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‘Big Homie’ or Bumbling Boss?

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The jail rides program — which serves 50-75 late-night or early-morning releasees monthly — will continue another year, thanks to $10,000 awarded by county supervisors on 6/11. A taxi takes releasees to certain locations during public transportation off-hours; the program had been searching for ways to stay aﬂoat after one of its main donors dropped out. On 7/1, the supervisors will consider allowing an outside religious organization to provide amenities. A Santa Barbara man arrested in 2012 for a string of armed parking-kiosk robberies and a bank heist will be sentenced to 28 years in prison after he reached a plea deal with prosecutors. Paul Gradias, 51, had previously pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and has been in custody in County Jail since his arrest. A registered sex offender, he has two prior strikes on his record: one from Santa Barbara County for forcible oral copulation and residential burglary, and one out of Washington State for forcible rape. PAU L WELLM AN

hen Raymond Macias, a well-known leader of the East Side Krazies street gang, was arrested last June on torture and extortion charges, law enforcement officials crowed they’d just nabbed Mister Big, or as he would be described throughout the four-week criminal trial that just concluded in Santa Maria, “the Big Homie.” At the time of his arrest, Macias was described as a major drug lord and Santa Barbara County’s top tax collector for the Sureños, a fearsome Southern California prison gang with connections to the even more fearsome Mexican Mafia. Specifically, he was charged with kidnapping Lompoc drug dealer and gang member Stephen Mendibles when Mendibles failed to make good on a $1,100 debt he owed Macias. In her final words to the jury, prosecuting attorney Anne Bramsen sought to reinforce this theme. “Mr. Macias condones violent behavior,” she said.“He engages in violent behavior.” In stark contrast, Macias’s attorney, Michael Scott, spent the better part of two hours portraying his client as a bumbling, stumbling, “weak” gang boss. Macias, said Scott, gave deadbeat drug dealers too many chances, making repeated “courtesy visits” to those who owed, and often paying off their debts out of his own pocket. Yes, Scott admitted, Macias was a drug dealer, a Sureño gang member, and even a tax collector. But he should not be confused with Tony Montana, the bloodthirsty drug dealer of Scarface fame. Nor should he be equated with the calculating cunning of Machiavelli or the corporate ruthlessness of Henry Ford. What kind of criminal mastermind, Scott wondered, left incriminating text messages on his cell phone or kept receipts in his apartment of Western Union payments he’d wired to the Mexican Mafia? Both sides agree that early last January, Macias put out the word he wanted “to talk” with Mendibles. Both sides agree that after two courtesy visits, Mendibles went into hiding. Eventually, he was found by members of the Lompoc gang, VLP, and taken to a garage, where it was understood he was to be beaten. The beating was part of a gang practice known as “checking,” in which those who violate protocol are soundly thrashed by a larger group of gang members. They are expected, however, to fight back. In this case, Mendibles quickly got the better of his attackers. Luis Almanza, an alleged enforcer with gang ties from Texas, picked up a hatchet and whacked Mendibles twice, once on the arm and once on the side. (Almanza was also on trial for extortion and torture.) Mendibles, who never sought medical treatment for his injuries, testified his arm remains injured from the attack. All sides agree Macias was not present for any of this and only arrived 90 minutes later. He untied Mendibles and let him go, though not before notifying Mendibles he had three days to heal, after which he would be “poked” with a knife. Many of the gang members who participated in the attack testified they were acting

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AT STAKE: Raymond Macias is looking at life without the possibility of parole for gangrelated kidnapping, extortion, and torture charges.

on what they believed to be Macias’s orders. It came out during the trial that Macias’s younger brother had been recently checked by Mendibles, sustaining a fractured cheek and broken arm in the process. Scott countered that Macias never ordered any such thing and was “shocked” that Almanza “went oﬀ the rails.” Neither a VLP nor a Sureño, Almanza reportedly lacked the gang standing to strike Mendibles in a formal checking. Likewise, Scott pointed out that those who testiﬁed against Macias made deals with the prosecution to get more lenient sentences. He also noted that Philip Lopez, who was involved in the “checking,” harbored a serious grudge against Mendibles, who reportedly had sex with Lopez’s girlfriend when Lopez was in prison. In closing arguments, Scott sought to persuade the jury that Macias could never have known that by indicating an interest in merely “talking” with Mendibles, he would trigger such an improbable chain of events. “That’s not reasonably foreseeable,” he insisted. Improbable, yes, Bramsen retorted, but quite possible and easily imaginable. At the time, she noted, two North County gang members had recently been murdered for not paying taxes on their drug sales. Perhaps her single most damning evidence was a video of Macias speaking to his girlfriend while in county jail, saying — in gang sign language —“He was there when I had [Mendibles].”

In the past year, law enforcement officials have expressed concern that the Mexican Mafia has emerged as a more serious presence in Santa Barbara’s scene. That was certainly one of the key issues raised during the fourweek trial on the City of Santa Barbara’s proposed gang injunction, a trial that concluded three weeks ago. In that trial, prosecutors made much of testimony by longtime gang member Arthur Nevarez, who claimed that the reduction in violent gang activity throughout the South Coast reflected the wishes and direction of the Mexican Mafia. Nevarez, now an informant who participated in an anti-gang documentary, testified gang violence is bad for business because it attracts law enforcement attention. Macias was named in the city’s proposed gang injunction, and though he was not present in Judge Colleen Sterne’s courtroom, his name was frequently invoked by prosecutors to buttress Nevarez’s claim. At the time of his arrest, Macias was on the payroll of Palabra, a high-profile nonprofit organization led by former gang members that is dedicated to reducing gang violence. Law enforcement looked with keen distrust at Palabra because its leaders exposed informants, instructed at-risk teens not to cooperate with police, and did not urge them to renounce gang membership, just gang ■ violence.

To the surprise and delight of police and the Coalition Against Gun Violence, this weekend’s anonymous gun buyback at the Earl Warren Showgrounds was declared an unmitigated success. A total of 239 firearms were exchanged for $20,000 in Vons gift cards, including 108 handguns, 84 rifles, 41 shotguns, and six assault weapons. There were no protesters or unruly participants, and the energetic response has inspired talk of another buyback. Three Santa Barbara police officers — Officer Jon Reyes, Sgt. Ed Olsen, and Officer Kyle Lowry — were recognized for “particularly positive policing” during an awards ceremony hosted by the Optimist Club of Santa Barbara. Nominations for the awards were received during March, and a committee of Optimist Club members and a police representative selected the awardees.

CITY The SBCC Board of Trustees approved placing a $288 million facility-improvement bond measure on the November ballot. The resolution is about $20 million less than the one the board had previously entertained, and it comes after approximately a year of deliberation. Among a slew of renovations and modernizations on the main campus and at the two satellite campuses, the bond measure would replace the college’s portable classrooms with a permanent building if approved by 55 percent of voters. Funds must be used on remodeling, not salaries, and would cost homeowners $16.65 per every $100,000 of their homes’ assessed valuation. The ubiquitous tan trucks of MarBorg Industries just received the Green Seal of approval for environmental sustainability. In a ceremony

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A rising tide may lift all boats, but the current drought — one of the worst in state history — has clearly hit the multitude of county water districts with dramatically different impact. Earlier this year, it appeared the Montecito Water District might literally find itself out of water come July, but thanks to tough new rationing rules and stiff fines for violators, Montecito residents have cut back consumption by 40 percent. That, coupled with a handful of deals, will enable Montecito to limp into the next year with enough water to meet basic needs should it not rain. The new doom-and-gloom poster child is the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District, which now appears poised to pull the plug on its long-term agricultural customers, more in response to issues about water quality rather than quantity. This emerged during a high-octane gab fest hosted by the county supervisors and attended by a who’s who of the county’s water establishment. Although the Santa Ynez district boasts robust groundwater aquifers, its water also has ambient levels of hexavalent chromium-6 — the contaminant made famous in the Erin Brockovich movie — that violate water quality standards that go into effect July 1. As a result, the Santa Ynez district, serving 6,700 customers, will be forced to shut down about half its wells. District manager Chris Dahlstrom complained that efforts to delay implementation of the new regulations — which he estimated will cost the small district $25 million — fell on deaf ears in Sacramento, where representatives Das Williams and HannahBeth Jackson, he charged, were of little help. (Jackson responded that she was contacted before the regulations were enacted and that the district has at least 18 months before it could be deemed out of compliance. That, she said, was sufficient time to assess the proper legislative response.) With the district poised to declare a water supply emergency, Dahlstrom said he may be forced to cut off agricultural customers, who, by law, the district is not required to serve. They will respond by drilling new wells, which, in turn, will cause ground water levels to drop even faster than they already have, he predicted. In the meantime, the Santa Ynez district will be forced to pump its wells along the Santa Ynez River harder than usual, thus tapping into flows that normally benefit Lompoc and other — Nick Welsh downstream users.

The three-story office building at 3757 State Street next to Whole Foods has been sold for nearly $10 million to an undisclosed buyer. Completely renovated in 2012, the 20,000-squarefoot structure is occupied by Citibank on its first floor and local and regional office tenants on its second and third. The property had not been updated since it was built in the 1970s and had suffered from spotty tenancy throughout the years. Radius Commercial Real Estate & Investments, which brokered the deal, called the transaction “the largest office building sale on upper State Street in nearly a decade.”

COUNTY The supervisors passed the 2014-15 budget on 6/11, despite a “no” vote from Peter Adam on the document as a whole and an abstention from him on the decision to spend $102 million on maintenance costs over the next 10 years. That $102 million will come from setting aside 18 percent of future revenue growth. Adam’s symbolic obstruction — he wanted a 50-55 percent allocation — frustrated his colleagues, who said that $102 million was a “win” for him in the wake of voters rejecting Measure M. Overall revenues ($905 million) will outpace expenditures ($903 million) in the next year. Last week, Venoco Inc. laid off a number of administrative positions, and the oil company cited the shift away from Monterey shale explo-

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Natalia Cardenas, Professor Ann Hefferman, and Hector Medina are with UCSB’s Urban Art Workshop course.

Six blue-and-gold fish, flashing UCSB’s colors and ascending upward, have been added to the sea turtle mural on an apartment building in Isla Vista. Representing the six victims who lost their lives in the mass murder on 5/23, the fish were included into existing imagery that commemorates the last time Isla Vista was shaken so violently, when David Attias killed four people in 2001. Spearheading the effort was a UCSB course titled Urban Art Workshop, which is dedicated to creating and preserving I.V. murals.

A 250- to 300-foot barge reportedly carrying magnesium chloride — a type of salt — recently capsized off Point Conception and has been scuttled to an approved disposal zone in federal waters. When and why the large vessel sank is unclear, and multiple calls and emails to Coast Guard media ofﬁces up and down the state had cont’d page 13 not been returned as of

BY K E L S E Y B R U G G E R timely. So it happens in other ways — encourchool may be out for summer, but a age people to retire or resign their position.” For passionate debate about teacher tenure Santa Barbara teachers, the dismissal process is still in session. Last week, a Los Ange- begins by being referred to Peer Assistance and les Superior Court judge struck down Review (PAR), which is a coaching program job-protection laws deeply embedded in public that many districts pay for. Approximately five education. Beginning in late January, the trial saw two months of mixed testimonies. The plaintiffs argued that five statutes protecting K- teacher jobs are cumbersome, handcuff superintendents, and deny students access to equitable education. On the opposing end, attorneys for the State of California and its teachers’ union argued that the lawsuit brought forward by nine student plaintiffs was a misguided attack that does not address systemic problems that plague public schools. Though the ruling in Vergara v. SUM OF ITS PARTS: Representing 750 teachers in California has not yet taken effect the district, Santa Barbara teachers’ union president and will likely be hashed out in an John Houchin argued that educators as a group bring appeal, the groundbreaking verdict different strengths to the profession. has riled up educators and politicians and resumed an age-old discussion. At the teachers are referred to PAR annually, according crux of Judge Rolf Treu’s decision is the notion to Margaret Christensen, director of Human that the worst teachers are unduly situated in Resources. schools serving underrepresented pupils. Treu But teachers’ union leaders across the country cited evidence that 1-3 percent of California’s have scorned the judge’s decision, contending 275,000 tenured teachers are “grossly ineffec- that the plaintiffs are actually fronts for Silicon tive”; California is one of only five states with Valley bigwigs, who, despite scarce classroom a probationary period of two years or less and experience, seek to privatize education. “The one of 10 states that works on a “last in, first out” union is not here to protect bad teachers,” said principle; the entire dismissal process takes two Santa Barbara Teachers Association President to 10 years and can cost hundreds of thousands John Houchin. “Every two years, teachers are of dollars; additionally, all public employees are evaluated for performance, based on six teachstill protected by “Skelly Rights,” which requires ing standards.” Reaction to the decision has united tradia pre-disciplinary hearing before termination. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not impossible tional political foes — conservatives who have to fire tenured teachers, but the dismissal pro- long bashed the premise of public-employee cess is rarely completed. A number of off-the- unions and social-justice activists who advocate record interviews indicated that perhaps just for minority communities. Treu stated that the one teacher had been successfully terminated in ruling does not seek to address the issue’s politithe last several years in Santa Barbara. “You get cal aspects but focuses on the legal ones, and gun-shy,” said Unified School District Board- may require state legislators to start writing new cont’d page 12 member Ed Heron. “It is just too costly and laws if upheld. PAU L WELLM AN

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IN THE TRENCHES: Last week’s tentative ruling has ignited a lively discussion about the classroom environment, seen here in Ms. Sawicki’s class at Cleveland Elementary School.

The person behind the two-year probationary period in California is Gary K. Hart, former state legislator for Santa Barbara and founder of an institute for education reform. “I personally feel that it is an important decision because it will force a public debate that is long overdue,” Hart said of the ruling. In 1983, Hart authored a hefty package of education reform bills — securing bipartisan support and money for schools — which shrunk the probationary period from three years to two. Before 1983, administrators had a difficult time terminating even probationary teachers, but because of the measure, they were given a window to dismiss without the laborious process. Always controversial, tenure in education strengthened in the 1960s, but it dates back to the turn of the 20th century when teachers were dismissed for arcane reasons. As the California law currently stands, new teachers must either be dismissed or granted permanent status within the first two years on the job. However, administrators have to grant tenure within 18 months because the decision not to “reelect” a probationary educator must be made before the state deadline of March 15. One consequence is that administrators may opt to dismiss new teachers whom they may have been on the fence about, leaving fresh educators with potential without work. “There’s got to be a better way,” Heron added. “Obviously it can’t be personal. There’s got to be a systematic way to evaluate the teaching pool.” In the past two years, 20 probationary teachers in the Santa Barbara Unified School District have been dismissed before their permanent status kicked in. Complicating the matter further, the district currently employs 48 temporary teachers, whose salaries are paid for by “soft” money. These instructors receive “end-of-assignment” notices every March and must wait until the next year’s budget is finalized before finding out if they’ve gotten their job back. “The new teachers have nowhere to go, and that is frustrating,” said Simon Dixon, president of Washington Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Organization. Dixon explained that Washinton has lost great teachers who were low in the “pecking order.” Though the number of temporary teachers has declined in the past several years — there were 122 temps in 2009 — a portion has remained in such status for multiple years.

PUBLIC SCREAMS, LEGISLATORS SCURRY The last time permanent teacher status grabbed headlines was in 2012 after an especially egregious case in the Los Angeles Uniﬁed School

District in which a teacher allegedly fed semen to his elementary school students. Instead of engaging in the lengthy dismissal process, the district settled with the teacher for $40,000. A public outcry prompted state legislators to act on an Assembly bill that would have given a school board ﬁnal say on dismissals for heinous crimes, instead of the three-person panel made up of a judge and two educators. At the time, union leaders ardently opposed the bill, which became trapped in the education committee; th District representative Das Williams along with three others abstained from the vote. Following two years of legislative wrangling, a reformed version of that measure — AB  — has been endorsed by the teachers’ union and will likely be signed by the governor soon. This means egregious cases would be heard by a judge sitting alone — instead of the three-person panel. Deadlines for the appeal process for all dismissal cases would also be implemented. In a recent interview with The Santa Barbara Independent, Williams said he’s “proud to live up to a promise to his constituents” to pass a bill that protects students from harm while honoring due process.

DISMISSAL: WHAT IT ACTUALLY TAKES

“If a teacher is unsatisfactory,” said Santa Barbara schools Superintendent David Cash, “I believe it’s the principal’s obligation to make them a satisfactory [teacher] with coaching, professional learning, and support sitting in the classroom.” If a flagged teacher remains unsatisfactory after Peer Assistance and Review, the district notifies the employee in writing of the charges against him or her, and a “Skelly hearing” takes place. If the district decides to proceed with dismissal — and the school board concurs — the teacher may appeal the decision, and a hearing that is conducted by a threeperson panel ensues. Attorneys would likely be involved in every step, said Christensen, and if the employee is successful in the appeal, he or she retains the position and the district must pay for the teacher’s attorney’s fees. In 2005, district administrators embarked on a five-year dismissal process with a high school teacher, who was accused of making anti-Semitic remarks and forcibly removing a student wearing an Israeli police T-shirt. The case went all the way to the state Courts of Appeal, which cleared his name. The panel determined the teacher was fit to run a classroom. He was reinstated at Santa Barbara High School, where he still works. The district spent roughly $1 million on the entire process, including paid leave of approximately $60,000 each year. ■

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It’s hard to argue that UCSB has had a rough year. Even before the horrific tragedy of May 23, gang rapes and stabbings and riots — coupled with student efforts to get “trigger warnings” placed on course syllabi — made headlines and seemed to indicate an uptick in disorder in the notorious oceanfront town. “It has been both romanticized and vilified,” wrote Chancellor Henry Yang in a lengthy email sent to the university community last week. Noting that events that occur in Isla Vista reflect — positively and negatively — on UCSB, Yang outlined new improvement efforts resulting from a new committee, which may represent a shift in university administrators buckling down on the saturated college town. Referencing the Long Range Management Plan, Yang mentioned lighting first. He wrote with some urgency that the university committed an additional $220,000 to the county for immediate improvements. In the past year, lights were installed along Del Playa Drive, Sabado Tarde, and Trigo Road through a county-led effort dubbed the Isla Vista Street LED Project. Last week 3rd District Supervisor Doreen Farr announced she secured $85,000 to fund the final phase of the project. Yang also mentioned controversial topics such as parking — the possibility of implementing resident permits — and permanent fencing. (Portions of the temporary orange mesh fencing were torn down by an angry student a day after it was installed last week.) Yang also promised university-police-sponsored DUI checkpoints beginning in September. It’s no secret that alcohol and drugs play a considerable role in Isla Vista’s havoc. Currently, incoming students must participate in an online tutorial for substance abuse and sexual violence called Gaucho FYI, and Yang said such programs will be expanded and specified to conditions in Isla Vista. Earlier this year, the Obama administration publicized the lack of attention given to sexual violence at colleges — Kelsey Brugger nationwide.

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MONTECITO In recent weeks, more than 100 customers have appealed to the Montecito Water District to waive their penalties for over-watering, increase their drought allocations, or provide new service connections. Generally, district officials said, the board waives penalties — but not the cost of water — if a leak was to blame and the customer can prove that it was quickly repaired. But because of Montecito’s shrinking reservoir supply, the board has so far denied all requests for additional water. To read more, go to independent.com. Along with their water bills, residents of Montecito and Summerland received a notice this month of a class-action lawsuit pending in Santa Barbara Superior Court against the Montecito Water District, filed by Patrick Nesbitt, owner of the polo fields on Via Real. The lawsuit alleges that the district’s residential and commercial customers from 2008-2013 are entitled to a refund because the district illegally charged lower rates for agricultural customers. Nesbitt lost a previous lawsuit against the district in which he sought to qualify for agricultural water rates.

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BY LY Z H O F F M A N even months and one day removed from a controversial approval of Santa Maria Energy’s 136 cyclic-steam-injection wells, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously last Friday to place a measure on the November ballot that would ban new cyclic-steaming, hydraulic-fracturing, and acidizing operations in the unincorporated areas of the county. Although the four-hour hearing’s conclusion was foregone — it was either put the initiative on the ballot or adopt it outright — its messages echoed those of previous meetings on the divisive issue. Hundreds packed the North County boardroom, splitting among those who supported the ban and those who didn’t. But the speakers tilted strongly in favor of the initiative, imploring Santa Barbara, the birthplace of the environmental movement, to take a leadership position. They spoke more about cyclic steaming than fracking — the former involves pumping heated water into the ground to thin and release the oil, while fracking breaks the rock — and minimized the opposition’s fears about lost jobs and tax revenues but maximized the concerns about the methods’ heavy reliance on water in a time of extreme drought and a continued reliance on fossil fuels in the face of climate change. Supporters donned shirts colored the blue now associated with the Water Guardians, the activist group that gathered 16,000 signatures — 3,000 more than necessary — in a few weeks to qualify the ban for the ballot. For the first time, the group was formally supported by the area’s major environmental players, including the Sierra Club and the Community Environmental Council (CEC). The Environmental Defense Center (EDC) — which has worked in the past with the Bay Area–based law firm Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, whose attorney Rachel Hooper authored the ordinance — also jumped on board and will co-represent the group. But the environmentalists face a long road to November against the oil industry and its employees, who urged the supervisors to consider the measure’s consequences. The bill’s passage would jeopardize existing jobs and kill future jobs in an already money-strapped North County, and it would threaten millions of dollars in property tax revenues for the entire county, they cautioned. They repeatedly reminded the board that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, hasn’t occurred in Santa Barbara in years thanks to the stricter regulations enacted by the supervisors in 2011, which now require all fracking applications to go through the County Planning Commission no matter their size or scope. And, opponents continued, a recently passed state law titled Senate Bill  would further monitor the practice starting in 2015. (A draft of the rules under SB , which only the governor’s office can now change, was released on June 17; environmental groups said it includes far too many loopholes.) Bob Poole, the public and government affairs manager for Santa Maria Energy, attended Friday’s hearing and said the Water Guardians were waging a “misinformation

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campaign” to “foment fear and hysteria.” Santa Maria Energy — which pumped more than $60,000 into county races in June — will be joining “industry all across the state,” Poole said, in fighting a likely million-dollar war over this ban. Of the Water Guardians, Poole said, “They’ve got their work cut out for them.” The ordinance would prohibit enhanced extraction methods — most notably fracking, cyclic steaming, and acidizing — but not affect existing projects. The measure’s stipulation that certain future projects could qualify for exemptions presents some issues, many said Friday, as the county would have to deal with those on a case-by-case basis; similar concerns abounded about vested rights. How well-maintenance techniques — which involve routinely treating wells with chemicals to rid them of build-up — would be interpreted under the ordinance also remains fuzzy. According to a presentation from staff, Santa Barbara County’s 1,167 active onshore oil wells produced 4.3 million barrels of oil in 2013, bringing in $16.4 million in property taxes for schools, County Fire, special districts, and the county as a whole. The industry accounts for about 1,950 positions out of the approximately 183,400 jobs countywide — or about one percent of the county’s workforce. The initiative’s economic effects — including opportunities for new business — likely wouldn’t be felt immediately and would depend on the number of projects exempted as well as factors dictated by basic supply and demand. A fiscal-impact statement, likely to also address how increasing funding for county park, building, and road maintenance would be affected by possible diminished revenues, will come in August. While most of the area’s oil wells use traditional drilling, the industry is turning more and more to cyclic steaming, a method used in the county for about 20 years that is more “carbon intensive” than conventional techniques, said Kevin Drude, deputy director of the county’s energy division. Most of the 903 wells coming down his department’s pipeline have proposed that method but haven’t proposed to use pota■ ble water in their operations.

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thing; it just seems that way. For those whose mental health depends on amnesia and indiﬀerence, Cheney and Rumsfeld were the Batman and Robin of arrogance and deceit, the one-two punch of murder and mayhem during the eight years George W. Bush usurped the American throne. Since then, Bush has pulled one of the greatest disappearing acts of all time. By contrast, Cheney — the former vice president — and Rumsfeld — über secretary of defense — are still very much on the prowl, insisting in the face of overwhelming evidence they were right. About everything. But even if they skulked out of town, their bloody footprints would have followed them. Let’s start with the obvious. If it weren’t for Cheney — so radioactively eﬄuvial with his contempt for open government — Santa Barbara’s county supervisors would never have been forced to put a countywide fracking ban on the November ballot. Yes, fracking has become the trendy cause du jour.Yes, right-wing gas bag Andy Caldwell is correct, the dubiously dubbed “Water Guardians” — (Do they wear capes and Lycra underpants?) — are, in fact, part of global conspiracy to stop fracking. That no fracking is now taking place in Santa Barbara County — or ever will — is totally beside the point. The real point is that when a group of nobodies comes out of nowhere to collect 20,000 signatures — despite serious resistance from the

South Coast’s enviro establishment — in less than one month, one has to admit a raw nerve has been struck. The Halliburton Company — for which Cheney worked — may have invented fracking in 1940, but it was Cheney who really put the technology on the map. He made it scary. That’s because fracking involves the injection of hot steam (500 degrees) coupled with an alphabet soup of nasty chemicals — hundreds of feet under the earth’s surface to dislodge otherwise reluctant hydrocarbon molecules needed for the mass production of, among other thing, Lycra underpants. In 2001, Cheney began meeting secretly with executives representing the oil, gas, coal, and nuclear industries to hammer out a national energy policy to their liking. Four years later, the 2005 Energy Policy Act was hatched. In it, Cheney had inserted what’s known as “the Halliburton loophole,” which exempted fracking from the federal oversight and regulation to which it had hitherto been subjected under the terms of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Since then, vast fortunes have been made, and if frack-friendly states like Oklahoma have experienced a massive increase in number of earthquakes — from three to 200 a year since 2008 — that, no doubt, is merely coincidental. This Sunday, when Vandenberg Air Force Base launches yet another interceptor rocket equipped with a strap-on kill missile into space as part of a $40 billion missile defense program, we’ll have eﬀervescently arrogant Donald Rumsfeld to thank. The test is to see if

the kill vehicle can collide with a target missile launched from 5,000 miles away while traveling at a speed of about 4 miles a second. If we succeed, we can blast anything out of the sky the North Koreans might lob our way. The Ronald Reagan White House spent $30 billion studying the idea — dubbed Star Wars — but it never got off the drawing boards. But Rumsfeld helped resurrect it during the Reign of W. According to Los Angeles Times reporter David Willman, Rumsfeld helped the Missile Defense program bypass all the Pentagon’s well-established procurement rules designed to protect the American taxpayer from dingbat ideas. In so doing, he secured the billions needed to transform a Buck Rogers fantasy and declare it fully “operational.” As a result, 30 American missile silos are now occupied with missile defense interceptor rockets capable of carrying the strap-ons into space. Four are at Vandenberg. But declaring something “operational” is a far cry from working the kinks out. The author of a recent National Academy of Sciences report termed the results nothing less than “abysmal.” Of the 16 tests to date, eight have failed. In two, the interceptors couldn’t get out of the silos. It’s getting worse, not better. Of the last eight, five failed. Of the last three, all failed. Each test costs $200 million. We’d probably inflict more damage just dropping that money on North Korea. Apparently whatever afflicted Rumsfeld is contagious. President Obama’s defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, has concluded that if 30 unreliable inter-

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even more money on the same bad idea. To that end, he has vowed to increase the fleet size from 30 to 44. Last but not least, there’s the possibility of yet another military engagement in Iraq. Third time’s the charm? Not to belabor the obvious, but Cheney and Rumsfeld had their fingerprints all over War I (1990), and in the wake of 9/11, they told whatever lies they deemed necessary to stampede a grief-stricken nation into War II. Now I learn that ISIS was not an Egyptian mother goddess but instead a scourge of Sunni fundamentalist warriors so hardcore even AlQaeda kicked them out. Naturally, the United States helped train ISIS in hopes of destabilizing Syrian dictator Assad. ISIS, it turns out, has its own agenda: to topple both Syria and Iraq. Last week, 30,000 U.S-trained Iraqi soldiers fled before ISIS’s advance on the city of Mosul, as did 500,000 civilians. The conquering army reportedly made themselves at home, executing 1,700 Shia. This week, the Shia returned the favor, executing 44 Sunni. Hey, didn’t we just send one million U.S. troops to Iraq for eight years to stabilize the joint? Compared to the 500,000 people who prematurely met their makers in that war, the United States got off easy. But try telling that to the families of the 4,500 killed or the 32,000 wounded. Thank you for your service, but can we get a refund on the $1.7 trillion we spent in Iraq? No? I’m sure Dick and Don are good for it. Just check their money for blood stains. Makes — Nick Welsh the bills stick together.

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ow can your paper possibly accept such sexist advertising from American Apparel, week after week? Your current issue is a clear example, as is the flashing ad on your website as I prepare to submit this letter. I don’t know how to influence your staff, but I do know that this advertising unfairly and negatively portrays women as objects, rather than people. Why do you continue to do that? Aren’t there other options? — C.J. Iverson, S.B.

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our article “Curbing Young Urban Travelers” [independent.com/news] got it all wrong. I have been on the road for 18 years by choice, not consequences. Most travelers hold to strict codes of behavior and are selfregulating. However, homebums are the opposite. Like your Jeremy — claiming to be hungry day after day, all the while there is overabundant free food here, showers, laundry, free clothes, you name it — homebums have no standards, expect everything, even respect. “I’ve been here for 40 years,” I overheard one homebum mutter proudly as he butted into a food line. I understand that this is a drag on any city, a full-grown “man,” been here for 40 years on your dime alone. Hasn’t picked up a piece of litter but made plenty of it. These are the incontinent, alcoholic types that don’t have control of their own bladders and bowels. I personally have no issue nding and using a public restroom, eating at normal times, going to bed early, rising early, etc. I do not panhandle. I seek jobs on craigslist. I am personable and respectful and make real friends and connections wherever I may be. YUTs [young urban travelers], as you put it, usually have ways and means, travel, have proper camping gear and a thirst for new experiences and knowledge, and they often move on in a relatively short time. I have been here for six weeks and had a rental car reserved in three. I have roughly spent $2,000 in Santa Barbara, and I do plan to return. It’s a nice town. YUTs are the very spice of life that makes a place special or not, and homebums are the source of misplaced bodily functions and the blights — Jason Rogers, S.B. that they are.

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CHOIR GIRL KILLED: When I was a young

reporter covering the Santa Barbara courts, I heard sheriff ’s deputies talk about “the Kirkes Case.” It was an old one, and I was too busy covering new crimes to dig into it. A girl was murdered back in the 1940s, I gathered, and apparently there was a problem with the case — a big one. I forgot about it until the other night, up at the Circle Bar B Guest Ranch Dinner Theatre, when I ran into Barry Liker, son of the late district attorney David Liker. He brought up the Kirkes case, we chatted, and a few days later he dropped off three 1951 true-crime tabloids and Public Justice: A History of the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office, -. The three tabloids, Daring Detective, True Detective, and Official Detective, with garish covers, priced at 25 cents, all told pretty much the same story. It was a quiet evening in Carpinteria on Friday, August 28, 1942, when Margaret Senteney, 20, left home for the short walk to her regular job, spending the night with an aged woman who needed company. But an hour or so later, the woman contacted Margaret’s parents. “Where’s Margaret?” Margaret hadn’t arrived, and a frenzied search produced no sign of her. She was a quiet girl who sang in the church choir and not one to run off to a party or with a boyfriend.

Undersheriff John (“Jack”) Ross, after sending out radio and Teletype bulletins, enlisted the help of CHP officer Leonard Kirkes, who lived in Carpinteria and knew the territory. Kirkes joined the search and said he knew Margaret, who’d been a babysitter for his son. Kirkes, a married man, was the son of a local minister and had served in the Marines. The next day, while volunteers gathered for a search party, word came that Margaret’s body had been found in the hills, on a small road off Toro Canyon Road, property owned by famed conductor Leopold Stokowski. When Ross said he was unsure how to get there, Kirkes spoke up. He knew exactly where it was. “I’ll lead the way, and you can follow.” They found Margaret’s body, clad in a red dress. She had been strangled. Nearby, Ross noticed a set of footprints, apparently those of a large man. He also noticed tire tracks with a “squeege” tread. Leaving Kirkes to guard the site, Ross left to fetch the coroner and a technician, planning to make plaster casts of the footprints and tire tracks. Upon his return, he found Kirkes wandering around the site, obliterating the footprints. Ross was outraged but chalked it off to the highway patrolman’s inexperience. Kirkes was also seen walking over the tire tracks after being warned not to. Investigators noticed marks on the girl’s leg and foot, apparently from a rubber floor mat, possibly meaning that she’d been in the trunk

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of an auto. Then they got a tip: A gray sedan, perhaps a 1939 model, had been seen near the remote site the day after Margaret disappeared. Then Ross learned that Kirkes had been going around town, trying to establish an alibi for the time the girl went missing. And Kirkes owned a gray 1939 Ford coupe, a model with a similar mat. Then they learned that Kirkes was having his car painted green, including the trunk area, and said he threw away the mat. Authorities were convinced that Kirkes killed the girl after she resisted his advances and threatened to tell his wife. But the case was circumstantial, and no charges were ﬁled. In KIRKES CASE: Margaret Senteney was headed to her job the 1950, eight years after the mur- night of August 28, 1942, but never got there. der and after Liker became DA, Kirkes was arrested. A Carpinteria woman tenced to prison, but he appealed and a new had claimed that Kirkes, no longer a CHP oﬃ- trial was held in 1953. That jury learned that the cer, had engaged in a sexual conversation with earlier surprise witness had mental problems her 8-year-old son. Then a friend of Margaret’s, and had spent time at Camarillo State Hospital. 17 at the time of her murder, came forward. Her tainted testimony left only the circumShe’d said she’d seen the girl get into his car stantial evidence, and it wasn’t enough. The that night. jury took 14 minutes to acquit Kirkes. He died With the woman as a surprise witness at his in Santa Barbara in 1988, age 82. trial, a jury found Kirkes guilty. He was sen— Barney Brantingham

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Cynthia Hollister Nagel // – //

Cynthia Hollister Nagel, affectionately known as Cinnie, died at the age of  at her home on June , . She left us peacefully in her sleep, having been surrounded by her children and her beloved dog. She was born on September , , in San Francisco, California, to John James Hollister Jr. of Santa Barbara, California, and Cynthia Boyd Hollister of San Francisco, California. She spent her earliest years growing up on the Hollister Ranch in Gaviota, California, with her younger brother, John James “J.J.” Hollister III, and many cousins. At the age of  she and her brother and parents moved to the Winchester Canyon in Goleta. Cinnie’s early education was in a one-room school house on the Hollister Ranch, with her brother and the other children living on the ranch. She attended, with her beloved cousin Elizabeth, Katherine Branson’s School for Girls in San Rafael, California, as had her mother. She also attended Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. Cinnie was an avid horsewoman, having been put on a horse before she could walk. She continued to ride and keep a horse into her s. Her earliest passions as a young woman were horse and livestock related, with cultural trips to San Francisco to stay with her mother’s family and friends. The early California ranch culture was part of her makeup and it was during one of these ranching gatherings that she was introduced to her first husband, George Allen Masek, of St. Louis, Missouri, and Tucson, Arizona. In  she married George and together they had two children: George Allen Masek, Jr. and Cynthia Hollister ‘Holly’ Masek Stahl. Initially they lived in

Arizona, where Cinnie developed a passion for American Indian Artifacts and made repeated trips to the Navajo Indian Reservations in Northern Arizona. The family moved back to the Winchester Canyon in the early s, where she was able to nurture and share with her young children her love of the outdoors, horses, dogs and animals in general. In , she married Dr. Gunther Peter Nagel and they established a beautiful home in Montecito, California, and later retired to Los Olivos, in the Santa Ynez Valley in the late s. Peter brought four children to their life together from his previous marriage to Leinie Shilling: Peter, Victoria, Sophie and Phoebie. Cinnie was happiest outdoors with her horses and dogs, however she also appreciated the arts as experienced in San Francisco. She was a true outdoors woman having been taught fly fishing and bird shooting at an early age by her father, being exposed to the mountains by her mother and uncle, becoming proficient in both English and Western horsemanship, and following a lifelong tradition of appreciating horses and ranching. She was able to accomplish the athletic achievements of Endurance Riding in Santa Barbara County and of Fox Hunting in Ireland. She was an active member of the Sage Hens and the Fillies, both riding groups in the Santa Ynez Valley. She and Peter experienced many years together of backpacking and fishing in the Wind River Range of Wyoming, bird shooting in California and Mexico, and sport fishing in the Tropics and the Pacific. In the s, Cinnie developed a love of the Texas Longhorn Cattle breed and became instrumental in growing the breed in California. She traveled, with her Longhorns, all over the states of California and Nevada, learning and educating others to the merits of her beloved cattle. Cinnie is survived by her brother, J.J. Hollister, of Santa Barbara; her children, George Allen Masek (Ellie) of Marana, Arizona, and Holly Stahl (Jim) of Delray Beach, Florida; and her grandson, Jack Stahl. Private services will be held. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her honor to the Arroyo Hondo Preserve or a Humane Society of your choice. Arrangements by Welch-Ryce-Haider.

Holly Brooks

// – //

Holly Brooks was born on December , , and grew up in Pacific Palisades, California. She lived in Santa Barbara for many years, working with her stellar eye for fashion and decor. Over the last decade, Holly lived in the Santa Ynez Valley with the love of her life, Blair Pence. She was everyone’s all-or-nothing girl, committed to living life to the fullest. Holly was the ultimate hostess — always making sure that each person was having a good time. With her, you felt like the only person in the room. Holly’s aptitude for entertaining and aesthetics was one of her many special talents. She could add just the right flair to any celebration. She loved galloping on horses, cooking for her friends, and dancing to classic R&B and soul music with martini in hand. Holly also enjoyed soaking up sun in her bikini, whether at the beach in S.B. or on the dock of her pond. Holly smiled and laughed right up to the end. She died on Saturday, June , and is survived by Dale Brooks, Dalena Hogan, Guy Brooks, Blair Pence, and Devin Pence. A celebration of her life will be held at  pm on Saturday, June , at Pence Ranch,  W. Hwy , Buellton, CA .

Lewis “Lew” Smith Reed  – 

Death Notices ALLAWAY, Olivia W., , of Santa Barbara, California, passed away June , . Arrangements entrusted to McDermottCrockett and Associates Mortuary () - ALLAWAY, William H., , of Santa Barbara, California, passed away June , . Arrangements entrusted to McDermottCrockett and Associates Mortuary () - DALSEMER, Cecelia A., , of Santa Barbara, California, passed away June , . Arrangements entrusted to McDermottCrockett and Associates Mortuary () - JOHNSON, Elizabeth I., , of Santa Barbara, California, passed away June , . Arrangements entrusted to McDermottCrockett Mortuary () - JOHNSON, Joseph Lee; of Santa Barbara; 22

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died June ,  (Born: //). He was . Services Pending. Arrangements by Welch-Ryce-Haider -. MATTHAEI, Jean B.; of Santa Barbara; died June ,  (Born: //); she was .A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, June th at :pm at Samarkand,  Treasure Dr., Santa Barbara. Arrangements by Welch-Ryce-Haider -. SHELVER, Gladys Anne; of Santa Barbara; died June , ; she was . SERVICE: Thursday, June , : am at Santa Barbara Cemetery Mausoleum. Arrangements by Welch-Ryce-Haider -. SIEGELE, Margaret L., , Santa Barbara, California, passed away June , . Memorial Service to be held on June , , at the Samarkand Chapel. Arrangements entrusted to McDermott-Crockett and Associates Mortuary () -

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Lewis Smith Reed (Lew) was born February , , in Los Angeles to Josephine (Frankenberger) and James W. Reed, and lived in Long Beach until his graduation from Woodrow Wilson High School. In  Lew was introduced to the love of his life, LaVerne Flanagan and they were married in Santa Barbara during Fiesta. Lew enlisted in the Army shortly thereafter, and over his military career saw action in WWII, the Korean War, and in Viet Nam with the th Transportation Battalion. He was stationed in Virginia, Kentucky, Greenland, Japan, Viet Nam, Thailand, Germany, the Netherlands and California. After  years in the Army, he retired as a Lt. Colonel and he and his family relocated

from Ft. Mason in San Francisco to Santa Barbara. Upon retirement from the Army, Lew took a position as General Manager of the Santa Barbara Police Department. While there he helped form the Tri- Counties Division of Emergency Services, and in time was recruited to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Lew and LaVerne, best of friends, were married  years until her death in . He is survived by his four children, Jo (Dan), Lew Jr. (Debra), Linda (Judith), Jay (Shannon),  grandchildren, and  great grandchildren. Lew Reed will be remembered as a true gentleman, wonderful husband and father; a man with a fun sense of humor, wisdom and strong sense of duty to his country and family. A graveside service will be held Friday, June , at : PM at the Santa Barbara Cemetery,  Channel Drive. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Lew’s memory to the Santa Barbara Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care.

Thomas E. Watson

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Thomas E. Watson died June , , at his home at Vista del Monte, at the age of . He was born in Chicago on January , , to Fred G. and Irene Meerschaut Watson. He was raised there and Oak Lawn, Illinois. He earned an associate’s degree from Wilson Junior College and worked in the lab at the Armour Company in Chicago, where he met and married his wife, Mary, in . He later worked at United States Standard in Woodworth, WI. Following World War II, he moved with his family to California. He loved the beauty of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture and a highlight of his life was the day he spent with him at his design studio. In California, he gave Edgar Tafel, Frank Lloyd Wright’s first apprentice, his first commission to design a house remodel in LaCanada, and Tom spent almost five years building it himself. In , he joined the pharmaceutical company Smith-Dorsey as a detail man, rapidly becoming district manager in northern California. He was promoted to the head office in Lincoln, Nebraska, with responsibilities in marketing. While there, he co-invented Triaminic. In , he joined Bristol Laboratories in New York City, soon becoming Vice President, with responsibilities for all marketing activities as a member of the company’s senior management team. In , he bought Kahlenberg Laboratories, in Sarasota, Florida. He ran the company as President, focusing on marketing and package design until his retirement in  to care for his wife. He moved to Santa Barbara in . Throughout his life, he served his

community. While living in Briarcliff Manor, NY, he worked with a civic group to build a swimming pool for underprivileged families in nearby Ossining, NY, and led a Boy Scout troop. In Sarasota, he read about HIPPY, the early childhood education program used in Israel, and worked closely with the Sarasota chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women to bring it to the children of Sarasota. For his contribution, he was honored with the Hannah G. Solomon award. Committed to the worth of the program, he also successfully introduced it in Santa Barbara. Tom had a lifelong interest in sailing, building a small wooden sailboat from a kit in the living room of the family’s home one Nebraska winter. In New York, he bought a fiberglass boat and spent many happy days sailing on Long Island Sound and in Sarasota Bay. He built a recumbent bicycle from plywood which actually worked(!) and with a friend spent many long and happy hours trying to build a hydrogen engine, fortunately not blowing himself up in the process(!) Another lifelong enthusiasm was science. Most recently he was fascinated by the Google car. He enjoyed many hours of reading and listening to classical radio. He is predeceased by his wife of  years, Mary N. Watson, and is remembered by his family and friends in Sarasota for his attentive care during the last eleven years of her life, following her stroke. He is survived by their four children Mary Watson of Houston, TX, Thomas Watson of New Canaan, CT, John Watson of Santa Barbara, CA and Elizabeth Watson of Lambertville, NJ, his daughters-in-law Catherine Watson and Betsy Watson, and four grandchildren, Elizabeth Watson, Jennifer Watson Brenner and her husband Sean, Ian Watson and Jamie Watson. He was also predeceased by his brother Willard “Bill” Watson and is survived by his sister Marcella “Sis” Forkner. Friends are invited to a celebration of his life Sunday, June , at  PM at Vista del Monte,  Modoc Rd., Santa Barbara. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a contribution to the charity of your choice in his name.

Yolanda L. Gonzales

// – //

Daughter to Victoria and Henry Sister to Sharon and Gary Mother to Gabriel Your spirit lives within Gabriel You would be proud!

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Yet somehow, despite his comprehensive and and by producing influential work in intimate firsthand knowledge of such endlessly multiple media, Brock Brower proved fascinating subjects as the Bush, Romney, and that not only was the Virgilian ideal Kennedy dynasties, Brower’s acute mind never of authorial versatility alive and well in the 20th suffered from mere nostalgia. In his eighties, century, it was living in Princeton. Once the he was as interested in assessing the social East Coast winters became uncongenial for the dynamics of the current Santa Barbara polo acclaimed author and journalist, he graced our season as he was in recounting a lost weekcommunity for almost a decade until his death end he once spent profiling Ted Kennedy just days before the latfrom cancer at age 82 on Wednesday, April ter’s catastrophic 16, 2014. car crash at In his long and Chappaquiddick. varied career, Brower A loyal Dartmoved easily from mouth alum (class of 1953) who journalism to the novel and from writattended Harvard ing for television University Law School for one year to writing politibefore decamping cal speeches, all the to Oxford on a while displaying a strong sense of purRhodes scholarpose and an uncanny ship and earning knack for grasping a master’s degree the big picture. While there in English it’s likely that literary literature, Brower history will focus on never lost his his three published enthusiasm for novels, especially writing or for the The Late Great Creaarts more generally. ture, a finalist for He taught journalism in Dartmouth’s the National Book BROCK BROWER: The warm-hearted author is Master of Arts Award in 1973 that remembered fondly for his craftsmanship, erudiwas reissued in 2011, tion, friendship, and “uncanny knack for grasping in Liberal Studthe impact of Brow- the big picture.” ies program from er’s writing and the 1996 to 2006, and influence of his personal wisdom extended his advice to this writer remained perceptive through many spheres, from inside the Beltway and invaluable well into the present decade. of Washington, D.C., to the academic circles of Whatever I was working on, Brock always Princeton and Dartmouth and the executive seemed to know more than enough about it suites of the country’s major television net- to help me sort it out, and whenever I flagged works and publishing houses. In tandem with in my ambition, he urged me gently to take his many impressive professional accomplish- on a bigger project, something he flatteringly ments, Brower was a devoted husband to his framed as an option more worthy of my talent. wife, Ann, a loving father to his five children, Needless to say, this kind of informed mentorand an exemplary friend to an incredible array ship is priceless, and Brower was a master of it. of 20th-century figures, from Joan Didion to For me, the warm-hearted spirit of his intelGeorge H. W. Bush. lectual generosity shines through most powerLike his father, Charles H. Brower, who was fully in his last novel, Blue Dog, Green River the chair and CEO of ad agency BBDO at the (David R. Godine, 2005), which takes as its height of the Mad Men era, Brock Brower was point of departure the preciousness of our great a consummate craftsman with words, a natural Western rivers, and the deep connections they phrasemaker who wore his immense erudition foster between man and nature, and between as lightly as a well-tailored navy blue blazer. the present and the past. Whether he was carvWhen I met Brower for the first time in the fall ing out another of his rigorously organized proof 2011, it was after discovering The Late Great file pieces, or planning the structure of such Creature as a paperback reissue from Overlook important innovations in broadcast television Press and then tracking its intriguing author to as the long-running newsmagazine program his home overlooking the Santa Barbara Polo /, Brock Brower took the long view and Club. Through a series of leisurely lunchtime the high road, and we are all, whether we know conversations, I discovered that this hand- it yet or not, much better off for that. some, affable octogenarian had been present at Brock Brower is survived by his wife, Ann, a remarkably large number of crucial moments and his five children, Monty, Emily, Elizain American history. beth, Margaret, and Alison. In lieu of flowers, Brower started his habit of being in the right please send donations to Serenity House, the place at the right time as a young man, using hospice where Brower received compassionthe alibi of journalism to gain access to the ate care in the final weeks of his life: Serenity Democratic National Convention of 1952, and House, VNHC Foundation,  East Montehe stayed close to the centers of power of both cito Street, Suite , Santa Barbara, CA , political parties for many decades thereafter. Attn: Rebecca Bernard. ■

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Solstice Weekend Sees the Last New Murals Go Up on Mason Street t’s hard to imagine today, given the explosive development the area has seen recently, but just five years ago Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone was still something of a no-man’s land, and property owners there were battling to manage urban blight rather than handle hipster foot traffic. At that time, the low-slung building at the corner of Mason and Helena streets, which will soon be demolished to make way for the La Entrada Hotel project, was an eyesore, afflicted with chronic broken windows and maintained with vigorous coats of white paint that ordinarily only lasted until the next graffiti artist rolled up and tagged it again. This was the situation back in 2009 when Laura Inks, now Laura Inks Bodine, a tireless arts activist and community organizer, first encountered Ray Wicken, an executive with the investment group Mountain Funding. Wicken was in Santa Barbara checking on some distressed property that Mountain Funding had just acquired, and he was enjoying a beverage at the Boathouse restaurant, which at that time was the closest watering hole to Mason and Helena. Inks Bodine had been introduced to the Funk Zone by her artist husband, Clay Bodine, who had a studio at Mason and Helena. When she overheard Wicken’s conversation, she quickly introduced herself as someone who could help Mountain Funding keep the walls and windows of their building in better shape. Thus began an iconic chapter in Santa Barbara’s public art history. For five years now, the Artists Making a Street Scene (AMASS) project has been offering independent creative people a very visible public canvas on which to present their work. Approximately every four months, the large horizontal mural spaces on the exterior wall along Mason Street “turn over,” meaning that a new set of artists is notified that their chance to work there has come. The turnover is a process that involves, as does the whole AMASS project, the personal touch of Laura Inks Bodine. Even though she’s now living in

Cuenca, Ecuador, Inks Bodine has continued to coordinate these switches by email and on Facebook. This weekend, beginning at 4 p.m. on Friday and lasting until the light fades on Sunday evening, the AMASS project will be having its last hurrah. According to the sources at the construction company handling the project, the building, which has long been slated for demolition, will finally be knocked down at the end of this month. In the meantime, Inks Bodine will be back in town to rally the artists of AMASS for one more round of street painting. In preparation for the event, she has procured materials and prepared the site, but she’s also collected the names of all the artists who have painted murals there since the project began. Although these murals and others elsewhere in the neighborhood have become perhaps the most recognizable symbol of the new creative scene that’s arisen in the Funk Zone, the AMASS project was never defined by official grants or formal contracts. This may be part of the reason it’s been such a success, given all the restrictions that more formal arrangements typically involve. While Inks Bodine characterizes the AMASS mural gallery as a “renegade experiment,” the impact on the 150 artists whose work has been shown there has been quite tangible, especially if you factor in the magnifying and broadcasting effects of social media. From the beginning, AMASS has enjoyed serious popularity on Facebook, Instagram, and Tumblr, where street art now routinely reaches a global audience. From Wallace Piatt’s oft-photographed and Roy Lichtenstein–inspired “LOOK, look what you’ve done to State Street” piece and onward, the Funk Zone has become the place to go for people looking to see something fresh on the streets of Santa Barbara. In the process, it has also become the spot where people go to have their picture taken hanging out on the coolest block in town. Whether

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Three days, two stages, and one epic parade: Welcome to Solstice 2014. The annual celebration of all things summer takes place this Friday-Sunday, June 20-22, in and around Alameda Park, and like years past, it’s boasting a worldly and eclectic mix of dance hailing from all corners of the Santa Barbara community. On Friday, the festival’s main stage plays host to a Macedonian folk group, hip-hop from Santa Barbara Dance Arts students, and a “mermaid tribe” called Iridescence. But Solstice goers know that Saturday’s parade is where the real action is. This year’s festival’s theme is “Games,” and Santa Barbara’s dance stars are coming ready to play. Participating groups include longtime parade staples Santa Barbara Samba, Sambahia, La Bohème Dance Company, and Panzumo, as well as newcomers Samba Conmigo. For dance aﬁcionados and casual revelers, it’s

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from this fun-loving, freespirited collective looking to carve a new, modern, enduring category of rock and soul. pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $-$. Ages +. Call - or visit sohosb.com.

FRIDAY 6/20 Kids with Tom Brosseau

Returning to Santa Barbara in support of Grammy-nominated album The Ash & Clay, ﬂat-picking acoustic-folk duo The Milk Carton Kids (pictured) will perform what the New York Times describes as “a sweetly dazzling variation on close-harmony vocals.” Opening the show will be Tom Brosseau, an L.A.-based singer/songwriter whose latest album of original music, Grass Punks, was recorded by Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek). pm. Lobero Theatre,  E. Canon Perdido. $-$. Call - or visit lobero.com. /: Soulshine Tour This summer, Michael Franti (pictured) & Spearhead will launch the ﬁrst-ever music and yoga session that will bridge daytime and nighttime experiences including music, yoga, sustainable lifestyle, and deejays, guaranteeing a full-blown dance party. Musicians SOJA, Brett Dennen, and Trevor Hall will play their eclectic music jams from reggae to rock. pm. S.B. Bowl,  N. Milpas St. $.. Call - or visit sbbowl.com.

THURSDAY 6/19 /: Oxygen for Caregivers: Guarding Against Burnout, Sustaining Compassion The Adventures in Caring Foundation will premiere its latest video featuring area physicians, nurses, ﬁrst responders, clergy, and allied health professionals who will speak candidly about their own experiences with, and remedies for, caregiver burnout, which can lead to depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other mental and health issues. A talk with the

cast will follow the screening. Reservations are required. pm. New Victoria Theatre,  W. Victoria St. Free. Call -. /-/: Forever Plaid Come hum along to songs like “Chain Gang,” “Day-O,” and “Rags to Riches” at this off-Broadway revue about a s guy group made up of high school friends called the Plaids, who return from the afterlife after their car crashes for one final chance to fulfill their musical dreams. Shows through June . Thu.-Fri.: pm; Sat.: :pm and

:pm; Sun., Wed.: :pm. Marian Theatre,  S. College Dr., Santa Maria. $.-$.. Call  or visit pcpa.org. /: Mama of Dada This documentary, written and directed by Thomas L. Neff, tells the story of Beatrice Wood, the renowned ceramist and member of the Dada art movement in the s, and examines her relationships with renowned figures Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché, and others. The film will be introduced by Colin Gardner, UCSB critical theory and integrative studies professor. Tickets are required for this free event. :pm. S.B. Museum of Art,  State St. Free. Call - or visit sbmuseart.org. /: Somekindawonderful Come hear songs off the forthcoming self-titled debut album

/: Fall Prevention Lecture Did you know one out of three adults age  and older falls each year? Did you know among older adults, falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries? Dr. Robert Byers will be speaking to the community in the ﬁrst of a quarterly series of fallSTOP lectures about the concerns of seniors falling in the community and how these falls can be prevented as part of S.B. Cottage Hospital Trauma Services Injury Prevention outreach program to seniors. Noon-pm. Cottage Rehab Hospital,  De La Vina St. Free. Call - or visit sbch.org. /-/: Key to Wine Country When you purchase a key, you will receive a lanyard that will unlock exclusive and unique winecountry experiences at wineries and vineyards throughout S.B. County. Go to as many events as you like, and if the event doesn’t need an RSVP, just show up with your key. Fri.: am-pm; Sat.:

/: Open Sesame: The Story of Seeds Meet a diverse range of individuals whose lives revolve around seeds, such as farmers, renegade gardeners, passionate seed savers, and artists, as we see their challenges and triumphs as they work to save this precious resource, which is essential in a changing climate. :pm. Plaza Playhouse Theater,  Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. $. Call  or visit plazatheater carpinteria.com. /: Summer SOULstice “Pack your grip. Takin’ you on a trip. Ain’t no seats. All we got’s dancin’ feet.” Kick oﬀ the summer solstice weekend with a dance party hosted by disco diva DJ Darla Bea spinning disco, early hip-hop, electro, old-school, and funk music all night long. :pm. Blue Agave,  E. Cota St. Free. Ages +. Call -. /: DamNation Los Padres ForestWatch will host the screening of this powerful ﬁlm odyssey that explores the evolution of Americans’ views of dams, the politics of removing obsolete dams, and the way once-dammed rivers can bounce back to life. There will be a reception before the screening with beer, wine, and appetizers. All proceeds go to the Los Padres ForestWatch. Reception: :pm; Screening: :pm. St. Mark’s-inthe-Valley Episcopal Church,  Nojoqui Ave., Los Olivos. $$. Call - or visit lpfw.org/events /damnation. BEN KNIGHT

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SUMMER SOLSTICE 2014 Parade Day: Saturday, June 21, 2014 Parade starts at Noon on Cota & State. Goes to Alameda Park. Festival: Alameda Park: Fri. 4-9 pm, Sat. 12-8 pm, Sun. 12-6 pm

Children’s Festival Saturday and Sunday Noon to 6

pm. Rock bands from SB Youth Music Academy, McKensie Violin Studio, SB Cheer & Elite, RemJ Michael Jackson Tribute, Zela & The Dragon Dreamers, Collective Rhythms, Orange County School of the Arts, Classical Voice Conservatory Touring Ensemble face painting, bounce house, crafts, games, and much more!

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Support Solstice! T-shirts, posters & hats sold at 13 locations along the parade route and in Alameda Park. Proceeds directly benefit Solstice. Artwork design by Pali X-Mano.

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Solstice Festival in Alameda Park Three Days! Friday, Saturday and Sunday Friday 6/20, from 4:00 – 9:00 pm

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Sunday 6/22, from Noon– 6:00 pm