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Carbajal Blasts Trump for Inciting Violence Congressmember Reacts to ‘Deplorable’ Chaos at U.S. Capitol by Nick Welsh anta Barbara Congressmember Salud Carbajal accused President Donald Trump of inciting his supporters to commit acts of violence as they broke into the United States Capitol to protest the outcome of a presidential election that Trump maintains — without evidence — was fraudulently stolen from him. “Right now they’re breaking windows to get into the Capitol,” Carbajal stated from the safety of his congressional offices. “It’s shameful. It’s deplorable.” Carbajal was not on the floor of the chambers when today’s proceedings were abruptly halted as pro-Trump protesters got past Capitol security. Vice President Mike Pence — the presiding officer — was evacuated. Many protesters got onto the floor of the Senate itself. Some occupied the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Carbajal opined that not enough Capitol security personnel had been initially deployed as has been warranted, but he stated reinforcements were on the way. “He’s encouraging the protesters and he’s inciting them in committing violence,” Carbajal charged. “He’s asking them to be rowdy and show their power and force. It’s just deplorable.” Carbajal stated he supported peaceful protests, but violent protests, he said, will be put down. He accused Trump of exhibiting a double standard when it came to the violence committed by his supporters. “It’s okay, I guess, when his supporters break windows,” he said, alluding to Trump’s vehement condemnation of this summer’s Black Lives Matter protests. Later that afternoon, President Trump tweeted, “I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remem-
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ber, WE are the Party of Law & Order — respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!” Carbajal stated he was under no threat and that he was sharing his office with his wife, Gina Carbajal, and his chief of staff, Jeremy Tittle. Because of COVID, he said, most members had been instructed to remain in their offices until they were needed either to speak or to vote. Carbajal said that crowds were big, but not that big. “This is a good-sized protest — it’s significant — but the mall isn’t remotely full. To put this in perspective, it’s nowhere nearly as big as the Women’s March,” he stated. The big question, he said, was whether any of the protesters were armed and what would happen in a few hours when night fell. Capitol Police radio reported “shots fired” in the building, according to Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and at least one woman was seen during live cable coverage being carried out on a stretcher, visibly bleeding. The D.C. mayor announced a 6 p.m. curfew. Whatever happened, Carbajal insisted, the election results would be ratified — either late Wednesday or sometime Thursday — and that the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would be ratified. “This is strictly a pro-formal precrural vote,” he said. “Make no mistake, we will continue, we will get this done, and one way or the other, he will leave the White House come January 20 — one way or another.” Carbajal dismissed Trump’s contention of voter fraud as “lies and unfounded mischaracterizations” but said that’s what the nation has come to expect from the president. “Just as concerning is that a few of my colleagues in the House have aided and abetted Trump in his denials and falsehoods.” n
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by Nick Welsh esidents of Santa Barbara’s Westside have grown accustomed to wondering whether the late-night “snap-crackle-pop” they often hear is gunshots or merely firecrackers. On Monday at about 9:05 p.m., the Westside air was rent once again by a series of percussive pops — about 10 in all. Given the deadly spray of gunfire that erupted across town the previous night — leaving two teens dead and two more wounded in an incident police have attributed to criminal street gangs—this sonic staccato elicited urgent and immediate attention. Police investigators — already on edge about a possible escalation of gang tension — received multiple calls from neighbors and dispatched investigators to the intersection of Castillo and Arrellaga streets. There, they determined LIVES CUT SHORT: Angel Castillo (left), 17, and Omar Montiel-Hernandez, 18, were both fatally shot Sunday night. that bullets had, in fact, been fired. No one, police spokesperson Anthony Wagner reported, had been hurt. He declined to say, however, whether anything had been shot, what blitzed that he crashed into two police vehicles at the scene of the has run rampant, and rumors likewise. the make of the bullets sprayed was, or how many shooters there shooting, rendering them un-drivable. The driver was cited and Gang violence is hardly new to Santa Barbara, but even seareleased. may have been. soned observers of South Coast youth violence were taken aback There would be no comic relief, however, for families and by the uncharacteristic deployment of such lethal firepower. With a gang-related stabbing — life-threatening but nonfatal — having taken place downtown on December 31 near the inter- friends of Angel Castillo, 17, and Omar Montiel-Hernandez, 18, What was behind the shooting? Who was involved? Those worksection of Anapamu and De la Vina streets coupled with this past both fatally shot Sunday night. Two others were hit in the attack ing the trenches of youth violence prevention, such as Saul SerSunday’s eruption of deadly gunfire at Canada and Liberty, cops though not fatally; their identities have not been released yet. The rano of the South Coast Task Force on Youth Safety, pick their are understandably on edge. And they’re hardly the only ones. So Castillo and Montiel-Hernandez families now find themselves words with care, fearful they might inadvertently trigger further too are school district officials, city councilmembers, neighbor- forced to bury children who would never figure out who they violence simply by asking the question on everyone’s mind: Is hood activists, a squadron of social workers, and pretty much wanted to become. Burials are not cheap, and both families have there more yet to come? anyone who calls the Eastside or Westside their home. orchestrated GoFundMe campaigns to help defray the costs. Serrano spent much of Monday morning on a Zoom meetWhat police know, they are not saying, other than that the ing with 30 other service providers whose job it is to deal with Providing a perverse element of comic relief for the officers investigating Monday night’s gunfire was a driver reportedly so shooting seemed entirely one-sided. Speculation, accordingly, at-risk teens. They have their work cut out for them. In the best of
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by Tyler Hayden hroughout the coronavirus pandemic, Santa Barbara County officials have maintained a unified public front of careful warnings and cautious optimism. Tuesday afternoon, as COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and deaths skyrocketed to new record levels, Dr. Henning Ansorg, the county’s health officer, at last dramatically delivered remarks that dripped with frustration and despair. AT THE LIMIT: An exhausted doctor slumps in a hospital “In light of our current situation, I am hallway. at a loss,” he said during a media-only Zoom call. “I honestly don’t know what take many more months before widespread to say anymore. Many people are blatantly distribution is possible. disregarding all warnings. There’s a lot of By February, health-care officials hope traveling, a lot of mixing and mingling and they can offer the vaccine to people 75 and not wearing masks. older, as well as essential workers in the food, “I understand that people are tired of the agriculture, education, and emergency services pandemic,” Ansorg continued. “However, sectors. Into March, doses are expected to denial of the facts will only make things be available for people ages 65 to 74 with worse.” Those facts are as follows: underlying health conditions; transportation, Since the Thanksgiving holiday, when an construction, and manufacturing workers; untold number of people chose to ignore and homeless and incarcerated individuals. public health orders to stay home, active Next up, into late spring, are younger people COVID-19 cases in Santa Barbara County with underlying health issues as well as water, have leaped from around 300 to a current defense, IT, financial, and communications 2,105. employees. After that is everyone else. Hospitalizations spiked from the low teens Officials say they’re working fast and to 172. furious to ramp up capacity with the goal Intensive-care unit capacity has of administering 1,000 doses a day by next plummeted to below one percent. For the first month. Learn more and find your place in line time since the start of pandemic, ICU surge at publichealthsbc.org/vaccine/. beds are also now in use, with 12 currently Ansorg predicted that in the next two occupied. to three weeks, Santa Barbara’s health-care In the last 48 hours, 13 people have died, far apparatus is likely to confront the same more than any other two-day period. A total systemwide overload Los Angeles is currently experiencing, where people with acute of 173 have lost their lives to COVID-19. And the grim trend is certain to continue, medical needs, COVID or otherwise, are no Ansorg went on, as new infections from longer being admitted to hospitals if they don’t Christmastime trips and gatherings catch have a high probability of survival, or triage. up with the rest of the population. “Let’s face “Unfortunately, I see that for us in the future,” it,” he said, “our COVID situation is Santa he said. “It’s actively being discussed with our Barbara County is dire.” hospital partners.” The testing positivity rate is now at 60 Ansorg also anticipated that lockdown percent, double the threshold for what precautions will continue into the fall. But is considered widespread transmission; they may be lifted sooner, he said, if more 76 individual outbreaks were reported in people abide by the health orders, including businesses and congregate living facilities in that those who must travel outside the county are required to quarantine for 10 days upon December alone. Hospitals are now preparing to implement their return. Very few people have adhered “crisis care” protocols, Ansorg explained, to that, he said. If the virus variant, which “meaning that a person with urgent health reared its head in Southern California this needs other than COVID cannot receive week, makes it up to Santa Barbara, the sixthe appropriate care they could normally foot social distancing requirement will likely expect.” As an example, he said, “If someone have to expand, he said. suffers a brain bleed and could be saved by an In the meantime, Ansorg intoned, “There expert performing a procedure, this may no are behaviors that are most risky. For instance, longer be possible because the hospitals are traveling and gathering, especially when not overbooked with COVID patients.” wearing masks. But there are other behaviors The recent arrival of vaccines for health that are safer, like walking with a friend or workers was a welcome bit of good news, household member, keeping a distance from Ansorg acknowledged. Of the 16,775 doses others and wearing a mask at all times.” allocated to Santa Barbara County, 54 percent At a time when the virus is spreading have so far been delivered and administered, exponentially, these choices have even greater a higher proportion than what has been consequences, he said. “Please make the right reported statewide. However, he said, it will choices.” n
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fter reporting a major increase in students receiving Ds and Fs during the pandemic, the Santa Barbara Unified School District considered getting rid of them entirely on Tuesday. The proposal — which aims to adapt to the pandemic learning changes and protect students from the inevitable inequities caused by it — only gives letter grades A-C. If students don’t make a C grade or better, they are either School Boardmember Laura Capps given an “incomplete” or a one D or F on their most recent report “no credit.” “Grades are not the only measure of cards this year, and 10 percent of them student success; they are also, however, an have three or more Ds and Fs. And it doesn’t just stop at the junior important gatekeeper of student access to future learning,” said Shawn Carey, assis- high and high school level. In elementary, tant superintendent of secondary educa- about a third of students earned a score tion. “The grading policy has to honor of one or two in reading, writing and/or the rigor of an instructional program and math on their most recent report cards ensuring we are holding students harm- (out of five). That is a 10 percent increase less, especially from what’s out of their compared to past years. The elementary control.” grading system does not have proposed If the policy were implemented, stu- changes like secondary grades, but it dents who receive an incomplete would requires more intervention opportunities be assigned a learning task to make up for before issuing a one or a two. The board members, though all appreciit and, if completed by June 2, they could turn it into a C or better. Students who ated the compassionate reasoning behind earn a no credit would have to produce the proposed policy, were not completely documentation of consultation between on board with it. the parent and teacher to create a plan of “When you just read this at face value, recovering learning. The board only dis- the interventions that are needed — the cussed the policy today and will vote on teachers bear all the brunt of it. If you it January 12. could please come back to us with more “I think the grading policy as it stands, concrete answers,” Boardmember Laura while it’s well intended, is missing that Capps said to district staff. Boardmember Virginia Alvarez had a piece where we need to look at what is behind that child getting a D or an F,” said solution of her own to Capps’s comment. Karen McBride, president of the Santa “What’s the common interest?” AlvaBarbara Teachers Association. “What are rez asked. “We all want the students to we going to do about it besides just giving do well. Is there a third choice we haven’t them more time? That doesn’t address the thought about? Perhaps we can still give the students additional time, but we take root causes.” McBride was joined by a couple of the burden off of the teachers because teachers and a parent who pleaded with they’re already moving forward to their the board to reconsider the policy, agree- new classes and new students. Perhaps we ing that it doesn’t solve the root issue and can devote some funding so we can have worrying that it places too much burden a teacher on special assignment at each on the teachers to get incomplete students school who supports the students.” Superintendent Hilda Maldonado to pass. Some also worried that the timing was too soon — effective January 12 — and later responded that that could work on a that once again, there was not enough school-by-school basis, though it couldn’t transparency and teachers didn’t have “a be applied across the entire district. Alvaseat at the table” when it came to changing rez wanted to see a policy that helps to solve the issues students face that cause the grading policy. The change comes after the district their Ds and Fs in the first place. reported in December that over a quarter “I’d like to hear more about the interof junior high and high school students ventions that are in place,” Alvarez said. in Santa Barbara Unified received at least “I’d like to hear about the root causes.” n INDEPENDENT.COM
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• Like their bigger counterparts, small businesses (those with as few as five employees) must now provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for family and medical needs. The law also expands on accepted reasons for taking leave to protect workers caring for a family member sick with COVID-19. • Large farms (those with 26 or more employees) must pay their workers overtime after they’ve worked 8.5 hours in a single day or 45 hours in a week. • Certain professionals, including musicians, writers, landscape architects, and others, are now exempt from AB 5, a law signed last year that reclassified many independent contractors as employees.
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• Inmate firefighters — who during the last fire season made up a third of all frontline firefighters — can now petition the court to have their records expunged. This will allow them to become professional firefighters. (Those convicted of sex offenses and certain violent felonies are exempt.)
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• When approving a medical exemption for children to skip one or more vaccines they would otherwise need to attend school, private doctors are required to submit their exemption in electronic form to state public health officials. • Senate Bill 855 requires health-care plans to cover medically necessary treatment for all recognized mental-health and substance-abuse disorders. • The state’s Health and Human Services Agency has been directed to enter partnerships with private companies to produce and distribute affordable generic prescription drugs.
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NEWS of the WEEK CONT’D times, Serrano said, such intervention requires a delicate personal touch. But with COVID-19 intruding, the conditions are far from ideal. “It’s a crisis on top of another crisis,” Serrano said. “COVID has made it very difficult. We’ve seen a significant gap in services because of the safety protocols required by COVID.” COVID has clearly exacerbated economic and cultural tensions that fuel youth violence. As Mayor Cathy Murillo noted, low-income parents working two to three jobs now find themselves struggling to stay even partially employed. Kids have no schools to attend in the flesh. Gang members locked up in county jail or in state prison, she added, have been released back to their communities of origin out of an abundance of caution concerning COVID behind bars. Initially, Murillo suggested, COVID may have helped keep a lid on gang activity. It had been reported, she said, that gang shot-callers in state prisons had called a COVID-inspired truce. Whether true or not, this, she said, trickled down to the streets of Santa Barbara. But 10 months of a pandemic with no obvious end in sight have taken their toll. Jacqueline Inda, a longtime neighborhood activist on the Eastside, reported there’s been an increase in drug abuse, youth violence, car thefts, and robberies on the lower Eastside, whether it shows up in official police statistics or not. “A lot of us feel safe enough to turn a blind eye to what’s going on as long as it’s not happening right in front of our face,” Inda said. City Councilmember Alejandra Gutierrez, who represents the Eastside, expressed frustration by the lack of coordination among all the many nonprofits attempting to address the needs of low-income youth. “We have all the resources,” she stated. “It’s time to put all the political BS aside and come together.” But, she added, it’s not quite that simple. Programs such as the Police Activities League that provided low-income kids with structure have been forced to shut down because of COVID. More affluent families, Gutierrez noted, can host learning pods with paid tutors in their backyards. “Kids in my district don’t have backyards,” she said. Other community activists have questioned City Hall’s commitment to youth pro-
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grams, noting that jobs programs that used to find work for 80 teens had dwindled even before the onslaught of COVID to less than 15. Programs designed to provide positive alternatives to gang culture, they’ve complained, typically are funded only so long as gang violence poses an immediate problem. Gutierrez said City Hall needs to help craft long-term and short-term strategies that send the message that “enough is enough.” The City Attorney, she observed, just filed criminal charges against a homeowner who illegally cut down a tree. Gutierrez supported the lawsuit but added, “You can plant a new tree. You can’t plant new kids once they’ve been shot and killed.” Gutierrez praised Santa Barbara Unified School Superintendent Hilda Maldonado for reaching out to offer grief counseling services. Monday, it should be noted, marked the first day of the new semester. The school district has opened up its campuses at Cleveland and Franklin elementary schools to offer counseling services to anyone in the community. In years past, organizations led by former gang members and shot-callers—including the Pro-Youth Coalition, Palabra, and YStrive — would have conducted back-channel communications with the leaders of rival gang factions to keep the violence from spreading. Such efforts are reportedly currently under discussion but not necessarily underway. In the meantime, the police are still investigating and by deadline, no arrests have yet been made. “I take it very personal,” said Gutierrez. “I just don’t want another young person dead on n our streets.”
New 2021 Laws cont’d local police fatally shoot an unarmed person. • Counties have been given the authority to create a civilian oversight board to independently oversee the work of a Sheriff ’s Department and, if needed, to issue subpoenas. • Assembly Bill 1196 prohibits law enforcement officers from using chokeholds and carotid holds.
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THANKS TO DONALD: Maybe now—finally— I can stop binging on reruns of The West Wing. That’s the TV show starring Martin Sheen
and, for a few memorable seasons, Santa Barbara’s own Rob Lowe —that depicted a White House populated by competent, decent, likable, conscientious, and only slightly Machiavellian Triple A+ personality disorder types who seemed to believe in something other than their own political tumescence. For the past two months, I’ve imbibed that show to keep reality at bay. I might have tried opioids, but constipation doesn’t work as a lifestyle choice. With the Georgia Senate election results now in—at least sort of—it appears I might be able to switch gears. Kelly Loeffler, the Republican incumbent who ran TV ads describing herself to be more conservative than Attila the Hun, seems to have “decisively” lost to Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock, a Black minister who for the past 15 years has preached from the same pulpit in the same church as Martin Luther King Jr. The other Republican incumbent, David Perdue, remains on statistical life support—at least as of this writing—but is all but certainly doomed. These victories now give Democrats a Senate 50-50 majority, and for this they can and should thank President Donald Trump, whose delusional death throes over the past two months created nonstop chaos within
the Republican ranks while energizing the Democratic base. First, we had to endure Trump’s last-second effort to torpedo the new—and desperately needed— COVID stimulus package that his own negotiators had worked out. Trump, waiting ’til the 11th hour to dip his toe in the water—insisted on personal payment checks of $2,000 instead of the $600 agreed upon by his negotiators. Democrats, of course, loved the idea, which died a quick and predictable death in the Senate. “Trump loves to play arsonist and firefighter at the same time,” said Santa Barbara’s congressional representative Salud Carbajal —a child of Mexican immigrants who was first elected to Congress the same year Trump won the White House. For the past four years, Carbajal has started his day catching up on Trump’s tweets from the night before, separating fact from fiction and wondering which threats could the president carry out and which ones were his bluster. After that, Carbajal would settle into his first cup of coffee. More recently, there was Trump’s veto of the $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act, painstakingly hammered out by Repub-
licans and Democrats. Trump was incensed the bill requires that military bases named after Confederate generals be given new names —preferably ones that do not honor
those who fought for slavery—within three years. He was even angrier the bill did not
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include language provisions that would punish social media outlets that have posted cautionary alerts when Trump’s tweets have not been supported by the facts. Carbajal voted with the House — controlled by a Democrat majority—to override the president’s veto. But that was predictable. More striking, the Senate — controlled by Mitch McConnell and the Republicans—did so too. And overwhelmingly by a vote of 81-13. Nothing breeds such bipartisanship, a cynic might observe, more than Pentagon pork. Trump’s escalating tirades about an election he most obviously lost has served only to fracture what remains of a Republican Party. He is not totally alone in this fantasy, but he’s joined mostly by terrified Republicans engaging in public displays of naso-rectal fealty or by the most brazenly opportunistic— Ted Cruz comes to mind—hoping to pimp Trump’s base for their own presidential ambitions. Trump’s histrionic fantasies have already crashed and burned. To date, 60 judges—many Republicans, quite a few of whom are Trump appointees—found that Trump’s allegations of electoral fraud lacked any substantiating evidence. He lost by seven million votes. When it comes to electoral votes, Trump beat Hillary Clinton four years ago by the same margin Joe Biden beat him by in November. When Trump won, he declared that a landslide. It is perhaps beside the point to observe that as of Election Day, 292,000 Americans had died of COVID or COVID-related complications. Today, that number is in excess of 353,483. The virus has since mutated into a far more infectious strain. In Santa Barbara,
we now have 2,105 active cases, of which 172 required hospitalization. On Election Day, we had 103 active cases and only 10 were hospitalized. Little wonder Santa Barbara’s public health officer, Dr. Henning Ansorg, feels so overwhelmed. “I am at a loss,” he proclaimed at his first press conference of the New Year. “I
honestly don’t know what to say anymore.”
Perhaps the one thing for which Trump can legitimately claim bragging rights is the speed with which the vaccine was developed. But the rollout of the vaccine has been fraught with almost as many snags as the initial development of COVID tests. Not all responsibility lies with ineptitude at the federal level, but too much does. Efforts by Trump sycophants to derail the election results and storm the Bastille this week will no doubt fail. But the fact that Congress had to be shut down and VP Pence had to be evacuated indicate how crazy things are. There are rumors that Trump—hoping to avoid the indignity of Biden’s inauguration —will travel to Scotland the day before to play golf at one of his many golf courses. He is reputedly very good, though a notorious cheat. However, Trump is experiencing blowback from by Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, who has insisted that no one will be allowed travel to Scotland except those engaged in essential services. “Playing golf,” said Sturgeon—a great admirer of Margaret Thatcher and politically conservative—“is not what I would consider to be an essential service.”
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ast night, sirens were in our neighborhood. My wife just said, “More murders in our neighborhood,” and she was right. I am glad we have a home, but there have been four murders within three blocks of our apartment recently. I hope to get my family out of this neighborhood if the police cannot do anything about it. California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra will be in the Biden administration as Secretary of Health and Human Services and has been hard on gangs, so maybe we will see some real action to get rid of the gangs, or maybe they will finally kill one another off. Attorney General Becerra is a son of legal immigrants from Mexico and understands that gangs that grow out of the immigrant community, as most do, lend a bad name to all immigrants and must be eliminated. Political correctness stifles both knowledge of and solutions for this problem. I was an international election observer in El Salvador and was briefed there on emigration and gangs. MS-13, the most violent of the gangs, originated in Los Angeles among the immigrant community from El Salvador. The history of street gangs verifies that gangs often originate among immigrant communities. I assert this as the grandson of legal immigrants with a legal immigrant wife and two legal immigrant sons.
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really found the comments in the above letter offensive and racist. I can’t believe the Independent posted these comments with the title “The ’Hood.” What connotative lead were you trying to capture with such an insensitive term during this time of mourning for the lives lost on Liberty Street? Allowing Lane Anderson to express that gang activity is directly related to illegal immigration does not help us out here on the Eastside. We are all frustrated right now. But to read his racist comments at this time only fuels the discrimination people of color continue to experience in Santa Barbara. My daughter is the same age of the two boys murdered, and she comes from a family of immigrants. Can the letter writer explain why she is not involved with gangs or the gang lifestyle?
Gang violence is a symptom caused by systemic issues related to poor education and poverty. Santa Barbara is a city that thrives on immigrant labor and must face the limited support that truly speaks to that experience. I wish you would have not run Mr. Anderson’s letter to the editor. I don’t think it serves your readers well. —Mark Moses Alvarado, S.B.
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The Bottles & Barrels column on December 24 elicited appreciation on Facebook for Grocery Outlet’s weinmeister Byron Collett and even a jingle: Leslie Westbrook Love wine hunting at Grocery Outlet. Only problem is I’m often too late when I return for discoveries. Nice to know Byron’s backstory — and that he’s a Carp neighbor! • Ben Romo I am a secret lover of Grocery Outlet Bargain Market. Also, for the record, I believe the store’s name should only be said/written completely as above. • Salem Mackintosh-Benitez Grocery Outlet, Bargain Market Heather Stanley Shhhhhhh. Don’t tell. Grocery I was just kidding. Grocery Outlet Outlet sucks. is my go-to for wine deals, and the more people that know, the less wine! Haha! • Sheryl Schroeder You have to go through some real stinkers, though, to get to some good ones, and then when you find one you like and go back for more, it’s all gone! • James St. James Shhhhhh!
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have no desire to go out these days, as my cut chin, swollen lips, and black eye are not attractive to look at, and putting a mask on is a bit difficult with my sprained arm — just another victim of careless cyclists. At East Beach, a swarm of spandex rides two, sometimes three across, in un-respected bike lanes. Cyclists fail to stop at road signs and signals. Going up to 20mph on electric bikes, they enjoy playing imaginary pinball games with pedestrians out for a gentle walk. Santa Barbara is not Santa Rosa; it is not Bend, Oregon; and it is certainly not Los Angeles. You want respect? —Tara Stoker, S.B. Earn it.
Kasper George Graff 5/9/1925 - 12/6/2020
Kasper George Graff was born on May 9, 1925 in Leland, Iowa, and passed away on December 6, 2020 in Santa Barbara, California at the age of 95. He was the youngest of nine children, having four brothers and four sisters. As a youngster, George lived in rural areas of Iowa as part of the farming community. One of his fondest memories was the family-maintained garden with potatoes, which were eaten in a variety of ways, as well as cherry and apple trees, and gooseberry bushes. His mother made homemade cottage cheese from the family’s dairy cows and added boiled strawberries from the garden, as well as delicious homemade breads. George liked to ride the workhorses bareback every chance he could, and chuckled about the time a horse decided to head into the barn with George still riding. Narrowly George escaped being scraped from the horse’s back by plastering himself down. He also relished evenings of music when his grandfather pulled out the accordion and extended family gathered to tell stories of bygone days. George also enjoyed his one room schoolhouse experience through elementary, and especially when his school put together enough children for a team of all ages, both female and male, to compete against another one room schoolhouse. While still in high school, George was accepted to the U.S. Navy V-12 Officer’s Training Program. He excelled in the program, later attending Notre Dame to receive a degree in Aeronautical Engineering as well as earning an Officer’s Commission. Subsequently, George’s Navy duty was in the area of overhaul and repair of aircraft. After the war, he returned to Notre Dame where he worked as a Teaching Assistant while earning a Master’s Degree in Engineering Mechanics. After graduation, he was an Instructor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics at Iowa INDEPENDENT.COM
State University in Ames, Iowa. It was there that he met Betty Richards and they married in 1948. George once commented that Betty was the love of his life, and marrying her was the most important thing he had done. After their honeymoon, they moved to Southern California where George worked as an aeronautical engineer at Northrup Aircraft in the engineering of airplane and missile structures. He and Betty purchased a tract home in Long Beach, where their three children were born. George and Betty then built a new home on the Palos Verdes Peninsula south of Los Angeles. While this was a somewhat rural area, their children attended a high school with about 2000 students, quite a departure from George’s experience. All of George and Betty’s children were educated in the California University System. During the 1960’s, George’s fancy was taken by the emerging satellite and space program. He joined the Aerospace Corporation, a “think tank” engaged only in government business, as part of the team for systems engineering of satellites, one of his projects being The Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). After retiring, George and Betty lived in Spirit Lake, Iowa, enjoying farming and relaxing at the home they designed and built on West Okoboji Lake. They wintered in Surprise, Arizona and their homes were decorated with many pieces of Native American art. Betty and George spent part of nearly every summer at their cabin in Glacier National Park, appreciating the serenity and beautiful view. They eventually settled in Santa Barbara to be closer to family. George is preceded in death by his wife of 72 years, Betty Graff, and eldest son, Stephen Graff. George is loved and will be missed by children Rick (Sue) Graff and Jill (Corey) Anderson, as well as grandchildren Sarah Graff LaCasse, Amy (Garrett) Damron, Katie (James) Anderson Orr, Lorin (Sébastien) Cuendet, Brad Anderson, Holly (Ryan) Palmerston, Kara (Frank) Hale, Erica Graff and 11 great-grandchildren. There will be a private family service for George and Betty in 2021. Memorial donations may be made in George’s name to The Glacier National Park Conservancy or the charity of your choice. Continued on p.10
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obituaries Dr. Mohamed Samir “Sam” Amer
Betty Longstreet
3/29/1926 - 12/11/2020
9/2/1935 - 12/21/2020
Dr. Mohamed Samir “Sam” Amer died at his second home in Punta del Este, Uruguay, on December 21, 2020. He was 85. Born in Tanta, Egypt, to Mohamed Mohamed Amer and Zeinab Hussein Saad Amer, Sam came to the U.S. in 1958 as a Fulbright scholar to study pharmacology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he earned a Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy in pharmacology. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University. Sam was renowned for his work as a pharmacologist, having conducted extensive research in the areas of hypertension, biochemical pharmacology, general pharmacology and cancer research. He lectured at conferences across the U.S., France, Italy, and the U.K.; authored more than 100 articles to various professional journals, including Nature; served on the editorial board of the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and the journal Clinical and Experimental Hypertension; and held more than 15 patents on drug and food development. After retiring as Director of Biological Research at Bristol Meyers in New York, Sam and his wife started their own company licensing his research worldwide. A Santa Barbara resident since 1987, Sam was known for his immense warmth and positivity, his sense of humor, his ready and welcoming smile, and his booming, contagious laugh. He lived his life with unfailing gratitude, love, authenticity, humility, integrity, and generosity. Sam was a devoted husband, a proud father, and a doting grandfather. He was a role model to many, and a loyal friend who never hesitated to help others in need, and a fierce champion of the underprivileged. He loved playing tennis, backgammon, and bridge; watching soccer; and taking long walks. He is survived by his wife, C. Marguerite Amer; his four children, Amre Amer, Nancy Amer, Mona Amer, and Suzanne Amer Albizzati; and his two grandchildren, Mathis and Arthur Albizzati. 10
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Betty was born in New York City, but first came to Santa Barbara as an infant, visiting the home of her uncle, Bernhard Hoffmann. After adventures in Italy and England, at the age of five, she would return to Stockbridge, Massachusetts to spend her childhood. Here she developed her famous love of walking, free and unfettered, across the still wild countryside. She would attend Bryn Mawr College, and go on to work at Woods Hole Marine Biology Laboratory. The Second World War brought her family to Colorado, where she would meet Orman Longstreet; they would marry five years later in New York City. The new Longstreets would return to Hollywood, and have four children; Richard, Donn, Scott and Holly. She had a love of camping. Over the years there would be many family trips to most of the Western United States. In later years she would travel on her own, car camping and visiting, from the Southwest up to Canada. In the 1950’s and 60’s she would work for the National Association for Better Broadcasting in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to alert America to the effects of violence in mass media. Sadly, the world we see today is proof of what she fought for. She was a pioneer of early childhood education, becoming one of the first directors in Project Head Start. Her commitment led her to the choice of South Central Los Angeles, in the momentous year of 1965. Her schools were at the center of the fight in Watts that year. Her true love and caring for all children left a legacy that cannot be measured. She would spend the next part of her working life as an executive secretary at banks in Denver and Santa Barbara. When retirement came, she was able to follow her love of nature by becoming a docent at the Santa Barbara Zoo. She would be able to share that love with thousands over the years she was there. Many still remember her as “The Lady with the Elephant Cart.” She loved music, and from her support of many bands and musicians she would come to be known as the “Godmother of Santa Barbara Music”.
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Betty’s life was her celebration, and she lives on in the hearts of every life she touched. She also lives on in her children, her grandchildren: Sarah, Beck, Ian, Caitlin, Emily, and Zack, and her great grandchildren: Phineas, Vera, Alma, Austin, Finley, Cooper, and Sullivan (and one not yet born). “Love your friends, love the music, and never be afraid to walk barefoot in the rain.”
Chi-yun Chen
5/5/1933 - 12/1/2020
Chi-yun Chen, a devoted husband, father, and mentor, passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 1, 2020 after spending several quiet hours with his wife by his side. Professor Chen was a UCSB Professor Emeritus and a renowned scholar of Han Dynasty Chinese history and medieval Confucianism. His later research interests included East-West comparative perspectives on Chinese history and, Chinese and Western theories and approaches to history. Chi-yun was born in Canton, China in 1933. His mother was a nurse, and his father was an educator and founder of LingNan Daily, a newspaper published in GuangZhouWan, China, until it was closed under Japanese occupation. Chi-yun’s own childhood was marked by the upheavals of World War II as well as the Chinese civil war, which resulted in his leaving mainland China in 1949 for Hong Kong and then Taiwan. After graduating from Taiwan Normal University in 1956, Chi-yun traveled back to Hong Kong to study with one of the greatest historians of China, Ch’ien Mu, founder of New Asia College in Hong Kong. In 1960, Chi-yun was awarded a fellowship to pursue doctoral research in Chinese history at Harvard University. Chi-yun met Yvonne Yuenhan Chan in Hong Kong in 1959. During their courtship, he gave her a rose (which she still has
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pressed in her diary) and a copy of The Little Prince and told her that even though there are many roses in the world, only one is special to the little prince. They fell in love and married in 1962 in Berkeley, California, where Yvonne was studying architecture at U.C. Berkeley. After Chi-yun received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1967, they settled in Santa Barbara, where he became a professor in the UCSB History Department, Yvonne practiced architecture, and they raised two daughters, Donna and Davina. Yvonne, Donna, and Davina vividly recall family discussions and debates around the dinner table about current events, world cultures, and the importance of pursuing truth and what that means in today’s world. Chi-yun was very proud to have raised two strong, independent daughters. Chi-yun was a member of the UCSB faculty for twenty-seven years and achieved Emeritus status in 1994. During this time, Chi-yun continued to research, lecture, and teach extensively in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore, including serving as Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Language and Civilizations at Harvard University (1973–1975) and Inaugural Senior Visiting Fellow at the Mok Hing Cheong Endowment for Chinese Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (1981–1982). After attaining Emeritus status, Professor Chen received endowed professorships at Tsinghua University in Taiwan (1994–2004) and Nankai University in Tianjin, China (2004–2013). His many publications include Hsun Yueh: The Life and Reflections of an Early Medieval Confucian (1975), Hsun Yueh and the Mind of Late Han China (1980), “Confucian, Legalist, and Taoist Thought” in The Cambridge History of China, and “Han Confucianism” in Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy, edited by Antonio C. Cua. In recognition of his expertise, Professor Chen was invited by the United Nations Educational Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) to participate in conceiving its publication of a new History of Humanity and was one of three Chinese historians invited to write chapters on Chinese history. In addition to conducting his own research, Professor Chen was a devoted mentor, working with countless students of Chinese history across many countries and directing doctoral dissertations until his retirement in 2013. Upon learning of his death, two of his students from Nankai University, both
of whom are now on faculty at universities in China, wrote to Yvonne about the tremendous impact Chi-yun had on their lives. They explained that, under his guidance, they came to understand what is “knowledge.” In addition, they received huge spiritual and intellectual encouragement from him, strengthening their commitment to pursue academic paths. In addition to Yvonne, his wife of 58 years, Chi-yun is survived by his daughter Donna Te-wei Chen (husband Bradford Worrall), grandsons Alden Siming and Cary Si-chung Chen Worrall; his daughter Davina Te-min Chen (husband Ernesto Martinez), granddaughters Mirasol Si-zhen and Paolina Si-yu Chen Martinez; and his brother, Kai Chiu Chen (wife, Kuei Shin Lo), nephew Kam Kei (wife Nicole Hong Qin Tang), and nieces Moklin and Xiaolian Chen. He is also survived by Yvonne’s siblings—Lawrence Kai-fu Chan, Ching-han Lee, Michael Lap-fu Chan, Julia Ying-han Chan, Amy Winghan Wat, and David Man-fu Chan¬—who were like his own siblings. They all called him Chi-yun , which means “elder brother Chi-yun.” The family thanks Drs. Linda Chen and Robert Harbaugh for their care and advice during the last years of Chi-yun’s life at home. They also express deep gratitude to all the caregivers and staff at Pacifica Memory Care and VNA Health for their loving care of him in the last year of his life. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate a donation in his name to the Institute of World Culture, Santa Barbara (worldculture.org), a non-profit organization with a group of dedicated people who share his passion for understanding world cultures; or to VNA Health a non-profit hospice agency in Santa Barbara. Yvonne, Donna, and Davina feel at peace knowing that Chi-yun’s spirit is free from his physical body and happy that his academic work is being continued by his students. The family is planning a celebration of his life after the pandemic. “Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.” —Rabindranath Tagore
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obituaries Robert Gregg Thompson 4/20/1928 - 12/27/2020
Robert (Bob) Gregg Thompson, 92, died peacefully at his home on December 27, 2020. Bob was born in Fresno, California on April 20, 1928 to Robert M. and Ruth Gregg Thompson. In 1930, they moved to Santa Barbara where Bob spent most of his life, raised a family and had a long successful career. Bob attended Laguna Blanca School in Santa Barbara and graduated high school from Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts. In 1949 he joined the Navel Reserves and was then called up to serve in the U.S. Navy during the Korean war on a mine sweeper in the quartermaster corp. After the war, Bob continued his education at UCSB, then moved to San Francisco where he graduated from Golden Gate University in 1955 with an accounting degree and passed the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam on the first try. Bob moved to Los Angeles where he was employed with a national accounting firm until 1957. He then moved his family back to Santa Barbara and opened his own accounting firm. In 1962, he joined the CPA firm of Gunterman, Johnston, Ball and Thompson where he practiced for 37 years. Bob was active in his community with affiliations in Northside Lions Club, Santa Barbara Mental Health Association, Eucalyptus Hill Improvement Association, Los Fiesteros Dance Club, Cosmopolitan Club, Santa Barbara Foundation and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church since 1958. An enthusiastic outdoorsman, Bob loved hiking and camping in the Sierras. Yosemite’s Tuolumne Meadows was his favorite place and held many special family memories. Bob was also an avid dancer and enjoyed the dance parties with his wife, Carol. Together, they enjoyed traveling to exotic places like China and Nepal and would never refuse an opportunity for another exciting travel adventure. Bob is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Carol
Chackel Thompson, his sons; Gregg (Teresa), Ryan (Kim), and Ward (Robin)Thompson, his stepchildren; Robert, Barbara, and David (Connie) Chackel. Additionally, Bob leaves behind 11 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. He will be missed by them all. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to the Yosemite Conservancy or a Charity of your choice
John Francis Higginson II
2/24/1947 - 12/28/2020
John Francis Higginson II, born Feb 24, 1947 in Rochester, Minnesota, was the first-born son of John F. Higginson MD and Frances E. Higginson (aka Pat, nee Haworth). The budding family moved to Portland, Oregon and John spent his childhood years going to school and visiting his grandparents on their waterfront acreage in Friday Harbor until he and his parents, along with 3 siblings, moved to Santa Barbara in the summer of 1958. The late 1950’s and 1960’s was a great time to come of age for John, especially in Santa Barbara. There were sunshine and muscle cars. Upper State Street was mostly orchards dotted with the occasional house making the trip to Goleta a long drive thru the country. As in so many towns, the 60’s arrived like a cloud of pixie dust mixed with high octane fuel. While John was immersing himself in his brave new world, tragedy struck the family when John’s mother Pat was killed by a drunk driver. Pat Higginson was “the” force of nature that bonded the family together in changing times. Her random, senseless death was something nobody in the family ever got over. For John, the bonds of friendship he had been forming in the world outside strengthened and sustained him. The trip out of the adolescent frying pan into the fire of the late ‘60’s and adulthood was taken on the seat of John’s ’56 hard-tail Harley Davidson with a growing group of biker friends that he has since kept up with all his life. While there
are many tales to tell as they crisscrossed the country, most are best left to our imaginations. New Orleans, however, and the annual Mardi Gras celebrations were instrumental in refining John’s love for the blues and for his friends. Professionally, John initially worked as a supervisor at Infomag in Goleta. Later on, he started a landscape business in Santa Barbara. He then moved to San Pedro to run a Midas Muffler franchise. John had always enjoyed working on cars. As for most of us, the necessity to earn a living has a way taking decades out of the middle of our lives, and John was no exception. Nevertheless, John and his friends found time for skiing, camping and his love of for the blues, making trips to the Strawberry Festival, and the annual biker reunions where music was central. After he sold off the Midas Franchise, he returned to Santa Barbara to work as an Aerospace technical engineer assembling solar panels for orbiting satellites. While living on a boat in the SB harbor, he saved enough to buy a house in Washington and, in 2015, moved to the lovely rural town of Toledo. Unbeknownst to us all, this was when John began suffering from Alzheimer’s. You don’t really see Alzheimer’s at first. Who doesn’t forget things now and then? The formal diagnosis came in a couple of years. For anybody, Alzheimer’s is a cruel disease, slowly undermining the skills and intellect that make a person what s/he is, but for John, a self-made, individualist proud of his friendships, and very protective of his hard-won freedom it seemed especially cruel. He doggedly hung in there until September of 2020, when his rapid decline persuaded us to move him to an adult family care home. In a few short months, on December 28, 2020, John succumbed. He was 73. He leaves behind the families of his brother Chris Higginson and sisters Heather Burns and Stephanie Nicolait, and a legion of the best friends any one could ask for. We will all remember John as he was: A well-loved rugged individualist, bachelor, lover of the blues, biker, friend and brother. The Bike is being restored to its former glory by John’s friends in Washington. Services are being planned in Santa Barbara, where he will be interred.
Robin Walker Crane 3/7/1945 - 12/29/2020
Pine boughs lined the casement window. Battered brass candlesticks of varying heights held red candles, their tiny flames glittered in the windowpanes. A porcelain doll in a tattered dress sat in one corner, a threadbare teddy in the other. Red glass ornaments and velvet bows were tucked in here and there. No, not a Macy’s Vintage Christmas display. It was Robin Walker Crane’s window above her dining nook. Every corner of her house held Vermeer-like still lifes, slightly dusty, but always lovely. Wearing her ubiquitous stripped shirt and silver bangles up to her elbows, she adored scouring flea markets and thrift stores for abandoned treasures, and bringing them home to have her magical way with them. Robin could assemble the most unexpected objects. In her youth she was a member of South Coast Contemporary Dance Theater (1972 – 76). Along with Robin Ferry, David Heeble, Valerie Huston and others, she taught forty-two dance classes a week as well as choreographed and performed. She was a ballerina whose grace and pathos could take your breath away. When Peter Crane first saw her, she stole his heart away. He joined the company just to be near her. Their love was fierce and enduring. A deeply private person, being on stage was actually torture for Robin. So Peter built her a house that was hidden from the outside world with corrugated tin siding. Like a geode, the interior of ‘The Tin House’ was a wonder that included a secret garden, in which Robin puttered everyday of her life. She made it a tiny Eden. In 1981 their daughter Mariko was born. Year after year as Mariko grew Robin adored and adorned her with the most exquisite dresses and then costumes when Mariko also became a ballet dancer. Robin ceaselessly coached and supported Mariko, who at the astonishing age of just thirteen received the prestigious Margot Fonteyn Award in NYC. Robin, a sixth generation Santa Barbarian, was born to Dorothy and Bertram Walker on March 7th, 1945. She was the great grand daughter of Ernest Shackleton, the renowned explorer. Ironically, she was not at all inclined towards adventure, but stayed close to home and was a devoted wife, mother and friend and an extraordinary cre-
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ator of beauty in the circumspect world in which she chose to live. At Serenity House in Santa Barbara, on December 29th, when the moon was full, our radiant Robin “shuffled off this mortal coil” and rose up and away. She died of natural causes. She leaves behind her beloved husband Peter and daughter Mariko (and husband Steven) and boisterous grandson Sawyer, her stepdaughter Erin (and husband Keith) and their daughter Reya, her stepson Gabe (and fiancé Nuria), her in-laws Jeff and Kim Crane, Pam and John Riffero, Joel and Vasanti Fithian, numerous nieces and nephews, and her best friend Lark Batteau. “…What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now forever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendor in the grass, Of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind…” – William Wordsworth
Brandy Vaughan
3/21/1976 - 12/7/2020
Brandy Vaughan passed away on December 7, 2020 in Santa Barbara. Brandy is survived by her son, the love of her life. Brandy graduated from UCSB with a degree in Bio-chemistry & Political Science. She spent many years living in Europe. Brandy was a loving mother and passionate activist for natural health. She founded Learn The Risk and served as Executive Director. In this role, she traveled extensively speaking at numerous educational events, rallies, and symposiums and has been featured in various media channels. Brandy will be remembered by her groundbreaking work for the vaccine education movement, her passion for children, animals and natural living, and her dedication to uncovering the truth and speaking out against corporate interests. She will be deeply missed by her family, loving friends, and her global community. While she left us way too soon, she lived life passionately, spending her free time with her son and friends at the beach, on the slopes, and exploring and traveling the world.“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
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8/5/1933 - 12/28/2020
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few days ago, a friend showed me a strange, unsolicited text message: It warned the Santa Barbara City Council would be voting to ban gas hookups in new buildings. Already, 40 cities across California have adopted this policy. Yet the text claimed the consequences for our community would be dire: dramatic energy costs, electrical grid dangers, oh my! The message directed its recipients to go to the Californians for Balanced Energy Solutions (C4BES) website, where they could write to the Council to oppose the measure. I immediately had a hunch who was behind these texts: SoCalGas. With the help of PR consultants, SoCalGas created and funded C4BES. It is a front group that aims to hide its funders and motives: SoCalGas’s interest in keeping California dependent on fossil fuels. They have used our utility payments, which we have to make every month, to do it. Remember that SoCalGas is a monopoly. In our region, if you buy gas to heat your home or cook your food, you have to pay them. There’s no other choice. And they are using some of that money to delay and weaken climate action. As many have pointed out, this is wrong. C4BES has opposed electrification at the California Public Utilities Commission and is trying to block local governments like ours from moving away from fossil gas. In San Luis Obispo, they used repugnant tactics to try to block the change, like threatening to bus in protesters potentially infected with COVID. Currently, SoCalGas is suing the state for its climate efforts. These are the kinds of things the utility and its front group spend money on. When my friend sent me the text, I wondered: how did they get her number? Given the ties between this front group and the utility, a savvy person might ask: Did it perhaps come from SoCalGas’s customer database? The talking points that C4BES is advancing are false. Planning new developments to run on electricity will not change our energy prices or “endanger our grid.” Indeed, Southern California Edison, our local electric utility, recently supported a similar policy in Ojai. Here’s what is dangerous: continuing to use fossil gas. In California, buildings’ energy use is a quarter of our carbon emissions. The vast majority of SoCalGas’s supply is imported from other states like New Mexico and Texas, where it’s usually harvested through fracking. It is also a potent greenhouse gas—methane—which escapes through issues like leaky pipes. All this methane leakage greatly exacerbates climate change.
In 2015, SoCalGas’s largest storage facility located in Porter Ranch, just 80 miles east of Santa Barbara, began to leak. It continued for almost four months. More than 10,000 people had to evacuate their homes. The incident had a bigger greenhousegas footprint than the BP Deepwater Horizon spill. Locally, we have our own SoCalGas storage facility at La Goleta. In your own home, it’s becoming clear that using gas is a health hazard. Children living in homes with gas stoves are at 42 percent higher risk of experiencing asthma. Burning gas in homes increases exposure to pollutants like nitrogen dioxide (NO2), which increases your risk of dying from COVID. And health impacts aren’t the only thing to worry about. Gas leaks happen, and sometimes they blow up homes. During a recent fire in Goleta, a friend told me that the fire department couldn’t go down her street to defend her home because they were worried about a gas leak explosion. For our health, for our safety, and for our planet, we need to stop using gas. This is a good plan for our city and for our planet. Research shows that we cannot build any new fossil fuel infrastructure and keep warming to below 1.5°C. Given that Santa Barbara is extremely vulnerable to climate impacts—as the recent fires, heatwaves, and mudslides have shown—we should be doing everything we can to get off fossil fuels as fast as possible. It’s also a smart approach in terms of cost. If local developers build new buildings without gas, we won’t have to retrofit them to reach our climate goals. No wonder it has such strong support: from groups like the American Institute for Architects, the Community Environmental Council, and our local Sierra Club. If you agree, you can write to the mayor and City Council to let them know you support the gas ban. And you can attend the council meeting, virtually, on January 12. Or take it one step further and electrify your home this year. Induction stoves are superior for cooking and are getting cheaper every year. Heat pumps not only warm your house at a low cost; they can also cool it—a useful feature given our region has already warmed 2°C because of climate change. With just a few changes, you’ll kick the gas habit. Your health and our planet will thank you. As an added bonus, you’ll also stop funding SoCalGas’s attacks on climate policy.
Leah C. Stokes (@leahstokes) is an assistant professor of environmental politics at UC Santa Barbara, the author of Short Circuiting Policy, and cohost of the podcast A Matter of Degrees.
Charpentier (Susan), and two grandchildren; Jack and Hannah. A memorial will be held for friends and family at a later date. In lieu of flowers the family ask donations please be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation.
John Ernest Haugse
12/23/1937 - 12/27/2020
Dale John Charpentier, 87, passed away December 28, 2020. Born in Providence Rhode Island, Dale was a young boy when his parents built a trailer and sold their home to find a new life. The family traveled across 38 states eventually settling in Miami. As a child Dale joined the Civil Air Patrol taking flying lessons. He eventually earned his student pilot license with the help of his mother lying about his age so her son could chase his dream. Dale graduated from The University of Florida with an engineering degree. Gator football, and football in general was a huge passion of Dale’s. After college, Dale graduated from the Navy’s Officer Candidate School. Unfortunately, his vision prevented him from becoming a Naval Aviator. Dale went to work for Southern Bell in Pensacola where he met his first wife, Sue. They settled down in Neptune Beach raising their three children and Dale flying his Piper Cub at Craig Airfield. After retirement from BellSouth, he served on the Neptune Beach City Council, and built airplanes from his garage donating one to the Experimental Aviation Association. Dale made his way to California to help a friend. While in California Dale met and married Florence Michel. They traveled the world cruising to Europe, and through the Panama Canal. They sailed the Grenadine Islands and took an unforgettable thirteen-day rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. In 2007 Dale was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. Dale set aside flying gliders in Santa Ynez and turned his energy into his wood-working, creating gifts for friends and family. He also was an active member of The Graduates, The Unitarian Society, and the Elks while in Santa Barbara. Dale’s courage in coping with PD and living life to the fullest was truly remarkable. Eventually Dale made his way back to Neptune Beach where his son and daughter in-law cared for him in his final year. Dale is survived by his wife, Florence Michel, two daughters, Michele Lafleur and Amy Wierengo (Jerry), his son Keith INDEPENDENT.COM
John Haugse was an awardwinning painter, draftsman, animator, and filmmaker. He was also a valued teacher to aspiring artists. Over his life, John also pursued theater, poetry, cartooning, and short story writing. He wrote a graphic novel, Heavy Snow, about his father’s descent into Alzheimer’s. Sooner or later John always returned to his first love, painting. His distinctive style in still life, landscape, cityscape, and abstraction gathered force throughout his sixtyyear career in the arts. He loved the landscape of Santa Barbara. “The ideal,” he said, “is to give landscapes peacefulness without losing the restless and constantly changing character of the natural world.” His work was shown at galleries in California, Washington, and Oregon. John received his BFA from San Francisco Art Institute, studying with Richard Diebenkorn and Frank Lobdell, among others. He earned his MFA at the University of Oregon, in 1964. John’s abiding enthusiasm for young people in the arts made him a beloved instructor at several art departments, including UC Santa Barbara College of Creative Studies and Harvard University’s Carpenter Center. Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1976, John produced Freefall, an animated thematic study of love lost and regained. Through the final weeks of his life, he painted and drew; at the end, he produced a rethinking of his memoir about his father, At A Certain Age: Heavy Snow Revisited. John is survived by his partner, Roberta Miller; daughter Jill and her husband Jason Bernhardt; his brother, William Haugse; his uncle and aunt, Gene and Shirley; and countless loyal friends. More notes and a visual index can be found at www. theartofjohnhaugse.com Memorial Service (zoom) to be arranged.
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1) Say goodbye to doom-scrolling with a killer playlist. Tuck that phone away and revisit your favorite albums or summer mixes. Be present! Some albums I enjoy listening to when I need to clear my head include Lucid by Raveena, Solange’s A Seat at the Table, or anything by Astrud Gilberto, Amy Winehouse, or Charlotte Dos Santos. Don’t get me started on film scores. Remember, you are the main character of your story, and a main character would be nothing without a sick track. 2) An ungodly amount of candles, but be careful your bath curtain doesn’t catch fire. 3) Adding a bath rack to the mix has been such a game changer. Buy one; you’ll thank me later. 4) Bath salts/bombs seal the deal! I recently 14
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got a Coda Signature cannabis-infused, cedarwood/lavender/sweet-marjoram/ benzoin-scented bath bomb from The Farmacy, and it was the cherry on top of my day. The lingering body high felt like a nice coat of Vaporú, and later I noticed I was so relaxed that my posture was better. 5) Give thanks to the elements! Taking a moment to set a positive intention has become an essential part of my selfcare practice and has made these little moments I’ve created for myself that much sweeter. —Celina Garcia INDEPENDENT.COM
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n 2021, I’m looking for more things that bring me joy, and high on that list is a cold bottle of something tasty from The Apiary Ciderworks and Meadery (4191 Carpinteria Ave., #10, Carpinteria; [805] 684-6216; drinkapiary.com). These better-for-you bevvies are brewed and bottled in Carpinteria by Rachna Hailey and Nole Cossart, and their Self-Care Cider (8 percent ABV) really hits home right now. Made with organic Cuyama Valley apples and aged for a year, the cider is bright and floral, with hints of orange blossom. Self-Care Cider pairs well with everything from a steak to a bubble bath, but my favorite way to enjoy it is on an evening of making crafts and listening to a good audiobook. For something different, try Passiflora Granada Mead (6.9 percent ABV), a collaboration with BrewLab. This pomegranate and passionfruit mead made with sage blossom honey is a heavenly pink hue with a juicy and fruity yet dry flavor. The can is undeniably adorable, adorned with artwork by Santa Barbara’s dean of delightful things, architect Jeff Shelton. Enjoy this mead while watching the sunset: from golden hour to the pink moment to dusk. —Caitlin Fitch
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s we enter 2021 and approach a full year of living under the fear, confusion, annoyance, and anger caused by the stubbornly resurgent COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of self-care resonates more loudly than ever before for so many of us. An umbrella for all sorts of positive activities in our individual lives, self-care can translate to striving for physical health (I rely on regular bike rides to the ocean and walks along creeks for that), but it also includes diving deeper into hobbies to stay mentally entertained (cue my endless cook-
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was not planning to learn to meditate. In the past, I’ve put meditation into the same category as hypnosis. That is, I’m sure it works for some people, but it has never clicked for me. I admire my yogi friends’ relaxed, Zen attitudes, but I figured I must be doing it wrong. Then along came 2020. In July, as the Groundhog Days of the pandemic wore on, a friend invited a group of us to join a three-week meditation challenge through an app called Ten Percent Happier. I was already journaling, exercising, and jigsawpuzzling my way through the summer — why not add something new into the mix? Ten Percent Happier bills itself as mindful meditation for a happier, healthier you. The app serves up a themed 10-minute guided meditation every day, with different teachers leading each session in a common-sense, approachable style. All I had to do was show up, listen, and breathe. A few days into the challenge, I found that I was enjoying my minutes of mindfulness. I was looking forward to each new theme and sometimes even listening a second time. As I moved Ten Percent Happier up to the prime real estate of my phone’s home screen, I knew I was hooked. When the three weeks were up, I took the plunge and signed up for a full year, opening up a library of
longer courses in addition to the daily singles. A section of sleep meditations has become a favorite as well, helping me drift off to dreamland every night. Ten Percent Happier is just an app. It won’t cure cancer or end hunger. But with topics like resilience, hope, gratitude, and awareness, it just might help make the world a better place. You still won’t catch me chanting “om” or sitting in a lotus position, but you will find me practicing radical kindness and compassion every single day. —Sarah Sinclair See tenpercent.com.
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found my love for bullet journaling in January of 2020, the start to the most chaotic year of my life. It started off like any normal year: I made some lofty resolutions, went on a trip for my friend’s birthday, attended a Super Bowl party, and even started making plans for my own birthday in mid-March. I had been bullet journaling for over two months and was loving it. I was able to organize my calendar, schedule, to-do lists, reminders, brainstorming sessions, and even habits without flaw all in one notebook. Anything that popped into my head, I wrote it down immediately. I no longer forgot to call to make that pesky dentist appointment, and I bought baby shower gifts more than a day in advance. I found myself feeling organized on a level I had never been before — almost, dare I say it, like an “adult.” Then mid-March came around. I started working from home full-time. I began to replan my wedding, and I learned to find a routine in the monotony of what was my daily life. Throughout the months that followed, I found myself constantly coming back to my bullet journal. Even though I wasn’t attending any events, my bullet journal offered me order and structure in
a time of chaos. It helped me keep track of my multiple wedding plans, I kept a log of new recipes that I had tried, and I was even starting to write journal entries between my weekly lists. It became my way of recording my thoughts and feelings during the strange time. My bullet journal changed a lot throughout 2020 because I needed it to. My life didn’t look the same, and I was able to adjust my bullet journal to reflect that. Some months, it looked like a planner; in other months, the entries looked more like a traditional journal, but most often it was a combination sprin sprinkled with some art, goals, and inspirational quotes. The beauty of creating your own bullet journal is that it can be customized to your life. Check out the basics at bulletjournal.com. bulletjournal.com —Emily Cosentino Lee
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ting my phone down at 9 p.m., brushing my teeth, and rolling out my yoga mat. For 20 to 30 minutes every night before bed, I wind down with restorative yoga, the practice of holding poses for an extended time to allow your body to fully relax into stretches. It feels great and even necessary after a long day of hunching over a computer screen. But the stretching is just half of why I practice. Restorative yoga slows down my thoughts and calms my mind. My sleep has never been —ECL better.
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“The changes were initially subtle, although constant,” Woodard said. “Our processes, and those throughout the health-care community of the world, changed day to day as we continued to learn best practices up to that point with handling of the virus.” Woodard was pregnant with her third child when the lockdowns hit in March. She worked through the pandemic, taking a short break to have her baby girl. She’s now back at work with the pandemic still raging, yet somehow she manages to graciously adapt.
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“Before the pandemic, I generally tried not to hug or hold the kids with my scrubs on and tried to take a shower before doing anything else,” Woodard said. “After the pandemic started, I would not even go into the house in my scrubs, and my shoes live outside, and I take a shower immediately. I also sanitize my phone, watch, badge, and shoes at the end of my shift with our hospital-grade disinfectant.” Woodard is passionate about both nursing and raising her children, which keeps her attitude on point; however, there are obvious challenges to both callings, namely the length of her shifts. She is grateful to not be doing this alone. “Partnership is key. If my husband was not as involved in the caretaking of our kids, I would be on a completely different spectrum of stress,” Woodard said. “Routine for the kids is key in whatever areas we can provide it.” They try to keep things consistent, including nap times, school routines, and so forth. “With three kids under our belt, we have become a somewhat well-oiled machine, and it makes the balance relatively seamless,” Woodard said. “That being said, kids like to offer up unplanned hurdles such as the occasional sleep issues just to keep you on your toes.” Woodard’s nurturing qualities and positivity serve her just as much as they do her patients and family. “I love caring for and connecting with my patients and hearing people’s stories from every walk of life imaginable,” Woodard said. “I love growing my knowledge and skills almost on a daily basis; there is absolutely always something new to learn, big or small.” —Rebecca Horrigan
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Nourished Woman Tea: The ritual of making tea is a level of self-care in itself, and a warm beverage heals from the inside out. This vitamin-rich tea blend contains nettles, red raspberry, ashwagandha, red clover, linden leaf and flower, licorice root, and rose.
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t was toward the end of the tour, while bottlefeeding a kangaroo, when I realized that I’d spent two hours without thinking about pandemics or politics. For a neurotic mind accustomed to ceaselessly pursuing the next anxious thought, it was likely a personal record. This rare moment of Zen came by way of Conservation Ambassadors, a nonprofit sanctuary in rural Paso Robles committed to providing care for injured and abandoned wildlife. To the delight of animal lovers throughout the Central Coast, the conservancy is now offering up-close encounters with an eclectic collection of creatures, including lemurs, otters, alligators, bald eagles, and kangaroos. Prior to the pandemic, the organization was largely focused on conducting educational outreach in the community. But COVID-induced school closures and event cancelations resulted in a significant loss of income and the urgent need for a sea change. “Adapt or die,” explained owner David Jackson, who founded the rescue zoo on his family’s property 30 years ago. “We said, ‘All right, we’ve got 150 animals to take care of. FURRY TIME: The author enjoys up-close animal love. What are we gonna do?’ The fact is, we’ve got these amazing creatures that are really good around assistant director Lisa Jackson. “We’re doing people.” it for the right reasons. And we do stay true The new custom-tailored tours afford vis- to the mission.” itors the thrilling opportunity to step beyond Standing in stark contrast to the virtual the barricades and come face-to-face with events and remote classrooms that have the critter of their choice. As I can attest, pet- become de rigueur, a trip to Conservation ting an adorably playful otter is a profound, Ambassadors is a stirring and tactile edusoul-nourishing experience bordering on cation experience. My visit left me with a the numinous. renewed sense of optimism and the susRest assured, this is no Tiger King situ- picion that, in an era characterized by the ation. One can see evidence throughout scarcity of joy, any minute in which I’m not the facility of a rigid commitment to ethi- cuddling a lemur is probably time misspent. cal animal welfare, alleviating guests of any Conservation Ambassadors ([805] concern that they are contributing to a Joe 391-0604, conservationambassadors.org) is located at 2445 Adobe Road in Paso Robles. Exotic-esque operation. “David and I are not about attention,” said Tours start at $125 per person. —Alex Ward
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the surfers, and my excitement peaked as I thought about what fun I would have, being that person gliding through the water. The day I got home from camping, I grabbed the foam board that I had bought a few years prior, found my mom’s wetsuit (that I didn’t know existed), and headed for the beach. Campus Point was the plan, but we ended up going to Mondos instead, where I loved surfing the mellow waves and met new friends. I started meeting them there about twice a week after school. I even inspired my mom to fulfill her lifelong dream of surfing. She took my longboard, bought me a slightly shorter board, and kindly outfitted me with a new winter wetsuit, which I thought was unnecessary, but wow, the water is cold! Since then, we’ve upgraded our surf spot to C Street in Ventura, where the waves tend to be bigger. The ocean is simultaneously predictable and unpredictable — though the swells, wind, and tides can be tracked, no one can actually be sure about what will exactly go down. There is a level of trust that one needs to have within themselves and the water. Surfing is a go-with-theflow sport, best appreciated if people are able to let themselves go and surrender to the power of the wave. Today, I really love surfing, which makes my body, mind, and soul happy. The wipeouts that I despised as a child toughened me up because they helped me become stronger and more confident with surfing. During this pandemic year, it’s become a source of endless enjoyment —even if I only catch one wave during a session, it is completely worth the trip. —Luna Martinez
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hobby — and maybe even more so — is dusting off an old one. Around the time the clocks rolled back, robbing us of early evenings outside and some of our few remaining distractions, I reopened the ukulele case r sitting cold and alone in the closet. The little Ohana my wife gave me one Christmas stared up. I recognized the small imperfection in its mahogany, like a birthmark. It took about a week for us to get reacquainted. At first, my fingers felt like frozen sausage links bumbling up and down the delicate neck, their tips growing painfully raw from pressing the few chords I could remember. But soon the calluses and dexterity came back, as did some of the lessons I’d learned in an earlier Santa Barbara City College ukulele class, which is offered through its Continuing Education department. I also very much endorse a beginner’s songbook called Jumpin’ Jim’s Ukulele Tips ’N’ Tunes, if you can get past the painfully goofy portrait of Jim on the cover. Playing has become a daily ritual, usually after dinner. And it’s truly that — playing. There’s no pressure; there’s no judgement. I’m not in a band; no talent agents are calling. It’s just me and my instrument problem-solving sheet music together — how to transition from one note to the next, what strumming pattern sounds best, and so on. The process exercises a creative brain muscle that I don’t use often enough and feels great to flex. I’ve got a terrible singing voice, so I hum instead. Foot tapping works Toesy
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well enough to keep rhythm. (I worry a metronome’s tick-tick-tick would trigger PTSD from childhood piano lessons.) The deep-down delight in those moments when everything clicks is hard to describe. Over the last six weeks I’ve learned a dozen or so ukulele-friendly songs, mostly the novice versions of classics like “Amazing Grace” and “Aura Lee” but also a few more complicated pieces, such as Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” and Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” More recently, I’ve been plugging other songs I’ve just always liked into a website, ultimate-guitar.com, which spits out their chords and sends me on my way. At the moment, I’m working through “Box of Rain” by the Grateful Dead and “Strangers” by The Kinks. My skill level is probably close to where it was when I first let the habit slip. It’s been fun to hit that point and then inch a little higher. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still quite bad. But again, that’s not the point. When so much of our energies are focused on immediate achievement and rigid perfection, it’s incredibly refreshing — and relieving — to mess around with something as fluid and boundless as music. Especially right now, when the world is so out of harmony. If I have a goal, it’s to stick with playing this time around. Because as winter descends and the darkest days of the virus lie before us, what’s better than a little homemade music (and maybe a drink) to forget about life for a while? Maybe I’ll learn “Piano Man” next. —Tyler Hayden
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combination of yoga, martial arts, and dance, Nia was introduced to me by my friend Meg Miller, who’s been an instructor at the Montecito YMCA for more than a decade. When the pandemic torpedoed indoor classes, Miller started an online “Nia Together-Apart” group, sending videos for people to dance from home “with her” every Saturday at 11:15 a.m., her normal class time. As Queen of the Procrastinators, I left the link in my inbox, redflagged and scolding me for a week before I finally decided to try Nia. I intended to do it at 11:15 a.m., but it was more like 5:15 p.m., when rolled-back clocks made it too dark for my regular walk. “In Nia everything is based on 52 moves,” explained Miller. “In addition to what is generally known — that moving to music is good for us — Nia uses findings from neuroscience to create a holistic experience through dance. I know this sounds a little woo-woo, but plenty of people do Nia purely as a physical fitness experience.” I cranked up the video in the privacy of my bedroom, figuring I’d come for the cardio and slip in some metaphysics if the spirit moved me. The last time I danced was in the early COVID days: a TikTok challenge from my son and his girlfriend. After a bit, I started to let loose. Rather than following the leader, the idea is to listen to your body and enjoy every movement. So I freestyled instead of doing the floor-play, which looked too much like pushups for my taste. Although Nia is meant to be danced communally, my freestyle was definitely more “free” in my bedroom than it would have been at the YMCA. Even Miller, who loves the community aspect of Nia, said, “I’ve found a lot more freedom and self-expression doing it without an audience of any kind.” My heart rate was definitely elevated, and my spirit did get a little lift. I’ll try Nia again, maybe even next Saturday at 11:15 a.m. —Leslie Dinaberg For more information, visit nianow.com.
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WEDNESDAY 1/13 1/13: Virtual Presentation: Pacific Views Library Speaker Presents Social Justice Advocacy and the Culture of Outrage Tania Israel, UCSB professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology and author of Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide, Skills and Strategies for Conversations That Work, will
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‘We were hoping for 20 students, and we ended up cutting it off at close to 1,000.’ the material and appreciating the information and appreciating the speakers,” added Lawrie, who is trying to make the summit live on. “It’s the pilot year, so we’ll see how it goes. I would love to get this info to as many people as possible.” Upcoming seminars will discuss finding your inner hero, monitoring mental wellness in students, finding silver linings in negative events, supporting “at-promise” students, posttraumatic growth, and more. See ucsbresilience .wixsite.com/resiliencesummit. —Leslie Dinaberg
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TOUGHING THROUGH IT: Luke Knightley’s budding athletic career has been turned upside down by COVID-19.
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s for many standout high school athletes in the class of 2021, Luke Knightley’s quest to continue his athletic career in college has been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, which postponed and canceled so many sports this year. Toss in a new NCAA rule that allows college athletes to maintain a year of eligibility, and the opportunities for incoming freshmen to earn athletic scholarships are significantly diminished. “With the uncertainty right now, all I’ve really been doing is holding on to hope,” said Knightley, a senior, ASB president, and football star at Bishop Diego High School. “There’s not a whole lot of things people can do right now to put themselves in a better position than the next person.” As of now, conditioning exercises and weightlifting — the foundation for the success of any football player — have been canceled, so Knightley does his at home before school. But that’s just a small part of the battle. “I’ve been trying to stay in contact with the college coaches as much as possible to make sure my name doesn’t fall
through the cracks,” Knightley said. “I’ve also been getting my body right so that if there’s opportunities to show myself in person, I’m ready for that too.” From an academic standpoint, shifting between virtual and face-to-face learning has been a challenge even for students who typically excel in the classroom like Knightley. “In the beginning, I was reluctant to get some of my online busy work done,” Knightley said. “I had to put in a little more effort and reach out for a little more help from some of my peers, and we were able to get it corrected. There was definitely a learning curve and a motivation damper when we got shut down.” The social aspect of Knightley’s senior year has also taken a major hit, as hanging out with friends in the usual manner is no longer possible. “I’ve seriously taken up video games — Madden, Forza, and Call of Duty have been basically my best friends,” Knightley said. But he may be finding the most solace in the outdoors. “I’m also a big fisherman, and my older brother enjoys that with me,” said Knightley. —Victor Bryant
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’ve never been a big drinker. Up until March 2020, I’d sip maybe three small glasses of wine per week. Since then, I’ve done shots with my 22-year-old son while standing in my kitchen. I’ve poured Bailey’s in my coffee at 2 p.m. on a workday. And I’ve polished off a Costco bottle of Malibu Rum. Never mind the amount. Malibu Rum, you guys. These are desperate times. And millions of us are hoping to float through them with a merciful little buzz on. One study found that by May, the average American was already drinking 27 percent more per day than in the previous year, and binge drinking had increased 26 percent. Numbers were highest in households with kids (which will surprise no one in households with kids). A friend of mine is a sales rep for a wine merchant. “I can testify for COVID times creating a massive increase in demand, straining the supply chain. April saw more company growth than all of 2019!” she says—and confesses to having consumed much of her own inventory during quarantine. “Sorry, not sorry. I’m a single mom to two ADHD teen boys not suited for distance learning. I’ll drink to that — and boy, do I.” Some, working remotely for the first time, have found a quarantini helps to establish a “line in the sand” between worktime and home-time. “I struggled with separating from the computer,” admits another friend who marked the first five months with a nightly margarita. “It helped me reconcile and delineate the end of my workday.” Psychotherapist Galen Garbarino-Wilemail: starshine@roshell.com son, LMFT, says a lot of her clients are seeking comfort at the bottom of a glass. “People just want to soothe. It’s stress. It’s fear of the unknown. And people are sad,” she says. Drinking is “an easy way to not have to be present. When you get that little buzzy feeling it’s easy to not connect to the fact there’s a raging pandemic out there in the world.” Isn’t this precisely why booze was invented? Haven’t we been taught that it’s “liquid courage” for steeling ourselves against life’s most godawful bits — like those guys in the movies who take a swig before gritting through anesthesia-less stitches? “My two-plus glasses of wine a night are my own little essential workers,” says another mom I know. “They come with me to the kitchen to cook dinner, they are there when I watch the nightly news of despair, and they sometimes accompany me late into the night. I look forward to taking the edge off it all.” The problem is we’re surrounded by edges just now. And they’re sharp: Economic devastation, intolerable isolation, capacity hospitals, ignorant and irresponsible citizens, the shuttering of businesses and industries, a screeching halt to life as we know it, a mutating planetary invader hellbent on killing us all … just a sec, I left my glass in the other room. But must we feel guilt for our gulping? If we’re not driving and it no longer matters if we fit into our work pants … is it really so wrong to dull our bedeviling dread to a more manageable sort of … vague apprehension? Even if it takes coconut-flavored frat-party hooch to do so? Okay, okay, excessive drinking leads to countless health problems — and the last thing we need is anything else threatening our well-being. Plus, there’s the future to consider; when we finally kill this pesky virus … will your hard-to-break habit live on? Mission Harbor, a substance-abuse recovery and treatment center in Montecito, saw a 47 percent increase in people reaching out for help between 2019 and 2020. “We’re treating more substance-abuse disorders than we were six months ago,” says Clinical Director Melissa Flanigan, “and we do believe it’s a representation of how people are feeling right now.” For healthier mood-boosters, she says, try connecting with family and friends, exercising, getting outside into nature, and remembering that we’re all going through this together. Honestly, just typing those last six words felt good. My own motivation? My kids are watching me — all the damned time now — and I want them to have better coping skills than I’ve been demonstrating. Failing that, let’s pray they have better taste in liquor.
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The last ingredient dropped into the pot are the noodles, and we’re suddenly warming up to the briny flavors of ramen while sitting on sandy logs and rocks, looking out over this intertidal zone, whose easy-to-enjoy bounty is news to us. For a few minutes, we forget about the coronavirus, lost in between slurps and lessons about the sea.
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Indeed, forgetting about the pandemic, wildfires, and all else that transpired in 2020 was the point of this 48-hour escape to San Luis Obispo County. After having vacations in Spain, New Orleans, Oregon, and even Shaver Lake canceled in 2020, heading somewhere close with just the four of us seemed like the safest getaway medicine. We were further encouraged by an earlier escape to Cambria with our close friends a couple of months before — highlights included Stolo Vineyards’ (stolofamilyvineyards.com) gamy syrah and zesty gewürztraminer just behind Cambria; zebra-, elephant-seal-, and elk-spotting along Highway 1; and secret creek-meets-beach swim sessions up toward Big Sur. Our first stop on this return trip was for lunch at Linn’s of Cambria (linnsfruitbin.com), one of the better-known eateries on the entire Central Coast, famous for pies, soups, and other comfort foods made with ingredients from their family farm. “We try to grow a little bit of a lot of different things,” explained Aaron Linn, listing lettuces, heirloom tomatoes, avocados, cilantro, apples, plums, pomegranate, and much more. As he outlined favorites from the menu — we opted for tomato bisque, clam chowder, turkey melts, and lemonade with olallieberry (plus pie), which prompted KELP AND CLYDE: Harvested kelp becomes ramen; Madeline rides a big horse at Covell’s Clydesdales. a pronunciation debate — his Then Marley tosses in the rest of our harvest, much mother, Renee, pulled up in her minivan to restock of which are just like weeds that have also been eaten the market. “She started the show,” said Linn of his in Ireland, France, the Caribbean, and elsewhere for mom, who bought the farm with his dad, John, back centuries. “That’s the cool thing about seaweed,” said in 1976. “We’re happy she’s still involved.” It grew into Marley, who’s found a handful that taste good and can a pick-your-own farm called Linn’s Fruit Bin, and that be reliably found on the Central Coast. “There are no led to the restaurant business in 1989, which is now a toxic varieties.” (Don’t eat any grown in polluted waters, mini-empire, with a café, a bakery, and gourmet shops though.) occupying much of downtown Cambria.
After lunch, we drove up the hill for a brief walk around the Cambria Cemetery (cambriacemetery .com), where old Irish and English settler names from the 1880s and ’90s mingled with crumbling gravestones that merely said “Lost in Names, But Not in Spirit.” It’s a spot for contemplative walking, certain to get a bit spooky come sundown. But our true destination was Covell’s Clydesdales (covellsclydesdaleranch.com), where we were greeted by Tara Covell, whose dad, a former Southern California roofing company owner named Ralph Covell, has been breeding Clydesdales for 40 years. Five years ago, she started the horseback tour business, leading guests atop these stately beasts across her family’s 2,000 acres of Monterey pine forest and oak scrubland. Clydesdales require a different riding technique than smaller horses, but it was easy enough that even my 8-year-old daughter had her horse trotting within minutes. As I enjoyed views into San Simeon Bay and tried to find Hearst Castle poking through the gray clouds, my kids laughed riotously at the steady flatulence and mid-stride disposal techniques of the horses. It was far more likely that their chuckling was more likely to cause a fall than anything these extremely gentle animals would do. For dinner, we went with the ever-reliable Robin’s Restaurant (robinsrestaurant.com), whose fresh mix of Pan-Asian-Californian fusion cuisine pairs well with downtown Cambria’s colorful cottage vibes and salty air. Refreshing sips of Bristols Cider (bristolscider.com) from Atascadero offset the intriguing funk of the pickled kimchi appetizer while a glass of El Lugar (ellugarwines .com) pinot noir from the Rincon Vineyard in Arroyo Grande matched the spice of my curry dish. That night, we stayed up the coast at the Cavalier Oceanfront Resort (cavalierresort.com), which sits right atop the beach. During an evening walk around the grassy grounds, which include fire pits, oversized chess boards, and beach badminton courts, we saw that the property features seaside rooms with outdoors patios. But we stayed in one of the slender, thin-walled, motellike rooms closer to the highway, which my son and I ditched before dawn for a sunrise walk along the shore.
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here’s nothing quite like hugging our loved ones. A hug from my grandma, for instance, reminds me that I am loved unconditionally and fills me with warmth. Our new reality, however, is a hug desert. So for the new year of our Indy Book Club, a community reading collaboration with the Santa Barbara Public Library, we are bringing you some stories to fill your joy coffers just a little bit more. Here are some recommendations on our January theme, “Books That Feel Like a Hug.”
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The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers: These are, by far, my most recommended books. Becky Chambers’s feel-good sci-fi books are a delight to read. The first book in the series, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, follows the motley crew of a working spaceship as they make their way to their biggest gig yet. Chambers’s universe is unwaveringly accepting, kind, and good. Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier: This novel follows the real historical friendship of Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot, a couple of lady fossil hunters in Victorian England. Although there is some sadness in this one, a good friendship story never fails to warm my heart cockles. His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman: This is the gold standard of warm-hug-reads. Read these three books, then watch the TV show on HBO and decide which is better. We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry: The 1989 Danvers, Massachusetts, field hockey team is not very good, but when Mel Boucher finds a book about witchcraft in the school library, the girls decide to take fate into their own hands. This is a delightful romp filled with late ’80s pop-culture references and New England vibes. You’ll close the book and be so glad you spent time with each of the characters. Figuring by Maria Popova: For nonfiction lovers, this beautiful piece of literature is unlike any history book I’ve read before. Author of the well-known blog Brain Pickings, Popova follows the personal lives of a few different figures throughout history. Beginning with Johannes Kepler and ending with Rachel Carson and following many (mostly women, mostly queer) people in between, Popova weaves together the story of how love has impacted the ways in which humanity has searched for truth and meaning throughout time. Sometimes sad, but always beautiful, this book will fill your cup. —Caitlin Fitch
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Breszny ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): The pandemic has made it challeng-
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$500 million. Yet his dazzling opulence is puny compared to that of Taurus entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg, whose fortune exceeds $100 billion. It’s my duty to inform you that you will probably never achieve either man’s levels of wealth. Yet I do hold out hope that in the next 12 months you will launch plans that ultimately enable you to have all the money you need. 2021 will be a favorable time to formulate and set in motion a dynamic master plan for financial stability.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One of your main themes for the next
12 months comes from Leonardo da Vinci. He wrote, “To develop a complete mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.” If you use da Vinci’s instructions as a seed for your meditations, you’ll stir up further inspirations about how to make 2021 a history-making epoch in the evolution of your education. I hope you will treasure the value of “learning how to see” and “realizing how everything connects to everything else.” They should be at the root of your intention to learn as much as you can.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): An extensive study by psychiatric researchers suggests that well more than half of us experienced a potentially disabling trauma in childhood. You’re in the minority if you didn’t! That’s the
bad news. The good news is that 2021 will be a time when you Cancerians will have more power than ever before to heal at least some of the wounds from your old traumas. You will also attract extra luck and help to accomplish these subtle miracles. To get the process started, make a list of three practical actions you can take to instigate your vigorous healing.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Leo author Isabel Allende says, “We
are in the world to search for love, find it and lose it, again and again. With each love, we are born anew, and with each love that ends we collect a new wound. I am covered with proud scars.” I appreciate Allende’s point of view and understand that it’s useful, even inspirational, for many people. But my path has been different. As a young man, I enjoyed my endless quest for sex and romance. It was thrilling to keep leaping from affair to affair. But as I eventually discovered, that habit made me stupid and superficial about love. It prevented me from having to do the hard psychological work necessary to continually reinvent intimacy—and become eligible for deeper, more interesting versions of love. I bring this to your attention, Leo, because I think 2021 could be your time for a personal rebirth that will be made possible by deep, interesting versions of love.
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At its heart, in the most pivotal position, is the principle of beauty. This suggests that the wise teachers who gave us the Tree did not regard beauty as merely a luxury to be sought only when all practical business is taken care of. Nor is it a peripheral concern for those who pursue a spiritual path. Rather, beauty is essential for our health and intelligence. In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to take a cue from the Tree of Life. During the next 12 months, give special attention to people and things and experiences and thoughts and feelings that are beautiful to you. Meditate on how to nurture them and learn from them and draw inspiration from them.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to motivational speaker
Les Brown, the problem for many people is not that “they aim too high and miss,” but that “they aim too low and hit.” I’m conveying this to you just in time for the Reach Higher Phase of your long-term astrological cycle. According to my analysis, you’ll generate good fortune for yourself if you refine and expand your personal goals. Here’s a key detail: Don’t borrow anyone else’s standards of success. Home in on your own unique soul’s code, and give it fuller, deeper, wilder expression.
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SAGITTARIUS
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Occultist Israel Regardie (1907-
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): One of my primary pleasures in
1985) was an accomplished author and influencer. To what did he attribute his success? I’ll let him speak for himself: “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” I hope you will write out this quote and tape it to your bathroom mirror for the duration of 2021, Virgo.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Kabbalistic Tree of Life is a mystical symbol of the hidden structure of creation.
reading books is to discover thoughts and feelings I have never before encountered. That’s exciting! But it’s hard to force myself to keep plowing through an author’s prose if it’s full of stuff that I already know about from my own life or from books, movies, and other art. Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novels fit the latter description. I realize that many people love his fiction, but for me it is monumentally obvious and boring. What about you, Sagittarius? Where do you go to be exposed to thrilling new ways of looking at the world? Judging from the astrological omens, I conclude that this quest will be especially fun and crucial for you in the coming months.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I only want people around me who can do the impossible,” said Capricorn businesswoman Elizabeth Arden. In that spirit, and in accordance with your astrological potentials, I hereby authorize you to pursue two “impossible” goals in 2021. The first comes to you courtesy of fashion writer Diana Vreeland, who wrote, “There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.” Your second “impossible” goal is from actor Juliette Binoche, who said, “My only ambition is to be true every moment I am living.”
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your past is becoming increasingly
irrelevant, while your future is still a bit amorphous. To help clarify the possibilities that you could harvest in 2021, I suggest you suspend your theories about what your life is about. Empty yourself out as much as you can. Pledge to reevaluate everything you think you know about your purpose. Once you’ve accomplished that, meditate on the following questions: 1. What experiences do you truly need and passionately long for—not the experiences you needed and longed for in the past, but rather those that are most vivid and moving right now. 2. What are the differences between your fearful fantasies and your accurate intuitions? How can you cultivate the latter and downplay the former? 3. What are your nightly dreams and semiconscious fantasies telling you about how to create the most interesting version of the future?
PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Author Gunter Grass wrote, “Writers
know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and we are capable of writing about them.” I would universalize his thought in this way: Most of us know that possibly useful ideas and dreams are in the drawer for years before they finally come out and we know how to use them. I believe this will be an ongoing experience for you in 2021, Pisces.
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LEGALS ADMINISTER OF ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOSEPH ARTUSO Case No.: 19PR00328 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of JOSEPH ARTUSO A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: Fr. Brian Nunes, Vicar General and Attorney‑in‑Fact for The’ Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles, a corporation sole, fbo Our Ladyof Guadalupe Catholic Church in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: SERENO STRADIOTTO and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decendent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 01/28/2021 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 Anacapa Division. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state
your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Paul K. Smith 800 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90017; (213) 613‑2385. Published Dec 24, 31 2020. Jan 7 2021.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SUNTERRA REALTY at 796 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 NAME S TAT E M E N T The 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: 2020‑0002947. 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: L O R E N A’ S C L E A N I N G a t 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: 2020‑0002940. 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: 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 w i t h 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: 2020‑0002957. Published: Dec 17, 24, 31 2020. Jan 7 2021.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business a s : L O M P O C S H O C K WAV E S at 201 Somerset Pl. Lompoc, C A 9 3 4 3 6 ; C a s e y H B ro o k s (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 s t a t e m e n t e x p i re s f i v e y e a r s 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 T h e f o l l o w i n g 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 s t a t e m e n t e x p i re s f i v e y e a r s from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0002961. Published: Dec 17, 24, 31 2020. Jan 7 2021.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: SB SCOOPERS at 1016 E C a n o n P e rd i d o S t . D S a n t a 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 f i v e y e a r s f ro m t h e d a t e i t w a s f i l e d i n t h e O ff i c e o f the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0002877. Published: Dec 17, 24, 31 2020. Jan 7 2021.
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LEGALS GOLETA WEST SANITARY DISTRICT PO BOX 4, GOLETA, CALIFORNIA 93106-0004 NOTIFICATION OF BID PROJECT NUMBER 12-03A, 12-03B, 12-03 COMBINED GOLETA WEST SANITARY DISTRICT - HEADQUARTERS, BUILDING UPGRADES OPERATIONS BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT GARAGE EXPANSION PERIMETER FLOOD WALL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: Sealed Bids will be received at the office of Mark Nation, General Manger/Superintendent of the Goleta West Sanitary District at UCSB Campus Parking Lot 32, Santa Barbara, California 93106 for Project 12-03, Headquarters, Building Upgrades in strict accordance with the Contract Documents on file at the office of the General Manager/Superintendent. BID OPENING: Bids will be received at the Office of the General Manager/Superintendent, of the Goleta West Sanitary District, until 2:00 PM PST on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, after which time the sealed Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. LOCATION OF THE WORK: The Work is to be constructed is at the Headquarters of the Goleta West Sanitary District. The Site, which does not have a specific street address, is on Santa Barbara Municipal Airport property in the City of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, State of California. It is located at Parking Lot 32 on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, adjacent to the Police Station, off Mesa Road. DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK: The Work, in two distinct Bid packages, Identified by Project Number, consists of: PROJECT NO. 12-03A 1. Operations Building 4,297 SF, Decommissioned Pump Station #2 is to be reconfigured to provide work, break, and locker/shower facilities for Operations Staff. Existing 1,102 SF Pump Station structure, above platform level, to be demolished, and all equipment to be removed. 2,784 SF below platform level to be permanently sealed off. Emergency Generator and Diesel Fuel Tank to remain in place. New structure to be built on remaining concrete platform, along with a new access ramp and planter area, for total new construction of 2,259 SF. Space in existing Administration Building to be reconfigured to house new MCC and Switchgear. 2. Equipment Garage Expansion Existing, 2,400 SF (4 Bay +1) Equipment Garage structure is to be expanded by 900 SF. Existing garage door openings to be increased vertically. Garage to be re-roofed and skylights added. 3. Wet Well Reconditioning Existing Wet Well at Pump Station Number 1, to be reconditioned, including sealing of crossover pipe to wet well at Pump Station Number 2. PROJECT NO. 12-03B 1. Perimeter Flood Wall The Site will be protected from flooding, in response to FEMA requirements, by means of a Perimeter Flood Wall (PFW). The FEMA compliant floodwall is comprised of permanent, cast-in-place concrete and masonry walls constructed on three sides of the site perimeter, and a demountable flood barrier system (deployed only under the threat of imminent flooding) installed on the access side of the property. Specific dimensions of each portion of construction shall be confirmed ‘in the field. BID ACCEPTANCE The District shall accept separate and individual BIDS for: PROJECT NO. 12-03 A and PROJECT 12-03B. The District shall also accept a combined/ total BID, for the two projects, above, identified as: PROJECT NO. 12-03 COMBINED The District’s will award the work to the lowest, responsible, and responsive, Bid; either separate and individual or combined/ total. The District’s intent is to select the BID(S) which will result in the lowest, total, Contract amount, for the Scope of Work described. COMPLETION OF WORK: Construction Project Work will occur within the constrained parameters of the Goleta West Sanitary District Site. Ongoing operations of the District will continue, unimpeded, throughout the construction process. PROJECT NO. 12-03A, consisting of the Operations Building, Equipment Garage Expansion, and Wet Well Reconditioning shall be completed within Two Hundred and Seventy (270) consecutive calendar days, after commencement date stipulated in the Notice to Proceed. PROJECT NO. 12-03B, consisting of the entire Perimeter Flood Wall shall be completed, and fully functional, within One Hundred and Twenty-Four (124) consecutive calendar days, after commencement date stipulated in the Notice to Proceed. CONTRACTOR’S QUALIFICATION: Bidding Contractors shall possess a valid Class A contractor license, at the time that the bid is submitted and during performance of the Work. Bidding and Performance of the work requires compliance with California Prevailing Wage Rate Requirements and Registration with the Department of Industrial Relations, to perform public work under Labor Code Section 1725.5. Consideration will be given to the experience and qualifications of the Bidder for the Performance of the Work, as supported by requisite Bid documentation, enumerating recent work of similar type, complexity, and conditions. PRE-BID CONFERENCE AND VISIT TO WORK SITE: A Pre-Bid Conference and walk-through of the project site and existing facilities will be conducted by the District at 10:30 AM PST, on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. 1. Attendees to meet in Goleta West Sanitary District, Administration Building, Board Room located off Parking Lot 32 of the University of California, Santa Barbara. 2. All attendees of the Pre-Bid Conference and walk-through will be required to review and execute a COVID-19 Waiver and Release of Liability form which will be provided by the District. 3. All attendees of the Pre-Bid Conference and walk-through must wear a facial covering and comply with social distancing protocols relating to COVID-19 as set forth by then-existing Center for Disease Control guidance or mandates. CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: The Contract Documents are available for inspection, without charge, at the Office of the General Manager/Superintendent of the Goleta West Sanitary District. Appointment required. Complete sets of the Contract Documents are available for purchase, at cost, at Coast Reprographics, 228 E Cota St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, (805) 962-9155. BID SECURITY: BID shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier’s check, or Bid Bond in the amount of Ten (10%) Percent of the Total Bid Amount, made payable to the Goleta West Sanitary District. In accordance with Section 22300 of the California Public Contract Code, the Contractor will have the option of posting securities of equal or greater value in lieu of a cash retention. WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS: The Bidder may withdraw its Bid at any time prior to the date and hour set for opening of bids upon presentation of a written request to the Office of Mark Nation, General Manger/Superintendent of the Goleta West Sanitary District at UCSB Campus Parking Lot 32, Santa Barbara, California 93106, signed by an authorized representative of the Bidder or by the person filing the Bid. BID ADMINISTRATION: Prior to the opening of the Bids, there shall be no communication with the General Manager/Superintendent of the District, any District staff, District Board members or the Architect and/or the Architect’s Consultant’s relative to the Project or Bid. All questions and/or requests for clarification or interpretations of the Contract Documents must be submitted in writing and shall be directed to the attention of: Mark Nation, General Manager/Superintendent, Goleta West Sanitary District. DISTRICT’S RIGHTS RESERVED: The District reserves the right to reject any, or all, bids or to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bid or in the bidding as may be in the best interest of the District. BY ORDER OF THE GOLETA WEST SANITARY DISTRICT Mark Nation General Manager/Superintendent, Goleta West Sanitary District January 5, 2021 34
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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. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T The following person(s) is/are d o i n g b u s i n e s s a s : PA C K MULE MOVERS & 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: 2020‑0002966. 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: 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 NAME S TAT E M E N T The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JEWISH F E D E R AT I O N O F G R E AT E R S A N TA BARBARA at 524 Chapala Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Cynthia Silverman 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: 2020‑0002874. Published: Dec 24, 31 2020. Jan 7, 14 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: BALANCED COLLEGE PLANNING at 890 Serenidad Place Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Presidio Enterprises (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Patrick Carpenter Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 11, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0002974. Published: Dec 24, 31 2020. Jan 7, 14 2021.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VERANOBYVICTORIA at 7399 Davenport Road Unit A Goleta, CA 93117; Summer V Windsor (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Summer Windsor 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: 2020‑0002965. Published: Dec 24, 31 2020. Jan 7, 14 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FENNELL SIBLINGS PARTNERSHIP at 6457 Camino Viviente Goleta, CA 93117; Mark T Fennell (same address) Stephen J Fennell 2432 Calle Soria Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Mark Fennell Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 15, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0002992. Published: Dec 24, 31 2020. Jan 7, 14 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MOTHER HUBBARD’S RESTAURANT at 373 Ave of the Flags Buellton, CA 93427; Chad M Lorge 474 Farmland Dr Buellton. CA 93427 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Chad Lorge Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 8, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0002951. Published: Dec 24, 31 2020. Jan 7, 14 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as: TWO RAVENS BOUTIQUE & PHOTOS at 909 Weldon Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Viola G Miglio (same address). This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Viola G Miglio Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 21, 2020. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2020‑0003026. Published: Dec 31 (2020), Jan 7, 14, 21 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COMMON VISION CONSULTING at 733 San Fernando Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Huyen Nguyen (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Huyen Nguyen Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 22, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2020‑0003044. Published: Dec 31 2020. Jan 7, 14, 21 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HOPE RANCH COMMUNITY FUND at 1111 Chapala Street Suite 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Foundation (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Jackie Carrera Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 21, 2020. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2020‑0003023. Published: Dec 31 2020. Jan 7, 14, 21 2021.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person is doing business as: SUPERIOR SENIOR HOME CARE at 320 E Walnut Ave Lompoc, CA 93436; Superior Senior Home Care Inc (same a d d re s s ) . T h i s b u s i n e s s i s conducted by an Corporation Signed: Pablo Martinez Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 29, 2020. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2020‑0003058. Published: Jan 7, 14, 21, 28 2021. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person is doing business as: DISTINGUISHED HOLDINGS a t 1 9 0 3 S t a t e S t re e t S a n t a Barbara, CA 93101; Randy Modos (same address) W illiam Skidmore (same address) This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: William Skidmore Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 14, 2020. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). FBN Number: 2020‑0002982. Published: Jan 7, 14, 21, 28 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 G L O R I A BERET JUNA WESOLOWSKI ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV04017 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara S u p e r i o r c o u r t p ro p o s i n g a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: GLORIA BERET JUNA WESOLOWSKI TO: JUNA BERET WESOLOWSKI T H E C O U RT O R D E R S t h a t all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must 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 Feb 5, 2021 10:00 am, Dept 4, Courthouse, SANTA 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 g e n e r a l c i rc u l a t i o n , p r i n t e d in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Dec 07, 2020. by Donna D. Geck. of the Superior Court. Published. Dec 24, 31 2020. Jan 7, 14 2021. I N T H E M AT T E R O F T H E A P P L I C AT I O N OF ADAM B R I A N PA S S WAT E R O R D E R TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV04092 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara S u p e r i o r c o u r t p ro p o s i n g a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: ADAM BRIAN PASSWATER TO: ATOM MUSIC PASSWATER T H E C O U RT O R D E R S t h a t all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of
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LEGALS 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 Feb 9, 2021 10:00 am, Dept 3, Courthouse, S A N TA B A R B A R A S U P E R I O R 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, printed i n t h i s c o u n t y, a t l e a s t o n c e each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Dec 18, 2020. by T h o m a s P. A n d e r l e . o f t h e Superior Court. Published. Dec 24, 31 2020. Jan 7, 14 2021. I N T H E M AT T E R O F T H E A P P L I C AT I O N OF DEIVI CARRILLO GUTIERREZ ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20CV03930 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: DEIVI CARRILLO GUTIERREZ TO: D AV I D CARRILLO GUTIERREZ THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show 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 Feb 22, 2021 10:00 am, Dept 5, Courthouse, S A N TA B A R B A R A S U P E R I O R 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, printed i n t h i s c o u n t y, a t l e a s t o n c e each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Dec 18, 2020. by Colleen K. Sterne. of the Superior Court. Published. Jan 7, 14, 21, 28 2021. 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 M A R I A C R I S E L S A VA E N C I A C R E U A ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 20C04059 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: MARIA CRISELDA VA L E N C I A C R U Z T O : M A R I C E L VA L E N C I A CRUZ THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show
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 Feb 22, 2021 10:00 am, Dept 5, Courthouse, S A N TA B A R B A R A S U P E R I O R 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, printed i n t h i s c o u n t y, a t l e a s t o n c e each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Feb 18, 2020. by T h o m a s P. A n d e r l e . o f t h e Superior Court. Published. Jan 7, 14, 21, 28 2021.
PUBLIC NOTICES E X T R A S PA C E S T O R A G E w i l l 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. January 28, 2021 at 3:30 PM Alicia Robles M a t t r e s s , T V, b a g s , b o x e s , clothes, personal papers, shoes, totes, home goods, electronics. Shane Hummer Mattress, table, small furniture, T V, boxes, pictures/photographs, desk, hand tools, A/C unit. Earl Reif C o m p u t e r / m o n i t o r, c l o t h e s , totes, desk, power tools, s h e l v e s , t o o l b o x , l a d d e r. Erasmo Zapien‑Ybarra Couch, d r e s s e r, table, boxes, sports equipment, t o t e s , t o y s , e l e c t r i c s c o o t e r, electronics. Jahseh Ahlem Boxes, totes, shelves, water c o o l e r, w a t e r j u g s , b u s i n e s s equipment. 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.
SUMMONS S U M M O N S (PARENTAGE‑Custody a n d S u p p o r t ) C I TA C I O N (Parternidad‑Custodia y Manutencion) NOTICE TO RESPONDENT ( N a m e ) ( Av i s o A l D e m a n d a d ( N o m b r e ) : I G N A C I O O LV E R A JIMENEZ Y O U H AV E B E E N S U E D . Read the information below and on the next page (Lo han demandado. Lea la informacion a continuacion y en la pagina siguiente). PETITIONER’S NAME (Nombre del demandante): LIBRADA GALLARDO PA N T O J A Yo u h a v e 3 0 c a l e n d a r d a y s after this summons and petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL‑120 or FL‑270) at the court and have a copy served on the p e t i t i o n e r. A l e t t e r, p h o n e
call, or court appearance will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your right to custody of your c h i l d r e n . Yo u m a y a l s o b e ordered to pay child support and attorney fees and costs. For legal advice, contact a l a w y e r i m m e d i a t e l y. G e t help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online SelfHelp Center ( w w w. courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services w e b s i t e ( w w w. l a w h e l p c a . o r g ) or by contacting you local county bar association. Notice: The restraining order on page 2 remains in effect against each parent until the petition is dismissed, a judgement is entered, or the court makes further orders. this order is enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement office who has received or seen a copy of it. F e e Wa i v e r : I f y o u c a n n o t pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other p a r t y. Tiene 30 dias de calendario despues de haber recibido la entrega legal de sesta Citacion y Peticion para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL‑120 or FL‑270) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefonica o una audiencia de la corte no basta para protegerio. Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar ordenes que afecten la custodia de sus hijos. La corte tambien le puede ordenar que pague manutencion de los hijos, honorarios y costos legales. Para asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener informacion para encontrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California ( w w w. s u c o r t e . c a . g o v ) , e n e l sitio web de los Servicios L e g a l e s d e C a l i f o r n i a ( w w w. lawhelpca.org) o poniendose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado. AV I S O : La Orden de proteccion que aparecen en la pagina 2 continuara en vigencia en cuanto a cada parte hasta que se emita un fallo final, se despida la peticion o la corte de otras ordenes. Cualquier agencia del orden publico que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas orden puede hacerla acatar en cualquier lugar de California. Exencion de Cuotas: Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario un formulario de exencion de cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a peticion de usted o de la otra parte. CASE NO: 20FL02035 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es) S A N TA B A R B A R A S U P E R I O R C O U R T, 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 9 3 1 2 1 ‑ 1 1 0 7 . A N A C A PA The name, address, and telephone number of p l a i n t i f f ’s a t t o r n e y, or p l a i n t i f f w i t h o u t a n a t t o r n e y, is : Librada Gallardo Pantoja 2 2 2 S o u t h Vo l u n t a r i o S t r e e t , Apt D Santa Barbara, CA 93103 805‑318‑0727 D AT E : D e c 1 5 , 2 0 2 0 . By Nicolette Barnard, Deputy Published Dec 24, 31 2020. Jan 7, 14 2021.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING City Council (Held Electronically and Telephonically) January 19, 2021 at 5:30 pm GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOR 5631 CALLE REAL CASE NO. 20-0002-GPA, 20-0002-ORD Located at 5631 Calle Real; APNs 069-160-057, -058 ATTENTION: Pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 dated March 17, 2020 authorizing local jurisdictions subject to the Brown Act to hold public meetings electronically and telephonically in order to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regular meeting of the City Council for January 19, 2021 will be conducted telephonically and electronically. It will be broadcast live on the City’s website and on Cable Goleta Channel 19. The Council Chambers will not be open to the public during the meeting. City Councilmembers will be participating telephonically and will not be physically present in the Council Chambers. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Goleta will conduct a public hearing on the date set forth below to consider the below described project. The public hearing is scheduled as follows: HEARING LOCATION:
Goleta City Hall, Council Chambers 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, CA 93117 (Held Electronically and Telephonically)
HEARING DATE/TIME:
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 5:30 pm
Project Description: Sarah Bronstad of Vanguard Planning Inc., on behalf of The Sun Group LLC, property owner, has requested approval to change the subject property’s General Plan land use and zoning designations. The applicant requests a General Plan Amendment to change the General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan (GP/CLUP) Land Use Element Figure 2-1, the Land Use Plan Map, from Public/Quasi-Public (P-QP) to Community Commercial (C-C). Also requested is an Ordinance Amendment to change the zoning designation from Public/Quasi-Public to Community Commercial (P-QP to CC), consistent with the proposed General Plan Amendment. No physical development is proposed and no modifications to the existing building are requested. The site is located in the Inland area. The request is also to adopt a Notice of Exemption pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations § 15090. On September 14, 2020, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council (1) Approve a General Plan Amendment from P-QP to C-C; and (2) Approve an Ordinance Amendment from P-QP to C-C, for the subject site. The City Council is the City decisionmaker for the project. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FINDINGS: Pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code, §§ 21000 et seq.), the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regulations, §§ 15000, et seq.), and the City’s Environmental Review Guidelines, the project has been found to be exempt from CEQA and a Notice of Exemption is proposed. The City of Goleta is acting as the Lead Agency for this project. The project has been found to be exempt from CEQA pursuant to the following CEQA Guidelines: • •
No possibility of significant effect [Section 15061(b)(3)] Not a project [Section 15378]
In the alternative, and as a separate and stand-alone justification, in the event that the activity is deemed to be subject to CEQA, the project was analyzed for its potential environmental impacts in a certified environmental impact report. CORTESE LIST: Further, the site is not listed on any hazardous waste facilities or disposal sites as enumerated under Section 65962.5 of the California Government Code (the “Cortese list”). DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: The hearing documents and all documents referenced therein may be obtained by contacting the Planner listed below (see the “For Further Information” section). The City Council staff report and the draft Notice of Exemption will be posted on the City’s website at least 72 hours prior to the hearing. IN LIGHT OF THE CITY’S NEED TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS ELECTRONICALLY AND TELEPHONICALLY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, written comments may be submitted as instructed above or via email to Deborah Lopez, City Clerk, e-mail: cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org or by electronic means during the Public Hearing (date and time noted above), provided they are received prior to the conclusion of the public comment portion of the Public Hearing. Instructions on how to submit written comments during the hearing will be available on the City’s website: https://www.cityofgoleta.org/i-want-to/news-and-updates/ government-meeting-agendas-and-videos. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Additional information including the application and project file can be viewed by contacting Chris Noddings, Assistant Planner, at 8059617566 or at cnoddings@cityofgoleta.org. REVIEW PROCESS: On March 3, 2020, the City Council agreed to initiate the General Plan Amendment for further study and the applicant submitted the necessary applications leading to this public hearing. As noted above, on September 14, 2020, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the applicant’s request. The next step in the review process is a City Council hearing, which is the subject of this notice, to consider the request and render a decision on the merits of the project. APPEALS: The City Council’s decision cannot be appealed. Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 961-7505 of cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Notification at least 72 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements Note: If you challenge the City’s final action on this project in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code §65009[b][2]). Note: The complete application and project file, including any environmental analysis prepared in connection with the application, are currently only available electronically due to the temporary closure of City Hall to the public in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. You may request a copy of these materials from the staff planner as instructed above. Published: Santa Barbara Independent, January 7, 2021 INDEPENDENT.COM INDEPENDENT.COM
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