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doses by the end of the year. The vaccines due to arrive in Santa Barbara County, DoReynoso told the supervisors, would go to Cottage and Marian Medical—two boxes each, totaling 3,900 doses from Pfizer—and 6,600 doses from Moderna were expected next week if the Food and Drug Administration gave the company an Emergency Use Authorization. A third allocation from Pfizer would follow, DoReynoso said. Supervisor Gregg Hart noted that would cover about two-thirds of the 20,000 frontline medical workers in the county, and the second dose would come from future shipments. That could give some relief to those who care for COVID ‘JUST RELAX’: Peter Adam released his aversion toward the County Public Health Department on Tuesday, his last day on the patients, whose numbers had supervisors’ dais. increased, as expected, after Thanksgiving dinners and parties across the county. From November 30 to December 14, active coronavirus cases went from 410 to 940 — spurred in part by a record 360 new cases reported on Monday. HospitalizaCounty Health Officer Dr. Henning Ansorg. tions went from 33 to 75, and ICU cases went by Jean Yamamura t was an hour into the county supervisors’ Ansorg acknowledged Adam’s concern from seven to 21 cases during those two weeks. meeting before anyone asked if the gov- and gave something of a shaggy dog story as Additionally, Public Health was tracking cases ernor had replied to the request to sepa- an opposite example: If he and the supervi- at 10 nursing homes involving either staff or rate the tri counties from the Southern sor were to go get tested, Ansorg suggested, residents, and the Sheriff ’s Office reported California Region. The state’s new COVID since the county had a higher level of nega- on Monday that five custody deputies at the regions count available intensive care beds, tive results — about 94 percent — the possi- county jail, a patrol deputy, and a staff member and the information that morning was bad: bility was thereby greater for a false negative had tested positive. SoCal was at 1.7 percent availability, down for the two. At this, Adam broke into laughIn a video released by Cottage Health on from 10.1 a week ago; the tri counties were at ter. “Why are you laughing, sir? What is so Monday, infectious-disease specialist Dr. 30 percent, down from 34.8. And, no, New- funny about that?” Ansorg demanded. Lynn Fitzgibbons explained why the ICU som had not replied, said County Executive “Excuse me, doctor,” said Adam. “I don’t bed count has become a critical factor for the Officer Mona Miyasato, answering Supervi- know why you need to jump on me like state. To start, nationally the “big picture was this. Just relax.” quite grim this week,” she said. For the deaths sor Steve Lavagnino’s question. In that hour, the 4th District’s Peter “I do not like to be ridiculed, sir,” Ansorg they counted today, the person was probably Adam, sitting as a supervisor for the last replied. hospitalized one to three weeks ago, and their time, released his aversion, barely contained The new state mandate has caused other diagnosis counted a week or two before that. these past months, toward the County Pub- dustups, too. In Solvang, the City Council Daily reported cases have risen for the past lic Health Department and the coronavi- refused to tell its restaurants and tasting six weeks, Fitzgibbons said, recalling that “in rus restrictions its personnel represented. rooms to shut down. In Montecito, Tre October, Santa Barbara County was in the red The weight of the pandemic restrictions has Lune held a rally against the closures on tier and looking to drop to orange.” Instead, rubbed the supervisor and some of his con- Saturday while serving pizza off of com- the county transitioned quickly to purple in stituents the wrong way, and Adam asked mon trays. Most participants wore masks, November. She called the severity of the curfor a public airing of a question posed by a as requested by the restaurant, which is rent surge in cases “staggering” and said the resident: Could false positives account for fortunate — one COVID case was con- impact on ICU beds can be sudden. the drastic increase in the COVID positiv- firmed among the staff working that day. “The ICU number trails the general hosity rate? Public Health Director Van Do- The individual did not contract the dis- pital trend,” Fitzgibbons said, “and in the past Reynoso explained a review of the literature ease at the restaurant, and no one else has few weeks, the general hospital trend has been found a range of 0.8 to 4 percent as the false- tested positive, a spokesperson said, but the dramatic.” Added to that is when a patient’s positive rate for PCR tests. Outliers were Montesano Group, which owns Tre Lune, condition deteriorates and requires admiszero and 16 percent, from single non-peer- encouraged people who felt they were sion to an ICU, they stay there for weeks or exposed to be tested. longer. For a county like Santa Barbara with a reviewed papers. Also on Tuesday morning, Gov. Newsom relatively small number of ICU beds — about One factor in the rate of false test results was the amount of disease in an area, the held a press conference and announced the 90—a small number added or released can relevance of which Adam questioned. Adam delivery of 33,150 Pfizer vaccines to four change the percentage considerably. has regularly challenged Public Health, locations on Monday, and that all 327,600 The more sparsely populated Northern asserting COVID is no worse than the flu doses from Pfizer would arrive in Califor- California region had a 29.8 percent ICU availand repeating other popular theories that nia by the end of the week. Pfizer had addi- ability, the Bay Area was down to 15.8 percent, trouble the medical community, then waving tionally committed another 393,900 doses Greater Sacramento 14.9 percent, and the San off answers with a casual rudeness. This time, for delivery the following week, and Mod- Joaquin was at 1.6 percent after dipping to the disrespect was too obvious to ignore for erna, once approved, would deliver 672,000 zero over the weekend. The state of hospital
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NEWS BRIEFS CITY The Amazon building at 1001 State Street sold recently to London-based Global Mutual for “close to” the asking price of $38.4 million, according to broker CBRE. L.A.’s Michael Rosenfeld bought the former Saks Fifth Avenue property for $18 million shortly after it sold for $15 million in 2015. He and Amazon then sank $20 million into building renovations before the world’s largest online retailer moved into the 48,000-square-foot building, which holds a branch of the company’s Alexa engineers. Global Mutual retains Amazon as a tenant, whose lease runs through 2029. Over the duration of the statewide stay-at-home order, the City of Santa Barbara will not be enforcing street sweeping on its streets. However, all other forms of timed parking will be enforced. Timed parking will stay enforced in an effort to support business activity that is still open, and traffic safety — bike lanes, red zones, and other permitted parking spaces — is also being fully enforced. City Council unanimously voted on 12/15 to spend $380,000 on two programs designed to house homeless people. Councilmembers all but gushed over the work done by S.B. ACT, which got an additional $50,000. Council also voted to reauthorize funding for CityNet, an Orange County–based homeless outreach organization, to the tune of $330,000, which will keep it in business in S.B. for one more year. Both organizations were praised for making an immediate difference at time when homelessness is getting worse, not better.
EDUCATION Previous SBUSD School Board President Laura Capps was re-sworn into office over Zoom 12/11 by her 4th-grader son, Oscar. Also sworn in were incumbent Wendy Sims-Moten by her adult son RJ and newcomer Virginia Alvarez, who was sworn in both in Spanish by her daughter, Monica, and in English by her 4th-grader niece, Victoria. When the ceremony ended, President Capps officially handed over her gavel — virtually — to Kate Ford. Ford took over the meeting, and from there, Rose Muñoz was nominated vice president and Sims-Moten, board clerk.
ENVIRONMENT Monarch butterflies — the symbol for the City of Goleta and its butterfly grove — are now a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act. The butterflies qualified for threatened and endangered species status, but U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s work on higher-priority listing actions kept the species from the list. Monarchs overwintering in North America have declined over the past two decades: The eastern population fell from about 384 million in 1996 to 60 million in 2019. California’s monarchs saw a more precipitous decline, from about 1.2 million in 1997 to fewer than 30,000 in 2019. The butterflies’ status will be reviewed each year until they are no longer a candidate for the list. n
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If If you you can’t can’t bring bring me me home, home, will will you you still still be be my my hero? hero? CAUSE FOR CONCERN: “I’m sure everyone is as concerned as I am when we see those grades, the decline in math classes, and the Ds and Fs,” said Boardmember Virginia Alvarez Tuesday night at her first school board meeting.
Distance Learning Takes Toll on Students Quarter of S.B. Unified Secondary Students Receive at Least One D or F by Delaney Smith ver a quarter of junior high and high school students in Santa Barbara Unified received at least one D or F on their most recent report cards this year, putting more pressure on the district to reopen as soon as the state allows. “I’m sure everyone is as concerned as I am when we see those grades, the decline in math classes, and the Ds and Fs,” said Boardmember Virginia Alvarez Tuesday night at her first meeting. “I know there are programs in place, but clearly we need to do more. What else are we going to do?” The grades were part of an overview update to the board about reopening in the COVID-19 pandemic. The County Public Health Department is not currently accepting waivers for reopening elementary schools until local case rates and positivity rates start to improve, so the board voted to consult with the Public Health Department about the district waiver ahead of time and iron out any issues so it can submit the waiver as soon as local case rates improve again. The secondary school grades weren’t the only indication that distance learning has been taking its toll. Signs of struggle with distance learning continued down to the elementary age, too. There was a 10 percent increase in elementary students receiving ones and twos out of five on their most recent trimester report cards as compared to last year, mostly in reading and writing. And although chronic absenteeism went down during distance learning, Harding and Cleveland elementary schools saw increases. In secondary schools, 88 percent of students who received three or more Ds or Fs were Hispanic, and 79 percent were socio-
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economically disadvantaged. Districtwide, Hispanic students make up just 55 percent of enrollment. Although special education students make up just 13 percent of enrollment, 28 percent of them earned three or more Ds or Fs during distance learning. “I come to you with data that I didn’t know until this morning and I wouldn’t know until ahead of time,” said Susan Klein-Rothschild with the Public Health Department. KleinRothschild was referring to the unpredictable turns of the pandemic and that recent data shows it is safe to open schools and that students are more likely to follow guidelines in school than out of school with friends. And from what little has played out in Santa Barbara Unified so far, it appears true. There has been no COVID-19 transmission on any campus since small cohorts and athletics have been allowed to resume in person. Ten cohorts/pods had to be closed due to positive cases in the group, but those 10 cohorts account for just 5 percent of all the students in cohorts. Even though the board voted to push the waiver through as soon as the Public Health Department allows, the actual decision to reopen schools will be made by the board at a later time. Based on current conditions, that could be months. The district’s reopening plans have continually been pushed back. First, the board pushed its hybrid reopening plan back in October when it decided it just wasn’t ready to reopen in November. Then, once the board voted on reopening in a hybrid model in January, county cases began to spike and the county stopped accepting applications. The board will meet again January 5, 2021.
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beds is such that although Cottage accepted two patients from Imperial County in November when it had only two other COVID patients, said spokesperson Maria Zate, that number has grown to 37, and the hospital can take no other transfers. At Cottage Rehab, which stopped new admissions last week after a 14-person COVID outbreak, new patients were allowed again on Monday. Coronavirus restrictions were causing real consequences, several public speakers at Tuesday’s supervisors meeting said, especially among seniors who ran low on food. Lisa Brabo with the Family Services Agency, Joyce Ellen Lippman with the Area Agency SUDDEN IMPACT: Infectious disease specialist Dr. Lynn on Aging, and Gary Linker with Fitzgibbons called the severity of the current surge in cases the Center for Successful Aging “staggering” and said the impact on ICU beds can be sudden. described how vulnerabilities due Brabo said 76 percent of her group had not to age and poverty created a need among more than 2,000 seniors for programs that received services before. Linker added that would falter with the end of the CARES Act many fell below the $1,040 monthly poverty funds at the end of December — and not just level, some in wheelchairs who relied on neighfor food but also the companionship of hav- bors and now service agencies. “Many don’t understand that a lot of county ing a delivery driver come to the door daily, assistance with buying scarce paper goods, dollars are passed through from the state,” said mental-health services, and transportation Supervisor Joan Hartmann. “We are in deshelp. Approximately $66 million has come to perate need. The world, our country have a Santa Barbara County from the CARES Act desperate need for federal relief. If Congress and other federal pandemic sources, accord- goes home for the holidays without enacting ing to UCSB economist Peter Rupert. n something, that is unconscionable.”
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ELECTRIC STATE: Crews bolted BCycle docking stations into State Street on Tuesday.
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y January, the 17 bike stations being bolted into State Street will hold dozens of electric bikes from BCycle, Santa Barbara’s new bike-share purveyor. These are just some of the 80-90 bike docks BCycle hopes to add to city streets along with 250 electric bikes that have a range of 30 miles if ridden at their top speed of 17 mph. Rentals are made with an app and cost $7 for a 30-minute ride, or $30 per
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month — or $150 per year — with 30 free minutes, then $3 per every additional 30 minutes. The docks are currently between the 400 and 1300 blocks of State Street, and memberships include the 47 other cities that have BCycle, such as Los Angeles, where it’s known as Metro Bike Share, and Las Vegas under the name RTC Bike Share. —Jean Yamamura
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he coronavirus has crept its way back inside the federal Lompoc prison complex after largely subsiding this summer, with officials on Wednesday reporting 25 active cases among inmates and three among staff. All visitation to the facility has been suspended until further notice. This spring, the prison was the site of one of the worst penitentiary outbreaks in the country. The virus killed four inmates, infected more than 1,000, and sickened dozens of staff. As new COVID cases surge in the county and across the country, congregate living facilities are again experiencing high levels of infection. An Inspector General’s investigation found that the initial response within the complex, operated by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), failed on a number of fronts. A separate medical inspection sparked by an ACLU lawsuit uncovered other “serious deficiencies” in the prison’s response, while inmate letters shared with the media described the shockingly poor conditions of a quarantine wing and “medieval” treatment by staff. Throughout the COVID crisis, the BOP has been criticized for its lack of transparency
with both inmates’ relatives and Congress. In June, the Senate Judiciary Committee pressed the BOP director on the agency’s lack of proactive efforts to protect inmates and staff and received few satisfactory answers. On December 4 — before last week’s outbreak — Rep. Salud Carbajal sent a letter to BOP Deputy Director Gene Beasley. In it, Carbajal asks specifically about the prison complex’s medical staffing levels, the field hospital it erected to handle its initial surge, the BOP’s response to the Inspector General’s report, the BOP’s plan to deal with a potential surge in cases, and its communication protocols for COVID-positive inmates and their families. During the springtime surge and the prison’s full lockdown to limit further spread, family members were frequently denied information on the status of sick relatives behind bars, sometimes for weeks at a time. Carbajal concluded his letter to Beasley by stating, “My office is in communication with many family members of inmates at this facility who share many of the concerns I have and continue to raise.” As of press time, Carbajal was still awaiting a response to his letter. —Tyler Hayden
Police Chief to Retire
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ori Luhnow, Santa Barbara Police Department’s first female police chief, announced Monday she will be stepping down as chief on February 13, 2021, ending her 32-year career in law enforcement and nearly five-year career in Santa Barbara. Replacing her on an interim basis will be former county undersheriff Barney Melekian, who will be leaving his current position as assistant county executive officer in charge of public safety matters. Luhnow, a 27-year veteran of the San Diego Police Department, is retiring at a time when law enforcement throughout the country is under intense scrutiny in the wake of the George Floyd killing and Black Lives Matter movement. Although Luhnow’s relations were strained with individual members of Santa Barbara’s Healing Justice movement, she marched in one of the protests against police brutality. Still, she was criticized for adopting changes in the department’s use-of-force policy without consulting some key advocates in the activist community. Luhnow was an advocate of communityoriented policing and shied away from the tough law-and-order approach with homeless people. She preferred instead a more restorative approach involving non-sworn
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officers. More recently, the department has adopted the use of co-response units, in which a sworn officer teams up with a mental-health professional. Under Luhnow’s watch, City Hall has taken steps to replace the existing police station. Built in the late 1950s, it’s too small and no longer meets seismic safety standards. The selection of the new site — at the Cota Street parking lot used by the Saturday Farmers’ Market — has been the subject of considerable community controversy. In a prepared statement, Luhnow wrote, “I have deep appreciation for the community of Santa Barbara and enormous gratitude for the talented and dedicated employees of the Santa Barbara Police Department.” —Nick Welsh
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PCP purchased in 2018. “We’re just trying to be good actors here and follow the law,” he said. Last month, PCP and its property management arm, Star Management, announced plans to convert the park from senior-only to all-ages. The move elicited immediate fear among Flamingo’s residents, who also worried that PCP would raise rents as well as gobble up the owner-occupied units as they come on the market. Christel Barros, Sharyn Nielson, Dan Villano, and others rallied by Zoom and demanded swift protective action from the council, which it delivered in the form of an emergency ordinance preventing any senior mobile home park in Santa Barbara from going all-ages and enacting a vacancy rent control cap of 10 percent. The order lasts for 45 days, during which time the city will further investigate the issue and attorneys on both sides will confer. But before the 7-0 vote on the hard stop was taken, tense words were exchanged. PCP lawyer James Ballantine delivered the not-so-veiled threat of a lawsuit if the city didn’t retreat from what he described as its blatant encroachment on his clients’ property rights. “We really don’t want to be in a position where we are speaking to the city through litigation,” he said. “I would urge caution on this. I would urge a dialogue with the park owner rather than just simply ramming legislation down its throat.” Mike Cirillo, president of Star Management, pushed back against the idea that PCP wants to buy Flamingo’s units and advertise them as rentals or even vacation rentals, as had been suggested by some of the nervous residents. When the residents pointed out to the council that PCP has already purchased two units and made offers on others, Cirillo hedged his statements. “Granted, we will seize an opportunity every once in a while when one arises, but we have no intention of owning everything,” he said. CONT’D
NEWS of the WEEK CONT’D FLAMINGO CONT’D overwhelming.” Barros resisted PCP’s claims that many of Flamingo’s residents actually welcomed the intended changes. “I defy you to find one single person in this park who supports the changes,” she said. Barros also skewered PCP’s defense that the residents hadn’t voiced any concerns about the conversion during an October meeting. “Well, we didn’t get notified until November!” she exclaimed. Lastly, Barros blasted the company for trying to use her own words against her, when she said during the meeting she enjoyed the sound of children playing. “I love children,” she said. “I would love to hear their little voices. I grew up at this park myself. But that doesn’t mean I support these changes. Au contraire.” Councilmember Meagan Harmon noted how other jurisdictions have enacted seniors-only policies for select mobile home parks. Assemblymember Steve Bennett did so while he served on Ventura County’s Board of Supervisors. “We’re not reinventing the wheel here,” she said. Mayor Cathy Murillo said opening Flamingo to all ages wouldn’t necessarily mean families moved in. “It might be wealthy international students. It might be someone looking for a second home,” she said. “The park is within walking distance to the beach. That’s what happens.” The council will take up the matter again on January 26, 2021. In the meantime, Friedman said, the interim order will provide Flamingo’s residents some stability through the holidays of what’s been a terrible year. They’re clearly distressed, he said. “You can hear it in n their voices.”
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anta Barbara County saw a 50 percent increase in cannabis tax revenues this first quarter, July 1-September 30, 2020, compared to the same time last year — a total of $4.2 million. The county’s fiscal and policy analyst Steven Yee and assistant county executive officer Barney Melekian presented the Board of Supervisors with a first quarter report on cannabis compliance, taxation, and enforcement Tuesday. The following are the top five takeaways from the pot presentation:
1. There are 121 operators contributing to the $4.2 million in cannabis taxes this quarter. Only 54 of those operators reported gross receipts, but that doesn’t mean the other operators aren’t in compliance with the law. There are many reasons for filing zero gross receipts, including if the grow had zero activity that quarter or is operating a nursery. 2. There are 269.9 acres of county land growing permitted cannabis. Lompoc alone holds 104.1 of those acres, the Santa Ynez Valley accounts for 95.7 acres, and Carpinteria for 68.6 acres. 3. The county issued five enforcement actions in the first quarter. Of these enforcement actions combined, the county confiscated 7,220 cannabis plants,
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see any glaring legal issues. The Sheriff ’s Office hasn’t shown an appetite to issue citations, he pointed out. The cities of Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach are making similarly subversive moves, Wullbrandt said. They even declared their outside restaurant tables public spaces, so take-out diners could sit there without fear of breaking the law. So is San Mateo, a much larger community. Before the 5-0 vote, Johnson pushed for Solvang to act quickly and not wait for the Santa Barbara County government to take a more regional stand. Toussaint issued his own statement afterward: “The current order by the state is ill-conceived, unnecessary, and, quite frankly, negligent when it comes to protecting our community in a safe, balanced, and sane manner.” Tracy Beard, executive director of the Solvang Chamber of Commerce, touted the city’s relatively low COVID-19 case count in her own arguments to keep businesses open. “We have had half a million people come through Solvang over the summer,” she said. “We must be doing something right in this town. I don’t understand why we’re not open.”
4. Over the first quarter, county staff completed the first phase of the retail storefront selection process. A total of 23 applicants passed the merit-based application process and made the first list. These applicants will move on to be evaluated by a third party and the county business licensing team before given a rank and possible selection for a storefront. 5. Out of the 209 permit applications for cannabis-related operations that have been submitted to date, 184 applications are still pending final action and are in various stages of processing. There are more land-use permits pending than any other type of permit, a total of 82. —Delaney Smith
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worth $3.6 million on the streets. This was significantly less than last year’s first quarter, during which the county issued 12 enforcement actions and confiscated $4.2 million worth of plants.
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Solvang Openly Defies Shutdown s the county battles its third wave of the coronavirus, Solvang is actively flouting Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest stay-at-home order. The order closed all in-person dining, hotels, and wineries and breweries — the types of businesses the Danish-themed tourist town lives on. On December 7, the City Council voted to defy the state edict, which applies to the entire Southern California Region, including Los Angeles. Mayor Ryan Toussaint filed the emergency motion. It was approved unanimously. “As of tonight, they can go about their business,” said Councilmember Daniel Johnson of the restaurants and bars lining downtown’s Copenhagen Drive. “People can’t keep getting kicked like this,” said Councilmember Robert Clarke, complaining Solvang and Santa Barbara County shouldn’t be lumped with L.A. and its spiking caseload. Councilmembers Jim Thomas and Karen Waite raised concerns about the liability of such an openly defiant move. City Attorney Chip Wullbrandt said unless Solvang actively prevented the enforcement of Newsom’s order, he didn’t
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PCP partner Brad Hill said when his firm bought Flamingo two years ago, it had the “reasonable, investment-backed expectation” it would be able to raise the homes’ below-market rents up to market rates “when they turned over.” He complained all the protective legislation passed by the city since 2018 to preserve its extremely limited affordable housing stock, including measures to prevent mobile home parks from closing or being converted to other uses, essentially stripped PCP of all its property rights. The argument made most often by Hill and the others, however, was that Flamingo’s current seniors-only policy was discriminatory against all other demographics, including families with children. “There is a need for affordable housing for all ages, and we’re responding to that demand,” Cirillo said. Betty Jefferson, head of the Santa Barbara Rental Property Association, echoed PCP’s stance that renting only to seniors was unfair. Councilmember Eric Friedman, normally fairly reserved in his comments, took serious umbrage with that position. “The argument that somehow protecting vulnerable seniors is discriminatory is one of the most infuriating arguments I have come across,” he said. “It’s a non sequitur. It doesn’t make any sense. It’s infuriating.” Councilmember Michael Jordan took his frustration a step further, calling the accusation “insulting.” Resident Christel Barros, a retired social worker, had difficulty containing her emotions following the litany of objections and threats put forth by the PCP representatives. “It is really hard for me to talk right now,” she said to the council. “I’m shaking. The intimidating tone of these powerful people is just
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Brief Truce in Carpinteria Cannabis Wars
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On December 2, in a first for the county — and for North America — the commission approved a zoning permit for CVW Farms that requires the installation of carbon air filtration systems, or “scrubbers,” inside 346,000 square feet of cannabis greenhouses and a two-story, 36,000-square-foot processing building. The 16-acre property is at 1296, 1400, and 1480 Cravens Lane, next to the city boundary. All but one of the greenhouses there are presently in Gerbera daisies and cymbidiums. The scrubbers, a brand-new technology, are designed to get rid of pot odor before it escapes from the greenhouse roof vents. They would run when the vents are closed and blackout curtains are down, chiefly at night. In test runs, the scrubbers have been shown to remove nearly all the smelly gases generated by cannabis. As a backup, odors that escape outdoors during the day will be neutralized by a “curtain” of vapor made from plant oils that is released through perforated pipes suspended on the outside of the greenhouses. The vapor system is currently the frontline odor-control technology in most Carpinteria “grows.” But, judging by the persistently smelly hot spots around town and the number of odor complaints — 867 filed with the county since June of 2018 — it doesn’t always work. The vapor systems and scrubbers were designed and engineered by Marc Byers, a Summerland resident who owns Byers Scientific, an industrial odor-management firm. The cost of this equipment for the Van Wingerdens’ projects will be between $350,000 and $500,000, he said. In a written statement to the press this week, Cindy Van Wingerden said she and David wanted carbon scrubbers for their greenhouses “as soon as we learned that this extra layer of odor treatment could be effective.” Their farm lies
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in close proximity to the Franciscan Villas, Seahouse development, and Sandpiper Mobile Home Park. “David and I value peace with our neighbors and open dialogue,” Cindy wrote. “We have a long history of operating our agricultural businesses responsibly on Cravens Lane and we have worked in tandem with our neighbors to address their concerns for decades. It is the same for cannabis.” The City of Carpin- PEACE IN THE VALLEY? Cindy and David Van Wingerden (below), the owners of CVW Organic Farms (shown above off teria has long pressed Cravens Lane in the Carpinteria Valley), have negotiated a groundbreaking odor-control agreement with members of the county to rein in the two citizens’ groups. The plan has been incorporated into their county zoning permit for nearly 600,000 square feet of cannabis farms that are cannabis greenhouse cultivation. operating or preparing to operate in the valley — nearly 40 in all. Nick Bobroff, a principal city planner, said city officials were “cautiously optimistic” that the project “would be successful at peaceably coexisting In going beyond the ordinances, the Van Wingerdens sought with adjacent residential developments.” to avoid conflict in a community where their family has been Marc Chytilo, a coalition attorney, said the Van Wingerdens’ farming for 50 years. plan was “a significant accomplishment” and “should be a Some growers and supporters have called coalition memmodel” for other farms. bers “elitists,” “Not-In-My-Backyard NIMBYs,” and “Prohibi“We’ve made some real progress,” he said. “We’re pleased tionists.” Even County Supervisor Das Williams of Carpinteria to be working with responsible growers who can step up and has suggested that some residents will never be satisfied, no matter how many concessions the county makes. make a difference.” But the Van Wingerdens thought differently, and they reached out. This In all, counting the Van Wingerdens’ greenhouses on eight fall, the couple acres at 1540 Cravens, there will be nearly 600,000 square spent weeks hamfeet of cannabis cultivation at CVW Organic Farms when the mering out an projects are complete. odor-control plan In addition to using scrubbers, the Van Wingerdens must with Judy Dean, hire a vapor-monitoring service for seven days at the start of Anna Carrillo, their first cannabis harvest, when the smell and Rob Salomon is strongest. The service, called Vapor- of Carpinteria; Safe, will test the air for cannabis mol- Chytilo; and their ecules on the premises and in neighbors’ own attorney, Amy yards. It is the only air-quality-sampling Steinfeld. service that analyzes cannabis odors in Initially, Cindy the field, and it was invented by Mark said, they contacted Kram, a Santa Barbara chemist and Salomon and Dean, SCRUB-A-DUB: Carbon scrubbers, a brandUCSB graduate. “since they both live new technology for odor control in cannabis Finally, the Van Wingerdens must on Cravens Lane, greenhouses and processing buildings, cost personally field all odor complaints, and we felt that it between $12,000 and $16,000 each. report them to the county, and fully was our neighborly investigate the source of the odors. If duty to understand their concerns.” After many discussions, problems persist, they will be required to she said, “We established a strong foundation of trust.” upgrade their odor-control system with Dean, a medical doctor, had appealed the Van Wingerdens’ the “best available control technology” if project at 1540 Cravens after it was approved for a permit by county planning staff. She told the commission that she it is “reasonably available.” The plan specifically “ensures that believed she had contracted asthma because of the noxious odors will be generally confined to the odors from cannabis. cannabis activity site and not beyond the property line” “I encourage the commissioners to visit Carpinteria and — language that appears nowhere in county ordinances. smell for themselves,” she said. Today, when resi- dents file odor complaints, county offiLast week, Dean withdrew her appeal in a letter to county staff, citing the Van Wingerdens’ “diligent efforts” and “willingcials often can’t find the source of the odor. Cooney concedes that the plan “may be a bridge too far ness to work with the community.” for the Carpinteria cannabis industry.” But he invites other And she had some final words for the Board of Supervisors: growers to “line up here if you’re willing to accept the condi“I look forward to a time when the county makes a meantions attached to this project, and we will give you a permit ingful effort to address the air-quality problems cannabis is introducing in our communities.” the same day.” RYAN CA LDE RON
by Melinda Burns or the past three years, the “skunky” stench of marijuana swirling around Carpinteria, penetrating homes, schools, parks, beaches, freeway lanes, and even funerals at the cemetery has pitted neighbor against neighbor as the cannabis greenhouse industry exploded just outside the city limits. Now, some technological advances — combined with a groundbreaking odor-control agreement between one of Carpinteria’s oldest farming families and several members of the citizens’ groups that have fought for tighter regulation of the cannabis industry — are upping the ante for future projects. The pact between Cindy and David Van Wingerden of CVW Organic Farms and members of Concerned Carpinterians and the Santa Barbara Coalition for Responsible Cannabis goes well beyond what’s required under the county’s lenient cannabis ordinance. A few other growers are buying new technology and committing to air-quality testing; they, too, are eager to end the raging pot wars in this once-peaceful seaside community. But it is the Van Wingerdens’ plan that is the most far-reaching. County Planning Commissioner Mike Cooney, who represents the Carpinteria Valley, has called it “a real gold standard — as good as it gets. “Above all the others in the Carpinteria area, this project offers the potential for solving the odor problem that has been presented to us painfully over the last couple of years,” Cooney said. “I liken it to discovering a vaccine that’s going to end the pandemic we’ve had of odor throughout the valley.”
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he county’s 3rd District Supervisor is swatting at Isla Vista’s transient influx by building 20 tiny homes, less than six feet apart, for 40 people in downtown Anisq’Oyo’ Park. The six-month temporary housing falls short of accommodating the adjacent encampment. Taxpayers informed Joan Hartmann about growing transient camps in February, and she is now responding with $900,000 in “use it or lose it” COVID funds and co-opting Isla Vista’s Community Center alongside a parking lot owned by our Recreation and Park District. Isla Vista parks are a magnet for transients with documented drug and alcohol problems. Over the spring and summer, conditions got so bad that park “regulars” were afraid; in August, one such individual was severely beaten in the park and later died of a drug overdose. Isla Vista already accommodates homeless—the Housing Authority’s $10 million Pescadero Lofts, an apartment building, houses 35 people. Two blocks from Anisq’Oyo’ with a parking lot in the rear, this would seem a far better overflow option than a downtown village surrounded by liquor stores. Isla Vista’s Community Services District unanimously supports “our houseless neighbors” over the interests of taxpayers. This facile “self-governance” entity is a county puppet, doubling our taxes and continuing the timeworn practice of using I.V. as a dump. Isla Vista is already struggling with basic COVID protocols. Building transient tiny homes right in the middle of this densely populated half square mile is ill-advised, unsafe, and unhealthy, especially with our community entering the darkest hours of the pandemic. —Peter Neushul, Isla Vista
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OVID has aggravated many social issues, including for houseless populations. The Ninth Circuit court ruling coupled with CDC guidance prohibits moving houseless people unless you can store their belongings and offer them alternative places to stay. However, houseless encampments were attracting more people into I.V. and ultimately led to an order from the Fire Department that these encampments constituted a safety hazard, so something had to be done. The 3rd District office explored every option for locating a temporary, six-month navigation center,
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and the parking lot near the Community Center was deemed by the service provider, Good Samaritan, and County Public Health to be the best location. Fortunately, the I.V. Recreation and Park District Board and the I.V. Community Services District also supported this plan. Bringing intensive services to the houseless, getting them into the county housing database and document-ready, and stabilizing them for transfer to that next step in re-housing where their particular needs can best be met is the goal of the Pallet park navigation center. It is a pilot project, the first of its kind in the county, and I am very hopeful that it will be a model for the future. It is temporary, not permanent; it is the best site available in I.V. for this purpose; and it is already resulting in more management and more suitable placements for the houseless population it is serving.
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n my 19 years, I never would have expected a piece of fabric to be such an instigator of aggression and tension. If I was told a year ago that at work I’d have to attempt to calm down infuriated middle-aged customers after telling them they need to put a mask on, I’d find it ridiculous. And that is now my reality. As an essential worker, I struggle to understand the fight against face masks. I think it says a lot about people. If you are the type of person who wants to argue that your rights as an American citizen are being put on the line when you’re asked to simply cover your face, you need to reevaluate your values. From the perspective of a minimum-wage worker, you are letting everyone know that their health is a lower priority than yours. I don’t enjoy wearing a mask, and I know no one who does. But we wear them to protect ourselves and others around us, to feel like we’re contributing to putting an end to this virus. If it means that I’m making sure my at-risk family members stay in good health, then I’m proud of that. —Sienna Eagle, Goleta
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obituaries George Decker Jr.
Carolyn Marie Vranish Malcheski
4/7/1945 - 12/1/2020
11/3/1945 - 11/26/2020
or to VIA in Boulder, Colorado at viacolorado.org.
Stephanie L. Meinzer 1/21/1967 - 12/5/2020
George “Bud” Decker died on December 1st, 2020. Born in Elyria, Ohio on April 7, 1925 to the late George Sr. and Rena Decker, he left Elyria High School in 1943 to join the US Army Air Corps, where he served until 1946. He received his Elyria High School diploma through USAFI. Bud attended Rose Polytechnic Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana and was graduated from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Mr. Decker was married in 1951 to Pam Wavrick in Amherst, Ohio. In 1954 they moved to Santa Barbara. Bud worked for the Acme Telectronics Division of United Press in New York City and Cleveland, Ohio, before being transferred to Pan Fax, the Research & Development Lab in Santa Barbara. He later worked for General Telephone Co., D&R, Ltd., and Moseley Associates Inc., before retiring in 1989 after 20 years with Applied Magnetics Corp. Bud was a member of the Simon Eisner Santa Barbara Master Plan Committee in Santa Barbara in the late 1950s. He joined the Volunteers in 1968 in excavations at the Presidio Chapel site, and continued to be active with the Soldados of El Presidio. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, a volunteer driver for the America Cancer Society, and an active member of the Santa Barbara Elks Lodge No. 613. Mr. Decker is survived by his wife, Pam; five daughters, Ellen Coudray of Ojai; Dawn Gendron of Carpinteria; Jill Rauch of Goleta; Barbara Chehami, and Laura Decker of Santa Barbara; eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. He is predeceased by his parents and his two brothers, Dick and Bob. There are no services planned. Friends who wish may send donations to Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara, or the charity of donor’s choice. 16
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Tante Ellen Turner, her cousins Michael, Eric and Paul, and her entire family in Germany. She will also be missed by Tessa, her beloved cat. In lieu of flowers, please donate to Serenity House, Behavior Wellness of SB, or the Ridley Tree Cancer Center. We are all blessed to have these wonderful organizations in our city.
Bill Straka Carolyn Marie Vranish Malcheski died peacefully on Thursday, November 26, 2020. She was born in Santa Barbara, California on November 3,1945 to Ila and George Vranish. Carolyn graduated from San Marcos High School in 1963 and attended Minnesota State University Moorhead where she met her future husband Dave Malcheski, with whom she moved to Las Vegas and had her daughter Lisa and son Brian. After returning to Santa Barbara in 1977, and while she lived in Boulder, Colorado from 2010 to 2018, Carolyn worked with many non-profits, including the Goleta Boys and Girls Club, as a bookkeeper, office manager and in human resources management. Her employers were always grateful for her ability to pave the way for smooth communication, her ability to problem solve, and her workplace wisdom and expertise. Carolyn was a dedicated caregiver to her daughter and mother for many years and a loving force in the lives of her own children as well as her nieces, nephews and their children as well. She will also be remembered fondly by her classmates of SMHS, class of 1963, including the YMCA Wonder ‘Y’s, and the Santa Barbara Elks for her quick wit and the warm smile she shared so generously. Carolyn was the true essence of a dear daughter, mother, sister, aunt and friend. She will be greatly missed! Carolyn is predeceased by her daughter Lisa Ann Malcheski and her father George Joseph Vranish, Sr. She is survived by her son Brian Malcheski, her mother Ila Vranish, her sister Marjorie Hill (Terry), her brothers Larry Vranish, Steve Vranish (Caron) and George Vranish (Mona), as well as her nieces and nephews Amy, Jenny, Ryan, Stacy Michelle, Melissa, Jake, Luke, Tyler and Jeff, and her many beloved great nieces and nephews, all of whom benefited from their Aunt Carolyn’s creativity and generosity. Gifts in Carolyn’s memory may be made to Girls, Inc. in Santa Barbara at girlsincsb.org
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9/20/1926 - 11/24/2020 Our beloved Stephanie L. Meinzer passed away at Serenity House in Santa Barbara on December 5th, after a battle with cancer. Stephanie was born at Goleta Valley Hospital and spent her entire life in Santa Barbara. She attended local schools and graduated in 1985 from Santa Barbara High School. After high school, Stephanie was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and began the long journey of wrestling with her mental illness. Despite her mental health struggles, she managed to volunteer at her church, teach computer classes at local community centers, and indulge in her love of animals. She loved horses, dogs and cats and spent many hours with her four legged friends. Even through all her mental health struggles, she was always supported by her family and the mental health professionals of Santa Barbara County. She received excellent care from all her doctors. Santa Barbara County's Behavioral Wellness Center's Dr. Staub and her wonderful and caring staff deserve special recognition. In 2018, she was diagnosed with lung cancer, and again received excellent care from the doctors and staff at the Ridley Tree Cancer Center. After her 2 year struggle, she succumbed to her disease at Serenity House, whose staff lovingly cared for her the last 2 months of her life. Her many doctors and nurses commented on Stephanie's positive attitude, her appreciation for their care, and her fighting spirit. Stephanie had to overcome many challenges in her life, but her spirit was always strong and ready for the next challenge. It is that spirit that will be missed by her family and friends. Stephanie is survived by her mother Elizabeth Meinzer, her sister Ellen Simonson, her brother Mark Meinzer (Michelle), and all her nieces and nephews (Andrea, Jennifer, Nathan and Gracie). She will also be missed by her loving family and friends here in Santa Barbara, including her
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Bill Straka, beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away at the age of 94 on Tuesday, November 24, 2020. Rounding all bases with a very full life, he happily slid into third base and watched the Dodgers finally win the World Series. He is now safe at home. Bill was born on a farm outside Oklahoma City, OK, September 20, 1926 to Joseph and Emily Straka. Brother to Glen and Gladys, Bill spent his early years delivering milk for his dad’s dairy. During WWII, his brother and dad found jobs in the shipyards north of San Francisco. There, Bill attended Poly High for two years before returning to Oklahoma to play baseball for Central High while living with his Grandmother, who only spoke Czech. In his senior year he played on the State All-Stars baseball team. While in high school, Bill was drafted into the Army. Fortunately, the war ended as he finished his training. As a Sergeant in the 4th Armored Division he served in Germany from 19451947 patrolling the border. Bill returned to Oklahoma where he attended Oklahoma City University and continued to play baseball. He was the leadoff batter in 1953 and was also the first in his family to go to college. Following school, he kept busy managing a Western Auto store and played for the Ardmore Cardinals minor league baseball team, part of the Sooner State League, in 1954. He would return to school at Oklahoma University to get his teaching credential and upon graduation taught school at Hawthorn Elementary for 3 years. At the request of his good friend Tom Hord, he would visit Santa Barbara and eventually
move here to work at Garfield School (now the Schott Center) where he would meet his future wife, Toni Saadi, who was also a teacher there. Toni was active with the Alhecama Theater at the time with a production of ‘Oklahoma’ where he would pick her up after practices and would attend every performance. They were married at All Saints by the Sea church in 1964 followed by a trip to Yukon, Oklahoma with a celebration in true Bohemia style. In 1967, Bill and Toni would welcome their first son Todd, and two years later welcomed their second, Matt. Bill moved on to Harding School and later to Washington School where he would continue teaching until his retirement. He taught over 30 years in the school district and was active in Science Labs, winning the Teacher of the Year award in 1991. Upon retirement, he kept busy with his love of baseball by playing Senior Softball, hitting a homerun on his first step up to the plate and playing well into his ‘80’s. He has been on many work teams for the First United Methodist Church to rebuild churches in the South that were burned by arson. He has also traveled around the world with different work teams that included Kenya, South Africa, St. Thomas, Slovakia and twice to Guatemala. (where he brought back way too many souvenirs to share) Bill began to take Adult Education classes to make wood toys for Unity Shoppe and also took the brave step of learning a new instrument, the trumpet, for the Prime-Time Band. After suffering a stroke in 2010, Bill slowed down but his spirit and sense of humor did not. He and Toni would soon move to Vista del Monte to enjoy the friendships and relaxed life of a second retirement. His happy smile, infectious laugh, and appreciative attitude will always be remembered. Bill is survived by his wife Toni of Santa Barbara, son Todd (Joy) of Boulder Colorado, son Matt of Santa Barbara and his beloved grandchildren Olivia and Julian Straka of Boulder, Colorado. In memory of Bill, donations can be made to First United Methodist Church (305 E. Anapamu Street, SB, 93101) for work teams, Prime Time Band (P.O. Box 92055, SB, 93190-2055) or FACT Foundation, Vista del Monte (3775 Modoc Road, SB, 93105). Most importantly, remember to reach out with a smile, a joke or a helping hand.
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obituaries Thomas Frederick Kelleway
12/30/1944 - 11/23/2020
Thomas Frederick Kelleway died on November 23,2020 in Santa Barbara,CA at the age of 75. Tom was born on December 30, 1944 much to Augusta and Fred Kelleway’s delight. Growing up in Walnut Creek CA, Tom loved following his father around in the family’s hardware store and making all sorts of experiments in their backyard. He earned degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He spent his entire professional career as a defense engineer for Raytheon which took him to locations around the globe. He returned to the US in the mid 80’s to Santa Barbara, CA, Tom married his childhood friend Jan in 1993. Their history began when they were toddlers and while their families remained connected, their love story began a bit later in life. Tom’s early love for sailing grew from cruising into racing and he competed, with partner Richard Miller, locally as well as Newport Beach, CA, Hilton Head, SC and Annapolis, MD. Tom’s curiosity and pursuit of adventure continued as they ventured to far off places and sailed chartered boats with friends throughout the five oceans. He and Jan enjoyed sailing to Catalina yearly and weekend trips to the Channel Islands with Santa Barbara Yacht Club. Tom enjoyed golfing with Jan and his Thursday Golfing buddies. One thing they could count on is he would hit the golf ball where no one else had before. To this day, his friends say “there is a place or two on the course that is Tom’s spot”. Tom shared his zeal for learning and his generosity to provide education for many. Through Raytheon, Tom volunteered at Dos Pueblos High School Engineering Academy which became 1717 D’Penguineers Robotics. As a proud grandfather, he volunteered as a teacher’s assistant at Washington Elementary School. He is remembered for his kind, gentle, and giving soul. He always had a way of making us laugh. Anytime we would ask
his opinion about something we knew he would research with resolute persistence. He could opine about any feature of his recently purchased appliance, after extensive research. He had a way of clarifying daunting life decisions with his simplistic approach. We will miss his voice of reason. Tom is survived by his wife Jan, sister Carolyn (Rich) Hiland, Nieces, Lisa Bazan, Julie (Jeff) Rattaro of Walnut Creek and Nephew Matt (Deb) Hiland of San Diego. Step-daughter Kris(Paul) LeMert, Grandchildren, Andrew Jones, Ian Jones, Marshall LeMert and Meredith LeMert. Until we can celebrate Tom’s memory, hoist a drink and plan your next adventure. If you would like to make a donation in Tom’s honor, please consider the Santa Barbara Youth Sailing Foundation 130 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, 93109.
Tres Wallower
4/28/1949 - 10/30/2020
Tres Wallower: gentle giant, man about town, lover of all things American West: art, landscapes, canyon country, mountains, rivers and lore. Father, brother, friend to innumerable humans and animals, caring financial advisor to countless clients for decades, avid pursuer of his wide-ranging interests, loves and passions, died of complications from the rare foodborne bacteria listeria on October 30, 2020. A man of easy laughter and quirky sense of humor, Tres was possessed of a huge spirit and commanding presence, which made him easy to spot in crowds and impossible to forget. His many circles of friends, colleagues, and fellow life travelers never stopped expanding. He left big shoes and a void that can’t be filled. Born Herbert Hoover Wallower III (thus his nickname Tres, which stuck for life) to H.H. Wallower Jr. and Gail Johnson Wallower April 28, 1949, Tres grew up in Littleton, Colorado and loved spending time at his father’s family property in Evergreen. Horses figured prominently in his early years. Under the guidance of their
expert equestrienne mother, he and his sisters became accomplished riders, competing in horse shows throughout the state. Tres attended Colorado State University at Fort Collins, earning a degree in business. His varied post-college adventures in Denver included his own landscape design business (Earth Sign Exterior Design), a stint as a molybdenum miner, and door-to-door subscription sales for the first cable television in the area. A chance interview at a Dean Witter Reynolds office in a Sears store led to his lifelong career in financial services. Tres and Audrey Smerch were married in 1978, welcoming son Sage in 1982. Making his way to Ojai with his family in 1984, Tres worked as a financial advisor and manager at Thompson McKinnon, was active in Ojai West Rotary Club and Semana Nautica in Santa Barbara, and became the proud father of daughter Sierra in 1988. A trusted financial advisor for 35 years, Tres was known for personal service and client relationships cultivated over decades, which often evolved into friendships. Following his interest in sustainable and ethical investing, he developed knowledge and expertise, attending the Socially Responsible Investing in the Rockies conference for years. Since moving to Santa Barbara in 1997, Tres also served on the Board of the Community Counseling and Education Center, the Investment Advisory Committee of the Fund for Santa Barbara and was a member of the Sustainable Change Alliance. His love of nature and adventure were realized in decades of hiking, backpacking and river trips. Legendary for scaling mountains and canyons in flip flops (including Mt. Whitney and the Grand Canyon), in midlife Tres initiated a ritual that would endure for many years: solo backpacking through riverbeds and remote canyons in southern Utah to find the ideal camp spot on a promontory, where he would awaken on his birthday morning to views of landscapes he loved. With a passion for storms and all things weather-related, Tres became a sort of armchair meteorologist, monitoring satellite sites for incoming storms and could accurately predict–often down to the minute– when a storm cell would arrive, thus earning him many consults and yet another moniker: Weather Man.
Pursuing his diverse and eclectic interests with joy and energy, Tres discovered the field of Permaculture, which encompassed many of his personal interests. An enthusiastic student, he completed the Permaculture Design and myriad other courses. An active member of the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, he traveled to Amman, Jordan for the 2011 International Permaculture Conference, visiting the magnificent sites of Petra and Wadi Rum. He also served on the Advisory Board of permEzone, and helped found the local chapter of the nonprofit Slow Money. A happy fixture at community events and an ardent fan of art and music, Tres rarely missed a First Thursday art event in Santa Barbara. A weekend without attending a live music performance felt incomplete to him. His love of food and belief in sustainable farming would find him every Saturday morning at Farmers Market, visiting with his farming friends and choosing organic produce. We celebrate and remember Tres’ unique essence and his full, wonderful life. He will be deeply missed by his son Sage of Berkeley, CA and daughter Sierra of Kapolei, HI; sister Dee Wilhelm of Montrose, CO and brotherin-law Chuck; sister Pat Marshall and brother-in-law Doug of San Antonio, TX.; nephews Kyle and Ken Marshall; cousins with whom he remained close; his many friends and colleagues, and Cindy Iliff, who will think of and miss him every day. The Mighty Tree has fallen, but his memory will continue to nourish us. Instilling in his children his love for and connection with both 2- and 4-legged animals, Tres proudly supported his daughter Sierra in bird rescue from her early childhood. With gratitude, charitable donations in his memory to: Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, an educational non-profit (www.sbpermaculture.org) and/ or Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network (www.sbwcn.org). A remembrance and celebration of Tres’ life will be held at Skofield Park in 2021 when it is safe to gather.
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Greg Franks
In Memory To My Son Greg Franks Though you are you are no longer with me my son , I know we will meet again in a better place where is no pain and it is always Spring and the grass is always green and the flowers bloom all year and roses never shed their petals. Where the birds sing songs of peace and humans love each other and hate is not known. You will meet me by a gentle steam where pine boughs shade a well used trail and you will know when it is time for me to arrive by means unknown to me. We will talk of what brought me here and you can guide me to my new beginning. We will do things we somehow never found the time to do and say beautiful things we should have said but never could put in words. But I’m sure you know how much I loved you then and as I do now. Till that time. Dad
Melinda P. Frowiss
3/26/1942 - 11/27/2020
On Friday, November 27, 2020, Melinda Frowiss, loving mother and friend to many, passed away at age 78. She was born March 26, 1942, in Toledo Ohio, and was adopted by her parents at 6 months old by Murrell & Helen Ebright. She was widowed to her loving husband Harold Frowiss of 21 years and was a loving mother to Des Johnston & Scott Frowiss. Melinda had a magnetic personality who made friends effortlessly with just about anyone. She loved pets, traveling, gardening, and spending time with her friends. She was kind, caring, and very generous. She volunteered helping people in recovery, at Hearts, and at The Food Pantry. She was an amazing woman and will be greatly missed. She is preceded by her parents Murrell & Helen, brother James and husband Harold. She is survived by her two sons Des and his wife Melinda, Scott and his wife Alejandra, and her four grandkids Scotty, Andrew, Gabe, and Camron.
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obituaries Benjamin J. Cohen
12/21/1943 - 12/5/2020
Benjamin J. Cohen was born in New York City in 1943 and grew up in Verona, New Jersey, where his parents (Harry and Helen Cohen) owned a small store. He attended the University of Chicago where he earned the BA and MA degrees in History and finished all but the dissertation in the field of early modern Europe. At Chicago he met Patricia Cline; the two married in 1969. They lived in Berkeley while Pat earned her PhD there, and then moved to Santa Barbara in 1976, where Pat joined the History Department faculty at UCSB. Ben first worked for two years in the national headquarters of Sambo’s Restaurants, and then he returned to schooling, this time in the computer science program at UCSB, where he earned a second bachelor’s degree. He held jobs in tech support in the campus Computer Center (when all computing was mainframe) and then in the departments of Physics and Chemistry and the Institute for Theoretical Physics. He worked for Raytheon in Massachusetts when the family relocated there for a sabbatical year for Pat, and in another of Pat’s sabbatical years in North Carolina, he joined the staff of the Literature Department at Duke University, a position that wonderfully combined his strong interests and training in the humanities with his computer skills. His last job was with Computer Sciences Corporation, a national IT service provider company whose Goleta employees were embedded at Santa Barbara Research Corporation. Ben was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s Disease in the late 1980s, and by 2000 he was ready for early retirement. Throughout his career as well as after retirement, he was active in his lifelong interests and passions, including a love of serious bicycling, medieval gothic architecture, and folk guitar. He carried on an intensive and extensive literary correspondence with good friends and family, all of whom saved his let18
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ters and are sharing them now, bringing delight to his family. He was a great father who enjoyed spending time with his sons well into adulthood, sharing his interests and activities with them and taking part in their accomplishments. Ben died peacefully in Goleta on December 5; he was buried with his parents in northern New Jersey. He leaves behind his loving wife and two sons, Jeremy (Malky) of Brooklyn NY and Daniel of Phoenix AZ, brother Matthew Cohen of Vermont and sister Enid Bayer of Palos Verdes; and four grandchildren, Isaac, Avigdor, Liba, and Pinchus. We enthusiastically thank Assisted Hospice Care and particularly Dr. Robert Harbaugh, nurses Dirk Kop, Judy Darin, and Marta Montalvo, and bathman Victor Segura. Wonderful caregivers arrived in the last two years to aid Pat, who thanks Dan Butts and Danny Poe for their extraordinary skill and devotion. Donations in Ben’s memory can be made to the Parkinson’s Association of Santa Barbara, PO Box 6254, Santa Barbara, CA 93160-6254.
Loren Lewis Ingraham 11/16/2020
Loren Lewis Ingraham of Santa Barbara, CA and Washington DC passed away suddenly and quite unexpectedly on November 16, 2020. Loren was born in Altoona, PA to L. Howard and Lacey M. (Clifford) Lewis. Ms. Ingraham graduated from Altoona High School in 1942 and from Penn State in 1945, and was a Registered Professional Engineer in the branch of Mechanical. After employment at several smaller companies, she was a Senior Engineer at General Electric's Jet Engine Department and retired as Senior Systems Engineer at North American/Rockwell International Aerospace Division. She was a member of PHI BETA KAPPA, PHI KAPPA PHI and other honorary societies. Loren retired to Santa Barbara where she lived independently and on her own terms. Her interests and hobbies were
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varied and included photography, music from opera to rock, current events, the natural world, museums, gardens, sports cars and architecture. Loren was humble, gracious, and generous, supporting several charitable organizations and worthy causes. Following cremation Loren will be interred at Rosehill Cemetery in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Due to disruptions caused by COVID-19, the service will take place at a later date.
Angela "Bolita" Hernandez
8/5/1926 - 12/6/2020
Angela "Bolita" Hernandez was born on Aug 5, 1926, she passed away peacefully in her home town of Zacatecas, Mexico on Sunday, December 6, 2020. She lived 93 happy years. Bolita will be lovingly remembered by her daughter Ana and her grandchildren; Crystal, Danny, Diana, April and Elaina. Angela, along with her husband Jesus started the St. Raphael's Spanish choir in 1954. Angela and Jesus were active members of the St Raphael's church for 64 years. She enjoyed spending time with her husband, daughter and grandchildren, looking at the Santa Barbara Mountains and having coffee while watching the ocean. Angela was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 Angela "Bolita" Hernández nació el 5 de Agosto de 1926, falleció tranquilamente el 6 de Deciembre, en su pueblo en Zacatecas, Mexico. Ella vivió 93 años felices. Se recuerda a Bolita amorosamente por su hija Ana Maria y sus nietos; Crystal, Danny, Diana, Abril y Elaina. Angela, junto con su esposo Jesus, fundaron el coro español de San Rafael en 1954. Angela y Jesus eran miembros activos de la iglesia de San Rafael durante 64 años. Ella disfrutaba pasar tiempo con su esposo, su hija y sus nietos, contemplar las montañas de Santa Bárbara y tomar un café mientras contemplaba el océano. Angela fue una esposa, madre y abuela amorosa. "Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado a su Hijo unigénito, para que todo aquel que en él cree, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna." Juan 3:16
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Gregory Alan Hawkins 4/28/1948 - 12/5/2020
We lost a very special guy early morning Dec 5th. Born in Santa Barbara at St. Francis Hospital April 28th, 1948 to Leo C & Evelynne C. Hawkins. He spent his childhood enjoying swimming, rafting & exploring the beach at his families beach house at Sea Cliff. Greg was a popular client at Alpha Resource Center & considered it his home away from home. Greg won many medals & ribbons during the early years of special Olympics. During his years at Alpha he enjoyed cooking & road trips to the beach with his friends. We will miss his gentle ways & joyous acceptance of new, exciting experiences. He is survived by his brother Bob Hawkins (Linda), his nephews Tommy Hawkins (Rachel), Brian Hawkins, his Grand niece Evie & Bessie Hawkins & her family. Special thanks to the staff at Alpha for their many years of care. Thanks also to the staff at Mission Terrace. In lieu of flowers, please remember Alpha Resource Center 4501 Cathedral Oaks Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Heather King Regester 3/18/1947 - 12/6/2020
Heather Regester, beloved wife of Roy Regester, and mother to Mark Regester of St. Louis and Fiona Gosney of Buellton, passed away December 6th at 73 years of age. Heather hailed from Montrose, Scotland. She met Roy, a veteran of the U.S. Navy in 1970. They were married six months later and shared their lives together for the next fifty years. While proud of her Scottish heritage, Heather adapted enthusiastically to American life. After moving to Goleta in 1975, she spent a few years as a teacher’s aid before moving into banking, starting as a teller and ending up as a loan specialist. She retired
in 2015. Heather was a talented knitter and lovingly shared her creations with family and friends, she was an avid reader, a selfless wife and mother who always made sure her family was taken care of. She adored her six grandchildren, and after her retirement “Granny” was able to devote more time to spoiling them. In recent years she joined Roy in volunteering at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. A celebration of her life will be scheduled sometime in the future.
Hal Donald Bruington 2/20/1928 - 12/2/2020
Hal Donald Bruington was born 2-20-28 in Sedgwick Kansas, and died 12-2-20 in Santa Barbara, CA. He is survived by his wife Mary Lou, 3 daughters and 3 step daughters; Kat, Tina, Sandra, Lois, Barbara & Martha. Graduate of Grossmont high School and San Diego Junior College. Hal will be missed by his sister Vivian of Visalia, 4 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren and an abundance of nieces and nephews, friends and business associates. Hal was an Elder in the Community of Christ and also served many terms as pastor. He was a past chairman of Graceland University entrepreneurial round table. For more than 50 years he was well known as a builder, developer, realtor in Santa Barbara, and taught at Anthony Schools for 26 years mentoring contractors. He and his first wife Wanda graciously served the Western White House for President Regan and First Lady Nancy. He honorably served in the Navy during WW II. Hal was a man of great generosity to his community, his church, and all of his family and friends. He always had goals and encouraged others to have theirs. In lieu of flowers; please consider a donation to your favorite charity, or the Alzheimer’s Association, local food bank, pet rescue or Santa Barbara Rescue Mission. A celebration service will be planned on his birthday in February.
In Memoriam
MIKE VERBOIS
Ernie Brooks II 1935-2020
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Master of Underwater Photography
ERNIE BROOKS II
BY L E S L I E L E A N E Y rnest Brooks II, one of America’s true pioneer-
At 18 years of age, during the tensions of the Cold War, he started a ing underwater photographers, passed away from tour of duty with the U.S. Air Force, heart failure on November 17, 2020. He was 85. flying in the high-altitude U2 spy Known throughout the international diving plane. “I was very good at figurindustry simply as “Ernie,” his career accomplishments ing out optics. We were using a lot and contributions encompassed underwater photography, of infrared cameras, and actually I education, environmental advocacy, mentorship, philan- designed the film,” he recalled. By thropy, and ocean conservation, all of which were com- the age of 20, he had flown over 70 bined in his role as an ambassador for the oceans. different countries. His diving career took him under the polar ice caps and Ernie left the Air Force at age 22 into every ocean. His brilliant photography was exhibited and immediately worked with Capat the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Man, tain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, training the National Maritime Museum, the Smithsonian, and a group of divers who were the phonumerous other international museums and galleries. tographic team aboard Cousteau’s Ernie’s love of photography came from his mother, research vessel Calypso. Ernie stayed his uncle, and his grandmother, who immigrated to involved with Cousteau for 17 years, America from the Azores. All three were professional while at the same time working with photographers. His father, Ernest Brooks Sr., loved both his father at Brooks Institute, from photography and the sea. He founded Brooks Institute which he graduated in 1962. of Photography in Santa Barbara in 1945 and started its His graduation coincided with the start of deep-water, underwater photography department in 1956. Reflecting commercial mixed-gas diving that was driven by oil exploon the origins of his career, Ernie noted, “I was destined to ration off the Santa Barbara coast, and saturation diving was also becoming well established. spend my life doing what was meant to be.” He recalled, “By this time, I was well into my fascination His first steps in a career that spanned seven decades with man’s triumph in the sea, and photography came into came at an early age. “I loved swimming underwater! I entered the three-mile its own on a parallel course. As a civilian member of the swim off Santa Barbara and won three years in a row. But U.S. Navy SEALAB program, living at 200 feet for 12 days on the fourth year, when I was a senior in high school, was more than life rewarding. It was there, watching ‘Tuffy I looked down and I saw the kelp we were swimming the Porpoise’ deliver the daily mail, that my deepening through. Light rays were going through, and I could see interest in marine life and its intelligence came into focus.” In 1971, Ernie became Brooks Institute’s president, elevatthe fish on the bottom. And I stopped swimming and saw ing the institution to a four-year university-level school. He the beautiful ocean. I lost the race,” he recently recalled. Inspired by the 1930s and 1940s underwater photog- introduced audio-visual, undersea technology, and physics raphy of his hero, Austrian Hans Hass, Ernie went on to and optics componentry programs and added correspondestablish himself internationally as the world’s premier ing graduate degrees. He also continued to develop the black-and-white underwater photographer. Over the institute’s underwater photography curriculum. His boat, years, his spectacular photography earned him the title of Just Love, acted as a floating studio and darkroom as it plied the Santa Barbara Channel Islands, rewarding both students “the Ansel Adams of the Sea.” He started diving in 1949, making his first underwater and masters with images that would define their careers. When not attending to his executive responsibilities or camera housing from aluminum, but the very early steps of his professional photographic career would take him teaching at the institute, Ernie lectured at various annual up, not down. diving and photography shows. He also acted as project leader or principal member in numerous international photographic research projects, including his 1978 photographic investigations as part of the Shroud of Turin Research Project. Brooks Institute was sold in 1992, and freedom from a day job allowed Ernie to embark on extensive international travels and adventures. In 2002, working with his former students at Media 27 in Santa Barbara, he published the book Silver Seas: A Retrospective, which was supported by a traveling exhibit of his photographs. Featuring images from his years photographing marine life around the Channel Islands, the book set an unsurpassed standard for black-and-white photography. Ernie traveled to Germany in 2003 to become the recipient of the Historical Diving Society’s inaugural Hans Hass Fifty Fathoms AN UNDERSEA FRIEND: During his many years diving the Santa Barbara ChanAward, which he received in person from his nel Islands, Ernie Brooks II came across a spotted harbor seal, who playfully stole hero, Professor Hans Hass. one of his diving fins, he told the Journal of Diving History. It wasn’t until the seal In 2013, his inspirational work gained returned one year, bringing a pup along, that he realized it was a female and broader recognition when it was paired with that they had a bond: “This brought tears in my eyes,” Brooks said, and the image that of Ansel Adams and Dorothy Kerper was his favorite in Silver Seas.
Monnelly in the traveling exhibition Fragile Waters. The exhibition called attention to the critical resource of water, in all its beauty and power, and premiered at The National Maritime Museum. Further international recognition and acclaim of Ernie’s career grew when the world’s oldest watch company, Blancpain of Switzerland, began to use his underwater images in their promotional campaigns. This was particularly noticeable in Asia, where Ernie began to receive invites, which he mostly accepted, to be the keynote speaker or guest of honor at large international conferences. The Santa Barbara Underwater Film Festival and the Historical Diving Society organized a Tribute Festival to Ernie in 2013, in recognition of his pioneering career accomplishments. Presenters included Ernie’s former students and also living legends of underwater film and photography. Attendees came from Germany, Singapore, France, Australia, and all across the U.S.A. In 2015, Ernie was inducted into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame. Ernie touched the lives of many organizations and individuals through his educational skills, philanthropy, and investments in many individual people. The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is just one of those many organizations, and I am just one of those many people. Ernie’s philanthropy allowed me to establish the Leaney–Brooks Diving History Archive at UCSB, thus providing an ongoing research library for the study of diving history. His recent donation to Santa Barbara Middle School of the former Brooks Institute campus on the Riviera reached new heights of local philanthropy. Ernie’s spirit guides the Ernest Brooks Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission remains “to support and enrich the knowledge and education of those who shape our understanding of the world through photography and the creation of visual media.” Ernie understood the gift of giving, and he made our community a better place. He was a living example of Churchill’s famous quote, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” And the range of Ernie’s full life — from flying at secret altitudes in a U2 to diving the depths of the Channel Islands and world’s oceans — mirrored the full range of his generous giving. Ernie touched the lives of thousands of people in positive ways. As a roving international ambassador for the oceans, he also became ambassador for Santa Barbara and our Channel Islands. Ernie was a truly unique and generous man, and our whole community has benefited from the time he shared with us. n Fair winds and following seas, old friend.
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authors of all sorts, from the fictional settings explored by Ross Macdonald and Sue Grafton to the real-life impacts on the musings of Pico Iyer and T.C. Boyle. But rarely do so many high-quality, diverse books by hometown authors emerge all at once, which is what this issue seeks to celebrate. None of the following eight books were completely plotted and produced within our ongoing pandemic year, but they all came to fruition during this period. They’re hitting shelves just in time to put an exclamation mark on your Christmas shopping list, but these aren’t seasonal flashes in the pan — many will be required reading for decades to come, while others are already attracting attention far beyond their regional ties.
people of all income levels. That it hasn’t quite worked out that way is, by now, pretty obvious. But that’s never stopped Lodge from trying in her many council and commission roles, always with the goal to maintain the uniquely human scale of Santa Barbara’s built environment. That is the fight Lodge details in her new book, an easy-to-read primer on the history of planning, Santa Barbara style. Santa Barbara, An Uncommonplace American Town reveals that these battles date considerably further back than the late, great oil spill of 1969, popularly misconstrued as the lightbulb moment for Santa Barbara’s environmental awakening.
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In her bite-size tome, Lodge traces the struggle to keep development from overwhelming Santa Barbara’s natural setting all the way back to 1874. The title of her book alludes to a newspaper editorial penned that year lamenting how the onslaught of “improvements” threatened to transform Santa Barbara into “just a commonplace American town.” Lodge is deeply concerned that those threats are alive and well, and her book is a not-so-subtle exhortation to protect “this special, still uncommonplace, American town.” For those who have forgotten, Lodge’s book is meant to remind them just how Santa Barbara came to live within its environmental constraints, however imper imperfectly. For those who never knew, the book is Lodge’s way of saying, “Wake up — it didn’t just happen. A whole lot of people struggled to make it that way.” This is decidedly not yet another homage to Santa Barbara-as-urban mausoleum, a place for rich people to get buried. It’s a brisk walk through the past, introducing readers to pivotal play players in creating the city’s visual template. That includes Bernard Hoffman, the high-minded Yankee in high-waisted pants who moved here in the 1920s so his diabetic daughter could be treated at the Sansum Clinic. Before Hoff Hoffman left, he gave us the El Paseo and Lobero Theatre, defining architec architectural landmarks steeped in the city’s now-famous Hispano-fied vibe. But there was serious pushback, with Santa Barbara’s newspaper publisher/powerbroker Thomas Storke accusing the Architectural Review Board—Hoffman’s baby—of being communist. Fast-forward to the late ’60s, when the City Council was brow-beaten by a highoctane, astro-turf lobbying campaign to approve the proposed El Mirasol condos, twin towers shooting 107 feet high in what’s now Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden. Lodge recounts the citizen uprising that got Santa Barbara the park instead. Lodge is ending her political career just as she began it: a passionate, obstinate, wellinformed creative contrarian spitting into the winds of seeming inevitability. Much of the history she writes about here isn’t something she read about; it’s something she lived and struggled with. —NW
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wonder, and adventure as a trip to California’s Channel Islands, and almost nothing captures that eye-opening combination of hands-on learning and outdoor enjoyment besides a return visit. But thanks to a visually vibrant collection of essays, interviews, photography, and illustrations, a new book called Island Visions translates the islands’ magic into a beautifully portable format, conveying the spirit and excitement of an excursion there while serving full educational helpings of the archipelago’s science, history, and personalities. The 386-page hardcover was spearheaded by Santa Barbara–raised brothers Jacob Siegel Brielle and Isaac SiegelBoettner, who’ve been visiting the islands since their first trip there as Santa Barbara Middle School (SBMS) students. The project, which was also supported by SBMS and Maps.com, started more than seven years ago following the tragic death of nature/underwater filmmaker Mike deGruy, whose kids also attended SBMS. “Mike was just out of this world, the human exclamation mark. He made things exciting,” said Siegel-Boettner. “We saw an opportunity to imbue a little bit of that enthusiasm into the islands.” The brothers, who call the finished product an “untext book,” gathered an advisory board that featured, among others, deGruy’s widow, the filmmaker Mimi deGruy; Laura Francis from the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary; Scott Simon from REEF at UCSB; and Channel Islands legend Peter Schuyler. “Between those four people, they know everybody who’s anybody,” said Siegel-Boettner. With their contacts, they enlisted 40 different scientists, fishermen, rangers, and even famous folks such as Sylvia Earle and Carl Safina to write chapters, revealing per-
sonal connections to their fields while delivering the facts and analysis required for a full grasp on the islands’ many natural and cultural resource issues. “We have perspectives that clash sometimes and don’t always agree, so kids can see how complicated and nuanced the idea of protecting this place is,” said Siegel Brielle. “This gave them a place to tell their story in a cohesive way that brings these voices together.” Now in their early thirties (Isaac is 31; Jacob is 33), the brothers were born at Cottage Hospital and taken home as infants in bike trailers by their cyclist/teacher father, John Siegel-Boettner. He’s been a force at SBMS for decades — “We were raised in our dad’s classroom,” said Siegel-Boettner — while their mother, Lynn SiegelBoettner, is also a teacher at Vieja Valley Elementary School.
They both wound up at UC Berkeley, where Jacob made the film With My Own Two Wheels in 2010. When that won them some acclaim at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the brothers saw filmmaking as a viable career choice, starting Pedal Born Pictures together. The company, which most recently produced a short documentary about the last video shop in Santa Barbara, is evolving into a storytelling media agency, working with both for-profits and nonprofits, mostly in the Bay Area, where the brothers live. The book is for sale commercially — it’s truly a great primer on the Channel Islands for any age, and a very entertaining tome to flip through — and the brothers hope to get Island Visions into classrooms all around the area. “A lot of teachers are looking for something that’s not on a screen,” said Siegel Brielle. “This provides a really cool way to integrate local, placebased storytelling and content, but not have kids spend more time in front of their screens.” They hope to encourage more people to go out there and see the magic for themselves as well. “I wanted to show kids that you don’t need to go thousands of miles away to find these amazing things,” said Siegel Brielle, wondering why more in this region aren’t studying the Channel Islands instead of learning about faraway lands. “Many people don’t even know it’s a national park!” Though their topic is the Channel Islands, the brothers believe the underlying messages of conservation and interconnectedness are much more global in scope. “The isolation of these islands is what makes them fantastic, but the more you probe into that isolation, you realize they are not at all isolated,” said Siegel-Boettner. “And that’s true for the world as a whole. We think we are in our own place, but eventually you realize we aren’t just islands floating through the universe. We need to acknowledge that sooner rather than later.” An interview about Island Visions will be featured by Chaucer’s Books on Thursday, December 17. See chaucers books.com for details. See islandvisions.org for more on the book. —MK
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few millennia ago, back when humans first started drinking wine, it didn’t take too long to ascribe supernatural abilities to most everything associated with the grapevine, from its annual cycle of fruitful bounty to near death to its reliable knack for getting folks drunk. “The inebriating effect of wine was thought to be divine,” explains Arthur George, a retired attorney and Solvang resident who explains these beliefs in his new book, The Mythology of Wine. “In those days, they didn’t know how fermentation worked, they didn’t know what yeast was, they didn’t know what alcohol was. When this happened, they figured that the gods were involved. Once the gods were involved, they had myths and started to make offerings to the gods.” George’s book wades through these old oenological tales, from Noah’s Ark and Mesopotamia to Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Christianity. With numerous images and excerpts of ancient texts, the book reveals a number of thematic through lines for wine, particularly its symbolism of new life, civilization, and creation itself. George’s own life reads a bit like a book. After being raised and schooled in the Northeast and Colorado, he became an attorney focused on commercial investments in the former Soviet Union, opening the Moscow and St. Petersburg offices for powerhouse firm Baker McKenzie in the late 1980s and early 1990s. “It was really fun stuff in those early days,” said George, who eventually settled down in Chicago with his Russian wife nearly a decade later. He continued working on the firm’s Russian and Ukrainian efforts until retiring to the Santa Ynez Valley about five years ago “to follow my true bliss.” That included both wine and mythology, leading to a backyard syrah vineyard and garage winery as well as scholarly books, articles, and lectures on the roots of everything from Eden to American holidays. The Mythology of Wine blends George’s two passions into a cohesive quaff enjoyable for laypeople. “I put the same good research into it, but I decided just to make it really easy and not a long read,” said George, comparing it to his past works. “I just felt that there is a need for wine enthusiasts to know a little bit more about the history and the background of wine, without getting technical or formal about it, and all that ties into how wine was thought of in the ancient world.” He recognized that there was a desire
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for this information while giving lectures on the topic at Carr Winery in Santa Ynez, Casa Dumetz in Los Alamos, and to various rotary clubs. “People really liked it, and they asked good questions,” said George. “I finally figured that I know enough about it — I should turn it into a book.” It only took him about six months to put that knowledge into writing, plus some extra research into Dionysus, easily the most complex mythological figure when it comes to wine. While wine seems popular today, it’s nowhere near the daily experience of those days. “Wine was really embedded into those cultures,” explained George, speaking particularly of the ancient Greek world. “You had wine every day. You grew it. You looked out of your window and saw vineyards. It was just about everywhere.” American wine consumption, by comparison, “is still pretty modest,” said George, who thinks the ancients would be surprised at how much wine is disconnected from the divine today. But mythology is alive and well. “Myth is all around us today, and we’re not always conscious of it,” said George, pointing to both sides of the aisle when it comes to political beliefs, as one example. “People create their own personal myths about what they’re about. How you view yourself about what you’re doing in the world and what your purpose is, that may or may not be actually tied to reality.” With The Mythology of Wine, George shows himself as one of the more self-aware among us, able to pair his love for each topic into a detailed, engaging survey. —Matt Kettmann
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Vines & Vision: The Winemakers of Santa Barbara County by Matthew Dennis Kettmann and Macduff Everton: This eightpound, 632-page, three-years-in-the-making collaboration with renowned photographer Macduff Everton is the first book for Matt Kettmann, a senior editor for the Independent who also covers the Central Coast for Wine Enthusiast magazine. It’s a deep dive into Santa Barbara wine country, featuring intimate profiles of about 100 winemakers, as well as essays on history, geography, trends, and El Buen Equipo, “the good team” of farmhands, cellar rats, marketing pros, and proprietors required to take a vintage to harvest. See vinesandvisionsb.com.
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nificant and visually stunning natural landscape is a passion and profession for Chuck Graham, who’s frequently photographed and written about adventures from the Channel Islands to the San Rafael Wilderness for this publication and many others. In 2006, he made his first trip to the Carrizo Plain National Monument, where wildflowers, kit foxes, pronghorn antelope, and California condors converge. Nearly 15 years later and coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the landscape being named a national monument in 2000, Graham recently published an epic ode to the region called Carrizo Plain: Where the Mountains Meet the Grasslands. With 116 pages of both intimate and expansive photography, as well as essays on the plants, animals, and more, it’s a visual treat and thoughtful exploration of this special land. “Without a doubt, there is no other place like it in the state,” said Graham, who doesn’t know how many times he’s visited but did spend more than 45 days out there in spring 2020. “It’s the last of California’s grasslands. With patience, one can see more wildlife in the Carrizo Plain than anywhere else in the state.” The book reminds that, like many sensitive American lands, the Carrizo Plain remains under threat even today — and not just from developers who seek to extract natural resources. Impacts also come from those who can love the region too much, as when so many descend on the plain for wildflowers. “Unfortunately, some folks are not always respectful to others, to the environment, to the place and its inhabitants,” he said. “This is true for all wild places.” He suggests to simply “slow down” when you get there. “Bring a pair of binoculars and scan the grasslands and hillsides. Reflect on these grasslands. This is it,” said Graham. “Hopefully when people head out there for the first time, something will grab them and inspire them to protect wild places.” Until then, you’ve got Graham’s brilliant book to take you there. —MK
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Millar is already plotting sequels and an adventure about the family cat, Two Socks, that he’s working on with his stepdaughter. “It’s been really fun to bring creativity into our family, and to show my step-kids that you can create something,” he said. “It’s the creators who will be remembered. That’s something I try to share with my students.” —MK
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Sutherland was particularly moved by conversations with a poetically spiritual cowboy named Dick Gibford and Chumash educator Carmen Sandoval, and by the sustainably minded farming projects at Condor’s Hope and Quail Springs. “Not only is it a beautiful place, but you can really feel like you’re getting away out here,” said Sutherland of the region. “There’s so much space around you; it’s humbling. It feels a bit like a time warp back to a time when things were more simple and strangers said hello to each —MK other.”
An extended Q&A with Sutherland is online at independent.com/rural2TK. See kimberly-sutherland.com.
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In This Country: A Chronicle of the Cuyama Valley by Jane Slama: After living for 16 years in the Cuyama Valley while teaching at Allan Hancock College, Slama scoured family archives and library shelves to pen
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nearly 400 pages of history, reportage, profiles, and news analysis to produce what is, hands down, the one-stop shop to understand the remote yet highly complex region. “I began this work wanting to give an overview of the Cuyama Valley’s uniqueness,” said Slama, who now lives in Oregon. “This quality is most clearly seen in its history and the people who have lived there. The book is a testament to my deep caring and appreciation for this valley and the people who have or continue to have a connection to it.”
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Hershey Felder: Tchaikovsky – Live from Florence
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Virtual Discussion: Jacob Seigel Brielle and Isaac SeigelBoettner Join co-authors Jacob Seigel Brielle and Isaac SeigelBoettner in a lively discussion of Island Visions, their newly released book about how the Channel Islands now serve as a model for how we can protect and conserve the most vulnerable spaces on the planet. 6-7pm. Free.
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Based on Hershey Felder’s acclaimed original production of Our Great Tchaikovsky, this evening will feature an extended focus on the The Nutcracker Ballet as well as Tchaikovsky’s life in Florence, Italy. This event will be filmed and streamed live on location where Tchaikovsky actually lived and worked in Florence. Partial proceeds will benefit Rubicon Theatre Company’s artistic and educational programs. View through December 27. 5pm. $55/household.
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12/18: Jackson Gillies in Concert Teen Star winner and American Idol alum Jackson Gillies will perform original songs and covers in a celebration of his many talents. The concert will remain available for streaming on the website. Free.
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Park! All ages and levels are invited to join either a fun intro/ beginner class or a class with more advanced footwork. You must register in advance, and masks will be worn throughout the class. 6-7pm. Oak Park Stage, 600 W. Junipero St. $12/lesson. Call (805) 705-7939 or email mesabordancestudio@gmail .com.
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SATURDAY 12/19 Winter Soul-stice Celebration! Join the DiviniTree community for a free Winter Soul-stice celebration filled with a creative connection to the self and others through art and yoga. 4-6pm. 15 E. De la Guerra St. divinitreesantabarbara.com/events
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Kerry Irish Productions Presents An Irish Christmas Watch this award-winning cast of Riverdance principals and world champion dancers in a performance seen on PBS. Enjoy dance, Christmas carols, and the music from the Kerry Traditional Orchestra. Proceeds will benefit Kerry Irish Productions and the Lobero Foundation. Stream through December 30. $15. lobero.org/events/an-irish-christmas-stream Ojai Art Center Theater Presents It’s a Wonderful Life Live Radio Play This American holiday classic will come to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast as the ensemble will bring a few dozen characters to the stage to tell the story of idealistic George Bailey as he considers ending his life on Christmas Eve. This online production will stream through December 19. $12.95. ojaiact.org/iawl
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12/23: Virtual Class: Restore Nicole Inglish will lead you through a practice of deep relaxation to release stress, calm excessive mind chatter, and deepen your sleep. Practice calming breathwork and passive stretching. Most of the class is seated or lying down so props such as blankets, bolsters, blocks, and eye pillows will help. All levels are welcome. 5:45-6:45pm. $17. divinitreesantabarbara.com/schedule
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TUESDAY 12/22 stable, and joyful mind and to find a spiritual community and support to maintain your meditation practice, join the sangha (Buddhist community) every Tuesday evening. Visit the website for a copy of the opening and closing prayers. 6-7pm. Free. bpsb.online
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Unitarian Society of S.B. Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. Share this sacred tradition with beautiful music and the holiness of the season on the website or Facebook page. Register online to attend in person seating (with heaters set up) in the courtyard. 5pm. tinyurl.com/UnitySB
THURSDAY 12/24 Emanuel Lutheran Church Outdoor Christmas Eve Service. 7-8pm. 3721 Modoc Rd. Call (805) 687-3734.
buena. Bilingual Mass in the field/ Misa bilingüe en el campo: 4:00 pm; Bilingual Midnight Mass (online)/ Misa bilingüe de medianoche (online): 11:00pm. 1500 Linden Ave., Carpinteria.
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A Christmas Eve family service will take place at 6:30-7:30pm and a traditional candlelight service with Chancel Choir, pipe organ, hand bells at 9-10pm. 305 E. Anapamu St.Call (805) 963-3579 or email office@fumsb.org.
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Free Methodist Church of S.B. Join under the tent for a familyoriented service at 4:30 and 6pm or a contemplative service at 9pm. Registration is required. 1435 Cliff Dr. Call (805) 965-1338. fmcsb.org
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Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church Christmas Eve Vigil Mass/Misa de la Vigilia de Nochebuena. English (Family Mass): 5:30pm; Español: 7:30pm. Masses and confessions will take place on the patio/lawn area. Las misas y confesiones se llevarán a cabo en el patio/área de césped. Call (805) 963-1734.
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To empower girls, women, and gender-expansive youth through music education, the creative arts, community, and positive mentorship THE Vision
To provide a safe, diverse, and inclusive space to youth. We envision an equitable world that celebrates creativity, embraces authenticity, and values all voices 2021 marks our 10th BIRTHD AY! Help us celebr ate with a bang by gettin g involv ed today
HOW WE SPENT
OUR SUMMER When COVID-19 hit and it became clear we couldn’t safely host our flagship summer camp programs, we had two choices. We could hold our breath until the viral storm passed, or we could make a hard pivot and reimagine our programming, allowing us to keep inspiring and connecting our community from afar. Now more than ever, the world can’t afford to stop encouraging girls and gender-expansive youth to trust their authentic voices and become brave leaders. We chose to pivot, creating our first-ever PAID remote internship for 42 talented, passionate high schoolers.
Studied music production and recording, journalism, photography, and more alongside the experts who’ve been there…Elle King, Shirley Manson, Zella Day, Divinity Roxx, Lauren Mayberry, Patty Schemel, Nik West, Malynda Hale, Emily Haines, Jenna Andrews, Yumi Sakugawa, Ella Richie DeMaria, and dozens more Created a totally youth-run record label, Syryn Records (syrynrecords.com), that launched the music careers of seven teen recording artists Churned out a massive collection of original youth-created work, including...seven debut singles on platforms like Spotify (plus accompanying music videos, cover art, and press releases!); 1,000+ photos and photo essays; seven podcast episodes; 10+ celebrity interviews in publications like Audiofemme; near-daily performances and workshops via Instagram Live; and measured social media marketing to promote it all Paid all 42 interns $500 each for their hard work throughout the seven-week summer internship
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How thIS suMMER cHAngED us This brand-new internship was so life-changing—for both staff and participants—that we’re expanding it into a permanent, year-round GRSB program: the Syryn Records internship, where female-identifying and gender-expansive teens receive professional experience and uplifting mentorship while running their very own record label. We plan to serve even
more interns in our next cohort during 2021. None of us are happy that we couldn’t hug and high-five each other at camp this year, but we’ve stumbled on an amazing way to engage our older, more advanced youth artists through this remote internship—even those from the farthest reaches of our resilient community.
SURVEY SAYS:
97% of our interns already felt like they belonged within days of the remote internship’s launch
100% of our interns came out of this program feeling like they could better appreciate opinions that were 100% of our interns felt like different from their own
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100% of our interns FElt Safe to authentically express themselves while still supporting each other
92% of our interns are leaving this program with more pride in both their race and their gender
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2020 was kind to no one, including GRSB. Because of COVID-19, we had to cancel our summer camp programs—like award-winning Amplify Sleep Away Camp—whose registration fees typically cover one-third of our entire annual budget. Now, on the cusp of 2021, we’re facing the very real possibility that this pandemic will force us to postpone our in-person summer camp programs for a second year in a row, which means two years of going without this crucial primary source of our earned income. Yet, now more than ever, we know that girls and genderexpansive youth need organizations like GRSB to encourage them to create, lead, and communicate as their most authentic selves. We need to keep banding together and lifting each other up in order to create an equitable world that values all voices, even when we’re down, even when we’re scared. If you agree, there’s many ways for you to get involved with GRSB in big ways and small. Together we can continue providing virtual programs throughout the year that empower our community’s youth, then resume in-person programs as soon as it’s safe to do so. DONATE. This has been the hardest year for us financially, by far, but we dug deep and pivoted our whole program model this summer to keep engaging our youth in innovative ways from home — and at no cost to our participants and their families, many of whom are also struggling financially. Help us celebrate our 10th year serving this vibrant community by giving to GRSB at girlsrocksb.org/donate, or by sending a check to our address below. Only you — our fans, our neighbors, our modern-day heroes — can make sure we have the support to weather this storm going into next year.
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I wish the impact of my own work as a school psychologist was as positive as the impact of GRSB’s programs in the lives of young people. It is a powerful and important program that impacts the development of a child across creative, social, and emotional domains. My daughters are all stronger, more compassionate, more aware, and more intelligent humans as a result of the time they’ve spent in GRSB. Of course, they are better musicians as well, but the impact of GRSB goes far beyond music. Parent
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VOLUNTEER. We’re always happy to welcome new, talented team members from all backgrounds, whether you’re an outspoken freshman eager to join our Teen Council or a seasoned local musician interested in being a Band Coach next summer. Bonus points if you’re bringing some relevant experience with you (e.g., in music, the arts, education, even technology), but there’s a place for everyone at GRSB. A passion for empowering and encouraging our limitless girls and genderexpansive youth is the only hard requirement. JOIN OUR COMMITTEES. If you’re ready to put that powerful brain and invaluable professional experience to good use, consider joining one (or all!) of our committees. We’re actively looking to fill roles in our Development, Event, Marketing, Finance, and Governance Committees, and we look great on resumes. SHARE & CONNECT. For nearly 10 years, we’ve been blowing up your social media feeds because we want the world to see what’s possible when we lift each other up and focus on being brave, not perfect. The lifelong relationships, the honest artwork, the fearless performances. If you believe in the work we’re doing, the work that’s allowed us to serve over 8,000 youth and counting, follow us on Facebook (@girlsrocksb) and Instagram (@girlsrocksantabarbara). Bring your friends.
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In a world striving to make more potent pot, what made you guys decide to go the opposite way? Well, we believe that today’s weed just gets you too damn high! We longed for the days when we could enjoy a joint without fear of it ruining our experience by either making us paranoid or blasting us to the moon. A funny thing that we’ve seen happen in the cannabis industry, especially here in California, is that for many dispensaries, “potency” equals “quality.” Take, for example, the celebratory drink: If you ask the bartender for the finest booze behind the bar, they wouldn’t pull out a bottle of everclear, right? So, while there’s a time and place for getting stoned to the bone (if that’s your bag), there’s other ways to enjoy (and benefit) from cannabis, where you get all the goodness of the plant without fear of losing a clear head. Dad Grass is kind of like having a glass of wine, not the whole bottle. What is the legal status of a product like this? Thankfully, the recently passed 2018 Farm Bill made hemp completely federally legal again. What’s the difference between hemp and marijuana? We know it’s confusing, especially with all the buzz around legal weed these days. The first thing to know is
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unior forward Cade Roth’s desperation three-pointer from nearly 30 feet away on Friday ripped through the net with moments remaining in regulation, sending the Westmont men’s basketball team and visiting Concordia into overtime. It was a pure shot and a moment of competitive excellence that sent a shock wave through the Warriors’ socially distant bench, but seconds later there was nearly silence. In Coach Landon Boucher speaks to his players. fact, after the buzzer sounded and the two teams retreated to their huddles to was the San Marcos High head coach prepare for overtime, you could hear a pin before Boucher and brought him into that drop in Murchison Gymnasium if not for program. He later entrusted him with Westmont’s men’s basketball program. the music being played. “Landon and I go a long way back, and Clutch shots hit differently in the we’re making sure he is supported,” Odell COVID-19 era. “I think our team would want students, said. “I think the hard thing is that all the alumni, and Westmont supporters at our things you think your first year would look games, but we’re just trying to make the like don’t look like that anymore. He is hanbest of it right now,” said Westmont first- dling it quite well in my opinion.” Uncertainty has been the only constant year head coach Landon Boucher. “We love when Murchison Gym is packed. We miss for Westmont since their 97-79 exhibition that for sure, but we also know the serious- loss to Division 1 Cal State Northridge on November 25. On December 4, the team ness of COVID-19.” Concordia, a Division 2 team, eventu- took a bus up to Stockton to take on Unially gained control in double overtime and versity of the Pacific before finding out the Westmont suffered a 101-99 defeat, but for day of the game about a positive COVID-19 Boucher and his team, playing the game test within the Tigers’ program that forced was a victory after the Warriors have been a cancellation. “Obviously our guys would have loved forced to cancel six of eight contests thus far to play that game, but driving up there, this season due to the pandemic. “Overall, to get to play against a quality practicing, and driving back was better than opponent like this at home was really fun,” sitting in their dorm rooms doing nothing.” Boucher said. “We came out of it on the Odell said. “I think everybody has a pretty side that we didn’t want to, but I think this good attitude about it.” Future scheduling remains fluid for is a great opportunity for our guys to grow Westmont as the next game on the schedule as a team.” Boucher is taking over for the legend is currently set for January 9, 2021, against John Moore, who led the Warriors to over- Vanguard. It is likely that they will find more whelming success over his 27 years at the games to play in the meantime. The game helm of the program. Moore was named the against Concordia was scheduled only two 2019-20 NAIA coach of the year and won days before it was played, and Boucher has had many programs reach out to schedule 588 games during his tenure. Moore recruited Boucher to play at last-minute games. Above all, Boucher and his players are Westmont from 2010 to 2012. In subsequent years, Boucher worked his way up to head grateful for the opportunity to practice and coach at San Marcos High, where he led the play the game they love. “It’s a really interRoyals to the CIF-SS Division 2A champi- esting time, but I think more than anything onship in 2018 before joining Moore’s staff I’m just thankful to be in the situation that I am,” Boucher said. “There are many situaas an assistant. Boucher immersed himself in recruit- tions where you can pout and worry about ing and spearheaded the effort to build out the stuff that’s tough, but I’ve been really Westmont’s current roster. His knowledge trying to maintain a sense of gratitude to be of the high school ranks paid immediate able to coach such a good group of guys.” Westmont’s testing protocols for basketdividends and resulted in the recruitment of players such as sophomore guard Jared ball, which is considered a high-risk sport Brown, whom Boucher coached against under the states’ guidelines, require testing of coaches and players three times a week. while at San Marcos. In the middle of it all was Westmont’s All participants must also have a negative n current athletic director, Dave Odell, who test within 48 hours of game time. INDEPENDENT.COM
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arco Lucchesi vividly recalls the time when he was 10 years old and tasted a lineup of new wines from Piedmont with his grandfather and father at their family’s restaurant in Pisa, Italy, where his dad was one of the early professional sommeliers in the business. “I was stuck to the glass,” remembers Lucchesi, who now makes Section Wines, as well as a higherend eponymous brand from Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Maria Valley grapes in a Buellton warehouse. “I could taste the fruit and then a developing flavor profile that I couldn’t even name.” Though he was supposed to take over his parents’ restaurant —called Marcellino Pane e Vino, which they owned until four years ago—when he grew up, Lucchesi came to the United States for a visit in 1998. “I promised my mom that BY MAT T KE I’d come back in a couple TTM ANN of months,” said Lucchesi. To her dismay, he’s never left. He wound up in the Bay Area at first, studying wine at Napa Valley College while working restaurant jobs, and then found his way to Santa Barbara, getting married (since divorced) and having a daughter (now 16 years old) along the way. Here, he worked in restaurants as well, primarily Italian eateries in Montecito like Via Vai and Pane e Vino in the Upper Village and Trattoria Mollie and Tre Lune on Coast Village Road. But the primary goal was to make his own wine, which he started doing in earnest in 2014, launching Section Wines with a few partners. (One died last year, and he parted ways with the others around the same time.) “I’ve got to do anything I need to do to support this,” he said. Things got serious in March 2016, when Lucchesi opened his winery for tastings and started growing production, hitting about 1,600 cases by 2019. His lineup is a compelling blend of what Santa Barbara County does well: pinot noir from the cooler parts of the Santa Maria Valley, Bordelaise varieties from
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ORCUTT SINGER/SONGWRITER AND AFGHAN WAR VETERAN USES GUITAR TO BATTLE PTSD
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n the overcrowded singer/songwriter field, many are called, but few chosen—at least in terms of wide public exposure and commercial success. Points of distinction help artists rise above the pack. In the case of Orcutt resident Doc Oliver, the distinction factor begins with his name, a nickname given him for his work as a medic in the U.S. Navy. Unique perspectives continue in the grit, warmth, and topography of his unique original songs, often about life as a veteran struggling with PTSD and tales from the front in Afghanistan. That’s where he served until a tragic attack that claimed the lives of three of his comrades, after which he returned home. Resisting standard therapeutic and medical treatment for PTSD, he picked up his guitar, and allowed a talented singer/songwriter persona to emerge. In a real way, music became a tool of healing and self-reflection. Within the last year, Oliver has stepped into some serious musical shoes, thanks to the help of renowned acoustic guitar pickup Lloyd Baggs (also Central Coast–based) and his LR Baggs company. Oliver joins a lofty group of artists, well-known and up-and-coming, featured in the LR Baggs Presents series, which included a trip to Nashville to record a handful of original songs, a video featurette documenting the journey (and Oliver’s life journey)—available on YouTube and the Baggs website — and the formative makings of a life in music. Oliver’s dream-come-true scenario, ironically, snuck in through a side door. “To be honest,” he admitted, “being known as a singer/songwriter was never really a dream of mine. This whole entire opportunity was very unexpected and quite random. Writing songs was something that came easy and was fun for me, but I never took it seriously. It wasn’t until I had returned home from my second deployment to Afghanistan, and then losing my mother to cancer (at 57) after my 30th birthday, that I had really started to focus on writing. It was therapeutic.” Raised in Orcutt, and with a multigenerational military lineage, Oliver was deployed twice in Afghanistan, finishing off the last in the Naval Hospital Balboa “before the Navy medically retired me in 2013.” His fateful meeting with Baggs came at a show in Orcutt by Jeff Bridges, whose songs by Ryan Bingham — especially the keynote Oscar-winning song “Weary Kind,” from 2010’s Crazy Heart—have special resonance for Oliver. His roughbut-embracing voice also resembles Bingham’s. “My mother loved that movie,” he said. “We watched it many times together.” Upon meeting Baggs, Oliver’s wife talked up her husband’s songwriting gift. “After listening to some demos, Lloyd reached out and asked if he could help me get my songs and stories to a much larger audience,” said Oliver.
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“Not soon after, I was on my way to Nashville to record an EP and a few videos for the LR Baggs Presents series.” By the time he got to Nashville, his songbook was heavy, in more ways than one. For the sessions there, with top Nashville musicians, Oliver recorded “Helmand,” “Siren,” “Beautiful Thing,” and “Elmers.” After playing for family and friends, and for his fellow soldiers overseas, without thought of a professional musical life, Oliver found himself lost in song after his tours of duty. “All my emotions and the mental compression sort of hit me like a tidal wave after my mother passed from battling cancer,” he said. “I think I was trying to be tough for my wife and family with the military stuff and hiding it way down inside. But once my mother passed, so much emotion overcame me, and it was almost too much to bear. Music gave me a way out; writing gave me a way to let it seep out.” Although his songs take on subjects beyond military life, that aspect of his work is especially important. “I feel it is my duty to honor the ones I served with and the veterans who served before me,” he explained, “but also to connect civilians to military life. Telling true stories through song is my best way of doing that. If by listening to one of my songs I can put a person into a time and place to let them better understand what some of us go through, it’s huge. So, in a way, my music has become much more than just my personal outlet.” When he plays live, Oliver hangs two dog tags on his microphone stand, those of Greg Buckley and Richard Rivera, friends who were “KIA” (Killed in Action) on August 10, 2012. What does this serendipitous new future hold for Oliver? “In a perfect world,” he mused, “I’d like to see myself with a management team or label of some sort because honestly, I’m uneducated on how the music world works. I just write and sing my songs. I work full-time as an armed security officer at a local nuclear power plant, but being able to put the guns down and pick up the guitar full-time, successfully, would be amazing.”
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ABBY EVELYN Teaches Us How to Dream
As many of us find ourselves at home these days, Santa Barbara native and San Marcos High senior Abby Evelyn took this time to work on her music over the past seven months. With the help of her father, music teacher and producer Andy White, Abby Evelyn — who was once covered in this newspaper for her acting— recently released her alternative folk EP Teach Me How to Dream, which is now streaming on all major platforms. She answered a few of my questions recently.
How did you get into music? I’ve always been involved in music. Ever since I could talk, I started singing. Music is a large part of my family. My grandpa got into music, then my dad, and so on. I started playing guitar when I was 6 and started writing songs around 7; I wouldn’t be the same without it.
What is your songwriting process like? Most of my songs don’t take more than a day or two to write. I try to find melodies first and hum the tune, then add the lyrics. Half of my songs are made up from stories or life experiences. NOW OPEN
Where have you performed? Are you doing any virtual performances due to the pandemic? I love performing live, and this year I was hoping to book more live gigs, though with the pandemic, we were unable to do so. Before, I performed at Padaro Beach Grill in Carpinteria with GoodTimes Guitar. I’ve also been involved in choir where we’ve performed at SOhO here in Santa Barbara and some Lompoc wineries as well.
Do you have any future plans when it comes to music? Well, my 8-year-old self really wanted to be Taylor
How did you record your EP? My dad has a business
Swift. But now, my ideal future would be to have a steady job and have a family, with music in between. I don’t plan on pursuing music professionally but have the resources available to make more albums. I’m not in music for the money, but to share it with people and have them interpret it in their own way. I want it to mean something to them. —Valanci Villa
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Gentleman. Prunella, a determined, funny, and super badass witch, is a woman of Indian descent who was orphaned as a child. Like Zacarias, she is fighting to prove herself and for her place in the world of English magic. Cho’s writing is light and accessible, weaving together a nuanced fantasy world that does not ignore issues of equity, colonialism, and gender equality in places of power. With humor and grace, Cho introduces loveable and memorable characters that provide the reader with a thought-provoking, wellpaced ride. The second installment is as good as the first, taking a different look at this world and focusing on a friendship between witches that can’t be broken. I am eagerly awaiting Cho’s third book in the series. December’s Indy Book Club theme is fantasy novels. To find more book recommendations on this theme, visit independent.com/indybookclub. —Caitlin Fitch
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ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Temporary gods are deities who come
alive and become available for particular functions, and they are not otherwise necessary or called upon. For instance, in ancient Greece, the god Myiagros showed up when humans made sacrifices to the goddess Athena. His task was to shoo away flies. I encourage you to invent or invoke such a spirit for the work you have ahead of you. And what’s that work? (1) To translate your recent discoveries into practical plans. (2) To channel your newfound freedom into strategies that will ensure freedom will last. (3) To infuse the details of daily life with the big visions you’ve harvested recently. What will you name your temporary god?
(June 21-July 22): I’ll use the words of Cancerian painter Frida Kahlo to tell you the kind of intimate ally you deserve. If for some inexplicable reason you have not enjoyed a relationship like this before now, I urge you to make 2021 the year that you finally do. And if you HAVE indeed been lucky in this regard, I bet you’ll be even luckier in 2021. Here’s Frida: “You deserve a lover who wants you disheveled … who makes you feel safe … who wants to dance with you … who never gets tired of studying your expressions … who listens when you sing, who supports you when you feel shame and respects your freedom … who takes away the lies and brings you hope.”
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TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): Author Virginia Woolf said that we don’t
wholly experience the unique feelings that arise in any particular moment. They take a while to completely settle in, unfold, and expand. From her perspective, then, we rarely “have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.” With that as your starting point, Taurus, I invite you to take a journey through the last 11 months and thoroughly evolve all the emotions that weren’t entirely ripe when they originally appeared. Now is an excellent time to deepen your experience of what has already happened; to fully bloom the seeds that have been planted.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Wonder is a bulky emotion,” writes
author Diane Ackerman. “When you let it fill your heart and mind, there isn’t room for anxiety, distress, or anything else.” I’d love for you to use her observation as a prescription in 2021, Gemini. According to my understanding of the coming year’s astrological portents, you will have more natural access to wonder and amazement and awe than you’ve had in a long time. And it would make me happy to see you rouse those primal emotions with vigor — so much so that you drive away at least some of the flabby emotions like anxiety, which are often more neurotic than real.
(July 23-Aug. 22): In 2019, singer Ariana Grande got
Japanese characters tattooed on her palm. She believed them to be a translation of the English phrase “7 Rings,” which was the title of a song she had released. But knowledgeable observers later informed her that the tattoo’s real meaning was “small charcoal grill.” She arranged to have alterations made, but the new version was worse: “Japanese barbecue grill finger.” I offer you this story for two reasons, Leo. First, I applaud the creativity and innovative spirit that has been flowing through you. Second, I want to make sure that you keep them on the right track — that they continue to express what you want them to express. With proper planning and discernment, they will.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): While sleeping, most of us have over a thousand dreams every year. Many are hard to remember and not worth remembering. But a beloved few can be life-changers. They have the potential to trigger epiphanies that transform our destinies for the better. In my astrological opinion, you are now in a phase when such dreams are more likely than usual. That’s why I invite you to keep a recorder or a pen and notebook by your bed so as to capture them. For inspi-
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ration, read this testimony from Jasper Johns, whom some call America’s “foremost living artist”: “One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.” Painting flags ultimately became one of Johns’s specialties.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I composed a prayer that’s in align-
ment with your current astrological omens. If it feels right, say it daily for the next 10 days. Here it is: “Dear Higher Self, Guardian Angel, and Future Me: Please show me how to find or create the key to the part of my own heart that’s locked up. Reveal the secret to dissolving any inhibitions that interfere with my ability to feel all I need to feel. Make it possible for me to get brilliant insights into truths that will enable me to lift my intimate alliances to the next level.”
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Author Hermann Hesse observed,
“Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world.” I hope you will prove him wrong in 2021, Scorpio. According to my reading of astrological omens, the rhythms of life will be in alignment with yours if you do indeed make bold attempts to favor music over noise, joy over pleasure, soul over gold, creative work over business, passion over foolery. Moreover, I think this will be your perfect formula for success — a strategy that will guarantee you’ll feel at home in the world more than ever before.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to researcher Nick Watts and his documentary film The Human Footprint, the average person speaks more than 13 million words in a lifetime, or about 4,300 per day. But I suspect and hope that your output will increase in 2021. I think you’ll have more to say than usual — more truths to articulate, more observations to express, more experiences to describe. So please raise your daily quota of
self-expression to account for your expanded capacity to share your intelligence with the world.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Our thinking should have a vigorous
fragrance, like a wheat field on a summer’s night,” wrote philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. I encourage you to adopt that joyful mandate as your own. It’s a perfect time to throw out stale opinions and moldy ideas as you make room for an aromatic array of fresh, spicy notions. To add to your bliss, get rid of musty old feelings and decaying dreams and stinky judgments. That brave cleansing will make room for the arrival of crisp insights that smell really good.
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ize”? It refers to when people experience a small setback or minor problem but interpret it as being a major misfortune. It’s very important that you not engage in catastrophizing during the coming weeks. I urge you to prevent your imagination from jumping to awful conclusions that aren’t warranted. Use deep breathing and logical thinking to coax yourself into responding calmly. Bonus tip: In my view, the small “setback” you experience could lead to an unexpected opportunity — especially if you resist the temptation to catastrophize.
PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): My Buddhist friend Marcia says the
ultimate goal of her meditation practice is to know that the material world is an illusion and that there is no such thing as “I” or “you,” no past or future. There is only the quality-less ground of being. My Sufi friend Roanne, on the other hand, is a devotee of the poet Rumi. The ultimate goal of her meditation practice is to be in intimate contact, in tender loving communion, with the Divine Friend, the personal face of the Cosmic Intelligence. Given your astrological omens, Pisces, I’d say you’re in a prime position to experience the raw truth of both Marcia’s and Roanne’s ideals. The coming days could bring you amazing spiritual breakthroughs!
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/ are doing business as: L A PA L O M A C A F E a t 7 0 2 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Acme 702 Anacapa Street LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Charlotte Villanueva Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 13, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0002808. Published: Dec 3, 10, 17, 24 2020. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/are doing business as: BANK OF YOUTH at 632 Meigs Road Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Emilie Khalil Elzein (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Emilie Elzein Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 1, 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: 2020‑0002905. Published: Dec 10, 17, 24, 31 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/ are doing business as: REED INTERIORS at 590 E Gutierrez Street Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Reed Floors Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Myriam Doussineau Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 4, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0002931. Published: Dec 10, 17, 24, 31 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/ are doing business as: ROOMS & GARDENS at 924 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jami Vo u l g a r i s ( s a m e a d d re s s ) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: J a m i Vo u l g a r i s F i l e d w i t h the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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: 2020‑0002894. Published: Dec 10, 17, 24, 31 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/ are doing business as: C O T TA G E V I R T U A L C A R E at 400 West Pueblo Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: K r i s t i n Tu f v e s s o n Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 1, 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: 2020‑0002903. Published: Dec 10, 17, 24, 31 2020
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/are doing business as: SYMMETRY EQUINE SPORTS MASSAGE T H E R A P Y, STEP AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOM, LETTER PERFECT LEGAL TRANSCRIPT PROOFREADING at 4556 Auhay Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Lindsay A. Woodard (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Lindsay A. Woodard Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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: 2 0 2 0 ‑ 0 0 0 2 8 2 6 . Published: Dec 10, 17, 24, 31 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/are doing business as: PACIFIC RIM R E S E A R C H a t 6 6 0 Ta b o r Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Joseph Brian Dewitt (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Joseph Brian Dewitt Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 25, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2 0 2 0 ‑ 0 0 0 2 8 8 0 . Published: Dec 10, 17, 24, 31 2020 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/ are doing business as: 2Y3X NA WEST at 1130 Arbolado Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Jim B Sterne (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Jim Sterne Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 7, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2 0 2 0 ‑ 0 0 0 2 9 4 7 . Published: Dec 17, 24, 31 2020. Jan 7 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLOOM at 1603 Garden St. A Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Zachary King (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Z a c h a r y T. K i n g F i l e d with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 09, 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: 2 0 2 0 ‑ 0 0 0 2 9 5 7 . Published: Dec 17, 24, 31 2020. Jan 7 2021.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/ are doing business as: LORENA’S CLEANING at 4400 Carpinteria Ave Spc 25 Carpinteria, CA 93013; Lorena L Pantaleon (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Lorena L Pantaleon Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 07, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2 0 2 0 ‑ 0 0 0 2 9 4 0 . Published: Dec 17, 24, 31 2020. Jan 7 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/ are doing business as: RAINE KAILEE HAIR at 1924 De La Vina St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Raine K Lester 4280 Calle Real #74 Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Raine Lester Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 09, 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: 2 0 2 0 ‑ 0 0 0 2 9 6 1 . Published: Dec 17, 24, 31 2020. Jan 7 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/are doing business as: SB SCOOPERS at 1016 E Canon Perdido St. D Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Michael C Ledesma (same address) Alyssa P Davey (same address) This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Michael Ledesma Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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: 2 0 2 0 ‑ 0 0 0 2 8 7 7 . Published: Dec 17, 24, 31 2020. Jan 7 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/ are doing business as: PA C K M U L E M O V E R S & STORAGE LLC at 309 Palm Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Pack Mule Movers & Storage (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Junior F Drew Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 10, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2 0 2 0 ‑ 0 0 0 2 9 6 6 . Published: Dec 17, 24, 31 2020. Jan 7 2021.
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LEGALS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/ are doing business as: S U N T E R R A R E A LT Y a t 7 9 6 E. Haley St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Hilda Perez Sanchez (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Hilda P Sanchez Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 25, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0002878. Published: Dec 17, 24, 31 2020. Jan 7 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE POWER OF N E W, W E S T COAST KITE LIFE at 1201 Alta Vista Rd, 307 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Samuel T Robinson III (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Samuel T Robinson III Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 9, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0002959. Published: Dec 17, 24, 31 2020. Jan 7 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS N A M E S TAT E M E N T T h e following person(s) is/ are doing business as: L O M P O C S H O C K WAV E S a t 201 Somerset Pl. Lompoc, CA 93436; Casey H Brooks (same address) Angela R Brooks (same address) This business is conducted by an Married Couple Signed: Angela Brooks Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 19, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0002839. Published: Dec 17, 24, 31 2020. Jan 7 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: GOODLAND LITTLE SCHOOL at 318 Daytona Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Megumi N. Wright (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Megumi Wright Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 19, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0002838. Published: Dec 17, 24, 31 2020. Jan 7 2021.
NAME CHANGE I N T H E M AT T E R O F T H E A P P L I C AT I O N O F B E R T H A PEREZ SOLIS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV03720 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: BERTHA PEREZ SOLIS
TO: BERTHA PEREZ PENA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to s h o w c a u s e , i f a n y, w h y t h e 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 aooear 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 withouta hearing. Notice of Hearing Jan 12, 2021 10:00 am, Dept 3, Courthouse, S A N TA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St. 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, p r i n t e d i n t h i s c o u n t y, a t least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Nov 18, 2020. by T h o m a s P. Anderle. of the Superior Court. Published. Nov 25. Dec 3, 10, 17 2020.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF DOUGLAS DECEASED
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE S TAT E O F C A L I F O R N I A COUNTY OF S A N TA BARBARA Case No. 20PR00447 In re the matter of: Douglas A. Bryson S u r v i v o r ’s Tr u s t u n d e r t h e B r y s o n F a m i l y Tr u s t dated May 24, 2001, as amended and restated on August 23, 2013 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the creditors and contingent creditors of the above‑named decedent, that all persons having claims against the decedent are required to file them with the Santa Barbara County Superior Court, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, and whose mailing a d d r e s s i s P. O B o x 2 1 1 0 7 , Santa Barbara, California 93121‑1107, and deliver pursuant to Section 1215 of the California Probate Code a copy to Carolyn J. Street a/k/a C a ro l y n S t re e t ‑ Va d n a i s , a s successor trustee of the trust dated May 24, 2001, as amended and restated on August 23, 2013, wherein the decedent w a s t h e s e t t l o r, c / o J e f f D a u g h e r t y, E s q . , L a b o r d e & D a u g h e r t y, 9 2 4 A n a c a p a S t r e e t , S u i t e 1 ‑ T, S a n t a Barbara, California 93101, within the later of four months after December 10, 2020 (the date of the first publication of notice t o c r e d i t o r s ) o r, i f n o t i c e is mailed or personally delivered to you, 60 days after the date this notice is mailed or personnally delivered to you. A claim form may be obtained from the court clerk. For your protection, you are encouraged to file your claim by certified mail, with return receipt r e q u e s t e d . J e f f D a u g h e r t y, Esq. Attorney for Carolyn
J. Street a/k/a Carolyn S t re e t ‑ Va d n a i s S u c c e s s o r Tr u s t e e ; Laborde & Daugherty 924 Anacapa Street, Suite 1‑T Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 963‑4567 Published Dec 10, 17, 24, 31 2020.
PUBLIC NOTICES E X T R A S PA C E S T O R A G E will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 6640 Discovery Drive, Goleta CA. 93117. December 29, 2020 at 3:30 PM Maria Josefina Ramirez D r e s s e r, B e d s e t , B a g s , B o x e s , C l o t h e s , To y s , D e s k Gary Beynon A r m o i r, C h a i r, B e d , Ta b l e , Books, Sports Equip., Shelves, Personal christine barrios Bags, Boxes, Clothes, Shoes, Kitchen Appliance, Ta b l e , B e d S e t , D r e s s e r, Personal The auction will be listed a n d a d v e r t i s e d o n w w w. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal p r o p e r t y. IN THE IOWA COURT FOR COUNTY
DISTRICT BENTON
IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF C A LV I N E . B U S C H & H E L E N ROSE BUSCH Upon the Petition of CALCIN E. BUSCH P e t i t i o n e r, and Concerning HELEN ROSE BUSCH Respondent. CASE NO. CDDM004330 ORIGINAL NOTICE TO THE ABOVE R E S P O N D E N T:
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Yo u a r e n o t i f i e d t h a t a petition has been filed in the office of the clerk of this court naming you as the Respondent in this action. A copy of the petition (and any docuuments filed with it) are attched to this notice. The attorney for the Petitioner is John Mossman, whose address is 122 E. 4th Street, Vinton, Iowa 52349. That a t t o r n e y ’s telephone number is (319) 472‑2396 and facsimile number is (319) 472‑2852. Yo u m u s t s e r v e a m o t i o n o r answer witin 20 days after service of this original notice upon you and, within a reasonable time t h e r e a f t e r, f i l e y o u r m o t i o n or answer with the Clerk of C o u r t f o r B e n t o n C o u n t y, at the county courthouse in Vinton, Iowa. If you do not, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. If you need asstance to participate in court due t o a d i s a b i l i t y, c a l l y o u r district ADA coordinator at (319) 398‑3920 Ext. 1105. Persons who are hearing or speech impaired may call Relay Iowa TTY (1‑800‑735‑2942). Disability coordinators cannot provide legal advice.
NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS FOR THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR GOLETA CITY HALL AND GOLETA LIBRARY 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, City of Goleta, CA PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Goleta (“CITY”), invites sealed bids for the above stated project and will receive such bids via electronic transmission on the City of Goleta PlanetBids portal site until 3:00 P.M., January 14, 2021, and will be publicly opened and posted promptly thereafter. Copies of the Contract Documents and Specifications are available on the CITY website at http://www. cityofgoleta.org/i-want-to/view/city-bid-opportunities. The work includes but is not limited to mowing, tree maintenance, irrigation management, irrigation system maintenance and repair, shrub and ground cover maintenance, trimming, pruning, fertilization, aeration, weed control, cultivation, pest control, deep root watering, plant replacements, trash and debris removal, renovation and cleanup of drainage facilities using landscape maintenance procedures, and all labor, supervision, material and equipment necessary to provide LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR GOLETA CITY HALL AND GOLETA LIBRARY. The services shall be performed in accordance with the Contract Documents, which includes provisions that the work shall be performed without the use of pesticides or commercial fertilizers. The term of the contract shall be thru June 30, 2024, however it will be subject to annual approval of the budget on July 1st of each year within the contract term. A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting is scheduled on January 5, 2021, at 10 A.M at 130 Cremona Dr. Suite B, Goleta, CA 93117 for this project. Meet outside of Suite B. No relief will be granted to contractors for any conditions or restrictions that would have been discovered if they had attended the pre-bid meeting. Please RSVP via PlanetBids no later than close-of-business the day prior to the scheduled bid walk. Bidders must be registered on the City of Goleta’s PlanetBids portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid. Go to PlanetBids for bid results and awards. It is the responsibility of the bidder to submit the bid with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Allow time for technical difficulties, uploading, and unexpected delays. Late or incomplete bids will not be accepted. The bid must be accompanied by a bid security in the form of a money order, a certified cashier’s check, or bidder’s bond executed by an admitted surety, made payable to CITY. The bid security shall be an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total annual bid amount included with their proposals as required by California law. Note: All bids must be accompanied by a scanned copy of the bid security uploaded to PlanetBids. The original security of the three (3) lowest bidders must be mailed to the office of the City Clerk at 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, California 93117, in a sealed envelope and be received within three (3) City business days of the bid due date and time for the bid to be considered. The sealed envelope should be plainly marked on the outside, “SEALED BID SECURITY FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR GOLETA CITY HALL AND GOLETA LIBRARY.”
The Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) per California Labor Code Section 1771.4, including prevailing wage rates and apprenticeship employment The Project is subject to compliance monitoring and on enforcement by the of Indus standards. Affirmative action to ensure against discrimination in employment practices the basis ofDepartment race, Relations (DIR) per California Labor Code Section 1771.4, including prevailing wage rates color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion will also be required. The CITY hereby affirmatively ensures that apprenticeship employment standards. Affirmative action to ensure against discrimination all business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in basis response this notice and will not employment practices on the of race,to color, national origin, ancestry, sex,be or religion will a be required. The CITY hereby affirmatively ensures that all business enterprises will be affor discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion in any consideration full opportunity to submit bids in response to this notice and will not be discriminated against on leading to the award of contract. basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion in any consideration leading to award of contract.
A contract may only be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder that holds a valid Class ”C-27 contract may onlywith be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder that holds a v – Landscaping Contractor” Contractor’s license inAaccordance the provisions of the California Business Class ”C-27 – Landscaping Contractor” Contractor’s license in accordance with the provision and Professions Code. the California Business and Professions Code.
The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond each in an amount The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Payment Bond e equal to 100% of the Contract Price. Each bond shall in the forms set forth herein, be secured a set forth her in an be amount equal to 100% of the Contract Price.shall Each bond shall be in from the forms shall be secured from a suretyas company thatin meets all State of California bonding requireme surety company that meets all State of California bonding requirements, defined Code of Civil Procedure as defined in Code of Civil Procedure Section 995.120, and that is a California admitted su Section 995.120, and that is a California admitted surety insurer. insurer.
Pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1,Pursuant all contractors and subcontractors that to bid be to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all wish contractors andon, subcontractors that w listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform must be registered the to DIR. No public Bid work must to bid on, public be listedwork in a bid proposal, or enter into with a contract perform registered with the DIR. No Bid will be accepted, nor any contract entered into, without proof of will be accepted, nor any contract entered into, without proof of the contractor’s and subcontractors’ current contractor’s and subcontractors’ current registration with the DIR to perform public work. If awar registration with the DIR to perform public work. If awarded a contract, the Bidder and its subcontractors, of a contract, the Bidder and its subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain active registration with any tier, shall maintain active registration with the DIR DIRforfor duration of theFailure Project. Failure proof thethe duration of the Project. to provide proofto of provide the contractor’s current registra Labor Code Section1725.5 1725.5 may result in rejection of the bid as of the contractor’s current registration pursuant topursuant LabortoCode Section may result in rejection ofnon-responsive. the bid as non-responsive. Any protest to an intended award of this contract shall be made in writing addressed to the
Clerk prior to the award. Any protest may be considered and acted on by the City Council at
Any protest to an intended award of this contract shall be made in writing addressed toa the tofor award, ple time noticed for award of the contract. To request copy City of the Clerk notice ofprior agenda contact Clerk (805) 961-7505at or the register on the CITY’s website (www.cityofgoleta.org) the award. Any protest may be considered and acted onthebyCity the City Council time noticed for award of the contract. To request a copy of the notice of agenda for award, please contact the City Clerk (805) 961For information relating to the details of this Project and bidding requirements contact J. Paul Me 7505 or register on the CITY’s website (www.cityofgoleta.org). in writing at pmedel@cityofgoleta.org. For information relating to the details of this Project and bidding requirements contact Paul Medel in writing CITY OFJ. GOLETA at pmedel@cityofgoleta.org. CITY OF GOLETA Published:Santa Barbara Independent: December 10 and December 17, 2020
_____________________________ Deborah S. Lopez, City Clerk
Published: Santa Barbara Independent: December 10 and December 17, 2020
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