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TABLE of CONTENTS Volume 40 #2067, July 2-9, 2026

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

A Future in Full Bloom

Botanic Garden Celebrates 100 Years and Looks to the Next Century

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NEWS ..................................................... 7 OPINIONS ..........................................15 Angry Poodle Barbecue . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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This week, we’d like to celebrate one more graduate who has crossed the stage: our arts and entertainment intern Alice Dehghanzadeh. She has interned with us for more than a year now, but she has tossed her hat and is on her way to new adventures.

Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

OBITUARIES.................................... 18 In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

ASTROLOGY ....................................61 CLASSIFIEDS ..................................62

“I have absolutely adored my time at UCSB because of how much it has helped me develop. Studying English was truly a joy, but it also helped strengthen my writing, critical thinking, and storytelling skills. The most impactful part of my time at UCSB was becoming a student journalist for the Santa Barbara Independent, the Bottom Line newspaper, and KCSB News. These outlets allowed me to develop a passion for journalism, where I had the opportunity to interact with other students, staff, and community members about their life’s work.

After graduation, I’m still seeing where life takes me. I would love to explore opportunities that keep me writing, researching, and editing, and I’m confident that my experiences at UCSB have given me a strong foundation for what comes next,” Dehghanzadeh said.

ON THE COVER: Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Design by Xavier Pereyra.

You can head to independent.com/about-the-indy to read more about Alice’s new journey after graduation.

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by Ryan P. Cruz he Santa Barbara City Council reaffirmed its decision to keep State Street closed to cars, at least in the interim period while the city continues to work toward its permanent master plan. The decision, which came in a 5-2 vote on Tuesday, keeps the street pedestrian-focused as it is now, with plans to increase accessibility and address community concerns about e-bike safety in the near future.

State Street has remained closed off to public vehicles since the days of the COVID pandemic, when the city first transitioned to the car-free configuration.

The closure was codified in 2023, when the city passed Title 31, a policy dictating that the street would remain car-free through the end of 2026, or when the State Street Master Plan was adopted.

With the master plan still in the works (and expected to be ready for council consideration later this year), the City Council needed to decide whether to continue the planning efforts with State Street remaining as it is currently or revert to the pre-pandemic configuration with two-way traffic down the entire stretch.

The closure of State Street has been the subject of polarizing public debate for the past several years, and on Tuesday, community members representing all sides of the argument were hoping the council would settle the back-and-forth with a decisive direction forward.

“I don’t like seeing our community fight, particularly over a single issue,” said Robin Elander, executive director of the Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association, a group that has argued to reintroduce cars to the street. “This tug-of-war needs to stop.”

Ian Baucke, a Santa Barbara resident who serves as chair of the city’s Circulation and Transportation Committee, agreed that the issue needed to be settled, though he advocated for council to extend the current carfree design.

“I agree … think it’s time to move on,” Baucke said. “We need to settle the question.

The uncertainty caused by the debate itself has become far more damaging than cars or no cars.”

One group shared a petition with more than 700 signatures from people who wanted the street reopened to cars. Some used data from community surveys, which found that anywhere from 70 to 80 percent of respondents preferred the street closed to traffic.

Some shared personal experiences, saying State Street’s economic vitality had never been better, while others said they saw downtown in a decline.

Four weeks after voters countywide cast their ballots in this year’s June primary, the vote tally has been officially signed, sealed, and delivered and the final results etched in stone. The new ballot-sorting machine the county elections division has just purchased with a $300,000 grant from State of California to expedite election results would have been able to count all 111,710 mail-in ballots cast this June within 48 hours, according to Martin Cabos, the county’s deputy registrar of voters. According to Cabos, 2,300 ballots in the county were disqualified because they came in after the filing deadline; another 700 had irregularities that were not cured by the voter. None, he said, showed evidence of a faked signature.

COUNTY The County Planning Commission voted on 7/1 to appove a tract map change that will allow a multifamily rental housing project on North La Cumbre Road to convert to condominiums. The project, located at the former site of Hope Community Church, will include 50 units across eight buildings, as well as a community area with a playground; 10 units are marked as affordable. The county’s Planning Department approved the project in October 2025 as part of ministerial review.

With the State Street Master Plan still in the works, the City Council needed to decide on Tuesday whether to continue the planning efforts with the street remaining closed to cars or revert to the pre-pandemic configuration with two-way traffic down the entire stretch.

Some business owners pointed out that success seemed to depend on where the business was located, with those on the blocks farther up seeing far less action than those in the heart of the activity.

“While it’s wonderful to see the lower blocks bustling with activity, many visitors never make it to the upper blocks — they simply don’t know we’re here,” said Stephanie Payne-Campbell, the owner of Domecíl, a retail boutique on the 1200 block of State Street, where the city has implemented a one-way lane pilot program.

Meanwhile, Jenna Berg, the owner of The Grand on State, a jazz club just across the street on the same block, argued that the one-way lane should be converted back to pedestrian-and-bicycle-only. “Please keep State Street car-free,” Berg said.

Councilmembers were generally in support of extending Title 31 to allow for the city to keep the car-free designation while planning moved toward the more permanent master plan. Councilmember Kristen Sneddon wanted the city to give the public a clear path forward to prevent the perceived temporary nature of State Street.

“The perception of indecision has prevented us from fully blossoming,” Sneddon said. “I think we owe it to ourselves to see the full blossom, to let it happen.”

Sneddon also advocated for the city to “seriously reevaluate” the one-way experiment on the 1200 block, which she says has caused confusion for drivers and pedestrians alike.

Councilmember Eric Friedman and Mayor Randy Rowse voted against extend-

ing the current car-free State Street design. Friedman expressed concerns about businesses who weren’t getting the same amount of visibility as others and said he worried that some wouldn’t make it long enough to see the State Street Master Plan come to fruition.

While Friedman did not support the Title 31 extension, he agreed with other councilmembers’ suggestions about the need to address community concerns about accessibility and e-bike regulations.

“If we don’t get a handle on [e-bikes] right away, that’s something that diminishes what we’re trying to achieve down there,” Friedman said.

Mayor Rowse, who has been vocal about his opposition to the car-free configuration, said he worried that State Street was moving further away from its main purpose as a “business street.” When other councilmembers said they couldn’t support spending an estimated $700,000 to reopen the street to cars, Rowse suggested that a private donor would be willing to fund the project if vehicles could return.

“I just got an offer to cover it,” Rowse said, holding up his cell phone. “We got somebody who will match up to $700,000 just to do it from the private sector.”

Despite the opposition, the council approved the Title 31 extension in a 5-2 vote. The council also gave direction to address accessibility, e-bike safety, and ensure that the Historic Landmarks Commission was included in the State Street design decision. n

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COURTS & CRIME Santa Barbara Police officers responded to a stabbing 6/28 on the 300 block of Milpas Street. No arrests have been made, but SBPD said that there is no threat to the public at this time. SBPD received a 9-1-1 call reporting the incident at 1:20 a.m., and when officers and emergency medical responders arrived at the scene, they found the 21-year-old man injured in Milpas Liquor & Deli parking lot. The victim was transported to Cottage Hospital, where he was reportedly in stable condition. SBPD is currently investigating the incident, and they could not confirm whether the incident was gang related.

CITY The Santa Barbara City Council officially authorized the development deal to transfer its share of ownership of the Paseo Nuevo shopping center to Yardi Systems, which will take over as majority owner of the mall in a plan that will make the empty Macy’s building the company’s new downtown headquarters. The development deal comes with more than $7 million in contributions from Yardi Systems and DSP, the company that will retain ownership of the Nordstrom building. The redevelopment plan includes a proposed adaptive reuse housing project of 80 to 112 units to be constructed at the Nordstrom property at the same time as Yardi’s retail to office conversion. The agreement was approved 6-0-1, with Councilmember Wendy Santamaria abstaining from the vote.

GOLETA Goleta’s Planning Commission voted on 6/22 to deny Anthem Chapel the conditional use permit (CUP) it needs to raise a new church. Anthem plans to buy 2.5 acres of the 3.3-acre lot at 6596 Covington Way and build a new church totaling 20,000 square feet. Proponents spoke at the meeting of Anthem’s good works, while opponents described issues of traffic, parking, safety, and monarch butterfly habitat. The commissioners approved the lot split but voted 2-1 against the CUP. Anthem said it would appeal to City Council.

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gateway for new fossil fuel development in Santa Barbara County opened last week. On June 23, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalized a contested oil and gas leasing plan for its Bakersfield Field Office, which manages public lands from Fresno to Ventura counties.

Under the approved plan, the BLM is offering up 850,000 acres across the Central Coast to future Environmental groups contest the BLM’s claims that the impacts of drilling and fracking. That new oil and gas development on natural resources and public health includes a parcel next to would be “negligible.”

Cate School in Carpinteria, a public park in Lompoc, and land bordering public health would be “negligible.” They Lake Cachuma. and the state have long fought the deciThe BLM’s proposal to open Central and sion to open public lands to new drilling, Southern California to new drilling is now citing potential risks to air quality, wildmore than a decade old, but it has been life habitat, drinking water, and public repeatedly challenged and suspended over health — including higher rates of respithe years. After remaining dormant under ratory illness and cancer.

How soon Santa Barbara County may the Biden administration, the plan was resurrected by Trump this January with the see new drilling, by whom, and exactly release of a new draft supplemental envi- where remains up in the air. The BLM said ronmental impact statement (EIS). More the next round of leasing will tentatively than 175,000 public comments in opposi- happen in December. tion of the proposal were submitted during ForestWatch and other groups, such as the public review process earlier this year. the Center for Biological Diversity, have said they will continue to fight to protect Nevertheless, the BLM advanced it.

With the release of the final supple- these public lands. mental EIS this May — featuring new data “The Trump administration is sprinting “addressing air quality, biological resources, forward with its eyes closed to hand over soil, and water resources” — the agency is a million acres of California’s public lands now claiming all previous shortfalls have to Big Oil. We’ll fight this with everything been addressed. we’ve got,” said Cooper Kass, an attorney Environmental groups contest the BLM’s at the Center for Biological Diversity’s claims that the impacts of new oil and gas Climate Law Institute, in a statement. development on natural resources and —Callie Fausey

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t 3:16 Friday morning, Santa Barbara County Fire dispatched 17 units to the scene of a head-on collision between a Chumash Casino passenger bus and a vehicle in Los Alamos on the southbound side of Highway 101. County Fire Captain Michael Gray confirmed that one person died as a result of the incident.

According to California High- One person was killed and 14 sustained minor injuries when way Patrol reports, the vehicle was a vehicle collided with a Chumash Casino bus on Highway 101 possibly making a U-turn before near Los Alamos early June 26. colliding with the bus. County Southbound lanes of Highway 101 Fire said the vehicle was driving northbound in the southbound lane were closed, and northbound traffic was upon impact. The vehicle caught fire and reduced to one lane after the incident. quickly was engulfed in flames, which The highway was cleared by 12:30 p.m. then spread to the bus. on Friday.

All 13 passengers and the bus driver The crash remains under investigation. were able to escape from the bus, sustain- The identity of the deceased is being withing only minor injuries, and were trans- held pending notification of next of kin.

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NEWS of the WEEK CONT’D

Graham Farrar’s Cannabis Company First in California to Be Listed on New York Stock Exchange

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by Nick Welsh or the past 10 years, Graham Farrar has served as the b oy - n e x t - d o o r- p o s t e rchild for Santa Barbara’s now significantly weathered cannabis industry. With eight acres of cannabis operations in Carpinteria and Camarillo coupled with multiple retail outlets, Farrar and his Glass House Farms have ranked among the biggest cannabis “I’ve always dreamed of becoming a real business, and players on the South Coast, thriving today we’re being treated like a real business,” said Glass while many in the industry have House Farms’ Graham Farrar on being listed on the New York sunk from overproduction or the Stock Exchange. increasingly hostile political winds value. Schedule I drugs are illegal merely their industry has attracted.

Early this Tuesday morning, Farrar and to possess. his Glass House empire did something Glass House has always been licensed no California cannabis operator has ever for both medicinal and adult-use condone. He and his company were selling sumption. Farrar said federal regulators corporate stock on the New York Stock are currently debating whether all canExchange, to which Glass House had been nabis should be reclassified. Leading the charge for the reclassification, he said, was “uplisted” just the previous week.

“It’s kind of surreal. I feel like a 10-year the federal government itself. One federal overnight success,” he said from the Sea of witness for the change testified that canCortez. “I’ve always dreamed of becom- nabis was less dangerous than alcohol. ing a real business, and today we’re being “We always knew that,” Farrar said, “but to hear the government say it is something treated like a real business.”

Glass House has been on the Canadian else.”

The reclassification went into effect stock exchange since 2021, but the volume on the New York exchange, he said, is April 23, and Glass House immediately much bigger. applied for the Schedule III designation.

Making all this even more surreal, it “We did about five times the sales, and the stock went up a little — not a lot, but was a year ago that federal immigration some. That’s the right direction. And on agents swarmed Glass House operations the first day.” (Glass House is the second in Carpinteria and Camarillo in a militaryU.S. cannabis company to make the New style assault. They were reportedly serving York Stock Exchange; Florida-based Tru- federal warrants. By the time the smoke cleared, 361 Glass House employees would lieve was the first this June.)

As Farrar tells it, this is just the start. be detained or arrested. One would fall The next step, he said, is selling over- from a height of 30 feet while attempting seas — Germany would be the likely to flee and would die the next day. start. After that, he suggested, marketing Five hundred protesters gathered in throughout the 50 states that he likes to say Camarillo; one reportedly fired a shot define the United States of America. Texas at ICE agents. No one was hit. Another 150 protesters assembled in Carpinteria, would probably be first.

“If you live in New Jersey, does it make including Congressmember Salud Carbasense to drink only wines that are made in jal. Non-lethal armaments were deployed, New Jersey and not wines made in Napa?” such as tear gas, smoke grenades, flashbang grenades, and rubber bullets. Santa Farrar asked.

From the beginning, this always was Barbara’s district attorney, John Savrnoch, the vision — to burst past the confines would denounce the use of force as gratuof the California market. But none of it, itous overkill. ironically, would have been realized were “It’s been a roller coaster,” Farrar said. it not for the interventions of President Federal officials would later explain Donald Trump, the Department of Jus- they were serving warrants on wanted tice, and the Drug Enforcement Admin- criminals and people exploiting underage istration. Last December, Trump issued workers. Fourteen of those arrested were an executive order in the Oval Office minors. Farrar has since hired different declaring that cannabis was of medicinal contractors and instituted an identity veribenefit. Medicinal marijuana needed to be fication system. Many of those detained reclassified, he said, a “Schedule III” drug last July were later deported. Many opted under the federal hierarchy of controlled for voluntary deportation. One was a substances. This is key. Since the Nixon woman with three children. administration, cannabis has been listed The coincidence of events here is as a “Schedule I” drug, meaning it’s dan- striking. More striking still, Farrar has gerous, it’s addictive, and of no medicinal donated generously

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A barge with a crane removes pieces of pipeline from the seafloor just off the coast of Tar Pits Park as a part of Chevron’s decommissioning of its Carpinteria Processing Facility.

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barge equipped with a crane and a large claw arrived off the coast of Tar Pits Park in Carpinteria last week.

Beneath the waves, divers cut sections of pipe while the claw reaches into the depths, actively removing lines from the seafloor.

These pipes once transferred oil from the offshore platforms Hilda, Hazel, Hope, Heidi, Grace, and Gail to the Carpinteria Processing Facility, which Chevron is currently in the process of decommissioning.

Part of the oil company’s plan is to remove three bundles of pipes from the shore to three miles out in the water, where the sea transfers from Carpinteria City and Santa Barbara County ownership to state jurisdiction.

According to Carpinteria Community Development Director Nick Bobroff, all three of the bundles of pipe had been flushed and capped, one bundle even

being filled with cement, prior to being ripped from the seafloor.

Onshore, the removal of above ground infrastructure has been completed, including the deconstruction of Tank 861, which once held up to 217,000 barrels of oil. The facility’s decommissioning has reached the next stage: removing the network of pipelines buried beneath the ground. Once all infrastructure has been removed, Chevron will conduct soil testing to collect data that will inform the remediation process to follow.

When asked about the plans for Casitas Pier—which is owned by the City of Carpinteria—Bobroff said that its future is uncertain. Chevron has signed a lease for use of the pier for the next few years as teams are plugging and abandoning wells at their offshore platforms. But once the lease is up, the city will have to decide whether maintenance costs outweigh the perks of having a pier jutting from the bluffs.

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Stella Meller and Howard Heffron were married on July 4, 1946 in Brooklyn, New York after first meeting at Tilden High School three years earlier. They had two sons, Jim and Bob, and a daughter, Nancy.

Howard attended Harvard Law School and worked in a variety of government jobs both in the private and public sectors.

Stella worked immediately after they married as an elementary school teacher, but became a stay at home mom and homemaker once Jim was born.

She was a gifted painter, accomplished cook and baker, and loved creative projects. Stella and Howard went on to become grandparents to seven and great grandparents to seven. They have lived in Santa Barbara since 1999 and remain devoted to one another after 80 years of marriage.

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errence Dressler, the quasi-judicial hearing examiner for the Air Pollution Control District (APCD), granted Sable Offshore a five-day waiver—known technically as a variance—for having exceeded the amount of air pollution allowed under its permit allowing oil and gas production at Platform Heritage, located eight miles off the coast.

Dressler ruled in favor of the variance over opposition from environmental activists who have been opposing Sable for the past two years, explaining he believes Sable’s claims that it will fix the problems giving rise to these unforeseen air pollution exceedances within the next 90 days. If they don’t, he said, they will be in violation, and the district does not allow violations to continue.

In an interview shortly after last Thursday’s hearing, Dressler explained that the technical “hiccups” afflicting Platform Heritage are not uncommon when oil platforms first start up. Although Heritage is hardly a new platform, it has been shut down for the past nine years and only just started up again this March amid a swirl of everexpanding political melodrama. Since then, the company reported in its application for a variance that Platform Heritage—one of

the three Sable bought from Exxon two years ago — has experienced “an unexpected number of equipment malfunctions, onshore and offshore production balancing issues, and well production issues that are related to restart of the platform and which have resulted in excess unplanned flaring.”

Under its permit with the APCD, Sable is allowed to release up to a ton of emissions — reactive organic carbons mixed with nitrogen oxides — due to what are called “unplanned flarings” every three months. In this case, that would be June 30.

But according to papers filed by company representative Patrice Surmeier, Sable had exceeded its 90-day limit on May 22. Without a variance, Sable could have been found in violation of its operating permits and be subjected to fines and other enforcement actions accordingly.

Dressler stressed Sable’s first threemonth permit period expired on June 30. After that, a new three-month period begins, during which time the company has said it can get its unplanned flaring emissions down to within permissible levels.

The company will be required to provide regular monitor reports in the meantime.

—Nick Welsh

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S.B.’s Budget Comes Together

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INGRID BOSTROM

fter a tense budget season, during which the City of Santa Barbara had to reckon with the reality of depleted reserve funds, the City Council officially passed its precariously balanced budget in a unanimous decision on Tuesday.

The finalized budget crossed the finish line following several months of budget workshops, public hearings, and council deliberations highlighted by tough decisions about the city’s Santa Barbara City Council long-term financial stability.

After several budget sessions and last-min- cilmembers was the fact the city had dipped ute adjustments, the operating budget came into its emergency reserve funds by nearly in with a projected surplus of a little more $6 million. than $400,000, including a plan to use extra Instead of using city funds to try and get revenues to replenish the city’s emergency the reserve funds to minimum policy levels, reserve shortfall. the council and city staff worked out a soluCity finance staff worked wonders before tion with additional adjustments and the this budget season even began, taking relief from more than $3 million in revenues what was originally projected to be a defi- from a digital streaming settlement that the cit of more than $10 million and present- city could use to refill emergency reserves. ing council with a proposed budget with a “We have an opportunity to refill that $6 more palatable deficit of $3.5 million. The million by this time next year — it’s not guarcity achieved this by looking at more than anteed, but it’s a path to get there,” said Coun200 budget solutions and putting together a cilmember Eric Friedman. “Then, once we patchwork of expenditure savings and rev- can get out of the emergency reserves, it’s a enue boosts that helped balance the budget different conversation in the city, in terms of without any major program cuts. what we can afford and not.”

The full council supported the plan, But the budget plan highlighted a larger problem, with Finance Director Keith which will utilize $2.2 million the city was DeMartini revealing that the city had com- awarded in a recent legal settlement, plus pletely depleted its contingency reserves and an extra $600,000 in additional settlement was now “far below” the city’s stated reserve funds the city expects to receive in the next —Ryan P. Cruz policy target. Even more alarming to coun- year.

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f you want to identify the friction point over the next 35 years caused by the county’s projected job, population, and housing growth, look no further than the City of Santa Barbara.

According to a major growth forecast just released by the Santa Barbara County Associations of Governments (SBCAG), population growth within city limits is expected to rise by a scant 6 percent in that time, reflecting the high age, low birth rates, and small household sizes of its residents. By contrast, the number of new jobs within city limits is expected to jump by 26 percent, while the number of new housing units is slated to grow by a modest 10 percent.

Ninety miles to the north in the City of Santa Maria, the numbers paint a starkly different picture. There, SBCAG — a super agency of local government bodies that allocates state and federal transportation dollars based on documented need and political sway — suggests that a population rise of 29 percent is likely, the number of new jobs will jump by 26 percent, and the number of new households — newly built homes — will grow by a whopping 51 percent.

Countywide, Santa Barbara is expected to experience a modest 17 percent bump in population. The number of new households — 25 percent — will slightly exceed the in new jobs — 21 percent.

This teeter-totter between homes and jobs suggests a lot more commuters will be on the road, but SBCAG spokesperson Lauren Bianchi Klemann said no tabulations or projections have yet been run. In 1990, the number of commuters was 5,000; in 2010, it had doubled to 11,000. By 2060, it’s expected to hit 25,000.

Overall, the numbers suggest the county’s population is getting older and more ethnically diverse. By 2060, Santa Barbara will be 53 percent Hispanic. Right now, it’s 50 percent.

Perhaps the most striking factoid in the report is the sharp jump in number of people employed in either healthcare or education. Together, these sectors are projected to double from 30,000 to 63,000; that’s a jump from 13.3 percent of the total workforce to 22.8 percent. Again, these numbers reflect the growing number of residents 65 years old or older. Meanwhile, leisure sector is projected to drop from 12.4 percent of the workforce to 11.7 percent.

—Nick Welsh

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County of Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Phase I Oil and Gas Prohibition Ordinance Amendments On July 14, 2026, the Board of Supervisors (Board) will conduct a public hearing to consider the adoption of the Phase I Oil and Gas Prohibition Ordinance Amendments to the County Land Use and Development Code and Coastal Zoning Ordinance.

The Board will consider the following: 

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Amendments to the Land Use and Development Code (Case No. 26ORD-00001) and Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Case No. 26ORD-00002) to: o Prohibit onshore drilling of new oil and gas wells o Prohibit reentering previously abandoned wells Finding these amendments exempt from environmental review under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15307, 15308, and 15265.

Additional information is on the project webpage: https://www.countyofsb.org/4968/Oil-and-Gas-Amendments. Please contact the project manager, Corina Martin, at martinc@countyofsb.org with any questions about the project.

The hearing will take place at 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at: Board of Supervisors Hearing Room Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Administration Building, 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, CA 93454 For current methods of public participation for the hearing, please see page two (2) of the posted agenda. The posted agenda will provide a more specific time for this item.

However, the order of the agenda may be rearranged, or the item may be continued.

The board letter, including attachments, and the posted agenda will be available on the Thursday prior to the hearing at https://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx#current under the hearing date, or contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240 for alternative options.

Attendance and participation by the public is invited and encouraged. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, American Sign Language interpreters, sound enhancement equipment, and/or another request for disability accommodation may be arranged by contacting the Clerk of the Board by 4:00 P.M. on the Friday before the Board meeting. For information about these services, please contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240 or at sbcob@countyofsb.org.

If you challenge the 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 at, or prior to, the public hearing.

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CARPINTERIA

Bluffs Housing Raises Concerns

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ousing needs and environmental concerns faced off at a public scoping meeting on Tuesday for a new housing development proposed for the Carpinteria bluffs.

Dubbed “The Farm,” the 191 mixed-unit development would replace the existing Tee Time driving range and small organic farm sandwiched between the city’s skate park and the Carpinteria Bluffs Nature Preserve.

The purpose of the meeting — led by city staff — was to hear concerns related to the 27-acre Patrick Crooks, president of the Citizens for the Carpinteria project’s potential environmental Bluffs, at Tuesday’s public scoping meeting impacts, and to inform the city’s environmental analysis. Public input will surveys of rare plants and animals, like the help shape the Environmental Impact Crotch’s bumblebee, to identify how develReport, which is in the early stages. The opment may disturb their habitat. scope of the report will include potential On the other hand, the development impacts on aesthetics, biological resources, would bring much-needed affordable housing to the area, other speakers noted. and recreation, to name a few.

Many of the environmental concerns People’s Self-Help Housing would be in brought forward by attendees were echoes charge of the 39 affordable units — 20 perof previous meetings, and the longstand- cent — on the property, which would be ing opposition to any development on the income-restricted as workforce housing for people making below 80 percent of the bluffs.

Community members — such as heavy- area’s median income. Housing managers weight grassroots group Citizens for the with the organization spoke about what Carpinteria Bluffs — raised concerns about affordable housing means to their residents: how new development and noise would farmworkers no longer have to choose impact wildlife, such as the harbor seals in between rent and groceries, single parents can finally stabilize their families, and the seal rookery neighboring the site.

People were also concerned about the seniors live out their final years in dignity. project’s density; increased traffic; emisThe Farm would add needed housing sions and pollution, including light pollu- stock to the city, they said, where existing tion; and the removal of open space that affordable units are already overburdened supports wildlife habitat, native plants, by waitlists with hundreds of applicants. and recreational activities. They cited the For example, Casas de las Flores, a 43-unit city’s preliminary review of the project, development in Carpinteria, has 457 people which found several inconsistencies with on its waitlist. local policies around beach access, visual Public comments on the project proresources, public services, and safety. posal will be accepted until Friday, July 10.

Lawyers with the Environmental After the comment period concludes, the Defense Center, recently retained by the city will prepare and release the draft EIR, Citizens for the Bluffs and the Carpinteria after which the public will have another Valley Association, urged the city that its opportunity for review and comment.

EIR must be robust and comprehensive. Comments can be submitted through They demanded it encompass factors such email to TheFarmProject@CarpinteriaCa. as potential project alternatives — includ- gov or via mail to the City of Carpinteria. ing a “no project” alternative — as well as —Callie Fausey

NEWS BRIEFS STATE A proposed $12 billion bond measure to fund scientific and medical research in California missed the deadline to qualify for the November 2026 ballot. UCSB was pushing for Senate Bill 895 to make it through the legislative process in time to be placed on the ballot. The university said unprecedented uncertainty around federal funding for research—the Trump administration has slashed budgets for key science agencies, including the National Science Foundation — has created a need for more stable funding sources. As of this January, the administration has frozen or terminated thousands of grants to research nationwide that it said did not align with its priorities, with proposed budget cuts to research totaling around $32 billion.

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PUBLIC SAFETY Dylan Monson, 22, of Isla Vista died 6/29 after being ejected from his motorcycle in a multi-vehicle crash on northbound Highway 101 just south of Glen Annie Road. Monson had been lane splitting and traveling northbound at high speed just before the crash, according to California Highway Patrol. CHP, County Fire and Sheriff’s Office, and American Medical Response (AMR) responded to the scene of a crash at about 4:15 p.m. AMR responders pronounced Monson dead at the scene. No other injuries were reported. The incident is currently under investigation, and it is not known if drugs or alcohol played a part in the crash. n

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Nonprofits Send Aid to Venezuela

Earthquake damage as seen in Caracas, Venezuela, on June 24, 2026

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s of Tuesday morning, nearly 2,000 people have died, thousands more are injured, and tens of thousands remain missing in the aftermath of two earthquakes — just 39 seconds apart — that struck Northern Venezuela on June 24. Registering a 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale, the quakes caused chaos in the nation’s capital Caracas, leaving search and rescue teams scouring through the rubble to find survivors. The United States Geological Survey estimates that the death toll could climb to the tens of thousands as the search for life continues.

Santa Barbara’s own ShelterBox and Direct Relief immediately jumped into action, communicating with their local networks in the country to assess needs, mobilize funds, emergency supplies, and hands to help in the aftermath of the quakes.

ShelterBox already has tents and other temporary structures prepositioned in Barbados and Panama, enough to house a total of 7,500 people, and more in other

GLASS HOUSE FARMS to Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom — $100,000 — combatively outspoken in his denunciation of Trump and seen as all but certain to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in two years.

To qualify for the fine print outlined in the final rules by the DEA, Glass House had to legally reconstitute itself as an exclusively medicinal cannabis corporation. Accordingly, the company split into two separate but clearly related corporate entities, one exclusively medicinal, and the other — with the addition of new investors — adult-use only. The one uplisted for the New York Stock Exchange is exclusively medicinal. That classification is critical for threading the regulatory needle allowing Glass House to export its cannabis products overseas or to other states.

He’s not there yet. But close.

In the meantime, however, Farrar is still rooted in Santa Barbara County and dealing with Santa Barbara County prob-

parts of the world, being prepared to send when authorities and transportation allow.

They also have shelter kits ready to deploy, which are equipped with solar lanterns, water filters, cookware, water storage, blankets, and more, for families to set up their temporary homes.

Direct Relief has already sent a $50,000 grant to Bomberos Unidos Sin Fronteras, an Ibero-American team of firefighters currently enroute to help with search-and-rescue efforts.

As efforts continue, Direct Relief plans to send more funding to where it can be best utilized.

The organization is also in active communication with their network of longtime medical partners in the country, providing them with a menu of medicines and supplies that medical teams can order from.

Both organizations are committed to aid in long-term response efforts—Direct Relief plans to provide extended medical and mental-health care for both survivors and first responders, and ShelterBox will provide housing as the region rebuilds.

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—Elaine Sanders

CONT’D FROM P.9 lems. When he started out, Farrar spoke movingly of not wanting to become “the guy who farts in the elevator.” Today, he’s persona non grata with many of the Carpinterians fed up with the industry’s persistent odor issues. The county revoked his operating license on the grounds that he hadn’t installed the state-of-the-art carbonscrubbing odor serubbers they demanded.

He appealed that revocation, arguing the Board of Supervisors unfairly denied him the extension to which he’s entitled under county ordinance. Farrar stressed he was the first operator in Carpinteria to install the Infinity scrubbers at one of his two locations and one of the first to install the stateof-the-art Envinity model. At the other, he said, SoCal Edison simply can’t deliver enough juice to power-hungry devices.

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ANGRY POODLE BARBECUE

POP A WHEELIE: If members of the Santa Barbara City Council are having a hard time finding their collective asses with either hand regarding State Street’s much- debated promenade — now entering its seventh year — they are to be excused, not excoriated. Truthfully, they are to be pitied. And to the extent they eventually shut up and do what I think, they are to be praised for their bravery and vision.

Here’s the deal: It ain’t easy, as anyone who sat through Tuesday night’s marathon session on the subject can attest. The public showed up en masse. When they were done speaking, pretty much every point of view and its exact opposite had been expressed — and with love, passion, care, rancor, and disdain.

Let’s just start with the name “promenade” itself. It stems from a 17th-century Latin word meaning “to drive animals onward with shouts.” That works. By the 1800s, “promenade” had become a noun as well as a verb; in one citation, according to the British, it was a venue frequented by “loose women and the simpletons who run after them.” Language being a magical force, the word was somehow evolved, by the French, to mean a slow and meandering walk. All three, it turns out, describe the reality of State Street.

None of that, however, has jack to do with whether cars should be allowed back on State Street.

Tuesday night, the council voted 5-2 to extend Title 31, an obscure legal reference,

which extends the closure of State Street to traffic for up to another six years. (See Ryan Cruz’s article on page 7.) This allows the council more time to ponder how the impossibly expensive long-term objectives of the State Street Master Plan can be achieved.

Title 31 also gives the council breathing room to figure out what interim things we can do right now to perk up State Street, which, as much as I have come to love it, does look a little frayed and ratty around the edges.

It’s tempting to cast this debate as a generational showdown between the young and lively versus the old and nearly dead.

Or of cars versus bikes. Or bars and restaurants against retail shops. Or the four blocks of State Street above Carrillo against the four blocks below. Or of people who actually go downtown and the ones who only remember what it used to.

They all fit. And yet none of them do. Love defies any neat and tidy formulation. And that’s just the problem. Too much love was in the house. Maybe even true love. That’s always the most dangerous kind.

A lot of things happened Tuesday night that the council didn’t vote on. Here’s what I heard: The parades are coming back. We know for a fact that the Christmas parade is; the others are not so clear. But there’s overwhelming support on the council for this.

About time.

If you’re pining for the good old days,

INGRID BOSTROM

Up on the Woof visit a psychic. The downtown you knew and loved ain’t coming back. Macy’s and Nordstrom shut down before COVID hit.

Read the tea leaves. Cars on State Street won’t bring them back.

From 2015 to 2019 — the year before COVID — city sales taxes consistently tanked. Yes, in 2024, they came back above 2019 levels.

But they still have yet to reach 2014 levels. Cars or no cars, retail The state of State Street circa 2026. has changed forever.

According to someone dead and famous, life is what happens when you’re What happens when you’re busy making busy making other plans. That’s exactly what’s other plans is magic. happening to State Street. The Music AcadLastly, a word to the wise. E-bikes are here, emy of the West is about to make State and and they’re not going away. Nor should they.

Canon Perdido the hummingest corner in When you consider it costs at least $1,000 a town. We just got a brand-new, state-of-the- month to own a car, e-bikes offer a necessary art multiplex downtown with SBIFF — right alternative. They need to be embraced, not across from the Music Academy. Throw in hated. But yes, they need to be taught manthe Grand on State, the brand-new jazz sup- ners and regulated, the high-speed electric per club that just opened next to the Granada, crotch rockets especially. But not by bringing an act of joyously defiant optimism if ever cars back. How is that going to work?

I saw one. And the sort-of-still-new library A couple of possible compromises came plaza finally showed off what it could really up. Bring cars back but going only one way? do, twice packing the plaza for World Cup Santa Cruz does this with its main drag soccer game screenings. UCSB bought a big downtown and it seems to pop. Make the building on the 400 block. We’re still waiting promenade four blocks instead of eight? Not to see what they do. And, oh yeah, they’re the perfect, but there’s a logic to it. Might work.

600 Yardi workers who will soon be occupyIf we play our cards right, magic could still ing the old Macy’s.

—Nick Welsh happen.

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used to be a bit envious of my friends who went to Yale. After hearing from famous alumnus JD Vance, not so much anymore.

The Vice President of the United States said that if Watergate happened in today’s media world, it would simply be a 24-hour news story. What he seems to have forgotten is that the Watergate story, when it broke, was a one-day story. Most top reporters didn’t even notice it. The Washington Post literally scraped two reporters from the bottom of its reportorial barrel.

These two low-rung reporters, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, were barely able to keep the story alive. I represented them for their first book, All the President’s Men. When I sent their proposal to New York publishers, every single one of them turned it down. Not even a nibble. When it finally was sold and published, it became the best-selling nonfiction book of the year.

The other thing Vance said was that Nixon was brought down by the “Democratic deep state.” This is also ridiculous. The Democrats at that time were totally disjointed and foundering.

No, Nixon was brought down when Republican senators Hugh Scott and Barry Goldwater and Representative John Rhodes famously told President Richard Nixon on August 7, 1974, that his support in Congress was gone and that he faced certain impeachment.

Finally, Vance would have us believe that Nixon was set up. Fortunately, Big Brother has not expunged the historical record of this era: Nixon had his political operatives break into his political opponents’ offices. When caught, he lied and tried to cover it up, was disgraced, and fled into exile. It was only to prevent a national political bloodbath that he wasn’t tried.

Once again, this administration feels it can lie with impunity, but there are still some of us who remember the past, and we’re not going to stay silent.

—David Obst, S.B.

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t its June 23 meeting, S.B. Unified School District (SBUSD) approved more than $175,000 in salary increases for central office administrators during one of the worst fiscal downturns in district history. These “me too” raises were quietly included in a budget projecting a $69 million cumulative

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deficit and a collapsed reserve fund far below the legal minimum.

These are non-union administrative staff, many in cabinet-adjacent roles, the very leadership layer that families have repeatedly asked the board to scrutinize. They received raises while paraeducators, teachers, and counselors were given layoff notices.

At the same time, the district reports that 67 percent of high school students are performing well below grade level in math. The district is financially failing, academically underperforming, and cutting frontline educators, yet the superintendent’s office grows 68 percent in cost over five years?

If SBUSD wants to restore public trust, it must stop shielding top administrators from the very sacrifices it’s demanding from classrooms.

—Michele Voigt, S.B.

Measure G Switch

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he City of Santa Barbara is looking at a budget with depleting reserves, a vanished contingency fund, and a growing deficit. But our true problem isn’t a shortage of taxpayer dollars — it is a shortage of fiscal discipline and financial transparency.

When voters approved Measure G in 2008, the city made a clear promise: 50 percent of the tax would be permanently sequestered to fix our broken roads, and 50 percent would go to the General Fund.

Now, City Manager Kelly McAdoo and Finance Director Keith DeMartini are pushing an amendment. They call it a “modernization” to provide “flexibility.” In reality, it is a shell game to transfer our much-needed road money directly into the General Fund to cover their budget deficits.

Every time this council uses the word “modernization,” it is a vague disguise to pull a bait-andswitch on the public. The taxpayers did not vote for an open-ended piggy bank to hide structural deficits —Joann Olejnik, S.B.

For the Record ¶ Last week’s Angry Poodle Barbecue misstated the compensation package for Sable CEO Jim Flores; it is $76 million, not $172 million.

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There’s Music in Us Happy Birthday, America

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like listening to podcasts and favorite songs when I drive, but a few days ago, I made the mistake of turning on the radio, just in time to hear this pronouncement from Stephen Miller, one of the most grotesque and hateful characters in politics: “America’s doors are closed.”

What an ugly and un-American sentiment! It sounds particularly dissonant as we approach the designated birthday of our nation.

Happy birthday, America, you great unfinished symphony, as Lin-Manuel Miranda described it in Hamilton. We have always been deeply flawed, but aspirational and self-correcting over time. The long arc of the moral universe (and our own history) bends toward justice, as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said.

But not without our help.

Now, our nation has been highjacked, but we haven’t forgotten who we are. We are people from everywhere, and we care about each other. You sent for me. You let me make a difference.

When my Italian grandfather arrived at Ellis Island in July 1905, he surely glimpsed the Statue of Liberty lifting her lamp beside the golden door: Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free….

He worked hard and made a life here, and I travel through my own life with this awareness. It is a legacy that fosters gratitude, humility, and compassion. As in these lyrics by Paul Simon, “I’ve been given all I wanted, only three generations off the boat. I’ve harvested and I’ve planted. I’m wearing my father’s old coat.”

I wear the old coat, and I carry the stories, and all around me, I see hardworking people who have come here for the same reasons. A few days ago, three diligent workers were clearing brush and digging the ground to form a dry creek bed in our yard.

It’s a way to prevent erosion and manage stormwater runoff, but in this case, it was also a work of art.

While they worked, the air was filled with Mexican music, and the fragrance of freshly cut brush wafted in through my open window, and I cannot describe how much joy it gave me. I don’t speak Spanish, but I went outside and managed a gracias, for their labor and their spirit.

None of this is unusual. We are a symphony of many languages and songs, and we are built with many hands, leaning into one another. I cannot understand the default assumption that these are

bad people deserving of punishment. I cannot forgive the cruelty and hypocrisy we are witnessing today, nor the brazen corruption, stupidity, and vulgarity.

Meanwhile, programs vital to the health and wellbeing of all Americans have been slashed to benefit the obscenely rich, and hard-won measures that were put in place to protect our very planet have been overturned. Happy birthday, America.

Our local group of resistance singers have been holding a morning practice in preparation for our upcoming participation in our town’s Fourth of July parade, walking along a back street, singing. One of the songs we have been practicing is “America the Beautiful,” whose lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates in 1895. I am especially intrigued by its ornate, old-fashioned second stanza: O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness!

America! America!

God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law!

Those pilgrim feet come from many shores, and I personally relate to the impassioned stress, but the lack of self-control in the upside-down kingdom and the mounting failures of Court and Congress to confirm liberty in law are alarming indeed.

And yet, I am brimming with music and friendship and hope, and I still believe we will get our America back on track. Now that the flaws (to be mended less by God than by our human efforts) are more conspicuous than ever, perhaps we can reinvent a better version, rather than trying to replicate what has been broken or lost.

It will not be easy, but I know we can do it, because our forebears bequeathed to us their values, strength, and bravery, and I see good people all around me trying to make things better. I have heard it suggested that on the Fourth of July we proclaim a Declaration of Interdependence. It’s an idea that makes sense to me. We are nothing in isolation, but together, we are mighty.

So, bring on the fireworks, bring on the singing, bring on the parade. It is this resolve, this unshakeable commitment, that I will be celebrating.

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obituaries Jacqueline Hester

Kathleen Elizabeth Metzner

10/06/1951-06/22/2026

01/09/1962-06/10/2026

Jacqueline was born on October 6, 1951, in Reidsville, North Carolina, to the late Versa Arbon Carter and Kathleen Coleman Carter.

She moved to Santa Barbara in 1973 and later made her home in Carpinteria in 2000.

Jacqueline will be remembered for her adventurous spirit, generous heart, and deep love of the natural beauty of the California coast, mountains, and desert landscapes. She treasured time spent hiking and backpacking with her husband, Patrick, in the Santa Barbara and Ventura backcountry, and she enjoyed visiting the desert near Twentynine Palms and Joshua Tree. She carried that same love of exploration into her travels around the world, including reaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.

She found joy in running, biking, walking, and participating in local races, sprint triathlons, and the LA Marathon. She cherished time spent with friends and daily walks with her beloved Australian Shepherd, Sheba, at the Douglas Preserve, where she enjoyed the ocean air and open space with her joyful companion by her side.

Jacqueline also believed deeply in giving back to her community.

After retiring from Raytheon and the Santa Barbara Research Center, she continued to share her time, warmth, and care with others as a docent at the Carpinteria Seal Sanctuary. She approached this work with the same kindness, curiosity, and commitment that she brought to every part of her life. When faced with her ALS diagnosis, Jacqueline met it fearlessly, with grace, resilience, and the quiet strength that defined her.

She is survived by her husband, Patrick Hester; her daughter, Erica Bottorff of Ventura; her twin sister, Janice Buckelew of Nipomo, California; and her brother, Versa Arbon Carter Jr., and his wife, Ellen Carter, of Jacksonville, Florida.

A celebration of Jacqueline’s life will be held, with details to be announced at a later date. Her warmth, courage, kindness, and love of the outdoors will live on in the hearts of all who knew and loved her.

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Kathleen Elizabeth Metzner was born January 9, 1962, in Santa Barbara, to Paul and Marilyn Metzner. She died June 10, 2026, after a brief illness of lung cancer.

Kathy lived the last 21 years in Arivaca, Arizona, on her 5-acre property with many dogs and 90 chickens. She made friends with the wildlife and kept a kiddie pool way out in the property and kept it full of water for the deer, cougars, wild hogs and whatever was out there. She loved all creatures and had a special affinity for them. An owl lived in a tree in her yard that talked to her and many creatures kept her company. She sold the eggs and her chickens had such personalities. She made a “beach” for her chickens, complete with kiddie pool surrounded by crushed oyster shells and baby Adirondack chairs. They enjoyed it so much.

Kathy lived in a small closeknit community of folks who helped one another. Her good friends Jan and Jim were of great help to her, especially during her six weeks of illness, doctors’ appointments, and trips to Tucson as needed; as well as Jim staying on her property to care for her animals until they are re-homed.

She was relieved of that stress, knowing all were being cared for.

A Santa Barbara girl, she loved the ocean and her dying wish was to come back to it one last time. We brought her home from Tucson Medical Center nine days before her death so she could be with family and friends. We took her to the beach to see it, hear it, smell it. Kathy loved looking for beach glass with her siblings whenever she was home. Six days later she asked to go to the hospital and three days later she died with dear friends Kerri and Kyndra with her until the end.

Kathy went to Goleta schools and San Marcos High School. She was Assistant Manager of Jack in the Box when it first came and was longtime Manager of the Pet House on Chapala Street. For years she took the samples pet food salesman gave her to feed the pets of homeless folks at the Moreton Bay fig tree. As a child she had dogs, cats, a snake in a drawer in her room, and 200 rats

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in big cages in our garage which she sold to a pet store. For a short time she had a snakes and exotic amphibians store on lower State Street.

Kathy was very intelligent, and when she got her GED, the Administrator called her mother to say that Kathy had the highest scores in their history. She was very resourceful, creative, quite the storyteller, and made close friends wherever she went. She loved her family above all and cherished the times we were all together.

Surviving her are her mother Marilyn Metzner, her brothers Kevin Callans (Kristen) and Paul Metzner, her sister Pamela Hiromerides (Philip), as well as Aunts Lenie, Mary, Sandy, and Gayle; nieces and nephews Brittany Goldstein (Nathan); Claire, Grae, Aedan Metzner; Nathan Hiromerides, Fiona Rodriguez (Nico); six grandnieces and nephews; one great grandnephew: several cousins; dear lifetime friends, especially Kerri Merrigan Churchill.

She believed in our Lord. She lived the life she chose and died the way she chose.

Angela "Angie" Wallace 11/16/1967-12/22/2025

Angela “Angie” Wallace, 58, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on December 22, 2025 in Ventura, California.

Angie was born on November 16, 1967 in Tiffin, Ohio. In 1972 she moved with her family to California, where she would spend most of her life building deep friendships, raising her family, and creating countless cherished memories.

In 1991, Angie met the love of her life, Geoffrey Wallace. They married in 1994 beginning a partnership filled with love, laughter, adventure, and a life built side by side. Two children followed, with Zoe arriving in 2004 and Aidan in 2006, completing what they affectionately called ‘Clan Wallace’.

Angie graduated from Newbury Park High School and later earned a degree in Communications from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Early in her career, Angie worked at Jasper’s Steakhouse in Goleta, where she formed many lifelong friendships that she treasured throughout her life. She

later worked at United Way before finding her dream career at UC Santa Barbara helping students pursue educational opportunities abroad. She took great joy in encouraging young people to explore the world and embrace new experiences.

Travel was one of Angie’s greatest passions. Through her work and personal adventures, she visited many remarkable places.

In 2023, she and Geoff traveled through France, exploring Paris, Marseille, and Reims, meeting up with her cousin Deborah in Paris.

She especially treasured a family trip to Belize with Geoff, Zoe, and Aidan, where they reunited with family and close friends Beanie and Betty.

Angie embraced life wholeheartedly. She loved live music, especially reggae, and rarely passed up an opportunity to gather with friends. Whether enjoying a concert, sharing laughter over a meal, or wine tasting in Paso Robles, she found joy in life’s simple pleasures and in the people she loved.

Although Goleta was her home for most of her adult life, Angie and Geoff fulfilled a dream when they purchased a home in Ventura a few years ago and began a new chapter together there.

Angie is survived by her beloved husband Geoffrey Wallace; her children Zoe Wallace and Aidan Wallace; her brother Jahsen Williamson; her father Ron Williamson; her mothersin-law Joyce Ower and Tamara Wallace; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and dear friends. Her beloved mother, Sharon Williamson, passed away shortly after Angie.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, July 12, 2026 at 1 p.m. at Kiwanis Meadows, Area 5, Tucker’s Grove, Santa Barbara, California. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Angie’s life.

In lieu of flowers, consider making a charitable donation to an organization of your choice in Angela’s memory. Family and friends are also invited to visit Wallace to share memories, photographs, https://www.onlinetribute.com/AngelaWilliamsonWallace and videos in honor of Angie.

As we remember sweet Angie, raise a glass, cherish those you love, embrace life’s adventures, and as she so often said, “Cheers!”

David Stanley Dwelley

In loving memory of David S. Dwelley, who died March 19, 2026.

A memorial service will be held Saturday June 27 at 1:00pm, First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

We invite you to join us in celebrating his life.

Elaine Ann Vercota 12/12/1941-05/21/2026

The sixth of eight children of Stanley and Catherine Tello.

She spent her entire life in Santa Barbara. Graduating from Santa Barbara High, she met the love of her life in 1958, John Vercota who had just returned from duty with the air force. They were married in 1959 at Our Lady of Guadalupe and settled on the Mesa where they spent their entire lives together.

She was employed by Santa Barbara City Schools in Food Service for 25 years. Upon her retirement, she volunteered at Catholic Charities Food Pantry, a job she enjoyed very much.

Gardening was her passion and she spent many hours tending to her plants. She loved to travel and spent many years traveling to foreign countries. Her favorite destination was Bora Bora island and Jamaica. She was a happy and joyful soul until Alzheimer's disease over took her and she was confined to bed where she passed in her sleep May 21st.

She will be sorely missed.

She is survived by her loving husband John of 67 years. Son Fred and Frances and daughter Denise, grand children Jessica, Troy and John. Sisters Audrey , Renee and Linda.

Services will be held at a later date.

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In Memoriam

David Ortiz 1954–2026

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‘Teach People About Me, Son’

David Ortiz (center) and his family

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BY DA N I E L O R T I Z n late March 2026, Pops and I were enjoying a beauti-

ful sunny day in the courtyard of Cottage Hospital, just being buddies. Chatting about life, death, and how the Lakers need to get it together — a pretty wide range of serious topics. It went without saying that this would be one of our last conversations.

I absolutely adored my father, not just because he was my best friend and hero, but because I realized I would never meet someone braver than he was. Pops loved life. All he wanted was to “just be with everybody.” He valiantly battled for six years to remain with his family and friends. In that moment, when I looked into his eyes, I hugged him and said, “I look up to you, Pops, and so does Santa Barbara.”

This was a connection I never felt before in my heart — I held his hand, kissed him on the forehead, and told him, “I wish I could switch places with you, Pops.”

My father, David Ortiz, was a homegrown Mesa boy, born in 1954 to Mama and Poppie, my grandparents — Ophie and Jess Ortiz— in Santa Barbara. Raised with two sisters — Barbra Ortiz and Susan (Ortiz) Wickler — Pops began a life in a place he would call home for almost 72 years.

Many knew Pops for his contributions in the education community: at Los Robles High School at Los Prietos and as a teacher and principal of La Colina Junior High. Many saw him as Leslie’s husband, Santa Barbara High School sweetheart, and lifelong soulmate. His best friends knew Pops as the loyal, lighthearted jokester who greeted them with laughter by pointing at their waist and saying, “You missed a belt loop.” They also knew him as a friend who they could always count on. A friend who showed up to celebrate you during the good times and, more importantly, a friend who put his arm around you during the tough times. Pops showed us how to be a great friend through compassion, comedy, and being present.

To my brother, Michael, and me, we knew Pops as our role model, omnipresent father, dedicated husband, and family member. He was so proud of my brother. Michael is the accomplished son, a self-made Ortiz icon, married to our family treasure, Megan (Wilcox-Fogel) Ortiz, and father to Pops’s forever hearts: Sofia and Lola Ortiz (a k a

Mijitas). It has been a blessing for our family and mostly for my dad to witness Michael raising the bar for how we view a true family man.

Pops loved his frequent visits with Michael’s family (a k a Ortiz East) in Washington, D.C., and he always looked forward to their trips to Santa Barbara and Ortiz West/ East family vacations. Sofia and Lola meant everything to Pops. They called him “Poppie” — just like Michael and I called our Pops’s father, Jess Ortiz. Time stopped when he was around his Mijitas. He watched them with teary pride, hugged them with unconditional love, and cherished them deeply for their innocence, natural curiosity, and passion for togetherness. He often shared how proud he was to be a grandfather — witnessing two young Ortizes grow and mature into talented, loving, and caring little girls. Sofia and Lola loved performing for Poppie. They would sing, dance, and organize family games. Even at our last Christmas together, when getting around was difficult for him, Poppie was in the front row.

One of his final trips was to Palo Alto for Michael and Megan’s Stanford alumni reunion and a 49ers game — which turned out to be a core memory our family will never forget.

It was made even more special when Pops and our family met Jerry Rice, who was dining in our hotel. After Pops complimented Jerry for his accolades on and off the field, Jerry came running out to take pictures and sign autographs with the entire family. Watching his family interact with the greatest football player/49er of all time, right before we headed to a game, embodied what Pops wanted for all of us: joy, fulfillment, and a new memory to share with family and friends.

Pops made certain to never push his own agenda onto his sons. That was easy for him as an educator at heart. He learned that all young people should be supported for who they are, and not who you or society want them to be. All he wanted for us was to be decent men — who worked to support their loved ones, live a grateful life, and who prioritized family and friends. He offered intentional guidance as most fathers should, letting us make our own path, and he followed in support. “Carve your own path, son; Mom and I will support you any way we can” was often a senti-

ment Pops shared with Michael and me, as we started new life experiences. He believed in us, we believed in him, and we will always love him for what he created with our mom.

David Ortiz wouldn’t be the man we remember today without my mom, Leslie Rian Ortiz. She is truly the backbone and heartbeat of the Ortiz family. As a little girl, she moved to Santa Barbara from Minnesota with her two sisters (Laura McCarroll and Lynne Noroian) and her mom, Jane Rian (a k a Nana). She never dreamed of the life she would create ahead of her. My mom is a genuinely kind mother, an engaged, forever dedicated wife, who matured without a father — he sadly passed before the Rian family moved to California.

Pops carried me for 38 years. He coddled me more as an adult man than he ever did raising me as a child. I don’t think he ever thought I was lost; I was just the “baby” — who still enjoyed weekly gifts and dinner together every Sunday with our dog Curtis, while watching the Lakers, Dodgers, or 49ers and barbecuing in chairs that read “Jess Ortiz.”

Pops would tell me in those moments that jealousy and envy would never be part of our family — so I would have to put up with taking a backseat to his new daughter, Erika.

Like Megan, my wife, Erika (Salcedo) Ortiz, was valued higher than his own son. Before a major intestinal surgery in November 2025, he only wanted to hold one hand, and that was Erika’s.

On one of our last days together, in the courtyard, he put his arm around me and said, “Teach people about me, son.”

Pops had a feeling, as he always did, and was preparing himself for his new journey — setting up the Ortiz family’s new home on the beaches of his Santa Barbara heaven before the rest of us arrive. I told him I had his back and that our unbreakable bond would transcend this short life.

A piece of me left with my dad on the day he passed. Over the past few years, I became acquainted with the fact that this day would come, as it always does in our precious life.

He often asked me if I was scared of death, and I told him, “No, because I’m at peace with life’s chapters,” but what I’ll tell you today, Pops, I’ll never be frightened to die for the rest of my days, because when it ends, I get to see you again.

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obituaries Bo Magnus Engmyr 12/03/1953-06/14/2026

Bo Magnus Engmyr, 90, of Sequim, Washington, passed away peacefully on June 14, 2026.

Born in Skövde, Sweden, in 1936, Bo immigrated to the United States on December 3, 1953, arriving aboard the ocean liner Kungsholm on its maiden voyage. He settled in Chicago with relatives and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1955. He served for three years, stationed in Germany, where he proudly became a U.S. citizen while still in uniform.

After his honorable discharge, he returned to Chicago and worked various jobs, with a particular fondness for his role as a butler and chauffeur. Disliking the harsh winters, he packed his belongings and drove across the country to California in search of a better life and more sunshine.

He quickly found work on the docks at J.W. Robinson’s in Los Angeles. Through hard work, dedication, and a strong work ethic, he built a remarkable 32-year career with the company, steadily rising through the ranks.

It was in Los Angeles that he met the love of his life, Ingrid Persson, just three days after she arrived from Sweden. They married in Sweden in January 1966 and settled briefly in Hollywood, California.

In 1967, Bo helped open the J.W. Robinson’s store in Santa Barbara, California. In 1971 he and Ingrid relocated to Santa Barbara, where he assumed the role of Operations Manager, a position he held with pride until his retirement in 1993. It was in Santa Barbara that Bo and Ingrid raised their two sons: Eric and Jon. Following his retirement from Robinson’s he managed a storage and truck rental facility before fully retiring in 2003. He and Ingrid moved to Sequim, Washington, where they enjoyed their retirement years and the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest.

Bo was happiest outdoors, whether tending his yard, firing up the barbecue in the backyard, camping with family, or spending a day at the beach. He spent some of his happiest hours soaking up the Santa Barbara 20

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Bo is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Ingrid; his son Eric (wife Jennifer); granddaughters Sara and Emma; his son Jon (wife Renee); and his sister, Christina Berlin, in Sweden.

He will be remembered for his adventurous spirit, strong work ethic, deep love for his family, and the warmth he brought to everyone around him.

Carolyn Lee Dorrance 09/21/1940-05/23/2026

Carolyn Lee Dorrance, a woman of immense compassion, a scholar of the humanities, and a natural educator, passed away May 23, 2026 at the age of 85 after a brief illness in Santa Barbara, California. A memorial service will be held at Unity Church in Santa Barbara 2:00 PM Sept. 5, 2026. All are invited.

Born September 21, 1940, in Springfield, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Herbert Larned Dorrance, Jr. and Jeanne (Gates) Dorrance. She spent her formative years in New England and developed a lifelong love of the sea. She followed in the footsteps of her grandfather and father and learned to sail at a very early age. As she grew older, she competed in numerous races in her 110 racing sailboat “Half Pint” at the Cohasset Yacht Club, winning many awards, and participated each summer in the Marblehead Race Week. Carolyn was the valedictorian of Hingham High School in 1958.

From the age of twelve, Carolyn began reading Time magazine from cover to cover, mentally engaging herself in the larger world. As her considerable intellectual and ethical powers expanded during young adulthood, she realized that the revolutionary spirit of social and political reform was essential to citizenship in a thriving Republic of Conscience and to a Socratically-inspired “life well-lived”.

For Carolyn, e pluribus unum was the heartbeat of the America she loved and whose founding

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idealism she so dearly cherished and never abandoned.

In college she excelled in her academic studies and avidly participated in the social, political and cultural life of four successive academic institutions.

She matriculated from Mount Holyoke in 1962 with a Bachelor’s degree in political science.

Throughout college, Carolyn continued her love of sailing and won the New England Women’s Sailing Champion title in her senior year! Carolyn described her adventures at sea as some of the most thrilling, formative challenges of her younger years.

After graduation, she traveled in Europe and the Middle East on a shoestring budget. Upon return to the United States, she earned her Master of Arts at Columbia University, taught at William and Mary College for two years, then headed west to pursue her Ph.D. in political science at the University of California Santa Barbara, where she studied under the aegis of Professor Raghavan N. Iyer. The theme of her doctoral thesis was loyalty. She then became a professor at Oxnard College and taught women’s history, political science, and philosophy for over 35 years.

In the 1970s Carolyn actively participated in dialogues with the original thinkers and humanitarians around Professors Raghavan and Nandini Iyer, who brought the Institute of World Culture in Santa Barbara into being. These meetings developed the Aims of the Institute which serve as guidelines for the expression of the purposes of the IWC which was inaugurated on July 4, 1976. Her support for the Institute was total — not only intellectually and spiritually, but physically. From 1974 - 1975 using her boat wood-finishing skills, she directed volunteer work crews to restore, rejuvenate and repaint the entire threestory house at 1407 Chapala that became the world-class center of the Institute. As their crowning glory, her crew refinished the finely carved mahogany banisters and woodwork of this historic landmark’s curving three-story staircase. She remained an effective leader of volunteer groups that served and maintained the Institute in varying capacities through the years.

Carolyn took on the role of President of the Institute of World Culture in 2003 and led its programs for 21 years. True to the vision of the Founders, Professors Raghavan and Nandini Iyer, she guided the Institute with an expansive perspective

of the world and of humanity, based on universal ideas such as harmony, equality and a global perspective. Carolyn’s vast knowledge and understanding ranged from history, philosophy, spirituality to ethics. Her rich leadership of seminars, forums and study circles on the transformation of society created a genuine sense of community and provided continuity at the Institute for decades.

She delivered Founding Day Lectures at IWC on topics such as “Faith and Reason in the American Founding Vision” (2009), “American Transcendentalists” (2002), “Visions of the Progressive Society” (1993), and “The Republic of Conscience“ (1979).

For half a century, Carolyn profoundly and continuously explored the ideal of “World Culture.” She wrote, “Indeed creative thought about the welfare of each and all should awaken human potential, strengthen a conviction of universal fellowship and promote an enthusiastic enjoyment of different cultures.

Thereby the universal paradigms of world culture might be discovered. To that end the Institute of World Culture exists.” Her spirit will inspire and inform the Institute’s 50th anniversary and Interdependence Day celebration on July 4, 2026.

At many different levels, Carolyn maintained life-long loyalty: to persons, to country, and, most importantly, to the prospects of global citizenship. Beyond that, she was unflinchingly committed to the seminal notion of universal brotherhood. To her, fellowship in praxis is the supreme principle, and when seriously entertained by the non-egoistical mind, it serves to unify all differences, distinctions, and lesser allegiances.

After her teacher Professor Nandini Iyer encountered health issues, Carolyn became a constant companion, helper and friend for years until Professor Iyer's death. Carolyn then edited the book Tribute to a Teacher: The Life and Guidance of Nandini R. Iyer.

The President of Oxnard College Academic Senate, Dolores Ortiz, shares this tribute on behalf of her colleague: “Carolyn's connection to Oxnard College stretched back to its earliest days, when classes were taught in storefronts in downtown Oxnard and the college itself was little more than a bold vision for the future….

She was, in many ways, one of the architects of the academic culture that continues to define

Oxnard College today…

Those who knew her best remember not only her intellect, but also her unwavering commitment to students. She believed deeply in their potential and was known to go far beyond the expectations of her profession to support them. She approached teaching with a holistic and profound humanistic philosophy, one grounded in optimism, compassion, and a genuine belief in the possibilities that education could create…

Many may not have known the full extent of her generosity.

Friends recall countless acts of quiet kindness, often performed without recognition or fanfare. She touched lives not only through teaching and mentorship but also through personal acts of support that transformed the futures of those she cared about…

For many colleagues, former students, and friends, Carolyn was more than a professor.

She was a mentor, a guide, an advocate, and a steady voice reminding us of the transformative power of education. Her influence can be found in the countless lives she touched, the programs she helped build, and the enduring values she championed throughout her career…

Her legacy remains woven into the fabric of Oxnard College and will continue to inspire future generations…She will be deeply missed and gratefully remembered.” (See www.worldculture.org for full tribute) Those who would like to hear Carolyn’s talks can search for “Carolyn Dorrance” on the IWC’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@ iwcinsantabarbara/streams Carolyn was an active Associate of the United Lodge of Theosophists for fifty-seven years.

As a student of Theosophy, she remained wholeheartedly committed to the elevation of human thought into the ontological fullness of unity, and the evolutionary uplift of the human spirit.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her stepmothers Barbara and Opal Dorrance, and her brother David Dorrance.

She is survived by her sister Susie Nightingale (Lawrence, KS), her niece Rebecca Bridson (Lawrence, KS), her nephew Christopher Bridson and his wife Rose (Lenexa, KS), her stepsister Helen Dorrance and husband Scott Bowman (Leander, TX), her step niece Lotus Kiffe and husband Chad (Leander, TX), and her step nephew Dustin Dorrance-Bowman and his wife Monica (Austin, TX).

obituaries George L. Burtness 11/29/1931-06/11/2026

Native Santa Barbara son George Burtness passed away on June 11 at age 94. He had a deep love of life, and for Santa Barbara and the various communities of which he was a part.

He was a renaissance man, deeply curious, charming, conversational, and knew most answers to most questions. His vast interests ranged from electronics to wine/sparkling wine to nature conservation to scuba diving to flying planes to hiking and marathoning and to volunteering. For the last 30+ years of his life, he devoted himself to the non-profit world of Santa Barbara.

For 40 years, he studied, worked, and lived in the Bay Area, earning a BA in Psychology and an MBA, both from Stanford University. He held many jobs, including time in the Air Force (mostly in Alaska), working for satellite companies, making wine, managing Stanford’s real estate, and flipping houses before it was a ‘thing.’

An inveterate traveler, he visited many large cities, small towns, national parks, and international hubs. He returned permanently to Santa Barbara in 1990.

While in Santa Barbara, George dedicated thousands of hours to supporting regional healthcare, inspired by his father, Dr. H.I. Burtness, who was one of the founding physicians of the Sansum Clinic.

George also served as Chair of the Board at Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, carrying on a position once held by his father, and also became a Trustee Emeritus.

George gave over 4,600 hours of direct, hands-on service to patients and staff at Cottage Hospital over the last 18 years.

He previously was President of the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Auxiliary Board (supporting the coordination of hundreds of volunteers), was an instrumental member of the Healing Arts and Music Board, served as the Chair Volunteer of the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Endoscopy department, and served on the Institutional

To submit obituaries for publication, please call (805) 965-5205 or email obits@independent.com Review Board reviewing critical research projects. He was volunteering at Cottage right up until the last month of his life.

Beyond volunteering, he pledged a significant gift to create the George L. Burtness Endowment for Nursing Education fund to provide scholarships for nursing students and for registered nurses to advance their clinical education and skills. He and his brothers also provided a gift to help rebuild the hospital's Burtness Auditorium, named for Dr. H. I. Burtness.

A lifelong conservationist, George’s passion for protecting natural habitats spanned both global research and highly localized restoration. George had an unparalleled record of volunteerism across the California Channel Islands. Over a span of 45 years, he had visited Santa Cruz Island more than 100 times to study endangered species and assist The Nature Conservancy.

A member of the Santa Cruz Island Foundation Advisory Council, he also successfully completed working visits to all eight California Channel Islands alongside the Channel Islands Restoration group.

During his 40 years living in Palo Alto, he routinely participated in Earthwatch research and biodiversity projects with professor-friends from Stanford University’s Biology department, which took him from studying ecosystems in Costa Rica to observing reef fish populations in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

George routinely lent his executive and administrative expertise to the boards of major community cornerstones, including The Lobero Theatre Foundation, where he served as President of the Board, and he actively served on the boards of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, the Music Academy of the West, and Lotusland, where he volunteered for decades and was a member of the Lotus Society group.

In April 2025, George was honored alongside Dr. Carrie Towbes as the 82nd Person of the Year by the Santa Barbara Foundation. The prestigious award honors individuals whose extraordinary volunteerism addresses vital community needs and enhances the quality of life in the Santa Barbara area. At 93 years old, George called the recognition "the highest honor of my life"—a sentiment made even more profound by the fact that he followed directly in the

footsteps of his father, Dr. H.I. Burtness, who received the same honor 47 years prior.

George’s legacy spans healthcare, global and local environmental conservation, and deep leadership ties within Santa Barbara's premier cultural institutions.

He leaves a brother, a former wife, three children, three grandchildren, a niece, a Vices and Spices Saturday crew, so many friends and acquaintances, and his fingerprints all over the non-profit world of Santa Barbara. A brother pre-deceased him.

In some of his last conversations, he reiterated that a successful life answers the question, “What did you do to make the world better for people?” To honor George, raise a glass of your favorite beverage and make plans to make your slice of the world a better place.

A celebration of life will be held in Fall.

If you would care to honor George through financial support, please consider a donation to Santa Barbara’s TRADART Foundation, which provides career and technical education programs for students in the building and construction trades, or to a non-profit that is dear to your heart. Time can be as important as money, so consider volunteering for a non-profit that uplifts your community.

Richard Mckelvy Martin

01/26/1936-05/10/2026

A memorial gathering to remember and honor Richard will be held on Saturday July 11, 10:00AM at the Welch - Ryce Haider Funeral home, 15 E. Sola Street, Santa Barbara.

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

A scientist and a scholar, Richard McKelvy Martin was born on January 26, 1936, to William McKelvy Martin and Kathryn Louise Homan Martin, in Hollywood, California. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from the University

of California, Riverside, in 1959, doing research under James Pitts on photochemistry. He earned his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1963, and did a National Institute of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University from 1963 - 1965 under Dudley Herschbach.

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

Richard had three children with his first wife, Joanne Kinkade: Vivian Martin, Barbara Martin, and William John Martin. He later married Susan Emmel in 1974 and had a happy partnership with her until her tragic death from cancer in 1996.

However, joy came again when Richard met Penny Rickling in 2003. They married in 2005 and had a devoted and loving partnership.

Richard was never idle. He loved the outdoors, hiking and bicycling, swimming, and traveling. As well as his teaching positions in England and Germany, he visited many countries including Saudi Arabia and Morocco.

Richard’s travels continued with Penny as they enjoyed visits to Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, London, France and Italy. In quieter moments he occupied himself with extensive reading, and with writing, including poetry and his own memoirs. Richard also enjoyed building, improving, and fixing things, and was always working in his shop on projects.

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

Richard was preceded in death

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

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

Ken Ilenstine

09/13/1955-05/28/2026

Ken Ilenstine passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2026, predeceased by his loving parents, Jack and Joyce. He is survived by his three siblings and their partners: Robert and wife Sharon, Craig and spouse, and Karen Chackel and husband Roger, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Ken was born in France, where his father was stationed at the time, but shortly returned to the United States where he spent his entire life in Santa Barbara, California. Ken graduated from San Marcos High School and attended Santa Barbara City College.

He was a general contractor and was involved in building many custom homes. Known for his craftsmanship, artesian work, and attention to detail, Ken was never afraid of a building project and mentored many people who became successful in the trade.

Ken was also a man of many talents, a motorcycle enthusiast, and a lobster fisherman.

Affectionately nicknamed by his nieces and nephews as “Uncle Buck,“ Ken will forever be celebrated for his humor and lightheartedness, as well as his love for film and animals.

He spent most of his free time building and enjoying the family’s second home, a cabin in Paradise. He was a gentle giant who is greatly missed by those who loved him dearly, especially for his boisterous laugh and genuine smile.

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obituaries Eric John Sonquist

12/17/1954-06/14/2026

Eric John Sonquist, devoted husband, beloved father and grandfather, trusted friend and dedicated community leader, passed away peacefully on June 14, 2026, at the age of 71 after a courageous battle with lung cancer, surrounded by his loving family.

Born on December 17, 1954, to Hanne and John Sonquist in Chicago, Illinois, Eric's journey took him from Chicago to Ann Arbor before his family settled in Santa Barbara, the city he proudly called home for most of his life.

While attending UC Irvine, Eric met the love of his life, Anita Hahn. Their first date, on Anita's 21st birthday, began a love story that would span 50 years together and 48 years of marriage. Together they built a life filled with love, laughter, unwavering devotion, and two daughters, Jessica and Zoë.

To his grandchildren, Greyson and Addison, he was simply "Dude"—a nickname lovingly given to him years earlier by the many children who came through Anita's daycare. Nothing brought Eric more joy than making his grandchildren laugh and they will forever remember his playful spirit, endless love, and the special bond they shared. He treasured every moment spent with his family.

After graduating from UC Irvine and earning his MBA from Cornell University, Eric devoted the last 25 years of his career UC Santa Barbara, serving in leadership roles within the Division of Institutional Advancement and as Chief Financial Officer of the UCSB Foundation. His thoughtful leadership helped strengthen the university and countless nonprofit organizations throughout the Santa Barbara community.

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Outside of work, Eric loved music, sharing a great bottle of wine, great meals with friends, and cheering on his favorite teams. Whether it was a burger night at the Hitching Post or a Saturday morning watching Michigan football, he appreciated life's simple pleasures and the people who shared them.

Eric believed in taking care of those around him and never missed an opportunity to tell someone he loved them.

Throughout his battle with cancer, he faced each challenge with remarkable courage, grace and gratitude, always keeping his focus on the people who mattered most.

Eric was preceded in death by his parents, Hanne and John Sonquist. He is survived by his beloved wife, Anita; daughters Jessica and Zoë; son-in-law Bryan; grandchildren Greyson and Addison; sisters Catherine and Kristin; and countless friends, colleagues, and extended family whose lives were enriched by knowing him.

The family extends its heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Newman and the extraordinary team at Ridley-Tree Cancer Center as well as the doctors and staff at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital for their compassionate care and unwavering support.

A celebration of Eric's life is being planned for the Fall, details to come. In lieu of flowers, the family invites those wishing to honor Eric's memory to support causes that were dear to his heart: Foodbank of Santa Barbara County and the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation.

Eric measured success not by titles or accomplishments, but by the people he loved and the lives he helped improve.

He believed that despite our differences, we should always remember to care for one another, to seek common ground rather than division, to stand up for the dignity and human rights of every person and to never lose hope that kindness and peace can make the world a better place. His legacy lives on in his family, in the community he served so faithfully and in everyone fortunate enough to have known his kindness, wisdom, generosity and love.

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09/16/1939-01/13/2026

Sally Webb, a long-time resident of Santa Barbara, CA, passed away at her home in Salt Lake City on January 13, 2026.

She was 86 years old.

Sally was born in San Francisco on September 16, 1939.

Soon afterwards her father transferred with the JC Penney Company to Fresno. There the family lived on a five acre ranch with, as she wrote later, “orchard, horse, irrigation ditch, toads, mosquitos, pollywogs, and much bermuda grass that needed mowing.” She attended Fresno High. Going to college was not a given for young women in the 1950s, but Sally was an ambitious student and, with the support of her mother, she attended Occidental College, where she majored in history. She spent a very impactful year abroad in Oslo, learning Norwegian and travelling throughout Europe on breaks. She retained a lifelong love for travel.

In 1961she married Don Webb, a UCSF-trained physician. They lived in the Bay Area (where Sally got her secondary school teaching credential), Washington DC (where she worked at the Library of Congress as a Public Welfare Research Analyst), and Rochester MN for Don’s Orthopedic residency at the Mayo Clinic.

After residency, they moved briefly to Visalia, near Don’s family, then to Santa Barbara where they spent the next 50 years and raised their three children: Jeff, Tim and Elizabeth.

At the Mayo Clinic Sally and Don made a group of lifelong friends—the “Coventry Group,” the orthopedic fellows and their spouses—with whom they continued to reunite over many years to celebrate and renew those early connections.

Sally’s lifetime career was in education. She began teaching junior high school in Santa Barbara during the 1970s, first at Christian School and then at Mount Carmel. She loved the crazy energy of middle schoolers! During this same period

she attended Fuller Theological Seminary and earned a master’s degree, eventually becoming a Professor of Education at Westmont College in the teacher training program, supervising student teachers.

After retirement Sally became an accomplished watercolor painter.

Above all, Sally was dedicated to her family – husband, children, nieces and nephews, grandchildren -- whom she supported with unstinting kindness and generosity. Sally and Don’s home in Montecito was a treasured family gathering spot for many years.

Sally is survived by her daughter Elizabeth Wing of Salt Lake City, son-in-law Bill Wing and granddaughter Emily Wing; son Tim Webb of San Luis Obispo, daughter-in-law Michele Simonsen, and granddaughter Ula Simonsen-Webb; son Jeff Webb of Salt Lake City, daughter-in-law Laurie Bragg and grandchildren Michaela Webb and Clay Webb.

Martin Luis "Louie" Rojas 1965-2026

In loving memory of Louie, who left us on June 1, 2026 at the age of 61. Born locally at St. Francis Hospital to Max Rojas and JoEllen Orosco. He leaves behind family, friends and coworkers who will always keep him in their memories.

A lifelong resident of Goleta, Louie grew up in the community he proudly called home. He attended local schools, including Goleta Union School/ Hollister Elementary, Goleta Valley Junior High and Dos Pueblos High School.

Louie was known as hardworking, dependable and ethical person. Throughout his life, he held a variety of jobs in the local community to include as delivery driver's for such companies. By far his most loved position was working as a delivery driver for Larry's 8 Day Auto Parts. He took pride in his work and earned the respect of those who knew him through his dedication and reliability.

Outside of work, Louie had

many interests and hobbies that brought him joy. He was passionate about being a ham radio operator, spending hours communicating with those here in the states and abroad.

He had a talent for home and car audio systems and had a remarkable ear for sound quality. His friends liked his ability to fine-tune a system until it sounded just right, whether adjusting speakers, balancing frequencies, or perfecting the overall sound.

Louie was a friendly and somewhat social person, who took the time to stop and talk with family and friends, especially if it had been awhile.

Friends knew that a simple conversation could easily turn into a long talk with some good laughs.

Louie loved to drive. Not because he had somewhere important to be, but simply because he enjoyed being on the road. He was known for taking spontaneous trips just for the experience, sometimes driving hundreds of miles on a whim.

It was not unusual to hear him say something like "Last night I drove to Hollywood just to get a burger and fries" referring to a restaurant that was not available here in Goleta or Santa Barbara.

For him, the drive itself was often just as enjoyable as the destination.

Those who knew Louie will remember a man who valued family and friendship, worked hard, pursued his interests with enthusiasm and remained connected to the community where he was raised.

Louie is preceded in death by his father Max along with many Cousins, Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents and Friends.

He is survived by his mother JoEllen, his brother Michael, his sister Vicky, his nephew Sean and niece Danielle. He also leaves behind many friends and coworkers who will remember him for his kindness, loyalty and just being himself.

You will truly be missed my baby brother. May you rest in peace.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Saint Raphael Catholic Church, 5444 Hollister Ave, Goleta CA 93111 on Friday, July 10, at 10am with an interment to immediately follow at Goleta Cemetery, 44 S. San Antonio Rd, Santa Barbara CA 93110.

A celebration of life will follow the interment at Pepe's Mexican Restaurant, 254 Orange Ave, Goleta, CA 93117.

obituaries Patricia J. Heidner

07/04/1932-06/22/2026

The full and joyful life of Patricia (Pat) Jean Heidner came to a peaceful and natural end on June 22, 2026, in Santa Barbara, California.

Pat was born on July 4, 1932, as the first child of Walter and Rozella Watzke. She spent her childhood in the small Midwestern town of Morris, Minnesota, and later in Amery, Wisconsin. Pat was a loving older sister to her brother Michael and her sister Marilyn (Mano).

Pat began her college education at Saint Olaf College in Northfield Minnesota and then transferred to the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she earned her degree in Education. During her studies at Madison, Pat met a medical student named Frederick (Fred) C. Heidner II, whom she married in 1954. Pat briefly taught as a kindergarten teacher, before setting aside her professional aspirations to raise a family. While in Wisconsin, Pat gave birth to a daughter, Greta, and a son, Frederick (Fritz). Fred’s job as a physician brought the family to Santa Barbara, California in 1961, where Pat gave birth to sons Hans and Kurt. Pat was a supportive wife and a gentle and loving mother who prioritized family above self.

Pat was blessed to love and be loved by two granddaughters, Anja and Nicola, three grandsons, Ryan, Niels, and Eric, and two great-grandsons, Reid and Parker. Others dear to her heart included her sonin-law Russell Greene, her daughters-in-law Faith Heidner (Hans) and Suzi Heidner (Kurt), and two especially close friends of the family, Matt Grul and Jeannie Moore.

Family and friends will remember Pat for her intelligence, kindness, optimism, generosity, selflessness, and unconditional love. Pat’s life centered on family and close friends, and on making the most of time spent together.

In support of her family, Pat

To submit obituaries for publication, please call (805) 965-5205 or email obits@independent.com learned to snow ski, water ski, hike and camp. Perhaps Pat’s greatest gift to her family was the way in which she loved and lived her marriage to Fred. Pat and Fred were inseparable and very much in love throughout their 67 years of marriage.

Together, Pat and Fred formed a strong foundation of support and stability for the Heidner children and grandchildren. After her kids departed on their independent paths and Fred retired, Pat and Fred took time to travel throughout the United States in their motor home, attending GMC motor home conventions, enjoying the beauty and peace of America’s natural areas, and visiting family and friends.

Their shared love of music led them to attend music festivals and to become long-term supporters and attendees of the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara. Pat’s final residence was at the Valle Verde retirement community, where she and Fred lived together for 13 years, and where she continued to reside for another 4 years, following Fred’s passing in 2022.

Pat lived an impactful and blessed life, and she will be greatly missed. Pat outlived almost all of her close friends.

As per Pat’s wishes, she will be honored and remembered at a private family memorial to be held at the family cabin in Pembine, Wisconsin. Memorials may be sent to Music Academy of the West or Trinity Lutheran Church.

Bernard Acquistapace

I once heard someone say: “It’s what you lose in life that makes what you find more meaningful.”

With the loss of my mother, who was my best friend, life seemed without meaning. My cousin, Bernard Acquistapace, helped me change that mindset.

I found a true friend in Bernard and slowly through that friendship with him, I found purpose in my life once again.

During our many Sunday morning phone visits he would always find some humor or wisdom to soothe over whatever life threw at you. On top of that, he took me out to dinners and he would always say, “It’s my treat; don’t look at the prices.”

Boy, that lead to choosing a filet mignon steak; yummy, yummy.

A generous man he was.

Raised in the Santa Barbara fishing family, he learned early

on the value and essence of hard work. He applied those life lessons by becoming a teacher and in later years he started what became a very successful nursey business in Carpinteria.

The lesson I found in Bernard’s life journey was simple.

“If the mountain won’t bow to the sea, the sea will rise up to the mountain.”

Rest in peace my dear friend.

When we meet again, dinner is on me.

Your cousin and dearest friend, Lorraine.

Gravesite services will be held at 11:15 AM on June 27, 2026 at: Calvary Cemetery 199 N Hope Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93110

Arthur Jan Kroot

Arthur Jan Kroot died June 23, 2026 at the age of 80 in Columbus, Indiana, where he lived and worked most of his life. He was a "tale of two cities" spending half a month running the Kroot Corp. in Columbus and half a month living his dream life in Santa Barbara, CA. An avid sailor, he loved his time at the harbor working to maintain his sailboat the Teak Lady. He had many harbor friends who helped him work on and sail his boat.

When he wasn't boating he spent time riding his bike, gardening, and creating incredibly beautiful Japanese flower arrangements. He held several master's certificates in the art of Ikebana. In Columbus, he was well known for flying his hot air balloon. He loved sailing in the sky as much as on the water.

Art had many friends in both cities. Here, he served as president of the Santa Barbara Jewish Federation and was an active supporter of Congregation B'nai Brith as well as the Center for Successful Ageing.

Art was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Bobbi.

He is survived by his daughter Robin Kroot, his son Josh Kroot (Rachel) and the loves of his life, his three grandchildren Brandon, Aaron and Michelle.

A service for Art will take place in Columbus.

Everett James (Jim) Hopperstad

Everett James (Jim) Hopperstad 82, passed away a year ago with quiet dignity in the early morning of July 3rd, 2025 at Cottage Hospital. Jim was a showman and his business “Bikesmiths” was his stage. He led a colorful life filled with camaraderie, laughter and music.

Throughout his life Jim loved classic cars, vintage bicycles and his Spaniels. An exceptional story teller, he had a joke for every occasion. Survived

by Cindy, his wife of over 50 years, brother Jack Jesmer and his children Pam Hopperstad, Matt Hopperstad and Kristen Wayne(Hopperstad).

Forever grateful for his guidance, friendship and love he shared with his family and many friends.

Claudia Ivetth Reveles Pacheco 10/06/1984-06/24/2026

Claudia Ivetth Reveles Pacheco 41 of Goleta, CA passed away peacefully on June 24, 2026 surrounded by her loving family.

Claudia was born in Tarasco, Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico in 1984 to Ma Guadalupe Pacheco Gomez and Zacarias Reveles Ortega. Claudia came to the United States when she was 16 years old seeking a higher education. It was during this time she found her passion for mathematics and helping others. After graduating from San Marcos High School, she earned her Associate’s degree at Santa Barbara City College and obtained her Bachelor’s degree from Cal State Channel Islands in 2017.

While working as a Supervisor at Vons, she met the love of her life, Kevin Hanley Jr. They married in 2014 and built a beautiful

life together, welcoming their son Kevin Hanley III in 2022.

Claudia enjoyed nature walks, the beach and visiting family.

Her laughter, compassion and giving nature brought immeasurable joy and comfort to so many. Although her life was cut way too short, her legacy will live on in the hearts and memories of those that love her.

She is survived by her husband, son, parents, brother Manuel de Jesus, sister Silvia and numerous relatives.

The family is deeply grateful for the overwhelming love and support during this difficult time. Below is a quote she would often say that personifies her personality.

“No one is you and that is your superpower.”

– Claudia Reveles

Dolores Lee Hirson 1930-2026

Dolores Lee Hirson of St. Louis, Mo, passed on May 31, 2026.

Growing up in both St. Louis and Salinas, CA Dolores eventually settled in Santa Barbara.

She was pre deceased by her brother, David and her her two husbands, Herman and Charles.

Playing and teaching mah jong were life long interests of Dolores, as well as reading, especially Isabel Allende, knitting, and beating many of the tv contestants on Jeopardy. She especially enjoyed meeting Alex Trebek in person during one of his tapings.

Dolores will be remembered for her quick, sharp wit, her humor and her caring listening skills.

Dolores is survived by her children, Steven (and Suzanne) and Susan (and Tom). Her three grandchildren Lindsey (and Sam), Haley (and Cameron), and Jordan were blessed to have so many years with Grammy.

She even got to meet and share special moments with her great grandchildren Henry and Lola.

She will be dearly missed by all of us.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Full Bloom The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Celebrates 100 Years and Looks to the Next Century by Callie Fausey

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nce upon a time (the 1920s),

in a land not-so-far away (Mission Canyon), people planted redwood saplings in coffee cans. With redwoods taking up to 300 years to reach their maximum height, those early gardeners would never see their trees “grow up.”

But they were not searching for immediate gratification. They were planting for the future. They knew that one day, birds would nest and sing among their canopies.

Visitors would stand in the shade and marvel at their collective beauty.

And now, the redwoods, due to their longevity, are aiding in the modern fight against climate change by storing more carbon than just about any other tree species on the planet.

Although they may have initially struggled in Santa Barbara’s drier climate, nearly 100 years later, these trees now tower up to 160 feet tall—taller than the city’s tallest building, The Granada Theatre.

They are symbolic of their home’s legacy: The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, celebrating its centennial this year, has always been on the leading edge of plant conservation. Its forefathers in 1926 had forethought, understanding that California’s plants were more than just pretty faces.

The garden’s staff are now carrying that visionary spirit forward.

The Beginnings The earliest plant samples in the Botanic Garden’s herbarium were collected by a bunch of amateurs with a curiosity for the natural world, in the words of Executive Director Steve Windhager, a former Boy Scout whose love for the outdoors matured into a

commitment to restoration.

And isn’t that just the way? Pure, unadulterated curiosity for our surroundings has driven humanity to our greatest discoveries.

One of the oldest samples in the garden’s collection is the branch of a spice bush (Calycanthus occidentalis, named for its bloom in “the region of the setting sun”) collected circa 1878 near Yosemite by Henry C. Ford (no relation to the industrialist.) Ford’s day job was a landscape painter. The spice bush is a shrub native to stream sides and moist canyons of California, with wine-red flowers that also have a wine-like aroma, which may have attracted him to them.

The species is not uncommon, but to him, it was special enough to stop his landscape sketching, snip off a branch, glue it onto a page, and catalogue it in his own handwriting, which has survived to this very day.

Ford went on to help found the Santa Barbara Society of Natural History, which evolved into the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, which later established the Botanic Garden.

Today, the garden’s herbarium holds around 230,000 specimens, some collected decades apart, and each telling the story of the condition of the plant on the day it was collected. Every year, 3,000 to 5,000 new specimens are pressed, dried, and catalogued, and a new digital database is now being formed.

Researchers can understand how plants and habitats have changed over time by comparing samples of the same species from the same area, collected a century apart.

“You can actually see things blooming earlier in the year, you can see things moving, changing their range as conditions get warmer or drier,” Windhager said. “You can actually see climate change happening in action.”

Some plants, scientists are finding, may be part of the solution. They are able to collect heavy

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method. Sunflowers, for instance, are planted at superfund sites to remove toxins from the environment.

The garden’s oldest documented living accession is a tall Douglas fir, collected from Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains, that has thrived in its garden flat since 1934. It is visible along the garden’s centennial route.

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The Botanic Garden's redwood trees now tower up to 160 feet tall, taller than the Granada Theatre.

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The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is the holy grail of California’s native plants—more than 1,000 currently grow there. They have evolved in their habitats over millennia, and the organisms around them have evolved to eat, find shelter in, and otherwise depend on them.

The plants have names that date back before Europeans colonized the area, and their namers, mainly the Barbareño Band of Chumash Indians, did not beat around the bush, so to speak.

California fuchsia — a stringy subshrub with fiery, tubular orange-red flowers— grows prominently in the garden’s vast, vibrant meadow. It has the Chumash name of S’akht’utun ’iyukhnuts (meaning “hummingbird sucks it,” which explains itself), and was used medicinally as a poultice for cuts, sores, and sprains.

Pre-garden, the area was known to some Chumash as Utapí΄qste, meaning “where the brodiaea bulbs were burned.” Brodiaea are a kind of lily with edible flowers, recalling a cautionary tale in which a character called Coyote rewarded children who shared food and punished those who did not. Conscripted by Franciscan Friars into forced labor, the Chumash built the Mission Dam in 1806, which created a reservoir that stretched for a half mile and still runs partway through the garden today.

“California isn’t just a natural thing; it’s a human thing, because people have been tending this place for millennia,” said Scot Pipkin, the garden’s director of education, who led us on a centennial walk of the property. Pipkin, who wears his love for plants on his sleeve, has worked and lived in the garden for years, raising his two young daughters in a natural playground.

On that hot March day, we passed flowers labeled with their different names, all native to California.

We made a stop at narrowleaf milkweed, the larval food plant for monarch caterpillars. These plants are poisonous to just about everything. But as plants evolved defenses over time, so too did the things that wanted to eat them.

Monarch caterpillars became so specialized to digest the toxic milkweed that they now literally cannot eat anything else. It exemplifies the importance of native plants: If you take the milkweed out of Santa Barbara, what will the caterpillars eat?

Next was a slope flowering with native grasses, including purple needlegrass, California’s state grass. It contained the remnants of horticulture experiments as the garden searches for lawn substitutes that are beautiful and functional, not merely decorative. Some grasses are planted in full sun, some in partial shade; some are trampled to see if they can withstand being regularly walked over.

To promote more homegrown natives, the garden recently started its own nano-nursery to supply native saplings to residents, businesses, schools, and other institutions.

“Native plant horticulture, in particular, is an act of conservation, so we’re empowering the public to think about themselves,” Pipkin said, “not just protecting the million acres in Los Padres National Forest, which is important, but also protecting biodiversity in their backyards.”

“We have, like, 150 species of butterfly in Santa Barbara,” he continued, “and they all have a specific plant they want to eat as larvae in order to turn into adult butterflies.”

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A 100-Year Walk

Steve Windhager, S.B. Botanic Garden executive director, has headed the garden for 15 years.

Scot Pipkin leads a group along the garden's centennial route, featuring markers of the garden's history.

The gallery up at the Botanic Garden's Conservation Center is fully interactive by scanning images with a phone to see their captions and date.

We walked beside these plants and through the meadow.

At the bottom of the meadow is a giant boulder, a remnant of the Pleistocene debris flows that deposited boulder fields throughout Mission Canyon. Its name, Blaksley Boulder, honors the garden’s founding supporter, Anna Dorinda Blaksley Bliss, and the garden’s original name of Blaksley Botanic Garden (it was renamed in 1939). The garden was created at the suggestion of the Carnegie Institution as a cooperative effort with the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, but it flourished with Bliss’s purchase of the land and creation of an endowment.

The aim of the founders was to establish a garden that would “unite the aesthetic, educational and scientific,” according to a history of the garden written by Mary Carroll and archived by the Santa Barbara Historical Society. It went through many different phases over its time in history.

In 1927, the garden began to be laid out by various habitats, including the desert, with some of the oldest plantings being the jojoba and desert willow. The Desert Section’s designer, Ervanna Bowen Bissell, once said that desert gardens were “a fad which will die out after a while”—but time proved otherwise, the garden has discovered.

“Many of our sections are sort of replicas of a habitat,” Pipkin said. “There are actually four different deserts represented within the geographic boundaries of California, and this is kind of a mash-up of many of them.”

Pipkin explained that Santa Barbara’s climate is expected to become a bit more like San Diego’s—drier, hotter—in the next 30 to 50 years due to climate change. So, the garden is experimenting with planting new species, like the rare and critically endangered Shaw’s agave, a rosette-forming succulent native to coastal San Diego and northern Baja California.

“Can we assist the migration of this plant and encourage people to plant it horticulturally?” he mused. “It’s a beautiful plant.”

There are also living fossils in the garden—trees that are ancient and lived through two fires that ripped through the

garden, once in the 1964 Coyote Fire and again in the 2009 Jesusita Fire. That includes the Catalina Island ironwood, native to the northern Channel Islands. Fossil records of plants extremely similar to the ironwood dating back 13 million years were found in Nevada.

“That’s one of the things that makes California’s flora so special,” Pipkin said. “Things go extinct more slowly in California than in other places [due to its climate and other factors], and so we have a lot of living fossils in California, such as the ironwoods, such as the redwoods, such as many of the chaparral plants we see that are actually holdovers from the Miocene period 13 to 10 million years ago.”

An ironwood and oak tree we passed on our walk sustained some damage from the 2009 fire, which burned through 80 percent of the grounds, but were able to recover. Each fire reshaped the landscape and inspired new approaches to restoration and resilience—including the creation of the Pritzlaff Conservation Center, promoting the enduring resilience of native plants.

“It’s just a reminder that California is adapted for fire,” Pipkin said. “Fire is a reality in our region, and our plants are resilient to it.”

A Plant Repository Among the garden’s towering redwoods grows another type of tree: tanbark oaks. Pipkin recalled seeing swaths of these trees in the Santa Cruz Mountains as a recent college graduate. But when sudden oak death—a disease caused by fungus—became a massive issue in California around 2008, almost all of them disappeared from those forests.

Pipkin said that, for him, it is a “reminder that there is constant threat on these plants, and it comes from really unexpected places.”

“That just reinforces why it’s so important to have organizations like the Botanic Garden, because this is a living repository … some of these plants are almost a living bank of genetic information.”

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they would have a much better chance. “And that’s what we’re all about,” Pipkin said.

These living banks flourish throughout the garden.

Around 1956, yellow pond lilies (Nuphar polysepala)—a striking plant with glossy green leaves and yellow blossoms—were collected from a central coast wetland that was later lost to development. Transplanted in the garden’s Arroyo Section, it now survives mostly in protected or restored habitats.

More recently, just this year, a grove of special Torrey pines—one of the rarest pines in the world—were planted on a sloping terrace next to the garden’s conservation center. Grown from seeds collected from 45 maternal trees on Santa Rosa Island, the garden is now one of only a few places in the world where the trees grow.

Cultivating them at the garden means there is another pool of plants available to repopulate natural groves should catastrophe strike—and last month, it did. Nearly 40 percent of Santa Rosa Island burned in the largest wildfire in the Channel Islands’ recorded history, including the island’s roughly 10,000 Torrey pines, which may not fully recover.

The Botanic Garden’s Executive Director Steve Windhager points out one of the small Torrey pine saplings planted in the garden's new grove.

Torrey pine nuts do not freeze well for conventional seed banking. But the garden’s living collection could one day be used in recovery efforts. It’s just like the redwoods: The garden does not plant for immediate gratification, rather, it cultivates for the future.

Next door to the Torrey pines is the garden’s seed bank, with nearly five million seeds from 420 rare California plants. “We’re not keeping them for safekeeping,” Pipkin said. “We’re keeping them because we want to germinate them and restore habitats with them. It’s actually closer to 10 million seeds because we send half of them to the national seed bank in Fort Collins.”

Staff return repeatedly to collection areas to ensure good genetics and a diversity of plants that can withstand different conditions, like particularly wet or dry years.

Seeds are collected from down in Baja and up through the Eastern Sierras and the Bay Area. It’s critical work, considering roughly a third of the state’s 6,000 native plants are at risk of extinction.

“We’re very careful to only ever take 10 to 15 percent of the total seed on any plant,” Windhager explained about the collection process. “We leave plenty for all the rest of the critters that need it, as well as for reproduction. If we collected all of them, it could be catastrophic.”

For example, the garden collected only eight seeds from the Santa Cruz Island desert dandelion (Malacothrix indecora). But by bringing them back to the center and germinating them (or “giving them a little spa day,” Windhager joked), they can create thousands of seeds to replant. A thousand seeds may only successfully produce 10 to 20 plants—ani-

Recording and Reversing Decline As Windhager put it, the garden has been “documenting decline” through its work. Over time, they’ve witnessed ecosystems disappear due to human development, or climate change, or other stressors.

However, the garden has also grown from a destination to a movement by shaping the region into a biodiversity hot spot, encouraging residents to plant native plants, and partnering with local communities and governments to spread the gospel.

“Native plants do a better job of supporting wild biodiversity than anything else,” Windhager said. “And when

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mals eat them or they fail to reach adulthood — but over time, that can significantly contribute to the island’s overall population.

The garden calls its rare seeds “insurance policies against extinction” for plants like those in the Santa Rosa Island burn scar, some of which are found nowhere else in the world. The garden is sending teams of botanists to the island to help the National Park Service assess the damage, including Torrey pine work scheduled for the summer.

“If possible, we want nature to be able to respond,” Windhager said.

“Even if the plants look dead, they may have dropped seed already, and they may come back on their own without our intervention. We start by watching how the system recovers and see if our intervention is necessary. If it is, we have those seeds.”

On the wall of the conservation center is a motto: understand, protect, restore. Alongside maintaining a healthy seed bank, they preserve both plant and bug specimens, and undertake research in their genetics lab to understand what needs protection.

For example, the San Clemente Island woodland star is found only on that island.

Nowhere else. It grows across multiple canyons on the island (in an active bombing range for the Navy, no less), but in those individual canyon clusters, the plants are essentially clones of each other — not great for genetic diversity and their long-term survival.

At the genetics lab, garden staff are working to understand why pollinators are not travelling across canyons. They can use genetic information to guide long-term management efforts and establish new, interbreeding populations.

By “barcoding” genetics—taking a snippet of DNA that is unique to each species—the researchers can follow pollinators and figure out who may be missing.

They can follow poop to identify what wildlife eat. They found out, for example, that lactating mother foxes on the islands eat caterpillars by tracking its genetic code in island foxes’ scat. They can use that data to support efforts to promote caterpillar habitat to ensure the moms remain fed.

“We never would have noticed that, because none of the physical parts of a caterpillar make it through the digestive process,” Windhager said.

They’ve also found entirely new species plants from genetic coding—peering past the surface that may look like an existing species and identifying its distinctive characteristics.

Women tend flowers in the meadow at the S.B. Botanic Garden circa 1950.

you take a plant from another continent, it’s leaving all the insects that depend on it back in that other continent. You bring it over here and you might love it as a garden plant, because nothing seems to eat it.”

But that’s the problem.

“It’s not doing any service to anything over here, right?”

Windhager continued. “It’s not feeding the insects, and if it’s not feeding the insects, it’s not feeding the birds, it’s not feeding the lizards. And so, we have these gardens that, at their best, are decorative.”

The Botanic Garden encourages residents to introduce at least 30 percent native plants into their gardens for them to bloom with biodiversity. “You’ll see more birds, butterflies, and all sorts of other stuff, and it’s all because you’ve created a habitat for them in your backyard,” Windhager said.

The garden is also transforming local parks, including turning an acre of Elings Park from one overrun by weeds into a top birding destination, and installing a native section at Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden.

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y If the tanbark oaks blink out of existence or t S in the Santa Cruz Mountains, they would have a er hard time repopulating them from the garden’s two v Co trees alone, but if other gardens are growing them too,

The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is celebrating its 100th birthday this year.

Staff is also planting native plants on State Street; training landscapers in drought-tolerant and native landscaping; and starting its nano nursery to remove one of the top obstacles to homegrown native gardens: access and affordability. Thanks to its efforts over the years, the garden was just named nonprofit of the year by Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limón.

“For the past 100 years, we were trying to do it all ourselves, and now we’ve realized we can’t do it ourselves.

We need everybody to get involved, and that’s how we’re going to really find success,” Windhager said. “So, that’s the next 100 years: We’re going to change Santa Barbara into a biodiversity hot spot. And that’s going to happen in our front yards, in our backyards, roadsides, and parks now.

Not just here at the Botanic Garden.”

Learn more and take the garden’s Native Plant Pledge at sbbotanicgarden.org/grow/join-the-movement.

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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.

THURSDAY

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

FRIDAY

Printing Among the Butterflies Madi of Loud Flower 7/2: Block Art Co. will guide art lovers ages 16 and up to find inspiration by the pollinator plants and winged wonders of Butterflies Alive! to carve your own design into a rubber block and use water-based inks to print onto cotton tea towels and paper. All materials will be provided. 5-7:30pm. S.B. Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol. Members: $45; non-members: $65. Email kperry@sbnature2.org. sbnature.org/calendar

Shows on Tap

FARMERS MARKET SCHEDULE 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

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

7/2: Love Island Watch Party & Speed Dating Night Find a new bestie or a

7/2: Music Academy Summer Festival: Teaching Artist Showcase: Bruch & Mendelssohn The teaching artists who mentor at the highest level and shine in performance throughout the summer will show their extraordinary talents in concert performing chamber music collaborations. 7:30-9pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $10-$125. Email ticketoffice@musicacademy.org. musicacademy.org/calendar

7/2: Concerts in the Park at Chase Palm Park: The New Vibe Bring a picnic, blankets, and chairs (no alcohol, pets, or smoking) and listen to the funk with hip-hop twist of The New Vibe. 6-7:30pm. Chase Palm Park Great Meadow, 236 E. Cabrillo Blvd.

Free. Call (805) 564-5418.

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7/3:

Daft Punk Night at SOhO Dance all

night to Daft Punk hits, remixes, French house classics, and electronic anthems with immersive visuals and a packed dance floor.

9pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State Ste., Ste. 205. $15 (plus fees). Ages 21+. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com

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7/5: Community Meditation Gathering with Sarah McLean Sarah McLean,

7/2: Restaurant Roy Slanted Land (comedy rock band). Free. 7 W. Carrillo

who has more than 30 years of experience, will give you practical insights, simple contemplative tools, and a guided meditation to nourish your body and mind. All levels are welcome. 1-2:15pm. Flow Yoga & Wellness, 4441 Hollister Ave. Donations accepted. Email connect@sbflowyoga.com.

St. 7pm. Call (805) 962-7411.

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Ages 21+. Fri.: Daft Punk Night, 9pm. $21.03. Ages 21+. Sat.: ME Sabor Salsa Night, 9pm. $30. Ages 21+. 1221 State St. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com

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7/3: Carhartt Family Wines The New Vibe, 5-8pm. 2939 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. Free. Call (805) 693-5100.

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dancing salsa, bachata, cumbia, merengue, and more on two dance floors. Salsa class: 9pm; show: 10pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $20-$30.

Ages 21+. Call (805) 705-7939. tinyurl.com/MeSabor-Salsa

7/2: The Blue Owl First Thursday Jazz Jam, 5-8pm. 5 W. Canon Perdido St. Free. Email atumasings@gmail.com.

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Dinosaur Safari 7/6: Brave young adventur-

7/4: a performance from L.A. band Invasion Latina, a full bar, and

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bae! Begin the evening by watching an episode of Love Island, followed by a speed dating session, then enjoy a casual cocktail hour. 6pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St., Ste. 205. $5. Ages 21+. Call (805) 962-7776. sohosb.com

ers (ages 5-9) and families are invited to meet under the big Oak Tree for a time-traveling safari tour through the Prehistoric Forest and learn about where dinosaurs lived, what they ate, and more. Children must be accompanied by adults. 1:30-2pm. S.B. Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol. Free-$20. Email afranada@sbnature2 .org. sbnature.org/calendar

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7/3-7/4: Maverick Saloon Fri.: East Valley Road. Sat.: Are We Not Horses? 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez.

8:30pm. Call (805) 686-4785. Ages 21+.

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7/4-7/5: Cold Spring Tavern Sat.: Jim Rankin. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. 1:304:30pm. Free. Call (805) 967-0066.

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7/4: Eos Lounge Loofy, THEE-O, Mcbreezy. 500 Anacapa St. $6.18. 9pm.

Ages 21+. Call (805) 564-2410.

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7/4-7/5: Hook’d Bar and Grill Sat.: Echoswitch, 4pm. Sun.: Freddy & Friends, 1pm. 116 Lakeview Dr., Cachuma Lake. Free. Call (805) 350-8351.

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7/3-7/4: M.Special Brewing Co. (S.B.) Fri.: WhoseHouseIsThis, 8pm.

Sat.: Tequila Mockingbird, 3pm. 634 State St. 8-10pm. Free. Call (805) 3080050. mspecialbrewco.com

7/6: The Red Piano Church on Monday: Morganfield Burnett, 7:30pm.

519 State St. $5. Call (805) 358-1439.

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TUESDAY 7/7 7/7: Head Games Trivia Night Eat, drink, think, and win! This trivia offers exciting twists to the game, making it closer to a game show featuring the Beer Round, the Movie Round, the First Line Movie Challenge, the Lightning Round, the Survey, the Bonus SingAlong, the Bonus Dance-Off, the Hella Wicked-Smaht Round, and the Let It Ride Round, among others. 7-9pm. Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., 137 Anacapa St. Free. Email mike@headgamestrivia.com. tinyurl.com/HeadGames-Trivia Volunteer Opportunity

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7/8: Metro Summer Kids’ Movies at Camino Real Cinemas Kids can see 2015’s Hotel Transylvania 2 (rated PG) about the hotel being opened to humans, but Drac is worried that his half-human grandson isn’t showing his vampire side. 10am.

Camino Real Cinemas, 7040 Marketplace Dr., Goleta. $2. Call (805) 968-4140.

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7/8: Music Academy Summer Festival: PercussionFest Families are invited to experience the sounds of the drums, triangles, chimes, and more in a fun afternoon performance led by teaching artists Michael Werner and Joseph Pereira followed by a hands-on instrument exploration station. 4pm. Hahn Hall, Music Academy, 1070 Fairway Rd. $10-$50. Call (805) 969-8787.

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WEDNESDAY 7/8

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Talk and 7/8: Author Book Signing: NT

McQueen Writer and college lecturer

NT McQueen will talk about and sign copies of his new YA historical novel, Never Hide from the Devil, a coming-ofage novel about friendship, survival, and impossible moral choices in the face of unimaginable horror during the Armenian genocide of 1915.

6-7pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call (805) 682-6787.

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7/3-7/4: Ojai Independence Committee Presents Ojai’s Independence Day Celebration On

7/4: S.B. Rescue Mission’s 19th Annual Fourth of July BBQ, Raffle, and Carnival As part of

Wednesday, enjoy a free concert at 6pm at Libbey Bowl (210 S. Signal St.). Start Thursday off with breakfast at the Chaparral Auditorium, 7-10am (414 E. Ojai Ave., $6-$10), then the Youth Freedom Run at 9am (near Libbey Park fountain) and the parade at 10am (Country Club Dr. to Park Rd.) followed by an after-parade picnic in Sarzotti Park (350 Park Rd.). Enjoy live music, food trucks (food for purchase), and the fireworks show at 9pm at Nordhoff High School Stadium (1401 Maricopa Hwy.). GA: $6-$15; families: $30-$40.

Email ojai_independenceday@yahoo.com.

their Independence Day tradition, the Rescue Mission will serve backyard-BBQ-style meals to more than 300 homeless men, women, and children. Guests can enjoy lively music, carnival games, a staff dunk tank, and raffle prizes with funds going toward the Rescue Mission Women’s Auxiliary and meal prep assistance from the residents of the men’s 12-month Residential Treatment Program. 3-5pm. S.B. Rescue Mission, 535 E. Yanonali St. Free. Call (805) 966-1316.

7/3: Unity Singers Presents Fourth of July Concert (on the Third) The Unity Singers will perform Golden Oldies and a tribute to veterans. Refreshments will follow the concert. 7-8pm. Unity of S.B., 227 E. Arrellaga St. Free. Call (805) 966-2239.

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7/3: Brander July Third Kickoff!

Music + Oysters Join us Friday, July 3, from 4-7pm for live music from Jimmy Becker. Enjoy oysters by Grassy Bar Oyster Co. and wines from Brander (for purchase) along with live music from Jimmy Becker.

Kids and dogs are welcome. RSVP online.

4-7pm. The Brander Vineyard, 2401 N. Refugio Rd., Santa Ynez. Email tr@brander.com.

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7/4: PCCF Fourth of July Concert: Sounds of America Join the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation for a festive concert with S.B.’s Prime Time Band featuring a musical retrospective of classic tunes from pop, rock, musicals, and movies — including hits from The Beach Boys, The Incredibles, and “Over the Rainbow” with a guest appearance by vocalist Anikka Abbott.

Bring low back chairs and non-synthetic blanket. 5pm, S.B. County Courthouse Sunken Garden, 1100 Anacapa St. Info media@pcvf.org. pcvf.org

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7/4: Fourth of July Cookout at the Canary Join for a BBQ tasting experience, a full bar (drinks for purchase), a highenergy deejay set by Nick Delfino, and a great view for the fireworks! 6-10pm, Kimpton Canary Hotel Rooftop, 31 W. Carrillo St. $30-$40. Ages 21+. Call (805) 884-0300.

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7/4: Fourth of July Family Fun Fair and Picnic – S.B. Elks Lodge #613 This family-friendly event will include a classic car meet, a kids’ zone, Maria’s Face Painting, games, root beer floats, bake sale, a silent auction, bingo, and, of course, BBQ (food for purchase).

11am-4pm. Elks Lodge #613, 150 N. Kellogg Ave. Free. Email secretary.sbelks613@gmail .com. tinyurl.com/Elks-4th

7/4: City of Goleta Fourth of July Drone Light Show There will be games and activities for the kids, live music, food trucks with food for purchase, and the drone show at 9:15pm with seats in the bleachers (or bring blankets and beach chairs) to sit on the track and turf field area. Roundtrip shuttles from the Costco parking lot will be available (5:30-8:45pm and 9:30-10:15pm).

6-9:30pm. Dos Pueblos High School, 7266 Alameda Ave., Goleta. Free. Call (805) 961-7500.

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Cooney’s at S.B. Public Market. 38 W. Victoria St., #102. (805) 770-7702.

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Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant.

Restaurant 18 E. Ortega St. (805) 5680702. info@darganssb. com. darganssb.com Dom’s Taverna.

Taverna 30 E. Victoria St. (805) 7244338. info@doms taverna.com.

Eureka! S.B. 601 Paseo Nuevo. (805) 618-3388.

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Finney’s Crafthouse.

Crafthouse 35 State St., Ste. A. (805) 845-3100. finneys

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Firestone Walker Brewing Company.

Company 620 McMurray Rd., Buellton.

(805) 697-4777.

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The Hadsten.

Hadsten 1450 Mission Dr., Solvang. (805) 688-3210. tinyurl.com/

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Institution Ale Co. 516 State St. (805) 482-3777.

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Lama Dog Funk Zone.

Zone 116 Santa Barbara St. (805) 880-3364. info@ lamadog.com.

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Old Kings Road.

Road 532 1/2 State St. (805) 884-4085.

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Longboards Grill.

Grill 210 Stearns Wharf. (805) 9633311. longboards

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M. Special Brewing Co. 634 State St. (805) 308-0050.

Panaderia Casa Don Roge. 4912 Carpinteria Roge Ave., Carpinteria. (805) 684-5566.

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Margerum Wine Company. 19 E. Mason St. pany (805) 845-8435.

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Maverick Saloon.

Saloon 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez.

(805) 686-4785.

Press Room.

Room 15 E. Ortega St. (805) 963-8121.

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Rincon Brewery.

Brewery 5065 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. (805) 684-6044.

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Shaker Mill.

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The Sportsman Lounge. 1226 State St. Lounge (805) 564-4411.

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Pipeye 217 N. Milpas St., #3281. Call (805) 770-8979.

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Annex 2840 De la Vina St., Ste. D. (805) 500-3111.

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7/4: City of Lompoc Fourth of July Family Fun Day in the Park Start the

7/4: Fourth of July at San Ysidro Ranch This elevated and festive outdoor

fun off with a patriotic bike ride beginning at the Lompoc Veterans Memorial Building and ending at Ryon Park with a limited number of bike helmets to be given away to children. Bring lawn chairs and blankets to enjoy a car show, live music, food trucks (food for purchase), kids’ activities, face painting, inflatables, and more. Bike ride; 11:30am. Lompoc Veteran’s Memorial Bldg., 100 E. Locust Ave., Lompoc; picnic in the park: noon-4pm. Ryon Park, 800 W. Ocean Ave., Lompoc. Free. Call (805) 875-8100.

experience will feature a classic summer BBQ, live music, lawn games, and a selection of festive cocktails. Noon-5pm. San Ysidro Ranch, 900 San Ysidro Ln., Montecito. $150-$350. Call (800) 368-6788.

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7/4: Waterfront and City of S.B. Annual Fourth of July Celebration 2026 Meet at the waterfront for all-day fun with area musicians playing live music at the West Beach Bandstand with food and vendor booths along Cabrillo Boulevard followed by the 20-minute fireworks show at 9pm! Music: noon-9:30pm. Waterfront.

Free. Call (805) 897-1962 or email ARodriguez@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

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7/4: Fourth of July Rock Celebration: Van Halen Tribute Join for a high-voltage homage to guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani followed by a powerhouse Van Halen tribute featuring their biggest hits and Sammy Hagar–era gems — delivered with razor-sharp precision and soaring vocals. 7-10pm. Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. $30-$40.

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7/4: Montecito Village Fourth of July Parade & Picnic Start the day with an opening performance by the Music Academy fellows at the Upper Village (525 San Ysidro Rd.) then watch the parade beginning at 11:30am on San Ysidro Rd. followed by a celebration picnic at Manning Park with food and drink available for purchase including BBQ, burgers, tacos, Rori’s Ice Cream, and a beer & wine garden with sack races, tug-o-war, a pie-eating contest, face painting, a photo booth, and more!

11:30am-2:30pm. Manning Park, Area A-2, 449 San Ysidro Rd., Montecito. Free.

painting, balloon artists, classic carnival games with prizes, and vibrant tie-dye activities followed by a BBQ at Sunbar. The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, S.B., 8301 Hollister Ave. $42+. Call (805) 968-0100.

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7/4: The Ellwood Family-Friendly July Fourth Celebration Join at the

7/4: Santa Ynez Valley Rotary Club Fourth of July Parade, Festival, and Fireworks Join for a full

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oceanfront lawn next to the restaurant for family-fun with a bounce house and bounce slide, an ice-cream cart, and grilled summer favorites on the patio (for purchase).

Noon-5pm. The Ellwood, 5905 Sandspit Rd., Goleta. Free. Call (805) 335-2878.

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day of family-friendly festivities, patriotic traditions, and community fun! Celebrate Independence Day in true small-town American style at the Fourth of July Parade in Downtown Solvang, proudly presented by the Solvang Rotary Club, followed by the Fireworks Festival at Old Mission Santa Inés, hosted by the Santa Ynez Rotary Club.

Parade: 10am; festival: noon-10pm. Old Mis-

sion Santa Inés, 1760 Mission Dr., Solvang.

Free-$15. Email info@SYVRotary.org.

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7/4: The 52nd Old-Fashioned Fourth of July The Goleta Valley Historical Society invites you to enjoy live music by the Americana Cats and The Paradise Kings, food for purchase, and for the kids, tractor rides, face painting, games, and pony rides.

11am-4pm. Rancho La Patera & Stow House, 304 N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta. $10-$20.

Call (805) 681-7216.

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7/4: Hotel Californian Fourth of July Rooftop and Fireworks Party Experience the Fourth with ocean and fireworks views. Choose the VIP Mirador Rooftop with a deejay set by Val-Mar Records or the Serena Rooftop Lounge with a deejay set by Rudy Love with dedicated outdoor cash bars and food for purchase.

Reservations are required. 6-10pm. Hotel Californian, 36 State St. Mirador: $50; Serena: $25. Ages 21+. Call (805) 882-0100.

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7/7: George Washington: The Man Behind America: Honoring July 4, 1776 – Celebrating 250 Years of America! Distinguished guest speaker Lt. John Blakenship, USN (former) and founder of Pierre Claeyssen’s Veteran Foundation will talk about who America’s first president, George Washington, was, what qualities made him an extraordinary and trusted leader, what lessons from his life remain relevant today, and more. Hosted by Rachel Quittner and Nancy Newquist Nolan. 10am.

Grace Fisher Clubhouse, La Cumbre Plaza, 120 S. Hope Ave., Unit F118. Free.

Call (805) 637-8932.

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Register online. tinyurl.com/Swim-Lessons-2026 Clases de natación en Los Baños del Mar y el Parque Ortega Diferentes niveles, fechas y horarios hasta el 14 de agosto.

Durante todo el verano se impartirán clases de natación en grupo a precios reducidos (entre 60 y 65 dólares) en Los Baños del Mar y en la piscina del Parque Ortega para niños de entre seis meses y 12 años. Inscríbete en línea. tinyurl.com/Swim-Lessons-2026

Ciudad de S.B. Piscinas de Verano Gratuitas con Socorristas de Guardia Los Baños del Mar: Horario de natación recreativa, de lunes a viernes: 2:15-3:45pm.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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ow will you celebrate America’s 250th birthday? On a national level, we all know about Trump and the trouble he has seen in trying to pull musicians into his Washington Independence Day blowout. No right-minded or left-leaning musician wants the stigma of serenading for a tyrant, apparently, so he turned the spotlight on himself, his favorite subject.

On a local level, and on a serious music note, our grand house of culture that is The Granada Theatre gives its pre-holiday Friday night slot to a double celebration.

This is the night when the Music Academy of the West’s (MAW) eagerly anticipated summer orchestra outings kick off, and with a suitably patriotic program of music by the great American hero George Gershwin, and his classic An American in Paris, with Brahms’s Pastoral symphony rounding out the menu.

Each summer, the Music Academy hosts a handful of concerts by its always impressive Academy Festival Orchestra (AFO) — young fellows coming together for the first time as an ensemble, but with surprisingly professional results. They are led by noted, widely acclaimed, and traveled conductors. The first of these, on Friday, will be the Peruvian-born Miguel Harth-Bedoya.

Orchestra music fans, both established and curious, would be well-advised to mark calendars: The series continues on July 11, 18 (at the Lobero), and August 1, and the finale on August 8.

This Friday’s well-timed American sounds are part of the Music Academy’s propitious “American Mosaic” theme, which continues, orchestrally, with Aaron

Copland’s Lincoln Portrait on the July 18 program, and Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future) doing the narration honors (the originally slated narrator Josh Brolin had to bow out — Hollywood was calling).

Also on that program is genre-crossing American composer Jasmine ArielleBarnes’s American Lament, featuring MAW vocal department co-head Sasha Cooke. For Eurocentric grounding, that night’s program also includes Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. The conductor for the occasion is the respected and rising New Zealander Gemma New. Another anticipated — and American — highlight of the series, and the festival overall, is the August 1 program featuring a new-ish piano concerto titled No Such Spring by Samuel Adams (son of John, respected in his own right). Notably, the piece, which premiered by the San Francisco Symphony in 2023 with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting, was written for and featured MAW faculty pianist Conor Hanick. That night will also feature the Symphony No. 1 of fabulous

Gustav Holst’s The Planets

Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, with Finnish conductor Hannu Lintu on the podium.

An intergalactic angle hits the Granada on July 11, when the AFO, led by ChineseAmerican maestra Xian Zhang, presents Gustav Holst’s popular pieces The Planets, adorned with multimedia elements and NASA footage in what is described as “an HD Odyssey.” That night includes the kinder, gentler serialist Anton Webern’s pre-serialist, late-romantic tone poem Im Sommerwind and Primal Message by the very-much-living composer Nokuthula Ngwenyama.

Things go fully transatlantic and standard repertoire-minded on the finale night of August 8, when conductor David Danzmayr leads the AFO in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat and the chestnut-y Symphony No. 2 by Rachmaninoff (a k a Rach) as the coup de grâce.

All in all, MAW’s orchestral pageantry looks strong and varied this year, and with a fitting focus on things American.

For more information, see musicacademy.org.

by Maggie Yates The SBCC Theatre Group’s summer musical brings romance and shenanigans to the high seas in Anything Goes. The recipe for this classic musical comedy, says actor Tiffany Story (playing Erma), is “screwball comedy, Cole Porter’s most popular songs, and high-energy dance numbers.”

First produced in 1934, the original concept was by PG Wodehouse and Guy Bolton, but Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse were hired to revise the script before it went into production. Timothy Crouse and John Weidman updated the show’s book into a more modern narrative structure in the 1980s, yet Anything Goes maintains its roots in vaudeville-style entertainment.

“It’s carrying forward the traditions of vaudeville, variety entertainment, and physical comedy,” says Austin Escamilla, who plays ineffectual gangster Moonface Martin. Escamilla has taken character inspiration from the likes of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, masters of the vaudevillian timing, physicality, and audience connection.

“Getting in touch with the era,” he says, “has been … about understanding those performers who knew how to walk onstage and instantly win over an audience. We’re leaning into the idea that Moonface is an aging vaudeville performer who somehow stumbled his way into being a gangster.” Moonface and Erma are partners in crime and are always on the grift. Story says Erma is “here for a good time, not a long time. She loves the fellas and is thrilled to be stuck on a ship full of them.”

With a massive cast of 32 dancing, singing performers, Anything Goes promises extravaganza. “Coordinating 32 performers onstage throughout the show to look effortless and natural is no easy feat,” says Story, and credits director Katie Laris and choreographer Michele Spears for guiding the traffic.

See Anything Goes at the Garvin Theatre July 8-25 and enjoy the razzle-dazzle of classic Broadway. “I get to dance and sing and flirt with a bunch of sailors,”says Story.“What could be better than that!?”

See theatregroupsbcc.com/current-season/ anything-goes.

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SONNY ROLLINS, ONE OF JAZZ’S LAST UNDISPUTED GIANTS, SPENT A LIFETIME CHASING POSSIBILITY, ONE PRACTICE SESSION AND ONE SOLO AT A TIME

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or obvious reasons, I’ve been binging music by the mighty and humble genius that was Sonny Rollins, who passed away at 95 on May 25. Trying to sum up “Hawk’s” status and contribution to jazz history, in which he is in the uppermost echelon, is basically an impossible task. A reasonable place to start in understanding his legacy is by listening to the recent era-crossing compilation Remembering Sonny Rollins, one of many Rollins Roundup packages available for living ears.

Other choice albums of note in his six-decade discography: Saxophone Colossus, his commanding and fittingly named 1956 album; The Bridge, with guitarist Jim Hall, which commemorates his post-junkie period of practicing and regaining strength by playing under the Williamsburg Bridge; Tenor Madness, with his eminent comrade John Coltrane; The Solo Album, in which he, equipped with only his horn, demonstrated the ensemble inside his head; and, bringing up the rear, his final studio album, Sonny, Please.

That album was released in 2006, the year of his first of two poetic powerhouse concerts in Campbell Hall, with a welcome return in 2009. In 2006, the first standing ovation for the two-hour show came when the master took the stage. On those memorable nights at the Campbell, we recall epic — but never too long — solos that seemed to microcosmically summarize jazz history, a history he was a major part of. I heard similar epic and epiphanic solos at festivals in Monterey and Toronto, and at the Roman amphitheater venue of the Vienne Jazz Festival in France. Those moments bubble up and

stand apart happily from my jazz-packed memory banks.

But these are all just details and doorways into the man’s legacy. How to convey his artistry and his personalized language of questing?

When our kids were young, my wife was helping out in the classroom with art lessons and one day brought along Rollins’s best-known classic, the renewably joyous “St. Thomas” for creative inspiration. One of the children’s faces lit up, and he rightly, grinningly described it as “tropical music!”

The Harlem-born Rollins, whose mother was, in fact, from Saint Thomas, could go tropical with ease. He could also go hard bop and balladic glow and full-body solo mode, the outskirts of avant-garde; he could go Way Out West with “I’m an Old Cowhand,” and any which way his muse’s winds blew. He was the full package, solid and complete, and yet ever malleable, open to the moment.

In one of the interviews I did with Rollins, in the lead-up to his 2009 show in town, he asserted that “jazz is just so life-affirming. You can just do so much. It’s really the music of today and tomorrow. There’s no doubt about it. I can’t wait to get to my horn.

“After we get through talking, it’s time for my practicing.

People say to me, ‘Gee, you still practice every day?’ And I say, ‘Yeah, I still practice every day,’ ” he said, with a laugh. “‘There is no end to trying to get better musically. Yes, I still practice every day.’ People can’t understand things like that.”

Maybe some people think you should be cruising by now, I suggested.

“Right. They think I should be out on the tennis court or out playing golf. That’s sort of an offensive thing to me. In

fact, I know some great musicians…. I don’t know, I can’t be critical, but how can you waste your time when there’s music to be made?”

In a 2002 interview, we discussed the balancing act of jazz’s intellectual element and its accessibility to reach beyond the jazz insider audience. He told me, “I’d like people to be somewhat uplifted and entertained, in quotes, as well as getting something intellectual out of the music. It’s one of those things. I’d like to be able to do both. I think, through the third-world music that I’ve been playing, that gives me a bridge to be able to get to people who I might not ordinarily get to, and maybe convert some people.

“But then again, to me, jazz doesn’t have to be straightahead playing, with fast changes and this kind of stuff. That is jazz, but jazz doesn’t have to be only that. Jazz is much more than that, in my view. I’m glad that when people see me, they feel that they’re getting entertained in a way. That can be such a demeaning word, I hate to say it…”

The e-word?

“I certainly don’t set out to entertain. I don’t want to do that. But in the course of what I’m doing, if they feel entertained or they feel positive vibrations, that is more the way I’d like to see myself, as giving them uplifting, positive vibrations. There’s nothing wrong with that. Well, that’s me. I’m not putting it on. I’m just being myself and going through a performance. I hope it’s okay, but this is what I do,” he laughed.

A world without Sonny Rollins is a world without one of the last remaining undisputed jazz giants from the golden era. Let us pay due respect and listen up. Binging is allowed. n

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GRAPHIC NOVEL ENERGY MEETS FASCINATING FISH FACTS IN GONZO ICHTHYOLOGY UCSB SCIENTIST MILTON LOVE AND ARTIST JESSICA EGGERS TEAM UP FOR BEAUTIFULLY BIZARRE BOOK to send a shirt to another famous ichthyologist named Ted Pietsch, but needed to inquire with Eggers on the sizes.

“What I’ve always wanted to do is write a fish text in the form of a graphic novel,” Eggers told Love, to which he responded, “I must have been a saint in a previous life because I would love to do that so much.” That was about four years ago.

The process was very back-and-forth, as Eggers — who has a master’s in fisheries management — was living in South Africa and now is based in the Netherlands. Love would send his riffs on how fish see, which one goes deepest, and which one had the stupidest name, among other revelations, and she’d send back illustrations weeks later.

“That’s how we eventually worked into a rhythm,” he said. “But I almost never gave her any suggestion about what the art should be. She is a genius when it comes to art. She can work in so many styles. It’s like a cross between Aubrey Beardsley, the late Victorian artist, and MC Escher.”

They dabbled in the traditional publishing route, but Love ended up mostly funding the project himself. “Any clod can publish a book, and we’re the clods,” he said.

But Love loves the result. “My definition of art is someone who is trying to express themselves through words or music or the visual arts to other people,” he said. “That’s what this is. It’s her vision in visual art and my vision in words. It’s a work of art.

That’s all I really ever care about — that it was true to ourselves.”

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s your eyes ogle at the black-and-white fish drawings and scan the wondrous words about secret species and great gill explorers, your brain may start to wonder: What in the world is Gonzo Ichthyology: A Graphic Guide?

“I don’t know what to make of it either,” admits the book’s writer, Milton Love, the well-known UCSB marine biologist whose words are surrounded by the intricate illustrations of artist Jessca Eggers. “It’s so different than the normal ichthyology text, and yet it has a lot of scientific information at the same time. It’s this interesting crossover.”

The 268-page graphic-novel-esque creation is broken down by the “Table of Our Discontents” that indicates the sort of chapters — Anatomy, Reproduction, Evolution, etc.—you might expect in an academic treatise. But once turning the pages, you find such subtitles as “Two Girls for Every Boy,” “The Curse of Physoclistous Bladders,” and “Just in Case You Needed It, Here Is More Proof that Gaia Must Have Been Smoking the Ganj,” revealing passages both titillating and rather exhaustive on their subject matter, in ever-entertaining ways.

That makes Gonzo Ichthyology ideal for short reading sessions, say, while eating lunch, ignoring TV commercials, or waiting for your family to finally be ready to leave the house. But lovers of From Gonzo Ichthyology: A Graphic Guide by Milton Love, illustrations by Jessica Eggers science, fish, little-known history, random information, or just cheeky prose might wind up stuck on these pages for hours, which is what it would take to he laughed, noting that his visits are dwindling to about digest just the drawings alone. twice a week. “It looks like something after the zombie Love — who previously authored the slightly more apocalypse, and there is only one zombie left. I’m looking textbook-y but still proudly eclectic Certainly More for some brain to eat.”

This book came about because Love’s students — when than You Wanted to Know About the Fishes of the Pacific Coast—retired more than a decade ago but maintains a he had more of them — were perusing the artist Jessica presence on campus, as his research funding continued. “I Eggers’s website, where she posts and sells merchandise still have my lab, but there is nobody there except me now,” that features her haunting fish drawings. Love wanted

You can buy copies of Gonzo Ichthyology: A Graphic Guide at Chaucer’s Books or Metro Comics in Santa Barbara. Or buy online directly from Love — who’ll even sign the book with a lipsticked kiss — at reallybig-press.myshopify.com.

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ne painting, every day, for five straight months, while walking alone from Mexico to Canada.

“It’s something I’ve always wanted to do,” said Kevin Gleason, who taught drawing and painting at Dos Pueblos High School for 26 years and is now hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). “When I retired from teaching and became a full-time artist last year, the space opened.”

The Tahoe-raised UCSB grad started his quest along the 2,652mile route on May 3 near the Mexican border just south of Campo.

He’s hiking about 20 miles a day to finish by October 1, hoping to beat significant snowfall in the Cascade Mountains.

But he must also stop every day to paint a six inch-by-eight-inch landscape in a 54-page sketchbook, planning to fill up three of them over his multi-month trek. “In 20 miles, Kevin Gleason on the Pacific Crest Trail the landscape changes so much,” said Gleason, who quickly picked up the trail name amount of old guys like me.”

Wanting to come into each day with fresh eyes, “QuickDraw” from other PCT trekkers. “All day long, I’m just waiting for that view that makes me Gleason didn’t research exactly what the route want to take off the pack and sit down and spend a looked like in advance, so he was quickly surprised couple hours observing and painting.” on day two, climbing 8,000 feet so close to the borGleason is painting in gouache — an opaque sort der. “I had no idea that I was gonna see pine trees of watercolor — and plans to varnish and frame that early,” he said.

He was about 440 miles in on May 26 when we them when he’s back home in Goleta later this year. They will be part of an art show in the spring spoke, as he chowed down his first-ever mulita of 2027 at the California Nature Art Museum in from a grocery store in Agua Dulce. He said that Solvang. the landscapes have regularly gone from cacti-laced You don’t have to wait until then to see what he’s desert to Santa Barbara–esque chaparral to lush up to, though. Gleason is regularly posting his work green forests that people call “sky islands” — and to his Instagram account @kevingleasonart, and then right back down to desert again. fans can message him to claim a piece if they’d like.

“It definitely is living up to the name Pacific An avid hiker and nature lover, Gleason hiked Crest Trail,” said Gleason. “It’s exceeding my expecpart of the PCT from Mount Whitney to Tahoe tations already.”

He expects to earn more than just 150 paintings with his now-wife, Lauren, when they graduated out of the project. “There’s a lot of time to think on from UCSB in 1996. That’s where he first met PCT the trail as you walk along, to be able to reflect on through-hikers, and he’s been fascinated ever my practice and try things out,” said Gleason. “I’m since. The idea burned in the back of his brain as he taught generations of Dos Pueblos art students excited for not only my personal growth but also my growth as an artist with the space and time I’m from 1999 to 2025.

“It’s so much easier than it was,” said Gleason, gonna have.”

And he’s having a great time. “I feel so grateful explaining that they had to use a map and compass in 1996, whereas now everything is handled by an to have this opportunity just to walk for several app called FarOut. Water sources, and their status, months and watch the landscape change and paint are listed, as are tent sites for camping, all updated and be out in nature so much,” said Gleason. “Seeby recent comments. ing every sunrise and sunset, and seeing the stars “It’s fun when I’m feeling chatty to pull into a site every night, it’s been really awesome.” where there are other hikers,” said Gleason, who’s met many twenty- and thirtysomethings from See kevingleasonart.com and follow his progress on across the country and world. “There’s also a good Instagram at @kevingleasonart.

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n 1943, photographer and multimedia artist Tama Takahashi’s father’s family was cruelly uprooted from their Seattle home and life as keepers of a mom-and-pop store. As part of the notorious and shameful Japanese internment project during WWII, which displaced more than 120,000 American citizens, they were shipped off to the concentration camp in the Eastern Idaho desert region of Minidoka.

In 2022, Takahashi went on a family and heritage rediscovery mission to the site of the camp. She had camera and curiosity in hand, seeking, as she wrote, to see where “my family had suffered the humiliation, a false narrative that led to the loss of dignity, property, money, and a place society was devastating.”

Fast-forwarding to now, her current exhibition of a small sampling of those images, plus ancillary material, Memories of Barbed Wire: Resilience in the Japanese American Community, is pulled together in a moving exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB). Aside from its virtues as a sobering reminder of American folly during wartime and an expression of the artist’s particular gifts, her current MCASB show also carries chilling resonance with very current political realities. We are, after all, presently in an ICE-driven era of mostly race-based detainments and prison camps, soft-peddled under other names.

Among the images, given a painterly patina through printing on vellum, is “Guard Tower,” an ominous symbol of repression, portrayed more archly by shooting from below with a wide lens. “Mess Hall” captures an eerie and ghostly reminder of past forced residents in this space, now caked in dust and shadows. “LS Barricades” is a groundheavy image whose mix of black-and-white and pale hand-colored-ish yellowing plays up a feeling of frozen time, frozen pain.

Imagery placed around the small gallery space, inside the museum compound, hangs on walls flanking a central ceremonial tree-like sculpture, on which are placed vintage photographs from happier times, and twisted paper printed with texts.

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bout six weeks ago, I rescued a baby bird from the jaws of my chocolate Labrador and dropped him off at the Santa Barbara Wildlife Barry among other rescued finches Care Network. I wrote about the experience for the Independent’s Pets & Animals issue, assuming that, after Network. I appreciated her insistence on referring to him confirming Barry’s (the bird’s) clean bill of health with by his given name, both through email and in person.

She informed me that the release would be quick, the organization, the story had come to an end. But when I received an email a few weeks later about his release, I probably lasting only a few seconds once she unzipped the enclosure. I got out my phone and pressed record. knew it wasn’t over.

It took the finches a few seconds to Because Barry was found at my realize it was open, but when they house, a somewhat secluded locadid, they propelled themselves skytion, the network said they planned ward and began circling overhead. to release him, along with a few I didn’t know which one was other finches, where I had found Barry—finches don’t have the most him and invited me to tag along.

by Tiana Molony discernible features—but I locked Before they arrived one gloomy in on one and decided it was my guy.

Friday morning, I sat in reverie on my deck, watching the many finches that frequent the As I watched him fly, I felt a sense of maternal pride, as if my 18-year-old child had finally left the nest. property fly overhead.

Birds of all kinds are chirping around me as I write I had wondered what kind of vessel one used to transport creatures of flight and was pleased when this from my office a few days later, their songs drifting they emerged with an enclosed mesh box. “Barry is in through my window. I imagine one of them is Barry. somewhere in there,” said Pam Perrimon, the education I imagine he knows I’m in here. I imagine he’s watching n and communications coordinator at the Wildlife Care me from a nearby lemon tree.

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Carp Welcomes Annual Car Show and Parade he 29th annual Rods & Roses Car Show revved up downtown Carpinteria last weekend, drawing hundreds of attendees to admire a colorful display of hot rods, muscle machines, and other classic rides. Each gleaming vehicle showcased historic craftsmanship and meticulous detailing.

The celebration then shifted into high gear with the Independence Day Parade as the quaint beach town celebrated the upcoming Fourth of July in a variety of ways—from “Peace Corner” members walking against war to the newly formed “Carpinteria Patriot” group donning American flags and signs commemorating the 250th anniversary of the nation’s birth.

A longtime Rods & Roses favorite, Carpinteria High School cheerleaders marked the day with a World Cup theme. “Celebrating the unity, diversity, and inclusion that make both soccer and our community so special, the Warrior Cheerleaders are proud to showcase the spirit of all 48 nations competing in this year’s World Cup,” said Head Coach Dr. Julie RubioShamblin.

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er path was deliberate. After foraging for mice and other morsels, the lone female island fox scampered up a steep shale bluff cloaked in bushels of lemonade berry and spindly island buckwheat.

She ascended the bluff on the southeast end of Santa Cruz Island and sniffed her way along the fringe of the lemonade berry. She was searching for something precious.

The Diminutive Species Was on the Brink of Going Extinct Story and Photos by Chuck Graham It wasn’t easy keeping up with her. She was trotting along at a decent pace while following a familiar, narrow path that only an island fox could take. As I searched for reliable footing in the crumbly shale, she cut hard to the right and I lost sight of her. However, when I caught up, I was pleasantly surprised to see her greeted by two adorable island fox pups, maybe days old.

Frenetic nursing quickly commenced as the hungry pups suckled on their attentive mother.

As I photographed the bouncy pups with dark fur and stubby black tails, I had a moment of lucidity. It occurred to me that it had been 30 years since I photographed my first island fox in a dry creek bed at Smugglers Cove in July 1996.

At the time, I had no idea they were struggling and staring into the face of extinction. More importantly, August 2026 will mark the 10-year anniversary of the island fox being removed from the Endangered Species List, the possibility of extinction blown away like a howling northwest gale.

Silver and Cinnamon From their lowest ebb, the silver and cinnamon-colored island foxes nearly disappeared when there were fewer than 100 Urocyon littoralis left on Santa Cruz Island, and fewer than 15 each on Santa Rosa and San Miguel Islands.

In the late 1990s, I vividly remember seeing few, if any, island foxes. It was mostly feral pigs, ranching relics run-

ning amok on the largest and most biodiverse island off the California coast.

Island foxes were one of the many casualties of the pesticide DDT, and they also suffered from the effects of the scruffy swine. Bald eagles were missing from the islands from 1952 to 2000—50 years of a keystone species not patrolling the skies.

With the iconic raptors absent for so long, it opened the door to non-native golden eagles; 43 of them colonized the Channel Islands National Park. Lured over by the pigs, the steely raptors quickly realized it was easier to nab island foxes.

In September 1997, biologists from the National Park Service (NPS) trapped an island fox on San Miguel Island.

It was fitted with a radio collar at the top of Nidever Canyon. Two weeks later, the island fox was dead, with a golden eagle feather found next to its carcass.

Moving quickly, the NPS partnered with The Nature Conservancy, Institute for Wildlife Studies, Santa Barbara Zoo, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and others, forming a bold and aggressive plan to return the islands back to a natural

balance. Island foxes were captive bred on each island, and they were added to the Endangered Species List in 2004.

From 2002 to 2006 bald eagles were returned to their old island haunts, reclaiming territories across the northern chain. Bald eagles don’t hunt island foxes—instead they feast on fish and seabirds. Their predatory counterparts, the golden eagles, were trapped and relocated back to Northeastern California.

From the fall of 2006 to the spring of 2008, feral pigs were then eradicated from Santa Cruz Island. Pro Hunt, a company from New Zealand that specializes in removing non-natives from islands, was hired to quell the pig problem.

There were other conservation projects taking place to right the island ecology, but bringing the foxes back from the brink, along with the successful return of bald eagles, was an extraordinary example of conservation working when it’s allowed to.

Business is Booming In August 2016, the island fox was removed from the Endangered Species List. It was the swiftest recovery of a terrestrial mammal in the history of the Endangered Species Act. Today about 3,000 foxes bound across Santa Cruz, with 2,800 on Santa Rosa, and little more than 300 on San Miguel. Due to the recent fire on Santa Rosa Island, their numbers are sure to have dropped, but overall, the populations are stable across the northern chain.

Each spring into early summer, when the first island fox pups emerge from their lemonade berry homes, it reinforces the restoration of the ecosystem. The smallest fox species in North America carries a lot more weight than its tiny four-pound frame suggests. It offers hope to other wild places that are under pressure for their land and resources.

When those two pups greeted their doting mother on that sweeping marine terrace, it reminded me how close this endemic species was to extinction. However, after 10 years of successful efforts, it’s reassuring that the island biome is continuing on its path of recovery. n

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The mad dashes in and out of the water satisfy the “run” component of Reef & Run.

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aybe you’ve noticed us on a late Thursday afternoon: 300 or so people on East Beach clad in swimsuits or wetsuits.

Bags stuffed with towels line a perimeter of picnic blankets. Kids dart between camp chairs while

ski wait to follow the pod.

Except for four biathlons spaced through the summer, the initial dash into the water and the sometimes-labored stagger up the beach satisfy the “run” component of Reef and Run. At the finish line, a volunteer marks your time and placement.

Food trucks, beer and hot cocoa, and a live band greet the swimmers post-race. The vibes turn from anticipatory to celebratory. Families sit together, and seasoned ocean swimmers joke with twentysomething triathletes. “I just love watching everyone — older people and young people — dancing together,” Cairns said.

Reef and Run’s first years were decidedly lowbudget. A few dozen swimmers took part and celebrated with a keg and snacks to the tune of acoustic guitar. A few years in, as more people dove into the brisk water every Thursday, Cairns received her first sponsor.

This year, more than 65 individuals and organizations are supporting Reef and Run. Community events aren’t cheap, and Cairns said sponsors help keep registration affordable, covering the cost of permits, insurance, and lifeguards. The committee also fundraises for the community. It holds Nick Night in memory of Nick Johnson, a water polo player, lifeguard, and lifeguard instructor, and has donated more than $40,000 to community members experiencing a recent loss, or contending with illness The season closes with a boat trip: 120 participants ride one mile from shore, then make the trek back. As a marathon swimmer, Cairns said it’s a chance to share a taste of what long-distance ocean swimming is really like. For Cairns, the hugs and thanks she gets each year offset the tremendous labor of organizing the three-month series. “You can put on the event, but it’s the people that make it,” she said. n

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by Christina McDermott musicians tune guitars or set up drums. The sun begins its descent behind downtown.

You’ve made it just in time for Reef and Run, a weekly ocean swimming event that runs from the first Thursday in June to the near-end of August.

Jane Cairns organized the first gathering in 2008.

“I wanted an event that is safe for swimmers and a good time afterward,” she said. “And here we are —18 years later.”

Reef and Run is a multigeneration affair with the youngest participants aged about seven and the oldest around 75. There are no age restrictions, per se. (Youngsters, many of whom are in the city’s junior lifeguard program, swim with their parents.)

There aren’t any species restrictions either — last year, at least one dog, donning a canine life vest, completed a race. Swimmers choose from one of three distances: the 500-meter, the 1,000-meter, or the mile, and complete the associated course.

“Course,” you ask? Why, yes. Before the race, lifeguards tow bright triangular inflatables to specific spots in the water. Swimmers make their way toward and around them, heading in either a straight line or a rectangle.

Cairns explains all this to Reef and Runners just before start time and reminds everyone to look out for fellow racers. Then she sets the crowd off, with a wave of bodies sprinting and jogging to the water, where a fleet of lifeguards on surfboards and a jet

Cole Racich beat back leukemia and has returned to the ocean

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ole Racich, a rising San Marcos High School senior, took his first win in the 1,000-meter Reef and Run swim on Thursday, three years after he was diagnosed with leukemia.

“I’ve grown up swimming all my life,” said Racich, 17, who has consistently competed in the event and worked as a lifeguard.

In 2023, at 13 years old, his talent in the water was recognized by coaches at an Olympic development program in Texas. Racich was playing on three water polo teams at the time, including at the varsity level as a freshman, when he started experiencing extreme earaches.

Two months into the school year, the teen’s aches developed into illness, and his mother took him to Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital. After nine hours of testing, Racich was airlifted to Los Angeles, where he spent 123 days in treatment.

“While I was in the hospital, I had a TV where I would watch the cams in Santa Barbara of my local surf spots, like Campus Point. And I would just be like, ‘I can’t wait to get back there,’” said Racich.

Six months after being hospitalized, he surfed his first wave, at Campus Point. Immersed in the salty sea, water flowing over his body, Racich remembers thinking, “I’m back to life.”

On Thursday, Racich was back in the ocean battling it out with fellow 1,000-meter competitor Stewart Reid, 53. Halfway through, “I could tell this guy had some speed,” Raich said.

Trying to angle himself to keep Reid behind, Racich turned the final buoy for home, still neck and neck. “That’s when I just turned on the jets,” he said.

His red cap bobbing in the chop, with arms and legs churning up the sea, Racich caught a wave that thrust him into shore. Sand under his feet, he beelined for the timer’s gate, his mom leaping and cheering while recording the whole thing.

“I think he might have done it!” she exclaimed.

Fifteen minutes and 36 seconds. Three seconds ahead of second place.

Racich had secured his first win.

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After somehow acquiring cacao pods full of healthy seeds and getting them to grow in a hot and humid greenhouse, the emerging flowers of one tree must be hand-pollinated with pollen from the flowers of another. This requires a tiny paintbrush—trimmed so that just a couple of bristles extend—and then someone with expert training and perfect eyesight must directly apply the pollen to the nearly invisible stigmas inside Theobroma cacao’s miniscule flowers.

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Complicating matters further, this can only happen when both plants flower within the same three-day window, and those two trees must be genetically compatible. Unless you’ve got a bunch of money to spend on DNA sequencing, the compatibility equation is mostly a crapshoot, meaning that endless rounds of trial-anderror pairing of various trees are the only means to a pollinated end.

But it is indeed possible to produce cacao pods full of the coveted beans that become chocolate in Santa Barbara. And if our region becomes home to the first-ever commercial cacao farm in the continental United States, it may one day even be profitable.

Recently, Michael Orlando at Twenty-Four Blackbirds cracked open his fifth-ever Santa Barbara–grown cacao pod, grown in the small greenhouse he built back in 2016 when he moved his bean-to-bar company into a factory on East Haley Street. The first one emerged more than two years ago, and the same tree sprouted the next four, although bright pink tags on numerous other trunks reveal the many unsuccessful pollination attempts.

“At this point, everything sorta works,” Orlando told me as we stood in the damp heat of the greenhouse, home to cacao trees of various sizes, all the way down to seedlings that came from those first homegrown pods.

(Those seeds, if not planted, are what get fermented into cacao beans, roasted, and processed into chocolate.)

“Every pod had about 50 seeds, and they all take,” he explained. “Once you have the climate, getting them to grow is not really a problem.”

In February 2020, right before the start of COVID, he expanded his farm ambitions to a real, albeit rundown greenhouse near the coast in Goleta. He spent his early pandemic days weeding and erecting a plastic-sheathed greenhouse-within-a-greenhouse to house even more cacao plants. Those came from the seeds inside pods that Orlando collected at various conferences, where growers from India, Latin America, and Africa show off their fresh cacao. There are now dozens of trees ready to repro-

Michael Orlando, founder of Twenty-Four Blackbirds Chocolate

duce, with more regularly coming in as seedlings mature.

Orlando figures he needs about 20 reliably fruiting trees to produce enough beans to make a commercial batch of chocolate, which he could sell to restaurants and at the farmers’ market. “The real goal is to make a Santa Barbara–grown cacao-bean-to-chocolate-bar,” he said.

“It would be like San Francisco sourdough.”

The cost would presumably be pretty high, at least at first, so that could become a sort of “charity bar” to help pay for the project. “This won’t be a cash cow,” he said.

“But I do want it to become self-sustaining.”

He has higher profitability hopes for vanilla, which he grows in the greenhouses, though none have sprouted beans yet. Based on the spice’s current commodity prices, Orlando’s little vanilla block could generate $250,000 annually if it works. Like the chocolate, a commercial vanilla farm in Santa Barbara would be the first of its

More than 50 cacao trees are growing inside of a Goleta greenhouse.

The fifth-ever cacao pod grown in Santa Barbara in the greenhouse behind Twenty-Four Blackbirds chocolate factory

kind in the continental United States. “No one is doing this,” he said.

The broader impact of Orlando’s efforts extends beyond chocolate and vanilla. “We are developing a lowimpact way to grow tropical plants,” he said, explaining that the prevailing wisdom is that it takes tons of resources to make tropical plants work outside of the tropics. His thrifty greenhouses reveal that tropical crops such as pineapple, kava, and rambutan can be grown with simple temperature and humidity controls that don’t take much more energy than a couple of solar panels.

“It’s not as expensive as it seems,” he said. “This is the proof that it works.”

Orlando is now ready to double the size of his cacao greenhouse, and to ready the vanilla for its next stage.

But the farm operation is hitting a wall when it comes to time, labor, and money, so he’s hunting for volunteers, donations of gardening materials such as weed barrier and compost, and, potentially, even investors to turn this farm experiment into a real enterprise.

Back at the greenhouse on East Haley, steps away from the same block’s craft brews, vegan crunchwraps, and artisan lattes, Orlando graciously shared his latest cacao pod with me. As he sliced open the yellow-green husk—about the size of a large sweet potato—its milkwhite seeds emerged, stacked neatly like rows of fat garlic cloves. We plopped them in our mouths to suck off their sweet coating, discussing their subtly tropical flavors of tangy banana and lychee, and then spit them into a bowl.

Orlando counted 62 seeds that day, the most ever from a Santa Barbara–grown pod. That means there will be another 62 cacao trees soon, ready to make chocolate history.

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Âmevive Alisos Canyon Vineyard Albariño 2025 Âmevive Ibarra-Young Vineyard Los Olivos District Estate Rosé 2025 Âmevive Los Olivos District “Sundrop” 2023 Âmevive Ibarra-Young Vineyard Los Olivos District “Peripherie” 2021 Âmevive Santa Barbara County “Ravie” 2024 Âmevive Ibarra-Young Vineyard Los Olivos District Syrah 2023

Alice Anderson and Topher de Felice’s Radical Plan for Turning the Underworld Green Story and photo by Bob Wesley

There is a French word, âmevive, that translates roughly to “living soul.” It’s also the name Alice Anderson and Topher de Felice gave their winery in Los Olivos, and it is, I’d argue, the most honest piece of branding and winegrowing in Santa Barbara County. Because what they’re selling, when you get past the bottle and the cork and the pretty label, is dirt. Living dirt. Dirt with a pulse.

This is the part the wine industry would rather you not contemplate. The romance of wine is built on a fiction of cleanliness: crystal stemware, white tablecloths, the sommelier in his pressed shirt, etc., but the truth is that every great bottle begins in something closer to a compost heap. Not unlike my childhood.

Tom Vilsack, then U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, put it this way in 2015: “There are more living organisms in a single teaspoon of healthy soil than there are people on the earth.” Let that ruin your next salad. Then he added the line that ought to be tattooed on every viticulturist’s forearm: “Anything can have a ‘quality,’ but only living things can have health.”

Most modern viticulture has spent 50 years murdering that distinction. Synthetic fertilizer, herbicide, quick yields, dead ground. You end up with vineyards that look fine from the road and are, beneath the surface, essentially hydroponic. The grapes don’t know where they are. Winery marketing departments, of course, prefer the word “clean.”

Alice and Topher don’t have a marketing department.

They have a vineyard, two pairs of boots, and the radical conviction that the soil is the product. They’re admitting they aren’t just beverage manufacturers: They’re highstakes overseers for a billion-member underground commune, sans the Woodstock vibes or murky cult ethos.

They took over Ibarra-Young Vineyard, which was planted in 1971 (own-rooted, organically farmed since 1993) and decided to healthify the dirty underworld.

That last word has unfortunately been claimed by gangsters and screenwriters, but I mean it the old way: the terra firma, the realm beneath.

Rhône master Bob Lindquist gave the vineyard good bones. Alice and Topher are refreshing its soul.

They make their own compost. They keep cover

The Âmevive lineup

crops in the rows year-round, which act as a habitat for beneficial insects, and so that the ground is never naked, erosion-wise. They rotate sheep, chickens, and ducks through the vineyard, grazing and fertilizing in a single transaction. (There was simply no elegant way to say that.)

Alice’s stated goal is to have something blooming on the property 365 days a year: hedgerows, pollinator strips, native plants on the edges. They’re cultivating the unseen life of the soil, trusting that the vines will draw that vitality into every cluster. The wines have what the trade calls “energy,” which is a polite way of saying they taste like something is alive in there. Because something is. Because Alice and Topher spent the winter thinking about worms. This is either a partnership built to last ages, or a cry for help. The wines suggest the former.

And you can appreciate the difference. Pour a glass of Âmevive next to one of the big-brand bottlings that fill the end caps at Vons—you know the labels, with the cursive script and the implied château graphic.

One of them tastes like a focus group reached homogenized consensus in the board room of a Modesto tank farm, and the other tastes like a delineated corner of the Santa Ynez Valley in a specific year, touting its laudable Santa Barbara–ness because two focused obsessives coaxed those qualities from the ground beneath them.

That’s the whole argument. That’s the whole winery.

Embrace the dirt. Âmevive Alisos Canyon Vineyard Albariño 2025: Topher

popped this open first and as soon as he poured, on a windy afternoon at a picnic table in the middle of the vineyard, the aromas were carried on the breeze straight to my delighted schnozzola. This Spanish grape’s forward Golden Delicious apple and peach characteristics weren’t dimmed by the gusts as we sat in the vineyard: They were amplified. Texturally lavish, with white flower accents and a leesy finish. With aeration, subtly honeyed dried fruit introduce themselves. More solid proof that this varietal will inspire even further planting throughout the county. (Confession: I bought two bottles.) Âmevive Ibarra-Young Vineyard Los Olivos District Estate Rosé

2025: (Graciano is a red Spanish grape grown in Rioja.)

Deep hues and rose petal/raspberry fragrances lead to a textured, forward, and lengthy rosé that will prompt you to engage in multiple glasses, at least until your spouse finally says “Whoa, babe!” A good reason for day drinking. Âmevive Los Olivos District “Sundrop” 2023: Roussanne,

marsanne, and viognier combine to raid the spice rack from Grandma’s kitchen, delivering an enticing flurry of nutmeg and cinnamon to coalesce in unifying fashion with the slightly porcine citrus and stone fruits. Lengthy, broad, and desirable, from first whiff to the resolute finale.

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Âmevive Ibarra-Young Vineyard Los Olivos District “Peripherie” 2021: A blend of 55 percent marsanne, 35 percent syrah,

and 10 percent mourvèdre. A light red that reminded me of a cru Beaujolais, given its black pepper and understated earthy tones: The underworld speaks in this wine!

Texturally more extravagant than the hue suggests, and keyed on red fruits despite the majority marsanne, a white that clearly brought the viscosity. Âmevive Santa Barbara County “Ravie” 2024: A GSM

(50/25/25) from the dark side, with pepper, star anise, and black cardamom intertwined with a sea of deep purple fruits that sing Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters,” offering a rather Northern Rhône valley profile that I can’t resist. (Confession: I didn’t buy any ‘cuz it was sold out.) Âmevive Ibarra-Young Vineyard Los Olivos District Syrah 2023:

Tight and reticent when I sampled it in front of Alice and Topher, so I held onto it for two more days. The expected blossoming effect took place: Black fruit, ground peppercorn, and faint green olive emerged. A fanned-out expansiveness took hold, with deep plum and blueberry notes and accents of herbs and pepper, a cellar-worthy embodiment of satiating syrah.

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The Ellwood’s outdoor grill, Little Woody’s, is now open on Mondays and Tuesdays.

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nary future is softly stepping into the limelight, as The Ellwood is now serving a tiny menu of burgers, hot dogs, salads, and snacks to outdoor guests on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Called Little Woody’s Pierside Bar & Grill, this is the first iteration of the lower-cost, family-friendly fare that was promised as part of the plan to replace the Beachside Café, which closed in 2021 after 36 years in operation.

Phase one was the coming of The Ellwood in 2025, which took about two years longer than expected to open.

That was due largely to the extensive renovations required as well as infrastructure work conducted by the County of Santa Barbara, which owns the property.

With The Ellwood serving an upscale, chef-driven menu, the restaurant’s ownership promised a more casual eatery for outdoor guests as part of the bid to win the county contract.

Those plans featured a standalone snack shack, picnic tables, and infrastructure for a concert and event venue in the former storage yard across from the restaurant at the base of the Goleta Pier.

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was planted and a beverage trailer appeared in front of the restaurant. That’s where orders will be taken from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays, which are the two days that The Ellwood is closed.

Little Woody’s menu will be graband-go style, with burgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, potato salad, pasta salad, chips, and snacks. To drink will be a range of non-alcoholic beverages as well as canned beers, ciders, and tap cocktails.

“All items will be packaged to-go and ideal to be enjoyed on the beach or throughout the park,” explained Andrew McLaughlin, The Ellwood’s property director, who noted that there will also be some seating on patios outside of the restaurant. “We expect to capture foot traffic from beachgoers, as we are the only food venue within the park.”

The event and concert venue part of the plan will also debut soon at “The Break,” the name for the grassy space.

There’s a Fourth of July lawn party and then “Nash Nites” featuring three Nashville songwriters on August 22. There’s another concert being planned for October 3 as well.

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he beauty of Demetria Estate, a 45-acre winery tucked off Foxen Canyon Wine Trail in Los Olivos, has always been about family. Built by Greece-born John Zahoudanis and South Carolina–born Sandra Zahoudanis, the breathtaking vineyard’s hospitality blends southern charm with European luxury.

So, it’s fitting that a winery dedicated to biodynamic farming would host its first ever shrimp boil on Saturday, July 12.

In partnership with Clean Slate Wine Bar’s Melissa Scrymgeour, a Louisiana native, there will be plenty of wine, good food, and friends.

“In Louisiana, food isn’t just something you eat — it’s woven into the culture.

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While the crawfish boil is a more traditional Louisiana event, the Clean Slate Wine Bar team knew it might be tough getting freshwater crustaceans to our coastal community.

Shrimp is as familiar to Californians as avocados, so it was a natural, and reasonable, shift to make, says Scrymgeour.

The boil-and-dump method will bring plenty of fantastic flavors — expect Gulf shrimp, sausage, corn, potatoes, and lots of Cajun seasoning — but it’ll also bring people together. “It’s as much about community as it is about food,” Scrymgeour adds. “If you’ve never been to one, you’ll soon see that a shrimp boil is more than a meal; it’s a social event. It’s communal, loud, and fun. You’re going to get your hands dirty, laugh and smile and fill your stomach, and leave smelling a bit like Cajun spices.”

And of course, it wouldn’t be a winemaker’s event without some really good wine. “We’re going to be focusing on two wines,” says Nick Marchi, Demetria’s wine club manager, “our Pantheon, which typically pairs well with saucier, spicier food, and our grenache rosé, the wine that brings a lot of people back to Demetria.”

The collaboration between the two Valley brands - Clean Slate Wine Bar is located in Solvang - has been a long time coming. The two are friends, often swapping tables during their down time - enjoying cajun or curry nights at the restaurant, or sitting outside at the winery relaxing by the lawn on the 213-acre estate. “The team at Demetria understands wine is ultimately about bringing people together,” adds Scrymgeour.

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S reader Betheball shared with our community last March, Goleta is getting a new destination for Roman-style pizza.

I attended a friends and family preopening event last weekend and had a chance to take a look and, of course, try the pizza, which was terrific. Pegaslice opens to the public this Friday, July 3, at 7398 Calle Real, Suite C, in the former Home Plate Grill location.

For owner and chef McLeod Noormand, however, the opening represents more than a new restaurant.

It continues a family tradition that stretches back decades in Santa Barbara’s restaurant industry.

“My family’s been in the restaurant business in Santa Barbara for a long time, ever since my grandpa started Giovanni’s,” Noormand said. “I finally had the opportunity to open here.”

Rather than serving traditional round pizzas, Pegaslice specializes in Roman-style pizza, known for its light, airy crust and rectangular slices.

Noormand said his version begins with dough that ferments for 48 hours before baking.

His interest in the style began at the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas, where he sampled pizza made

by Roman pizza expert Massimiliano Saieva. “It was the best pizza I’d ever had,” Noormand said.

Determined to learn the technique, he traveled to New Jersey to attend Saieva’s three-day training course, where he learned the methods behind authentic Roman-style pizza. While rooted in Italian tradition, Noormand said Pegaslice adds his own interpretation. “It’s Roman style with my take on it,” he said.

Among his favorite menu items is the Bianca pizza, topped with fresh mozzarella, confit garlic, sautéed mushrooms, roasted jalapeños, and herbs. He also recommends the Fiorentino sandwich, made with truffle

cream, prosciutto, arugula, extra-virgin olive oil, and Parmigiano Reggiano.

For dessert, the Nutella milkshake has quickly become a standout, while a seasonal Hawaiian milkshake featuring pineapple and strawberry is also available.

Pegaslice is open Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Call (805) 894-1556 or visit pegaslice.com.

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Guide has released their 2026 awards, and Santa Barbara continues to be recognized for food excellence. Silvers Omakase (224 Helena Ave.) retained its Michelin Star, and Caruso’s (1759 S. Jameson Ln.) retained its Michelin Star and Green Star. The new Monte’s restaurant (1198 Coast Village Rd.) was recognized with a Green Star for their inspiring and committed vision for the future of gastronomy. Local restaurants awarded Bib Gourmand include Bettina (1014 Coast Village Rd.), Corazón Cocina (38 W. Victoria St.), Loquita (202 State St.), and Sama Sama Kitchen (1208 State St.) A Bib Gourmand is a prestigious award that recognizes restaurants serving exceptionally highquality food at budget-friendly prices.

CRACKDOWN ON UNLICENSED FOOD VENDORS: Reader Primetime tells me that

a stronger enforcement of unlicensed food vendors setting up street kitchens is underway in Santa Barbara. “Signs are up and multiple locations have been contacted,” he says. “Many are no longer setting up on Milpas St. or on State Street intersections in the downtown nightclub areas. Numerous licensed food business owners have complained since 2023 and the grand jury cited many unenforced violations in 2025.

Street vending in smaller mobile carts, or the fruit sellers, do not have the same strict laws as the kitchens.”

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Founder Rebecca Benozare paid me a visit this week to tell me a bit about the café, which will be the first and only coffee shop in Santa Barbara designed specifically for the disability community.

A nonprofit business designed to donate all proceeds from the café to organizations that champion providing equitable access to resources, essential services, and support for our community, State of Mind Café will also be an arts and culture hub where local artists of all abilities can showcase their art, perform, and host events free of charge.

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Along with a wide variety of creative coffee and tea drinks, they also plan to serve soft-serve ice cream, and in addition, Benozare said the café will be open well into the evenings, when most of other local coffee houses are closed. Coffee beans will be sourced from Santa Barbara’s Welcome Coffee, a woman- and LGBTQ-owned roasting company founded by June Habib.

State of Mind Café plans to employ individuals with disabilities and provide meaningful job opportunities that empower them with income, independence, and a sense of belonging in the broader community, explained Benozare, who has worked in Santa Barbara’s nonprofit community for more than a decade, and works closely with Sage Publishing owner Sara Miller McCune on her philanthropic projects. In addition to being a brick-and-mortar coffee shop, State of Mind Café is also the fiscal sponsor for two other funds in Santa Barbara: The Léni Fé Bland Performing Arts Partnership Fund and the Sara Fund.

They are currently fundraising to complete the project, with support from Miller McCune, as well as Laura and Geof Wyatt, Mosher Foundation, Anne Towbes, Paul Finkle and Barbara Strauss, and Adam Graham and Katie Szopa.

State of Mind Café is designed to pay for itself and give profits back to nonprofit organizations that support diversity, equity, and inclusion within the community. They expect to be able to donate upward of $15,000 each month to partner organizations such as Grace Fisher Foundation, Down Syndrome Association of Santa Barbara, Autism Embrace, and more.

Katelyn Tymon, a Santa Barbara native who has spent almost a decade managing coffee shops, recently stepped into the world of nonprofit work to serve as project manager and general manager for State of Mind Café. In addition to being an equitable and accessible space, the plan is for evenings to be available for aligned nonprofit use free of charge, and for educational and engaging events.

The State of Mind Café project is on the Santa Barbara City Council meeting agenda for both June and July meetings. For more information, see stateofmindcafe.com.

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Amendments to the County Land Use and Development Code (Case No. 24ORD-00028), the Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Case No. 24ORD-00029), and the Montecito Land Use and Development Code (Case No. 24ORD-00030) to: o Remove the Utility-Scale Solar overlay; o Establish a tiered permitting structure for solar energy systems and facilities; o Clarify permit requirements and development standards for each type of solar project; o Allow community-scale and utility-scale solar facilities in certain agricultural, industrial, public utility, and professional/institutional zones; and o Update definitions for consistency among the zoning ordinances.

Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element (Case No. 26GPA-00005) and Coastal Land Use Plan (Case No. 26GPA-00006): o Ensure consistency with the proposed zoning ordinance amendments; and o Update related policies, definitions, and terminology for solar energy systems and facilities.

Amendments to the Uniform Rules for Agricultural Preserves and Farmland Security Zones to: o Allow limited community-scale and utility-scale solar as a compatible use on land under agricultural Williamson Act contract; and o Establish related compatibility requirements for solar energy systems and facilities on contracted agricultural land.

Certification of the Utility-Scale Solar Amendments Final Program Environmental Impact Report, County Environmental Document No. 25EIR-00003, State Clearinghouse No. 2024110254, and adopting the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.

The Board will also take action to: o Authorize the Planning & Development Department to submit Coastal Zoning Ordinance and Coastal Land Use Plan amendments to the Santa Barbara County Local Coastal Program (Case No. 24ORD-00029, Case No. 26GPA-00006) to the California Coastal Commission for review and certification; and o Make the required findings for approval, including California Environmental Quality Act findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations.

For additional information, please contact Zoe Carlson at carlsonz@countyofsb.org or (805) 568-2025.

For current methods of public participation for the meeting of July 14, 2026, please see https://casantabarbaracounty.civicplus.pro/2836/Board-of-Supervisors-Methods-of-Particip or page two (2) of the posted agenda. The posted agenda will provide a more specific time for this item. However, the order of the agenda may be rearranged, or the item may be continued.

Staff reports and the posted agenda are available on Thursday prior to the meeting at https://santabarbara.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx under the hearing date or contact the Clerk of the Board at (805) 568-2240 for alternative options.

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 by 4:00 p.m. on the Friday before the Board meeting at (805) 568-2240 or at sbcob@countyofsb.org.

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ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Archaeologists studying ancient wells have discovered that some weren’t finished in a single effort.

Communities might dig to the current water table, use the well for years, then probe further down when water levels dropped or needs increased. This is a useful metaphor for you, Aries. As of yet, you don’t have the ability or tools to reach the deepest layers you aspire to reach. My counsel is to go as far as you can now and gather what you find there. Later, when you’re readier, you will build on what has come before.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): The doom-and-gloom wing of astrology is exhausting. The superstition that Mercury retrograde causes scrambled messages and dire mixups is dull and misguided. The planet’s apparent backward motion, which is happening right now, shows up about three times every year like clockwork. It’s perfectly normal! In my view, Mercury retrograde isn’t threatening unless you obsess on the idea that it is, in which case, yes, your payment might go astray, and a friend may misunderstand you. But if cultivating relaxed clarity is more fun and productive for you than coping with fearful tension, treat the time between now and July 23 as a rich opportunity to refine, deepen, and upgrade how you communicate.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): You Gemini readers have decreed that I must halt all musings about maddening, riddle-drenched ambiguity. You’ve delivered the message to me that you’re tired of wrestling with enigmas wrapped in paradoxes.

Straightforward, plainspoken factualness is what you want.

Well, okay. (Please remember that I don’t make this stuff up; I simply channel cosmic omens.) Maybe I’ll start obeying your orders next time. But first, I will advise you: (1) Unexpected gifts are coming from people and situations in transition. (2) Tough but friendly interventions will nudge you toward healthy course corrections. (3) Mysterious assistance is on its way.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): There are phases when the cosmic energies and I urge you to put others first—even tend to their pain before you tend to your own. But this isn’t one of those times. Right now, sacrificing yourself for the sake of others would obstruct the flow of righteous grace into your life. So then, what is the most soul-honoring path available? Here’s what I think: Summon your inventive brilliance and use it to imagine generous ways to care for yourself. Shower yourself with gifts, treats, and blessings that delight you.

Take the loving care you so deftly pour into other people and lavish it wholeheartedly on yourself.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): Most fields of human endeavor work like this: A few people are truly brilliant, a handful are actively harmful, and the majority fall somewhere between “not great” and “pretty good.” That’s true whether you’re talking about engineers, doctors, poets, or astrologers. So, it’s inadvisable to assume a physician is wise about your wellbeing just because they’ve logged 15 years on the job, or to trust your life direction to the first astrologer whose promotion catches your eye. In the coming weeks, dear Leo, discernment like this matters even more than usual. Let your natural hopefulness be balanced by sharp, thoughtful judgment. Don’t just challenge obvious authority. Put every so-called fact, spin, assumption, and official line under your own clear-eyed review.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Architects designing spaces for collective use try to balance two human needs: to see expansively and also have safe places to retreat. Too much exposure creates anxiety; too much enclosure brings claustrophobia. The ideal is to provide both shelter and spaciousness. Let’s use this theme as a metaphor for your life during the coming months. You’ll be wise to create an equilibrium between engagement and privacy, between vastness and protection.

Make it easy for yourself to observe the larger scene and also withdraw when needed.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Self-proclaimed “skeptics” love to sneer at astrologers, as if pondering what lies ahead were a violation of scientific purity. And yet economists, sports analysts, trend watchers, and political commentators churn out shaky predictions every day. Honestly, those professionals of probability often create more confusion than those of us who read the heavens. Take weather forecasters, for instance: From Europe to Japan, their models routinely miss sudden floods and twisters and trigger more than a few false alarms. But do the debunkers brand them as charlatans? Of course not. Forgive the outburst, but I’m building to a key foresight: Every forecast, projection, or vision that crosses your path over the next month will miss the mark—except for this one. So free yourself of their meddling.

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(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Ethnobotanists describe how certain Indigenous traditions work with “teacher plants.” These are flora that offer not only physical benefits but spiritual instruction. They include psychoactive substances, but also ordinary plants approached with extraordinary attention. In the spirit of reinventing your education, Scorpio, I invite you to expand your understanding of who and what your teachers are. What ordinary elements of your daily life might offer wisdom if you engage them with deep respect? What situations at the edges of your awareness could bring lessons that enrich your perspectives? Now is an excellent time to seek new apprenticeships.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Western science and Western religions may disagree about how the universe began, but both place its birth in the distant past. Tantra and other spiritual paths, by contrast, propose that the universe is born afresh in every instant through the sacred, erotic interplay of God and Goddess. When humans approach love-making as an experimental sacrament, these traditions suggest, we can tune in to the union of those primordial forces and, in a sense, take part in the continual creation of existence.

So, are you ready for a bit of world-making erotic play?

The current astrological indicators say yes, you are.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A common obstacle to healthy intimacy is the belief that a beloved ally should automatically know what you need, without you saying a word. I used to suffer from this delusion myself and worked hard to dissolve it. I no longer unconsciously assume that my companions are so attuned to me that they can always intuit my desires. But I know this bad idea feels romantic to many people, even though it can sabotage even the most promising bond. In the weeks ahead, Capricorn, I invite you to starve this fantasy. Your intimate world is ripe for a fresh infusion of lucid, straightforward honesty.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your next few weeks will be sponsored by CoffeeBeer, the paradoxical elixir that both pumps up your energy and decompresses your defenses. You will be an exemplary role model for this innovative product because you will epitomize what occurs when a sensitive soul gets excited and mellows out at the same time. I also expect you will soon be exploring intriguing opportunities that become available to you because of your supercharged calm. Fortunately, you don’t need to drink actual coffee and beer together to make this happen. The cosmic forces will be conspiring to help you.

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PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Finish this sentence, Pisces: “The one thing that really keeps me from being myself is ____.” Is it someone’s opinion, an old story about who you are, a fear of loss, a habit of over-pleasing, a secret shame, or a belief that you’re “too much” or “not enough”? Whatever first pops into your mind is probably closest to the truth.

Here’s your next step: Loosen the grip of this stressor by even just 20 percent. I bet your real self will feel relaxed enough to bloom more fully.

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The role ensures compliance with University of California policies, collective bargaining agreements, and campus procedures while maintaining accuracy, timeliness, and data integrity across multiple systems, including UCPath, Kronos, Concur, and Gateway. Key responsibilities include processing academic, staff, and student employee appointments; managing payroll transactions and timekeeping records; maintaining personnel files and tracking systems; and ensuring proper funding alignment for all employment actions. The position serves as a departmental timekeeper and subject matter resource for payroll and personnel policies, including Written Notice of Appointment (WNA), leave administration, and compliance with labor regulations. In addition, the role oversees travel and entertainment reimbursements, ensuring policy compliance and timely processing of expenses, and manages departmental purchasing activities, including

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Reqs: HS Diploma; Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with faculty, staff, students, and campus partners.

Demonstrated ability to manage complex tasks and adapt quickly to changing priorities and deadlines; Organization and Time Management: Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining strong attention to detail, prioritizing effectively, and meeting established deadlines in a fast‑paced environment; Technical and Computer Proficiency: Proficiency with standard office software applications, including word processing, spreadsheets, email, and database systems, with the ability to accurately enter, manage, and retrieve data; Teamwork and Collaboration: Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team, fostering positive working relationships across departments and contributing to shared goals. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check.

Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range: $29.35/ hr to $35.71/hr. Full Salary Range: $29.35/hr. to $42.06/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 7/1/2026. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 86907.

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TRAN (TRANSPORTATION SERVICES) Under the general direction of TPS Director, manages all business functions of Transportation Services.

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Demonstrated ability to analyze requirements for staffing, vehicles, and equipment, etc.; 4‑6 yrs of management and supervision in fleet and auto tech shop management. Financial reporting and analysis skills. Notes: Required to hold a valid driver’s license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program; Satisfactory criminal history background check; UCSB is a Tobacco‑Free environment.

Hiring/Budgeted Salary or Hourly Range: $88,000 to $125,000/year. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open Until Filled.

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Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check. Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range: $29.35/hr to $30.73/hr.

Full Salary Range: $29.35/hr. to $42.06/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Application review begins 7/14/2026.

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EMPLOYMENT (CONT.) grounds related tasks such as irrigation installation and repair, hardscape installation and repair, daily grounds maintenance, and administrative tasks needed to complete projects effectively and in a timely manner. Communicates daily with the Superintendent, and acts on their behalf when absent. Provides feedback for staff evaluations. Interacts effectively as a team member, follows safety standards and policies and abides by all Housing and University standards and policies. May work shifts other than Monday through Friday in order to meet operations needs and must complete other duties as assigned. Reqs: Minimum of 5 yrs experience in grounds maintenance and installation; Minimum 3 yrs of demonstrated knowledge of plant care, safe equipment use, landscape irrigation principles, and horticultural pest control; Minimum 3 yrs of ability to perform minor repairs on small equipment.

Minimum 3 yrs knowledge of irrigation and drip systems; Minimum 3 yrs of experience with the use of tractors, small lawn mowers, edgers, power sweepers, roto‑tillers and chainsaws.

Will be working with a diverse student body and staff. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with others as a team; Must have effective communication skills; Knowledge of plant care, safe equipment use, landscape irrigation principles, and horticultural pest control; Ability to perform minor repairs on small equipment; Knowledge of irrigation and drip systems.

Skilled with the use of tractors, small lawn mowers, edgers, power sweepers, roto‑tillers and chainsaws; Skilled in grounds maintenance and installation. Notes: Required to hold a valid driver’s license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies and procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program; Satisfactory criminal history background check; UCSB is a Tobacco‑Free environment. Hiring/ Budgeted Hourly Rate: $32.55/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open Until Filled.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 87012.

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UCSB COMMUNITY HOUSING AUTHORITY The Office of Strategic Asset Management (SAM) at UC Santa Barbara provides leadership and a broad range of professional services to support vital campus development initiatives, including physical planning, environmental assessment, and long‑range development for all campus projects. SAM manages a diverse real estate portfolio that includes agricultural, institutional, research, residential, and commercial assets, which are administered in direct support of the University’s educational mission. Its core functions encompass the development and management of on‑campus and off‑campus leasing programs, the administration of complex contracts, and the oversight of faculty and staff housing communities.

Furthermore, SAM facilitates third‑party development partnerships, oversees the due diligence process for acquisitions, and manages specialized licensing programs, including telecommunications and retail. Within this strategic framework, the Real Estate Leasing Officer is a vital member of the Office of Strategic Asset Management.

Reporting to the Executive Director, this role is responsible for the professional administration of leases, day‑to‑day management, and operational oversight of properties and contracts owned or acquired by the University.

The Officer ensures that all real estate operations and transactions incorporate facilities management requirements

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Reqs: Must have Real Estate License in the State of California. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. 4‑6 yrs experience in professional experience in related areas/fields. Notes: UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. Satisfactory criminal history background check Hiring/Budgeted Salary Range $100,000 to $120,000/year.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 7/13/26. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 87038

STUDENT AFFAIRS & PURCHASING ASSISTANT GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

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CAMPUS DINING Serves as a working supervisor performing skilled culinary duties and overseeing a kitchen area serving up to 1,500 meals per shift. Ensures that high standards of food quality, service, sanitation and safety are met according to Dining Services, University and Federal guidelines.

Trains full time and student cooks in new culinary techniques, food and sanitation guidelines. Maintains efficient food preparation methods.

Serves as a backup in the absence of the Department Head. Reqs: High School Diploma or Equivalent combination of education and experience. Work Experience; 1‑3 yrs Knowledge of and experience with advanced culinary techniques, including but not inclusive of sautéing, grilling, frying, steaming, preparing sauces and stocks. This includes experience working with commercial kitchen equipment and preparing large quantities or Equivalent combination of education and experience. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check; Visa sponsorship is not available for this position; UCSB is a Tobacco‑Free environment; Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work standing for up to 8 hours per day; Work hours/days may vary. Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $25.00 ‑ $25.73/hr. Full Hourly Range: $25.00 ‑ $26.79/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open Until Filled.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 86993.

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CAMPUS DINING Serves as a working supervisor performing skilled culinary duties and overseeing a kitchen area serving up to 1,500 meals per shift. Ensures that high standards of food quality, service, sanitation and safety are met according to Dining Services, University and Federal guidelines.

Trains full time and student cooks in new culinary techniques, food and sanitation guidelines. Maintains efficient food preparation methods.

Serves as a backup in the absence of the Department Head Reqs: High School Diploma or Equivalent combination of education and experience; 1‑3 yrs Knowledge of and experience with advanced culinary techniques, including but not inclusive of sautéing, grilling, frying, steaming, preparing sauces and stocks. This includes experience working with commercial kitchen equipment and preparing large quantities or Equivalent combination

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of education and experience.

Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check; Visa sponsorship is not available for this position; UCSB is a Tobacco‑Free environment; Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and work standing for up to 8 hours per day; Work hours/ days may vary. Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $25.00/hr ‑ $25.73/hr. Full Hourly Range: $25.00/hr ‑ $26.79/hr.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open Until Filled Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 86967.

Under the general supervision of the Student Programs Manager, with additional direction provided by the Contracts & Grants Manager, assists with coordination of student programs, both graduate and undergraduate, for the Department of Geography. Responsible for scheduling room requests, compiling statistical data, and overseeing departmental social media. Assists with the development and implementation of student outreach programs. Manages alumni tracking and event coordination, and maintaining graduate student data on the Geography website. Designs and disseminates colloquium flyers.

Serves on departmental committees.

Responsible for all purchasing, expediting orders, travel processing, fellowship travel payments, and accounts payable. Maintains a working knowledge of contract and grant requirements as well as University policies and procedures and applies them to daily tasks. Serves as liaison between the department and campus administrative offices (such as Business & Financial Services, Facilities Management, Communication Services, Academic Departments/Organized Research Units, and Equipment Management), and Geography faculty, researchers, staff, and students regarding purchasing, travel, and recharge matters. Maintains accurate files for all purchasing, and equipment inventory. Performs annual equipment inventory. Participates as an active team member in Geography and shares ideas on how to improve services and deliverables. Reqs: High School diploma or equivalent experience; 1‑3 years experience providing quality customer service; 1‑3 years experience researching problems of a financial nature; 1‑3 years experience comparing purchase orders and/or invoices to sales materials in order to resolve pricing issues; Ability to communicate well both written and orally and engage effectively with multiple personality types; Working knowledge of MS Office suite and social media. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check. Hiring/ Budgeted Salary Range: $29.35/hr to $30.73/hr. Full Salary Range: $29.35/hr. to $42.06/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Application review begins 7/14/2026.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 87118.

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY The Student Affairs Coordinator

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(“Coordinator”) provides academic and instructional support for all undergraduate, graduate and doctoral emphasis program services within the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. The Coordinator provides administrative support, including, but not limited to: planning department events, graduate recruitment, and other outreach activities; quarterly course coordination, course evaluation coordinating and processing, process BARC course fees; manages department articulation process, and ordering program and instructor supplies.

Assists the undergraduate and graduate advisers with advising enrolled and prospective students on all aspects of their academic experience. The Coordinator is solely responsible for the administration of the departmental Disabled Students Program, which requires substantive knowledge of University, College, and departmental policies and procedures and the ability to interpret from various academic and administrative offices. Assists with preparation of digital and print materials, uses social media platforms to connect with students, alumni and community members to promote the department and its programs, and department website maintenance.

Works collaboratively and in coordination with the Undergraduate and Graduate Advisers, Student Affairs Manager, Department Chair and Business Officer in a team environment to complete administrative tasks related to graduate and undergraduate matters in the department. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training; Familiarity with Academic Advising or Peer Mentoring; Basic knowledge of advising and counseling techniques; Ability to organize, prioritize and complete work accurately with frequent interruptions; Ability to work effectively and cooperatively as a staff team member, as well as with faculty members; Creatively problem solve; Able to exercise good judgment, common sense, and discretion, while providing careful attention to detail.

Notes: Some evening and or weekend hours will be required for special annual events; Satisfactory criminal history background check; Mandated Child Abuse Reporter. $25.77 to $28.50/hr. Full Salary Range: $25.77 to $43.58/hour.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 7/13/2026. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 87113.

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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.Open Until Filled.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu, Job # 86768.

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CLASSES/LESSONS/ WORKSHOPS SQUARE DANCING with Family and Friends The local square dance club Taws ‘n’ Paws will host a special evening of square dancing for anyone in the community on July 15, 2026. Square dancing is a fantastic, low‑impact activity where you can enjoy great music, make new friends, and get moving. Join us in Clemens Hall, St. Mark’s/Hope Community Church, 3942 La Colina Road, Santa Barbara, CA from 6:00‑8:00 PM. A modest door fee is requested of $5.00 per person. We’re here to have fun, and we’d like to share the wealth with you and your friends and family, so come on out! For questions, please contact Debbie Ceder, 805‑886‑3963 or debbie@ceder.net.

ADMINISTER OF ESTATE 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.

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

THE PETITION requests that (name): THOMAS POSNER 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.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 7/30/2026 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

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LEGALS (CONT.) Officer 6/24/2026 by Kim Gallegos, Deputy. Attorney for Petitioner: M. Jude Egan, Esq.,426 Barcellus Ave, Suite 304, Santa Maria, CA 93454; 805‑332‑3984.

Published: July 2, 9, 16 2026.

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.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: BRAZILIAN VIBE DANCE & FITNESS: 5414 San Patricio Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93111 The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 01/29/2026 in the County of Santa Barbara.

Original File no. FBN 2026‑0000247.

The persons or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Cristiane Dias Cunha (same address) The business was conducted by an A Individual. Registrant commenced to tranact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Nov 1, 2025 Signed by: CRISTIANE DIAS CUNHA/OWNER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 06/12/26, FBN 2026‑0001547 E30.

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 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 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: THE WILD REFUGE: 4025 Via Diego, Unit C Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Tracy J Niro (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 16, 2026. Filed by: TRACY NIRO/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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 73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001614. Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 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: 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: 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/ CO‑OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 02, 2026.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001437. Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

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

Jun 18, 25. July 2, 9 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SALON U: 5 E. Figueroa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; MCR3 Enterprises Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 10, 2020. Filed by: MICHAEL C. ROMO/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 26, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E81. FBN Number: 2026‑0001388.

Published: Jun 11, 18, 25. July 2 2026.

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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 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

Ordinance No. 5290 An Ordinance Amending and Superseding Ordinance No. 5256 Establishing the Cannabis Business Licensing Fee. Passed, approved and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, on this 23rd day of June 2026, by the following vote: Ayes: Noes: Absent: Abstain:

Supervisors Lee, Capps, Hartmann, Nelson and Lavagnino None None None

MONA MIYASATO CLERK OF THE BOARD By: Sheila de la Guerra – Deputy Clerk

NOTE: A complete copy of Ordinance No. 5290 is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and is available for public inspection and copying in that office in accordance with the California Public Records Act, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1.

Ordinance No. 5291 An Ordinance to Set Sewer Connection Charges and Sewer Service Charges for County Service Area 12 in the Mission Canyon Area.

Passed, approved and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, on this 23rd day of June 2026, by the following vote: Ayes: Noes: Absent: Abstain:

Supervisors Lee, Capps, Hartmann, Nelson and Lavagnino None None None

MONA MIYASATO CLERK OF THE BOARD By: Sheila de la Guerra – Deputy Clerk

NOTE: A complete copy of Ordinance No. 5291 is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and is available for public inspection and copying in that office in accordance with the California Public Records Act, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1.

Ordinance No. 5292 An Ordinance Adopting a Schedule of Fees for Services Provided by the Department of Public Works, County Surveyor Division in Connection with the Review and Approval of Subdivision and Survey Related Documents and Maps within the Jurisdiction of Santa Barbara County.

Passed, approved and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara, State of California, on this 23rd day of June 2026, by the following vote: Ayes: Noes: Absent: Abstain:

Supervisors Lee, Capps, Hartmann, Nelson and Lavagnino None None None

MONA MIYASATO CLERK OF THE BOARD By: Sheila de la Guerra – Deputy Clerk

NOTE: A complete copy of Ordinance No. 5292 is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and is available for public inspection and copying in that office in accordance with the California Public Records Act, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1.

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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.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Planning Commission Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom July 13, 2026, at 6:00 P.M. Fairview Gardens Conditional Use Permit Project 598 N. Fairview Avenue (APN: 069-090-052) Case Nos. 25-0001-CUP; 25-0003-DRB ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https://cityofgoleta.org/ goletameetings. goletameetings NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission (PC) will conduct a public hearing to review the project described in this notice and the proposed environmental determination. The date, time, and location of the PC public hearing are set forth below. The agenda for the hearing will also be posted on the City website (www.cityofgoleta.org www.cityofgoleta.org).

HEARING DATE/TIME: LOCATION:

July 13, 2026, at 6:00 P.M. Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Goleta, CA, 93117 and Teleconference Meeting; this meeting will be held in person and via Zoom. Detailed instructions for virtual participation are provided under the Electronic Partcipation heading below and will be included on the posted agenda.

The Planning Commission will be acting as the local decision-maker regarding the adequacy of the analysis included in the proposed Notice of Exemption and the merits of the Project.

On April 20, 2026, the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) reviewed the farmhouse rehabilitation and adaptive reuse portion of the project and unanimously (6-0 vote) recommended approval to the decisionmakers. The Design Review Board, at its June 9, 2026, meeting, recommended Preliminary Design approval on a vote of 6-0.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant is requesting PC approval of the Fairview Gardens Conditional Use Permit which includes: ➢ Nine new residential units on site. Eight two-bedroom deed restricted affordable worker/ employee dwellings units varying in size from 855-890 sq. ft. are proposed in the northeastern portion of the site for farmworkers/employees and their families, and one market rate unit is proposed within the existing farmhouse building. No short-term rentals would be allowed in either residential unit type. Residents only access to the eight two-bedroom dwelling units is proposed off of Stow Canyon Road (east) and will not create any through access. A gate is proposed after the required fire turnaround. ➢ Renovation and adaptive re-use of the Fairview Gardens historic farmhouse building. The farmhouse would be used as a flexible use café/patron area, teaching/staging kitchen, 1st and 2nd floor office space, and a 2nd floor studio dwelling unit. ➢ New 2,500 sq. ft. farmstand along Fairview Avenue ➢ New multi-functional 6,500 sq. ft. barn for produce packing and processing etc.

Approximately 1,000 sq. ft. of this structure would be used as gathering space for educational programming and events. ➢ New 730 sq. ft. education pavilion (roofed trellis structure) ➢ New 370 sq. ft. restroom building. ➢ Provision of 46 vehicular parking spaces scattered throughout the site as follows: o Nine (9) parking spaces adjacent to the Farmstand. o Eight (8) parking spaces adjacent to the farmworker housing units. o Twenty-five (25) parking spaces adjacent to the multi-functional barn. o Four (4) parking spaces for farm support vehicles adjacent to the multi-functional barn. ➢ Provision of twenty-four (24) bicycle parking spaces including 8 adjacent to the farmworker housing site.

Provision of one (1) bus/van drop-off space adjacent to the multi-functional barn. ➢ Other components proposed as part of the CUP request that are outside DRB purview in general include: ➢ Keeping of 100 chickens and 26 goats, and sheep per Section 17.41.060 (Animal Keeping) ➢ Use of off-site parking locations for special events and festivals that exceed the on-site parking capacity. The off-site parking areas are proposed at First Church of Christ, Scientist (58 parking spaces), Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (81 parking spaces), Goleta Union School District (58 parking spaces) and Fairview Gardens has secured Memorandums of Understanding with each of these entities. ➢ Farm operations will include 24 (minimum) to 34 (maximum) staff members depending on the season and ongoing farming activities Monday – Saturday. ➢ Three types/levels of programs and events are proposed to occur on site. All programs and events are to be community events open to the public for community benefit. These programs and events will be ancillary uses to support the organization’s educational mission, the conservation easement, and help ensure the farm’s success, which supports the preservation of agriculture in the region. The programs and events and associated areas these uses will occur will not be available for private or corporate rental and there are no weddings proposed.

• Programs/Workshops - Children: These include field trips, spring break and summer camp programs, and after school program. The time period for these is between 9 am – 5:30 pm all year long. Attendance at these programs is estimated to range from 25 – 100 people. Some of the programs would occur between 3-5 per week and others would be once a year (spring break camp).

• Programs/Workshops – Adults: These include culinary workshop, farming, and gardening workshops. The time period for these is 9 am – 9 pm, a maximum of 100 people, and would occur 20 times per month.

• Events: These include fundraising events, farm-to-table meals, seasonal events, open house, lectures etc. These events are sited internal to the farm, away from residential neighbors, and 66

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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.

not available as a rental operation or for corporate events. The estimated attendance is between 250-750 attendees and could occur between 4-8 per year, excluding the farm-to-table meals.

The farm-to-table meals are planned to occur 2 times per month. These events would occur in the evenings during the week and during the day on weekends. The use of amplified and unamplified music, and the spoken word is proposed for these events with sound attenuation measures utilizing setbacks, speaker orientation, and physical barriers such as walls or hay bales.

• Festivals: Five (5) festivals are planned with an estimated rolling attendance of between 8001500 visitors in total, spread out over the festival day. These events would occur on Saturdays between 10 am – 10 pm and Sundays between 1 pm – 9 pm. The use of amplified and unamplified music, and the spoken word is proposed for these events with sound attenuation measures utilizing setbacks, speaker orientation, and physical barriers such as walls or hay bales.

The location of larger events such as Festivals is in the center of the farm, approximately 310 feet from the northern property line, approximately 200 feet from the southern property line, approximately 390 feet from the eastern property line, and approximately 440 feet from the western property line.

The project was filed by agent Heidi Jones, of Meraki Land Use Consulting on behalf of Michael Ableman, of The Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens, the property owner.

LOCATION AND ZONING: The Project site is located in the Inland area of the City at 598 N. Fairview Avenue and is identified as Assessor Parcel No. 069-090-052. The 12.23-acre site in question has a General Plan land use designation and Zoning designation of Agriculture (AG).

Agricultural crop cultivation, animal keeping, farmworker housing, single-unit dwellings, and accessory dwelling units are allowable in the AG designation. Agricultural support services, farmers’ stands, and special events (more than four per year) are allowable in the AG designation with approval of a Conditional Use Permit.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: A Notice of Exemption has been prepared pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code, §§ 21000 et seq.), the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regulations, §§ 15000, et seq.: State CEQA Guidelines), and the City’s Environmental Review Guidelines. The project has been found to be exempt from CEQA under § 15332 of the CEQA Guidelines.

The City of Goleta is acting as the Lead Agency for this project. The Class 32 exemption consists of projects characterized as in-fill development where the project is (a) consistent with the applicable general plan designation and all applicable general plan policies, as well as with applicable zoning designation and regulations, (b) occurs within city limits on a project site of no more than five acres substantially surrounded by urban uses, (c) has no value, as habitat for endangered, rare or threatened species, (d) would not result in any significant effects relating to traffic, noise, air quality, or water quality, and (e) adequately served by all required utilities and public services. Further, none of the State CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2’s exceptions to the Class 32 exemption apply to the project. Consistent with the requirements of the Class 32 exemption described in the Notice of Exemption, and pursuant to CEQA Guidelines §15300.2, Exceptions to the Exemption, the entirety of the project falls within the Class 32 Exemption set forth in State CEQA Guidelines § 15332.

The Notice of Exemption for the project and all supporting technical analysis to support the exemption can be found in the CEQA Review section of the City of Goleta’s website using the following link: https://www.cityofgoleta.org/your-city/planning-and-environmental-review/ceqa-review CORTESE LIST: The Project site is not listed on the EnviroStor online database of hazardous site records maintained by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control TSC in coordination with the California State Water Resources Control Board consistent with Government Code § 65962.5 (the “Cortese list”).

PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested people are encouraged to provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the Planning Commission meeting agenda. Written comments may be submitted prior to the hearing by emailing the Planning and Environmental Review Department at PERmeetings@cityofgoleta.gov. Written comments will be distributed to the PC and published PERmeetings@cityofgoleta.gov on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page.

PREVIOUS HEARINGS: On April 20, 2026, the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) reviewed the farmhouse rehabilitation and adaptive reuse portion of the project and unanimously recommended approval to the decisionmakers. On June 9, 2026, the DRB conducted Preliminary Design Review of the project and unanimously recommended Preliminary Design approval of the plans under consideration to the decisionmakers.

DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY AND PROJECT INFORMATION: Staff reports and related materials for the Planning Commission hearing will be posted at least 72 hours prior to the meeting on the City’s web site at www.cityofgoleta.org www.cityofgoleta.org. For further information on the project, contact Brian Hiefield, Senior Planner, at (805) 961-7559 or bhiefield@cityofgoleta.gov bhiefield@cityofgoleta.gov. Para consultas en español, comuníquese con Marcos Martinez al (805) 562-5500 o mmartinez@cityofgoleta.gov mmartinez@cityofgoleta.gov.

In accordance with Gov. Code Section 65103.5, only non-copyrighted plans or plans that the designer has given permission have been published on the City’s website. The full set of plans is available for review at the Planning Counter during counter hours or by contacting the staff member listed for the item 805-961-7543.

ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION: Please register for the Planning Commission hearing on Monday July 13, 2026, at 6:00 pm following the information provided on the Planning Commission agenda for remote participation. The agenda will be published at least 72 hours before the meeting.

Note: If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code Section 65009(b)(2)).

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 961-7505 or cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

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LEGALS (CONT.) 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: ENCOREU ENTERPRISES: 133 E De La Guerra #24 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Glenys L Archer (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 17, 2026. Filed by: GLENYS L ARCHER/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 17, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E81. FBN Number: 2026‑0001591.

Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN FBN2026‑0001509 The following person(s) is doing business as: ALGER RESOLUTIOS, 233 E. CARRILLO ST., SUITE C, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101, County of SANTA BARBARA. TIMOTHY ALGER, 233 E. CARRILLO ST., SUITE C, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101 This business is conducted by An Individual.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Apr 01, 2026 /s/ TIMOTHY ALGER, SOLE PROPRIETOR This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 06/10/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 6/25, 7/2, 7/9, 7/16/26 CNS‑4049993# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: CASA WEST: 334 Calor Drive Buellton, CA 93427; Erin F Jenal‑Stainbrook (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: ERIN JENAL‑STAINBROOK/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 09, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001504. Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ROCK STAR TRANSPORTATION, MILAN CORPORATE CHARTERS, ROCK STAR LIMO, ROCK STAR HOLDINGS: 6385 Cindy Ln C Carpinteria, CA 93013; Rock Star Limo LLC PO Box 1273 Carpinteria, CA 93014 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 05, 2026. Filed by: JUAN PARRA/MANAGING MEMBER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 16, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E49. FBN Number: 2026‑0001578.

Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RADIANT DRIFT: 443 San Luis Dr, Santa Maria, CA 93455; Eric J Wray (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on April 07, 2026. Filed by: ERIC WRAY with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County

on May 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001263.

Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FORGEPULL, ARCTOS FIELD AI: 7392 Elmhurst Pl, Unit A Goleta, CA 93117; Arctos Den 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 Jun 13, 2026. Filed by: GREGORY BERBERIAN/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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 E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001572. Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: BANGKOK THAI CAFE: 3613 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Bangkok Avenue Group Inc (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: SANSANEE GAFFNEY/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 16, 2026.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001585. Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: PIVOTAL MINDS: 629 State Street 249 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Alexis A Arias PO Box 90206 Santa Barbara, CA 93190 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: ALEXIS ANDRE ARIAS/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 16, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001526.

Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LOMPOC FAST FILL MARKET: 1001 North H St Lompoc, CA 93436; Gawfco Enterprises Inc. 3669 Mt Diablo Blvd. Lafayette, CA 94549 This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Aug 01, 2024. Filed by: MOHAMMAD N. AHMADI/CEO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 03, 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: 2026‑0001442. Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MONTECASO: 3880 State St, Apt 426 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Kiona 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 Jun 01, 2026. Filed by: NATHAN DEWOLF/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 E81. FBN Number: 2026‑0001559.

Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ATERLING PREP GROUP: 3340 McCaw Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Rachel S Oakes 5895 Sunny Vista Ave Oak Park, CA 93105 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: RACHEL OAKES with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 16, 2026.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E81. FBN Number: 2026‑0001584. Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALCHEMY FLORAL STUDIO: 5022 Birchwood Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Kari L Oslie (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 16, 2026.

Filed by: KARI OSLIE/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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 E4. FBN Number: 2026‑0001611.

Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COUSIN E ENTERPRISES: 118 Sumida Gardens Lane, Apt 208 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Adam H Schaffer (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 11, 2026. Filed by: ADAM H SCHAFFER/ OWNER 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 E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001550. Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MONTECITO MASSAGE PRODUCTS: 1128 Oriole Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Brandon S Nebeling (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 23, 2015. Filed by: BRANDON NEBELING/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 23, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E81. FBN Number: 2026‑0001628.

Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: DUTCH GARDEN RESTAURANT, DUTCH GARDEN: 4203 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Dutch Garden Restaurant LLC (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 01, 2021. Filed by: MIKE FISHER/CFO with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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: 2026‑0001624. Published: Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JOFFREY AESTHETICS AND WELLNESS: 523 Chapala Ste C 1 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Mir Joffrey, M.D. 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 Jun 23, 2026. Filed by: MIR JOFFREY 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001661. Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE 805 TRANSPORTER: 21 Lorinda Pl Santa Barbara, CA 93101; David A Soto Romero (same address) This business

is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 01, 2026. Filed by: DAVID SOTO 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: 2026‑0001538. Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: SOUND STOPS FIRE: 4446 White Pine Ln Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Ember Shield 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 28, 2025. Filed by: ROBERT C DUNCAN/MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 23, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E4. FBN Number: 2026‑0001631.

Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA AUTO EXCHANGE: 480 Vereda Del Ciervo Goleta, CA 93117; Santa Barbara Nissan 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: DOUGLAS CONNOR/MANAGER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 24, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph

E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E4. FBN Number: 2026‑0001652.

Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: LUXE ROCKLINE: 1929 Alamo Pintado Rd Solvang, CA 93463; Allison Van Wingerden (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Mar 05, 2020. Filed by: ALLISON VAN WINGERDEN/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 03, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001446.

Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FUEL SAVIN: 2140 Sweeney Rd Lompoc, CA 93436; Robert Savin (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jun 22, 2026. Filed by: ROBERT SAVIN/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 24, 2026.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001659. Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MOUNT OLYMPUS HOLDINGS: 5662 Calle Real #214, Goleta, CA 93117; Jay L Hartman (same address) Lynda J Hartman (same

address) This business is conducted

by A Married Couple Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Sep 30, 2021. Filed by: JAY L HARTMAN/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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 73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001562.

Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SPLENDOR HAIR STUDIO: 130 S Hope Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Gloria Herrera 220 Ladera St Apt 114 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jun 12, 2026. Filed by: GLORIA HERRERA/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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 76. FBN Number: 2026‑0001569.

Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: MIRROR FINISH YACHT CARE: 7407 San Carpino Dr Goleta, CA 93117; Ryan James Wong (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: RYAN WONG/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 24, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Design Review Board Hybrid Public Hearing – In Person and via Zoom Goleta City Hall – Council Chambers 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, CA 93117 Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 3:00 P.M. ATTENTION: The meeting will be held in person and via the Zoom platform. The public may also view the meeting on Goleta Channel 19 and/or online at https:// www.cityofgoleta.org/goletameetings.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Design Review Board (DRB) of the City of Goleta will conduct a public hearing for the projects listed below, with the date, time, and location of the DRB public hearing set forth above. The agenda for the hearing, including how to participate virtually in the hearing via a Zoom link, will also be posted on the City website at least 72 hours before the hearing (www. cityofgoleta.org).

For Conceptual/Preliminary/Final Review: Gift Smoke Shop Signage and California Environmental Quality Act 5858 Hollister Avenue (APN 071-053-024) Case No. 26-0021-ZC/26-0015-DRB Sutter Health Signage and California Environmental Quality Act 5383 Hollister Avenue (APN 071-140-074) Case No. 26-0025-ZC/26-0016-DRB For Conceptual/Preliminary Review: New Housing Development Project with 44 Units and 2 Mixed-Use Units 5955 Calle Real (APN 069-110-018) Case Nos. 26-0010-DP/25-0004-SUB/25-0044-DRB PUBLIC COMMENT: Interested people are encouraged to provide public comments during the public hearing in person or virtually through the Zoom webinar, by following the instructions listed on the Design Review Board meeting agenda. Written comments may be submitted prior to the hearing by emailing the Planning and Environmental Review Department at PERmeetings@cityofgoleta. gov. Written comments will be distributed to the Design Review Board and published on the City’s Meeting and Agenda page.

FOR PROJECT INFORMATION: For further information on the project, contact Mary Chang, at (805) 961-7567 or mchang@cityofgoleta.gov. Para consultas en español, comuníquese con Marcos Martinez al (805) 562-5500 o mmartinez@ cityofgoleta.gov. Staff reports and documents will be posted approximately 72 hours before the hearing on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.gov.

In accordance with Gov. Code Section 65103.5, only non-copyrighted plans or plans that the designer has given permission have been published on the City’s website. The full set of plans is available for review at the Planning Counter during counter hours or by contacting the staff member listed for the item 805-9617543.

Note: If you challenge the nature of the above action in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code Section 65009(b)(2)).

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need assistance to participate in the hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 9617505 or cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.gov. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements.

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LEGALS (CONT.) of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by 4. FBN Number: 2026‑0001650. Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HAHKA KITCHENS: 72 Santa Felicia Dr Goleta, CA 93117; Hahka Builders (same address) This business is conducted by A Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jun 5, 2002. Filed by: RANDY HAHKA/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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 73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001616.

Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: STORKE FUEL DEPOT, STORKE FUEL DEPOT AND CAR WASH, THE POINT MARKET AT

STORKE FUEL DEPOT, STORKE CAR WASH: 370 Storke Rd Goleta, CA 93117; Price Properties LLC PO Box 61106 Santa Barbara, CA 93160 This business is conducted by A Limited Partnership Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Filed by: JOHN PRICE/MANAGER OF THE GENERAL PARTNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 09, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by E73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001495.

Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CYANOKAI: 142 San Clemente St Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Kaira T Wallace (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 20, 2026. Filed by: KAIRA WALLACE/OWNER 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 30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001489.

Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: G.R. MOBILE DETAILING: 1838 San Andres St #2 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Gabriel Lupe Rodriguez (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 14, 2026. Filed by: GABERIAL RODRIGUEZ/ OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 16, 2026.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by E30. FBN Number: 2026‑0001582. Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

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Published July 2, 2026 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) FOR THE PROPOSED SANDYLAND SHORELINE PROTECTION PROJECT SCH # 2024120924 Project Description: The proposed Project would repair and restore the 1983 design of the existing 3,700-foot-long Sandyland Seawall (shoreline protection in the form of a rock revetment) located between Sand Point Road residences and the coastline. Specifically, the proposed Project would involve repairing the revetment by placing up to 15,000 tons of 3- to 5-ton armor rocks to achieve the 1983 design of the revetment with a 16.4-foot crest elevation (relative to NAVD88 vertical datum), a 2:1 (horizontal:vertical) seaward slope, and a crest width of 10 feet. The repair would involve minor re-working of the revetment, using new (imported) armor rocks to fill voids in the revetment, correct low points and reduced width in the revetment crest, and address areas where existing armor stone has been dislodged. Where possible, existing displaced armor rock would be salvaged and re-used.

In addition, the proposed Project would provide dune vegetation enhancement along the landward splash wall. Existing non-native vegetation would be removed and native dune vegetation would be planted to create additional habitat area.

Construction of the dune feature may require the import of a small amount of sand for dune vegetation establishment in locations where sand cover does not exist.

Lastly, of the 23 existing private access stairways constructed along the revetment to serve residents of Sand Point Road, under the proposed Project, 12 private access stairways would be demolished, and the design rock revetment would be restored in their place. The remaining 11 existing access stairways would be rebuilt.

Project Location: The Project site is comprised of an existing approximately 3,700-foot-long Sandyland Seawall located in unincorporated Santa Barbara County South Coast, approximately 0.7 miles west of the City of Carpinteria. The revetment is located seaward of the residential homes and accessory structures along Sand Point Road, between the residences and the beach.

Public Hearing and Comment: The County of Santa Barbara Public Works Department is soliciting comments on the technical adequacy and completeness of the Draft EIR prepared for the Sandyland Shoreline Protection Project. You may comment by providing testimony at the public hearing, which will be held, inperson, at the Santa Barbara County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room at 123 E. Anapamu Street on Tuesday, July 21 at 10:00 a.m.

Environmental Review Findings: Public Works has prepared a Draft EIR pursuant to requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines and the County of Santa Barbara Guidelines for the Implementation of CEQA. The Draft EIR prepared for the project identifies and discusses potential impacts, mitigation measures, residual impacts, and monitoring requirements for identified subject areas. Significant and unavoidable effects on the environment identified in the Draft EIR include temporary, construction-related noise effects. Significant but mitigable effects on the environment identified in the Draft EIR include potential construction-related impacts to biological resources as well as cultural and tribal cultural resources.

Document Availability: The Draft EIR and all documents incorporated by reference may be reviewed at the Public Works Department offices at 123 E. Anapamu Street and on the County of Santa Barbara website at https://www. countyofsb.org/4402/Sandyland-Shoreline-Protection-Project. Documents are countyofsb.org/4402/Sandyland-Shoreline-Protection-Project also available for review at the County of Santa Barbara Public Works Department office at 123 E. Anapamu Street.

How to Comment: All written agency and public comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 17. Please send your comments and the name of a contact person in your agency to the Environmental Project Manager, Morgan M. Jones, at the address provided below.

Project Manager:

Morgan M. Jones Transportation Division Department of Public Works 123 E. Anapamu Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Telephone:

(805) 568-3059

Email:

mmjones@countyofsb.org and/or mmjones@countyofsb.org; SandylandShorelineProtectionProject@countyofsb.org

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in the hearing, please contact Hearing Support Staff (805) 568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements.

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STATEMENT File No. FBN 2026‑0001392 The following person(s) is doing business as: J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANY, 312 GUADALUPE ST, GUADALUPE, CA 93434, County of SANTA BARBARA. J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANY, LLC, 1099 W. FRONT STREET, BOISE, IDAHO, 83702 This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jan 12, 2026 /s/ JAMES B.ALDERMAN, SECRETARY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 05/26/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23/26 CNS‑4055140# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

SPROWL/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 17, 2026. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by 76. FBN Number: 2026‑0001588.

Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN2026‑0001510 The following person(s) is doing business as: Bodegas Krontiras USA, 1129 State Street Suite 25, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, County of Santa Barbara.

Wine 4 Winners LLC, 1041 Mill Street Suite #104, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401; California This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Not Applicable /s/ Christopher Andrew Dillon, Managing Member This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 06/10/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23/26 CNS‑4054703# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: CONSTELLATION BARBERSHOP: 3875 Constellation Rd, Suite A & B Lompoc, CA 93436; Timothy W Carey 226 Galaxy Way Lompoc, CA 93436; Joan M Carey (same address) This business is conducted by A Married Couple Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jun 01, 2026. Filed by: TIMOTHY W CAREY/OWNER with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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 E71. FBN Number: 2026‑0001574. Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN FBN2026‑0001525 The following person(s) is doing business as: NCTI‑ RIVERSIDE 240 EAST HIGHWAY 246, SUITE 100 BUELLTON CA 93427 , County of SANTA BARBARA. AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE WEST 4400 HWY 121 SUITE 700 LEWISVILLE TX 75056; CALIFORNIA This business is conducted by A Corporation.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Feb 14, 2021 /s/ THOMAS COOK, SECRETARY This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 06/11/2026.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23/26 CNS‑4053086# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JET LAG 3D PRINTS: 4318 Modoc Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Eduardo S Buenviaje (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 07, 2026. Filed by: EDUARDO BUENVIAJE 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 73. FBN Number: 2026‑0001548. Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DALGENES FLOORING INTERIORS INC: 3845 State St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Dalgenes Flooring Interiors Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by A Individual Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on Jun 17, 2026. Filed by: WADE

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DALGENES FLOORING INC: 3845 State St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Dalgenes Flooring Interiors 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 Jun 23, 2026. Filed by: WADE SPROWL/PRESIDENT with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 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 76. FBN Number: 2026‑0001588.

Published: July 2, 9, 16, 23 2026.

NAME CHANGE 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 Father must be provided Proof of Service of the hearing and the Proof of Service is to be filed with the court prior to the hearing date.

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 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: ARNETIS MARGARET van den AKKER CASE NUMBER: 26CV03506 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: ARNETIS MARGARET van den AKKER PRESENT NAME: ARNETIS MARGARET van den AKKER PROPOSED NAME: CHINA VAN DEN AKKER 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 August 7, 2026, 10:00 am, DEPT: 4, SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa Street. Santa Barbara, CA 93101, ANACAPA DIVISION A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated June 16, 2026, JUDGE Donna D. Geck of the Superior Court.

Published Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: LIANNE SUSAN TOWBES CASE NUMBER: 26CV03834 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: LIANNE SUSAN TOWBES PROPOSED NAME: LIANNE MICHELE TOWBES 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 August 14, 2026, 10:00 am, DEPT: 4, SUPERIOR COURT COUNTY OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 1100 Anacapa Street. Santa Barbara, CA 93101, SOUTH COUNTY 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 June 16, 2026, JUDGE Donna D. Geck of the Superior Court. Published Jun 25. July 2, 9, 16 2026.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: SHIVA REZAIE CASE NUMBER: 26CV03754 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: PETITIONER: SHIVA REZAIE 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: SHIVA REZAIE PROPOSED NAME: SHIVA FRANCIS 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 August 12, 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 June 17, 2026, JUDGE Thomas P. Anderle of the Superior Court. Published June 25. Jul 2, 9, 16 2026.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Dr. David Agnew, Deceased Notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against the estate of Dr. David Agnew, who died on February 1, 2026, in Santa Barbara County, California.

All creditors of the decedent are required to file their claims with the necessary vouchers, within the time prescribed by law, with the clerk of the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Barbara.

Claims must be filed within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice.

First date of publication: July 2, 9, 16 2026 Personal Representative: Michael Ditmore, Trustee 11608 Arrow Point Drive NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Attorney for Personal Representative: Timothy Buynak 523 Brinkerhoff Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 963‑1950

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING The Annual Meeting of the members of the Santa Barbara Cemetery Association will be held at the Cemetery office, on the grounds at 901 Channel Drive, County of Santa Barbara, California, on Monday, July 27, 2026, at 2:00pm for the purpose of electing four (4) directors, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting of members, or any adjournment thereof.

Lori L. Harris Assistant Secretary NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Tuesday, July 7, 2026 Board of Supervisors’ Hearing Room 105 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, 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, July 7, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter in the Board of Supervisor’s Hearing Room, 105 East Anapamu St., Santa Barbara, 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.

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Please see the posted agenda available on the Thursday prior to the hearing at https://santabarbara.legistar.com/ calendar.aspx for the agenda order.

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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.

SUMMONS 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.

SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) CASE NUMBER (Número del Caso): 25CV00195 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): RUTILO CHAVEZ GONZALEZ, AN INDIVIDUAL, AND DOES 1 THROUGH 10, INCLUSIVE YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF (LO ESTÁ DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): IVER CAPITAL CORPORATION 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 want to 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 Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), 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. ¡AVISO! 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 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 dé 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 ó más de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesión de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is (El nombre y dirección de la corte es): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA BARABARA 312‑C EAST COOK STREET, BLDG. E, SANTA MARIA, CA 93454 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, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): ALI NABAVI, COASTAL CREST LAW FIRM, APLC, 24310 MOULTON PKWY, SUITE O‑1007, LAGUNA WOODS, CA 92637, 949‑751‑6788

DATE (Fecha): 1/10/2025 ERIN JOSIE, Clerk (Secretario), by ERIN JOSIE, Deputy (Adjunto) (SEAL) NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served 7/2, 7/9, 7/16, 7/23/26 CNS‑4053940# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

TRUSTEE NOTICE T.S. No. 138854‑CA APN: 051‑570‑054 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 3/21/2014.

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 On 7/29/2026 at 10:00 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP, as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 3/31/2014 as Instrument No. 2014‑0014228 of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Santa Barbara County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: ELYSE A BILODEAU, AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE ELYSE A BILODEAU SEPARATE PROPERTY TRUST DATED, MAY 9, 2003 AND ELYSE A BILODEAU UNMARRIED WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN

BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE; AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, SANTA BARBARA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1100 ANACAPA STREET, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3756 GREGGORY WAY UNIT 4, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein.

Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured

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by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $33,293.70 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 beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned or its predecessor caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property.

You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. 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 (855) 313‑3319 or visit this Internet website www.clearreconcorp. com, using the file number assigned to this case 138854‑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 Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. NOTICE TO TENANT: Effective January 1, 2021, you may

have a right to purchase this property after the trustee auction pursuant to Section 2924m of the California Civil Code. If you are an “eligible tenant buyer,” you can purchase the property if you match the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. If you are an “eligible bidder,” you may be able to purchase the property if you exceed the last and highest bid placed at the trustee auction. There are three steps to exercising this right of purchase. First, 48 hours after the date of the trustee sale, you can call (855) 313‑3319, or visit this internet website www.clearreconcorp.com, using the file number assigned to this case 138854‑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 an “eligible tenant buyer” or “eligible bidder,” you should consider contacting an attorney or appropriate real estate professional immediately for advice regarding this potential right to purchase. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (855) 313‑3319 CLEAR RECON CORP 3333 Camino Del Rio South, Suite 225 San Diego, California 92108 Published: June 25. July 2, 9 2026.

Matt Young, Water Agency Manager Notice of Public Workshop, Uses of Fiscal Year 2026-27 Cachuma Project Allocation A public workshop to discuss expenditure of $100,000 during fiscal year 2026-27 pursuant to Cachuma Member Unit Contracts will be held:

DATE: July 7, 2026 TO: Interested Parties FROM: Matt Young, Santa Barbara County Water Agency Manager RE: Notice of Public Workshop, Uses of Fiscal Year 2026-27 Cachuma Project Betterment Funds A public workshop to discuss expenditure of $100,000 during fiscal year 2026-27 pursuant to Cachuma Member Unit Contracts will be held: Tuesday, July 7, 2026, 11:00 AM via Video/Teleconference ONLY Join via Video Conference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87384581104?pwd=ar6dNy9ewXH3Y237wM6GhI tKiibzko.1 Passcode:498307 Join via Teleconference: US +1 669 900 6833 Webinar ID: 873 8458 1104

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If you are unable to attend the workshop, you are welcome to provide written comments to: Santa Barbara County Water Agency 130 E. Victoria St., Suite 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Attn.: Matthew Young

Background and Discussion Contracts between the County Water Agency (Agency) and the Cachuma Member Units (approved in 1996) include a provision that states “the Water Agency shall provide $100,000 per year during the term hereof for beneficial purposes consistent with the Water Agency Act and within the Santa Ynez River watershed and the Cachuma project service area.” As part of the original Member Unit Contracts, the Agency had provided $100,000 per year for 40 years toward the cost of water purchases from the project by the Member Units.

During development of the renewed contracts, the Agency and the Member Units agreed to expand the potential uses of this $100,000 per year, so as to include a wide range of planning activities and potential projects in the Santa Ynez River watershed and within the Cachuma Project service area. Decisions, relating to expenditures of these funds, require concurrence by both the Agency and the Cachuma Member Units.

Currently several resource evaluations are underway in the Santa Ynez River basin. They include: 1) steelhead/rainbow trout studies pursuant to implementation of the Cachuma Project Biological Opinion (September, 2000) and the Lower Santa Ynez Fish Management Plan (October, 2000); and 2) groundwater and surface-water flow and quality monitoring pursuant to several cooperative agreements among local agencies and the United States Geological Survey. The Agency spends approximately $150,000 per year in these interagency studies.

The Cachuma Member Units currently expend roughly $900,000 per year on fisheries activities as well as an estimated $100,000 per year on stream flow and water quality monitoring in the Santa Ynez River. Agency staff will consider information received in this workshop during development of budget recommendations to the Water Agency Board of Directors. Further information regarding any of these studies may be obtained from the Agency.

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