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Editor in Chief Marianne Partridge Publisher Brandi Rivera Executive Editor Nick Welsh Senior Editor Tyler Hayden Senior Writer Matt Kettmann Associate Editor Jackson Friedman Opinions Editor Jean Yamamura Arts, Culture, and Community Editor Leslie Dinaberg Calendar Editor Terry Ortega News Reporters Ryan P. Cruz, Callie Fausey Senior Arts Writer Josef Woodard Mickey Flacks Fund Fellow Christina McDermott Copy Chief Tessa Reeg Copy Editor Nathan Vived Sports Editor Victor Bryant Web Content Manager Don Brubaker Social Media Coordinator Maya Johnson Food Writer George Yatchisin Travel Writers Macduff Everton, Mary Heebner Production Manager Ava Talehakimi Art Director Xavier Pereyra Production Designer Bianca Castro Graphic Designer Leah Brewer Columnists Dennis Allen, Gail Arnold, Sara Caputo, Christine S. Cowles, Laura Gransberry, Betsy J. Green, Shannon Kelley, Austin Lampson, Melinda Palacio, Cheri Rae, Hugh Ranson, Amy Ramos, Jerry Roberts, Starshine Roshell Contributors Rob Brezsny, Melinda Burns, Cynthia Carbone Ward, Ben Ciccati, Cheryl Crabtree, John Dickson, Roger Durling, Camille Garcia, Chuck Graham, Keith Hamm, Rebecca Horrigan, Gareth Kelly, Kevin McKiernan, Zoë Schiffer, David Starkey, Ethan Stewart, Brian Tanguay, Tom Tomorrow, Kevin Tran, Jatila Van der Veen, Isabelle Walker, Maggie Yates, John Zant Director of Advertising Sarah Sinclair Marketing and Promotions Administrator Richelle Boyd Advertising Representatives Camille Cimini Fruin, Suzanne Cloutier, Bryce Eller, Tonea Songer, Scott Maio Digital Marketing Specialist Graham Brown Operations Administrator Erin Lynch Office Manager/Legal Advertising Tanya Spears Guiliacci Distribution Gregory Hall Interns Ella Bailey, Emma Eckert, Vince Grafton, Nataschia Hadley, Ella Heydenfeldt, Elaine Sanders, Madeline Slogoff, Tia Trinh Columnist Emeritus Barney Brantingham Photography Editor Emeritus Paul Wellman Founding Staff Emeriti George Delmerico, Richard Evans, Laszlo Hodosy, Scott Kaufman Honorary Consigliere Gary J. Hill Indy Kids Bella and Max Brown; Elijah Lee, Amaya Nicole, and William Gene Bryant; Henry and John Poett Campbell; Emilia Imojean Friedman; Rowan Gould; Finley James Hayden; Ivy Danielle Ireland; Madeline Rose and Mason Carrington Kettmann; Izzy and Maeve McKinley

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A rally in support of protections for immigrants was held at the Santa Barbara Courthouse on June 10.

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s the crowd gathered in front of the Santa Barbara Courthouse Tuesday for a community rally to “Keep ICE Out” of the Central Coast, reports were coming in that federal agents had been conducting operations near farmworker facilities in Oxnard and Santa Maria that same morning, detaining dozens of workers and leaving even more hiding in fear.

The June 10 rally was organized by the Fund for Santa Barbara in response to the increased immigration enforcement across the region and the intense weekend of protests in Los Angeles, which led to a militarized response with National Guard, U.S. Marines, and at least 32 deputies from the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office.

Primitiva Hernandez, 805UndocuFund executive director, has been on the front lines, operating the 805 Immigrant Rapid Response Line with a group of dedicated volunteers who have been working nonstop to verify reports of potential immigration enforcement in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties. By the time she took the mic at Tuesday’s rally, she was fighting through tears as she relayed the latest reports of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in the area for the first time this year.

She expressed her gratitude for all the dedicated volunteers who have worked “countless hours” verifying reports on the Rapid Response Hotline — which has confirmed 81 arrests this year — and called on local

government officials to do more to protect immigrants.

“They’re not doing anything,” Hernandez said. “We asked them for a policy that would prevent the Santa Barbara County Sheriff ’s from cooperating with ICE, and politics always gets in the way. We cannot allow this to happen because innocent families are being torn apart as we speak.”

Immigrant Legal Defense Center Executive Director Julissa Peña, who works to provide legal representation to those facing deportation proceedings, said that the aggressive immigration agenda of the past few months has left many nonprofits “stretched to the breaking point.” She urged local leaders to step up and support these organizations.

Fund for Santa Barbara Executive Director Eder Gaona-Macedo, the first undocumented immigrant to lead a community foundation in the area, announced that the Fund would be increasing its endowment to immigrant rights organizations.

“What we have seen the last couple of weeks and the last couple of months is a travesty,” he said. “If you are not paying attention, you should. Our families—regardless of their backgrounds, regardless of citizenship status—are being torn apart. We need your support. We need the city; we need the state; we need the county to step up and help us provide resources to the groups on the ground.”

—Ryan P. Cruz

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What Happened to Search for UCSB’s New Chancellor?

by Nick Welsh ith Chancellor Henry Yang’s recordsetting 31-year tenure at the helm of UCSB about to expire at the end of this week, it remains startlingly unclear who the UC Regents will select to replace him, when that decision might be made, and if an interim chancellor might be necessary in the meantime. What is known is that the search process, initiated nearly a year ago, is taking significantly longer than expected.

To date, no name has even been submitted to the Board of Regents for their review. Ten had been submitted to UC President Michael Drake earlier in the year, and he reportedly vetted five of them.

Into this void of information, officially unconfirmed reports are making the rounds that Nathan Brostrom—former UC Merced interim chancellor and current CFO for the University of California Office of the President—was UC President Drake’s choice but was taken out of the running because of faculty opposition at UCSB because he lacks a PhD. Although Brostrom boasts an undeni-

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ably stellar record of administrative accomplishment, his lack of the customary academic pedigree would be highly unusual for any UC chancellor.

UCSB Public Affairs spokesperson Kiki Reyes said she could not comment on the matter, saying that she’s been asked to refer questions to the UC President’s Office. Likewise, calls placed with Vice Chancellor David Marshall—mentioned as a possible interim appointee to fill Yang’s shoes—were referred back to Reyes for comment.

According to high-level UC insiders, the search for Yang’s successor has not “failed” per se but has merely been extended. Reports about Brostrom, they say, could not be accurate because President Drake hasn’t referred any names to the Regents yet for consideration; no opportunity would have existed for UCSB faculty members to wage any sort of collective opposition like a vote of no confidence.

“The search for a new chancellor to lead UC Santa Barbara remains actively underway; it has not reached a conclusion,” said a

University of California spokesperson, Rachel Zaentz. “We are fully confident that this comprehensive process will culminate in a successful appointment of the next chancellor of UC Santa Barbara.” The search committee, formed shortly after Yang announced his retirement last August, provided the UC president an unranked list of candidates. The president can make a recommendation from that list or ask for additional candidates. “The process is confidential to preserve the privacy and professional interests of the candidates,” Zaentz added.

Whether Yang might be conscripted into interim service remains unknown. On campus and throughout the broader political community, he is held in high regard for his obvious achievements, but also with growing impatience for his lack of community engagement. Though one of the county’s most prominent public officials, Yang — notoriously media-phobic—has yet to make plain anything about the chain of succession his campus will soon experience. In the meantime, the clock is ticking. n

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State Senator Monique Limón (above), the child of Mexican immigrants and a former Santa Barbara Unified school boardmember and state assemblymember, won a key vote on 6/9 to become the first Latina to serve as Senate president pro tem. In her new position, Limón — a progressive environmentalist with strong union ties —will occupy one of the three most powerful positions in Sacramento. She will assume the role of Senate president in 2026, and her term expires at the end of 2028.

The 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army coincidentally falls on President Trump’s 79th birthday on 6/14. In defiance to the military parade ordered up by the president for the day, “No Kings” protests are occurring nationwide that Saturday. Here in Santa Barbara, the protest forms up at 10:30 a.m. along Cabrillo Boulevard, with the goal of forming a human chain from Calle Cesar Chavez to Castillo Street. The protests, which are being hosted here by Indivisible Santa Barbara and several co-sponsors, are expected to be the largest nationwide since Trump returned to office this January. Read more at independent.com/politics.

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On 6/6, Adams Elementary School students helped cut the ribbon for a vibrant mural featuring cartoon sea creatures and the old names of more than 100 Chumash villages along the Central California coastline. Painted by veteran muralist and environmental activist Emiliano Campobello (above right), the “Ocean Guardians in Chumash Territory” mural was born out of a 30-year partnership between the Rotary Club and Adams Elementary.

Planning for the mural began in May 2024, while Adams students created their own “Ocean Guardian” artwork of native sea critters to populate the painted blue sea. Read more at independent.com/ education.

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A jury awarded two men $2 million after they “were exposed to painful and disgusting bed bug infestations” at S.B. landlord Dario Pini’s Shores Inn in Ventura.

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Shores Inn. After staying at the hotel in February 2020, Alvaro Gutierrez and Ramiro Sanchez “were exposed to painful and disgusting bed bug infestations, and as a result, suffered physical injuries, emotional distress, and mental anguish,” according to the plaintiff complaint.

But the verdict may be contested; on Tuesday, June 17, defense attorney Wendy Lascher will be at the Ventura courthouse for an ex parte hearing, asking the judge, Honorable Mark Borrell, to not enter the judgement for 30 days so that an anonymous note, possibly written by a juror, could be investigated.

“A note was found loose in one of the notebooks provided to the jurors,” says a court disclosure document dated one day after the verdict was decided and the jury dismissed.

It is not known who wrote the note, but it alleges that two of the jurors had driven past The Shores Inn during the trial, and that the jury foreperson had said during a session that The Shores Inn is “an eyesore and should be torn down.”

When asked about the note, plaintiff attorney Brian Virag says that he will “let the courts handle that,” but will be at Tuesday’s —Elaine Sanders hearing.

ENVIRONMENT A historically large vegetation removal project in Los Padres National Forest was downsized last month by more than 140,000 acres, down to 90,796 acres, but environmental organizations are still sounding the alarm about the U.S. Forest Service’s plans. A large portion of the forest lies in Santa Barbara County, where much of the work — including mechanical thinning of trees, piling and burning of vegetation, mowing and weed whipping, prescribed fire, targeted grazing, and planting and seeding — will take place. A decision on the Wildfire Risk Reduction Project (formerly the Ecological Restoration Project) is expected by the end of the year, according to the Forest Service, and implementation could begin as soon as January 2026. Read more at independent .com/environment.

COMMUNITY On 6/4, law enforcement employees from the Santa Barbara Sheriff and police department alongside Special Olympic athletes set foot from Winchester Canyon to the Ventura County line on the Santa Barbara leg of the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Southern California.

Covering a total of 1,500 miles through 200 communities, the event raises funds to provide free year-round programming for local athletes.

Starting on 5/27, the run concluded on 6/6 and kicked off the 2025 Summer Games at California State University Long Beach.

The Dwight Murphy Renovation Project — a project nearly a decade in the making — broke ground on 6/5 (above). The project will include a 30,000-square-foot all-abilities playground, complete with a “magical tree” built so you can reach the top in a wheelchair. It will create a new fitness area twice the size of the current one, a new sports field with artificial turf, new restrooms, a grassy picnic area, more parking, and walking paths. All told, the Dwight Murphy Renovation Project will cost about $32 million and take about two years to complete.

About 2,200 cyclists passed through Santa Barbara and Ventura counties on 6/5 as part of the 31st, and final, AIDS/LifeCycle ride. A partnership between the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and Los Angeles LGBT Center, participants ride to break down the stigma surrounding HIV and AIDS and to provide healthcare and medication for those who may not be able to afford treatment. Over the past 30 years, the ride has raised more than $300 million for the cause, but increased production prices since COVID combined with a decline in ridership over the years have left the week-long event financially unable to continue in its current form. Read more at independent.com/community. n

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minimizing/downplaying the impacts on the seals, and in my opinion, this needs to be challenged,” said Norton.

Meanwhile, Vandenberg is partnering with Brigham Young University and Cal State Bakersfield on a sonic boom study to better understand the intricacies of the acoustic A sonic boom on May 15 sends resting harbor seals in the midst of their events that rattle windows pupping season scrambling for the safety of the ocean. and nerves up and down the coast. The research

by Tyler Hayden team has so far installed 25 monitoring he five videos begin with the familiar stations across 500 square miles of Califorsight of dozens of harbor seals nia — from the beaches of Isla Vista to the splayed peacefully on the beach of hills of Ojai — that are capturing data on their Carpinteria rookery. Suddenly, the highly complex noise patterns created in unison, the colony members raise their by rockets, given their unique flight paths, heads and look north as the low rumble of a rapid acceleration, and extreme altitude SpaceX rocket launched from Vandenberg changes.

Space Force Base culminates in a sonic “It’s like trying to catch lightning in a boom. Startled, the seals rush, or “flush,” bottle,” said Kent Gee, chair of the Departinto the ocean. In one instance, blood ment of Physics and Astronomy at BYU. pools in the surf among the mass of frantic “All launches generate sonic booms; howbodies. ever, their audibility to the public is influ“Stress from such disturbances can lead enced by several factors, including the to miscarriage or premature birth,” stated launch trajectory, the size of the rocket, and Becki Norton with Carpinteria Seal Watch atmospheric conditions.”

Central California’s microclimates add (CSW), a citizen group that monitors the protected rookery, one of only four in yet another layer of complexity to the Southern California. The five video clips research. “We are in the process of underwere captured between January and May standing these microclimates and creatduring peak pupping season. “Chronic ing a three-dimensional map of sound to disturbance can also lead to long-term understand how launches impact different behavioral changes, such as abandonment areas,” Gee said. “The data we have colof haul-out sites and declining reproduc- lected is already yielding surprises.” tive success,” Norton said, noting overall Col. Mark Shoemaker, who oversees colony numbers have declined in recent the Vandenberg spaceport and test range, years. said the base is committed to supporting Norton’s comments are among those national defense while also addressing conbeing submitted to Vandenberg as the base cerns like launch noise and impacts to the attempts to increase the frequency of its region’s fragile ecosystems. rocket launches threefold, from approxi“It’s a delicate balance,” Shoemaker said. mately 30 a year to more than 100. A draft “Every adjustment we make has ripple environmental report that assesses the fed- effects. Fly too far west, and it could comeral project’s potential impacts to air qual- promise our ability to get satellites into the ity, noise, wildlife, water, and other local required orbit. Fly too far east, and there resources was released last week, with a might be increased noise in populated public feedback period open until July 7. areas. But we’re committed to collecting Written comments can be submitted at data, following the science, and optimizing vsfbfalconlauncheis.com, and a virtual pub- operations.” lic hearing is scheduled for June 18, 6-8 p.m.

Also this week, U.S. Representative With respect to effects of steady sonic Salud Carbajal introduced the Space booms on seals and other pinnipeds, the Launch Noise Mitigation Study Act, legdraft report acknowledges that marine islation that would support a grant promammals “would be disrupted by noise gram for affected communities to install and visual disturbance” associated with new “noise-mitigating technologies.” Last launches and landings. But it states any December, Carbajal secured language in behavioral changes would be temporary a federal defense bill that — for the first and not exceed the threshold of “Level B time — acknowledged the impacts of sonic n harassment.” “The wording appears to be booms on nearby populations.

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found a much simpler way to make the plan work. Councilmembers Harmon and Eric Friedman suggested a less-drastic alternative to take a one-time $2 million from the city’s reserve fund — not adjusting the policy permanently— to combine with the $3 million already budgeted for the housing fund.

When the idea came Santa Barbara City Council is moving forward with its two-year budget plan, to the council hearing, including an additional $2 million per year from the city's reserve fund toward the the remaining question city's Local Housing Trust Fund. was whether the council would approve the $2

by Ryan P. Cruz million contribution for one or two years. anta Barbara City Council’s budget Councilmembers Friedman and Mike Jordeliberations went surprisingly dan both pointed out that the city should smoothly Tuesday, with the council consider itself lucky to avoid the bigger approving the City Administrator’s problems that many other communities face budget plan and coming to a consensus during budget season. over how to allocate a combined $5 million “I know it got a little contentious over the toward affordable housing without making additional $2 million, but we’re very fortunate that that’s what we’re arguing about,” any major cuts.

Coming into the final day of delibera- Councilmember Friedman said. “I think tions, the push to increase the city’s contri- pretty much every city in the state would bution to housing to the magic $5 million love to be in our position.” mark — led by a coalition of seven organizaThe council voted 6-1, with Mayor Randy tions — was the dominant point of conten- Rowse opposed, to fund the extra $2 miltion. While most of the council had voiced lion for Fiscal Year 2026 from the reserve support for funding affordable housing, fund to the Local Housing Trust Fund, with there was still no agreement on how exactly the condition that the money taken out of the city would find the extra money to fill reserves be replenished and the city would the housing fund. make a plan for more permanent funding.

The passage of the Measure I sales tax The motion for an additional $2 million for last year gave the city much more breathing Fiscal Year 2027 passed in a 4-3 vote, with room with balancing the 2026-27 budget, councilmembers Friedman and Jordan joinadding an expected $15 million a year in ing Mayor Rowse in opposition. revenues that allowed the council to make Councilmember Sneddon said she was up for shortfalls in other areas and main- pleased to see how the budget plan worked tain dozens of positions that would have out at council. She let off a small cheer when otherwise been eliminated. Without Mea- the votes came in favor of the extra $2 milsure I, City Administrator Kelly McAdoo lion a year with no major impacts to city explained during an earlier budget hearing, workers. the city would have had to “lay off 34 police “There are no new cuts this year for the first time in years, and that is something officers in order to balance the budget.”

The original budget plan called for $1.5 huge to celebrate,” Sneddon said. “A huge million to be allocated to a flexible hous- thank-you to the community who voted for ing and homelessness fund and another Measure I for essential services.”

But the city will still have to contend with $1.5 million to the city’s Local Housing Trust Fund, which could fund “Capital A” uncertainty in the future. While the 2026 affordable housing projects. Councilmem- budget is projected with a surplus of a bit ber Meagan Harmon, Kristen Sneddon, and more than $500,000, the city is projecting a Wendy Santamaria had been pushing for deficit of up to $3.5 million in 2027. And at the city to increase that contribution either the federal level, the Trump administration from Measure I revenues, a change to the continues to slash funding for community city’s reserve policy target, or adjustments development grants and other support proelsewhere; the more fiscally conservative grams, such as the harbor dredging project, members of the council argued that chang- which the city will have to fund itself after ing the reserve policy would be too big a decades of consistent federal subsidization. step.

These shortfalls will be addressed in next Instead, the gritty details were worked year’s budget planning cycle. out during a Finance Committee meeting Council is expected to officially adopt the just a few hours earlier, where the committee budget on Tuesday, June 17. n

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Changing Definition of Success

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Number of New Homeless People Seeking Services Outpaces Those Successfully Transitioned into Housing

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by Nick Welsh hen you can’t beat a problem no matter how hard you try, how much you spend, and how much you actually accomplish, maybe the best response is to change how you define success. That’s the message the Santa Barbara County Supervisors received loud and clear from the county’s Community Services Department Tuesday on how it attacks the issue of homelessness.

Joe Dzvonik, assistant director in charge of homeless programs, said after spending $76 million—in mostly one-time state and federal dollars—over the past four years, the number of new homeless people seeking services in Santa Barbara has kept going up at a greater rate than the number of homeless people successfully transitioned into housing. In the past year, 1,368 people transitioned out of homelessness and into housing; that’s the good news. In that same time, 1,712 first-time applicants sought homeless services, thus bringing the total number of people seeking help last year to 4,457.

Rather than establishing a goal to “reduce overall homelessness,” he said, “it is more realistic—and more likely achievable—to set a goal of making homelessness less frequent and more brief,” he said.

The goal should be to keep the number of new people entering homelessness to no more than the number of people leaving it. This he termed “functional zero.” Translated into plain English, that really means reducing the number of people experiencing “chronic homelessness.” Translated further, that means getting those at risk of becoming homeless help earlier in the process, before, for example, they get evicted for failure to pay rent.

Driving this shift in focus are a couple of things. First, the flow of state and federal dollars is expected to drop by more than 50 percent next year at a time when the state legislature is looking at $12 billion in spending cuts and the federal government under Trump is cutting back drastically on a host of safety-net programs. Also driving it is a widespread concern by those in the trenches

of care that the people they’re seeing have been homeless much longer and that their problems — mental health or addiction issues—are significantly more acute.

A stocky, no-nonsense guy who exudes a definite sense of mission, Dzvonik buried the supervisors in a blizzard of statistics, all seeming to show that as the problem got better, it also got worse. But the good news was—almost always—that it got worse at a slower rate.

By any reckoning, the county has thrown money, resources, and staff into the issue with rare resolve and ingenuity beginning in 2021. In that time, many new units of transitional and permanent housing were built, and many inventive new programs launched. The county secured millions in grant funds to help clear out more than 100 encampments and millions more to put them under the auspices of a Safe Parking program run by New Beginnings. But for as many people who got off the streets, there have been even more losing their housing.

The big jump has been in the number of people living in their cars—either families with kids or the growing ranks of those 55 or older who find themselves without shelter. There’s been a significant spike in the numbers of young people between the ages of 18 and 25.

With funding evaporating, the supervisors were at a loss to do more than to say kind things about the good work done.

Supervisor Joan Hartmann said she wanted to see a report in nine months showing how money from Governor Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 1—which narrowly passed at the polls with the promise to provide housing for people who are homeless, mentally ill, and addicted—might fill the breech.

Supervisor Bob Nelson expressed gratitude for the heroic work done cleaning out the encampments sprouting in Santa Maria’s riverbed. But he cautioned that maybe people who were born and raised in Santa Barbara can no longer expect to grow up and live here. There are cheaper places, he noted, to live. n

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ANGRY POODLE BARBECUE

Letting Loose the Hounds of Hell

BLOWING UP: Watching Donald Trump’s invasion of Los Angeles unfold, I am reminded

of an early-morning raid Ventura law enforcement agencies launched on my next-door neighbor many years ago. My neighbor was a big biker guy, and it turns out that he was a suspected meth dealer. There was an overwhelming show of force in the predawn hours.

From my neighbor’s perspective, a whole bunch of strange people invaded his house, and they had guns.

So, too, it turns out, did he.

Alarmed, he yanked out the .357 handgun he kept under his pillow. This being America, he acted in self-defense and shot one of the cops right in the chest.

The good news is that the cop was wearing a bulletproof vest. No one, miraculously, got killed. But the cops went batshit. They dragged my neighbor and his wife outside, naked and shivering. Then, they proceeded to trash the place.

Later, attorneys representing my neighbor would question the forensic value of this temper tantrum. As far as meth, the cop only discovered enough to whiten his mustache. I don’t remember how much my neighbor got from the settlement, but I suspect it was a lot more than the cops thought he was making as a dealer.

Perhaps most amazingly, he was still alive.

At the time, the harshest critics of this botched police action were not my neighbors

or even his attorneys; it was other people I knew in law enforcement.

There are ways of getting things done. And ways of blowing shit up.

Cops need to know the difference, and stupid always plays out harder. People tend to get killed.

Donald Trump, as he has repeatedly demonstrated, likes to blow shit up.

Right now, he’s attempting to blow up our state.

Right now — in this truly historic moment — we don’t have the luxury of stupidity. We don’t have the luxury of violence. Throwing rocks at cops, burning cars, and throwing firecrackers — blowing shit up— only gets people killed.

I am struck, also in this moment, by the two press releases just released this Tuesday: one by Sheriff Bill Brown and the other by Santa Barbara Police Chief Kelly Gordon. In some ways, they were singing the exact same song: We are not working with ICE; we are not enforcing federal immigration law; please don’t be violent; if you are violent, we will arrest you.

But in the tone of their delivery, they could not have been more different.

Sheriff Bill Brown announced his department was sending 32 deputies down to Los Angeles to assist law enforcement agencies keeping the peace to “ensure the safety and security of their communities in response to these violent disturbances.”

He then went on to denounce the protests:

“These events unfolding in Los Angeles…are far from peaceful First Amendment protests.

We are witnessing destructive attacks on private property and targeted attacks on law enforcement officers.”

True enough. But the vast majority of the protestors are, in fact, peaceful. The entire conflagration was triggered by federal authorities allegedly tasked to round up dangerous criminals who are here illegally.

If you are going after dangerous criminals, proper police tactics are supposed to be done surgically. But trawling neighborhoods looking for anyone who looks like an immigrant?

Agents—their faces covered —showing up in vans and buses and grabbing people, regardless of age? That’s inciting a riot.

Brown made no distinction between peaceful and violent protests. He made no acknowledgement that a major line has just been crossed in our country. I like Brown. I think

he’s a good man. He needs to do a whole lot better in these historic times.

I understand that as a national and statewide leader in law enforcement, he’s walking a tightrope. But Brown should have reminded people—as he did when he was still a Lompoc police chief—that without the heroic help of “illegal aliens”—Los Angeles’s Hillside Strangler would never have been caught.

Back then, Brown was running for sheriff against an incumbent stupid enough to say he thought his deputies should assist immigration agents. Right now, we need law enforce-

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ment leaders like Brown to say a few heartfelt syllables in support of the Constitution, free speech, and a community of immigrants now under siege who, for centuries, have been an integral part of California.

By contrast, Santa Barbara Police Chief Kelly Gordon did just that. In a statement—written in both Spanish and English—Gordon affirmed that “the right to protest is a cornerstone to our democracy…. Whether people gather to speak out on immigration issues, racial justice, economic inequality, or any other cause, our officers are committed to safeguarding the public’s right to assemble.”

Only after making this point—using language that Trump has all but banned from all federal communications—did she address the issue of violence. “We ask that all demonstrators remain nonviolent and respectful of others,” she wrote in a first-person voice to the community.

“But if people engage in acts that threaten public safety,” she added, “our department will act swiftly and decisively to separate agitators from lawful demonstrators to protect both public safety and the integrity of the protest itself.”

As any writer knows, it’s what you don’t say that counts. What Brown didn’t say spoke volumes. That there are both peaceful protestors as well as agitators. That people have a right to protest.

Perhaps Brown felt this was too obvious for words. Right now, nothing is too obvious.

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Elderly Jews in Boulder, Colorado, sprayed with flaming gasoline A young D.C. Jewish couple stalked and murdered with multiple shots in their backs as they crawled away Pennsylvania governor’s home invaded, burning down the room where the governor, who is Jewish, just hosted Passover Seder

Each attacker shouted “Free Palestine!”

As a rabbi on the UC Santa Barbara campus from 2009 to2023, I felt like a canary in a coal mine. “Globalize the intifada,” “From the River to the Sea,” “Zionism equals Genocide,” and other catch-phrases promoted on college campuses became culturally acceptable, poisoning the minds of a generation of progressive activists. We warned that words demonizing Jews, Zionists, and Israelis would inevitably have fatal consequences. The anti-Semitic violence we are witnessing is as chilling as it is unsurprising.

Now we must: Work in common cause with liberals, conservatives, moderates, and any ally who will stand up with us. We can’t afford the luxury of litmus tests to only choose allies of our own preferred political persuasion.

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Call out and litigate strongly against those who would harm us.

Clamp down on violent inciting speech before it leads to actual violence.

When balancing the right to personal safety and the right to free expression, our right to live must take precedence over those who incite violence through incendiary, hateful speech.

Anti-Semitic violence will not help Palestinians, and unchecked anti-Semitism brings down our entire society. Pennsylvania, D.C., and Boulder must be a wakeup call. Before it’s too late.

—Rabbi Evan Goodman, Chair, Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara

Hide ’n’ Shriek

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or months now, Trump has been trying to act like a king by ignoring court rulings against him. The courts have only one power to make their orders stick. They can hold federal officials in contempt, and enforce such contempt citations by fining or jailing them.

If enacted, the Republican budget bill as it emerged from the House of Representatives contains a hidden provision that would crown Donald Trump king and effectively end American democracy.

It reads: “No court of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no security was given when the injunction or order was issued ….”

Translated to plain English: No federal court may enforce a contempt citation.

The American people need to be aware of this and we all must contact our elected officials to prevent this travesty from being perpetrated.

—Terry Fernandez, S.B.

Beach Bummer?

Viewpoints diverged about the Barbara Beach Club and its sandy setups of rental chairs, umbrellas, towels, etc. at East Beach: jacquelynwillard: I absolutely love this idea! suziemoldavon: This is a gift to the people of S.B. A

public beach club that looks like this? What a dream!

I hope I can find enough days to spend here with friends, soaking up the surf and sun! Bravo! auralaura_: Cool. Let’s commodify the beach, one of the few inexpensive joys of Santa Barbara. eileenmablin: How is it legal to rent out space at a public beach? Nothing can be enjoyed by locals anymore. marisuuun: This is one of the best beaches! I really hope they aren’t completely taking over. sandy_beachin: There is plenty of beach left.

This is just a section. brendas_menagerie: Jeebus, people! The comments saying you’re going to kick their chairs, set up a boom box blasting terrible music, report them to the Coastal Commission, etc. How juvenile. They have a permit. It’s very little space on the beach. I stopped and talked to them, and they were very nice. Their rental rates seemed very reasonable. If any of you even go to the beach when you’re not keyboard warrioring, maybe see for yourselves. lucia.de.miguel: I really hope this doesn’t spread to other beaches. In some places in Europe, it has become so normal that it is hard to find a free beach area. The beauty about California beaches is that they are free and not full of businesses. It’s a place to connect with nature, unlike some beaches in Europe full of businesses and music.

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obituaries Robert Seiler

02/03/1949 – 05/13/2025

Robert (Bob) Anthony Seiler, age 76, passed away peacefully on May 13, 2025. Born on February 3, 1949, Bob lived the majority of his full and active life in Santa Barbara, CA. He grew up in the eccentric and rugged town of Eureka, CA where he and his 4 siblings shared wild adventures.

As a child, Bob stayed busy in school with extracurricular activities such as football, basketball, and track and field. He was a natural athlete who took pride in his achievements and often told stories about his athletic feats when he was older. After graduating from the University of Washington, Bob moved to Santa Barbara where he met his soon to be wife, Janet. Their first date was of course tennis. They had 5 fun filled years together and then expanded their family with the birth of their son David, followed by their daughter Virginia.

Bob had a successful career as a salesman in the food service industry, most recently at Jordano’s where he was known for his dedication and friendly demeanor. Beyond his professional life, Bob was passionate about sports and the outdoors. He loved tennis, pickleball, biking, surfing, kayaking, golfing, fishing, paddleboarding, and gardening— especially growing his prized tomatoes every year. Of course all of these activities made him hungry and he knew a good meal if he saw one! He particularly enjoyed desserts, especially those that involved chocolate.

Even with all of his hobbies, Bob also made time for his family.

Some of their favorite memories together included camping trips, gardening projects and badminton in the backyard every summer. In his later years, Bob and his wife Janet could be found walking on the beach or playing backgammon in the late afternoon.

A loving husband, brother, father, and grandfather, Bob is survived by his beloved wife of 49 years, Janet Olsen Seiler; his sister, Teresa Seiler; his children and their spouses, David and Deni Seiler, and Virginia and Greg Sun; and his grandchildren, Devin Seiler, Anden Seiler, Vienna Sun, and Everett Sun. His family was very important to him, and they will always appreciate his easy going nature and his enthusiasm 14

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Bob will be remembered for his active spirit, tireless work ethic, and the way he embraced life with joy and laughter. He will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered by his family, friends, neighbors and all who had the pleasure of knowing him.

A Celebration of his Life will be planned for July. In his memory, please consider donating to the Santa Barbara Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane, Santa Barbara CA 93108.

Consuelo “Connie” Hernandez

02/25/1926 – 05/22/2025

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mom, grandma, great grandma, and great-great grandma on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at the age of 99. Connie’s legacy includes, grandmother to 41, great grandmother to 59 and great-great grandmother to 15.

Connie was surrounded by family and loved ones when she was called home to be with the Lord.

Our devoted mother died peacefully at the home of her daughter Monica Modlin. Connie was born on February 25, 1926 in Michoacan, Mexico to Carlos Torres and Ascencion Lopez. At age 4 she came to Santa Paula, CA. where she spent her childhood and Santa Barbara where she moved in her early teens attending local schools, and graduated from Harts Business College. Connie worked as a receptionist for Estado Home Loan, Robinsons Department store and retired from the Santa Barbara County Mental Health in 1995.

Married to 2 LT Frederick P. Lopez of Santa Barbara, they were blessed with a beautiful daughter, Consuelo Linda Lopez. Frederick was killed in action during World War II. A street at the Santa Barbara Airport bears Frederick Lopez’s name, honoring his sacrifice during WWII. Connie found love again with Salvador Hernandez Sr. Together they were blessed with 12 additional children; Connie is survived by; her daughters Consuelo Linda Lopez Romero (Manuel) Mary Ellen Cook, Monica Modlin, Rosanna Berendt (Larry) Marina Hernandez, Teresa Arellanes (Bill) and her daughter in-law Emma Hernandez (Salvador Hernandez Jr.)

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Her sons; Victor (Regina) Martin (Yara) Ruben and Paul Hernandez. She was predeceased by her 2nd husband Salvador Hernandez Sr. daughter Carmen H. Garcia and sons Sal Hernandez Jr. and Richard Hernandez. Son-in-laws Joseph Cook and Robert Modlin, her sister Carmen Madrigal, brothers Florencio, Genaro, Louis, Michael, Joe and Gilbert Torres. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Lorraine Torres (Gilbert). Connie is also survived by siblings; Anita Sanchez, Mary Ellen Rivera (Armando) and Rachel Remacle. As well as many nieces, nephews, godchildren and generations of extended family who were shaped by her kindness and strength.

Connie was a confident, strong and independent woman who always stayed firm in her moral and ethical convictions. She was intelligent, compassionate, generous and completely selfless. She was sought out by many of her extended family for her sound advice and wisdom.

The entire family is eternally grateful for her daughter Monica Modlin for graciously allowing mom to live with her. Enduring daily and weekend visits by numerous families to visit their beloved mom and grandma.

The family also wishes to share that they are beyond grateful to the wonderful care Mom received in her last days from her daughter Marina and her granddaughters Reina and Victoria who used their caregiver training to comfort our mom in her last days before transitioning to Heaven. In addition, special appreciation and thanks to Denise Peña for her overwhelming love, care and support.

Mom’s legacy will live on in the traditions she started, the values she imparted and the love she shared. She will be deeply missed but forever remembered in the hearts of her family. Her deep faith in Jesus gave her strength, peace and comfort. She left an indelible imprint on those she loved, and she will be greatly missed by many.

Suffice it to say, we love and thank everyone who prayed and continues to pray for our family. Your prayers have carried us through. We appreciate every act of kindness shown. Thank you and God bless you!

A rosary and funeral mass will be at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, 227 N. Nopal St. Santa Barbara: Rosary at 7 p.m. Monday June 16; funeral mass, 11 a.m.

Tuesday, June 17, with a private interment at Calvary Cemetery at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Connie’s memory may be made to the Monastery of Poor Clares, 215 E. Los Olivos St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105

Charles Michael Dugan III 1959 - 2024

In Memoriam Santa Barbara lost a valued teacher and scholar in Charles Michael Dugan III, who passed in December 2024. His life embodied deep intellectual curiosity, dignity and integrity.

Born to Charles M. Dugan Jr. and Shirley D. Dugan, Charles Michael Dugan III graduated from Eastern Lebanon County High School where he was a member of the Library Club and a photographer for the school newspaper. A National Merit Scholarship Finalist with one of the highest SAT scores, Charles graduated from Penn State University before transferring to the graduate program in psychological sciences at UCSB, where under a Regents Fellowship, he worked with eminent scholars in the field of cognition.

His research focus was in Human Computer Interaction, Human Reasoning, and Problem Solving. Upon graduation, he joined the psychology faculty at Santa Barbara City College from 1996 until 2024. Dugan was a member of Association for Psychological Science, the Association for Computing Machinery, and a reviewer for the Journal of Memory and Cognition.

Dr. Dugan taught a wide range of courses, including research methods and statistics, cognition, social psychology, and introduction to the psychological sciences. In an era of distraction, with students challenged by innumeracy, math phobia, and skills gaps, Charles was patient with students, easing their fears and self-created barriers to learning, while acknowledging their strengths, uniqueness and humanity. Charles engaged with his colleagues, contributing thoughtful questions and proposing potential solutions and taking on special projects for the department, including building supplemental self-paced instructional modules to help students whose weaker backgrounds and skills inhibited their readiness for more advanced work. Like a child taking apart a Christmas gift to understand the mechanisms operating inside, Charles was deeply interested in the ways students reasoned and learned. He valued the elegance, logic and statistical reasoning

behind complex concepts, and enjoyed showing others how learning could transfer to other situations. His expertise in instructional design and humancomputer interface benefitted students and the college when the pandemic required a rapid transition to remote learning.

Charles was always an avid reader; he liked science fiction, collected comic books, and was always interested in photography, starting with a makeshift darkroom for developing film in his childhood home’s basement to the school newspaper photographer and eventually digital cameras. Charles enjoyed conversations in Esperanto, and was a principled vegan. Others characterized Charles as unique, kind, compassionate, highly intelligent, quirky, authentic and real, and a trusted friend.

Former colleagues recalled: “I remember him as being completely dedicated to the students and truly found joy in teaching”; “I will remember his wide expressive eyes when he was fired up about a topic and how genuine he was”. A long-time friend and colleague revealed: “I counted him as a true friend, one with high integrity and exceptional intelligence. When I experienced tough times in grad school, he was there to support me with kindness and perspective. When I was puzzling about how to teach a course he gave reasoned advice, which I invariably followed. He made me laugh, often. … I wish the world had been kinder to Charles.

I always thought he deserved more than he had been given.

He was so smart and thoughtful.

The many students he taught received an excellent education.

I know many were grateful.”

Another instructor recounted: “Some years ago I had a middleaged returning student who had little academic confidence.

She wanted to be a psych major but was terrified of having to take statistics. Charles was so helpful to her that she not only passed the course but eventually became our psychology student of the year.”

Charles is survived by his family members. His mother Shirley, sisters Kathy and Dorothy and brother James, reside in PA.

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Andy Nelson

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06/25/1944 – 05/25/2025

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1980s and on through 2022, if you ever stopped into a place called BEADS, you would certainly remember the intelligent, kind, and friendly gentleman named Andy, the handsome and helpful proprietor, affectionately known as “Mr. Beads.”

BEADS was a community hub for lively conversations and connection. Music, art, travel, and the history and culture of beads and bead craft and glassblowing were just a few of the topics of interest. If you got lucky, Andy’s funny and wild real-life stories might be shared.

Andy lived an extraordinary life in extraordinary times. As a young boy, he carpooled to Catholic school with the kids of a Miami mobster, who kept a loaded pistol on the center console. As a teenager he met Lenny Bruce (who bummed a cigarette outside The Peppermint Lounge). As a young adult, he marched for civil rights with Reverend Ralph Abernathy, and attended a Moon Landing LSD Ball in San Francisco.

Andy passed away after an extraordinarily lived three-quarters of century here on this wild ride called Planet Earth. In a collection of stories called “My Backstory,” Andy looked at his life through an “ain’t life strange” lens. Here is one of his stories.

Rest in peace, Andy.

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About a month before I was born, the Soviet Union exploded its first nuclear bomb. I was a Cold War baby. I didn’t realize it yet but the world was freaking out about nuclear annihilation and terms like “civil defense” were entering the national conversation.

I heard it first from older kids when I was about 7, because adults tried to shield kids from their new reality, that everyone and everything may be obliterated at any moment by a godless cult called “commies.”

Each year of my childhood, the Cold War got hotter, the bombs got bigger, the missiles, nuclear submarines, Iron Curtains, and Domino Theories crept into air-raid drills from kindergarten on: Duck and cover, kiddies! Every Saturday afternoon at one o’clock, the air-raid sirens all over the country would test our attempts at childhood with a dose of the last sound we might ever hear.

Church bells were replaced by the terrible shriek of the air-raid sirens. Fear of annihilation was universal. Every night at the dinner table, we listened to the news on the radio. Nikita Krushchev was itching for all-out war. Berlin wall, Suez Canal, containment strategies fell like dominoes. Russia was suddenly a

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global power that was swallowing up the world, one country at a time.

When I was in the 7th grade, I signed up for the Civil Defense. Everyone did. They sent me packets of instructions to join the Civil Defense Network and prepare my family and neighborhood for attack. I did the checklists. I enlisted a bunch of kids in the neighborhood and some of their parents, and we had contacts with the other neighborhoods around us.

We designated shelters and stored food and essentials. We were serious. If you have ever had someone point a gun at you, then you know how we all felt. The Commies were coming!

Then the Bay of Pigs took everything to fullblown panic. People started converting their swimming pools to bomb shelters. The grocery stores ran out of Spam for the first time since the war. All canned foods were gone.

I had milk bottles full of drinking water in my closet with my survival pack. I wasn’t ready for nuclear combat. We had only a closet in the center of the house, so I didn’t have a post-blast plan. I didn’t expect to need one.

One night, November 10, 1962, on my mother’s birthday, we were all dressed up and going out for her birthday dinner. My father was driving. It was raining hard, and we got stopped at the traffic light at Dixie Highway. We were the first car at the light as a huge convoy of military trucks came rumbling by headed southbound toward Homestead Air Force Base. Truck after truck went by like a grim parade of death and destruction. We watched over a hundred trucks. I got tired of counting at some point.

My dad said, “You guys know what’s under those tarps?” As we looked, a gust of wind picked up a corner of one of the tarps covering the back of a truck and we saw racks of missiles. Everyone in our car got quiet. All I could think about was, who those missiles were going to kill. That night, I said a prayer before I went to bed for all the kids our missiles were going to fall on. n

Oklahoma City, June 25th 1944 Lottie Pool gave birth to a baby boy & She named him Jackie Donald Abston.

His father Daniel (Woody) Abston approved the name but the world would come to know him as Okie Jack.

Okie Jack and his brother Tommy Daniel would eventually follow the ladies and the cars out to California where they settled long enough for Jack to graduate from Santa Barbara High School (1962). Both Jack and Danny were members of the Chevrollers and there wasn’t a party they didn’t either start or close down. It was during this time Jack fathered his first child, the amazing Christina Frazier.

Jack’s love for cars and people would land him a job at Jensen’s Chevron on Montecito. Jack became the unofficial mayor of Montecito and he made many friends and memories. Years later he would purchase a station down the street and name it Okie Jack’s Montecito Union.

During his time at Jensen’s, Jack got married to Adriene Barnett and had 2 children, Joey and Karin.

After a short move to Placerville, Jack found his way back to Santa Barbara and his old friend Bob Holzer and Steve Graybill. The shop on St Vincent was home base for the towing business and there, Jack would continue to foster friendships and his love for the wheel and deal. Do we even need to talk about the Deals?

Jack married Dee Dee Williams upon his return to Santa Barbara and they stayed married until her death in 2020.

Jack began a life of sobriety and became a permanent fixture at the Eagles lodge Aerie 442. In no time Jack was climbing the ranks, becoming President and recruiting all of his people. The

thrift store and Bingo were his babies and he was often found wheeling and dealing in the parking lot of the lodge every weekend, and on every Thanksgiving and Christmas he would host a Feed the Hungry dinner. It was one of his favorite things to do and he was so proud of it. Jack was always doing things for others and was committed to giving back to many different charities. It became part of his life’s purpose.

Jack eventually relocated to Oregon, Idaho and then finally back to Oklahoma to be near his brother Danny.

Jack moving to Oklahoma marked the return of Okie Jack. He moved into a senior living facility and within 2 months Jack was running bingo, staging food protests and working the ladies. This is where Jack met what he would call the love of his life, his sweet little Mary. In his mind they were engaged, married, he had a new stepdaughter Michelle and then sadly, became widowed again.

Jack loved people, and people loved Jack. He could talk to anyone, anywhere about pretty much anything and he would love every minute of it. He was the life of the party and it is difficult to remember a time when he was truly angry. He might holler a bit, be a bit stubborn and ornery, but he was a happy funny little guy and we are going to miss him.

Jack leaves behind his Daughters Karin and Christina, step daughters Michelle and Angela, brother Danny, nephew Bryan and great nephews Jake and Luke.

Many cousins and friends and some of the best memories a person can ask for.

A celebration of Life is happening every day.

Keep old man Jack in your thoughts and stop by Channel City Lumber on a Monday or Channel City Hardware & Gifts on the weekends and visit with Karin. She loves to hear stories about her Dad.

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obituaries David M. Yager

07/15/1930 – 05/31/2025

David M. Yager, former First District Supervisor, has died at the age of 94. David was the first baby born in what was then the Fleischmann Wing of Cottage Hospital on 15 July, 1930 to Jesse and Helen Yager. David attended the Jefferson School on the Riviera, La Cumbre Junior High School where he was President of his 1945 class, Cate High School class of 1948, Pomona College where he was President of the men’s student body, and Harvard Law School, class of 1955. David served as a Naval Line-Duty Officer from 1956 to 1958. Returning to Santa Barbara in 1958, David began his lengthy life-long law practice. David ran for and was elected Santa Barbara County First District Supervisor in 1976 and was re-elected in 1980 and 1984. Seeking office again in 1988, David was subsequently retired by popular demand.

Notable achievements while on the Board of Supervisors included supporting funds for the Human Services Commission, supporting Bill Wallace’s efforts to limit growth at UCSB, voting to approve expansion of the Biltmore Hotel, voting to approve the Bacara Hotel, sponsoring the creation of the Sana Barbara County Arts Commission, supporting the Arts in Public Places ordinance, and being the deciding vote requiring Exxon to process their offshore oil development at Las Flores Canyon rather than offshore – a controversial decision in which the then Santa Barbara NewsPress editorial referred to him as “an airhead.”

David also served on the Santa Barbara Airport Commission, the boards of Old Spanish Days, the Santa Barbara Medical Foundation and the Montecito Community Foundation.

He was a past president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Montecito Association and Casa Dorinda boards. He was also one of the founders of the Westmont Foundation.

In 1960, David married the former Wendy Kratz at All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Montecito. David and Wendy remained married until 1982 when they separated amicably. Remaining great friends, David and Wendy raised their family together and joined in numerous family reunions. The Yagers were past members of the Valley Club, Knowlwood Tennis Club, and Birnam Wood, and have remained members of the Coral Casino.

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Services are pending. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, P.O. Box 3620, Santa Barbara, CA 93130-3620.

Virginia Sanchez

04/14/1940 – 05/27/2025

A woman of strong Catholic faith, Virginia found strength and guidance in her spirituality.

Her home was filled with faith, laughter, and memories that will be cherished for generations.

She will be remembered for her unwavering love, gentle humor, open heart, and deep devotion to her family and community. Her memory lives on in the hearts of all who were blessed to know and love her.

Jacqueline M. Ericson 02/08/1934 – 04/01/2025

In Loving Memory of Virginia Ellia Ybarra Sanchez Virginia passed away peacefully on May 27, 2025, at the age of 85, surrounded by her devoted family. Born in San Antonio, Texas, she moved to Santa Barbara, California, at 15 and made it her lifelong home.

Though California became home, Virginia took great pride in her Texas roots. She was a lifelong supporter of all things Texas and remained closely connected with family and friends still living there, keeping in touch with loved ones well into her final weeks.

Virginia lived a full, meaningful life centered on faith, family, and love. She cared deeply for others and was a constant source of comfort, strength, and encouragement. Her home was always open to anyone in need of a meal, a conversation, or a place to rest.

She was the proud mother of Tina Gutierrez-Grubbs (Lloyd Grubbs), George Gutierrez, Frank Gutierrez (Chris Mendoza), and Leticia Sanchez.

She is now reunited with her beloved son, John Gutierrez, who preceded her in death. She was the cherished grandmother of eleven, great-grandmother of seven, and aunt to many nieces and nephews.

Many knew her affectionately as Grandma Virg, a name that captured the heart of who she was. She offered love, guidance, and acceptance to all who came into her life.

Virginia loved sharing stories from her childhood and a life marked by resilience and heart.

She adored animals, gardening, and being surrounded by family.

The color red was her favorite and brought her joy. It was often found in her wardrobe and throughout her home, where it appeared bold, vibrant, and full of life, just like she was.

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by her beloved husband, Roy, her sister Bobbie and nephew Steve.

She is survived by her son Scott (Cheryl), her daughter Kristie Sanchez (Danny). Also survived by grandchildren Larissa Sichley (Jeremy), Justin Ericson, Andrew Sanchez, Kimberly Sanchez and her great-grandchildren, Aden, Maia and Luke Ratliff. Jackie is also survived by her nieces, Laura Jespersen and Karen Walker.

A private celebration of life has been held. Donations in her name may be made to the SB Humane Society, VNA Hospice of Santa Barbara or a charity of choice.

Jackie will be missed immensely, and we will forever cherish many, many fun and happy memories.

William (Bill) Patrick Huddy It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Jacqueline (Jackie) Mae Ericson on April 1, 2025. She passed peacefully, surrounded by her loving family. Jackie was a wonderful wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, mother-inlaw, neighbor and friend.

Jackie and her husband, Roy, moved to Santa Barbara 61 years ago with their son, Scott and their daughter, Kristie.

Jackie worked at the exclusive Santa Barbara Club, making many friends while there, with those friendships lasting throughout her lifetime. Jackie also enjoyed catering for many years around town. She often heard the request, “Oh, please make your cheese puffs.”

Jackie and Roy became members of the Elks Lodge here in Santa Barbara. She enjoyed volunteering for many events, including the monthly spaghetti dinners, greeting members with a smile.

Jackie and Roy also became active members with the Elks Caravaneers, traveling to various destinations in their 5th wheel with many friends. A lot of fun and fellowship was experienced on those trips. After Roy’s passing, Jackie purchased a motorhome and continued her travels with many existing friends. Jackie also was a member of The Native Daughters of the Golden West Tierra de Oro. In short, Jackie loved her family deeply, made many cherished friends, and was always ready and willing to help wherever she was needed. Her family and friends will carry forward many happy and humorous memories that will continue to inspire all who were fortunate enough to know her.

Jackie was preceded in death

10/12/1953 – 11/29/2024

Bill Huddy, passed away on November 29, 2024, in Castle Rock, Colorado at the age of 71.

Loving fiancée of Linda Hufferd, devoted father of Caitlin Huddy and Mary Huddy, beloved son of the late Bill and Jean Huddy, dear brother of Bryan Huddy (Julie Huddy), uncle of Brianna Sanchez (Andru Sanchez) and great uncle of Aliyana and Kyah Huddy.

Bill was an accomplished academic. He earned his BA at California State University, Chico, his Master of Arts of Instructional Communication at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and his Doctor of Philosophy, Communication Studies at University of Denver.

Bill was born and raised in Santa Barbara, California. Bill loved the news and broadcasting, and he became a Broadcast Specialist with the California National Guard after graduating from college. He advanced his news career over 20 years, serving as a News Photographer and News Reporter in California, before continuing his career as a News Anchor in El Paso, Milwaukee, Fort Myers, and Colorado Springs.

Bill pursued Investment Advising (Series-7 Investment Advisor) and carried his love of the stock market throughout his life.

Bill’s broadcasting and advising experiences demonstrated

his skills and love of educating others which guided him to a 25-year career in academia. Bill was the Director of Excellence in Oral Communication at UCCS before becoming a Lecturer at Emerson College in Boston and then a Senior Lecturer at Metropolitan State University of Denver. His other notable accomplishments included being a published author and on the Faculty of The Junior State of America Foundation in Washington, DC. His joy of teaching was felt by every one of his students. Each lecture showed his passion for learning and the gift of education.

Bill was a man of many interests. He was an expert parachutist who appeared on the cover of Parachutist Magazine. He was an avid bicyclist who rode many bike races including The Elephant Rock and he just completed the Tour of the Moon in Palisade, Colorado with his dear friend Steve. Bill loved politics, having volunteered on multiple campaigns, served as Party Treasurer and ran as a Candidate for County Commission. Bill was on his HOA board and regularly volunteered at the recycling center.

Bill met his fiancée Linda in 2012 and through the years he shared with her his boundless love of creating connections and living fully. Together they biked, hiked, dined, and traveled. Bill especially loved Italy and went there often with Linda. While there with friends and family, they shared their love for art, connecting with people and exploring enchanting ancient towns from Venice to Matera.

They also enjoyed traveling closer to home to Niwot and Palisade.

The loves of his life were his beautiful daughters, Caitlin and Mary. He gave them his love of music, his humor, his compassion, and knowledge that he would always be there for them.

He would always make sure they had their vitamins, knew the weather forecast, any traffic concerns, and what was going on politically. He was a devoted father who was a role model and rock for his girls.

A memorial mass for William will be held Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 10:30 AM at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2746 Fifth St, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104.

A reception will follow the mass from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM at Pegasus, 313 Jerry St, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

Please send any flowers to Olinger Andrews Caldwell Gibson Chapel at 407 Jerry St, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

obituaries Donald George Rathbun 03/20/1935 – 04/26/2025

Donald George Rathbun celebrated his 90th birthday surrounded by family.

He passed away on April 26th, 2025, in Santa Barbara, CA. Don was born March 20th, 1935, in Whitehall, NY to George Edwin Rathbun and Helen Beecher Rathbun, the eldest of 4 children.

He started his education in a rural, one room schoolhouse.

After graduating from Whitehall High School, he completed a draftsman apprenticeship at GE in Schenectady, NY. His military service had him stationed in Germany as part of the tank corp.

After his discharge he worked for GE and McDonnell Douglas. He then continued his education, earning his MS in physics at University of Missouri at Rolla.

In 1968 Don was hired as an engineer in the optics division at Delco Electronics in Milwaukee, WI. He met Roberta Zillier on a ski trip in Canada, and they were married on September 19th, 1970.

Their son Brett arrived the following year and daughter Lara in 1973. Delco transferred him to Goleta, CA in 1973, where he remained.

Don always had time for his family. They were often loaded up in the family station wagon to go on camping trips along the coast from San Diego to British Columbia, as well as road trips across the country to visit family and friends. Don was involved in Y Indian Guides and Princesses, coached baseball, and was Scoutmaster of Troop 36 for five years.

He enjoyed sports, nature, photography and was a collector of many things: stamps, beer cans, coins, minerals, shells, and art.

He retired in 1992 which allowed him more time to pursue his many interests. An avid birder, he travelled the world finding many birds to add to his life list. He had a great interest in genealogy, tracing his roots back to the Mayflower. He showed his creative side with his love of woodworking and was often seen with his Shopsmith on the driveway. His projects were big, like building an addition to the house; or smaller, beautifully crafted creations. He was a lifelong learner.

He enjoyed music (especially the Quebe Sisters) and old detective shows.

He loved being a grandpa,

To submit obituaries for publication, please call (805) 965-5205 or email obits@independent.com enjoying a chat about life and activities, using his woodworking skills to build a beautiful wood train, and was always an enthusiastic patron of dance and theater performances.

Don was predeceased by his parents and his sister Shirley Rathbun. He is survived by his wife of 54 years Roberta, son Brett Rathbun (Li-At) of Buellton, CA; daughter Lara Rahn (John) of Mountain View, CA; grandchildren Joie and Jared Rahn, sister Dorothy Rathbun, brother Leslie Rathbun (Kathie) and 4 nephews.

Peter B. Logan

12/13/1931 – 11/30/2024

His strong faith remained central in his life, supporting him through a stroke and further surgeries. When asked, How ya doing?, he always smiled, answering “Great!”

Pete passed away peacefully at home with his wife Joanne by his side. He is survived by his sister, Ellie Logan, his 3 children, 6 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at Living Faith Center on Friday, June 20, at 1:00pm.

A special thanks to Central Coast Hospice for the loving support and care given to Pete and all the family.

Sharon Lee (Hayes) Levinson

09/24/1938 – 05/22/2025

Peter was born in Vancouver, BC, Canada, and lived there until the untimely death of his father in 1948. At that time he came to America with his mother and younger sister, settling in Santa Barbara, CA to be near family.

He graduated from S.B. High School in 1950, furthering his studies at SBCC and Pasadena Bible College. He met Joanne (Standish) at Church and after a 2 year courtship they were married. Four children soon filled their lives - daughters, Patricia (Knight) (deceased 2010) and Katherine (Cohen), and sons Jim and Steve.

He Joined Raytheon Co. (RTX), in 1957 working with Facilities until his retirement in 1992. As a man of many skills, he fondly became known as “Mr. Fix-It” for family, friends, neighbors and even strangers.

He enjoyed gardening, camping, fishing, and traveling with family and friends. Many memorable trips included 2 fishing trips to Alaska, a trip to Switzerland and 7 to Australia to visit their daughter and husband living there.

Following Open Heart surgery in 2004 Pete joined “Mended Hearts, Inc.” becoming a Volunteer at Cottage Hospital, visiting Heart Patients and walking the halls with his beloved little Shelty, Lena, with the Dog Therapy Organization.

Their home on Edgewood Drive for 45 years was always open for friends, extended family and even strangers for a visit or an extended stay. In 2013 they knew it was time for a new adventure and relocated to Rancho Santa Barbara Mobile home Park.

Sharon Lee (Hayes) Levinson, 86, of Murrieta, California, passed away at home on May 22, 2025, surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Sharon was born at home in North Platte, Nebraska, on September 24, 1938, and was baptized at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. She was the eldest of six children born to Mary Jane (Jeffers) Hayes and Allan “Bud” Hayes, Jr. Sharon grew up alongside her siblings—brothers Pat, Chris, and Jim, and sisters Kathy and Theresa in a close-knit community where family ties ran deep. North Platte, a bustling railroad town known for housing the largest rail hump and classification yard in the nation, shaped much of Sharon’s early life. The Union Pacific Railroad was central to her family’s livelihood, employing her father, two of her brothers, and many members of her extended family.

Sharon enjoyed a carefree childhood in North Platte, surrounded by a large extended family. With her mother, one of twelve, and her father one of seven, she was enveloped by a rich community of aunts, uncles, and cousins. Her world changed dramatically at age 15 when her father passed away from cancer at just 35 years old. As the oldest, Sharon stepped up to help raise her younger siblings, including newborn sister Theresa. Her natural sense of responsibility, love, and strength became a hallmark of who she was, always nurturing others and putting herself last.

Caring for others became her

life’s guiding principle.

After graduating from North Platte High School, Sharon moved to Glendale, California, to live with her Aunt Alice and Uncle Homer, which allowed her to begin a new chapter. Soon after, she began working for Pacific Telephone & Telegraph— an experience she would look back on with great pride. Sharon quickly rose through the ranks, earning a promotion to supervisor at a notably young age. In fact, most of the employees she managed were older than she was, a testament to her strong work ethic, leadership skills, and maturity well beyond her years.

Her dedication and professionalism did not go unnoticed. Out of all the employees in her company, Sharon was selected to represent the organization during the presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy. It was a tremendous honor and a proud moment in her life.

While living in Glendale, Sharon eventually moved into the YWCA, where she forged lifelong friendships, including with her dear friend Lois. She often reminisced about that time, saying, “Living with 26 girls—it was like a college dorm. We had a blast.”

It was at a YWCA dance that she met her future husband, Lawrence “Larry” Levinson. The two married on Valentine’s Day, 1961, and shared 60 wonderful years together before Larry’s passing in April 2021.

In 1963, Sharon and Larry moved to Santa Barbara, where they raised their two children, Traci Lynn (born 1964) and Randy Allan (born 1966). Sharon was the driving force behind the move, adamant about raising her children in a safer, smaller town rather than the greater Los Angeles area. She often said, “If my teenager didn’t come home at night, where would I start looking in such a big city?” In 1968, Sharon and Larry founded Lawrence Interiors, a custom window coverings and flooring business that they ran together. A devoted mother and homemaker, Sharon remained at home until Traci and Randy reached high school.

Her home was always warm and welcoming, with breakfast in the morning and a hot meal every night. When it was time for dinner, she’d ring a large ship’s bell that could be heard blocks away.

Santa Barbara was a cherished place full of fond memories and lasting friendships. In 1996, Sharon and Larry relocated to Scottsdale, Arizona, and six years later, they made their final move to Murrieta, California, to be closer to their children and grandchildren.

Throughout her life, Sharon had a gift for making everyone feel welcome. She was engaging, generous, and had a heart for

service. Traci and Randy often heard, “we love your mom, she is the best.” Sharon was also a passionate DIYer—especially when it came to painting, and she loved reading, gardening, and genealogy. She poured decades into researching her family’s lineage, tracing their roots back to the 1630s, with ancestors who landed in Plymouth shortly after the Mayflower. Her relatives fought in the Revolutionary War and even signed the Declaration of Independence. Sharon was a proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was a true patriot, and had a deep love of her country.

She is survived by her children, Traci Luke of Murrieta and Randy Levinson (Mary) of La Jolla, CA and her four beloved grandsons: Jared Luke, Nolan, Luke, and Colin Levinson. She is also survived by her siblings Chris, Jim, Kathy, and Theresa.

Sharon was laid to rest in a private family service in Murrieta on June 10, 2025.

A remarkable mother, wife, sister, and friend, she was adored by both her children and grandsons and always showed unconditional love for her family. Sharon was truly one of a kind. Rest in peace, Sharon. You are deeply loved and will be sorely missed.

Tracy Lenore Bray

Tracy Lenore Bray passed away in her Santa Barbara home on March 28, 2024.

She left us after a long struggle with muscular dystrophy, a progressive and eventually fatal genetic disease. She leaves behind her wife of 35 years, Deborah Dodge, her sister, brothers, and longtime devoted friends.

Tracy was born in Sacramento and moved to Southern California in 1981. After living in several cities, she finally settled in Santa Barbara, which she considered the best city in the world. Tracy was a member of Unity Church, an avid reader, and a longtime Dodgers fan.

Tracy was a loving, kind person who enjoyed getting to know people. She had lifelong friends who adored her, and her passing leaves a lasting void in their lives. Tracy is deeply loved and is deeply missed.

Services will be private. Donations may be sent in Tracy’s name to the Muscular Dystrophy Association at: https://www.mda.org/.

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FEATURE

Santa Barbara’s

Old Earthquake

D i w s e c o N s veries d l e i Y

me Insights E rge as C ity C ele b ra

Temblor with Event 5 2 9 1 f o y Serie rsar s e v i n n A r a Ye tes 100-

by Matt Kettmann Photography by Ingrid Bostrom

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magine you’ve arrived for your Monday morning

shift down on State Street by the railroad tracks, and you’re looking toward the Pacific Ocean as the 6:40 a.m. sun lights the sky. There appears to be a large wave approaching from the channel, but suddenly, it’s the earth — not the sea — that begins to rise from the shoreline and roll up the block. Earthen waves slam into the imposing Hotel Californian, and you watch as the neighborhood’s largest building crumbles to the ground in seconds.

The crazy crest sweeps you off of your own two feet, but you still manage to spot it rolling all the way up State Street, toppling brick and wooden structures all the way to Carrillo.

What you can’t see is that the wave keeps surging, causing the San Marcos Building at Anapamu Street to telescope in on itself, and the water tower above the Arlington Hotel to plummet, both incidents crushing people to death below.

Perhaps, instead, you managed to snag an early tee time to start your week at La Cumbre Country Club, when a wild roar of the earth gives way to a violent jolt. The hills start to rise and fall, the entire landscape not shaking in scattered bursts — like those you’ve come to associate with the typical earthquake — but rolling along as if atop a long underground wave. Across town on Mission Ridge, that same wave triggers audible blasts as it buckles the pavement.

Or maybe you’re visiting from out of town, staying along the waterfront, when a large wave hits the beach right before the ground begins to make crunching noises and heave your way. The floor jumps up as you attempt to flee outside, like sudden waves roiling a calm canoe.

Of course, all of these things did happen in Santa Barbara, at 6:42 a.m. on June 29, 1925, when a massive earthquake rattled the region, killing 11 people and decimating the city’s commercial core. From that tragedy would come a new vision for Santa Barbara, which was rebuilt with an emphasis on Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and a reverence for historic preservation that persists today.

But there may still be much to learn from these survivor accounts, which come from newspaper coverage of the quake. The first is from Southern Pacific Railroad gatekeeper Charles Turner; the second from an unnamed golfer who said the quake felt “as if some monster had me by the shoulders” with the intent of shaking off his head; and the last from Ole Hanson, the former mayor of Seattle and founder of San Clemente, who compared the noise to “a 18

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million dogs crunching bones.”

These accounts are by no means new, having been published widely at the time and rehashed over the decades for articles, books, and relevant milestones, such as Santa Barbara’s ongoing celebration to mark the 100-year anniversary of the quake. But taken together, a fresh look at these descriptions of what happened during the Santa Barbara earthquake of 1925 are leading to a host of new discoveries, at least in the eyes of one expert.

“I sometimes refer to myself as a geologic historian,” explained Larry Gurrola, an engineering geologist whose PhD from UCSB focused on the earthquake hazards of Santa Barbara. “The key to understanding the hazards of today is to look at the recent past.”

GROUND ROLLS & TIDAL WAVES Among other revelations, Gurrola’s recent review of the archives — which has been published by the Coast Geological Society, with the subtitle “What We Learned After the Shaking Stopped” — indicates for the first time that the 1925 earthquake featured a “ground roll,” in which the earth moves in a visible wave that those observers witnessed.

“This is the first evidence of ground roll making its way up State Street,” said Gurrola. “It takes a sufficiently large earthquake to produce them, but it’s also because of the site conditions of Santa Barbara.”

Specifically, the areas of lower State and Bath streets sustained significant damage. “That’s unconsolidated sediment, with high groundwater,” he explained. “When you apply earthquake shaking, the areas start to liquefy, and they can subside. This whole area is susceptible to very hard shaking.”

Gurrola also compiled evidence to suggest there was more tsunami-like activity than previously thought. Pearl Chase, who’d soon pioneer Santa Barbara’s civic style, was a primary witness of that, with a few more reports — a swimmer who was suddenly on sand, a ship lurching far ashore, a fissure in the sea floor — as corroboration. (Gurrola’s adjacent research almost certainly confirms that the large quake of 1812 did cause a significant tidal wave.)

Gurrola was also surprised by the many foreshocks —

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Larry Gurrola considers himself a “geologic historian.”

Gurrola shows off fault evidence near Loon Point.

possibly several hundred small earthquakes — that were recorded by water pressure and temperature monitors but not felt by the sleeping populace. “To get these precursory warnings of something bigger coming is not common,” he explained.

Then there’s the force of the quake itself, which the reports suggest was far more violent than most anyone had experienced in earthquakes before.

“I found that a lot of people were knocked to the ground — that says something about the initial shock,” explained Gurrola. “When you start to focus on the local news reports, you really get a sense that this earthquake was strong.”

Estimates of magnitude on the Richter scale have varied from a long-believed 6.3 all the way up to 6.8.

With all this info now in his mind, Gurrola believes it was certainly a 6.5, maybe higher. “Santa Barbara is on an earthquake belt,” said Gurrola. “There are very large faults in the area, both onshore and offshore, capable of producing a Northridge-like earthquake, or even larger.”

DEBRIS FLOW TO QUAKE DIVE Gurrola’s 1925 earthquake deep dive was actually inspired by a similar approach to what he did in response to the 1/9 Debris Flow. As Montecito aimed to rebuild following that disastrous mudslide, Gurrola was enlisted by the Partnership for Resilient Communities to determine how common these incidents had been in the past.

While other scientists claimed that similar debris flows were rare, Gurrola used historical accounts from newspapers and museum archives to show that, in fact, at least four more major mudslides had happened over the past 200 years before January 9, 2018. But funding for his continued work on the project was spent elsewhere, and instead paid for preventative measures that he sees as short-sighted.

So Gurrola was in a bit of a slump when the Coast Geological Society asked him to lead a field trip for the 100-year anniversary of the 1925 quake.

He decided to take a five-month sabbatical to prepare, applying the same archival methodology he used for the debris flow to the earthquake evidence.

“I thought to myself, ‘I wonder if anything has been missed?’ ” he said. “It really served me well having a geologic background doing the historical

‘It’s just exciting to bring what I know and share it with people an d see their eyes open.’

—Larry Gurrola research for debris flows. That’s when I decided I was just going to do my own research and write my own historical report.”

He fell headfirst into the archives, following rabbit holes to deeper rabbit holes, spending much time at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum’s Gledhill Library. “Once I delved into the history, it was fascinating,” said Gurrola, who came to appreciate the many newspaper stories from Santa Barbara publications. “Looking at the historic record, the local accounts are more accurate.” When it comes to papers from outside the region, Gurrola said, “You have to learn how to filter out sensational accounts and exaggeration.”

The resulting document, titled Tectonic Geomorphology, Structural Framework and the Seismic Hazards of the Santa Barbara Fold Belt: What We Learned After the Shaking Stopped, served as the guidebook for Gurrola’s May 3 tour for Coast Geological Society. The 93-page pamphlet, a mix of historical reports and more technical geologic analyses, will next be used by the Statewide California Earthquake Center during a June 29 tour for researchers from across the state, and then discussed during the following day’s scientific workshop at UCSB. And for the rest of us, it’s been posted for free at eq25.org/resources.

He’s happy to be able to share what he’s learned.

“It’s just exciting to bring what I know and share it with people and see their eyes open,” said Gurrola, who also gave a June 9 talk about his findings at Dargan’s during one of the Museum of Natural History’s Science Pub nights. “I consider this my outreach.”

But don’t miss the underlying message: Santa Barbara’s mountain-to-sea setting is beautiful for the same reason that it’s dangerous. Our incredibly active geology means the next Big One could come any day.

“The land is coming up one to two millimeters per year,” said Gurrola of how dramatically the earth is shifting here. “Over a human life, that’s nothing. But compared to other earthquake areas, n that’s actually quite high.”

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The Mission’s bell towers crumbled.

OUR EARTHQUAKE

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION A broad coalition of Santa Barbara nonprofits, museums, libraries, associations, and businesses are uniting to celebrate the centennial of the June 29, 1925, earthquake under the banner of EQ25: A City Transformed. Their impressive calendar of nearly 30 different talks, tours, exhibits, and special events — including about 10 that have already happened — culminates on the weekend of June 28 and 29.

The centennial’s largest public event will be on Saturday, June 28, when the Great Shake Day block party takes over the 1100 block of State Street between Anapamu and Figueroa. There’ll be an earthquake simulator, a vintage car show, a coloring zone, a history walk, and a disaster preparedness plaza located in San Marcos Plaza, whose building was destroyed by 1925 quake.

The Day of Remembrance on June 29 includes the unveiling of a plaque during a ceremony at the Santa Barbara Mission, followed by church bells ringing 11 times a noon to mark the lives lost on June 29, 1925.

The Casa del Herrero Centennial Community Day also happens on June 29, with three two-hour sessions that include mini-tours of the “Hearst Castle of Montecito” and a workshop. See casadelherrero .com.

Lastly, on June 29, 5-8 p.m., the 1925 Earthquake EQ25 Symposium will occur in the Lobero Theatre, where the American Institute of Architects, Santa Barbara, will present a 90-minute “then and now” exploration of the quake’s historical, architectural, and cultural impacts of the 1925 earthquake. n

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Genealogical Society’s Earthquake Exhibit Centers People Stories and Lives Remembered Exhibit Introduces Us to Earthquake Survivors and Victims

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by Christina McDermott

resident, I’ve always considered the 1925 earthquake by what it changed rather than by who it changed. But the ongoing exhibit, tucked into the Sahyun Library at the S.B. County Genealogical Society on Castillo Street, made the earthquake not a distant plot event, but something that shaped lives. Called Stories and Lives Remembered, the exhibit focuses on people, and that’s what makes it interesting.

“With genealogy, we’re really big on family history and those stories,” said the society’s outreach coordinator Holly Snyder, who explained that the idea started out for members of the society, before growing to include community stories. “You can really kind of step in their footsteps, their shoes.”

Part of the exhibit includes accounts from people about the earthquake, as well as short biographies of their lives and photos of them. In one shot, you can see a woman sitting neatly in the rubble of a destroyed building.

“I’ve always heard about families hanging outside because they didn’t want to be inside with all these aftershocks,” Snyder said. “There’s actually pictures here that show them, you know, just hanging out outside, setting up a little kitchen out there.”

The other part of the exhibit, created by historian and author Neal Graffy, remembers the earthquake’s victims. Graffy writes how he was able to verify 11 deaths — three of the dead were considered “well known.”

“The standard comment about the earthquake was how fortunate we were that so few people died. True enough, but I always wondered who these other people were,” Graffy writes. “Did they have families? Friends?

Did their passing go unnoticed?”

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EXHIBITS TO EYE The S.B. Genealogical Society’s Stories and Lives Remembered exhibit is at the Sahyun Library until June 29 during the library’s opening hours.

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The Arlington Hotel’s water tower collapsed.

S.B. Historical Museum’s 1925 Earthquake exhibit, until July 6 GIMME SHELTER by Marcia Rickard, at the Art Gallery of the Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara, until August 9 S.B. Public Library’s lobby display, until June 30 Edson Smith Photo Collection, at the East Faulkner Gallery in the S.B. Public Library, until June 30 Huguette Remembers the Earthquake, at Bellosguardo, until July 1 Santa Barbara 1925-2025: A Portrait in Maps at Casa de la Guerra, opens midSeptember

Stories of some of the victims lined the wall. Graffy crafted histories with the details he had gleaned. Many were immigrants. Many worked labor jobs. All of them felt like real people that you could meet waiting for a bus or in line at the store.

Stories and Lives Remembered is open now through August 16 at the S.B. County Genealogical Society (316 Castillo St.). It’s free to the public, available to see during the Sahyun Library’s regular hours. n

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EQ25 TALKS

Survivor Stories:

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author of Way Back When: Santa Barbara in 1925, which showcases a number of firsthand reports from earthquake survivors. As slides of the resulting destruction play in the background, Green will be sharing many of those memories during talks on Thursday, June 18, at the S.B. Historical Museum; Saturday, June 21, at the S.B. Genealogy Society; and Thursday, June 26, at the Architectural Foundation of S.B. Here is an excerpt of one such story, told by the city manager Herbert Nunn, who lived on the Mesa right above Leadbetter Beach at 1101 Luneta Plaza. This comes from the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, volume 15, 1925.

At the moment of the shock, I was sitting on the edge of the bed, facing northeast, and was thrown upon my back. Preceding the shock there was a heavy rumbling sound similar to that of thunder, which apparently came from directly underneath.

There was a barely perceptible interval between the rumbling sound and the shock … The [first] violent shock was followed instantaneously by a rapid vertical vibration, which I vividly remember.

I immediately ran from my bedroom to the front lawn … As I stepped from the front porch to a slightly sloping grass plot, I was thrown violently … My wife and the gardener, who were on the opposite side of the house at the time, came through [the house]. In stepping from a tiled porch to the grass … both were thrown violently down … The roof was vibrating with sufficient force to break the tiles.

One of my first thoughts was that the shock would produce a tidal wave, and I naturally kept an eye out to seaward, but failed to note any disturbance whatever in the water. The sea was glassy,

Despite destroying and damaging 74 commercial buildings in downtown Santa Barbara, such as the Hotel Virginia (above) and much of State Street (below), only 11 people were killed by the 1925 earthquake, since it struck on an early Monday morning.

and two fishermen in row boats seemed to be unaware of what was going on ashore, although one of them with whom I talked afterword, stated that they felt a light bump, and noted the earth falling in masses from the face of the cliffs along the shore …

The first shock (estimated to have lasted 18 seconds) was followed by four others of from six to eight seconds duration over a period of 20 minutes. I recall looking at my watch, which I had recovered by this time along with some wearing apparel, and it was exactly 7:00 when we felt the last tremor. I then waited about 20 minutes before starting for the city and did not feel any further movement of the earth during that period. I do not believe that during the interval of 18 minutes between 6:42 and 7:00, that the movements entirely ceased, there being short, sharp jerks and tremors between the better-defined movements.

At 7:20 I started for the city, and attempting to drive up State Street, the principal business street of the city, I found the entire street blocked with debris. I found the two parallel streets on either side comparatively free of debris and open to traffic, and I therefore drove entirely around the business district in order to make a rapid survey to determine what should be done in the way of rescue work. This survey convinced me that there were only two buildings in the business district which required heavy equipment to expedite the rescue work. These buildings were the San Marcos, a reinforced concrete structure four stories in height, one section of which had totally collapsed, and the Arlington Hotel. I was informed that there were several

TALKS TO HEAR Betsy J. Green’s “Stories of Survival” lectures are on June 18, 5:30 p.m., at the S.B. Historical Museum and on June 26, 6 p.m., at the Architectural Foundation of S.B. Gallery.

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Author Cheri Rae on Pearl Chase’s legacy, June 12, 6 p.m., Architectural Foundation of S.B. Gallery Structural engineers Sage Shingle and Jasper Jacobs on “Why Buildings Fell,” June 19, 6 p.m.

Architectural Foundation of S.B. Gallery Cheri Rae on the architectural impact of Bernhard and Irene Hoffmann, June 27, 5:30 p.m., Alhecama Theatre Robert Hoover and Tina Foss on prior earthquake, June 27, 6 p.m., S.B. Mission Archive Library

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There was almost a complete absence of panic.

The people were cool and anxious to serve. Volunteers, organized into working crews or into the police force, continued at their tasks, night and day almost without rest or food for the first 48 hours. This is most unusual in my experience, and this good order and splendid morale continued throughout the reconstruction period. n

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Touring the Earthquake Aftermath What Re mained, and en Who Was h W , Go n e ed the Shak p p ing S to

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hough Santa Barbara had not been aware if the

earthquake was isolated or part of a bigger California wallop, the rest of the state had a pretty good idea what had happened.

The southbound Pickwick stage bus left the depot at 514 State Street and was just turning left onto Haley when the earthquake hit. Behind them on the opposite corner, the walls of the Central Hotel blew out and dropped on a man standing next to it. A quick-thinking passenger grabbed his camera and shot the stonework of the Lomas Drug Store tumbling down to the street below.

When the bus pulled into Ventura nearly an hour later, the excited passengers quickly spread the news. Upon reaching Los Angeles, the media gobbled up their stories, and the passenger’s photos were scooped up by one of the newspapers.

Other motorists passed the news to the outlying communities all of whom had felt the shake. From Oceano to Porterville, Bakersfield to Anaheim, Long Beach to Ventura, dishes, windows, and nerves had been rattled. Sunday morning’s headlines had reported, “Large Earthquake Rocks Four States.”

That quake, centered in southwestern Montana, had struck Saturday evening and was felt over 500,000 square miles.

Wild speculation was the Montana event had “loosened things up” and triggered the faults in California.

Telephone and telegraph stations were immediately aware of downed lines “somewhere” and were quickly able to pinpoint Santa Barbara as the troubled area.

Around 10 a.m., the first airplanes started buzzing over the city. The Los Angeles Times and other newspapers had reporters and cameramen aboard to record the scene. The Los

The Hotel Californian was destroyed.

Brother Michael Lamm stands on the Mission’s steps.

TOURS TO TAKE Neal Graffy is hosting downtown walking our featuring the above tales and many more on June 25, 5:30 p.m., starting with glass of wine at the S.B. Historical Museum.

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Architectural Foundation of S.B. Walking Tour, every Sunday, 10 a.m., S.B. Public Library Courtyard, $20 suggested donation Centennial Evening Walking Tours, June 23-27, 6 p.m., S.B. Public Library Courtyard, $20 suggested donation

Angeles Elks sent a plane with $5,000 to be “distributed as needed,” and Los Angeles mayor George E. Cryer commissioned a pilot to personally deliver a message to Herbert Nunn, the city manager, offering “every aid and assistance within our power.”

The reply back was, “Due to the light number of deaths and injuries, medical personnel are not needed. If you can, send bread and milk in the morning. It will be appreciated. Also, cooked foods. The reason for our desire for cooked foods is that all gas has been turned off and no fires will be lighted at present. We have no electricity.”

One of the fallen buildings was the Central Hotel, known to most today as the former site of the Santa Barbara Brewing Co. at 501 State St. and current home of The Cruisery. It had opened in 1871 as the Shaw House and was Santa Barbara’s oldest hotel.

As the building shook to its death, it rained its brick skin onto 43-year-old Merced Leon, who died instantly. Across the street, the three-story Lomas Drug Store lost the front of its first and third floors, killing Geraldo Chavez and Cecile Gomez, who were standing on the sidewalk below. This corner is now Hibachi and Cold Stone, or as many old timers recall, the old Salvation Army Thrift Store.

Perhaps the quake’s biggest victim was the fourstory San Marcos Building. As the earthquake literally rolled through with “the ground undulating like waves on the ocean,” the State Street and Anapamu corner sections tore into each other like two hipslamming roller derby queens and then collapsed.

Taking the ride down from the third floor was orthodontist Dr. James Angle. In the basement was Sigismundo Mosteiro, the building’s maintenance engineer. They did not survive.

The Arlington Hotel opened in 1911 and boasted of being “entirely fireproof ” as its predecessor, the first Arlington Hotel, had burned down in 1909.

Unfortunately, they forgot about the earthquake

potential.

The big hole in the right side of the main building was the former location of a beautiful mission tower filled with deluxe suites and topped by a 25,000-gallon water tank. The earth shook, the water sloshed, the two corner edges attempted to rotate the tower between them, and down it went, taking with it 22-year-old Bertram Hancock (son of Captain Allan Hancock of Hancock College fame) and Edith Forbes Perkins, an 83-year-old seasonal visitor at the hotel. They were the only fatalities among the 120 guests.

Though the hotel didn’t appear to be badly hurt, save for that one tower, it was demolished and replaced by the Arlington Theatre in 1931.

In spite of it all, Santa Barbara had been fortunate. The earthquake struck when most folks were at home. Deaths, though tragic, were light compared to what would have happened two hours later. Exhausted, Santa Barbarans tried to go to sleep in their yards that night, but it wasn’t easy. More shocks, and the engines of the machinery working on the San Marcos Building and Arlington Hotel could be heard along with the pulling and crunching of concrete, brick, and tile.

What would tomorrow bring?

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Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. 1:30-4:30pm. Free. Call (805) 967-0066.

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Tony Buck & The Cadillac Angels, 1-4pm.

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Participants under 18 need a signed waiver, and children under 14 must be accompanied by their parent/guardian. 10am-noon. Stearns Wharf, 217 Stearns Wharf. Free. Call (805) 9622526 x104 or email scvolunteer@sbnature2.org.

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MONDAY 6/16 6/16: Earl Minnis and the Lobero Theatre Foundation Present Mary Chapin Carpenter, Brandy Clark Grammy Award–winning rock and folk singer/songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter will perform songs from her entire catalog as well as from her newly released album, Personal History, with country and Americana singer/songwriter and Broadway composer Brandy Clark to open the show. 7pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. GA: $59-$79; premium: $115. Call (805) 963-0761.

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great music all to perform in this year’s Summer Solstice Parade on Saturday, June 21. 6-7:15pm. Oak Park Stage, 638 W. Junipero St. $20. Email worlddanceforhumanity@gmail.com.

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6/12: Architectural Foundation of S.B. Lecture Series: Pearl Chase: The Woman Who Helped Shape Our City, Part Two with Cheri Rae The author of 2023’s A String of Pearls: Pearl Chase of Santa Barbara, Cheri Rae, will offer insights about how this iconic figure helped shape the city before and after the 1925 earthquake.

6-7:30pm. Architectural Foundation of S.B., 229 E. Victoria St. $20. Call (805) 965-6307.

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6/12-6/18: S.B. Central Library EQ25 Lobby Display See press clippings, photographs, and ephemera following the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake as well as during the period of reconstruction. The display will show through June 30. Thu., MonWed.: 10am-7pm; Fri.-Sat.: 10am-5pm; Sun.: noon-5pm. 40 E. Anapamu St. Free.

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6/12-6/15, 6/18: S.B. Historical Museum: 1925! Santa Barbara Remembers the Earthquake Exhibition See historic images and related earthquake artifacts. The exhibition will show through July 6. Thu.: noon-7pm; Fri.-Sun., Wed.: noon-5pm. 136 E. De la Guerra St. Free. Call (805) 966-1601. sbhistorical.org/exhibitions

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6/12, 6/17: S.B. County Genealogical Society Exhibit: 1925 Santa Barbara Earthquake: Stories & Lives Remembered View written accounts of the 1925 earthquake as well as photographs of that day, the aftermath, days of aftershocks, and recovery efforts, as well as new city ordinances and committees created. Thu. and Tue.: 10am4pm. Sahyun Genealogical Library, 316 Castillo St. Free. Call (805) 884-9909.

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6/14: Architectural Foundation of S.B. Art Gallery Exhibition: GIMME SHELTER See paintings and prints by Marcia Rickard that highlight the fragility of w “home” in a world fraught by war and natural disasters, on view Saturdays through August 9. 1-4pm. 229 E. Victoria St. Free. Email info@afsb.org.

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6/18: S.B. Historical Museum: The Great Santa Barbara Earthquake: Survivors’ Stories Join Betsy Green, writer and S.B. Independent columnist of The Great House Detective, who will tell stories of the 1925 earthquake through the words of those who were there and experienced acts of heroism, close calls, and demonstrated the community spirit that rebuilt a shattered city. 5:30pm. S.B. Historical Museum, 136 E. De la Guerra St. Free-$10. Call (805) 966-1601.

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6/12-6/18: 1925: Huguette Remembers the Earthquake To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Santa Barbara earthquake, Bellosguardo will feature a pop-up exhibition by the S.B. Historical Museum that includes a recording of Huguette Clark — the last owner of the estate — describing the destruction she witnessed. Reservations are required and part of all regularly scheduled tours from June 1 to July 1. Bellosguardo Foundation (Clark Estate), 1407 E. Cabrillo Blvd.

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BLOOMSDAY IS BACK IN SANTA BARBARA COURTESY

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anta Barbara’s annual celebration of Bloomsday is back and better than ever. This fourth iteration of the Indy Award–winning annual salute to famed Irish writer James Joyce returns with spoken-word performances from a host of local actors and writers on Monday, June 16, at the unofficial home of the event—The James Joyce pub at 513 State Street.

Featuring actors and writers and other community members reading excerpts from Ulysses, that once-oh-so-shocking 1922 novel, which revolutionized Western literature, the event begins about 5:30 p.m. and readings begin at 6 p.m. No tickets or reservations are needed, and there are happy hour prices at the bar, as well as some light snacks provided.

With June 16, 1904, as the date that the entire novel Ulysses takes place, as Joyce sends his characters around Dublin, the Santa Barbara event was founded four years ago by local authors James Buckley Jr. and DJ Palladino, both of whom have lent their literary talents to the Independent over the years.

With Bloomsday now a worldwide celebration and Bloomsdays held everywhere from New York, Seattle, and Miami to Dublin, Tokyo, and Buenos Aires, Buckley and Palladino are very proud that Santa Barbara has become such a storied part of the fun. “Even if you’re not familiar with the book, come and listen.

All will be made clear,” said Buckley.

Returning performers include TV, film, and theater veteran Henry Brown; local teacher and Irishman James Claffey; Santa Barbara Film Festival Executive Director (and Independent writer) Roger

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Enjoying the Bloomsday festivities at James Joyce bar on June 16, 2024

Durling; actor/producer Bill Egan; actor James McCarthy; award-winning local performer Matt Tavianini; and the (entwined by marriage) poet/writers Chryss Yost (Santa Barbara Poet Laureate 2013-2015) and George Yatchisin (an Independent writer and the newest Santa Barbara Poet Laureate).

New talent on the pub stage for 2025 includes longtime theater artist and educator Emma-Jane Huerta, actor James Read — a longtime Santa Barbaran who is well known for his roles in North and South and the TV series Charmed — and longtime Independent columnist Starshine Roshell.

“Folks who have felt like they should read the book but feared its reputation should come out and hear it spoken in a bar to savor some of its poetry and earthiness,” said co-producer Palladino, who in addition to his writing career, owns

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As loyal Joyceans know, the whole novel takes place on June 16, 1904, with chapters reflecting a host of literary styles, as Joyce follows heroes Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, along with Molly Bloom and a cast of hundreds, through a typical day in Dublin. However, Joyce was really trying to encompass all human life into this single day in this single city. Did he succeed? Millions of readers have enjoyed finding out, working and playing their way through the challenging text.

As has become a Bloomsday tradition, donations at the event will support the Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation’s efforts to keep books available for all.

—Leslie Dinaberg Bloomsday is Monday, June 16, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at The James Joyce (513 State St.).

We’ve got a really special evening coming our way on June 19: Juneteenth with Jon Boogz. Hosted by Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB), the lovely, talented, and incredibly creative Jon Boogz is coming to town for an evening of live dance performances, screenings of his award-winning film work and a Q&A hosted by the one and only Lil Buck.

Both men are world-renowned street dance artists and educator-activists. I had the pleasure of trailing around with them during their UCSB Arts & Lectures residency last fall, along with Indy photographer and MCASB board member Ingrid Bostrom, who helped arrange this special appearance (read our cover feature at bit.ly/3ZGpTK7), and we are all definitely in for a treat!

“Their artistry and presence left a lasting impression on me, as I believe it would for anyone familiar with their work,” said Bostrom. “Since their visit, I’ve kept in touch with Boogz and have a sense of some of his upcoming projects and visions. In the spirit of amplifying the transformative nature of his otherworldly talents and spreading the word about his projects, this collaboration with MCASB came together somewhat spontaneously,” she said.

The stars aligned nicely when the national holiday celebration day of Juneteenth was a date that Boogz could be in Santa Barbara, joined by Lil Buck and three other incredibly talented street dancers who are also close friends of theirs. “Our mission is to commemorate this significant day by honoring and supporting their innovation through movement, film, and more,” said Bostrom.

Juneteenth with Jon Boogz takes place on Thursday, June 19, at Center Stage Theater (751 Paseo Nuevo). The doors open at 5:30 p.m., the show begins at 6 p.m., and it will be followed by a reception on the Upper Arts Terrace with tunes by Val-Mar Records.

In addition to the party on the terrace, MCASB’s doors will be open to explore their new Arte del Pueblo exhibit.

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uneteenth, like Black History Month but in a humbler and more compact fashion, serves to direct due attention to the struggles, triumphs, and vital cultural lifeblood of Black life in the American saga.

That complex and ongoing subject can be vast and elusive, challenging an easy grasp of its evolving dimensions. One available mode of access is through the prism of Black cinema, a growing and ever more important avenue in the history of film.

From June 13 through 19, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival is doing its part to honor the holiday and cause for reflection with a “Juneteenth Cinematic Celebration.” Over the course of six diverse films from the past 50 years, this carefully curated sampling manages to be a short but instructive survey not only in Black American experience going back to the slavery era, but a choice overview of the range of films under the Black cinema umbrella.

Unquestionably, the best-known title of the series is Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989), Lee’s edgy but humane study of racial tensions in Bed-Stuy and one of the director’s masterful films. If that film embodied a new, Scorsese-ish approach to the violence long brewing in blaxploitation and other cinema about modern urban Black life, the sweet young love (and basketball) tale Love & Basketball goes strongly against type—and typecasting. Lee serves as an executive producer on Gina PrinceBythewood’s 2000 film, which may suffer from some cine-sentimentality and sports film cliches but inspires with its refreshingly affectionate and de-sensationalized view of Black life.

The oldest film of the series is also a jewel of early DIY indie film culture, Charles Burnett’s rough-hewn but powerful Killer

of Sheep, made in Watts on a shoestring in 1978, during the blaxploitation heyday.

The story of a slaughterhouse worker and conflicts with his environment, socio-racial issues, and family is a tale told in artful terms.

Cinematic poetry of a hypnotic and sometimes raw sort can also be found in Daughters of the Dust (1991), writer-director Julie Dash’s sometimes dreamlike account of women in the historical and geographic nether-zone of the South Carolina Gullah islands in 1902. The film earned a spot in the lofty, once-a-decade Sight and Sound list of greatest films of all time, in 2022.

Another flavor of cinematic poetry, tinged by Southern Gothic airs and mystical elements, lends distinction to Kasi Lemmons’s 1997 film Eve’s Bayou. The film oscillates between the gritty reality of a womanizing patriarch juxtaposed with metaphysical turns into the spirit world, with women more in control than surface social values would care to admit.

I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck’s stunningly fine 2016 chronicle of the life of the late, great James Baldwin, is the sole documentary in the Riviera series and a powerhouse in terms of its commanding and creative filmmaking alongside its insightful portrait of Baldwin’s life, words, and activist spirit. In an in-house connection, Peck’s unique doc was one of the strongest and most buzzed-about films of the 2018 Santa Barbara International Film Festival and well worth a repeat visit.

In all, the Juneteenth Cinematic Celebration promises to bring into timely focus the importance and rich tapestry of Black life and Black film in America. —Josef Woodard For showtimes and more information see sbiff theatres.com/juneteenth.

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The tiny, once-endangered island fox, the smallest fox species in North America, has made a remarkable comeback. Nature writer and photographer Chuck Graham, a longtime Independent contributor, has captured this rare fox’s journey back from the brink of extinction.

People can now peek through Graham’s lens—and see all those wild, candid, and adorable moments—in the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s (SBMM) newest exhibit, The Swiftest Recovery: Island Fox Chronicles.

The exhibit features the fox from all angles: From mousehunting moms and cuddling couples to playful pups and fig-loving loners, it offers an inside look at this conservation success story.

Graham has been a kayak guide around the Channel Islands for more than 20 years and has been writing about and photographing the islands for 30. He was there when people first noticed the foxes were in trouble in the late ‘90s.

“They were just beginning to trap them because they weren’t sure what was going on, or why they were declining,” he said. “I just happened to be there when they were doing that on San Miguel Island. That was the beginning.”

Fox numbers were dropping, fast. With this species of fox being found only on the Channel Islands and nowhere else in the world, it set off alarm bells for ecologists. If the islands’ population disappeared, the foxes would be gone forever.

It was a chain reaction: The toxic pesticide DDT was thinning the eggshells of bald eagles on the islands, killing their young before they could hatch. They were the first to go. Then, golden eagles—which, unlike their bald cousins, loved snacking on foxes—capitalized on the free real estate and moved in.

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the foxes for resources, and the foxes were outnumbered and their chances of survival low.

By 2004, the foxes’ numbers had declined so significantly that they were listed as an endangered species.

Enter concerned ecologists, namely the National Park Service and Nature Conservancy, who came up with a plan to undo the damage and reestablish the foxes’ presence on the islands. Step one: Capture and relocate the golden eagles.

Step two: Breed and release bald eagles back into the environment. Step three: Eliminate the pigs. Step four: Breed a new generation of foxes (who wasted no time…). Step five: Sit back and watch as the foxes’ numbers boom.

In 2016, our adorable protagonists were taken off the endangered species list. It was the fastest recovery of an endangered terrestrial mammal species in United States history.

“The numbers have really exploded,” Graham said. “Last year was the best year I’ve ever seen with the numbers of fox pups. On average, a family has two pups. Last year, we were seeing three or four pups per family.”

Graham said the foxes are not afraid of humans, and when he’s out on the islands, the curious critters often crawl right up to his feet. He even made a friend: a playful, mischievous pup that followed him around during one trip to Prisoners Harbor on Santa Cruz Island.

“It’s very unique, because they’re a very rare species—we have the only place in the world where you can see them,” he said. “It’s fun watching them grow up and figure things out on their own. And they’re territorial. They’re not real nice to each other sometimes.”

The exhibit features more than 50 photos from the ’90s and post-recovery periods, showcasing the species’ growth, with the population now estimated at 3,000-5,000 on Santa Cruz Island alone.

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by Callie Fausey “This collection of photographs is not just about the island foxes; it’s about the incredible story of conservation and collaboration that brought these animals back from the brink of extinction,” said SBMM Curator Emily Falke.

“Visitors will walk away with a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by the island foxes and the importance of protecting our natural world.”

In every photo, the foxes look completely natural, lit up by sunlight and at home in their environment. Excerpts from Graham’s writing about the foxes (featured in his book Paddling into a Natural Balance), as well as the island fox’s history, its important role on the islands, and its inspiring recovery, are interspersed throughout the exhibit.

“These photos are about presence — being in the fox’s world without disturbing it,” Graham said. “The more time I spent with them, the more I realized their story is one of survival, interdependence, and the quiet strength of nature when we step back and let it heal.”

The exhibition will run until August 24. On Thursday, June 26, at 7 p.m., Graham will give a talk at the museum about the broader ecological recovery of the Northern Channel Islands. Tickets may be purchased at sbmm .org or by calling (805) 456-8750.

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Make reservations between April 1 and November 30.

From December 1 to March 31, he long days and warm months of summer and fall are high time for beach camping in Santa Refugio is first-come, first-serve “walk-up” only.

Barbara. From Carpinteria to Jalama, the coast is calling, and its five public campgrounds are among GAVIOTA STATE BEACH the most popular across the state, for out-of-towners From October 1 to March 31 — when high winds and locals alike. and cold temps tend to make frequent appearFor the four California State Beach campgrounds ances — Gaviota’s campground is closed, but the rest along the South Coast — Carpinteria, El Capitán, is open during day-use hours, sunrise to sunset. CurRefugio, and Gaviota—make reservations at reserve rently, due to structural issues, Gaviota Pier is closed. california.com. For Jalama, which is part of the Santa Popular with hikers, Gaviota’s more than 2,700 Barbara County Parks Division, visit sbparks.org or acres offers multi-use trails through oak woodlands call (805) 568-2460. Here’s a quick primer. and chaparral. Highlights include the kid-friendly cruise to the wind caves. From the trailhead located a CARPINTERIA STATE BEACH short drive to the other side of Highway 101, a harder There’s probably no such thing as urban camping. hike leads to a natural sulfur hot spring and on up to But Carpinteria State Beach comes close. Forgot to the long views from Gaviota Peak. pack sunblock and graham crackers? Or maybe you’d prefer a craft latte instead of camp-stove coffee, or a State Beach Dog Rules: Across all the beach parks, takeout pizza instead of a one-pot whatever. Down- there’s no limit to the number of dogs per campsite, town Carpinteria is just a short walk away. That’s not and no added cost per dog. The rules also say to keep to say Carpinteria State Beach isn’t a marvel of South- ’em leashed and under control and, overnight, they ern California surfing, tidepooling, beach walks, and have to be inside a tent or vehicle. (each summer) races to the swim platform anchored offshore. It’s all that, as well. Summer highlights JALAMA BEACH also include Friday-night movies in nearby Linden A Santa Barbara County park, Jalama Beach campField, educational programming, and staffed-up ground borders Jalama Creek just north of Point lifeguard towers.

Conception. Known for wind, waves, and a certain Because of all this and more, you’d expect the edge-of-the-planet remoteness at the terminus campground to fill up fast year-round. You’d be of a twisting road through the oaks, the views at correct. But don’t forget that spots often randomly Jalama stretch from a big beach strewn with shells open up more often than you’d think. Keep tabs on and driftwood to the endless open ocean beyond. availability at reservecalifornia.com. You can also Anchoring it all to civilization, there’s a small store swing by the ranger kiosk as a “walk-up” as early as (stocked with necessities, from beer and bait to 8:30 a.m. to ask about cancelations and — as sum- sand toys and firewood) and a café famous for its mer luck might have it — book a spot on the spot. namesake burgers. Quick tip: If you’re just there for a meal, ask the kiosk ranger for a lunch pass.

EL CAPITÁN STATE BEACH Across 107 sites (31 with electrical hookups), Jalama offers basic tent, trailer, and RV camping With long-overdue improvements in the works, El Capitán is closed to vehicles and camping during (plus two group sites and a dump station), with construction. However, between sunrise and sun- nearby restrooms, hot showers, and water faucets. set, pedestrians can still hit the beach and nearby Dogs are welcome. For full-blown glamp-outs, restrooms, and it’s always free to walk in. The Jalama also has seven cabins, each with a bathroom, kitchenette, and ocean view; one is ADA accessible. campground is expected to reopen in early 2026.

El Cap also includes more than 2,500 acres Service dogs only. inland of Highway 101, through which loops the Bill Wallace Trail. Due to coastal erosion, the For Jalama reservations, go to sbparks.org or call (805) 568-2460. For Aniso Trail and bike path between El Cap and State Beaches, visit reservecalifornia.com or call (800) 444-7275.

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BY LESLIE DINABERG bargain-seeking high school and cream, salted caramel, and students seemed eager to line up for peanut buddy. I’ll definitely be back this week’s opening of The Win-Dow—a for dessert when the line dies down a popular L.A.-based smashburger concept. Even little bit. more exciting than their extensive list of opening The Win-Dow, located at 701 Chapala Street week bargain specials (free double cheeseburg- (across from the Paseo Nuevo parking lot entrance ers with purchase, half-price fries, $1 drinks, etc.) in the former home of Romanti-Ezer) is currently causing lines down the block is the high-quality, open Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. On low-priced, upscale fast-food menu.

The flat-top grilled cheeseburger—regularly weekends from 9 to 11 a.m., they serve what they priced at just $4.35—was melt-in-your-mouth describe as “a dope breakfast burrito stuffed with good and the fries were also perfectly salted and smoked brisket, cheesy eggs, peppers and onions, served hot and stayed warm enough to eat with and crispy potatoes.” the burger, rather than demanding to be eaten first The Santa Barbara restaurant is the first ver(one of my pet peeves with most burger joints). sion of The Win-Dow outside of Los Angeles The creamy with just-the-right-amount-of-kick County—founders Paul Hibler and Jeff Goodman jalapeño sauce is well worth the 60-cent upcharge debuted the first Win-Dow in Venice in 2019 and to pair with the fries. have since expanded to Silver Lake, Long Beach, I also really enjoyed the fried chicken sandwich Hollywood, and The Grove at Farmers Market (the ($7.35), which has a zesty mix of textures—crunchy shopping center owned by Rosewood Miramar’s chicken on the outside, really tender inside, with Rick Caruso). Although I grew up in the “L.A. a perfectly proportionate amount of slaw and Go Home” bumper sticker era of Santa Barbara, creamy sauce—all on a soft, slightly sweet potato and still mostly stand by it, The Win-Dow is one roll.

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An American Smokehouse and Tavern, Whiskey N Rye in Solvang Street, the former home of Taza, JJ’s features a varied menu of barbeque clas- Diner, Onus Donuts, Urkeb, The Mex sics along with a mix of modern wine- Authentic, Pace, Momma Donna’s, Bilcountry cuisine. Their dining experience lie’s, and Lettuce B. Frank. It’s an extenfocuses heavily on grill and smoke cook- sion of Apertivo, just around the corner ing techniques, with several signature on Haley Street. Their slogan is an old features including the hickory smoked Italian proverb meaning “At the table, brisket and baby bick ribs, grilled romaine you don’t get older.” Visit manifatturasb Caesar, smoked spaghetti squash, BBQ .com. chicken, grilled flatiron steak with chimichurri, and Whiskey N Rye brisket/short- CAFÉ LA FONDA GRAND REOPENING: From rib burger. Visit whiskeynrye.com. reader Primetime: “Smashburgers and a pancake house all STARBUCKS AT STATE & VICTOin one? Café La Fonda is RIA IS CLOSING: Speaking of rebranding for a reopening on Anapamu Street across reader RexOfSB, reader SonOfRexOfSB tells me that from the Santa Barbara Starbucks at 1235 State Street Courthouse in downtown.

(State & Victoria) is closing, Opens June 16.” effective July 1, 2025. June 30 is their last day open. I also received this UPPER STATE UPDATE: Santa Barbara Sunmessage from Starbucks: “Santa Barbara shine Café at 3514 State Street closed in Community, Neighbors, and Customers, December 2023 as part of their move we regret to inform you that Starbucks to Goleta. I noticed that the for-lease State & Victoria will be closing. We can’t sign recently came down on the empty fully express our deep gratitude for your upper State building, that for years was business, the great memories and your the home to Max’s restaurant, and that patronage. Serving the downtown Santa construction is going on inside. The Barbara community has been nothing floor is currently a pile of rubble and but an absolute pleasure. Our last effec- the drop ceiling is gone, among other tive day of business will be Sunday June things. Research reveals that the build30, 2025. Until that date, we will continue ing was sold on 4/21/2025 for $1,850,000. to invite you to enjoy our coffeehouse with some adjusted hours of operations. BEST PLACE FOR TACOS? I asked readers Thank you again, to every customer who for their opinion about the best place made our years on State Street memo- for tacos on the South Coast and here rable! Sincerely, Isaac Borjas, District are the responses in alphabetical order: Manager, Starbucks Coffee Co.” Corazón Cocina, East Beach Tacos, Harry’s Plaza Café Taco Tuesday, La MANIFATTURA OPENING DOWNTOWN: Reader Super-Rica, Lilly’s Taqueria, Maíz Steve H. tells me that Manifattura, an Picante, Mony’s, Pepe’s, Tacos Pipeye, Italian restaurant, is opening at 413 State Rudy’s, and Taqueria La Unica.

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ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Your definition of home is due for revamping, deepening, and expansion. Your sense of where you truly belong is ripe to be adjusted and perhaps even revolutionized. A half-conscious desire you have not previously been ready to fully acknowledge is ready for you to explore. Can you handle these subtly shocking opportunities? Do you have any glimmerings about how to open yourself to the revelations that life would love to offer you about your roots, your foundations, and your prime resources? Here are your words of power: source and soul.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): Do you have any frustrations about how you express yourself or create close connections? Are there problems in your ability to be heard and appreciated? Do you wish you could be more persuasive and influential? If so, your luck is changing. In the coming months, you will have extraordinary powers to innovate, expand, and deepen the ways you communicate. Even if you are already fairly pleased with the flow of information and energy between you and those you care for, surprising upgrades could be in the works. To launch this new phase of fostering links, affinities, and collaborations, devise fun experiments that encourage you to reach out and be reached.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): I’ve always had the impression that honeybees are restless wanderers, randomly hopping from flower to flower as they gradually accumulate nectar. But I recently discovered that they only meander until they find a single good fount of nourishment, whereupon they sup deeply and make a beeline back to the hive.

I am advocating their approach to you in the coming weeks. Engage in exploratory missions, but don’t dawdle, and don’t sip small amounts from many different sites.

Instead, be intent on finding a single source that provides the quality and quantity you want, then fulfill your quest and head back to your sanctuary.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): Let’s talk about innovation. I suspect it will be your specialty in the coming weeks and months. One form that innovation takes is the generation of a new idea, approach, or product. Another kind of innovation comes through updating something that already exists. A third may emerge from finding new relationships between two or more older ways of doing things—creative recombinations that redefine the nature of the blended elements. All these styles of innovation are now ripe for you to employ.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): Leo psychotherapist Carl Jung was halfway through his life of 85 years when he experienced the ultimate midlife crisis. Besieged by feelings of failure and psychological disarray, he began to see visions and hear voices in his head. Determined to capitalize on the chaotic but fertile opportunity, he undertook an intense period of self-examination and self-healing. He wrote in journals that were eventually published as The Red Book: Liber Novus. He emerged healthy and whole from this trying time, far wiser about his nature and his mission in life. I invite you to initiate your own period of renewal in the coming months, Leo. Consider writing your personal Red Book: Liber Novus.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the coming weeks, you will have chances to glide deeper than you have previously dared to go into experiences, relationships, and opportunities that are meaningful to you. How much bold curiosity will you summon as you penetrate further than ever before into the heart of the gorgeous mysteries? How wild and unpredictable will you be as you explore territory that has been off-limits? Your words of power: probe, dive down, decipher.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When traditional Japanese swordsmiths crafted a blade, they wrapped hard outer layers around

a softer inner core. This strategy gave their handiwork a sharp cutting edge while also imbuing it with flexibility and a resistance to breakage. I recommend a similar approach for you, Libra. Create balance, yes, but do so through integration rather than compromise. Like the artisans of old, don’t choose between hardness and flexibility, but find ways to incorporate both. Call on your natural sense of harmony to blend opposites that complement each other.

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(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio journalist Martha Gellhorn (19081998) was an excellent war correspondent. During her six decades on the job, she reported on many of the world’s major conflicts. But she initially had a problem when trying to get into France to report on D-Day, June 6, 1945. Her application for press credentials was denied, along with all those of other women journalists. Surprise!

Through subterfuge and daring, Gellhorn stowed away on a hospital ship and reached France in time to report on the climactic events. I counsel you to also use extraordinary measures to achieve your goals, Scorpio. Innovative circumspection and ethical trickery are allowed. Breaking the rules may be necessary and warranted.

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(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): My spirit guides enjoy reminding me that breakthrough insights and innovations may initially emerge not as complete solutions, but as partial answers to questions that need further exploration. I don’t always like it, but I listen anyway, when they tell me that progress typically comes through incremental steps. The Sagittarian part of my nature wants total victory and comprehensive results NOW. It would rather not wait for the slow, gradual approach to unfold its gifts. So, I empathize if you are a bit frustrated by the piecemeal process you are nursing. But I’m here to say that your patience will be well-rewarded.

Check back next week to see who will be serving up scrumptious sandwiches on June 26!

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Sometimes I’ve got to pause and relax my focused striving, because that’s the only way my unconscious mind can work its magic.” My Capricorn friend Alicia says that about her creative process as a novelist.

The solution to a knotty challenge may not come from redoubling her efforts but instead from making a strategic retreat into silence and emptiness. I invite you to consider a similar approach, Capricorn. Experiment with the hypothesis that significant breakthroughs will arrive when you aren’t actively seeking them. Trust in the fertile void of not-knowing. Allow life’s meandering serendipity to reveal unexpected benefits.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Are you interested in graduating to the next level of love and intimacy? If so, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to intensify your efforts. Life will be on your side if you dare to get smarter about how to make your relationships work better than they ever have.

To inspire your imagination and incite you to venture into the frontiers of togetherness, I offer you a vivacious quote from author Anaïs Nin. Say it to your favorite soul friend or simply use it as a motivational prayer. Nin wrote, “You are the fever in my blood, the tide that carries me to undiscovered shores. You are my alchemist, transmuting my fears into wild, gold-spun passion. With you, my body is a poem. You are the labyrinth where I lose and find myself, the unwritten book of ecstasies that only you can read.”

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): What deep longing of yours is both fascinating and frustrating? To describe it further: It keeps pushing you to new frontiers yet always eludes complete satisfaction. It teaches you valuable life lessons but sometimes spoofs you and confuses you. Here’s the good news about this deep longing, Pisces: You now have the power to tap into its nourishing fuel in unprecedented ways. It is ready to give you riches it has never before provided.

Here’s the “bad” news: You will have to raise your levels of self-knowledge to claim all of its blessings. (And of course, that’s not really bad!)

HOMEWORK: What mediocre satisfaction could you give up to make room for a more robust satisfaction? Newsletter.FreeWillAstrology.com.

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Works independently, as part of a team with Facilities and Furniture Services staff, or as an assistant to the Senior Storekeeper. Reqs: High School Diploma or equivalent. Current CA Pharmacy Technician License.

Notes: Must successfully complete and pass the background check and credentialing process before start date and date of hire. To comply with Santa Barbara County Public Health Department Health Officer Order, this position must provide evidence of annual influenza vaccination, or wear a surgical mask while working in patient care areas during the influenza season.

Per California Code of Regulations Title 8, Section 5199 Aerosol Transmissible Disease Standard requires; upon hire and annually thereafter Tuberculosis (TB) screening for all employees. The method of testing is determined by past medical history and any current symptoms. Per Cal/OSHA regulations and UCSB Campus Policy, all UCSB personnel who use respiratory protection equipment shall be included in the UCSB Respiratory Protection Program and required to complete respirator fit testing upon hire and annually thereafter, completed by UCSB Environmental Health & Safety.

Any HIPAA/FERPA violation is subject to disciplinary action. Student Health is closed between the Christmas and New Year’s Day holidays. Budgeted Hourly Range: $ 27.19‑30.00/hr. Full Hourly Range: $27.19 ‑ $33.80/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled.

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SCENE SHOP MANAGER

DEPARTMENT OF THEATER AND DANCE Oversees the scenic, painting and properties area. Responsible for the execution and installation of scenic and properties designs related to the department’s season for theater and dance productions. Maintains scene shop equipment and oversees safe practices in shop. Teaches and supervises student labs and evaluates their work for grading purposes. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.

1‑3 years of practical experience with strong carpentry, rigging, welding, and technical skills. Ability to interpret working technical drawings. Notes: May be required to work some evenings and weekends. Satisfactory conviction history background check The budgeted hourly range is $28.07 to $33.00/hr. The full hourly range is $28.07 to $48.28/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 78498.

SR. BUILDING MAINTENANCE WORKER

RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS performs senior building maintenance tasks on a regular and continuing basis and performs custodial work for University owned Residence Halls, Apartments and Dining Commons.

May perform other duties as assigned to meet the operational needs of the department. Reqs: 1‑3 years of a combination of related education, experience, and training. Training in the basics of plumbing repairs, patch and painting, simple beginning carpentry repairs, and simple (non‑licensed) electrical repairs. Experience making apprentice level repairs in plumbing, patch and paint, carpentry, and electrical. Basic knowledge of the safe use of maintenance equipment such as drills, saws, cordless screwdrivers, and some drain snakes. Experience as an exceptional customer service representative with the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with diverse student and family clientele. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others as a team. Notes: May work shifts other than assigned in order to meet the operational needs of the department.

Required to hold a valid driver’s license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program. Satisfactory criminal history background check. Pay Rate/Range: $24.11 ‑ $29.39/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender

SR. DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, ARTS & LECTURES

DEVELOPMENT/ARTS & LECTURES The Senior Director of Development manages all fundraising operations for Arts & Lectures at UCSB, the largest performing arts program on California’s Central Coast. Working in partnership with the Arts & Lectures Executive Director, the Senior Director of Development position is a critical leadership role and represents the Arts & Lectures brand and programming to high‑net wealth individuals in a community with a long tradition of philanthropy in the arts. This position is responsible for meeting fundraising goals of $4.5‑6m annually and identifying, cultivating and stewarding donors through meaningful arts experiences. The Senior Director of Development manages a successful development team including up to two additional Directors of Development, Stewardship/VIP Concierge, and Development Coordinator. The Senior Director of Development is a key member of the A&L senior management team and the University’s Central Development team. The University’s Development resources include access to data management and research tools, collaboration with top fundraising professionals, and ongoing training and professional development opportunities. The Arts & Lectures program is a fun, fast‑paced organization with a reputation for excellence in the arts and public programming. Because the great majority of Arts & Lectures’

contributors attend A&L’s many public performances and lectures, the A&L Development team has extraordinary opportunities for frequent meaningful contact with contributors at public events and the many social activities affiliated with those performances and lectures. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree; 10+ yrs Major/leadership gift experience, raising five‑, six‑ and seven‑figure gifts; 7‑9 yrs of fundraising experience in a university environment; 7‑9 yrs of experience in conceptualizing, planning, and implementing customized donor cultivation activities, such as dinners, luncheons, receptions, meetings, and tours; 7‑9 yrs proven success in major gift fundraising. Notes: This is an annually renewable contract position with no limit on total duration.

Willingness to work evenings and weekends as needed; Required to hold a valid driver’s license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program; Satisfactory criminal history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range: $140,000 ‑ $186,000/yr.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. Open until filled.

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SR. SUPERINTENDENT, PHYSICAL PLANT

RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS Provides the leadership and management for the daily operations

of a group of Skilled Craft Workers for HDAE. Provides operational services to eight residence halls and four dining commons with more than 4700 residents. Responsibilities include daily scheduling/adjusting of assignments/ resources/vendors, establishing work priorities, implementation of training programs, adjusting work procedures and priorities to meet schedules or work demands, meeting with clients and vendors, ordering and inspecting materials, site inventory management, analyzing and resolving work problems, maintaining records, quality control for maintenance work, exercising responsibility for quality of work in residence halls/dining commons and back‑up manager for all housing facilities. Reqs: High School Diploma. 4‑6 years Experience with demonstrated leadership and supervisory responsibility, leading various journey level craft workers, in an institutional facilities maintenance and construction environment. Substantial experience with demonstrated leadership and supervisory responsibility, leading and directing various journey level craft workers, in an institutional facilities maintenance and construction environment.

Journey level certification or equivalent education and/or experience in one or more trade specialties. Familiarity with multiple skilled trades including but not limited to: HVAC, electrical, plumbing, locksmithing, carpentry, painting, and hazardous material abatement.

Two years experience managing small to medium size construction and renovation projects. Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Excellent organizational, analytical, planning, and management skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Google suite, other management software, and familiarity with a range of modern electronic communication media.

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ADMINISTER OF ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CLIFFORD MICHAEL GANSCHOW CASE No.: 25PR00257 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: CLIFFORD MICHAEL GANSCHOW A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: HOGAN GANSCHOW in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

THE PETITION requests that (name): HOGAN GANSCHOW 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: 7/24/2025 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. SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT ANACAPA DIVISION. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative

appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 5/20/2025

by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy.

Attorney for Petitioner: R. Sam Price; 454 Cajon Street, Redlands, CA 92373; 909‑328‑7000 Published: May 29. June 5, 12 2025.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: AVON I. NEUGEBAUER No.: 25PR00272 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: AVON I. NEUGEBAUER A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: WILLIAM C MURRAY in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

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

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be

EMPLOYMENT (CONT.) assess interpersonal interactions with clients and staff and adjust style to have positive outcomes. Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications. Substantial experience with demonstrated leadership and supervisory responsibility, leading and directing various journey level craft workers, in an institutional facilities maintenance and construction environment.

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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: 7/31/2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 5/29/2025 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Robert B. Locke; 5290 Overpass Rd. Suite 204 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; 805‑683‑1459 Published: June 5, 12, 19 2025.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MICHAEL FITZPATRICK No.: 25PR00234 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: MICHAEL FITZPATRICK A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: SEAN FITZPATRICK in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

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

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s wil 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: 7/10/2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO BOX 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 ANACAPA DIVISION. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 5/2/2025 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Scott B. Fooks, Esq. Weldon & Hass 205 East Anapamu Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑965‑7014 Published: June 5, 12, 19 2025.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: VIRGINIA MAY CAVALLI No.: 25PR00293 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: VIRGINIA MAY CAVALLI A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: JOHNNIE M. CAVALLI in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

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

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s wil 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,

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A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 8/14/2025 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street PO BOX 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 ANACAPA DIVISION. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Darrel E. Parker, Executive Officer 6/6/2025 by Monica Buenrostro, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Erik D. Black, Esq., Angela R. Talbot, Esq., BLACK & BLACK 1114 State Street, Suite 272 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑957‑1922 Published: June 12, 19, 26 2025.

FBN ABANDONMENT STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned:

ESTHETICS X DNLA: 1607 Mission Dr. #210 Solvang, CA 93463 The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 2/27/2023 in the County of Santa Barbara.

Original File no. FBN 2023‑0000515.

The persons or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Daniela D Lerena (same address) The business was conducted by an A Individual. Registrant commenced to tranact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A Signed by: DANIELA D LERENA Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 5/13/25, FBN 2025‑0001187 E49. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in the Office of the County Clerk, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL).

Published: June 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ONE OLIVE LEFT: 2730 San Marcos Avenue Los Olivos, CA 93441; Lynne Alexander PO Box 952 Los Olivos, CA 93441 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 18, 2025. Filed by: LYNNE ALEXANDER/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 21, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001260.

Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BRIGHTSTAR CARE OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY & WEST VENTURA COUNTY: 510 Castillo Street, Suite 201 Santa Barbara, CA 93101‑3406; Sirena Del Mar, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Dec 9, 2024. Filed by: SHARON HOLLAND‑PEREZ/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 21, 2025. 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:

2025‑0001035. Published: May 22, 29. Jun 5, 12 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2025‑0001019 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Cumberbatch Consulting, 2015 State St Suite A, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 County of SANTA BARBARA Lauren Cumberbatch, 825 Weldon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. S/ Lauren Cumberbatch, This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 04/17/2025.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/22, 5/29, 6/5, 6/12/25 CNS‑3926171# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2025‑0001112 The following person(s) is doing business as: BIN BRIGHT COMPANY, 4381 FOREST CIR SANTA MARIA, CA 93455, County of SANTA BARBARA. TUJA ENTERPRISES LLC, 4381 FOREST CIR SANTA MARIA, CA 93455, CA This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE /s/ STEVEN JOEL FULLER, MANAGING MEMBER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/01/2025.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/22, 5/29, 6/5, 6/12/25 CNS‑3926539# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MAAK: 75 Aero Camino Ste 103 Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Bunker Supply Co., LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT STATE OF CALIFORNIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 54703-54719 of the Government Code, a written report containing a description of each parcel of property within the boundaries of the Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District on which a benefit assessment is proposed to be levied, and containing the amount of a proposed benefit assessment for each such parcel has been prepared and filed with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.

Copies of the report are available on the Clerk of the Board’s website at https:// santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx on the following meeting dates (June 3, June 24, and July 8, 2025) or by calling the Clerk of the Board’s office at (805) 568-2240 to make alterative arrangements.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. or soon thereafter in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, the Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara County Flood Control & Water Conservation District is scheduled hold a public hearing to introduce an ordinance (first reading) entitled “An Ordinance Amending Ordinance 3150, The Flood Control Benefit Assessment Ordinance, Relating to Benefit Assessments for Flood Control Services” for the purposes of considering a Benefit Assessment for flood control purposes for Fiscal Year 2025-26, at which time and place said Board will consider the FY 2025-26 Benefit Assessment Report and all public comment on said Ordinance, if any, including objections with respect to the amount of the proposed assessments to be levied; and on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., or soon thereafter in the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, the Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, shall conduct the second reading of the Ordinance referred to above and may adopt, revise, change, reduce or modify any assessment and shall make its determination upon each assessment described in the Ordinance, and thereafter by resolution, the Board shall confirm the assessments, which are finally adopted and levied.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Clerk of the Board to make reasonable arrangements.

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business name or names listed above on Jan 30, 2025. Filed by: RYAN OLSON/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 23, 2025.

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: 2025‑0001058. Published: May 22, 29. Jun 5, 12 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DANCING STAR PRESS: 416 E Victoria St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Oxford English Services 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: HENRY WEIKEL/DIRECTOR with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 13, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001192. Published: May 22, 29. Jun 5, 12 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CLARK CAN DO IT PLUMBING: 1719 Olive St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Troy VW Clark (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 21, 2025.

Filed by: TROY VAN WILLIAM CLARK/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 5, 2025. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E63. FBN Number: 2025‑0001129. Published: May 22, 29. Jun 5, 12 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 729 ASSOCIATES: 1298 La Pala Lane Carpinteria, CA 93013; Alex Castellanos (same address) Ricardo D Castellanos 729 Olive Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Martha Estrada 3406 Acridge Dr Est Covina, CA 91791; Edward Castellanos 4211 Apricot Simi Valley, CA 93063; Arthur Castellanos 1553 Coolcrest Ave Upland, CA 91786 This business is conducted by A General Partnership Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 01, 2017. Filed by: ALEX CASTELLANOS/PARTNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 2025. 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 E66. FBN Number: 2025‑0001201. Published: May 22, 29. Jun 5, 12 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ACTVCLTR: 3525 San Jose Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Tanner S Lewbel (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 24, 2025. Filed by: TANNER LEWBEL with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 28, 2025.

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: 2025‑0001085. Published: May 22, 29. Jun 5, 12 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DOCTOR RYAN CHIROPRACTIC: 123 W Padre St, E Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Ryan A Rogers (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Aug 1, 2020.

Filed by: RYAN ROGERS/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 16, 2025.

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: 2025‑0001226. Published: May 22, 29. Jun 5, 12 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CLEAN WAVE, CLEAN WAVE CAR WASH, CLEAN WAVE DETAIL CENTER, CLEAN WAVE EXPRESS CAR WASH: 42 N. Fairview Goleta, CA 93117; Price Properties LLC, GEN. Partner of Channel Auto Services LP PO Box 61106 Santa Barbara, CA 93160 This business is conducted by A Limited Partnership Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: JOHN PRICE/MANAGER OF GENERAL PARTNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 13, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001189.

Published: May 22, 29. Jun 5, 12 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2025‑0001148 The following person(s) is doing business as: VALVOLINE INSTANT OIL CHANGE IH0045, 2258 SOUTH BROADWAY, SANTA MARIA, CA 93454 , County of SANTA BARBARA HENLEY PACIFIC LLC, 54 JACONNET STREET, NEWTON HIGHLANDS, MA 02461; DELAWARE This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Feb 21, 2025 /s/ KELLY‑ANN TAINTOR, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/06/2025 Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/22, 5/29, 6/5, 6/12/25 CNS‑3925766# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2025‑0001110 The following person(s) is doing business as: SERPENT & STARS, 853 CALLE CORTITA SANTA BARBARA, CA 93109, County of SANTA BARBARA. LINDA BERNAL, 853 CALLE CORTITA SANTA BARBARA, CA 93109 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE /s/ LINDA BERNAL, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/01/2025.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/22, 5/29, 6/5, 6/12/25 CNS‑3926243# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FRESCH SALES: 71 Bristol Pl. Goleta, CA 93117; Justin M Resch (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 13, 2025. Filed by: JUSTIN RESCH/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 13, 2025. 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 E72. FBN Number: 2025‑0001197. Published: May 29. Jun 5, 12, 19 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EMILY MYERS DESIGN: 7 W Figueroa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Myers Design LLC 931 Castillo St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted

by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 16, 2025. Filed by: EMILY MYERS/

OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 28, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001086. Published: May 29. Jun 5, 12, 19 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA ACURA: 475 Kellogg Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Vag Hsbca, LLC 14747 N Northsight Blvd Ste 111‑431 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 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 1, 2025.

Filed by: JENNIFER A. BONGRATZ/VP OF VAG HSBCA INV, INC, MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 16, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001000. Published: May 29. Jun 5, 12, 19 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ENOTECA: 3413 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Bitar Restaurant Group Enoteca 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 9, 2025. Filed by: GEORGES ELIE BITAR/MANAGING MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 13, 2025.

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: 2025‑0001194. Published: May 29. Jun 5, 12, 19 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VIA MAESTRA 42, VIA MAESTRA: 3343 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Bitar Restaurant Group VM42, 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 9, 2025. Filed by: NICOLE ELIZABETH BITAR/MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 13, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001195.

Published: May 29. Jun 5, 12, 19 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MAGNOLIA LIQUOR: 5110 Hollistor Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Jobes Group 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 7, 2025.

Filed by: JUBEH JOUBAH/SECRETARY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 21, 2025.

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 E66. FBN Number: 2025‑0001251. Published: May 29. Jun 5, 12, 19 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TERRA CRAFT CONSTRUCTION: 373 Kern St. Ventura, CA 93003; Jorge L Zamora Chavez 6825 Dove St Ventura, CA 93003 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 14, 2025. Filed by: JORGE ZAMORA CHAVEZ/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 13, 2025. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E49. FBN Number: 2025‑0001185. Published: May 29.

Jun 5, 12, 19 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s)

is/are doing business as: DELTA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: 515 Newport Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93436; David N Roberts (same address) Moriah H Roberts (same address) This business is conducted by A Married Couple Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 13, 2025. Filed by: DAVID N ROBERTS with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 15, 2025.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E24. FBN Number: 2025‑0000989. Published: May 29. Jun 5, 12, 19 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LANTERN THERAPY PRACTICE: 15288 Hollister Ave, Building A, Suite 124 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Center For Developmental Play And Learning Inc 4675 Via Los Santos Santa Barbara, CA 93111 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: JEANNE WHITE/ PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 15, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001219.

Published: May 29. Jun 5, 12, 19 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2025‑0001091 The following person(s) is doing business as: H.I.S. CALIFORNIA INSURANCE SERVICES, 130 W DE LA GUERRA ST., SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101, County of SANTA BARBARA. HAVEN INSURANCE SOLUTIONS INC., 130 W DE LA GUERRA ST, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101; CALIFORNIA This business is conducted by A CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on APR 9, 2025 /s/ CHARLES HACKNEY, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 4/28/2025.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/29, 6/5, 6/12, 6/19/25 CNS‑3926222# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2025‑0001209 The following person(s) is doing business as: Carrington College, 3828 W. Caldwell Ave., Visalia, CA 93277, County of Tulare.

Carrington College (CA), Inc., 3828 W. Caldwell Ave., Visalia, CA 93277; California This business is conducted by A Corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 02/01/2025 /s/ Michael S. Abril, Secretary This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/14/2025.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/29, 6/5, 6/12, 6/19/25 CNS‑3915598# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SOLSTICE DRIFT: 1231 Gillespie St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Sunshine Swim Lessons (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 11, 2025. Filed by: TALIA ALLEN/FOUNDER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 16, 2025. 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: 2025‑0000998.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: I.T. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: 3750 Meru Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Terence A Quinlan (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 1, 2001. Filed by: TERENCE qUINLAN/DIRECTOR with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 22, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001263.

Published: May 29. Jun 5, 12, 19 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ROOT & BLOOM: 220 E Clark Ave, Suite B Santa Maria, CA 93455; Amanda K Nilsen (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 22, 2025. Filed by: AMANDA NILSEN/ INDIVIDUAL with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 22, 2025. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E4. FBN Number: 2025‑0001261.

Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: REPFINSUPPORT.COM: 133 Butterfly Lne Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Blue Mesa Consulting, LLC 1072 Casitas Pass Road #159 Carpinteria, CA 93013 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 20, 2025.

Filed by: ALEXANER CORMAN/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 22, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001287.

Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CALIXTO: 1607 Mission Dr, Suite #210 Solvang, CA 93463; Daniela D Lerena 501 Countrywood Court Lompoc, CA 93436 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 13, 2025. Filed by: DANIELA D LERENA with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 13, 2025. 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 E71. FBN Number: 2025‑0001188.

Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2025‑0001211 The following person(s) is doing business as: FLC RECORDING, 13 SANTA CLARA DR LOMPOC, CA 93436, County of SANTA BARBARA. CATRINA BOSCUTTI, 13 SANTA CLARA DR LOMPOC, CA 93436 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE /s/ CATRINA BOSCUTTI This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/14/2025.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26/25 CNS‑3930685# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PENSIONMARK FINANCIAL GROUP: 24 East Cota Street, Suite 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; World Investment

Advisors, 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: TIMOTHY ROBB/SECRETARY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 16, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001229. Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2025‑0001276 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: ARJAY’S WINDOW FASHIONS, 4600 ADOHR LANE, SUITE D, CAMARILLO, CA 93012 County of VENTURA WINDOW PRODUCTS MANAGEMENT, INC., Articles # 2621739, State of Inc./Org./Reg.: CA, 4600 ADOHR LANE, SUITE D, CAMARILLO, CA 93012 This business is conducted by a Corporation The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 8/01/2023.

WINDOW PRODUCTS MANAGEMENT, INC. S/ DONNA BUICE, V.P. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/23/2025.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26/25 CNS‑3893975# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: L.A. LEPIANE WINES: 1480 Count Fleet St Santa Ynez, CA 93460; L.A. Lepiane Wines PO Box 61806 Santa Barbara, CA 93160 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jul 25, 2016. Filed by: ALISON THOMSON/ MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 20, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001245.

Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DANNY’S BARBERSHOP: 3337 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Francisco J Garcia JR (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 1, 2025. Filed by: FRANCISCO JAVIER GARCIA JR/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 27, 2025. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E49. FBN Number: 2025‑0001283. Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ELUBIA’S KITCHEN: 6578 Trigo Rd, Unit A Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Elubia’s Kitchen LLC 5007 Birchwood Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted

by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Feb 20, 2025. Filed by: RUBEN OROZCO/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 27, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001288. Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BOWLINE MEDIA LLC,BOWLINE FILMS,WILD AND FREE FILM FESTIVAL: 349 Northgate Drive, Apt C Goleta, CA 93117; Bowline Media LLC PO Box

8313 Goleta, CA 93118 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 15, 2025. Filed by: GARETH KELLY/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 20, 2025. 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 E72. FBN Number: 2025‑0001250.

Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BEEDLE WORLDWIDE: 336 Via El Encantador Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Robert G Beedle (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: ROBERT BEEDLE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 28, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001292.

Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TRILLIUM KEN: 501 Chapala Street, Suite A Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kenneth R Cohen (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 27, 2025.

Filed by: KENNETH COHEN with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 30, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001319. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2025‑0001273 The following person(s) is doing business as: Russell Holland Engineering, 1125 Ladan Dr., Solvang, CA 93463, County of Santa Barbara.

Russell A Holland, 1125 Ladan Dr., Solvang, CA 93463 This business is conducted by An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable /s/ Russell A Holland This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/23/2025.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3/25 CNS‑3932019# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2025‑0001279 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Touch of Grace Creations, 517 E. Taft St, Santa Maria, CA 93454 County of SANTA BARBARA Alexis Marissa Lopez, 517 E. Taft St, Santa Maria, CA 93454 This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. S/ Alexis Marissa Lopez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/23/2025.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3/25 CNS‑3911619# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CENTRAL COAST MAILBOXES, RED TAPE BUSINESS SERVICES: 2023 S Broadway, Suite B Santa Maria, CA 93454; Red Tape Business Services, 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 16, 2025. Filed by: STEVEN FUNKHOUSER/MANAGING MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 22, 2025.

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: 2025‑0001267. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

names listed above on N/A. Filed by: VICTORIA RYAN/DVM with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 30, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001313.

Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2025‑0001281 The following person(s) is doing business as: Contreras Landscapes, 3040 State St Suite 1, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, County of Santa Barbara.

Agustin Contreras, 3040 State St Suite 1, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 05, 2018 /s/ Agustin Contreras This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/23/2025.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/3/25 CNS‑3934386# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THRIVE STUDIOS: 3944 State Street Suite 310 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Brian S Johnson (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 3, 2025. Filed by: BRIAN JOHNSON/ OWNER/DOCTOR with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 4, 2025. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E49. FBN Number: 2025‑0001341.

Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SOL VETERINARY HOSPICE AND EUTHANASIA: 1109 Garcia Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Victoria Ryan (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PIVOTAL CONNECTIONS, PIVOTAL BEHAVIOR SUPPORTS: 629 State Street Suite 249 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Alexis A Arias (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 24, 2025.

Filed by: ALEXIS ARIAS/INDIVIDUAL with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 29, 2025.

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: 2025‑0001309. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MIMI’S PORCH: 315 Meigs Rd A159 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Brittany R Dobson (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 26, 2025.

Filed by: BRITTANY DOBSON with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 30, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001316. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: POETRY IN PETALS: 1045 Elm Lane, Apt 11 Carpinteria, CA 93013; Megan E Borzone PO Box 6 Summerland, CA 93067 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 01, 2025. Filed by: MEGAN E. BORZONE/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001210.

Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s)

is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA GARAGE & GATE: 1070 Colleen Way Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Coast & Canyon Home Services (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 27, 2025. Filed by: PATRICK RATHBUN/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 02, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001322.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLOSSER LAVANDERIA: 122 S. Blosser Road Santa Barbara, CA 93548; HKJ Management LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: HYO JIN BAE/MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 28, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001294. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SUNNY HOUSE STUDIO: 1205 Bath Street, Apt 4 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Ellie L Stayner (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Affordable Waiting List Opening NOTIFICATION IS HEREBY GIVEN that EFFECTIVE JUNE 25, 2025 at 7:30 a.m. The Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara will be opening the waiting list for the below developments and closing on July 25, 2025 at 5:00 pm. Applications will be accepted online at www.hasbarco.org by going to How Do I?, then Apply Online – Applicant Portal.

La Canada Lompoc Terrace – 3 Bedroom Waiting List Only Miller/Stanley – 2 Bedroom Waiting List Only The Residences at Depot These units will be subsidized with Project Based assistance; therefore Section 8 income eligibility and regulations will be required for all applicants.

If you are a person living with a disability, or Limited English Proficiency (LEP), or with limited computer access, call 833-433-0333 for additional assistance.

This Public Service Announcement is being published to ensure that interested individuals and groups are fully aware of this action. The Housing Authority of the County of Santa Barbara will accept applications for these programs regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, disability, age, familial status, or other protected groups under State, Federal or local equal opportunity housing laws.

AUTORIDAD DE VIVIENDA DE LA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ANUNCIO DE SERVICIO PÚBLICO Apertura de lista de espera asequible POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que a partir del 25 de Junio de 2025 a las 7:30 a.m. La Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Santa Bárbara abrirá la lista de espera para los siguientes desarrollos y cerrará el 25 de Julio de 2025 a las 5:00 pm. Las solicitudes se aceptarán en línea en www.hasbarco.org yendo a ¿Cómo lo hago?, luego Solicitar en línea - Portal del solicitante.

La Canada Lompoc Terrace – 3 habitaciones solamente Miller/Stanley – 2 habitaciones solamente The Residences at Depot Estas unidades serán subsidiadas con asistencia basada en proyectos, por lo tanto, se requerirá la elegibilidad de ingresos y las regulaciones de la Sección 8 para todos los solicitantes.

Si usted es una persona que vive con una discapacidad, o con dominio limitado del inglés (LEP), o con acceso limitado a una computadora, llame al 833-433-0333 para obtener asistencia adicional.

Este anuncio de servicio público se publica para garantizar que las personas y grupos interesados sean plenamente conscientes de esta acción. La Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Santa Bárbara aceptará solicitudes para estos programas independientemente de su raza, color, religión, origen nacional, sexo, estado civil, discapacidad, edad, estado familiar u otros grupos protegidos bajo las leyes estatales, federales o locales de igualdad de oportunidades de vivienda.

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years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2025‑0001348.

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commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 30, 2025.

Filed by: CHRISTOPHER RAIMONDI/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 5, 2025. This statement expires five years from

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICT HEARING BOARD COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA Notice is hereby given that the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) Hearing Board will hold a public hearing to consider the following matters on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, at the Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, 105 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93310.

Case No. 2025-09-R – (Regular Variance)

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

Hearing – To consider a Regular Variance from District Rules 328.C.2, C.4, G and I.1 and Rule 206, ATC 14500-Mod 10, Conditions 9.B.12, 9.C.1.b.i, 9.C.1.b.ii, 9.C.1.b.iii., 9.C.2.b.ii., 9.C.3.b.i,, 9.C.3.b.ii,, 9.C.3.b.iii,, 9.C.3.b.iv., 9.C.3.c.i., 9.C.3.c.ii., 9.C.3.d.i, 9.C.3.d.ii., 9.C.5.a.ii., 9.C.5.a.iii., 9.C.6.a.ii., 9.C.6.a.iii, 9.C.6.a.iv., 9.C.7.a.i, 9.C.7.a.iv, 9.C.9.a.i, 9.C.9.a.iv., 9.C.9.a.v., 9.C.9.b.iii., 9.C.9.b.iv.1.a., 9.C.9.b.iv.2.a., 9.C.9.b.viii., 9.C.9.b.xvi., 9.C.10.b.i., 9.C.10.b.iii., 9.C.10.b.v., 9.C.10.b.xvi., 9.C.10.xvii., 9.C.10.c.ii., 9.C.10.c.iv., 9.C.10.c.viii., 9.C.10.d.i, 9.C.11.a., 9.C.11.b.i., 9.C.11.b.iv., 9.C.11.b.v., 9.C.11.b.vii., 9.C.11.b.viii., 9.C.11.b.ix., 9.C.11.b.x., 9.C.11.b.xi., 9.C.11.c.iii., 9.C.11.c.vi, 9.C.11.c.viii, 9.C.11.c.ix., 9.C.11.c.x., 9.C.11.c.xi., 9.C.11.c.xii, 9.C.13.b.iv., 9.C.13.c.iv., 9.C.13.c.v., 9.C.21 (ADF and MRF CHP IC engines only), 9.C.22, 9.C.23., 9.C.34.b., 9.C.34.c., 9.C.34.f., 9.C.34.g. and 9.C.34.i., submitted on May 30, 2025, for relief from the following requirements at the Tajiguas Landfill: Best Available Control Technology (BACT) emission limits for Anaerobic Digestion Facility (ADF) and Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) combined heat and power (CHP) internal combustion (IC) engines, operational parameters, continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS) requirements and data telemetry for the ADF and MRF CHP IC engines, and CEMS excursions until compliance can be achieved.

The Petitioner applied for an Interim Variance concurrently with the Regular Variance Petition. The Interim Variance Order 2025-08-I is pending a decision. If granted, Interim Variance Order 2025-08-I, would provide relief from May 30, 2025 through August 27, 2025 (not to exceed 90-days), the date a decision is made on Regular Variance 2025-09-R, or the date compliance is achieved, whichever occurs first. If granted, Variance Order 2025-09-R would provide relief from July 2, 2025 through May 29, 2026.

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

Case No. 2021-05-M5 (Modification of Variance and Modification of Final Compliance Date)

DCOR, LLC 1000 Town Center Drive, Ste. 600 Oxnard, CA 93036

Hearing – To consider a Petition for Modification of Regular Variance from District Rule 331.D, E, G.1 and I and Rule 206, Part 70 Permit to Operate 9108-R5, Conditions 9.C.2.a, 9.C.2.b.i and 9.C.2.b.ii, submitted on May 28, 2025, for relief from fugitive hydrocarbon component emission limits, operational limits, leak and repair requirements at Platform Hogan.

The previous Petitioner, Beacon West Energy Group, is currently operating under Regular Variance Order 2021-05-M4, which provides relief through July 29, 2025, or the date compliance is achieved, whichever occurs first. On May 8, 2025, the District received an application to add an additional operator, DCOR, LLC, who was contracted to conduct the plugging and abandonment of Platform Hogan. As a result, DCOR, LLC submitted the Petition for the facility.

Per Health and Safety Code §42356 and §42357, the Petitioner is requesting a Modification of Variance to include the additional operator as the Petitioner and Modification of Final Compliance Date to extend coverage through July 29, 2026, or the date compliance is achieved, whichever occurs first. If granted, the Variance would provide continued relief from fugitive hydrocarbon component emission limits, operational limits, leak and repair requirements and provide new increments of progress.

The Petitioner operates the equipment described in the Petition at Platform Hogan, located on offshore lease tract OCS-P-166, approximately 8 miles southeast from the City of Santa Barbara. The Platform is not operational and is idle awaiting decommissioning. The Modification of Regular Variance, if granted, will allow the Petitioner enforcement relief from July 30, 2025, through July 29, 2026, or the date compliance is achieved, whichever occurs first.

Case No. 2021-04-M5 (Modification of Variance and Modification of Final Compliance Date)

DCOR, LLC 1000 Town Center Drive,Ste. 600 Oxnard, CA 93036

Hearing – To consider a Petition for Modification of Regular Variance from District Rules 331.D, E, G.1 and I and Rule 206, Part 70 Permit to Operate 9109-R5, Conditions 9.C.2.a, 9.C.2.b.i and 9.C.2.b.ii submitted on May 28, 2025, for relief from fugitive hydrocarbon component emission limits, operational limits, leak and repair requirements at Platform Houchin.

The previous Petitioner, Beacon West Energy Group, is currently operating under Regular Variance Order 2021-04-M4, which provides relief through July 29, 2025, or the date compliance is achieved, whichever occurs first. On May 8, 2025, the District received an application to add an additional operator, DCOR, LLC, who was contracted to conduct the plugging and abandonment of Platform Houchin. As a result, DCOR, LLC submitted the Petition for the facility.

Per Health and Safety Code §42356 and §42357, the Petitioner is requesting a Modification of Variance to include the additional operator as the Petitioner and Modification of Final Compliance Date to extend coverage through July 29, 2026, or the date compliance is achieved, whichever occurs first. If granted, the Variance would provide continued relief from fugitive hydrocarbon component emission limits, operational limits, leak and repair requirements and provide new increments of progress.

The Petitioner operates the equipment described in the Petition at Platform Houchin, located on offshore lease tract OCS-P-166, approximately 7 miles southeast from the City of Santa Barbara. The Platform is not operational and is idle awaiting decommissioning. The Modification of Regular Variance, if granted, will allow the Petitioner enforcement relief from July 30, 2025, through July 29, 2026, or the date compliance is achieved, whichever occurs first.

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

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

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AVA JI: 3868 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Chunlei Ji (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 03, 2025. Filed by: CHUNLEI JI with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 6, 2025. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E49. FBN Number: 2025‑0001357. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COUTARD AIR: 420 S C St Lompoc, CA 93436; Michael D Coutard (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: MICHAEL D COUTARD with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 28, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001293.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DENMUN OFFICE SOLUTIONS: 5951 Encina Road Goleta, CA 93117; Julio E Ortega (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 2, 2025.

Filed by: JULIO ORTEGA/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 9, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001375. Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: U.S. PIPELINE INC: 8100 Washington Suite 200 Houston TX, 77007; Texas U.S. Pipeline 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 1, 2025. Filed by: IMRAN DOSSANI/SECRETARY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 3, 2025. 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: 2025‑0001338.

Published: Jun 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: ELISABETH ANN BECKER CASE NUMBER: 25CV01490 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: ELISABETH ANN BECKER 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: ELISABETH ANN BECKER PROPOSED NAME: ELIZABETH ANN BECKER THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection

is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing June 23, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 5, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State 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 NC, JUDGE Colleen K. Sterne of the Superior Court.

Published May 29. June 5, 12, 19 2025.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: L A WILLIAMSON CASE NUMBER: 25CV02920 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: L A WILLIAMSON 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: L A WILLIAMSON PROPOSED NAME: LELAND ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 18, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 4, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, ANACAPA DIVISION A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated 05/29/2025, JUDGE Donna D. Geck of the Superior Court. Published June 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: MELANIE NICOLE LOUISE HARRIS CASE NUMBER: 25CV02566 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: MELANIE NICOLE LOUISE HARRIS 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: MELANIE NICOLE LOUISE HARRIS PROPOSED NAME: ARIEL AALIYAH PHOENIX THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing June 27, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 4, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, ANACAPA DIVISION A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated 05/20/2025, JUDGE Donna D. Geck of the Superior Court. Published June 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: FELIPE CAMARILLO CASE NUMBER: 25CV02449 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: FELIPE CAMARILLO 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: FELIPE CAMARILLO PROPOSED NAME: PHIL SOSA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 2, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 3, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, ANACAPA DIVISION A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated 05/20/2025, JUDGE Thomas P. Anderle of the Superior Court. Published June 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: KIRSTEN ANA‑ELISE ALBERT CASE NUMBER: 25CV02801 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: KIRSTEN ANA‑ELISE ALBERT 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: KIRSTEN ANA‑ELISE ALBERT PROPOSED NAME: KIERSTEN ANA‑ELISE HARRELL THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 16, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 3, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, ANACAPA DIVISION A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated 05/29/2025, JUDGE Thomas P. Anderle of the Superior Court. Published June 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: DONNA MARY PIZZORNO CASE NUMBER: 25CV02925 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: DONNA MARY PIZZORNO 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: DONNA MARY PIZZORNO PROPOSED NAME: ROSE PIZZORNO THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 21, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 5, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF

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LEGALS (CONT.) SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, ANACAPA DIVISION A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated 05/29/2025, JUDGE Colleen K. Sterne of the Superior Court. Published June 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CHLOE YEJI, YONGWON JEON CASE NUMBER: 25CV03403 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: CHLOE YEJI JEON, YONGWON JEON 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: YERIEL BYULHA JEON PROPOSED NAME: LILLIAN BYULHA JEON THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 16, 2025, 8:30 am, DEPT: SM1, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF 312‑C E Cook St, Santa Maria, CA 93454, COOK DIVISION A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated 06/03/2025, JUDGE Patricia L. Kelly of the Superior Court. Published June 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CHAYE TIONE ALEXANDER CASE NUMBER: 25CV03144 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: CHAYE TIONE ALEXANDER 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: CHAYE TIONE ALEXANDER PROPOSED NAME: CHAYETIONE ALEXANDER THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 28, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 5, SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, ANACAPA DIVISION A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated 06/05/2025, JUDGE Colleen K. Sterne of the Superior Court. Published June 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

AMENDED IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: MEGAN ALLAYNE CERIALE CASE NUMBER: 25CV01288 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: MEGAN ALLAYNE CERIALE 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: MEGAN ALLAYNE

CERIALE PROPOSED NAME: MEGAN ALLAYNE CERIALE GALLANT THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if

any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be

heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Notice of Hearing July 14, 2025, 10:00 am, DEPT: 5, SUPERIOR COURT

NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX DELINQUENCY AND IMPENDING DEFAULT Made Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Section 3351 and 3352 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, 2025, 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 2024-2025, and/or any delinquent supplemental taxes levied prior to the fiscal year 2024-2025 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, 2025, and not redeemed prior to being submitted for publication, shall be published on or before September 8, 2028.

OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, COURTHOUSE A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county,

at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated 05/30/2025, JUDGE Colleen K. Sterne of the Superior Court. Published June 12, 19, 26. July 3 2025.

PUBLIC NOTICES SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES – STANLEY MOSK COURTHOUSE Case No.: 25STCV00171

Santa Maria:

Betteravia Government Center 511 E. Lakeside Parkway, Suite 104 Telephone: (805) 346-8330

Website:

www.sbtaxes.org

The amount to redeem, including all penalties and fees, as of June 2025, is shown opposite the parcel number and next to the name of the assessee.

PARCEL NUMBERING SYSTEM EXPLANATION 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, 2020 FOR THE TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, AND OTHER CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019– 2020

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:

County Administration Building 105 E. Anapamu Street, Room 109 Telephone: (805) 568-2920

Santa Maria:

Betteravia Government Center 511 E. Lakeside Parkway Telephone: (805) 346-8330

Website:

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 29, 2025.

Published in The Santa Barbara Independent on June 5, 12, & 19, 2025.

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, 2025, 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 TreasurerTax Collector, at the office locations listed below: Santa Barbara:

County Administration Building 105 E. Anapamu Street, Room 109 Telephone: (805) 568-2920

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 29, 2025.

Published in The Santa Barbara Independent on June 5, 12, & 19, 2025.

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LEGALS (CONT.) COMPLAINT FOR: 1. Breach of Contract 2. Negligence 3. Declaratory Relief Plaintiff WESTLAKE COACH COMPANY, LLC dba GENESIS OF WESTLAKE alleges causes of actions against Defendants, STEPHEN BIGLER, FARMERS INSURANCE, and DOES 1 through 25 (collectively “Defendants”) as follows: GENERAL ALLEGATIONS 1. Plaintiff WESTLAKE COACH COMPANY, LLC dba GENESIS OF WESTLAKE (“Genesis”) is, and at all times mentioned was, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of California authorized to conduct business in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, and subject to the jurisdiction of this Court.

2. Defendant STEPHEN BIGLER (“Bigler”) is an individual. Genesis informed and believes that Bigler is and at all relevant times was, a resident of the County of Santa Barbara,State of California.

3. Defendant FARMERS INSURANCE (“Farmers”) is a corporation that currently is, and at all relevant times was authorized to do business in the State of California. 4. Genesis does not know the true names and capacities of the Defendants sued herein as DOES 1‑25, inclusive, and therefore sues these Defendants by such fictitious names. Genesis will amend this Complaint to allege their true names and capacities when ascertained. Genesis is informed and believes and thereon alleges that each of the fictitiously named Defendants are responsible in some manner for

the occurrences herein alleged, and that Genesis’s damages as herein alleged were proximately caused by their conduct. 5. Genesis is informed and believes and thereon alleges that, at all times herein mentioned, Defendants were the agents of each other, and in doing the things herein alleged were acting within the course and scope of such agency and with the permission and consent of their Co‑Defendants.

6. Genesis is informed and believes and thereon alleges that, at all times herein mentioned, Defendants Bigler, Farmers, and DOES 1‑10, inclusive, have sufficient contacts, and were and now are either duly authorized to do and/or are doing business in, or were residents of, the State of California.

7. As further articulated below, Bigler voluntarily came to Genesis, in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, and entered into a contract with Bigler. The contract between Bigler and Genesis was for Bigler to rent a vehicle from Genesis to use while Genesis serviced Bigler’s personal vehicle. While Bigler possessed the vehicle, rodents damaged the front wire harness. When Bigler returned the vehicle to Genesis is was not in the same condition as when Bigler first took possession. Bigler then refused to reimburse Genesis for the repairs to the vehicle. Thus, Bigler breached the contract between the parties.

8. Bigler entered into the contract with Genisis at issue in this matter in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. Bigler then breached that same contract in the County of Los Angeles, State of California.

Accordingly, this venue is appropriate for this matter. FACTUAL ALLEGATIONS 9. Genesis hereby

re‑alleges the allegations contained in the paragraphs above as though fully set forth herein. 10. Genesis is a car dealership located in the County of Los Angeles, that also performs service and repairs to motor vehicles manufactured by Hyundai, including vehicles under its luxury brand “Genesis.” 11. On November 29, 2023, Bigler voluntarily entered into entered into a Rental Agreement for a temporary substitute vehicle with Genesis for the rental of a vehicle that Genesis owned while Genesis serviced Bigler’s personal vehicle. Specifically, a 2023 Hyundai Kona, License Plate Number 9EWB141, with VIN KM8K62AB9PU982645 (the “Subject Vehicle”). A true and correct copy of the Rental Agreement is attached as Exhibit A. 12. Bigler entered into the Rental Agreement at Genesis, in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. 13. Under the Rental Agreement, Bigler agreed they would return the Subject Vehicle to Genesis at the end of the rental period in the same condition they received it.

Bigler also agreed that they would be responsible for all damages to the Subject Vehicle incurred while Bigler possessed the Subject Vehicle.

Bigler further agreed in the Rental Agreement that they had valid automobile insurance which would cover any damages to the Subject Vehicle. 14. The Rental Agreement expressly stated under Section 4 of the terms and conditions that “[t]he Vehicle must be returned in the same condition that you received it except for ordinary wear.” (Rental Agreement, Section 4.) 15. The Rental Agreement also expressly stated under Section 5 of the terms and conditions that Bigler was responsible for all physical and

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY COUNCIL (Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom) June 17, 2025, at 5:30 PM City of Goleta’s Fiscal Year 2025/26 and Fiscal Year 2026/27 Operating Budget and Five-Year Capital Improvement Program Budget.

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 Goleta City Council will conduct a hybrid public hearing to consider resolutions adopting the City of Goleta’s Fiscal Year 2025/26 and Fiscal Year 2026/27 Operating Budget and the Five-Year Capital Improvement Program Budget. The agenda for the hearing will be posted on the City website (www.cityofg oleta.org).

HEARING DATE/TIME: Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 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.org. 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.org.

For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 562-5500 or mmartinez@cityofgoleta.org. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.org.

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 City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

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mechanical damage to the Subject Vehicle while in their possession.

Section 5 of the Rental Agreement states: To the extent permissible by law, your responsibility shall include: (a) all physical and mechanical damage to the Vehicle measured as follows: (i) if we determine that the Vehicle is a total loss, the total loss vehicle value of the Vehicle calculated in accordance with California Civil Code Section 1939.07, as amended from timeto time, less salvage; (ii) if we determine that the Vehicle is repairable: the actual cost of repair that we incur to repair the Vehicle or that we would incur if we chose to repair the Vehicle, all as calculated pursuant to California Civil Code Sections 1939.03, 1939.05, and 1939.07, as applicable, and as may be amended from time to time; (b) an administrative fee calculated pursuant to California Civil Code Sections 1939.03 and 1939.05, as amended from time to time; (c) our actual charges for towing, storage, and impound; and (d) all costs associated with our enforcement of this Agreement or collection of Charges, including attorneys’ fees, collection fees, and costs whether or not litigation is commenced.” (Rental Agreement, Section 5.) 16. When Bigler rented the Subject Vehicle, they represented they were insured by Farmers and presented Genesis an insurance card from Farmers with Bigler listed as the named insured— policy number 528029196. The Rental Agreement included Bigler’s Farmers insurance policy information.

17. While Bigler was in possession of the Subject Vehicle, rodents chewed up a front wire harness and damaged the Subject Vehicle. 18. Bigler returned the Subject Vehicle to Genesis on December 8, 2023. 19. On December 12, 2023, after Bigler returned the Subject Vehicle to Genesis, a Genesis technician inspected the Subject Vehicle and confirmed that rodents chewed up a front wire harness. The damage required Genesis to replace the front wire harness. Not only did the damage to the front wire harness necessitate replacing it in lieu of repairing individual wires, but Genesis had to replace the wire harness even if it could have repaired individual wires. Per the manufacture’s repair policies and procedures, Genesis must replace the entire wire harness when the wire harness or the individual wires are damaged—repairing damaged wires is not sufficient repair and could void manufacturer warranties. 20. Again, Bigler signed the Rental Agreement and affirmed that they were personally liable for damage to the Subject Vehicle while in possession of it and responsible for the actual costs to repair the Subject Vehicle.

21. On December 12, 2023, Genesis prepared a repair estimate to replace the damaged wire harness. The total cost to repair the Subject Vehicle was $9,769.18. A true and correct copy of the repair estimate is attached as Exhibit B. 22. It is undisputed that the Subject Vehicle was damaged while in Bigler’s possession. It is further undisputed that Bigler is personally liable for the costs to repair the damage the Subject Vehicle incurred while in their possession. 23. Bigler did not pay for the costs to repair the Subject Vehicle. 24. Subsequently, Genesis submitted the repair estimate to Farmers under Bigler’s insurance policy so that Genesis could make the necessary repairs; however, Farmers refused to pay for the actual costs of the repairs. 25. On August 7, 2024, Farmers sent Genesis a letter and stated that Genesis did not need to replace the wire harness and instead could repair individual wires. Farmers estimated that the repairs would cost $1,540.00. Farmers then determined that it was only responsible for $1,040.00 for the repairs after Bigler’s $500.00 deductible. A true and correct copy of the August 7, 2024 denial letter Genesis received from Farmers is attached as Exhibit C. 26. Not only did Farmers refuse to pay for the damage Bigler, its insured, caused to the Subject Vehicle, but it also refused to compensate Genesis for the loss of use of the Subject Vehicle while it awaited repairs. 27. On August 23, 2024, Farmers sent another letter to Genesis in which Farmers confirmed that it will maintain its position that it is not liable for the actual cost to repair the Subject Vehicle and for the loss of use of the Subject Vehicle. A true and correct copy of the August 23, 2024 letter Genesis received from Farmers is attached as Exhibit D. 28. Contrary to Farmers’ position, the damage to the wire harness in the front of the Subject Vehicle necessitated replacing it. But even if it didn’t, the manufacture still required Genesis to replace the entire wire harness if any of the wires were damaged. Indeed, if Genesis did only repair specific wires, it could void any manufacture’s warranties that covered the Subject Vehicle. 29. Despite this, and the fact that Bigler affirmed that they were personally liable for damage to the Subject Vehicle while in possession of it and responsible for the actual costs to repair the Subject Vehicle, Bigler and Farmers refused to pay for the necessary repairs to the Subject Vehicle. 30. As articulated above, Bigler signed the Rental Agreement and affirmed that would return the Subject Vehicle to Genesis in the same condition that they received it.

Bigler also affirmed that they were personally liable for damage to the Subject Vehicle while in possession of

it and responsible for the actual costs to repair the Subject Vehicle. Despite this, Bigler did not pay for the actual costs to repair the Subject Vehicle.

31. While the Subject Vehicle was in Bigler’s possession, rodents damaged the wire harness. The rodent damage to the Subject Vehicle required Genesisto replace a front wire harness.

The total cost of repair was $9,743.27.

When Bigler signed the Rental Agreement, they represented that they would return the Subject Vehicle in the same condition that they received it. Bigler failed to do so. After Bigler failed to return the Subject Vehicle to Genesis in the same condition they received it, Bigler refused to pay for the actual costs to repair the damage the Subject Vehicle incurred while in their possession.

32. At the present day neither Bigler nor Farmers has paid Genesis for the actual cost of repairs to the Subject Vehicle or for the loss of use of the Subject Vehicle. FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION BREACH OF CONTRACT AGAINST BIGLER 33. Genesis hereby re‑alleges the allegations contained in the paragraphs above as though fully set forth herein. 34. The elements of Breach of Contract are: (1) Genesis and Bigler entered into a contract; (2) Genesis did all, or substantially all, of the significant things the contract required it to do; (3) all conditions required by the contract for Bigler’s performance occurred; (4) Bigler failed to do something the contract required him to do; (5) Genesis was harmed; and (6) Bigler’s breach of contract was a substantial factor in causing Genesis’s harm. (Judicial Council of California Civil Jury Instructions (2024) (“CACI”), No. 303.) 35. On November 29, 2023, Genesis entered into the Rental Agreement with Bigler. Per the terms of the Rental Agreement, Genesis provided Bigler with the Subject Vehicle for use while Genesis serviced their personal vehicle.

36. Under the Rental Agreement, and by taking possession of the Subject Vehicle, Bigler agreed that they would return the Subject Vehicle to Genesis in the same condition that they received it. Bigler affirmed that if they did not return the Subject Vehicle in the same condition, then they were personally liable for damage the Subject Vehicle sustained while in possession of it and responsible for the actual costs to repair the Subject Vehicle. 37. Genesis performed all its requirements under the Rental Agreement, including providing Bigler the Subject Vehicle. 38. Genesis is informed and believes and thereon alleges that while Bigler possessed the subject vehicle rodents chewed up a front wire harness and damaged the Subject Vehicle. Thus, Bigler did not return the Subject Vehicle in the

Ordinance 5252 An Ordinance of the County of Santa Barbara Amending the Existing Integrated Solid Waste Management Fee Schedule to Adjust for Increased Costs of doing Business.

Ordinance 5253 An Ordinance of the County of Santa Barbara Amending Monitoring Wells and Borings Fee Schedule to Adjust for Increased Costs of doing Business.

Ordinance 5254 An Ordinance of the County of Santa Barbara Amending the Existing Site Mitigation Fee Schedule to Adjust for Increased Costs of doing Business.

Ordinance 5255 An Ordinance of the County of Santa Barbara Amending the Existing Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) Fee Schedule to Adjust for Increased Costs of doing Business.

Passed, approved and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, on this 3rd day of June 2025, by the following vote: Ayes: Noes: Absent: Abstain:

Supervisors Lee, Capps and Hartmann Supervisor Nelson None Supervisor Lavagnino

MONA MIYASATO CLERK OF THE BOARD By: Sheila de la Guerra – Deputy Clerk NOTE: A complete copy of Ordinance Nos. 5252 through 5255 is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and is available for public inspection and copying in that office in accordance with the California Public Records Act, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1.

same condition as when they took possession of it. 39. The damage to the Subject Vehicle necessitated repairs; specifically, Genesis needed to replace the entire front wire harness. The cost to repair the Subject Vehicle was $9,743.27. Neither Bigler nor their insurance carrier Farmers paid for the actual costs of repairs to the Subject Vehicle. 40. Bigler breached the Rental Agreement when they failed to return the Subject Vehicle to Genesis in the same condition it was in when they took possession of it. Bigler again breached the Rental Agreement when they refused to pay for the actual costs of repairs to the Subject Vehicle.

41. As a proximate and actual cause of Bigler’s breach of the contract, Genesis suffered damages, including special damages of $9,743.27 for the actual costs to repair the Subject Vehicle.

Genesis also suffered damages for the loss of use of the Subject Vehicle while Bigler refused to pay for the actual cost to repair it at a rate of $38.00 per day for 374 days, or a current total of $14,212.00.

42. Genesis had to retain counsel to enforce the terms of the Rental Agreement; thus, Genesis incurred further costs and expenses because of Bigler’s breach of the Rental Agreement. Under the express terms of the Rental Agreement, Bigler is responsible for “all costs associated with our enforcement of this Agreement or collection of Charges, including attorneys’ fees, collection fees, and costs whether or not litigation is commenced.” (Rental Agreement, Section 5.) 43. Therefore, Bigler is liable to Genesis for breach of contract. SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION NEGLIGENCE AGAINST BIGLER 44. Genesis hereby re‑alleges the allegations contained in the paragraphs above as though fully set forth herein. 45. Genesis owned the Subject Vehicle. Per the terms of the Rental Agreement, Bigler rented the Subject Vehicle from Genesis for a limited duration (i.e., the rental period). 46. While in possession of the Subject Vehicle Bigler owed Genesis a duty of care to not intentionally damage the Subject Vehicle or let the Subject Vehicle sustain preventable damage. 47. Bigler breached its duty of care to Genesis when it allowed rodents to damage the Subject Vehicle by chewing up the front wire harness.

Bigler kept, stored, and maintained the Subject Vehicle in a manner that allowed rodents access to the Subject Vehicle and caused the Subject Vehicle to incur damage.

48. As a proximate and actual cause of Bigler’s negligence, Genesis suffered damages, including special damages of at least $9,743.27 and loss of use of the Subject Vehicle of at least $14,212.00.

49. Therefore, Bigler is liable to Genesis for negligence. THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION DECLARATORY RELIEF AGAINST ALL DEFENDANTS 50. Genesis hereby re‑alleges the allegations contained in the paragraphs above as though fully set forth herein. 51. An actual controversy exists between Genesis and Defendants relating to their legal rights and duties arising out of the Rental Agreement. A declaration of rights and duties as to the responsibilities of Genesis and Defendants is appropriate at this time to permit the Parties to ascertain their rights and duties with respect to the incident described above. No adequate remedy exists at law, by which the respective rights and responsibilities of Genesis and Defendants can be ascertained.

52. Accordingly, under to California Code of Civil Procedure § 1060, Genesis requests that the Court issue a judicial declaration as follows: (a) Bigler is liable for the damage the Subject Vehicle incurred while in their possession; (b) Bigler and Farmers, as Bigler’s insurance carrier, are responsible for the actual costs to repair the damage the Subject Vehicle incurred while in Bigler’s possession; and (c) Bigler and Farmers, as Bigler’s insurance carrier, are liable to Genesis for its loss of use of the Subject Vehicle for the duration of time that Bigler and/or Farmers refused to pay for the actual costs to repair the Subject Vehicle. WHEREFORE, Genesis prays

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LEGALS (CONT.) for Judgment against Defendants as follows: 1. For compensatory damages of at least $9,743.27, with the exact amount to be proven at trial; 2. For compensatory damages for Genesis’s loss of use of the Subject Vehicle of at least $14,212.00, with the exact amount to be proven at trial; 3. For a judicial declaration that Bigler is liable for the damage the Subject Vehicle incurred while in their possession under the Rental Agreement; 4. Bigler and Farmers, as Bigler’s insurance carrier, are responsible for the actual costs to repair the damage the Subject Vehicle incurred while in Bigler’s possession; 5. For a judicial declaration that Bigler and Farmers, as Bigler’s insurance carrier, are liable to Genesis for its loss of use of the Subject Vehicle for the duration of time that Bigler and/or Farmers refused to pay for the actual costs to repair the Subject Vehicle; 6. For general damages, according to proof; 7. For incidental and consequential damages, according to proof; 8. For reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of suit, under Civil Code section 1717; 9. For pre‑judgement interest at the contractual or legal rate, whichever is greater, according to proof; and 10. For such other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.

DATED: January 3, 2025 KOLAR & ASSOCIATES, A LAW CORPORATION By: ELIZABETH L. KOLAR, ESQ. TAMI S. CROSBY, ESQ. Attorneys for Plaintiff, WESTLAKE COACH COMPANY, LLC dba GENESIS OF WESTLAKE Published: May 15, 22, 29. June 5 2025.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO DONATE SURPLUS PROPERTY The Santa Barbara County Fire Department hereby gives notice of its intention to donate one (1) surplus ambulance to Allan Hancock College for use in its Emergency Medical Services (EMS) training and emergency vehicle operator driver training programs, pursuant to Government Code §25365.

The 2003 Type 3 ambulance has been declared surplus by the Department and is no longer needed for operational use. The donation aims to support the educational and training needs of students enrolled in public safety and EMS courses.

This action will be considered for approval by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors at its regularly scheduled meeting on June 24th, at 0900, located at the Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Administration

Building, Board Hearing Room, 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria.

Questions or comments regarding this proposed donation may be submitted in advance of the meeting to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department at (805) 681‑5500.

SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ROSE JAFFE, an individual, and DOES 1 to 20, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): SEAN WATSON, an individual, and MARY WATSON, 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 C e n t e r ( w w w. c o u r t i n f o . c a . g o v / 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.

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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.

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The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): Santa Barbara Superior Court 1100 Anacapa Street , Santa Barbara, CA 93101 CASE NO: (Número del Caso): 25CV02030 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): Kevin Mauseth, Esq., Island View Law, PC, 4299 Carpinteria Ave., Ste 101, Carpinteria, CA 93013 (805)576‑7693; DATE (Fecha): 04/02/2025. Clerk, by (Secretario) /s/ Naylea Calderon, Deputy (Adjunto) Published: May 22, 29. Jun 5, 12 2025.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): JUAN SANCHEZ‑ORTIZ; and DOES 1 to 25 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): RAMMY SALEM 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 C e n t e r ( w w w. c o u r t i n f o . c a . g o v / 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 Superior Court 1100 Anacapa Street , Santa Barbara, CA 93101 CASE NO: (Número del Caso): 25CV01072 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): Chad M. Prentice, Maho & Prentice, LLP, 629 State St., Ste. 217, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, (805) 962‑1930; DATE (Fecha): 02/19/2025. Clerk, by (Secretario) /s/ Naylea Calderon, Deputy (Adjunto) Published: Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 2025.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION ON JUNE 25, 2025 OF TAX-DEFAULTED PROPERTY FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Made pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code section 3702 On March 18, 2025, I, Harry E. Hagen, Santa Barbara County Tax Collector, was directed to conduct a public auction sale by the Board of Supervisors of Santa Barbara County, California. The tax-defaulted properties listed below are subject to the tax collector’s power of sale and have been approved for sale by a resolution dated March 18, 2025 of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.

The sale will be conducted on the internet at www.govease.com, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 10am PT, as a public auction to the highest bidder for not less than the minimum bid as shown on this notice. Any parcel remaining may be reoffered within a 90-day period and any new parties of interest shall be notified in accordance with Revenue and Taxation Code section 3701.

Due diligence research is incumbent on the bidder as all properties are sold as is, research the item(s) prior to bidding. The winning bidder is legally obligated to purchase the property. Transfer taxes will be added to and collected with the purchase price.

Only bids submitted via the Internet will be accepted and pre-registration is required. Register on-line at www.govease.com by Monday, June 23, 2025 at 12:00 pm PT. Bidders must submit a refundable deposit of $5,000 (plus a $35 non-refundable processing fee) electronically at www.govease.com. The deposit will be applied to the successful bidder’s purchase price. Full payment and deed information indicating how title should be vested is required by June 30, 2025. Only payment by wire transfer will be accepted for full payment. A California transfer tax will be added to and collected with the purchase price and is calculated at $.55 per each $500 or fraction thereof.

All property is sold as is. The county and its employees are not liable for the failure of any electronic equipment that may prevent a person from participating in the sale.

The right of redemption will cease on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 5 pm PT and properties not redeemed will be offered for sale. If the parcel is not sold, the right of redemption will revive and continue up to the close of business on the last business day prior to the next scheduled sale.

If the properties are sold, parties of interest as defined in California Revenue and Taxation Code section 4675, have a right to file a claim with the county for any excess proceeds from the sale. Excess proceeds are the amount of the highest bid in excess of the liens and costs of the sale that are required to be paid from the sale proceeds. Notice will be given to parties of interest, pursuant to California Revenue and Taxation Code section 3692(e), if excess proceeds of $150 or greater result from the sale.

More information may be obtained by visiting the Treasurer-Tax Collector’s website at www.sbtaxes.org, by contacting the county tax collector at 105 E Anapamu St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, or by calling (805) 568-2920.

PARCEL NUMBERING SYSTEM EXPLANATION 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 an explanation of the parcel numbering system are available in the assessor’s office.

The properties subject to this notice are situated in Santa Barbara County, California, and are described as follows: ITEM NUMBER

ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBER

LAST ASSESSEE NAME

MINIMUM BID

1

031-590-008

RICARDEZ, RICARDO RICARDEZ, ADRIANA

$

159,190.84

3

117-800-039

PADILLA RAUL MARTINEZ/BERTHA A

$

60,287.70

4

121-163-003

CHAVEZ, ISIDRO B CHAVEZ, FLOR I

$

61,661.33

7

149-263-004

LIEBAU, KEVIN L LIEBAU, JOELL R

$

4,984.94

8

149-263-005

LIEBAU, KEVIN L LIEBAU, JOELL R

$

4,984.94

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

HARRY E. HAGEN, CPA, CCMT, CFIP, CGIP, CPFA, CPFO, ACPFIM TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA Executed at Santa Barbara, County of Santa Barbara, California, on May 22, 2025 Published in the Santa Barbara Independent on May 29, June 5, & June 12, 2025 INDEPENDENT.COM INDEPENDENT.COM JUNE JUNE 12, 12, 2025 2025 THE INDEPENDENT

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