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Solstice Parade Turns 50

by Leslie Dinaberg

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by Ingrid Bostrom

Solstice took a flight of fancy up Santa Barbara Street on Saturday. The 50th anniversary Solstice Parade celebration stuck the landing as a magical assortment of winged, feathered, and glittered creatures rolled, leaped, and danced to an assortment of musical accompaniment

and cheers from the crowds on their way to further the festivities at Alameda Park. Swarms of Santa Barbarians flocked to the streets (an estimated 100,000 people) some as fancifully turned as the parade folks to enjoy a sunny afternoon celebrating the return of summer in our town’s uniquely eccentric way. Although bystanders reported that an ambulance delayed the parade for

a bit near the courthouse as it approached the park, it wasn’t enough to deter the festive spirit of Solstice, which continued well into the night and onward to Reggae Sunday. Indy photographer Ingrid Bostrom caught some of the most special moments of Summer Solstice check out the 50th annual festivities through her lens at independent .com/multimedia n

State Street Master Plan Begins to Take Form

City Presents Latest Vision for Future of Downtown Santa Barbara

by Ryan P. Cruz

Former Santa Barbara mayor Hal Conklin once said that downtown Santa Barbara should invoke “a sense of place, a sense of history, and a sense of celebration.” This week the city unveiled a plan to restore the sense of soul into the city’s main core with the latest vision for the “people first” future of downtown, the State Street Master Plan.

The latest iteration of the State Street Master Plan came after countless hours of advisory committee hearings, more than 60 community events, 20 public meetings, and a survey of 6,000 city residents.

The meetings attracted hundreds of people, many speaking passionately, urging city leadership to keep the street pedestrian-only, to reopen it to cars, to get rid of the parklets, to increase bike infrastructure, and, most often, to clean up the chaotic pedestrian-bike traffic.

Community Development Director Elias Isaacson presented the latest plans to the State Street Advisory Committee on Wednesday that recommended forming State Street into

three different districts, with a “Grand Paseo” at its center.

Isaacson said the “Grand Paseo” came out of the public’s support of a “pedestrianfocused” space. The Paseo district is in keeping with the vision of Santa Barbara’s civic pioneers, Pearl Chase and Bernhard Hoffman, according to a city staff memo.

Rebuilding the city after the devastating 1925 earthquake, they “envisioned a paseo network that would weave through downtown and connect iconic destinations like City Hall, De la Guerra Plaza, the courthouse, presidio, and the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.”

The central district, from Ortega to Carrillo Street, would be a “highly walkable” corridor, with outdoor dining, play elements, and community gathering spaces. This could include a lane for micro-transit or pedicabs (a full-size trolley will travel along Chapala and Anacapa streets).

But this configuration might come at the expense of bikes, which will either have to be rerouted to Chapala Street a costly project that may result in a less-safe bike lane or

bicyclists would be forced to walk their bikes through the 700 and 800 blocks during weekends, summer months, or major holiday events.

Heading toward the ocean would be the “Entertainment District.” Two options are to be considered. The first would make the 500 and 600 blocks like the pedestrian-first model of the central district, with curbless, flat features. The alternative would allow one-way vehicular traffic from Haley Street toward Ortega.

On the 400 block, public safety officials strongly recommend maintaining two-way vehicular traffic and separate bike lane so that emergency vehicles could travel in both directions. The 300 block, which is currently undergoing a major renovation as part of the State Street undercrossing project, would keep its current configuration with two-way vehicle traffic, bicycle lanes, and sidewalks.

At the other end of State Street, the “Arts District” would stretch from Carrillo to Sola Street, serving as the cultural hub with the Museum of Art, Arlington and Granada the-

TRANSPORTATION

The San Marcos Pass remains closed to through traffic for the foreseeable future while Caltrans adds supports under the road to shore it up. Cracks developed across all traffic lanes on 6/21, while repairs were underway to fix the edge of State Route 154, which had fallen away during the winter storms. The hard closure is between San Antonio Creek Road and Painted Cave Road, which only residents may travel. The 154 can otherwise be accessed outside those two roads. The alternate north-south route is Highway 101. A drilling rig (above) is in place currently to pound 30-foot “vertical shear dowels” into the earth under the road. If the drilling is successful, passage should become possible along the 154 with flaggers in place for temporary road or lane closures.

Mountain Drive will be closed 7/1–7/2 between Sheffield Reservoir and the intersection with State Route 192 (Foothill Road). Caltrans states that drainage work in the area is complete and that section of the road will be paved, causing the two-day closure. If coming from S.B., Caltrans advises taking Mountain Drive to Tremonto, over the hill to Mission Ridge Road, and then down to Alameda Padre Sierra (APS) and town. If coming from Montecito, head up Hillcrest and over the hill to Mission Ridge Road, Caltrans suggested.

BUSINESS

As of May, Santa Barbara County has experienced its lowest unemployment rate since fall 2022. These statistics, provided by the state’s Employment Development Department, show a 3.3 percent rate for May, a drop from the previous month’s 4.2 percent. Between April and May, industries within leisure and hospitality, as well as the government, experienced an increase in 600 jobs each. The beginning of the year marked the highest rate of unemployment for the county over the past two years, with an unemployment rate between 5.5 and 6 percent for the county. Last month, the unemployment rate was 4.5 percent statewide and 3.7 percent nationwide.

HOMELESSNESS

“Do you give change to homeless people on the streets?” sociologist Dr. Michele Wakin asked attendees of the Safe Parking Program 20th Anniversary Celebration on 6/20, inspiring discussion on the state of homelessness in the county and beyond. As the program’s first coordinator in 2004, Wakin helped facilitate its effort to provide safe, overnight parking spaces to those living out of their cars. The 20th anniversary event awarded Congressmember Salud Carbajal and former county supervisor Susan Rose, both in attendance, for their pivotal roles in getting this program off the ground. Read more at independent.com/homeless.

HEAD START YOUR CHILD’S

Eastside Boys & Girls Club Reopens

Santa Barbara’s Eastside community was buzzing with excitement on Sunday, as the ceremonial ribbon was snipped for the neighborhood’s revitalized downtown Boys & Girls Club on East Canon Perdido Street (pictured above).

“This club has been the heart of this town for decades,” said club boardmember David Bolton, acknowledging the facility’s 84 years of serving local youth since first opening its doors in 1938.

Around 100 attendees some residents of the Eastside, some club alumni, some both filled the air with casual camaraderie. A feel-good scene unfolded in between the tri-tip sandwiches, kids playing shuffleboard with their parents, and Santa Barbara officials giving sappy speeches.

“We’re all here for our kids; when we put our kids first, we do right by everyone,” said Santa Barbara County Supervisor Laura Capps. “This is a place of heart, a place of magic, a place of care and compassion. The Club is giving these kids the chance they deserve.”

City councilmembers including

On Tuesday, the City of Santa Barbara collected ballots from more than 300 landlords who own more than 540 parcels in the 37 square blocks at the center of town. It was an historic moment. The vote was asking the property owners if they would agree to form a “community business improvement district,” and to voluntarily tax themselves to help fund the $2.2 million needed to make the downtown cleaner and safer for all.

The results showed that the majority of property owners were willing to help foot the bill that would ultimately help all of downtown. In the final tally, the landlords in opposition were only able to get to about 40 percent, falling below the 50 percent needed to deny the district.

Jim Knell of Sima Corp, the largest commercial landlord in the downtown area, has been outspoken about his opposition to the CBID proposal. He’s argued he already provides similar services at his own cost, and on Tuesday, Knell put the council on notice that he intends to exhaust all legal remedies challenging the legality of the election results, alluding to unspecified procedural irregularities in how the vote was conducted.

Downtown Santa Barbara Organization Executive Director Robin Elander called it a “milestone.” Kristen Miller, President and

Eastside representative Alejandra Gutierrez and Santa Barbara Unified School District boardmembers emphasized the club’s role in helping take care of the community’s kids.

“How much opportunity and variety of opportunity we have here,” said school board Vice Chair Gabe Escobedo. When Escobedo attended the club some years ago, he said, “These adults told me I had something to contribute. Other kids will get that because of Mark.”

Escobedo was referencing newly appointed executive director Mark Alvarado, who closed out the afternoon with a story from his junior high days. He was picked on by other kids, and was advised by his friends, “You gotta go to the club, or you’re not gonna make it.”

Alvarado, who didn’t have a club card or the money for one at the time, was given an empty painter’s bucket and told to go pick up trash for his club card.

“I want this to be a hub for the cultural arts that kids don’t have right now,” Alvarado shared. “I can’t do it alone. I’ll need all of you to be strong advocates too…. At the end of the day, it’s all about the kids.”

The downtown club is now officially reopened, following their separation from the United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County last month. Programming will begin in July.

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Read more about Alvarado’s plans for The Club at independent.com/club-reopening.

CEO of the South Coast Chamber of Commerce, said it was “a goal the chamber has been championing for years.”

The “Downtown Santa Barbara Community Business Improvement District” will charge each of the parcels an annual assessment based on linear footage, building square footage, and lot size. Some would pay a few hundred dollars a year, while the largest parcel would pay more than $133,000. The city itself owns 26 properties in the district, and would pay about $179,000 worth of assessments. In the first year, the program would fund an estimated $2.2 million budget to be used for sidewalk safety and cleanliness ($1.45 million), district identity and placemaking ($308,000), and administration ($330,000). These would be in addition to the services the city would continue to provide such as tree trimming, public safety programs, and road repairs.

After hearing from a few homeowners who lived in the district, City Council made a last-minute revision, exempting the six residential parcels, as long as they were all being used as owner-occupied single-family residences.

The City Council unanimously agreed to move forward and form the improvement district starting next year. Ryan P. Cruz

Dream Comes True

Homeless Day Center Launches on Lower Chapala Street

by Nick Welsh

Rich Sander was getting choked up. Twenty years ago, he and his longtime co-conspirator, Jeff Shaffer, had begun using spaghetti as their tool of choice for reaching out to homeless people in Santa Barbara’s parks. He was explaining how their first big challenge was passing muster with a couple of longtime veterans of the streets, known as Gator and Shaky. They wanted to know what Sander and Shaffer were up to. Years later after Shaky had died, Gator predicted they’d be reunited in the afterlife, saying, “I’m going to have my golden dumpster next to Shaky’s golden dumpster.”

“I want to offer another form of hope,” Sander said. “One that allows people to dream much larger.”

That dream unimaginably unattainable for nearly 20 years was a homeless day center located somewhere impossibly downtown. This Monday afternoon, that day center known as the FARO Center opened its doors for business. About 100 city big shots were on hand, including Mayor Randy Rowse, wielding some theatrically oversized scissors designed for just such ribbon-cutting ceremonies.

If all goes according to plan, the FARO Center faro means “lighthouse” in Spanish, and it is an acronym for “Fostering Access, Resilience, and Opportunity”—will be open five days a week, four hours a day, offering a one-stop shop where homeless people and their would-be service providers can intersect and connect. It’s located on the 600 block of Chapala Street, set back far from the sidewalk, between Jodi House and the paint store. Yes, there will be a space where people can hang and chill. Cold water and bag lunches will be available. There’s only one shower, and that’s for people about to go for job interviews. Staff members will help writing résumés, getting birth certificates, and replacing Social Security cards. Homeless clients can store their belongings in a safe space at the FARO Center.

The whole point is getting people ready to make the move back into housing. The county’s Public Health Department will provide clinicians, and Behavioral Wellness Department will meet with clients facing mental health and substance abuse challenges. And there will be three staff members and four “ambassadors” (people who have succeeded

in getting off the streets).

Although the center will eventually provide services for 50 people a day, the plan is to start slow with maybe 35, allowing for a working groove to get established. The cost for rent and services comes to $700,000 a year. City Hall is on the hook for more than half, having signed a three-year lease to secure the property.

Previous efforts to locate a day center downtown always fizzled out. For the past 10 years, Sander and Shaffer and their nonprofit SBACT operated three “neighborhood navigation centers” for a couple of hours a day, for one day a week always the same day at two downtown parks and at one parking lot. Food was served, and mental health care, physical health care, pet care, spiritual care, and showers were offered. It was a space to meet, connect, and establish rapport.

This past year, these operations accounted for 65 “street exits,” as they are called. But despite these successes, the number of people on Santa Barbara’s streets have just gone up for the first time in three years.

This reality, coupled with the cloud of uncertainty hovering over downtown in general, has added a sense of urgency within City Hall. Helping lead the way from inside has been Barbara Andersen, formerly with SBACT but now a high-ranking administrative executive at City Hall.

When the location of the proposed day center was first announced, predictably and understandably, there was an angry backlash among many nearby property owners. But the police chief, the fire chief, the city administrator, councilmember Michael Jordan, and Mayor Randy Rowse all met with the landlords, assuring them that the new site would not be allowed to become a problem. City Hall spends $5.4 million a year dealing with the direct and indirect costs associated with people on the streets. Nearly 20 percent of police calls for service and 12 percent of fire department calls involve homelessness.

When the City Council voted to secure the property, the vote in favor was 7-0. When the planning commission deliberated on the changes proposed, the results were similarly unanimous.

Now the center has only to deliver. “We birthed the baby,” stated Barbara Andersen. “Now we’ll see how long it takes for it to walk.”

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STATE ST. MASTER PLAN CONT’D FROM P.9

aters, the courthouse, and Santa Barbara Public Library. Designs include interactive art exhibits, sculptures, and small performance spaces.

Between Carrillo and Victoria streets, the plan is to allow one-way traffic heading north as currently allowed near The Granada Theatre with separated spaces for pedestrians and a bidirectional bike lane. On the 1300 block of State Street, from Victoria to Sola Street, the plan calls for traditional two-way traffic for cars, bikes, and pedestrians.

City officials hope that the advisory committee can produce a draft by this summer, followed by a three-month road show through city review boards. If all works out,

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ENVIRONMENT

The 14 palm trees that for the past century had lined Refugio State Beach’s shoreline are gone. The popular state beach on the Gaviota Coast was closed in February following a winter of intense storms. Efforts began early this month to repair a stormdamaged culvert system, which has caused several sinkholes around the park, but the beach’s historic palms whose root system had become severely eroded had to be cut down over public-safety concerns after 10 palms toppled this year, according to California State Parks. The park is expected to reopen in early summer.

COURTS & CRIME

Santa Maria gang member Walter Alexander Morales Jr., 31, was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison on 6/20 for the September 2019 murder of U.S. Army soldier Marlon Brumfield Jr., 22, who was on leave visiting family in Lompoc when he was fatally shot by Morales. Morales, who had believed Brumfield was a member of a rival gang, pleaded guilty on 6/13 to first-degree murder, as well as enhancements for committing the murder for the benefit of a criminal street gang and intentionally discharging a firearm causing death. Morales’s co-defendant, Francisco Gutierrez Ortega, 29, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and faces 11 years in prison.

COMMUNITY

Leo Martinez, the first Latino elected to the Santa Barbara City Council in the 20th century and Santa Barbara’s chief instigator for district elections, reported that his home in Ruidoso, New Mexico where he moved many years ago had exploded in flames during the same infernos that have now damaged 1,400 structures and are believed to have destroyed about 500 homes. Since the fire started early 6/17, nearly 18,000 acres have burned, forcing

the State Street Advisory Committee would see a final draft by the end of the year, ready for approval and a final trip in front of City Council.

But it’s far from a done deal. Before Wednesday’s meeting, the city was already flooded with letters and emails both criticizing and praising the plan, and several prominent community members and organizations have floated their own ideas for the future of State Street.

City Administrator Kelly McAdoo said this plan was a balanced approach to a complicated issue. “There’s no one right answer,” she said. “There is going to be hysteria one way or the other.” n

thousands to flee, killing two, and leaving 29 still unaccounted for. Martinez, also one of the many cofounders of La Casa de la Raza, said he believed the fire was started by arson but allowed to spread due to incompetence.

To commemorate two years since the Supreme Court’s landmark reversal of Roe v. Wade , Congressmember Salud Carbajal and Supervisor Laura Capps joined Planned Parenthood members in front of the County Courthouse on 6/24 to reflect on what that decision meant for the millions of women affected. “This decision was 100 percent out of step with the American people,” Carbajal said. “The rights of women were eroded.” While the right to abortion is legal and constitutional in California, “these attacks have consequences with ripple effects in every state in the country,” said Jenna Tosh, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Central Coast, adding that the number of out-of-state abortion seekers has grown “significantly” in her clinics since the Dobbs decision.

UCSB student Adam Paul Gromotsky, 22, of Dana Point was found dead on 6/15 near San Joaquin Villages, UCSB’s student dorm complex in Goleta, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Emergency responders arrived at the residence hall for a call regarding an “unconscious student,” according to UCSB spokesperson Kiki Reyes. Gromotsky was pronounced dead at the scene, and no foul play appears to be involved, Reyes said. The Sheriff’s Office is investigating the cause of Gromotsky’s death, and a toxicology report is pending. UCSB encourages those dealing with the impacts of this tragedy, and others, to reach out to Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) by calling (805) 893-4411.

A new group has sprung up around the hot springs in Montecito. Called the Stewards of the Hot Springs, a letter they circulated states, “Our grassroots group has taken on the job of ensuring that diverse groups of people can access the pools in a safe and respectful way.” Chief Steward Marilyn Mazess has gathered about a dozen volunteers to be stewards, with the blessing of several who live on the road. The Stewards have added some informational signs at the springs to encourage visitors to respect and protect the pools. Read more at independent.com/ community. n

‘That’s Real Money’

How Much Have Taxpayers Overpaid Jail Health-Care Contractor?

Eby Nick Welsh

very three months or so, the county supervisors host a carefully curated food fight with Sheriff Bill Brown over operations of Santa Barbara County’s two major jails. Typically, the supervisors want to know why the jails cost so much to operate. How much overtime is really needed? Mostly, they want to know how many mentally ill inmates in jail could be safely diverted into treatment programs and out of incarceration.

But this week, Bob Nelson mostly wanted to ask about money, not programs.

Specifically, Nelson wanted to know how much money the county was owed by Wellpath the private contractor providing jail health services because the company failed to provide the level of staffing called for in its $13-million-peryear contract with the County of Santa Barbara, as reported by last year’s grand jury.

The grand jury also found that the Sheriff’s Office failed to exert adequate administrative oversight and control over Wellpath, never once sanctioning the company for failure to meet the terms of its contract. Wellpath, for example, is required to prepare an annual staff report detailing its caseload, hours worked, and on what. Currently, it is behind on two annual reports.

Commander Sullivan disclosed that the first five months of last year have now been audited. Another seven months remain to be reviewed.

Money was due the county, Sullivan acknowledged.

Nelson asked how much.

To date, Sullivan replied, $200,000. But that was just for five months.

Nelson did the math. That’s $40,000 a month, he figured. And that, he calculated, translates to “half a million dollars a year” that county taxpayers are shelling out for services that were not rendered.

He asked Sullivan how many years’ worth of such audits the department was conducting. “We focus on the last contract year,” Sullivan replied.

“Why don’t we go back further?” Nelson pressed. “I’d go back as far as typi-

cally allowable.” Since Wellpath’s contract with the county originated in 2017, that’s seven contract years with the potential for reimbursement for providing less staffing than required. If auditors found $200,000 during a time Wellpath officials knew they were being scrutinized, Nelson wondered, what might the auditors find when company officials thought they were flying below the radar? “We’re talking potentially millions of dollars,” Nelson stated. “That’s real money,” he added. “That’s not something I can just turn a blind eye to.”

Nelson’s pointed questions came at a meeting when the supervisors were reviewing a recommendation to extend Wellpath’s contract for an additional nine months.

The supervisors and county’s administrative staff have long made clear their seething impatience with Wellpath. The problem, they discovered, is that a small handful of companies dominate the prison health-care field, and Wellpath faces no credible private competition.

While some supervisors have floated the idea of giving the contract back to the Public Health Department which provided health care services before 2017

Sheriff Brown has made clear that the sheriff and the sheriff alone is constitutionally charged with running the state’s county jails.

In response to previous criticisms about the quality of health care in the jail, the supervisors authorized two new high-ranking positions (1.5 full-time) in Public Health to oversee the quality of clinical care. Brown has agreed to this but has stressed their focus is on the clinical details, not on jail administration.

In conversations afterward, Nelson said he wasn’t sure how far the statute of limitations allowed the county to dig and press on Wellpath. He estimated the number was four years.

The supervisors will receive a report on Wellpath’s other seven months of audit results later this year. At that point, the supervisors can decide how far back they really want to go.

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Encampment Cleared

Five Arrested at UCSB, Charged with ‘Failure to Disperse’

by Ryan P. Cruz

Early Sunday, more than 80 police officers in riot gear surrounded and cleared the “UCSB Liberated Zone” a proPalestinian encampment set up by an autonomous group of students, staff, faculty more than seven weeks ago arresting five individuals and removing all remaining tents and property from the area.

The encampment, which was the hub for on-campus organizing in solidarity with Gaza during the tumultuous spring quarter, was home to dozens of students and community members for the past 54 days. It was also the last remaining camp of its kind across all UC campuses.

According to statements from university administration and updates posted on UCSB Liberated Zone’s Instagram account, the clearing of the encampment followed multiple messages from the university to camp organizers, which demanded that the area be cleared after negotiations between the group and the administration failed to come to a resolution.

In a letter addressed to UCSB’s designated liaison, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Margaret Klawunn, UCSB Liberated Zone representatives described how “conversations have been derailed multiple times,” with the university refusing to agree with the group’s demands, which included divestment from military contractors and “acknowledging that what is happening in Palestine is a genocide.”

Then, at 9:30 p.m. on Friday, June 21, the university issued an ultimatum to the group, asking that they decamp or present a contingency plan by the next night or else face forced decampment and police intervention.

On Saturday night, just a few hours before police arrived on campus, the university sent the group a final warning via email, with Chancellor Henry Yang writing that “the encampment is in violation of UC policies and an illegal trespass.”

“We call on you to remove your personal items and leave the encampment immediately,” Yang wrote. “Any items left behind will be treated as abandoned.”

In a statement published on social media, UCSB Liberated Zone said that the university had originally given the group at least until noon on Monday to deliberate and respond, and that the “abrupt change in the deadline undermines the trust and good faith we have tried to maintain.”

When UCPD officers, backed up by units from the Sheriff’s Office, arrived on campus after midnight on Sunday, university officials said that several individuals who remained were “given multiple warnings to leave the area before and during the clearing of the tents.”

By 1:30 a.m., law enforcement had surrounded the camp on all sides, blocking off all entrances and delivering at least three orders for dispersal. According to witnesses who livestreamed the incident, a small group remained in the area while other protesters

chants from just beyond the police lines.

At around 2 a.m., law enforcement began dismantling the camp, including its tents, tables, food pantry, and an olive tree that was planted on the campus lawn a tree the group had hoped that the university would preserve as a monument to the two-monthlong camp.

The Sheriff’s Office confirmed that five individuals were arrested during the clearing of the camp and transported to the county’s Main Jail by UCPD officers, where they were each charged with “failure to disperse” and held with a bail of $2,500. All five were released Sunday afternoon with a citation and an assigned court date.

The university could not provide details regarding further investigation into the encampment or occupation at Girvetz Hall or whether the individuals arrested were students.

Representatives from UCSB Liberated Zone called the clearing of the camp a “clear act of police retaliation” and “a suppression of our First Amendment rights and our shared duty as students to use our education to change the world for good.”

After the smoke cleared on Sunday, university administration sent a campus-wide statement regarding the incident.

“Over the course of a difficult year,” the statement read, “we sought to balance the rights to protest and exercise freedom of speech with the rights of the broader campus community to pursue our educational mission and to live, work, and learn in a welcoming, inclusive, and safe environment.”

In the weeks since the camp was established, Yang said, the number of tents, banners, and signs on campus increased, and the “walls of the library and bathrooms near the tents were defaced by vandalism.” He described the camp as “increasingly disruptive to students who were trying to pursue their educational goals,” and said that after the group refused to voluntarily disband, “the university then made the decision to remove the unlawful encampment.” n

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The pro-Palestinian encampment on UCSB’s campus was swept by law enforcement early Sunday morning after 54 days.

Wrack and Ruin

Has anyone at City Hall noticed the tragedy of Leadbetter Beach? You can hardly see the sand for rotted, dried kelp, not to mention the washedashore debris, pieces of wood, and the occasional log. This mess can be cleaned up if city leaders choose to do so.

A more significant problem is the loss of beach sand, which after many storm years has left Leadbetter Beach pretty narrow.

The city of San Clemente also experienced a significant loss of beach sand but did something about it. They partnered with the Army Corps of Engineers to thus far replenish almost half of the 251,000 cubic yards to be placed on their beach. Cost is, of course, a factor, but not nearly as bad if you partner with Uncle Sam, as San Clemente did.

Let’s fix Leadbetter — what do you say?

—Joe Chandler, S.B.

Sleepless in S.B.

If Congressmember Salud Carbajal were losing sleep over Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza, he would stop voting for 2,000-pound bunker buster bombs to turn Gaza into a graveyard for children; demand restoration of funding for UNRWA, the lifeline for food and medicine to avert mass starvation of a million Palestinians; cancel plans to attend Israel Prime Minister’s upcoming address to Congress; and announce that war criminals are not welcome on Capitol Hill. —Marcy Winograd, S.B.

Bravo

Ienjoyed the story last week about the brain cancer so beautifully written by Barry Maher. It seems to me that his brain still has an embarrassingly high IQ. Wishing you, Barry, continued health, and I hope we get to read more of your excellent, clever, and brilliant writing. —Marian Shapiro, Goleta

Needs Must

The new “mission statement” of the Earl Warren Showgrounds says that it “serves the existing and changing needs of Santa Barbara’s culture, history, and community.”

I wonder if it serves the more modest socioeconomic citizens of our community? Can a family of four afford $279 to spend a day at the Fair & Expo? That is what is cost me this year.

Upon entering the fairgrounds, where we paid $20 to park and $20 for two adult entries, they required me to toss out a nice homemade lunch and bottles of water for the 4- and 2-year-olds so that I could spend $46 on two hot dogs and two bottles of water inside. The adults didn’t eat.

Our four unlimited-ride tickets in Kiddieland cost $148 (small kids must be accompanied, of course). The Oreo cookies cost $9, and the two games, one for each child, cost $30. Last and maybe least, the petting zoo cups of grain cost another $6.

I suppose I could have saved $39 on the games and cookies, but what’s a grandmother to do?

Maybe the “existing and changing culture” of the S.B. community puts $279 aside in their entertainment budget for the fair, but I doubt it. I will say, the grandkids liked the hot dogs.

—Suzanne Duca, S.B.

Enough Is Enough

Ijust missed hitting a pre-teen on an e-bike. She flew through a crosswalk from the sidewalk at 20 mph. She never stopped or even looked until after she was almost taken down.

She looked at me with fear in her eyes.

If we are to protect our kids on e-bikes and ourselves, we must change course. A simple rules-ofthe-road test must be given. Additionally, a small license fee should be paid.

We have only ourselves to blame when people get hurt and nothing is being done to prevent it.

—Steve Marko, S.B.

Hobo Histories

Ienjoyed reading and relating to Nick Welsh’s uplifting article about our past hoboes and those currently who find their cars to be their homes.

As a child of about 10 years old, my friend and I would bike to the “Hobo Jungle” to visit. We met the mayor, sang Christmas carols, and admired how organized and kind the men were. Funny, it’s 68 years later and I’m still enjoying the company, while volunteering to help “Showers of Blessings” meet the needs of our unhoused.

—Sandra Logsdon, Goleta

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About Those ShortTerm Rentals

They Help Pay the Mortgage and Property Taxes

BY SHERI CECIL

It’s no secret short-term rentals have been vilified in Santa Barbara, and short-term rental hosts are being portrayed as out-of-state developers who are ruining neighborhoods and taking away housing from locals. These false narratives couldn’t be further from the truth, and I hope my story as a short-term rental host helps shed light on how critical short-term rentals are.

As a 61-year-old mother of two, I have lived in the same home for the past 25 years. I love to knit, read, garden, sail my boat, and volunteer in the community I love. I often can’t walk more than five minutes in my little beach town without giving a hug to someone I know.

I started sharing my home with traveling guests and families almost 10 years ago after losing my job due to a company closure. At the time, I had one kid in college and was taking care of my elderly parents. Despite some college education, I couldn’t find a job that paid more than minimum wage, and I was afraid of losing my home.

A friend suggested that I start renting my home on a short-term rental platform to earn extra money especially since I love to have people over. I didn’t know what short-term rentals were, but I was desperate and willing to give it a try. Today, I have more than 100 five-star reviews and am a proud Airbnb Host Community Leader representing Santa Barbara and Ventura.

Sharing my home has helped me pay my mortgage and property taxes for the last decade issues that are true both in Ventura, where I live, and in Santa Barbara, an area I represent as a short-term rental host group leader. Beyond offering me an economic lifeline when I needed it most, sharing my home has allowed me to meet and befriend people from all over the world I’ve hosted guests and families from all seven continents.

Above all, it gave me the flexibility to care for my aging parents while still supplementing my income. I sadly lost my father five years ago, but I was able to see and take care of him every day in his final years. Sharing my home gave me and my parents the priceless gift of time.

Short-term rental hosts like myself are your neighbors and friends who offer visitors an affordable place

to stay while driving tourism dollars to our beloved neighborhood restaurants and businesses. In Santa Barbara, the median price of a home is around $2 million, and rent is around $5,400 a month. Rather than taking away housing from locals, short-term rentals offer residents a source of extra money to keep up with rising costs of living. We are not the enemy. We also support reasonable regulations. Unfortunately, the City of Santa Barbara’s Short-Term Rental Enforcement Pilot Program is ineffective and a waste of taxpayer dollars. The results show the city is willing to spend $1 million to collect less than $600,000 in fines while only taking action on roughly 40-50 unpermitted short-term rentals. If the city wants to focus on enforcement, it should work with local hosts and platforms to implement a fair and reasonable regulatory system to help bring hosts into compliance.

Many other cities in California, including San Diego, have adopted reasonable short-term rental regulations that allow residents to continue sharing their home while balancing the needs of their community. Their tiered system is extremely intentional with the intent to ensure there is no discrimination between who can share their home as a short-term rental and to preserve housing stock and communities. Santa Barbara hosts want to work with the city to help strike that balance.

What’s more, if fairly regulated, short-term rentals can help generate millions to the local economy, including valuable tax revenue for the city, which currently faces a $7.1 million budget deficit at a time when travel spending in California is at an all-time high. For example, cities like San Diego, Big Bear Lake, and Malibu require short-term rental platforms to collect and remit local occupancy taxes on behalf of hosts, creating an additional source of tax revenue to fund critical government services that benefit their local communities.

As Santa Barbara leaders decide the future of short-term rentals, they should allow hosts like me to be part of the solution rather than making us out to be monsters in our own community. By engaging hosts and looking at what’s worked in nearby cities, we can find sensible solutions that benefit everyone.

Sheri Cecil is a Santa Barbara and Ventura short-term rental host group leader.

TThursday’s Presidential Debate May Decide the Future of Democracy

State to State Rundown of a Tight Race, but Only a Few Voters Will Count

BY JERRY ROBERTS

ime is running out for President Joe Biden to change the dynamics of his rematch against Donald Trump, the nation’s most momentous election since the Civil War.

The first votes for the November 5 general election will be cast on September 20, when Minnesota, South Dakota, and Virginia start early voting. California ballots go out soon after, on October 7.

This means that the stakes for Thursday night’s one-on-one presidential debate could not be higher, and the historical importance of the choice could not be starker.

“This is going to be the most important election since 1860, because it is going to be about the future of this country as a democracy,” Duke University political scientist Herbert Kitschelt told The New York Times

The Biden–Trump contest is “an election about whether this country will preserve the rule of law in an independent justice system; whether women will be respected as autonomous decision makers or subjected again, step by step, by a religion-encoded male supremacy; whether this country will continue to hold free and fair elections, or generalize to the entire realm a new version of what prevailed in the South before civil rights legislation,” he added.

Why It Matters: Presidential debates rarely are pivotal to the outcome of national campaigns, multiple research studies have shown. With few exceptions 1960 and 1980 come to mind the televised events are far more spectacle than substance, and the conventional wisdom among the cognoscenti is that they barely matter.

Biden needs to prove the conventional wisdom wrong.

Poll after poll shows that Biden–Trump II is the race a vast majority of Americans don’t want; the Republican former president remains extremely unpopular, and the Democrat has the lowest approval rating ever for a president seeking reelection.

Voters of every stripe including many Democrats say that at 81, Biden is too old for the job; while Trump is only three years younger, his campaign effectively fuels the perception that Biden is weak, befuddled, and unlikely to survive a second term raising the specter of Vice President Kamala Harris, even more unpopular than Biden, occupying the White House.

Although Trump and Biden technically are tied in polls of the national popular vote, the former almost always has a slight but steady lead that is significant directionally, if not statistically.

Crucially, Trump tops Biden in surveys in all six battleground states, which yet again are expected to decide the Electoral College result. Additionally, the impact of third-party candidates on some state ballots, including independents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West, and

the Green Party’s Jill Stein, is uncertain, although most polls suggest that their inclusion favors Trump.

Biden–Trump polling has basically not budged for months; if, as this indicates, preferences about the contest have begun to calcify, Biden must transform the shape of the race now, from a judgment of voters about him, to a referendum on Trump.

Thursday night’s affair, to begin at 5 p.m. PDT with the debate beginning at 6 p.m., will be hosted by CNN and is expected to be aired widely on other cable and network stations, may be his last, best chance to flip the script.

At press time, the candidates were making final preparations for the event in Atlanta. Independent.com will publish an after-debate analysis of the event in its Friday online newsletter and on its website.

Montesquieu vs. Mussolini: The oldest person ever to run, Biden is a gaffe-prone octogenarian who shows signs of physical decline, from his shuffling gait to his senescent face.

Regardless of this, or of his stances on specific policies, Biden stands squarely within the historic mainstream of American politics and governance. In crafting the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, the Framers molded the work of such Enlightenment political philosophers as John Locke and Charles Montesquieu, developing the values of liberal democracy, such as the

rule of law, checks and balances, and the separation of powers, which have governed the country for 250 years.

The 78-year-old Trump presents an unprecedented contrast.

After losing in 2020, Trump fought to overturn the election. The violent attempt by supporters to stop its certification on January 6, 2021, marked the first time in history there was not a peaceful transfer of power in the U.S. Spending the past four years spreading lies about the vote, while being indicted by a Special Counsel for his actions, Trump’s convinced nearly three-fourths of Republicans that Biden was illegitimately elected.

Echoing voices of nationalist authoritarianism around the world, he has stated his desire and intent to govern as a strongman; less well-known is that, in a series of public opinion surveys, majorities of Republicans prefer an authoritarian president to rule without significant interference from Congress or the courts.

On Thursday night, Trump’s basic message is likely to be: “The world is spinning out of control I’m strong and Biden is weak.”

Biden’s answer: “I may be old, but he’s a deranged dictator.”

The Deciders: The timing of Thursday’s debate is a big change from recent elections, because it landed so early in the campaign calendar.

Joe Biden (left) and Donald Trump

One thing that hasn’t changed: The election outcome will boil down to a relatively nanoscopic number of voters in a half-dozen states, thanks to the calculus of the Electoral College, which makes presidential contests 51 separate elections, including the District of Columbia, not a national one.

Trump has considerably more pathways to the necessary 270 electoral votes, as experts have shown. In a nation divided in political tribes, results in more than 40 states are all but inevitable, meaning a few nowundecided voters in the rest will decide the future of democracy.

The battlegrounds demarcate into these key categories:

The Blue Wall: For the third straight election, the 45 total electoral votes (EV) in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin will be decisive. Until 2016, Democrats had won all in every election since 1992. Regaining them for Democrats in 2020, Biden is all but certain of reelection if he holds them; if he loses even one, his chances of victory decline significantly.

The Sunbelt: In 2020, Biden surprisingly won Arizona and Georgia, and held on to Nevada, which Clinton also captured in 2016, for a total of 33 EV. Now Trump leads all three significantly, making them second tier priorities for Biden.

The Stretch States: Both campaigns claim they can flip a state long held by the other party North Carolina (16 EV) in Biden’s case, and Minnesota (10 EV) in Trump’s. While vigorously trying to win, the weaker candidate also wants to force the leading campaign to spend its resources defending home turf.

The Congressional Districts: Nebraska and Maine, unlike other states, award EV by congressional district, not atlarge, and the presidency may be decided by voters in one of their individual districts.

The Nuclear Option: If the contest ends in a 269-269 tie, the House of Representatives, as elected in November, picks the president. Each state gets one vote, with the majority party in control; if this happened today, Trump would win, as the GOP controls 26 delegations.

PS: Take it to the bank that if Trump loses on November 5, he and his supporters will refuse to accept the result, triggering another round of stolen election lies, political rage, and possible violence.

Here is a look at the state of play in toss-up states:

THE MIDWEST

Michigan: 16 electoral votes

Result in 2020: Biden: 50.6 percent; Trump: 47.8 percent

Most recent polling: Trump: 48 percent; Biden: 46.7 percent

Fast take: This is a Biden must-win, and he counts on the political organization of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who’s much more popular than he, to offset lost support among its large bloc of Arab American voters, outraged at

his patronage of Israel in Gaza. Trump’s appeals to Black men are increasingly successful and may damage Biden in Detroit.

Pennsylvania: 19 electoral votes

Result in 2020: Biden: 50 percent; Trump: 48.8 percent

Most recent polls: Trump: 47.8 percent; Biden: 45.5 percent

Fast take: Both candidates appear constantly in the Keystone State, where the president appears to have a big edge in ground game organization. But both Kennedy and Stein are poised to win ballot access here, where the third-party factor may have its biggest impact.

Wisconsin: 10 electoral votes

Result in 2020: Biden: 49.5 percent; Trump: 48.8 percent

Latest polling: Trump: 47.4 percent; Biden: 47.3 percent

Fast take: The Republican National Convention is in Milwaukee, and Trump blundered by trashing it as “a horrible city” in a recent closed-door meeting. This was ground zero for the 2020 fake electors scheme, and he’s vowed to not accept the election results if he loses here, where both Kennedy and Stein will probably make the ballot.

THE SUNBELT

Arizona: 11 electoral votes

Result in 2020: Biden: 49.36 percent; Trump: 49.06 percent

Most recent polling: Trump: 48.3 percent; Biden: 43.7 percent

Fast take: Abortion rights will be crucial, as Democrats are likely to qualify a pro-choice ballot initiative after the state Supreme Court upheld an 1864 total ban. But Trump’s promise to use U.S. military troops to control immigration may outweigh the issue: Nearly two-thirds of voters here agree with him.

Georgia: 16 electoral votes

Result in 2020: Biden: 49.5 percent; Trump: 49.2 percent

Most recent polling: Trump: 48.5 percent; Biden: 43.7 percent

Fast take: Trump’s infamous 2020 phone call to GOP state officials, demanding they “find 11,780 votes” to reverse his loss, could aid Biden’s 2024 appeals to protect democracy, although the Atlanta DA’s sprawling case about election interference has stalled. Biden’s win four years ago was a huge surprise, but Black voters are considerably less enthusiastic about him this time.

Fast take: The Silver State was among those hardest-hit by the pandemic, and amid a slow recovery, many blame Biden for inflation, and high gas and grocery prices and his stubborn insistence on telling them “Bidenomics” have made things better is counterproductive. A Republican hasn’t won here since 2004, but Trump is making inroads among Latino voters.

THE STRETCH STATES

North Carolina: 16 electoral votes

Result in 2020: Trump: 50 percent; Biden: 48.6 percent

Most recent polling: Trump: 47.8 percent; Biden: 42.5 percent

Fast take: One intriguing reason the Tar Heel state could be competitive is that the Republicans nominated homophobic Holocaust denier Mark Robinson for governor, though Biden is competing here largely to force Trump to spend money that might otherwise go to the Midwest.

Minnesota: 10 electoral votes

Result in 2020: Biden: 52.4 percent; Trump: 45.3 percent

Most recent polling: Biden: 45.7 percent; Trump: 42.7 percent

Fast take: Minnesota last voted for a Republican in 1972, part of Richard Nixon’s 49-state landslide reelection. If Trump wins here, it signals catastrophic defeat for Biden.

KEY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

Nebraska Second Congressional District: 1 electoral vote

Result in 2020: Biden: 52 percent; Trump: 48 percent

Most recent polling: N/A

Fast take: Trump won four of the Cornhusker State’s five electoral votes in 2020, but Biden captured the so-called “Blue Dot” 2nd District, which includes Omaha, more liberal than the rest of the state. The district could be a literal tipping point, moving Biden from 269 to 270 EV.

Maine: 4 electoral votes

Result in 2020: Biden: 53 percent; Trump: 44 percent (statewide)

Most recent polling: N/A

Fast take: Trump won one electoral vote by prevailing in the rural 2nd District in 2020, but Biden won statewide, including the 1st District, giving him three EV. Professional prognosticators currently forecast the same result in 2024.

Nevada: 6 electoral votes

Result in 2020: Biden: 50.1 percent; Trump: 47.7 percent

Latest polling: Trump: 48.3 percent; Biden: 43.7 percent

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obituaries

William Fairbanks Meeker, “Will” 5/17/1986 - 5/19/2024

William Fairbanks Meeker, “Will” – force of nature, gone too soon, forever young, forever loved.

Born to Margarita Fairbanks Lande and William V. Meeker, May 17,1986 in Paris France and passed May 19, 2024, William truly was a global citizen. He had friends from many countries and many walks of life, all of whom he impacted in a beautiful way and by whom, together with his extensive family, he will be deeply missed.

Will grew up in Santa Barbara, attending Montessori preschool, Mount Carmel and Marymount schools for his primary years. Throughout his life, William was an avid and gifted athlete in baseball, soccer, bowling, pool, tennis, golf, polo, snowboarding, and scuba diving, and performed all these activities with a high degree of skill. William had a strong patriotic streak from childhood. He admired the conduct, honor and integrity of the military and at the age of 12 had the unique opportunity to go to the NSA at Annapolis to be mentored by a family friend stationed there. He actively participated in military exercises and thrived in that environment. At age 14, William moved back to Paris, France to live with his father and attended the Ecole Active Bilingue for his first two years of high school. In the summer of his 15th year, William attended the Marine’s rigorous Devil Pup program at Camp Pendleton and was grateful for the challenge and experience. He returned to Santa Barbara for his junior and senior years at SBHS.

After graduating from SBHS, he went to SBCC for two years. During this time, he, along with two classmates, started the SBCC Collegiate Polo Team. This team went on to compete at the national level and was very successful. This is also when Will started playing the drums. He played piano as a child, later adding the guitar, electric and acoustic, but the drums were something he was deeply passionate about. From City Col-

lege, he went on to Pepperdine University which was such a special time for Will. He loved the spiritual foundation of the school and, along with the gorgeous campus, it was a fertile ground for growth, both academic and personal, and making many more lifelong friends. It was here that he formed, with 3 of his fellow students, a hard rock band called Wolfgod. They performed at various venues in the Los Angeles area and he became a fantastic drummer. Will also did an internship with Starbucks in Switzerland, which was a great experience and further broadened his family of friends. He graduated from Pepperdine University with a double major in Accounting and International Business which would ultimately lead him to an advanced degree in accounting and his CPA credential. William spent years in the accounting and auditing field and was CFO of BOLD Capital Partners at the time of his passing.

William would then go on to discover another passion, skydiving. He loved the freedom – soaring high above the Earth – the speed, the technology and skill involved. He eventually became an instructor and was always looking for ways to quench his thirst for the sport. An expert skydiver, he trained for and executed a Halo Dive – a high altitude military parachuting at 34,000 feet. The skydiving community created an adrenaline-fueled bond that cemented another family for Will.

William was a deep and soulful man. He loved God and was blessed with a great deal of empathy for others. He was a person who was fully present with whomever he was with and showed sincere interest in who they were and what they did. He asked questions. As one person put it, “to meet Will was to feel loved by him,” that’s how special he made people feel. He possessed an enormity of thought and could process information at lightning speed. He read avidly and was a font of historical facts. Will was never one for sound bites and was fully authentic. Humor was a hallmark of Will’s personality and his identity. A master of comic relief, he could disarm anyone. This trait drew people to him and ignited lifelong relationships. Will also spent a great deal of time in the gorgeous landscapes of Montana, where his father has a summer cabin. Here he would hike, fish and hunt and be one with the land. This was truly one of his favorite places on earth.

Joyfully, in 2021 he met his soul mate and dance partner for life, Margarita “Rita” Chuikova. They shared three of the most beautiful years two people could imagine with one another. They had very recently secured a fiancé visa, as Rita is from Russia, and were preparing for marriage and a family together. Will left this earth happier than he had ever been, with a heart full of love. For those left behind, it is a blessing as we struggle to accept this sudden loss.

Will is survived by his parents, Margarita and Chuck Lande, Bill and Jocelyne Meeker, his sisters Jessica, Alena, Eglantine, Katie and Leslie, his fiancé Rita, and countless cousins, aunts and uncles.

LynAnn passed away peacefully at the Samarkand Smith Health Center on June 3, 2024. She was 80 years old.

LynAnn was born in Chicago, IL to Dr. Kelly and Afton Gubler, whileduring her father’s attended medical schoolsurgical residency at Northwestern University. Later the family moved to Tooele, Utah, a small town south of Salt Lake citySalt Lake City. There she grew up in a happy environment and worked as a soda “jerk” in the town’s Rexall pharmacy, andpharmacy and was on the high school synchronized swimming team. After graduating in 1962, she attended Utah State University and graduated in 1966 obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. She was married to her first husband, Greg, who was commissionedenlisted in the Navy. They moved to Long Beach, California, where she obtained her master’s teaching degree in 1968 .1968. Her daughter Jennifer was born in 1972.

They moved to Santa Barbara in 1973.

LynAnn immediatedlyimmediately became an active member of the community and started her 30 year30-year career as a teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing working for the Santa Barbara Unified School District. She loved teaching and was very proud of her accomplishments including collaborating with hearing specialists and families to facilitate better communication for the students she cherished. She was remarried to Dr. Edward McGinn in 1983 , and becameand became the stepmother of Matthew and Jennifer McGinn and eventually a grandmother to seven wonderful children

LynAnn played tennis, and golf, andgolf and loved to travel . She became an expert at planning family vacations including camping, car trips and traveling the world. She enjoyed knitting, British television shows, was a voracious reader and an excellent cook. LynAnn and Ed lived in downtown Santa Barbara for 43 years where they made many happy memories. For the past 4 years they have lived at the Samarkand Retirement Community in Santa Barbara, where they survived the Covid epidemic, developed many new friendships and were always involved in many activities.

LynAnn received outstanding support from family and friends during her battle with lymphoma. She was appreciative of every card, flower, and positive message. We thank the Ridley Tree Cancer Center, the Oncology department at Cottage Hospital, the Samarkand Smith Health Center and the VNA . She received excellent tender, loving medical care from her doctors, nurses and medical assistants.

She is survived by three siblings, Minalee Woodward (Joseph), Janet Woods ( Jay) and Dr. Dean Kelly Dean Gubler (Barbara); her loving husband, Dr. Edward James McGinn, daughters Jennifer Nye MillerJones (Greg), Jennifer McGinn Kraemer (Steve), and son Matthew McGinn (Shannon); as well as seven grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to LynAnn’s favorite charity, Direct Relief (directrelief.org).

A mMemorial service will be held in the Mountain Room at the Samarkand Retirement Community, 2550 Treasure Drive, on Friday June 28, 2024 at 2:00 pm followed by a reception.

Michael Norman Donahue

12/2/1985 - 4/24/2024

It is with broken hearts that we announce the passing of Michael Norman Donahue. He left our presence on April 24, 2024, after suffering a brain aneurysm. He was 38 years old. Mikey was a native of the Santa Ynez Valley born on December 2, 1985. He leaves behind his wife and love of his life, Rachel, his mother Joan, his father and stepmother Tim and Kathleen Donahue, his older brother Nicolas, his nephew Nash, his niece Olivia, his step brother Andy, step sister Allison, as well as uncles, aunts, and numerous cousins.

Mikey also leaves behind a collection of lasting friendships that spanned the Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara, Portland, Oregon, and the Hood River communities. Friends were always greeted with a smile and the biggest of bear hugs. If there was one other thing that set Mikey apart from others, it was his willingness to listen to you that made you feel that he genuinely cared about who you were and what you had to say. He lived in the present. He loved camping at the Oregon beaches with Rachel and his dog Bert and he loved his house in Hood River where they eventually settled. Those were two of his very happiest places.

It is our loss and it will be impossible to find someone who can replace Mikey‘s presence in our lives. He left us way too soon, there was so much more to do. He will be remembered always.

If you hear his voice like a whisper on the wind, To remember the memories you had with him, To make you laugh and put a smile on your face, This is the legacy of Mikey’s grace Rest in Peace my dear son, brother, husband, friend.

Know that you are loved.

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LynAnn Gubler McGinn 4/7/1944 - 6/3/2024

Irene Lamberti

1929–2024

Teacher, Traveler, Music Lover

BY MARJORIE WOODRUFF

If you or a family member attended Mountain View School between 1969 and 1996, you undoubtedly had or at least knew of the dynamic pedagogical machine that was Mrs. Lamberti. One either pushed to have her as a teacher or feared the same prospect. She was a challenging instructor, exhorting kids to push their intellectual boundaries. She read aloud to her students every day. She had her classes write a novel. She assigned a lot of homework. Mrs. Lamberti also eagerly introduced her charges to global art and culture in all its forms: opera, classical music, ethnic music, dance. She took her classes on many field trips to see performances. She passed around objects she collected during her travels, including her prized Indonesian monkey-skull necklace. Mrs. Lamberti was larger than life, and she left her mark on her students. In her later years, she would often run into former students or their parents in town. And she discovered that many of these students went on to achieve advanced degrees and fulfilling careers and lives. That made her so happy.

Born Irene Mary Gartner in Detroit into a family that never owned a car or vacationed, she left the Midwest as soon as she graduated from college to embark on a 70-year-long commitment to see the world. After spending a year riding mules to and from the bottom of the Grand Canyon in Arizona to teach on the Havasupai reservation, she embarked for France. There, working for the USO, she met serviceman Matthew Lamberti, the man she would be married to for the next 67 years. After traveling around Europe and Northern Africa, they lived in Japan (twice) and New York City before settling Santa Barbara in 1968. Matt took a job in the history department at UCSB, and Irene was hired at Mountain View School.

glass, bunka (Asian embroidery), glass fusion, and frame-making. During the pandemic, a homebound Irene indulged in her lifelong love of opera by watching the daily online Metropolitan Opera broadcast 273 days in a row.

Matt and Irene shared both a love of travel and adventure and a strong sense of frugality. Their travels were always marked by Irene spending months researching (pre-Internet!) public transportation and low-priced housing options for months-long summer trips both in the U.S.A. (in the family station wagon) and abroad. This generally worked out. However, one time, she booked a very inexpensive stay in what turned out to be a pay-by-the-hour “motel” in Nicaragua. They went to more than 100 countries on six continents, purchasing local folk art and documenting their journeys in Irene’s many travel journals and Matt’s photographs. Until their children left home, the whole family traveled together, something for which their children are eternally grateful.

Besides travel, Irene led a busy life indulging in her love of arts and culture, chatting with and learning from everyone she met. She was a volunteer usher for decades at numerous theaters including at the Granada, the Arlington, the Lobero, Ensemble Theater, the Marjorie Luke, and at UCSB. She was a regular at the Music Academy of the West summer masterclasses. In her desire to stave off mental decline by using both sides of her brain after retirement, she took dozens of Adult Education classes. These included literature, poetry, jewelry, stained

In December 2022, Irene in otherwise remarkable health for her entire life was diagnosed with stage-one pancreatic cancer. She was given a prognosis of a few months, but she refused to accept this. With her daughter moving into the home to help out, Irene embarked with gusto on a campaign to squeeze the most out of every moment she had left.

Irene joined the Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club to work out almost daily in the pool, claiming the title of the oldest person in the aqua aerobics class and meeting a whole new set of friends. Every week, she participated in a senior exercise class at the Wake Center, met up with her book club, and discussed poetry with her family. She would go to Goleta Valley Library regularly to read newspapers and magazines, and she eagerly perused the Independent each week to circle cultural events she wanted to be taken to. Two weeks before her death, she attended the UCSB Middle Eastern Ensemble and Indonesian music concerts. A week before her death, she participated in what would be her final aqua aerobics class. Would that we all could spend the very end of our lives doing what we love, as Irene did!

She is survived by her husband, Matt; daughter, Marjorie (Stephen); son, Matt Jr. (Eugenie); and granddaughters, Eleanore and Annika. At her request, no formal services will be held. If her life touched yours, please write a note on her online memory page at memorialsource.com/memorial/irene-lamberti. Or read a poem, attend a classical music concert, and thank a teacher.

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Fred C. Anson 1933 - 2024

Fred C. Anson (BS ’54), the Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, who served as chair of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from 1984 to 1994, passed away on May 22. He was 91.

Anson was born and raised in South San Gabriel, California, where he had a paper route for the Los Angeles Times. He first came to Caltech as an undergraduate, studying chemistry on a scholarship from the LA Times. He was senior captain of Caltech’s 1954 basketball team, which won the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) championship. He went on to earn his doctoral degree in chemistry from Harvard University in 1957 but returned the same year to Caltech as an instructor.

Anson spent his entire career at Caltech. In 1958, he was appointed assistant professor, became an associate professor in 1962, a full professor in 1968, and the Gilloon Professor in 1995. His research focused on the kinetics, mechanisms, and catalysis of electrode reactions. In particular, he was interested in understanding the behavior of reactants attached to the surface of electrodes.

He served as the executive officer for chemistry from 1973 until 1977 before being named chairman of the division in 1984. He also chaired the presidential search committee that resulted in the selection of Marvin L. Goldberger to be Caltech’s fifth president. Anson retired in 2001 and moved to Santa Barbara. Among Anson’s many honors, he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1988) and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2003). He received the Alexander von Humboldt Award in 1984, which allowed him to do research in Berlin. Anson was also honored with the inaugural David Grahame Award from the Electrochemi-

cal Society (1983), the C.N. Reilley Award in electroanalytical chemistry (1986), and the American Chemical Society Award in Analytical Chemistry (1989). He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Sorbonne in 1993.

He retired in 2001, and he and Roxana moved to Santa Barbara and later to Vista del Monte, a retirement community in Santa Barbara. He was a supporter of the Santa Barbara Symphony, Opera Santa Barbara, Ensemble Theatre Company, and State Street Ballet. Funds from their charitable trust were used to establish the Fred C. and Roxana H. Anson Scholarship Fund to support Caltech undergraduate students.

Anson is survived by his wife, Roxana Anson; daughter, Alison Anson; son, Eric Anson; daughter-in-law, Linda Anson; and his sister, Liane Anson Hawkins.

Carol H. Davidson 5/20/2024

Carol H. Davidson, a dedicated parent, community volunteer and accomplished equestrian, left our world peacefully at the age of 93 on May 20, 2024 following a life richly lived. Born on her father’s birthday in Waukegan, Illinois, Carol’s life was characterized by a vibrant spirit and a steadfast commitment to education, family, and music. Carol’s parents, early South Dakota pioneers, left their family farms to pursue education, moving through Wyoming, South Dakota, Texas, and finally to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Carol spent her teenage years.

Graduating early from high school, Carol attended San Jose State University before transferring to University of California, Berkeley, taking general studies with a minor in piano and vocal music. After graduating, she cherished her time working in San Francisco before marrying William Davidson, her brother’s friend and fraternity brother. They resided in San Francisco during William’s medical school years, welcoming two children.

Following William’s graduation, they moved to Los Angeles for further training and had their third child. Eventually, they settled in William’s hometown of Santa Barbara, where he began his medical practice and they raised their family. Carol was a devoted mother who took great pride in supporting the education and personal growth of her children and grandchildren.

Carol was known for her exceptional intellect and diverse talents. She began playing piano at age four, and her family recalls her beautiful soprano voice accompanying romantic compositions she played. An energetic and involved mother, wife, grandmother, and friend, Carol was deeply engaged in volunteer work with organizations such as United Way, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Hope Ranch Wetlands and the Santa Barbara Symphony. She also served on various local boards, was the financial planner for the family, and was dedicated to numerous charitable causes. In addition, Carol had a profound love for all living creatures and instilled in her family a deep respect & love for the natural world. She was equally at home in social circles, where she dressed with style and panache and was gracious and authentic in conversation.

As her children grew older, Carol pursued her lifelong love of horses. She became a skillful equestrian and a member of the Santa Barbara Sage Hens, participating in biannual group riding treks through the Santa Ynez Valley and central coast ranches. She mastered the demanding sport of dressage, a form of horsemanship where horse and rider work together to perform intricate movements in harmony, showcasing her grace and skill as a rider.

In retirement, Carol and William traveled to several developing countries to provide hands-on medical aid, reflecting their lifelong dedication to improving the wellbeing of others.

Carol is survived by her three children, Todd, Grant, and Wendy Davidson, and her five grandchildren, Janette, Erin, and Alec Davidson, and Jance and Lauren Kosty.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift to Direct Relief (www.directrelief.org), a humanitarian charity she actively embraced.

Richard Atamian 11/8/1921 - 6/11/2024

Richard Atamian passed away on June 11, 2024, at the remarkable age of 102. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, on November 8, 1921, and was the 25,000th child born in the city.

Richard developed a passion for photography during high school, which continued through his years at Wayne State University. He began his professional career with General Motors as a photographer, though it was briefly interrupted when he enlisted in the Navy during World War II and became a Naval Aviator.

After the war, Richard met Helen Lawson on a blind date, and they married eight months later. Their marriage endured for 70 years until Helen’s passing in 2016. Together, they traveled the US before settling in Michigan, where Richard pursued a career as an Illustrative Photographer in Saginaw. He later became the head of Bradford LaRiviere, overseeing a team of 40 writers, artists, and photographers.

For 30 years, Richard and Helen made their home in Frankenmuth, Michigan, where they raised their family. In 1977, Richard moved the family to Santa Barbara, CA, to teach at the Brooks Institute of Photography, where he chaired the Illustration Department. He also contributed significantly to the Winona School of Professional Photography as a teacher and trustee. Richard was an active member of the Professional Photographers of America and Camera Craftsmen of America, lecturing across the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. His accomplishments also include an Honorary Master of Science Degree, Master of Photography, Photographic Craftsman degree and he was a Fellow in the Institute of Incorporated Photographers of Great Britain.

After retiring in 1987, Richard pursued a fourth career in fine art black and white photography. When he was not taking photos, Richard enjoyed playing golf, traveling the world, and making frequent cross-country trips to visit family in Michigan.

Richard is survived by his daughters Lorie Atamian, Erin (Jeff) Zuck, and Jill (Mark)

Hall, as well as grandchildren Ian (Bre) Hall, Olivia Zuck, and Audrey Zuck.

A service to celebrate Richard’s life will be held at the Santa Barbara Cemetery on July 26th at 2:00pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara.

6/11/1983 - 6/10/2024

Caroline DeLoreto, born June 11, 1983 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, peacefully passed away Monday June 10, 2024 at UVM Medical Center in Burlington, VT surrounded by loved ones.

A Celebration of Life on Earth will be held at 10:00AM on Sunday July 14, 2024 at Tucker’s Grove Park, Area 5, 805 San Antonio Creek Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93111.

Her full Obituary, along with a place to share memories, can be found at www.awrfh.com

Brenda “Bella” Barrett 10/25/1950 - 6/17/2024

Brenda “Bella” Barrett, age 73, of San Luis Obispo, CA, was freed from suffering on June 17th, 2024. She had a rare neurological disorder, as rare as Brenda herself since 2018. She was predeceased by her parents, Thelma Eva Vicente and Lucio Secundo Guggia, both firstgeneration Americans. She was born and raised in the Santa Maria Valley. Please refer to Legacy.com for the full obituary.

Caroline Letitia DeLoreto

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Carol Margaret Acquistapace 12/1/1931 - 6/17/2024

Carol was born on December 1, 1931, in Wilmette, Illinois to Lincoln and Estelle Torrey (the sixth of seven children). In 1947 she relocated to Santa Barbara, CA with her parents and younger sister. Carol attended Santa Barbara High School, graduating in 1949. One year at UCSB and graduation from Santa Barbara Business College followed. Carol was married to the love of her life, John Acquistapace, on August 26,1951. They added to their family by giving birth to two sons, Kenneth in 1953 and Barry in 1956.

Following twelve years of being a homemaker, Carol was employed for thirty-one years in various positions in the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office, the last thirteen years as Manager of the Elections Division. Retirement in 1993 offered Carol an opportunity to spend time in areas of personal interest such as traveling and later, contributing to a variety of local volunteer groups.

Carol’s passions included working with and for people, caring for the welfare of her family and her relationship with her pen pal that began in 1961 and has continued since. All her life Carol has had a great appreciation of the beauty of flowers of all kinds. Hobbies included knitting, gardening, and jigsaw puzzles.

On June 17, 2024, Carol passed away. Husband John, mother Estelle, father Lincoln, sisters Ellen, Lynn, Laverne and brothers Richard and Jay preceded her in death. She is survived by sons Kenneth and Barry and many relatives. Carol was grateful for the care and nurturing support she received from Valle Verde and VNA Hospice. Carol will be missed and remembered for her ability to plan, organize and execute projects. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Santa Barbara Humane Society, 5399 Overpass Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. As requested, no services are planned.

Sharon

Ann

Siegel

8/16/1946 - 6/8/2024

Sharon Ann Siegel, 77, Santa Barbara, passed away peacefully June 8, 2024. Sharon was born August 16, 1946 in Kansas City, Missouri to Agnes Mae and Buford Lee Manbeck. She moved to Los Angeles in her early 20s, where she began a very successful career in the entertainment industry, casting the Mary Tyler Moore Show, the Bob Newhart Show, St. Elsewhere, Night Court, Golden Girls, and many others, eventually rising to Vice President of television casting for Marble Arch Productions. In 1976 she adopted her daughter, Holly Himes, with her first husband David Himes. In early 1980, she met Andy Siegel and they married 11 months later, combining their families into Sharon, Andy, David, Julie, and Holly. They completed the “Yours, Mine, and Ours” idea with the birth of Elizabeth in 1982.

The family relocated to Santa Barbara in 1990, where Sharon embarked on her second very successful career as District Director for Congressman Walter Capps and later for his wife Congresswoman Lois Capps.

Lois and Sharon made a formidable team, serving the people of the Central Coast effectively and expansively for ten terms.

Sharon and Andy retired in 2013 and spent the ensuing time visiting friends in Europe, and participating in their children’s and grandchildren’s lives. Sharon’s legacy includes her empathy, compassion, and resilient nature, which she displayed in every aspect of her life.

Sharon was predeceased by her parents, beloved aunt and uncle Kathryn and Max Peters, first husband David Himes, and son David Siegel. She is survived by her husband Andy; daughters Julie, Holly, and Elizabeth; brother Skip and his wife Lisa Manbeck of San Diego; sister Liesa Manbeck of Kansas City; grandchildren Chloe, Devin, Sylvia, and Grant; and many colleagues, cousins, and friends.

A memorial service is planned for August in Santa Barbara; in lieu of flowers please

send a donation in Sharon’s name to the Santa Barbara Zoo, one of her favorite local places.

John Matuszeski 1/6/1937 - 6/14/2024

“Don’t waste time on the work stuff; talk about the real stuff.”

John Matuszeski passed away on June 14, 2024. He was 87, and if he was writing this, he’d skip over so much. He probably wouldn’t mention that he was a chemical engineer, an officer in the US Army Reserves, or an accomplished intellectual property attorney. He’d skip over the pioneering book he co-wrote on software licensing that is still in print more than 30 years later, or that he was a General Council for a Fortune 100 tech company. He’d probably rather talk about the wonders of the latest sub-atomic particle research, or any of the many backpacking and rafting trips he took through remote and wild places. Or the dogs he loved through the years. Or the good that came out of his volunteer/ philanthropic work for the Nature Conservancy, as a board member of the Santa Barbara Symphony and the Ensemble Theater, and for so many other groups and individuals. He’d rather we tell funny stories from the old family station wagon trips to National Parks. Or the joy he got from meeting and befriending people from all corners of the human experience.

He’d surely want to mention that he is survived by the love of his life, Ruth Matuszeski, whom he married in a snow storm in the hills of Virginia and then spent the next 62 years keeping her equal parts entertained, flustered, and loved; his sons, of whom he was extremely proud, Alex (Rob) Matuszeski, Steve Matuszeski, and Andrew (Chey) Matuszeski; his grandchildren Josh and Tatiana—his partners in secretive trips for ice cream; and his brother-in-law David Craft. And he would surely tell stories about the several dozen relatives who always came to raucous Thanksgivings at John and Ruth’s place in Westport, CT: his brother Bill (Mary) Matuszeski and sister Grace Matuszeski, his sister

Alice who predeceased him, her husband Charlie Hober, and an incredible troop of nieces, nephews, and their families, all of whom he adored for their humor, intelligence, and good looks.

In his telling–he’d laugh a lot, and occasionally get choked up. And he’d be sure to end it with a joke, and tell us all to go look at the stars—and spend serious effort as he did, wondering about the universe, laughter, beauty, art, music, what it means to be a good person, nature, and everything. And he’d surely tell us to be respectful of each other, but never avoid challenging subjects like religion, politics, or how to hit the perfect top-spin backhand.

The real stuff.

Nicholas Basileos Gekis 3/16/1952 - 6/15/2024

Nicholas Basileos Gekis, born on March 16, 1952, in Santa Barbara, CA at St. Francis Hospital, passed away on June 15, 2024, in Phoenix, AZ with his wife, brother, and friends by his side. He succumbed to non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver and complications from type-2 diabetes.

Nicky attended Roosevelt Elementary School, La Colina Junior High, and graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1970. He received his cosmetology license from Santa Barbara Beauty College. After a brief stint in Hollywood styling celebrities, he yearned to return to his roots in Santa Barbara and joined his parents at the Nicholas Salon of Beauty, located at 1315 Anacapa Street. Wanting to spread his own wings, but not wanting to stray too far from home, he owned and operated his own salon, Nicky’s Good Feelings in Hair Design at 44 Arlington Avenue next door to his parents’ salon. Concurrently, the salons were in continuous operation for over 50 years. After his parents retired, Nicky first opened the Ad Astra Gallery with his artist father, William, and later, he and his brother, Theodore opened Nicky’s Unique and Eclectic Gifts, quickly becoming Santa Barbara’s premier destination for gifts and toys.

In addition to his business ventures, Nicky worked closely in the non-profit sector with local theater impresario Jack Nakano, serving first as president of the Gazebo Theater One producing Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell, and later for California Youth Theater. As a local thespian, Nicky was active with Curtain Up! Productions playing the role of Charlie Cowell in The Music Man and Sam Harris George M! In Youth Theater Productions, he is remembered for his portrayal of Luther Billis in South Pacific. He acted and directed in many Circle Bar B productions, including Bullshot Crummond and Lover’s Leap, and appeared as Barney in Last of the Red Hot Lovers. At the Lobero Theater, he played Teddy Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace and appeared with Jose Manero and the Santa Barbara Ballet in various productions. He donated his time to the Saint Barbara’s Greek Orthodox Church, and helped his mother raise scholarship money for women with the American Business Women Association, Fiesta Chapter. Nicky was an eternal optimist, always seeing the glass as half full. He was your friend, your confidant. Practically a lifelong resident and business owner in Santa Barbara, he moved to Phoenix, AZ. three years ago to reunite with his sweetheart, Lari Quinn, whom he married.

Nicky’s infectious optimism, his love for the arts, and his dedication to his family and community will be deeply missed. If you ever sat in his chair at the salon, you’d know— oh my, could that guy talk!

Preceded in death by his beloved parents, Helen M. Gekis and William N. Gekis, Nicky is survived by his brother, Theodore B. Gekis, his wife, Lari Quinn, and his former spouse, Paula Tevis.

There will be a graveyard service for Nicky on Friday June 28th at 10am at Santa Barbara Cemetary. The service will also be broadcast on Facebook Live, starting at 10 am.

https://www.facebook.com/ events/831522305570953/

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Gerald Francis Corrigan 4/16/1937 - 5/26/2024

Gerald Francis Corrigan, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and longtime resident of Pacific Palisades and Montecito, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family, at the age of 87 on May 26, 2024, in Santa Barbara, California.

Born on April 16, 1937, in Dublin, Ireland, Gerry immigrated to the United States in 1959. He earned his B.A. and M.B.A. from UCLA, where he became the first foreign-born student body president for the 1962-1963 school year. Gerry later served as Assistant Dean of the UCLA School of Business and remained a lifelong Bruin. It was also at UCLA that Gerry met Virginia Tang, a beautiful UCLA undergraduate who had emigrated from Hong Kong. They were married for 58 years, and enjoyed raising their two children in Pacific Palisades, and later retiring to Santa Barbara. Gerry and Virginia valued hard work, time spent with family and friends, and loved to surround themselves with a flourishing garden.

Gerry had a distinguished career as an executive recruiter at Korn Ferry and later operated his own business in Santa Monica. He served as the Irish Olympic Team Attache for the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games, dedicated many years to the Board of the University College Dublin Business School, and was bestowed the Irishman of The Year Award in Los Angeles.

In retirement, Gerry continued to share his passion for knowledge with the Santa Barbara community through Vistas Lifelong Learning, where he spent hours researching, writing presentations, and attending lectures. One of his favorites focused on William Mulholland and the LA Aqueduct, which he presented in 2022. He also taught economics at Santa Barbara City College and dem-

onstrated his heartfelt sense of civic duty as an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

In his later years, after spending afternoons watching his grandchildren bike around the neighborhood, Gerry found solace sitting outside at dusk and contemplating the world and its mysteries. Gerry’s evening would end with him quietly sitting in his well worn Eames chair with a book in hand. His insatiable thirst for knowledge and relentless pursuit of understanding serves as a profound legacy that will inspire and guide his family.

Gerry is survived by his wife Virginia; children Peter Corrigan and Elizabeth Branham; their spouses Karen Bergan and Eryc Branham; grandchildren Sophie, Aedan, Jocelyn, Connor; and extended family. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of one’s choosing. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dh ílis.

Prudence (Bergman) Squier

5/9/1942 - 3/13/2024

Born in Renton, Washington, in 1942, journeyed through life as a cherished daughter of Mae (Baker) Bergman and Clifford Bergman. The family’s relocation to Santa Barbara set the stage for Prudence’s formative years including her graduation from Santa Barbara High School. In an era marked by economic challenges, Prudence navigated her academic aspirations with resilience, beginning her collegiate journey at Mills College and concluding it at the University of California, Santa Barbara. It was during a transformative year in Madrid that she honed her fluency in Spanish, an endeavor further enriched by a summer dedicated to working with South American Indigenous communities on nutrition planning.

Upon the completion of her education, Prudence married and then embarked on a year-

long residence in Somalia, a chapter that preceded the dissolution of her first marriage. The ensuing years saw her traverse the skies as an airline stewardess, a period during which she indulged her wanderlust, exploring the globe during her vacations. It was towards the twilight of this chapter that she encountered her great love, Bob Squier, marking the beginning of a new, enriching phase of her life.

They married in 1977 and they lived happily together until 2000, with the untimely death of Bob Squier due to cancer.

Together with Bob Squier, Prudence’s existence became intertwined with the political landscape of Washington, D.C., where her husband emerged as a formidable strategist and a groundbreaking television political consultant for prominent liberal Democrats, including Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Despite her avowed liberalism, Prudence, affectionately known as Prudy to her companions, fostered friendships across the political spectrum, embracing a philosophy of inclusiveness.

Her marriage also heralded a prolific period as a freelance writer, with her insights gracing the pages of Sunset Magazine and The Washington Post, particularly in the realm of house architecture. This passion for transformation was evident in her undertakings, having spearheaded the renovation of no fewer than four residences.

Among the homes that bore witness to her architectural restraint was a 1919 estate nestled within 68 acres in Millwood, Virginia, known as the “Moorings”. It was here that her fervor for animal welfare found expression through the care of two Morgan Horses and a lively ensemble of dogs, numbering up to six at any given time.

The passing of her mother prompted Prudence’s return to Santa Barbara, where she embraced her final project: the acquisition and renovation of a six-acre property that would stand as a testament to her enduring spirit of transformation.

Throughout her life, Prudence’s passions were manifold, encompassing an abiding love for travel, literature, and the conviviality of book clubs. Her zest for life was equally matched

by her prowess on the tennis court, her ventures into mountain hiking, and her flair for hosting memorable gatherings.

Prudence’s philanthropic spirit was evident in her support for numerous causes, including the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Lotusland, Direct Relief International, and DAWG, leaving a legacy of generosity and compassion.

Her departure leaves a void in the hearts of those who knew her, deeply felt by her two stepsons, Mac and Mark Squier. Her last companion, Steven Sparklin, remembers the echoes of her laughter, the warmth of her presence, and the indelible mark of her love that remains. Friends, family, and loved ones navigate the absence left by her passing with a blend of gratitude for the moments shared and a profound sense of longing for the countless conversations and adventures that will remain forever cherished in memory. Prudence (Bergman) Squier’s remarkable journey through life, marked by adventure, love, and a commitment to making the world a more beautiful place, will be cherished in memory by all who were fortunate enough to cross her path.

David Orin Schiller 9/22/1952 - 6/15/2024

David Orin Schiller, aged 71, died suddenly on June 15, 2024, in Santa Ana, California. He was born on September 22, 1952, in Long Beach, California, the only son of Harold and Lottice Schiller’s four children. He attended Robert A. Millikan High School, in Long Beach, where he excelled in track and field and set a record in the shot put

that has never been surpassed (62’1.5”). At UCLA, he earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and competed successfully in javelin, discus and shotput. At 6’1” tall and 220 pounds, David was written up in the Daily Bruin as “the little guy with the big heart.”

He joined Lectrokem, Inc., his father’s company, which manufactured chemical solutions in the plating of printed circuits, and as vice president managed the business end of the company and increased its size. He later started his own companies, Sivan Chemicals, in Israel, and SDA Chemicals, in Garden Grove. David foresaw the need for water treatment systems. Working with his daughters, Sivan and Annie, David developed SDA Chemicals as an importer of raw materials for industrial water treatment, for sale to American companies. The business flourished. David lived for many years in Seal Beach and Long Beach and, for five years, in Santa Barbara. David is remembered as an astute and accomplished businessman, a loving father and brother, a hilarious storyteller, and a good friend. He was also an adored uncle, who made every niece and nephew feel special and, with thumb wars, arm wrestling competitions and head size comparisons, he added eccentric fun to family gatherings. In later years, David volunteered for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and People Assisting the Homeless (PATH), where he facilitated support groups for homeless men.

He is survived by his children, Sivan Schiller and Annie (Karie) Chupp, and his siblings, Deborah Schiller and Simi (Andy) Barrad. His older sister, Morissa (Gopa) Dougherty, pre-deceased him. He is also survived by Fabienne Lawrence, his first wife and the mother of his children, by Lauren Pearl, his second ex-wife, and by many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to CASA (https://casayouthshelter.org/) or PATH (https://epath. org/regions/santa-barbaracentral-coast/). A Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday July 2, 2024 3:00-6:00 pm, in the Community Room, 5448 Village Green, Los Angeles, CA 90016..

obituaries

Patrick David Lieske 11/21/1970 - 4/15/2024

On the evening of April 15, 2024, Patrick David Lieske passed away due to an accidental drowning while crossing the Santa Ynez River in Santa Barbara, CA, on his mountain bike. Patrick was 53 years old.

Patrick was born in Pittsburg, and raised in North Canton, OH. After graduating from Hoover High School in 1989, he then enlisted in the U.S. Army for four years, serving at Fort Leonard, MO, and in Germany. He attended University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, on the GI Bill, graduating in 1998 with a bachelor’s in wildlife biology and natural resources. He then completed a master’s degree from Northern Michigan University in Marquette, MI in 2004.

After graduation, Patrick worked in Alaska, Hawaii and Oregon. He spent seven years working first as Forest Assistant Wildlife Biologist, then the past five years as Forest Wildlife Biologist for the Los Padres National Forest (LPNF), Supervisor’s Office. Patrick participated on at least 25 wildfire assignments as a resource officer and was a key member of the Burned Area Emergency Response team. He collaborated extensively with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and NOAA Fisheries on several wildfire restoration projects across the LPNF. Patrick worked with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to help save a remnant population of bighorn sheep in the Sespe Wilderness, and with the USFWS to help recover federally endangered California condors across the LPNF from Big Sur to the Sespe Condor Sanctuary. He coordinated with all Los Padres program staff areas including fire, fuels, recreation, wilderness, trails, roads, range, minerals management and law enforcement to protect sensitive wildlife, fish, and plants resources. What set Patrick apart from most was his love and dedication to all animals wild and domestic, giving them a voice through his resolute work in

support of them. He was an ardent wildlife biologist and ornithologist, participating in many Audubon Christmas Bird Counts in the Southwest. He was also a skilled martial artist, who held a black belt in karate and enjoyed mountain biking and hiking the LPNF backcountry. On weekends, he could often be found retrofitting his Ford Econoline 150 van, which he called “Horatio,” and glamping with his life partner, Anh Nga. Patrick was preceded in death by his grandparents, Uncle Butch and nephew Joshua. He is survived by his soulmate Anh Nga Johnson; his mother, Arleen Lieske; his father, Michael Lieske; his brothers Jon (Valerie) and Bryan (Sheila); nephews and nieces Carson, Kaitlyn, Colton, Sara, Sophia, Jacob; and uncles, aunts, and cousins from Wisconsin.

Michael Allan Purcilly 1/14/1953 - 11/14/2023

Michael Allan Purcilly was a man of defiance and endurance. If it is true that a cat can defy death nine times to live nine lives, then this man has surely surpassed the cat, all the while helping many other lives to live longer, too.

Michael graduated from Santa Barbara’s own Brooks Institute of Photography in the 70s to go on to assist in the photographic creation of major iconic advertisements in New York City with famous photographers such as Richard Avedon and Hiro during the heyday of the infamous Studio 54 gang of creatives. In the 80s, he turned toward Leo Burnett of Chicago to assist in both the photography and production of the ever-enduring Marlboro Man campaigns as well as many Hollywood iconic portraitures. And in the 90s, he produced gamechanging automobile advertising campaigns for leading advertising agencies worldwide. Nothing was impossible and he would defy anything to make the creative directors dreams come true.

He loved to race. In his youth, he raced his Porsche around the track against the Porsche of Paul Newman and later on he

raced his Ducati through the Angeles Forest with Jay Leno and his gang. It was there in the Angeles Forest that ended his first of many lives in a near-fatal accident off its cliff. Michael defied death to become a willing, and sometimes unwilling, experiment of UCLA Departments of Interventional Cardiology and Electrophysiology. This helped him to live on for more than nine lives thanks to brilliant doctors and surgeons such as Kalyanam Shivkumar who performed one of the first catheter maze procedures in the world that saved not only Michael from the prospective of a heart transplant, but also multitudes of other patients thereafter. When he was given only one year to live, he went on to live for over two decades more enduring one experiment after another even beyond UCLA. One such experiment was one of the longest robotic assisted procedures performed at Stanford University.

Michael is survived by his daughter Michaela Renee Purcilly and son Luca Allan Purcilly as well as the mother of his children Shelley Renee Noble. Shelley and Michael were married in the Autumn of 1994 at San Ysidro Ranch in an intimate ceremony within the Old Adobe, where they also baptized their daughter Michaela. Michael is survived by his father Arthur Purcilly who attended Michael’s memorial at Brooke’s Street in Laguna Beach, where Michael spent his formative years surfing. A future ceremony will take place at Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii, where Michael often worked on location for various advertisements and spent time with his family; a place he loved and prevailed in teaching his 5-yearold daughter how to surf. When Michael could no longer surf, he loved everything about fly fishing and made time to teach his children how to fish with a fly they tied together. This made for some very good times spent in nature; good memories that endure forever.

Donations are welcomed in his honor at Surfrider Foundation.

Roger Lee Horton

6/15/1940 - 1/24/2024

Roger Lee Horton passed away peacefully on January 24th, surrounded by his family, who will always remember him as a great man, husband, and an exceptional father.

Roger was born in Urbana, Illinois on June 15th, 1940, to Richard Horton and Dorothy Norton.

Had his parents not been struck by wanderlust, his life story would have been very different, but they felt the magical allure of sunny Santa Barbara, with its beautiful beaches and majestic mountains, and set off to make the idyllic town their new home.

Roger was still in grade school when they made the move, and lifelong friend Wardlee Smith Meyer recalls him being full of charisma even back in the 6th grade when they were both students at Cold Spring School.

Planes, trains, and automobiles were a lifelong passion in Roger’s life. During his younger years, Roger built model airplanes, and flew them in competitions of distance. Anyone who knew Roger also knew his love for cars, and he went on to own many unique vehicles, including his Vintage Volvo which he had kept since he first purchased it back in 1963.

Music also played a very important role in Roger’s life and his decision to take up the French Horn at Santa Barbara Junior High would be more important than even he knew at the time (more on that later).

Roger went on to graduate from Santa Barbara High School before moving on to UCSB, where he graduated with a BA in Economics. By this time, the Vietnam war was in full swing, and Roger enlisted in the United States Airforce. His dream would have been to fly, but his poor eyesight meant he had to look for other ways to excel, and that he did, receiving several awards for his service, including a commendation medal for outstanding accomplishments as a

logistics officer.

While Roger was stationed in Ogden, Utah, he decided to look for a concert band where he could play his French Horn. He ended up finding one at Weber State College, where he also met his future wife Eileen Syme, who also just happened to be an accomplished French Horn player herself. The rest as they say is history, and they were married on August 7th, 1964, in Orem, Utah.

Shortly thereafter, Roger received orders to transfer to Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota. It was at this time that he also began attending the University of North Dakota, where he would go on to graduate with a master’s degree in management.

Roger and Eileen would next move back to Santa Barbara, where they would settle down, have two sons (Eric and Brian), and Roger would begin working as an Assistant Chancellor for his Alma Mater at UCSB. Roger and Eileen also had entrepreneurial aspirations and co-owned several restaurants including Omelettes Etc. in Downtown Santa Barbara and Isla Vista, and Fred C. Dobbs in Montecito.

But Roger’s biggest aspirations were rooted in his dedication to preserving and bettering the Santa Barbara he grew up in and ensuring that those in need always had a helping hand. And it was this dedication to the community that ultimately led him to run for Santa Barbara City Council, where he went on to serve two accomplished terms.

In addition to his efforts to preserve the beauty and charm of Santa Barbara, Roger was also a huge proponent of commuter rail, which he hoped would ease the pressure on traffic in and out of town. Roger was also a visionary leader in support of early childhood education, and worked tirelessly to ensure that all children had the opportunity to reach their full potential. Roger will be greatly missed by all who had the pleasure to meet him, but his friends and family take comfort in the truly wonderful life he was able to live.

Friends joined the family for a Celebration of Life on Saturday, March 16th at 2:00PM

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GOOD THINGS COME IN TRIOS

HOW PRISONERS FIND FREEDOM BEHIND BARS

by Isabelle Walker | Photos by David Sand

Rhonda Leland remembers the moment she knew for sure she’d changed. It was 2006, 11 years into her life sentence at Valley State Prison for Women, where respect comes on the giving side of a bare-knuckle punch.

Like many at that facility, Leland had issues with anger. Meaning, she had plenty of it. But she’d been working hard to let it go, attending workshops on topics such as taking responsibility for one’s feelings and releasing judgements. The workshops were so helpful that Leland hadn’t missed one since they began. She thought she was growing but wasn’t positive. Then, one night, someone provoked her and, though pissed as hell, she walked away without so much as a parting shot.

“One of my friends was like, ‘I can’t believe you just did that.’ And I said, ‘Me either.’ I was so proud of myself because I didn’t do anything. And in prison, you’ve got to fight to get respect,” Leland recalled.

Finally, it was her own respect she was earning.

YOU’VE GOT MAIL

The workshops that were so instrumental in Leland’s growth were created by a Santa Barbara husband-and-wife team of psychologists, David Paul and Bonnie Paul. The story of how their program evolved and the ameliorative effect it’s having on incarcerated men and women in California is that old trope about small steps leading to big miracles.

In this case, the small step was a handwritten request for help that Leland wrote from prison to someone she didn’t know. She had 32 more years to wait before she could even get a parole hearing. Meanwhile, her four children were growing up without her. That guilt was stacked on a heap of unaddressed wounds from a childhood riven by physical and emotional abuse. Leland’s self-esteem was so low, she had trouble looking people in the eye. She wanted more than anything to make a life she could be proud of, even if it would be spent in prison.

“I didn’t want to be that mom that never made an attempt

for her kids,” she said. “I figured if I have to be in prison, if I have to be away from them for the rest of their lives, at least I could be the best version of myself that I could possibly be.”

She found the names of psychologists and educators in a self-help book and began writing to them. In simple and polite language, she asked if they could please come up to Valley State and teach a workshop on self-esteem. One of these letters went to Dr. Ron Hulnick, president of the University of Santa Monica (USM), where David and Bonnie Paul were faculty. Because Hulnick was a busy man, he passed the letter on to them.

Three incarcerated women work in a Trio at Valley State Prison for Women.

Volunteer Joanna Cottrell participates in a Trio at a large workshop in the gymnasium of Valley State Prison.

Direct from Spain

Mercedes de Córdoba Lobero Theatre | Aug. 2, 2024

The FAF is dedicated to creating an environment that welcomes individuals from all walks of life, ensuring that everyone can fully participate and enjoy the enriching world of the flamenco arts and the beauty of diversity in our community.

Salud Carbajal, U.S. Congressman “

There has been a concerted effort from important stakeholders to elevate the visibility of and appreciation for the flamenco art form ensuring that its cultural richness is celebrated and shared, an effort in line with the Access to the Arts.

Arcángel, Flamenco Singer, Spain FAF Mission Ambassador

25Years

By Vibiana, President & Co-Founder

My introduction to Spanish and Mexican folkloric dance came at the age of four when my parents enrolled me in a dance school in West Los Angeles. At the time it seemed to my parents like a long trek from East Los Angeles to the studio, but it introduced me to the world of dance that was to last a lifetime. At age sixteen, my love for folklórico morphed into my love for flamenco, and over many years that interest took me to Spain to see performances and study with the great masters.

After moving to Santa Barbara, I continued dancing, teaching and invited flamenco masters Belen Maya, La Tania, and Roberto Amaral to conduct workshops. Some years later while in Sevilla to attend the Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla, the month-long flamenco festival where all the flamenco artists of Spain gather to showcase their work, an idea crystallized in my mind. Why not a flamenco festival in Santa Barbara – a city that was already a natural and nurturing environment of the Spanish arts?

Established in 1999 as a 501 (c)3 nonprofit, the Flamenco Arts Festival (FAF) produced its first event in 2000 with Madridbased artists Ángel Rojas and Carlos Rodríguez and their company of nine dancers known as Nuevo Ballet Español, and a seven-member musical group, Cañadu. Since that time, the FAF has hosted some of the most highly respected Spanish flamenco artists, including the legendary Cristina Hoyos, Eva Yerbabuena, Dorantes, Manuel Liñan, Patricia Guerrero, and Alfonso Losa. But the commitment extends beyond international artists. The FAF has also showcased U.S. based artists, such as La Tania, Antonio Granjero, Andres Vadin, José Luis Rodríguez, as well as talented artists from Santa Barbara and the local flamenco dance schools.

“ It has been a truly remarkable journey. “ “

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I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my father and FAF co-founder, Alberto Pizano, and to everyone who has contributed to the overwhelming success of the FAF over the last 25 years from past and current Board of Directors to volunteers, artists, creative teams, sponsors, community and media partners, and my family. It has been a truly remarkable journey.

This year we would like to thank Mercedes de Córdoba and Juan Alfonso Romero, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, Hutton Parker Foundation, Towbes Fund for the Performing Arts, SB Foundation, Salud Carbajal, our Mission Ambassador Arcángel, and the Lobero Theatre. Lastly, I would like to recognize the many people who attend the FAF events every year. Their attendance validates our mission.

Mission Statement:

The Flamenco Arts Festival mission is to place a spotlight on Hispanic heritage through the presentation of worldclass flamenco performances and related arts educational programs; promote and preserve the art of flamenco; make the performing arts accessible to families and children; diversify the performing arts calendar; and build bridges of positive experiences between people.

On the occasion of your anniversary, we cannot help but remember our pleasant and exciting appearance at the Festival –a festival that fully serves to enhance the universal art of flamenco.

–Ángel Rojas and Carlos Rodriguez, FAF 2000

Concierto Para Los Niños, FAF 2012

Access Arts to the

Fostering vibrant arts experiences for all.

The FAF is committed to fostering a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive environment for all members of the community, and believes everyone should have the opportunity to experience the power and beauty of the flamenco arts. The FAF continues to make this a reality through the Access to the Arts (ATTA) initiative.

ATTA was established in 2001 by the FAF to reduce barriers and expand opportunities to those who would benefit from exposure to world-class flamenco arts programming. What started as a simple idea of providing complimentary tickets to children and families to attend FAF events has evolved into a program encompassing arts scholarships, familyfriendly concerts, and music and dance education for all skill levels and ages.

Over the years, the FAF has partnered with local organizations to distribute free community access tickets, such as Girls Inc. of Santa Barbara, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, American Indian Education Program, CALM, Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, and Boys and Girls Clubs. Earlier this year, the FAF awarded arts scholarships to local flamenco dancers Georgey Taupin and Aleenah Soriano, and in August will offer accessible and affordable dance and music workshops, and partner with Franklin Folklórico Dance Academy to distribute tickets to dance students and their families to attend the GALA event (see Festival Details on the next page).

The FAF continues to work toward expanding its reach, enhancing its impact, and nurturing a deeper understanding and interest in the flamenco arts, and invites you to be a part of this important endeavor. Whether you choose to purchase tickets for the upcoming GALA event in August, or donate online, your generous contribution, no matter the size, will be instrumental in fostering vibrant arts experiences for all.

UPCOMING ATTA WORKSHOPS

Learn from the Masters

Intro to Flamenco Dance for Kids with Mercedes de Córdoba

Aug 3 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | FREE

This fun introductory class is open to beginners, boys and girls ages 8–12. No previous dance experience required. Limited to 30 participants.

Intro to Flamenco Cajón (Box Drum) with Paco Vega

Aug 3 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | $10

This beginner class for teens and adults is in honor of Paco de Lucía who is credited with introducing this instrument to flamenco. Limited to 20 participants. Cajónes provided or bring your own.

Intermediate/Advanced Flamenco Dance with Mercedes de Córdoba and Juan Campallo on guitar

Aug 3 | 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm | $35 & Aug 4 | 9:00 am – 10:30 am | $50

For experienced dancers – learn the latest choreography, style, and technique. Limited to 30 participants. Early bird pricing ends June 30.

For details and to register go to FlamencoArts.org/workshops-2024

My time during the FAF workshops throughout the years has been nothing but an extraordinary learning experience for me.

–Isabella Ricci “

What a generous gift! Thank you so very much for the wonderful scholarship…I am incredibly honored.

–Georgey Taupin “

I have participated in several flamenco guitar and cajón workshops...I’m appreciative of the FAF bringing the best artists to SB to perform and teach. “

–George Quirin “

Free kids class with maestra Patricia Guerrero, FAF 2017

Cajón class with maestro Gerardo Morales, FAF 2023

2024Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors and partners for supporting our mission.

HUTTON PARKER FOUNDATION

ARTS FESTIVAL 25th

featuring Compañía Mercedes de Córdoba

FestivalDetails

Celebrating cultural diversity in the arts

It was wonderful to see so many people join in a cross-cultural event. It transcended beyond entertainment.”

–Tom Garner “

FRANKLIN FOLKLÓRICO DANCE ACADEMY

The FAF is a 501 (c)3 arts and education nonprofit info@flamencoarts.org | flamencoarts.org

PC: Frtiz Olenberger, Rina Srabonian, Miguel Ángel González Graphic design: Jenna Verbryke

Pre-Concert Reception

Aug 2 | 6:00 pm | Lobero Esplanade

Included in the GALA ticket price

The festivities start on the Lobero steps with complimentary wine tasting provided by RZN Wines and music by Tony Ybarra. Mix and mingle with fellow flamenco aficionados before the stunning GALA performance begins. Doors open at 7:00 pm.

GALA: Compañía Mercedes de Córdoba with Juan Campallo, Jesús Corbacho, Pepe de Pura, Paco Vega

Aug 2 | 7:30 pm | Lobero | Tickets start at $51

Mercedes is an exceptional dancer who has consistently wowed audiences with her strength, emotional depth, and unparalleled ability to bring audiences to their feet. She makes her West Coast premiere with a stellar line-up of musicians in the production of Ser...ni conmigo ni sin mí (Being…neither with me nor without me).

GALA VIP After Party

Aug 2 | 9:30 pm | Lobero Courtyard

Included in the VIP ticket price

This is a special event for VIP ticket holders featuring award-winning Spanish cuisine by L.A. based Chef Roger, great music, the opportunity to meet the extraordinary artists, and prize giveaways. No-host bar. Tickets to this event will not be sold separately or at the door.

Dance and Music Workshops

Aug 3 & 4 | See previous page for details and registration.

IF YOU KNOW THE WHY, THE HOW FOLLOWS

Working with incarcerated people was the last thing the Pauls would have chosen for themselves. They were more than happy with their lives together, living and working in Santa Barbara and commuting to Santa Monica on weekends to teach.

They had met each other five years earlier at a charity dinner dance. Bonnie, who grew up in Sunland, California, was a hypnotherapist considering a shift to psychology. David had been an ER doctor in Colorado before a head-on collision left him with permanent nerve damage in his left arm and hand. This made it impossible for him to continue practicing medicine, and he decided psychology was the next best thing. Then, on a road trip up the California coast, he fell hard for Santa Barbara’s beaches, mountains, and convivial vibe. When he met Bonnie, it turned out she had always wanted to live here too.

SMALL GROUPS OF THREE

In early 2004, both were teaching psychology, and with Leland’s letter in hand, the couple decided that a one-time workshop at Valley State would be a good opportunity for their graduate students to meet USM’s community-service requirement. It would be win-win.

The only question left was how to teach it.

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE

Growing up in Northern California, Leland moved from small town to small town. Her attendance at school had been sporadic. Usually, her parents needed to relocate for work, and then off to another school district she went. The only photos she has of herself as a child are her 4th- and 5th-grade class pictures when her family managed to stay in Hayford for two years. At age 15, she dropped out of school altogether and had a baby. Three more babies came by the time she was 18. Her sense of belonging came in the company of friends who, like her, didn’t finish school and leaned on substances to make it through.

She takes responsibility for her mistakes, especially the one that landed her in Valley State. That was when she got into an old friend’s truck that, unbeknownst to her, had been stolen. It didn’t take long for police to signal them to pull over. But the driver, who had a prison record, wasn’t going to risk another arrest. In the blink of an eye, she was in a car chase.

“In that moment, I was like, ‘Well, I guess we’re running from the police,’ ” Leland remembers. “You just make a decision and … don’t go against the grain. Those are your people. They’re like family.”

During the chase, Leland’s friend fired shots back at the cops, and she reloaded the gun for him.

Fortunately, no one was injured, and the truck eventually got stuck in the mud. The driver took off on foot. Leland was arrested and charged with attempted murder of police officers. She was sentenced to life plus 36 years.

The Pauls decided to stretch the workshop across a weekend and have their students sit with inmates in small groups of three, also known as Trios. Here, students would model communication and emotional skills and give inmates the chance to try them out. Both David and Bonnie had used the Trio system with their psychology students and knew it worked well to teach emotional and relationship skills.

They also included the work of Dr. Viktor Frankl, late Austrian psychiatrist and Nazi concentration camp survivor. His observations of how people survived and didn’t survive the brutality of Auschwitz could be a lifeline for incarcerated men and women, the Pauls thought. Frankel’s quote that “between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom” is evoked frequently in the workshops. And when they incorporated the program into a nonprofit, they named it after Frankl’s work: Freedom to Choose.

And so, in March 2004, with boxes of handouts and mountains of goodwill, David, Bonnie, and 25 USM students, plus a few other volunteers, set out for Chowchilla, in the heart of Central Valley, to help a gymnasium full of incarcerated women cultivate a little self-worth.

A REARRANGEMENT OF STARS

Meanwhile, Leland had been working hard to ensure there would be a decent turnout. For weeks, she’d carried a clipboard around with her, urging women to sign up. In the end, she got 57 of them to attend, including the facility’s toughest, most notorious shotcaller.

Two women incarcerated at Valley State Prison for Women embrace at the end of a workshop.

Freedom to Choose volunteer Jo Ann Mermis listens as an incarcerated man shares.

ALWAYS AMAZING . NEVER ROUT IN E .

SUPPLY

But when the Pauls finally arrived with their team that first Saturday morning, Leland was actually shocked to see them standing there. In her world, people never showed up for you. Yet here they were, smiling and genuinely happy to see every one of them.

After settling into their seats, David Paul started things off. It went something like this: No one can make anyone feel a certain way. Our feelings are our own responsibility.

“No one can make me angry. That’s impossible,” David Paul said in a later interview. “No one can make anybody angry. Someone can do something. If it hits a hurt, it will trigger fight, flight, freeze response. I might respond with anger, but that’s on me.”

It seems counterintuitive, and yet, learning that we alone are responsible for our feelings and how we choose to respond and cope with them, is a core skill that Freedom to Choose teaches and coaches in their Trios. For Leland, it was a cosmic realignment.

“I said, ‘What do you mean I’m responsible [for my feelings]? But I’m a victim of my circumstances. I’m a victim of poverty.’ I had a mountain of reasons why I was a victim.”

After arranging the chairs into groups of three, each little cluster was set up to be a mini interpersonal learning lab. One chair was for a facilitator, another for a sharer, and a third for a neutral observer. Everyone had been given a list of open-ended questions designed to tap into life experiences and feelings. For example: In one Trio round, participants are asked to create a brief timeline of significant events in their lives, and then to choose one event to work with.

The person in the facilitator chair will ask a series of prescribed questions, such as, “As you reflect on this experience, are you aware of any judgements you made about yourself or anyone else that you would like to release?” The sharer then answers the questions, and the neutral observer watches. Over the course of the Trio, participants rotate until each one has had a turn in each chair.

The Freedom to Choose curricula, developed and refined over 20 years, reads like an inventory of things we could all probably be a little better at: active listening, responsibility and accountability, empathy, releasing judgements of oneself and others, and forgiveness of self and others. Suffice it to say, it’s long.

That first weekend, Leland landed in a Trio with a graduate student named Ray Hutcherson. The skill for that Trio was releasing judgments of self and others. When Leland was the sharer, Ray, who was the facilitator, asked her to recall an upsetting event. She didn’t have to think hard it would be her stepfather’s name-calling and physical abuse.

“It wasn’t so much about what he was doing to me because I judged myself, like I wasn’t worthy of love or being treated with kindness or anything like that,” Leland said. “And [then] Ray said, ‘You are valuable. And the proof of that is you’re here. You’re living, and so you’re worthy of being treated with love and kindness.’ ”

Over time, and with practice, Leland began to question long-held assumptions.

“What if I am responsible?” she thought. “And what if none of that stuff defines who I am and who I’m not you know, the abused kid who was told she was stupid and worthless her whole life. What if I do matter?”

Freedom to Choose program coordinator Susan Sizer and Director of Training Wayne Pepper wave the peace sign at a volunteer training.

NEW WAYS OF THINKING: MIRROR NEURONS

For those who think this is just New Age hooey, there is solid neuroscience that supports the teaching of socialemotional skills through modeling. It started 20 years ago with monkeys in Italy. That’s when scientists discovered that the part of a monkey’s brain that lights up when it does something like picking up a piece of orange also lights up in the brain of a monkey who is simply watching the other monkey pick up the orange. The lighting-up occurs in mirror neurons, which humans have too. And the scientists found that human mirror neurons activate in the same mirror-like way as the monkeys’ mirror neurons do.

With further research, scientists found that it’s not only true for motor movements, but also for emotions such as anger, and for intentions, David Paul explained. So, when the people sitting in the observer chair watch a participant who has been triggered by anger breathe through the emotion instead of lashing out, their own brains will activate as if they too were breathing through an emotion.

According to David Paul, as Trio participants practice the skills repeatedly in each workshop, they begin to internalize them. Not everyone is equally sensitive to the effects of mirroring, but everyone can learn the skills. “If I have a hurt inside and I practice the skills, and the hurt dissolves and is replaced by a sense of peace, that experience informs me about what the skill does,” he said.

“There’s no hierarchy [in this],” David Paul said. “We have a series of skills, very simple ones, and we all practice them as people. It’s totally a level playing field. What everyone realizes is that there’s an incredible amount of similarity. And you realize that if any one of us had been raised in those circumstances, odds are we’d have made the same choices.”

As the program wound down that Sunday afternoon, the women wanted to know when the group would be coming back. Bonnie and David ultimately concluded that the women’s eagerness to learn outweighed everything. So back they went six months later and six months after that. Meanwhile, the women were taking the printed skill sheets back to their cells and practicing them with each other.

Leland became known as the Freedom to Choose girl.

BRINGING THE WORK HOME

In 2009, Bonnie and David were invited by the Santa Barbara Rotary Club to speak about their work. That led to a presentation before the Santa Barbara Reentry committee. One of the Sheriff’s officers, Mark Mahurin, was so impressed, he wanted to bring the program to the Santa Barbara County Jail.

Shortly thereafter, the program received funding from the Bower Foundation and the Santa Barbara Foundation for a pilot program with formerly incarcerated individuals, Sheriff’s officers, parole officers, substance abuse counselors, and community volunteers.

In 2012, Valley State Prison for Women began the process of switching to all male inmates. The Pauls assumed that would be the end of their work there. Then the warden called them into his office.

“We were like, ‘Oh my God.’ And he spends an hour literally convincing us to stay on at the prison and work with the men,” Bonnie recalled. “But I was very scared to work with men in prison,” she said.

“We’d heard the stories, and so we took all the emotional words out of our handouts,” David Paul said. “We took ‘love’ out … and we’re only going to work with a select group of men, with 75 men. So, we go into the workshop and we’re presenting this material, and at the first break, this one guy comes up to me, and he’s a big guy. He’s got some scars and he’s got a bunch of tattoos. He walks up to me, and with a stern look on his face, he goes, ‘This is about love, isn’t it?’ And I go ‘Actually, yes.’ And he goes ‘That’s good.’ And he walks off.”

After the second workshop, the men also began asking for more opportunities to practice. Six months was too long to wait, they said. So they formed their own group, the InmateLed Leisure Activity Group, or ILTAG, and began meeting every two weeks for two hours. The classes got so big, they had to spin off into two groups. “They progressed to the point where we had three years of curriculum for them to learn,” David Paul said.

WRITING IT ALL DOWN

As inmates were moved between facilities as they are in the correctional system word spread. Requests from other prisons started coming in. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) had started providing funding, allowing Freedom to Choose to expand to places like Folsom State, Central Valley Women’s Facility, and the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo. By 2019, Freedom to Choose was holding biannual workshops of 200 or more inmates in five California prisons.

When COVID-19 closed the prisons to outside visitors, Bonnie and David created a correspondence course. Without the benefit of the modeling, it seemed unlikely to work. But a year-long course based on answering the same questions posed in the Trios in thoughtful long-form essays grew into a new mode of connecting around the same skills.

“Each [correspondence] lesson is teaching a skill,” said Bonnie. “Trained volunteer readers respond with deepening follow-up questions, like, ‘Have you thought of it this way?’ And, ‘Wow, great job.’ ” Many of the written responses

reflect on interactions with family and fellow inmates, as well as prison staff.

That correspondence course is now being offered in Santa Barbara’s South County Jail, as well as 32 state prisons.

No one from CDCR would comment on the program’s effectiveness or popularity, but they did confirm the group’s presence at their facilities. Today, 60 percent of the program’s budget comes from CDCR grants, the remainder from small grants and private donations. Bonnie and David have never taken a salary.

Since 2004, Freedom to Choose workshops have served 6,965 inmates in 218,700 hours of in-person training. Large studies on recidivism are hard to accomplish due to privacy laws, but in a longitudinal quality of life survey, of 2,112 women who had participated in FTC workshops, 98 percent of respondents reported that their lives had improved, and 91 percent said they were experiencing less conflict.

FREE AT LAST

Leland’s original sentence set her first shot at a parole hearing for 2036. But under a 2021 expansion of Proposition 57, inmates older than 50 who had served 20 years were suddenly allowed a chance at getting out.

It happened so quickly that she didn’t have time to prepare. “I credit all the work I did with Freedom to Choose, because my board hearing was very short. It was like one of the shortest ones that have happened, and they found me suitable.”

She was released in March 2023.

Normally, someone convicted of attempted murder of police officers would have to serve six months in a halfway house. Corrections officials expected Leland to be trouble. She surprised them.

“It was my work ethic, and my ability to meet my appointments. I didn’t think that anything was owed to me. I felt like I owed.”

Today, she is living outside Redding in a house surrounded by farms and meadows. She works full-time for Freedom to Choose as a remote Education Assistant, making $25 an hour. And already, she’s returned to Valley State to help run workshops.

During the breaks, men sometimes come up to her with tears in their eyes, saying how much they related to her story.

“A lot of times, people think that just because I wrote the letter that got this all started, [that] I had all this support.” Leland said. “But I didn’t. I had to do it alone. And when I tell the men that, they’re like, ‘You did?’ I tell them, ‘Yeah, you still have to do the hard stuff. You have to face it and tell your truth.’ I think that gives them hope. That they don’t need anybody to fix their life for them. They can do it all on their own. It’s a lot of hard work, but they’re worth it. They gotta believe they’re worth it.” n

In March, Freedom to Choose volunteers and founders held their first large, in-person workshop since the pandemic at Valley State Prison. The weekend also marked the 20th anniversary of the group's founding. Rhonda Levine is seated in the front row, fourth from the far left. Bonnie and David Paul, also in front, are fifth and sixth from the far right. To learn more about Freedom

THURSDAY 6/27

6/27-6/30: PCPA Solvang Festival Theater Presents: Little Shop of Horrors This musical follows a meek flower shop assistant in 1960s New York who pines for his co-worker following a total eclipse that turns his little plant into Audrey II, which feeds only on human flesh and blood. The play runs through July 7. Recommended for ages 12 and up. 8pm. Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd St., Solvang. $25-$64. Call (805) 922-8313 or email boxoffice@pcpa.org pcpa.org

6/27: Concerts in the Park: The Tearaways Bring a picnic, blankets, and chairs and take in the British-invasions-meets-California-pop sounds of the Tearaways. Food will be available for purchase. No alcohol, smoking, or pets. 6-7:30pm. Chase Palm Park Great Meadow, 236 E. Cabrillo Blvd. Free. Call (805) 564-5418 or email concerts@SantaBarbaraCA.gov tinyurl.com/Concerts-Park

6/27: 805 Film Co. Presents AI in Film Award-winning producer and director Sara Ivy will talk about the accelerated change of AI’s integration in the film industry. 6:30-8:30pm. Summit Studios, 622 Olive St. Members: free; GA: $10. Call (805) 453-0645 or email info@ summitsb.com tinyurl.com/AI-InFilm

6/27: Plastic-Free July Expo More than a dozen local organizations, businesses, and government agencies will offer information and resources for eliminating plastic during the month of July and beyond with activities for all ages, a chance to win an assortment of prizes, and light refreshment. 6:30-8pm. CEC Environmental Hub, 1219 State St. Free. Call (805) 9630583. cecsb.org/events

6/27: Old Mission S.B. Presents Drinks at Dusk Take in an evening of local wine, beer, delicious bites, and live music in the Sacred Garden. 5:30-7:30pm. Old Mission S.B., 2201 Laguna St. $50. Ages 21+. Call (805) 682-4149. santabarbaramission.org/drinksatdusk

FRIDAY 6/28

6/28-6/29: The S.B. Greek Orthodox Church Presents 51st Annual S.B. Greek Festival Join for traditional Greek cuisine (for purchase), lively music, dance performances, and family-friendly activities such as arts and crafts, jolly jump, and lawn games. Take the S.B. Waterfront Shuttle from a downtown city parking lot. Opa! Fri.: 2-9pm; Sat.: 11am-9pm. Chase Palm Park, 323 E. Cabrillo Blvd. Free sbgreekfest.org

INDEPENDENT CALENDAR

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

FARMERS MARKET SCHEDULE

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

(805) 962-5354 sbfarmersmarket.org

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

6/28: Jazz at the Lobero Presents Poncho Sanchez and His Latin Band Grammy Award–winning conguero (musician who plays the conga drum) Poncho Sanchez will bring his gritty soul music sound to S.B. with infectious melodies and rhythms from Latin American and South American sources. 7:30pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. GA: $41-$44; VIP: 106. Call (805) 963-0761. Read more on pg. 50. lobero.org

6/27-6/30: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Thu.: TD Lind and The Aviators, 8pm. $12-$15. Ages 21+. Fri.: S.B. Bowl Afterparty for Totally Tubular Festival with the Molly Ringwald Project, 9:30pm. $15. Ages 21+. Sat.: Which One’s Pink, 9pm. $20-$25. Ages 21+. Sun.: M. Dance & Friends Presents: Gospel Brunch, noon. $35-$60. Tavana, 8pm. $18-$22. 1221 State St. Call (805) 9627776. sohosb.com

6/27, 6/29: Eos Lounge Thu.: IV’iza Island, 9pm. Free Sat.: The Crystal Method, Cosmic Trigger, special guests, 8pm. $24.72. 500 Anacapa St. Ages 21+. Call (805) 564-2410. eoslounge.com

6/27: Satellite S.B. Brett Hunter Band, 6pm. 1117 State St. Free. Call (805) 364-3043. satellitesb.com

6/27: Concerts at the Park The Tearaways, 6pm. Chase Palm Park Great Meadow, 236 E. Cabrillo Blvd. Free. Call (805) 564-5418 or email concerts@ SantaBarbaraCA.gov. tinyurl.com/ ConcertsintheParkJun27

6/27-6/29: Lost Chord Guitars Thu.: New Clementine, 8pm. Free Fri.: Laura Cheadle, 8pm. $16.74. Sat.: Schickville Live: Hits and Originals, 8pm. $11.59. 1576 Copenhagen Dr., Solvang. Ages 21+. Call (805) 331-4363. lostchordguitars.com

6/28: M.Special Brewing Co. (Goleta) Do No Harm, 6pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Ste. C, Goleta. Free. Call (805) 968-6500 or email info@mspecialbrewco .com mspecialbrewco.com

6/29-6/30: Maverick Saloon Sat.: About Time, noon. Robert Heft Band, 8:30pm. Sun.: Hayli Carleton, 1pm. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free. Call (805) 686-4785. mavericksaloon.com/ event-calendar

6/29: Arrowsmith’s Wine Bar James Gentry Plays Sax, 7pm. 1539 Mission Dr., Solvang. Free. Call (805) 6869126 or email anna@arrowsmithwine.com arrowsmithwine.com/events

6/29-6/30: Cold Spring Tavern Sat.: Bobby, Finn, and Dave,1:30-4:30pm. Lowdown Dudes, 5-8pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan, 1:30-4:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call (805) 9670066. coldspringtavern.com

6/29: Hook’d Bar and Grill The Soul Cats, 4pm. 116 Lakeview Dr., Cachuma Lake. Free. Call (805) 350-8351. hookdbarandgrill.com/music-onthe-water

6/30: Zaca Mesa Winery Keith Cox, noon. 6905 Foxen Canyon Rd., Los Olivos. Free. Call (805) 688-9339 or email info@zacamesa.com zacamesa.com/ upcoming-events

6/29: Sounds on State PTRK LMR, 5pm. Center Court (next to Captain Fatty’s Beer Garden), Paseo Nuevo, 651 Paseo Nuevo. Free tinyurl.com/SoundsonStateJun29

7/1: The Red Piano Delta by the Beach, 7:30pm. 519 State St. Free. Call (805) 358-1439. theredpiano.com

TD Lind and The Aviators

Molly Dobbs, Alexander Pimentel

6/28: Explore Ecology Hammered Flower Tote Bag Adult Workshop Crafters of all skill levels are invited to learn the art of gently hammering fresh blooms and leaves to create unique designs. All materials are included. 6-8pm. EE Makerspace, Art from Scrap Creative Reuse Store, 302 E. Cota St. $35. Call (805) 884-0459. exploreecology.org/calendar/list

SATURDAY 6/29

6/29: Jazz at the Ballroom Presents Flying High: Big Band Canaries Who Soared Champian Fulton, Carmen Bradford, Charles Ruggiero, Mike Gurrola, and special guest Jane Monheit will take the stage to swing the music of jazz canaries Billie Holiday, Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald, and more. 7:30pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. Students/educators: free; GA: $36-$71. Call (805) 963-0761. lobero.org

6/29:

Applebox Free Family Films: Coco See Pixar’s 2017 animated film Coco, about the young aspiring musician Miguel, who, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer. Complimentary popcorn and drinks. Presented with Spanish-language subtitles. Película de animación de 2017 Coco, sobre el joven aspirante a músico Miguel, enfrentado a la prohibición ancestral de su familia sobre la música, se adentra en la Tierra de los Muertos para encontrar a su tatarabuelo, un cantante legendario. Palomitas y bebidas de cortesía y presentada con subtítulos en español. 10am. SBIFF’s Riviera Theatre, 2044 Alameda Padre Serra. Free/gratis. Call (805) 963-0023. sbiffriviera.com/applebox

6/29: Read with Pride! Story Time with Miss Angel This fanciful experience will be filled with laughter and crafts as author and elementary school educator Miss Angel invites the entire family to story time in this safe and encouraging space for everyone. 2pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call (805) 682-6787. chaucersbooks.com/event

6/29: Academy Festival Orchestra: The Rite of Spring American conductor, bassoonist, and educator Anthony Parnther will conduct in an exciting program of works by Joan Huang, Florence Price, and Igor Stravinsky. 7:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. Ages 7-17: free with adult; GA: $38-$115. Call (805) 899-2222. granadasb.org/events

6/29: Ojai Performing Arts Theater (OPAT) Presents Songs for a Summer Night

This benefit for OPAT will have Douglas Ladnier and Laura Dekkers accompanied by the musical wizardry of Andy Street to serenade you with an unforgettable evening of timeless theatrical classics from Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and songs from OPAT’s upcoming production of Into the Woods. 7pm. Matilija Auditorium, 703 El Paseo Rd., Ojai. GA: $20-$40; VIP: $125. Call (805) 551-5121. ojaitheater.org

SUNDAY 6/30

6/30: Infrared Insights S.B. Astronomical Unit President Jerry Wilson, PhD, will deliver a half-hour talk about the James Webb Space Telescope’s technology and images and how they extend our knowledge to new realms. Best suited for ages 12 and up. 1:30 and 2:30pm. S.B. Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol. Free-$19. Email rgarcia@sbnature2.org sbnature.org/calendar

6/30: Free Contra Dance Caller Jean Gorrindo, along with Ventura-based bluegrass band Whole Hog, will provide a blend of traditional bluegrass with Irish folk, vintage jazz, yodeling, country, western swing, and honky-tonk for your dancing pleasure. 6pm. Carrillo Rec Center Ballroom, 100 E. Carrillo St. Free. Call (805) 8972519 or email info2018@sbcds.org tinyurl.com/ContraDanceJun30

6/30: Central Coast Antiwar Coalition: Ukraine on Fire Join the Central Coast Antiwar Coalition and CODEPINK-S.B. for a screening of Igor Lopatonok’s documentary film Ukraine on Fire, which provides a historical perspective of the divisions in the region that led to the 2004 Orange Revolution, the 2014 uprisings, and the violent overthrow of a democratically elected president. 6pm. First Congregational Church, 2101 State St. Free. Email marcy@codepink.org tinyurl.com/FilmScreeningJun30

6/29: Architectural Foundation of S.B. Presents Artists Talk and Panel Discussion: Timely Ceramic sculptor Joan Rosenberg-Dent and experimental photographer Caroline Kapp will give an informal artist talk regarding Timely, their current exhibition of porcelain, mixed media, and photography, followed by a panel. 1-4pm. Architectural Foundation Gallery, 229 E. Victoria St. Free. Call (805) 965-6307. afsb.org/news-events

DADS & 2024

6/30: Ellwood Marine Terminal Site Tour Native Nations and community members are invited to tour this site to collaborate with UCSB on its restoration for the community’s wellbeing and enjoyment and to share perspectives and ideas about access and connection to the space. Register online. 10am-noon. North Campus Open Space, 969 Whittier Dr., Goleta. Free. Email ncos@ccber.ucsb.edu. tinyurl.com/EllwoodSiteTour

MONDAY

7/1

7/1: Dinosaur Safari Join an expert for a time-traveling safari tour through the Prehistoric Forest at the museum to learn about where dinosaurs lived, what they ate, and more. 1:30pm. S.B. Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol. Free-$19. Email afranada@sbnature2 .org sbnature.org/calendar

7/1: Give a Hoot: A Plant-Powered Benefit for Rooted Kick off your Independence Day celebrations at a plant-powered mixer and benefit, where tickets include a plant-based buffet featuring Fourth of July–style dishes and live music in benefit of Rooted’s plant-forward nutrition education programs in our community. 5-7pm. The Blue Owl, 5 W. Canon Perdido St. $50. Email hello@rooted santabarbara.org rootedsantabarbara.org/events

TUESDAY

7/2

7/2: Smart Senior Living Seminar: Don’t Be Scared, Be Prepared! Diane Blair of VNA Health will give a talk titled, Don’t Be Scared; Be Prepared: Understanding the Differences between Home Care, Home Health and Hospice Care along with complimentary dessert, coffee, and tea. 1-2:15pm. Cody’s Café, 4898 Hollister Ave. Free. Call (805) 637-8932 or email rachel@yoursbteam.com tinyurl.com/SmartSenior-DontBeScaredTalk

South County:

SUMMER FOOD PROGRAMS 2024

FOODBANK PICNIC IN THE PARK (PIP) 2024

The Foodbank will offer free, nutritious meals, activities, and enrichment opportunities to all children ages 1-18 in our county, Monday-Friday, June 12-August 18 unless otherwise stated. Visit the website for more North County locations. Call (805) 967-5741. tinyurl.com/FoodbankSummerFood

FOODBANK PICNIC EN EL PARQUE 2024

El Foodbank ofrecerá comidas nutritivas gratuitas, actividades, y oportunidades de enriquecimiento para todos los niños de 1 a 18 años en nuestro condado, del 12 de junio al 18 de agosto, de lunes a viernes si no se indique lo contrario. Visite el sitio web por las ubicaciones más lugares del North County. Llame al (805) 967-5741. tinyurl.com/FoodbankSummerFood

North County:

ESTERO PARK (JUN. 17-AUG.16)

Goleta: 889 Camino Del Sur, Isla Vista. 11:30am-12:30pm.

PARQUE DE LOS NIÑOS (JUN. 17-AUG. 16)

Santa Barbara: 520 Wentworth Ave. 12:30-1:30pm.

SANTA BARBARA PUBLIC LIBRARY (JUN. 17-AUG. 16)

Santa Barbara: 40 E. Anapamu St. Noon-1pm.

LOMPOC GARDENS APARTMENTS (Mon-Thu., JUN. 10-AUG. 8)

Lompoc: 304 W. College Ave. 12:30pm–1:30pm.

JULY

11-14

GOLETA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT SUMMER MEALS

Children and teens under 18 years old can enjoy one free breakfast and lunch daily, Monday-Friday. Food must be eaten on site. Adults may not pick up meals for children. tinyurl.com/GUSD-SummerMeals

COMIDAS DE VERANO DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNIDO DE GOLETA

Los niños y adolescentes menores de 18 años pueden disfrutar de desayuno y almuerzo gratuitos. De lunes a viernes.La comida debe consumirse in situ. Los adultos no pueden recoger comida para los niños. tinyurl.com/GUSD-SummerMeals

EL CAMINO SCHOOL (JUN. 21-JUL. 25. Closed Jul. 4-5.)

5020 San Simeon Dr. Breakfast: 9:15-10am; lunch: 11am12:30pm.

HOLLISTER SCHOOL (JUN. 20-JUL. 26. Closed Jul. 4-5.)

4950 Anita Ln. Breakfast: 8:30-10am; lunch: 11:30am12:30pm

GOLETA VALLEY COMMUNITY CTR. (JUN. 24-AUG. 9. Closed Jul. 4.)

5679 Hollister Ave., Goleta. Lunch: 12:45-1:30pm.

ESTERO PARK (JUN. 17-AUG. 16. Closed Jul. 4.) 889 Camino del Sur, Isla Vista. Lunch: 11:30am-12:30pm.

S.B. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FREE MEALS

Free breakfast and lunch will be provided to kids ages 18 years and younger. Children must eat on site.

COMIDAS DE VERANO GRATUITAS DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNIFICADO DE S.B. Se ofrecerán desayunos y almuerzos gratuitos a los niños menores de 18 años. Los niños deben comer en el sitio.

FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY (JUN. 17-AUG. 2) 1111 E. Mason St. Breakfast: 8-9:30am; lunch: 11:30am-1:30pm.

HARDING ELEMENTARY (JUN. 24-AUG. 2) 1625 Robbins St. Breakfast: 8-8:30am; lunch: 12:30-1:30pm.

MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY (JUN. 17-AUG. 2) 350 Loma Alta Dr. Breakfast: 8-8:30am; lunch: noon-1pm.

OAK PARK (JUN. 24-AUG. 9) 638 W. Junipero St. Lunch: 11:30am-1pm.

GOLETA VALLEY COMMUNITY CTR. (JUN. 24AUG. 9) 5679 Hollister Ave., Goleta. Lunch: 12:45-1:30pm.

ORTEGA PARK (JUN. 24-AUG. 9) 604 E. Ortega St. Lunch: 1:30-2pm.

LUNCH AT THE LIBRARY USDA SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM

Children and teens in grades 0-12 can pick up a free, nutritious meal (first-come, first-served) and stay for hands-on science activities and games. Tuesday-Friday, June 13-August 18 (except June 19 and July 4), Noon-1pm. Michael Towbes Library Plaza, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Call (805) 962-7653 or email info@sbplibrary.libanswers.com. tinyurl.com/LibraryLunch2024

ALMUERZO EN LA BIBLIOTECA PROGRAMA DE SERVICIO ALIMENTARIO DE VERANO DEL USDA

Los niños y adolescentes en los grados 0-12 pueden recibir una comida nutritiva y gratuita (por orden de llegada) de martes a viernes, del 13 de junio al 18 de agosto (excepto el 19 de junio y el 4 de julio) de 12-1pm y quédese para actividades y juegos científicos prácticos. tinyurl.com/LibraryLunch2024

Sports LIVING

REMEMBERING JERRY WEST

In a span of seven days this June, two electrifying moments in the history of sport were brought to mind by the deaths of two legendary players.

There was “The Catch” by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series.

And there was “The Shot” by Jerry West in the 1970 NBA Finals.

Basketball Legend’s Inextricable Link with Bill Bertka Goes Way Beyond the Court

I experienced West’s lightning strike in real time, with a transistor radio pressed to my ear at a noisy Isla Vista party.

The Los Angeles Lakers had fallen behind the New York Knicks by two points with a mere two seconds to play. The peerless announcer Chick Hearn made the call: “Inbound pass to West in the backcourt … an 80-foot jumper … good!”

Upon review, the distance of the fling was reduced to 63 feet, but that did not minimize its impact. It enhanced the image of “Mr. Clutch,” as Hearn dubbed West.

In his autobiography, however, West himself describes his shot in Pyrrhic terms: “What they don’t talk about is that the shot only tied the score and we lost in overtime, lost the series. There was no three-point line back then.”

That was the seventh time that West and the Lakers came up second best. The Boston Celtics doomed them to failure six times. It was frustrating to me an avid Jerry West fan ever since he spoke at my high school in 1963 but it took a much deeper toll on West’s psyche.

“Jerry was a very talented athlete, a good-looking guy; he made a lot of money,” said Santa Barbara basketball aficionado Bill Bertka. “One thing he didn’t have was winning over the Boston Celtics as a player.”

Hence the title of West’s 2011 book: West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life.

The book begins with a prologue in which West, then the general manager of the Lakers, recalls a 1992 encounter with Bertka, “someone whom I had known and admired for more years than I could remember.”

Bertka had toiled as a scout and assistant coach of the Lakers. He had been Pat Riley’s right-hand man during the Showtime years. When Mike Dunleavy, Riley’s successor, moved from L.A. to Milwaukee, Bertka thought his time had come to be the head coach.

He was waiting outside West’s office in the Forum one morning, and when the GM arrived, Bertka said, “Every day, Jerry, every single f%#$ing day when I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror, I know what I see. What the hell do you see?”

“Good question,” West wrote, then turning it into the premise for his book. “Even though he [Bertka] was asking about himself, about why we weren’t likely to make him the next head coach of the Lakers, what follows will be an unflinchingly honest, painful, soul-searching attempt to answer that question about a very flawed individual me. To reveal who I am.”

But why not let Bertka realize his vision? “Jerry took me

to lunch and told me why he wasn’t going to hire me as head coach,” the now 96-year-old Bertka recalled in a conversation last week. “He said, ‘It’s simple. If I give you this job, I’d have to fire you, and I don’t want to fire you.’ He was a realist. He felt the team was on a downhill slide.”

Randy Pfund got the job. He was a former Westmont College assistant whom the Lakers added to Riley’s coaching staff at Bertka’s recommendation. Sure enough, Pfund was fired during his second season.

“I told Bill that the best job in the NBA is to be the number-one assistant on the best team and stay there,” said Pfund, who landed a management job with the Miami Heat. Pfund had heard from Riley that Lakers owner Jerry Buss wanted Bertka to be “a Laker for life.”

So Bertka continued to plug along in his assistant’s role, commuting from Santa Barbara for every homestand, every road trip, and every meeting. He was called on to coach three games during the gaps between head coaching changes. His record: 2-1.

Unlike Bertka, a secure man in an insecure business, Jerry West was wracked with anxiety. He famously could not bear to watch some games. He superstitiously stayed home when the Lakers went to Boston and clinched the 1985 championship on the parquet floor, lifting the curse of the Celtics a bit.

“Of all the things that plague me and keep me up at night,” West wrote, “be it the losses to the Celtics or my own lingering insecurities and internal struggles, my own conflicted attitude toward quietly liking recognition for my accomplishments and yet being very uncomfortable about being singled out, I continue to be harder on myself than anyone around me.”

West orchestrated a trade for Shaquille O’Neal and drafted Kobe Bryant in 1996, paving the way for the Lakers’ three championship seasons in 2000, 2001, and 2002. But he and the Lakers parted ways after the first of those seasons. There were clashes with Phil Jackson, the coach he hired. Bertka witnessed a telling incident when Jackson threw West out of the Lakers’ locker room after a game.

West took his expertise to Memphis, Golden State, and the L.A. Clippers.

Bertka’s place on the Lakers bench also ended in that era, but he continued to work in the front office as a scouting director and consultant, ultimately collecting 11 NBA Championship rings. In October, 2018, the Independent ran my cover story on Santa Barbara’s hoop guru, titled “Bill Bertka’s Beautiful Life.”

During the Summer League in Las Vegas in July 2019, Bertka received the Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact Award from the National Basketball Coaches Association. “Jerry West came out of the stands to stand with me at the awards ceremony,” Bertka said. They were joined by Pat Riley and Mitch Kupchak, another former Lakers GM a reunion of the old guard.

Even though his role was greatly reduced in the new Lakers regime, post–Jerry Buss, there was seemingly no end in sight to Bertka’s career path, until August 3, 2023, five days

before his 96th birthday.

On that day in El Segundo near the Lakers’ offices, Bertka stumbled off a sidewalk along the Pacific Coast Highway. Remember the Chick Hearn saying “No harm, no foul, no blood, no ambulance”? Well, this was no bump on the basketball court. Bertka’s left side was banged and bloody from the shoulder to the knee. And, yes, there was an ambulance.

“It changed my life,” Bertka said woefully.

Before he could fully recover, a subsequent fall knocked him out, and currently he has been convalescing at a nursing home.

“I’m shocked,” Bertka said when he heard of West’s death on June 12. It brought back a flood of memories. “I knew Jerry West longer than anybody,” he said. He recalled that when he was the ambitious young head coach at Santa Maria’s Hancock College in the mid-1950s, searching far and wide for prospects, he heard through the grapevine about a skinny high school kid in West Virginia named Jerry West.

The kid was in his prime as a professional player in 1968 when the Lakers hired Bertka as the first full-time NBA scout. He was on Bill Sharman’s coaching staff in 1972 when West was rewarded with his only championship as a player, the Lakers defeating the Knicks in the NBA Finals.

In a bit of irony, their old nemesis, the Boston Celtics, won the 2024 NBA Finals on June 17, moving the franchise a notch above the Lakers with 18 titles.

A few days after that, the Lakers ended their search for a new coach the 15th since West refused to put Bertka in the hot seat by hiring JJ Redick.

Inside Bertka’s copy of West by West is a handwritten note signed by the author: “Bill, your dedication and loyalty to the Lakers has been amazing. I have always loved being around you. You made my life fun and most of all successful. I will forever thank you for being so kind to me.” n

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Bill Bertka, left, and Jerry West

Dealing Up Some Self-Care

It was fitting that I was given The Caregiver Oracle, a deck of 45 cards designed by nurse Jennifer Bower and filled with intuitive selfcare guidance, during my last week of teaching middle school before summer. Each card in the deck contains a beautiful illustration; a title, such as “Fierce Presence”; and keywords to help people tap into what they need. There’s also a guidebook that contains practical ideas for applying the card’s suggestion to one’s own life, as well as journaling prompts. These cards are the perfect tool to easily work into life, whether you’re in a caregiving profession or just looking to take better care of yourself.

Bower worked with an artist to create each illustration, which is full of whimsical, nature-inspired imagery to prompt one’s inner knowing.

“You’re the one who has all of the answers inside, and the deck is a tool,” Bower explained. “I like to think of it as a mirror. It reflects back to you the answers you already know, but sometimes you’re too afraid to see them.”

The Caregiver Oracle Card Deck

by Rebecca Horrigan

As a nurse for more than 20 years, working in acute care at Cottage Hospital for more than 15 years, and now a school nurse at the Riviera Ridge School, a position she took on during the pandemic (and where I also teach), Bower has a keen understanding of the importance of taking care of oneself in order to be able to show up for others. When her brother passed away unexpectedly eight years ago, she dove into a deep exploration of various healing modalities.

“I started to look for ways that I could heal from that and find a sense of peace with it,” Bower said. “I joined some women’s circles around town and tried to tap into my spirituality. I realized that there is a whole landscape of ways to connect to yourself out there.”

I enjoyed the freedom to tap into my own sense of needs based on the card’s imagery and words. However, for practicality’s sake, I greatly appreciated the guidebook, which is full of essential tips for caring for oneself that we often forget about, such as drinking some water, going for a walk, going in nature, or meditating. These may seem simple, but in our busy lives, sometimes it takes a ritual like this deck to remind us to ask ourselves what we need.

Tree-Hugging Their Way to the Top

TBower began taking part in tarot card readings and finding strength in the community and spirituality these rituals provided. Bower’s oracle cards differ from tarot in that they do not follow a specific structure. Bower also clarifies that “it’s not an outside source; you are the source of all the information.”

“When you really do have your cup filled, you can continue to give your gift to the world without feelings of burnout and resentment that can come when you over-give,” Bower said.

“I just really hope that it gets into the hands of people who can really utilize it,” Bower said.

While I turned to the deck during that last hectic week of the school year, I’m even more excited to spend some time with it over the summer, fully integrating the tools, so that I’m best equipped to continue to give. As Bower says, “Self-care is not selfish; it is essential.”

here’s clawing your way to the top, and then there’s climbing your way to victory which is what Carpinteria resident Jacob Claassen and Kate Miller, the 2024 TreeClimbing Champions, did on Father’s Day weekend at the 2024 Western Chapter ISA (International Society of Arboriculture) Tree-Climbing Championship.

Western Champions Climb Their Way to Exceptional Heights

by Leslie Dinaberg

Held at Alameda Park June 14-16, Claassen (the 2022 winner, who is the owner and lead climber at Nimble Tree Care in Carpinteria) and Miller (the defending champion, who works in urban forestry in the Sacramento area) led a field of 35 competitors (30 male, three female, and two over-age-40 climbers) in a series of events that included Ariel Rescue, Belayed Speed Climb, Ascent Event, Throwline, and Work Climb.

According to the westernchaptertcc .com website, the first Western Chapter Tree-Climbing Championship was held in 1949 and has since become an annual tradition that celebrates working arborists, promotes safe climbing techniques, and “puts on a good show.” It also states that the competition is open to anyone who is engaged in any phase of the trimming care, or maintenance of trees, and that the

Eucalyptus viminalis tree, which stands approximately 100 feet tall, was selected specifically for this contest. n

Santa Barbara Nurse Jennifer Bower’s

The Caregiver Oracle

The 2024 tree climbing champions Kate Miller and Jacob Claassen

Western ISA Tree Climbing Championships at Alameda Park

Some cards from The Caregiver Oracle deck

Hops Indy Who’s Pouring for ? ?

AMeet the Seven Breweries and Brewpubs Serving You Suds and Stamps at 10 Locations This Month

by Matt Kettmann

fter seemingly endless weeks of overcast skies, it feels like the sunshine is finally ready to shine on Santa Barbara. What better way to wash in summertime than with a frosty brew?

Good thing that it’s time again for Indy Hops, our annual celebration of suds that’s pouring all through the month of July. This year features seven different breweries, taphouses, and restaurants serving at 10 locations, from the Santa Ynez Valley down to Carpinteria.

THE BREWHOUSE

Opened on May 26, 1998, The Brewhouse is the oldest brewery in Santa Barbara today, having just celebrated its 26th anniversary. Grant Danely and Joal Clayton are in their second year of ownership, having taken it over from the founders in the fall of 2022. “They continue to make small but noticeable changes to keep the tradition of The Brewhouse alive while bringing it up to date more and elevating guest experiences,” said manager Kathy Brown. Similarly, longtime brewmaster Casey Smith adheres to tradition while adding creative twists, like adding hibiscus to a pilsner base to produce the refreshing El Condor de Jamaica. First-timers should try the West Beach, said Brown, explaining, “It’s a people pleaser and one that we will always have on our beer list.” Those seeking more of a kick might as well go straight to the Motivation Destroyer, a potent IPA.

To officially join the fun, make sure to get your Indy Hops passport in this issue on page 42 and then, starting on July 1, collect stamps from each of the participants, including both Rincon locations. Those who’ve completed their passports are invited to the “Drop Party” at Validation Ale on July 29, where gift cards will be awarded to winners in person. Stay tuned to @sbindependent on Instagram for updates and more prizes.

Here’s a rundown of where to snag brew and passport stamps this month.

FIGUEROA MOUNTAIN BREWING CO.

The father-son duo of Jim and Jaime Dietenhofer opened Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. in Buellton back in 2010.

“They set out to pay homage to the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley with handcrafted beer and hand-drawn artwork depicting the local landscape on their labels,” said retail director Tony Grimes. While tallying up more than 30 national and eight global awards, “Fig Mountain,” as everyone calls it, now employs more than 200 people at taprooms in Los Olivos, Buellton, Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone, and even Westlake Village.

During Indy Hops, they’ll be pouring $4 pints of a selected tap that will change weekly. Grimes suggested the Guava Point Conception for “a fresh spin on our California IPA” or the stalwarts Hoppy Poppy and Danish Red Lager for those new to the brand. Those seeking more innovation should check out the Lagerville collab beer that Fig Mountain did with West Coast Brewing of Japan and Wild Fields from Atascadero.

“We’ve crafted a super intricate rice lager using cereal mashing techniques and the finest short-grain rice available,” said Grimes. “Paired with exquisite matcha tea from Shizuoka, this snappy, clean crusher boasts a delicate herbal note that’s sure to hit the spot at @lagervilleusa this year! Cheers and Kanpai!”

Three locations: 137 Anacapa St., Ste. F; 45 Industrial Wy., Buellton; 2363 Alamo Pintado Ave., Los Olivos; figmtnbrew.com; @figmtnbrew

Lagerville 2019

Hops Indy PASSPORT

Receive a stamp from each brewery by ordering a pint during the month of July

Participating Breweries

Santa Barbara

Bring your completed passport to our Passport Drop Party on Monday, July 29 from 5-7 pm at Validation Ale to be entered to win gift cards from the participating breweries. For full Drop Party details visit our website.

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INSTITUTION ALE

Institution Ale is a father-and-sons story, founded in 2013 by dad Roger Smith and sons Shaun and Ryan Smith. From their original Camarillo location, where the brewery can be spotted from the 101, the family expanded to Santa Barbara’s State Street in 2019, becoming a central source of downtown energy and refreshment.

“We specialize in brewing hop-forward, West Coast–style ales, as well as classic-style lagers,” said McKenna Outram, Institution’s marketing and events coordinator. “Our Mexican Lager is crisp, dry, and extremely drinkable. Enjoy a fresh glass of it with a lime. Our namesake Institution IPA has all the makeup of a great West Coast–style IPA. It’s crisp, dry, bitter, and bursting with hop flavor.”

516 State St.; (805) 482-3777; institutionales.com; @institutionales_sb

ISLANDS RESTAURANT

Islands Restaurant was founded in May 1982 at the corner of Pico and Veteran in West Los Angeles by Tony DeGrazier, who craved burgers while surfing in Oahu with his Navy buddies decades earlier. But the tropically themed, sit-down burger chain didn’t open in Santa Barbara until February 2018, when the La Cumbre Plaza location became one of more than 55 restaurants in California and four other states. Islands’ extensive bar menu features a number of house beers, and general manager Bailee Epperson recommends trying both the Mango IPA and the Sunny Blonde. Plus, she promised, “We have the coldest beer in town!”

3825 State St.; (805) 946-0044; islandsrestaurants.com; @islandburgers

LAMA DOG TAP ROOM + BOTTLE SHOP

VALIDATION ALE

“We have the best beer available in California and therefore, possibly, the world,” said Peter Burnham, who owns Lama Dog Tap Room + Bottle Shop. After years of traveling the country to try interesting beers, Burnham opened this always-been-busy Funk Zone beer hub back in May 2016, when he realized Santa Barbara was lacking a proper globespanning taproom.

His original formula of many taps and fully stocked shelves holds true, proving to be a reliable place to find crisp lagers, funky sours, rich stouts, and even ciders. Burnham suggests that beer nerds give the Trappist ale Westvleteren VIII a shot. Potent at 8 percent alcohol, the dark amber brew is toasty and complex. Plus, during Indy Hops, Lama Dog is offering a 15 percent discount for all passport holders.

116 Santa Barbara St.; (805) 880-3364; lamadog.com; @lamadogtaproom

RINCON BREWERY

Founded in Carpinteria during the fall of 2014 by Luisa and Mark Hyatt, Rincon Brewery is coming up on its 10th anniversary and now features additional locations in Santa Barbara and Ventura. Both the Carp. and Funk Zone locations are official Indy Hops participants, so make sure to get stamps on your passport at both in order to win prizes at the Drop Party.

The Hyatts are proud of their food menu, which includes a number of dishes featuring Rincon beers and is also oceanfriendly certified by the Surfrider Foundation. Rincon is also one of the only breweries in the region really embracing sustainability on the production side. “Our spent grain is picked up by a rancher and fed to his cows,” said Luisa. “We are always looking to make things as efficient as possible.”

As to the beers, Mark is excited for the imminent release of this year’s Friendship Paddle beer and suggests the Strawberry Blonde that they made for the X Games, which go down this weekend in Ventura. Another Rincon collab is the Merrick Lager, which they made in conjunction with Channel Islands Surfboards. IPA lovers should opt for the Indicator or the Beached Hazy, while dark brew fans will find satisfaction in the Mac Brown.

Two locations: 5065 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria; (805) 684-6044; 205 Santa Barbara St., Ste. 1B; (805) 869-6627; rinconbrewery.com; @rinconbreweryinc

Validation Ale is the baby of Brian and Briana Deignan, two married tech veterans who wanted to “create a jewel in the heart of the Funk Zone with an environment and food/drink options that are welcome to anyone and everyone.” Aside from great food, an open-air vibe, and what they believe are the best bathrooms in Santa Barbara, the Deignans’ “Validation concept” is what makes this place special.

The “Validated” beer in each category, as displayed on a digital screen, is the most ordered beer by visitors of the tap room, while the “Vying” beer is a new recipe, challenging the incumbent. If the challenger sells more, it becomes the new Validated brew. Said Brian, “Our concept is the enemy of complacency, forcing innovation in an ongoing effort to continually improve our tap list for our customers.”

Favorites right now include the “Mo’ Frosty” Cold IPA, the Italian Pilsner IPA, the Golden Coffee Ale on Nitro, and the “Santa Rosa” Weizenbock. Validation Ale is also hosting the “Drop Party” on July 29.

102 E. Yanonali St.; (805) 500-3111; validationale.com; @validationale

Peter Burnham

FOOD& DRINK openings

JONESY’S FRIED CHICKEN Brings Southern Comfort to Old Town Goleta

Hailing from multiple generations of Goleta dairymen and grandparents based in Biloxi, Mississippi, Kyle Jones is preternaturally positioned to be the force behind a fried chicken restaurant that relies on organic poultry, fresh farmers’ market produce, and house-made everything.

“Between my Italian side here and comfort food from my Southern family, food was in my blood since day one,” said Jones, who’s been cooking since his San Marcos High School days. “It was natural for me.”

On June 12, he combined those roots plus nearly two decades of restaurant and catering experience to open Jonesy’s Fried Chicken, a fast-casual restaurant at the end of Orange Avenue in Old Town Goleta. Located in the former home of the once-beloved Chinese restaurant Red Pepper, Jonesy’s appears at first glance to be just the latest franchisee from some sleekly designed, vintage-inspired chain. But one look at the menu full of homestyle preserves, pickles, and sauces paired with a one bite of shatter-crisp, juicy chicken, and it’s immediately obvious that this is the product of careful consideration carried out with meticulous execution.

In 2006, Jones enrolled in SBCC’s culinary program and started working in fine-dining kitchens like bouchon, the Red Barn in Santa Ynez (before The Brothers took over), and the Succulent Café in Solvang, where he was executive chef. He came back to Goleta to help Country Meat Market & Catering with their menus, then became the chef-partner in the team that revamped The Creekside.

“That’s when I found my niche,” said Jones of giving a California twist to woodfired cuisine. But with his wife pregnant, he no longer wanted to work the restaurant grind, so he left to start Craft Wood Fired Catering in 2018. “American classics done right is my focus,” said Jones, who’s been toying with poultry preparations for years, thinking of maybe doing pop-ups. “When it comes to fried chicken, I don’t think there is more of an American classic than that.”

Dairy Farm Descendant Kyle Jones Combines Mississippi and California Roots into Elevated Fast Food

BY MATT KETTMANN

“Fried chicken has a different understanding for a lot of people depending on where you’re originally from,” said Jones, explaining that the South seeks whole-bird styles while the West Coast knows more about strips and sandwiches. “We found common ground with our blend of the menu. We wanted to keep our Southern roots but Californianize it, if you will. We brought freshness to the table and fun concepts not typically found alongside fried chicken while maintaining the integrity of what good fried chicken is. It’s all about getting the right flavors without hitting you over the head with too much heavy stuff.”

HOW TO BLOOM

Though food was in his blood he actually still lives in a home that was part of his family’s Durbiano Dairy, which occupied most of everything between Hollister, Turnpike, 101, and Page Youth Center in the early 20th century Jones was not instantly drawn to the chef life. He first hit the line at the Outback Steakhouse on Calle Real when he was 17, busting out Bloomin’ Onions in the back while everyone else was having more fun in the front. “I didn’t want to be a cook at that time,” said Jones. Instead, after high school, he worked with heavy equipment in the construction industry for a few years. “Then I was tired of being out of town all the time,” he said. “I wanted to be home, here with family.”

After years of working out of a shared commercial kitchen, he knew that Craft catering needed its own space, which is when he found the spot on Orange Avenue (which Red Pepper left in early 2023). Jones got the keys in April 2023, started demolition the next month, and thought he might open by last July. Then he ran into the stereotypical permit rigamarole, which took months to navigate, mostly over architectural approvals for an insignificant exterior structure.

He’d already hired Derek Heidemann as a chef for the chicken concept, but Heidemann wound up having to help with everything else as well. “The only way we made it through this was Derek being able to help me with Craft so I could do the business for Jonesy’s,” said Jones. “He took over roles that he never expected to be in originally.” Unfortunately, Heidemann left his job a week after opening, so Jones is again finding himself working the line on occasion.

The key remains doing everything by hand as well as he and his team possibly can. “We’re here to give people the best of what we have,” said Jones. “If it’s not the best, why bother?”

HOW TO EAT

My first visit to Jonesy’s was during the soft opening, which was only a couple days after I learned of its existence. I found what appeared to be a long-established brand with fantastic marketing and food photography, followed it on Instagram, and got an invite to come check it out. My plan was to say hi, order a couple items, take a few bites, then bring the rest home for my kids.

That’s not what happened. I fell into a long conversa-

tion with Jones, who suggested the JFC (get it?) Original sandwich, and I asked for a piece of fried chicken as well, just to try the unadulterated version, albeit with some hot honey. As I piled the three styles of pickle and mounds of five different sauces to my plate (peach mustard wins my award for both flavor and originality), out came an order of biscuits with blueberry preserves on the side.

I then proceeded to eat basically all of it I couldn’t put down the sandwich, the stunningly delicious orange-zesttinged hot honey only made the crackling chicken thigh that much better, and I’m not even sure what happened to most of the biscuits. Somehow, I managed to stuff a big bite or two of dessert in my mouth as well, which was just a small slice of a massive ice cream sandwich that Jones also designed. My leftover box was a bitten biscuit covered in melting chocolate.

I went back last Sunday, bought a jar of giardiniera to take home, and ordered the “three and two,” which are three chicken strips, two sides (I went with buttermilk slaw and the Nashville hot fries), and two sauces (that mustard and honey again, of course). The flaky chicken coating fascinated me again I snuck a bite while getting in my truck heading home and the shoestring-style fries held their firm crunch for quite a long time, making for all-day spicy snacking.

I’m not the only one impressed. During the first week that Jonesy’s was open, they actually sold out of birds. “I didn’t think it was possible but over 700 lbs of Mary’s air-chilled organic chicken has left the building!!!” said the Instagram post. “We are officially sold out for this weekend.”

I won’t need much of an excuse to return, especially as Jones prepares to launch a laundry list of specials that have been in development all along. His biggest concern is trying to do too much. “We’ve had to tone down our enthusiasm,” admitted Jones. “We constantly want to do more than this spot will allow us to do.”

Given the polished branding and seemingly portable concept, it’s clear that the goal is to expand beyond this corner of Old Town Goleta. “This is our guinea pig; this is our ground floor,” said Jones. “There’s no hurry to branch out, but this is number one of hopefully more to come.”

Jonesy’s Fried Chicken (282 Orange Ave., Goleta) is currently open Wed-Sun, but check jonesysfriedchicken.com for the most up-todate hours.

MATTKETTMANN

Kyle Jones, founder of Jonesy’s Fried Chicken

Jonesy’s Fried Chicken uses only Mary’s air-chilled organic chicken

Pinot Pours and More at Taste of Sta. Rita Hills

Michael and Marlene Robinson Take Over Los Olivos

FOOD & DRINK

Michael and Marlene Robinson didn’t need much convincing when the Moretti family decided to sell their Taste of Sta. Rita Hills tasting room in Los Olivos a couple years ago.

“We were club members,” said Michael. “We had already drank the Kool-Aid.”

Plus, after years in advertising more than a decade of which was spent in Beijing and Singapore he had already shifted careers to wine in 2019, working for the wine retailer Zachys. They were wondering how to get further involved with the region’s wine scene, and then they bought a home in the Santa Ynez Valley.

“When we were approached by the Morettis to buy their business, a truly unique room that repped the fine and rare wines of the SRH [Sta. Rita Hills], the timing couldn’t be better to make the leap,” said Michael, who recognizes the shoes he’s filling. “It’s impossible to replace the Morettis. We were club members of their room for 10 years because of them and the wines they curated, so we’ve done our best to convert fans of theirs to our room, who can only be described as equally enthusiastic representatives for some of the finest wines in the county.”

Tasting Room and Wine Club BOTTLES

Taste of Sta. Rita Hills was originally opened in 2010 in the Lompoc Wine Ghetto, serving as a tasting room for many brands that didn’t have their own locations. As the Morettis’ reputation for smart curation grew and the location shifted to the busier streets of Los Olivos in 2019 the brands grew more prestigious, including hard-to-get labels such as Sea Smoke and Paul Lato.

The Robinsons are keeping that formula intact, adding wineries like Côtière, Mail Road, and Racines to the list, while moving through wines quickly to keep customers coming back. “The fresh flights that change every six to eight weeks, featuring critical darlings and underground heroes alike, is where we’re placing our bets at the moment,” said Robinson.

They’re also keeping the Moretti Wine Co. brand alive, featuring seasonal releases produced by Paul Lato and Steve Clifton. Current releases include

Lato’s “Con Fusione” blend of malvasia bianca and sauvignon blanc from Larner Vineyard and then a bold pinot noir he made from seven vineyards across Santa Barbara County. The previous release by Clifton included a super-fresh, stony pinot grigio from Los Olivos and a brighter, peppery syrah from Ballard Canyon.

Those wines, and a few others, show that the tasting room’s appellation-based name is not handcuffing the Robinsons from showing off wines of other regions. “I will stock other stuff because I want to serve what’s good, but the focus will always be the Sta. Rita Hills,” said Michael.

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Given the variety of brands, Taste of Sta. Rita Hills serves as a stage for associated winemakers to present their wines in person. Ryan Hannaford from Racines was just there, and Paul Lato is coming in September, Adam Lee in October, and Matt Dees in December, among other special events. When I visited a couple of months back, Kevin Law of Côtière walked in, as did wine broker/writer Vanessa Vin so you never know who might show up.

The wine club, which is what hooked the current owners, remains a central draw to Taste of Sta. Rita Hills. “Of course, we offer the standard discounts on wines for club members, but much of the club’s value really centers around access,” said Robinson. “Many of our wines are allocated or hard to find, so just getting them is a chore.”

Taste of Sta. Rita Hills, 2923 Grand Ave., Los Olivos; (805) 688-1900; tasteofstaritahills.com

Michael Robinson took over Taste of the Sta. Rita Hills in Los Olivos in 2022.

Restaurant Closings

Here is a list of area eateries that have closed in the last year. Sadly, included in the list are several local icons: Pea Soup Andersen’s (100 years), Arnoldi’s Café (87 years), Derf’s Café (47 years), and Via Vai (30 years).

• June 2024: Derf’s Café, 2000 De la Vina St. (possibly changing to The Nugget); Pizza Mizza, 1114 State St. (now Santa Barbara Courthouse Distillery and Events)

• May 2024: Arnoldi’s Café, 600 Olive St.; Jamba Juice, UCSB; SocialEats, 6521 Pardall Rd., Isla Vista; Trattoria Vittoria, 30 E. Victoria St.

• April 2024: Oliver’s, 1198 Coast Village Rd., Montecito; Shalhoob’s at the Market, 38 W. Victoria St.; Via Vai Trattoria & Pizzeria, 1482 E. Valley Rd., Montecito

• February 2024: Taza Mediterranean Street Kitchen, 413 State St. (changing to an Italian restaurant)

• January 2024: Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, 5745 Calle Real, Goleta; Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Santa Barbara Airport (now Santa Barbara Roasting Company); Metropulos Fine Foods Merchant, 216 E. Yanonali St.; Pea Soup Andersen’s, 376 Ave. of Flags, Buellton (under new ownership, plans to reopen after renovation); Rockfire Grill, 6583 Pardall Rd., Isla Vista

• December 2023: Santa Barbara Sunshine Café, 3514 State St. (moved to 5711 Calle Real, Goleta)

• November 2023: Juniper on Fourth, 478 4th Pl., Solvang

• October 2023: Elena’s Kitchen, 738 State St.

• September 2023: Mokutan, 716 State St. (now Best BBQ); Hollister Brewing Co., 6980 Marketplace Dr., Goleta (changing to Finney’s Crafthouse & Kitchen); Uptown Lounge, 3126 State St. (now reopened under new ownership)

• August 2023: Oppi’z Bistro and Natural Pizza, 1026 State St. (now Indian Tandoori Kingdom); Pueblo Pollo, 2984 State St. (moved to 6578 Trigo Rd., Isla Vista)

• July 2023: Courthouse Tavern, 129 E. Anapamu St. (now Café La Fonda); Mr. B Restaurant & Café, 140 S. Hope Ave.

RESTAURANT OPENINGS: Here is a list of area eateries that have opened in the last 12 months:

• June 2024: Jonesy’s Fried Chicken, 282 Orange Ave., Goleta

• May 2024: Little Alex’s, 3987 State St.

• April 2024: Dart Coffee, 113 Harbor Wy.; Ethnic Breads, 137 Aero Camino, Goleta; Nick the Greek, 508 State St.; Oat Bakery, 1014 Coast Village Rd., Montecito; Petra Café, 14 E. Cota St.; Shalhoob’s, 5112 Hollister Ave., Goleta

• March 2024: Indian Tandoori Kingdom, 1026 State St.; Lighthouse Coffee, 5696 Calle Real, Goleta; Starbucks, 120 State St.

• February 2024: Best BBQ, 716 State St.; Cookie Plug, 918 State St.; Silvers Omakase, 224 Helena Ave.; Yummy Thai, 5918 Hollister Ave., Goleta

• January 2024: Bruxie, 12 W. De la Guerra St.; Oakberry, 6580 Pardall Rd., Isla Vista

• December 2023: Café La Fonda, 129 E. Anapamu St.; Mister Softee, 935 State St.; Santa Barbara Sunshine Café, 5711 Calle Real

• November 2023: Azul Cocina, 7 E. Anapamu St.; Dang Burger, 5080 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria; Juniper on Fourth, 478 4th Pl., Solvang (now closed); Pueblo Pollo, 6578 Trigo Rd., Isla Vista

• October 2023: Santa Barbara Fish Market, 7127 Hollister Ave., Ste. 18, Goleta; Santa Barbara Pizza House, 515 State St.

• September 2023: Crumbl Cookies, 5660 Calle Real, Goleta; Pizza Mizza, 1114 State St. (now Santa Barbara Courthouse Distillery and Events)

• August 2023: Asia 101, 903 Embarcadero Del Norte, Isla Vista; Mollie’s Italian Deli, 1039 Casitas Pass Rd., Carpinteria

• July 2023: Chick-fil-A (reopened), 3707 State St.; Maria’s Tacos, 6545 Pardall Rd., Isla Vista; Social Eats, 6521 Pardall Rd., Isla Vista; Terra, 5490 Hollister Ave., Goleta (inside The Steward hotel); The Kitchen (inside Calvary Chapel), 1 N. Calle Cesar Chavez, Ste. 21

• June 2023: Kozy Craft Coffee, 6560 Pardall Rd., Isla Vista; Pokéwaves, 4791 Calle Real, Ste. 102

FOOD & DRINK

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ICON GONE: Pea Soup Andersen’s closed after 100 years in business but might reopen under new ownership after a remodel.

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THE DEPTH OF THE TRAGEDY

ARTIST MAX GLEASON GUIDES HEALING THROUGH ‘ART MEDICINE’ WORKSHOP SERIES

If couches could talk, the one on which I spoke with artist Max Gleason would tell an emotional story full of many of the themes now present in his art. It has made the crosscountry trek a handful of times, back and forth from New York to California, as Gleason traded one coast for the other and then, again earlier in life.

Now firmly planted in Santa Ynez, Gleason creates from his studio, a repurposed barn located among the vines of his family’s Roblar Winery and Vineyards, also the site of his Art Medicine workshops, the second series of which begins July 7.

“There’s a healing power to art, and these workshops allow me to connect with other artists as creators,” Gleason said, as we sat together on the aforementioned sofa in his vineyard studio.

Healing through art is a subject about which Gleason can speak volumes.

During one of his previous California residencies, Gleason would make a fateful return to New York, where he bumped into Vanessa Goss Bley, a singer, composer, producer, and musician whom he first met years before. The reacquainting would ultimately alter Gleason’s artistic purpose.

After kindling a hard-to-maintain bicoastal relationship with Bley, Gleason moved back to New York in 2012, living and painting in Brooklyn. The couple married in 2013. In 2015, they relocated to Los Angeles, then to Solvang a year later, where they had two children: their daughter, Lucienne, followed by a son, Desmond.

Gleason explained, “Visual art is, to me, a type of language. It’s a form of communication created by humans, for humans. A way for me to connect to you. All art does this, but for me it often feels like the most direct conduit for human-to-human connection, the best way to address the human experience, is by depicting the human figure. As a symbol, it is immediately recognizable and relatable for almost anyone.”

The style of Gleason’s figurative art and his desire to form that human connection would forever morph as of October 2019, when “the crash” occurred. Bley, along with Gleason’s two young children, were killed in a car crash on Santa Barbara County’s Highway 154. The suicidal driver who caused the crash would eventually be convicted of second-degree murder. But Gleason’s life sentence was entirely different. Gleason put his painting on pause for about two weeks

following the crash. Then, he started on a portrait of Bley and the two children.

“There was healing in that it was a slow, deliberate, almost meditative process. It made the immense loss just a bit more ‘digestible.’ ”

For the next two years, Gleason would continue to paint his lost family, which would be a large part of the processing. He would post his works on social media, and people began to ask him for commissioned pieces. One was a dream translation, and one was a gift for a friend a work that would include symbols for life phases, and meaningful changes in that friend’s life. Gleason’s style started to organically shift to the more cosmic, more ethereal, transcendent quality that it now possesses. “I’m creating worlds now; it’s all a lot more symbolic.”

Most of Gleason’s commissioned works were, and still are, for customers who connect with him through some form of their own profound life experiences, both joyous and painful, and honoring their process and their lives has allowed him to work through his grief.

“I use art to connect with people it offers some sort of catharsis, for me and hopefully for them, too,” Gleason said of the past three years of this type of work, a path which has led to his new Art Medicine workshops.

Although Gleason’s parents originally noticed his talents in drawing and painting, which he started at a very young age, it was one of his high school teachers in Atlanta, Raul Miyar, who would peak Gleason’s interest in art, the associated shows and galleries, and oils.

Gleason has been painting with oils for nearly 30 years, but he admits that the medium still surprises him from time to time.

“When I expect [oils] to do one thing, it may result in an entirely different effect. Sometimes this is maddening, but often it results in a happy accident,” he said.

Gleason holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), also his father’s alma mater. Post-RISD, Gleason moved to Manhattan, which, he said, “had everything.” He loved the city’s energy, but also its visual organization and structure, such as how the streets were laid out on a grid.

“I’m inspired by so much outside of the ‘art world.’ There’s

visual information everywhere the organization of buildings on a hillside, the way light filters through trees through a window and casts dancing shadows on a wall, artifacts in a natural history museum, or images from the Webb telescope,” he said.

Over the course of eight New York years, Gleason worked in film and television, in art departments, set- and propbuilding. He segued to post-production as a video editor, then landed in digital media at Hearst Corporation.

Throughout that time, Gleason continued to paint and kept some form of a studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, then in New York’s Chinatown with his work appearing in a number of group shows, a solo show in Chelsea, and on the walls of some very posh domiciles.

It was family that originally brought Gleason out to California. His father founded Santa Ynez Valley’s Refugio Ranch Vineyards in 2004, the winery’s first release was in 2008, and Gleason was pulled by the need to help with the family business. He first moved west in 2010 to work harvest in the winery, assist with wine sales, and lay the foundation for the business side of Refugio Ranch, part of this time living and working in a Downtown Los Angeles building populated by other artists, where he was drawn into the gritty creative community that pulsated on the border of the city’s Skid Row. Gleason held his first Art Medicine workshop series in April. He marveled at how well the group, 10 people with “disparate personalities, artistic backgrounds, and styles,” supported and collaborated with each other through their own healing and self-realizations, and how the process of both came out in such different ways.

Through the five-week workshop, attendees “explore the symbolic nature of the self through the creation of art.” Facilitated and guided by Gleason, and held in his Santa Ynez studio, participants each create one unique piece over the course of the Sunday series. No professional art experience is required to participate, as per Gleason, “only a desire to create, to see, and be seen.”

Each Art Medicine session includes creation time (easels/ tables are provided, but participants supply their own canvas or drawing/painting surface, as well as all art materials), followed by a group discussion where participants share their artwork and the themes that they are exploring.

During the first workshop series, Gleason had Jasmine Hanson, a Santa Ynez Valley–based therapeutic yoga teacher, lead meditation sessions. Hanson is also Gleason’s new wife. The couple met in 2021, through an Instagram post of Gleason’s art, and were married in the summer of 2023.

The Art Medicine workshop series uses Gleason’s passion for and background in art, to prompt the healing process for others; a process that has allowed him “to honor the depth of the tragedy.” —Anna Ferguson-Sparks

The next Art Medicine workshop series begins Sunday, July 7, and is $300 per person, for all five weeks. Attendance is limited; see max gleason.com/art-medicine for information.

“Riding Waves” by Max Gleason

Artist Max Gleason

LATIN JAZZ ROYALTY BACK IN THE HOUSE

PONCHO SANCHEZ RETURNS FOR SOME ‘JAZZ AT THE LOBERO’

When it comes to ever-popular entries in the Jazz at the Lobero series, the veteran Latin Jazz kingpin Poncho Sanchez ranks high on the list. The Los Angeles–bred and -based conguero and Latin jazz flame-keeper has been leading his prime-cut groups for 40-something years, with a hefty and award-winning discography as a foundation and proof of his significance in jazz and the broader music world. He proudly extends the traditions of Cal Tjader (a boss and mentor), Tito Puente, and Mongo Santamaría.

But perhaps the real proof of Sanchez’s musical might and mission reaches its full potential in the heat of the live moment, as we’ve seen in his past local showings. His steamy mix of Latin rhythms, jazz sophistication, and touches of old-school soul along the way can make for a surefire hot night on the town for fans of jazz and beyond, as it promises to with his Latin Jazz Band’s return to the Lobero stage on Friday, June 28.

As evidenced by past shows in this musicfriendly space, there may well be dancing in the outer aisles and in the audience’s collective head.

The jazz component of Sanchez’s sound has seized a brighter spotlight with his most recent album, Trane’s Delight, named for icon John Coltrane and released in 2019. The Grammy-nominated album kicks off with its most popular track, the Hubert Laws tune “Soul Bourgeoisie.” But the album hits its Coltrane homage groove with the exultant mambo version of the famed chordal maze, “Giant Steps,” and Latin-ized takes on the Coltrane songs “Liberia” and “Blue Train.”

Sanchez supplies his usual solid percussion moxie and momentum, while bandmates, including pianist Andy Langham and tenor saxist Robert Hardt, deliver intricate inventions in their solo spotlights.

Paying tribute to Coltrane was on Sanchez’s bucket list for years. In a previous interview I did with Sanchez, he looked back to his musical upbringing. “In those days,” Sanchez said, “Latin jazz wasn’t that big, especially in Norwalk [an L.A. suburb], where I grew up. Everybody was into Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and rock bands. Everybody was into Blood, Sweat & Tears; Chicago; and those kinds of bands, really hot groups which leaned a little more toward jazz influences. My friends were liking all that.

“But all this time, I was playing records by Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Machito, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Miles Davis. I had all those records because my older brothers and sisters liked that music. My friends didn’t like

or know about that music. So it was an uphill battle to get some of my friends my age to like that music. But little by little, I pulled people in by showing them jazz records, records by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Cal Tjader, and stuff like that. That’s how it grew in Norwalk.”

Decades later, Latin jazz is a strong tributary of the larger jazz and music world. Unhindered by false modesty, Sanchez says, “I would like to think that Latin jazz has gained and grown through the world because of the Poncho Sanchez band. We’ve taken Latin jazz all over the world. We’ve played for the King of Thailand, and with him, to New Zealand; to Caracas, Venezuela; Puerto Rico you name it, we’ve played there, and we play strictly Latin jazz. So I know Latin jazz has grown because of the Poncho Sanchez Latin Band.

“Of course, my heroes Mongo Santamaria, Cal Tjader, Tito Punte, Machito, all them cats were the pioneers. They’re still my heroes. They passed on, and I still carry the torch today.”

Of the Latin jazz legacy he has helped to solidify, Sanchez notes, “I’m proud. I’m an American. That’s our music, man. Let’s celebrate it. Let’s let everybody know it’s ours. To me, it couldn’t be better. You put the sophistication of the harmonies, the melodies of traditional jazz, and you get the rhythm, the flavor, the dances of Latin music. You put those two things together, and that’s Latin jazz, man. You’ve got the rhythm, the flavor, the sophistication, the arrangement. It’s Latin jazz, some of the best music in the world.”

—Josef Woodard

Poncho Sanchez performs at the Lobero Theatre (33 E. Canon Perdido St.) Friday, June 28, 7:30 p.m. See lobero.org

Poncho Sanchez

SLICES OF LATINX LIFE, CALI-STYLE

LATINX LIFE IN CALIFORNIA, IN ALL ITS VARIETY, IS THEMATIC CORE OF UNDER THE SAME SUN: FROM LOW RIDERS TO FARM WORKERS

It may be an inherent and reasonable expectation that an art exhibition presenting the diversity of Latinx life in Southern and Central California would at least touch on the prevailing fact of farmworker life in the region. That subject is certainly covered in the current exhibition at Solvang’s Elverhøj Museum, Under the Same Sun: From Low Riders to Farm Workers, and in a gallery-entrenched way, in the form of Narsiso Martinez’s deceptively mild-mannered, collaged takeover of one wall of the museum, “In the Works.”

These “works” function in a vast, mixedmedia style with painted imagery of farmworkers, elite diners, and agricultural go-betweens on actual unfolded cardboard produce boxes. A triangular meta-structure serves as a surrogate for a societal-economic food chain, with the toiling farmworkers at the bottom, the food-processing and marketing components in the middle zone, and a large food-filled dining table on top.

Speckled throughout the overall indoor mural-like composition are floating circles signifying the spirits of farmworkers who have passed on, whose lives would not be topics of dinner-table conversations at the top of this pyramid.

And yet, despite the commanding presence and scale of Martinez’s epic piece in this space, much of Under the Same Sun strives to paint a much broader iconographic landscape of experience. The show seeks, with modest resources, to transcend simplistic or stereotyped visions of Hispanic life in this piece of real estate in which the Hispanic population accounts for more than half of its inhabitants. Life takes on many forms under the sun.

Curator and artist Oscar Pearson explains in a statement that the larger goal of the show is to cull art representing a sweeping and trope-busting overview of California life: “The show focuses on synchronous experiences, emphasizing what is happening, existing, or arising at the same time. The show embodies notions of solidarity, domestic life, playful ponderings over the sensate world, as well as cultural embrace and critique.”

Such a broad and open-minded perspective can be seen in Pearson’s own contributions to the show. His iridescent compositions based on decorative patterns interwoven with figurative elements (as in the beach-bound cubist painting “Sun Salute”) take a sideways political turn with “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors,” a clever optical juggling act of zigzagging fences with sly references to border tensions.

With a light touch and palette, Luis Ramirez addresses vaquero and ranching life, including the indifferent slaughtering of a fowl in “Alegoria” and more peaceful picturing in “Tribes” and “Fiesta.” By contrast, maternal warmth and nurturing are embod-

ied in the image of a mother reaching out to her child by a pond in “Estirando,” translating to “stretch,” here offered as a motherly gesture of bonding and cautiously letting go.

In “Walking Home,” Priscilla S. Flores’s warm bath of a palette suffuses the atmosphere of youth unleashed into summertime (a relevant subject right about now), in her painting of adolescent girls walking past a poster blithely advertising an “Early California Days” festival.

Two of the stronger pieces in the exhibition are by Jacqueline Valenzuela, most dramatically in the large painting “I Hurt the Whole Way Through,” which confronts/comforts visitors as they enter the gallery. A couple in an auto shop are holding infants with faceless countenances and cherubic glows about them, nodding to the strong aspect of religious fervor and family bond in some quarters of Latinx life, whatever the circumstances of daily life and struggles.

Moving from more general to specific imagery depicting cultural values, Valenzuela’s “Done Up,” a small painting in a fittingly fur-lined gold frame, says a lot within compact means: Long, fastidiously painted fingernails drape leisurely from a low-rider window. The devil and the saint are in the details here, in a painting that doesn’t have to explain itself. The image speaks for itself.

So it also goes with the non-dogmatic, slice-of-life nature of Under the Same Sun: From Low Riders to Farm Workers as a curatorial whole. —Josef Woodard

Under the Same Sun: From Low Riders to Farm Workers is on view at Elverhøj Museum (1624 Elverhoy Wy., Solvang) through July 7. The museum will host an artist demonstration and dialogue with artists Priscilla S. Flores, Narsiso Martinez, Oscar Pearson, Luis Ramirez, and Jacqueline Valenzuela on Saturday, June 29 from 4-6 p.m. See elverhoj.org.

“Estirando” by Luis Ramirez

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WEEK OF JUNE 27

ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): This may sound weird, but I think now is a perfect time to acquire a fresh problem. Not just any old boring problem, of course. Rather, I’m hoping you will carefully ponder what kind of dilemma would be most educational for you which riddle might challenge you to grow in ways you need to. Here’s another reason you should be proactive about hunting down a juicy challenge: Doing so will ensure that you won’t attract mediocre, meaningless problems.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): Now is an excellent time to start learning a new language or to increase your proficiency in your native tongue. Or both. It’s also a favorable phase to enrich your communication skills and acquire resources that will help you do that. Would you like to enhance your ability to cultivate friendships and influence people? Are you interested in becoming more persuasive, articulate, and expressive? If so, Taurus, attend to these self-improvement tasks with graceful intensity. Life will conspire benevolently on your behalf if you do. (PS: I’m not implying you’re weak in any of these departments, just that now is a favorable time to boost your capacities.)

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): Barbara Sher and Barbara Smith wrote the book I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It. I invite you to think and feel deeply about this theme during the coming months. In my experience with Geminis, you are often so versatile and multi-faceted that it can be challenging to focus on just one or two of your various callings. And that may confuse your ability to know what you want more than anything else. But here’s the good news. You may soon enjoy a grace period when you feel really good about devoting yourself to one goal more than any other.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): You are entering a phase when you will be wise to question fixed patterns and shed age-old habits. The more excited you get about reevaluating everything you know and believe, the more likely it is that exciting new possibilities will open up for you. If you are staunchly committed to resolving longstanding confusions and instigating fresh approaches, you will launch an epic chapter of your life story. Wow! That sounds dramatic. But it’s quite factual. Here’s the kicker: You’re now in prime position to get vivid glimpses of specific successes you can accomplish between now and your birthday in 2025.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): How many different ways can you think of to ripen your spiritual wisdom? I suggest you choose two and pursue them with gleeful vigor in the coming weeks. You are primed to come into contact with streams of divine revelations that can change your life for the better. All the conditions are favorable for you to encounter teachings that will ennoble your soul and hone your highest ideals. Don’t underestimate your power to get the precise enlightenment you need.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Border collies are dogs with a herding instinct. Their urges to usher, steer, and manage are strong. They will not only round up sheep and cattle, but also pigs, chickens, and ostriches and even try to herd cats. In my estimation, Virgo, border collies are your spirit creatures these days. You have a special inclination and talent to be a good shepherd. So use your aptitude with flair. Provide extra navigational help for people and animals who would benefit from your nurturing guidance. And remember to do the same for your own wayward impulses!

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): We have arrived at the midpoint of 2024. It’s check-in time. Do you recall the promises you made to yourself last January? Are you about halfway into the frontier you vowed to explore? What inspirational measures could you instigate to renew your energy and motivation

for the two most important goals in your life? What would you identify as the main obstacle to your blissful success, and how could you diminish it? If you’d like to refresh your memory of the long-term predictions I made for your destiny in 2024, go here: tinyurl.com/Libra2024. For 2023’s big-picture prophecies, go here: tinyurl.com/2023Libra.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio-born Gary Hug was educated as a machinist and food scientist, but for many years he has worked primarily as an amateur astronomer. Using a seven-foot telescope he built in the backyard of his home, he has discovered a comet and 300 asteroids, including two that may come hazardously close to Earth. Extolling the joys of being an amateur, he says he enjoys “a sense of freedom that you don’t have when you’re a professional.” In the coming weeks, Scorpio, I encourage you to explore and experiment with the joys of tasks done out of joy rather than duty. Identify the work and play that feel liberating and indulge in them lavishly.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your power spots will be places that no one has visited or looked into for a while. Sexy secrets and missing information will be revealed to you as you nose around in situations where you supposedly should not investigate. The light at the end of the tunnel is likely to appear well before you imagined it would. Your lucky number is eight, your lucky color is black, and your lucky emotion is the surprise of discovery. My advice: Call on your memory to serve you in amazing ways; use it as a superpower.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Happy Unbirthday, Capricorn! It’s time to celebrate the season halfway between your last birthday and your next. I hope you will give yourself a fun gift every day for at least the next seven days. Fourteen days would be even better. See if you can coax friends and allies to also shower you with amusing blessings. Tell them your astrologer said that would be a very good idea. Now here’s an unbirthday favor from me: I promise that between now and January 2025, you will create healing changes in your relationship with your job and with work in general.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): While sleeping, my Aquarian friend Janelle dreamed that she and her family lived in a cabin in the woods. When dusk was falling, a strange animal put its face against the main window. Was it a bear? A mountain lion? Her family freaked out and hid in a back bedroom. But Janelle stayed to investigate. Looking closely, she saw the creature was a deer. She opened up the window and spoke to it, saying, “What can I do for you?” The deer, who was a talking deer, said, “I want to give you and your family a gift. See this necklace I’m wearing? It has a magic ruby that will heal a health problem for everyone who touches it.” Janelle managed to remove the necklace, whereupon the deer wandered away and she woke up from the dream. During subsequent weeks, welcome changes occurred in her waking life. She and three of her family members lost physical ailments that had been bothering them. I think this dream is a true fairy tale for you in the coming weeks, Aquarius.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): A psychologist friend tells me that if we have an intense craving for sugar, it may be a sign that deeper emotional needs are going unmet. I see merit in her theory. But here’s a caveat. What if we are currently not in position to get our deeper emotional needs met? What if there is at least temporarily some barrier to achieving that lovely goal? Would it be wrong to seek a partial quenching of our soul cravings by communing with fudge brownies, peach pie, and crème brûlée? I don’t think it would be wrong. On the contrary. It might be an effective way to tide ourselves over until more profound gratification is available. But now here’s the good news, Pisces: I suspect more profound gratification will be available sooner than you imagine.

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Responsible for full range of management functions for the departments of History, Classics, East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, and Religious Studies. Management responsibilities encompass academic administration, academic support services, departmental computer technical support services, contract, grant, and gift/donation administration, purchasing and financial management, payroll, staff and academic personnel, space management, and safety programs. Develops and implements operating policies and procedures as they relate to overall departmental goals and objectives, interprets policy for department chairs/directors and departmental committee members, serves as liaison to other campus academic and administrative units. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/ training. Demonstrated supervisory and leadership experience. Proven success in managing and meeting many competing deadlines. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. The full salary range for this position is $101,100 to $192,300/yr. The budgeted salary range n is $101,100 to $115,000/ yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information: https://policy. ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM‑20. and https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/ Anti‑Discrimination. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 70209

FACILITIES

MANAGER

RECREATION

Responsible for the general repair, maintenance, and upkeep of the facilities managed by the Recreation Department. Handles the purchasing of basic supplies and materials to maintain the facilities. Assists with the receiving of deliveries. Performs basic maintenance & repair, equipment set‑up for classes and events, inspection of facilities, assists with field lining, vehicle maintenance, and other miscellaneous duties as assigned. Other duties assigned may also include various cleaning and maintenance tasks. Reqs: 4 years experience in the performance of semi‑skilled building maintenance work, or one year as a Building Maintenance Worker; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check; Mandated Child Abuse Reporter; Must maintain valid CA DL, a clean DMV record and enrollment in DMV Pull‑Notice Program; Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range: $27.44‑$29.12/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 # 70159

HDAE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

HOUSING, DINING AND AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES

Under general supervision, performs various duties related to the mission, vision, and values of HDAE. Coordinates services of the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor, which is responsible for the overall housing operation, including Residential dining, Campus Conference & Hospitality Services, University Center operations, the Campus Store, Distribution & Logistical Services, the Events Center, and Transportation and Parking Services with an annual operating and capital budget of more than $175 million. HDAE houses over 10,000 students, faculty, staff, and family residents on campus and employs 660 career staff and approximately 1800 student employees. The incumbent will provide administrative support to the Associate Vice Chancellor’s office, and Business & Financial Planning. Also responsible for processing all accounts payable travel documents, and special projects. Reqs: Ability to interact with integrity and professionalism with customers and team members. Solid communication and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with all levels of staff verbally and in writing. Ability to function effectively as a member of a team. Ability to follow policies, procedures, and regulations. Ability to use sound judgment in responding to issues and concerns. Well‑organized and able to prioritize in a fast paced environment Knowledge of and demonstrated ability to use standard computer systems including email, Microsoft Word, and Excel. Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. Satisfactory criminal history background check. Budgeted Hourly Range: $27.29/hr. to $30.60/ 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 # 70446

all returns of ILL material to the lending institutions; monitoring and responding to correspondence from lending institutions or UCSB clientele via email, the phone, and in person; participating in the collective processing of ILL borrowing and lending activities, and assisting the Library Services Desk staff, as needed. Reqs: High School Diploma or GED. Experience with Google Suite. 1‑3 years library experience and/or education and work experience. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child Abuse. Satisfactory conviction history background check The full hourly range is $24.76 ‑ $35.46/hr. The budgeted hourly range is $24.76 ‑ $29.42/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 more information: University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy and University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job # 70224

LEAD LABORER

RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS

Serves as working lead for team of Sr. Custodians, Sr. Building Maintenance Worker, student employees and seasonal workers, working various assignments. Responsible for work assignment and quality, safety, employee training, building security, oversight of special projects and maintenance tasks, emergency response and customer service. Orders and distributes supplies, and equipment maintenance for building. May be required to work schedules other than Monday through Friday, 7:30 am to 4:30 pm to meet the operational needs of the unit and to cover seven day service. May be required to perform other duties as assigned to meet the operational needs of the department. Works in an environment which is ethnically diverse and culturally pluralistic. Works in a team environment. Reqs: Minimum 3 years of custodial or maintenance work experience in an institution and/or commercial setting. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others as a team. Experience in a customer service environment. Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse work force. Ability to communicate and work effectively with staff and others such as, employees from other departments, students, parents, project managers, conference organizers, etc. Some computer experience, including Microsoft Office programs. Organizational experience. Ability to motivate staff and maintain positive morale. Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employer Pull‑Notice Program. Hours and schedule may vary to meet the operational needs of the department. Satisfactory conviction history background check.

Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range:

Assists with the daily operations of Interlibrary Loan (ILL), with a functional specialization in borrowing and receiving. Major duties include: monitoring ILL management systems for new borrowing requests submitted by UCSB patrons; processing ILL borrowing requests through bibliographic verification of requests in local, UC‑wide, and international databases, including determining lender and holding information; submitting and monitoring requests in both the ILL management system and the UC System‑wide Integrated Library System; searching for and discovering alternate sources for requested materials; sending inquiries about or corresponding with UCSB clientele about citation or availability of requested material; processing renewal, overdue, and recall transactions; processing

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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

SENIOR BUDGET & FINANCIAL ANALYST

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR

$26.53 ‑ $31.71/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. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #69748

Responsible for divisional finance and budget administration for Academic Affairs. Manages and coordinates a complex and diverse portfolio of financial and budgetary projects related to EVC commitments. Responsibilities include financial analysis, reporting, and tracking Composes and edits professional business correspondence and reports on behalf of the EVC. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of University and Academic Affairs’ financial, budgetary, and accounting policies and practices; advanced ability to conduct financial analyses; and independent thinking, creative problem solving, and excellent judgment to execute and recommend complex strategies and appropriate courses of action, resolve divisional financial issues, and serve as a divisional resource. As a representative of the EVC

Office, exhibits the highest degree of professionalism and discretion. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training. 3+ years experience in budget and financial analysis. 3+ years experience working in a college or university setting. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check The full salary range is $74,300 to $134,500/ yr. The budgeted salary range is $80,000 to $95,000/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information: https://policy. ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM‑20. And https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/ Anti‑Discrimination. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 70340

SPECIAL PROGRAM ADVISOR_CONTRACT (50%)

ASSOCIATED STUDENTS

Under the direction of the AS Management Group the A.S. Special Program Advisor works as a team member to advise committees in Associated Students, as assigned. Provides overall guidance in A.S. policies and procedures as well as ensures adherence to University policy. Provides some administrative assistance as needed to the committees in the assignment area. Reqs: 1‑3 yrs experience in higher education administrative, student services, or academic role. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check; Campus Security Authority. Budgeted Pay Rate/ Range: $24.95 – 26.31/hr. Full Title Code Pay Range: $24.95/hr. ‑ $42.10/ 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 # 68766

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF: HAROLD SUNGSHIK KIM

CASE NO.: 24PR00331

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

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: HARRY E. HAGEN, Santa Barbara County Public Administrator in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA BARBARA

THE PETITION for probate requests that: HARRY E. HAGEN, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PUBLIC

ADMINISTRATOR 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: 08/8/2024 at 9:00 A.M. in DEPT: 5 of the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, 2nd Floor Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107. 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.

Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer Date: 06/6/2024 By: Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Mike Munoz, Senior Deputy County Counsel 105 E. Anapamu Street, #201, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 568‑2950. Published: June 13, 20, 27, 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOHN V. LEGITTINO (aka John Vincent Legittino and John Legittino) Case No.: 24PR00289

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOHN V. LEGITTINO ALSO KNOWN AS JOHN VINCENT LEGITTINO AND JOHN LEGITTINO

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

THE PETITION for probate requests that: TONJA E. GIES be appointed as

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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: 07/1/2024 AT 8:30 a.m. Dept: SM‑4 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 312‑C East Cook Street, Building E, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Cook Division.

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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 06/4/2024 by Robert Mendez, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Danielle E. Miller, Esq. (SBN 186322) Loeb & Loeb LLP 10100 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 2200, Los Angeles, CA 90067 (310) 282‑2000 Published: Jun 13, 20, 27 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: KAY ANN JENKINS Case No.: 24PR00339

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

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

THE PETITION requests that (name): SCOTT SANDER 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.

THE PETITION requests that (name): ROBERT JACOBSEN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decendent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 08/15/2024

AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

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A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 09/05/2024 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

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 06/3/2024 by Nicolette Barnard, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Julianna M. Malis, Santa Barbara Estate Planning 14 W. Valerio Street, Suite A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, (805) 946‑1550 Published: June 20, 27. July 3 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARY LOU SCHMIDT Case No.: 24PR00220

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

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

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 06/13/2024 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: David B. Shea, Ferguson Case Orr Paterson LLP 1050 South Kimball Road Ventura, CA 93004

805‑659‑6800

Published: June 20, 27. July 3 2024.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: EULALIO MATA CASE No.: 24PR00367

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

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

THE PETITION requests that (name): ANTHONY MATA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held

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 06/20/2024 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Dana F. Longo 820 State Street, 4th Floor Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805‑966‑7000 Published: June 27. July 3, 11, 2024.

FBN

ABANDONMENT

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: PODIUM CONSTRUCTION 516 E Micheltorena St Santa Barbara, CA 93103 The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 05/28/24 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original File no. FBN 2024‑0001295. The persons or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Podium Enterprises Inc. (same address) The business was conducted by an Corporation. Signed by: ERIN GORRELL/PRESIDENT Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/30/24, FBN 2024‑0001311 , E49. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). Published: Jun 6, 13, 20, 27, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: STRONGHER DESIGNS 1215 De La Vina Street, Suite K Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Peak Experiences LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Filed by: STEPHEN E. PENNER/LLC MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 1, 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: 2024‑0001093. Published: Jun 6, 13, 20, 27, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OCEANVIEW PSYCHOTHERAPY 629 State Street, Ste 202 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Agustina Bertone (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: AGUSTINA BERTONE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 10, 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 E57. FBN Number: 2024‑0001384. Published: Jun 6, 13, 20, 27, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE GATEHOUSE 3503 Rancho Tepusquet Rd Santa Maria, CA 93454; RTV Winery LLC 132 Carrillo Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101‑1506 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Filed by: TAMMY KELLER/ COMPLIANCE ANALYST with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 24, 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: 2024‑0001278. Published: Jun 6, 13, 20, 27, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CHRIS POTTER ART 4623 Hollister Ave, Apt B Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Julie Beaumont (same address)This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: JULIE BEAUMONT/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2024‑0001252. Published: Jun 6, 13, 20, 27, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CEBS 6950 Hollister Ave, Suite 101 Goleta, CA 93117; CEB Metasystems, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: CHRISTOPHER ARCENAS‑UTLEY/ CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 24, 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: 2024‑0001306. Published: Jun 6, 13, 20, 27, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FAIRVIEW SHELL 42 North Fairview Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Thomas Lee Price (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: THOMAS PRICE/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 E47. FBN Number: 2024‑0001139. Published: Jun 6, 13, 20, 27, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GONZO’S SMALL ENGINE REPAIR 5950 Daley Street, Unit B Goleta, CA 93117; Gonzalo Verdin (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Fi led by: GONZALO VERDIN/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2024‑0001299. Published: Jun 6, 13, 20, 27, 2024. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PODIUM BUILDERS 516 East Micheltorena Street

LEGALS (CONT.)

20, 27, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s)

is/are doing business as: LITTLE

BEAR CO. 1116 N G St Lompoc, CA 93436; Priscilla Trancoso (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: PRISCILLA TRANCOSO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 E57. FBN Number: 2024‑0001294. Published: Jun 6, 13, 20, 27, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HE WASHES ME NOT, HE WASHES ME, FOAMY GALORE 5700 Via Real Apt 100 Carpinteria, CA 93013; Scott L Wilcox (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: SCOTT WILCOX/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 23, 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: 2024‑0001257. Published: Jun 6, 13, 20, 27, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SPA ESCAPE 3022 De La Vina St, Suite A Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Yolanda G Rosenthal (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: YOLANDA ROSENTHAL/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 10, 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: 2024‑0001393. Published: Jun 13, 20, 27. July 3, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CONFIDENTIALSEARCH.

COM‑HRGENERALIST.AI 1117

Crestline Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Domenic R Ceaser (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: DOMENIC CEASER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 3, 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: 2024‑0001338.

Published: Jun 13, 20, 27. July 3, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

FILE NO. FBN FBN2024‑0001097

The following person(s) is doing business as: SHANNON SEAVER CAREER COACHING, 2665 MEMORY LN SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105, County of SANTA BARBARA.

SHANNON SEAVER, 2665

MEMORY LN SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105

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/ SHANNON SEAVER, OWNER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/02/2024. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 7/3/24

CNS‑3813283# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MSD FAMILY, GP 6873 Shadowbrook Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Matthew S, DA Vega (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by:

D SHANE POTHE/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 3, 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: 2024‑0001345. Published: Jun 13, 20, 27. July 3, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PETERS & MILAM INSURANCE SERVICES 360 S Hope Ave, C‑120 Santa Barbara, CA

93105; David L Peters (same address) Steven P Milam (same address) This business is conducted by a Copartners Filed by: STEVE MILAM/PARTNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 6, 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: 2024‑0001372. Published: Jun 13, 20, 27. July 3, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE ARTISAN TILER, INC, ARTISAN TILE 4455 Falcon Drive 4455 Falcon Drive Lompoc, CA 93436; The Artisan Tiler, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: MICHAEL MORENO/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 5, 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: 2024‑0001366. Published: Jun 13, 20, 27. July 3, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PLANETVOTERS.COM 518 E. Arrellaga St #7 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Global Tech and Media, LLC 133 E De La Guerra St #282 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Fi led by: ROBERT BLAKEMORE/ MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 30, 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: 2024‑0001315. Published: Jun 13, 20, 27. July 3, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NORVELL BASS CLEANERS 3323 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; FMS Enterprises Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Fi led by: SERGIO CASTRO/ PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2024‑0001289. Published: Jun 13, 20, 27. July 3, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VIP PETCARE 221 E. Hwy. 246 Buellton, CA 93427; Commumnity Veterinary Clinics, LLC 230 E Riverside Dr. eagle, ID 83616 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Fi led by: JEFF CAYWOOD/SECRETARY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 3, 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 E57. FBN Number: 2024‑0001336. Published: Jun 13, 20, 27. July 3, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MOKSHA 1810 Clearview Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Tania N Isaac‑Dutton (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Fi led by: TANIA ISAAC‑DUTTON with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 6, 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: 2024‑0001370. Published: Jun 13, 20, 27. July 3, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FLORES HEAVY EQUIPMENT 1117 Hutash St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Javier Flores (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: JAVIER FLORES/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2024‑0001128. Published: Jun 13, 20, 27. July 3, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 805 ROADSIDE TOWING

at 5939 Placencia St. Goleta, CA 93117; Boucher Co. (same address) conducted by a Corporation

Signed: KRISTINA BOUCHER/VICE PRESIDENT Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 10, 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 . FBN NUMBER: 2024‑0001397. Published: June 13, 20, 27. July 3 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 100XLIFE 302 Piedmont Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Santa Barbara House of Prayer (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: ROB DAYTON/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 6, 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: 2024‑0001369. Published: Jun 13, 20, 27. July 3, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RYVE 435 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Ryve (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Fi led by: VIR SINGH/PRINCIPAL with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 3, 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: 2024‑0001342.

Published: Jun 13, 20, 27. July 3, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2024‑0001249

The following person(s) is doing business as:

CLAY SHOOTER ENTERPRISES, 4423 FOXENWOOD LN SANTA BARBARA, SANTA MARIA, CA 93455, County of SANTA BARBARA. CODY TUCKER, 4423 FOXENWOOD LN SANTA MARIA, CA 93455

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/ CODY TUCKER, OWNER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/22/2024.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 7/3/24 CNS‑3819792# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAGE & HONEY BAKESHOP, ARTISAN

TILE 4455 Falcon Drive Lopoc, CA 93436; The Artisan Tiler, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Filed by: MICHAEL MORENO/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 5, 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: 2024‑0001366. Published: Jun 13, 20, 27. July 3, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

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

FLOW 1405 Anderson Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93111; David S Pothe PO Box 61757 Santa Barbara, CA 93160

This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: D SHANE POTHE/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 5, 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: 2024‑0001353. Published: Jun 13, 20, 27. July 3, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2024‑0001235

The following person(s) is doing business as:

ROSS BROS BASEBALL, 141 EAST HWY 246 SUITE C., BUELLTON, CA 93427, County of SANTA BARBARA. DANIEL ROSS, 141 EAST HWY

246 SUITE C., BUELLTON, CA 93427

This business is conducted by AN INIDIVIDUAL.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE /s/ DANIEL ROSS, OWNER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 5/20/2024. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/13, 6/20, 6/27, 7/3/24

CNS‑3818769# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PAZMAEN PRESS 2637 State Street U1 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Tristan Partridge (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: TRISTAN PARTRIDGE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 6, 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: 2024‑0001371. Published: Jun 20, 27. July 3, 11 2024. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE SANTA BARBARA SMOKEHOUSE 312 N. Nopal Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; SBS Acquisition Company, LLC 395 W. Passaic Street Rochelle Park, NJ 07662 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Filed by: DARCY ZBINOVEC/CHIEF

EXECUTIVE OFFICER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 30, 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: 2024‑0001318. Published: Jun 20, 27. July 3, 11 2024.

PUBLIC NOTICE FOR COMMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PLAIN JANE TILE 735 State St, Suite 511 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Gina Giannetto (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by: GINA GIANNETTO/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 30, 2024. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland,

Public Housing Agency Annual Plan FY2025 and 5-Year Plan

The Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara (HASBARCO) is inviting all interested parties to comment on the Public Housing Agency Annual Plan and 5-Year Plan for 2025, in accordance with Section 903.17 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This public notice is hereby posted at a minimum of 45 calendar days prior to the public hearing scheduled on August 15, 2024, at 5:00PM.

The draft PHA Annual Plan and draft 5-Year Plan are now available for review on HASBARCO’s website: www.hasbarco.org. A hard copy is also available for review at the agency’s Lompoc Housing office during regular business hours: 817 West Ocean Avenue, Lompoc, California 93436 – Monday-Thursday 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.

Written comments may be sent to the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara at P.O. Box 397, Lompoc, CA 93438-0397 or by email to janetmora@hasbarco.org. The deadline for submitting written comments is August 15, 2024, at 3:00 PM.

A public hearing on the draft plans will be held on August 15, 2024, at 5:00 PM. The location of the hearing will be Miller Community Center, 5575 Armitos Avenue, Goleta, CA.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us Meeting ID: 810 6155 6536 Passcode: 854419 Or by Phone +1669 900-6833

In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in the public hearing, please contact the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara at (805) 736-3423 or by email to janetmora@hasbarco.org. Notification at least 24 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Housing Authority to make reasonable arrangements. June 24, 2024

AVISO PÚBLICO PARA COMENTARIOS

Plan Anual de la Agencia de Vivienda Pública para el año Fiscal 2025 y Plan de 5-Años La Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Santa Bárbara (HASBARCO) está invitando a todas las partes interesadas a comentar sobre el Plan Anual y el Plan de 5-años de la Agencia de Vivienda Pública para 2025, de acuerdo con la Sección 903.17 del Título 24 del Código de Regulaciones Federales. Este aviso público se publica con un mínimo de 45 días calendario antes de la audiencia pública programada para el 15 de agosto de 2024 a las 5:00 p.m.

El borrador del Plan Anual y el borrador del Plan de 5-años están disponibles para su revisión en el sitio web de HASBARCO: www.hasbarco.org. Una copia impresa también esta disponible para su revisión en la oficina de Lompoc durante horas de oficina: 817 West Ocean Ave, Lompoc, California, 93436 – lunes a jueves de 10:00 a.m. a 4:00 p.m. Comentarios por escrito pueden enviarse a la Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Santa Bárbara en P.O. Box 397, Lompoc, CA 93438-0397 o por correo electrónico a janetmora@hasbarco.org La fecha límite para enviar comentarios por escrito es el 15 de agosto de 2024 a las 3:00 p.m.

El 15 de agosto de 2023, a las 5:00 p.m., se llevará a cabo una audiencia pública sobre los borradores de los planes. El lugar de la audiencia será Miller Community Center, 5575 Armitos Avenue, Goleta, CA.

Únase a la reunión de Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us ID de reunión: 810 6155 6536

Código de acceso: 854419 O por teléfono +1669 900-6833

De conformidad con la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades, si necesita asistencia especial para participar en la audiencia pública, comuníquese con la Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Santa Bárbara al (805) 736-3423 o por correo electrónico a janetmora@hasbarco.org. La notificación al menos 24 horas antes de la reunión permitirá a la Autoridad de Vivienda hacer arreglos razonables.

CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 607

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

County on

10,

Limited Liability Company Filed by: IAN CHIDESTER/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 10, 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: 2024‑0001401. Published: Jun 20, 27. July 3, 11 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

Joseph E. Holland, County

(SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2024‑0001388. Published: Jun 20, 27. July 3, 11

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ACTION TREE, ACTION TREE CARE, ACTION TREE SERVICE, ACTION TREE COMPANY 897 Fellowship Road Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Eric Alan Halvorson PO Box 2371 Santa Barbara, CA 93120 This business is conducted by a Individual Fi led by: ERIC HALVORSON/PROPRIETOR with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 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 E30. FBN Number: 2024‑0001381. Published: Jun 20, 27. July 3, 11 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CCYCLE METRICS, CCM 69 Santa Felicia Drive, 103 Goleta, CA 93117; Competition Cycle Metrics, LLC (same address)

This business is conducted by a

FILE NO. FBN 2024‑0001326

The following person(s) is doing business as:

CJ CONSULTING, 4232 WHISPERING PINES DR SANTA MARIA, CA 93455, County of SANTA BARBARA. CORBIN MURRAY, 4232 WHISPERING PINES DR SANTA MARIA, CA 93455

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/ CORBIN MURRAY, OWNER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/31/2024. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/20, 6/27, 7/3, 7/11/24

CNS‑3822905# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. FBN 2024‑0001323

The following person(s) is doing business as:

BEE YOUR BEST 318 W DE LA GUERRA ST APT C SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101, County of SANTA BARBARA. REBECCA SAUNDERS, 318 W DE LA GUERRA ST APT C 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 NOT APPLICABLE /s/ REBECCA SAUNDERS, OWNER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/31/2024.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/20, 6/27, 7/3, 7/11/24

CNS‑3822900#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PLAIN JACK TILE 735 State St, Suite 511 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Gina Giannetto (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Filed by:

GINA GIANNETTO/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 30, 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: 2024‑0001321. Published: Jun 20, 27. July 3, 11 2024.

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

Cambridge Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Ethan C Kahn (Same Address)

This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jun 01, 1978. Filed by: ETHAN KAHN with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 31, 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: 2024‑0001329. Published: Jun 20, 27. July 3, 11 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. FBN 2024‑0001309

The following person(s) is doing business as:

OSI GLOBAL, 606 OLIVE ST, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101, County of SANTA BARBARA.

OSI HARDWARE, INC., 606 OLIVE ST, SANTA BARABARA, CA 93101; CA

This business is conducted by A CORPORATION.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on JAN 01, 2022 /s/ CHRISTIAN SAUNDERS, CEO

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/30/2024.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/27, 7/3, 7/11, 7/18/24

CNS‑3823547#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COASTLINE LANDSCAPE 6240 Aberdeen Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Brent A Stevens (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Oct 14, 2014. Fi led by: BRENT STEVENS/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on JUNE 5, 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: 2024‑0001362. Published: Jun 27, July 3, 11, 18, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT

File No. FBN 2024‑0001352

The following person(s) is doing business as:

SANTA BARBARA TAI CHI & QIGONG, 203 HITCHCOCK WAY APT 102 SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105, County of SANTA BARBARA.

TONI DEMOULIN, 203 HITCHCOCK WAY APT 102 SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105

This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on SEP 06, 1977 /s/ TONI DEMOULIN, OWNER

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 06/05/2024.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/27, 7/3, 7/11, 7/18/24

CNS‑3825564# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA TAI CHI & QIGONG 203 Hitchcock way Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Toni DeMoulin (Same Address)

This business is conducted by An Individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 06, 1977. Filed by: TONI DEMOULIN, OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 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 E57. FBN Number: 2024‑0001352. Published: Jun 27, July 3, 11, 18, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAMUEL BE AND MARGARET C MOSHER FOUNDATION 1114 State Street, Suite 248 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Mosher Foundation PO Box 1079 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 This business is conducted by A Corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Dec 18, 2019. Filed by: JENNIFER ENGMYR/ CHEIF FINANCIAL OFFICER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on JUNE 18, 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: 2024‑0001457. Published: Jun 27, July 3, 11, 18, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GRAPHIC INK, COMOTION MEDIA 132 Robin Hill Rd, Unit B, Goleta, CA 93117; Rockpress Corporation (Same Address) This business is conducted by A Corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 15, 2024. Filed by: ALEX LEUNG/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on MAY 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: 2024‑0001287. Published: Jun 27, July 3, 11, 18, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CITY APPLIANCE SALES & SERVICE 205 W Ocean Ave Lompoc, CA 93436; Sarabeth Teresa Sheppard (Same Address) This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant commenced

to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 01, 2008. Filed by: SARABETH SHEPPARD, OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 18, 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: 2024‑0001459. Published: Jun 27, July 3, 11, 18, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CREATIONS BY THE SEA 5027 Calle Tania Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Jennifer A Treloar (Same Address) This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 29, 2024. Filed by: JENNY TRELOAR, OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 31, 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: 2024‑0001332. Published: Jun 27, July 3, 11, 18, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SILK ROAD’S KITCHEN 453 Atterdag Rd Solvang, CA 93463; Silk Road Holdings, Inc 4604 Appaloosa Trail Santa Maria, CA 93455 This business is conducted by A Corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 24, 2024. Filed by: PRISCILLA OZKAN, VICE PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 29, 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: 2024‑0001304. Published: Jun 27, July 3, 11, 18, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SILK ROAD TRANSPORTATION 4604 Appaloosa Trail Santa Maria, CA 93455; Silk Road Holdings, Inc (Same Address) This business is conducted by A Corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 24, 2024. Filed by: PRISCILLA OZKAN, VICE PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 29, 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: 2024‑0001305. Published: Jun 27, July 3, 11, 18, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MCGOLPIN CONSULTING LLC 65 Surrey Place Goleta, CA 93117; McGolpin Consulting LLC (Same Address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NA. Filed by: SCOTT MCGOLPIN, PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 18, 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: 2024‑0001460. Published: Jun 27, July 3, 11, 18, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EDEN SPA AND SALON 812 W. Walnut Ave. Lompoc, CA 93436; Eden Wellness Enterprises, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 09, 2024. Filed by: VIRGINIA E GATES/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on JUNE 3, 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: 2024‑0001341. Published: Jun 27, July 3, 11, 18, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: O’CONNOR

PEST CONTROL WEST COAST 15415 S MARQUARDT AVE SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA 90670; Rentokil North America, Inc. 1125 Berkshire Blvd, Suite 150 Wyomissing, PA 19610 This business is conducted by A Individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Feb 01, 2014. Filed by: WILLIAM MCALLISTER/ SECRETARY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on JUNE 18, 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: 2024‑0001450. Published: Jun 27, July 3, 11, 18, 2024.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. FBN 2024‑0001324 The following person(s) is doing business as: HIGHLINE ADVENTURES, 700 E HWY 246, BUELLTON, CA 93427, County of SANTA BARBARA. HIGH LINE ADVENTURES LLC, 700 E HWY 246, BUELLTON, CA 93427 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 NOV 06, 2019 /s/ JEFF HARTMAN, MEMBER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/31/2024. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/27, 7/3, 7/11, 7/18/24

CNS‑3823551# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: MARIA FRANCESCA LUCIA BASA aka FRANCESCA L. BASA CASE NUMBER: 24CV02857 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: MARIA FRANCESCA LUCIA BASA aka FRANCESCA L. BASA PROPOSED NAME: FRANCESCA LUCIA BASA 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 JULY 22, 2024, 10:00 am DEPT 5 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 JUNE 10, 2024, JUDGE COLLEEN K. STERNE. of the Superior Court. Published June 20, 27. July 3, 11 2024. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: PEDRO ANGEL CAMPOS CASE NUMBER: 24CV02898 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court for decree changing name (s) as follows:

PRESENT NAME: PEDRO ANGEL CAMPOS

PROPOSED NAME: PETER ANGEL CAMPOS 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

MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: LARISSA

ADRIANA MEHLIG CASE NUMBER: 24CV03014 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: LARISSA ADRIANA

MEHLIG PROPOSED NAME: LARA ADRIANNA

CASTRO 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 JULY 31, 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 JUNE 10, 2024, JUDGE THOMAS P. ANDERLE of the Superior Court. Published June 20, 27. July 3, 11 2024. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: PAOLINO JOE RICCHIAZZI

CASE NUMBER: 24CV03156

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

PRESENT NAME: PAOLINO JOE

RICCHIAZZI

PROPOSED NAME: PAUL JOSEPH

RICCHIAZZI

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 August 9, 2024, 10:00 am, DEPT 4 SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR

COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101, A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the 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 JUNE 14, 2024, JUDGE

Donna D. Geck of the Superior Court. Published June 27. July 3, 11, 18 2024.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MOSQUITO AND VECTOR MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FOR THE SERVICE ZONE NO. 1 ASSESSMENT AND SERVICE ZONE NO. 2 ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024‑25

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Mosquito and Vector Management District of Santa Barbara County intends to conduct public hearings for the CONTINUATION of a benefit assessment in fiscal year 2024‑25 that funds the District’s mosquito, vector control and disease prevention services and projects in Santa Barbara County.

The public hearing to consider the ordering of services and projects, and the levy of the continued assessments for fiscal year 2024‑25 for the Service Zone No. 1 and Service Zone No. 2 Assessments shall be held on Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 18 at the Santa Barbara Community College Wake Center Campus, 300 N. Turnpike Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93111. The proposed assessment rate for fiscal year 2024‑25

is twelve dollars and eighty cents

($12.80) per single‑family equivalent benefit unit for Service Zone 1, and is twelve dollars and eighty cents

($12.80) per single‑family equivalent benefit unit for Service Zone 2.

Members of the public are invited to provide comment at the public hearing, or, in writing which is received by the District by 12:00

P.M. on Thursday, July 11, 2024. If you desire additional information concerning the above, please contact the Mosquito and Vector Management District of Santa Barbara County at (805) 969‑5050.

Dated June 27, 2024 Mosquito and Vector Management District of Santa Barbara County

NOTICE of Hearing and Opportunity to Comment on Draft C lean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification and Waste Discharge Requirements for Utility Wildfire and Similar Operations and Maintenance Activities Statewide and Draft

Environmental Impact Report

The State Water Resources Control Board will accept comments on the draft Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification and Waste Discharge Requirements for Utility Wildfire and Similar Operations and Maintenance Activities (Order) and Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR). The Order proposes to cover electric utility wildfire risk mitigation, response, and cleanup activities (e.g., vegetation management, system hardening, and site access) that may cause or threaten to cause a discharge of waste into waters of the state and operations and maintenance activities that have the same potential effects on water quality statewide. The Draft EIR identifies potential significant impacts to aesthetics, cultural resources, and tribal cultural resources. The comment period starts June 28 with a staff workshop on July 23, 2024.

Comments must be received by the Board Clerk (commentletters@

waterboards.ca.gov) no later than 12:00 noon on August 30, 2024. The Board will also accept comments at a hearing on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, 9:00 a.m. at the CalEPA Building, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA. The hearing will also be broadcast via video and teleconference. The agenda with instructions for meeting access are available at the State Water Board Calendar page: https://www. waterboards.ca. gov/board_info/ calendar/. The documents will be available at the CalEPA Building or on the program webpage: https://www. waterboards. ca. gov/water_issues/ programs/cwa401/

NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING ON REPORT OF SEWER SERVICE CHARGES LEVIED BY THE GOLETA SANITARY DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Section 5473 of the California Health and Safety Code, there has been filed with the Secretary of the Goleta Sanitary District, a report containing: (a) a proposal to have sewer service charges for the Fiscal Year 2024-25 collected on the tax roll, (b) a description of each parcel of real property receiving services and facilities furnished by the Goleta Sanitary District in connection with its wastewater system, and (c) the amount of the sewer service charge to be levied upon each parcel for the Fiscal Year 2024-25, computed in conformity with the charges prescribed by an ordinance duly passed and approved by the Governing Board of the Goleta Sanitary District; and that the time and place for a hearing on said report has been set for Monday, July 15, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., at the office of the Goleta Sanitary District, One William Moffett Place, Goleta, California 93117.

DATED: June 17, 2024 GOLETA SANITARY DISTRICT By _____________________________

Robert O. Mangus, Jr. Secretary of the Governing Board

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 – In Person and Virtual Meeting

The meeting starts at 9:00 a.m.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following matter will be heard by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter, in Person at 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, and by Remote Virtual Participation. Please find remote participation instructions on the Clerk of the Board’s webpage, https://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.

A public hearing to consider the adoption of a resolution that adjusts the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025 library special tax rate in County Service Area (CSA) No. 3 (greater Goleta) by 3.50%, which reflects the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for 2023, and that confirms the written report that contains a description of each parcel of real property receiving the extended library facilities and services in CSA No. 3 and the amount of the special tax for each parcel for FY 2024-2025.

This written report detailing the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 special tax rate per parcel for CSA No. 3 has been filed with the Clerk of the Board, 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria. It will also be available for viewing online on the County Clerk’s website. This written report is also available for public viewing at the Goleta Library.

Please see the posted agenda of the Board of Supervisors for July 16, 2024, available on or about Thursday, July 11, 2024, prior to the meeting for a more specific time for this item. However, the order of the agenda may be rearranged or the item may be continued.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Clerk of the Board to make reasonable arrangements.

If you challenge this project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Board of Supervisors at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Santa Barbara Independent 6/27/24

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