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Editor in Chief Marianne Partridge Publisher Brandi Rivera Executive Editor Nick Welsh Senior Editors Tyler Hayden and Matt Kettmann Associate Editor Jackson Friedman Opinions Editor Jean Yamamura News Reporters Ryan P. Cruz, Jun Starkey Executive Arts Editor Charles Donelan Arts Writer Josef Woodard Calendar Editor Terry Ortega Sports Editor Victor Bryant Food Writer George Yatchisin Food & Drink Fellow Vanessa Vin Travel Writers Macduff Everton, Mary Heebner

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his is the first of the Independent’s two-part endorsements for the June 7 primary elections. This week, we are endorsing Salud Carbajal for Congress,

Gregg Hart for State Assembly, Laura Capps for the county Board of Supervisors’ 2nd District, and Susan Salcido for Superintendent of County Schools. Our reasons for endorsing Carbajal, Hart, and Capps are posted online at Independent.com. Below, you will find our endorsement for Susan Salcido. Next Thursday, May 12, we will publish our additional endorsements. As always, the Independent does not endorse in every race but only in those that we have researched and can confidently suggest a candidate.

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he County Superintendent of Schools is without a doubt the most important elected position in Santa Barbara County that most people have never heard of.

This office—now capably occupied by Susan Salcido—provides essential support for the 20 public school districts throughout the county and the 70,000 students who rely on these districts for their education. Now, for the first time in more than 40 years, there’s a genuine contest for this crucial position. And the choice confronting voters could not be starker.

The incumbent, Susan Salcido, is an uncommonly energetic career educator who has worked in education for 26 years — as a former teacher and junior high school principal — and an exceptionally experienced administrator, not to mention a Santa Maria native.

In the years she’s spent working for the Superintendent of Education’s office under her predecessor, Bill Cirone, she distinguished herself as quick, smart, competent, passionate, and yes, even diplomatic. When Cirone stepped down in 2017 with one year left in his term, he turned the reins over to Salcido. This allowed her to run as the de facto incumbent in 2018. In that race, she ran unopposed.

The challenger, Christy Lozano, is an 18-year physical education instructor, an ordained minister, and a muchaggrieved cultural conservative who has waged war in front of the Santa Barbara Unified School Board against vaccine and mask mandates and just about anything else remotely “woke.”

In a recent interview on Fox News, Lozano described some of the LGBTQ instructional aid materials avail-

able to Santa Barbara Unified School District teachers as instruments of “grooming” — a forensic term describing how pedophiles get close to their victims. She later explained to reporter and blogger Jerry Roberts, “To plant the seeds in kids at too early an age, it sets them up for a certain mindset.”

While this is startling, it should come as no surprise. As Lozano revealed in recent interviews, she’s been checking in with Christopher Rufo, the conservative culture warrior extraordinaire who on matters of gender and sexual identity does not merely use the term “grooming” but instead calls his opponents and critics pedophiles.

To state the obvious, such blowtorch rhetoric trivializes the actual violence done to victims of child abuse. For any sentient beings, it should be cause for serious concern.

If Salcido’s seat might seem an unlikely target for conservative cultural warriors since her office defers to individual districts on all the hot-button curriculum issues, it also makes a degree of sense in Santa Barbara. Because it’s a countywide seat, Lozano can hope to draw voters from the county’s more conservative northern communities.

And, since this is expected to be a low-turnout election, she might also hope to get support in the South County, where older, disciplined Republicans might cast more votes than their Democratic counterparts.

But putting these polarizing, politicized views and irresponsible comments aside, we cannot ignore Lozano’s palpable lack of relevant experience. During her 18 years working as a physical education teacher in the county, she has taught at six different schools, most recently at Dos

Pueblos High School. After three months there, she took a leave of absence, having complained loudly and openly about a student discipline case where she believed administrators had been too lax. She spoke at school board meetings and wrote on the electronic pages of Nextdoor.

The County Superintendent of Schools is a complex and challenging job that involves overseeing a staff of 550 people and a $105 million budget. The office must certify all teachers in all 20 districts, review all 20 budgets, administer or oversee the special education programs for 700 students, run 10 preschools for children living in poverty, and administer education programs for migrants and for the children of homeless parents. Plus, it is constitutionally charged with translating state codes more complex than anything Hammurabi ever dreamed up.

But now, after the pandemic, it’s gotten even harder.

Student mental health challenges are more pressing than ever. Teachers are burned out. Into this breach, Salcido has scrambled to mobilize mental-health professionals to district campuses, but for students in serious pain, there are not nearly enough resources.

Then, of course, there are more chronic problems that plague all school districts with similar socioeconomic demographics; less than half the county’s students meet or exceed state proficiency standards for language skills, and even fewer for math. But county graduation and college placement rates are higher than the statewide average. And Salcido is quick to trumpet her office’s role in promoting the emergence of new high-tech vocational education opportunities.

The punch line?

Now is not the time for on-the-job training for an administratively inexperienced ideologue. The stakes are too high.

The district has a lot of hard work to do and intractable challenges to confront. That makes this race — for an undeniably obscure and decidedly unsexy position — too important to sit out or leave others to decide. Please vote for Susan Salcido. n

Endorsements So Far Congress: Salud Carbajal

State Assembly: Gregg Hart 2nd District Supervisor: Laura Capps

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PARALLEL STORIES The Sound of Stars

SUNDAY, MAY 22 | 3 PM In this unique collaboration between SBMA and Opera Santa Barbara and in celebration of the exhibition Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources, composer, pianist, Grammy nominee, and Guggenheim Fellow Jake Heggie discusses the coming together of “The Starry Night,” a song cycle inspired by the art of Vincent van Gogh with text taken from his letters and poetry by Anne Sexton and Emily Dickinson. Performed by mezzo soprano Erin Alford. Heggie is the composer of eight full-length operas, several one acts, nearly 300 art songs, as well as chamber, choral, and orchestral works.

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E-Bike Giveaway in May! Rides & Events Thu 5/5 • Cinco de Mayo Tour • Tour of historical sites & murals in downtown SB, led by Chicano Culture de Santa Barbara • Ride start: Boom Boom Bike Room, 1924 De La Vina St. Ride ends with FREE dinner at Rascal’s Vegan Food, 18 E. Cota St.—for participants who register online.

• 5:30-7:30PM (r) Fri 5/6 • Farm Adventure Tour & E-Bike Demo • Demo an e-bike as you tour the farms that fuel your ride, hosted by Santa Barbara Food & Farm Adventures with e-bikes provided by the EZBike Project • Ride start: SBCAG Regional Transit Facility, 6414 Hollister Ave, Goleta • 1-4:30PM (r) Fri 5/6 • Bikepacking! Intro & Adventure Stories • Learn what it takes to get started bikepacking & get inspired by stories & photos from New Mexico & the Continental Divide, hosted by Heather Rose • SBBIKE+COAST, 434 Olive St, SB • 7:30-9PM Sat 5/7 • TLC for Your Bici: Women’s Only Workshop • Guidance and Q&A on maintaining a finely tuned bicycle, opportunity to connect with other female cyclists • SBBIKE+COAST, 434 Olive St, SB • 9AM-12PM (r) Wed 5/11 • Mayor’s Ride • Join South Coast mayors & elected officials for a tour of existing & planned infrastructure, led by staff from City of Santa Barbara, SBCAG, BCycle & Cycling Without Age • Ride start: SBMTD District Office, 550 Olive St, SB • 2:15-3:15PM (r) Wed 5/11 • Fix-a-Flat Workshop • Lesson will cover removing a wheel, locating the problem, changing or patching the tube & returning the wheel to the bike • SBBIKE+COAST, 434 Olive St, SB • 5:30-7:30PM (r)

Fri 5/13 & Sat 5/14 • E-Bikes! Confidence, Skills & Safety Class • Learn e-bike handling skills, crash avoidance, safety tips & laws when riding on public roadways, hosted by SBBIKE+COAST. Includes special prize giveaway • Online Class • 6-7PM Fri • Group Ride at SBBIKE+COAST, 434 Olive St, SB • 9:30-11:30AM Sat (r) Tue 5/17 • Taco Tuesday E-Bike Demo Ride • The EZBike Project invites you to test ride various e-bikes on a group ride destined for tacos • SBCAG Regional Transit Facility, 6414 Hollister Ave, Goleta • 5:30-7:30PM (r) Thu 5/19–Tue 5/25 • EZBike Multi-Day Demo • The EZBike Project invites SB County residents to borrow an e-bike for a long weekend to see what a life changer an e-bike can be • EZBike.org (r) Sat 5/21 • Bike to Nature Ride, Carpinteria • Accessing nature with children is an easy ride! Join SBBIKE+COAST & WYP on a neighborhood ride to a special outdoor spot with guided nature activities • Carpinteria • 1-4PM (r) Sun 5/22 • Bike to Nature Ride, Goleta • Accessing nature with children is an easy ride! Join SBBIKE+COAST & WYP on a neighborhood ride to a special outdoor spot with guided nature activities • Goleta • 1-4PM (r) Tue 5/31 • Taco Tuesday E-Bike Demo Ride • The EZBike Project invites you to test ride various e-bikes on a group ride destined for tacos • SBCAG Regional Transit Facility, 6414 Hollister Ave, Goleta • 11:30AM-1:30PM (r)

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EZBike Challenge & E-Bike Giveaway This CycleMAYnia Bike Month, bike 8 days in May and you could win an electric bike from the EZBike Project!

Participate at CycleMAYnia.org/ezbike-challenge • Bike 8 days in May to qualify • Choose an e-bike drawing to enter—3 options to choose from!

• Log all bike trips by May 31, 2022, 11:59PM • Extra weekly prizes will be drawn on Mondays for trips logged by Sundays at 11:59PM Whether it’s to work, the market, a restaurant, or the beach… experience the joys and benefits of biking instead of driving. Any bike ride that eliminates a car trip is eligible. Santa Barbara County residents 18+ years old are eligible.

Accessibility For community members who are not able to ride a bike, we’re pleased to announce the addition of rides on official Cycling Without Age (CWA) piloted trishaws. CWA pilots can fit two community members on one bench seat or a single community member in a wheelchair. Reservation is available for the following events: Cinco de Mayo Tour, Mayor’s Ride, and Bike to Nature Carpinteria and Goleta Rides. Call (805) 963-7283 to reserve a spot.

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Rally for Roe Gathers Cheering Crowd

by Jean Yamamura bout 200 people gathered to rally in support of abortion rights at Santa Barbara’s De la Guerra Plaza, a crowd that grew steadily through the five o’clock hour as the speeches grew more pointedly political in condemning the Supreme Court’s readiness to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that recognized abortion as a constitutionally protected right. When the speeches ended, nearly 400 people set off up State Street with signs, baby strollers, dogs, and voices raised to chant, “My body, my choice!”

Their send-off speaker was former state senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, who confessed she’d spent the day trying to write a PG-rated speech: “I’m just so damn mad,” she said, after reading the reports of the court’s draft ruling that was leaked to Politico. Jackson recalled the times before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in 1973: “It was dangerous!” she exclaimed. Women are the child bearers, she said, speaking of the dignity and humanity inherent in the ability to control one’s own body and destiny.

The crowd applauded and hooted as Jackson called for the impeachment of the justices who had lied under oath before Congress — the three Trump-nominated justices who had said they would uphold the principle of stare decisis, or the doctrine of regarding new cases through the lens of legal precedents, like Roe. The leaked draft, written

by Justice Samuel Alito, left no doubt the court majority would uphold the Mississippi law that banned abortion after 15 weeks. Courts have considered fetal viability to be at 24 weeks for the 49 years since Roe was decided.

Eighty percent of Americans believe Roe should be and is the law of the land, Jackson proclaimed. “What do we do? We get rid of the filibuster,” she said, and if Mitch McConnell and his cronies block them, “Vote them out!” Jackson declared.

The State of California sanctions abortion in law and by its Constitution, several speakers had said. Noting that Catholic hospitals in the state would not train its doctors in the procedure, Jackson turned as she spoke, looking for Joan Hartmann as she said, “I guess we’re going to go there.”

Hartmann, a Santa Barbara County supervisor, had spoken before Jackson, with

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equal eloquence and heat. “I am very mad,” she said. “Right-wing Catholic bishops have been working on this for decades. And they have a majority of Catholics on the Supreme Court.”

One of them is Justice Alito, who spoke at the 50th anniversary of Thomas Aquinas College, located in Santa Paula. The dinner and talk were held in Beverly Hills last fall, and Alito, in speaking of his judicial philosophy of “practical originalism,” said a Supreme Court justice could not go back and reconsider cases, adding that he “almost always followed past cases.” Alito also thought the Obergefell decision, which legalized same-

RALLYING FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: Around 400 protesters gathered Tuesday for Planned Parenthood’s Show Up for Abortion rally at De la Guerra Plaza before marching up State Street. Speaker Hannah-Beth Jackson (below center) drew applause and hoots from the crowd when she called for the impeachment of the Supreme Court justices who had lied under oath before Congress.

sex marriage, was not a liberty imagined in the 14th Amendment. Rather, Alito saw Obergefell to be a cultural precedent dismissing traditional values and part of a growing trend of cultural hostility toward Christianity and its adherents, according to the college’s news release.

Calling Alito’s draft opinion “unfathomable,” Hartmann explained that Roe was based on a woman’s privacy rights and “the strict constructionists are saying there is no privacy.” This same line of thinking would affect the laws allowing intermarriages, same-sex marriage, birth control pills and

the IUD, and gender dysphoria medical treatment—because they are all based on a person’s right to privacy.

“We have to do what we have always done.

Pick ourselves up,” Hartmann challenged the crowd. “Be an active voter,” she said, asking everyone to raise their voices with friends and family members. “Our only choice in the next election is to hold the House and get a Senate majority,” Hartmann called to cheers from the crowd. “We have to do it. We have n to do it now.”

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Several people have fallen from the bluffs in Isla Vista in recent years, and the majority of falls have been fatal. Beth Krom, a former mayor and city councilmember from Irvine, responded to Bertucelli’s tweet with her own story of losing her son, Noah Krom, after he fell from the same Isla Vista cliffs in 2009. “We lost our son Noah almost 13 years ago from a cliff fall in the same vicinity,” Krom said. “Six more cliff fall deaths since then, my heart breaks for the family.”

Brandt said the erosion of the bluffs has accelerated as a result of climate change, making the area increasingly dangerous in recent years. “We see erosion happening year after year, and oftentimes, the protective fencing is not adequate,” Brandt said.

“We need to do more to work with property owners to make these properties safer for residents.”

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he Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation hosted the first-ever Community History Day on Sunday at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park, celebrating the city’s deep cultural history through dances, walking tours, and activities featuring local historians and artists. El Presidio was open and buzzing with booths where the community could learn about the area’s vibrant histor y dating back PRESIDIO PERFORMERS: Mariachi Las Olas de Santa Bárbara thousands of years to when performed Sunday for the first-ever Community History Day at El Presidio. the Chumash called the area Syuxtum before it was colonized by the ing events celebrating the city’s Black hisSpanish in the 1780s. tory and culture throughout the month, LoryAnn Velez, vice-chair of the Bar- and local historian Michael Montenebareño Band of Chumash Indians, dis- gro, whose Instagram account @Chicano played early pigments made by the tribes CultureSB provides a deep dive into Santa native to the Central Coast and demon- Barbara’s vibrant Latino community. strated methods of weaving cordage, which “We have a cultura,” Montenegro said, she said could be used for everything from “we have a community history, and we baskets to clothing, using fibers from dog- made this city what it is.”

Nineteen-year-old filmmaker and bane. “It’s a demonstration of my heritage,” recent Santa Barbara High School gradushe said.

Linda Vega Dance Studio and Mariachi ate Spenser Jaimes was fundraising for his Las Olas showed Santa Barbara’s Spanish documentary on the 1824 Mission Revolt and Mexican roots through dance and from the perspective of the native Chumusic, while Japanese drumming perfor- mash, a film he hopes can counteract the mances by Togen Daiko and Ojai O’Daiko narrative of the revolt as “childish” and shed a light on the lesser-known history of “unorganized” and instead tell the story Nihonmachi — the city’s Japantown, which of a highly organized response to an act of stood in the same place as El Presidio prior violence against a young boy.

“Our people have our own accounts,” Jaito WWII. Also at the event was Santa Barbara mes said, “accounts that haven’t been told Black Culture House, which has been hold- yet.”

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he Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB) announced Monday the opening of the waitlist for its Section 8 Voucher Program. The queue to receive help with rental payments will be open until June 1.

The city Housing Authority closed the waitlist in 2018 when the agency amassed more than 4,000 applicants for the voucher program. Four years later, the reopening of the waitlist offers those in need of affordable housing an opportunity for self-sufficiency with federal assistance.

The program aids very-low-income families, the elderly, and people with disabilities and puts decent, safe housing within reach through private landlords. Recipients of the voucher are free to choose any type of housing that meets the requirements of the program if the owner of the housing unit agrees to rent under the program. A housing subsidy is paid directly to the landlord by public housing agencies, and the residents pay the difference between the actual rent charged

by the landlord and the amount subsidized by the program.

Rob Fredericks, executive director/CEO of the city Housing Authority, said space on the waitlist became available when previous applicants either no longer needed the voucher program or because they moved out of the area. “We need more viable local applicants,” Fredericks said. “There is definitely pent-up demand for the program, which is why there is only a 30-day window to apply.”

The wait on housing assistance lists can take three to four years, Fredericks said. The Housing Authority gives out a survey annually to assess if waitlist applicants are still in need of housing; they often find applicants have moved on, he said.

While the waitlist ranking is based on date and time of application, families, seniors, and disabled individuals are given priority.

To apply, visit hacsbwaitlist.org. For more information, contact the Housing Authority by calling (805) 965-1071 or emailing info@ —Sarah Stephens hacsb.org.

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by Ryan P. Cruz anta Barbara’s city leaders are looking toward the future and embarking on a decades-long plan to combat the inevitable encroachment of the ocean on the waterfront due to climate change, with three projects funded by more than $2 million in grants from the California Coastal Commission.

Planner Melissa Hetrick presented the “Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Plan” at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, laying out the 30-year plan and the three grantfunded “adaptation” projects that would lay the foundation for addressing what could be more than six feet of sea-level rise in the next 80 years.

“In the 30-year timeframe, it’s anticipated that around 1.5 to two feet of sea-level rise will occur,” Hetrick said.

She provided maps that showed the potential risks that could occur by the year 2100, when six feet of sea-level rise could bring “storm flooding and tidal inundation significantly north of Cabrillo Boulevard.”

These next 30 years, she explained, would be the time to prepare the waterfront for increased flooding, while we are still decades away from the city needing “larger-scale measures” such as levees or raising the height of Cabrillo Boulevard, which she says “would really change the character of the existing waterfront.”

The grant would fund the $630,000 Regional Coastal Adaptation Monitoring Program; the $245,000 Airport and Goleta Slough Adaptation Plan; and the $1.2 million Water Adaptation Plan. All three projects would monitor and study the shoreline from Goleta and Santa Barbara to Ventura County in collaboration with the Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment (BEACON) and suggest specific action over the next 10 years by finding highpriority areas.

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BEACON has worked with city and county leadership up and down the coast, from Goleta to Ventura, including developing a “sediment management plan” to address natural erosion with beach berms or dunes that would redirect flood-prone areas.

The city is at the forefront of this type of action, and Hetrick said that with $550 million earmarked for “resiliency projects” along the coast, the biggest problem would be juggling all the projects at once. “There is quite a bit of money coming down the pike from state agencies that we could apply for,” she said. “Right now, our biggest constraint, to be honest, is having staff time to manage all these projects, which would be occurring at the same time.”

The city is also in the process of applying for three new projects, which would address coastal drainage, the Laguna tide gate system, and the restoration of Sycamore Creek.

“It’s very gratifying to see that implementation is already happening,” said Councilmember Kristen Sneddon, who said she often uses the maps when teaching at Santa Barbara City College to show how extreme the impacts of sea-level rise can be to the local environment. “A lot of the public still is not aware,” she said.

Councilmember Meagan Harmon, who serves on the California Coastal Commission, said she was proud to relay the compliments of the commissioners, who praised city staff and the committees for their work. “It’s rare to get that type of compliment,” she said, “They really spoke about how your work is second to none in the state of California.”

The resolution passed unanimously, and the grant funding will be distributed in the city’s budget for the three projects.

For more information and to view an interactive hazard map, visit the city’s Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Plan website n at tinyurl.com/sbsealevelrise.

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FOCUS ON FLUENCY: The district is aiming to get more English learners, such as the students pictured above at Franklin Elementary, reclassified as fluent by the time they reach high school.

School District Attempts to Bridge Education Gap for English Learners Steps Include New Curriculum and Increasing Family Engagement

by Jun Starkey he Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) is reviewing three potential curriculum options for emergent multilingual learners (EML), or students whose primary language is not English. The new curriculum is one of several steps the district is taking to bridge the education gap and build a relationship with students and their families whose native language is not English.

Students who learn English as a second language are in a unique position of learning multiple languages, including their own native language, while also learning everything any other student is expected to learn.

“In many ways, the needs of these students are very unique,” said Superintendent Hilda Maldonado. “Speaking and writing is a real challenge when learning a second language.”

At the April 12 school board meeting, a mid-year progress report composed of STAR reading and math scores included a breakdown of scores by language. EML students had significantly lower scores than students who were reclassified as fluent. In 3rdthrough 6th-grade students, 13 percent of students met or exceeded standards for reading, and in math, 7 percent met or exceeded standards. At the junior high level, 4 percent of students met or exceeded standards in reading, and 2 percent met or exceeded standards in math. These scores do not represent the entire EML population of the district, only including scores for about 750 students out of more than 1,900 EML students, and did not include any scores for EML students at the high school level.

At the following school board meeting on April 26, the District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC), made up of parents of EML students, district employees, and community members, provided its annual recommendations to the board on how to support EML students, and what steps the district can take to ensure more EML students are reclassified as fluent by the time they reach high school.

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Alejandra Gutierrez, city councilmember and lead family engagement liaison for the district, told the Independent that reclassification of EML students is crucial, as it allows them to participate in courses that will prepare them for higher education. “Kids For further information contact Capps Center Director are moving on without being reclassified,” Greg Johnson at gjohnson@ucsb.edu Gutierrez said. “If they’re not reclassified by high school, they won’t be able to participate in college prep courses, and they won’t be qualified for a four-year college.”

Gutierrez and Rocio Pacheco Garcia, a family engagement liaison for the district, are both members of DELAC and said family engagement was a major recommendation for the district. Family engagement recommendations included providing Spanish translations of school board meetings and hiring more family engagement liaisons for every elementary school. Currently, there are 16 family engagement liaisons throughout the district. “Liaisons are the bridge between THE OAK COTTAGE OF SANTA BARBARA parents and school leadership,” Gutierrez said. They are able to connect with SpanA unique approach to memory care . . . ish-speaking parents who have often been The Oak Cottage of Santa Barbara is home of the signature Vibrant Life left out of crucial conversations due to the program, specializing in unique activies such as gardening, walking clubs, language barrier. “For the longest time, that scenic drives and more. Designed to connect residents with family, friends, and population of parents has not had their own the local community, our Vibrant Life program truly inspires. space in education,” she said. “Going through Oak Cottage is specifically designed for residents with cognitive impairment the district can be hard enough for parents including Alzheimer’s disease and age-related dementia. Call now to join us for who are fluent in English.” our next virtual “Lunch and Learn” event. Lunch will be delivered to your door!

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hat started as a couple of Georgiaborn men of the cloth — one White, one Black — getting together for lunch at Five Points Shopping Center about 18 months ago will launch this Saturday as an ecumenical, multiracial cross-pollination between Old Mission Santa Barbara and True Vine Bible Fellowship, Lompoc’s predominantly Black Baptist church.

Leading the charge for Saturday’s event are True Vine’s Pastor James Cray and the Old Mission’s Fr. Dan Lackie. Working behind the scenes to make this gathering happen have been philanthropic co-conspirators, friends, and occasional head-butters — one White, one Black — downtown property owner and real estate investor Richard Berti and the Endowment for Youth Committee’s Cliff Lambert. Uniting the two faith leaders has been “a passion for breaking down the barriers,” said Fr. Lackie. Pastor Cray described it as “breaking down the walls of racism, sexism, and classicism.” Delivering the keynote speech, titled “Refuse Hate—Embrace Love,” will be Kalyan Balaven, the first Black headmaster of the Dunn School in the Santa Ynez Valley.

Balaven said his talk will focus on “the power of teaching,” highlighting the transformative impact that a high school speech and debate teacher—Mr. Lindsey—had on his own life. At the time, Balaven was attending James Logan High School in Union City, California. Smoke from the Rodney King riots was still fresh and racial tensions thick.

“He really looked beyond me as a student in a classroom and saw all the struggles and challenges outside the classroom and took it on himself to rescue me,” Balaven said of Mr. Lindsey. “In rescuing me, he embodied love.”

Balaven said Lindsey trained his students to understand the perspective of others, not merely to judge them. “He made us feel powerful in our ability to embrace other perspectives,” he said. “It’s much easier to understand the world through the simplified lens of everything being black or white with no grays. But it’s our job as educators to make it as complex as possible, with as many grays as possible.”

POWER OF TEACHING: Kalyan Balaven, Dunn School’s first Black headmaster, will deliver the keynote speech at Saturday morning’s gathering at the Old Mission.

Balaven has been sought out by local school administrators for his thoughts regarding recent racial incidents, including one in which a group of Santa Barbara Junior High students reenacted George Floyd’s murder by kneeling on the neck of a Black classmate. “Mr. Lindsey would have asked why this happened in the first place,” Balaven stated. “He would have wanted a deeper understanding of the conditions that existed prior to the incident.”

In addition to Balaven’s speech and comments from Pastor Cray and Fr. Lackie, six high school students of multiple ethnic backgrounds will receive scholarship checks of $5,000 each. Two of the six recipients will speak.

This Saturday’s event—which will take place at 11:30 a.m. at the lawn in front of the Old Mission — is not the first of its kind.

Earlier this year, just after a guilty verdict was rendered in the George Floyd murder trial, Father Larry Gosselin of the Old Mission and a clutch of parishioners participated in a joint event held at True Vine.

Sizable donations were made, and Father Gosselin, moved by a much more emotionally charged service, waved his arms heavenward, swaying to the music.

“He didn’t preach per se, but he delivered a short sermonette, maybe three to five minutes long,” said Pastor Cray. “It was so genuine, so sincere. He rocked the place.”

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The DELAC also called on the district to decrease the significant disproportionality or overidentification of Latine students as special education. Oftentimes, a student is identified as special education by an educator and with permission of the parents

will be assessed to determine if this is true.

The issue arises, Maldonado said, when teachers or educators misinterpret a student looking for the right words.

Pacheco Garcia said this issue could be partially remedied with family engagement and involving parents in the process of identifying a student as special education. Many parents, she said, are unaware of their ability to participate in these decisions. “When bringing a student to a special education meeting, we need to ask ourselves if this student is an emergent multilingual learner, and if they have gotten primary, long-term support,” Maldonado said. n

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FALLING SHORT: Most housing units produced in Santa Barbara from 2015-2021 have been in the “above moderate” income range, while low-income housing production has failed to meet state targets.

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Planning Commission, City Council Work Toward Meeting 8,001-Unit Goal

by Ryan P. Cruz anta Barbara Planning Commission and City Council joined forces to tackle one of the city’s leading issues during a joint session last Thursday, working toward meeting the 8,001-unit housing goal by 2031.

After three hours of diving deep “in the weeds,” as Mayor Randy Rowse described it, the city leaders decided to continue the discussion at the May 17 council meeting to allow city staff to research some of the issues brought forward during the session.

The city is currently at the tail end of the fifth housing element cycle, which is a state initiative that “requires all cities and counties to have a plan for how they will meet the housing needs of everyone in the community,” according to Associate City Planner Renee Brooke, who provided a report with the seven stated goals for the next cycle from 2023-2031.

The target of 8,001 units — 3,534 of which must be affordable to low- and very-lowincome households—may prove a tall task for Santa Barbara; it has yet to meet the previous target of 4,100 total units, with 1,663 designated for low- and very-low-income families. As of December 2021, only 232 affordable units have received building permits, leaving a total of 1,431 affordable units that would need to be permitted to meet the allocation. “[We’re] still far off the mark of actually producing the 4,100 that the community actually needed,” Brooke said. Of the nearly 700 units still pending city approval, almost all are considered at or above market rate, while there are 17 low-income units.

The seven housing element goals would address this disparity and direct the city’s policies and programs to create new housing, prioritize affordable housing, provide housing assistance, and work with the community to come up with creative solutions for the housing crisis.

Rob Fredericks, executive director of the city Housing Authority, said it was essential to have a “dedicated local funding source for affordable housing if we’re gonna have any positive impact on meeting our goals.”

The Housing Authority currently operates 1,411 apartments for low-income workers, seniors, and “special needs residents,”

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he said, including a waitlist of nearly 4,000 people that could have to wait up to six years.

In the past year, the program was only able to house 94 out of the 1,729 applications received.

“When people come to our door, they need assistance now, not in four to six years,” he said, “so it’s really tough for our agency.”

According to the Housing Authority, the city is projected to only meet 44 percent of the current target goal by the end of this year.

Even more illuminating, he said, was the distribution of the production from 2015 to 2021; the city is anticipated to reach 95.8 percent of its goal in “above moderate income” housing by the end of the year, but 0.6 percent of its moderate-income target and 14.3 percent of its target in low-income housing.

“We’re really failing with the low, very low, and moderate income,” he said.

Fredericks suggested the city explore alternative funding sources like the Transient Occupancy Tax that made a roaring comeback post-COVID. Without any changes, he said, the city may only achieve a projected 22 percent of the 8,001-unit allocation. “Those are pretty dire numbers,” he said.

Planning Commission Chair Gabe Escobedo said that in addition to working with regional partners, city officials could lobby state officials for more money toward affordable housing, as has been the case in the past.

“We need to identify as many sources for funding as possible,” he said, “if we really want people that work here and live here to be housed here.”

The City Council recently passed an amendment that would streamline the review process for projects with pre-existing violations, and several city leaders have encouraged a quicker and more efficient flow for housing development. The council also created a dedicated Housing Crisis Task Force to work with the community directly to address the rising rents and lack of available housing.

The item was continued to May 17, when the council will deliberate some of the proposed goal changes, and work on finalizing a draft before August. A final draft would need to be submitted to the California Department of Housing and Community Development before February 2023. n

The League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara will hold a Candidate Forum for the candidates running for the office of County Superintendent of Schools: Dr. Susan Salcido, incumbent, and Christy Lozano, Teacher.

Dr. Susan Salcido

Christy Lozano

Each candidate will be asked a list of questions and provided equal time to answer.

Please send your questions to us at: League@lwvsantabarbara.org and, time permitting, we will include them.

Please go to our website lwvsantabarbara.org to register for this event which will be held on Zoom.

The Forum will also be livestreamed on the League’s Facebook page – lwvsb – and recordings of the Forum in both English and Spanish will be posted on our website for later viewing.

Co-Sponsored by the American Association of University Women Santa Barbara-Goleta Valley (CA) Branch

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to call the friars at the Old Mission and question them about the theology of masturbation. Was it a mortal sin for men because at climax millions of sperm plunged to unconsummated deaths? And what about for women, for whom the release of an egg from ovaries is wholly disconnected from orgasmic release? And was I the first one to discover masturbation was not the same damnable sin for women that it has been for men?

I thought I had them. I thought I was funny. The friars responded only with the greatest of forbearance. They patiently explained that any sexual satisfaction obtained outside the bounds of holy matrimony and the possibility of pregnancy was verboten. In canonical texts, the act of “voluntary pollution” is “objectively” deemed a “gravely disordered action,” and hence is categorized as a mortal sin. That means you can go to hell for it. But, the friars stressed, there were many subjective considerations that had to be taken into account.

I mention this because the Supreme Court —now populated by a two-thirds majority of Roman Catholic jurists—has all but consigned Roe v. Wade to the dustbin of history. Should this leaked opinion be finalized, reproductive choice will be obliterated as a practical matter in 26 of the 50 states. Abortions will be available only to women in those

states who have the means to travel to the other 24. Based on initial estimates, California could see an influx of 1.4 million women

traveling here for just this reason.

It is, I suppose, beside the point to observe that two-thirds of the population supports keeping Roe v. Wade just the way it is. It is legally irrelevant that Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court Justice who penned the leaked opinion, was appointed by a president — George W. Bush —who may or may not have actually won the 2000 election. I know it’s bad form to talk of “stolen elections” these days, but as I recall, the Supreme Court stopped the Florida recount before an actual victor could be ascertained. As a result, the record books say Bush won with 50.7 percent, but with an asterisk as big as Al Gore’s ass. Either way, it’s a far cry from the twothirds Roe v. Wade now enjoys.

Not to belabor the irrelevant, but Justice Alito was the keynote speaker last fall at the 50th anniversary jubilee for Thomas Aquinas College in Ventura, a school nationally renowned as an intellectual hub for the anti-abortion movement. At that event, Alito said that though he’s an originalist, he “almost always follows past decisions.”

Words indeed matter, and the one that matters most in this sentence is “almost.” In other words, Alito—like the three justices recently appointed by Donald Trump — must have had his fingers crossed when he vowed

fealty to established precedent during his Senate confirmation hearings.

Leaking a Supreme Court draft opinion is extremely rare. The smart money says it’s highly likely the document was leaked by abortion opponents working inside the court who were eager to prevent Chief Justice John Roberts from marshaling support for an opinion that leaves Roe intact. It is a scheme that will probably work.

So as we march bravely into the past, it’s worth remembering former UCSB biologist and ecologist Garrett Hardin, who from 1960 to 1975 helped women in Santa Barbara get safe abortions. In 1963, Hardin packed UCSB’s Campbell Hall with 900 people when he gave a talk urging the legalization of abortion. Another 300 had to be turned away. Women shouldn’t have to subject themselves to laws written by men, Hardin argued, and find themselves conscripted into “mandatory motherhood” and “compulsory pregnancy.” And the planet, he charged, could ill afford the steep costs of unwanted children. At the time, the world population was about 2.8 billion. Today, it’s nearly 8 billion.

The morning after that talk, Hardin’s phone started ringing. It didn’t stop until 1967, when abortion was legalized in California. Even at dinnertime, the phone would ring. One of Hardin’s kids would answer.

“Somebody wants an abortion,” the young

Hardin would call out. Hardin—a lifelong Republican, by the way — helped create a network that found safe, clean clinics in Mexico and Sweden that provided abortions.

He never referred to local doctors for fear of possible police action.

In an oral history, Hardin described being stopped on State Street by women eager to share tales of their own abortion experiences.

“These were pillars of the community,” he noted. “These were ‘nice women.’ ” His activism would peter out after California’s governor — a guy named Ronald Reagan, by the way—signed a bill decriminalizing the procedure, making California the first state in the nation to do so.

Unless the Supremes reverse course, “nice women” in 26 states will have their choices dramatically curtailed. But far more impacted will be all the women — not just “pillars of the community” — for whom abortion is a crucial option. Those who most avail themselves of abortions now are in their late twenties with at least one child already. They are disproportionately poor.

And they are disproportionately Black. Not everything is always about race, but it’s not an accident or coincidence either that abortion became outlawed nationwide — at the beginning of the 20th century — at a time of peak immigration when some White people feared they were losing the war of reproduction.

The good news, I suppose, is that we always have masturbation. But with this Supreme Court, that may come next.

—Nick Welsh

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he signs at Leadbetter say things that are morally wrong and are an obvious attack on homeless people. A year ago, Father Virgil’s monks were feeding the poor and praised for their efforts. Now, I can’t offer food to anyone at the park.

To feed a hungry person shouldn’t be a crime.

To offer a cold person a jacket is a crime in Santa Barbara? Or a tent or sleeping bag to another human when it is cold?

I have lived here since 1967, and our financially very well-off community can’t be this hateful of people who are having problems in their life. What message does this send?

I agree that the amount of money being spent on the homeless problem is ridiculously high, but that isn’t the fault of the homeless people; that is the fault of CityNet and those that hired them.

—Lance Hayball, S.B.

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first met Susan Salcido, our County Superintendent of Schools, while working for Partners in Education, a nonprofit under the umbrella of the S.B. County Education Office. I was struck by her energy and her commitment to supporting high-quality education in our schools. I often thought, “That’s the kind of teacher I wish I’d had in every grade!” She took the time to clearly introduce subjects, made space for opinions and questions, and shared her contagious enthusiasm. Even as an administrator, she retains the energy she brought to the high school English classroom and athletics.

In 2018, Susan was elected to lead the County Education Office, which supports 20 school districts, 10 charter schools, and more than 70,000 children, educators, families, and countywide partnerships. She’s advocated for vital programs.

She’s spent weeknights and weekends promoting project-based learning opportunities, investing in workforce training to connect classroom education to students’ career goals, and improving quality of life for youth and our broader community.

Susan has also continued her personal education, through the Leading from Within Katherine Harvey Fellows program and by earning her doctorate from USC’s School of Education. Susan is a product of our local schools (Santa Maria for K-12 and UCSB

for BA and MA), who chose to stay and dedicate her career to changing the trajectory for other local students. I’m looking forward to voting for her on —Lucille Boss, S.B. June 7!

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egarding parking for the Hot Springs trailhead, as a neighbor, I want to stress that we are first and foremost concerned about increased fire danger with increased use of the trails after dark.

County road signs posted at the parking lot prohibit parking from dusk to dawn, but the prohibition has not been well-enforced. We requested greater enforcement, as we believe this would greatly reduce the risk of campers starting fires, and the CHP and the Sheriff ’s Office have been patrolling and ticketing more frequently. We hope to have more signage soon.

As for parking on East Mountain Drive, we hope the Montecito Fire Department’s report will be taken into account regarding evacuation in the event of a fire. A fire does not only impact the immediate neighbors. As a community, we do not want to endure the ash-filled air and evacuations experienced during the Thomas Fire, not to mention the toll it takes on our emergency personnel. Let’s work —Leslie Bhutani, Montecito together!

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This indeed was a happy ending to what would have been an expensive and complicated project.

In the future, if I find a phone, I’ll answer that call—and be able to return the phone to its owner.

—Sharon Kantanen, S.B. I am so grateful.

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Eric Zahm of Santa Barbara, California, died on March 16, 2022 surrounded by his wife and family. He was 74 years young.

Eric, known for his generous and loving spirit, was born to Linda and William Zahm in Queens, New York on May 3,1947. He was immediately adored by his two older sisters, Marsha and Carole. Six years later, Eric was delighted to welcome his younger brother Ronnie to the family. Eric graduated Bayside High School in his hometown of Bayside, New York. After completing cosmetology school, Eric began his career as a hairdresser in New York, then moved to Los Angeles to reunite with his sisters and their families. There, he continued his professional life in Westlake Village, building a strong clientele and creating lifelong friendships.

In 1990, Eric moved to Santa Barbara to be with the love of his life, an accomplished artist, Stacey Geldin. They married in 1995. Within a year, Eric opened Highlights Salon, where he welcomed devoted clients until just a few years ago. Since retiring from his successful career, Eric and Stacey enjoyed sharing their beautiful home with family and friends. He was completely devoted to their many dogs throughout the years, now leaving Duffy and Daisy. Traveling was a favorite for Eric, especially being on the water in a catamaran. He and Stacey regularly went on ocean cruises and land adventures together with beloved travel companions.

In addition to his wife, Eric will be forever missed by: his siblings Marsha and Bill Onink, Carole Stines and Walter Rubin, Ronnie Zahm and Karen Skerlov; his in-laws Joel Geldin and Jeanne Nelson, Robin and Len Wolff, Rhonda Geldin and Carl Meyers; his many nieces and nephews; his 3 godchildren; his longtime friends, Darlene and John Grazer, who spent many memorable times with Eric and Stacey; as well as his countless friends, colleagues, and clients.

A Celebration of Life will be held in Santa Barbara on Sunday, May 8, 2022. In place of flowers, donations to honor Eric can be made to the Ridley-Tree Cancer Center in Santa Barbara, DAWG (Dog Adoption and Welfare Group) of Santa Barbara, or World Central Kitchen, which is providing hot meals 24 hours a day to Ukrainian refugees at 8 border crossings in Poland.

For more information, please email: memorial.for.eric@gmail. com

Laverne Trilby Lunde, age 83, passed away March 22, 2022.

Born July 10, 1938, in Enderlin, North Dakota, she was the daughter of Vernell and Hazelle Siebert. She married David John Lunde, and he preceded her in death. She is also preceded in death by daughter Andra Lia Lunde Padrichelli.

Laverne was a resident of Enderlin, North Dakota, Cambridge, Wisconsin, Goleta, California, and Cincinnati Ohio. In Cambridge she was a member of Grace Lutheran Church.

In Goleta she was a member and music director of Christ Lutheran Church. Laverne was an accomplished musician. She graduated from Concordia College in Minnesota with a Bachelor’s in Music Performance.

Although her degree was for violin performance, she was also a member of the esteemed Concordia College Choir. She toured Europe and Scandinavia during her time with the choir. Over the course of her life, she inspired many musicians, young and old. A masterful accompanist, teacher and performer, Laverne always amazed people with her ease and creative musicianship.

She took great pride in leading both of her daughters into successful careers as musicians as well.

Laverne is survived by her daughter, Mari Lunde; grandchildren Kieren Thomas, Lia Thomas, Olivia Thomas; Sonin-Law Lorenzo Padrichelli; grandchildren David Padrichelli and Sirio Padrichelli; sister Elsie Inselman and neice Rachel Inselman; neice Sue Jimenez and nephew John Braaten. Laverne spent the final year of her life in Cincinnati, OH surrounded by family. She enjoyed every season and every family celebration in their company.

A memorial service will take place Saturday, June 25 at 11:00 at Christ Lutheran Church in Goleta, CA In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to Santa Barbara Strings at www. santabarbarastrings, PO Box 61401, Santa Barbara, CA 93160, or Hospice of Cincinnati at www.hospiceofcincinnati, 4360 Cooper Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242.

Bert, a long time Goleta Union School District teacher, has died after a short period of declining health at Serenity House in Santa Barbara, with dear friends by her side.

Roberta, Bert, Bertsie, Miss Dutcher, she answered to them all.

Born in St. Regis, Montana, the family moved to Post Falls, Idaho where Bert went to elementary school and the family lived in the old Post Office. In High School in Spokane she was on the Drill Team and, believe it or not, on the basketball team.

At Eastern Washington State College she was Homecoming Queen and earned a teaching credential. She taught in the Seattle area for a brief period.

On a whim in 1963, she hopped on a bus and landed in Santa Barbara. She quickly found an opening at GUSD where she finished her 40 year teaching career in 2000.

Each vacation she would drive back to Spokane with her precious dog. She would spend the time with her parents doing what they always did: camping in the old beige camper, water and snow skiing, hiking, fishing, swimming, riding horse back, playing tennis, croquet and baseball.

She loved animals deeply.

Along with her many dogs, she also had turkeys, chickens, ducks, cats and a black calf named Blackie.

She was active in the PEO Chapter OK. She had season tickets to several theater companies.

She volunteered at Cottage Hospital making tray favors for the patients. She checked in students for Safety Town. All the while, she managed to squeeze in many trips around the world.

She will be remembered for giving selflessly of her time caring for friends, her collection of frogs and clowns, her pet sitting, the cookies for her colleagues with the after-school-sugar-lows, her laugh, her stickers.

Bert was predeceased by her parents Robert and Ann Mattovich Dutcher and her sister Bev,(Mart). She is survived by her nephew Brian Pearson and cousins scattered around the country.

A Celebration of her life will take place at Maravilla, 5500 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93111, Saturday May 14th from 2:00 to 4:00.

Please check in at the front desk, masked, with your COVID vaccine card, have your temperature taken and then be guided to the Club House.

In lieu of flowers, Bert requested that donations be made to Santa Barbara Humane Society, 5399 Overpass Rd., Santa Barbara, 93111 or sbhumane.org.

Evan Franken, 70, of Carpinteria,CA passed away peacefully on April 18 surrounded by his family and loved ones. Evan grew up in Sioux Center, IA, attended college at South Dakota State on a basketball scholarship, and lived in Steamboat Springs, CO spending nights working and days skiing before moving to Carpinteria in 1980 with his first wife, Ronda. There, they raised two children: Cara and Ross. He taught his kids how to shoot a jumpshot, hit a baseball, catch a wave body surfing, clean and cook a halibut and so much more. Evan worked for Global Marine on the oil rigs offshore Carpinteria then as an electrician and finally as an electrical contractor spending most of his time working at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. He enjoyed the outdoors, hiking and fishing, playing and watching basketball (go, Lakers!), skiing, tennis and golf. After Ronda passed away, he met and eventually married Christianne Carpenter, and together they enjoyed travel to Palm Springs, Hawaii and Mexico. Evan will be dearly missed and always remembered.

Evan was preceded in death by his first wife, Ronda, parents Everett and Nelvina, brother Greg and is survived by his second wife Christianne, daughter Cara, son Ross, grandsons Everett and Lucas and sisters Yvonne and Ramona. Evan requested a celebration of life be held in his honor as opposed to traditional funeral services. Evan’s loved ones celebrated his life at Lions Park in Carpinteria on Monday May 2. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in his name to the Carpinteria Boys and Girls Club.

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It is with heavy hearts that we share the sad news that our beloved member and board member Cherie Welsh passed away on March 18, 2022.

Cherie has been not only a member of SBHRA for well over 20+ years, but also a longtime board member most recently serving the SBHRA Board as Volunteer Coordinator and Co-Chairing the Membership Committee. Cherie was also very active and dedicated to helping other committees and new members into our association.

Holiday time was very special to Cherie. She was always eager to participate in planning and decorating for our holiday events. She would devote many hours to crafting and creating the centerpieces so many have enjoyed, often the creations came from ideas she designed with the Holiday committee.

Cherie was an experienced HR Manager (although she would say she started out as an accidental HR Manager, many can say the same). She had a great and varied career in hi-tech, oil, medical clinic, botanical garden and most recently had worked at The Santa Barbara Center for Performing Arts and The Granada Theatre.

One of the pure joys for Cherie was when she went on a two year sabbatical to Ireland just a few years ago. This was a highlight in her life where she had the opportunity to experience and immerse herself in a different culture while sharing the gift of religion that had taken her there. She felt truly blessed for the opportunity and experience.

Many that knew were able to share the experience through the blog that she maintained during that time.

Cherie was an accomplished pianist and has belonged to choral groups with her church As well she was very gifted when it came to crafting, scrapbooking and just about anything creative.

If you were ever the recipient of one of Cherie’s had crafted cards, you likely still treasure it.

There are so many things about Cherie that will be missed, her genuine kindness, willingness to help and share, her great smile, her creativity and knowing her!

SBHRA will plan a celebration of Cherie’s life on May 4 at Benchmark Eatery at 5:30pm.

We hope you will come and share stories and remembrances of Cherie.

Cherie’s family has a planned Celebration of Life on June 5 (Cherie’s birthday) at 3pm at Calvary Chapel of Santa Barbara located at 1 N Calle Cesar Chavez, #21, Santa Barbara, CA 93103.

obituaries Eleanor Burns Larson 10/10/1942 - 7/23/2021

Eleanor Burns Larson, 78, of Santa Barbara, Cal. passed away peacefully on July 23, 2021 at her home in Santa Barbara from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) that was diagnosed in June of 2020. She was preceded in death by her parents. Eleanor is survived by her husband of 44 years David Forrest Larson and cousins: Frank (Mary Jane) Bentz, Waleska, GA, John (Irene) Bentz, Morrisville, PA, Jane (Somnez) Atesoglu, Potsdam, NY, Mary B. Stratton, Salisbury, MD, Eileen (Alan) Schuetz, High Bridge, NJ, Anne (Joseph) Maco, Piscataway, NJ, John (Peggy) Hirsch, Ashland, OR. Eleanor (Eleanor Witherspoon Burns) Burns Larson was born to Edward McNall Burns and Marie Katherine Bentz on October 21, 1942 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She enjoyed a happy childhood and spent many weekends and vacations at the beach at Surf City on the Jersey Shore or traveling with her parents. As an adult international travel was an important part of her life. Her last trip was to Chile to experience a total solar eclipse and to see the moai statues on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in July 2019.

When Eleanor was seventeen she spent a year in Germany while her father was teaching as a Fulbright Scholar at The Free University of Berlin in West Berlin. While at the University of Chicago she was active in the civil rights movement and later the anti-war movement and marches.

Eleanor began a career in computer programming and management in 1967 and continued in that field for more than 35 years until retiring in 1993 to help care for her mother in Santa Barbara.

In 1973 Eleanor became interested in cave exploring and joined The Windy City Grotto

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(WCG) and The National Speleological Society (NSS). She became a life member of both the NSS (#14907) and WCG. She was the WCG Chairperson in 1984 and 1985 and Treasurer for many years.

Eleanor married David Larson who she had met at a meeting of The WCG. They were married on March 19, 1977. They purchased a home in La Grange, Ill. She loved cats, especially Siamese and always had three cats living with her. She was an excellent cook who enjoyed trying out new recipes which she was always willing to share with others.

Eleanor loved opera and had season tickets to the Lyric Opera in Chicago. She especially liked Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelung and Mozart’s Magic Flute.

Eleanor became a total solar eclipse chaser in July 1991 and on July 2, 2019 saw her 15th total solar eclipse in Chile. She expected to see another total solar eclipse in Chile in December of 2020. Covid restrictions and the rapid progression of ALS prevented her from traveling. The July 16, 1991 total solar eclipse as seen from the Sea of Cortez was the longest total solar eclipse, at almost seven minutes long, of the 20th Century. Her comments as totality ended were that “it was too short!” and “When and where is the next total eclipse?”. Experiencing a total solar eclipse was a life changing event for her. She always knew the date and place of the next total solar eclipse.

In March of 2006 Eleanor and David were part of select group that were able travel to Libya to see a four minute long spectacular total solar eclipse from a site in the Sahara desert. They also witnessed a beautiful “green flash” at sunset on the night before the eclipse.

Eleanor hosted the WCG News printing and mailing parties six times a year for over two decades. Eleanor was a docent at the Traveling Bats exposition at The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. She later became a part time docent in the Mesoamerican Hall of the Museum. As a freshman at the University of Chicago she planned to become an Egyptologist and had a lifelong interest in Ancient Egypt. She was also

interested in Maya civilization and cave use in Belize.

In 2000 Eleanor and David moved to her parents’ home in Santa Barbara.

Eleanor took classes at the Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) school of Extended Learning, where she made gold, silver, and enameled jewelry, and ceramics. Many of her enameled pieces of jewelry were inspired by total eclipses and cave formations. Eleanor was the student coordinator for all of the annual SBCC school of Extended Learning Arts and Crafts Fairs held each December at the Wake Campus in Santa Barbara.

Eleanor was the co-director of the Xibalba Mapping and Exploration Team (XMET) cave project in Belize for over twenty years and her drive and dedication is what made the project successful. The XMET project surveyed and photographed several major caves in Belize under the auspices of the Institute of Archaeology of Belize.

She managed the logistics for the project in addition to surveying some of the caves and operating the radio base station for the project. She especially enjoyed helping with the canoe shuttle in Barton Creek Cave in Cayo, Belize. Eleanor would paddle a kilometer into the cave alone after the tourists had left to pick up a cave survey team.

The only sound was the splash of her paddle in the stream and the bats flying above, getting ready to leave the cave to feed after sunset. She loved just being in a cave and experiencing the beauty and ambience of the underground environment.

Eleanor was made a Fellow of The NSS in 2006 in recognition of her decades of service to the caving community. Eleanor was a licensed extra class amateur radio operator in both the United States as KE6BL and in Belize as V31EL. She was also an ARRL accredited amateur radio volunteer license examiner.

Susan Anne Hendricks 5/27/1961 - 3/3/2021

Born the middle child of five children to Deane and Dolores Hendricks in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Susan Hendricks was a ball of fire from the get go! Susan told happy stories about her early years in the heavy snows of Minnesota and the hot summers full of giant mosquitos. In 1966, the family moved to Encino, California, and then on to Carmel, California in 1972, at which point Susan became a California girl for life. Susan loved Carmel, the ocean and mountains. She met her lifelong best friend, Carolyn Erner, there and the town by the sea would launch Susan on a truly adventurous and joyful life.

In her early teens Susan moved out of her parents’ house and took a room in a rented house in town and worked while attending Carmel High School. Susan was always a scrapper – she was able to make beautiful things and experiences with limited resources. Adversity was fuel for Susan’s fire, and she thrived.

Among Susan’s most often shared stories were the many escapades with Carolyn, and the wonderful family of Captain Erner; about Flaherty’s Fish Market where Susan worked; about the best, freshest fish and oysters you ever tasted; about the hottest fisherman you ever saw (Maynard – looking at you!); about Steven Seaweed on the radio and in the studio; about Johnny Mieske and adventures on Cannery Row. In approximately 1985, Susan moved down the coast to Santa Barbara. Susan was drawn to the authentic, historic side of Santa Barbara. She loved horses and could often be found in full costume riding in the Fiesta parade celebrating with confetti, and later with drinks at Joe’s.

She loved a great restaurant or bar, and frequented Cold Spring Tavern, and Josie’s Four Winds.

Susan made numerous lifelong friends in Santa Barbara, including Buzzy McGillis, Dawn Pennington, Judy and Steve Pearce, and Molly Barker –each of whom would co-pilot with Susan on so many wild adventures that one newspaper could not hold them all. From Mexico to New Orleans, to just down the highway to Ventura, life was an adventure with Susan on board, and the mundane somehow became the fantastic.

Muleje, Baja and Jalama Beach were places Susan mentioned often with colorful stories and fond memories of blown tires, the freshest food, and days under the sun.

Susan did a little of everything career-wise, and excelled wherever she went. Susan often spoke proudly of her time as a INDEPENDENT.COM

floral designer with Scott Hoag in Montecito, and she continued to “Wow!” her friends and family with her flair for flowers, including amazing holiday centerpieces and wedding arrangements all of her life. Susan also had a love of words, wrote heartfelt poetry and fiction, and always had a great joke to share.

Susan loved life and loved her friends and family. She was always the first to offer a hand, and the last to leave, always willing and ready with a smile. Susan was amazing in so many ways to so many people. She will always be remembered by those whose lives she touched. Susan is survived by her mother, Dolores Hendricks; her loving siblings Bruce, Sharon, and Dale; her “Black Hole” family Sara, Bryce, Liam, and Aubreigh Killen; and a host of amazing friends who miss her dearly.

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Jackie Quackenbush 7/9/1942 - 4/26/2022

Jacqueline “Jackie” Cochrane Quackenbush 7/9/1942 to 4/26/2022. Born at Cottage Hospital, Jackie was a true Santa Barbara local and iconic figure in the community. She earned a Master's in Counseling from Antioch University and had a 25-year career as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Jackie was an artist and a free spirit with a boundless love for life that could not be constrained by the social mores of the world around her. Jackie never did anything halfway; she did everything with full abandon.

This is why her children and grandchildren, family and friends, know they were deeply loved. She had a kind heart, a generous mind and a sympathetic ear that helped many children and teenagers.

Jackie's Christmas parties were legendary; everyone was invited, she gave every child a gift and she decorated her home lavishly. She also had a love for animals, which earned her a lifetime membership at the Santa Barbara Zoo after years of volunteer work.

You might have met Jackie on the beaches of Fernald Point or Miramar, walking her two black labradors. To join the family in a Celebration of Jackie’s life, please call 805-969-6154.

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BY E R I C H V O L B O L L large stock of rural ranching folks mingled

with early California families before streaming into Mission Santa Inés in late February for the celebration of Los Alamos cattleman Bill King’s funeral mass. The priest met “Cowboy Bill’s” coffin in the vestibule. The pallbearers were Bill’s working cowboy crew — wearing blue jeans, boots, and the new black cowboy hats they’d each bought for the privilege of escorting Bill on his last trip up the aisle of the old mission. As they walked, Bill’s own robust baritone, recorded in slow triple meter, welcomed his family and friends “ … like a storybook ending … my heartbreaks and troubles are just up and gone …

I could waltz across Texas with you” — Bill’s signature song.

Bill’s life was a storybook of the cowboy western genre. Its most far-reaching chapter occurred in 1962 in southeastern Monterey County. Bill had completed several months of law school at Santa Clara when he and his brother, Chuck, leased Myrtle Flentge’s rough, brushy 2,500-acre ranch near Parkfield. Bill always maintained that his life changed the day he watched cattle jostle down a loading chute there, bawling, tail-swatting flies, and smelling of manure, anxiously scanning their new pasture for the best forage among its poverty grass and chaparral. In that moment, he knew he would always be a cattleman and never be a lawyer. King Bros. Cattle Company was born as the brothers learned the cattle business in Parkfield.

Bill’s storybook was already full of family adventures in farming and ranching. He was the namesake of his greatgrandfather William H. Rickard who emigrated from England to Hawai‘i in 1867 and became a pioneer sugar cane planter on the Big Island, in Honoka’a, on a 67-acre land grant he purchased in 1876 from King Kalakaua for $128.61.

In 1878, Kalakaua’s sister, Lili’uokalani — a devotee of her Hawaiian culture, composer of Aloha ‘Oe, and later the last monarch of the Hawaiian kingdom — acted as godmother for Rickard’s son, James B. Rickard, who came to be Bill’s grandfather after he sailed to California and married Acacia Oreña, granddaughter of Don José De la Guerra, Santa Barbara’s paterfamilias.

De la Guerra and his son-in-law, Gaspar Oreña, were prominent ranchers and businessmen in Spanish and Mexican Santa Barbara County. At the time of his death, Bill and his family still owned Oreña’s adobe home, built in 1849, across from City Hall on East De la Guerra Street, one of the rare Santa Barbara properties in continuous family ownership from before California statehood in 1850. As a boy in the early 1940s, while visiting his grandmother’s adobe, Bill literally ran into one of the adjacent El Paseo studio tenants, an artist, who made a quick drawing for the youngster, signing it “To Bill King, from Ed Borein.”

Bill’s favorite life stories centered around his family and cattle ranching. When he died on February 13 — at the home he shared with his wife, Saundra — it was on Rancho Los Alamos, land that was granted to his ancestors by California’s Mexican governor in 1839. His mother, Consuelo Rickard King, along with her brother John T. Rickard, owned ranches in Los Alamos and the western Cuyama Valley. Because Bill and Chuck’s father, Captain C. E. King, was a naval officer, the family moved often; when the boys were young they enjoyed spending summers at the family ranches. All three of Bill’s adult children, Jenny, Billy, and Katy, were raised on the ranch and continue to work in agriculture.

The King brothers operated their cattle partnership until Chuck moved to a career in real estate. Bill’s daughter Jenny began working with him and eventually took over management of the operation along with her brother, Billy, and husband, Luke Hardin. They loved the business, shipping cattle to Northern California or Oregon for summer feed when

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THE COWBOY LIFE: Bill King (top), at the King Bros. ranch truck, chose cattle over his law degree and lived the ranch life of his ancestors; below, the drawing Ed Borein made for him as a boy.

grass was scarce in Santa Barbara, and then back for fall calving. Bill joked “our cattle moved around so much they had their own suitcases.” When the Buellton livestock sales yard closed in 1999, the Kings began to operate it as a receiving station for local ranchers, transporting the cattle to the nearest livestock auction market in Templeton for almost 20 years. By that time, Bill enjoyed telling friends he worked for Jenny.

Bill and Chuck received accolades for their community leadership as Honorary Vaqueros of Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days Fiesta Rodeo in 2005, the community festival established by their grandfather Rickard, as well as by the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum in 2011.

One of Bill’s favorite cowboy feats was the two weeks he spent with expert cattleman Ralph Lausten removing the cattle from Santa Cruz Island in 1988 during the island’s transition from cattle ranch to nature preserve. It took nine cowboys two weeks to gather the cattle from the 54,000-acre Stanton Ranch and ship them to the mainland. In fact, it took them several days longer than they’d anticipated. When Nita Vail arrived at the island’s Prisoners’ Harbor pier with her father, Al, in their Vaquero II livestock boat from Santa Rosa Island, the cowboys had been out of food for several days. Nita reminisced, “Bill King never forgot those tri-tip sandwiches we brought.”

For the cowboys, Ralph Lausten recalled, “It was a once in a lifetime adventure, taking off the last cattle … our best

times were camped on the beach at Laguna Canyon on the island’s south side … Bill had brought his guitar and sang around the campfire.”

Bill often narrated his life’s storybook with his rich singing voice, which he shared beyond island beach and ranchero campfires. Even at Los Alamos Cemetery, where Bill was interred next to his brother, Chuck, the cemetery’s tombstones echoed Bill’s voice singing “ … empty saddles in the old corral … empty boots covered with dust.”

The farewells that day saw two of Bill’s longtime cowboys leading away two riderless white horses, Bill’s empty boots on one empty saddle and Chuck’s on the other.

Bill would be called upon to sing the Star-Spangled Banner at community events, which he was proud to do. “Bill always nailed it, and people loved him,” said Nita Vail, who remembered how he sang the less familiar stanzas: “He insisted the words be printed and pasted inside his hat, so when he took it off to sing the National Anthem, he could secretly read the words as he held it.

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Collaborating on Climate Unique Ideas to Fix Our Flailing World

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hen I was growing up, climate was a concept, not a challenge. Today’s children think about their impacts on the environment every minute, and it’s not hard to see why gloom and doom may overpower optimism in the face of such daunting outlooks.

But hope survives, and there are very unique — some would even say rather obvious — ways to stem, if not even turn, the tides. This week’s issue brings three such ideas: one rooted in soil, one focused on the sun, and one developed by our own intellectual institutions, all aimed at showing what’s possible to make a difference for our grandchildren’s grandchildren.

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UCSB’s John Perlin Illuminates Our SunPowered Past, Present, and Future in Let It Shine

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ohn Perlin lives, breathes, and dreams in science, and his particular passions are often related to alarming developments around the world, whether the climate crisis or the destruction of trees and forests. He wrote Let It Shine: The 6,000Year Story of Solar Energy in 2013, and the newly released paperback edition contains a plan for a 100 percent renewable future, “both an answer to the quest to end the heating up of our planet and our reliance on petroleum autocrats like Putin,” Perlin said. In the past decade, photovoltaics moved from expensive to now the least costly source of electricity, and solar arrays capacity increased from a billion watts to a trillion watts today. A visiting scholar in UC Santa Barbara’s Physics Department, Perlin replied to questions about his book and solar energy in general in Santa Barbara.

Years back, I rode a motorcycle that ran on a solarpowered steam engine someone built in their garage. Admittedly, it didn’t go fast, and it didn’t go far, but it was definitely ingenious. Any new applications you see in the future? And I thought I was a solar nutcase! Sure would like to meet the guy who built that solar steam engine. But panels now can elegantly power electric cars, bicycles, and motorcycles that can travel at normal speeds, and you can pump the solar fuel from your rooftop.

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arguments about sightline intrusions and other aesthetic considerations. What grade would you give the city — the birthplace of the environmental UCSB visiting scholar and author John Perlin says the new edition of movement, in case you’d forgotten — for maximiz- his book Let It Shine contains a plan for ending “the heating up of our ing its solar opportunities? First, let’s get past the local planet and our reliance on petroleum autocrats like Putin.” grand delusion that Santa Barbara was the birthplace of the environmental movement. Have you not heard of Rachel time I attended a supervisors’ meeting regarding low growth, Carson’s 1962 revelatory ecological bombshell Silent Spring? developers would argue the case that if they didn’t get their Now that I have popped that balloon, let’s talk about way, rents would rise and force the poor to leave S.B. You UC Santa Barbara. The real change there started in 2005 would think they were Habitat for Humanity volunteers with the screening of The Power of the Sun to a standing- rather than entrepreneurs. The same goes for the utilities. room-only crowd. The documentary — by Walter Kohn The real issue is: How can rooftop solar best lower the and Alan Heeger, both Nobel laureates, and me — inspired output of greenhouse-gas-polluting electrical generating students and faculty to develop the first solar-powered build- systems? For non-battery systems, that means moving the ing on the campus. They hired me as their technical advisor, usage of dishwashers and laundry out of the 4-9 p.m. period, and after many struggles with the campus bureaucracy, we when power usage peaks and photovoltaics no longer generprevailed and built a 6.2-megawatt on-site capacity. The ate electricity. Also, it means pumping electrons into your Hope Elementary School District and S.B. City College then electrical vehicle after this crucial time period. Here in Santa covered their parking lot structures with solar panels and Barbara, facing solar panels to the west helps usage during shamed the City of Santa Barbara to do the same. the late afternoon, as the panels will still produce electricity in the summertime much later than the usual south-facing The California Public Utilities Commission is hear- arrangement.

More generous incentives should go to those purchasing ferocious arguments about the rates big utility companies pay home rooftop solar-power gen- ing batteries, as this will extend the use of sun-generated erators. A pretty convincing case has been made electricity into the evening and further curtail the need for that the state’s poorer customers are effectively fossil-fuel generators. Keep in mind, the utilities are not subsidizing the residential solar generators. How only asking for the reduction of net metering but also an important are these homeowner subsidies? Every exorbitant surcharge just for investing in solar equipment.

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You’ve written that a woman scientist was the first to establish the link between carbon dioxide and what’s come to be known as climate change. Are there other unsung women in the history of solar? Yes, yes, yes. Janice Brown flew the first solar-powered airplane, whose initial design came from my department at UCSB. In her own words: “I could hear the 11-foot feather-light propeller windmilling to take-off speed, sounding like my sewing machine.

Moments later, we were off the ground and climbing. The first piloted aircraft powered solely by sunlight was airborne. And I was at the controls.”

There’s also Dominique Campana, who graduated from engineering school in Lyon, France. “It was the 1970s,” she explained. “Young people like myself were interested in all that was natural, protecting nature, and relying on natural sources of energy.”

She attended a lecture by Dr. Wolfgang Palz, known in France as Mr. Solar, where he suggested photovoltaics could power water pumps but said no one had the guts to try it. Campana took up the challenge. She installed a pump powered with a half-kilowatt photovoltaic array in the mountains of Corsica where she lived. The pump worked flawlessly.

Thanks to Campana’s initial effort, photovoltaic-powered pumps have turned into a billion-dollar business that saves women from the arduous task of carrying stream water many kilometers back to their villages.

And let us not forget Dr. Mária Telkes, inventor of the portable solar desalinator. Sometimes it takes an event that moves the hearts and minds of a nation to inspire a scientist to come up with a major discovery. In the case of Dr. Tel-

In the history of any scientific field, it seems, there’s always a dark chapter involving strides made by Nazi scientists. Anything like that with solar? The Nazis, as it turns out, were violent opponents of the solar buildings that had become the mainstay of modern architecture after WWI for functionality’s sake. The Nazis embraced Teutonic culture and medieval peaked roots and small windows. When the Führer took control, those advocating solar architecture had to flee for their lives.

How do you react to the argument from nuclear power supporters that solar and wind can contribute just a small fraction of the motherlode that’s needed? How big of a slice of the pie can solar provide? A new nuclear plant produces electricity for a cost between 25 to 30 cents a kilowatt hour; a solar plant generates electricity at about 3 cents a kilowatt hour. That’s not to mention the societal damage that one nuclear accident might cost. Or, like in Ukraine, an enemy taking out a nuclear plant. Or how about perpetual storage costs required for the spent nuclear fuel?

As the introduction to the new edition of Let It Shine demonstrates, solar, wind, and water can do it all. Just because solar cells are quiet and quite lithe, they produce the same electrons as do those huge macho plants with their giant turbines.

As laws of physics have proclaimed: “All electrons are equal.”

I also learned a bright side, actually, in researching Let It Shine. An ex-Nazi was responsible for the first adoption of solar cells for practical use. Being Jewish, I was hesitant to approach him. So I asked my mentor for advice: Walter Kohn, whose parents were killed in the Holocaust and who escaped in the Kindertransport. Walter advised me to go for it. So, I called the old-age home where Hans Ziegler was residing.

The U.S. military had picked him up along with Wernher von Braun and brought them to America under the notorious “Operation Paperclip.” They legally entered the United States after their Nazi past was laundered so they could con-

Getting back to your book, you wrote about a guy from Baltimore named Clarence Kemp, who created something called a Climax Solar Water Heater back in the 1890s. What is a Climax Solar Water Heater and what made it special, besides the name? And did it work? The Climax Solar Water Heater consisted of a number of shallow water tanks placed in a glass-covered wooden box and mounted on the roof. For several decades, a good deal of them covered many rooftops in Southern California.

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tribute to America’s Cold War effort. Dr. Ziegler became the de facto director of the U.S. Signal Corps, which provides power equipment for the armed services.

Ziegler, asked to look into the new silicon solar device developed at Bell Laboratories in 1954, immediately saw this as the panacea to the nation’s power needs and his private road to redemption from his Nazi past. He immediately became a solar evangelist and singlehandedly fought the military bureaucracy to place solar cells on U.S. space satellites. Previously, both of the U.S.S.R.’s Sputniks died in less than a month due to their reliance on nonrechargeable batteries.

With the launch of the solar-powered Vanguard satellite in 1958, solar cells proved their worth. The Vanguard ran for years. Since you couldn’t extend a gas pump to the satellite and the radiation from nuclear power required too much weight for shielding from the instrumentation, the only choice was solar. Every spy satellite sent up at Vandenberg Space Force Base uses photovoltaics! Indeed, as Martin Wolf, a pioneering photovoltaic scientist told me, “The onset of the Space Age was the salvation of the solar cell industry.”

Leonardo da Vinci, for his plans to build a mirror four miles in diameter: for practical use to heat swimming pools in Florence and to outdo the legendary accomplishment of Archimedes — worshipped during the Renaissance as the greatest technician ever to live — who allegedly burned the Roman fleet with the most powerful mirror ever built.

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You’ve objected that massive, industrial-scale solar arrays are inherently inefficient, but has anything changed your mind? What I object to in the case of photovoltaic farms is the land space required, intruding on formerly uninhabited terrain and spawning miles of new transmission lines. We’ve seen these lines cause some of California’s worst wildfires. Yet millions of square feet of rooftops remain available — and not only rooftops. Solar cells can become building material to cover the skin of a structure and possibly the windows themselves. As Markus Real, the pioneer of rooftop solar, explained to me almost 40 years ago, localized solar makes the most sense: “The roof is already there.

The roof is free. The electrical connections are there. It is perfectly logical to consider builds as spaces for solar cells.”

kes, it was the downing and rescue in 1943 of Eddie Rickenbacker, the ace pilot who shot down the infamous Red Baron in World War I. Her solar desalinator became standard fare for the Navy and Coast Guard, “since,” in the words of the military, “drinking water is the most essential thing” for those stranded in the sea. Rickenbacker himself praised the new device, stating, “The story of my own experience as a survivor would have been stripped of much of its aura of stark tragedy had the solar still been available at the time.”

Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, the 18thcentury designer of a glass-covered insulated box; when tilted to the sun, the interior would heat above the boiling point of water.

In the eyes of 19th-century scientists, Saussure’s device modeled the dynamics of global warming.

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To punish people for doing the right thing makes no sense, though it makes more cents for the utilities, which is their bottom line and motivation. It will also destroy the solar industry, as the utilities are not promising to replace rooftop solar systems with large-scale solar.

Augustin Mouchot, who in the early 19th century built the first solar-powered steam engines and saw his prototypes soon replacing coal.

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In “Impact: Climate Change & the Urgency of Now,” 14 leading local museums and cultural institutions unite to creatively explore the impacts of climate change through art, history, science, or nature. Exhibits and activities from April to September 2022 aim to inform, inspire, and prompt action.

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n the 21st century, museums are motivate citizens to take action to heal shedding their images as static the environment. The theme is “Impact: containers for valuable objects and Climate Change and the Urgency of seeking to make a difference in the Now,” and the various projects fall into world outside their walls. Starting four categories for this season. Some, like in 2020, 12 Santa Barbara County muse- Dive In: Our Changing Channel at the S.B. ums, a botanical garden, and a zoo came Museum of Natural History Sea Center, together to form the Environmental Alli- which offers visitors an underwater tour ance of Santa Barbara County Museums. of the Channel and its islands, focus on Although the project’s scope extends to all local impacts. Others, such as the exhiaspects of the envibition Fire and Ice: Our ronment, the driving Changing Landscape at force for this initiathe Wildling Museum tive came from expeof Art and Nature, offer riencing the impact a global perspective. of climate change.

Exhibits and workshops at the UCSB AD&A The list of organiMuseum, MCASB, zations involved is and MOXI highlight impressive: UCSB’s Art, Design & Archihow artists can become tecture (AD&A) activists. Finally, educaMuseum; the Elvertional programs such as høj Museum of Histhe Conservation Sumtory & Art; MOXI, mer Camp at the Santa The Wolf Museum of Barbara Zoo and the Exploration + InnoSBMA’s Student Reflecvation; the Museum tions gallery show tarof Contemporary “Climate Change Challenge” includes an get the next generation installation of Calder Kamin’s “SuperArtifi- of environmentalists.

Art, Santa Barbara When I spoke with (MCASB); the Old cial,” a “garden” inhabited by foxes and caMission Santa Bar- nids – all made of upcycled plastic waste, Alexandra Terry, chief including bags, cutlery, pen caps, game curator at MCASB, bara museum; the pieces and more.

Santa Barbara Botanic about the Alliance last Garden; the Santa Barbara Historical week, she credited Stacey Otte-DemanMuseum; the Santa Barbara Maritime gate, executive director at the Wildling, Museum; the Santa Barbara Museum of with coming up with the idea for the Art (SBMA); the Santa Barbara Museum collaboration. “Stacey saw what the of Natural History and its Sea Center; the Getty was able to do with Pacific StanSanta Barbara Trust for Historic Preser- dard Time,” Terry told me, referring to a vation; the Santa Barbara Zoo; and the successful program that brought museWildling Museum of Art and Nature. ums from all over Southern California Every other year, the Alliance will together in service to a shared theme. choose a theme for each member orga- “She brought her knowledge and pasnization to pursue in its way. The result- sion about climate change to the group.” ing exhibitions, media campaigns, and What began as a series of weekly meeteducational programs will take place ings on Zoom has now blossomed into from April through September at vari- a wide-ranging program with a calendar ous locations throughout Santa Barbara full of engaging exhibits and activities. To County, including but not limited to the learn more about what’s available, visit museum sites. The Alliance intends to cre- sbmuseumsalliance.org. n ate experiences that inspire solutions and CONTINUED ›

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Saving Soils and Restoring Rights UCSB Professor Liz Carlisle’s Healing Grounds Pairs Regenerative Agriculture with Racial Justice

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of progressivism—a recyclable syringe loaded with antigens to fight colonialism, uplift the oppressed, and conquer climate change—you’ll probably find a copy of Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming in the lobby.

The new book by Liz Carlisle, who’s an associate professor of environmental studies at UCSB, is a deeply researched, intellectually inspiring narrative about how Indigenous people and communities of color are using — and have always used—farming techniques that work with, rather than against, the land to survive when all odds were stacked against them. With chapters focused on a Blackfoot woman in Montana, Black women in North Carolina, and Mexican and Asian immigrant families in California, Carlisle details with hard evidence and earnest emotions how much there is to learn from these communities, and why shifting toward their ways may be a key to saving us all.

“The extraction of carbon from soils was just one integral piece of a much larger process of extraction, a process that included the theft of indigenous lands, the forced enslavement of millions of Africans, and the extortion of immigrant labor,” she writes as a thesis of sorts, tucked quietly toward the end of the 177-page book. “To repair the soil, we needed to repair it all.”

I first wrote about Carlisle in last year’s Earth Day issue, when I learned that the Missoula, Montana, native grew up listening to her grandmother’s heartwarming yet ultimately tragic memories of surviving the Dust Bowl. While touring as a country singer after graduating Harvard, Carlisle heard more tales of mismanaged farmlands and started working for Montana’s Senator Jon Tester, an organic farming propo-

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How did you decide which farmers to include? That’s a challenge with narrative nonfiction: finding individual characters to stand in for a complex, heterogeneous community. There’s a lot of people doing really amazing work in regenerative agriculture.

There were a lot of ethical considerations, being that I am a white woman. I wanted to speak with people who knew me well enough that they felt comfortable to tell me, “That’s not the right way to say that.”

It was important that people had their own platform. I don’t want anyone to read my words as a definitive account. All of these people tell their own stories and speak for themselves.

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But this is clearly from my perspective, so the first story takes place in Montana, where I’m from; the last two are in California, where I’ve lived and worked the past dozen years; and the second story is from North Carolina, where my partner is from.

You are fighting for small farms, but don’t we still need those huge farms to feed the world? When I think about the food security question, what really stands out to me is the extraordinary wastefulness of the industrial system that we have. One of the opportunities of these regenerative systems is that they are more regional and based on more of a food sovereignty principle. People are involved at all stages of the process of growing and processing and delivering food to the table. These systems are a lot less wasteful because, from the very beginning of the process, they’re designed with the community and its needs in mind.

The industrial, export-oriented food system that we have—which is really visible in the Central Valley of California and the Midwestern part of the U.S.—is not driven by some sense of the end-user needs. It’s driven by manufacturing a financial commodity for trading on the global market.

That system doesn’t incentivize reducing waste. Something like 40 percent of food is flat-out wasted somewhere along the supply chain, so all that energy that goes into it is just wasted.

That’s mostly locked in place for economic reasons. I’m interested in highlighting those reasons while uplifting visions for alternate ways that we can better meet human food needs while also taking better care of the land and creating a more equitable economy. There’s a lot of synergy there. We’re going to need to support that process by creating more and more democratized control over that food system and what we want it to produce for us.

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nent. Grad school at Berkeley was followed by four years at Stanford and two co-authored books—Lentil Underground and Grain by Grain—before she landed at UCSB in 2019.

About a dozen years ago, Carlisle became fascinated with regenerative agriculture, which uses time-tested farming techniques that trap carbon in the soil, thereby reducing the emissions that cause climate change. It’s gone mainstream in recent years, thanks to documentaries like Kiss the Ground and The Biggest Little Farm, and even General Mills is producing cereal with regenerative ag certification. That popularity pushed Carlisle deeper into telling true stories of real people working in regenerative ways, and she found a special resonance with racial justice by connecting with farmers of color across the country.

“They have been developing regenerative agriculture for a long time as strategies of resistance and survival,” she explained to me last month. “They were really getting to the root cause of why we have climate problems in agriculture, and how to shift from an extractive relationship with the land to a reciprocal relationship with the land. I wanted to present that vision and that deep, deep history within Indigenous communities and communities of color. Here is the real climate solution. We need to take leadership from these folks if we want to change.”

The Ellwood resident tells us more about her book below, and our conversation has been edited for clarity and length.

Latrice Tatsey (one of the regenerative agriculture leaders featured in Liz Carlisle’s new book, Healing Grounds) sifts soils from her sample collections from the Blackfeet Buffalo Ranch with her daughter Baeley and her son Terrance.

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Latrice Tatsey digs a soil pit for her research on the carbon sequestration benefits of buffalo grazing at Blackfeet Nation in Montana.

Are things moving in the right direction? A lot of the current industrial corporate powers in the food system see ways to incorporate techniques like no till farming and maybe some degree of cover cropping without fundamentally challenging their business model. Those are good steps to take. They’re going to have some benefits, in the short term. They’re going to help with providing more resilience for droughts, and they might make a minimum impact on the atmosphere and waterways.

So if we want to just have regenerative agriculture that will be a small piece of the climate puzzle and help a little bit with resiliency, then you can get away with keeping the structure of the food system as it is. But that’s not only a missed opportunity from a climate perspective; it’s a missed opportunity to address racial justice in the food system.

It’s not healthy to have four firms controlling virtually every segment of the system.

It’s harder to change policies that challenge power and shift who controls the land and the markets, but that’s what we need to do if we really want regenerative agriculture to function as a climate change solution that tackles 25 to 30 percent of human-caused emissions.

Who’s the audience for this book? You never know as an author. First and foremost, it was for my students at UCSB. There aren’t enough texts that represent leadership from people in communities of color in the field of sustainable agriculture, and that’s been called out quite a bit.

I’ve had a lot of my students say that they can’t imagine going into agriculture in any shape or form because they never have seen a representation of someone who looks like them being a leader. Anytime I would show photographs of diverse leaders in sustainable agriculture, students would come up and say,

“That was impactful.” I wanted to take that a step further with this narrative book.

I was also thinking about all of us who eat and want those meals to be nourishing, and want to be part of the solution, to live our lives in this way that’s working toward climate solutions. I hope it helps people as they think about what kind of food system to support as an eater and a citizen who votes and gets active.

Are you optimistic? I’m not an optimist, in that I don’t think things are going to go in a good direction by default. But I’m not a pessimist who thinks they are gonna go in a bad direction by default. We as a society have an opportunity to act, and it’s a really exciting time to be alive. Even though it’s a really intense time, especially for vulnerable communities.

There are so many ways for young people to plug in, to take action that they can see in a tangible way. Getting involved in a community garden is the ultimate example of that: providing food directly to communities, seeing plants grow and areas restored back to life. You can see and touch and approach that. And you can imagine that, if this is happening in neighborhoods all over the country, we’re helping to balance the world.

A lot of my students have experienced the world as isolating, with very little community, with all of important stuff locked up and closed off. The beautiful thing about working on a community garden or farm is that you start to build something really beautiful and valuable that’s nourishing and shared. That builds awareness that it’s possible that we don’t have to be a world of haves and have nots, of people who are secure and people who are vulnerable—that, in fact, we can create a shared, happy reality.

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Liz Carlisle will discuss Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming with David N. Pellow, the chair of environmental studies and director of the Global Environmental Justice Project, at UCSB, on Thursday, May 19, 3-4 p.m., at UCSB Marine Science Building’s first-floor auditorium.

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Patrons of all ages must show proof of being fully vaccinated or supply a negative COVID-19 medical test result from within 72 hours, along with an official photo ID, before entering the Lobero, Granada, Center Stage, and New Vic theaters and the S.B. Bowl. The venues request that patrons consult their individual websites for the most up-to-date protocols and mask requirements for vaccinated and unvaccinated patrons before attending an event.

THURSDAY Carpinteria: 800 block of Linden Ave., 3-6:30pm

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their artwork, the Oak Group members will hold their spring 2022 art show benefiting the Foothills Forever Fund. The show runs through May 28. 5:30-7:30pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. oakgroup.org/events

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5/5: S.B. Museum of Art Free Community Day Enjoy admission to the museum, including the special exhibition Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources as well as art activities from 5:30-7:30pm in the Family Resource Center. Reservations are recommended.

11am-8pm. S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. Free. sbma.net/events

5/5: Read to a Dog/Léele a un Perro Reluctant readers, emergent readers, and dog-loving readers are invited to practice your reading with a furry friend! Sign up at the desk for a 10-15 minute reading session with a volunteer therapy dog that is certified by the Alliance of Therapy Dogs. ¡Los lectores reacios, los lectores emergentes y los lectores amantes de los perros están invitados a practicar su lectura con un amigo peludo! Regístrese en el escritorio para una sesión de lectura de 10 a 15 minutos con un perro de terapia voluntario certificado por Alliance of Therapy Dogs. 3-4pm. Eastside Library, 1102 E. Montecito St. Free. Call (805) 564-5674 or email youthservices@santabarbaraca .gov. tinyurl.com/LeerlePerro

5/5: The Oak Group Opening Reception: Foothills Forever Continuing their 36-year tradition of calling attention to and supporting the preservation of open spaces in the natural world through

Montecito: 1100 and 1200 blocks of Coast Village Rd., 8-11:15am

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Solvang: Copenhagen Dr. and 1st St., 2:30-6:30pm

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Robert Heft, Dave Wilson, 1-5pm; Pull the Trigger, 8:30-11:30pm. Sun.: Randy LeDune, noon-4pm. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free-$5. Ages 21+. Call (805) 686-4785. mavericksaloon .com/event-calendar/

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5/7: Refuse Hate — Embrace Love Scholarship Presentation St. Barbara

5/6: UCSB Arts & Lectures Presents David Sedaris Spend an evening with

Parish and True Vine, who have built a collaborative partnership exploring issues of race, equity, inclusion, and diversity, will present six S.B. County students college scholarships. 11:30am-1pm. Old Mission S.B., 2201 Laguna St. Free. Call (805) 682-4151 x 102 or email parishoffice@saintbarbara parish.org. tinyurl.com/RefuseHate

5/5-5/7: M.Special Brewing Co. (Goleta) Thu.: Luis Medrano.

6-8pm. Fri.: Blown Over. 6-8pm. Sat.:

5/6-5/8: Isla Vista Juggling Festival Observe and/or participate as jugglers from all over the Western U.S. and beyond will share their knowledge and skills!

Fri.: 6pm-Sun.: 5pm. Little Acorn Park, 901 El Embarcadero Rd., Isla Vista. Free.

NPR humorist and best-selling author David Sedaris and take in his wit, weirdness, and seriously funny observations about himself and the world. 7:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. Students: $11; GA: $41-$56. Call (805) 893-3535. artsandlectures.ucsb

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Met Live in HD: Cinderella Laurent Pelly’s storybook staging of Massenet’s Cendrillon, a hit of the 2017-18 season, will be presented with an all-new English translation in an abridged, 90-minute adaptation starring Music Academy alumna mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as its rags-to-riches princess. 2pm. Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Rd. Free-$28. Call (805) 969-4726. musicacademy.org/events

host a community celebration to say a fond farewell to the S.B. Center after 48 years with activity stations such as Strong, Smart, and Bold activities; A to Z Cooking School; Safe Helmet Distribution from Coast and SBBIKE; and Mother’s Day Bouquet Making. There will be food. 11am2pm. Girls Inc. of Greater S.B., 531 E. Ortega St. Free.

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5/7: Bake Sale & Dancing for Ukraine Every Saturday through June 18, the Ukrainian women of S.B. will sell handmade treats and sweets and World Dance for Humanity will perform Ukrainian dances with all donations going to their families and others suffering in Ukraine. Noon-3pm. State and Cota sts.

Free. tinyurl.com/FundsForUkraine

5/6: Pali Wine Co. Live music.

6-8pm. 116 E. Yanonali St., Ste. A-1.

Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 560-7254. urbanwinetrailsb.com/events 5/6-5/8: Cold Spring Tavern Fri.: Bryan Titus Trio, 6-9pm. Sat.: Fort Taylor, CA, 1:30-4:30pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan. 1:304:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free.

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5/9: The Red Piano Robert Thomas Band. 7pm. 519 State Street.

Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 358-1439.

Glen Annie. 6-9pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Ste. C, Goleta.Call (805) 968-6500.

Free. mspecialbrewco.com

5/7: Girls Inc. Community Celebration Girls Inc. of Greater S.B. will

5/5, 5/7-5/8, 5/10-5/11: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Thu.: The Charities, Glenn Annie, 8:30pm. $10-$12. Ages 21+. Sat.: Hollywood U2, 9pm. $18-$20. Ages 21+. Sun.: Nicole Lvoff Jazz Lounge, 12:30pm. $10. SBAcoustic Presents Andres Vadin Flamenco Trio, 7:30pm. $25. Tue: Makana, 7:30pm. $15-$18. 1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com/events

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Rain or shine, meet local fishermen on the Harbor’s commercial pier, and buy fresh fish (filleted or whole), live crab, abalone, sea urchins, and more. 117 Harbor Wy., 6-11am. Call (805) 259-7476.

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5/5, 5/7: M.Special Brewing Co. (S.B.) Thu.: Collab. 7-9pm.

Sat.: Cliffhangers. 6-8pm. 634 State St. Free. 634 State St. Call (805) 9686500. mspecialbrewco.com

Mountain Lights, 6-9pm. Sat.: Shark Sluggo and the Truth. 6-9pm. Sun.: Tom Collins. 1-4pm.

5049 6th St., Carpinteria. Free. Call (805) 745-8272.

5/5-5/8: Maverick Saloon Fri.: Justin Honsinger, 8:30-11:30pm. Sat.:

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UCSB Arts & Lectures Presents Amythyst Kiah Singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah will bring her Southern Gothic and alt-country sound to S.B. 8pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. Students: $15; GA: $30-$45. Call (805) 893-3535. artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

loud as comedienne Kathleen Madigan, who has five Netflix specials, points out the funny in everyday life. 8pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $66. Call (805) 963-0761.

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Old Town S.B.: 500-600 blocks of State St., 3-7pm

Downtown S.B.: Corner of Santa Barbara and Cota sts., 8am-1pm

5/5: Kathleen Madigan: Do You Have Any Ranch? Get ready to laugh out

Goleta: Camino Real Marketplace, 10am-2pm

5/5-5/6, 5/8: Eos Lounge Thu.: Laszewo, Teej. $12.36. Fri.: Roni Size. $6.18. Sun.: Darius. $18.54. 9pm. 500 Anacapa St. Call (805) 967-0066. Free. eoslounge.com

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Andrea and Neil Di Maggio will perform a variety of music for flute and piano with two highly contrasting works by French composers Françoise Devienne and Pierre Sancan. French hornist John Mason will then join for Eric Ewazen’s fascinating Ballade, Pastorale and Dance (2002), and more. 3pm. First United Methodist Church, 305 E Anapamu St. Free. Call (805) 964-3211.

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5/11-5/12: The Joffrey Ballet Don’t miss your chance to see the Chicago-based Joffrey Ballet, classically trained to the highest standards and considered one of the premier dance companies performing today.

8pm. Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. Students: $20; GA: $51-$131. Call (805) 893-3535. artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

S.B. Acoustic Presents Andres Vadin Trio, Flamenco Take in a night of a breathtaking fusion of traditional and contemporary interpretations of Flamenco infused with Cuban, Arabic, and jazz influences.

7:30pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $25. sohosb.com/upcoming-events

5/8: Mother’s Day Painting in the Vineyard at Koehler All-level artists are invited to spend the afternoon sipping delicious Koehler wines and capturing the beauty of botanicals in watercolor with a trained artist who will walk you through each step.

11am-1:30pm. Koehler Winery, 5360 Foxen Canyon Rd., Los Olivos. $85. Ages 21+. Call (805) 325-8092 or email info@artspotonwheels.com.

owner of Mesa Bookstore D.J. Palladino will sign copies of his book, Werewolf, Texas, a gripping and vividly dark story of a bloodthirsty dynasty set on preserving their power. 6pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Call (805) 682-6787. chaucersbooks.com/event

offer scenic views of the mountains and ocean with your choice of a one- or three-mile hike with Spanish-speaking guides available. Dogs must be on a leash. Registration is required. 1-3pm. Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve, 5905 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. Free. Call (805) 966-4520 or email alopez@sblandtrust.org. tinyurl.com/MotherHike

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5/6-5/8: Dos Pueblos Theatre Company Presents Beauty and the Beast See the story of Belle, a beautiful and intelligent woman who feels

5/10: The Power of MOXI 2022 Spring out of place in her provincial French village and must rescue her father from the Luncheon This annual luncheon is an inspiring Beast’s mysterious castle. Fri.: 7pm; Sat.: 2 and 7pm. Elings Performing Arts Ctr.,

and informative event to learn more about MOXI’s impactful programs and how the museum creates equitable access to important STEAM learning experiences, and hear from MOXI’s president and CEO, Dr. Robin Gose; and the recipients of the 2022 MOXI(e) Award, Ed and Sue Birch. Guests will be invited to make a gift in support of MOXI’s Education Fund. Noon1:15pm. MOXI The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, 125 State St. Free. Call (805) 770-5000.

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Dos Pueblos High School, 7266 Alameda Ave., Goleta. $10-$14. Call (805) 968- 2541 or email ajlennon2000@gmail.com. dptheatrecompany.org

5/6-5/8: San Marcos H.S. Presents Little Shop of Horrors This 1982 musical written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman follows Seymour, the meek flower shop assistant who pines for his co-worker, Audrey, while dealing with the unusual and demanding plant created during a total eclipse that needs blood to survive. Fri.-Sat.: 7-9pm; Sun.: 2-4pm.

Marquis Performing Arts Auditorium, San Marcos High School, 4750 Hollister Ave. GA: $8-$14; VIP: $25. smhstheaterdept.com/event

5/10: UCSB Reads 2022 Author Talk: Ted Chiang Join the discussion moderated by Melody Jue,

5/6-5/8: Ojai Art Center Theater Presents All in the Timing

Associate Professor of English at UCSB, with acclaimed science fiction and fantasy short-story writer Ted Chiang, whose debut collection, Stories of Your Life and Others, has been translated into 21 languages and from which the 2016 film Arrival was adapted. Chiang’s latest collection of stories, Exhalation, was named one of the best books of 2020 by The New York Times and more. Books will be available for purchase and signing. There will be an at-home viewing option.

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This adaptation of Mary Pope Osborne’s award-winning fantasy adventure books follows siblings Jack and Annie as their tree house takes them to an exotic island with pirates and they discover the power of friendship and the pleasures in everyday life. Cast A: Fri.: 6pm; Sat.: 1pm; Cast B: Sat.: 6pm; Sun.: 1pm. Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio, 907 El Centro St., Ojai. $10$12. oyespresents.org/events

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ROOT FOR HOME TEAMS: Rivals Dos Pueblos and Santa Barbara High will put their beef aside as they enter the playoffs this week.

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he spring prep sports calendar has reached the win-or-go-home portion of the season. The playoffs are here, and the urgency is high as Santa Barbara athletes in lacrosse, tennis, swimming, track and field, softball, and baseball give everything they have to prolong their high school careers. This week, several area high school baseball and softball teams will pursue postseason glory as they enter CIF playoff-palooza.

BASEBALL SOLIDARITY: After a number of hard-fought contests competing in the Channel League play, the San Marcos, Dos Pueblos, and Santa Barbara High baseball teams have all reached the CIF-Southern Section playoffs.

Despite the rivalries that exist between the three schools, a common sentiment emerged at the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table (SBART) Luncheon on Monday. They will all be rooting for each other going forward as each team looks to make noise in the postseason.

“Good luck to Dos Pueblos and San Marcos,” said Santa Barbara assistant coach Joe Holguin. “Now that we’re not in Channel League anymore, we will be rooting for you guys. Now all of us are Santa Barbara, so let’s see what we can do.”

The Dons finished in third place in the Channel League and will need to win their wild card game in Culver City on Tuesday, May 3 (after print deadline), in order to remain in the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs.

For Dos Pueblos, hosting a first-round game against St. Bonaventure on Friday is a nice reward for its 11 seniors. The Chargers, who are in the Division 3 playoffs this year, have not hosted a playoff game since their memorable run in 2018.

“We’ve played [St. Bonaventure] a few times over the last two years, and we feel like it’s a pretty good matchup and hopefully we can have a good game,” said Dos Pueblos coach George Hedricks. “I echo what coach Holguin said: I wish San Marcos and Santa Barbara the best of luck in the playoffs and for you seniors to get a chance to extend your seasons, extend your high school careers a little bit longer.”

Unlike last season, when San Marcos needed extra innings in the final game of the regular season game to claim the Channel League title, the Royals carved out some breathing room from its crosstown rivals this season and will look to parlay their success in league into the postseason.

San Marcos catcher Joaquin Sandoval was named SBART Athlete of the Week on Monday after going five-for-nine with a home run, three doubles, and four runs batted in against Lompoc in two games. His leadership will be invaluable for San Marcos going forward.

“Joaquin has a 4.6 GPA. He’s a captain of our team and a two-sport athlete as the quarterback of our football team,” said San Marcos coach Wesley Ghan-Gibson. “Catcher and quarterback go hand in hand, so that kind of shows who he is as a person.”

As one of the highest-seeded teams in the CIF-SS Division 4 playoffs, the Royals will take on the winner of the Montebello and Loyola Wild Card game at home on Thursday, May 5, at 3:15 p.m.

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a lot of people dying left and right, and the true counts are unknown,” Tupchyk said. She added that Russian forces have hidden bodies in mass graves, disguised the deceased with rubble from explosions, and even cremated citizens on enemy lines in order to conceal the true death count.

The large van they bought in Slovakia can transport six wheelchair users at a time, and Tupchyk hopes to continue raising funds for more vehicles to help get disabled refugees out of the warzones.

Tupchyk has scheduled a trip in June to visit Ukraine and learn about the availability of transportation in the various regions. “My goal is to visit the different sites, evaluate the needs, and help in whatever ways I can,” she said. “After gathering an assessment of the situation from people in rehabilitation clinics and people we can help, I’ll come back to the U.S. and make a plan on how we can meet those needs.”

Even if conditions worsen, Tupchyk said she would stick with her plans to fly to a neighboring country and cross the Ukrainian border by train or automobile. Based on the information her contacts have been reporting—including friends, family, and Tupchyk’s in-laws—she will be bringing in an abundance of medical supplies and other essentials during her June travels.

As badly as Ukraine needs global assistance in its war with Russia, Tupchyk stressed that Ukraine will also need help picking up the pieces of their fallen cities when the fighting ends.

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n the sixth floor of an apartment building on the outskirts of Kiev, Sasha, a Ukrainian man with cerebral palsy, was strapped to a red spinal board and carried down ladders by firefighters after a missile strike demolished the complex. Air-raid sirens echoed through survivors’ ears and smoke billowed through the broken windows as Sasha’s rescuers carried him to a transport vehicle, and he received an immediate medical assessment.

“Thankfully, he survived,” said Alina Tupchyk, a Ukrainian-American and occupational therapist at Cottage Hospital. Along with her colleagues at Cottage Hospital, Tupchyk organized a fundraising project to help those refugees, and her first effort was the acquisition of a wheelchair-accessible van from Slovakia. She learned in recent days that it had successfully made it into Ukraine.

Bomb drops and missile strikes have destroyed city buildings, homes, and streets, making it nearimpossible for Ukrainians with disabilities to get past the rubble or down to shelters unaided. But the direct hit on Sasha’s building underlined the fact that Ukraine had sparse resources for its citizens reliant on wheelchairs for mobility.

Tupchyk managed to purchase the wheelchairaccessible van and ship it before all the funding was in place. “We made an agreement where we are able to get the van and then pay back the money,” she explained, saying they needed to raise $20,000 to cover the remaining costs of the van and its transport to Ukraine. Currently, their fundraising efforts have reached 15 percent of their goal.

Tupchyk has been visiting her home country for the last decade, delivering medical supplies and living essentials to disabled citizens like Sasha. Each year, the occupational therapist travels to a retreat center in the village of Olexandriia in the west of Ukraine, where disabled people in surrounding villages are offered a welcome while also having full accessibility and the accommodations necessary for their disabilities.

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DO A KICKFLIP: The skate park will be located on city property adjacent to Carpinteria City Hall.

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kateboarding made its debut as an Olympic sport at the 2020 Summer Olympics, growing in recognition as a sport and popular after-school activity. For the youth of Carpinteria, however, skateboarding has long been their way of unwinding and having fun.

Taking to the streets and empty lots of the city, skateboarders have lacked a designated space to spend time and learn tricks. This is changing now for the first time in more than two decades.

In March 2022, the Carpinteria City Council officially approved construction of the Carpinteria Skate Park. With an emphasis on its benefits for local youth, the City Council members voted unanimously in favor of completion of the skate park project.

The park is a project that has been in the works for more than 20 years, according to Julia Mayer, board member of the Carpinteria Skate Foundation.

The need for a skate park was realized in the late 1990s with a temporary skate park in the town’s train station parking lot, but it wasn’t until 2009 that the Foundation was formed with an eye toward building a permanent in-ground skate park. They worked on securing permitting and other municipal tasks until 2021, when the campaign to build the park relaunched with full momentum.

Designed by Dreamland Skateparks, the 30,000-square-foot skate park will be located on city property adjacent to City Hall at the site of the old Thunderdome Roller Hockey rink, with 20,000 square feet of skateable terrain, and the remainder serving as a rest area with amenities such as picnic tables and benches. Through having both places to skate and to rest, Mayer hopes to create a kind of intersection between the different members of the Carpinteria community. “[I hope] what we’ll see is people walking their dog on the bluffs and sitting down and watching kids land tricks,” Mayer said. “They’ll be like, ‘Dang, that’s rad.’ ” The Carpinteria Skate Foundation raised around $1.2 million total, more than $750,000 of that in 2021 alone. Funds mostly came from generous community members such as Suzanne Duca, local companies like Deckers, and fundraisers by virtually every small business in Carpinteria, according to Mayer.

Uncle Chen Restaurant, a local Chinese eatery, even rebranded their egg rolls as “skate rolls” over the summer and donated all proceeds to funding for the Carpinteria Skate Park. Such examples of overflowing community support were essential in the process of getting the park built.

Though the construction bid for the park came in at a substantially higher-than-anticipated $2.1 million, Carpinteria City Council elected to fill the remaining $700,000 funding gap to get the project rolling.

Carpinteria Mayor Wade Nomura has been a vocal supporter pushing for the completion of the skate park, possibly due to his career as a national BMX champion in the ’80s. “He mentored me through the whole process,” Mayer said.

A major motivating factor behind the park’s creation is that in Carpinteria, there are not a lot of recreational spaces for older children to spend time, especially without a car or the means to bus to Santa Barbara. There are also no places where they are legally allowed to skateboard.

According to Mayer, there’s a huge skater population in Carpinteria, with three or four spots where they go to skate. However, skaters often get the police called on them in these places, which include a local parking lot and shopping center.

“Generation after generation [of kids] has been mislabeled by our community members as truants or trespassing or bad kids,” Mayer said. “I really hated that…. It’s a mischaracterization of a whole generation of kids.”

Growing up, Mayer was always interested in skateboarding, an activity that wasn’t typical for women at the time. “Girls invited to be with skateboarders were like accessories,” she said. “It used to make me feel very left out.” In college, she realized the hobby was meant to be enjoyed by everybody, and she now wants to give everyone access to it with the Carpinteria Skate Park.

“Kids deserve and need a place to go and be creative and feel accepted and valued,” Mayer said. This became especially true during the pandemic, with the realization that children’s mental health was being impacted.

There’s also a culture of generational mentorship cultivated by skate parks, according to Mayer, and this is an important part of helping kids’ self-esteem and growth.

Mayer is currently in the process of setting the groundbreaking date for the Carpinteria Skate Park.

There are plans to have a groundbreaking celebration, potentially with live shows and music using the skateable stage built into the park.

She is excited about the completion of the project, which is set to be around January 2023, and sees it as evidence of the power of local, community change.

“I keep telling every kid I talk to, ‘If you see that your community needs something, you can advocate for yourself, and work toward it,’ ” Mayer said. n

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hen Santa Barbara High School junior Ethan Camp started preparing for his Eagle Scout project—a way for Boy Scouts to show leadership through a project that benefits their community—he decided to give back to a familiar place and help build a much-needed bike trail at his old school, Monroe Elementary.

Monroe recently received a donation of 40 mountain bikes but had no bike trail for students to safely ride. So when the opportunity presented itself to give back to the school that Camp says helped shape his life, he took it.

On Monroe Beautification Day on Saturday, April 9, Camp led the main work day to construct the 200-foot-long bike trail. Around 40 to 50 volunteers came out to help, he said, including local children and athletes from Santa Barbara City College.

“It was just a really great collaboration between all kinds of people in Santa Barbara,” Camp said. According to Camp, the project came to fruition through the support of the community, including local businesses, construction companies, the Monroe Parent Teacher Association, and principal Brian Naughton.

The cost of constructing the bike path is $2,500, and Camp said he has been fundraising with help from family, friends, and the community.

He began his Eagle Scout project a year and a half ago, and it has gone through many different iterations, he said. Throughout the process, he said, he knew he wanted to help kids be more active and independent.

Eagle Scout is the “ultimate culmination” for Boy Scouts, with only 4 percent of Scouts achieving the ranking, said Camp, who is a member of Troop 33 of the Los Padres Boy Scouts Council. The project is a big accomplishment and holds a lot of meaning to him.

“It’s rare that people can really give back to the community they grew up in,” Camp said. “I just feel lucky that everything kind of aligned.” He hopes the bike trail will inspire the children at Monroe and future Eagle Scouts.

The bike trial is not yet fully complete, and Camp will be going back to lay the final groundwork in the next few weeks. Camp said Monroe Elementary’s principal also aims to expand the trail beyond the Eagle Scout project.

The trail will require more fundraising to finish, which will include the addition of around 650 more feet of track. Monroe’s PTA is now actively seeking donations from the community to continue the project. n

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ture, my wife and I recently traveled to Santa Catalina Island to explore the island’s culinary and cocktail scene. To cross the mere 22 miles from the mainland, we boarded the Catalina Express in Long Beach — even though it’s only about an hour, be sure to upgrade to the Commodores Lounge for priority boarding, a comfier seat, and a complimentary cocktail, the perfect combo to begin your island journey.

Disembarking in Avalon, we checked into the Bellanca Hotel (bellancahotel.com). Newly reopened after a $4 million refit, Bellanca has that Instagrammable vibe with a rooftop terrace overlooking the harbor, cruiser bikes to explore the town, and the hip Naughty Fox Restaurant. Our ground-floor suite had a concertina door that opened wide to welcome in the hustle and bustle of Avalon, just steps from the clear blue water of the bay.

We spent the afternoon exploring with a glass-bottom-boat tour to Lovers’ Cove before coffee from Lloyd’s of Avalon (catalinacandy.com) energized our meander through downtown. For dinner, we headed to M (mrestaurantandevents .com), where classy service and sophisticated ambiance make it arguably the finest dining in Avalon. Seated on their oceanfront patio, we scoured the menu of Italian fare and signature cocktails, opting for the burrata, fried calamari, and large Cadillac margaritas as appetizers before entrées of lobster, shrimp, and clam linguine and panko-dusted sand dabs.

A new day dawned with breakfast at The Naughty Fox (bellancahotel.com/the-naughty-fox). Hailing from the famed Ace Hotel in Palm Springs, executive chef Russel Hayden’s menu of elevated café options includes a to-die-for lobster eggs Benedict as well as muffins, smashed avocado toast, and baked French toast. With a trendy vibe and outdoor seats

that overlook the hubbub of island life, it’s an ideal spot for breakfast, lunch, or simply cocktails.

Fueled up, we ambled down to Brown’s Bikes (catalina biking.com) to pick up our electric bike rentals. After a brief introduction to the bikes and their functions, we zipped off along the coastal roads of Catalina before ascending Mount Ada. Our electric assist and a “boost” mode made hill climbing a breeze. Freewheeling downhill, we zig-zagged through the back streets of Avalon, observing the steep tapestry of hillside housing before heading inland toward the Botanical Gardens and the Wrigley Memorial. Motivated to burn our breakfast calories, a three-mile hike beyond the memorial took us to the Garden to Sky Summit and its rewarding views of both sides of the island.

Returning our bikes, we hightailed it to an early dinner at The Lobster Trap (catalinalobstertrap.com), a bustling island favorite frequented by locals and visitors alike. With stiff Moscow mules in hand, we opted for a bursting lobster roll and fries, and the halibut with veg and rice pilaf. Neither dish lasted as long as the smiles on our faces.

Our final morning saw us back at The Naughty Fox for another delicious breakfast: a cheesy bacon popover, smashed avocado toast, and a couple of mimosas.

Sans luggage and with lunchtime upon us, we snuck down a side street to NDMK Fish House (ndmkfishhouse.com) for a final gorge on fresh ahi tacos with sautéed veggies, enjoyed with our feet in the sand. Then we were prepared to style into comfy Commodores Lounge seats back aboard the Catalina Express — with just one final round of Bloody Marys before we declared mission accomplished.

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Meals by Khalil Delivers Middle Eastern Eats Lebanese Chef Starts Own Business During Pandemic

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Santa Barbara Restaurant Week May 16th to 22nd Participating restaurants will be presenting exciting pre-fixe menus priced at $30, $40, $50 all week long.

Julia Screening and Directors Q&A

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Rebuilding Our Food System Sat, May 21st, 3PM at SBCC Garvin Theatre Learn from local and national leaders who are tackling the planet’s pressing challenges to develop a more sustainable food system in Santa Barbara and around the world *Tickets are $25 and includes light bites & drinks

Taste of Santa Barbara Wines Sun, May 22nd, 1PM at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park Interactive wine tastings, pop-ups, and panels with leading Santa Barbara County wineries. *Tickets are $50 and includes light bites

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n March 2020, Khalil Elzein was

visiting the Seychelles, a group of islands off the east coast of Africa, with his wife, Lolo, when the world shut down. When they returned home to Santa Barbara, it was to that unwelcome news that so many received in the early days of the pandemic: The jobs they held no longer existed.

Forced to adapt, Elzein’s daughter Emilie had an idea: Marshaling more than 40 years of experience as a professional chef, Elzein could start a delivery business that would bring the mouth-watering dishes of his native Lebanon—from halibut with bulgur wheat and tahini sauce to succulent lamb shoulder braised with cumin and stuffed with rice and pine nuts—to the people of Santa Barbara.

And so began Meals by Khalil, which offers a variety of dishes that have something for everybody. Each week, the main dishes, which cost between $16 and $28, include meat, poultry, fish, and vegetarian options, with accommodations for factors like allergies and gluten-free diets. They’re all delivered free of charge by Lolo herself.

Also featured on the weekly menu are six different salads and six types of desserts, including the Middle Eastern confection baklava, which Elzein also sells by the tray due to its popularity.

While the emphasis may be on Middle Eastern cuisine, it is not exclusively so.

A recent week’s menu, for example, included lasagna, both beef and plantbased, and sweet and spicy salmon with grilled vegetables.

For decades, Elzein worked as a private chef for the prominent Khashoggi family of Hope Ranch. He credits them for much of his success, but Emilie also recalls that, when the family had friends over when she was growing up, her dad’s cooking was always a central attraction.

It’s easy to see why when sitting down at the table with the Elzein family at their home on the Mesa. The traditional Lebanese dish of chicken with bulgur wheat and garlic yogurt sauce bursts

LEBANESE DELIVERY: Khalil Elzein founded Meals

by Khalil during the darkest days of the pandemic to bring traditional Middle Eastern dishes and more to the doors of Santa Barbara diners.

with flavor alongside a freshly chopped fattoush salad and stir-fried Italian-style vegetables.

However, even with decades of experience, the business was a leap of faith filled with excitement and anxiety.

“He’s in his seventies, and this was his first time starting a business for himself,” said Emilie. “In the first few weeks, when we weren’t sure if people would go for this or not, it was very emotional.”

Thankfully, customers took notice.

Today, Meals by Khalil typically serves six to eight clients a day, not to mention catering for mid-sized events. Beyond helping to sustain the family financially, the business has also been a validating experience. “When people started showing interest, it felt so good—all the stress of starting a business was worth it,” said Elzein. “It showed me that I can still use my cooking to make people happy. As a chef, that is the important thing.”

See mealsbykhalil.com or text (805) 4528562. Orders must be placed by 10 p.m. the day before, and deliveries are between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

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a full renovation in spring 2022, restaurant Finch & Fork is the reimagined vision of Executive Chef Craig Riker, with menus reflecting the multicultural flavors of California and featuring fresh seafood and sustainable produce.

Complementing Chef Riker’s cuisine is a wine program highlighting Central Coast vineyards, along with handcrafted cocktails, spirit-free libations, and a robust local beer selection. Fresh new interiors by Los Angeles–based Beleco design group are Mediterranean-meetsCalifornia inspired, saturated in deep blues and aquamarines against earthy

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textures and finishes, giving the new space “the feeling of an elegant estate on the American Riviera.”

SAINT BIBIANA PIZZA OPENS: Reader

Nathan tells me that Saint Bibiana Pizzeria has opened and that last Saturday, he enjoyed an amazing pie at 17 West Ortega Street, the former home of Little Kitchen, which closed March 31.

Saint Bibiana is owned by Cindy Black, who opened Blue Owl restaurant in June 2012 and then sold it in April 2018.

LIGHTHOUSE OPENS AT TURNPIKE: I was

driving down Turnpike Road, as I do every Saturday morning, and noticed umbrellas and customers dining outside of the new Lighthouse Coffee at Turnpike Center, the home of Vons Market, Rusty’s Pizza, and several other eateries coming soon. Last February, Turnpike Center lost the area’s only java joint, Goleta Coffee Company, which closed after decades in business.

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at 177 South Turnpike Road closed last February, co-tenant Loca Vivant Kitchen started looking for a new home. “Although the shopping center management has chosen a new coffee shop to operate in the Turnpike Center, we are optimistic and excited about the future for Loca Vivant Kitchen,” said co-owner Stacy Rebich Hespanha at the time. “We value our customers and are looking forward to serving them through Loca Vivant Kitchen as a wholesale vegan-friendly, gluten-free bakery, offering locally grown and prepared foods.”

Well, Loca Vivant Kitchen has indeed found their new home, and I am happy to report that it will be in the El Mercado Shopping Center at 4141 State Street, Suite E1, the former home of Restaurant Open, Kobachi Izakaya Dining, and Kampai. Restaurant Open closed earlier this year after nine years in business.

Loca Vivant Kitchen shares space with Menchaca Chocolates of Santa Barbara.

I am told that Loca Vivant Kitchen will have their food items distributed wholesale, available online for pickup or eaten at benches on the patio, and also available for purchase at pop-ups around town. They hope to open by June.

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DANIEL’S CLOSED? Readers Brendan and

Maureen suggest that Daniel’s Bakery and Mexican Food has ended their decades-long run at 2714 De la Vina Street. The bakery’s phone number is now disconnected.

NEW MEXICAN RESTAURANT FOR OLD TOWN: A new Mexican restaurant is

coming to 5892 Hollister Avenue in Goleta, the former home of Wingman Rodeo, Gimeal Café, and The Natural Café. Karlos Gonzales, a chef who learned his craft at a culinary school in Mexico as well as at various restaurants in Santa Barbara, will be at the helm. Gonzales had worked with catering service Mariscos Titas earlier this year to open at that address, but the partnership ended, and I am told they went separate ways. Rumor has it that the new restaurant might be serving Mexican seafood.

John Dickson’s reporting can be found every day online at SantaBarbara.com. Send tips to info@ SantaBarbara.com.

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Indie Rockers Uncle Uncle Embark on First Tour

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BAND OF UNCLES: Uncle Uncle are (from left to right) Christian Edstrom, Kevin Cappon, Nick Fields, and Dominick Burnham

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anta Barbara’s Uncle Uncle kicks off their first tour at the Golden Bull in Oakland on May 7. The four members of this fledgling folk-rock group will take vacations from their full-time jobs to hit the road north, with additional gigs in Healdsburg, Portland, Eugene, and Santa Cruz. Before returning for a homecoming concert at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club in June, their last stop is at the Shabang Festival in San Luis Obispo. When I asked Uncle Uncle’s lead singer Kevin Cappon how it felt to take time off from work to work as a musician, he was genuinely confused. For Cappon and his bandmates, going on tour doesn’t feel like work. He told me, “It’s fun, and I get to spend time with my friends, making music.”

Formed back in 2017 in Santa Barbara, the band started as a duo with Cappon as the lead singer/guitarist and Dominick Burnham on the drums. Cappon met Burnham in college and knew him as the “the music guy.” Although Kevin himself hadn’t been

part of a band in more than 10 years, he would regularly write lyrics for songs and come up with melodies as a hobby. One day, Cappon asked Burnham to jam and quickly realized their musical backgrounds complemented one another’s.

Both started playing at a young age: Cappon grew up on a ranch playing recreationally, while Burnham played music in school.

Burnham elaborates, “I learned music through school—I was always in orchestras while moonlighting in rock bands.

Connecting with Kev was special because he approached music in a lyrics-focused way, whereas I wasn’t from that world. With our unique backgrounds, we started to make music together.”

It wasn’t long after a few jam sessions that they started recording their first EP together.

Soon, they realized they wanted their live sound to expand, so they sought out Christian Edstrom, a Santa Barbara native and friend from UCSB, to join the band as a guitarist.

After six months of playing live shows with two guitarists and a drummer, they invited another fellow gaucho, Nick Fields, to join the band as a drummer. The band has consisted of Cappon (vocals and guitar), Burnham (bass), Edstrom (lead guitar), and Fields (drums) for four years now. Their sound is a mélange of beach vibes, and they say that some of their biggest musical influences are Neil Young, Parquet Courts, and Bob Dylan.

Cappon is the primary storyteller of the group. Although his personal life plays a role in his writing, he also has a pretty wild imagination, and he sings about things he has never done. Santa Barbara’s natural beauty also plays a role. Cappon wrote “Nira (I’m Alive)” after camping in Los Padres National Forest and “Island 73” about his time in Gaviota.

With three EPs released thus far—Say It (2018), Jawbone Wells (2019), and Prizefighter (2020) — Uncle Uncle will drop a full-length album at the end of this summer.

—Amanda Correa

LOCKWOOD de FOREST It’s your last chance to see this excellent exhibit of oil paintings by Lockwood de Forest this weekend at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. Dedicated to Kathleen and Oswald Da Ros and mainly drawn from their collection, Lighting the Way shows the great precursor of the Santa Barbara school of plein air painting at the height of his powers. In addition

to multiple strong examples of the artist’s familiar small works, there are several commanding large canvases saturated with light and color. The artist’s gift for elevating the area’s natural beauty created the cult of Santa Barbara beautiful that painters and residents worship to this day.

—Charles Donelan

“Coastal Eucalyptus at Sunset,” February 1913

Thomas Reynolds Gallery’s latest exhibition holds — and resolves — subtle tensions gracefully. Sandy Ostrau’s Paradise Revisited collects 15 of her abstract paintings inspired by the California landscape. These works tell stories yet resist narrative. They capture wholes without losing the contrast of their parts, and form abstractions that sublimate the figurative.

The oscillation between the lack and abundance of story is felt as the two opposing walls of the gallery seize the viewer’s senses.

The show renders vacillation personal. The artist is not a visitor to paradise so much as a pendulum swinging in and out of it. We see separateness morphing into togetherness and back. In a bittersweet retelling of our ecological relationships, Ostrau’s figures first fuse with the landscape and then reclaim their singularity.

Compelling examples include “Dunes Pass,” where the figure self-erases into the dunes, and “Wild Flowered Path,” where the figuration borders on camouflage.

Looking at “Intimate” or “Seaside Walk,” I felt a charged negotiation between melancholy and surprise — along with a subsequent release.

“Melancholy” because Ostrau’s reencoding of reality as simplified blotches makes human loneliness starker. “Surprise” because the mind then wonders how — and more poignantly why — so little can evoke so much. Ostrau’s mastery resides in the resolution that follows.

Her paintings’ physicality, literal depth, and thickness take over.

Through her work, Ostrau reinstates the senses as the most trustworthy guide to experience. She scrapes her paint, gathers her acrylic in mounds, and spreads it as one would soil in a California garden. It’s an invitation to break out of representation. The more time I spent with the pieces, the less story mattered and the more consoling they became, almost like the California sunsets I’ve been lucky to witness.

—Halim Madi

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LOCAL POWER-POP BAND HITS HIGH NOTE WITH RETRO DEBUT NITE TAN

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Marcus Roberts, piano / Rodney Jordan, bass / Jason Marsalis, drums Artist Residency presented in partnership with The Santa Barbara Symphony

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NICE TAN: Glenn Annie from left to right: Evan Blix, Justin Huntsman, Luke Holroyd, and Luke Mensink

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t’s notable when music released in 2022 evokes the 1970s piano pop of Harry Nilsson, Emitt Rhodes, and Leon Russell.

It’s particularly noteworthy when that music comes out of Santa Barbara, a landscape better known for surf rock, psychedelia, and reggae. And it’s even more remarkable yet when that music constitutes the debut from a band helmed by a 23-year-old virtuoso.

Glenn Annie (yes, with two N’s) have arrived with their EP Nite Tan, a bouncy collection of six exceptionally catchy tracks featuring front man Evan Blix and bassist Justin Huntsman. With its piano-driven chord melodies and mellifluous vocal tones, Nite Tan nods to an era well before the advent of digital sampling and electronic beats.

“I’ve always been attracted to older music,” explains Blix, “which can sometimes be weird because I don’t know a lot of new bands.”

“There’s good music coming out these days, but we’re not totally in with what’s current,” Huntsman adds. “I think we all just have a deep passion for good music in general.”

After meeting through Santa Barbara’s surf scene, Blix and Huntsman turned their mutually anachronistic musical tastes into a fruitful partnership. “At some point, Evan started showing me some music he was writing, and I was really, really into it,” Huntsman recalls. “We just kinda hit it off, and things started flowing really well.”

Glenn Annie (the name an homage to the Goleta golf course) began recording their first demos until a bicycle accident in which Huntsman broke his jaw derailed the nascent band’s early momentum. But after a year’s worth of recovery and continued collaboration, Blix and Huntsman laid down their first EP. Recorded over four days at producer Kyle Mullarky’s County Line studio, Nite Tan captures the band’s natural musicianship and fast-formed chemistry. “Every-

thing was organic,” explains Mullarky, “not many effects or studio tricks, no auto-tune or loops or samples. Just the band playing how they play.”

The EP was mastered to Tascam reelto-reel tape, lending Blix’s vocals an analog warmth, from the soaring chorus of country-tinged opener “Mystic Woman” to the record’s bittersweet finishing ballad “Wandering Angel.”

As the track titles may indicate, Glenn Annie’s lyrical content tends toward the time-tested topics of love, loss, and women both in and out of reach.

“We’re just really influenced by women,” Huntsman says with a winking laugh.

“They’re very inspiring. We’d like to write more songs about women and other things, and guys, too.”

Future inspiration may be easy to come by. Music fans of all genders have flocked to Glenn Annie’s live shows, which Blix and Huntsman, accompanied by guitarist Luke Holroyd and drummer Luke Mensink, have honed into a tight, eminently danceable set.

At a recent show outside Rascal’s restaurant, the dance party spilled onto Cota Street while Blix’s parents looked on with beaming pride.

“We’re trying to play as much as possible to get it out there,” Blix says, “It’s crazy that people are already singing along.”

Their sound may be rooted in the past, but Glenn Annie sidesteps affected nostalgia, approaching their songwriting with all the sincerity and sophistication of musicians interested in longevity rather than novelty. The result is a polished live act and an exceedingly impressive first release.

If Nite Tan indicates Glenn Annie’s future output, one would be wise to catch the band at a small local venue while the opportunity presents itself.

Nite Tan is available on Spotify. Glenn Annie plays at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club (1221 State St.) on Thursday, May 5, 8:30 p.m.

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nna Deavere Smith has created a career’s worth of innovative journalistic theater works, all excellent, none more so than Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. In this new production at the Rubicon, actor/ director Chris Butler takes on the monumental task of filling Smith’s shoes by playing every one of the show’s more than three dozen characters. Seeing Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, on April 29, 2022, the exact day of the 30th anniversary of the events it anatomizes from so many perspectives, was particularly poignant. To create a more meaningful experience, At the Rubicon beyond. With great skill and empathy, he navigated the Rubicon invited many prominent Theatre, Fri., Apr. the wildly divergent tones and emotions displayed leaders in the community for a special opening-night tribute, and the result 29. Shows through while never losing the show’s elusive narrative May 15. was captivating. One felt the intention thread. of the original work renewed as the In a play with this many characters, it’s easy to audience brought their memories of these events to imagine that there would be a leveling off and blending of all those different voices and experiences. the current moment.

Butler moved seamlessly from one character to Thanks to Smith’s work on the script and Butler’s another under his own and Jenny Sullivan’s expert dynamic performance, nothing could be further co-direction. With just a handful of props and a few from the truth. Butler renders two of the show’s most simple costume changes, most of them done in full influential figures — Elvira Evers and Maria the juror view of the audience, Butler morphed from opera — with indelible force. Congratulations to everyone singer Jessye Norman to a former security guard and involved in this thought-provoking and timely proco-assailant of Reginald Denny, Keith Watson, and duction.

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ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Poet Jennifer Willoughby writes, “I am so busy. I am practicing my new hobby of watching me become someone else. There is so much violence in reconstruction. Every minute is grisly, but I have to participate. I am building what I cannot break.” I wouldn’t describe your own reconstruction process during recent months as “violent” or “grisly,” Aries, but it has been strenuous and demanding. The good news is that you have mostly completed the most demanding work. Soon the process will become more fun. Congratulations on creating an unbreakable new version of yourself!

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): Rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z tells us, “Don’t ever go with the flow. Instead, be the flow.” Here’s what I think he means: If we go with the flow, we adjust and accommodate ourselves to a force that is not necessarily aligned with our personal inclinations and needs.

To go with the flow implies we are surrendering our autonomy. To claim our full sovereignty, on the other hand, we are wise to be the flow. We should create our own flow, which is just right for our unique inclinations and needs. I think this is the right approach for you right now, Taurus. Be the flow.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): The Italian language used to be a dialect spoken in Tuscany. That area comprises less than 8 percent of the country’s territory. How did such a dramatic evolution happen? Why did a local dialect supersede other dialects like Piedmontese, Neapolitan, Sicilian, and others? In part, it was because three potent 14th-century writers wrote in the Tuscan dialect: Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarch, and Giovanni Boccaccio. Another reason: Because Tuscany is centrally located in Italy, its dialect was less influenced by languages in France and other nearby countries. I offer this as a metaphor for you in the coming months. One of your personal talents, affiliations, or inclinations could become more influential and widespread—and have more authority in your life.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): “Always strive to be more interested than interesting,” said actor and activist Jane Fonda. That may not be easy for you to accomplish in the near future, dear Cancerian. Your curiosity will be at peak levels, but you may also be extra compelling and captivating. So I’ll amend Fonda’s advice: Give yourself permission to be both as interested and as interesting as you can imagine. Entertain the world with your lively personality as you go in quest of new information, fresh perceptions, and unprecedented experiences.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): “When in doubt, act like God,” proclaimed Leo singer-songwriter Madonna. I wouldn’t usually endorse that advice. But I’ll make an exception for you Leos during the next three weeks. Due to a divine configuration of astrological omens, you are authorized to ascend to new heights of sovereignty and self-possession—even to the point of doing a vivid God impersonation. For best results, don’t choose an angry, jealous, tyrannical deity to be your role model.

Pattern yourself after a sweeter, funnier, more intimate type of celestial being.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): My Virgo friend Amanda told me she felt tight and overwrought. She was overthinking and on the verge of a meltdown. With a rueful sigh, she added, “I adore anything that helps me decompress, unwind, simmer down, stop worrying, lighten up, compose myself, and mellow out.” So I invited her to take deep breaths, close her eyes, and visualize herself immersed in bluegreen light. Then I asked her to name influences she loved: people, animals, natural places, music, books, films, art, and physical movements that made her feel happy to be alive. She came up with eight different sources of bliss, and together we meditated on them. Half an hour later, she was as relaxed as she had been in months. I recommend you try a comparable exercise every day for the next 14 days. Be proactive about cultivating tranquil delight.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Author Anne Lamott is renowned for her tender approach to expressing her struggles with addiction, depression, and other tribulations. One of her supreme tests was being a single mother who raised her son Sam. In this effort, she was her usual plucky self.

Anytime she hosted playdates with Sam’s young friends at her home, she called on the help of crayons and paint and pens and clay and scissors. “When we did art with the kids, the demons would lie down,” she testified. I recommend a comparable strategy for you in the coming days, Libra. You will have extra power as you tame, calm, or transform your demons. Making art could be effective, as well as any task that spurs your creativity and imagination.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “My heart has developed a kind of amnesia, where it remembers everything but itself,” writes Scorpio poet Sabrina Benaim. If you suffer a condition that resembles hers, it’s about to change. According to my astrological analysis, your heart will soon not only remember everything; it will also remember itself. What a blissful homecoming that will be—although it may also be unruly and confounding, at least in the beginning. But after the initial surprise calms down, you will celebrate a dramatic enhancement of emotionally rich self-knowledge. You will feel united with the source of your longing to love and be loved.

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(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Just because things hadn’t gone the way I had planned didn’t necessarily mean they had gone wrong,” writes Sagittarian author Ann Patchett. Her thought may be helpful for you to meditate on. My guess is that you will ultimately be glad that things didn’t go the way you planned. God or your Higher Self or the Mysterious Forces of Destiny will conspire to lead you away from limited expectations or not-big-enough visions so as to offer you bigger and better blessings.

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CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Novelist Jane Austen (1775-1817) confessed she was a “wild beast.” Really? The author who wrote masterfully about the complex social lives of wealthy British people? Here’s my theory: The wild beast in her made her original, unsentimental, humorous, and brilliant in creating her stories. How is your own inner wild beast, Capricorn? According to my reading of the astrological omens, now is an excellent time to give it fun, rich assignments. What parts of your life would benefit from tapping into raw, primal energy?

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian poet Jack Gilbert wrote, “I lie in the dark wondering if this quiet in me now is a beginning or an end.” I don’t know how Gilbert solved his dilemma.

But I suspect you will soon be inclined to pose a similar question. In your case, the answer will be that the quiet in you is a beginning. Ah! But in the early going, it may not resemble a beginning. You might be puzzled by its fuzzy, meandering quality. But sooner or later, the quiet in you will become fertile and inspirational. You will ride it to the next chapter of your life story.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): The genre of poetry known as haiku often relies on unexpected juxtapositions. Critic R. H. Blyth observed, “In haiku, the two entirely different things that are joined in sameness are poetry and sensation, spirit and matter.” I suspect your life in the coming weeks will have metaphorical resemblances to haikus. You will be skilled at blending elements that aren’t often combined, or that should be blended but haven’t been. For inspiration, read these haikus by Raymond Roseliep. (1) in the stream / stones making half / the music. (2) horizon / wild swan drifting through / the woman’s body. (3) birthcry! / the stars / are all in place. (4) bathwater / down the drain / some of me. (5) grass / holding the shape / of our night. (6) campfire extinguished, / the woman washing dishes / in a pan of stars.

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EMPLOYMENT BOAT SAFETY OFFICER

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY The Boat Safety Officer position will develop, implement, and monitor safety programs and policies to ensure compliance with federal/state safety regulations, and ensure a safe workplace. Supported programs include boat safety, dive safety, field safety and laboratory safety. Position provides technical support for fire safety and emergency management training, as well as other EH&S programs and policies as needed. This position will require periodic travel to oversee and support UCSB small boating activities locally, nationally and internationally. Reqs: 3 years of experience with small boating operations, across a variety of vessels, weather conditions and geographic locations. 3 years of experience working in a research laboratory, or equivalent. 3 years of experience as a scientific diver. Bachelor’s Degree in related area and / or equivalent experience/training. AAUS Scientific Diver – 60 ft Lead Diver Rating or greater. CA boating education certificate, or equivalent. Diver Oxygen administration certification, plus ability to obtain instructor status within 2 years of hire. First Aid and CPR certification, plus ability to obtain instructor status within 2 years of hire. SCUBA instructor status within 2 years of hire. Must pass the UCSB/AAUS diving physical examination. $61,200 ‑ $70,000/yr.

Notes: Satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.

Must maintain valid CA DL, a clean DMV record and enrollment in DMV Pull‑Notice Program. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Application Review begins 5/11/22.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu.

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CAMPUS DINING Under the general direction of the General Manager, manages all administrative aspects of a dining commons with 40‑50 career staff and 120‑170 student staff who prepare and serve meals for up to 3,500 customers daily and has an annual budget of up to $4.5 million.

This includes operational analysis, budgetary analysis, employment and personnel administration, accounts payable, office management, purchasing, management of the CBord Menu Management System, and the hiring and training of student and career staff to act as office assistants. Manages day‑to‑day client/customer service which requires the ability to prioritize demands and exercise independent initiative and judgment in problem‑solving and special projects. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience 1‑3 years experience in an office environment.

Experience supervising staff. High level of competency in written and verbal communication. Knowledge of and demonstrated ability to use standard computer systems including email, Microsoft Word, and Excel.

Ability to take initiative and exercise strong problem‑solving skills. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $26.00 ‑ $28.00/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,

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INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT The Classroom & Campus A/V Installer, under the training and supervision of the Classroom Technology Manager, performs a variety of duties involving installation, repair and maintenance of audio, video, network and computer display equipment. Works closely with the Classroom Technology Manager and other Installers to prioritize, plan, and complete projects. Responsible for the safe, timely and competent completion of assigned tasks. Reqs: High School Diploma.

Ability to perform technical tasks associated with installation, maintenance and repair of digital and analog A/V and computer presentation systems. Experience with electronics troubleshooting tools and procedures.

Ability to read schematics, blueprints, and other technical documentation.

Must be proficient with computer productivity tools.

Familiarity with industry standard workplace safety practices. Notes: Satisfactory completion of a conviction history background check. Ability to work frequent night, weekend, and holidays. $27.76 ‑ $28.45/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job # 33116.

STUDENT HEALTH Acts as a clinical nurse; obtaining history and appropriate medical information in person, online or over the phone in order to assess the student, determining if, when and where a student should be seen. Provides pertinent patient education and/or makes an appropriate appointment utilizing the computerized appointment system.

Provides patient education on topics including, but not limited to, safe sex, contraception, and sexually transmitted infections. Refers and consults as appropriate using Student Health, campus and community resources. Reqs: Must be licensed by the State Board of Registered Nursing.

Must be CPR/BLS certified and kept current. Must have a minimum 2 years of relevant experience. Notes: Fingerprint background check required. Credentials verification for clinical practitioners. Mandated reporting requirements of child abuse and adult dependent abuse.

Student Health requires that clinical staff must successfully complete and pass the background check and credentialing process before the start date. Licensing and credentialing must be current and complete at all times during employment in order to practice and function in this clinical role. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. This is an 11‑month partial‑year career position with 4 weeks of furlough taken during quarter breaks and summer months.

Student Health is closed between the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Salary is commensurate with experience. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,

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national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 33192

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CAMPUS DINING Assists in the preparation of food for catering events. Performs culinary duties, quality assurance on all menu items, with attention to detail on presentation. Assists the Catering Chef with food production and supervision of the part time student culinary team.

Under the direction of the Catering Chef, assists in the production of food for Campus Catering. Tasks include food preparation and the production of hot and cold foods that meet the quality and guidelines of Campus Catering. Reqs: High school diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience, and minimum of one‑year culinary experience in a high‑volume culinary environment; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Ability to work in a high‑volume cooking environment and to work within a team. Ability to multi‑task and manage deadlines so as to ensure timely output of meals. Skills in verbal and written communication. Active listening, flexibility with change, critical thinking, multi‑tasking, and time management.

Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Application review begins 5/12/2022.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 35025

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CAMPUS DINING Performs culinary duties such as preparing soups and casseroles, grilling, roasting or barbequing foods, working a sauté station, and preparing and assembling made‑to‑order entrées serving up to 1,500 meals per shift.

Ensures that assigned responsibilities are accomplished and that high standards of food quality, service, sanitation and safety are met at all times. Assists with student training, food production and sanitation.

Reqs: High school diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience, and minimum of one‑year culinary experience in a high‑volume culinary environment; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Knowledge of and experience with culinary techniques, including but not inclusive of sautéing, grilling, frying, steaming, preparing sauces and stocks. Working knowledge in food service and sanitation regulations. Knowledge of and experience with advanced culinary techniques, including but not limited to sautéing, grilling, frying, steaming, preparing sauces and stocks. Ability to work in a high volume cooking environment and to work within a team. Ability to multi‑task and manage deadlines so as to ensure timely output of meals. Skills in verbal and written communication. Active listening, flexibility with change, critical thinking, multi‑tasking and time management.

Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $18.41‑ $20.32/hr.

Days/Hours: Monday‑ Friday, 11:30am ‑ 8pm, May vary. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status,

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Application review begins 5/12/2022.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 35020

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

ARTS & LECTURES The Director of Finance and Operations has full functional responsibility for all financial, personnel and administrative operations of the Arts & Lectures unit. Serves as an advisor to the Executive Director and Associate Director on high‑level matters of critical importance, creating and implementing short and long‑range strategic financial, personnel, and operation plans and goals. Directs contractors, vendors and departmental staff at select A&L events. Serves as a senior point of contact in the absence of the Executive and Associate Director. Responsibilities include management of all Arts & Lectures finances, including complex income accounts exceeding $10 million annually, as well as management at the department level of the Arts & Lectures $30 million endowment campaign funds. Additionally, the A&L unit is granted procurement authority to execute contracts for professional services in excess of $3 million annually; the Director of Finance and Operations establishes structures, policy and procedures to ensure success in delegation and auditability of all department transactions.

Handles high level contractual negotiation with agents/artists/ managers. Responsible for complex financial reporting, including economic forecasting and modeling, projections on investment income, and advising the Executive Director on financial strategies and risks. Prepares reports and presents on financial performance and projections to the Arts & Lectures Finance Council. Responsible for directing daily administrative operations. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and/or training. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Ability to work occasional evening and weekend hours. $90,000‑130,000/ yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 34141

ECONOMICS/ STATISTICS INSTRUCTOR

CAMPUS LEARNING ASST SERVICES Instructs undergraduate students in small tutorial groups in Economics that parallel university classes and provides drop‑in assistance in the Economics / Statistics Lab (65%). Develops and updates course curriculum and study materials, attends course lectures, and incorporates technology support (25%). Maintains student attendance records and work assignments, provides student and department evaluations and mentors student staff (10%). Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience with tutoring others in this relative field of study. Experience designing course curriculum. Note: Satisfactory completion of a background check. $24.62 ‑ $24.90/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status,

protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #33423

EXTRA MURAL FUNDS ACCOUNTANT

CTLR – BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES Manages all of EMF’s collections of delinquent receivables, aging of receivables, and all of the Accounts Receivable balance sheet accounts for UCSB contract and grants portfolio totaling over $200M in total expenditures for fiscal year 2021. These duties require broad job knowledge and a complete and thorough analysis of problems and issues of diverse scope to independently determine solutions on a daily basis. This position is responsible for the administering of UCSB’s Department of Defense, Army, Local, and Other Government award portfolios. ($12.5 million in annual expenditures and over 65 active awards at the end of fiscal year 2021).

Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.

Demonstrated ability to effectively present information verbally and in writing. Knowledge of analytical procedures used in accounting projects of moderate scope with the ability to apply more advanced accounting concepts to complete work assignments. Working knowledge of financial transactions and systems, as well as related policy, accounting, and regulatory compliance requirements.

Working knowledge of common desktop/web applications. 1‑3 years Accounting/Finance Experience. Notes: Satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check. Limited vacation time during peak periods. $27.14/ ‑ $28.80/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 32061

FINANCIAL SERVICES ANALYST

BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES BFS analyst supporting the Invoice to Cash implementation and stabilization under the campus Oracle Financials Cloud platform project designed to modernize financial systems and transform business practices at all levels of the campus. This multi‑year project with representation from across the campus was started in January 2022 and includes: A restructured and managed COA, combined with standardized financial reports, will provide the campus with the opportunity for a singular, unified financial tool that will improve training and unify processes on campus, enabling the accurate and timely management of campus financial resources. Real‑time procurement integration with financials. Integration of research fund tracking within the Oracle Financials Cloud (OFC) system will improve extramural and intramural fund management, both in day‑to‑day operations and in reporting. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and/ or equivalent experience/training.

Working knowledge of financial processes, policies, and procedures.

Strong interpersonal skills, analytical skills, service orientation, active listening, critical thinking, attention to detail, ability to multi‑task in a high volume environment, organizational skills, effective verbal and written communication skills, sound judgment and decision making. Ability to analyze data, identify errors and discrepancies and problem solve.

Demonstrated problem‑solving skills of moderate scope and complexity.

Proficiency in the use of common computer applications and systems.

Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.62 ‑ $28.80/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 5/16/22. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 34888

GRADUATE ADVISOR

COMPUTER SCIENCE Participates in all aspects of student life in Computer Science.

Coordinates and manages the graduate admissions program, advises approximately 190 graduate students and 400 undergraduate students on a wide variety of issues, including requirements for graduate admissions, program requirements and options, grades, courses, financial aid, petitions, leaves, exam schedules, housing, cost of living, community issues, employment, and other personal and academic issues related to their welfare. Position requires extensive knowledge of University and Graduate Division policies and procedures regarding graduate and undergraduate student affairs and requires the ability to interpret regulations from various administrative offices to students and faculty. This position requires extensive teamwork and cooperation within the Student Affairs Area by assisting with the ongoing workload and acting independently when the Student Affairs Manager and Undergraduate Program Advisor or Assistant are unavailable. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and/or training.

Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61‑$27.21/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 34129

INFORMATION SPECIALIST

FINANCIAL AID OFFICE Serves as coordinator for one or more financial aid programs.

Works as part of a team with other advisors to complete financial aid administrative tasks such as FAFSA verification, appeals processing, award revisions, scholarship processing, etc. Advises students and parents regarding all aspects of the financial aid process. Conducts workshops and gives presentations to various campus organizations. Reqs: Strong interpersonal and written skills.

Strong analytical and technical skills.

Adaptability and ability to work efficiently with multiple deadlines and schedules. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check.

Limited vacation taken in September/ October. $24.61/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #31932

LEAD LABORER

RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS The Lead Laborer serves as working lead for team of Sr. Custodians, Sr. Building Maintenance Worker, student employees and seasonal workers, working on various assignments.

Responsible for work assignment and quality, safety, employee training, building security, oversight of special projects and maintenance tasks, emergency response and customer service. Orders and distributes supplies.

Also responsible for employee time cards and equipment maintenance for building. Affirms and implements the department Educational Equity Plan comprised of short and long term objectives that reflect a systematic approach to preparing both students and staff for success in a multi‑cultural society. Works in an environment which is ethnically diverse and culturally pluralistic.

Works in a team environment. Reqs: Minimum 3 years of custodial or maintenance work experience in an institution and/or commercial setting.

Some computer experience, including Microsoft Office programs. Ability to motivate staff and maintain positive morale. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others as a team.

Experience in a customer service environment. Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse workforce.

Ability to communicate and work effectively with staff and others such as employees from other departments, students, parents, project managers, conference organizers, etc.

Organizational experience. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program.

Satisfactory conviction history background check. $21.33‑ $29.89/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 5/9/22. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job #34594

LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE (LVN)

STUDENT HEALTH Provides medical and administrative support to the physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurses. Assists with exams and procedures, taking vitals, checking in/outpatients, filling out necessary paperwork, taking phone messages and following directives from the clinicians. Acts as a resource for non‑licensed staff. Utilizes nursing knowledge in these tasks as well as but not limited to providing patient education, administering immunizations, and functioning within the scope of practice. Reqs: Licensed by the CA State Board of Nursing. Must be CPR certified/Basic Life Support (BLS) certified or dually certified in both AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support and AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support at all times during employment. Must be organized, detailed oriented, confidential and dependable. Strong oral/written communication, organizational and customer service skills. Notes: Credentials verification for clinical practitioner. Mandated reporting requirements of Child Abuse and Dependent Adult Abuse. Satisfactory criminal history background check. To comply with Santa Barbara County Public Health Department Health Officer Order, this position must provide evidence of annual influenza vaccination, or wear a surgical mask while working in patient care areas during the influenza season. Must be licensed by the CA State Board of

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May include Thurs. evenings from 10am‑7pm. $30.42‑ $37.83/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 21751

MEAL PLAN COORDINATOR

CAMPUS DINING The Meal Plan Coordinator is responsible for the oversight and coordination for all Campus Dining meal plans, and BARC billing. This includes residential meal plans (approximately 5,800 meal plans per quarter), off‑campus meal plans (approximately 1,700 meal plans per academic quarter), dining commons student staff meal plans, meals for the financial crisis response team, Summer Conferences and the Orientation Program, guest meal services and special meal services for campus visitation groups. Primary Customer Service representative for the Residential Dining Services Business Office assuring quality service is provided to all internal and external clients. Reqs: High school diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience. 1‑3 years experience working in an office environment.

Knowledgeable in Windows Word and Excel. $24.61‑ $28.90/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 5/9/22. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu. Job #34652

MEDICAL ASSISTANT‑LIMITED

STUDENT HEALTH Provides medical and administrative support to the physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurses, and licensed vocational nurses assisting with exams and procedures, taking vitals, checking in/ out patients, filling out the necessary paperwork, taking phone messages and following directives from the clinicians, as well as scheduling appointments. Reqs: High School diploma or equivalent. Certification with one of the following agencies required; American Association of Medical Assistants (AMA), American Medical Technologists (AMT), California Certifying Board of Medical Assistants (CMAA), Note: Those who have graduated from an EMT program may also be considered, although the MA program is preferable. Applicants without proper certification will not be considered. Current CPR certification/Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required or dually certified in both AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support and AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support at time of hire is required and non‑negotiable.

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to successfully pass the background check and complete the credentialing process before the employment date. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action.

Starting at $23.27/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #25239

MEDICAL ASSISTANT

STUDENT HEALTH Provides medical and administrative support to the physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurses, and licensed vocational nurses assisting with exams and procedures, taking vitals, checking in/out patients, filling out necessary paperwork, taking phone messages and following directives from the clinicians, as well as scheduling appointments. Required: High School diploma or equivalent. Certification with one of the following agencies required; American Association of Medical Assistants (AMA), California Certifying Board of Medical Assistants (CMAA). Applicants without a proper certification will not be considered.

Current CPR certification/Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required at time of hire is required and non‑negotiable. This is an 11‑month per year career position. Four weeks of furlough taken during quarter breaks and summer months. Notes: Student Health requires all clinical staff to successfully pass the background check and complete the credentialing process before the employment date. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action.

Starting at $23.27/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #34192

OPERATIONS SUPPORT COORDINATOR

STUDENT HEALTH Responsible for maintaining a clean and safe environment for our patients and staff. Provide the following support to meet the clinic needs such as receiving goods, stocking the supply room, delivering supplies and other items to the departments and individuals.Ordering maintenance, repairs, furniture move. Phone service.

Autoclave and infection control needs of the clinics. Works independently and as part of the Operation Support team and with campus and external partners and vendors. Reqs: Proficiency with email and MS Office, effectively communicate and work with a diverse clientele and workgroup, excellent organizational skills and to work effectively in a service‑oriented environment subject to frequently changing priorities. Experience working in a healthcare setting preferred. Notes: Must successfully complete and pass a background check before employment. Working in a healthcare setting is preferred. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. Starting at $18.72/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,

color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 5/11/22. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 34741

PAYROLL & ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT COORDINATOR

CENTER FOR BLACK STUDIES RESEARCH Responsible for administrative activities in human resources/personnel, payroll, general administration, and IT. Performs employment and personnel actions for the unit, including recruitment, hiring, onboarding, orientation, payroll and timekeeping for staff, student, and academic appointees. Coordinates and tracks a variety of visas for international visitors and scholars. Serves as Department Benefits Representative (DBR), providing updated information to staff and faculty on health benefits, insurance program options, and open enrollment procedures. Serves as primary UCPath initiator for all appointments and payroll transactions.

Processes additional compensation for Principal Investigators and other academic employees. Responsible for coordination of quarterly Effort Reporting. Assists Directors in planning and organizing events. Serves as Concur delegate to assist with reimbursement requests as needed.

Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent professional experience 1‑3 years of any other combination of education and experience which demonstrates the applicant is likely to possess the skills and knowledge required to satisfactory perform the duties of the position. Excel experience.

Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61‑ $25.16 per hour. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 5/12/22. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job #34225

hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 32552.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

STUDENT HEALTH Exciting career opportunity working in a multidisciplinary, comprehensive University Student Health Service.

Works under UCSB Standardized Procedures in a collaborative and collegial relationship with physicians, Advanced Practice Providers and other clinical staff at UCSB Student Health. Responsibilities include evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of acute illnesses and injuries, common chronic health conditions; assessment, management and/or referral of primary mental health conditions, routine gynecologic care, physical examinations, prescribing medications under the legal scope of practice and arranging follow up care and referrals as indicated. Reqs: Must have a current California Physician Assistant License and DEA registration schedules 2‑5 at all times during employment in order to practice and function in their clinical role. Notes: Student Health requires that clinical staff must successfully complete and pass the background check and credentialing process before employment start date. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. This is an 11‑month partial‑year career 100% position; 4 weeks of furlough must be taken during quarter breaks. Work hours as assigned, which may include occasional evening hours.

Salary commensurate with experience.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #33985

SENIOR PRODUCER‑DIRECTOR PERSONNEL COORDINATOR

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Coordinates all academic and staff employment activities for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Provides guidance to department management and employees on University policies and procedures regarding recruitment, hiring, academic merits and promotions, payroll, benefits eligibility, dual employment, overtime compensation, merit and range adjustments, and classification levels. Using careful analysis, tracks and monitors reports regarding salary and benefits, tuition and fees, merits, promotions, and cost of living adjustments. Develops payroll reports.

Coordinates all visa related paperwork and issues. Coordinates all aspects of student employment. Prepares UCPath and time reporting for all academic, staff and student employees in the department. Electronically modifies employee appointments and distributions, monitors monthly and hourly payroll, manages timekeeping system, processes late payments and payroll adjustments, maintains personnel files, etc. Responsible for coordination of summer salary and the campus Effort Reporting system. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and/or training.

Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61‑$27.59/

INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT Senior Producer‑Director in the Instructional Development department directs 2‑4 camera event location shoots at various sites on campus and around the community. Configures and runs webcast and streaming for events. Edits programs for later broadcast locally and on UCTV in a timely manner. Sets up and operates all aspects of television studio as needed. Supports various Field Cart tapings, which include live recording, webcasting, lecture capture, and video conferencing. Trains students in all aspects of production workflow. Assists Production Manager in coordination and operation of two in‑house video conferencing facilities. Reqs: Directing experience within a multiple‑camera environment including the setup of cameras, audio mixers, video switchers, etc.

Experience in one‑camera remote shoots including the setup of camera, lights, microphones, etc.

Fluent with entire Adobe Production Suite software, including Premier, After Effects, Encore, Audition, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Media Encoder. Experience in editing video programs for broadcast with working knowledge of digital editing software.

Notes: Satisfactory completion of a conviction history background check.

Flexible work schedule including nights and weekends. $28.38 ‑ $28.94/hr.

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Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 33000.

SR. CUSTODIAN ‑ WEEKEND WORKER

RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS Under the supervision of the Custodial Supervisor or Residence Hall Manager, the Sr. Custodian performs duties in accordance with established standards and instruction, for University owned Residence Halls, Apartments and Dining Facilities. Reqs: Working knowledge and experience in utilizing the following equipment: vacuums, conventional and high‑speed buffers, extractors and related custodial equipment desirable. Will train on all equipment and chemicals used. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others as a team.

Must have effective communication skills. Ability to interact as a team member with sensitivity towards a multi‑cultural work environment.

Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. Satisfactory conviction history background check.

Days/Hours: Thu‑Mon, 7:30am‑4pm. $20.74 ‑ $22.44/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 33993

SR. ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT Works independently to perform periodic maintenance and repair work on fire alarm systems, sprinkler systems, emergency eyewash stations, wide‑area mass notification systems, and fire extinguishers. Maintains detailed maintenance records of all equipment covered under NFPA 72, NFPA 25, NFPA 10, and NFPA 70 NEC. Assists other trades in their LSS maintenance work as needed. Reqs: Knowledge of programing of Notifier and FCI fire alarm systems. Knowledge of access control preferably Lenel OnGuard Demonstrated computer skills. Ability to read and interpret blueprints. Notes: Satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check. Must maintain valid CA DL, a clean DMV record and enrollment in DMV Pull‑Notice Program. Employee must be able to read, write and understand the English language and use a handheld, two‑way portable radio. Pre‑employment physical exam is required. UCSB is a Tobacco‑Free environment. $30.41 ‑ $33.39/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application Review begins 5/10/22. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu. Job #34838

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STUDENT ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SPECIALIST

UNEX ‑ PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION Provides administrative support for a fast‑paced, dynamic program that delivers for open‑enrollment international learners. Following established procedures and under the supervision of the Customer Success and Outreach Manager, the incumbent provides assistance with a variety of administrative tasks to academic, student service, and business service staff who have critical roles in the student experience and delivery of programs. Several tasks are related to the maintenance of records in PaCE’s Student Information System, DestinyOne. Reqs: High School Diploma or equivalent experience/training. 1‑3 years experience with MS Office Suite, Google Suite or equivalent. 1‑3 years demonstrated excellent interpersonal and writing skills for collegial and professional exchanges with diverse audiences including students, Job Standards of students, faculty, and staff. 1‑3 years service orientation, active listening, critical thinking. 1‑3 years ability to function effectively as a member of a team. as well as independently, and to execute numerous tasks with demanding time frames.

Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61‑$26.32/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Application review begins 5/16/22.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 35013.

UNDERGRADUATE ADVISOR

COMPUTER SCIENCE Supports all aspects of the Computer Science undergraduate programs.

Serves as one of the initial sources of information and advises major students, prospective major students, and non‑major students regarding general department requirements.

Monitors every aspect of progress towards degree and counsels students as appropriate. Initiates, maintains, and evaluates students’ academic records, processes petitions, checks prerequisites, and performs other administrative tasks. Ensures grades are reported for undergraduate students and updates the Schedule of Classes and other publications. Requires knowledge of policy and procedures for the College of Engineering, College of Letters and Science, and the College of Creative Studies. Serves as one of the departmental liaisons with the Office of the Registrar on matters pertaining to departmental courses, grades and undergraduate records. Works within a team environment within the Student Affairs area and department, and assists with the ongoing workload.

Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and/or training. 1‑3 years working in a diverse college‑level academic advising setting. Notes: This position is funded through January 2023 pending further funding. Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61‑$25.84/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 5/16/22. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 34628.

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LEGALS LEGAL NOTICESTO PLACE EMAIL NOTICE TO LEGALS@ INDEPENDENT.COM ADMINISTER OF ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DENIS JAMES NORTON Case No.: 22PR00195 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of DENIS JAMES NORTON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: SANDRA HOWARD in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: SANDRA HOWARD be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 06/02/2022 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.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer Date: 04/12/2022 By: April Garcia, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Margaret V Barnes, Barnes & Barnes 1900 State Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 687‑6660.

Published May 05, 12, 19, 2022.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: KATHRYN DIANE BEGG AKA KATHRYN D. BEGG Case No.: 22PR00200 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: KATHRYN DIANE BEGG, KATHRYN D. BEGG A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: SCOTT ALLEN BEGG AND KEVIN DAVID BEGG in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

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THE PETITION for probate requests that: SCOTT ALLEN BEGG AND KEVIN DAVID BEGG be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 06/02/2022 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. 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. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 04/18/2022 by April Garcia, Deputy Attorney for Petitioner: Barrett P. O’Gorman, 5901 Encina Rd., Suite B‑2 Goleta CA 93117, (805) 967‑1215 Published April 28, May 05, 12, 2022.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CONSTANCE MARJORIE HOPE SMITH Case No.: 22PR00213 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: CONSTANCE MARJORIE HOPE SMITH A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: NICHOLAS J. SCHNEIDER in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: NICHOLAS J. SCHNEIDER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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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: 06/30/2022 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.Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer Date: 04/25/2022 By: April Garcia, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Jeffrey B. Soderborg 1900 State Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 687‑6660.

Published May 05, 12, 19, 2022.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DARYN DALE MAPEL Case No.: 22PR00177 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: DARYN DALE MAPEL A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: WENDY TAN MAPEL in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: WENDY TAN MAPEL be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/26/2022 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

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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.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer Date: 04/07/2022 By: April Garcia, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Stephen T. Frank 1114 State St., STE 271, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 962‑0101.

Published April 28, May 05, 12 2022.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ELAINE GORDON Case No.: 22PR00204 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: ELAINE GORDON A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: ANDRA CYD GORDON in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: ANDRA CYD GORDON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 06/02/2022 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.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer Date: 04/18/2022 By: April Garcia, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Margaret V Barnes, Barnes & Barnes 1900 State Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 687‑6660.

Published April 28, May 05, 12 2022.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RICHARD M. HERNANDEZ Case No.: 22PR00199 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: RICHARD M. HERNANDEZ A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: JAMES V. DORGAN in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: JAMES V. DORGAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 06/07/2022 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SM2 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 312‑C East Cook Street Santa Maria, CA 93454, Cook 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.Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer Date: 04/28/2022 By: Jazmine Killian, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: James P. Griffith, Esq. Howell Moore & Gough, LLP 812 Presidio Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805‑962‑0524 x 6 Published May 05, 12, 19, 2022.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARK C. OSTROMECKI Case No.: 22PR00209 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: MARK C. OSTROMECKI A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: MARK MICHAL PAYKART in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: COURTNEY DeSOTO, A PRIVATE FIDUCIARY, be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 06/23/2022 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 93121‑1107 South County ‑ 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.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer Date: 04/19/2022 By: April Garcia, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Kenneth W. Kossoff 5743 Corsa Avenue, Suite 208 Westlake Village, CA 91362 (818) 865‑0766 Published May 05, 12, 19, 2022.

Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E4. FBN Number: 2022‑0000874.

Published: Apr 14, 21, 28, May 05, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: WHILT, FATCH & PERRY at 1025 Chapala St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Brown & Brown Insurance Services of California 3697 Mt. Diablo Boulevard Suite 100 Lafayette, CA 94549 This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: ROBERT W LLOYD, SECRETARY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 11, 2022.

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 E45. FBN Number: 2022‑0000949. Published: Apr 21, 28, May 05, 12 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: LOCA VIVANT KITCHEN at 4141 State St., Ste E1 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Flourish Local 5419 Parejo Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: STACY REBICH HESPANHA, PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 18, 2022. 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 E40. FBN Number: 2022‑0000722.

Published: Apr 14, 21, 28, May 05, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: CASA ANTICA STUDIO at 2901 State Street, Studio 7 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Christopher J De Rose (Same Address) This business is conducted by An Individual Filed by: CHRISTOPHER DE ROSE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 20, 2022. 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 E4. FBN Number: 2022‑0001034. Published: Apr 28, May 05, 12, 19 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COTTAGE UNDER THE OAKS, UNDER THE OAKS SANTA BARBARA at 2720 Puesta Del Sol Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Maya Q. M. Adams (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: MAYA ADAMS, OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 8, 2022. 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 E45. FBN Number: 2022‑0000948. Published: Apr 14, 21, 28, May 05, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: IMAGINENAMES, IMAGINE NAMES at 3905 State St, Suite 7‑317 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Gerald Hill 4025 Primavera Road, Unit B Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by an Individual Filed by: GERALD HILL, OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 04, 2022. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KARMIC CIRCLE COFFEE COLLECTIVE at 339 El Gaucho Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Daniel Woodman (same address) Rae Tran (Same Address) This business is conducted by a General Partnership Filed by: DANIEL WOODMAM, CO‑FOUNDER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 25, 2022. 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 E35. FBN Number: 2022‑0000791. Published: Apr 14, 21, 28, May 05, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: DR. GREENTHUMB’S ORCUTT at 1604 E. Clark Avenue, Suite 101 Orcutt, CA 93455; East Clark SB OPCO LLC 4675 Macarhur Ct Fl 15 Newport Beach, CA 92660 This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Brandon Johnson, Manager Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 7, 2022. 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 E45. FBN Number: 2022‑0000936. Published: April 14, 21, 28. May 5 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: OLD DANISH FUDGE KITCHEN at 441 Alisal Road Solvang, CA 93463; Old Danish Food Farm, Inc. 636 Hillside Drive Solvang, CA 93463 This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: DON HEIDUK, SECRETARY & CFO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 12, 2022. 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 E35. FBN Number: 2022‑0000976. Published: Apr 21, 28, May 05, 12 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: J & P SERVICES at 240 San Pasqual Lompoc, CA 93436; Petra C. Espinoza (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: PETRA ESPINOZA with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 7, 2022. 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 E35. FBN Number: 2022‑0000934. Published: Apr 21, 28, May 05, 12 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person‑ (s) is/are doing business as: SOUL SPARK SANTA BARBARA at 1050 Vista del Pueblo Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jacqueline Robinson (Same Address) This business is conducted by an Individual Filed by: JACQUELINE ROBINSON, OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 28, 2022.

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 E20. FBN Number: 2022‑0000807. Published: Apr 21, 28, May 05, 12 2022.

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STATEMENT The following person­ (s) is/are doing business as: ALOE DENTAL WELLNESS at 7127 Hollister Av Suite 7 Goleta, CA 93117; Daniela Cadavid Dental Corporation 286 Pebble Beach Dr Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: DANIELA CADAVID, PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 11, 2022.

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 E29. FBN Number: 2022­0000957. Published: Apr 21, 28, May 05, 12 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person­ (s) is/are doing business as: LICK CLOTHING at 1736 Calle Poniente Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Miles C Hagin (Same Address) This business is conducted by An Individual Filed by: CHRISTOPHER DE ROSE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 19, 2022. 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 E47. FBN Number: 2022­0001008. Published: Apr 28, May 05, 12, 19 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COLORFUL GLUONS at 1452 W Beacon Way Santa Maria, CA 93458; Eric D. Martin (Same Address) This business is conducted by an Individual Filed by: ERIC MARTIN with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 19, 2022. 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 E30. FBN Number: 2022­0001027.

Published: Apr 28, May 05, 12, 19 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person­ (s) is/are doing business as: SPS PROPERTIES at 3820 State Street Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Shannon P Sorensen (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual Filed by: SHANNON P SORENSEN with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 21, 2022. 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 E29. FBN Number: 2022­0001063.

Published: May 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THYMELESS MY CHEF at 1626 Garden St #A Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Thymeless Santa Barbara LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Filed by: BOB PEEBLER, MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 25, 2022. 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 E40. FBN Number: 2022­0001106. Published: May 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person­ (s) is/are doing business as: COACH B SPORTS at 5288 University Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Bryan Hergenroether (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual Filed by: BRYAN HERGENROETHER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 20, 2022.

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 E30. FBN Number: 2022­0001048. Published: May 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person­ (s) is/are doing business as: BARNES & BARNES at 1900 State St Ste M Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Margaret

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF WENDY TAN MAPEL TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 22CV01320 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: WENDY TAN MAPEL TO: WENIFREDA TAN MALIJAN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed , the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing June 10, 2022 10:00 am, Dept 4, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101.Ancapa Division. A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated April 20, 2022.

by Donna D. Geck. of the Superior Court. Published. April 28, May 05, 12, 19, 2022.

PUBLIC NOTICES EA‑116 ORDER ON REQUEST TO CONTINUE HEARING SUPERIOR COURT of California, County of Santa Barbara 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 CASE NO: 21CV03807

EA‑100 REQUEST FOR ELDER OR DEPENDENT ADULT ABUSE RESTRAINING ORDERS SUPERIOR COURT of California, County of Santa Barbara 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 CASE NO: 21CV03807 1. Elder or Dependent Adult in Need of Protection: Pepa Devan, F, 80 2. Person From Whom Protection is Sought: Matthew Devan 221 Stanley Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105 3. Person Requesting Order: The elder or dependent adult named in 1.

4. Contact information for the person asking the court for protection: Cristi Michelon Vasquez State Bar No.: 212917, Law Office of Cristi Michelon Vasquez 132 E. Figueroa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805­882­2226 fax 805­882­2227 cristi@michelonlaw.com 5. Description of Protected Person The person named in 1 is age 65 or older and a resident of California.

6. Additional Protected Persons Asking for protection for any other family or household members or for the conservator of the elder or dependent adult listed in 1. Yes; Listed: Ciji Guerin, F, 50, not a household member, Daughter in law and Josh Devan, M, 48, not a household member, Son. 7.

Relationship of Parties. Matthew Devan is the son of Pepa Devan. 8.

Venue. The person in 2. Lives in this county. The person in 1 was abused by the person in 2. in this county.

9. Other Court Cases. (a) Person 1 or any of the persons in 6 have not been involved in another court case with the person in 2. (b) There are now any protective or restraining orders in effect relating to the person in 1 or any of the persons in 6 and the person in 2. 10. Description of Abuse. Abuse mean either: ­physical abuse, neglect, financial abuse, abandonment, isolation, abduction, or other treatment with resulting physical harm or pain or mental suffering; or The withholding by a caretaker of goods or services that are necessary to avoid physical harm or mental suffering. From at least 2013 to present the person in 2. abused the person in 1. Attachment 10b(3). The abuse was not solely financial abuse, the abuse included other forms of abuse force, threat, harassment, intimidation, or any other form of abuse. (b) The person in 2 did not use or threaten to use a gun or any other weapon. The person in 1 was harmed or injured as a result of the acts of abuse. The police came and they gave the person in 1 an Emergency Protective Order. (d) Yes, the person in 2 abused the person in 1 at other times.

11. Personal Conduct Orders. I ask the court to order the person in 2

EXTRA SPACE Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 6640 Discovery Drive, Goleta, CA 93117.

May 26, 2022 at 3:30 PM Mishelle Cooper Household Stephanie Vuong Chairs, Dresser, Boxes, Bags The auction will be listed and advertised on www.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 property.

SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)

NOTICE

TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): NIKKI TYLER FAITELL YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ALICIA GONZALEZ, NOE OBISPO, DOES 1‑10 NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

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

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

There are other legal requirements.

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

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

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

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

Hay otros requisitos legales.

Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente.

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

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

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

CASE NO: (Numero del Caso) 22CV00805 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): John Hunter SBN 71301 625 Mulberry St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805­962­5441 DATE 02/28/2022 Deputy Clerk; Leili Hejzai. Published.

Apr 28, May 05, 12, 19, 2022.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person­ (s) is/are doing business as: ONE. SOCCER SCHOOLS at 315 Meigs Rd, Suite A­431 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; One.Skill Factory (same address) This business is conducted

by A Corporation Filed by: JEFFERY K. JOHNSON with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 20,

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: STEPHENS FARM at 200 Calle Ecuestre Goleta, CA 93117; Eunice Stephens (same address) This business is conducted

by An Individual Filed by: EUNICE STEPHENS, INDIVIDUAL with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 11, 2022. 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 E35. FBN Number: 2022­000953. Published: May 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF KAREN TRACEY WILLIAMS TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 22CV01129 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: KARENS TRACEY WILLIAMS TO: KAREN TRACEY AVALON THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed , the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing June 3, 2022 10:00 am, Dept 4, 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 general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated April 18, 2022. by Donna D. Geck. of the Superior Court. Published. April 28, May 05, 12, 19 2022.

not to do any of the following things to the person in 1 or to any person to be protected listed in 6: ­Physically abuse, financially abuse, intimidate, molest, attack, strike, stalk, threaten, assault (sexually or otherwise), hit, harass, destroy personal property of, or disturb the peace of the person. ­Contact the person, either directly or indirectly, in any way, including, but not limited to , in person, by telephone, in writing, by public or private mail, by interoffice mail, by e­mail, by text messages, by fax, or by other electronic means.

12. Stay­Away Orders. I ask the court to order the person in 2 to stay at least 100 yards away from the elder or dependent adult in 1., the persons in 6., the home of the elder or dependent adult. The vehicle of the elder or dependent adult.

13. Move­Out Order. I ask the court to order the person in 2 to move out from and not return to the residence at 221 Stanley Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. The person in 1 will suffer physical or emotional harm if the person in 2 does not leave the residence. The person in 2 is not named in the title or lease of the residence, either alone or with others beside the person in 1. I ask for this move­out order right away to last until the hearing, because: The person in 2 assaulted or threatened the person in 1; and the person in 1 has the right to live at the above residence 14. Guns or Other Firearms and Ammunition. Unknown if the person in 2 owns or possess any guns or other firearms.

15. Temporary Restraining Order. I request that a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) be issued against the person in 2 to last until the hearing.

I am presenting form EA­110, Temporary Restraining Order, for the court’s signature together with this request. The person in 2 has not been told that a TRO would be sought.

16. Request to Give Less Than Five­Days’ Notice of Hearing. Ms. Devan is fearful that Matthew Devan would try and harm her if excess notice is provided. Additionally, notice to Matthew Devan would frustrate the purpose of the orders sought.

Finally, Matthew Devan’s behavior is erratic, and his whereabouts since issuance of the EPO are not regular, so locating him could prove difficult.

17. No Fee to Serve Orders. If you want the sheriff or marshal to serve (notify) the person in 2 about the orders for free, ask the court clerk what you need to do.

19. Possession and Protection of Animals. I ask the court to order the following: That the person in 1 be given the sole possession of, care, and control of the animals listed below, which he/she owns, possesses, leases, keeps, or holds or which reside in his/her household. (b)That the person in 2 must stay at least 100 yards away from, and not take sell, transfer encumber, conceal, molest, attack, strike, threaten, harm, or otherwise dispose of, the animals listed above.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer Date: 09/23/2021 By: Nicolette Barnard, Deputy. Published April 14, 21, 28, May 05, 2022

INSTAGRAM

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CALIFORNIA FINANCIAL SERVICES at 555 Corporate Dr, Ste 100 Ladera Ranch, CA 92694; C Financial Investment Inc (Same Address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Filed by: CEJAY HELMER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 26, 2022. 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 E30. FBN Number: 2022­0001116. Published: May 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person­ (s) is/are doing business as: SB Animal Things at 3047 Samarkand Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Athena G.A. Veatch (same address) This business is conducted by An Individual Filed by: ATHENA VEATCH with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 13, 2022.

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 E35. FBN Number: 2022­0000989. Published: May 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022.

NAME CHANGE

1. Protected Party: Pepa Devan 2.

Restrained Party: Matthew Devan 3.

Next Court Date: The request to reschedule the court date is granted.

Your court date is rescheduled for the day and time listed below.

05/17/2022 8:30am at 118 East Figueroa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Dept: 9 4. Temporary Restraining Order. A Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) is still in full force and effect because: The court extends the TRO previously granted on 09/27/2021 It now expires on 05/17/2022. Warning and Notice to the Restrained party: an elder or dependent abuse restraining order has been issued against you.

You must follow the orders until they expire.

5. Reason Court Date is Rescheduled.

There is good cause to reschedule the court date. The protected party has not served the restrained party.

6. Serving (Giving) Order to Other Party. The request to reschedule was made by the Protected party.

You must have the restrained party personally served with a copy of this order and a copy of all documents listed on from EA­109, item 5, by five days prior to hearing.

7. No fee for service. The sheriff or marshal will serve this order for free. Bring a copy of all the papers that need to be served to the sheriff or marshal.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer Date: 03/03/2022 By: Barnard, Nicolette, Deputy Clerk. Published April 14, 21, 28, May 05, 2022

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HOLLYWOOD BLVD. APARTMENTS at 1379 Camino Meleno Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Markin Family Properties LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Filed by: OLIVIA LOEWY, MANAGER/TRUSTEE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 19, 2022. 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 E30. FBN Number: 2022­0001028. Published: Apr 28, May 05, 12, 19 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CYPRESS PSYCHOLOGY at 3463 State Street, Suite 160 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Rebecca D Sandhu 2858 Ben Lomond Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted

by An Individual Filed by: REBECCA SANDHU, FOUNDER & CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 27, 2022. 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 E30. FBN Number: 2022­0001141. Published: May 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022.

V Barnes 4635 Sierra Madre Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by An Individual Filed by: MARGARET V BARNES with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 20, 2022. 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 E47. FBN Number: 2022­0001031. Published: May 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person­ (s) is/are doing business as: SANTA YNEZ VALLEY PRIDE at 3326 Pine St Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Santa Ynez Valley Pride (Same Address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Filed by: GOLZAR MEAMAR, CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 07, 2022. 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 E4. FBN Number: 2022­000924.

Published: Apr 28, May 05, 12, 19 2022.

2022. 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 E955. FBN Number: 2022­0001032.

Published: May 05, 12, 19, 26, 2022.

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