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by Ryan P. Cruz fter years of false starts, failed negotiations, and plans that never quite won over the community or Santa Barbara City Council, there’s light at the end of the tunnel for the long-dormant buildings anchoring the Paseo Nuevo shopping center in the heart of downtown.

On Tuesday, City Council approved the terms of a disposition and development agreement that outlines the new plan for Paseo Nuevo. It replaces the previous proposal that fell apart last December after City Council refused to give away its piece of ownership of the mall for a housing project that would have required an entire rehaul of the Macy’s building and the partial demolition of a city parking lot.

When City Council denied that proposal, an alternative came to light after Santa Barbara–based Yardi Systems approached the city with a plan that would move its corporate headquarters from Goleta to the longempty Macy’s building at Paseo Nuevo. The city worked with Yardi Systems for months to negotiate a deal that could satisfy all the members of the mall’s complicated ownership structure and be completed alongside a parallel plan for an adaptive reuse housing project at the Nordstrom building.

Paseo Nuevo’s split ownership means

The Tatum Property with the affordable housing portion outlined in red

From left, Councilmembers Wendy Santamaria and Oscar Gutierrez and Mayor Randy Rowse

the deal requires the approval of all parties to the agreement: the city, which owns the ground under the mall; DSP, which owns the Nordstrom parcel; AllianceBernstein, which owns rights to the Macy’s building, the mall parking lot, and the inline retail spaces; and Yardi Systems, which is looking to take over

the city and AllianceBernstein’s portions of the mall.

The new proposal earned unanimous approval from the City Council on June 2, in a hearing that was much different from earlier deliberations. The Yardi Systems office conversion and Nordstrom reuse projects could CONT’D ON PAGE 11

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by Nick Welsh here was no shortage of bittersweet in the air at this Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. Faced with cutting $28 million and 300 positions from the county’s $1.6 billion budget, the supervisors had been preparing over the last seven months for this moment. So too did County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato.

They took advantage of the time to buffer the blows inflicted by the combined onslaught of Donald Trump’s massive federal budget cuts, not-insubstantial state budget cuts, and chronic overspending by the Department of Public Health and the Department of Social Services — the two county departments most essential to those with little or no money.

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Sheriff Bill Brown (left) and County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato

tions were already vacant and would not be filled.

After tallying up the results of the sixhour board meeting, the supervisors were told that only 60 positions would be eliminated. It also turned out that, on Monday evening, a last-minute budget deal at the state legislature appears to have saved 17 public health nurse jobs from the budget axe. If Governor Gavin Newsom goes along, these changes will lighten the fiscal load felt by the state’s 58 counties because of federal cuts to social safety net programs.

Still, the layoffs weighed upon the supervisors. “You are not a number,” more than one of the supervisors said to the county employees assembled in the room or

watching via social media. “You are part of the county family.” Miyasato echoed that theme, stressing how many laid-off workers might once again be part of the county “family.” She told a story of a former county planner who got laid off during the Great Recession, got rehired as an emergency worker, and then got laid off again. Today that person, Miyasato revealed, is now her right-hand bean counter and budget cruncher, Paul Clementi.

This is Miyasato’s last budget. She is stepping down later this summer after 12 years at the helm. Up on the fourth floor of the county administration building, Miyasato is not merely respected; she is revered. Her departure will alter the fundamental chemisCONT’D ON PAGE 12

At the school board’s 6/9 meeting, trustees unanimously approved the lease of S.B. Unified’s Tatum property near San Marcos High School to developer Red Tail Multifamily Land Development, to build 106 units of income-restricted housing.

Of those, 97 units will be prioritized for nonmanagement district employees. Eight will be set aside for unhoused U.S. veterans, and one will be for a property manager. Second priority will be given to other local school districts, charter schools, and nonprofit organizations. They will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

PUBLIC SAFETY S.B. Police officers responded to a car that crashed into a tree at the intersection of Shoreline Drive and Loma Alta Drive about 1 p.m. on 6/14. Four adults were in the car at the time of the crash — the driver and one passenger were transported to Cottage Hospital for treatment. The extent of their injuries is not known.

The cause of the collision is under investigation, and authorities say it is unknown if alcohol played a part in the crash.

A fire broke out in a single-family home in Lompoc on A Street on 6/10, displacing a family of three and killing their two pet cats. Lompoc City, S.B. County, and Vandenberg Space Force Base fire departments responded to the fire, which started around 7 a.m. and consumed the house and rear carport. Authorities said a large cache of ammunition inside the house detonated during the fire, enhancing the blaze. By 7:45 a.m., firefighters had knocked down the fire, and no human injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

COURTS & CRIME Buellton’s new motel law is facing a legal challenge.

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n June 4, a letter from the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB) was sent to residents who receive federal Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs) to notify them that their housing assistance will be running out as of September 30, leaving hundreds of low-income residents at risk of losing their homes across the county.

The Biden-era program fills the everincreasing gap between wages and rent prices for community members experiencing extreme housing instability and those fleeing sexual violence, domestic abuse, and human trafficking.

Nationwide, there are about 45,600 households currently utilizing EHVs. The 192 vouchers accounted for in Santa Barbara County distribute a total of $4.4 million per year, providing housing dollars to 315 county residents, of which 62 are seniors, 94 are disabled, and 91 are children.

Originally set to expire in 2030, the EHV program was always temporary; but last year, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) alerted housing authorities nationwide that their $5 billion budget had run dry, ending the program abruptly, four years short.

“The stark reality is, if these households cannot afford the contract rent, they will probably end up back into homelessness,” said HACSB Executive

Director and CEO Rob Fredericks.

Fredericks said that originally, the plan was to transition EHV recipients into the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, which has been in financial turmoil since the end of 2024, when the federal government recaptured housing authority reserves. This shortfall was perpetuated though 2027, when HUD’s financial allocation did not match HACSB’s needs in last month’s funding notice.

“We’re scrambling,” said Fredericks.

“This federal administration has pulled many rugs out from under us.”

EHV recipients will have priority status on the Housing Choice Voucher waitlist, but will have no real pathway to obtaining a HCV at least through next year.

Alex Entrekin, an attorney for the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County, said that residents who are on EHVs should not panic, and “should seek advice at our office, from their neighbors, from the tenants’ union, and they should petition their governments to help. There’s a lot that could still be done.”

Legal Aid offers free consultations for those affected, and if needed, free full legal representation. The organization has open office hours at 301 East Canon Perdido Street on Mondays from 1-3 p.m. and is available for calls during business hours at (805) 963-6754. —Elaine Sanders

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he conflict between former Santa Barbara News-Press publisher Wendy McCaw and her union employees continues, despite the bankruptcy of the daily paper in 2023 and the decisions against her for “flagrant unfair labor practices including bad-faith bargaining” in 2012 and 2019. On June 4, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determined that the “corporate veil shielding McCaw from personal liability … should be pierced.” The board ordered McCaw personally, and three of her limited liability companies (LLCs), to pay the former employees $3.6 million minus tax withholdings in a default judgment.

Interest accrues until the judgement is paid.

McCaw was brought in personally for a number of egregious actions: As the sole owner of seven LLCs, she had mixed their funds and transferred a small amount to herself. The lack of an arm’s length relationship and use of $1.4 million in corporate assets for noncorporate purposes led to the insolvency of Ampersand Publishing, the NLRB board concluded, the entity that owned the News-Press on paper. Once notified of the pending default judgment in March 2025, McCaw never answered or appeared. The three

LLCs implicated are Ampersand Publishing, 715 Anacapa, and 725 Kellogg. The last two hold the defunct newspaper’s building on De la Guerra Plaza and printing plant in Goleta.

The union had evolved out of what is known locally as the News-Press Mess: the meltdown of morale when editors and reporters came under fire from management. The wall was broken between business and reporting, staffers walked out and were fired, readers canceled subscriptions in sympathy with employees.

The ensuing labor negotiations were so hostile that the NLRB panel wrote 17 separate paragraphs to describe the breadth of management’s unlawful conduct, which took place over 27 days from 2007 to 2009.

A decade has passed since the original judgment of $2.2 million against Ampersand Publishing — interest on the judgment alone has reached $1.4 million. Two employees illegally fired are owed $1.2 million in backpay, expenses, interest, and any excess tax for a lump-sum payment. Owed to about 48 former employees is a total of more than $2 million in merit pay losses or loss of work from the employment of nonunion personnel. The union is owed $200,000 in unpaid bills.

—Jean Yamamura

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Council Calls Special Emergency Hearing June 23 to Allow for Final Deliberations

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by Ryan P. Cruz his year’s budget deliberations have been anything but easy, and on Tuesday night, discussion over the city budget unraveled as the hearing went late into the night and councilmembers fiercely debated about the city’s reserves, editorials written by councilmembers, and final policy directions before the looming June 30 adoption deadline.

As the City Council worked its way through more than a dozen individual policy questions, which led to rounds of split votes and failed motions, it became clear to City Administrator Kelly McAdoo that the council was not going to be able to get through the entire list in one sitting.

The council just finished a tense decision over funding three police officer positions, and there was still a long list of items that needed council direction.

Tuesday’s hearing was the latest in a series of intense budget deliberations, which were highlighted by the revelation that the city’s contingency reserves have been completely depleted, leaving the city $30 million below its target reserve level and forced to dip into its disaster fund.

The proposed budget results in an operating surplus of a little more than $100,000, but the city would need to contribute at least $3.5 million into its reserve fund just to meet the minimum target level. With the contribution, the city would have $26.8 million in reserves — still far below the city’s goal of $56.7 million.

The reserve level has forced the council to make tough decisions about its housing fund and vacant positions.

In one of those split decisions, the council voted 4-3 to reduce the city’s Measure C capital budget by a million dollars to allow for a transfer to the Local Housing Trust Fund, resulting in $2 million total for the fund in 2027.

Mayor Randy Rowse and Councilmembers Eric Friedman and Mike Jordan opposed the decision. Friedman and Jordan expressed their support for another option, which would have allowed the city to hold the money in its reserve fund

and reappropriate the money to the housing fund when a project was ready for financing.

When the council moved on to whether to unfreeze three vacant police officer positions at a cost of $576,000, Councilmember Wendy Santamaria was the sole member of the council to ask to keep the positions frozen to keep the money in reserves instead.

After Councilmember Kristen Sneddon rescinded her second and the motion failed, Santamaria called out her colleagues for their lack of support. Santamaria said she felt that her fellow councilmembers were willing to vote against the funding for housing but were more than willing to fund the police officer positions.

In the background of the budget discussions, there has been a public back-andforth between Councilmembers Sneddon and Friedman, who are both running for mayor in the upcoming November election.

In an op-ed published in the Independent a day before the meeting, Councilmember Sneddon raised concerns about budget figures that were “glaringly different” in the city’s printed budget book and the online transparency tool.

Councilmember Friedman read a written response during Tuesday’s meeting, during which he defended the city’s Finance Department and Finance Committee, on which he serves as chair. Friedman said Sneddon’s allegations were “without merit,” and he praised the city’s finance staff for navigating the many challenges since the pandemic.

Sneddon said she spoke with finance staff, who helped explain that the inconsistencies were due to the reports including or not including Measure C funding in their accounting figures. According to Finance Director Keith DeMartini, some reports separate the Measure C funding from the operating budget figures since it is earmarked as capital funding.

On the suggestion of the city administrator, council agreed to continue the meeting to a special emergency hearing on June 23.

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ollowing outcry from parents, the Santa Barbara Unified School District has officially banned YouTube at junior highs and high schools. It is an outcome that a group of district parents have long been fighting for, citing that YouTube is addictive, distractive, and reductive when it comes to their children’s education.

The district announced the new ban during the June 9 school board meeting, as part of the district’s work with its Balanced Learning and Technology task force. New content filters and restrictions will prevent junior high and high school students from accessing YouTube on their iPads, as well as other non-educational Google platforms.

YouTube was already banned at the elementary level. Teachers will maintain access to YouTube and instructional videos, and they can be made available on Canvas.

But while parents may celebrate the ban, a junior from San Marcos High School, Mateo Gallegos, said he and his peers are not on board. He said that students, particularly low-income students, rely on their devices

for educational purposes and translation, and use YouTube to watch educational videos and study for the SAT and ACT. He cited a study he conducted of 318 of his peers, saying that 85.5 percent of them use YouTube for additional support in school.

Summer plans for students’ iPads were laid out at last week’s meeting. All students in TK through 6th grade leave their devices at school. The Educational Technology Services team is collecting all 7th graders’ iPads to install new on-device content filters over the summer. Incoming 9th graders will keep their iPads at home, but the iPads will be “bricked,” so students cannot use them. Exceptions will be made for students taking classes at Santa Barbara City College over the summer. Parents can also opt in for their children to continue to use their iPads normally. Tenth through 12th graders will still take their iPads home over the summer, unless their parents opt out and elect a “summer shutdown,” which is now an option for the first time.

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ringing an end to what Santa Barbara District Attorney John T. Savrnoch called “one of the most disturbing cases our office has ever prosecuted,” 44-year-old Joseph Ashley Garcia was sentenced June 10 to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Garcia, a onetime activist in the Lompoc cannabis scene, had been convicted in April of torture and first-degree murder after he doused his father — 68-year-old Joseph Michael Garcia, who at the time was holding the family’s terrier, Charlie, in his lap—with tiki-torch fluid before setting them both ablaze with a blow torch.

The attack took place in June 2022 at the family home on North D Street. Joseph Sr. suffered second- and third-degree burns to 35 percent of his body, and while undergoing skin graft surgery 10 days after the incident, died from septic shock. Charlie was severely injured but survived and was later put up for adoption.

The case was delayed for years by questions about Garcia’s mental competency. At trial, defense attorneys argued Garcia suffered from severe mental illness and was not legally responsible for his actions. Prosecutors countered that he understood the nature and wrongfulness of what he had done.

During the trial, Garcia took the unusual step of testifying in his own defense, giving jurors a firsthand account of why he intentionally set his father on fire. His testimony became the centerpiece of both the guilt phase and the later sanity phase of the trial.

Garcia told jurors he was acting under the grip of delusional beliefs that had consumed him for months. He believed his father, his

Joseph Ashley Garcia (left) and the victim, Joseph Michael Garcia

husband, and others were involved in human trafficking, prostitution, and pornography operations. And he claimed repeated calls to law enforcement went nowhere. “They tortured me psychologically,” Garcia said while describing his suspicions and frustrations.

Garcia insisted he never intended to kill his father. He testified he only wanted to set his father’s hair on fire to force authorities to pay attention to what he believed was criminal activity. He characterized the act as a desperate attempt to be heard rather than a planned homicide. “I told him, ‘I’m sorry, but you brought this on yourself, ’ ” Garcia said.

The prosecution countered that Garcia’s statements showed anger and intent. They also described his heavy use of methamphetamine at the time. During closing arguments, lead prosecutor Madison Whitmore reminded jurors of Garcia’s statement to police that “I just had it with him. I was sick of his [expletive].”

Garcia said little at his sentencing on Wednesday, other than occasionally leaning over to whisper in his attorney’s ear. He remained expressionless as the judge read victim impact statements and a video of his deceased father played in the courtroom.

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and then issued Sable an emergency permit to allow it to begin pumping.

Prior to that, the Office of the State Fire Marshal was exclusively empowered to make that call. But when last October, the Fire Marshal told Sable not yet, the company cried foul — claiming to be the victim of a political hit—and went shopping around for more powerful friends in higher places. The Trump White House embraced Sable’s crusade. This spring, the Department of Justice decreed it was a matter of national security for Sable to begin production; shortly thereafter, the Secretary of the Department of Energy affirmatively ordered Sable to start pumping.

Perhaps the real question confronting the Coastal Commission and its threatened cease-and-desist order is “You and what army?” Over the next few months, attorneys for the State of California, Sable, the federal government, and attorneys representing local environmental organizations opposing Sable will be duking it out over these highly fraught jurisdictional issues in federal appeals court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Two weeks ago, a federal judge heard arguments on some of these matters, but by the day’s end, even he was so overwhelmed by the sheer volume of separate legal actions that he buried his head in in his hands and shook his head. Even he had a hard time keeping it all straight.

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NOW OPEN: For Your Reference: Mungo Thomson at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. On view through October 25.

Field guides. Textbooks. A mime’s handbook. In this exhibition, LA-based visual artist Mungo Thomson takes the well-known, trusted books we rely on to explain everything — and reveals how much they can leave out.

—Nick Welsh

The artist asks: Can anyone tell the entire history of the world in just one volume? Can humor be perfected through gesture alone?

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both be done rather quickly, without demolition and lengthy construction disruptions, and the city would stand to gain $7.4 million in combined contributions from the developer groups in the process.

Terms of the agreement dictate that Yardi Systems make a donation of $5.7 million in total, with $5 million going directly to the city’s Local Housing Trust Fund and $700,000 toward the Downtown parking fund. DSP would contribute $1.7 million, with a million to Kevin and Jason Yardi downtown parking and $700,000 to the housing fund. The city would transState assessors valued the land at zero dolfer its share of ownership over the ground lars due to the complicated ownership strucunder the mall, and the two companies ture. A previous financial report estimated would be responsible for the estimated $100 that the value of the city’s portion would million in costs for construction and tenant potentially be worth nearly $35 million, though that figure was based on a future improvements.

Much of the debate about the Paseo where the land was no longer tied up with Nuevo development was regarding the true so many encumbrances. value of the city’s piece of ownership. It’s estiAssistant City Attorney Dan Hentschke mated that the city’s redevelopment agency warned against using the hypothetical figspent up to $42 million buying up the down- ure in weighing the real-world value of the town land needed to build the mall in the property. late ’80s. That money was spent in hopes “You have to look at the legal encumthe mall would bring in consistent revenue brances that are placed on the property,” over time.

Hentschke said. “You can’t ignore them.

Since opening, the mall has never brought Legally, that property is constrained for the the city a dollar of lease revenue, and while next 40 years.” the city still owns the land, the leases give In addition to the direct contributions, operation and ownership control to the les- city staff estimate that the two reuse projects sees, leaving the city with little more than a could bring in more than $700,000 a year in combined revenues from transient veto for a change in use.

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he California Coastal Commission served legal notice on Sable Offshore that unless the embattled oil company sought a coastal development permit for its recently resumed oil production off the coast of Gaviota, the commission would file a cease-and-desist order to force the company to shut down production.

This marks a significant escalation in the commission’s ongoing legal and rhetorical warfare with Sable, which restarted oil production off the Gaviota Coast this March after a 10-year production shutdown because of the Refugio Oil Spill of May 2015.

In its letter of notice, commission lawyers used unusually hospitable language, encouraging Sable to take a more cooperative and conciliatory approach in securing the necessary state permits than it has during its past 18 months of legal head-butting with various state agencies—or else.

As characterized by the New York Post, Sable responded with a wave of its middle finger to the commission, insisting that the state agency has even less jurisdictional authority now than when the company first started shining it on a year and a half ago.

Sable contends the federal government, not the commission or any state agency, now has the first and last word over any oil it pumps from federal waters off the coast of California. That’s because late last December, Sable asked the federal agency in charge of pipeline safety to say just that. That agency did

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1130 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA Tuesday–Sunday 11 am–5 pm • 1st Thursdays 11 am–8 pm Top: Mungo Thomson, Volume 13. Tacet Measure (still) from the series Time Life, 2025. Video installation, silent, 3 minutes, 53 seconds.SBMA, Purchase with funds provided by Kandy Budgor; Luria/Budgor Family Foundation. © Mungo Thomson.

Bottom: Basil Kincaid (b. 1986), A Day at Victoria Glades, 2021. Vintage corduroy, donated clothes, clothes from the artist, Ghanaian embroidered fabrics, hand-woven Ghanaian Kente, brocade, Ghanaian wax block fabric, various lace fabrics, Abrokyere. Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody. Image courtesy the artist. © Basil Kincaid.

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At about 5:30 a.m., Santa Barbara Police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle from the 800 block of Cliff Drive. Ingram had allegedly stolen the older model Ford Expedition, which was left unlocked with the keys inside. Fifteen minutes later on the Eastside, an SBPD officer found Ingram in the missing vehicle on Milpas Street just above the roundabout.

When the officer approached, Ingram reportedly attempted to ram the officer who had spotted him with the stolen SUV. The SBPD officer was left behind uninjured as Ingram fled from the scene, hitting a parked car along the way, according to authorities.

Police say that Ingram then approached a woman parked at the intersection of Gutierrez Street and Alameda Padre Serra, holding what at first appeared to be a gun but turned out to be his cellphone. Ingram tried to steal her vehicle, according to police, but the woman was able to drive away unscathed and immediately reported it to the police.

With SBPD officers on the hunt, Ingram then allegedly broke into a house on the

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try of how county government functions here in Santa Barbara. So too, though less dramatically, will be the departure of Supervisor Steve Lavagnino—famous for his comedic wit and open-hearted reach-across-the-aisle style—who is stepping down after 16 years.

In preparing this budget, Miyasato asked department heads to cut their budgets by about 5 percent. Then, she asked them for a wish list of positions they wanted restored and why. With the savings accrued from this across-the-board exercise, she proposed putting $7.4 million into the two social safety-net departments in order to minimize the knifeto-the-bone bleeding that would otherwise have taken place. She proposed setting aside another $9.5 million for a hedge against the cuts that will be required next year. And finally, she set aside $3.5 million to be used by the five supervisors for their individual pet projects. As several supervisors remarked, Miyasato clearly knows them well.

But there will be pain. And disruption.

There will be no more public health department pharmacies. The county is opening a 24-hour informational hotline to help patients forced to make new arrangements.

How well that works is yet to be seen.

About 800 patients who rely upon the public health department for specialty care treatment will now be forced to find new providers. Local hospitals fear their emergency rooms will be strained with new patients—many poor and suffering from acute medical conditions requiring complicated and costly treatments. Public health authorities believe they have identified new

900 block of Cabrillo Road, about a mile away from his second attempt at grand theft auto. He left the residence and proceeded to try to break into another house down the road on the 1000 block of Canon Perdido Street, according to police, abandoning the Ford Expedition near Alisos Street. Officers caught up to Ingram, and after a brief deescalating interaction, he surrendered and was arrested without the use of force.

This wasn’t Ingram’s first run-in with the law—in December 2024 and January 2025, he was charged with felony and criminal misdemeanors, including possession of a concealed knife, threat “with intent to terrorize,” and taking a vehicle without consent, among others, all of which he pleaded not guilty to. In each case, Ingram was granted a deferred entry of judgement as long as he complied with a mental health diversion plan, which he had been until Friday. Ingram had reported to court every month since January 2025 for mental health diversion reviews, and last appeared in court on May 19, in front of Judge Clifford R. Anderson III, who had continued his diversion plan.

Ingram is being held at the county’s Main Jail on $100,000 bail. He was set to appear in court for a violation of his diversion plan on Tuesday morning in front of Judge Thomas —Elaine Sanders Adams.

CONT’D FROM P.7 providers to take these patients on. It’s still too soon to say.

Of all the department heads, Sheriff Bill Brown was the most recalcitrant. His department was already woefully understaffed, he explained, He asked for 30 positions to be restored. He did not get them. Former supervisor Mike Stoker — who now represents the Santa Barbara County Taxpayers Association — chided the supervisors for not making public safety the number-one priority. Supervisor Lavagnino pointed out that public safety consumes one-half of the county’s general fund, and that the sheriff ’s department alone consumes fully onethird. Child welfare, he said, should also be regarded as part of public safety. Supervisor Laura Capps argued that by holding law enforcement executives such as Brown to fiscal account the supervisors are allowing trust in law enforcement to foster.

To an unusual degree, the supervisors — from all over the political spectrum — have managed to avoid much of the performative friction that characterizes many governmental bodies. Many of the supervisors credited Miyasato for allowing that to happen. Miyasato, in turn, returned the compliment. She made a point to stay on for one last budget, she said, knowing how hairy it would be. “If anyone does anything crazy,” she remembered thinking, “I’d be really pissed. But you didn’t.” She praised the supervisors, the members of her executive team, the department heads. “It’s not just me,” she said. “It’s everyone here in the audience.” n

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While the council was mostly supportive of the proposal, there were multiple questions. Councilmember Kristen Sneddon worried that offering discounted parking passes to Yardi Systems as part of the deal could be seen as unfair to other downtown business owners.

City staff explained that the parking arrangement would allow Yardi Systems to keep the mall parking lot open for public use, while giving company employees and visitors spaces nearby. And while they would be discounted, the hundreds of guaranteed additional permits would bring in extra money the city doesn’t currently have.

“To clarify that and put people at ease: This is a net positive for the parking system and for the city,” Mayor Randy Rowse said.

Councilmember Wendy Santamaria was the only member of the council to abstain from the vote. Santamaria said she had concerns about whether the city properly looked into all alternatives, including leas-

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wo weeks after the June 2 primary election and a week before election results will be finalized, none of the outcomes already reported have a chance of being upended. The big upset of the race remains the big upset, but only more so.

Incumbent judge Thomas Reagan Adams — a 50-year veteran of Santa Barbara’s judiciary — was beaten by nearly 3,000 votes by Luis Attorney Luis Esparza (left) and Judge Thomas R. Adams Esparza, a private attorney with a relatively small practice. Esparza stories but fall on opposite sides of the seems to have successfully tapped into political spectrum. Coming in third was whatever anti-incumbent sentiment Cory Bantilan, a reformed Republican has been percolating throughout the and onetime campaign consultant who, county, winning the endorsement of not for the past 16 years, worked as Supervisor just the local Republican Party but Indi- Steve Lavagnino’s right-hand man. With visible — the organization leading the Lavagnino stepping down at the year’s charge in organizing the No Kings ral- end, it was a wide-open field. For the last lies against President Donald Trump. three terms, Lavagnino ran unopposed.

That the state judicial council wrote a This November’s runoff between Valenletter of admonition for allegedly throw- cia and Aguilera promises to be fiercely ing 40-pages of legal filings at a young fought with political implications that far attorney with the Public Defender’s office exceed the district boundaries.

According to Martin Cobos, chief in a fit of pique — Adams has denied that account — didn’t help. The last time a sit- deputy registrar of voters, 876 ballots ting judge was taken out by an opponent were tagged for inconsistencies between the signature on the ballot envelope and in Santa Barbara County was 1976.

The other big news is the first-place the signature on their voter registration finish by Ricardo Valencia, an outspo- form. Those voters have been notified of ken progressive, high school teacher, and this inconsistency and have until June 24 Santa Maria School boardmember, in the to respond. None of these questionable Board of Supervisors’ 5th District, which ballots have been determined to be the encompasses Santa Maria and Guadalupe. result of fraud, Cobos noted. He added Coming in second was Maribel Agu- that his office is still receiving a trickle of ilera — a Santa Maria city councilmem- late ballots. When asked if there were any ber — who, like Valencia, is the child of glitches, Cobos replied, “No, all went very immigrants. Both tell compelling origin smoothly.”

—Nick Welsh

CONT’D FROM P.11 ing the land directly to Yardi Systems or creating a community land trust.

City staff explained that both Yardi and DSP refused to work on a deal that did not allow them to own the properties (due to the financing needed to complete construction), and that a community trust would not result in any additional control due to the current encumbrances on the land.

The council approved the details of the agreement in a 6-1 vote. The agreement would return on June 30 for ordinance adoption, and the city would officially transfer the fee titles after the close of escrow on July 30. Yardi Systems and DSP could submit formal applications later this year, and both projects would be subject to design review through the Historic Landmarks Commission. With approval the projects could begin construction in 2027.

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Dog and Magog Walk Into a Bar …

SISSY MAN SCREED: Naturally, I was

shocked. Riding into work this week, I passed a huge yard sign calling for the assassination of the president. Even more shocking, the sign was displayed in front of a house directly across from one of the city’s three junior high schools. For anyone coming or going, the sign would have been impossible to miss.

What hath God wrought? I wondered.

Where is the Secret Service? Only one year into his second term, Donald Trump has already set a new speed record for the number of presidential assassination attempts on his life. Specifically, the sign reads — and in big, black marker letters — “86 47.”

For those of you not up to date on your American colloquialisms, Trump — the 47th president of the United States — tells us the 47 in this equation is him. And 86, Trump says, is slang for “to kill.”

So, earlier this spring, when former FBI director James Comey, strolling along a beach, happened upon some seashells arranged to spell “86 47,” took a photo, and posted it on social media, well, naturally, Trump had his Justice Department arrest Comey on charges of calling for the assassination of the president.

Comey and Trump have what’s called history, dating back to their very first meeting in 2017 when Comey, then FBI director, declined to kiss the ring of the newly elected president. Comey — whom Trump eventually fired — has denied any homicidal intent,

explaining he thought the seashell art was a clever political statement.

The prosecuting attorney assigned to this case — a rookie of the greenest hue — recently

retired college professor from Texas who once was working on a biography about Lead Belly, the great American songwriter. But that was before he walked into a bar and never left. He and his club mates were absolutely clear on what “86” meant. It defined them. They lived it. It meant being bounced from a bar.

Donald Trump being a dry drunk — and, sadly, a mean one — would not know such things. Perhaps, had he stepped inside a bar enough times to get kicked out, he would have learned manners.

Normally, I’d say Trump can’t possibly believe what his federal prosecutors say he says he believes. But I gave up wondering long ago what Trump really believes about anything.

Likewise, I gave up pointing out how what’s good for the goose should also be good for the gander where Trump is concerned.

Not that it’s not true; it’s just pointless.

I would only note that Comey’s alleged threat pales by any comparison with the

quit the department or otherwise disappeared under circumstances both abrupt and

mysterious. Should they ever find a replacement, I am offering my services as an expert witness of the folk entomologist variety.

Many moons ago when the Independent had offices on the 600 block of State Street, I got to know a group of older gentlemen overly fond of their alcohol who belonged to what they proudly called Club 86. What unified them in this brotherly embrace was that they’d all been permanently kicked out of one of Santa Barbara’s more notorious dive bars, a place called The Ofice. That’s right, only one “f.” And for the record, it was pronounced “Oh-feece.” Greek, I was told, for “Snake Pit.” Members of this club tended to congregate right where my wife tended to park her car. They looked after her with a protective avuncular solicitude and made sure nobody messed with her car. Back then, there was still a social contract, and it still meant something.

To be honest, I don’t remember how outrageously out of control these guys were.

But to get put on the permanent No-Fly list at the Ofice — where only the most serious of drinkers were allowed — ranks as a major accomplishment.

The guy I remember best was a prematurely

freedom-loving patriots making up the January 6 lynch mob that invaded the Capitol to steal the election from Joe Biden. I say lynch

mob because many participants were chanting, “Hang Mike Pence!” Mike Pence being Trump’s first vice president and the man who steadfastly and heroically refused to go along with his boss’s scheme to steal the election.

And it wasn’t just words. The rioters brought along their own gallows and rope

just for the occasion. If Secret Service agents

hadn’t intervened, it’s doubtful Pence would be alive to tell the tale. White House aides would later testify under oath that Trump was disappointed Pence got away, saying at the time that Pence “deserved it.”

An attempted assassination?

On his first day of his second term, Trump would issue a blanket pardon for all 1,500 January 6 rioters who were either convicted

or pled guilty to criminal charges.

It’s worth noting Comey has no one but himself to blame. In October 2016, Comey publicly announced that the FBI was launching a second investigation into alleged e-mail misuse by then–Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, perhaps one of the most flawed Democrats to run for president. That announcement helped derail Clinton’s campaign in the final minutes. Even so, she still won three million more votes than he did; he, however, won the Electoral College. (It should be noted that the two investigations only revealed the crime of sloppiness.)

One can only hope the Comey case goes to trial soon.

In even a semi-rational world, we shouldn’t have to go through the bother of 86ing 47.

Lest we get indicted for saying such things, I’m betting — hoping and praying might be more precise — 47 does us all a favor and just 86s himself.

But then Club 86 would never let him be a member.

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dramatic increase in SpaceX launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base is planned. Residents may regularly feel the impact of sonic booms on their homes and in their bodies.

The California Coastal Commission denied approval for increased launches out of concern for coastal resources, wildlife, and compliance with state law. Yet federal authorities moved forward, and SpaceX sued the commission.

Who governs California’s coast—the people of California through environmental protections, or a private corporation backed by federal contracts?

The coast is home to whales, seals, sea lions, migratory birds, and sensitive marine ecosystems already under stress from warming oceans and habitat loss. More launches mean more sonic booms, more industrial activity, and greater disruption to birth cycles.

This debate is also about public accountability.

SpaceX’s wealth originates from taxpayers and billions of dollars in government subsidies, yet it boasts profitability by weakening oversight designed to protect public resources, unapologetically degrading our quality of life.

A new arms and space race is here. The commercialization of low-Earth orbit by corporate contractors seeking trillionaire status from massive satellite deployments for surveillance and solar-powered AI data centers is weaponizing space. Whether one views that future as profitable or harmful, it deserves democratic scrutiny.

Some places are too important to leave to private interests. Our coastline is a public trust, not a sacrifice zone for corporate-military domination.

Protecting it is common sense stewardship in an epoch of ecological limits.

Vandenberg’s Mission Update is Monday, June 22, 4-6 p.m. at Kent Hall Council Chambers, 111 West Santa Ana Street, Ojai. Ask questions!

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s a landlord of two duplexes and three condo units, I can tell you it is a difficult business to run and remain in the black. From constant repairs to vacancies, evictions, late rent payments, loss of income, and the never-ending challenge of paying a mortgage, rising home insurance cost, maintenance, renter insurance, utilities, and gardening services, when weighed against simply liquidating the investment, selling becomes more appealing as time goes by.

I would challenge Councilmember Wendy Santamaria to become a landlord and experience the difficult job it really is. Her pleading for tenants to have low rents is simply irresponsible. I would like to see her try to control tenants who have little respect for the property, often fail to pay rent on time, who will illegally sublease rooms, and then at the end stop paying rent and live rent free for three to six months.

Had she spent a few years experiencing this dreadful job, she would not be so one-sided and sympathetic to tenants.

More and more, landlords like me will eventually sell the units. I sold my three units and kept just two—one of which I chose to live in—because the courts, City Council members, and investment ratios are all stacked against us.

The long run effect will be that more landlords will liquidate. Eventually, the city will end up with fewer rental units. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for, it can come back to bite you in the you-know-where.

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obituaries Teresa Clark

01/14/1932-05/28/2026

We tried but couldn’t stop her; she was determined to be with Dad. Teresa Mildred Clark (nee Henry), 94, of Santa Barbara, California, passed away peacefully on May 28, 2026. She was a cherished mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend. Her positive and giving spirit will be deeply missed.

Teresa was born in London, Ontario, Canada, on January 14, 1932, to Sarah Mildred Campbell and Joseph Bernard Henry. Born during the Great Depression as the last of 13 children, she was an incredibly strong woman. She graduated from St. Joseph’s Hospital in London, Ontario in 1953. A registered nurse for over 50 years, she worked nights in order to take care of her children. She was our North Star who brought happiness to, and brightened the lives of, all who were fortunate to have known her. Her infectious smile and loving hugs will be missed.

Teresa loved to socialize, taking every opportunity to make friends, especially at her favorite places, Goleta Beach and Hendry’s Beach.

Teresa is survived by her children, Michele DeMaris of Kalispell, Montana; Catherine Murillo of Littleton, Colorado; Tom Clark of Gillette, Wyoming; Anne Clark of Soderkoping, Sweden; Mary Schaffer of Lakewood, Colorado; Vincent Clark, Jr. of Dalum, Sweden; Teresa Gritt of Sagle, Idaho; Maureen Clark of Bradenton, Florida; 23 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years, Vincent Clark, Sr., son, Sean Patrick Clark, grandson, Joseph Murillo and great grandson, Liam Murillo; six siblings (Philip, J.B. "Bud", Bill, Sarah "Louise", Larry, and Bernice) and six half-siblings (Wilfred, Marguerita Anna, Gerald, 16

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Teresa and her family are forever grateful to her caregivers at Covenant Living at The Samarkand, Sr. Helpers and Right at Home, and to her friends and neighbors at St. Vincent’s Villa Caridad.

Monica and Rosibel, you were family to Teresa.

To honor Teresa, please do something today that she loved: take a walk on the beach; give a loved one an extra long hug; or sit in the sun, enjoying a good cup of coffee. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Teresa's memory to Food from the Heart, P.O. Box 3908, Santa Barbara, CA, 93130.

William Smithers

07/10/1927-05/26/2026

an American actor, perhaps best known for his recurring role as Jeremy Wendell in the television series Dallas. He appeared in the series in 1981 and from 1984 to 1989.

Smithers was born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of systems engineer Marion Wilkinson Smithers and Marion Albany Smithers (née Thompson).

He attended William Fox school in Richmond, Robert Morris Elementary School in Elizabeth, NJ, Thomas Jefferson High School in Elizabeth, NJ, Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and Catholic University in Wahington, D.C. At age 20, he played the leading role of Thomas Jefferson in the first performance of Paul Green’s “symphonic drama” The Common Glory.

In 1945, he enlisted in the Navy as Seaman 1st Class and was mustered out in 1946 when World War II ended.

In 1951, he made his Broadway debut as Tybalt in the Dwight Deere Wiman production of Romeo and Juliet, starring Olivia de Havilland; for this performance he received a Theater World Award. In 1952, he was accepted as a life

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member of The Actors Studio.

In 1957, he received an Obie Award for his portrayal of Treplev in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull.

His other Broadway plays included Jean Anouilh's Legend of Lovers, Calder Willingham's End as a Man, (begun as a project at the Actors Studio), Carson McCullers's The Square Root of Wonderful and Terence Rattigan's Man and Boy (performed in London and New York).

Off-Broadway, he played leading roles in Frank Gilroy's Who'll Save the Plowboy?

(Obie Award, Best Drama), Willingham's End as a Man (before the production went to Broadway), Sean O'Casey's Shadow of a Gunman (also begun as a Studio project) and George Bellak's The Troublemakers.

In 1965, Smithers moved to Los Angeles to play "David Schuster" in the television series Peyton Place for nine months. He also played Stanley Norris on the soap Guiding Light from 1970 to 1971, and, from 1976 to 1977, was a cast member in the series Executive Suite.

He has appeared in nearly 400 television productions, including the television Hamlet (Laertes), The Invaders, Barnaby Jones, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Star Trek, Combat, Mission: Impossible, and Hawaii Five-O, as well as feature films such as Attack (1956), Trouble Man (1972), Scorpio (1973), Papillon (1973), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), and Deathsport (1978).

In 1981 and from 1984 to 1989, he played oil baron Jeremy Wendell on the primetime soap opera Dallas.

As the plaintiff in Smithers vs. MGM, despite being threatened with blacklisting should he pursue the matter, he sued the multimillion-dollar corporation to protect his contractual rights regarding star billing in the 1976 television series Executive Suite. In so doing, he won a case that was appealed as far as the California Supreme Court, and is now taught in entertainment law courses.

From 1995, he lived in Santa Barbara, California, with his wife, acting teacher S. Loraine Hull | Smithers (August 5, 1928 - January 10, 2022).

She authored Strasberg's

Method: As Taught by Lorrie Hull. With Smithers, she coproduced an acting-training DVD The Method).

From 2003 to 2005, he created, produced and directed the Santa Barbara Theatre of the Air for KCSB radio, broadcasting works of classic and contemporary playwrights.

From 2010 to 2013, he and his wife were co-hosts and coproducers of the Santa Barbara Channels (now TV Santa Barbara) television interview program Just Between Us! Seven episodes of this program were named finalists for the 2011, 2012 and 2013 WAVE (Western Access Video Excellence) Awards.

In 2010 and 2011, Smithers served on the Board of Directors of TV Santa Barbara.

In December 2015, he was appointed by the Santa Barbara City Council to the City's Arts Advisory Committee.

In 2018, he authored and published an ebook: The Wizard of Sacramento: Governor Jerry Brown. (Amazon, Smashwords).

Mary Jean Cavender 03/07/1944-06/07/2026

Mary Jean (Jeannie) Cavender passed away on June 7 at the age of 82. She was born in Salem, Oregon, on March 7, 1944, to Mary Edythe (Walker) and Noel Cedric Cavender.

She spent her early years in Salem and Portland. In 1955 the family moved to Burlingame, CA, where she attended Mills High School.

Jeannie attended UCSB, where she was active in Chi Omega and earned her degree in sociology with a minor in speech. It was at UCSB that Jeannie met Ron Wolfe, and they were married in 1967, the year Jeannie also got her teaching credential. She taught first grade at Montecito Union School. When Jeannie and Ron welcomed their daughter and son, she became a devoted full-time mother. She was a wonderful mother, always present and supportive.

Jeannie was an active member of Assistance League of Santa Barbara and P.E.O. She was also a member of and lay pastor at Goleta Presbyterian Church, where she served for many years. A gifted liturgist, she wrote many prayers that spoke the heart of those she led in worship. The sacred Isle of Iona in Scotland held a special place in her heart, and she traveled there three times.

Family and friends were always central to Jeannie’s life.

She loved spending time with her parents, who adored her, and was delighted when she became Grammy to her three granddaughters. She enjoyed friendships that reached back to her years in high school and college as well as new friends.

She loved sitting with neighbors for coffee in the morning, having lunch with friends, sharing poetry with her poetry group, and yearly trips with the Five Fables, dear friends from high school.

Jeannie was a bright spirit whose faith, love, and strength touched many people. She was a devoted daughter, mother, and grandmother; a faithful friend; and a joyful servant of her Lord. She was dearly loved, and she is dearly missed.

Jeannie was preceded in death by her parents, Noel and Edythe Cavender. She is survived by her two children, Leigh Ann (Steve) Robinson and Scott Wolfe; three granddaughters, Meaghan and Juliana Robinson and Haven Lockett Wolfe; her brother, George (Patti) Cavender; two nieces, Lynne Cavender and Anne (Nathan) Anderson; and former husband Ron (Sharon) Wolfe.

A celebration of Jeannie’s life will be held Saturday, June 20, at 2:00 at Goleta Presbyterian Church, 6067 Shirrell Way. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Goleta Presbyterian Church (goletapres. org), where Jeannie served for so many years, or to P.E.O. International (peointernational.org) in support of education for women.

The family would like to thank all of Jeannie’s dear friends and church family who visited her over these last months, bringing light and joy to her days.

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obituaries Mary So-Chun Yee

07/19/1930-06/08/2026

In loving memory of Mary So-Chun Yee, who passed away peacefully on June 8, 2026. Born on July 19, 1930, in Canton China.

A beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother of three children, three grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at the Santa Barbara Cemetery chapel on Wednesday, June 17th, 2026, at 1:00 PM. A reception will be held at the Chinese EV Free Church after the service. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the benevolence fund of the Chinese Evangelical Free Church of Santa Barbara in memory of Mary Yee.

Stanley Ray Jeffries 04/25/1927-05/27/2026

Stan Jeffries, a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and greatgrandfather, died on May 27, 2026, at age 99 in Santa Barbara, CA. Stan was born on April 25, 1927, in Los Angeles, CA to Fred Ray and Leota Kathyrn Jeffries. After spending his early childhood years in Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, and San Francisco, he graduated from high school in Riverside, CA. One of his fondest childhood memories was walking across the Golden Gate Bridge with his elementary school classmates the day before it opened to vehicle traffic.

After graduating from high school, Stan served in the U.S. Navy, based stateside in San Diego for a year during 18

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World War II. While in the Navy, he took classes that built the foundation for a successful career at Bourns in Riverside.

Stan and a former classmate Marion were married on June 25, 1949, at Grace Methodist Church in Riverside, CA. The June 25 wedding date would later be shared by two more generations of family members.

Stan and Marion welcomed three children into their family: Steve, Karen, and Alan. He later became a grandfather to Scott, Julie, and Angie, and a greatgrandfather to Abigail. Stan played a large role in their lives, providing an abundance of time, love, and wisdom.

Instrumental music was a source of joy in Stan’s life.

He began playing clarinet in elementary school and he continued through high school and beyond. As a young adult, he played “gigs” with a big band. He later joined the Prime-Time Band and the Dixie Daddies jazz ensemble in Santa Barbara, playing a variety of woodwind instruments. Stan loved composing musical arrangements, repairing old instruments, and sharing his love of music with his children and grandchildren.

Stan and Marion later moved to a mobile home park to what they lovingly referred to as the “tin box.”

They lived independently and actively well into their 90s before moving to assisted living.

Stan was resourceful and handy, preferring to do “fix it” projects around the house by himself – anything from repairing his wife’s broken purse strap to doing electrical rewiring. Well into his 90s, you could find him in his workshop with a project underway. He also completed elaborate woodworking projects, including doll furniture that would be handed down to the next generation.

Stan had an incredible memory and could easily recall specifics about trips or experiences that happened decades earlier (even the addresses of childhood homes). He also had a sense of humor and often reminded his grandchildren to speak

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into his right ear because his left ear was “left out.”

Stan was a source of wisdom, encouragement, and a steady guiding presence to his family through many phases of their lives. He could solve seemingly any problem, from car trouble to how to deal with a bad boss. We will miss him dearly and are grateful we had the opportunity to spend many wonderful years together.

He is survived by his wife of 76 years, Marion Jeffries; children Steve (Kathie) Jeffries, Karen Wootton, and Alan Jeffries; grandchildren Scott Jeffries (Jordan Sudermann), Julie WoottonGreener (Cody Greener), and Angie Wootton (Ava Agree); and great-granddaughter Abigail Greener. He is preceded in death by his parents Fred and Leota Jeffries, sister Barbara Blunden, and sonin-law Jeff Wootton.

Loretta Redd

03/28/1949-04/11/2026

Celebration of Life Honoring Loretta Redd Come together as we remember Loretta's life, love and legacy. All are welcome.

Reception to follow.

June 20, 2026 5:00 PM Courthouse Mural Room

Joseph Stapen

04/06/1943-05/01/2026

Blair William Martin 01/08/1950-06/02/2026

Blair was born on January 8, 1950, in Lompoc, CA, to Nelson and Violet Martin. He passed away on June 2, 2026 in Santa Barbara, CA. At age 5, the family moved to Santa Barbara and Blair attended McKinley Elementary, Washington Elementary, La Cumbre Jr. High, and Santa Barbara High School (Class of 1968). After High School, Blair was offered a job from Russ Johnston and spent the next 32 years as a mechanic at San Marcos Lanes, Orchid Bowl, and Zodo's (AMF). Blair enjoyed playing pool, bowling, golf, swimming and poker.

After retirement, he and his long-time companion, Clare Montana, became world travelers going to Mexico, the Galapagos Islands, Europe, China and Africa.

They visited 43 National Parks in the U.S. and Canada and 23 Countries.

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Joseph Ira Stapen (Joe) passed away peacefully at home on May 1, 2026, surrounded by the love and presence of his family and friends.

Joe was born in 1943 in New York City, the eldest son of Milton and Lois Stapen.

A gifted student from an early age, he graduated high school at 16 years old before concluding his education at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he specialized in psychiatry.

Before embarking on his medical career, Joe spent significant time in the HaightAshbury neighborhood of San Francisco during the counterculture movement in honor of his “bohemian degenerate” nature. Joe’s love of intellect, art, and literature continued throughout his life. Joe published a book of poetry called “Open Your Mind and Say Aah,” and created a YouTube channel, “PS109VanBurenHigh,” as an outlet for his expressions with over 8 million views.

While working as a doctor in New York City, Joe met his first wife (Joan), a nurse. Shortly thereafter, with a newborn son in hand

(Adam), they left New York and followed the trail out west, eventually settling in Denver, Colorado. While in Colorado, they welcomed a second son (Josh), and Joe discovered he had a profound appreciation of Native American art, which he began to collect. Though that marriage later ended in divorce, Joe soon met the love of his life, Betty Jean (BJ). Together, Joe and BJ built a life filled with love, companionship, creativity, and adventure. BJ shared Joe’s passion of art and expression, and they counterbalanced each other perfectly. Joe and BJ enjoyed the Colorado Rocky Mountain Lifestyle, including jazz at El Chapultepec and frequent and cherished getaways to Valley View. They continued Joe’s journey out west and moved to California in 1996, ultimately finding an oasis in Santa Barbara.

As a testament to his desire of helping others, Joe was able to establish a successful psychiatry practice in Santa Barbara without knowing a single person. He also provided expert witness testimony within his field.

Joe was a familiar face at the local farmers market, where he enjoyed reconnecting with old friends and sharing conversations with the community he loved. Joe was known for his deep love of art, books, and vinyl records.

Of all the artists he admired, his favorite was always BJ, whose artwork he proudly supported and celebrated.

Joe cherished his time helping BJ set up her artwork at local festivals and galleries, and providing his point of view, when asked. BJ’s art and photographs were scattered throughout the walls of their home. Joe lived a fulfilled life. He was happy. He was content.

Joe was preceded in death

by BJ and his parents. He is survived by his brother, Richard; his sons, Adam, and Josh; and his beloved grandchildren, Zachary, Monica, Talulah, and Christian. Joe will be remembered for his intellect, artistic spirit, and his genuine love.

Joe and BJ are embarking on their next great adventure out west…

obituaries Arlene (Klaustermeyer) Kramer 1935-2026

Arlene (Klaustermeyer) Kramer, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, teacher, and church leader, passed away after a courageous journey with Lewy Body dementia.

She was born on December 29, 1935, in Orange, California, to Alvin and Gertrude Klaustermeyer.

Raised in Orange, Arlene attended St. John’s Lutheran School and Orange High School, where she was an athlete and president of the Girls’ League. After graduation, she traveled to Kansas to attend St. John’s Lutheran College, where she met the love of her life, Loren Kramer. Following five years of courtship, they married at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Orange on July 6, 1958.

Arlene began her career as a teacher and later partnered with Loren throughout his ministry. The couple moved to Goleta in 1959, where they helped establish Lutheran congregations and served the UCSB community. Together they raised three children— Mark, Kati, and Karen—and spent more than 26 years serving at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Arlene was known for her teaching, hospitality, sewing talents, and devotion to children and families.

In 1985, the family relocated to Dana Point when Loren became District President of the Pacific Southwest District of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. There, Arlene became a mentor and advocate for pastors’ wives, leading retreats and Bible studies for many years. She also worked at the Orange County Public Library, enjoyed gardening, travel, reading, and maintaining lifelong friendships through heartfelt letters. Her greatest joy was her family.

Arlene is survived by her husband, Loren; children Mark Kramer (Cary Littell), Kati Bennett (Tom), and

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Karen Wilson (Rand); six grandchildren; and one greatgrandson; brother Jim Klaustermeyer (Judy); and many extended family members and friends.

A Celebration of Life will be held July 27 at noon at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Orange. Memorial donations may be made to Concordia University Irvine Scholarships, in honor of Kramer Family Endowment fund.

William Perry Cottingham

03/19/1953-04/20/2026

William Perry "Bill" Cottingham, 73, passed away at his home in Santa Barbara, California, on April 20, 2026.

Born on March 19, 1953, in Seattle, Washington, to Robert Warren Cottingham and Roberta Jean Cottingham (née Post), Bill spent his childhood in Delaware, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and North Carolina. From an early age, he displayed a remarkable curiosity about how things worked and a lifelong passion for engineering, craftsmanship, and adventure.

Bill's maritime engineering journey began as a young boy working––– alongside his father building and sailing boats. During high school, he taught sailing at the American Yacht Club in Newburyport, Massachusetts, sharing his enthusiasm for the water with others. He also developed a love of aviation, learning to fly gliders at age fourteen and earning his Student Pilot License as a teenager.

After his family relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina, Bill completed high school and went on to attend Cape Fear Technical Institute, where he earned an associate degree in Maritime Technology. He later attended Georgia Tech, graduating in 1983 with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Philosophy.

His education launched a distinguished career as an engineering consultant.

Although much of his work

was confidential and not something he was generally at liberty to discuss, he held positions with Harris Corporation in Melbourne, Florida, TRW in Los Angeles, California, and Measurement Analysis Corporation in Torrance, California. Throughout his career, Bill took immense pride in precision engineering, a commitment to excellence that extended well beyond his professional life.

A gifted designer and builder, Bill created two uniquely inspired homes in Santa Barbara, each reflecting his inventive spirit and attention to detail. His lifelong love of boats culminated in the design and construction of the Roberta Jean, a 43-foot steel trawler named in honor of his mother. Completed in Nova Scotia in 2012, the vessel represented the realization of a dream that had begun in childhood.

While Bill relished the freedom of living on his boat in the harbor, he was a reluctant bachelor. That changed in the spring of 2018 when he met his future bride at an Epicurean Santa Barbara winemaker event. As Bill used to say, “when preparation meets opportunity”—he seized on the moment. They were married in the Mural Room of the S.B. Courthouse on November 30, 2019.

Bill was an enthusiastic aficionado of California wines and delighted in discussing the nuanced notes of his favored GSM blends, with a special appreciation for the Paso Robles wine region— although he allowed that his brother's enthusiasm for wines of Washington State and France might have some merit.

Those who knew Bill will remember his passionate expertise, steady kindness, and adventurous spirit.

Whether designing a vessel, building a home, sailing open waters, or enjoying a glass of wine among his cherished friends, he approached life with curiosity, verve, and a deep appreciation for craftsmanship.

Bill is survived by his wife, Kristin; his brothers, Bob and Dave; four nieces; and one nephew. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Warren and Roberta Jean Cottingham.

He will be deeply missed

and lovingly remembered by all who had the privilege of knowing him. A private celebration of life will be held later this month.

Richard "Dick" Dunlap 12/07/1939-06/02/2026

Richard “Dick” Dunlap, profoundly quirky artist of multiple disciplines and cherished teacher, uncle, and friend, passed away peacefully at his Anacapa Street home on June 2nd, 2026, at age 86.

Dick was born on December 7th, 1939, to Arthur and Maxine Dunlap in Seattle, Washington. He graduated from Lincoln High School and attended the University of Washington, where he earned both his B.A. and M.F.A. in Painting by 1968. In 1964, Dick happily married the love of his life, Arlene Ruth Flynn, and the two moved to Santa Barbara in 1969, where Dick taught in the Art Studio Department at U.C.S.B. until 1977.

Dick was a skilled musician of both local and international acclaim, having performed as either a soloist or ensemble member in places such as Berlin, San Francisco, Stockholm, New York, the Czech Republic, and countless other locations.

He was an expert virtuoso, composer, and arranger of jazz and avant-garde music for over 60 years, pushing the boundaries of genre and sound with a wide array of unique tools both physical and electronic. However, his greatest musical moments were arguably achieved sitting behind a piano, where his fingers flew through jazz standards and stunned audiences with his seemingly effortless improvisation. One of his proudest projects was the hopelessly eclectic combo Headless Household, of which he was a part for 37 glorious years, releasing nine albums together. In the last few years, the focus shifted towards addressing Dick’s collection of unreleased solo material; forever the modest king that

he was, it took encouragement from Dick’s nephew, Glen Dunlap, and his Headless Household bandmate, Joe Woodard, to get these unheard gems out into the musical universe, with much more to come in the future.

Even at the height of his musical career, Dick never ceased to create visual art as well, experimenting with various styles, genres and mediums, filling stacks of sketchbooks and canvases throughout the decades.

Although his artworks have been featured in exhibits across Santa Barbara, the west coast, the U.S., and the world, the majority of his works remain unseen—for now.

Anybody who knew Dick also knew of his endless intellect and wit, and his sense of humor that reflected the poignantly satyrical way he viewed the world. His quips and jokes will be forever remembered and missed by those who were lucky enough to laugh at them: students, friends, and family alike.

The Dunlap family would like to extend heartfelt thanks to Dick’s longtime caregiver, Inna Shilo, for her dedication and tenacity in ensuring Dick lived the best life that he could. Her diligence and nurturing were paramount in Dick’s last few years, and Dick’s love and trust for her was boundless.

Dick was preceded in death by his lifelong soulmate, Arlene, in November 2024.

He is survived by his brother Jerry Dunlap, his nephews, Glen, Jim, and Rod Dunlap, his goddaughter, Molly Nawrocki, and an abundance of other family members. In accordance with “Dunlap tradition”, there will be no service.

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Let the Sunshine In

Santa Barbara Summer Solstice 2026 Burns Brighter than Ever

by Leslie Dinaberg | Photos by Ingrid Bostrom

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hat began back in 1974 as a wacky

birthday celebration for the freespirited, charismatic artist/dancer Michael Gonzales is now one of Santa Barbara’s biggest and best parties. Though the nods to its wild, bacchanal roots are much more subtle these days—I can still remember my mom telling me to cover my eyes when assemblages of scantily clad party people rolled by in the parade—our Summer Solstice festivities are still one of the best places to let the sun shine in and let your freak flag fly—alongside about 100,000 other fun worshipers.

For many of the die-hard Solstice squad, the festivities begin long before the revelers start rambling down Santa Barbara Street at high noon on Saturday, June 20.

You can feel the excitement building as the theme is chosen—for 2026, it’s the “Wave”—and the winning poster selected. Artist Larry Vigon earned that honor for the second year in a row, with his pop art–style interpretation taking inspiration from the sea and surf culture, plus a whiff of the B-52’s bouffant hairdos (read story at bit.ly/4unYlFK).

The Workshop The heart of the Solstice experience begins with the annual May takeover of the Community Arts Workshop (CAW) for the creation of what amounts to a giant community-wide art project. Open just six weeks a year, this is where the magic of the parade truly happens. People of all ages, from all walks of life, gather together and become float builders, prop and mask designers, costume makers, construction helpers, and artists. There’s even a special Children’s Area designed to encourage kids and their parents to participate in artistic expression and creativity. People from all economic groups, able-bodied to disabled, all derive joy in this communal project.

On a workshop visit last week, a replica of Vigon’s poster sits at the back of one float, while a handful of sewers work on costumes. Longtime Solstice artists Pali-X-Mano, Emma-Jane Huerta, Carlos Cuellar, and Gregory Beeman are hard at work daily, alongside some newer faces such as a twentysomething artist known as Ace, who’s working an inspired collaboration float with materials from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.

“All of these photos represent areas in the garden, so for example, the pollinator garden, there’s the manzanita, and then the redwoods, and the Channel Islands, including a dolphin, are part of it,” he tells me.

“It’s gonna be full of a bunch of flowers and animals, so I want to have some little birds, butterflies.” And the wind will be another element incorporated into the float.

“We’re going to use a bungee to get some stuff moving,” says Ace. Ultimately, his vision is to have all of the elements on the float, then disconnect pieces to display at the park for the festival.

Eventually, some of the carved totems he’s made—from wood and other materials foraged at the garden—will find their way back to the Botanic Garden.

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tribute some abalone inlay pieces as well.

Huerta, who runs Kerfuffle Theatre Group, tells me about the “Waving Clown Posse” she’s putting together for the parade. “It’s commedia dell’arte; these are nice, renaissance clowns,” she says. “I’ve got a couple of people on mobility scooters who are going to be in clown cars, and it’s because the Italian Renaissance class was a melancholy clown, right? So, our whole concept is they start with a sad face and then if someone waves back, we whip our masks around, and now it’s a smile, and they’re all happy. The audience is urged to sort of make a clown smile, and wave back.”

Artist Ace, working on his float that’s a collaboration with the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

The Parade After an opening night kickoff celebration at Alameda Park on Friday, June 19, 4-9 p.m., the parade begins on Saturday, June 20, at noon at Santa Barbara and Ortega streets, and winds its way to Alameda Park, where the festivities continue until 8 p.m. Organizers said that the people-powered and people-created parade features lots of new performance artists and a myriad of creative interpretations of the theme. Among the people powering the parade are more than 110 La Boheme dancers, a record for the popular group led by Teresa Kuskey Oshay. “We will be coming at you like a tidal wave! I am so excited,” she said on social media.

A soon-to-be embellished mystery prop

The spirit of Solstice keeps on roaring.

The Festival Sponsored by the City of Santa Barbara, the 52nd Annual Summer Solstice Festival runs from June 19 to 21 and offers an array of musical performances, diverse food, and merchant vendors. Immerse yourself in Santa Barbara’s creative spirit at this free public event featuring a full musical lineup and various food and merchant vendors on all three days. A beer and wine garden will be open to those 21 and older, with IDs checked at the entrance and strict security enforced.

The musical lineup was not yet set at press time, but organizers promised it will have multiple genres, from folk and reggae to pop, soul, rock, metal, and progressive electronica, with performances on three stages: the Alameda Main Stage, the Santa Barbara Bowl CommUnity Stage in the FUNtopia Zone, and the DJ Stage.

Sunday is KJEE’s Solstice Sunday ROOTS Reggae on the Main Stage.

The Main Stage lineup on Friday includes: Ladyfinger, East Valley Road, World Dance for Humanity, DJ Darla Bea, False Puppet, and Area 51. Saturday’s Main Stage lineup includes: Foxy Sage Solstice Sound Bath, BRAYELL, La Boheme with Darla Bea, The New Vibe, The Academy, Will Stephens Band, and Redfish. Sunday’s Main Stage lineup includes: Skadaddyz, The Upbeat, Cornerstone, and Morrie & The Heavy Hitters.

The Solstice Parade travels on Saturday from Santa Barbara Street to Ortega Street to Sola Street and ends at Alameda Park at the Solstice Festival. Floats will be displayed on Sola Street until 3 p.m. The festivities continue until 8 p.m., with Sunday hours from noon to 7 p.m.

For more information, see solsticeparade.com.

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Riffing on the Solstice poster by Larry Vigon as part of a float

Emma-Jane Huerta

Pass the Hat and Feed the Beat!

The Mystical Money-Making Float That Funds the Party

by Nick Welsh Carlos Cuellar

An artist paints some of the flowers for the Botanic Garden collaboration float.

The mask-making room

The Feed the Beat float starts to come together.

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Hope Christofferson’s original rendering for the Feed the Beat float

f money makes the world go ’round, it

stands to reason that Summer Solstice—the longest day of the year — might require a little extra bank to get us through the day’s diurnal rotation. In years past, Solstice organizers would simply “pass the hat” as a way of soliciting donations from the teeming throngs of tutti-fruttified celebrants. Throwing one of Santa Barbara’s biggest annual bashes isn’t cheap. But hat passing—as a thing—has been summarily deep-sixed in recent years, largely because the phrase—a late 19th-century Americanism used to describe preGoFundMe fundraising efforts—has become so archaic that only a few remember what it means.

Into this void stepped artist Hope Christofferson, who grew up in Black Hills South Dakota before migrating to UCSB on an art scholarship to study painting. Christofferson’s watercolors lean toward the mythic and fantastical, populated with undulating mermaids, dragons, and unicorns, all finely wrought and precisely rendered. In lieu of any hat, Christofferson is designing a sprawling flotilla of fundraising floats centered around a giant jukebox, out of which the B-52s hit song “Love Shack” will irresistibly blast. The whole thing is called “Feed the Beat.”

Right behind the jukebox — or maybe in front — will be a giant fish swallowing a giant aquatic sun. Three “Zeahorses” (zebra seahorses) will be hauling the floats up the street surrounded by about 20 dancers undulating as well, perhaps to the music.

Hoisted high into the sky will be a giant sun—maybe a star—with a huge QR code affixed to its back. No, this is not some ironic nonverbal commentary — words are verboten in cryptopagan celebrations such as Solstice—on consumer culture and instant gratification. It’s a gentle but for real noodge to reach into one’s pocket or fanny pack and make a much-appreciated donation.

The fundraising goal this Solstice is $10,000, about twice what organizers typically collect

through such exhortations. MarBorg isn’t exactly cheap these days. With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, trash pickup is even less so. Event organizers say that a simple buck would be nice. A few more would be nicer still. Hence, “Feed the Beat,” which Christofferson described, with her finely wrought syntactical precision, as “a musical ensemble whose core utilitarian function is to collect funds to keep the Solstice parade financially afloat.”

If QR is not within your comfort zone, ushers wielding old-fashioned fishnet baskets attached to long, skinny bamboo poles will be happy to take actual cash dollars.

Solstice may have changed over the years, but not all for the grayer, as people such as Christofferson demonstrate. Regardless of the event’s demographic tilt, Summer Solstice’s essential improvisational energy remains alive and well. The Solstice workshop feels like a game of pickup basketball, where anyone is welcome so long as they bring some bounce. And Christofferson brings plenty.

She’s never been to a Solstice before. She’s never done anything comparable. “I just stumbled into it,” she said. Somebody knew someone who knew somebody. Once involved, friends got made fast.

Now she finds herself in charge of the money-makingest float there is. It’s her art and her design. She knows how the parts mix together. She’s in charge and at ease. So, when Miguel Avila—head of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce—shows up to introduce himself as the float’s emcee, she rolls with it. “Do you have any friends who can dance?” she asked. “About ten,” Avila said. “Great,” she said, and quickly scheduled a dance practice so people had a feel for the space and vibe for the big day. And she has another 10 dancers in mind as well.

So, get out your dancing shoes.

But just remember, “the core utilitarian function” of this float is to generate some do-re-mi. n So, bring it.

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Burn lines were visible as the Island Packers boat approached Santa Rosa Island.

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Santa Rosa Island following the largest blaze in the Channel Islands’ history.

On June 15, the Independent was invited to see the charred island for ourselves. It’s the second largest island in the chain of eight Channel Islands, five of which, including Santa Rosa, make up Channel Islands National Park. Known as the “Galapagos of North America,” these islands are rich with history and full of rare animal and plant life found nowhere else in the world.

Damage Assessment and Recovery Efforts Begin Following Largest Fire in Channel Islands History

by Callie Fausey Photos by Elaine Sanders When Santa Rosa Island burned, some of this history and life burned with it.

Our tour revealed the extent of the devastation: Much of the once-pristine landscape was reduced to ash. Containment lines were visible through the stark contrast between blackened and unburnt grasslands. As high winds kicked up dust around us, it was easy to picture the rolling blaze consuming vegetation along the island’s curves.

The fire burned for about two weeks, scorching a total of 18,379 acres. Depending on perspective, 40 percent of the island was lost, but 60 percent saved. It was hard not to think of the flora and fauna that felt the heat.

With firefighters gone, a team of specialists took up residence on the island for a rapid assessment of the ecological, cultural, and recreational impacts of the fire for the National Park Service to address in its long-term restoration efforts.

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Flames Spark and Spread

ters [at Ventura Harbor], getting all their gear packed and loaded on the boats …. It takes a lot of logistics to get in place,” he said.

On the hours-long Island Packers boat ride to the island, Kelly Singer, acting deputy fire chief for the U.S. Wildland Fire Service’s Coastal Mountain Unit, gave us some of the missing details behind the fire response.

The fire started on Thursday, May 14, after a 67-year-old Even with 150 personnel assigned to the fire, it was a logistiman reportedly crashed his sailboat, a 54-foot-long vessel cal nightmare. named Wet Vette, on the island amid choppy waters and The blaze outpaced firefighters, mainly hot-shot crews unfavorable weather conditions. As reported by the Inde- who, without fire engines, did much of the containment pendent’s Elaine Sanders, that same ship ran aground on the work by hand. Tankers were initially ineffective due to high nearby Santa Cruz island the week prior. winds, causing firefighters to rely on hand tools. They were The human-caused fire, which is still under investigation working against winds of 30 to 50 miles per hour. Weather but suspected to have started due to conditions complicated air support, either the initial boat wreck or the response time, and water drops. emergency flares the sailor subseCrews had to be self-sufficient for 72 quently fired, was not reported until hours at a time due to high seas prethe next day. It was first spotted by a venting supply runs.

Channel Islands National Park plane overhead early Friday morning, and was confirmed by park staff Superintendent Ethan McKinley by 8:30 a.m. said objective hazards stood in the Park Service staff, working on way for some time, including a tworestoration projects or research day-plus wind event with gale-force studies, live on the island for weeks winds — which only happens, on at a time. While their homes were average, about once a year, so “the miles away from the fire’s origin near timing was just so poor for us.”

Ford Point on the southeast edge, “It was grim in the first few days of they could see the 20-to-30-foot this fire, and we were at a point where we really didn’t know if we were going flames pushing toward them. A fire duty officer on call initiated the to come out victorious or not,” he recounted after the tour, when we had response after the staff ’s alert.

The Park Service uses a “run Channel Islands National Park Superintendent Ethan returned to Ventura Harbor. “That card” — a blueprint of resources to McKinley [first] night, I didn’t sleep … that’s a send to a fire — to guide its response. pretty unusual thing for a fire to be “Once we know there’s a fire on at that point where you can’t deploy the island, we notify the fire duty officer; get aircraft up in resources.” the air, if it is feasible, to get some eyes on it; and determine Eleven park service staff were airlifted off the island on what the resource needs are going to be,” Singer explained. day three after assisting with prepping structures and water However, firefighters did not arrive on-site until late Fri- supplies. day afternoon.

“There was plenty of time to get them off the island, but Why did it take several hours? Fighting fire on a remote we wanted the firefighters to be focused on suppression, not dealing with additional people on the island,” Singer said. island is challenging to say the least, Singer said.

There were some campers on the island, but they all, “It’s just a really hard place to get to,” Singer said. “Getting all the crews ordered, driving to Channel Islands headquar- wisely, elected to cut their trips short and return home.

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OF ASH The fire burned up to the sand dunes of Skunk Beach, a nesting site for snowy plovers.

Balancing Risks and Resources

difference and “were highly effective.”

McKinley had to approve the drops of retardant and saltSinger stressed that firefighters knew what was at stake: water, which can pose significant ecological hazards to senisland-endemic species and structures that are essential for sitive habitat. McKinley had to balance the risk to resources the National Park Service’s research and restoration efforts. and firefighting effectiveness, “and the idea is … reducing Old military facilities on the island dating back to the Cold damage to the degree possible while still having a successful War and buildings in the Main Ranch, built for the large firefight, which is a hard line to walk.”

Supporting such a large number of personnel and equipVail & Vickers cattle ranching operation that ran for almost a century before the island was sold to the National Park ment “was pretty difficult,” Singer explained, so the National Park Service relied on Island Packers for transportation. The Service in 1986, were also at risk of burning.

Thanks to the Park Service’s heavy equipment already Park Service does have a fleet of its own boats, but they were on-island, the crews were able to put in dozer lines to protect used to move equipment and supplies, he said, while Island some of the parks’ infrastructure. Additionally, some struc- Packers’ boats were able to shuttle firefighters back and forth tures were wrapped in an aluminum-foil-like material to much quicker. shield them from the flames.

This was the first major fire managed by the brand-new When the weather was right, in “small windows of oppor- U.S. Wildland Fire Service, a combination of four bureaus tunity,” aircraft were eventually deployed to drop sea water under the Department of the Interior. The Wildland Fire Serand retardant — without it, “we would’ve lost half the island,” vice is still in its infancy, sans logo or mission statement. The Singer said. Some vegetation was dyed an apocalyptic pink Trump administration established the agency to unify the wildland fire management programs across the department’s due to the retardant, leaving behind a strange odor.

In fighting wildfires, it is often considered wise to use bureaus and offices and to improve efficiency, according to the closest water source. Super Scooper planes were used to the department’s announcement this January. collect and drop hundreds of gallons of sea water at a time.

It was a continuation of President Donald Trump’s execuMcKinley said he thinks the Super Scoopers made the biggest tive order from June, to “modernize” wildland firefighting capabilities and prevention. But the service is already starting off on rocky footing, as both Democratic and Republican lawmakers effectively blocked the service from being funded in an appropriations bill package this year, reporting that they do not agree with the consolidation of firefighting agencies. Additionally, many of the nation’s wildland firefighting resources are not included in the service, as they are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, which is notably excluded from the new Wildland Fire Service. The Forest Service may eventually join the Wildland Fire Service, but it would require approval from Congress.

“It is a joint effort with all colThe island’s main grove of rare Torrey pine trees was 100 percent burned over, but there is hope that laborative agencies,” Singer said, the trees will survive.

A close-up of the fire burn scar, including a containment line with waddles, or rolled up “sausages” of hemp meant to mitigate erosion.

describing some challenges of figuring out new goals and responsibilities between fire chiefs and superintendents.

When another fire ignited in Simi Valley on May 18, resources were temporarily diverted, “but I think we did a good job on describing what the high values are on this island, and we were able to get those assets back into play relatively pretty quick.”

Among the resources affected by the blaze was the ultrarare Torrey pine grove, and some trees were lost. But with winds blowing at 50 miles per hour, “we just couldn’t put firefighters in front of that,” Singer said.

Nevertheless, McKinley later added, “Our firefighters on the ground were the best I’ve ever seen in action, and they held the line when the cost of not holding the line would have been the entire island burned.”

“Even when they had what they call air attack, advising them to retreat, they refused that order,” he said. “They held the line, and we have them to thank for saving housing, saving the island.”

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McKinley said the grove of rare Torrey pine trees — located on two sandstone bluffs on the island’s northeast corner — was their “red line” in terms of protecting the island.

“In this case, the line held exactly when the island needed it to hold. If it had broken, I think the entire island would burn.”

“And we almost got beat, I’ll tell you that,” he added.

Assessments of impacted habitat and wildlife are now underway. Repairs were baked into the fire suppression plan, and a majority of dozer and hand lines have been covered already.

‘A Mix of Sad and Hopeful’ As the boat approached the island, it slowed down to give reporters a good view of the Torrey pine grove. For the most part, they looked fine — a little brown but hard to distinguish whether that was just regular tree-brown or burnt brown.

We were assured that the trees — the island’s particular subspecies is found nowhere else in the world — remained intact, but their long-term well-being is still in question. The trees did burn over, McKinley said.

“There was 100 percent burn,” he said, but “that doesn’t mean that they all burned to 100 percent fatality.”

A team of scientists are now on the ground to assess the damages to wildlife and plants. Some hope is already blossoming from the ashes, but much is still unknown.

California poppies are popping up in the fire footprint, birds are returning to the island, and island foxes are trotting through their old stomping grounds. Some wildlife perished, McKinley said, but most species, like the island fox, are highly mobile and could outrun the fire.

What is left to be seen for those species, he said, is how adapting to the island post-fire will affect their behavior — will they need to find new hunting grounds? Will new nests and burrows need to be established?

Sasha Travaglio, the BAER (Burn Area Emergency Response) team’s public information officer, and team leader Jack Oelfke, met us at the dock once we reached Santa Cruz Island. In the background, the charred island loomed.

The BAER team is an A-team composed of recruited ecologists, biologists, hydrologists, archeologists, and even a paleontologist from all over the country.

“The Channel Islands are a really rich and diverse region,” Travaglio explained.

The team is looking at cultural, natural, and recreational resources, evaluating trails and roads and any risks to the public who may recreate on the island. Santa Rosa is closed

Despite two structures being lost, many historic buildings, such as the Main Ranch building, were saved.

at least through the end of June while risks are assessed — the economic impacts of which, at least, are negligible, since there are only 15 campsites.

The team’s work usually spans two weeks. But on Santa Rosa, they are crunched for time and only have a week, “because of the boat schedule and the weather,” Travaglio said.

Many inquiries about restoration were met with some form of “We’re still figuring that out.” In the words of Park Superintendent McKinley, “Recovery at this point is a big TBD.” However, they do know that a significant amount of habitat, used by many “species of concern,” was burned. But specialists have identified a few positives: The endangered snowy plovers’ nesting sites were largely undisturbed on Skunk Beach on the island’s east side, and a majority of the cloud forest — what researchers call the rare oak and pine groves that live off water from heavy fog in the highest elevation on the island — survived.

They also have an idea of how they may be able to mitigate the loss of soil and potential erosion. But, in terms of plants, “this island has very little fire history, so the plants may not be very well fire adapted — that’s probably the case with the Torrey pines,” Oelfke said.

The status of several other endangered and rare plant species endemic to the island is to be determined.

Saltwater dumps likely impacted higher-elevation species that are not accustomed to ocean spray, which is being investigated by the soil scientist on the BAER Team.

“It just depends on the amount of concentration,” McKinley said. “So, you know, if you water a plant with saltwater, it’s not going to be happy at the very least. And it might die. All that vegetation out there can be fragile.”

Personnel were told to avoid dropping retardant directly on the cloud forest, which is the site of an ongoing restoration project, and the fire narrowly avoided licking up to the restoration site, McKinley said.

Retardant was also avoided near watersheds, to prevent it from seeping into the water system before it could degrade.

Scientists are also evaluating the Chumash archeological sites on the island, which could have been exposed or damaged by the fire and are at risk of furThe fire burned almost 40 percent of Santa Rosa Island, according to Channel Islands National Park ther damage by erosion. Eight Superintendent McKinley.

Chumash villages — including qhšiwqhšiw or qshiwqshiw, which translates to “where there’s a lot of crap,” likely referring to bird droppings on rocks — were established on the island, thanks to its plentiful resources, which island Chumash would trade with mainland tribes. Human presence on the Channel Islands dates back thousands of years, and the remains of humans who lived 13,000 years ago have been found on the island, placing them among the oldest human remains found in North America. McKinley said they have been working with tribal partners throughout the whole episode to “ensure their ancestors’ resting places are protected.”

What the team is doing now is collecting data to advise park staff about what to do next. The Channel Islands has a long-running monitoring program with decades of data on the plant and animal species on the island that will help them understand how the fire has impacted those species, combined with the post-fire data to guide any future fire response should it be needed.

“But there’s no doubt that this will leave years of impact and recovery ahead of us,” McKinley said. There is much work to be done before the hills turn green again, such as erosion control through aspen matting and waddles (rolled up hemp “sausages” that keep soil in place), he said.

If damage to individual species are widespread — some species’ entire global range is within the burn scar — restoration may involve coordinating with the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, which has a rare seed bank full of islandendemic species that can be used as an “insurance policy against extinction,” according to Matt Guilliams, a biologist with the Botanic Garden.

McKinley said the goal is to restore access at some level as quickly as possible, with public safety in mind. But there are still many unknowns: shifting landscapes, erosion, deadfall trees. “We want to keep people safe,” he stressed.

The destruction is hard to witness for park staff, who inevitably form attachments to the sites where they work. As Ana Cholo, the park’s new public information officer, explained it, “We’re government employees, but we’re still human beings.”

“I have a hard time looking past the individual plants or animals that have burned, because from my perspective, each one of those is sad,” said Emily Zivot, a ranger who has worked on the island for four years. She noted that the fire had the potential to be catastrophic, and her colleagues will be assessing long-term data on species. “It’s definitely a mix of sad and hopeful.”

Even with all the data they already have and continue to collect, it is going to be a multi-year, painstaking effort to restore the island to its former glory, McKinley said.

“I will breathe a sigh of relief when I see vegetation coming up.”

Elaine Sanders contributed reporting to this story.

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PARADE Saturday, June 20 NOON Begins at Santa Barbara & Ortega St. FESTIVAL: Fri. Sat. Sun.

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FRIDAY KICKOFF! 4-9 PM SATURDAY IN THE PARK 12-8 PM REGGAE ROOTS SUNDAY 11AM-7 PM Sponsored by FARMACY & KJEE - Main Stage

FUNtopia ZONE! SAT-SUN 12-6 PM

Alameda Park East Interactive Arts, Culture & Community Zone for Kids of All Ages!

COMMUNITY STAGE Sat/Sun 12-6 PM

Entertainment from Roll & Rock 805 on the SB Bowl CommUnity Stage, featuring young performers, performers for youth, ethnic music and dance!

EXPERIENCE THE ART GARDEN!

Art Installations, Photo Ops & Interactive Fun! FUNtopia Portal created by artist Luke Holden of Flying Shade sponsored by Santa Barbara Beautiful.

Solstice Main Stage in Alameda Park: Three Days!

Friday 6/20, 4:00 – 9:00 PM

Saturday 6/21, Noon – 8:00 PM

Sunday 6/22, Noon – 7:00 PM

4:00 - 5:00 Ladyfinger 5:20 - 6:15. East Valley Road 6:15 - 6:35 World Dance for Humanity 6:40 - 7:40 False Puppet 8:20 - 9:00 Area 51

12:00 -12:40 Foxy Sage Solstice Sound Bath 12:45 - 1:55 BRAYELL 2:00 - 2:20 La Boheme w/ Darla Bea 2:25- 3:45 The New Vibe 4:05 - 5:05 The Academy 5:25- 6:35 Will Stephens Band 6:55 - 8:00 Redfish

KJEE’s Roots Reggae Sunday Sponsored by Farmacy 12:00-12:40 Rhythym Industrial Complex 1:00 - 2:10 Skadaddzy 2:30 - 3:40 The Upbeat 4:00 - 5:30 Cornerstone 5:50 - 7:00 Morie & the Heavy Hitters

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Towbes Fund for the Performing Arts - A field of interest fund of the Santa Barbara Foundation • The Hutton Parker Foundation City of Santa Barbara • The Oshay Family Foundation • Gary Atkins Sound • A Litter Free Event

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2 0 2 6 PA R A D E The Parade ends in Alameda Park, where many of the flo ts and art pieces will be on display. Look for the Pali Art Garden of giant infl tables. Take your picture with the wild and wavey things from the Parade in the Park!

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Designed by new Solstice Artist in Residence Hope Christofferson, Feed the Beat is the newly re-imagined “Pass the Hat” Ensemble, sponsored by the Towbes Fund for the Performing Arts through the Santa Barbara Foundation.

This year there will be performances on three stages: the Alameda Main Stage, the Santa Barbara Bowl CommUnity Stage in the FUNtopia Zone, plus the DJ Stage. Friday is the Kick-off from 4-9 PM; Saturday Noon to 8 PM; and Sunday 11 to 7 PM is KJEE’s Solstice Sunday ROOTS Reggae on the Main Stage!

Check out our website for Band lineup Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

Santa Barbara Bowl CommUnity Stage

Underground Soulstice DJ STAGE

12:00 - 12:20 Isaias 12:25- 1:00 Makena Tate 1:05 - 1:35 K.R.L. 1:45 - 2:25 Perturbed 2:35 - 3:15 SB Revels 3:30- 4:10 Bliss 4:20-5:10 The Pit 5:20 - 6:00 The Bad Neighbors

PARADE HIGHLIGHTS: La Boheme Dance Troupe Teresa Kuskey Oshay - local dance celebrity, icon and force of nature - showcase more than 100 dancers. Joined by DJ Darla Bea and a 3-D rendition of the 2026 Solstice Poster design by Larry Vigon.

Grace Fisher Foundation For their 4th year in the Parade, bring a Hawaiian themed flo t featuring a reproduction of a wave, painted by Grace Fisher.

Wave Rave The Carey/Foreman family and friends have created an oversized gramophone, bringing the magic of sound waves to life with vibrant colors, movement, and music.

World Dance for Humanity Liz Ricard & Heather Williams lead a wave of 45 dancers celebrating radio waves of freedom, joy and love.

Clap Hands Diane Arnold and Mary Williams are waving to the crowd with their two 13-foot high hands.

Floatilla of Phenomenal Phish Paul Teft and Carlos Cuellar repurposed a boiler chimney out of a greenhouse to become a tubular surfing ave for a monkey.

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The ensemble features a group of “fantasea” themed dancers who dance merrily about a sea star flo t being pulled by a magnifi ent unicorn sea horse. As the music plays, the wonderful creatures from the depths of the fantasea entice donations from the crowd to help fund the fantastical fun of the summer solstice! The music is marvelously inspired to bring the energy and joy of the ocean into the land of man!

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Unicorn Sea Horse under construction!

The “Pass the Hat” Sun gets a new look!

Claudia Bratton’s “Neptune’s World” Inspired by the 1982 flo t “Queen Neptune” created by Scott Hogue, an underwater throne with synchronized swimmers with a large school of fish, featuring hand printed fish f om Claudia’s own collograth plates.

Waving Clown Posse Artistic Director of Kerfuffl Theater, EJ Huerta brings a posse of clowns waving, a clown car, and a performance ensemble with flo ting waves of music.

Sharkey and the Rock Stars Emily Allen and Jaimi Garcia bring their marine animals dancing around a rock in the ocean.

Mermayhems Created by Nicole Caldwell: “Strange tides have come to shore. Beware the Merfolk, they are out to hook and lure.”

Wave of Nature in collaboration with the SB Botanical Garden, artist Allison Claudio has created 4 carved Guardian Totems which will be in the Parade, displayed in the Park, and land in the Botanical Gardens.

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12:40 -1:00 Ash Wertz 1:05 -1:30 K.R.L. 1:40 - 2:05 Skinripper 2:15 - 2:50 Lyndsey Marie- Bradberri 2:50 - 3:20 Rosale Ortega Flamenco 3:30 - 4:05 Harper Marley 4:10 - 4:45 Lorraine Noringer

Bix King Cody Christiaan Jack Roy Calvin & Hogg Sans Nom Niko Thee-O Sandwich

Blue.NINE The Big Red Funk Dynamicz Ben1am S’akiibaum g.dubz

T H E M E : WAV E Prickly-Neko Youth Coordinator Irene Ramirez brings us a lucky, waving, cactus-cat, wishing everyone good fortune all summer long! Surrounded

by SK805 skaters.

Solstice Royalty Ensemble Solstice Royalty winners will be moving down the street surrounded by Santa Barbara local dignitaries from City Council, getting their hair done into hair a permanent wave.

Alberto Olivo Angel Last year Alberto created a large puppet/flo t of a pregnant woman. This year, see the babies: Watch for this hilarious illusion.

Mariano Silva brings a big wave of Brazilian sound and the spirit of Bahia.

A large flo t surrounded by Capoeiristas and dancers.

Kiddy Pool Daniel Cacciatore and his daughter Gigi swim up Santa Barbara Street in a kiddy pool.

The Pizza King Beto Diaz brings a pizza performance to Santa Barbara Street with his pizza oven flo t.

Musiphant: Pali X-Mano’s winning design from Solstice’s collaboration with the Elephant Parade® Elevated Dreams Aerial Dance Studio Director Alison McCullah, kids, teens, and adults, mermaids, sea creatures, and pirates are free styling it down the street with ribbons, silk fans and bubbles.

Sundance of The Giant Water Dragon and His Creatures: 45-foot infl table Dragon created by Artist in Residence Pali X-Mano is dedicated to the memory of Dragon Leigh.

Sponsored by Santa Barbara Beautiful.

The Last Float Artist Gregory Beeman collaboration with Tech Director Jim Sun Bear bringing a percussionary wave of drums.

Buckle Up Traci Russsell and a bold wave of line dancers. High energy, boot stomping, kickin’ country swagger.

www.SolsticeParade.com

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As always, find the complete listings online at independent.com/events. Submit virtual and in-person events at independent.com/eventsubmit.

FARMERS MARKET SCHEDULE THURSDAY

Carpinteria: 800 block of Linden Ave., 2:30-6:30pm

FRIDAY

Amihan Franada

The Art of Science: Drawing Butterflies & Moths Art 6/18: lovers ages 8 and up are invited to find out how artists have

contributed to scientific research while sketching the butterflies and moths featured and pictured in the exhibit The Collectors: A Life in Lepidoptera. Basic materials will be provided. Sessions occur Thursdays through August 20. 1:302:30pm. S.B. Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol. Free-$19. Email afranada@sbnature2.org. sbnature.org/calendar

6/18: Jazz at the Lobero: Branford Marsalis: Belonging Tour Enjoy a night from this celebrated ensemble who will perform the Grammy-nominated reinterpretation of Keith Jarrett’s legendary 1974 ECM album, Belonging. 7:30pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. GA: $65-$79; premium: $132. Call (805) 963-0761. lobero.org

6/18: Official Kickoff Party to Old Santa Ynez Days Join for chef-curated food stations, desserts, and a no-host bar, and the high-energy sounds of the Americana/Rock band The Doublewide Kings. 5-8pm. Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum, 3596 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Members: $80; non-members: $95. Email events@santaynezmuseum.org.

SUNDAY

Goleta: Camino Real Marketplace, 10am-2pm

TUESDAY

Montecito: 1100 and 1200 blocks of Coast Village Rd., 8-11:15am

Old Town S.B.: 500-600 blocks of State St., 3-6:30pm

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WEDNESDAY

Downtown S.B.: Corner of State and Carillo sts., 8am-1pm

Solvang: Copenhagen Dr. and 1st St., 2:30-6:00pm

FISHERMAN’S MARKET

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

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6/18: Blind Date & a Bottle: Speed Dating + Singles Networking All singles are invited for great conversation and real people with no swiping required with curated wine, beer, and sake available for purchase along with small bites. 6-10pm. The House of Beau. 1129A State St. Free. Ages 21+. Email tiffany@frombeau.com.

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6/18-6/22: Circus Vargas Presents: Masquerade! Step into a world of wonder as mystery meets mastery and with aerial acrobats, high wire artists, jugglers, amazing feats performed on the Wheel of Death, and more. Thu.: 7pm; Fri.: 4 and 7pm; Sat.: 1, 4, and 7:30pm; Sun.: noon, 3, and 6:30pm; Mon.: 6pm. Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real. Kids ages 2 and under: free; $25-$90. Email info@circusvargas.com.

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6/18-6/21, 6/23-6/24: PCPA Presents Come from Away This Tony Award– winning musical, based on a true story, follows the story of 7,000 travelers who were grounded in Gander, Newfoundland, when the FAA shut down airspace following the September 11 attacks. The show features moving songs that highlight gratitude and the best of humankind. The musical shows through June 27. 8pm, Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd St., Solvang. $25-$72. Call (805) 922-8313. pcpa.org/events

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THURSDAY 6/18

6/18-6/21: Ensemble Theatre Company Presents Every Brilliant Thing In this interactive solo show, Nicholas Mongiard-Cooper narrates as a character who tries to cope with his mother’s suicide attempt that prompts the 7-year-old to search for ways to understand and lift her depression by documenting the joys in life. The play previews on June 4 and runs through June 21. Thu.: 7:30pm; Fri.: 8pm; Sat: 3 and 8pm; Sun: 2pm. The New Vic Theatre, 33 W. Victoria St. $25-$119. Call (805) 965-5400. etcsb.org

FRIDAY 6/19 O’Jays at 6/19: The Chumash Casino

Resort The O’Jays, featuring founding members Eddie Levert and Walter Williams, along with Eric Nolan Grant, who joined in 1995, will bring their funk-influenced rhythms and songs such as “Love Train,” “For the Love of Money,” “Back Stabbers,” and more to the Valley. 8pm. The Samala Showroom, Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 E. Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez. $70$125. Ages 21+. Call (805) 686-3805. chumashcasino.com/ entertainment

PLEASE CONTACT THE VENUE TO CONFIRM HOURS AND EVENT CANCELLATIONS OR POSTPONEMENTS.

Tony Buck & The Cadillac Angels

Bar and Grill Tony Buck & The Cadillac 6/20: Hook’d Angels, 4pm. 116 Lakeview Dr., Cachuma Lake. Free.

Call (805) 350-8351. hookdbarandgrill.com/music-on-the-water

6/18: Elings Park Kiwanis Music Nights The Other Woman. There will also be burgers and dogs, drinks, adult beverages (for purchase), raffles, area vendors, and dancing. 5:30-7:30pm. 1298 Las Positas Rd. Free. Call (805) 569-5611.

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6/18-6/20: M.Special Brewing Co. (S.B.) Thu.: Emily One Sheet, 6pm. Sat.: Caverns, 8pm. Sat.: Equipo Elite, 8pm. 634 State St. Free. Call (805) 308-0050. mspecialbrewco.com 6/19-6/20, 6/22, 6/24: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Fri.: Parlor Greens, 9pm. $15-$20. Ages 21+.

Sat.: ME Sabor Presents: Salsa Night, 9pm. $20-30. Ages 21+. Mon.: Lucinda Lane, 7:30pm. $10-$15. Wed.: The KTYD MOJO Happy Hour at SOhO, 5pm. Free.

1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776.

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6/19, 6/21: Carhartt Family Wines Live Music Fri.: Soul Cats, 5pm. Sun.: Jonathan McEuen, 2pm.

2939 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. Free. Call (805) 693-5100.

carharttfamilywines.com/ events-calendar 6/19: Carr Winery Barrel Room

6/19-6/21: Maverick Saloon Fri.: Pull the Trigger, 8:30pm. Sat.: Jimi Nelson, 8:30pm. Sun.: Jimi Nelson, noon; Robert Heft Band, 6pm. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Call (805) 6864785. Ages 21+.

mavericksaloon.com/eventcalendar

6/19: Night Lizard Brasscals, 8-10pm. 607 State Street. Ages 21+. Call (805) 770-2956.

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6/20-6/21: Cold Spring Tavern Sat.: Eric Zobel. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. 1:304:30pm. Free. Call (805) 967-0066.

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6/20: Peake Ranch Winery Music in the Grove The Brandywine Buskers. Bring blankets and chairs. Food and drink for purchase. 4:30-8pm. Peake Ranch Winery, 7290 Santa Rosa Rd., Buellton. Free-$15. Call (805) 688-7093.

peakeranch.com/events/ music-in-the-grove

6/21: Longoria Wines Live music, 3-5pm. 732 State St. Free. Email info@ longoriawine.com.

longoriawines.com/events

Sessions: WhoseHouseIsThis? 414 N. Salsipuedes St., Santa Barbara. 7-9pm.

Free. Call (805) 965-7985. Ages 21+.

6/21: M.Special Brewing Co. (Goleta) Carly Powers, 3pm. 6860 Cor-

6/19: Eos Lounge Will Clarke,

6/22: The Red Piano Church on Monday Rankin File Blues Band,

carrwinery.com/events

$18.54. 500 Anacapa St. 9pm. Ages 21+.

Call (805) 564-2410.

eoslounge.com

Volunteer Opportunity

Fundraiser

tona Dr., Ste. C, Goleta. 7-9pm. Call (805) 968-6500. mspecialbrewco.com

7:30pm. 519 State St. $5. Call (805) 3581439. theredpiano.com

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6/18: Goleta Valley Library Film Club: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Cleanup 6/21: Beach with the Sea

Hunchback-Film

memorate this historic day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans in the U.S. learned of their freedom with a full day of live music, art, cultural performances, area food, community resources, and educational experiences to uplift and honor Black voices and creativity. 11am-6pm. Plaza del Mar Band Shell, 131 Castillo St. Free. Email juneteenthsbc@gmail.com. juneteenthsb.org

Center Meet at East Beach (behind

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Skater’s Point) near the base of Stearns Wharf to collect all types of trash. High schoolers can earn volunteer hours. Gloves and bags will be provided but you are encouraged to bring supplies. Participants under 18 need a signed waiver, and children under 14 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. 10am-noon. Stearns Wharf, 217 Stearns Wharf. Free.

Call (805) 962-2526 x104 or email scvolunteer@sbnature2.org.

FRIDAY 6/19

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6/17-6/18, 6/20: S.Y.V. Performing Arts Company Presents An Invitation to Dance This presentation will

6/21: Godmothers Gather: Walter Mosley & Shaka Senghor Award-

TUESDAY 6/23

winning writer Walter Mosley will take the stage to present Ghalen: A Romance in Black, his new coming-of-age novel, and will be joined in conversation by Shaka Senghor, the New York Times best-selling author of Writing My Wrongs. 6-7pm.

Godmothers, 2280 Lillie Ave., Summerland. $20-$50. Email kimi@godmothers.com.

6/23: Meet Your Girls: A Fun, Femme Biz Mixer Learn how to build

6/19: Music Academy Summer Festival 2026: ARKAI in Recital 2026

MONDAY 6/22

Grammy Award winners ARKAI will play an exciting program of genre-defying electroacoustic sound that explores what defines the classical instrument — from originals to covers and acoustic to electric, including songs from their 2025 album Brightside.

7:30-9pm. Hahn Hall, Music Academy, 1070 Fairway Rd. $10-$70. Call (805) 969-8787.

Rosé & Rising Tides: A Summer Soirée Celebrating Women in Business This soirée

musicacademy.org/calendar

6/19: World Cup Watch Party: Dom’s Taverna Join to watch U.S.A. vs.

Australia on a stadium-style screen and TVs (no bad angles), a cold beer on arrival (additional drinks available for purchase), and a curated menu of shareable bites — all included in your ticket. Noon. Dom’s Taverna S.B., 30 E Victoria St, $47.74. Call (805) 724-4338. tinyurl.com/Doms-Jun19

SATURDAY 6/20 6/20: Country Night at the Elks Lodge All-level dancers are invited to grab a drink and join the dance lesson (line, swing, two-step, no partner needed) followed by a high-energy social dance. Food and drinks available for purchase (cash only). 6-11pm. Elks Lodge, 150 N. Kellogg Ave., Goleta. Kids under age 10: free. GA: $15 (cash). Call (805) 455-1844 or email contact@sbeventhorizon.com.

6/22:

6/19: Juneteenth Lompoc 2026: A Community Celebration of Freedom & Culture The Santa Maria–Lompoc NAACP & C4 Lompoc invite you to honor the past, serve the present, and inspire the future at this celebration with live entertainment with headliner The ’90s Babiez , cultural performances, guest speaker Elliot Davis, food and marketplace vendors, activities for kids, and community resources. 11am-5pm. Old Town Lompoc. Free. Email lyonspruitt@msn.com. tinyurl.com/Lompoc-Juneteenth2026

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6/19: Juneteenth Screening & Live Performance Toni Scott, Rod Rolle, and Elevate Gallery invite you to join for a powerful, historic African American spiritual dance performed by The S.B. Ring Shout Project (SBRSP), Bloodlines, an immersive installation by the multimedia artist Toni Scott, a special student reading, and a screening of special footage of the acclaimed poet Sojourner Kincaid Rolle reading “Free at Last,” (shows at 6 and 7pm). 5-7:30pm. Location: Elevate Gallery, La Cumbre Plaza, 121 S. Hope Ave. (behind Starbucks). Free. Email toniscott@earthlink.net. lcccasb.com/art-walks-events

will bring together women in business for an evening of wine, meaningful conversation, and celebration to recognize NAWBO S.B.’s Chapter Member of the Year, Claudia Rucker, and to toast to the rising tides that lift us all. 5-7pm.

La Lieff Wines, 210 Gray Ave. $10$20. Email info@nawbo-sb.org.

tinyurl.com/Rose-RidingTides

6/22: Way Collective Presents Damon Garcia Book Launch: You Don’t Need a Calling Join area author, speaker, and public theologian Damon Garcia for a book launch of his new book, You Don’t Need a Calling, An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto for a Life of Purpose, for anyone disillusioned by the idea of “God’s plan” for their life or exhausted by the achievement treadmill. A Q&A will follow the talk. 6pm.

Third Window Brewing Co., 406 E. Haley St., #3. $20. Email tim@waycollective.org.

tinyurl.com/Damon-Garcia

tinyurl.com/Country-Dance

Annual Classics 6/20:Fourth with the Cardinals Car

Show See more than 185 vehicles in categories such as closed street rods, stock, Camaros, Firebirds, Corvettes, and Mustangs, with food for purchase and more. Proceeds will benefit Bishop Diego’s athletic department. 9am-3pm. Bishop Diego High School, 4000 La Colina Rd. Free. Email info@classicswith thecardinals.org. tinyurl.com/Cardinal-Classic

WEDNESDAY 6/24 6/24: Concierto Íntimo: Andrés Vadin Trio Grammy-nominated guitarist Andrés Vadin, Yosmel Montejo on bass, and Grammy Award-winner Diego Álvarez “El Negro” on percussion will perform a blend of traditional flamenco with jazz and world music with a special appearance by legendary flamenco singer Pelé de los Reyes.

7-8:30pm. Casa Covarrubias, S.B. Historical Museum, 136 E. De la Guerra St. $15-$40.

Call (805) 682-4713 or email collections@ sbmal.org. sbhistorical.org/events

movement and community reflection of Black artistry with Emmy Award–winning choreographer, movement artist/actor, writer and director Jon Boogz with special guests powerhouse in mental health Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble and multidisciplinary artist, and founder of the global storytelling Mohsin Mohi Ud Din followed by a reception at the Arts Terrace. 6pm. Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo. $35. Email info@centerstagetheater.org.

centerstagetheater.org/shows

genuine connections and friendships with other local fabulous women biz owners to gain a collaborative and confident edge.

RSVP by email. 4:30-6:30pm. CrossHatch Winery, 111 E. Haley St. Free. Email iamnicolemichelle.com/meetyourgirls.

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MCASB Presents 6/19: Juneteenth with Jon Boogz You are invited to an evening of

Solstice

52nd 6/19-6/21: The Annual

S.B. Summer Solstice 2026 Start the celebration on Friday at Alameda Park followed by the parade, with the theme Wave; on Saturday at noon from Santa Barbara and Ortega streets and end at Alameda Park with the floats on display. The festival will offer arts and crafts vendors, a beer and wine garden (ages 21+), food vendors, and a stellar lineup of live music. Visit the website for the full schedule. Fri.: 4-9pm; Sat.: noon-8pm; Sun.: noon-7pm. Alameda Park, 1400 Santa Barbara St. Free; VIP parade seats: $65; beer and wine garden: $25-$50. Email solstice@solsticeparade.com.

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showcase the elegance of ballet, the fun of jazz and tap, and hip-hop set to sounds ranging from pure classical ballet and opera music to songs from TV and films, and Broadway show tunes. 7pm. Santa Ynez Valley High School Little Theater, 2975 E. Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez. $30. Email fossemalledancestudio@gmail.com.

6/19: Juneteenth S.B. Love for the People Celebration 2026 Join to com-

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See a screening of the 1939 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame starring Charles Laughton as the “deformed hunchback” and bell ringer Quasimodo who is the object of the evil archdeacon of Notre Dame, Claude Frollo, and also in love with the beautiful Esmerelda in 15th-century France. Stay after for trivia and a discussion. 1:30-3:30pm. Goleta Community Center, Rm. 3, 5679 Hollister Ave., Goleta.

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6/19: Melville Summer Solstice Kick-Off Party Bring your good vibes and start your Solstice weekend right with good wine (for purchase) and music from Brian Kinsella.

4-7pm. Melville S.B. Tasting Lounge, 120 State St. Free. Email maria@melvillewinery.com.

tinyurl.com/Melville-Solstice

6/20: AquaFête Summer Solstice Wear your brightest summer whites and enjoy the atmospheric sounds of French Persian-Californian deejay and producer ANAHITA and local trumpet player Miles Julian with drinks available for purchase. Check in: 5:30pm; departure: 6pm. S.B. Landing, 301 W. Cabrillo Blvd. $73.59. Ages 21+. Email info@sandala experiences.com. sandalaexperiences.com/events INDEPENDENT.COM JUNE 18, 2026 THE INDEPENDENT

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Father’s Day at the Zoo Whether

related by blood or chosen family, dads deserve to be celebrated for zookeeper talks celebrating animal dads, education booths, and craft stations for kids.

10am-3pm. S.B. Zoo, 500 Niños Dr. Free$37.95. Call (805) 962-5339.

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6/21: Father’s Day Brunch at San Ysidro Ranch Celebrate the day with a special brunch featuring a threecourse menu, champagne, Bellinis, mimosas, Bloody Marys, and live music. Dads can watch a live cigar rolling demonstration and select one to be cut on-site. 9am-12:30pm. Stonehouse at San Ysidro Ranch, 900 San Ysidro Ln. $125-$250. Call (805) 565-1720. tinyurl.com/SanYsidro-Fathers 6/21: Father’s Day at Bacara Enjoy a family-style, coastal-inspired feast at Lulio with a starter, main course, and dessert. Visit the website for the full menu. 11:30am-3pm. The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, S.B., 8301 Hollister Ave. $145 (service fees not included). Call (805) 968-0100. tinyurl.com/Bacara-Fathers

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6/21: Father’s Day S.B. Comedy Show Special Join us for laughs on Dad’s Day with headliner Luis Moro.

The show will be taped live. 7pm. Speakeasy Comedy Bar, 409 State St. $20. Call (805) 931-6676.

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Alcazar Theatre Film Screening: Pride See the 2014 film Pride (rated R), 6/20: The based on the true story of when the London Chapter of Lesbians and Gays Support

the Miners (LGSM) started to collect money to support miners during the U.K. Miners’ Strike of 1984-85.

7-9pm. Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. $7-$10. Call (805) 684-6380. thealcazar.org

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6/20: Brunching with BARBARA Lip Sync SMACKDOWN Enjoy brunch by Homemade by Haley Shea, a Mimos cocktail hour, take pictures with the queens, and find out who will snatch the coveted Golden Bob-ARA! Hosted by professional lip sync competition losers Linda and Cherry Von Illa and special guest judges Aria Cummingtonite and Jaundice Joplin. 12:30pm. Eos Lounge, 500 Anacapa St, $20. Ages 21+.

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6/20: Love Wins — Bubbles Flow Join for sparkling pours (for purchase), good vibes, great company, and a Pride celebration hosted by Jordan. Proceeds support S.Y.V. Pride. 5-8pm. Strange Family Tasting Rm., 2933 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. Free. Call (805) 315-3662. syvpride.org/2026-pride-events

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6/23: The Maverick Saloon Gayraoke Nights Dress up to take the stage and unleash your inner superstar with music provided by DJ Sam. 8pm. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free. Call (805) 6864785. syvpride.org/2026-pride-events

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Children and teens ages 0-18 can eat a free, nutritious meal (first-come, first-served) Monday through Friday, June 15-August 14 (except June 19 and July 3), noon-1pm and stay for special events. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Call (805) 962-7653 or email info@sbplibrary.libanswers.com. tinyurl.com/Library-Meals-2026

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

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

S.B. UNIFIED SUMMER MEALS 2026 We will be serving free meals to kids 18 years and younger. Meals must be eaten on site.

Call Matt Dittman at (805) 963-4338 x6387 PLEASE NOTE: All locations will be closed June 19 and July 3, 2026.

Serviremos comidas gratuitas a niños y jóvenes de hasta 18 años. Las comidas deben consumirse en el local. Llame a Matt Dittman al (805) 963-4338, ext. 6387.

ATENCIÓN: Todos los locales permanecerán cerrados el 19 de junio y el 3 de julio de 2026.

Cleveland Elementary (June 22-July 31) 123 Alameda Padre Serra.

Breakfast: 8-9am; lunch: noon-1pm.

La Cumbre Jr. High (June 22-July 17) 2255 Modoc Rd. Breakfast: 8-8:30am; lunch: 12:30-1pm.

Franklin Elementary (June15Aug. 7) 1111 E. Mason St. Breakfast: 8-9am: lunch: 11:30-1:30pm.

San Marcos High School (June 15-July 17) 4750 Hollister Ave. Breakfast: 8-8:30am; lunch: 11:30am12:30pm.

MAY 23–SEP 7

S.B. High School (June 15-July 2) 700 E. Anapamu St. Breakfast: 8-8:30am; lunch: 11:30am12:30pm.

Experience a dazzling array of tropical species in a nationally acclaimed butterfly garden.

Oak Park (June 15-Aug. 7) 638 W. Junipero St. Lunch: 11:30am-1:30pm.

Photos by Gary Robinson

Harding Elementary (June 22-July 31) 1625 Robbins St. Breakfast: 8-9am: lunch: 11:30am12:30pm.

Monroe Elementary (June 22-July 31) 431 Flora Vista Dr. Breakfast: 8-8:30am: lunch: noon-1pm.

La Cuesta Continuation High School (LCHS) (June 15-July 2) 710 Santa Barbara St. Breakfast: 8:15-8:30am; lunch: 11:30am-noon.

Ortega Park (June 15-Aug. 7) 604 E. Ortega St. Lunch: 1-2pm.

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hat better way to commemorate Juneteenth than with a thought-provoking evening of artistry and creativity combined with compassion and cultural insight. We’ll get all of that and more at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara’s (MCASB) second annual Juneteenth with Jon Boogz on Friday, June 19.

Boogz — an Emmy Award–winning choreographer, movement artist, actor, writer, and director whose work continues to push the boundaries of storytelling through film—is no stranger to Santa Barbara audiences, having performed multiple times in UCSB Arts & Lectures presentations with frequent collaborator Lil Buck, as The Juneteenth with Jon Boogz crew in 2025 well as the 2025 MCASB Juneteenth event.

However, this time around audiences will builds communications and storytelling see an even more resonating and power- interventions for psychological well-being, ful piece of his vision, with the public pre- leadership development, and community miere of his latest short film, Remedy in the engagement.] “So, it’s like me and two menRhythm. tal health experts—different styles, shall we It’s an intensely beautiful story (bring say, you know,” added Boogz.

The evening begins at Center Stage TheKleenex), which Boogz described as: ater at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 19, and con“Without giving too much away, the film is ultimately about four friends who all grew tinues with a reception at the Museum of up together, and they’re extremely close. Contemporary Art Santa Barbara / the Arts One of them ends up taking their own life, Terrace at Paseo Nuevo. and the three of them are left behind to kind Tickets are available through the Center Stage Theater website of deal with the grieving of that situation.”

Dance is, of course, at the forefront of (centerstagetheater.org).

All proceeds directly support the artists this intense piece of work, as it has continued to play a major role in Boogz’s career. and their impactful work, and last year’s In fact, he recently played one of the “gang event sold out, so guests are encouraged to members” who taught Michael Jackson reserve their spots soon. about street dance culture in the hit film Michael.

In addition to the film screening, joining Boogz for a post-screen discussion are Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble and Mohsin Mohi Ud Din. Alfiee brings together science, compassion, and cultural insight to reshape conversations around emotional wellness. Mohsin Mohi Ud Din, who appeared with Boogz at an MCASB event in February, is a multidisciplinary artist, community builder, and founder of the global storytelling nonprofit MeWe International.

There will be somatic healing exercises and “we’ll do a Q&A with Dr. Alfie, who’s a wonderful African American woman who’s been in mental health for 30-plus years,” said Boogz. “And then Mohsin will discuss how the film touches on the work that he does in more than 15 countries and other places.”

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Additional Ways to Celebrate Juneteenth Juneteenth S.B. Love for the People Celebration 2026: Commemorate this historic day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans in the U.S. learned of their freedom with a free, full day of live music, art, cultural performances, food, community resources, and educational experiences to uplift and honor Black voices and creativity. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Plaza del Mar Band Shell, 131 Castillo St. Juneteenth Lompoc 2026: A Community Celebration of Freedom & Culture: The Santa Maria–Lompoc NAACP & C4 Lompoc invite all to honor the past, serve the present, and inspire the future at this free celebration with live entertainment with headliner The ’90s Babiez, cultural performances, guest speaker Elliot Davis, food, and marketplace vendors, activities for kids, and community resources. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Old Town Lompoc.

Juneteenth Screening & Live Performance: Toni Scott, Rod Rolle, and Elevate Gallery invite all to join for a free event featuring powerful, historic African American spiritual dance performed by The S.B. Ring Shout Project; Bloodlines, an immersive installation by the multimedia artist Toni Scott; a student reading; and a screening of special footage of the acclaimed poet Sojourner Kincaid Rolle reading “Free at Last” (shows at 6 and 7 p.m.). 5-7:30 p.m.

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by Maggie Yates Sarah House is an eight-bedroom Santa Barbara home that provides end-of-life care for economically disadvantaged individuals. As a social model hospice, Sarah House relies on private and community donations to help fund care for their residents. For their upcoming annual fundraiser, Sarah House Manager Paloma Espino partnered with theater producer and director Peter Lackner to build an original dramatic performance. The play features three vignettes written by Espino, who’s been with the institution for two decades. The stories represent versions of her experiences with Sarah House residents through the final chapters of their lives.

The production, called Sarah House Stories, is officially billed as a staged reading, says Lackner, but certain key dramatic moments will be fully performed off-book. One vignette features soul mates who found each other late in life and are contending with the grief of impending loss. In another, an indigenous woman explores the end of her life with the help of spirit guides. “At the time of her passing,” says Lackner, one of the spirits, a hummingbird, “flies up into the heavens. The story ends with this connection to nature and the cosmos. ”The show endeavors to highlight the distinguishing compassion with which Sarah House supports their residents.

The cast is made up of Santa Barbara actors Kathy Marden, Tony Miratti, Nancy Nufer, Polly Pelly, and Alex McClintock — all of whom are donating their time and talent to the show. Bruce Goldish, known by Santa Barbarians as the guitarist from downtown parking garages and the Arlington arches, will accompany the play and provide entertainment at the post-show reception. Lackner, who is turning 80 this June, holds a birthday wish for this Sarah House fundraiser to surpass expectations.

See Sarah House Stories at 2 p.m. on June 28 at the Trinity Church auditorium Parish Hall (1500 State St.) or at 6 p.m. on July 3 at the Unitarian Society Parish Hall (1535 Santa Barbara St.). See sarahhousesb.ticketsauce .com for tickets and more information.

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or those of us who love playing with words, going to the Santa Barbara Writers Conference can be an uplifting experience like no other. “One of the things that I love about doing the conference,” said director Grace Rachow, “is that it’s just a wholly good thing. In a world that’s kind of a little hard right now for everybody, and not everyone has the writing career they’re hoping for … but the conference is hope and it’s connection, genuine connection with people. Instead of fighting with people, you’re connecting and agreeing. It’s like, yeah, let’s do this. This is good.”

She smiles. Rachow and I have done interviews about the Writers Conference many times, and community is definitely one of the themes that emerges year after year. “A lot of times people find family or their circle of friends. It’s like writing is too weird, and being around other people who are doing that, and then care about where should I start this scene? … It’s finding your tribe.”

As longtime workshop leader Matthew Pallamary put it, according to Rachow, “Do you sometimes talk to yourself and write it down? Come to the Writers Conference.

Your family awaits.”

“I have been involved with the conference since I think Lincoln was president,” Rachow laughs. Her actual start date, originally as a volunteer, was in 1992, and she’s been there for every conference since. She took the helm as director in 2016.

So, what’s new for this year?

“One of the things we’re trying is something that we haven’t tried; we’ve always sold what I thought were inexpensive tickets to our evening speakers and our panels — at $15, I figured, who can’t afford $15? But then I thought, ‘Well, if I’m going to a book signing, I’d rather put my $15 toward the books,’ ” she said. “So, this year we’re opening all of those for free.”

She continued, “I don’t know if we’ll get more people. I hope we do, but the friction of having to buy a ticket and park and pay and all of that is over. All they have to do is show up, find a way to show up, and they get the show …

I think it’ll really give people who aren’t overly familiar with the conference a chance to kind of see what the conference is without having to get their wallet out at all.”

Among the free evening events are a special opening night presentation by Fannie Flagg on Sunday, June 21, at 7 p.m. For those who haven’t heard the legend, Flagg’s literary origin story is very intertwined with SBWC, where she was a writing contest winner after a successful career as an actress and a writer in television, films, and the theater. She’s now the best-selling author of 12 titles, including Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café. In addition, she is the winner of the Harper Lee Prize for distinguished writer of the year, and her script for the movie Fried Green Tomatoes was nominated for an Academy Award and the Writers Guild of America Award and won the highly regarded Scripter Award for best screenplay of the year.

Literary fiction author Kerri Schlottman (Tell Me One Thing, which earned numerous accolades, including the 2024 PenCraft Literary Fiction Award) will speak on Monday, June 22, at 7 p.m. Her 2026 novel, Daytime Moon, follows a young woman returning to the California desert to confront her past and reunite with her fractured family on a memorable journey through hid-

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den stories, the depths of women’s secrets, and the shim- workshops,” which are more freeform sessions that go mering fluidity of memory. deep into the night. The workshops are all five days (10 Jess Walter, whose best-selling novels include The Cold morning workshops and 10 in the afternoon) and they Millions and Beautiful Ruins, was a National Book Award are designed, Rachow said, to build on themselves but finalist for The Zero. His latest book, So Far Gone, digs also stand alone in case a writer wants to dip in and out into What’s Happening Now in the (uppercase) World, of different genres and subjects every day.

The panels, which are open to the public and free as and Walter wrote that he imagined sticking his head out the passenger window and describing what it’s like as the space allows, run June 21-26 from 4-5 p.m. daily, with car goes off the road. “I’m not talking about who wins topics that include a Poets Laureate Panel, Fiction: Five elections,” he said. “I’m talking about the devaluing of Genres Panel, Agents Panel, Novel Panel, Nonfiction logic and science and intellect; the cynical, self-serving Panel, and an Author Platform Panel. villanization of institutions like government and law enforcement and media.” His talk will be on Tuesday, All events take place June 21-26 at the Mar Monte Hotel (1111 Cabrillo Blvd.). See sbwriters.com for details and registration.

June 23, at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 24, at 7 p.m. is Rachel Howzell Hall, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and U.S.A. Today best-selling author of 16 novels, including the thriller Fog and Fury, and the Good Morning America Book Club selection, The Last One. Her 2025 book is The Cruel Dawn, the explosive second book in her Vallendor series, a sweeping fantasy romance (romantasy) where gods bleed, realms fall, and one woman stands between salvation and ruin.

New York Times best-selling writer Adriana Trigiani, the author of 21 fiction and nonfiction titles, including The View from Lake Como (2025), The Good Left Undone, The Shoemaker’s Wife, and Don’t Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers, will speak on Thursday, June 2,5 at 7 p.m. Trigiani, who weaves family, food, traditions, and the Italian-American experience into her novels, was knighted by Italy for promoting Italian culture.

There are also nine writing workshops every morning and nine more every afternoon of the conference, in a variety of genres and subjects — everything from Phantastic Fiction and Getting Naked: Editing Stripped Down, to memoir, poetry, Finding Your Secret Story, Hooking Readers, Magical Realist Fiction, and more — as well as the evening “pirate Santa Barbara Writers Conference Director Grace Rachow

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of Americana arrives in the form of a second year of “Brass @ the Bandshell,” in the Plaza del Mar bandshell (August 2 at noon) and one of many free-to-the-public and family-friendly offerings.

The MAW buzz begins this weekend, with the young Grammy-winning crossover sensation ARKAI at Hahn Hall on Friday, June 19, and veteran pianist Jeffrey Kahane at the Lobero on Saturday night. The following week, the Takács String Quartet, which has become a resident group each year, gives a special Lobero concert on Saturday, celebrating the retirement of cellist András Fejér, a founding member on the job for 50 years.

Highlights of the festival include the muchcoveted annual recital by famed faculty member ARKAI Jeremy Denk (July 15, Lobero), who takes on Beethoven’s herculean Hammerklavier sonata and modern works. Violinist Jennifer Koh, whose signature Bach & Beyond project has landed in Santa Barbara many times over the years, returns with a program mixing up Bach and Philip Glass (July 25, Lobero).

A few weeks back, a special preview evening unveiled this year’s plans for patrons and other interested parties, at Hahn Hall, presented by MAW president/CEO Shauna Quill, now in her third season as head, and two new administrative voices—Vice President of Artistic Planning Indigo Fischer and Creative & Artistic Advisor Conor Hanick, also a respected faculty pianist-of-note who gave a mini-recital in the hall. Hanick, who was a featured soloist at last weekend’s Ojai Music Festival, will also be spotlighted in the MAW festival, as soloist in a new-ish piano concerto by Samuel Adams (son of John), at the AFO concert on August 1 at the Granada, to be conducted by Hannu Lintu.

At the spring preview evening, Quill said of her comrades, “It is with deep pleasure that I am going to get to work with the dream team as we plan this new era of the Music Academy.”

Vis-à-vis Quill’s aforementioned “new era,” the Academy is at a moment in its history, on the brink of its 80th anniversary, and the anticipation of a major new downtown outpost in Santa Barbara, an education and performance facility known as the Muse Music Education Center. Once the Muse officially opens, after an ambitious renovation, in the 2028 season, the 900 block of State Street will be fortified with another centerpiece venue in a new art-centered hub, across the street from the newly opened state-of-theart Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s McHurley Film Center five-plex across the street and the Lobero, a half block away.

Meanwhile, season 79 charges forward for the next eight weeks, giving classical music fans — and neophyte and would-be fans — plenty of reasons to get out of the house.

Live music beckons weekly.

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n many a city in the United States, and beyond, the summer months comprise a lean time in the realm of classical music concert action. A summer’s nap is baked into the fairly rigid protocol of classical concert programming. But not so in Santa Barbara, where we are happily spoiled by the embarrassment of riches put forth by the venerable Music Academy of the West (MAW), now launching its 79th annual festival, a busy cavalcade of musical action through early August.

Like clockwork, MAW is bringing on a slate of concerts, master classes, and performance ops for both visiting artists and faculty of renown and the already-accomplished young fellows (students) who pass the rigorous process of acceptance and travel here from around the world.

Whether on MAW’s lavish and verdant Miraflores Estate compound in Montecito or filtering downtown into the Granada and Lobero theaters, and elsewhere, the Music Academy becomes a fact of cultural life for eight weeks each year. To which we say: Bring it on.

Soon enough, the festival will showcase familiar traditions such as Saturday-night orchestra concerts at the Granada, with acclaimed conductors leading the Academy Festival Orchestra, a fully staged opera—this year, the contemporary opera Elizabeth Cree, by Kevin Puts (The Hours)—and other events showcasing the world-renowned voice program. Past celebrated faculty leaders of the program include Marilyn Horne, for whom the main house of the Miraflores estate was named, and in its seminal days, Lotte Lehmann and Martial Singher.

Running with the theme of “American Mosaic,” the MAW programming checks in with the Declaration of Independence’s 250th birthday, with such national pride detailing as George Gershwin’s An American in Paris on the opening orchestra concert (July 3, Granada) and Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait (July 18, Granada) (originally, Josh Brolin was slated to narrate the Copland work, but a film schedule intervened—Christopher Lloyd is filling the slot). Another pinch

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re you the next Lauren Groff? If so, Lazarus Media Publications wants to publish you.

Reg Van Hirtum, founder of Santa Barbara’s newest traditional publishing house, launched just under a year ago to “be around the arts,” he says.

Van Hirtum is looking for literary fiction and speculative fiction, ideally, promising to put his business acumen to help authors find homes in local bookstores.

He hopes to combine his sales experience — Van Hirtum previously owned Luna Café in Summerland — with his passion for good prose and turn it into a successful venture.

“A smaller traditional press like Lazarus Media Publication can be a good choice for some authors whose projects are in that zone of being very publishable, but not able to catch the attention of a bigger traditional publisher,” says Grace Rachow, Santa Barbara Writers Conference (SBWC) director.

Less than a year into things, Van Hirtum was invited to join the upcoming session “Publishing Options: A Deep Dive” at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference on June 25. He’ll be joined onstage by Patricia Marshall of Oregon’s Luminare Press, author and veteran SBWC presenter Rick Shaw, and Acorn Publishing co-founder Holly Kammier. The event, hosted by Yvette Keller, will give authors a chance to get familiar with Lazarus Media Publications.

“I want people to meet me [at the conference] and see me as an alternative to the big five publishers,” Van Hirtum says, “most especially as an alternative to self-publishing.”

Santa Fe Psychosis by Max Talley is one of Lazarus Publishing’s titles.

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The look in his eyes, he recalls, was sheer enthusiasm. That passion for reading and writing never wavered, despite being a Los Angeles–based college student in the ’80s when screenplays were all the rage.

Instead, he put both interests aside until retiring from the insurance industry a few years ago.

Less than a year in, Lazarus Media Publications has already begun working with local authors, including Shelly Lowenkopf, who published The Fiction Writer’s Handbook with Lazarus Media Publications, and Max Talley.

Talley’s newest crime novel, Santa Fe Psychosis, follows private investigator Jackson Bardo as he travels to New Mexico at the request of his ex-girlfriend, whose life is being threatened. “I’m excited that we now have Lazarus Media as an independent publisher in Santa Barbara, to join Gunpowder Press with their focus on poets, as well as Noleta Press, which publishes Santa Barbara Literary Journal,” says Talley, the author of two novels and three short story collections, including Destroy Me Gently, Please, which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

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BY TIANA MOLONY lmost immediately after sitting down with Geordie Scully-Taylor at South Coast Deli on Carrillo Street, I ask the obvious question: Why SBCC? “I’ve been trying to dig back,” she says, “because that was in 2010, so it was like 16 years ago.”

Our salads arrive — two Caesars, both equally unwieldy. We laugh about the challenge of eating and talking at the same time.

Then she begins in Truckee, a mountain town in eastern California about 12 miles from Lake Tahoe.

Raised by a single mother who worked as a domestic violence lawyer, Scully-Taylor grew up understanding the financial realities of higher education. She watched her mother, well into her sixties, continue paying off student debt.

“If I learned one thing from my mom,” she says with gumption, “it was that I did not want any school debt.”

That, she says, is the long-winded answer to what first drew her to SBCC: the opportunity to earn a quality education without debt. The other reason was simpler.

“I mean, it’s just one of the most beautiful places.”

Not long after arriving, she found her footing at The Channels, the college newspaper. Through a work-study role as office manager, she built a close circle of friends and what she describes as “a little family within city college.”

She remembers Patricia Stark, who headed the newspaper, as “just a standout teacher to me there….

She was also just really communal and always let everyone hang out in the newspaper room all the time.”

As much as she enjoyed the newsroom, journalism wasn’t her path. She arrived at SBCC planning to study political science, but found it too “stuck in

the past.” What she wanted, she realized, was something more forward-facing.

The turning point came in a Global Studies class with Dr. Andrea B. Haupt. During a lecture on nuclear nonproliferation, Scully-Taylor had what she now describes as an “aha” moment.

Which, on the surface, sounds a little silly, she admits. But the idea that countries could agree to limit nuclear weapons felt like a profound example of cooperation. For the first time, she saw international coordination as a tangible force for change.

“So that inspired me,” she recalls. “… I was like, ‘Oh, this is what I’m looking for.’”

In 2012, after two years at SBCC, she transferred to UCSB on scholarship, allowing her to remain debt-free. She spent the spring before classes traveling through Spain.

At UCSB, she studied International and Global Studies with hopes of becoming a teacher. After graduating in 2014, she returned to Spain to teach English, then came back to Santa Barbara to work at San Marcos High School as Program Coordinator for the AAPLE Academy, where she ran the program with the director, taught leadership skills, and managed volunteers for the nonprofit.

Along the way, she became involved in political campaigns and saw how ideas move — and sometimes stall — through the system.

Environmental policy caught her attention, though she hesitated.

“I thought it would depress me if I worked in it every day.”

But campaign work changed her mind. The more she learned, the more she saw both urgency and possibility.

“I realized there is a lot of hope in Environmental Policy and a lot of opportunities to work with and mentor students in this field as well.”

She went on to pursue graduate study in Environmental Policy at the University of Edinburgh, deepening both her training and international perspective.

Still, something felt off. The work was harder than expected, and she struggled in ways she couldn’t explain. After testing, she was diagnosed with dyslexia at 30.

“I was literally shocked,” she said. “So that was … like nice, very freeing for what I’ve struggled with in my educational career.”

Looking back, earlier challenges made more sense. At SBCC, math had been a constant hurdle.

She credits her statistics professor, Lee Chang, with helping her through it.

“He is the single most patient math teacher I’ve ever had,” she said. “No math teacher ever had any patience for me until him.”

After discovering her dyslexia, she adapted her studies and went on to succeed, graduating in 2020 with a master’s in environmental sustainability. When she returned to Santa Barbara that year, she joined the State Senate as a policy analyst focused on environmental issues and long-term solutions, starting in the height of COVID doing unemployment and constituent services in “all hands on deck” work before shifting into climate and environmental policy.

Today, she works in the California State Senate as a Policy Consultant to Senate President Pro Tempore Monique Limón, where she has served in various roles for the past five years.

She also manages the internship program, having hired, trained, and mentored 20 interns.

“It has been my greatest joy combining my love for environmental policy, community, and mentorship all in one job,” she said.

Fifteen years after arriving at Santa Barbara City College in search of an affordable education, ScullyTaylor’s path has taken her through many roles. Yet when she talks about the future, she returns to where it began — and to the idea of teaching again.

“Which I would love to do at SBCC.”

This article was paid for by Santa Barbara City College. For more information on Santa Barbara City College and the hundreds of programs they offer, visit sbcc.edu or (805) 965-0581. If you are an SBCC alumni please join SBCC Alumni Connect at sbccfoundation.org/alumni.

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here were wins, losses, and a few draws, but on balance the past weekend of sports brought joy to the world.

Who could not be thrilled by the New York Knicks pulling out their fourth come-from-behind victory—including a comeback for the ages—to claim their first NBA championship in 53 years? To put their fans’ longing in perspective, a similar drought would last until 2079. The nice thing about the triumph of the New Yorkers is that grit rather than glamour was at the heart of it.

Finding a Lot of Places to Share the Love of Sports Right Here in Santa Barbara Story and Photos by John Zant While scenes of exuberant demonstrations in the streets and parks in the five boroughs streamed over the airwaves Saturday night, there was a video of an ecstatic throng on the other side of the world. At Federation Square in Melbourne, fans of Australia’s Socceroos were celebrating their team’s 2-0 victory over Türkiye in the opening round of the World Cup. Every four years since 1930—excepting 1942-46—the world championship of football, aka soccer, has been a spectacle that inspires passionate interest throughout the globe. When the World Cup was hosted by the United States in 1994, I took my family to two matches at the Rose Bowl, watching Romania defeat a feisty U.S. team and then take down Argentina. Seats in the stadium cost $25.

Ticket prices have soared to hundreds and thousands of dollars in this era of excess fostered by the powers that be. But if you can’t afford to attend a match, the next best thing is to find a place where a crowd gathers around a TV screen to experience what sociologists call “collective effervescence.” Santa Barbara and Goleta offer many such opportunities.

The Press Room on Ortega Street rightfully calls itself the town’s World Cup headquarters. It was established in 1995 by James Rafferty as a traditional English pub, but fans of all stripes jam its friendly confines when the World Cup comes around. Rafferty remembers the 2006 tournament when a Togo tribesman showed up to view his country’s only appearance. In 2002, when the telecasts from Japan and Korea reached the U.S. in the middle of the night, the Press Room was the only West Coast bar to be open for every match.

The De Witte family cheers for Holland at the Public Market.

It can be said that all the matches are scheduled to start at “5 o’clock somewhere,” as alcoholic beverage consumption is indulged by many adult fans, but the older I get, the less I feel the need.

I squeezed into the Press Room to watch the opening match of the 2026 World Cup between Mexico and South Africa. I was seated between Justin Jimenez, who played on the great Santa Barbara High soccer team that went 31-1 in 2010, and Erica Urech, a regular patron who holds the Zinedine Zidane headbutt in the France-Italy final of 2006 as her favorite memory.

“Meh-ico, Meh-ico, rah, rah, rah,” chanted the crowd as the match got under way. “Boooo,” they shouted when the screen showed FIFA president Gianni Infantino, the personification of greed and political favoritism in their minds.

Mexico’s 2-0 victory made it a happy day for its many jersey-wearing fans, who also crowded into Dargan’s across the street from the Press Room and created a green belt outside the bars along the 500-600 blocks of State Street.

A 2-1 comeback victory by South Korea over Czechia capped the first day of the World Cup, and a late goal by Canada earned a 1-1 draw with Bosnia & Herzegovina that preceded Friday’s big event, the U.S.A. team taking on Paraguay in Los Angeles.

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Mario Martinez cheers for the U.S.A during its 4-1 victory over Paraguay in a game watch at the Goleta Community Center.

Mario Martinez was among those wearing the green of his native Mexico on Thursday, but a day later he wore a red U.S.A. shirt in the crowd at the Goleta Community Center, site of a family-friendly game watch hosted by Santa Barbara’s neighbor city. “People say ‘Why do you support the U.S.A.?’ but I’ve had a good life here,” said Martinez, 62. He migrated across the border 40 years ago to join his uncle.

The U.S.A. team rewarded the support of Martinez and 100 others in the auditorium with a display that truly represented “the beautiful game,” as it is deemed by soccer aficionados. Folarin Balogun, a multinational player who chose America over England and Nigeria, scored twice, and a beautiful goal by Gio Reyna capped the U.S.A.’s 4-1 victory. “I was thinking the U.S.A. might be so-so,” Martinez admitted, “but I see a lot of chances for them to advance. They made the people happy.”

Goletans will also be following the Austrian team, which has a training base at UCSB, as well as staging a pair of street parties on Pine Avenue, including the June 24 match between Mexico and Czechia.

Qatar is another local adoptee, holding its training base

Flags of all 48 World Cup teams hang from the rafters of the Press Room.

at Westmont College, and it provided a stunner at the start of Saturday’s schedule — a perfect cross and header in the final minute to tie Switzerland, 1-1, in San Francisco.

I watched another 1-1 draw, between Brazil and an impressive Morocco team, at Buena Onda, which has installed two large TVs in its patio off Haley Street. Four years ago, besides serving savory empanadas, Buena Onda became the place where a throng of fans showed up to watch Argentina defeat France in a thrilling World Cup final. It’s sure to be busy for every Argentina match later in the tournament.

Scotland and Australia were joyful winners later Saturday. Curaçao was overjoyed to score a goal in its World Cup debut even as Germany dominated it by a 7-1 score.

The Public Market on Victoria Street has become a popular venue where there are many varieties of food and drink to consume, a large TV at Cooney’s Bar, and other screens throughout the market. At midday Sunday, it was a gathering place for almost two dozen members of Santa Barbara’s De Witte family, adorned in the orange garb of the Netherlands.

Holland can claim to be the best team never to win the

Fans of defending champion Argentina will be gathering in the patio of Buena Onda.

World Cup, having been in the finals three times. It began the 2026 tournament with a thrilling match against Japan, a back-and-forth affair that ended in a 2-2 draw. That was a good outcome for Caroline (De Witte) Rodriguez, a Holland supporter, and Aya Miyazak, her lifelong friend with roots in Japan.

Outside the Public Market, the gentle afternoon sunshine beckoned me to head to Santa Barbara High’s Eddie Mathews Field to check out the Santa Barbara Foresters on the second weekend of their 2026 summer baseball campaign. I was reminded how delightfully walkable the city is. It took me 20 minutes to follow Victoria to Olive Street and arrive at the ballpark on the corner of Olive and Canon Perdido.

Midway through their fourth decade, the Foresters have kept the flame of the national pastime burning brightly in this community. Fortified by talented college ballplayers from around the country, they have never experienced a losing season. On this day, they raised their record to 7-1 with an 8-4 victory over the San Diego Bombers.

Also on this over-the-top weekend of sports, a shout out to the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes.

As for the UFC event at the White House ... not my cup of bile.

For me, it was back to the World Cup, where the Ivory Coast and Ecuador were tied 0-0 when I arrived home during the second half. It came to a dramatic conclusion as Amad Diallo scored in the 90th minute for the Elephants against an unlucky Ecuador. Sweden ended the day in an explosion of goals, a 5-1 win over Tunisia.

After the weekend, there were still 94 matches remaining in this World Cup, all the way to the championship on July 19. Still to play were the favorites, Spain and France, as well as England, whose fans can take some hope from the New York Knicks; it’s been 60 years since their one and only title in 1966.

An Englishman’s quote in The Athletic website expressed the poignancy of being a fan during the World Cup: “Every tournament makes me feel 8 years old again — not only the desperate hope that we win, but feeling like I’ll cry if we lose.”

Thirty-two of the original 48 teams will advance out of group play and proceed to the knockout rounds starting June 28. At noon on Friday, June 19, the U.S.A. tries to keep its lead in Group D against the Socceroos. Get out and find a place to share the excitement. n

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Produced by Flying U Rodeo and sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), the Santa Barbara Rodeo continues a longstanding tradition of celebrating the region’s deep-rooted equestrian and vaquero heritage while showcasing some of the sport’s top competitors.

Santa Barbara Rodeo Returns to Earl Warren Showgrounds

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“The rodeo has long been an important part of Santa Barbara’s history, and we’re honored to carry forward the equestrian and vaquero traditions that have helped shape California’s cowboy culture,” said Ben Sprague, CEO of Earl Warren Showgrounds. n

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h e sounds of “Pomp and Circumstance” echoed across Santa Barbara and Goleta on Wednesday, marking the conclusion of the academic year with four high school graduation ceremonies. A total of 1,454 students officially earned their diplomas from Santa Barbara Unified high schools, stepping forward into their next chapters.

The celebrations kicked off with La Cuesta Continuation and Alta Vista Alternative High Schools. Family and friends gathered at the iconic Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Gardens to watch their graduates take the stage. The momentum carried into the evening with ceremonies honoring graduates across Santa Barbara, San Marcos, and Dos Pueblos high schools.

The Class of 2026 leaves behind a legacy of academic excellence and community impact, highlighted by these notable achievements: • Seal of Biliteracy:  • Golden State Seal Merit Diploma:  • CTE Pathway Completers:  “The Class of 2026 has done far more than reach graduation; they have demonstrated what is possible when hard work, perseverance, and a caring community come together,” said Dr. Hilda Maldonado, Superintendent of Santa Barbara Unified School District. “Each diploma represents a unique journey, shaped by the support of families, educators, staff, and classmates. I am inspired by their resilience, proud of their accomplishments, and inspired to see how they will use their talents, voices, and experiences to make the world a better place.” n

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He was a disciplined, hard worker. But once when he and I were barely speaking, I asked him for a ride to the Massachusetts Turnpike so I could hitchhike to Indiana. As he drove me there, maybe five miles, I fell asleep. When I woke up, we were in Buffalo. Five hundred miles away. He dropped me off and had to head straight back. Just a nice little thousand-mile jaunt, when he probably had an office full of work.

My father used to tell us that we were descended from the kings of Ireland. None of us believed it. He also told us that the constellation Orion was named for an Irish warrior. As far as we could tell, the only sign of nobility in the Maher family was that several relatives were royal pains in the butt.

My father’s father was an immigrant. His mother cleaned houses and ended up owning five of them.

Because of his parents’ dreams and efforts and sacrifice—and of course his own—he got to be a Boston attorney, educated at Harvard Law. A few years ago, I read the letter he’d written to his parents when Harvard accepted him. Not only excited and happy but genuinely astonished that such a thing could be happening. Still, supporting a wife and kids, he had to work full-time while making it to graduation. He passed the bar, and within a couple of years, he lost two children and his wife and spent 13 months in the hospital himself. Later he would lose other children. And he was not a man who handled death well.

He got to marry two wonderful women. Not simultaneously. And all told, he had 11 occasionally wonderful kids. Some more frequently wonderful than others. He might not have been a king, but

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And he did for his own children what his mother and father had done for him. Providing for the seven of us that made it past infancy, and providing for us well, even when the sheer numbers—and the mausoleum—could make slow business periods a struggle. I can’t remember ever having the slightest feeling of financial insecurity.

Not once in my life did my father ever even allude to the fortune he spent on us. The massive medical bills alone were enough to make you wonder about the genetic legacy of that supposed Irish king. And education at whatever university we decided on.

Setting the next generation up in life. We weren’t always as grateful as we should have been. No. We were never as grateful as we should have been.

Then, after a lifetime of hard work, just when he’d finally gotten the last of the flock safely out of the nest—that one to MIT—just when it finally might be possible to have a couple of spare bucks for a trip or two or a few dinners out, his own illness cost him his happiness, his peace of mind, and any chance of being able to enjoy all he’d accomplished.

As a legal generalist, my father often helped others protect their estates. He once told me how disappointed he was that after a lifetime of work he wasn’t able to leave his children a significant estate.

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My father’s life can’t be summed up in 700 words.

The sum of his life is in his children and his children’s children. And all that will follow. He filled his place in the chain and he filled it well. Few kings have done as well.

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White pineapple guava. Chinotto tangerines. Exotic shelling beans. Sikkim cucumbers. White blueberries.

Chilacayote squash, roasted over pecan wood, served aside a stuffed squash blossom, and kicked up with mole amarillo and sprouting pepita crujido.

in for a farmers’ market degustation menu.

Reimer says, “The tasting menu only speaks to a certain group of people —we highly recommend it—but you might not want to spend the time….” and Tummel finishes his sentence for him “or commitment.”

That dining occurs in a front room featuring carved wooden banisters, mismatched tables, antique sconces, and even a vintage upright Weber piano (perhaps evenings might end in singalongs). “I fell in love with the location immediately,” Reimer says. “It feels like a timeless space, a mix of Santa Barbara and old New Orleans.”

Tummel adds, “Genuine is good.” If you like any of your plates, glasses, silverware — also mismatched and scored from estate sales, private donations, and consignment shops—they’re all for sale, too. “Make us a deal!” Tummel The Chanticlair chef-partners Jeremy Tummel and Jake Reimer offers.

The name also harkens to the past. Back in the 1940s a Behind that space is a room that fits at most 18 people they call a speakeasy, although it doesn’t require a pass- Chanticlair bakery café did big business, especially with word for entry, just a love for seafood. The Alley Cat Hollywood types, on East De la Guerra, but it outgrew Oyster Bar seems even more like the Big Easy, from its its space and moved to L.A. Then there was a Chanticleer black and white floor tiling to its menu of seafood gumbo where Lucky’s is today; Reimer jokes it “was the Regal ya-ya to BBQ oyster po’ boys to beignets. A window peers Beagle of Montecito.” Running off a list of Harry’s, Joe’s, into the shucking station of the prep kitchen.

Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens, and Arnoldi’s, Reimer says, The Casa de la Paz out back is a private dining room “We wanted to bring back the institutions of Santa Barthat fits 14 indoors, 28 if you also take advantage of its bara; we wanted to instill part of that spirit.” patio. The restaurant’s website calls the casa “a throwback Not just history but community is crucial to both to the late 19th-century where the Wild West meets the men and this project. With all their experience, they’re garden.” especially looking forward to mentoring younger chefs.

Even the restroom is chock-a-block with charac- “We want to take what we like about this industry and ter—lit red, with garish images of Madonna and Pat be sure there are no rules when it comes to creativity,” Benatar, it comes off like a 1980s-coke-dream-bordello Reimer says. “We want this to be a safe space for chefs to (if not scary). Reimer and Tummel do appreciate the spread their wings.” That’s true for visual artists too, with 1920-erected building’s bones, going long past its more the hallway a compact gallery space they even imagine recent manifestations as places like Green Table and Bella might become a stop on First Thursdays.

Dolce Bakery, claiming it had been both a church and a Other future plans include Sunday brunch, caterhaunted brothel (so maybe the bathroom will be scary). ing, in-home meal service. “We also want to highlight artisans, chefs, winemakers,” Reimer explains, “letting them do pop-ups or having them get involved with daily menus. There’s a 50-year-old mom I know with insane posole we want to feature.” Overall, Tummel puts the mission this way, “We want to have memories, stories behind dishes—what makes this special?”

As one crowning example of the engaged and respectful work vibe between the two chefs, near the end of our almost hour-long chat, Tummel points out, during a discussion about wine (and of course they have contacts for exclusive stuff there, too), “I’m a level-one somm—did I tell you that?”

“Get out of here,” Reimer exclaims. “You see, we’re still surprising each other.”

Two Storied Chefs Take an Exciting Turn During my interview with chefs Jeremy Tummel and Jake Reimer, Tummel disappears out the kitchen’s door only to return with a few blackberries plus basil growing out back so pungent you smell it before the door shuts. “It’s Greek columnar basil,” he says, handing me a dime-sized leaf of the exotic herb so I may join in the munching. It hits with Wonka-big basil flavor. For reference points, Reimer talks about his grandfather’s garden, Tummel his mom’s. “This is stuff not sitting in a box or refrigerator,” Reimer says, after running through a list of purveyors—Tom Shepherd, Milliken, Earthtrine, Garden of…, Tutti Frutti—they will work with when items can’t come from just beyond the kitchen. “You’re going to taste the difference,” they promise.

The two even say they have plots at local farms that must go unnamed where they get to plant whatever their creative hearts desire.

The chefs met in 2004 in the Wine Cask kitchen just as owner Doug Margerum was trying to reinvigorate the dining classic. “It was a great team,” Reimer recalls.

“Everyone became an executive chef in town.” That’s true for both Chanticlair-ians: Tummel’s impressive list of employers since includes The Bear and Star, Rosewood Miramar, and La Paloma; Reimer’s includes Miro at Bacara, Pierre Lafond, The Black Sheep, and a stint heading a group bringing “farm to fork” to senior residents for Compass Group up-and-down the West Coast.

“Fast-forward two decades and we have a lot more knowledge and wisdom,” Reimer says. “We have chiseled away all the outer layers of personal jealousy to come to a place where we appreciate each other’s ideas and visions.”

Those visions offer a range of dining possibilities in a small location. The main Chanticlair experience builds off a seasonal menu based around, according to Reimer, “The relationships we have with farmers and fishermen that are unique because we’ve been here for so long.” Items lean vegetarian/pescatarian (don’t fret, carnivores—you can dig into a grass-fed hangar steak with oxtail flauta, sweet corn, and an ancho emulsion), and then guests can order à la carte, family style, or go all-

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Farmers’ markets are offered every day of the week, and you might catch the chef from Convivo, Aperitivo, or Barbareño hauling a little wagon back to their kitchens to make the magic we are lucky enough to experience on our plates. For better or for worse, we’re spoiled by a wealth of excellent restaurants and garden-fresh produce, which have sharpened our palates. Thankfully, for the sake of our wallets, many Santa Barbarans are also avid cooks. As any home chef knows, the key to a great meal is great ingredients. The rise of a variety of gourmet grocery stores slinging sought-after ingredients are sure to take your homemade creations to restaurant level status, or at least send you off with a perfectly prepared meal to-go. In addition to Bodega Flower Girl, the lovely plant-based spot Matt Kettmann recently covered, below are a selection of local stars on the grocery scene.

COYOTE’S MARKET “Everything on our shelves is here because we strongly believe in the producer, the sourcing, and the story,” said Caroline Hernandez, who owns Carpinteria’s new gem, Coyote’s Market, with her husband, Peter. Caroline honed her cooking chops in the foodie-mecca of San Francisco at the award-winning Fogcutter Catering and then branched into producing spectacular culinary events around the world at Outstanding in the Field. Peter and his family own Central Coast–based Hernandez Family Ranch, which specializes in regenerative agriculture. The common denominator between these two culinarians: a love for their Carpinteria roots, with a focus on thoughtful sourcing and stewardship of the land.

It’s no surprise that the butcher counter featuring regenerative beef and sustainable, wild-caught West Coast seafood is the heartbeat of this market. “We work directly with ranchers we know personally, including our own family’s operation on the Central Coast, so we can actually tell you how the animal was raised, what it ate, and who brought it in,” Caroline said.

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For the Hernandezes, good food and community go hand in hand. Ask about any of their delightful pantry items from Carp-based Pasta Santina to brown butter chocolate-chip cookies from Big Cheeks Bakery, and Caroline will have a story to share about their passionate maker or their friendship. While there are plenty of highquality meats, cheeses, and sauces to create your dream meal at home, for those busy days when you want an easy dinner or lunch that’s far from traditional “fast food,” try an item from their tantalizing prepared foods lineup. The couple works closely with Chef Ryan Lake to develop incredible sandwiches, salads, lasagnas, hummuses, and more.

“A lot of what ends up in the case starts as something we wanted to eat ourselves,” Caroline explained of their creative offerings, which are seasonally inspired and taste just as she described. The experience feels similar to a lunch your best friend is currently obsessed with and just had to make just for you; love is present in every bite.

Their bright and tender chicken pesto sandwich on salty, fluffy-as-a-cloud Rosie Bakes Bread focaccia will have you checking back daily for their latest creation. With special events like Urchin Sourdough bagel pickup parties and Tri-Tip Saturdays featuring their excellent local beverage selection and tri-tip smoked on their back patio, Coyote’s might just become a second home. “We love food and want to share what we think are exceptional products from around California with our community.” For Coyote’s Market, it’s as simple and as delicious as that.

Coyote’s Market, 4945-A Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria; (805) 881-3369; coyotesmarket.com

OLIO BOTTEGA For those searching for a leisurely lasagna lunch and a spritz on a sunny patio, imported pasta and pesto for their dinner, or a tasty sandwich to-go, search no further than the Victoria Street charmer Olio Bottega. Opened as part of the Olio empire, which includes Olio Pizzeria and the white-tablecloth Olio e Limone, Sicilian

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The bustling, dimly lit, heavily stocked, and garlic-wafting shop reminded me of the little bodegas I’d pop into for a panino at lunch when I studied abroad in Siena. I was always blown away at how delicious these minimalist creations could be, and Olio Bottega carries on the tradition of highlighting just a few ingredients done right. Almost all of their grocery items are imported from Italy, and their warm server Silvio even hails from Italy too. The housemade focaccia sandwiches say it all when it comes to authenticity—never overdone, just quality food. My favorite is the Testa di Rapa, a hearty focaccia sandwich featuring a chicken cutlet, garlic-sautéed broccoli rabe, and provolone cheese. It’s best followed by a little European siesta, so make sure your afternoon to-do list is light.

Olio Bottega, 11 W. Victoria St., Ste. 18; (805) 8992699; oliobottega.com

THE EDDY For a bright taste of all things modern, fun, and deliciously Santa Barbara, head to the immaculately kept shop on the corner of De la Guerra and Santa Barbara streets, The Eddy.

“Corner stores have always been informal gathering spots, places where neighbors connect, share information, and feel a sense of belonging. That idea shaped what we’re building,” Alex Suhadolnik, who founded the store with Jen Steinwurtzel, said of their philosophy. It’s the perfect spot to grab everything from Flamin’ Hot Cheetos to creamy French butter, or a ham and butter sandwich prepared by local Deux Bakery. The shop carries a lovely selection of Central Coast wines to bring to your next dinner party, such as the husband-and-wife-run Matilija Wines’ crisp albariño. From fresh produce from Tutti Frutti Farms, gorgeous Riviera Bread sourdough or Oat Bakery loaves, or just an ice cream for your child who’s done a bit too much walking, there’s something for everyone at The Eddy.

One of Tino’s legendary Italian subs

“We’re a neighborhood corner store that leans gourmet, with a strong community bent. Perhaps The Eddy is an amalgamation of all the great grocers and markets in the area, inspired by Tri-County Produce, the Farmers’ Market, the former Metropolis Market, and the many great, longstanding corner stores throughout the city,” Suhadolnik said. The shop frequently hosts fun pop-ups to highlight new producers and serve as a space for connection over a topic every Santa Barbaran loves to discuss—food.

The Eddy, 137 E. De la Guerra St., shoptheeddy.com

TINO’S “We’re one of the longest-running businesses in S.B.; let alone sandwich shops,” Dino Morinini, who co-owns the family-run Italian sub/grocery shop Tino’s, said of their shop’s epic history. Valentino “Tino” Ziliotto became owner of the Italian grocery and bakery in 1946, and before he died in January 2014 at 86 years old, he encouraged his extended family to reopen the deli on Carrillo Street carrying not only his name but his cult-favorite subs.

Just say the words “Super Deluxe,” and Santa Barbarans will start fantasizing about the classic combination of salame, coppa, American and Swiss cheeses, galantina, mortadella, and salame cotto wrapped up in a white sub roll with lettuce, tomato, pepperoncini, and their addictive oil and vinegar blend. “We’re fortunate to have so many good customers who continue to come back,” Morinini said. With imported items such as Italian prosciutto, sauces, and other hard-tofind goodies, Tino’s will have you ready for your next dinner party or at least your next beach picnic. For Dino, the proof of their product is in the loyalty of their clientele. “We’re fortunate to have so many good customers who continue to come back,” Morinini said. This friendly spot has stood the test of time and will certainly pass the test of your tastebuds.

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Saarloos created Saarloos & Sons DAD Mourvèdre in honor of his late father, Larry Saarloos—a “husband, father, grandfather, farmer, bull, and legend.” The DAD Mourvèdre is just one of many Santa Barbara County wines honoring the fathers, grandfathers, mentors, and steadfast men who shape our lives this Father’s Day. Every glass serves as a reminder of the people whose strength, guidance, and quiet sacrifices continue to echo long after they’ve left the table.

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CASA CASSARA WINERY & VINEYARD | BENNIE’S BLEND “PAPA” | $45 Created in honor of owner Dan Cassara’s father, Benedetto “Bennie” Cassara, this syrah-grenache blend celebrates the family legacy behind Casa Cassara Winery. Inspired by Bennie’s passion for wine and his role in turning a family tradition into a business, the wine is rich and expressive with notes of dark fruit, spice, and smoky depth.

Named after founder Fred Brander’s son, Nicolas, this Sauvignon Blanc represents a 35-year family legacy and the future of the estate. Released while Nicolas was still in the womb, the wine now reflects a full-circle moment as Nicolas leads winery operations as a third-generation vintner. Barrel fermented and aged in French oak, it offers layered citrus, honeysuckle, wet stone, and subtle vanilla notes.

AU BON CLIMAT | KNOX ALEXANDER 2020 | $65 Named after winemaker Jim Clendenen’s son, Knox Alexander is crafted from some of the winery’s finest pinot noir lots from Santa Maria Valley. Structured and age-worthy, the wine showcases classic regional character with layered cherry, cranberry, red currant, rose hip, and sage notes balanced by earthy spice and refined tannins.

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SAARLOOS & SONS | DAD MOURVÈDRE | $55 A deeply personal tribute to family patriarch Larry Saarloos, DAD Mourvèdre honors the strength, resilience, and quiet leadership of fatherhood. Sourced from estate vineyards in Santa Barbara County, the wine delivers rich notes of black cherry, plum, dried herbs, spice, and earthy depth with a structured, lingering finish.

ANDREW MURRAY VINEYARDS | 2022 SYRAH LOT C | $100 Part of Andrew Murray’s Heritage Collection, this small-lot syrah was named after his son, Callum, and inspired by his introspective and thoughtful personality. Crafted in a Cornas-inspired style with high whole-cluster fermentation and new French oak aging, the wine is layered with brambly dark fruit, white pepper, savory spice, and remarkable structure. Only 50 cases were produced.

RANCHO VIÑEDO | DON JUAN PACIFICO PINOT NOIR | $76 Honoring Don Juan Pacifico Ontiveros, a ninth-generation California ancestor tied to the family’s historic land grant roots, this pinot noir reflects generations of stewardship and resilience.

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The new location opened June 13 on the ground floor of the Amazon building, bringing breakfast, lunch, coffee, pastries, and grab-and-go meals to one of downtown Santa Barbara’s busiest corridors. For Ferro, the project represents another evolution of a concept that has continuously adapted over the decades.

“This really feels like the next evolution of Silvergreens,” Ferro said. “We’ve taken the fresh, healthy food philosophy that has always defined the brand and reimagined it for how people live and work today.”

The downtown café combines quick-service convenience with a more traditional neighborhood coffeehouse atmosphere.

Customers can grab pre-packaged meals on the way to work, sit inside with a coffee and pastry, or enjoy outdoor seating along State Street.

The menu includes salads, wraps, sandwiches, soups, breakfast items, and snack boxes designed for people looking for healthier options while on the go. Among the featured items are the local kale chicken Caesar salad, sesame ginger noodle salad, Thai peanut chicken wrap, chipotle chicken wrap, chicken pesto sandwich, and Thanksgiving turkey sandwich.

To help create a distinctly local feel, Silvergreens partnered with two well-known Santa Barbara businesses. Fresh pastries come from Renaud’s Patisserie & Bistro, while coffee is supplied

by Handlebar Coffee Roasters. The location places Silvergreens in the middle of a rapidly changing section of downtown. The café sits adjacent to the weekly Saturday Farmers’ Market and near the city’s new asphalt art installation, an area that has seen significant activity and investment in recent years.

While the Amazon building provides an obvious customer base, Ferro said the café is intended to serve a much broader audience. “People want food that’s quick, healthy, beautifully prepared, and genuinely satisfying,” Ferro said. “But they also want spaces that feel connected, local, and welcoming.”

That community-focused approach has been a hallmark of Ferro’s restaurant ventures over the years. Through both Silvergreens and Kyle’s Kitchen, he has consistently emphasized gathering places designed to bring people together rather than simply serve meals. Silvergreens Café is open daily from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit silvergreens.com.

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ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Aries mathematician Paul Erdős lived without a permanent address, traveling the world to collaborate with other mathematicians. He owned little, claiming “property is a nuisance.” His life was structured around doing mathematics and helping others do mathematics.

He published more than 1,500 papers, more than any mathematician in history. Was his minimalism a form of deprivation? I prefer to think it was liberation from everything that didn’t serve his purpose. What would your life be like if you eliminated things that don’t serve your deepest purposes, Aries? In the coming weeks, you have permission to be ruthless about your priorities. What are you maintaining out of habit rather than conviction?

What burdens masquerade as responsibilities?

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): A friend told me about the creative writing class he took with renowned poet Brenda Hillman.

“I recall being in class,” he says, “and having the thought, wow, this teacher works far harder at teaching than I do at learning.” Dear Taurus, please don’t indulge in a similar laziness anytime soon. Your educational opportunities are currently richer than usual. To extract the full benefit, you must match the verve and vigor of your teachers. (PS: The teachers may or may not think of themselves as teachers.

They could even be animals, rainstorms, or ancestors.)

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): Eastern monarch butterflies migrate annually from the American Midwest to central Mexico. The individuals who start the journey from Nebraska or Wisconsin die long before they reach the oyamel fir trees of Mexico. So do their children and their grandchildren.

Their great-grandchildren finish the trip, though they have never been to the destination. Somehow, they know where to go, navigating thousands of miles to trees they’ve never seen. Let’s apply this as a metaphor for you, Gemini.

I suspect you are carrying navigational wisdom you didn’t realize you possessed. Inherited knowledge, encoded deep in your secret places, is ready to guide you. So, pay attention to inexplicable certainties. Trust the directions that arrive without logical explanation.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): A large earthquake doesn’t relieve stress evenly along a fault. Instead, it creates zones where stress is reduced and others where stress increases, making future ruptures more likely. So, the stress is redistributed, but not uniformly. According to my reading of the omens, Cancerian, you recently experienced a metaphorical shake-up.

I suggest you identify where stress has grown and where it has dissipated. Your next moves should account for this new distribution of pressure. Some areas of your life are now more vulnerable, while others have become more stable. Read the landscape accurately before proceeding

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): Songbirds such as zebra finches practice their melodies while asleep. Their vocal muscles move in ways that mirror daytime singing. These replay patterns help young birds learn their songs and adults maintain and refine their tunes over time. I suspect that you are engaged in a similar type of learning, Leo. You are enhancing skills and uncovering insights while asleep and dreaming. Bonus! Even when awake, you’re absorbing clues on a subconscious level. Your deeper intelligence is gathering information you will need for your upcoming breakthroughs. Hooray for mysterious help!

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Architects who design concert halls know that perfect sound isn’t achieved through perfect smoothness. The best acoustics come from strategic irregularities, textured walls, and angled surfaces that distribute vibrations in pleasing ways. Too much uniformity creates dead zones and echoes; too much chaos creates muddle.

Pleasing resonance arises from organized complexity. In my estimation, Virgo, your life is currently too smooth in some areas and too haphazard in others. You may need more strategic irregularity. Consider introducing produc-

tive unpredictability into relationships that have become too routine. Add inventive structure to efforts that have become shapeless. Don’t aim for either total order or complete randomness. What will generate maximum beauty?

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Have you ever been ambushed by unexpected bursts of gratification emerging from subtle miracles? Maybe a loved one finally grasps a truth you’ve been trying to convey for eons. Or you feel balanced in a situation that once made you feel lopsided. Or you grasp, with shivers of awe, that you got uncanny spiritual guidance at a key crossroads. I foresee at least three such blessings for you in the coming weeks. To ensure you recognize them, don’t get distracted in the pursuit of splashy bonanzas and gaudy prizes. Be nimbly alert for subtle breakthroughs.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Poet Emily Dickinson rarely left her family home but bequeathed us a marvelous body of lyrical work as she roamed through vast inner worlds. Sci-fi novelist Octavia Butler rose early to write before long shifts at low-paid jobs, imagining visionary futures during her limited hours to be creative. Lucille Clifton raised six children while shaping poems of distilled, luminous insight, showing us how to summon fierce originality from a life crowded with responsibilities. Moral of the story: Buoyant power can flourish even when circumstances are limited.

This lesson may be relevant for you in the coming weeks. If conditions seem imperfect or incomplete, trust that your resilience and adaptability can compensate for external obstacles. I have faith in your ability to generate useful beauty.

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(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Our tongues are primed to heal astonishingly fast thanks to dense blood vessels, saliva’s repair proteins, and a rapid immune response. Wounds that would take more patience elsewhere can heal here in days.

I suspect that your psyche now possesses your tongue’s high level of healing power. So I hope you will launch a phase of accelerated repair. Call on every possible form of therapeutic assistance, please!

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Now is an ideal time to clear out old romantic karma from the past. Please consider performing a DIY ritual to release painful memories, leftover grudges, and long-standing hurts that keep tugging at your intimate connections. The coming weeks will also be a favorable phase to discard rigid beliefs about gender and dismantle anything that blocks you from experiencing full-bodied sensual and sexual delight. Expect to be freed from at least some energies that have limited your ability to explore fun and vigorous ways of savoring your desires.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I suggest you adopt a new honorary title such as “Charm Weaver” or “Emissary of Radiance” or “Beauty Whisperer.” Why? Because I hope it will help inspire you to stir up delightful play and lyrical mystery wherever you wander. For instance: Infuse your conversations with sparkling harmony and sly, graceful humor. Burst into whimsical songs, fling out extravagant compliments, pose clever questions that spark fresh ideas, and call attention to systems and relationships in your world that are functioning wonderfully well. Many perks will flow your way as you do.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Is there a dream from childhood that you’re ready to revive on a higher octave? Think of something you longed for before the world told you to be boringly realistic: an art you wanted to practice, a way you wanted to live, or the kind of person you hoped to become. The question isn’t “Can I go back and do it exactly the same?” but “What is the mature, wiser, present-day version of that dream?” You might write in your journal: “The childhood dream I’m ready to lift to a higher octave is ______,” and then add, “If I took one concrete step toward it, what would it be?”

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MAIN (RESH‑LODGING MAINTENANCE) The Maintenance Superintendent is responsible for assisting the Senior Superintendents in the leadership and management of the daily operations of the Skilled Craft workers for Residential Operations. Provides a broad range of technical expertise and supervisory skills for all trades. Provides maintenance services to all apartment units and residence halls, and dining facilities. 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, scheduling and planning for all Housing properties, exercising responsibility for quality of work in all Housing Facilities. Reqs: High School Diploma; 4‑6 yrs Experience with demonstrated leadership and supervisory responsibility, leading various journey level craft workers, in an institutional facilities maintenance and construction; 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 yrs 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; Use of emotional intelligence as an effective leadership tool. Ability to assess interpersonal interactions with clients and staff and adjust style to have positive outcomes.Notes: Ability to respond to emergency and after hours maintenance calls; 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; UCSB is a Tobacco‑Free environment. Hiring/ Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range: $111,300 to $122,654/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARGARET S. GUNNER AKA MARGARET ANNE GUNNER AND MIMI ANNE SARKISIAN GUNNER CASE NO. 26PR00253 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of MARGARET S. GUNNER AKA MARGARET ANNE GUNNER AND MIMI ANNE SARKISIAN GUNNER. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by RICHARD V. GUNNER AND MICHAEL R. GUNNER in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA BARBARA. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that RICHARD V. GUNNER AND MICHAEL R. GUNNER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s WILL and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The WILL and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or

consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 07/02/26 at 9:00AM in Dept. SB5 located at 1100 ANACAPA ST., SANTA BARBARA, CA 93121 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

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

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as

provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner ANDREW D. COPANS ‑ SBN 229049 MELODY F. SOROUDI ‑ SBN 316830 WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP 2029 CENTURY PARK EAST #2900 LOS ANGELES CA 90067 Telephone (310) 855‑3000 6/4, 6/11, 6/18/26 CNS‑4046768# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WILLIAM ALEXANDER ANIKOUCHINE No.: 26PR00254 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: WILLIAM ALEXANDER ANIKOUCHINE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: NATALIE AMUNDSEN & NICOLAI ANIKOUCHINE in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

THE PETITION requests that (name): NATALIE AMUNDSEN & NICOLAI ANIKOUCHINE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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LEGALS (CONT.) good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 7/02/2026 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

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

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

Angela Braun, Executive Officer 6/2/2026

by Nicolette Barnard, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Harold K. Kono; 831 State Street, Suite 289, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑962‑8412 Published: June 11, 18, 25. 2026.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: LEWIS N. STONE No.: 26PR00288 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: LEWIS N. STONE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: DOUGLAS R. STONE in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

THE PETITION requests that (name): DOUGLAS R. STONE 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: 8/13/2026 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154)

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of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Angela Braun, Executive Officer 6/10/2026 by Nicolette Barnard, Deputy.

Attorney for Petitioner: John C. Eck/ Griffith & Thornburgh, LLP; 8 East Figueroa Street, Unit 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑965‑5131.

Published: June 18, 25. July 2 2026.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MINH TRAN No.: 26PR00272 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: MINH TRAN A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: SAN NGUYEN in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 7/23/2026 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: SB 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special notice form is available from the court clerk. Angela Braun, Executive Officer 6/10/2026 by Nicolette Barnard, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: Vuong Q. Nguyen, Esq.Law Offices of Adam V. Nguyen; 9550 Bolsa Avenue, Unit 224, Westminster, CA 92683; 714‑876‑6786.

Published: June 18, 25. July 2 2026.

BULK SALE NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (Division 6 of the Commercial Code) Escrow No. 016361‑MC (1) Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named Seller(s) that a bulk sale is about to be made on personal property hereinafter described.

(2) The name and business addresses of the seller are: 428 E. HALEY STREET, #D, Santa Barbara; CA 93101 (3) The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: SANTA BARBARA HARBOR: F006 (4) The names and business address of the Buyer(s) are: WEIFENG LI, NATHAN HEI PUN, RACHEL SUM PUN, 9018 Broadway, Unit A, Temple City, CA 91780 (5) The location and general description of the assets to be sold

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are MARY‑F VESSEL OWNERSHIP , DOCK OWNERSHIP AND SEA CUCUMBER/HALIBUT/PRAWN/S ALMON LICENSES of that certain business located at: SANTA BARBARA HARBOR, F006 (6) The business name used by the seller(s) at that location is: MARY‑ K VESSEL (7) The anticipated date of the bulk sale is 07/08/26 at the office of Sincere Escrow, 935 S. San Gabriel Blvd. San Gabriel, CA 91776, Escrow No. 016361‑MC, Escrow Officer: MARGARET CHIU. (8) Claims may be filed with Same as "7" above.

(9) The last date for filing claims is 07/07/26.

(10) This Bulk Sale IS subject to Section 6106.2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

(11) As listed by the Seller, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer are: NONE. Dated: JUNE 6, 2026 Transferees: S/ WEIFENG LI S/ NATHAN HEI PUN S/ RACHEL SUM PUN 6/18/26 CNS‑4051150#

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FBN ABANDONMENT STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: VERTIGO AND BALANCE SOLUTIONS: 133 East De La Guerra #353 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 06/16/2025 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original File no.

FBN 2025‑0001432. The persons or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Tiffany Doctor of Physical Therapy Incorp (same address) The business was

conducted by an A Corporation. Registrant commenced to tranact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A Signed by: TIFFANY MUJAHED Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 6/05/26, FBN 2026‑0001470 E76. 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 18, 25.

July 2, 9 2026.

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STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DARLING ROSE HOSPITALITY: 734 Elkus Walk Apt 106 Goleta, CA 93117; Andrew J Haughin‑Scasny (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, 2026. Filed by: ANDREW HAUGHIN‑SCASNY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 21, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001352. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026.

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

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

That a detailed list of all properties remaining tax-defaulted as of July 1, 2026, and not redeemed prior to being submitted for publication, shall be published on or before September 8, 2029.

That information concerning redemption or the initiation of an installment plan for redemption of tax-defaulted property will be furnished, upon request, by Harry E. Hagen, Santa Barbara County Treasurer-Tax Collector, at the office locations listed below: Santa Barbara: Santa Maria: Website:

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

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

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

Executed at City of Santa Barbara, County of Santa Barbara, California, on May 26, 2026.

Published in The Santa Barbara Independent on June 4, 11, & 18, 2026.

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

Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code Sections 3691 and 3692.4, the following conditions will, by operation of law, subject real property to the tax collector’s power to sell: • All property for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for five or more years.

• All nonresidential commercial property for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years.

• Any property the tax collector has received a request to bring the property to the next scheduled tax sale from a person or entity that has a nuisance abatement lien recorded against the property and for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years.

• Any property that has been identified and requested for purchase by a city, county, city and county, or nonprofit organization to serve the public benefit by providing housing or services directly related to low-income persons and for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years.

Note: The power to sell schedule for nonresidential commercial property is three or more years of tax default status, unless the county adopts, by ordinance or resolution, the five-year tax default schedule.

The parcels listed herein meet one or more of the conditions listed above and, thus, will become subject to the tax collector’s power to sell on July 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m., by operation of law. The tax collector’s power to sell will arise unless the property is either redeemed or made subject to an installment plan of redemption initiated as provided by law prior to close of business on the last business day in June. The right to an installment plan terminates on the last business day in June, and after that date the entire balance due must be paid in full to prevent sale of the property at a tax sale.

The right of redemption survives the property becoming subject to the power to sell, but it terminates at close of business on the last business day prior to the date of the sale by the tax collector.

All information concerning redemption or the initiation of an installment plan of redemption will be furnished, upon request, by Harry E. Hagen, County Treasurer-Tax Collector, at the office locations listed below: Santa Barbara: Santa Maria: Website:

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

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

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The Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN), when used to describe property in this list, refers to the assessor’s map book, the map page, the block on the map, if applicable, and the individual parcel on the map page or in the block.

The assessor’s maps and further explanation of the parcel numbering system are available in the assessor’s office.

PROPERTY TAX-DEFAULTED ON JULY 1, 2021 FOR THE TAXES, ASSESSMENTS, AND OTHER CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020– 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: CONNECTPOINT, INC: 175 Cremona Dr. Suite 160 Goleta, CA 93117; Connectpoint, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jul 26, 2018. Filed by: RICK WOOD/ EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 21, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001358. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RIVIERA COLLECTIVE: 69 Santa Felicia Drive, Unit #111 Goleta, CA 93117; Riviera Collective 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: GIULIANA MCCRACKEN GARCIA/MANAGING MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 21, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001359.

Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MILLER LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE: 1321 East Ocean Ave Lompoc, CA 93436; Miller Landscaping And Maintenance Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 01, 1983. Filed by: RANDY MILLER/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73.

FBN Number: 2026‑0001283. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: LUXURY PAINTING: 302 W Montecito St, B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Luis E Cervantes (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 18, 2026. Filed by: LUIS CERVANTES/ PAINTER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 18, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E78. FBN Number: 2026‑0001318.

Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HEARING CONCIERGE OF MONTECITO: 1230 Coast Village Circle, Suite M Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Hearing Concierge Of Montecito Audiology, APC (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: AMBER FLETCHER/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 11, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001249. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: LA CASA DE MARIA RETREAT AND CONFERENCE CENTER: 888 San Ysidro Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Immaculate Heart Community 840 Echo Park Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90026 This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 01, 1943. Filed by: SHEILA ARASAWA/ CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001295. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: STRATUS EVENT TECHNOLOGY: 5384 Ogan Rd Carpinteria, CA 93013; Stratus Streaming LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Mar 01, 2026. Filed by: ALFREDO PERALTA with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 23, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001073. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026.

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

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

Executed at City of Santa Barbara, County of Santa Barbara, California, on May 26, 2026.

Published in The Santa Barbara Independent on June 4, 11, & 18, 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: CENTER FOR SPRITUAL RENEWAL: 888 San Ysidro Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Immaculate Heart Community 840 Echo Park Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90026 This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 01, 1943. Filed by: SHEILA ARASAWA/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 14, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001296.

Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: PORTER DOUD PROPERTIES: 1284 West Main St Santa Maria, CA 93438; Charles Porter (same address) Doud Family Tax Exclusion Trust (same address)This business is conducted

by A General Partnership Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 01, 1998. Filed by: MARK J. SMITH/TRUSTEE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 22, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001377. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SOLACE JEWELRY: 452 Fellowship Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Catherine M. Brunner (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 14, 2026. Filed by: CATHERINE BRUNNER/ MS with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 18, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30.

FBN Number: 2026‑0001323. Published: May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2026‑0001248 The following person(s) is doing business as: VALERIO’S TOWING & TRANSPORTATION, 945 E. JONES STREET, SUITE 25 SANTA MARIA, CA 93545, County of SANTA BARBARA. VALERIO’S DIESEL REPAIR LLC, 945 E. JONES STREET SUITE 25 SANTA MARIA, CA 93454, CALIFORNIA This business is conducted by A LIMITED LIABLITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE /s/ OMAR GERARDO VALERIO, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/11/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18/26 CNS‑4044114# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2026‑0001209 The following person(s) is doing business as: 1. ADVANCED VETERINARY SPECIALISTS, 2. AVS, 3. SAGE VETERINARY CENTERS, 414 EAST CARRILLO STREET SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101, County of SANTA BARBARA.

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LEGALS (CONT.) SAGE VETERINARY HOLDCO LLC, 1 BAXTER WAY SUITE 200 WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91362, DE This business is conducted by A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on FEB 11, 2021 /s/ MARK MOURITSEN SECRETARY OF SAGE VETERINARY HOLDCO LLC,THE GENERAL PARTNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/06/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18/26 CNS‑4041289# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2026‑0001213 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Extra Space Storage, 101 W Canon Perdido St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 County of SANTA BARBARA Extra Space Management Inc, 2795 E Cottonwood Pkwy Ste 400, Salt Lake City, UT 84121 This business is conducted by a Corporation

The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Extra Space Management Inc S/ GWYN GOODSON MCNEAL, OFFICER, This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/06/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18/26 CNS‑4035715# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: LOUD FLOWER ART CO: 506 E Haley St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Madeline Manson (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: MADELINE MANSON/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 22, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E76. FBN Number: 2026‑0001369. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE INN AT ANATEGA: 112 E Ortega St. Santa

Barbara, CA 93101; Anatega Partners LLC 315 Meigs Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Feb 25, 2015. Filed by: NICK GILLIO/COO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 26, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30.

FBN Number: 2026‑0001389. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026.

2323 Oak Park Lane, Suite 202 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Aegeanmd LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: AEGEAN HOI CHAN/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on N/A. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73.

FBN Number: 2026‑0001238. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: COLLAB‑IST, FULL SPECTRUM GALLERY SPOTS: 2822 San Marcos Ave Los Olivos, CA 93441; Shelby Arthur Consulting Corp PO Box 513 Los Olivos, CA 93441 This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 16, 2024. Filed by: SHELBY ARTHUR/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 26, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001383. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JENNY MONTECITO, JEN HUANG PHOTO, HRLM HOUSE, HEIRLOOM HOUSE: 1585 E Valley Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Hrlm LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 17, 2026. Filed by: JENNY BOGAN/MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 26, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001391. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026.

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA, MONTECITO COLLECTIVE‑REAL ESTATE ADVISORS, SANTA BARBARA REAL ESTATE, SB REAL ESTATE, SANTA BARBARA, MONTECITO REAL ESTATE: 1511 Chapala St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Stephen Epstein (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BOARD OF DIRECTORSOF THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROLAND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT STATE OF CALIFORNIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Tuesday, July 7, 2026 in the Board of Supervisors’ Hearing Room County Administration Building 105 East Anapamu St. 4th Floor, Santa Barbara The meeting starts at 9:00 a.m.

name or names listed above on May 05, 2026. Filed by: STEPHEN EPSTEIN/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 08, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001232.

Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GALLOWAY & ASSOCIATES: 2236 S Broadway, Ste M Santa Maria, CA 93454; Galloway Opco, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 01, 2025. Filed by: DANIEL APPLEGATE/ CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 22, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001378. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAGE TRAIL ALLIANCE: 27 W. Anapamu 248 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 12, 2021. Filed by: THORIAN THOMASCO/CHAIRMAN with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 19, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30.

FBN Number: 2026‑0001332. Published:

Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: WHOLE CHART HEALTH: 1737 Calle Cerro Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Colleen H Elliot (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 28, 2026. Filed by: COLLEEN HURLEY ELLIOT/ RD, BCPA with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 15, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001310.

Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LITTLE DOUGH CO: 449 Puente Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Katie Ramsey (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 04, 2026. Filed by: KATIE RAMSEY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 28, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001414. Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SALON U: 5 E. Figueroa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; MCR3 Enterprises Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 10, 2020. Filed by: MICHAEL C.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Bids open at 2:00 PM on THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2026 for:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 5470354719 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 9, July 7, and July 14, 2026) 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, July 7, 2026, 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 2026-27, at which time and place said Board will consider the 20262027 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 14, 2026, 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.

TAJIGUAS SANITARY LANDFILL 2026 ACCESS ROAD EXTENSION AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE THIRD SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT COUNTY PROJECT NO. 828999 General project work description: Improvements.

2026 Access Road Extension and Site

The Plans, Specifications, and Bid Book are available at https://www.planetbids. com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=43874.

Submit bids to the web address below. Bids will be opened and available at the web address below immediately following the submittal deadline.

PlanetBids https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=43874 Complete the project work within Sixty (60) Calendar Days.

The estimated cost of the project is $950,000 $950,000.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for this project on Monday, June 22, 2026 at 2:30pm at 14470 Calle Real, Goleta, California.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

For current methods of public participation for the meeting of July 7, 2026, please see page two (2) of the posted Agenda. The posted agenda will be available on Thursday prior to the above referenced meeting for a more specific time for this item. However, the order of the agenda may be rearranged, or the item may be continued.

A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

Staff reports and the posted agenda are available on the Thursday prior to the meeting at http://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx under the hearing date or contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240 for alternative options.

Prevailing wages are required on this Contract. The Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations determines the general prevailing wage rates.

Obtain the wage rates at the DIR website, https://www.dir.ca.gov/.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors by 4:00 PM on Friday before the Board meeting. For information about these services please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240.

Inquiries or questions based on alleged patent ambiguity of the plans, specifications, or estimate must be submitted as a bidder inquiry by 2:00 p.m. on the Friday of the week preceding bid opening. Submittals after this date will not be addressed. Questions pertaining to this Project prior to Award of the Contract must be submitted via PlanetBids Q&A tab.

If you challenge this project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Board of Supervisors prior to the public hearing. G.C. Section 65009, 6066, and 6062a.

Bidders (Plan Holders of Record) will be notified by electronic mail if addendums are issued. The addendums, if issued, will only be available on PlanetBids, https:// www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=43874.

By order of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara, this project was authorized to be advertised on June 9, 2026.

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ROMO/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 26, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E81. FBN Number: 2026‑0001388. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: CENTRAL COAST REMODELING: 395 Crescent Ave. Santa Maria, CA 93455; Marco Antonio Medina (same address) This business is conducted

by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: MARCO A MEDINA/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 08, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E35.

FBN Number: 2026‑0001228. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July2 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: PUZZLETREE STUDIOS, LLC: 470 Merida Drive. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Puzzletree Studios, LLC (same address) This business is conducted

by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on April 1, 2026. Filed by: PAUL FREEMAN/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 22, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001365. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: LIV.S.WELL: 2212 Oak Park Ln. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Michael C. Mickelson (same address) Michael C Mickelson PO Box 3111 Santa Barbara, CA 93130 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 25, 2026. Filed by: MICHAEL C. MICKELSON with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 27, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001397. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: JILL’S PLACE, JILL SHALHOOB CATERING, SHALHOOB RESTAURANT, SHALHOOB CATERING, SHALHOOB DELI: 632 Santa Barbara St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jill’s Place Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jul 23, 1987. Filed by: JILL SHALHOOB/PRESIDENT/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 02, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E81.

FBN Number: 2026‑0001434. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: INI RANCH MANAGEMENT: 3564 Sagunto St. 1560 Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Joseph J Deleon (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jun 01, 2026. Filed by: JOSEPH DELEON/ OWNER OPERATOR with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 04, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73.

FBN Number: 2026‑0001456. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VISIONVINE JEWELRY: 4817 San Gordiano Avenue C Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Betty L Dunbar (same address) Kyle G. Dunbar (same address) This business is conducted by A Joint Venture Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 28, 2026. Filed by: BETTY L. DUNBAR/

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Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001437.

Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAKINA PSYCHIATRY: 351 Paseo Nuevo Floor 2 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Ibrahim Sabri MD, Inc. 2108 N St Ste N Sacramento, CA 95816 This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: IBRAHIM SABRI/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 01, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001428.

Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: KAIA CACAO: 27 W. Anapamu St. 348 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kaia Goods LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 20, 2026. Filed by: OLIVIA BERKUS/ OWNER/FOUNDER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 04, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001452. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: PATHFINDER OUTDOOR LABS‑SANTA BARBARA: 3905 State Street, Suite 7‑314 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Casey L. Cleland (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 01, 2026. Filed by: CASEY CLELAND/OWNER/ CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 13, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001278.

Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: FARO THERAPY: 5142 Hollister Ave, No 4014 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Brionna M.I. Otte (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: BRIONNA OTTE with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 20, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001339. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: DO YOUR WORST GAMES: 318 W De La Guerra St Apt C Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Eric S Saunders (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: ERIC SAUNDERS with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 21, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001354. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2026‑0001404 The following person(s) is doing business as: TRUEPATH COMMUNICATION THERAPY, 518 N SCHOOL ST SANTA MARIA, CA 93454, County of SANTA BARBARA. SARA FARAZDAGHI, 518 N SCHOOL ST SANTA MARIA, CA 93454 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/ SARA FARAZDAGHI, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/28/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9/26 CNS‑4050748# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: TM CLEANERS & HANDYMAN SERVICES: 642 Castillo St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Oscar Gonzalez (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 4, 2026. Filed by: OSCAR GONZALEZ with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 08, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001490. Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: THE SKIN STUDIO SB: 1805 E Cabrillo Blvd. Santa Barbara, CA 93108; The Skin Studio SB LLC 1323 Harmon St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 12, 2026. Filed by: ARIEL MILLER/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 21, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001355.

Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RACHAEL FACILITATES, LLC: 222 Menlo Drive Buellton, CA 93427; Rachael Facilitates (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 06, 2026. Filed by: RACHAEL S MOREHOUSE/PRESIDENTwith the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 04, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001451. Published: Jun 18, 25.

July 2, 9 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: THRIFTY BEACHES SANTA BARBARA: 710 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Am Coastal Ventures LLC 312 Rancheria St #F 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 Feb 23, 2026. Filed by: ANTHONY ROBERTS/MANAGING MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 04, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001461.

Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: HUNTRESS: 130 E Yanonali St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; SB Huntress 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: SHELAGH J ROYCE/ GENERAL PARTNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 10, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E63. FBN Number: 2026‑0001513. Published: Jun 18, 25.

July 2, 9 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA GOLF CLUB: 3500 McCaw Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Santa Barbara Golf, LLC 5341 Old Redwood Hwy Ste 202 Petaluma, CA 94954 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 01, 2016. Filed by:

MICHAEL SHARP/PRESIDENT/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 05, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001474. Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2026‑0001466 The following person(s) is doing business as: BOMBAY STATION 734, 734 STATE ST SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101, County of SANTA BARBARA. BOMBAY STATION 734 INC., 1205 LUCERO ST CAMARILLO, CA 93010, CALIFORNIA This business is conducted by A CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on NOT APPLICABLE /s/ KULDEEP SINGH, PRESIDENT This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 06/05/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9/26 CNS‑4052564# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2026‑0001465 The following person(s) is doing business as: FULL HEART PRESS, 534 CASITAS RD SANTA BARBARA, CA 93103, County of SANTA BARBARA. JENNIFER JARDENIL‑MISLANG, 534 CASITAS RD SANTA BARBARA, CA 93103 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/ JENNIFER JARDENIL‑ MISLANG, INDIVIDUAL/OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 06/05/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9/26 CNS‑4052566# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2026‑0001241 The following person(s) is doing business as: CANTARA CREATIONS, 5078 UNIVERSITY DR SANTA BARBARA, CA 93111, County of SANTA BARBARA. JASMINE ALCANTARA, 5078 UNIVERSITY DR SANTA BARBARA, CA 93111 This business is conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on MAR 01, 2026 /s/ JASMINE ALCANTARA, OWNER This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/11/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9/26 CNS‑4052567# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CLARITY HOUSE: 1519 Bath St Apt B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Arina Yanovich PO Box 6586 Pine Mtn Club, CA 93222 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on May 31, 2026. Filed by: ARINA YANOVICH with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 04, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001454. Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OJAI WOMENS FUND: 1111 Chapala St Ste 200 Santa Barbara, CA

93101; Santa Barbara Foundation (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: JACQUELINE CARERRA/ PRESIDENT&CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 12, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001540. Published: Jun 18, 25.

July 2, 9 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ALLIANCE FOR ARTS EDUCATION: 1111 Chapala St Ste 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Foundation (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: JACQUELINE CARERRA/PRESIDENT&CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 12, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001541. Published: Jun 18, 25.

July 2, 9 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RACE FISHER FOUNDATION: 1111 Chapala St Ste 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Foundation (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: JACQUELINE CARERRA/PRESIDENT&CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 12, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001542. Published: Jun 18, 25.

July 2, 9 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MUSIC & MEDITATION SANTA BARBARA: 1111 Chapala St Ste 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Foundation (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: JACQUELINE CARERRA/PRESIDENT&CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 12, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001543. Published: Jun 18, 25.

July 2, 9 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DISCOVERY RECOVERY: 1111 Chapala St Ste 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Foundation (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: JACQUELINE CARERRA/PRESIDENT&CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 12, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001544. Published: Jun 18, 25.

July 2, 9 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: COASTAL VENDING COMPANY: 309 Mathilda Dr #4 Goleta, CA 93117; Erik S Lundberg (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 09, 2026. Filed by: ERIK LUNDBERG/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 11, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001527. Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: VERTIGO AND BALANCE SOLUTIONS: 133 East De La Guerra, #353 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Tiffany P Mujahed, DPT (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 29, 2026. Filed by: TIFFANY MUJAHED with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 05, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E76. FBN Number: 2026‑0001471. Published: Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2026.

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: ROBERT BRETON PHILLIPS CASE NUMBER: 26CV03161 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior Court for decree changing name (s) as follows: PRESENT NAME: ROBERT BRETON PHILLIPS PROPOSED NAME: BRETON PHILLIPS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to

be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of Hearing July 15, 2026, 10:00 am, DEPT: 3, SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa Street. Santa Barbara, CA 93101, ANACAPA DIVISION A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated May 21, 2026, JUDGE Thomas P. Anderle of the Superior Court.

Published May 28. Jun 4, 11, 18 2026.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case No. 26CV03483 Superior Court of California, County of SANTA BARBARA Petition of: CHERRY ANNE JOY SIMON for Change of Name TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CHERRY ANNE JOY SIMON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: HEAVEN NENITA ZABRIELLA SERRANO to HEAVEN NENITA ZABRIELLA SIMON The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter 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: Date: JULY 21, 2026, Time: 8:30 am, Dept.: SM2 The address of the court is 312 East Cook Street Building E, Santa Maria 93456‑5369, Santa Maria Cook Division (To appear remotely, check in advance of the hearing for information about how to do so on the court’s website. To find your court’s website, go to www.courts.ca.gov/find‑my‑ court.htm.)

A copy of this Order to Show Cause must be published at least once each week for four successive weeks before the date set for hearing on the petition in a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Tuesday, June 23, 2026 Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Building Board Hearing Room 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, CA The meeting starts at 9:00 a.m.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ordinance Amending the Agricultural Commissioner’s Fee Schedule- Weights and Measures Fees section will be heard by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter in the Board of Supervisor’s Hearing Room at Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Building, 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, CA. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to California Government Code Section 66016, data indicating the amount of cost, or estimated cost, required to provide the service for which the fee is levied and the revenue sources anticipated to provide the service is available to the public. To review the Board Agenda Letter, cost data, and related documents, please visit the County website at: https://santabarbara.legistar.com/calendar.aspx or contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240 for alternative options.

Anyone interested in the matter is invited to speak in support or in opposition.

Written comments can be sent to: Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors, c/o Clerk of the Board, 105 East Anapamu Street, 4th Floor, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Written comments are also welcome and may be emailed to sbcob@countyofsb.org.

Please see the posted agenda available on the Thursday prior to the hearing at https://santabarbara.legistar.com/calendar.aspx for the agenda order. However, the order of the agenda may be rearranged, or the item may be continued.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors by 4:00 p.m. on Friday before the Board meeting at (805) 568-2240.

NOTICE OF FILING AND HEARING ON REPORT OF SEWER SERVICE CHARGES LEVIED BY GOLETA WEST SANITARY DISTRICT TUESDAY, July 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM UCSB Campus, Parking Lot 32 Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (District Office) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Section 5473 of the California Health and Safety Code, there has been filed with the Clerk-Secretary of Goleta West Sanitary District, a report containing: (a) a proposal to have sewer service charges for the Fiscal Year 2026-27 collected on the tax roll, (b) a description of each parcel of real property receiving sewer services furnished by Goleta West Sanitary District, and (c) the amount of the sewer service charge to be levied upon each parcel for the Fiscal Year 2026-27, computed in conformity with District Ordinance No. 23-97. This report is on file at the District Office and may be inspected during normal business hours. Such report is also available on the District’s website at http://goletawest.org http://goletawest.org. The public hearing will take place at the time and place stated in this Notice.

During the hearing, any interested person may appear and be heard on any matter relating to said proposed rates or charges. Comments may also be made (1) in writing addressed to GWSD, P.O. Box 4, Goleta, CA 93116-0004, Attn: ClerkSecretary; or (2) by email sent to info@goletawest.org info@goletawest.org.

If you require special assistance to participate in this meeting, please call 805968-2617, preferably at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.

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Date: 05/27/2026 JAMES F. RIGALI Judge of the Superior Court 6/18, 6/25, 7/2, 7/9/26 CNS‑4049443# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

each fiscal year the appropriations limit pursuant to Article XIIB of the California Constitution applicable during the following fiscal year. The limit must be adopted at a regularly scheduled meeting or a noticed special meeting, and the documentation used in determining the limit must be made available for public review fifteen days prior to such meeting.

Set below, is the methodology to be used to calculate The Fiscal Year 2026‑2027 appropriations limit. The as set forth below will be considered and adopted at the regularly scheduled meeting or noticed special meeting of the Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District Board of Directors.

PUBLIC NOTICES

SECTION 7910 of the California Government Code requires each local government agency to determine during

Appropriations limit for the fiscal year 2025‑2026: $2,880,739 Population change (January 1, 2025 ‑ January 1, 2026): 0.64% Change in California per Capita Personal Income (January 1, 2025 ‑ January 1, 2026): 4.95% Fiscal Year 2026‑2027 appropriations limit: $3,004,035

SUMMONS SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): BENJAMIN CAZARES, aka BENJAMIN ELENES CAZARES, aka BENJAMIN CAZAREZ‑ELENES; JONATHAN FRANCO; CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES; and DOES 1 to 25, inclusive.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): LOGIX FEDERAL CREDIT UNION NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

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

A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online

Self‑Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !ADVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30

días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante.

Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en el formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte.

Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta.

Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

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NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom July 21, 2026; 5:30 P.M. NOTICE OF A CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING 2026 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE (DIF) PROGRAM UPDATE ATTENTION: The City previously provided notice of a public hearing to consider (1) approval of the 2026 Development Impact Fee Program Update Report and (2) adoption of increased development impact fees for May 19, 2026. At the May 19, 2026, meeting, the City Council opened and continued the public hearing to the regular July 21, 2026, City Council meeting. This notice of the continued public hearing is being provided in the spirit of transparency and as a courtesy to the community. The meeting for the continued public hearing 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. meetings-agendas NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council will continue the public hearing to consider (1) approval of the 2026 Development Impact Fee Program Update Report and (2) adoption of increased development impact fees. The date, time, and location of the public hearing are set forth below. The agenda for the hearing will also be posted on the City website (www.cityofgoleta.org www.cityofgoleta.org).

CONTINUED HEARING DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at 5:30 P.M., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard.

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)

PROJECT LOCATION: The 2026 Development Impact Fee Program Update would apply citywide, including areas of the City within the Coastal Zone.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The State of California, through the enactment of Government Code sections 66001 through 66025 (also known as the “Mitigation Fee Act”) has, among other things, authorized the legislative body of a city to, by ordinance or resolution, impose impact fees on development projects for the purpose of defraying all or a portion of the cost of public facilities related to the development project, provided that a nexus is established in the enactment of development impact fees between the development project’s impacts and the imposed fee amounts. The imposition of development impact fees is one of the preferred methods of ensuring that new development bears a proportionate share of the estimated reasonable cost of providing public facilities and service improvements necessary to accommodate such development.

The City has operated a development impact fee program since incorporation, initially relying on ordinances and nexus studies conducted by the County of Santa Barbara before incorporation. In 2019, the City Council approved new development impact fees and a Development Impact Fee Study pursuant to the Mitigation Fee Act, establishing seven impact fees for public administration facilities, library facilities, parks and recreation facilities, transportation facilities, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, storm drain facilities, and fire facilities.

Under the Mitigation Fee Act and AB 602, cities must ensure that there is a nexus between the development project’s impacts and the imposed fee amounts and must update their nexus study at least every eight years beginning January 1, 2022. The City contracted with Urban Economics and DKS, to prepare a new nexus study updating six of the City’s development impact fees and in April 2026, the 2026 Development Impact Fee Program Update Report was completed. The report provides updated analyses and recommends updated maximum justified fees for: (1) the public administration facilities impact fee; (2) the library facilities impact fee; (3) the parks and recreation facilities impact fee and park dedication in-lieu (Quimby) fee; (4) the transportation facilities impact fee; (5) the bicycle and pedestrian facilities impact fee; and (6) the storm drain facilities impact fee. The 2026 Development Impact Fee Program Update Report does not include the fire facilities fee, as that fee is the responsibility of the County of Santa Barbara which provides facilities and services through the County’s Fire Department, nor does it include the affordable housing fee, which was recently adopted in 2021 and first imposed on development in 2022.

The 2026 Development Impact Fee Program Update Report does not create any new impact fees but rather updates the nexus analyses and maximum justified fee amounts for the six existing fees described above, consistent with current capital facilities costs, updated facility inventories, and changes required by AB 602. Pursuant to AB 602 (Government Code section 66001), fees for residential development are now calculated per square foot of living space rather than as a flat rate per dwelling unit type.

The 2026 Development Impact Fee Program Update Report, the proposed development impact fee schedule, and all supporting data are available on June 19, 2026, for public review on the City’s website at www.CityofGoleta.org/DIF. Copies of these documents are also available for review in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Goleta located at 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, California, 93117, during normal business hours.

The City Council now desires to adopt updated development impact fees in accordance with the nexus calculations and recommendations in the 2026 Development Impact Fee Program Update Report.

Environmental Review: The approval of the 2026 Development Impact Fee Program Update Report and adoption of the proposed development impact fee increases is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regulations, §§ 15000, et seq., “CEQA Guidelines”). The adoption of the 2026 Development Impact Fee Program Update Report and adoption of the proposed development impact fee increases are not a “project” pursuant to the CEQA Guidelines, § 15378(b)(4) and is statutorily exempt under CEQA Guidelines, § 15273(a)(4).

PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested persons and members of the public are encouraged to attend the public hearing and provide public comments or submit evidence for or against the proposed development impact fee increases. At the public hearing, testimony from interested persons will be heard by the City Council and duly considered prior to taking action on the above proposed development impact fee increase.

Attending the public hearing may be completed 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Teresa Lopes, Principal Engineer, at (805) 961-7563 or tlopes@cityofgoleta.gov. For inquiries in Spanish, please contact Marcos Martinez at (805) 562-5500 or mmartinez@cityofgoleta.gov. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.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.gov. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

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recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 o más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SANTA BARBARA COURTHOUSE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa St. , Santa Barbara, CA 93101 CASE NO: (Número del Caso): 24CV06314 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la dirección, y el número de teléfono del abogado del demandante que no tiene abogado es): SHERYL D. NOEL #172551, #172551; COLEMAN & HOROWITT, LLP, 499 West Shaw Avenue, Suite 116, Fresno, CA 93704 (559) 248‑4820 (800) 891‑8362 Fax (559) 248‑0130 DATE Fecha): 11/12/2024.

Clerk, by (Secretario) /s/ Lauren Romero, Deputy (Adjunto) Published: Jun 4, 11, 18, 25 2026.

PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM and ORDER to Go to Small Claims Court Notice to the person being sued: • You are the defendant if your name is listed in on page 2 of this form or on form SC‑100A. The person suing you is the plaintiff, listed in on page 2, • You and the plaintiff must go to court on the trial date listed below.

If you do not go to court,‑you may lose the case, If you lose, the court can order that your wages, money, or property be taken to pay this claim. • Bring witnesses, receipts, and any evidence you need to prove your case. • Read this form and all pages attached to understand the claim against you and to protect your rights. Aviso al Demandado: Usted es el Demandado si su nombre figura en c de la pagina 2 de este formulario, o en el. formulario SC‑100A, La persona que lo demanda es el Demandante, la que figura en de la pagina 2. Usted y el Demandante tienen clue presentarse en la corte en la fecha del juicio indicada a continua.cion.

Si no se presenta, puede perder el caso.

Si pierde el caso, la corte podria ordenar que le quiten de su sueldo, dinero u otros bienes para pagar este reciamo. • Lleve testigos, recibos y cualquier otra prueba que necesite para probar su easo • Lea este formulario y todas las pc ginas adjuntas para entender la demanda en su contra y para proteger sus derechos.

Order to Go to Court Superior Court of California County of Santa Barbara Angela Braun, Executive Officer 03/04/2026 By: Nikki Punsalan, Deputy Fill In court name and street address: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara Anacapa Division 1100 Anacapa’s Street Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 Court fills in case number when form is filed. Case Number: 26CV01516 Case Name: Umair Tariq vs Jannat Cheema the people in 1 and 2 must attend court: 7/27/2026 9:00 am SB 3, Angela Braun Date: 3/04/2026 Clerk, by Is/ Nikki Punsalan, Deputy Instructions for the person suing: •You are the plaintiff. The person you are suing is the defendant.

•Before you fill out this form, read form SC‑100‑INFO, Information for the Plaintiff, to know your rights. You can get form SC‑100‑INFO at any courthouse or county law library, or go to courts.ca.gov/ rules‑forms/find‑your‑court‑forms.

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

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

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

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

Published: June 4, 11, 18, 25 2026.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): Sarah‑Bina Burke, an individual; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): Salinas Landscape, LLC, a California limited liability company NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

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

A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !ADVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante.

Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en el formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte.

Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta.

Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener 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

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

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): DAVID R. GAMPERL, an individual; VINCI I LLC, an Illinois Liability; and DOES 1‑10, Inclusive.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ANDREW WOODWARD, an Individual NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

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

A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Website (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. !ADVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 días, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su versión. Lea la información a continuación.

Tiene 30 DÍAS DE CALENDARIO después de que le entreguen esta citación y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante.

Una carta o una llamada telefónica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en el formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte.

Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta.

Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y más información en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www. sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede más cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentación, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exención de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podrá quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin más advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remisión a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o poniéndose

en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperación de $10,000 o más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

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

TRUSTEE NOTICE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. 25‑03199‑DM‑ CA Title No. 250632848‑CA‑ VOI APN. 025‑071‑011 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/18/2014. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check(s) drawn on a state or national bank must be made payable to National Default Servicing Corporation, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter describedproperty under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an “as is”; condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.

The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: Peter George Bertling and Deborah Marks Bertling, husband and wife as community property with right of survivorship Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing Corporation Recorded 12/30/2014 as Instrument No. 2014‑0060147 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Santa Barbara County, California. Date of Sale: : 07/08/2026 at 1:00 PM Place of Sale: At the main entrance to the County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $767,537.33 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 2409 State St., Santa Barbara, CA 93105 A.P.N.: 025‑071‑011 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any

incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The requirements of California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b)/2923.55(c) were fulfilled when the Notice of Default was recorded.NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, cither of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714‑ 730‑2727 or visit this internet website www.ndscorp.com/sales, using the file number assigned to this case 25‑03199‑DM‑CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.

NOTICE TO TENANT*: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are a “representative of all eligible tenant buyers” you may be able to purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,”you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction.

There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call 888‑264‑4010, or visit this internet website www.ndscorp.com, using the file number assigned to this case 25‑03199‑DM‑CA to find the date on which the trustee’s

sale was held, the amount of the last and highest bid, and the address of the trustee.

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

Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it no more than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as a “representative of all eligible tenant buyers” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. NOTICE: To the extent that the sale is subject to Financial Crimes Enforcement Network”s Residential Real Estate Reporting Rule (31 C.F.R. Part 1031), purchaser agrees to provide all required information and further agrees to reimburse trustee for any costs, expenses or fees incurred as a result of the collection of such information *Pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code, the potential rights described herein shall apply only to public auctions taking place on or after January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2025, unless later extended. Date: 05/28/2026 National Default Servicing Corporation c/o Tiffany And Bosco, P.A., its agent, 1455 Frazee Road, Suite 820 San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free Phone: 888‑ 264‑4010 Sales Line 714‑730‑ 2727; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.com Connie Hernandez, Trustee Sales Representative A‑4876391 06/11/2026, 06/18/2026, 06/25/2026 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. 25‑03421‑RM‑ CATitle No. 101‑ 10804210APN. 007‑263‑ 006YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/20/2019. UNLESS YOU TAKEACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEEDAN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULDCONTACT A LAWYER.A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check(s) drawn on a state or national bank must bemade payable to National Default Servicing Corporation, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a checkdrawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state; will be held by the duly appointed trustee asshown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter describedproperty under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made in an “as is” condition, butwithout covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay theremaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, asprovided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expensesof the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated tobe set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.Trustor: Stephen Henderson, Trustee of the

Stephen Henderson Trust of March 31, 2009, dated March 31,2009, amended and restated April 24, 2017Duly Appointed Trustee: National Default Servicing CorporationRecorded 01/15/2020 as Instrument No. 2020‑0002147 (or Book, Page) of the Official Records of Santa BarbaraCounty, California.Date of Sale: : 07/22/2026 at 1:00 PMPlace of Sale: At the main entrance to the County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA93101Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $949,431.37Street Address or other common designation of real property: 424 Seaview Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108A.P.N.: 007‑263‑006The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other commondesignation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to thelocation of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date offirst publication of this Notice of Sale.If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be thereturn of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.The requirements of California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b)/2923.55(c) were fulfilled when the Notice of Defaultwas recorded.NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understandthat there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of theproperty. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highestbidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to

the lien being auctioned off,before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and sizeof outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurancecompany, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, youshould be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more timesby the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The lawrequires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesyto those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, therescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714‑ 730‑2727 or visit this internet websitewww.ndscorp.com/sale s, using the file number assigned to this case 25‑ 03421‑RM‑CA. Information aboutpostponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediatelybe reflected in the telephone information or on the internet website. The best way to verify postponement informationis to attend the scheduled sale.NOTICE TO TENANT*: You may have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant toSection 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are a “representative of all eligible tenant buyers” you may beable to purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an”eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at thetrustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of

purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trusteesale, you can call 888‑264‑4010, or visit this internet website www.ndscorp.com, using the file number assigned tothis case 25‑03421‑RM‑CA to find the date on which the trustee’s sale was held, the amount of the last and highestbid, and the address of the trustee. Second, you must send a written notice of intent to place a bid so that the trusteereceives it no more than 15 days after the trustee’s sale. Third, you must submit a bid so that the trustee receives it nomore than 45 days after the trustee’s sale. If you think you may qualify as a "representative of all eligible tenantbuyers" or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professionalimmediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase,NOTICE: To the extent that the sale is subject to Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s Residential Real EstateReporting Rule (31 C.F.R. Part 1031), purchaser agrees to provide all required information and further agrees toreimburse trustee for any costs, expenses or fees incurred as a result of the collection of such information*Pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code, the potential rights described herein shall apply only topublic auctions taking place on or after January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2025, unless later extended.Date: 06/03/2026National Default Servicing Corporationc/o Tiffany And Bosco, P.A,, its agent,1455 Frazee Road, Suite 820San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free Phone: 888‑264‑ 4010Sales Line 714‑730‑2727; Sales Website: www.ndscorp.comConnie Hernandez, Trustee Sales Representative A‑4876778 06/11/2026, 06/18/2026, 06/25/2026

Section 8 Project-Based Voucher Waiting List Open The Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara is accepting applications for its Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) Waiting List.

Families in need of 2-, 3-, and 4-bedroom housing are especially encouraged to apply.

To qualify, applicants must meet program eligibility requirements, including income limits.

Household income must not exceed 60% of the Area Median Income for Santa Barbara County: 1 Person $76,500 2 Persons $87,420 3 Persons $98,340 4 Persons $109,260 5 Persons $118,020 6 Persons $126,780 Applications are accepted online through HACSB’s website at www.hacsb.org Persons with disabilities who require assistance or a reasonable accommodation to complete this application or participate in the program may contact the HACSB at (805) 965-1071 or info@hacsb.org.

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