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The Masterpiece Life of Meredith Brooks Abbott The Reigning Matriarch of Santa Barbara’s Plein Air Painting Scene

by Roger Durling | Photos by Ingrid Bostrom

ENDORSEMENTS.......................... 6 NEWS................................................... 10 OPINIONS..........................................17 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

OBITUARIES.................................... 18 THE WEEK........................................29 ARTS LIFE .........................................35 LIVING ................................................. 41 FOOD & DRINK............................ 45 Restaurant Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Tom Steyer

We are endorsing Tom Steyer for governor not because he’s perfect but because he has articulated the clearest understanding of California’s housing affordability crisis, why it exists, and the most cogent plan for responding to it. Whether a billionaire with no experience in elected office has the chops necessary to pull this off is, of course, open to doubt. But we are struck by his energy, his creativity, and the audacity — and, yes, perhaps arrogance — of his moral imagination.

We are also struck by the existential urgency with which he has thrown himself into the fight to arrest climate change. We are in a now-or-never moment, and he has been expressing this in word, deed, and treasure for many years. We have been impressed by former Congressmember Katie Porter and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, but we found their solutions not as on the mark as Steyer’s. We recognize that Xavier Becerra is the frontrunner, and we wish we could have been more impressed by his track record and current understanding central to California’s problems. He was Secretary of Health and Human Services in the midst of the COVID crisis but took a weak leadership role, leaving that to Doctor Anthony Fauci. This gives us doubt about his executive ability and vision at a time when California desperately needs both. We struggled to achieve a sense of clarity on this endorsement longer than ever in our 40-year history. We will explain more of our reasoning online and in next week’s print issue. But for those of you eager to cast your ballot, we wanted you to know our conclusion.

Salud Carbajal

At ths moment of upheaval, we’d be insane not to send Salud Carbajal back for another term in Congress. The Democrat has been representing Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo in Washington since 2017, having won his seat the same year Donald Trump first won the White House. In many regards, Carbajal, the son of Mexican immigrants who worked the fields of Oxnard, and Trump, who rode down his golden escalator to power by bashing immigrants as “drug mules and rapists,” have been shadowboxing ever since.

With Trump now waging a quasi-jihad against California, we need Congressional representatives who will defend the Golden State. That is definitely Salud Cabajal.

For most of his career, Carbajal has been a reach-across-theaisle guy. More recently, he’s grown more openly pugilistic, telling Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to his face that he should resign.

Theatrics aside, Carbajal has a genius for knowing where the money is. He brings home the bacon, and not just as a campaign fundraiser. Across his 10 years in office, Carbajal claims he secured $8 billion in federal funds for his district. Last month, he secured $6.4 million in federal funds to dredge Santa Barbara’s harbor after the federal government proposed cutting $4 million.

Without annual dredging, no boats could get in or out of the harbor. By invoking national security — ironically one of Trump’s favorite rationales — Carbajal shook the dredging money loose.

During the Biden administration, Carbajal managed to win passage of a low-cost spending bill to make it easier for law enforcement officials to take guns away from individuals show-

ing intense emotional volatility. A modest bill, perhaps, but it is the only bill that Congress passed in more than 30 years that addresses gun violence. Nobody except Carbajal has come close to getting anything passed. Impressive, yet still very depressing.

One major accomplishment for Carbajal was a wind farm in federal waters off Morro Bay. Carbajal painstakingly put the pieces together, working with dueling stakeholders. A first step, but a giant one. Three weeks ago, Trump killed those leases. He ordered the money returned, but only if the funds were used to pursue oil, natural gas, or coal.

We have our differences with Carbajal, of course. We cringed when Carbajal followed the party line and shrugged off President Biden’s disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump as “a sluggish night.”

We certainly wished Carbajal had shown more moral outrage as Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu responded to Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack with a campaign of wholesale slaughter against Gaza.

But despite these differences, we believe strongly that Salud Cabajal is a conscientious and effective representative in Congress. He deserves our support. We urge a vote for Salud Carbajal.

State Assembly 37th District Gregg Hart

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ast week, we didn’t publish our endorsements for this June’s election because we couldn’t make up our minds about the governor’s race. Now we have. Below, you will find not only our endorsement for governor, but also those in whom we have great confidence and whose races are of great importance to California and Santa Barbara County. As always, the Independent only endorses a candidate whom we have interviewed over time and when we are certain in our decision. Thank you for your patience.

Gregg Hart has been part of Santa Barbara’s political ecosystem for so long now, they should name a street after him. His long record of public service began when he was a legislative assistant for State Assemblymember Jack O’Connell and then served on the City of Santa Barbara’s Planning Commission. In 1995, he was elected to the City Council, where he served four terms. There, he was seen as a smart, progressive, politically ambidextrous pragmatist who worked hard while avoiding the

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In 2018, Hart was elected to the Board of Supervisors. Two years later, COVID hit. In response, Hart engineered a weekly news-style podcast where public health officials presented the latest grim stats and answered questions from news reporters.

It was a meaningful, informative response in a time of terror.

A few months into the pandemic, George Floyd was murdered, and Hart got religious on criminal justice reform. Serious money could be saved, he argued, and justice served, if nonviolent, low-level offenders, such as those with mental health or addiction challenges, had another option other than county jail.

During COVID, average jail population numbers dropped markedly with no rise in crime. Hart used these findings to further his argument. He and Sheriff Bill Brown butted heads then, and they’re butting heads still. Since getting elected to the State Assembly in 2022, Hart has introduced one bill after another that appears aimed at Sheriff Brown. One got passed requiring that any deaths in county jails would have to be reviewed by an oversight agency rather than the sheriff. Another—not likely to succeed—would allow the county supervisors to contract with someone other than the sheriff to run the jail.

Hart came of age in Santa Barbara when hostility to the oil industry was politically the coin of the realm. And with reason.

Hart has seen two disastrous and tragic oil spills pollute the South Coast. Since being in the State Assembly, he has been in the thick of efforts to block Sable Offshore’s efforts to resurrect Exxon’s old plant along the Refugio Coast. He introduced a tricky fine-print bill that would have effectively done just that. Sable, however, played the Trump card. With the aggressive intervention by the White House, Sable now has Exxon’s facilities back online. That battle, however, is far from over. Hart, as always, will be in the thick of it.

Hart will all but certainly win his election. His opponent hasn’t ponied up so much as a ballot statement. But we hope this snapshot of a 40-year career in politics might prove helpful in explaining why we strongly think Gregg Hart should be returned to the California State Assembly. We are lucky to have such a skillful, determined politician representing us in Sacramento.

We urge a vote for Gregg Hart.

Second Supervisorial District

reasons.)

While auditor-controller is a nonpartisan post, the Democratic Party, which had endorsed Schaffer in her past two elections, this time endorsed Kyle Slattery. The Republican Party can’t bring itself to endorse Slattery, a registered Democrat, but they are urging party members to vote against Schaffer. This is as close to bipartisan agreement as can be found in Santa Barbara County.

A few years ago, the County Administrator requested that the Board of Supervisors create an ad hoc committee to bird-dog the county’s transition to a much-needed new computer platform—a multimillion-dollar project. Supervisors Bob Nelson and Joan Hartmann—often the yin and yang on the political spectrum—were appointed. Known as Workday, the new system would deliver more information more quickly than the older system that was designed by Shaffer’s former husband. Under Schaffer’s leadership, the transition to Workday has been excruciatingly, painstakingly slow. Supervisors complain that Schaffer’s direction, so ultra-careful so as to be seen as deliberate footdragging, is costing the taxpayer millions for a high-end system that is not being put to use.

Schaffer brings 35 years of experience to the post; she’s undeniably hardworking, conscientious, dedicated, and qualified. She is just not, sadly, a good fit to run the department.

Slattery grew up in Santa Barbara, was a standout baseball player at San Marcos High School, worked as an intern under County Auditor Bob Geis, attended Cal Poly, got his degree, worked for large Los Angeles accounting firms, returned to Santa Barbara County, and in 2012 joined the Auditor-Controller’s Office, where he’s worn many hats, including as chief deputy controller. He’s worked under Schaffer herself, for the County Administrator’s Office, and for the recently created IT department.

Slattery is more than qualified for the job, both in experience, know-how, and temperament. We believe Slattery will show more initiative in launching independent audits to determine whether the county is getting paid all it’s owed in franchise fees by utility companies who rely on county right-of-ways for their gas lines, their electrical lines, and their cable infrastructure. Or to better determine if the county is spending its money as efficiently as it needs to be in departments throughout the county.

Vote for Kyle Slattery. He’s got chops.

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Laura Capps

Since getting elected 2nd District supervisor four years ago, Supervisor Laura Capps has unleashed a blizzard of initiatives—some substantive, some performative, most both—that have consistently moved the needle.

Shortly after getting elected, a new landlord sent eviction letters to tenants occupying 243 apartments in Isla Vista. Capps used the bully pulpit to create a platform for tenants’ rights activists to enact better tenant protections.

When drunken students kept toppling to their deaths while

urinating off Isla Vista cliffs, Capps raised hell and found money to install porta-potties. She spearheaded the passage of a pilot program allowing county inspectors to initiate inspections rather than wait for complaints. Landlords of Isla Vista’s notoriously slum-like housing sued. They lost.

Just because you can’t do anything, Capps has repeatedly demonstrated, doesn’t mean you can’t do anything.

Capps, like every California elected official, has repeatedly been notified that she has no constitutional authority to prevent ICE’s strong-arm enforcement methods approved of by the Trump White House. Nevertheless, Capps and her fellow supervisors have passed numerous resolutions seeking reform.

When she met privately with Sheriff Bill Brown to ask about the number and location of ICE actions and jail arrests, he declined to say, and she called him out at a rally from the courthouse steps. County administrators have struggled for years to stop the run-away costs of jail overtime and law enforcement in general; Capps joined that effort.

Capps has sought to use the county’s exceptionally limited jurisdiction to put the brakes on Sable Offshore’s efforts to restart the oil pipeline that caused the disastrous 2015 spill. Even though the necessary county title transfers have not been approved, the Trump administration intervened, and oil began flowing early this year. Sable is suing the county for $100 million. That legal battle, however, remains unresolved. And Capps is among the supervisors leading the charge to eventually phase out all oil production.

Capps acts as though solutions to seemingly intractable problems are possible. A major case in point: workforce housing. Why not, she asked, use the county’s significant holdings of surplus or unused properties to build affordable housing for its own workforce? She toured the properties, pressed for more details, and finally, on May 5, the board approved negotiations to partner with a private developer to build 104 units of affordable rental units where the county Probation Department offices now stand on Carrillo Street. The county’s financial contribution will be a long-term lease of the land.

It’s just a start.

The same thing might be said about Capps. With one term under her belt, she’s just getting warmed up.

The auditor-controller office is an unheralded, yet essential, county entity that oversees 23 county departments, their payrolls, and their combined budgets of $1.7 billion. The framers of the state constitution clearly thought that the person in charge of paying the county’s bills, collecting revenues owed, and making sure taxpayer dollars are well spent should be accountable to the voters and not beholden to the county supervisors, who are elected to direct where those dollars wind up. Hence this race.

Yet we can’t help but be struck that four of the five supervisors have endorsed challenger Kyle Slattery in his effort to unseat twoterm incumbent Betsy Schaffer. (Roy Lee abstained for personal

Who could have ever imagined in the Year of Our Trump 2026, the hottest local race on the ticket would be for county clerk, recorder, and assessor. Yet here we are.

In this race, we have an unusually energized and experienced challenger, Melinda Greene, who is taking on her boss—the incumbent, Joe Holland, who is so incapacitated by continuing health issues that he has not shown up at the office for 18

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He should take it. The time to hang up his cleats is now.

With due deference to Holland’s many years of diligent, conscientious work, the truth is that if you can’t show up, you cannot lead — especially a department responsible for voting safety, property assessment, and financial records. When Holland told the county supervisors recently that he ran the department successfully from home because he was instantly available by phone, no one bought this argument. All five supervisors endorsed Greene.

Fortunately, we have an exceptionally capable candidate in Melinda Greene. After 12 years as the Chief Deputy ClerkRecorder-Assessor, she is more than ready to officially take over the leadership of this important office. She has worked in every division, understands the complex IT systems, has a strong working relationship with county department heads, has a deep background in fiscal responsibility, and has encouraged transparent, professional interaction with the public.

At the Independent, we have long been impressed by Greene’s competence, expertise, and initiative. Rarely have we ever encountered anyone — in a public or private capacity — so passionate about the core mission of her office. It is because of her dedication that the department has run so smoothly and has accomplished so much.

Greene oversees, among other things, the issuance of marriage certificates. Sex traffickers are known to use marriage certificates as a tool of the trade. Greene has trained her staff to keep a keen eye out for coercive pressure applied by one party on the other.

When recording real estate deed transfers, she has instructed her staff to be vigilant for elder abuse fraud. As a result, she has referred many cases to the District Attorney’s Office for investigation.

Greene, the daughter of an American father and Japanese mother — who were married at a time when mixed marriages were still banned — launched an initiative to scour through the county’s voluminous recorded deeds for real estate covenants barring certain ethnic groups from owning or buying real estate.

If elected, we’re confident no one will ever ask, “Where’s Melinda Greene?” If past practices predict the future, she’ll be everywhere.

Measure A2026

YES: Allows for More Housing Downtown While easily the most overlooked item on this June’s ballot, the obliquely named Measure A2026 offers Santa Barbara City voters the magic wand needed to dramatically transform their much-maligned downtown by allowing the development of exponentially more housing there.

For decades now, the planners, visionaries, and hand wringers inside and outside City Hall have known the best way to “bring people downtown” is to have them live there. Yet precious little by way of housing — affordable or otherwise — has actually been built. Measure A would unlock the City Hall’s ability to use its own property in partnership with private developers to build much needed housing while not giving up ownership of its real estate.

By amending the city’s charter — the municipal equivalent of its constitution — it will allow City Hall to lease out its city owned properties, such as the public parking lots, to private

developers for as long as 99 years. Right now, the city charter limits such long-term leases to only 50 years.

Sexy stuff, right?

Because of this 50-year limit, the private developers who own most of the built environment within the four corners of Paseo Nuevo — have refused to build housing there, saying they couldn’t recover the costs in such short time. Give us the land, they said earlier on in the negotiations, or sit in the dark for another 20 years with a dead zone mall. Naturally, that elicited strong push back from many in the community, every member of the city’s planning commission, and from this newspaper.

If City Hall were empowered to offer a 99-year lease, the geometry of the deal would tilt dramatically more in City Hall’s favor, making it less beholden to the current offer.

Presumably, this change should satisfy the current developers’ financial concerns as well. But if not, it puts City Hall in an infinitely better position to negotiate.

To be clear, Paseo Nuevo is just one immediate example. But imagine all the parking lots and vacant city-owned properties upon which housing could be built. Look at the deal the County of Santa Barbara just initiated with a private developer to build 104 units of affordable — below market — rental housing at 117 East Carillo Street, now occupied by the county Probation Department. Because the county is not hamstrung by any 50-year limit, it could entice a private developer to foot the bill for construction and development costs with a long-term lease.

This is arcane technical stuff, but if passed, it will do more for downtown than bringing cars back to State Street — or banning them forever — ever could hope to.

It’s very simple. If we want more people downtown, then they have to actually live there. For that to happen, we need to build more housing there. None of that’s possible unless we pass Measure A. It truly is that simple. n

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by RYAN P. CRUZ, CALLIE FAUSEY, JACKSON FRIEDMAN, TYLER HAYDEN, ELLA HEYDENFELDT, CHRISTINA McDERMOTT, ELAINE SANDERS, NICK WELSH, and JEAN YAMAMURA

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Fire Breaks Out on Platform Habitat

With the help of the community, Elings Park reached the milestone goal of raising $200,000 in under two months, unlocking a gift of $1 million from an anonymous donor to help cover the costs for extensive renovations of the three fields at the Castagnola Softball Complex. The softball field renovations are scheduled to begin 5/18, and work is expected to continue across the three fields through October. Elings Park will host a groundbreaking ceremony on 5/28, where the anonymous million-dollar donor will be revealed, along with other major contributors to the softball renovation project.

Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) sent DCOR a letter notifying the company of the lease’s expiration and requesting an application for decommissioning the rig in 2016, a letter BSEE had to resend in 2021. According to the federal agency, the decommissioning process of Habitat’s 20 shut-in wells started in late 2025, a process which the 26 crew members onboard were working on at the time of the fire.

Currently, DCOR has seven active federal leases in the Pacific region and owns nine of the platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel: Platforms Edith, Henry, A, B, C, Hillhouse, Gina, Gilda, and Habitat. Expedited Emergency crews respond to a fire at Platform Habitat off the coast

by Trump’s declaration of a of Summerland on Monday.

National Energy Emergency in January 2025, which loosened environmen- tion treatment”—to extract more oil and gas tal restrictions for energy projects, DCOR has from Gilda’s existing 16 wells. The Bureau of new plans for Platform Gilda. The company Ocean Energy Management released their submitted a proposal to use hydraulic frac- environmental impact statement on DCOR’s turing — colloquially known as “fracking” proposal in April, just 28 days after the proand what the company calls “well stimula- posal was submitted.

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n Monday at about 6:30 a.m., a fire broke out on the non-operational Platform Habitat, located 7.8 miles off the coast of Summerland. Twenty-six crew members were onboard the platform at the time of the incident, and all of them were evacuated with two sustaining minor injuries.

By 11:40 a.m., the blaze was extinguished. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

The fire garnered a fleet of responders from the U.S. Coast Guard Southwest, Los Angeles and Long Beach, and Channel Islands Districts, as well as Ventura County and City Fire Departments, Santa Barbara County and City Fire Departments, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and Marine Spill Response Corporation.

Platform Habitat, also known as Pitas Point Unit, was installed in 1981. It was originally owned and operated by Texaco and is now owned by DCOR LLC. Unlike many of its counterparts in the Santa Barbara Channel, the platform primarily extracted natural gas, not oil. The U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday that there were “no indications of oil being released from the platform into the water and no current impacts to wildlife or the public.”

DCOR’s lease from the federal government expired in 2016, and production had stopped in March 2016. The U.S. Bureau of Safety and

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COUNTY The County Board of Supervisors discussed how to make the permitting process for single-family homes and commercial businesses faster and cheaper at Tuesday’s meeting. The board directed staff to look into making planning permits unappealable for single family homes, and create a tiered approach to determine whether a project for a single-family home needs to undergo design review. It also directed staff to create a threshold for commercial developments that allows some projects to be unappealable.

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chaotic scene unfolded Friday morning on South La Cumbre Road when a man allegedly fired a weapon at a Santa Barbara police officer, striking the officer in the head with what was later determined to be a .177 caliber BB from an air gun. The man, identified as 30-yearold Mitchell Grant Grote, then fled into La Cumbre Plaza and attempted to barricade himself in a mall bathroom before being arrested, according to witnesses and the SBPD. Grote was charged with aggravated mayhem, assault upon a peace officer, battery with injury upon a peace officer, and resisting an executive officer. Additionally, he was charged with several special allegations, including use of a deadly weapon, infliction of great bodily injury, and committing a criminal offense while on felony probation. At his arraignment on Tuesday, Grote pleaded not guilty to all charges and denied special allegations.

When the shooting incident occurred, Grote was nearly 11 months into a five-

year probation term following a felony assault conviction. The assault took place in January 2023, when Grote, who was homeless at the time of the offense, stabbed another transient individual in the neck.

Grote pled guilty to the charge of assault with a deadly weapon, as well as the special allegation of personal infliction of great bodily injury. By the time of his sentencing in June 2025, Grote had served 871 days Police reported that “a weapon recovered at the scene was in the Santa Barbara County determined to be a pellet gun.”

Jail and accrued an additional 870 days of good time and work On Friday morning around 9:50 a.m., a time credits. As a result, he was released police officer approached Grote on South from custody, having well exceeded the 365 La Cumbre Road, near O’Reilly Auto Parts. days of confinement he was sentenced to in According to SBPD, Grote fired multiple addition to probation. shots from “what appeared to be a handGrote’s felony conviction is considered gun” at the officer, who shot one round at a prior strike under California’s “three- Grote in response. The officer was hit by a strike” law, meaning he is likely to face projectile from Grote’s weapon, taken to harsher penalties if convicted of his cur- Cottage Hospital, and released later that rent charges. day. An eyewitness said the officer’s head CONT’D ON PAGE 12

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Chaotic Scene Near La Cumbre Plaza Leads to Arrest of 30-Year-Old Mitchell Grant Grote

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, along with 18 public volunteers and partners from Island Packers, Santa Barbara Adventure Company, Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara, Tidy Seas, the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) picked up 775 pounds of trash from Santa Cruz Island’s rocky shoreline. Starbucks and Big Gulp cups, food wrappers, Mylar balloons, single shoes, a lobster trap, and various sports balls were the main things picked up. The team of volunteers also removed rusted pieces of the Speranza Marie, the squid boat that grounded in the harbor back in 2022.

ENERGY More than two months after Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz following attacks by the U.S. and Israel, gasoline prices continue to rise across Santa Barbara and the nation. As of 5/4, the average price in Santa Barbara was $5.95 per gallon, up 24.1 cents from the previous week and up more than $1.30 from the beginning of the conflict.

The city’s cheapest station was selling gasoline for $5.39 per gallon, while the most expensive station was selling for $6.79. The dramatic price increase in Santa Barbara reflects statewide and nationwide spikes.

PUBLIC SAFETY At 5:15 p.m. on 5/9, Santa Barbara City police, fire, and paramedics were dispatched to 600 East Cabrillo Boulevard — near East Beach Park and East Beach Volleyball Courts — after receiving reports of an unresponsive woman on the beach. When safety personnel arrived, they found the middle-aged woman with no signs of life lying in the sand, and she was pronounced dead. The identity of the woman has not been shared as officials contact her next of kin, and the cause of death is not known at this time. SBPD are currently investigating the incident.

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Speaking of the looming layoffs at the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, May 12, SEIU Executive Director Laura Robinson stated, “They are not inevitable; they are a choice. You have choices.”

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by Nick Welsh he Santa Barbara County supervisors got a grim preview of the sound the social safety net makes when it’s ripped this Tuesday morning as a room full of county social workers and public health workers, many with more than 20 years’ experience, pleaded for a reprieve of the layoff notices going out in the mail the following day.

In all, 84 notices are going out. Of those, 47 will go to County Public Health workers, 31 to County Social Services employees, five to the Sheriff’s Office, and one to the County Fire Department. All 84 are represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 620. Unless a change in plans is negotiated, the layoffs are scheduled to go into effect June 30.

Also scheduled that day is the shutdown of two county-owned-and-operated pharmacies—with adjoining laboratories—one in Santa Barbara and one in Santa Maria.

The county’s third pharmacy — in Lompoc—will remain open, the thinking being there are fewer pharmacies in Lompoc to pick up the slack.

This is the first round of cuts to be made in part because of structural spending imbalances in the affected departments, but more because of federal budget cuts under Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Budget Bill” and also cuts approved by the state legislature. The pharmacies in question target lowincome populations, filling prescriptions at rates far cheaper than what’s available in traditional pharmacies. They also provide medical advice about the medications to the county clients.

County officials say the medications can be delivered from the Lompoc pharmacy to patients using the Carpinetria and Franklin Health Centers.

Speakers talked about the hardship the layoffs would impose on themselves and their families; they talked even more about the hardships to be imposed on the community at large, noting that pharmacies slated for closure serve disproportionately poor and minority populations.

If these clients can’t get their prescriptions filled at the same bargain-basement prices, the supervisors were told, many will simply go without until their ailments and conditions balloon out of control. That, predicted more than one speaker, will have an adverse impact on local emergency rooms.

Two speakers cited a study reporting that county farmworkers experienced ill health at three times the rate of the county residents at large but only visited a doctor half as frequently. About half the people laid off in Social Services are administrative staff whose job it is to keep people enrolled in the county’s food stamp program.

The White House has tightened up the eligibility requirements, now requiring recipients go through the hoops of the application process twice a year instead of once.

Some speakers pointedly noted how no one from the executive teams of the affected departments would be receiving layoff notices. Others noted that the millions of cost overruns the Sheriff’s Office incurred in overtime would alleviate the need for layoffs and cuts. Or that some the $50 million down payment the supervisors set aside for the new North County jail might do the same.

Speaking of the layoffs, SEIU Executive Director Laura Robinson stated, “They are not inevitable; they are a choice. You have choices.” For example, Robinson said, the county could furlough workers rather than laying them off. It could negotiate voluntary separation deals with workers approaching retirement age.

After the meeting, Robinson noted that the county initially proposed laying off 373 employees, and expressed gratification that so many positions had been restored.

“It’s my job to protect these people; it’s hard not to be able to protect them all,” she said.

For the time being, Robinson —union chief since 2024—is taking her case to the Board of Supervisors and negotiating what can be negotiated with the county’s HR Department.

“This is not the worst of it,” she said. “It gets worse next year.” n

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s the City of Santa Barbara makes its way through budget planning season, the initial optimism about a budget that came in with a much more manageable deficit has since been overshadowed by concerns about the city’s reserve funds.

The city was originally expecting a deficit of $14.6 million before city staff put together a plan to reduce the deficit — without major program cuts — to a more palatable figure of $3.4 million. This budget-planning magic was made possible through hundreds of small changes, rev- Santa Barbara City Council enue increases, reallocations, and other options that created a combined eral city councilmembers have expressed savings of more than $11 million. concerns about relying on reserve funds Budget Manager Natalija Glusac said to make up for short-term budget shortcity staff came up with more than 300 falls. When Councilmember Eric Friedoptions for improvements, and the city man asked about the current status of the narrowed down the list to about 200 items city reserves, City Finance Director Keith that were pursued for further implemen- DeMartini disclosed that the city has tation. The solutions include $3.6 million already “fully depleted” its contingency worth of permanent revenue increases or reserves as of fiscal year 2026.

“We are now dipping into our disasexpenditure savings; $1.5 million saved by delaying the hiring of vacant positions; ter reserves,” DeMartini said. “We are $4 million in reallocations from the fleet approximately $25 million below where replacement and streets maintenance we should be according to the reserve funds; a $1 million transfer for the city’s policy target.”

Local Housing Trust Fund; and more than Councilmember Friedman suggested $1 million in other smaller line items. the city start on a plan to start replenWith all the changes, the city is expect- ishing the reserves as soon as possible. ing to come in with a slight surplus of Mayor Randy Rowse and Councilmem$200,000, with expenditures at $259.9 bers Wendy Santamaria and Meagan Harmillion and revenues estimated at $257.2 mon also shared similar concerns about million. But the city will need to make a the reserve funds. $3.6 million contribution to meet its miniThe city will continue budget delibmum reserve policy target, bringing the erations with additional planning budget to a final deficit of $3.4 million. hearings on May 19 and June 9, folWhile the expected deficit isn’t as large lowed by council adoption on June 19. as the $8.7 million deficit last year, sev—Ryan P. Cruz

SHOOTING wound appeared minor. Grote was not struck by the officer’s gunfire.

The incident has been labeled an “officer-involved shooting” by SBPD. A photo of the weapon recovered at the scene shows an airgun that closely resembles a real firearm. The weapon appears to be the “Brodax .177 Caliber BB Revolver,” an air gun manufactured

by German air gun company Umarex that retails for $39.99. Air guns can be considered deadly weapons under California legal code, depending on the circumstances in which they are used; it is illegal to display a so-called “imitation firearm” in a public place.

Multiple sources who work near the site of the shooting said Grote is transient and was known to spend time in the South La Cumbre Road area. According 12 THE INDEPENDENT

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“That happens all of the time,” said Weichbrod, who supervised Grote’s stabbing case and is the filing deputy on Grote’s current case. “Depending on the circumstances of the crime, we’ll advocate for residential treatment, sober living, things like that. But it’s not necessarily a requirement of any probation.”

Grote is scheduled to appear in Santa Barbara Superior Court for a preliminary hearing setting on May 26. His bail is currently set at $1 million in his new case, but he is being held without bail on his felony probation violation, according to the DA’s Office. n

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AI at Center of Sex Crimes Case

Man Convicted Under New Law that Combats ComputerGenerated Child Abuse Materials

by Tyler Hayden anta Barbara authorities have successfully prosecuted a 35-year-old city resident under a new California law that criminalizes the creation, possession, and distribution of AI-generated child sexual abuse materials (CSAM).

The case against Dayton Aldrich, who worked for the City of Santa Barbara as a community development specialist when he was arrested in August 2025, is among the first on the Central Coast to utilize the new legislation.

Assembly Bill 1831 was drafted in response to the emergence of deepfake technology and “nudify” apps capable of creating images indistinguishable from real photographs. It closed a legal loophole by including AI-generated materials under existing state penal code for CSAM and is meant to combat the subsequent explosion of illicit content across the dark web.

In 2023, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received 4,700 reports from electronic service providers of AI-generated CSAM. In 2024, the number of tips jumped to 67,000. And in 2025, that figure skyrocketed to 1.5 million. Forty-five states now have laws on the books similar to California’s.

According to Aldrich’s arrest affidavit, Santa Barbara police received information from NCMEC that “a Santa Barbara based account was engaged in a sexually explicit text conversation with a North Carolina user regarding sexual molestation of high school students.” Investigators quickly traced the conversation to Aldrich and the internet address at his Bath Street apartment.

A review of Aldrich’s chat history on Kik, a mobile messaging app where he went by the username “onlyplayingaroundvvv,” “clearly displayed the suspect’s unnatural interest in minors,” the affidavit states. Lead investigator Eric Davis noted that Aldrich had previously worked for the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office as a victim program assistant and that he “immediately recognized him in the selfies from Kik.” A full review of the content that Aldrich had created and shared uncovered “multiple images of CSAM,” Davis wrote. “For two of the victims, I was able to determine their real identities and confirm they were minors at the time of the photographs that Aldrich used to make AI-generated pornography of them.” One of the victims is

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a former child actress, and the other is a prolific member of the “TeenTok” community, a subculture of content created by and for teenagers on TikTok. At the time of his arrest, Aldrich was the board president of the Winchester Canyon Gun Club and was known to keep multiple firearms at his apartment. Police surprised him in the middle of the night and took him into custody without incident. They seized more than 20 registered guns, high-capacity magazines, body armor, and approximately 10,000-15,000 rounds of ammunition.

Though Aldrich initially faced a number of felony charges, he ultimately pleaded guilty to a single count of possessing CSAM. With no prior criminal history, he was sentenced to a year in county jail, two years of probation, and a mandatory lifetime sex offender registration.

Shortly after his arrest, Aldrich was fired from his city job and voted off the board of the gun club.

Assembly Bill 1831 was authored by Assemblymember Marc Berman from Northern California and co-sponsored

by Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko. During trips to Sacramento to advocate for the legislation, they were accompanied by 16-year-old Ventura County resident Kaylin Hayman, a former Disney actress whose face was used by a Pennsylvania man to create explicit images and videos.

“Advocating for this bill has been extremely empowering, and I am grateful to the DA’s office as well as my parents for supporting me through this process,” Hayman said at the signing. “This law will be revolutionary, and justice will be served to future victims.” n

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He added that he is circulating a congressional letter demanding answers about the administration’s use of the Defense Production Act and calling on Sable to preserve records related to the restart.

In the meantime, environmental groups and state agencies — including Parks and Recreation and the California State Lands Commission—have filed lawsuits against Sable and the Trump administration to halt the flow of oil. Additionally, a Santa Barbara judge’s injunction against Sable’s operations still stands, even as oil continues to flow.

Court hearings on these claims are scheduled for the coming weeks.

Krop said environmental groups hope contempt proceedings, financial penalties, and possible new injunctions will eventually force compliance. Still, she acknowledged the situation is unprecedented—and moving slower than opponents expected.

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he memory of the devastating 2015 Refugio Oil Spill hung over Senator Adam Schiff, local officials, Chumash representatives, and environmental groups as they convened at Shoreline Park on May 7 to announce new actions to fight Sable Offshore’s restart of oil production on the Central Coast.

“Every day that Sable pumps oil off of our coast increases the risk of another massive oil spill,” said Linda Krop, chief counsel of the Environmental Defense Center (EDC), noting that Sable faced state opposition as it repaired the same corroded pipeline that ruptured in 2015 without securing the necessary permits.

In March, oil began flowing once again through that pipeline—sans state approvals—thanks to the Trump administration’s use of the Defense Production Act to reactivate the pipeline under a declared “energy emergency.” California Attorney General Rob Bonta is challenging the restart order in court, arguing that it cannot bypass state authority and environmental oversight.

Krop announced that the EDC, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Earthjustice are filing a motion to intervene in support of California’s case.

Schiff tied the issue to broader debates over fossil fuels, energy policy, and Trump’s ongoing war in Iran.

“So many of these conflicts … end up being about the oil economy, and the more that we can do to wean ourselves off this reliance on fossil fuels, the better,” he said.

oung Carpinteria residents traveled to Goleta on May 5 to oppose a proposed new Marine Protected Area (MPA) off their coastline—a state-designated ocean zone that would restrict certain human activities to protect marine life.

The meeting was the first of two hosted last week by the California Fish and Game Commission to gather public input on proposed changes to the state’s MPA network, including several along the Central Coast.

The tribally co-led proposal for Carpinteria would protect nine acres of marine habitat, limiting most extractive activities while still allowing shore-based recreational fishing, non-extractive activities such as swimming, and fishing by Chumash members using hand-based tools.

Local fishers rallied under the slogan “Keep Carp Fishy,” arguing that it would limit access to a beloved pastime and local food source.

Proponents argued that this area of coastline is “extremely special,” for both ecological and cultural reasons, warranting protection. Sandy Aylesworth with the National Resources Defense Council, who presented the petition alongside Nakia Zavalla, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer and Cultural Liaison for the Santa Ynez Band of Chu-

mash Indians, told the commission that the long, rocky reef supports kelp forests and marine animals, such as juvenile great white sharks.

“Accessing the marine area and resources within the Mishopshno MPA continues the ancestral and cultural connection to the traditional ways of life,” Zavalla said. “Almost every species that you can come across in the ocean has a place in our culture with deep meaning, deep purpose, and names in our languages.”

Commissioner Erika Zavaleta underscored that there has been no formal evaluation by the Department of Fish and Wildlife on any of the tribally led petitions yet. “There’s a lot of complexity in this one,” she said. “This isn’t a rush; we wanna get it right, and that might take some time. It’s really clear to me that the shared value in this room is a lot of love for this part of the ocean.”

The point of these meetings was to daylight areas of agreement or disagreement, as well as potential modifications and compromises. Commissioners deliberated on petition content without making final decisions, which will occur at later meetings.

The commission expects to make its final recommendations on June 17. —Callie Fausey

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Schools Back Online After Cyberattack

Modoc Multi-Use Path Connects Isla Vista to Arroyo Burro Beach

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Santa Barbara City College was one of the victims of Thursday’s cyberattack on learning platform Canvas.

update on its website, that same assurance was missing. Instead, it said “Core learning data (course content, submissions, credentials) was not compromised. We’re still validating all findings, but we want to be clear about what we understand was and wasn’t affected.”

“Based on the investigation to date, we have not found evidence that [additional] data was taken during the May 7 activity,” the update said. “The investigation is ongoing, and we’ll share more as findings are verified.”

On May 11, Instructure released another update that it “reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor involved in this incident.” As part of the agreement, it continues, the compromised data was returned to Instructure, it received digital confirmation of data destruction (shred logs), and it was informed that no Instructure customers will be extorted as a result of the incident.

“This agreement covers all impacted Instructure customers, and there is no need for individual customers to attempt to engage with the unauthorized actor,” it said.

“We continue to work with expert vendors to support our forensic analysis, further harden our environment, and conduct a comprehensive review of the data involved.”

In a recent letter to the “Instructure Community,” Steve Daly, the company’s CEO, apologized for the disruption and a lack of “more consistent communication” from the company. Daly said the company identified a “vulnerability” in its “Free for Teacher environment” that was exploited. In response, Instructure has temporarily disabled that program while it completes a full security review. He added that a full forensics report in collaboration with law enforcement is underway and a summary of that report will be shared “as soon as it’s ready.”

In the meantime, he emphasized that “Canvas by Instructure is fully operational and remains safe to use. Core learning data is not compromised.” He said that school districts and institutions will be given “clear guidance if any action is required” on their end. “Right now, there’s nothing you need to do,” he said. n

rivers on Modoc Road along the Modoc Preserve will see a reduction in traffic congestion with the completion of the Modoc Multi-Use Path on Friday. The orange traffic cones and 25 mph speed limit that have been up through the construction will be removed. Cyclists will now be able to ride along a continuous corridor from Arroyo Burro Beach to Isla Vista.

The path is about one mile long and 10 feet wide as well as ADA compliant. This section connects the Obern Trail with the Las Positas path, making a continuous stretch to keep walkers and cyclists safer than having to share Modoc Road Local and state officials and cyclists celebrated the with motorist driving at the 45 mph speed opening of the Modoc Multi-Use Path on Friday. limit. $6.5 million. That funding was secured “Our goal is to have a path all the way from county line to county line. And this is from the state ATP grant, Measure A, helping to make that happen,” said Marjie Community Service Area 3, Senate Bill Kirn, Santa Barbara County executive direc- 1 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation tor of the Santa Barbara County Association Account, and the County General Fund.

State Assemblymember Gregg Hart of Governments (SBCAG).

A crowd of about 100 gathered at the start said that “this project is a little microof the new path at 9 a.m. on an overcast Fri- cosm of the challenges that we’re facing in day morning for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Sacramento with CEQA,” making it hard During the speeches from local and state offi- to get anything built in the state. Despite cials, community members passed through being a big proponent of the California on bikes, weaving through the crowd who Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), was blocking the path, already using the new Hart said that this path took far too route before it was ceremoniously opened. long to build. “But we’re here, and we’re The project, which originally broke here to celebrate the success,” said Hart. ground in October 2025, cost a total of —Elaine Sanders

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Learning Platform Canvas Is Safe and Operational Following Agreement Between Parent Company and Hackers

by Callie Fausey fter an international cyberattack on the learning platform Canvas on May 7, local K-12 schools and institutions that use Canvas are back online.

Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, shut down the platform on Thursday afternoon due to a data breach carried out by a “criminal threat actor.” Instructure reactivated the platform after a few hours, and it was available again for most users. However, colleges and universities, including Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) and UC Santa Barbara, disconnected their local access “out of an abundance of caution.”

It led to cancelled exams across campuses on Friday and stress felt by both students and faculty, whose personal data was jeopardized by the attack.

After Instructure resolved the issue, and with clearance from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, SBCC came back online on Friday afternoon.

Later, on Monday, May 11, Canvas access was restored across all UC campuses.

Both institutions took the opportunity to acknowledge the disruption to students and staff and remind them to practice good cybersecurity habits — including using strong passwords and being cautious of potential phishing attempts and suspicious communications.

Schools in the Santa Barbara Unified School District and Santa Maria Joint Union School District were also allegedly impacted by the attack, according to the ShinyHunters data leak site. However, both districts said they were not notified by Instructure that their data was breached.

The Canvas hackers — a group called ShinyHunters, which took responsibility for the data breach in a message displayed on students’ Canvas accounts on Thursday—accessed basic identity data and platform content. That includes: full names, usernames, email addresses, course names, enrollment information, and messages.

Thursday’s incident was tied to a previous cyberattack on Instructure on April 29

by ShinyHunters, which claimed in a May 3 ransom letter that it had accessed data from more than 275 million people across nearly 9,000 schools.

Although Instructure leadership said the breach was contained on May 2, the group was able to breach the platform “again” on May 7, after the company failed to contact them to resolve the breach. ShinyHunters threatened to release the data by May 12 if it did not hear from Instructure.

Instructure originally said it did not find evidence that passwords, birthdays, government identifiers, or financial information had been breached. However, in a later

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Several coyotes approached two people walking their dogs in separate incidents at Lake Los Carneros Park last week, the City of Goleta reported. One dog was bit in the early evening of 5/5, said city spokesperson Kelly Hoover; in that incident, two coyotes were reported by the adult dog walker. Three coyotes were spotted on 5/7 at the 136-acre open space in the morning without incident. The City of Goleta advised keeping small children close and pets on a leash, making loud noises, backing slowly away, not running, and allowing the animal to move away. If attacked, fight back and then call Animal Control or 9-1-1 to report the incident, Fish & Wildlife advises.

CITY In a 4-3 vote on 5/12, the Santa Barbara City Council moved forward with a plan to appropriate up to $400,000 from the city’s flexible housing and homelessness fund to cover the legal costs to defend the city against a lawsuit filed by landlords challenging the city’s temporary rent freeze and rent stabilization ordinance. The item was originally discussed as part of the council’s consent agenda on 4/29, when City Attorney John Doimas explained that without the additional funding, the city would be forced to defend the lawsuit internally with its own limited resources rather than contract attorneys who specialize in this type of federal litigation.

In two hearings last week, Santa Barbara Superior Court judges ruled that a search warrant in the Ashlee Buzzard murder trial will stand as evidence and that the prosecution does not need to provide more evidence to the defense. On 5/6, Judge Denise Hippach ruled that a search warrant the defense had challenged was supported by probable cause and not overly broad. The following day, Judge Stephen Dunkle denied the defense’s motion to compel the prosecution to disclose discovery, including forensic data, to the defense. Buzzard is charged with the murder of her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee. Buzzard’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for 5/27.

Sheriff’s detectives arrested Santa Barbara man Joshua Daniel Luft, 42, on 4/28 in connection with a child sexual abuse investigation, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Detectives began investigating after receiving a report of lewd acts involving a juvenile female that allegedly occurred on 3/28 on Sunshine Lane in the Paradise Canyon area. Luft was booked at the Main Jail on felony charges including lewd acts with a child, sexual battery, and annoying or molesting a child under 18 years of age. He has since been released after posting $25,000 bail. Detectives have developed information leading them to believe there may be additional victims associated with Luft. Anyone with information can contact Detective Kiesow at (805) 681-4150 or leave an anonymous tip at (805) 681-4171 or sbsheriff.org. n

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he veil of leadership at the Clerk-Recorder is a complete fabrication. Our tax dollars are going into the pocket of an individual who simply doesn’t do his job.

Can one claim everything is going smoothly?

On the surface, it appears that is the case, but why?

Because the department—half the staff have never seen his face in real life—is managed by “his” team, the public’s team, of department managers and folks who know what they’re doing.

The assertion there are “politics involved” is nonsense. What politics? The department is nonpartisan, as intended, which is why it is an elected position and not appointed.

The truth is, you cannot lead into the future from your living room. Watch the recent county budget hearings and it will become abundantly clear. No on —Daryl Grummitt, S.B. Joe.

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hen I learned that Judge Thomas Adams was running for reelection, I was thrilled. I have worked with him for nearly 25 years. Adams is a collaborator. He approaches each case with a unique eye and a commitment to problem-solving. When tending to any case, he includes defense counsel, prosecutors, Probation, Social Services, County Counsel, CASA, and any other party in order to analyze all issues and reach the most just outcome.

Adams also pioneered Teen Court, a critical restorative justice program. His commitment to our community is immeasurable.

Residents are fortunate to have had such an outstanding jurist all these years. We would be even more so to have Judge Adams for another term. —

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he establishment approach to our state’s crises is failing. Career politicians offer incremental tweaks that ignore the economic struggles my generation faces: atrocious utility bills and a healthcare system that remains a profit haven for middlemen. That is why I am supporting Tom Steyer for Governor.

Steyer stands out because he identifies the root cause: corporate consolidation. We’ve felt the power of utility monopolies such as Southern California Edison for years. Steyer is the only candidate with a populist plan to break monopolies (much as Teddy Roosevelt did). This means opening the grid to competition and lowering electric bills by 25 percent. He understands the Public Utilities Com-

mission should work for ratepayers, not lobbyists, unlike Becerra.

PG&E and special interest groups are spending insane amounts against Steyer. Despite his financial past, you can tell everything about a candidate by who their enemies are.

Steyer’s plan to cut red tape and close corporate tax loopholes is exactly what we young Californians need to build one million affordable homes and fund our schools. He is the only candidate with a firm commitment to single-payer healthcare. No other candidate will cut out insurance companies that squeeze patients.

Young Californians stand with Steyer because California needs a leader who puts people before —El Steiner, S.B. corporations.

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nterior Secretary Burgum complains about taxpayer subsidies for wind energy projects, which would provide clean energy to millions of homes, cleaner air, and other benefits. One would think it might bother him to return a billion or so dollars from the Treasury to energy companies.

I wonder if he knows that Republican’s Big Beautiful Bill added substantial new federal subsidies for oil, gas, and coal over the next decade? The total tax dollars spent to subsidize fossil fuels in the U.S. are now almost $35 billion a year.

This is not in our best interest. A 2025 environmental impact analysis by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management shows that, over its lifetime, one wind farm off Morro Bay could have a net savings of between $1.1 billion and $15 billion in social costs (the monetized costs of damages from greenhouse-gas emissions) by replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. Instead, the Trump administration’s deal would hand even more money to fossil fuel companies, which funded him heavily in the 2024 election, continuing to increase the risks to our health, safety, and environment.

—Lorraine Woodman, S.B.

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obituaries Gerald L. Floyd

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Longtime Santa Barbara resident Gerald Floyd passed away on April 19, 2026, at Vista Del Monte Retirement Home after a brief illness.

Gerry leaves behind his daughter-in-law, Cathy McDonald Floyd, and granddaughter, Haley Ann Floyd, both of Poulsbo, Washington.

His loving wife of 68 years, Mary Alice Floyd, predeceased him in 2020, and his dear son, Jonathan Curran Floyd, passed away in 2016.

Gerry was born in Pasadena, California, on October 22, 1925, to Leroy Floyd of Kansas and Mary Medcalf of Missouri. He spent his childhood in Lassen, California, before moving to Sacramento, where he graduated from high school.

During World War Two, he served as an aviation draftsman for the Army Air Corps in Texas until the end of the war. He subsequently graduated from Chico State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Gerry later completed his Master of Arts in Education at Stanford University.

Gerry met his longtime love, Mary Alice Palmer of Mobile, Alabama, in 1951 while both were working at the Oakland Department of Social Welfare.

In March 1952, they married at the same Presbyterian church in Mobile that Mary Alice had attended as a child. They moved to Santa Barbara in 1954 when Gerry was offered a position as a guidance counselor at Santa Barbara City College. At that time, the college was still located at its Riviera campus before relocating to the former UCSB Industrial Arts Building on the Mesa, a product of 1930s WPA labor programs. Their son, Jonathan, joined the family in October of that same year.

Gerry had a distinguished career as a guidance counselor at City College. For several decades, he led the foreign student counseling division, during which time he had a huge impact on the lives of a generation of international students.

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Gerry was an active member of both the Cosmopolitan Club and the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara. He was also an avid bike rider and took yearly trips through the Sierra Nevada as far north as Yosemite National Park. He continued to ride daily into his 90s. Gerry recently celebrated his 100th birthday with a gala luncheon at Vista Del Monte attended by family and friends.

Friends may remember Gerry through the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara.

Carmen Anthony DiPoalo 1939-2026

Carmen Anthony DiPoalo was born February 19, 1939 in Jamestown, New York to Anthony and Virginia Ceci DiPoalo. He grew up with his sisters, Sandra and Debra, and in 1949 the family moved to Monrovia, California, where his lifelong love of sports, family, and community took root.

At Monrovia High School, Carmen distinguished himself as a gifted athlete in football and baseball. A three-year letterman and 1957 MVP, he was named Wildcat of the Year, Pacific League MVP, All-CIF, and the league’s leading ground gainer. Even then, what set him apart was not just his talent, but his drive, his heart, and the way he lifted up those around him.

He continued his athletic career at Citrus College, earning Most Outstanding Athlete honors before transferring on a full scholarship to University of California, Los Angeles. As a Bruin, he was a two-year letterman and a member of the 1962 Rose Bowl team—an achievement he carried with pride throughout his life.

While at UCLA, Carmen married his high school sweetheart, Harriet. Together they raised three children—Joe, Dana, and Tony—and built a growing family that included ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Though he was proud to be called “Coach,” his favorite title was “Grandpa.” His grandchildren were the light of his life, and he treasured time spent with them—especially on camping

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Carmen began his coaching career at Clovis High School (1964–1966), followed by Hueneme High School (1967–1969).

In 1970, he joined Santa Barbara City College, where he would leave an enduring legacy over 32 years. A brilliant defensive coordinator, his 1979 team ranked number one in the state.

Over the years he coached All-State, All-Americans, and players who went on to play in Division 1 programs.

More than wins or accolades, Carmen was a mentor, teacher, and steady presence in the lives of countless young men. In his final two years, he became head coach, taking over a struggling program and restoring its pride—“The Vaqs Are Back!”

In 2002, his team went undefeated at home and secured its first winning season in five years, capped by a 23–22 victory over Bakersfield—the final game of his remarkable 40-year coaching career. During his tenure, SBCC earned eight conference championships and two state playoff appearances, including the prestigious Potato Bowl in 1991.

Carmen’s contributions were recognized with induction into the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Hall of Fame (2007), the California State Community College Football Coaches Hall of Fame (2016), and the SBCC Hall of Fame (2022). While these honors meant a great deal, the relationships he built meant even more.

Carmen retired in 2003 and now had the time to pursue his other passions. He went on endless adventures with his favorite teammate, Pat Moorhouse. They were blessed to enjoy their retirement years enjoying the RV life lifestyle.

They travelled to many states and Canada. They experienced the beauty of our country, especially the National Parks.

Their travels took them hunting, fishing, hiking Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon, river rafting on the Colorado River, a train ride through the Canadian Rockies and many other trips. It was an added blessing to have their dogs: first Greta and then Sami to share in their RV trips. Carmen’s love for labs was immeasurable. Greta and Sami brought joy to this stage of his life.

Carmen is survived by his children, Joe (Charlotte ), Dana (David), and Tony. Grandsons, Jake, Shane, Mitchell, Mike, Jay, Giovanni, Domenic, Declan, Nick and Dante. Granddaughters, Annabella and Brianna.

Great Grandchildren, Riley, Atlas, Kinsley, Kyah, Nico, and Giovanna. Sister, Sandra (Les) and her family.

Carmen is also survived by his long time companion and best friend, Pat Moorhouse, and her family who shared so many wonderful memories with him.

Carmen’s life was defined by strength, loyalty, humor, and an unwavering love for his family, his players, and the game he cherished. His legacy lives on in the countless lives he touched and the memories that will be carried forward for generations.

He will be deeply missed, forever remembered, and always loved.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, May 17, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Carpinteria Lions Park. Casual attire is encouraged; in honor of Carmen, guests are invited to wear SBCC or UCLA apparel.

David Michael Youpa 09/07/1960-03/19/2026

David M. Youpa, 65, passed away Thursday, March 19, 2026, at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, California.

He was born and raised in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, son of John and Patricia (Shay) Youpa.

In addition to his parents and father-in-law, Steven Andrews, David was preceded in death by his first cousin Susan (Grammes) Mezzanotte.

Growing up with his parents and two sisters, Donna and Diane, David enjoyed a happygo-lucky childhood in his close knit, extended family environment where regular dinner parties, picnics at Walters Park and Hoffman’s Grove and summer vacations in Seaside Heights were the norm. Also, there was always time for a friendly game of quoits or card games like dealer’s choice poker or Blitz.

After high school, David enrolled in Stockton University in Pomona and embraced the southern New Jersey lifestyle where he eventually settled in the Atlantic City area during the casino boom of the early 80’s working in the food and beverage industry.

In 1989, David headed west for more sunshine and warmer

weather with a move to Santa Barbara, California, which would prove to become his permanent home. The Jersey boy adapted very well to the moderate, year-round temperatures and the laid-back lifestyle of sunny California.

“Jersey Dave” was a big personality in the food and beverage industry in Santa Barbara for many years. There David met his future wife, Jeanette Andrews. They married in a Las Vegas wedding chapel in February 2001. While becoming a friend of Bill’s, “Jersey Dave” found fellowship, serenity and opportunities to serve the Santa Barbara community on a whole new level.

David eventually found his true passion in the home healthcare field when he enrolled in Santa Barbara City College Nursing program and obtained his Certified Nursing Assistant license specializing in elder care. In particular, his work with hospice patients and their family members was where he truly shined.

In David’s own words: When anyone asks how I want to be remembered, please say the following about me: “Loved Wife, Family, Golf, AA and to make people laugh.”

David enjoyed traveling to the East Coast visiting family and exploring California, especially cruising the Highway 1 to Pebble Beach. He loved his ‘70s rock, listening to Todd Rundgren, James Taylor, Elton John and Steely Dan to name a few.

During annual camping trips with family and friends, he proudly demonstrated his skills building the perfect, "upside down fire."

David is survived by his twin sister, Donna Leon and her husband Charlie, his younger sister Diane Ziegler and her husband Charlie Supenis, nephew Joshua Leon (Yesenia), niece Brittany DeAngelis (Kevin), nephew Adam Ziegler (Yamilca) and nephew Benjamin Ziegler, his friend and former wife, Jeanette Andrews, mother-in-law, Alice Andrews and also his Uncle Mike Shay (Zee) and Uncle James Youpa as well as many cousins and family friends.

An East coast celebration of life honoring David will be planned for a later date.

In remembrance of “Jersey Dave,” please consider donating to your local Animal Shelter Assistance Program (like ASAP Cats in Santa Barbara, California) or to students pursuing home healthcare careers.

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Why Museums Matter

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Contributing to the Benefits of Wonder and Shared Humanity

The Handprint Globe exhibit at MOXI is fun for the whole family.

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ALM E ROT H , G EO RG E LEIS, MIC H A EL LI N N, DR. A LEX WE INSTE IN t their core, museums are places where

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people encounter shared humanity. A child marvels at a fossil older than civilization. Families experience art together across generations. Visitors learn how our native plants endure drought. They discover the remarkable travels of a favorite migratory bird. They reflect on the 1969 oil spill and remember how it changed everything. Moments like these remind us that we belong to something larger: to history, to nature, and to each other.

With International Museum Day on the horizon, May 18, we encourage the contemplation of why museums matter. Every community needs places where people can pause, reflect, and reconnect with something deeper and more enduring. Museums serve this role every day.

We often describe museums as spaces of inspiration, education, and enrichment, and rightly so.

They ignite curiosity, invite discovery, and preserve knowledge. Yet their value extends beyond learning outcomes or visitor numbers. Museums strengthen the fabric of community life in ways that are both deeply human and measurable.

MUSEUMS INCREASE WELL-BEING: Research shows

that cultural institutions contribute to emotional wellbeing and increased social connections. Studies from the World Health Organization and the National Endowment for the Arts link engagement with arts and culture to reduced stress, increased empathy, and stronger social cohesion. Even brief museum visits encourage reflection and support psychological resilience. Beyond the emotional, frequent museum visitation is also linked to slower rates of cognitive decline, lower risk of dementia, slower progression of frailty while aging, and even a longer life.

A PROVEN COMMUNITY ASSET: The benefits of

museums extend into measurable community outcomes. Research from the American Alliance of Museums highlights museums’ role in supporting tourism, small businesses, workforce development, and civic participation.

Educational museums complement traditional classrooms through hands-on, inquiry-based learning that enhances critical thinking. Science and

natural history institutions foster nature appreciation, scientific inquiry, and environmental stewardship.

Art museums cultivate creativity and visual literacy.

Children’s museums encourage exploration through play, while botanical gardens deepen connections to regional identity and the natural world. Together, these institutions form a network of cultural infrastructure that sustains community vitality.

SPACES FOR WONDER: Perhaps most importantly,

museums create opportunities for wonder. In an age of constant noise, they provide moments of quiet attention and discovery. Museums invite people to slow down, look carefully, and engage with the world through their senses.

Encountering the real thing matters. Standing before an actual Van Gogh, hearing the call of a bird, handling a specimen, or interacting with a hands-on exhibit creates a kind of learning that cannot be replicated on a screen or in a textbook. These experiences activate sight, sound, touch, and movement, making knowledge tangible and memorable. Unlike classroom learning, which often privileges information over experience, museums allow learning to unfold through curiosity and personal connection.

Wonder fuels curiosity, creativity, and hope.

When people pause before art, engage with science, or experience nature, they reconnect with essential aspects of being human: curiosity, imagination, and growth. These experiences strengthen communities by encouraging connections across generations and perspectives.

An Invitation

Museums belong to everyone. They are living spaces shaped by those who enter them. They inspire discovery, foster connection, and help us better understand ourselves and one another. That is why museums matter, not only as cultural institutions, but as enduring anchors of curiosity, learning, and shared humanity within our communities. We invite you to contribute to the flourishing of museums by visiting regularly, becoming members and donors, and no matter what: Never stop learning.

Thank you for supporting Santa Barbara museums.

The authors, respectively, chair the boards of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Sea Center; MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation; S.B. Historical Museum; S.B. Museum of Art; S.B. Maritime Museum.

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Erwin B. Williams, affectionately known as “B. Williams” and “Barclay,” passed away on May 3, 2026, at the age of 73.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he was the son of Homer and Dorothy Williams.

Erwin was a devoted man of God whose faith guided his life, his service to others, and the way he faced life’s challenges. He was a dedicated businessman and community leader, serving as the owner of Leonard Pickett Incorporated and founder of Solutions for People, a nonprofit organization through which he mentored and supported countless young people throughout the community.

A man of resilience and transformation, Erwin proudly celebrated 40 years of recovery from drug addiction, a milestone that reflected his strength, perseverance, and deep faith in God’s grace and redemption. His journey inspired many and stood as a testament to the power of faith, healing, and second chances.

He will be remembered for his generosity, wisdom, leadership, and unwavering commitment to helping others.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Homer and Dorothy Williams; his sister, Deborah “Debbie” Hatton Williams; and his sister-in-law, Shirley Williams.

He is survived by his loving spouse, Linda Williams; his children, Darold Adkins, Chanda Adkins, Jason Eighmy, Jason Williams, Ryan Eighmy, Justin Riggs, and Karissa Williams; his siblings, Eric Frederick “Freddie” Williams, Gloria M. Williams, Arthur Vaughn “Chubby” Williams, Doreen Williams (Charles Dees), and David Arnold Williams (Judy Williams); 13 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and a host of nieces, nephews, extended family members, and dear friends.

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To submit obituaries for publication, please call (805) 965-5205 or email obits@independent.com Family Receives Guests In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Gateway Educational Center in support of educational growth, a cause close to Erwin’s heart.

Guests may use the QR code above or visit: https://pro.software4nonprofits.com/secure/ cause_pdetails/MjQzMzM4 Erwin often shared these words: “If your attitude is not about gratitude, look around you—it could be a whole lot worse.”

("please" and "thank you").

There will be a celebration of life at 11am on May 16, 2026 at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 770 Vala Drive in Santa Barbara. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the church.

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Olivia “Libby” Moreno

Sally Krause

Sally was born in Oshkosh, WI to Robert and Alva Radhke. She enjoyed growing up near a lake, attended local schools, then nursing school and worked in a hospital.

Sally married Byron Krause in 1957, and she was dedicated to the care of her family of 3 children, Craig, Carla and Dale. Sally's young family lived in Milwaukee for several years and then they moved to Goleta where they lived 20 years and attended Our Redeemer Lutheran Church.

Sally enjoyed watching basketball on TV; she cheered enthusiastically and exuberantly! She was in a bowling league, and frequently went on outings to attend plays and events with friends. Sometimes it was just the ladies and other times it was couples.

She enjoyed 3 cats and a dog, sewed a lot and enjoyed cooking and baking for her family.

After the children were raised, Sally worked at an exercise salon and later worked for many years at the Santa Barbara County Parks Reservation Office.

Sally retired to Solvang, where she lost Byron to cancer.

She walked frequently, enjoyed more cats, and continued her friendships by going out to lunch and shopping.

Sally passed away on April 19, 2026. She is survived by her 3 children, 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

Sally loved her family She could fix what hurts She had the nurturing instincts She had the magic words

Judith “Judy” Marie Hyndman

Olivia “Libby” Moreno left us on April 25, 2026, comforted by the love of family and friends. Libby was born to Joe and Elvira Quiroga in Santa Barbara. She grew up there and graduated from SBHS. She leaves behind her husband, Tom Moreno, nephew, Joey Duarte(Katie), sisters, Beatrice Quiroga and Sylvia Quiroga, brother, Joe Quiroga Sr. and a large extended family of cousins, nieces and nephews.

Libby’s greatest passions were her husband, grandchildren and gardening. She also loved music, dancing, and traveling. Libby dedicated more than 35 years to Santa Barbara Research Center/Raytheon, where she began her career as an assembler and retired as an engineer - a testament to her determination and work ethic.

She was fiercely loyal, independent, and always followed her heart. In the spirit of her mother, Libby was deeply committed to helping others, especially those less fortunate. After retiring, she devoted six years to caring for her mother until she suffered a life-changing brain aneurysm.

Libby will be remembered for her kindness, honesty, and warmth—but most of all, for her beautiful, genuine smile and laughter.

A Rosary Vigil will be held on Wednesday May 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, 21 E Sola St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, the Funeral Mass will be Celebrated on Thursday May 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM also at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, to be followed by the interment at Calvary Cemetery, 199 North Hope Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

Arrangements entrusted to McDermott-Crockett Mortuary

Judith “Judy” Marie Hyndman - beloved wife, mother, sister, friend, teacher and neighbor - passed away at age 77 on April 15, 2026, in the Los Olivos, California home she had lived in for more than 45 years, filled with the sounds of her grandchildren, sisters, children, husband and friends who gathered in the Grand Avenue house in her final days to say goodbye.

Judy was born on September 6, 1948 to Emily and Chet Lepak in Santa Barbara, California, who had traveled West from Wisconsin after WWII to start a new life on the Mesa.

Judy and her sisters - Barbara and Mary Kay - grew up on Borton Drive, just up the road from Hendry’s Beach and Judy had many memories of playing and swimming in the sea as a child. She loved sharing this beach with her children and grandchildren through the years.

Judy was an enthusiastic student at Bishop Diego High School, where she was active in sports, drama, and cheerleading. She obtained her physical education degree from California Western University in San Diego in 1971, with the aim of being a P.E. teacher.

Judy met the love of her life, Ken Hyndman, in a London youth hostel while she was backpacking in Europe on her own in 1972. Ken, a New Zealand race car mechanic, asked Judy to marry him, foiling her plans to move to Tasmania to take a teaching position. Ken followed Judy back to California and they were married in the chapel of St. Anthony’s Seminary on July 6, 1974 and settled in San Diego. They welcomed their daughter, Gwyneth, into the world in 1977.

Two years later, while visiting Judy’s sister in Lompoc, the family drove their green VW van through the Santa Ynez Valley and discovered the Los Olivos home they would spend the next four decades in.

In October 1980, Judy’s life was changed forever when she became paralyzed in her left

leg - the result of an incurable auto-immune disease she would live with until her death. Judy was devastated at this diagnosis, though in years to come, Judy would reflect on this season of darkness as the beginning of a deep faith in Jesus that would become a source of strength, joy and lasting fellowship.

Five years later, Judy and Ken welcomed their son, Sean “a gift from God” and the Hyndman family was complete. The four enjoyed many years of traveling, biking, hiking, camping at Upper Oso, Zaca Lake and Refugio Beach, swimming and even skiing as Judy found adaptive resources that allowed her to continue exploring the world. The family’s travels took them on road trips across the United States, Europe, many trips back to New Zealand to visit family and live abroad, and excursions to Poland with her sisters to visit their grandparents’ homeland. In 2011, three years before she retired as a dedicated and much-loved teacher at Olive Grove Charter School in Los Olivos, Judy was even able to walk a portion of the Camino de Santiago in Spain.

In the wider community, Judy is remembered for organizing the “Hyndman's Roasted Walnuts “ stand at the Olde Fashioned Christmas in Los Olivos each December for more than 40 years, and was a fixture alongside Ken on evening tandem bike rides through Los Olivos for the last decade.

Even as her health deteriorated, Judy never lost her beauty, her love of literature, and her deep faith in God. She treasured and kept the memories of her life travels close to her in photos and journals, into her final days.

Judy is preceded in death by her parents, Chet and Emily Lepak. She leaves behind her husband, Ken, and her two children, Gwyneth and Sean, their spouses, John and Megan; grandchildren Jessie, Eliza, Darius and Jacob; sisters Barbara and Mary Kay and many, many members of the wider family and dear friends from California to New Zealand.

A service to remember Judy’s life will be held on Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 2 p.m. at the Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church.

For those who can’t attend, we will also be live streaming the service at https://youtube.com/live/ l8yprYtwvoA?feature=share

obituaries Richard McKelvy Martin

01/26/1936-05/10/2026

Dr. Richard Martin died peacefully in his sleep a few minutes before midnight on Sunday May 10, 2026 following a long, difficult struggle with dementia.

A scientist and a scholar, Richard McKelvy Martin was born on January 26, 1936, to William McKelvy Martin and Kathryn Louise Homan Martin, in Hollywood, California. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from the University of California, Riverside, in 1959, doing research under James Pitts on photochemistry.

He earned his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1963, and did a National Institute of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University from 1963 - 1965 under Dudley Herschbach.

Richard taught Chemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from 1965 until he retired in 1994, receiving tenure in 1971. After his retirement he was honored as a Professor Emeritus. After the Santa Barbara oil spill in 1969, Richard was part of the Environmental Studies Formation Committee at UCSB which established the Environmental Studies department, and he also worked for that department as a professor and coordinator. During his career as a professor, he gave lectures abroad in Japan, East Germany, Holland and Great Britain, and published over 80 scientific papers. During sabbaticals Richard also held positions as a Visiting Professor of Chemistry at Cambridge University in England, and Visiting Professor at the Max Planck Institute in Gottingen, Germany.

Richard had three children with his first wife, Joanne Kinkade: Vivian Martin, Barbara Martin, and William John Martin. He later married Susan Emmel in 1974 and had a happy partnership with her until her tragic death from cancer in 1996. However, joy came again when Richard met Penny Rickling in 2003. They married in 2005 and had a devoted and loving partnership.

Richard was never idle.

He loved the outdoors, hik-

To submit obituaries for publication, please call (805) 965-5205 or email obits@independent.com ing and bicycling, swimming, and traveling. As well as his teaching positions in England and Germany, he visited many countries including Saudi Arabia and Morocco. Richard’s travels continued with Penny as they enjoyed visits to Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, London, France and Italy. In quieter moments he occupied himself with extensive reading, and with writing, including poetry and his own memoirs. Richard also enjoyed building, improving, and fixing things, and was always working in his shop on projects.

Richard was a brilliant and passionate man, who believed in science, rational thought, and humanism. He was actively involved in the Humanist Society of Santa Barbara for many years and served as treasurer, and then president.

Richard was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Alberta Martin Keeney, his first and second wives, Joanne Kinkade Miller and Susan Emmel Martin, his daughter Barbara Martin, and his son William John Martin.

Richard is survived by his wife, Penny Martin, his daughter Vivian Martin Olsen (and husband William), seven grandchildren, ten greatgrandchildren, and Penny’s sons David Rickling (and wife Margaret) and Eric Rickling (and wife Mari) and Penny’s three grandchildren.

A memorial ceremony for Richard will be announced at a later date.

Harm Meijer, Jr

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Harm Meijer, Jr. died peacefully in his sleep May 1, 2026.

Born May 17, 1944, in Berg en Dal, Netherlands, he was the 6th of 8 children born to Harm and Trijntje Meijer. In 1957, the family migrated to the U.S., settling in Cleveland Heights, OH, of which Harm was not a fan. In 1961, they moved to Santa Barbara, which he called paradise. He met his future wife Becky Cavalletto that year working at the Copper Coffee Pot. He graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1963, then Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 1967. He and Becky married in December 1967.

Working with Kaiser Aluminum and then Sambo’s and Carrow’s, they lived all over California in Oakland, Santa

Maria, and Bakersfield. They eventually settled in Santa Barbara, welcoming daughter, Allysen, and later their greatnephew, Anthony, into the family.

After Carrow’s, Harm bought Flying Pizza, where he and Becky worked for many years.

He used to take Allysen with him on deliveries, and let her keep the tips! After that, he ran the hot dog cart in Paseo Nuevo and a coffee shop next door. In 2000, he changed careers and bought what would become Meijer Water Conditioning. In recent years Anthony was his right- hand man.

Harm loved working with people and never met a stranger. He touched so many lives. He is missed every day by his beloved children and his loving wife of 58 years.

Becky, Allysen, and Anthony invite you to a celebration of Harm’s life at Mulligan’s Café on Thursday, May 21st from 11:30-2:30. Bring your stories.

Yolanda Sue Thorpe 08/21/1940-01/09/2025

Yolanda Sue Thorpe, 84, of Santa Barbara, CA, died January 9, 2025, at Serenity House hospice. Born August 21, 1940, in Wahoo, NE, she was predeceased by her parents Goldie Mae (Creech) and Norman Frank Thorpe.

Sue graduated Lincoln High School (1958), earned a BA from Midland College and an MA in English Literature from Creighton University.

She loved reading and writing and worked in TV and film (Children’s Television Workshop, MTV, Nickelodeon). An ordained nun in her Zen Buddhist sect, she was a daily meditator and active in the Santa Barbara Quaker community.

She is survived by daughters Christine Castigliano (Tim Beckstrom), Gina (Nelson) Mitten, and Anne (Darren) O’Brien; brother Douglas Thorpe; sister Mary Dolce; grandchildren Bennet Pullen, Sara Beckstrom, Travis Hoggard, Natalie Mitten, Dylan and Crispr O’Brien; nephews Rex and Ray Thorpe; and nieces Tracy Sorenson, Shannon and Lyndsay Dolce.

The family thanks Donna Caskey for her devoted care.

Per Sue’s wishes, her ashes will be spread in Lincoln, NE.

Shannon Marie

Dwight Faulding

Shannon loved deeply and lived with a wide open heart.

She found joy in the ocean, in nature, in flowers, and in animals. She had a gift for connection, she saw people, cared for them, and made them feel loved. Her kindness was natural and unwavering, and it touched everyone fortunate enough to know her.

Shannon faced many challenges throughout her life and ultimately lost her battle with addiction, shaped by years of trauma, depression, and PTSD. She fought courageously to find her way out again and again, and while she ultimately succumbed, her life was defined by so much more than her struggles.

Growing up, Shannon was full of energy and creativity.

She loved basketball, surfing, and music, and played several instruments, including the flute, drums, trombone, and guitar. She later followed her passion for food and graduated from the SBCC,S culinary program, becoming a chef. Her talent took her everywhere as a private chef, where she shared not only her skill but her warmth and generosity.

There wasn’t a person Shannon couldn’t connect with, to her, every stranger was simply a friend she hadn’t met yet.

Though Shannon’s journey included dark and difficult chapters, she never stopped fighting to find her way back to the light. She was resilient, loving, and a deeply empathetic human. She is survived by her sisters, Cassidy and Phoenix, and her brother, Shiloh, who carry forward her memory and the love she gave so freely.

Shannon’s free spirit, her laughter, and her boundless love will be deeply missed by all who loved and knew her.

There will be a celebration of Shannon’s life at Tajiguas Beach on Sunday May 17 at 6 Pm.

Dwight Faulding, born 3/6/61 in Santa Barbara passed away peacefully in his loving wife’s arms on 5/2/26 after a 3.5 year hard fought battle with Pancreatic Cancer. He was never afraid nor angry about his diagnosis, he just kept tackling each challenge and exceeding all expectations until his body could no longer fight anymore.

He is survived by his wife Kathy of 41 years, five children, five grandchildren, one brother and a community of friends which he valued so much.

After graduating from Bishop Diego High School with an impressive football career. He then played football at SBCC and BDHS alumni games. He attended Santa Barbara College of Law, earning his law degree which supplemented his work ad a Public Guardian. He was a dedicated father and husband and grandfather. And more importantly a reliable friend who made a positive difference in peoples lives-often getting stopped by old friends during outings in town.

He lived an honest life in Santa Barbara, working a long career for the Santa Barbara County as a Deputy Public Guardian and a Juvenile Probation Officer ending his career with the Santa Barbara City department of Sustainability and Resilience as a Code Enforcement Officer. A true man of service, dedicated to creating relationships and building community.

No one loved being in Santa Barbara more than Dwight.

He loved to garden, being a Gramps, spending time with his family, supporting local sports, and evening sunset harbor walks with Kathy and their beloved dog Kaya. He will be most remembered for being a good person who did the right things for the right reason, even when it was the hard thing to do. He lived a selfless life with such grace, always making a point to help others.

Dwight and his family want to thank their great medical team at the Ridley Tree Cancer Center led by Dr Eric Bank and outstanding staff who went above and beyond to care for him. We would also like to thank VNA hospice for their support and gentle care. Friend Friendships were made in the most unlikely of circumstances and we appreciate all their love and kindness shown in such challenging times. Our hearts are forever grateful.

In a world where you could be anything, Dwight was always kind.

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The Masterpiece Life of Meredith Brooks Abbott The Reigning Matriarch of Santa Barbara’s Plein Air Painting Scene by Roger Durling

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Artist Meredith Brooks Abbott

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s I drive to Meredith Brooks Abbott’s 55-acre ranch in Rincon Canyon, I find myself thinking about the legendary painter Monet and the garden that he built in Giverny, south of Paris. The serenity of Giverny allowed Monet to shift away from the unruliness of painting outdoors and provided the master painter with a calm, comforting, and highly organized environment. Similarly, Brooks Abbott built herself a garden adjacent to the Victorian farmhouse dating from the 1870s that she shares with her husband, Duncan. She dug a pond in it and placed her studio near the main house. From the threshold of her artistic quarters, you can study the interplay of water, sky, and light — allowing you to focus on the imminence of the experience.

Her garden blends effortlessly with the surrounding natural vegetation of the Carpinteria Valley — and Meredith seems to have organized the color palette in its flora — creating an intimate, personal landscape of her own. I couldn’t help but assess that her home, her meticulous garden, and her studio form a “living laboratory,” where one of Santa Barbara’s most respected artists has honed her inimitable oeuvre while also raising her beautiful family of both ranchers and artists. Her farmstead has become integral to her remarkable artistic career, and at the same time, it has breathed purpose into her life.

“I once wrote that as a farmer gathers sustenance for the body,” fellow painter Arturo Tello tells me, “the landscape painter gathers food for the soul. Meredith lives that line. Her idyllic farmhouse, with orchards, gardens, chickens, koi pond, and a detached north-light studio heated by a wood stove, is an authentic, in-tunewith-nature existence that feeds her work directly.”

I’ve long venerated Meredith Brooks Abbott’s impressionistic paintings that document, through landscapes and still lifes, fleeting moments in Santa Barbara — a place she’s known and observed well for her 70 years as an artist. The way she encapsulates the fog and other atmospheric conditions on her canvases is remarkable. Painting primarily en plein air, her brushstrokes are rapid, loose, and vibrant, conveying energy and texture. She’s developed a palette that is immediately recognized as her own, seizing the radiance of the Carpinteria sunlight and earthy tones of its chaparral.

“What’s important about her paintings is that they are meditations of the land that in most instances is the land she was raised on, and where she raised her children,” says Susan Bush, contemporary curator at Sullivan Goss Gallery, where Meredith exhibits her work. “Her sense of place, the way she knows every hill and valley, every old oak tree, or the brief window when the Matilija poppies will be blooming, can only be achieved by her having resided in this area and studying it with her artist’s eye for as long as she has.”

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Inside the studio of Meredith Brooks Abbott

On an early morning visit in April, as I pulled into her driveway, I noticed a great-looking 1966 Mustang prominently parked. I am greeted by Freddie, Meredith’s sweet-natured Labradoodle, and he guides me directly toward the art studio. Her husband, Duncan; her daughter, artist Whitney Brooks Abbott; and the matriarch of the local plein air painters herself, Meredith, are busy arranging canvases—they’re helping her prepare for her current solo show at Sullivan Goss Gallery, appropriately titled Capturing Our Time. The exhibit coincides with the publication of the book Enduring Impressions, which the gallery has spent almost two years putting together, compiling information and images from Meredith’s many collectors.

Encircling the artist’s easel, the studio walls are garlanded with numerous works by her as well as a selfportrait of Richard S. Meryman Sr., renowned portrait and impressionist artist. “I painted with Meryman when I was young, and I was his driver,” Meredith reminisces as I admire the painting of her mentor.

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“He would get commissions to paint fancy places in Montecito, and I would mostly paint the gardens.”

There are several portraits of Whitney at different stages of her youth. One stands out: the young woman wearing a Russian hat. Whitney would gift posing time to her mother for birthdays and holidays. The welcoming smell of turpentine permeates the room. A large north facing skylight bathes the space with a soft glow.

All of it creates a “masterpiece factory” atmosphere.

While primarily a plein air painter, Meredith uses this studio to rework canvases, store her collection, and manage her artistic output — becoming a blend of workspace and personal haven. When she was commissioned by the Monterey Inn in 1978, the studio was expanded to accommodate larger canvases. Standing inside of it, one is immediately walloped by the aura of creativity. The interior is an intimate time-capsule glimpse into her artistic process. She notices me taking it all in and says, “Painting makes my everyday worthwhile.”

Lovingly curated by Sullivan Goss, the exhibit Capturing Our Time includes paintings from the 1990s to the present day, and can be seen as a celebration of the artist’s enduring legacy.

“Her subject matter has always been diverse,” says Marlene R. Miller, who has known Meredith since 1985 and represented her at the Arlington Gallery.

“From works created around their avocado ranch and Victorian-style home in Carpinteria, to landscapes while involved with the Oak Group, to colorful still lifes and flowers, to portraits. Her favorite subjects, however, are moody and foggy landscapes.”

All of these offerings can be seen on display in her latest solo show at Sullivan Goss. Her robust and emotional landscapes are prominently featured, but it is a wall grouping of several of her still lifes of flowers that took my breath away. I cannot recall a more beautiful display in an art gallery. They have been hung in an old-school salon fashion, underlining the classic and timeless mastery of the auteur. They blend strong composition and vibrant color with symbolic meaning, such as the beauty and the fleeting nature of life.

Meredith was born in North Los Angeles in 1938.

Her father, Robert Larkin Brooks, was a businessman who leased the San Miguel Island for the grazing of a flock of 1,000 sheep and owned a large ranch in Santa Barbara. “He smelled like lanolin,” Meredith recalls.

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Her mother was Hope Palmer from Lakewood, New Jersey, and her betrothal to Robert Larkin Brooks can still be found in the archives of The New York Times. On May 3, 1923, the paper wrote, “The bride is one of the most prominent members of Lakewood’s younger set.” Meredith’s parents moved to Santa Barbara in 1940. Robert Larkin Brooks owned 52 acres in Carpinteria. Originally, her dad planted lima beans, for they were a big thing at the time. The family eventually sold everything but 12 acres.

Future husband and wife Meredith and Duncan grew up together in Carpinteria. Meredith lived on Hilltop Ranch, while Duncan lived at the bottom of the canyon. Duncan’s father bought the property in 1922, and it is this house where Duncan and Meredith still live today. Meredith and her siblings grew up riding horses among the lemon groves, chewing road tar, and filling sketchbooks. Meredith went to Marymount (now Riviera Ridge), and she would do a lot of projects such as painting sets for the school plays. She got a high school diploma by doing these sorts of creative projects.

She attended Scripps College in Claremont, but returned home to take care of her ailing father. While back in Santa Barbara, she continued studying with artists Douglass Parshall, Richard S. Meryman, and Clarence Hinkle. Hinkle had a studio on the Riviera, and Meredith remembers it fondly because he had live models. Determined to graduate from college, she got a degree from the Art Center School in Los Angeles.

In 1962, she moved to the East Coast because she couldn’t find a job in the arts in Santa Barbara or in Los Angeles. In New York, she worked as an illustrator in the advertising field and took night classes at the Arts Students League. Her sister Hope Brooks was there, and she married Richard S. Meryman’s son, who was a writer for Life magazine and Andrew Wyeth’s biographer. Meredith would often spend her weekends traveling to visit Meryman Sr.’s studio in Dublin, New Hampshire. There,

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A few works inside the studio of Meredith Brooks Abbott

she assisted the artist in completing portrait commissions, and she would do some of the commissions that Richard Meryman didn’t want to or couldn’t do. These included the wives of governors, and she also painted two governors.

In the ’60s, Duncan became a portfolio manager and worked in San Francisco for Bank of America. While Meredith was in New York, he would send her articles about San Francisco by Herb Caen to entice her to join him there. She and Duncan had a lot in common besides growing up together in ranches in Santa Barbara, as both of their families were involved in the arts. His mother, Margaret Hunt Abbott, was the chair of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Both of Meredith’s sisters, Hope and Whitney, became woodcutting artists.

In 1970, Meredith moved to San Francisco. “He married me for my car,” Meredith says mischievously. It is the classic Mustang that still sits in their driveway. While in Northern California, she got a job updating textbook illustrations to include African American people while continuing to do

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Inside the studio of Meredith Brooks Abbott

portrait commissions, and to paint gardens.

The day they married, Duncan and Meredith bought a house in Mill Valley. On the weekends, the young couple would drive deep into Marin to paint landscapes. A gallery in the area started to represent her.

Duncan and Meredith had three children — twins Robert and William, and Whitney. In 1974, the family returned to Santa Barbara, for Duncan decided to manage his family’s avocado ranch. “It was time to come back,” Duncan says.

“I have always felt great while painting outdoors,” Meredith says. “My favorite song is ‘Don’t Fence Me In.’ It doesn’t get any better!” When she first returned to Santa Barbara, she did some portraits but eventually stopped taking commissions and dedicated herself to her landscapes and still lifes.

In 1979, Walter Silva started showing her work in his Gallery De Silva in Montecito. “It was a breakthrough for me,” she says. Painter Arturo Tello remembers this time: “I met Meredith when I first moved to Carpinteria back in 1979. I was taking an adult ed landscape painting class with James Armstrong, who was a partner with Mr. Walter Silva, owner of Gallery De Silva in Montecito, and I began working there. They specialized in early California painters with a few living artists, including Meredith Brooks Abbott. Meredith’s work seemed to me to be on a par in quality with the dead artists, so I started calling her ‘the late Meredith Abbott.’ ” Tello, Meredith, and fellow painter Marcia Burtt started a friendship forged by working outdoors together. Eventually, Arturo and Ray Strong would start the Oak Group and Meredith became a member, among others. Established in 1986, the Oak Group was the first group of artists exhibiting to preserve open spaces. They still actively fight to protect land for wildlife, recreation, ranching, and farming. Its painters make visual records, drawing attention to lands we stand to lose and generating funds to protect them.

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Artist Meredith Brooks Abbott in her studio

On one of the days I met with Meredith, she and Whitney were planning to go painting at More Mesa because the land is being threatened by imminent development. Half of the proceeds of the sales of their paintings will go toward the preservation of the open space. “I have such a strong love for landscapes,” Meredith confesses. “I like being alone.

You’re pretty much by yourself. I like being outside. I like documenting areas that are changing. Drawing attention to development, to the changing culture, to the changing of access.”

Meredith’s reputation as one of Santa Barbara’s greatest artists bourgeoned. In the mid-’80s, Marlene Schultz started showing her work at the Arlington Gallery, followed by Maureen Murphy on Coast Village.

Her work would be shown in Oak Group shows at the Easton Gallery, and eventually, she found her permanent home at Sullivan Goss Gallery, where the exhibit Capturing Our Time is her seventh solo show.

“Meredith’s work is compelling for a number of reasons,” said her colleague Marcia Burtt. “She has a way of turning an ordinary vista into something special just by the way she paints it. She knows how to make a simple, two-dimensional form out of something complex and fussy, and on the other hand, she knows how to focus on something we might overlook and make it formidably voluptuous. A vase of eucalyptus branches, for example. Meredith has a unique ability to see a tiny section of landscape miles away and bring it forward to take up a canvas, giving her the ability to create paintings of subjects no one else sees.”

On my last visit, I sat with Meredith, Duncan, and Whitney on their lovely porch overlooking the garden that Meredith built. Her studio is next to us, and the intrinsic power of the mountains is in front of us.

There’s a pause in our lively conversation. We all seemed to be taking in the surroundings and the beauty of that mid-April morning. Meredith breaks the silence: “Sometimes, I feel the mechanics of painting were better when I was younger, but now I come from a different place because of my life experience.”

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SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Thu.: The Heavy Heavy with Lou Hazel, Hazel 8pm. $25-$30. Ages 18+. Sat.: U.S. Elevator with The Coral Sea & Danny Vista, 7:30pm. $15-$20. Ages 21+. Sun.: Best Buddies Concert & Lunch, noon. $5-$12. Wed.: Glen Phillips and Sean & Sara Watkins, 8pm. $30. 1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com 5/14: Eos Lounge LOSTBOYJAY. 500 Anacapa St. 9pm. Ages 21+. Call (805) 564-2410. eoslounge.com

5/14: Jazz at the Lobero Presents Lizz Wright Enjoy an evening from acclaimed

5/14-5/16: Dos Pueblos Theatre Company Presents Curtains, the Musical Comedy Whodunit This musical comedy, set in 1959, follows the investigation of a mur-

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5/15: Whiskey Richards Colonel Angus (AC/DC Tribute), 9-11:30pm. 435 State St. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 9631786. tinyurl.com/Whiskey-Angus 5/16-5/17: Cold Spring Tavern Sat.: Barry McGuire, 1:30pm. Sun.: Lenny Kerley Band, 1pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call (805) 967-0066.

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5/18: The Red Piano Church on Monday: Doc Ventura, 7:30pm. 519 State St. $5. Call (805) 358-1439.

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5/16: Old Spanish Days, Paseo Nuevo, and S.B. Humane Fiesta Dog Parade! Show off your pup’s personality as they parade downtown though State Street and Paseo Nuevo for a chance to win a prize in a costume contest (registration required) or join just to watch. 11am. Meet at De la Guerra Plaza, 8 E. De la Guerra St. Free. Email paseonuevo@prismplaces.com.

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5/16: Make an Instrument & Jam Session Workshop Build a unique percussion instrument at this

S.B. Flyfishers Annual 5/16: Fly-Fishing Gear Sale Shop for rods, reels, flies, lines, fly tying supplies, rod building supplies, float tubes, conventional fishing gear, camping gear, and more with proceeds going towards S.B. Flyfishers. 8am-noon. 107 Harbor Wy. Free. Call (805) 698-8280.

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5/16-5/17: Santa Ynez Valley Chorale Presents Spring Concert: Journey This concert, directed by Hyejin Jung, will celebrate the paths that connect our community through choral music using the road as a metaphor for life. 3:30pm. Veterans’ Memorial Hall, 1745 Mission Dr., Solvang. $20. Email president@ syvhorale.org. tinyurl.com/SYV-Spring-Concert

5/16-5/18: MORE Theater/S.B. Presents Queen of Cups Join for a dramatic reading of a new play by renowned Bay Area poet and scholar Judy Grahn. The play draws on Mesopotamian mythologies, Gnostic gospels, Tarot, American classics, and from the fields of science, medicine, and gender studies. Each day is a different section of the play with a tea talk following the readings. Sat.: Introductions and Stories; Sun.: The Gifts; Mon.: Evaluating. 2pm. Balboa Building (theater downstairs), 735 State St. $15/one reading; $30/three readings.

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5/16: Bird Fest Check out binoculars and go on a bird safari, create a craft based on your favorite feathered friend, and support these wonderful creatures by making a native seed bird feeder. 10:30am-12:30pm. S.B. Botanic Garden’s Backcountry, 1212 Mission Canyon Rd. Free-$25.

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family-friendly workshop using a variety of reused materials, then use it in a community play-along jam session led by renowned guest facilitator and rhythm expert Cameron Tummel. 2-4pm. Art from Scrap/EE Makerspace, 302 E. Cota St. $5. Email jill@exploreecology.org.

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SUNDAY 5/17 5/17: UCSB Arts & Lectures Presents Philip Glass and The Poets This program, featuring music

by Philip Glass, will present longtime interpreter and composer Timo Andres (piano), theater artist and MacArthur fellow Taylor Mac (spoken word), and a poetry reading from Lucinda Childs in celebration of Glass’s extraordinary relationships and collaborations with poets, particularly Allen Ginsberg. 7pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. UCSB Students: $10, GA: $23-$43. Call (805) 8933535. artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/events

MONDAY 5/18 5/18: AI in Action: Simon Billinge & Nina Miolane UCSB researchers Simon Billinge (California NanoSystems Institute) and Nina Miolane (REAL AI for Science) will give short presentations on innovative applications of AI in their research, followed by a 30-minute moderated discussion on broader trends, challenges, and ethical considerations. Registration is recommended. 4-5pm.

UCSB Library, Bldg. 525. Free. Email outreach@library .ucsb.edu. tinyurl.com/UCSB-Researchers

5/18: PFLAG Virtual Gathering: Gender-Affirming Care for Minors Explained Hear updates from PFLAG partners Planned Parenthood Central Coast about puberty blockers (impacts, benefits, side effects), surgery for minors, and status of local access followed by sharing and support. Registration is required. 7-8:30pm. Zoom.

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With festive costumes, Spanish-inspired flair, and plenty of wagging tails, registered* participants will parade down State Street and through Paseo Nuevo.

This event is a collaboration with the City of Santa Barbara, Paseo Nuevo Shopping Mall, and Santa Barbara Humane. *All dogs must be pre-registered by May 13, no walk-ons will be allowed.

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of bookbinding with guest artist Julia Bickford, who will teach you how to bind and embellish a leather journal. Materials are provided. 6-8pm. EE Makerspace, Art from Scrap, 302 E. Cota St. $35-$40.

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ueer history meets ancient theater and contemporary poetry in Eleni Sikelianos’s new book, Memory Rehearsal, which she’ll discuss as part of Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s Parallel Stories series on May 21 (register at bit.ly/4daBSFx). David Starkey catches up with the Santa Barbara– raised poet and Brown University professor ahead of her visit to town.

NEO-EXPRESSIONIST HUNT SLONEM MAKES APPEARANCE

Eleni Sikelianos will speak about Memory Rehearsal at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (1130 State St.) Thursday, May 21, 5 p.m. See sbma.net.

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ince opening its doors last fall, the Seimandi & Leprieur Gallery has almost primarily focused on art from the French-speaking Caribbean island of Martinique, the former home of its married directors. But the gallery deviates from that turf with the arrival of famed neo-expressionist painter Hunt Slonem, a seasoned New York–based artist best known for lavish depictions of bunnies, butter“Albertina” by Hunt Slonem flies, and tropical birds.

Making his first appearance in Santa Barbara, Slonem will appear in the gallery on Friday, May 15, for a rare reception and book-signing. A small exhibition of his work, on one wall of the gallery, continues in the venue through June 7.

Born and raised in Maine, Slonem’s childhood was a roving one. His Navy officer father moved the family to several places in Hawai‘i and Central America, where Slonem was “influenced by the local devotion and spiritual fervor,” as he later explained.

Although steeped in the urban pace and density of life in N.Y.C., Slonem arrived at his mature artistic voice by channeling various interests in the natural and cultural worlds around him. The result is a unique style linked to the neo-expressionist movement, and with elements of textural abstraction and residual kitsch somehow filtered into the mix.

His choice of iconography has been dictated by various influences, including a bunny obsession following his discovery that he was born in the Chinese Year of the Rabbit. To date, his work has been shown in such prestigious venues as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miró Foundation, and the New Orleans Museum of Art. The artist, who also has kept an extensive aviary of exotic birds, has said, “I would say my whole life could be summed up by the word ‘exotica.’ ” A review in The New York Times opined, “If Joseph Cornell had concentrated on painting, the results might have looked like this.”

Famed poet and sometimes art critic John Ashbery once ascribed Slonem’s art as “dazzling explosions of the variable life around us.”

In some way, Slonem’s cerebral yet ceremonial tropical exotica has a place in the Caribbean aesthetic, after all.

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You grew up in somewhat less than ideal circum- Eleni Sikelianos and her new book, Memory Rehearsal stances in Goleta and Isla Vista, but it turns out that your great-grandfather Angelos was one of Kohn, and how he describes form has been helpthe most famous Greek poets of the 20th century, and your ing put something into focus for me. He calls “formgreat-grandmother Eva was equally extraordinary. Con- making” a thing all living creatures do, “a strange but necting those two worlds makes for quite a story in your nonetheless worldly process of pattern production new memoir, Memory Rehearsal, but it must have been and propagation.” What I love about that is how it awfully difficult to weave all those threads together. Yes, takes form out of the static ways we tend to think it was. In early drafts of the book, I only accounted for about it, especially in relation to art and literature, and discovering Eva and Angelos’s history on my travels in puts it into the realm of life processes. My ideal reader Greece. But I realized that this collision of realities had will experience this book as a living thing, with all to be part of it. I grew up on food stamps in Section 8 the clear and all the messy parts of communication, housing in Isla Vista, yet my great-grandparents were all the various ways we signal to and understand or these illustrious figures! That’s been the process for misunderstand each other, sensed and allowed! me in each of these family histories—I’ve had to figure out how to include more of my own experience, as Can you give us a preview of your reading at the Santa part of the ecosystem and context, to anchor the story. Barbara Museum of Art on May 21? There’s such a variety of material to draw on, I imagine it will be quite exciting. I Memory Rehearsal consists of photographs, multiple just did the East Coast book launch last night, and it genres — nonfiction, fiction, poetry, drama — and a was so much fun! I projected images from the book, myriad of voices. What are the advantages, and maybe dis- and there were even a few performative elements. advantages, of a hybrid memoir? It’s really not possible Because the event is in my hometown, I’ll probably for me to write these books differently. I don’t experi- focus on the parts that take place in Santa Barbara, ence reality as an overarching narrative, and I have and the sections with my grandfather, who lived in a come to think of those narratives as imposed fictions, trailer on Mountain Drive. in fact, as ways to contain and curtail experience. I don’t think it’s wrong to link them to the various ways Finally, as an emeritus English professor at Santa Barbara corporate structures attempt to abstract and extract City College, I’d be remiss if I didn’t ask you about your time life—and by life, I mean all living things, which in there. Any memories you’d like to share? SBCC was so their various modes of living and interaction are by formative! What would happen without this affordnature myriad in form. In all my writing, I’m really able option for students who don’t necessarily think trying to create a living thing, and the variation in and of themselves as collegebound? Professor John Matinteraction between forms is part of that. It definitely sui, who taught biology, was incredibly inspiring. makes the books hard to categorize: Are they poetry? Although I didn’t continue in biology, what I was Nonfiction? Fiction? Picture books? They are all of encouraged to learn is still central to how I write and those things. I’ve used the term “hybrid,” but only think. (Professor Matsui’s at Berkeley now, where he because I haven’t yet come up with a better word. founded a program to encourage low-income, firstThe multiple forms are kind of like the way intertidal generation, and students of color in biology.)

City College is really where this story starts, in that zones work, with creatures that adapt to overlapping I was a student there when I first left for a summer and shifting environments, sometimes submerged in salt water and sometimes baking in the sun. One of hitchhiking trip to Greece, which stretched into a my poet friends uses the term “chimeric,” which I like year of hitchhiking in Europe and Africa. That trip quite a lot, in that it’s an animal made up of different is where I first discovered key elements of this family history. kinds of animals.

So many useful metaphors! What does your ideal reader take away from the experience of reading your book? I’m currently reading How Forests Think by Eduardo

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RADIO DAZE ON THE HOMECOMING PLAN ZEB NORRIS, VETERAN KTYD VOICE, RETURNS TO TOWN AND AIRWAVES AS MORNING MOJO MAN

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arning: That resonant baritone voice booming out of the KTYD airwaves may trigger pangs of déjà vu for long-in-the-tooth Santa Barbarans.

Yes, that is the comforting and wit-lined sound of Zeb Norris, one of the pioneering voices of Santa Barbara’s beloved “classic rock” station—founded in the heyday of the FM “album rock” revolution, before the term and concept of “classic rock” was even a gleam in our eyes.

Norris began his radio life and career at the thenfledgling KTYD back in May 1976, and after years of traipsing around America’s radio and literal landscape, he has made a grand homecoming return. His journey through an assortment of radio jobs, from Sacramento to Spokane to San Francisco and Vermont for the past 18 years, steered him back to Santa Barbara recently, lured back to the fold with the offer of a job at KTYD. “New England is so beautiful and charming,” he said, “with a deep sense of community. We had a great time, but my wife is born and raised in Santa Barbara, so not long ago, we came back here for non-work-related reasons for a change, and then the new Zeb Norris KTYD gig magically opened up.

“I actually started my alleged career at KTYD in 1976, and now I’m coming home. What a long, strange trip it’s been.”

One morning last week, Norris and his affable Morning Mojo drive partner and veteran KTYD presence Lin Aubuchon were diving into psychedelic rock gems (“White Rabbit,” “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida”) while fielding answers to the question “What animal can a python eat whole?” The prize for the lucky public winner calling in was tickets to see Chicago in the Vina Robles Amphitheater. No, it wasn’t a capybara or a pig—although Norris graciously conceded that a pig had less hair, so would go down easier.

I had to get back to word work before discovering the actual answer (as happens to working morning radio listeners), but it was comforting to hear Norris’s voice once again. Morning drive radio, on real time/human-driven terrestrial airwaves, remains a last bastion of community interface, and the Zeb and Lin show is a warming welcome mat to Santa Barbara’s morning.

Tracing his roots, Norris spoke about being born and raised in Berkeley, “which was politically tumultuous and musically exciting.” Among seminal experiences, he remembers winning tickets to see the

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Beatles, in what turned out to be their final live performance, at Candlestick Park in 1955. “That was my first concert. Led Zeppelin played at my high school.

Bill Graham threw me out of Winterland personally.

Stuff like that.

“And of course, there was ‘underground’ FM Radio.

There was always music in the house, and lots of radio.”

After a family move to Santa Barbara, he was drawn to this new radio phenom in town, KTYD. “There was nothing like the San Francisco FM stations in town until KTYD went progressive/free-form in 1973,” he said. “I made friends with the staff and weaseled my way onto the air staff as the emergency late-night fillin guy.

“The station was a riot in those days, with so many talented people and great shows. I was super lucky to start there. At that time, KTYD and the News & Review (which would later merge with another paper to become the Independent) were the cultural expressions of the counterculture. It was exactly where I wanted to be, but I never thought I’d make it my career. It just turned out that way.”

Back in KTYD’s salad days, the meat-and-potatoes playlist of what became the “classic rock” roster — songs that can now qualify as oldies—was steaming fresh and new. Norris is circumspect about the shifting status of the format’s categorically vintage music. “Media is so much more fragmented now,” he pointed out. “Classic rock is a good slice of the spectrum and a good fit for me. It reflects a particularly vibrant era of music, the album era, and given my experiences, it’s a natural fit. I played this music when it was new and enjoy sharing my crazy stories about the music and the artists.

“I’m still just a fan who talked his way in.”

Enter his current Morning Mojo day job. Is Norris a morning person by nature? “I can deal with mornings,” he says. “It’s the only time of day where we can do what we do: spontaneous live radio with audience involvement. That’s a morning thing.

“I’ve wanted to do a show with Lin for years. We’re old friends, and I think it shows on the air. I have a ton of respect for what she’s done over the years to keep the thread of KTYD’s heritage alive. She’s an unsung hero.

But she’s too down to earth to toot her own horn. It’s still a rush to do live radio, and she’s a great partner.

“My main mission is the same as always: do my best to be an upbeat, positive presence, sharing lots of fantastic music for our community.”

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EYE ON THE EYE OF JEFF BRIDGES ICONIC ACTOR AND ARTIST OF MANY DIMENSIONS TAKES HIS PHOTOGRAPHY SERIOUSLY, APPEARS WITH EXHIBITION AT THE TAMSEN GALLERY

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by Josef Woodard

ver the few decades since Jeff Bridges has made a happy home in Santa Barbara, the world has known him largely through his prominent—and also blissfully offbeat—persona as an actor. He was, and ever shall be, “The Dude,” the iconic slacker character in the Coen brothers’ quirky classic The Big Lebowski, and countless other characters going back to the 1970s, up through his late career, Oscar-winning (for best actor) role as a soused late career musician in Crazy Heart. More recently, he took on an age-appropriate role in TV’s Old Man. But there is much more to Jeff Bridges than the cavalcade of characters he has played, and Santa Barbara has come to know some of the many facets of his creative and philanthropic life. He has tended the personal fires of being a recording and touring musician, a visual artist, advocate for battling child hunger, and a passionate photographer, the latter role he’s currently going public with.

Bridges’s fascinating exhibition, called simply Pictures, is extending its Tamsen Gallery run through May 30, and it both exposes locals to this long-standing avenue of Bridges’s work, and champions something presently seizing his attention: the Widelux cause.

Both he and his photographer wife, Susan, have been strong advocates for and users of this esoteric panoramic format for many years, and the couple has taken its passion to an entrepreneurial manufacturing stage. Disappointed that the original Widelux Company had gone out of business, Bridges teamed up with a German manufacturer to rebirth the specialized camera, now available as the WideluxX. For more direct testimony, proceed to the gallery on Saturday, May 16, when Bridges will appear in a discussion with his daughter Jessie for two sessions, at noon and at 4 p.m.

I caught up with Bridges last week to discuss matters at hand, and in the past. It’s a past enriched by countless stories and characters, far beyond the realm of The Dude

Was photography a creative outlet for you on movie sets, waiting for your shots? Yeah, absolutely. Some actors will knit sweaters or read books or whatever, because there’s a lot of downtime. You can only prepare for a scene for so long and then it becomes kind of counterproductive in a way, or so I’ve found, anyway. So you find ways of relaxing or being creative. And you’re absolutely right: Photography was a way that I did that. I started my photography back in high school. Then I did movies where I actually had a camera, in my character.

I said, “I might as well put some bullets in there and shoot some pictures.”

And then my wife ended up giving me a Widelux camera for a wedding gift, and that became just about the only camera that I used. That was in 1977, man, almost 50 years. We’re going on our gold. We can’t believe it. We almost got our golden wedding anniversary.

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he Di Maggio name already holds a prominent place in baseball lore, but two Santa Barbara brothers of the same name are rising through the ranks and building their own legacy on the diamond.

Jesse Di Maggio is fresh off a highly productive sophomore season at Westmont College, and his younger brother Matti is a freshman superstar at Dos Pueblos High School; both have already garnered national attention.

Although the Di Maggio brothers are on different developmental paths, the future is bright for both.

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by Victor Bryant “Sophomore year of high school, Jesse realized how much work it was going to be, and he started to do the work because he really wanted to compete,” said the brothers’ father, Neil Di Maggio. “All on his own initiative, he started lifting weights, doing nutrition right, sleeping right, and figuring all of the different elements of what it takes. For us, that was an unfamiliar thing, so he really blazed the trail.”

“Matti has seen how that has benefited Jesse,” Neil continued. “He has been able to observe that and adopt the things that work for him.”

Family records allude to a distant relationship to New York Yankees legend Joe Di Maggio, with “Joltin’ Joe” reportedly a first cousin of Jesse and Mattias’s greatgrandfather. The link, however, has not been verified with DNA testing.

In his senior season at Dos Pueblos, Jesse became the most feared hitter in the Santa Barbara area. He finished the season with a batting average of .506. He also racked up 42 hits, 33 RBIs, 33 runs scored, and a school-record 10 home runs in 28 games. As a result, Jesse was named Channel League MVP. “When he got to high school, you really got to see him develop each year as a baseball player,” said Dos Pueblos coach George Hedricks, who coached Jesse and now coaches Matti. “By the time he was a senior, there was not a single time he came up to bat that I didn’t think he was going to get a hit. He was that prolific.”

The decision to stay close to home and attend Westmont appeared to be a natural choice for Jesse, as the program was surging and transitioned from NAIA to NCAA Division 2.

As a freshman, Jesse made an instant impact and was named Pac West All-Conference third team after hitting .341 with 10 home runs and 45 RBIs in 49 games. As a sophomore coming off of shoulder surgery, he hit .309 with 13 home runs and 43 RBIs. Westmont is planning on

Matti (left) and Jesse Di Maggio

using him at catcher next season in a move that will likely bolster his professional prospects.

“He is a wonderful young man. He is one of our hardest workers, and he is an absolute lover of the game of baseball,” said Westmont head coach Paul Sgvagdis. “There is a heavy expectation on that young man. Just the last name alone will do it to you.”

At 6'3" and 185 pounds, Mattias is no ordinary freshman, as he towers over the majority of his age group. But what really makes him stand out on the field is his smooth lefty swing and polished approach.

Prep Baseball Report has Mattias listed as the sixthranked freshman baseball player in the United States, and his stats back up his positioning as an elite prospect.

Mattias finished the regular season with a .500 batting average and smashed his tenth home run of the season in a May 2 matchup against Oxnard that tied Jesse’s school record. He hopes to break that record during the Chargers’ postseason run.

“A lot of my success was just trying to help the team win as much as I could and getting lucky along the way,” Mattias said. “It was really cool to have a community already built at [Dos Pueblos]—a lot of guys played with Jesse. I was fortunate to know the coaches coming in and continue the Di Maggio legacy.”

Contrary to Jesse’s path, Mattias was introduced to the club baseball scene at a young age, and his success has led to opportunities to play with U.S.A. Baseball. “It’s a big blessing to be where I am, and it’s been so cool to see so many players from across the country and get that experience,” Mattias said. “It’s been great finding out how they succeed and competing at the highest level.”

At the plate, Mattias blends formidable power with an elite eye. His first high school strikeout came in the 21st game of the season, and even that was a questionably called third strike.

“I’ve had some really good talent in this program—I’ve been here a long time, 15 years, and this is not to take away from any other kid—but he is special,” Hedricks said following a 6-2 victory over rival Santa Barbara on April 14.

“He is still a freshman. You saw him grinding at the plate early in the game, but I’ll take him at the plate any day. He is not going to make the same mistake twice.”

Mattias has also contributed on the mound for Dos Pueblos, picking up four saves in limited action. Dos Pueblos will open postseason play in the CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs on Friday, May 15, against Burroughs of Burbank. With Mattias leading the way, the Chargers hope to replicate last year’s post-season magic that took them all the way to the CIF-SS Division 4 Championship game. n

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t was one of those evenings that reminded you how powerful it can be when women gather simply to move and be together. That idea shaped the Santa Barbara Yoga Collective’s recent Girls’ Night Out event at Acorn & Oak. The evening unfolded in layers, beginning with an all-women’s yoga class around 5 p.m., each of us grounded on matching pink mats. Many of us were exhausted from the workday; others carried the quieter fatigue of childcare.

Santa Barbara Yoga Collective Hosts Evening of Wellness and Connection

by Tiana Molony But all of that stress faded away as we settled into child’s pose, and our teacher, one of the collective’s founders, Jenny Tucker, reminded us why we were there: “This is a space to move and celebrate ourselves as women,” she said, “in the sisterhood, motherhood, womanhood, and to just be together.”

There was no pressure to perfect the moves or keep up with the flow; our presence was enough.

“As women, we’re always striving and striving for an invisible piece of the ladder that we’re climbing up toward,” Tucker mused. “Can you let how you’re arriving be enough?”

We moved through a familiar flow, from savasana to upward dog to downward dog, along to calming music by live deejay Claire Zielinski.

In between moves, Tucker had us high-five the women next to us.

As the class progressed, Tucker guided us into more challenging poses, including eagle pose — wrapping one leg over the other and hooking it behind the calf while interlacing the arms — where balance is everything. We then ended on our backs as Tucker took us through a closing meditation.

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organizer Jean Marie Driskel of Tope805 and a cacao elixir from Earth Milk Moon. From there, guests could explore the cold plunges and sauna.

Inside the Acorn & Oak space, several wellness stations were set up, including complimentary B-12 shots from Claudia Godinez at Infuse Vida and a compression boots station with Karlyn Roberts from Restore Hyper Wellness.

To understand the spirit of the evening, it helps to look at how the Santa Barbara Yoga Collective began, over a glass of wine among a group of friends who felt there was a gap in the local yoga scene. “We need to create something that’s a little bit more fun than just, like, the studio workout yoga class,” recalls cofounder Samira Pace.

Traditional studios offered solid fitness-style classes, but the experience often felt transactional — more like clocking in and out of a workout than truly connecting. They wanted something different: a way to move their bodies, build community, have fun, and create an experience that blended wellness with a social lifestyle element.

From there, the group launched Santa Barbara Yoga Collective, beginning with yoga pop-ups at local breweries and wineries such as Topa Topa and Draughtsmen. Those early gatherings quickly revealed something deeper: People weren’t just coming for the yoga itself, but for the connection, the music, the atmosphere, and the chance to linger afterward with a beer or a glass of wine.

Building on that momentum, the collective has since expanded its offerings. Today, it hosts weekly events and private sessions—including Bachelorette Yoga—as well as guided meditations and allwomen hiking trips.

Now, that evolution is taking a more permanent shape as Pace prepares to open the collective’s first brick-and-mortar space, set to open at 1905 Cliff Drive, Unit G. “The vision,” she said, “is to offer both a reliable space for ongoing practice and unique, social wellness experiences rooted in the beauty of Santa Barbara.”

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s there anything better than a dog from DJ Darla Bea, vendor booths, and in costume? If there is, I have yet to a red-carpet moment for costume condiscover it. test winners. Organizers hope the event Old Spanish Days Fiesta, in partner- will become a beloved annual tradition, ship with Paseo Nuevo, is adding a new celebrating Santa Barbara’s culture, tradition to its calendar this spring with community, and affection for its fourthe debut of the Fiesta Dog Parade & legged residents.

Costume Contest on Saturday, May 16.

Old Spanish Days El Presidente “The Fiesta Dog Parade aligns per- Colin Hayward said he expects the fectly with our vision of creating engag- parade will bring in new and younger ing, community-centered experiences people who love Fiesta but might not that bring people together in meaningful naturally attend the traditional events. and memorable ways,” said Caroline “This is just a way to kind of break Mayhew, Paseo Nuevo Marketing Man- the ice with people,” said Hayward, “to ager. start to enjoy Fiesta-related events that Kicking off at 11 a.m., the parade will help bring them into the big tent, or as I wind through the 800 block of State Street call it, the Fiesta family.” and into the Paseo Nuevo mall, where participants and their pups — many For more information, see, sbfiesta.org/fiesta-dogdressed in festive, Spanish-inspired parade. attire—will take part in a lively procession. While costumes aren’t required, they’re strongly encouraged, and prizes will reward the most creative looks.

The event also highlights the work of Santa Barbara Humane, the nonprofit partner providing essential services such as low-cost veterinary care, pet adoption, and training programs. The organization will host a hydration station for dogs, a photo backdrop, and an information booth where attendees can learn more about supporting the organization.

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Botanic Beer Collab Highlights the Bounty of Each Season

Third Window Brewing Co. Saison Printemps 2026 is a collaboration with the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.

with a variety of garden-fresh tasting notes. Parker’s passion for Saison and creativity as a brewer was present in every sip.

“Saison’s fun because you can do whatever you want,” Parker said with a smile. He may make it sound simple, but winning gold at the Great American Beer Festival takes some serious effort. As part of his process for this anta arBara ara otanic arden and series, he looks at what’s in season and what’s new at the Botanic Garden to crehird indoW W reWinG o oin orceS ate a one-of-a-kind beverage. This year’s Saison Printemps, is a seasonal farmhouse ale with hummingbird sage, lemon thyme,

BY REBECCA HORRIGAN and lemon zest. Notes of elderflower from the Garden and pink peppercorn from Fess “We’ve never missed a festival,” Parker said, as Parker Ranch make this sipper an elegant and he cracked open the Saison Printemps 2026, which multi-sensory experience. features the Garden’s logo and information about To engage even more of the senses, pair it with a the Centennial. The Brewery and Garden’s partner- prosciutto pizza topped with house tomato sauce, ship allows them to extend the message inherent fresh and dry mozzarella, and arugula tossed in in both of their organizations: the importance of a zippy lemon vinaigrette; Michellenein’s sourconserving native plants and habitats for the well- dough crust is truly a wonder of our S.B. culinary world. Of course, any of their fare would be a being of our world.

Not only is preserving indigenous plants impera- lovely match; it’s common knowledge that once tive for the environment, it’s also paramount for you’ve tried it, the classic smashburger is hard to Parker when it comes to producing delicious food pass up.

Looking ahead, we can expect a new Mixed and drink.

Third Window’s famous smashed cheeseburg- Culture Wild Ale, highlighting the diversity and ers are made with 100 percent Fess Parker Ranch bounty of each season, to be released in June, SepWagyu, which has been raised on the family ranch tember, and December. Each bottle provides a fun for the past four generations. The sourdough in their way to stay up to date with seasonal and hyperlosoft pretzels, pizzas, and more sings with the smoki- cal produce and get in touch with native flora. ness from foraged Los Olivos coastal oak and the Always humble, Parker subtly mentioned that delightful tang of Michellenein Parker’s sourdough this year is also Third Window’s 10th birthday. starter, as well as tender flour milled from home- Every day at Third Window feels like a party, but grown wheat. The produce comes from local farms this milestone provides even more reason to share or their own backyard, and we haven’t even started in the goodness of the land and celebrate the innotalking about the beer. Let’s just say, as the grandson vation in our community with something cold, of famed winemaker Fess Parker, the apple doesn’t delicious, and that could only be made in S.B. “We’re proud to partner with the Garden in its fall from the tree in terms of attention to terroir and commitment to cultivating products that evoke a Centennial year and help raise a glass to the next sense of place.

100 years of conservation,” Parker said.

As we clinked glasses and tried the refreshing springtime brew, I couldn’t help but smell and swirl For more information, see thirdwindowbrewing.com and as if it were a wine; this delicious creation bloomed sbbotanicgarden.org.

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BY TIANA MOLONY y first thought when

I spotted chef Connor Kaminsky in the kitchen at Dom’s Taverna one afternoon was that he looked young. “I’m 25,” he tells me, sliding into a booth across from me, where we discover we’re the same age.

At 25, Kaminsky is already chef de cuisine at Dom’s, and the mind behind its coveted Dom’s Taverna’s Basque Cheesecake Basque cheesecake—the very thing that brought me there that day. I had tried it for the first time a few weeks earlier and had since been unable to get it out of my mind.

“It’s a family recipe,” he says.

His grandfather, “Grappa,” picked it up in a cooking class during a medical conference trip to San Sebastián decades ago. It became a staple at family gatherings. So when chef Dom Crisp asked Kaminsky Chef Connor Kaminsky to create a Basque cheesecake for an early promotional dinner, he knew just the recipe. Kaminsky made it in his parents’ kitchen in the Valley, where he was living at the time, and drove it all the way to Dom’s.

It was a hit.

That night effectively cemented its place on the menu. Since then, Kaminsky estimates he has baked more than 300 of them, continually refining oven temperature, timing, and technique, while keeping the exact recipe closely guarded like the Krabby Patty secret formula. The cheesecake also appears in a spoonful version, the La Cuchara, topped with a dollop of Ossetra caviar.

Kaminsky started cooking alongside Grappa when he was 6.

He remembers helping him prepare Thanksgiving dinner each year for 20 people. “He’s the reason I got into cooking,” he says.

Grappa would later tell Kaminsky he knew he would become a chef during those Thanksgivings spent alongside him in the kitchen.

At 16, Kaminsky took his first back-of-house job at a customizable pizza place, mainly to make money, not yet imagining cooking as a career. He bounced through jobs unrelated to food until college at Washington State, where he picked up a line cook position on the sauté station. He later worked as a chef at a private school and a rehabilitation center. Then came the call to work at Dom’s, and he jumped at the opportunity.

Kaminsky says diners often ask for the cheesecake recipe, telling him they’ve tried to re-create it at home but “can’t seem to get it right.” On paper, Basque cheesecake is simple—cream cheese, sugar, eggs, heavy cream, and flour—but, he explains, the difference is in the details: timing, temperature, and an exacting process. “I’m using five different settings on the oven to make sure it comes out exactly how I want it—perfectly jiggly.”

It’s a standard he’s still refining. “Right now,” he says, “is the moment in time where it’s the best it’s ever been.”

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on incorporating local ingredients into their expansive variety of brews and ranch-to-table cuisine, so a collaboration with the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is a natural fit, in all senses of the word.

The beloved brewery has teamed up with the Garden, which celebrates 100 years of conservation this year, to create a special Centennial series of seasonal small-batch beers crafted with native plants from the Garden.

“I think projects like this just align with our terroir and beer perspective really well,” said Kris Parker, CEO and founder of Third Window Brewing Co. Parker and I sat down to chat and sample their first release, the Saison Printemps 2026, which is now available in aesthetically pleasing bottles at both their Carpinteria and Santa Barbara locations.

Third Window has been a regular presence at The Beer Garden, the Botanic Garden’s signature fundraising event each March, where local breweries and restaurants provide bites and drinks to accompany the Garden’s 5.5 miles of beautiful paths.

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A Night of Wine, Food, and Art

n a recent Thursday evening, I ran

a red light—the result of a botched right turn onto what turned out to be a one-way street.

Mortified, I arrived at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum and immediately found my friend Ellie, unloaded the story and beat myself up. She, helpfully, reminded me that the full moon was scheduled for the following morning. Let’s roll with that, I decided.

With my mistake neatly handed off to the moon, Ellie and I headed to check-in for this year’s LIVE Art & Wine Tour. Outside, we were handed inaugural wine glasses and plastic trays for our food. After my earlier mishap, I was especially ready for a night of wine, food, and, of course, live art.

With six stops, we wanted to make the most of our time and promptly started at Silver Wines in the El Paseo Courtyard, where The Copper served bites, and Silver Wines poured, alongside live sculpting by Eric Saint Georges.

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Next, we headed to Jessica Risko Smith Interior Design Studio, number six on our handy map, where we were met with Elubia’s Kitchen’s bean-and-cheese pupusas and potato taquitos. CrossHatch Winery served an amazing chilled red wine, and painter John Baran worked on an elephant portrait in real time.

Reluctant to leave Risko’s beautiful space, we made our way to our next stop, Supermoss, where Hibachi Steak House and Sushi Bar served up fried rice and chicken, and a dream sushi spread, complete with California and spicy tuna rolls galore. Next was Thrifty Beaches, which served Poke House poke bowls, while Alma Rosa Winery offered tastings alongside live pottery.

As we shuffled from one place to the next, wine glasses in tow, we agreed we were seeing and experiencing many sides of downtown that, up until this point, had eluded us.

As we stepped into Drift Hotel’s Ocaso Event Space, we were greeted with work by artists Derek Harrison and Kate Maddaloni, who were both present and live painting a Western saddle that sat at the center. In the outdoor space, we tasted wines from Buttonwood Vineyards.

Last, but certainly not least on our roster, was Jeff Shelton Architects, where guests were invited into a brief escape inside the

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MENDO MOVES: A coming-soon sign has appeared at the former Panera Bread space on upper State Street, confirming plans for Mendocino Farms to open at the location.

Mony’s Tacos were paired with Jeff Shelton’s studio.

colorful, idiosyncratic mind of Shelton. As this was our final stop, we missed bites from Mony’s Tacos and pours from Barbieri & Kempe Wines; nonetheless, we perused Shelton’s studio, including recent sketches left on his drawing board.

As the sun set and the almost-full moon revealed itself, we made our way back to the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, where more art, food, and wine awaited us. That night, we discovered our love of grenache and went around requesting pours from each winery.

We then spotted the Typewriter Poets, who serve up poetry on the spot. After asking about myself, the woman began typing my poem on a paint swatch card I chose in the hue of Pink Elephant. It took her just two minutes to finish a poem that somehow encapsulated everything I shared with her.

After a long break from wine tasting, I hopped in my car and headed home, letting the moon’s light guide me and avoiding onen way streets at all costs.

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ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): When naturalist John Muir wanted to experience a storm, he climbed to the top of a 100-foot Douglas fir and rode it for hours through gale-force winds. He later reflected that the danger, in his judgment, was “hardly greater” than staying under a roof, and that the exhilaration and sensory richness justified his experiment. I’m not counseling you to be exactly like Muir in the coming weeks, Aries. Please don’t take foolish risks.

However, I would love you to explore what truths are available when you put yourself in the path of intensity.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): Soil biologists say a teaspoon of productive soil may contain billions of living organisms. These bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and nematodes work in cooperative networks, generating a hidden abundance that ensures everything above ground thrives. Your immediate future has this quality, Taurus. Beneath the visible surface of your life, beneficial processes are generating fertility and possibility. You don’t need to see the miracle to trust it’s happening. Your role is simply to have faith as you maintain the conditions that allow this mysterious abundance to do its work.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): I suspect you would benefit from engaging with a friendly devil’s advocate or two in the coming weeks. Your clarity and understanding will deepen in just the right ways if you converse with affectionate skeptics who like and respect you but also want to help you grow.

I realize that such people may be hard to find. If you can’t locate any, you could hire one. Or do the next best thing: Argue with yourself. Entertain lines of thought that are contrary to your usual ideas. Don’t let your habitual self get away with its usual rationalizations. The benefits of this exercise will be unpredictably huge.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): In the Northern Hemisphere, the North Star holds a fixed place in the sky. Also known as Polaris, or the Pole Star, it hangs in almost the same spot throughout the night while other stars rise and set. Because of this steadfast presence, it has long served as a trusted marker for navigation, especially for sailors at sea. Over time, it naturally came to represent an inner compass or a guiding ideal. In your own experience, Cancerian, what serves as your symbolic North Star? What’s the steady, orienting force that helps you decide where and how to move next? Now is an auspicious moment to tend to and revitalize your bond with this central source of direction.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): In the mid-1950s, researchers developed reliable methods for creating synthetic diamonds in the laboratory. Since then, advances in technology have made it possible to grow large, high-quality diamonds from small seed crystals in a relatively short time. I invite you to make this one of your operative metaphors, Leo. In the coming weeks, the forces of destiny will align with your efforts if you experiment with nurturing and expanding the parts of your life that are most like a diamond. Facilitate the development of your valuable beauty.

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(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Scientist Stuart Kauffman theorizes that living systems are healthiest when they operate near the “edge of chaos.” There’s a critical zone between rigid order and unstructured randomness where complexity and adaptability can flourish. Too much organization creates brittle stiffness, while excessive chaos prevents coherence. Life thrives when it has some of both. I invite you to ruminate on these themes in the coming weeks, Virgo. According to my edgy analysis of the astrological omens, you’re being invited to cultivate and foster your own personal “edge of chaos” territory. Your interesting task is to create sweet spots where structure and spontaneity synergize. Locate these happy places and abide there for a while.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Choose two small and specific ways you’re going to stop pretending. One example might be how you respond when someone asks how you’re doing. Another may be an opinion you’ve been softening to keep the peace.

Or maybe there’s a desire you’ve been downplaying because it feels impractical or too revealing. Here’s the name of this experiment: Incremental Precision Liberation. The key is to do it casually, with no melodrama or self-consciousness.

If it’s successful, you could try another round in two weeks.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio primatologist Frans de Waal devoted years to watching chimpanzees reconcile with each other after enduring discord. He was fascinated by how they rebuilt trust through elaborate rituals of appeasement, grooming, and kind gestures. Once the chimps stopped fighting, he marveled, they actively repaired their connection, which often emerged stronger than it was before the dispute. I hope you will borrow their primate wisdom in the coming weeks, Scorpio. Do your best to navigate through conflict or alienation, and then instigate generous acts of rebonding. Don’t sulk, be evasive, or go silent. Be creative as you work to replenish what was damaged. The renewed relationship could be closer for having weathered the difficulties.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The wandering albatross harnesses the wind, enabling it to travel vast distances with minimal effort. There’s an initial effort that leads to big energy savings. The bird climbs into strong winds and then relaxes as it gets transported, surfing the air currents. I mention this, Sagittarius, because I suspect you’ve been trying too hard and working too much—unnecessarily so. Less strenuous exertion, more gliding, please! Ask yourself what flows are already streaming in your favor. Could you catch a ride on existing momentum? Here’s my advice: Figure out where life’s tides are already moving, then position yourself to get carried along.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Ethnomusicologists studying throat singing know that Tuvan singers can produce two or more tones simultaneously. The human voice, it turns out, has the ability to harmonize with itself. Most of us never discover this because we never try. What other multidimensional capacities are you not using because you’ve never investigated them or tested their limits, Capricorn? The coming weeks are ideal for experimentation. What unexpected capacities might you get access to if you explored possibilities you’ve assumed were beyond you? You may be able to develop aptitudes and acquire gifts you haven’t discovered yet.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Cartographer Gerardus Mercator created his famous world map in 1569, enabling sailors to plot straight-line courses across oceans. But his technique dramatically distorts the size of landmasses. Greenland appears larger than Africa, when in reality, Africa is 14 times bigger. And the truth is that every map privileges certain truths while distorting others. This is a key teaching for you right now, Aquarius. Examine the mental maps you’re using to navigate your life. Might they be hiding or warping reality in any way? Consider whether you would benefit from redrawing your inner visualizations of the wide, wild world out there.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Perfectionism has increased dramatically in recent decades. Young people are especially affected.

But here’s the twist: The compulsion for perfection rarely improves performance. It’s more likely to undermine achievement by triggering paralysis and excessive selfcriticism. Now is a favorable time for you Pisceans to rebel against the trend. I encourage you to cultivate a relaxed devotion to being “good enough” as you enjoy yourself thoroughly. Do you know the difference between cheerfully seeking excellence and grimly striving for perfection?

Move away from what demands your obsessive rigor and focus on what requires soulful completion.

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DEPARTMENT OF THEATER & DANCE Under general supervision, manages all aspects of the undergraduate and graduate programs in the Department of Theater and Dance, exercising inde‑ pendent judgement, a high level of professionalism and robust analytical skills. Facilitates all matters related to advising (daily and recurring checks on academic welfare and career coun‑ seling) and curriculum development in consultation with faculty (area program planning) for all degree pro‑ grams, including 2 conservatory‑style/ studio‑based Bachelor of Fine Arts programs, a Theater Bachelor of Arts with multiple concentrations, Minors, and our Graduate Program MA/PhD programs. Manages student auditions and admissions and is departmental representative for recruitment and outreach activities, interacting with prospective students and their com‑ munities while heeding all regulations governing student information. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and/ or equivalent experience/training; 1‑3 yrs Administrative Experience.

Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check; some evenings, weekends, and holidays are required.

Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range: $25.77 to $34.67/hr. Full Salary Range: $25.77 to $43.58/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employ‑ ment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability sta‑ tus, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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CONTROLLER/BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES Uses critical thinking, analytical, and problem solving skills to research, ana‑ lyze and develop solutions to a wide range of complex campus payroll and general ledger questions, issues, and concerns. Researches and troubleshoots business processes and system issues and demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining resolution within tight dead‑ lines. Uses critical thinking, analytical, and problem solving skills to administer the campus wide work authorization program and processes required by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Reviews and analyzes all docu‑ ments submitted by employees to sup‑ port their citizenship status and makes decisions on the acceptability and valid‑ ity of the documents in accordance with guidelines set forth by USCIS. Timing is essential and the Analyst must work closely with campus departments to track and ensure employees complete work authorization documentation by strict deadlines. Consequences of error or non‑compliance could result in civil fines and/or criminal penalties and/or debarment from government contracts.

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

1–3 yrs of experience in a payroll and/ or finance area, including processing payroll for a small to medium‑sized business, responding to basic payroll inquiries, and exercising initiative, inde‑ pendence, sound judgment, and prob‑ lem‑solving skills. Notes: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employee sponsorship. Satisfactory criminal history background check.

Hiring/Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range: $28.88 ‑ $34.10/hr. Salary or Hourly Range: The budgeted sal‑ ary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $28.88 ‑ $34.10/hr. Full Salary Range: $28.88 ‑ $49.76/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 vet‑ eran status, or any other characteris‑ tic protected by law. Open until filled.

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Designs, maintains, tests, repairs and troubleshoots Fire Alarm /Security / Access Control, and Closed Circuit Television Systems and related work.

Works with a great degree of inde‑ pendence, assuring that work meets established technical requirements outlined in manufacturers’ handbooks or established by the National Fire Protection Association or the National Electrical Code. Provides advice and recommendations to supervisors and managers about fire‑related issues and/or equipment and works with the Campus Fire Marshal on Housing related fire equipment issues. In compliance

with HDAE goals and objectives, affirms and implements the department’s Educational Equity Plan comprising short and long‑term objectives that reflect a systematic approach to prepar‑ ing both students and staff for success in a multi‑cultural society. Works in an environment that is ethnically diverse and culturally pluralistic. Works effec‑ tively in a team environment. Reqs: High School Graduate or GED; Minimum 5 yrs experience working with fire alarm and access control systems; Minimum 5 yrs experience maintaining, testing, and troubleshooting commercial fire alarm systems; Knowledge of ADA, Title 19, NFPA standards, NEC, and fire protec‑ tion systems; Demonstrated work expe‑ rience with security and access control equipment; Must have a good work‑ ing knowledge of PCs, laptops, and MS Office Suite. These skills will be utilized for sending and receiving e‑mails, draft‑ ing test reports, online research, train‑ ing, testing, troubleshooting, repairing, and reprogramming fire alarm/security systems; Ability to read and interpret blueprints; Effective oral and written communication skills. Notes: Ability to respond to emergency calls after duty hours. May be required to carry an after‑hours duty phone and/or change work shifts to meet the operational needs of the department; Required to hold a valid driver’s license, have a driv‑ ing 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; UCSB is a Tobacco‑Free environment. Hiring/ Budgeted Hourly Range: $50.76 ‑ $53.21/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consid‑ eration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual ori‑ entation, gender identity, national ori‑ gin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic pro‑ tected by law. Open Until Filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 85663.

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portfolio of medium to high‑volume, complex sponsored projects. Reporting functionally to the Divisional Lead, this role supports UCSB’s research mis‑ sion through expert fiscal stewardship and effective coordination with faculty and central offices. Key responsibili‑ ties include general ledger reconcilia‑ tion, transaction review and approval, budget monitoring and forecasting, cost transfers, and subaward and con‑ tract administration. The RFA ensures compliance with sponsor, federal, and university policies, maintains accu‑ rate records, and facilitates the timely closeout of awards. This position also serves as a resource for mentoring less experienced staff and collaborates regularly with campus partners such as Sponsored Projects Office (SPO), Extramural Funds Accounting (EMF), Payroll, Procurement, and Accounts Payable. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and/or equivalent experi‑ ence/training; 1‑3 yrs Applying financial policies and procedures to job duties; 1‑3 yrs Research administration in a university setting; In‑depth knowledge of federal, UC and agency specific poli‑ cies and procedures regarding contract and grant administration to include OMB Uniformed Guidance Regulations.

Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range: $71,600 ‑ $77,180/yr. Full Salary Range: $71,600 ‑ $127,400/yr.

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PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION UCSB Professional and Continuing Education (PaCE) seeks a dynamic Program Manager to shape the future of its Engineering and Technology training portfolio. Leads the develop‑ ment of innovative training programs by researching industry trends, build‑ ing partnerships with technology companies, and designing workshops, courses, and certificates that meet real‑world demand. Collaborates with advisory boards, instructors, and instructional designers to create cours‑ es with measurable outcomes, while overseeing budgets, setting enrollment fees, and ensuring programs are both financially sustainable and academi‑ cally rigorous. Partners with marketing teams to promote PaCE’s technology programs, strengthen enrollment, and enhance student retention. Recruits and supports instructors, manages contracts, and serves as the primary liaison with UCSB departments to ensure smooth course logistics and student services. Also involves moni‑ toring competitor programs, assessing return on investment, and providing leadership with enrollment and bud‑ get projections. Offers the opportu‑ nity for a strategic, entrepreneurial professional to bridge education and industry, and to make a direct impact on the growth and success of UCSB PaCE’s Technology programs. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training; continuing education in a related field; 4‑6 yrs experience in producing and delivering training programs in col‑

laboration with industry partners; 1‑3 yrs experience with curriculum design, collaborating with instructors, and managing academic programs; 1‑3 yrs experience in management, marketing, sales, and business processes; 1‑3 yrs experience in sales and customer rela‑ tionship management software such as Salesforce; working knowledge of online training platforms, technology and best practices; excellent analyti‑ cal skills to understand how student needs can be addressed through the design and delivery of training pro‑ grams; demonstrated, excellent interpersonal and writing skills for collegial and professional exchanges with diverse audiences in university as well as business settings; thorough knowledge of and skill in delivering programs; solid knowledge of MS Office Suite, Google Suite, Zoom software.

Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range: $60,300 to $85,000/year.

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At the direction of Garage Supervisor, enters vehicle purchase orders in Gateway after conferring with campus departments to determine appropriate vehicle specifications and any require‑ ments for upfitting or accessories, obtaining quotes from approved sourc‑ es, and obtaining required campus approvals. Processes disposal of retired vehicles. Reqs: 1‑3 yrs Administrative or operational support experience, pref‑ erably in fleet management or auto‑ motive services Required; High School Diploma. Notes: 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; Responsibility for operating commercial vehicles, machinery or toxic systems that could cause acciden‑ tal death, injury or health problems; Satisfactory criminal history back‑ ground check; UCSB is a tobacco free environment. Budgeted Hourly Range: $29.25 to $36.02/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employ‑ ment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gen‑ der identity, national origin, disabil‑ ity status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open Until Filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 85739.

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Acts as the Lab Manager for Dr. Craig Montell’s laboratory, and will provide a range of laboratory assistance to support research activities. Trains researchers new to the laboratory as to the general protocols used in the lab. Oversees the maintenance of laboratory equipment, regulatory compliance and assistance with lab management. Coordinates the distribution of reagents to other labs upon request. Performs genetic experi‑ ments in flies and mosquitoes. Performs behavioral experiments to assay the olfactory and gustatory responses in flies and mosquitoes. Performs elec‑ trophysiological recordings on olfac‑ tory sensilla. Performs molecular and biochemical analyses to characterize the roles of channels and receptors in sensory signaling. Performs PCR, sub‑ cloning, and other molecular analyses.

Performs sectioning fly and mosquito tissue and microscopy. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in Biology or related field; 1‑3 yrs College‑level biology coursework or lab experience; 1‑3 yrs Professional work experience; Comfortable work‑ ing in a lab environment; Must be very reliable, organized and have an atten‑ tion to detail; Comfortable lifting heavy loads (up to 50 lbs.) Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check.

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The Assistant Manager of Starbucks trains and supervises a team of part‑time student employees. Creates and main‑ tains the Starbucks product and store experience for customers. The Assistant Manager is required to be the floor manager; ensures consistent service, supervision and sanitation. Reqs: High School Diploma; 1‑3 yrs in retail coffee location or restaurant environment‑spe‑ cifically in the area of customer service, merchandising and inventory; 1‑3 yrs Experience in supervising and manag‑ ing staff. Ability to work effectively with others, full‑time and student staff; 1‑3 yrs Demonstrated ability working with diverse student and career staff; 1‑3 yrs Excellent communication and customer service skills, including ability to effec‑ tively convey information verbally and in writing; 1‑3 yrs HACCP and Sanitation knowledge. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check; Visa sponsor‑ ship is not available for this position; UCSB is a Tobacco‑Free environment.

Budgeted Hourly Range: $26.53 ‑ $29.31/ hr. Full Salary Range: $26.53/hr ‑ $30.48/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consid‑ eration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orien‑ tation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran sta‑ tus, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open Until Filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 85763.

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ADMINISTER OF ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LAVONNE ELAINE FRIEDMAN, aka BONNIE FRIEDMAN, aka LAVONNE ALPAUGH MILLER No.: 26PR00211 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: LAVONNE ELAINE FRIEDMAN, aka BONNIE FRIEDMAN, aka LAVONNE ALPAUGH MILLER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: GEORGE J. WEHN in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

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

THE PETITION requests the dece‑ dent’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 author‑ ity 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 per‑ sonal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or con‑ sented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the peti‑ tion 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: 6/18/2026 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 con‑ tingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representa‑ tive 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 sec‑ tion 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 inter‑ ested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inven‑ tory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 4/24/2026 by Monica Buentostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Christian P. Salgado; Kirk & Simas, PLC 2550 Professional Pkwy, Santa Maria, CA 93455; 805‑934‑4600 Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14 2026.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SONIA M. VILLARREAL No.: 26PR00220 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: SONIA M. VILLARREAL A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: TODD KINI in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

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

THE PETITION requests author‑ ity 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 per‑ sonal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or con‑ sented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the peti‑ tion 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: 6/18/2026 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 con‑ tingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representa‑ tive 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 sec‑ tion 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 inter‑ ested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inven‑ tory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as pro‑ vided in Probate Code Section 1250.

A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 5/01/2026 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Robert B. Locke; 5290 Overpass Rd. Suite 204 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; 805‑683‑1459 Published: May 7, 14, 21 2026.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: VINCENT IAN POSNER No.: 26PR00235 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: VINCENT IAN POSNER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: RACHEL MICHELLE HAYNES POSNER in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

THE PETITION requests that (name): RACHEL MICHELLE HAYNES POSNER be appointed as personal representa‑ tive to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests author‑ ity 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 per‑ sonal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or con‑ sented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the peti‑ tion 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: 6/25/2026 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 con‑ tingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representa‑ tive 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 sec‑ tion 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 inter‑ ested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inven‑ tory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as pro‑ vided in Probate Code Section 1250.

A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 5/08/2026 by Monica Buentostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Charles M. Oxton; 1220 State Street, 2nd Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑963‑2011 Published: May 14, 21, 28 2026.

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PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara will sell at public auction certain per‑ sonal property abandoned by a former tenant, pursuant to California Civil Code §§ 1980–1991.

The property was left at the following location: 217 S Salinas Street #A Santa Barbara, CA 93103 The former tenant, was provided notice of the right to reclaim the prop‑ erty. The time period to reclaim the property has expired, and the property remains unclaimed.

Auction Details: Date: 5/27/26 Time: 9:00am Location: On‑site at above address

PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara will sell at public auction certain per‑ sonal property abandoned by a former tenant, pursuant to California Civil Code §§ 1980–1991.

The property was left at the following location: 422 Old Coast Hwy #E Santa Barbara, CA 93103 The former tenant, was provided notice of the right to reclaim the prop‑ erty. The time period to reclaim the property has expired, and the property remains unclaimed.

Auction Details: Date: 5/27/26 Time: 1:30 pm Location: On‑site at above address Description of Property: All remaining personal property locat‑ ed in Unit #E will be sold as a single lot.

Property consists of household items including, but not limited to, furniture, clothing, personal effects, and miscellaneous household goods.

Description of Property: All remaining personal property locat‑ ed in Unit #A will be sold as a single lot.

Property consists of household items including, but not limited to, furniture, clothing, personal effects, and miscellaneous household goods.

Terms of Sale: • Sale will be conducted to the high‑ est bidder • All property will be sold as one bulk lot • Payment due at time of sale (cash or approved form of payment) • Property sold “as‑is, where‑is” with no warranties • The Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids Proceeds from the sale will be applied to the costs of storage and sale. Any remaining balance will be handled in accordance with California law.

For additional information, please contact: Lupe Sanchez Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara 805‑897‑1077 Dated: May 1, 2026

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• Sale will be conducted to the high‑ est bidder • All property will be sold as one bulk lot • Payment due at time of sale (cash or approved form of payment)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: CARO WINES: 2121 Alisos Road Santa Barbara, CA 93460 The original state‑ ment for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 2/17/2026 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original File no. FBN 2026‑0000440. The persons or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Caroline L Sommers (same address) The business was con‑ ducted by an A Corporation. Registrant commenced to tranact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Feb 16, 2026 Signed by: CAROLINE SOMMERS/OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 4/16/26, FBN 2026‑0000985 E30. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the origi‑ nal statement on file in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL). Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2026.

• Property sold “as‑is, where‑is” with no warranties • The Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids Proceeds from the sale will be applied to the costs of storage and sale. Any remaining balance will be handled in accordance with California law.

For additional information, please contact: Lupe Sanchez Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara 805‑897‑1077 Dated: May 1, 2026

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ARC CLOTHING: 6632 Calle Koral Goleta, CA 93117; Owen M Kivitis (same address) This business is conducted

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KIVITIS/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0000960. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE BODYWORK STUDIO: 270 E. Hwy 246, 222 Buellton, CA 93427; Adina R Digirolamo PO Box 1105 Buellton, CA 93427 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: ADINA DIGIROLAMO/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0000981. Published:

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RHAPSO CHAINSTITCH: 5099 La Ramada Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Alexandra M De Santo (same address) This busi‑ ness is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 3, 2026. Filed by: ALEXANDR DE SANTO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 08, 2026. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0000922. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2026.

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L Rosenlieb (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Partnership Registrant com‑ menced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jul 01, 2021. Filed by: BARRY L. GOLDNER/MANAGING PARTNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0000988. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MONTECITO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT: 225 E Carrillo Street, Suite 203 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kipley J Lytel (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 01, 2004. Filed by: KIPLEY LYTEL/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0000960. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ERRA PETS: 2910 Foothill Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Madelynne O. Bent (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: MADELYNNE BENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 08, 2026. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E81. FBN Number: 2026‑0000915. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HIGHTIDE, HIGHTIDE FUNDRAISER: 559 Noel Court Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Ashlyn N Cavaletto (same address) This busi‑ ness is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Mar 15, 2026. Filed by: ASHLYN CAVALETTO/ FOUNDER with the County Clerk of

Santa Barbara County on Mar 19, 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 E76. FBN Number: 2026‑0000734. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ISLA VISTA MARKET: 1709 Chapala Street Street, Apt 17 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Philip A Dalessandro (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the ficti‑ tious business name or names listed above on Mar 31, 2026. Filed by: PHILIP DALESSANDRO/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 06, 2026. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0000895. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ISLA VISTA MARKET: 939 Embarcadero Del Mar Goleta, CA 93117; A&S Corporate LLC 1217 Honeysuckle Ave Ventura, CA 93004 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Mar 31, 2026.

Filed by: AMARJIT SINGH/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 13, 2026. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E63. FBN Number: 2026‑0000633. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLAST TECH BECAUSE RUST NEVER SLEEPS: 105 Los Padres Way, Unit #1 And Unit #2 Buellton, CA 93427; Premier Powder Coating Company 1451 N. Whitney Fresno, CA 93703 This business is con‑ ducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Mar 31, 2026. Filed by: BRANDON PALOMO/ PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 08, 2026.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PAPILLON NAIL STUDIO: 3528 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Papillon Nail Studio (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 26, 2026.

Filed by: KHOA NGUYEN/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 23, 2026. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E81. FBN Number: 2026‑0000907. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PEGASLICE: 7398 Calle Real, Unit C Goleta, CA 93117; Pegaslice 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 Mar 01, 2026. Filed by: MCLEOD INDIANA NOORMAND/OWNER AND CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 23, 2026. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0000776. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ORKIN CENTRAL COAST: 2369 A Street Santa Maria, CA 93455; A.E.T. Services, Inc. (same address) This business is con‑ ducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jul 05, 2012.

Filed by: KRISTA MAHAN/VP OF OPERATIONS with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 13, 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0000949. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ON POINT COMPANY: 8300 Calle Real Goleta, CA 93117; Eren Unsal (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the ficti‑ tious business name or names listed above on Mar 29, 2026. Filed by: EREN UNSAL/FOUNDER & CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 06, 2026. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0000902. Published: Apr 23, 30. May 7, 14 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2026‑0000452 The following person(s) is doing business as: Emergent Learning Center, 1111 E. Ocean Avenue #2, Lompoc, CA 93436, County of Santa Barbara.

Emergent Learning, LLC, 29 S. Webster Street, Suite 310, Naperville IL 60540 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jun 24, 2025 /s/ Dr. Mark R. Dixon, Manager This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 02/18/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14/26 CNS‑4031367# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BROWN’S

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LEGALS (CONT.) BONSAI: 1286 Bauer Ave Santa Maria, CA 93455; Zachary R Brown (same address) This business is conducted

by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the ficti‑ tious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: ZACHARY BROWN with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 23, 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 E24. FBN Number: 2026‑0001077. Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RLM TEES, KRE8IT BAY SHOP: 10 E. Yanonali St. #80 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Martinez Matters LLC (same address) This busi‑ ness is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the ficti‑ tious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: RHONDA LEA MARTINEZ/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 23, 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 E81. FBN Number: 2026‑0001079.

Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2026‑0000861 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: CLAY VESSELS COUNSELING, 1125 E. CLARK AVE. SUITE A1‑4, ORCUTT, CA 93455 County of SANTA BARBARA ANGELA JOY HERNANDEZ HUFFMAN, 8605 SANTA MONICA BLVD PMB 587407, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069 This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable.

S/ ANGELA JOY HERNANDEZ HUFFMAN This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 04/01/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21/26 CNS‑4033775# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RANCHO ALEGRE, OUTDOOR SCHOOL: 2680 Highway 154 Santa Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Los Padres Council Boy Scouts Of America 4000 Modoc Road Suite 4 Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This busi‑ ness is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious busi‑ ness name or names listed above on Aug 01, 1985. Filed by: CARLOS CORTEZ/SCOUTING EXECUTIVE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 21, 2026. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001038. Published: Apr 30.

May 7, 14, 21 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KILO X CO.: 3888 Les Maisons Dr. Santa Maria, CA 93455; Jesus Vargas 155 S 1st St. #2222 Orcutt, CA 93457 This business is con‑ ducted by A Individual Registrant com‑ menced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 22, 2026. Filed by: JESUS VARGAS with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 20, 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001018. Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BERKSHIRE TERRACE APARTMENTS, BERKSHIRE TERRACE, BT, BT APARTMENTS: 6661 Berkshire Terrace Goleta, CA 93117; 61 BT, LLC 5425 Toltec Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conduct‑

ed by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 30, 2026. Filed by: DEVON B MCLENNAN/ MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 23, 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001088. Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BERKSHIRE TERRACE APARTMENTS, BERKSHIRE TERRACE, BT, BT APARTMENTS: 6671 Berkshire Terrace Goleta, CA 93117; 71 BT, LLC 5425 Toltec Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conduct‑ ed by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Mar 30, 2026. Filed by: DEVON B MCLENNAN/ MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 23, 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 E4. FBN Number: 2026‑0001090. Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BERKSHIRE TERRACE APARTMENTS, BERKSHIRE TERRACE, BT, BT APARTMENTS: 6681 Berkshire Terrace Goleta, CA 93117; 81 BT, LLC 5425 Toltec Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conduct‑ ed by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Mar 30, 2026. Filed by: DEVON B MCLENNAN/ MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 23, 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 E4. FBN Number: 2026‑0001091. Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2026‑0000925 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: NEIGHBORFORT MUSIC, 7620 CATHEDRAL OAKS RD APT 12, GOLETA, CA 93117, County of SANTA BARBARA LOGAN D STRAIT, 7620 CATHEDRAL OAKS RD APT. 12, GOLETA, CA 93117 This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 03/19/2026.

S/ LOGAN D STRAIT, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 04/09/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21/26 CNS‑4035193# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LORROB INVESTMENTS SUPERANNUATION FUND: 133 East De La Guerra, Suite 337 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Lorraine Brooks PO Box 2284, North Brigton Victoria, 3186 This business is con‑ ducted by A Individual Registrant com‑ menced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Mar 14, 2016. Filed by: LORRAINE BROOKS with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 19, 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0000749.

Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BRASS BEAR: 28 Anacapa St., #E Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Big Bear Brewing of Santa Barbara, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant com‑ menced to transact business under

the fictitious business name or names listed above on Feb 16, 2016. Filed by: WILLIAM SETH ANDERSON/MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 24, 2026. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E24. FBN Number: 2026‑0001102. Published: Apr 30.

May 7, 14, 21 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BERKSHIRE TERRACE APARTMENTS, BERKSHIRE TERRACE, BT, BT APARTMENTS: 5425 Toltec Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Devon B McLennan (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 1, 2026. Filed by: DEVON B MCLENNAN/INDIVIDUAL with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 24, 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 E4. FBN Number: 2026‑0001092. Published: Apr 30.

May 7, 14, 21 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PRO‑TEC SYSTEMS: 5973 Encina Road, Suite 109 Goleta, CA 93117; Securepro, Inc. (same address) This business is con‑ ducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 12, 2026. Filed by: ABRAHAM SCHRYER/ PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001063. Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AGM ELECTRIC: 126 W Islay Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Alex G Milovich (same address) This business is conducted

by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the ficti‑ tious business name or names listed above on Apr 1, 2026. Filed by: ALEX MILOVICH/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 24, 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 E4. FBN Number: 2026‑0001101.

Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MESA NOTARY: 105 Las Ondas Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Coastal Haven SB 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 Apr 16, 2026. Filed by: HEIDI HULLANDER/ PARTNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001046. Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BRIDGE IQ: 5235 Paseo Cameo Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Lawrence P Harter (same address) This business is conducted

by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the ficti‑ tious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: LAWRENCE P. HARTER/FOUNDER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 21, 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001037.

Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14, 21 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2026‑0001105 The following person(s) is (are)

doing business as: Sprouts Farmers Market, 2170 S. Bradley Rd., Santa Maria, CA 93455 County of SANTA BARBARA SF Markets LLC, 5455 E High St., Ste. 333, Phoenix, AZ 85054 This business is conducted by a limited liability company The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. SF Markets LLC S/ BRANDON LOMBARDI, SECRETARY, This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 04/24/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28/26 CNS‑4034123# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2026‑0001086 The following person(s) is doing business as: PLANET OATH ENERGY AND CONSTRUCTION, 2548 PAULSON ROAD, SUITE B TURLOCK, CA 95380, County of STANISLAUS. PLANET OATH ENERGY, INC., 2548 PAULSON ROAD SUITE B TURLOCK, CA 95380, CA This business is conducted by A CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE /s/ ROBERTO CASTANEDA, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 04/23/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28/26 CNS‑4039263# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No. FBN2026‑0001084 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: DIVINE BLINK ESTHETICS, 633 Chapala St, Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 County of SANTA BARBARA DIVINE BLINK ESTHETICS LLC, 633 Chapala St, Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a limited liability company The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. DIVINE BLINK ESTHETICS LLC S/ LILIANA SOTO, MANAGING MEMBER , This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 04/23/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28/26 CNS‑4031477# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2026‑0001103 The following person(s) is doing business as: B BAR K STABLES, 5290 OVERPASS RD, STE 112 SANTA BARBARA, CA 93111, County of SANTA BARBARA. KUESIS PROPERTY HOLDINGS LLC, 5290 OVERPASS ROAD STE 112 SANTA BARBARA, CA 93111, CA This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE /s/ MARIA NORRIS, MANAGING MEMBER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 04/24/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28/26 CNS‑4039159#

SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2026‑0001083 The following person(s) is doing business as: SANTA BARBARA PONDS, 1215 DE LA VINA ST STE E, SANTA BARBARA CA, 93101, County of SANTA BARBARA. SANTA BARBARA PONDS LLC, 1215 DE LA VINA ST STE E, SANTA BARBARA CA, 93101 CA This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE /s/ CHRISTOPHER HINDS, MEMBER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on SANTA BARBARA. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk

Ordinance No. 5285 An Ordinance Amending Chapter 46A, Inclusionary Housing, of the Santa Barbara County Code.

Passed, approved and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, on this 5th day of May 2026, by the following vote: Ayes:

Supervisors Lee, Capps and Lavagnino

Noes:

None

Absent:

Supervisors Hartmann and Nelson

Abstain: None

MONA MIYASATO CLERK OF THE BOARD By: Sheila de la Guerra – Deputy Clerk NOTE: A complete copy of Ordinance No. 5285 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.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT HEARING BOARD COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA

Notice is hereby given that the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) Hearing Board will hold a public hearing to consider the following matters on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, at the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, 105 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93310.

Case No. 2025-09-M1 – (Modification of Variance and Modification of Final Compliance Date)

Santa Barbara County Public Works Department 130 E. Victoria Street, Ste. 100 Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Hearing – To consider a Modification of Regular Variance from District Rules 328.C.2, C.4, G, H and I.1 and Rule 206, ATC 14500-Mod 10, Conditions 9.B.12, 9.C.1.b.i, 9.C.1.b.iii., 9.C.2.b.ii., 9.C.3.b.i,, 9.C.3.b.ii,, 9.C.3.b.iii,, 9.C.3.b.iv., 9.C.3.c.i., 9.C.3.c.ii., 9.C.3.d.i, 9.C.3.d.ii., 9.C.5.a.ii., 9.C.5.b.i., 9.C.6.a.iii, 9.C.6.a.iv., 9.C.7.a.i, 9.C.7.a.iv, 9.C.9.a.i, 9.C.9.a.iv., 9.C.9.b.iii., 9.C.9.b.iv.1.a., 9.C.9.b.iv.2.a., 9.C.9.b.xvi., 9.C.9.c.xiii (ADF CHP IC engines only), 9.C.10.b.i., 9.C.10.b.iii., 9.C.10.b.v., 9.C.10.b.xvi., 9.C.10.b.xvii., 9.C.10.c.iv., 9.C.10.d.i, 9.C.11.a.i., 9.C.11.a.ii., 9.C.11.b.i., 9.C.11.b.iv., 9.C.11.b.v., 9.C.11.b.viii., 9.C.11.b.ix., 9.C.11.b.x., 9.C.11.b.xi., 9.C.11.c.viii, 9.C.11.c.ix., 9.C.11.c.x., 9.C.11.c.xi., 9.C.11.c.xii, 9.C.19, 9.C.21 (ADF and MRF CHP IC engines only) 9.C.22, 9.C.34.f (Biofilter Monitoring Plan). The variance petition was submitted on May 4, 2026, for relief from the following requirements at the Tajiguas Landfill: Best Available Control Technology (BACT) emission limits for Anaerobic Digestion Facility (ADF) and Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) combined heat and power (CHP) internal combustion (IC) engines, operational parameters, continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS) requirements and data telemetry for the ADF and MRF CHP IC engines, and CEMS excursions until compliance can be achieved.

Per Health and Safety Code §42356 and §42357, the Petitioner is requesting a Modification of Variance to include the removal of sixteen conditions, due to compliance being achieved and coverage is no longer needed. The Petitioner is also requesting the corresponding conditions listed in ATC 14500-Mod 10 be incorporated upon the issuance of PT 70/PTO 14500, which is expected to be issued in July 2026. In addition, the Petitioner is requesting a Modification of Final Compliance Date to extend coverage through May 29, 2027, or the date compliance is achieved, whichever occurs first.

The Petitioner operates the equipment at the Tajiguas Landfill located at 14470 Calle Real in Goleta, California.

Said Petitions are on file with the Clerk of the APCD Hearing Board and available for public inspection.

Interested persons may submit written evidence, arguments concerning this matter, or make arrangements to view said Petition before the hearing by contacting the Hearing Board Clerk at: variance@sbcapcd.org, or 260 North San Antonio Rd., Suite A, Santa Barbara, California 93110.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: INTRICATE DRYWALL INC.: 320 N Fairview Ave. Unit 6 Goleta, CA 93117; Pete’s Intricate Drywall Inc (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 17, 2026. Filed by: PETER CAMPOS/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 23, 2026. This state-

ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001064. Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MOUNTAIN SEA CBD.: 333 Old Mill Rd, 326 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Jill M. Brzezicki (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 17, 2026. Filed by: JILL M. BRZEZICKI/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 23, 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 E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001067. Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OLD SCHOOL CUBAN/MID CENTURY MAN.: 748 Enterprise Avenue Lompoc, CA 93436; Templar Gate LLC 5142 Hollister Ave #4012 Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names

listed above on Apr 16, 2026. Filed by: VICTOR M. TAMAYO/MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001152. Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLOOM POST: 816 East Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara CA 93103; Victoria T. Fitoussi PO Box 472 Santa Barbara, CA93102 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 20, 2026. Filed by: VICTORIA FITOUSSI with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001138. Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL: 721 Cliff Drive Santa Barbara CA 93109; Kaplan International North America, LLC 12735 Morris Road Suite 260

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, May 26, 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.

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).

For Conceptual/Preliminary/Final Review: Del Norte 2nd Story Addition and California Environmental Quality Act 7126 Del Norte (APN 077-111-014) Case No. 26-0006-LUP/26-0008-DRB Tuolumne 2nd Story Addition and California Environmental Quality Act 7289 Tuolumne (APN 077-093-003) Case No. 26-0008-LUP/26-0013-DRB Gift Smoke Shop Signage and California Environmental Quality Act 5858 Hollister Avenue (APN 071-053-024) Case No. 26-0021-ZC/26-0015-DRB For Preliminary Review: Viajero Battery Storage and California Environmental Quality Act 0 Viajero Drive (APN 079-210-053) Case No. 24-0001-GPA/24-0002-ORD/24-0007-DP/24-0002-CUP/24-0002DRB Anthem Church New Development and California Environmental Quality Act 6595 Covington Way (APN 077-160-022) Case No. 24-0004-CUP/24-0030-DRB PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested people 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 Design Review Board meeting agenda. Written comments may be submitted prior to the hearing by emailing the Planning and Environmental Review Department at PERmeetings@ cityofgoleta.gov. Written comments will be distributed to the Design Review Board and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page.

FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Mary Chang, at (805) 961-7567 or 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 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 805961-7543.

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) 961-7505 or cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.gov. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

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Alpharetta, GA 30004 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 01, 2013. Filed by: ASHLEY POMONIS/MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 01, 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001175.

Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KARI ARCURI‑NURTURED BIRTHS: 4004 Via Lucero, Unit 9 Santa Barbara CA 93110; Kari Rene Arcuri (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jun 22, 2024. Filed by: KARI ARCURI with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 04, 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001188. Published: May 7, 14, 21, 28 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FIESTA APTS: 416 W North Ave Lompoc, CA 93436; PI Properties No 22, LLC 610 N Santa Anita Ave Arcadia, CA 91006 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Feb 25, 2022. Filed by: RAO R YALAMANCHILI/MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 04, 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 E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001184. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAPIEN SOUL: 731 East Haley Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Lisa Biggs (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 01, 2025. Filed by: LISA BIGGS with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 21, 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 E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001021. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

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

BOT, QORSOFTWARE: 1736 Olive Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kaytos, 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 Apr 06, 2025. Filed by: LISA BIGGS with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 06, 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001218. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HOLLISTER RANCH PRESERVE, HOLLISTER RANCH CONSERVANCY: 1000 Hollister Ranch Gaviota, CA 93117; The Hollister Ranch Owners’ Association (same address) This business is conducted

by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jul 14, 1971. Filed by: BETH SHEVIN/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0000963. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ANALOGUE ROOM: 1693 Mission Dr. D2 Solvang, CA 93463; Sol II Inc. 865 Kolding Ave. Solvang, CA 93463 This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 09, 2026.

Filed by: JOHN WILLIAM WRIGHT/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0000983. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SKYENNA, SKYENNA WINES: 12 Helena Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Skyenna LLC PO Box 30132 Santa Barbara, CA 93130 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Nov 01, 2017.

Filed by: LEN GERMANO/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 23, 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 E73. FBN Number:

2026‑0001072. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THIRD THOUGHTS HOLLOW: 26 San Marcos Trout Club Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Yesenia Thomas (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 30, 2026. Filed by: YESENIA THOMAS with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 05, 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001200. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CENTRAL COAST MAINTENANCE PROS: 5560 Black Road Casmalia, CA 93429; Jason B Rangel PO Box 118 Casmalia, CA 93429 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 30, 2026. Filed by: JASON RANGEL/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 05, 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001203.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2026‑0001111 The following person(s) is doing business as: PIPPIN, 1114 STATE ST STE 24 SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101, County of SANTA BARBARA. CURATE HOME LLC, 1114 STATE ST #24 SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101, CA This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE /s/ CARLY PIPPIN, MANAGING MEMBER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 04/24/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4/26 CNS‑4040945# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SHEPHERD’S GIVING FARM: 1980 US 101 Goleta CA 93117; Tom A Shepherd (same address) This business is conducted

ORDINANCE NO. 26-05 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO ZONING MAP FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL (CG) TO BUSINESS PARK (BP) AND ADOPTING THE NOTICE OF EXEMPTION ON A 3.4-ACRE SITE LOCATED AT 421, 425, & 445 PINE AVENUE KNOWN AS GOLETA BUSINESS PARK (APN 071-130-048); CASE NO. 25-0004ORD On May 5th, 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”) conducted the second reading and adopted Ordinance No. 26-05 that amends the zoning map and change the zoning designation of the subject parcel from General Commercial (CG) to Business Park (BP).

The City Council of the City of Goleta passed and adopted Ordinance No. 26-05 at a regular meeting held on the 5th day of May, 2026, by the following roll call vote: AYES: MAYOR PEROTTE, MAYOR PRO TEMPORE SMITH, COUNCILMEMBERS KASDIN, KYRIACO, AND REYES-MARTÍN. NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE The ordinance will be effective 31 days from the date of adoption.

A copy of the ordinance is available at the City Clerk’s Office, cityclerkgroup@ cityofgoleta.org, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, California, or by calling the office at (805) 961-7505.

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by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 05, 2026. Filed by: TOM SHEPHERD/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 05, 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 E63. FBN Number: 2026‑0001195.

Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CHANNEL ISLANDS ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY: 2425 Bath St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Reynaldo Rivera DDS MD Inc. 67 S Glenn Dr. Camarillo, CA 93010; McAninch Dental Group Inc. 1111 East Ocean Avenue Lompoc, CA 93436 This business is conducted by A General Partnership Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: REYNALDO RIVERA/PARTNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 20, 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 E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001007.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MESA TAX PROFESSIONALS: 1933 Cliff Drive, Suite 14 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; MBS Books 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 Apr 23, 2026. Filed by: AHOVANY MENDOZA/MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 27, 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 E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001124. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2026‑0001060 The following person(s) is doing business as: RIVIERA FOOT & ANKLE CENTER, 601 EAST ARRELLAGA, SUITE 203 SANTA BARBARA, CA 93103, County of SANTA BARABARA. FOOT & ANKLE HEALTH CENTER OF SANTA BARBARA, PC, 1820 W. ORANGEWOOD AVENUE, SUITE 104 ORANGE, CA 92868, CA This business is conducted by A CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on SEPT 14, 2025 /s/ ABIMBOLA JOHNSON, D.P.M., PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 04/22/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4/26 CNS‑4040805# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MARBELLA COUNSELING: 1428 San Andres St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Maria Del Rosario C Ventura PO Box 123 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 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: MARIA VENTURA with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 11, 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 E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001248.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CARRIAGE AND WESTERN ART MUSEUM OF SANTA BARBARA: 129 Castillo Street

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CARA MIA PUBLISHING COMPANY: 311 Gardengate Lane Lompoc, CA 93436; John R. Battistone (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the ficti‑ tious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: JOHN R. BATTISTONE/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 07, 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 E81. FBN Number: 2026‑0001224.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THIS UNFINISHED LIFE, TUL: 1520 San Miguel Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Tawnya Bragg (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 02, 2026. Filed by: TAWNYA BRAGG with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 06, 2026. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001219. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA YNEZ BILLIARDS & CAFE: 1000 Edison St. Santa Ynez, CA 93460; SY M&R LLC PO Box 1948 Santa Ynez, CA 93460 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant com‑ menced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 01, 2026. Filed by: MATHEW ABDULAZIZ/MANAGER/

MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 E49. FBN Number: 2026‑0001150. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MERCHAV: 1463 Camino Rio Verde Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Tragan Campbell (same address) This business is conducted

by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the ficti‑ tious business name or names listed above on May 05, 2026. Filed by: TRAGAN CAMPBELL/FOUNDER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 05, 2026. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E63. FBN Number: 2026‑0001199. Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SELF STORAGE OF SANTA MARIA: 1701 N. Carlotti Drive Santa Maria, CA 93455; William B. Kendall 3000 Lista Linda Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108 This business is conducted by A Limited Partnership Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Dec 11, 2000. Filed by: WILLIAM B. KENDALL/MGP, BRC, SELF STORGE OF SANTA MARIA LP with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001192.

Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

NAME CHANGE AMENDED IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: JOSE LUIS SANTANA ORDONEZ CASE NUMBER: 25CV07245 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: JOSE LUIS SANTANA ORDONEZ 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: LUIS SANTANA TERRAZAS PROPOSED NAME: LUIS SANTANATERRAZAS

THE COURT ORDERS that all per‑ sons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hear‑ ing 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 hear‑ ing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice of Hearing June 12, 2026, 10:00 am, DEPT: 4, SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa Street.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101, 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 succes‑ sive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated April 22, 2026, JUDGE Donna D. Geck of the Superior Court. Published May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: JEFFREY ROBERT MENELLY CASE NUMBER: 26CV02696 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: JEFFREY ROBERT MENELLY 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: JEFFREY ROBERT MENELLY PROPOSED NAME: JEFFREY ROBERT MENELLI THE COURT ORDERS that all per‑ sons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hear‑ ing 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 hear‑ ing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice of Hearing June 26, 2026, 10:00 am, DEPT: 4, SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa Street.

Santa Barbara, CA 93101, ANACAPA DIVISION A copy of this Order to

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Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four succes‑ sive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated May 04, 2026, JUDGE Donna D. Geck of the Superior Court. Published May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING* DATE OF HEARING: MAY 27, 2026 PLACE: ENGINEERING BUILDING, ROOM 17 PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING ROOM 123 E. ANAPAMU STREET SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101 IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

The following methods of participation are available to the public.

You may observe the live stream of the County Planning Commission meet‑ ings 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:

If you challenge the project 22CUP‑ 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 correspon‑ dence 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,

* This is a partial listing of the items to be heard at the Planning Commission Hearing of May 27, 2026. Previously noticed Case Nos. 26LUP‑00053/22CUP‑00000‑00007 (Chick‑Fil‑A at Calle Real) was contin‑ ued to this hearing from the hearing of March 25, 2026. See previous notice

for full description of this item. If you have any questions, call Planning and Development at (805) 568‑2000.

26APL‑00006 24TPM‑00001 Stanford Farms Trust Appeal of the Terrill Parcel Map Hope Ranch Exempt, CEQA Guidelines Section 15315 Gwen Beyeler, Supervising Planner (805) 934‑6269 Tatiana Cruz, Planner (805) 568‑2082 Hearing on the request of Stanford Farms Trust, Appellant, to consider the following: •Case No. 26APL‑00006, Stanford Farms Trust Appeal of the Terrill Parcel Map, to consider the Appeal of the Zoning Administrator’s decision to approve Tentative Parcel Map Case No. 24TPM‑00001, in compliance with Section 35‑182 of the Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance, on property located in the 2.5‑EX‑1 Zone.

ORDINANCE NO. 26-04

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, REPLACING CHAPTER 12.02, TITLE 12, OF THE GOLETA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING ENCROACHMENTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IN ITS ENTIRETY AND FINDING THE REGULATIONS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. On May 5th, 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”) conducted the second reading and adopted Ordinance No. 26-04 that amends Title 12 of the City of Goleta Municipal Code updating the City’s Encroachment Permit requirements regarding encroachments on public property to reflect current City practices and provide a clear and consistent framework for encroachment permit review and implementation.

•Distribution to the County Planning Commission ‑ Submit your comment via email prior to 12:00 p.m. on the Monday prior to the Commission hear‑ ing. 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‑per‑ son.

•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 con‑ firmation email containing important information about joining the webinar.

The City Council of the City of Goleta passed and adopted Ordinance No. 2604 at a regular meeting held on the 5th day of May, 2026, by the following roll call vote:

https://santabarbaracounty. zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_ xD1fefaXRSytL0l6to7nww

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MAYOR PEROTTE, MAYOR PRO TEMPORE SMITH, COUNCILMEMBERS KASDIN, KYRIACO, AND REYES-MARTÍN.

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ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE The ordinance will be effective 31 days from the date of adoption.

A copy of the ordinance is available at the City Clerk’s Office, cityclerkgroup@ cityofgoleta.org, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, California, or by calling the office at (805) 961-7505.

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 5.08 (SHORT-TERM VACATION RENTALS) OF THE GOLETA MUNICIPAL CODE AND FINDING THE AMENDMENTS TO BE STATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER CEQA GUIDELINES §§ 15060, 15061, AND 15378 (CASE NO. 250006-ORD)

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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.

including auxiliary aids or services such as sound enhancement equip‑ ment or an American Sign Language interpreter, to participate in this hear‑ ing, 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 par‑ ticipating in the hearing telephonically or electronically and need a disabili‑ ty‑related modification or accommo‑ dation or have any issues attempting to access the hearing telephonically or electronically, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805‑568‑2000.

The County Planning Commission pro‑ vides in‑person participation as well as virtual participation until further notice.

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filed with the secretary of the Planning Commission no later than 12:00 P.M. on the Monday before the Planning Commission hearing. The decision to accept late materials will be at the dis‑ cretion of the Planning Commission.

The Commission’s rules on hearings and public comment, unless other‑ wise directed by the Chair, remain applicable to each of the participation methods listed above.

The Planning Commission hear‑ ing 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 welcome. All letters should be addressed to the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101. Letters should be

On May19, 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 second reading and possible adoption of a proposed Ordinance that would amend Title 5 (Business Licenses and Regulations) of the Goleta Municipal Code related to Short-term Vacation Rentals (STVRs). Changes to the City’s STVR regulations relate to: definitions for hosted/non-hosted STVRs and primary residence; a waiting period for non-hosted STVR licenses for recently purchased properties and properties subject to no-fault eviction; a three-strike violation and license suspension provision; a prohibition on STVR licenses for a property owned by a corporation, limited liability company, or any form of business trust; and a limitation on number of nights per year a non-hosted STVR may be rented.

If adopted, the Ordinance will be effective 31 days from the date of adoption.

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.

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LEGALS (CONT.) The application involves Assessor Parcel No. (APN) 063‑150‑006 zoned One‑Family Exclusive Residential (2.5‑EX‑1) located at 4653 Via Roblada, in the Eastern Goleta Valley Community Plan area, Second Supervisorial District.

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ASSEMBLY BILL (AB) 2561 – STATUS OF JOB VACANCIES, RECRUITEMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) Board of Directors will conduct a public hearing as mandated

by AB 2561 regarding the status of staff vacancies, recruitment and retention efforts at their regularly scheduled meeting on: Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at 8:35 a.m., Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District John G. Britton Auditorium 550 Olive Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 The public is encouraged to attend and provide comments in person or writ‑ ten comments can be submitted to the Clerk of the Board at the address above or by email at clerk@sbmtd.gov.

Written comments must be received prior to the public hearing. Meeting agendas and materials, and methods of providing public comment are avail‑ able at www.sbmtd gov/about/agen‑ das‑archives/current‑board‑agenda For additional information, please contact David Serrano at dserrano@ sbmtd.gov or (805) 963‑3364.

LEGAL NOTICE GOLETA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET The proposed 2026‑2027 budget for the Goleta Union School District will

be available for public inspection at the Goleta Union School District 401 N. Fairview Ave, Goleta, CA 93117, on May 22, 2026 during regular working hours. The public hearing on said bud‑ get will be held on May 27, 2026 at 6:30pm at the Goleta Union School District located at 401 N. Fairview Ave, Goleta, CA 93117. The budget adoption meeting will be held on June 17, 2026 at 6:30pm at the Goleta Union School District located at 401 N. Fairview Ave, Goleta, CA 93117.

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE PROPOSED Sabado Tarde Partners LLC Housing Development Case Nos. 24DVP‑00013, 24CDP‑00074, & 26NGD‑00003 PROJECT DESCRIPTION:The appli‑ cant proposes a Development Plan and Coastal Development Permit to allow the demolition of an exist‑ ing 1,600‑square‑foot duplex and construction of a new three‑story 7,731‑square‑foot 15‑unit apartment building.

PROJECT LOCATION:The project site is located at APN 075‑142‑019, commonly known as 6722 Sabado Tarde Road, in the Goleta Community Plan area, Second Supervisorial District.

PUBLIC COMMENT: The County of Santa Barbara Planning and Development Department (P&D) is soliciting comments on the adequacy and completeness of 26NGD‑00003.

You may comment by submitting writ‑ ten or oral comments to the project planner identified below prior to the close of public comment on Monday, June 15, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Due to the non‑complex nature of the project, a separate environmental hearing will not be held.

PROJECT DETAILS: The project is a request for a Development Plan and Coastal Development Permit to allow the demolition of an exist‑ ing 1,600‑square‑foot duplex and construction of a new three‑story

7,731‑square‑foot 15‑unit apartment building. There will be 12 two‑bedroom units and three studio units. The apart‑ ments are intended for long‑term rent‑ al to students. The three studio units will be low‑income units affordable to lower income students. Additionally, one of the two‑bedroom units will be a moderate‑income unit afford‑ able to moderate income students.

The building will have a maximum height of 29’‑6”. Other site improve‑ ments include the construction of two stairway towers in the northeast and southeast corners of the property, a new trash enclosure, a bicycle park‑ ing area, a 10’ x 20’ loading zone, a 6’‑tall wood fence, concrete flatwork, and landscaping. Additionally, each unit will have in‑unit laundry facili‑ ties. The parcel will be served by the Goleta Water District, the Goleta West Sanitary District, and the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. The property is a 0.12‑acre parcel zoned SR‑M‑18 and shown as Assessor’s Parcel Number 075‑142‑019, located at 6722 Sabado Tarde Road in the Goleta Community Plan area, Second Supervisorial District.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FINDINGS: P&D has prepared a Draft Negative Declaration (ND) (26NGD‑00003) pur‑ suant to Section 15073 of the State Guidelines for the Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the County of Santa Barbara Guidelines for the Implementation of CEQA. P&D’s issu‑ ance of a ND affirms our opinion that any significant adverse impacts associ‑ ated with the proposed project may be reduced to a less than significant level with the adoption of mitigation measures and that the project does not require the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR).

The ND prepared for the project identi‑ fies and discusses potential impacts, mitigation measures, residual impacts and monitoring requirements for iden‑ tified subject areas. Significant but mitigable effects on the environment are anticipated in the following areas: Cultural Resources. If the project

PUBLIC NOTICE County of Santa Barbara HOME Consortium and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Urban County Partnership DRAFT Fiscal Year 2026 Action Plan and 2024 and 2025 Substantial Action Plan Amendments Public Hearing The County of Santa Barbara Department of Community Services (CSD), Division of Housing and Community Development (HCD) invites public comments on the HOME Consortium and CDBG Urban County Partnership’s draft FY 2026-27 Action Plan. The Urban County Partnership governs the CDBG program and includes the County of Santa Barbara as the lead agency, and the participating cities of Buellton, Carpinteria, and Solvang. The HOME Consortium includes all of the same jurisdictions and the cities of Santa Maria, Lompoc, and Goleta. The HOME and CDBG programs provide communities with resources to support a variety of programs to assist low- and moderate-income persons.

The draft of the FY 2026-27 Action Plan includes the funding recommendations for specific programs and projects. The funding recommendations will be considered by the County Board of Supervisors (Board) at a public hearing on June 9, 2026, during which the Board will make final funding decisions. The final FY 2026-27 Action Plan will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This public notice also includes FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26 Substantial Action Plan Amendments to remove CDBG allocations from revised or cancelled projects. A complete list of the funded projects is included in the Action Plan and Substantial Amendments.

The FY 2026-27 County of Santa Barbara allocations are as follows:

Total 2026 CDBG Allocation – $1,121,045 CDBG program administration - $224,209 (20%) CDBG for public services - $168,156 (15%) CDBG for other eligible projects - $728,680 The draft FY 2026-27 Action Plan and Substantial Amendments will be available for a 14-day public review and comment period beginning May 22, 2026, and will conclude at the end of the public hearing on this item on June 9, 2026. The draft documents will be available for review on the HCD website: https://www. countyofsb.org/494/Housing-Community-Development.

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors currently provides in-person participation as well as virtual participation in hearings. Instructions on how to participate at the Board hearing will be included in the meeting agenda posted in advance of the meeting at https://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.

Written comments may be submitted to County CSD, 123 E. Anapamu St, Suite 202, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, via facsimile at (805) 560-1091, or e-mailed to HCD@co.santa-barbara.ca.us. If you need additional information, have questions, or require special accommodations, please call (805) 568-3520.

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

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DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: If a copy of the draft ND is not attached, the draft ND may be obtained and all documents incorporated by reference in the ND may be reviewed at P&D offices located at 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara and on the P&D website at [https:// cosantabarbara.app.box.com/s/ k04ychmxlsz0o8h850t7bqwk1lk‑ n1yb9].

HOW TO COMMENT: Please provide comments to the project planner, Willow Brown, at (805) 568‑2040, or wbrown@countyofsb.org, prior to the close of public comment on Monday, June 15, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Please limit comments to environmental issues such as traffic, biology, noise, etc. You will receive notice of the dates of future public hearings to consider project approval or denial.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in the hearing, please contact Hearing Support Staff

(805) 568‑2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable Hearing Support Staff to make reason‑ able arrangements.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)

evaluated on the criteria listed therein.

Proposers are encouraged to describe the particular benefits and strengths of their services. A contract will be negoti‑ ated with the proposer that provides the most qualified and best services for the most reasonable value as deter‑ mined by a Housing Authority proposal review team.

Questions or inquiries regarding the Request for Proposal should be direct‑ ed to Tiffany Carter, Human Resources Manager at (805)897‑1040 or tcarter@ hacsb.org.

Please visit our website at www. hacsb.org for the Request for Proposal Instructions.

Classification and Compensation Plan Study Issue Date: May 6, 2026 Closing Date: June 2, 2026 The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara is inviting proposals from qualified firms to conduct a com‑ pensation study. Proposals are due no later than 5:30PM on June 2, 2026.

Proposals will be held in confidence until negotiations are completed and a contract is awarded.

Proposals should be prepared in accor‑ dance with the instructions and will be

SUMMONS PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM and ORDER to Go to Small Claims Court Notice to the person being sued: • You are the defendant if your name is listed in on page 2 of this form or on form SC‑100A. The person suing you is the plaintiff, listed in on page 2, • You and the plaintiff must go to court on the trial date listed below. If you do not go to court,‑you may lose the case, If you lose, the court can order that your wages, money, or property be taken to pay this claim. • Bring witnesses, receipts, and any evidence you need to prove your case. • Read this form and

AVISO PUBLICO Consorcio HOME del Condado de Santa Bárbara y Asociación del Condado Urbano para el programa Subvención en Bloque para el Desarrollo Comunitario (CDBG) Audiencia Pública sobre el Borrador del Plan de Acción para el Año Fiscal 2026 y las Enmiendas Sustanciales a los Planes de Acción de 2024 y 2025 El Departamento de Servicios Comunitarios (CSD, por sus siglas en inglés) del Condado de Santa Bárbara, a través de su División de Vivienda y Desarrollo Comunitario (HCD, por sus siglas en inglés), invita a la ciudadanía a presentar comentarios públicos sobre el borrador del Plan de Acción para el año fiscal 2026-27 del Consorcio HOME y de la Asociación del Condado Urbano para el programa Subvención en Bloque para el Desarrollo Comunitario (CDBG, por sus siglas en inglés). La Asociación del Condado Urbano rige el programa CDBG e incluye al Condado de Santa Bárbara como agencia principal, así como a las ciudades participantes de Buellton, Carpintería y Solvang. El Consorcio HOME abarca todas estas mismas jurisdicciones, además de las ciudades de Santa María, Lompoc y Goleta. Los programas HOME y CDBG proporcionan a las comunidades recursos para respaldar una variedad de iniciativas destinadas a asistir a personas de ingresos bajos y moderados.

El borrador del Plan de Acción para el Año Fiscal 2026-27 incluye las recomendaciones de financiamiento para programas y proyectos específicos.

Dichas recomendaciones de financiamiento serán consideradas por la Junta de Supervisores del Condado (la Junta) en una audiencia pública que se celebrará el 9 de junio de 2026, durante la cual la Junta tomará las decisiones finales sobre el financiamiento. El Plan de Acción definitivo para el Año Fiscal 2026-27 se presentará ante el Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los EE. UU. (HUD, por sus siglas en inglés). Este aviso público incluye también Enmiendas Sustanciales al Plan de Acción para los Años Fiscales 2024-25 y 2025-26, con el fin de retirar las asignaciones de fondos CDBG correspondientes a proyectos revisados o cancelados. En el Plan de Acción y en las Enmiendas Sustanciales se incluye una lista completa de los proyectos financiados.

Las asignaciones del Condado de Santa Bárbara para el año fiscal 2026-27 son las siguientes: Asignación total de HOME para 2026 – $1,048,342 Administración del programa HOME – $104,834 (10%) Proyectos y programas de vivienda HOME – $943,508 Asignación total de CDBG para 2026 – $1,121,045 Administración del programa CDBG – $224,209 (20%) CDBG para servicios públicos – $168,156 (15%) CDBG para otros proyectos elegibles – $728,680 El borrador del Plan de Acción para el Año Fiscal 2026-27 y las Enmiendas Sustanciales estarán disponibles para un periodo de revisión pública y comentarios de 14 días, que comenzará el 22 de mayo de 2026 y concluirá al finalizar la audiencia pública sobre este asunto el 9 de junio de 2026. Los documentos preliminares estarán disponibles para su consulta en el sitio web del HCD: https://www.countyofsb.org/494/Housing-Community-Development.

Total 2026 HOME allocation - $1,048,342 HOME program administration - $104,834 (10%) HOME housing projects and programs - $943,508

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description changes, P&D will require a reevaluation to consider the changes.

This reevaluation will be subject to all regular fees and conditions. If you chal‑ lenge this environmental document in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues raised by you or oth‑ ers in written correspondence or in hearings on the proposed project.

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La Junta de Supervisores del Condado de Santa Bárbara ofrece actualmente la posibilidad de participar tanto de forma presencial como virtual en las audiencias. Las instrucciones sobre cómo participar en la audiencia de la Junta se incluirán en la agenda de la reunión, la cual se publicará con antelación en https://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.

Los comentarios por escrito pueden enviarse a County CSD, 123 E. Anapamu St, Suite 202, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; por fax al (805) 560-1091; o por correo electrónico a HCD@co.santa-barbara.ca.us. Si necesita información adicional, tiene preguntas o requiere adaptaciones especiales, por favor llame al (805) 568-3520.

El Condado está comprometido con la igualdad de oportunidades de vivienda para todos sus residentes.

all pages attached to understand the claim against you and to protect your rights. Aviso al Demandado: Usted es el Demandado si su nombre figura en c de la pagina 2 de este formulario, o en el. formulario SC‑100A, La persona que lo demanda es el Demandante, la que figura en de la pagina 2. Usted y el Demandante tienen clue presentarse en la corte en la fecha del juicio indica‑ da a continua.cion. Si no se presenta, puede perder el caso. Si pierde el caso, la corte podria ordenar que le quiten de su sueldo, dinero u otros bienes para pagar este reciamo. • Lleve tes‑ tigos, recibos y cualquier otra prueba que necesite para probar su easo • Lea este formulario y todas las pc ginas adjuntas para entender la demanda en su contra y para proteger sus derechos.

Order to Go to Court Superior Court of California County of Santa Barbara Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 02/25/2026 By: Sarah Sisto, Deputy Fill In court name and street address: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara Anacapa Division 1100 Anacapa’s Street Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 Court fills in case num‑ ber when form is filed. Case Number: 26CV01270 Case Name: Ronald B. Shahbazian v.

Jose Juan Vasquez Galvan the people in 1 and 2 must attend court: 6/01/2026 9:00 am SB 3, Darrel E. Parker Date: 2/25/2026 Clerk, by Is/ Sarah Sisto, Deputy Instructions for the person suing: •You are the plaintiff. The person you are suing is the defendant.

•Before you fill out this form, read form SC‑100‑INFO, Information for the Plaintiff, to know your rights.

You can get form SC‑100‑INFO at any courthouse or county law library, or go to courts.ca.gov/rules‑forms/ find‑your‑court‑forms.

•Fill out pages 2, 3, and 4 of this form.

Make copies of all the pages of this form and any attachments—one for each party named in this case and an extra copy for yourself. Take or mail the original and the copies to the court clerk’s office and pay the filing fee. The clerk will write the date of your trial in the box above. Your court may allow electronic filing, Check your local court website for information: www.courts. cagovIfind‑my‑courthon.

• You must have someone at least 18, not you or anyone else listed in this case give each defendant a court‑stamped copy of all pages of this form and any pages this form tells you to attach. There are special rules for “serving,” or delivering, this form to public entities, associations, and some businesses. See forms •SC404, SC‑104B, and SC‑1040.

• Go to court on your trial date listed above. Bring witnesses, receipts, and any evidence you need to prove your case.

Published: Apr 30. May 7, 14 2026.

AMENDED PLAINTIFF’S Claim and ORDER to Go to Small Claims Court Notice to the person being sued: • You are the defendant if your name is listed in on page 2 of this form or on form SC‑100A. The person suing you is the plaintiff, listed in on page 2, • You and the plaintiff must go to court on the trial date listed below. If you do not go to court,‑you may lose the case, If you lose, the court can order that your wages, money, or property be taken to pay this claim. • Bring witnesses, receipts, and any evidence you need to prove your case. • Read this form and all pages attached to understand the claim against you and to protect your rights. Aviso al Demandado: Usted es el Demandado si su nombre figura en c de la pagina 2 de este formulario, o en el. formulario SC‑100A, La persona que lo demanda es el Demandante, la que figura en de la pagina 2. Usted y el Demandante tienen clue presentarse en la corte en la fecha del juicio indica‑ da a continua.cion. Si no se presenta, puede perder el caso. Si pierde el caso, la corte podria ordenar que le quiten de su sueldo, dinero u otros bienes para pagar este reciamo. • Lleve tes‑ tigos, recibos y cualquier otra prueba que necesite para probar su easo • Lea este formulario y todas las pc ginas adjuntas para entender la demanda en su contra y para proteger sus derechos.

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LEGALS (CONT.) By: Sarah Sisto , Deputy Fill In court name and street address: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara Anacapa Division 1100 Anapa’a Street Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 Court fills in case num‑ ber when form is filed. Case Number: 25CV06598 Case Name: William Hugh Forestelle, III v. April Reid The people in 1 and 2 must attend court: 6/09/2026 9:00 am SB 4 , Angela Braun Date: 4/14/2026 Clerk, by Is/ Sarah Sisto , Deputy nstructions for the person suing: Do not use this form to recover COVID‑19 rental debt, which is unpaid rent or other financial obligations under a tenancy due between March 1, 2020, and September 30, 2021. (See Code of Civil Procedure, §1179.02.) To recover COVID‑19 rental debt, use form SC‑500, Plaintiffs Claim and ORDER to Go to Small Claims Court. You are the plaintiff. The person you are suing is the defendant. Before you fill out this tbrm, read form SC‑100‑INFO, Information for the Plaintiff, to know your rights.

You can get form SC‑100‑INFO at any courthouse or county law library, or go to wwwcourts;ca,goqb•ms. Fill out pages 2, 3, and 4 of this form. Make copies of all the pages of this form and any attachments—one for each party named in this case and an extra copy for yourself. Take or mail the origi‑ nal and the copies to the court clerk’s office and pay the filing fee. The clerk will write the date of your trial in the box above. Your court may allow elec‑ tronic filing, Check your local court website for information: www.courts. cagovIfind‑my‑courthon. • You must have someone at least 18—not you or anyone else listed in this case give each defendant a court‑stamped copy of all pages of this form and any pages this form tells you to attach. There are spe‑ cial rules for “serving,” or delivering, this form to public entities, associa‑ tions, and some buSihesses. See forms •SC404, SC‑104B, and SC‑1040. • Co to court on your trial date listed above.

Bring witnesses, receipts, and any evi‑ dence you need to prove your case.

Published: April 23, 30. May 7, 14 2026.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): Alfredo Perez, an individual; Jacinto Hernandez Ramirez, and individual; Timo’s Auto Wrecking, LLC; and DOES 1 TO 20, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Facundo Jose Contreras Martinez, an individual NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.

A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/self‑ help), 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 ser‑ vice. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal servic‑ es from a nonprofit legal services pro‑ gram. 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 den‑

tro 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 forma‑ to 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 exen‑ ción 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 reco‑ mendable 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 pro‑ grama de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos gru‑ pos 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 cuo‑ tas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recu‑ peración 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 grava‑ men 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‑ANACAPA DIVISION SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa St. , Santa Barbara, CA 93101 CASE NO: (Número del Caso): 25CV07166 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plain‑ tiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección, y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante que no tiene abogado es): Elliott Eghbali, Esq. BD&J, PC 11175 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 (310) 887‑1818 DATE Fecha): 04/14/2026.

Clerk, by (Secretario) /s/ Teri Chavez, Deputy (Adjunto) Published: May 14, 21, 28. Jun 4 2026.

TRUSTEE NOTICE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. 25‑03421‑RM‑ CA Title No. 101‑10804210 A.P.N. 007‑263‑006 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/20/2019. 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. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check(s) drawn on a state or national bank must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property

under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an “as is” condi‑ tion, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below, The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Stephen Henderson, Trustee of the Stephen Henderson Trust of March 31, 2009, dated March 31, 2009, amended and restated April 24, 2017 Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing Corporation Recorded 01/15/2020 as Instrument No. 2020‑0002147 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Santa Barbara County, California. Date of Sale: : 06/10/2026 at 1:00 PM Place of Sale: At the main entrance to the County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $938,668.84 Street Address or other common designation of real property:

424 Seaview Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 A.P.N.: 007‑263‑006 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The requirements of California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b)/2923.55(c) were fulfilled when the Notice of Default was recorded.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 insurancecompany, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714‑ 730‑2727 or visit this internet website www.ndscorp.com/sales, using the file number assigned to this case 25‑03421‑RM‑CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled

sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet 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 a “representative of all eligible tenant buyers” you may be able to purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “gligible 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 888‑264‑4010, or visit this internet website www.ndscorp.com, using the file number assigned to this case 25‑03421‑RM‑CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee.

Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale.

Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you

may qualify as “representative of all eligible tenant buyers” or “eligible bidder,”you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase, NOTICE: To the extent that the sale is subject to Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s Residential Real EstateReporting Rule (31 C.F.R. Part 1031), purchaser agrees to provide all required information and further agrees to reimburse trustee for any costs, expenses or fees incurred as a result of the collection of such information *Pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code, the potential rights described herein shall apply only to public auctions taking place on or after January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2025, unless later extended. Date: 04/24/2026 National Default Servicing Corporation c/o Tiffany And Bosco, P.A., its agent, 1455 Frazee Road, Suite 820 San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free Phone: 888‑ 264‑4010 Sales Line 714‑730‑ 2727; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com Connie Hernandez, Trustee Sales Representative A‑4872941 05/14/2026, 05/21/2026, 05/28/2026

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