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 961-7505.

Notification at least 72 hours prior to the meeting will enable the staff to make reasonable arrangements.

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