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SWARMING TO THE MOTH

Our staff was on hand along with a sea of people who gathered at the Lobero Theatre on April 4 for The Moth Mainstage, a live storytelling event. Indy Editorin-Chief Marianne Partridge introduced the show, presented by KCRW and the Santa Barbara Independent. Ten years ago, the two joined forces to bring The Moth to Santa Barbara in an ongoing collaboration.

Julian Goldhagen, The Moth’s host, brought their signature wit to the stage, guiding the audience through laughter and heartfelt moments. Goldhagen shared that the purpose of The Moth is to “celebrate the art and craft of true storytelling.” Following tradition, Goldhagen engaged the audience with a phone flashlight selfie and a thought-provoking question for the storytellers: “What is something you will never get rid of?”

The Moth featured five stories told live, with no notes, all centered around the theme of “holding on and letting go.” Cellist Blythe Davis set the ambiance with brief performances between each interlude. Stories lasted for 10-12 minutes. Storytellers Tim Lopez, Kathy Patton a Santa Barbara resident Katharine Strange, Bryan Kett, and Parvathy Anantnarayan shared stories about an enduring tree, a survival story at sea, a Christian puppet career, color blindness, and an inspiring son-and-mother bond. A tapestry of personal experiences, each story explored the central theme in a way that resonated deeply. —Tiana Molony

Apr 19

Live Concert and Film Screening

Antonio Sánchez Birdman Live 10th Anniversary

The Academy Award-winning Best Picture, Birdman, screened to a live soundtrack

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Fri, Apr 19 / 8 PM / Arlington Theatre

$25 / $10 all students (with valid ID)

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Relive the tour-de-force Birdman and its star-studded cast (Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts) with the Grammy-winning score performed live by the composer.

Apr 23

2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Music

Rhiannon Giddens

You’re the One, with special guest Charly Lowry

Tue, Apr 23 / 8 PM / Arlington Theatre (note new venue)

Tickets start at $40 / $19 UCSB students

MacArthur fellow and Grammy winner Rhiannon Giddens’ iconic brand of folk music spotlights people whose contributions to American musical history have been overlooked and advocates for a more accurate understanding of the country’s musical origins through art.

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Apr 26

A Celebration Fusing Spirituals and Dance

Alonzo King LINES Ballet Deep River

Alonzo King, Artistic Director

Fri, Apr 26 / 8 PM / Arlington Theatre (note new venue)

Tickets start at $35 / $19 UCSB students

Choreographer Alonzo King’s newest creation, Deep River, uses spiritual music from Black and Jewish traditions alongside original compositions by Jason Moran to assert the power of hope in the face of seemingly impossible odds.

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Apr 18

Pop Culture Icon RuPaul

The House of Hidden Meanings

Thu, Apr 18 / 7:30 PM / Arlington Theatre

Tickets start at $50 / $20 UCSB students

Includes a copy of RuPaul’s new book, The House of Hidden Meanings (pick up at event)

International drag superstar RuPaul offers a personal philosophy that testifies to the value of chosen family, the importance of harnessing what makes you different and the transformational power of facing yourself fearlessly.

Apr 21

Chef, Restaurateur and Humanitarian

José Andrés

Changing the World Through the Power of Food

Sun, Apr 21 / 4:30 PM (note special time) / Arlington Theatre

Tickets start at $20 / $10 all students (with valid ID)

Culinary innovator and renowned humanitarian José Andrés travels the globe feeding humanity to feed hope for a brighter, healthier future. With his dynamic vision and diverse projects, Andrés shows how together we can make the world a better place through the power of food.

Arrive early for a FREE screening of We Feed People (1:30 PM) and a community food solutions showcase (3 PM)

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Apr 24

Pulitzer Prize-winning China Expert and New Yorker Staff Writer

Evan Osnos

Two Superpowers: Navigating China and America in the New Age of Uncertainty

Wed, Apr 24 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall

Tickets start at $20 / $10 UCSB students

“Evan Osnos has explained this new China better than any other writer.” The Washington Post

Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, journalist Evan Osnos assesses the new global balance of power in an era dominated by two superpowers that are entwined on an unprecedented scale.

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Students Awed by Solar Eclipse

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oh”s and “aah”s spilled from the young crowd of hundreds of Adams Elementary students, who stared in awe on Monday at the solar eclipse they had been learning about for the week prior. A pre-eclipse curriculum was put in place to prepare the students for the event, after the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) purchased 500 pairs of glasses for every 1st-6th grade student and staff member (TK and kindergarten were left out to ensure no retinas would be harmed by looking directly at the sun).

EDUCATION

Fifth-grader Hayden Seymour knew that the solar eclipse would only be a partial one for Santa Barbara viewers, and that North America will not see another until 2044. He described it as looking “kind of like something’s eating the sun,” and said that it inspired him to envision a career at NASA.

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“We just decided it would be a great collective experience for all of our students to

not only learn from the rare experience of a lifetime but feel like they are part of this universe as a whole,” said Principal Kelly Fresch.

Read the full story and see more photos at independent.com/solar-eclipse-2024.

Website Goes to ‘Local Kids’

Group Fronted by Ben Romo Makes Winning Auction Bid of $285,000

by Jean Yamamura

The auction of the online archive of the Santa Barbara News-Press moved slowly late Tuesday afternoon, as three bidders two local, one from Europe went up in $5,000 increments. The winning bid of $285,000 went to NP 2024 LLC, a group that formed just last week, according to its manager Ben Romo. But that was in the waning minutes of a long bankruptcy court hearing, during which the judge made clear his displeasure that key assets were being held “hostage” in the deal.

When the News-Press abruptly declared Chapter 7 in July 2023, the employees were let go with a “you’ll see your paycheck when the bankruptcy ends” email from their editor. Owner Wendy McCaw, however, had made a practice of having employee Phil Kiner use his own credit card and username to maintain the website that was on auction April 9. Employee Yolanda Apodaca also created log-on information in a similar way for the website.

Bankruptcy estate attorney Michael D’Alba acknowledged it was all somewhat “unsavory,” but the judge disagreed: “That’s not how it comes off to me,” said Judge Ronald A. Clifford III, who wore a deep-red bow tie and a flinty manner with his black judicial robe. He said that Kiner and Apodaca wanted to be paid their wages or reimbursed for expenses by holding the assets of the estate hostage and jumping the line in front of their colleagues who were not being paid.

But for the bankruptcy filing, the employees would have been paid back by their employer; however, Kiner had paid th0e August website fee before losing his job in

July, D’Alba explained. Kiner, who was present in the courtroom, had also made a copy of the website. If he hadn’t, it would have gone into the dustbin, D’Alba said.

Judge Clifford then questioned the website value and asked why no information was given on how the asset was marketed, calling the bid information “thin.” D’Alba explained that the estate had no assets to spend on marketing, but that 10 publications, two hedge funds, and four people who’d made inquiries had been sent the offer of sale. As well, D’Alba noted an opinion article in the Santa Barbara Independent had “described the sale in some detail and the risk of the assets being placed beyond the community.”

The judge commented that the piece did not cast a favorable light on the sale, which D’Alba countered by noting that it had produced results. Indeed, after the hearing, Ben Romo who owns Romo and Associates consulting firm and has handled a number of high-stakes deals from La Cumbre’s planned 642 rentals to downtown’s Sur la Table’s transformation into 14 studios praised Will Belfiore, who had written the March 29 editorial with his cousin Zach Grimshaw. Romo’s LLC, which he described as “local kids who care about our history, ” had already been interested in the sale, “but having them explain it the way they did,” Romo said, pausing, “We are lucky to have someone step up like that, heart and soul. It definitely got us more interested.”

The bankruptcy court’s three-hour session on Tuesday saw Judge Clifford dispense with about a dozen cases. Amid his day in, day out considerations, he said, it gave him heartburn to consider compensating Kiner and

Apodaca in a manner outside bankruptcy procedures. He said he was not willing to bend when other wage earners might not get paid.

All the creditors could, in fact, be paid in full, D’Alba told the judge. “The debtor squirreled away her most valuable assets” before the bankruptcy petition was filed, he said, referring to the lawsuit he and trustee Jerry Namba have filed against McCaw, who transferred ownership of two buildings from the NewsPress to herself in 2014 without compensation.

The judge consented to hold the auction, with the first bidder, Weyaweya’s Max Noremo on the phone, and Romo and Clancy Woods in the courtroom. When Woods expressed concern that the court would not be able to really deliver the goods, Judge Clifford mused that the two employees could be “incentivized in serious ways” following due process, of course that involved taking away their liberty if they were found in civil contempt, i.e., jailed.

To deal with the judge’s heartburn, Romo’s attorney, William Beale, said his clients offered to pay Kiner and Apodaca’s claims as an act of charity. To ensure the buyer’s purchase was as described, D’Alba said he would verify the log-on information and web content and check both after buying out Kiner and Apodaca’s claims.

The purchase of the website included the Santa Barbara News-Press trademark, which would be important to the groups looking at the physical archive of back issues, photographs, and clippings by topic. Romo, who was once a paper boy for the daily, acknowledged that his group was supportive of the archive remaining local, too. n

Santa Barbara High School’s campus celebrates its centennial this year, marking 100 years since students first started attending classes at the location in 1924. Although SBHS was established in 1875 at the corner of Cota and Anacapa streets making next year the 150th anniversary for the school it changed locations a couple of times before settling in its current digs at 700 East Anapamu Street. The Anapamu Campus Centennial Celebrations will be marked when the SBHS Alumni Association hangs banners announcing the centennial at the entrances to the school. In addition, they will have a Campus Beautification Day for the public on 6/2, as well as plan to participate in this year’s Fiesta.

HOUSING

It was only a pre-application consultation, but the members of Santa Barbara’s Architectural Board of Review did not hold back regarding their distaste for a potential five-story big-block housing and self-storage mixed-use concept proposed just one block away from Paseo Nuevo on De la Guerra Street. “This project is absurd as it’s been presented,” boardmember Will Sofrin said during the 4/2 hearing, the first time the city has gotten a look at the proposal, which in initial renderings appear as a 60-foot white wall of housing at 102 West De la Guerra Street and, behind it, a four-story green storage building covered with ivy. Read more at independent.com/five-story-housing.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Travelers may see an end to the airport floods that have plagued the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, and neighbors some lowering of noise. Congressmember Salud Carbajal visited the airport on 4/3 to speak about the $3.94 million that the city-run airport will receive to fund improvements, part of $30 million to five Central Coast airports funded by the country’s largest structural investment in history: the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in November 2021. Joined by S.B. Mayor Randy Rowse and airport personnel, Carbajal emphasized the impact on safety and efficiency this funding will provide. In addition to increased flood control, the airport improvements include taxiway extensions, hangar expansions, new parking areas, fuel farm improvements, and runway redesigns.

CARPINTERIA

Live music supporters came in droves to defend the rights of business owners and musicians to host live entertainment at Carpinteria’s City Council Meeting on 3/25. In a unanimous decision, the council agreed to ease license conditions on live performances that businesses had deemed overly restrictive and burdensome. City officials implemented restrictions after one business, Island Brewing Company, received 21 complaints beginning in July 2023, largely from the same household. Prior to these

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It promises to be a long, bumpy spring for Santa Barbara Sheriff Bill Brown, who for the second week in a row came away with a lot of “no”s in response to his request for more money from the county Board of Supervisors to fight the ravages of fentanyl and other drug overdoses.

“You need to do something,” an insistent Brown exhorted the county supervisors. Just as insistently, one of the supervisors replied that they already had and would like some acknowledgement, while others questioned whether the solution Brown proposed approving the creation of a second five-person crew of narcotics investigators was the most effective response.

Voted into office in 2006, Brown is one of the few elected officials in the county able to be somber and agitated in the same breath. Last week, he told the supervisors that 226 county residents died of drug overdoses last year. Just last week, he said this Tuesday, another three had died. In March, he noted, a 14-year-old junior high school student from Santa Maria had overdosed. Driving these numbers is the arrival of fentanyl on the scene, infamously deadly in even the smallest of doses.

Brown’s timing could not have been worse. Tuesday was the first of this week’s county budget workshops; the edict from County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato is that this year there will be no funding increases or cuts in services. Brown is asking for a bump of $2.8 million over what his department got last year. Some of that would be used to field the five additional narcotics investigators he is seeking. (Currently, there are only five full-time narcotics investigators in all Santa Barbara’s law enforcement agencies.)

Adding to the supervisors’ ire was Brown’s argument they needed to restore the 50 sworn positions that disappeared after the recession of 2007. Supervisor Bob Nelson said he had “heartburn” enough already that Brown currently has 107 vacant-but-funded positions in his department. With Brown’s chronic problems in recruiting and retaining sworn personnel a national and statewide problem afflicting all law enforcement agencies supervisors questioned the wisdom of adding more positions to the budget. Brown said such a gesture would go a long way to improving morale among his troops.

More broadly, this showdown comes on the heels of three arduous years of a broader criminal justice reform effort, the subject of much discussion this past Tuesday by the supervisors and the most immediately involved department heads District Attorney John Savrnoch, Public Defender Tracy Macuga, and Chief Probation Officer Holly Benton. Though some supervisors may disagree on details, all have endorsed the thrust of this diversion-focused reform, which has been quietly but forcefully championed by Miyasato.

In other words, it’s a stiff political wind into which Brown, now head of the Major County Sheriffs of America, finds himself confronting. Brown did not back down from his demand for the additional narcotics investigators, describing the spike in overdose deaths as “an exigent circumstance” justifying a breach of budget protocol. “It’s the only one of our problems where people are dying now.”

“When you say, ‘You have to do something,’ it’s frustrating for me,” said Supervisor Steve Lavagnino of Santa Maria. What about the $40 million the supervisors squirrelled away to build the new Northern Branch Jail, he asked, or the $23 million to fix up the Main Jail or the $10 million to make a civil rights lawsuit against that jail go away?

“At some point, there has to be a realization from your department that there’s not a grove of money trees in our backyard.”

When Brown replied he was grateful for the support, Lavagnino shot back he didn’t want gratitude; he wanted acknowledgement.

Supervisor Joan Hartmann noted there’d been a drop in overdose deaths in the past two years among those ages 18-34, while the biggest spike has afflicted white males ages 35-55. Clearly younger drug users were getting the memo, Hartmann suggested. How did Brown intend to reach the older white males? She also noted that 70 percent of the deaths in a six-month period involved people who’d previously spent time in county jail. Jail prevention and intervention, she suggested, was the obvious place to focus.

Miyasato will use the discussion from the budget workshops to put together her final-draft budget by May 1. The supervisors then have until June 30 to pass one they like. “Buckle up and drive carefully,” Miyasato said Tuesday, channeling her inner Bette Davis. “It’s going to be a bumpy year.” n

Sheriff Bill Brown and Santa Maria Supervisor Steve Lavagnino butted heads at this Tuesday’s budget workshop.

Deltopia: Bigger Not Better

by Jack Magargee

Preliminary reports and data on the 2024 Deltopia festival in Isla Vista showed an increase in citations and arrests from the year prior, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The annual unsanctioned block party, held the first weekend after students return from spring break, saw significantly larger crowds than last year’s event, even after rain and wind on Friday made for a relatively calm first day of the weekend-long party.

In total, 256 citations and 32 arrests up from 151 citations and 23 arrests in 2023 were issued by the Sheriff’s Office and its partner agencies. Additionally, there were 13 illegal parties shut down in accordance with the newly passed Social Host Ordinance after law enforcement encountered partygoers on rooftops, on the bluffs, violating noise ordinances, and, in one instance, hosting a paid party. One male adult was arrested for a DUI after he collided his vehicle with another while in line at the Sheriff’s Office DUI checkpoint in Goleta.

According to I.V. Foot Patrol Lieutenant Garrett TeSlaa, deputies successfully prevented one man who reportedly attempted to harm himself by running off a bluff edge. Additionally, detectives with the Sheriff’s Office are following up on two separate reports of sexual assaults in Isla Vista. Both investigations are currently ongoing.

“[Deltopia] is never a ‘success,’ especially when we have two reports of sexual assault,” TeSlaa said.

One of the most prevalent issues last year were large paid or unpaid parties and the inability of first responders to provide emergency medical treatment, a problem which, unfortunately, TeSlaa said, was compounded by the crowd size.

“We had partygoers passing out in front of cops, completely unresponsive, as a result of acute alcohol overdoses or a combination of drugs and alcohol,” TeSlaa said. In general, he continued, the community was compliant, especially with smaller, free parties. But the areas law enforcement and medical services faced difficulties were the packed crowds congesting Del Playa Drive and preventing ambulances from getting through.

TeSlaa explained that Deltopia directly impacts first-aid response in other parts of the county when medical and fire services are isolated to Isla Vista. During the peaks, he described, law enforcement officers had

to transport individuals with medical emergencies to the pre-planned triage via pickup truck and minivans because ambulances were either unavailable or could not get through the swaths of crowds.

The 2024 Deltopia festival was the first major test for the county’s newly passed Social Host Ordinances, which faced community criticism for a 24-hour suspension of the Restorative Justice Program. However, according to TeSlaa, suspending Restorative Justice “didn’t have that big of an impact” but “probably will continue in the future,” as county officials believed it did achieve the goals of educating the public on safety and keeping in accordance with laws.

One success TeSlaa commended were the efforts conducted by Supervisor Laura Capps’s office, the Isla Vista Community Services District (IVCSD), and the UCSB Associated Students to educate the community on the dangers of opiates, and especially fentanyl. The group distributed information and the life-saving treatment Narcan to I.V. residents prior to the event.

“Thanks to Supervisor Capps, the IVCSD, and Associated Students, we didn’t have a fentanyl overdose death like we experienced last year,” TeSlaa said.

Over the weekend, the IVCSD hosted its third annual I.V. Food & Music Spring Festival as an alternative to Deltopia at the I.V. Community Center and Little Acorn Park in Isla Vista. According to an IVCSD press release, more than 4,000 Isla Vista residents attended the free festival, which featured six bands and partnered with local food vendors. The festival also provided a Safety Station that offered free services, including safety escorts, water and snacks, sunscreen, cell phone charging stations, and a safe space to rest. The report included that “alongside the Safety Station, an EMT tent was on site” that “served over 50 individuals … and worked in partnership with local EMS providers.”

Jonathan Abboud, IVCSD general manager, concluded the report by highlighting a “concerning number of medical emergencies out in the rest of the community” as something that needs to be addressed in the future. But Abboud pointed to the Spring Festival as an event “that promotes public safety by drawing people away from the street and private parties to have fun in a safe environment and provide resources for their health and well-being.” n

Authorities shut down 13 illegal parties at last weekend’s Deltopia.

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There were a record number of 30 cruise ships that visited Santa Barbara in 2022, and though that number dropped to 22 visits in 2023, the city began to take a deeper look into ways to improve the 20-year-old cruise ship program by making it more environmentally friendly without losing out on a potential half a million dollars a year.

After two years of intense discussion between Waterfront staff, the Harbor Commission, and the Cruise Ship Workgroup, the city of Santa Barbara is preparing to change the rules governing cruise ships entering the channel — the biggest of which is a cap of 20 visits per year.

Waterfront Director and Harbormaster Mike Wiltshire presented the 20 recommendations that came as a result of the Harbor Commission and Cruise Ship Workgroup’s collaboration, which was guided by input from environmental groups and stakeholders in the boating industry. Fifteen of the recommendations, including speed reduc-

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incidents, noise complaints remained low, less than five per year, according to city staff reports. Read more independent.com/carp-music.

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British national Stephen Samuel Paradise, 35, was arrested following the reportedly false bomb threats at Bank of America on State Street on 4/4. According to a police statement, Paradise allegedly walked into the bank around 2 p.m. and “reported to a teller that he had an explosive device in a bag he was carrying,” then “sat on the floor of the bank” with the bag. Bank employees alerted authorities, the bank was immediately evacuated, and Santa Barbara Police officers took Paradise into custody without incident. Police also confirmed no explosive device was discovered. Paradise was checked by mental health professionals at the police station and then booked into County Jail on felony charges of falsebomb and terrorist threats. His bail was set at $50,000.

Roy Eugene Stephenson Jr., a San Roque man who fired a gun at three teen boys he believed were trespassing

tions, increased fees, and requiring ships be equipped with advanced wastewater treatments, were easily accepted by all parties.

But the Waterfront staff pushed back against the cap of 20 calls per year. “We’re a public harbor so we strive to provide access to the public and support ocean going activity,” Wiltshire said. Caps were typically only put in place when a city couldn’t handle the number of ships, he explained, and Santa Barbara could “easily handle the capacity” as it is.

Wiltshire also said prioritizing ships with environmentally sound practices might be a good policy in theory, but he questioned whether the city had authority to weigh in on things that were already regulated at the federal level.

But almost the entire council agreed with comments from cruise ship critics and environmental agencies, such as the Channelkeeper, Environmental Defense Center, and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, who all supported a cap on the annual visits.

The council voted 6-1, with Mayor Randy Rowse opposed, to move forward with the cap of 20 ships per year. Council also approved almost all of the recommendations made by the workgroup and commission, and gave direction for the harbor commission to establish a requirement for water treatment and reduction zones by spring 2025 and develop a package of “environmental best practices” for visiting ships.

on his property, is facing prison time and a lawsuit as he and his attorney argue that during the incident last fall, he “strategically” fired a warning shot near the group in self-defense. At a recent hearing, Judge Jean Dandona ruled Stephenson, 83, must answer to felony assault charges, denying a motion from his attorney that the counts be reduced to misdemeanors. The court has also issued a five-year “Gun Violence Restraining Order” against Stephenson, which allowed police to confiscate six firearms from his home after the shooting and prevents him from owning one until 2028.

PUBLIC SAFETY

A workshop on jail reform was packed with more than 100 people wanting to talk about mental-health care on 4/3. Held at Direct Relief’s Santa Barbara headquarters, the gathering came in response to a Grand Jury report last year outlining severe deficiencies in mental-health care in Santa Barbara County’s jails, which had sparked backlash against Sheriff Bill Brown, who runs the jails, and the jails’ private health-care provider, Wellpath. Sheriff Brown started off the dialogue by highlighting current policies that are meant to expand behavioral health care in county jails and finished his statements with a strong plea for additional funding to remodel portions of the “antiquated” Main Jail in South County. Read more at independent.com/deficits-and-benefits.

Work will begin in summer 2025 on a new debris basin for Montecito, a community that lost 23 souls along its creeks in the tragic 1/9 Debris Flow of 2018. In addition to the new Buena Vista Creek debris basin off Park Lane, the Board of Supervisors approved funding to improve Cold Spring and Santa Monica debris basins on 4/2. Read more at independent.com/new-debris-basin. n

RYAN P. CRUZ

Ryan P. Cruz

Media Students Shine at National

First Place Best in Show in Two Other Categories

by Ryan P. Cruz

There’s something special happening out at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta. Students of the DP Media programs which include yearbook, video editing, photography, and the school’s daily broadcast DP News have been enjoying the brand-new, 14,000-squarefoot Virgil Elings Media Arts and Communications Center, and the high-level work these students have been churning out this spring semester has earned them recognition among the best young journalists in the nation.

The Dos Pueblos media teams traveled to Long Beach to compete with 3,000 other students at the Student Television Network convention in March, where the school came away with more awards than any year before. Then on April 6, the students topped that performance at the National Scholastic Press Association conference in Kansas City, where DP News earned the title of “Best Broadcast Show” and Dos Pueblos students won First Place Best in Show for both the “Feature Story” and “News Story” categories.

Dos Pueblos’s yearbook, The Image, was also awarded in Kansas City as an “Innovation Pacemaker” for inclusive coverage in its 2023 edition, along with a top-10 finish in the show’s “Best Design” category. The yearbook is edited by students Sierra Jewell and Violet Vance.

The first-place DP News team is led by advisors Doug Caines and John Dent, though the actual production of the studentrun broadcast is headed by a group of juniors and seniors who have been growing with the program ever since it was located in an aging classroom on the other side of the school.

The trio of senior Jules Steelsmith and juniors Sophia Pixley and Sophia Merritt took two individual awards, winning first place in “Broadcast News Story” for their video “Student Solidarity: A Walkout for Fair Teacher Pay,” which recounted a student-led protest in December; and taking first again for their feature story about an eco-friendly

thrift store, Far Outfit, which the group produced during the Long Beach convention in March.

Steelsmith, who joined the DP News program as a sophomore, says she is grateful for the new media center, which, with its seven individual editing bays and top-of-the-line equipment, has given the students a chance to work in small groups and share their talents. “It’s a bunch of teamwork,” Steelsmith said.

She said she was “thrown into the leadership role” this year, but she has embraced the position, teaching what she has learned in the past few years and setting an example for the professional-grade media the program is creating.

Pixley, who is in her third year with DP News, said she is sad that Steelsmith will be leaving this year, but she is excited to step into the same leadership role as a senior next year.

“They taught us a lot,” Pixley said.

Another group of seniors, Aidan Myers and Aston Smith, took second place in Kansas City for their feature story video about a teenaged barber from Goleta. Myers says the difference between the old DP News studio and the new media center is “night and day.”

“There’s so much opportunity here,” said Smith, who is planning on pursuing a career in journalism and media. “You can be filming every day; you can have a full portfolio coming out of high school. You can take advantage and learn everything.”

Caines, who oversees the students but allows them to run the show, says it is all part of Dent’s grand plan for the program. Dent helped found DP News back in 2004 and was involved in the grant writing and design for the new building.

“That’s what John’s vision was when he designed this building: It’s that real-world application,” Caines said. “I think that this success we’ve had in the spring is a testament to us finally having a facility to foster some of that creativity and we’re only scratching

DP News receives an award at the Student Television Network convention in Long Beach.

COURTESY

In the Beginning, There Was the Dog

EAT, SPRAY, LOVE: I was sawing away at a slab of French toast when she wheeled up with her suitcase and sat down across the banquet table from me. She wore a blue T-shirt and occupied the indeterminate bracket known as middle age. She had dirty blonde hair piled on top of her head and blue eyes that leaked hot smoke. Out of her mouth poured every fourletter word in the book and many more that have yet to be published. Maybe, I thought, this was her version of prayer. Often, it’s mine too. It never stopped.

We both found ourselves attending Santa Barbara’s first annual homeless prayer breakfast, held this Tuesday morning at the Veterans’ Memorial Building along Cabrillo Boulevard. All around us were people singing about God, clapping hands, expressing gratitude, and beaming those 150-watt smiles common to people touched by Jesus. Maybe there were 70 people assembled. Heaping plates of scrambled eggs, potatoes, bacon, sausage, fruit, French toast, and coffee were brought out by caterers with Freedom 4 Youth a nonprofit that rescues juvenile offenders from the clutches of the criminal justice system. Bouquets of flowers lined the tables. Early morning sunshine bathed the room. The words of the songs about redemption, hope, forgiveness, and love seemed to get hijacked by the hall’s muffled acoustics. Or maybe it was the stream of profanity emanating from my table companion. “Dream on,”

she snorted. “Good luck,” she sneered. I sort of saw her point. And sort of didn’t.

The idea for the homeless prayer breakfast was hatched by Jeff Shaffer, a onetime class clown turned free-floating religious heretic who, 20 years ago, began feeding the homeless people hanging out in Pershing Park. In the intervening years, Shaffer would vastly expand his un-collared ministry, his low-key style and twinkle in his eye proving all but irresistible.

On May 1, Shaffer turns 60. As an early birthday present to himself, he decided to throw a prayer breakfast like the one held every year at the Hilton for a higher-end suitand-tie crowd but for, of, and by homeless people themselves. His would be free. People could come as they were. “Santa Barbara is a pretty postcard town,” Shaffer explained. “But there are two sides to that postcard. Don’t we want to see the other side too?” With the middle class fast evaporating, he added, “Some of us may not be immune. It’s better to see it, accept it, embrace it,” he said. “Because you can’t avoid it.”

Helping to organize the event was a 49-yearold, barrel-chested guy who wears cargo shorts and high-top black boots that show off his bulging calves. He goes by Rocky and sports a white billy-goat beard that’s rivaled only by Nebuchadnezzar’s. A former waiter from Ventura, Rocky said he was homeless for 13 years and lived in a tent by Highway 126. “It was hell,” he said. He moved to Santa Barbara four years ago to get sober. He managed to

make it. Little wonder that when Rocky talks about the Almighty, he doesn’t refer to “God” or “Jesus,” but instead to “a higher power.”

For about a year, Rocky lived in the DignityMoves village of tiny homes transitional housing for people on the streets that recently opened up on Santa Barbara Street. In September, he became one of 13 DignityMoves residents to move into the new Vera Cruz Village apartments built by the Housing Authority as permanent homes for the same population. To the extent Rocky preaches, he preaches patience. More housing is coming, he says. “I want to let people know they’re not forgotten, that there will be housing soon.”

When Rocky says this, he hasn’t been staring into the sun or eating grasshoppers, à la John the Baptist, in the desert. He just happens to know what’s in the pipeline. This Friday evening, for example, there will be a grand ribbon-cutting ceremony for DignityMoves’ new tiny-home village La Posada off Modoc Road by the county’s old Juvenile Hall. That’s 80 new units.

Partners, pets, possessions, and property are allowed. Residents recruited from the many nearby encampments will begin moving in for real on April 22. When that happens, this will bring the total number of tiny-home units built by DignityMoves in partnership with the County of Santa Barbara, which owns the property involved to 204. That’s in the past 18 months.

Two more villages are on the drawing boards for the South Coast. One will target unhoused families. When all is said and done, that will be 300 new units of transitional housing. Running day-to-day operations will be Good Samaritan, headquartered out of Santa Maria. Their formula is to bombard residents with every kind of support and service for residents to transition from the streets to the great indoors successfully.

Every population, admittedly, is different. People who’ve lived in encampments don’t necessarily respond the same as people who are accustomed to sleeping under the courthouse eaves. But preliminary numbers appear encouraging. Of the 130 people served by the tiny-home village on Santa Barbara Street, 70 percent reportedly transitioned into permanent housing. One year later, DignityMoves claims, 96 percent of those residents are still indoors. At a time when California’s homeless population is going through the roof, Santa Barbara is going the other way, reporting a slight drop in homeless numbers. The powers-that-be cite the proliferation of tiny homes as the reason why.

By the way, the food at the prayer breakfast was seriously good. The only time my table companion stopped swearing was to ask for another plate. As if by magic, one would appear. In the moment, I was kind of curious why she sat across the table from me. I’ll never know. But I’m glad she did

—Nick Welsh

19 racism against Asian Americans, which led to what he period of “collective racial

and Posttraumatic Growth

Russell M. Jeung

Anti-Asian Hate, Racial Trauma, and Posttraumatic Growth

Professor of Asian American Studies, Francisco State University

Russell M. Jeung

Despite the awful impacts of on the mental health, Asian Americans have been resilient in the anti Asian hate. Jeung identifies three key ways that Asian Americans responded to this trauma even grew from this painful time.

Anti-Asian Hate, Racial Trauma, and Posttraumatic Growth

Professor of Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University

Russell M. Jeung

this talk, Russell Jeung explores COVID 19 racism against Asian Americans, which led to what he terms a period of “collective racial trauma.” Despite the awful impacts of racism on the mental health, Asian Americans have been resilient in the face of anti Asian hate. Jeung identifies three key ways that Asian Americans responded to this trauma even grew from this painful time.

In this talk, Russell Jeung explores COVID 19 racism against Asian Americans, which led to what he terms a period of “collective racial trauma.” Despite the awful impacts of racism on the mental health, Asian Americans have been resilient in the face of anti Asian hate. Jeung identifies three key ways that Asian Americans responded to this trauma and even grew from this painful time.

Professor of Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University

In this talk, Russell Jeung explores COVID 19 racism against Asian Americans, which led to what he terms a period of “collective racial trauma.” Despite the awful impacts of racism on the mental health, Asian Americans have been resilient in the face of anti Asian hate. Jeung identifies three key ways that Asian Americans responded to this trauma and even grew from this painful time.

Russell Jeung is the author of many books and articles on race and religion. In 2020, he cofounded Stop AAPI Hate to track instances of bias, harassment, and violence against AAPI people and to fight racism.

Russell Jeung is the author of many books and articles on race and religion. In 2020, he cofounded Stop AAPI Hate to track instances of bias, harassment, and violence against AAPI people and to fight racism.

Russell Jeung is the author of many books and articles on race and religion. In 2020, he cofounded Stop AAPI Hate to track instances of bias, harassment, and violence against AAPI people and to fight racism.

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Russell Jeung is the author of many books and articles on race and religion. In 2020, he cofounded Stop AAPI Hate to track instances of bias, harassment, and violence against AAPI people and to fight racism.

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Need Your HELP! Local Vietnam Veterans

n unexpected blessing of the January 6 hearings is that it gave young people two shining examples of political courage, Congressmember Liz Cheney, who co-chaired the Committee, and White House Assistant Cassidy Hutchinson, age 27, who testified before it. Both Republicans, they were fully aware of what they could expect from the fury of Trump Republicans, including the onslaught of hate mail and death threats that they were about to receive.

Conflicts have also arisen from family interests. Justice Thomas voted against the constitutionality of Obamacare, knowing that his wife was a lobbyist dedicated to repealing that law. He cast a vote against allowing the discovery of information about President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, knowing his wife called state legislators requesting they take action to overturn the “stolen” election.

These two patriots were especially valuable for young conservatives who had been trying, without success, to reconcile the idea of a stolen “landslide” election with the continuing absence of any credible evidence. Young conservatives could now learn not only the truth but also how genuine honesty, integrity, and courage looked and sounded.

Only by adhering to principles of ethics and avoiding appearances of impropriety do judges give citizens confidence that the law treats everyone equally. That confidence in the court is essential to our democracy and has dropped to a low of 18 percent.

It is, after all, astonishing that it requires backbone for so many Congressional Republicans to acknowledge that the stolen election is a Big Lie, or to acknowledge that what they experienced, what we all saw, and what Trump thoroughly enjoyed as he watched it unfold on TV, was an insurrection.

As Chief Justice, you have an obligation to protect the court’s credibility. Your ethics rules were a small step in the right direction but are vague and lacking enforcement provisions. We know you worry about politicizing the court. So please step up and take charge. Begin by requiring Justice Thomas’s recusal from cases relating to overturning the 2020 election.

—Stephen C. Martin, Solvang

Now we need your help ~ to find a new and permanent home to honor this ICON of service in Vietnam.

Maybe you have a place for the 24/7 display; or maybe you can help with a long-term commitment; or with one of several individual services we’ll need ~ from security to maintenance to TLC.

If you can be of help, please call Ed ~ at 805-770-0979.

The sound of an incoming Huey is beloved by all who served in Vietnam. It meant food, mail, ammo, life-saving medevacs ~ and more! It meant everything to ground pounders who needed help.

History will not be kind to these moral failures. They will be remembered as politicians who sacrificed their integrity and their patriotism to appease a bully. They’ve forgotten that bullies reserve their greatest contempt for the grovelers they control. The people bullies fear are the ones who don’t grovel and whom they cannot control people like Liz Cheney and Cassidy Hutchinson. —Porter Abbott, S.B.

To the Chief Justice

AStarshine Is Back!

What a joy to open my Independent and see an article written by Starshine Roshell.

As a longtime reader of the Independent, I looked forward to her funny observations every Thursday. The openness of this piece is written with humor.

My hope is your mended heart will be able to express your wonderful style of writing for many years to come.

—Steve Marko, S.B.

For the Record

s an attorney and judge for 40 years, I defended the Constitution and our judicial system. By applying the law conscientiously without favor, judges ensure we remain a nation of laws, not of special interests. Choosing to become a judge places restrictions on lifestyle, relationships, and associations necessary sacrifices to ensure court decisions are respected and obeyed.

¶ In last week’s story on the evictions at 211 Bath Street, we stated that one of the owners of Koto Group, Timothy Morton-Smith, was a board member for Jodi House, which he is not. In a news item the previous week about the death of Jean Blois, we mistakenly identified her as a “founding mother” of Goleta, though she was not a member of GoletaNow, which accomplished cityhood.

Justice Thomas has accepted large gifts, including forgiveness of loans and rent, tuition payments, and luxury travel worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. These gifts were given by “friends” who, while not parties immediately before the court, have strong ideological views they hope the court will favor in decisions. Justice Thomas never disclosed many gifts. He viewed these gifts as friends just being hospitable, even though the “friends” only sought him out after

Jean W. Blois

1937–2024

She Loved Goleta

BY STEVE BLOIS

Jean Blois loved Goleta! She also treasured her family, even though we five boys often tested her patience, I’m sure. Husband Bob and Jean bought a lot in Goleta in 1957 with the intention of building their dream home. The family lived in Santa Barbara’s Mission Canyon until the Goleta house was built in 1964. By that time, there were four of us sons, and we all “helped” in the construction of the new home on the hill in Goleta. Little did we know that it might lead to careers in construction for several of us.

With four kids, and later five, Jean became very involved in their education and also in the PTA. In 1970, she was elected to the Goleta School District Board, serving as president several times. She represented the district at the Tri-County level, going on to be elected to the California School Board Association. This started her “career” in civic affairs in Goleta. She did not consider herself a politician, rather someone who was interested in making her community a better place.

Mom decided that we all needed more than just school to round out our upbringing, so she convinced all of us to join the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. She served as Den Mother many times. She also encouraged us to participate in sports, even if it was just a neighborhood game of over the line in the cul-de-sac. The neighborhood basketball hoop was in our driveway. The games always ended when Mom hollered out the door that dinner was ready. After Sunday school, we often spent time playing tennis at the municipal courts.

By this time, Jean was helping run the fledging family business, Blois & Cardoza, a pipeline construction company started by Bob Blois and Gil Cardoza. She spent many hours in her basement “office” keeping the company books, paying the bills, and making payroll for the workers. In 1968, at 41 years old, Jean gave birth to her fifth son. But that didn’t slow her down at all! When Goleta Water District decided to establish a moratorium on new water meters in the ’70s, Jean started paying attention to local water issues. She ran for a seat on the water board and was elected in 1990, serving for 12 years, including several stints as president. Representing Goleta Water District, she served on the Santa Barbara County Special Districts as well as the Association of California Water Agencies. Jean also served as vice president of the Cachuma Project Authority (the joint group of water company representatives renegotiating the Lake Cachuma Agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior). She especially treasured her experience on the water board.

After many frustrating attempts at incorporation of the City of Goleta, Jean was thrilled when the new city was approved in the 2001 election. She was elected to the first Goleta City Council, and on February 1, 2002, the five newly elected councilmembers were sworn in on the steps of the Goleta Valley Community Center. Jean served as mayor in 2005 and 2007.

Over her years, Jean served many other organizations within the Goleta region, often assuming leadership roles: Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital

Foundation; Goleta Valley Community Center Board; Goleta Chamber of Commerce, serving as president in 1998; president of Santa Barbara County Taxpayers Association; Girsh Park board; Goleta Valley Beautiful; Goleta Valley Historical Society; and many others. She, along with Bob, was a lifetime member of the Santa Barbara Elks Lodge, and was very proud to be named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Goleta Noontime Rotary Club. She was a founding director of Community West Bank. Jean was named Goleta Woman of the Year in 1997 and was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022 by the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce.

Jean was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church. Her faith was unwavering. She served the local Goleta Presbyterian Church several times as an Elder, helped the Finance Committee Sunday mornings, taught Sunday School at many different levels, and physically helped her husband build the new church building when other volunteers were unavailable.

Jean was also an excellent seamstress and knitter. She made nearly all her clothes for many years, many shirts and sweaters for her boys, and legendary Christmas stockings for her extended family. She loved playing bridge, water-skiing, snorkeling, snow-skiing, and cheering on the Dodgers and Lakers. Bob and Jean traveled all over the world in later years.

Looking back at her life and all that she accomplished, her sons now realize they were living with an honest-to-goodness rock star and never knew it! How she did all these things and still found time for her extended family is astonishing. Yet, she did it all because it was the “right thing to do.” She passed away peacefully, at home, knowing she had accomplished great things and left this world a better place.

There will be a memorial service for Jean at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, at Goleta Presbyterian Church (6067 Sherrill Wy.). There will be a celebration of life afterward.

Amos Jose “Titos”

Barajas

3/20/1951 - 3/14/2024

Son of the late Amos Quezada and Angelina Villagomez Barajas

Loving brother to Irma, Ruben, Miguel, Beatriz, Maria, Rogelio, Carlos, M. Evelia, Ana

SB native, SBHS class of 1970, Park Ranger at Tucker’s Grove

Predeceased by his wife Debbie and his son Jesse. Survived by his son Isaac, his grandchildren, many nieces,  nephews and friends. We love you Amos, you will be dearly missed.

Alicia DeAnne Cast

11/22/1968 - 2/22/2024

Alicia DeAnne Cast was born November 22, 1968 in Denver, CO. She graduated from Grand Island, NE Senior High School in 1986. Alicia went on to earn her Bachelor’s in Sociology from Beloit College, Cum Laude and with Honors in 1990. Upon receiving her degree, Alicia then attended Washington State University on an assistantship where she earned her doctorate in Sociology in 1998.

Alicia taught Sociology in higher education through a post-doctorate at Indiana University, and faculty positions at Iowa State University and University of California Santa Barbara. A profile of her accomplishments and scholarship can be found at https://tinyurl.com/y254bmse

Alicia is survived by her sons, Benjamin and Oliver Cast Potoski of Santa Barbara, CA; her parents Larry and Beverly Cast of Elkhorn, NE, sister Melissa Cast-Brede

and her husband Kent Brede, Omaha, NE; sister Shandra Cast and her husband Keith Eiler, Loveland, CO; uncles Roy (Norma) Cast, Milford, NE; Wayne (Lisa) Cast, Princeton, MO, aunts Marian (Alan) Ruge, Greeley, CO; Elaine (Ted) Phillips, Beaver Crossing, NE; Cheryl Wall, Aurora, CO; honorary uncle Ted (Maureen) Behlke, Benkelman, NE; her partner Karl Wright, San Luis Obispo, CA, and numerous cousins and friends who made up her found family.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Marvin and Lois Cast, Beaver Crossing, NE and Melvin (Doc) and Arlene Spears, Benkelman, NE; aunts Verle Behlke, Benkelman, NE, Diane Dawson, Fairmont, NE, Jean Kunert, Milford, NE; uncle Bill Kunert, Milford, NE, and her cousin Kara Behlke Ungerman, Des Moines, IA. A celebration of life gathering will be held at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 380 N Fairview Ave, Goleta, CA on April 13, 2024 from 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Dina G. Castillo 9/5/1955 - 1/14/2024

In Loving Memory of Dina G. Castillo

Dina Castillo, affectionately known as Profesora Castillo by her many students and colleagues, graced this world with her exceptional intellect and gentle kindness. Her unwavering spirit touched all who knew her, leaving an enduring legacy of love and wisdom. Dina peacefully departed on January 14th, 2024, at the youthful age of 69.

Born in Nahuatzen, Michoacan, on September 5, 1955, Dina’s journey led her to East Los Angeles, where she arrived as a child. She flourished at Garfield High School, showcasing academic prowess and a fervent passion for learning and community engagement. During her time at Garfield, Dina’s path intertwined with Leo, her beloved husband of 34 years.

Together, they embraced education at USCB, where Dina earned both her B.A and M.A. before embarking on a life of shared dreams and impactful advocacy. Their love story blossomed into a family centered on love, with Rodrigo and Gabriela bringing boundless joy and pride into Dina’s life. The laughter and love they shared formed the tapestry of her existence.

As a devoted professor, Dina’s influence extended far beyond the classroom. Her tenure at Santa Barbara City College, spanning over 30 years, showcased her dedication to nurturing young minds and fostering a global perspective through travel programs to Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Chile. Her leadership as the chair of the Humanities Department echoed her commitment to education and compassion.

Dina is lovingly remembered by her son and daughter-in-law, Rodrigo and Ivon; her daughter and son-in-law, Gabriela and Paul; and her cherished grandchildren, Leah, Christian, and Celeste. She leaves behind a legacy of love and learning that will continue to inspire all who were fortunate to know her. Dina’s grandchildren brought endless joy and laughter to her when she took them to Santa Barbara City College, where they often ran around the campus with youthful exuberance. Their playful antics, like chasing squirrels or imagining grand adventures in the lecture halls, added a delightful and lighthearted energy to the educational environment that Dina cherished so deeply. Her grandchildren’s presence, full of innocence and curiosity, brought smiles to the faces of students and faculty alike, reminding everyone of the beauty of youth and the importance of family bonds.

Mom, your laughter and playful spirit wil l forever echo in our hearts. From your joyful spins in San Francisco’s parks to your endearing nicknames, your presence brought warmth and laughter to our lives. You embodied countless roles with grace and strength, forever remaining our guiding light and dearest companion. You loved handing out candy to trick-or-treaters, spreading joy and sweetness to the neighborhood children.

And on Halloween night, amidst the spooky festivities, your kitchen would come alive with the aroma of your famous oven-fried chicken, a tradition that brought comfort to your family. Your Halloween celebrations were not only about treats and tricks but also about creating cherished memories filled with laughter, love, and delicious food. You followed this with unforgettable Dia De Los Muertos altars and celebrations. We promise to keep your traditions alive.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Pueblo Del Rey for their compassionate support and assistance with funeral services during this difficult time. Their dedication to ensuring a meaningful and dignified farewell for our beloved will always be remembered and appreciated. Services will be held at the Winslow-Maxwell Overlook, located on the Santa Barbara City College Campus (East), on April 20th at 11 am, followed by a reception at the Santa Barbara Masonic Center.

Elia Salazar 10/29/1931 - 4/1/2024

Elia Salazar Mendez was born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico on October 29, 1931 and she went to her eternal home on Monday, April 1, 2024. She went peacefully at Country Garden Senior Care with her daughter Elaina Vaughan at her side.

A Loving wife, mother, grandmother, and greatgrandmother, she always cared deeply and gave generously to her family and her friends.

Elia studied cosmetology and pattern making in Tampico, Mexico and she loved creating beautiful dresses, tole and water color paintings, and wood carvings. She mastered cake decorating and even made her own clay pot piñatas decorated in floral and animal designs. She learned upholstery and upholstered many of her own pieces of furniture. She

also loved photography and documenting family events for posterity. Her attention to detail and keen eye led her to a career in Quality Control, as she worked for Applied Magnetics for 27 years as a QA Inspector. She made many lifelong friends working at AMC.

Elia instilled a passionate love of learning, a love of music and beauty and a generous spirit in all her children and they, in turn, passed it on to her grandchildren and great- grandchildren.

Her husband, Alfonso Salazar Castro, and his good friend, Humberto Salmeron, founded Club Amigos Latinos in the 70’s. Elia loved the longstanding friendships that were formed in the club, as the unifying threads were the Spanish language, all coming from Latin countries, and the love of good food, music and learning about their unique cultures. She and her husband traveled extensively with their friends from the club.

Elia is survived by her 4 children and their spouses: Blanca (Star) and Jim Bolton, Miguel and Terri Salazar, Jorge and Patricia Salazar, and Elaina and Stewart Vaughan. She is also survived by 13 grandchildren and their 6 spouses and 8 greatgrandchildren. She also has her sister, Sara Covarrubias of Queretaro Mexico, and her family.

There will be a viewing at Welch Ryce on Sola Street on Wednesday, April 17 from 9 to 4. Her funeral mass will be on Thursday, April 18 at Saint Rafael’s Church at 10 am, with the burial at Calvary Cemetery after the mass. Her family wishes to thank Cecilia De Monte Verde and all her staff at Country Garden Senior Care for the loving care you gave our Mamacita and for going the extra mile by giving her amazing birthday celebrations!

Thomas Miller Woodring

9/25/1936 - 2/13/2024

Thomas (Tom) Woodring, who lived a full life, passed away peacefully at 87, with his wife, Letha, and his family by his side in Santa Barbara.

Born and raised in Santa Barbara, Tom was the youngest of four children of Beulah Lillian Parkin Woodring (1987) and Orville (“Woody”) Woodring (1938). Tom attended Harding Elementary School and La Cumbre Junior High and graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1954. While growing up on the Westside, Tom made many lifelong friends, including Ronnie Morris, Joe Bilotta, David Taggert, and Eldon Horst. Before many streets and sidewalks were paved, Tom and his friends set up makeshift pole-vaulting pits and practiced with bamboo poles they made. They also played touch football on those streets and organized track meets. Tom earned varsity letters in track and football in high school.

Tom fondly remembered selling peanuts at Laguna Park for the Dodger’s minor league team and the Santa Barbara NewsPress on State Street in his youth. He was also employed in high school for Pepsi and had other odd jobs, including gardening and window washing.

After graduating high school, Tom attended Santa Barbara City College and Brigham Young University (BYU). He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1959. He continued his academic pursuits by obtaining a master’s degree from San Jose State and a Psy.D. in clinical psychology from Baylor University. While studying at San Jose State, Tom met Steve Ruckman, Tom Watts, and Marty Moloff (2017), who became his lifelong friends.

Tom served in the U.S. Army with honor. After his discharge, he worked as a social worker, deputy probation officer, research analyst for the California Youth Authority, staff psychologist at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino, director of the outpatient program in Santa Maria, and direc-

tor of the conditional release program in Santa Barbara County.

Beginning in the 1950s, long before it was popular with the public, Tom “worked out,” as he would call it, at Santa Barbara City College and everywhere he lived. Those close to Tom remember when he and his former brother-in-law, Louie Velliotes (2004), walked about 50 yards on their hands along Ledbetter Beach and played volleyball at East Beach.

Tom remained active well into his 80s. As a senior athlete, Tom competed in several decathlons. Tom continued pole vaulting until he was 82 years old. He won many local, state, and national master’s competitions. In addition to his avid interest in track, Tom played for the Santa Barbara Condors football team when he was 62. He and Don Paulson continued to play softball together at Eilings Park until he was 86. Together, they were featured in an article for the Santa Barbara Independent by John Zant in March 2021.

Tom contributed to the track community by volunteering as a coach at Santa Barbara City College and Santa Barbara and San Marcos High Schools. He could often be found officiating local track events. Tom and his good friend Steve Morris also organized a series of pole vault competitions at Leadbetter Beach.

Tom had a great passion for playing bridge, and his beloved wife Letha was his partner until he was 87. They loved traveling, and together, they went on many cruises and trips across the United States and Europe. One of Tom’s lifelong dreams was to go on an African safari, and he was thrilled when he and Steve Ruckman finally fulfilled it. Tom loved riding his Harley Davidson Motorcycle and touring the Western United States until his mid-80s, including Sturgis.

Tom lived a rich and fulfilling life, which he humbly acknowledged. He never boasted about his accomplishments and talked more about his eagerness to improve. Tom valued his family and friends above everything else and always included them in his activities and travels. He and his brother Don worked out together at LaPlaya Stadium for years. Tom involved his nephews and nieces in tag football games, Frisbee tossing, and body-surfing at the nearby beaches. Tom was also passionate about cooking and loved hosting gatherings with his

loved ones.

Tom is predeceased by his elder sister, Marian (2020), and his elder brother, Donald (2021). Tom is survived by his beloved sister, Joan along with his nieces and nephews: Linnea Murphy (Bill), Steve Velliotes (Tuyen), Donna Woodring, Chantel Hallerman (Richard), Vicky Falk, Gina Van Steyn, Darrell Johnston, Guy Parvex (Liz), Don Parvex, (Shannon), Brett Johnston (Danielle) Heidi Medal (Ben), and Christian Kienborts (Lucy) and many grand and great nieces and nephews.

Tom was very appreciative of the residents and staff at Wood Glen Hall, where he lived the last nine months, his caretaker, Brandon Diaz, and the health care professionals with Assisted Living.

Tom will be buried at the Santa Barbara Cemetery at 1:15 p.m. on April 26, 2024. Following, there will be a private celebration of his life.

Irene Anschuetz

4/1/1926 - 2/20/2024

Leaving a legacy of memories, a family generation has ended with the passing of Irene Anschuetz in Santa Barbara, CA on February 20, 2024.

A Santa Barbara native, Edith Irene Miller was born to Ernest and Marie (Peralta) Miller at St. Francis Hospital on April 1, 1926. She never liked the name Edith and most friends and family were surprised to learn of her given name, as she always was known as Irene or “Cookie” to family. Irene was predeceased by seven siblings and their spouses, Elizabeth McCormick, Evelyn Durrah, Laraine Vanlandingham, Ernest, Marilyn, Robert, and Richard Miller.

A 1944 graduate of Santa Barbara High School, Irene played basketball, admittedly one

of the shortest players on the team. Quite the social butterfly, she often shared memories of friends and school activities. She was proud to be the first in her family to receive a high school diploma.

After graduating from SBHS, Irene joined thousands of other ‘Rosie the Riveters” in the war effort, traveling to Lompoc and working at Camp Cooke, the predecessor to Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Irene and Charles “Andy” Anschuetz married in 1948. The first house they rented as a married couple was on Blanchard Street on Santa Barbara’s Eastside. Rent was steep, they said, at $25.00 per month. They later bought a home on Mesa School Lane (for $11,000) and in later years moved “up the Mesa” to a home with a cherished view of the ocean.

The Mesa neighborhood was the home where Irene and Andy raised 2 sons, Charles “Chuck” and Scott. Many meals were shared with an “open door” policy for all of Irene’s “adopted” sons which included holiday celebrations highlighted by homemade tacos, enchiladas, rice and beans, recipes handed down by her mother. Chuck recalls one of his mother’s greatest gifts being when she decided to not relent into Andy’s desire to move to Michigan and today he still says, “Thanks Mom for raising me in Santa Barbara, rather than Saginaw.”

Irene was a familiar face to many, having worked at Otts Hardware and for over 30 years in the catalog department at Sears where she made lifelong friends. April Fools Day was a never ending concession to birthday hijinks with work friends and family always doing their best to top the pranks of the previous year. She could rarely go anywhere around town without someone saying, “Don’t I know you?” and often they found to have something or someplace in common.

Fun times were enjoyed with numerous RV camping trips throughout the western US. Skamokawa, Washington, Brice Canyon, Utah, Patrick’s Point, and Kings Canyon were always favorites as well as visits to Cachuma and El Capitan for local getaways filled with good food and cheer. Between camping trips, cruises to celebrate special milestones (or just retirement in general) were shared, with planning and packing almost as much fun as the trip itself. Irene was a skilled baker, nothing beat her

cakes and breads. Her plum jam recipe is treasured.

When life slowed down in later years, Irene enjoyed an occasional day at the Chumash Casino. She loved the Turner Classic Movie channel and even when her memory became cloudy, Irene could name off each of the stars from the past.

A diehard Laker fan, she rarely missed a game, often watching it while on the phone with her sister Elizabeth. While both in their late 80’s, they were treated with a visit from Bill Bertka. The “girls” were thrilled, as giddy as teenagers and the moment was truly a highlight as they approached their nonagenarian years.

Irene’s life is celebrated by her family, Chuck and Ellie, Scott, grandsons J.J. and Bill Owen and her great-grandchildren, Nora and Daniella. She is the favorite aunt of numerous nieces and nephews, as well as ‘the grands’. Irene would say, at her age there’s no one left in the family to dispute this claim.

For those who wish, a donation to English Springer Rescue America (ESRA https:// www.springerrescue.org/) in memory of Irene would be welcomed. Private interment will be at Calvary Cemetery, Santa Barbara next to her husband, Andy (decd. 2010), and near her sister Elizabeth and Alex, her parents, and brother Richard. She always said her niche is specially placed next to an electrical outlet to visit with popcorn and a blender for margaritas. Raise a toast to a life well lived and a woman well loved whose extraordinary wit will not be forgotten.

Nancy JordanMargaret

7/9/1948 - 3/31/2024

A long-time resident of Santa Barbara, CA, Nancy brightened every life she touched with her smile, her laughter, and her genuinely caring nature. She deeply loved her family, friends, and animals. She lived her life to its fullest – no regrets. She will be greatly missed. There will not be a public service. Donations to the Alzheimer’s Association (www.alz.org) in Nancy’s name are welcomed.

GRANADA GRANDEUR, CELEBRATING 100 YEARS

‘TMighty Milestone Centennial Festival Weekend Includes the Santa Barbara Debut of the Ambitious Pacific Jazz Orchestra

is the season for Santa Barbara’s historic venues attaining major milestone status. Last year, the Lobero Theatre chalked up its 150th year in operation and was duly anointed by Architectural Digest as one of the world’s “most beautiful theaters.” As of this weekend, the landmark Granada Theatre anchored in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara officially crosses the 100-year mark. (The Arlington Theatre is the young upstart, having to wait until 2031 for its centennial.)

Granada-centric celebrations and nostalgic ruminations are in order. As for official celebrations, the Granada Centennial Festival Weekend, April 12-14, brings a three-night variety show into the hallowed room, reflecting the diverse swath of cultural programming passing through these storied walls.

Time being a critical point of focus during this anniversary year, a past/present/future theme presides over the threenight festival, with a clever time-tied pricing scheme attached: $19.24 for Friday, $20.24 on Saturday, and $21.24 for Sunday.

A driving force behind the centennial plans is Jill Seltzer, Vice President of Advancement at the Granada. “We’re all excited to see our Granada Theatre reach its 100th anniversary,” she said. “There’s no better way to commemorate this milestone than by celebrating it with the Santa Barbara community who has supported the theater for many generations. We can’t wait to celebrate with the residents and the performers, who all will be part of something so special and memorable.” She added that the ample financial support of donors “is going a long way in helping us convey an important message of this Centennial Year ‘This is your Granada.’

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“Our theater and its history are truly remarkable. That’s why it was so important to plan and create centennial festivities that would showcase the theater’s ability to adapt, adjust, and evolve through generations. There’s no better way to do that than by looking at its past, present, and future and incorporating that into our event planning.”

Friday night belongs to screenings of films which actually premiered, with due fanfare, in this theater Buster Keaton’s 1924 silent film Sherlock Jr. and the 1977-vintage Star Wars: A New Hope. A keynote concert hits the stage on Saturday, with the local debut of the ambitious new Los Angeles–based Pacific Jazz Orchestra, with singers Katharine McPhee (of American Idol fame), jazz/R&B singer Billy Valentine, song stylist Sheléa, and vocalist Adam “Aejaye” Jackson in tow.

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The Granada Theatre building as it’s evolved over the years, from the first picture in 1924 (top left) to a current photo (top right)

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Montecito Flood Mitigation Master Plan April

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mitigation options for flooding in Montecito.  A Flood Mitigation Master Plan is underway to guide the planning, design, and construction of improvements to mitigate flooding impacts to the community.  An introductory meeting took place in May of 2023 and a second meeting took place on November 29, 2023, where information was distributed and comments gathered from the public.

At this next meeting, a brief presentation will be given to describe the concept plan that has been developed, followed by breakout sessions and the opportunity to speak to County agents to view the plan in more detail, and to relay your feedback, experiences, and ideas.  The presentation will begin at 5:30 pm and last approximately 30 minutes.  Project updates and information can be found on the County’s website at:  https://www.countyofsb.org/mfcmp

This will be the last public meeting for this stage of the plan development.  The Preliminary Plan will then be completed and the Flood Control District will continue into preliminary engineering design based on this plan.  Additional public open house meetings will be held during the design process.

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Hawkins, Jackson Gillies, and Rachel La Com mare, an affair hosted by Santa Barbara’s beloved newsman/raconteur John Palminteri. Seltzer commented that, “given the theater’s deeply woven history with the Santa Barbara commu nity, we wanted to salute Santa Barbara’s home grown talent. We also invited the Dos Pueblos, San Marcos, and Santa Barbara high schools to perform and provide a sneak peek of their upcoming spring musicals.”

Partying continues after the Sunday show, taking it to the street (to quote Santa Barbaran Michael McDonald) for a block party fortified with live music by Spencer the Gardener.

As for nostalgic ruminations, these can range from objective historical facts to subjective memories.

Last week, as part of the overall scheme of the centennial festivities, the theater rightfully toasted itself and its legacy with a new, pol ished half-hour documentary The Granada: Celebrating 100 Years of the Arts in Santa Bar bara, directed by April Wright. While the second half of the film focuses on the major restoration project early in this century, it casts fascinating light on the auspicious birthing process and waves of history in the early 20th century.

The eight-story Granada building remains Santa Barbara’s only “high-rise,” from a period before the 1925 earthquake gave way to stricter architectural guidelines governing the uniform Spanish Colonial Revival style downtown. The design by Los Angeles–based architect AB Rosenthal incorporates a mix of Spanish-Moorish influence originating in Granada, Spain, and the Alhambra.

As Granada lore has it, local builder Charles M. Urton had a certain grit and determination in taking on this epic task, sending away for books instructing him how to build a high rise. In the film, his granddaughter Marcia comments, “When you’ve never done steel-reinforced concrete and you send away for books to tell him how to do that, that tells you what kind of a person he was.”

The Granada’s grand opening in 1924 featured a screening of the silent film Mademoiselle Midnight, starring Mae Murray, and in keeping with the

practice of added onstage attractions in major movie houses of the day, the evening also boasted a 25-piece orchestra, a Wurlitzer theater organ, and Theodore Kosloff’s Ballet performing “A Legion of Old Spain.” As film historian Ross Melnick asserts in the film, opening night “had all the trapping of a major civic event.”

A year later, the devastating 1925 earthquake destroyed much of Santa Barbara’s architecture, but the Granada was one of the few buildings that withstood the disaster. As a point of pride of craftsmanship in his steel-reinforced edifice, Urton hung a large sign from the top floor of the building reading “built by Charles Urton,” along with his phone number. The Granada’s legend and legacy quickly grew, bringing celebrities, performing arts events, and film premieres to its embracing space. The late 1920s ushered in the “talkies” era, with installation of proto-sound systems Vitaphone and Movietone, and Warner Brothers scooped up the theater, adding its imprimatur to the face of the building and its marquee. Later, 3-D films entered the picture, a move to bring television-tethered audiences back to the movies, with such titles as Bwana Devil and House of Wax, and CinemaScope later added further dimension to the moviegoing experience.

Official premieres, including the Doris Day lark My Dream Is Yours, brought glitz to the Granada, while the theater also became an out-of-town “test site” for movies via sneak previews from Hollywood. The Granada saga continued, through ups and downs over the decades.

Personally, my passionate engagement with the Granada began half its life ago. In the mid-’70s, I was an avid teenage concertgoer catching lastingly memorable shows by artists such as Van Morrison, Mahavishnu Orchestra (with the shorn, whiteclad guitar mega-hero John McLaughlin and his double-neck guitar), Steve Miller, Return to Forever, and Fleetwood Mac (the pre-Buckingham/Nicks model, with Bob Welch).

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The theater underwent various structural, usage, and identity changes through

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The original ad for Star Wars at the Granada

Doris Day (left) is one of the many film stars who came for premieres.

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subsequent years, including having its balcony walled off to create a mini-movieplex, and was later used as home to the Civic Light Opera. The major renovation and rebirth of the space as a performing arts center came thanks to a $52 million, five-year restoration/renovation project, spearheaded by Susan Gulbransen and Joan Rutkowski and generously endowed and supported by the late philanthropist Michael Towbes and his wife Anne.

The challenges and scope of the major restoration, logistically and financially, exceeded early expectations. But as avid local philanthropist Sara Miller McCune said in the new Granada documentary, during the drawn-out process, “there was never a time we ever believed we would fail. All we said, to ourselves, was, ‘They don’t know Santa Barbara.’

The year 2008 saw the grand unveiling and reopening of the dra matically overhauled, 1,550-seat theater, moving into the future while heeding historic preservationist objectives. The Granada has since taken the reins as Santa Barbara’s official orchestra hall, put to good use by the Santa Barbara Symphony, CAMA’s “International Series,” Opera Santa Barbara’s grander operatic ventures, State Street Ballet, programs in UCSB’s Arts & Lectures series, and more.

Of the extensive facelift of the facility, Seltzer boasts that “the major restoration of the Granada, which both restored the venue to its original grandeur while also installing state-of-the-art theater technology, has made it the venue of choice for both local performing arts organiza tions as well as producers interested in using a house with the Granada’s audience capacity and stellar acoustics. And the upgrading of the venue doesn’t stop. Just within the past three years, a brand-new sound system custom-designed for the Granada by Allen Sides has been installed.”

This performing arts center is performing beautifully and has become an important foundational piece of Santa Barbara’s cultural puzzle. That fact hit home recently when a flooding incident caused by errant sprinklers kept the theater dark for more than a month. Present ers scrambled for alternative venues, and Granada-goers felt a certain vacuum, making the return of events here such as the baby boomer lovefest with Jefferson Starship and the Marshall Tucker Band on March 3 all the more appreciated.

As Seltzer described, “Our beloved theater faced water damage caused by a fire sprinkler mishap due to human error. Luckily, the damage was confined to the stage. The silver lining of the situation actually allowed us to improve the surface of the stage. This situation also reminded us all of the incredible resilience of the theater to survive and withstand changes.”

Although this weekend represents the official birthday celebration for the landmark theater, Seltzer noted that “over the course of the

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The Granada got a major overhaul in 2008, upgrading the opulent interior as well as bringing the technology up to stellar standards.

year, we intend to continue celebrating our centennial year with great performances and shows. We’re still working on ironing out the final details, but we have a lot more exciting things to come.”

Despite the leading band being Pacific Jazz Orchestra (PJO), the Saturday-night soiree at the Granada will be a genre-blending menu of jazz, R&B, pop, and Broadway tunes (which, of course, have a natural familial relationship with the jazz standards book). Topping the guest lineup with the group is famed singer/actress (and spouse of music icon David Foster) McPhee, whose star began rising with her runner-up win in the 2006 American Idol sweepstakes, with hits in her future: her song “Terrified” has racked up 110 million hits on Spotify. In actress mode, she appeared on TV’s Smash and Scorpion, and made her Broadway debut in Waitress.

big band up to play at SOhO, on one occasion joined by legendary vocalist Tierney Sutton as guest.

All these years later, Walden is now a well-established figure in the realms of film music, high-end pop production, arranging for the Oscars, and, yes, jazz gigs and projects still in the mix. Last week, we checked in with Walden, 57, for a career update, and a preview of what he’s bringing to the party for our grand house of culture on State, now a centenarian.

I’ve spoken to you a few times, connected to past Santa Barbara visits close to the time you had moved to America, and Hollywood. Your musical world and résumé have exploded since then. How has your musical career evolved since moving to America from your native Germany? Has it grown beyond your expectations? I came to the U.S. in 1996 at 29 years old. I have had somewhat of a career in Germany as a film composer and orchestra arranger. But by the time I was 29, I felt that I had accomplished in Germany everything there is, and that I needed to move on to grow more as a composer and arranger. I came to Los Angeles without a specific goal, but just to work as a composer and arranger and see how far I can get.

Los Angeles–based, veteran jazz and R&B singer Billy Valentine also makes an appearance with the PJO. His varied history and approach to genre, sometimes compared to Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield, can be detected in his Reagan-era protest hit “Money’s Too Tight (to Mention),” in his sibling-fueled band the Valentine Brothers, and now on his recent project, the Universal Truth. That group’s 2023 album opens with “We the People Who Are Darker than Blue,” featuring a cameo by young lion alto saxist Immanuel Wilkins. The jazz connection continues on recently released tracks such as “Lady Day and John Coltrane,” cut with notable jazz/studio musicians bassist Pino Palladino, keyboardist Larry Goldings, and guitarist Jeff Parker.

Wait, there’s more. The singer-songwriter-keyboardist known as Sheléa (born Sheléa Frazier) finds her own path through pop, R&B, and jazz, in a style owing something to her mentorship relationships with Stevie Wonder and Quincy Jones. Adding old-school jazz-blues energy to the evening is vocalist Adam “Aejaye” Jackson.

Saturday’s concert also represents a return to Santa Barbara for its formidable founder/leader, Chris Walden. More than a dozen years ago, having recently gone to Hollywood from his native Hamburg, Germany, Walden brought his impressive jazz

I quickly did find work composing for television and movies in Hollywood, but it was not always smooth sailing; there were ups and downs, and stretches of no work as well. But I stayed persistent and kept writing music, and I would have never imagined that I would eventually work for artists as big as Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, and TV shows like the Oscars.

Other jazz musicians who landed in L.A. found ways of putting their flexible skills to productive use, including Oliver Nelson and, of course, Quincy Jones. Have you found a happy convergence of hats to wear in Los Angeles, in terms of moving beyond just jazz, into pop, film, and other areas? Although my musical background is jazz, I have never considered myself a jazz musician exclusively. I was always interested in working in other genres, and therefore film music was a great way to explore that, as well as arranging for a wide range of recording artists who are not all necessarily jazz artists. And in return, that experience has enriched and influenced my writing for my jazz projects.

Among your many tasks and associations has been arranging for the Oscars for the past five years (if my math is correct). Has that been a particular challenge and satisfaction? I have arranged for the Oscars seven times within the last 12 years, and since 2019, I have served as “lead arranger.” I love working on that show because I get to write music in so many different styles. And for the past five years as lead arranger, I have been able to put my personal stamp on the show by composing my own theme music for the show.

Chris Walden

Were there particular high points of the recent Oscars maybe the infamous/famous Ken dance, for instance? The “I’m Just Ken” number was definitely a highlight of this year’s show, but I’m also particularly proud of how the “In Memoriam” tribute with Andrea Bocelli turned out.

You launched the Pacific Jazz Orchestra just two years ago and have some ambitious plans for the project and ensemble. Can you tell me about the inception and goal of the project? After having written music for other people for more than 35 years, I wanted to fulfill my own musical vision. And two years ago, I decided the best way to do this would be with my own orchestra. The goal is to produce an annual concert season with about five concert projects spread out over a handful of venues in Los Angeles and to also bring these concerts to other nearby cities, like Santa Barbara.

In the not-so-distant future, we will also tour with this ensemble to the East Coast and other countries. We will also establish an educational component in the form of a summer camp/workshop for high school and college kids.

There are humbler big band operations there, and the Clayton-Hamilton band, but it seems more should be possible in a city so well-stocked with great musicians. Is your PJO project partly a way to fill a gap, in terms of a strong jazz-based large ensemble on the West Coast? Yes, there are some very good big bands here on the West Coast, but the Pacific Jazz Orchestra is different, as it also incorporates a string section. Therefore, I do think it fills a gap in the musical landscape of Los Angeles.

Despite the J-word, do you see the project expanding into other genres and musical areas just as you have in your career? My goal with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra from the beginning was to go beyond the boundaries of jazz and to present concerts with guest artists that represent a wide variety of styles and genres and do crossover projects that combine jazz and other forms of music.

What will the program be at the Granada, or is that still evolving? The program at the

Granada will feature four guest artists: Katharine McPhee, Billy Valentine, Sheléa, and Adam “Aejaye” Jackson. They will sing some jazz standards, pop/R&B, Broadway tunes, and songs from the Great American Songbook.

PJO will be appearing in the key concert event at The Granada Theatre’s milestone Centennial Weekend. Between the Granada’s 100th birthday and the Lobero Theatre’s recent 150th anniversary, coming from Europe, with its more vintage structures and musical institutions, do you have a strong feeling for the importance of deep and supportive cultural history as the Granada represents? Yes, being from Europe, I do have a strong connection and appreciation for historic institutions and venues.

You also come from the land of government support for the arts, and a strong lineage of state-supported jazz big bands, such as the famed WDR band. Do you feel America needs to emulate such publicly nurtured art models to expand the public discourse about more serious musical forms such as jazz? In Los Angeles County, there is some support for arts and music, but not nearly enough to support orchestra institutions such as the PJO. Therefore, we rely greatly on donations and grants from private and corporate sources. Our inaugural season was mainly sponsored by the Herb Alpert Foundation.

What do you have on your plate now, or is that a complicated and multi-faceted question? For the next few months, I will be busy writing music for our last two PJO concerts of the season. After that, I have a few albums by other recording artists to write music for.

Does this feel like a richly creative and productive period in your musical adventure so far? Throughout my career, I have always looked for new challenges and inspirations to grow as a composer and arranger, and now with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra, this quest has only intensified.

The Granada Centennial Weekend Events take place April 12-14, with ticket prices ranging from $19.24$21.24. See granadasb.org to purchase tickets for any of these events.

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THURSDAY 4/11

4/11-4/13: The Theatre Group at SBCC Presents: The Outsider Paul Slade Smith’s heartwarming and hilarious comedy follows newly appointed governor of a small state Ned Newley, who is terrified by cameras and public speaking but great at governing, and his chief of staff, who brings in a team of experts to save the day in the nonsensical world of campaign politics. The play runs through April 27. Thu.-Sat.: 7:30pm. Jurkowitz Theatre, SBCC West Campus, 721 Cliff Dr. $10-$26. Call (805) 965-5935. Read more on pg. 35 theatregroupsbcc.com/current-season

4/11-4/14, 4/16-4/17: Titanic Days Receive a boarding pass as one of the passengers of the Titanic and walk through the museum seeing details of that fateful night, and, at the end of the tour, attendees will receive either an obituary or a news article that gives details of their passenger’s fate. 10am. Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum, 21 W. Anapamu St. Free Call (805) 962-5322 or email kmuseumsba@aol.com tinyurl.com/TitanicDays24

4/11: Teen BYO Book Club Teens in grades 7-12 are invited to bring the book they are currently reading, or a book they love, to share and discuss it with others. 5:30pm. S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call (805) 962-7653 or email info@sbplibrary.libanswers.com tinyurl.com/TeenBYOBookClub

4/11: American Theatre Guild Presents: Little Women This musical based on Louisa May Alcott’s adventures of sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March, who are determined to live life on their own terms with a powerful score, will bring this timeless classic to life. 7:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $59-$109. Call (805) 899-2222. granadasb.org/events

4/11-4/14, 4/17: Ensemble Theatre Company Presents: The Lehman Trilogy

This 2022 Tony Award–winning play, a quintessential story of western capitalism, weaves together nearly two centuries of family history that chart the humble beginnings, outrageous successes, and devastating failure of the financial institution that would ultimately bring the global economy to its knees. The play runs through April 21. Thu.: 6:30pm, Fri.: 7pm, Sat.: 1 and 7pm, Sun.: 1pm, Wed.: 1 and 6:30pm. The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St. Call (805) 965-5400 or email boxoffice@etcsb.org etcsb.org/whats-on

FRIDAY 4/12

FARMERS MARKET SCHEDULE

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

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

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

SUNDAY Goleta: Camino Real Marketplace, 10am-2pm

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

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

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FISHERMAN’S MARKET

SATURDAY

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

4/12: Bear Cave Productions

Presents Bingo After Dark Get ready to laugh out loud as Bear Cave Productions presents a unique twist on the classic bingo night, with cash prizes, gift cards, surprise performances, and themed nights. 8pm. The Cruisery, 501 State St. Free tinyurl.com/BingoAfterDark

Shows on Tap Shows on Tap

4/13, 4/17:

Eos Lounge Sat.: Miley Serious, 9pm. Wed.: Snuffy, 8pm. Free. 500 Anacapa St. Ages 21+. Call (805) 564-2410. eoslounge.com

4/12-4/13: Maverick Saloon Fri.: Jimi Nelson Band, 8:30pm. Sat.: Jimi Nelson, noon. LiveWire, 9pm. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free. Call (805) 686-4785. mavericksaloon.com/event-calendar

4/11: Satellite S.B. Brett Hunter Band, 6pm. 1117 State St. Free. Call (805) 3643043. satellitesb.com

4/11-4/13: Lost Chord Guitars Thu.: Jess Bush, 8pm. Free Fri.: Andrew Synowiec, 8pm. $21. Sat.: Laurence Juber, 8pm. $26. 1576 Copenhagen Dr., Solvang. Ages 21+. Call (805) 331-4363. lostchordguitars.com

4/11-4/14, 4/16: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Thu.: Loc Dawgs, Lizardsmouth, Mellon Caller, 8pm. $12-$15. Ages 21+. Fri.: The Charities, The Silvertones, 9pm. $15-$18. Ages 21+. Sat.: ME

Sabor presents: Orquesta Sangre Nueva (Bachata Night), 10pm. $18-$25. Ages 21+. Sun.: S.B. Jazz Society, 1pm. $10-$25. S.B. Acoustic Presents: Trace Bundy, 7:30pm. $69. Tue.: Singer-Songwriter Showcase with Write Reverend Lumpy & Loyal Defense Workers, 7pm. $10. 1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com

4/13: Wylde Works Kid OK, 8pm. 609 State St. wyldeworks.com/pages/events

4/13-4/14: Cold Spring Tavern Sat.: Sean Wiggins, 1:30-4:30pm. Will Stephens & The Essentials, 5-8pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan, 1:30-4:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call (805) 967-0066. coldspringtavern.com

4/13: Hook’d Bar and Grill Richard & Tony, 4pm. 116 Lakeview Dr., Cachuma Lake. Free. Call (805) 350-8351. hookdbarand grill.com/music-on-the-water

4/14: SAMsARA Winery & Tasting Room Ashun, 2-4pm. 6485 Calle Real, Ste. E., Goleta. Free. Call (805) 845-8001. samsarawine.com/events

4/15: The Red Piano Matt Lomeo, 7:30pm. 519 State St. Free. Call (805) 3581439. theredpiano.com

4/12: M.Special Brewing Co. (Goleta) Rincon Robby, 5pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Ste. C, Goleta. Free. Call (805) 968-6500. mspecialbrewco.com

4/17: Carr Winery Brian Kinsella, Jimmy Rankin, 5:30-7:30pm. 414 N. Salsipuedes St. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 965-7985 urbanwinetrailsb.com/events

4/12: Plastic-Free Future: A Vision for California’s Coastal Resources Join Ocean Conservancy for an impactful evening as you hear from experts about California’s plastic pollution crisis and explore effective policy solutions to tackle this urgent threat with time for networking and a Q&A. Registration is required. 5-7:30pm.

4/12: Celebrate the Past: The Movie Palace Years Host Ross Melnick, film historian and UCSB professor of Film and Media Studies, will take audience members back in time from 1924 to 1977 to revisit two of the films screened at The Granada Theatre within that time, including the 1924 American silent comedy classic Sherlock Jr. and the 1977 epic space film Star Wars: A New Hope 6:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $19.24. Call (805) 899-2222 or email boxoffice@granadasb.org granadasb. org/events

4/12: California Nature Art Museum Lecture and Book Signing: George Rose With a 50-year photography career, George Rose will talk about his book California’s Changing Landscape: The Way of Water, an expansive documentation of California’s complicated and dramatic water story. 4:30pm. California Nature Art Museum, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang. $10. Call (805) 688-1082 or email info@cal natureartmuseum.org calnatureartmuseum.org/ programs-events

audi epic space film 6:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State

CEC Environmental Hub, 1219 State St., Ste. A. Free. Email rsvp@ocean conservancy.org. tinyurl.com/ PlasticFree-Future

4/12: Film Screening: Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island Watch 2022’s award-winning film by Heidi Hutner about the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown, the worst commercial nuclear accident in U.S. history, with a postscreening discussion and Q&A with Hutner. 8:30pm. UCSB MultiCultural Center Theater. Free. Email mail@antinuclearactivism.org antinuclearactivism.org/featuredfilms

4/12-4/13: M.Special Brewing Co. (S.B.) Fri.: The Pit, 7pm. Sat.: Random Animals, 7pm. 634 State St. Free. Call (805) 968-6500. mspecialbrewco.com

4/17: Whiskey Richards Punk on Vinyl. 9pm. Whiskey Richards, 435 State St. Free Ages 21+. Call (818) 451-8206. tinyurl.com/punkonvinyl

SATURDAY 4/13

4/13: Car Seat and Booster Check Event/Inspección de Asientos de Seguridad y Elevadores Secure your car seat or booster seat with the help of experts at this drive-up car seat inspection. No registration or driver’s license is required. Asegure su silla de coche o asiento elevador con la ayuda de expertos en esta inspección de sillas de coche desde el coche. No se requiere registro ni permiso de conducir. 10:30am-1:30pm. Hollipat Parking, corner of Hollister and Patterson avenues. Free. tinyurl.com/CarSeat-Check

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DUSTAN WOODHOUSE

ALEXANDER GREY

Miley Serious

Nicholis Sheley and Justin Stark

Dr. Rivka Ihejirika-Lomedico, an orthopedic surgeon affiliated with Cottage Health, will be on hand to answer your questions.

Learn how to keep your bones healthy and get informed on everything from injury prevention and how to optimize surgical outcomes.

• Strategies for orthopedic injury prevention

• Understand your risk for osteoporosis

• Discover the role of exercise, diet and nutrition

• Learn about bone health medications

• Discuss surgical options

• Q&A Register

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4/13-4/14: S.B. Master Chorale Presents: I Will Rise Hear works of Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonard Bernstein, Alice Parker, and others, with a focus on humanity’s resilience to struggle, then flourish. Sat.: 7:30pm, Sun.: 3pm. First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Free-$22. Call (805) 563-2360 or email sbmasterchorale@ gmail.com sbmasterchorale.org/current-season.html

SUNDAY 4/14

4/14: Goleta Bunny Express Due to last week’s rainy weather, the Bunny Express is running with unlimited train rides that will feature spring decorations, a take-home craft, egg hunting, a bounce house, and more. Noon-4pm. South Coast Railroad Museum, 300 N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta. Free-$5. Call (805) 964-3540. tinyurl.com/Bunny-Express

4/14: Kesem at UCSB Presents: Make the Magic Gala Fundraiser This annual gala will feature dinner, cocktails, and more with proceeds to benefit Kesem, a nonprofit organization that provides support for children whose parents are affected by cancer. 5pm. Ridley-Tree Education Center, 540 W. Pueblo St. $85. Email support@kesem.org. tinyurl.com/MaketheMagic24

4/14: Experience the Present with the Pacific Jazz Orchestra This 40-piece ensemble, led by seven-time Grammy nominee Chris Walden, will reach beyond the boundaries of jazz and will include Katherine McPhee, jazz singer-songwriter Billy Valentine, song stylist Sheléa, and vocalist Adam “Aejaye” Jackson. 7pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $20.24. Call (805) 899-2222. Read more on pg. 19 granadasb.org/events

4/14: The Sta. Rita Hills Wine Alliance Presents Saunters and Sips Attendees are invited to try current-release wines, featuring sparklings and rosés from more than 25 wineries and light bites from High on the Hog and Buena Onda with music from the Down Yonders. Join a casual and educational discussion with S.B. Independent Senior Editor Matt Kettmann at 3pm. 2:30pm. Carousel House, 233 E. Cabrillo Blvd. $129. Ages 21+. tinyurl.com/SaunterandSip

4/14: Film Screening: Warming Shelters & a Broken System The Committee for Social Justice presents the sixth edition in their Film Series on Homelessness with a screening of Warming Shelters & a Broken System: Separating Fact from Fiction in the Lives of the Unhoused Citizens with a post-screening panel discussion and Q&A with guest speakers. 3pm. The Anchor Rose Restaurant & Lounge, 113 Harbor Wy., Ste. 180. Free. Call (805) 699-5310 or email committeeforsocialjusticesb@gmail.com tinyurl.com/FilmScreeningApr14

4/14: Patio Concert: Cary Morin & Ghost Dog Enjoy a concert from this high-energy roots rock band with hints of blues, Americana, and world groove that was also named one of NPR Music’s Best Live Sessions of 2020. 6pm. Kiva Cowork, 1117 State St. Donation-based. Call (805) 284-0078. tinyurl.com/CaryMorinGhostDog

MONDAY 4/15

4/15: The Red Piano Church on Monday: Matt Lomeo Take in a night of testifying and funky soul blues with Matt Lomeo on harmonica and vocals, Billy Watts on guitar, Terry Wilson on bass, and Vincent Fossett Jr. on drums. 7:30-11:30pm. The Red Piano, 519 State St. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 358-1439. tinyurl.com/ChurchOnMonday

TUESDAY 4/16

4/16: Yoga in the Dark Community Class People with vision loss, as well as sighted people, are invited for a sensory experience of connection and expansion through yoga, where sighted students will be given a blindfold for class to experience what it is like to connect to our bodies and each other in a new way. For those needing support, meet in front of Starbucks at 1234 State St. 10:30-11:30am. Power of Your Om, 1221 State St., Ste. 201. Sliding scale: $10+. Call (805) 697-2244 or email brianna@blindfitness.org blindfitness.org/calendar-of-events

WEDNESDAY 4/17

4/17: UCSB Arts & Lectures Presents: Herbie Hancock One of the most versatile and influential keyboard players who was also a pianist for Miles Davis in the mid-1960s, Herbie Hancock, will bring his acoustic and electronic jazz and R&B to S.B. 8pm. The Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St. UCSB students: $23.50; GA: $49.50-$129.50. Call (805) 893-3535 or email info@ artsandlectures.ucsb.edu. Read more on pg. 35 artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

Tax Time/Sus Impuestos

4/11-4/17: Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)

Program

The VITA program is a free tax preparation service for local Santa Barbara County residents who make $67,000 or less a year. Tax returns are prepared and electronically filed by IRS-certified volunteers for qualified individuals or families. Visit the website for available sites and times from Carpinteria to Solvang. Assistance available through April 30.

El programa VITA es un servicio gratuito de preparación de impuestos para los residentes locales del condado de Santa Bárbara que ganan $67,000 o menos al año. Las declaraciones de impuestos las preparan y presentan electrónicamente voluntarios certificados por el IRS para personas o familias calificadas. Para programar una cita, envíe un correo electrónico a Yoseline González a ygonzalez@unitedwaysb.org o llame al (805) 965-8594. Visite el sitio web para consultar los lugares y horarios disponibles desde Carpintería hasta Solvang. Asistencia disponible hasta el 30 de abril. unitedwaysb.org/vita

Cardio Confidential

Finding Functional Fitness at F45

Was it celebrity allure that led me to F45 Training, the Australian fitness chain for which the famously ripped Mark Wahlberg serves as chief brand officer? Wahlberg’s enviable six-pack abs notwithstanding, I was actually inspired to try F45 by an unsolicited testimonial I received from a reader. Alexis reached out to me on a messaging app, describing herself as a new member of F45, which she declared “one of the best gyms I’ve ever been to.” She invited me to work out with her, promising “It’s so much fun! It will definitely be a great workout!”

I didn’t manage to connect with Alexis, but I never forgot her enthusiasm. That’s how I found myself at the F45 in downtown Santa Barbara one evening. I nabbed the last space in the small parking lot they share with Dune Coffee Roasters and walked through the open roll-up doors that make up the front wall of the studio. Coach Bolden greeted me with a brief orientation, then got class started by welcoming new members, explaining the “pods” (circuits) of the day’s workout while another coach demonstrated each exercise, and assigned each of us a starting station. Video monitors on the wall led us through a warmup. The monitors also showed video of each exercise, count down work time and rest time, prompt you when it’s time to change stations, and announce water breaks. Each class wraps up with a brief round of core work led by a coach.

Gym’s 45-Minute Workouts Are Heavy on Weights and Offer a Variety of Activities

by Amy R. Ramos | Photos by Ingrid Bostrom

The monitors are helpful because F45 workouts have such a complex structure, it can be hard for a beginner to navigate the rows of kettlebells, plates, barbells, benches, and cardio equipment arrayed neatly on the studio floor. But the monitors only supplement the work done by the multiple coaches who circulate during each class, correcting form, offering modifications, encouraging you to increase your weight, and cheering everyone on. Thanks to them, F45 delivers a fairly personalized workout, even in a large class. In the different classes I tried, Bolden suggested modifications when I didn’t want to jump, Jonah reminded me to lift the bar all the way over my head for the barbell squat press, Ellie corralled me

to the right station when I kept getting lost, and Kyle adjusted the footrests and straps to help me get into the rowing machine, then instructed me to pull the hand grips to my pecs and lean back.

Each F45 class has a name and focus. Classes are 45 minutes long (hence the 45 in F45); the F is for “functional training,” which emphasizes movements used in everyday life, as opposed to training for a sport. Between the Santa Barbara and Goleta studios, I tried Loyals (hybrid cardio/resistance with very short rest breaks), Valor (also a hybrid, done in pairs), Two-Fold (choice of upper- or lower-body workout, happening simultaneously), and High Rise (60-minute Saturday class). The classes also rotate at the last class I took, Quarterbacks was about to come into the lineup. The idea, says Tiago Magalhaes, co-owner of the Santa Barbara and Goleta F45 studios, is to “try to have a good variation so it’s never boring.”

That’s also the idea behind the Saturday workouts, which are 60 minutes long so people have more time to engage with each other. At the Santa Barbara studio, there is a deejay on most Saturdays, lending the workout a dance-party feel. On the Saturday I went, Matt Nocas was spinning tunes by Fisher, Disclosure, and Marbs; other classes played more recognizable (to me) songs like Cardi B’s “I Like It,” Alice Merton’s “No Roots,” and Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito.” I even saw Coach Kyle bust some dance moves to Elvis Crespo’s “Suavemente.”

Magalhaes who also owns an F45 studio in Margaret River, a small surf town in Western Australia immortalized in The Endless Summer says he “likes to create a community,” and the design of the classes promotes that, especially Valor, in which you get assigned a partner. In one Valor class, my partner Celine and I shared a box for the box jump (I modified it by doing a step up) and counted reps together. In another, my partner Gina pushed me in a

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Locations at 528 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara; and 5184 Hollister Avenue, Goleta (Magnolia Shopping Center). Reserve a spot in a class using a mobile app. Towels available if you forget yours. Cubbies provided for storing personal items. Theraguns and other recovery equipment available. S.B. studio has combined bathrooms/dressing rooms with private showers. Goleta studio has private dressing rooms, some with attached showers, as well as separate bathrooms (both all-gender and women’s/accessible). Plenty of free parking (Goleta); parking in their small lot and nearby city lots 10 and 11 (Santa Barbara). Membership for each club is separate. See f45training.com, f45training.com/studio/ santabarbara, and f45training.com/studio/goletaeast.

friendly, non-judgy way to use heavier dumbbells for the Romanian deadlift: “At least 15 pounds,” she urged.

The gender mix at F45 seems about evenly divided between men and women. A member called Bear told me he joined F45 after he saw what great shape his surfing buddies were in from their F45 workouts. Magalhaes, a water polo player and surfer, says men are attracted because F45 provides heavy weights and a challenging workout. Those features appeal to women as well. Rosa told me she enjoys F45 because she likes to lift heavy weights. Gina, who met Magalhaes through outrigger canoeing, said she’s always been an athlete but didn’t regularly work out. Now she loves how strong she feels when rowing and also in her physically demanding job.

So, did reader Alexis give me a hot tip? F45 workouts are definitely challenging and took me out of my comfort zone, with heavier weights than I’m used to and equipment (YBells, jump ropes) and moves (kettlebell swings) that I don’t typically use. I hope I do get to meet Alexis someday I’d love to do an F45 pairs workout with her. I promise to use heavy weights. n

Workouts

Amy R. Ramos at F45 Training

Newtified

Animals

The cascading stream possessed a steady flow, gushing between two burly sandstone boulders. The seasonal creek has been fed by backto-back wet winters, much-needed rain soaking Santa Barbara’s front-country range.

Within the creek, there was a roughskinned amphibious pulse frolicking in its gurgling ebb and flow. It was the right volume of hydrology for California newts (Taricha torosa) to prosper in.

The Santa Ynez Mountains, an eastto-west range of coastal chaparral and gritty sandstone slabs, is home to a throng of species both large and small. Still, the California newt springs to life only during wet winters within the coastal range.

Also, as the newts move across their aquatic habitat, they seem completely silent, or maybe “mute newts.” Instead, they actually communicate with each other through a series of clicks, squeaks, and whistles that only they can appreciate.

What’s Newt? Our Expert Outdoorsman Expounds on These Santa Barbara Creek Dwellers

Those front-country creeks are also popular, attracting throngs of hikers, backpackers, trail runners, and mountain bikers. The soothing sound of a rushing runnel is difficult to ignore as spring melds into summer.

Orange Crush

Also known as the orange-bellied newt, California newts are endemic to coastal counties and the Sierra Nevada. They are related to salamanders, but their skin is rougher. And with the way they slowly move, gradually clambering over cobble-strewn creeks, they seem susceptible to predation, or possibly an unaware hiker.

Maybe they know they are well-equipped to fend off most predators, so they seemingly take their time climbing over rocks. California newts possess the potent neurotoxin tetrodotoxin. It’s 100 times more toxic than cyanide. It’s strong enough to ward off most vertebrates, including us humans.

Because of this, they have few predators. Two-striped garter snakes are the one species capable of preying on newts. They’ve developed some sort of genetic resistance to the newt’s toxin.

Looking Ahead

However, tread lightly. There are many inhabitants within those creeks requiring the right amount of moisture and flow, creeks that meander all the way to the ocean realm for their survival. Those creeks and their side pools are vital habitats for California newts.

On a recent hike, I counted 44 newts in a section of a creek that stretched for 50 yards. Newts were abundant, out of the water, and traveling across the cobble. They were even moving across trails and swimming upstream with ease. Side pools were busy with balled-up newts rolling and mating in the calm, clear shallows. They attach their eggs to rocky crevices, floating rafts of fallen leaves, and plant roots. Newts mate from December to early May. And amazingly, if the adults survive, they return to the same pools they originally hatched from.

As I continued counting newts, it was apparent I needed to move slowly. The last thing I wanted was to step on a newt, or possibly step on a rock that moved or even collapsed into a side pool, thus upsetting mating newts. I constantly kept my head up, looking ahead for traveling newts, that brilliant orange standing out on the cobble.

At times, I just sat and observed their activity. They looked like they moved slowly, but before I knew it, they covered a lot of ground while utilizing their tails to counterbalance and assist them while climbing over rocks.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife has listed California newts as a Species of Special Concern. Overall, California newts are doing relatively well, but like other endemic species, they are vulnerable to invasive predators such as mosquitofish and red swamp crayfish.

Their other threat is us. They just need the right of way on the trail, and within their flowing coastal aquatic biome. n

From MTV’s Remote Control to SNL to Comedy Central’s Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, the hilarious well-known stand-up comedian has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in Trainwreck, Girls, and his web series, Cop Show, is now streaming on his Youtube channel.

Rhythm in Blue pays homage to the 100th Anniversary of Gerswhin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Renowned pianist Marcus Roberts is joined onstage by illustrious drummer Jason Marsalis, and remarkable New Orleans bassist, Roland Guerin.

Story and photos by Chuck Graham

California newt climbing in Santa Barbara front country

The California newt

In collaboration with The Santa Barbara Symphony

Empty Bowl’s 10 Years of Thai Noodling FOOD & DRINK p.30

Public Market

Centerpiece Celebrates

Decade of Success

At a quick glance, the success story of Empty Bowl Gourmet Noodle Bar can be accurately appreciated as the triumph of a tasty Thai menu reliant on fresh ingredients, handmade recipes, and a sharply honed efficiency that’s mandated by a tiny kitchen and the fast pace of visitors to the Santa Barbara Public Market. Upon the eatery’s opening in April 2014, the food was instantly and almost unanimously deemed delicious; the menu was served to consistently high standards; and the kitchen was as transparent as it gets, every move visible by diners perched along the wraparound bar.

“We found the right niche,” explains Jerry Lee, who cofounded the restaurant with Emre Balli and Nui Pannak. “The menu has not changed since we opened. We don’t want to change it. It works.”

But reading a little deeper into Empty Bowl’s 10-year anniversary reveals more dramatic arcs: three immigrant owners achieving their American dreams; innova-

tive entrepreneurs persevering by serving comfort food to the community through natural disasters, a pandemic, and the turnover turmoil of neighboring establishments; and culinary visionaries synthesizing cultures to satisfy an upscale Santa Barbara clientele while overcoming the stigma that ethnic food must be cheap.

Those themes can all be found in the richly spiced, savory broth of Empty Bowl’s popular Khao Soi Northern Thailand Curry Noodle Soup. Truth be told, the curry noodles are outsold by the Khao San Road Pad Thai, a k a Empty Bowl’s version of the most common Thai noodle dish in the West. But, said Lee, “the curry is right up there!”

When he was developing the restaurant concept encouraged by the Public Market’s developer Marge Cafarelli, who gave Empty Bowl a chance when the original taco bar tenant dropped out Lee told Pannak about the curry noodles he’d enjoyed in Chiang Mai during his many travels to Thailand. “I used to go there with my boys

by Matt Kettmann

all the time, just for fun,” said Lee.

Pannak was working as a server at Zen Yai, a job she got back in 2000 when she moved from her native Bangkok to Santa Barbara. “I never was in the kitchen,” she explained. “I cooked because I missed Thai food. It made me learn more. Some of the dishes I couldn’t find here.” Because of his many Thai trips, Lee befriended Pannak to learn more of the culture. “We cooked together,” said Pannak. “That’s how we became friends.”

She was excited about the idea of becoming a chef, and then further convinced when she saw the spot in the middle of the Public Market where they’d be located. Calling it “the head of the dragon,” Pannak explained, “Everybody who comes in, they see you.”

But she didn’t know the curry noodles, since they weren’t popular in Bangkok when she grew up. So Pannak queried her sister about the dish, and learned that it was a cross-cultural creation: the stewed chicken and noodles from China, curry spices from India by way of Myanmar, coconut milk from Thailand. “It’s a mix of cultures; they tried to mix and match,” she came to understand. “They put everything together to become that dish.”

With Balli on board as the third partner he came from Turkey to work at San Ysidro Ranch, which is where he met Lee Pannak worked on the recipe, which is still made in multiple batches every day by hand. The process involves muddling galanga, cilantro root, Thai chile, lemongrass, and red curry, mixing them with yellow curry powder and coconut milk in

the stock where chicken breasts are boiled, and finishing with flat egg noodles, chili oil, crunchy fried noodles, cilantro, green onions, and pickled mustard greens.

“You have to have pickled mustard greens in it,” said Lee, who adds pickled serrano peppers for heat instead of the even spicier pickled and dried Thai bird’s-eye chilis that sit in their own jars atop the bar. “There’s no butter and no cream,” confirmed Lee, which some customers don’t believe, given the broth’s lush nature.

It is very much like his Chiang Mai memories, with a few significant twists. Instead of being served in smaller bowls that are ordered multiple times, as is done in Thailand which doesn’t really mesh with American eating styles Empty Bowl’s version comes in one big bowl. It doesn’t use red onions either, which is common overseas. And while the traditional protein is dark chicken meat, Lee admitted with a laugh, “We changed to white meat for the gringos in Santa Barbara.”

It’s the quality of each ingredient that hooks fans particularly that free-range Shelton’s chicken, which is distributed by Newport Meats, the same place that services high-end spots like San Ysidro Ranch and bouchon. “That’s why we get the repeat guests; that’s why we’ve been here so long,” said Lee. Some did hesitate at Empty Bowl’s prices at first, since they were more than the typical Thai menu. “But once they taste it,” said Lee, “they go, ‘Oh, yeah.’ ”

Lee’s basically been in the restaurant business since he moved to California from Taiwan at age 7. His parents his dad was originally a film director, his mom a makeup artist, which is how they met resettled in the Carmel area, where his grandparents ran a Chinese restaurant called the Golden Buddha. When he was 12, they moved to San Luis Obispo, where his parents started their own

Empty Bowl’s popular Khao Soi Northern Thailand Curry Noodle Soup

Jerry Lee behind the counter at Empty Bowl

Photos by Ingrid Bostrom

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Piroshky Pies Popping Up at Brass Bear Brewing

Seattle favorite Piroshky Piroshky is popping up in Santa Barbara this month, giving us a chance to try out the sweet and savory pastries that have been enjoyed by more than 10 million visitors at the famous Pike Place Fish Market since 1992. Piroshky Piroshky specializes in small stuffed pies an Eastern European take on the calzone or empanada with a variety of fillings ranging from meatball marinara, salmon pate, and vegan chipotle to marzipan, apples, rhubarb and the like. This family-owned business has been featured in Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations and recognized by Smithsonian Magazine as one of the “20 Most Iconic Food Destinations Across America.”

Turnovers Will Turn Up in Santa Barbara on April 19

by Leslie Dinaberg

Order by April 17 at piroshkybakery .com to pick up your Piroshky at Brass Bear Brewing in Uptown Santa Barbara (3302 McCaw Ave.) on April 19 between 4 and 6 p.m. The pies are handmade and flash-frozen for pop-up pick-ups.

Why Santa Barbara?

“We receive so much love from California and usually stick to big cities like L.A. and San Francisco; however, we have been getting a lot of requests to make a stop in Santa Barbara,” said Jon-David Toves, who does Piroshky marketing. “One of the reasons we do these preorder pickup events is to bring something unique and the taste of Seattle to your city. As a small business, partnering with local breweries is important to connect with community members.”

Prices range from $6-$9 per Piroshky, with bulk packages of 5-6 count available at better pricing. Delivery fees also apply. See piroshkybakery.com for details.

Smoked salmon pie

Santa Barbara Restaurant Week

The sixth annual Santa Barbara Restaurant Week (April 26–May 5) is your chance to experience Santa Barbara’s food scene at a fraction of the normal cost. Presented by Santa Barbara Uncorked, LLC, and sponsored by Jordano’s Foodservice and Pacific Beverage Company, Restaurant Week 2024 is a 10-day event designed to showcase the culinary options Santa Barbara.

For more than 20 years, Restaurant Week founders Tim Zagat and Joe Baum orchestrated a four-week celebration of New York’s finest food. Their focus was making the area’s best din ing experiences accessible to all, and the event became such a hit that cit ies around the globe soon followed suit. In spring of 2018, the S.B. Restaurant Week founders brought the foodie phenomenon to the South Coast, showcasing Santa Barbara’s more than 50 restaurants, wineries, and hotels.

be created in collaboration with Chef de Cuisine of Angel Oak, Susanto Bhattacharya. Guests start off in the Bacara wine tasting room, before heading to Angel Oak for dinner and concluding at the private wine cellar room with a crafted dessert by Pastry Chef Christine Rosell. Cost for each event is $195 per person. For reservations, visit tinyurl .com/bacara2024

From April 26 to May 5, 2024, each par ticipating restaurant will offer a prix-fixe menu that includes a $45 two-course lunch and $55 and $75 three-course dinner option. Throughout the week, tasting rooms will also offer special wine tasting experiences.

The fifth annual Restaurant Week is an opportunity for locals and visitors alike to taste the best of Santa Barbara. Visit sbrestaurantweeks.com for more details, including a full list of participating restaurants, tasting rooms and hotels, helpful tools to plan your visit, and options for business owners interested in sponsoring or participating in the event.

WINEMAKER DINNER SERIES AT THE BACARA: The Ritz-Carlton Bacara has welcomed Central Coast winemakers to participate in monthly wine pairing dinners Hilt Estate on April 26, and Grassini Family Vineyards on May 16. Each special evening will be in the intimate and private Angel Oak Wine Cellar below Angel Oak restaurant. The carefully curated four-course pairing menu will

DRY AT CODY’S: This just in from reader Elvis about Cody’s Café at 4898 Hollister Avenue in Noleta: “About three weeks ago, we were having our usual lunch with a margarita, and server told us that this was the last time he’d be bringing us an alcoholic beverage of any kind, because of a problem with the liquor license. We like Cody’s a lot, and have since continued to eat there regularly, but as of March 18, there was NO alcohol of any type available, not even bottled beer or wine. This is discouraging, because there are times when these beverages are very nice to have.”

FORMER HOME OF TAZA UPDATE: A prolific tipster shares some news: “Ciao John, the owners of Aperitivo are taking over the former space of Taza Mediterranean at 413 State Street. It will be a food/ wine/beer restaurant. They have a name for it, but wouldn’t reveal it to me. —Steve H.”

NEW MURAL AT LUCKY PENNY: I am told that a new, large-scale mural has been added to Lucky Penny restaurant at 127 Anacapa Street, courtesy of local artist DJ Javier in partnership with the Santa Barbara High School Visual Arts and Design Program (VADA). “This partnership allowed me to not only mentor the art students from VADA on the process of mural painting but also educate them on the business side of being an artist, including the pitch and design process before painting begins, says DJ Javier. “The students can feel ownership in something they created that will be enjoyed by our locals and travelers visiting Lucky Penny and the Funk Zone for years to come.”

FOODIE FEST: The sixth annual Santa Barbara Restaurant Week will be highlighting our city’s restaurants and wineries.

SANTA BARBARA RESTAURANT WEEK

April 12,13&14! Celebrate with us!

Friday, April 12 @ 6:30pm

The Granada Centennial Festival Weekend

Celebrate the Past: A Special Double Feature

Buster Keaton’s silent classic SHERLOCK JR., and STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE, the original 1977 blockbuster in 70mm 4K!

Sponsored by: THE JOHN C. MITHUN FOUNDATION SUSAN TORREY | MERCEDES MILLINGTON

Live piano accompaniment by Michael Mortilla!

led by seven-time, Grammynominated Chris Walden!

ALL SEATS: $19.24!

Saturday, April 13 @ 7pm

Experience the Present: The Pacific Jazz Orchestra

Special Guest Stars Katharine McPhee, Billy Valentine, Sheléa, and Adam “Aejaye” Jackson!

ALL SEATS: $20.24!

Sunday, April 14 @ 5pm

Imagine the Future: A Spotlight on Tomorrow’s Talent

Hunter Hawkins, Jackson Gillies and Rachel La Commare, plus a preview of 3 high school musicals and Santa Barbara’s own Euphony!

Sponsored by: THE WOOD-CLAEYSSENS FOUNDATION

ALL SEATS: $21.24!

Don’t miss our Grand Finale... The Granada Centennial Festival Block Party

featuring Spencer the Gardener! Sunday, April 14th at 6pm. FREE TO ALL!

Tickets everyone can afford!

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Sheléa

Katharine McPhee Adam Jackson Billy Valentine

Hunter Hawkins

Jackson Gillies Rachel La Commare

THE PEOPLE’S JAZZ KING COMETH

Herbie Hancock is such a towering figure and dominant influence on the past six decades of jazz that it’s hard to know where to start in terms of conveying his legacy. One way to put it: He was a critical part of the mythically great Miles Davis Quintet of the mid-’60s, and the rest is history. And his story.

That saga involves a vast tapestry of recordings and projects in acoustic jazz and electronic/digital modes, a songbook including bona fide classics “Maiden Voyage,” “Watermelon Man,” “Chameleon,” “Cantaloupe Island” and “Dolphin Dance,” assorted work with his friend and Davis alum Wayne Shorter, and much more. That’s not to mention Hancock’s sleek but searching, oft-imitated piano/keyboard style and mastery, central to the DNA of modern jazz, and a commitment to education and his decades-deep practice of Nichiren Buddhism.

When the affable and ever-affirmational 83-year-old legend brings his band to the Arlington Theatre on Wednesday, April 17, he arrives as both a genuine elder statesman of jazz and one whose creative vitality is still running hot. What lends special freshness to the Arlington show, the highlight of the current UCSB Arts & Lectures jazz series, is the company he’s keeping. His band includes very plugged-in guitarist Lionel Loueke; one of the greatest living tenor saxists, Chris Potter; trumpeter Terence Blanchard; bold, young alto saxist Devin Daniels; bassist James Genus; and dynamo drummer Trevor Lawrence Jr.

Hancock’s album River: The Joni Letters won an Album of the Year Grammy in 2008, an extremely rare occasion for a jazz artist. At the time, Hancock told me, “My focus is not on music. It’s on humanity as a whole and this time as a whole. It’s me as a human being. It opens up a palette and infinite possibilities, really, for expression and the tone of what I want to do, the direction I want to go on, and what it is that I want to achieve and my purpose.

“I never even used to think of the word ‘purpose’ when it came to making music. It was always ‘What chord am I going to use?’ [Laughs.] ‘What’s the bass line going to be?’ That is much further down the road when I’m actually writing the details of a piece. But when I’m conceiving about what I want to do in music, that’s when I think about purpose. That’s when I wear my human hat and make decisions along those lines. ‘What purpose will this serve? What is it that I want to achieve? What is it that I want to encourage in others?’

“If jazz in some way is not continuing

to grow a new audience, then the music is going to die, along with the people who make the music and those who listen to it.”

In another of several interviews I’ve done with Hancock, he commented, “I don’t think of myself as being limited to being a jazz musician, because that puts a box around me. In a deeper way, it would be impossible for me to do this if I wasn’t a jazz musician, because jazz itself developed as an eclectic music. And America is eclectic,” he laughed.

“We forget that we’re all immigrants, but the different cultures that are represented on the record — those are our roots. They’re not just foreigners, unless you’re going to call your parents or grandparents or great-great-grandparents foreigners.”

Hancock has always been a deep diver in the jazz world, but he has sought to expand his music and his audience beyond the limited confines of the jazz market. That delicate balance is embodied in the careersweeping turf of his current live show.

He insists that “the existence of jazz is really crucial. The human spirit needs it.

I think that’s why jazz is really an international music. People respond to it all over the globe. Pop music, too. But jazz was arguably the first [international music], I think even more than classical music. It’s because it is improvisational and it stems from being a music of the people. It’s not highbrow, at its roots. And it’s eclectic. It’s an expression of the blues, as well as an expression of impressionistic French music and, of course, African roots.

“But it’s important to continually grow a new audience, because if the music becomes narrow, then as the musicians get older and die away, so will the audience. I don’t expect everyone to take on that responsibility. I don’t think it’s necessary. Each person could do what they feel, but I like doing this.

“I’m not saying I’ve nailed it all down, but for me, it’s all an exploration.”

—Josef Woodard

Herbie Hancock performs at the Arlington Theatre (1317 State St.) Wednesday, April 17, at 8 p.m. See artsandlectures.ucsb.edu.

The Outsider, by Paul Slade Smith, is a political comedy that follows a shy, policy-enthusiast lieutenant governor thrust into the spotlight when his predecessor resigns in disgrace. Ned Newley, played by Justin Stark on the Jurkowitz stage at Santa Barbara City College, is interested in behind-the-scenes government. He’s perpetually anxious around cameras, the press, and the public, but he knows he can make positive change behind closed doors. Newley’s loyal chief of staff, Dave Riley (played by Nicholis Sheley), takes on the challenge of keeping Newley in office.

“The show comes off as a political comedy that is very clever, that almost anybody can relate to,” says Stark. “But [it] ends up making a very good point about the duty of politicians and government. I wholeheartedly believe that Ned wants to do the best that he can in his position for the people of the state that he represents, but he’s just not good at playing the political game.”

Riley believes in politics and believes in Newley’s ability to govern with a fair and compassionate hand. “Riley serves as the driving force behind this narrative,” says Sheley. “Everything revolves around his motivations and goals for Ned.” According to Sheley, the show gives a humorous look at how the media and public perception of a candidate can affect elections — all while “celebrating democracy.”

While the show is about politics, it’s not about the right versus the left, or the woke versus the un-woke, or the conservatives versus the liberals. Instead, Stark points out, the show focuses on the difference between a “populist candidate and a politician that knows about government,” and “charisma versus competency.”

Take a break from coverage of the actual election in favor of uplifting comedy that leans into the idea of a more competent future for democracy.

—Maggie Yates

Directed by Katie Laris, The Outsider runs at SBCC’s Jurkowitz Theater (721 Cliff Dr.) April 12-27. See theatregroupsbcc.com.

Herbie Hancock

Nicholis Sheley and Grace Wilson in The Theatre Group at SBCC’s production of The Outsider by Paul Slade Smith BEN CROP

May 1

Acclaimed Forest Ecologist and Author

Suzanne Simard

Finding the Mother Tree

Wed, May 1 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall

Tickets start at $20 / $10 all students (with valid ID)

Author of Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard illustrates how trees interact and communicate using below-ground fungal networks, reshaping the way we understand the life and growth of plants.

Event Sponsor: Natalie Orfalea Foundation & Lou Buglioli

May 7

Marine Biologist and Policy Expert

Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

What if We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures

Tickets start at $20

Tue, May 7 (note new date) / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall

FREE for UCSB students (registration required; limited availability)

Marine biologist, policy advisor and writer Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson encourages us to step away from hopelessness and explore what the future would look like if we forged ahead with solutions to address the climate crisis.

May 10

Award-winning Conservation Photographer

Cristina Mittermeier

Between Land and Sea:

Saving Our Oceans to Save Ourselves

Fri, May 10 (note new date) / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall

Tickets start at $20 / $10 all students (with valid ID)

“The ocean isn’t just a victim of climate change – it is our solution.” – Cristina Mittermeier

Working at the intersection of art and science, National Geographic photographer Cristina Mittermeier drives conservation efforts through storytelling and explores how inextricably linked we are to that most sacred element – water.

“Ayana Elizabeth Johnson embodies and inspires optimism in the fight against climate change, injecting creativity, joy and hope into an issue that often feels dire.”

Time magazine

Earth, Air, Fire, Water Series Sponsors: Patricia & Paul Bragg Foundation, Audrey & Timothy O. Fisher, Justin Brooks Fisher Foundation, and Sara Miller McCune Special Thanks:

ENSEMBLE THEATRE CO. ANNOUNCES UPCOMING SEASON

Stories of some of the most iconic figures in our cultural imagination will take center stage in Ensemble Theatre Company’s (ETC) 2024-25 season, which was announced this week. Themed around “Legends and Legacies,” ETC Executive Director Scott DeVine said he was inspired by this notion, and “I found myself contemplating the hallmarks that make a legend or legendary tale.”

He continued, “Certainly, some legendary tales involve such profound imagination that you wonder how someone came up with the idea. But it’s the individual legends that stood out to me, as many of them never realized the impact they would have on the world in their own lifetimes. My hope for this season is that audiences will experience these stories and consider the mark they will leave on their own families, community, and world.”

The season opens with Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, a recent OffBroadway comedy hit. As their logline says, “Ever wondered what would happen if you took Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire tale and put it into a blender with the comedic influences of Mel Brooks, and Monty Python?” We’ll find out October 10-17.

Next up is the Tony Award–nominated musical Million Dollar Quartet, the story behind a real-life 1956 jam session with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins (Dec. 5-22).

That will be followed by a modern reinterpretation of Hamlet described as: “Young Hamlet returns home from university to find his father dead, his inheritance stolen, and his mother remarried to his uncle. When the ghost of his father returns from the grave and pressures his son into a mission of revenge, Hamlet jump-starts a chain of events that will redefine his relationship to his parents, his mortality, his nation, and himself” (Feb. 6-23).

Then Hershey Felder stars as one of America’s great composers in George Gershwin Alone, a show that incorporates the composer’s best-known songs from “The Man I Love” and “Someone to Watch Over Me,” through the hits of An American in Paris and Porgy and Bess, to a performance of “Rhapsody in Blue” (Apr. 3-20).

The season concludes with the Southern California premiere of Justice, exploring the lives of the first women on the U.S. Supreme Court Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Sonia Sotomayor as they inspire, challenge and usher in the next generation of trailblazers while fighting private battles of their own (Jun. 5-22). —Leslie Dinaberg

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COOKING UP A DAY OF FANCIFUL FUN

SANTA BARBARA’S FIRST-EVER KINETIC CAKE EXPO COMES TO CAW APRIL 13

If Willy Wonka was put in charge of a science fair, it might look something like the Kinetic Cake Expo, a fabulously delicious art challenge embedded into a colorful day of fun taking place at the Community Arts Workshop (CAW) on Saturday, April 13.

Inspired by kinetic sculpture races that have been taking place in Humboldt County for more than 50 years, as well as other similar festivals, organizers and artistic collaborators Adrienne De Guevara and Patrick Melroy of MISC Workshop invited me into their studio to get a sneak peek at what they’ve got cooking.

The competition’s centerpiece called the Cake Wash is the first thing I see when I walk in. Candy-colored balls hang down from the ceiling and foam noodle prongs jut out from the sides, creating the beginnings of a psychedelic obstacle course using classic elements from a car wash. Only in this case, as De Guevara and Melroy explain, human-powered sculptures will propel through the Cake Wash, with the ostensibly simple task of delivering a cake to a picnic.

The “Runaways” getting their vehicle ready for the Kinetic Cake Expo:

from left

And yes, Melroy ensures me, there will be water challenges too.

At least five, and possibly a few more, teams are working to create their kinetic sculpture vehicles, with themes like “The Runaways,” a group in wedding gowns and other bridal paraphernalia, wheeling their way through the course. With engineers, artists, and regular old people out to compete for bragging rights, leading up to the festivities one of the highlights for the organizers has been fielding questions.

“There’s a couple of NASA subcontractors that have a team and all of their questions were, ‘How can we beat the Cake Wash? How fast can we go through it? What countermeasures can we deploy? How strong is your Cake Wash?’ ” laughed Melroy. “So we were like, ‘You’re not allowed to destroy it.’ ”

They have, however, been destroying a lot of cakes

recently. Melroy has been taking cakes out on the weekly Boom Boom Bike Room rides to test things out. “So we bolt a cake to the back of my bike, and then ride out and try to get the cake all the way to the rendezvous point one way or another. … Last Wednesday, we had a catastrophe. … I got the jump and the cake ejected, just flew through the air and landed on the ground,” he laughed.

Because there has to be a wheel of some sort between the ground and your feet, Melroy explained, that’s led them to take a number of participants on field trips to Bici Centro, the nearby community bike shop stocked with low-cost refurbished bicycles and parts. From tandem bikes to old “recumbent pieces of junk,” there’s a lot of recycling going on in making these creations as well. “We’re teaching people new skills, like welding,” said De Guevara. “It’s a very dynamic process.”

In addition to the kinetic sculptures, which will be judged in categories that range from aesthetics to agility, construction, theatricality, and of course humor, by a panel that includes Christina McCarthy of UCSB Theater Dance, Karen Taggart, organizer of the former Ventura Kinetic Race (who served as a mentor for the Santa Barbara project), and Joe Velasco of Boxtales fame, the family-friendly free event also includes activities like cupcake and cake decorating, a taco truck, and other creative activities. In addition, the kinetic sculptures that aren’t currently going through the Cake Wash will be on exhibit for guests to look at.

The event is also designed to connect the community not just on the day of, but leading up to it and hopefully afterward. With support from the City of Santa Barbara through an Events and Festivals Grant, the County Office of Arts and Culture, MOXI, SBCC, and the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative, the idea is that the first Kinetic Cake Expo is just the beginning for proof of concept, and the hope is that it will grow into a large annual event in the vein of Solstice.

It should be a great day for people to come out and just enjoy themselves, said De Guevara. Between the crowd and the judges, they expect “there’s gonna be banter; there’s gonna be fun. None of this is meant to be taken too seriously.”

—Leslie Dinaberg

The Kinetic Cake Expo takes place on Saturday, April 13, from noon to 5 p.m. at Santa Barbara Community Arts Workshop (631 Garden St.). Admission at the door is $10. See kineticcake.art for more information.

Hershey Felder stars in George Gershwin Alone, which is part of ETC’s upcoming season.

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) Irene Ramirez, Jasmine Thompson, Anais Crespo Pena, and Melody Westergren in the back

ROD ROLLE

Kinetic Cake Expo organizers Patrick Melroy and Adrienne De Guevara

LESLIE DINABERG

Fri 4/12 9:00 pm

THE CHARITIES WITH THE SILVERTONES CALIFORNIA SOUL

Sat 4/13 8:30 pm

ME SABOR PRESENTS: ORQUESTA SANGRE NUEVA BACHATA NIGHT

Sun 4/14 1:00 pm

SANTA BARBARA JAZZ SOCIETY PRESENTS: DONNA GREENE & THE ROADHOUSE DADDIES 7:30 pm

SB ACOUSTIC PRESENTS: TRACE BUNDY VIRTUOSO ACOUSTIC GUITAR

Tues 4/16 7:00 pm

SINGER SONGWRITER SHOWCASE WITH WRITE REVEREND LUMPY & LOYAL DEFENSE WORKERS

Thur 4/18 8:00 pm

DAWN PATROL WITH CORDOBA INDIE ROCK

ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Now is a favorable time to make initial inquiries, ask for free samples, and enjoy window shopping. But it’s not an opportune time to seal final decisions or sign binding contracts. Have fun haggling and exploring, even as you avoid making permanent promises. Follow the inklings of your heart more than the speculations of your head, but refrain from pledging your heart until lots of evidence is available. You are in a prime position to attract and consider an array of possibilities, and for best results you should remain noncommittal for the foreseeable future.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): Author Betty Bender said, “Anything I’ve ever done that ultimately was worthwhile initially scared me to death.” Painter Georgia O’Keeffe confessed she always harbored chronic anxiety yet that never stopped her from doing what she loved. Philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Anyone who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.” I hope these testimonials inspire you to bolster your grit, Taurus. In the coming days, you may not have any more or less fear than usual. But you will be able to summon extra courage and willpower as you render the fear at least semi-irrelevant.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199) was a medieval king of England. How did he get his nickname? Scholars say it was because of his skill as a military leader. But legend tells an additional story. As a young man, Richard was imprisoned by an enemy who arranged for a hungry lion to be brought into his cell. As the beast opened its maw to maul the future king, Richard thrust his arm down its throat and tore out its heart, killing it. What does this tale have to do with you, Gemini? I predict you will soon encounter a test that’s less extreme than Richard’s but equally solvable by bursts of creative ingenuity. Though there will be no physical danger, you will be wise to call on similar boldness. Drawing on the element of surprise may also serve you well.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): Will the adventures heading your way be unusual, amusing, and even unprecedented? I bet they will have at least some of those elements. You could encounter plot twists you’ve never witnessed or imagined. You may be inspired to dream up creative adjustments unlike any you’ve tried. These would be very positive developments. They suggest you’re becoming more comfortable with expressing your authentic self and less susceptible to the influence of people’s expectations. Every one of us is a unique genius in some ways, and you’re getting closer to inhabiting the fullness of yours.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): At least for now, help may not be available from the usual sources. Is the doctor sick? Does the mommy need mothering? Is the therapist feeling depressed? My advice is to not worry about the deficiencies, but rather shift your attention to skillful surrogates and substitutes. They may give you what you need and even more. I’m reminded of The Crystal Cave, a novel about the Arthurian legend. The king, Ambrosius Aurelianus, advises the magician Merlin, “Take power where it is offered.” In other words: not where you think or wish power would be, but from sources that are unexpected or outside your customary parameters.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The rest of the story is not yet ready to emerge, but it will be soon. Be patient just a while longer. When full disclosure arrives, you will no longer have to guess about hidden agendas and simmering subtexts. Adventures in the underworld will move above ground. Missing links will finally appear, and perplexing ambiguities will be clarified. Here’s how you can expedite these developments: Make sure you are thoroughly receptive to knowing the rest of the story. Assert your strong desire to dissolve ignorance.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the coming weeks, you can ask for and receive more blessings than usual. So please be aggressive and imaginative about asking! Here are suggestions about what gifts to seek out: (1) vigorous support as you transform two oppositional forces into complementary influences; (2) extra money, time, and spaciousness as you convert a drawback into an asset; (3) kindness and understanding as you ripen an unripe aspect of yourself; (4) inspiration and advice as you make new connections that will serve your future goals.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Read the two help-wanted ads below. Meditate on which appeals to you more, and treat this choice as a metaphor for a personal decision you face.

(1) “Pedestrian, predictable organization seeks humdrum people with low-grade ambitions for tasks that perform marginally useful services. Interested in exploring mild passions and learning more about the art of spiritual bypassing?” (2) “Our high-octane conclave values the arts of playing while you work and working while you play. Are you ready and able to provide your creative input? Are you interested in exploring the privilege and responsibility of forever reinventing yourself? We love restless seekers who are never bored.”

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): What is a gourmet bargain? What is a discount marvel? How about an inspiring breakthrough that incurs no debt? Themes like those are weaving their way into your destiny. So be alert for the likelihood that cheap thrills will be superior to the expensive kind. Search for elegance and beauty in earthy locations that aren’t sleek and polished. Be receptive to the possibility that splendor and awe may be available to you at a low cost. Now may be one of those rare times when imperfect things are more sublime than the so-called perfect stuff.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in,” wrote novelist Graham Greene. For me, it was three days near the end of 3rd grade when I wrote a fairy tale about the unruly adventures of a fictional kid named Polly. Her wildness was infused with kindness. Her rebellions were assertive but friendly. For the first time, as I told Polly’s story, I realized I wanted to be an unconventional writer when I grew up. What about you, Capricorn? When you were young, was there a comparable opening to your future? If so, now is a good phase to revisit it, commune with your memories of it, and invite it to inspire the next stage of its evolution in you.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Even when you are your regular, ordinary self, you have a knack and fondness for irregularity and originality. And these days, your affinity for what’s unprecedented and uncommon is even higher than usual. I am happy about that. I am cheering you on. So please enjoy yourself profoundly as you experiment with nonstandard approaches. Be as idiosyncratic as you dare! Even downright weird! But also try to avoid direct conflicts with the Guardians of How Things Have Always Been Done. Don’t allow Change Haters to interfere with your fun or obstruct the enhancements you want to instigate. Be a slippery innovator. Be an irrepressible instigator.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Below are truths I hope you will ripen and deepen in the coming months. (1) Negative feelings are not necessarily truer and more profound than positive ones. (2) Cynical opinions are not automatically more intelligent or well-founded than optimistic opinions. (3) Criticizing and berating yourself is not a more robust sign of self-awareness than praising and appreciating yourself. (4) Any paranoia you feel may be a stunted emotion resulting from psychic skills you have neglected to develop. (5) Agitation and anxiety can almost always be converted into creative energy.

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PROFESSIONAL

CROSSNOKAYE SEEKS a Refrigeration Engineer in Santa Barbara, CA. Duties: Travel to customer sites (approximately 50% of the time) throughout North America to perform installation of electrical equipment and control systems; Train customers (onsite and remotely by phone) on product use, features, and system maintenance; Work closely with our software and R&D team to build and improve CrossnoKaye’s products, including improved refrigeration control systems; Provide maintenance support as necessary to ensure operational objectives are met. Other areas of knowledge, including but not exclusive to: ammonia refrigeration, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and PLC programming; Install new electrical equipment in existing Ammonia refrigeration plants; Troubleshoot new control systems and communicates issues back to the CrossnoKaye science and software teams; Define and set up ideal operational settings and parameters for all refrigeration equipment (i.e. superheat, regulators, pressure settings, defrost cycles, determining and recording sensor scaling parameters etc.) Proactively monitor system performance, and take appropriate actions to ensure that the system is operating optimally; Maintain up to date documentation and reporting as needed; Provide troubleshooting of refrigeration, electrical, mechanical, and controls systems to root cause and recommends corrective action; Share knowledge, and assist in the training and development of less experienced technicians/engineers; Perform related work and other job assignments as required. Position requires A Bachelors Degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Engineering or related discipline and a valid drivers license. Salary $100,000 to $110,000 per year. Apply at: https://crossnokaye.com/careers/

ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER

CAMPUS DINING

Responsible for the organization and placing of general food, meat, poultry and fish orders, menu organization and distribution. Shares responsibility to maintain quality food production, product freshness, sanitation, safety, equipment maintenance, customer service, and supervising production staff. Maintains vendor relations as well as receiving, distribution and storage of supplies. Assists in the planning and organization for production of numerous catering and special events and also conducts independent research for a variety of projects. Has responsibility for the Sr. Storekeeper and Cook staff. Directs work and assigns job duties as required. Coordinates custodial duties with pm staff. Supervises 2 staff members and, and supervises the facility in the absence of other managers. Serves as a key member of the Residential Dining Services Management team in Housing and Residential Services, sharing responsibilities for the overall dining program management. Goals are established in accordance with Dining Services’ vision and include the development and maintenance of a work environment for staff that is conducive to meeting the mission of the Dining Services Unit and the Department of Housing and Residential Services. Reqs: High School Diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience. Minimum 1‑3 years of culinary experience in a high‑volume cooking environment/ kitchen or equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work standing for up to 8 hours per day. Satisfactory conviction history background check. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https://policy. ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM‑20.

For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/ Anti‑Discrimination Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job # 67360

CATERING SOUS CHEF CAMPUS DINING

Responsible for planning, prepping, and executing catering events at The Club in conjunction with full‑time kitchen employees and part‑time student staff. Must be able to perform advanced culinary tasks, including all aspects of food preparation, with particular attention to quality control and presentation. Assists the Club Chef with menu item creation, purchasing, inventory, and student supervision as needed. Must be able to work a flexible schedule including

mornings, nights, weekends, overtime, and reassignment to other campus catering departments as needed. Reqs: Culinary degree or equivalent combination of education and/or experience. 1‑3 years previous catering experience with a strong command of fundamentals. 1‑3 years demonstrated ability to organize and manage a high volume kitchen as well as produce specially requested menu items. 1‑3 years experience in plated service, baking, appetizers, and hot/ cold food buffets. Detail oriented, specialized in utilizing the freshest of ingredients and producing items from scratch with an artistic and innovative presentation. Knowledge of state and federal safety and sanitation regulations regarding proper handling, storing, cooking and holding temperatures and proper use and cleaning of kitchen equipment. Ability to train others in these areas.

Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Valid driver’s license and clean driving record. Work days and hours will vary, evenings and weekends included. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs and stand for up to 8 hours a day. Hiring/ Budgeted Hourly Range: $24.53/hr. ‑ $28.18/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 #67413

CATERING SUPERVISOR

CAMPUS DINING

Responsible for event preparation and supervision. 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 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. Proven ability to train, schedule and supervise student staff. Or Equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Valid driver’s license and clean driving record. ServSafe Certification or equivalent certification. Required within 90 days. Must be able to drive a van and/or box truck. Able to work flexible hours including nights and weekends. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/ Budgeted Salary Range: $48,800.00/ yr. ‑ $49,878.00/yr. Salary Range: $47,800.00/yr. ‑ $54,866.00/ yr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative

Action Policy, please visit: https:// policy. ucop.edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 67111

CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST

UCSB, STUDENT HEALTH

Assist in the overall operation of the clinical laboratory of the Student Health Service by performing the duties of testing personnel (as specified by CLIA 88) in the specialties of hematology, urinalysis, clinical microscopy, diagnostic immunology, chemistry, microbiology, and virology/ molecular diagnostics. Other duties include specimen processing, phlebotomy, data entry and instrument preventative maintenance and troubleshooting. Must possess a high degree of accuracy and precision. Must be capable of working independently while maintaining compliance with existing laws, regulations and policies. Must have the ability to communicate effectively with clinicians, patients, health service staff and visitors. Is capable of fast, accurate laboratory work while doing multiple procedures. Training and experience must comply with Federal CLIA 88 requirements for personnel of high complexity testing. Is familiar with common laboratory analyzers, equipment and Laboratory Information Systems. Maintains the equipment and the entire work area in a clean, presentable fashion to preclude injury to self and others. Adheres to safety and infection control policies and procedures. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree. Graduation from college with Bachelor of Science degree in major of appropriate scientific field. Current California Clinical Laboratory Scientists license at all times during employment. 3 – 5 years of training and experience sufficient to comply with Federal CLI 88 requirements for personnel of high complexity testing. Familiar with all laboratory equipment, including Hematology, Microbiology, Urinalysis, Molecular and Chemistry analyzers and other standard laboratory equipment. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child 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. Student Health is closed between the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Budgeted Hourly Range: $39.32 ‑ $49.88/hr.

Full Salary Range: $39.32‑ $57.33/ hr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https://

policy. ucop.edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination

Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 58194

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PLANNER

CAPITAL & PHYSICAL PLANNING

UCSB is searching for a collaborative, creative, and detail‑oriented professional to join the Capital & Physical Planning Office in the role of Educational Facilities Planner. The Office oversees planning and funding for all capital projects on campus including educational and research facilities, office, residential, retail, recreational, habitat restoration, and more. Reporting to the Associate Director of Capital Development, the Educational Facilities Planner is responsible for space planning, building programming, and processing of all necessary campus and external project and funding approvals. This includes overseeing preparation of Business Case Analyses, Detailed Project Programs, Project Planning Guides, and other related facility studies, and processing approvals for Minor and Major Capital projects. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as Interior Design, Urban Planning, Architecture or similar and/or equivalent experience or training. Strong analytical, written, verbal, organization, and interpersonal communication skills. Working experience with MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and demonstrated strong writing and communication skills. 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. Hiring/ Budgeted Salary Range: $82,300/yr ‑ $112,000/yr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20.For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination Application review begins 04/15/24. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu, Job #66928

END USER TECHNICIAN

ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES

UCSB is looking for an End User technician! If you have initiative, strong customer service orientation we would like to welcome you to UCSB, a world‑class institution. If you have support experience in an enterprise environment, we encourage you to apply. The End User Support Technician Provides workstation and LAN support for ITS customer departments. Some of these departments may be located off‑campus but in the general vicinity of the UCSB campus. Support environment will include Windows and Macintosh workstations, printers and ethernet LAN equipment. Reqs: 1‑3 years of Technical Support experience in enterprise environment. High School Diploma or GED. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check Must maintain a

valid CA DL, a clean DMV record, and enrollment in the DMV Pull‑Notice Program. The full hourly range is $28.64 ‑ $49.41/hr. The budgeted hourly range is $31.48 ‑ $37.17/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. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20.For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination.

Application review begins 4/22/24. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job # 67182

HR PROJECT COORDINATOR

HUMAN RESOURCES Coordinates, oversees, and tracks project activities to ensure a successful implementation of ongoing projects. Escalates identified issues to Department Leadership to resolve problems promptly. Maintains project timelines and deadlines. Coordinates, monitors and supports project stakeholders to complete project deliverables. Successfully delivers on and completes assigned project tasks. Assists project team members by organizing project meetings and other events to boost interaction and information flow. Helps Department Leadership identify and manage issues and risks to ensure project

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goals are achieved. Assists with the updating and keeping of project documentation including note‑taking during meeting and other work sessions, digital file organization and other administrative tasks as assigned. Analyzes and recommends improvements to project and business processes. May serve as backup to other HR administrative support staff including covering front desk reception. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. 1‑3 years experience coordinating programs or projects. Demonstrated ability to generate and manage records. Working knowledge and capability to use project management tools such as Smartsheet. Demonstrated knowledge of Google platform and Microsoft Office Suite. Ability to effectively work with project stakeholders. Ability to coordinate efforts with different internal and external groups while managing resources efficiently. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and reporting skills. Notes: This is a 1 year contract position. Satisfactory conviction history background check.

Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $27.16 to $31.61/hr. Full Salary Range: The full Hourly range for this position is $27.16 to $46.70/ hr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20.For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #66885

LEAD NETWORK ENGINEER‑ RESNET

ADMIN & RESIDENTIAL INFO TECH

Responsible for the technical operations of all data network services for Administrative & Residential Information Technology (ARIT)’s ResNet program for residential students. Has primary responsibility for all network monitoring, integrity and recovery capabilities to ensure 24x7 operation and administration of network services provided to end users and staff. Has primary responsibility for security access controls, network firewall systems, and web application firewalls for all production applications and services. The Network and Security Infrastructure staff provides secure network access using a common architecture, equipment, and process. This group is directly responsible for all aspects of an innovative 24/7 Internet Service (ResNet), which provides high performance wireless and ethernet connectivity to all UCSB residential customers. As the key technical resource for the organization, the Lead Network Engineer will exercise a high degree of independence and autonomy in overseeing implementation of complex technical projects. Due to the necessity of a high‑availability Information Technology communications infrastructure, this position is on call and is required to carry a cell phone. Serves as Acting Manager for day‑to‑day operations in the absence of the Director, Network & Security. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training. 1‑3 years Practical experience with the design, deployment and troubleshooting of wireless networks, including complex inter‑domain authentication processes. 1‑3 years Edge Network Operations and Security. Demonstrated thorough knowledge of professional communications and network concepts necessary to resolve issues using established parameters, creativity and independent judgment, escalating as necessary. Thorough

understanding of various network hardware platforms, network related protocols and software including understanding of OSI layer 3 protocols at a basic level and layer 2 protocols at a complex level and related technical standards critical to the operation of interconnected networks. Ability to gather, organize and analyze data in the completion of a variety of functional assignments. Able to learn effectively and meet deadlines. Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information to technical and non‑technical personnel at various levels in the organization. Self‑motivated and works independently and as part of a team. Demonstrated diverse problem solving skills. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range: $100,000‑ $120,000/year.

Pay Rate/Range: $82,300 ‑ $151,700/ year. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https:// policy. ucop.edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 67246

MEDICAL ASSISTANT

UCSB, STUDENT HEALTH

Come join UCSB Student Health’s dynamic team! Our MAs prepare patients for their visit by checking vital signs, assisting with procedures, completing insurance referrals, scheduling patients, answering patient questions, and ensuring the clinic is properly stocked. We provide a comprehensive orientation to clinic routines and the electronic medical record. You will work hand‑in‑hand with Physicians, PAs, NPs, RNs, & LVNs in caring for the student population at UCSB. Reqs: High School diploma or equivalent. Licenses/Certifications: Certification with one of the following agencies: American Association of Medical Assistants, American Medical Technologists, California Certifying Board of Medical Assistants, Local Emergency Medical Services Agency, Emergency Medical Services Authority, Certified Nursing Assistant. Note: Applicants without a proper certification will not be considered. Notes: Student Health requires all clinical staff to successfully pass the background check and complete the credentialing process before the employment date. 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. Scheduling will be reviewed annually and set for the upcoming fiscal year. Weekly schedule may include Thursday evening hours if need arises. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. Student Health is closed between the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Budgeted Pay Rate/Range: $24.69/hr. ‑ $29.50/ hr. Full Title Code Pay Range: $24.69/ hr. ‑ $30.68/hr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https://policy. ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/ Anti‑Discrimination Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu

Job # 57062

MOBILE CRISIS

CLINICIAN 2 OR 3

STUDENT HEALTH

The UCSB Community Safety Response Team (CSRT) is a collaborative effort between Student Health Services (SHS), CAPS, and UCPD to provide a holistic and specialized response for students experiencing a mental health crisis. The co‑response crisis team is designed to implement a vision for campus safety response that is led by trained mental health professionals to transform safety response in a way that advances a culture of trust, respect, and dignity for our diverse campus community. As a member of this team, you will provide multiculturally informed screening/evaluation, wellness checks, de‑escalation, follow up, care coordination and outreach based on the severity and complexity of need.

The Mobile Crisis Clinician reports to the Director of Social Work in UCSB Student Health. Mobile Crisis Clinicians who are associates (ASW or AMFT) will perform their duties under the formal clinical supervision of the Social Work Director following the guidelines established by the California BBS. Mobile Crisis Clinicians who are licensed (LCSW or LMFT)will perform their duties independently under their full licensure. Reqs: Master’s Degree in Social Work or in Marriage and Family Therapy from an accredited program. CSW

2: California Associate Clinical Social Worker or Associate Marriage and Family Therapist registration. CSW

3: California Licensed Clinical Social Worker license or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Certified in CPR for healthcare professionals or able to obtain certification within 90 days of hire. CSW 3: 3 years of post‑Masters experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child Abuse Mandated reporting requirement of Dependent Adult Abuse. Student Health requires all clinical staff successfully pass the fingerprint background check and credentialing process before the start date. 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. Shift: Days/Evenings/Swing Shift/ Weekends. Days: Wed.‑Sun. or Sun.‑Wed. Hours: 10‑hour shifts, generally 2:00pm‑12:00am. Must be able to work a variable schedule and to work on‑call. Must be willing to become certified for 5150/involuntary hospitalization. Any HIPAA or FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. Student Health is closed between the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Hiring/Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range: CSW 2: $82,885.28/yr. ‑ $87,919.84/yr./

CSW 3: $85,049.44/yr.‑ $88,523.21/ 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 # 66073 PEST CONTROL TECHNICIAN RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS/FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques, the technician provides safe, effective, and efficient services to multiple locations. Services include the treatment of nuisance

animals, insects, and weeds. Reqs: 1‑3 years experience performing Integrative Pest Management for a licensed business or public institution. nMust have the skills, knowledge, and ability to use the practices of Integrated Pest Management to provide safe, effective, and efficient pest management to various campus entities. Expert knowledge of the latest pest management techniques, including pest biology and identification, sanitation, exclusion, education, habitat modification, pest prevention building design, wildlife management, pesticide safety, and least toxic pesticides. Knowledgeable in techniques to solve pest problems in sensitive campus environments, including research laboratories, animal facilities, museums, and rare book collections, without affecting data or collections. Knowledgeable of county, state, and federal regulations regarding application, storage, and use of pesticides. Works independently in a responsible manner and cooperatively in a group setting. Must possess a valid California DPR Qualified Applicator’s License or Certificate Category A, or a California Structural Branch 2 license. Must also maintain licenses through the accumulation of the required CEU’s, respective to each license. Must be available to respond to emergencies, work on‑call, rotating swing shift and holidays. Notes: May work shifts other than Monday thru Friday in order to meet the operational needs of the department. 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. Budgeted Hourly Range: $23.41 ‑ $26.89/ hr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https:// policy. ucop.edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #48751

SAFETY SPECIALIST

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Develops, implements, manages, provides support, and identifies needs for a diverse set of occupational health and safety programs and policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations, and help ensure a safe workplace. Additional areas of responsibility include performing job hazard and personal protective equipment 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. Reqs: Qualifications for EHS SPEC 3: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training. 1‑3 years Developing, implementing, and/or managing safety programs. Thorough working knowledge and understanding of specific EH&S field(s) including related laws and regulations; and general knowledge and understanding of all EH&S fields including but not limited to: industrial hygiene, environmental health, pest control, occupational safety, ergonomics, laboratory safety, biosafety, controlled substances, environmental protection, fire safety, radiation safety, hazardous materials control and hazardous waste management. Thorough knowledge and skill in applying and interpreting applicable local, state, and federal regulations and

related standards and guidelines to inspections, investigations, process improvements, procedural documentation, and complaint resolution. Thorough written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including political acumen and skill to communicate effectively with organizations and experts within relevant fields, liaise with regulatory agencies, and train within a diverse environment. Strong analytical and organizational skills to organize, prioritize, and manage the successful completion of projects within time and budget constraints. Strong skill to appropriately use technology and relevant scientific equipment to sample, monitor, compile, analyze, and report findings. 40‑hour HAZWOPER certification within 90 Days. 8‑hour HAZWOPER refresher training on an annual basis. Qualifications for EHS SPEC 2: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training. Solid, comprehensive working knowledge / understanding of a specific EH&S field including related laws and regulations, and general understanding of all EH&S fields. Excellent organizational skills to plan, organize, and prioritize multiple projects. Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively in a diverse environment. Working skills in the appropriate use of technology and relevant scientific equipment as required. Notes: 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. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employer Pull‑Notice Program Satisfactory completion of criminal history background check. Hiring/ Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range: EHS SPEC 3: $80,000 to $92,000/ year. EHS SPEC 2: $38.31/hr.‑$41.59/ hr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https:// policy. ucop.edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 67076

SR. CUSTODIAN (ECEN)

RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS

Under the supervision of the Custodial Supervisor, performs custodial duties in accordance with established standards and instructions for the UCSB Events Center and for University owned Residence Halls and Apartments. May be required to perform other duties as assigned to meet the operational needs of the department. Promotes a customer service environment to clients and residents. Responsible for completing job duties that demonstrate support for Housing, Dining, & Auxiliary Enterprises. Reqs: Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others as a team. Must have effective communication skills. Ability to interact as a team member with sensitivity towards a multi‑cultural work environment. Working knowledge and experience in utilizing the following equipment: vacuums, conventional and high‑speed buffers, extractors and related custodial equipment desirable (Will train on all equipment and chemicals used.) Experience in a custodial cleaning operation or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Ability to read, writing and follow oral and written instructions. Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employer Pull‑Notice Program.

Satisfactory conviction history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range: $22.00 ‑ $23.80/hr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https:// policy. ucop.edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20. For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #66926

WEB DEVELOPER ASSOCIATED STUDENTS

Under the direction of the Associate Director of Technology & Strategic Communications, designs, implements and maintains Associated Student’s websites. Works with a team of staff and students to coordinate website planning, create graphics and dynamic elements designed to accommodate student needs and highlight the varied programs of Associated Students. Works directly with users to determine needs and implement web strategies and goals of student groups and projects. Coordinates with department staff to develop informational goals and design various pages to meet each area’s requirements. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and/ or equivalent experience/training; 1‑3 yrs experience with common programming tools; 1‑3 yrs experience with python, html, css, and related

web technologies; 1‑3 yrs experience developing digital consumer web and mobile experiences using the agile methodology; 1‑3 yrs experience with media and social media integration; 1‑3 yrs experience of developing web pages using html/ css/javascript; knowledge of secure software development; intermediate skills associated with the design, development, modification and deployment of software, including object‑oriented programming concepts; knowledge of other IT related areas; demonstrated software repository skills. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. Hiring/ Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range: The budgeted salary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $35.11‑$36.88/ hr. Full Salary Range: $29.55‑$51.77/ hr. UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https:// policy. ucop.edu/doc/4010393/ PPSM‑20.For the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/ doc/1001004/Anti‑Discrimination. Application review begins 4/19/24. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #67122

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72. See 33-Down

73. Decelerate

Down

1. Nuts

Bar offerings

26. “Yes, ___” (improv principle)

28. Small child

30. Lay down the lawn

32. “Help wanted” listings

34. Capricious urge

37. Overinflate

41. *”All we need,” per a 1988 Guns N’ Roses ballad

44. “8 Seconds” venue

45. Make agitated

46. One of four on the New Zealand flag

47. Geese formation shape

49. ___ Soundsystem (“I Can Change” band)

51. He/___ pronouns

52. Not fully

55. Certain internet junk

58. Monopoly board abbr.

60. *Screen protector of sorts?

31. Kimono sash

33. With

2. Swingin’ Fitzgerald

3. Secretive kind of auction without knowing the price

4. City near Osaka

5. Rapper/actor ___ Def, a.k.a.Yasiin Bey

6. Worked up

7. “30 Rock” character Liz

8. Bad thing to see on your gas gauge

9. Mexican restaurant condiments

10. Horrible

11. Jigsaw unit

12. Looks up the answer, maybe

15. Org. for teachers or artists

18. “It’s living ___-free in my head”

22. Crockpot scoopers, maybe

26. Partway open

27. ___ contendere (no contest plea)

29. Nighttime hunter

LEGALS

ADMINISTER OF ESTATE

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARIA ELENA RIOS CASE NO.: 24PR00064

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of MARIA ELENA RIOS

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

THE PETITION for probate requests that: NANCY LEMUS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/09/2024 AT 9:00 A.M. IN DEPT: 5 of the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, ANACAPA DIVISION, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107.

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: 03/29/2024 By: Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Jerry J. Howard of Thyne Taylor Fox Howard, LLP, 205 East Carrillo Street #100 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 963‑9958.

Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RACHEL KHARRAZI CASE NO.: 24PR00135

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: MARTIN KHARRAZI and LILY KHARRAZI in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara

THE PETITION for probate requests that: MARTIN KHARRAZI and LILY KHARRAZI be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the

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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: 05/09/2024 AT 9:00 A.M. IN DEPT: 5 of the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, ANACAPA DIVISION, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107.

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. Darrell E. Parker, Executive Officer Date: 3/20/2024

By: Monica Buenrostro. Attorney for Petitioner: David E. Graff, Esq, for Allen & Kimbell, LLP 317 East Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 324‑4002 Published. Mar 28. Apr 4, 11 2024.

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested

in the will or estate, or both of: CHARLES MCCULLOUGH WEIS AKA CHARLES M. WEIS

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: Karl J Weis in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara

THE PETITION for probate requests that: Karl J Weis 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: 05/16/2024 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: 03/26/2024 By: Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: James F. Cote, Esq. 222 East Carrillo Street, Suite 207, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 966‑1204.

will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/23/2024 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 03/19/2024 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy 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 Apr 4, 11, 18 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MILTON PAGE LARSEN AKA MILTON P. LARSEN AKA MILTON LARSEN AKA MILT LARSEN CASE NO. 24PR00181

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the lost WILL or estate, or both of MILTON PAGE LARSEN AKA MILTON P. LARSEN AKA MILTON LARSEN AKA MILT LARSEN.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ARLENE JEAN LARSEN in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA BARBARA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ARLENE JEAN LARSEN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/30/24 at 9:00AM in Dept. SB5 located at 1100 ANACAPA STREET, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93121

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

JOSHUA R. DRISKELL ‑ SBN 294616, LAGERLOF, LLP 155 N. LAKE AVENUE, FLOOR 11 PASADENA CA 91101

Telephone (626) 683‑7234 4/11, 4/18, 4/25/24 CNS‑3801434#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: BARBARA BECKER CASE NO. 24PR00168 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the lost WILL or estate, or both of BARBARA BECKER.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARK CRAWFORD in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA BARBARA.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MARK CRAWFORD be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: WILLIAM PESCH in the Superior Court of California,

PETITION requests authority to

the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will

the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative

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

cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/23/24 at 9:00AM in Dept. SB5 located at 1100 ANACAPA ST., SANTA BARBARA, CA 93121

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 CHARLES A. KAUSEN ‑ SBN

THE PETITION requests the decedent's lost WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The lost 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

LEGALS (CONT.)

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: Robert B. Locke 5290 Overpass Rd. Suite 204, Santa Barbara, CA 93111; (805) 683‑1459

Published Apri 11, 18, 25 2024. NOTICE

Case No. 24PR00147

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of KENNETH ALAN GUEST

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Benjamin Suppe in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA BARBARA.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Benjamin Suppe 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 on May 16, 2024 at 9:00 AM in Dept. No. SB 5 located at 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

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

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BULK SALE

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY BY MATTHEW L. TAYLOR, PARTITION REFEREE

Please take notice that the following real property will be sold by private sale by Matthew L. Taylor, Partition Referee, pursuant to an order of the Santa Barbara County Superior Court: Street

Address: 2535 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Assessor’s Parcel Number: 025‑ 022‑004; Legal Description: “ALL OF LOT 10 IN BLOCK “C” OF THE OAK PARK TRACT ADDITION, IN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO THE MAP

THEREOF RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, ON FEBRUARY 25, 1888 IN BOOK “B” OF MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, AT PAGE 550, RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY.

EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE SOUTHWESTERLY 55 FEET

DRAWN BETWEEN PARALLEL

LINES.” (Hereinafter, the “Subject Property”.) Please take notice that the Subject Property is being sold by private sale by Matthew L.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Goleta (“CITY”), invites sealed bids for the above stated iproject and will receive such bids via electronic transmission on the City of Goleta PlanetBids portal site until 2:00 PM, May 16, 2024, and will be publicly opened and posted promptly thereafter.  Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained from the Planet Bids Website: https://pbsystem.planetbids.com

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, and equipment necessary to construct and deliver a finished GOLETA TRAIN DEPOT PRJECT NO. 9079.

Work includes construction of the Goleta Train Depot building and associated site work (parking, landscaping and access) as well as pedestrian and bicycle improvements along South La Patera Lane from Hollister Avenue to the train depot. The contract period is Five-Hundred Forty-Seven (547) calendar days.

Project Cost

The estimated cost of Project construction is approximately $16.5M (including all Add Alternates).

The Basis of Award will be determined on the Base Bid Construction Price not including Alternate Bid Items.

Project Duration

The successful contractor (after receipt of Notice to Proceed) shall have 547 calendar days to complete all work called for under the Contract Documents.

The Project location Project Location is at 27 South La Patera Lane, Goleta Ca 93117.

Project Description

Construction of a new full-service multi-modal train station facilities next to the existing Amtrak platform at 27 South La Patera Lane. The Goleta Train Depot building will be approximately 9,000 square feet. It will include a lobby, e-ticketing area, waiting room, café, community meeting room, restrooms, bike storage lockers, and outdoor plaza spaces. The project site is approximately 2.5 acres, is relatively flat, and rectangular. The site is currently developed with a 39,800 square-foot warehouse structure, with an associated parking lot, outdoor storage area, and vehicle yard proposed to be removed as part of this project. In addition, South La Patera Lane is being reconfigured to accommodate improvements such as continuous bike lanes, sidewalks, street lights, and landscaped parkways.

Bid Submittal Instructions

Bidders must be registered on the City of Goleta’s PlanetBids portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid. Go to PlanetBids for bid results and awards. It is the responsibility of the bidder to submit the bid with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Allow time for technical difficulties, uploading, and unexpected delays. Late or incomplete bids will not be accepted. All communications related to this project shall be conducted through PlanetBids.

Questions about alleged patent ambiguity of the plans, specifications, or estimate must be asked before bid opening. After bid opening, the CITY does not consider these questions as bid protests. All bids must be submitted electronically through PlanetBids on or before 2:00 PM (PST) May 16, 2024.

Virtual Bid Opening

Bid opening will be through a ZOOM meeting at 2:30 PM on May 16, 2024. The ZOOM link is https:// us06web.zoom.us/j/86833177412?pwd=TjWRSHWQI 7a1mlQOeOWclV4E7ZDH08O.1 Bidders may also call in to listen live to the Bid Opening by dialing 1-669444-9171  or 1-669-900-6833  and then entering the following when prompted:

Webinar ID: 868 3317 7412

Webinar Passcode: 996412

Questions and Communications

All questions must be submitted electronically through

Taylor, as Partition Referee appointed in the matter of Peter Leroy Miller v. Samuel Gabriel Long III, et al., Santa Barbara County Superior Court case number 23CV01649. The sale is being made pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 873.640, et seq . The Subject Property is sold in an “As Is” condition with no warranties or representations. Offers must be submitted in writing on a California Association of Realtors form contract. All sales are subject to court confirmation. Offers must be submitted to Matthew L. Taylor, Partition Referee, P.O. Box 4198, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91729, and must be received on or before April 15, 2024. This date may be extended by the Partition Referee. Further information can be obtained at

www.matthewtaylorattorney.com or by calling Matthew Taylor at 909‑ 989‑7774. 3/28, 4/4, 4/11/24

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FBN ABANDONMENT

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business

PlanetBids. The deadline for receipt of questions is May 2, 2024, 2:00 PM

Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held on Monday, April 17, 2024, at 10:00 AM and on April 24, 2024 at 10:00 PM at the Project Site (27 South La Patera Lane, Goleta, CA 93117). Interested bidders are required to attend at least one of these pre-bid meetings and will be held responsible for all information presented.  It is required that the Bidders have fully inspected the Project site in all particulars and become thoroughly familiar with the terms and conditions of the Bid Plans and Special Provisions and local conditions affecting the performance and costs of the Work prior to bidding and it is recommended that this be done prior to attending this meeting.

Bid Security

The bid must be accompanied by a bid security in the form of a money order, a certified cashier’s check, or bidder’s bond executed by an admitted surety, made payable to CITY. The bid security shall be an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total annual bid amount included with their proposals as required by California law.

Note: All bids must be accompanied by a scanned copy of the bid security uploaded to PlanetBids. The original security of the three (3) lowest bidders must also be mailed or submitted to the office of the City Clerk at 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, California 93117, in a sealed envelope and be received or postmarked within three (3) City business days after the bid due date and time; otherwise, the bid shall be considered non-responsive. The sealed envelope should be plainly marked on the outside, “SEALED BID SECURITY FOR GOLETA TRAIN DEPOT PRJECT NO. 9079.”

Performance Security

Pursuant to Public Contract Code section 22300, the successful bidder may substitute certain securities for funds withheld by CITY to ensure performance under the Contract or, in the alternative, request the CITY to make payment of retention to an escrow agent.

Affirmative Action

The Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) per California Labor Code Section 1771.4, including prevailing wage rates and apprenticeship employment standards. Affirmative action to ensure against discrimination in employment practices on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion will also be required. The CITY hereby affirmatively ensures that all business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this notice and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or religion in any consideration leading to the award of contract.

Department of Industrial Relations (DIR)

Pursuant to Labor Code sections 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contractors and subcontractors that wish to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, or enter into a contract to perform public work must be registered with the DIR.  No Bid will be accepted, nor any contract entered into without proof of the contractor’s and subcontractors’ current registration with the DIR to perform public work.  If awarded a contract, the Bidder and its subcontractors, of any tier, shall maintain active registration with the DIR for the duration of the Project. Failure to provide proof of the contractor’s current registration pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5 may result in rejection of the bid as non-responsive.

Contractor License

A contract may only be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder properly licensed in accordance with the laws of the State and the City of Goleta.

Experience The Contractor Company, including the Responsible Managing Officer (RMO) for the Contractor Company, shall demonstrate a minimum of ten (10) years' experience successfully performing projects of substantially similar type, magnitude, and character of the work bid.

Rejection of Bids

The CITY reserves the right to reject all bids, reject any bid that is not responsive to the invitation, or to waive any minor irregularity and to take all bids under advisement for a period of up to one-hundred and twenty (120) days. Failure to provide proof of the Contractor’s current registration pursuant to Section 1725.5 of the Labor Code may result in rejection of the bid as non-responsive. Failure to comply with enforcement provisions pursuant to Section 1771.4 of the Labor Code may result in a determination that the Bidder is not responsible.

Liquidated Damages

The Liquidated Damages shall be $3,000 per day. Protest

Any protest to an intended award of this contract shall be made in writing addressed to the City Clerk according to Article 31 of Specification Section 00 2113 and filed and received by the City not more than five (5) calendar days following the date of City’s

Barbara, CA 93103; Gail L. Lobdell 1201 Diana Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a Trust Filed by: GAIL L LOBDELL/ TRUSTEE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 05, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E40. FBN Number: 2024‑0000551. Published: Mar 21, 28. Apr 4, 11 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as:

ARMSTRONG CELLARS at 281 Pamela Way, Ste 104­107 Buellton, CA 93427; Jamd Inc. 369 San Miguel Drive Ste 235 Newport Beach, CA 92660 This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: JENNIFER

ARMSTRONG/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Feb 21, 2024. 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: 2024‑0000444. Published: Mar 21, 28. Apr 4, 11 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

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

ROOFING at 725 E Mason St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Gail L. Lobdell 1201 Diana Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a Trust Filed by: GAIL L LOBDELL/

TRUSTEE OF THE LOBDELL FAMILY TRUST with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 05, 2024. 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: 2024‑0000562. Published: Mar 21, 28. Apr 4, 11 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

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

following person(s) is/are doing business as: FAVORITES at 990 Patterson Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93111; TRG Global Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: TEAGAN GIFFIN/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 12, 2024. 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: 2024‑0000637. Published: Mar 21, 28. Apr 4, 11 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JXN PAINTING at 322 Ladera St 202 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Carlos A Ramirez (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: CARLOS A RAMIREZ/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 13, 2024. 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: 2024‑0000655. Published: Mar 21, 28. Apr 4, 11 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SPARK

JOY WITH AMY at 7054 Marymount Way Goleta, CA 93117; Amy L Herzog (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: AMY L HERZOG with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 15, 2024. 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: 2024‑0000676. Published: Mar 21, 28. Apr 4, 11 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN FBN2024‑0000482

The following person(s) is doing

ESTATE at 125 N. Refugio Rd. Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Canvinia Vineyard Estate LLC 1212 Santa Teresita Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Filed by: DJAMILA V. CABUGOS/CEO OF MANAGING MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 13, 2024. 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: 2024‑0000653. Published: Mar 21, 28. Apr 4, 11 2024.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 03/06/2024. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18/24

CNS‑3794539#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS

County of SANTA BARBARA

O’REILLY AUTO ENTERPRISES, LLC, 233 S. PATTERSON AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65802

This business is conducted by a limited liability company

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/07/2014. O’REILLY AUTO ENTERPRISES, LLC

JEREMY FLETCHER, CFO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 03/06/2024. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18/24

CNS‑3794535#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No. FBN2024‑0000584

The following person(s)

LEGALS (CONT.)

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 03/06/2024.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18/24

CNS‑3794537#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No. FBN2024‑0000585

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

O’REILLY AUTO PARTS #4372, 270 E. HWY 246, BUELLTON, CA 93427 County of SANTA BARBARA

O’REILLY AUTO ENTERPRISES, LLC, 233 S. PATTERSON AVENUE, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65802

This business is conducted by a limited liability company

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/07/2014. O’REILLY AUTO ENTERPRISES, LLC

JEREMY FLETCHER, CFO

statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 03/06/2024. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18/24

CNS‑3794542#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

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

GENERALS CONSTRUCTION

2024. 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: 2024‑0000716. Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2024. FICTITIOUS

CNS‑3793489#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2024‑0000573

The following person(s) is doing business as: CreaTiffity Studios, 316 Rancheria St Apt 3 Santa Barbara, CA 93101, County of Santa Barbara. Tiffany LytIe, 316 Rancheria St Apt 3 Santa Barbara, CA 93101

This business is conducted by an individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 02/01/2024

/s/ Tiffany Lytle, Owner

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 03/06/2024.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18/24

CNS‑3793486#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2024‑0000568

The following person(s) is doing business as:

DIJONIT, 5959 MANDARIN DR APT M, GOLETA, CA 93117, County of SANTA BARBARA.

DIJONIT LLC, 5959 MANDARIN DR. APT. M, GOLETA, CA 93117; CA

This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE

/s/ RICHARD CHUN, MANAGING

MEMBER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 03/06/2024.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18/24

CNS‑3793483#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SUNSTONE CANNABIS at 1212 Santa Teresita Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Sunstone Products, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: DJAMILA V. CABUGOS/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 19, 2024. 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: 2024‑0000697. Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

The following person (s) is/are doing business as: THE COMMUNITY OF LOVE at 301 Moreton Bay Lane, Unit 2 Goleta, CA 93117; Sylvia P Olano Rodriguez

P.O. Box 504 Goleta, CA 93116

This business is conducted by an Individual Filed by: SYLVIA P. OLANO RODRIGUEZ/PROGRAM DIRECTOR with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 15, 2024. 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 E28. FBN Number: 2024‑0000672. Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: STARR ELECTRIC 4045 Foothill Rd, A Santa Barbara, CA 93110; William T Fewell (Same Address). This business is conducted by an Individual Filed by: William T Fewell/Owner with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 22, 2024. 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: 2024‑0000757. Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE BAR

1101 Anacapa Street, 150 Santa Barbara, CA 93101;

Noe A Espinoza (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Filed by: NOE A ESPINOZA with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 7, 2024. 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: 2024‑0000591. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BIOMAGNETISMO SANTA BARBARA 5276 Holliaster Avenue, 307 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Roberto A Pacheco (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: ROBERTO A PACHECO/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 8, 2024. 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 E49. FBN Number: 2024‑0000897. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25, May 02 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: ALLIED CENTRAL COAST DISTRIBUTING 815 S Blosser Santa Maria, CA 93458; Harbor Distributing, L.L.C. 6250 N River Road

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person (s) is/are doing business as: FUSE FITNESS at 1213 State St., Suite K Santa Barbara, CA 93101; JKP Enterprises, LLC 6251 Momouth Ave Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Filed by: JARRETT KOLICH/OFFICER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 28, 2024. 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: 2024‑0000797.

The County of Santa Barbara Division of Housing and Community Development (HCD) invites public comments on a Substantial Action Plan Amendment to the FY 2021 Action Plan. The Amendment relates to funds allocated from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the Santa Barbara HOME Consortium which includes the County and the cities of Buellton, Carpinteria, Lompoc, Solvang, and Santa Maria. In accordance with the Santa Barbara County 2020 Citizen Participation Plan, notice is hereby given for the recommended Action Plan Amendment.

The purpose of this Substantial Amendment is to revise the 2021 Action Plan to include $1,072,899.57 in FY 2021 County HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) funding for the construction of a two-story residential building consisting of 24 studio apartments. The project location is an undeveloped parcel located at 80 North Patterson Avenue in unincorporated Santa Barbara County. The Amendment being considered meets the County’s 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan priorities.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires jurisdictions to publish Amendments to a previously-submitted Annual Action Plan and provide a 30-day public comment period. The comment period for this Action Plan Amendment will run from April 12, 2024 through the end of the Board of Supervisors’ public hearing for this project, scheduled for May 14, 2024. The public may provide comments relating to the project as follows:

Written comments may be mailed or delivered to the Division of Housing and Community Development, 123 E. Anapamu St., Suite 202, Santa Barbara, CA, attention Carlos Jimenez, or sent via facsimile at (805) 560-1091, or e-mailed to HCD@countyofsb.org by 5:00 p.m. on May 13, 2024.

An Administrative Public Hearing will be held via Zoom on May 10, 2024 from 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84456505453?pwd=OU lXMm1vRjkrNGxPejREMHJtUkFDdz09. Participants may also join by phone at 1 (669) 900-6833, Meeting ID: 844 5650 5453, Passcode: 630909.

The Board of Supervisors will consider the Action Plan Amendment for approval at its May 14, 2024 hearing at 9:00 a.m. at 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, CA, at which the public may address the Board directly. To present comments at the hearing, follow the directions posted at https://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/ cob.sbc.

The Substantial Amendment is posted on the HCD website at https://www. countyofsb.org/494/Housing-Community-Development. If you need additional information, have questions, or require special accommodations, such as a language interpreter or hearing devices, call (805) 568-3520.

The County is committed to equal housing opportunities for all of its residents.

Publish Dates: April 04, 2024, and April 11, 2024 PUBLIC

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Goleta City Council will conduct a hybrid public hearing to consider the adoption of a resolution modifying the City of Goleta User Fees and Charges Schedules. The User Fees schedules include but are not limited to all City service, permitting and user fees with the exception of Developer Impact Fees. As of April 11th, 2024, a list of proposed fees will be available for public viewing during normal business hours at the City of Goleta Office, at 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA. 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, April 16, 2024, 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 emailing the City Clerk at CityClerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Written comments will be distributed to the Council and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Please see the posted agenda, available on Thursday, April 11, 2024, on the City of Goleta’s website www.cityofgoleta.org.

For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 562-5500 or mmartinez@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.

LEGALS (CONT.)

E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2024‑0000749.

Published: Apr 11, 18, 25, May 02 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2024‑0000682

The following person(s) is doing business as: Shoreline Systems, 1414 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93109, County of Santa Barbara. Derek Stadmiller, 1414 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93109

This business is conducted by An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable /s/ Derek Stadmiller, Owner

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 3/15/2024.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2/24

CNS‑3797838#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2024‑0000707

The following person(s) is doing business as: Hollywood Access Film Festival, 525 San Ysidro Road Suite 107, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, County of Santa Barbara. Myglobalclassroom, Inc., 525 San Ysidro Road #107, Santa Barbara, CA 93108

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable /s/ Steven Kunes, President

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 3/19/2024.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2/24

CNS‑3797804#

SANTA BARBARA

INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2024‑0000709

The following person(s) is doing business as:

READYMADE CREATIVE, 425 CAMPHOR PL, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108, County of

SANTA BARBARA. SHAWN FORRY, 425 CAMPHOR PL, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108

This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE /s/ SHAWN FORRY, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 3/19/2024.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2/24

CNS‑3797812#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2024‑0000681

The following person(s) is doing business as: Barkentine Ventures, 125 Eucalyptus Hill Cir, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, County of Santa Barbara. Peter F. Hartz, 125 Eucalyptus Hill Cir, Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable /s/ Peter F Hartz

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 3/15/2024.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 4/11, 4/18, 4/25, 5/2/24

CNS‑3797822#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

LIEN SALE

EXTRA SPACE STORAGE, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 6640 Discovery Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. April 25, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Guy Berfield

Sherry Jerey

Brian Carroll

Isaac Rodriguez

The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be

made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS CODE

21700

Notice is hereby given by the undersigned that a Public Lien Sale of personal property will be held

Thursday the 25th day of April, 2024, at 11:00 A.M. at Santa Barbara Mini Storage, 190 Wye Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93110, County of Santa Barbara, State of California, and will be sold by the unit by Daniel Jackson, Auctioneer, CA Bond #64819405, phone (559) 970‑8105.

The property to be sold is stored at Santa Barbara Mini Storage located at 190 Wye Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93110, County of Santa Barbara.

Unit # Name

D25 Fabing, Jeff

C35 Aguilera, Stephen E17 Aguilera, Stephen B42 Dunn, Ashley C18 Carraher, Tera B11 Garcia, Rose

D6 McCune, Beverly C21 Lara, Frank

This notice is given in accordance with the provisions of Section 21700 et seq. of the Business & Professions Code of the State of California. (See Section 1812.600 of Civil Code)

SANTA BARBARA MINI STORAGE

By Gary Braun

Published April 11 and 18

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS CODE

21700

Notice is hereby given by the undersigned that a Public Lien Sale of personal property will be held Thursday the 18th day of April, 2024, at 10:00 A.M. at BUDGET

U‑STOR, 130 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93012, County of Santa Barbara, State of California, and will be sold by the unit by Daniel Jackson, Auctioneer, CA Bond #64819405, phone (559) 970‑8105. The property to be sold is stored at Budget U‑Stor located at 130 Garden St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, County of Santa Barbara..

Unit # Name

57 Lockwood, William

141 Television Network

153 Television Network

344 Lamb, Kyra 64 Flores, Frank 475 Beeler, Tracy 143 Boyles, Phillip 373 smith, Daryn 340 Felton, David

This notice is given in accordance with the provisions of Section 21700 et seq. of the Business & Professions Code of the State of California. (See Section 1812.600 of Civil Code)

BUDGET U‑STOR

By Gary Braun

Published April 11 and 18, 2024

NAME CHANGE

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: LINDA

ANN MCGAUGHEY NUMBER: 24CV00973

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court for decree changining name (s) as follows:

PRESENT NAME: LINDA ANN MCGAUGHEY PROPOSED NAME: LINDA ANN

PAGE

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

MAY 6, 2024, 10:00 AM, DEPT 3, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Anacapa Division. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. DATED MARCH 15, 2024, JUDGE COLLEEN K. STERNE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT.

Published Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2024.

IN THE MATTER

petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court for decree changining name (s) as follows: PRESENT NAME: CORI RENEE WRIGHT PROPOSED NAME: CORI RENEE WRIGHT SANCHEZ THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING MAY 17, 2024, 10:00 AM, DEPT 4, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Anacapa Division. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. DATED MARCH 20, 2024, JUDGE DONNA D. GECK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Published Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2024. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: KAREN LYNN NALLICK CASE NUMBER: 24CV00747 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court for decree changining name (s) as follows: PRESENT NAME: KAREN LYNN NALLICK PROPOSED NAME: KARENINA LYNN GAROFOLO THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING

APRIL 26, 2024, 10:00 AM, DEPT 4, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Anacapa Division. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. DATED FEBRUARY 29, 2024, JUDGE DONNA D. GECK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. Published Apr 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024.

make the requested orders without you if you do not file a Responsive Declaration to Request for Order (form FL‑320), serve a copy on the other parties at least nine court days before the hearing (unless the court has ordered a shorter period of time), and appear at the hearing. (See for FL‑320‑INFO for more information.)

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 02/28/2024 by Nicolette Barnard, Deputy. Published April 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024 AMENDED PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM AND ORDER TO GO TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT Notice to the person being sued:

•You are the defendant if your name is listed in 2 on page 2 of this form or on form SC‑100A. The person suing you is the plaintiff, listed in 1 on page 2.

•You and the plaintiff must go to court on the trial date listed below.

If you do not go to court, you may lose the case. • If you lose, the court can order that your wages, money, or property be taken to pay this claim.

•Bring witnesses, receipts, and any evidence you need to prove your case.

•Read this form and all pages attached to understand the claim against you and to protect your rights.

Aviso al Demandado

•Usted es el Demandado sis u nombre figura en 2 de la pagina 2 de este formulario, o en el formulario SC‑100A. La persona que lo demanda es el Demandante, la que figura en 1 de la pagina 2.

•Usted y el Demandante tienen que presentarse en la corte en la fecha del juicio indicada a continuacion. Si no se presenta, puede perder el caso. Si pierde el caso, la corte podria ordenar que le quiten de su sueldo, dinero u otros bienes para pagar este reclamo.

•Lleve este testigos, recibos y cualquier otra prueba que necesite para probar su caso

•Lea este formulario y todas las paginas adjuntas para entender la demanda en su contra y para proteger sus derechos.

ORDER TO GO TO COURT

Case Number: 23CV04297 Case

Name: Matthew R. Veronda v. Gregg Patronyk

Trial Date on 5/9/2024 at 8:30am

in Dept. 7 118 E Figueroa St Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101:

Anacapa Division Date: 10/25/2023

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer By Gabriel Moreno, Deputy Clery

For information on how to participate in this court hearing and how to obtain a copy of the Plaintiff’s Amended Claim and Order to Go to Small Claims Court, contact the Santa Barbara Superior Court at (805) 882‑4520, option #7 (civil) option #8 (restraining order).

Instructions for the person suing:

Do not use this form to recover COVID‑19 rental debt, which is unpaid rent or other financial obligations under a tenancy due between March 1, 2020, and September 30, 2021, (See Code of Civil Procedure, §1179.02.) To recover COVID‑19 rental debt, use form 5C‑500, Plaintiff’s Claim and ORDER to Go to Small Claims Court.

• You are the plaintiff. The person you are suing is the defendant. • Before you fill out this form, read form SC‑100‑INFO, Information or t e P , to know your rights. You can get form SC‑100‑INFO at any courthouse or county law library, or go to www.courts.ca.gov/forms.

1. Plaintiff: Matthew R Veronda, 650‑722‑8747, 602 Cypress Avenue Unit 5 San Mateo, CA 94401

2. Defendant: Gregg Patronyk, 805‑245‑6256, 2924 Arriba Way Santa Barbara, CA 93105

3. The plaintiff claims the defendant owes $3,744.06 a. see attachment b. 08/28/2023 c. see attachment

4. Yes defendant has been asked to pay you before your sue.

5. This courthouse covers the area where the defendant lives or does business. Where the plaintiff’s property was damaged. Where the plaintiff was injured.

6. Zip Code: 93105

7. Claim about an attorney‑client fee dispute: No

8. Are you suing a public entity? No

9. Have you filed more than 12 other small claims within the last 12 months in California? No.

10. Is your claim for more than $2,500? Yes

11. understand that by filing a claim in small claims court, I have no right to appeal this claim. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that hte information above and on any attachments to this form is true and correct. Dated:

a copy served on

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

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/

• Fill out pages 2, 3, and 4 of this form, Make copies of all the pages of this form and any attachments— one for each party named in this case and an extra copy for yourself. Take or mail the original and the copies to the court clerk’s office and pay the filing fee, The clerk will write the date of your trial in the box above. Your court may allow electronic filing. Check your local court website for information; www.courts.ca.govIfind‑my‑court. htm. • You must have someone at least 18—not you or anyone else listed in this case—give each defendant a court‑stamped copy of all pages of this form and any pages this form tells you to attach, There are special rules for “serving,” or delivering, this form to public entities, associations, and some businesses. See forms SC‑104, SC‑1 04B, and SC‑104C. • Go to court on your trial date listed above. Bring witnesses, receipts, and any evidence you need to prove your case.

entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas information en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca. gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede 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 abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro. 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 de California, (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp/espanol/) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

CASE NO: 24CV‑0011

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 que no tiene abogado es): The name and address of the court is: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA OF SAN LUIS OBISPO 1050 Monterey Street San Luis Obispo, California 93408 (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Anne Secker, Esq., NOLAND HAMERLY ETIENNE & HOSS 333 Salinas Street/ PO Box 2510, Salinas, CA 93902 Tel (831) 424‑1414 DATE: Jan 04, 2024. By J. Reavey, Deputy ( Delegado) Published Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2024. SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL)

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT:

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SMITH AND COMPANY, INC. a California corporation; LAUREL CREEK, II, LP, a California Limited Partnership; LAUREL CREEK, LP, , a California Limited Partnership; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive,

SUED BY PLAINTIFF: GW SURFACES (Lo Esta Demandando El Demandante) 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 your 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), If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help

Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales papa presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas information en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.courtinfo.ca. gov/selfhelp/ espanol/), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede 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 abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro. 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 de California, (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp/espanol/) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales.

CASE NO: 24CV00018

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 que no tiene abogado es): The name and address of the court is: SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT 1100 ANACAPA STREET SANTA BARBARA, ACA 93121‑1107 (El nombre y direccion de la corte es):James

executed by: GARY ROBERT DEINHARD AND LISE ANNE DEINHARD, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE; AT THE NORTH DOOR OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1100 ANACAPA ST., SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4641 VIA CLARICE, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93111 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession,

condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $2,102,163.52

If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by

contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (844) 477‑7869 or visit this Internet Web site WWW. STOXPOSTING.COM, using the

file number assigned to this case 112822‑CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: Effective January 1, 2021, you may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (855) 313‑3319, or visit this internet website www.clearreconcorp.com, using the file number assigned to this case 112822‑CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase.

Para más información en cómo este cambio impactará su factura, llame al 1-800-798-5723.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

Southern California Edison Company’s Request to Change Electric Rates Application A.24-03-019

Why am I receiving this notice?

On March 29, 2024, Southern California Edison (SCE) filed its General Rate Case (GRC) Phase 2 Application (A.24-03-019) In this application, SCE is proposing to adopt rates that more accurately reflect what it costs to serve each customer class. This results in rates increasing for some customer classes and decreasing for other customer classes; no new costs are being proposed in this Phase 2 Application.

If the CPUC approves this application, SCE will recover forecasted costs in electric rates over a 4-year period beginning approximately in the first quarter of 2026. This will impact your monthly bill.

Why is SCE requesting this rate revision?

In the second phase of the General Rate Case, rates are designed by dividing approved electric costs among each customer class (residential, commercial, etc.). There are no new costs proposed in this Phase 2 application. This application will redesign rates by incorporating rate changes from other SCE proceedings including SCE’s Phase 1 General Rate Case and would be phased in over four years.

How could this affect my monthly electric rates?

If SCE’s rate request is approved by the CPUC, the average residential non-CARE monthly bill using 500 kWh per month would increase by approximately $14.22 or 8.1% per month

Proposed Electric Rates1

How does the rest of this process work?

This application will be assigned to a CPUC Administrative Law Judge who will consider proposals and evidence presented during the formal hearing process. The Administrative Law Judge will issue a proposed decision that may adopt SCE’s application, modify it, or deny it. Any CPUC Commissioner may sponsor an alternate decision with a different outcome. The proposed decision, and any alternate 1 October 1, 2023 rates with 2025 sales forecast decisions, will be discussed and voted upon by the CPUC Commissioners at a public CPUC Voting Meeting.

Parties to the proceeding are currently reviewing SCE’s application, including the Public Advocates Office, which is an independent consumer advocate within the CPUC that represents customers to obtain the lowest possible rate for service consistent with reliable and safe service levels. For more information regarding the Public Advocates Office, please call 1-415-703-1584, email PublicAdvocatesOffice@cpuc.ca.gov, or visit PublicAdvocates.cpuc.ca.gov

ORDINANCE NO. 24-XX

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 17 (ZONING) OF THE GOLETA MUNICIPAL CODE AND FINDING THE AMENDMENTS TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CASE NO. 23-0007-ORD)

On April 16, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. at the Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, California, the City Council of the City of Goleta (“City”) will consider the second reading and possible adoption of a proposed Ordinance that would amend Title 17 (Zoning) of the Goleta Municipal Code to implement certain Housing Element programs, address consistency with State law, and provide for other minor revisions and clarifications.

If adopted, the Ordinance will be effective 31 days from the date of adoption except for Section 4(X) of the Ordinance, which would take effect on July 1, 2024.

Any interested person may obtain a copy of the proposed ordinance at the City Clerk’s Office, cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org or by calling City Hall at (805) 961-7505.

Deborah Lopez City Clerk

Publish: Santa Barbara Independent, April 11, 2024