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It’s been an interesting year to start working at the Santa Barbara Independent, which is what Celina Garcia did in January, starting first as a calendar assistant but rising to be one of our web content managers a couple of months ago. Running Independent.com from home created space for a new friend, so she recently adopted a cat, now named Gael García Sundstrom.

What prompted you to get a new cat? My partner, Paige, and I recently moved in together and were so excited about having more space that we pounced on the opportunity to get a second kitty — neither scenario was on my pandemic bingo card! While there were many felines I instantly fell in love at Cat Therapy, we knew that him being a (mostly) black cat decreased his chances of finding a home as quickly.

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VIRTUAL REALITIES: Pictured from top left, Frann Wageneck, Todd Ryckman, Laura Capps, Hilda Maldonado, Meg Jetté, Maria Larios-Horton, Jackie Reid, Camie Barnwell, Wendy Sims-Moten, Kate Ford, John Becchio, Sandra Trujillo, Shawn Carey, and Rose Muñoz discuss the district’s distance-learning plan during Tuesday’s school board meeting.

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by Delaney Smith he Santa Barbara School District swiftly refocused its efforts on developing a quality distance-education plan this week after it was slammed by an unexpected state mandate that requires the district begin the school year fully remote.

District staff’s presentation at Tuesday’s board meeting outlined what students, parents, and teachers can expect out of distance learning in the fall— fall and the changes are dramatic compared to spring’s last-minute remote-instruction model, which was unsuccessful for many students.

“As someone representing the team that is planning passionately for our distance-learning program, I want to represent that under emergency school closures last spring, we learned a great deal in a short period of time about what does and does not work when it comes to distance learning,” said Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education Shawn Carey.

Some of the more drastic changes include report cards for students in grades 7-12, mandatory attendance, a common online platform for consistent communication with teachers, and enhanced opportunities for co-curricular activities. Students are required to be engaged with a teacher in real time for several hours a day, depending on grade level.

The report featured “a day in the life” of a typical student in the distance-learning model for a kindergartener, a 5th grader, an 8th grader, and an 11th grader. For the elementary schedules, learning activities integrated with social-emotional learning appear daily, and short breaks are integrated into the schedule. Older students are given longer lunches, and the dayin-the-life examples show how they can fit therapy sessions or meetings with counselors into the school day.

“What would a day look like for your kindergartener?” said Sierra Loughridge, director of elementary education. “Well, they will log in to see a teacher smiling at them, see their new classmates, and they will have the joy of hearing their teachers

S.B’s Biggest Presidential Campaign Donors

Santa Ynez Valley, also gave generously to Trump ($40,400), as did Cynthia Hughes, the wife of construction company owner Jim Hughes ($21,700); David Carpenter, president of the Montecito-based David and Leila Carpenter Foundation ($7,800); attorney Richard St. Clair ($5,600); the Unity Shoppe’s Barbara Tellefson ($4,250); retired General Motors executive Jim Westby and his wife, Sharon ($3,500); and prominent UCSB physics professor John Martinis ($1,000).

Santa Barbara–based donations to Joe Biden’s election campaign have been much more modest, the records reveal. The largest contribution came from Santa Ynez residents Priscilla Higgins and her husband, Roger, who gave a combined $6,400.

She’s a retired tech industry executive and philanthropist. Other Biden donors include Michael Pulitzer of the famed Pulitzer family ($5,600); Wayne Rosing, a computer scientist and the founder of Las Cumbres Observatory ($5,600); poet Dan Gerber ($4,000); NancyBell Coe, former president of the Music Academy of the West ($2,500); environmentalist activist Diane

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The next biggest donations came from James and Beverly Zaleski, who together contributed $81,200 to Trump. James Zaleski is a retired engineer and electronics executive living in Montecito. Gerry Shepherd, owner of Shepherd Farm in the

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read aloud and model how they think, so they can become great readers and thinkers as well.”

The plan is specifically centered on students of color and other disadvantaged students because remote-only learning has proved to be less successful for those groups and further widens the achievement gap. Technology access is one of the major barriers for students of color to succeed, so another part of the plan promises “100 percent of our students connected on WiFi with a device in hand prior to the start of school on August 18, 2020.”

Putting the distance-learning model into play will cost the district about $2.6 million, drastically less than the cost of implementing either a hybrid model or in-person model, which would be about $3.9 million and $10 million, respectively. Though the state won’t allow the other models now, the district is still putting together plans for the day it can allow students and teachers back in the classroom.

“Tonight we’re here having learned on Friday about the closure of all schools,” Assistant Superintendent Frann Wageneck said. “But we want folks to know that even as one half of our team is working on that robust distance-learning experience for students, the other half of us are working on refining our plans to pivot to hybrid and fully reopening models.”

Though the meeting was largely focused on the distancelearning plan, boardmembers and some members of the public tossed around ideas for allowing kids back on campuses when the pandemic and state allow. The common theme took advantage of Santa Barbara’s weather— weather outdoor instruction.

Boardmembers Jackie Reid and President Laura Capps both favored the idea, and Capps mentioned purchasing tents for outdoor classrooms.

Though boardmembers were upbeat about the task to “think outside the box” for new learning strategies, Capps reminded the hundreds of people tuned in to the meeting that putting students back into classrooms can’t happen if the county continues to fail at meeting the epidemiological metrics for reopening.

“I really appreciate that this presentation began with data, because data needs to drive this,” Capps said. “In a sense, I wish that this meeting of 300 people and last week’s meeting of 900 people could really be a megaphone to this entire community that we need to turn this around to get our kids back in school.

We had it in May—our numbers were way down. Now we’re in a whole different scenario.”

The district only has weeks left before the new year begins.

Because the board is not meeting for three more weeks and the district has to begin making purchases to support the plan immediately, the board unanimously voted to allow Superintendent Hilda Maldonado to authorize expenditures instead of going to the board for a vote.

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DEEP POCKETS: Oracle executive Jeff Henley, seen here on the left with his wife, Judy, and UCSB Chancellor Henry T. Yang and his wife, Dilling, donated $50,000 to President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign.

Meyer Simon ($2,500); retired prosecutor Ron Zonen ($2,000); Rev. Michael Corrigan of Trinity Episcopal Church ($1,250); and publisher and philanthropist Sara Miller-McCune ($1,000).

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friends get together for backyard barbecues. To increase enforcement efforts now, Hart has worried, will inflict economic damage while doing little to improve things. (Mayor Cathy Murillo has agreed to place the issue of mask enforcement on next week’s City Council agenda.)

At Tuesday’s press conference, Hart delivered an impassioned plea to support local businesses and to buy local at all costs. If the businesses have been shut down to indoor service, Hart suggested that residents buy gift cards, order takeout, or ask for home delivery.

Clearly very much on his mind was the imminent expiration of federal supplemental unemployment benefits — which added $600 a week to the benefit payments of about 24,700 beneficiaries countywide. Currently, the House and the Senate are negotiating terms of a possible extension, but the two sides are far apart. The Democrats are seeking $3 million in economic stimulus funds — and only part of that would include unemployment benefits. The Republican-controlled Senate, by contrast, has no clear plan at this point and much disagreement within its own ranks. And both appear to be at odds with what the White House wants. [See p.8 for more on unemployment.]

To the extent the county’s COVID stats — writ large — say anything unequivocally, it’s that the problem is much worse in Santa Maria and that TESTING LIMITS: County emergency planner Nick Clay announced Tuesday that schedulers have become overwhelmed by the number of requests for COVID testing its impact is felt disproportionately by the county’s and will be forced to prioritize who gets tested.

Latinx population. What exactly to do about that, however, has been anything but clear, but Hart and the Public Health Department are clearly focusing on how to do better messaging and outreach there.

To that end, at Tuesday’s press conference, he introduced Steve DeLira, head of the county’s Family Service Agency and former chief of the county’s juvenile probation department. Soft-spoken, accessible, and well-grounded in the harsh realities faced by farmworkers and low-wage earners, DeLira outlined some of the “cultural norms” and

by Nick Welsh number of active cases. In the past two weeks, they’ve economic barriers county public-health workers encounor anyone needing to read between the lines during dropped from 432 to 295. This drop is occurring, para- ter in getting their gospel of social distancing across.

The first one DeLira highlighted was “We weren’t the most recent COVID press conferences hosted doxically, as the number of tests administered is sharply

by Supervisor Gregg Hart, we are definitely not increasing, as is the percent of those raised that way,” a refrain he said was in Kansas anymore — and won’t be for some time. testing positive. In fact, the number voiced by families who insisted on Getting down to the existential nitty-gritty, county emer- of people seeking tests has increased celebrating birthdays, graduations, gency planner Nick Clay stated, “The way we celebrate so sharply that Clay announced that or other life events in which families typically congregate despite calls for life changes will be different.” So too, he cautioned, will schedulers have become overwhelmed social distancing. To that, DeLira said, be the way students go to school and pretty much every- by the number of requests and will be the rejoinder is, “How do you mean forced to prioritize those from essenthing else.

— we weren’t raised in a pandemic.

The new numbers, inching ever upward, were not all tial-service workers, symptomatic How would we know how to raise our that dramatic but not good either. They were, said Clay, people, and people who’ve spent more children in a pandemic?” more a matter of concern than alarm, but he acknowl- than 15 minutes indoors in close, maskedged that distinction wasn’t as clear-cut when it came to less proximity to people known to have Likewise, DeLira said some famithe number of hospitalized COVID patients. tested positive. lies resist offers of temporary housing As of July 21, 82 COVID patients were deemed sick when one or more COVID-positive The COVID press conferences, now enough to require hospitalization. That, for the record, held twice a week, have evolved into relatives need to be quarantined. The is the highest ever. Of those, 26 were even sicker still a statistical brain dump combined refrain he frequently hears, he said, is and needed to be placed in an intensive care unit. The with a public exhortation to the better “Families take care of families.” He said he stresses that the emergency housing countywide number of patients currently needing to be angels of Santa Barbara County resiis only temporary and that it’s necesventilated is not available, but at Cottage Health, there dents. In this regard, Hart, who chairs REAL WORLD CHALLENGES: Family the Board of Supervisors, has emerged Service Agency head Steve DeLira outlined sary so that the virus does not spread. are six.

Lastly, DeLira underscored the chalWhile these numbers fall well within the definition of as the point person when it comes to on Tuesday some “cultural norms” and adequate capacity as defined by state health officials, they delivering the message du jour. Please economic barriers county public-health lenges posed when 15-20 individuals are moving, however slowly, in the wrong direction. Two wear face coverings, he implored any- workers encounter. find themselves sharing one home. weeks ago, 72 COVID patients had been hospitalized and one watching the event. Wash your hands frequently. What happens, he asked, when members of that house21 were in ICUs. As of July 21, 193 health-care workers Practice social distancing. hold find out they’ve tested positive? Do they tell the Hart has been resistant to growing demands from others? And if they do, do they put their own immediate had been infected, up from 157 two weeks ago. While the precise meaning of these numbers — when it comes to many South Coast residents to increase enforcement family at risk of eviction? “Let’s say it’s you and your health-care workers sidelined by COVID — is not clear, efforts when it comes to people not wearing masks in three kids,” he said. “Where will you go? How will you the simple math would suggest that at least 36 of them public. That may be the most obvious public manifesta- survive?”

Supervisor Hart thanked DeLira for illustrating the have been put out of commission for at least two weeks. tion of noncompliance, he noted, but it’s not how the infection is spreading fastest. The real problem, he has “real world” challenges and closed out the press conferHow many have required hospitalization is not known. stressed, is from person-to-person contact that hap- ence with an exhortation that people be “polite, kind, That’s the glass-half-empty news. n Giving a half-full picture is the significant decline in pens when family members visit from out of town and considerate, and safe.”

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n a breakthrough settlement last Friday, Santa Barbara County and its Sheriff ’s Office reached an agreement in a classaction lawsuit alleging unsafe conditions in the Main Jail — including a ban on “extreme isolation cells” and a drastic increase of out-of-cell time for inmates.

The lawsuit, Murray v. County of Santa Barbara, was filed in December 2017 and names inmates Clay Martin Burt Murray, David Franco, Shareen Winkle, Eric Brown, and Maria Tracy as the plaintiffs. It lists Santa Barbara County and the Sheriff ’s Office as defendants.

The suit alleges that the living conditions in the Main Jail are overcrowded and unsanitar y.

More specifically, it charges that the Sheriff ’s Office does not provide adequate mental-health and HELL IN A CELL: The complaint describes the “extreme isolation cells” as health services to “windowless, dimly lit, filthy, and lacking fresh air” and shows photos of cells inmates, that it pracin dark hallways where the inmate would have no way of being heard if they tices “harmful and needed to call out for help. excessive use of solitary confinement,” and that it discriminates The Sheriff ’s Office had begun to chip against disabled inmates. away at jail overpopulation, which has “We have communicated with hundreds remained a festering issue for decades, by of people held in the Santa Barbara County initiating an early release program for senGOLETA Jail, and heard tenced inmates. The population was even Ave again and again that 5757have Hollister the conditions there are simply intoler- further reduced by the Zero Bail initiative, able,” said Aaron Fischer, litigation counsel a now-expired state Judicial Council manat Disability Rights California. “The design date that set bail to zero for non-violent and conditions of this half-century-old jail crimes during the pandemic, putting the have no place in modern society. … With population at a historic low.

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The original suit cited the jail’s average The settlement brings structured menpopulation at 120 percent of its capacity, tal-health programming to the jail for the frequently exceeding 1,100 people. Because first time. One of the key components to of early release and zero bail, the popula- the programming allows inmates with tion is currently hovering around capac- significant mental-health needs to get at ity at about 570. The settlement requires least six hours per week of “structured that the number of prisoners placed in out-of-cell time” for therapeutic group or individual programa housing unit must ming, and 12 hours per be limited to no more than the rated capacity, week of “unstructured and everyone must be out-of-cell time,” which assigned an actual bed. can include time in the According to the dayroom, outdoor or lawsuit, many prisonrecreation time, and ers — including those other activities.

Changes to solitary with serious health conditions and disabiliconfinement practices are perhaps the most ties — slept on the floor due to overcrowding. groundbreaking in the Though the settlement settlement. The county doesn’t agree on a speagreed to stop all use of BRIGHTER FUTURE: Inmates who must cific maximum number be placed in isolation will only be placed in its “extreme isolation of inmates, it requires approved cells with light and more space in cells” and all solitary the county to keep the addition to the added out-of-cell time. confinement cells that inmate population lack dayroom access by within the capacity, regardless of if it only January 2021. The complaint describes the operates parts of the Main Jail or it chooses cells as “windowless, dimly lit, filthy, and to also operate the soon-to-be-completed lacking fresh air.” It shows photos of cells in dark hallways where the inmate would Northern Branch Jail.

“Maintaining and further reducing the have no way of being heard if they needed current jail population — and shrinking to call out for help. the footprint of the county’s jail system It also bumped the mere three hours per — is, without question, the best pathway week of out-of-cell time to 18 hours plus to cost-effective and successful implemen- additional in-cell enrichment time with a tation of the remedial plan,” said Corene tablet for those who need to be in isolation Kendrick, staff attorney at the Prison Law temporarily. These changes are a massive Office. “It’s the right thing to do for the step from conditions described in the 2017 safety and well-being of our class mem- complaint, which also alleged Main Jail bers, and it’s the right thing to do for the inmates were being held in isolation far too Santa Barbara County community at long without proper monitoring. large.”

“One cell, called ‘South 20,’ is located The settlement also stipulated terms by itself down a long and winding hallway around inmates with disabilities. The orig- behind an additional door,” the 2017 Disinal complaint asserted that inmates with ability Rights California report about the disabilities were placed in South Dorm 25, jail’s conditions says. “An individual can though many of those inmates slept on spend weeks or months in this cell without the floor because of disabilities preventing any normal or meaningful interaction with them from sleeping on a top bunk. The another person.” toilet and shower areas also do not meet Use of these types of cells is banned architectural standards for wheelchair use entirely in the agreement, and those inmates and lack properly placed grab bars, show- who must be placed in isolation will only be placed in approved cells with light and erheads, and so on.

The main plaintiff in the case, Clay more space in addition to the added outMartin Burt Murray, is a 69-year-old U.S. of-cell time. There are at least 40 of the Army veteran who uses a wheelchair due “extreme isolation cells” that are banned in to degenerative joint disease and has post- the settlement.

To ensure these promises are kept, progtraumatic stress disorder. Murray is serving life without the possibility of parole for ress will be monitored by class counsel as first-degree murder. well as agreed-upon experts. The experts Murray charged that he never received include Kerry Hughes, MD (mental health, any treatment in custody to help with his suicide prevention); Homer Venters, MD PTSD symptoms despite multiple requests (medical care); and Michael Brady/Sabot and because of his wheelchair he was regu- Group (ADA and health/safety conditions). larly forced to sleep on the floor. The com“Although our custody professionals plaint stated: “Activities as basic as taking a have performed admirably for years, they shower or using the toilet put Mr. Murray have been hampered in their efforts by limat risk of injury every day.” Other plaintiffs ited resources and an obsolete and ineffiin the case, particularly those with mental cient jail facility that is more than 50 years illnesses, similarly charged that the jail was old,” Sheriff Bill Brown said. “The muchnot providing them with treatment and welcomed … expert evaluations and remeeven withholding prescribed medication. dial plans that are a part of this agreement The settlement tackles these issues in will pave the way toward a comprehensive multiple ways. Aside from requiring the community of care for the entire inmate population to stay below maximum capac- population.” ity and that every inmate be assigned an To read the full 50-page settlement with actual bed, it bolsters mental-health ser- additional stipulations, see tinyurl.com/ vices, too. drc-jail-report. n

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by Jean Yamamura and Nick Welsh bout 24,700 people in Santa Barbara County are hanging on Congress’s decision whether or not to renew the $600 in stimulus money paid weekly to those thrown out of work by the COVID-19 pandemic. That provision of the federal CARES Act expires on July 31, and the payment helps nearly 300,000 Californians added to unemployment just last week. Unemployment payouts from the state alone otherwise average from $40-$450 per week.

The information that’s available for Santa Barbara County about the number of people who are unemployed lags the on-the-ground experience by a month. But in June, “Some sectors added jobs back fast, mainly leisure and hospitality and retail,” said Peter Rupert, who leads UCSB’s Economic Forecast project. “These are the two that slammed shut first and were easiest to reopen. That happened nationally as well.

Bars and restaurants are doing well as they have adapted spaces to socially distance and make customers feel safe.”

Dozens of constituents have contacted their legislators’ offices, mostly asking for help reaching California’s overloaded unemployment office. It’s a growth sector in itself, adding more than 8,000 workers to handle the nearly seven million claims coming to the state since the pandemic began. More than $45 billion has been paid out.

The money is not insignificant for Santa Barbara County.

In January, $7.1 million went to county residents from the state unemployment office; in April, the payment leapt to $28.7 million and to $39.3 million in May. Likewise, the quantity of people out of work has risen and fallen with the state’s shut-

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About 4,000 more people found jobs in June, bringing the number of employed to 213,500, up 1.9 percent from May’s 209,600.

“We’re a little bit concerned, with the governor pulling back on reopening efforts last Monday,” said Alma Janabajab, with the county’s Workforce Development Board, OFF THE CHARTS: The above graph shows job losses in Santa Barbara County in pandemic months compared to the year prior. of a potential increase in unemployment. “Those numbers will probably be reflected in next The Workforce Development Board statistics listed Santa month’s report.” Her office directs those seeking unemploy- Maria as having the largest group of unemployed persons ment to their website (sbcwdb.org) sbcwdb.org) for email addresses that get in June: 5,800, or 12.1 percent of the city’s workforce. Next sbcwdb.org a faster response than waiting on the phone on hold. were Santa Barbara, with 5,700 people and 11.5 percent of Workforce Development also hears that the additional $600 the workforce; Lompoc, 2,600 unemployed and 15.1 percent; gives some workers more than they earned before, while others and Goleta, 1,700 unemployed and 10.3 percent. All the worry about their health. “People are bummed they may not numbers represented improvements of 1-3 percent over May. Congressmember Salud Carbajal’s office reported that get the extra amount,” Janabajab related. “But for some, their employer isn’t really taking precautions, and the numbers are negotiations on the stimulus money for the unemployed going up so quickly.” Health insurance and other benefits were — called Pandemic Additional Compensation payments — were in flux but that both Republicans and Democrats a large reason many wanted to go back to work, she added.

As Rupert indicated, after the state shut down in March, were leaning toward a renewal. The most recent word 10,700 people in the hospitality industry lost their jobs and coming out of the Republican camp was a reduction to applied for unemployment insurance in April. Work picked either $200 or $400 a week. Democrats have pushed for up in June, with an additional 6,000 jobs in the hospitality the full $600, which was part of the Heroes Act passed in industry. Another major sector seeing growth was farming, May. The GOP proposal is expected to emerge sometime which added 10,700 jobs since February. n next week.

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But this is the reality, so let’s act and crush it!

A county is flagged for elevated disease transmission criteria because the case rate per 100,000 people exceeds 100, or because the case rate is over 25 and testing positivity is over 8 percent.

Sadly, concern for the elderly and those with preexisting conditions hasn’t been enough for our community to implement safety practices like avoiding social activities indoors or in larger numbers than recommended. This is the most common method for viral transmission in our community.

If we want to feel safe and wish for our children to benefit from the motivation, energy, and number of hours of instruction provided by in-person teaching, we must do the work, follow the safety protocols we have been aware of for months, and social distance. We are fortunate to live in a beautiful city with ample outdoor spaces to safely entertain ourselves. There is no excuse to do otherwise. Our children deserve better.

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Because the county denied trucking in 2015 after the pipeline was shut down, Santa Ynez High School lost more than $4 million, which has led to losses of teachers and programs. The problems are worse for smaller school districts with high numbers of lowincome students, such as Vista del Mar in Gaviota.

That’s why it’s critical to support the approval of ExxonMobil’s temporary trucking permit to restart

operations at the Santa Ynez Unit facility. According to a county Chamber Coalition study, $4.51 million per year would be restored to county K-14 funding after the Santa Ynez Unit restarts operations.

Programs at the high school and at Allan Hancock College are gateways to training and employment for students.

Allowing trucking from the Santa Ynez Unit does not mean we will stunt efforts toward more clean, renewable energy. Instead, it means we will rely less on dirty, carbon-intense energy imported from foreign dictatorships across thousands of miles of ocean.

I urge the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors to be mindful of our community’s needs and approve the temporary trucking permit, so we can get back essential jobs and revenues that support our children and educational institutions.

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It is important not to let the moment die. This still is and has been a worthy cause to fight for. We should continue to support the movement in any way we can: Fund the Movement: Some places to donate to include large organizations like Black Lives Matter, bail funds, and mutual aid funds like the S.B. Mutual Aid Society.

Sign Petitions: And share them around social media. Many petitions against police brutality are circulating the internet.

Call and Email Local Government Officials: Show your support for key policy changes, and vote!

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Janet Anne Southwick Servatius 7/31/1944 - 7/7/2020

Janet Anne Southwick Servatius, resident of Santa Barbara, California, passed away at the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on July 7, 2020. She was 75 years old.

Born on July 31, 1944, in Santa Maria, California, Janet’s parents were Linus E. Southwick II and Helen Drummond Southwick.

After living for a time in Santa Maria, the family moved to Nebraska for several years, before ultimately returning to California and settling in La Cañada Flintridge. Janet attended John Muir High School in nearby Pasadena.

Janet attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. After two years, she transferred to the University of Southern California. While at U.S.C., Janet was introduced to Kenneth George Servatius of Crystal Lake, Illinois, who was also a student there. They were married in 1967 and raised their son, Jason Alexander, born in 1974, in La Cañada Flintridge. They were divorced in 1986.

After residing in the Los Angeles area for many years, Janet started anew in Santa Barbara, where she spent the remaining 20 years of her life.

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Janet spent a great deal of her free time on a small lake in Northern Ontario, Canada. She and her son spent many cherished summers there, painting, boating, fishing, entertaining and connecting with friends and family. These were some of the happiest times of her life.

Janet led a rich spiritual life. She ultimately found a home in the Buddhist tradition, shortly after arriving in Santa Barbara. At that time, she developed a daily meditation practice and began a study of classical and modern Tibetan Buddhist texts.

Janet is survived by her sister Susan, her brother Linus III, her son Jason and his wife Jessica, as well as her dear rescue-canine Lulu.

A celebration of Janet’s life is tentatively planned for her 77th birthday, in July, 2021. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to organizations that Janet loved: Doctors Without Borders, The Community Foundation of the Verdugos, and in Santa Barbara – Direct Relief or Domestic Violence Solutions. To visit Janet’s online memorial site, navigate to bit.ly/ janetservatius Arrangements entrusted to McDermott Crockett Mortuary.

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Mac A. Johnson 11/16/1945 - 7/6/2020

Mac A. Johnson (74) of Santa Barbara passed away on July 6, 2020 surrounded by his wife and children, love and Hawaiian music.

Mac was born in 1945 to Nadine McPike (Johnson) Staggs and Donald E. Johnson in Shelbina, MO, and was raised by his mother and stepfather, John W. Staggs in Shelbyville, MO. In the 1960s, Mac served for several years in the U.S. Army’s military intelligence division, chiefly in Asmara, Eritrea (formerly Ethiopia), where his eldest daughter was born. He graduated in 1974 from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a degree in Business Management and worked at Mutual of Omaha for over 25 years in Technology, Sales, and Marketing.

In 1999, he became Chief Marketing Officer for what is now Northern California AAA Insurance. In 2002, he and his wife, Susan, found an opportunity to align their business values and work ethic with a desire to support seniors by opening a Home Instead Senior Care office in Santa Barbara. In later years, he joked about needing to be as educated as his children and went back to school part-time, earning an MBA from Norwich University.

In the Santa Barbara community, Mac served as a board member and as board president of Santa Barbara Easy Lift Transportation, and he served on the board of Catholic Charities. Mac and his labradoodle, Cal, also volunteered for many years at local hospitals and Hospice, bringing joy and comfort to patients, families and hospital staff. In the

evenings he enjoyed cooking with family and friends, and he had a joke for every occasion.

He is survived by wife, Susan; children Denise Levy (David), Willy Johnson (Erin Davidson), Sarah Jane Johnson (Kerryann Cook); stepchildren, Kevin Burnett (Brooke), Elisabeth Shearon (Carson), Megan Burnett; eight grandchildren, Charles, Charlie, Sam, Brigitte, Ella, Helen, Roan, Harvey; stepfather, John W. Staggs, his sister Donna Purvis (Russell), numerous nieces and nephews, and his loyal labradoodles, Cal and Maddie. Go MIZZOU! A celebration of Mac’s life will be held next summer. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Santa Barbara Easy Lift Transportation: https://www.easylift.org/ donate

Lois Manning Hillman 7/29/1923 - 7/14/2020

Lois Manning Hillman passed away July 14, 2020, fifteen days before her 97th birthday. She was blessed to have lived independently in her home, and with a sharp mind, until the day of her passing, which was quick and painless. Born July 29, 1923, in Philadelphia to Kenneth C. Manning and Elizabeth E. Schick, Lois graduated from Ursinus College with a degree in chemistry. She married Richard Brace Hillman September 18, 1948 and they had 66 wonderful years together until his death in 2014.

Dick and Lois raised their children in Plymouth Meeting, PA and alternated vacations between the southern Jersey Shore and road trips throughout the U.S. Family was first for Mom, and she

created a loving home for her children, always doing the best for them and giving them every opportunity. Her homemaking included sewing clothing, refinishing furniture, making lampshades, ceramics, and wreaths, hosting bridge parties, the poker group, and countless holidays. If not for Mom, we would have empty photo albums.

The family moved to Sherwood Forest, CA in 1975 and after Dick’s retirement, Mom and Dad played bridge with their dear friends, and loved socializing in Wrightwood at their second home. They also traveled two or three times each year. Mom loved to shop on those trips and always brought back gifts for her children and grandchildren. Gathering for family birthdays and holidays, keeping traditions, and treasuring family antiques was what brought Mom the most happiness. She was a member of the Assistance League of Southern California Hilltoppers Group and the Old Treasures Club.

She was also a supporter of animals, donating to their causes, and adopting the kitties that came her way.

Lois is survived by her son Kenneth Hillman (Kristy) of Oceanside, daughter Elizabeth Boscacci (Dennis) of Santa Barbara, grandchildren Kira Dewey (David), Geena Dargan (Jackson), Kellen Hillman, Karl Boscacci, and greatgrandson Ethan Dewey.

Her cats Bobby, Sweetie Pie, and Bingo, along with her goldfish Brady (named after her favorite football player) will miss her too. She was a special sweet lady, loving, tireless, even-keeled, and always there for us. We will miss her dearly.

A celebration of Lois’ life will be held when appropriate under the pandemic guidelines. Those wishing to honor her memory may make a donation to The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).

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BY CHIEF LORI LUHNOW ommunication is fundamental to how

we relate to one another. People are able to convey how they see and experience the world through communication. We are able to develop empathy and change our views of the world through listening to other’s perspectives. We also send strong and impactful messages by what we choose not to say. I have recently listened to, and spoken, much about contemporary policing, police accountability, and how we as an agency respond to the changes in societal norms and expectations. But I would be remiss if I didn’t address a void.

We need to publicly express support for the fine women and men of the Santa Barbara Police Department. What hasn’t been said matters. It matters to the officers and detectives who, day in and day out, respond to our community when they call for help.

It matters to the men and women who answer the thousands of calls for help from our community which have not ended up in national controversial social-media posts. It matters to the families of these officers, who see all over media outlets hateful messages about police and threats against their lives because they wear a blue (or tan) uniform. Being proud of our officers and wanting police to evolve as a profession are not contradictory concepts.

The officers of the Santa Barbara Police Department have been practitioners of important concepts such as de-escalation and meaningful community dialogue for years. Yes, we constantly work to improve from evidence-based practices and push ourselves to expand our worldview, as all law enforcement and other government agencies should do. But let’s recognize our local officers for the fine service they provide, while continuing to move forward and participate in nationwide calls for systemic changes in the criminal justice system. Thank you to those individuals in the community who have stopped our officers on the sidewalk to say thank you and taken the time to send handwritten notes of support.

These are difficult times. I respect those who demand equity and peacefully protest against systemic racism. I stand with you. It is not your fight.

It’s our fight. Everyone owns it. But I also stand with the men and women of this police department. If you

think you have to choose between the two (fighting systemic racism or supporting SBPD officers), you haven’t spent much time with our officers.

Below are several items that have been requested and demanded by various organizations of local and national concern which are already implemented at our department.

Policy: The Santa Barbara Police Department Policy Manual requires de-escalation measures, a duty to intercede when wrongdoing is witnessed, a duty to preserve life and render aid regardless of circumstance. Discrimination is of course prohibited, and so are chokeholds. All uses of force are required to be documented.

Implicit Bias & Principled Policing Training: The Santa Barbara Police Department trains officers in partnership with Santa Barbara–based Just Communities. The implicit-bias training exceeds state mandates and includes community panels and a psychology professor who specializes in implicit bias.

Community Transparency: Assembly Bill 1421 allows public access through a standard public records request to access information pertinent to all sustained violations (police officer files) which include: dishonesty/perjury/evidence tampering; sexual assault; and all officer-involved shootings/ related deaths.

SBPD reports all use-of-force incidents resulting in serious bodily injury and/or the discharge of a firearm to the California Department of Justice.

Community members sit on interview panels for all promotional interviews for Sergeant and Lieutenants.

SBPD Voices: This dialogue is an evidence-based community conversation model recognized by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and has been highlighted in policing publications.

SBPD Volunteers in Policing: The VIP program brings the community into the police department in official positions. It allows community to engage with other civilians who are ambassadors of the department. Each brings outside perspective/expertise to department culture. That fosters a relationship between officers and civilian community. n

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Jeffrey E. Harb, M.D. 10/19/1960 - 3/7/2020

Margaret Peggy Jensen Fuller

Jeffrey E. Harb (59) was born on October 19, 1960 to parents Fred and Fadwa Harb in San Diego, California. He passed away on March 7, 2020 in Santa Barbara 3 ½ months after being diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma. He is survived by his mother, Fadwa, and his siblings Joe and Jane. He is also survived by his two children, Elli and Ethan, and is preceded in death by his father Fred.07 Raised in San Diego, he graduated from San Diego State University in 1985 and attended the Brown-Dartmouth Medical Program in Hanover, New Hampshire and Providence, Rhode Island, graduating from Brown University School of Medicine in 1989. He then returned to the sunshine of California to begin his residency in Internal Medicine at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

After completing his residency, he served as physician at Country Medical Clinic in Solvang before entering into private practice with Dr. Michael Bordofsky. From 1999-2011, Dr. Harb cared for the health of Santa Barbara residents before leaving the practice to lend his expertise to the insurance sector.

While a resident at Cottage, he met pharmacist Kristi Lay; they were married in 1994 and delighted in raising their two children together during 20 years of marriage before parting ways. Dr. Harb was an avid golfer who could always be found on the local Santa Barbara fairways, devoting his weekends to his quest to make it on the Senior Tour.

As a father, physician, and friend, he will live forever in the hearts of many.

Peggy Fuller recently passed away in her sleep, peacefully, at her residence in Seattle. Born in Nigeria, the daughter of missionaries, at age 5 she and 2 sisters, upon their mothers’ death, were placed in a missionary children’s home in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada.

She had a “wonderful dream childhood,” was 16 when the war ended, and had 5 friends who had a brother who didn’t return from the war.

At age 19 she began teaching, her first class being, for one year, a one room school, grades 1-12: “The hardest thing I’ve ever done,” she joked, “I thought about becoming a welder.” The next three years she spent at University of Toronto, teaching elementary, which became her career. In the early fifties she moved to San Diego—where she became a citizen—and then to the bay area, where she married Lloyd Fuller and had three children. They soon relocated to the Santa Ynez Valley, where she taught at Jonata and Solvang Elementary for some 20 years. She also owned Elna’s Dress Shop in Solvang for 12 years, their best seller being a made-in-Solvang traditional Danish dress for infant girls. On weekends Peggy would do both grommets and topstitching; thousands of these dresses were sold to tourists from all over.

She also sold real estate, and on retiring moved to Santa Barbara, where she ran an Elderhostel program. She also volunteered at both SB Visitors Center

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and the Courthouse, and was a member of PEO and El Montecito Presbyterian Church. A life long GOP voter, (she had a huge crush on Ike), she left this party in 2016, citing a need for “basic decency and common sense.” Peggy loved people, and had many friends. She was an avid traveller, visiting many countries, and also both an avid reader and bridge player. She is survived by her children and a grandson. Her ashes have been donated to the flowers on Figueroa Mountain. No service is planned. However, it was Peggy’s wish that after the virus crisis, “many well attended and well behaved bridge parties take place in both the Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez Valleys, Amen.”

Susan M. Perona 6/26/1939 - 2/7/2020

Susan Margaret Evers Perona (Muma) Sue Perona (nee Evers) was born in San Francisco, CA. to her proud parents Maizie and Calmar Evers.

She was the first of three children and is survived by her sister, Sandra Brisbee (Bob), her brother, Roger Evers (Marie) and a host of nieces and nephews.

Sue grew up in San Mateo, California and attended San Mateo High School, where she played softball, loved cheerleading and acting. She was Homecoming runner-up and loved the Mills Brothers, Julie London and show tunes. Sue shared a room with her sister Sandi ,who was five years younger, and she played her music on the Hi-Fi driving sister Sandi crazy! Sue was accepted into San Jose State where she studied drama

and acted in a variety of performances. She was a Delta Gamma Moonlight Girl and snuck out of the sorority house to go into San Francisco with the Smothers Brothers where she met Phyllis Diller. After starring as Eve in “All About Eve,” Sue went to a cast party where she performed the Dance of the Seven Veils with Charmin toilet paper!

Mace Perona, attending that party, fell head over heels for her and the rest is history.

On a blustery, snowy night, they welcomed their daughter, Severn Marcel Perona.

Their love story blossomed and spanned over 54 years.

In 1968, on their way to Guadelupe, Sue picked up the Santa Barbara News Press while at a rest stop in Santa Barbara. On the back page in bold letters she read “TEACHERS WANTED.” She became a Goleta Elementary School teacher by the next day. Sue adapted and produced a fifth grade show every year, each was exquisite in its depth and creativity. Her shows were professional and well rehearsed. She used dramatic embellishments such as TEA Parties and Readers Theater to bring academics alive for children. Sue was a highly sought after teacher throughout the state of California. She modeled how to enchant students; with wide eyes and a sparkling smile she would whisper to a child, “You got the muse today!”

Sue actively wrote grants to bring art and artists into the school district, incorporating the use of the arts to teach reading, writing, science and mathematics. She was on the board of the Children’s Creative Project, which brought artists into county schools and initiated the I Madonnari Italian chalk festival held every year on the Mission steps, as a fundraiser for CCP. Sue was a SCWRIP and Literature Fellow with

Mace and presented to educators here and abroad.

She was a Master teacher for UCSB student teachers bringing drama into the classroom as a teaching strategy throughout the curriculum. Sue spent a month in Malta as a teacher consultant of the National Writing Project from UC Berkeley and worked with the Malta Department of Education.

The last night in Malta, she and her colleague were honored as “the midwives to their selves as writers.”

Her relationships with colleagues, parents and students were exemplary, her enthusiasm for teaching was infectious. Mrs. P., or Super Ona as the children used to call her, was magical!

Along the way, Sue met a group of like minded writers and artists, forming the Forever Solstice Sisters.

Together they celebrated the Solstices and Equinoxes: life and nature through art and poetry. At their gatherings, Sue’s spirit was stronger and more bubbly than any champagne.

In her free time, Sue loved running and hiking the Figeroa Mountains and walking the beaches. She was a champion chef and was published in Sunset Magazine for her oatmeal cookies.

She loved Julia Child. Sue was an avid gardener and Grandma extraordinaire.

She celebrated the birth of each of her three grandsons, Dante, Dario and Damian and showered them with original poems, picture books, art and love. Those were her boys!

Sue was diagnosed with Alzheimer Disease in 2016 but in the end it was a rare disease, Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), which took her quickly. Sue died February 7th in Villanova, PA. surrounded by her family.

She will be greatly missed.

A celebration of life service to be held when it is safe to to do so.

obituaries Glenn Austin Sanderson 6/29/1947 - 3/4/2020

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73 on June 29. We all miss him and had hoped to enjoy his company for many more years. We thank his cancer team at UCSF and the Ridley Tree Center for giving us as much time with him.

He would soon become a grandfather.

Stella Montejano 7/15/2020 Glenn was a kind, calm, gentle man. He was a brilliant, successful engineer with a multitude of patents.

He was also an audiophile, a talented photographer and most importantly to him, a good father.

When our first daughter sat on his lap and chanted, “Da Da, ah my dadda” he just melted and asked, “What have I done to deserve this? He said this again as he laughed and jostled his robust newborn son and when his second daughter looked at him adoringly, as well as, many other times during his interactions with his children.

He was an involved father. He helped Natalie with Algebra and in building projects she dreampt up.

He participated with Brett’s Boy Scouts and helped Brett get and train a dog and together, they went to the “doggy party” at the park.

He had many special conversations and picnics with Lisa and he introduced her to the fun of Science fiction.

We all remember his sharing the joy of music and how we danced around the living room to the Stones and other music.

Glenn supported his three children in whatever their interest or goal. He just wanted to instill good values and he was very proud of Natalie, Brett and Lisa. They all felt his love.

His family and his rescue dog Stella surrounded him with comfort and love.

Glenn would have been

Stella Montejano at age 86 passed away peacefully on July 15th 2020. She was a beloved wife, mother of five sons, grandmother, and great grandmother. A burial service was held privately.

Arrangements and trust to McDermott-Crockett Mortuary.

and nephews. Barbara was pre-deceased by her loving husband of 38 years, Leon; her son, Kenny Kaufman; stepson Aron Benon and brothers Robert Moscowitz and Raymond Moscowitz.

We will miss her style, charm, vibrance and love.

Private services were held at Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary in Los Angeles.

You are welcome to visit the gravesite. Hillside Memorial’s website is: www.hillsidememorial.org.

Dr. Glyn Owen Pritchard 9/26/1931 - 7/8/2020

Barbara Ruth Benon 4/9/1932- 7/11/2020

Born in St. Louis, MO, Barbara was the daughter of Edward and Cecilia Moscowitz. She and her husband, Leon, moved to Santa Barbara in 1978 and opened a fine women’s clothing store and hair salon named “Benon For Clothes” on Coast Village Road.

Barbara was a passionate and creative woman who enjoyed traveling, interior decorating, giving parties and spending time with her family and many friends.

She is survived by her daughter, Richelle (Ricky) Gaspar; son-in-law, Orman Gaspar; daughter-in-law, Roberta (Bobbi) Kaufman; step-daughter, Kathleen (Kathy) Benon; sister Sharon Hasson and brother-inlaw Ronnie Hasson.

She is also survived by a loving, extended family, including many nieces

Glyn peacefully passed away on July 8, 2020, a few months short of his eightyninth birthday with his wife Jean by his side. Glyn was born in Bangor, Wales and moved with his family to Altrincham where he experienced life in England during WWII including seeing a war plane shot down, bomb shelters, wearing a gas mask at school and food rationing. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Manchester in 1955 and left England to work at the Research Council in Ottawa. He took a teaching position at the Royal Military College (RMC) in Kingston, Ontario, where he met his life-long friend Dr. John Dacey who recommended him for a position at UC Santa Barbara.

Glyn moved to Santa Barbara in 1958 and joined UCSB as a Postdoctoral Scholar and then as a Professor in the department of Chemistry. During his 30-year tenure in

the department he taught a variety of chemistry courses, including Environmental Chemistry courses he established. Glyn played a central role in developing the department’s graduate program and was graduate advisor for many years.

He had an active research program with more than 60 scientific publications as well as serving as the chair of the department for nine years in the 70’s.

He had many friends and colleagues and mentored dozens of students. After he retired in 1991, he was recalled to assist with the construction of PSB North and renovation of the existing Chemistry building due to his expertise and knowledge about the department and their labs and equipment.

Glyn returned to Kingston in the summers to teach chemistry to the cadets at RMC. His teaching position came with officer status which allowed him access to the Officer’s Mess where he met Jean, his wife of almost 60 years. He convinced her to marry him and to travel 3,000 miles to Santa Barbara in 1960 where they bought a home and started a family.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Owen and Lillian and by his brother Huw and his sister Olwen.

He is survived by his wife, Jean and his daughters, Lynne, Megan and Bronwyn and his grandchildren, Emma, Connor and Griffith as well as nieces and nephews Karen, David, Howard, Michael and Rueth and Jean’s 11 siblings and their families. Glyn and Jean’s many trips to Ontario and Vancouver over the years created close and memorable relationships with our Canadian family.

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with Emma, hoops, chess and pirates with Connor and Griffith and reading them books about animals.

Glyn was a playful and interested grandfather and his grandchildren loved his quick wit and “punny” jokes. And while he never owned a pet, he was also a wonderful Taid to the many pets that joined our family.

It seemed like they always came home a few pounds heavier after a stay with Taid due to the many treats he insisted they needed.

In school, Glyn played soccer and cricket and continued to play when he moved to Santa Barbara.

He was the life of the party and the first on the dance floor. He was known for his limericks, whether being able to recite many from memory or those written by him for the occasion. He enjoyed a run on the beach with friends and played golf even though he said he had a “cricket” swing. He loved all kinds of music; bagpipes were a sentimental favorite and more than one dinner party at their home ended with Amazing Grace and Danny Boy on the stereo. A good glass of wine, shared with friends and family was a great source of pleasure for him.

Glyn was a true success story. He left England with the proverbial $25.00 in his pocket and through his hard work made a comfortable life far away from where he was born and raised. Glyn was sensible and responsible and he provided well for his family and was always available when we needed his help.

Please raise your glass and make a toast to Glyn and if you would like, a donation in his name to your favorite charity or cause.

A memorial will be planned for a later date.

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GOOD COP, The The Light Light and and Dark Dark Sides Sides of of Santa Santa Barbara’s Barbara’s Police Police Forces Forces

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ast month, soon after the death of George Floyd reignited demonstrations and debate over American police systems, the Independent asked its readers to share stories of their experiences with Santa Barbara law enforcement — the good, the bad, and everything in between. We put the call out on social media, through our newsletter, and over the airwaves of Radio Bronco, the region’s largest Spanish-language radio station, and we received hundreds of responses in return. These are 40 of them.

This collection of stories is not meant to be a celebration, nor a denunciation, of our police forces. It is not a scientific study. Instead, it is a comprehensively anecdotal assessment of how citizens view and interact with Santa Barbara’s finest. Many recall times when men and women in uniform made them feel safe. Others remember instances of harassment and abuse.

Among the expressions of both appreciation and misgiving is the general recognition

JUDY NOBRIGA When East Beach Grill was still open, I witnessed a man in uniform come over to talk to a homeless man near the parking lot. I was curious as to how it would go, so I slowed down a bit. The conversation I witnessed was one of compassion and care. He asked how the man was and if he needed assistance.

I was so grateful to know we had this type of dialogue with the homeless from our officers — speaking on the same level, not talking down or berating or being intolerant. Thank you.

ADAM SHIPPEY When I was a waiter at Denny’s, I was forced to call the police on a homeless individual who ordered breakfast but lit a cigarette inside the store and refused to put it out. The police showed up and escorted him out. I followed to give a statement, only to see the officer punch the handcuffed man in the face after calling him by name and telling him that he “needs to go back to Isla Vista, stay out of this part of town.”

MONIE DE WIT Some years ago, I did the Tecate/Ensenada 75-mile bike ride. I left at the crack of dawn and was super tired on my way home.

Just as I was getting to Santa Barbara, I started to fall asleep behind the wheel and hit the speed things between lanes. An officer noticed and pulled me over. I had my bike in the back and explained my day. Instead of writing me a ticket, he said he would follow me home the last five miles, which he did. I will be forever grateful and don’t overextend myself like that anymore. I never got his name, but I wish I had and told his supervisor. That is protecting and serving.

CALEB DAY I was out with several friends on Solstice night and dancing at a nightclub, then called Coonies, now called Eos. One of our friends was acting a little belligerent, so we helped him out the door to find a cab.

We were approached by two cops, a male and female. The male cop said that we needed to get our friend home (he was

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that the majority of police — whether they be city officers, county deputies, or state troopers — are well-intentioned people doing an exceptionally difficult job. But they also give rise to important questions about how the very structures of our law enforcement bodies may be flawed, and how they might be improved.

The Independent is only featuring responses from readers willing to put their names on the line in the interest of truth and candor. We granted anonymity to the very few who requested it, and only in cases when concerns over personal safety or pending litigation existed.

This is one element of an ongoing inquiry by the paper into the patterns and practices of Santa Barbara law enforcement, including reviews of use-of-force incidents where a person was seriously injured or killed. See those articles at independent.com/policefiles.

We thank the readers who offered their stories to us. To contribute your own, or to provide a tip, email us at tips@independent.com.

clearly incapacitated), and he offered his assistance by flagging down a cab with his flashlight, for which we were grateful.

His female partner glared at our friend, who was muttering nonsense to himself, and demanded he “shut up or we’re going to take you to the drunk tank!” She then proceeded to violently grab our friend by the throat. My other friend and I pleaded with her to relax and that we would take him home.

She withdrew her hand from our friend’s neck, but he kept muttering, so she once more grabbed him by the neck and shouted at him to “shut up!” He pushed her arm away, which apparently justified her pulling out her Taser and shooting him with it.

We then watched as the two officers tried to put my friend in handcuffs, who at this point was resisting. Backup was called, and four or five bike cops came racing down the street.

What proceeded was a painful demonstration of police brutality, as seven-plus police liberally smashed, kicked, punched, choked, and hit their way to “compliance.” A crowd of people gathered and started screaming at the cops to stop.

I filed a complaint with the SBPD, but when I read the police report, I found much of it to be completely inaccurate.

It was then that I realized that the police will never hold themselves accountable.

I know of several good men and women at SBPD, and I don’t think that all law enforcement is corrupt, but I do believe that absolute power corrupts absolutely.

MARIA GARCIA I am law-abiding therefore do not have a problem with police.

I once dialed 9-1-1 by mistake. I quickly hung up when they answered. Not thinking a thing about it, I went about my business. Several minutes later, I glanced outside, and there was a police officer. He was sent to my house to make sure I was safe. He did not take my quick apology, and instead looked around inside to make sure I was safe. I thought that was nice.

MARY HERSHEY I have been stuck in a rather prolonged version of a dark night of the soul. A well-meaning friend was worried when I recently didn’t go to work and my phone number appeared

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to be disconnected. (I had changed my number.) Since she lives out of town, she called the police and asked them to do a “wellness check” on me.…

When I first heard knocking, I figured it was someone selling something, and then I ignored the doorbell like any self-respecting introvert. Next thing I knew, someone was pounding hard on the door and saying in a loud voice, “Mary, are you in there? It’s the police!”

I was mortified to find three officers on my porch and wondered if … my neighbors were thinking I had set up a meth lab.… And I felt especially terrible because those three officers needed to be out fighting crime and not checking on my sorry old ass.

After I convinced them I was mostly really okay and just needed a priest, Viktor Frankl, and warm chocolate-chip cookies, they left, leaving me the number of the local suicide hotline. They were unbelievably kind, gentle, shiny and armed like nobody’s business.

An hour later, there was knocking again. This time, it was just the female officer, and she held a bag of chocolate-chip cookies. She said she thought they might help.

I nearly flooded her right off the porch with my dopey tears. This is an officer who had told me earlier that she was newly off maternity leave and had a 2-month-old and a 5-year-old at home. But she took the time to get me cookies.

JAN NELSON I used to own a music shop that was on the corner directly across the street from the Santa Barbara police station. A very scary-looking man about 30 years old walked in one day and wandered around for a while. After my customer left, I was alone in the shop with him and felt unsafe. He had a barbed wire tattoo around his neck and was dressed in combat fatigues. He ended up exposing himself to me, and I ordered him out of the store.

I walked across the street to the police station to report a crime. The woman at the counter informed me there was nobody available to take my complaint. She said somebody would contact me, but nobody did. A few days later,

C O V E R half a block away, I came across five or six uniformed officers harassing a young Latino boy who was sitting on the curb with his hands behind his back. I asked the officers what his crime was, and they said, “We think he belongs to a gang.” I hit the roof and told them it was no wonder the public was resisting a new police station if this was the way they spent their working hours, ignoring valid crimes and harassing young people who look like they might belong to a gang!

So, not big-city brutality, just another case of harassment and the police spending a lot of taxpayers’ money to ignore their sworn duty to protect and serve the public.

KIM SUMMER When my son was dealing with some intense behavioral issues, I had to call the Santa Barbara County Sheriff one night. They showed up and provided support that was above antd beyond what I could imagine. Yes, we are white, so I am aware there is privilege in our experience.

DAVID PETERSON For the past 50 years, our family has owned and operated the four McDonalds in Santa Barbara and two in Goleta. We have employed over 20,000 people and fed over 10,000,000 happy customers. The Santa Barbara Police force has been an amazing asset and service to the well-being of our business, guests, and employees.

Over five decades, they have responded with incredible care, speed, and compassion. We have experienced gangs, suicide, homelessness, burglary, and even a murder at our downtown restaurant, and in every case, we knew with absolute certainty that we could depend on your fabulous police team. Thank you!

I’m well aware of all the discussion around police in the U.S.A. and grateful that productive change is underway, but from my vantage point, our SBPD have been heroic and a godsend.

ANONYMOUS A few years ago, I was riding my bike home from the Santa Barbara Athletic Club, and it was starting to get dark. The front light on my bike had just broken, so I was using the flashlight on my phone. A cop pulled me over and told me I needed to walk my bike because I didn’t have a working front light. I explained that it had literally just died and I felt unsafe walking alone by myself in the dark. He told me he didn’t care and that I couldn’t get back on my bike. He drove off and I started to walk my bike but was getting catcalls from some people (I was a young female in gym clothes) so I decided it was safer if I got back on my bike.

The officer was waiting around the corner for me and pulled me over again and this time threatened me with arrest. At this point I was crying because I didn’t feel safe, and I asked if he could just take me home. Then my phone died, and he said I was on my own or maybe I could call my “little boyfriend” to pick me up. Through tears I asked if he could just make sure I got home safely. He said he couldn’t do that but if he found me riding my bike again, he would put me in jail. I had to walk home eight blocks in the dark without a phone. I felt very unsafe.

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I haven’t personally been witness to a police officer either going above and beyond or engaging in an activity that they should not have been. But my experiences and interactions with Santa Barbara police officers and those that work administratively at the police department have always been positive and helpful. They have been courteous and timely with help and assistance whenever I have needed it (and I have had need over the years with burglaries and break-ins to my business).

BEVERLY BONNEY I have lived in, owned property, and recreated in Santa Barbara County since 1975. I’ve experienced nothing but professionalism and courtesy from a Sheriff ’s Department that is notoriously stretched thin on officers and resources. These officers serve a large and diverse community. I have nothing but respect for the men and women of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff ’s Department. Thank you for keeping the community safe!

AMOS GARCIA

I was driving up the coast one afternoon last winter, on my way home after a day of teaching a guest seminar to middle school students, and I decided to pull over by the Naples property to make a phone call and take a pee.

I’m standing there by my car door listening to NPR, minding and doing my own business, and the hairs kind of went up on the back of my neck. I turned around quickly, and lo and behold, about 20 yards behind my car is a Highway Patrol vehicle, and an officer approaching me on foot.

“Move away from the car, sir!” she said.

I turned away from her, zipped up, and slowly moved backward away from my car.

“What are you doing, sir?”

“Ummm, listening to NPR, making a phone call, and taking a pee.”

“I have you on video cam, sir. It’s against the law to expose yourself on public property.”

I paused. “Oh, I didn’t know this was public prop…”

“Yes, it is, sir. This is a state highway. I could cite you for exposing yourself on public property, and you would have to register as a sex offender. I need to see your license and vehicle registration, sir.”

She scanned them, keeping an eye on me. When she handed me the documents, she said, “Sir, it’s against the law

I’ve been tailed by the police on the Mesa, even though I’m a local and have lived on the Mesa for 23 years, but I happen to be Mexican. They don’t think a Mexican really fits in that area, I guess. They’ve asked me: “What are you doing I know of several good men and here?” “Are you high, sir?” “Do you live in this area?” I always respond respectfully because women at SBPD, and I don’t think of my fear of being shot for being brown. I’ve that all law enforcement is corrupt, seen them stop and mess with locals who happen to be Mexican as well. Never have I but I do believe that absolute ever seen a white person stopped for walking down the street. power corrupts absolutely.

—Caleb Day

ANNA KOKOTOVIC As a forensic psychologist, I have had very good experiences with law enforcement officers in Santa Barbara County. As executive director of CALM for 18 years, I worked closely with officers to investigate cases of child abuse and domestic violence. The officers were dedicated to keeping the community safe and helping children and families get the social services they needed.

Although retired, as with all professions, including psychology and law enforcement, there are very good members as well as problems and areas that need improvement. I trust our community can work together to make improvements in the local police force.

HELEN BRODIE When my daughter was 9, she was selling lemonade with a friend. Two officers pulled over and bought some. They also left $20 for the charity they were supporting. The girls still remember the officers. Thank you.

ANONYMOUS

Best police force on earth. Great response times. I just wish they got nearly the same love and support as we give our fire department.

—Craig Saling

Our adult son has Asperger’s syndrome, and we have had interactions with the police. In two situations, it was obvious that the officers had been trained to deal with mental issues. The officers were compassionate and knew how to de-escalate a difficult situation.

to relieve yourself on state property. It’s the same as exposing yourself. You can stop at El Capitan State Park, Refugio State Park, Gaviota State Park, or the Gaviota Rest Stop.”

“Okay,” I replied. I didn’t belabor the point that one has to pay to get into the state parks, and Gaviota Rest Stop is more often closed than open.

I was seething inside. Such a belligerent ‘I have the power to ruin your life’ attitude. As I drove off, a thought arrived: Maybe the officer had a tough day, maybe she had been dealing with other people at this same location recently. Another thought came to mind: Register as a sex offender? I am a retired teacher with 45+ years of experience working with children in our community and overseas. And a third thought now comes to mind: I am a gray-haired, 69-year-old white guy. What if I had been somebody else? A person of color? What might have happened then?

I have no doubt that the officer has helped out many motorists along the Gaviota section of Hwy. 101, and that she’s hopefully given out many citations to dangerous drivers, of which there is no shortage. And she’s had to deal with accidents, injuries, and death. But enforcement of law doesn’t mean the inculcation of fear.

GREG MISHKIN I have honestly never had any problems with our SBPD officers.

Most are very polite and friendly and helpful. We have had a few incidences on our property that required a call. I give them all As. I’m always trying to offer them coffee but never any takers.

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FIONA HIGGINS

JAMES KAHN Years ago, we hosted a fundraiser for the Women of Afghanistan. Shortly thereafter, we were the subject of harassment and intimidation. Someone left a filled condom on our door handle, and someone wrote “DIE” on my windshield. It was around the same time and in the same neighborhood where a Muslim taxi driver was shot by his passenger for being a “terrorist.”

The policeman who came to take the reports was very kind and thorough. He collected evidence, though he apologized that matching DNA to the condom was likely a low priority for the department. He carefully went over the scene at the car defacement, took fingerprints, and was generally sympathetic, thoughtful, and thorough.

He called back once to see how we were doing. No one was ever caught, but there were no other incidents.

ARIEL COLON I’ve had my share of encounters with SBPD due to the fact that I was pretty wild as a teen. I grew up in both Oxnard and Santa Barbara, and I can honestly say that Ventura County officers are far more abusive. However, that’s not the same for the Santa Barbara gang unit.

One particular officer would arrest any teen without probable cause and was known to physically abuse them while they were handcuffed. He arrested me and my cousin for no reason at all, and while we were handcuffed pepper sprayed us both. We did not do anything to warrant that response.

Since most of my friends were undocumented, the gang unit would break into their homes without warrants and harass their family members. My aunt got arrested for simply asking if they had a warrant to search the home. She and her daughter were both tackled to the ground and manhandled and later arrested.

I was taking a walk in my neighborhood when I stopped to watch two officers frisking an older brown man, going through his bag of cans and emptying his pockets. This man did not speak English and looked absolutely terrified. One officer asked if I needed something or if I was just watching, to which I responded, “I’m just making sure he’s safe.” Two more officers arrived, and they held the man for 30 more minutes before letting him go. The last officer to leave rolled down his window and said to me, “Congrats on law school.”

He recognized me from the recent Black Lives Matter protest, where I’d talked about going to law school.

That turned my blood cold. I told him that if one really cares about the law, they choose to study it before they try to arbitrarily enforce it…. Our conversation escalated before he finally decided to leave, but not without saying, “You know what? Don’t go to law school.” He doesn’t want people like me out there to hold him accountable, and that is disgusting.

I unfortunately didn’t get his badge number, but he is out there. He knows who I am, and I do not feel safe. He is a cop, and I do not feel safe.

KATIE DIEFENTHALER My neighbor calls about four times a week and insists SBPD comes by to check on him and his house. His wife passed away about a year ago, and he is not the same mentally because of it. I see about three police cars a week in front of his house to check on him and around his property to make him feel comfortable. The patience and follow-up our police department has is remarkable. I personally would have stopped going after the second visit. They go above and beyond to make people feel safe in our city. Thank you, officers!

KRAIG RICE

On June 22, I witnessed a hit-and-run that damaged a pickup truck in front of Hayward’s Lumber. When I arrived at my MARY LOU WILLIAMS office, I called the SBPD to report what had happened. The I am the spouse of one of the city’s “Men in Blue.” I am also officer told me that it was a civil matter and hung up. a registered nurse, and we are parents of four sons who are Granted this was not a major crime, but I was shocked at now adults with families of their own. We are a law enforce- the indifference with which I was greeted … and dismissed. ment family with a son and two nephews who are also in I’m a lawyer, so I stewed on it for a few seconds, and I called law enforcement. the SBPD again. I gave them my name and said I had just My spouse retired as a sergeant after 31 years of dedicated called. It was the same officer. I said, “It was a hit-and-run, so service. I know that he was an excellent representative of his it is not simply a civil matter. I want to report the crime, and department, and he cared for his community. He served the I have the license plate number of the truck that drove off.” youth as a scoutmaster, church teaching assistant, and Youth The officer told me that I should give the info to the vicFootball League coach, and he mentored those who wanted tim. I said I was no longer at the scene, but I would like to give the police my contact info in case they wanted to follow up. The officer said that they had not I’ve been tailed by the police on the received a report about the incident yet, so there was no place for her to record my info, Mesa, even though I’m a local and and that was the end of the story for SBPD. have lived on the Mesa for 23 years, I do not think we should eliminate the but I happen to be Mexican. They police, but I would like to have a functional police force to serve and protect … maybe don’t think a Mexican really fits in we do need to consider some fundamental —Amos Garcia that area, I guess. changes … or maybe the SBPD needs a better crime reporting database. to pursue the law enforcement profession. He also served as a hostage negotiator.

Santa Barbara has always had the reputation of having one of the best law enforcement departments. It is unfortunate that many of these officers and ancillary personnel cannot afford to live in the community which they serve. Many have to get up at four in the morning to drive in to work.

I pray for their safety, as our family has had some close calls, and unfortunately we have lost several very loved friends who served in blue.

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KAREN CHAIDEZ While shopping at a local boutique, my debit card was declined. I was mortified and needed to call my bank to transfer more money into my checking account. Unfortunately, I had left my phone in my car, which was blocks away.

A customer nearby heard my plight and offered to lend me her phone. She had to leave the store, however, so she left her phone with me. She told the clerk that she would come back in an hour or so. I was flabbergasted at the customer’s kind-

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ness. After she left, the clerk smiled and asked me if I knew who the kind customer was. I didn’t. She told me it was Santa Barbara Police Chief Lori Luhnow.

ROBIN YOUNG I’m a native Santa Barbaran born here in 1961. I love my town.

My first experience with the police occurred when I was 11 years old. Some friends and I from the Coronel Apartments below McKinley School were playing on the school grounds with our homemade nunchucks, which our parents knew we had. We admired Bruce Lee so much back then, and we liked to pretend we were in his movies. The other kids were 8, 10, 11, and 12 years old. The two youngest boys were black and the other two were half-Mexican, like me.

As we were playing, a school security guard saw us and called the police. A tall white motorcycle cop (I remember he was wearing those big black boots) came up to us and led us to the office of the school. He said we were going to jail because we had weapons. He was really mean and scary.

We made the nunchucks from broom sticks with a chain screwed to the top. We were kids and didn’t know they were considered deadly weapons, only that Bruce was the coolest thing we had ever seen. I pleaded with him to take us to our parents because they knew where we were and what we were doing, but he insisted we go down to the police department.

We were held in a room with a one-way mirror for something so innocent and so stupid. It was just such a waste of time and taxpayer dollars. All the boys were so scared. The youngest boy peed his pants. In hindsight, I think that officer was trying to teach us a lesson, but that lesson turned into anger, frustration, and distrust of police to this day.

MAX BRUCE I was born and raised in Santa Barbara. I used to play cops and robbers in front of my apartment complex with friends, and I vividly remember a Deputy Sheriff stopping by and playing with us on multiple occasions.

When I returned to Santa Barbara after serving in the military, I observed multiple incidents with police. These were typically in the State Street nightlife scene. I specifically remember one instance when my wife and I observed a man holding an infant, and the man was very drunk. He staggered, leaned on the wall, and struggled with balancing upright. We told a couple of officers standing near a corner.

Without hesitation, they searched the area. Later that night, one of the officers found us. He thanked my wife and I and said the man had been placed under arrest.

I continued to hear about negative experiences with the police. But even when I look at my rebellious high school years, I can only think of my own positive police contacts, even if I didn’t like them at the time. When I lost my best friend in Goleta, I was furious that they kept us away from the scene and wouldn’t share information. But when I reflect back, I realize it was to protect his family and friends from an ugly situation and preserve how we remembered him.

The Santa Barbara Police Department and Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office are, for the most part, very professional and responsive police forces for this small town. I think about the stabbings involving gang members downtown, and the quick response of the Police Department. I remember hearing the responding sirens to a mass shooter in Isla Vista, where the suspect was stopped by the Sheriff’s Office.

And now, in the last few weeks, all I’ve heard is how terrible, racist, and brutal the police have been in this town. I love my hometown. I love my Santa Barbara. What I don’t understand is the disregard for such outstanding police

C O V E R agencies that truly want to protect and make a difference.

I now live in Sacramento. There have been over 30 gang shootings and over 28 homicides in recent weeks. This is a city that wants to defund the police. Even after gang wars, the people flip off, cuss, and even assault police when they only try to protect them.

I recently visited Santa Barbara, and I can only say I’m proud, happy, and extremely fortunate to have been raised here. Thank you, law enforcement agencies, for keeping Santa Barbara beautiful and safe.

They were asked to sit on the curb with hands behind their heads. The police kept their guns drawn on them the whole time. The lead officer was irate and yelling at them. When my friend came outside to tell the officers she did not want to press charges, which he was repeatedly pressuring her to do, he stated that if she was his daughter he would “club the three of them like a bunch of baby seals.” The gun was still drawn on them as he said this. We all walked away just fine, but it dampened my perception of the local police.

NANCY BURKETT

ANONYMOUS I am a volunteer on Cruise Ship days and greet passengers down at the harbor. There are always two officers “on duty” there. Apparently they rotate this job and they love doing it, maybe because they get to do nothing. They are provided a table with covering but often will remain in their car, heads down on their phones. One day, we saw only one officer.

When we asked, “Where’s your buddy?” We were told that “He forgot his sunglasses” … and he was gone for three hours! No wonder it’s highly desired overtime.

I have had nothing but good encounters from our law enforcement. I noticed that when I moved here four years ago. They are fair, nice, and approachable.

— Katie Bannon

KATIE BANNON I have had nothing but good encounters from our law enforcement. I noticed that when I moved here four years ago. They are fair, nice, and approachable. With all the homeless and mentally disabled, I feel the SBPD is patient and understanding with them. I’m proud of our department!

JOE BEAL Just recently moved here. Why don’t Santa Barbara police cars have turn signals?

DEBBIE MERLO Our garage was recently burgled while we were asleep. My husband had left his wallet in his car, and that was one of many items taken, including a bike, radio, alcohol, etc.

American Express called and said someone was trying to buy a Playstation with our card.

The police responded within minutes and sent a CSI officer to come and get prints. They arrested the perp by 2 p.m and had a photo of him using our debit card at a local store. This was not his first time out!

The police were courteous, fast, and followed up with calls and emails. We were able to get most of our stolen items back the following day. We are lucky to have men and women who protect and serve.

BETHANY STETSON In Carpinteria, my then-boyfriend (now husband) and two of his friends were pranking me and my friend by decorating her car with miscellaneous items. We had just toilet-papered their house. Police noticed the boys at the car, pulled over, and called backup. This was directly outside of my house, so my friend and I could watch. The three were searched and had no weapons. No alcohol or drugs were involved either.

I have had nothing but good experience in my dealing with the Santa Barbara Police Department. In the past, I had to report a rash of very disturbing, frightening phone calls to my home. The police were very kind when they responded, and the department made several follow-up calls to inform me of what was happening.

I have a medical responder device that went off twice accidentally. The police quickly responded and again were very kind.

Last year I witnessed a woman stealing packages outside of the doors at my apartment building and reported it to the police. I was able to take a picture of the car with a man driving, waiting for a woman who jumped into the car which sped away. Although the license plate was not very clear in the picture, the responding officer thought that with the equipment the police department has, they might be able to enhance it. He took a very detailed report from me and was very polite.

LAMONT STIFF I was with my friend talking in my car outside of his house.

He lives in a nice part of town. We are both black. Someone called the police on us. At first one car showed up, and then eventually there were three or four squad cars lined up behind us. I had recently turned 18, but my friend was still a minor.

A cop came up to my window and told us that we weren’t allowed to be out past curfew, which started in an hour and a half. He questioned if my friend really lived in this nice neighborhood and told us someone called the police on us because we looked suspicious. He then said I was parked too far away from the curb. After harassing us for an hour or more, he and all of the other cops left. This happened less than a year ago, just one of many ridiculous encounters I’ve had with SBPD.

CRAIG SALING Best police force on earth. Great response times. I just wish they got nearly the same love and support as we give our fire department. Great job guys and gals, considering how much our city council interferes with what you should and should not be policing.

KELLEY BANNON I have so much admiration for the many well-trained, kind policemen with the integrity needed to pass the difficult academy, including the psychological testing, physical testing, and background checks that ensure they enter the field for the right reason of serving and protecting the public.

I have been on a ride-along with a police officer in Santa Barbara, and I think that every person who berates the police should see how they are discriminated against when serving their communities. The cops have things thrown at their vehicles, they get spit on, called to dangerous situations with drunk and unruly addicts, and publicly ridiculed by passersby and the homeless. I would like to see how those that condemn them so much would act under the same circumstances.

S T O R Y

There are many, many wonderful women and men who enter the police force, and yes, there are some who abuse its honor and guidelines. But it is about time the good ones be recognized and respected just as the bad ones are televised and fired.

ANONYMOUS My husband and I were walking home one night around 8:30 p.m. We came across a car parked in a bus stop. The lights were on, but the car was not running and there was a white man passed out behind the wheel. I called the police because when I took a better look, I saw that one of his tires was flat and the front driver’s side was damaged.

When the cops got there, they woke him up, and it was obvious from his speech that he was intoxicated. They kept telling him to sit still, and he kept getting out of his vehicle.

It happened at least four times, and each time the officer calmly asked him to sit back down. They performed a field sobriety test, and he did not even get through the first test.

They said since his car wasn’t hot, he hadn’t been driving, so they didn’t arrest him and offered to call him a cab. It was calm and nobody raised their voice. It’s how traffic violations should proceed.

On the other hand, my father, who is brown, was arrested for drunk driving while he was sitting in a restaurant. He was wearing cowboy boots, and the police kept calling him “cowboy” in a mocking tone. They said they saw him driving there. My father has an elbow that can’t extend all the way, and the officers kept forcing it past its flexibility every time he complained. He spent the night in jail and was tried for the crime. It cost my parents $10,000 dollars, and in the end my father had to perform a year’s worth of community service.

ERIN ELIZA The Sheriff ’s deputies in Isla Vista go above and beyond every day! They have administered Narcan to save lives, talked suicidal kids off balconies, and quietly involved parents to get kids drug treatment before arresting them.

Anyone can go on a ride-along with the Sheriff ’s deputies in I.V. On one night I witnessed more disrespect and hate toward them than I could imagine. The sad part is they are so used to it and it rolls off them and they continue. Specifically, the community liaison officer was doing an amazing job working with kids and property owners to control the party environment.

DIANA MCNEILL I had someone walk into my home at 6:30 am. I called 9-1-1, and the dispatcher stayed on the phone with me until SBPD arrived. Four officers helped the man by peacefully removing him from my home and taking him to Cottage Hospital.

He was obviously confused and off his meds.

GABRIELA DODSON My mom was driving home from work. She taught night ESL classes, so it was around 9 p.m. She was driving up Haley Street and a police car came behind her with its lights and sirens on. She was shocked because she did not do anything wrong, or at least she felt she did not do anything wrong. She didn’t stop for a few blocks. When she did, the police came to the car window and asked why she didn’t pull over right away. My mom replied that she wanted to drive to a section of the street with overhead lights. She wanted to be visible. My mom is now 84, and every time I drive up Haley, I think of her being scared to stop for the police. n

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7/24: Zoom: Fertile Soil, Less Toil: Worm Composting 101 Learn how to

build your own vermicomposting bin and how to create healthy, fertile garden soil using worms in this hands-on workshop with Explore Ecology Garden Educator Bennett Rock. Visit the website if you would like to purchase a bin with pre-drilled holes and/ or a pound of worms for $25-$35. 4-5pm. $10.

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MONDAY 7/27

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Alex Stewart (right) in PCPA's Pirates of Penzance

Talkback Thursday: Alex Stew-

art Erik Stein, casting director and associate artist at PCPA, will chat with actor Alex Stewart, who was last seen at PCPA in West Side Story and the national tour of Elf: The Musical This Facebook Live event Musical. will also feature a Q&A. 3:30pm.

Free.

SUNDAY 7/26

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King Bee

FRIDAY 7/24

7/24:

Fiesta Music and Dance Fridays:

King Bee This Fiesta concert series will bring dance party band the King Bee with its massive repertoire of top hits from seven decades.

Livestream on website, Facebook, and YouTube. 5:30-7:30pm. Free.

Y 7/25 A D R U T A S

Fundraiser

Westside Neighbors will harvest their surplus backyard fruit and vegetables and set them outside their homes. If neighbors don’t have fresh produce to share, they may share recipes, flowers, or something else creative. Register Sunday morning to receive a map featuring participants, and then walk the Westside for fun, fruit, and more.

Please adhere to COVID-19 safe practices by wearing a mask, using hand sanitizer, and maintaining a 6-foot distance from others. 8am-8pm.

Los vecinos cosecharán sus excedentes de frutas y verduras del patio trasero y los colocarán fuera de sus casas. Si los vecinos no tienen productos frescos para compartir, pueden compartir recetas, flores o cualquier otra cosa creativa.

Regístrese el domingo por la mañana para recibir un mapa con los participantes y luego camine por el Westside para divertirse, fruta, y más. Por favor, adhiéranse a las prácticas seguras de Covid-19 usando una máscara, usando desinfectante de manos, y manteniendo un A 6 pies de distancia de los demás.

8am-8pm. tinyurl.com/WestsideHarvest "Sunrise Over Santa Barbara"by Kevin Gleason.

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Children and teens, ages 1-18, are invited to pick up a free nutritious meal. There are no income requirements, sign-ups, or registration needed. Meals are served on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please wear a face mask and be prepared to follow social-distancing guidelines. Lunches will be served “grab and go” style, Monday-Friday. Visit the website for North County locations.

Los niños y los jóvenes, de 1 a 18 años, pueden comer una comida nutritiva y gratuita. No hay requisitos de ingresos ni de documentos. Tampoco se necesita registrar para poder participar. Las comidas se sirven por orden de llegada. Favor de usar mascarilla y estar preparado seguir medidas de guardar la distancia. Se sirve los almuerzos para llevar a menos lunes hasta viernes. Visite el sitio web para obtener información sobre las ubicaciones del norte del condado.

foodbanksbc.org/programs/lunch

Carpinteria Middle School (June 16-Aug. 14)

S.B. Central Library

5351 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria 12:30-1:30pm

40 E. Anapamu St. 11:30am-12:30pm

Canalino Elementary School (June 16-Aug. 14)

Solvang Elementary

1480 Linden Ave., Carpinteria 12:30-1:30pm

565 Atterdag Rd., Solvang 12:15-1:15pm

S.B. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FREE MEALS The S.B. Unified School District will provide Grab & Go breakfast, lunches, and supper from the Mobile Cafés to students age 18 and younger at the following sites and times, Monday-Friday.

Students do not have to be present; parents or guardians may pick up meals for students. Visit the website for more information and a map.

El Distrito Escolar Unificado de S.B. proveerá desayuno, almuerzos y cenas de los Cafés Móviles a los estudiantes de 18 años y menores en los siguientes sitios y horarios, de lunes a viernes. Los estudiantes no tienen que estar presentes; los padres o tutores pueden recoger las comidas para los estudiantes.

Visite el sitio web para obtener más información y un mapa.

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Breakfast and Lunch Service (11:30am-1pm)

Supper Service Eastside Locations:

Adams Elementary Franklin Elementary Harding Elementary

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7/26:

7/27::

YDM (Yoga Dance Magic) Soundwave Morning Beach Yoga Experience

music and voice instruction through wireless headphones in a beautiful beach setting for a total body workout featuring an aerobics-inspired yoga and dance flow followed by relaxing restorative poses and savasana (gradually relaxing one body part at a time) and meditation. Visit the website for instructions on what to bring and social-distancing guidelines.

9:30-10:30am. Leadbetter Beach, 801 Shoreline Dr. $15.

THURSDAY 7/23

7/23:

FOODBANK PICNIC IN THE PARK 2020

23 S. Canada St. 4-4:20pm.

1104 Cacique St. 4:30-4:50pm.

1124 E. Mason St. 5-5:20pm.

900 E. Haley St. 5:30-5:50pm.

(Corner of Arrellaga and Gillespie, in front of the A-OK office)

Monroe Elementary Dos Pueblos High School San Marcos High School (off Hollister) Santa Barbara High School (flagpole) La Cumbre Junior High La Colina Junior High Goleta Valley Junior High Las Flores Preschool (at Haley and Bath streets)

Westside Locations: 601 Eucalyptus Ave. 4-4:30pm.

1507 San Pascual St. 4:40pm-5:10pm.

320 W. Gutierrez St. 5:20-5:50pm.

GOLETA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT FREE MEALS

TUESDAY 7/28

7/28:

Online Workshop: The Couples Trap

Join Dr. Jennifer Freed and Melissa Lowenstein, MEd for a straight talk about coupledom in a pandemic and social revolutions followed by self-examination and insights and strategies to help create a better working partnership.

Pre-registration is required by July 28.

1-2pm. Free. Call (805) 770-7200 or email lowensteinaha@gmail.com. ahasb.org

7/25-7/29:

S.B. Maritime Museum 20th Anniversary SCAPE Art Show and Sale The Southern California Artists Painting

for the Environment (SCAPE) will exhibit the work of 75 artists and their views of our ocean and S.B.’s maritime life. All artwork may be viewed and purchased online. The show and sale go through August 7 with 40 percent of the proceeds going to the S.B. Maritime Museum. Free. sbmm.org/20scape

Civil Discourse

GUSD will be offering free meals for anyone 18 years and younger at the following locations from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Both breakfast and lunch will be provided. You do not have to be a student to receive meals. No application or sign-up required. If you are driving, food will be brought to you. If you pick up in person, please take it from the table and maintain six feet of distance from others. Call (805) 681-1200 or email gusd@goleta.k12.ca.us.

GUSD (El Distrito Escolar de Goleta) volverá a proveer alimentos gratis para personas 18 años y menos en las siguientes locaciones de 11:30am-1pm. El desayuno y el almuerzo se proporcionará a cada persona.

No es necesario ser estudiante para recibir las comidas. No hay requisitos de ingresos ni de documentos.

Tampoco se necesita registrar para poder participar. Si va a conducir, te traerán losalimentos embol embolsados hasta usted. Si va llegar caminando por favor manténgase a seis pies de distancia de los demás.

Llama (805) 681-1200 o envíe gusd@goleta.k12.ca.us. goleta.k12.ca.us/departments/food-services

El Camino Elementary

Isla Vista Elementary

5020 San Simeon Dr.

Goleta Valley Community Ctr.

6875 El Colegio Rd., Goleta

7686 Hollister Ave., Goleta

5679 Hollister Ave., Goleta

555 N. La Patera Ln., Goleta

Ellwood Elementary

La Patera Elementary

WEDNESDAY 7/29

7/29:

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that I was her mother that the n the last couple of years, woman backed away.

I’ve learned about the priviLater that night, my mixedlege of living with unparalrace daughter confessed that leled access to hikes, beaches, she was afraid to sleep because produce, and perfect weather. someone might call the police For that, I am thankful. I’ve on her mother for no reason. also learned that it’s come at “Did she yell at Mama because the cost of being racially proshe’s brown?” she asked my filed, doubted, and humiliated white husband. What makes on more than one occasion. me livid is that my daughter I’m 40, and I’ve lived in the saw me put in a position where U.S.A. for 19 years, landing my intelligence and pride were first in Ohio followed by a challenged, and the first emodecade in New York City. In tion she felt from it was fear.

2017, I arrived in Santa BarThis is not my only expebara, and for the first time, I rience with racism in Santa was confronted with a stark Barbara. First, there was the reality— that the “freedom” to reality condescending pediatrician live proudly as a dark-skinned and then the insulting school Indian woman was one I took Self-portrait by Manjari Sharma teacher and now this stranger for granted.

Identity is central to my art practice. While I’ve on the street. “Othering” is so deeply embedded in our spent 13 years documenting controversial narratives of society that its recognition lies outside the consciousmany Americans and immigrants, this letter is about ness of even well-intentioned white people. We are at me coming to terms with racism in America at a an unprecedented point in history; we can no longer deeply personal level. I owe my bravery and honesty dismiss such confrontations as a few bad apples.

I’ve been sweeping these tension-filled interactions to the chilling murder of George Floyd.

It is June 7, 2020, and we are living in the time of under the rug, but I owe it to myself not to stay silent a pandemic. After a peaceful Sunday morning at the any longer. I’m good enough to be a community leader beach, I was on the phone with a friend, pacing back and sit on multiple boards, yet far too often, an encounand forth outside my legally parked car in downtown ter like this one provides another harsh and rotten Santa Barbara. My husband was grabbing tacos as I reminder. I cannot have these stories fester within me watched over my daughters through the car window. and destroy my sense of community. Internalizing such They were in their bathing suits, blissfully singing derogatory experiences is physically and psychologically detrimental. I’m going to do my part by making along to their favorite songs. What could go wrong?

“Those kids are in a really hot car!” an older white the “invisible” visible.

More than ever, it’s time to listen to those who, like woman screamed from above. Indian culture places a great deal of trust on the elders of the community, so me, entrust you with their stories; it starts here. Ask I gave her the benefit of the doubt. I assured her that yourself: Do you fluidly include people of color in your the kids were having a ball, and she needn’t be worried. social fabric? Does their accent, sexual orientation, Then came the threat: “If you don’t move your car under and socio-economic status stop you? Do you create space for them to express themselves? Negating and that tree’s shade, I’ll call the cops on you.”

I felt stunned and confused, but I conjured up a nullifying someone’s reality and excusing the oppressmile. In my half-minute-long staring contest with sor’s behavior is called a “microinvalidation,” perhaps this stranger— stranger who stood on the third floor of a sunlit the most lethal of all microaggressions often delivered balcony — the hierarchy couldn’t be more obvious. by those closest to you. There is a sophisticated layer Was she even looking at me? As an active community of folks within our educated society who are blind or member, I have proudly kneaded my sincerity into the defensive toward their inherent bias. The crusade is fabric of this town. However, I thought, maybe she not out there; it’s in our backyards. If there was ever couldn’t hear me? Maybe she has another impairment? a time to stop and challenge that one friend who said things that stunned you but you stayed silent, it is now.

Maybe ... I’m in denial.

I implore you to please ask yourself these questions.

“The children are safe, and the air is on; I’m looking at them. They are happy. Do you need them to give Until you do, I will continue to feel threatened in a you proof?” I tried to convince her again. “Is there an place that I call home. Until you examine your own adult inside that car?” she asked angrily. As she con- behavior, strangers will feel entitled to call the cops tinued to look down on me with unfounded disdain, based on their biases. Once these cops arrive, whose I was reminded again that I am the “other.” Having story do you think they are motivated to believe? And befriended many considerate people in America, it’s then that day comes when you watch a video with a easy to identify those who choose to communicate white police officer pressing his knee into a black man’s with indignity. It wasn’t until I pulled my 8-year-old neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds until he dies, light-skinned daughter out of the car and announced and you’re left wondering, “How did it get so bad?” n

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THE “CANNABIS ORDINANCE HAS CHANGED THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN SBC, PERHAPS FOREVER.” -SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 2019–20 GRAND JURY REPORT

Coronavirus Postpones High School Fall Sports

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Sports Foresters Player of the Week:

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he California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), the state’s governing body for high school athletics, announced Monday that concerns over the coronavirus will push the fall sports season into winter. The three high school sports seasons will be condensed into two beginning in late December or early January, officials said, with Week 1 of football starting January 8.

The affected fall sports include boys’ and girls’ volleyball, boys’ and girls’ water polo, cross-country, football, field hockey, skiing and snowboarding, and gymnastics. The spring sports, which will begin in March, consist of badminton, soccer, swimming and diving, boys’ and girls’ tennis, wrestling, basketball, boys’ and girls’ golf, baseball, softball, track and field, and lacrosse.

CIF Southern Section Commissioner Rob Wigod said local school districts and principals will ultimately decide if athletics are brought back to their respective campuses. The CIF calendar, he said, is merely a framework for bringing back athletics if state and local health officials deem it safe.

“I believe our student athletes will be supportive of this plan,” Wigod said. “I think they will be appreciative of the fact that we have no plans to cancel seasons or sports, and while there is no doubt that there will be difficult choices by everyone to make this work, I think our young people know that it is preferable to have an opportunity to at least make a choice than to not have a chance to do that at all, which is what happened to us all last April, when the spring sports season was canceled.”

The CIF has also temporarily suspended the bylaws that prohibit outside competition while a sport is in season. This means that athletes can compete in club sports and high school sports simultaneously during the 2020-21 school year, which in the past would have resulted in the potential forfeiture of games. “We’ve never done this before either. This is uncharted territory,” Wigod said. “We’ll have to see how this plays out.”

The Big West Conference has yet to confirm a sports timeline for 202021, so UCSB remains in limbo, especially for its fall sports, which include men’s and women’s soccer. Westmont, which competes in the Golden State Athletics Conference, has received no word from its governing bodies. Santa Barbara City College announced on July 9 that all sports will be moved to the spring semester.

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Though he only pitched one game this past week, it was a huge one. Luke Taggart had the best starting performance of the season so far, throwing six shutout innings while striking out 11 and walking none, leading to a big bounce-back win over the San Francisco Seals Saturday night. Taggart is now 2-0 on the season with a 1.20 ERA and is second on the team in strikeouts and leading in innings pitched. Foresters fans are familiar with Taggart, a recent graduate of Incarnate Word University in Texas; he was Santa Barbara’s 2019 EP ’19 Pitcher of the Year, earning all-CCL honors while helping the ’Sters win the California championship. n

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You Could Be Part of a Class Action Lawsuit There is a class action lawsuit against Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (“Plains Pipeline”) about the May 19, 2015 oil spill near Santa Barbara. In 2017, the Court decided that this case should be a class action on behalf of a “Class” or group of people, including certain fishers and processors. Based on additional evidence and claims regarding the scope of the oil spill, the Court recently approved a change to the group of people who are included in the Class and ordered this notice. The Court has not decided that Plains Pipeline did anything wrong. There is no money available now and no guarantee that there will be.

What is this case about?

This lawsuit claims that certain persons and businesses (and their employees) that fished for seafood in certain areas off the Central California Coast (“Commercial Fishers”) or that purchased and re-sold such seafood (“Processors”) suffered financial losses due to the Santa Barbara oil spill. Plains Pipeline denies these claims and denies it did anything wrong. The lawyers for the Class will have to prove their claims in Court.

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• If the Court’s change to the class definition takes you outside the Class, you are not bound by the final judgment in this case. You will keep your existing rights, if any, to sue Plains Pipeline in a separate action.

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CHEESE EDUCATORS: Kathryn and Michael Graham opened and ran C’est Cheese from December 2003 until closing last weekend.

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’est Cheese, the popular fromagerie on Santa Bar-

bara Street that opened in December 2003, is now closed, according to an email from owners Kathryn and Michael Graham sent to fans over the weekend.

“As most of you know, we had a big setback a few years ago during the Thomas Fire and resulting mudslides,” they wrote on Saturday. “Ever since, we have been working to recover from its impact, but the current pandemic has been more than we can overcome. We hung on as long as we could, but unfortunately the time has come for us to close our doors. With a heavy heart, we regret to inform you that today was C’est Cheese’s last day in business.”

It is not the first closure triggered by the shutdowns ordered to slow the spread of COVID-19, and it certainly will not be the last. But given that C’est Cheese’s opening more than 16 years ago symbolized the maturation of Santa Barbara into a culinary hotspot — and that the shop became a steady part of the lexicon for both celebrated chefs and occasional party throwers — Saturday’s closure sent waves of dismay across the region’s epicurean community.

C’est Cheese’s rise could not have been any more personal for me. I lived directly across Santa Barbara Street in that yellow-and-green clapboard house, which wasn’t much more than a shack at that time, but a beloved home during a critical time in my life. As the Grahams gutted a former interior design office — then next door to Thrasher

Books and two doors down from Our Daily Bread bakery — I sat on my front porch drinking beer with friends, wondering aloud why Santa Barbara needed a cheese shop.

I was incredibly naïve. C’est Cheese was exactly what we needed at that time. It became our community’s reference point to the fine cheeses and charcuteries of the world, a steady lesson in foreign flavors and textures but also a reminder that the United States was strong in the cheese game too.

As a wannabe bon vivant, but one without the required budget, the proximity to such a daily display of global delicacies was eye-opening. My foodie vocabulary grew dramatically. My world grew more interesting. No amount of books could replicate the education I received, almost by osmosis.

My girlfriend at the time, now my wife, started working evening tasting events there. She was proud to flex her French roots — though American, she was born in Bordeaux — while also connecting with the Grahams, who, like her, are from Michigan. Joanna would shuffle extra tasting plates across the street to me, complete with each

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slice’s biographical details. Then she’d use her couple hours’ wages, plus the 35 percent employee discount, to stock up. She was essentially paid in cheese, and I got a crash course in the heavenly creaminess of Fromager d’Affinois, the savory crunchiness of Ewephoria, the ashy, addictive brilliance of Humboldt Fog. For our 2007 wedding, just months after I moved out of 828 Santa Barbara Street, we finished the party with a massive C’est Cheese table. It was a hit. When we had our son, Mason, in 2009, his first babysitter was Michael’s sister, Stefanie Graham, and often her boyfriend, now husband, the Oreana winemaker Danny Miles. They practiced a bit of parenting on our kids, and they now have three children of their own.

In 2014, C’est Cheese expanded from a small shop into the entire bottom floor of their building. Many lamented the losses of Thrasher Books and Our Daily Bread — the same way we worry about monoculture out in the fields — but the Grahams started a café as well to fill the loss of the bakery, started selling more wine and other beverages, and grew their offerings, including many pâtés and other goods made in-house.

They incurred a large amount of debt to complete the expansion and never seemed quite to get properly ahead. It was altogether delicious, but it was a bit too much to chew.

When the month-long Thomas Fire raged in December 2017, C’est Cheese was forced to close the café operations. In moved the tasting room for Frequency Wines, which fit well on the block. The ensuing 1/9 Debris Flow only made business more difficult for everyone.

Then came the pandemic.

We’ve ordered cheese, charcuterie, and other goods — those tart Michigan cherries, those oily Marcona almonds, that silky mortadella and slightly funky Rosette salami — a few times during the coronavirus era, including the first weekend they announced curbside pickups. Those unique but now familiar flavors provided both sustenance and a needed sense of treat-yourself style, which is so lacking in these primarily eat-athome times.

The email about the closure hit our entire family and close friends rather hard. We enjoyed most of our last order on the deck of our friend’s work boat in the harbor, crunching on OG Kristal and slathering the throattickling, ammonia-like punch of St. Agur on crisp nut crackers. We didn’t know it was our last order, but I’m not sure we would have done anything differently.

C’est Cheese taught us to never take what we put in our mouths for granted, that every bite can tell a story, reveal a new corner of the planet, remind us that the best foods are made by people who care. C’est Cheese became the vessel for these producers from all around the world, bringing us all a little closer together. I don’t think we’ve seen the last of Kathryn and Michael Graham — and there are other places to buy fancy cheese — but I’ll make sure to enjoy that last slice of salty mortadella and creamy wedge of d’Affinois extra slow tonight. n

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“The restaurant is still in the family.

It’s a family business. We’re still a local restaurant Dominick’s in West Hollywood, originally estabproviding family dining.” Stevens operated a Chad’s lished in 1948, and went on to establish Little Dom’s Café on Chapala Street from 1992 to 2008, so the in Los Feliz. Born and raised in New Orleans, Boudet was influenced by Louisiana and Italian cooknew name will be familiar to many.

A few upgrades are also planned. “We’ll bring ing and now adds a California market influence. some fish in, and some other items that aren’t SamThe new restaurant features a seafood bar, with bo’s specific,” said Stevens. “It’s a step up, but we’ll oysters, uni, salmon, crudo, rillettes, and more, still be that family restaurant that you always knew and the main menu ranges from pizza and pasta to meatball burgers, fish sandwiches, and traditional and enjoyed.”

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM GABRIELLE KORTE AND SIAN AYRES-HARDEN FILM THE BARD’S COMEDY DURING LOCKDOWN DANIEL DREIFUSS

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OVID-19 has rendered filmmaking an arduous task; without the ability for in-person meeting, the nature of acting has changed dramatically. But pandemic restrictions have also inspired creative new ways of thinking. It was the global shutdown, in fact, that led Gabrielle Korte and Sian Ayres-Harden to create Firelight Entertainment ((firelightentertainmentco .com), a female-led production company that creates film, television, theater, and mixed media.

Korte and Ayres-Harden met while performing in a Naked Shakes production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream while they were undergrads in UCSB’s theater department.

They became fast friends and promised that one day they would make a film together.

After graduating, the pair entered the professional world, honing their acting and directing skills. When COVID shut down live entertainment, Korte and Ayres-Harden decided to bring their pledge to fruition, founding Firelight Entertainment.

For the production company’s first foray, they decided to film William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with actors contributing their roles remotely. Written in the late 16th century, Midsummer is one of the Bard’s most beloved comedies and includes love triangles, magic, and a play within a play. Firelight created a new way to bring the Shakespearean play to an audience, one in which the actors stand center screen.

While working on the film, actors taped scenes from their own homes. It took just under a month and a half to produce, was shot independently, and was subsequently synchronized. Editing, directing, and skillfully integrating the individual performances into a fluid film weren’t the duo’s only challenge. “There [is] no scenery,” said Korte in an interview with the Santa Barbara Inde-

DYNAMIC DUO: Sian Ayres-Harden (left) and Gabrielle Korte met as undergrads at UCSB. During COVID, the pair formed Firelight Entertainment.

pendent “We were scared that the audience pendent. wasn’t going to know where we were in the play.” Throughout the editing process, Korte and Ayres-Harden added effects to enhance the film’s visual appeal. “[We] expanded some of the big scenes [by inserting] shots of people popping in,” Korte noted. Characters float onto the screen during their scenes, and an actor’s screen is enlarged during a soliloquy.

The transitions between scenes are artfully done and fully immerse viewers into the flow of the play.

The visual effects help dramatize the production, but the film relies heavily on the acting. Performers worked without live feedback throughout the filming process, which was challenging. Tasked with imagining their cast members in front of them, Tyler X. Koontz, a UCSB alumnus who plays Bottom, spoke of the difficulty of “not working with your scene partners in the same physical playing space.

[I] had to strategically think, this character is the spider web in the corner of the room … this character is the piece of toast on the floor I hadn’t realized I dropped earlier,” he said.

Actress Tonea Lolin, who plays Helena, explained how “acting is all about listening and living,” and that “doing a Zoom production [made her] listen and focus even more,

since [she] was not in the physical space with others.”

While remote acting carries a host of challenges, Korte and Ayres-Harden also noticed curious enhancements to some qualities of the performances. With actors’ faces being more visible in the digital production than on a stage, viewers reported the Shakespearean monologues were easier to comprehend; seeing actors’ faces so clearly allowed them to pick up on facial cues they would normally miss during an in-person production, in which the performers are at a distance and props, costumes, and set design can distract viewers.

While Ayres-Harden admitted that their ultimate goal behind their film is to bring happiness to the community with the comedy, she and Korte were also motivated to help the performers. “Actors and actresses have lost work because of quarantine,” Ayers-Harden said, and the film serves as an innovative source of work for the cast members. As for Korte, the “production taught [her] about the power of perseverance.” — Melody Pezeshkian

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See westmont.edu/museum/matter-spirit.

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China’s contemporary artists radiate a special energy that comes from living through an epoch-making cultural shift. Many of them can remember a time just a few decades ago when there were no art galleries in Beijing. Today, there are more than 300. In June 2018, a group of American artists/educators traveled to China as part of a program designed to encourage cross-cultural conversation, creation, and collaboration.

Matter + Spirit: A Chinese/American, the new online show from the Westmont RidleyTree Art Museum, showcases the work of 25 of the artists involved. What’s most remarkable about the exhibition is its depth. Each artist featured gets a separate page including detailed information about his or her career. This helps understand the ways in which the cross-cultural influence flowed. For example, check out the performances of Jiuyang Zhu, represented here by stills and videos, and then watch Westmont professor Meagan Stirling’s video from a project called “Digging a Hole to China.” It’s delightful, thoughtprovoking, and only one aspect of a multifaceted exhibit.

—Charles Donelan A still from Meagan Stirling’s “Digging a Hole to China”

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Fantasy fiction often consists of similar series and familiar story arcs. Hafsah Faizal’s We Hunt the Flame bends these preordained limitations and sets an exciting precedent for new elements to flourish in fantasy.

In a genre typically dominated by European roots, this thrilling a d ve nt u re s to r y defies expectations with a refreshing mixture of magic and Middle Eastern culture. The book follows two urban legends: “The Prince of Death” and the “Hunter.” Zafira bint Iskandar (the Hunter) provides for her starving village by hunting in the hellish forest of the Arz, for she is “braver than the sun itself.”

In stark contrast to Zafira’s heroism, Nasir Ghameq (Prince of Death)—son of the Sultan—shows himself to be a monster by committing murders at his father’s behest, for “monsters bore no duty to the innocent.”

Neither Zafira nor Nasir wish for the names their deeds have earned them, but both become legends to the people of Arawiya— and their only hope. —C.C.Tolles

YES NO MAYBE SO This first-love romance novel dives into the personal feelings of a Muslim teen who redefines her religion to accommodate a taboo relationship. Awardwinning author Becky Albertalli (Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, What If It’s Us) has teamed up with fellow popular YA novelist Aisha Saeed (Written in the Stars, Amal Unbound) to explore the divides of religion in a modern world.

Jamie Goldberg, a Jewish teen with a clumsy, awkward charm meets Maya Rehman, an outspoken, hilarious PakistaniAmerican girl who struggles with her identity.

When long days canvassing for a local political campaign bring the two together, the budding lovebirds experience a Capulet-versus-Montague struggle between their families, which only ends up strengthening their bond.

Yes, this book will make you feel all the feels.

No, you won’t be able to put it down. And will this become your favorite book of the year? Maybe So! —Daisy Finefrock

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Breszny

WEEK OF JULY 23

ARIES

CANCER

LIBRA

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): “The creation of the world did not

(June 21-July 22): Born in 1936, Cancerian author and

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your word of power for the coming

take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.” Aries playwright Samuel Beckett made that observation, and now I’m passing it on to you as you glide into an extra-creative phase of your astrological cycle. I hope you will regard Beckett’s idea as an open-ended encouragement to improvise and experiment. May it rouse you to brainstorm about novel possibilities. May it inspire you to explore fresh trends you could launch. May it mobilize you to imagine the new worlds you might Big Bang into existence.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): Author Diane Ackerman tells us, “So often loneliness comes from being out of touch with parts of oneself.” That’s the kind of loneliness I worry you may be susceptible to right now, Taurus.

You’re a bit out of touch with aspects of your psyche that are crucial for you to include in your total sense of self. You’ve been neglecting to nurture certain soulful qualities that keep you healthy and wise.

Please note: It won’t be useful to try to find those parts of you in other people; you will have to locate them in your own depths. Here’s the good news: The coming weeks will be an excellent time to do just that.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Someone ought to do it, but why should I?” Author and activist Annie Besant identified that sentence as the motto of people who are moral cowards: those who know about an injustice but do nothing to address it. Very few of us have completely avoided that behavior. Most of us, including me, have now and then chosen to serve our need for comfort instead of standing up against corruption or unfairness. But I think it’s more important than usual that you Geminis don’t engage in such moral cowardice now. More depends on your integrity and bravery than you realize.

activist June Jordan was a Black feminist bisexual born to Jamaican immigrant parents. When she was growing up, her father beat her, and her mother committed suicide. Later, she raised her child alone as a single mother. Despite the challenges she faced, she published 28 books, won numerous awards, and wielded significant influence. How did she do it? She was a highly evolved Cancerian in the sense that she put a priority on treating herself well. “I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect,” she testified. I’d like to make that your keynote for the rest of 2020. Your task is to achieve June Jordan levels of self-care.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “How can I communicate to wild

bunnies that I am their ally?” asked a Twitter blogger named Ghost Girl. That question is a good place to start my oracle for you. In the coming weeks, I think you’ll be wise to meditate on how to enhance your relationship with all kinds of wild things: animals, people, weather, landscapes, and your own exotic thoughts and fantasies. In my opinion, you will upgrade your intelligence and well-being by increasing your access to influences that don’t necessarily play by conventional rules and that draw their energy from primal sources.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s never too late to have a rebel-

lious adolescence — hopefully bigger and better and smarter than any you’ve had before. And according to my analysis, now would be a favorable time to get started. Is there any stuffy authority you’d be wise to flout? Any dumb and oppressive conventions you would benefit from breaking? Any stale old traditions you’re primed to ignore so you can create some lively new traditions? In my estimation, you will generate good fortune for yourself if you try some benevolent mischief and creative experiments.

weeks is ubuntu, a Zulu term meaning “I am because we are” or “the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity.” Nobel Prize–winning theologian Archbishop Desmond Tutu writes, “A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished.” I hope that between now and August 25, Libra, you will put ubuntu at the center of everything you do. Make it an intensely practical practice.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Everything is complicated,” wrote poet

Wallace Stevens. “If that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.” I agree! And therefore, I conclude, you should shed any resentment you might feel for the fact that our world is a crazy tangle of mystifying and interesting stories. Drop any wish that life will stop being so fascinatingly messy and confusingly intriguing. Instead, why not celebrate the deep riddles?

And revel in the intriguing complexity? And give holy thanks for the paradoxical beauty? Everything I just said should prepare you well for the next four weeks.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll be extra sensitive to stimuli in the

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “The size of your dreams must always

exceed your current capacity to achieve them,” says Scorpio-born Liberian politician Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

“If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.” I trust you’ve arrived at this realization on your own in the past few weeks. And I hope you have audaciously expanded and supercharged your dreams so that they do indeed surpass your current ability to accomplish them. If you have not yet done this daring work, please attend to it now. If you have done it, move on to the next step: making definite plans to acquire the power and resources necessary to achieve your new, improved dreams.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The soul should always stand ajar,”

wrote Sagittarian poet Emily Dickinson, “That if the heaven inquire, / He will not be obliged to wait, / Or shy of troubling her.” I’m confident that this will be a fertile meditation for you in the coming weeks. So what does it mean? By “heaven,” I assume Dickinson meant marvelous interventions, sacred revelations, and lucky accidents — and maybe also soulful invitations, out-of-the-blue opportunities, and supernatural breakthroughs. What do you think, Sagittarius? What can you do to make your soul ajar for phenomena like those?

coming weeks. Every little event will touch you more intensely than usual. Every perception will flow into you with an unusually strong potential to move you and influence you. That’s why I think you should be vigilantly self-protective. Erect a psychic shield around yourself. Make sure your boundaries are firm and clear.

Affirm your unshakable commitment to deflecting vibes that aren’t of use to you and welcoming vibes that will enhance your well-being.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Actress Gwyneth Paltrow founded Goop, a company that markets exotic, expensive health treatments. She claims that far-infrared gemstone therapy and crystal-based sound-healing baths will dissolve your negativity. Allowing bees to sting your scars will supposedly cause the scars to fade. Drinking “sex juice,” a blend of watermelon and alkaline water, will enhance your libido. The “collagen martini,” which is a mix of vodka, vermouth, olive juice, and collagen peptides, will smooth your skin’s wrinkles. I’m favorably disposed to you taking strong actions to improve your well-being in the coming weeks, Pisces, but I recommend that you try cheaper, more reliable modalities than those Paltrow recommends. Like what? Ample sleep and good food, for starters, along with fun exercise, time in nature, enjoyable meditation sessions, and tender expressions of love.

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by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001513. Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: SANISWIPER at 617 Olive Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; S k y l r L L C ( s a m e a d d re s s ) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Brandon Crane Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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: 2020‑0001466. Published: July 9, 16, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: HAWKEYE WORKSHOP at 825 Coronel Street Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Alex B A b a t i e ( s a m e a d d re s s ) conducted by an Individual Signed: Alex Abatie Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 25 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: 2020‑0001577.

Published: July 9, 16, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: COMEHOME at 201 Spear Street, Suite 1400 San Francisco, CA 94105; HouseCanary, Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Jeremy Sicklick, CEO and President Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 18 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: 2020‑0001511. Published: July 9, 16, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: KUMON CENTER OF GOLETA at 5707 Calle Real Goleta, CA 93117; Kiki Educational Services, Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Sunni Kang Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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: 2020‑0001612. Published: July 9, 16, 23, 30 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA CIGAR & TOBACCO at 10 W Figueroa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Helios Cigars Santa Barbara, Inc 9811 W Charleston Blvd.

Ste 2762 Las Vegas, NV 89117 conducted by a Corporation Signed: Amit Mehra Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 07, 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: 2020‑0001653.

Published: July 16, 23, 30. Aug 6 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE NAIL NOOK SANTA BARBARA at 205 San Napoli Dr Goleta, CA 93117; Miraya R a m i re z (same a d d re s s ) conducted by a Individual Signed: Miraya Ramirez Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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: 2020‑0001546. Published: July 16, 23, 30. Aug 6 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FREEDOM SIGNS at 816 Reddick Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Elizabeth K Harris (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Elizabeth K. Harris Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 07, 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: 2020‑0001659. Published: July 16, 23, 30. Aug 6 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) i s / a re doing business as: DOCTOR RYAN CHIROPRACTIC at 123 W Padre St, STE E Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Ryan A Rogers 2626 Calle Real Apt B Santa Barbara, CA 93105 conducted by a Individual Signed: Ryan Rogers Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 14, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck.

FBN Number: 2020‑0001705.

Published: July 23, 30. Aug 6, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TORQUE at 706 Union St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Avelino Vasquez 1116 Carpinteria, CA 93103 conducted by a Individual Signed: Avelino Vasquez Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 18, 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: 2020‑0001509.

Published: July 23, 30. Aug 6, 13 2020.

I N T H E M AT T E R O F T H E A P P L I C AT I O N OF ROSA SALDANA LOPEZORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV02202 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: ROSA SALDANA LOPEZ TO: ROSA SALDANA GOMEZ T H E C O U RT O R D E R S t h a t 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 Sep 4, 2020 10:00am, Dept 4, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa S t re e t , S a n t a B a r b a r a , C A 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of g e n e r a l c i rc u l a t i o n , p r i n t e d in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Jul 13, 2020 by Donna D. Geck, Judge of the Superior Court.

Published:July 23, 30. Aug 6, 13 2020.

I N T H E M AT T E R O F T H E APPLICATION OF KELSEY O BRAY ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV02229 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: KELSEY O BRAY TO: KELSEY OLGA SAMUEL T H E C O U RT O R D E R S t h a t 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 Sep 8, 2020 10:00am, Dept 3, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa S t re e t , S a n t a B a r b a r a , C A 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of g e n e r a l c i rc u l a t i o n , p r i n t e d in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Jul 13, 2020 by Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Published:July 23, 30.

Aug 6, 13 2020.

I N T H E M AT T E R O F T H E A P P L I C AT I O N OF G A RY JAMES LOPEZ ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV02210 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: GARY JAMES LOPEZ TO: GARY JAMES FAUST T H E C O U RT O R D E R S t h a t 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 Aug 25, 2020 10:00am, Dept 3, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa S t re e t , S a n t a B a r b a r a , C A 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of g e n e r a l c i rc u l a t i o n , p r i n t e d in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Jul 13, 2020 by Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Published:July 23, 30.

Aug 6, 13 2020.

PUBLIC NOTICES THE PRACTICE of Dr. Donald O. Fareed is announcing its closure as of June 1st, 2020.

Patients needing assistance in locating another physician s h o u l d c o n t a c t h i s o ff i c e before July 30, 2020 or call the local medical society at 805‑683‑5333. W ith written patient authorization, a copy of the medical records will be available at 1483 East Valley Road Suite 19, Montecito, CA 93108. Authorization for release of medical records can be faxed to 805‑969‑6070 or emailed to dof@drfareed.com.

Dr. Fareed is referring all of his patients to Dr. W illiam Gallivan.

Dr. Gallivan can be reached at 805‑220‑6020. Published July 9, 16, 23, 30.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SECRET BAO at 2720 De La Vina St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Seung H. Lee 1062 Coast Village Road D2 Santa Barbara, CA 93108 conducted by an Individual Signed: Seung H Lee Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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: 2020‑0001563. Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: SUN SOL CLOTHING at 317 Rancheria Street, Unit C Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Victoria Tice (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Victoria Tice Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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: 2020‑0001573. Published: July 9, 16, 23, 30 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: T R A N S F O R M AT I O N BUTTERFLY PROJECT at 307 E Main Street Santa Maria, CA 93458; Vicki C. Edralin 2460 N Baldwin Way Santa Maria, CA 93458 conducted by an Individual Signed: Vicki C. Edralin Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 17 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: 2020‑0001501. Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: THE PERFECT CUT/EL CORTE PERFECTO at 4962 Carpinteria Ave. Carpinteria CA 93013; Martha Marquez 5445 Shamara St Carpinteria, CA 93013 conducted by an Individual Signed: Martha Marquez Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 4 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: 2020‑0001390. Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DETAILS BY MADDS at 1830 Grand Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Madison C Carlentine (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Madison Carlentine Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 07, 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: 2020‑0001667. Published: July 16, 23, 30. Aug 6 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g p e r s o n ( s ) i s / a re d o i n g b u s i n e s s as: CHAD’S at 216 W Cabrillo Blvd Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Palm Beach Restaurants, Inc. (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Chad Stevens Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 19 2 0 2 0 . T h i s s t a t e m e n t e x p i re s f i v e y e a r s f ro m t h e d a t e i t w a s f i l e d i n t h e O ff i c e o f the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001514 Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BAILEY’S HANDCRAFTED FRAME at 511 E Gutierrez St., Suite I Santa Barbara, CA 93103; John C. Bailey 7336 Aviano Ave Goleta, CA 93117 conducted by an Individual Signed: John C. Bailey Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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: 2020‑0001570 Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: M AT R I X , SOLUTIONS FOR ORGANIZED LIVING at 27 W Anapamu St #237 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Teresa Glenn (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Teresa E Glenn, Owner Principal Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 11, 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: 2020‑0001440. Published: July 9, 16, 23, 30 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g p e r s o n ( s ) i s / a re d o i n g b u s i n e s s a s : FA R M O U T U S A a t 3 1 5 Meigs Road Suite A‑421 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; R i c h a rd F l o re s ( s a m e a d d re s s ) conducted by an Individual Signed: Richard Flores Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 18 2020. This statement e x p i re s f i v e y e a r s f ro m t h e d a t e i t w a s f i l e d i n t h e O ff i c e of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001505 Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LEFTWICH ARCHAEOLOGY at 236 Palo Alto Drive, Goleta, CA 93117; Brent Leftwich (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Brent Leftwich Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 4, 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: 2020‑0001385.

Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: Y E S E N I A’ S BOUTIQUE at 4960 Carpinteria Ave Carpinteria, CA 93013; Martha Marquez (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Martha Marquez Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 26 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001586. Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g p e r s o n ( s ) i s / a re d o i n g b u s i n e s s a s : N AT U R E ’ S R E T R E AT a t 4 8 6 2 V i e j a D r. S a n t a B a r b a r a , C A 9 3 1 1 0 ; C a t h y C . G re e n (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: C a t h y C G re e n F i l e d w i t h the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 19 2 0 2 0 . T h i s s t a t e m e n t e x p i re s f i v e y e a r s f ro m t h e d a t e i t w a s f i l e d i n t h e O ff i c e o f the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001520 Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ESSENCE’TIALLY YOU at 819 Portesuello Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Melanie B Elkin (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Melanie Elkin Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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: 2020‑0001517 Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2020.

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There are currently vacancies for the Design Review Board, the Santa Barbara County Library Advisory Committee and the Parks and Recreation Commission.

Design Review Board Vacancies The DRB has three vacancies: • 1 licensed landscape professional (landscape architect or landscape contractor) • 2 At-Large Members (Must be a resident)

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The DRB meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 3:00 p.m., and the position is compensated $50 per meeting.

Parks and Recreation Commission Vacancy The Parks and Recreation Commission has one vacancy: • 1 Commissioner (Student 15 years or older) Eligible applicants must live in the City of Goleta. The Commission holds six regular meetings and may hold additional meetings as needed.

Santa Barbara County Library Advisory Committee Vacancy The Santa Barbara County Library Advisory Committee has one vacancy: • 1 Committee Member The City of Goleta is looking for a volunteer to serve on the County of Santa Barbara Library Advisory Committee as a representative of the City of Goleta.

Please note the current Santa Barbara County Library Advisory Committee member will be re-applying for this position.

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