Santa Barbara Independent, 09/25/14

COMEDIAN CHRISTOPHER TITUS LAUGHS IT UP AT THE LOBERO SEPT. 25-OCT. 2, 2014 VOL. 28 ■ NO. 454

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The flaws in Measure P would force current local oil production to close down over the next few years Ban on common oil production techniques

Affects every oil and natural gas well

Causes nearly all oil and gas production to shut down

Measure P bans existing oil production techniques that have been safely used for decades.

According to an official study conducted by the County:

Measure P’s ban would:

Prohibited activities include: • The injection of pure steam into wells • The injection of air into wells • Routine maintenance activities using substances commonly used to maintain drinking water wells • Using undrinkable water from oil or gas reservoirs to make steam

• There is no fracking in Santa Barbara County, and there are no plans to use this technology in the County.

• 100% of the active wells in Santa Barbara County use at least one of the common techniques explicitly banned by Measure P. Source: Santa Barbara County Impact Analysis Report on Measure P, June 2014

1. Effectively force nearly all existing oil and gas production to close down over the next few years; and, 2. Block future oil and gas production in the County.

This shutdown would have major consequences, including: • The loss of more than a thousand jobs • The loss of hundreds of millions of dollars each year in economic activity

• Constructing roads or buildings “in support” of these activities

• The loss of tens of millions of dollars each year in tax revenue for the County

Source: Measure P, Section 2

Source: UCSB Economic Impact Study, Santa Barbara Onshore Oil and Natural Gas Industry, September 2013

The negative consequences from Measure P would hurt us all I’ve studied Measure P. It would have serious, far-reaching negative consequences for Santa Barbara County, including the loss of more than a thousand jobs, tens of millions in lost tax revenue for the County, and hundreds of millions in lost economy activity in the County.

Dr. James Boles Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences UCSB* One of the most important sources of tax revenue for our public services comes from oil production, which has operated safely for decades. Measure P would result in the shutdown of existing oil production, costing our county tens of millions each year.

Robin Hayhurst, Treasurer Santa Barbara County Taxpayers Association

Santa Barbara County schools depend on the tax revenue generated by oil and gas production in the County. Taking away this important revenue will have a negative impact on schools across all of Santa Barbara County.

Riccardo Magni, Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year, 2013; Recipient: Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators Santa Barbara County firefighters are deeply concerned about the damage Measure P can do to county services. By shutting down nearly all on-shore oil and gas production, Measure P also cuts millions in tax dollars on-shore production generates for law enforcement and fire protection.

Santa Barbara County Fire Fighters Local 2046

For more information about Measure P and the risks it poses, please visit NOonMeasureP.com *Title and affiliation are for identification purposes only.

Paid for by No on P: A Coalition of Santa Barbara County Taxpayers, Consumers and Energy Producers, with major funding from Californians for Energy Independence committee, including energy producers and Pacific Coast Energy Company LP september 25, 2014

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Barney Brantingham’s On the Beat. . . . . 21 In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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A Celebration of Santa Barbara’s Culinary Culture (Matt Kettmann and George Yatchisin) on the cover: Ethnic Breads owner Peter Zadeh (left) and founder Sheldon Kaganoff. (ABOVE) The General Sanders fried-chicken sandwich from The Shop Café.

Photos by Paul Wellman.

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OPINIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Coauthor of the Foodies cover story, George Yatchisin has been eating since he was born. He’s really cared about it since he was 7 and could order and devour the veal birds at long-closed La Bohème in New Jersey. He thought his mom was a fine cook until he started cooking himself (vegetables aren’t always overcooked!) but is proud he finally figured out how to bake Slovak kolache (a breakfast pastry roll) in her memory. From his dad came an appreciation of drink, and he wishes he could share with him his ginger, honey, and lemon Rob Roy variation called The Health Inspector.

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Dos Pueblos water polo captain Blake Parrish (right) honored (he’s got a 4.8 GPA!) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . independent.com/sports

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Gang leader Raymond Daniel Macias (pictured), 35, was found guilty on Monday of kidnapping for extortion in his role in the kidnapping and torture of a former Lompoc gang member over a drug debt. Macias will spend his life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Prosecutor Ann Bramsen — who decided to retry the former leader of the Santa Barbara Eastside Krazies after a jury in June found him guilty of torture and sale of methamphetamine, but hung on two other charges, kidnapping for extortion and solicitation for extortion — said she is pleased with the verdict. “It will make a significant difference in public safety,” Bramsen said. “This conviction and this sentence ensures that he will never get out.”

The case was a result of an eightmonth investigation by the Lompoc Police Department that began in October 2012 as a narcotics investigation and evolved after authorities learned of the January 3, 2013, torture and kidnapping of a former Lompoc gang member who goes by the gang moniker “Sicko.”

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eft, right, or center, everybody agrees that water is a scarce resource in Santa Barbara. That’s why the City Council voted unanimously to take the first steps toward reactivating the Charles E. Meyer Desalination Facility at  East Yanonali Street.

The facility was built because of a drought that lasted from 1986-1991, but by its completion in 1992, wet weather had returned. With sufficient freshwater supplies, the desal plant was placed in standby mode in 1994, and since then, some of its equipment has been sold off.

As we enter year four of a historic drought — a phenomenon likely to recur in the age of global warming — freshwater supplies dwindle, and the water market grows fierce, the plant could be Santa Barbara’s savior.

One element of the City Council’s action was to authorize an expedited design-build-operate (DBO) bidding process in which one firm completes all of these tasks. (The typical process is design-bid-build). On Monday, the Public Works department took prospective bidders on a tour of the desal facilities.

The city would like to award a contract by April, waiting just long enough to allow for the possibility of a rainy winter. Should the city go ahead and award a contract, the hope is to have the plant operational by summer 2016 and producing 5,000 acre-feet of water by 2017. Reactivation will cost about $32 million, and ramping the plant up to its capacity of 7,500 acre-feet per year will cost $28 million more. That total of $60 million, many have noted, is about three 10

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times the number that city staff threw out when discussions of reactivation first got underway.

The Water Resources Division estimates an associated rate hike of $14-$20 per month for the average single family home customer. Even with that hike, noted Councilmember Gregg Hart, Santa Barbara residents would still be paying less than customers of the other South Coast water districts.

Environmental groups, however, wonder if the city isn’t moving a bit too fast. They have been pushing officials and staff to incorporate plans to convert the inflow portion of the desalination facility to a subsurface intake. This means that rather than suck in water from the open ocean, the plant would pull water from sand below the ocean floor, potentially resulting in a much lower impact on marine life.

A consultant from Carollo Engineers Inc. told City Council that incorporating a subsurface intake would slow down the process of reactivating the desal facility because it would require intense assessment, including dredging and drilling, along with the necessary permitting. He also noted scant scientific data on the efficiency and environmental impact of facilities with subsurface intakes.

Some environmental groups had demanded that the DBO Request for Proposal require a feasibility study for a subsurface intake. “What we’re asking isn’t easy and expedient,” Kira Redmond, executive director of Channelkeeper, told The Santa Barbara Independent,“but it’s the right thing to do.”

It is also, possibly, the legal thing to do. The State Water Resources Control Board, antici-

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pating statewide interest in desalination, has drafted amended regulations that indicate a preference for subsurface intakes. The city, however, is questioning the breadth of the state board’s authority to regulate intakes at municipal facilities like Santa Barbara’s, making its case in a 23-page letter Public Works Director Rebecca Bjork sent to the board last month.

Although councilmembers did not capitulate to altering the Request for Proposal, they were definitely swayed by the lobbying of environmentalists. Mayor Helene Schneider asked for a motion to initiate a discussion of the feasibility of both conversion to a subsurface intake and recycling of wastewater after a contract is awarded in April 2015. Councilmember Cathy Murillo most vocally supported conversion. And while Councilmember Dale Francisco suggested that Channelkeeper’s concerns about marine life mortality were based on power plant intakes that are “orders of magnitude greater” than desalination plant intakes, he, along with the rest of the council, voted yes on the motion.

Heal the Ocean, another environmental group, has stressed the point that a desalination facility is energy-intensive and, unless powered by renewable energy, would create more carbon dioxide, exacerbating the greenhouse effect that causes global warming. The group has commissioned RMC Engineering to complete a cost feasibility study for an indirect potable reuse project that would recycle wastewater and then pump it back into the water table. James Hawkins, Heal the Ocean’s policy analyst, told the council the study was “a gift to the city.” ■

A reduction in the price of methamphetamine has led to a surge in its popularity, concluded a recent Police Department study. During JuneAugust 2014, police made 182 meth-related arrests, followed by marijuana (152), heroin (48), and cocaine (43). For the year through August, robberies in the city decreased 40 percent from the same period in 2013. Similar drops were recorded in thefts from cars. But 2013 claimed a higher number of aggravated assaults — most tied to alcohol or domestic violence — than the previous five years, with 325 events reported; the first eight months of this year are already showing a 2 percent increase over 2013. Bike-car accidents have increased 26 percent and 44 percent since 2013 and 2012, respectively.

A phone scam in which callers pretend to be IRS employees and demand payments, personal details, and financial information is increasingly being reported in Santa Barbara County. The scam includes telling residents they owe back taxes and must pay up or get arrested, sued, or deported and telling residents they are due tax refunds but must first provide sensitive personal and financial information. The scammers have been known to call repeatedly, using different tactics. Recipients of suspicious calls are encouraged to call the IRS at (800) 829-1040 and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at (800) 366-4484.

UCSB Police plan to beef up their visibility fall quarter in part by implementing DUI checkpoints at the streets into Isla Vista on September 27 during “move in” weekend. The checkpoints will be held consistently in the coming months and mark a new effort by the university to patrol Isla Vista. “We are trying to make sure that if you are coming in, you are going to be responsible, and you are going to know that law enforcement is out there,” said UCSB Police Sergeant Robert Romero. The checkpoints could be held 6 p.m.-4 a.m. University police also increased its patrolling on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights about a month ago when SBCC students arrived for school.

CITY Sales tax revenue for fiscal 2014 has surpassed the record set in 2007, announced the City of Santa Barbara on 9/22. More than $20.9 million went to city coffers from sales tax, an overall growth of 6 percent over the previous year. For the months of April, May, and June 2014, the city received $5.4 million, 9 percent more than the same quarter the previous year. Tax revenue from hotels, motels, and B&Bs also went up, sending $2.35 million to the city for the month of August. This is 13.4 percent more than in August 2013 and brings the year-to-date bed tax to $4.5 million.

ENVIRONMENT The Center for Biological Diversity recently called out oil companies for 200 reported offshore fracking incidents and related wastewater dumping over the past decade in Southern California waters, including in the Santa Barbara Channel. The center charges these practices pose threats to marine life and air quality. The envi-

GROUNDBREAKING: Construction on the 12-story hotel tower — projected to be the tallest inhabited building in the county — will start in October; a rooftop pool deck will go atop the existing four-story hotel.

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With their own blessing, Chumash leadership said Tuesday that plans to expand the existing resort to include a 12-story hotel wing and more gaming space — among other features — will move forward as planned, with construction pegged to start next month and end in 2016. This week’s announcement — accompanied by a 254-page document comprising the tribe’s response to the 29 comments it received from various government agencies and Santa Ynez Valley residents on its controversial plans — came on the heels of a letter sent last week from Chair Vincent Armenta to County CEO Mona Miyasato. In a short rebuke, Armenta said the county’s array of mitigation requests “seems to reflect a misunderstanding of the role of the county in this process. The county is not the lead agency; the tribe is.”

Still, the tribe made concessions to some county requests. While the tribe sidestepped County Fire’s petition for the Chumash to foot the $1.7 million bill for a fire engine with a 100-foot ladder — the 12-story tower will stand 136 feet tall — by saying “the reality of fire safety in multistory buildings has moved away from ladder trucks to building design,” the tribe indicated it would be willing to pay $600,000 a year for one-and-ahalf full-time firefighter positions near the reservation plus a full-time paramedic and an on-reservation or private tribal ambulance. Ensuring that County Fire has full access to the property, including during construction, will also be on the tribe’s to-do list, as well as forking over $480,000 every year to partially cover the costs for one dedicated Sheriff’s deputy to patrol the grounds.

They considered “various renditions” of a smaller hotel expansion, Chumash leaders wrote, but decided against that route, as it would mean demolition and relocation of housing; the tribe has long said it wants to build additional units on the contentious Camp 4 property. The aesthetics of the 12-story tower, they said, made clearer in new artist’s renderings, will mesh with the existing hotel. Addressing worries from many over what the expansion will mean for water use — especially during a drought — the tribe pledged to up its use of recycled water.

Only union workers will be hired for construction, Armenta said, anticipating about 350 construction positions and 250 new permanent jobs. Construction is good to go, a spokesperson for the Office of the Governor said: “We are not aware of any actions by the tribe that constitute a breach of their compact obligations. As long as the tribe is complying with the terms of the compact it signed with the state in 1999, there is noth— Lyz Hoffman ing from the state perspective that would delay its project.”

ronmental group scoured regulatory documents and companies’ disclosures to glean the information and cautioned the incidents could be higher. Offshore fracking is legal in state waters, and the dumping — the center alleges 9 billion gallons per year — is permitted in federal waters.

Center officials expressed hope that the Coastal Commission, which received the report, would tighten regulations. Energy In Depth, a program tied to the California Independent Petroleum Association, responded to the report by calling the practices “strictly regulated and comprehensively permitted by numerous federal and state agencies.”

Nearly 1,100 volunteers beautified 25 beaches and parks across Santa Barbara County on 9/20, collecting 3,864 pounds of trash and 831 pounds of recyclable materials as part of the annual Coastal Cleanup Day; County Public Works and the cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta helped organize this year’s effort. The annual event — which started in California in 1985 and now

spans the globe — allows the Ocean Conservancy to study the effects and location of garbage in marine areas. Last year saw close to 650,000 people across 92 countries pick up 12 million pounds of trash.

The People’s Climate March on 9/21 gathered about 100 people in Santa Barbara’s Vera Cruz Park while hundreds of thousands of protesters marched worldwide, including UCSB sociology professor John Foran in Manhattan, who described the march on the UN as massive, radical, and inspiring. President Obama was among the heads of state talking to the UN General Assembly on 9/23 about climate change, just days after starting air strikes over Syrian soil. The attacks on ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) and al-Qaeda affiliate Khorasan follow a decade after the U.S. toppled Iraq’s Saddam Hussein — ironically a war that opponents accused the Bush administration of waging ultimately over Iraq’s oil supply — causing a power vacuum into cont’d page 12 which ISIS has swept.

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Vacation Rental Law? Goleta Battles ‘Party Houses’

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BY V I C C O X ow should the people of Goleta define a two-story, four-bedroom “fully furnished house packed with amenities,” as its owner advertises, that sleeps 12, has a five-hole putting green, lighted ping pong table, and basketball court?

The city staff labels such a home a short-term vacation rental; its owner, Bob Bullemer, has a business license and pays a transient occupancy tax. However, residents next to  Serenidad Place (pictured), which rents for $800 a night, call it a hotel and an ongoing nuisance. Some think it signals a potential threat to the tranquility of all Goleta neighborhoods because of a draft rental ordinance wending through the city’s legal process.

In 2010, Bullemer spent months remodeling his property, where he had lived and worked the prior 18 years. He enlarged the house to around 3,900 square feet and started renting to large groups looking for private weekends. Initially, the house was described online as a “Santa Barbara party house,” but the phrase was subsequently dropped. However, complaints soon started about trash on people’s lawns, loud parties, booze, basketball at all hours, and renters’ cars blocking mail delivery and regular traffic.

Neighbor Bob Freeman said he and others tried in vain to talk with Bullemer before taking their grievances to City Hall in late 2011. When the city’s response proved unsatisfactory, the neighbors went to Mayor Ed Easton and the City Council in 2012. The resulting changes to the Municipal Code strengthened the “noise and disturbing the peace” section but focused on nighttime amplified noise. In the end, they were ineffective in controlling some renters’ rowdy behavior.

When  Serenidad topped the council’s agenda last May, city staff reported that Sheriff ’s deputies responded to complaints 23 times between October 26, 2012, and April 5, 2014.

Three misdemeanor citations for disturbing the peace were issued as well as six reports written.

Since April, deputies have responded to more complaints. Neighbors noted that uninvited, inebriated renters had twice barged into residents’ homes. Petitions signed by 40 residents suggested banning all short-term vacation rentals in residential zones.

Goleta Mayor Michael Bennett blamed Bul-

lemer for years of conflict stemming from this one property. “We have hundreds of vacation rentals in the city, and we haven’t heard complaints about any of them” because they screen their renters, he told Bullemer.“It’s despicable.”

Bullemer disputed the legitimacy of “the majority” of complaints. “Typically, the police get a call, go out to the property, and don’t hear any noise,” he said. The grievance procedure is flawed, he contended, because complaints are logged, but no one judges if they have merit.“It’s one-sided,” he said. Since 2013, Bullemer has notified renters to keep the outdoor noise down or face forfeiture of their $500 damage deposit if deputies issue a citation. Other warnings are included inside the house and in the welcome letter he sends to renters.“These measures have been helpful,” he said.

But the problems dragged on, and the two sides engaged in mediation that seems to have hit an impasse. Neighbor Nadir Dagli, who participated in the closed talks, said the city’s draft ordinance for Short-Term Vacation Rentals is the cause: “It cuts the legs out from under us and seems like the city is taking sides.”

The ordinance is the first to address home rentals since Goleta incorporated. It defines a short-term rental as a dwelling unit not part of a hotel occupied for no longer than 30 consecutive days. The proposed limit of two people per rental, plus two per bedroom, would allow 10 renters to legally overnight at  Serenidad Place, but the city permit administrator could expand the number without a public hearing.

Other requirements include a bond of $1,500, a “nuisance response” plan to get owners and renters to observe quiet hours, a ban on “illegal loud parties,” and a time limit for owners’ responses to complaints and for “corrective action” against repeated misconduct.

Sitting alongside the obvious enforcement questions is the gorilla in the rental: Would legalizing all manner of short-term vacation rentals threaten R- residential zones? Nadir Dagli thinks so. He told the city’s Ordinance Committee on August 7, “This ordinance basically legalizes the current problems we are having … [and turns it into] a citywide problem.”

For Serenidad Place, Bullemer recently told city staff that he planned to stop renting the home as a short-term vacation rental.

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Antioch University Santa Barbara received a big boon this week when it learned that it would be the recipient of a $1.6 million federal grant in order to boost the educational experience for minority and low-income students. The Department of Education Title III Grant is only available to “Hispanic-serving institutions.” It will provide $1.6 million out of $2.2 million to be spent over five years on Antioch’s Collegeto-Career initiative. The goal of the program is to provide additional support to students who are at risk of not finishing their degree and implement a work co-op program so that students can acquire concrete job skills prior to graduation.

A group of disgruntled parents showed up during public comment at the board meeting on 9/23 to express frustration about the roll out of the Common Core State Standards. Three people, claiming to speak for many, argued that the newfangled standards hold back highachieving math students, they lack necessary textbooks, and teachers were not adequately trained. Parents acknowledged the standards are mandated by state law but called on the district to host open discussions about specific issues here. The item was not on the agenda, so

boardmembers could not discuss the matter, but Superintendent David Cash said, “Changes are being made.” The issue will return to the board for discussion at the second meeting in October.

“I get to be the person to tell you great things today,” said Jennifer Freed, co-executive director at the nonprofit AHA! at the school board meeting on 9/23. Teaching students at Santa Barbara and San Marcos high schools, the organization seeks to establish a sense of harmony and achievement among teens. After 10 hours of training, Freed said students showed improvement in almost all targeted areas — which included increasing school belonging, interrupting bullying, and creating empathy — according to third-party research. Notably, Freed said, students have been very receptive to a web app created to track and encourage positive behavior.

The school board approved the creation of a position dubbed the Visual and Performing Arts coordinator to strengthen arts education for all kids in the district. The Alliance for Arts Education will fund the position — which will cost $80,000 to $90,000 annually — for the next three years. The contract will likely be solidified at the next board meeting. The district went out for a parcel tax in 2012 to support music, theater, and arts programs in an attempt to bring back some that were cut during the recession. As part of the Visual and Performing Arts strategic plan, boardmembers voted to look for ways to sustain the programs and new coordinator position.

BUSINESS Fresh off a legal victory over Johnson & Johnson, Goleta-based Sientra, a company that sells breast implants, is planning to go public. On September 19, Sientra filed registration papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

If successful, the company would be listed on the New York Stock Exchange as SIEN and could raise up to $86.25 million in its initial public offering. Piper Jaffray, Stifel, Leerink Partners, and William Blair & Co. are underwriting the IPO. Sientra reported $21.9 million in revenue for the first half of 2014.

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Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James (pictured) visited the Central Coast this week for the first launch of the Minuteman III, which deployed Tuesday morning from the Vandenberg Air Force Base. Lifting off at 7:45 a.m., the unarmed rocket headed for a target thousands of miles across the Pacific in the vicinity of the Marshall Islands. Calling the experience “truly amazing,” James, who was appointed to the top position late last year, said in a statement that Tuesday was her first time observing a Minuteman III take off. “This test launch is a testament to the hard work, skill, and dedication of our nuclear airmen. They work every day to provide the nuclear deterrent capability that keeps our nation safe and secure, and I was privileged to witness their commitment to this mission firsthand,” James said.

Officials called the mission a “100 percent” success. “We constantly focus on flawless execution of our launch, range, and expeditionary missions. I am extremely proud of the collaboration between the 30th SW [Space Wing] and the 576th FLTS [Flight Test Squadron],” said Colonel Keith Balts, the 30th Space Wing commander. Air Force Global Strikes Command spokesperson Charles Ramey stressed the reason for these operational launches is to maintain the safety and security of the defense weaponry.

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“The evidence, scientifically, is in,” said Planning Commissioner Joan Hartmann at Tuesday’s meeting, pointing to a graphic showing the small sliver of scientific studies out of 10,000 that questioned that climate change is man-made. Hartmann, who participated in the New York City demonstration, gave an impassioned speech in support of the county’s plan, calling it “imperative” that smaller jurisdictions, removed from a “paralyzed” Congress, take charge of the issue.“The very processes that support life on Earth are being undermined,” she said.“I’m very pleased that Santa Barbara County is acting.”

The plan, which looks to lower greenhousegas emissions in the county’s unincorporated areas by 15 percent, or to 2007 levels, by 2020, would impose required and requested steps on homeowners and business owners. Pending the supervisors’ approval, voluntary measures would be implemented first, with the mandatory ones visualized in annual county budget talks. Much of the plan centers around offering incentives to make houses and buildings more energy efficient. County planner David Lackie said ordinances and permit processes will likely have to be established to get the ball rolling and will require an investment on the county’s part in increased staff time.

If all goes as intended, every year, the efforts could cut 186,900 metric tons of carbon dioxide, the emissions equivalent of more than

39,000 cars, from the county’s unincorporated regions, which produced 1,192,970 metric tons in 2007 (the plan doesn’t apply to UCSB, Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Chumash reservation, or offshore oil and gas projects).

The climate action plan faced some minor backlash from real estate agents and farmers — construction interests supported it — who asked that the stipulations be made voluntary. Commissioners Larry Ferini and Daniel Blough, who voted against it, said they felt the same. But Commissioner Michael Cooney said that the county could have made all of the programs mandatory. “It’s a spit in the ocean.

We have an incredible distance to go to make any difference,” Cooney said.“But it’s a start.”

Also starting something this week out of concern for climate change were the Rockefellers heirs to the Standard Oil fortune. The family added their names to a growing list of people and organizations vowing to divest from oil and gas interests. The $823.3 million investment pool of Santa Barbara County — half of which comes from K-12 schools and community colleges — isn’t tied to any corporations, including those related to fossil fuels, said Treasurer Harry Hagen. Less than 5 percent of the $2.5 billion portfolio for the county’s Retirement Board is wrapped up in the energy sector, said Greg Levin, interim CEO of Santa Barbara County Employees’ Retirement System (SBCERS). Levin said the board has considered divesting that portion from oil interests but doesn’t currently have a plan in place to do so.

While UCSB doesn’t make its own divestment decisions, the University of California system puts $10 billion of its $91 billion portfolio in energy-related assets, but future divestment is a possibility; on the flip side, the UC Regents recently voted to funnel $1 billion over the next five years into climate-change-related assets. Pensions for Santa Barbara City College employees fall under the statewide CalPERS and CalSTARS programs, the latter of which — in the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings — started divesting last year from companies that manufacture guns deemed illegal in California; CalSTARS has yet to take a stance on oil holdings. Westmont College doesn’t adhere to the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment, which advocates against investing in the energy sector and invests in a managed fund rather than individual companies. ■

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16-year-old — who struck and killed Matthew O’Neill (pictured) as he bicycled west along a narrow, straight stretch of Foxen Canyon Road in Santa Maria last month — has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter and two driving infractions. His name is being withheld as he is a juvenile, but he is known to be the son of former lieutenant governor Abel Maldonado, a Santa Maria resident and former mayor. The teen was driving westbound in a Chevy  pickup truck hauling a horse trailer at about 7:30 p.m. on August 9 when he apparently clipped O’Neill, 33, who died at the scene. Witnesses said O’Neill was on the far right edge of the road and was well-lit with reflectors and bike lights. Maldonado’s other son, 18-year-old Nicolas, was the only passenger in the truck.

The young driver has been charged in juvenile court, but the sentence he faces is unknown. The District Attorney’s Office does not release specifics in a juvenile case. Arraignment is scheduled for Friday in Santa Maria.

State law prohibits juvenile drivers who have been driving for less than a year from transporting passengers under the age of 20 unless a parent, guardian, or other licensed driver 25 years old or older is in the vehicle with them.

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The driver has been charged with non-compliance with driving terms and restrictions.

He also is charged with driving a commercial vehicle without a license.

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O’Neill, who was an avid long-distance cyclist, was a graduate student studying disabilities and risk studies at UCSB. A native of Chula Vista, O’Neill lived in Carpinteria with his fiancée, who is a special education teacher.

“Matthew was absolutely amazing,” said his fiancée, Jennie Passwater. “That sounds cliché, but he really was. He would take the shirt off his back for anybody.” On September 6, about 100 people took part in a memorial bike ride from the Rincon fire station to Carpinteria. A small service at UCSB is tentatively planned for October. A Facebook page created in his memory has close to 2,000 followers. “Matthew would have wanted something really positive to come out of this. Not with mal intent or revenge,” said Passwater.“It was a very bad accident for everybody.”

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Fire Sale

According to district spokesperson Geri Ventura, final portions of a redo of the environmental analysis — being done for free by consultant AMEC — are due in October, with a report by fire protection firm Citygate on the need for a station coming in November. The district’s fire station savings account currently holds about $7 million — buying the Jackson acreage would cost about $1.2 million, not including construction costs — and the department’s operating budget for the next fiscal year hovers at $15.8 million for its two stations. In comparison, County Fire manages 16 stations with $55 million, and the Santa Barbara Fire Department handles its eight stations for $23 million.

Some questioned the need for a third station at all, pointing to the community’s aging — and shrinking — population. Others said that very factor — and, with it, more medical emergencies and higher likelihood of homes catching on fire — only hastens the need. The family’s deal with the district may be dead — and potential buyers may be hush-hush — but Ventura said the district hasn’t given up on its plans.“Should the board of directors decide to move forward with the same project and the same location in the future,” she said,“the district can enter into negotiations for the purchase of the land with whoever the owner is at that ■ time.”

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ith Montecito’s priciest piece of property — Rancho San Carlos — hitting the market comes renewed chatter over whether that community needs, and will ever get, a third fire station. The Jackson family’s 237-acre ranch — replete with a mansion at its northerly region, 10 cottages, equestrian facilities, and citrus groves — accounts for the largest chunk of ag land left in the exclusive town and is up for the taking for anyone willing to pony up $125 million.

The Jackson family — known for their philanthropy and ownership of Alisal Ranch in Santa Ynez Valley — has owned Rancho San Carlos since the early 1900s. The property also includes 2.77 acres that in recent years served as the suggested location of that third firehouse. In 2008, the Jacksons, led by Jim Jackson, inked an option agreement with the Montecito Fire Protection District for purchase of that slice. But a Santa Barbara Superior Court judge hampered the plans in the spring of 2013, rejecting the station due to a faulty environmental analysis.

Opponents to the firehouse had mobilized, too, voicing concerns over the station detracting from the property’s agricultural character and paving the way for the development of about 90 homes on the land. At the end of last year, the Jacksons’ deal with the district ended, and the family opted not to renew, citing the “significant controversy within the community” and the likely change in the property’s value since the agreement was first signed.

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Speculates with Taxpayer Money True Bond Costs Decades Away Cannot Be Predicted

BY LOU SEGAL , a member of the Vote No on S Committee

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mong the many good reasons to vote a resounding “No!” to Santa Barbara City College’s Measure S, of special importance are the financial implications for property taxpayers (and renters) in the college district, which stretches from Rincon to Gaviota.

We voters are told that if Measure S is approved, the final cost will be $16.65 per $100,000 of assessed value of homes and/or commercial properties. There is no way anyone can accurately say what the tax rate will be if Measure S is approved. This huge bond offering is not one lump sum, one bond to be sold to the public, at one interest rate. Instead, Measure S is a series of bonds to be issued and sold over a 13-year period and repaid over a 38-year period.

SBCC President Lori Gaskin and the school’s Board of Trustees are asking the voters to give them a blank-check authorization for $288 million to issue and sell bonds all the way through 2027. The college doesn’t plan to spend all the money now. Instead, it intends to collect the money from the sale of the bonds in roughly $70 million installments every four years until 2027, spending the funds as they’re received.

So, one may ask, why is that so bad? The reason is there is no earthly way to forecast interest rates for these bonds more than a decade out into the future. And, without knowing the interest rates or future assessed values for all real property in the SBCC district many years from now, it is not possible for anyone to predict with any degree of accuracy what the tax rate will be.

We contend that in all likelihood the rate will be significantly higher than what the proponents of Measure S would have you believe. The bond underwriter, Morgan Stanley, which will be receiving millions of dollars of fees from SBCC for underwriting the bonds, has managed to give new meaning to the phrase “rosy scenario.”

Without a visible flinch, the underwriters and SBCC are suggesting that the historically low interest rates we are experiencing today will continue for the next 13 years. They also assert, seemingly authoritatively, that property values will increase by 4.5 percent every year for at least the next 25 years!

That may or may not be right — but we doubt anyone can forecast property values for the next few years, much less the next 25 years.

They had better not be wrong, or property owners and renters in the SBCC district will experience serious financial distress. If you hesitate to believe this, then glance at Measures Q and R, which the voters generously approved in 2010 to finance the many infrastructure needs of the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

In 2010, that school board told us the rates would be $13.98 and $12.48 per $100,000 of assessed value for Measures Q and R, respectively. Just three years later, a new school board with a majority of new members did not think they were ethically bound by the solemn representations of the earlier board.

This new board chose to accelerate the issuance and sale of the bonds, deviating from the original schedule of bond sales that formed the basis for the proposed tax rates. Except for one member, the new board, unburdened by the promises their predecessors made, decreed an approximately 50 percent increase in rates to $21.75 and $17.50. And, because very few of us were paying attention, school bond discussions not being among top media hits, few were aware of this 180-degree turn, so the board got away with it without adverse consequences to themselves. Yes, such can happen here.

No one can convince us that SBCC should get authorization from the voters to issue close to one-third of a billion dollars’ worth of bonds over the next 13 years and for which residents will be on the hook until 2052 at tax rates that are anyone’s guess.

Please vote no on Measure S. This unwieldy and encumbering bond measure should be defeated to ensure that voters and residents of our community are not asked to pay for unsubstantiated and uncertain costs, which are likely to be much higher than represented by the proponents of Measure S. Keep up with developments in this campaign; follow us at VoteNoOnS.org.

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Pull the Plug on Diablo

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t is important to note that under the Price-Anderson Act, PG&E — the operator of Diablo nuclear power plant at Avila — is allowed to do business basically without liability insurance. What is even scarier is that all of our homeowner policies exclude events of radioactive containment loss from nuclear reactors like Diablo Canyon.

Almost all of us will live through even the biggest quake that nature has to offer, and our prime property values will still remain. To replan and rebuild our cities and towns perhaps from scratch might very well be a golden opportunity.

But the last thing any of us want after a larger quake than normal is the sickening feeling when we wonder to ourselves if the aged nuclear reactor up the coast might perhaps be melting down.

There would be no means of escape for our loved ones and families, on broken freeways, with a million others intent on escape.

How about we “pull the cork” on the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactor? That way we can tend to our neighbors’ injuries in the aftermath of a monster quake, pour ourselves a stiff drink, and say hallelujah!

Write or call your regional representatives, and simply say “pull the plug.”

— Thomas M. Merkel, S.B.

Beyond Rent Squeeze

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or the past 10 years, I’ve been living near Alice Keck Park in a one-bedroom bungalow, built in the ’30s, renting for $1,650 a month.

It was $1,075 when I moved in. I became the resident manager to get a $500 reduction in rent, which was a good deal until six weeks ago when I was handed an eviction notice. Imagine being 68 years old, living on a fixed income, and suddenly feeling homeless.

The owner could have simply terminated my job and kept me as a resident, but getting rid of me enables her to raise the rent on my apartment $500 a month or more.

So what’s the real story here? Greed.

—James Smallwood, S.B.

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anta Barbara city tries to have “affordable” housing, but when I recently applied for one of the lotteries to purchase a unit, I found out that money in my retirement fund is counted in my annual income, pushing me over the limit for one of the qualifying units in the new Alma del Pueblo development. The parameters they set to live there are certainly not “affordable,” with HOA fees as high as $800.

I’ve also been evicted from a rental because the owner wanted to use it as a vacation rental for double the price when summer drew near.

If 60 percent of Santa Barbarans rent, surely we could get enough signatures to put a rent control referendum on the ballot. Let’s pass legislation to end this nightmare.

— Emily Murray, S.B.

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ome years back, New York City experienced the gouging of tenants who had occupied apartments for years only to discover their monthly rents raised up to $300 in a single month by avaricious owners and management companies. This has tsunamied itself across the continent to our coastal town.

Santa Barbara remained, for the most part, affordable for decades until real estate agents started comparing it to the likes of San Francisco and Newport Beach.

Smart landlords keep their rents down and keep their units occupied by dependable tenants. There should be more incentives to reward owners and management companies who offer affordable housing in this community.

— Anne French, S.B.

Libraries Alive

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’m looking forward to viewing the work displayed in Requiem for the Bibliophile reviewed in the last issue [independent.com/a&e]; however, as Twain might agree, the reports of the death of libraries have been greatly exaggerated. A recent study by the Pew Research Center indicates 94 percent of Americans feel a library greatly improves the quality of life in a community. Libraries are quiet, safe places where all are welcome — it’s not just about the books; it’s about the resources that include helpful, knowledgeable human beings.

The library in Los Alamos closed in 1988, and for the past year, the residents have been raising funds to reopen it. Not a single person has asked why.

—Vickie Gill, Los Alamos

Memories of KDB

I

t’s indeed a sad day when a local landmark shuts its doors forever. I remember KDB playing its plaintive, lush, and very Santa Barbara masterpieces on my mother’s radio when we first resided in this town 62 years ago.

When I returned more than a decade and a half later, I distinctly remember the Fiesta programming featuring gems from the Latino world, something not often heard on gringo music stations at that time. It was also quite a hoot to hear the Cisco Kid–like announcer brushing us all up on forgotten lore from Santa Barbara history. In the early ’70s, I could always count on the new KDB classical lineup to introduce us to the best compositions and composers from Spain, Brazil, Mexico, and South America.

Alas, all of this is lost as the computer-generated programming of classical giant KUSC, with its endlessly chatting, self-promoting deejays, has taken over. Gone forever are the days when KDB DJ Richard Bickle would just modestly name the tune and let it play in all its uninterrupted glory. Thank you, KDB. It’s been almost too good to know you. — Philip Grant, S.B.

Missing Ms. Schwyzer

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s dance companies and studios throughout the city open their doors to a new performance season, a note of melancholy can be detected. Absent from our rosin-scented corridors is the composed presence of Elizabeth Schwyzer, former dance writer for The Santa Barbara Independent and a cultural stalwart to our burgeoning dance community. More than a reviewer, her gift was in her poignant observation, her rapt attention to the architecture of the

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When I first encountered Elizabeth, the dancer in her insisted on being immersed into the world of aerial dance before attempting to write about a genre new to her. This approach — not to mention the mild lunacy needed to pull on a leotard and dangle upside down from the rafters — is the reason her presence at countless evening-length productions and weekend matinees garnered so much relevancy.

I have no doubt that in her new adventures up north, she will continue to inspire her new arts community and endear herself to them, bridging the interval between audience and presenter, spectator and performer. Here in Santa Barbara, as stage lights rise to the sound of new work, we will be thinking of our dear Elizabeth, leaving a ticket for her at will call, for old time’s sake, in case she feels like slipping in before the lights dim.

— Ninette Paloma, S.B.

P Is Puzzling

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etroleum is very useful stuff. You can make plastics, lubricants, a myriad of chemicals, and roads with it.

You can also burn it. Current estimates indicate we have about 50-60 years of oil left if we keep burning it as we are doing. We can also do much greater damage to our climate and civilization by burning it all. Every year of delayed action will add $500 billion to the price tag of addressing climate change, according to the International Energy Agency.

Renewable energy sources are already near the same price as fossil fuels; we need to keep our valuable oil for making things and not burn it up. It seems to come down to short-term benefits versus long-term benefits.

Transitions take effort, and I believe we need to make a stand, even if it’s not always comfortable. We in California, and especially Santa Barbara, are watched the world over as an example. For many reasons, I am voting “yes”

on Measure P, and I would like to see a movement to grow our solar, wind, and wave power in this county as much — John Broberg, S.B. as we can and as fast as we can.

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have studied Measure P and find it to be ambiguous and misleading. It extends beyond fracking, a technique that is not even practiced in Santa Barbara County.

It is a ban against all forms of oil and gas extraction, and if it passes, it will sharply increase California’s dependence on foreign oil.

We currently import over 18 percent of oil from Iraq.

Passing Measure P will increase our reliance on expensive foreign crude and will result in higher gas prices. Would you rather your gas money go to countries in the Middle East or Russia or to our local community to create more jobs and boost the local economy?

California already imports more than 50 percent of its oil. Think about the domino effect of a gallon of gasoline increasing from $4 to $6 if we import more oil. Think about the increase in tankers to move this oil. Measure P will create an emergency in more ways than one, including increases in the price of manufactured goods and the unemployment rate due to jobs lost, as well as decreased spending by the unemployed.

California needs locally produced oil because we are one of the largest consumers in the United States. Keep Santa Barbara flourishing and healthy. Please vote “no” — Ali Fakhreddine, Santa Maria on Measure P.

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¶ Last week’s Angry Poodle Barbecue on Measure P meant to name the proponents “Water Guardians,” not “water warriors.”

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NO on P The Environmental Argument Against Measure P

No one who considers herself or himself an environmentalist should vote for Measure P. Measure P would be detrimental to the worldwide environment, increasing global ocean pollution and air pollution. If Measure P passes, more oil and gas would be produced outside of the United States, where environmental standards for energy production are lower.

Spills from oil tankers and barges are the largest source of oil in the oceans from human-caused sources. If Measure P passes, more oil and gas would be lost into the environment through the tankering of oil and gas to the United States from such places as Iraq and Russia.

As long as we require oil and natural gas, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s better to produce them in California and Santa Barbara county, where the environmental standards and regulations are among the most strict in the world.

In addition to the environmental costs of tankering oil to the United States from foreign countries--which include the possibility of tanker spills--many foreign energyproducers vent methane, which is an important greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere.

Tankering oil and gas to the United States also results in substantial atmospheric emissions from diesel fuel. It makes more environmental and economic sense to consume energy produced in the United States than produced abroad, in the same way it makes environmental and economic sense (as a result of lower transportation expenses) to consume food produced locally.

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HARRY POTTER: When I

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Don’t Ban That Book!

was a kid, I would have died for a book, any book, even one on the banned book list — or maybe especially.

I settled for the neighbor girl’s Nancy Drew collection, but Huckleberry Finn would have been better. Today I would have gone for Harry Potter, who’s also on the banned or often challenged book list.

Passing Granada Books CENSORED: Banned and damned books are displayed in the other day, I saw in the the window at Granada Books for Banned Books Week. front window display that it was Banned Books Week.

Forbidden works were hidden in plain brown Even what many consider the greatest wrapping paper, only the titles peeking out, American novel, Moby-Dick by Herman along with reasons they were on the list: Melville, gets nixed.

Harry Potter (“anti-family, occult, satanism”).

And, of course, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Huck Finn (“oppressive, racism, uses the ‘n’ Scarlet Letter. word”) just as Mark Twain heard it back then.

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle is a 1906 exposé The Catcher in the Rye (“obscene … filthy … of the lives of immigrants in Chicago and other major cities. blasphemous”).

I also spotted Maya Angelou’s I Know Why To Kill a Mockingbird (“conflicts with values the Caged Bird Sings. Her autobiographical of the community”).

Inside on a table marked with yellow account of childhood rape, racism, and police-style caution tape were more books the sexuality caused it to be challenged or banned bluenoses want to keep us from reading. Like in schools and libraries.

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is Dee Leaves of Grass. (Poor Walt Whitman’s poems Brown’s 1970s account of injustices, betrayals, are denounced by some as “filthy.”)

and murders of Native Americans. (Scholars called it one-sided.)

Chaucer’s Books will also have a similar exhibit this week. The American Library Association (ALA) makes a big deal of Banned Books Week and the freedom to read, as it should.

Number one on its list of frequently challenged or banned books is, surprising to me, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

So what’s the rap? Jazz-age adultery? Literary critics may turn up their noses at what they consider an overrated novel, but other than that, is anyone really demanding it be tossed in the Long Island Sound? Fitzgerald took to drink and died thinking the book was a failure.

But it’s been made into movies three times, all rated only 2½ stars by Leonard Maltin’s guide.

Also on the ALA list is that old target, John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath about the woes of migrant Depression-era dust bowl farmers trying to survive in a hostile California. It was denounced as communistic,“a pack of lies,” and burned and banned. California farmers hated it, but Steinbeck won the Pulitzer and later a Nobel Prize.

I noticed that three works of my favorite author, Ernest Hemingway, made the ALA list: The Sun Also Rises (No. 18 on the mostbanned list), A Farewell to Arms (No. 20), and For Whom the Bell Tolls (No. 30). Usually for sex and swear words.

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Those who loved the film Gone with the Wind may be surprised to find Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel, from which the movie was made, to be on the ALA frequently challenged list.

Critics pointed out that contrary to plantation life as depicted in the novel, slavery was not a bowl of cherries, and slaves were in reality not childlike, docile, happy folks. But we knew that, right?

What also surprised me was to find William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying on the list. While Faulkner is not the easiest of reads, As I Lay Dying does not have his usual sentences and paragraphs that run on and on for pages and pages. It’s also knee-deep in pathos, sin, and the like.

Addie, wife and mother, is the one who’s dying. The story, set as usual in his mythical Yoknapatawpha County, is told by 15 different people in 59 different chapters. Faulkner had a great affection for mint juleps, too great at times. He said he wrote the book from midnight to 4 a.m. over six weeks while working in a power plant.

Addie longed for peace of mind.“Sometimes I thought that I could not bear it, lying in bed at night, with the wild geese going north and their honking coming faint and high and wild out of the wild darkness …”

How could you ban someone who writes like that?

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Before daylight on September , , Darcy Lynn Aston slipped from our lives, her beloved husband, Nels Berthold, by her side. Darcy was golden light, fierce love, and strength, with an exuberance that rendered her a force of nature. She shined her enormous love and pride on her cub, Bryce, her family, and her ever widening tribe of friends. She was unequivocal in her love and her commitments and devoted her life to preserving our most precious resource: water. She made the world a better place and we are blessed to have known and loved her.

Darcy was born on January , , in Bakersfield, California. In , her parents, Bob and Marilyn, moved Darcy and her siblings—Robert, Suzanne, and David—to Walnut Creek, CA. Darcy graduated from Pleasant Hill High School in , and from UC Santa Barbara in . After college she worked as a naturalist in Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, and then returned to her college town to work for the County of Santa Barbara in water conservation and pollution prevention. In , she and Bryce moved to Petaluma to join Nels and his son, Eli. There she directed FishNet C., and later worked for the Napa County Sanitation District. Darcy devoted her career to education, outreach, and stewardship of the environment.

Darcy was an avid world traveler, but she considered the Sierra Nevada her spiritual home. She and Nels and their children enjoyed many adventures together, backpacking and camping throughout the West.

Darcy found joy in simple things: growing and canning vegetables, preparing delicious food, swimming, biking, hiking, and spending time with family and friends.

Darcy faced pancreatic cancer with great courage and lived the days left to her surrounded by her many friends and devoted family. In addition to her husband, daughter, and stepson, Eli, Darcy is survived by her mother and siblings. Her father preceded her in death.

A celebration of Darcy’s life will be held on October , , at  p.m. at the Post Wellness Center, A Weller Street, Petaluma. Visit Darcy’s CaringBridge page for details. Contributions in Darcy’s memory may be made to Friends of the Petaluma River at H North Water Street, Petaluma, CA , or at www.friendsofthepetalumariver.org.

We will forever miss our Water Girl.

Carlos Victor Hunt, of Los Angeles, California, died unexpectedly on August st, , at  years of age, following a long battle with depression. Carlos was born on July th, , to Richard Lewis Hunt and Nina Lazaro Hunt, and grew up in Santa Barbara, California with his younger siblings Alexander, Jeremy and Jessica. At Santa Barbara High School, UCSD and UCLA, Carlos met many of his lifelong friends and developed his skills as a filmmaker, writer and editor.

Carlos worked as a production assistant and freelance video editor and was especially proud of his work on special features for DVDs for shows like Lost and movies like The Hunger Games and Pirates of the Caribbean . He also edited documentaries including the pilot for the PBS series Food Forward.

Carlos was an environmentalist and could often be found camping with his friends or riding his bike. He believed in living his life in accordance with his beliefs and would often weigh in on whether something was “punk rock” or “not punk rock.” Carlos loved his friends, good music of all kinds, raccoons and his cats. His sense of humor, thoughtfulness and kindness will be dearly missed.

Carlos is survived by his parents Richard and Nina Hunt of Santa Barbara, CA; brother Alexander Hunt of Oakland, CA; brother Jeremy Hunt of Marietta, OH; sister Jessica Dominguez of Santa Barbara, CA; and  nieces and nephews. Carlos leaves behind many close friends, especially Paul Wisner and Nathan Wilson.

A celebration of Carlos’ life will be held on Saturday, October th at : p.m. at the Crystal Springs Area of Griffith Park in Los Angeles. For more information, please contact Paul Wisner via email at rocknsurf@ yahoo.com. Donations in his memory may be made to Mental Wellness Center in Santa Barbara.

Thaten Jimmie Anthony, , died in his home in Santa Barbara California where he passed away with a smile upon his face.

Born in Dallas, TX, May ,  to George and Rose Thaten, he is one of five children who preceded him in death: Harry, Michie, Pat, and Mina.

Jimmie moved to Selma, CA, where he worked as a Masonry contractor. He met his wife Betty Anne; they had three children: Jimmie, Mike, and Rose Anne.

His son, Jimmie, worked with his Dad from the age of eight years old. Jimmie and his son moved to Santa Barbara, CA, in  with $,. in their pocket and an old work truck.

They went to work doing Masonry side by side, opening their business Mission Masonry, which became an established business. So many people in SantaBarbara knew Mr. Thaten, that a lot of their work is virtually word of mouth. Jimmie loved his work, and did so until the day he died, working together for  years as father and son.

Jimmie will be rembered for his cowboy hard hat “that hat saved my life many times”.

He is survived by his son Jimmie M. Thaten, Vicki, grandchildren Sharon, Jennifer, and Christopher, great grandchildren Madison, Matthew, Clint, Clara, Clayton and spouses Tim and Sarah.

A very kind and generous man always thinking of others a warm and loving sprit.

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 – 

Service: Friday, September , : pm Santa Barbara Cemetery  Channel Dr., Santa Barbara, CA Celebration of Life Saturday September , : PM  Ward Dr. Club House BBQ

Sharkey Fink

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Valeri Ann Robb-Fuller // - //

Valeri peacefully passed away in Santa Barbara, CA. She is survived by her son Martin Whitkind, her grandson Sasha, her mother Mrs. Lillian Fuller and her brother David Fuller.

She was a devoted mother and accomplished graphic artist. She was a successful painter and gallery owner in Taos, New Mexico. She would want to be best known as God’s humble servant.

Celebration of life will be October th,  at pm. for information please contact Donna at dhillmanh@gmail.com.

Charlotte “Sharkey” Flintermann Fink of Santa Barbara, California, passed away gracefully and peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family after a brief battle with cancer. Sharkey was born in Detroit, Michigan the eldest of five siblings and was raised in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan. She spent most of her nearly  summers at Higgins Lake, Michigan. She attended Wells College and received a B.S. from Columbia University in . Also in , she married John Fink, an actor,

and they resided in New York City before moving to Los Angeles in . In , John and Sharkey moved to Santa Barbara where they settled and raised their children.

She was a supporter and board member of the Cancer Victors and Friends and was instrumental in founding the Waldorf School of Santa Barbara. She homeschooled her children through eighth grade and was proud to see them both go on to graduate from Harvard College. Sharkey was a teacher in every way - she created a beautiful and love-filled home where she tutored and guided countless people in topics from the mundane to the divine - a master craftswoman who gave lessons on subjects from carpentry to cross-stitch, and a sage who taught love and laughter. Hyper-competent, creative, and good-naturedly competitive, she excelled at everything she tried, earning a reputation as a ping-pong master, a trivia whiz, and an accomplished painter. She was a force of nature.

Sharkey was preceded in death by her parents Donald and Mary Flintermann, her daughter Phoebe Fink, and her brother Andy Flintermann.

Sharkey is survived by her husband John Fink, her sisters Barbara Alter and Mary Smart, her brother Rocky Flintermann, her children Andy Fink and Lily Harrington, their spouses Kelly Brogan and John Harrington, her three granddaughters Sofia and Lucia Fink and Charlotte Harrington, and countless other friends and family whose lives she electrified and inspired.

Joanne Maureen Miller // – //

Joanne Maureen Miller passed away peacefully in her home in Santa Barbara in the early morning of September , .

Joanne was born on October , , to Cyril and Elizabeth Schmidt in Flint, Michigan. After graduating from St. Michael’s school in Flint, and then the University of Michigan, Joanne married her beloved Burton Miller on June , . Burt and Jo began their life together in the midwest, raising their family, starting their careers and getting involved in community service.

After several relocations, the family settled for good in Santa Barbara in .

Joanne took up teaching and environmental activism. She founded the Foothill Preservation League. She earned a Masters Degree in Environmental Biology at UCSB in .

She served on the Santa Barbara Planning Commission for many years, and twice ran for the Santa Barbara city council. She founded an affordable housing development company, Homes for People, which sponsored the construction or rehabilitation of hundreds of units of sweat-equity housing in Santa Barbara.

Joanne was preceded in death by her husband Burton in Santa Barbara in .

She is survived by her three siblings and their spouses: Mary Ellen and John Williams of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Evelyn Mott of Tampa Florida, and James and Martha Schmidt of Palo Alto, California; her six children and their spouses: Margaret (Peggie) Feldstein of Santa Barbara, Vincent Miller of Berkeley California, Stephen and

Bennie Miller of Sun City West Arizona, Randall and Barbara Miller of Lompoc California, Elizabeth and Bruce Aafedt of Tuscon Arizona, and Christopher and Michelle Miller of San Mateo, California; and by her four grandchildren: Emma Miller, Kate Miller, Aaron Feldstein, and Hannah Feldstein.

Joanne’s children wish to thank all those who have helped their mother during her last years. They especially want to mention her principal caregivers: Emma Mae Norte, Leanne Gil, Marina Quintana, and Ofelia Szell.

At her request, Joanne’s remains will be cremated and scattered at sea. A public memorial service will take place at Shoreline Park in Santa Barbara.

Julia Rieber

// – //

Julia Mary Rieber, , died in Santa Barbara, CA, on Friday, September , from lung cancer. Born March , , she was the th of  children born to Anthony and Julia (Mesker) Rieber in St. Louis, MO. Julia loved to play piano and was the occasional organist for catholic churches in St. Louis and Chicago. Julia’s talent, as a good typist and excellent short-hand, led her to a career as Executive Secretary, most recently to the Vice Chancellor of UC-San Diego. Julia married in  to Walter B. Muckerman, also of St. Louis. They moved to South Bend, IN, and then to Winnetka, IL, where they raised  daughters. When Julia was , she moved from downtown Chicago to La Jolla, and then in  retired to Santa Barbara. Julia loved working in her garden, going to the ocean, and painting beautifully with watercolors and acrylic. Julia made a difference in the world, was a dreamer, and lived life with enthusiasm. She loved her friends and sharing life, spirit and  years of sobriety. Julia leaves behind her daughters Catherine Sendra (Santa Barbara, CA), Celia Bullock (Northbrook, IL), and Clare Relihan (Erie, CO) and  grandchildren.

Her spirit will be honored at her favorite beaches, Henry’s and Butterfly.

Katherine “K.G.” Ann Grgich // – //

IN LOVING MEMORY GEORGE, SUSAN, AMY, & JENNIFER

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born in Iowa on December 31, 1936, and then moved with her family to Maryland when she was in high school.

When Lyn was in the 10th grade, her father brought a young physicist from the Naval Research Laboratory home for dinner — Bob Carman. Although Bob was already engaged to be married, after meeting 15-year-old Lyn, he cancelled his wedding plans and waited patiently until Lyn was 18, when they married, MARATHONERS: Lyn Carman (center) trains with Merry Lepper in despite the protests of 1963. Lepper was the first U.S. woman to finish a marathon, and Carman was the third. At the base of the tree are Carman’s daughher parents.

Lyn earned her ters Maire and Laurie. bachelor’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University. She wanted to into the race from the bushes near the startstudy math, but her parents felt that this was ing line. When one official tried to pull her out inappropriate for a girl, so she was forced to of a race, she punched him. Her best time in study home economics instead. Despite having the marathon (three hours, 42 minutes) is an a baby, Patricia, in the fall of her senior year, Lyn achievement that any person — male or female graduated with her class.

— would be proud of.

Laurie and Maire arrived in short succesLyn and Bob also wrote four math books sion, so Lyn had three daughters within three together, and Lyn supported Bob with his work and a half years. Thankfully for everyone, it on countless math and physics books. In later took another three and a half years to produce years, they both won prizes for their publicaEric. But that wasn’t enough — Lyn also incor- tions in the Way Magazine. And they were porated several foster children into the family dedicated to Mission Santa Barbara, joining the for several months at a time. Being a young Secular Franciscans in 1995. Bob was initially mother, she could do things that other mothers more focused on the history of religion than couldn’t: like demonstrate how to do a cart- on religion itself. Bob’s Sundays were reserved wheel, race go-carts down a hill, and beat us in for his weekly marathon, and Lyn prayed for 30 years that they would find a church where they 10-kilometer races.

Even with so many small children, Lyn could celebrate together. The Mission Santa managed to obtain her credentials for teach- Barbara fulfilled her prayers, and Lyn and Bob ing math, physical education, English, and, of spent many hours leading Bible study groups, course, home economics. She taught math at La lecturing, and acting as Eucharistic ministers.

Colina Junior High School for many years and Lyn became a docent at the Mission in 1986. started the first course for computer science Lyn didn’t want to die, although she looked in the Santa Barbara Unified School District forward to “being with Bob again”; she loved — even before La Colina had a single computer. being involved with people in the Mission Later she became the coordinator for the dis- Church and did not want to leave the Frantrict’s Gifted and Talented Education program, ciscan community. She was only 77, and Lou for which she received the Golden Bell Award Gehrig’s disease took her too early. On the from the California State School Board. Lyn morning after she died, a little bird flew into also founded the girls’ track team at La Colina the house. It spent about an hour trying frantiand was a founder of the Santa Barbara Sand- cally to get out, banging its head against the high dormer windows. Somehow it made its pipers girls’ track team.

Bob Carman died in 2010, but during their way under the bed where Lyn’s body lay. At 56 years together, Lyn and Bob accomplished one point, the bird stood on the threshold of enough to cover multiple lifetimes. In addi- the open door next to her, but it didn’t leave. tion to raising their brood of children, foster It came back in and stayed with Lyn for nearly children, and helping with nine grandchildren, an hour before it finally walked peacefully to another part of their lives was occupied with the doorway, paused, and gracefully flew away. running. Bob got Lyn started at a time when We like to think the little bird was a gift women were told that running would destroy from St. Francis, there to help Lyn into the next their fertility. Lyn was the third woman in the world. It calmed her spirit’s anxiety and then United States to finish a marathon. She had stayed with her until she was ready to fly off, to hide her long hair under a hoodie or jump peacefully.

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So he founded Future Fine Foods on lower Anacapa Street (predating the Funk Zone food boom by a couple of decades), expanded his bread offerings, and made his first delivery of the new product to Joe’s Café in a brown paper bag. He eventually bought out the Ethnic Breads brand (as well as more recipes and clients) from Sheldon Kaganoff, a Jewish man originally from New York who still works with the Muslim Zadeh, as well as the Santa Barbara Bagel Company. For 18 years, they baked around the clock on De la Vina Street between Jedlicka’s Saddlery and the credit union on the corner of Alamar Street, sometimes having to fend off drunks who’d wander out of the now-defunct Art’s Bar in search of the bready aromas.

Today, with more than 120 restaurant and hotel accounts — including retail sales from the shelves of regional Whole Foods and Vons — Zadeh estimates he does 85 percent of the commercial baking in town, with about 30 different types of products available, from the rye bread slices on deli sandwiches to dinner rolls at white-tablecloth restaurants to multiple flavors of flatbread sold at specialty food stores. In the past year, he designed a brand-new bakery in a warehouse on Aero Camino near the airport in Goleta and moved out of Recipes for cooking success the De la Vina Street location don’t usually start with escapabout eight months ago. This ing a war zone, but that was month, Ethnic Breads started the first step on Peter Zadeh’s selling direct to consumer for journey to building his Ethnic the first time out of the new Breads brand into the largest spot, though Zadeh doesn’t wholesale bakery in the tri want to become a full-blown counties. café, à la Our Daily Bread and In 1980, Zadeh sneaked out D’Angelo’s (the two other of native Iran as it waged war smaller wholesalers in town). against Iraq. Upon making it “My passion is the wholeto Toronto, Canada, he learned Ricardo Villalpando rolling out dough at Ethnic Breads sale operation,” said Zadeh, the bakery business from his who modifies recipes to transuncle and then headed south late Old World traditions into New World lifestyles (which to the San Fernando Valley, where he started baking flatbreads often don’t involve eating bread the day it’s bought) without inspired by his Persian heritage. A personal delivery to Lazy the use of preservatives. “I’ve been baking for 30 years now, but Acres in 1990 opened his eyes to life outside of Los Angeles traffic.“The first day I delivered bread to Santa Barbara, I fell in there’s still so much I don’t know,” said Zadeh, who slows down fermentation to extract more flavors. “Every day, my job is to love,” said Zadeh, who realized that the bustling tourism scene improve my recipes and take my bakery to the next level.” provided “a good market for gourmet fancy bread.”

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Ethnic Breads owner Peter Zadeh (left) and founder Sheldon Kaganoff

He also treats people with kindness, whether you’re one of his 18 employees or a random member of the community, such as the older woman who once called asking for challah bread to serve during a Jewish holiday. Zadeh didn’t make challah at that time but knew the recipe, so he whipped up a couple of loaves and gave them to her for free. A while later, a well-known restaurant owner called to set up an account, all because Zadeh had treated his grandmother so warmly that holiday.

Despite building an impressive empire, Zadeh looks at his success with humility and humor. One time, at a fancy food show, someone asked him what was so “ethnic” about his brand.“I’m a Muslim from Iran, my partner is a Jew from Brooklyn, my kitchen staff is all from Mexico, and we make the best Italian bread around,” Zadeh responded with a chuckle.

“How’s that for ethnic?” ( Aero Camino, Goleta; 569-9244; ethnicbreads.com)

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“The Izzy” L ifetime Achievement Award

ROSE CAFÉ

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There is no traditional Mexican diner experience more authentic than Rose Café on Haley Street, where the Guevara family has reigned over enchiladas, refried beans, and chile relleno ever since then-dishwasher Agnes Guevara (now 97 years old) took over in the late 1940s. The dynasty was expanded to the Mesa in 1980 by Guevara’s son Manuel Barajas and grandkids Lalo and David, and both locaAgnes Guevara at Rose Café tions continue attracting crowds in search of warmth and tortillas. “We’ve seen at least three generations come in and watched their kids grow up and take their kids,” said Agnes’s daughter Anna Guevara, who’s been running the one on Haley Street since the mid-1970s.“I love the customers. They’re all so nice, and they feel like they’re home. It’s such a laid-back place.” (Downtown:  E. Haley St., 966-3773; Mesa:  Cliff Dr., 965-5513; rosecafe.com)

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Gutsy Game Changer Award

SANTA BARBARA PUBLIC MARKET We usually wait for new establishments to be open at least one year before considering them for a Foodie Award, but that changed when 16 different purveyors of gourmet food and drink opened in April under the same roof at the Santa Barbara Public Market.“The community is really embracing us, but people are still learning how to use the market because it’s such a new concept,” said Marge Cafarelli, who developed this most ambitious food-minded move in city history and is happy to see people using grocery carts to pick up raviolis from The Pasta Shoppe, baked goods from Crazy Good Bread Company, fish from Santa Monica Seafood, and so forth. Six months in, her tenants — whom she meets with monthly — are altering their business plans to accommodate what people want, and she believes it will take at least a year for everything to “settle in.” To ensure that the market wouldn’t become just a food court, Cafarelli started three of the inside businesses herself: Wine + Beer (bar and alcohol retail), Foragers Pantry (grocery items), and Culture Counter (cheese and charcuterie).“Not only have we built this big project; we’re also invested in operating businesses, as well,” she said, admitting, “I would definitely qualify as the crazy foodie this year!” ( W. Victoria St., 770-7702; sbpublic market.com)

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(FROM RIGHT) Cajun Kitchen owners Richard Jimenez and his sons, Juan and Richard Jr.

In 1984, a prep cook named Richard Jimenez bought a small restaurant on De la Vina Street.

With barely any restaurant experience and no Southern heritage to speak of, Jimenez steadily spent the ensuing 30 years developing the Cajun Kitchen into Santa Barbara’s go-to diner, now with five locations.“It was just an opportunity that my dad stumbled upon, and it’s been awesome,” explained his son Juan Jimenez, who, along with his brother, Richard Jr., began giving the brand a bit of a “facelift” three years ago. His mom does the books, and 58-year-old dad “still makes the rounds,” said Juan, adding,“I don’t think he’ll ever fully retire.” He credits that dedication to the customers and the employees as the keys to their success.“That’s what I hear from everybody: This place is always just consistently good,” said Juan.“That was because of my dad going to work every day for however many hours was required.” (Original:  De la Vina St., 687-2062; Downtown:  Chapala St., 965-1004; Goleta:  Hollister Ave., 571-1517; Carpinteria:  Linden Ave., 684-6010; Ventura:  E. Main St., 643-7701; cajunkitchencafe.com)

the Upbeat Beans Service Award

BETH FLETT @ GOOD CUP ON THE MESA

Good Cup server Beth Flett

Defusing customers’ pre-caffeine meanies with one of the most disarming smiles in Santa Barbara, Beth Flett has been serving up delicious espresso drinks in the same spot for so long that it had a different name (Mesa Coffee) when she started 13 years ago. She’s managed Good Cup for a decade and can train two newbies during a mid-morning rush without a flicker of impatience while keeping people waiting calmly due to sheer kindliness. “Along with being a lover of all things coffee, I have always been a morning person and really enjoy that I get to be a part of how people start their day,” says Flett. “We have the most amazing clientele at Good Cup, some of whom I have known for over a decade and who have gone from customers to lifelong friends. Old and new, our customers really make the place what it is. I love them!” ( Cliff Dr., 963-8699)

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We All Scream for Ice Cream Award

McCONNELL’S FINE ICE CREAMS Taste 15 fabulous Milpas restaurants in one day, including The Independent’s Best of Santa Barbara® winners Los Agaves, Your Place Thai, Jack’s Bistro and the Habit!

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While there may be no such thing as bad ice cream, some of the world’s most amazing is being made right here in Santa Barbara and has been for more than 60 years.“The responsibility we feel in carrying forward the legacy of this local, heritage brand provides for serious motivation,” explains McConnell’s co-owner Michael Palmer, who purchased the business from longtime owner Jack McCoy in 2011. It’s still headquartered in one of town’s original dairies off Milpas and uses only the finest milk and cream to make small batches with organic ingredients. “We’ll always offer a selection of the McC’s classics while we introduce seasonal flavors and limited-edition flavors throughout the year,” promises Palmer. That means Eureka lemon and marionberry as a brilliant burst of summer and some beer flavors on the horizon. There are two places to taste for yourself: the bustling flagship store on State Street or the longtime outpost on Mission Street, which is owned by a franchisee and also serves frozen yogurt.

(Flagship:  State St., 324-4402, mcconnells.com; Franchise:  W. Mission St., 569-2323, mcconnellsonmission.com)

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The Funk Zone’s search for a center of gravity ended the August 2013 day that Sherry Villanueva and her hand-picked team opened The Lark on Anacapa Street. The expertly envisioned restaurant, which serves gourmet-minded food, family-style, in a sophisticated yet calmly casual setting, gave the emergent foodie ’hood the perfect place to chow down, and the seats have been packed ever since with diners of all ages and interests.“We’re still overwhelmed at the response, and it’s very humbling,” said Villanueva, who left a corporate marking gig to open her first eatery and develop the surrounding properties, which also include Les Marchands Wine Bar & Merchant, the Lucky Penny Bistro, and more.“People were craving a creative dining experience with high-quality service in a fun place. We’re just now catching our breath.”

Everyone else can keep trying to get a reservation. ( Anacapa St., 284-0370; thelarksb.com)

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Tyler Peek (left) and Ryan Simorangkir

You’re supposed to share plates at Sama Sama, which opened in March 2013, but try getting the gado gado market salad away from a delighted vegetarian, and you might have a fight on your hands. It’s that kind of spot, where each lovely dish presents flavors Santa Barbara didn’t seem to know before Sama Sama’s delicious take on Indonesian food — long may the place goreng (nasi goreng is the fried rice, mie goreng the fried noodles). Then there’s a top-flight cocktail program, too, tilted to match the Asian-spiced menu; talk about your unique sweet-sour with an Androgynous Fizz of hibiscus-infused bourbon, lemon, ginger simple syrup, egg whites, and cardamom bitters. There’s a vibe here from a town bigger than ours, all a refreshing bit of calming urbanity.“Although we recognize this title as tongue-in-cheek, we are glad that Santa Barbara sees us as more than just young kids in thrift-bought pattern shirts,” said general manager Michael Easbey. “We still strive to educate our guests in the serving style and ingredients so each might leave feeling passionate about great food and understand our way of eating.” ( State St., 965-4566, samasamakitchen.com)

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GOODLAND KITCHEN & MARKET Health Education+ Classes OCTOBER 2014

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(FROM LEFT) Darinel Salazar, Julia Crookston, and Paige Michaels

“I lived in the post-punk/pre-hipster S.F./Mission Valencia district in the ’80s and Echo Park/ Sunset Junction in the early ’90s,” said Julia Crookston, owner of Goleta’s Goodland Kitchen, which opened just off Hollister Avenue in 2011.“Old Town has that same early-days vibe.”

That’s key to understanding how Crookston’s business functions, respecting its place yet pushing ever forward, operating as both a commercial kitchen-for-hire space used by foodie start-ups as well as a delicious breakfast/lunch spot. Crookston tips her toque to her staff, her supportive customers, and to the many regional growers, for the Goodland is farm-to-table without fanfare or fuss. Try the ever-rotating salads that make up the mezze plate, and definitely don’t miss the daily specials that often sell out, from chicken bánh mì sandwiches to cochinita pibil tostadas. ( S. Magnolia Ave., Goleta, 845-4300, goodlandkitchen.com)

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(FROM LEFT) The Shop Café co-owners Chris and Amy Vigilante, Scott Manser, and Dudley Michael

It’s not just because of the Mac on Crack — elbow noodles with gorgonzola béchamel, bacon, crushed pecans, and diced apple — but it could be. This Milpas Street menu, full of wellsourced, perfectly executed breakfast/brunch/hangover recovery yumminess, is continually playful, with lots of “in yo face” items.“If you can get people to your door, you have to let them come and have fun,” says co-owner Dudley Michael, who opened in December 2012.“It’s about the food, but it’s also about giving people an experience that they will remember.” They will, for the wide-ranging menu — from buttermilk fried chicken to fish tacos to a salad wisely dubbed the Good Day Sunshine (mixed greens, kale, roasted potatoes, parsnips, feta cheese, blood orange, poached egg) — is comfort food for a farmers’ market age. Plus there’s lots of mighty fine coffee and good beer on tap. ( N. Milpas St., 845-1696, shopcafesb.com)

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The regular menu at this Santa Ynez hotspot is great, but prepare to be a very indecisive diner when you hear the specials. “Most of the time, the ingredients are extra seasonal,” says Verona-born chef Luca Crestanelli.“Every night there are eight, nine, 10 specials, and the waiters get mad at me, having to recite them all. You can see tables when they hear the specials; they look like,‘Holy mother!

So many specials.’” That’s Alberto Battaglini what makes S.Y. Kitchen stand out in wine country, presenting Italian cooking with premium ingredients, matched with not just the surrounding wines but cocktails you might find in L.A. That makes sense, as owners Kathie and Mike Gordon — who opened S.Y. Kitchen in April 2013 — also operate Toscana and Bar Toscana in Brentwood. The food tends toward traditional, but very few of our grandmothers could whip up as good a wild mushroom pappardelle as Crestanelli. ( Faraday St., Santa Ynez, 691-9794, sykitchen.com)

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One of the toughest reservations in town since it opened in April 2013, Toma delivers the full fantastic experience: seasoned, skillful servers; charming ambience; and perfectly pleasing, Italian-focused food.“We set out to create an atmosphere where people felt comfortable, relaxed, and, most of all, appreciated for their patronage,” says co-owner Vicki Dolan.“Every one of the staff members has a true passion and love for the business of entertaining guests, friends, and family. We think people instantly sense this caring from the time they enter, and this — combined with our truly exceptionally talented culinary staff, with Chef Nat Ely at the helm consistently creating flavorful, savory, creative, fresh, seasonal cuisine — leaves people wanting to come back.” With dishes like its cioppino and black spaghetti, Toma defeats that old saw that the closer a restaurant is to the beach, the more it merely surfs on ocean views. ( W. Cabrillo Blvd., 962-0777, tomarestaurant.com) ■

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As always, find the complete listings online at independent.com/events. And if you have an event coming up, submit it at independent.com/eventsubmit. guitar will be taught to spread the culture and knowledge of flamenco. Do not miss their performance with featured artist Manuel Liñán on Sept.  at the Granada Theatre. Check website for full workshops schedule. Fri.: : and pm; Sun.: am. S.B. Dance Arts,  E. Cota St. $-$.

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THURSDAY 9/25 /: Nuclear Savage This Nuclear Abolition Day, watch a powerful documentary that tells the story of the people of Rongelap in the Marshall Islands who were exposed to radiation from dozens of U.S. nuclear weapon tests detonated between  and . There will be a short Q&A session after the screening with David Krieger, president of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF), and Rick Wayman, NAPF’s director of peace operations. :pm. Faulkner Gallery,  E. Anapamu St. Free. Call - or visit wagingpeace.org. /: Trace Adkins This trademark baritone singer has powered countless hits to the top of the charts. He’ll be performing favorites including “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk,” “Rough and Ready,” and more. pm. Chumash Casino Resort,  E. Hwy. . Santa Ynez. $-$. Ages +. Call () - or visit chumashcasino .com.

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/: Mission City Roller Derby (MCRD) Band Night Fundraiser Hang out with /: Thundercloud Hawaiian surfer Mark Healey paddles over one of the most frightening and aweinspiring waves faced by a surfer on the momentous day at Fiji’s Cloudbreak, delivering one of surfing’s most historic days. This feature-length documentary traces the story of the location that was off-limits to the surfing public since the mid-’s. pm. Arlington Theatre,  State St. $. Call - or visit thearlingtontheatre.com.

/: Mitchell Kriegman Join the Clarissa Explains It All creator and first-time novelist as he signs Being Audrey Hepburn, a youngadult novel about a -year-old girl from Jersey who finds herself in the world of socialites after being seen in Hepburn’s famous dress from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. pm.

Chaucer’s Books,  State St. Free. Call - or visit chaucersbooks.com.

/: Jazz at the Plaza: Mezcal Martini Come hear AfroCuban sounds with infectious grooves and a horn line that blend with improvisational American Jazz from this S.B. band. There will be optional food and wine tasting from Marmalade Café and the Winehound for a $ contribution, with proceeds going to Angels Bearing Gifts, an S.B. nonprofit whose mission is to remember those with developmental disabilities on birthdays and holidays. pm. La Cumbre Plaza,  S. Hope Ave. Free. Call - or visit shopla cumbre.com/events/jazz.

/: PowerPoint Skills for Presenters Come learn how to put power in your PowerPoints.

Featuring professional speaker Henry Kreuter, this class will show you how to make effective slides and deliver memorable presentations. :-pm. Center of the Heart,  N. Turnpike Rd. $-$.

Visit centeroftheheart.com.

FRIDAY 9/26 /-/: Dance Me to the End of Love This ensemble of eight short plays by E.M. Lewis combined into one interconnected show will crack open relationships between friends, families, teacher and student, fan and celebrity, and actors onstage.

DramaDogs Theater Company, known for its real life done up in the body-centered style performance, will keep you thinking long after the lights have come down. Sunday’s performance is a pay-what-you-can performance, with an $ suggested minimum donation. Shows through October . Thu.-Fri.: pm; Sun.: pm. Center Stage Theater,  Paseo Nuevo. $-$. Call - or visit centerstagetheater.org.

/: The Cambodian Photography Project You are invited to this evening of documentary photography, music, and wine. Members of the Cambodian Photography Project traveled to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap with their cameras and enthusiasm to teach photography to  orphaned and disadvantaged children ages - so they could document their own lives. Images will be for sale, with all proceeds donated to Sunrise Children’s Villages in Cambodia. -pm. S.B. Art Foundry,  Santa Barbara St. Free. Call -. /: Fabulous Fridays! Calling all infants and toddlers: Even the youngest children, ages -, can engage in learning that is fun and active with a Music & Movement class that will feature guest performer Kindermusik with Kathy. :-:am. Faulkner Gallery,  E. Anapamu St. Free. Call - or visit sbplibrary.org. /, /: Flamenco Arts Festival Dance Workshops FAF was established with the goal of introducing Santa Barbara to a caliber of flamenco performance never before seen in the area.

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MCRD as they host a night out with three area bands: Holdfast, Fruit n Beef, and faced. There will be music, raffle prizes, and a chance to grab a drink with Santa Barbara’s one and only roller derby league. All proceeds with benefit MCRD. pm. Whiskey Richards,  State St. $. Call -. /-/: S.B. Artwalk 2014 The Artwalk returns! There will be art inside and outside and also the Children’s ArtWalk show, displaying works by more than  children from area elementary schools. The Artist & Patron Reception on Friday is an opportunity to meet this impressive cadre of nationally known landscape painters as you enjoy appetizers and wine. The Indoor Show will end October . Fri.: -pm; $ (includes weekend pass). Sat.-Sun.: am-pm. S.B. Museum of Natural History,  Puesta del Sol. Free-$. Call - or visit sbnature.org.

SATURDAY 9/27 /: The Wrecking Crew This music documentary chronicles the exploits of the legendary group of studio musicians in L.A. in the ’s who played on hit records for everyone from The Beach Boys to Frank Sinatra to Sonny and Cher, The Monkees, and the Mamas & the Papas.

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unique opportunity to see the creative talents of artists living with mental illness as they exhibit paintings, drawings, sculptures, jewelry, and other crafts.

Connect with people who have faced mentalhealth challenges and are showing the public their beautiful works.

Musical performances and poetry readings will also be featured. am-pm. De La Guerra Plaza, De La Guerra St. Free. Visit mentalwellnesscenter.org.

/: Basic Photography Workshop � Are you a beginner photographer? Take it to the next level and learn the basics with photography instructor Natalie Morris. You will understand how your camera works and how to use it to create beautiful photographs.

Half lecture, half hands-on practice, the workshop also offers a chance to explore the charm of Solvang. amnoon. Wildling Museum,  Mission Dr., Solvang. $-$. Call - or visit wildlingmuseum.org.

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Denny Tedesco — whose father, Tommy, was a longtime studio guitarist and a mainstay of the Wrecking Crew — will immediately follow the screening.

Proceeds will benefit the fundraising efforts to secure the music rights to the song clips used in the film. This is the final cut of the film before its March  release! -pm. Plaza Playhouse Theater,  Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. $. Call - or visit plazatheater carpinteria.com. Read more on p. . /: Genealogical Society

Meeting: Breaking Down Genealogical Brick Walls

Ted Gostin will discuss “brick walls”— that is, research problems that just can’t be solved.

Reviewing three case studies where brick walls were successfully overcome, Gostin draws research strategies that may be applied to other problems. :am-noon. First Presbyterian Church,  E. Constance Ave. Free. Call - or visit sbgen.org. �

/: Flamenco Arts Festival: Nómada � The highly celebrated flamenco virtuosos of Compañía Manuel Liñán will demonstrate how the dynamic patterns and rhythms of human migration have forever changed the human land-

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Poets in Autumn

Part of the Mission Poetry Series, Melinda Palacio, Michelle Detorie, and Blas Falconer will be joined in a fall reading. Poets’ books will be available for purchase, and all attendees will receive a complimentary poetry broadside presenting a poem by each poet. Why, what a lovely way to spend a Saturday afternoon. pm. Antioch University,  Anacapa St. Free. Visit antiochsb .edu/events.

control features to reduce erosion, and repair lost trail tread. Sign-in will be at :am at Stevens Park,  Canon Dr. am-pm. Jesusita Trail, Tunnel and Spyglass Ridge rds. Free. Call - or visit santabarbaraca.gov. /: Fork Fest 2: The ReForking � Be a part of Santa Barbara’s only hip park party, foodie fork off, and adult beverage festival all in one. This festival will bring some of the best eateries together to compete in a friendly fork-off.

Just show up, put on your Fork Fest crown, grab a fork, and get to tasting. There will be breweries, wineries, and other spirits. Early admission: noon-pm; regular admission: -pm. Chase Palm Park,  E. Cabrillo Blvd. $-$.

Visit fork-fest.nightout.com. /: Carnival on the Boardwalk � Garden Street Academy’s event will feature a variety of performances, games, community organizations, and a barbecue.

With an array of vintage-inspired carnival games, bounce houses, D printing showcases, face-painting, and more, you won’t want to miss this event. Proceeds will

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Public Lands Day: Jesusita Trail � Join City Parks, County Parks, the Forest Service, and volunteers as the community will work to maintain portions of Jesusita Trail.

You will be guided by experienced trail leaders to cut back brush to widen the trail corridor, fix water-

27 /: Birds of Carpinteria Salt Marsh � The Carpinteria Salt Marsh protects one of California’s few remaining coastal estuaries.

Beginners to experts will all find something to like and learn about on this autumn excursion to one of California’s most threatened habitats. Enjoy a pleasant walk among birds of shore and sea, and discuss the fate of California’s coastal ecology. RSVP by /. -am. Carpinteria Salt Marsh,  Sand Point Rd., Carpinteria. $. Visit sblandtrust .org/birding-carpinteria-salt-marsh.

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support Garden Street Academy’s scholarship fund. -pm. Garden Street Academy,  Garden St. Free. Call - or visit garden streetacademy.org.

/: National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day � The S.B. Police Department will be partnering with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to provide this opportunity for those who have accumulated unwanted, unused prescription drugs, to safely dispose of those medications. Beat Coordinator Officer Jonathan Reyes will be there and will have collection boxes set up to collect pills or medicated patches (no liquids, needles, or sharps) on the mall walkway near Starbucks Coffee. This service will be free and anonymous. ampm. La Cumbre Plaza,  S. Hope Ave. Free. Call Sgt. Riley Harwood at - or email rharwood@ sbpd.com. /: National Recovery Month Celebration � This month is dedicated to the importance of prevention, treatment, and recovery. Featuring raffle prizes, games, an art show, health screenings and fair, and surprise musical guests, this event, hosted

by Sanctuary Centers, is a way to join the voices for recovery. The mission of Sanctuary Centers is to provide continuum treatments to adults living with mental illnesses to prevent further hospitalization and to extend an ongoing safety net. Noon-pm. Sanctuary Ctrs. of S.B.,  W. Anapamu St. Free. Call -.

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din Wangdu, founder of the Tibetan Village Project (TVP), a nonprofit, nonpolitical organization dedicated to promoting sustainable development while preserving the rich cultural heritage of Tibet, will be in S.B. for two events: first, for an educational event where Wangdu will share new stories and discuss important aspects of the TVP and, later, a social event with hors d’oeuvres and wine where you will be brought up-to-date on TVP’s humanitarian projects and future happenings. Registration is required for the evening event. Educational Event: :-:pm; Jefferson Hall, Unitarian Society,  Santa Barbara St. Evening Reception: -pm; Himalayan Kitchen,  State St. Free. Call () - or visit tibetanvillage project.org/events. /: 32nd Annual Depot Day � All aboard! This annual fall event commemorates the long and eventful life of Goleta Depot. Take unlimited rides on different types of rail vehicles: miniature train, handcar, and Bob Mahan’s inspection speeder. There will be musical entertainment, a silent auction, food, and refreshments. am-pm. South Coast Railroad Museum,  N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta. $. Visit goletadepot .org.

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The Coalition Against Gun Violence is sponsoring a community forum to discuss a major national concern about why American culture continues to experience violence against women. This documentary explores misogyny and why men are so frequently the perpetrators of violence. Discuss how men and women can improve communication and mutual awareness after the screening. -pm.

Fé Bland Forum, SBCC West Campus,  Cliff Dr. Free. Call - or visit sbcoalition.org.

/: Thievery Corporation and Stephen “Ragga” Marley Filled with the essence of true bossa nova and the Brazilian-born genre, Thievery Corporation draws influence from classic Brazilian performers and modern artists to achieve its delicate yet deeply sensuous sounds. Special guest Stephen Marley will be there to “keep it irie.” :pm. S.B. Bowl,  N. Milpas St. $-$. Call - or visit sbbowl.com.

Read more on p. . /: ACLU’s 50th Annual Garden Party The topic of this American Civil Liberties Union party is “The Pursuit of Justice: The Next  Years.” Discuss and socialize with other people as Stephen Rohde, constitutional lawyer, lecturer, writer, and political activist, discusses the topic. Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres, wine, and

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Learn recipes and how to make them using a variety of culinary herbs/greens, nuts, and cheeses. Try the different types of pesto from cilantro pesto to carrot top pesto from the Accidental Chef, Leslie Thomas. pm. S.B. Public Market,  W. Victoria St. Free.

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music. pm. Hope Ranch,  Las Palmas Dr. $-$. Email lesliers@verizon.net. /: BIG Day at the Zoo Celebrate some of the biggest, most awesome animals like elephants, giraffes, and condors and a visit by three life-sized cars inspired by tiny toys. The festive Gazillion Bubbles Bubble Blowing Car will be on hand to add bubbly fun. Special activities and truck demonstrations are also planned. There is early entrance for S.B. Zoo members. am-pm.

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Call - or visit sbzoo.org. /: Deniro Farrar with Denzel Curry Are you ready for some music emerged from the underground hip-hop scene with a vintage sound unheard of since the ’s? Deniro Farrar and Denzel Curry will rap the night away until you “can’t get sleep.” pm. Velvet Jones,  State St. $. Call - or visit velvetjones.com. Read more on p. .

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safety and life-skills course will teach kids about street smarts, people awareness, home alone routines, house rules, siblings and getting along, homework, safe snacking, strangers at the door, package deliveries, Internet safety, fire safety, and general first aid. :-:pm. El Mercado Ctr.,  State St., Ste. A-. $. Ages -. Call - or visit safekidsinsb.com. /: Lucinda Franks Come lunch and listen to Lucinda Franks, Pulitzer Prize– winning journalist and author of four books. Her recently published Timeless: Love, Morgenthau, and Me is a beautifully rendered literary memoir that tells the story of her marriage to Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. There will be a book-signing after the luncheon. Advance reservations are required by September . Noon. Reagan Rm., Fess

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TUESDAY 9/30 /: Sweatfest Join this massive workout event where everyone of all levels of fitness and ages are invited to warm up and then led through six separate circuits while being motivated by DJ Fess. Water, snacks, and yogurt will be provided, while food and drink from Super Cuca’s and Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. will be available for purchase.

Childcare will be provided onsite. All proceeds go toward Developing World Connections to fund an S.B. team going to India for a water-quality project. pm. Girsh Park,  Phelps Rd., Goleta. $-$. Call - or visit sweatoutdoors .com.

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/: Zach Deputy One-man-band Zach Deputy combines a plethora of effects and looping techniques with a vocal range of more than four octaves to create music he describes as “island-infused drum ’n’ bass gospel ninja soul.” pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $. Call - or visit sohosb.com.

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/: Water Design for Drought, Fire, Flood, Climate, and More Ecological systems designer Art Ludwig will discuss all things water, from integrated designs for super-efficient fixtures, rainwater harvesting, water reuse, nontoxic, low carbon, and firesafe construction to the deeper improvement of the ecology, economy, and sustainability of home, landscape, and city. -:pm. Faulkner Gallery,  E. Anapamu St. $ donation. Call - or visit oasisdesign.net /education/sb/#design.

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/: 26th Annual Senior Expo of S.B. Area seniors are welcome to our county’s largest health and active aging fair with  exhibitors displaying products and services. Admission includes a flu shot (ages +), hearing testing, balance and fall assessment, free colon cancer screening kits, vision testing, expired medicine drop box, live music, free valet parking for those with a blue placard, and healthy snacks and drinks. amnoon. Earl Warren Showgrounds,  Calle Real. $. Call - or visit seniorexposb.org. /: Jimmy Dore Join Jimmy Dore — star of several Comedy Central specials, writer/ performer for the Off-Broadway hit The Marijuana-Logues, and host of his own weekly radio show on KPFK — for a writing salon, Q&A, and book-signing.

Area funny writers can submit - double-spaced pages of material to noindoor voices@gmail.com to try out pieces at future salons, which happen the first Wednesday of every month. pm. Oreana Winery,  Anacapa St. Free. Email funnyashellwriter@gmail.com. /: Ryan Adams With  studio albums to his name in  years, Ryan Adams will no doubt play songs from his prolific career and from his newly released self-titled album that are filled with dense rock ballads, beautifully written and packed with inner chaos. pm.

Arlington Theatre,  State St. $-$. Call - or visit ticketmaster.com. Read more on p. .

Guitar alchemist Scott Huckabay’s performances are powerful and electrifying and create a mystical musical landscape that is so breathtaking, multitextured, and dynamic, it’s hard to imagine it’s coming from just one man and his guitar. -pm.

JadeNow Gallery,  Parker Wy. $-$. Call - or visit eventbee.com/v/scotthuckabay.

FARMERS MARKET SCHEDULE Thursday Goleta: Camino Real Marketplace, -:pm Carpinteria:  block of Linden Ave., -:pm

Friday Montecito:  and  blocks of Coast Village Rd., -:am

Saturday Downtown S.B.: Corner of Santa Barbara and Cota sts., :am-pm Local Artisans & Farmers Market: Calle Real Shopping Ctr.,  Calle Real, Goleta, am-pm

Sunday Goleta: Camino Real Marketplace, am-pm

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Wednesday Solvang: Copenhagen Dr. and st St., :-:pm

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By age 25, Lucinda Frankss had already made a name for herself with herr writing — as an on-theground reporter covering g Northern Ireland’s exploding civil war and a Pulitzer Prize–winning (1971) reporter for her coverage of the life and death of Diana Oughton,, a member of the radical anti-Vietnam War group, Weatherman.

Franks’s latest revelation is Timeless: Love, Morgenthau, and Me, a memoir about her decades-long marriage to Robert M. Morgenthau, the New York County district attorney from 1975-2009, who is more than 30 years her senior. According to legendary newsperson Dan Rather, “Lucinda Franks brings alive a love story, a behind-the-scenes look at a high-profile marriage, and the inside secrets of headline-connected criminal investigations.” Santa Barbarans have a chance to hear the acclaimed author discuss Timeless when she stops in town as part of her book tour. The event is a luncheon and book-signing hosted by Channel City Club and takes place Monday, September 29, at noon (check-in begins at 11:30 a.m.), at the Fess Parker Resort (633 E. Cabrillo Blvd.). For more information and to register for the event, call 564-6223 or see channelcityclub.org.

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According to the Nobel Prize–winning French author Anatole France, “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” You’d be hard-pressed to find a critter lover who disagreed with the verity of that statement. So in exaltation of our beloved furry friends, La Casa de Maria is having its first Celebration of the Animals. The event comes a week before the Feast Day of St. Francis (Oct. 4), a centuries-old occasion held in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, who rhapsodized about the importance of nature and her creatures. Attendees are invited to bring their fuzzy, scaly, or feathered friends for a blessing on the steps of La Casa de Maria Chapel and to remember cherished animals who have passed on. The Celebration of the Animals takes place Monday, September 29, 10 a.m., at La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road.

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answers: . Butterflies; . Oklahoma; . Norway.

Located about four and a half miles north of Refugio State Beach on the Gaviota Coast, the Arroyo Hondo Preserve is a 782-acre canyon with sweeping views of the coastline that serves as home to thousands of plant and animal species. It’s a wondrous place to visit, but for those who’d like to do more than just behold the exquisite nature, there is the opportunity to learn — and teach others — about the preserve by becoming a docent. Run by the Land Trust, the docent program training includes presentations, educational walks on the preserve, shadowing and assisting experienced docents, and some homework.

The introductory meeting is Monday, October 6, 1-3 p.m.; classes are Mondays, October 13-November 24, 1-4 p.m. All training takes place at the Arroyo Hondo Barn. To sign up to be a docent, email your name and contact info to volunteer@sblandtrust.org. For more information, see sblandtrust.org.

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hose traditional electrical wall outlets we’re all familiar with are getting a run for their money from FuelBox (myfuelbox .com), a Santa Barbara– based team of entrepreneurs who are developing a universal charging device called the powerStation, as well as a mobile battery called the boostPack. Now, instead of needing multiple outlets to plug in all the different cords for your different devices, FuelBox is putting all types of charging needs into one multi-use device. “Being disconnected is no longer an option anymore because today’s world requires technology,” said FuelBox cofounder Dan Friedman.

The powerStation features a USB port, a shelf for displaying devices, and magnets for securing the boostPack, whose rechargeable, 5,200mAh battery offers more than 25 hours of battery life. “We are the first company to create a product that pairs both stationary charging at home or in the office with mobile power on the go, all in one simple and elegant design,” said cofounder Robert Herr.

Both Herr and Friedman are former Santa Barbara City College students who were mentored in the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) entrepreneurship program. Instead of going on to four-year universities, they teamed up to work on FuelBox, spending about two uninterrupted years on it so far. And they’ve made traditional start-up sacrifices too, such as Herr living in a tent in Friedman’s backyard.

The FuelBox team also includes CFO Ryan Heinberg and COO Kelly Smith, who both have years of experience, as well as a board of advisors and directors, including chair Bob Verhey, who’s launched more than 45 ventures now valued at more than $4.2 billion.

“We are a daring group of entrepreneurs with a dream to build an innovation lab in order to bring ingenious ideas to life,” said Herr.

“With the support of our community, we can become one step closer to becoming the innovation center we aim to achieve.”

For the full story, see independent.com/fuelbox. — David Ridings

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alling all business owners and entrepreneurs! Creativity and innovation, inperson networking, and keeping up with strategies and trends Lena Requist are some topics that will be explored at Santa Barbara–based ONTRAPORT’s third-annual business conference called ONTRApalooza.

The company was founded six years ago when self-proclaimed “serial” entrepreneur Landon Ray decided to focus on developing software tools for small businesses. To that end, Ray, a former securities day trader on Wall Street, developed a technology solution that provides an automated platform that helps organize systems and processes and streamlines online tools.

Three years ago, ONTRAPORT decided to host its first ONTRApalooza conference to further aid and educate business-minded folks. This year, a mix of 600 clients and small-business owners are expected to attend the three-day event, which will feature speakers such as best-selling authors Jack Canfield and Dave Logan, business coach and legal expert Alexis Neely, and founder of Content Divas Shelby Larson, among others.

Recently, I spoke via phone to Lena Requist, chief operating officer at ONTRAPORT, about the upcoming conference.

his summer, Goleta teenager Agata Bykovtsev beat out 44 girls from 23 countries to win the under-16 division of the Pan American Youth Chess Championship. By winning the nine-round tournament, which was hosted in Oaxtepec, Mexico, Bykovstev — a Dos Pueblos High student born in Uzbekistan who’s traveled to Brazil, Slovenia, the United Arab Emirates, and many other countries over the six years she’s been playing chess — is now recognized as the best female chess player of her age bracket in the western hemisphere. To continue her quest for global domination, she heads to Durban, South Africa, on September 27 to compete in the World Youth Chess Championships.

“This whole experience has been amazing,” said Bykovtsev recently, “and I cannot wait for my upcoming trip to South Africa.”

Inquisitive by nature, Bykovtsev gains much more than just titles when she travels. After her three-hour flight to Mexico City, for instance, she found the two-hour ride to Oaxtepec “eye-opening.” She explained, “Though I have traveled to many places, the poverty level of the villages that we passed still shocked me and really reminded me to appreciate the opportunities that I have.”

The tournament started the next day. She won her first five rounds, tied for a draw in rounds six and seven, but prevailed again in round eight; she was up by a full point going into the last day and round of the tourney. “All I needed to win gold was to make sure not to lose my last round,” she said, explaining that the scoring is based on who has the most points at the end.”

Due to her high points, she was already assured of at least the silver medal but couldn’t be distracted by such matters. “Sitting down at the board before the round, I knew that I had to forget

What is the story of ONTRApalooza? CEO

Landon Ray and I were at another business conference and noticed that the people attending are really hungry for actually getting stuff done at the conferences … ONTRApalooza is a working workshop. …

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We’re expanding the event to make it more comprehensive than last year. The theme of this year is the 1950s, and we’ll be having a few different type of Mad Men–style martini parties. The opening party is Wednesday evening, where a lot of essential networking will happen.

How are the workshops and speakers scheduled? There are three different stages this year: one

main stage and two workshop rooms. The main stage will have more top-line business advice from speakers all over the world. For example, an attorney will be coming to speak about turning your business from being self-employed to actually being a business and creating intellectual property. There will be speakers discussing personal branding and interacting with clientele or the media. The workshop rooms focus on specific, narrowed-in topics that are actionable. For the ONTRPORT clients, there will be a software studio where they can set up particular systems and campaigns they’ve been wanting to configure, with step-by-step instructions and trainers.

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about winning gold or silver and just try to play chess,” she said.

“So once my clock started, I played.”

When the game got “complicated,” Bykovtsev thought she might lose, but both players had very little time left on their clocks. “On Agata Bykovtsev top of the pressure of knowing that this game would determine the tournament outcome, my opponent and I now also had the added pressure of having to think quickly,” she said. “I knew that this would be the decisive point in the game … my opponent made a mistake, and I gained the advantage.” Bykovtsev won the game and the tournament.

“Once the game was done and I had absorbed that I had won first place, I sprinted out of the playing hall,” she remembered.

“The first thing I did was call my mother [longtime UCSB employee Rita Makogon] and my coach [Andranik Matikozyan] to tell them the news. Next thing I did was go get ice cream!”

Overall, the United States also prevailed as a country, winning first place with five gold medals, two silvers, and one bronze.

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hristopher Titus has a bone to pick with America.

“There’s no shame and there’s no consequences in this country,” he told me in a recent interview. “People do what they want, and they expect you to accept it.” The state of the nation is the crux of the comedian’s latest show, The Angry Pursuit of Happiness, which he will be performing in Santa Barbara this weekend. “In this one, I kinda rail against where we’re at as a species.”

Titus has been bringing his astute social and personal observations to people’s attention since he hit the San Francisco comedy circuit in 1986. In the ensuing years, he has filmed five specials for Comedy Central and Showtime; had his own television series (Titus, which earned him a Writers Guild and an Emmy nomination); is the host of the History Channel’s game show Pawnography; does a weekly podcast; created a production company, Combustion Films; and wrote and stars in the upcoming movie Special Unit.

The comedian/actor/writer took time out of his packed schedule to chat with me about his new show, his desire to make a difference with stand-up, and comedy’s new fake edge. Below is a truncated version of our conversation. (For the full interview, see independent.com/titus) What can audiences expect from this show? Basically I go

through the evolution of my happiness and why human beings are the way we are. …This is gonna sound so lame to you, but I always want to make a difference with it. When I wrote Norman Rockwell Is Bleeding, it was to [show] the way people see their screwed-up lives, because “dysfunctional” used to be a bad word. It used to be like, “Oh you’re dysfunctional; you’re going to therapy; what a loser.” And I remember thinking, well, I went through so much crap with my mom’s mental illness and my dad’s drinking and my mom shooting and killing her husband, that I can handle anything.

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man Rockwell and The Fifth Annual End of the World were personal and political.

[But] Love Is Evol was totally Christopher Titus personal. The Angry Pursuit is both; there’s some personal stuff in it, but this one’s going after the social fabric of why we’re in trouble as a species. … We’re in a very dark place right now. Look at all the wars going on. … We need a tune-up. That’s the whole point of the show.

Your material has often been seen as controversial.

Would you say your kind of comedy is more acceptable these days? I just think comedy grew. [But] there’s this new fake

edge that’s goin’ on right now.

What’s the fake edge? A fake edge is when guys talk about beating their girlfriend with a bat, and you know it didn’t happen.

Doing jokes about domestic violence, and it didn’t really happen.

When I did that bit about the girlfriend that used to punch me in the face, spending a night in jail because of her, that’s a true story. ... A lot of guys are really still going down the road of the dirty man. It’s not that it’s not funny to me; I just go, “Where is your excellence? Where is your commitment to do something different?” I would rather try something unusual and different and have it fail miserably than take the easy path. — Michelle Drown

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eads up: This may offend you because I’m hurting and I

haven’t the composure for caution or the patience for sensitivity just now.

I’ve never understood prayer. Don’t know the point of it, how it’s accomplished, or what the word means exactly. I’m atheist, so it’s probably not important that I understand prayer; it’s rarely aimed at me or asked of me. And yet — it’s all around me.

For the past six months, a young man I adore hung in the ruthlessly unfair, utterly unexpected balance between life and death. He struggled. He suffered. He should have been driving to off-campus lunches and asking a date to homecoming, but instead he was tubed and tested, monitored and medicated. And trapped. He was trapped.

And so there was prayer — daily, concerted, multi-faith prayer on this boy’s behalf. Prayer from friends, family, kindhearted strangers, and entire congregations who’ve never met the kid. Enough prayer to stop a white rhinoceros in its tracks.

Yet the bastard rhino kept charging, so tell me:What good is your prayer? Did it mean he could send the crash cart home for the night?

Or get his breathing tube removed? Did it mean this kind, smart, funny, strong boy could bound free from the Critical Care Unit and go on about his otherwise promising life?

No surprise: I have issues with the “faith” part of prayer — the pleading with an apparently capricious and cruel supreme being to make things right. As though He hadn’t conjured up the mess to begin with.

But surely the concept of prayer must be broader than that. Can “prayer” be any well wishes that you generate on someone else’s behalf?

Can it be as simple as positive visualization, something you see when you close your eyes and dream big? I have faith in science. I know that energy

by Starshine can be transferred, and we’ve all seen it with our own eyes: When we’re kind to people, they are in turn kind email: starshine@roshell.com to others, and so forth. If our positive behavior can have a real effect on the world, then perhaps our positive thoughts can, too. I’ve heard crazier things.

But in the face of death, meeting a family’s desperation with a promise to think happy thoughts feels inane, like trying to keep Tinker Bell alive by clapping loudly.

How does prayer differ from superstition — from crossing your fingers or spitting three times? Can we all agree it would be insulting if you told the mother of a child on life support, “I’ll knock on wood for you and your family”? “I’m so sorry. We’re all knocking on wood here.”

What’s the difference between wishing something and willing it?

Between hoping and praying? What’s the difference, honestly — if not self-importance? And if prayer does nothing more than make us feel less useless, then isn’t it worse than pointless? Isn’t it narcissistic and inappropriate?

And yet … goddamnit, I did it. I prayed for this boy. I prayed because okay, yes, I do regularly knock on wood and because I do feel achingly useless. I prayed because I could do nothing more, and it felt like a betrayal to do anything less.

My prayer was a primal scream in my car, begging him to fight just a little bit harder. My prayer was a quiet moment, meditating myself into his head and reminding him of the delightful, delicious things that await him when the hard part is over. My prayer was a wish — no, more a longing — to see him free of his tubes and troubles and inspiring people for the rest of his long, grin-filled, twinkly eyed life as the superhero who survived the Year of Intolerable Shit.

I saw that for him when I closed my eyes. I saw it. I willed it. I prayed it.

But it didn’t work.

Nothing worked.

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always turn to the sports section first,” said Earl Warren, former chief justice of the Supreme Court. “The sports page records people’s accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man’s failures.”

All too often these days, the sports page has migrated to the front page. On Saturday, September 13, these three stories appeared beneath the banner of the New York Times: — Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius is convicted of culpable homicide in South Africa.

— Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is charged with child abuse.

— The National Football League (NFL) agrees with findings that brain trauma will affect nearly one in three of its former players.

It was a bad week for the NFL, which was rightfully condemned for its laxity in dealing with the Ray Rice elevator assault and other off-the-field transgressions by its combatants. Such behaviors might make a fan think twice about following America’s most popular sport. Maybe not.

TV ratings remain as robust as ever. If there was any handwringing about pro football during my visit to New York, it was because both the Giants and Jets lost that weekend.

As reprehensible as actions like Rice’s may be, they are not unique to football players. Domestic violence is a problem that permeates society; it gets more attention when celebrities are involved. What’s truly alarming about the NFL is the evidence that a significant percentage of its players will be afflicted by dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and other neurological disorders. By extension, brain damage has become a concern at all levels of the sport.

Time magazine seized on the issue in this week’s cover story about a Missouri high school player who suffered a fatal head injury. Headline: “Is Football Worth It?” Steve Almond says it is not. Once an avid fan of the Oakland Raiders, this former newspaper reporter has become so thoroughly disillusioned by the unchecked violence of the game that he has penned a book, Against Football: One Fan’s Reluctant Manifesto.

The timeliness of his treatise has kept Almond busy doing radio interviews and making book tours. After speaking to him, I am inclined to erase the word “reluctant” from the title. He readily admits that his book is “full of obnoxious opinions.” He is not surprised, he said, that “some people want me to be given over to ISIS to be beheaded.” But, he added, “Others are struggling to understand what’s going on.

Football may be part of their history, their refuge from the complications of the real word. They’ve found a way to live with it, but they’re willing to listen. My purpose is to start a discussion.”

It should shock a fan, Almond said, to realize that “30 percent of my team is not going to remember the names of their kids. Will it be Tom Brady? Wes Welker?” He does not expect the NFL, which ignored the problem for years while raking in profits, to provide a solution. Neither does Commissioner Roger Goodell’s vague promise to “get it right” in dealing with sexual assaults amount to anything more than window dressing. “It’s not going to change,” Almond told me. “Whoever’s in charge will have one mission: to maximize profits.”

While the NFL is the chief object of his scorn, Almond also sounds alarms about high school and college football.

Besides posing danger to young brains, he said the culture of the sport runs counter to the moral development that is supposed to be nurtured by higher education. “Football at

its core is not about empathy,” he said. “You don’t think much about the damage you’re doing to your body and your opponents’ bodies.” Other sports have their physical rigors, he said, but football’s violence is extreme.

Last weekend, I stepped back in time from this controversy.

It was the 50th reunion of my high school class of ’64. Those of us who played football for the St. Francis Golden Knights had no regrets, just fond HEAD GAMES: Helmet-to-helmet contact is the most dangerous collision in football — and it is illememories of a CIF gal. The Oxnard player, right, was penalized 15 yards for dropping his head against Santa Barbara championship season.

High running back Christopher Jellison in their season-opening game.

The sport channeled our rough-and-tumble adolescent energies. It gave us the discipline and confidence to tackle hard tasks. Any wrath we felt against our opponents dissipated after the games. Teammate and foe, we were all in it together. Our joints may be a little achier, but our health issues in general are not any more serious than those confronting other men approaching 70.

The game has changed. Players are certainly bigger than they were in our time. We had only two linemen weighing more than 200 pounds, the biggest at 216 (and Being swift he had noticeable baby fat). The 2014 Knights have 15 such on their feet specimens, topping out at 280 pounds, hardened by offenabled Erica season training. Football seasons begin earlier and last longer.

Schroeder The game is more professionalized, the better prep players and Omar already advertised as “USC-bound” or “UCLA-bound.” We Miranda to never could have imagined that high school games would be do some exciting nationally televised or that there would be a gazillion college things in their and pro games televised every day of the week. It’s become a respective sports big, big business. last week.

It struck me that the first time we put on helmets and Schroeder, played organized tackle football was in the 9th grade. a sophomore Nowadays, kids may have played five or six years of tackle at San Marcos, football before reaching high school. It bothers me that if used a strong a youngster wants to be on a football team, he has to join a finishing kick to tackle league. John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach, recently take first place proclaimed, “I’m a firm believer that there’s no way that a in the Channel 6-year-old should have a helmet on and learn a tackling drill.

League crossThere’s no way. Or a 7-year-old or an 8-year-old. They’re not country meet ready for it. Take the helmets off kids. ... They can play flag at Dos Pueblos. football.”

Schroeder is the There is greater awareness of the dangers of concussions reigning league in sports, and that’s encouraging. Medical professionals are and CIF Division getting involved. It is less likely that a player with symptoms III champion in the 800 meters. will be sent out onto the field. Still, any thinking football fan Miranda provided the spark for the Carpinteria must be conflicted about what the game has become, if not football team by catching two touchdown passes and turning against it like Steve Almond. intercepting a pair of Oak Park passes, one of which It is an amazing game, a uniquely American passion play. he returned for an 80-yard touchdown, in a 45-24 win I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t looking forward to Notre Dame over Oak Park. taking on Florida State, the Seahawks facing the Niners.

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Frank Ostini, winemaker, chef, owner of the Hitching Post II: The writer, Rex Pickett, would hang out at the restaurant, and we all knew he was writing a book. I just figured it was never going to be published. Then he said he sold it as a screenplay instead of a book in 1998. I’d never heard of that. It wasn’t until 2003 that the location scouts came.

Billy Wathen, winemaker/co-owner, Foxen Winery: Rex liked his sauce. He loved to come up and just drink pinot noir, and we’re talking bottles, not glasses.

Martin Brown, co-owner/winemaker, Kalyra: We were rebuilding the tasting room, and when they came to look at the site, the director asked, “Can I film in here? I’ve got a set design crew with nothing to do and money to spend. Why don’t we come in and finish it for you?” I said, “That sounds like a great idea!” Within eight days, they rebuilt our entire tasting room.

It was probably like $40,000 of work. By the time they started filming, we were way, way ahead.

Tim Snider, president, Fess Parker Winery: When they sent over the script for us to review our scene, their parting words were, “Don’t worry — we won’t have your brand name exposed.

We’ll hide it completely for the scene.” I hung up and then thought, “Wait a minute, why would I want our brand name hidden?” When the script came, I read it, and said, “Aha.” He took the script to [his wife] Ashley Parker and [brother-in-law] Eli Parker, described the situation that it was a fanciful winery called Frass Canyon that they disparage in the movie but that our name’s not there. It seemed like an interesting opportunity for Santa Barbara wine country that would probably do more good than bad. So we pulled the trigger.

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Sam Marmorstein, owner of Los Olivos Wine Merchant & MAKING AND EFFECT OF Café: I wasn’t really interested in doing it, so I gave the location scout a high location price. They wanted to knock some money by off in exchange for Matt Kettm ann showing off one of the Bernat labels I make in the movie. I stuck to my guns and said, “I don’t make that much wine; I don’t need to do that. I’ll just take the money.” That was obviously a big mistake.

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FO: I was afraid that they were gonna make fun of us. I sent an impassioned letter to the director asking for a meeting because I was worried that it would show wine in an abusive way. He admitted that it would but that he understood drug abuse and that there are all forms of alcoholism. I thought, “This guy is interesting. He has sensibilities.” I was playing the high road [about how wine is enjoyed], and I had to learn it was not always that way. They were extremely respectful of us.”

MB: I could go outside and sit on a bench with Thomas Haden Church and Paul Giamatti and have a glass of wine. They were really approachable, relaxed, and casual. They treated our place like a clubhouse, even coming back on the days they weren’t filming there. My brother and I ate for free in the tasting van.

We added a meal between lunch and dinner to eat more. We were having filet mignon for breakfast and lobster for lunch. It was like icing on top of icing.

SM: When filming the double-date scene, it was so noisy because we had all our refrigerators and machines going. So someone went in the back and shut off all the breakers. My computer crashed, and I lost the whole system. They were nice enough to take the computer to a guy in L.A., fix it up, and get it back here in 24 hours. That was scary.

TM: It didn’t dawn on me that he was actually going to drink the spit bucket. I was watching from the upper walkway of the winery, and Paul Giamatti was hustling back and forth and then

FRONT-ROW VIEWING: The Hitching Post’s Frank Ostini (far left in hat) enjoyed an up-close look at the filming of the 2004 hit Sideways, including on-set time with (from left) Thomas Haden Church, Paul Giamatti, Alexander Payne, and his winemaking partner, Gray Hartley. Ostini also took actresses Virginia Madsen (above left) and Sandra Oh around wine country, where the duo did punch downs on recently harvested grapes.

basically dumped it all over himself. Having been to many big consumer tastings and seen the dump buckets, it sent shivers down my spine, even though I knew it was grape juice.

BW: We extended a discount to the whole filming crew, so we had a lot of visitors all the time. When they were done shooting, they’d come back and drink wine. We got to know a lot of them. I’d run into Paul Giamatti at El Rancho Market and talk baseball. He’s a real down-to-earth kind of normal guy who is a great actor.

FO: They had no money to market the movie, so I just figured it wasn’t going anywhere. We went to the premiere at the Arlington in September, toward the end of harvest. I walked out, and I was in shock at how much we were featured. You couldn’t pay a company to do that for you, and we didn’t pay anything. I still didn’t think anyone was going to see it, but I realized that I needed to put our yellow sign on our website. I hated the color but could never afford to change it. Then I went to see it at the Lincoln Center during the New York Film Festival and sat on a balcony looking down on about 2,500 people.

They were literally rolling in the aisles.

SM: All of a sudden, we’re getting these big crowds coming in, and we’re like, “What’s going on?” We had to hire more staff.

People were coming to Los Olivos slowly, but then the movie hit, and the floodgates opened. Everybody started coming. It reached a certain plateau and stayed there.

BW: We had no idea. Our traffic more than doubled, and we had to hire more people. It just got crazy, and it’s never been the same since. It was phenomenal.

TM: We ended up getting a ton of positive media coverage on the heels of it, and it usually went like this: Fess Parker Winery, which was disparaged in the movie as Frass Canyon, is actually a family-owned winery and a producer of fantastic pinot noir, chardonnay, and so on. We had this pilgrimage of people coming to the tasting room and wanting to see the corner of the bar where the dump bucket was. Fortunately, no one actually drank the dump bucket, but a lot of people would pick it up and have their friend take a picture. We ended up selling through nearly three vintages of pinot noir in the time it would normally take to sell one. Sales went berserk.

FO: I eventually came to the understanding that the movie is going to outlive all of us. In 100 years, people will look at the scenes when they talk about wine and how it’s alive and about the people who pick the grapes, and they’ll be able to understand what we’re doing. To me, that’s immortality and that’s the most valuable thing from Sideways. It’s a gift that you never expect to MORE have. I am very grateful. I’ll do anything for FOOD these people.

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ostalgic 64, the debut album from Carol City, Florida’s Denzel Curry, ends with an echo of a phrase, which is sung by the 19-year-old rapper nicknamed AquariusKilla: “Synthesize. Realize. Life’s no game,” he says.

Written down, it’s a three-pronged phrase resembling any other “something-something-something” trope (“Eat, Pray, Love,” “Girls, Girls Girls,”“Spend, Spend, Spend,” etc.). But when considered in context, it feels more like a mantra, hidden in plain sight. It’s a not-so-secret message for listeners surviving in one of the country’s most violent zip codes, left by the freshly coronated crown prince of South Florida hip-hop.

Internet buzz and underground fame found Curry when he was a student at Miami Carol City High, where he was a member of Raider Klan (or “RVIDXR KLVN”), the fabled lo-fi brainchild of fellow Floridian and underground hip-hop hero SpaceGhostPurrp. Imbued with the sonic mystique of an obscure cassette tape, Raider Klan drew heavy inspiration from ’90s Southern

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horror-core, a rather macabre subgenre in which graphic, ghastly imagery is evoked amid samples of screams and other spooky sounds.

Curry’s relationship with Purrp and the rest of the Klan reached its apparent apex during the spring of 2013, following a fairly big-deal Coachella debut. Purrp and Curry claim to have remained friends following Curry’s departure, even in the wake of Purrp’s curious absence from Nostalgic . But if there was a reason for Curry’s curious oversight, it could have been to signal a career transition for the still very young rapper.

Despite all this success, the almost-year since Nostalgic ’s release has been far from perfect. Curry’s older brother passed away in February, following a severe reaction to a Taser attack while he was in custody. According to Curry, his next project will feature a pair of tributes — one for his brother, the other for a close friend who was a random, unassuming victim of the violence that plagues Carol City and the countless places that are just like it.

DENZEL CURRY PLAYS VELVET JONES

That friend wasn’t Trayvon Martin, but it easily could have been. Both Trayvon and Curry attended Miami Carol, and Curry participated in the walkout following George Zimmerman’s non-arrest in the days following the shooting. The song in which Curry evokes audio from reports of the walkout, “N,” is among the record’s finest lyrical moments. All this being said, Nostalgic’s “N” title probably says as much as anything about the album’s themes. Both nostalgia and N (as in the Nintendo video-game system) offer an escape from reality, but part of growing up is understanding just how inadequate those escapes can feel as an adult.

How Curry conjures nostalgia for the sake of simplicity, and the ways in which his lyrics long for youthful naïveté, ultimately give way to the realization that in the real world, there is no escape. “Synthesize. Realize. Life’s no game.”

Denzel Curry performs at Velvet Jones ( State St.) on Sunday, September 28, at 8 p.m. with Deniro Farrar. For tickets, call 965-8676 or visit velvet-jones.com.

— Jake Blair

RYAN ADAMS, RYAN ADAMS There’s a no-filter roughness to Ryan Adams that has marked pretty much everything he’s put out since 2001’s Gold. Since then, Adams’s albums have run the gamut from easy folk-rock to total bizarro vanity endeavors, with good to middling results all along the way. This isn’t to call Adams that plotting or exacting, either — he’s simply too good at doing too much. In that way, it makes perfect sense that Adams’s return to his palatable Americana roots would land at our feet alongside an EP of his most out-there work to date. As the digestible

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Later down the line, the Neil Young–conjuring “My Wrecking Ball” makes a play for Adams’s best slowgoing folk anthem yet. And while plodding tracks like “Kim” and “Shadows” drag the album down a few notches, they never threaten to topple the

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Since its inception in 1995, Santa Barbara’s Speaking of Stories (SOS) has championed a special brand of theater art. Performances have ranged from multi-actor staged productions to readings by authors of both the fiction and nonfiction persuasions, but the focus has always been on the quality of the tales being told. Over the years, that model expanded to include an education outreach program, which CHANNELS NPR’S emphasizes self-esteem through the spoken word.

And this fall, that vision gets pushed a little further still.

This week, Speaking of Stories is opening up its doors to all of Santa Barbara’s storytellers for a set of performances that will take place November 22 and 23 at Center Stage Theater. Modeled after NPR’s popular Moth Radio Hour, the show will feature multiple tales from a wide range of readers. There is no unifying theme or general rules — just real stories delivered by real voices. The first round of submissions is taking place now through Friday, October 3. Interested parties are being asked to submit written stories either via email or by hard copy to Center Stage Theater ( Paseo Nuevo).

After that, all the submissions will be reviewed by SOS artistic director Maggie Mixsell, who will then select a handful of candidates for in-person auditions. After that, a small group will be selected to perform and given private coaching and direction in the weeks leading up to the show. All written story submissions should range from 500-2,200 words (approximately 3-15 minutes when read aloud) and should be first-person true stories.

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TOUR DE FORCE: The 15th annual Flamenco Arts Festival welcomes Compañía Manuel Liñán to the Granada on September 27. They’ll present the U.S. premiere of Nómada, which follows the group through an elaborate homage to the history and variety of flamenco dance around the world.

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he nomad, the perpetual traveler wan- away. Today, the art form continues to evolve dering through strange lands, belongs with the new guard of flamenquistas, who mold to no place and yet, ultimately, becomes and reinterpret flamenco, and at times cause a c ol l e c a cultural rift with tive reflecpurists who prefer tion of every place, the tradicional over every culture, along treks into unknown his path. It’s from territories. this fusion of influ“This is what

by Camilla Barnwell Nómada is about: ences that new and beautiful things can the migration and emerge. Such is the colorful thematic crux of movement of people and how we all rub against flamenco artist Manuel Liñán’s production each other and learn from each other and are Nómada, which makes its U.S. debut on Satur- forever changed by that journey,” said Vibiana day, September 27, at the Granada Theatre as Pizano, founder of the Flamenco Arts Festival part of the 14th annual Flamenco Arts Festival. and a passionate follower of the flamenco With the Granada, Spain–born Liñán serv- scene. “Here in Santa Barbara, and throughout ing as choreographer, director, and lead dancer, our state, flamenco has changed, too. It’s always Nómada explores the deep-rooted nomadic changing and taking on new shapes and forms human condition and how the patterns and and influences. And that’s a good thing.” rhythms of migration As if on his own perhave forever changed sonal nomadic exploraour cultural landscape. tion, Liñán has painstakBut it also takes us on a ingly staged sets with a visual journey through reverence for traditional the flamenco atlas, technique, spiked with from the Andalusian the dizzying footwork mountains to the Court of the modern generain Madrid — tanguiltion and swathed in coslos in old Cadiz, a deep tumes designed by the gifted Yaiza Pinillos. With seguiriya in Jerez, lively alegrias in Cordoba, assaultive countermovements and astounding a classic fandago in Huelva — all styles of liquid wrists, Nómada’s flamenco born from caravan of 10 performers impressed critics earlier distinct geographic zones over time. this year at Spain’s FesOf course, flamenco tival de Jerez, where it itself is an alloy of sorts was hailed as a “bright — the product of a band and vibrant show, and an of nomadic Gypsies enlightening journey.” who settled in SouthAfter their engageern Spain centuries ago, ment here in Santa Barbara — which this year importing influences of includes a pre-show talk, vast cultures and musical forms from lands far CONTINUED ON P. 55

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DRESSED FOR SUCCESS: Costume designer Yaiza Pinillos is the masterful mind behind the outfits of Nomáda. Her flowing creations, like the show itself, draw inspiration from the multitude of cultures in which flamenco thrives.

workshops, and an after-party following the show — the Nómada troop jets back to Sevilla to take center stage at La Bienal, Spain’s other premier Flamenco festival.

In each of the last 14 years, Pizano and her festival crew have strived to unearth and attract the finest flamenco performers of Spain’s festival season, and this year is no exception. Liñán, 34, is a highly sought-after performer and, perhaps more impressively, an in-demand choreographer. He has been invited on many occasions to choreograph for the Spanish National Ballet.

In 2012, he was awarded the coveted Flamenco Hoy Award, voted on by the leading flamenco critics of Spain, for Best Male Dancer of the Year.

In 2013, he won the Scenic Arts MAX Award for Best Male Dancer, given to Spanish artists in the field of theater and dance.

“His career has really been on a high,” Pizano said. “He’s really received one award after another, and now he’s traveling all over the world to perform and teach. He’s a busy man, really popular, and we are getting him here for Santa Barbara.”

Area flamenco aficionados are thrilled, yet again, to have the world’s finest brought to their doorstep. “I feel so blessed that we have the opportunity each year to expose our students to the raw art of flamenco,” said Daniela Zermeño

of the Zermeño Dance Academy.“Every dancer can grow from this experience, whether they are watching the show or attending the workshops.”

Elsewhere in the S.B. dance community, others are also buzzing. Flamenco studio director Linda Vega said that she was already aware of Liñán’s reputation as a masterful choreographer.

“I’m really looking forward to this,” she added.

“This festival brings outstanding performers from Spain every year. It’s wonderful to be able to count on that.”

As for Liñán, he explained that his inspiration from Nómada comes from a deep belief that life is meant to be lived, with each moment enjoyed, respecting our roots while opening ourselves to new worlds. “Human beings continue to be nomads,” Liñán said. “We’re an unfinished tapestry with infinite possibilities.”

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Manuel Liñán brings Nómada to the Granada Theatre (1214 State St.) on Saturday, September 27, at 8 p.m. Liñán will also conduct intermediate and advanced dance classes as part of the 2014 Flamenco Arts Festival. For tickets and more info, call 899-2222 or visit flamencoarts.org.

CELEBRATING 10 YEARS SINCE THE MISADVENTURES OF MILES AND JACK The 10 year anniversary celebration screening of film phenomenon “Sideways” with Director Alexander Payne, Special Guests, and prize giveaways!

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t 88 years old, Tony Bennett appears poised for yet another comeback — though not for reasons you’d expect. The jazz great is still actively touring (he plays the Granada Theatre on October 2), as well as painting. And late last week he even dropped a new album (his 57th). The record, titled Cheek to Cheek, is a collaborative effort between Bennett and pop auteur Lady Gaga, who duos on all of the album’s 11 jazz standards. As the story goes, the pair met backstage in 2011. Gaga, a longtime fan and proficient jazz singer, immediately took to Bennett, who quickly suggested cutting a record together.

Three years later, Cheek to Cheek beautifully highlights two comparable vocal partners. It also could be the record that introduces jazz (and Bennett) to yet another generation of fans.

In anticipation of his Arts & Lectures season-opening concert this week, we traded emails with Bennett to get his take on art, music, and the future of jazz.

hours seems like four minutes. So if I feel a bit burned out from painting, I then go back to singing and vice versa — but I’m always able to stay in a creative zone.

You’re deeply involved in the fight to keep arts education alive. Growing up, what kind of impact did schooling have on you? I grew up in New York City but was fortunate

lost. It was one of the greatest gifts that the United States contributed to world culture. That’s one of the reasons I am so excited to have made a record with Lady Gaga doing all the jazz standards that we both love. She is a wonderful singer with an excellent love and understanding of jazz, and I hope that all her fans will now discover this music because she sounds absolutely terrific.

that at that time in the public schools the arts were still very important. I was able to study both art and music while attending school, so it was important to me and my wife, Susan, to ensure that the arts would remain strong.

We established Exploring the Arts and we currently are involved with 14 public high schools in New York City and just expanded our support to three high schools in East Los Angeles. We find that when kids are exposed to a strong arts program in their school, they like to stay in school, so it encourages them to come every day.

Were there particular teachers who helped instill in you an early love of the arts? I had many wonderful teachers both for art and music, but I would have to say that my ItalianAmerican family gave me my earliest support to become a performer. My father passed away when I was only 10 years old, and my mom was left a widow with three young children. Every Sunday my family would come to our house, and we would have a big meal together, and then my family would form a circle and my brother, sister, and myself would entertain them. I received so much love and affection those Sundays that it was then that I realized that I wanted to be a performer.

How does painting differ from singing in terms of quenching your creative thirst? Do you feel like they inform each other? Absolutely. I like to think of it as a yin-yang kind of

relationship, keeping everything in balance. With singing it is very gregarious in front of thousands of people, and you are involved with the audience, the band, the crew, but when I paint, it is just myself and the canvas; four

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How was recording with Amy Winehouse? What kind of impact did she leave? Amy Winehouse was an absolute

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genius and a completely authentic jazz singer. I loved meeting her backstage at my shows in London over the years, and when we recorded “Body and Soul” together, I got to truly understand and appreciate what a talent she was. It was a tragedy to lose her so young.

How do you respond to people who say jazz is a dying or a lost art? When something is as good as jazz is, it will never be

What do you hope for the future of jazz music? And who do you think is helping to bring it to the next generation of listeners? Well, I think artists like Lady Gaga who love jazz and embrace it as she has done will be a force in making sure new generations are exposed to jazz music.

What artist(s) have really wowed you with their version of “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” and why? You know, I am

not sure I have ever heard another version of it, but I was very fortunate to have sung the song as a duet with Stevie Wonder, who I adore. He always wows me whenever I hear him or sing with him. I just love him.

At 88 years old, what is it about performing that still makes you want to do concerts? I love to perform and make people feel good by presenting them with the best popular music that I can find to sing for them. You know, I love what I do so much that I can honestly say it feels like I have never worked a day in my life.

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by Cassandra Miasnikov and channel it into something poetic, something beautiful. Where others have bounced back, Cymbals Eat Guitars has seen tragedy and bounced forward.

The indie-rock quartet’s third LP, aptly titled LOSE, refers to the loss of frontman Joseph D’Agostino’s longtime friend and fellow musician Benjamin High, who died suddenly just as the band began to record. Cymbals Eat Guitars has come a long way from Staten Island. Since D’Agostino assembled the band’s members through a Craigslist ad in 2007, they have refined their shoegaze sound while developing uncensored and heartfelt lyrics. This Wednesday, October 1, the band makes its Santa Barbara debut at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club. We recently caught up with bassist Matthew Whipple to discuss LOSE and what the band’s members lost along the way.

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Why did you choose to call your newest album LOSE? Does that reference an overarching theme? There are themes of many different kinds of loss running

through the record, but we chose the specific word “LOSE” in all caps for how open to interpretation it is for the listener. We wanted people to be able to apply the feelings the record evokes to their own experiences.

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that was kind of a Plan B at first to wrap our heads in cable and take head shots.

They ended up looking cool, so we used them for the four panels of the CD and LP. Each band member has their own panel. Our art director Rick [Jacques] shot it and laid it all out beautifully.

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What’s been the best part of the new tour so far? The crowds! So far, it has been a joy opening for Bob Mould, Jason Narducy, and Jon Wurster. Their crowd has been really positive and welcoming. But we’re definitely excited to start doing some of our own shows and to play some cities for the first time.

You’ve played a lot of shows in N.Y.C. recently. Any other cities or venues you’re looking forward to visiting?

Santa Barbara! We’re hoping there is a real-life version of Meryl Streep’s bakery from the movie It’s Complicated.

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ome guys have all the luck, or so it seems when confronting the extraordinary career of multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Joshua Redman. Ever since he burst onto the jazz scene with a win at the

by Charles Donelan prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz competition back in 1991, Redman has consistently turned up in the best of company, working with both recognized master musicians like Pat Metheny and in groups of his own that included an enviable list of up-and-comers like a young Brad Mehldau and Brian Blade.

Heir to a venerable saxophone tradition thanks to his dad, Dewey, Redman has established his own sound on tenor, successfully blending the soulful, bluesbased approaches associated with Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon with the take-no-prisoners touches of Sonny Rollins or John Gilmore. After devoting several years in the early 2000s to putting the remarkable SFJazz Collective project together, Redman broke through into new territory again, first with the genredefying band James Farm, and then with recordings for saxophone and strings and saxophone trio.

The strings project, released as Walking Shadows on the Non e s u c h l ab e l , was recorded with Brooklyn-based, postclassical geniuses The Knights and is unquestionably one of the most important jazz records of this century. Trios Live, the latest in Red- A NEW SAX COLOSSUS: Joshua Redman contends for the man’s impressive trios top tenor title with his trios. discography, brings together two concert recordings and features bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Gregory Hutchinson, the rhythm section that will join Redman for his upcoming Jazz at the Lobero gig on Tuesday, September 30.

Despite his humble claim to having been “super lucky,” Redman, just a few minutes into our phone conversation, dispels the notion that any of this incredible music happened by accident. He sees the rich roster of high-profile collaborators that crowd his career partly in light of the opportunities he has provided for them.

“At first it was really a function of the fact that, as an artist with a record deal at a major label, I was able to hire great people,” Redman said from his home in Berkeley.“But that situation didn’t last, and pretty soon I realized that if I wanted to continue working with musicians of that caliber, I was going to have to make some sacrifices. If they’re in demand either on their own or for work with other groups, you can’t expect to hold someone to an exclusive deal. So that’s what I realized — as a leader in this era of music, you need to be flexible.”

In expressing his affection for playing in trios, Redman emphasizes the relative freedom of that particular configuration, as well as its role in the creative lineage of jazz.“The trio has always been a special, almost sacred form, primarily because of all the great piano trios in jazz and because of how much the development of the music has depended on the piano trio as rhythm section,” he said, adding that,“ever since Sonny Rollins, the trio has also occupied an important place in the history of saxophone improvisation.” When asked why he thought this was so, Redman answered, “You can’t just role-play in a trio. In a quartet, your focus is maybe a bit more defined. In a trio, you still have to take care of home plate, but you can also roam — there’s a lot of freedom.”

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Antonia Bennett THU, OCT 2 / 7 PM / GrANAdA THEATrE Tickets start at $50 / $25 UCSB students RULE OF THIRDS: Graham Nash (above left) and Santa Barbara’s own David Crosby harmonized their way through a mostly solid night of music on Sunday at the Santa Barbara Bowl. BELOW: Stephen Stills

“The epitome of cool.” Rolling Stone Characterized by his husky, burnished voice and ebullient sense of swing, legendary crooner Tony Bennett is a master whose interpretations have shaped the great American songbook.

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aturday night was a good night. It mixed new music with the 40-yearold hits; it felt like a snapshot of graying but viable musicians, rather than some boomer oldies romp. Apparently, Stephen Stills’s voice is back from whatever limbo imprisoned it when Buffalo Springfield came through town in 2011, and the sober crowd rocked ’til the very end of the generous two-set show, swooning out with “Teach Your Children.”

But why couldn’t it have been more transcendent?

After all, it began with a rush of beauty and the right kind of familiarity.

David Crosby grabbed the mike and told us, his homies, to “get your asses up the hill and into these chairs.” Then the band broke into a soaring rendition of “Carry On/ Questions.” The sound was crisp, the voices powerful, and the band punchy with just a smidge of jazz indulgences. The rest of the first set was so strongly bracketed with hits that it didn’t matter much that it had some filler in the shape of bad solo songs. It ended with a trifecta of anthems: “Our House,” “Déjà Vu,” and “Bluebird,” (technically a Springfield song, but who cares). At intermission, the small problems didn’t even stick in the mind.

But by the end, they added up. The solo bits included some of the worst songs I’ve heard this year. There was Graham Nash’s exhausted, trite “I’m Here for You” and Crosby’s unintentionally funny “There’s Somebody Home,” in which the singing narrator asks a woman to notice that he is looking into her eyes and not at her breasts. People snickered; a woman behind yelled,“Really?”

But the show was mostly great, hitting high points with “Just a Song Before I Go” and “Wooden Ships.” It even got a little political. The really great CS&N songs were always the intricate confections with (sometimes silly) lyrics that mesmerized with their images and bouncing pop drive. The new songs, not so much. We want to wonder what’s going on under the ground; we want to see how the flowers look in the vase after the fireplace is lit. The rest is just ■ obvious.

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OH, RYAN: It’s been a solid six years since Ryan Adams last graced the Arlington

stage, and for those who were in attendance in 2008, it’s been a long, at times wistful wait that’s now finally over. This Wednesday, October 1, Adams kicks off his U.S. tour back in Santa Barbara, right where we last saw him. The stop comes on the heels of his new, self-titled, and unarguably strong 14th solo album, which finds the singer trading in his sometimes-back-up band The Cardinals for an all-star roster of studio musicians. On board for the sessions were longtime collaborators Benmont Tench, Jeremy Stacey, Ethan Johns, and Don Was, with Adams handling production duty for the first time ever.

What resulted is a record far removed from Adams’s last, primarily acoustic affair, Ashes & Fire. Here, he does an impressive job trance channeling Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty in almost equal measure, conjuring the kind of working-class American rock that practically demands to be cranked from a set of crappy car speakers. Having spent the majority of the last few years playing producer for the likes of Jenny Lewis and Fall Out Boy, Adams seems to have honed his ear for guitar tones in particular. On Ryan Adams, that comes across in a warm soup of electrics that pulls from ’60s and ’70s rock and punk classics.

(Adams cites both Hüsker Dü and The Replacements as influences.)

What all this means for the live show is anyone’s guess, but it’s easy to imagine the new material blending nicely with Adams’s older, Heartbreaker-era cuts.

Then again, if we’ve learned anything from Adams’s Zen-like productivity, it’s always best to expect the unexpected. In other words, snag tickets and show up early, because it just might be half a decade until it happens again.

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IN THE GROOVE: Trip-hop duo Thievery Corporation brings its ambient electronica back to the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sunday, September 28.

THICK AS THIEVES: Also this week, the last leg of Santa Barbara Bowl season hits the ground running with Stephen Marley and Thievery Corporation. The

KCRW-sponsored event almost perfectly mirrors the kind of World Café–style programming the station has been bringing to the Hollywood Bowl all summer: good, eclectic music that can only benefit from a picturesque outdooramphitheater setting.

On the sonic front, the bill couldn’t be better equipped for Santa Barbara concertgoers. Marley’s mellow Rasta musings (and his father’s tight ties to the Bowl) are sure to make for prime reggae Sunday listening. And Thievery’s ambient, psychedelic electronica is prime hippie fodder, capable of jump-starting Burning Man–esque dance parties with just a subtle drop of a beat. That’s not to say TC’s show is a subtle one, though. In fact, it’s the kind of highly detailed, lighting-heavy, visualization-rich concert experience that must be seen to be believed. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 28. Call 962-7411 ■ or visit sbbowl.com for tickets and info.

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S.B. Historical Museum – Project Fiesta!, through Sept. ; The Story of Santa Barbara, permanent exhibition. Free admission.  E. De la Guerra St., -.

S.B. Museum of Art – Daumier’s Salon: A Human Comedy, through Oct. ; Contemporary/Modern: Selections from the Permanent Collection and Art to Zoo: Exploring Animal Natures, through Jan. , ; Degas to Chagall: Important Loans from the Armand Hammer Foundation and the Collection of Michael Armand Hammer and Martin Kersels’s Charm series, ongoing exhibitions.  State St., -.

S.B. Museum of Natural History – Indoor Show, Sept.  - Oct. .  Puesta del Sol, -.

Ty Warner Sea Ctr. – Multiple permanent installations.  Stearns Wharf, -.

Wildling Museum – Everett Ruess: Into the Wilderness, through Sept. ; Selections by D. L. Engle, through Nov. ; Painting the Wilderness, through Jan. , . -B Mission Dr., Solvang, -.

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Allan Hancock College Library – Children’s book illustrations, ongoing.  S. College Dr., Santa Maria, -.

Ann Foxworthy Gallery – Virginia Mack: Embracing the Bay, through Oct. .  S. College Dr., Santa Maria, -.

Architectural Foundation – Elemental, through Oct. .  E. Victoria St., -.

Art from Scrap Gallery – To the Sea: an unnatural journey, through Oct. .  E. Cota St., -.

Artamo Gallery – Michael Moon: New Ways, through Sept. .  W. Anapamu St., -.

Beatrice Wood Ctr. for the Arts – Ventura Potters Guild: Tableware Settings; The Cutting Edge: Selections from The Lipton Collection, through Oct. .  Ojai-Santa Paula Rd., Ojai, -.

Bronfman Family Jewish Community Ctr. – Santa Barbara Art Association Exhibit 2014, through Nov. ; Voices, ongoing.  Chapala St., -.

The C Gallery – Carole Wadsworth: What If?, through Nov. .  Bell St., Los Alamos, -.

Cancer Ctr. of S.B. – Art Heals, a permanent exhibit.  Pueblo St., -.

Carpinteria Arts Ctr. – Organics, Sept. Nov. .  Linden Ave., Carpinteria, -.

Casa de la Guerra – Orpha Klinker and Bill Dewey: Landmarks of California, through Oct. .  E. De la Guerra St., -.

Casa Dolores – ¡LOTERÍA! Mexico’s Game of Chance and Poetry, through Sept. .  Bath St., -.

CASA Gallery– The Mesa Artists Exhibition, Oct. -.  E. Canon Perdido St., -.

Channing Peake Gallery – Impoverished Vision: Abstraction to the Rescue, through Oct. . S.B. County Administration Bldg.,  E. Anapamu St., -.

Coastal Collections – S.B. Printmakers Exhibit, through Oct. .  State St., -.

Divine Inspiration Gallery of Fine Art – Samuel Smith, through Nov. .  State St., -.

Elverhøj Museum – Art from the Groves, through Sept. .  Elverhoy Wy., Solvang, -. galerie – Amaranth Ehrenhalt, Craig Stockwell: Colorimetry, Oct.  - Nov. .  W. Matilija St., Ojai, -.

Gallery  – Francis Reighley and other featured artists, through Sept. ; Beyond Our Wildest Dreams, Sept.  - Nov. . La Arcada,  State St., -.

Gallery  – Mike McCarthy: Art of the Unexpected: Return of the Man Child, through Oct. .  W. El Roblar Ave., Ojai, -.

Gallery Los Olivos – Larry R. Rankin: Bronze, Wood & Stone, through Sept. ; Belinda Hart, through Oct. ; Jill Targer, Julie Fish: Above, Below, Beyond, Oct. -.  Grand Ave., Los Olivos, -.

Harris & Fredda Meisel Gallery – Friends & Family, Sept.  - Jan. , .  De la Vina St., -.

Hotel Indigo – The Vastness Is Bearable, through Dec. .  State St., -.

Hospice of S.B. – Paula Re: crossings of my mind, through Oct. .  Alameda Padre Serra, Ste. , -.

Jane Deering Gallery – The Flat File Project, ongoing.  E. Canon Perdido St., -.

The Lark – Kevin Eddy, ongoing.  Anacapa St., -.

Los Olivos Café – Marilyn Benson: Images from Coast to Coast, through Nov. .  Grand Ave., Los Olivos, -.

Lucky Penny – Campbell Baker, ongoing.  Anacapa St., -.

Marcia Burtt Studio – Anne Ward, and Erling Sjovold: Old River, New Shore, through Oct. .  Laguna St, -i.

Montecito Aesthetic Institute – Neo Diversity, through Jan. , .  Coast Village Rd., Ste. H, Montecito, -.

Ojai Art Center – P.T. Tiersky: Stripes!!, through Oct. .  S. Montgomery St., Ojai, -.

Pacific Western Bank – Celebrating 28 Years of I Madonnari Posters, ongoing.  E. Figueroa St., -.

Porch – Diane Giles: Configurations, through Oct. .  Santa Claus Ln., Carpinteria, -.

S.B. City Hall Gallery – Pursuit of Passion: Early Santa Barbara Women Artists, through Feb. , . De la Guerra Plaza, -.

S.B. Maritime Museum – Patti Jacquemain: From the Mountains to the Sea,through Feb. .  Harbor Wy., -.

S.B. Tennis Club – Captured 2: 2nd Annual Photography Contest 2014, through Oct. .  Foothill Rd., -.

Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery – The Summer Impressionists, 2014, through Sept. ; Frank Kirk: The Secret World of Frank Kirk and Celebrating 30 Years of Art, through Nov. .  E. Anapamu St., -.

Tamsen Gallery – R.W. Firestone, ongoing.  State St. , -.

Tartaglia Fine Art – Jeff Sojka: European Painting Adventure, through Oct. .  E. Ojai Ave., Ste. , Ojai, -.

TVSB – Light, through Oct. .  S. Salinas Ave., -.

Volentine Family Gallery – The Artwork of Ben O’Hara, through Oct. . Discovery Pavilion, S.B. Zoo,  Niños Dr., -. wall space gallery – Maxine Helfman: Confounding Expectation, through Oct. ; Ann Pallesen: A Walk in the Park, through Nov. .  E. Yanonali St., C-, -.

Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art – ArtWatch 2014: Young Careers — S.B. to Greater L.A., through Nov. .  La Paz Rd., -.

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The Marquee – Lawrence Duff Duo.  State St., -.

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Adama –  Chapala St., -.

THU: Greg Harrison (pm) Arlington Theatre –  State St., -.

WED: Ryan Adams (pm) Blush Restaurant & Lounge –  State St., -.

SUN: Chris Fossek (pm) The Brewhouse –  W. Montecito St., -.

THU: Rooster RA (pm) FRI: One Two Tree (pm) SAT: Kinsella (pm) Chumash Casino Resort –  E. Hwy. , Santa Ynez, () -.

THU /: Trace Adkins (pm) THU /: The Band Perry (pm) Cold Spring Tavern –  Stagecoach Rd., -.

FRI: Maesa (-pm) SAT: The Listers (-pm); Holdfast Rifle Company (-pm) SUN: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan (:-pm); Chicken Bone (:-:pm) The Creekside –  Hollister Ave., -.

FRI: Rob Marcus (pm) SAT: Seymour Doolittle Band (:pm) MON: Karaoke with Dyno Mike (pm) WED: Country Night (pm) Dargan’s –  E. Ortega St., -.

SAT: Traditional Irish Music (:pm) WED: Karaoke the Band (:pm) Endless Summer Bar/Café –  Harbor Wy., -.

FRI: Acoustic guitar and vocals (:pm) EOS Lounge –  Anacapa St., -.

THU: Huge Thursday with Mackie and Bix King FRI: Live Music (-pm); DNA Presents SAT: DJ Calvin and Kohjay WED: Salsa Night Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. –  Anacapa St., -.

FRI: Live Music (pm) SAT: The Caverns (-pm) First United Methodist Church –  North F St., Lompoc, -.

SAT: Habaneros (:pm) Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore–  Channel Dr, -.

SAT: DJ Darla Bea (pm) Granada Theatre –  State St., -.

THU /: Tony Bennett (pm) Hoffmann Brat Haus –  State St., -.

THU: Live Music Thursdays (pm) Indochine –  State St., -.

TUE: Indie Night (pm) WED: Karaoke (:pm) The James Joyce –  State St., -.

THU: Alastair Greene Band (pm) FRI: Kinsella Brothers Band (pm) SAT: Ulysses Jazz Band (:-:pm) SUN, MON: Karaoke (pm) TUE: Teresa Russell (pm) WED: Victor Vega and the Bomb (pm) La Cumbre Plaza –  S. Hope Ave., -.

THU /: Mezcal Martini (pm) Lobero Theatre –  E. Canon Perdido St., -.

TUE: Joshua Redman Trio (pm) Maverick Saloon –  Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, -.

FRI: Michael-Ann with Fiddle and Pine (pm) SAT: Concert on the Deck: Travis Mersola (pm); The Low Down Dudes (pm) Mel’s Lounge –  W. Carrillo St., -.

FRI: The Lifters (pm) Moby Dick Restaurant –  Stearns Wharf, -.

WED-SAT: Derroy (pm) SUN: Derroy (am) Monty’s –  Hollister Ave., Goleta, -.

THU: Karaoke Night (pm)

MultiCultural Ctr. – Channel Islands Rd., UCSB, -.

MON: Atash (:pm) O’Malleys and the Study Hall –  State St., -.

THU: College Night with DJ Gavin Old Town Tavern –  Orange Ave., Goleta, -.

FRI, SAT, WED: Karaoke Night (:pm) Palapa Restaurant –  State St., -.

FRI: Live Mariachi Music (:pm) Paradise Store–  Paradise Rd., -.

SUN: Lawrence Duff (pm) Reds Tapas & Wine Bar –  Helena Ave., -.

THU: Live Music (pm) Roundin’ Third –  Calle Real, -.

THU, TUE: Locals Night (pm) S.B. Bowl –  N. Milpas St., -.

SUN: Thievery Corporation, Stephen Marley (:pm) S.B. Maritime Museum –  Harbor Wy., #, -.

SAT: Ukulele music and singing (-:pm) Sandbar –  State St., -.

WED: Big Wednesday (pm) SOhO Restaurant & Music Club –  State St., -.

THU: Golden State Lone Star Revue, Mark Hummel, Anson Funderburgh, Little Charlie Baty (:pm) FRI: Lera Lynn (:pm); The Tearaways, The Pranks, Norman Allen (pm) SAT: Cafe R&B (pm) MON: The Jazz Project (:pm) TUE: Zach Deputy (pm) WED: Cymbals Eat Guitars (pm) Standing Sun Wines – Second St., Buellton, -.

SAT: Harvest Blues Festival (-pm) Statemynt –  State St., -.

THU: DJ Akorn WED: Blues Night (pm) Tiburon Tavern –  State St., -.

FRI: Karaoke Night (:pm) Velvet Jones –  State St., -.

THU: Green Jelly, Bellum (pm) SAT: Beach Bum Alcoholics (pm) SUN: Denzel Curry & Deniro Farrar (pm) Whiskey Richards –  State St., -.

FRI: Mission City Roller Derby Band Night (pm) SUN: Indigenous Robot, The Maheekats, Waiting Around to Die (pm) MON: Open Mike Night (pm) WED: Punk on Vinyl (pm) Wildcat –  W. Ortega St., -.

THU: DJs Hollywood and Patrick B SUN: Red Room with DJ Gavin Roy (pm) TUE: Local Band Night (pm) Zodo’s –  Calle Real, Goleta, -.

THU: KjEE Thursday Night Strikes (:-:pm) MON: Service Industry Night (pm)

Theater Center Stage Theater – Dance Me to the End of Love.  Paseo Nuevo, -.

FRI, SAT: pm SUN: pm THU: pm Lobero Theatre – Christopher Titus.  E. Canon Perdido St., -.

SAT:  and pm The Pierpont Inn – The Dinner Detective.  Sanjon Rd., Ventura, () -.

SAT: pm Rubicon Theatre – Conviction.  E. Main St., Ventura, -.

THU, FRI: pm SAT:  and pm SUN: pm Severson Theatre – 36 Views.  S. College Dr., Santa Maria, -.

FRI: pm SAT: : and pm SUN: :pm

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or every generation, there’s an attic full of songs that magically captures the coming-of-age connection between the pineal gland, the heart, and the groin. In fabulous hormonal excess, these songs embody all the yearning, heartbreak, and wordless hope of youth. For graying boomers, there remains something bewitchingly irresistible about the pre-psychedelia Top  hits that dominated popular radio from 1963 to 1967. Groups like The Mamas & The Papas, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, and Sonny & Cher produced an amazing number of songs that still pack an emotional immediacy today. Lost to the backwash of nostalgia and generational narcissism, however, is the compelling story of how those songs came to be. This Saturday evening, filmmaker Denny Tedesco will shed a light on that process when he screens his verylong-in-the-making documentary, The Wrecking Crew, at Carpinteria’s recently refurbished Plaza Playhouse Theater.

The Wrecking Crew was a loose-knit constellation of Los Angeles studio musicians that provided the essential sonic brick and mortar upon which so many pop hits were built. Tedesco’s father, guitar player Tommy Tedesco, was a key member of the Wrecking Crew, along with bass player Carol Kaye, guitarist Glen Campbell, and drummer Hal Blaine. Back then when music producers needed a hit, they didn’t leave it up to bands like Gary Lewis and The Playboys, or even The Byrds and The Beach Boys, who were known for their compositional virtuosity. As Denny recounted in a recent interview, The Byrds might produce “Turn, Turn, Turn” in 77 takes on their own, but when they recorded their first hit, “Mr. Tambourine Man,” it was with the Wrecking Crew, and it took them three hours to crank it out.

The Wrecking Crew also backed up Frank Sinatra on “Strangers in the Night” and his daughter Nancy in the unforgettable “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,” featuring one of the most instantly recognizable bass hooks of all time. They were the band behind Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe.” When mad genius Phil Spector needed a band for “Be My Baby,” he tracked down the Wrecking Crew. And as soul crooner Sam Cooke was “Twistin’ the Night Away,” naturally, it was the Crew backing him up.

For Denny, the making of the documentary has been an epic quest. When his father was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1996, the younger Tedesco — who’s carved out a successful career making short documentaries and commercials — started filming interviews with his father and any member of the Crew he could find. Along the way, he snagged conversations with Cher, Dick Clark, Herb Alpert, and Brian Wilson. Though still a work in progress, the film was “released” for limited screenings in 2008. Today, Denny is still hammering out licensing

arrangements for a handful of the 130 songs included as part of the soundtrack.

As for Tommy, who passed away in 1997, he was a blue-collar bear of a man who grew up Italian-American in Niagara Falls, New York, and who fell into the music business only by accident. Early on, when Tommy attended a dance with his wife, he discovered the band was in need of a guitar player. In the blink of an eye, he signed up and took to the road. Although he would be let go several months later (in favor of a musician who could both play and sing), there was no going back; Tommy’s wife, stung by the doubters back home who never thought he’d make it, wouldn’t allow it. But over the years, Tommy developed an astonishing, blazing technique, and as a studio player, his music-reading skills were second to none. Though he was creating indelible music memories for millions of people, to Tommy it was just a job, which some years saw him playing as many as 400 studio gigs. “It’s okay to be an assembly-line worker,” his son commented.“Some days you make a Rolls-Royce; other days you make a Pinto.” Or, as Tommy himself quipped when asked why he never invited his wife to some of the sessions he played, “A plumber doesn’t take his wife to work.”

As a kid, young Denny was oblivious to his father’s work and rarely witnessed him in action. In fact, the first time he remembers seeing his father play guitar was in the 1970s, at a club on the Ventura waterfront called Charley’s. By then, the family had bought a condo there, and Tommy had started playing in a band with Santa Barbara attorney Paul Capritto.

As the psychedelic movement gained steam in the late ’60s, Top  hits were dismissed as canned and trite.

Bands insisted on playing their own songs, and skilled session players were forced to scrounge. Tedesco — who played anything with strings and frets — shifted first to TV and then into movies, where he recorded scores for films like Field of Dreams and Schindler’s List. Musically, though, he never stopped growing.

“I can say that in his sixties, he was a much better musician than he was in his thirties,” offered Denny. It would be a stroke that finally slowed him down, robbing Tommy of his amazing right-hand dexterity. The stroke, said both Tedescos, came along at the right time, however perversely. It allowed Tommy to hang it up before the calls stopped coming.

This Saturday, Denny will appear alongside his film in Carpinteria and stick around to answer audience questions post-screening.

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(May 21 - June 20): If you don’t identify and express your conscious desires, your unconscious desires will dominate your life. I will say that again in different language because it’s crucial you understand the principle. You’ve got to be very clear about what you really want and install a shining vision of what you really want at the core of your everyday life. If you don’t do that, you will end up being controlled by your habits and old programming.

So be imperious, Gemini. Define your dearest, strongest longing, and be ruthlessly devoted to it.

CANCER (June 21 - July 22): Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) was an influential French photographer, a pioneer of photojournalism who helped transform photography into an art form. In 1986, he was invited to Palermo, Sicily, to accept a prize for his work. The hotel he stayed

(Aug. 23 - Sept. 22): As the makeup artist for the film Dallas Buyers Club, Robin Mathews had a daunting task.

During the 23 days of shooting, she had to constantly transform lead actors Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto so that they appeared either deathly ill or relatively healthy. Sometimes she had to switch them back and forth five times a day. She was so skillful in accomplishing this feat that she won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Her budget? A meager $250.

The film was a shoestring indie production. I’m naming her your inspirational role model for the next few weeks, Virgo. I believe that you, too, can create magic without a wealth of resources.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22): “I am a seed about to break,” wrote Sylvia Plath in her poem “Three Women.” That’s how I

see you right now, Libra. You are teeming with the buoyant energy that throbs when a seed is ready to sprout. You have been biding your time, gathering the nourishment you need, waiting for the right circumstances to burst open with your new flavor. And now that nervous, hopeful, ecstatic moment is about to arrive. Be brave!

may reap, one of my favorites is this: You could liberate yourself from a messed-up kind of beauty and become available for a more soothing and delightful kind. Here’s another potential benefit: You may transform yourself in ways that will help you attract more useful and interesting dilemmas in the future.

SCORPIO

AQUARIUS

(Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): The English verb “cicurate” is defined as “to tame or domesticate” or “to make mild or innocuous.” But it once had an additional sense: “to reclaim from wildness.” It was derived from the Latin word cicurare, which meant “to bring back from madness, to draw out of the wilderness.” For your purposes, Scorpio, we will make cicurate your theme, but concentrate on these definitions: “to reclaim from wildness, to bring back from madness, to draw out of the wilderness.” In the coming weeks, you will be exploring rough, luxuriant areas of unknown territory. You will be wrangling with primitive, sometimes turbulent energy. I urge you to extract the raw vitality you find there and harness it to serve your daily rhythm and your long-term goals.

(Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): Alan Moore is the British author who wrote the graphic novels Watchmen and V for Vendetta.

He is now nearing completion of Jerusalem, a novel he has been working on for six years. It will be more than a million words long, almost double the size of Tolstoy’s War and Peace, and 200,000 words longer than the Bible.

“Any editor worth their salt would tell me to cut twothirds of this book,” Moore told the New Statesman, “but that’s not going to happen.” Referring to the author of Moby-Dick, Moore adds, “I doubt that Herman Melville had an editor. If he had, that editor would have told him to get rid of all that boring stuff about whaling: ‘Cut to the chase, Herman.’ ” Let’s make Moore and Melville your role models in the coming week, Aquarius. You have permission to sprawl, ramble, and expand. Do NOT cut to the chase.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21): “You can exert no influence if you are not susceptible to influence,” said psychologist Carl Jung.

Extrapolating from that idea, we can hypothesize that the more willing and able you are to be influenced, the greater your influence might be. Let’s make this your key theme in the coming weeks. It will be an excellent time to increase your clout, wield more authority, and claim more of a say in the creation of your shared environments. For best results, you should open your mind, be very receptive, and listen well.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19): Congratulations, Capricorn. Your current dilemmas are more useful and interesting than any that you have had for a long time. If you can even partially solve them, the changes you set in motion will improve your entire life, not just the circumstances they immediately affect. Of the several dividends you

PISCES (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20): For a long time, an Illinois writer named ArLynn Leiber Presser didn’t go out much. She had 325 friends on Facebook and was content to get her social needs met in the virtual realm. But then she embarked on a yearlong project in which she sought face-to-face meetings with all of her online buddies. The experiment yielded sometimes complicated but mostly interesting results. It took her to 51 cities around the world. I suggest we make her your inspirational role model for the coming weeks, Pisces. In at least one way, it’s time for you to move out of your imagination and into the real world. You’re primed to turn fantasies into actions, dreams into practical pursuits.

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Coffee Houses

The Independent’s Dining Guide is a paid advertisement and is provided as a service to our readers. Restaurants are listed according to type of food served. Bon appétit!

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SB COFFEE Roasting Company 321 Motor Way SB 962‑5213– NOW WITH FREE WI‑FI! Santa Barbara’s premiere coffee roasting company since 1989.

Come in for the freshest most delicious cup of coffee ever and watch us roast the best coffee in town at our historic Old Town location ‑ Corner of State & Gutierrez. Gift baskets, mail order & corporate gifts avail. sbcoffee.com.

Ethiopian AUTHENTIC ETHIOPIAN CUISINE Featured at Petit Valentien Restaurant 1114 State St. #14, 805‑966‑0222. Open Sat‑Sun Lunch ONLY 11am‑2:‑ 30pm. Serkaddis Alemu offers in ever changing menu with choices of vegitarian, vegan, and meat options. Catering Avaliable for parties of up to 40 people.

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JACK’S BISTRO & “FAMOUS BAGELS” 53 South Milpas (In Trader Joe’s Plaza) 564‑4331; 5050 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria 566‑1558. $ Extensive menu, beer & wine, on site catering ‑Call Justen Alfama 805‑566‑1558 x4 Voted BEST BAGELS 16 years in a row! www.bagelnet.com

PACIFIC CREPES 705 Anacapa St. 882‑1123.OPEN Tues‑Fri 10a‑3p & 5:30p‑9p, Sat 9a‑9p, Sun 9a‑3p From the flags of Bretagne & France to the “Au revoir, a bientot”; experience an authentic French creperie. Delicious crepes, salads & soups for breakfast, lunch & dinner. Tasty Crepe Suzette or crepe flambee desserts. Specials incl. starter, entree & dessert. Homemade with the best fresh products.

Relax, enjoy the ambience, the food & parler francais! Bon Appetit! pacificcrepe.com

Californian OPAL RESTAURANT & Bar 1325 State St. 966‑9676 $$.Open M‑S 11:30a & 7 nights 5p. V MC AE Local’s Favorite, Eclectic California Cuisine fuses creative influences from around the world with American Regional touches: Chile‑Crusted Filet Mignon to Pan‑Seared Fresh Fish & Seafood, Homemade Pastas, Gourmet Pizzas, Fresh baked Breads, Deliciously Imaginative Salads & Homemade Desserts.

OPAL radiates a friendly, warm atmosphere graced by our fun efficient Service, Full bar, Martinis, Wine Spectator award‑winning wine list, private room. Lunches are affordable and equally delicious.

PETIT VALENTIEN, 1114 STATE ST. #14, 805‑966‑0222. Open M‑F 11:30‑3pm (lunch). M‑Sat 5pm‑Close (dinner). Sun $24 four course prefix dinner. In La Arcada Plaza, Chef Robert Dixon presents classic French comfort food at affordable cost in this cozy gem of a restaurant. Petit Valentien offers a wide array of meat and seafood entrees along with extensive small plates and a wine list specializing in amazing quality at arguably the best price in town. A warm romantic atmosphere makes the perfect date spot.

Comfortable locale for dinner

parties, or even just a relaxing glass of wine. Reservations are recommended.

Indian FLAVOR OF INDIA 3026 State 682‑6561 $$ www. flavorofindiasb.com VOTED BEST 17yrs. Finest, most authentic Indian cuisine is affordable too! All You Can Eat Lunch Buffet $9.95 M‑S dinner combos $9.95+ Specials: Tandoori‑ Mixed or Fish, Chicken Tikka Masala, Shrimp Bhuna. Also: meat, curries & vegetarian.Wine & Beer. Take out. 20yrs of Excellence!

INDIA HOUSE, 418 State St. Next to 99 Cent Store 805.962.5070. 7 days 11:30a‑ 3:30p ALL YOU CAN EAT Lunch Buffet $8.95. Dinner 5p‑9p. Tandori & North Indian Muglai specialties. World Class Indian Chefs at your service!

Traditional floor seating. Indian & Draft Beers, Local Wines. www.indiahouseusa.com

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Irish DARGAN’S IRISH Pub & Restaurant, 18 E. Ortega St. (next to lot 10) SB, 568‑0702. $$. Open 7 days 11:30a‑Close (Food ‘til 10p, 11p on Sat/ Sun). AE MC V Disc. Authentic Irish food & atmosphere in downtown SB. Specialties from Ireland include Seafood & Meat dishes. Informal, relaxed pub‑style atmosphere.

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Japanese ICHIBAN JAPANESE Restaurant/Sushi Bar, 1812 Cliff Dr., 805‑564‑7653. Mon‑Sat Lunch 11:30‑2:30. Dinner 7 days a week, 5‑10pm. Lunch Specials, Bendo boxes. Full sushi bar, tatami seats. Fresh Fish delivered all week.

KYOTO, 3232 State St, 687‑1252.$$. Open 7days M‑F 11:30a‑2p; Sat Noon‑2:30p Lunch; Sun‑Thur 5‑10p Dinner, Fri‑Sat 5p‑10:30p.Complete Sushi Bar. Steak & Seafood Specials! Sashimi, Teriyaki, original Japanese appetizers & Combination Boat Dinner.

WOOD-FIRED PIZZA FRESH LOCAL FISH • SEAFOOD ORGANIC VEGETABLES • SALADS GRILLED STEAKS • CHOPS OSSOBUCO • SAUSAGE PANINI • BURRATA • BRUSCHETTA GELATO • CANNOLI • TIRAMISÚ FULL-BAR • DOG FRIENDLY HALF-PORTIONS ON LUNCH SPECIALS OPEN EVERYDAY 11:30 AM TO CLOSE 436 STATE ST. 805.957.4177

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SB’s only TATAMI Rooms reservations suggested. Beer, Wine & Sake.Take Out. Birthday customers get FREE tempura ice cream & photo on our website! KyotoSB.com

Mexican PALAPA 4123 State St. 683‑3074 $$ BREAKFAST 7am daily. Big Breakfast burritos, machaca, chorizo & eggs, chiliquiles, Organic mexican coffee & Fresh squeezed OJ, pancakes, omelets & lunch specials. Fresh seafood dinners.

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NATURAL CAFE, 508 State St., 5 blocks from beach.

962‑9494 Goleta‑ 5892 Hollister 692‑2363. 361 Hitchcock Way 563‑1163 $. Open for lunch & dinner 7 days. A local favorite for dinner. Voted “Best Lunch in Santa Barbara” “Best Health Food Restaurant” “Best Veggie Burger” “Best Sidewalk Cafe Patio” “Best Fish Taco” all in the Independent Reader’s Poll.

Daily Specials, Char‑Broiled Chicken, Fresh Fish, Homemade Soups, Hearty Salads, Healthy Sandwiches, Juice Bar, Microbrews, Local Wines, and the Best Patio on State St. 9 locations serving the Central Coast. www.thenaturalcafe. com

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Corn Maze ... M-F open at 3pm, Sat & Sun open at 9am.

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SOJOURNER CAFÉ, 134 E. Canon Perdido 965‑7922.

Open 11‑11 Th‑Sat; 11a‑10:30p Sun‑Wed. SB’s natural foods landmark since 1978 Daily soups & chef’s specials, hearty stews, fresh local fish, organic chicken dishes,salads & sandwiches & award winning dessert . Espresso bar, beer, wine, smoothies, shakes & fresh juices sojournercafe.com

Steak HOLDREN’S 512 State St. 965‑3363 Lunch & Dinner Daily. Featuring $20 Prime Rib Wednesdays‑ USDA 12 oz Prime MidWestern corn‑fed beef char‑broiled over mesquite; or try from our selections of the freshest seafood. We offer extensive wine & martini lists & look forward to making your dining experience superb!

Reservations avail.

Thai YOUR PLACE Restaurant, 22 N. Milpas St., 966‑5151, 965‑9397. $$. Open Mon 4‑9:45pm Tues‑Thurs & Sun 11:30a‑9:45p, Fri/Sat 11:30a‑10:30p. V MC AE. Your Place ‑ The One & Only.

Voted “BEST THAI FOOD” for 26 years by Independent and The Weekly readers, making us a Living Legend! Lunch & dinner specials daily. Fresh seafood & tasty vegetarian dishes. Santa Barbara Restaurant Guide selected us as the Best Thai Restaurant for exceptional dining reflected by food quality, service & ambiance.

RODNEY’S Grill, 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard at The Fess Parker – A Doubletree by Hilton Resort 805‑564‑4333. Serving 5pm – 10pm Tuesday through Saturday. Rodney’s Grill Menu is Fresh and New. Featuring all natural hormone‑free beef and fresh seafood, appetizers, and incredible desserts. The place to enjoy dinner with family and friends by the beach. Private Dining Room for 30. Full cocktail bar with specialty cocktails.

Wine cellar with Santa Barbara County & California best vintages by‑the‑glass www.rodneyssteakhouse.com

WINE GUIDE Wine Country Tours

Wine Shop/Bar

SPENCER’S LIMOUSINE & Tours, 884‑9700 Thank You SB, Voted BEST 18yrs! Specializing in wine tours of all Central Cal Wineries. Gourmet picnic lunch or fine restaurants avail TCP16297 805‑884‑9700 www.spencerslimo.com

RENEGADE WINES: 417 Santa Barbara St. Ste A‑6, 805‑568‑1961.

Tues‑Fri 11a‑6p, Sat. 12‑6p.

Sun‑Mon by appointment. SB’s oldest wine shop, over 23 years same location. We are Santa Barbara’s premier wine retailer, offering a wide variety of local

Booze Book of the Week Proof: The Science of Booze: As today’s seemingly limitless rise of microbrewers, boutique wineries, and craft distillers offers the obvious bounty of interesting things to taste, it’s also fostering a cultural curiosity about the actual process of making alcohol, a technological advancement that many believe triggered civilization as we know it. Wired Magazine editor Adam Rogers pours 200‑plus pages of globe‑spanning research and engaging science journalism into that cup with this book, which touches on everything from the magic of yeast to the impact of oak barrels to the emerging understanding of the hangover. You’re left with a lot of understanding about how booze works, but more intriguing are the questions that remain, for there’s still a happily surprising amount of mystery surrounding one of humankind’s oldest pursuits.

See adam‑rogers.net.

and imported wines. Our diverse assortment of wine comes from the world’s finest vineyards with prices starting around $9. View our full inventory @ www.renegadewines. com. We store your wine. 3000sq feet of temp. controlled wine lockers; 8 case lockers‑300 case rooms. Off‑street parking. 2 blocks from State St. (2nd driveway @ 126 E. Haley) Monthly tastings & private tastings available. We ship wine. Keep in touch: Facebook, Google+, Twitter

Wineries/Tasting Rooms SANTA BARBARA Winery, 202 Anacapa St. 963‑3633. Open Sun‑Thurs 10a‑6p & Fri‑Sat 10a ‑ 7p, small charge for extensive tasting list. 2 blocks from both State St & the beach. This venerable winery is the county’s oldest‑ est.1962, and offers many internationally acclaimed wines from their Lafond Vineyard in the Santa Rita Hills.

Try some of Winemaker Bruce McGuire’s small production bottling.www.sbwinery.com

by JOHN DICKSON

Nepalese, Indian & Tibetan Cuisine

+++++++++++++++ ALOHA: Kahuna Grill in Paseo Nuevo will soon be replaced by a pizzeria.

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izzaRev is coming to  West De la Guerra Street in Paseo Nuevo, the current home of Kahuna Grill. Last February, I reported that Kahuna Grill, which opened in Paseo Nuevo mall in 2008, is actively looking for a tenant to replace them and reported at the time that there were discussions with a good prospect. PizzaRev has locations in California, Minnesota, Texas, and Utah. They are expanding soon to Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota. The chain opened their first location in Northridge in 2012.

PizzaRev makes its own dough and sources fresh ingredients and toppings locally (when possible).

Patrons then order at the build-your-own pizza counter. There’s an all-you-can-top option where diners can get a pizza with one of every topping on it (about 30 in total) for under $8.

to pass this message to you: “We just (finally!) finished construction on the cheese shop and have it 100 up and running alongside our new cafe! It’s come together really well and it’s a really fun integration having the cheese shop right next to the cafe since we are able to use the cheese shop’s amazing cheeses & salumi in the cafe and now that we’re roasting our own meats & making our own sauces & jams in our new kitchen we’re able to sell all sorts of house-made products in the cheese shop.”

Himalayan Kitchen brings tastes from the topof-the world regions of Nepal, India & Tibet. Our dishes are 95% gluten free and offer a variety of tempting choices, including yak, lamb, chicken and seafood. We have extensive vegetarian selections and freshly baked bread from our Tandoor oven.

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DEL TACO COMING TO GOLETA: Reader Mark says Del Taco plans to open at Hollister and Turnpike, next to Cody’s Café. In July I reported that Del Taco was coming to town, and I believe a Santa Barbara location is also in the works.

JERSEY MIKE’S COMING TO UPPER STATE: Jersey Mike’s Subs has leased space at Loreto Plaza Shopping Center,  State Street. Loreto Plaza, at upper State Street and Las Positas Road, is home to Gelson’s Market and Harry’s Plaza Café.

SIMPLY PIES TO CLOSE: Simply Pies at  Hollister Avenue in Goleta plans to close on October 18. Here is a message they asked me to pass on to you: “After 6 years of that 4:30 am wakeup call to bake pies for our customers in Santa Barbara and beyond, we’ve decided to hang up our aprons so that we’re able to spend more time with our families. It’s been an awesome ride being able to connect with so many local farmers whose produce went into our baked goods and also to meet so many amazing and wonderful people in our community. We want to thank all of our customers for supporting us along the way and allowing us to bake for their families. It has been our pleasure!”

KILLER B’S BBQ CLOSES: Killer B’s BBQ and Bar, which opened at  State Street in January 2011, has closed its doors. They will be relocating to a larger space and hope to reopen at a new location by November 1.

C’EST CHEESE UPDATE: Michael Graham, owner of C’est Cheese at  Santa Barbara Street, asked me

IT’S A BOY: The potential successor to this column arrived on the South Coast last week.

THE RESTAURANT KID: Or perhaps I should call him “Accidental Santa’s Little Helper.” The Restaurant Gal and I are happy to say that our first child was born Tuesday, 9/16/14, at 11:19 p.m. James Noble “Jimmy” Dickson is in perfect health and 6 lbs, 6.5 oz.

He seems to be a very calm and happy baby. Ten days in, it’s pretty clear that his feathers don’t ruffle easily.

Thank you to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital for your terrific and professional service. Special thanks to Dr. Quijano, Dr. Echt, RNs Lindsay, Kathy, Liz, Irma, Colleen, Julie, and many others. You took great care of us.

The brand-new maternity wing at Cottage is spacious, comfortable, and state-of-the-art. I hear that they are currently testing a room-sterilizing robot that looks like R-D. The Restaurant Kid reports that the dining room at Cottage Hospital is great, with farmersmarket-fresh food and the lowest prices in town. He is looking forward to trying it when mom gives the thumbs-up to solid food.

John Dickson’s reporting can be found every day online at SantaBarbara.com.

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Legals Administer of Estate NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: TODD EDWARD SESSLER: 1468570 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of TODD EDWARD SESSLER, TODD E. SESSLER, TODD SESSLER A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: EDWARD R. SESSLER in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that EDWARD R. SESSLER be appointed as personal representatives 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: on 10/02/2014 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: Five SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at P.O Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107. Anacapa Division.

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: James F. Cote , P.­ O. Box 20146 Santa Barbara, CA 93120‑0146; (805) 966‑1204.

Published Sep 11, 18, 25. 2014.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: RALPH HENRY FERTIG NO: 1468095 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of RALPH HENRY FERTIG A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: JOHN C. FERTIG in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JOHN C. FERTIG be appointed as personal representatives 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: on 10/02/2014 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: Five 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 form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Matthew J. Long 1114 State Street, La Arcada, Suite 231 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805‑254‑4878 Published Sep 11, 18, 25 2014.

FBN Abandonment STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: Liberty Tax 6216 at 1512 North H St D1 Lompoc, CA 93436 The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed Dec 6, 2014. in the County of Santa Barbara.

Original file no. 2010‑0003629. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Christopher Martinez 1133 Arnold Ave Lompoc, CA 93436; Michelle Martinez (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 8, 2014 I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Pablo Martinez for Chrstopher Martinez. Published. Sep 18, 25. Oct, 2, 9 2014.

Fictitious Business Name Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Pizzarev at 12 W De La Guerra Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Pie Squared Pizza, LLC 2535 Townsgate Road #101 Westlake Village, CA 91361 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Rodney L. Eckerman, Co‑Ceo, Pres This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 18, 2014. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002416.

Published: Sep 4, 11, 18, 25 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Alexander Gardens at 2120 Santa Barbara Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; G And V LLC 1187 Coast Village Rd. Coast Village Rd. Ste 10‑G Santa Barbara, CA 93108 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Gary Linker This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 27, 2014. 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0002510.

Published: Sep 4, 11, 18, 25 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Games On Board at 214 Guante Circle Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Joyce Johnson Designs (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Joyce Johnson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 28, 2014. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002516.

Published: Sep 4, 11, 18, 25 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: The OP Group at 6512 Seville Road Apt 5 Isla Vista, CA 93117; Omar Lujano (same address) Peng Xiong (same address) This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Peng Xong This statement was

filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 12, 2014. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002357. Published: Sep 4, 11, 18, 25 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Steelhead Fine Goods at 907 Bath Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Allan Randolph Viscarra (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Allan R. Viscarra This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 28, 2014. 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0002513.

Published: Sep 4, 11, 18, 25 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Live Oak Creations at 3400 Calle Real Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Virginia Covalt 42 San Jano Drive Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Virginia Covalt This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 26, 2014. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002493. Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Lunabella Make Up And Hair at 110 W. Mission St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Christin Brown 4138 Paseo Redondo #A Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Ashley Kelly (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Christin Brown and Ashely Kelly This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 2, 2014. 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0002531. Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Vega’s Apartment Rentals at 622 West Canon Perdido Santa Baerbara, CA 93101; Vegas Apartment Rentals (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Amelia Ornelas, Secretary This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 20, 2014. 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0002441.

Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Insight & Strategies at 50‑6 Barranca Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Gayle Abramson (same address) Mitchell I Glanz (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Mitchell I Glanz This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 29, 2014. 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0002522.

Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Thrive Wellness Coaching at 1322 Pitos Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Benjamin Murphy (same address) Jennifer Murphy (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jennifer Murphy This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 4, 2014. 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0002554. Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Corvus Woodcraft at 1313 Carmelita Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Nitin Anand (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Nitin Anand This statement was filed with the County

Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 2, 2014. 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 Tara Tayasinghe.

FBN Number: 2014‑0002538. Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 4, 2014. 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0002556. Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Goodwin & Thyne Properties at 2000 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Goodwin & Thyne Properties, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Kevin Goodwin, CFO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 4, 2014. 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 Christine Potter.

FBN Number: 2014‑0002560. Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Convalescent Hospital, The Californian, The Californian of Santa Barbara at 2225 De La Vina Santa Barbara, CA 93105; California Convalescent Hospital of Santa Barbara, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Jason Campbell, Secretary This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 28, 2014. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002515.

Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Golden Gate Communications, LLC at 621 Dolores Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Golden Gate Communications. LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: David Eschleman, President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 5, 2014. 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0002566. Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Santa Barbara Homestays at 1976 Las Canoas Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Louise Woelkers (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Louise Woelkers This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 5, 2014. 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0002570. Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: The Blue Door at 4 E. Yanonali St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The Blue Door SB LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 4, 2014. 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 Tara Tayasinghe.

FBN Number: 2014‑0002561. Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Deckers Brands at 250 Coromar Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Deckers Outdoor Corporation (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 8, 2014. 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 Tara Tayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0002582. Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Teton Treats, Traveling Teatime at 2916 Paseo Del Refugio Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Debra Ellingson Teton (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Debra Teton This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 2, 2014. 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0002530. Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Wolf’s Head at 432 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Cristian Sagastume 5782 Alondra Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Ruben Sagastume 810 N. La Cumbre Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Christian Sagastume This statement was filed with the County

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: KB Consulting at 5889 Berkeley Rd Goleta, CA 93117; MITR Consulting Corporation (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Sheetal Gavankar, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 2, 2014. 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 Tara Tayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0002529. Published: Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sparkpunk Media at 5473 Cameo Road Carpinteria, CA 93013; Zachary Claude Erving (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Zachary Erving This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 11, 2014. 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0002639.

Published: Sep 18, 25. Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Downtown Community Acupuncture Source at 209 W. Sola St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jennifer Potthast 7544 San Como Way Goleta, CA 93117; Laura Schlieske 2660 Puesta Del Sol #C Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Laura Schlieske This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 10, 2014. 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 Tara Tayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0002628. Published: Sep 18, 25.

Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Marine Services

By Steve Vukas at 2390 Las Vargas Canyon Road Goleta, CA 93117; Stephen Michael Vukas (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Stephen Michael Vukas This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 08, 2014. 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0002584.

Published: Sep 18, 25. Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Bench at 3905 State Street #7‑226 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Colin Quintal (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Colin Quintal This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 20, 2014. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002447. Published: Sep 18, 25.

Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Pape Kenworth at 1322 White Court Santa Maria, CA 93458; Pape Trucks, Inc 355 Goodpasture Island Road Eugene, OR 97401 This

business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 03, 2014. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002544.

Published: Sep 18, 25. Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Baba Management, Build America By Americans at 227 East Figueroa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Zaki Syed (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Zaki Syed This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 25, 2014. 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0002484.

Published: Sep 18, 25. Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Acacia Counseling & Wellness at 6586 Picasso Road Isla Vista, CA 93117; Brett Donnelly 2553 Treasure Drive Unit B Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Harlan K Higginbotham Jr 12 Lorinda Place Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Harlan K. Higginbotham This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 25, 2014. 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0002473. Published: Sep 18, 25.

Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ranch Wash at 3687 Manzana St Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Recovery Ranch LLC 3694B Tivola St Santa Ynez, CA 93460 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Daniel Ross This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 9, 2014. 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0002600. Published: Sep 18, 25.

Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Anacapa Builders at 1187 Coast Village Road #1‑109 Montecito, CA 93108; Anacapa Design‑Build, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Chris R. Joyce, Pres. & Sec. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 4, 2014. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002558. Published: Sep 18, 25. Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Real Gusto Enterprises at 3149 Calle Fresno Santa Barbara, CA 93105‑2772; Augusto Antonio Pravia Cerrud (same address) Mary Lou H. Smitheram Pravia (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Augusto Pravia Cerrud This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 9, 2014. 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0002607.

Published: Sep 18, 25. Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Eagle’s Nest Farm at 200 Mail Road Lompoc, CA 93436; Seamus Ethridge (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Seamus Ethridge This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 8, 2014. 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0002589. Published: Sep 18, 25.

Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EOS Santa Barbara, EOS Transportation, Santa Barbara Wine Shuttle, SB Wine

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Shuttle at 500 Anacapa St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; EOS Transportation Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 08, 2014. 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 Tara Tayasinjhe. FBN Number: 2014‑0002590. Published: Sep 18, 25.

Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Wildlife By I Finsvik at 1781 Eucalyptus Hill Road Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Ivanie Ann Finsvik (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Ivanie Ann Finsvik This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 27, 2014. 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0002506. Published: Sep 18, 25.

Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Mecka Associates at 270 Storke Rd, #13 Goleta, CA 93117; Cynthia Scalisi 298 San Napoli Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Cynthia Scalisi This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 12, 2014. 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 Melissa Mercer.

FBN Number: 2014‑0002644. Published: Sep 18, 25. Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Rosales Mexican Restaurant at 827 East Montecito Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Patricia Angel Felipe 1216 Gillespie Way Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Patricia Felipe This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 29, 2014. 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0002523.

Published: Sep 18, 25. Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Rama Masonry at 782 Acacia Walk #B Goleta, CA 93117; Rama Masonry, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Myrteza Rama This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 21, 2014. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002455. Published: Sep 18, 25.

Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Bird Dog Mercantile at 131 Anacapa Street Suite C Santa Barbara, CA 93101; SB Pop Up, LLC 120 Presidential Way Suite 300 Woburn, MA 01801‑1182 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 15, 2014. 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0002666. Published: Sep 18, 25.

Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Vet National Mail at 601 Pine Avenue Goleta, CA 93117; Cross Country Lending, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 04, 2014. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002553. Published: Sep 18, 25.

Oct 2, 9 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Old Time Plumbing Co. at 315 Meigs Rd A‑391

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Able to lift up to 25 lbs. $20.19/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Apply by 10/5/14. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20140436

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Student Employment Coordinator.

Provides analytical support, advice, and counsel to the Executive Vice Chancellor, Associate Vice Chancellor, senior staff in Academic Personnel, and 80 campus academic departments, center and programs.

Reqs: Demonstrated analytical skills, and able to maintain high level of confidentiality. Must be able to interact in a professional manner with faculty, staff, and other campus departments.

Desirable: Knowledge of UC policies as they pertain to academic personnel.

Experience with campus payroll system.

Notes: Fingerprinting required. $54,124 ‑ $64,952/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For primary consideration apply by 10/6/14, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.­ edu Job #20140434

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SURVEY RESEARCH ANALYST

BUDGET AND PLANNING OFFICE Responsible for all aspects of survey research projects conducted by department on behalf of the University’s senior officers, administrators, and academic departments conducting surveys for assessment. This includes consultation, questionnaire design, programming, survey administration, data processing, data analysis, and report writing.

Reqs: Bachelor’s degree and three years of experience managing survey research projects and/ or equivalent data analysis experience with a statistics background. Note: Fingerprinting required. $54,124 ‑ $64,952/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected

by law including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For primary consideration apply by 10/5/14, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20140430

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Valley Computer Repair at 1511 A‑1 Mission Rd Solvang, CA 93464; Roger 6495 Santa Rosa Road Lompoc, CA 93436 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Roger J. Mc Ginnis This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 02, 2014. 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0002537. Published: Sep 25. Oct 2, 9, 16 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Jumpstart Interiors at 332 La Marina Santa Barbara, CA 93109, Leann Anderson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Leann Anderson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 15, 2014. 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0002658. Published: Sep 25. Oct 2, 9, 16 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Pape Kenworth at 1322 White Court Santa Maria, CA 93458; Papa Trucks, Inc 355 Goodpasture Island Road Eugene, Or 97401 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 03, 2014.

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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002544. Published: Sep 25. Oct 2, 9, 16 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Black Hammer, Galapagos, Natural Pack, Inc. Supermoss Products Company, Don Alberto, Heirbloom, Pan Technologies, Four Seasons Flowers, K Structure, Proflora at 19 Canyon Acres Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Natural Pack, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 09, 2014. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002598.

Published: Sep 25. Oct 2, 9, 16 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Central Coast Commercial, Central Coast Investments, Central Coast Property Management at 280 King Daniel Lane Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Brian Bailey and Terri Bailey This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 15, 2014. 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0002670.

Published: Sep 25. Oct 2, 9, 16 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Adaptive Technology at 1900 Garden Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Christina Brandt (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 16, 2014. 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0002677.

Published: Sep 25. Oct 2, 9, 16 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: B Green Craftsman BGC, B. Green Craftsman Green Craftsman, BE Green Craftsman at 187 Olive Street Summerland, CA 93067; Bruce R Green (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Bruce R. Green This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 17, 2014. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002689. Published: Sep 25. Oct 2, 9, 16 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 7T at 222 W. Ortega Street Unit A Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Robert Anderson 365 E. Avenida De Los Arboles Thousand Oaks, CA 91360; Skye Harris 222 W. Ortega Street Unit A Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Skye Harris This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 11, 2014. 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002641.

Published: Sep 25. Oct 2, 9, 16 2014.

Name Change

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF STEFAN ALEXIS HEARST and IRINA LAWRENCE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 1468255 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: IRINA LAWRENCE TO: IRINA HEARST FROM: ALEKSANDRA HEARST LAWRENCE TO: ALEKSANDRA HEARST 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.

NOTICE OF HEARING Oct 15, 2013 9:­ 30am, Dept 6, 1100 Anacapa St, Santa Barbara CA 93101.

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 Aug 13, 2013. by Terri Chavez; Deputy Clerk for Thomas P. Anderle, Judge of the Superior Court. Published.

Sep 4, 11, 18, 25 2014.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ROBERT FREEMAN JONES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 1467540 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: ROBERT FREEMAN JONES TO: FREEMAN JONES 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.

NOTICE OF HEARING Nov 5, 2014 9:­30am, Dept 6, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 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 Sep 01, 2014 by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published , Sep 11, 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

Notice to Creditors NOTICE TO CREDITORS ATTORNEY for REBECCA ROSS, TRUSTEE of THE CATHERINE LLOYD LIVING TRUST In re The CATHERINE LLOYD LIVING LIVING TRUST, CREATED JUNE 20, 2003 BY CATHERINE

LLOYD, DECEDENT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ANACAPA CASE NUMBER: 1468813 PROPOSED NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF TRUST NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the creditors and contingent creditors of the above‑named decendent, that all persons having claims against the decendent are required to file them with the Superior Court, at 1100 Anacapa Street, 93101, Santa Barbara, California 93101, and mail or delivera copy to Rebecca Ross, as trustee of the Trust dated June 20, 2003, and restated June 25, 2012, of which the Decedent was the settlor, at Rebecca Ross c/o Peter Eastman, Attorney, 1745 Calle Boca del Canon, Santa Barbara, California 93101 (805) 689‑3879, within the later of 4 months after September 18, 2014 (the date of the first publication of this notice to creditors) or, if notice is mailed or personally deliivered to you, 60 days after the date this notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, or you must petitionto file a late claim as provide in Probate Code S19103. For your protection, you are encouraged to file your claim by certified mail, with return receipt requested. Dated: September 15, 2014. Signed: PETER EASTMAN State Bar Number 76304 1745 Calle Boca del Canon Santa Barbara, CA 93101, (805) 689‑3879 peastman@ impulse.net Published: Sep 18, 25. Oct 2 2014.

Public Notices Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) is proposing to build a 55‑foot Stealth Structure/ Pine Tree Telecommunications Tower in the vicinity of 222 E. Donovan Rd., Santa Maria, CA 93454. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30‑days from the date of this publication to: Project 61146775‑JC c/o EBI Consulting, 11445 East Via Linda, Suite 2 #472; Scottsdale, AZ 85259, jcastells@ebiconsulting.com, or 619.548.3798 Published Sep 11, 2014.

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to build a 53‑foot Stealth Structure/ Palm Tree Communications Tower. Anticipated lighting application is medium intensity dual red/white strobes. The Site location is 2660 Santa Maria Way, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, CA 93455 (34 54 40.9 N, 120 26 4.38 W.) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Antenna Structure Registration (ASR, Form 854) filing number is A0921269.

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS – Interested persons may review the application (www.fcc.­ gov/asr/ applications) by entering the filing number.

Environmental concerns may be raised by filing a Request for

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805.564.1093 FULL TIME & PART TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE PESCADERO LOFTS, Isla Vista

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Santa Barbara, CA; Frank E. Gill (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Frank E. Gill This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 08, 2014. 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 Tara Tayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0002598. Published: Sep 25. Oct 2, 9, 16 2014.

RAISE MONEY TO ELECT DEMOCRATS THIS NOVEMBER!

Environmental Review (www.­ fcc.gov/ asr/environmentalrequest) and online filings are strongly encouraged. The mailing address to file a paper copy is: FCC Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. HISTORIC PROPERTIES EFFECTS ‐ Public comments regarding potential effects on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Project 61146895‑BFT, c/o EBI Consulting, 11445 E. Via Linda, Suite 2, #472, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, or at (802) 522‑8259 or bfennimantonn@ ebiconsulting.com . Published Sep 25, 2014.

Trustee Notice T.S. No.: 2013‑04315‑CA Loan No.: 7110737496 A.P.N.:029‑0‑070‑140 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/14/2007. 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. Trustor: CHESTER F. DEWEY, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Recorded 12/20/2007 as Instrument No. 20071220‑00228995‑0 in book ‑‑‑, page‑‑‑ and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Ventura County, California, Date of Sale: 10/07/2014 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale:AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT CENTER HALL OF JUSTICE, 800 SOUTH VICTORIA AVENUE, VENTURA, CA Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $1,250,654.72 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, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED

Applications are being accepted for Pescadero Lofts, located at 761 Camino Pescadero, Isla Vista, California. This Development will target homeless individuals and households comprised of one or two persons. Applicants must meet income restrictions set by State Tax-Credits and HUD Section 8 ProjectBased Voucher Program assistance guidelines. Local Preferences will be applied. The Development consists of 26 studio/1 bath units, six 1-bedroom/1 bath units, and one Manager’s unit. Applications will be available beginning Tues., September 23rd, at 5575 Armitos Ave., Goleta, and 815 West Ocean Avenue, Lompoc. Call 736-3423, ext. 4005, for additional information.

The Housing Authority will accept applications for this program regardless of race, color, creed, sex, familial status, national origin, age, handicap or other protected groups under State, Federal or local equal opportunity laws.

TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt More fully described in said Deed of Trust Street Address or other common designation of real property: 4685 Grand Avenue, Ojai, CA 93023 A.P.N.: 029‑0‑070‑140 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above.

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust. 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: $1,250,654.72.

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 of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a 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

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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 this 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 (866)‑960‑8299 or visit this Internet Web site http://altisource.­com/resware/ TrusteeServicesSearch.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2013‑04315‑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 Date: August 28, 2014Western Progressive, LLC , as Trustee C/o 30 Corporate Park, Suite 450 Irvine, CA 92606 Automated Sale Information Line: (866) 960‑8299 http:­//altisource.com/resware/ TrusteeServicesSearch.aspx For Non‑Automated Sale Information, call: (866) 240‑3530 __________________________________ THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR Published Sep 11, 18, 25 2014.

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