Santa Barbara Independent 10/20/22

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Music Academy teaching artist and Ojai Music Festival superstar pianist performs the majestic masterpiece The Book of Sounds by Hans Otte.

Hot off the stages of the Met Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and San Francisco Opera as Aida and Tosca, this celebrated alumna soprano is presented in an intimate recital.

Acting as a compass for exceptional talent, the Music Academy has assembled a roster of eight artists to create an Alumni All-Star Cello Choir. Katrina Agate, Chas Barnard, Shirley Kim, Jennifer Kloetzel, Noah Seng-Hui Koh, Marcie Kolacki, Maki Kubota, and Emma Lee will perform in a variety of ensembles with a sultry sound.

MICHELLE BRADLEY METROPOLITAN OPERA STAR MUSIC ACADEMY ALUMNA

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Production Designer

What got you into design? Why do you enjoy it? I grew up in an artistic family of per formers, so I’ve been active in the arts and design field forever, but I do remember getting my first film camera at the age of 10, and that had a lasting effect on me. I love the art and design process; there is nothing more satisfy ing than working endlessly on a project and then seeing it all come to fruition. In the same vein, just this month, I completed the design for my partner’s first literary work, a mem oir titled Lemons and Ladybugs, which is out now on Amazon Kindle and will be available in print in the next couple weeks.

What do you do for fun outside of work? I’m always hopping around town to look, see, and enjoy all the awesomeness that Santa Barbara has to offer. I love hitting up the S.B. Bowl for a concert and eating some poke tacos from East Beach Tacos. My time is usually dedicated to making new artwork. Additionally, my partner, Mike, and I have a weekly radio show on KCSB-FM called The Old Millennials. When I do have some free time, I try to spend it traveling and visiting family.

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Goleta Union School District, Area 1: Richard Mayer

Goleta Union School District, Area 3:

STATE ASSEMBLY

Emily Zacarias

Hope School District, Area 5:

Frann Wageneck

Santa Barbara City College Board of Trustees: Jonathan Abboud, Marsha Croninger, and Charlotte Gullap-Moore

County Board of Education, Area 1: Marybeth Carty

PROPOSITIONS

CARPINTERIA

Proposition 1: Constitutional Right to Reproductive Freedom:

Propositions 26 and 27: Legalized Gambling: No to Both

Proposition 28: Music and Arts Funding for Public Schools K-12:

Proposition 29: Establishes Minimal Medical Staffing Require ments for Dialysis Centers:

BOARDS

Proposition 30: Income Tax to Fund Electric Vehicle Rebates:

Santa Barbara Unified School District, Area 4: Rose Muñoz

Proposition 31: Bans Sale of CertainFlavored Tobacco Products:

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by RYAN P. CRUZ, TYLER HAYDEN, NICK WELSH, and JEAN YAMAMURA, with INDEPENDENT STAFF

Making History, S.B. Adopts New System of Civilian Police Oversight

by Tyler Hayden

In what can only be described as a watershed moment for Santa Barbara, the City Council voted unanimously to adopt a new system of civilian oversight for its police department.

The decision came amid an ongoing nationwide reckoning over police account ability sparked by the murder of George Floyd in the spring of 2020 and after two years of intense local debate around the need for a citizen-led method of checks and balances.

Councilmember Meagan Harmon, one of the loudest and most consistent voices on the dais on the issue, called the vote “truly momentous.” “We have created a framework that is the single most significant step toward meaningful civilian oversight in our city’s his tory,” she said. “That is a big, big deal.”

Harmon recognized the many years of community advocacy that led to the moment, as well as the more recent efforts by city staff; the Community Formation Com mission (CFC) that spent hundreds of hours researching, talking through, and hammer ing out the agreed-upon framework; and participating members of the police depart ment. “It was no simple matter to get here,” she said.

Newly appointed Police Chief Kelly Gor don said the department “believes in the importance of strengthening community oversight.” She emphasized, however, that exceptionally high standards of profession alism already exist across the agency’s ranks. “The men and women serving in the Santa Barbara Police Department are phenomenal public servants and first responders,” she said, noting her observations come with 27 years of policing experience.

The ordinance adopted by the council

COURTS & CRIME

endows the city’s existing Police and Fire Commission with new oversight authority, including receiving regular reports from the Police Department on how many and what types of com plaints have been made against its officers, both internally and by the public. The commission will also hear what disciplinary actions have been meted out.

The commission will review and discuss individual investigations in open session with the police chief (once those investiga tions are disclosable under the California Public Records Act), and the chief will also be required to make presentations to the commission regarding any officer-involved shootings. An “independent police moni tor” within the city administrator’s office will supervise the entire complaint process from submission through investigation, pro duce their own reports for the council, and conduct ongoing analysis of any complaint trends.

Five new members of the Police and Fire Commission will be chosen by the council.

Applications are open through Thursday, November 10, at 5 p.m. While some members of the formation commission had suggested excluding any former law enforcement offi cers and firefighters from applying, the coun cil overrode the recommendation.

“I would like to see the perspective and lived experiences and expertise of former law enforcement represented,” said councilmem ber Michael Jordan. “I would welcome their participation and knowledge.”

In keeping with the moments of contro versy and drama that have punctuated the last two years of debate, Sgt. Eric Beecher, president of the police union, accused the

New Details Emerge in Santa Ynez Murder

At 5'11" and 190 pounds, Rylen Quinn

Svane-Morris seemed a little hefty to slip through the cracks. Yet that’s exactly what the 26-year-old Lancaster man did in the early morning hours of October 8, after allegedly beating Terry Lee Wilson, the 72-year-old father of an ex-girlfriend, to death in Wilson’s Santa Ynez bathroom.

Earlier, on October 4, Svane-Morris had been arrested on two felony charges for allegedly stealing a 1960 vintage motorcycle and for taking possession of a stolen Kia Optima. On October 3, he was also arrested by Sheriff’s deputies for assaulting the exgirlfriend, Jennie Wilson of Santa Ynez, who

claimed he tried to strangle her. He was not charged with attempting to strangle Wilson, however, because according to prosecuting attorney Laura Clinton, there was not suffi cient evidence to prove the abuse allegations beyond a reasonable doubt.

However, the probation report for SvaneMorris recommended that, though he was eligible for supervised pretrial diversion, he was ordered to stay away from Jennie Wilson and her father. Prosecutors did not object to the diversion recommendation since it prevented Svane-Morris from being eligible for bail, which would have cost him only $2,000 out of pocket. In an interview with the Santa Maria Sun, Jennie Wilson

formation commission of acting in a “shady” manner when it submitted a handful of changes to the ordinance later in the process.

Councilmembers and the city attorney’s office pushed back on the suggestion that any underhandedness had taken place, empha sizing all public noticing and legal protocols were followed to the letter. “For some of you to call out our credibility, it’s just disrespect ful,” said Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez. “That was really rude, and I don’t appreciate it.”

Councilmember Kristen Sneddon also bristled. “Staff was not shady, our law depart ment was not shady, our police officers are not shady, and the community members who stepped forward to serve and volunteer on the formation commission are not shady,” she said.

When the five new members of the com mission are chosen and finally get down to work, “It’s just going to confirm what we already know,” Sneddon predicted. “That we already have an incredibly progressive police department.”

Councilmember Alejandra Gutierrez said while the moment was worth celebrating, she couldn’t help but dwell on a sobering thought, a sentiment she said she often hears from constituents: “There is still not trust in law enforcement.” n

said she’d filed several restraining orders against Svane-Morris, but that he always managed to avoid service.

Wilson had just moved back home with her father because her mother died in August. She claimed Svane-Morris entered the house without her knowledge and got into the shower. When she discovered this and alerted her father, he and Svane-Norris got into a fight. “I’ll fucking kill you, old man,” she quoted Svane-Morris as saying. Jennie Wilson said Svane-Morris fled the scene wearing his boxers.

On October 11, Svane Morris was arrested without incident in Santa Cruz by Santa Cruz Sheriff’s deputies. He’s being held on a no-bail homicide warrant in the North County Jail. A court hearing is scheduled for later this week. Nick Welsh

ANIMALS

To prep for some rooftop construction that needs to get underway while the weather is good, the Santa Barbara County animal shelters are waiving adoption and reclaiming fees for all the creatures in the shelters in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, and Lompoc through the end of October. The county’s animal shelters are also asking for more foster homes for the animals. Animals available for adoption or fostering can be seen at the Animal Services website, countyofsb .org/415/Animal-Services, which also has information on the adoption and matching process.

CORONAVIRUS

Children ages 5+ are now eligible for updated COVID19 boosters targeting the Omicron variant, the California Department of Public Health announced last week. Everyone 5+ who has had their primary series vaccinations is eligible to get the updated booster two months following any COVID vaccine or booster dose. Children 6+ are now eligible for the Moderna bivalent booster, and those 5+ can get the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent booster. Talk to your doctor, go to myturn.ca.gov, or call (833) 422-4255 to find a vaccine or booster appointment near you.

CITY

The project to restore the historic Plaza del Mar Band Shell near Pershing Park into a fully functional performance space has secured critical grant funding, the City of S.B. announced on 10/13. To fund the project, the city’s Parks & Recreation Department secured a $177,952 grant from California State Parks and partnered with the Parks and Recreation Community Foundation to secure an additional $55,500 from local foundations and private donors. The remainder of the project’s funding includes $175,000 in city general funds and $400,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds. Construction is anticipated to begin early 2023.

ELECTION 2022

Democratic elected officials and representatives of the local electrical workers union gathered at De la Guerra Plaza on 10/12 to prompt the public to vote in this November’s election for Proposition 30, which would put about $3 billion annually toward electric vehicle purchases and charging stations and $700 million-$1 billion toward fighting wildfires. According to the state Legislative Analyst’s Office, the funds would come from an additional 1.75 percent added to taxpayers’ income more than $2 million. It acknowledges some taxpayers would “take steps to reduce the amount of tax they owe” to an unknown degree, but that $3.5 billion to $5 billion would be raised annually over the next 20 years.

ENVIRONMENT

The federally endangered steelhead trout of Southern California and its champions Los Padres Forest Watch and San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper won a major legal victory at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month. According to the ruling, the operators of Twitchell Reservoir which supplies much of Santa Maria’s drinking water

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COURTESY

ExxonMobil Buys Two Plains Pipelines

ExxonMobil has purchased a 123-mile stretch of two pipelines 901 and 903 from Plains All American Pipeline, the responsible party for the May 2015 pipeline rupture and oil spill that effectively shut down all oil production off the coast of Santa Barbara County at Las Flores Canyon.

ExxonMobil and county energy planners have confirmed the sale took place, but the sale price is not being publicly released. The deal now puts ExxonMobil directly in the driver’s seat in seeking permits to replace the two stretches of corroded pipeline needed to get the company’s oil from its processing plant at Las Flores canyon to Sisquoc and from Sisquoc to refiners located in Pentland.

The acquisition comes just a few months after the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to deny ExxonMobil’s request to truck its Las Flores Canyon oil to Pentland. ExxonMobil vowed to sue the county for that denial, but the rejection puts greater urgency on ExxonMobil’s need to get the defective pipeline replaced.

The permit application process for Pipe lines 901 and 903 promises to take many years seven is the rough estimate and involve multiple state, federal, and local jurisdictions. It is currently stalled pend ing the submission of certain information needed to reactivate the preliminary envi ronmental review process.

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In May 2015, 2,940 barrels of oil escaped from Plains All American’s Line 901 deter mined to have become badly corroded along the Gaviota Coast, with about 500 barrels making it into the ocean. Since sev eral oil companies relied on that pipeline for their offshore production, the rupture effectively put them either out of commis sion, like ExxonMobil, or out of business, like Venoco.

Venoco’s lawsuit against Plains is still wending its way through the county’s court system though breaching for procedural rulings this week as is a parallel lawsuit filed by the State Lands Commission. A month ago, Plains All American settled a class-action lawsuit with members of the local fishing industry for loss of business inflicted by the spill to the tune of $230 million.

What difference it makes that ExxonMo bil has taken ownership of the pipelines in question remains to be seen. County energy planners say they have yet to meet with the new owners over the matter.

Linda Krop with the Environmental Defense Center noted that Plains All Ameri can is currently on the hook to fund a major restoration effort for the terrain impacted by the Refugio Oil Spill. Will ExxonMobil assume that responsibility, she wondered, or will it remain with Plains? Nick Welsh

Neighbors Complain Dump Smells Foul

with new recycling rules coming from the state.

Living down-canyon from the county dump is bound to result in odor issues, but residents along Arroyo Quemada Lane noticed an unbearable uptick in the odors carried by the offshore winds from the Tajiguas facility during the past year.

“There’s a new piece of equipment, the anaerobic digester,” said Bruce Hendricks, who lives on the lane, “and it’s putting off a foul odor that permeates our neighbor hood” — a smell he and neighbor Jeff Pion told the Independent they believe amounts to a public nuisance. Hendricks said the lane held 14 residences on properties that front the Pacific Ocean along the Gaviota Coast.

The Tajiguas landfill holds about 180 acres of trash from Santa Barbara, Goleta, Santa Ynez, and many households in between those areas. In July 2021, the County of Santa Barbara opened a new recycling and compost-producing facility there both to extend the life of the landfill and to conform

The landfill’s $33 million, 16-bun ker anaerobic digester went into full production in August 2021. As the smells came to life and moved with the winds, the staff was doing its best to deal with them, said Leslie Wells, deputy director for county waste management. Those odor-contain ing efforts include mechanizing the anaerobic digester’s doors to open and close automatically, covering the con veyor belt that carries the digested material from the bunkers to the composting pad, and adding an odor-fighting misting system along the southern border of the compost ing pad. The next step was to hire a company called Agromin, an expert in producing compost in quantities, to analyze the process at Tajiguas with an eye to making the flow less smelly and quicker, said Wells.

Meanwhile, the air quality at the homes and along the periphery of the dump has been measured by the Air Pollution Control District and found to be within regulatory standards, said Wells: “It’s not a public health threat.” But the ordeal has been a learning process, she said, and one that understand ably frustrates Arroyo Quemada Lane residents. “We know there are more things we can do, and we’re looking at what other improvements we can make.”

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De la Guerra Project Pushes Height Limit

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It’sno secret that Santa Barbara is in dire need of housing, but as more threeand four-story housing developments make their way through the city review process, it’s becoming more common for project planners to ask for exemptions on building height, setbacks, and parking requirements. And while it’s become par for the course for projects to be granted these exemptions typically a few feet above the city’s 45-foot max height in exchange for providing more units of much-needed housing a recent hearing for a 23-unit mixed-use development on De la Guerra Street was an example of developers asking too much, even if just a few more feet.

The development, which stretches from 113 to 117 De la Guerra on property owned by John DeWilde currently the home of Elsie’s Tavern and Green Table vegan res taurant has been in the works for more than five years and received a conditional approval when it last came across the com mission in February 2020. Since then, the design team from DHMA Architecture

partnered with the Kibo Group and made some revisions to the design, the biggest of which being three feet added to the overall height. On Wednesday, October 12, DHMA architects Ed De Vicente and Ryan Mills presented those latest plans to the His toric Landmarks Commission, where they explained why the team was asking for a height exemption after previously being approved for 45 feet.

Like the majority of the commissioners, Commissioner Cass Enberg liked the over all design concept but felt that the added height was not as necessary as developers argued. “I think three feet is a lot,” she said.

The commissioners voted unanimously to continue the item four weeks to early November, where the design team will come back with revisions based on com ments from the meeting. Specifically, the board asked designers to address the overall height, nail down details on the garage and roofing, strengthen corners on the third floor, and address the too-thin and spindly south-side arches. Ryan P. Cruz

Celebrating its 75th Anniversary this season the Juilliard String Quartet continues to inspire audiences around the world. Ronald Copes, former faculty member in UCSB’s Department of Music, has played with the Quartet since 1997. In May 2022, the Quartet named violist and Music Academy alumna Molly Carr to its ensemble.

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Members of the Juilliard String Quartet will offer a MASTER CLASS to string students in the Department of Music at UC Santa Barbara on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2022, KARL GEIRINGER HALL, 2:00PM

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must release some small allotments downstream to create an environment in which the steelhead can reproduce. The exact details of how much water to release and when are yet to be hammered out.

LABOR

Essential grocery store workers’ unions reacted to news of a planned merger between Kroger and Albertsons with a joint statement saying it “would significantly harm local grocery store industries, essential grocery store workers, and customers….”

Albertsons is the second largest supermarket company, with stores across the western United States from Southern California to the Canadian border, and as far east as Colorado, including Vons and Safeway locations. Kroger is currently the largest chain, with more than 420,000 employees across 2,700 stores, including Ralphs. The $24.6 billion merger could cause conflicts with overlapping markets in the western U.S. and could force as many as 375 locations to be closed or spun off into another company. Full story at independent.com/kroger-albertsons.

COURTS & CRIME

Edward Macklin, 30, of Grover Beach pleaded guilty in Lompoc Superior Court on 10/12 to setting the Hollister Fire, which blazed up earlier this year on 3/12. Macklin was found walking away from the area of the fire by a Hollister Ranch resident not long after the fire started. The fire burned more than 120 acres of the ranch, injuring two firefighters, before being contained within the week. Macklin must register as an arsonist and the conviction is a strike offense. His sentencing date is 10/26.

COMMUNITY

The surf-skate community is giving a rousing sendoff for photographer Scott Starr, who died earlier this month at his home in Montecito. He was 61. Trained at Brooks Institute, Starr was a prolific and muchloved photographer of surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding, and an archivist of films and television clips featuring the board sports. He also photographed and participated in freestyle Frisbee, and in 1988, he won the amateur world championship with doubles partner Tom Cole. A paddle-out and celebration of life will take place on the afternoon of 10/21 at Dos Pueblos Ranch beach. n

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An architect’s rendering of the De la Guerra mixed-use project planned for 113-117 West De la Guerra Street

Preparations for a Post-RoeReality

by Tyler Hayden

Well before Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court, Planned Parenthood saw the writing on the wall. “We have been preparing for this for several years,” said Jenna Tosh, CEO of the organization’s California Central Coast chapter. “We’ve been hearing from anti-abortion policy makers for decades that this was their goal. And of course, with the Supreme Court makeup and a hostile president [Trump], we very much believed we were on this path.”

So far, 17 states have enacted abortion bans, with at least nine more expected to follow suit. As our region’s primary provider of abortion care with six health clinics spread between Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties that collectively perform between 3,000 to 4,000 procedures a year Planned Parenthood has girded its operations for the inevitable increase in need as patients living in newly created abortion deserts travel hundreds of miles for the first appointment they can find.

We spoke with Tosh earlier this month about the steps her organization has taken to handle the uptick and what local impacts of the Supreme Court decision it has already seen. What follows is an edited version of our conversation.

Please walk us through the preparations Planned Parenthood has made. A couple of years ago, moving toward this new reality and recognizing the need for an expert in complex abortion care and family planning, we hired a new chief medical officer. She’s able to care for patients in complex circumstances, patients who may experience a fetal anom aly later in pregnancy. In the past, those patients would leave our region. They would go to Los Angeles or San Francisco. Now we’re able to make sure they can stay in our community. We also made the decision to hire a second staff physician, who will be joining our team next month.

We have invested in “abortion navigation,” as well, which is really a way of saying case management. It’s understand ing that patients often call us in crisis and are facing barriers to getting an appointment patients from out of the state or out of the region who need childcare, help coordinat

ing medical records, buying a plane ticket, finding a place to stay, and so on. We have hired staff who can work with them individually to come up with an itinerary and figure out what it’s going to take to get them here.

And to support our abortion navigation program, we have created a Justice Fund to pay not only the cost of the procedure if the patient requires financial assistance but also the cost of travel and lodging when needed.

How have your predictions played out so far? We anticipated that Arizona was going to be a big driver, and that’s turned out to be true. In the first weeks after the [Supreme Court’s] Dobbs decision, we saw five patients from out of state, and most of those were from Arizona.

We also know that 10 percent of the people with the capacity to become pregnant in this country live in Texas, and that Texas patients are likely to be seen everywhere. That’s also turned out to be true. We’ve seen a lot of Texas patients here. We had a patient not long ago from San Anto nio, who drove. Another patient drove through the night from Arizona, kids in the backseat. We were their next available appointment. This was their nearest care.

It’s also important to remember the domino effect when patients from banned states travel to Los Angeles, San Francisco, or other major metropolitan areas, residents in those areas may be impacted. So we’re also seeing an increase in patients coming to Central California from out side our region.

What kinds of things are you hearing from out-state patients? What’s been their experience? In the immediate aftermath of Dobbs, there was just a lot of shock. These were people who had appointments, who very much expected that they were going to be able to get the care they needed, who may not have been following the politics of the Supreme Court, and who were confronted with the reality that their state had taken away their rights. That was very much the senti ment “I can’t believe that this happened, that they took my choice away, that I had to come here.”

We’ve also had patients come to this region because they

know someone here. Maybe it feels more comfortable. Maybe you’re somebody who lives in Texas, but you have a cousin in Ventura, and you say, “Okay, I’m going to book some time in California and just take care of myself there.” We have also seen patients who might be in Cali fornia on business. That’s happening pretty regularly, actually.

What are the age demographics of your patients, where are the proce dures actually performed, and do any other local providers perform abor tions? The vast majority of our abor tion patients are between the ages of 18 and 34 82 percent. Less than 3 percent are younger than 18, and just over 15 percent are 35 or older.

We provide abortion services at all six of our health centers, so medi cal and surgical abortions are avail able almost every day of the week, depending on our clinic schedules.

It is possible that an OB/GYN could choose to provide an abortion, but most of our local providers refer patients to Planned Parenthood. We are not aware of any other abortion providers in the Santa Barbara region.

What kind of support has the community shown you since the Supreme Court delivered its decision? Big picture last year was our best fundraising year in history; we had over 200 volunteer applications, which is unprecedented; the book sale was our most successful ever. Our donors really understand what’s at stake, have stood with us, and have asked us what more they can do. In terms of the opposi tion, we recognize that protestors have the freedom of speech. So we also know that we have to invest in training and security, because what we really care about is making sure that our patients feel safe and secure when they come to our health centers.

Given your mission and what’s happened, how do you not get so angry that you just want to scream? That’s a really good question. Many of us have been doing this work for a long time, and there’s really a feeling that we’re all in this together, that we share these values of reproductive health and freedom and safety. And the fact that we know we are part of a larger movement, a movement that actually has the majority of Americans on our side.

Because I think that’s very important to remember there is not a state in the country where people support abortion bans. Not one. Every time the issue goes directly to the voters, reproductive freedom wins. We saw that in Kansas over the summer.

We don’t believe this is where we’ll be long-term, because we know that the American people reject the politics of hatred and division and cruelty. During this interim period, we have the responsibility of mitigating as much damage as we possibly can, knowing that people’s health and safety are on the line.

To book an appointment at Planned Parenthood’s Santa Barbara Center (518 Garden St.) or one of its other Central Coast clinics, call 1 (888) 898-3806 or visit plannedparenthood.org/ planned-parenthood-california-central-coast.

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PLANNING AHEAD: Jenna Tosh, Planned Parenthood of California Central Coast president and CEO, speaks at a 2019 event at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse.

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SPRAY MISTY FOR ME: When it comes to cannabis, I’ve been accused by all the warring parties of being in the hip pocket of the other side. Personally, I’ve always considered myself a cannabis agnostic meaning I try to avoid the crazies. But now everyone’s crazy. After watch ing the county supes in action two weeks ago, maybe I am too

At issue was whether a greenhouse owned by scions of Carpinteria’s famous Van Wingerden Dutch greenhouse empire should be required to install state-of-the-art regenerative carbon scrubbers to conquer the intrusive can nabis odors. That was the one condition insisted upon by the county’s Planning Commission when it approved this eight-acre project dubbed with the blandly bucolic name “Valley Crest” this June. And that’s the one condition the Van Wingerdens and their operator , Head waters, insisted they simply could not accept.

The final decision was up to the five supervisors.

By all reckonings, carbon filtration scrubbers qualify as the best available control technology to suppress cannabis odors. Regenerative scrubbers are even better.

But the Van Wingerdens insisted that since the site was as far from residentially zoned properties as humanly possible, carbon scrub bers were overkill. Instead, they boasted, they had the latest vapor system that would spray a steady stream of essential oils, water, and who knows what else into the air surrounding the

greenhouse to chemically castrate the odors. In fact, their Fogco system made by the com pany Benzaco would change the very chemi cal composition of the cannabis so that it no longer stank.

For the record, I’ve been covering cannabis long enough to have heard the exact same acco lades heaped upon the Byers vapor control sys tem, which was supposed to do everything that Fogco now promises to do. But odor complaints are still roiling the bucolic bliss of the Carpinte ria Valley, so one can surmise the Byers system was not the great hit its champions promised.

Then there were the residents who lived near Valley Crest who showed up to testify. Ever since Headwaters has been spraying the Fogco system, they complained, their lives also formerly ones of bucolic bliss had become a living hell Dr. William Hahn who showed up sporting a white, flowing Sansum Clinic lab coat testified he lived just 315 feet from Valley Crest. Ever since Fogco spraying began, he said, his wife and tenants have reported headaches, nausea, fatigue, and respiratory distress. Yes, he conceded, none of the spray’s constituent chemicals are on the toxic chemicals list, but DDT and Roundup both known poisons were once also decreed safe.

Unfortunately for Dr. Hahn, his wife, their tenant, and everyone at nearby Cate School, they are on land zoned for agriculture, and as such, offers them no protection from the county’s cannabis ordinance.

Supervisor Das Williams said that carbon

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Paula Perotte – Goleta Mayor

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Salud Carbajal – Member of Congress

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Susan Salcido – County Superintendent of Schools

Vicki Ben-Yaacov – Goleta Union School Board

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Lauren Hanson – Goleta Water District Board

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Jonathan Abboud – SBCC Board of Trustees

Jennifer Smith – Goleta Planning Commissioner

Janet Wolf, Former County Supervisor

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scrubbers require massive quantities of elec tricity, and since Southern California Edison (SCE) has been notoriously unavailable for the infrastructure upgrades, such a system might not be reliable, or even possible.

But Planning Commissioner Michael Cooney said he’d never heard this issue raised in all the hearings and all the staff reports until the Van Wingerdens took their case to the super visors and Williams brought it up. He added that the Planning Commission just approved an upgrade to SCE’s transfer station near Santa Barbara High School to improve reliability. Wil liams countered that it takes at least a year to get upgrades from the utility company. Maybe so. But the Planning Commission’s scrubber requirement gave Valley Crest 12 months to install one.

Lisa Plowman, the county’s planning czar, added she had no information indicating SCE needed to upgrade its infrastructure to accom modate carbon-scrubbing technology. Accord ing to Plowman, 10 cannabis operations are currently using carbon scrubbers or have agreed to do so. All but one is in the Carpinteria area. One wonders why they can do it, but Valley Crest cannot.

Compounding my cognitive dissonance, at the very same meeting in fact, it was the next item on the agenda the supes took a proud stand prohibiting natural-gas stoves, water heaters, and their ilk in new construction and remodels. This, they said, was to do our small part to address the “existential threat” of climate

change. All those appliances, the supervisors affirmed, would now be heated by electricity instead.

Wow, I wondered. If there’s not enough juice in the system for a few carbon scrubbers, how can SCE accommodate the increase in demand such a natural-gas ban would trigger?

Only Supervisor Bob Nelson, who opposed the measure, noted the discrepancy with as much irony as he could muster. But even he banged the gong lightly.

Only Michael Chiacos of the Community Environmental Council addressed the question head-on. Even during the peak of our recent heat wave, he said, there were no brownouts or blackouts. In the past two years, he said, the state has experienced just two rolling blackouts. And they were short-lived in duration. Houston, do we have a capacity problem or not? I still don’t know.

In watching the cannabis wars these past five years, I’ve heard the county supervisors protest there’s nothing they could do when confronted by one screaming mob of odor-addled neigh bors after the next. This time, there was some thing they could have done.

But in the end, four supes voted to exempt the Van Wingerdens from the scrubber requirement.

I remember in the beginning when the socalled responsible growers talked of the importance of being good neighbors. “Nobody can be allowed to fart in the elevator,” I remember one prominent grower assured me.

Maybe the elevator doesn’t stink. But it still smells. If you live there, it’s just enough to drive you crazy —Nick Welsh

4th Generation Goleta & Santa Barbara Local

Margaret Connell – Former Goleta Mayor

Kyle Richards – Goleta City Councilmember

Monique Limón – State Senator

Steve Bennett – Assemblymember

Joan Hartmann – 3rd District County Supervisor

Steve Lavagnino – 5th District County Supervisor

Harry Hagen, County Treasurer-Tax Collector

Sholeh Jahangir – Goleta Union School Board

Farfalla Borah – Goleta Water District Board

Bill Rosen – Goleta Water District Board

Virginia Alvarez – SB Unified School Board

Kate Ford – SB Unified School Board

Rose Munoz – SB Unified School Board

Anna Everett – SBCC Board of Trustees

Robert Miller – SBCC Board of Trustees

Jennifer Fullerton – Goleta Planning Commissioner

John Savrnock, District Attorney Elect

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Appalled at Los Angeles Racism

We at Future Leaders of America are appalled by the racist statements and abhorrent actions made by members of the Los Angeles City Council and the L.A. County Federation of Labor president. Anti-Black, anti-Indigenous, and antiLGBTQIA+ sentiments have no place in our society, especially in institutions representing our commu nities. These individuals should be held accountable for their actions and resign immediately.

While actions like these work to divide us, now is the time to come together and build solidarity among communities of color and hold those in office accountable. When we hear hate speech in any form, we must stand up and challenge it and lead by example, no matter how difficult it may be.

For more than 40 years, Future Leaders of Amer ica has dedicated its mission to Latinx youth lead ership development. As such, we are committed to combating anti-Blackness and anti-Indigenous sentiments within our own communities and to fight toward systemic change that enables our com munities to thrive.

—Gloria Soto, Executive Director, Future Leaders of America

Comparing Apples to Avocados

The Independent’s negative endorsement of Car pinteria’s Measure T omits incredibly important facts.

First, Carpinteria citizens voted an increase in sales tax in 2018, Measure X, which generated $3.5 million for the city in 2020-21, in order to not over develop the Last Small Classic California Beach Town.

Second, for years, multitudes of Carpinterians have spoken before the City Council against this development and repeatedly have been completely ignored by four of five councilmembers. This is the reason Measure T is now on the ballot.

Third, this proposed hotel is located in a desig nated Tsunami Evacuation Zone with zero regard for inevitable sea-level rise.

Fourth, hotels are notoriously known for exces sive water use, exacerbating our extreme drought conditions.

Fifth, there is no way to 100 percent predict tourists will take the train, will pay dearly to sleep directly next to train whistles, and this “alleged” hotel income will not go where it is needed most to our schools.

Sixth, how appropriate the illustration of a “ghost” of a child alone, about to cross the railroad tracks. This location is inherently dangerous; the City of Carpinteria, as lessor (owner) of the land to hotel developers (some who do not live in Carpinte ria), may be at risk for any legal liability, potentially leading to large lawsuits against the city.

These ominous omissions in the Indy’s endorse ment are deeply concerning.

I will be voting yes on Measure T to protect Car pinteria. —Alison Johnson, Carpinteria

Reelect Marybeth Carty

In today’s super-charged political climate, I strongly support leaders in public life who model the proverb “Be modest in speech but excel in action.” This defines Marybeth Carty’s style and is the underpinning for her amazing track record in education, nonprofits, philanthropy, and business.

Marybeth is a quiet, effective leader, a “go-to per son” in a variety of venues, helping to solve difficult issues, leading public service campaigns, or working on community problems. Her calm, low-key, and skilled style is in stark contrast to the sad display of yelling, name-calling, and disparaging comments in today’s public discourse.

A passionate believer in public education as the bedrock of our democracy, Marybeth is commit ted to defending, supporting, and strengthening public education. In Marybeth’s own words, “Pub lic education is the cornerstone of democracy. It is the birthright of American citizens to receive a free K-12 education, but it is the responsibility of elected school board officials to insure that schools in their communities are prepared to meet the diverse needs of all students. The right to a fair education for all students is a deeply rooted core value that I hold dearly and work toward daily.”

Marybeth Carty is exactly the type of person we need in elected positions in these divisive times. She is a living example of the proverb “Be modest in speech but excel in action.” She also understands firsthand that effective leadership is about making everyone else better.

Please vote for Marybeth Carty, S.B. County Board of Education, District 1. —Bill Cirone,

Former County Superintendent of Schools

The Independent welcomes letters of less than 250 words that include a daytime phone number for verification. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. Send to: Letters, S.B. Independent, 1715 State St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101; or fax: 965-5518; or email: letters@independent.com. Unabridged versions and more letters appear at independent.com/opinions

PROP. 1

constitutional amendment put on the ballot by the Legislature. It expressly protects reproductive freedom, consistent with existing California laws and with rights in the state Constitution.

PROP. 31

In 2020, California passed a law banning the sale of flavored tobacco products, e-cigarettes and menthol cigarettes, at stores and vending machines. A YES is a vote to keep the ban in place. A NO vote would repeal the ban. Prop 31 is an important step to protect the health and safety of Californians.

GOLETA MEASURE B

Would raise the sales tax rate by 1%, or 1 cent per dollar spent. Beginning in 2024, providing approximately $10,600,000 annually until ended by voters. Currently Goleta receives less than a tenth of its 7.75% sales tax, but the increase would all go to the city for much needed services.

TheLeagueofWomenVotersofCaliforniahasno recommendation on the other propositions.

For more information, visit lwvsantabarbara.org

Our feet were designed to walk on Earth. Sand, grass, dirt and mud conform to the shape of any foot and provide full contact and support. Instead, we walk on cement, hardwood floors and unforgiving tile. Injuries, tendonitis, plantar fasciitis and even fractures occur when the foot is not fully supported.

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Lia M. Parker

10/25/1933 - 9/17/2022

Yannick Tanguy 4/9/1939 - 9/1/2022

Lia M. Parker passed away peacefully on September 17 at the age of 88. In 1949, Lia was the original Spirit of the Fiesta and in recent years became a part of the celebrations again, including being chosen grand marshal of the Fiesta Parade in 2014 and 2019. She enjoyed being part of the festivities and espe cially loved seeing all the young dancers.

Lia was born in California and lived in Santa Barbara for most of her life. She spent her final years, living at Garden Court, where she originally had worked as a caregiver for others. She made numerous friends with the staff and residents. As a young woman, she lived and worked in Mexico for several years as a teacher, and then returned to Santa Barbara to care for her ail ing parents. She made caregiving her life’s work, often becoming an honorary member of the fam ily whose, loved one she cared for. Lia had a strong faith and believed in the power of prayer. Lia found the good in everyone, and never gave up trying to help those in need.

In addition to being a trained dancer, Lia loved to paint and take photographs. She also loved gardening and enjoyed feeding the birds and admiring all things in nature.

Lia was predeceased by her parents, Chester and Luisa Parker and her twin brother, Alexander.

A mass will be held on Mon day, October 24, 2022 starting at 10:00am at Our Lady of Sorrows, 21 E. Sola Street, Santa Barbara, CA, followed by burial at Calvary Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to:

OSD Lia Parker Spirit Schol arship, and mail to Old Spanish Days, P.O. Box 21557, Santa Bar bara, CA 93121 or to the Garden Court Endowment, 1116 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Our dear friend and pas sionate French teacher Yannick Tatia Tanguy passed away on Thursday, September 1, 2022, in her home in downtown Santa Barbara. She is survived by her two sisters Véronique and France, and a step-sister, Sylvie as well as two nieces, Stéphane and Laure, and their three chil dren. A Parisienne of Breton descent, Yannick was born on April 9, 1939; she lost her mother when she was very young. Her father was a physician as well as researcher in the famed Pasteur Institute in Paris. She grew up in Paris and came to the US at 28, as an au-pair, taking care of the son of a French Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She stayed on in Philadelphia to become a French high-school teacher before moving West. Yannick came to our city in 1986, leaving her Quaker school in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, for a new position as French teacher at Laguna Blanca School; she later taught at the Howard School, in Carpinteria. In Santa Barbara, she made numerous friends in the French-speaking community and beyond, in her dual capac ity as French teacher and tutor for many French learners whose entire families adopted their dear Yannick. A fervent and lovely writer who kept a life-long corre spondence with her French doc tor, whom she called Dr. Soleil (Dr. Sun), a superbly creative teacher, and an avid reader, she had a gift for working with young learners and was a great inspira tion to many of them, whether in

the classroom or in tutoring ses sions. She also had a passion for learning. In her retirement, she took many courses with Adult Education, focusing on Spanish, Italian, creative writing, among other topics. She observed that she always did her homework and never failed to say hello and goodbye to her instructors! In addition to her generosity, pas sionate temper as a Bretonne and Parisienne, loyalty to her friends, and uncompromising honesty and dignity, Yannick always felt and demonstrated a genuine respect for others and for nature.

Barely using her old car, she rode around Santa Barbara on her bicycle up until the last months of her life. She criticized the ris ing inequalities between rich and poor and the skyrocketing cost of housing in our beloved city, which led so many to despair.

The Santa Barbara Public Library was her second home, and she was a regular theater goer at the Ensemble Repertory Theater.

When she was only 14, Yannick was awarded a first prize for a stunning essay narrating her memories of Brittany’s cultural and religious traditions. Fifty years after, in 2003, she received the Franco-American Interna tional Cultural Award, honoring her work as a French educator in the US. Yannick’s ashes will be scattered into the Pacific Ocean, in accordance with her wishes.

Her family and friends are so blessed and honored to have known Yannick, who always drew a seagull on her upper-left cheek. She is still flying around us, who loved and cherished her. May her memory be a blessing.

Elma Delgadillo

11/1/1936 - 10/8/2022

Marilyn Mae Hocker 5/31/1933 - 10/6/2022

Elma Delgadillo, age 85, of Goleta, California passed away on October 8, 2022 after a short illness. Elma was surrounded by her loving family. Elma was born on November 1, 1936, in San Ber nardino, CA. , coming to Goleta in her teen years. She attended the Sherman Institute and Santa Barbara High School.

Elma worked in the electron ics industry for many years at Infomag and Delco.

Elma was a warm, nurturing, and non-judgemental person who was a surrogate mother to many children in her life. She was the go-to neighbor hood “mom” who had a loving relationship with many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and greatnephews. She is the mom that supported all of her children’s activities and was always the vol unteer to provide snacks and car pool rides.

Elma was preceded in death by her father, Angel Velarde; her mother Victoria (Nejo) Escobar; and nine siblings. She is sur vived by her husband of 68 years Margarito (Mugs); son Richard (Diana); daughter Deborah; granddaughter Mia Delgadillo; step-grandchildren Melissa Keene & Nicholas Bedi; mother figure to Lorraine Moreno and Mary Holand; grandma figure to Moreno Family, Holand Family and Newell Family and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews and extended family.

A special thank you to Ryan, Mike, and the staff at Elite Rehab for their loving and extraordi nary care over the years.

A funeral Mass will be held at St Raphael’s Catholic Church in Goleta on October 22, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., with a reception and celebration of life immediately following in the church hall.

A long time Santa Barbara resident, Marilyn Hocker passed away peacefully on October 6, 2022, at the age of 89 surrounded by her family. Marilyn was born in Los Angeles, CA, where she spent the next 19 years in Los Angeles until she met her hus band, Lonnie Hocker, then in the Navy, on a blind date. They soon were married in Las Vegas in 1952. The next years were dic tated by the Navy, moving to Key West, FL, Tampa, FL, Charleston, SC, and to San Diego, CA.

After leaving the Navy and finishing college in San Diego, they moved to Santa Barbara where she lived for the next 60 years.  Marilyn is survived by three children, Keith (Michelle) Hocker, Cindy (Lee) Olsen, Amy (Ryan) Bertul and 2 grandsons, Phillip and Alexander.

Marilyn had been active in the community with numerous volunteer organizations as well as starting her own bookkeep ing business. She has served as PTA president, Bluebird Leader, St. Michael’s Auxiliary presi dent, active with high school Drill Team and Swim Clubs and a long-time member of the Woman’s Service Club of Goleta where she held numerous office positions.

Funeral services will be held privately with her family.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Central Coast Hospice, 253 Granada Ave. Suite D, San Luis Obispo, Ca, 93401, who worked tirelessly and with compassion and devotion in her final days and hours.

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Leslie Ridley-Tree

Our Fair Lady

BY ERIN GRAFFY

Leslie was a lady.

While the word “lady” connotes a woman of noble rank; it actually derives from a term for “breadmaker,” seemingly appropriate for the woman who metaphorically kneaded, baked, and distrib uted bread throughout Santa Barbara.

Leslie and her late husband, Paul Ridley-Tree, were the leading philanthropists of Santa Barbara during the last 30 years, funding hundreds of millions of dollars to organizations.

Leslie’s grounding in social service started in New York City’s West Side. Leslie began volunteering at the Episcopal Church of St. Matthew & St. Timothy. Her natural gift for organization came to the fore: She ended up running the church’s neighborhood community center for seven years, attracting recognition from then-governor Rockefeller. Always with an eye on how to improve the lives of others, Leslie established the first Head Start program in New York City to help underprivileged children prepare for school.

When the courts tossed in her lap 15 troubled teenaged girls expelled from school, with no place to go, Leslie took them in and established a Bridge Academy to prepare them for life. With her indefatigable encouragement, they not only finished high school, but some even went on to nursing school.

Leslie herself valued education: She had attended Columbia University, and when living in Europe, she stud ied at the University of Madrid.

Then, at the age of 60, when most people think of retire ment, Leslie contemplated the idea of starting law school.

She discussed the idea with her daughter, Suzette, and confessed, “I will be the oldest person in class! At my age, what I am doing going back to school?”

Her daughter wisely responded, “Well, you will be that age anyway.”

And with that, Leslie matriculated the University of West Los Angeles Law School to become a paralegal. She was soon working at a law firm and found herself driving up north to personally deliver legal documents for a cli ent’s signature.

That 90-minute drive to Montecito would change her life. Along with Santa Barbara.

The client was Paul Herbert Ridley-Tree, the founder and CEO of Pacific Air Industries (PAI), a multimilliondollar airplane-parts distribution company. And it seems his signature was barely dry on the papers when he was taking a long, second look at the remarkable, intelligent, and utterly interesting “young woman” before him. She was 63 years old.

A decisive businessman, Paul pursued and wooed Les lie; two months later, they were married on Valentine’s Day in 1988.

Paul was absolutely smitten, and Leslie took full advan tage of the situation to open his eyes, his heart, and his wallet to help the community. Leslie provided the vision of a joyful, loving life together as serial philanthropists, providing funds to worthwhile projects and programs throughout the area. And with that, the two became the most prolific philanthropists in Santa Barbara since Max Fleischmann.

Paul loved to joke that he “still had to go to work” so that Leslie would have some money to give away. And he also noted that whenever she had a “certain twinkle in her eye,” he knew it was time to get out his checkbook.

Through her influence with Paul and her outreach within the community, Leslie raised the bar for benevo lence in Santa Barbara. Within scant years, fundraising gifts locally were moving from $10,000 to $100,000.

LADY BOUNTIFUL

Their first act together was a $100,000 gift to the Museum of Art. Leslie had an eye for art and curated the canvases they collected. Later, she donated their works by JeanBaptiste-Camille Corot and other Barbizon artists to Westmont College.

Besides Paul, Leslie had another love music. In a pre vious life, she had trained in violin and voice, considering a classical career, but enjoyed many seasons singing profes sionally as a chanteuse.

Her dinner soirees and legendary Christmas parties always ended with a crowd singing around her Bösen dorfer piano. On one occasion, Leslie started crooning “Autumn Leaves” in the original French. It was so stun ning, the entire room went absolutely silent until her last beautiful note.

She served on the Westmont Music Council and was generous to the Music Academy and the Santa Barbara Symphony. Moreover, as an underwriter for UCSB Arts & Lectures, Leslie made it possible for her community to experience world-class artists such as Yo-Yo Ma in Santa Barbara.

A woman of faith, Leslie believed in a personal God who provided solace and direction. Her family treasured the memory of her reading her Prayer Book every morning. She explained to a conference of powerful women, “Faith is everything for me … I also happen to believe in Something bigger than I am. And that has helped me all through life.”

She considered any advantageous circumstances she had as a gift with a responsibility to share it wisely. She took to heart Luke 12:48, “To whom much is given, much is required.” Her own mother instilled: “Whatever you have, you must share. The more you have, the more you must share.”

What was especially endearing about Leslie’s loadstar was that neither Leslie nor Paul came from money. Despite the later nomenclature of “Lord and Lady,” they were not raised with wealth, but both were industrious and worked their whole lives. Paul was a self-made millionaire through his company. This is what kept the pair practical and

thoughtful of what they had, and how best to give it away.

Incredibly, after Paul passed, Leslie at 80 took the helm of his company. With no background in avia tion, Leslie again became a committed student and quick study, happily driving down to work in Santa Monica three days a week. Leslie kept the company going so that as she confessed unabashedly she would have more money to give out. And as she often stated, “It felt like a privilege to be able to give.” And she did so with a tremendous sense of gratitude for the very opportunity. Leslie was a lovely study in contrasts. While comfortable in designer clothes and beaming when bejeweled with her favorite gems from Paul, she would not hesitate to roll up her sleeves, pull off her rings, and dirty her manicured nails to work in the kitchen at Casa Esperanza. Or dig a ditch for groundbreaking at Cottage Hospital. Or serve food for the Rescue Mission.

Especially noteworthy was that Leslie never missed an opportunity to find and fund the unglamorous but desper ately needed smaller necessities: paying off the mortgages for the Eastside Medical and Dental Clinics, providing scholarships for those easy-to-fall-through-the-cracks scholars with learning disabilities, or funding medical scholarships for needy individuals. Leslie was always about upholding the dignity of individuals.

In addition to her donations, Leslie gave organizations her total dedication. If she served on a board and there were many she gave it her complete focus. She did her homework, made calls, reflected, prayed, and then gave a thoughtful analysis of what could be or should be done. If a door ever closed, she advised never to stew but to just pick up and keep going. This resiliency is what made Leslie so grounded and approachable. It also kept her real; she would never “speechify” or read from prepared notes. She spoke from the heart so that people might be moved by her purpose and passion rather than her prose.

With a life well lived and a life well given, Leslie RidleyTree passed away at the age of 98. Gracious, generous, kind, and thoughtful, she will truly be remembered as Santa Barbara’s First Lady. n

PAUL WELLMAN

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As the major contributor, Leslie Ridley-Tree signed the last beam raised for what became the Ridley-Tree Cancer Center, as did CEO Dr. Kurt Ransohoff and health and construction workers; she made significant contibutions to Cottage Hospital, Alzheimer’s research, Sarah House, Council of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, and many other organizations.

Santa barbara® best of

Here Are the Results of Our Annual Reader Survey

By Leslie dinaberg • Photos by ingrid bostrom Illustrations by Ben Ciccati

Santa Barbara Independent

and away, the best thing about writing Best of Santa Barbara® is how awesome it is to be the bearer of GOOD NEWS for so many of our local businesses. Even the people that are getting the award for the zillionth time are super excited to know that readers are taking the time out of their busy lives to cast their votes and support their favorites.

With more than 200 categories (208 to be exact) of “bests” to choose from, there are loads of great people and places to discover or revisit. We’ve even got new categories for you to ponder this year, including mocktail and cider (both in the Drinking section), place to make art (in Out & About), place to adopt a pet (in Little Creatures), outdoor gear store (in Sporting Life), and gourmet grocer and vegan food (both in Eating); as well as your other favorite sections: Looking Good, Romance, Living Well,

As anyone who reads the Letters section knows, Indy readers are a very opinionated bunch, so when they cast their carefully considered votes which includes a mix of our historic, and often familyowned operations, as well as nods to some newcomers being named Best of Santa Barbara® means more than just bragging rights; it’s a meaningful vote of confidence from the community. A big thanks to all who voted, and a huge congratulations to all of the winners!

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Eating

Appetizers/Tapas

Loquita loquitasb.com

Asked why Santa Barbara is a good place to work/have your business, Loquita General Manager Gerardo Ibarra says, “It’s an undisputed fact that Santa Barbara is one of the most beautiful places on earth. The privilege of living in ‘paradise’ is one we never take for granted, and we celebrate it every day. But it’s the beauty of our local community that makes Santa Barbara so special and unlike any other place. We are a diverse group of interesting people who are committed to helping one another and to protecting the incredible place we call home. Being able to work in service to our community is what drives us towards excel lence every day.”

Runner-Up: milk & honey

Bagel Shop

Jack’s Bistro & Famous Bagels bagelnet.com

The readers have spoken, raving about Jack’s Bistro & Famous Bagels with comments like, “They are the best because everything is fresh and very tasty. Their breakfast bagels are incomparable and so tasty, no matter what you choose,” and “Always the best fresh bagels and cream cheese ever!” With locations in Santa Barbara and Carpinteria both featuring “reasonably priced food and friendly staff,” Jack’s is the spot for bagels on the South Coast.

Runner-Up: I.V. Bagel Café

Bakery

Renaud’s Patisserie & Bistro renaudsbistro.com

This award truly makes us feel appreciated, says Renaud Gonthier, chef/ owner of Renaud’s Patisserie & Bistro. One of his most memorable things? “Opening day in 2008! I had a hard time realizing we were open. We had worked so much and experienced some delays. It was a make-or-break moment, and we did not know what the clientele feedback would be. Would guests understand a more authentic version of the French pastry? I knew we did something great at the end of the first week. Guests were coming back to get more pastry, and we had to increase production, and we could pay our rent.”

Runner-Up: Alessia Patisserie and Café

Barbecue Shalhoob’s Funk Zone Patio shalhoob.com

The family-owned and -operated Shalhoob Meat Company has been providing premium custom cut meats and poultry to local homes and restaurants from their Funk Zone locale for almost 50 years. It’s no sur prise that their patio eatery serves a consistent stream of customers craving their delicious barbecue and excellent salads and sides they also recently added cocktails to the menu. With expansions to the Public Market in the last few years and another restaurant opening sometime soon in Goleta, expect the Shalhoob family to be dishing up barbecue in town for genera tions to come.

Runner-Up: Goodland BBQ

Arigato Sushi arigatosb.com

One of the best things to come out of the pandemic was that Arigato now has more seating and is able to take reservations! The winner once again for Best Parklet and Best Sushi Restaurant, this longtime local favorite has been dishing up fresh nigiri and sashimi and assorted rolls for more than 35 years, along with creative concoctions like Standing Room Only (baked half avocado filled with unagi, snow crab, masago, and scallions) and Rincon Magic (a sushi pizza on a base of crispy rice, topped with snow crab, octopus, squid, smelt roe, and scallions).

Runner-Up (Parklet): Opal Restaurant & Bar

Runner-Up (Sushi Restaurant): Sushi Teri

Arigato Sushi manager Daryl Takehara is a big part of why the restaurant has been a reader favorite for so many years.

Cupcakery

Crushcakes & Café crushcakes.com

Still crushing it in the cupcakery cat egory since hitting the area by storm in 2008, Crushcakes & Café continues to make beautiful baked goods from scratch with love in both their Santa Barbara and Goleta kitchens. In voting Crushcakes the Best Of this year, read ers shared comments like “generous, delicious, wonderful,” “great service, happy people, yummy food,” “nice variety of flavors, always fresh,” “best cupcakes ever,” and my personal favor ite Indy reader testimonial of 2022: “Always the best; I saw Kanye West there yesterday.”

Runner-Up: Nothing Bundt Cakes

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Breakfast Jeannine’s Restaurant & Bakery jeannines.com

Part of the Santa Barbara dining scene for more than 30 years, the Hardey family owned and operated Jeannine’s with locations in Montecito, Goleta, uptown Santa Barbara, and the newest location at 1 State Street, across from the entrance to Stearns Wharf is our readers’ pick for best breakfast spot. With mouthwatering offerings like Banana Kahlua French Toast, Florentine Eggs Benedict, Huevos Rancheros, and a mind-boggling assortment of pastries and other breakfast favorites, as one reader said of the food from Jeannine’s, “It tastes like it was made with love.”

Runner-Up: Cajun Kitchen

Breakfast Burrito • Burrito Super Cucas cucasrestaurant.com

Known for their ginormous, forearm-sized burritos, the breakfast ver sion at Super Cucas includes 20 different options on the menu. From the simple #8, with scrambled eggs, cheese, and potatoes; to the spicy #10 Macho Burrito, with marinated pork, jalapeños, scrambled eggs, potatoes, cheese, and macho salsa; to the sublime #17 Huevos Ranche ros Burrito with beans, rice, avocado, and ranchero sauce with corn tortillas, Super Cucas breakfast burritos definitely have something to please every palate.

Runner-Up (Breakfast Burrito): The Daily Grind

Runner-Up (Burrito): Freebirds World Burrito

Burger

The Habit Burger Grill habitburger.com

Now 300 locations strong, The Habit Burger Grill’s first restaurant opened in Goleta in 1969. And even though local brothers Brent and Bruce Reichard retired and sold off their Santa Barbara County stores in 2020 (after selling off the bulk of the out-of-town chain in 2007), the spirit of our town is still at the heart of these “always chargrilled over an open flame” burgers. As one voter wrote, “The Habit is still the greatest burger in town, especially when you add avocado and bacon. Love their secret sauce and fresh ingredients.”

Runner-Up: Mesa Burger

Carpinteria Restaurant Padaro Beach Grill padarobeachgrill.com

“What this award means to me and the business is the recognition of the incredible effort executed by our staff to offer delicious, quality food and excellent service consistently on a daily basis,” says Will Ran sone, owner of Padaro Beach Grill. “This award is a direct reflection on our staff, and their amazing attitudes, resolve, and work ethic. Hats off to everyone involved.” He continues, “Obviously there are many excellent restaurants in Carpinteria, and I encourage everyone to try them all. We are honored to receive this recognition, and we really appreciate the community’s patronage and support.”

Runner-Up: Little Dom’s Seafood

plowtoporch.com

Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) has long been appreciated in Santa Barbara, but the convenience of having the bounty of the farmers’ market brought directly to your doorstep in a variety of produce box sizes and themes to suit everyone became even more popular during the pandemic. Plow to Porch Organ ics sources from approximately 10 different farms in order to bring customers the greatest variety possible, including extras like organic honey; organic eggs; local, gourmet quiches and pies; organic fair-trade coffees; organic olive oils; organic jams; local, sustainable fresh fish; local, hormone-free, grass-fed beef; and more.

Runner-Up: Farm Cart Organics

Doughnut Shop Hook & Press hookandpressdonuts.com

What started as a rotating menu of creative seasonal flavors (think blackberry bourbon basil, pumpkin praline, and vanilla bean sprinkle) in a shared popup retail space has quickly become a local institution. With a big space in La Arcada opening in 2022, Hook & Press is on a roll, adding a full breakfast menu to their offerings. “We did it, and by ‘we’ we mean ‘you and us,’” writes John Burnett, who owns the business with Denisse Salinas. “We truly would not be here without our amazing customers. Although Hook & Press has only been around for four years, all of us have been through thick and thin, and all of us are so thankful to get the opportunity to make your lives a little sweeter every day. Thank you for voting us Best Doughnut Shop four years in a row!”

Runner-Up: Eller’s Donut House

Fresh Fish Market

Santa Barbara Fish Market sbfish.com

Located about 30 yards from the ocean, it’s tough to beat the freshness of the daily catch available at Santa Barbara Fish Market on the harbor. Serving the community for more than 20 years as the only local commercial fisher men’s direct outlet to the public, they focus on locally harvested seafood products as well as seafood products from around the world.

Runner-Up: Kanaloa Seafood

French Restaurant bouchon bouchonsantabarbara.com

“This recognition means guests recognize and appreci ate the professionals I have on my staff. Our kitchen staff is passionate about the cuisine, and our service team is truly dedicated to creating a wonderful dining experience for each and every guest,” says bouchon owner Mitchell Sjerven. “The Best Of award is another

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significant milestone both looking toward a brighter future and putting the past few years further in our rearview mirror.” He continues, “Locals are the back bone to any successful Santa Barbara business, so it is particularly rewarding coming from our neighbors and friends we love serving you!”

Runner-Up: Renaud’s Patisserie & Bistro

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Kyle’s Kitchen kyleskitchen.com

It’s been more than eight years since owner Jay Ferro (who has had restaurants in town since 1995) intro duced the Kyle’s Kitchen concept, which has continued to grow and contribute to the community in a myriad of ways beyond their excellent fried chicken sandwiches. “The community support we receive fuels the philan thropy that is the core of Kyle’s Kitchen, and as the com munity continues to choose Kyle’s, that support directly impacts each special-needs organization that we partner with each quarter,” says Director of Operations Jeremy Peterson. “We simply couldn’t do the work we do to help individuals with special needs reach their potential, without the support of our community.”

Runner-Up: The Honor Bar

Frozen Yogurt Shop

Mission Street Ice Cream & Yogurt missionstreeticecreamandyogurt.com

“Thank you, Santa Barbara! We thank each and every one of you who voted us BEST,” says Mission Street Ice Cream & Yogurt Senior Manager Nicole Moreira. “We love being part of so many after-school treats, weekend shenanigans, after-workout treats, study breaks, puppy walks, after-movie hangouts, pick-me-ups for having a bad day, birthday celebrations, date nights, and the list goes on. We love knowing so many of you guys person ally, and we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting small businesses like ours.”

Runner-Up: Yogurtland

Goleta Restaurant • Mexican Restaurant • Salsa

Los Agaves los-agaves.com

When the family-owned and -operated Los Agaves opened its first location on Milpas Street on Santa Bar bara’s Eastside in 2008, it quickly gained a dedicated flock of followers and hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down since. A perennial Best Of winner for its salsa and as the best Mexican restaurant, and now best Goleta restaurant, it’s the fresh ingredients and an expansive menu combining traditional standbys with unusual fare, such as the piping-hot “sea and earth” molcajetes and the mole poblano, that make Los Agaves your top pick once again.

Runner-Up (Goleta Restaurant): Jane at the Marketplace

Runner-Up (Mexican Restaurant): Los Arroyos

Runner-Up (Salsa): Mony’s Mexican Food

Gourmet Grocer • Health Food/Nutrition Store Lazy Acres Market lazyacres.com

“After winning it more than 20 years in a row, this award signifies that we will always provide the best of what’s gotten us this far fresh, organic produce, wild-caught seafood, grass-fed meats, and all the other things that Lazy Acres is known for. Most importantly, it reminds us that we truly have the best customers in the business,” says Store Director Bryan Feil. The Lazy Acres team worked tirelessly during the pandemic. “The commu nity supported us by coming in or ordering their Lazy Acres favorites for pickup, and we supported them by keeping the stores clean, well-stocked, and safe for all. It was an extremely difficult time, and we are so proud of how we rose to the occasion. This award definitely reflects that commitment!”

Runner-Up (Gourmet Grocer): Bristol Farms

Runner-Up (Health Food/Nutrition Store): Sprouts Farmers Market

Ice Cream Shop

McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams mcconnells.com

“While Santa Barbara has certainly grown up, especially over the last handful of years, it’s still a small-ish town. And there’s still a real sense of community, and of people who want to keep things that way. And I think that’s a wonderful thing,” says Michael Palmer, who co-owns the business with his wife, Eva Ein. “We live in a largely connected world, in technological terms. But with that, I think, to some degree, we threaten real connectedness. There’s something about living and working here that allows us at least the opportunity to retain some of that person-to-person connection that makes smaller com munities tick. And working inside of that just makes your work life a richer experience. That, and the but terfat.”

Runner-Up: Rori’s Artisanal Creamery

Indian Restaurant Flavor of India flavorofindiasb.com

Being voted the best means “the quality of food and the style of the surroundings, atmosphere, and service,” says Flavor of India owner Anil Kainwal. “This award makes us feel proud, happy, overwhelmed, and delighted. It gives us validation and boosts our confidence. A big thank-you for voting for us! It’s your votes that made it possible, and words could never be enough to express our gratitude! You are the #BestCustomersEver to sup port local restaurants.”

Runner-Up: Bibi Ji

Isla Vista Restaurant Freebirds World Burrito freebirdsiv.com

Serving hungry college students since 1987, Free birds which owner Mark Orfalea (cousin to Kinko’s founder Paul Orfalea) reportedly named for the 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd song “Free Bird” is our read ers’ perennial favorite for Best Isla Vista Restaurant. The original branch of a now-successful Texas-based chain still churns out made-to-order Monster Burritos, nachos, regular (but still big) burritos, quesadillas, and bowls of good-quality, reasonably priced Mexican grub.

Runner-Up: Woodstock’s Pizza

Italian Restaurant Ca’Dario cadariorestaurants.com

Receiving the best Italian restaurant honors “means a lot to us especially, as this year we have been in business for 25 years, adding to our original downtown location res taurants in Goleta, Montecito, and the Public Market,” says owner/chef Dario Furlati. “We are very grateful to our team of employees, many who have been with us from the beginning and help keep the quality of food and service consistent. We thank the Santa Barbara com munity for their constant loyalty of support, especially through the challenging pandemic.”

Runner-Up: Via Maestra 42

Late-Night Eats

The Blue Owl theblueowlsb.com

Open ’til 2:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, The Blue Owl has a fusion menu that puts a tasty twist on crave-worthy classic dishes like the cheeseburger infused with green curry sauce and topped with a fried egg. Try the salads, sprinkled with mint and basil; the delicious báhn mì sandwiches; and the now-legendary fried rice, customizable with various protein options and other toppings like red and white cabbage, Thai basil, cilantro, green onions, avocados, fried or poached eggs, pista chios, bacon, kimchi, chili paste, and more.

Runner-Up: Dave’s Dogs Grill

Montecito Restaurant Bettina bettinapizzeria.com

“We’ve been so lucky to set up our business within such a supportive community. It is that community that got us through COVID and made our business what it is today,” says Bettina owner Rachel Greenspan. “Beyond that, we’re surrounded by such beauty here in Santa Barbara. Obviously, being in the restaurant business is super-challenging anywhere, but being able to find stress relief and joy where we live has made it way more man ageable.” She adds, “Having access to delicious food and building all of the incredible relationships the restaurant brings is a truly special experience.”

Runner-Up: The Honor Bar

Noodle Bar • Thai Restaurant Empty Bowl Gourmet Noodle Bar emptybowlnoodle.com

What does being voted the best mean to you? “It means appreciation from our valuable customers,” says Empty Bowl co-owner Emre Balli. “It means we are moving in the right direction and continuing to serve delicious noodles to our community. All our staff worked hard during the pandemic, and I would like to dedicate this award to them from the kitchen to the front of the house, each of them.” Keep an eye on @emptybowlnoo dle; one of Balli’s favorite parts of the job is creating reels for their Instagram page. “Our cooks also love it when I record them.”

Runner-Up (Noodle Bar): Nikka Ramen Runner-Up (Thai Restaurant): Your Choice

Renaud’s Patisserie & Bistro

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Pizza Rusty’s Pizza Parlor rustyspizza.com

With one of the few phone numbers I can still remember from my childhood (564-1111, no area code needed in those days), Rusty’s Pizza remained a treasured local institution. With nine locations in the area, the familyowned pizza empire is known for its distinct tomato sauce, good service, architecturally varied and interest ing buildings, and family-friendly vibe. Fun fact: Own ers Roger and Carol Duncan opened Rusty’s Roast Beef in Isla Vista in 1969, but they soon realized there wasn’t a pizza place in town and made the shift. The rest, as they say, is pizza history!

Runner-Up: Bettina

Place to Buy Bread D’Angelo Bakery dangelobakery.com

The mouth-watering assortment of breads and pastries baked daily at D’Angelo Bakery is enough to boggle the mind, with artisan breads including sourdough levain, sourdough multigrain, rosemary lemon, Rudolf Steiner (multigrain), sunflower whole grain, and German Farmer’s Rye, to name but a few of the loaves available at our Best Place to Buy Bread winner. “Their ciabatta loaf cannot be beat,” wrote a reader, and another offered this comment: “Great bread with a big variety of baked products. You can see the workers take great pride in their bread and their store!”

Runner-Up: Oat Bakery

Produce Stand/Greengrocer

Santa Barbara Certified Farmers’ Market sbfarmersmarket.org

Providing fresh produce and lots of other great gro cery items to our community six days a week, the Santa Barbara Certified Farmers’ Market with markets in Downtown Santa Barbara, Goleta, Old Town Santa Bar bara, Solvang, Carpinteria, and Montecito is once again our readers’ choice for best produce stand/green grocer. It’s important to support small businesses with lots of variety and a great community vibe, as one voter wrote in their nomination, “because we’re lucky to live in a land of plenty of fresh organic vegetables and fruit and farmers we know bring them to us.”

Runner-Up: Tri-County Produce

Salad Bar Savoy Café & Deli savoycafe.weebly.com

There’s something for even the pickiest of eaters to love at the Savoy Café & Deli, our readers’ pick once again for best salad bar in town! With more than 20 healthy seasonal ingredients to choose from, including wild salmon, grass-fed beef, and house-roasted chicken, along with loads of fresh vegetables and homemade dressings, it’s no wonder that they claim this category year after year. Kathy Shields, who owns the biz with her husband, Paul, is an amazing baker, too for the veggie lovers who flock to the salad bar, her carrot cake is to die for!

Runner-Up: Chuck’s of Hawaii

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Sandwich • Takeout

South Coast Deli southcoastdeli.com

“It’s difficult to articulate how meaningful being voted Best in S.B. actually is,” says South Coast Deli owner Jim St. John. “We have an amazing team who work very hard day in and day out; many have been with us for decades. I know they are proud of where they work and of the product we create. Acknowledgment from the community is something they all appreciate.” And does he have a favorite sandwich? “The Phatty on toasted sourdough, no … the Chicken Caesar Sammie, no … the Robert Emmet, no … .the Viet Nom Nom, no … the BBQ Chicken Sammie … impossible to pick a favorite.”

Runner-Up (Sandwich): Three Pickles

Runner-Up (Takeout): Los Agaves

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Santa Ynez Valley Restaurant Industrial Eats industrialeats.com

Just typing the words “Industrial Eats” makes my mouth water. Foodies have flocked to Buellton since this indescribably delicious casual space began serving up high-quality local food in 2013. Roasted peaches, prosciutto and burrata, oysters, uni, and butter beans pair with salty meats and clever pizza combos on the constantly rotating menu. And expansion plans are in the works, as they recently shared on Instagram: “We’ll it’s official. We now have the whole build ing. Catering, restaurant, private dining, here to go/motley crew and now the space right in the middle with the fancy doors, fireplace, and air-conditioning. Stay tuned.” We can’t wait!

Runner-Up: S.Y. Kitchen

Sidewalk Café/Patio • Mocktail La Paloma Café lapalomasb.com

“We opened La Paloma Café during the pandemic and soldiered through some of the most challenging times. We were fierce in our determination to offer our community, neighbors, and friends a place to come together for a shared meal and a connection with one another when we all needed it most,” says General Manager Derrick Clune. “Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We know the locals who voted for us are the heart and soul of Santa Barbara. It is a privilege to be a part of this community, and we are honored to have won these awards.”

Runner-Up (Sidewalk Café/Patio): Goat Tree

Runner-Up (Mocktail): Test Pilot

Steak House

Lucky’s luckys-steakhouse.com

Impeccable service; top-notch steaks, chops, and seafood; and chicken entrées, wonderful salads, and six different potato dishes. Not to mention an excellent martini. Lucky’s embodies everything that even the most discerning customers might expect from a high-quality, classic American steakhouse. With standout professional service at a time when restaurants are struggling to find staff, even in tony Montecito, this place is definitely a cut above the rest.

Runner-Up: Chuck’s of Hawaii

Stellar Service • Restaurant Wine List • Hotel

San Ysidro Ranch sanysidroranch.com

“Ty Warner’s San Ysidro Ranch is integral to the identity of Santa Barbara, serving as an icon of the American Riviera for more than a century. We take great pride in delivering exceptional service alongside world-class amenities, luxurious accommodations, and an exquisite food and beverage program. Winning the categories of Best Hotel, Stellar Service, and Restaurant Wine List from the Independent is especially meaningful to our entire team who works tirelessly to provide memorable experiences for every guest,” says General Manager Ian Williams. “We’re thrilled to be recognized as the best locally and also nationally and internationally,” says Williams, noting other top awards from the past year such as “Forbes five-star distinction, Travel + Leisure’s #1 Resort in California, North America’s Leading Boutique Resort from the World Travel Awards, and a Grand Award from Wine Spectator, which the Ranch has secured consistently since 2014.”

Runner-Up (Stellar Service): The Palace Grill

Runner-Up (Restaurant Wine List): Intermezzo by Wine Cask

Runner-Up (Hotel): Rosewood Miramar Beach

Bloody Mary

Restaurant with a View Boathouse at Hendry’s Beach 2981 Cliff Dr.; (805) 898-2628

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Way more than just a pretty face although the sparkling ocean views at the Boat house at Hendry’s Beach are certainly extraordinary the fresh seafood selections, excellent cocktails (including a terrific happy hour), and brunch delights keep us coming back again and again. Try the crab cakes, lobster and truffle mac ’n’ cheese, smoked salmon eggs Benedict, and huevos Hope Ranch, not to mention the awardwinning Bloody Mary, and enjoy the view. If you were any closer to the water, you’d be in a boat!

Runner-Up (Sunday Brunch): Scarlett Begonia

Runner-Up (Bloody Mary): Brophy Bros.

Runner-Up (Restaurant with a View): El Encanto, a Belmond Hotel

Tacos Lilly’s Taqueria lillystacos.com

The sure sign of a good taqueria is when people from all walks of life line up at lunchtime. “Thank you for voting us the best,” says owner Lilly Sepulveda. “We owe everything to our clientele. Without their support, we simply wouldn’t be Lilly’s.”

With locations in Downtown Santa Barbara and Goleta, Lilly’s Taqueria is the real deal, with a variety of well-priced tacos that include the standard veggie, chicken, beef, and pork as well as the more exotic beef head, cheek, eye, intestines, lip, and tongue. The only downside: There are no Taco Tuesdays at Lilly’s; that’s the one day of the week that they’re closed.

Runner-Up: Corazón Cocina

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Vegan Food Mesa Verde mesaverderestaurant.com

Specializing in vegan Mediterranean cuisine, Mesa Verde is our readers’ top pick for vegan food. Recognized by none other than the prestigious Michelin with a Bib Gour mand Award for “good quality, good value cooking,” they describe the menu as “the kind of food that even meat-eaters can instantly love.” Menu highlights include squash blossom quesadillas, polenta fries with jalapeños and caramelized onions, Brussels mushroom tacos, and, for dessert, bird’s-nest baklava with vegan ice cream.

Runner-Up: Oliver’s

Vegetarian/Vegan Restaurant •

Veggie Burger The Natural Café thenaturalcafe.com

The Natural Café has been dishing up Santa Barbara’s favorite vegetarian and vegan offerings since 1993. That’s almost 30 years since founder/Managing Partner Kelly Brown began encouraging people to make better, more conscious choices when dining out. Clearly he was onto something. With a fast, casual, and healthy array of different types of dishes from all over the world including three different types of veggie burg ers Natural Café has something to please just about everyone.

Runner-Up (Vegetarian/Vegan Restaurant): Mesa Verde

Runner-Up (Veggie Burger): Mesa Burger

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Beer Selection on Tap • Funk Zone Spot

Lama Dog Tap Room + Bottle Shop lamadog.com

As our readers’ favorite beer selection (for six years running) and favorite Funk Zone spot, there’s a lot to love about Lama Dog Tap Room + Bottle Shop. With 20 revolving craft beers on tap, plus another 350 varieties available by the bottle, there’s always an addi tional gluten-free beer tap, as well as an excellent selection of nonalcoholic beverages, and, well, the list goes on and on. Voters also rave about the “knowledgeable and friendly staff, great atmosphere,” “amazing food at the Nook right next door,” “hard kombucha, wine, and cider,” “super nice and helpful employees,” and of course, the real star of the operation: owner Pete Burnham’s dog Lama, an adorable Tibetan mastiff.

Runner-Up (Beer Selection on Tap): Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.

Runner-Up (Funk Zone Spot): Shalhoob’s Funk Zone Patio

Bloody Mary Boathouse at Hendry’s Beach [See Eating: Sunday Brunch]

Runner-Up: Brophy Bros.

Cider Santa Barbara Cider Company sbcider.com

A new Best Of category this year, cider is part of the rising trend of beer alternatives, and with so many people going gluten-free, its popularity will likely continue to rise. That’s good news for Santa Bar bara Cider Company, which is actually located in Old Town Goleta.

Celebrating its fifth year in business, the place has a relaxed, familyfriendly vibe and 12 rotating ciders on tap. With flavors like Caviar Lime (using limes from Goodland Organics), Homemade Apple Pie (a personal autumnal favorite), Loquat You Made Me Do (with loquats from their neighbors), and Resting Beach Face (a hibiscus blend that earns props for the clever title), try a taster flight to figure out what you like the best.

Runner-Up: Apiary Beverage Co.

Coffee House

Handlebar Coffee Roasters handlebarcoffee.com

Former professional cyclists Aaron Olson and Kim Anderson wheeled their way into Santa Barbara’s coffee culture with their first Handlebar Coffee Roasters on Canon Perdido Street in 2011. It quickly became a local favorite hangout and remains so, as does their second, larger store on De la Vina Street, which became home to the roastery as well as a small kitchen. Both stores are equally renowned for their friendly service and casual vibe, as well as the coffee.

Runner-Up: Dune Coffee Roasters

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Negroni •

Place for Craft Cocktails

The Good Lion goodlioncocktails.com

Reflecting on the significance of being named Best Of, Good Lion Hospitality founder Brandon Ristaino says, “It’s tough to put into words how difficult the pandemic was for us, and for our industry. We lost our life savings and were days away from losing the Good Lion on multiple occasions because of the COVID business mandates and restrictions imposed on us. We barely survived, and the combination of our team’s tireless work and the amazing support of our local Santa Barbara guests are the only reasons why we made it through.” On the upside, “It was a dream to open this business, and it’s a dream to con tinue to own it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.”

Runner-Up (Negroni): La Paloma Café

Runner-Up (Place for Craft Cocktails): Test Pilot

Alex Rangel creates some signature craft cocktail magic at the Good Lion.

Happy Hour La Playa Azul Café

laplaya-azul.com

The words “Playa Azul,” “margarita,” and “Happy Hour” are apparently synonymous for our readers, who voted La Playa Azul Café as Best Happy Hour this year. They’re closed Mondays, but Happy Hour deals are available both inside and on the expanded patio seating Tuesdays through Sundays (yes, that includes the weekends, almost unheard of in these parts) from 3-6 p.m. With Happy Hour deals on 12 different margaritas (try the Watermelon Mint or Habanero Mango) and close to a dozen different botanas, this is a lovely spot to enjoy what readers dubbed “the best authentic Mexican food and best margaritas.”

Runner-Up: Santa Barbara FisHouse

Juicery • Smoothie Bar Blenders in the Grass drinkblenders.com

Voted Best Juicery and Best Smoothie Bar for many years running, Blenders in the Grass opened its first store in Isla Vista in 1995. Now headquartered in Goleta, with

seven shops in the greater Santa Barbara area and another dozen or so scattered around the Central Coast, it’s still the go-to place for health-conscious folks of all ages, including athletes on the run, hungry students, and anyone looking for healthy, low-fat, high-energy meals.

Runner-Up (Juicery): Juice Ranch

Runner-Up (Smoothie Bar): Backyard Bowls

Margarita Santo Mezcal

santomezcalsb.com

For five years running, our readers have crowned Santo Mezcal’s margaritas the best in town. With creative flavors like blackberry cassis and blood orange/sage/thyme on the menu, all of which can be enhanced with mezcal (an agavebased spirit usually produced in Oaxaca), this hipster sister to the Los Agaves empire has the delicious Mexican food we’ve come to expect as well. Also check out the Happy Hour deals on margaritas, cocktails, wine, beer, and a lim ited food menu Monday through Friday from 2-5 p.m.

Runner-Up: La Playa Azul Café

Martini

Harry’s Plaza Café harrysplazacafe.com

Even the most hollow-legged among us only need ONE Harry’s martini to make a party out of their evening. Har ry’s giant martinis come with an extra chaser of MORE martini for those who can’t get enough of the four martini options on the menu, which include a Dirty Martini (with Tanqueray, vermouth, and a splash of olive juice), the CEO (a “classic” although for purists, the real classic martini has gin with Cutler’s vodka and blue-cheese-stuffed olives) and the fruity Lemon Drop and Cosmopolitan (which are really just cocktails in a martini glass, in my humble opinion).

Runner-Up: The Good Lion

Mocktail La Paloma Café

[See Eating: Sidewalk Café/Patio]

Runner-Up: Test Pilot

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Neighborhood Bar

The Pickle Room

threepickles.com/pickle-room-dinners

Voted Best Neighborhood Bar for four years running, Pickle Room owner Clay Lovejoy says the award “means we’re doing something right here. And it makes me want to keep improving.” Bar Manager Willy Gilbert recounts the funniest thing that ever happened: “It would have to be the first time I met Bob Lovejoy [Clay’s late father] at Jimmy’s [Pickle Room’s predecessor, where Willy also poured a mean Mai Tai]. The rest of his softball team had left, unbeknownst to him, sticking him with a rather sizable tab. He had no money and wanted to borrow 20 bucks for a cab. He returned the next day, and we became lifelong friends.”

Runner-Up: Elsie’s Tavern

Restaurant Wine List San Ysidro Ranch

[See Eating: Stellar Service]

Runner-Up: Intermezzo by Wine Cask

S.B. County Brewery M. Special Brewing Company

mspecialbrewco.com

Winning this award means “that years of hard work from dozens of talented people is recognized. After being Runner-Up for years in a row, I’m mostly happy for our people and our loyal customers because they are what makes M. Special ‘the best,’” says cofounder/brewmaster Joshua Ellis. Asked about the pandemic, Ellis says, “After being at a point with the business where our staff was down to four full-time people hustling, surviving, and thriving at a time when we realistically weren’t sure if we’d make it through all that hard work and effort in the face of adversity is punctuated by this award.”

Runner-Up: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.

S.B. County Winery •

Urban Tasting Room

Grassini Family Vineyards grassinifamilyvineyards.com

“Being voted Best S.B. County Winery for five years in a row is truly an honor,” says CEO Katie Grassini. “It’s incredible to have the local Santa Barbara community recognize the hard work of both our vineyard crew and our winemaking team for making outstanding wines. Not only that, but to win Best Urban Tasting Room for four of the past five years is a wonderful ‘tip of the cap’ to our incredibly knowledge able and friendly tasting room staff. We’re so thankful for all of the support over these past years we feel grateful to have our business in the heart of such a wonderful town with such a generous community!”

Runner-Up (S.B. County Winery): Babcock Winery & Vineyards

Runner-Up (Urban Tasting Room): Municipal Winemakers

S.B. Wine Tour Company

Sustainable Wine Tours sustainablewinetours.com

As one satisfied reader wrote about Sustainable Wine Tours, “This was the best expe rience of a wine tour, and I have taken quite a few wine tours throughout California, Oregon, and Mexico. This was by far the best!” Winner of our Best Of poll for three years in a row, owner Scott Bull and his team of hosts bring a vast understanding of the local wine industry to each tour and can also curate customized experiences based on your preferences.

Runner-Up: Captain Jack’s Santa Barbara Tours

Stiffest Drinks Joe’s Café joescafesb.com

Historically speaking, the legendary Joe’s is no place for wimps. Serving up Santa Barbara’s stiffest drinks since 1928 and the first place for at least two generations of my family to legally belly up to the bar on their 21st birthdays Joe’s Café is once again the top choice for Santa Barbara’s stiffest drinks. Whatever your cocktail preference, it’s just about guaranteed that Joe’s will serve you a version that is 80 percent booze with a splash of mixer.

Runner-Up: Harry’s Plaza Café

Tea Selection

Vices & Spices

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Tucked in a cozy spot on upper State Street since 1975, our readers’ perennial favorite pick for Best Tea Selection is still going strong, and still family-owned and -operated, almost 50 years later. Dedicated to sourcing an impressive and evergrowing collection of fine tea leaves, specialty coffees, exotic spices, and botanicals, Vices & Spices is still unsurpassed when it comes to both selection and service. It’s also a great place to pick up unique gifts from all over the world.

Runner-Up: The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

Valley Tasting Room

Roblar Winery & Vineyards roblarwinery.com

“I genuinely enjoy working with every single team member,” says David Burrola, Director of Hospitality & Tasting Rooms at Roblar Winery & Vineyards. “We have a group of professionals that are warm, inviting, and funny as hell. Each person brings an array of talent and unique personality. From our amazing winemaking team under Max Marshak to the culinary talent of Chef Peter Cham and his crew, and delivered by the most welcoming and gracious service staff at Roblar. We have the whole package, and coming to work here has never felt like a ‘job’ with this group. They are the real reason why we were voted the best tasting room in the Valley.”

Runner-Up: Babcock Winery & Vineyards

Wine Bar Satellite satellitesb.com

Voted Santa Barbara’s favorite wine bar for the second year in a row, Satellite’s farmer-to-table and farmer-to-glass approach is a clear success. With an emphasis on natural wines curated by “Chief Winestronaut” Drew Cuddy and cuisine from Chef Emma West (former partner in Santa Barbara’s famed Julienne Restaurant) that focuses on ethical, environmentally beneficial agriculture and the freshest locally grown ingredients, this place has loads of appeal, especially for young health- and climate-conscious consumers.

Runner-Up: Aperitivo

Wine Shop

The Liquor & Wine Grotto montecitovino.com

This award “means that our efforts to listen to customers’ needs and provide personalized service is being noticed and appreciated. We are truly humbled by this feedback from our customers and will continue to strive to make their experi ence with us even better in the future,” says Liquor & Wine Grotto owner Brian Brunello. The customers are his favorite part of the job. “Getting to know them is fun and allows us to go from a transaction to a relationship. Being entrusted to understand a customer’s palate and recommend a special bottle is an honor. Having them return with thanks and stories of amazing times makes our jobs truly rewarding.”

Runner-Up: Renegade Wines

Out & About

Friendly staffers from Art From Scrap work to help you transform trash into creative treasures.

Place to Make Art Art From Scrap exploreecology.org/art-from-scrap

“We can’t imagine Art From Scrap being in business anywhere else. As the only Creative ReUse Store on the South and Central Coast, we are unique and have been part of Santa Barbara for over 30 years now,” says Explore Ecology Public Relations Director Jill Cloutier. “Our longevity shows how important the arts are to our community, as well as the prac tices of creative reuse and waste reduction. Our shoppers are the best! So are all of the people who donate materials to the store. Together, they have diverted thousands of pounds of reusable materials from the landfill and, using their imaginations and creativity, have transformed it into art.”

Runner-Up: The Painted Cabernet

Annual Event

Old Spanish Days Fiesta sbfiesta.org

Every August, Santa Barbara transforms itself for five days into a delicious, colorful, music- and dance-filled Fiesta, which is once again our readers’ pick for Best Annual Event. “Old Spanish Days Fiesta thanks the entire community for its support as we returned to celebrate a full Fiesta this past year,” said Maria Cabrera, 2022 La Presi dente. She added, “The 2023 El Presidente David Bolton and the leadership team are already working on next year’s Fiesta as well as our 100-year celebration in 2024.”

Runner-Up: Summer Solstice Parade

Beach

Hendry’s Beach (Arroyo Burro Beach) countyofsb.org/810/Arroyo-Burro-Beach

You can tell how long someone has lived in town by what they call Hendry’s Beach, which is also called Arroyo Burro Beach Park, and only known to very longtime residents as “The Pit.” Surrounded by tall bluffs and trails that overlook the water, the beach is a beautiful place to relax and watch the sunset, swim, play in the sand, throw Frisbees, or enjoy the popular Boathouse Restaurant. Hendry’s also has outdoor show ers, self-serve dog-wash stations, free parking, and an adjacent bird-filled estuary. A popular running and walking beach for both dogs and their humans, the off-leash section is actually part of the nearby Douglas Family Preserve, and therefore not subject to the same rules and restrictions as the County Park property.

Runner-Up: Butterfly Beach

College Night · Dance Club Wildcat Lounge wildcatlounge.com

Once again deemed Santa Barbara’s best place to shake your tail on the dance floor, this quirky kitty is a perennial favorite for revelers of all ages. Winning Best Dance Club and Best College Night for too many years in a row to count, Wildcat Lounge

also received massive props from our readers for the new Glitter Brunch. Hosted by drag goddesses Vivian Storm and Angel D’mon every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., as one reader writes, “Who doesn’t love mimosas and drag queens! This is the place where everyone is welcome. … The vibe is always about having fun, being free, and loving one another.”

Runner-Up (College Night): Sandbar Runner-Up (Dance Club): SOhO Restaurant & Music Club

Dance Company State Street Ballet statestreetballet.com

As one voter eloquently put it, “Artistry. Athleticism. Admiration.” These are the things that make State Street Ballet your pick for Best Dance Academy in 2022. “This ballet company has inspired me to do better every day I dance. They show beauty and grace through every movement of every performance, and are supportive and kind whenever I get to meet company dancers when I work with them,” writes another fan. “Their dancers aren’t just good, but they’re determined and hardworking, which makes them better every day they come to class.” The company performs holiday favorite The Nutcracker at the Granada December 17-18, followed by a spring per formance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (March 4, 2023), and Jungle Book (April 29, 2023).

Runner-Up: La Boheme

Classical Ensemble Santa Barbara Symphony thesymphony.org

“As a professional symphony orchestra, we are a family dedi cated to bringing joy and connection to our community,” says Marketing Manager Renee Cooper. “Our musicians are some of the most sought-after orchestra musicians in the region, perform in the film studios of Hollywood, and love sharing their music with the community. Our teaching faculty guide and inspire our local students to collaborate and become leaders through our youth ensembles and music van programs. Our professional staff and volunteers work tirelessly year-round to make magic and impact happen. Being voted the ‘best’ means that our momentum, impact, and relevance are continuing to grow, and means that all our hard work is making a difference!”

Runner-Up: Santa Barbara Strings

The mighty Santa Barbara Symphony staff is ready for their close-ups.

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Museum

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History sbnature.org

“Winning Best Museum for the fourth year in a row is an incredible honor,” says Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History President/CEO Luke J. Swetland. “We’re proud of the positive response we’ve received for the Sea Center’s new exhibit Dive In: Our Changing Channel, and Museum summer exhibits Butterflies Alive!

Out & About and Rare Earth

. We appreciate the community’s support as we work to connect people to nature for the bet terment of both.”

Runner-Up: Santa Barbara Museum of Art

UPCOMING CREATIVE REUSE WORKSHOPS

Every Thursday, 3:30 to 5pm. Oct. 20: Spooky Hats & Crowns. Oct. 27: Halloween Decorations. All ages.

Community Dye Bath: Sat, Oct. 29 11am to 2pm. Add new color to faded clothes with our Indigo dye bath.

Block Printing Workshop: Fri. Nov. 18, 6 to 8pm. Learn the basics of block printing. For adults.

Holiday Cards, Gift Tags, & More: Fri. Dec. 2, 6 to 8pm. Collage found materials, then type holiday greetings on vintage typewriters.

can’t wait to see what you create at Art From Scrap!

Open: Wed, Fri, Sat. 11 am to 4 pm & Thurs. 11 am to 5 pm

E. Cota St. Santa Barbara

805-884-0459

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Santa Barbara Museum of Natural His tory President/CEO Luke J. Swetland and one of the Museum’s oldest inhabitants

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Out & About

Family Fun Spot

Santa Barbara Zoo sbzoo.org

Asked what they wanted to say to voters, Santa Barbara Zoo Director of Marketing Kevin Nuss says, “More than anything else, thank you! Being a nonprofit organization, the Santa Barbara Zoo truly wouldn’t exist without the support of our community. We are eternally grateful for the families and other visitors that return year after year to have fun, learn, and be inspired by our incredible animals and programs. See you soon, Zoo friends!”

Runner-Up: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Funk Zone Spot Lama Dog Tap Room + Bottle Shop

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Runner-Up: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.

Gallery

Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery sullivangoss.com

“Thank you from the bottom of my heart. It means the world to all of us that we have successfully made an impact that the community appreciates,” shares Sullivan Goss owner Nathan Vonk. Making connec tions with people who come in is the most rewarding part of being a gallerist, says Vonk. “Over time, I get to know people and what kinds of art they get excited about. I look forward to seeing the sparkle in their eyes when they see something that really hits the mark.”

Runner-Up: Waterhouse Gallery

Makers Market

Mujeres Makers Market mujeresmakersmarket.com

“We are extremely honored to receive the first Best Makers Market award,” say founders Elysia Guillén, Lili Muñoz, Leah Ortega, Daniela Aguirre, and Maritza Flores. “It is our mission to provide opportuni ties that help women-of-color-owned businesses in our community and to provide our shoppers with a unique and positive shopping experience. We want to thank everyone who took the time out of their busy schedules to support us by voting. We look forward to seeing you on the first Sunday of each month at Mujeres Makers Market!”

Runner-Up: Farmer and the Flea

Movie Theater

The Arlington Theatre arlingtontheatresb.com

“The Arlington Theatre holds a special place in so many hearts and continues to be a significant part of our community,” says General Manager Benjamin Beck. They love when guests share their special memories. “Recently, we hosted a wedding rehearsal dinner on our courtyard patio for a couple who met at the Arlington when they attended the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. They returned to the place where it all began as they prepared to start their FOREVER together; it was a night they will never forget.”

Runner-Up: Camino Real Cinemas

Place to Hear Live Music

Santa Barbara Bowl sbbowl.com

“Every time you see a concert at the Bowl, you support youth in Santa Barbara County,” shares the Santa Barbara Bowl team. “Santa Barbara has a history of supporting the performing arts. We take that com munity investment seriously by reinvesting in performing arts education for youth throughout Santa Barbara County through our Outreach program. Thank you to the entire community for supporting the Santa Barbara Bowl through the pandemic and as we return to live events. It is only through the amazing support of S.B. Bowl patrons, donors, supporters, volunteers, and staff that this nonprofit can continue to provide world-class experiences.”

Runner-Up: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club

Place to Watch the Sunset Butterfly Beach santabarbaraca.com/businesses/butterfly-beach

The top pick as Best Place to Watch the Sunset once again, Butterfly Beach is undoubtedly one of Santa Barbara’s most beautiful spots to stroll the sand and enjoy both the sunset and the sunrise, thanks to the transverse orientation of the coast. At low tide, it’s even possible to walk from Butterfly Beach all the way to East Beach in Santa Barbara, or Hammonds Beach in Montecito.

Runner-Up: Hendry’s Beach (Arroyo Burro Beach)

Restaurant/Bar to Watch Sports Finney’s Crafthouse finneyscrafthouse.com

Voted the Best Place to Watch Sports for the fourth year in a row, Finney’s Craft house has become a destination spot for sports fans to gather to enjoy the ambi ance. The family-owned and -operated casual restaurant and bar has multiple flat screens, plenty of comfortable seating, 30 beers on tap, and a tasty menu of share able starters, snacks, and wings, as well as burgers, pizza, and other sports-friendly (and kid-friendly) fare.

Runner-Up: Press Room

S.B. Tour Company

Land & Sea Tours: Land Shark landsharktours.com

The Land Shark’s amphibious tours took the town by storm when they first began cruising from the Old Mission down to deep blue sea back in 2003. The very entertaining 90-minute land and sea tour adventures are now a must-do for visitors and a fun escape for locals as well. Private charters are also popular, and groups of up to 40 passengers can happily gather to celebrate birthdays, engagements, team-building events, and more. The two Land Shark Hydra-Terras can lay claim as the most state-of-the-art amphibious vehicles in the world, as well as being our readers’ choice for Best S.B. Tour Company once again.

Runner-Up: Santa Barbara Adventure Company

Theater Company Ensemble Theatre Company etcsb.org

Audiences love the high-quality, adventurous programming presented by Ensem ble Theatre Company, Santa Barbara’s sole professional Equity theater company, now in its 44th season and our readers’ choice once again for the Best Of award. ETC has been performing a varied slate of interesting shows since its founding (as the Ensemble Theatre Project) in 1978. There’s more on the way in the 2022-23 season, including A Christmas Carol (December 1-18), Selling Kabul (February 2-19, 2023), The Children (April 6-20, 2023), and Seared (June 8-25, 2023).

Runner-Up: The Theatre Group at SBCC

Whale-Watching Tour Condor Express condorexpress.com

“I am very honored to be awarded the Best of Santa Barbara® Whale Watching Tour,” shares Condor Express President Hiroko Benko. During the pandemic, they installed four new quad-jet engines, which are eco-friendly and specially designed to allow whales, dolphins, and porpoises to visit the Condor Express up close without endangering them. “Thank you for your votes,” says Benko. “We have been serving whale-watching cruises for decades in Santa Barbara, watching little children become parents, then grandparents. We have seen generations of whale-watchers. We are very proud to be a part of your lives.”

Runner-Up: The Double Dolphin, Santa Barbara Sailing Center

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Clothing Boutique Lovebird Boutique and Jewelry lovebirdsb.com

“We’re so proud to have this honor for six years straight and love our locals,” says Lovebird owner Nancy Burgner. “We like to say that ‘we dress Santa Barbara,’ as the Lovebird style reflects a laid-back, free-spirited yet classy aesthetic that spans a broad age range. It’s lovely when moms, daughters, and grandmothers shop together and everyone finds something special. This sum mer, we had a family reunion of 10 women, aged 12-70, that basically took over our little store for an hour that was great fun. Some even bought matching dresses.”

Runner-Up: Dylan Star

Barber Shop

Richie’s Barber Shop richiesbarbershopsb.com

“Santa Barbara is the best place to have a business because the weather off the coast is one in a million, and so is the community,” says Richie Ramirez, owner of Richie’s Barbershop. “Operating a small business has been challenging the past few years, and somehow we’ve managed to stay in the game; ultimately, we owe it to our locals who continuously believe in us and help us thrive. It’s been 12 years in Montecito, four years in Isla Vista, and we couldn’t have done it without the S.B. community that is so tight. We appreciate everyone who voted for us and continues to support us.”

Runner-Up: Arturo’s Barbershop and Hair Salon

Day Spa

Consignment Store Crossroads Trading Company crossroadstrading.com

The grand dame of consignment stores, Crossroads has been leading the resale fashion industry for 30 years and is once again tops in Santa Barbara when it comes to consignment stores. Customers note the “high-quality finds,” “great selection,” and “friendly staff.” Plus, imagine how virtu ous it feels to shop for name-brand and designer clothing at amazing prices and help keep clothing out of landfill.

Runner-Up: The Closet Trading Co.

Float Luxury Spa floatluxuryspa.com

“We are humbled and grateful every year for this honor, but this year, as we return to some semblance of nor malcy after the pandemic, we are more grateful than ever,” says Natalie Rowe, CEO of Float Luxury Spa. “We are so fortunate to live in such an incredible place where our community rallies around small businesses in the face of difficult times. As things begin to return to normal, it has become more clear to us than ever before the importance of self-care, as people come in for long-awaited and well-deserved massages, and facial and body treatments.”

Runner-Up: Evolutions Medical & Day Spa

Dry Cleaner Ablitt’s Fine Cleaners & Launderers ablitts.com

“We are honored to be chosen as Santa Barbara’s favorite dry cleaner. Everyone at Ablitt’s works hard to make our customers’ lives easier and to provide the highest service and quality possible. The recognition after such a difficult period is greatly appreciated,” says owner Sasha Ablitt. “Ablitt’s is proud to be part of this amazing community. There is nowhere like Santa Barbara. The best part about Ablitt’s? It is all of our amazing custom ers! And we love our customers, maybe even more than we love clothes.”

Runner-Up: Eco Friendly Cleaners

Eyewear Selection • Sunglasses Selection Occhiali Fine Eyewear occhialieyewear.com

No SPECulation necessary here: Occhiali Fine Eyewear is once again our readers’ top pick for Eyewear Selec tion and Sunglasses Selection. Occhiali (“eyeglasses” in Italian) has been Santa Barbara’s go-to for a superb selection of stylish eyewear since it opened in 1988. With a powerful combination of high-fashion aware ness and prescriptive expertise, Occhiali remains the top choice to set your sights on fashion-forward style with the perfect frames.

Runner-Up (Eyewear Selection): Goleta Valley Optical Runner-Up (Sunglasses Selection): Solstice Sunglasses

Lovebird offers stylish clothes for everyone from teens to grandmothers.

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Hair Salon Salon Patine salonpatine.com

“After almost 13 years as an employee, I purchased the salon from the owners at the start of the year,” says Salon Patine owner Blair Jackson. “My main goal was to keep our already high standards and improve the salon. Part of validating that was winning Best Of. Our staff works really hard to elevate the business, and this just proves that all of the hard work pays off. I am very proud of our team. We would love to thank everyone in the community who voted for us.”

Runner-Up: The Color Room

Jewelry Store Bryant & Sons bryantandsons.com

“It is always gratifying to be recognized by the readers of the Independent,” says Michael Bryant, the “son” in Bryant & Sons. “Everyone looks forward to this time of year, and we are humbled by the acknowledgement. Thank you to all of Santa Barbara for making it possible for us to do business in a town that is the envy of many. For over 50 years, we have tried our best to create lasting memories for our custom ers by marking special occasions with finely crafted jewelry and timepieces. Here’s to another great year in Santa Barbara; we hope to see you all this holiday season.”

Runner-Up: 33 Jewels at El Paseo

Medical Spa • Place to Get a Facial Evolutions Medical & Day Spa evolutionsmedicalspa.com

Asked if winning Best Of had special significance after the last few years, Managing Partner Brian Perkins says, “We are always honored to win, but it definitely means more to our team after all we’ve all been through with the pandemic. Throughout all of the ups and downs (including multiple times we had to shut down in that first year), we worked very hard to create an environment that is both safe and welcom ing. Winning Best Of in multiple categories is validation that we were able to adapt successfully and continue to effectively serve our clients. It means a lot!”

Runner-Up (Medical Spa): Jessica Barker Medical Aesthetics

Runner-Up (Place to Get a Facial): Float Luxury Spa

Nail Salon Modern Nails

3623 State St.; (805) 687-0449

Nailing it once again as our readers’ choice for Santa Barbara’s Best Nail Salon, Modern Nails offers just about every type of nail service imaginable, including manicures, pedicures, gels, acrylics, French tips, nail art, full sets and fill-ins. Tucked in a San Roque strip mall on Upper State Street, Modern Nails offers an ultra-clean environment, professional and efficient services and reasonable prices. Not only that, they recently got new massage chairs, which make indulging in a mani-pedi even more of a pleasure.

Runner-Up: Champagne Nail Bar

Resort Spa

The Spa at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara ritzcarlton.com/en/hotels/california/santa-barbara/spa

“Our ladies and gentlemen never stopped serving and providing excellent RitzCarlton services during the pandemic,” says Haywon Kim, Director of The Spa at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara. “This is reassurance, and a most important reminder to our team that we are proud hoteliers, service providers, the true top one percent. I am grateful for our community to recognize all of their hard work and their dedication.” Her favorite part of the job is the daily open discussion “about how we will provide excellence in service quality for each guest who comes through the door. I see their passion; I see they care. There is nothing more rewarding than that.”

Runner-Up: Sense, a Rosewood Spa

Thank you, Santa Barbara!

Jessica Barker Medical Aesthetics is an Aesthetic Med icine practice located in Santa Barbara, California. It is owned and operated by Jessica Barker, a certified Physician Assistant with over 15 years of experience in aesthetics. Jessica provides an individualized and natu ral approach to each of her patients. She prides herself on analyzing the whole face and recommending safe and effective procedures that will enhance your appear ance.

Jessica offers her aesthetic procedures in a private and peaceful location in downtown Santa Barbara. Please schedule an appointment to learn more about your journey to a natural-looking rejuvenated you.

jessicabarkerpa.com

Call: (805) 900-0994

Email: JBmedicalaesthetics@gmail.com 618 Anacapa St Suite 11 Santa Barbara CA 93101

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Tattoo Shop 805 Ink 805ink.com

Voted top tattoo shop for the fifth year in a row, 805 Ink has been providing high-quality tattoo art since 2008. Current artists include CEO J.J. Ortiz, an S.B. native whose style runs to fine-line black and gray; Kenny Knox, who enjoys a wide variety of subjects and styles; Chad Westmoreland, who deejays in his spare time; Jake Vantiger, who loves putting his own twist on bold American and neo-traditional designs; Seth Singletary, a versatile artist with a portfolio leaning toward blackwork and dark ideas; Kyle Lifetime, whose influences from old traditional tattoos utilize blackwork with an emphasis on lines; and Kelsey Flegal, an S.B. native who loves doing American traditional tattoos but also welcomes walk-ins. Runner-Up: Golden Eagle Tattoo

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Shoes Deckers Brand Showcase deckers.com

With its Silver LEED-certified corporate headquarters in Goleta, Deckers manufactures a global portfolio of fashion-forward footwear, including brands like UGG, Koolaburra, Hoka, Teva, and Sanuk. And because of its prime location, we are lucky enough to have their first and only multi-brand retail store right next to the headquarters, offering customers a robust assortment of fashion and performance footwear, as well as home goods and accessories for men, women, and children.

Runner-Up: SeaVees

Tanning Salon Honeys

ilovehoneys.com

Santa Barbara’s top tanning salon for many years run ning, Honeys offers a wealth of beauty services, from the signature golden airbrush Honey Tan to custom colors and the Hurried Honey Deluxe, which cuts processing time in half, in addition to add-on services like hydrafirm and PH balancing sprays. But that’s not all; Honeys also

offers a full array of waxing services, sugaring, tinting, and styling for both eyelashes and eyebrows all of which takes place in a comfortable yet posh boutique environment designed to leave you looking and feeling your best.

Runner-Up: Tanna Rae Beauty Lounge

Thrift Store

Alpha Thrift Stores alphasb.org/thrift-stores

Always a great place to find costumes for Halloween and other theme parties, and bargains on everything from shoes, clothes, and jewelry to electronics, tools, books, and housewares, Alpha Thrift Stores’ two locations not only keep waste out of the landfill, but the money you spend (or the items you donate) also help support com munity members with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Talk about a win-win, and yet another win for Alpha Thrift as our readers’ pick for Best Thrift Store.

Runner-Up: Destined for Grace

Vintage Store Antique Store The Blue Door

thebluedoorsb.com

Our favorite part of the job is the customers, say The Blue Door owners Carolyn Petersen and Brian Garwood. “We have the best customers, from locals to tourists. We love meeting everyone and seeing what they pick out from The Blue Door or what they see that sparks fun memories. We’re honored that the Santa Barbara community enjoys the shopping experience we’ve created as much as we do. Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for us, and shop with us for all these years!” Looking ahead to the future, they say, “We love the Funk Zone and Santa Barbara. Our goal is to continue to find one-of-a-kind items and keep creating an inspirational store.”

Runner-Up (Vintage Store): Urban Flea Market

Runner-Up (Antique Store): Antique Alley

Thank you to all of our wonderful patients! Thomas Blake D.D.S.

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Caterer

Pure Joy Catering purejoycatering.com

Bed & Breakfast/Inn

The Upham Hotel uphamhotel.com

The oldest continuously operating hotel in Southern California, the Upham Hotel was built by banker Amasa Lincoln (a relative of Abraham Lincoln) in 1871 and purchased by Cyrus Upham in 1898. Today, the Upham embraces its legacy, combining modern-day amenities with historic charm. This boutique property has 50 rooms and suites located in the original inn and sur rounding garden cottages, combining the intimacy of a bed-and-breakfast with the convenience of a full-service hotel and conference facility.

Runner-Up: Simpson House Inn

The historic Upham Hotel was built in 1871 and has welcomed guests ever since, making it the oldest continuously operating hotel in Southern California.

Did winning Best Of have any special significance after the pandemic? Pure Joy Catering owner Lynette La Mere said, “Absolutely! We’ve basically had to rebuild the whole company from the ground up all over again, build a whole new team, and train them and it’s been a remarkable experience. We really are better than ever before, and this is a fantastic acknowl edgment of that. Thank you for standing behind small businesses and helping us survive this. Since the pandemic, we’ve had the opportunity to hire some really great women and help them thrive, and it’s a dream for me. Business is way better than ever. We’re getting to do some really exceptional and spectacular events; it’s very exciting.”

Runner-Up: Duo Events

Event DJ DJ Darla Bea djdarlabea.com

Voted Best Event DJ for seven years running, DJ Darla Bea says, “Santa Barbara, you rock my world! I’m so grateful to be crowned your Queen Bea again. It is an honor to represent my hometown.” Bea, whose mother’s family last name literally translates as “to play music” (Muzikar), sends special thanks and gratitude to “all of the loyal listeners of my weekly radio show that have stayed with me for the past 15 years,” her advisors, mentors, and collabora tors, as well as the “clients and hundreds of couples who had me deejay their wedding.” Knowing the importance of encores, Bea adds, “I’ll close in quoting the Sly Stone song: ‘I Want to Thank You for Letting Me Be Myself Again.’” DJ Darla Bea curated a very special 2022 Best of Santa Barbara® playlist just for us. For five hours of Santa Barbara–inspired music, visit spoti.fi/3CVxmtu

Runner-Up: DJ Hecktik

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Event Rentals

Tent Merchant thetentmerchant.com

Founded in 2005, Tent Merchant is a wedding and event rental specialist offering a wide variety of tents and canopies, as well as antique furnishings and acces sories, props, and decor in themes that range from shabby chic to tropical, as well as Asian, Moroccan, and Indian. They can also provide tables, chairs, flatware, glassware, china, linens, lighting, dance floors, staging, and furniture to transform your vision into the party of your dreams.

Runner-Up: Bright Event Rentals

Florist Riley’s Flowers rileysflowers.myshopify.com

This beautiful, European-style “bucket shop” of colorful blooms is Independent readers’ pick for the seventh year in a row. Riley’s Flowers is a walk-in, full-service floral institution, renowned for good prices and having one of the largest selec tions of cut roses and other flowers and plants that are fresh and hand-picked locally.

Runner-Up: Kaleidoscope Flowers

Hotel

San Ysidro Ranch

[See Eating: Stellar Service]

Runner-Up: Rosewood Miramar Beach

Limo Service

Luxe Transportation luxetransportationsb.com

“Luxe Transportation would like to thank our beautiful community for all the love and support,” says owner David Dorado. “Being recognized as the Best Limo Service in Santa Barbara County is a huge honor; it validates our hard work behind the scenes and our efforts to always provide our clients with the best experience from the initial contact to the last second on board. To our fellow industry friends, to our family and friends, to our loyal clients who keep coming back, who share our service with others, who take the time to review us, it all means so much and it’s greatly appreciated.”

Runner-Up: A and J Limousine

Photographer Kacie Jean Photography kaciejeanphotography.com

“I am ridiculously over-prepared for every situation, but you will definitely appreciate that at some point in our time together,” writes photographer Kacie Jean Fowle of Kacie Jean Photography. Independent readers certainly appreciate her talents as a photographer who “specializes in love.” Her focus (forgive the pun) includes shooting on location, maternity, babies, children, families, engage ments, and wedding photography, and she’s being doing this professionally and locally since 2004.

Runner-Up: James and Jess Photography

Restaurant with a View Boathouse at Hendry’s Beach

[See Eating: Stellar Service]

Runner-Up: El Encanto, a Belmond Hotel

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Stationery Store Paper Source papersource.com/locator/ca-santa-barbara

With an aim to “inspire customers to do something creative every day,” Down town Santa Barbara’s Paper Source is chock-full of wedding invitations, birth announcements, holiday photo cards, and party invitations, using high-quality paper, digital and letterpress printing methods or, if you want DIY, everything you need to make your own cards and invitations. They also stock a beautiful assortment of gift wrap and ribbon, as well as clever gifts, fine papers, greeting cards, kits, and personalized products.

Runner-Up: Folio Press & Paperie

Wedding Cake Shop Lilac Pâtisserie lilacpatisserie.com

It’s six years in a row that Lilac Pâtisserie has been voted the local favorite wed ding cake shop, which would be impressive by any standards, but is particularly notable since it is a dedicated gluten-free bakery. Co-Owner Gillian Muralles was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2002 and decided to the considerable delight of her many fans to make it her mission to “keep the deliciousness in my life despite my new gluten-free diet.” The rest, as they say, is history. Since opening the storefront in 2015, they’ve kept a dedicated gluten-free kitchen, while still offering beautifully presented treats.

Runner-Up: Anna’s Bakery

Wedding Planner Jill & Co. Events

jillandcoevents.com

“Thank you to everyone who voted for us,” says Jill Remy, owner of Jill & Co. Events. “Coming out of the pandemic, it is so good to see everyone again. Gather ing people together is why we do what we do, so we had definitely been missing that. Santa Barbara is such a special town to have a business in, as it is very eventdriven, and I love serving the community through their special celebrations, fundraisers, and events of all kinds.”

Runner-Up: Dulce Dia Events

Wedding Venue

Santa Barbara County Courthouse countyofsb.org/1065/Courthouse-Garden-Weddings countyofsb.org/1066/ Courthouse-Mural-Room-Weddings

Noted for its beautiful architecture and vintage elegance, the historic 1929 Span ish-Moorish Santa Barbara County Courthouse is renowned as one of the most beautiful buildings in the U.S. It’s no wonder that the meticulously maintained gardens and spacious lawns are a popular site for weddings. The Exterior Gardens may be reserved to accommodate up to 250 people, and for small wedding cer emonies with 15 or fewer guests, there are six non-reservable designated areas that are free of charge, primarily along the Anacapa and Figueroa Street lawn areas. The stunning Courthouse Mural Room, with four historic murals painted by Dan Sayre Groesbeck, is also back to being available for event rentals.

Runner-Up: Sunstone Winery

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Art/Craft Supply Store

Art Essentials fineart.sbartessentials.com

Serving Santa Barbara with an impressive selection of products since 1987, Independent readers give high marks to Art Essentials with comments like, “Great customer service and a great attitude,” “A great place for all art supplies with very helpful staff,” and “They fit a wide variety of essential art and craft items within the store. The helpful and down-to-earth staff are a relief from ‘in your face’ salespeople. And I also appreciate the art educator discount!”

Runner-Up: Art From Scrap Bank

Montecito Bank & Trust

[See Housing: Mortgage Company]

Runner-Up: American Riviera Bank

Bookstore Chaucer’s Books chaucersbooks.com

There’s so much to love about Chaucer’s. A local trea sure since 1974, this incredibly well-stocked (report edly 150,000 volumes) independent bookstore is a reader’s paradise. It’s also a thriving literary hub, thanks in large part to the book-loving staffers who are always eager to help you find your next great read.

Chaucer’s regularly books authors for talks and sign ings (finally back in person after much-appreciated Zoom writer talks for many months) and generously helps raise money for area schools.

Runner-Up: The Book Den

Cannabis Dispensary

The Farmacy Santa Barbara farmacyshop.com/santa-barbara-dispensary

Acupuncturist

Charles Sciutto at Santa Barbara Regenerative Health Clinic sbregen.com

Consistently earning Best Acupuncturist in Santa Barbara honors, Charles Sciutto has provided untold hours of active pain relief and mitigation of fear and anxiety through his acupuncture practice, working closely with his wife, Joy, at Santa Barbara Regenerative Health Clinic. In addition to acu puncture, an ancient Chinese treatment used to treat ailments such as back pain, knee pain, hair loss, diabetes, weight loss, infertility, and others, the clinic also offers treatment for neuropathy and degenerative eye conditions.

Runner-Up: Jetta Harris, S.B. Family Wellness

What do you want to say to those who voted for you? “From the bottom of our hearts, thank you! We wouldn’t be here without you, and we hope to make you proud in everything that we do,” say Graham Far rar and Leia Cail, owner and manager, respectively, of The Farmacy. “It means the world to us that we have been awarded three years in a row, and we promise we’ll always keep innovating, improving, and earning your trust.”

Runner-Up: Coastal Dispensary

Acupuncturist Charles Sciutto is a consistent winner in this category.

All Our Gratitude

We’re thrilled, humbled and so thankful that UC Santa Barbara has been named Santa Barbara’s Best Place to Work. It may be the institution’s sixth time earning this honor, but it never gets old. Our university is ever stronger because of our extraordinary community — our staff, faculty and students, and our neighbors throughout the county. We couldn’t do it without you!

Interested in working here? Browse our job openings at jobs.ucsb.edu.

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Chiropractor

Barry Family Chiropractic sbchiropractic.com

“Providing high-level, individualized health care has been trickier than usual these last few years,” say Dr. Neal Barry and Dr. Nicole Barry, when asked about the post-pan demic significance of being named Best of Santa Barbara®. “We’ve worked really hard to maintain a healthy and safe work environment, and a place that patients know that they can come to for relief from the crazy stressors that we’ve all been experiencing. We are excited to see so many of you thriving and doing so well with everything that the world has thrown at you since 2020. Congrats to you as well.”

Runner-Up: Goodland Chiropractic

Computer Repair MacMechanic / TechEase Computer Repair macmechanic.com, techease.com

“Small, locally owned businesses have been hardest hit during the pandemic, and we’ve been saddened to see some of our favorite restaurants and shops close in recent years. But when we contemplate our vote for our favorite car mechanic or cappuccino in the Independent Best Of, we are also lifting up some of our local treasures during a difficult phase. With that in mind, in our 20th year for TechEase and our 25th year for MacMechanic, it’s a huge honor for everybody on the team to be included again among some of our very favorite neighborhood busi nesses,” says co-owner Evan Asher. “A heartfelt thank-you to our neighbors for your trust and continued support over the years; we’ll do our best to keep earning it for the next 25!”

Runner-Up: AS Consulting

Dentist

Dr. Thomas Blake thomasblakedds.com

“The whole dental office team at Thomas Blake, DDS, is incredibly honored to have received this award. As a solo practitioner office, it means a lot to us to be recognized by the community,” says Dr. Thomas Blake. “Like all busi nesses in our area, we were challenged by the changes that the pandemic brought to us. We implemented a new set of protocols to ensure the safety of our team and our patients. As an office, we continue to focus on our incred ible relationships with our patients and delivering the highest quality of dental care possible.”

Runner-Up: Kendall/Rohde & Associates

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Gift Shop Paradise Found paradisefoundsb.com

“Many years have passed since we opened our doors in 1986, but our original intentions have remained the same: to provide heartfelt service to our customers; to foster the awareness of con scious living; to be a focal place in the community for people to network, share ideas, resources, and information; and to be a positive and heal ing energy point in our community,” says Teresa Taylor, owner of Paradise Found. “After the challenges of the past three years, this was a mostwelcomed love infusion that filled our hearts to overflowing. We are so full of gratitude and appreciation for this community and are inspired to continue serving you.”

Runner-Up: Skin Deep

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The team at Paradise Found finds their own kind of joy in being voted Santa Barbara’s best gift shop.

Frame Shop

Santa Barbara Art & Frame Co. santabarbaraartframeco.com

“We want to take this opportunity to thank all of our incredibly talented customers for allowing us to care for their artwork,” say Juan and Talissa Gil, owners. “Since taking over the helm of Santa Barbara Art & Frame during the pandemic, we’ve taken strides to offer a better experience when dealing with framed decor whether helping with an exhibition, a business, or decorating a home.”

Runner-Up: The Frame-Up

General Practitioner

Dr. David Phreaner

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“I would love to thank my amazing group of patients that voted for me. With this pandemic, I think it’s been the toughest two and a half years of my 25 years practicing medicine,” says Dr. David Phreaner. “I would like to thank the warriors that have been taking care of our sickest patients in the hospital. At the same time, outpatient care has been challenging as well, particularly for our awesome staff. … They are having to work so much harder to get each patient into and out of our doors. There is much more work on infection control and keeping both the patients and themselves safe. … Bottom line, if you get a chance to thank your doctor’s medical assistant and receptionist for surviving these past two years, please do!”

Runner-Up: Dr. Laurel Bliss

Herbalist/Holistic Practitioner Pura Luna Apothecary

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Winning the Best Of award for Herbalist/Holistic Practitioner for the fifth year in a row, Pura Luna Apothecary won high praise from our readers. Comments like: “You can walk in and ask about just about any ailment. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable.” “Beautiful space, knowledgeable practitioners, plus an environment that’s welcoming to all!” and multiple mentions of their “beautiful gift items and unique jewelry” are but a few of the many reasons Pura Luna has become a Santa Barbara success story.

Runner-Up: Healing Heart Herbs and Acupuncture

Law Firm

Mullen & Henzell LLP mullenlaw.com

Representing clients involved in a broad range of personal, business, and professional endeavors since its founding in 1953 as Cavalletto, Webster, Mullen & McCaughey Mullen & Henzell prides itself on combining the benefits of a personable small-town setting with the sophisticated legal practice and depth of experience more often found in large metropolitan areas. Many of the firm’s clients have business involvements throughout California and the U.S., and Mullen & Henzell emphasizes both the quality of their legal work and their involvement in the community in which they live and work.

Runner-Up: Fauver, Large, Archbald & Spray, LLP

PeriPheral NeuroPathy aNd diabetes WarNiNG!

Santa Barbara, CA Diabetes along with age, smoking, exposure to chemotherapy, post surgical and motor vehicle accidents are all risk factors for peripheral neuropathy. Diabetes is the largest cohort, making up nearly 60% of all peripheral neuropathy cases. Among diabetics, up to 50% have measurable evidence of peripheral neuropathy but no symptoms. Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy is the most common long term complication of Diabetes. This can progress from sensory complications to leg/foot ulcers and ultimately gangrene and amputation. Nerve fibers affected with neuropathy include large nerve fibers which are principally associated with numbness and small nerve fibers seen with pain and burning symptoms.

The main problem is that your doctor has told you to just live with the problem or try the drugs which you don’t like taking because they make you feel uncomfortable. There is now a facility right here in Santa Barbara that offers you new hope without taking those endless drugs with serious side effects. (see the special neuropathy severity consultation at the end of this article).

Nearly 60% of Peripheral Neuropahty patients are Diabetics. ref: The foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy. June 2018

The treatment to increase blood flow utilizes electronic cell signaling delivering modulating energy wavelengths at both low and middle frequencies. The signaling improves cell-to-cell communication among small nerve fibers.

The cell signaling therapy is like watering a tree. The treatment will allow the blood vessels to grow back around the peripheral nerves and provide them with the proper nutrients to heal and repair. It’s like adding water to a tree and seeing the roots grow deeper and deeper.

The amount of treatment needed to allow the nerves to fully recover varies from person to person and can only be determined after a detailed neurological and vascular evaluation.

Large nerve fiber = numbness • Small nerve fiber = pain

Santa Barbara Regenerative Health Clinic

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“Our office treatment program is covered by Medicare or other insurance coverage. It will be determined as free of charge, have co-payment, or not be covered prior to start of care.”

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We can objectively measure the severity of deficit in both small and large nerve fibers prior to start of care.

Orthodontist White & Grube Orthodontics whiteandgrube.com

“Winning this award is always satisfying for us, but especially since the pandemic, as our protocols and how we interact with our patients and their families changed significantly,” says Dr. Brett Grube. “We always take great pride in communication and conscientiousness, which required special consideration during the pandemic as we were not able to see patients in the same manner we had previously. We were focused on keeping patients emotionally and physically healthy while keeping them on schedule with treatment. Our team remained flexible and compassionate with the needs of our patients, and this award is another confirmation that we were able to navigate these interesting times in a manner our patients appreciated.”

Runner-Up: Ferris Orthodontic Group

Licensed Massage Therapist Deep Tissue Massage Center deeptissuemassagecenter.com

Asked if being named Best Of had any special significance after what they’ve been through with the pandemic, Patient/Client Advocate Jill Silverman says, “When we first heard that we would have to close our center in 2020 because of COVID, we were stunned. Of course we worried about the future of our business, but we also were concerned for our many clients and how they would get the treatment they needed. We are so blessed that our clients stood by us and remained loyal because they value the help we give them. We are forever grateful.”

Runner-Up: Spa Escape

Optometrist Eye & Vision Care eyenvision.com

“We are so honored and love being part of this community for the past 40 years,” says Dr. Tiffany Corby, O.D., optometrist at Eye & Vision Care. “The best part for us is getting to know our patients and their families and caring for all their vision and eye care needs. We thrive to provide high-quality care in a warm and welcoming environment using the latest technology.”

Runner-Up: Bream Optometry

Physical Therapy

Hayashida Physical Therapy hayashidapt.com

“Thank you to everyone who voted for us,” writes Dr. Maury Hayashida. “Our core values are dedicated to becoming and providing the ‘Best’ orthopedic and sports physical therapy to our community, so your votes, in this way, help us know we’re doing that. We all know Santa Barbara is a special community to live in. For us, what’s great about doing business in a close-knit community like this is that we get to see and live among our patients and clients outside of our business as well.”

Runner-Up: Elite Performance & Rehabilitation Center

Living Well

Place to Work

University of California, Santa Barbara ucsb.edu

“UC Santa Barbara provides a dynamic environment in which to live, learn, and work an environment of inclusivity, curiosity, and innovation. A com mitment to our mission of teaching, research, and public service, and a dedi cation to shaping the next generation of national and international leaders, is at the heart of everything we do,” writes Spokesperson Kiki Reyes. “Thriving on cutting-edge research, academic exploration, and the vital exchange of ideas, our campus community of faculty, students, and staff comprises a culture of interdisciplinary collaboration and is devoted to the needs of our multicultural and global society. We are grateful to the extraordinary South Coast community that so many in our workforce call home.”

Runner-Up: Procore

Retirement Residence

Maravilla

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The luxurious senior living community of Maravilla is a unique retirement campus with something for everyone. With beautiful architecture and stun ning grounds, residents can enjoy the spa and heated pool, or unwind with a massage or exercise in the fitness center. With housekeeping, laundry, and meal service available, Maravilla also provides assisted living and memory care services when needed.

Runner-Up: Valle Verde

Travel Agency

AAA – Automobile Club of Southern California ace.aaa.com

This award has special significance for AAA, especially after all that the travel industry went through with the pandemic. Branch Manager Chris Olvera says, “For us, it meant closing for two months and sending our Travel Advi sors home for close to a year. The cruise industry came to a crashing halt, and the hurdles that our Advisors went through to get people to destinations was unprecedented. Through it all, they continued to assist members.” On a lighter note, he also shared the funniest thing that ever happened: “We had a member who wanted to drive to Hawai‘i.”

Runner-Up: Santa Barbara Travel Bureau

SENIOR LIVING

Reimagined

Find an endlessly inspiring setting, a wealth of activities, first-class cuisine, innovative wellness & attentive service all under one stylish roof with new friendships, new passions, new discoveries, new freedoms— and the peace of mind that comes from on-site supportive services. It’s all here at Maravilla senior living community. A place built for all that makes you, you.

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Sporting Life

Campground

Bicycle Bob’s bicyclebobs-sb.com

After 31 consecutive years of being voted Best Of by Independent readers, “it means the very basic business philosophy we have has been working for a whole lot of years: Treat people with respect, be honest, and do what you can to improve their situation,” says Bicycle Bob’s owner Bob Zaratzian. “Every day, I look forward to being around people. Our staff is awesome and is great to work with. And the interaction with customers is rewarding on a daily basis. After 39 years in business, I see friendly/familiar faces everywhere we go. The connection to the people in our community is very rewarding.”

Runner-Up: Velo Pro Cyclery

El Capitán State Beach parks.ca.gov/?page_id=601

“There are many great campgrounds in the Santa Bar bara area, and to be voted best by our community and surrounding communities is an honor,” says Sergeant Scott Anderson, the Supervising Ranger who oversees El Capitán State Beach, among others. “One of the favorite parts of the job is the interaction with campers, young and old, from different backgrounds who often come from all over the country,” he adds. The beauty and serenity of the Gaviota Coast campgrounds are some thing special, and Anderson urges new campers and returning guests to come and experience El Capitán.

Runner-Up: Refugio State Beach Campground

Dance Studio

Santa Barbara Dance Arts sbdancearts.com

“This award means more than years past, because I know that ALL the studios in town have worked tirelessly to get to the point where the pandemic is waning and where we get to start focusing on our passion,” says owner Alana Tillim of Santa Barbara Dance Arts, now in its 25th season. “All of us still here and bringing dance to our community are winners, but I feel this year is 1,000 percent dedicated to my staff who worked tirelessly to

create a safe and creative haven for our kids, AND to our clients who keep supporting a woman-owned and family-centered business.” Looking ahead, Tillim says she hopes to grow the studio to have an even more inclu sive and accessible program with its nonprofit partner, the Arts Mentorship Program.

Runner-Up: State Street Ballet

Golf Course

Sandpiper Golf Club sandpipergolf.com

A frequent winner for Best Golf Course, the gorgeous Sandpiper Golf Club in Goleta was established in 1972 as the county’s first resort course open to the public. Sandpiper is an inspiring 18 holes of seaside golf on an extraordinary terrain, with an acclaimed layout named by Golf Digest as one of the top 25 public golf courses in the U.S. Designed by renowned architect William F. Bell, the links-style layout has rolling fairways lead ing to enormous greens with ocean views from nearly every hole.

Runner-Up: Santa Barbara Golf Club (Muni)

Bicycle Bob himself, Bob Zaratzian, is all smiles after being voted best in town for 31 years.

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Health Club

Santa Barbara Family YMCA ciymca.org/locations/santa-barbara-family-ymca

This award means a great deal to the Santa Barbara Family YMCA, says Executive Director Craig Prentice, reflecting on the special significance of being voted Best Of after all that his team has been through with the pandemic. “We have worked hard to keep our members safe and active during these difficult times. Winning Best Health Club affirms that we are meeting the needs of the community,” he says. The facility features a fitness center with advanced cardio and strength training equipment, group exercise classes (both indoors and outdoors), and swimming lessons for all ages.

Runner-Up: Santa Barbara Athletic Club SWELL

Hiking Trail

Inspiration Point

Inspiration Point never fails to, well, inspire, no matter how many times you crest that final turn to see the stunning view of the city below. A moderately difficult hike about 3.5 miles out and back, it takes a couple of hours and steadily climbs up close to 1,000 feet in elevation to do it and at the end, all that sweat is absolutely worth it!

Runner-Up: Cold Spring Trail

Fitness Program Killer B Fitness killerbfitness.com

“This award means that the Killer B Fitness community can’t be dismantled by a pandemic,” says owner Bob Wilcher. “It’s a way of life, and we understand that the benefits of regular exercise, including a strong heart, lungs, and immune system, are worth working hard for, no matter what’s going on in the world. The friendships that were made and strengthened during the past two to three years were invaluable.” He adds, “Regardless of what you think about the pandemic, there should be one thing that is clear. Regular exercise is something we should always do.”

Runner-Up: RiseUp Fitness

Martial Arts Studio Paragon Academy paragonbjj.com

With locations in Santa Barbara and Goleta, John Sandoval of Paragon Academy says, “Our message to the community, especially our members, is we greatly appre ciate your support. We all definitely have gone through some really rough times. Martial arts teaches problem solving, working through adversity, and discipline; with those life skills applied to our business and through your support, we were able to remain open and continue to offer you the best martial arts training in the county.” Sandoval says his favorite part of his job is seeing positive changes in students, staff, and coaches.

Runner-Up: Santa Barbara Dojo (Martial Arts Family Fitness)

Outdoor Gear Store REI

rei.com/stores/santa-barbara

Supplying just about everything you need to enjoy the great outdoors in functional, practical style, REI is our readers’ favorite once again as the best place to gear up to enjoy getting outside. Founded as an outdoor gear co-op in 1938 when a group of 23 climbing friends, united by their love for the outdoors, decided to source quality and affordable gear for their adventures, REI has evolved over the years into the go-to spot to purchase or rent high-quality outdoor gear and apparel.

Runner-Up: Mountain Air Sports

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Yoga Studio

CorePower Yoga corepoweryoga.com

With three locations in the Santa Barbara area, CorePower wins the top spot once again in this very competitive category of Best Yoga Studio. Working under the four pillars of welcoming everyone, commu nity, balance, and practice, CorePower’s loyal following of satisfied customers enjoys a physically intense workout that is rooted in the mindfulness of yoga. “This award means so much to us,” writes Cara Ferrick, owner/director of CorePower’s Central Coast locations. “We want to thank the CorePower Yoga teachers, students, employees, and the entire Santa Barbara community for the support and recognition.”

Runner-Up: Yoga Soup

The CorePower Yoga team in front of the Downtown Santa Barbara studio. They also have locations in La Cumbre Plaza and the Camino Real Marketplace in Goleta.

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Pilates Studio Core Sport coresportsb.com

“We are most grateful for your recognition for the Best Of voting. As a wellness business, we are dedicated to our local community in providing a productive option to your health and well-being,” says Core Sport owner/ Master Trainer Chanda Fetter. “We strive to address the needs of all families in their quest to be educated and productive in their workout needs. We know there are a lot of options out there for you to choose from locally and want to recognize your attention on our mission and services that have landed us as the BEST in what we do!”

Runner-Up: Aligned Pilates Studio

Sporting Life

Place to Get Athletic Shoes Santa Barbara Running Company sbrunningco.com

Keeping your feet happy is one of the keys to success for runners, a fact that has fueled Santa Barbara Running Company since its 2003 founding by Joe and Monica DeVreese. Now located in Montecito, the family-operated specialty running store is filled with premium products for everyday running enthusiasts as well as beginners. Comprehensive gait analysis is just one of the services offered by Santa Barbara Running Company, who brand themselves as “runners helping runners.” They also offer a full collection of apparel, accessories, and nutritional supplements to keep you going, whether you’re on the road or exploring the trail.

Runner-Up: REI

Surf Shop

Channel Islands Surfboards cisurfboards.com

A homegrown company started in 1969 by Al and Terry Merrick, Channel Islands Surfboards has grown into a household name and the world’s most iconic surf brand. Now under the guidance of Al and Terry’s son Britt, who

carries on the tradition of shaping high-performance boards for top surfers around the world, as well as loads of locals, the Funk Zone shop carries much more than boards. They have everything from wetsuits to beach towels, board shorts, bags, bikinis, umbrellas, and just about any other type of beach accessory you might need to ride the waves or just enjoy watching.

Runner-Up: Surf n’ Wear Beach House

Swimwear Store Bikini Factory bikinifactory.com

Since its founding in 1965 by Sally Yater, (who died in 2013 after passing the store to her longtime manager, Linda Meyer, a newbie who started in 1975), Bikini Fac tory has been our local go-to for custom-fit tops, bottoms, and one-piece swimwear. Our readers continue to sing the praises of this venerable shop, with comments like, “A wide variety of quality swimwear at reasonable prices,”

“The owner is knowledgeable, very friendly, hires helpful staff, and has been a local merchant in Summerland for years,” and “So many choices that are unique: They have something for family vacation, girls’ trip, ‘Oops I gained 20 pounds during COVID,’ and more!”

Runner-Up: Surf n’ Wear Beach House

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After-School Program

Mr. Rob’s Place

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“This award is particularly special considering we had to not only try and survive as a business through COVID; more importantly, we were tasked with trying to keep our children safe. We never closed during the pandemic. We shifted our focus and became a provider for those families that needed to work,” says owner Rob Lauderdale. “We are all back in school now and better overall having gone through those difficult times. Regardless of our best plans, we would not be in business if it was not for the Hope School District allowing us to lease our room, our amazing families who trust us every day with their children, and the awesome team at Mr. Rob’s Place.”

Runner-Up: InterAct Theatre School

Daycare Facilities

Rainbow School

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Providing quality child care to families since 1998, Rainbow School in Goleta offers a wide variety of daycare programs for infants up to pre-kindergarten, as well as after-school care for elementary school children. A previous winner and runner-up in this category many times over, it’s not surprising that Rainbow School is once again the Best Daycare Facility, with parent testimonials like this one: “We are so grateful to have had Rainbow School. … The teachers are attentive and caring. They find a great balance of structure and learning as well as freedom to play and just be kids. The hours are convenient for working parents.”

Runner-Up: Little Angels Preschool

Children’s Clothing Store • Toy Store

Chicken Little chickenlittlekids.com

This charming, family-owned shop has been delighting locals and visitors alike since 1981 (Chicken Little actu ally opened in 1979 as “Chicken Lips”) with an enticing selection of stuffed animals, intriguing games, and all of the baby loot you can imagine, from strollers to sleepers and bottles to breast pumps, plus every sort of onesie, toddler tog, and a plethora of practical items. A peren nial Best Of winner for both Toy Store and Children’s Clothing, founder Paula Bouma’s children, Jennifer and Gregory, now carry on her legacy of amazing customer service, community spirit and a hands-on approach.

Runner-Up (Children’s Clothing Store): Happy Little Hippo

Runner-Up (Toy Store): Bennett’s Toys & Educational Materials

Chicken Little’s Jennifer Bouma helps carry on the family legacy of great customer service.

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Dog Trainer

K-Nine Solutions kninesolutions.com

“Because we were deemed a necessary business, we never closed at any time during the pandemic,” shares Eric Smith, founder/CEO of K-Nine Solutions. “In fact, my team expanded from six to 11, and we moved from a 1,000-square-foot space to a 6,000-square-foot facility in order to meet the demand for our services. We’ve worked tirelessly to accommodate everyone who needed us. My team is why we have been voted Best of S.B. year after year. They deserve this level of recognition from our community and I couldn’t be any more proud of them and what we’ve built.”

Runner-Up: Elite Pup Training

Kids’ Summer Camp Zoo Camp at Santa Barbara Zoo sbzoo.org/learn/seasonal-zoo-camp/

Asked if this award has any special significance to the Zoo Camp team after all that they’ve been through with the pandemic, Director of Education J.J. McLeod says, “This award has significant meaning to us after the past few years. Providing children an opportunity to connect with animals and nature is a privilege for us here at the zoo. Creating a fun, engaging, and safe camp where kids can grow their curiosity for our natural world is what we aim to do.”

Runner-Up: Lobster Jo’s Beach Camp

Pediatrician Dr. Daniel Brennan

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Santa Barbara native Dr. Dan Brennan is the epitome of the hometown boy making us all proud as our readers’ top choice for Best Pediatrician once again. “Growing up in Santa Barbara, it was always my dream to come back to my hometown and give back to my community. I feel very fortunate to be able to care for the kids and families in my community for the last 21 years,” says Dr. Brennan. “Thank you to my patients and my community for this wonderful recognition. I am so grateful.”

Runner-Up: Dr. Jerold Black

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Pet Store Lemos Feed & Pet Supply lemospet.com

It all began 50 years ago, with Mike Lemos delivering hay and other ranch products to his neighbors, starting Lemos Feed & Pet Supply in 1972. All these decades later, Lemos’s customerservice ethic still rings true. The staff still carries every large bag of pet food to each customer’s car, and they have ongoing train ing to ensure they know what products will work best for your pet. A Best Of pick for many, many years running, Indy readers consistently comment about the helpful staff and great selection of both essentials and treats for their feathered, furry, and scaly family members.

Runner-Up: Pet House

Place to Adopt a Pet Santa Barbara Humane Society sbhumane.org

Founded in 1887, the Santa Barbara Humane Society was one of the first animal welfare agencies in the country, getting its start 67 years before the national organization was founded. The organization’s purpose was “to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals in the County of Santa Barbara,” a mission that still rings true for this venerable organization. In our first year of recognizing Best Place to Adopt a Pet, the need for these services has never been greater as a result of the pandemic, there has been a 300 percent increase in requests for financial support from the communities served in the Santa Bar bara and Santa Maria locations, and the Santa Barbara Humane Society continues to evolve and adapt to meet the growing need.

Runner-Up: Animal Shelter Assistance Program (ASAP Cats)

Tutor Kumon kumon.com

“Thank you to all; it’s an honor to be recognized by the com munity and cherished by families who’ve journeyed through our program,” say the owners of Kumon, which has centers in both Santa Barbara and Goleta. “We’re ecstatic to see the fruits of our labor every day, as our students continue to apply what they’ve learned in Kumon to succeed at school and beyond. It’s amazing the educational independence and confidence your children have built throughout the Kumon series, and it could not have been done without the help from you as their family support!”

Runner-Up: California Learning Center

Santa Barbara winner: Nick Welsh

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Housing

Antique Store

The Blue Door

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Runner-Up: Antique Alley

Architect Jeff Shelton jeffsheltonarchitect.com

Jeff Shelton’s uniquely creative architectural take on Santa Barbara’s Spanish Colonial Revival style has once again captured the hearts and the votes of our readers. From Vera Cruz, the “house of a thou sand paintings” homage on Santa Barbara Street, to the now-iconic Seussian skinny curves of Ablitt Tower on West Haley Street, Shelton brings an origi nal, colorful, and delightful exuberance to every thing he touches. We’re looking forward to seeing his designs for the State Street underpass come to life eventually, as well as Augie’s, the cool new tequilaforward dining experience he designed at the corner of State and Ortega Streets, which should be open for a spirited toast to Shelton’s win by the time this publishes (at least according to their website).

Runner-Up: AB Design Studio

Carpet Cleaning Star Rug Cleaners starrugcleaners.com

Washing Santa Barbara’s rugs for more than 100 years, Star Rug Cleaners has been serving its cus tomers in the same location on Cota Street since its founding in 1921. The oldest rug-washing plant in town, the family-owned business specializes in pres ervation of specialty, silk, antique, and Navajo rugs.

Runner-Up: All Natural Carpet Cleaning

Roofing Service

Action Roofing aroofing.com

Serving Santa Barbara since 1985, Action Roofing’s founder, CEO, and active General Manager Jack Martin is still at the helm overseeing 95 full-time employees, many of whom have been there from the beginning. Named Best Roofing Service by Indepen dent readers year after year, Action Roofing performs all types of roofing, both commercial and residential, receiving props from voters for “honest, good work,” “top products and customer service,” and “a skilled and professional team.”

Runner-Up: Vazquez Roofing, Inc.

The Action Roofing Team who, for liability purposes, did not pose on the roof but rather in front of their offices.

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Contractor

Allen Construction buildallen.com

Why is Santa Barbara a good place to work/have your business? “We’re probably not alone in thinking this is the best place in the world,” says Allen Construction CEO Aaron Pick. “We have been working in this com munity for 40 years, and we’re incredibly fortunate to be in a highly relational business. Having worked on thousands of projects in Santa Barbara over that time, we see part of our mission as ‘being for Santa Barbara’ in all that we do. It’s why we believe so strongly in sustain ability, employee ownership, and doing what we can to give back to the community.”

Runner-Up: Below Magid Construction

Interior Design Company

Cabana Home cabanahome.com

What does being voted the best mean to you? Cabana Home owners Steve and Caroline Thompson say, “First of all, we are grateful that our clients and customers took the time to vote for us we are so honored to be voted

the Best Interior Design firm in Santa Barbara. We are thrilled that people continue to care about quality in their furnishings and in their interior design. We are known for working first with what you have, and then adding the pieces that may be missing. We see the process as art, making many elements fit together for a beautiful, finished room.”

Runner-Up: Santa Barbara Interiors

Gardening/Landscaping Services Kitson Landscape Management kitsonlandscape.com

“We are honored and humbled to once again receive this prestigious award and want to extend our overwhelming gratitude to our customers, business partners, and every one who nominated and voted for Kitson,” says Kim Waggoner, Director of Business Administration. “Our team will continue to strive each and every day to be the premier landscape contractor in Santa Barbara County as we provide the highest-quality landscape through safety, teamwork, innovation, conservation, and integ rity. KLM is proud to be Santa Barbara County’s trusted landscape provider and environmental steward as we do our part enriching our county’s beauty and conservation efforts.”

Runner-Up: EcoLawn S.B.

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Garret and “Mattress Mike” Gustason at Mattress Mike Furniture Gallery’s new La Cumbre Plaza headquarters.

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The Hall Team compass.com/agents/the-hall-team

“The process of buying or selling a home

condo is one of the most personal and

upon which a person ever embarks. We are thrilled to be Santa Barbara’s Real Estate Team of choice for the fourth year in a row to assist on that journey,” says Kevin Hall of the Hall Team at Compass. “The current edition of the Hall Team has our deepest talent and provides our most dedicated commitment to the success of our client’s goals. We definitely aren’t the big gest team, but our clients get treated to our best every time!”

Runner-Up: Zia Group

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Solar Power Company Brighten Solar Co. brightensolarco.com

“Solar done differently” in a way that makes sense and looks good is the expertise and the vision that Brighten Solar Co. brings to the Central Coast. Winning the Best Of bragging rights for the second year in a row, the team prides itself on providing the latest in solar technologies and working with customers on their design preferences, electricity needs, and their budgets to create the best solar installation for them.

Runner-Up: Mac’s Solar

Home Furnishing Habitat Home & Garden habitathomeandgarden.com

“Santa Barbara is such a special and unique town; just like our products, it is full of character, history, and charm. The relaxed, cool, and coastal style of Santa Barbara is a perfect fit for the natural, organic, and California-inspired designs Habitat is known for,” says Kaj Maloney, president of Habitat Home & Garden. “We love helping our customers bring their visions to life … and rethink the environments of their homes and businesses. When their spaces don’t feel like a reflection of themselves and are not inspiring to them, we introduce high-quality, unique, and compelling furniture and decor to provide them with an environment that is energizing, nurturing, and fitting to their unique personalities.”

Runner-Up: Mattress Mike’s Furniture Gallery

House Cleaning Service

MasterCare Home Cleaning mastercarehomecleaning.com

Asked if winning Best Of has special significance to them after all that we’ve been through with the pandemic, MasterCare Home Cleaning owners Robert and Linda Mangione say, “Considering the pandemic and ongoing health concerns have put priorities in perspective of importance, it is a nice confirmation that the service industries still resonate with the consumer.” They add, “Santa Barbara affords small businesses to be effective in two ways. First, it allows a business like ours to be relevant year-round, and second, offering a quality product on a consistent basis has intrinsic value to the S.B. consumer.”

Runner-Up: Queen of Clean

Mortgage Agent

Austin Lampson homeownersfg.com/austinlampson

“Getting Best Of for the sixth year in a row is beyond humbling and exhila rating,” says Austin Lampson. “Our community, our world, has changed so drastically since the pandemic began years ago. I have over two decades’ experience in lending and have seen lots of changes, and what we faced in those first few months in lending were like every crash ever rolled into one. Guidelines, rates, and options were changing so fast for clients that even a 13-hour work day wasn’t enough to stay ahead. Winning again means that the stresses, highs, and lows were all worth it to serve those for whom we care. Thank you!”

Runner-Up: Kelly Marsh

Mortgage Company · Bank Montecito Bank & Trust montecito.bank

“This recognition celebrates the outstanding commitment of our Montecito Bank & Trust associates to serving their community, even when the conditions are completely uncertain and unfamiliar,” says Chair and CEO Janet Garufis. “Mike Towbes [the bank’s late founder] used to say that in real estate, the most important thing is location, loca tion, location, but in banking, it’s service, service, service. We’ve got a trifecta! The best location on the Central Coast, the best customers, and the very best service providers in our associates.”

Runner-Up (Mortgage Company, Bank): American Riviera Bank

Moving Company

Movegreen movegreen.com

“Movegreen would like to thank everyone who voted for us and for the continued support of the Santa Barbara community,” says Erik S. Haney, CEO and founder. “This award means a lot to us, as we are always striving to be the best we can be. THANK YOU, SANTA BARBARA!”

Runner-Up: Mammoth Moving & Storage

Nursery La Sumida Nursery lasumida.com

Family-owned and -operated since its establishment in 1958, La Sumida Nursery is our readers’ perennial pick for Santa Barbara’s best nursery. Serving generations of customers with an extraordinary range of plant knowledge and an impressive selection of landscaping plants, roses, bedding plants, vegetables, color baskets, fruit trees, house plants, and garden supplies, the Sumida family attributes the success of the business to their loyal customers and their continuing dedication to providing the Santa Barbara area with quality products and superior service.

Runner-Up: Terra Sol Garden Center

Painting Contractor Mesa Painting mesapaint.net

Serving the area from Camarillo to Buellton since 2011, Mesa Painting prides itself on providing quality painting services in an environmentally responsible way. Cus tomer kudos include comments like “The prep was extensive and the finished work exceptional,” and “They were competitive and professional in every way. They were responsible, flexible in working around our schedules, and assisted us in selecting just the right color.”

Runner-Up: Beau Brunner Painting

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We are on a mission to deliver clean energy to Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. We believe that education and unbiased information are key. We design and install custom solar and storage solutions that will not only save our clients money, but make their properties more resilient while also reducing their carbon footprint.

Our streamlined process and our personalized approach make us the #1 local solar company in Santa Barbara. We custom design every project to meet our clients’ specifi c needs while maximizing their investment. Our goal is to make going solar our clients’ most rewarding and seamless construction experience.

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Our streamlined process and our personalized approach make us the #1 local solar company in Santa Barbara. We custom design every project to meet our clients’ specifi c needs while maximizing their investment. Our goal is to make going solar our clients’ most rewarding and seamless construction experience.

Brighten Solar is proud to have received multiple awards, including the Santa Barbara Independent’s Best Solar Company in 2018, 2019 , 2021 and 2022 , as well as th e Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce and Goleta’s Finest awards. We are very grateful for our customers' continuous support.

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Good Land Plumbing & Construction goletaplumber.net

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What does being named as the best mean to you? “This selection for the third year in a row reflects our continued focus on our customers. Our entire staff tries every day to provide the best customer experience possible with the highest-quality work,” says owner Andrew Hug. “We thank all the loyal customers that voted for us. We will continue to strive to provide you excellent service at reasonable prices. Our business and team has continued to grow as you have recommended us to your neighbors and friends.”

Runner-Up: Lewis Plumbing

Real Estate Agent

David Kim villagesite.com/agent/david-kim

“My favorite moments in real estate are definitely getting my clients to the finish line,” says David Kim. “Whether they are buying their first home, moving a family member closer, or navigating through the selling process, I feel honored to help people with the biggest transactions of their lives.

Also, getting to walk through gorgeous homes every week is pretty awesome!” He continues, “I feel so blessed to live in such an incredible community the support and encouragement I get from people in our town is overwhelming. Thank you to everyone who voted for me. This inspires me to continue elevating my service.”

Runner-Up: Jessie Sessions

Real Estate Company

Village Properties Realtors villagesite.com

The top-producing independently owned real estate company in the area, Village Properties is once again our readers’ choice for best real estate company. Cofounder Renee Grubb has been at the helm of the company since 1996, leading a community-conscious agency committed to excellence, integrity, and teamwork and they consistently win Best Of honors year after year.

Runner-Up: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices

Tile Shop Tileco tilecodist.com

“We love what we do and are very fortunate to be a part of a community that loves beautiful things, especially tile,” says Tileco President Gina Burchiere Flint. “Being open during the pandemic allowed us to become a safe haven for clients to get together and work collaboratively on projects. Quite often, we are on the forefront when new people move to town and enjoy building new relationships and sharing information about our unique area. We cherish the many longstanding, loyal clients that become family and take great pride in helping others rebuild due to fire, mudslides, floods, or whatever else may come our way.”

Runner-Up: Buena Tile + Stone

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New Car Dealership Santa Barbara Auto Group sbautogroup.com

With seven premium brands Acura, Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche in one convenient location, Best New Car Dealership winner Santa Barbara Auto Group is a great spot to work with experienced sales staff to find your next new car. They also have a nice inventory of “pre-owned” and “certified preowned” luxury vehicles to choose from.

Runner-Up: Toyota of Santa Barbara

Auto Repair Precision Auto Body & Painting precisionab.com

Family-owned and -operated since 1987, Precision Auto Body & Painting has a lot of voters singing their praises.

“They have the best customer service, and their work is unmatched for great body work every time,” wrote one Best Of voter. Another reader said, “Unfortunately, I have had to make use of their services for repairs/ replacements. They are always professional and efficient and make the process painless. The repairs are always completed by or before the date given, and the vehicle always looks great when returned.”

Runner-Up: Muñoz’s Auto Repair

Car Rental Enterprise Rent-a-Car enterprise.com

With locations at the Santa Barbara Airport, downtown, and in Goleta, Enterprise Rent-a-Car is a practical and conventional place for renting a car in town. A house hold name for frequent travelers, road-trippers, and people with a car in the shop, Enterprise is a recognized worldwide leader in the car rental industry, as well as Indy readers’ top pick for car rentals.

Runner-Up: Avis / Budget

Car Wash/Detailing Educated Car Wash educatedcarwash.com

A consistent winner for best car wash, the family-owned and -operated Educated Car Wash is well-known for its great service, low gas prices, and handy location on upper State Street. The 100 percent hand car wash also offers waxing and auto detailing packages, as well as clay bar treatments to remove contaminants from the surface of your car’s paint.

Runner-Up: Prestige Hand Car Wash

From left: Tom Siegel, Rene Verbrugge, and David Zoesch of Santa Barbara Auto Group

Place to Get Tires Costco costco.com

“Quick, easy, and affordable with good follow-up for tire balancing and rota tion,” wrote one reader. “I called a number of places for tire prices, and Costco was the best,” wrote another. “Very inexpensive compared to other shops,” was yet another reader singing the praises of Costco as a place for tires. With highquality and good-value selections and the friendly level of service we’ve come to depend on from Goleta’s favorite big-box retailer, it’s no wonder Costco is our readers’ top choice.

Runner-Up: Big Brand Tire & Service

Quick Oil Change

Ian’s Tire & Auto Repair ianstire.com

“Most of all, I enjoy the people,” says Ian’s Tire & Auto Repair owner Eric Miller. His other favorite things? “I enjoy building relationships and trust with customers and employees and seeing new challenges and figuring out how best to navigate them. And also seeing how tires and automotive technology constantly improve.”

Runner-Up: Jiffy Lube

Used Car Dealership Toyota of Santa Barbara toyotaofsantabarbara.com

One of the particular challenges of the last few years has been the shortage of vehicles available, explains Toyota of Santa Barbara manager Benny Madrigal. Winning Best Used Car Dealership is particularly meaningful because, “It was very difficult to get cars. We went out of our way. I mean, we went to places we never would have been to buy cars so we can have cars for our customers.” He adds, “I just want to say thank you so much. We are really proud of the prize, and we are looking forward to continuing our loyalty and our five-star service to our used-car customers.”

Runner-Up: Santa Barbara Auto Group

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Local Celebrity Jeff Bridges

jeffbridges.com

What do you want to say to those who voted for you? “It means a lot to me from my community, honoring me,” says Jeff Bridges, who has raised his family in Santa Barbara over the last 25 years. “I would like to tell all the people that voted for me thank you very much, and I sure appreciate it. It’s wonderful to be on the team with you guys to make our com munity all it can be. Santa Barbara is a wonderful example of how a community can function and radiate and make positive impacts not only in our town, but around the world. I’m so proud to be acknowledged in this way.”

Runner-Up: John Palminteri

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John Palminteri

@johnpalminterinews (Instagram), @JohnPalminteri (Twitter)

“As a reporter, I am often bursting with information and love to share it,” says John Palminteri. “Social media has some tremendous benefits and allows me to tap the words out at any hour, in any place. When I am posting in the middle of the night, I often think no one will react. Then I see comments and ‘likes’ coming through. Sometimes they say, ‘What are you doing up at this hour?’ It’s been my nature for my entire career to hustle and try to get as much out as I can to my radio, TV, and print audience. Often, these posts are part of my story telling on the air job and in print, and I have great coworkers who put it all together, often with very challenging deadlines.”

Runner-Up (Instagram Follow): @sbgoodeats

Runner-Up (Twitter Follow): @EliasonMike

S.B. Radio Station 92.9 KJEE kjee.com

What do you want to say to those who voted for you? “We have the most loyal and committed listeners in Santa Barbara and we try to thank them as often as possible,” says KJEE’s Stephen Meade. “People still tell us they were listening in April of 1994 when KJEE first signed on with a whole day of Beach Boys, followed by a day of Grateful Dead and then 24 hours of marching band music. Deciding what we play has always been a listener-driven process, and we couldn’t do it without their input. Thank you, KJEE fans, for voting us Best Radio Station in Santa Barbara 28 years in, and it’s still a party high above the Goodwill building in Santa Barbara.”

Runner-Up: 99.9 KTYD

Nick Welsh

Santa Barbara Independent, Independent.com

“What does it mean to be named best columnist? Yet another reason why Starshine needs to come out of journalistic hibernation. Other than that, I’m the last tree standing in the forest,” writes Nick Welsh, the Independent’s Angry Poodle. “Other than that, I have the coolest job in S.B. journalism. I get to let syllables collide and connect dots that may or may not be there. I am told the great, great Jean-Luc Godard once said, ‘Every story needs to have a beginning, middle, and end, though not necessarily in that order.’ I hadn’t heard that line until he died this week, but it pretty well explains the DNA of my columns. Since he’s dead, I’ll adopt it as my motto and credo. The Poodle happens like this: I sit down at the typewriter at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. By 8 a.m., the Poodle is writ ten and turned in for editing. A whole lot of fussing and fretting happens afterward. A whole lot happens the night before. On a good morning, lightning strikes, and the column has a life of its own. On a not-so-good day, I’m laying bricks. The good news is that readers allow me the license to go out on a limb and saw off the branch I’m sitting on. For that, I’m a very lucky man. Or dog.”

Runner-Up: Matt Kettmann

S.B.-Based Website

Independent.com

“We are absolutely thrilled to win best S.B.-based website,” says Emily Lee, Santa Barbara Independent Marketing and Promotions Manager. “Since launching our new website in 2018, we have worked to make improvements to become a true daily newspaper online. During the pandemic, many readers relied heavily on Independent.com to get the latest news and to stay connected to the community. We are humbled to be a trusted source for the Santa Barbara community.” She adds a special thank-you to our readers. “We are always working to improve our website to make the user experience the best it can be. We are so thankful to everyone who reads Independent.com, subscribes to Independent.com, shares our stories, subscribes to our newsletters, advertises online and in print, and, of course, picks up our paper every Thursday.”

Runner-Up: Noozhawk.com

The Angry Poodle himself, Nick Welsh, looking anything but angry after being voted best columnist once again

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Venues

10/20: Carly Rae Jepsen Bursting onto the music scene with 2012’s “Call Me Maybe,” Carly Rae Jepsen, whose fifth studio album, The Loneliest Time (to be released on October 21), will stop in S.B. on The So Nice Tour with American singersongwriter Empress Of to open the show. 8pm. Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St. $36-$76. thearlingtontheatre.com

10/20: Reading and Conversa tion I’m Goin’ to Mess with You: T.C. Boyle S.B. resident and best-selling writer of Talk to Me and Outside Looking In T.C. Boyle will read and discuss his electric and darkly humorous collection of 13 new short stories, I Walk Between the Raindrops. 5:30-6:30pm. Mary Craig Audi torium, S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. $5-$10. Call (805) 963-4364 or email info@ sbma.net. Read more on p. 129. tickets.sbma.net

10/20-10/23: The Lincolns of Springfield: The Love Story We Never Knew This musical, directed by Tony Award–winning producer Corey Brunish, chronicles the story of America’s President Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, from their first meeting through the end of the Civil War. Thu.-Fri.: 7:309:30pm; Sat.: 1:30-3:30 and 7:30-9:30pm; Sun.: 1:30-3:30pm. Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo. $35. Call (805) 963-0408 or email cstheater@sbcoxmail.com centerstagetheater.org/shows

10/20: Vir Das Emmy Award–nominated actor, stand-up comedian, and first Indianborn comedian to have a Netflix special Vir Das will be in S.B. on his Wanted Tour where he addresses the controversy created by his viral video, I Come from Two Indias, which resulted in four legal cases, accusations of terrorism, and death threats. 7pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St.. $53.75. Call (805) 963-0761. lobero.org/events

10/20: SBMA Third Thursday Enjoy free museum admission, music on the front terrace, complementary docent Ten Talks, and more. 5-8pm. S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. Free. Call (805) 963-4364 or email info@ sbma.net. sbma.net/events

10/20: BYU Ballroom Dance Company Presents Come Alive! Experience a spec tacular show that will present ballroom dance in a theatrical environment with a contempo rary point of view and compelling choreog raphy. 7pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. Adults: $25; children 17 and under: $15. Call (805) 899-2222 or email info@granadasb.org. ticketing.granadasb.org/events

10/20-10/23: The Theatre Group at S.B. City College Presents The Play That Goes Wrong This 2017 Tony Award–winning comedy follows the opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, a 1920s whodunit where accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilari ous consequences! The play will show through

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October 29. Thu.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2pm. Garvin Theatre, SBCC West Campus, 721 Cliff Dr. $14-$26. Call (805) 965-5935 or email sbcctg@ sbcc.edu theatregroupsbcc.com

10/20-10/21, 10/23: Ensemble Theatre Company Presents Carmen Jones This thought-provoking adaptation of the opera Carmen by Geogres Bizet, with new lyr ics by Oscar Hammerstein II, has been reset in a parachute factory during 1940s World War II and features an African-American cast. Thu.: 7:30pm; Fri.: 8pm; Sun.: 2pm. The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St. $40-$84. Call (805) 965-5400 or email boxoffice@etcsb.org etcsb.org

10/20: Dinner with DJ Darla Bea You are invited to have dinner and drinks (for purchase) to toast seven-time Best Event DJ in the 2022 Best Of Santa Barbara® Readers’ Poll, DJ Darla Bea. She will not deejay the event, but you can hear her curated playlist she created for the Indy Spotify channel. You can make a reservation or just show up. 7pm. Roy, 7 W. Carrillo St. Free. Call (805) 966-5636. tinyurl.com/DinnerDJDB

FRIDAY 10/21

10/21: Dos Pueblos High School Choir Fall Concert See the awardwinning Advanced Jazz Choir and the entire Vocal Music Department in their fall concert with all proceeds going toward the depart ment. 7-9pm. Elings Performing Arts Ctr., 7266 Alameda Ave., Goleta. General: $10; student/

senior: $8; DP student with Gold Card: $5. Call (805) 968-2541 x4598. dpjazzchoir.com/ events

10/21: Montecito YMCA Chili Cook-Off & Bake-Off Both YMCA members and the public are invited to bring their best chili and/ or baked dessert for a chance to win awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. There will be food, games, face painting, and more. 4-6:30pm. Montecito Family YMCA, 591 Santa Rosa Ln. Free. Call (805) 969-3288 or email john.norman@ciymca.org. tinyurl.com/Chili-Bake-Off

10/21: 2nd Annual Pianos on State Masq(p)arade! This progressive-style performance parade will showcase a series of dynamic piano-based performances that will take place at select pianos located in the heart of S.B.’s historic cultural arts district. Participants are encouraged to wear festive masks. Visit the website for the schedule. 5:308:30pm. Downtown S.B. Free Read more on p. 130. tinyurl.com/PianosParade

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Independent Living Resource Center (ILRC) will host their annual fundraiser gala with a silent auction, cocktail hour, and live music followed by dinner and fundraising activities. Proceeds will go toward ILRC services that support tri-county residents with disabilities. 5pm. Cabrillo Pavilion, 1118 E. Cabrillo Blvd. $125 per ticket. Call (805) 963-0595 or email pfi@ilrc-trico.org. ilrc-trico.org/pfi/sponsorships.php

10/22: Make S.B. Celebration Join for the closing reception of the speculativeinspired art show Through Many Windows: A World Reimagined with rock music featuring Pancho & the Wizards, Outwest, and The Groans with button- and zinemaking opportunities. 6-9pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call (805) 962-7653 or email librarypr@santabarbaraca.gov. tinyurl.com/MakeSBCelebration

10/22: Villa Majella’s Autumn BBQ Enjoy a Santa Maria–style BBQ dinner provided by the Knights of Columbus; live country and classic rock music by RockIt; and a silent auction. This kid-friendly event will raise funds for the Maternity Home Program. 5:30-8pm. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish Hall, 1300 East Valley Rd, Montecito. $8-$30. Call to pur chase tickets (805) 683-2838 or email info@ villamajella.org. villamajella.org/events

10/22: Me Sabor Presents: Chino Espinoza Y Los Dueños Del Son Dance salsa, bachata, merengue, and more! There will be a full bar, two dance floors, and a salsa class starting at 9pm. 10pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $18-$25. Ages 21+. Call (805) 962-7776 or email marketing@sohosb.com. sohosb.com/events

10/22: Great Valley Cook-Off 2022 Real Men Cook is back in the form of this new cook-off. Taste bites from 50 amateur chefs and wine and beer from 30 Central Coast vintners with proceeds

going toward Arts Outreach, a nonprofit community arts organization based in Santa Ynez. 6-9:30pm. Kalyra Winery, 343 N. Refugio Rd., #9302, Santa Ynez. $40$70.

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SUNDAY 10/23

10/23: DVSSBC 14th Annual Luncheon: You Are Enough Domestic Violence Solutions of S.B. County (DVSSBC) invites you to enjoy food and conversation and listen to keynote speaker Maestro Jerry Tello, author, healing justice advocate, and cofounder of the National Compadres Network. 11am-2pm. Cabrillo Pavilion, 1118 E. Cabrillo Blvd. $150. Funds raised go toward DVSSBC. Email tinab@ dvsolutions.org. dvsolutions.org/ annual-luncheon-2022

10/23: The Fund for S.B. 29th Annual 2022 Bread & Roses Come together to celebrate the work and spirit of the Central Coast’s progressive com munity with co-hosts Chelsea Lancaster and Wendy Sims-Moten and musical

guests DJ Suz and Mezcal Martini! Enjoy food and libations where money raised will go toward the Fund of S.B. 1-4pm. Elings Park, 1298 Las Positas Rd. $100 (ask about sliding fee tickets). Call (805) 9629164. tinyurl.com/Bread-Roses2022

10/23: Herb Walk and Book-Sign ing with Lanny Kaufer Join author and native plant guide Lenny Kaufer as he leads two 60-minute walking tours (beginning at noon and 1pm) that will focus on plants featured in his book Medicinal Herbs of California: A Field Guide to Common Healing Plants. Learn tips for correctly identifying plants, growth habitats, and traditional and modern uses as medicinal plants. 10:30am-2:15pm. S.B. Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Rd. Free-$18. herbwalks.com

MONDAY 10/24

10/24: Juilliard String Quartet

Celebrate the 75th season anniversary of the Juilliard String Quartet, hailed by the Boston Globe as “the most important American quartet in history.”This ensem ble draws on a deep and vital engage ment to the classics, while embracing the mission of championing new works. 7:30pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $45-$55. Call (805) 963-0761. lobero.org/events

10/24: BikeMaps.org Presents

Bike Trivia Night Join for a night of trivia where questions will be crafted for bike enthusiasts and amateurs alike. Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams made up of up to six people. 6pm. Captain Fatty’s Brewery, 6489 Calle Real, Ste. D, Goleta. Free. Call (805) 364-2968. tinyurl.com/BikeTrivia

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10/20-10/26: Los Olivos Scarecrow Festival Walk around town to check out all the scarecrows humorous, all-natural, and more then vote for your favorite. Visit the website for locations. Scarecrows on display through October 31. Free losolivosca.com/syv-scarecrow-fest

10/20-10/26: Montecito Country Mart Honor System Pumpkin Patch Celebrate the season by pick ing out your pumpkin, then place your cash payment (for credit card payment, purchase at the Trading Post). Pump kin prices range from $5-$20. Open through October 31. 7am-8:30pm. Montecito Country Mart, 1016 Coast Village Rd., Montecito. Free montecitocountrymart.com/events

10/20: Spooky Hats and Crowns Crafternoon All ages are welcome to create a spooky crown or hat or bring your own project to work on. 3:30pm. Art From Scrap, 302 E. Cota St. $8. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Call (805) 884-0459 or email info@exploreecology.org exploreecology.org/calendar

10/21:Tarantula Trails Tour Join the Land Trust for S.B. County for a 1.5 mile walk during the fall tarantula breeding season. Learn about the common California tarantula’s habitat, courting, prey, and predators in a fun and interactive set ting. Catch a spider, let it crawl on your hand, and release it back into the wild. Join early for snacks and candy! 3:30-6pm. Restoration Oaks Ranch, 1980 U.S. Hwy. 101, Gaviota. $5-$15. Call (805) 966-4520. sblandtrust.org/events

10/20-10/26: Boccali Ranch Pumpkin Patch Have fall fun frolicking in the patch and on the weekends, go for a hayride from noon to 5pm. 10am-7pm. Boccali Ranch Pumpkin Patch, 3277 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai. Free; hayrides:

10/20-10/26: Lane Farms Pumpkin Patch Pick the perfect pumpkin and then enjoy hayrides, farm animals, tractors, educational displays, and the corn maze (closes daily at 6:30pm). Open through October 31. Weekdays: noon-7pm; weekends: 10am-7p. Lane Farms, 308 S. Walnut Ln. Free. Call (805) 964-3773. lanefarmssb.com

10/20-10/26: Big Wave Dave’s Pumpkin Patch Enjoy kids’ activities and photo opps as you find the perfect pumpkin, from mini to giant. Open through October 31. 10am-9pm. La Cumbre Plaza (Macy’s parking lot), 3805 State St. Free. Call (805) 218-0282.

10/20-10/26: Solvang Farmer Pumpkin Patch

Immerse yourself in pumpkins, gourds, squash, corn stalks, hay bales, and the kids’ maze as well as the 140-acre corn maze! Open through October 31. 10am-6pm. Solvang Farmer Pumpkin Patch, 1035 Alamo Pintado Rd., Solvang. Free. Call (805) 350-8335. facebook.com/SolvangFarmerPumkinPatch

10/20-10/26: Santa Ynez Valley Scarecrow Festi val Scarecrows will be displayed in the Santa Ynez Valley in the four main communities around Solvang (Buellton, Los Alamos, and Los Olivos) in hopes of winning the 2022 Harvest Cup. Visit the website to cast an online vote for the best and view the roster of business participants. Scare crows on display through October 31. Free syvscarecrows.com

10/21: Creepy Cocktail Crawl This paranormal sto rytelling experience will take you on a journey to explore dark and creepy topics while sipping cocktails. Choose two (one hour, 15 minutes) or three stops (two hours). 9-10:15pm. S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. $50-$75. Ages 21+. Call (805) 869-6510 or email hello@paranormalsb.com soltisproductions.com/paranormal-experiences

10/21: Family Nature Night: Celebrate Bat Month Costumes are encouraged at this after-dark family fun, bat-themed exploration with a black-light station, bat-themed games, walks, and more with eerie stories told by S.B.’s Michael Katz. There will be refreshments. Please bring flashlights and blankets. 6-8pm. S.B. Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Rd. $14-$24. Call (805) 682-4726 or email info@sbbotanicgarden .org tinyurl.com/BatMonthNight

10/21-10/23: Boo at the Zoo The Zoo will transform into a safe and traffic-free trick-or-treating experience with train rides, creepy-crawly animal encounters, mad science experiments, bounce houses, dancing, and more! Tasty treats and adult beverages will be available for pur chase. 5-8pm. S.B. Zoo, 500 Niños Dr. Free-$23. Call (805) 962-5339. sbzoo.org/boo-at-the-zoo/

10/21: Ghost Walk Hear ghost stories about Old Spanish Days and S.B. that are told through the lens of a paranormal investigator as you witness real ghost hunting equipment in action. 7-8:30pm. Downtown Post Office, 836 Anacapa St. $55. Call (805) 869-6510 or email hello@ paranormalsb.com soltisproductions.com/paranormal-experiences

10/22: Creepy Creatures Fall under the spell of owls, bats, spiders, and scorpions, touch skulls and bones, make a mask, and sip on witches’ brew as you listen to music from the Spooky Sisters. 11am-1pm. Neal Taylor Nature Center, 2265 Hwy. 154. Call (805) 729-2246 or email julie@ clnaturecenter.org. tinyurl.com/Creepy-Creatures

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Our Second, Deeper

On October 15, the Vedanta Society’s Sarada Convent celebrated its Diamond Jubilee 75 years of unbroken service and worship in the Central Coast. In 1947, the Sarada Convent was established on Ladera Lane in Montecito; nine years later, architect Lutah Riggs finished the construction of its much-acclaimed Vedanta Temple

For as long as I can remember, the Vedanta Temple has been the spiritual epicenter of my Santa Barbara. It sits high above the ocean on a quiet road that leads up into the hills. You step out of your car into a puls ing silence and meet a weathered green bell that suggests a mountain in Kyoto. Behind it, a soaring temple that itself speaks for some harmonious meeting-place of India

sanctuary, a solace, a stimulation. I remember coming here as a boy to hear Christopher Isherwood and other wise voices tell us of how we have everything we need, right here, if only we can wake up to it. I buy birthday presents for my most cherished friends in the bookstore, drive up to sit in the temple or even on its steps whenever I need to clear my head and remember what I love.

My mother often used to give lectures here, to bring students to the services; she came every year for Durga Puja, and she brought me for lunch so we could enjoy the remarkable community of nuns, with their memories of Germany and Peking. Some of our closest lifelong friends are sisters in the Sarada Convent, not least because they can be relied upon for a liberating joke, constant counsel, and a sympathetic ear close to midnight, when the world seems to be coming apart.

Celebrating the Vedanta Temple’s 75th Anniversary by Pico Iyer

and Japan. Golden poppies in the sun, welltended, and a glassy bookshop to one side alight with books of wisdom and whirling statues.

Everyone knows it, and everybody meets there because it sings out to a universal long ing. We all of us sense, at our better moments, that there’s a truth beyond what we can see and that we’re free insofar as we can let go of our little selves. If only we can stand, as this temple does, serene amid the changing world forest fires, bears, mudslides often surround it we can see what passes and what belongs to some more lasting sphere.

To step inside the temple, celebrating its 75th year on October 15, is to feel the immediate possibility of something true.

For me, as for so many others, it has been a

It’s hard to know how many of us would survive without the Vedanta Temple. It shines like a candle in some corner of ourselves that too often we forget. It reminds us of a stillness in the center of the tumult where we can see what lies beyond our words and ideas. It gives us clear and friendly companion-teachers who express eternal truths in a language anyone can follow.

I still remember when my father was dying in a local hospital, and my mother didn’t know where to turn. Then we recalled our friend from the Vedanta Temple, who would bring holy water from the Ganges even at the dead of night, so that something of the ancient blessing of India could anoint us all. The heart of worship, in every tradition, is community and love, and through their self less service the sisters at the Vedanta Temple remind us of that daily, and of the divinity within us all.

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The Lure of the Islands

S.B. Birding

The fall birding season got off to a great start in early September when a Santa Barbara County–first rubythroated hummingbird came to a birder’s hummingbird feeders (he has 10 or so). Ruby-throated is the hummingbird of the eastern United States, and it is extremely rare for one to show up in California. (A qualifier: It is extremely rare for one to be identified in our state.)

faulty compasses; they fly in the wrong direc tion and end up flying out over the Pacific. When dawn comes and they realize their mis take, they turn around and head to the nearest point of land often an island, if they are close to our coastline. To increase your chances of finding these birds, you’d need to go where there are trees for food and cover. There is not much hospitable land on the east end of Santa Cruz Island, but the valley around Scorpion Ranch, with its eucalyptus groves, fits the bill nicely.

house, still buzzing with excitement, another vireo landed in an acacia right in front of us. Astonishingly, this one proved to be a yellow-green vireo, a bird that breeds in Mexico, and another potential first island record. Three rare vireos, and all from different parts of North America. What had brought them together in this remote canyon and at the same time?

Mysteries.

Our Channel Islands Are a Magnet for Rare Species

If the bird had been an adult male, it would have been relatively easy to pick out, but as in most cases of rare birds found out of range, this was a young individual making its first migration, and it had gotten lost. The ruby-throated is most closely related to our locally common black-chinned hummingbird, and it took careful scrutiny to differentiate between the two. The shapes of individual feathers on the wing had to be studied, as did the shape and length of the outer tail feathers. I learned a great deal by studying this bird, and that is one of the reasons I love birding so much: You are always learning.

In last month’s article, I talked about how birders look for rare fall migrants by finding where the food is, often lerpinfested eucalyptus trees. There is another way to increase your chances that I was determined to try this fall. I made it my goal to head out to Santa Cruz Island as much as possible. I usually go there once per fall, but I recently retired after 32 years in the classroom, so this was my chance to really explore island birding. I went out to Scorpion Anchorage five times, spending the night on two of those occasions.

Why would islands be a good place to look for rarities? The theory is that some eastern nocturnal migrating birds have

On my first excursion in mid-September, I found a puz zling flycatcher of the Empidonax genus, birds that are so similar to one another that even experienced birders are often left scratching their heads. I had my suspicions about this green-and-yellow bird and took a dozen or so photographs before campers flushed it to flight; despite my searching for much of the rest of the day, it was not to be seen again. Once home, I sent the photos to experts on Empidonax flycatchers and received the exciting news that confirmed my hunch that the bird was a rare stray from the east: a yellow-bellied flycatcher. If accepted by the California Rare Birds Committee (10 experts who review and vote on reports of extremely rare birds), it will be the first island record and only the second for our county.

Buoyed by my good fortune of being at the right place at the right time, on my next visit, I decided to spend the night in the campground. Along with a friend, we waited for dark and went out searching for saw-whet owls, the smallest of the northern owls, standing about eight inches tall. To our delight, we found a young owl in a eucalyptus grove. We watched it, and it watched us, ’til it became bored and fell asleep!

The next afternoon, two hours before our departure, will be a time I’ll never forget. Birding had been pretty slow up until that point, but all of a sudden, birds started appear ing from where is one of the mysteries that makes study ing birds so intriguing. The first bird to pop up before our astonished eyes was a Philadelphia vireo, a rare visitor from the east, as the name suggests. This bird proved to be a first record for the island. Within minutes, another rare vireo appeared, this one a plumbeous vireo, a bird of the Great Basin. While we waited for our boat at the Scorpion ranch

My visits to the island were punctuated by a deep-sea pelagic boat trip. It was advertised as a deep-sea trip, but when we reached Anacapa Island and were ready to motor over the deep seas beyond, we were informed by the navy that the waters to the south of the island were closed because there was missile testing going on. The testing was supposed to be over by 9:30, but the time was pushed back later and later, and all on board were glum as we stayed close to shore. When we were in the gap between Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz Islands, bird life began to pick up, and we saw large flocks of shear waters. As we approached one of these groups of pink-footed shearwaters, we saw that one bird at the end of the flock had a strangely white-headed appearance, one of the character istics of the rare streaked shearwater. We followed this bird for 40 minutes as it flew and settled again and noted all the field marks that did, indeed, make this a streaked shearwater, only the second ever to be seen in Southern California and a life bird for almost everyone on board. Streaked shearwaters nest in Japan and China and should have been thousands of miles away! What had looked to become a disappointing day turned suddenly rosy and it took just one bird.

On my last visit to Santa Cruz Island, the sheer number of migrants was astonishing. Two species that are usually quite scarce, Nashville and Tennessee warblers, were almost everywhere we looked. Over the two days, we tallied 16 dif ferent warbler species, including some unexpected but hoped-for rarities from the east: an ovenbird, a lovely olive-backed warbler that spends much of its time walking, not hopping, through the leaf litter in search of bugs; a Black burnian warbler; a northern parula; a Virginia’s warbler; and a black-throated blue warbler, a smart royal blue, black, and white treat of a bird.

While all these birds were thrilling to find, the memory that will last longest was taking a night hike on the headlands above the canyon, and there on the path coming upon a common poorwill, a cryptically colored and rarely seen night bird, that allowed us to watch and admire from mere feet away.

by Hugh Ranson, Member of the Santa Barbara Audubon Society

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This young saw-whet owl eventually tired of us and fell asleep.

This Philadelphia vireo proved to be a first Santa Cruz Island record.

The cryptically colored common poorwill is rarely seen.

The Sedgwick Chronicles

Environment

The Sedgwick Preserve’s 25th anniversary coincides with the 20th year of SCAPE Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment. The group will host a benefit show at the Music Academy of the West with original paintings featuring the diverse landscapes of UC Santa Barbara’s Natural Reserve System. All artwork will be for sale, and a portion of the proceeds will go toward the system’s mission of conservation and education.

Early Days

For at least 9,000 years, Santa Ynez Valley has been home to the Chumash. During the Late Period, about 800 years ago, Chumash peoples regularly traveled through the land that is now Sedgwick Reserve and used local chert for projectile points.

In 1769, a Spanish land expedition led by Gaspar de Portola left Baja California and reached the Santa Barbara Channel. In short order, the ancestral land of the Chumash became largely run by the five missions that had been established.

For the next 150 years, Sedgwick Reserve was used for ranching activities, including grazing by live stock. The property went through a series of owners beginning with Octaviano Gutierrez, who acquired it as part of a Mexican land grant. At the time, it was known as Rancho La Laguna. After a series of owners, Fran cis and Alice Sedgwick purchased the property in 1952.

These were no ordinary ranchers. Francis “Duke” Minturn Sedgwick and his wife, Alice de Forest-Sedgwick, were both from wealthy New England families. Both were passionate about the arts. Duke was a sculptor, novelist, and art collector; Alice studied piano at the Juilliard School of Music. After 17 years on the ranch, the Sedgwicks donated 51 percent of the property to the University of California with the pledge that the rest would follow upon their deaths.

the organization a year to purchase the “heirs’ parcel.” An agricultural easement was made by the county for $800,000. The Nature Conservancy kicked in $800,000 for a bridge loan. Other donors included the State Wildlife Conservation Board, the Lennox Foundation, the Towbes Foundation, the State’s Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program, the Irvine Foundation, and local individuals. Even with all the contributions, the Land Trust was still $85,000 short, but the deadline was ultimately met as neighbors delivered the final sum.

Celebrated Reserve Marks 25 Years of Science, Art, and Entry to the Great Outdoors

by Nikki Evans

Duke died in October 1967 and Alice continued to live on the property until her death in 1988. Despite the couple’s original wishes, Alice decided to leave the remaining 782 acres, including the ranch headquarters, to her five children, and she authorized the university to sell its portion.

Preserving the Whole

The donation of the ranch, valued at $3 million at the time, was the largest single private gift UCSB had received. In the late 1980s, UCSB proposed to sell its piece of the property in part to raise money to build an art museum that would house the Sedgwick Collection. A UCSB professor of ecology, Bruce Mahall, and graduate student John Cloud, formed the Friends of Sedgwick to advocate for the preserva tion of the ranch in its entirety, arguing it should be used for scientific research and public enjoyment.

The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County took the lead to resolve the dispute. In 1995, the Land Trust received a lease/option agreement from the Sedgwick Estate that gave

In 1997, full ownership was transferred to the UC Natural Reserve System, marking the establishment of nearly 6,000-acre Sedgwick Reserve as it exists today. The Land Trust, led by David Anderson, deserves the commu nity’s thanks for a difficult job well done. The “Anderson Overlook” at the property, which is arguably one of its grandest vista-points, was named in his honor.

Off and Running

Within a year of the reserve’s formation, at least 20 research projects were already underway. This included a long-term effort by UCSB faculty Bruce Mahall, Claudia Tyler, and Frank Davis to understand the iconic oak ecosystems of California, which continues today and has significantly advanced understandings of oak mor tality.

The property’s primary buildings at the time included the historic “Rancho La Laguna” barn built in 1908, the Ranch House built in 1947, various buildings for the Sedgwick fam ily and staff, and an art studio. Over the last 25 years, these buildings have been renovated through state and private funding to better host researchers, classes, and the public. Through the support of Linda La Kretz-Duttenhaver, the Barn was renovated in 2009 and the Ranch House in 2018. Careful attention was paid to maintain the historic character

of the structures.

In 2011, the Tipton Meeting House was built. It is one of few LEED Platinum-rated buildings in the UC System. And in 2017, the philanthropically endowed La Kretz Center for Research at Sedgwick Reserve was established with UCSB Professor Frank Davis as its inaugural director.

A Mecca for Science

At any given time, Sedgwick Reserve is home to dozens of research projects. While many are led by UCSB faculty and students, it is not uncommon for researchers to fly in from other states and countries to conduct their work. Every year, an average of 10-25 peer-reviewed manuscripts are published that utilize research done at Sedgwick with emphasis on climate, biodiversity, wildfire, and remote sens ing, including an ongoing project with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A fire ecology and prescribed-burn research program has also been “heating up” since 2017, with the first prescribed burn conducted in Sedgwick grassland in late 2020.

Sedgwick Reserve hosts up to two dozen university-level class visits each year that focus on biology, physical science, environmental management, social science, art, and educa tion. While most classes come for just the day, the Field Station provides a place for students to stay overnight, with many experiencing camping for the very first time.

Outreach has always been an important part of Sedgwick’s mission. Schools send their students for regular field trips, and the Reserve hosts an average of 300 K-12 students every year. In 2001, the first docent training took place and has con tinued ever since. Some members of the inaugural class still lead hikes, workshops, and community events to this day.

Volunteers maintain a native plant nursery on the prop erty, support demonstration gardens and restoration proj ects, clear trails and maintain facilities, take part in citizen science monitoring, and contribute thousands of hours of service annually to the Reserve. n

UC SANTA BARBARA MATT PERKO

Thymeless My Chef Serves Sustainability

Like most of the ingredients in her delicious dishes, Chef Melissa Petitto’s idea for a plantbased meal delivery service was entirely organic. She’d been working as a private chef in Santa Barbara when one of her clients approached her about opening a fast-casual, plant-based res taurant here.

of the Central Coast,” said Petitto, who worked in New York City for 13 years as a private chef for many such celebrities as Lucy Liu (her first client), Gwyneth Paltrow, and Christy Turlington. She was thrilled to move to Santa Barbara five years ago, and now sources from regional farmers through Tri-County Produce.

Chef Melissa Petitto Brings Plant-Based Meals to Your Door by Rebecca Horrigan

“As the pandemic unfolded, we quickly real ized that a restaurant wasn’t our best option and that creating a wider reach with my personal chef business, bringing great food to people’s homes, and elaborating on what I already know and love, was the way to go,” Petitto explained. After finding a shared commercial kitchen, the Thymeless My Chef meal delivery service was born.

“We believe in delicious food, organic as much as possible, and showcasing the amazing produce

Petitto started eating a plant-based diet herself 10 years ago and is raising her daughter that way as well. “I do not believe in pushing my agenda, but rather showing curious diners that the food is nourishing, delicious, and just happens to be plant-based,” Petitto explained. “The best compliment I have received is when a client tells me they cannot believe my food is vegan.”

When I tried out My Thymeless Chef for a week, I was skeptical of the Beyond Meat sausage in my rigatoni with sausage and broccoli rabe. But as the perfectly al dente noodles with sweet onions, plenty of garlic, and white wine sauce with a kiss of cream intermingled with the robust rabe and tender sausage crumbles, I was converted to the place “beyond” meat.

Customers choose the number of dinners,

CARL PERRY

GOOD & EASY EATS: Chefs Melissa Petitto and Loren Bird make tasty, healthy, and eco-minded dishes that are delivered regularly to front doors around Santa Barbara.

servings, side dishes, and optional “Add-Ons” for light lunches, desserts, or snacks. (Definitely add her chocolate-on-chocolate cupcake as a plusone or five!) Prices are about $26 per meal, ranging on the subscription part of the website from $156 for two meals three times a week, to $780 for six meals five days a week. Everything comes in stainless-steel containers with recipe cards and reheating instructions. They pick up the contain ers the following week, and you can skip weeks whenever necessary.

“Sitting down to a nourishing and delicious meal that you didn’t have to worry about cooking, talk ing about your day with your loved ones, that to me is where the magic happens,” Petitto explained. “I hope that with Thymeless meals, memories are cre ated and stories are shared around the dinner table.”

Petitto grew up with a Jewish mother and an Italian father who encouraged a love of food and reverence for family dinners. In high school, she apprenticed with acclaimed chef Frank Stitt and then earned a BS in culinary nutrition at Johnson & Wales University. A registered dietician, she’s authored nine different cookbooks and approaches cooking through an artis tic lens.

“Our menu changes weekly, so the cre ative juices are always flowing,” Petitto said. “Following the seasonal produce, making sure to have something for everyone on the menu, and giving as much variety as pos sible are my standards each week.”

Other highlights from my week included crispy tofu saag with her gor geously spiced aloo gobi and cumin saffron rice. Her flaky samosas with raita provided a beautiful appetizer as well.

“I love cooking from different cultures and cuisines, and that is evident when you look at the menu,” she said. “I will also be making sure to have something special on the menu if it’s a holiday. Rosh Hashanah just passed, so I made sure to have a vegan matzoh ball soup showcased.”

That intentionality infuses each meal. Whether it was the stuffed bell peppers or cauliflower tart, each bite reminded me of something satisfying and thought ful my own mom would have made growing up. Said Petitto, “I guess my favorite thing to cook is food that feels like home, like comfort, like love.”

See thymelessmychef.com.

CARL PERRY

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Living the Lyrical Life with Nigella Lawson

Being famous can get in the way of how good you are. Take the case of Nigella Lawson, who has sold more than 12 million books worldwide and is on so many “successful television programs,” as her bio proclaims, that she’s “a household name around the world.”

But she’s not just a comely face on our bookshelves and small screens, and no one should discount the power of her writing. Take this passage in her latest book, Cook, Eat, Repeat: “I do so love a crumble. I don’t just mean to eat, but also to make. When I stand at the kitchen countertop, with my hands immersed in cool flour, fluttering my fingers against the cold cubes of butter to turn these two disparate ingredients into one light pile of soft and sandy flakes, I feel, at one and the same time, that I’m not only repeating a process but reliving the memory of all the times I’ve done so before, and yet utterly immersed in the present, alive only in a sensation of flour and butter in my fingers, as they scutter about the bowl.”

Lucky Santa Barbara will get to be with her in the present, if without butter and flour on her fingers, on Saturday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m. at The Granada

The Food World Superstar Comes to the Granada

by George Yatchisin

Theatre. The evening, presented by UCSB Arts & Lec tures, will begin with Lawson in conversation with Evan Kleiman from KCRW’s Good Food and then con tinue with an audience Q&A.

“For me, what’s very important is this event just unravels authentically, spontaneously, directly,” Lawson said on a recent Zoom. “Who knows what ground will be covered? If people will want to talk about recipes or about an aspect of food that is perhaps more about what food means to them, or their memories associ ated with certain dishes? I think that’s why food is such a fascinating subject to discuss, because it takes in our history both personally and as a people, our culture, our petty prejudices, and our huge enthusiasms.”

Enthusiasm is clearly a watchword for Lawson, and that excitement carries over to her interlocutor for the evening. “Evan is a fascinating talker about food, and I’ve done a lot of radio with her over the decades,” explained Lawson, whose 16-night tour has her ready for anything. “There’s a quality to a room when people are responding in the moment,” she said. “I mean, even when I do my TV programs, I’m not scripted; I just blither and blather until the director says ‘Cut.’”

That blither and blather tends to win folks over, partially because, as she put it on the Zoom, “I’m talk ing home cooking here, not showy-offy fancy stuff.” Also note that she studied medieval and modern lan guages at Oxford, so language is crucial to her. Lawson also stresses the sensuous — see that far-from-humble crumble passage above — that often gets confused for the sensual in our too-crude culture.

“It’s really about just trying to think about the whole

process of cooking,” she explains. “For me, in life, you want to draw the maximum amount of pleasure out of everything, so of course eating is a divine joy and a pleasure. But so is contemplating what you’re going to eat, and so is enjoying the ingredients as you chop them. Or you see a bowl of lemons, and that’s beautiful — you’re creating your own still lifes. And then it’s also lovely when you think about the food afterward and how much you enjoyed the meal and what you might do with the leftovers. I want to share this tremendous sense of gratitude at wallowing in every pleasure, so you know it’s not a quarter-hour of pleasure; it becomes two hours of pleasure as you think about everything.”

And few think, really think, about food more than Lawson. She suggests cooking is one way to be “open to living lyrically,” and when asked about how people can do just that, she admits, “You know you cannot have too-high expectations. You got home from work, your toddler has been in a state of uproar because they didn’t like that they were given chocolate milk and not vanilla milk, or whatever it is. So, you’re dealing with that, and then you realize your other child needs to get their football clothes ready for the next day, so might

not be open to living lyrically then.

“But if you can say, ‘I’m going to have five minutes in the kitchen.’ Then you put a bit of oil in the pan, and maybe you take a lemon zester and grate some zest, and that smell will rise up and hit you — you know, it’s aromatherapy and it’s cooking your supper. One reason I think cooking is so good is that you have to take your intelligence away from your mind and make it exist in your fingertips, if you’re making a dough, or the feel of some beans as you press them with your wooden spoon in a pan and some of them begin to soften. And you live with the sound of the hiss when you quickly put some bacon in a pan. All those things are happening, and if you can just let yourself experience those things, that will help you feel less grumpy and more lyrical.”

As no doubt spending an evening with her at the Granada might, too.

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Nigella Lawson in conversation with KCRW’s Evan Kleiman on Saturday, November 12, 7:30 p.m., at The Granada Theatre (1214 State St.). See artsandlectures.ucsb.edu.

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ENGAGING & EDIBLE IDEAS: Cookbook author and TV star Nigella Lawson will grace the Granada Theatre stage on November 12 in conversation with Evan Kleiman of KCRW.

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Blood from a Stone

Howdoes someone go from the heart-wrenching role of listening to dying people for a living to finding redemption and salvation through a new career in the wine industry? This unlikely saga is the journey readers will experience in Blood from a Stone. The just-published memoir by Santa Ynez–based writer Adam McHugh educates about the history of wine while illuminating the unique turns in one man’s tumultuous life.

Earlier this year, McHugh reached out to me with a draft in hopes of getting an endorsement. I wasn’t sure what to expect though we roll in very simi lar circles, I only know of McHugh through social media posts and the articles he pens for Edible Santa Barbara but I found the book quite fascinating.

“For an avowed introvert, Adam McHugh lets it all hang out in Blood from a Stone, a very personal, soul-searching tale about a dying career, difficult divorce, and, ultimately, inspiring rebirth thanks to Santa Barbara County wine country,” is what I wrote for the book jacket. “Along the way, McHugh edu cates the reader in an engaging, accessible manner about the great sagas of wine, both those from Old World antiquity and more recent stories from the Santa Ynez Valley. This book should entertain wine neophytes and experts alike, or just anyone who’s pulling for the underdog.”

The book ends toward the end of December 2019, when McHugh’s life was on the upswing as a profes sional wine tour guide and educator. He decides to leave out the pandemic, explaining, “I felt like we were all pretty tired of that.” Today, he lives on a horse property along the stagecoach route in Santa Ynez with his wife, who teaches at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta.

We touched base again recently to discuss the book, and what follows is a streamlined version of our conversation.

How long has writing been part of your life? It was part of my academic training, and I always enjoyed it a little more than everything else I did in school. I had teachers that encouraged me. As a pastor, I started writing sermons a lot and enjoyed that a lot more than the other functions I maintained.

I would lose my sense of time when I was doing it, and I would lose track of where I was or what time of day it was. I’d get so enveloped in the process of writing. It’s still excruciating, just torture, and yet at the same time I can’t stop doing it. It took me four years to write Blood from a Stone. I look at it as the most satisfying thing I’ve ever done.

Are you still involved in any ministry? Honestly, I have left that all behind me completely. It’s been eight years since I fully immersed myself in the world of wine. I’m perfectly happy with being on the fringes of religion at this point.

What are your hopes for the book? It’s like a golf-ballsized snowball on the top of a hill. This is my third time publishing a book. In my experience, it’s like an old-time steam engine pulling out of the station. It’s really slow, very organic, very grassroots.

Do you have another book in the works? Not right now. Let me have a moment. I spent so much time and energy. It took four years to write and I had to live that life, which was about 10 years, so it’s essentially 15 years of my life that led to this book.

What are you loving about Santa Barbara wine these days? This feels like the golden era for wine in Santa Barbara County. Not only are there so many more wineries than there were 20 years ago, but the bar has been raised to such high levels.

I am very partial to the tiny, family-owned operations like Story of Soil and Dragonette and Future Perfect. Those kinds of places tend to be my bias.

It just felt like 20 years ago, there were a few good wines and maybe a nice restaurant or two. Now you’d be hard-pressed to find a wine you don’t like. And the culinary scene has finally been raised to match the quality of the wine. It’s an embarrassment of riches at this point.

Have your family and friends been surprised by these changes in your life? The reason I got into wine in the first place is because I grew up in a house with a big wine cellar up in Seattle. I always knew wine would be part of my life. I did not know I would end up doing it for a living. They’re all

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honestly quite a bit happier for me com pared to working in hospice in the middle of the night. My parents always thought that was weird, which it was. I think people are definitely celebrating this new era in my life.

Do you find a commonality between your hospice work and wine industry? The line I use when people think it’s such an incredible change is, “I used to listen to medicated people for a living and now I still listen to medicated people for a living.”

In the book, it was really the religious part of wine the pilgrimages, the history of the church, the monks of Burgundy preserving great vineyards in the Middle Ages that made me see the consistency of it all with my background as a minister. It actually felt like a very natural step for me to take in some way. Though, of course, there was a lot of loss and grief that I had to go through with letting go of my identity as a minister. I’m really a different person that I used to be.

Adam McHugh

Adam McHugh will sign copies of Blood from a Stone on November 2, 5-7 p.m., at Future Perfect tasting room in Los Olivos and on December 10, 3-5 p.m. at the Book Loft in Solvang. Follow him on Instagram at @adammchughwine.

There’s a ripple of reggae that runs through Southern California culture, a feel-good jam soundtrack to back yard pool parties, chill sessions at the beach, and vibing under the stars on warm nights. This year Santa Barbara welcomes the Reg gae on the Mountain music festival to its lineup of fall events three days of roots reggae, art, food, drink, and holistic wellness are taking over the Live Oak Campground November 18-20. Come for a day and bask in the positivity of the reggae family, or come for the weekend, and connect with nature by camping (or glamping). Whatever your pleasure, it’s time to feel IRIE!

Festival originators and organizers Amit Gilad and Brooks Ellis started the Reggae on the Mountain music festival in 2009 as teenagers. “We grew up together in Topanga Canyon,” say Gilead and Ellis. “We started this out as two 19-year-old kids just wanting to bring communities together…. It got big ger and bigger.” This will be the 11th annual festival (with a several-year COVID gap), with a capacity of 4,000 people a day. “The inspiration behind the festival is to bring people together to share in our diversity. We wanted to bring something that is Southern California … a little diverse, a little differ ent…. That was our purpose back when we were 19, and it’s still our purpose today.”

The festival features a musical lineup ranging from up-and-comers to big names. Returning acts include Steel Pulse, Pato Ban ton, Ky-Mani Marley, Don Carlos, and Bar rington Levy. New to the festival this year are artists like Nattali Rize, Vana Liya, and Ziggy Marley. “They’re flying the flag of conscious music,” says Rize. “And not just the music, but reminding people of their individual power and their collective power, and our ability to live life in harmonious, peaceful ways. And to share and spread love, and also

to be love.”

There will be various food and beverage vendors, including craft cocktails, local beer and wine, and Jamaican food (Gilad and Ellis recommend the jerked chicken). Beyond the music, there is a focus on art and holistic wellness, rounding out the experience with yoga sessions, speakers, and nutritionists, as well as live painters and muralists.

Any child under 10 gets free admission. Gilad and Ellis are fostering a healthy, inclu sive community of reggae enthusiasts that includes families. “It’s a safe type of event, not a raging festival party,” they say. “It’s a great place to bring your kids and show them arts and culture in a positive environment.”

And yes, cannabis is a big part of Rastafar ian and Reggae culture, and there’s no policy against it at the festival, but the organizers are careful to ask that people smoke in the designated smoking areas: “We don’t want kids exposed to smoke, and we don’t want

the fire marshal upset, so we’re cannabisfriendly but with respect to the community and the families.” They also note that Live Oak Campground is a high fire area, so smoke responsibly.

OJAI

—Maggie Yates

Reggae on the Mountain seeks to bring something with more gravitas than just “fun in the sun” to the community. Says Rize: “What we love about festivals is that these spaces are created to foster a gathering and a sense of unity among people in the arms of music, in this case reggae music, which is known for being a great connector of con sciousness, the heart, the mind. When we create spaces as Reggae on the Mountain is doing … it sets the scene for some really positive vibrations that will surely have a lasting effect.”

For more information about the festival, as well as the complete lineup and schedule, visit reggaeonthemountain.com.

T.C. BOYLE READING AT SBMA

Best-selling author T.C. Boyle graces us with wit once again with his new collection of short stories, I Walk Between the Raindrops, released in September 2022. Join Boyle at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art for a reading of the stories and conversation on the evening of Thursday, October 20.

A Santa Barbara local, T. Coraghessan Boyle brings a voice of dark humor and satire to all of his works, I Walk Between the Raindrops being no exception. Boyle warns us that in his reading, “I’m goin’ to mess with you.” The eclectic collection holds 13 short stories, some of which track narratives about a woman with alleged ESP, a quarantined cruise ship, and the appearance of a mysterious hyena. The diverse range rightfully earns Boyle the reputation as “a virtuoso of short form,” his stories characterized by what his publisher HarperCollins describes as “his always biting satire, resonant wit, and a boundless, irrepressible imagination.”

I Walk Between the Raindrops marks Boyle’s 13th published work of fiction, earning praise and recognition from publications such as the New Yorker, Harper’s, and Esquire. Boyle is also the recipient of numerous awards, including the PEN/Faulkner Prize for

best novel of the year in 1988 for his third novel, World’s End, and the PEN/Malamud Prize for short story in 1999.

Join Boyle for his reading of some of his newest short stories, and for a night of dark humor and wisdom. Following the event there will be a book-signing. Tickets are available at tickets.sbma.net.

Get your film fix at the 23rd annual Ojai Film Festival November 3-7. Featuring more than 80 films from around the world, which organizers say are chosen to uplift people, help audiences feel good about being members of the human race, or encourage them to live meaningful lives inspired by the examples of others.

The 2022 Distinguished Artist Award goes to the distinguished British actress Jacqueline Bisset, who came to prominence in the late 1960s in films like Murder on the Orient Express, The Deep, Class, and more recently Birds of Paradise, a 2021 American dance drama from Amazon Studios.

Among the noteworthy films is Time Capsule, whose story revolves around a cynical CEO haunted by unresolved feelings about his dysfunctional childhood. It is an emotionally rich story, written, directed, and starring Travis Greer, who grew up in Santa Barbara and attended Santa Marcos High School. Shot in Ojai, Time Capsule offers audiences a new view of the neighborhoods they know so well. Dedicating the film to his late brother Jason, Greer will receive the Bill Paxton Award for Best Gold Coast Film at brunch on Sunday morning, November 6, in the Ojai Art Center courtyard.

Of particular local interest is the documentary Mariposas del Campo, which chronicles Indigenous teenagers from Mexico who strive to change their destinies in the strawberry fields of Oxnard, as well as The Little Fox of Limuw, which focuses on the Channel Island fox.

—Leslie Dinaberg

For more information, including a complete schedule and new updates, visit ojaifilmfestival.com.

—Lola Watts

Bill Paxton Award Winner Travis Greer grew up in Santa Barbara and shot his film Time Capsule in Ojai.

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REGGAE ON THE MOUNTAIN IS COMING TO LIVE OAK CAMPGROUND

REGGAE ON THE MOUNTAIN IS COMING TO LIVE OAK CAMPGROUND

REGGAE ON THE MOUNTAIN IS COMING TO LIVE OAK CAMPGROUND

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Nattali Rize

Ziggy Marley

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T.C. Boyle reads from his latest book on October 20.

ART ABOUT BUILDINGS AT THOMAS REYNOLDS GALLERY

ART ABOUT BUILDINGS AT THOMAS REYNOLDS GALLERY

In practice and theory, art and architecture can be viewed as later family relations, albeit with the critical difference that buildings are more deeply indebted to the concrete rules of structural integrity and gravity. Architects naturally make art, drawing and painting in the line of duty (when outside the digital domain) and as a way of exploring the beauties of architecture around the world and, especially in an architec turally rich place as Santa Barbara, in the hometown.

Such is the basis of the aptly mongrel-monikered ARTchitecture: Santa Barbara & Beyond, the current exhibition of art by Santa Barbara architects, now at the impressive Thomas Reynolds Gallery. The gallery moved to town last year after 25 years in San Francisco and has been finding its way out of the pandemic chill.

Subjects range from illustrious and historic Santa Barbara buildings to European sights, and San Diego’s Balboa Park sneaks in through a sympathetic side door. Artistic styles range from Sean McArdle’s impres sionistic musings to Henry Lenny’s elegant precisionism, to Jeff Shelton’s gonzo/surreally cartoonish/folk-art-y impulses.

Michael Reardon, whose painting in the window juggles radiating series of arcs, with red stripes adding vim to the visual effect, shows vertical watercolors often dealing with optical sensations. “Notre Dame Nocturne” envisions the famed cathedral as a distant silhouetted form, with the shimmering surface of late-afternoon light on the Seine as a central element.

From elsewhere in the field of classic European architecture, Domi ane Forte’s dynamic “Horizon” captures the sense of wonder in gazing skyward at ornate architectural details of antiquated structures. Marc Appleton takes a more sober, documentarian approach in his insider’s appreciation of Roman ruins, with “Agrigento.”

Back on the home front, Santa Barbara’s famed courthouse and tower, a significant architectural treasure in our midst, is viewed through dif ferent perspectives. The monumental is pared down to the microcosm through the prism of landscaping in Stephen Harby’s loose-brushed watercolor, but emerges with its grandeur and formal details intact, as celebrated in realistic form, in Qing Xue’s painting.

ARTchitecture is one of those exhibitions that may well inspire a post-viewing walking tour. Make the two-block trek to the courthouse, for instance, and see what the fuss is about, while recognizing that con siderable sketching, conceptualizing, and draftsmanship went into its creation. Where architecture goes, art is never far behind.

—Josef Woodard

ARTchitecture: Santa Barbara & Beyond is on view at Thomas Reynolds Gallery (1331 State St.) through October 29. For more information, visit thomasreynolds.com.

OUR OWN PIANO MAN

GILL IS THE KEY TO FRIDAY FUN

OUR OWN PIANO MAN ZACH GILL IS THE KEY TO FRIDAY FUN

Multi-talented,

multi-instrumentalist man of many bands (including Jack Johnson and Animal Liberation Orchestra), and man of our fair city Zach Gill will be tickling the ivories in honor of Pianos on State on Friday, October 21, at noon, at the corner of State and Anapamu streets. Lucky us this particular piano, created by artist Lynx Lyn and located in front of Old Navy, hap pens to be the one adopted by the Santa Barbara Independent

Even though he is just finishing up a long series of tour dates with Jack Johnson including two sold-out nights at the Santa Barbara Bowl Gill generously said yes when we asked him to come do this free lunchtime show for Santa Barbarans.

“I love Pianos on State Street so much. For me, it feels like a sweet tradition, something I look for ward to every year,” said Gill. “Last Sunday, I’d just gotten home from a summer of being away, and I was out and about walking with a friend through Downtown Santa Barbara, and almost every block had beautiful piano music emanating from these beautifully decorated pianos. So many sweet musi

cians filled the night air with songs. It made me feel proud to call Santa Barbara my home. I feel honored to be a part of the tradition.”

Pianos on State Masq(p)arade!

Gill’s not the only one who loves Pianos on State. A host of performers are coming out to play in the second annual Masq(p)arade! a free event from 5:30-8 p.m. on October 21. Santa Barbara Commu nity Arts Workshop (CAW) presents a progressive performance parade, with 15-minute shows starting with Ed Baum at 5:30 p.m. at State/Figueroa (Pacific Premier Bank); followed by Cainan Birchim and Lynette Gaona Snow at 6 p.m. at State/Anapamu (Old Navy); Jackson Gillies and Connie Gillies at 6:30 p.m. at State/Anapamu (First Republic Bank); Opera Santa Barbara at 7 p.m. at State/Victoria (Starbucks); and Out of the Box Theatre Company at 7:30 p.m. at The Arlington Theatre.

—Leslie Dinaberg

BRANDON YADEGARI

FILE PHOTO MATT PERKO

“Plaza Rubio” by Stephen Harby

Whether he’s playing Pianos on State (top) or the Santa Barbara Bowl (below), Zach Gill is always a highly entertaining performer.

It is always welcome news when the rightly esteemed Juilliard String Quartet (JSQ) shows up on the Santa Barbara concert calendar, as it has with the Monday, October 24, concert at the Lobero The atre, kicking off the Masterser ies component of the current, full-bodied Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) concert season. And for a quarter-century, the thrill has contained at least a couple of points of geo-cultural pride: the Juilliard Quartet, based out of the prestigious New York City music school, is in the upper echelon of American string quartets, and since 1997, former UCSB-connected violinist Ronald Copes has been a vital part of the group.

At this point, Copes has bumped up to the senior position in the group, which celebrates its 75th anni versary this season. The otherwise all-female group now features violinist Areta Zhulla, cellist Astrid Schween, and the newest addition, violist Molly Carr, who has taken the spot left vacant by the late Roger Tapping, who joined JSQ in 2013 and passed away from cancer earlier this year.

Given the natural rotation and evolution of quartet members over the JSQ’s 75 years in the annals of clas sical music, new members find themselves stepping into a landmark organization they have learned from and admired from afar. As Copes commented in an interview, “All of us in the quartet at this particular point grew up with the Juilliard String Quartet being one of our idols. That was one of the standards of the

quartet [world]. People will come up to us and say, ‘Oh, I’ve been a fan of the Juilliard Quartet ever since 1956,’ and we’ll say ‘Well, yeah, so have we.’ ”

At the Lobero, the program has a new-ish work, Jamaican-born and Britain-based composer Eleanor Alberga’s Quartet No. 2 (written in 1994) sandwiched by the stalwart stuff of Beethoven’s Quartet No. 16 in F, and Dvořák’s Quartet No. 14 in A-flat.

One of the quartet’s aesthetic mantras is to approach both standard repertoire and contemporary works with great care but also fresh ears, or to “play mas terpieces like new works like masterpieces, and vice versa.”

“To me,” Copes says, “if one approaches contempo rary, recently performed music with care, it completely opens up the way that we would play Beethoven, or the way we would go about working on Beethoven. It is not received wisdom. There is not an urtext that is authori tative. It is opinions of different people and questions of ‘What do you think the composer intended, and do you think that might have changed?’ ”

There’s a New Group in Town

Called The GWP

Golfers With Parkinson, where those of us with Parkinson’s Disease can get together, play 9 holes of golf, fellowship & share what’s working to improve our lives.

9 holes of golf at The Santa Barbara Golf Club (aka Muni) Tuesday afternoons around 2:30. Everything is flexible depending on the group conscious of those wanting to participate.

—Josef Woodard

Expect expressive freshness and bone-deep institu tional solidity when the Quartet makes its way back to the Lobero.

CARLA MORRISON BRINGS LATIN PASSION TO THE STAGE

Renacimiento, in April. On the album, released on her independent Cosmica label, she demonstrates her confidence and range, from balladeer to bold vocal prowess suitable for dance floors everywhere. Its hits include “Contigo,” “No Me Llamas” and “Diamentes.”

Her single “Ansiedad,” released on its own in 2020, directly addresses the alienation of life during COVID lockdown. On the refrain, she sings (in an English translation): “The anxiety kills me / You became my need / Being without you is going to kill me / It’s that I can’t accept.”

Please contact me if you have any interest in participating…

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UCSB’s

Arts & Lectures series turns the style dial towards the Latin music orbit when fast-rising singer Carla Morrison makes her Santa Barbara debut at Campbell Hall on Thursday, October 27. The venue is a relatively modest one compared to the large halls she has been selling out in Latin America, as well as Los Angeles’ Greek Theater, and her distinctive reci pes for Latin pop with R&B and inventive electronica additives promises to shake the Campbell rafters in a fresh way.

Morrison, born Carla Patricia Morrison Flores in Baja, Mexico, boasts two Grammy Award nomi nations and three Latin Grammy Awards, and her reputation has bumped up with her fifth album, El

Her list of starry collaborations includes Ricky Martin on his tune “Recuerdo,” Lila Downs, Mackl emore, Calexico, and Colombian reggaeton star J Bal vin. Cameos and collabs aside, Morrison’s own star and creative voice are ascending.

At Campbell Hall, the singer and guitarist will be backed by a trio of Alejandro Jiménez on guitars, key boards, programming, and backing vocals; Daniel Fraire on keyboards, guitars, and backing vocals; and drummer/percussionist Samuel Felix. Although sing ing in Spanish, Morrison transcends the specifics of language. She speaks to a universal language and audi ence, anywhere the appreciation of melodic hooks, seductive electro-acoustic grooves and a voice that speaks emotional truths beyond words. —JW

ERIN BAIANO

The Juilliard String Quartet

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

ON the Beat

ON the Beat

ON the Beat spotlights all things music and music-adjacent in this newsletter/column by music and arts journalist-critic Josef Woodard

ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): “We must be willing to let go of the life we panned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” Aries mythologist Joseph Campbell said that, and now I’m passing it on to you just in time for the Sacred Sur render Phase of your astrological cycle. Make sage use of Campbell’s wisdom, Aries! You will generate good fortune for yourself as you work to release expectations that may be interfering with the arrival of new stories and adventures. Be brave, my dear, as you relinquish outdated attachments and shed defunct hopes.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): Plastic bags are used for an average of 12 minutes before being discarded. Then they languish in our soil or oceans, degrading slowly as they cause mayhem for animals and ecosystems. In alignment with current cosmic rhythms, I’m encouraging you to be extra discerning in your relationship with plastic bags as well as with all other unproductive, impractical, wasteful things and people. In the coming weeks, you will thrive by focusing on what will serve you with high integrity for a long time.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): Achilleas Frangakis is a professor of electron microscopy. He studies the biochemistry of cells. In one of his research projects, he investigated how cells interact with the outside world. He didn’t learn much about that question, but as he experimented, he inadvertently uncovered fascinating new information about another subject: how cells interact with each other when they heal a wound. His “successful failure” was an example of what scientists sometimes do: They miss what they looked for, but find unexpected data and make serendipitous discoveries. I suspect you will experience comparable luck sometime soon, Gemini. Be alert for goodies you weren’t in quest of.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): Renowned Brazilian novelist Osman Lins was born under the sign of Cancer the Crab. He wrote, “I will now live my life with the inventiveness of an engineer who drives his locomotive off the tracks. No more beaten paths: improvisation is the rule.” In the coming weeks, I am all in favor of you, my fellow Can cerian, being an inventive adventurer who improvises liberally and departs from well-worn routes. However, I don’t recommend you do the equivalent of running your train off the tracks. Let’s instead imagine you as piloting a four-wheel-drive, all-terrain vehicle. Go off-road to explore. Improvise enthusiastically as you reconnoiter the unknown. But do so with scrupulous attention to what’s healthy and inspiring.

LEO

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(July 23-Aug. 22): In recent years, art historians have recov ered numerous masterpieces that had been missing for years. They include a sculpture by Bernini, a sketch by Picasso, a drawing by Albrecht Dürer, and a painting by Titian. I’m a big fan of efforts like these: searching for and finding lost treasures. And I think you should make that a fun project in the coming weeks. Are there any beautiful creations that have been lost or forgotten? Useful resources that have been neglected? Wild truths that have been buried or underestimated? In accordance with astrological potentials, I hope you will explore such possibilities.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The most important experience for you to seek in the coming months is to be seen and respected for who you really are. Who are the allies best able to give you that blessing? Make vigorous efforts to keep them close and treat them well. To inspire your mission, I offer you three quotes. (1) Franz Kafka said, “All the love in the world is useless if there is a total lack of understanding.” (2) Anaïs Nin wrote, “I don’t want worship. I want under standing.” (3) George Orwell: “Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libra poet Wallace Stevens said that the great poems of heaven and hell have already been writ ten, and now it is time to generate the great poems of earth. I’d love to invite all Libras, including non-writers, to apply that perspective in their own sphere. Just for get about heaven and hell for now. Turn your attention away from perfection and fantasylands and lofty heights.

Disregard pathologies and muck and misery. Instead, explore and celebrate the precious mysteries of the world as it is. Be a connoisseur of the beauty and small miracles embedded in life’s little details. Find glory in the routine.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Here are two top Scorpio pastimes: (1) exploring and deploying your intense, fertile creativ ity; (2) spiraling gleefully down into deep, dark voids in pursuit of deep, dark riches. Sometimes those two hobbies dovetail quite well; you can satisfy both pursuits simultaneously. One of my favorite variations on this scenario is when the deep, dark void you leap into turns out to actually be a lush wonderland that stimulates your intense, fertile creativity. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, that’s likely to happen soon.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “I don’t want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.”

Sagittarian filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow said that. With the help of this attitude, she became the first woman ever to win an Academy Award for Best Director. Her film was The Hurt Locker, about American soldiers in Iraq who dispose of unexploded bombs while being harassed by enemies. Anyway, Bigelow’s approach is usually too hard-ass for me. I’m a sensitive Cancer the Crab, not a bold Sagittarius the Centaur like Bigelow and you.

But I don’t want to assume you’re in the mood for her approach. If you are, though, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to deploy it. Some marvelous epiphanies and healing changes will be available if you forswear stuff that makes you pacified or comfortable.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Author Jan Richardson tells us we can’t return home by taking the same route we used when we departed. This will be wise advice for you to keep in mind during the next nine months. I expect you will be attempting at least two kinds of homecomings. For best results, plan to travel by different routes than those that might seem natural and obvious. The most direct path the successful passage may be circuitous.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the coming days, maintain strict boundaries between yourself and anyone or anything that’s not healthy for you. Be ultra-discerning as you decide which influences you will allow to affect you and which you won’t. And rather than getting sour and tense as you do this, I recommend you proceed with wicked humor and sly irony. Here are three saucy self-protective statements you can use to ward off threats and remain inviolable. (1) “The current ambiance does not align sweetly with my vital soul energy; I must go track down some more harmonious karma.” (2) “This atmosphere is out of sync with my deep precious selfness; I am com pelled to take my deep precious selfness elsewhere.” (3) “The undertones here are agitating my undercurrents; it behooves me to track down groovier overtones.”

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): While asleep, have you ever dreamt of discovering new rooms in a house or other building you know well? I bet you will have at least one such dream soon. What does it mean? It suggests you want and need to get in touch with parts of yourself that have been dor mant or unavailable. You may uncover evocative secrets about your past and present that had been unknown to you. You will learn about new resources you can access and provocative possibilities you had never imagined.

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in patient care areas during the influenza season. Must have a current CA Licensed Clinical Social Worker license at all times during employment. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. Salary commensurate with experience and within limits of the grant. 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 Open until filled. Job #41572

ACADEMIC LEAVE ADMINISTRATION

SPECIALIST

ACADEMIC PERSONNEL OFFICE

Manages, plans and administers the leave processes for academic employees including sabbaticals, medical leaves, personal leaves, childbearing leaves, and all other leaves allowable by policy. Oversees the ongoing development of centralized leave services. Counsels employees and supervisors/ managers on a wide range of leave entitlements. Advises employees on Disability Benefits as it relates to their need for leave. Maintains a high level of knowledge regarding University, State and Federal leave requirements. Coordinates medical leave and FMLA matters. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area or equivalent experience and/or training.

Knowledge of FMLA, CFRA, PFL, PDL, Workers Comp, Military Leave, ERISA, HIPAA and applicable state and federal laws. Experience with leave policy interpretation, including collective bargaining unit agreements.

Note: 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 10/25/22.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 43951

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER needed by 19Six Architects in Santa Barbara, CA ‑ performs Predesign, Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, and Construction Administration.

Operated CAD, Revit, SketchUp, Microsoft PowerPoint & Adobe Suite. Works under a Registered Architect. Must have B Arch + 2 yrs of professional architectural design experience. Email resume to madnani@19six.com.

Reqs: Experienced professional with an in‑depth understanding of Development, prospect management, development research and donor relations practices, policies and procedures. Bachelor’s Degree in related area; strong policy analysis techniques, and comfortable working with complex policies, programs, and proposals with the ability to develop new programs or procedures for possible implementation; strong project management skills; ability to analyze problems/issues of diverse scope and determine solutions; strong communication and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing; ability to use discretion and maintain all confidentiality; strong skills in analyzing, researching and synthesizing large amounts of data for preparing sound and relevant proposals/analysis and metrics; ability to multi‑task with demanding timeframes; knowledge of common organization‑ or research‑specific and other computer application programs.

Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $62,300‑70,000yr.

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 10/24/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 43668

Satisfactory conviction history background check. $26.39 ‑ $33.53/ 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 10/25/2022. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 43941

CATERING SUPERVISOR CAMPUS DINING

CAMPUS DINING ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR

CAMPUS DINING

The Campus Dining Engagement Coordinator focuses on development and execution of engagement activities within Campus Dining, specifically focused to improve the undergraduate and resident experience. Coordinates activities, including events, promotional materials, and products designed

CASE RESOLUTION OFFICER

TITLE IX AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY COMPLIANCE

Using independent judgment and maintaining an experienced level of professionalism knowledge and confidentiality, the Case Resolution Officer implements and maintains the University’s policies and procedures that pertain to Title IX by independently evaluating and simultaneously responding appropriately to multifaceted claims, which entail considerable risk in the event of audit and/or litigation, and the immediate needs of complainant(s), witness(es), reporting party or parties and respondent(s) for supplemental assistance with regard to interim protections and accommodations, if appropriate, and personal and/or emotional support resources. Will consider fully remote and hybrid schedule requests. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent training and/or experience. Two years of related experience, or equivalent experience and training. Advanced knowledge of professional compliance and investigation standards.

Demonstrated experience conducting investigations within complex organizations, including the ability to demonstrate political astuteness while conducting investigations.

Demonstrated knowledge and ability to interpret federal and state equal opportunity and non‑discrimination laws, regulations and policies. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child Abuse. Mandated reporting requirements of Dependent Adult Abuse. UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. Satisfactory conviction history background check. $75,800 ‑ $92,000/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive

The Catering Supervisor is responsible for event preparation and supervision. Acts as onsite manager at events throughout the year. Acts as onsite manager at events throughout the year. Core job responsibilities are Event Set‑Up, Student Staff Management and Event Management. Responsible for adhering to budgeted labor costs while also ensuring the highest degree of excellence in service and meeting the client’s needs. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. 1‑3 years of demonstrated ability to organize and manage a variety of events while maintaining a high standard of excellence, including ability and willingness to prioritize and make necessary adjustments for last minute events, or equivalent combination of experience. Proven ability to train, schedule and supervise student staff or equivalent combination of experience. Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. Must be able to drive a van and/or box truck. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Able to work flexible hours including nights and weekends. $46,100.00 ‑ $49,878.00/ 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. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 43298

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER

STUDENT HEALTH

Provides a full range of social work services, with emphasis on identifying treatment resources and providing psychosocial interventions (individual, group, crisis) not offered by other campus resources, to assure that students receive optimal benefit from medical and/or psychiatric care. The primary client population to be served is students with significant psychosocial stress, acute and chronic mental illnesses and in need of short and long term social services, including long term counseling and case management support. Reqs: Must be currently registered as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of California at all times during employment. Master’s degree from an accredited school of social work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Three

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News Reporter

The Independent is seeking a news reporter to join the news desk. In addition to reporting and writing, the job involves collaboration with editors on assignments, cultivating sources, and interest in government and civic issues. Candidates will be able to research, analyze, and interpret trends for newsworthiness. Knowledge of Santa Barbara County is preferred. This is a full-time position that requires attention to detail, ability to perform under pressure of deadlines, and strong time management skills. Though specific experience in reporting on Santa Barbara is preferred this is an entry level position and dedicated workers with strong writing skills may apply.

Full-time positions include health, dental, and vision insurance, Section 125 cafeteria plan, 401(k), and vacation program.

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INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE SPECIALIST

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY Industrial Hygiene Specialist is responsible for developing, implementing, managing and identifying needs for a diverse set of campus programs in the area of Industrial Hygiene including; confined space, hearing conservation and hazard communication under direction of the Industrial Hygiene Program Manager. Carries out industrial hygiene tasks and surveys related to indoor air IAQ issues and situations involving chemical, physical and biological hazards. Reqs: 2‑5 Years comprehensive industrial hygiene experience. BA Degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. Experience in the industrial hygiene field conducting air monitoring, which includes background, ambient, and clearance sampling. Possess experience conducting indoor air quality assessments, mold surveys, and sampling for various chemicals, solvents, and microbiological contaminants. Experience with collecting samples using direct read instruments and sampling equipment using various types of media.

Familiarity with OSHA, EPA, federal regulations, and industry standards pertaining to industrial hygiene, environmental, hazardous materials and indoor air quality assessment.

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. $61,200‑$95,000/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. Open until filled. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job #38151

MARKET MANAGER CAMPUS DINING

The Market Manager plans, organizes, manages and directs the total day‑to‑day activities, work, customer service and maintenance functions in the Residential Dining Retail facilities (Tenaya Market and Eatery).

LEAD LABORER

RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS

Serves as working lead for team of Sr. Custodians, Sr. Building Maintenance Worker, student employees and seasonal workers, working 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, and equipment maintenance for building. Under the general supervision of the Custodial Supervisor or Residence Hall Manager, performs duties in accordance with established standards and instruction, for University owned Residence Halls, Apartments and Dining Facilities. Reqs: Minimum 3 years of custodial or maintenance work experience in an institution and/or commercial setting (college residence hall, hotel, resort, or school).

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 work force.

Notes: Two positions available. 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. Open

The Market Manager participates in the planning, development, preparation, and management of unit budgets to ensure proper fiscal controls. The Market Manager also supervises the ordering, receiving, storage and issuing of all assigned products and the planning and service of all assigned menu items. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and/ or equivalent experience/training. 5 years of management experience in a food service operation and/or retail outlet with education in Food Service Management or Culinary Arts, or equivalent education/experience in restaurant or retail food service operations. Demonstrated experience in planning and management related to convenience stores or other retail operations management within a university environment, including but not limited to financial and labor management, sourcing & procurement, marketing & merchandising, handling and storage, customer service and health & safety. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in food related financial management & reporting, and the ability to prepare short and long‑range financial forecasts. Knowledge in inventory control functions, including experience in physical inventory counts, receiving, and storage of materials. Experience in planning, organizing, and coordinating the work of culinary staff to accomplish daily operational goals in multiple locations and experience in leading a diverse culinary staff in the execution of all menu items. Knowledge of Culinary Production Management, food production, including sanitary and safety standards, cost control and expense analysis, and food selection and ordering. Knowledge of current food trends, experience with food preparation, and skill practicing and in supervising a food production staff in the basic principles of food preparation and handling, including standardized recipes, batch cooking, and proper temperatures for storage and service.Experience within a customer service oriented environment responding to and meeting/exceeding the needs of the customer. Skills in identifying the customer’s perspective and maintaining a commitment to excellence in customer service. 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. $57,800 ‑ $72,000/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. Open until filled. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 43792

Association of Medical Assistants (AMA), California Certifying Board of Medical Assistants (CMAA). Applicants without a proper certification will not be considered. Notes: Credentials verification completed and passed before employment and date of hire. Mandated reporting requirements of Child & Dependent Adult Abuse. Satisfactory background check completed and passed before employment and date of hire. To comply with Santa Barbara County Public Health Department Health Office Order, this position must provide evidence of annual influenza vaccination, or wear a surgical mask while working in patience care areas during the influenza season. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. This is an 11‑month position with 4 weeks of furlough taken during quarter breaks and summer months. Days and hours are M‑F, 7:45am‑4:30pm (may be required to work TH evenings until 7:00pm). $23.97/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 # 43395

Responsible for preparing report forms and patients’ samples for transport to a referral laboratory. Maintains working levels of laboratory supplies, stocks supplies, performs daily and periodic preventative maintenance, washes glassware, cleans countertops, performs record keeping duties of the reception desk as needed and maintains the cleanliness of the entire laboratory area. Reqs: Must have a California Phlebotomist license at all times during employment. Must be familiar with the various types of equipment specific to phlebotomy and specimen processing and the disposal handling of medical waste. Two years’ experience working in a medical office or laboratory required. Notes: 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 complete and pass the background check and credentialing process before employment and date of hire. This is an 11‑month position with 4 weeks of furlough. Working hours are Monday through Friday 8:30am – 5:30pm. May be required to work earlier or beyond normal working hours depending on clinical or laboratory needs.

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 # 43450

for campus. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and / or equivalent experience and training. 1‑3 years developing, implementing, and/ or managing safety programs.

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. Reqs: High School diploma or equivalent. Certification with one of the following agencies required; American

NURSE PRACTITIONER‑

LIMITED STUDENT HEALTH

Responsible for gathering data, making hypotheses, identifying problems, implementing management plans and evaluation results of interventions both independently and collaboratively. The NP integrates health maintenance, disease prevention, physical diagnosis and treatment of common episodic and chronic problems in primary care with equal emphasis on health teaching and disease management. Reqs: BRN and current RN and Nurse Practitioner license, CA Furnishing license (DEA registration schedules 2‑5). Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child Abuse. Mandated reporting requirements of Dependent Adult Abuse. Must successfully complete and pass the background check and credentialing process before employment and date of hire. 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 have a BRN and current RN and Nurse Practitioner license, CA Furnishing license and DEA registrations 2‑5 at all times during employment. Any HIPAA or FERPA violations is subject to disciplinary action. This is a limited at 40% position not to exceed 1,000 hours in a rolling one‑year period. Days/Hours may vary but will equate to 16 hours/week. Student Health is closed between Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. 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. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 43453

Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. Starting at $26.15/hr or depending on 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. Application review begins 10/28/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 44152

RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES COORDINATOR

RESIDENTIAL & COMMUNITY LIVING

PHLEBOTOMIST

STUDENT HEALTH

Performs phlebotomy and laboratory procedure set‑ups for a university health care laboratory facility.

PHYSICIAN

ASSISTANT‑LIMITED STUDENT HEALTH

Works in a collaborative and collegial relationship with physicians, nurse practitioners and other clinical staff at UCSB Student Health.

Responsibilities include evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of acute illnesses and injuries, providing brief mental health interventions, prescribing medications under the legal scope of practice and arranging follow up care. Procedures such as laceration repair, extremity splinting, incision and drainage of abscesses, wound care and management of IV fluids will be performed depending on training, experience and privileging by UCSB Student Health administration. Reqs:Current Physician Assistant license at all times during employment and DEA registration schedules 2‑5. Must be certified by the State Board of Medical Examiners or the National Board of Medical Examiners. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child & Dependent Adult Abuse. Must successfully complete and pass the background check and credentialing process before employment and date of hire. 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. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. This is a limited at 40% position not to exceed 1,000 hours in a rolling 12‑month period. Days/Hours may vary but will equate to 16 hours/ week. Student Health is closed between Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. 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,

Under the general supervision of the Associate Director of Student Life, the Residential Facilities Coordinator is charged with analyzing and resolving cases stemming from the 11,000 residents living in 16 Housing and Residential communities who encounter emergency facility issues; directing the relocation process and reimbursement for the University Housing residents. Serves as an institutional contact and referral point for students, parents and clients who have questions and concerns regarding a facility problem. Advises live‑in professional staff on facility/resident concerns. Provides training for live‑in staff on resident safety issues. Reqs: 1‑3 years working in a university setting, or equivalent experience / training. Thorough knowledge of advising and counseling techniques. Strong knowledge of common University‑specific computer application programs and knowledge of University and departmental principles and procedures involved in risk assessment and evaluating risks as to likelihood and consequences. Thorough knowledge of Student Affairs/ Student Life specialization. Skills in judgment and decision‑making, problem solving, identifying measures of system performance and the actions to improve performance. Abilities in project management, problem identification and reasoning skills. Ability to develop original ideas to solve problems. Notes: UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. 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. $67,000 ‑ $74,300/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. Application review begins 10/21/2022. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 43883

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. Must be able to work some evenings and weekends. Must be willing to work with and respond to emergencies (on and off‑hours) involving potentially hazardous materials. $68,700.00 ‑ $95,000.00/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. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 43048

and compressed gas cylinders. Maintains an accurate inventory of the compressed gas cylinders and liquid nitrogen dewars, reconciling monthly rental recharges against inventory. Assists the customer service counter in the Research Storeroom and steady‑state PPE facility, trains student workers, and performs general storeroom duties such as restocking. Reqs: High School diploma or GED. Working knowledge in storeroom and inventory practices, procedures used in the receipt, storage, and distribution of merchandise. Clerical and data entry experience. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $21.81‑$24.07/ 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 10/24/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 43933

SENATE ANALYST ACADEMIC SENATE

Serves as Academic Senate Analyst for the Council on Research and Instructional Resources and its standing committees; manages and coordinates all administrative aspects of the Faculty Research Grants program; co‑administers the Senate research budget with the Senate Budget Analyst. Serves as Analyst for the Council on Faculty Welfare, Academic Freedom, and Awards and its standing committees.

Provides direction, analytical support, and interpretation of policy and procedures for the chair and members of assigned councils and committees; serves as institutional memory; drafts, edits, and independently writes reports, minutes, and correspondence.

Reqs: Bachelor’s degree and three years working in a related area or equivalent training. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Excellent organizational skills. Advanced analytical/ problem solving skills. Strong policy analysis techniques.

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ARIT‑ ADMIN & RESIDENTIAL INFORMATION TECH

SAFETY SPECIALIST‑ ACCIDENT PREVENTION

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY

Under the direction of the Industrial Safety Program Manager, develops, implements, manages, and identifies needs for a diverse set of campus‑wide occupational health and safety programs, including but not limit to: Driving Safety, Fall Protection, Theater & Performance Safety, Ladder & Scaffolding Safety, Aerial Lifts, Trenching & Shoring Safety, and Heat Illness Prevention. Additional areas of responsibility include performing job hazard and personal protective equipment (PPE) assessments, developing and providing training and technical information, performing audits and compliance inspections, generating reports and corrective action notifications, providing injury prevention program assistance, implementing injury prevention strategies, and monitoring injury trends on campus. Serves as a Certified Specialized Equipment Operator and Driver Safety instructor

Excellent interpersonal skills to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with Senate staff, faculty, administrators, and other stakeholders of various backgrounds. Knowledge of the structure and function of University offices and departments, and their organizational relationships. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $75,800/ 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. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 43599

SENIOR STOREKEEPER DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Responsible for all orders placed by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Center for Polymers and Organic Solids. Reconciles the incoming product and packing slip with the purchase order, and receives appropriately in Gateway. Maintains knowledge of special handling procedures for hazardous, temperature sensitive, radioactive, cryogenic, and biological materials. Coordinates credits, returns, and replacements for damaged or mis‑shipped items, working with vendors and end‑users in a timely manner. Is responsible for ordering dry ice, liquid nitrogen,

The Sr. Business Systems Developer supports the UCSB Access Card office by identifying strategies and opportunities for innovation and automation for key line of business applications. Leads all areas of support for critical UCSB Access Card Systems, including: Transact TSE, CardSmithLocal, TrueCredential, eAccounts, Agilysys POS, MBS Campus Store POS, Housing Laundry POS. Participates in multiple cross‑functional and cross‑organizational projects in a broader Administrative Services Division IT context. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and/or equivalent training/experience. 4‑6 Years Experience with/expertise in Point of Sale and associated integrations with Campus Card systems, preferably Transact TSE. Applies advanced business analysis concepts to identify, evaluate and define highly complex systems scope and objectives based on advanced knowledge of applicable business practices, processes and systems and industry standards to meet end‑user needs. Works at the highest technical level of various phases of systems analysis. Considers the business implications of applying technology to the current and future business environment. Initiates, designs or modifies highly complex systems and procedures where standardized policies or procedures may or may not exist. Initiates, facilitates, implements and documents work process changes. Prepares and approves or obtains approval for business process and procedural documentation. Initiates and oversees changes in processes and procedures. Sets the technical requirements for complex specifications. Performs highly complex analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements and translation into proper system and process requirement specifications. Provides advanced support and training on new applications. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check. $83,100 ‑ $126,300/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. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 43802

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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: 12/08/2022 AT 9:00 A.M. DEPT:

5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107. Anacapa Division.

form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Barrett P. O’Gorman, O’Gorman & O’Gorman LLP, 5901 Encina Rd., Suite B‑2, Goleta, CA 93117; 805‑967‑1215.

Published October 13, 20, 27, 2022.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ALTON HAYES CASE NO.: 22PR00487

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ELECTRONICALLY FILED, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, DARREL E. PARKER, EXECUTIVE OFFICER 10/4/2022, BY APRIL GARCIA, DEPUTY.

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: PATRICIA ANN EGGERS AKA PATRICIA A. EGGERS & P.A. EGGERS

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: RICHARD ERDMANN in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Richard Erdmann 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

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

ELECTRONICALLY FILED, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, DARREL E. PARKER, EXECUTIVE OFFICER 9/30/2022, BY JAZMINE KILLIAN, DEPUTY.

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: ALTON HAYES

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: Marie Richardson in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Marie Richardson 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: 11/14/2022 at 8:30 a.m. Dept: 4

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 312 East Cook Street, Building E, 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.

Attorney for Petitioner: Jerry J. Howard, Thyne Taylor Fox Howard, LLP, 205 East Carrillo Street, #100, Santa Barbara, CA 93101,

NOTIFICACIÓN DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA CONSEJO DE LA CIUDAD

Audiencia Pública Híbrida– en persona y por Zoom 1 de noviembre, 2022, 5:30 P.M.

LEYES PARA EDIFICACIÓN LOCAL

ATENCIÓN: la reunión se realizará en persona y por la plataforma Zoom. El público también puede ver la reunión en el Canal 19 de Goleta y/o por internet en https://cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings.

POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que el Consejo de la Ciudad de Goleta realizará una audiencia pública en la fecha establecida a continuación para la segunda lectura de la ordenanza siguiente según la Sección 50022.3 del Código de Gobierno:

Una ordenanza del Consejo de la Ciudad de Goleta, California, enmendando los siguientes capítulos del Título 15 “Edificación y Construcción” del Código Municipal de Goleta: Capítulo 15.01 “Código de Edificación”, Capítulo 15.03 “Código de Electricidad”, Capítulo15.04 “Código de Plomería”, Capítulo 15.05 “Código de Mecánica”, Capítulo 15.08 “Código Administrativo”, Capítulo 15.11 “Código Residencial”, Capítulo15.12 “Código para Construcción Ecológica”, Capítulo 15.15 “Código para Energía”, Capítulo 15.16 “Código Histórico”, Capítulo 15.17 “Código para Edificación Existente” y enmendar el Capítulo 15.19 “Código Internacional para el Mantenimiento de la Propiedad”, adoptando por referencia los códigos listados arriba en los Códigos de Estándares de Construcción del Estado de California y adoptando enmiendas locales para esos códigos.

Como parte de la ordenanza, se proponen dos enmiendas locales nuevas como se describe a continuación: 1) que los permisos de construcción para todo tipo de ocupación, excepto para R-3 (residencia familiar única y residencia de dos unidades) y U (Utilidades) sean emitidos solamente para contratistas con licencia y 2) que se establezca un periodo de seis (6) años de expiración para todos los permisos de construcción. Se permite una audiencia para considerar establecer leyes de construcción local más estrictas que los estándares del estado según la Sección 25402.1(h)2 del Código de Recursos Públicos.

INFORMACIÓN SOBRE LA AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA:

FECHA Y HORA DE LA AUDIENCIA: martes 1 de noviembre, 2022, a las 5:30 PM

UBICACIÓN: Municipalidad de Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117 y reunión de teleconferencia; esta reunión se realizará en persona y en Zoom (con instrucciones detalladas para la participación incluidas en el orden del día publicado)

COMENTARIO PÚBLICO: se anima a todas las personas interesadas a que ofrezcan comentarios públicos durante la audiencia pública en persona o a través del webinario Zoom, siguiendo las instrucciones listadas en el orden del día de la reunión del Consejo de la Ciudad. Se puede entregar comentarios escritos antes de la audiencia enviando un correo electrónico a la Secretaria Municipal en cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Los comentarios escritos se distribuirán al Consejo y se publicarán en la página de la reunión de la ciudad y del orden del día.

DISPONIBILIDAD DE DOCUMENTOS Y CONTACTO CON EL PERSONAL: los reportes del personal y materiales relacionados para la audiencia del Consejo de la Ciudad también se publicarán en esta página web por los menos 72 horas antes de la reunión en el sitio web de la Ciudad en www.cityofgoleta.org.

Para más información sobre este proyecto, comuníquese con la Oficial de Construcción Stephanie Spieler, llamando al 805-961-7552 o enviando un mensaje a sspieler@cityofgoleta.org o en buildinggroup@cityofgoleta. org. Para preguntas en español, por favor comuníquese con Marcos Martínez llamando al (805) 562-5500 o enviando un mensaje a mmartinez@cityofgoleta.org.

Nota: si usted denuncia la naturaleza de la acción descrita arriba en los tribunales, usted podría estar limitado solamente a aquellos asuntos que usted o alguna otra persona mencionaran en la audiencia pública descrita en esta notificación o en la correspondencia escrita entregada a la Ciudad en la fecha de o con anterioridad a la audiencia pública (Sección del Código de Gobierno 65009[b][2]).

Nota: conforme con la Ley de Americanos con Discapacidades, si necesita asistencia para participar en esta audiencia, por favor llame a la Oficina de la Secretaria Municipal al (805) 961-7505. Una notificación por lo menos 48 horas antes de la audiencia permitirá al personal de la Ciudad hacer arreglos razonables.

Fecha de publicación: Santa Barbara Independent, 20 de octubre, 2022 y 27 de octubre, 2022.

805‑963‑9958.

Published October 6, 13, 20, 2022.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: EUNICE PALACIOS CASE NO.: 22PR00477 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: EUNICE PALACIOS.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: Mark Watson in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara

THE PETITION for probate requests that: MARK WATSON 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: 11/10/2022 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: 09/21/2022 By: April Garcia, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Jeffrey B. Soderborg, Barnes & Barnes, 1900 State Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 687‑6660. Published October 6, 13, 20, 2022.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CASE RICHARD W. FLORA, ALSO KNOWN AS RICHARD WILLIAM FLORA, CASE NO. 22PR00492

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: RICHARD W. FLORA, RICHARD WILLIAM FLORA

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: JESSIE FLORA in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

The Petition for Probate requests that: JESSIE FLORA 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: 12/01/2022 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 Santa Barbara. 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: 09/28/2022 By: April Garcia, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Margaret V. Barnes, 1900 State Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 687‑6660.

Published October 13, 20, 27, 2022.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CASE J.W. COLIN NO. 22PR00483

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: J. W. COLIN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: Jeffrey Wayne Colin in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara

The Petition for Probate requests that: JEFFREY WAYNE COLIN 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: 11/10/2022 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 Santa Barbara. Anacapa Division.

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

LEGALS (CONT.)

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: 09/26/2022

By: April Garcia, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Howard M. Simon, Jarvis, Hartloff & Simon, 25 East Anapamu Street, Second Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 963‑9500.

Published October 13, 20, 27, 2022.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RUTH E. DOUGLAS AKA RUTH E. CARLSON AKA RUTH D. CARLSON NO: 22PR00508

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of Ruth E. Douglas AKA Ruth E. Carlson AKA Ruth D. Carlson

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: Mark Douglas in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that (name): Mark Douglas 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 examiniation 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: 12/8/2022

AT 9:00 AM, DEPT. 5, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division. Historic Anacapa Courthouse.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR OR A CONTINGENT CREDITOR OF THE DECEDENT, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. OTHER CALIFORNIA STATUTES AND LEGAL AUTHORITY MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS AS A CREDITOR. YOU MAY WANT TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY KNOWLEDGEABLE IN CALIFORNIA LAW.

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Jonathan P. Huber‑SBN 225809, Huber & Fox, P.C., 650 University Ave., Ste. 113,

Sacramento, CA 95825, (916) 525‑7980.

Published October 20,27, November 3, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MONSOON FLORA, 5393 Agana Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Bryce R Augustine (same address). This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY BRYCE R AUGUSTINE, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 22, 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: 2022‑0002363. Published: September 29, October 6, October 13, 20, 2022.

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The following person (s) is/are doing business as: ADV COMMUNICATION, 235 Winchester Dr., Goleta, CA 93117; Ammanjah M DeVries (same address). This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY AMMANJAH DE VRIES. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 14, 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: 2022‑0002290. Published: September 29, October 6, October 13, 20, 2022.

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The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SCHOOLEY MITCHELL OF SANTA BARBARA ‑ MCCOY, 546 Owen RD, Santa

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL (Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom) October 27, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Public Hearing/Special City Council Meeting

ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https:// cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that thvve Goleta City Council will conduct a public hearing regarding the Hollister Avenue Old Town Interim Striping Project. The purpose of the public hearing is for the City Council to receive an update on the progress of the subject project, approve a preferred alternative to move forward into final design, and find the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Public Resources Code 21080.20.

HEARING DATE/TIME: Thursday, October 27, 2022, at 6:30 PM

PLACE: Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117 and Teleconference Meeting; this meeting will be held in person and via Zoom (with detailed instructions for participation included on the posted agenda)

The agenda for the hearing will also be posted on the City website (www. cityofgoleta.org).

PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested persons are encouraged to provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the City Council meeting agenda. Written comments may be submitted prior to the hearing by e-mailing the City Clerk at CityClerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Written comments will be distributed to Council and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please see the posted agenda, available on Thursday, October 20, 2022, on City of Goleta’s website www.cityofgoleta.org.

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact the City Clerk at (805) 9617505 or email cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing is required to enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

Barbara, CA 93108; Principled Business Solutions, Inc. (same address). This business is conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY MITCHELL MCCOY, PRESIDENT. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 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: 2022‑0002337. Published: September 29, October 6, October 13, 20, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: ROYAL INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS, 2363A Thompson Avenue, Santa Maria, CA 93455; Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc.1920 Westridge Drive, Irving, TX 75038. This business is conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY DAVID T. BRADFORD, VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 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 E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0002346. Published: September 29, October 6, October 13, 20, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLESSINGS ABOUND, 4598 Camino Molinero, Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Laurie Gross (same address); Laurie Gross Studios. This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY LAURIE GROSS, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 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 E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0002234. Published: September 29, October 6, October 13, 20, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CENTERLINE

COMMUNITY, 710 West Sola Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, CA 93101; Centerline Counseling (same address). This business is conducted by a limited liability company. SIGNED BY JENNIFER TUCKER, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 6, 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: 2022‑0002212. Published: September 29, October 6, October 13, 20, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: JEANNE CERAMICS 1225 W Valerio Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Courtney J Reilly (same address); This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY COURTNEY REILLY. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 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 E54. FBN Number: 2022‑0002325. Published: September 29, October 6, October 13, 20, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: OMEGA REAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENTS 819 Reddick Street, Suite D, Santa Barbara, CA 93103; California Omega Real Estate LLC (same address). This business is conducted by a limited liability company. SIGNED BY JULIAN P MICHALOWSKI, MANAGER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 6, 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: 2022‑0002215. Published: October 6, 13, 20, 27, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LEFT COAST

NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING Hybrid Public Meeting – Held in Person and via Zoom November 1, 2022 at 5:30 P.M.

Objective Design Standards for Multiple-Unit and Mixed-Use Housing Projects Ordinance Case No. 21-0005-ORD

ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https:///cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Goleta City Council will conduct a public hearing to consider adoption of Title 17 (Zoning) amendments related to objective design standards. The date, time, and location of the City Council public hearing are set forth below. The agenda for the hearing will also be posted on the City website (www.cityofgoleta.org).

HEARING DATE/TIME: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 5:30 P.M.

PLACE: Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117 and Teleconference Meeting; this meeting will be held in person and via Zoom (with detailed instructions for participation included on the posted agenda).

PROJECT LOCATION: The amended regulations would apply citywide, including all areas of the City within the Coastal Zone.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Senate Bill 35 (SB 35) requires a streamlined, ministerial approval process for qualifying multiple-unit and mixed-use development, consistent with objective design standards. In order for a proposed development to qualify for this streamlined, objective review, the project must satisfy an extensive list of criteria, such as affordability levels, labor standards, and conformance with objective General Plan and zoning standards. Currently, the City does not have a set of solely objective design standards to apply should a project qualify under SB 35. The proposed ordinance would establish such objective design standards within Title 17 (Zoning) of the Goleta Municipal Code (GMC) to address this need and includes procedures for the processing of projects that qualify for this type of review. A new Chapter 17.44 of the GMC is proposed that includes applicability and procedural standards as well as objective standards for site and building design, mixed-use development, and utilitarian elements. Definitions are also included, as are other associated amendments to Title 17.

PREVIOUS HEARING: The City’s Planning Commission considered the ordinance at a recommendation hearing on September 12, 2022.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: The proposed Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because the activity is covered by the general rule which exempts activities that can be seen with certainty to have no possibility for causing a significant effect on the environment because the amendments to Title 17 do not authorize construction of any building or structure but sets forth regulations that shall be followed. The proposed Ordinance is also exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because the activity is not a “project” as defined in Section 15378(b)(5) as an organizational or administrative activity by government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.

PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested persons are encouraged to provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the City Council meeting agenda. Written comments may be submitted prior to the hearing by e-mailing the City Clerk at CityClerkgroup@ cityofgoleta.org. Written comments will be distributed to Council and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page.

DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: Staff reports and related materials for the City Council hearing will also be posted on this website at least 72 hours prior to the meeting on the City’s web site at www.cityofgoleta.org.

FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Andy Newkirk, Senior Planner, at (805) 961-7544 or anewkirk@cityofgoleta.org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact City staff at (805) 5625500 or espanol@cityofgoleta.org. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.org.

SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION: If you require interpretation services for the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (805) 961-7505 or via email to: cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org at least 48 hours prior to the hearing. Please specify the language for which you require interpretation. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting helps to ensure that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the hearing.

Note: If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code Section 65009[b][2]).

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 961-7505. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

Publish Date: Santa Barbara Independent, October 20, 2022

LEGALS (CONT.)

ELECTRIC, 7020 Del Norte Drive, Goleta, CA 93117; Jilco Ventures (same address). This business is conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY JILLIAN PROVAN, TREASURER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 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 E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0002353. Published: October 6, 13, 20, 27, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: NOVEL FITNESS SOLUTIONS, 4061 Foothill Road, Apt E, Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Williams Strength LLC (same address). This business is conducted by a limited liability company. SIGNED BY JULIA WILLIAMS, MANAGER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 5, 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: 2022‑0002485. Published: October 20, 27, November 3, 10, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DAYTECH COMPUTER SERVICES, 378 Ribera Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Devon T Day (same address). This business is conducted by an individual.

SIGNED BY DEVON DAY, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 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 E30. FBN

Number: 2022‑0002500. Published: October 20, 27, November 3, 10, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CALIFORNIA STAR BALL , 115 Via Lee, Santa Barbara, CA 7020; Dance Junkie Productions Inc (same address). This business is conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY JOHN FISHPAW, VICE PRESIDENT. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 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: 2022‑0002390. Published: October 13, 20, 27, November 3, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SUNRISE AUTO, 5737 Thornwood Dr., Goleta, CA 93117; Scott Andersson, 945 Ward Dr. 29, Santa Barbara CA 93111. This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY SCOTT ANDERSSON, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 03, 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: 2022‑0002462. Published: October 13, 20, 27, November 3, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DE LA VINA LIQUOR, 2735 De La Vina St, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; De La Vina Liquor Inc (same address). This business is

conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY BASSAM ABDULHAI, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 6, 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: 2022‑0002491. Published: October 13, 20, 27, November 3, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: REDWOOD BAKERY, 3009 Paseo Tranquillo, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Alicia S Preston (same address). This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY ALICIA PRESTON, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 4, 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: 2022‑0002471. Published: October 13, 20, 27, November 3, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: EXOTIC CAR COLLECTION BY ENTERPRISE 601 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Enterprise Rent‑A‑Car Company of Los Angeles, LLC, 333 City Blvd West, Suite 1000, Orange, CA 92868. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. SIGNED BY RICK A. SHORT, PRESIDENT. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 30, 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: 2022‑0002434.

Published: October 13, 20, 27, November 3, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: TOWER FINANCIAL SERVICE, 116 College, Suite A, Lompoc, CA 93436; Maralynn Diane Blair (same address). This business is conducted by an individual. SIGNED BY MARALYNN DIANE BLAIR, OWNER. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 3, 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: 2022‑0002451. Published: October 13, 20, 27, November 3, 2022.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: PG TRUCKING TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL, 300 Storke Rd, Suite B; PG Trucking Inc. 8001 Westfield #115, Bakersfield, CA 93309. This business is conducted by a corporation. SIGNED BY KEVIN FROST, VICE PRESIDENT. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 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 E30. FBN Number: 2022‑0002416. Published: October 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 2022.

PUBLIC NOTICES

IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEC. 106 OF THE PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT, AT&T plans to upgrade an existing telecommunications facility at 1200 CHEADLE HALL SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL

Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom November 1, 2022, at 5:30 P.M.

LOCAL BUILDING LAWS

ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https://cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Goleta will hold a public hearing on the date set forth below on the second reading of the following ordinance in accordance with Government Code Section 50022.3:

An Ordinance Of The City Council Of The City Of Goleta, California, Amending The Following Chapters To Title 15 “Building And Construction” Of The Goleta Municipal Code: Chapter 15.01 “Building Code”, Chapter 15.03 “Electrical Code”, Chapter 15.04 “Plumbing Code”, Chapter 15.05 “Mechanical Code”, Chapter 15.08 “Administrative Code”, Chapter 15.11 “Residential Code”, Chapter 15.12 “Green Building Code”, Chapter 15.15 “Energy Code”, Chapter 15.16 “Historical Code”, Chapter 15.17 “Existing Building Code, And Amending Chapter 15.19 “The International Property Maintenance Code” Adopting By Reference the Above-Listed Codes In The California State Building Standards Codes And Adopting Local Amendments To Those Codes.

As part of the ordinance, two new local amendments are proposed as follows: 1) that building permits for all types of occupancies, except R-3 (Single-Family and Two Units Residential) and U (Utilities), be issued to licensed contractors only and 2) that a six (6) year expiration date be established for all building permits. A hearing to consider establishing local building laws more stringent than the statewide standards is allowed by Public Resources Code Section 25402.1(h)2.

PUBLIC HEARING INFORMATION:

HEARING DATE/TIME: Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at 5:30 PM

LOCATION: Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117 and Teleconference Meeting; this meeting will be held in person and via Zoom (with detailed instructions for participation included on the posted agenda)

PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested persons are encouraged to provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the City Council meeting agenda. Written comments may be submitted prior to the hearing by e-mailing the City Clerk at CityClerkgroup@ cityofgoleta.org. Written comments will be distributed to Council and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page.

DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY AND STAFF CONTACT: Staff reports and related materials for the City Council hearing will also be posted on this website at least 72 hours prior to the meeting on the City’s web site at www. cityofgoleta.org.

For further information on the project, contact Building Official Stephanie Spieler at 805-961-7552 or sspieler@ cityofgoleta.org or buildinggroup@cityofgoleta.org. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 562-5500 or mmartinez@cityofgoleta.org.

Note: If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code Section 65009(b)(2)).

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 961-7505. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

Please direct comments to Gavin L. at 818‑898‑4866 regarding site CSL04179. 10/20, 10/27/22 CNS‑3631532# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT STATEMENT OF DAMAGES

STATEMENT OF DAMAGES (PERSONAL INJURY OR WRONGFUL DEATH)

CASE NUMBER: (NUMERO DEL CASO): 20CV00235 Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 931211107 Anacapa Division.

To: Camilla Meldahl, aka Camilla Mehdahl, an individual

Plaintiff: Marshall R. Bernes, as Trustee of the Marshall R. Bernes Family Trust, seeks damages in the above‑entitled action, as follows:

1. General Damages, b. Emotional distress $5,000,000.00; 2. Special damages, c. Loss of earnings (to date) $5,000,000.00, d. Loss of future earning capacity (present value) $5,000,000.00, e. Property Damage $5,000,000.00, i. Other (specify) Lost income, incidental, and consequential damages $5,000,000.00; 3. Punitive damages: Plaintiff reserves the right to seek punitive damages in the amount of (specify) $10,000,000.00 when pursuing a judgement in the suit filed against you.

Date: April 30, 2021, Stephen A. Jamieson

STATEMENT OF DAMAGES (PERSONAL INJURY OR WRONGFUL DEATH)

CASE NUMBER: (NUMERO DEL CASO): 20CV00235

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 931211107 Anacapa Division.

To: Camilla Meldahl, aka Camilla Mehdahl, an individual Plaintiff: Elinor Fisher, an individual seeks damages in the above‑entitled action, as follows:

1. General Damages, b. Emotional distress $5,000,000.00; 2. Special damages, c. Loss of earnings (to date) $5,000,000.00, d. Loss of future earning capacity (present value) $5,000,000.00, e. Property Damage $5,000,000.00, i. Other (specify) Lost income, incidental, and consequential damages $5,000,000.00; 3. Punitive damages: Plaintiff reserves the right to seek punitive damages in the amount of (specify) $10,000,000.00 when pursuing a judgement in the suit filed against you.

Date: April 30, 2021, Stephen A. Jamieson

STATEMENT OF DAMAGES (PERSONAL INJURY OR WRONGFUL DEATH)

CASE NUMBER: (NUMERO DEL CASO): 20CV00235

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 931211107 Anacapa Division.

To: Camilla Meldahl, aka Camilla Mehdahl, an individual

Plaintiff: Marshall R. Bernes, an individual seeks damages in the above‑entitled action, as follows:

1. General Damages, b. Emotional distress $5,000,000.00; 2. Special damages, c. Loss of earnings (to date) $5,000,000.00, d. Loss of future earning capacity (present value) $5,000,000.00, e. Property Damage $5,000,000.00, i. Other (specify) Lost income, incidental, and consequential damages $5,000,000.00; 3. Punitive damages: Plaintiff reserves the right to seek punitive damages in the amount of (specify) $10,000,000.00 when pursuing a judgement in the suit filed against you.

Date: April 30, 2021, Stephen A. Jamieson

STATEMENT OF DAMAGES (PERSONAL INJURY OR WRONGFUL DEATH)

CASE NUMBER: (NUMERO DEL CASO): 20CV00235

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 Anacapa Division.

To: Camilla Meldahl, aka Camilla Mehdahl, an individual

Plaintiff: Judith Dannett, an individual

seeks damages in the above‑entitled action, as follows:

1. General Damages, b. Emotional distress $5,000,000.00; 2. Special damages, c. Loss of earnings (to date) $5,000,000.00, d. Loss of future earning capacity (present value) $5,000,000.00, e. Property Damage $5,000,000.00, i. Other (specify) Lost income, incidental, and consequential damages, $5,000,000.00; 3. Punitive damages: Plaintiff reserves the right to seek punitive damages in the amount of (specify) $10,000,000.00 when pursuing a judgement in the suit filed against you.

Date: April 30, 2021, Stephen A. Jamieson

SUMMONS

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER: 22CVO3317

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): MARK ABRAHAMS, AN INDIVIDUAL, ALEXIS ABRAHAMS, AN INDIVIDUAL; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): MACKENZIE HOLDINGS, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND D. DE MORRELL, AN INDIVIDUAL NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

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

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

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

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Sue 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 informacion 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 pueda pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de

la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un 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, (www. lawhelpcalifornia,org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes del California , (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cual quier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuer o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is (El nombre y direccion de la corte es); Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101‑1107

The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es):

TIMOTHY J. TRAGER, SBN 145419, REICKER PFAU PYLE & MCROY LLP 1421 STATE STREET SUITE B, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101; 805‑966‑2440.

DATE: (FECHA) 8/26/2022

CLERK, by (Secretario) /s/NARZRALLI BAKSH, DEPUTY (Adjunto).

ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS OR CITATION ATTORNEY OR PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (NAME AND ADDRESS): Attorney for Plaintiffs: TIMOTHY J. TRAGER, SBN #145419

Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy LLP, 1421 State Street, Ste. B, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. ttrager@rppmh.com.attorney for Plaintiffs

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara, CA 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

PLAINTIFF: MACKENZIE HOLDINGS, LLC AND D. DE MORRELL

DEFENDANT: MARK ABRAHAMS AND ALEXIS ABRAHAMS ET AL. Moving Party

Plaintiffs, MacKenzies Holdings, LLC and D. de Morrell filed their application for an order for publication on October 7, 2022. From the application and supporting evidence it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that an order for service by publication is permitted pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 415.50.

IT IS ORDERED that service of the summons, citation, notice of hearing, or other document(s) in this action shall be made upon defendant, respondent, or citee Mark Abrahams and Alexis Abrahams by publication thereof in Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation published at Santa Barbara County, California, and that said publication be made at least once a week for four successive weeks.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, if the address of the party to be served is ascertained before the expiration of the time prescribed for publication of the summons, the moving party shall forthwith mail to the party to be served a copy of (1) the summons, citation, notice of hearing, or other document(s) identified above, (2) the complaint, petition, or motion for which notice is being served by this order, and (3) this order for publication. A declaration of this mailing, or of the fact that the address was not ascertained, must be filed at the expiration of the time prescribed for the publication.

DATED: 10/10/22

JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT DONNA D. GECK

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Classic Italian Villa Ranks Among Builder’s Best

Built on six steep acres, this three-year project by local builders Giffin & Crane overcame considerable site constraints primarily because of intricately coordinated teamwork between the owners, site managers, and dozens of subcontractors. Along the way, it became a prime example of Santa Barbara custom homebuilding.

“Aside from the complexity of the site and the fact that we were challenged to build one of the most ornate homes of our careers, [we also] managed the clients’ expectations by provid ing great service and great communication . . . and delivering an excellent product in the end,” remembers company cofounder Geoff Crane. “The home itself is a beautiful statement and truly a testament to all of the talent available to us here in Santa Barbara.”

The two-story Montecito villa covered 5,700 square feet with three bedrooms, three baths, five fireplaces, a wood-paneled library, a wine room, and the owners’ collection of paintings, artifacts, and classical statuary. by Keith Hamm

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HEART OF THE HOME

Architecture by Peter Becker; construction by Giffin & Crane; interiors by Rosie Feinberg; and landscape architecture by Robert E. Truskowski. All photographs by Jim Bartsch.

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1210-1214 GILLESPIE STREET OFFERED AT $2,200,000

5300 ORCHARD PARK LANE OFFERED AT $1,795,000

5304 ORCHARD PARK LANE OFFERED AT $1,695,000

5536 CATHEDRAL OAKS ROAD OFFERED AT $1,400,000

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7100 FOXEN CANYON OFFERED AT $1,595,000

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A Win for Livability,Housing, and the Climate

Citiesacross America have suffered from sprawl, degraded urban design, poor walkability, high housing costs, and economic injus tice. Many factors contribute to these urban ills, but UCLA professor Donald Shoup makes a cogent case that parking requirements in zoning ordinances are the main culprit. Per professor Shoup, such mandates subsidize cars, thus lead

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ing to more driving and car ownership. Looking at numbers nationwide, there are eight parking spaces for every car.

A few weeks ago, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill elimi nating parking mandates for residential and commercial developments located within half a mile of major transit stops. Cities in California (and elsewhere in the country) are facing a growing afford

able-housing crisis. This legislation is an impor tant win for housing and parking reform advocates, because parking require ments raise housing costs, eat up valuable land, and make communities less delightful places. This act to remove parking require ments is the first statewide effort to prioritize people and their housing needs over cars.

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year, Oslo has removed more than 700 downtown parking places and replaced them with bike lanes, pocket parks, and sitting areas. Oslo’s ultimate goal is a total ban on cars in the city center. In Paris, the pandemic led to the mayor accelerating the plan to remove 72 percent of on-street parking and speed up the creation of more bike lanes.

Starting a couple of decades ago, Santa Barbara began taking some tenta tive steps to reform parking mandates. Casa de las Fuentes on West Carrillo is a 42-unit, affordable rental complex, designed for downtown workers. Instead of the standard two parking spaces per unit, it innovated with just one and charged $50/month to any occupant who owns or has leased a car. Unbun dling parking from condo or rental liv ing spaces needs to be universal. Even with only one space per unit, the Casa’s covered parking is usually only half full.

Eliminating on-street parking reduces car trips, especially when accompanied by increased public transit. Copen hagen has removed 2-3 percent of its street parking each year for more than a decade with growing improvements to its economy and livability. In the past

California’s new parking reform law is not only helping with housing affordability and neighborhood livability but also reducing air pollution and greenhouse-gas emissions. As we move to more electric vehicles, it is still important to remove parking require ments and increase the fees charged for parking. Such changes lead to fewer vehicles being manufactured and the conserving of valuable finite resources. Moreover, fewer parking spaces mean cars are less dominant in urban design. Hopefully this California innovation will spread to other states, as often is the case when California takes the lead.

Dennis Allen is chair of Allen Construction, an employee-owned company committed to building and operating sustainably. He also serves as chair of the Dean’s Council at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UCSB and as a boardmember of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

BY BOB WALSMITH JR. - 2022 PRESIDENT - SANTA BARBARA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®

6 TASKS THAT EVERY SMART HOMEOWNER DOES IN OCTOBER

Thetemps are starting to drop, and the smell of wood smoke is in the air. That’s when veteran homeowners know it’s time to do these six things if they want to avoid trouble or overspending.

#1 Buy Appliances

Whisper to them. Do a rain dance. Whatever it takes to get your old appliances to wait until fall to go on the fritz. Manufacturers bring out their latest models during the fall, and store owners offer big sales on appliances they want to move out — like last year’s most popular dishwasher. So September, October, and November are great months to buy.

But October is right in the middle, when there’s still plenty of selection and retailers might be more willing to haggle.

Refrigerators are the exception because new models don’t come out until spring.

#2 Switch the Direction of Ceiling Fans

Most have a switch to allow the ceiling fan blades to rotate either clockwise or counterclockwise. One way pushes air down to create a nice breeze, and the other sucks air up, helping to distribute the heat. Think coun terclockwise when it’s warm and clockwise when it’s cool.

#3 Clean Windows

Daylight is about to dwindle so why not get as much of it as you can? Clean off all the bugs, dust, and grime from your windows while the weather is still warm enough

to do so. For streak-free windows, combine ¼-cup of white vin egar with ¼ to ½ teaspoon of ecofriendly dish detergent and 2 cups of water.

If window cleaning isn’t a DIY job at your home, schedule a profes sional window cleaner (who, unlike most of us, is able to do it even when temperatures plummet) before the end of the month. The closer it gets to the holidays, the busier they get. Bright sunshine on winter’s darkest days makes it totally worthwhile.

#4 Schedule a Heating Unit

Checkup

To ensure your family will be able to feel their toes all winter, schedule early in the month for your heating unit to be serviced. As temperatures drop, service companies get busier.

Whether you hire your heating company’s technician or a contractor to do it, they’ll clean soot and corrosion from the combustion chamber, replace filters, and check the whole system for leaks, clogs, and damage. Nothing pairs with a pending blizzard better than the assurance that you’ll be weathering the storm with warm air piping through the vents and cocoa in hand.

#5 Get a Chimney Sweep to Inspect the Fireplace

It’s time to dust off and clean the chimney! Best to hire someone who knows wood-burning fireplaces. A pro fessional chimney sweep will ensure your wood-burning fireplace burns more efficiently and will help prevent chimney fires and carbon monoxide poisoning during the winter. So, yeah, it’s pretty important.

Tip: If you don’t already have a chim ney cap, this is also the time to add one to stop wild outdoor critters from crawl ing down it — and (yikes!) into your house.

#6 Insulate Exposed Pipes

It you’ve ever dealt with a burst pipe, you know it’s a sad, wet disaster worth preventing. To avoid the stressful (not to mention, expensive) ordeal, prep your home’s exposed pipes with foam or heat tape — choosing which one will work best with your climate. Remember: The most at-risk pipes are often those in unheated areas such as an attics, crawl spaces, and garages, so secure those first.

Please contact your local trusted Realtor® for sugges tions of professionals to take care of these items for you, if you are not DIY person.

Bob Walsmith Jr. is a native to Southern California and a Realtor® with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties. During his work with the Santa Barbara Association of Realtors, Bob has served on the CORE Committee, Education Committee, been Chair of the Budget & Finance Committee, and the Multiple Listing Service Committee. He also is on the Board of Directors of the Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara. Bob lives in Goleta with his beautiful wife Julie. When not working, Bob enjoys playing golf, fine wine, fine dining, and walking our beautiful coastline. Bob can be reached at 805.720.5362 and/or bob@bobwalsmithjr.com

by Dennis Allen

Bob Walsmith Jr.

Welcome home to this charming house coming to market for the first time in 50 years! Located on a quiet street, this home is light and bright with newly smoothtextured ceilings and walls, new paint inside and out, new door and cabinet hardware, new luxury resilient flooring and modern new light fixtures. The front garden is landscaped with attractive drought-tolerant plantings and hardscape. The stained concrete driveway has plenty of parking plus room to store your recreation vehicle. The 2-car garage includes laundry, a workbench and extra storage. The lovely rear patio expands your living space to include alfresco dining and entertaining. Enjoy close proximity to the bike path, More Mesa bluffs, and easy access to convenient shopping.

5396 E. Camino Cielo

Truly a once in a lifetime opportunity! Over the last 20 years, the venerable Cielo Store has been lovingly curated in to the ultimate livework retreat. This top of the world paradise is a verdant oasis that’s mere minutes from Santa Barbara but lives a world away. There are endless high-quality, hand-crafted details throughout, including the gourmet kitchen which is wonderfully centered around a La Cornue range, a large island, a walk-in pantry, and a breakfast bar. On the grounds you will find a bath house, meditation room, miscellaneous outbuildings, an outdoor shower, an outdoor kitchen, and a Tesla back-up battery system.

This private ±1 acre is served by a private well and hosts a vast array of mature, fruit-bearing trees, vegetation, and beautiful landscaping with the opportunity to grow your own food in a sustainable lifestyle. A spa, various indoor and outdoor seating areas, and an impressive commercialgrade bar provide ample room for entertaining or relaxing.

Parking is abundant in the oversized motor court, offering room for a boat, RV, oversized vehicle, or events. This sanctuary at the top of the Santa Ynez Mountains is just 15 minutes from town and is in the coveted La Colina and Mountain View School attendance areas.

Offered at $2,749,000 Visit 5396ECaminoCielo.com to take a virtual tour. Schedule a private showing.

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Rescue Mission Hosts Fundraiser

On October 1, the Santa Barbara Rescue Mis sion (SBRM) hosted its annual fundraiser, which netted more than $650,000 for its Residential Treatment Programs and its Homeless Guest Services Program. The event hon ored longtime board chair and supporter Karl Wil lig, who passed in September.

About 340 guests attended the Road Trip–themed event, held this year beachside at Rancho Dos Pueblos. Guests socialized, perused a 120-item silent auction, and enjoyed the tremendous natural beauty of a site rarely open to the public.

Upon being seated for the early dinner, guests were welcomed by Board President Rolf Geyling, who noted how our community relies on the Rescue Mission to respond to men and women in crisis and how this complex problem has become more vis ible and more vexing and strains our limited public safety and social services resources.

The Rescue Mission provides emergency food and shelter 365 nights a year. In extending this care and hospitality, Geyling explained, the Rescue Mis sion, as a Christian entity, hopes that it is the first step toward change in people’s lives, with SBRM then providing case management and referrals to services, including to its own Residential Treatment Programs.

Geyling touted, quite appropriately, the success of its 12-month Residential Treatment Programs.  Nationally, only one in five people who attempt drug and alcohol recovery programs complete them, and of those who make it, only one in five maintain recovery for five years or longer. SBRM’s comple tion rate is 42 percent and its five-year recovery maintenance rate is 52 percent truly impressive.

A program graduate, Eric Duncan, shared his story of healing and transformation and expressed his gratitude to the SBRM. More than 900 people have completed the treatment program.

In paying tribute to the late Karl Willig, Geyling remarked that he “is the embodiment of something central in our ethos at the Santa Barbara Rescue

Mission:  people caring extravagantly for those they will likely never meet.” John Ross and Rick Fogg gave touching tributes of Willig, who was a long time board chair, longtime supporter, and chair of the $17 million capital campaign for SBRM’s renovation.

Board Chair Joyce McCullough related how we have all experienced turbulence with COVID, but “imagine that same turbulence coupled with addic tion, homelessness, or mental health issues, or all three,” and lauded the SBRM staff for its service of providing shelter, treatment, grace, and support throughout the pandemic.

McCullough then turned to the Residential Treatment Programs, pointing out their cost effec tiveness. Nationally, the average monthly cost for rehab is $19,000, which translates to $228,000 for a year, while the efficient, nonprofit Rescue Mis sion’s cost is only $34,000 for an entire year. A full year, McCullough noted, is necessary to deal with substance abuse.

Last year, the Residential Treatment Programs had 84 participants, which was in line with preCOVID levels. During COVID, intakes were down because the criminal justice system is a major feeder into the programs and arrests were voluntarily down during this period.

For the year ending September 30, 2022, the Homeless Guest Services program provided shel ter on average to 70 males and 32 females per night.  Showers, dinner, breakfast, and services are also offered. Unlike some other service providers, SBRM continued its services throughout COVID.  When it had the inevitable, occasional COVID outbreak, it temporarily limited admissions to existing guests, who stayed within their own cohort, but otherwise kept its doors open to anyone needing shelter. Space constraints have necessitated turning someone away only occasionally.

The 68-member Women’s Auxiliary puts on this fundraiser each year and assists the Rescue Mission in multiple other ways throughout the year.

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Text and photos by Gail Arnold

Board Chair Joyce McCullough and President Rolf Geyling

Event Co-Chair Susan Hughes and Auxiliary President Pamela Dillman Haskell

Auxiliary Member and auction donor Carol-Anne Lonson (Canzelle Alpacas)

Silent Auction Co-Chairs Alice Birch and Terry Foil

Decorations Chair Dianne Davis and Auxiliary Member Lorette Harnsberger

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San Roque

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The Mesa

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Santa Barbara

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451 Cannon Green Dr, 3BD, 2BA, Sun 1-3, $895,000, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, Stefan Stojanovski 805-570-0640, DRE#02112629

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733 Bath St, 2BD, 2BA, Sat & Sun 12-3, $1,095,000, Village Properties, Curtis Swan II 805607-9709, DRE#02049218

4326 Modoc Rd #A, 2BD, 3BA, Sat & Sun 1-4, $1,099,000, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, Wes Rowan / Garrett McCaw 805-512-3892 / 805252-2335, DRE#01314939 / #01457796

676 San Ramon Drive, 3BD, 2BA, Sat & Sun 1-3, $1,250,000, Compass, Melissa Miller 805570-9511, DRE#02024187

801 West Mission Street, 2BD, 2BA, Sun 1-3, $1,649,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Diane Waterhouse 805-8862988, DRE#01257696

401 Chapala Street #215, 1BD, 1.5BA, Sat 12-3 & Sun 1-4, $1,699,000, Epstein Partners/ Keller Williams, Steve Epstein 805-689-9339, DRE#00994429

118 Coronada Circle, 2BD, 2BA, Sat & Sun 1-4, $2,495,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Jason Siemens 805-455-1165, DRE#01886104

223 La Vista Grande, 4BD, 3BA, Sun 1-3, $2,995,000, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, Dan Crawford 805-886-5764, DRE#01923245

4414 Meadowlark Ln, 5BD, 3BA, Sun 1-4, $2,995,000, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, Charlotte Cross 805570-1660, DRE#02160376

Upper East

225 E Pedregosa St, 4BD, 4BA, Sat & Sun 1-4, $5,495,000, Village Properties, Susan Jordano 805680-9060, DRE#01775462

Montecito

161 Loureyro Rd, 5BD, 3BA, Sun 1-3, $3,995,000, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, Marsha Kotlyar Estate Group 805-5654014, DRE#01426886

2580 Sycamore Canyon Road, 7BD, 7.5BA, Sat 1-3, $6,500,000, Keller Williams Realty, Steve Epstein 805-689-9339, DRE#00994419

Summerland

2540 Varley St, 3BD, 3BA, Sat & Sun 2-4, $2,395,000, Village Properties, Gabe Grandcolas 805-450-4723, DRE#02136492

Carpinteria

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4880 Sandyland Rd Unit 61, 2BD, 1BA, Sun 1-3, $1,195,000, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, Lisa McCollum 805886-6746, DRE#01920859

1167 Calle Lagunitas, 3BD, 2.5BA, Sat & Sun 2-4, $1,199,000, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, Erin Beck / Lindsay Summer 805-708-0446 / 805453-7706, DRE#01488548 / #02116009

1457 Camellia Cir, 3BD, 2BA, Sat & Sun 12-3, $1,350,000, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, Mia Wamsley / Rachael Douglas 808-346-5442 / 805-318-0900, DRE#02128088 / #02024147

3375 Foothill Rd #134, 3BD, 2BA, Sat 11-3 & Sun 1-4, $1,945,000, Village Properties, Claudia Schou / Lynda Bohnett 805-403-7053 / 805-637-6407, DRE#02134548 / #01268751

1315 Vallecito Pl, 4BD, 3BA, Sat 1-3 & Sun 2-4, $2,095,000, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, Lindsey Densmore / Jessica Stovall 310-991-6439 / 805-698-9416, DRE#02162929 / #01887272

Santa Ynez Valley

62 Rio Vista, 2BD, 2BA, Sun 12-2, $459,000, Berkshire

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317 5th Street Unit D, 2BD, 2BA, Sun 1-3, $529,000, Village Properties, Jennie Bradley 805886-6644, DRE#00705974

629 Central Ave Unit B, 2BD, 2BA, Sat 1-3, $628,500, Village Properties, Nancy Rizzo 805403-2700, DRE#01031367

710 Shaw St, 4BD, 2BA, Sat 2-4, $800,000, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, Ealand and Sideris Group 805-698-9902, 01766178 / 00603730

1777 Eucalyptus Dr, 4BD, 3BA, Sun 12:30-3:30, $1,645,000, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, Matt Raab 805-7055486, DRE#02063526

1875 Augustenborg Pl, 3BD, 3BA, Sat 11:30-2:30, $1,670,000, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, Karin Aitken 805-2521205, DRE#00882496

1195 Dove Meadow Rd, 5BD, 6BA, Sun 12-2, $3,950,000, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, Kirsten Hubbard 805598-3040, DRE#02153877

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