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wo of President Donald Trump’s head honchos, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, visited Santa Barbara on Friday to celebrate the recent restart of Sable Offshore’s oil production in the county. After an aerial tour of the company’s offshore oil infrastructure, they arrived, via

helicopter, at Sable’s huge processing plant tucked into Las Flores Canyon near Goleta for a press conference where they, along with Sable’s CEO James Flores, aggressively defended Wright’s recent order to restart the legally embattled pipeline by overriding California’s determination that the company had not yet met the state’s safety standards.

The plant where the conference occurred was the same one that was shut down 10 years ago after the same pipeline caused a massive spill along the Gaviota Coast. Despite facing multiple legal roadblocks from the state — which Sable is still grappling with — Sable was allowed to restart production at its offshore wells, processing plant, and pipelines. Wright ordered it to do so shortly after the U.S and Israel began bombing Iran by citing the Defense Production Act (DPA) of 1950 on national security grounds. Sable CEO James Flores opened the conference, claiming that Sable oil will fuel 72 million cars per year, before Secretary Wright — who was wearing a Sable shirt with his name embroidered on it—took to the podium. He began with criticism of California Governor Gavin Newsom, accusing him of prioritizing “fashionable” policies over energy production. He emphasized that California imports foreign oil from the Middle East. Last year, 61 percent of the state’s oil was imported. He framed the use of the Defense Production Act to allow Sable to circumvent state authority in the restart of Sable’s pipelines as a result of the state forcing the federal government’s hand. California has 30 military facilities and is a launching pad for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, he noted. When asked if Sable is providing any oil to the Department of Defense or defense contractors, Flores replied that they sell it to Chevron. “We don’t know where Chevron sells—it sells all the jet fuel to LAX and sells gasoline throughout,” he said. “So, Chevron’s our buyer…. If the department wants our oil, they just come ask, and we have to give it to them by rule of law,” Flores said. CONT’D ON PAGE 9

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Draft Rent Stabilization Plan Revealed City Opens 30-Day Public Review Period, with Plans to Finalize Ordinance by July 28 by Ryan P. Cruz anta Barbara’s long-debated citywide rent stabilization ordinance is on track for City Council adoption later this summer — to be implemented in January 2027 — though there are still some key details to be worked out as the city revealed a draft for public review over the next 30 days. The City Council got a look at the 36-page draft ordinance at the end of a lengthy meeting Tuesday, with deliberations and council comments pushing past 10 p.m. before the council’s four-vote majority pushed the plan forward, with many comments directing staff to make tweaks to the program’s rent board, petition process, and level of exemptions included in the ordinance. This first public draft was the culmina-

tion of months of focused planning efforts, with the City Administrator’s Office and City Attorney’s Office combining previous direction from council hearings in late 2025 and early 2026 to outline a citywide rent cap on residential units built before 1995 (with exemptions aligned with state law for most single-family homes, condos, owner-occupied duplexes, and government-subsidized affordable housing). The cap would be set at 60 percent of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or 3 percent, whichever is less in any given year. More than two dozen community members, renters, housing advocates, landlords, and real estate property managers stayed late to weigh in on the details of the ordinance. As usual, the item drew polarizing comments, with property owners opposing any form of rental increase regulation and

housing advocates concerned that the latest version of the ordinance was missing some of the stronger pieces necessary to make an impact. Several commenters were Santa Barbara tenants who were recently priced out of the area, who argued that a strong rent stabilization ordinance might have kept them from being forced away from their hometowns. Some were small-scale landlords who shared their struggles keeping up with rising insurance premiums and growing costs across the board. When multiple commenters shared concerns about the draft deviating from previous council direction, City Administrator Kelly McAdoo responded by saying the draft was not meant as a final product. “We took the direction that council gave us, reviewed it with our city attorneys, and CONT’D ON PAGE 11

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NEWS BRIEFS COURTS & CRIME A months-long, multi-agency investigation into the February shooting death of Luis Terrazas, 29, has resulted in the arrest of three teenagers, Santa Barbara police announced. Detectives coordinated with Ventura authorities to serve search and arrest warrants in the cities of Ventura, Camarillo, and Santa Barbara on 6/4. Taken into custody were two juveniles and Jorge Hurtado, 19. Hurtado was charged with murder and attempted murder, as well as special allegations for committing the crimes for the benefit of the Eastside Criminal Street Gang and discharging a 9mm semiautomatic firearm causing great bodily injury. He is being held on $3 million bail and is scheduled to be arraigned 6/11. A federal judge has dismissed Mission LLC’s lawsuit against the state and City of Santa Barbara alleging that a state law illegally targets a single eight-story housing development behind the Santa Barbara Mission. In his 6/2 ruling, District Judge Hernán D. Vera said that while the law in question, Senate Bill 158, raises serious constitutional questions, the case itself is unripe and does not provide a legitimate exemption to the state’s sovereign immunity. The ruling gives the housing developers until 6/22 to modify their complaint. A registered S.B. nurse has been charged with 77 felonies in connection with an unlicensed in-home care business she has operated since 2019. Rosanne Marquis, 71, is accused of stealing from elderly dependent adults, including a veteran, failing to file accurate tax returns, and not making required deductions and payments on behalf of her employees, the DA’s Office said. Officials have not yet disclosed how much Marquis allegedly stole, but court records state the theft totaled “over $100,000.” Before she opened Rosanne Marquis HomeCare Service, which lists a Hope Ranch property as its address, Marquis worked as a trauma nurse coordinator at Cottage Hospital. She also previously served on the boards of the Council of Alcohol and Drug Abuse and the Alzheimer’s Women’s Initiative. Local authorities have partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the California Employment Development Department to prosecute the case. Marquis was arrested in April and formally charged this week. She is out on bail, and her first next court hearing is 7/8.

ELECTION 2026 With 43,000 additional votes counted in last week’s June primary, judicial race challenger Luis Esparza has officially defeated incumbent Judge Thomas Adams, who has served on the bench for 50 years. As of the most recent count, Esparza, a private attorney with a one-person office, was 2,891 votes ahead of Adams, with only around 1,300 votes left to count. Not since the 1970s has a challenger upset an incumbent judge in Santa Barbara County. In the race for the 5th District supervisor, it appears that Ricardo Valencia and Mirabel Aguilera will make it to the November runoff. Representative Salud Carbajal beat Republican Bob Smith by 20,000 votes, but because of the state’s “top two” primary system, they will also face one another again this fall, as will Assemblymember Gregg Hart and his Republican challenger, Sari Dominguez. n

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ederal prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against 27-year-old Santa Barbara activist Jack Randmaa after he was arrested in February for slashing the rear tire of a car driven by ICE agents conducting enforcement operations in the city. Video of the incident appeared to show Randmaa briefly tampering with the tire. His violent arrest moments later by the agents, who also tackled and pepper-sprayed an 80-year-old passerby when he attempted to intervene, was also captured on video, causing an uproar among Santa Barbarans already furious over ICE’s aggressive tactics across the country. Randmaa was formally charged April 3 with committing “a depredation against property of the United States, namely, a white Dodge Charger with license plate 8LHV868 belonging to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.” The misdemeanor carried a maximum sentence of one year in prison and/or a $1,000 fine. But for reasons unclear, on April 8, Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Chang filed a motion in federal court to dismiss the case “in the interests of justice,” which a judge quickly approved. It is not known how long Randmaa was in ICE custody after he was detained on February 20 and whisked to an undisclosed facility. Attempts to reach Randmaa and his family for comment were not successful. Court records do not name a defense counsel. A

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spokesperson with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said it does not publicly discuss “charging and dismissal decisions.” Chang joined the office in September 2025 with no prior prosecutorial experience, seven months after President Donald Trump returned to the White House and initiated a wave of firings and resignations across the Department of Justice. Staffing shortages and recruitment issues now plague the department, with former officials describing “chaos” as one of its defining features. Local legal experts have also speculated that the government dropped Randmaa’s charges over worries about what the case could reveal. As part of his defense, Randmaa would have been entitled to discovery evidence around his arrest, including body camera footage or other documentation of the ICE agents’ activities that day. Agents had been spotted in Ventura and Carpinte—Tyler Hayden ria earlier in the morning.

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n a city where all rooftop views are spectacular, the Music Academy of the West may soon be sporting the city’s most spectacular rooftop view of them all. Last week, members of the City of Santa Barbara Planning Commission unanimously fell all over themselves to approve a special exception to the city’s height limits for the Music Academy’s proposed musical performance, rehearsal, and instruction center at the intersection of State and Canon Perdido streets—now officially named “The Muse.” By making the finding that the proposed changes to the long vacant three-story structure—formerly Forever 21—are “exemplary in design” and “sensitive to the context” of nearby buildings, the commissioners voted to designate the property as a “community benefit” project. This designation allows the Music Academy to exceed the city’s 45-foot height limit for properties in El Pueblo Viejo, as well as the construction of a 3,000-squarefoot rooftop event space complete with the two elevator towers needed to get visitors up to the roof. Groundbreaking on the project is scheduled for July 18. When done, the entire interior will be dramatically revamped and engineered to meet the nuanced performance needs of a 95-piece orchestra, as well as smaller ensembles. Aside

from performances, the building will offer multiple music instruction rooms—for all levels and all ages—and rehearsal space, as well. Music Academy executive Shauna Quill said she envisioned using the space for various artists in residence; programming plans, she said, still remain very much a work in progress. When questioned by commissioners, Quill said she expects the Academy will also offer some free classes and free performances; she talked about opening up the new facility during the Farmers’ Market to “yoga with live music.” Not all the music, she added, would be classical. In response, Commissioner Daniel DeLuccio said, “My request is yoga on the rooftop.” The commissioners ranged in response from excited to very excited to so excited. The proposed new center would provide a major draw to a downtown in a state of perpetual reinvention, complementing the new multiplex movie theater recently opened by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, not to mention the changes soon to be taking place at the Lobero Theatre. Commissioner John Baucke complimented Quill and her team for taking one of the many large and looming empty buildings that so bedevil State Street and bringing back to life without —Nick Welsh first tearing it down.

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SABLE RESTART Secretary Burgum claimed that with Sable on the market, the cost of fuel is dropping. He called Sable a “part of the solution.” Despite a number of lawsuits—filed by both state and environmental groups—that seek to prevent Sable from producing oil and pumping it across the California coast without state authorization, Sable argues that, with federal backing, it does not need state permission to operate. However, the company is still pursuing a backup plan of shipping the oil straight from federal waters via tankers, removing it from California jurisdiction, Flores said on Friday. Asked about the risk of an oil spill from the same pipeline that ruptured in 2015 and caused the massive Refugio Oil Spill along the Gaviota Coast, Flores said the company is “very conscious about the environment” and safety “is our number-one priority.” He went as far as to claim “we’re all environmentalists,” and he expects to be “vindicated in court by all the accusations.” “Sable is California,” Flores said. “We’re going to be here forever.” In response to Friday morning’s press conference, 100 people gathered in front of

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bout a week before running aground on Santa Rosa Island and reportedly sparking the largest fire in the Channel Islands’ recorded history, the captain of the Wet Vette experienced an “engine casualty” and ran aground on neighboring Santa Cruz Island, according to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). The Wet Vette had been sailing through the Santa Barbara Channel on May 6 when it ran aground near Prisoners Harbor on Santa Cruz Island’s north shore. The National Weather Service had issued a small craft advisory that morning and afternoon, ranging from the outer waters of Santa Cruz Island to San Clemente Island. “Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions,” the advisory reads. The USCG responded to the Wet Vette in distress, citing the reason for the stranding being an engine failure. Backup was requested from a commercial towing company to free the vessel from the island. USCG officers boarded the vessel to conduct a post-rescue safety boarding, finding that the sailor was lacking required safety equipment. The vessel was towed to Channel Islands Harbor by USCG Station Channel Islands and local harbor patrol, according to the UCCG. In the harbor, the boat was not impounded despite lacking safety equipment, and it spent six days moored at the Harbor Patrol dock at the cost of about $100 per night, according to Channel Islands Harbor Patrol. Sergeant Christopher Collins said that he had not seen the boatman in harbor before the day he was towed in. During the mariner’s stint at the Harbor Patrol dock, a good Samaritan gave him some

The Wet Vette burning on Santa Rosa Island

safety equipment prior to him heading back out into the Santa Barbara Channel with the Wet Vette, according to Sergeant Collins. This same vessel and mariner went on to run aground on Santa Rosa Island on May 14, where it caught on fire soon after. The sailor spent a night on the island, firing off multiple emergency flares, before authorities were notified of the blaze, and he was airlifted off the island the next day. According to the vessel’s title, James Edward Whittaker is the registered owner of the Wet Vette, but U.S. Coast Guard and Channel Islands Harbor Patrol were not able to confirm that he was the man captaining the boat at the time of the strandings. Whittaker purchased the boat in 2023 for one dollar from a pair of sailing enthusiasts who compete in regattas up and down the California coast. The National Park Service said that the “human-caused” Santa Rosa Island Fire—which consumed around one-third of the island—was fully contained on June 4 and remains under investigation. A post-fire damage assessment of the island is under—Elaine Sanders way. Read the full story at independent.com/wildfire.

CONT’D FROM P.7 the Community Environmental Council’s State Street headquarters in the afternoon to protest. “The promise that they made, that their additional production is going to benefit Californians, is a lie,” said Assemblymember Gregg Hart. “Oil that’s produced in California is sold at global prices. We don’t get any discount. We don’t get any benefit, and we bear all the risk environmentally to our and to our economy from a potential spill.” Linda Krop, chief counsel of the Environmental Defense Center, said that they obtained an injunction in Santa Barbara County Superior Court last July prohibiting Sable from restarting the pipeline, but Sable has not complied, and instead sought to terminate the injunction. The judge repeatedly denied Sable’s requests. “So, what did Sable do? Did they comply? No, they moved the case to federal court,” Krop said. At a hearing on Monday to try to move the case back to Santa Barbara Superior Court, both sides presented their arguments, but no decision was reached. n

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Pini Claws Back $1.3M in Lawsuit

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“Overworked officers face serious impairment often equivalent to alcohol intoxication,” the grand jury stated. While this case was admittedly an outlier, it was hardly isolated. The number of employees clocking in more than 1,000 hours over overtime a year jumped from 14 in 2019 to 55 last year. To fix this problem, the grand jury called for imposing strict caps on overtime hours that can be worked. It called on the county to eliminate the contract that allows employees to substitute leave time for work hours and for managers who approve overtime pay to be held far more accountable. The grand jury noted that under the current system, employees can clock overtime hours without having them approved first. That, the jury said, should also be changed. The biggest and perhaps most controversial suggestion was that the sheriff and the supervisors shut down South County’s Main Jail—entirely. And no later than by December 31, 2026. Jail overtime exploded, the grand jury stated, after the new North County jail opened in 2022. The duplication of administrative positions triggered by the operational needs of running two jails, the grand jury stated, is very expensive and has contributed to the need for overtime. The grand jury acknowledged Santa Barbara’s notoriously high cost of housing has created severe challenges in keeping the Sheriff ’s Office and the jail fully staffed. But the jury states the Sheriff’s Office is now fully staffed, a finding that will be disputed by Sheriff Bill Brown when he replies. Brown has up to 60 days in which to issue a written response. The grand jury did single out for praise new undersheriff Brad Welch and the new chief deputies for all the custody and law enforcement divisions. This new executive team, appointed by Sheriff Brown, conveys “a clear understanding of the need for efficiency and budgetary controls,” the grand jury found. “The grand jury recommends that the Sheriff give this new leadership the necessary support to bring the overtime budget issues under control.” n

ario Pini, the owner of a couple hundred properties throughout Santa Barbara, won the return of more than $1 million from William Hoffman, who was appointed to bring eight of Pini’s buildings up to Health and Safety codes. Hoffman had sold his business in 2019 without informing the court, which was fraud, Judge Colleen Sterne ruled. The turmoil began when the city stated in 2017 that it had amassed more than 3,000 code violations against more than a dozen of Pini’s properties downtown. Despite the pitched legal battles that ensued, Judge Sterne put eight of Pini’s buildings into the hands of receiver Hoffman, who owned Trigild Holdings of San Diego; Pini had suggested the court hire Hoffman. He became responsible for fixing roofs, railings, walls, stairways, kitchens, bathrooms, fire sprinklers, and all the mold, mildew, rot, rodents, and cockroaches that tenants had suffered for decades. One of the properties the city had pursued but did not add to the receivership was Pini’s own house. Following a trial over the receiver’s fees last August, Judge Sterne issued a decision in December: It had come to light in 2019 that Hoffman had sold his company to a Texas group, named Trigild Partners, with the agreement that he would continue to handle the Pini properties but pass the monthly receiver’s fee of $60,500 to the Texans.

RENT STABILIZATION came forward with an ordinance that we felt was legally defensible — and tried to follow as closely as possible council direction,” McAdoo said. The current version includes many of the major pieces requested by the four councilmembers who voted in support of rent stabilization. This reflects a targeted approach complete with a rental registry, rent board, program administrator, and a petition process for landlords and tenants to seek adjustments based on documented evidence. The rental registry is considered as the backbone of the program and will be the first-of-its kind database for the city, collecting information on covered units’ addresses, bedroom/bathroom count, landlord contact, ownership data, and rental rates to track compliance. All units that are covered by the ordinance will be required to register, with noncompliant landlords prohibited from collecting rent or listing their units. The registration fees for the estimated 13,000 units covered by the ordinance would go toward funding the program itself, projected to cost about $2 million a year. Much of Tuesday’s deliberations were led by Councilmember Wendy Santamaria, one of the fiercest supporters of rent stabilization since being elected to the council in 2024. Santamaria said the draft

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New Grand Jury Raises More Questions About Sheriff’s OT Spending by Nick Welsh t’s still a new year with a brand-new grand jury, but for the second year in a row, the issue remains the same: runaway overtime spending by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office and what the grand jury thinks needs to be done to rein it in. The report—titled “What’s Up with Excessive Overtime?” — starts off with an official expression of bureaucratic incredulity that the sheriff started the year already projected to spend $9 million more on overtime than the $10 million that was initially projected: i.e., $19 million in overtime cost. The grand jury expressed mystification at these numbers, noting that, as the sheriff’s overtime and general fund allocations have increased dramatically, the number of jail bookings has dropped over time, as has the number of miles driven by deputies’ vehicles. Likewise, the jail population has dropped—from 1,010 in 2013 to 750 last year. Grand juries are made up of civic-minded citizens looking for problems they believe need fixing. With the county supervisors looking at a menu of excruciating budget cuts they need to make next week—millions of dollars and hundreds of employees—the grand jury report brings to the surface many of the budgetary and political tensions that have been roiling between the sheriff and the county supervisors for some time now. Currently, the Sheriff’s Office consumes 33 percent of the county’s general fund; two years ago, it was 24 percent. That $9 million in unanticipated overtime, the grand jury noted, will have to come out of other departments, already feeling the pinch, that also rely upon the general fund. Last year’s grand jury exposed the extent to which deputies and correctional officers learned how to qualify for overtime by substituting sick leave and vacation hours they had accrued as actual work hours. There is nothing illegal in this, and it is allowed for under the contract the county signed with the Deputy Sheriffs’ Association. That contract expires this summer, and the grand jury is calling for the county negotiators to plug these loopholes. Between 2019 and 2025, the number of sheriff’s employees claiming overtime hours increased from 609 to 667, but the number of overtime hours claimed jumped from 180,486 to 298,740. During that same time, the average number of overtime hours claimed increased from 296 to 448. Two years ago, the grand jury reported, one specific custody deputy managed to accrue $130,000 by working 2,298 overtime hours, and that was on top of his base salary of $287,000. Translated, the jury concluded, this employee must have been working 84 hours a week. This, the jury stated, poses immediate dangers to inmates and employees alike.

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Another receiver, Kevin Singer, was appointed early in 2020. Singer made “substantial strides in less time,” according to Sterne, at a monthly fee of $37,000. Beyond the management fees, to bring the seven properties up to code—one property was sold—Pini spent more than $4 million on construction costs. Hoffman never mentioned he planned to retire and intended to sell his business when the court chose the receiver, the judge said, finding fraud in the concealment of the sale of Hoffman’s business. Sterne’s June 2 judgment awarded Pini the receiver fees he’d paid to Hoffman for 14 months, or $847,000, plus prejudgment interest of $340,917. Another $91,904 in improper repair charges and $99,195 in wrongly charged attorney’s fees were to be paid by Hoffman and law firm CGS3, for a total $1,379,016 back to Pini. —Jean Yamamura

CONT’D FROM P.7 was a “good start” but suggested a long list of amendments and research points to be ironed out before the draft is finalized this summer. Another added wrinkle is the addition of a concurrent policy amending the city’s Just Cause eviction ordinance, regarding the Ellis Act and the practice of withdrawing units from the housing market. The city originally considered including the amendments as part of the rent stabilization ordinance, until the city attorney’s office suggested the two be separated to avoid legal conflict. Now, the Just Cause and Ellis Act amendments will be considered at the same time as the rent stabilization ordinance, though the amendments would be approved as separate changes to the city’s existing eviction ordinance. Both the draft rent stabilization ordinance and eviction ordinance amendments will be available on the city website for a 30-day public comment period from June 10 through July 10. The council agreed to the plan to open the public comment period leading up to the scheduled formal introduction of the ordinance for adoption on July 28. Councilmembers Santamaria, Kristen Sneddon, Meagan Harmon, and Oscar Gutierrez voted in support; Mayor Randy Rowse opposed; and Councilmembers Eric Friedman and Mike Jordan abstained. n

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When Dog Stars Collide TICK TOCK: Fifty years is the blink of an eye.

It’s also a very long time. It takes 50 years, for example, for the star known as the Dog Star to make a complete celestial orbit around its heavenly companion, a white dwarf known as Sirius B. Fifty years is also the time between the intergalactic house cleanings conducted by the Milky Way in which dead stars are swept out by unimaginably violent supernova events. That’s 50 years. Here in Santa Barbara, 50 years is how long it’s been since the last sitting judge got beaten by a challenger. In Santa Barbara, it’s also the length of time that the most recent beaten sitting judge— Thomas Adams —has actually served. Adams, an older white guy, lost his seat to a younger Latino challenger—in his forties, not his eighties—relatively unknown within legal circles, a Santa Barbara attorney named Luis Esparza. While the results may not yet be “officialofficial,” trust me, the fat lady has sung and the clock is not turning back. It’s up to Esparza to demonstrate who he is and what this means for the dispensation of what we call justice in this excruciatingly raw state of human history. Even in the best of times, it’s a punishing job. Judges see the worst of people on a regular basis. Over time, many wearing the black robes succumb to delusions of godhood. Fifty years ago, there was a knock-down, drag-out fight between rough-around-theedges incumbent judge Floyd Dodson and

unknown newcomer Bruce Dodds. Dodson was an unapologetic, good old boy appointed by then governor Ronald Reagan. Dodds, who sat briefly on the Democratic Central Committee, accused Dodson of being rude, arrogant, vindictive, punitive, and extravagant,

all of which was true. Dodds, the nobody, swept in with 65 percent of the vote. And in short order, he too

became famous for being rude, arrogant, vindictive, and punitive. He was never accused of

extravagance. Speaking as a reporter, I can testify that sitting in his courtroom actually hurt. He’d sweep seemingly pre-provoked. Dodds didn’t breathe; he seethed. As a mediator, Dodds used his bad-cop persona to good effect, scaring recalcitrant parties into settling. In such sessions, Dodds would sometimes seek counsel from a crystal ball

he used as a prop. When ABC reported this, Dodds sued for defamation. He lost. The state judicial council threw the book at Dodds several times for conduct unbecoming a judge— yelling at a witness who was trying to testify how she’d been sexually abused by a doctor. But nothing really stuck. Do we all become our monsters? Back in a 2002 judicial election, North County Judge Diana Hall faced a hotshot prosecutor from the DA’s office. It looked to be a real showdown. Hall freaked. She was living in the closet with a longtime partner who

I can’t say for certain if Beck ever officially “came out,” but everyone knew. And no one—not even up in conservative North County—seemed to care. At least about that.

wanted out of the closet. If her gay relationship came out, Hall was convinced she’d be toast. This caused tensions between the two women. Arguments morphed into fights. Guns reportedly came out. Hall allegedly threatened her partner’s dogs. Hall drove off in a car. Alcohol was involved. The judge got pulled over. What’s sad about this—aside from everything—is that Hall was flinching at shadows. It came out her opponent—the hotshot prosecutor who specialized in child welfare cases—had all kinds of porn and adult websites on his office computer. Bad look. He was suddenly unemployed and disappeared. Hall won, but when all her messy details came out, she was brought up on multiple charges. Though many didn’t stick, the state’s judicial review board yanked her from the bench. It’s tempting to look at the Hall meltdown as a tragic reminder of just how far gay rights have had to come since not very long ago. It’s impossible not to have compassion for the trap Hall felt she was in, but it’s important to recognize it was also self-imposed. After all, there was another gay judge holding court up in North County at the same time, Judge Barbara Beck. Beck was the first woman to sit on the Santa Barbara bench, a former public defender surprisingly appointed by the very law-and-order governor George Deukmejian —a former prosecutor himself. Before that, Beck had served in the Air Force.

She lived openly with her partner and spoke openly with the media. She also openly butted heads with then Santa Barbara District Attorney Tom Sneddon —and about issues of real consequences.

Most notably was over the then-draconian Three Strikes law that allowed DAs to demand life sentences for people who had been convinced of three crimes—some of which were very minor. DA Sneddon was as combative a prosecutor as could be found in California. He said Three Strikers were just “serving life on the installment plan.” Why not just throw away the key, he argued. Beck believed judges had the discretionary authority to strike prior charges from the list the DA’s office had amassed against a given defendant if she felt they were not serious enough. Sneddon insisted she needed his permission first. Beck was known to call Sneddon “ridiculous.” Beck and Sneddon fought the issue up the ladder of appeals. Beck won. On the bench, Beck also used her black robe to push for mental health and drug courts, modest initiatives today, but back then positively ground breaking. I don’t know if she was a great judge or a great person. What I do know is that I liked her. Guess what? She stepped down after 20 years. To Tom Adams, thank you. To Luis Esparza, congratulations and good luck. We’re all going to need it. —Nick Welsh

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Bike-Path Light Deficit

reporting problems to County Public Works. One evening, I noted each of the light poles that were out. Some labels were completely worn down, so I had to figure out what number they were. I emailed it to the email listed and called the phone number. I was told that the email listed was old and not checked anymore. A follow-up email basically said that they don’t have enough funding to replace the lights, but that they’ll fix the labels so reporting is easier. What’s the use in replacing the labels for reporting if they can’t do anything about the lights? I was quite shocked that the county doesn’t have the funding to maintain the bike path lights; it seems like a basic safety issue. I also found it ironic that UCSB did CycleMAYnia, a major campaign to get more people to bike to work. I hope one day we can address this! —Ariella Zulch, S.B.

Roundup at Franceschi

s I took my weekly climb up the hill at Franceschi Park, I saw a small notice stating that between June 3 and 9, Roundup, the highly toxic herbicide, would be applied to an area of the park. Roundup, which contains glyphosate, is not only toxic to humans, but it is also toxic to the abundant wildlife that currently thrives in the park. The City of Santa Barbara should not be using such a dangerous, toxic substance in a public park. According to the National Library of Medicine: “… it is unequivocal that exposure to glyphosate, alone or in commercial formulations, can produce important alterations in the structure and function of the nervous system of humans, rodents, fish, and invertebrate animals.” Please contact the city Parks Department and members of the City Council to oppose this environmental travesty. —Bob Keats, S.B.

walk along the Atascadero Creek bike path frequently, often going before sunset and ending up at home when it’s dark. Lots of bike path light posts are out, sometimes many in a row, which makes for long dark spots along the path. I don’t The Independent welcomes letters of less than 250 words bike to work at UC Santa Barbara, since I don’t that include a daytime phone number for verification. Letters want to bike home in the dark, and it feels very may be edited for length and clarity. Send to: Letters, S.B. Independent, 223 E. De la Guerra St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101; unsafe when I am walking alone. or fax: 965-5518; or email: letters@independent.com. Unabridged Each light post has a label and pole number for versions and more letters appear at independent.com/opinions.

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obituaries Anna Marie Weiner

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COURTESY MARIA VILLALPANDO

My Educational Journey as an Immigrant

Maria Villalpando graduates from UCSB this year as a communication major; a master’s in technology management is next.

BY M A R I A V I L L A L PA N D O t was January 2016, during my first week work-

ing at a Mexican restaurant in Goleta when I heard the words: “Are you stupid?” A woman asked me for a plate. I didn’t understand what she meant. My English was still new to me, unfamiliar on my tongue. The woman grew impatient, then angry. She repeated the word “plate” louder and louder, and when I froze, she called me stupid. She didn’t know that I had just arrived in the U.S. from Mexico. Every word of English felt like a puzzle I was trying desperately to solve. She didn’t know how hard I was trying. Standing there, holding a tray and feeling the eyes of the restaurant on me, I felt fear, sadness, and embarrassment all at once. For the first time, I felt completely out of place. Before becoming a server, I was a janitor at a school. I cleaned classrooms when students and teachers had gone home. The hallways were quiet, and the smell of cleaning supplies filled the air. Sometimes, as I wiped desks or swept floors, I wondered what it would feel like to sit in one of those classrooms as a student. But first, I needed to learn the language. I realized that, if I wanted to belong to and understand the world around me, I needed to improve my English. So, I enrolled in the English as a Second Language program at Santa Barbara City College. Slowly, word by word, sentence by sentence, the language that once felt impossible began to open doors. A year later, I became pregnant with my first child and continued working as a server. I remember the morning sickness, the swollen feet, and the achy back by the end of each shift. I missed my family in Mexico deeply, but traveling back was not an option. I was homesick and lonely, living in a new country where I still did not fully feel like I belonged. Still, I kept going. Motherhood brought joy and hope, but it also brought fears and responsibilities. I knew that if I wanted to give my child more opportunities, I needed to keep moving forward. So, I did. I got a better job and enrolled at Ventura College. Balancing school, work, and motherhood wasn’t easy. By then, I had two children, and there were nights when I studied after they fell asleep and mornings when exhaustion followed me everywhere. Yet step by step, class by class, I kept going until I graduated with high honors with a degree in business management. At that point in my life, I was trying to be a good worker, a good mother, a good student, and a good

member of my community. But the journey wasn’t always encouraging. In the summer of 2023, I worked as a housekeeper. The job itself wasn’t the problem. I’ve never been afraid of hard work or felt ashamed of any job. To me, work means dignity and opportunity. What hurt was something else. I often felt invisible. People spoke around me instead of to me. It was as if my accent, background, or simply being an immigrant made my thoughts and feelings less important. I remember sitting in my car before shifts, crying quietly so no one would see. Not because the work was difficult, but because I felt like I didn’t matter. After six weeks, I left. As I walked away, I felt sadness for the coworkers who stayed because they had no other choice. Like me, they were immigrants, people with dreams, families, and ambitions, yet treated as if they were invisible. That same day, I drove to UCSB and filled out my application. I refused to let anyone make me feel unworthy. The following year, I began studying at UCSB. For the first time, I felt part of a community, but being a student again was intimidating. I was older than my classmates, and my strong accent sometimes made me hesitate before speaking in class. Impostor syndrome followed me often. At the same time, immigration debates were everywhere during the presidential election season. The language used about immigrants made me feel as though people like me were being blamed or targeted. Those moments were difficult and discouraging. I love this country. I’m grateful for the opportunities it has given me, for the education I have received, and for the community my family has found here. My story is only one story among millions. Like me, many immigrants carry hope, courage, and determination. We leave behind families, languages, and familiar places to build new lives. We work hard because we believe in the possibility of belonging. Immigrants are often described in political debates as numbers, problems, or threats. But we are not statistics. We are parents, students, workers, and neighbors. We are people who dream, struggle, and continue moving forward even when the path is uncertain. And sometimes, our stories begin with a single moment like standing in a restaurant, trying to understand the meaning of the word plate, while hoping that one day we will be fully understood too. n

Anna Marie Weiner passed away peacefully on January 30, 2026, in Santa Barbara, California, surrounded by her daughter, dear friends, and a compassionate hospice team. Born on September 20, 1940, in Glendale, California, Anna Marie was the daughter of Gisela Meier, a Swiss-born artist and builder/home designer, and George Von Fleckenstein who was brought up in Rochester, NY. She grew up with her two brothers, Fritz and George, and carried forward her mother’s creativity and artistic spirit throughout her life. From the age of three, Anna Marie discovered a deep passion for ballet, which became one of the defining joys of her life. As a child, she was imaginative and spirited, creating make-believe newspapers with her younger brother, George, and embracing both artistic and athletic pursuits. After World War II, she traveled extensively through Europe with her family, visiting Switzerland, Sweden, Paris, Italy, and London—an experience that left a lasting impression on her young life. She flourished at Happy Valley School in Ojai, graduating in June 1959, where she formed lifelong friendships and developed her love of performance. She especially enjoyed folk dancing and Ukrainian dancing, participating in many performances, and explored pottery. At the age of 18 or 19, Anna Marie pursued ballet professionally in Munich, Germany and Vienna, Austria performing in The Nutcracker and Swan Lake. There, she met Hermann Weiner in Vienna, with whom she shared a deep and enduring bond. Though her dance career ended at age 25 due to hip dysplasia, her grace and resilience remained lifelong qualities. Anna Marie became a devoted mother to her daughter, Mara, born in May 1968. After living in Vienna and marrying Hermann in 1969, She eventually returned to California, after separating from Hermann in

1974. She settled in Santa Barbara in the late 1970s, where she would remain for the rest of her life. Anna Marie and Hermann legally divorced in 1979, but they remained lifelong friends. A determined and hardworking woman, Anna Marie earned her Associates of Arts degree from S.B. City College and later a bachelor’s degree from Antioch University in 1990, all while raising her daughter and working full-time. She dedicated many years to the Alzheimer’s Association, serving as Director of Communications, and later continued creative work in web design and graphic arts. She also volunteered extensively, including with the Ombudsman program and, Hospice Care in Santa Barbara, literacy tutoring, and ASAP (Animal Shelter Assistance Program), reflecting her deep compassion for both people and animals. Anna Marie shared nearly 30 years with her partner Gordon, caring for him devotedly until his passing in 2010. Throughout her life, she remained active and resilient. She was an avid walker, known for her long daily walks, and swam regularly and took many Tai Chi classes, which brought her strength and balance. Warm, lively, and deeply kind, Anna Marie was an animal lover, an avid reader, and a lover of music and history. She will be remembered as a graceful dancer in spirit, a devoted mother, and a woman of strength, curiosity, and heart. Anna Marie is survived by her daughter Mara, her brother George, and extended family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gisela and George; her brother Fritz; her former husband Hermann; her partner Gordon; her sister-in-law Ruth; and her niece Darunee. A celebration of life will be held at The Unity Church in Santa Barbara, with family and friends, on June 28th from 1:45–4:15 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Santa Barbara. I’ve included a link to Hospice’s online donation platform in the obituary for anyone who prefers to donate electronically. (https://wl.donorperfect. net/weblink/weblink. aspx?id=10&name=E9727) If individuals would rather mail a check, they can send it to: Hospice Of Santa Barbara 2050 Alameda Padre Serra, Ste. 100 Santa Barbara, CA 93103 Attn: Development Continued on p.16

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In loving memory of David S. Dwelley, who died March 19, 2026. A memorial service will be held Saturday June 27 at 1:00pm, First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. We invite you to join us in celebrating his life.

Jean Perotte

01/22/1930-04/12/2026

It is with deep sorrow that we mourn the passing of Jean Perotte, 96, of Goleta, on April 12, 2026. Born January 22, 1930, in Broadview, Saskatchewan, Canada, Jean lived a life devoted to family, faith, and home. She met her beloved husband, James, in Calgary in 1952, and they married in 1954, beginning a life that included travel and many relocations across the United States and beyond. Jean ultimately settled in Goleta, California, where she resided for over fifty-five years and found deep appreciation in the closeness of the mountains and the ocean. Though she worked in several professions over the years, Jean cherished most her role as wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She is lovingly remembered by her three children and their spouses, eight grandchildren and their spouses, and four greatgrandchildren, all of whom were guided by her compassion, grace, and steadfast love. Jean found joy in family, travel, the ocean, music, reading, dogs, chocolate, and ice cream, and will be forever cherished for the enduring home she created for generations of her family. 16

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Mark Noffz

03/19/1967-05/20/2026

Mark passed away on May 20, 2026, leaving behind a legacy of warmth, generosity, laughter, and genuine human connection. Known for his jovial spirit, thoughtful nature, and enormous heart, he had a remarkable ability to make every person he encountered feel valued, and special. Whether through a heartfelt conversation, a smile, or a simple act of kindness, he gave freely of himself and left lasting impressions on countless lives. Mark attended Kellogg Elementary School, Goleta Valley Junior High, and Dos Pueblos High School. He played boys club, YFL and high school sports including basketball, football, and baseball, throughout his youth and was on the winning 1982 Goleta Valley Senior League World Championship team. Whether throwing a baseball or football, he had an arm like no other. His daughter was the center of his world and the greatest joy of his life. Nothing made him prouder than watching her grow into the strong, capable, compassionate woman she became. She was his greatest source of pride, happiness, and one of his greatest accomplishments. He spoke of her often and never missed an opportunity to share how proud he was of her. He treated everyone like a friend, whether it was someone he had known for decades or someone he had just met at a store, a restaurant, or a medical office. He had a knack for making ordinary interactions feel personal, warm, and memorable. He lived with an open heart and gave his love freely. Friends and family will remember his jovial spirt and compassion. Mark loved fishing and camping with his father and brother, almost as much as he loved talking about or planning the trips. Some of his greatest adventures were spent deep in the desert of Utah or the Sierra mountains camping with his close group of friends.

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He is survived by his daughter, son-in-law, mother, brother and sister-in-law; all of whom were deeply loved by him. His absence leaves an immeasurable void. The love, laughter, and kindness he shared will continue to live on in the hearts of those fortunate enough to know him. A private burial will be held, with a celebration of life planned for the fall.

Emmanuel Vasta

10/25/1932-06/01/2026

ria Cemetery, 1501 Cravens Lane, Carpinteria 93013. Manny will be remembered by all for his infectious smile and big personality. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that memorial contributions be made to the Friendship Center in Montecito, where he spent the best last years of his life as a result of the love and care of a tremendous staff of caregivers. To donate please use the following link.

Judith Beulah Evered 05/16/1927-06/24/2025

Manny Vasta, 93, of Carpinteria, CA passed away peacefully on June 1, 2026. Manny was born on October 25,1932, and graduated from Benton Harbor High School before enlisting in the United Sates Navy in 1953. He served honorably during the Korean War as a Fire Control Specialist and received several commendations for his dedication and service. Following his military career, Manny began a 40+ years career as a salesman and sales manager for American Home Products and then retiring with Adams and Brook’s Candy Company as the National Sales Manager. Throughout his Professional life, Manny was known for his strong work ethic, leadership, and commitment as a Sales Manager to mentoring and guiding sales teams. After retiring, he focused his time and energy as a grandfather to 8 grandchildren and 1 great grand child. Manny was known for his kind heart, and dedication to his family and friends. He enjoyed gardening, cheering on his favorite sports teams (Notre Dame), dancing, and most of all helping others. He is survived by four of his five children, Kathleen Vasta, Susette Vasta-Durso, Patrick Vasta, and Aimee Weems; and numerous extended family and friends. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Elinore, and eldest son, Gregory, A funeral service will take place on Wednesday, June 17th at 11:00AM at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church,1300 E. Valley Rd., Montecito 93108, with burial to follow at Carpinte-

Judith was born on May 16, 1927, in Perth, Australia, and died at the age of 98 on June 24, 2025, at the Casa Cambria senior living facility in Santa Barbara, California. She lived a life full of adventure, learning and service. She was a passionate activist for peace, a committed environmentalist, a life-long learner and teacher, and a published author. Judith loved all people in a nonjudgmental way, and was serious about nutrition, health and physical fitness. A gifted tennis and field hockey player in her youth, into her 90’s, she still enjoyed long walks on the beach. Though a globe-trotter by nature, she made Santa Barbara home for 55 years. “Good Lord, love a duck” was one of Judith’s favorite sayings, a whimsical expression of delighted surprise. Common in her native West Australia, where she earned a BA with honors at the University of West Australia, it is a phrase also at home in her adopted England, where she studied at the University of London School of Economics. Her lifelong, around-the-world adventure started with a passenger ship from Perth to London and was completed decades later with a flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, followed by a train ride across the outback to Perth. While living in London, she met her future husband, Roger D. Evered, on a train headed for a ski trip in Switzerland, as she sought out a fourth for a bridge game. “You will do”, she reportedly told him and he did for a quarter century.

In 1961, they emigrated to the United States, living first in Ann Arbor, Michigan for a year and then settling in Huntington Beach, California. There, Judith taught and learned at UCLA Extension, Long Beach Community College and Orange Coast College. In 1970, Judith moved with her sons to Santa Barbara, where she founded POISE, an education advocacy organization, served on the Isla Vista Recreation and Park Board and completed a master’s degree in education at UCSB. In 2016, she was recognized by the Woman’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) with their National Long Service Award. Most of all, Judith was a beloved mother and a loving grandmother. She passed away with her sons at her side - Duncan James Evered (Sharon) of Baltimore, Randolf Brett Evered of Santa Barbara and Timothy Craig Evered of Houston and is survived by her six grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first-born son, Jon Huxley Evered and her younger brother, John Maitland Carter and was buried at the Goleta Cemetery in a small private service.

Tom McBride

08/06/1938-06/10/2022

Four years have gone by since you left. Time measured in heartbeats, lost hugs and kisses and birthday and anniversary wishes. Time to maintain but not let fade all the beautiful memories we made over our 23 years together. Four years might be just a blink of the eye. Time enough, though, for life to pass by, or just go its own way. Four years, Tommy, is but only a day measured by my heart’s beating and its repeating, repeating, repeating. Four years. (Not a day goes by I don’t think about you. Love always, Jan)

obituaries Mary E lizabeth Lambert

02/08/1942-04/12/2026

Mary Elizabeth Lambert, beloved mother, grandmother, attorney, and lifelong lover of animals, passed away peacefully in Santa Barbara on April 12, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Los Angeles, California, to Emerson and Presentación McWilliams, Mary was raised in the small town of Cayucos, California, and graduated from the even smaller Coast Union High School in Cambria, California, in 1959. She was one of the few students from this area to continue her education and attended the University of California, Berkeley. She received her degree in Art History in 1963, thus beginning a life defined not by a single path, but by curiosity and resilience. Her curiosity often manifested in taking unexplored backroads and, although she was never one for airplanes, she often recounted an adventurous trip with her father on a lemon freighter that sailed through the Panama Canal. After college, Mary moved to Santa Barbara, where she worked for the Probation Department for several years before meeting Dr. Richard Lambert. Following a whirlwind courtship, they married in 1969 and began building a life and family together. Their early years were marked by both joy and adversity. In 1971, they fled the Romero Canyon Fire with a baby, their pets, and the clothes on their backs while Mary was pregnant with her second daughter. The fire destroyed their home and all they owned. In its aftermath, she helped coordinate rebuilding efforts, all while the growing family lived for several years in a cramped double-wide trailer in the ashes of the prior house. Despite, or possibly because of, that experience, she was bonded to the “ranch” for the rest of her life. Embracing this new home and journey, she took on many projects, which included a small menagerie of ducks, chickens, geese, dogs, and cats. She would

To submit obituaries for publication, please call (805) 965-5205 or email obits@independent.com go on to be an avocado and kiwi farmer, avid gardener, and even a winemaker. She planted, tended, and harvested oranges, lemons, persimmons, and rhubarb. Stray animals knew Mary was a safe bet, and the ranch became home for many a lost dog, cat, injured deer mouse, and even a few chickens and a wayward lovebird. When Mary thought local schools were not challenging enough for her children, she chose to get her teaching credential and then homeschooled them for several years. In her early forties, Mary decided to challenge herself by embarking on an entirely new chapter and chose to attend law school. She earned her J.D. cum laude as part of the Class of 1987 from the Santa Barbara College of Law and passed the California Bar exam on her first attempt. She built a well-respected legal career specializing in estate planning, probate, trust administration, guardianships, and conservatorships. In addition to her career and busy home life, she volunteered on the Board of Directors for Laguna Cottages for Seniors and supported numerous causes and organizations, including Santa Barbara Community Clinics, the Nature Conservancy, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Mary deeply loved the wild birds and animals that shared the ranch, including bears, mountain lions, coyotes, and bobcats. She believed strongly in preserving their natural habitats, which included keeping her land hospitable and welcoming for all creatures that visited. She loved that the trail cams showed bears eating her persimmons and mountain lions walking by the front door, and despite their presence, she was never scared to take her long walks up the driveway. She firmly believed that if a mountain lion got her, that was how she was meant to go. As much as she loved the wildlife and her independence, she detested smartphones, iPads, and automatic cars, and she stubbornly drove her sporty stick-shift up to the end. Even as she was slowing down, Mary found great joy in family visits, watching trail-cam videos of visiting critters, and feeding hordes of hummingbirds and orioles. She also loved teaching her grandchildren family recipes, gopher trapping, and even the occasional swear word. Mary’s legacy will live on in the family she steadfastly protected and the wisdom, resil-

ience, and curiosity she inspired in those she loved. Her love, intellect, and indomitable spirit remain woven into the lives of all who knew her, and in the birds still singing outside. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Richard Lambert, and by her stepdaughter, Cynthia Lambert. She is survived by her daughters, Sarah Lambert and Jeanne Lambert; her stepson, Christopher Lambert; her grandchildren, Robbie and Marie; extended family; dear friends; and the many animals whose lives were better because of her care. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Mary’s name to the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network.

Pamela J. Decker

12/28/1928-05/04/2026

A long-time resident of Santa Barbara, Pam was born December 28, 1928, in Amherst, Ohio. She graduated from Amherst High School and was married to George W. “Bud” Decker, Jr. in 1951. Before they moved to Santa Barbara in 1954, Pam worked as a Sales Secretary for The Ridge Tool Co. in Elyria, Ohio and Twin Coach Co. in Kent, Ohio. Once in Santa Barbara, she was employed by D&R Ltd. and Electronic Products Co. After raising their five daughters, she returned to the work force and was employed by Allstate Insurance Co. After retirement, Pam and Bud enjoyed traveling the country in their motor home, visiting family and friends and making new friends along the way. Pam is survived by her daughters, Ellen Coudray of Ojai, Dawn Gendron of Carpinteria, Barbara Chehami of Santa Barbara, Laura Decker and Jill Rauch of Goleta, as well as eight grandchildren and seven great-

grandchildren. Her death was preceded by her husband, Bud; her parents Edward and Lillian and a sister, Norma May. No services are planned. Friends who wish may send donations to Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara, or the charity of their choice.

Edward Benjamin Acquistapace

06/11/1938-05/04/2026

Edward Benjamin Acquistapace passed away May 4, 2026 at the age of 87, After a long journey with Parkinson’s/Lewy Body Dementia. Eddie was born to Bernard and Mary (Castagnola) Acquistapace on June 11, 1938 in Santa Barbara, CA. He grew up spending time with his uncles and large Italian family in the place he called God’s Country. He graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1956. He served in the Army until 1960, stationed in Alaska as a potato peeler (that’s his story and he’s sticking to it). He married Shari Garland from the Santa Ynez valley in 1962 and they brought 2 children into their lives through adoption before divorcing after 17 years. He worked fueling airplanes at the Santa Barbara Airport for Lee Gray, and worked for his uncles on their commercial fishing boats based out of Santa Barbara Harbor. He then started working for Gene Campbell driving fuel trucks. He also worked for Bob Voight at the Chevron bulk fuel terminal in Santa Barbara until Bob’s untimely death. When Tony Pinto bought the terminal and moved everything to Ventura, He spent the rest of his career working for the Pinto family who became his family. In 2017, his health made it necessary for him to leave his beloved California for the first time since his stint in Alaska. He spent his remaining years in Texas living with his daughter and (favorite) son in law. He became a lover of Whataburger burgers, Sonic cokes, and Dairy Queen milkshakes. He loved good Texas BBQ, and Blue Bell ice cream. During his nearly 9 years in Texas, he developed a fondness for the Texas Longhorns (HOOK ‘EM), was a forever fan of the Denver Broncos, and maintained a loathing for the Dallas Cowboys until the end. He is survived by his son, Dean, of Las Vegas, NV, daughter Lori and her Husband (and favorite son in law) George, of

Texas, grandchildren CJ (Caitlin), of Texas, and Jacob and Shelby (Mirzi), of Arizona. His parents, best friend and favorite uncle, George Castagnola, and other family members, preceded him in death. His brother, Bernard, passed away a few weeks after Eddie’s departure from Earth. He will be interred next to his Uncle George Castagnola at Calvary Cemetery in California, at a later date.

Bruce Nelson Kent

02/10/1947-05/28/2026

Bruce Kent passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by the love of his family. Born in upstate New York, Bruce later made California his home while serving in the United States Air Force. He proudly served his country for 8 years before dedicating his professional life to serving others as a nurse. Throughout his career, he touched countless lives with his compassion, kindness, and commitment to caring for those in need. While Bruce's service to his country and community was admirable, his greatest pride and deepest devotion were always reserved for his family. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather whose presence, wisdom, and unwavering love will be cherished forever. Bruce is survived by his beloved wife of 56 years, Elizabeth Anne, and the beautiful family they created together: 6 children, 14 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sisters and one brother. Bruce’s legacy of service, compassion, and devotion to family will continue to live on through all who knew and loved him. He will be honored with both a Military Honors Service and a Nurses Honor Guard tribute in recognition of his lifelong dedication to serving others. For full obituary and service information: https:// www.altogetherfuneral.com/ obituaries/mcdermott-crockettassociates-mortuary/santabarbara-california/bruce-kent/ may-2026

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Animals

A Love Letter to the Animals Who Make Life Softer, Stranger, and Better by Tiana Molony and Indy Staff

ou can’t always count on humans to show up—the flawed species that we are—but you can count on that loving creature you’ve allowed to take up free space in your bed. No matter what, they tend to greet us with the same steady affection, day after day. That goes for all pets—bunnies, lizards, even snakes, if that’s your thing—but most of us tend to gravitate toward two in particular: cats and dogs, of course. I have a beautiful chocolate Labrador named Maple who, without fail, can turn any bad day into a great one. While I consider myself more of a dog person, I have to give the cats a shout-out too: I have two outdoor cats, and though I don’t particularly enjoy the dead mice they leave at my front door, I can appreciate the effort.

All that to say, putting together this year’s Pets & Animals issue was challenging—not for lack of story ideas, but because there were simply too many. There’s so much to say about our domesticated companions and wild neighbors alike. Narrowing it down wasn’t easy, but I think you’ll enjoy what we’ve put together. Inside this issue, you’ll read about equine coaching and its benefits, a baby bird rescue story, reporter Callie Fausey’s chaotic raccoons, and a personal essay I wrote about making the impossible decision to put down a beloved family pet. This issue has it all: love, grief, and raccoon-related resentment—all tied up in one neat bow. —Tiana Molony

Healing With Horses Inside the Growing Practice of Equine Partnered Coaching by Tiana Molony | Photos by ingrid bostrom

t is a warm Wednesday afternoon at Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center in Goleta, where four women gather in a circle, taking turns sharing their stories—different in the particulars, as all stories are, but still familiar. Sitting together in a round horse pen, they spoke about what they hoped to work on during this day’s session. One woman, who’s divorced and in the midst of a long personal reckoning, muses that she finally feels ready to share her life with someone again, someone kind. Another needs to say something to her son before he moves out but is struggling to find the courage. For me, the fifth woman in the circle that day, I simply wanted to practice staying present. “Let’s all take a deep breath,” Melissa Costello, our group coach, interjects. “In through the nose and out through the mouth.” The women close their eyes and exhale in unison, shedding, if only for a moment, their burdens. Costello then says that it’s time to look at the horses.

HEALING WITH HORSES The women gathered that afternoon were there for Costello’s Sacred Horse Sister Circle, a weekly meetup of women, usu18

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ally in midlife, for group equine partnered coaching—a kind of talk therapy that takes place in the presence of horses. While other equine therapies, like those offered at Hearts, involve actually climbing into the saddle, this equine-assisted coaching is limRakel, a Norwegian Fjord ited to interacting with horses on the ground: petting, hugging, or simply observing the animals. When I first arrived that afternoon, the women sought to explain how deeply the experience affected them. One described it as “groundbreaking and life transition.” She believes that the horses provide a space for illuminating,” but another just told me, “You’ll see.” the women to “get back into their bodies, get reconnected to Costello, who started Heal with Horses in 2022, offering themselves, and just kind of feel themselves again.” Equine Partnered Coaching (sometimes called Equine FaciliAt the circle, a central topic will run for four weeks, anything tated Learning) in Santa Barbara, grew up around all kinds of from working on boundaries to bettering communication. animals but felt drawn to horses in particular. “I just would “We see how it unfolds.” spend time around horses whenever I could,” she recalled. While animal-assisted therapy is not exclusive to horses, A certified equine facilitated learning coach through the Costello maintains that they possess a kind of magic that pulls HERD Institute and a certified counselor of spiritual psychol- those around them into their orbit, often leaving them disogy through the University of Santa Monica, Costello offers armed by emotions they did not expect to feel. “There’s women who just start crying when they get around both private and group equine-partnered coaching at Hearts, them,” she shared. “There’s just something so pure, and I say where she has volunteered for 8 years. Costello works with anyone interested in equine-partnered god-like, spirit-like about these animals.” coaching, but primarily with women going through “a major

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THE SCIENCE AND HISTORY OF EQUINE THERAPY The idea that horses can heal people is hardly new. Variations of the practice stretch back thousands of years—Greek physician Hippocrates wrote of the benefits of riding—and for centuries, physicians prescribed horseback riding for a range of physical ailments. The modern version of equine therapy, however, took shape in the decades following World War II, gaining traction after Danish dressage rider Lis Hartel, partially paralyzed by polio, won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics. By the 1960s, therapeutic riding centers had begun appearing throughout North America and Europe. The North American Riding for the Handicapped Association—today known as PATH International—was established in 1969, helping to formalize and expand the practice. Over time, the work evolved beyond physical rehabilitation to address something far less visible: grief, trauma, anxiety, loneliness, the quiet burdens people carry into a round pen and hope, however improbably, to leave a little lighter. Study after study has found that spending time with horses can reduce stress and psychological distress while improving confidence, emotional regulation, and overall quality of life, particularly among people navigating mental health challenges. Part of what makes horses so compelling, scientists suspect, is their remarkable sensitivity to the emotional states of those around them. A study published in the National Library of Medicine suggests that horses can distinguish between human facial expressions and vocal tones, piecing together emotional cues in surprisingly sophisticated ways. They notice tension. They notice calm. They notice the things we think we’re good at hiding. Which, as I would soon learn, can be both comforting and unsettling.

SCOTTY We follow Costello out of the corral, our boots kicking up dust, and the unmistakable smell of manure permeates the air. As we walk toward another outdoor pen, we see two quarter horses, Scotty and Hank, standing in that unique way horses do—closely parallel but facing in opposite directions. “Why do you think they are doing this?” Costello asked, as we stood resting our arms on the top rail, one boot hooked on a lower rung. Maybe they’re using each other’s whipping tail as a free fly swatter, we mused. Maybe they’re best friends. We turned to Costello, but she didn’t answer. Probably, I thought, wanting us to come up with our own answer. But I grew up around horses on an avocado ranch in Santa Barbara, and so I knew the truth; we were, it turned out, right about both assumptions. We watched the horses in earnest. It occurred to me that I couldn’t remember the last time I had paused to do something as mundane as watching two horses standing. If I had been alone, maybe I would have glanced at the horses for a few seconds, but, more likely, I wouldn’t have even stopped at the pen. I would have already been scrolling on the phone tucked away in my back pocket. When I shared this with the group, they nodded, glancing at one another with smiles that seemed to me to say “See, she gets it now.” After observing a few other horses, we walked back to the round pen. Costello brought in Scotty, who stood stoic and unflappable, apparently indifferent to the attention surrounding him—if he were a human, I imagine he’d look like Joan Didion in that one photograph of her standing, cigarette in hand, with practiced ease. I was slightly intimidated by his self-assurance.

We stood in a semicircle around him, like kids waiting to be picked in PE. Alas, after a few minutes without movement, Costello encouraged us to make the first move. We slowly approached the horse, petting and hugging him; some of the women simply stood there, staring at him. Costello would ask us questions, having us use Scotty as our guide. At one point, he ambled away, and we all held back. “Why do you think he did this?” Costello asked. We agreed that maybe he just wanted to be alone for a few minutes, until he just decided to return to our group. At the end, we reformed our circle and debriefed, focusing on Scotty’s retreat from the group. Costello said that as women, we tend to people please, to put the happiness of others—our spouses, our children—above ourselves. The horses, she said, have good boundaries; they don’t do that.

thing about lathering soap into his coat that comforted me. In retrospect, this was, inadvertently, my first encounter with equine therapy. After about four years with Frank, he died from colic, a painful gastrointestinal disturbance that is the leading cause of death among domesticated horses. Not long after Frank, my parents found me another horse, a Grand Champion quarter horse who came with her own ribbons. Susie, a deep chestnut mare (female horse), was feisty, unapologetically herself, and took shit from no one. We frequently found her escaping from the pasture, her head in the molasses oats. While some might find these undesirable traits in a horse, I admired her audacity. She was self-assured. She knew what she wanted, and she went for it. In Susie, I found a best friend. Frequently, she and I would walk side by side, and I would throw my arm over her neck. My dad always joked that she deliberately lowered her head to my height so that I could reach her. I think he was right. And then, when I was 17, Susie died unexpectedly, shattering my whole world. After that, I slowly stopped riding, and our two remaining horses, Honey and Shadow, retired to pasture. I used to visit them, but then, one day, I just stopped. Life, as life so often does, got in the way.

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Melissa Costello (left), of Heal with Horses, with Rakel and the author

FINDING YOURSELF The following week, over coffee, I met with one of the women from the group who agreed to talk but asked to remain unnamed. She said she attends the women’s circle whenever she feels she needs to come back to herself. For a long time, from the outside looking in, her life appeared to have everything in place: the husband, the house, the car, the children, and perhaps most pointedly, the money. But beneath it was childhood trauma she had not yet confronted. She turned to alcohol. “I was extremely disconnected from myself,” she said. “I was numb. And I was also occasionally incredibly rageful, and then I’d feel guilty for being such an ugly person. Like, why am I so rageful?” At a rehabilitation center, she, for the first time, experienced equine therapy. The horses, she said, “allowed me to stop pretending that I was, frankly, okay.” With the horses, that was no longer possible. “I couldn’t fake it around the horses.”

FRANK & SUSIE I knew what she meant about “not faking it” around them. While equine therapy is a new venture for me, this whole being-around-horses thing is quite familiar. I got my first horse when I was around eight: Frank, a slightly overweight, lazy paint horse my parents bought for $1. As a young 9-year-old girl, I just wanted to be around him. Curiously, my favorite activity was washing him; there was some-

That day with the women, I didn’t come with a specific intention, and I refrained from sharing too much about myself. I mean, I’ve struggled with intense anxiety for most of my life. Toward the end of high school, it worsened and began manifesting as skin-picking around my nails until they bled—a condition I learned was called dermatillomania, something I have yet to shake. So, I was open to the idea of equine-partnered coaching, not necessarily as a cure for my anxiety, but as a kind of check-in with myself, a chance to quiet the mind, if only briefly. Thus, a few days after my session with the women, I did a solo session with Costello. I was nervous. During the group session, I could act as a kind of fly on the wall, observing and allowing the women to open up, but now it was just me. Much like the session with the women, Costello and I started in the center of the round pen, facing one another. “So,” she asked, “What would you like to work on today?” I knew this question was coming, but I didn’t know how to answer it. I mean, I could give her a list of a hundred issues I wanted to work on. “I just want to chill out,” I finally offered, hoping that might cover all the bases. After chatting briefly, we picked a horse to bring into the round pen, settling on a Norwegian Fjord named Rakel, a breed Costello said the Vikings used to ride into battle. As I stroked her back, Costello asked me questions about my anxiety, and when I couldn’t find the answers, she directed me to look for them in Rakel. “What do you think she would say?” I waited for Rakel to give me something, anything, but I found nothing. I stood there with my arm around her, the way I used to with Susie, and after about 20 minutes, I started opening up to Costello, sharing parts of my life that even my closest friends didn’t know. I wanted to stop, but I was a leaky faucet; I just kept spilling it all out. In the process, I kept my arm around Rakel; she became a kind of safety net for me. As I hugged her, I inhaled her scent—all horses have the same scent, a truly indescribable perfume which can’t really be called anything other than “horse scent.” I looked to her again for the answers to all my problems. It occurred to me then that she had none, and maybe, I thought, that was the whole point. With my arm around Rakel, I settled my gaze on the mountains, and for a few moments, I didn’t think about everyday stresses. Instead, my mind, so often racing ahead, went quiet.

The Sacred Horse Sisters Circle is $400 for the four weeks or $125 for drop-ins. A private, 2-hour experience is $325. For more information, see healwithhorsessb.com.

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Fallen Nestling’s Rescue Led to Overnight Adventure and Hopeful Outcome at Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network

t was a warm Friday evening, the kind that promises a good weekend ahead, and I was out walking my chocolate Labrador, Maple, as I do most nights. I had my noise-canceling headphones in and was halfway through a true-crime podcast when I heard a squeak. Then another. I searched for the source of the noise, yanking out my headphones in the process, just in time to see Maple scoop a small, defenseless animal into her mouth. “PUT THAT DOWN!” I yelled, sprinting over to her. She regarded me for a moment before finally spitting out the thing — a baby bird, barely bigger than a golf ball. It was at that moment, as I watched the creature tremble in the dirt, that I knew my plans for a quiet night on the couch watching reruns of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia were officially dead. It felt all too familiar, as the night before, my fiancé, Oliver, had put on Planet Earth, where an abandoned baby ostrich — knees buckling under the weight of its small frame — stumbled through the desert alone, too small, too fragile, too doomed, before finally giving up and surrendering itself to the circle of life. I had watched through slitted eyes, bracing for a hawk to swoop down and swallow the young ostrich whole. Instead, the parents returned for their baby, and for reasons that were not entirely rational, this ostrich and my bird (yes, my bird — we haven’t formally signed the adoption papers, but I had already declared myself his mother) seemed somehow connected. Back with my bird, I called in reinforcements, and my dad arrived with gloves and a ladder and, with the precision of removing a Jenga block, carefully placed the bird back into its empty nest, only for it to jump again.

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Barry the house finch

Out of ideas, we placed it in a box with the intent of taking it to Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, which accepts lost or injured wildlife for rehabilitation. Unfortunately, it was already past their 4:30 p.m. drop-off time. So, that night, illuminated by the glow of my computer, I researched everything there was to know about baby birds and discovered that my little guest was a nestling, meaning he definitely was not ready to leave the nest and would most likely die if left alone for too long. Some sources suggested that the parents might return, but there

was no way of knowing for sure, so this one’s life was entirely in my hands. The experience resurfaced a memory from eight years earlier, when I was driving along a secluded road to my sister’s house and something with wings flew in front of my car, causing me to slam on the brakes. As I suspected, it was a bird — a quail — and it was bleeding from its mouth. Despondent, I opened my trunk, reached for a brown towel to wrap it in, and laid it beneath a nearby cherimoya tree. Now, every time I pass that spot, I think about the bird and the accident. I thought about it again that night as I said goodnight to Barry — yes, by then, the bird had a name — and hoped he’d make it through until morning. That night, my dreams featured suspiciously frequent appearances of birds. In the morning, rubbing the sleep from my eyes, I wondered if, maybe, the whole thing had all been a dream. Unsure, I stumbled to the box in our kitchen to see if it contained a bird and discovered that it did, and that said bird was, in fact, alive. With Barry in the passenger seat, I drove to the Wildlife Care Network, which began accepting drop-offs at 8:30 a.m. I filled out the wildlife drop-off form at the center’s vestibule and spoke into the walkie-talkie to let them know I had arrived. “I’ve got a baby bird,” I said with the same authority of a police officer who’d just found the missing person. The woman on the other end told me she’d “be there in a sec.” When she arrived, I immediately began recounting the entire saga, but I could tell she wasn’t particularly interested and definitely didn’t need a detailed rundown of the previous 16 hours. Alas, I handed her Barry, and she turned to walk away. I’m not sure why, but I had imagined there would be more ceremony to it. Some grand acknowledgment that we had survived something together over the course of a single night. A few weeks later, having heard nothing, I decided to call for an update. As the woman on the other end searched for Barry’s records, a long pause settled over the line, and I braced myself for bad news. “Looks like he’s currently in our songbird room,” she finally said. I exhaled. Barry, I learned, was a house finch. Better yet, he was healthy and spending his days with a flock of other finches. I pictured him raising hell with his roommates like a rowdy teenager at summer camp and couldn’t help but smile. It appeared that the woman sensed my relief. “I’m happy I could give you some good news.” Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network is open every day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, see sbwcn.org.

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e’s near the end of his life,” said the veterinarian one afternoon in June 2024. Chili, my chocolate Labrador, lay sprawled on the icy tile, completely and utterly unaware of the sad news that had just been delivered. “He’s an old boy — maybe start putting together a bucket list for him.” I wondered what kinds of things one puts on a bucket list for a dog; the stuff humans usually choose came to mind: skydiving, cliff jumping, and the like. Why is it always some version of falling? Of narrowly escaping death? “Make him comfortable,” the vet continued, breaking me from my thoughts of Chili skydiving and wondering how he might deploy his parachute without opposable thumbs. She prescribed him two doses of Glucosamine a day to help with the pain, and one dose of Gabapentin for inflammation. Chili glanced up at me upon this news, smiling; the vet technician handed me a box of tissues and offered her condolences. Like many delusional pet owners, I had gone to the vet that day looking for a solution to Chili’s decline. I didn’t want to hear that he was old, because you can’t fix old, and as much as I knew that, a small part of me still hoped she might offer some kind of breakthrough—maybe there was a scientist in an underground a lab somewhere in the Arctic on the brink of inventing the cure for canine aging. At some point, I had to accept two irrefutable facts: There was no secret scientist, and Chili was old. Thirteen years, to be exact. And although nothing was inherently wrong with him, no cancer, no sickness; his body just wasn’t allowing him to be himself anymore—his back legs buckled when he tried to stand, and his muscle mass was a third of what it used to be. One pet of his shoulder, and you would feel his bones.

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Chili

“Like an old man with a walker” is how the vet described his “condition” to me. “His heart is still in it, but his body is not,” is what my dad offered. Both were just clever ways of saying that his days were numbered. Somehow, it’s harder—the knowing. I lacked that clarity when my last two dogs, Mocha and Lola, passed. Their deaths were imminent but abrupt. Bear with me as I explain these three and their family tree: Lola, Mocha, and Chili were all related. Lola was a yellow Labrador my family brought home when I was 3 years old. A few years later, after a clandestine rendezvous with the ranch’s Border Collie, she became pregnant. She gave birth to a litter of puppies, and we kept the only brown one, naming her Mocha. Then, when I was 16, Lola died. She was 13 years old with arthritis when she fell down the stairs. And that was all it took. My parents pulled my sister and me out of school and summoned us to the vet. We said our goodbyes gathered around the sterile metal table. Now, there was just Mocha. I remember the day we got Chili. One of Mocha’s siblings had puppies, and my sister kept one. He lived with her for a few years until we took him in. Mocha and Chili were inseparable, living happily ever after on the ranch, running through fields and fetching sticks in the ocean; they did everything together, even sharing a leash on walks. Then, in 2022, Mocha was diagnosed with cancer and given two weeks to two months to live. Two months

later, my dad found her in the grass while the sprinklers were running, just lying there. She always hated the sprinklers. She died later that night. I barely made it home to say goodbye. Mocha’s and Lola’s deaths loomed, but we didn’t get to choose their last day. With Chili, it was up to my family and me to decide when to end it, but given my close relationship with him, the burden inevitably fell to me. The last three months of Chili’s life trudged, like the last leg of a race—both equally hard to watch for the runner and the onlooker. In those months, I assumed the role of caretaker: maneuvering him up and down the stairs, attaching “sticky paws” to keep him from slipping on the wood flooring, wrapping a sling around his torso to help him stand, and applying ointment to his sores (my Amazon orders that month told the whole story). Some days were better than others. But toward the end, the bad days far outweighed the good. Over those last few months, we often sought the vet’s opinion. “When will we know it’s time?” we asked her, hoping she might decide for us. “I really think it’s not too early at this point,” she relayed, just three months after she saw him in June. “It’s going to hurt no matter if it’s next week or years down the road. His quality of life is bad, and it’s not fair to let him suffer.” During his final weeks, I rescheduled the dreaded appointment three times. “Tiana,” my mother would call from the other room, “the vet’s on the phone. Are we moving it again?” “Yes,” I’d answer. “He seems better. Maybe just a few more days.”

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In the end, there were no more postponements to make. We settled on Wednesday, September 3, at 4 p.m.

our choice. My sister went for a walk, and my mom retreated to the house. My dad and I lay with him under a tree in the backyard, holding him on either side. The light filtered through the leaves and onto On the day he was scheduled to die, Chili slept his fur. I learned a few years ago that the Japanese beside me on his bed, doing what he does most word for this sight is komorebi. The vet unpacked her bag and pulled out two days: feeling the breeze on his face and soaking up the sunshine. The night before, I gave him my vials. One was filled with pink liquid, and the other sweatshirt to sleep with, which, two years later, I with clear. One was sleep, and one was death, but to still haven’t worn or washed. I stayed with him and this day I do not remember which one was which. watched the stars twinkle in the sky. I thanked him She administered sleep first, and although he was for his unconditional love and recounted some still alive, I knew this was the moment when he would go. My hairdresser, who had lost of our favorite memories, such her beloved dog two weeks prior, as the time my sister and I prepared me for this. “You have took him to the snow in the to say goodbye before the anesSanta Ynez Mountains. He thesia,” she warned as she sniffed the crisp air and shampooed my hair. let the flakes fall upon his I did. For what felt like the nose. I hope he crossed thousandth time that day, “see snow” off his doggy I told him I loved him and bucket list. September 3 was a kissed him in my favorite Goldilocks day in Santa spot between his eyes. The Barbara: The wind blew vet asked if I was ready. I softly, and it wasn’t too hot nodded. nor too cold, just right. A few seconds later, I I spent the day beside watched his eyes soften, the him outside, feeding him light still trickling through the treats, knowing he would trees onto the place where our eyes met. be gone by dinnertime. It’s Then she administered the an odd thing to know that it is someone’s last day on earth, second vial, and slowly, death Chili and Maple but for them to be utterly oblivious took control. to it. I stared at his face, caught on that When I finally lifted my head from thought, scanning and memorizing every feature: his face and made eye contact with the vet, I felt his wise eyes and the white diamond-shaped mark embarrassed to have held my dead dog for so long. on his chest representing the 25 percent Border Col- It occurred to me then that I had never seen death lie in him. I cut off some of his hair but am unsure so up close before. Really, it looked no different than why; it just seemed like something I was supposed to sleep. do (the hair remains in a plastic baggie in a drawer). I moved aside so the vet could press her stethoThe vet arrived late, at 4:30. I wondered if this scope to his side and listen for a heartbeat. “I’m sorry, was on purpose, to give us just a little more time. but Chili has passed,” she said. She spoke softly, the way you might around a sleepI gave him a final kiss between his eyes. ing infant. She had kind, reassuring eyes and knelt Maple, our new Labrador, who was barely a year beside me, meeting my gaze as if I were a wounded old at the time, sniffed his body and then walked away. baby bird—which I kind of was. The vet wrapped him in a white blanket along “It’s not going to be easy,” she warned, placing a hand on my shoulder. “You’re going to accidentally with the letter I had written to him. I left before they call his name or think he may come around the put him on the stretcher, so in my last memory of corner. But you’re doing this for him.” him, I could still believe he was just asleep under the n She told us that we could stay or leave, that it was trees.

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Avoiding the Strike In a Busy Rattlesnake Year, Aversion Training Offers Dogs an Extra Layer of Protection by Tiana Molony

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he months from March through October require a certain level of vigilance outdoors that the winter months don’t call for, though particularly warm winters can demand the same caution. It’s rattlesnake season, and ever since my chocolate Labrador, Maple, was bitten by a baby rattler two years ago, I find myself scanning trails, listening for the sprinklerlike sound, and keeping a closer eye on where curious noses wander. But if there’s one thing the experience taught me, it’s that rattlesnakes are a reality of life in California—and this year, they seem to be out in full force. Only two months into this season, the state has already seen unusually high snake activity. California Poison Control (CPC) has reported dozens of rattlesnake-related calls this year, including two incidents in Santa Barbara County, along with three reported fatalities in California—a higher number than typically seen this early in the season.

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This increased activity makes me even more grateful that after Maple was bitten, I enrolled her in a rattlesnake aversion training (RAT) course, a specialized training designed to teach dogs to recognize and avoid rattlesnakes before an encounter becomes dangerous. Most programs follow a similar outline. A dog is fitted with a training collar and taken through various stations equipped with the scent, sight, and sound of rattlesnakes, which are live but carefully muzzled by trained experts. The goal is for dogs to associate the collar’s discomfort with the snake itself and instinctively retreat when they encounter

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one in the future. While no training is 100 percent foolproof, trainers say it can dramatically reduce the likelihood of a bite. Gina Gables of Ma & Paw Kennel Canine Training Services has been conducting RAT classes for 17 years and training dogs for more than 35. She hosts courses throughout Southern and Central California, including Santa Barbara County. Gables is not a fan of what she calls the “wham, bam, thank you ma’am” approach to RAT, in which dogs are rushed through a single exposure. “We’re talking about a nonverbal toddler, essentially,” she said, emphasizing that dogs are situational learners and require ample time and effort for the training to click in. In her training, Gables runs dogs through multiple stations and scenarios, teaching them to recognize rattlesnakes through scent, sound, and sight in different environments. The goal is for dogs to generalize the lesson rather than simply avoid one particular setup. Gables also uses the wind as a training tool to control how strongly dogs smell rattlesnakes. She first works dogs downwind so the scent blows into their faces and they clearly learn that “this smell means danger.” Later, especially with returning dogs, she works them upwind (wind at their back) so there’s little or no scent, forcing them to avoid the snake using memory and sight instead. This way, dogs learn to stay away from rattlesnakes, whether the wind is helping them or not. Depending on the provider, most rattlesnake aversion classes cost around $90 per session, while Gables’s class, which she said is longer and more thorough than the standard, is $289. Two or three follow-up sessions are generally recommended to reinforce the lesson over time. As Gables noted, “We want to make sure that no matter where the dogs see or hear or smell a rattlesnake, that they immediately know what it is.” If you don’t already know which emergency veterinarians in your area carry antivenom, you’ll want to find out before you need it. Veterinary Snakebite 911 maintains an antivenom locator where owners can search by ZIP code. If your dog is bitten, get them into the car immediately and head to the nearest facility equipped to treat snakebites. For more information, see veterinarysnakebite911.com. For information on Gina Gables’s classes, see snakesafedog.com.

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’m no scientist, but I’ve discovered a new strand in the DNA of raccoons. Audacity. For months, these trash goblins have broken into my house to eat my cat’s food and wash their grubby little mitts in his water bowl. Allow me to break the fourth wall? I know what you might be thinking: “Oh, but raccoons are so cute!” Save it. Big Raccoon has pulled the wool over your eyes. Research shows that citydwelling raccoons are actually physically changing in ways that humans find to be “cuter”—so when they inevitably trespass and steal, as is their nature, you bat your naive little eyelashes at them, or, God help us, feed them yourself. They are formidable opponents, I’ll admit. You’re being played. But I’m not a sucker like you. These deceptively fuzzy bandits are mafia bosses, but I’m Tony Soprano. I’ve never seen The Sopranos, but I know he suffers from panic attacks. Yes, this is a satirical hate piece on raccoons. But I have a good reason. A personal vendetta, if you will. It started when I moved into my house two years ago. It’s a small two-bedroom in a nice-enough neighborhood. In my kitchen is a pet door leading to a tiny backyard surrounded by a fence that literally doesn’t keep anything out. My cat, Yerba Maté, is indoor-outdoor. Look, I know the arguments against this. But you do not know my cat. He was a stray I adopted from ASAP Cats. He is accustomed to the streets. So, listen, I know it’s frowned upon, but that’s just the way it is. I would keep him inside—and I have tried—if he would actually calm down for a second. When I moved into this house, I was elated at the thought of no longer playing doorman for him. No creature on Earth is more indecisive than a cat on your threshold. But, inadvertently, a pet door allows access to non-pet animals, too. I knew it was only a matter of time before the socalled “trash pandas” made their way inside, tempted by my cat’s food and water. Raccoons are everywhere on the streets of Santa Barbara, and while there is no exact population count, the official estimate is a heck of a lot of ’em, especially in residential areas where trash is abundant.

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My Experience with Santa Barbara’s Trash Mafia A raccoon caught red-handed on my property.

Thus, my war with the thieves guild of Santa Barbara. I close my cat door at night. They come earlier. I spray them with the hose. They dry off and come back. I yell at them through the window. They get up on their hind legs and look at me like, “Come outside then, coward. Speak with your fists.” Even when I close the cat door, they loiter in the backyard. They scratch at the door. It’s infuriating. One time, in a moment of weakness and exasperation, I threw a very tiny potted plant in their general direction to scare them off. No, it did not make contact. No, I am not an animal abuser. Disclaimer: I love animals. I really do. I do not think animals should be harmed, especially when they are just being animals. Even if they objectively suck, they all deserve respect. But when they come onto my turf, and mess with my family? That’s when we’s got us a problem, capisce? Szzzzzz. Tew. (That was the sound of me taking a drag of a cigarette and then spitting on the ground). Where was I? The potted plant missed its target and shattered into pieces on the ground. The family did not even flinch. They just stared, that thousand-yard “fuck you” stare. One of the adolescents then proceeded to pick up the pieces of my oncepotted succulent and ran away with it on his hind legs. Entitled brat. Granted, Maté’s no angel. I suspect he actually may have struck some deal with the raccoons. You know when bullies with slicked-back hair and toothpicks between their teeth ask poor, old store clerks to pay them for “protection”—when, in reality, the only danger is those same bullies going through the aisles armed with baseball bats? I think that may be happening here. The raccoons are the bullies, and Maté offers his food in exchange for his safety. I don’t blame him. He doesn’t have hands. He does nothing to stop them. Sometimes, he will even loaf with them in the backyard like they’re buddies. I keep telling him he’s hanging out with the wrong crowd, but it’s like he can’t understand me or something. I recently invested in a motion-activated fake owl that hoots and lights up because raccoons are afraid of owls. It did not work. If anyone has any other tips, hit me up. But to the raccoon apologists: Stay out of n my inbox. INDEPENDENT.COM JUNE 11, 2026 THE INDEPENDENT

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Award–winning musical, based on a true story, follows the story of 7,000 travelers who were grounded in Gander, Newfoundland, when the FAA shut down airspace following the September 11 attacks. Moving songs highlight gratitude and the best of humankind. The musical shows through June 27. 8pm, Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd St., Solvang. $25-$73. Call (805) 922-8313.

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6/11: Mendeleyev Vinyl Release Show with Surprise Guests Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Mendeleyev will perform his blend of traditional folkstyle acoustic finger picking with funky grooves at this vinyl release show with surprise guests. 8pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $15-$20. Call (805) 962-7776.

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

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6/11-6/14, 6/17: Ensemble Theatre Company Presents Every Brilliant Thing In this interactive solo show, Nicholas Mongiard-Cooper narrates as a character who tries to cope with his mother’s suicide attempt that prompts the 7-year-old to search for ways to understand and lift her depression by documenting the joys in life. The play runs through June 21. Thu.: 7:30pm; Fri.: 8pm; Sat.: 3 and 8pm; Sun.: 2pm; Wed.: 2 and 7:30pm. The New Vic Theatre, 33 W. Victoria St. $25-$119. Call (805) 965-5400.

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6/12-6/14: HappySad Theatre Company Presents A Delicate Ship

mystery meets mastery and with aerial acrobats, high-wire artists, jugglers, amazing feats performed on the Wheel of Death, and more, with shows through June 22. Fri.: 7:30pm; Sat.: 1, 4, and 7:30pm; Sun.: noon, 3, and 6:30pm; Mon.: 6:30pm; Wed.: 7pm. Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real. Kids ages 2 and under: free; GA: $25-$90. Email info@circusvargas.com. circusvargas.com

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Show with Surprise Guests, 8pm. $15-$20. Fri.: Funk It Up with Area 51, 8:15pm. $15-$18. Ages 21+. Sat.: S.B. Acoustic Presents: John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band, 6:30pm. $39. Sun.: S.B. Jazz Society Presents: The Leigh Vance Group, 1pm. Free-$25. Wed.: Trixico with Swell Time, 8pm. $10-$12. 1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com Sessions: Nicole Sophia Duo. 414 N. Salsipuedes St., Santa Barbara. 7-9pm. Free. Call (805) 965-7985. Ages 21+.

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6/12: World Cup Watch Party: Dom’s Taverna Join to watch Mexico versus South Africa on a stadium-style screen and TVs (no bad angles), a cold beer on arrival (additional drinks available for purchase), and a curated menu of shareable bites — all included in your ticket. Noon. Dom’s Taverna S.B., 30 E. Victoria St. $47.74. Call (805) 7244338. tinyurl.com/Doms-Soccer

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This humorous and heartbreaking play, written by Anna Ziegler, follows a couple in the early stages of a new relationship and another couple who have been best friends since childhood in a haunting love triangle that triggers an unexpected chain of events. (Thematic trigger warnings.) Fri.-Sat.: 7pm; Sun.: 2pm. Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo. $15-$30. Call (805) 963-0408.

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6/13-6/14: M.Special Brewing Co. (S.B.) Sat.: La Dosis Perfecta, 8-10pm. Sun.: DJ Sparx, 1-5pm. 634 State St. 8-10pm. Free. Call (805) 3080050. mspecialbrewco.com 6/13-6/14: Hook’d Bar and Grill Sat.: Koalishon, 4pm. Sun.: Traveling Hurtados, 1pm. 116 Lakeview Dr., Cachuma Lake. Free. Call (805) 350-8351. hookdbarandgrill.com/

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6/14: Carhartt Family Wines Kathleen Sieck, 2-5pm. 2939 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. Free. Call (805) 693-5100.

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6/15: The Red Piano Church on Monday: Ray Jaurique, 7:30pm. 519 State St. $5. Call (805) 358-1439.

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SATURDAY 6/13 6/13: S.B. Community Yard Sale The Sustainability & Resilience Department has organized community members to host a yard sale at their home (more than 100 participated last year). There will be a map and resource guide online. Give life to gently used items and keep goods out of landfills. 8am-2pm. Various locations. Free. Call (805) 5645631. santabarbaraca.gov/yardsale

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This exhibition will feature photographic assemblages and camera-less works by Jacqueline Woods, who over the decades has developed a deeply reflective photographic practice exploring memory, perception, and the emotional resonance of found imagery. The exhibition shows through August 15. 2-4pm. Architecture Foundation of S.B., 229 E. Victoria St. Free. Call (805) 965-6307.

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6/13-6/14: S.B. Master Chorale and Chamber Orchestra Present Limitless This farewell concert artistic

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director Dr. David Lozano Torres will feature works by Haydn, Vivaldi, Dan Forrest, and Elaine Hagenberg in the program Limitless, the Sound of Becoming: Music That Defies Expectation and Reaches Beyond. 3-5pm. Trinity Lutheran Church, 909 N. La Cumbre Rd. Children 18 and under: free; GA: $15-$25. Email sbmasterchorale@ gmail.com. sbmasterchorale.org

6/13: SBAcoustic Presents John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band Legendary and award-winning musician John Jorgenson (on acoustic guitar, mandolin, and vocals) and Herb Pedersen (on banjo, acoustic guitar, and vocals) will bring their fireworks bluegrass show to S.B. featuring Gabe Witcher (Punch Brothers) on fiddle. 6:30-8pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $39. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com

6/13: Star Party at SBMNH The Palmer Observatory will open its doors and its roof to share a remarkable view of the wonders of the night sky through our state-of-the-art 20-inch telescope with Museum Astronomy Programs staff and members of the S.B. Astronomical Unit available for questions. May be canceled due to cloudy skies or rain. 8:30pm. S.B. Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol. Free. Call (805) 682-4711 x164.

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SUNDAY 6/14 6/14: CVS Soccer Block Party Connect with neighbors and have fun at this soccer-themed community event, which will have interactive activities for all ages, free soccer games and skill challenges, and free snacks and product samples. 11am-2pm. CVS, 336 N. Milpas St. Free. tinyurl.com/CVS-Soccer

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Author Teri Siri will talk about and sign copies of her memoir, Pretty for a Crippled Girl, an uncensored, honest, at times painfully raw, and yet entertaining memoir about her life living with cerebral palsy. 6pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call (805) 6826787. chaucersbooks.com/events

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6/17: S.Y.V. Performing Arts Company Presents An Invitation to Dance This presentation, under the direction of

based flow will emphasize moving in your own time and honoring your unique rhythm from asana (physical postures) to pranayama (breath control) to meditation, creating a natural progression of practice. Includes essential oil education and a personalized essential oil blend to take. 5-6:30pm. Flow Yoga & Wellness, 4441 Hollister Ave. $45. Email connect@SBFLOWYOGA.com.

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(CEC) and Vitalant for a community blood drive and help support patients in need during this coming summer season. Donors who give blood will receive a $15 Rewards gift card. Make appointments online or by calling. 1-4:30pm. CEC Environmental Hub, 1219 State St. Free. (877) 258-4825. cecsb.org/

Christine Fossemalle will showcase ballet, jazz, tap, and hip-hop set to sounds ranging from classical ballet and opera music to iconic movies and Broadway show tunes. 7pm. Santa Ynez High School Little Theater, 2975 E. Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez. $30. Email fossemalle dancestudio@gmail.com. tixtree.com/o/syvpac

6/17: Metro Summer Kids Movies See 2025’s live-action How to Train Your Dragon (rated PG) about Hiccup, a misfit Viking teenager who changes the course of his tribe’s future when he befriends Toothless, an injured dragon. 10am. Camino Real Cinemas, 7040 Marketplace Dr., Goleta. $2. Call (805) 968-4140.

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Ulysses More than a dozen area actors and others will read from the famed and influential novel (which is set on June 16, 1904). There will be Guinness, other libations, Bloomsday-themed snacks, and more. Doors: 6pm; show: 6:30pm. Alhecama Theater, 215A E. Canon Perdido St. Donations will be accepted for the S.B. Library Foundation. Email jbuckley@shorelinepublishing.com.

6/17: Meet Me in Old Town Goleta Gather with family, friends, and neighbors at this classic block party with interactive kids' games, art stations, a mobile library, Colombia vs. Uzbekistan soccer watch party, food and drink for purchase, and music from Out of the Blue. 5-8pm. Community West Bank Corporate Headquarters, 445 Pine Ave., Goleta. Free. Email Camden@sbscchamber .com. tinyurl.com/Goleta-Party

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6/17: Downtown West Coast Swing Dancing Dancers of all experience levels are invited every Westie Wednesday on State to join a free beginner-friendly dance lesson with Bryan Gin and Kristen Rhodes followed by open social dancing. Lesson: 6pm; dancing: 7pm. In front of Night Lizard Brewing Co., 607 State St. Free. Call (805) 962-2098. tinyurl.com/Westie-Wed

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Ynez Valley Pride Parade and Festival 2026 6/13: Santa Show your Pride and support at the parade, which starts at

11am starting at Alisal Mesa Rd., through downtown Solvang with floats, music, and more followed by the festival, noon-4pm at Solvang park (corner of Mission Dr. and First St.). Expect a kid-friendly afternoon with a rock-climbing wall, face painting, vendor booths, food trucks (food and drink for purchase), live music by Bonnie & Co., and a beer and wine garden for the adults. Email info@syvpride .org. syvpride.org/2026-pride-events

6/11: Santa Ynez Valley Pride: All the Colors of the Rainbow Dress in any color of the rainbow to celebrate all the colors of the rainbow and pop some bottles of Crunchy Roastie (syrah cuvée) where proceeds will go towards S.Y.V. Pride. 6-8pm. Stolpman Vineyards Tasting Rm., 2434 Alamo Pintado Ave., Los Olivos. Free. Email info@syvpride.org. syvpride.org/2026-pride-events 6/11-6/13: Pride Comedy Festival Locals, visitors, groups, couples, and allies are invited to celebrate Pride laughing out loud with comedy that is LGBTQ+ friendly. On Thursday, Kitty Pineapple (Kitty Pine), a Filipina American stand-up comedian, will headline this show with a blend of cultural insight and gender-nonconforming life experiences with Denise Winkleman and MC Destiny Herrera. Friday’s show will feature Jackie Monahan headlining her special The Main Problem with Ron Bush. Having just won the Worldwide Comedy Award for Best LGBTQ Comedian, Jason Stuart will headline on Saturday with his brutally honest observational humor and storytelling with Spence Locke and MC Luis Moro. 7pm. Speakeasy Comedy Bar, 409 State St. $20. Call (805) 931-6676.

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6/12: Santa Ynez Valley Pride: Pride Prom Through the Ages Join for an unforgettable night of queer joy, music, dancing, and the prom so many never got to have. Photo booth, song requests, music by DJ Darla Bea, and good vibes. Proceeds will benefit S.Y.V. Pride and House of Pride and Equality. 7-11pm. The Tavern at Zaca Creek, 1297 Jonata Park Rd., Buellton. $20. Ages 21+. Email info@syvpride.org.

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6/12: BARBARA: Queens of POP Drag Show This monthly, themed queer party, put on by the House of Abstract Bulls**t, will feature the 805’s premier drag superstars, Jaundice Joplin, Maplé Noir Icon, Divinity Za, Cherry Von Illa, Aria Cummingtonite, Valencia, and Linda as they perform as Lady Gaga, Doja Cat, and more with music by DJ Quizo. 9pm-midnight. Eos Lounge, 500 Anacapa St. $10. Ages 21+. Call (805) 564-2410.

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ALMUERZO EN LA BIBLIOTECA Los niños y adolescentes de 0 a 18 años pueden comer una comida nutritiva gratis (por orden de llegada) de lunes a viernes, del 15 de junio al 14 de agosto (excepto el 19 de junio y el 3 de julio), del mediodía a la 1 p.m. y quedarse para eventos especiales. Faulkner Gallery, Biblioteca Central de S.B., 40 E Anapamu St. Llame al (805) 962-7653 o envíe un correo electrónico a info@sbplibrary.libanswers.com. tinyurl.com/Library-Meals-2026 BUELLTON, GOLETA, CARPINTERIA, AND LOMPOC 2026 SUMMER MEAL SITES

Visit the website for locations. Visita la página web para ver las ubicaciones. No application is necessary, and all children and teenagers under 18 can enjoy one free breakfast and lunch per day. Meals must be eaten on-site. Text “Food” or “Comida” to 304-304. No es necesario presentar ninguna solicitud, y todos los niños y adolescentes menores de 18 años pueden disfrutar de un desayuno y un almuerzo gratis al día. Las comidas deben consumirse en el local. Envía un mensaje de texto con la palabra “Food” o “Comida” al 304-304. tinyurl.com/2026-Summer-Meal-Sites

S.B. UNIFIED SUMMER MEALS 2026 We will be serving free meals to kids 18 years and younger. Meals must be eaten on site. Call Matt Dittman at (805) 963-4338 x6387 PLEASE NOTE: All locations will be closed June 19 and July 3, 2026. Serviremos comidas gratuitas a niños y jóvenes de hasta 18 años. Las comidas deben consumirse en el local. Llame a Matt Dittman al (805) 963-4338, ext. 6387. ATENCIÓN: Todos los locales permanecerán cerrados el 19 de junio y el 3 de julio de 2026.

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ongtime friends and frequent collaborators Martin Mull and Steve Martin were often found on the same stand-up comedy bill, and they even shared a musical stage at the Troubadour back in the ’70s. But those names are coming together next summer in a completely different way, when the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) presents the exhibition Martin Mull: The Joys of Indoor/Outdoor Living, set to run next year from June 27 to October 17, 2027. Curated by Martin and contemporary art heavyweight Ann Philbin, director emerita of the Hammer Museum UCLA, Los Angeles, where she served from 1999 to 2026, the exhibition is quite a coup for SBMA, as it will be the first major museum exhibition of Mull’s artwork in 20 years. “I can’t tell you how excited we are about it, but also excited to just get the news out,” shared Amada Cruz, SBMA’s Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Director and CEO, in an exclusive interview about the project. “It was such a wonderful opportunity that we just jumped on it.” It was Philbin, whom Cruz described as “a legend in the art world, a real curatorial force,” who first brought the project to SBMA’s attention. “She put the Hammer Museum on the map as one of the premier contemporary art museums in the world, with very deep, deep connections. So, she’s someone I have enormous respect for, and she actually contacted me and said, ‘You know, I’ve got this idea for a show, and maybe we could do it at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.’ So, of course, I take anything that Annie would propose to the museum very seriously.” Cruz continued, “And then, when she said it was Martin Mull, and I actually knew the work, and I

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knew that it was kind of under-recognized, and I thought, this is kind of an intriguing and surprising proposition. And then she said the co-curator would be Steve Martin,” laughed Cruz. “It’s a little hard to turn down that curatorial dream team. Steve Martin himself, besides being a comic genius and a writer and a musician, and all of that, as we know him for in his entertainment life, he also is an extremely informed and serious art collector.” Art was also an important force in the life of Mull, who died in 2024. He was well known as an actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; Arrested Development; Mrs. Doubtfire), comedian, and musician, and studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1967, and throughout his long entertainment career never stopped making and exhibiting his art. In addition, this exhibition reunites Martin and Philbin in a curatorial endeavor, as Martin co-curated the critically acclaimed show The Idea of North: The Paintings of Lawren Harris at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in 2015. With the success of the past collaboration, Cruz said, “I knew that the two of them could put together a really fantastic exhibition. And then, of course, they are being supported by our own fantastic chief curator, James Glisson. So, the artwork was fantastic, but under-recognized. It’s wonderful to be able to do a show that either reintroduces, or for those who know some of Martin Mull’s work, gives people a deeper understanding of this under-recognized, or perhaps even completely Martin Mull, “Pride,” 2008, from the series Seven Deadly Sins, oil on linen, 30 x 40 in. unknown work as an artist.”

Cruz continued, “I think the museum is a place of surprise, is something that we really try to focus on, and so it was just sort of the perfect package, and then it came together fairly quickly, because there was so much enthusiasm for this project.” While the specific programming is not yet in place for this just announced exhibition, Martin, who has a house in Santa Barbara, will make some sort of appearance in conjunction with the show, and is also going to be writing some of the text for the exhibition catalogue, along with Dave Hickey, James Glisson, and other contributors to be confirmed. Martin Mull: The Joys of Indoor/Outdoor Living will feature Mull’s cool, surreal, and often dark takes on postwar American life. Mull combined scenes drawn from his childhood in the Midwest and sourced from old photographs to create physically impossible situations, frequently set in the suburbs of 1950s and 1960s. These paintings skillfully illustrate an underbelly of tension and darkness behind the prosperity of postwar “white culture” in America. Presented in the 6,000-square-foot main galleries of the museum, the exhibition will include more than 50 paintings and drawings, the majority of which are on loan from the artist’s estate and the collections of Mull’s friends and colleagues in the entertainment industry, including Jennifer Tilly, Ted and Nicole Sarandos, and Steve Martin himself, among others. Mull’s artworks are held in the collections of museums across the U.S., including LACMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center, and the UC Irvine Orange County Museum of Art. “Martin Mull’s work as an artist will certainly be his primary legacy,” said Steve Martin in a statement about the exhibit. “After a full-time career in painting, in the last 20 years of his life with his technical gifts fully developed, Martin’s art coalesced into tight, narrative paintings of a peculiar nature. Combining surreal elements with family idioms, he formed his own worried portrayal of American life.” “The exhibition will be the centerpiece of the museum’s summer program in 2027 and continues the SBMA legacy as a place of discovery and the unexpected,” said Cruz. n

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f its many musical byways and subcultures, Santa Barbara’s acoustic guitar culture has long been a fairly well-represented avenue, with regular visits from such guitar legends as Leo Kottke and shows at Campbell Hall, SOhO, and elsewhere. But the scene bumped up exponentially a decade ago, thanks to the arrival of the organization known as SBAcoustic, bringing a steady flow of live shows by some of the world’s finer pickers, from folk, country, Hawaiian, and jazz (and jazz-adjacent) turfs. Who hath wrought this phenom? Kevin Gillies is the determined and brave culprit behind this enlightened madness, who has long followed and nurtured his deep unplugged guitar passion as a guitarist, luthier, presenter, and guitar expo organizer. Before helming SBAcoustic’s series of live shows around town, he hosted ambitious events similar to the once-dominant Healdsburg Guitar Show, at Earl Warren Showgrounds and what is now the Hilton by the beach, in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Since then, Gillies has ushered in acoustic guitar culture into welcoming spaces around town, including the historic Alhecama Theatre, SOhO, and a new home venue, the Unitarian Parish Hall. The upcoming milestone 10th season kicks off on Saturday, June 13, at SOhO, with the noted bluegrass master John Jorgensen — with special guest Gabe Witcher (Punch Brothers) on fiddle, Herb Pedersen on banjo, and bassist Brian Netzley. We checked in with Gillies recently on the state of things in SBAcoustic, as it heads into a strong season of music, 10 years into the continuing adventure. Congratulations on your 10th anniversary with SBAcoustic. How has this adventure evolved since its formation? Thanks. It’s been an interesting and oftentimes challenging ride. Life has a habit of getting in the way of plans. The 2016 and 2017 guitar shows were, on the surface, showcasing the finest handmade stringed instruments, with luthiers presenting their artisanal works from all over the world. But behind that, it was about the music. We took over several venues around town with ongoing concerts. I’m really pleased that so many of the world’s top musicians continue to come to the series, and that it is booked out through 2027. They make less than their normal rates, but they know they will get a knowledgeable and attentive audience. Several of our Acoustic Club members provide housing for them, which is incredibly important to making the bookings work. Can you give me a thumbnail bio of your world, as a luthier, guitarist, and guitar advocate? I originally apprenticed as a fine furniture maker and had worked for decades in residential architecture and construction and community planning, on Maui. I had an inkling of the 2008 financial crisis six months beforehand. We decided to sell our off-grid home that spring, and almost immediately

“got retired” by the economic collapse. We moved here but didn’t have the contacts to make a go as an architect or deal with its politics, and rather than hit a brick wall, it was time to find a new gig. As I have all the woodworking tools, I built our home and got intrigued by the architecture of instruments — the physics and the sculptural aspects. They are a complete ecosystem that not only has to look great but play and sound perfectly. The Healdsburg Guitar Show was the premier showcase in the world, but it closed up in 2013. I was silly enough to think I could take over the idea and bring it here but really had no idea what I was getting into. Yikes. You have braved the challenges of presenting music during COVID and other challenges. Have you found a strong audience for this musical niche? “Challenges” is an understatement for sure. We of course had to close up for a bit, and I was unable to continue production duties for a while. SOhO stepped in and was a saving grace to keep going. We were selling out every show before the pandemic, but sadly it has never recovered. We have a dedicated core, but it has shrunk as habits changed and we’re not getting any younger. We continue to try to attract new members who may not know the acts or the genres, but I am confident that every show

Can you tell me about your vision for this season, and point out some highlights? I’m incredibly grateful that the musicians keep contacting me and bring their best to the shows. They love the intimacy of a smaller venue and appreciation of a knowledgeable audience. The 10th anniversary lineup is very much a who’s-who of the best talent. I keep it interesting — you can’t present the finest in one genre and push repeat, so I vary a lot. We’ve got bluegrass, fingerstyle, county, gypsy jazz, singer/songwriters, boogiewoogies, ragtime, and jazz from Europe to the U.S. to Australia. You might not know the names of Joe Robinson, Alexandr Misko, Sarah McQuaid, Sonny Leyland, or Kyran Daniel, but they are all outstanding and wonderful people. We have formed an alliance with other small not-for-profit concert promoters at Cultural Music Alliance. The others primarily focus on their particular genre and heritage — flamenco, blues, and folk — which is great, whereas we cross-genre as much as we can and bring other musical forms to town. Santa Barbara “suffers” from an embarrassment of musical riches for the population size. The level of talent that comes through this small town is incredible. But it makes it hard to get attention and then motivate people to get off the couch and away from streaming. I encourage everyone to get off the couch and enjoy live music. SBAcoustic 10th Anniversary Concert takes place on June 13 at SOhO. See sbacoustic.com for more information. For the fuller interview, go to Independent.com.

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Metro Summer Kids Movies What can you get for $2 these days? The family-fun movie series at Camino Real Cinemas in Goleta on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. are an impressive bargain at just $2 per seat. Upcoming animated faves include: How to Train Your Dragon on June 17; The Secret Life of Pets on June 24; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs on July 1; Hotel Transylvania 2 on July 8; The Garfield Movie on July 15; Shrek 2 on July 22; The Wild Robot on July 29; Sonic the Hedgehog 3 on August 5; and Sing on August 12. See MetroTheatres. com for more information.

ZOOVIES Outdoor Family Movies Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) and the Santa Barbara Zoo have partnered for a series of family films playing three Wednesday evenings on the hilltop at the zoo. Before each film, zookeepers will speak briefly about the animals and the importance of conservation. The ZOOVIES schedule includes: The Lion King on June 17, Finding Nemo on July 8, and Zootopia on August 12. All films are at 5:30 p.m. The films are available to any guests who are in the zoo on those days. And thanks to the generous support of the Nora McNeely Hurley Foundation and

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Free Summer Cinema at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden Friday nights under the stars are back with the free 2026 summer cinema lineup from UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts & Culture. This year’s theme, “Mixtapes & Misfits,” features seven films powered by iconic music and unforgettable characters who refuse to fit the mold. The films include: Pretty in Pink on July 10, Say Anything… on July 17, La Bamba on July 24, Rushmore on July 31, Love & Basketball on August 14, Napoleon Dynamite on August 21, and Hairspray on August 28. All films are at 8:30 p.m. Audience members may begin setting up at noon on the day of each screening and are reminded to please bring only blankets that are permeable (no plastic/nylon/tarps) and chairs that are low-backed and low to the ground. See artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/events-tickets/free-summer-cinema for more information. n

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BLOOMSDAY IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER NOW AT THE ALHECAMA THEATRE, THE ANNUAL JUNE 16 EVENT TRANSFORMS PASSAGES FROM ULYSSES INTO THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES INGRID BOSTROM

by Tiana Molony

have never read James Joyce’s Ulysses. I confess this to James Buckley Jr. and DJ Palladino, fellow writers and the organizers of Bloomsday, the annual celebration of Joyce’s famously daunting 1922 novel. With June 16 approaching, now seems like the perfect time to finally give it a try. Buckley laughs. “If you have an extra nine, 12 months, sure, no problem.” Apparently, it’s not a casual undertaking. Palladino says it took him a year to finish the novel the first time. Buckley spent a semester working through it in college. Since then, Buckley has read it twice and Palladino six times.We settle on a more realistic goal: I’ll start with the first chapter. That chapter, and many others, will be celebrated at this year’s Bloomsday on June 16, the day on which Ulysses is set. The event, now in its fifth year in Santa Barbara, is moving from the James Joyce pub to the Alhecama Theatre, though much of the format remains unchanged. There will still be Guinness, Irish fare, and literary-themed bites, including the famous gorgonzola sandwich favored by Leopold Bloom. Part reading, part theatrical performance, Bloomsday is designed to make Joyce accessible. Passages are performed by actors and readers rather than presented as a dry academic exercise. This year’s venue change to the Alhecama Theatre transforms Bloomsday from a bar reading into a fully staged literary performance. The program features 10 readings from across the novel, selected for their clarity, humor, and emotional punch when performed aloud. The cast includes Henry Brown, James Claffey, Roger Durling, Rachel Jordan Brown, Bill Egan, Emma Jane Huerta, James McCarthy, James Read, Meredith McMinn, Matt Tavianini, Michael Katz, and Billy Higgins. Multiple performers will take on the role of Molly Bloom, Leopold Bloom’s wife, including Susan Keller, Emma Jane Huerta, and Clare Carey. The novel, which Buckley and Palladino describe as one “long stream of consciousness,” follows a single day in Dublin — June 16, 1904 — through the lives of several ordinary people, particularly Leopold Bloom. Bloom is an everyman, carrying around the same mixture of curiosity, confusion, desire, and decency that defines most of us. “His goal was to get all of human experience into one day,” Buckley said. “Into one book. So, there is sex and death; there’s

Roger Durling reads from Ulysses in celebration of Bloomsday, June 16, 2024.

violence; there’s a birth; there is love; there is a funeral; there’s dreaming.” Bloomsday itself reportedly began in Dublin in 1954 and has since spread to dozens of cities around the world. Buckley and Palladino were inspired to bring the celebration to Santa Barbara after pandemic restrictions eased. At the time, Buckley said, the event also served as a response to a growing wave of book bans. “So, we were really using that as a way to call attention to how horrible that is, to raise some money for the [library] foundation,” he said. Everyone is welcome, from devoted readers who have returned to the novel time and again to those encountering Ulysses for the first time. “Our goal isn’t for everyone to learn the plot of the book,” Buckley added. “Our goal is for people to come and enjoy the incredible diversity of language and styles that Joyce has.” After our coffee shop conversation, we walked back to Mesa Bookstore, owned by Palladino and his wife, Diane Arnold. When I ask to buy a copy of Ulysses, Palladino disappears into the back roomand returns carrying five different editions. He insists I take one home. At home, I placed the book on my shelf and began eating lunch, though I kept glancing over at it the way one eyes a box of freshly baked doughnuts. Once I opened it, I suspected there would be no turning back. Finally, I set my plate aside, picked up the book, and began. “Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead ...” Bloomsday is June 16, at the Alhecama Theatre (215-A E. Canon Perdido St.) at 6:30 p.m. There are no tickets for the event; instead, donations to the Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation are welcome.

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his is not a eulogy. The Rev. Dr. David Moore is very much alive. But he and his wife, Ms. Diane Moore, left Santa Barbara for South Africa, and those of us who love them are grieving. As Dr. Moore wrote in his Substack recently: “Our address is changing, but our affection for our community and our participation in its life are not ending.”

Rev. Dr. David Moore, a Voice for the Displaced and Dispossessed, Strikes Out for South Africa by Elena Anderson I first spotted David at a Black Lives Matter march in 2014. He was hard to miss: a tall African-American man with an afro moving through the crowd with a quiet authority. I ran into him again at an interfaith gathering at La Casa de María and asked him to coffee. I was working at the Fund for Santa Barbara and recruited him to our grant making committee. What he brought to that table was not just perspective but calm presence, passionate conviction, deep conscience, and a lightness that made the people around him want to be more generous, honest, trusting, joyful.

“I am not Christian, but I attend services because of the shared values I’ve been missing in many of the liberal spaces I belong to.” That sparked a friendship — and revealed something else: David was everywhere. We served together on the Planned Parenthood board, where he gave deeply moving speeches to hundreds that connected voting rights to reproductive rights. He stood with Native Americans against the oil pipeline at Standing Rock. He was removed from his diocese — after 27 years — for his support of LGBTQ rights. He was a part of the anti40

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Moore’s Master’s degree is from St. Stephen’s University in New Brunswick, Canada. He earned his doctorate in theology at the University of South Africa.

apartheid movement in South Africa. He served on the NAACP board and was the keynote speaker at a conference on disability rights. Today, he leads a congregation over Zoom spanning the Central Coast and far beyond, the most genuinely diverse community I’ve been part of in Santa Barbara. I am not Christian, but I attend services because of the shared values I’ve been missing in many of the liberal spaces I belong to. What’s unique about David is how sincerely he saw himself simply as a friend. In 2018, I sat with him without a title or a purpose, just myself, holding so much loss. I did so because who he was made that possible. He offered no sermon, no lesson, just the compassionate witness I needed. That’s who he is in every room: present, unhurried, no judgment. Little did I know that he and Diane would host me at their Thanksgiving table, or that years later, he would officiate my wedding. Or that he and Diane would one day hold our baby in their backyard while we sipped fresh lemonade. Diane doesn’t fill a room the way David does—she does something quieter and equally powerful. The first time we brought our daughter, just weeks old, to their house, Grandma Diane walked me to my car. As we hugged goodbye, she whispered, with characteristic economy: “As a mother, ‘no’ is a complete sentence.” A mother of five herself, she wasn’t offering advice; she was offering the permission she accurately sensed I needed. An early anti-genocide activist, Dr. Moore’s moral clarity was, as ever, clear. He spoke about his doctoral research on centuries of European persecution of Jewish people. And he spoke out on the occupation, apartheid, and genocide of the Palestinian people. It cost him. Some relationships grew strained. Some doors closed. Others tried to neutralize him. He did not waver.

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I once asked him, catching up in his backyard, how he was taking care of himself. He paused — he is a man who pauses, who thinks before he speaks — and said that by standing on the side of those who are displaced, dispossessed, and excluded, he keeps his conscience clear. That is how he cares for himself. And his daily meditation practice. A few weeks ago, community organizer Ana Rosa gathered the community for a farewell call. People joined from across the coast and beyond. Tears streamed down everyone’s faces as we searched for words that felt inadequate. Each person described how the Moores changed them. One attendee, Bob Harper, captured what many of us struggled to articulate: “David, you are gentle and relentless in your pursuit of justice, mercy, and love.” David and Diane raised their family here, owned a home in Goleta, built a life and a movement. Still, they had described their financial future here as precarious. We must reckon with the fact that the people most committed to taking care of our community are often the ones least able to stay. The Beloved Community they built, now rooted in Cape Town, will continue across continents. Inspired by Dr. King’s vision that the liberation of one people is bound up in the liberation of all oppressed people, the Moores create a space where people on the margins can heal, grow, and support one another. I’m excited for them, but still — Santa Barbara will feel the loss of a critical voice of conscience. Perhaps, we try to honor that by showing up however imperfectly, bearing witness unflinchingly, and fighting for what we love. Gently. Relentlessly. n

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Red-legged frogs breathe through their skin as well as their lungs and can sing while underwater.

t started out as so many audaciously improbable ideas do—as a throwaway line at a cocktail party, soon to be forgotten. Except in this case, it wasn’t. Rich Block, the former director of the Santa Barbara Zoo, got to talking with Jenn Perry, a high-ranking administrator with Cal State University Channel Islands, at such a party. He told Perry she should make space for a conservation center that the zoo could run. It could be a joint venture, he said, to help creatures in the area make their way back from the brink.

skids, losing 70 percent of its habitat to human intrusion and 90 percent of its population. Up by the Santa Monica mountains, they were completely gone. With the frog declared a threatened species, certain protections kicked in. But for those protections to be meaningful, there have to be actual frogs occupying the habitat in question. That’s where relocation efforts come in. According to Seal, the zoo—working in conjunction with the National Parks Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife—has managed to translocate 2,400 baby froglets over a four-year period. But that’s just the start. After that, there are backcountry trips to track down their redlegged spawn. Is the program working? How could results get better? Are populations getting established? Implanted computer chips help. AI is also used to distinguish the red-legged frog’s distinctive croak from that of other frog species in the great wall of sound created by nocturnal frog choirs. It takes a village, it seems, to raise a red-legged frog. In person, Seal is part Jane Goodall, part Indiana Jones,

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The idea stuck with Perry. Several years later, the zoo and CSUCI have signed an MOU allowing the construction of a 9,000-square-foot teaching center on the Ventura campus for the intervention, restoration, and conservation of 10 critters that are either on the federal threatened or endangered species list. The center is a long way from breaking ground pending a multimillion-dollar fundraising effort. But earlier this year in a small makeshift lab, under the leadership of new zoo president Charles Hopper, intervention efforts got underway to give gooey egg masses of potential red-legged frogs a fighting chance of making the leap into tadpoles. These metamorphosing creatures — collected from streams and creeks east of Highway 101 near Mulholland Drive — were kept in mesh containers allowing for the steady flow of fresh water and a steady diet of tadpole flakes. Thanks to people such as Nadya Seal, a conservation scientist with the zoo for 11 years now, the tadpoles were then deposited into creeks and streams up in the Santa Monica Mountains. Until the 1970s, red-legged frogs were the biggest amphibians—they grow up to five-and-a-half inches—in all the western United States. But in the 1970s, the frog hit

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hiking up streams and creeks looking for clusters of gooey egg masses to scoop up. “They’re pretty obvious,” she says. “They look like grape clusters but smaller.” Typically, they’re attached to the stalks of aquatic vegetation so they don’t get washed downstream. When it comes to the fecundity of red-legged romance, it’s all about the water. Mating is timed to coincide with winter rains. The males show up a couple of weeks early to stake out their spots underwater. When the females—about a pound heavier—appear, the males serenade them from their submerged perches. Frogs breathe through their skin as well as their lungs and can sing while underwater. It’s believed that the females are drawn to low-croaking mates, the sound perhaps suggesting an element of strength. There’s nothing remotely rhapsodic about red-legged frog sex. The male, it turns out, has no penis; the female has no sex organ either. Both have an opening called a cloaca, out of which the eggs flow from the female and the sperm from the male. So, to anatomically align, the female carries the male around on her back, with him sprouting special protuberances on his thumbs called “nuptial pads” to better hold on. If a female is not in the mood, she will play dead. Her job in this unique mating dance is to find the exact spot where her eggs stand the best chance of survival; that dance can take up to two days. Temperature, smell, and water speed all play a role. Survival is a major challenge. Typically, it takes a week for the eggs to become tadpoles and then seven months for the tadpoles to become frogs. How does a red-legged mom suss out the ambient conditions? Science is still figuring that out. With wildfires, droughts, flash floods, toxic chemicals, creek diversions, and road construction, it’s little wonder the survival rate for red-legged frog eggs is about one percent. Throw in the omnivorous bullfrogs—East Coast transplants who can jump twice as high and far—and it’s a wonder there are any red-leggeds left to save. Bullfrogs are rapacious eating machines. Even their tadpoles—born equipped with beaks—eat their red-legged counterparts. For Seal, her work with the red-legged frogs is just part of a broader portfolio. Conservation and preservation is her thing; during her 11 years with the zoo, she’s done similar work with California condors, sea otters, snowy plovers, and island foxes. What makes the red-legged frogs stand out? “It’s the whole metamorphosis,” she explains. “They start out as underwater creatures. Then they become land creatures. It’s amazing. But we also came from the sea. This is how evolution happens.” n

Nadya Seal, a conservation scientist at the zoo, examines a red-legged egg mass.

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NEW CONCEPT ON TURNPIKE: The Neighborhood Grill opened June 11 at 199 South Turnpike Road, bringing burgers, sandwiches, cocktails, sports viewing, and family-friendly dining to the former La Cantina location.

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he Neighborhood Grill, a familyoriented American restaurant backed by longtime Santa Barbara businessman Leo Bunnin, has opened at 199 South Turnpike Road. For Bunnin, whose family name has long been associated with the local auto industry, the project represents another investment in a community where he has lived and worked for decades. The eatery is operated by local restaurateur Ted Ellis who said Bunnin had been looking for the right restaurant opportunity and took over the Turnpike Road property after La Cantina closed. The project takes over a location that struggled to gain traction in its previous incarnation. Ellis, a consultant during La Cantina’s final months, said the experience gave him a close look at what nearby residents seemed to be looking for. “I could kind of see what the neighborhood needed,” he said. “We wanted to create a place where families can come, people can relax, watch a game, have a cocktail, bring the kids, and not feel like they’re spending a fortune every time they go out.” The menu shifts away from Mexican cuisine toward American fare with burgers, sandwiches, salads, appetizers, tacos, and a full bar program. Ellis said affordability was a major consideration as the concept developed. The restaurant’s redesign has reconfigured parts of the dining room, added lounge seating and fire pits to the patio, and plans to create a fenced children’s play area on adjacent green space. “We’re trying to be that neighborhood spot,” he said. “Somewhere people can come for lunch, dinner, happy hour, or just to hang out.” The Neighborhood Grill celebrated its opening June 11 with live music, food samples, and a preview of the menu.

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ainting a picture of the vision behind the newly remodeled Sandbar Santa Barbara, CEO Greg Newman waxes poetically of the Riviera Maya–inspired restaurant, bar, and nightlife destination. “Imagine you’re with your friends, and you go down to Cancun or Barbados, and you guys go kayaking, right? And you’re going to an island, then you get lost … and you pull up your kayaks, and then you go kind of into the jungle, and then there’s a waterfall, and you go Staff training is now going on at Sandbar . under the waterfall, and you think you might be lost. Then, all of a sudden, it’s like wow!” He proudly points to an expansive new bar like you’ve entered a coastal resort. area, designed to feel like a hidden tropical coastline Part of that vacay vibe is, of course, the expansive retreat. An impressive array of spirits gleam from the cocktail menu crafted by master mixologists John Fox and Kevin Williams and including 13 different margarshelves, and 20 beer taps are ready to roll. “The whole idea here is to try to get people an itas (spicy pomegranate, smoky pasilla, three different escape from reality,” says Newman, as he walks pho- options for muddled fruit among them), more than a tographer Ingrid Bostrom and me through the spa- baker’s dozen new innovative cocktails (including the beautiful Aloha Mai Tai with passion fruit coconut cious new interior for an exclusive early look at the redesigned space before it opens to the foam adornments) and a couple of social public on June 18. bowls—the Pink Flamingo Spritz and Designed to create a tropical, Disco Stick—they describe as “masbeachy vacation vibe, the place sive cocktails made for sharing.” is charming and spacious The new five-page food menu, created by Chef Ray Alvarez, and a thousand times more upscale, with great light from also looks quite enticing with an the retractable rooftop on this array of Mexican favorites from warm afternoon in early June. street-style tacos, burritos, ranThe mood that day is anything chero bowls, combinations to a but tranquil, however, as doznice array of seafood dishes, and ens of staffers gather to train and what Alvarez and Newman both by Leslie Dinaberg learn all about the new cocktail told me they’re most excited about: program and newly unveiled menu, an assortment of ceviches including while additional workers put the finishCeviche Pineapple Camerones and Ceviing touches on the space and its expansive che de Pescado Blanco. The Isla Cortez Shrimp outdoor patios featuring some firepit tables. Open-air Tacos with grilled shrimp, poblano, melted queso funspaces and stylish indoor areas are designed to seam- dido, and chipotle aioli are another favorite, as is the lessly transition from daytime dining into the kind of Achiote Beso Salmon. lively late-night entertainment that Sandbar and its Greg’s father Ron Newman, who was one of the prior tenant Calypso are long known for. owners of the Red Onion group of restaurants from “It was kind of like a nightclub when we bought it, the 1960s to when they closed down in the 1990s, still and we changed it into a Mexican restaurant … one comes in from time to time, said Alvarez. “It really is that turns into a bar at 10:30 or 11,” said Newman, who like a big family,” he added. serves as CEO of Baja Sharkeez Restaurant Group, “A lot of the people that have kind of built this up which also owns Baja Sharkeez on that same block with us, we’ve made partners, and they’ve been with us of State Street as well as another dozen restaurants in for 20-25 years,” said Greg Newman, who developed Southern California. his first restaurant shortly after graduating from colWorking with interior design firm Vanrooy, which lege. “So, it’s like a family that’s not our family, but it’s specializes in destination hospitality, the new space just me and my dad, and he’s now 88, but he’s been here manages to give both Santa Barbara vibes—with pho- during this whole construction … It takes years and tos of surfer Tommy Curren and local skate rats on the years to learn this, and so he’s been teaching me for 33 walls—and simultaneously make you feel like you’ve years, and I’m still learning, you know.” landed in a beach destination far, far away. And even though it’s right on one of the busiest blocks of State Sandbar Santa Barbara (514 State St.) will have its grand reopening Street, the expansive open space goes all the way from on Thursday, June 18, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and celebrathe street to the back parking lot, so it really does feel tions until 2 a.m. See sandbar.net/santa-barbara for more details.

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Danely, who, along with Joal Clayton, purchased The Brewhouse, 229 West Montecito Street, in 2022: “We just opened a coffee shop on the old Woody’s side of our restaurant. It’s still kind of a soft opening but our hours right now are opening at 7:30 a.m. and closing around 1 p.m. until we get everything in place regarding the menu and pastries. We have a generation-two La Marzocco machine, and state of the art grinders that measure to the gram.” LONGBOARD’S GRILL REOPENS: This just in from reader TZSB: “Long-

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County of Santa Barbara County Planning Commission NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan Consistency and Minor Coastal Land Use Plan Amendments On July 1, 2026, the County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider the Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan Consistency Amendments and Minor Coastal Land Use Plan Amendments. The Planning Commission will consider making recommendations to the Board of Supervisors regarding the following: 

Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan Consistency Amendments. Proposed amendments to achieve consistency with SBCAG adopted Airport Land Use Compatibility Plans for each airport in Santa Barbara County, including: o Revisions to the County Land Use Element, Goleta Community Plan, and Orcutt Community Plan to update language and standards for development nearby airports and to update County land use maps with the new Airport Safety Zones (Case Nos. 26GPA-00001 and 26GPA-00002). o Revisions to the County Land Use and Development Code (Case No. 26ORD-00004) and Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Case No. 26ORD-00005) to update zoning requirements for properties and uses nearby airports. o A Rezone to the inland area zoning map (26RZN-00003) to repeal the existing Airport Approach and Clear Zones and replace them with the Airport Safety Overlay Zone. o A Rezone to the Coastal area zoning maps (26RZN-00004) to repeal the existing Airport Approach and Clear Zones and replace them with the Airport Safety Overlay District.

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Minor Coastal Land Use Plan Oil and Gas Amendments: o Revisions to the Coastal Land Use Plan to update reference to Section 30262 of the Coastal Act to align with recent legislation, and to remove new exploratory oil and gas as a permitted use in permitted zones for consistency with the Phase I Oil and Gas Prohibition Amendments.

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ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Many of you have a fraught relationship with discipline. You recognize you need it if you want a life rich with epic adventures. Yet you sometimes resist planning ahead or organizing your resources, fearing it might dampen your immediate pleasures. The problem is that when you skip the planning and organizing, the short-term fun you default to may turn out to be unsatisfying. That’s the challenging news. The encouraging news is that you’re now in a cycle when you can transform how you relate to discipline. I bet you can render some of those old patterns obsolete.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): Gemologists evaluate opals less for flawless uniformity than for their mesmerizing play of color. They study how light interacts with a stone’s microscopic internal structure to produce vivid, shifting hues. The most prized opals aren’t necessarily the most perfect in shape, but the ones whose internal pattern and rainbowlike displays are most vibrant, varied, and alive. This is a marvelous metaphor for you in the coming weeks. I hope you don’t obsess on consistency or smooth away your complications. Let the world see your play-of-color.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): “Dear Oracle: Why do we always have to start at the beginning? I’d much prefer just jumping into the middle of things. Right now, I would love to bypass all the tedious baby steps I’m being forced to take as I try to get some momentum going. Please slip me a few clues about how to fast-forward directly to the fun stuff. —Bored with the Groundwork.” Dear Bored: Your timing is perfect. The planetary omens say you are now authorized to vault over the preludes and prologues and dive right into the heart of the action.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): Restoration ecologists work to revive damaged prairies. They’ve discovered that seeds of many native plants can lie dormant in the soil for years, waiting for the right conditions to germinate. If they remove invasive species and restore the land’s natural cycle of controlled fire, wildflowers long absent from the landscape spring back to life. With this metaphor in mind, Cancerian, consider what dormant possibilities may lie buried in your own psyche. What seeds did you plant long ago and then forget? What dreams or talents are waiting for you to clear away the choking overgrowth and create space for them to emerge? Old potentials may be patient, not dead.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): Better than any other sign, you understand that ego and generosity can be collaborators rather than enemies. Your charismatic radiance is often a public service. When you express your interesting beauty, you give others permission to tap into their own luminosity. The world always craves your unique flavor of audacious joy, and especially now. The rest of us need your intense insistence that flair and flamboyance are forms of resistance against the forces that would diminish life’s splendor.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Many people struggle with what could be called “imagined ugliness,” a condition clinicians refer to as body dysmorphic disorder. It usually involves fixating on a supposed physical defect, or even on a flaw that exists only in one’s mind. I suspect that almost everyone carries a trace of this tendency, including you and me. The good news, though, is that the current astrological climate is ideal for you to at least partially shatter its spell. You are poised to transform your self-image so vigorously that you begin to regard yourself as a flawless exemplar of quirky, one-of-a-kind beauty.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Golden Gate Bridge, which is a few miles from my home, is painted continuously. Painters start at one end, work their way across, and by the time

they reach the other side, it’s time to start over. The job is never finished; maintenance is the permanent condition. Some people find this depressing, but I find it oddly liberating. It means the bridge doesn’t have to achieve some final, perfect state. It just has to be tended. Similarly, you don’t have to fix everything once and for all, Libra. The relationships, projects, and internal states you’re concerned about aren’t meant to reach completion. You shouldn’t worry about trying to finish what’s meant to be an ongoing practice. Just keep starting the cycle again.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Innovative theater director Viola Spolin was a Scorpio. She taught that the best scenes emerge when the actors avoid trying to control outcomes. Instead, they fully commit to the reality they’re creating together. Spontaneous responses are their gold standard. Let’s make this a keynote for you in the coming weeks. Your assignment is to give yourself heartily to improvisation. The most interesting magic will happen as you relax into the collaborative process, trusting it to guide you toward beauty and meanings none of you could have scripted alone.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Musicologists distinguish between “perfect pitch” and “relative pitch.” A person with perfect pitch can sing or identify a specific note without hearing any other music beforehand. Relative pitch is the ability to recognize musical notes in relation to other notes. In the coming weeks, Sagittarius, relative pitch will be a more useful metaphor for you than perfect pitch. Don’t insist on perfect clarity about what’s right and wrong, beautiful and ugly, worthy and unworthy. Instead of obsessing on fixed standards, practice relational discernment. How does this choice feel compared to that one? How does a person behave in this context versus another? For you right now, truth lives in the intervals and connections.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The best way to eliminate a bad habit is to replace it with a good one. Now is an excellent time to acquire more expertise in this art. Start by choosing a specific habit that drains your energy, time, or selfrespect. Then identify what that habit is secretly trying to give you, like comfort, distraction, or a sense of control. Your mission is to find a healthier behavior that offers a similar payoff without the damage. For example, maybe you go online and binge-scroll through bad news because you imagine it soothes your anxiety. Instead of that, read an uplifting book or listen to serene music for a while. Be concrete: When the itchy habit hits, what exactly will you do as an alternative?

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1905, 26-year-old Albert Einstein worked full-time as a clerk in a Swiss patent office. During his off-hours, he wrote four audacious papers that fundamentally changed how physics understood space, time, light, and matter. He accomplished his revolution without the sponsorship of a renowned university or laboratory. His example suggests that we can perhaps reimagine and re-create the world even if we’re not supported by glamorous circumstances. I suspect this principle applies to you these days. Breakthrough insights and earth-shaking realizations may arrive while you’re doing ordinary tasks. Be alert for the flashes that arise in seemingly routine and modest situations.

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(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): For linguists, “untranslatable” words are concepts that exist in one language but have no equivalent in others. One example is mono no aware, which in Japanese refers to the tender poignance and appreciation you feel in the presence of fleeting beauty, like cherry blossoms falling. I bring this to your attention, Pisces, because I suspect that you, too, are untranslatable right now. My advice is to forget about trying to get others to grasp what’s going on with you. Here’s a suggestion that might help: Find soulful artists and emotionally intelligent creatives who speak the language of your mystery.

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ADMINISTER OF ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARGARET S. GUNNER AKA MARGARET ANNE GUNNER AND MIMI ANNE SARKISIAN GUNNER CASE NO. 26PR00253 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of MARGARET S. GUNNER AKA MARGARET ANNE GUNNER AND MIMI ANNE SARKISIAN GUNNER. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by RICHARD V. GUNNER AND MICHAEL R. GUNNER in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA BARBARA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that RICHARD V. GUNNER AND MICHAEL R. GUNNER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 07/02/26 at 9:00AM in Dept. SB5 located at 1100 ANACAPA ST., SANTA BARBARA, CA 93121 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your

rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner ANDREW D. COPANS ‑ SBN 229049 MELODY F. SOROUDI ‑ SBN 316830 WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP 2029 CENTURY PARK EAST #2900 LOS ANGELES CA 90067 Telephone (310) 855‑3000 6/4, 6/11, 6/18/26 CNS‑4046768# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WILLIAM ALEXANDER ANIKOUCHINE No.: 26PR00254 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: WILLIAM ALEXANDER ANIKOUCHINE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: NATALIE AMUNDSEN & NICOLAI ANIKOUCHINE in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara. THE PETITION requests that (name): NATALIE AMUNDSEN & NICOLAI ANIKOUCHINE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative

to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 7/02/2026 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Angela Braun, Executive Officer 6/2/2026 by Nicolette Barnard, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Harold K. Kono; 831 State Street, Suite 289, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑962‑8412 Published: June 11, 18, 25. 2026.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2026‑0001248 The following person(s) is doing business as: VALERIO’S TOWING & TRANSPORTATION, 945 E. JONES STREET, SUITE 25 SANTA MARIA, CA 93545, County of SANTA BARBARA. VALERIO’S DIESEL REPAIR LLC, 945 E. JONES STREET SUITE 25 SANTA MARIA, CA 93454, CALIFORNIA This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABLITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE /s/ OMAR GERARDO VALERIO, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/11/2026. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18/26 CNS‑4044114# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SOLACE JEWELRY: 452 Fellowship Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Catherine M. Brunner (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 14, 2026. Filed by: CATHERINE BRUNNER/MS with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 18, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001323. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MILLER LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE: 1321 East Ocean Ave Lompoc, CA 93436; Miller Landscaping And Maintenance 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 Jan 01, 1983. Filed by: RANDY MILLER/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001283. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2026‑0001209 The following person(s) is doing business as: 1. ADVANCED VETERINARY SPECIALISTS, 2. AVS, 3. SAGE VETERINARY CENTERS, 414 EAST CARRILLO STREET SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101, County of SANTA BARBARA. SAGE VETERINARY HOLDCO LLC, 1 BAXTER WAY SUITE 200 WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91362, DE This business is conducted by A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on FEB 11, 2021 /s/ MARK MOURITSEN SECRETARY OF SAGE VETERINARY HOLDCO LLC,THE GENERAL PARTNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/06/2026. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18/26 CNS‑4041289# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LA CASA DE MARIA RETREAT AND CONFERENCE CENTER: 888 San Ysidro Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Immaculate Heart Community 840 Echo Park Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90026 This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 01, 1943. Filed by: SHEILA ARASAWA/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2026‑0001295. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LUXURY PAINTING: 302 W Montecito St, B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Luis E Cervantes (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 18, 2026. Filed by: LUIS CERVANTES/ PAINTER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 18, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E78. FBN Number: 2026‑0001318. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PORTER DOUD PROPERTIES: 1284 West Main St Santa Maria, CA 93438; Charles Porter (same address) Doud Family Tax Exclusion Trust (same address)This business is conducted by A General Partnership Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 01, 1998. Filed by: MARK J. SMITH/TRUSTEE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2026‑0001377. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WHOLE CHART HEALTH: 1737 Calle Cerro Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Colleen H Elliot (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 28, 2026. Filed by: COLLEEN HURLEY ELLIOT/RD, BCPA with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 15, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001310. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MORE THAN NINE: 2323 Oak Park Lane, Suite 202 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Aegeanmd LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: AEGEAN HOI CHAN/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on N/A. 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: 2026‑0001238. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA, MONTECITO COLLECTIVE‑REAL ESTATE ADVISORS, SANTA BARBARA REAL ESTATE, SB REAL ESTATE, SANTA BARBARA, MONTECITO REAL ESTATE: 1511 Chapala St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Stephen Epstein (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 05, 2026. Filed by: STEPHEN EPSTEIN/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 08, 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: 2026‑0001232. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JENNY MONTECITO, JEN HUANG PHOTO, HRLM HOUSE, HEIRLOOM HOUSE: 1585 E Valley Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Hrlm 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 May 17, 2026. Filed by: JENNY BOGAN/MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 26, 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: 2026‑0001391. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COLLAB‑IST, FULL SPECTRUM GALLERY SPOTS: 2822 San Marcos Ave Los Olivos, CA

93441; Shelby Arthur Consulting Corp PO Box 513 Los Olivos, CA 93441 This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 16, 2024. Filed by: SHELBY ARTHUR/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 26, 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: 2026‑0001383. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE INN AT ANATEGA: 112 E Ortega St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Anatega Partners LLC 315 Meigs Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93109 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, 2015. Filed by: NICK GILLIO/COO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 26, 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: 2026‑0001389. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GALLOWAY & ASSOCIATES: 2236 S Broadway, Ste M Santa Maria, CA 93454; Galloway Opco, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 01, 2025. Filed by: DANIEL APPLEGATE/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2026‑0001378. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAGE TRAIL ALLIANCE: 27 W. Anapamu 248 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers (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 12, 2021. Filed by: THORIAN THOMASCO/CHAIRMAN with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2026‑0001332. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LITTLE DOUGH CO: 449 Puente Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Katie Ramsey (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 04, 2026. Filed by: KATIE RAMSEY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001414. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LOUD FLOWER ART CO: 506 E Haley St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Madeline Manson (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: MADELINE MANSON/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 E76. FBN Number: 2026‑0001369. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KAIA CACAO: 27 W. Anapamu St. 348 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kaia Goods 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 20, 2026. Filed by: OLIVIA BERKUS/OWNER/FOUNDER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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: 2026‑0001452. Published: Jun 11, 18,

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LEGALS (CONT.) 25. July 2 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAKINA PSYCHIATRY: 351 Paseo Nuevo Floor 2 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Ibrahim Sabri MD, Inc. 2108 N St Ste N Sacramento, CA 95816 This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced

to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: IBRAHIM SABRI/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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: 2026‑0001428. Published: Jun 11, 18,

25. July 2 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PUZZLETREE STUDIOS, LLC: 470 Merida Drive. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Puzzletree Studios, 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 April 1, 2026. Filed by: PAUL FREEMAN/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2026‑0001365. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Planning Commission Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom June 22, 2026, at 6:00 P.M. Christ Lutheran Church and New Anthem Chapel Development and Subdivision 6595 Covington Way (APN: 077-160-022) Case Nos. 24-0004-CUP(AM); 24-0010-DP(AM); 24-0030- DRB; 24-0009-DP; 24-0002-SUB, and 24-0005-CUP ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https://cityofgoleta.org/ goletameetings. goletameetings NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission (PC) will conduct a public hearing to review the project described in this notice and the proposed environmental determination. The date, time, and location of the PC public hearing are set forth below. The agenda for the hearing will also be posted on the City website (www.cityofgoleta.org www.cityofgoleta.org). HEARING DATE/TIME:

June 22, 2026, at 6:00 P.M.

LOCATION:

Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117 and Teleconference Meeting; this meeting will be held in person and via Zoom. Detailed instructions for virtual participation are provided under the Electronic Partcipation heading below and will be included on the posted agenda.

The Planning Commission will be acting as the local decision-maker regarding the adequacy of the analysis included in the proposed Notice of Exemption and the merits of the Project. The Design Review Board, at its May 26, 2026, meeting, recommended Preliminary Design approval on a vote of 6-0. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant is requesting PC approval of a (i) a Tentative Parcel Map (TPM) to subdivide the existing CLC site into two parcels; (ii) one (1) Conditional Use Permit Amendment (CUP) (65-CP-52) to revise the boundary of the initial CUP where Christ Lutheran Church (CLC) is located, (iii) one (1) Development Plan Amendment for the existing CLC building on new Parcel 1 with adjustments for landscaping, parking, bicycle parking, and the rear setback, (iv) one Minor Conditional Use Permit to allow a community assembly use in the RS-8 zone district, and (v) one new Development Plan for the new Anthem Church Building and associated improvements with adjustments for building/structure height, and an Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area (ESHA) buffer reduction. The General Plan Land Use Designation and Zoning Ordinance Designation is Single Family Residential (RS). The applicant purposes to construct a new church and associated improvements for Anthem Chapel Goleta (AC) at 6595 Covington Way, which currently includes facilities for CLC that were entitled through a CUP in 1965. The proposed project description includes the following: • Subdivision of the existing 3.423-acre lot into two (2) parcels. o Lot 1 is proposed to be 0.881 acres and contain the existing CLC facilities including the sanctuary, parking lot, and accessory structures. o Lot 2 is proposed to 2.542 acres (gross) and support the AC facilities, described below. • No changes are proposed to the existing CLC sanctuary/community assembly buildings. However, seven additional trees are proposed in the parking lot area. The list of adjustments requested on proposed Lot 1 is provided below. • Construct a 6,512 SF sanctuary/community assembly building on proposed Lot 2. The list of adjustments requested on proposed Lot 2 is provided below. • Construct a 2-story 13,554 SF education building to support day care and preschool on Lot 2. • Exterior patios, play yards and passive recreation areas on Lot 2. • Construct a 117-space parking lot including 5 ADA and 6 EV parking spaces and 25 EV ready spaces on Lot 2. • Short and long-term bicycle parking and charging on Lot 2. • Restore and enhance an onsite Monarch ESHA buffer with native and monarch appropriate plantings and a split rail fence on Lot 2. • New walls and fences varying in height from 3’ to 6’ high and materials (split rail, wrought iron, and concert block) to delineate exterior boundaries and create a waste storage area on Lot 2. • Modify existing driveway and construct a new driveway on Los Carneros Road to serve Lot 2. • Proposed landscaping includes new landscaping around the perimeter of the new parcel, and within the proposed parking lot, and an approximately 9,700-square-foot native habitat restoration with native plant species. • Proposed lighting includes both building wall sconces and pole lighting, which would be directed downward. Additionally, as part of the proposal, the applicant is proposing Adjustments to the Zoning Ordinance, pursuant to Section 17.59.040, for the following: Lot 1: Adjustments (CLC) 1. Request to provide less than a combination of 50% shading for the Heat Island Effect to 22%, pursuant to the Municipal Code Section 17.38.110(J). 2. Request relief to not providing charging for one required electric bicycle parking space, pursuant to the Municipal Code Section 17.38.090(C). 3. Request to have the existing modular classroom continue to extend 5 feet into the rear setback abutting new Lot 2 (Anthem). 4. Request relief from the requirement for a separate loading space, pursuant to Municipal Code Section 17.38.100(A).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LIV.S.WELL: 2212 Oak Park Ln. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Michael C. Mickelson (same address) Michael C Mickelson PO Box 3111 Santa Barbara, CA 93130 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the

fictitious business name or names listed above on May 25, 2026. Filed by: MICHAEL C. MICKELSON with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001397. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DO YOUR WORST GAMES: 318 W De La Guerra St Apt C Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Eric S Saunders (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed

5. Reduction to the number of parking spaces from 43 to 41, pursuant to Municipal Code Section 17.38.070. 6. Request for fewer than 1 tree/4 parking spaces, pursuant to Municipal Code Section 17.38.110(K). For 43 spaces, the project requires 11 trees, and the applicant is proposing a total of 10. Lot 2: Adjustment and Request for Reduction (AC) 1. Request to exceed the maximum height of the RS zoning district from 25 feet to 27 feet 8 inches, pursuant to Municipal Code Section 17.07.030. 2. Request to exceed the maximum height of architectural projections for a standalone cross from 30 feet to 33 feet 10 inches. 3. Request to reduce Monarch Butterfly ESHA from 100-feet to 50-feet, pursuant to Municipal Code Section 17.30.180(C)(2). Proposed building materials for the assembly and education building proposed on Lot 2 includes naturally toned board-formed concrete base at the ground level, supporting vertically ribbed, bone-white metal panel walls that echo the character of historic agricultural structures. Additional exterior finishes, including plaster elements, enrich the material palette. Above, a charcoal grey standing seam metal roof crowns both the assembly and education building. The building would contain an elevator at a total height of 33 feet, consistent with Table 17.24.080 of the Goleta Municipal Code. The project was filed by agent Steve Welton, of SEPPS Land Use Consulting on behalf of Lars Linton, agent for Christ Lutheran Church, the property owner. LOCATION AND ZONING: The Project site is located at 6595 Covington Way and is identified as Assessor Parcel No. 077-160-022. The 3.423-acre site in question has a General Plan land use designation and Zoning designation of Single-Family Residential (RS). Community Assembly uses are allowable in the RS designation with approval of a Minor Conditional Use Permit. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: A Notice of Exemption has been prepared pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code, §§ 21000 et seq.), the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regulations, §§ 15000, et seq.: State CEQA Guidelines), and the City’s Environmental Review Guidelines. The project has been found to be exempt from CEQA under § 15332 of the CEQA Guidelines. The City of Goleta is acting as the Lead Agency for this project. The Class 32 exemption consists of projects characterized as in-fill development where the project is (a) consistent with the applicable general plan designation and all applicable general plan policies, as well as with applicable zoning designation and regulations, (b) occurs within city limits on a project site of no more than five acres substantially surrounded by urban uses, (c) has no value, as habitat for endangered, rare or threatened species, (d) would not result in any significant effects relating to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality, and (e) adequately served by all required utilities and public services. Further, none of the State CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2’s exceptions to the Class 32 exemption apply to the apply. Consistent with the requirements of the Class 32 exemption described in the Notice of Exemption, and pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15300.2, Exceptions to the Exemption, the entirety of the project falls within the Class 32 Exemption set forth in State CEQA Guidelines § 15332. The Notice of Exemption for the project and all supporting technical analysis to support the exemption can be found in the CEQA Review section of the City of Goleta’s website using the following link: https://www.cityofgoleta.org/your-city/planning-and-environmental-review/ceqa-review CORTESE LIST: The Project site is not listed on the EnviroStor online database of hazardous site records maintained by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control TSC in coordination with the California State Water Resources Control Board consistent with Government Code § 65962.5 (the “Cortese list”). 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 Planning Commission 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 PC and published PERmeetings@cityofgoleta.gov on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page. PREVIOUS HEARINGS: On August 12, 2025, and October 28, 2025, the DRB conducted Conceptual Review on the project. On May 26, 2026, the Design Review Board conducted Preliminary Design Review and unanimously recommended Preliminary Design approval of the plans under consideration by the Planning Commission. DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY AND PROJECT INFORMATION: Staff reports and related materials for the Planning Commission hearing will be posted at least 72 hours prior to the meeting on the City’s web site at www.cityofgoleta.org www.cityofgoleta.org. For further information on the project, contact Brian Hiefield, Senior Planner, at (805) 961-7559 or bhiefield@cityofgoleta.gov bhiefield@cityofgoleta.gov. Para consultas en español, comuníquese con Marcos Martinez al (805) 562-5500 o mmartinez@cityofgoleta.gov mmartinez@cityofgoleta.gov. In accordance with Gov. Code Section 65103.5, only non-copyrighted plans or plans that the designer has given permission have been published on the City’s website. The full set of plans is available for review at the Planning Counter during counter hours or by contacting the staff member listed for the item 805-961-7543. ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION: Please register for the Planning Commission hearing on Monday June 22, 2026, at 6:00 pm following the information provided in the Planning Commission agenda for remote participation. The agenda will be published at least 72 hours before the meeting. 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.org. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org City staff to make reasonable arrangements. INDEPENDENT.COM INDEPENDENT.COM JUNE 11, 2026 THE INDEPENDENT

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LEGALS (CONT.) above on N/A. Filed by: ERIC SAUNDERS with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2026‑0001354. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FARO THERAPY: 5142 Hollister Ave, No 4014 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Brionna M.I. Otte (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: BRIONNA OTTEwith the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2026‑0001339. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CENTRAL COAST REMODELING: 395 Crescent Ave. Santa Maria, CA 93455; Marco Antonio Medina (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: MARCO A MEDINA/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 08, 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 E35. FBN Number: 2026‑0001228. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July2 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JILL’S PLACE, JILL SHALHOOB CATERING, SHALHOOB RESTAURANT, SHALHOOB CATERING, SHALHOOB DELI: 632 Santa Barbara St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jill’s Place 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 Jul 23, 1987. Filed by: JILL SHALHOOB/PRESIDENT/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 02, 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: 2026‑0001434. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: INI RANCH MANAGEMENT: 3564 Sagunto St. 1560 Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Joseph J Deleon (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 01, 2026. Filed by: JOSEPH DELEON/ OWNER OPERATOR with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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: 2026‑0001456. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SALON U: 5 E. Figueroa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; MCR3 Enterprises 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 Sep 10, 2020. Filed by: MICHAEL C. ROMO/ PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 26, 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: 2026‑0001388. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VISIONVINE JEWELRY: 4817 San Gordiano Avenue C Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Betty L Dunbar (same address) Kyle G. Dunbar (same address) This business is conducted by A Joint Venture Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 28, 2026. Filed by: BETTY L. DUNBAR/CO‑OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 02, 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: 2026‑0001437. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business

as: PATHFINDER OUTDOOR LABS‑SANTA BARBARA: 3905 State Street, Suite 7‑314 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Casey L. Cleland (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 01, 2026. Filed by: CASEY CLELAND/ OWNER/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2026‑0001278. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

the Build America, Buy America (BABA) Act, and shall ensure that all iron, steel, non‑ferrous metals, lumber, and plastic‑ and polymer‑based composite building materials, pipe, and tube used in the project were produced in the United States. Any subcontract/agreement resulting from the prime contract must contain the same language regarding federal requirements, and all subcontractors must meet the same requirements as the Contractor and comply with all applicable federal conditions, including Davis‑Bacon, Section 3, and BABA.

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The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property. EXTRA SPACE STORAGE, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below:

SONOS SONOS at the location indicated: 6640 Discovery Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. 05/19/2026 at 3:30 PM The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property

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Good Samaritan Shelter will receive sealed bids for Hedges House of Hope Facility Improvements, a project located at the Hedges House of Hope, 6549 El Colegio Rd, Goleta, CA 93117. Bids must be submitted by 1:00 p.m. on July 2nd, 2026, to the Good Samaritan Shelter Administration Building at 400 W. Park, Santa Maria, California. All received bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at that time and location. Proposed contract documents, including plans and specifications, are available at the offices of Good Samaritan Shelter, located at 400 W Park, Santa Maria, California, or by emailing Hector Giron at 805‑878‑ 9262 or Hgiron@goodsamaritanshelter. org. A pre‑bid conference will be held on June 18th, 2026, at 10:00 AM at the Hedges House of Hope, 6549 El Colegio Rd, Goleta, CA 93117. Scope of work: All items 1‑4 below must be included in the bid proposal; no alternates. 1. Women’s restroom: Remove outdated fixtures and finishes. Install new fixtures, including toilets, sinks, and partitions. Update flooring and wall finishes. Improve lighting. Per drawings. 2. Men’s small restroom: Remove existing fixtures and finishes as needed. Install new plumbing fixtures, including a sink, toilet, and accessories. Replace or repair flooring, wall finishes, and lighting. Per drawings. 3. Upstairs flooring: Remove existing flooring in all upstairs rooms, hallways, and stairs. Prepare the subfloor for new installation, including leveling and cleaning as necessary. Install durable, slip‑resistant flooring suitable for high‑traffic areas. 4. Interior painting: Paint all interior walls, ceilings, doors, and trim on the upstairs floor only. Federal Requirements This is a federally assisted project funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program via the County of Santa Barbara. The Prime Contractor for this project must be eligible to receive a contract for federal assistance. The Contractor shall comply with Federal and State Labor Standards Provisions and Davis‑Bacon prevailing wages as determined to be applicable. In the event of discrepancies between the prevailing wage determinations made by the California Department of Industrial Relations and by the U.S. Department of Labor, the higher value shall apply. The Contractor shall comply with Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act, which requires that HUD‑funded projects provide contracting and employment opportunities, to the greatest extent feasible, to low‑income persons. The Contractor shall report the hours worked by low‑income employees and shall report on any prioritization of effort activities undertaken in accordance with the County’s Section 3 Plan. The Contractor shall comply with the Buy America Preference as established by

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: ROBERT BRETON PHILLIPS CASE NUMBER: 26CV03161 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: 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: ROBERT BRETON PHILLIPS PROPOSED NAME: BRETON PHILLIPS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below

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EXTRA SPACE STORAGE, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 10 S. Kellogg, Goleta, CA 93117. June 23rd , 2026 at 3:30 PM

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I, Harry E. Hagen, Santa Barbara County Treasurer-Tax Collector, State of California, certify as follows:

That at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 2026, by operation of law, any real property (unless previously tax-defaulted and not redeemed) that has any delinquent taxes, assessments, or other charges levied for the fiscal year 2025-2026, and/or any delinquent supplemental taxes levied prior to the fiscal year 2025-2026 shall be declared tax-defaulted.

That unless the tax defaulted property is completely redeemed through payment of all unpaid amounts, together with penalties and fees prescribed by law or an installment plan is initiated and maintained; the property will become tax-defaulted and may be sold subsequently at a tax sale to satisfy the tax lien.

That a detailed list of all properties remaining tax-defaulted as of July 1, 2026, and not redeemed prior to being submitted for publication, shall be published on or before September 8, 2029. That information concerning redemption or the initiation of an installment plan for redemption of tax-defaulted property will be furnished, upon request, by Harry E. Hagen, Santa Barbara County Treasurer-Tax Collector, at the office locations listed below: Santa Barbara: Santa Maria: Website:

County Administration Building 105 E. Anapamu Street, Room 109 Telephone: (805) 568-2920 Betteravia Government Center 511 E. Lakeside Parkway Telephone: (805) 346-8330 www.sbtaxes.org

I certify, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct. HARRY E. HAGEN, CPA, CPFA, CPFO, CFIP, CGIP, ACPFIM SANTA BARBARA COUNTY TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Executed at City of Santa Barbara, County of Santa Barbara, California, on May 26, 2026. Published in The Santa Barbara Independent on June 4, 11, & 18, 2026.

NOTICE OF IMPENDING POWER TO SELL TAX-DEFAULTED PROPERTY Made pursuant to Revenue & Taxation Code Section 3361 and 3362.

Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Sections 3691 and 3692.4, the following conditions will, by operation of law, subject real property to the tax collector’s power to sell: • All property for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for five or more years. • All nonresidential commercial property for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years. • Any property the tax collector has received a request to bring the property to the next scheduled tax sale from a person or entity that has a nuisance abatement lien recorded against the property and for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years. • Any property that has been identified and requested for purchase by a city, county, city and county, or nonprofit organization to serve the public benefit by providing housing or services directly related to low-income persons and for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years. Note: The power to sell schedule for nonresidential commercial property is three or more years of tax default status, unless the county adopts, by ordinance or resolution, the five-year tax default schedule. The parcels listed herein meet one or more of the conditions listed above and, thus, will become subject to the tax collector’s power to sell on July 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m., by operation of law. The tax collector’s power to sell will arise unless the property is either redeemed or made subject to an installment plan of redemption initiated as provided by law prior to close of business on the last business day in June. The right to an installment plan terminates on the last business day in June, and after that date the entire balance due must be paid in full to prevent sale of the property at a tax sale.

The right of redemption survives the property becoming subject to the power to sell, but it terminates at close of business on the last business day prior to the date of the sale by the tax collector. All information concerning redemption or the initiation of an installment plan of redemption will be furnished, upon request, by Harry E. Hagen, County Treasurer-Tax Collector, at the office locations listed below: Santa Barbara: Santa Maria: Website:

County Administration Building 105 E. Anapamu Street, Room 109 Telephone: (805) 568-2920 Betteravia Government Center 511 E. Lakeside Parkway Telephone: (805) 346-8330 www.sbtaxes.org

The amount to redeem, including all penalties and fees, as of June 2026, is shown opposite the parcel number and next to the name of the assessee. Continued on p. 51

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The Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN), when used to describe property in this list, refers to the assessor’s map book, the map page, the block on the map, if applicable, and the individual parcel on the map page or in the block. The assessor’s maps and further explanation of the parcel numbering system are available in the assessor’s office. PROPERTY TAX-DEFAULTED ON JULY 1, 2021 FOR THE TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, AND OTHER CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020– 2021

to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 15, 2026, 10:00 am, DEPT: 3, 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 successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated May 21, 2026, JUDGE Thomas P. Anderle of the Superior Court. Published May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026.

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I certify, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct.

HARRY E. HAGEN, CPA, CCMT, CPFA, CPFO, CFIP, CGIP, ACPFIM SANTA BARBARA COUNTY TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Executed at City of Santa Barbara, County of Santa Barbara, California, on May 26, 2026. Published in The Santa Barbara Independent on June 4, 11, & 18, 2026.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): BENJAMIN CAZARES, aka BENJAMIN ELENES CAZARES, aka BENJAMIN CAZAREZ‑ELENES; JONATHAN FRANCO; CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES; and DOES 1 to 25, inclusive. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): LOGIX FEDERAL CREDIT UNION NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !ADVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en el formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.

lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte. ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 o más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SANTA BARBARA COURTHOUSE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa St. , Santa Barbara, CA 93101 CASE NO: (Número del Caso): 24CV06314 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección, y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante que no tiene abogado es): SHERYL D. NOEL #172551, #172551; COLEMAN & HOROWITT, LLP, 499 West Shaw Avenue, Suite 116, Fresno, CA 93704 (559) 248‑4820 (800) 891‑8362 Fax (559) 248‑0130 DATE Fecha): 11/12/2024. Clerk, by (Secretario) /s/ Lauren Romero, Deputy (Adjunto) Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026. SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): Sarah‑Bina Burke, an individual; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Salinas Landscape, LLC, a California limited liability company NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !ADVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en el formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener

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BARBARA COURTHOUSE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa St. , Santa Barbara, CA 93101 CASE NO: (Número del Caso): 25CV05798 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección, y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante que no tiene abogado es): Arash Merpour, Esq.‑ 15 W Carrillo, Suite 105, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 222‑6738 DATE Fecha): 09/19/2025. Clerk, by (Secretario) /s/ Naylea Calderon, Deputy (Adjunto) Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026. 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

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL (Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom) June 16, 2026, at 5:30 PM Consider adoption of resolutions modifying the City of Goleta Operating and Capital Improvement Programs Budget for Fiscal Year 2026/27. 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 www.cityofgoleta.org/meetings-agendas. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council will conduct a public hearing to consider adoption of resolutions modifying the City of Goleta Operating and Capital Improvement Programs Budget for Fiscal Year 2026/27. The agenda for the hearing will be posted on the City website (www.cityofgoleta.org). HEARING DATE/TIME: Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 5:30 PM LOCATION:

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

PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested persons are encouraged to provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the City Council meeting agenda. Written comments may be submitted prior to the hearing by e-mailing the City Clerk at CityClerkgroup@cityofgoleta.gov CityClerkgroup@cityofgoleta.gov. Written comments will be distributed to Council and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page. FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the budget, contact Luke Rioux, Finance Director, at (805) 562-5508 or lrioux@cityofgoleta.gov lrioux@cityofgoleta.gov. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 5625500 or 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. 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. Publish Date: Santa Barbara Independent, June 4, 2026 and June 11, 2026 NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING ON REPORT OF SEWER SERVICE CHARGES LEVIED BY GOLETA WEST SANITARY DISTRICT TUESDAY, July 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM UCSB Campus, Parking Lot 32 Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (District Office) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Section 5473 of the California Health and Safety Code, there has been filed with the Clerk-Secretary of Goleta West Sanitary District, a report containing: (a) a proposal to have sewer service charges for the Fiscal Year 2026-27 collected on the tax roll, (b) a description of each parcel of real property receiving sewer services furnished by Goleta West Sanitary District, and (c) the amount of the sewer service charge to be levied upon each parcel for the Fiscal Year 2026-27, computed in conformity with District Ordinance No. 23-97. This report is on file at the District Office and may be inspected during normal business hours. Such report is also available on the District’s website at http://goletawest.org http://goletawest.org. The public hearing will take place at the time and place stated in this Notice. During the hearing, any interested person may appear and be heard on any matter relating to said proposed rates or charges. Comments may also be made (1) in writing addressed to GWSD, P.O. Box 4, Goleta, CA 93116-0004, Attn: ClerkSecretary; or (2) by email sent to info@goletawest.org info@goletawest.org. If you require special assistance to participate in this meeting, please call 805968-2617, preferably at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Dated: May 27, 2026 ______________________________ Kristyn Lopez Clerk-Secretary of the Governing Board 52

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el Demandante tienen clue presentarse en la corte en la fecha del juicio indicada 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 testigos, 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 Angela Braun, Executive Officer 03/04/2026 By: Nikki Punsalan, 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 number when form is filed. Case Number: 26CV01516 Case Name: Umair Tariq vs Jannat Cheema the people in 1 and 2 must attend court: 7/27/2026 9:00 am SB 3, Angela Braun Date: 3/04/2026 Clerk, by Is/ Nikki Punsalan, 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: June 4, 11, 18, 25 2026. SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): DAVID R. GAMPERL, an individual; VINCI I LLC, an Illinois Liability; and DOES 1‑10, Inclusive. YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ANDREW WOODWARD, an Individual NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.

There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !ADVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación. Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en el formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia. Hayotrosrequisitoslegales.Esrecomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte. ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 o más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte

pueda desechar el caso. The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SANTA BARBARA COURTHOUSE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa St. , Santa Barbara, CA 93101 CASE NO: (Número del Caso): 25CV06248 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección, y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante que no tiene abogado es): Sosan Akbar, Esq.; Wade Litigation, APC; 262 East Main Street, Los Gatos, CA 95030 (408) 842‑1688 DATE Fecha): 10/03/2025. Clerk, by (Secretario) /s/ Gabriel Moreno, Deputy (Adjunto) Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

TRUSTEE NOTICE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. 25‑03199‑DM‑ CA Title No. 250632848‑CA‑ VOI APN. 025‑071‑011 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/18/2014. 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 Section5102 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 describedproperty under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an “as is”; condition, 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 PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Building Board Hearing Room 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, CA The meeting starts at 9:00 a.m. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ordinance Amending the Agricultural Commissioner’s Fee Schedule- Weights and Measures Fees section will be heard by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter in the Board of Supervisor’s Hearing Room at Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Building, 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, CA. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to California Government Code Section 66016, data indicating the amount of cost, or estimated cost, required to provide the service for which the fee is levied and the revenue sources anticipated to provide the service is available to the public. To review the Board Agenda Letter, cost data, and related documents, please visit the County website at: https://santabarbara.legistar.com/calendar.aspx or contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240 for alternative options. Anyone interested in the matter is invited to speak in support or in opposition. Written comments can be sent to: Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, c/o Clerk of the Board, 105 East Anapamu Street, 4th Floor, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Written comments are also welcome and may be emailed to sbcob@countyofsb.org. Please see the posted agenda available on the Thursday prior to the hearing at https://santabarbara.legistar.com/calendar.aspx for the agenda order. However, the order of the agenda may be rearranged, or the item may be continued. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors by 4:00 p.m. on Friday before the Board meeting at (805) 568-2240.

Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Peter George Bertling and Deborah Marks Bertling, husband and wife as community property with right of survivorship Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing Corporation Recorded 12/30/2014 as Instrument No. 2014‑0060147 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Santa Barbara County, California. Date of Sale: : 07/08/2026 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: $767,537.33 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 2409 State St., Santa Barbara, CA 93105 A.P.N.: 025‑071‑011 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 insurance company, cither 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 25‑03199‑DM‑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

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LEGALS (CONT.) 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 “eligible bidder,”you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid

placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 888‑264‑4010, or visit this internet website www.ndscorp.com, using the file number assigned to this case 25‑03199‑DM‑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 a “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 Estate

Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2025110233, City Project No. 41510) and Notice of Public Environmental Hearing on June 24, 2026, for the City of Santa Barbara Vic Trace Reservoir Replacement Project NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Santa Barbara Public Works Department (City), as Lead Agency, has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) for the Vic Trace Reservoir Replacement Project (Project). The Draft EIR analyzes the potential environmental effects associated with the proposed Project in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). PROJECT LOCATION: The Project site encompasses the Vic Trace Reservoir parcel and various water infrastructure improvements in the Alta Mesa neighborhood in the City of Santa Barbara, California. The Vic Trace Reservoir parcel covers approximately 15 acres (14.726 acres) and is located on Cityowned property at 740 Dolores Drive, Santa Barbara (Assessor’s Parcel Number [APN] 035-033-031). The parcel contains existing drinking water infrastructure facilities, existing City communication facilities, and La Coronilla Park. Access to the Vic Trace Reservoir parcel is from La Coronilla Drive between residences at 1617 and 1633 La Coronilla Drive via an existing 20-foot-wide easement through the 1617 La Coronilla Drive property. Improvements would also occur within nearby public rights-of-way, including La Coronilla Drive, Dolores Drive, Ricardo Avenue, La Vista Del Oceano, and Meigs Road. A City-owned property located at 1633 La Coronilla Drive would be used for temporary construction offices. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed Project would replace aging water infrastructure and implement improvements to enhance the reliability, resiliency, and operational flexibility of the City’s water system. The Project would involve demolition of the existing 10-million-gallon Vic Trace Reservoir and construction of two new 5milliongallon reservoirs at the same site. The new reservoirs would be fully buried below finished grade with soil cover. Additional onsite improvements include replacement of the existing Valve Building with a new facility housing pumps, disinfection systems, and electrical equipment; re-abandonment of an existing oil well in accordance with current regulatory standards; construction of new access roads, landscaping, and site infrastructure; and potential installation of renewable energy generation and storage systems. Offsite improvements include installation, replacement, and relocation of underground water pipelines within surrounding streets; construction of a new underground pressure reducing valve (PRV) station and abandonment of the existing PRV station; and temporary use of a Cityowned residential property for construction offices. Project construction would occur over an approximately three-year period and would include demolition, grading, excavation, pipeline installation, and facility construction activities. SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS: The Draft EIR analyzes potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed Project in accordance with CEQA. The analysis concludes that construction of the Project would result in significant and unavoidable impacts related to construction noise, including temporary increases in noise levels from on-site construction equipment and construction-related truck traffic, as well as cumulatively considerable contributions to regional construction noise. The Draft EIR also identifies impacts that would be less than significant with implementation of mitigation measures. These include potential impacts to air quality from construction emissions; biological resources, including special-status species, sensitive habitats, and protected trees; cultural and tribal cultural resources; paleontological resources; and transportation associated with temporary construction-related traffic disruptions. Mitigation measures are identified to reduce these impacts to less than significant levels. All other environmental topic areas evaluated in the Draft EIR, including aesthetics, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials, and utilities and service systems, were determined to result in less than significant impacts. The Draft EIR location contains no hazardous waste sites as enumerated under California Government Code Section 65962.5. DRAFT EIR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT PERIOD: The Draft EIR has been released for a 45-day public review/comment period, from June 8, 2026, to July 30, 2026. The Draft EIR is available for public review online at https:// santabarbaraca.gov/VicTrace or in hard copy at the following locations: (1) City of Santa Barbara, Public Works Department 630 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA, or (2) Santa Barbara Public Library 40 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA. All comments on the Draft EIR must be received by the City by 5:00 p.m. on July 30, 2026, in order to be considered in the Final EIR. Written comments on the Draft EIR can be e-mailed to Kelly Bourque at VicTrace@ SantabarbaraCA.gov using subject line “Vic Trace Reservoir Replacement Project” or mailed to: Kelly Bourque, Senior Engineer, City of Santa Barbara, Public Works Department, Engineering Division, 630 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93102. PUBLIC MEETINGS: The City will hold an in-person public meeting on the Vic Trace Reservoir Replacement Draft EIR on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. at 1633 La Coronilla Drive, Santa Barbara, California. A virtual meeting will be held via Zoom on Thursday, June 25, 2026, from 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Register by visiting the Project website at https://santabarbaraca. gov/VicTrace. The virtual meeting will be recorded and posted to the website gov/VicTrace the following day. A hearing to receive public comments on the Draft EIR will be held before the Planning Commission on Thursday, July 9, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California. Meetings can be viewed live on City TV-18 or streamed online at https://SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTV. Meeting agendas, minutes, and videos are https://SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTV available at https://SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC https://SantaBarbaraCA.gov/PC. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to gain access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting, please contact the Planning Division Office at (805) 564-5470, extension 4535. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases.

Reporting 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: 05/28/2026 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‑4876391 06/11/2026, 06/18/2026, 06/25/2026 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. 25‑03421‑RM‑ CATitle No. 101‑ 10804210APN. 007‑263‑ 006YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/20/2019. UNLESS YOU TAKEACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEEDAN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULDCONTACT A LAWYER.A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check(s) drawn on a state or national bank must bemade payable to National Default Servicing Corporation, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a checkdrawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings

association, or savings bank specified in Section5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly appointed trustee asshown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter describedproperty under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an “as is” condition, butwithout covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay theremaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, asprovided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expensesof the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated tobe 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, 2017Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing CorporationRecorded 01/15/2020 as Instrument No. 2020‑0002147 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Santa BarbaraCounty, California.Date of Sale: : 07/22/2026 at 1:00 PMPlace of Sale: At the main entrance to the County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA93101Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $949,431.37Street Address or other common designation of real property: 424 Seaview Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108A.P.N.: 007‑263‑006The undersigned

Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other commondesignation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to thelocation of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date offirst 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 thereturn 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 Defaultwas recorded.NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understandthat 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 theproperty. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highestbidder 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 sizeof 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, youshould be aware that the

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, June 23, 2026, at 3:00 P.M. ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https:// www.cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings. www.cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Design Review Board (DRB) of the City of Goleta will conduct a public hearing for the projects listed below, with the date, time, and location of the DRB public hearing set forth above. The agenda for the hearing, including how to participate virtually in the hearing via a Zoom link, will also be posted on the City website at least 72 hours before the hearing (www. cityofgoleta.org). cityofgoleta.org For Conceptual/Preliminary: City Ventures 59-Multi-Family Residential Units 7360 Hollister Avenue (APN 073-020-003, 073-020-034 & 073-020-035) Case No. 25-0018-DRB, 25-001-SUB, 25-0003-DP 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 gov 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 mchang@cityofgoleta.gov. Para consultas en español, comuníquese con Marcos Martinez al (805) 562-5500 o mmartinez@ cityofgoleta.gov. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 cityofgoleta.gov hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.gov www.cityofgoleta.gov. In accordance with Gov. Code Section 65103.5, only non-copyrighted plans or plans that the designer has given permission have been published on the City’s website. The full set of plans is available for review at the Planning Counter during counter hours or by contacting the staff member listed for the item 805-9617543. Note: If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code Section 65009(b)(2)). Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 9617505 or cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.gov cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.gov. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements. Publish: Santa Barbara Independent 06/11/2026

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 timesby the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The lawrequires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesyto those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, therescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714‑ 730‑2727 or visit this internet websitewww.ndscorp.com/sale s, using the file number assigned to this case 25‑ 03421‑RM‑CA. Information aboutpostponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediatelybe reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement informationis to attend the scheduled sale.NOTICE TO TENANT*: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant toSection 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are a “representative of all eligible tenant buyers” you may beable to purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an”eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at thetrustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trusteesale, you can call 888‑264‑4010, or visit this internet website www.ndscorp.com, using the file number assigned tothis case 25‑03421‑RM‑CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highestbid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trusteereceives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it nomore than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as a "representative of all eligible tenantbuyers" or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professionalimmediately 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 toreimburse 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 topublic auctions taking place on or after January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2025, unless later extended.Date: 06/03/2026National Default Servicing Corporationc/o Tiffany And Bosco, P.A,, its agent,1455 Frazee Road, Suite 820San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free Phone: 888‑264‑ 4010Sales Line 714‑730‑2727; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.comConnie Hernandez, Trustee Sales Representative A‑4876778 06/11/2026, 06/18/2026, 06/25/2026

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