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FOR MAYOR: Eric Friedman
FOR DISTRICT 4: Devon Wardlow
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arely, if ever, do Santa Barbara city voters get to roll so many dice when selecting a new mayor and new city council representatives. In this election, those four seats are up for grabs. That brings a whole new majority to the council. Or it could be. This year, the endorsement process has been unusu-
H H H H For Mayor H H H H We are endorsing councilmember Eric Friedman — a moderate’s moderate who we believe will bring balance and a spirit of cooperation to the council, something that has long been missing from the present group on the dais. Friedman, a lowkey policy wonk with decades of serious front-line government service under his belt, will work infinitely harder and more effectively to find consensus than the current mayor has. The council will be weighted toward a progressive agenda, one we generally support, but we believe Friedman will be able to incorporate other sensible ideas from the more moderate members, thus avoiding the bitterness and stalemates that have hindered this council for the last eight years. Given the weighty fiscal and political challenges confronting City Hall, those skills will be key. Also running are current councilmember Kristen Sneddon and former school board member Wendy Sims-Moten. Sims-
FOR DISTRICT 5: Ian Baucke
ally painful and conflicted. For mayor we found ourselves forced to choose between two incumbent councilmembers we have long known, supported, and respected. For the council seats representing three districts, we found most candidates to be thoughtful and sincerely concerned about the state of the city. Ultimately we are endorsing three who
Moten brings many admirable qualities to the race but has had limited experience in city government and has not raised enough money to be a viable candidate. We hope that she will continue to participate in the civic life of Santa Barbara, and we look forward to seeing her in coming elections. We have long admired Kristen Sneddon during her eight years as a councilmember and as a person. But in recent years, she has disappointed us with her leadership skills. Nevertheless, she has done much for the city. She advocated for a downtown homeless day center years before it became a reality. In the face of ICE onslaughts, she secured city funding to defend immigrants under attack. She herself has gone out on neighborhood dawn patrol looking for ICE vehicles. And Sneddon pushed hard for the creation of the Sustainability and Resilience Department in City Hall. But so too did Eric Friedman. They both pushed for an affordable housing trust fund, but Friedman cautioned against allowing it to eat too much into the city’s reserves. That led to the much-ballyhooed budget tussle putting the two on dif-
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we believe are best informed and likely to do the best job. Most importantly we believe all three have the personality and temperament to present their ideas and ideologies in a practical, civil manner and reach decisions that acknowledge other points of view. Unlike Goldilocks, we didn’t find any “just rights,” but still, we think they all are pretty damn good.
ferent sides. Where Sneddon connects on big issues, Friedman tends to stick to the nuts and bolts of government funding and interdepartmental procedure. His early training in how government works was with county supervisor Naomi Schwartz, then for Salud Carbajal. Constituent service was everything. He tends to trust staff; staff tends to trust him. As Friedman tells it, it’s all about listening to people. He rarely gives advocates the unequivocal answers they want. Rent stabilization is an exemption; he believes it will reduce housing supply. Rents will go up. The exact opposite of its intention. With the present rent stabilization ordinance recently approved by the council, we think he probably will be right. We wholeheartedly support a different form of rent stabilization; if done correctly, such measures show they can protect neighborhoods from gentrification, and the city from depopulation. But we had serious issues with the specifics of the ordinance that will go into effect next year. It will be among the strictest in the state — allowing land-
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2026 PART 2 lords to increase rents by only 60 percent of the consumer price index (CPI) or a flat cap of 3 percent, whichever is least. Based on our reading of rent stabilization measures in other cities, the stricter the controls, the higher the median rent becomes. That sounds counterintuitive, but when rent-stabilized units become vacant, landlords in those cities tend to jack up rents more than they do in cities with milder ordinances. In addition, city administrators are seriously alarmed at what they expect to be the high number of appeals filed by landlords of this ordinance. They estimate it will cost $27,000 per appeal. Overall, city staff estimates the new ordinance could cost $2.4 million to administer. This would come when the city is looking at multimillion budget deficits for years since it has already eaten perilously deep into city reserves. Instead, we liked the idea of exempting all units for which landlords charge less than the market rate from the stabilization ordinance. That would better address the issue of higher rebound rents, and reduce the number of appeals — triggered by the 60 percent CPI requirement. This idea was shot down by councilmembers, led by Wendy Santamaria from the District 1 before it was ever broached. From our vantage point, rent stabilization advocates on the council and in the community took a win-at-all-cost posture here, even refusing, until the bitter end, to exempt low-income units under the control of the City Housing Authority and already governed by rent limits. Ultimately, this exemption was included but only after a knock-down drag-out between councilmember Meagan Harmon and Santamaria, both ardent rent control advocates. This was an avoidable collision of bad policy and bad politics. We had hoped Kristen Sneddon, with years more council experience under her belt, would have demonstrated more mayoral leadership skills. She only pushed for the elimination of the 60 percent CPI requirement in the final few hearings, but even then, her efforts were tentative and ultimately too damn late. There’s such a thing as being unduly deferential to the activists. Ultimately, Sneddon would blister others for hijacking the ordinance and said she “felt played.” She never said specifically by whom. Presumably, she meant Santamaria. It hurt to watch. And worse, paid crews are already out collecting the signatures to qualify the rent stabilization ordinance for a ballot referendum early next year. No doubt, that would have happened no matter how moderate the ordinance. But supporters of the strict measure did themselves, the community at large, and rent stabilization no favor by making it such an easy target to attack. Assuming landlords collect the necessary number of signatures, we think it’s not outside the pale of likelihood that rent stabilization ordinance will be defeated. Then what? When it came to the State Street Master Plan, Friedman showed real leadership and vision. He called around to other cities with pedestrian malls. What worked? What didn’t? He concluded that the eight block paseo for Santa Barbara was too long, and he proposed a four block paseo instead. He twisted arms and bent ears. But the arguments on the council had boiled down to cars or no cars. He got nowhere. When the State Street Master Plan came up for a vote late last month, Friedman put aside his differences and sided with the majority. It was a 6-1 vote. Today, there is an attempt to get a referendum
on the ballot next year to stop the master plan. It is being financed by landlord Jim Knell, who is also one of Friedman’s biggest funders. Friedman hopes this attempt at a referendum might help him fashion a compromise that would allow cars on half of State Street until funding can be secured to build out the plan. That would take years. To date, however, such talk remains speculative. It’s not clear there are any takers. We wish Friedman could articulate a more passionate response to the national and global challenges confronting us as his opponent Sneddon can. That is not Friedman’s style, but he has strong liberal, compassionate, democratic values that have anchored his decisions in the past, and we are convinced they will do so now. We cannot guarantee he will succeed in solving the city’s great challenges, but we believe it is Eric Friedman who gives us the best shot of getting us all there in one piece.
H H For Councilmembers H H For the three council seats, we are endorsing Devon Wardlow, Gabe Escobedo, and Ian Baucke, three young, smart, wonky progressives all with actual experience in government service. All are fueled by a seething impatience to maximize the city’s limited opportunities to get genuinely affordable housing built and to bring downtown back to life. We know there will be disagreements. We certainly hope so. But these three councilmembers bring a better balance to discussions. And, with Eric Friedman’s guidance as mayor, we think the ensuing debate will be more constructive, civil, and fruitful. We know all too well the sound of one hand clapping, and we don’t like it. “My way or the highway” has never served the city well. Some of the current sitting councilmembers have been seriously alienated by the dismissive, superior tone used by their colleagues in recent deliberations, particularly on rent stabilization. Those conversations did not bring about sensible solutions. The three candidates we are endorsing all have correctly cited affordable housing as the single most pressing issue facing the city and we think they will be able to work together with the other three sitting councilmembers to get us closer to this goal. Devon Wardlow, with five years on the planning commission, is running in District 4. She brings the most immediate experience and has demonstrated the most obvious independence from the activist/party base, having written an op-ed blistering the proposed rent stabilization ordinance as a bad case of legislative overreach while expressing support for its objective. She knows the State Street Master Plan chapter and verse, and she has already suggested sensible ideas to modify it without throwing the whole thing out. Absolutely nobody on the council will work harder than Wardlow. Based on comments from her fellow planning commissioners, we are confident she knows how to move the needle without sticking it in someone’s eye. We think she will be what they call a force multiplier on the council. (Read a fuller endorsement at Independent.com.) Gabe Escobedo — running for downtown’s District 6 — harnessed his experience on the planning commission and the school board to push for the development of school district employee housing on two parcels of land owned by the school district. With City Hall now exploring similar efforts with land it owns, Escobedo’s experience would be valuable. In person, he is thoughtful, reflective, and personable. In the wake
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daughter to school? What happened to going after “the worst of the worst”? And he was just one of 50 people arrested by ICE agents in Santa Maria last week. Valencia has pledged to aggressively bird-dog ICE agents’ access to county jail and to speak out against their outrageous behavior. In response, Aguilera points out that immigration enforcement is a federal matter. We already know that. But this doesn’t absolve our elected local officials from bearing moral witness in the face of domestic terrorism. We are living in one of those times now.
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of the George Floyd murder, he played a major role helping to navigate and negotiate the creation of a new police review type board. He spent about 13 months on that project, which ended on a sour note that persists to this day for a host of reasons. That commission, while lamentably underutilized, still exists and still offers a vehicle by which the broader community could weigh in on such things as ICE, video surveillance, police staffing, and alternatives to incarceration for people suffering from addiction or mental illness. He would be the person to make that happen. Ian Baucke, running in District 5, is a key member of the Strongtown high-density-development-car-free-activist core. At 27, he might seem a little young for the district in which he’s running. But smart, savvy, and schooled in the art of politics, Baucke exudes an air of inevitability about him. By day, he works for State Senator Monique Limón, doing constituent service work in her downtown office. The work grounds him, though raises conflict of interest issues. Legally there are none, but the interests of California and the city collide? Yet he can get the ear of the most powerful woman in state government to make Santa Barbara’s case? As part of his Strongtown values, one point Baucke hammers away on is the need for improved road safety. And on the subject of e-bikes, Baucke says, they are here and we need to get used to it. But they do have to follow the rules.
With natural disasters becoming more intense and more frequent, Californians find themselves increasingly up against the wall when it comes to finding remotely affordable fire and home insurance. What the state offers with its FAIR plan falls drastically short and given the state of the state budget, won’t be getting any better soon. Allen preaches the gospel of fire risk reduction and hopes to enlist anyone within earshot to this crusade. While the lingo of insurance is so opaque and obtuse, by design no doubt, we need a commissioner who will push and fight and ask all the uncomfortable questions so when that the time comes, we won’t find ourselves abjectly horrified by all the terrible answers. Ben Allen fills that bill. And perhaps if he’s elected, the answers won’t be quite so horrifying.
Luz Reyes-Martin In this county election, the 5th Supervisorial District — encompassing Santa Maria, Guadalupe, and Tanglewood — will have the greatest impact. Whatever the outcome, the political and emotional chemistry of the Board of Supervisors will change drastically. Supervisor Steve Lavagnino, who for the last 12 years has been the unprecedented swing-vote mix of fiscal conservatism and human compassion — an old-school Republican until Donald J. Trump burned that schoolhouse down — is retiring. In the quest to fill Lavagnino’s shoes, we are endorsing Ricardo Valencia, an 18-year Santa Maria High School teacher, a four-year member of the Santa Maria School Board, and an unapologetically progressive Democrat. The child of undocumented immigrants from Mexico, Valencia grew up raw and poor in both Guadalupe and Santa Maria. His parents worked hard, but the family was forced to move often, once into a homeless shelter. Valencia said he was falling in with gang life but was saved by a high school teacher who saw in him possibilities he didn’t see himself. Valencia was the first in his family to attend college at UC Berkeley and graduate school at Tufts. His opponent, Maribel Aguilera, shares an equally compelling immigrant success story, picking strawberries in the field and being the first in her family to attend college, then law school. Aguilera worked at the Rape Crisis Center and the Legal Aid Society helping victims of domestic violence. Today she works on real estate transactions, boasting she got hundreds of units of housing built. She has served on Santa Maria’s planning commission and on its city council. Valencia has raised about $200,000 from unions and the usual Democratic Party sources. Aguilera says she’s independent, but she is backed by the county Republican Party and generously funded by the usual big business and big agricultural interests. Both are formidable candidates. Both would bring a radically different life experiences to the board. We feel it’s especially important Valencia get elected. Valencia supports transitioning from onshore fossil-fuel production to new green energy sources. Given the large number of high-paying oil and gas jobs in the 5th District, this could be political suicide. But sooner or later, the human species will finally accept that climate change is real. That’s a whole other form of suicide. With Valencia on the board, we are confident he will work to make this transition. Last Monday, like many people, we were morally horrified when ICE agents snatched an Allan Hancock student’s father as he dropped his daughter off at school. A father taking his
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Goleta first became a city unto itself back in 2002; today, it’s a looming, booming tech hub — among other things. Given the passion with which Goleta residents want to keep the Goodland good — in spite of all the intense internal and external pressures to colonize ag land into housing and commercial development — experienced and sensitive political direction at the helm is essential. It’s not always easy, as the growing pains of Old Town, with the application of newly striped parking lanes, can attest. Or the firestorm that erupted when it was discovered that a gun shop was opening up right next door to a preschool. Making the connection between city staff, often overworked and beleaguered, and community members who don’t often feel adequately heard are the elected officials. In this regard, councilmember Luz Reyes-Martín, a graduate-school urban planning wonk now running for her second term, is blessed with a deft touch. It doesn’t hurt that she served on the Goleta school district as well, worked as public information officer for Planned Parenthood and City College, and seems to know everyone in town. Councilmember James Kyriaco — now running for his second term representing Old Town and an old hand politically — has distinguished himself in the past by moving the needle to expand the number of development incentives for child care. A wonk’s wonk,
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Running alongside Ball for two council seats are longtime Lompoc nurse Sarah Anne Read and Housing Authority housing advisor Sharlameigne Segovia, both first-time candidates also running as Democrats. North County homeless service providers have long complained that Lompoc has adopted a drawbridge mentality when it comes to taking advantage of homeless services the county provides. The Santa Ynez riverbed has long been a haven for homeless encampments, but Lompoc officials over the years have resisted collaborative efforts on the grounds that doing so might entice even more homeless people. This complaint has been an abiding issue, and Lompoc’s refusal to engage has hamstrung the effective delivery of services to people who need help and to a community that needs relief from some of the activities taking place along the river bottom.
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It’s perversely fitting, perhaps, that a town that was once the cut-flower capital of California, producer of the most mustard in the United States, and home to 20 recreational marijuana dispensaries, has gone to seed. At least that’s the claim of five-year councilmember Jeremy Ball, who is challenging incumbent mayor James Mosby for his seat. Ball, the son of a conservative minister who grew up in Lompoc, charges that Mosby has allowed other large property owners to let their land lie fallow and their rental properties lie empty in visible disrepair, and has gutted the city’s code enforcement function. People calling to complain about rundown derelict properties, Ball said, are no longer granted anonymity. All this has created a run-down ambience that does not encourage small businesses to invest in Lompoc, and Ball is determined to fix it. He has also tried unsuccessfully to force out fellow councilmember Steve Bridge — charged with 25 criminal counts for allegedly filing $10,000 in fraudulent construction invoices at city expense. Bridge has declined to do so unless he’s found guilty. Mosby has backed him up. The pervading taint of scandal has livened up council meetings but has not put Lompoc in a favorable light. Mosby, known for a gruff, commanding, and sometimes intimidating persona, has dismissed Ball’s concerns as political grandstanding.
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An elementary school principal gets caught rigging a class election so her daughter can win the vote? Now we’re hearing this may not be an aberration but business as usual. Could that really be true? And the Santa Barbara Unified School District is $9.7 million in the hole. No wonder math scores are going down. No wonder Superintendent Hilda Maldonado is about to hit the road. The only question will be whether she was pushed or whether she jumped. Does it matter? Does it matter who we elect to the school board in November? It always does.
Clearly, one of the two most technically qualified is Valerie Amparan, a charter school mom with loads of nonprofit and corporate experience. She knows how to read a spreadsheet and what it means. She also knows how to use “data,” something most students are taught but many candidates are not. For the record, she is half Latina, said to be proud of her Central Valley roots and a cross between a badass and a painin-the-ass. Little wonder, then, why she was endorsed by board members Celeste Kafri and Sunita Beall, who are both smart, tough, independent, and comfortable asking uncomfortable questions. The other candidate who intrigues us is Mark Philibosian, mostly because his background is in finance and his wife is a teacher. Philibosian is openly Christian; his wife teaches at a Christian school. We don’t know what that may or may not mean, but he too knows how to read data when it comes to test scores and expenditures and revenues. If you can’t do high finance, you’ve got no business on the school board. Maybe if we had more number crunchers there, principals would not be so brazen as to rig class president elections.
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Kyriaco is endowed with seemingly unlimited energy and enthusiasm. But at times, he can seem a little Panglossian when assessing the pinch caused by “progress,” especially in places like Old Town, where even the slightest of changes can feel monumental to those who live there.
For thousands of students and hundreds of professional educators, the Santa Barbara Community College board of directors calls the shots on a host of critical policy and fiscal matters. We have seen what mischief ensues when unqualified candidates get elected. In Area 7, encompassing the Mesa, Hope Ranch, the Upper Westside and Samarkand, we are lucky to have a qualified candidate: Andrea Varon, a teacher and school administrator for 43 years. One of the candidates Varon is running against is the daughter of the chair of county’s very pro-MAGA Republican Central Committee, Heather McGinnis. The other, Oscar Zavala, is worthy of consideration with a 30-year career as a SBCC counselor, but is not waging a campaign, relying instead on being a longtime Mesa resident.
Measure H (Education and Economic Development Bond for Santa Maria and Alan Hancock College): Yes Measure H is one of the smartest, best conceived education and economic development bond measures to be put before voters anywhere in Santa Barbara County for eons. It will only affect property owners within the Allan Hancock Community College tax district up in Santa Maria. For example, a home assessed at $500,000 would be taxed $95. This would result in the college generating $290 million to build an expanded campus for students seeking four-year degrees. Currently, Allan Hancock, like all community colleges, offers only two-year degrees. These added two years would be taught by faculty associated with Cal Poly up in San Luis Obispo or Cal State Channel Islands down south. This means students in Santa Maria won’t have pay the higher tuition to attend either of these two far-away campuses—or take that extended time away from their families. For them, this new campus will be nothing less than a godsend, as it will for Santa Maria. Only 17 percent of Santa Maria adults have earned a bachelor’s degree. Seventeen percent of Santa Maria residents live in poverty. The median income is $27,000. Such an affordable expansion of access to a four-year degree will have an obvious tonic benefit for a local economy. To the extent North County is hitching its wagon to the Space Force at Vandenberg Space Force Base, this new program will give Santa Maria residents a much better shot. The benefits are so obvious that even longtime adversaries such as Congressmember Salud Carbajal and Andy Caldwell of the Coalition of Labor, Agriculture, and Business are working together to see it get passed. n
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their actions,” he said, but did not disclose any details about the consequences that were imposed. The picture was taken in Black Studies teacher Abel Gonzalez’s classroom when he wasn’t there, Gonzalez said. But he did not find out until district administrators came into his class to talk to his students about it. He said he was “upset and hurt” about the lack of communication. “As an Afro-Latino teacher and former S.B. Unified student, I’m offended that you don’t care about me and my people,” he told the board. “I know you don’t care because you guys keep letting it happen and don’t fix it.” It took two weeks for the district to notify parents, after the image had already spread across campus and was reported to the school’s administration, parent Lauren Ortiz said. “That’s so disrespectful,” she said. Students who cut class or are tardy face worse consequences than those who commit racist acts, who get a “slap on the wrist,” students claimed. “I’m here today as a Black student to say that the Santa Barbara Unified School District has handled this entire situation horribly,” said one student, who identified herself as Sedenia. “Instead of making your Black students feel safe, you have made us aware that we cannot trust you.” The blackface incident adds onto a string of several other racist acts in the district, including a substitute teacher reading the N-word aloud, another teacher treating the use of N-word as a fine in a “swear jar,” and claims of white students bullying their Black peers through physical attacks, slurs, and making monkey noises at them. Speakers at the meeting recounted a long history fighting the same battles, dating back to racial incidents in the ’90s and past movements to implement ethnic studies. Nothing has changed, speakers emphasized. Dr. Charlotte Gullap-Moore, who noted she was speaking in a personal capacity not representative of her position as
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by Callie Fausey lack community members criticized the Santa Barbara Unified School District during its board meeting on Tuesday night and demanded action in response to the recent “blackface incident” at San Marcos High School. Last month, a group of four white students at San Marcos re-created an AI meme featuring Black children and posted it on TikTok. They darkened their skin to match the children’s skin tone and captioned the post with ninja emojis, which is widely used on social media as a stand-in for the N-word. Students at San Marcos and Dos Pueblos High School led walkouts earlier in the day to protest ongoing racist incidents across the district. The walkouts bled into the packed board room: students, parents, teachers, and advocates filled the space with signs: “Stop Ignoring Racism,” “We Want Justice,” and “Nothing Changes Unless Policies Do.” A hush fell over the room on Tuesday night when Superintendent Hilda Maldonado first addressed the incident. “What happened was racist and harmful,” she said. “I am committed to listening.” Attendees grew louder as public comment ensued. Tensions were high, with speakers expressing frustration over a pattern of racist incidents in the district being met with seemingly little action to address them, despite the district’s initiatives to combat anti-Blackness. Several speakers took to the podium to blast Maldonado and the board for failing to protect Black students and implement stronger consequences for racist behavior. In response to the San Marcos incident, Principal Dare Holdren said the school contacted the offenders’ families and “are working to educate the students about the impact of
Students, staff, parents, and community members spoke out about racist acts in the Santa Barbara Unified School District on Tuesday night after an incident last month in which white students from San Marcos High School portrayed blackface in a TikTok post.
a Santa Barbara City College trustee, claimed the students posted the image to “inflict harm and spread hate.” Speakers shamed the board and called on them to expel the students who portrayed “blackface” and to hold a special board meeting to immediately put Black students “on the agenda.” Students are demanding a district-wide zero-tolerance policy for racism, expansion of ethnic studies and racial justice curriculum across schools, and better efforts to retain Black teachers and staff, among other things. Boardmembers seemed shell-shocked by the end of public comment. “I am speechless,” said boardmember Sunita Beall. Still, many boardmembers concurred that attempts to address racism in the district have been inadequate and agreed to discuss the issue at a future meeting. “Although it may sound hollow at this point, I intend to ask our superintendent to place an item on an upcoming board meeting when we have enough time to give this issue more attention,” Banning said. n
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inning the vote to be president of your elementary school should not be high on anyone’s résumé, but for the students and parents involved, it’s a big deal. After Washington Elementary’s principal acknowledged in a letter on Thursday that she’d manipulated the results of the school’s student election, she returned from an administrative leave on Friday to a campus in turmoil. Washington is a GATE magnet school in Santa Barbara’s Mesa community. Principal Arielle Curry was placed on leave on September 28, after allegations arose that she had ignored the vote totals from the election and chose to put the secondplace winners in two positions. One office was 6th-grade president, which she gave to her child, and the second was not disclosed. In Curry’s letter to Washington families, she said, “I led deliberations after the student votes were tallied that resulted in overriding the outcome of two positions.” She apologized “for allowing this practice to persist” and that “our school’s process for selecting student officers lacks transparency and fairness.” She said she would lead the effort to change the process, implying it had existed before this year. “I am committed to making this right moving forward,” she wrote, making it less than clear
whether this year’s winners would take office or not. Questions to the school district about the policy of allowing administrators or teachers to improvise an election result were answered by John Becchio, assistant superintendent for Human Resources. He stated, “The district expects that for student/ASB elections, the candidate with the most votes wins.” He also asked that the students’ privacy be guarded “and let the school community move forward with lessons learned.” Parents and teachers at the school are outraged, to judge by the emails the Independent has received. But the repercussions to students, families, and district employees are large, and none were willing to go on the record with information about the election. One Washington parent and one teacher agreed to meet with a reporter on Friday afternoon on condition of anonymity. Their description of life on campus these past weeks is one of division, mean words, and tears—among both students and staff. The individual who first reported the malfeasance has been attacked verbally, they said, and the district had to send the staff information on how whistleblowers are protected by law. To get on the ballot, candidates had their teacher fill out an
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by Ryan P. Cruz ommunity defense groups across California are warning about a recent surge in aggressive ICE raids, as both Santa Barbara County and the surrounding region have seen an uptick in federal immigration sweeps not only at county jails, but also in public areas, including workplaces, near schools, and in neighborhoods with large populations of Latino residents. According to 805 UndocuFund’s Rapid Response Network, which keeps track of immigration enforcement in the area, there have been nearly 100 arrests reported in the tri-county area last week. This includes at least 63 people detained in Santa Barbara County, with the highest number of arrests coming from Santa Maria and Lompoc, where more than a dozen were taken by ICE every day from October 5 to 8. With the most recent surge, 805 UndocuFund now estimates that at least 2,770 individuals on the Central Coast have been arrested by federal immigration enforcement since President Trump took office for his second term in January 2025. Volunteers with community defense groups such as 805 UndocuFund and SBResiste have been working on the ground to document daily ICE activity, verify reports, and send alerts through the Rapid Response Network’s 24/7 hotline. Early morning patrollers noted that the most recent ICE activity marks a return to some of the more aggressive tactics seen in 2025 and early 2026, before federal agencies moved to lower-profile enforcement focused at jails and immigration check-ins. According to a report published by the Washington Examiner, the ICE activity across the region is believed to be part of a 45-day surge known internally as “Operation Safe California.” Government sources revealed to the Examiner that ICE officers have allegedly been told to arrest all undocumented immigrants they encounter, regardless of criminal history. Governor Gavin Newsom issued a statement in response to the alleged operation, saying that “Donald Trump is using fear and panic as a weapon, putting families at risk, undermining our economy.”
Gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra issued a similar response, saying the 45-day ICE sweep across California is “timed right up to the midterms, targeting people with no criminal history.” “Donald Trump is trying to rig the November election by intimidating voters and suppressing the vote,” Becerra continued. “Vote by mail before November 3 and send him and his MAGA candidates a message that California won’t be intimidated by his threats and thugs.” The Department of Homeland Security has not explicitly acknowledged the operation, though the agency released a statement saying: “For operational security and the safety of our officers, ICE will not disclose or discuss law enforcement operations. Every day, DHS enforces the laws of the nation across the country, including in California.” Volunteers with 805 UndocuFund and SBResiste are urging vulnerable residents to exercise caution when in public. Patrollers are also worried about enforcement near schools, after ICE vehicles were spotted near Harding School in Santa Barbara, outside Santa Maria High School, and on the Allan Hancock Campus, which is notably a ballot drop-off location for Santa Maria voters. Eder Gaona-Macedo, executive director of the Fund for Santa Barbara, sent a message out in response to the recent ICE activity, referencing the timing of the raids. “Just as mail-in ballots are set to arrive, ICE agents are raiding the city of Santa Maria,” he wrote. “Since yesterday morning, ICE has detained dozens of people in broad daylight, breaking into cars and [targeting] a father dropping his daughter off at school. This is a moral outrage. Families, including their young children, are terrified. People are not safe.” Representatives from 805 UndocuFund, SBResiste, and other groups encourage community members to donate or volunteer if they want to get involved. They are also urging anybody who feels like they might be profiled to carry their passports or documentation with them. For information about volunteer training, or info on how to properly identify ICE activity, visit the 805 Rapid Response Network’s Instagram page or call the 24/7 hotline (805) 870-8855. n
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n Friday just after 10 p.m., a 23-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run on Mission Street at the northbound Highway 101 on-ramp. She was walking in the crosswalk when a white MercedesBenz C43 hit her and fled the scene. Santa Barbara Police Department officers located the vehicle parked about two hours later in Santa Barbara and arrested 45-year-old house- Both the on- and off-ramps at Mission Street, as well as keeper Leticia Parra De Gastelum underneath the highway bridge, were closed for about nine as a suspect in the incident. She has hours while evidence was gathered following a fatal hit-and-run been booked into Santa Barbara on Friday, October 9, 2026. County’s Main Jail, where she was being held on $50,000 bail. It was later determined that the vehicle Just before the hit-and-run, an SBPD in the hit-and-run and the Mercedes that officer observed the Mercedes being driven the SBPD officer attempted to stop were the recklessly on West Carrillo Street at approxi- same vehicle. Both the on- and off-ramps at Mission mately 10:09 p.m. and attempted to pull the vehicle over. The driver did not stop, fled the Street, as well as underneath the highway scene “at a high rate of speed,” and got on bridge were closed for about nine hours Highway 101, according to SPBD Lt. Anto- while evidence was gathered and the scene nio Montojo. The officer did not follow “due was cleared. Regular traffic patterns resumed to the dangerous manner in which the vehi- as of Saturday morning. California Highway Patrol is actively concle was being operated.” Just moments later, the same SPBD officer ducting an investigation of the incident and is was then notified of a hit-and-run at the Mis- withholding the name of the victim while her sion Street on-ramp, about 10 blocks from next of kin are notified. Investigators have not where the Mercedes was first noticed. The determined whether drugs or alcohol were officer responded to the scene and imme- involved at this time. The agency is requestdiately started rendering aid to the injured ing that anyone who may know something pedestrian, before AMR paramedics arrived about the incident to contact investigaton scene. The 23-year-old victim was trans- ing Officer Arevalo by calling CHP’s Santa ported to Cottage Hospital where she was Barbara Area Office at (805) 770-4800. pronounced dead. —Elaine Sanders
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the day after their son’s birthday. She said that Joshua was known for lending a helping hand, and she is asking for the community’s support in covering funeral expenses. “All proceeds will go toward his cremation and celebration of life, and trying to get his siblings to town for the service,” said Brittanii Cullors. Those who wish to make a donation can do so via the family’s official GoFundMe page at tinyurl.com/joshuacullorsgofundme. —Elaine Sanders
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few holdouts of the equestrian community showed up to last Thursday’s board meeting at Earl Warren Showgrounds to witness the approval of the new $300-per-month rental agreement with Equine Evac, which was postponed yet again, and to bring up two words listed on the agenda under CEO Ben Sprague’s report: “Global Stack.” “I was disturbed by the agenda, where it says Global Stack and nothing else,” said Katie Sanders at the October 8 meeting. “The public has really no idea what that means.” Three of the seven boardmembers were not in attendance, so no actions could be taken during the meeting. Only an open public comment period and a closed session were conducted before adjournment, and no reports, including Earl Warren CEO Ben Sprague’s report, were given to the public. The words “Global Stack” have been sparking outrage at fairgrounds across the state, drawing hundreds of public commenters to their local event centers in protest. Global Stack U.S.A. is a data center company registered in March 2026 that has proposed to build shipping-container-sized “edge computing centers” inside parking structures topped with helipads on fairground property. The pitch is for fairgrounds to provide two to five acres of land to Global Stack — for free — through a 100-year service and land-use agreement in exchange for a share of the profits generated from the infrastructure. These data processing units are much smaller than traditional data centers and use a “closed loop” coolant system, meaning the unit would not be tapped into water utilities. The projected eight-to-10-megawatt unit would, however, be connected to the electricity grid. The company “funds the design, construction, and ongoing maintenance of all installed infrastructure through private investment,” according to the Global Stack’s website, but it is unclear where exactly the money, an estimated $20 million per site, will come from.
From local reporting, it has been confirmed that the company has reached out to at least 10 fairgrounds across the state, ranging from Napa to Del Mar, since July and has the goal of building centers at 70 facilities by 2030. Sprague confirmed to an Independent reporter that Global Stack has been in contact with him, but he has yet to introduce the idea to the board. Board President Salvatore Milazzo said to members of the public that “there was not any action on Global Stack” during a closed session at last Thursday’s meeting. The company claims that these centers will aid in emergency response efforts by providing space for the staging of equipment and helicopter access. They also claim that the centers will provide electricity for responders when blackouts occur, with no real explanation as to how besides, “Units can be paired with on-site or renewable generation,” according to their website. Global Stack asserts that their infrastructure will provide “year-round revenue that is shared with the host fairground, replacing seasonal, event-only income with a stable, sustaining source.” At Ventura County Fairgrounds, the Ventura Star reported that around 200 members of the community showed up to protest Global Stack data centers being built at the seaside event space, which ultimately led to their board voting to cease communication with Global Stack in September. Global Stack has been on both Earl Warren’s agendas from the last two meetings (August 27 and October 8) under Sprague’s CEO report, which was not given in either meeting. The agenda also states “the Board may take approval action” on items in Sprague’s report, but it does not note which items or the type of action. Sprague said that he plans to present his report about the matter in the next board meeting, tentatively scheduled for Thursday, October 22. As of publication on Wednesday, no agenda or official date for the next meeting had been posted on the Earl Warren webpage. n
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fter a six-year hiatus, the Downtown Santa Barbara Holiday Parade will be back on State Street in 2026. The Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association (DSBIA) announced plans to host the parade downtown for the first time since 2019, bringing back a tradition first established in 1934. The December 4 Holiday Parade — which will travel from the Arlington Theatre down to Ortega Street — will mark the 68th iteration of the parade. This year’s parade is expected to draw thousands of spectators to kick off the holiday season, and the event The Holiday Parade will be back on State Street for the first is being hosted in collaboration with time since 2019. presenting sponsor Consumer Fire Products, Inc., a company that has high-stepping marching bands, drumdonated the State Street Christmas tree lines, and performance groups. for 13 years. Robin Elander, executive director of “The community has been waiting in DSBIA, said bringing the parade back anticipation for this special holiday tradi- downtown is an “exciting, overdue miletion,” said Irene Rhodes, owner and CEO stone for our community.” “This event is about bringing our of Consumer Fire Products, Inc. “We look forward to lighting up Santa Barbara’s hol- community together, celebrating iday season with the State Street Christmas the holiday season, and creating an Tree and presenting this beloved parade unforgettable experience for residents, once again. It’s a joyful time of year, and visitors, and local businesses alike,” we’re grateful for the opportunity to sup- Elander said. “We are thrilled to welcome this tradition back to State Street as port our community.” This year’s parade will be all “human- well as support our downtown business powered,” meaning no motorized floats or community during the holiday season.” vehicles will be included. The procession For more information on becoming is expected to include illuminated walking a sponsor, volunteer, or participant ensembles, decorated wagons, pushcarts, in the parade, visit downtownsb.org/ —Ryan P. Cruz and bicycles, in addition to the traditional holidayparade.
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n year three of the bankruptcy of Ampersand Publishing and the Santa Barbara News-Press, the testimony of the witness-in-chief — owner and publisher Wendy McCaw — hit the deposition doldrums. Her original attorneys had quit when she wouldn’t reply to their requests to confirm a date to give her testimony, but the date was set, and McCaw was told. When the bankruptcy trustee’s attorneys showed up, they waited for a witness who failed to appear. These facts were in the Motion to Compel that the trustee’s attorneys brought to force McCaw’s deposition appearance. It also requested attorney fees and costs and was heard before Bankruptcy Judge Ronald A. Clifford III on October 7. The motion listed in detail the communications between the parties and the attorneys past and present, as the trustee’s attorneys asked for about $25,000 in payment for their wasted effort. Clifford allowed about $8,500, stating the overnight stay, half the travel, and the preparation time were not warranted; after all, they did finally take McCaw’s deposition in Santa Barbara in April and would have visited the properties anyway. The bankruptcy of Santa Barbara’s cen-
tury-old daily newspaper left debts in the millions of dollars but assets only in the thousands. The trustee is still trying to establish who knew what about the company’s finances, with the deposition of the company accountant and “person most knowledgeable” about company finances yet to come, as is the final production of the documents requested. After all that, McCaw’s deposition may occur again—in L.A., not Santa Barbara, Clifford specified, to avoid further travel charges. Once all documents are produced and the other depositions are taken, questions may remain for McCaw, though her answers so far have largely stated she knew little about the day-to-day operations of Ampersand. All this precedes the trial, which will determine if the News-Press building in De la Guerra Plaza and the printing plant in Goleta can be sold to pay creditors. During Wednesday’s hearing at the bankruptcy court, a trial date in Santa Barbara was set for April 14, 2027. Before that, dueling Motions for Summary Judgment will either curtail the number of issues to be tried or eliminate them altogether. That outcome remains to be seen, with the motion date set for January 27, 2027. —Jean Yamamura
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by Ryan P. Cruz anta Barbara’s recently passed rent stabilization ordinance is one of the most hotly debated City Council decisions in recent memory, and while the new citywide rent cap is facing a potential referendum that could send it to the ballot, the adoption of the policy in a 4-3 vote represents a major milestone in the long road to rent stabilization.
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The momentum behind a citywide rental stabilization program had been growing for years, if not decades, before the current version began making its way through the city planning process in late 2025. Current Councilmembers Kristen Sneddon and Meagan Harmon have been vocal supporters of a rent cap since they joined council in 2018 and 2019, respectively; and in late 2021, Councilmember Oscar Gutierrez joined former Mayor Cathy Murillo in an attempt to get an even stricter 2 percent cap approved before she left office. The cap moved forward in a 4-3 vote at the time, and the city even commissioned a $200,000 study before the issue lost momentum when Mayor Randy Rowse defeated Murillo’s bid for reelection and took office in 2022. Mayor Rowse was opposed to any form of rental restrictions, and he tipped the council into a slight majority against rent stabilization with Councilmembers Mike Jordan, Eric Friedman, and Alejandra Gutierrez — considered to be the swing vote on the issue — all ready to vote in opposition. From 2022 to 2024, rent stabilization became a major point of focus for organizations such as Santa Barbara Tenants Union and CAUSE, which continued to work with tenants who struggled to keep up with the city’s skyrocketing rents. In April 2022, a group of protesters held a “rent control vigil” calling out Councilmember Alejandra Gutierrez for failing to support renters in the Eastside District. When Gutierrez ran for reelection in 2024, former CAUSE organizer and fiery tenant advocate Wendy Santamaria ran for the same seat, with a campaign heavily focused on flipping the council in favor of rent stabilization.
CRAFTING THE ORDINANCE
Santamaria defeated Gutierrez and joined the council in January 2025, setting the stage for the next chapter in the city’s push for rent stabilization. Following several months without any formal hearing on the council agenda, councilmembers Santamaria and Sneddon got the ball rolling with a two-person memo that included a “sample ordinance” drafted with the input of pro-bono attorneys and housing policy experts. The memo was intended to get the council to officially discuss a citywide rent cap, and while the move did earn the four votes necessary to formally pursue a draft ordinance, the inclusion of what Councilmember Harmon considered as a “fully baked ordinance” was seen as a misstep, causing friction between councilmembers who agreed about the policy on principle, but disagreed on process. In December 2025, the city began with a work plan outlining a potential ordinance to be completed and implemented by January 2027. The City Council then passed a temporary rent freeze in January 2026, prohibiting rent increases until the city completed the new policy. The moratorium placed increased pressure on council deliberations. The freeze itself sparked confusion for tenants and landlords (and prompted a wave of illegal rent hikes), and the pressure of the looming deadline forced the City Council to work faster than anticipated. In March 2026, the city hired a consultant to guide the planning process; around the same time, a group of property owners filed a lawsuit challenging the city on the rent freeze. The City Council held several public meetings in the spring and summer, crafting the ordinance in April, checking in on progress in May, and releasing a draft for a 30-day public com16
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ment period in June and July. As the City Council approached a July 28 showdown, many of the major policy points had earned support from the council’s four-vote majority— including the proposed cap of 60 percent of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or 3 percent, whichever is lower. Each of the hearings on rent stabilization drew large numbers of landlords, tenants, and community members whose opinions on rent stabilization grew stronger as the ordinance progressed. The lawsuit filed by property owners challenging the rent freeze was dismissed by a judge in July, and although the ordinance was moving forward with four votes at every step, the council hearings became more contentious as councilmembers debated the details that would define the program.
ROCKY FINISH
As the ordinance neared its final form, the tension over the planning process and the reality of what the program might cost (potentially more than $2 million a year, depending on how strict and expansive the policy was) added to the already polarized nature of discussions. Councilmembers Santamaria and Sneddon took on leading roles, steadily supporting policy decisions that made the program more tenant friendly and removing exemptions beyond those allowed by state law. Mayor Rowse and Councilmembers Friedman and Jordan voted in opposition during every step, with both Jordan and Friedman expressing frustration about the direction of the policy, with the proposed cap becoming one of the most restrictive in the state. At the July 28 hearing, the City Council went through an exhaustive round of more than 120 straw poll votes, deciding on every element of the program, from the rental registry to the rent board to the plan for petitions for tenants and landlords who wanted to ask for legal rental adjustments. During this hearing, Councilmember Harmon — who has been consistent in her support of the rent cap throughout the entire process — raised what would become a significant sticking point in the policy, over whether deed-restricted affordable housing would be exempt from the rental stabilization program. Despite Harmon’s concerns, the ordinance moved forward with the four-vote majority still intact. But the tension came to a head on September 22, when the ordinance came to council for another marathon hearing, and Councilmembers Harmon and Santamaria had a standoff over the affordable housing exemptions. Harmon was willing to vote against the ordinance if it did not exempt deed-restricted affordable and Section 8 units; Santamaria was adamant that the units should still be covered to protect tenants worried about habitability petitions. This
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forced an unusual two-part vote, with the ordinance moving forward and Harmon adding on the exemptions in a second vote. The affordable housing exemptions took up much of the discussion in another long hearing one week later, though Harmon and Santamaria eventually agreed on a plan they could both support, with the affordable units exempted but with explicit direction the tenants of the units be allowed a pathway to petition for habitability issues. With this caveat, the ordinance moved one step closer to final approval in another 4-3 vote. There was more drama when the ordinance came across the council’s consent agenda on October 6, when the informal vote turned into a final chance to air grievances, as Councilmember Sneddon pulled the item to propose a lastminute change to make the cap rate a flat 3 percent. It was an issue Sneddon mentioned before, but the council never made a motion for an official vote. Sneddon’s last-minute request added to the frustration from councilmembers Friedman and Jordan, who felt that the ordinance had been tweaked far too much for changes at the final stage. After multiple members of the public made comments urging council to pass the ordinance without any more delay, Sneddon revoked her motion, and the ordinance officially crossed the finish line.
POTENTIAL REFERENDUM
Despite the last-minute snags, housing advocates and the four councilmembers who voted in favor of the ordinance celebrated the approval. Those in opposition raised concerns about the potential fallout, and the uncertainty about the cost of the program, which could require hundreds of thousands of dollars from the city’s general fund. Paid signature gatherers are currently outside supermarkets across town, asking city residents to sign a petition that would place a referendum against the recently passed ordinance, sending it to voters in a special election next year. The referendum would require nearly 5,500 signatures collected in 30 days, and could lift the cap for months leading up to the vote, leaving tenants vulnerable to potential rent increases. The referendum is backed by the Santa Barbara Rental Property Association, whose members have expressed concerns about the new restrictions. In the meantime, city staff will continue to work toward launching the program in January. The city set aside $500,000 to fund implementation, which would include a fee study to decide the rates for the rental registry. The city will also work on amendments to its eviction ordinance to align with the newly passed rent cap policy. n
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s a resident of District 4, it is my privilege to endorse Monte Wilson for the election to Santa Barbara City Council District 4. For too long, too many members of our City Council have focused more on addressing national issues while avoiding any constructive attempt to deal with very immediate and critical issues. The budget deficit, State Street, and infrastructure maintenance, just to name a few, have been neglected for far too long. As an active participant in the Eucalyptus Hill Neighborhood Association, I am aware of the importance that the sitting councilmember plays in the lives of residents. The effort that Monte Wilson has put forth in this campaign has been truly impressive. He has avoided criticisms of the current councilmember in spite of having much to work with. Simi-
larly, he has not attacked his opponents, but rather continually addresses local concerns. I am impressed with his experience, his understanding of the issues facing all of Santa Barbara, and his capacity to make a difference. I have 53 years of local government experience including serving as a police chief, acting fire chief, and city manager. I recognize the qualities needed to serve as a local elected official in Monte Wilson. I ask District 4 voters to cast their ballot for Monte Wilson. —Barney Melekian, S.B.
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n October 2, two articles in The New York Times struck me. The first described the details of how Russia plans to cut off major cities in Ukraine from power, heat, and water this winter. I am a layperson trained about the Geneva Conventions, and I know these behaviors are strictly forbidden. The Geneva Conventions accept the fact that war exists, but it clearly outlines the limits of wartime targets. Even during times of armed conflict, it is never appropriate to specifically target civilians. The second article was titled the “Coast Guard Says It Stopped Ships Carrying Fuel to Cuba.” It went on to describe that the Trump administration’s fuel blockade is “aimed at forcing political and economic transformation on the Communist-run island.” The reality is that our current blockade of Cuba is having the same impact on the civilians on the island as it is on the government. I am not a fan of the Communist government in Cuba, and I believe the Cubans deserve better. I do, however, consider myself to be a humanitarian who grew up believing that America always chooses to follow the moral high ground. I am distressed when I hear that we are behaving the same way that the Russians do. —Erick McCurdy, S.B.
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We Must Stop Accepting Violence Against Women and Girls
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BY C H R I S T Y S T I L LW E L L am heartbroken. And I am
angry, very angry. To the survivor at the center of the Cornell case: I believe you. You are brave. You are not alone. This story is horrifying and is keeping me up at night. But anger is not enough for the Cornell Seven lawsuit making its rounds on social media and the news of a student who says she was drugged and raped over and over by men of the Chi Phi fraternity at Cornell University, with messages that included “free pu**y.” Read those words again. A young woman—a human being—is reduced to something being offered around. But what has stayed with me is what happened afterward. For almost two years, there were no criminal charges, until the public outrage after this survivor filed a civil lawsuit. On September 28, 2026, the Tompkins County District Attorney announced that the criminal investigation would be reopened. There will be a legal process, and there should be. This must be investigated. But there is another question we should ask ourselves. Why do we keep waiting until after a woman or girl has been raped to decide if this matters? Why are we treating sexual violence as something to respond to once a lawsuit is filed rather than something we have a responsibility to prevent? I have spent more than two decades working in relationship education and violence prevention. I founded “what is lOVE” because I believe young people deserve to be taught how to build healthy, safe, abuse-free relationships before they are expected to navigate sex, consent, boundaries, and conflict on their own. Yet too often, we wait until college. We hand an 18-year-old a laptop, require a short online consent training, check a compliance box, and tell ourselves we have educated them. But consent should not be a 45-minute lesson someone clicks through during freshman orientation. It should be a conversation we have early and often at home, in school, and in our community. Young people need opportunities to learn about boundaries, recognize coercion, communicate clearly, seek an enthusiastic yes, respect when someone changes their mind, understand that drinking or drugs can affect the ability to consent, challenge degrading attitudes about girls and women, intervene when a friend crosses a line, and know what healthy relationships look and feel like. And this is not wishful thinking. It’s been proven over and over. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies teaching healthy relationship skills to adolescents as one of its evidence-informed strategies for preventing sexual violence. Education does not prevent every act of violence. No responsible prevention professional would make that claim. But we know enough to stop pretending there is nothing we can do until someone gets hurt. And this cannot become another conversation about teaching girls how to protect themselves. Girls
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have been carrying that burden for generations: Watch your drink. Don’t walk alone. Text when you get home. Don’t get too drunk. Stay with your friends. Hold your keys between your fingers. Be careful what you wear. Be careful who you trust. What if we prioritized teaching young people not to abuse, exploit, coerce, or violate another person? What if we taught boys and young men that “being a man” isn’t about dominance or violating another person’s body? What if we taught every young person that watching out for each other matters more than social standing, fraternity, reputation, or staying enrolled at a university? Nearly every woman I know has a story. Sometimes it is her own. Sometimes it belongs to a sister, roommate, daughter or friend. I have one too. And that should stop us in our tracks. We must stop accepting violence against women and girls. We must not look away. Parents need to talk about consent way before their kids leave for college. Schools need comprehensive, developmentally appropriate relationship education. Universities need more than compliance videos. Men and boys must be part of prevention. Community leaders need to prioritize and invest in programs that teach the skills needed for abuse-free relationships. Here in Santa Barbara County, we have the opportunity to decide what kind of community we want to be. Do we continue responding after a young person has already experienced violence? Or do we invest earlier? Enough cannot be something we say when another horrific story reaches the news. Enough has to mean educating our children differently. Enough has to mean expecting more from our institutions. Enough has to mean teaching consent early and often. And it has to mean investing in prevention with the same sense of urgency we bring to responding after violence has happened. Because our kids deserve more than our outrage after the fact. They deserve our promise to prevent it. Christy Stillwell, MA Psy., is the founder and executive director of what is lOVE, a Santa Barbara County organization dedicated to ending violence against women and girls through relationship education and helping young people build healthy, safe, abuse-free relationships.
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Petra Lowen 1951–2026
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BY JA M I E Z I M M E R M A N etra Lowen was born in Germany,
5,000 miles from the American Riviera. Her story of getting to Santa Barbara, California, is a compelling one: brave, scary (at times), brimming with the fierce, wholehearted determination of the human spirit. Her life story is one of those histories that could grace the film screen at the Arlington Theatre, a story of a woman courageously seeking something we all long for, something many of us do not have to face as head on as she did, the right to health. In 1975, when Petra was just 24 years old, she was diagnosed with scleroderma — a rare disease that involves hardening and tightening of the skin. It can, and for Petra did, cause problems in the blood vessels, internal organs, and digestive tract. Upon receiving this diagnosis, Petra ingested the harrowing news that there is no cure for scleroderma. Doctors are at a loss for what even causes it in the first place. What doctors did know were the factors that would exacerbate the condition, such as smoke-filled environments and cold weather. It took just one frigid winter in Germany for Petra to realize moving to a warmer climate was a necessity, not an option. It seemed an act of fate that Petra’s sister was dating a man who was attending college at UC Santa Barbara at the time. He told her about the warm winters here. Instinctively, Petra knew this was her chance for quality of life; she had to go. And just like that, they agreed to be roommates. Petra left her social work internship for the master’s degree she had been diligently pursuing; she left her friends; she left her beloved family. She said goodbye to the only life she ever knew in Germany and moved across the world in search of a place where she could live her most sustainable life. With grit, persistence, and unshakable faith, she found what she was looking for. Her journey did not come without its challenges though. Acclimating to using her second language as her first, learning how see the benefits of being a naturally shy person in a new place and use it to her advantage, managing her diagnosis, finishing her master’s degree (which she successfully did), building community, jumping through hoop after hoop to meet the United States immigration standards so she could eventually get her green card (a task that took her until 1987 to finally complete), and finding purpose in her work all were mighty feats that took patience, drive, and an immeasurable amount of tenacity. At one point, while trying to obtain employment in her new country she noticed her bilingual skills were in the wrong languages. Businesses were looking for Spanish speakers, not German speakers. So, in true Petra fashion, she acted, signed up for Spanish classes at City College, learned Spanish, and got a job using her new skill. Petra didn’t stop at building her most sustainable life for herself; she taught thousands of others — in circumstances both similar to and different from her own — how to create their very own path to health and stability. Petra spent 29 years of her life tirelessly working for Access Central Coast (for-
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merly Independent Living Resource Center), a private nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing disability rights and supporting independence. Petra must have helped approximately 3,000 members in our community, and that does not include the family members and friends of those community members who benefited from her relentless advocacy work or her coworkers and peers who were better by simply breathing the same air as hers. Being in Petra’s company was to be seen, welcomed, and cared for as a whole and complete human being no matter what your circumstances — such a simple yet truly revolutionary act. It’s no happy accident that Petra’s last name, Lowen, means “lion,” something she loved, by the way. It is an undeniably fitting name for the indomitable force she held within her petite frame. If Petra could address you directly right now, she would likely first and foremost want you to know that she loved her family, the kind of love that runs deeper than the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. She’d want you to believe in the pursuit of justice, no matter how hard or high the climb. She’d want you to know that the first step to creating change is connecting to your community, making yourself visible, even if you are shy like she was, that where there is a passion, a will, a dream — there is a way. Petra’s legacy is proof of that. It was on Friday, July 3, 2026, when Petra “Lion” Lowen left this human experience. A loss like this hollows out the heart if we do not find ways to keep Petra’s spirit close to us. We find respite in knowing that every time we ask ourselves the questions she religiously asked herself: How would I want to be treated? How can I improve the quality of life of those around me? And then act upon the answers to those questions, she lives on through us.
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James T. "Jim" Quinlan, Jr.
09/09/1943-10/06/2026 Ekkehard Marschall of Santa Barbara passed away at his home on August 2, 2026, as a result of a stroke he suffered 11 days earlier. He was 91 years old. Ekkehard was born on March 18, 1935 to Ruth and Gerhard Marschall in Hermsdorf Germany where his father was the minister of the local protestant church. His father died in the second world war, and in 1946 the remaining family, including his older sister Gabriele and younger brother Wolfgang, were relocated to Lennep in West Germany. Ekkehard attended high school in nearby Remscheid where he met his future wife of 61 years, Sieglinde Franke. He excelled academically, and after graduation, went on to study mechanical engineering at the Technische Hochshule in Hannover, obtaining a doctorate in 1967. Ekkehard and Sieglinde married in Hannover and had two children, Jochen and Anne, born two years apart. In 1969, Ekkehard was offered a position in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC Santa Barbara, and the family moved to Isla Vista, first to an apartment and then into a house on Trigo Road, where they lived until 1986, when a final move took them to the sunnier climate of upper Turnpike. Ekkehard spent 25 years at UC Santa Barbara as a professor, and after retiring in 1994, came back to teach various engineering classes for another seven. He performed research in heat transfer and energy conversion, leading to 91 scientific publications, 30 Master’s theses and 16 PhD dissertations. He especially enjoyed working with his students, seeing them progress in their careers, and kept in touch with many after his retirement. In his youth, Ekkehard was a stand-out athlete in soccer, team hand ball, and track and field. He also skied, hiked, and climbed extensively in the Alps, and summited Mount Blanc, the highest mountain in western Europe. Later in life his interests turned to gardening, cultivating a variety of fruit trees, a continuously producing vegetable and berry patch, and many, many orchids, numbering at one time over 200. Ekkehard was also known to enjoy a beer or two, and over the last couple of decades was a lunch time regular at the Goleta Nugget – a routine that became especially important to him, as he lost connections with many friends from his childhood and working life. His family is grateful for the kindness of the staff and the sense of community this brought him. Ekkehard was preceded in death by his wife Sieglinde and sister Gabriele, and is survived his younger brother Wolfgang (Ida),
He was preceded in death by his mother, Madeline, father and stepmother Jim and Betsy, sister Mary and brother Tommy. According to his wishes, a celebration of life is being planned. Contact kirstenquinlan30@gmail. com for information. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to The Gary Sinise Foundation (garysinisefoundation. org) or the Wounded Warrior Project (support.woundedwarriorproject.org)
Michael Shawn Mahneke 1946-2026
Jim passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at the age of 83 following a lengthy illness. He passed peacefully at home, surrounded by family. Jim was a cherished husband, father, grandfather (“Papa”), and great-grandfather. Born in Duluth, MN on September 9, 1943, he spent his early years between New Jersey, Duluth, Michigan and Omaha. Some of his favorite memories included spending time with his many aunts, uncles and cousins in Duluth. Jim joined the U.S. Army in 1961 and spent time with the 19th Combat Engineer Battalion in Vietnam and 3rd Engineer Battalion in Germany where he met his beloved wife of 63 years Ursula. Following the service Jim and Ursula settled in Goleta, CA where they raised their family while he worked as a chef in local restaurants, including Hobey Bakers, for many years. As a proud veteran, his military service and veterans welfare was very important to Jim and for several years he was active in local Veterans groups including the Vietnam Veterans of America, Korean War Veterans and the American Legion, where he served as commander of Santa Barbara American Legion Post 49 for a time. One of the things Dad will be remembered for most is his quiet way of helping those he cared for – by just being there and giving his time for whatever we needed, whether it was a freezer full of ready meals, homework help or navigating unexpected life events he was always there for us. Dad was a life-long Minnesota Vikings fan, an avid coin collector, taught us all to cook and play cribbage (so he could beat us soundly) and loved a good poker game. He especially enjoyed spending time watching movies with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Jim is survived by his wife Ursula; his children, Jim, John (Heather), Kirsten (Chris) and Kelly (Jeff); grandchildren Tyler (Heather), Vika, Mara, Sasha, Jamie (Tom), Vanya, Carmen, Anya, Ben, Andrew, Carlos and Rachel; and great-grandchildren Peyton, Brylee, Kyra, Weylin, Vinny and Leland as well as sisters Marty and Diana, brother Pat, niece Cathy (Jim), Jose and much extended family.
facilities and many coffee shops, all favorably. He always treated customers and staff with generosity and respect. He also always kept a positive attitude no matter what medical issue he was facing at the time and his life motto which he repeated often was “Life is Good.” He will be greatly missed by the automotive repair industry, his entire family, and by many friends and associates. He is survived by his wife Jane, step daughter Wendy Wray and her husband Eric Wray, and their children Shelby Wray Trimbur (and her husband Dan), and Makenzie Wray. He also is survived by his step son Rob McAfee, his wife Patty McAfee, and their children Cameron and Finlay McAfee. And his survivors from the Mahneke family are his sister Maureen, her children Scott and Jeff, and Patricia Luther and her daughter Emily. There will be a celebration of life for Mike at the Elks Lodge on Kellogg Ave. on November 14 from 1 to 4 PM.
View Terrace, Gigi, Felipa, Lydia, Karina, Ruby & Reyna, who cared for him with love and compassion. And a special thank you to his granddaughter Serena Reyna, whose loving care allowed him to remain in the comfort of his home, fulfilling his deepest wish. Services, burial, and military honor will be held at the Chapel at Santa Barbara Cemetery on Friday, October 16 at 10:00 am. 901 Channel Dr and a celebration of life at 1:00pm. At La Mesa Park, 295 Meigs Rd. In lieu of flowers please donate to a Veterans Organization of your choice. "Let their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored... rest peacefully Dad"
Julie Ann Vanderhoof 06/04/1931-09/29/2026
Roosevelt G. Bisquera Mike Mahneke passed away Thursday, September 10, 2026 from complications of pneumonia. Mike was born in Chicago in 1946 to Marguerite and William Mahneke and resided there with his family until the 1960s when his father’s job brought the family to Santa Barbara. After finishing his education he enlisted in the US Marines and was very proud of his service and being a Vietnam Veteran. Shortly after his discharge in 1971 he was involved in a serious motorcycle accident and spent several months in the hospital. After healing he embarked on what would ultimately be his career in automotive repair. After working for a few shops he started working on his own out of his garage deciding at some point to specialize in Subarus. He met Jane in the 1970s and she convinced him it was finally time to move out of his garage and actually get a shop. At that time Mahneke Motors was born. He started in Santa Barbara eventually landing in Goleta for the remainder of his time in business. In 1981 he married Jane and welcomed her children Wendy and Rob into his life. He became involved in several local, state, and national industry organizations rising to several leadership positions as local and state president. His other passion besides family and business was the Santa Barbara Sports Car Club. He led this organization for several years and was a major organizer in the annual Starlite Rallye to Las Vegas. After retirement he became heavily involved with the Elks and was elected Exalted Ruler in 2016. Mike was a unique person who valued honesty and integrity above all else. He had a very contagious personality and made friends easily everywhere he went. His advertising at one point for Mahneke Motors was such that everyone from Carpinteria to Goleta seemed to know his name. His life involved many surgeries from a fused ankle to replacement hips and more. Many of his injuries were a direct result of him either speeding his car around corners or taking a shortcut on crutches and reinjuring himself. He was well known at Cottage Hospital, at several rehab
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Roosevelt G. Bisquera, also known as Rosie or Garner, passed away peacefully on September 25, 2026, at the age of 94. Born on May 31, 1932, in the city of Santa Barbara, Roosevelt was the son of Catalino and Eulogia Bisquera, natives of the Philippines who name him after President Roosevelt. He was married to his beloved wife Rosemary for 66 years. A proud alumnus of Lincoln Elementary School and Santa Barbara High School, Roosevelt's education laid the foundation for a life of hard work and dedication. He proudly served his country with honor in the Korean War, embodying the spirit of courage and commitment that defined his life. Roosevelt built a rewarding career as a mechanic and maintenance worker at GTE, where he worked diligently for 35 years. Beyond his professional achievements, he was known for capturing family moments with his unique cameras, ensuring that every occasion was forever remembered. His love for dancing was evident in his fancy footwork with Rosemary, a shared joy that brought smiles to all who watched. Roosevelt also had a passion for collecting Corvettes and Corvairs. He loved talking about cars. He is survived by his children, Lisa Bisquera (Jr), Karen Bisquera, Robert Bisquera (Lettisia), 12 grandchildren & 19 great-grandchildren. He is predeceased by his parents, Catalino and Eulogia, his wife Rosemary, his brothers Credo, Hoover, Salermo, and Domingo, his sister Mary Versola, stepson Gilberto Reyna, and grandsons Mikey Velez, Ricky Bisquera, and Anthony Hartley. Heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Omlid & his dedicated caregivers at Cliff
Julie Ann Vanderhoof was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin to Frederick and Loretta Baumgartner on June 4, 1931. She peacefully passed away on September 29, 2026, in Goleta, California. She was the middle child with an older brother, Frederick, and a younger sister, Carol. She spent her childhood and young adult years in Oshkosh. It was there that she met the love of her life, Dwain Erle Vanderhoof. They were married on June 23, 1954, and enjoyed their honeymoon by camping in the north woods of Wisconsin. They welcomed their first daughter Kathy while Dwain was in the Army, stationed in New Jersey. They then relocated to Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. It was there that twin sons Jon and Jeff were born, followed by daughter Ruth Ellen. In 1972 the family relocated to Goleta, California. Julie enjoyed an active lifestyle in California including camping, taking walks on the beach and hiking in the mountains. She was also a passenger on the back seat of Dwain’s various motorcycles to the tune of 100,000 miles. Both she and Dwain were also very active in their church. In their retirement years they enjoyed travelling both domestically and internationally. They also did home exchanges in the US and abroad; they would stay in someone else’s house while the other homeowners would stay in their house. Julie was well-travelled and enjoyed time in Japan as well as in Europe. She is survived by sons Jon (Elen) Vanderhoof, Jeff (Hiroko) Vanderhoof, son-in-law Richard Perez, grandchildren Jeffrey Vanderhoof, Anne Smith, Amy Perez and Lisa Vanderhoof, and great-grandchildren Arthur Smith and Adalynn Smith. She was pre-deceased by husband Dwain, daughters Kathy Vanderhoof and Ruth Ellen Perez, and grandson-in-law Sam Smith. A celebration of life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2026 at Christ Lutheran Church, 6595 Covington Way, Goleta, CA. Continued on page 25
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Born March 6, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois to John O’Connell and Jean Redmond O’Connell. Joan passed away October 3, 2026, in Santa Barbara, California with friends, family and her dog Katie by her side. Joan is survived by her stepsons Steven Earle Dugan and Daniel Sean Dugan, daughter-in-law Jessie Ward Dugan, step grandson Andrew Sean Dugan, and her much loved dog Katie. Joan was predeceased by her parents, her sister Janet L. Bremes and her husband of 28 years Earle Ray Dugan. Joan and Earle met in Chicago Illinois in 1968. They moved to Malibu, California in 1970 and were married on the beach with dozens of friends in attendance. Joan and Earle spent 15 years living on Broad Beach in Malibu where there was a never-ending party with their neighbors which included many famous names and faces. In 1985 , after traveling the world, Joan and Earle moved to Santa Barbara California to a cottage on State Street. There they lived happily for many years. Joan enjoyed traveling in her motor home, having fun and many adventures with her good friends. Always cheerful and easy going, willing to help anyone with a smile on her face. Joan loved to cook, reading, card games and her dogs and friends. All who knew her will miss her.
Madeleine B. (Olcott) McCardy 1930-2026
Madeleine B. (Olcott) McCardy, born in Los Angeles, California, passed away at the age of 96 in Paso Robles, California, on September 10, 2026. Madeleine left an incredible legacy: a lifetime of devotion to her children and family; a tireless quest to develop and share her extraordinary vocal talent; and a commitment to her beloved husband, Derk. Throughout the whole of her life, she exhibited courage and resilience, a dedication to serving others, and an unwavering faith in God. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by the prayers of her family across miles and generations, with her son Stephen and beloved caregiver Marilyn by her side. Madeleine is survived by 7 children, Mark, Stephen, John, David, Michael, Marie, and Kathryn, 4 stepchildren, Ann, Maureen, Elizabeth, and Derk Jr., 13 grandchildren,
To submit obituaries for publication, please call (805) 965-5205 or email obits@independent.com 7 step-grandchildren, and 16 greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by sons, Paul and Clyde, stepdaughter, Martha, and stepgrandsons Max and Yuri. A Memorial Mass and Celebration of Her Life will be held privately in Santa Barbara, California, on October 30, 2026. To honor Madeleine’s memory and her love of music, donations may be made to Pneuma Melodies (https://ecologistics.org/ pneuma-melodies/). To read the full obituary of her amazing life, please visit: https://www.dignitymemorial. com/obituaries/atascadero-ca/ madeleine-mccardy-13052198
Elizabeth Jane Moller 1923-2026
her own home with help from Senior Helpers to age 1031⁄2 when a fall triggered a series of health setbacks. She died peacefully at Serenity House in Santa Barbara on October 7, 2026, after a long and well-lived life. Elizabeth is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Carol and Bruce Stewart, son and daughter-inlaw David and Robin Moller, grandchildren Mark and James Stewart, Scott, Hayley, and Erik Moller, and great-grandchildren Will, Maddie, Kaylen, and Evan Stewart, and Addison and Ripley Moller. If she were here today, she would no doubt remind us, “Take care of each other. Do as much as you can with what you have for as long as you can. And no moping!”
Michael Joseph Woodruff
03/04/1945-08/06/2026
One hundred three and a half Well-Lived Years! She was sweet, spunky, upbeat, helpful, optimistic, kind, friendly, caring, tough, and a role model, as well as the friend, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother everyone hopes for. She had a way of brightening everyone’s day! Elizabeth Jane Lindsay was born January 25, 1923, in Newark, New Jersey, the first child of William Taylor and Viola Silvis Lindsay. The family, including younger brother Andrew, moved to Oakland, California in 1926, to be closer to relatives and Bill and Viola’s childhood homes. Elizabeth attended school in Petaluma and Centerville (now Fremont) and graduated from San Jose State University. She was certified as a Registered Nurse in 1945 after training at Los Angeles General Hospital. Elizabeth was a member of the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II, assisting returning wounded service members including survivors of the Bataan Death March. On February 23, 1946, Elizabeth married Navy Lieutenant William Peter Moller when he had a short leave from active duty. After many moves around southern California in their first years of marriage, they settled in Long Beach to raise their family. Elizabeth taught nursery school, worked for many years as a nurse at a doctor’s office, and was active in church work. The family traveled the western states, camping, hiking, backpacking, and especially mineral collecting, a frequent family activity. When they retired, Elizabeth and Bill moved to Santa Barbara—Bill’s hometown—where she became active in the Santa Barbara Woman’s Club and volunteered at Monte Vista Elementary School supporting local children, as her own grandkids lived far away. She also became an active member of the First Presbyterian Church. The couple enjoyed 62 years together until Bill’s passing in 2007, after which Elizabeth’s focus turned to friends, family, and travel. She was loved in her neighborhood, where she was fondly known as “Grandma Elizabeth,” had frequent visitors, and was included in social gatherings. Elizabeth lived independently in
Motivated by the love of God, the invisible source of all goodness, Michael Joseph Woodruff, lived a very full life and passed away at 81 on August 6, 2026, a resident of Tucson, Arizona. Throughout his life, he was passionate about and consistently demonstrated his love for his fellow human beings. He will be missed for his kindness, generosity and joy in life. The Salvation Army would say that he was "promoted to glory." The following verse from Ephesians 2:8-10 (ESV) enriched his life: "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." Born March 4, 1945, in Pasadena, CA to Marvin and Esther Woodruff, public school teachers, the family moved from Arcadia, CA to Santa Barbara, CA in 1959 where he played football, tennis and track, and graduated with honors from San Marcos High School in 1963. He attended Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA for two years, where he participated in intercollegiate debate and played piano with the Trumpet Trio, a music group that travelled to churches in New England. He transferred to UCSB in 1965, where he was active in Gaucho Christian Fellowship, serving as its president in 1967, and enjoyed swimming, fencing and golf. He received a BA in History from UCSB in 1967. After serving for two years on the field staff of the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in Southern California, he attended Farel House, L'Abri Fellowship, Switzerland in 1970, studying Christian apologetics and contemporary culture under Dr. Francis Schaeffer. He decided to pursue a career in law, graduating from UCLA School of Law (1972), where he was a member of the UCLA-Alaska Law Review. He practiced law in Santa Barbara for 13 years. Moving to Burke, Virginia in 1985, he became a member of the Virginia Bar with an emphasis on constitutional law and a U.S. Supreme
Court practice. He directed the Center for Law and Religious Freedom from 1985-1990 and was the acting executive director of the Christian Legal Society in 1990. As a national spokesperson on religious freedom, he traveled throughout the country. He was a featured speaker at a religious liberty forum at the Washington National Cathedral. He traveled to Israel in 1988, presented a paper on human rights at the World Congress on Evangelization in Manila, Philippines in 1989, helped Senator Johan Burgelia establish nonprofit law for the first time in the country of Romania. He became a partner in the law firm of Gammon & Grange, P.C., located in McLean, VA, where he specialized in nonprofit law, trusts and estates. As adjunct faculty, he taught graduate students at George Mason University and the Loyola College of Maryland and undergraduates at Eastern Nazarene College. He was honored as alumnus of the year by Eastern Nazarene College. In 2002 he volunteered service as president and CEO of the Charles Malik Foundation until he became General Counsel to The Salvation Army, Western Territory, in Long Beach, CA in 2004, serving as a corporate director and corporate secretary for the parent corporation and its many subsidiaries. He pioneered the role of in-house General Counsel for The Salvation Army, serving as chair of The Salvation Army's National Legal Commission, and leading the Legal Department at the Western Territorial Headquarters. He became a soldier in The Salvation Army’s corps in Micronesia in 2011. He was truly a Renaissance man. He ran the Marine Corps Marathon in 1993, took scuba and sailing lessons, sailed the Newport to Ensenada Race in 2010, explored Santa Cruz Island's Painted Cave by kayak in 2013, and took a 2,000-mile solo motorcycle trip through the Southwest US. He was an avid reader. His interests included the study of Christianity in ancient and modern Persia, the principles behind equitable remedies, and the contemporary implications of ignorance about, and disbelief in, the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. He wrote book reviews, a law review article, co-authored a book on risk management, and published a book of his poetry and photographs called "Pilgrim Passage" for family and friends. An excellent pianist with a great love for the music of J.S. Bach, Glenn Gould, and Oscar Peterson, he played keyboards for a Persian church worship band. He researched Woodruff genealogy and visited a family heritage site at Fordwich, England. During the pandemic, he wrote hundreds of sermons while leading in-house church services. In recent years, he was Chairman of the Foothills Forum in Tucson, guiding the organization with his insight, leadership and commitment to its educational speaker programs. He is survived by his loving wife, spiritual partner and soulmate, Teri Woodruff (nee Taraneh Bahrami); sister, Kathleen Roemer, of Salem, OR; brother, Patrick Woodruff (Mei) of Yucaipa, CA; son Matthew Woodruff (Mary Beth), of Solvang, CA, and grandchildren Aidan, Henry, and Claire; son Tobin Woodruff (Julie) of Fairport, NY, and grandchildren Kathryn and Laura; and daughter Megan Nerdig (Matthew) of Whitefish, MT, and grandchildren Adeline and Ava; Jean Trautwein Woodruff (mother of his children); as well as many nieces, nephew, cousins, colleagues, and dear friends. Within the past ten years he became a father
figure to his gardener, Marco and his three sons, as well as his unofficial godchildren, Armagan and Rahsan Durdag - renowned musicians of Istanbul, Turkey. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held on October 23, 2026, at 10:30 A.M., at King of Grace Anglican Church, 5800 E. Santa Fee, Tucson, AZ 85715, followed by fellowship at the Tucson Country Club, 2950 N. Camino Principal, Tucson, AZ 85715. For those who would like to donate on his behalf, his most recent favored charities were: SAT-7, a Christian satellite television network broadcasting in the Middle East and North Africa (www.sat7.org); Elam Ministries, a global organization supporting and equipping the church in Persian speaking regions (www.elam. com); Oak Seed Ministries International, founded by his friend Edward Bradley in 1992 (www.oakseed.org); Michael supported the nonprofits: National Association of Scholars, fostering intellectual freedom (www. nas.org); Polyhymnia, founded by his friend Danial Asia, advancing the cultural foundations of a free society (www.polyhymnia); and Santa Barbara Strings, an organization founded by his daughter-in-law Mary Beth Woodruff, training young classical musicians (www.SantaBarbaraStrings.org).
Mary Connie Zazueta 09/18/1943-09/18/2026
Mary was one of 7 daughters and 2 sons born to Philip and Bernice Zazueta. Born in Los Angeles, Ca, her family lived in Santa Maria, before making Santa Barbara their home in 1955. Mary began waitressing at Montecito Country Club at 19, then moved to La Cumbre Country Club, where she stayed until retirement. Mary loved the beach, camping, and road trips, she had an adventurous spirit. She was especially proud of her 4 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren Mary is survived by her brother, Arthur Zazueta ; Sons, Michael (Cathy) Zazueta and Richard Zazueta ; Mary was loved by family and friends, and will be deeply missed. Rosary, Thursday, October 22nd. 7pm at Welch Ryce Haider Funeral Chapel on Sola St. Mass, Friday, October 23rd., 10am at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. Interment to follow at Calvary Cemetery. Reception to follow at Moose Lodge
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formance, 7pm. $35-$85. Hahn Hall, 1070 Fairway Rd. Call (805) 884-8410.
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.
10/15: The House of Beau Ashun, 6pm. Free. Reservation required. 1129A
Beat Presents: Ray & Paul, 8pm. $22-$25. Ages 18+. Fri.: ME Sabor Presents: Salsa Night with Armando Vázquez y su Orquesta Guayao, 9pm. $20-$30. Ages 21+. Sat.: Poor Man’s Whiskey - Dark Side of the Moonshine, 9pm. $25-$30. Ages 21+. Sun.: Dented Bentley, 7pm. Free. Ages 21+. Tue.: Local Acoustic Night Featuring the Loyal Defense Workers, Zach Madden, and Jason Ramblas, 6pm. $10. 1221 State St. Call (805) 9627776. sohosb.com
FISHERMAN’S MARKET Chicano Culture S.B. Presents a Community Lecture & GatherHistorian Michael Montenegro will explore the roots and living history of S.B.’s Historic Eastside as it formed Barrio Nuevo in a lecture that examines three central pillars of community life: Ortega Park, Calle Milpas, and the tradition of the tortilla. There will be an on-site lowrider car display, complimentary food from Los Arroyos, and sounds by Frank Ramirez. 6-7:45pm. Downtown Club S.B., 632 E. Canon Perdido St. Free.
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10/15: The Muse Groundbreaking Join the Music Academy of the West for a ceremonial groundbreaking of their flexible performance and rehearsal hall that is scheduled to open in 2028 in downtown S.B. that will create new opportunities for artists and audiences to connect. 5pm. 901 State St. Free. Call (805) 969-8787.
10/15: Validation Ale Fine Folk, 6:30pm. 102 E. Yanonali St. Free. Call (805) 500-3111.
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10/15: Author Reading & Book Signing: Matthew Sigman: Because of a Dog: How an Enchanted Italian Village Mended a Broken Heart
10/15-10/17: Eos Lounge Thu.:
Murda Beatz, 9pm. $27.20. Fri.: Willo, 9pm. Free. Sat.: Opiuo, 7pm. $24.72. 500 Anacapa St. Call (805) 564-2410.
Author Matthew Sigman will read and sign his memoir of loss and love about the heartbreak after the death of his dog and his escape to the Quarna, a remote mountain village in northern Italy. Twenty percent of book proceeds will be donated to K-9 PALS. 5-6pm. Toad&Co’s Outdoor Quad, 2020 Alameda Padre Serra, Ste. 125. Free. RSVP at becauseofadog.eventbrite.com. tinyurl.com/Because-Dog
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10/15-10/16: Ojai Underground Thu.: Kim Richey, 7pm. $35. Fri.: Coby
10/15-10/18, 10/21: Ensemble Theatre Company Presents Buyer & Cellar ETC’s Brian McDonald will reprise his award-winning performance as Alex, an
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Wild and Free Film Festival Presents Jurassic Park Bring blankets to take in a screening of 1993’s Jurassic Park (rated PG-13) on a 50-foot screen under the stars. There will be live music, giveaways, a scavenger hunt, food trucks, and beer and wine for purchase. 7:45pm. Elings Park, 1298 Las Positas Rd. GA: Free-$25; Family pack: $75. Call (805) 699-6396 or email info@wildandfreefilm.org info@wildandfreefilm.org.
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10/16-10/17: CAW’s The Recycled Show:
ReFabrication More than a dozen area artists have contributed artwork created with 75-80 percent upcycled fabric and materials typically destined for the landfill to this show that honors the legacy American interdisciplinary eco-artist Jami Joelle Nielsen, whose works will also be on view. Fri.: 10am-5pm; Sat.: 11am3pm. Community Arts Workshop, 631 Garden St. Free.Call (805) 324-7443. sbcaw.org/upcoming
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out-of-work actor who obtains the most eccentric employment: working in the private shopping mall in the basement of Barbra Streisand’s Malibu estate with Barbra as the sole customer. The play runs through October 25. Thu.: 7:30pm; Fri.: 8pm; Sat.: 3 and 8pm; Sun.: 2pm; Wed.: 2 and 7:30pm. The New Vic Theatre, 33 W. Victoria St. $75, $104. Call (805) 965-5400. etcsb.org/whats-on
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10/15-10/17: The Grand On State Thu.: Teka - Brazilian Bossa Nova, 7pm. $37-$45. Fri.: The Tamir Hendelman Trio presents A Tribute to Bill Evans, 7pm. $49-$119. Sat.: Shio Tepper and Cora Wonderland, Of Hopes & Dreams, 6pm. $20-$30. Colin Richardson & The Grand Band, 8pm. $37-$45. 1218 State St. Email thegrandonstate@gmail.com.
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10/16: Carr Winery Out of the Blue, 7pm. 414 N. Salsipuedes St. Free. Email info@carrwinery.com.
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10/16: Chumash Casino Jumping Jack Flash, 8pm. $25. 3400 E. Highway 246, Santa Ynez. Ages 21+. Call (800) 248-6274. chumashcasino.com
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the cult classic film, now watch the action unfold in this madcap comedy as Scarlet, Plum, White, Green, Peacock, and Mustard race to find whodunit in Boddy Manor before the murderer finds them. 7:30pm. The play previews on October 8 and shows through October Thu.-Sat.: 7:30pm; Sun.: 2pm. Garvin Theatre, SBCC West Campus, 721Cliff Dr. $10-$32. Call (805) 965-5935.
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FRIDAY 10/16 10/16-10/18: Living Theater and Ojai Music Academy Presents Dear Evan Hansen See the actors of of this youth theater in the Tony Award–winning musical about an anxious and isolated high schooler who becomes embroiled in a lie after a schoolmate dies by suicide. Fri.: 7pm; Sat.: 2 and 7pm; Sun.: 4pm. Matilija Auditorium, 703 El Paseo Rd., Ojai. $30-$40. Email ltada@livingtheateracademy.com. dearevanhansenojai.com
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The 42nd Annual Santa Barbara Vintners Festival This signature
event will bring together area wineries for wine tasting, food, live entertainment, and the chance to meet the people behind some of the region’s most celebrated wines. Early: noon; GA: 1pm. Firestone Winery, 5017 Zaca Station Rd., Los Olivos. GA: $125; Early admission: $175. Email info@sbcountywines.com. sbvintnersweekend.com
AquaFête Eterna: An Ethereal Boat Celebration Wear all white to join for the last celebration of the season with atmospheric sounds provided by French Persian Californian deejay and singer ANAHITA and drinks available for purchase. Check in: 5pm; departure: 5:30pm. S.B. Landing, 301 W. Cabrillo Blvd. $55-$66. Ages 21+. Email info@sandalaexperiences.com.
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10/17: Panel Discussion: Reality TV: Confessions from the Inside What goes into the development of your favorite reality television shows? This special panel discussion event brings together producers and personalities from some of television’s most popular reality shows to have a candid, behind-the-scenes conversation about the craft of the genre and shows such as Love Island Island, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, RuPaul’s Drag Race, and more to explore the creative and editorial decisions that shape these programs. 2-4pm. Pollock Theater, UCSB. Free. Call (805) 893-4637. carseywolf.ucsb.edu/events
10/17: Summit for Danny Hiking Benefit Hikers (and dogs) of all ages and abilities are invited to join this comcom munity hiking event (choose easy or intermediate routes), a guided yoga stretch, followed by a BBQ lunch, refreshments, live music, and awards. Proceeds benefit CADA and the Daniel Bryant Youth and Family Centers for safe and effective outpatient treatment for youth struggling with substance abuse and mental health disorders in S.B., Santa Maria, and Lompoc. 9am-1pm. Elings Park, 1298 Las Positas Rd. Email nwasson@cadasb.org.
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SUNDAY 10/18 10/18: Arlington Theatre Special Event in CollaboraCollaboration with Pacific Pride Foundation Present Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute to Time Curry Fans are invited to an evening of themed trivia, a costume contest hosted by @MissJaundiceJ @MissJaundiceJ, and a screening of the 1975 musical, comedy, horror, and cult-classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tim Curry. Callbacks, drag, and audience participation is encour aged! 5pm. The Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St. $20. (805) 963-9580.
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The 17th Annual Asian American 10/18: Neighborhood Festival This family-friendly outdoor event will celebrate S.B.’s AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) communities, cultures, and history with live performances, walking tours, exhibits, demonstrations, artisan vendors, hands-on activities, and educational booths. Visit the website for the full schedule. 11am-3pm. El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park, 123 E. Canon Perdido St. Free. Call (805) 961-5374.
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10/18: Move with MADD S.B. 3K Community Walk & Fundraiser to Prevent Impaired Driving Impaired driving survivors, victims’ families, law enforcement, concerned residents, and advocates are invited to rally and walk together for a powerful event that will bring the community together to raise money that directly prevents impaired driving and supports community safety. 9am-noon. Chase Palm Park, 236 E. Cabrillo Blvd. Ages 17 and younger: $25: GA: $35. Call (714) 838-6199 x 6676 or email Angelica.Honrada@madd.org.
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MONDAY 10/19 10/19: PGLAG Connect and Learn Virtual Meeting: Schools & Inclusive Practices Join this October (online) meeting to discuss Schools and Inclusive Practices: What creates a safe and inclusive school? There will be time for sharing and support. RegReg istration is required. 7-8:30pm. Zoom. Call (805) 364-2830 or email pflagsantabarbara@gmail.com.
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TUESDAY 10/20 10/20: An Ohlone and Friar in Conversation: What About Junipero Serra? Join Andy Galvan (Ohlone Indian) and Ken Laverone, OFM, to learn about Spanish Franciscan priest Junipero Serra, founder of the first nine Spanish missions in Alta Californian who also selected the location for the 10th mission in S.B., which he never saw built. RSVP is required. 6-8pm. Santa Bárbara Mission Archive-Library, 2201 Laguna St. $25-$30. Call (805) 682-4713 x131. sbmal.org/events
Draughtsmen Aleworks (Goleta) 10/17-10/19: , 6pm. Sun.: Sat.: Mon.: Rhythm & Brews, 6pm. 53 Santa Felicia Dr., Goleta. Rincon Robby, 2pm. Call (805) 387-2577. draughtsmenaleworks.com/events
10/16, 10/18: Topa Topa Brewing Co. Fri.: Neon Blonde, 6pm. Sun.:
10/17-10/18: Cold Spring Tavern Sat.: The Winetones, 1:30pm. Sun.:
Looking West, 3pm. 120 Santa Barbara St. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 886-4230.
Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan, 1:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call (805) 9670066. coldspringtavern.com
10/16-10/17, 10/21: Maverick Saloon Fri.: Pull the Trigger, 8:30pm. Sat.: Tex Pistols, 8:30pm. Wed.: John
10/17-10/18: Vega Vineyard & Farm Sat.: Darcy Aviles, 12pm. Sun.:
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Gorka w/ Michael Manring, 7pm. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 686-4785.
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10/16, 10/19, 10/21: Lobero Theatre Fri.: Ingrid Michaelson’s Cozy Fall Trio Tour Featuring Allie Moss and Hannah Winkler, 7:30pm. $67-$239. Mon.: Journey through Jazz with S.B. Charter School, 7:15pm. Free. Wed.: Sarah Jarosz with Special Guest Sean Watkins, 7:30pm. $45-$110. 33 E. Canon Perdido St. Email boxoffice@lobero.org. lobero.org
10/17: Arlington Theatre The Tribe Performs Orchestrated Tribute to The Beatles 2nd Annual Charity Concert, 8pm. $23-$120. 1317 State St. Call (805) 963-4408. arlingtontheatresb.com/
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10/17: BeLoved Animal Rescue Ranch Do You Compute with The Santa Barbara Chamber Players, 6:30pm. Donation-based. 1601 Edison St. Call (805) 598-5696. givebutter.com/
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10/17: Paradise Springs Live deejay, 3pm. Free. 210 State St. Call
Nataly Lola, 12pm. 9496 Santa Rosa Rd., Buellton. Free. Call (805) 688-2415
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10/18: The Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts The Betty Bryant Trio: Betty Bryant, Richard Simon, and Robert Kyle, 3pm. $35. Logan House, 8585 Santa Paula Rd., Ojai. Call (805) 646-3381
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10/18: Carhartt Family Wine Richiman & Groove Nice, 3pm. 2939 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. Free. Call (805) 693-5100.
carharttfamilywines.com/events 10/18: Deer Lodge Radio Ranch, 2pm. Free. 2261 Maricopa Hwy., Ojai. Call (805) 646-4256.
deerlodgeojai.com/live-music 10/18: Libbey Bowl Ojai Pops Orchestra, 3:30pm. Free. 210 S. Signal St., Ojai. Email kristy.rivera@ojai.ca.gov.
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10/18: Longoria Wines Live music, 3pm. 732 State St. Free. Email info@longoriawine.com.
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(805) 690-3650.
WEDNESDAY 10/21
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10/18: Lost Chord Guitars A Tribute
10/21: Virtual Film Screening and Conversation: A Tribute to Walter H. Capps: Scholar, Teacher, Public Servant
10/17: S.B. Bowl MUNA with Special
to Dr. Ralph Stanley Performed by Nathan Stanley and Constant Sorrow, 7pm. $35. 1576 Copenhagen Dr., Solvang. Ages 21+. Call (805) 331-4363.
This documentary introduces viewers to the life and legacy of Walter H. Capps and to the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life at UCSB. There will be a post-screening conversation with Lois Capps, Laura Capps, Greg Johnson, Dusty Hoesly, Julie Ross, and other contributors to the film. 6-8pm. Zoom/online. Call (805) 893-2317.
Guest Hemlocke Springs, 7pm. $66.50$106.50. 1122 N. Milpas St. Call (805) 962-7411. sbbowl.com
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10/17-10/18, 10/21: Sat.: Out of the Blue, 1pm.
UCSB Arts & Lectures Clarice and Sérgio Assad, 7:30pm. $15-$48. Campbell Hall, UCSB 574 Mesa Rd. Email info@artsandlectures.ucsb.edu.
Kent Band, 2pm.
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Geologic Map Day: Earth Science Week Learn 10/16: about geologic and topographic maps. Color your own
geologic map and help assemble a geologic map puzzle. 2-4pm. S.B. Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol. Free-$20. Call (805) 682-4711.
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Geoscience for Everyone Day If you are curious about fossils, astronomy, rocks, minerals, and all things geology, join for hands-on, educational, and fun activities. 2-4pm. S.B. Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol. Free-$20. Call (805) 6824711. tinyurl.com/SBMNH-ScienceWeek
10/17: Dino-rama Exhibit Returns See the playful dioramas that bring the Mesozoic Era to life as you discover a variety of animals that lived in the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods and watch out for the flying asteroid that made a way for our Age of Mammals. The exhibit shows through March 2027. 10am-5pm. S.B. Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol. Free-$20. Call (805) 682-4711.
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encouraged to celebrate Halloween during regular Zoo hours with festive activities such as a costume contest at noon, a costume parade at 12:30pm, a spooky story time at 1pm, and animal encounter at 1:30pm along with a scavenger hunt, hay maze, candy station, and face painting (additional charge). Daytime Boo goes through October 31. 10am-3pm. S.B. Zoo, 500 Niños Dr. Free-$37.95. Call (805) 962-5339. sbzoo.org/boo-at-the-zoo
10/15: Día de Los Muertos Remembrance CandleMaking Guests are invited to bring a photograph, small object, or meaningful symbol of their loved one to contribute to a shared remembrance altar or ofrenda for the evening to create a unique scented tribute to one you have lost and hold close in your heart. Light refreshments will be served. 5:30-7pm. Candle Bar 111, 111 E. Yanonali St. $65. Call (805) 969-0461.
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10/15-10/21: Big Wave Dave’s Pumpkin Patch Enjoy kids’ activities and photo opps as you find the perfect pumpkin, from mini to giant. Open through October 31. Thu., Mon.Wed.: 11am-8pm. Fri.-Sun.: 10am-9pm. La Cumbre Plaza (Macy’s parking lot), 3865 State St. Free. Call (805) 218-0282.
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10/15-10/21: Lane Farms Pumpkin Patch Pick the perfect pumpkin and enjoy hayrides, farm animals, tractors, educational displays, and the corn maze (closes daily at 6:45pm). Open through October 31. Mon.-Fri.: noon-7pm; Sat.-Sun.: 10am-7pm. Lane Farms, 308 S. Walnut Ln. Free. Call (805) 9643773. lanefarmssb.com
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Alameda Park then march down Anacapa Street to De la Guerra Street to a Party to the Polls at the ballot drop box at S.B. City Hall. Let’s vote early to ensure every eligible voter can make their voice heard. This event is nonpartisan and designed to increase participation from all eligible voters. Noon-2pm. Alameda Park, 1400 Santa Barbara St. Free. Email contact@indivisible.org. tinyurl.com/SB-No-Kings
10/17: No Kings: Vote Early Carpinteria Join to protect elections from voter suppression and intimidation, ensure a free and fair election, and ensure that our elected leaders are seated. Meet at Linden Field (located at the beach end of Linden Avenue next to Carpinteria State Beach, near 390 Linden Ave.) for introductions and to spell out “VOTE” with human filled letters for a drone photo. Bring the kids in costumes and the dog and march from to the Carpinteria Post Office, 5425 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. 9-11am. 205 Palm Ave., Carpinteria. Free. Email indivisiblecarpinteria@gmail.com.
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No Kings: Vote Early Lompoc Bring your signs (VOTE-positive, democracyforward messaging) and join at the corner of H Street and Central Avenue, Lompoc, to celebrate early voting and ensure every eligible voter’s voice is heard. Learn information and pick up materials about non-partisan election protection coalition ( as well as opportunities for canvassing, phone banking, and text banking. 10am-noon. Corner of H St. and Central Ave., Lompoc.
10/15-10/21: Zellers Farms Pumpkin Patch Pick from traditional pumpkins and heirloom varieties, try the corn maze, visit the farm animals at the petting zoo, take a tractor ride, and more. Mon.-Fri.: 2-6pm; Sat.-Sun.: 10am-6pm. Zellers Farm, 2050 Sweeney Rd., Lompoc. Free. Call (805) 757-7906.
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10/15-10/21: Montecito Country Annual Mart Honor System Pumpkin Patch Celebrate the season by picking out your pumpkin and paying by the honor system. Open through October 31. 10am-6pm. Montecito Country Mart, 1016 Coast Village Rd., Montecito. Free.
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10/16-10/18: Lompoc Ghost Hunting Tour A local guide will share tales of restless spirits, eerie happenings, and the city’s darker history as you explore the old mortuary, the Carnegie Library (now Lompoc Museum), the Lilley Building, the Lompoc Theater, and more. Every guest will get an EMF (electromagnetic fields) meter, the chance to try a spirit box session, and dowsing rods (a tool used in attempts to locate spiritual energy). 7-8:30pm. Old Town Lompoc. $49. Ages: 12+. Call (415) 446-1580 or email info@thehauntghosttours.com.
10/15-10/21: Los Olivos Scarecrow Festival Walk
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around town to see all the scarecrows — humorous, spooky, and more — and then vote for your favorite. Various locations in Los Olivos. Scarecrows on display through October 31. Free.
10/16: Paseo Nuevo Spooky Movie Nights: Casper
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10/15-10/21: Old Solvang Real Ghost Hunting Tour: The Haunt This haunt will combine authentic ghost hunting of the town’s haunted architecture with engrossing storytelling steeped in eerie tales of their phantom residents. Tours go through October 31. Thu., Sun.-Wed.: 8pm; Fri.-Sat.: 7 and 8pm. Meets at the Solvang sign at Copenhagen and 2nd St., Solvang. Ghost hunter: $55; non-believer: $75. Call (415) 446-1580 or email info@thehauntghosttours.com.
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10/15-10/21: Santa Ynez Valley Scarecrow Festival Scarecrows will be displayed around the six townships of Ballard, Buellton, Los Alamos, Los Olivos, Santa Ynez, and Solvang with one community to win the Annual Harvest Cup. Visit the website for locations and to cast your vote. Scarecrows on display through October 31. Free. syvscarecrows.com
10/15-10/21: Solvang Farmer Pumpkin Patch Immerse yourself in pumpkins, gourds, squash, corn stalks, hay bales, the kids’ maze, and the 14-acre corn maze! Open through
Join in the parking garage rooftop (South side) for a screening of 1995’s Casper (rated PG) about an afterlife therapist and his daughter who meet a friendly young ghost when they move into a crumbling mansion in order to rid the premises of wicked spirits. RSVP online. 7-9pm. 651 Paseo Nuevo. Free. Call (805) 963-7147 or email paseonuevo@prismplaces.com paseonuevo@prismplaces.com.
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10/16-10/18: Spirits of Solvang Harvest, Haunts, and Happenings: Adults Trick or Treat Grown-ups are invited to trade candy bags for wine glasses and cocktail shakers at this self-guided crawl with specialty beers, spooky cocktails, or fall-themed wine flights. Costumes are encouraged. After purchasing your pass online, pass pickup will be at Final Girl in Solvang, (485 Alisal Rd., #152, Solvang) and Dreamcôte Wine Co. in Los Olivos (2933 San Marcos Ave., Ste. 107, Los Olivos). Visit the website for participating venues. $49. Ages 21+. Email info@santaynezwinecountry.com.. info@santaynezwinecountry.com
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Halloween Costumes, Decorations, and Create decorations or a unique costume or embellish a costume you already have with support using tools and materials from Art from Scrap. 2-4pm. EE Makerspace, Art from Scrap, 302 E.
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A NEW TYPE OF COUTURE by Meaghan Clark Tiernan
he term “fast fashion” was first coined in the ’90s when a New York Times writer used it as a way to describe the stateside arrival of Spanish brand Zara. Since then, hundreds of brands such as H&M, UNIQLO, and Shein have popped up, enticing consumers to buy runway wear at a fraction of the cost. But the result of mass-producing runway replicas using synthetic materials goes well beyond overwhelmed secondhand stores or overflowing personal closets. According to an Ellen MacArthur Foundation report, up to 85 percent of textiles go into landfills each year. But it isn’t just the industry to blame—consumers have been keeping those garments for half as long as they did in 2000. So, what does that mean for our community? The Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative is hoping to shed some light on the “ecological disaster” of fast fashion with a reuse runway fashion fundraiser at the Community Arts Workshop (CAW) on October 16. Upcycle Couture, in partnership with Explore Ecology (EE), will showcase original designs from six emerging and established designers who’ve been tasked with building their collections using recycled materials. Each designer had the opportunity to shop at EE’s Art from Scrap to collect items, gathering everything from traditional textile supplies to quirky knickknacks for accessories. “Explore Ecology is looking forward to encouraging more people to embrace upcycling and unleash their own creativity when it comes to how they express themselves,” said Explore Ecology’s development director Morgan Coffey. Part social hour and part fundraiser, guests are invited to mingle with cocktails while learning about programing offerings from partner booths. “The focus of the event
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is to raise funds for our programming,” said Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative programs and fund development officer Adrienne De Guevara. “However, it is also to task artists with reimagining how we can reuse and conserve our resources using beauty and craftsmanship while also bringing awareness about the detrimental effects of fast fashion on the environment.” The final creations will be available to purchase via silent auction, in addition to work from the fabric-based art experience Recycled Show. The brainchild of local artist Jami Joelle Nielsen, Recycled Show is celebrating its fourth edition and tasks artists to use recycled materials in their work. It’s a symbiotic partnership that will allow guests to enjoy both wearable and non-wearable art built from recycled goods. Spinning nothing into something has been the passion for designer Morgan Roberts for years. The Santa Barbara–based designer loves doing “thrift flips” for her
fashion brand Borgo by Morgo. A seamstress since childhood, she’s been working tirelessly to get her first mini-collection ready for October. Just days away, the nerves may be setting in for her first show, but she’s “excited to see it all come together.” The same could be true for the four other participating designers, including Celeste Castillo, Moriah Gardner, Erica Huff, and Marie Pier-T. Likewise, Explore Ecology isn’t just sitting on the sidelines; the entire staff, full of creatives, wanted their own opportunity to inspire and delight, and brought in established Los Angeles–based designer Yohannes Yamassee to help showcase the program’s creative reuse core message with his own line of clothing. Their work will be judged by filmmaker Toban Nichols; local stylist Nina Quiros; Allison McCann, the costume studio director at SBCC’s Theater Group; and fashion storyteller Heidi Clements. “I love Santa Barbara. I love fashion. I love young designers,” says Clements, who gets dressed for her 1.1 million followers on Instagram while telling stories. A secondhand shopping advocate (her favorites in town are Crossroads, Neighbor Neighbor, and The Closet Trading Company) who doesn’t want to add to the massive landfill of clothing, she was an empathetic “yes” when asked to judge the show. “Project Runway was always my favorite show, so I feel like this is my Project Runway moment.” The winners will have an opportunity to win a series of prizes including internships with Catherine Gee or Nina Q Styling, or showcasing their clothing at Loveworn or Neighbor Neighbor. To purchase tickets for the October 16 event ($25-$80), see sbartscollaborative.org/upcycle-couture.
Santa Barbara has seen and heard from the profoundly talented Assad family, from Brazil, in various permutations. Brothers Sérgio and Odair Assad, one of the world’s most respected classical guitar duos, has shown up on a few occasions, including a “chamber music in historic places” style concert in the Santa Barbara Courthouse Mural Room. Composer and pianist Clarice, a generation down, has played here both in person and has been represented in concerts through the Camerata Pacifica (which commissioned the 2024 world premiere of Clarice’s work), at a CAMA-presented Sphinx Virtuosi concert just last May. In the latest local Assad sighting-sounding, the auspicious father-daughter pairing of Sérgio and Clarice are set to perform at Campbell Hall on October 21, presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures. The program promises to be a selective tour of Brazilian music, and the creative brainscapes of both Assads. Both musicians have become entrenched in music worlds, in and beyond classical circles. With and without his brother in guitaristic tow, Sérgio has worked in various capacities with such notable artists as Gidon Kremer, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Yo-Yo Ma, and Paquito D’Rivera. Meanwhile, with an oeuvre of more than 70 titles by now, Clarice has spanned classical, jazz, pop and so-called“world music”with her work as player, vocalist, and composer. Campbell Hall’s appearance zooms in on things musically Brazilian, both in terms of reinterpreted songs from that musical hot spot and by these Brazilians. Asked about the prominence of guitar in Brazil, Sérgio offered a broad historical perspective, mentioning that his father, an influence force on the family musical gene pool, actually played mandolin. He pointed out that “the guitar has been used as an instrument to provide accompaniment for singers through the centuries. But it always stayed on a level: If we have to divide society in layers, that was meant for the lower class.” And at Campbell Hall, we’ll hear the fruits of a family lineage cutting across both piano and guitar, with an internationally validated imprimatur and echoes of past Santa Barbara landings. Sérgio and Clarice Assad perform at UCSB’s Campbell Hall Wednesday, October 21, 7:30 p.m. See artsandlectures.ucsb.edu.
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Sun, Oct 18 / 4 PM / Granada Theatre ★★★★ “Graceful aerial solos. Jaw dropping lifts. Superhuman balances. Swan Lake as you’ve never seen it before.” The Times (U.K.)
See Akram Khan Company in its Final International Tour
Akram Khan Company Thikra: Night of Remembering
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Tue, Oct 20 (note new date) / 7:30 PM / Granada Theatre “One of the most influential choreographers of his generation.” The Guardian (U.K.)
Clarice & Sérgio Assad Wed, Oct 21 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall Legendary Brazilian guitarist and composer Sérgio Assad joins his daughter, the pianist, vocalist and Grammynominated composer Clarice Assad, for an evening showcasing the warmth, rhythmic vitality and rich musical inheritance of one of Brazil’s great artistic families.
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SARAH JAROSZ BRINGS 10 YEARS OF UNDERCURRENT TOUR TO TOWN by Leslie Dinaberg decade after her career-making Grammy-winning album Undercurrent — with a successful touring career as both a solo artist and as part of the multiinstrumentalist singer-songwriters trio I’m with Her, alongside Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Watkins — Sarah Jarosz spoke with me about where she’s been, reflected on where she’s going, and what we can expect from her October 21 show at the Lobero Theatre, which is part of her 10 Years of Undercurrent Tour.
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When you’re playing the songs that you wrote when you were a decade younger or more than that, and you’re reflecting on them, are there ever any times where it’s like you’re just back in that time when you’re singing. Definitely, you know, especially these last few shows playing with Jedd, and me and Jeff were doing a lot of reminiscing about that first tour. Jedd and I wrote a handful of the songs together, and there’s a few. “Lost Dog” is one of my most requested songs in general, but definitely from this record. And I can visualize so clearly being in Gary Paczosa’s living room writing that song. We wrote it with our friend Sarah Buxton. So, singing that, it just puts me back instantly. I wrote one of the other songs, “Take Me Back,” with my friend Joey Ryan from the Milk Carton Kids, and just yeah, the memories of writing that song, and it’s cool. Songs are like time machines, and it really is cool to kind of be transported, but then also sing them with 10 more years of life under my belt, and it’s also personal from a personal, you know, perspective. Jeff, my now husband,
who’s going to be playing with me at the show in Santa Barbara, we had literally just started dating when this record came out, so it’s been fun to think back on that time and now here, all these years later, we’re married and playing these duo shows, so that’s kind of fun.
glad to hear you say that. When it comes to the music that I listen to, I don’t have one genre. I love so many different types of music, and I always have. And I think you know when it comes to my records, I’ve also just tried to not let a genre guide the way. Let the songs guide the way. So, I have very kind of folky-leaning things, and then I have my last solo album, Polaroid Lovers, was much more produced and almost like rock moments at times. So, yeah, just if it’s a good song, then I don’t care about what genre it falls into.
Your music is categorized in different ways by different people, but you seem to perform and sometimes cross paths with a super wide variety of people. I feel like there’s sort of jazz singers or folk singers that kind of all know each other that all do the same circuit, but you seem to be in a few different circuits. Would you say that’s right? Yeah, yeah, definitely. Well, I’m
So, when you guys are here in town, do you get to spend any time in Santa Barbara? We travel on the day before, thankfully. We have some family in the L.A. area, so we’ll get to see them the night before the show. And I mean the Lobero, I’m not just saying this because I’m talking to you. It’s truly one of my favorite places to play in the whole country. I love that venue so much, and so I’m always thrilled when I get to come back. It’s the best. A fuller version of this interview appears at Independent.com. Sarah Jarosz performs at the Lobero Theatre (33 E. Canon Perdido St.) on Wednesday, October 21, at 7:30 p.m. See lobero.org.
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I’m assuming you’ve probably been playing some of that music over the years, but certainly not all of it at the same time. Yeah, it was so special. Even though I have albums that are older than this one. This is the first anniversary tour that I’ve ever done, and it’s honestly just for fun. … It was my fourth album, and it was the first album that I did when I wasn’t also simultaneously in school. So, it felt like a real coming-of-age album for me in a way. I was 25 when it came out, and so it’s cool to now be 35, and some of the meanings have changed a bit for me, and I think there’s also a lightness about the whole thing that I have compared to when I was 25. But really, like I said, the intention behind it is just to be able to put on a bit of a different show for folks, and really just I thought it would be fun.
Sarah Jarosz returns to the Lobero Theatre on October 21.
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The idea of performing a whole album is different now, since that’s not the way we mostly listen to music anymore. Your first three shows were with Jedd Hughes and Jeff Picker, your husband. And that was the original trio that toured Undercurrent 10 years ago. So, we played the album from start to finish in order for the first shows, and then we played some more songs after that. But the show that we’ll be doing in Santa Barbara is going to be a duo with Jeff on bass, and so I’m really excited. It’s kind of a rare thing that Jeff and I do duo shows, so it’ll be fun for the audience to get to see. And we will definitely play the entire album. I have yet to decide if in the duo format we’ll play it in order or not. I think I’m leaning toward doing it in order for that reason, because it’s sad, but it sort of feels like a lost art, in a way. And I still love listening to albums in order, I still like listening that way.
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ey, I loved you in Hawk,” yells a male voice. “How’s your little Biggie boy?” asks a woman. “They gave me three stars too. Those bitches,” says another. And so it goes. There’s palpable buzz at the Burbank Airport as fans yell out to Fortune Feimster as she takes a break from her crazy schedule for a quick phone interview. The sought-after actress, comedian, and writer will make a two-show stop at Lobero on October 24 as part of her Takin’ Care of Biscuits Tour. Balancing a flourishing standup career with an A-list slate of on-screen projects — including opposite Will Ferrell in The Hawk, the Netflix film The Fifth Wheel, and voicing “Nibbles” in Disney’s Oscar-nominated animated hit Zootopia 2 — she answered a few questions en-route to her next gig.
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The Lobero’s perfectly suited to comedy. It’s big enough that you can feel people laughing, but we can see your face. Speaking of that, you obviously do a lot of acting and voice work, in addition to standup. Do you approach it differently if you’re playing a character that somebody else wrote for you versus yourself? I think you’d always see a bit of me in every character. I don’t quite disappear into it completely, but when I’m acting, that’s when you rely on the writing to sort of help find those levels and to differentiate me from the character. Especially in the last show, The Hawk, they gave me some really good emotional moments to play with, and I feel like that helped show me in a bit of a different light than people have seen before. Obviously with stand-up, I’m such a storyteller that everything’s very personal, and everything that I’m talking about relates to my life and my family and my mom, and so when you see that, you know that’s who I am. Who I am on stage is pretty similar to off stage and it does not differ very much, but it’s fun to do the acting and not be in charge of the content. Did you always know that you wanted to be an entertainer? No, not at all. I was pretty shy, and I really had to build my confidence and build my ability to like to be silly without being self-conscious about it. That definitely took time and age. So, you came to L.A. and worked as a PA and started doing improv, and you’ve been writing your own material since you’ve been performing then? Yeah. That was kind of the thing you don’t really realize when you go into
standup, that writing is such a huge part of doing it. If you’re not writing material, if you’re not coming up with stuff, you kind of suck. … I have no choice but to sit and write, try to come up with stuff. Otherwise, my career, my career as a standup is just me telling old jokes. It’s just not like music where you play the hit. They want new material, new stories. It’s an interesting thing to navigate because when you start having success, you’re busy. You’re working all the time, so your life becomes work. You have to really make a concerted effort to be a human and to live life and have experiences because you mine from your life and put it back on stage. I feel like right now there’s just so much bad news going on in the world; do you feel like your role as a comic has evolved at all in light of that? I never really talk about politics and daily news stuff because it changes so often. Everything’s so polarizing. I’m very clear on where I stand on things. I don’t shy away from standing up for human rights and things like that. But as far as political stuff, there’s so many people that do it better who are much more knowledgeable about it, and those are the people I even myself look at too. But for me, it’s all about levity. I want to be the air, like the thing that you go in for an hour and a half and forget about all the stress. I like to just keep it light and just feel good. There’s such a positive energy that people always talk about when they leave my shows, like how good it felt, and that’s what I want from people is to just to breathe for a second, have some fun. All that stuff will be there when you leave the theater. Come feel good here. Fortune Feimster performs at the Lobero Theatre (33 E. Canon Perdido St.) Saturday, October 24, at 5 and 8:30 p.m. See lobero.org.
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JULIAN LAGE RETURNS TO THE LOBERO IN HIS OWN DESERVED MARQUEE SPOTLIGHT by Josef Woodard adies and gentlemen, introducing Julian Lage. As Julian Lage. The humble jazz guitar hero’s show at the Lobero Theatre next Thursday, October 22, qualifies as one of the most eagerly awaited jazz events of the year, and to regular “Jazz at the Lobero” goers, he will be a familiar face and sound. We first heard the now 38-yearold in this venue 25 years ago, as a Santa Rosa–born and bred guitarist on tour with vibraphonist master Gary Burton. At the time, Burton’s high-profile hiring of the prodigy resembled Burton’s hiring decades earlier of a young Pat Metheny, before Metheny’s rise to acclaim. Lage then returned to the Lobero at shows with Santa Barbara–based jazz star Charles Julian Lage Quartet Lloyd. At last, Lage appears in the hallowed tion. I’m not sure if I see it as an ideal. theater under his own name, with a bold I think the music I love and learn from new band of John Medeski (of Medeski and study from definitely finds a balance Martin and Wood fame), drummer that makes sense in and of itself, or unto Kenny Wollesen (who performed here itself. In other words, that balance might with Bill Frisell), and bassist Jorge Roeder. not be the same balance I’ve been workThe band arrives hot on the heels of a fine ing on, but balance of any kind is sort of new album, Scenes from Above, his fifth the dream. I don’t feel like there’s one way to do it, release in as many years in his current that’s for sure. But I think jazz inherently record deal with Blue Note Records. We recently checked in with Lage for is music of the people. [Laughs.] It’s a folkan interview. lore kind of music. I think of jazz as deeply lyrical and, and when you say accessible, We’ve seen you many times in the Lobero, I think of, maybe my word for that would but not with you as leader. Does perform- be “communicative.” It’s music that really ing this particular historic theater have a tells a story and has the power to. special meaning for you? I would say that the Lobero is one of my absolute favorite Do you reflect back on the nature of musical spaces to play music and to hear music. life and trajectory so far? Has it been a satIt goes without saying that it’s one of the isfying and challenging ride? I would just treasures of the world and a great honor say it’s just the deepest, deepest privilege and privilege to play there — and also to to play music and to be surrounded by experience all sorts of music in that space. those I love, and the beneficiary of such It really can handle and support absolutely kindness and generosity. I don’t take it for granted at all. And I just look forward to anything. playing in Santa Barbara and to this tour. So, I’m looking forward to this.
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You seem to have discovered how to work with the delicate balance of making jazz that is lyrical and accessible, while also embracing changes and chances. Is that a balance you see as an ideal as a musician? It’s a great ques-
The Julian Lage Quartet plays at the Lobero Theatre (33 E. Canon Perdido St.) Thursday, October 22, 7:30 p.m. For show information and tickets, see lobero.org. See Independent.com for a more extensive interview with Lage.
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After a long drive up dirt roads that twist and turn alongside Sulphur Mountain, we have finally made it to the farm. The view is picturesque with just a sliver of the Pacific peeking through the garden beds filled with tomatoes, cucumbers, and berries. The soft sound of chickens clucking can be heard just over the hill while bees buzz nearby. There’s dirt, worms, and so much sun, but it’s hard not to feel romantic about this place at the top of Ojai. The Thomas Fire scorched this earth that was once set to become a commune of Tony Yanow and his family. The craft beer entrepreneur purchased the lot and its adjacent acres for his family and friends in 2010 while shuffling between Los Angeles and Meiner’s Oaks. But Mother Nature had other plans. When Yanow and his family returned to the property in 2017, stepping over melted Some of the dishes at Ojai Mountain Farm restaurant solar panels, demolished well parts, and wilted dreams, he’d all but given up on the land. But two years later, with a reinvigorated spirit, the Golden Road Brewing founder returned to this spot with renewed energy and a determination to reignite his original dreams. “It turns out the fire made the land more fertile,” Yanow told me recently over the phone. by Meaghan Clark Tiernan The ultimate goal was always to serve good food to his family, but the verdant area became a catalyst for reimagining regenerative farming. “It’s so expensive to farm this way that we’ve got to get every ounce we can out of it,” he said. In the end, a podcast outlining the origins of rye whiskey inspired him to pull further from the ground. His original idea was to build a cocktail farm in order to preserve all the bits and pieces that remained following consumption by his family for fermentation and distillation. But the scorched earth that would have been his home produced such an abundance of produce that opening a restaurant felt inevitable. It’s taken grit, but Yanow is used to dealing with every type of setback imaginable—from permit mishaps to health concerns. Two years ago when I first reported on the best Ojai A view of the bar interior restaurants, I spotted the orange, yellow, and green Ojai Mountain Farm logo on the storefront Yanow team is multi-generational, with expertise in everything and his team had secured from Osteria Monta Grappa. I’d from vermicompost to SEC. As a serial entrepreneur, hoped to add the restaurant to my list within a few months Yanow knows how critical it is to surround himself with of the report, but alas, life had other things in mind. fantastic people. His all-female farming team is one part of In the space between growing more than 80 varieties that, some of whom allowed me to sample tomatoes and of fruit trees and garden crops, Yanow has had a series of smell dahlias on a visit. The other half of that equation is health complications that have forced him to take a step in the kitchen. back. “I’m a hands-on guy, but I can’t be right now—I The culinary direction for Ojai Mountain Farm is led just don’t have it,” he said. It’s something he’s dealt with by chef Jayson Holzworth, who moved over from the hotel his entire life, and doesn’t shy away from discussing it. It’s industry. Holzworth came onboard in 2021, well before actually the reason all of this exists—growing up with the restaurant even broke ground. Between research and heart issues, he learned from a young age how important development, he’d spend days working alongside the small and scrappy farming team. It wasn’t for the faint the food he consumed could be tied to his health. Despite these setbacks, he’s been putting his blood, of heart, he admits on a recent evening this summer just sweat, and equity into this remote farm in ways that months after the restaurant finally opened its doors. “It’s even Yanow — a longtime “close to the earth” con- not my specialty,” says the Rocky Mountains native, “but sumer—could never foresee. The Ojai Mountain Farm I’ve always wanted to connect to the ingredient.”
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Listening
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The Ellwood’s evolution is being led by owner Jordan Zeeb (right) and Colin Jordan, the director of business development.
The bigger question is whether these Negative Nancies even matter. Overall, The Ellwood’s positive online impressions exploded since the changes were announced: Nearly 3,200 people liked that September 22 announcement and there have been more than half a million interactions over the past month, according to Jordan. As for those complaints about spotty service? They’re directly related to the massive boom in business that the restaurant is experiencing since the changes were announced. “We weren’t expecting that,” said Jordan, who is staffing up as you read this. The Goletarita, meanwhile, is already a hit, even outselling their popular clam chowder in its debut week.
The Ellwood’s fish & chips and fish tacos are affordable and already popular.
Goleta Beach’s Restaurant Changes Menu, Expands Happy Hour, and Invents Frozen Cocktail to Appeal to More Neighbors
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fter a year-and-a-half of trying to make a fine dining
restaurant work at Goleta Beach, The Ellwood is shifting gears in hopes of appealing to more diners more frequently. “We heard that you loved The Ellwood, but sometimes felt like it was a place you saved for a birthday, an anniversary, or a special occasion,” the restaurant announced via social media on September 22. “We want to change that. In fact, we’re changing a lot.” Aimed at both pricing and atmosphere, the changes include a revamped menu with more affordable fare, while retaining a few bigger-ticket entrees for those special occasions. Gone are the original menu’s most creative dishes such as that flavor-bomb salmon poke with strawberry, tomato, and miso; succulent char siu mini-tomahawk pork chop; and comfortingly homey calamari parmesan. Replacing them are seaside standards such as fish and chips, fish tacos, and a fried shrimp basket, with ample sandwich and salad options. The brunch menu remains deep, including extensive raw bar selections that are also available at dinner. A core strategy of the new menu involves two “Pierside Specials”: a burger, fries, and beer for $23 or full-sized clam chowder and salad for $24, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. Happy hour has been rechristened as “Golden Hour,” now every day of the week from 3 to 5 p.m., or until 6 p.m. in the bar, which sports six new TVs. (There was just one before.) That menu includes 10 dishes—more than doubling the former happy hour’s offerings—and reduced drink pricing. It’s your cheapest chance to try the new Goletarita, a frozen margarita invention with flavor choices that’s just $12 during Golden Hour. (It’s quite tasty, satisfying even margarita snobs like me.) Leading the charge for these changes is Colin Jordan, the director of business operations and a partner in the restaurant. It only took him about two weeks of working the floor at The Ellwood while talking to every customer to realize what needed to be done. “Every person was saying the same thing: ‘We love The Ellwood. It’s just really pricey,’” said Jordan. “You’ve got
to give the people what they want. This place was built for Montecito, but Montecito people aren’t coming here. You’ve got to stop fighting it.”
Nasty with Nostalgia Maybe people will finally stop fighting The Ellwood. Even before the restaurant won the bid from the County of Santa Barbara to take over the space in 2021, nostalgia-drunk haters were sharpening their online knives, comparing every move to rose-tinted memories of The Beachside Bar-Café. Never mind that The Beachside’s food was pretty standard and not particularly cheap. Never mind that food prices have gone up since the 1990s, and even escalated dramatically between 2021 (when the Beachside closed) and 2025 (when The Ellwood opened). Never mind that the restaurant’s new owners had to dump buckets of money into remodeling the space, endured years of delays due to county-related infrastructure issues, and then got hammered by storms. “Death to The Ellwood!” typed the online hordes, early and often. “Bring back The Beachside!” (I’m summarizing.) The Ellwood’s initial attempt for an upscale experience certainly fanned the flames, as did the naming of the restaurant after a beach a few miles to the west—a symptom, some observed, of the newer-to-town ownership team. Chef Craig Riker remained a steady presence until leaving recently, but fluctuating management felt inconsistent. And yes, the prices did make a trip to The Ellwood more appropriate for a big Saturday night out rather than just a place to get a bite on a Wednesday. That mix of wistfulness and real-world woe opened the floodgates to more angry attacks on The Ellwood than any well-meaning business should endure. The changes aren’t mollifying this mob yet, for the online diatribes continue. Many remain out-of-touch with modern restaurant reality or simply stuck in the past, but there are enough complaints citing long waits and spotty service to seem authentic.
Jordan was brought onto this job by Jordan Zeeb, whose family has been the majority, albeit mostly silent, owner of The Ellwood since its inception. Raised in Salem, Oregon, where his family owns a multifaceted and very successful development company called Jet Industries, Zeeb fell in love with Santa Barbara while playing basketball for SBCC in the mid-2000s and living on Abrego Road in Isla Vista. “I did the whole Freebirds burrito and walking to DP every weekend thing,” said Zeeb, who remembers riding his bike to The Beachside in those days, which was his first time living away from home. “It was a ton of fun. It was a really special time in my life, personally.” He eventually settled in Scottsdale, which is where he met both Jordan (a tech marketing veteran originally from Redwood City) and Joe Diggs, who, along with Omar Khashen, was the UCSB alum front man for the original project to replace The Beachside. “He got me involved little by little,” said Zeeb of how Diggs drew his family’s financing into the project. “I was interested immediately.” Originally, Zeeb stayed out of the way of operations. But as the business started to plateau, he asked Jordan to get involved. “I feel like a lot of people were priced out. That’s never something we want to do, and Colin helped me see a lot of that,” said Zeeb, who treats this as a “passion project” rather than an income driver. “It’s always hard to turn the ship, but that’s one of Colin’s superpowers. He can pivot very fast.” Zeeb visits frequently, such as when he flew in for 24 hours to see the Nash Nites performance on The Ellwood’s lawn a couple Saturdays ago. They plan to host many more concerts and private events at that outdoor venue, although the plans for developing a standalone burger shack out of a shipping container appear to be on hold for now. “I’d much rather have a fun vibe and everybody smiling and laughing and watching the sunset than have it be kinda empty and make the same amount of money,” said Zeeb of the new vision. “It’s not really about us anymore. It’s a simple matter of giving the people of Goleta what they want. That’s the biggest focus. We want to become their living room again.”
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of October, highlighting new vegan menu items created by chefs at restaurants here. It all began with Vegan Outreach, an international, nonprofit organization that aims to reduce animal suffering and promote a vegan lifestyle through education and accessibility. The organization created a far-reaching initiative across mid-size cities, which has been amplified and organized on a local scale by Jen Smith, a prominent Vegan Outreach volunteer here in town. The month-long event will culminate in an online public vote where diners select their favorite restaurants. This year, there are more restaurants than ever signed up, all along the coast from Carpinteria to Isla Vista, as well as Santa Barbara gems such as The Blue Owl, Saint Bibiana, The Black Sheep, and Padaro Beach Grill. There are all kinds of cuisines included in the challenge as well, ranging from Vegan Benedicts South Asian to Italian and American. Additional restaurants in this year’s challenge are Apna Indian Kitchen, Flavor of India, Noe’s Café, Outpost Coffee & Kitchen, Saigon Restaurant/Sachi Ramen and Robata Bar, Santa Barbara Pizza House, Savoy Café & Deli, Seoulmate Kitchen, Shang Hai Restaurant, and Siam Elephant Thai Restaurant. Diners have the entire month to try inventive new dishes featured at participating establishments throughout Santa Barbara. Through a form on the website, diners can rate and review each menu item to share feedback with chefs, as well as cast an official vote for favorites before the challenge concludes. Winning dishes will be announced in November. The Vegan Chef Challenge is also accompanied by an invite for diners to experience the benefits of the plant-based diet by signing up for the 10 Weeks to Vegan program. The program provides participants with nutritional tips, product recommendations, and recipes. See veganchefchallenge.org/SantaBarbara for more information about the challenge itself, voting, and participating restaurants.
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City College’s JSB Café has reopened after being closed since 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, as first reported here in September. The campus restaurant again doubles as a training kitchen for students in SBCC’s School of Culinary Arts, under the direction of Chef Roberto Lopez Carrillo. The cafe is next to the John Dunn Gourmet Dining Room on SBCC’s main campus at 721 Cliff Drive and is open to the public as well as students, faculty, and staff. The menu includes soups, salads, sandwiches, and burgers, among them a Cuban-style panini and the Vaquero Burger. The café is open Monday through Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and Fridays are Pizza Day, starting at 10:30 a.m. and continuing until the pizzas run out. Campus parking is limited, and the college is asking visitors to carpool, take the bus, bike, or walk. Visit sbcc.edu.
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aising Cane’s opened Monday, October 12, at 7000 Hollister Avenue at the corner of Glen Annie Road in Goleta and drew long lines on its first day. Reader Eric first shared with our community last December that the chain was coming to the space, which was then home to Kyle’s Kitchen. Kyle’s Kitchen closed there in May and reopened September 24 across Hollister Avenue in the Target Center, a few doors from Cajun Kitchen. The opening celebration included a ribbon-cutting with the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce, a donation to Dos Pueblos High School, an appearance by the Dos Pueblos cheerleaders, and a drawing in which 20 customers won free Raising Cane’s for a year. The company says it hired more than 70 people for the Goleta restaurant, which is its second in Santa Barbara County (the other is in Santa Maria). Zach Wittenberg is the restaurant leader. Raising Cane’s was founded in Louisiana in 1996 by Todd Graves, who named it after his yellow Labrador retriever, Cane. The chain has built its business on a narrow menu and has largely avoided the menu expansion common among national fast-food companies. The menu is limited to chicken fingers, crinkle-cut fries, coleslaw, Texas toast, lemonade, iced tea, and a proprietary dipping sauce. The company says its chicken is marinated for at least 24 hours and cooked to order rather than held under heat lamps, and that the sauce is made daily at each restaurant. The Goleta dining room includes memorabilia from local high schools, design elements drawn from the nearby college community, navy and gold booths, and a hand-painted floral mural. The company says the décor also nods to Goleta’s agricultural history as the birthplace of California’s commercial lemon industry. Raising Cane’s reports more than 1,000 restaurants and says it plans to
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP Recreation Master Plan Comprehensive Plan and Ordinance Amendments On Wednesday, November 4, 2026, the County Planning Department and County Parks Division will conduct a workshop with the County Planning Commission regarding the upcoming Comprehensive Plan and Ordinance Amendments related to the Recreation Master Plan. The amendments include: Updates to the Recreation Section and the Parks/Recreation Goals and Policies in the County’s Comprehensive Plan (Land Use Element); Updates to the allowable land uses in the County zoning ordinances to allow for additional recreational uses, including trails; New development standards for recreational uses; and A new voluntary incentive program, known as the Recreation Benefit Project Program, that is designed to encourage private landowners to contribute to the County’s public recreation system as a part of proposed private development projects in exchange for a range of incentives. The workshop will include a presentation from Planning and Parks staff, opportunity for public comments and questions, and questions from the planning commissioners. No action will be taken at this workshop. The County Planning Commission will conduct additional hearing(s) to take action on the ordinance amendments following the workshop. view the project webpage For additional information, please https://www.countyofsb.org/3990/Recreation-Master-Plan-Amendments or contact Tina Mitchell at tmitchell@countyofsb.org or (805) 934-6289. The Planning Commission hearing will take place at 9:00 A.M. on Wednesday, November 4, 2026. The workshop will be held at: Planning Commission Hearing Room County Engineering Building 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 For current methods of public participation for the workshop, please https://www.countyofsb.org/1625/County-Planning-Commission or the posted agenda.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Breszny WEEK OF OCTOBER 15
ARIES
(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Before Aries-born Maya Angelou became a celebrated author, she was San Francisco’s first Black female streetcar conductor, a calypso dancer, a cook, a journalist in Ghana, and an actress. She didn’t publish her first memoir until she was 41. She spoke six languages and refused to believe that any single identity could contain her. I offer her as your role model in the coming weeks, Aries. It’s time to celebrate the wondrous truth that you don’t have to be just one thing. In fact, the astrological omens suggest you’ll thrive by rejoicing in the many disparate selves you are and have been, and imagining new ones you might like to add. How kaleidoscopic do you dare to be?
TAURUS
(Apr. 20-May 20): Here’s a hypothesis worth entertaining: You don’t fully know everything you want. Not yet. Not at the core, where desire isn’t well-behaved but turns wild and intense. Your fluency with surface desire can sometimes keep you from excavating the mysteries that live below it. The familiar longings override the stranger, stronger ones that haven’t found their bearings. So there are aspects of your primal yearnings that remain unexamined, simply because they require a particular stillness and courage to unearth completely. The good news: Now is an unusually favorable time to go looking.
GEMINI
(May 21-June 20): Is your mental agility a gift or curse? It depends on whether you use it to avoid taking a stand or to deepen your understanding. In the coming weeks, Gemini, I hope you will practice the cagey skill of holding multiple truths simultaneously without letting that multiplicity become an excuse for never choosing or never committing. The goal is to encourage your magnificent mind to serve your heart rather than to override its tender wisdom. I love it when you unleash your clever analysis and it doesn’t devolve into sophisticated evasion.
CANCER
(June 21-July 22): Astronomers searching for planets around distant stars rarely see the planets directly. Instead, they notice tiny wobbles in the stars or faint dips in their brightness as the planets pass in front of them. You can and should practice a similar art now. Dramatic evidence may be unavailable, so watch for subtle shifts in mood, timing, synchronicity, and atmosphere. Small disturbances may reveal important hidden influences. Your most useful discoveries won’t come from looking harder but from noticing more gently.
LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22): Glassblowers repeatedly place molten glass into blazing furnaces as they shape it. They don’t heat it once and expect it to stay pliable forever. Again and again, they return it to the fire so new possibilities become available. This reminds me of the current chapter of your life story, Leo. Emotional intensity keeps recurring, repeatedly returning you to the heart of the heat and pressure. This may sometimes feel like a test or ordeal, but I think it’s the best way for you to master the crucial lessons and ensure the healing transformations. Be patient as you forge your masterpiece.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Master storytellers know that memorable heroes are admired because they continue moving despite uncertainty. Courage entails a resilient and affectionate partnership with doubt. I hope you’ll remember this if your confidence temporarily flickers in the coming weeks. There’s no need to waste precious energy trying to eliminate every hesitation before taking your next meaningful step. Let your questions accompany your convictions. They may sharpen your judgment. The coming weeks favor brave, thoughtful action, not flawless self-assurance.
LIBRA
(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One morning soon, I predict you will open your inner eyes as well as your outer eyes and discover that you feel freer than you have in ages. Old specters that once pestered you will seem strangely powerless. Wornout customs will have loosened their hold, and an ancient obligation will finally be settled. By some grace that neither you nor I can quite explain, at least some of the chains you fashioned in your own mind will have fallen away. What then? Celebrate! Host a personal “Out of Captivity” party, and give yourself a day or two to revel in your newfound liberty. Once you’re ready to make purposeful use of that delightful independence, ask yourself: “Where in my life do I most need a clean beginning?”
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SCORPIO
(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Not so long ago, you got hints and clues that you were on the verge of getting a taste of tantalizing and off-limits treats. Weren’t you ready to accept when the invitation suddenly dissolved? And by now, haven’t you nearly stopped expecting to enjoy another chance? Then imagine your surprise if that temptation winds its way back to you soon. When you finally take a bite, it may taste and feel nothing like you anticipated. The wisest move will be to let go of your old assumptions and welcome the experience as it is. My prediction: You’ll be delightedly surprised by how deeply and sweetly it alters the way you understand reality—even if at first it feels disorienting.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your upcoming challenges call to mind a feat once accomplished by conservationist and entertainer Steve Irwin. No, you won’t, as he did, feed a huge crocodile by hand while holding an infant in your other arm. But you may need to bring together qualities that seem at odds: fierceness and tenderness, a wild spirit and a protective instinct, boldness and love. Luckily, I am very sure you will summon the power and flair to do that.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Ecologists have found that transition zones, like where forests meet meadows or where land meets water, can support high biodiversity. They may include species from both neighboring habitats as well as species adapted to the distinctive conditions in the boundary zone. I propose we make these places your power metaphor for the coming weeks, Capricorn. You, too, can flourish in edge habitats. Instead of feeling compelled to choose one identity, community, philosophy, or style, appreciate your role as a translator between worlds. Your greatest gifts may emerge because you refuse to belong exclusively to any single camp. Revel in your fertile in-between-ness.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): After pondering what might bring fresh vigor to your love life, I’ve arrived at an audacious suggestion: Offer a smoldering prayer while making love to a saintly soul in a place you regard as sacred. If that combination proves impractical, try just one or two parts of it: Pray wildly during an intimate encounter; flirt with or even seduce a person of uncommon goodness; kiss and hug and cuddle in a setting that feels holy to you; or speak to the divine in a titillating language you wouldn’t use in a formal religious service. The point is to let sensual delight and spiritual longing meet rather than keeping them apart.
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(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): You sometimes regard pleasure like a reward you have to earn through suffering, as if joy were a luxury item requiring payment in pain. But I have an alternate theory: Relaxed glee and earthy enjoyments are essential nutrients that are key to your health. So, in my view, denying yourself beauty and comfort depletes you. I hope you will heed my guidance in the coming weeks, which is to treat yourself to almost more fun, happiness, bliss, and amusement than is allowed by law. See if you can break all previous records for rejuvenating delectation. New law of your universe, at least for the next four weeks: The quest for jovial gusto and zesty zeal is a mandatory aspiration.
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Under the general direction of the Executive Director, the Assistant Director for A.S. Technology & Infrastructure is responsible for the strategic leadership, management, and collaborative development of Associated Students’ technological infrastructure. The position oversees computer, web, network, server, and strategic technical support and policy for a department of over 40 career staff and hundreds of student staff, and elected officials across six separate department locations. Serving as the highest‑level subject matter expert and technical escalation point for the technology team, the Assistant Director supervises the Website Developer, Information Technology Administrator, and Helpdesk Technician, as well as a team of student IT assistants. Provides advanced architectural direction, mentorship, and tier‑3 support across all supervised domains, including web development and design, server and network administration, and desktop support operations. To guarantee that independent, student‑driven goals are successfully achieved, the Assistant Director must possess the specialized expertise to effectively translate the unique technological needs of student‑led initiatives to central Campus Information Technology team, securing critical buy‑in, alignment, and collaborative support from campus partners. The Assistant Director holds primary operational responsibility for the campus‑wide Events and Ticketing system, coordinating critical networking hardware across multiple campus facilities. Additionally, the role manages and coordinates the technical execution of the campus‑wide student elections process, securely bringing together multiple campus departments, ballot initiatives, and candidates into a single, cohesive voting infrastructure. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree Required in related area and / or equivalent experience / training; 4‑6 yrs managing an information technology organization. 4‑6 yrs Experience with Critical thinking, persuasions/ negotiation, conflict resolution, mentoring and staff development, leadership/management, problem solving, human resources policies and procedures relating to management responsibilities; 4‑6 yrs Advanced experience using IT security systems and tools; 4‑6 yrs Experience configuring and managing network tools. Prior work in network administration, IT security, or cyber security. Experience in penetration, vulnerability, and incident response; 4‑6 yrs Experience with assessing business needs to
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UNIVERSITY CENTER BOOKSTORE Under the general direction of the Director of the UCSB Campus Store, the Assistant Director of Operations Management develops and implements strategies to achieve excellent customer service, cost controls, and to generate revenue growth. Leads a team of career and student staff responsible for the operational support of the UCSB Campus Store including course materials, store website and eCommerce. Oversees shipping and receiving and cash handling functions for the store, creating policies and procedures to be followed by all staff. Hires, trains, supervises and evaluates both career and student staff necessary to perform these functions. The Assistant Director is a liaison with the campus community, and annually provides support by coordinating all Campus Store involvement in the annual Commencement ceremonies. This position is fiscally responsible for the operations budget of the Campus
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CAMPUS INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM (IIPP) COORDINATOR
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH & SAFETY Under direction of the Industrial Safety and Hygiene Services Manager, develops, supports implementation of, and identifies needs related to the campus Injury & Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) to help ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, and campus and UC policies. Additional areas of responsibility include developing and implementing effective campus‑wide systems for injury reduction, safety communication, training, risk‑based inspections and compliance oversight , hazard assessment and control, and incident investigation. Performs compliance audits, inspections, and injury investigations, generates reports and corrective actions, provides IIPP program training and assistance, and monitors campus injury trends. Obtains and maintains certifications necessary for program implementation and oversight. Reqs:Bachelor’s Degree Required in related area and / or equivalent experience / training; 1‑3 yrs Developing, implementing, and/ or managing safety programs and/ or training; Thorough knowledge / understanding of specific EH&S field(s) including related laws and regulations; and general knowledge / understanding of all EH&S fields; Thorough knowledge
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CATERING SUPER SUPERVISOR CAMPUS DINING
Campus Catering unit provides catering services for on‑campus special events, summer conference catering, executive and housing department catering. The Campus Catering Supervisor is responsible for event preparation and supervision. Acts as onsite manager at events throughout the year. Core job responsibilities are Event Set‑Up, Student Staff Management and Event Management. Responsible for adhering to budgeted labor costs while also ensuring the highest degree of excellence in service and meeting the client’s needs. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent combination of education and experience; 1‑3 yrs demonstrated ability to organize and manage a variety of events while maintaining a high standard of excellence, including ability and willingness to prioritize and make necessary adjustments for last minute events. Proven ability to train, schedule and supervise student staff; Equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check; Visa sponsorship is not available for this position; Valid driver’s license and have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program; ServSafe Certification or equivalent certification. Required within 90 days; Must be able to drive a van and/or box truck; Able to work flexible hours including nights and weekends. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range: $image.png$60,000.00/ yr. Full Salary Range: $image.png62,‑ 000.00/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open Until Filled. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 89331.
EMF TEAM SUPER SUPERVISOR
BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES This position serves as an EMF Service Team Lead responsible for directly managing an EMF Service Team of professionals that oversees a balanced award portfolio. The EMF Service Team Lead is responsible for ensuring the team as well as their individual position provides customer‑oriented, value‑added post‑award management services to UCSB Principal Investigators (PIs), Research Finance Analysts (RFAs), and university partners through: set‑up, invoicing, and fiscal management of individual grants and contracts awarded by Federal, State, other government, and private sponsors for the support of the UC Santa Barbara campus research enterprise. The Service Team Lead is responsible for analyzing and resolving problems, interpreting policies (e.g., fiscal management, HR, post award management) and demonstrates expert post award management knowledge. The Service Team Lead is responsible for managing professional relationships with customers, partners and sponsors, and personal and team workload to ensure the office service levels are achieved. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and /or equivalent combination of education and work experience; 7‑9 yrs Professional experience in accounting, auditing, or other related field. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range: $90,600 to $110,000/ year. Full Salary Range: $90,600 to $166,400/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open Until Filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu, Job # 84802
LEAD AUTO TECHNICIAN
TRAN (TRANSPORTATION SERVICES) Performs comprehensive maintenance and repair on UCSB fleet vehicles (includes gasoline, E85, diesel, bio‑diesel, natural gas, hybrid, and electric). Work ranges from simple maintenance to rebuilding components, with an emphasis on technician and customer safety. Performs technically advanced repairs on computer controlled vehicle systems using appropriate diagnostic equipment. Performs repairs to vehicle’s mechanical components using appropriate shop tools & procedures. Performs preventative maintenance inspections and repairs. Performs vehicle emission testing. Provides customer service and roadside assistance as needed. Provides coverage in absence of the Garage Supervisor. Performs driving duties assigned. Accurately documents all work performed. Completes repair orders promptly. Attends appropriate technical training classes on current and emerging automotive technology. Participation in ASE automotive certification is encouraged. Must be able to work as a member of a
team and share in the responsibility for maintaining a safe and secure work environment. Reqs: Minimum 5 yrs of experience diagnosing vehicle problems and performing needed repairs; Minimum 5 yrs of experience performing comprehensive maintenance and repair on vehicles (includes gasoline, E85, diesel, bio‑diesel, natural gas, hybrid, and electric vehicles); Minimum 5 yrs of experience utilizing a wide range of shop tools & equipment, including advanced electronic diagnostic equipment; Performs all necessary repairs to ensure proper vehicle operation & safety; Alerts Garage Supervisor to any non‑routine safety deficiencies. Test drives vehicle before and after repair. Installs accessory equipment per customer’s specifications; Maintains high safety standards while performing work to ensure the safety of self, coworkers, and customers. Notes: May be required to work overtime; Required to hold a valid driver’s license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program; Satisfactory criminal history background check. Budgeted/Hiring Hourly Rate: $42.53/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 10/1/26. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 88907.
MAIL PROCESSOR MAIL
The Mail Processor performs a variety of duties related to the processing and delivery of US and campus mail. This includes, but is not limited to, operating high speed mailing machines using electronic scales; recharging departments for outgoing postage; picking up and delivering mail throughout the campus; handling accountable mail such as registered, certified, and express mail; prepares US Mail for “returned to sender”; uses variety of stickers to identify handling of packages with addressing issues; operating mail truck and other material handling equipment. Mail Processor is expected to arrive at work on time due to the scheduled nature of services offered to UCSB campus by dept. Reqs: Two yrs of experience in the handling of campus and U.S. mail, including a working knowledge of postal regulations and postal rates; 1‑3 yrs experience and basic knowledge of major shipping carriers and the array of products offered. Notes: Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. Work M‑F 7:30am ‑ 4:30pm, schedule can be modified/ adjusted depending on needs of Mail Services operations; Required to hold a valid driver’s license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program; Satisfactory criminal history background check. Hiring Budgeted Range: $26.86/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open Until Filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 87955.
PROJECT ANALYST SUPERVISOR DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
The Project Analyst – Supervisor provides professional contract administration and project administration support for DCS capital improvement and deferred maintenance projects, while supervising and providing direction to DCS Project Analysts. The position independently analyzes and administers contractual and project requirements in accordance with University policy, the Public Contract Code, the UC Facilities Manual, and applicable Federal and State requirements. The position provides guidance and recommendations to project management staff regarding contract administration, project documentation, compliance requirements, and administrative processes, and serves as the administrative lead and program management software specialist for DCS. The Project Analyst – Supervisor also supports the Labor Compliance Officer in the administration and oversight of the University’s Federal and State‑mandated Labor Compliance Programs, including prevailing wage, certified payroll, apprenticeship, and related compliance requirements. The position supervises, trains, and develops Project Analysts to ensure consistent and effective administration of project and contract responsibilities. Reqs:Bachelor’s degree in a related area; 4‑6 yrs Experience providing analytical and administrative support for complex organizations, construction projects and/or construction administrative processes; Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including effective negotiation skills; Advanced analytical and technical skills for all facets of project administration; Developed interpersonal skills to collaborate and problem‑solve successfully with a variety of artists, lecturers, agents, and university and external contacts. Strong customer service orientation, creative problem solving and analytical thinking skills as demonstrated in a professional environment; General knowledge of design and construction project administration; Computer proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Microsoft Project (or other scheduling program); California Driver’s License Upon Hire Required. Notes: Hours and days may vary to meet the operational needs of the department; Required to hold a valid driver’s license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/ or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program; Satisfactory criminal history background check; Master key access to University‑owned residence and/or other facilities. Hiring/ Budgeted Salary Range: $94,000.00/ yr to $101,700.00/year. Full Salary Range: $81,600.00/yr to $147,800.00/ year. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
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SBHA (SB HOUSING AUTHORITY) The Office of Strategic Asset Management (SAM) at UC Santa Barbara provides leadership and a broad range of professional services to support vital campus development initiatives, including physical planning, environmental assessment, and long‑range development for all campus projects. SAM manages a diverse real property portfolio that includes agricultural, institutional, research, residential, and commercial assets, which are administered in direct support of the University’s educational mission. Its core functions encompass the development and management of on‑campus and off‑campus leasing programs, the administration of complex contracts, and the oversight of faculty and staff housing communities. Furthermore, SAM facilitates third‑party development partnerships, oversees the due diligence process for acquisitions, and manages specialized licensing programs, including telecommunications and retail. Within this strategic framework, the Real Estate Leasing Officer is a vital member of the Office of Strategic Asset Management. Reporting to the Executive Director, this role is responsible for the professional administration of leases, day‑to‑day management, and operational oversight of properties and contracts owned or acquired by the University. The Officer ensures that all real estate operations and transactions incorporate facilities management requirements and cost accounting principles while remaining in strict compliance with University of California (UC) policies and campus regulations, directly in support of the University’s educational mission; Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. 4‑6 yrs experience in Of professional experience in related area/field. Notes: Hiring/Budgeted Salary $100,000 to $120,000/year. The full salary range for this position is $90,600 ‑ $166,400/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 10/1/26. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 88801.
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Under the general direction of the Associate Business Officer, the Research Administrator provides comprehensive, independent pre‑award and post‑award administration for sponsored research awards in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). Serving as one of two primary research administrators in the unit, this position shares responsibility for a total departmental portfolio of 40+ Principal Investigators (PIs) and over 100 active sponsored projects, independently managing an assigned share of the department’s $90M+ in cumulative research funding and $20M+ in annual expenditures. In the pre‑award phase,
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the administrator acts as a vital liaison between PIs, the Office of Research (OR), and various federal, state, private, and international sponsoring agencies. Provides expert guidance on proposal preparation, interprets complex agency guidelines, and collaborates with PIs to develop detailed, compliant budgets and submission packages under tight, concurrent deadlines. In the post‑award phase, the administrator delivers high‑level financial stewardship for their assigned portfolio. Responsibilities include independent budget setup, transaction review and approval across boundary systems, detailed burn‑rate forecasting, cost‑share tracking, subrecipient monitoring, and compliant award closeout. Throughout the entire award lifecycle, the administrator ensures absolute compliance with federal regulations, sponsor terms, UC policies, and accounting standards, protecting the university’s research enterprise while offering strategic fiscal guidance to faculty. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related areas and/or equivalent experience/training; 1‑3 yrs Knowledge and application of financial policies and procedures; 1‑3 yrs Experience with enterprise financial systems; 1‑3 yrs Research administration in a university setting; Demonstrated competence in the use of spreadsheet and database software in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting; Demonstrated knowledge of effective grant funding processes, procedures and techniques; Ability to adapt to changing priorities, meet strict deadlines, and multi‑task in a high volume environment. Notes: Satisfactory Completion of a Criminal History Background Check. Hiring/ Budgeted Salary Range: $75,180 to $104,475/yr. Full Salary Range: $75,180 to $133,770/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Application Review begins 10/19/26. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #89241.
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ADMINISTER OF ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JAMES L. MORRIS aka JAMES LESLIE MORRIS No.: 26PR00462 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: JAMES L. MORRIS aka JAMES LESLIE MORRIS A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: RYAN K. MORRIS in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. THE PETITION requests that (name): RYAN K. MORRIS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 11/12/2026 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101. SOUTH COUNTY PROBATE. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Angela Braun, Executive Officer 9/24/2026 by Kim Gallegos, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Marla D. Garcia, Krause Law P.C.; 7429 N. First Street, Ste. 104 Fresno, CA 93720; 559‑431‑7777 Published: Oct 1, 8, 15 2026. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RONNY JOSEPH MARC BOURQUE, aka RONNY J M BOURQUE No.: 26PR00427 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: RONNY JOSEPH MARC BOURQUE, aka RONNY J M BOURQUE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: COLETTE M. BOURQUE in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. THE PETITION requests that (name): COLETTE M. BOURQUE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions,
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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: 10/28/2026 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 1 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101. PROBATE. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Angela Braun, Executive Officer 9/23/2026 by Michael Rosales, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Nancy Noel; 44694 Monterey Avenue Palm Desert, CA 92260; 760‑346‑8817 Published: Oct 1, 8, 15 2026. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOHN E. QUAST No.: 26PR00457 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: JOHN E. QUAST A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: STACEY A. WRIGHT in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. THE PETITION requests that (name): STACEY A. WRIGHT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 11/12/2026 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California
statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Angela Braun, Executive Officer 9/21/2026 by Kim Gallegos, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Robert B. Locke; 5290 Overpass Rd. Suite 204 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; 805‑683‑1459 Published: Oct 1, 8, 15 2026. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SEAN CHRISTOPHER NOLAN CASE NO.: 26PR00459 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: SEAN CHRISTOPHER NOLAN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: LISA NOLAN in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. THE PETITION requests that (name): LISA NOLAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 11/12/2026 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. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Angela Braun, Executive Officer 9/23/2026 by Kim Gallegos, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Kimberly F. Whitfield, Esq.; 14414 Oak Street, Saratoga, CA 95070; (408)‑395‑4800 Published: Oct 8, 15, 22 2026. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CHRISTOPHER TODD BAKER CASE NO.: 26PR00444 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: CHRISTOPHER TODD BAKER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: ALISA JANINE BAKER in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. THE PETITION requests that (name): ALISA JANINE BAKER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the
Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 11/05/2026 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. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Angela Braun, Executive Officer 9/10/2026 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Alisa Janine Baker; 2005 Mardel Lane, San Jose, CA 95128; Published: Oct 8, 15, 22 2026. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ALAN BURT POSNER CASE No.: 26PR00393 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: ALAN BURT POSNER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: ANN CURRY THOMPSON and KYLE BATES in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. THE PETITION requests that (name): ANN CURRY THOMPSON AND KYLE BATES be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 10/29/2026 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101. ANACAPA IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California
Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Angela Braun, Executive Officer 9/30/2026 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Erin R. Parks; Law Office of Erin R. Parks 625 E. Victoria Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; 805‑899‑7717 Published: Oct 8, 15, 22 2026. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DAWN VERA POSNER CASE No.: 26PR00395 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: DAWN VERA POSNER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: KYLE BATES in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. THE PETITION requests that (name): KYLE BATES be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 10/29/2026 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101. ANACAPA IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Angela Braun, Executive Officer 9/30/2026 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Erin R. Parks; Law Office of Erin R. Parks 625 E. Victoria Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; 805‑899‑7717 Published: Oct 8, 15, 22 2026. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SERETTEAU HOLLY GREEN CASE No.: 26PR00465 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: SERETTEAU HOLLY GREEN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: MONICA TULL in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.
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LEGALS (CONT.) County of Santa Barbara Elections Division General Election to be held on November 3, 2026
NOTICE OF CENTRAL COUNTING PLACE AND DESIGNATIONS OF POLLING PLACES (Election Codes Sections 12109, 12105 & 12106)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Election will be held in the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of November, 2026. The following location is designated as a “Central Counting Center” for November 3, 2026, General Election (Elections Code Section 12109): CENTRAL COUNTING LOCATION County of Santa Barbara Elections Division Main Office 4440-A Calle Real Santa Barbara, CA 93110 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8: 00 p.m. on said day, and the following places have been designated as polling places of Santa Barbara County, State of California: Please note, pursuant to California Elections Code 3005, whenever there are 250 or less people registered to vote in any precinct, the County Clerk may require the voters therein to vote by means of a mail ballot. VOTING LOCATIONS Santa Barbara Elections Office Santa Maria Elections Office 4440-A Calle Real 511 E. Lakeside Parkway, Suite 134 Santa Barbara, CA 93110 Santa Maria, CA 93455 Hours of Operations: Hours of Operations: Monday through Friday – 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, expect holidays Monday through Friday – 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, expect holidays Saturday, October 31, 2026 – 8:00 am to 2:00 pm Saturday, October 31, 2026 – 8:00 am to 2:00 pm Monday, November 3, 2026 – 7:00 am to 8:00 pm Monday, November 3, 2026 – 7:00 am to 8:00 pm POLLING PLACES for November 3, 2026, General Primary Election (Elections Code Section 12105) Carpinteria Boys & Girls Club Gymnasium 4849 Foothill Rd Carpinteria, CA 93013 Precincts: 10-0410 11-3400 11-4400 11-4408
Casas De Los Carneros Multipurpose Room 10 Longshore Pl Goleta, CA 93117 Precincts: 33-2412 33-3400 33-4404 33-4406
Carpinteria Sanitary District Board Room 5300 6th St Carpinteria, CA 93013 Precincts: 11-1402 11-5413
Christian Science Church Main Building 480 N Fairview Ave Goleta, CA 93117 Precincts: 23-1402
Casas De Las Flores Community Room 4096 Via Real Carpinteria, CA 93013 Precincts: 10-0418 11-2402
Community Friends Of Santa Barbara Chapter House & Garden Room 1259 Veronica Springs Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93105-4535 Precincts: 20-0402 22-2416 22-5402
Dahlia Court Community Room 1300 Dahlia Ct. Carpinteria, CA 93013 Precincts: 11-2400 Summerland Presbyterian Church Vos Hall 2400 Lillie Ave Summerland, CA 93067 Precincts: 10-0464 Church Of Christ Fellowship Hall 138 N O St Lompoc, CA 93436-6626 Precincts: 36-4402 Dick DeWees Community & Senior Center Banquet Room 1120 W Ocean Ave Lompoc, CA 93436 Precincts: 36-4400 Events Mission Valley Community Center 138 N B St Lompoc, CA 93436 Precincts: 36-3400 36-4404 First United Methodist Church Fireside Room 925 N F St Lompoc, CA 93436 Precincts: 36-2400 40-0620 Grace Baptist Church Large Fellowship Hall 1009 E Pine Ave Lompoc, CA 93436 Precincts: 36-3406 North Avenue Baptist Church Fellowship Hall 1523 W North Ave Lompoc, CA 93436 Precincts: 36-1400 Providence Landing Clubhouse 699 Mercury Ave Lompoc, CA 93436 Precincts: 40-0632 Bethany Congregational Church Koinonia Room 556 N Hope Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93110-1570 Precincts: 12-5400 22-5412 Brandon School Library 195 Brandon Dr Goleta, CA 93117 Precincts: 30-0730 33-3407
Eastside Library Martin Luther King, Jr. Wing 1102 E Montecito St Santa Barbara, CA 93103-2635 Precincts: 12-1404 12-4408
Montecito Community Center Hall Library 1469 East Valley Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Precincts: 10-0488
U.C.S.B. Santa Cruz Hall Main Lounge Santa Cruz Hall Santa Barbara, CA 93107 Precincts: 20-0610
Lutheran Church of Our Savior Stahnke Hall 4725 S Bradley Rd Santa Maria, CA 93455-5051 Precincts: 40-0440 40-0450
Montecito Covenant Church Fellowship Hall 671 Cold Springs Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93108-1005 Precincts: 10-0496
University United Methodist Church Of Isla Vista 880 Camino Del Sur Goleta, CA 93117 Precincts: 20-0626
Palm Park Beach House Community Center 236 E Cabrillo Blvd Santa Barbara, CA 93103 Precincts: 12-1400 12-4404 22-2400
Vieja Valley School Multipurpose Room 434 Nogal Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93110 Precincts: 20-0414
Masonic Hall Main Hall 700 E Lakeview Rd Santa Maria, CA 93455 Precincts: 40-0428 40-0434 40-0438
Redeemer Bible Church Sizer Hall 736 W Islay St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Precincts: 12-3400 12-3406 12-3408 22-3400
Westside Neighborhood Center Westside Auditorium 423 W Victoria St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Precincts: 12-3412 12-6400 12-6414
First Presbyterian Church Christian Fellowship Center 21 E Constance Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Precincts: 12-4434 22-6400
Saint Raphael Catholic Church Parish Hall 5444 Hollister Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93111 Precincts: 20-0566 23-2402 23-2406 33-2400
First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall 305 E Anapamu St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Precincts: 12-6404 12-6406 12-6410 12-6412
Santa Catalina Linda Vista Room 6850 El Colegio Rd Goleta, CA 93117-4300 Precincts: 20-0632
Girls, Inc. Theater 4973 Hollister Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93111 Precincts: 20-0560 20-0568 20-0608 Goleta Presbyterian Church Common Room 6067 Shirrell Way Goleta, CA 93117 Precincts: 23-1424 Holy Cross Church Hayes Hall 1740 Cliff Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93109 Precincts: 12-2400 12-2402 22-2404 Isla Vista Community Center 976 Embarcadero Del Mar Goleta, CA 93117 Precincts: 20-0616
SB Community Church Community Room 1002 Cieneguitas Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93110 Precincts: 10-0560 SB Student Housing Cooperative Merton Auditorium 777 Camino Pescadero Goleta, CA 93117-4620 Precincts: 20-0622 SB Woman’s Club Auditorium 670 Mission Canyon Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Precincts: 10-0518 12-4424 12-4430 SBCC Wake Campus Auditorium 300 N Turnpike Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93111 Precincts: 10-0574 10-0576 20-0504
Islamic Society Of Santa Barbara Ground Floor Auditorium 302 N Los Carneros Rd Goleta, CA 93117 Precincts: 33-1400
Sierra Madre Villages Miramar Center - 6113 555 Storke Rd Goleta, CA 93117 Precincts: 33-4400 33-4402 33-4403
La Colina Jr High School Auditorium Foyer 4025 Foothill Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93110-1209 Precincts: 10-0548 20-0462 22-5408
U.C.S.B. Manzanita Village Loma Pelona 1108 Manzanita Village Santa Barbara, CA 93107 Precincts: 20-0614
MacKenzie Park MacKenzie Center 3111 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Precincts: 12-4428 22-5400
U.C.S.B. San Nicolas Hall Recreation Room San Nicolas Hall Santa Barbara, CA 93107 Precincts: 20-0612
Arellanes Junior High School Gymnasium 1890 Sandalwood Dr Santa Maria, CA 93455-2846 Precincts: 50-0400 Atkinson Park Community Center Multipurpose Room 1000 N Railroad Ave Santa Maria, CA 93458 Precincts: 57-2410 Bethel Lutheran Church Fireside Room 624 E Camino Colegio Santa Maria, CA 93454 Precincts: 57-4406 57-4410 57-4412 Bob Orach Community Building 1300 Marsala Ln Santa Maria, CA 93458 Precincts: 57-3412 57-3418 Calvary Chapel Of Santa Maria Church Foyer 2620 Santa Maria Way Santa Maria, CA 93455-1714 Precincts: 47-3410 47-3412 47-3414 47-4402 Edwards Community Center Multipurpose Room 809 Panther Dr Santa Maria, CA 93454 Precincts: 47-4420 First Christian Church Worship Center 1550 S College Dr Santa Maria, CA 93454 Precincts: 47-4412 47-4414 Grogan Park Community Center Recreation Room 1155 Rancho Verde Rd Santa Maria, CA 93458 Precincts: 57-1400 57-1402 Guadalupe City Hall Council Chambers 918 Obispo St Guadalupe, CA 93434-1458 Precincts: 58-8414 58-8422 58-8432 Los Alamos Senior Citizens Center Community Center 690 Bell St Los Alamos, CA 93440 Precincts: 40-0580
Minami Community Center Assembly Room 600 W Enos Dr Santa Maria, CA 93458-7146 Precincts: 47-3422 Power Of God Christian Center 1503 N Mcclelland St Santa Maria, CA 93454 Precincts: 57-2400 57-4400 Santa Maria Fairpark Plaza Building 937 S Thornburg St Santa Maria, CA 93458 Precincts: 57-1420 57-1422 57-1428 57-3408 Santa Ynez Community Services District Board Room 1070 Faraday St Santa Ynez, CA 93460 Precincts: 30-0560 South Valley Community Church The Gray Room 1054 E Clark Ave Santa Maria, CA 93455-5038 Precincts: 40-0560 Temple Beth El Main Hall 1501 E Alvin Ave Santa Maria, CA 93454-3303 Precincts: 47-2400 The Oasis Center Main Hall 420 Soares Ave Orcutt, CA 93455 Precincts: 40-0552 40-0554 Vida Church Gymnasium 709 N Curryer St Santa Maria, CA 93458-3607 Precincts: 57-1412 57-1416 Coastlands Church Main Building 236 La Lata Dr Buellton, CA 93427 Precincts: 35-1400 35-2400 35-4402 Old Mission Santa Ines Parish Hall 1760 Mission Dr Solvang, CA 93463 Precincts: 34-1406 34-2404 34-3404 34-4406 St. Mark’s In The Valley Episcopal Church Common Room 2901 Nojoqui Ave Los Olivos, CA 93441 Precincts: 30-0588 30-0618 30-0630
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LEGALS (CONT.) THE PETITION requests that (name): MONICA TULL be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 11/19/2026 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101. SANTA BARBARA‑ANACAPA DIVISION IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Angela Braun, Executive Officer 10/08/2026 by Kim Gallegos, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Karine Wegrzynowicz; 15 W Carrillo St. Ste 103 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑837‑0125 Published: Oct 15, 22, 29 2026.
FBN ABANDONMENT STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: ISHI MAURY: 3737 Portofino Way, #A Santa Barbara, CA 93105 The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 03/12/2026 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original File no. FBN 2026‑0000603. The persons or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Maria L Maury‑Smith (same address) The business was conducted by an A Individual. Registrant commenced to tranact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Mar 12, 2026 Signed by: MARIA L. MAURY SMITH/OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 10/01/26, FBN 2026‑0002420 E63. 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: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29 2026. STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF SANTA BARBARA: 1915 Chapala St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 The original statement for use of this Fictitious
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: SANTAFINO CPAS, SANTAFINO: 5142 Hollister Avenue, #577 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Anoushavan Bogharyan (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 3, 2026 Filed by: ANOUSHAVAN BOGHARYAN/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 8, 2026. 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 71. FBN Number: 2026‑0002245. Published: Sep 24. Oct 1, 8, 15 2026.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2026‑0002201 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Paws First Dog Trainin, 6520 El Colegio Rd, Room 2113, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 County of SANTA BARBARA Mackenzie Grace ClRY, 6520 El Colegio Rd Rm 2113, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. S/ Mackenzie Clary, This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 09/01/2026. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15/26 CNS‑4079315# SANTA BARBARA
Ordinance No. 5310 An Ordinance of the County of Santa Barbara Adding Chapter 23, Article VI, Sections 23-38 through 23-41 to the Santa Barbara County Ordinance Code Regulating Possession of Catalytic Converters. Passed, approved and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, on this 6th day of October 2026, by the following vote: Ayes: Supervisors Lee, Capps, Hartmann and Nelson Noes: None Absent: Supervisor Lavagnino Abstain: None JANA PETERSEN CLERK OF THE BOARD By: Sheila de la Guerra – Deputy Clerk
NOTE: A complete copy of Ordinance No. 5310 is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and is available for public inspection and copying in that office in accordance with the California Public Records Act, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: JOH HANDYMAN: 1608 Elm Ave Sovang, CA 93463; Jacob O Hanberg (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 1, 2026 Filed by: JACOB HANBERG/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 18, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002349. Published: Sep 24. Oct 1, 8, 15 2026.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTAFINO WEALTH MANAGEMENT, SANTAFINO ADVISORS, SANTAFINO: 5142 Hollister Avenue, #577 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Santafino Wealth Management 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 Sep 3, 2026 Filed by: ANOUSHAVAN BOGHARYAN/ MANAGING MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 8, 2026. 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 71. FBN Number: 2026‑0002246. Published: Sep 24. Oct 1, 8, 15 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CTG PUBLICATIONS: 929 Via Fruteria Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Self‑Esteem Seminars, Inc. PO Box 30880 Santa Barbara, CA 93130 This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A Filed by: DONNA BAILEY/FINANCE DIRECTOR with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 10, 2026. 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 71. FBN Number: 2026‑0002271. Published: Sep 24. Oct 1, 8, 15 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s)
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NOTICE OF VACANCY SANTA BARBARA COUNTY RETIREMENT BOARD OF THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors is accepting applications for two(2) positions on the RETIREMENT BOARD OF THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Applications for these positions are available online at www.countyofsb.org, at the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors located in the County Administration Building, Fourth Floor, 105 East Anapamu Street, Board of Supervisors Reception Desk, Santa Barbara, at the Fifth District Supervisors Office at the Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Administration Building, 511 East Lakeside Parkway in Santa Maria or by calling the Clerk of the Board Office at (805) 568-2240. Deadline for the submission of applications to the Clerk of the Board Office is Friday, December 4, 2026. For specific information regarding the Retirement Board, please contact Greg Levin, Executive Director of the Santa Barbara County Employees’ Retirement System at (877) 568-2940 or visit their website at: www.sbcers.org. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, 105 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Phone: (805) 568-2240 Email: sbcob@countyofsb.org 54
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is/are doing business as: GENERAL WORKSHOP PRESS: 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1‑151 Santa Barbara, CA 93018; General Workshop LLC 2108 N St Ste N Sacramento, CA 95816 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 16, 2026 Filed by: ALISON VINOLY/ MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 16, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002327. Published: Sep 24. Oct 1, 8, 15 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PILATES & OR: 220 W. Canon Perdido St Ste 1 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Pilates & OR LLC 1438 Hillcrest Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 02, 2023 Filed by: OR KAHLON/CO‑OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 18, 2026. 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 71. FBN Number: 2026‑0002341. Published: Sep 24. Oct 1, 8, 15 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DOUDS GAMES: 629 N 6th Street Lompoc, CA 93436; Perl 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 Sep 11, 2026 Filed by: EMMA RECHER/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 14, 2026. 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 71. FBN Number: 2026‑0002300. Published: Sep 24. Oct 1, 8, 15 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: CENTRAL COAST ARMS, SEMPER FI, TACTICAL, CCFS: 529 South J Street Lompoc, CA 93436; Michael Peter Vasquez (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 N/A Filed by: MICHAEL PETER VASQUEZ/ OWNER/MANAGING MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 17, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002336. Published: Sep 24. Oct 1, 8, 15 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SB BABY WEARING: 595 Poppyfield Place Goleta, CA 93117; Sara BW Uhrig (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 13, 2026 Filed by: SARA UHRIG/ CEO & FOUNDER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 14, 2026. 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 71. FBN Number: 2026‑0002306. Published: Sep 24. Oct 1, 8, 15 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KM WALKER DESIGN, KM WALKER ART & DESIGN: 2963 Valencia Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Kristen Walker (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 1, 2026 Filed by: KRISTEN WALKER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 10, 2026. 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 71. FBN Number: 2026‑0002272. Published: Sep 24. Oct 1, 8, 15 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No. FBN2026‑0002265 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: By The Code Electric, 6408 Brown Rd, Guadalupe, CA 93434 County of SANTA BARBARA Armando Mincitar, 6408 Brown Rd, Guadalupe, CA 93434 This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. S/ Armando Mincitar This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 09/10/2026. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15/26 CNS‑4072446# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DOVETAIL WEDDING MUSIC: 104 S Salinas St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Liam G Coggon (same address) Molly O’Connell 1725 San Andres Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Aurora Robathan‑Wu 104 S Salinas St Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by A Joint Venture Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 14, 2026 Filed by: LIAM COGGON with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 15, 2026. 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 71. FBN Number: 2026‑0002311. Published: Oct 1, 8, 15, 22 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: ONO NISI: 925 E. Cota St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Odilia Hernandez Onofre (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 3, 2026 Filed by: ODILIA HERNANDEZ ONOFRE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 14, 2026. 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 73. FBN Number: 2026‑0002305. Published: Oct 1, 8, 15, 22 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: LARIMAR BLUES: 645 Surf View Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Jeff H. Heyman 315 Meigs Rd Ste A‑608 Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 24, 2026 Filed by: JEFF HEYMAN/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 25, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002390. Published: Oct 1, 8, 15, 22 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2026‑0002267 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: STAY SB, 1226 HANS PARK TRL, SOLVANG, CA 93463 County of SANTA BARBARA STAY SB LUXURY VACATION RENTALS INC., 1226 HANS PARK TRAIL, SOLVANG, CA 93463 CALIFORNIA This business is conducted by a Corporation The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/07/2021. s/ABEL RAMOS, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 09/10/2026. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22/26 CNS‑4080923# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: QUIRKY QUALITY CURATIONS: 6635 Calle Koral Goleta, CA 93117; Kahryn M. Dill (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 05, 2026 Filed by: KATHRYN DILL with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 15, 2026. 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 71. FBN Number: 2026‑0002256. Published: Oct 1, 8, 15, 22 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: GRACE KATHRYN PHOTOGRAPHY: 1707 Anacapa Street, Unit 25 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Grace K Coccia (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 01, 2013 Filed by: GRACE KATHRYN COCCIA/OWNER & LEAD PHOTOGRAPHER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 22, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002367. Published: Oct 1, 8, 15, 22 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SBVDC: 3022 State St, Ste A Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Santa Barbara Veterinary Dental Care (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 01, 2026 Filed by: JEFF HEYMAN/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 16, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002322. Published: Oct 1, 8, 15, 22 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: SOLUTIONS IN PARENTING: 1129 State Street 3A Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kristen J Miller 4015 Otono Drive A Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Feb 28, 2013 Filed by: KRISTEN MILLER/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 22, 2026. 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 71. FBN Number: 2026‑0002362. Published: Oct 1, 8, 15, 22 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: BUCIO’S DESIGNS: 221 Sylvan Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Samuel Hernandez Bucio (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 07, 2026 Filed by: SAMUEL HERNANDEZ BUCIO/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 09, 2026. 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 71. FBN Number: 2026‑0002258. Published: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HI5H2O: 301 Loyola Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Sage Travel Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 25, 2026 Filed by: ANDREW SAGE/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 25, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002392. Published: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: ISHI MAURY LLC: 3737 Portofino Way #A Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Ishi Maury 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 Oct 01, 2026 Filed by: MARIA L. MAURY/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 01,
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LEGALS (CONT.) 2026. 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 63. FBN Number: 2026‑0002421. Published: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: WAY COLLECTIVE: 2101 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; First Congregational Church of Santa Barbara (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A Filed by: ROBIN RICKERSHAUSER/SECRETARY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 28, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002400. Published: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WELCH‑RYCE‑HAIDER FUNERAL CHAPELS AND CREMATORIUM: 15 East Sola Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; First Scott Reid (same address) J. Stephen Gibson (same address) This business is conducted by A General Partnership Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 1, 1924 Filed by: SCOTT REID/PARTNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 9, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002262. Published: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: ROB’S 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND FABRICATION: 5790‑C Thornwood Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Robert Lomonaco (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 18, 2011 Filed by: ROBERT LOMONACO/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 5, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002450. Published: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PRESIDIO PRIVATE, PRESIDIO PRIVATE TRUSTEES: 21 E Canon Perdidio St, Suite 217‑A Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Presidio Private Trustee Co. PO Box 2067 Santa Barbara, CA 93120 This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 01, 2026 Filed by: MONICA TULL/ PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 31, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002189. Published: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PIVOT CRISIS INTERVENTION: 901 Olive St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Intel Vio, LLC 2570 W 600 N Suite 400 Lindon, UT 84042 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Aug 26, 2026 Filed by: MONICA SANBORN/VICE‑PRESIDENT OF LICENSING & COMPLIANCE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 31, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002186. Published: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DAVIS PIANO MOVING & RENTAL, BOB DAVIS PIANO & SPECIALTY MOVING: 717 E Mason Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Moving Keys LLC 2245 Coyote Creek Road Solvang, CA 93463 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under
the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A Filed by: JUNIOR DREW/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 28, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002402. Published: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: EL FER CLEANING SERVICES: 606 W Donovan Rd. Santa Maria, CA 93458; Fernando Reyna PO Box 1022 Santa Maria, CA 93456 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 14, 2026 Filed by: FERNANDO REYNA/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 15, 2026. 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 71. FBN Number: 2026‑0002312. Published: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: ALL AMERICAN PLUMBING SOLUTIONS: 2265 El Mirlo Santa Maria, CA 93455; Aaron R Phillips 540 E Betteravia Rd D187 Santa Maria, CA 93454 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 25, 2026 Filed by: AARON R PHILLIPS/OWNER/OPERATOR with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 29, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002407. Published: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: PINK BELLY: 2810 Ontiveros Rd. Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Kenneth D Macpherson (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A Filed by: KENNETH MACPHERSON with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 29, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002409. Published: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: ANNABELLES DOG SERVICES: 4516 Auhay Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Annabelle F Hofmann (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 10, 2020 Filed by: ANNABELLE
HOFMANN/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 6, 2026. 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 76. FBN Number: 2026‑0002457. Published: Oct 15, 22, 29. Nov 5 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DYNAMIC MODULAR HARDWARE SYSTEMS: 576 Asilomar Way, 104 Goleta, CA 93117; PH6, 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 N/A Filed by: MICHAEL SILVA/CEO,PH6,LLC with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 2, 2026. 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 71. FBN Number: 2026‑0002217. Published: Oct 15, 22, 29. Nov 5 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: REAL GREEN LANDSCAPE: 719 W. Sola St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Sergio Mota (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A Filed by: SERGIO MOTA/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 8, 2026. 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 73. FBN Number: 2026‑0002482. Published: Oct 15, 22, 29. Nov 5 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JETTSTAR DESIGN: 1739 Prospest Ave B Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Aimee Jett (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A Filed by: AIMEE JETT/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 7, 2026. 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 73. FBN Number: 2026‑0002474. Published: Oct 15, 22, 29. Nov 5 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CIRCLE OF STRENGTH FITNESS BY CYNTHIA: 27 W. Anapamu St, 204 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Cynthia Leyva (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 28, 2026 Filed by: CYNTHIA LEYVA/ BUSINESS OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 1, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002425. Published: Oct 15, 22, 29. Nov 5 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAKINA PSYCHIATRY: 5276 Hollister Ave Ste 103 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Ibrahim Sabri MD, 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 Oct 1, 2026 Filed by: IBRAHIM SABRI/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 6, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002461. Published: Oct 15, 22, 29. Nov 5 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BROWN, WILMANNS, AND KELLY LLC: 850 Cathedral Vista Ln Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Brown, Wilmanns, And Kelly, 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 Jan 1, 2026 Filed by: MICHAEL S. BROWN/ MANAGING PARTNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 6, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002462. Published: Oct 15, 22, 29. Nov 5 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BEAUTY INSPIRATION STUDIO: 226 E Canon Perdido H Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Doreida Morales 2517 Orella St A Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 22, 2026 Filed by: DOREIDA MORALES/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 22, 2026. 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 63. FBN Number: 2026‑0002361. Published: Oct 15, 22, 29. Nov 5 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VALVOLINE INSTANT OIL CHANGE IH0048: 932 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Henley Pacific LLC 54 Jaconnet Street Newton Highlands, MA 02461 This business is conducted by A Liited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A Filed by: KELLY‑ANN TAINTOR/ DIRECTOR, LICENSING & TRANSACTION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY GOLETA WEST SANITARY DISTRICT TUESDAY, November 3, 2026 at 5:30 P.M. UCSB Campus, Parking Lot 32 Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (District Office) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Goleta West Sanitary District will conduct a public hearing on November 3, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. at the District’s Office, located at UCSB Campus, Lot 32, Santa Barbara, California 93106. The Board of Directors will consider adopting an ordinance to increase Board member compensation. Board member compensation is currently $280 per day and may be increased to $300 per day, not to exceed six days in any calendar month. More information on the ordinance is available on the District’s website here: https://goletawest.org/meetings/agendas-and-minutes https://goletawest.org/meetings/agendas-and-minutes. The full agenda will be available on October 31, 2026. During the hearing, any interested person may appear and be heard regarding the proposed ordinance. Written comments may also be submitted by mail to Goleta West Sanitary District, P.O. Box 4, Goleta, California 93116-0004, Attn: ClerkSecretary; or by email to info@goletawest.org. If you require special assistance to participate in this meeting, please call 805-9682617, preferably at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Dated: October 15, 2026, and October 22, 2026 _____________________________ Kristyn Lopez Secretary of the Governing Board
MANAGEMENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 1, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002428. Published: Oct 15, 22, 29. Nov 5 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: DOTS JAPAN: 207 Garden Ct Lompoc, CA 93437; Hitomi Nomura (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 1, 2026 Filed by: HITOMI NOMURA with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 6, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002459. Published: Oct 15, 22, 29. Nov 5 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/
are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA BACH BABES: 2621 Orella St, Apt 2 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Santa Barbara Bach Babes (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 May 18, 2026 Filed by: LESLIE PANTOJA/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 8, 2026. 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0002485. Published: Oct 15, 22, 29. Nov 5 2026.
NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: HALEY ANDREA FULLER CASE NUMBER: 26CV05825 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: HALEY ANDREA FULLER 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: HALEY ANDREA FULLER PROPOSED NAME: HALEY FULLER FREEMAN 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 November 16, 2026, 10:00 am, DEPT: 5, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa Street., Santa Barbara, CA 93121, ANACAPA DIVISION A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the
NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING Hybrid Public Meeting – Held in Person and via Zoom October 26, 2026 at 6:00 P.M. Amendments to City’s Inclusionary Housing Requirements in Chapter 17.28 of the Goleta Municipal Code (Case No. 26-0001-ORD) ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https://www.cityofgoleta.org/meetings-agendas. https://www.cityofgoleta.org/meetings-agendas NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Goleta Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider recommending that the City Council adopt an ordinance amending Section 17.28 (Inclusionary Housing) of the Goleta Municipal Code and determining the amendments to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The date, time, and location of the Planning Commission public hearing are set forth below. The agenda for the hearing will also be posted on the City’s website (www.cityofgoleta.org www.cityofgoleta.org). HEARING DATE/TIME: PLACE:
Monday, October 26, 2026 at 6:00 P.M. Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117 and Teleconference Meeting; this meeting will be held in person and via Zoom (with detailed instructions for participation included on the posted agenda).
PROJECT LOCATION: The amendments would apply citywide, including all areas of the City within the Coastal Zone. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed ordinance amends Chapter 17.28 (Inclusionary Housing) of the Goleta Municipal Code to further facilitate implementation of the City’s Housing Element 2023-2031, specifically Subprogram HE 2.5, and to clarify compliance options and administrative procedures under the City’s existing inclusionary housing program. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: The amendments are not subject to CEQA (California Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.) pursuant to Section 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines (Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations) because the activity does not constitute a “project” as defined in Section 15378(a) and instead constitutes an organizational or administrative activity by government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment pursuant to Section 15378(b)(5). The amendments clarify compliance options and administrative procedures under the City’s existing inclusionary housing program and do not approve any particular development or alter the type or density of development otherwise allowed. The amendments are also exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because it can be seen with certainty that the amendments have no possibility of causing a significant effect on the environment. PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested persons are encouraged to provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar by following the instructions listed on the Planning Commission meeting agenda. All letters/comments should be sent to PERmeetings@cityofgoleta.gov PERmeetings@cityofgoleta.gov. Letters must be received on or before the date of the hearing or can be submitted at the hearing prior to the conclusion of the public comment portion of the public hearing. FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Andy Newkirk, Supervising Planner, at (805) 961-7544 or anewkirk@cityofgoleta. gov. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 562-5500 gov or mmartinez@cityofgoleta.gov mmartinez@cityofgoleta.gov. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www. cityofgoleta.org. cityofgoleta.org SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION: If you require interpretation services for the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (805) 961-7505 or via email to cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.gov at least 48 hours prior to the hearing. Please specify the language for which you require interpretation. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting helps to ensure that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the hearing. Note: If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City at or before the public hearing (Government Code Section 65009(b)(2)). Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 9617505. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements. Publish Date: Santa Barbara Independent, October 15, 2026. INDEPENDENT.COM INDEPENDENT.COM OCTOBER 15, 2026 THE INDEPENDENT
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LEGALS (CONT.) 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 September 16, 2026, JUDGE Colleen K. Sterne of the Superior Court. Published Sep 24. Oct 1, 8, 15 2026. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: RAECHEL MARIE MORA CASE NUMBER: 26CV05467 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: RAECHEL MARIE MORA 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: RAECHEL MARIE MORA PROPOSED NAME: RAECHEL MARIE BERBERIAN 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 November 2, 2026, 10:00 am,
DEPT: 5, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa Street., Santa Barbara, CA 93121, ANACAPA DIVISION 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 September 16, 2026, JUDGE Colleen K. Sterne of the Superior Court. Published Sep 24. Oct 1, 8, 15 2026. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CAROLYN JEANNE REDMOND CASE NUMBER: 26CV06129 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: CAROLYN JEANNE REDMOND 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: CAROLYN JEANNE REDMOND PROPOSED NAME: CAROLYN JEANNE GARDNER 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 November 30, 2026, 10:00 am, DEPT: 5, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa Street., Santa Barbara, CA 93121, ANACAPA 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 October 05, 2026, JUDGE Colleen K. Sterne of the Superior Court. Published Oct 15, 22, 29. Nov 5 2026.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING* DATE OF HEARING: OCTOBER 28, 2026 PLACE: ENGINEERING BUILDING, ROOM 17 PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING ROOM 123 E. ANAPAMU STREET SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101 IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Design Review Board Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom Goleta City Hall – Council Chambers 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, CA 93117 Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at 3:00 P.M. ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https:// www.cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings. www.cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Design Review Board (DRB) of the City of Goleta will conduct a public hearing for the projects listed below, with the date, time, and location of the DRB public hearing set forth above. The agenda for the hearing, including how to participate virtually in the hearing via a Zoom link, will also be posted on the City website at least 72 hours before the hearing (www. cityofgoleta.org). cityofgoleta.org For Conceptual/Preliminary/Final Review: Leeta Materials and Alvin Siegfried Signage andCalifornia Environmental Quality Act 6310 Hollister Avenue (APN 073-050-047) Case Nos. 26-0043-ZC/26-0027-DRB
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION The County Planning Commission provides in‑person participation as well as virtual participation until further notice. The following methods of participation are available to the public. You may observe the live stream of the County Planning Commission meetings on (1) Local Cable Channel 20, (2) online at: https://www.countyofsb.org/1333/ CSBTV‑Livestream; or (3) YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSBTV20 If you wish to provide public comment, the following methods are available: •Distribution to the County Planning Commission ‑ Submit your comment via email prior to 12:00 p.m. on the Monday prior to the Commission hearing. Please submit your comment to the Recording Secretary at dvillalo@countyofsb.org. Your comment will be placed into the record and distributed appropriately. •Attend the Meeting In‑Person: Individuals are allowed to attend and provide comments at the County Planning Commission meeting in‑person. •Attend the Meeting by Zoom Webinar ‑ Individuals wishing to provide public comment during the County Planning Commission meeting can do so via Zoom webinar by clicking the below link to register in advance. Register in advance for this meeting: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing important information about joining the webinar. https://santabarbaracounty.zoomgov. com/webinar/register/WN_IveMvURrS‑ 6mivRFRYh3g5Q After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. OR PARTICIPATE VIA TELEPHONE: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 669 254 5252 or +1 669 216 1590 or +1 415 449 4000 or +1 646 964 1167 or +1 551 285 1373 or +1 646 828 7666 or 833 568 8864 (Toll Free) or 833 435 1820 (Toll Free) Webinar ID: 165 250 4466
Foodbank Overall Sign Plan and California Environmental Quality Act 80 Coromar Drive (APN 073-150-012) Case Nos. 26-0003-OSP/26-0026-DRB Whiskey ‘N Rye Smokehouse Façade Changes and California Environmental Quality Act 6920 Marketplace Drive (APN 073-440-018) Case Nos. 26-0057-ZC/26-0028-DRB For Final Review: Adams Residence Addition and Setback Modification 7513 Carlisle Way (APN 079-454-004) Case Nos. 26-0002-MOD/26-0013-LUP/26-0021-DRB
The Commission’s rules on hearings and public comment, unless otherwise directed by the Chair, remain applicable to each of the participation methods listed above. The Planning Commission hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Planning Commission. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to appear and speak in support or in opposition to the projects. Written comments are also
Bandinu New Pre-Fabricated Industrial Building 109 Aero Camino (APN 073-060-053) Case Nos. 25-0008-DRB/25-0013-DP
FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Mary Chang, at (805) 961-7567 or mchang@cityofgoleta.gov mchang@cityofgoleta.gov. Para consultas en español, comuníquese con Marcos Martinez al (805) 562-5500 o mmartinez@ cityofgoleta.gov. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 cityofgoleta.gov hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.gov. In accordance with Gov. Code Section 65103.5, only non-copyrighted plans or plans that the designer has given permission have been published on the City’s website. The full set of plans is available for review at the Planning Counter during counter hours or by contacting the staff member listed for the item 805-961-7543. Note: If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code Section 65009(b)(2)). Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 9617505 or cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.gov cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.gov. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements. Publish: Santa Barbara Independent 10/15/2026 THE INDEPENDENT
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Maps and/or staff analysis of the proposals may be reviewed at https://www.countyofsb.org/1625/ County‑Planning‑Commission a week before the hearing or by appointment by calling (805) 568‑2000. If you challenge the project(s) 26ORD‑00013, 26ORD‑00014, 25RVP‑00058, 24DVP‑00013, 24CDP‑00074, or 26ORD‑00007 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 Planning Commission prior to the public hearing. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need a disability‑related modification or accommodation or are exempt from applicable Health Officer Orders, including auxiliary aids or services such as sound enhancement equipment or an American Sign Language interpreter, to participate in this hearing, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805‑568‑2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements. If you have any questions or if you are participating in the hearing telephonically or electronically and need a disability‑related modification or accommodation or have any issues attempting to access the hearing telephonically or electronically, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805‑568‑2000. * This is a partial listing of the items to be heard at the Planning Commission Hearing of October 28, 2026. 24DVP‑00013 24CDP‑00074 Sabado Tarde Partners LLC Housing Development Isla Vista 26NGD‑00003 Willow Brown, Supervising Planner (805) 568‑2040 Hearing on the request of Sabado Tarde Partners, LLC, to consider the following: •Case No. 24DVP‑00013 for a Development Plan to allow for the construction of a new three‑story 7,731‑square‑foot 15‑unit apartment building, in compliance with Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance Section 35‑76.3 (SR‑M – Medium Density Student Residential – Processing); •Case No. 24CDP‑00074 for a Coastal
Development Permit to authorize the development in compliance with Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance Section 35‑169.2.1 (Coastal Development Permits – Applicability) and Section 35‑76.3 (SR‑M – Medium Density Student Residential – Permitted Uses); and •Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND), Case No. 26NGD‑00003, and adopt the mitigation monitoring program contained in the conditions of approval, pursuant to the State Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The application involves Assessor Parcel No. (APN) 075‑142‑019, zoned Medium Density Student Residential (SR‑M‑18), located at 6722 Sabado Tarde Road, in the Goleta Community Plan area, Second Supervisorial District. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION RECORDING SECRETARY (568‑2000)
PUBLIC NOTICES AT&T Mobility LLC is proposing to install a telecommunication tower and associated equipment regarding Site# CCL01334 / FA10086370 located at 3203 Lightning Street, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, CA 93455 [34° 54 05.0 N; 120° 27 01.0 W ] . The overall height will be 21.0 meters above ground level ( 93.2 meters above mean sea level). The building with rooftop antenna structure tower is not required to have FAA Style Marking/Lighting at this time. Interested persons may review the application for this project at www.fcc.gov/asr/applications by entering Antenna Structure Registration (Form 854) file no. A1396540 and may raise environmental concerns about the project under the National Environmental Policy Act rules of the Federal Communications Commission, 47 CFR §1.1307, by notifying the FCC of the specific reasons that the action may have a significant impact on the quality of the human environment. Requests for Environmental Review must be filed within 30 days of the date that notice of the project is published on the FCC&s website and may only raise environmental concerns. The FCC strongly encourages interested parties to file Requests for Environmental Review online at www.fcc.gov/asr/environmentalreq uest, but they may be filed with a paper copy by mailing the Request to FCC Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. A copy of the Request should be provided to: Environmental
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AN EXTENSION OF AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, TEMPORARILY PROHIBITING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION RETAILERS WITHIN THE CITY AND FINDING THE ORDINANCE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CASE NO. 26-0003-ORD) On October 20, 2026, at 5:30 P.M., at the Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, California, the City Council of the City of Goleta (“City”) will consider the possible adoption of an ordinance to extend Ordinance No. 26-07U, which temporarily prohibits the establishment of new firearms and ammunition retailers within the City. The purpose of this extension is to provide City staff additional time to research and propose revised zoning regulations with specific standards, permitting requirements, and location criteria applicable to firearms and ammunition retailers. Interim Urgency Ordinance No. 26-07U was initially implemented to prevent the introduction of a potentially legal nonconforming land use that would run counter to the zoning amendments that the City is considering. If adopted, the Ordinance will be effective immediately. Any interested person may obtain a copy of the proposed ordinance at the City Clerk’s Office, cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.gov or by calling City Hall at (805) 961-7505. Deborah S. Lopez City Clerk Publish:
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SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA, a political subdivision, CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA, REBECCA BJORK, BJORK, in her official capacity as City Administrator (“Additional Parties Attachment form is attached”) YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Joann Olejnik, a Natural Person NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !ADVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en el formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 o más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en
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LEGALS (CONT.) un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SANTA BARBARA COURTHOUSE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa St. , Santa Barbara, CA 93101 CASE NO: (Número del Caso): 26CV00231 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección, y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante que no tiene abogado es): James F. Scafide, Figueroa Law Group, 7 W. Victoria Street, Unit 202, Santa Barbara, California 93101 (805) 651‑3021 APN: 039‑610‑018 DATE Fecha): 01/06/2026. Clerk, by (Secretario) /s/ Sarah Sisto, Deputy (Adjunto) Published: Sep 24. Oct 1, 8, 15 2026. SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ALEX SAUCEDO CHAVEZ, an individual; and DOES 1 to 5 inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): LENDMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, a limited liability company NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www.courtinfo. ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !ADVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en el formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro
de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 o más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 312‑C East Cook Street , Santa Maria, CA 93454 CASE NO: (Número del Caso): 25CV07006 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección, y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante que no tiene abogado es): THE DUNNING LAW FIRM APC (858) 974‑7600 California DFPI Debt Collector License #10059‑99, James MacLeod (249145) Christina C. MacLeod (283945), 9619 Chesapeake Drive, Suite 210, San Diego, CA 92123 DATE Fecha): 11/06/2025. Clerk, by (Secretario) /s/ Lauren Romero, Deputy (Adjunto) Published: Oct 15, 22, 29. Nov 5 2026.
TRUSTEE NOTICE LOAN NO.: EWL7497 ‑ Rodriguez TS no. 2026‑11947 APN: 079‑540‑ 006 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 9/5/2025, UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on 10/28/2026, at 1:00 PM of said day, At the main entrance to the County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Ashwood TD Services LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to the power of sale conferred in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Annette Rodriguez, an unmarried woman recorded on 9/10/2025 in Book n/a of Official Records of SANTA BARBARA County, at page n/a, Recorder’s Instrument No. 2025‑0027663, by reason of a breach or default in payment or performance of the obligations secured thereby, including that breach or default, Notice of which was recorded 6/23/2026 as Recorder’s Instrument No. 2026‑ 0021230, in Book n/a, at page n/a, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR
CASH, lawful money of the United States, evidenced by a Cashier’s Check drawn on a state or national bank, or the equivalent thereof drawn on any other financial institution specified in section 5102 of the California Financial Code, authorized to do business in the State of California, ALL PAYABLE AT THE TIME OF SALE, all right, title and interest held by it as Trustee, in that real property situated in said County and State, described as follows: Lot 42 of Tract 10955, Unit No. Two, as per map filed in Book 77, Pages 55 through 59 inclusive of maps. The street address or other common designation of the real property hereinabove described is purported to be: 233 Hillview Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. The undersigned disclaims all liability for any incorrectness in said street address or other common designation. Said sale will be made without warranty, express or implied regarding title, possession, or other encumbrances, to satisfy the unpaid obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest and other sums as provided therein; plus advances, if any, thereunder and interest thereon; and plus fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of said obligations at the time of initial publication of this Notice is $203,926.85. In the event that the deed of trust described in this Notice of Trustee’s Sale is secured by real property containing from one to four single‑family residences, the following notices are provided pursuant to the provisions of Civil Code section 2924f: NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may
hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. Please be advised that the trustee may require entity or trust bidders at this trustee’s sale to provide information, documentation and/or certification of the vesting instructions and the data required to be reported pursuant to FinCEN regulations effective for transfers of residential real property to covered transferees on or after March 1, 2026. The required information must be provided to the trustee before a trustee’s deed upon sale will be issued for covered transfers. Additional information regarding these regulations and the required transferee information and certifications can be found at https://www.federalregister.gov/doc uments/2024/08/29/2024‑ 19198/anti‑money‑laundering‑ regulations‑for‑residential‑real‑ estate‑transfers and https://www.fincen.gov/rre‑ faqs#D_5 NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on
this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee’s sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916‑939‑0772 or visit this internet website www.nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 2026‑11947. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not be immediately reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: You may
have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 916‑939‑0772, or visit this internet website www.nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 2026‑11947 to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must
submit a bid, by remitting the funds and affidavit or declaration described in Section 2924m(c) of the Civil Code, so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. Dated: September 30, 2026 Ashwood TD Services LLC, a California Limited Liability Company Jeff Pardee, Trustee's Sale Officer 19510 Van Buren Blvd., Suite F3‑ 293, Riverside, CA 92508 Tel.: (951) 215‑0069 Fax: (805) 323‑ 9054 Trustee’s Sale Information: (916) 939‑0772 or www.nationwideposting.com NPP0495437 To: SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT 10/08/2026, 10/15/2026, 10/22/2026
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA CORRECTED PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Affordable Waiting List Opening NOTIFICATION IS HEREBY GIVEN that EFFECTIVE October 29, 2026 at 7:30 a.m. The Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara will be CLOSING the waiting lists for the below developments until further notice. Santa Rita Village I
Rancho Hermosa
Santa Rita Village II
Ted Zenich
Palm Grove
Parkside
Parkview Also, Effective October 29, 2026, at 7:30 a.m. The Housing Authority will be OPENING the waiting lists for the developments listed below until further notice. Applications will be accepted online at www.hasbarco.org by going to How Do I?, then Apply Online – Applicant Portal. These units will be subsidized with Project Based Rental Assistance; therefore income eligibility and program regulations will be required for all applicants. Lompoc Gardens 3 & 4 Bedroom Only
Lompoc Terrace 3 & 4 Bedroom Only
If you are a person living with a disability, or Limited English Proficiency (LEP), or with limited computer access, call 805-736-3423 for additional assistance. This Public Service Announcement is being published to ensure that interested individuals and groups are fully aware of this action. The Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara will accept applications for these programs regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, disability, age, familial status, or other protected groups under State, Federal or local equal opportunity housing laws.
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Apertura de Lista de Espera Asequible SE NOTIFICA POR LA PRESENTE QUE CON EFECTO A PARTIR DEL 29 de Octubre de 2026 a las 7:30 a.m. La Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Santa Bárbara CERRARÁ las listas de espera para los desarrollos a continuación hasta nuevo aviso. Santa Rita Village I
Rancho Hermosa
Santa Rita Village II
Ted Zenich
Palm Grove
Parkside
Parkview
Gateway Pacific Contractors, Inc. is seeking MBEs/WBEs to bid Santa Barbara County Montecito Water District Reservoir Seismic Retrofit and Replacement Project for Bella Vista Reservoir BID DAY 10/22/26@ 12:00PM Scopes included, but not limited to shotcrete, rebar, concrete saw cutting, Temp electrical, Temp water tank rentals. Call Nicholl Bell or email bell@gatewaypacific.com for more info. Please send quotes to bids@gatewaypacific.com Gateway Pacific Contractors, Inc.
Además, con efecto a partir del 29 de Octubre de 2026, a las 7:30 a.m. La Autoridad de Vivienda ABRIRÁ las listas de espera para los desarrollos indicados a continuación hasta nuevo aviso. Las solicitudes se aceptarán en línea en www.hasbarco.org accediendo a How hago?, y luego Solicita Online – Portal de Solicitantes. Estas unidades estarán subvencionadas con Asistencia de Alquiler Basada en Proyectos; por lo tanto, todos los solicitantes serán obligatorios requisitos de elegibilidad de ingresos y normativas de programa. Lompoc Gardens 3 & 4 Bedroom Only
Lompoc Terrace 3 & 4 Bedroom Only
Si eres una persona que vive con una discapacidad, o con dominio limitado del inglés (LEP), o con acceso limitado al ordenador, llama al 805-736-3423 para obtener ayuda adicional. Este anuncio de servicio público se publica para garantizar que las personas y grupos interesados sean plenamente conscientes de esta acción. La Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Santa Bárbara aceptará solicitudes para estos programas independientemente de su raza, color, religión, origen nacional, sexo, estado civil, discapacidad, edad, estado familiar u otros grupos protegidos bajo las leyes estatales, federales o locales de igualdad de oportunidades de vivienda.
8055 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95832 Contact Person: Nicholl Bell, Contract Administrator Email: bell@gatewaypacific.com License No. 517988, Class A & B Phone: 916-665-4100 Ext. 116 FAX: 916: 665-4119 Equal Opportunity Employer
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