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Though she grew up nearby in Los Angeles, Melody Pezeshkian had never been to the UCSB campus when she decided to enroll there. Having recently graduated, she couldn’t be happier with the “impromptu decision,” which led to academic and personal growth, amazing friends, and a stint at the Daily Nexus, which led to her internship at the Independent.

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anta Barbara’s first Black church, St. Paul’s AME Church — which has stood at 502 Olive Street for more than a century — was declared a historic landmark by a unanimous vote of the City Council this Tuesday. Although the church’s nomination had been in the works since 2018, the massive momentum generated by the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis police clearly pushed it over the top.

The Historic Landmarks Commission received no fewer than 695 letters from individuals urging the church’s nomination be fast-tracked. It was hardly coincidental that the historical report accompanying the nomination was issued on Juneteenth — June 19 — an annual holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.

St. Paul’s was first founded in 1903, but the building the church currently occupies was constructed in 1916 in what’s now described as Carpenter’s Gothic style. Architecturally, that means the church was not designed by any known architect and was built with whatever materials were easily available.

It was the church’s “moral imprint” on the surrounding community — as well as its status as an obvi-

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S.B.’s First Black Church Declared Historic Landmark

ous icon throughout Santa Barbara’s Eastside — that secured St. Paul’s its historic designation.

Members of St. Paul’s community of faith played critical roles throughout Santa Barbara’s history, fighting against restrictive housing covenants, racial BLACK HISTORY: St. Paul’s AME Church—Santa Barbara’s first Black church—has stood at 502 Olive Street for more discrimination, and wide- than a century. It was declared a historic landmark this Tuesday, August 11, by the Santa Barbara City Council. spread segregation.

Among the many called out by name in such struggles Also highlighted was Jerry Forney — a freed slave and were Willy Rowan, who worked against racially based job the first Black person to reside in Santa Barbara — who segregation in Santa Barbara’s banking industry in the rode a mule in a centennial celebration of the United States late 1950s and early 1960s; Dr. Horace McMillan, Santa with an American flag draped over his back. Although ForBarbara’s first Black doctor and a pioneer in the fight ney died nearly 30 years before the church was established, against housing discrimination in the same time period; Forney proposed bringing a colony of 500 Black workers Dr. Shirley Kennedy, who helped found UCSB’s Black to Santa Barbara from North Carolina, and in 1884, he Studies Department; and Anita Mackey, who taught a announced his candidacy to run for mayor. It’s not clear, popular class on African-American studies at Santa Bar- however, what became of his mayoral aspirations. bara City College.

—Nick Welsh

Santa Barbara City Council Votes to Expand Nightlife Hours

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Bar and Restaurant Owners Launched a Full-Court Press to Push Curfew After Midnight

by Nick Welsh n the face of an intense lobbying blitz by Santa Barbara’s bar, lounge, and restaurant industry, the Santa Barbara City Council voted to significantly expand the hours allowed for nighttime operations throughout the central business district, along Coast Village Road, and in the Funk Zone. This expanded the curfew for Santa Barbara’s nightlife operations by two and one half hours, from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Although some councilmembers expressed concern about rising COVID numbers, a clear majority embraced the time change in order to help keep struggling businesses financially afloat.

Mayor Cathy Murillo led the charge, at first unsuccessfully pushing to lift the curfew citywide instead of restricted to these three specific major entertainment zones. She also alluded to vaguely described enforcement and outreach campaigns that presumably would accompany the expansion of allowable nighttime hours.

The 10 o’clock curfew had been imposed this May with the de facto creation of what’s become the State Street promenade, in which many bar and restaurant operations were allowed — for the very first time — to expand their operations to the sidewalks, to the streets, and out into innovations known now as the “parklets.” Many of these businesses have licenses allowing them to operate to the early morning hours, but only indoors. And indoor service, in the time of COVID, has been all but totally eliminated for health considerations.

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Also pushing hard for the change of hours was Robin Elander, head of Downtown Santa Barbara, which represents 1,200 downtown businesses, and the board chair of her organization, Bob Stout, owner of the Wildcat Lounge. Arguing that the extra hours were necessary for businesses to succeed, both explained that the make-or-break revenues for their businesses are generated after 10 p.m. “All the owners understand the need to control the virus,” said Stout, a major player with nearly 50 years of experience in Santa Barbara’s nightlife scene. “None of us wants to make a buck at the expense of getting anyone infected.”

Other speakers stressed the metamorphosis that has taken place along the 500 block of State Street especially, once the heart and soul of the city’s drunk-and-disorderly zone. For bars and lounges to qualify for outdoor seating, they had to prepare meals.

“We’re not slamming shots anymore,” said one owner, who explained he has now become a restaurateur.

While all councilmembers were boundless in their enthusiasm for State Street’s new car-free promenade and voted unanimously to expand it until December 8, some expressed reservation about opening up so large a chunk of the city to expanded afterhour wining and dining. Councilmember Mike Jordan, who acknowledged he’d been downtown only a couple of times in the past two months, was concerned that people tended to wear masks less and maintain social distancing less as the night wore on.

Councilmember Kristen Sneddon was more outspoken, stating: “Safety comes first, and our numbers are rising.” She took issue with the testimony of some owners that no infections had

COVID CURFEW: Bob Stout, owner of the Wildcat Lounge (above), said his and other businesses’ make-or-break revenues are generated after 10 p.m., but added, “All the owners understand the need to control the virus. None of us wants to make a buck at the expense of getting anyone infected.”

been linked yet by public health officials to a specific bar. “The thing about community spread, they can’t trace it,” she said. “To say the virus doesn’t spring from a bar is not accurate; it’s just that we can’t trace it back.”

Councilmember Meagan Harmon, whose district encompasses much of the Central Business District, spoke enthusiastically on behalf of the nightlife industry, dismissing the usefulness of a 10 o’clock curfew. “That seems quite arbitrary to me,” she stated. “You CONT’D ON PAGE 6 

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RIP: The bloodied hat worn by Michael Ledesma reads “RIP Knuckles,” referring to his friend Jose Ortega, who’d recently been fatally shot by police.

Three to the Hands, Two to the Chest Michael Ledesma Almost Got the Suicide by Cop He Wanted

by Tyler Hayden

In June, following the death of George Floyd and amid renewed scrutiny over how and when law enforcement officers use physical force against civilians, the Independent filed a California Public Records Act request with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office for information on serious use-of-force incidents dating back to 2010. The Sheriff’s Office is releasing the records on a rolling basis, and these reports will be published as the information is made available.

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he video shows Michael Ledesma slowly walking with his arms outstretched toward CHP Sgt. Dan Barba. In his left hand, Ledesma holds a five-inch pocket knife. “Shoot me!” he yells in a separate audio recording. “Shoot me!” Barba orders him to stop.

“Drop it!” he shouts. “Get back! Get back!”

It is 4:06 p.m. on July 15, 2012, and the two are face-to-face next to Barba’s cruiser on a quiet stretch of Highway 135 just north of Los Alamos. Minutes earlier, Ledesma’s ex-girlfriend, Elisa Morales, had frantically called 9-1-1 to report Ledesma was in her car with their oneyear-old daughter and threatening to kill himself. The two had been fighting over their recently ended relationship, and Ledesma, who was drinking heavily, pulled out the knife and cut his hand.

“He said when the cops come, he’s gonna have them shoot him,” Morales told the dispatcher, relaying she was also scared for herself and her baby. “He’s suicidal.” The video footage was captured by the dash cam of Barba’s backup, Sgt. Richard Soto with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. See it at independent.com/forcefiles.

Ledesma pushes closed the car door separating him and Barba and then stops, his arms still up at his sides. “Fucking shoot me!” Barba sees blood on Ledesma’s shirt. He worries it might be the child’s. He opens fire, aiming for Ledesma’s left hand. The first bullet rips through the flesh between his thumb and forefinger. The second punches through his wrist. Ledesma hardly flinches.

In later interviews with detectives, Barba claimed Ledesma didn’t drop the knife, but Morales, outside her car a short distance up the road, said he let go after the first shot. The left side of Ledesma’s body is blocked from view in the video, and the knife is not visible.

Barba pauses and then, for reasons unclear, aims for Ledesma’s empty right hand, firing again and striking his right wrist. The next two bullets hit Ledesma square in the chest. It takes Barba just over five seconds to squeeze off all five rounds while Ledesma appears to stand nearly in place. He was airlifted to the hospital and survived. “I don’t

know how many shots I…” Barba starts to say to a responding CHP officer at the scene. “You did what you had to do,” the officer interrupts.

“You fired as many as you had to.”

Barba, a 23-year veteran of the California Highway Patrol who’d been placed on “stress leave” for three years in the early 2000s, explains to the officer he’d tried to unholster his Taser but fumbled and dropped it so reached for his gun.

“He was advancing. He was almost to my hood. I started to retreat,” he says. “I shot him two or three times in the hands, and he just stood there. Looked like he kept coming.… That’s when I went to the body.”

Other law enforcement personnel at the scene reported to investigators that the shooting left Barba “shaken up, concerned, emotional, and maybe a little in shock.” One of the responding paramedics knew him personally and gave him a hug before taking off in the air ambulance.

A few months later, District Attorney Joyce Dudley determined that Barba used an “appropriate amount of force,” given the circumstances.

The official incident report describes Ledesma holding his knife in the “high ready” position and moving quickly and aggressively toward Barba when he opened fire.

Ledesma, 19 years old at the time and a Santa Maria resident, was initially charged with attempted murder of a peace officer. Barba, however, admitted during a pre-trial hearing that he never heard Ledesma threaten to stab or kill him. Ledesma ultimately took a plea deal that put two strikes on his record and sent him to prison for six years on felony counts of assault on a peace officer, domestic violence, and being a member of Santa Maria’s “North West” street gang.

Just weeks before the incident, Ledesma’s good friend and purported fellow gang member Jose Ortega had been shot and killed by Santa Maria police in the alley behind a 7-Eleven on North Broadway Street. Police said Ortega was armed with a handgun and rushed toward officers. Ledesma was distraught by his friend’s death and had recently sought counseling through the county’s CARES program, Morales told investigators.

“I ain’t doing good,” Ledesma says in a YouTube video posted after Ortega’s funeral.

Investigators also spoke to Ledesma’s parents at the hospital the afternoon of the shooting. “Shot him five times,” his mother said through tears. “In each arm, in the chest. They could have Tased him.

Why did they have to fucking shoot him?”

Of the eight police shootings in northern Santa Barbara County in n 2012, Ledesma was the only person to survive.

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BIKE BRIGADE: Hundreds of bike riders cruised from Stearns Wharf to Goleta on Sunday.

Fiesta Cruiser Run Draws Hundreds

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espite last-second efforts by county public health officials to cancel this year’s annual Fiesta Cruiser Run in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several hundred bike riders still made the bipedal celebratory trek on August 9 from the base of Stearns Wharf to Goleta Beach and Isla Vista. This was the 40th year the Sunday ride has taken place as a gonzo-spirited, unsanctioned punctuation mark to Santa Barbara’s more established Fiesta revelry.

Police estimated the ridership at 200; event organizer Rex Stephens — who has now participated in 30 Cruiser Runs — said he counted 500 riders at Goleta Beach. This year’s ride was significantly smaller than last year’s, however, which weighed in at 2,500 riders.

Police maintained a low-key watchful presence throughout, neither escorting the riders nor issuing any citations this year. The ride precipitated only one call for service.

Stephens said he devised an alternate route in lieu of the traditional one up State Street, taken in years prior, to avoid potential conflicts at the 500 block of State Street. That block is now blocked off to all bikes and skateboarders because of complaints leveled against some riders who’ve used it to launch extended wheelies.

Stephens expressed pride that none of the riders went up State Street; had it gone otherwise, he worried, the entire State Street promenade might have been shut down to all cyclists.

Stephens said he unsuccessfully sought to enlist help from public authorities to shut down the event. He stated that social-distancing guidelines were not always observed by those on the ride — especially during breaks at Goleta Beach — where he estimated only half the participants wore masks. Some of the more aggressive and flamboyant wheelie-poppers, he acknowledged, rode into oncoming traffic on Chapala Street, though without incident.

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Pueblos High School gymnasium, directly next to the 264-square-foot mural that was just completed Tuesday. The mural is composed of 466 student-painted tiles, the school crest and year, and “We Are Resilient.”

The mural is meant to mimic the iconic graduation-cap toss that the 2020 graduating seniors weren’t able to experience. Instead, the 466 seniors at Dos Pueblos High School

created a timeless version of the moment — a mural made up of 6x6 tiles, each painted by and representative of the 466 seniors and the way they would decorate their caps.

“Seeing the beautiful mural come to fruition was a wonderfully emotional moment symbolizing our school coming together to overcome the challenges of last spring to celebrate the class of 2020,” Principal Bill Woodard said.

“I want to thank the DPHS Foundation for spearheading the efforts which will be a lasting legacy to the class of 2020!”

The Dos Pueblos High School Foundation raised more than $10,000 toward the mural, and Tileco donated over 1,000 tiles, in addition to many other community members who worked to help make the project a reality.

The foundation plans to do a ribboncutting celebration with the graduating class when the pandemic restrictions allow.

—Delaney Smith

Santa Barbara Nightlife cont’d from p. 4 can drink from 8 to 10.” When it appeared that the council was inclined to extend the curfew to midnight, it was Harmon who argued that it should be extended to 12:30, noting that the extra half-hour was especially meaningful to the downtown businesses.

When Mayor Murillo’s proposal to expand the curfew citywide failed—mainly because many other restaurants and bars were located too close to nearby neighborhoods — she then argued successfully to include the Funk Zone.

How Murillo’s statement that that the ordinance language should mention increased enforcement and outreach with the businesses will be received by law enforcement remains to be seen. No representative from the police department was on hand to describe what impact this additional enforcement might have on existing assignments. In the wake of Black Lives Matter and the Defund the Police movement, many officers have been

loath to take on new responsibilities that lie outside the purview of traditional breadand-butter police work. It was not explained if any discussion about this ordinance with law enforcement had yet taken place. It was also not clear if County Public Health authorities, with whom city officials have been collaborating, were part of this decisionmaking process.

Councilmember Jordan said he sensed there was “a push and pull” within the police department when it came to COVID-related enforcement, and he expressed guarded skepticism that the resources for such enforcement were available. Even if they were, he was iffy about the wisdom of putting officers at risk of infection.

Mayor Murillo explained the reason she became such a proponent of the expanded curfew: “To people who ask what are you doing, we’re adjusting as we go along.” n

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Enrollment Dips as S.B. Unified Prepares for Reopening

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Assistant Superintendent Assures Families Distance-Learning Plan Is ‘Excellent’

n the past month, Santa Barbara Unified lost 125 students — reflecting the growing number of families who are opting for a new form of schooling and those who have had to leave town due to financial pressure under the pandemic.

“Families are having to make decisions on what’s best for their children,” said Assistant Superintendent Frann Wageneck on Tuesday night.

“That’s something we com- DISTANCE-LEARNING DROPOUTS: “Families are having to pletely understand, whether make decisions on what’s best for their children,” said Assistant it be because of economic dis- Superintendent Frann Wageneck at Tuesday’s school board meeting, tress or because they want a referring to the school district’s dip in enrollment prior to reopening. different kind of learning and not distance learning.”

“Mental health is the pandemic within She said that although elementary the pandemic,” Wageneck said. “We have schools make up just 22 percent of district funding through the CARES Act to spend enrollment, they account for 65 percent on COVID-related response within the of the enrollment decline. Elementary schools, and we allocated $600,000 of that.” students tended to struggle with distance Of that, $500,000 went to the district’s learning the most last spring, so some contract with the Family Service Agency, parents opted for an in-person option to which provides mental-health services to teach their children this fall, but Wage- secondary students, as well as parents and neck assured the families of the more than staff. The other $100,000 went to Child 13,000 students still enrolled that the dis- Abuse Listening Mediation (CALM), which the district contracts with for elementary tance-learning plan is “excellent.”

“The preparation for distance learn- mental-health services. CALM is also offering has been, in my opinion, excellent,” ing groups for parents and staff during the Wageneck said. “That’s what we want our stressful time, too. families to know. They are going to be Wageneck also touched on childcare serpleased with the learning that their chil- vices, a hot issue and particularly for teachdren engage in.” ers with young children of their own. The The enrollment update was one seg- After School Education & Safety (ASES) ment of the district’s fourth and final Program for children of Santa Barbara Unireport on schools reopening before the fied staff is being held on school campuses new academic year kicks off next week. across the district, with 170 children already Wageneck and other cabinet members also enrolled. The reason this is allowed but onhighlighted new efforts made to adapt to campus learning is not is because the state the new reality, even after schools can deemed childcare essential. reopen campuses in a hybrid or fully open Director of Elementary Education Sierra Loughridge also provided a new update to model.

The iPass screening app, for example, the school reopenings — tangible, old-fashwill be utilized by every student, teacher, ioned materials. staff, and visitor once campuses are open.

“We recognize that students are going to It requires them to answer questions about need materials that they normally would their health from home before generating be provided at school, in their homes,” a QR code confirming they can come to Loughridge said. “Your principals are campus. Wageneck said that this kind of actively preparing packages to go home that screening technology will be used for the have all of the materials that they may need, duration of the 2020-21 school year and from Post-Its to pencils to crayons and all likely next year, too. the little goodies that make elementary stuMental-health services were also a key dents thrive.” part of the report. Though the district She said one of the largest purchases was has strongly embraced mental and emo- for book kits so that elementary students tional wellness in recent years, Wageneck can join a book club and have a shared reported that the district is putting an experience reading the same book. additional $600,000 toward services for To see the rest of the board updates on students, parents, and teachers because of topics like online tutoring, food services the pandemic’s negative effects on mental operations, and more, see tinyurl.com/ board-updates-8-11.. n health.

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A public question-and-answer webinar will also be held.

The plan is largely based on projections from a 2018 statewide analysis of potential sea-level rise scenarios—near-term (20202030): 0-0.8 feet; mid-term (2030-2060): 0.8-2.5 feet; and long-term (2060-2100): 2.56.6 feet. Its first recommendation is developing a Shoreline Monitoring Program in coordination with regional, state, and federal agencies, the results of which will help inform how the city prioritizes protecting its six miles of coast. Without any interventions, staff estimated sea-level rise could cost Santa Barbara more than $4 billion in direct

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A seemingly well-sourced Page Six column by Emily Smith, labeled “Exclusive” in the New York Post, reports that the couple, who fled the royal life in England, has been “quietly living in their own home in Santa Barbara since early July.”

The couple is friends with both Oprah and Ellen, who apparently were influential in convincing them that Santa Barbara was the kind of paparazzi-free place where they could indulge their much-publicized desire for privacy and raise their kid in peace.

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Over the next 10 years, the plan suggests raising or modifying the harbor’s breakwater, rock groin, sandspit, and sidewalks, as well as renovating marinas and piers in phases to raise marina piles; adding sand and building dunes at East Beach, Leadbetter Beach, and Arroyo Burro Beach; relocating or flood-proofing major infrastructure south of Cabrillo Boulevard; and redesigning the Laguna Creek tide gate and pump system, among other things.

In the longer term, several major decisions will have to be made, the draft plan says, including whether to allow rock revetments and slope stabilization along the Mesa bluffs to protect Shoreline Drive, or plan for rerouting the entire road and associated infrastructure. Also to be determined is whether to pursue large-scale flood-protection measures for low-lying areas, such as shoreline protection devices or levees along the city’s waterfront, and levees or floodwalls along lower portions of major creeks.

The city will eventually have to decide if it should reconstruct, redesign, or remove Stearns Wharf, as well.

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used to be Laguna Stadium, an addition to City Hall, a maritime museum, and a TB wing for what was then the General Hospital. By contrast, today we have a guy in the White House who is nothing but a rubber crutch, a fact that’s rubbed in our faces on an hourly basis.

Right now, 40 million unemployed Americans are facing the credible threat of eviction because COVID has left them without jobs.

Almost five million of these people live in California.

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that kept the economy from tanking, the steel-plated umbrella that kept the sky from falling. The Democrats had a plan in place months in advance that would have both protected tenants from eviction and given the landlords the mortgage relief they need from the banks.

To the extent the Republicans had a plan, it protected neither.

President Donald Trump, absent without leave throughout these so-called negotiations, tossed in a last-minute package of executive orders that’s all faux front. At the very best, they’re merely unconstitutional.

The eviction protection Trump purports to provide is, in reality, only a suggestion that the head of Health and Human Services “shall consider” whether eviction protection would help during the pandemic and find the funds necessary to further study the matter. The unemployment stipend would be $400 a week, not $600, but only if states pick up 25 percent of the tab.

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City cops are steadfastly refusing to investigate what really happened to Bossy the Cow. They don’t want to know. Actually, they already know. They just don’t want us to know. Cops are sentimental that way.

Bossy was the life-sized plaster cow that for 80 years sat perched atop a pedestal affixed to the roof of the former headquarters of McConnell’s Ice Cream, that improbably cool white building at the corner of Milpas and Canon Perdido streets, its walls punctuated with even cooler glass bricks. Architects like to call such buildings “Streamline Moderne.”

Last week, the county coroner grimly reported that Bossy had taken a fatal fall from her pedestal. What was left of her mortal coil lay splintered and splattered, but a green face mask was found dutifully covering Bossy’s face.

The question, of course, was whether Bossy had been tipped — the victim of foul play — or had succumbed to natural causes.

It’s an important determination. As the city’s single most playfully interactive architectural icon, Bossy had given joy to thousands of high-school pranksters, who over the decades painted her countless times, repainted her countless times, kidnapped her more than once, and — according to one totally unconfirmed source — hid her out in the deep end of a swimming pool. In the hyperventilated rivalry between Santa Barbara and San Marcos high schools, Bossy conferred upon the victor ultimate bragging rights.

Bossy, it turns out, did herself in. She leapt. Things have gotten so bad that not even a plaster cow could take it anymore.

The note said it all: “’Twas despair that killed the cow.”

the federal government — are not empowered to print money or spend money they don’t have. Economists reckon there’s enough money in Trump’s piggy bank — authorized initially to

provide hurricane relief — to last maybe one week. As for the payroll relief, that’s smoke and mirrors too. For employees, it would generate $46 in deduction savings for a $1,000 paycheck, not enough to do any real good, but just enough to torpedo Social Security, from which the payments HOPE ON HORIZON: Monique Limón’s bill would give landlords will be short-stopped. and tenants alike relief. So why aren’t they both supporting it?

Santa Barbara County, last I checked, had 27,400 recipients Think about it. When Bossy went up in of the expanded unemployment benefits. the late 1930s, Santa Barbara and the United Without it, a lot of people can’t pay their States were in the depths of a depression rent. A lot of smaller landlords won’t be able so bad that it’s spelled with a capital D. Back to pay their mortgages. The state, city, and then, the guy in the White House scooted county have emergency measures in place around in a wheelchair, but he got stuff preventing evictions through September done. Minimum wage. Social security. To 30, but the real brick wall protecting tenants name just a few. In today’s dollars, Santa Bar- has been the edict issued by the California bara got half a billion bucks’ worth of fed- Judicial Council stating that no courts in eral assistance. That built the Post Office, California can process unlawful detainers. the Los Baños Pool, the first six miles of But that brick wall comes down on Friday, Highway 101, the downtown Armory, what August 14, unless there’s a reprieve.

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Locally, most landlords have moved heaven and earth to work with their tenants.

And tenants have reciprocated. But we’re coming to the tipping point.

In August, 79.3 percent of tenants paid rent. The year before, the number was 81.2 percent. But according to the Census Bureau, 4.3 million California tenants are now expressing little or no confidence they can pay next month’s rent. In June, that number was 3.7 million.

And as helpful as most landlords have been, not all are. Alex Lambrous of the Legal Aid Society said he used to get one or two cases a year involving “self-help” evictions, in which landlords deploy extralegal means to get rid of their tenants; now, he’s getting that same number every week. In these instances, he said, landlords turn off the utilities, conduct multiple unannounced inspections, schedule fumigations, and in one instance, broke into a tenant’s apartment and hid her laptop.

It’s nut-cutting time; push came to shove three weeks ago.

In response, Santa Barbara’s Assemblymember Monique Limón — also head of the Banking Committee — is co-sponsoring a bill (AB 1436) that would extend the eviction moratorium on tenants who can’t pay because of COVID through next April. But it would also provide much-needed mortgage relief to landlords, especially the smaller mom-and-pops who find themselves caught between a rock and hard place: between their banks and their tenants.

It turns out 58 percent of the California tenants who experienced job loss since February rent from mom-and-pop landlords.

About one quarter of these landlords report having been forced to take out a loan since March just to keep the lights on. AB 1436 would give smaller landlords (defined as owning one to four units) 12 months of mortgage relief. Not forgiveness, but relief.

Larger landlords would get six months. It would be up to the banks and the landlords to work it out. But among the options not allowed under this bill are any lump-sum balloon payments in which all back payments would become due.

This measure goes to the Senate Judiciary Committee later this week, where it’s expected to pass. Its eventual passage, however, is anything but assured. Limón had introduced a one-size-fits-all bill earlier in the year that would also have offered mortgage relief to landlords, but it also offered relief on car loans and predatory pay day loans.

In June, this bill — AB 2501 — came within one vote of getting out of committee. But two dozen lobbyists hired by the banking industry, the large apartment owners, car dealerships, and the repo man industry — yes, even repo men have lobbyists in Sacramento — came unglued. Despite Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon turning over every rock for votes, AB 2501 went down to bruising defeat.

This week, I have listened yet again to Santa Barbara’s apartment owners and tenant activists square off over how much rental assistance landlords will have to provide pay-the-rent-on-time tenants who are being effectively evicted through no fault of their own. I would like to offer a modest proposal.

Both sides should declare a truce and work together on behalf of Limón’s AB 1436. I’ve heard enough mom-and-pops tell me how the Big Institutionalized Investor Property Companies — the REITs — are intentionally exploiting this crisis by scooping up distressed properties that smaller landlords have been forced to sell, unable to pay for their mortgages. As harsh as Santa Barbara’s rental market currently is, it will get infinitely worse if this scenario is allowed to play out.

So maybe for two months, everybody now arguing about the details of Just Cause eviction can please shut up — a moratorium if you will — and start lobbying together to get AB 1436 passed.

In so suggesting, I recognize I’m pissing up a very long rope. But frankly, I don’t know what the alternative is.

If this keeps on keeping on, it won’t just be the plaster cow jumping. But whatever you do, be sure to wear a mask.

—Nick Welsh

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Letters

Schooling in Pods

Last week’s cover story on education in pods got a varied response on Facebook: Caroline Harrah More subtle versions have already been happening since the beginning of the pandemic and will continue. Namely, small groups of friends who choose to study, play, socialize with one another exclusively.

The implications of podding not only include matters of equity but also social isolation and mental wellness. • Emily Zacarias I understand this firsthand. Trust me, most parents are just trying to survive during this complicated backto-school season. Especially for those whose kids are going into Kinder.

Tammy Stevenson Merritt I do realize the podding is a good thing — just the headline is such yellow journalism. It is not true that California school children are not being allowed to start school. They will start school. Teachers, administrators, and state officials are working so hard to get ready for a strong distance learning platform that will hopefully build, grow, and get us back to group classes, activities, and sports and all the things we all want — and it is up to all of us to get us to a point where that is safe.

The Indy has lost real perspective.

Joseph Gallo Some hybrid of this seems a good idea, if it can be subsidized to include those who cannot afford to participate due to lack of funds and/or proximity. I feel bad for so many people going through this viral debacle.

• Marcia Bauer Moore For Santa Barbara Unified, our property taxes are low enough that we are not a basic aid district. This means the state has to add money to property tax income in order to properly fund our schools to the minimum acceptable state number. • Laurel Morrissey Johnston True facts. Even amidst so much wealth, our schools are embarrassingly underfunded.

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hank you to Tyler Hayden for his excellent coverage of the careless, unhealthy conditions at Lompoc Prison, which resulted in over 1,000 cases of COVID among inmates and infected prison workers who live in Santa Maria and Lompoc. He kept the spotlight on the prison as four wardens came and went.

Finally an ACLU case has won a judgment

so that all men over 50 or with medical challenges must be evaluated for home or some other supervised release. The deadline for this release has already been postponed one month.

I hope that you, Rep. Salud Carbajal, and the community watch groups continue to insist on humane, healthy treatment for inmates. The way we treat our most vulnerable is a reflection of who we are as a society.

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egarding a previous letter touting tax revenues for Santa Ynez schools from the ExxonMobil trucking project, many letters to County Planning from organizations and from Nipomo, Oceano, Santa Maria, and New Cuyama citizens oppose the project and object to the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR). Many people don’t want these trucks and potential spills affecting their safety, environment, and traffic — unlike Santa Ynez, which will be spared the project.

State Route 166 and the windy parts of the 101 make the project too precarious. Caltrans finds that it’s no more risky than other roads, but I beg to differ. Take a count of the fatalities and accidents on SR 166, including two vehicle accidents in June in which two men died and four others were injured. Top that with the oiltanker accident on March 21, dumping 4,500 gallons of crude into the Cuyama River that took three weeks to clean up. You’ll never convince me that this two-lane, dark, and windy highway with a 7 percent grade into Maricopa will be safe for 70 to 78 trucks moving 6,000 gallons of crude each.

The SEIR section regarding risk concludes: “however low the risk, depending on the location of the spill, the environmental conditions, and the biological resource present, the short and long term effects … associated with a truck accident has the potential to be significant and unavoidable.”

There is only one response when planners, supervisors, and citizens examine the risks and oil’s inevitable environmental degradation. The Goleta school board voted sensibly. To vote otherwise is unconscionable and irresponsible.

The next Planning Commission meeting is September 2.

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Dr. Thomas William Hamilton, Jr. 1938 - 2020

Dr. Thomas William Hamilton Jr. peacefully passed away surrounded by his family on Thursday, July 30th, while listening to his favorite Frank Sinatra songs. Tom fought a courageous six-year battle with cancer.

Tom was born in June of 1938 and raised in Evansville, Indiana along with his three brothers and three sisters. He graduated from Mater Dei High School as a standout athlete in both football and basketball. He later went on to play basketball for the University of Evansville Purple Aces —a team that won the NCAA Division II Championship in 1960. Tom would often be found sporting his Purple Aces apparel to support his Alma Mater.

Tom earned his Medical Degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and became a Family Physician in 1970. That year, Tom and his former wife (Judith Smith) and their children moved to California where he completed his Residency at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

In 1985, he and his partners joined forces with Sansum Clinic where he would practice for the remainder of his career. In that same year, Tom married his current wife Jennifer Allen Hamilton.

After 44 years of practicing medicine, Tom retired in 2014. His work was truly rewarding; he had the pleasure of treating multiple generations and watching his young patients grow up and start families of their own.

Tom had an innate passion for helping others.

Family was Tom’s top priority, both his immediate and extended family. He regularly traveled back to Evansville, Indiana to attend annual family reunions and catch up 12

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with longtime friends. One of his favorite things to do back home was to go to the Horse Races at Ellis Park with his brothers and sisters.

Tom was an avid reader and well versed in many areas including medicine, spirituality and religion, nutrition, world history and biographies. You would think he read plenty of card playing books with the amount of games he always seemed to effortlessly win against his family and friends. His passion for sports was eternal and contagious. He loved to share and teach this passion to with his children, attending nearly every game.

Raised as a religious man, Tom found joy and community being a member of Santa Barbara Hope Church.

You could find him wearing a bright blue shirt and an infectious smile, handing out name tags as the ‘Church Greeter’ on Sunday mornings. It is incredible to reflect on how many lives Tom impacted in a positive way; he had this way of making others want to be a better version of themselves. Tom had a genuine love for life and he sure did it right.

Tom was preceded in death by his mother Thelma and sister Betty. He is survived by his siblings Bob, Allen, John, Margaret and Judy. Tom is survived by his loving wife of 34 years Jennifer, his four children Michael (daughter in-law Nancy), Angela, Matthew, Evan, and three granddaughters — Austin, Jordan and Madison.

With a heart full of compassion and kindness, Tom’s presence will be deeply missed by all those fortunate enough to know him.

We would like to give a special thank you to Doctors Newman, Ransohoff and Suh for all of their help along the way. We would also like to thank the Hospice Team for all their support and assistance.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Ridley-Tree Cancer Center: Cfsb.org/giving-to-cfsb/ Celebration of Life to be announced at a later date.

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Charlotte Nelson

3/19/1929 - 8/1/2020

Charlotte Louise (Biddle) Nelson, passionate supporter of Santa Barbara and all its goodness, passed away peacefully, of natural causes, at Alexander Gardens Assisted Living Facility, on August 1st.

She was 91.

Charlotte was born in Lomita, California on March 19, 1929, the youngest of four children, to John and Frances Biddle. When she was five months old, John died in an oil refinery fire, and Frances moved her young children to Ottawa, Canada to be with members of her extended family. The Great Depression forced Frances to place her children in a VFW National Home for Children in Michigan. It was there, in 1935, Charlotte was chosen to represent the VFW’s Buddy Poppy project by presenting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt with a poppy while sitting on his desk in the Oval Office. After graduating from Cooley High School in Detroit, she attended Harper Hospital School of Nursing, where she met her future husband, Robert E. Rabe, who was earning a medical degree at Wayne State Medical School. They married in September of 1950, and soon began their family, raising five sons in Detroit, while also traveling extensively throughout North America and Europe.

An avid learner, when all her children reached school age, Charlotte attended Oakland University where she studied History.

In the summer of 1969, they relocated to Santa Barbara, where Charlotte began her lengthy involvement with civic activities. A life-long Democrat, Charlotte worked tirelessly for numerous political candidates and issues, as well as on behalf of the League of Women Voters, Hospice, the YMCA, Mount Carmel Women’s Auxiliary, and the Santa Barbara Mission.

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owed, later marrying Leonard Gluck, with whom she enjoyed almost twenty-three years of continued travel and adventure. Widowed again in 1997, Charlotte returned to school, and at the age of 70, flew with her UCSB classmates to participate in an archeological dig in Ireland, where she met John “Jack” Nelson, whom she married in Texas in August of 1999.

Her love of travel and reading inspired her children and grandchildren to also have similar goals and dreams, and her generous spirit motivated all who knew her well to want such feelings of altruism and giving to be a part of their personality.

Charlotte brought her enjoyment of life to the many picnics, BBQ’s, holiday gatherings, parties and other festivities she shared with her loved-ones, including her extended Biddle and Cordero families.

Her sense of humor, commitment to just causes, and her consistently insightful commentary will be missed by many and cherished always.

She is survived by her five sons – Robert Rabe, Paul Rabe (Cheryl Gunter), Christopher Rabe (Annette Cordero), John Rabe, and Warren Rabe(Christy); also, 11 grandchildren and stepgrandchildren, and 7 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brothers – Warren, Gordon, and Rick Biddle, as well as her three husbands – Robert E. Rabe, Leonard Gluck, and John “Jack” Nelson.

Charlotte’s family would like to give special thanks to the Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care for their compassionate support in her final days.

The family would also like to acknowledge our gratitude and appreciation for all the staff at Alexander Gardens where Charlotte spent her final years. Their loving care and genuine affection for Charlotte gave her and our family great peace of mind, knowing she was happy and engaged.

A memorial mass will be celebrated outdoors at the Santa Barbara Mission on Aug. 21 at 11:00 am. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Santa Barbara YMCA or the Heart Association.

Dolly Bartok 1933 - 2020

Dolly Evangeline Bartok was born in Monterey Park CA, and passed away peacefully on Aug 4th 2020, at Heritage House, Santa Barbara, CA. Dolly grew up with her identical twin sister Molly and older brother Paul in the Los Angeles area. She met her late husband Andrew while attending high school in Pasadena, CA. Shortly after graduating from High School she married Andrew and was married for 48 years before he passed.

Dolly moved to Santa Barbara with her family in 1964, where she raised her three children, Michael, Daniel and Laura. Dolly helped in watching all of her grandchildren, Jacob, Shannan, Matt and Randy. Dolly loved her church and was very active in it. She was a Sunday School and Primary teacher and would also work in the nursery and library when called upon.

Dolly loved to sing, so she joined various choirs where she would sing to retirement communities and nursing homes. Art was another passion of hers. She did oil painting and portraits and as she got older, she loved to color. Dolly also loved to dance. When she went to the Friendship Center in Goleta they would always say I don’t know how she does it, she could dance all day long if they would let her. The staff at Heritage House also knew how much Dolly loved to dance and would dance with her.

For many years, Dolly loved riding her bicycle with her friends. She took a special interest in helping others.

Dolly also enjoyed spending her vacations with her children and twin sister Molly and her family at the beach.

Dolly’s children want to express their appreciation to all the people who helped in bringing happiness to her life.

Hospice Nurses for their care, Heritage House for their loving and professional team of caregivers and staff and the Friendship Center Goleta for having fun activities for her.

She loved you all.

obituaries William R. MacDonald, Jr. 11/1/1941 - 7/31/2020

On Friday, July 31st due to complications of dementia, the veil parted, and Bill crossed over to eternal life in the Love that was the Source of his own life. He died at home surrounded by his beloved family.

Bill was appropriately born on the Feast of All Saints, November 1, 1941 in Pittsburgh, PA to Bertha Marie Mosurak and William Richard MacDonald, Sr. At the age of 13 he began working in drugstores and worked his way through Pharmacy School at Duquesne University. In his second year of Pharmacy School he met the love of his life, Alice Flecker.

Four years later on July 10, 1965 they were married and moved to Chicago where Bill had been recruited to work for Walgreens. In 1968 he purchased Woodland Pharmacy in the Downers Grove Medical Center where he met his dear friend, Dr. Ronald Lorenzini through whom he and Alice would adopt their three children, Jim in 1971, Brian in 1972, and Heather in 1975. And the circle of family began to grow larger.

In the bitter cold winter of 1977 they decided to move west where the climate was milder. A good friend suggested Santa Barbara. They made the trip to Santa Barbara, found a home and a job for Bill, returned to Chicago, sold the house and the business and in July moved the family to Santa Barbara.

Bill bought Federal Drug in 1985. It was here that he began to fulfill his dream of a “Community Pharmacy.”

The Federal Drug Family became Bill’s home away from home. He loved helping people and personal care and service were the hallmark of his life as a pharmacist. Bill loved that he has served five generations of families here in Santa Barbara. He didn’t make a distinction between work and play. Somehow, they both went together for

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He was a strong force of nature. He was confident, knew what he wanted and how to get it, which usually involved hard work. If he saw a potential in you he was relentless until you saw it in yourself. If you were hurting and he said everything was going to be ok, you knew it would be.

Family was at the center of life’s meaning for him. He continually drew the circle of family larger with each new person he encountered. He was a lifelong Catholic and drew his inspiration from the life of Jesus whose inclusive model of love of others knew no boundaries. The only poem he remembered from his school days and liked to recite was one by Edwin Markham, “Outwitted.”

He drew a circle that shut me out — Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.

But Love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in!

That is what his Faith was all about, a Love that draws the circle big enough to include everyone as family.

Bill was preceded in death by his mother and father, and his two sisters, Mary E. and Pat. He is survived by his beloved wife of 55 years, Alice and by his sons Jim and Brian MacDonald and his daughter Heather MacDonald and the countless numbers that were family to him including his faithful canine companions, Toby and Timmy.

Special thanks Dr. Robert Wright for his personal care and compassionate concern, to Dr. Alex Koper and Dr. Philip Delio, and to Assisted Home Hospice of Santa Barbara, especially Judy Darin.

Special thanks also to Betty Calderon and Maria Arroyo who sat with him in the early stages and to Daniza Martinez who helped care for him in his final days.

Burial will be private. A celebration of life will take place at a later date to be announced.

Donations in his memory may be made to Hillside House, 1235 Veronica Springs Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, or The Father Virgil Cordano, OFM Living Memory Fund at Mission Santa Barbara, 2201 Laguna St. Santa Barbara Ca. 93105

Mary Madeline Frazer 9/24/1930 - 7/28/2020

Our beloved mother, Mary Frazer, died in her home, surrounded by family, early on July 28, 2020.

Born 1930 in Detroit, MI to Raymond & Rebecca Logan, Mary was a conscientious, generous & kind, hard-working mother, wife, friend & neighbor, as well as a creative, talented cook. Mary was the fourth of six children: James, John, Harold, Mary, Jacqueline and Francis. Sadly, Rebecca died when Mary was only 16.

Because Mary’s older brothers left school to fight in WWII, Mary was first to graduate from St. Benedict High School in 1948, then, from Mercy College in 1951 (Nursing). Mary & her dad drove from Detroit to Santa Monica, where she began her new job as a nurse. In a 1954 blind date, a charming aeronautical engineer from Dixon, IL won her heart; she & Henry Frazer married in 1954 at St. Benedict’s Roman Catholic Church, in Detroit, after which they returned to Santa Monica, where their first two daughters were born.

In 1956, they moved to Santa Barbara, where Hank joined the growing local aeronautical industry, and there welcomed the births of a son and two more daughters.

Until 1958, Mary worked as nurse and nursing instructor. Then, she devoted years to her children, family & community. She led brownies & girl scout troops, cub & boy scout packs, was Girl Scout Cookie Mom for years, volunteered at the First Presbyterian Church, took on various roles in Washington Elementary School’s PTA, even helping as a playground “yard duty.” In 1974, after the end of her marriage, Mary returned to nursing, eventually becoming the Assistant Director of Nurses at Cottage Care Hospital.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Mary and her sister, Jacqueline, met in Las Vegas, where they laughed and played the dollar slots,

to remarkable successes.

Mary retired in 1992, to garden, indulge her voracious appetite for reading, enjoy the company of her children, grandchildren & eventually, great grandchildren, and enjoy life in Santa Barbara.

Mary is survived by 5 children: Rebecca Shawver of Redmond, OR, Kathleen & Giles Kenyon of Cave Creek, AZ, Michael & Maybel Frazer of Port Hueneme, CA, Jennifer Frazer & Steve Phillips of New Canaan, CT, & Barbara Logan, Santa Barbara; 9 grandchildren: Jason & Jessica Raasch, Katie Shawver, Roy DeMarco, Anna Cessario, Emma & Logan Phillips, Paul & Mae Jean Logan; 3 great-grandchildren: Audrey DeMarco, Dominic & Daniel Cessario; her brother Francis Logan, & many nieces & nephews.

Because the Covid19 pandemic prevented a public gathering, we held an intimate family celebration of life. We hope to someday hold a public memorial for our beloved mother.

Sylvia Brickley Weller 1925 - 2020

Long-time Santa Barbara resident and mother of Mark Paul Brickley, Elizabeth (Betsy) Read BrickleyAdams, mother-in-law of Patrick T. Adams, and grandmother of Jackson Adams and Sturdy Adams, has died of natural causes.

Sylvia’s paternal grandparents were Elsa Meyer and Heinrich Volkmann, she a concert pianist and he a transportation chief for the German rail system, honored

by Kaiser Wilhelm, the last king of Germany, for his achievements. Her maternal grandparents, Frederick Nash Read of Virginia and Louise Ludlow Bryant of Ludlow, Kentucky, were descended from early families of this country.

Her parents were Dorothy Read and Erich Volkmann. Her father was graduated from the University of Heidelberg and emigrated before the two World

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Sylvia attended Katherine Gibbs and held positions at Brown University, The Ringling Hotel in Sarasota, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and J. Walter Thompson in New York City. She married Paul Brickley of Minnesota, and their children were born in Rochester, where Dr. Brickley was a member of the Mayo Clinic Staff. In 1954 the family moved to Santa Barbara, and Dr. Brickley affiliated with the Sansum Clinic in the practice of Ophthalmology.

Following her husband’s death, Sylvia attended City College and UCSB, graduating with honors in English in 1971. She joined Arthur Bromfield’s real estate office in Montecito (Sears) and combined real estate sales, travel and writing, and had a great life, by her own admission.

In 1990 she married LeRoy Weller and lived on the beach in Carpinteria until his death in 2000.Together they cruised the globe.

She was active in several community organizations including the Junior League and the Lobero Theater and three local private clubs. She enjoyed bridge and three reading clubs, and the rich variety of arts this community offers.

With a Pat McClure-led group at All Saints by the Sea, she explored evolving trends in Christian theology as it responds to advances in neurology and physics.

If she were writing this herself (she is) she would say that among the many gifts of this life, her loving children Elizabeth (Betsy) and Mark, grandsons Jackson and Sturdy, son-in-law Patrick, and those friends who helped her laugh and who nurtured her spirit top the list. So long, all dear ones, “I wait at the Gate”.

In lieu of flowers, All Saints by the Sea, The Lobero Theater, Sansum Clinic Research, and City College were part of her life. She was interested in a book fund for single mothers at City College, which the Foundation for SBCC's CARE program supports.

A celebration of Sylvia’s life will be held when family and friends are able to gather.

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Edwin Allister Dawson

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Completing nearly 90 years on this earth, Edwin Allister Dawson passed quietly on Friday, July 24th at home in Santa Barbara, CA, surrounded by his loving family.

Edwin was born on October 4th , 1930 in Santa Monica, California to Gordon Warren and Margaret Mary Dawson.

Edwin was the eldest of four children, followed by his sisters Margaret, Barbara and Kathleen. Edwin graduated from Saint Monica’s High School in Santa Monica and from the University of San Francisco in 1952 where he was a proud team member of the famed 1951 undefeated Dons Football team. After graduation from college, Edwin served as a commissioned officer in the Army during the Korean conflict, serving most of his duty in Japan. Following his service tour, Edwin attended UCLA while studying in the School of Engineering.

While at UCLA Edwin met his future wife Judith Anne McKone and they were married by Monsignor O’Flaherty at Saint Monica’s Catholic Church on June 7 th , 1957. In 1959, Judith and Edwin settled on the hill in Santa Barbara where they raised their three sons, James Gregory, Daniel Warren and Brian Edwin.

Edwin worked for four companies in Santa Barbara, but his favorite companies were American Machine & Foundry and Santa Barbara Research Center, where he worked for 27 years as a Senior Contracts Administrator.

Edwin is survived by his wife Judith; son Gregory, his wife Shelly, grandchildren Keileen Patricia and Jameson Mathew; son Daniel, his wife Sandy, grandchildren Taylor Valdivia and Jason James; and son Brian and his wife Vickie, grandchildren Marlena Eve, Gus Lars and Cora Sandrine.

His sister Margaret having passed before him, Edwin is survived by his two sisters, Barbara and Kathleen.

In keeping with his request, there will be no memorable services. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Our World Underwater Scholarship Society (OWUSS), a

John Michael Ackerman

10/4/1930 - 7/24/2020

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John Michael Ackerman, M.D., loving husband, father, grandfather, compassionate psychiatrist and pioneer in integrative medicine, succumbed to Lewey Body Dementia at Valle Verde memory care unit August 2nd.

John was the only child of Jack S. Ackerman M.D., surgeon and Obstetrician Gynecologist and Ilona (Ilus) Weiser, interior designer. His parents immigrated prior to WWII from Czechoslovakia and Hungary respectively to Milwaukee, WI where John’s childhood was enriched with European culture, especially music.

His father’s cardiac health crisis at age 44 when John was 6 shaped John’s life sparking his interest in the psychological impact of chronic illness on patients and their families.

John’s penchant for research sprang from his father’s participation as the subject and co-investigator of one of the pioneering studies on the use of Warfarin (coumadin) as a blood thinner.

After graduating in psychology from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!), John received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin. While studying in Madison, he met his wife Ruth Watkins. They married in 1963.

He completed his straight medical internship at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, followed by his psychiatric residency in San Francisco at UCSF and Mt. Zion hospitals.

All of this occurred while Ruth completed her Masters Degree in Social Welfare at U.C. Berkeley. They both worked on the front lines during “the summer of love”.

From 1968-1970 John served

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in the U.S. Public Health Service Division of Indian Health in Anchorage, Alaska as Director of Psychiatric Services for the Indigenous People of the State. Son David was born in Anchorage shortly after John started the assignment. John’s position required weeks of absence from his family as he visited the area hospitals by bush plane, including Nome, Barrow, Kanakanak, Tanana, Kotzebue and Sitka. He sought to change the Bureau of Indian Affairs policy of forcing indigenous children to attend boarding schools often thousand of miles from home. He also worked with village healers, and often utilized shortwave radio, the telemedicine of its time.

These experiences introduced John to alternative healing methods and the importance of community in supporting mental health.

His pursuit of more training in community mental health brought him to the outstanding program in Ventura County in 1970. He also began a part-time private practice in Santa Barbara. Daughter Dara was born shortly after the move. John turned to full time private practice when funding for community mental health was severely reduced.

Always at the forefront of innovation, John began his studies in acupuncture in 1971, family therapy at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic in 1979, and ear acupuncture for treating anxiety, trauma, and substance abuse at Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx NYC in 1981.

His interest in acupuncture led him to Auricular Medicine, with many trainings, conferences, and research projects in France. His practice and innovative research resulted in an esteemed award from the G.L.E.M. (Lyon Medical Studies Group). In addition, for 11 years John travelled to the Netherlands to research subtle energy. He was very proud to have edited the book “Light in Shaping Life: Biophotons in Biology and Medicine” with his biophysics research collaborator, Roeland Van Wyjk.

John was an active member of psychiatric and medical societies and presented many papers at national and international conferences. Locally, he was active in the Cottage Hospital Dept. of Psychiatry, Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine, the Family Therapy Institute, the Medical Reserve Corps (adding acupuncture to their resources), the Montecito Emergency Recovery and Action Group, the League of Women Voters and other nonprofits dedicated to improved health care delivery. In later

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years, his interest in antibiotic resistant bacteria relative to hospitals and community water quality was representative of his ongoing interest in public health and disease prevention.

After retirement, John was able to pursue his love of singing, and his life-long dream of singing for live audiences, as he had done when he was a young child.

John is survived by his wife Ruth, son David, daughter Dara, daughter-in-law Gabrielle Perrin, grandchildren Amalia and Moses Ackerman, and his beloved extended family. John will always be remembered for his patient, loving, compassionate and kind heart, his contagious laughter, his enthusiastic love of song and dance, and his devotion to his family. He loved spending time with his grandchildren, running on the beach with his kids and their golden retrievers, camping, skiing, hiking, bowling and playing backgammon with his family.

The family thanks the staff at the Valle Verde Grove for their devoted and loving care during John’s last year.

John was all about pandemic and other disaster prevention. He would advise mask wearing, hand washing, and voting.

Contributions in his memory may be made to Doctors Without Borders, and Direct Relief International.

Terrie Mershon 6/30/1926 - 4/9/2020

Terrie Ratkevich Mershon passed away from a very brief illness on April 9th 2020.

Terrie was born Virginia June Norton on June 30th, 1926, in Longview Washington. She had an older brother Chuck, and her best friend throughout childhood, her twin brother Vince. The family moved to St Helena, California in the 1930’s living on the “Parrots Estate” where her father was a caretaker. At the age of 18, Terrie made the unprecedented decision to be the first in her family to attend college and moved to Santa Rosa. She eventually moved to Berkeley and while working for a physics professor at UC Berkeley met her 1st husband Adam Ratkevich, the professor’s teaching assistant.

Adam and Terrie (her nickname from college) moved to Southern California where their 3 children, Lise, Jyl and Mark were born. In the mid 1960’s, as her children were entering school, Terrie decided to complete her education and attended San Diego State University with a double major in teaching and speech therapy.

She made a conscious decision to study in a field that would enable her to work during the school year and be off when her children were home on summer break.

She and her children moved to Redlands in 1968 where she received her master’s degree from the University of Redlands in Speech Pathology.

After returning to San Diego, Terrie began her career at Grossmont High School and then Grossmont College. She also began investing in various business’s and real estate at this time, buying her 1st house after borrowing against her car for a down payment.

Terrie met and married her 2nd husband, Paul Mershon, in 1981 in San Diego. They moved to Santa Barbara in 1986, where they were actively involved in Newcomers and the Santa Barbara Symphony.

They bought their own estate on School House Road in Montecito and hosted many events for the symphony there.

Terrie and Paul traveled extensively during these early years buying furniture from around the world for their home.

In 2007 Terrie met her fiancé John Manson. They enjoyed many activities together, cruises, dancing, reading, Democratic politics, watching tennis, and sharing the healthy lifestyle of a vegetarian diet.

Terrie’s greatest love was her grandchildren, Kyle and Alek from Santa Barbara, and Charli and Vinnie from San Diego. She was an active grandmother, attending sports events and school plays, traveling to exotic places with her family during summer vacations, and hosting incredible birthday parties at her estate.

Terrie will be remembered for her kindness, intelligence, and sophistication. She was extremely well read and well versed in politics and real estate, investing in and remodeling her many homes. She was still living independently at the age of 93 prior to her passing.

She leaves behind her 3 children: Lise Ratkevich, Jyl Aker, and Mark Ratkevich, and her 4 grandchildren: Kyle Aker, Alek Aker, Charli Darling, and Vinnie Ratkevich , along with her fiancé, John Manson.

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Carl was an active boardmember for His counsel as a strategic planner was pricethe Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation, less, not only for my business but also the Westmont Foundation, UCSB Foundation, organizations privileged to have him sit on Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, and Girls their boards. He could always cut through Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara. His leader- to the essence of any issue and steer us all in ship and determination started the Get the right direction.

Focused…Stay Focused! National Resource Center. Jo was a tireless volunteer for various There Is Nothing Better Than Grandkids community agencies, including Meals on And while we all love our children, experiWheels and food delivery to the homeless encing the joy and pride Jo and Carl took in shelters. their grandchildren (and eventually greatMuch has been said about their good grandchildren) was inspiring. Jo was the ultiworks, so it is fitting to eulogize these two mate grandmother, spending time whenever amazing individuals, who left not only Santa possible with her brood. So when Charlotte, Barbara better off but my life as well, with our granddaughter, was born, they showed what I call the “Lindros Life Lessons.” up at the hospital to meet her and continued to show up at various birthday parties over the years. Our dinner conversations Actions Speak Louder than Words Anything Carl and Jo took on, they took on always included updates on the lives of with gusto and dedication. Nothing got in their family and the pride they took in their the way of their commitment to others. For accomplishments. instance, Sunday mornings found Jo up early to make runs with her truck to all the Trader Marry Your Best Friend Joe’s to pick up their food to deliver to the Their love story began as teenagers and homeless shelters. My husband, Jim, joined endured through raising four children. Jo her for a number of years, and she continued often reminded me she once had four chilher pickups and deliveries right up to the end. dren under the age of five. While they each If there was an event on a Sunday morning we had varied individual interests and different wanted to plan, no matter how fun, we knew styles, at the end of their very productive days, they came together and delighted in it had to be after food delivery was done. each other’s company and accomplishments.

It was their example that propelled me to Happiness Requires Action They had a spontaneity that was infectious. marry my best friend, Jim, 27 years ago.

Come up with a good idea for an adventure Jim and I were blessed to be included in or a good cause to help others, and they were always game. You could always count on their inner circle of close friends. While Carl Carl and Jo to join in. Reflecting on all we and Jo were taken from us too early, we must did together over our 45-year friendship, it’s take solace in the fact that they were never hard to imagine what life would have been ravaged by the infirmaries of old age, and like without them. Together Carl, Jo, Jim, and after more than 60 years of marriage they I traveled the world, spent weeks each year are together for their next adventure. They in San Francisco, and looked forward to our slipped the bonds of this earth together as regular dinners at Playa Azul. Their mantra they have been for nearly their whole lives. n was: Let’s make it happen.

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he Santa Barbara Bowl closed 2019 with a string of epic performances: Hozier, Thom Yorke, and Lila Downs, in that order. After seeing the last patrons leave, and cleaning and buttoning up the venue for the offseason, the staff could finally take a break—until the music began again in the spring of 2020.

But life throws unexpected curveballs, and the pandemic came at the human population so fast that by midMarch, the world as we knew it had shut down. Just like that, the vibrant spring-summer-fall Bowl concert season that was to begin in April was put on hold. Bands that were already booked postponed their shows, and subsequent announcements planned for the coming months never happened.

It’s a familiar story now—COVID came; live performances went. For the past six months, many artists have turned to streaming technology to get their work out to the people. But watching a concert alone on a screen cannot compare to the multifaceted experience of seeing and hearing a band play live. There’s a synergism that occurs between audience and performer, electricity and emotion that flows back and forth from stage to floor. For many, live music is their lifeblood, and going without has caused a deep sense of loss.

For Santa Barbarans, no concerts at the Bowl feels like a one-two punch, as the 4,500-seat outdoor concert venue allows top-tier artists such as Keith Urban, Paul Simon, and alt-J (to name a few) to play in our city while the setting has a magic all its own—its natural beauty bewitches concertgoers and performers alike. It’s a seasonal timekeeper for

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the community, signaling spring’s arrival as the first notes waft into the air and spread throughout the Milpas-Anapamu neighborhood each April.

Then, when fall finally turns the air colder and the days shorter, the last tour buses load up and pull away.

During this unprecedented year of closure while the Bowl seemingly sits dormant, activity nevertheless abounds within, as architectural and ecological improvements are made that will ensure that the venue can offer even better experiences for patrons and bands when they return in 2021.

MORE TIME TO BUILD Well before COVID came, the folks at the Bowl had a to-do list of upgrades and renovations on the books that they’ve been slowly ticking off during the off-season. For example, a year ago, a hill on the far side of the venue collapsed, sending debris down into the seating area. New retaining walls were required for patron safety.

Reinforcing the hillside is no small endeavor, explained Tobe Plough, chair of the Bowl’s board of directors. Via live video, Plough showed me the massive earthmoving project underway. “We had a fairly large mudslide a year ago — actually twice — and had engineers and geologists and so on from Suffolk County out here,” Plough explained, bulldozers buzzing in the background. “It turns

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Thom Yorke and Hozier (inset) were two of the last three performers of the 2019 season.

out we need to shore up that entire hillside, and so we’re building a retaining wall. Actually, there are two walls; you can see the upper one that’s already in place, and now they’re excavating for the lower one,” he said.

Taking advantage of the uninterrupted days to have work crews on-site, the Bowl board decided to not only tend to safety enhancements but also make structural modifications. “In the midst of needing to repair that hill,” the Bowl’s Executive Director, Rick Boller, said that the board wondered, “What else can we do with the space?” In response, they rejiggered the architectural plans to include a new storage area under the reinforced hillside, thereby making the facility “more usable, tour friendly, and operational,” Boller explained. “The ability to take a hill project and make a storage area that makes our backstage cleaner and more efficient is an amazing thing. The public may never notice, but it’s pretty cool.” The forced closure has had a “sliver of a silver lining,” as Boller called it, in that this work can proceed much more quickly without having to

stop and start between shows. As it is, the hillside/storage project won’t be finished until February.

While the hillside project is the most substantial physical work being done, the Bowl has been simultaneously working on its three-phase solar project “that’ll make a big [sustainability] difference,” said Boller. While not as disruptive in its creation, the solar-panel project is a huge boon to the venue, which strives to be as eco-compatible as possible. Currently, there are panels on the building on the Scranton overlook and on —Moss Jacobs, top of the spotlight platform, Vice President at Goldenvoice which were upgraded. “We’ll be also putting [panels] over on that hillside where those trees are,” Plough said, moving his camera to show the locations indicated. “You can’t really see where they will go, but [that final set of solar panels] will take care of pretty close to 100 percent of the power that we use here,” he said, adding, “We managed to get a grant for that, so that’s a very fortunate thing for us.”

Although the Bowl’s eco-facelift was on the books before the pandemic hit, Boller asserted that the closure has fast-tracked the upgrades. “These were projects that we were going to be proceeding with already,” he said, “but we are finding the lemonade out of lemons, if you will—the ability to get more done in the time that we aren’t having shows.” The pre-pandemic plan had been to work between concerts, hiding away the bulldozers and other heavy equipment on performance days and then bringing it out again to work furiously until stopping for the next show. Not having to “move that stuff out, store it, and bring it back saves a lot of energy and money,” said Boller.

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The ambiguity of the pandemic has forced everyone to be flexible and think on their feet. “The last three months have been interesting as it’s been progressing,” said Moss Jacobs, Goldenvoice vice president and longtime Bowl talent coordinator, “because in May, there were a lot of artists that were holding [their show dates for] this fall … but by the end of May, it quickly became a rush to getting your dates for ’21. Now nobody’s thinking about 2020,” he said. “We remain hopeful that in [spring] ’21 we can be doing shows.”

Despite intentions to open in the venue next spring, there is some hesitancy among performers about booking then. “I’m optimistic that we can do it,” said Jacobs, “but the touring artists are heavily focused on August, September, and October.” Eighty percent of the dates currently being held are for the fall. “[Bands] are being wisely cautious,” Jacobs continued. “They don’t want to gear up for a tour in June—that means getting into their trucks and gear and everything—and then have [COVID] blow that up again.”

So how do you re-up a 36-night performance machine when the gears have ground to a halt? “The process is the same as always,” explained Jacobs, “it’s just everything just shifted to ’21. I’m [taking it] day by day. This week is my busiest since the shutdown in terms of getting dates secured.” On a regional level, Jacobs said that it’s important for bands to book dates now for venues close to the biggest cities in the West, like Red Rocks outside Denver and the Greek Theatres in Los Angeles and Berkeley. “Everyone’s jockeying to get the right day of the week scheduled; bands are thinking like businessmen and making smart plans for their future. So even though it’s much, much farther out than I normally would be [booking shows], the process is the same.

“From my early look at 2021, it looks like it’s a good season,” Jacobs continued. “I can say that some of the bigger, more known bands that were supposed to play in 2020 that were already on sale have moved to ’21. They feel very committed—‘Hey, we went on sale, our fans have bought the tickets, and we’re planning to be back, we want to be back,’ and they will be back.”

In the meantime, concertgoers have been inquiring about when they can expect to return. “People are hungry for the electricity of being [at a live show],” said Plough.

“No live music has been really rough,” said Jacobs. “It shines a light on the fact that [although] the streaming shows are fun and you can see bands play, the social

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Ask anyone who’s been to the Bowl even once and you are bound to hear stories about amazing, unforgettable performances and experiences. There’s magic in the combination of top musical talent with the romantic setting under the stars and within sight of the ocean. Initially built as a WPA project in 1936, the Bowl has been under renovation almost continually since 1994 and stands today as a prime expression of the state of the art in outdoor amphitheater construction and acoustics. Important live recordings have been made at the Bowl since at least 1979, when both Bob Marley and Joni Mitchell chose to film and record there. Even without the benefit of live recordings, memories made at the Bowl remain indelible for those who cherish them. Here are a few we collected for this article.

During an Allman Brothers Band concert decades ago, a large buck came crashing down the bank to the left of the stage. It was a large enough moon and large enough buck that many saw it, and a huge cheer went up!

—Robin Newman We loved last summer’s concert with Lila Downs and her all-female mariachi band, and the diverse audience representative of Santa Barbara. The Santa Barbara Bowl was the perfect setting on a cool evening as the sun was setting. Some familiar songs from Lila Downs’s old albums and some new numbers brought the full house audience singing along, rocking, and rolling. No one wanted that summer evening to end.

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Lila Downs at the Bowl in 2018

I remember watching Enrique Iglesias at the Santa Barbara Bowl with my two sisters when I was 21 years old. I will never forget how much fun we had dancing by the stage and being mesmerized by his looks and amazing voice.

— Melissa Villa I was part of the U.S. Tour for the Moody Blues back in 1981. Wow! I’d been on a few tours and saw a lot of venues … I mean a lot. Most were concrete interiors, or old wood structures used for hockey. Our Bowl is one of the most beautiful spaces in my book. Nestled in rich greenery and trees surrounding, the big redwood standing sentinel to the stage, the stonework, the view of the Pacific, backstage, the oh-so-cool staff, and having our meals on the side of the stage overlooking the beer garden made my one day in S.B. unforgettable.

— Maureen ‘Mo’ McFadden Thom Yorke’s performance last fall … was a dystopian yet danceable odyssey, with notable highlights including the stunning “Dawn Chorus” and Thom closing the show with the Radiohead song “Like Spinning Plates.”

I miss live music and the great moments that come from it, but I’m confident that the Bowl will continue to bring great artists to our community.

—Doug Smith

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element of going to a concert is obviously missing. That social-gathering aspect is so well done at the Bowl; it’s maybe one of the best in the world.

That’s part of what’s missed.”

The dearth of live shows has been a significant loss for music lovers, many of whom plan their summers around going to Bowl shows. “One of my kids is a huge baseball fan and a baseball player,” said Jacobs by way of comparison. “That night the Dodgers were on, he was in the most brilliant mood, out of his mind in joy that he could watch professional sports. The transformation in his attitude and demeanor, I was like, ‘Oh my God, thank you MLB.’ I think that people feel the same way RETAINING WALLS: Two new barriers are under construction about the live music,” he continued, to keep the Bowl’s structure safe from erosion. “and that people are missing the camaraderie of sharing that experience.” who has worked with the Bowl for decades, first with Nederlander Concerts and now with Goldenvoice.

“It’s a big company, and the big agencies we deal with, While concerts provide a creative and exciting it’s the same thing—they’re going through periodic outlet for music fans and performers, what has and increasing numbers of furloughs and layoffs. the shutdown meant for the venue financially? The longer that goes on, more and more people in “Ordinarily, the Bowl’s money comes from ticket the music biz will be without a paycheck.” charges,” said Plough, “and much of that income Performers have been some of COVID’s hardest-hit folks. “In May or June, I could tell who goes into the Bowl’s outreach programs.

“We spend quite a bit of money in the com- of the bands that we deal with—whether big or munity for arts and music programs,” said Plough, small—who were good planners and who weren’t,” “some of which we do here, but most of it we do said Jacobs. “All the people who, in my opinion, were smart about how they did their business and offsite. It’s hitting us hard.”

The money made from shows generally takes kept their money, they were quickly able and willcare of the facility overhead, Boller added. “It pays ing to understand that they’re moving to ’21. The for the operating expenses, utilities, insurance, and other bands, you could tell that they were worried.

In fact, some of the drive-in concerts that are going around the country seem to be, if I can say this nicely, featuring the bands who may be more in need of the money right now.”

The Bowl considered pivoting to livestream concerts but decided that they aren’t a viable solution for the venue. “We analyzed it in May and June, and although it sounds interesting, the model doesn’t work financially,” said Jacobs. “It’s too hard. You (800) Local 741-1605 Your Auto Club Branch can’t get enough people, the costs are high —Rick Boller, Executive Director given what you’re doing, and you’re in someone else’s facility…. I actually made a call and of course staff salaries and things like that. This is the tracked down the owners of the drive-in by the first time in our history that we have ever been in airport, just to kind of start that process going, but the position where we don’t have income, so we are I didn’t like the conditions,” he said, as it would’ve looking at a fundraising approach,” he said. “There’s forced people to congregate too closely. Plus, other a campaign to try to close the gap on that opera- alternatives could never reproduce the sound qualtional shortfall. We’re having to raise funds for the ity the Bowl provides operational expenses rather than capital or outreach The quiet that hangs over the Bowl’s Anapamu/ activities. We’re looking to raise just over $600,000 Milpas neighborhood remains palpable. “A friend to cover that shortfall. Of that, we’ve raised about of mine who lives not that close to the Bowl called $117,000 so far.” The monies raised will not only me in late May,” Jacobs recalled. “He said, ‘I kind help cover operational expenses but also “allow us of miss the sound. Even though I didn’t go to every to be prepared when we start back up again, keep concert, it was part of my summer. Why don’t you outreach programs that support youth performing bring in a big sound system [to play music] to let arts intact, as well as our facility improvements that the neighborhood, the town, know we’re still here.’ we’re currently doing,” said Boller.

One weekend we could do hip-hop, and the next A crucial component of the Bowl operation is its weekend it’s more classic rock,” imagined Jacobs. relationship with concert promoters Goldenvoice. “Just get people back to a feeling of normalcy with “As you can imagine, zero dollars coming into a big the acoustics of the neighborhood. You’d have that operation worldwide, so as of July first, at least 50 per- feeling like there’s a party going on, and you’d still cent of my coworkers were furloughed,” said Jacobs, get that kind of mood boost.” n

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On October 5, 1976, Bruce Springsteen performed at the Bowl. My partner, Bobby, and I had the concessions contract with the county, and we also provided for all the artists’“riders.” Bruce’s rider was the largest that we did out of more than 30 shows that we managed…. The sold-out crowd was elated.

About 15 minutes into the concert, the fire marshal came into our office and informed us that they were going to shut the concert down due to an excessive noise level. I told them that if they shut this concert down, they would have over 5,000 fans rioting. They did back down, but the next day, the city of Santa Barbara banned all-night concerts.

—Tim Derflinger

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Bob Marley and the Wailers rocked the entire Bowl and the landscape!

—Jon Lipman I met my husband at the Santa Barbara Bowl in October of 2013 at the Avett Brothers concert. Originally, it was going to be just me and a friend from high school that I hadn’t seen in 10 years. She asked if she could bring a friend who liked the Bros. too and I said sure! I had no way to know that that decision would change my life forever. The Santa Barbara Bowl has always been my alltime favorite venue, but it also holds a special place in my heart. —Silvana

I saw my first concert there in the late ’70s, Marshall Tucker Band, I believe. I took my kids to their first concert a few years back, Zac Brown Band. I saw local boys Dishwalla open for Tears for Fears which was just awesome. Depeche Mode several years ago and Martin Gore singing “Home” was spiritual. Rod Stewart, Gwen Stefani, Duran Duran, New Order … so many great shows at such a great venue. — Marc Burridge

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Back in 2014, I took my little sister to her first concert at the S.B. Bowl to see Lorde. It was such a fun night, but before the concert started, we had trouble finding our seats. We asked some kind strangers for help, and they ended up being in the row behind us! We ended up talking all night and quickly became friends. I love that the Santa Barbara Bowl brings people together from near and far … I still follow Simone and Abel on Instagram after all these years! —Allison Andrade

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Hands down … third row at the Scorpions concert on October 6, 2015. I can still recall the rumbling in my chest caused by the passionate drummer James Kottak. I’ve never been a witness to such intense passion at a concert before.

When he played, he embodied 100 percent pure joy. And if you couldn’t feel his love for the music, you could see it tattooed boldly across his entire back: “ROCK & ROLL FOREVER.”The. Best. Ever.

—Tara Broucqsault Early in our marriage, before we had kids, my husband and I discovered that Crosby, Stills & Nash were playing at the S.B. Bowl. The concert was scheduled to start in an hour, so we rode our bikes to the venue to see if there were tickets left. After we locked our bikes to a nearby pole, a guy walked up to us and asked if we were in need of tickets. I was worried he would gouge us with the price or hand over fake tickets, but my husband studied the tickets and decided to go for it. It wasn’t until we were led to our seats by an usher that we found out they were in the FRONT ROW! Best concert ever.

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FRIDAY 8/14 8/14: Joyful Chair Yoga This S.B. Yoga Center online class welcomes beginners, those with physical considerations, and anyone seeking a gentle and supportive yoga practice and will use the adaptive practice and support of a chair to offer gentle and modified yoga poses while integrating breathing techniques and mindfulness. Visit the website for setup information. 10:45amnoon. $15.

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Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 Harbor Blvd., Parking Lot A, Ventura. $69.50$99.50/person; limited view $15/person (kids under 12 are free).

TUESDAY 8/18 8/18: Flow + Yin Outdoor Yoga with Sierra Noland All levels are invited to recharge and balance the day with this Divinitree class that begins with a warmup, builds into a heat-building active flow, and is followed by slow Yin poses (deep stretches held for long periods of time.) Bring a jacket, bug spray, and your own mat. Social distancing and safety measures will be observed. 6-7:15pm. La Mesa Park, 295 Meigs Rd. $17.

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FOODBANK PICNIC IN THE PARK 2020 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.

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WEDNESDAY 8/19 8/19: Holli Harmon: Musings of Cali Califia and Beyond Artist Holli Harmon will discuss her artistic process and techniques, including monoprinting, oil painting, and mixed media, as well as her new exhibition at Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery, which references the mythical female warrior who became California’s namesake. 4-5pm.

Free. Call (805) 686-8315 or email info@ wildlingmuseum.org.

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.

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Natural History invites you to dive into the fascinating world of corals with marine biologist Stefanie Coleman, who will talk about coral bleaching, stinging cells, and reproduction. Artist Hilary George will then show you how to create your own coral reef postcard in a step-by-step process using watercolor and pen and ink. Workshop supplies are available for curbside pickup at the museum. 11am-noon. Workshop: $20-$25; additional workshop supply kit: $15-$20.

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The S.B. Public Library and Ensemble Theatre Company invite you to discuss Christopher Demos-Brown’s play American Son, which was to have its West Coast premiere this past April at the New Vic. In a gripping look at the intersection of racial dynamics and the police, this play follows the parents who anxiously await news of their Black son who may have been picked up by the police. Moderators will be Jonathan Fox, artistic director of ETC, and James Joyce, S.B. resident and founder of Coffee with a Black Guy. To reserve your copy of the play and pickup instructions, please email JATurner@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

A cinematic version of the play is also available for streaming on Netflix. Reservation required. 5:30-6:30pm. Free.

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Lectures invites you to arrive early for food trucks, concessions, and entertainment before watching the 2004 football drama Friday Night Light Lights, about a dedicated coach (Billy Bob Thornton) who tries to keep the team focused in 1988 Odessa, Texas. Gates open: 7:30pm. Film starts: 8:30pm. Goleta West Wind DriveIn, 907 S. Kellogg Ave., #3833, Goleta.

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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.

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or nearly 15 years, Game Seeker’s blue-andyellow sign has swung in the Santa Barbara breeze, a beacon of fantasy and wonderment for the old, young, and young at heart. With toys, puzzles, board-game classics like Monopoly and Scrabble, and high-strategy challenges such as Settlers of Catan and Ticket to Ride, Game Seeker has something for everyone.

Last November, the State Street store’s very first employee, Ingrid Lino, came full circle and took over as owner. “Honestly, I always joked that one day I would own this place,” she said. “I knew that it was this really great little gem. It had so much potential.”

Lino was born with the deck stacked against her. She was the first child of a single mother and grew up poor. At 18, she started working at Game Seeker and was eventually promoted to manager.

Her entrepreneurial spirit and passion for games propelled the location from its humble beginnings to one of the cornerstones of the Santa Barbara gaming community.

From the moment I started working there in 2011, Lino took me under her wing, teaching me the fundamentals of playing games as well as selling them. A year later, she left me in charge as store manager in order to pursue her full-time career in senior care. But luckily for me, as she herself explained, “I never really left.”

“I mean, I would always come back from time to time,” she said. “Sometimes I would come help with inventory, or just come back for the Christmas season. There was something about this place that just had a hold on me.”

I worked hard to keep the wheels turning, but retail is a fickle business, and unfortunately we began to fall on hard times. Fewer and fewer people were embracing their inner child. In 2015, I left for college, but when I took my job back this year, Lino and her fiancé, Steven Estrella, were the proud new proprietors.

“I always tell everyone it was fate that I bought the store,” Lino mused. “I mean, it was completely

random that I had lunch with [the former owner Lisa Gerr] that day. When she told me that she was selling Game Seeker, I knew that was my chance.”

Estrella, an engineer at a small startup in Goleta, had a chunk of savings that could serve as a down payment, but convincing him to put it in a boardgame store was another hurdle altogether. “I told him you could invest in a company you don’t know, or you could invest it in us, in our future,” Ingrid smiled. “And it worked!”

Between operating a retail store during a pandemic, working a full-time job in senior care, and planning a wedding, Lino’s plate is full. While COVID may have temporarily shut their doors, Lino’s unfailing energy is still moving product and making people happy. From offering phone and online sales with curbside pickup to working directly with Old Town Coffee selling products at their Goleta location, she is keeping Game Seeker afloat.

Among Lino’s proudest achievements at Game Seeker is her work with Transition House, which offers donation opportunities through local businesses. “Lots of people bought stuff for us to donate,” she said. “Game Seeker provides me a way to support the community that supported me.”

And Lino doesn’t plan to stop there. As a minority business owner in a predominantly white and male-driven industry, Lino believes her position can inspire others. She wants to use Game Seeker to introduce minorities to games and make them more accessible to underprivileged children.

“I just love what these games can do, and I’m just so grateful to have them in my life that I want to share them with other families like mine,” she said. “Many of these kids come from difficult family situations; games are a fun way to have family time.” Eventually, Lino plans to work with Santa Barbara elementary schools to create a scholarship program for kids to hone their critical-thinking and problem-solving skills by inventing their own games. “You know, a family that plays together stays together,” she said.

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A doctoral candidate in UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, she recently completed her dissertation project on how people were coping in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a survey of mostly Californians from March 18 to April 15, she found significant symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress.

“More than 20 percent of participants reported at least moderate depressive symptoms, 36 percent reported at least moderate anxiety symptoms, and 32 percent reported at least moderate stress levels,” Boyer said. “It’s really no joke in terms of mental-health outcomes.”

Boyer acknowledged the country is in a different place than it was in March and April, when the pandemic was beginning to ravage urban areas like New York and force lockdowns around the U.S. But with more than 160,000 dead and a record-breaking number of cases being reported nearly every day, our stress levels remain high.

That brings us to the questions so many ask: What can we do about it? What actually works? Boyer suggested “positive framing,” which she defined as “focusing on the small, good parts of a bad situation to try to see it in a more positive light. That was actually associated with less depression and stress for participants in my study.”

Another winning strategy is seeking emotional support, Boyer said.

Leaning on loved ones for comfort and understanding was related to greater well-being and lower loneliness. Self-compassion is particularly important, according to Boyer. “It’s a pretty difficult one to get good at,” she said, “but it’s about relating to yourself in a way that has the same amount of understanding and care that you would give to somebody else that you love.”

What doesn’t work: venting. “Venting as a strategy was actually associated with lower well-being and greater stress for people in my sample. So it’s clear that the way that we use other people for our emotional support is important. It’s about seeking comfort and understanding over bouncing my negative emotions off of them as well.” Additionally, “behavioral disengagement,” or just giving up on trying to deal with your problems, is associated with greater depression and anxiety.

“So if I had to kind of sum up all of that in a sentence,” Boyer said, “it would be: Don’t give up; disengaging is understandable, but not particularly helpful. Reach out to others for emotional support, not just advice or venting. When good things happen, notice those good things, and really start to practice being compassionate to yourself. That last part specifically can be really difficult, but it’s also really powerful.”

If you’ve tried to deal with your anxiety or depression and don’t feel like you’re getting anywhere, Boyer suggests it’s a good time to seek professional support. “One silver lining of all of this is that therapists are getting really good at tele-mental health and providing services online,” she said. “I just like to say to people, ‘If you’ve never been in therapy before, now’s a good time to try it out.’ ” —Jim Logan

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slides devastated Santa Barbara’s retail and hospitality industries, opening a new business seemed out of the question. But the need to push past such fear-induced stagnation was why interior designer Kyle Irwin and his business partner Susie Bechtel decided to open up Field + Fort, their experiential retail store and restaurant in Summerland.

“It was time to swing the pendulum heavily in the other direction,” said Irwin of transforming the 5,000-square-foot, former home of Cantwell’s Market into the space of their dreams. “We had an opportunity to do something really positive for the community. It was positive for us too—it was a healing thing.”

Now with the rise of COVID-19, the restaurant is meeting the socially distanced moment through a variety of adaptations. They have moved all ordering and dining into their ample outdoor space, offer curbside pickup for their online menu, package all items to-go, and remain vigilant about cleaning.

“We really thought, how can we make it so that everyone feels safe and comfortable?” said Irwin.

“I think we figured it out.”

Field + Fort’s slogan is “Essentials for elevated living,” and this thread runs through everything in their store, which features home decor and specialty goods, and the adjoining café called Feast, where Chef Austin Moore puts a gourmet spin on classic dishes.

“I like food that is comforting and brings back memories,” said Moore, whose menu reveals Mediterranean and Middle Eastern influences.

“But I also strive to create dishes that are unique in some way.”

A good example is the omnipresent offering of avocado toast, which is served here with preserved lemon, kohlrabi, and urfa pepper. Moore also takes the average egg dish to new levels with a

California Shakshuka, made with roasted peppers, tomato, baked egg, avocado, and cotija with fresh levain. Said Irwin, “We have people who come in for breakfast and stay for lunch and take a rotisserie chicken home for dinner.”

Moore credits his mother, Kim Schiffer, who ran Fresh Eats Catering for 25 years, as an inspiration for his cooking. He’s worked professionally in kitchens for more than 15 years and returned from the culinary hotbed of Portland to imbue Field + Fort’s cafe with a tantalizing energy. “He brought the food up to the level of the retail,” explained Irwin.

I was blown away by the burrata, served with tender roasted butternut squash, fennel, gremolata, romesco, and griddled bread as well as the unique Italian black rice porridge. The “sweet” version was garnished with seasonal fruit (this time gorgeous roasted pears), labneh, candied pecans, baharat butter, and orange-blossom honey. It’s hard to go back to oatmeal after such a nourishing morning treat.

Moore sources as many ingredients as he can from the Santa Barbara Farmers’ Market, and the menu changes seasonally. Coffee comes from Joshua Tree Coffee Roasters, and pastries are either made in-house daily or sourced from Baker’s Table in Santa Ynez.

“It was kind of like creating a home,” said Irwin of their desire to inspire a sense of community with their communal table and menu items that are perfect for sharing. One of Irwin’s favorites is the Jerusalem board, which features labneh, softboiled egg, feta, beet hummus, herb salad, seasonal pickles, and fresh bread. Indeed, with a charming ocean-view patio, friendly service, and soul-filling food, Field + Fort is a home you’ll want to return to again and again.

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The COVID-19 pandemic ceased OSK’s ability to serve their clients in a traditional soup kitchen setting and also limited the caregiver education and other plans they had for the downtown Anacapa Street headquarters that they opened in May 2019. Like everyone, they’re pivoting to stay in touch with their clients, and they recently launched The Helpline as a phone service to address their clients’ emotional needs.

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A nationally distributed company founded in Santa Barbara in 2013 by Jeanne David, Outer Aisle sells a variety of bread alternatives, including the cauliflower-based Plantpower Pizza Crusts and Sandwich Thins. “I created Outer Aisle in my home kitchen here in Santa Barbara because I love pizza and couldn’t find a decent low-carb substitute for crust,” said David. Seeing her vision come full circle with one of the best pizza parlors in town has been a dream come true, I’m told.

Rusty’s Pizza owner Tyler Duncan, son of founders Roger and Carol Duncan, said Outer Aisle’s crust fits perfectly into Rusty’s product line.

“The response has been amazing,” said Duncan, who introduced the option a month ago. “Sales of the cauliflower crust have been doubling each week. We see a hockey-stick growth with this product. It’s exciting because it’s another local partnership, and that’s one of Rusty’s big pillars in terms of how we want to operate with other locals. It’s an outstanding product that fills a need we couldn’t service beforehand. Now everyone at the table can be satisfied.”

Duncan’s friends, family, and customers have been asking for a gluten-free pizza crust at Rusty’s for a while now, and Outer Aisle’s low-carb, gluten-free crust “checks all the boxes,” said Duncan.

“When there is someone in the family who has a special need or just wants something different, we can now serve that to them, and it works within the Rusty’s framework. We are very pleased with the outcome.”

The crust contains two servings of vegetables, 10 grams of protein, and just three net carbs. “For a lot of people who are Keto or just low carb, taking the empty carbs out of their diet meets an increasing niche that’s much larger and broader than vegan,” explained David.

I recently visited the new Rusty’s in Summerland and ordered one of the cauliflower crusts. I was very impressed— impressed it tasted great and I didn’t feel a carb “crash” afterward, which is usually the case for me with a regular crust. They don’t slice the pizza, instead providing a knife for customers to handle themselves. That’s another measure

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Ben’s daughters, Alexis and Sophia, live setting; Ferguson rented a living room rehearsals.”

The stars faced surprises during the with him, and the three share the quarrels, for the production, and it is where the actors film the show.

“Hazel is the first intimacies, and curiosities of an archefilming of Episode One when they were typal family. The trio’s dynamic changes, show that I have done completely out of forced to replace a cast member who however, when a quirky live-in housemaid the studio,” Ferguson said. went AWOL last minute. Fortunately, named Hazel comes to live with them.

Amy Marie Orczo, who stars as spontaneity is a language Ferguson Ferguson, who directed Pine Valley Hazel, enjoys the cast’s enthusiasm. “It’s knows well; he acknowledged that his Medical (2016) and The Evening Show with a lot of fun,” she said, adding that Fer- scriptwriting allows for extemporaneBen Ferguson (2015), got the bug to work in guson is an actor’s director who “sees ous influence. At the outset, he drafted the backbone of the script and then left television after listening to Oprah Winfrey things from both sides of the camera.” discuss pursuing one’s passion. He volun“The crew is not like others [I’ve room to incorporate real-life inspirateered at the local public channel, TVSB, worked with],” said Ferguson, who tion into his storyline. as a cameraman for six months before praised the cast for their affinity for colFerguson pulls material from his own becoming host of The Evening Show. It was laborating with each other on set. Ste- life experience when drafting the epithere that he met many of the actors whom phen Eric Gordon, who stars as Cujo, sodes, as well. “I don’t have daughters, he now collaborates with on the show. agreed: “We are truly a motley crew,” but my two daughters in this show are “I’ve realized that I’ve met a lot of he said. “I love that we all have a vari- like myself and my brother when we people that have passions just like me, ety of backgrounds, age groups, and life were that age,” he divulged. but they get to a certain point and don’t experiences [that] allow us to bring that Ferguson continuously strives to do it,” Ferguson said in an interview to the table and breathe life and humor make each production “better than the with the Independent. He has con- into the script.” last” and hopes to surprise viewers with fronted his own uncertainties in startThe actors met for Zoom confer- each subsequent production. ing this endeavor. “There is a point ence rehearsals for three weeks before —Melody Pezeshkian where you want to run,” he admitted, filming all three episodes in one day. referring to the anxieties of tackling When asked about rehearsal during My Family with Hazel airs on channel 17 on TVSB. ambitious feats, “but as soon as you the pandemic, actress Asa Olsson,

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ALISA WEILERSTEIN: BACH CELLO SUITES The cello suites of Johann Sebastian Bach have a universality of appeal that few works in any medium can rival. To hear them played well, as on this extraordinary set from Alisa Weilerstein, is to imagine that an individual performer can express an entire world. Long familiarity with recordings by other great cellists only enhances the pleasure of hearing Weilerstein’s achingly beautiful and deliberate approach, which highlights the internal coherence and lyrical flow of Bach’s rich musical language.

Thanks to UCSB Arts & Lectures, Weilerstein is scheduled to play the full suite — all two and a half hours of it — on April 10, 2021, at the Music Academy’s Hahn Hall. Here’s to being present for what will unquestionably be a moment of profound gratitude for Bach’s immortal music, and for the resiliency of the people who continue to bring it into the world.

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PUBLISHES HANK PITCHER RETROSPECTIVE With such clarity and positivity in short supply, this new volume devoted to the paintings of Hank Pitcher comes as a much-appreciated balm to the spirit.

Flipping through its 254 richly colorful pages allows one to fathom the range and intensity of Pitcher’s output over a career that stretches without a break from his enrollment at UCSB’s College of Creative Studies in 1967 to the present. Although he’s probably best known for bringing images from surfing into the canon of fine art, this retrospective demonstrates how various his work has been over five decades, and how deeply rooted it is in the unique advantages offered by our region.

Multiple writers, including project organizer Jeremy Tessmer and art historian Jennifer Samet, have contributed thoughtful essays, and there’s a useful chronology of Pitcher’s charmed, Santa Barbara–centric life. Most delightful as complements to the dazzling full-color plates are the anecdotal remarks offered by the painter himself. Whether he’s recounting the time that the opening of an exhibition of the bulls of Point Conception paintings was canceled due to the Rodney King uprising, or explaining how in order to finish “A Woman Holding Up the Sky” he had to subtract a volleyball from the composition, these deft interludes consistently convey the artist’s warm and lively personality.

Throughout his career, Pitcher has modeled an ideal of lifelong learning. Myriad relationships with scientists and craftsmen, farmers and naturalists, many of them colleagues at UCSB, all drive the artist to use painting as a vehicle through which to understand the world. Whether he’s at the Sedgwick Preserve teaching painting alongside a paleontologist or examining the sandstone bricks of Arnoldi’s Restaurant with a mason, Pitcher’s curiosity about the history and ecology of everyday life animates his work with a glow of intelligence that matches his vibrant palette. Like his beloved surfing, painting gives Pitcher a way to put life back together, to heal for a moment the split in consciousness that divides humans from nature.

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his mission in life is to help people become uncomfortable with their mediocrity. That same mission is suitable for many of you Rams, as well. And I suspect you’ll be able to generate interesting fun and good mischief if you perform it in the coming weeks. Here’s a tip on how to make sure you do it well: Don’t use shame or derision as you motivate people to be uncomfortable with their mediocrity. A better approach is to be a shining example that inspires them to be as bright as you are.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): Taurus musician and visual art-

ist Brian Eno has a practical, down-to-earth attitude about making beautiful things, which he has done in abundance. He says that his goal is not to generate wonderful creations nonstop — that’s not possible — but rather to always be primed to do his best when inspiration strikes. In other words, it’s crucial to tirelessly hone his craft, to make sure his skills are constantly at peak capacity. I hope you’ve been approaching your own labors of love with that in mind, Taurus. If you have, you’re due for creative breakthroughs in the coming weeks. The diligent efforts you’ve invested in cultivating your talents are about to pay off. If, on the other hand, you’ve been a bit lazy about detail-oriented discipline, correct that problem now. There’s still time to get yourself in top shape.

and exploring those visions in glorious detail. Get to know them better. Embellish them. Meditate on the feelings they invoke and the possibility that they have deeper spiritual meanings. (PS: But don’t act them out, at least not now.)

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Make all your decisions based on

how hilarious it would be if you did it,” advises Cancerian actor Aubrey Plaza. I wish it were that simple.

How much more fun we might all have if the quest for amusement and laughter were among our main motivating principles. But no, I don’t recommend that you always determine your course of action by what moves will generate the most entertainment and mirth. Having said that, though, I do suspect the next few weeks may in fact be a good time to experiment with using Plaza’s formula.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the dictionary, the first definition

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of “magic” is “the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand and deceptive devices.” A far more interesting definition, which is my slight adjustment of an idea by occultist Aleister Crowley, doesn’t appear in most dictionaries. Here it is: “Magic is the science and art of causing practical changes to occur in accordance with your will — under the rigorous guidance of love.” According to my analysis of the astrological omens, the latter definition could and should be your specialty during the next four weeks.

(May 21-June 20): In his 2010 album My Beautiful Dark

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Twisted Fantasy, Gemini musician Kanye West confesses the decadent and hedonist visions that fascinate and obsess him. Personally, I’m not entertained by the particular excesses he claims to indulge in; they’re generic and unoriginal and boring. But I bet that the beautiful dark twisted fantasies simmering in your imagination, Gemini, are more unique and intriguing.

In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to spend quality time in the coming weeks diving in

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “The soul, like the moon, is new, and

always new again,” wrote 14th-century mystic poet Lalleshwari. I will amend her poetic formulation, however. The fact is that the soul, unlike the moon, is always new in different ways; it doesn’t have a predictable pattern of changing as the moon does. That’s what makes the soul so mysterious and uncanny. No matter how devotedly we revere the soul, no matter how tenderly we study the soul, it’s always beyond our grasp. It’s forever

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leading us into unknown realms that teem with new challenges and delights. I invite you to honor and celebrate these truths in the coming weeks, Virgo. It’s time to exult in the shiny dark riddles of your soul.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised,” writes Libran author Diane Ackerman. I advise you to foster that talent, too, in the weeks ahead. If you’re feeling brave, go even further. Make yourself as curious as possible.

Deepen your aptitude for amazements and epiphanies.

Cultivate an appreciation for revelations and blessings that arrive from outside your expectations. To the degree that you do these things, the wonderments that come your way will tend to be enlivening and catalytic; unpredictability will be fun and educational.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Author and theologian Frederick

Buechner writes, “If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, we must see not just their faces but also the life behind and within their faces.” The coming weeks will be prime time for you to heed Buechner’s advice, Scorpio. You’re in a phase when you’ll have extra power to understand and empathize with others. Taking full advantage of that potential will serve your selfish aims in profound ways, some of which you can’t imagine yet.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Refine your rapture,” advised occult-

ist Aleister Crowley. Now is an excellent time to take that advice. How might you go about doing it? Well, you could have a long conversation with your deep psyche — and see if you can plumb hidden secrets about what gives it sublime pleasure. You could seek out new ways to experience euphoria and enchantment— enchantment with an emphasis on ways that also make you smarter and healthier. You might also take inventory of your current repertoire of bliss-inducing strategies — and cultivate an enhanced capacity to get the most out of them.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Are you ready to make the transi-

tion from slow, deep, subtle, and dark to fast, high, splashy, and bright? Are you interested in shifting your focus from behind-the-scenes to right up front and totally out in the open? Would it be fun and meaningful for you to leave behind the stealthy, smoldering mysteries and turn your attention to the sweet, blazing truths? All these changes can be yours — and more. To get the action started, jump up toward the sky three times, clicking your heels together during each mid-leap.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Greenland is a mostly autonomous

territory within the nation of Denmark. In 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his government was interested in buying the massive island, describing it as “a large real estate deal” that would add considerable strategic value to his country. A satirical story in The New Yorker subsequently claimed that Denmark responded with a counterof counteroffer, saying it wasn’t interested in the deal but “would be interested in purchasing the United States in its entirety, with the exception of its government.” I offer this as an example for you to be inspired by. The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to flip the script, turn the tables, reverse the roles, transpose the narrative, and switch the rules of the game.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Author Doris Lessing told us, “It is our stories that will re-create us.” Whenever we’re hurt or confused or demoralized, she suggested, we need to call on the imagination to conjure up a new tale for ourselves. “It is the storyteller, the dreammaker, the myth-maker, that is our phoenix,” she believed. The fresh narratives we choose to reinvent ourselves may emerge from our own dreams, meditations, or fantasies. Or they might flow our way from a beloved movie or song or book. I suspect you’re ready for this quest, Pisces. Create a new saga for yourself.

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of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: LISA VAN DILLON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Erik D. Black;1114 State St, Ste 272, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 957‑1922.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LYNNETTE COSTA NIEVARES, also known as LYNNETTE C. NIEVARES Case No.: 20PR00254 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of LYNNETTE COSTA NIEVARES, also known as LYNNETTE C. NIEVARES A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: CHERYL PETTIT in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: CHERYL PETTIT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 8/20/2020 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 Anacapa Division.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections

with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

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LEGALS THE PETITION for probate requests that: DONALD W. JACK be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 9/10/2020 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 Anacapa Division.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Stephen T. Frank;1114 State St, Ste 271, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 963‑1114.

Published July 30. Aug 6, 13 2020.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DONALD E. BIZZARRI Case No.: 20PR00250 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of DONALD E. BIZZARRI A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: MICHAEL E. MOSER in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: MICHAEL E. MOSER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Jean Alexander; 4644 Vista Buena Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110; (805) 569‑0587.

Published. Aug 6, 13, 20 2020.

FBN ABANDONMENT STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: WESTERN PROPANE SERVICE at 2326 Meredith Ln. Santa Maria, CA 93458; The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 7/30/2018 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no.

2018‑0002167. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Evelyn Jeanne, Inc. (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 2, 2020. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy, Published: Jul 23, 30.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 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.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are 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: CALYX PEAK FARMS at 1628 Cravens Lane Carp (same address) conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Ed Schmults Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 16, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001740.

Published: July 30. Aug 6, 13, 20 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HORSE TRADER at 955 Jimeno Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Anthony J Fornasero (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Anthony J. Fornasero 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: 2020‑0001565.

Published: July 30. Aug 6, 13, 20 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MCCLURE REPORTING at 5080 Rhoads Ave, Apt E Santa Barbara, CA 93111; James M. McClure (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: James M McClure Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 15, 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: 2020‑0001716.

Published: July 30. Aug 6, 13, 20 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SIMPLY SHOLEH at 1008 Via Regina Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Sholeh Jahangir (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Sholeh Jahangir Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 22, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001795. Published: July 30. Aug 6, 13, 20 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALTER ERA at 1187 Coast Village Rd #126 Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Barrett Taylor 316 W Anapamu St Unit 10 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by a Individual Signed: Barrett Taylor Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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: 2020‑0001752. Published: July 30.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BURKE DESIGN at 4141 State St., Suite C 4 1 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Burke Advisors, Inc. (same address) conducted by a Corporation Signed: David L. Burke Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 21, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001787.

Published: July 30. Aug 6, 13, 20 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MCPHERSON TREE CARE at 130 Garden St. Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Adam M. Clarke 200 Birch Ave. Lompoc, CA 93436; Malcom M.R. Stevens 356‑B E. Mountain Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93108 conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Adam M. Clarke Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 8, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001665.

Published: July 30. Aug 6, 13, 20 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAN ROQUE LIQUOR at 3014 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; San Roque L Inc (same address) conducted by a Corporation Signed: Bassam Abdulhai Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 29, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001879.

Published: Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA MASKS at 5702 Cathedral Oaks Rd Goleta, CA 93117; Lori A. Brakka (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Lori Brakka Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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: 2020‑0001829. Published: Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: AVALON LABS at 5790 Thornwood Drive, Suite A Goleta, CA 93117; Avalon Conservation LLC (same address) conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Andrew Jacobs Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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: 2020‑0001821. Published: Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BRUNNER LEASING, PENNY S BRUNNER, TRUSTEE, DEAN R BRUNNER, TRUSTEE, DEAN BRUNNER RENTALS, DEAN R BRUNNER AND PENNY S BRUNNER 1985 SURVIVOR’S TRUST, DEAN R BRUNNER AND PENNY S BRUNNER 1985 BYPASS TRUST, at 6778 Pasado Rd Goleta, CA 93117; Penny S Brunner, Trustee (same address) Jamia S Stetler, Trustee (same address) conducted by a Trust Signed: Jamia S Stetler Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 28, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001850. Published: Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LOTUS WELLNESS NAVIGATION at 319 W Canon Perdido St. Apt 6 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Brittany McClelland (same address) conducted by a Corporation Signed: Brittany McClelland Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 28, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001854. Published: Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: CHAMPAGNE RENDEZ‑VOUS at 270 E Hwy 246 #220 Buellton, CA 93427; Fiovino Selection Inc (same address) conducted by a Corporation Signed: Fiona Perrin Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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: 2020‑0001815.

Published: Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CHANNEL WEALTH at 3700 State Street Suite 240 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Channel Wealth (santa barbara) conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Brett Weichbrod Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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: 2020‑0001816. Published: Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: COAST BUILDING PRODUCTS at 2393 A Street Samta Maria, CA 93455; American National Insulation, Inc. 475 N. Williamson Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 conducted by a Corporation Signed: Walter Joe Jacumin, Jr Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 29, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001868. Published: Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LAZY EYE SHOP at 10693 Calle Quebrada Goleta, CA 93117; Andrea Modugno (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Andrea Modugno Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 08, 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: 2020‑0001660. Published: Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA RENTS ART at 401 W. Los Olivos St., Apt. 13 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Mathilde Zakai (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Mathilde Zakai Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 20, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck.

FBN Number: 2020‑0001770.

Published: Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: WOLF’S HEAD ANNEX at 27 1/2 Victoria St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Wolf’s Head Trading Co LLC 270 Storke Rd, Suite D Goleta, CA 93117; Isaac Alvarado 945 Ward Dr #48 Santa Barbara, CA 93111 The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 9/15/2016 in the County of Santa Barbara.

Original file no. 2016‑0002671. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Isaac Alvarado 945 Ward Dr #48 Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 31, 2020. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy, Published: Jul 23, 30. Aug 5, 13 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PROCURE HOMES VENTURES PARTNERSHIP at 5727 Gato Avenue, Unit B Goleta, 93117; James E Van Order (same address) Tamra A Van Order (same address) conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Tamra A Van Order Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 3, 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: 2020‑0001940.

Published: Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JACE YODER CONSULTANTS AND ALL AMERICAN HEATING AND APPLIANCE REPAIR at 275 Savona Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Jace Yoder (same address) conducted by a Indvidual Signed: Jace Yoder Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 3, 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: 2020‑0001704.

Published: Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SPENCERS SANTA BARBARA MATTRESS, SANTA BARBARA MATTRESS AND FURNITURE, SANTA BARBARA TEMPURPEDIC SHOWROOM at 909 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Spencer L Simcik 3250 Erinlea Ave Newbury Park, CA 91320; Karen L Simcik (same address) conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Spencer Simcik Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 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: 2020‑0001814.

Published: Aug 13, 20, 27. Sep 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA KUMON MATH & READING at 3230 State Street Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Santa Barbara Math & Reading Centers, Inc 242 Oliver Road Santa Barbara, CA 93109 conducted by a Corporation Signed: Jaclyn Park Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 28, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001861. Published: Aug 13, 20, 27. Sep 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THIRTEEN 9INETY ONE at 810 Stanford Rd Santa Maria, CA 93454; Luis A Morales (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Luis Morales Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 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: 2020‑0001894. Published: Aug 13, 20, 27. Sep 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JONATHAN SMITH PAINTING at 920 E Haley St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103; The Environment Makers, Inc (same address) conducted by a Corporation Signed: Jonathan Smith Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 3, 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: 2020‑0001924.

Published: Aug 13, 20, 27. Sep 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA CONCRETE CUTTING at 3969 Foothill Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Thomas C. Harden Jr. Trustee (same address) Jennifer J Grgich, Trustee (same address) conducted by a Trust Signed: Thomas C. Harden Jr. Trustee Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 31, 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: 2020‑0001899. Published: Aug 13, 20, 27. Sep 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DE MONTECITO SALON,LUXURY ON THE GO, D’ MONTECITO SALON, LUX ON THE GO at 231 Meigs Rd Apt P Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Claudia G Medina (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Claudia Medina Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 16, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck.

FBN Number: 2020‑0001735.

Published: Aug 13, 20, 27. Sep 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE BANKERS GROUP at 826 W. Anapamu Street, Unit A Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Daniel J Oriskovich (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Daniel J. Oriskovich Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 20, 2020.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001769. Published: Aug 13, 20, 27. Sep 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DECTON PARTNERS at 3820 State Street Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Partners Personnel‑Management Services LLC (same address) conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Scott Houston Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 3, 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: 2020‑0001873.

Published: Aug 13, 20, 27. Sep 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MESA PLANS at 1460 Crestline Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Millar & Assocites Design & Construction (same address) conducted by a Corporation Signed: Barton Millar Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 3, 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: 2020‑0001936.

Published: Aug 13, 20, 27. Sep 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TMC LEGAL at 442 Bell Street Los Alamos, CA 93440; Tiffany M. Carrari 555 Camino Roble Nipomo, CA 93444 conducted by a Individual Signed: Tiffany M. Carrari, Esq. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 28, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0001858.

Published: Aug 13, 20, 27. Sep 2 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 10‑40 ENTERTAINMENT at 331 Parejo Circle Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Greg K. Sorenson (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Gregory K. Sorenson Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 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: 2020‑0001895. Published: Aug 13, 20, 27. Sep 2 2020.

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION 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 THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Sep 4, 2020 10:00am, Dept 4, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Jul 13, 2020

by Donna D. Geck, Judge of the Superior Court. Published:July 23, 30. Aug 6, 13 2020.

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LEGALS 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 THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Aug 25, 2020 10:00am, Dept 3, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Jul 13, 2020 by Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Published:July 23, 30. Aug 6, 13 2020.

IN THE MATTER OF THE 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 THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Sep 8, 2020 10:00am, Dept 3, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Jul 13, 2020 by Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Published:July 23, 30. Aug 6, 13 2020.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF HAILEY DWIGHT SAGAR ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV02137 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: HAILEY DWIGHT SAGAR TO: RACHNA HAILEY COSSART THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the

petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Aug 31, 2020 10:00am, Dept 5, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Jul 14, 2020

by Colleen K. Sterne, Judge of the Superior Court. Published:July 30.

Aug 6, 13, 20 2020.

2ND AMENDED IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF MARY ESTELA CARDOZO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV01242 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: MARY ESTELA CARDOZO TO: KIAUTLI MARY ESTELA CARDOSO THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Sep 18, 2020 10:00am, Dept 4, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Jul 24, 2020

by Donna D. Geck, Judge of the Superior Court. Published: Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

PUBLIC NOTICES AMENDED PLAINTIFF’S Claim and ORDER to Go to Small Claims Court Notice to Defendant: Janett Emery. You are being sued by Plaintiff: Keith Brown: • You and the plaintiff must go to court on the trial date listed below. If you do not go to court, you may lose the case. • If you lose, the court can order that your wages, money, or property be taken to pay this claim. • Bring witnesses, receipts, and any evidence you need to prove your case. Aviso al Demandado: • Usted y el Demandante tienen que presentarse en la carte en la fecha del juicio indicada a continuation.

Si no se presenta, puede perder el caso. Si pierde el caso la corte podria ordenar que le quiten de su sueldo, dinero u otros bienes para pagar este reclamo. • Lleve testigos, recibos y cualquier otra prueba que necesite para probar su caso.

Case Number: 20CV00725 Case Name: Brown v. Emery Order to Go to Court on 10/5/2020 at 9:00am in Dept. 3, by video conference.

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 For information on how to participate in this court hearing and how to obtain a copy of the Plaintiff’s Amended Claim and Order to Go to Small Claims Court, contact the Santa Barbara Superior Court at (805)882‑4520, option #7.

Published Aug 13, 20, 27. Sep3 2020. Published Aug 13, 20, 27.

Sep3 2020.

SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): SETH BRUCKER and ALL persons unknown claiming any inerest in the

Subject Property as Does 1 through 10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): DARIO L. PINI, TRUSTEE OF THE DARIO L. PINI TRUST DATED MARCH 2, 2015 NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.

A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements.

You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales papa presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (wwwlawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotasy los costos esentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una

concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el graveman de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

CASE NO: (Numero del Caso) BCV‑20‑100701 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE of CALIFORNIA COUNTY of KERN 1415 Truxtun Ave Bakersfield, CA 93301 The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Law Offices of Paul R. Burns, P.C.; Esq. 1114 State St. Ste 213 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 708‑7144; DATE 3/12/2020 Deputy Clerk; Cindy Rodriguez Published. Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): CHRYSI KARTELA,an individual; Does 1 through 20, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): AMERICAN EXPRESS NATIONAL BANK NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.

A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements.

You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales papa presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por

incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (wwwlawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de

California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotasy los costos esentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el graveman de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

CASE NO: (Numero del Caso 19CV03951 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

SUPERIOR COURT, 1100 Anacapa Street St Santa Barbara, CA 93121 The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Brian P. McGurk, Esq., SBN:250091 Michael & Associates, PC 555 St. Charles Drive, Suite 204, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (805) 379‑8505; DATE 7/29/2019 Deputy Clerk; Narzralli Baksh Published. Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 2020.

NEPA/S106 PUBLIC NOTICE American Towers LLC is proposing to increase the ground space for an existing telecommunications tower facility by adding areas 80.1 sf, 68.2 sf, and 93 sf adjacent to the existing tower compounds along with a 30ft buffer surrounding the current and proposed lease area, at 3011 San Marcos Pass Rd, Los Olivos, CA, 93441, Parcel No. 135-020-049. American Towers LLC seeks comments from all interested persons on any potential significant impact the proposed action could have on the quality of the human environment pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Section 1.1307, including potential impacts to historic or cultural resources that are listed or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Interested persons may comment or raise concerns about the proposed action by submitting an e-mail to enviro.services@americantower.com.

Paper comments can be sent to: American Towers LLC, Attn: Environmental Compliance, 10 Presidential Way, Woburn, MA 01801. Requests or comments should be limited to environmental and historic/cultural resource impact concerns and must be received within 30 days from the date of this publication.

This invitation to comment is separate from any local planning/zoning process that may apply to this project. Re: 22007025.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Design Review Board Goleta City Hall – Council Chambers (Electronically and Telephonically) 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, CA 93117 Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 3:00 P.M. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Design Review Board (DRB) of the City of Goleta will conduct an Electronic public hearing on the date set forth above to consider the following new project: Conceptual Review Raytheon Overall Sign Plan 6830 Hollister Avenue (APN 073-050-027) Case No. 20-0009-OSP Conceptual/Preliminary Review Powell Addition and Setback Modification 261 Iris Avenue (APN 077-254-008) Case No. 20-0001-MOD Conceptual/Preliminary/Final Review Cortona Apartments Design, Site and Landscape Changes 6830 Cortona Drive (APN 073-140-016) Case No. 20-0004-DRB ATTENTION: Pursuant to of the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020 authorizing local jurisdictions subject to the Brown Act to hold public meetings telephonically and electronically in order to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular meeting of the Design Review Board for August 25, 2020 will be conducted telephonically and electronically. It will be broadcast live on the City’s website and on Cable Goleta Channel 19. The Council Chambers will not be open to the public during the meeting. Design Review Board Members will be participating telephonically and will not be physically present in the Council Chambers.

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

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

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

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