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“A paradox of muscular impact and weightless flight.” The Guardian (U.K.) SAT, NOV 1 / 2 PM & 8 PM UCSB CAMPBELL HALL Tickets start at $30 / $19 UCSB students

Dance series sponsored in part by Margo & Robert Feinberg and the Cohen Family Fund

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Ohad Naharin, Artistic Director and Choreographer “One of the most fascinating dancemakers on the planet.” The New York Times TUE, NOV 4 / 8 PM / ArLiNgTON THEATrE Tickets start at $35 / $19 UCSB students An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

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Joshua Bell, violin Alessio Bax, piano

“Few people can evoke as sweet a sound from a string instrument as Joshua Bell.”

TUE, OCT 28 / 7 PM / GRANADA THEATRE Tickets start at $35 / $19 UCSB students

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Schubert: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major, D. 574, op.162 Grieg: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major, op. 8 Prokofiev: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Minor, op. 80

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A “searing, penetrating and thrilling” (Performance Performance Today Today) program of music by Debussy, Satie, Sun Ra and Esquivel.

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TUE, NOV 18 / 7 PM / HAHN HALL, MUSiC ACADEMy $30 / $9 UCSB students A Hahn Hall facility fee will be added to each ticket price

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Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

The team of Wellman and Palladino dates back to a simpler, more innocent era when there were only half-a-dozen categories in the Best Of because many of the things we rate and celebrate today had not yet been invented.

Automobiles, for instance, were merely rumored as self-enclosed carriage devices, and health spas, indeed doctors, were more like campfire affairs around which drums and singing occurred.

Clearly, the invention of journalism helped divert these two from the hunter-gatherer assignments they had performed. Of the two, Wellman has more technical savvy and knows more jokes that feature schnauzers in the punch line. Palladino enjoys learning new superlatives and interviewing Santa Barbarians who know how to make our town nice.

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Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

LIVING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

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Living Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Food & Drink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

A&E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Arts Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Classical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Pop, Rock & Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

ENDORSEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . 13 FILM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

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THE WEEK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Movie Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

OPINIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 ODDS & ENDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Barney Brantingham’s On the Beat . . . . 27

Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology . . . . 147 Dining Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 The Restaurant Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

REVIEWS

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CONTENTS

Lorde (right) reigns over the S.B. Bowl and more . . . . . . independent.com/reviews

SPORTS

PresidioSports.com headlines, latest scores, and more

S.B. QUESTIONNAIRE

Roger Durling interviews Bella Vista Designs owner Trevor Zellet (above) . . . . . independent.com/sbq

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HIKING

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Dan McCaslin on bears and other wacky, droughtaffected wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . independent.com/hiking

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ail-in ballots went out to voters on October 6, and the last day to register to vote in this hotly contested election is October 20. On Election Day — November 4 — polls will be open 7 a.m.-8 p.m.

November 4 is the last day mail-in ballots can arrive at the County Election Office (located at  Calle Real, Ste. A). Questions? Call County Elections at 568-2200 or visit sbcvote.com. And don’t forget to vote!

State Propositions Proposition 1: $7.545 Billion Water Bond: No

Building new dams isn’t the solution for our current drought or even droughts further down the road, not to mention the potential danger dams cause to the environment. But if taxpayers are going to get stuck picking up the tab, the money should be spent on something that can help right now — conservation, reuse, and recycling.

Proposition 2: Budget Stabilization Account: Yes

California’s budget instability stems from an unhealthy reliance on capital gains and desperately needs to be rejiggered accordingly. But as a short-term ameliorative, Proposition  — which requires the Legislature to set money aside in good times for when there’s not nearly enough — has the benefit of common sense.

Proposition 45: Health Insurance Rate Change Control: Yes

This would require health insurance companies to get permission from the state Insurance Commissioner to raise rates. Thirty-five others states already have this protection, and the sky hasn’t fallen yet. Does it make sense that California’s car insurance rates are currently regulated, but health insurance is not? We didn’t think so, either.

Proposition 46: Drug and Alcohol Testing of Doctors, Medical Negligence Lawsuits, Initiative Statute: No

There are three provisions to this proposition; every one of them is wrong-headed. The most dangerous is increasing the cap on pain and suffering damages that could be awarded to plaintiffs, which would raise insurance fees on doctors and hospitals and would pressure doctors to order unnecessary testing and procedures just to protect themselves from lawsuits, which would also raise medical costs. These are the wrong solutions for the wrong problems. Next.

Proposition 47: Criminal Sentence Reform: Yes

For way too long, prosecuting attorneys throughout California have been sending way too many people to state prison for committing nonviolent and low-level criminal offenses. This has taken a huge toll on state finances, not to mention the lives of millions of people adversely and unjustly affected. Prop.  seeks to tip the scales the other way by limiting the discretion of prosecutors. If passed, Prop.  would no longer allow felony charges to be filed for certain low-level or minor offenses that on their face would seem to be misdemeanors. There will be short-term consequences for counties whose jails are overcrowded already. We do not seek to minimize those. But they pale in comparison to the more profound and sweeping costs incurred because we’ve taken the justice out of our criminal justice system.

Regional Elections

Goleta Water District Board: Meg West

Once upon a time, the Goleta Water District Board was the hottest ticket in town, and with the drought upon us, it could get that way again. Two outsiders are running for the seat, and we’re supporting both of them.

Meg West has long practiced water conservation in her own landscape business and has a thoughtful understanding of the Goleta community.

Measure O: Bed Tax Increase: Yes

For whatever reason, the County of Santa Barbara charges a lower bed tax than all the surrounding municipal governments. Now, the county hopes to change that by jacking its bed taxes (transient occupancy tax, technically) from 10 percent to 12.5. We say,“About time.” This will generate much-needed additional revenues for the county.

Endorsements at a Glance

Measure P: Anti-Fracking and High Intensity Extraction Initiative: No

This is one of the most painful initiatives with which this paper has ever wrestled. We know that many of you will disagree with us. As we see it, there are two principled ways to consider a vote on Measure P: One takes the bold, broad view that climate change is the most urgent issue confronting the planet and that any threat, however remote, to our groundwater basin must be attacked at all costs.

This argument is the overarching view of the proponents for “Yes on Measure P.” Some of the best, most valiant environmental activists in the county support this position and make a convincing case that P will allow Santa Barbara to take the lead against air pollution and dangerous oil-extraction methods throughout the United States.

The principal opponents to these claims are oil companies. Really?

What possible principled argument against Measure P would end up on the same side as an industry with one of the most disastrous, deceitful, polluting records in modern history? It certainly isn’t made in their multimillion-dollar, fright-mongering ad campaign.

It is, in fact, in the measure itself. However much some voters might wish to make a grand statement, it should not fly in the face of good governance. It is our opinion that Measure P leaves much to be desired in that regard.

From its hurried beginning this year when its originators, a new environmental group called the Water Guardians, collected 16,000 signatures, Measure P was promoted as a fight against fracking. But so far, there have only been two known cases of fracking. At that time, the supervisors quickly responded by adopting some of the strictest fracking regulations in the country. Since then, no fracking permits have been sought here. The real target of Measure P is cyclic steam injection, which generates four times more greenhouse gases than conventional oil extraction. Last November, when Santa Maria Energy proposed the largest such project in county history, the supervisors were, however imperfectly, again prodded into action, dramatically limiting the air pollution allowed.

A voter initiative, such as this measure, should only be used as a last resort. And it certainly should not be written in a confusing and potentially litigious manner. This is the principal problem with Measure P: It is susceptible to costly legal challenges. And this, unfortunately, is not fear mongering. That the county was compelled to craft clarifying language in order to reduce this risk troubles us further. Had Measure P not been written in such haste, many of these problems could have been avoided. Now Santa Barbara voters must decide on an imperfect measure. If fears of climate change trump your concerns about good governance, vote “yes.” But if not, vote “no.”

Regional Bond Measures Measure U : Yes

The Carpinteria Unified School District is asking for a $90 million facilities bond for improvements, including replacing 68 portable classrooms and technology upgrades. They are necessary.

Measure S: City College Bond for $228 Million: Yes

Like all community colleges in California, Santa Barbara City College has been forced to do more with less. Thus, the campus has amassed a massive backlog of deferred maintenance, which, in a more ideal world, should be funded at the statewide level. We say that because increasingly, Santa Barbara City College has become more a statewide institution and less the child of Santa Barbara that it’s traditionally been. But so far, the state has not seen fit to float any bond initiatives of its own, leaving individual campuses to reach out to their surrounding communities for funding. Because of this, Measure S is necessary. Compared to the last City College bond in 2008, which weighed in at $70 million, this one — at $288 million — generates legitimate sticker shock. But the needs are real. That being said, City College has failed to address the impacts — housing, parking, behavior — its growing student body has on surrounding neighborhoods, not to mention Isla Vista. This measure will not touch those problems. We expect the college trustees and administrators will next harness their considerable creativity, energy, and resources on this crucial mission.

State

Governor: Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Lieutenant Governor: Gavin Newsom Secretary of State: Alex Padilla Controller: Betty T. Yee Attorney General: Kamala D. Harris Insurance Commissioner: Dave Jones U.S. Representative, 24th District: Lois Capps Member of the State Assembly, 37th District: Das Williams School Superintendent of Public Instruction: Tom Torlakson

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Goleta Water District: Meg West

State Measures

Proposition 1 ($7.545 Billion Water Bond): No

Proposition 2 (State Budget Stabilization): Yes Proposition 45 (Healthcare Insurance Rate Change Control): Yes Proposition 46 (Drug and Alcohol Testing of Doctors): No Proposition 47 (Criminal Sentence Reform): Yes Proposition 48 (Indian Gaming Compacts): No

School Bond Measures

Measure Q (Montecito Union School District): Yes Measure S (Santa Barbara Community College District): Yes Measure U (Carpinteria Unified School District): Yes

County Measures

Measure O (Transient Occupancy Tax): Yes Measure P (Prohibit Certain Petroleum Operations): No

Measure Q : Yes

The Montecito Union School District is asking for a $27 million bond, 71 percent of which will go to deferred maintenance.

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Toxic Lobster in Ventura

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The concentrated levels of domoic acid have not been found in Santa Barbara waters.

Public Health frequently collects and tests phytoplankton samples and seafood along the coast, according to California Public Health Department spokesperson Matt Conens. The department would issue an updated health advisory if higher levels of this toxin were detected elsewhere.

The shipment and sale of shellfish are restricted if elevated toxin levels are detected until lab STILL OKAY: While Santa Barbara lobsters, like the ones seen here, are fine to eat, their Ventura brethren have tests for each batch tested for dangerously high levels of domoic acid. prove otherwise.

This toxin occurs naturally — from just the right mix of sunlight, Just as lobster season kicks into gear, state health officials announced Monday that people should not eat the internal organs nutrients, water temperature, and salinity — and is produced by single-celled plants called diatoms. The ideal combination of of lobster or rock crab caught off the Ventura County coast because they could cause a potentially fatal disease called amnesic shellfish these factors is not yet understood by scientists, and these “diatom poisoning — though there are no known cases of human poisoning blooms” vary by concentration and location. High levels of domoic acid tend to occur in the spring and fall and are common in shellin California. Dangerously high levels of domoic acid were recently fish along Ventura and Santa Barbara coasts. This is not associated discovered in the organs of lobsters and crab in the area. Seafood with the “red tide” phenomenon, Conens added. In May, officials lovers should also not consume recreationally caught mussels, implemented a ban on recreationally harvesting mussels anyscallops, or oysters — but commercially harvested shellfish are safe where off the California coastline, which remains in effect. to eat because they are monitored by the state department on an ongoing basis.

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Oil Companies Raise $5.6 Million to Stop Drilling Ban

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hat does a campaign do when it’s on track to outspend the competition 20 times over? Just ask the “No on Measure P” team.

With less than three weeks until Election Day, Santa Barbara County’s oil operators and their supporters — notably a statewide political committee of big players from Big Oil — have amassed a $5.6 million trove, nearly $4.5 million of which they’ve pumped into, among other things, ads, consultants, legal services, and polls.

Even with chunkier donations in recent weeks, the “Yes on P” side has corralled $284,000 — just a bit more than one-nineteenth of their opponents’ cache — and spent just under $100,000.

Californians for Energy Independence, the aforementioned “No” committee, has funneled $5 million of its $7.6 million war chest — $1.7 million of which is being used to fight San Benito County’s Measure J, authored by the same law firm responsible for Measure P — to the “No” side. The two single-biggest donors to 14

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the committee have been Chevron ($2.5 million) and Aera Energy ($2.1 million), the latter of which is rumored to be contemplating applying for 300 cyclic steam injection wells here. Other Santa Barbara County interests that have contributed to that state group include Santa Maria Energy and Pacific Coast Energy Company, both of whose future plans could be thwarted if the initiative passes. The regional fundraising team for “No” has seen additional donations from Santa Maria Energy ($88,134) and Pacific Coast Energy Company ($157,035), as well as Venoco ($80,000) and ERG Operating Company ($90,893), which recently applied for 233 cyclic steam injection wells.

The largest checks written to “Yes on P” have come from Montecito resident Richard Mazess ($50,000), a retired executive, and the Consumer Advocates for Safe Food and Water ($24,500). Donating $10,000 each have been the Center for Biological Diversity, Montecito gambler Stanley Tomchin, and Jack Stapelmann, who sits on the advisory council for Santa Barbara Channelkeeper. Chief advocate Katie Davis ($10,800) and Assemblymember

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Das Williams ($7,175) have also chipped in.

Last week — which also saw California’s Department of Conservation release revisions of Senate Bill , the state law aiming to tighten regulations on fracking and acidizing, but not cyclic steaming, by next July — supervisors Salud Carbajal and Janet Wolf broke their silence on Measure P, officially endorsing it.

They attributed their support to last week’s board meeting, where they and Supervisor Doreen Farr (who hasn’t taken a stance) voted in favor of a framework to handle oil companies’ opt-out claims if the initiative passes. Also standing up for the “Yes” campaign is the City of Carpinteria (in a divided vote by the council on Monday), State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, and several environmental groups.

Each camp has different supporters from the Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and Goleta city councils. Firmly on the “No” side are the county firefighters union, the Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, and the Santa Barbara Police Officers Association. North County supervisors Peter Adam and Steve Lavagnino have also voiced their opposition.

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Former Montecito mover and shaker David Prenatt (pictured) was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for what prosecutors described as a $13 million Ponzi scheme. A number of investors took the opportunity at the court hearing to testify about the pain, economic hardship, and sense of bitter betrayal they said Prenatt inflicted. Prenatt looked at his accusers as they spoke, and he apologized afterward. He insisted, however, that he had always intended on paying them back and was a victim of the Great Recession. Independent publisher Joe Cole served as attorney for a hotel partnership that Prenatt co-owned before declaring bankruptcy. In addition, Cole served as Prenatt’s personal attorney for three weeks as Prenatt unsuccessfully sought to retrieve funds from the hotel partnership to pay off his personal investors.

A group of foreign researchers in their twenties was hit by a train 10/11 as they took pictures of the sunset along the Gaviota Coast. Two of the victims, a male and female, suffered moderate to serious injuries and are being treated at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. A third female victim died at the scene. A fourth man escaped unhurt.

The group — three of whom are members of UCSB’s Visiting Scholars program — had walked onto the Vista Point trestle north of Refugio State Beach at approximately 6 p.m. when an Amtrak train came around the corner. They tried to outrun the train along the raised trestle but were overtaken before reaching the end. The identities of the victims have not been released.

A little more than 24 hours after a man tumbled from a balcony above the Isla Vista cliffs along Del Playa Drive, a second college-age victim was discovered 10/11 with serious head injuries on the beach below the cliffs. A group walking on the beach found the unconscious man 100 yards east of the El Embarcadero Road staircase just after midnight. No one saw the fall, authorities said, but the victim’s injuries were consistent with such an incident. The Sheriff’s Office didn’t return requests for comment on the victims’ identities or conditions.

District Attorney Joyce Dudley announced on 10/14 that 58-year-old Ventura resident Dean Basler pleaded guilty to charges that he fooled

A Santa Barbara jury has convicted Westside gang members Marcial Garcia and Christian Botello of robbery and false imprisonment for robbing a man parked outside Mi Fiesta Market in August 2012. Accomplices Luis Jaimes and Juan Carlos Gomez, who acted as lookouts during the incident, were recently sentenced to five years and five years and eight months in prison, respectively. Garcia and Botello will appear back in court 10/22 on prior convictions, which will likely affect their sentences.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested Giovanni Gonzalez last week on charges related to possessing child pornography. In late September, the Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Bureau learned that a computer’s IP address traced to Carpinteria had accessed upward of 600 photos and videos depicting child pornography. A subsequent investigation found that Gonzalez, 24, reportedly forged an Internet identity as a teenage girl, which he used to get victims to send him images, which he later traded online.

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CITY The panoramic views — enjoyed by an estimated 200,000 people per year — from atop the Santa Barbara County Courthouse will be put on hold for seven months starting in January, when the observation deck closes so that the elevator can be reconstructed to reach the top landing.

Currently, the elevator stops 12 steps shy of the landing, making the 360-degree views out of reach of people with disabilities.

The City of Santa Barbara has launched a new finance tracking tool available online at santabarbaraca.gov/OpenGov. “Transparency is fundamental to good government,” said Mayor Helene Schneider. “Through this partnership with OpenGov, residents will have new insight and access to our city’s financial information.”

COUNTY The county supervisors voted 3-2 this week in favor of looking into a project stabilization agreement (PSA) for the construction of the recidivism-reducing wing of the planned North County Jail — slated to open in 2018 — and abandoning plans to go with a PSA for the construction of the main portion of the facility. After weeks of negotiations between county staff and the builders-and-trades coalition over the PSA — meant to ensure the hiring of regional workers, an argument councont’d page 16

No Vacancy in Isla Vista

UCSB junior Sirapat Cupradinan spent 12 days at Super 8 Hotel because he could not find a place to rent this year in Isla Vista. A chemistry major from Victorville, Cupradinan spent about $900 — money he was supposed to use for books and electronics — on hotel bills. On Monday, he was lucky enough to find a room for $650 per month in an elderly woman’s home on Hollister Avenue about five miles OUT OF POCKET: UCSB student Sirapat Cupradinan from campus, beating (pictured) is frustrated because he spent hundreds of dollars a few others who were on a hotel while he was looking for housing. interested. It’s not ideal, because he doesn’t have a car, and he rides his mountain bike to and from campus. “I just have to take what I can, I guess,” he said. “I am broke now. I ran out of cash.”

Cupradinan, whose housing on Abrego Road fell through, is not alone in his lastminute search. UCSB’s community housing office received a higher number of requests from students who needed help finding a place this year than they have in past years.

As of Tuesday, 42 students were actively looking and seeking help from the Community Housing Office. That number has gone down since the first day of school when several dozens of students showed up to the offices, which tend to be busy at the start of each year. At the first of the month, there were reportedly about 150 students flooding the offices, though that figure could not be confirmed. The housing offices provide an informal process for assisting students who are looking for residences through an online database that operates similar to Craigslist.

UCSB spokesperson Allena Baker said they’ve never seen the vacancy rate so low — 0.6 percent. In past years, the vacancy rate has hovered around 8 percent. More continuing students left finding a place until the last minute this year, Baker added, and the housing office does not track the availability of beds or the number of students who are looking on a year-to-year basis. It’s unclear if the freshman class is larger this year, because the total figure will not be finalized until next week, but UCSB spokesperson George Foulsham specified enrolled freshmen live in residence halls and would not — Kelsey Brugger impact housing.

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Santa Barbara residents in high-fire-risk areas into paying him $250,000 worth of premiums for fake homeowners insurance. Basler admitted to two counts of felony embezzlement and will be sentenced to 240 days in jail. He’ll also be ordered to pay back his victims and serve four years of probation.

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DEAD FISH: The Bureau of Reclamation’s Michael Jackson sought to cool tempers about 400 steelhead killed by pump malfunctions earlier this year.

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BY N I C K W E L S H he Environmental Defense Center (EDC) has filed an Endangered Species Act lawsuit against the Bureau of Reclamation on behalf of California Trout Inc., charging that remedial steps taken by the federal agency to prevent further accidental deaths of steelhead trout along Hilton Creek — which feeds into the Santa Ynez River — are insufficient.

Since March 2013, 393 steelhead have died because of 11 malfunctions of the pumps operated by the bureau to feed water into Hilton

For a while, neither of the two pumps operated by the bureau (one for backup) could be counted on, and COMB employees found themselves risking “life and limb” — in the words of COMB chief Randall Ward — performing late-night emergency fish-rescue operations, scooping up juveniles and some adults stranded in the muck and the mud. In recent months, the bureau has installed temporary pumps that have functioned without incident, and on September 3 it awarded a contract to install an emergency system.

‘The Endangered Species Act isn’t about keeping the steelhead on life support.’

— Nicole Di Camillo, EDC attorney Creek. Steelhead trout were declared endangered in 1997, and such “takings” — accidental or otherwise — clearly violate the bureau’s permits, which regulate how many steelhead bureau employees can “observe or harass” and how many can be “unintentionally killed.” The permit language states that 50 adults and 400 juveniles can be observed and harassed annually, but only one adult and four juveniles are allowed to meet with “unintentional mortalities.”

The fish killings have emerged as a major bone of contention between the Bureau of Reclamation, which owns the dam and is charged with pump operation and maintenance, and the Cachuma Operation and Maintenance Board (COMB), which is legally responsible for efforts to preserve and restore the once-abundant steelhead, runs along the Santa Ynez River. Since 2005, COMB has been releasing an average of 10 acre-feet of water a day down a relatively short stretch of Hilton Creek designated as critical habitat for the endangered fish. Such efforts have maintained the steelhead on a state of life support, but even that proved questionable once the pumps began failing last year.

Nicole Di Camillo, an attorney with the EDC, claimed that the permanent system needed to supply the fish with adequate water is still two years away. “That’s not good enough,” she said.

“The Endangered Species Act isn’t about keeping the steelhead on life support,” she said. “It’s about restoring them to the point they’re no longer endangered.” The point of her lawsuit, she said, was to accelerate the development of a permanent, fail-safe pumping system.

As the historic drought now gripping California intensifies, such steelhead relief efforts have engendered some increased skepticism and backlash. This Tuesday, for example, Santa Barbara City Councilmember Randy Rowse pointedly questioned how low Lake Cachuma must get before dispensations for the steelhead can cease. It turns out that the reservoir just dipped below that point. What happens now is not entirely clear; two federal agencies have initiated discussions on this matter, but no Santa Barbara stakeholders have a seat at the table.

In the meantime, water releases for the steelhead are supposed to drop from 10 acre-feet a ■ day to just one.

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The City of Goleta will issue two temporary on-street parking permits per household in certain neighborhoods with restrictions going into effect over Halloween weekend, between noon on 10/31 and 6 a.m. on 11/2. Residents who live between Cannon Green Drive to Storke Road and from Hollister Avenue to Whittier Drive will receive their free permits in the mail before 10/27 and will have to tape them (with the license plate number included) to the driver’s side window. Cars parked on those streets without valid permits will be towed. If residents don’t receive their permits by 10/27, or they have more than two cars that need to be parked on the street, they can call the city at 961-7556.

Thousands of UCSB students filled the plaza below Storke Tower last Wednesday in a memorial to commemorate the victims of last May’s mass murders. But this time, alum Jack Johnson played to the crowd, followed by a speech from Vice Chancellor Michael Young.

Young, who will retire after 25 years in January,

spoke about the confusing elements of the “senseless act” and asked of Isla Vista in general: “Do we really want a community where almost anything goes? Do we really want a community where it’s okay to trash and victimize in the name of fun?” to which the crowd responded with a resounding “No!” Three of the four candidates looking to occupy two spots at the Goleta Water District have now made their stances on key issues known, but the two challengers continue to be more outspoken than the incumbents. With less than a month to go until Election Day, longtime Boardmember Jack Cunningham debated challengers Meg West and Charles McClure this week at the Goleta Valley Community Center. Read more at independent.com.

One of Santa Barbara wine country’s main roads will get a little bit wider in the years to come, as the California Transportation Commission granted $3.4 million to add passing lanes on Highway 246 between Cebada Canyon and Hapgood roads near Lompoc. The route cuts through the western end of the Sta. Rita Hills wine-growing appellation, connecting many of the rural vineyards to the urban wineries of Lompoc while serving as a popular route for wine-tasting crowds.

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The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility has filed a challenge with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to block payment to the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) for a seismic study of the subsurface terrain off the coast from the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, charging the utility company with violating the peer review process that was mandated. Two weeks ago, PG&E released a 1,700-page report assessing the seismic BATMAN AND ROBIN: Anti-Diablo Canyon activists David threats posed by offshore Weisman and John Geesman have been trying to hurt PG&E faults discovered six years where it counts — the bottom line. ago. The report concluded that the plant is built to withstand any ground motion the faults could generate.

Alliance attorney John Geesman charged that PG&E failed to provide an independent peer review committee a copy of the report until the day after the report was made public. According to Geesman, state law required PG&E to share its results with the committee on an ongoing basis, not after the fact. “Without independent review, this report is propaganda, not science,” Geesman stated. As such, he argued, PG&E should not be entitled to full compensation for the cost of preparing the report. The PUC had authorized PG&E to recoup $64 million from state ratepayers. Of that, all but $7 million has already been paid, and Geesman is arguing PG&E should only get half of the remaining amount.

PG&E spokesperson Blair Jones stressed that the results demonstrate the plant has been engineered to withstand the largest seismic jolt the newly discovered faults are capable of delivering. He also insisted that PG&E was never required to give the independent review panel draft reports but had initially agreed to do so. He added that the process proved more time-consuming than anticipated and that rather than feeding the panel information on a “piecemeal” basis, PG&E opted to deliver it in one big package.

San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson — outspoken in his questions about the nuclear plant’s seismic risk — sits on the independent peer review committee, and he was very much upset that the committee had no chance to see the report until it was a fait accompli. “It appears to me that PG&E’s public relations staff advised them to get their story to the public before any detailed questions might be asked,” Gibson contended. Jones said the utility “is looking forward” to the panel’s — Nick Welsh comments and “will respond to the comments received.”

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BY N I C K W E L S H treets signs throughout the Santa Barbara waterfront warn pedestrians and motorists alike of impending tsunamis, but last Thursday the city’s Planning Commission found itself wrangling with the impacts of the much-heralded “Silver Tsunami” on a 1.76-acre chunk of mysteriously undeveloped land far from the ocean between La Cumbre Plaza and the row of car dealerships on Hope Avenue.

The developers of a proposed affordable senior housing complex — dubbed Gardens on Hope — packed the commission chambers with supporters in hopes of persuading the planners to approve a major rezone of the land to allow the three-story, 91-unit project and not to impose new rules and regulations regarding creek setbacks recently adopted by the City Council. At issue is the size of the buffer between the 1,800-foot stretch of Arroyo Burro Creek that runs along the backside of the lot — vacant the last 30 years — and the proposed development.

The new general plan adopted by the City Council in 2011 — after five years of intense negotiation, brinkmanship, and compromise — calls for 50-foot creek setbacks, except in cases where the creek has been channelized.

In those instances, the requirement is only 25 feet. Although the stretch of creek under contention is currently channelized, the council voted to designate this site as one of its four top priorities for creek naturalization. Therein lies the rub.

Cameron Benson, the city’s creek czar, argued that 50-foot setbacks are described in the scientific literature as the absolute minimum to maintain creek function and health.

Anything less, he warned, would jeopardize ongoing efforts to restore the channelized creek to its natural state. Other creek advocates noted that some of Santa Barbara’s neighboring cities require even greater setbacks. Goleta, for example, has a 100-foot rule. But developer and architect Detlev Peikert argued the 50-foot

requirement would kill the project economically. “The creek setback is a make-or-break issue for this project,” he said. “If we have to do the 50-foot setback, it would really decimate the project.”

Making the Planning Commission’s deliberations problematic is that the results of a key study on the creek’s potential for restoration and the costs involved is one month away from completion and release. City planners sought a delay from the developers — a partnership between the Housing Authority and the Garden Court senior housing facility — so that the study’s results could be incorporated into the discussion, but the developers insisted on proceeding with last week’s conceptual review.

Bettie Weiss, City Hall’s lead planner, suggested that the Planning Commission should reexamine Gardens on Hope for conceptual review once the study is complete. She also suggested the either-or equation suggested by the developers might be premature. “I don’t know the two objectives are on a collision course,” she said. “I don’t think that they’re necessarily mutually exclusive.”

Concern over creeks aside, the four planning commissioners who could participate — two reported conflicts of interest and one was out of town — gave the project a warm pat on the back, a hearty handshake, and a kiss on both cheeks. The proposal remains very much in the preliminary stages, but the commission made clear it would support any rezoning effort required to allow the maximum density on the site while imposing the least restrictions.

The land is currently zoned to be used as an auto dealership, but because of site constraints, the property has sat largely empty and unused for the past 30 years, except as a pumpkin patch before Halloween and a Christmas tree lot.

The project weighs in at 91 small units, each about 350 square feet. Low-income seniors are the target audience. As Rob Pearson, head of the City Housing Authority, noted, aging baby boomers are the fastest growing demographic in the country, and many cont’d page 19

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NATIONAL A 22-month mission flown by a robotic and mysterious Air Force space plane will come to an end this week with Vandenberg Air Force Base teams preparing for its landing. While base officials said the exact date and time depends on the weather and technical factors, as of press time, ground crews expected the X-37B’s arrival as soon as Wednesday. The reusable craft, which resembles a mini space shuttle, launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on December 11, 2012. The Air Force has remained notably quiet about the program, saying only that the flights are “designed to demonstrate reusable spacecraft technologies for America’s future in space.”

Sixty-eight civil leaders from 22 countries around the world have thrown their support behind a lawsuit filed by the Marshall Islands against nine countries for allegedly breaching a 46-year-old treaty to dismantle their nuclear arsenals. The tiny Pacific nation was the site of nuclear weapons tests in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Tutu and Mairead Maguire, among others, issued an open letter lauding the Marshall Islands for “unselfishly acting for the good of all humanity.” Santa Barbara’s Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and its president, David Krieger, acted as consultants to the Marshall Islands on the lawsuit. Read more at nuclearzero.org.

EDUCATION In a somewhat unprecedented move, the Santa Barbara Unified School District board unanimously endorsed Measure S, the $288 million Santa Barbara City College facilities bond. Speaking during public comment, SBCC President Lori Gaskin told the board that the college serves about 2,000 district students through dual enrollment and that 46 percent of area high school graduates enrolled at the college this fall. Following Gaskin, bond opponent Lou Segal argued that the bonds are too expensive given the campus’s basic needs.

Boardmembers, who have all personally supported the measure, stated concerns that previous boards hadn’t taken the prerogative to endorse similar measures but ultimately decided to endorse this time around.

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Though the City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday that the “Gator Boy” mural on the side of Cajun Kitchen’s Chapala Street restaurant needs to come down because it was put up without the necessary permits and because it doesn’t fit with the downtown corridor’s historic aesthetic, councilmembers remained open to further discussion about how such public art is vetted and approved in El Pueblo Viejo (EPV). Siding with a previous Historic Landmarks Commission ruling, the council allowed “Gator Boy” to remain until next August. The commissioners, in their ruling, complimented the mural as tasteful and well executed, but they said it simply didn’t conform to EPV guidelines.

Cajun Kitchen co-owner Juan Jimenez — accompanied by artist Curt Crawshaw at this week’s council meeting — admitted he was naïve for not obtaining permission for the mural in the first place, but he contended the approval process for publicly viewable art on private property is gray at best. Crawshaw chided City Hall for adopting a view of public art that he called “resoundingly close-minded” and that the “stodgy” and “uptight” practices of city decision-makers hinder a creatively minded community.

Crawshaw also noted that the complaint filed against “Gator Boy” that triggered the current enforcement action came from the City Arts Advisory Committee. “This is bureaucracy at its worst” and an example of the government creating a problem that never would have existed, he complained.

The meeting’s only public speaker — Gerardo Ayala, chair of the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission — said he couldn’t help but side with Historic Landmarks because “Gator Boy” simply didn’t fit its rules. But Ayala said those rules and the commission’s reach deserve some close scrutiny, asking how Paseo Nuevo’s fountain a block away — what he called a “Palladian phallus topped by a tchotchke” — could be green-lighted. Councilmember Dale Francisco, as the council’s liason to Historic Landmarks, said while he thought the EPV guidelines were rather straightforward, he — Tyler Hayden would be open to talks about updating them.

More Dough for Districts?

The Carpinteria and Montecito school districts have each placed bond measures on this November’s ballot, hoping at least 55 percent of voters will approve the new taxes.

In Carpinteria, Measure U is a $90 million facilities bond that would pay for building renovations and repairs. If it passes, property owners who live in the district would pay $47 for every $100,000 of the assessed value of their properties each year for the bond’s lifespan. Assistant Superintendent Cindy Abbott said the bond pays for improvements in line with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), replacements for 68 portable classrooms, and technology upgrades.

The area chapters of the Republican and Democratic parties have both endorsed the measure, along with 1st District Supervisor Salud Carbajal, Assemblymember Das Williams, and Carpinteria city councilmembers Fred Shaw and Gregg Carty. One person submitted arguments against Measure U, contending that bond issues do not improve education and do not retain quality teachers, but Abbott said she did not believe there was any organized opposition.

Meanwhile, the Montecito Union School District is asking approximately 5,000 residents to approve a $27 million bond measure known as Measure Q. “I think that the thing that is critical is that this is not a project that is all about fluff,” said Superintendent Tammy Murphy, adding 71 percent of the money would be used for deferred maintenance or basic infrastructure upgrades. No one submitted an argument against the measure.

Seventeen years ago was the last time a bond measure passed in the Montecito district, which serves 462 students in grades kindergarten-6th. “It’s not like we keep going to the taxpayers,” Murphy added. “We’ve been very prudent.” If the measure passes, residents will pay $12 per $100,000 of their properties’ assessed value. Residents in the — Kelsey Brugger district are currently paying $0.67 per $100,000.

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are not financially secure enough to afford retirement. There are 5,000 seniors in the tri counties, he said, who depend on entirely on Social Security payments of $990 a month.

That’s not enough to cover the cost of a typical studio in Santa Barbara.

Garden Court — a 98-unit affordable senior housing complex on De la Vina Street — has a waiting list of 425 people, and, he added, the Housing Authority has 1,483 senior applicants on its waiting list. To not allow Garden Court to replicate itself in the face of such need, Pearson argued, would be “morally and fiscally irresponsible.” He concluded by challenging the commissioners, “If not here, then where?”

The Planning Commission expressed eagerness to rezone the land — now designated for an auto dealership — to whatever land use allowed the greatest density. Under the city’s most flexible zoning, the developers would be allowed to build 47 units. They’re asking for 91. A typical development of this size would be required to provide 47 parking spaces. The developers are proposing to provide 33, arguing that most low-income seniors don’t drive or can’t afford to own a car. Shuttle service, they said, will be provided.

The big fly in the ointment is the issue of the creek setbacks. Planning Commissioner Sheila Lodge suggested that the setback problem might be obviated by building four stories instead of three. The developers, gun-shy about attracting neighborhood opposition, expressed little enthusiasm for that solution. Commissioner Michael Jordan said he loved the project and described the land in question as “an eyesore.” But he said he was torn between his love of creeks and his support for affordable housing. He suggested there was enough land for the developers to pull farther back from the creek if need be. “You have more work to do there,” he said.

Commissioner Addison Thompson, a selfdescribed outdoorsman, expressed skepticism about creek restoration, noting that the creek lies between a shopping mall and car lot. In that context, he saw little advantage in burdening

the housing proposal with crippling costs. If it came down to a showdown between creeks and people, Thompson said, “I’m going to go with the people.” Commission chair Deborah Schwartz was the most outspoken in her support for the project and chided city creek czar Benson by name for not displaying more flexibility. “I haven’t seen any compromise from the creek’s part, Mr. Benson, in figuring a way to get to ‘yes.’”

While Benson did not respond directly, a creek supporter in attendance replied,“Creeks don’t know the meaning of compromise. They either work or they don’t.” In an interview afterward, city planning chief Bettie Weiss stressed that creek restoration was a means of achieving many goals: flood protection, water-quality improvement, erosion control, and habitat enhancement. She said the channelized portion of Arroyo Burro Creek has sped up water flow during heavy rains, causing flooding for people living immediately downstream.

While a naturalized creek channel might seem out of place in its current context, she said the planners should be thinking long-term, not just right now. Car dealerships, she pointed out, are shrinking in response to market changes, and La Cumbre Plaza will not remain the way it is forever. In that eventuality, she questioned whether City Hall really wants to — or needs to — preclude the naturalization of a priority creek.

One partial solution is to reduce the width of the sidewalks that the developers are proposing from 10 feet to six, a more standard size.

In addition, there was talk of eliminating outright a proposed greenway between the street and sidewalk. Both changes would conjure more setback space for the creek but still not achieve the 50 feet called for in the city’s policy.

How valuable such creek restoration would be remains speculative until the engineering study is released next month. The cost, inevitably, will be quite expensive. Weiss has suggested that another conceptual review will be required once that information is available.

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BY K E L S E Y B R U G G E R he two candidates running for the sixth district for Santa Barbara City College’s Board of Trustees have few things in common. Ethan Stone is retired. Jonathan Abboud is a recent UCSB graduate. Stone is a former business owner, served on the Hope District school board, and is an active volunteer. Abboud served as UCSB student body president and is currently involved in efforts to bring greater representation to Isla Vista. SBCC switched to district elections in 2010, and this is the first election for the District 6 seat, which represents Isla Vista and Hope Ranch.

Stone cited his financial background as beneficial for the Board of Trustees, especially if the $288 million facilities bond known as Measure S passes. Stone supports Measure S because he sees the need for facilities upgrades on campus, though he said he would have liked to see more information available earlier to justify such a large number. Abboud, on the other hand, has taken a neutral stance on the measure, citing lack of community input — from Isla Vista residents, for instance — as a key reason.

“I care about Isla Vista being represented accurately, and I have a passion for higher education,” Abboud said. If elected, Abboud said he would focus on improving student services, mental health, diversity on campus, as well as fighting sexual violence. Stone said his primary reason for running is to help all kids who desire higher education to have the opportunity. “My number one thing would be helping the underserved,” he said. “It wasn’t to be in politics.”

In terms of campaigning, Abboud takes the cake. He has been registering voters in Isla Vista. As of press time, close to 5,000 Isla Vista residents or UCSB students — who tend to move often and have to re-register — had registered to vote. He has also gone door-todoor throughout the district. Stone has not done much campaigning. “If through various

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sources the community decides they want me, I am happy to do it,” Stone said.

The two have not debated publicly, though they both were interviewed by the Democratic Party of Santa Barbara County. The Dems picked Abboud because they believed he would bring a fresh perspective and not be a “yes man.”

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BY K E L S E Y B R U G G E R ontrary to a misconception that the FAIR (Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful) Education Act is about sex education, the law signed into the books in 2011 mandates that information about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities and people with disabilities be included in social studies and history lessons. In the years since implementation, the Santa Barbara school district has held four workshops — dubbed “professional learning opportunities” — for teachers about a multitude of education topics, including “cultural proficiency,” which seeks to ensure that race, language, sexual orientation, or disabilities do not sway academic grading or perception. In a presentation to the school board Tuesday night, Pacific Pride Foundation Executive Director David Selberg called on the district to do more in the hope that informed students would lead to less bullying and an increase in safety.

The district partnered with UCSB professor Jeffrey Stewart for these trainings, Assistant Superintendent Ben Drati told boardmembers.

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which Selberg suggested contributed to the low turnout. To address this problem, he requested that “strong” principals lead other principals to ensure the curriculum pervades schools and that funding — the new state model gives more freedom to districts — be allocated for it.

According to survey results presented by Pacific Pride’s LGBT program coordinator Tyler Renner, 69 percent of students indicated they knew someone who openly identified as LGBT. Fifty percent of students reported they had never (or just once) discussed LGBT topics.

And 60 percent said they “didn’t know” if they had access to LGBT materials in the library or access to computers to get information about such topics.

Jacob Lesner-Buxton, community organizer at the Independent Living Resource Center, also spoke and explained that when he was a kid, he never learned about histories of people with disabilities. Following the presentations, boardmembers iterated that the district needs to make sure more teachers attend the seminars.“We’re changing the culture of our school broadly,” said Boardmember Monique Limón, pointing to the time when history lessons didn’t include women, African Americans, or Latinos.

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Cveta Gunning (Nedeljkovich) passed away at home surrounded by loved ones on October . She was born in Denver, CO, on March , , the only child of Alexander and Louise (Wahler) Nedeljkovich. Her family moved to Los Angeles, CA when she was nine. She married her husband, Harry, in , and they moved to Santa Barbara in . They were married for  years, until his passing in . She had a fulfilling career at UC Santa Barbara that spanned  years, retiring as the head of the Accounting Department’s payroll division.

Her twin grandchildren were born shortly thereafter, and she spent the next few years joyfully caring for them while their parents were working, as her mother had done for her when she was a young working mother.

When those days were over, she and her dear friend, Mel Campbell, traveled and spent many happy times together for over  years.

She was preceded in death by her beloved daughter-in-law, Christina. She is survived by her daughter and best friend, Linda, with whom she shared a special bond, her beloved sons and daughter-in-law, Mike, Steve and Lynn, and cherished grandchildren, Garrett and Jeaneal. Graveside services will be held at Goleta Cemetery on Friday, October , at  a.m. In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made in her memory to Cottage Hospital, Serenity House or Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care, all of whom provided compassionate care and support to her and her family.

rying Dr. Blaine Braniff in , where they shared a joyful life.

MaryLee was active with Hospice of Santa Barbara and served on the Board of the Museum of Natural History.

MaryLee, or “ML” as her closest friends knew her, devoted her life to making people feel special and loved. She had a generous heart, a beautiful smile, a wonderful sense of humor, and always exuded cheerfulness.

She made us all better people through her gift of friendship, and the selfless way she conducted her life. Her daily mission was to say something kind to a stranger.

Her treasured hobbies were reading, mastering crossword puzzles, writing notes of thanks and love, playing golf and tennis, and traveling.

MaryLee fought serious diseases, including cancer, and always conducted herself with courage and amazing grace.

She spent her life as a devoted wife and mother, and her grandchildren brought her great joy. She had a true gift of letting each know how special they were.

She was pre-deceased by her first husband, Bill Miller, at an early age.

She is survived by her husband Blaine, siblings, Nancy (Bennett), Jerry Moore and Mark Moore; children, Jillian (Ron Cain), Robert Braniff (Susan), Kent Braniff (Tina), and Allison (Cees Molenaar); ten grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Our hearts are broken for losing such a remarkable soul. Her compassion and love will forever live in countless hearts, and we are sure she is looking down upon us and “loving us to pieces”.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History or Hospice of Santa Barbara.

Or simply, follow her lead and pass on a kind word to a stranger.

A private celebration of her life is planned.

Lawyer Referral Service. Terry also sat as a Small Claims Judge and taught Business Law courses at Santa Barbara City College. Terry held a lifetime teaching credential with the California Community Colleges.

A sports enthusiast throughout his life, Terry was particularly fond of basketball, golf, and the University of Michigan football team. Terry made an astonishing seven holes-in-one in his lifetime.

Terry was a true light. His humor and wit were boundless, as was his generosity, warmth, and passion for knowledge. Terry was a thoughtful and loyal friend to all.

Terry married Marcia Manard in , and together they had three children. Terry was currently married to Pamela Skinner of Santa Barbara. Terry is survived by his wife, Pamela, his children, Joseph (Kristy) Lammers of Parker, CO, Clark (Erin) Lammers of Santa Barbara, and Lauren Lammers of Santa Barbara. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Luke Lammers and Jordan Lammers. He is survived by his mother, Barbara Lammers of Palm Springs, CA; sisters, Michele (Larry) Crogg of Mission Viejo, CA, and Pamela Stasunas of Temperance, MI; and brothers, Mark Lammers of Palm Springs, CA, Larry Lammers of Temperance, MI, and Michael (Debbie) Lammers of Milan, MI. Numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews also survive him. His father, Dr, Gerald P. Lammers, sister, Kathleen Lammers, and brother, Gerald P. Lammers, II, precede him in death.

A celebration of Terry’s life will be held in the Mural Room at the Santa Barbara Courthouse on Thursday, October , at : p.m.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association.

Arrangements By McDermott-Crockett Mortuary

John Christian-Panama Bissell // – //

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Our beloved MaryLee (Moore) Braniff passed away peacefully at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California, on Tuesday, October , , surrounded by her loving family.

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, on February , , to Bill and Annalee (Melby) Moore, MaryLee was the eldest of four children. Her mother’s Irish and Norwegian heritage is listed in the First Families of Arizona.

MaryLee served as Vice President of West Phoenix High School her senior year and graduated from Arizona State University with a BA in Education. In college she was President of Gamma Phi Beta sorority.

MaryLee taught school and enriched young lives, teaching kindergarten for over twenty-five years in Arizona and California.

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Terrence (Terry) L. Lammers, , of Santa Barbara, California, passed away on October , . Terry was born on July , , in Toledo, Ohio, and was raised in Ida, Michigan. He was the fourth of eight children of Dr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Lammers.

Terry attended Stanford University on a golf scholarship in the fall of  and graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in . Choosing a legal career, Terry graduated law school from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, (now Seattle University School of Law) in .

Terry moved to Santa Barbara that same year and established a General Law practice. He continued practicing law with an emphasis on Criminal and Family Law until his untimely death.

Terry was involved with the Santa Barbara County Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He served as past President of the “Children in the Middle” program, a mandated program for individuals involved in custody proceedings, and as past President of the Santa Barbara County

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John was born on a Friday morning on // at Cottage Hospital. He passed away peacefully on a Wednesday evening on // at Cottage Hospital. John fought a courageous battle for one week to stay alive but in the end The Lord had a different plan and took him home. We are thankful that he is now free of all his earthly struggles. John was  years old.

He had a special name. His dad and mom were studying the book of John at bible study when he was born. His parents were saved and professed their Christian faith on // and baptized on //. They were blessed with John one year later on //.

John himself was saved at the age of ten on //. As to the name of Panama, well that is where his dad and mom were born and they wanted a bit of this unique heritage to carry on.

John was a sweet and gentle young man.

He was truly a computer genius and learned everything on his own. He was the master of doing puzzles and loved computer games and pinball machines. He would spend hours trying to get a skateboard trick perfect.

Whatever he found interesting he put all his heart into it. He loved to travel - particularly to the magic of Yosemite.

John leaves behind his father and mother (Steve and Anna Bissell), his brother (Rio), his sister (Sunday and Carl Rylander), his former brother-in-law (Mike and Stacy McCrory), nieces and nephews (Michaela, Ilan, Kiefer, Curren and Camille), his best friend (Wally Hecht), numerous aunts, an uncle and his grandmother.

His father and mother offer their heartfelt thanks to Dr. Wright, Dr. Chen, Dr. Kearney, Dr. Erickson, Pastor J.B. Ficklin, Reverend Teena Grant, the staff in MICU and on  South and all their dear friends and loving family whose support has been beyond belief.  Timothy : “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” John Christian-Panama Bissell “Job well done.” Our sweet warrior is now at peace with The Lord.

Dane and Caden. She was always there for sporting events and school performances, beaming with pride and dispensing postgame hugs. She especially filled holidays with fun and celebration. A funeral mass will be held at Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Tuesday, October , at  a.m. The family will also hold a celebration of life at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Dog Adoption and Welfare Group (D.A.W.G.). Marlene was preceded in by parents John and Helen Wasco of Latrobe. She is survived by her sister Joanne (and husband Russ) Hellein of Latrobe; and her daughter, Medeighnia (Peter) John Shute, all of Santa Barbara. Her “grand-dog” Branford will also miss her deeply.

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Marlene Lentz died September , , after a courageous struggle with breast cancer.

She was born March , , in Latrobe, PA, to John and Helen Wasco, who taught her to be independent, generous, and kind.

She graduated in  from Latrobe High School, where she was a majorette and was social and popular. She loved to dance and won dance contest for the “twist”. After high school she worked for Bell Telephone and then attended Seton Hill University before studying sociology at Ohio University. In  she married fellow Latrobe native Daniel Lentz, a composer. In  they had a daughter, Medeighnia, with whom Marlene would share a close lifelong bond. The young family lived briefly in Boston, spent a year abroad in Sweden, and then moved to Santa Barbara in .

Marlene loved Santa Barbara and was active in the community from day one.

She had a deep interest in the arts and was a frequent presence at the Public Library, Museum of Art, and UCSB Arts and Lectures. She was also a regular at Adult Ed, the Farmer’s Market, and the Montecito YMCA. Marlene worked as a manager for the Irving Laucks Foundation and the Mott Foundation, at Phoenix House, and later started Sunflower Services for senior care.

She also worked the polls for elections. In  Marlene met John Shute, a local fire captain, and they developed a long and loving relationship.

Marlene loved all living things: plants, flowers, and all animals, especially dogs. She literally would not hurt a fly. With her bright blue eyes and beautiful smile, Marlene was a ray of sunshine in any room. She also loved to travel, and enjoyed many trips to Europe, Russia, and China. Above all, Marlene was a giver. She was the most selfless person any of us ever knew. She had a boundless circle of friends and was unfailingly generous with her time and attention. Her extensive volunteer work included the SB Humane Society and Downtown Organization.

Marlene was a whirlwind, always in motion. But among all her interests, family was foremost. She was a devoted mother to Medeighnia and doting grandmother to

Our beloved Maggie left this world suddenly on September th, surrounded by her loving sisters while on vacation in Mendocino.

She was celebrating her th birthday year and the arrival of her first grandson, Harrison. She left us while laughing & rejoicing in the goodness of her life, the richness of her friendships and love of her family.

Maggie (Miller) was born in Los Angeles on May , , to Esther Beatrice (Poulsen) & David Lee Miller & grew up in LA & Orange counties. She was an engaging talkative child who became a vivacious caring adult, always serving others. She came to Santa Barbara County in , initially teaching pre-school, & became a cosmetologist, later teaching at both Lu Ross Academy & SBCC. She was a fixture in salons in Summerland & Montecito until her ‘retirement’ in . Some ‘special client’ friends stilled received her styling attention & nurturing.

Maggie continued her service & care for people with CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and was sworn as an officer of the court in  to represent abused & neglected children in the court system. She created a very special & lasting relationship with her first young charge that went beyond advocacy and became a true friendship.

Maggie loved travel adventures! She even went to Italy alone thinking she’d move there, before meeting & marrying James Wilson in . Their romance was epic (in certain circles) & together they explored Parisian flea markets, skied Park City, trekked jungles & Mayan ruins in Belize & Guatemala, drift-dived Cozumel, bare-boat chartered in the San Juan & Gulf Islands & ate their way through their favorite cities New Orleans, San Francisco & New York. They honeymooned in Hawaii & went back often to bask in the warm trade winds she loved.

Maggie treasured her life, was devoted to her friends, cherished her family, and doted on her dogs. She is survived by her adoring husband, James; son, Graham Hartley; daughter-in-law, Claire Hartley; grandson, Harrison Hartley, mother, Esther Miller, sisters Laurie Miller, Leslie Vallejo, Liz Oakland; brothers, John & Dan Miller & many nieces & nephews. We will all miss her profoundly but will see her at heaven’s gate.

Donations in Maggie’s name may be made to CASA @ www.sbcasa.org

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ALL TALK NO RAIN: If every word uttered at this Tuesday’s dueling gabfests about the ongoing drought was a drop of water, we’d all have been washed away by now in a great torrential flood. Sadly, no such miracles occurred. As if to mock the participants — riffing urgently on the twin themes of hope and despair — a thick’n’-wispy cotton-candy cloud formation, ripe with water, parked itself directly overhead and proceeded to do nothing. Conspicuously missing from the proceedings — which started at the County Board of Supervisors, then shifted to the Santa Barbara City Council, and finally finished up at the Goleta Water District Board — was the obligatory two cents’ worth delivered from the Kooky-Whacky Department. We did not hear, for example, how one entrepreneur has proposed hauling fresh water down the coast from Humboldt County — via tugboat — in gargantuan plastic bags, each carrying 11 acre-feet of water. Given that South Coast water agencies are now buying “excess water” from water purveyors in the Mohave Desert, maybe the Kooky-Whacky crowd felt they couldn’t compete. Maybe they were similarly discouraged by Governor Jerry Brown’s plans to build gargantuan twin tunnels underneath the San Joaquin Delta to more “reliably” carry Northern California’s water — already oversubscribed at a rate of five-to-one — to the Southland’s spigots at the cost of $24 billion. After all, it doesn’t get much crazier than buying water from a desert or believing the miraculous twin tunnels won’t cost at least five times more than Brown is saying.

Nor did any of the jawboners mention how a Ventura County painting contractor is setting up shop in Santa Barbara, offering to paint our brown lawns green for a mere $175 a pop. That’s right, Renée Hall has started a new company called Evergreen Lawn Painting for those seeking a psychological quick fix to the grief induced by brown lawns. Hall explained the “paint” in question is really a vegetable-based dye that’s biodegradable, nontoxic, animal friendly, and lasts two-three months per application. Not everyone, she explained, has $5,000 to shell out to convert their lawns to drought-tolerant landscaping, even with the help of City Hall’s Thousand-Bucks-a-Pop Kill-Your-Lawn subsidy. The dye, Hall explained, was originally

developed to address the crippling problem of lawns stained yellow by pets with hyperactive urinary impulses. After trying it out on 10 willing guinea pigs in Ventura, Hall is now ready to take her show on the road to Santa Barbara’s greener — browner — pastures.

Hall’s venture raises all the confounding contradictions that inevitably pop up during droughts. For example, if Montecitans availed themselves to Hall’s service instead of buying water trucked in from Carpinteria — where it is pumped from private wells — then maybe we wouldn’t have to fret so much about Carpinteria’s underground aquifers getting sucked dry.

The Goleta Water District Board, it should be noted, adopted plans Tuesday night to get into the water trucking business. Goleta will be offering non-potable, recycled wastewater to custom-

ers outside its own district — having the capacity to produce far more recycled water than its own customers can use — so that Carpinteria’s aquifers are not sacrificed at the altar of Montecito’s garden parties. And that’s a good thing, right?

The answer is, as expected, a resounding “Yes, but …” In the midst of a drought, should we be doing anything that encourages people to hold onto their ecologically absurd ideals of green lawns? They are, after all, The Enemy. Hall herself acknowledged her work has induced “lawn envy” among neighbors of her customers. It may seem a small thing, but for managers of the umpteen area water districts seeking to socially engineer their way out of the drought by getting customers to cut back, it’s anything but. Any mixed message, no matter how trivial, can be seriously problematic. In that vein, Santa Barbara planning commissioners have been pushing for a water moratorium, insisting that no new water meters be given out for new development. To do otherwise would undermine calls for conservation. For people to sacrifice, the commissioners argued, everyone has to sacrifice. But the City Council, not wanting the economic deflation associated with moratoria, balked. They noted the amount of water saved would be relatively miniscule — though 150 acre-feet is 150 acre-feet — and opted instead to ask developers not to install landscaping until the drought abates. But even that’s tricky.

By asking people not to plant now, won’t that undermine the city’s drought-tolerant landscape planting rebate program, which over time is pro-

jected to save 2,000 acre-feet of water?

Such conundrums, however, are chicken feed compared to Montecito’s. There, customers have cut back water consumption by 45 percent. But those who’ve starved their lawns and killed their trees are understandably miffed when they see the “green verdant lush lawns” of the San Ysidro Ranch, as one El Bosque Road resident put it.

Although Montecito has imposed rationing, jacked up rates, and imposes stiff fines, there’s still a two-tier reality. The San Ysidro Ranch is one of four district customers willing to pay more than $10,000 a month in fines because, well, they can afford to. If we’re all supposed to sacrifice, some residents wonder why the water district doesn’t lower the boom and install flow restrictors on scofflaws’ water pipes. Once again, it ain’t that simple. Every month, the district imposes about $450,000 in water fines. Those fines have proved hugely instrumental in the district’s success at conservation. But because the district is selling less water, it’s operating at a monthly deficit of about $600,000. The fines help cut that deficit by 75 percent. But even so, Montecito water rates will soon be going up again to recoup the revenues lost because of conservation. This in turn will discourage sales, further increasing the district’s financial dependence on fines.

Like I say, it’s tricky. But mixed messages, like loose lips, sink ships. And when we’re up a creek without a paddle, that’s something we can ill afford. Only in this context could it be construed as good news that there’s no water in the creek.

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BY L I N D A K R O P

What the Proposed Ordinance Does and Does Not Do

am compelled to set the record straight so voters can base their opinions on true facts.

Measure P — the Healthy Air and Water Initiative — would protect our air, water, and public health by banning new risky, polluting oil-extraction techniques in Santa Barbara County. Unfortunately, the oil industry that is funding the opposition is spreading misinformation regarding the true impact of this measure. As an attorney who assisted in the drafting of Measure P, I am compelled to set the record straight so the voters can base their opinions on the true facts.

FIRST, WHAT DOES MEASURE P DO? Measure P prohibits land uses that support new “high intensity petroleum operations” in Santa Barbara County. These operations include fracking, acidizing, and steam injection.

WHAT PROJECTS DOES MEASURE P APPLY TO? Measure P only applies to new high-intensity oil and gas projects.

Measure P does not apply to existing projects, even if they involve high-intensity petroleum operations.

Measure P does not apply to conventional oil and gas projects, even if they are new.

Measure P does not apply to projects that are “vested,” meaning that even if the project hasn’t been completed, but all permits have been issued and work has begun, it can be completed.

Measure P does not apply to a project if it would result in a taking of private property, meaning that it deprives the property owner of all or substantially all uses of their property. Such projects would be exempt from Measure P. DOES MEASURE P APPLY TO WELL MAINTENANCE? No, by the county’s own regulations, well maintenance does not fit within the definition of high-intensity petroleum operations. Instead, the county defines well maintenance as “well servicing,” which is not covered by Measure P. Opponents of Measure P often cite a report prepared by county staff to support their contention that Measure P will ban existing operations. That report incorrectly equated “secondary or enhanced recovery technique[s]” with “well maintenance.” Because of this mistake, the County Board of Supervisors refused to accept the report.

The subsequent Impartial Analysis prepared

by County Counsel clarified that Measure P only applies to “well stimulation treatments,” including fracking and acid well stimulation, and other measures to enhance production by waterflood injection, steam flood injection, and cyclic steam injection. By the county’s own definition, these methods are only prohibited if they are intended to enhance production — not the maintenance of the wells.

WILL MEASURE P SHUT DOWN ALL EXISTING OPERATIONS IN THE COUNTY? No, existing operations will not be impacted by Measure P. Any new regulation only operates prospectively and cannot apply to operations that are currently legal and permitted. Therefore, Measure P will not affect existing jobs or revenue.

The Fiscal Impact Statement prepared by the County Auditor confirms that Measure P does not affect existing operations by pointing out that any potential fiscal impact, such as a reduction in property taxes, will only happen “over time” as minerals deplete. The report also goes on to point out that revenues could even go up if “new oil and gas reserves are discovered and are extracted using primary recovery methods.”

The County Auditor also pointed out that “a decrease in oil and gas processing will benefit the county by lowering the risk of potential fiscal costs related to any environmental damage from the oil and gas extraction process.”

WILL MEASURE P RESULT IN COSTLY LITIGATION FOR THE COUNTY? Opponents claim that Measure P will result in a lot of new lawsuits for takings against the county. However, as discussed before, Measure P simply does not apply if there would be a taking. Instead, those operations would be exempt from Measure P. The county has developed an administrative process before the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors to resolve any potential

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Measure P provides needed safeguards to protect our county and is legally defensible.

WILL MEASURE P COST SANTA BARBARA COUNTY JOBS AND MONEY? No. As mentioned previously, Measure P doesn’t apply to existing oil operations; therefore, no existing jobs or county revenue will be affected. In fact, as noted by the County Auditor, the county may actually save money by not having to respond to environmental damage caused by high-risk oil and gas development operations.

As we have learned from painful experience, the costs from oil spills can be extremely high, even catastrophic. Voting “yes” on Measure P will ban new applications for some of the riskiest oil extraction techniques while allowing the oil industry to continue with traditional drilling and existing operations.

Now that you know the truth, please vote “yes” on Measure P. Linda Krop has served as chief counsel for the Environmental Defense Center since 1999. She is a past recipient of the Sierra Club Award of Appreciation for Outstanding Achievement, U.S. Senator Boxer’s Conservation Champion Award, and The Santa Barbara Independent Local Hero Award and currently teaches at UCSB.

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Not only is the service shoddy, but the company’s business practices are abhorrent, its treatment of seniors is shameful, the new pricing is outrageous, the phone operators treat you shabbily, and Cox provides substandard services on low-profit accounts, forcing those who cannot afford it to purchase expensive equipment and pay three to four times the price for average service.

I am a senior on a fixed income. I live in federal housing. I can only afford the cheapest Internet option.

Normally, one would get up to 100 Mbps as an industry average. My upload and download speeds do not even register on the service tech’s own timer. I can get less than 1 Mbps. And why, you might ask? Because Cox has no moral standards, community compassion, or desire to provide decent services. Cox’s only interest is to charge —Steve Smith, S.B. as much as possible.

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The second is to collect “forensic evidence,” including DNA that can be used to definitely identify the assailant(s). If a survivor isn’t sure about involving police, a “restricted” exam can be done to preserve DNA and other evidence and provide prompt treatment. The victim can decide later on whether to involve police; often she decides to pursue a legal case once she has considered all the options, including the possibility of prevent-

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The exam and treatment are free and confidential and take place in a comfortable facility that is only used for SART exams. The hospital emergency room is used only if significant injuries require urgent medical attention. The exams are scheduled and done as soon as possible after the case is reported to police. Reports can also be made to the Rape Crisis Center (564-3696), UCSB CARES (893-4613), or Victim-Witness Assistance (568-2400), which also offer support to the survivor during the process. Specially trained nurses who are experienced, compassionate, and efficient perform the exams, which are not painful. The exams take two-four hours because evidence collection must be careful and — Frances Malinoff, MD, S.B thorough.

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Allowances are made for men, accepting that “development of [men’s] minds and values com[es] along later … or never,” but puritanical standards of behavior are upheld for women. Let us instead hold perpetrators accountable for their actions.

Many members of our community are working to ensure that future generations of women no longer have to consider the threat of sexual assault before deciding on an outfit for the evening or determining whether to have — Karen Villegas, a drink.

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(a bunch of times), Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, you walked into Summerland’s Café Thailand, India, Italy, Canada to trace his famLuna, say between the hours of 7:30 ily roots (churches where his family were bapand 8:30-ish, chances are you’d run tized and buried in the 1700s), Cuba, and Peru,” she said. The pair also took “tons of trips” in the into John Sirois.

John, a most gentle, lovable guy, was a U.S. with family and friends. regular fixture. His coffee buddies (I was one) Married nine years ago, the couple honeycounted on him being seated on the banquette, mooned with 22 of Beda’s closest relatives travlike clockwork, for morning conversation eling on a bus through Rajasthan, India (Beda about global events of the day or local goings- is first-generation Californian, but her parents ons (or to borrow a came from India). section of his daily “John was proud newspaper). of his integrity — he A fine photograwould always do the right thing,” noted pher, respected real Beda. estate agent, and friendly face around His stepdaughSummerland for ter, Bibi Taylor, decades, John was concurred: “John one of those guys you touched so many felt as if you’d known people’s lives — in forever. He was smart all different ways and kind and sure — some small, and steady. He was simple ways to easygoing and solid. some huge, giganFine qualities to be tic, life-changing ways. He had a huge sure, probably due heart. Always kind. to his East Coast/ Always dependable.

French-Canadian STEADY AND KIND: A fine photographer and roots.

Always there when respected real estate agent, John Sirois served Born October 17, on many of Summerland’s civic boards. you needed him.

An exemplary man, 1946, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, John was quick to tell a great stepfather to me, and a devoted, loving people he met that he “grew up in a herd.” He grandfather to my son, Jack.” was the oldest son and the third child in a John moved to Summerland in 1974 and brood of 11. immediately considered the wee village home.

I sat with his wife, Beda Marc, in their airy He soon became not only a local fixture but cottage, both of us sharing the disbelief that also an integral part of the community. Civicthis vital man would swiftly, peacefully, and minded and respected, John Sirois served as a shockingly depart the planet just two months boardmember on the Summerland Board of Architectural Review and the Summerland after a rare cancer prognosis.

Although John, always the gentleman, Citizens Association. He was also active with worked as a real estate agent for Village Proper- Summerland Beautiful. He was a proponent ties, his true love was photography and people. of the Summerland School and even played “John loved people,” Beda said. “Every time we Old St. Nick. One year, when his grandson Jack, go out into the street, he would wave to four or who still believed in Santa Claus at the time, five people who were honking and stopping showed up, John had to disguise his voice — his their cars. Sometimes, he would go out front to trickery worked.

He was also a regular at the Summerland sweep the sidewalk or pretend to be watering, just so he could chat with whoever happened Post Office, oftentimes opening his mail in the most visible spot in the parking lot so he could to be walking by.”

Beda and John met 23 years ago, and it was, engage in conversation with those coming and according to the artist, “Pretty much a slam- going to the town’s heartbeat. dunk deal! A girlfriend of mine, who was rentGracefully, and thankfully, John went peaceing a room to John in her house in Summer- fully and without pain. Perhaps he’s in a place land, invited me to a party. I didn’t go — typi- of airy otherness like the one depicted in his cal! Since I missed the party, she invited me to photograph “In the Garden of Light” that was breakfast. John came down to tell me she was shown at The Angel Show at the Santa Barbara going to be late, and that was it! I went over to Tennis Club, an exhibition in which he and dinner later in the week — and he put up all his Beda exhibited their work together earlier this photos that day and cooked dinner. It was the year.

I like to think that John’s haunting Sumfirst and last time he ever cooked dinner — but merland since that suits our town’s reputation it worked!”

The two made great sidekicks. Beda dragged as being a place of limbo between death and him “kicking and screaming” on trips — but he afterlife, as well as a village known for rambling turned out to be “the best travel companion in spirits. Frankly, there isn’t a morning that I walk the world,” she said. “We’d take our cameras, into Café Luna or an afternoon I pick up my get lost in the world, and be so happy. Where mail that I don’t imagine and terribly miss my didn’t we travel to? We went to Belize, Hawai‘i good friend John — wherever he may be. ■

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of the chumps will walk out clutching winnings, Ynez Valley, you’ll be able to see the new 12-story but for the most part, they’ll drop major money Chumash casino, where work is due to begin into happy Chumash hands. this month.

Many take great issue with the 12-story tower Even on a hazy day, the multimillion-dollar plan — including the County Board of Supercasino expansion, parking garage, and 215-room visors majority, California Attorney General tower will loom over the bucolic valley like a Kamala D. Harris, numerous public agencies, transplanted Las Vegas high-rise. and outraged valley residents. Eyesore or cash cow, or both?

But the Chumash, citing their right as a sovereign nation to ignore such speed bumps as zoning and Planning Commission review, are going right ahead. (Santa Barbara’s Granada Theatre is nine stories.)

They’re also fighting to annex Camp  to the reservation and want to build 143 homes there for members of the tribe and descendants.

A few decades ago, the Chumash TOWERING: As shown in this artist’s rendering, 12 were fighting poverty, living on a stories of casino resort will grow on the Chumash resrutted patch of land. Then someone ervation with the profits from gambling. noticed that other California tribes were building casinos and reaping Where, you might ask, will the small Santa rich harvests. So the Santa Ynez Band decided Ynez Band of Chumash Indians get a hundred to do the same. It hit rich pay dirt. million bucks? Well, the same place they got $40 At some point, winners at the gambling tables million to buy Fess Parker’s 1,400-acre Camp  will be able to take a swim in the rooftop pool, property down the road a piece in 2010 — from swill a drink, and admire the view. Losers will hop back in the car, dream on about winning the suckers who flock in to gamble.

They roar up San Marcos Pass, ignoring the “next time,” and take their chances on surviving deadly, well-known hazards of the drive, in Highway . search of the supposed thrills of gaming. Some County supervisors voted last week, 3-2, to

continue opposing the project and seek a meeting with Governor Jerry Brown.

DR. BLU-RAY: Shuji Nakamura, USCB’s newest

Nobel laureate, not only helped give the world LED light, but he also won an $8 million battle with a former employer in Japan. After he left Nichia Corporation, a chemicals company, to join UCSB in 2000, Nichia sued Nakamura, claiming infringement on trade secrets. He countersued, claiming that he was only paid a measly $200 for his invention. Result: Nichia ended up paying him $8.1 million.

COURT STRIKES OUT: Baseball has its infield

fly rule; the Founding Fathers (no Founding Mothers being allowed in the Clubhouse at that time) had their Electoral College and Supreme Court.

All, except perhaps for the infield fly rule, which only about 20 people outside the hallowed diamonds of America understand anyway, have long been the targets of reformers.

The latest Supreme Court critic to hit Santa Barbara is Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Irvine law school. The author of the new book The Case Against the Supreme Court will throw out some far-reaching reforms when he speaks at UCSB on October 27 at 8 p.m. at Campbell Hall. It’s free.

Critics consider the High Court an elitist priesthood dominated by unelected, elderly Ivy League lawyers, all from either Harvard or Yale

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(Chemerinsky went to Harvard Law School) and seemingly isolated from and unaware of the trials and tribulations everyday citizens face on a daily basis.

Chemerinsky’s reforms include term limits, a merit system of appointment, better communication with the public, and TV coverage of its sessions.

WOLFGANG, ETC.:

Amadeus, which just opened at Santa Barbara’s New Vic by Ensemble Theatre Company, is imaginatively staged and beautifully directed by Jonathan Fox, the company’s artistic director. Peter Shaffer’s play takes broad liberties with composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s turbulent life, and your eye is always on arch-villain Antonio Salieri.

(Through Sunday, October 26.)

S.B. LOVES HIM: Tony Bennett, his recent

Granada concert canceled due to a power blackout, returned in triumph Sunday night and conquered an adoring, sold-out house. Bennett’s 88-year-old voice sounded great as he hit the high notes singing mostly beloved standards.

(Thanks to UCSB Arts & Lectures for bringing him back.)

HARPING ON BACH: You’ve probably never

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Jack’s Bistro & Famous Bagels Two locations

Consolidating into two locations has not lowered the esteem — or the number of votes — Jack’s earns from the readers year after year. You can tell the owners want us to understand they have extensive and creative breakfast and lunch menus and that they can set up deliveries and host gatherings, especially in the Carpinteria store. But the big role this place plays in our hearts is its fresh and warm purveying of the world-class bagels with every kind of topping, from plain salt to exquisite, crunchy bites of garlic. It’s food for your soul, no matter which faith, race, or persuasion you avow.

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Brenda Hernandez (left) and C.J. Anparan hold a tray of everything bagels with GM Amie Mislang Kang behind the counter at Jack’s.

Health Food/Nutrition Store

Lazy Acres Market 302 Meigs Rd., 564-4410

In the olden days, the grocer provided sundries and provisions, as well as a social hub. Lazy Acres sounds like a country store with a cracker-barrel checkerboard, and even though it’s slicker than that in real life, it has become clubby. People shop in the extensive produce, meats, deli, bakery, and wine departments, but they depend on the surprisingly stable crew of employees there for advice on vitamins, houseplants, and which cheese goes with which kale cracker. There’s a small café with a daytime crew of regulars, and another gang descends on the place late at night when the prepared foods go on sale. Most of all, however, it’s the alternative, old-school feel — you are in a grocery store but one more friendly than corporate.

Finalist: Whole Foods Market

Fresh Fish Market

Santa Barbara Fish Market 117 Harbor Wy., 965-9564 This is the one that is in the harbor and not the fishermen’s market that takes place on the pier Saturday mornings. But the Fish Market deals with many of the same harvesters of the bounding main, and even if their home pride is closely caught fish, there are other deep-water delicacies like Maine lobster available. The shop is tiny, sweet smelling, and always hopping, but the prices are fair, and the people who sell you seafood never seem fishy.

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It’s not centrally located, and Tri-County has loads of competition, including two fancy health-food emporiums, a lot of local farms, and, of course, the daily occurrence of farmers markets in the area. But these guys take it every time. With a nice open feeling, a mania for freshness, and a very organized interior, this no-nonsense, reasonably priced, friendly store has been the green standard for decades — the place to beat.

Finalist: Farmers Market Ice Cream Shop

MCConnell’s Fine Ice Creams Two locations

Generations of Santa Barbarans had their first ice cream brain freeze on chocolate burnt almond at a McConnell’s store. Or, let’s be less cynical, got rewarded for their first great report card there with a scoop of peppermint stick. Come on, where’s the romance? Had a perfect date and then, after dinner, enjoyed a Turkish coffee. And the rest? Maybe just because you were older now and remembered how good it tastes, you wandered in one night apropos of nothing for a Dutch chocolate, the one your parents always had and then realized why. It’s real Santa Barbara taste, and for the ages.

Bakery

Renaud’s Patisserie and Bistro Many locations Nicole and Renaud Gonthier know they are not on any tourist’s itinerary. Their main store is way up in the functionally blessed Loreto Plaza, sandwiched between a gaggle of readers’ first picks.“I guess we have made a name for ourselves,”said Renaud, who is happy about the crowded patio in front of their tiny storefront, “probably because we take a lot of pride in what we do, and I think our salads are as good as our pastries. But basically our business is almost entirely built on repeat customers from Santa Barbara.”

Doughnut Shop

Spudnuts Many locations

You have to admit it doesn’t sound appetizing, the hybridization of the sinker and the potato, except in a belly bomb sort of way.

Yet ever since the small chain opened in this town — and there’s a new one in Isla Vista this year — Spudnuts has monopolized the market. The whole town, and our readers, love these sweetly imbued, deep-fried, tuber-infused confections.

Finalist: Eller’s Cupcakery

Frozen Yogurt Shop

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If people want to pretend that this stuff is morally superior to ice cream, let’s just add: whatever. It’s still cold, sweet, and refreshing. Probably the best part of this experience, health-wise, is the control you have going in and coming out of that fabulous domain known as Yogurtland. Grab a cup. Pick a cold flavor base with as little or as much as your frame and pocketbook will bear. Top with items both fresh (berries) and frivolous (gummy thingies). Then consume. If it tastes like ice cream and it rewards your cravings, don’t pretend any great nobility.

You’re just smarter.

Finalist: MCConnell’s Fine Ice Creams

Chocolate Maya 15 W. Gutierrez St., 965-5956

“People vote for us because we really use high-quality cacao when we make our chocolate,” said owner Maya SchoopRutten, who is proud of the new truffles she recently added.

“And that means our chocolate has no junk in it, no additives or fillers. It’s just delicious and good for you.”Recently she has been touring the world and giving seminars on the art and politics of the bean she loves. “We pay the farmers well, and we get high-quality chocolate.”

Finalist: See’s Candies

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Crushcakes & Café This is a trendy food item that became an empire. The original Crushcakes in downtown S.B. near the library and art museum, the now-activated arts corridor, was not enough for Shannon Gaston, who finally earned the Best Of that her family members earned for starting Bitterman’s and Giovanni’s. “I wondered if my turn would come,”she joked. Now there are about to be four Crushcakes, even one in the heart of the Loop of fabled Isla Vista across from the former Magic Lantern Theater. “I think we’ve made it because my workers just have so much passion for what they do,”she said, noting that they serve sandwiches and salads, too. They have also begun to make cakes, wedding cakes, a lot of them.“We try to stay versatile just in case cupcakes are replaced by apple pies. We can make pies.”

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Beachside Bar-Café 5905 Sandspit Rd., Goleta, 964-7881

By now, everyone’s seen the waves go through the Harbor restaurant windows on YouTube last spring in the big storm.

There weren’t any cameras at Beachside, but all the windows went out, and as they were trying to put up plywood, one of the managers was washed to sea by a rogue wave, and the restaurant was awash, though it opened the next day. “We’re still finishing up repairs,” said general manager Peter Crick.

Considering all they’ve been though and the nuisance that repairs might have caused diners, Crick is double impressed that the readers voted for them again. “It’s a great honor,” he said.

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Sly’s

686 Linden Ave., Carpinteria, 684-6666 Comfort food cooked elegantly is a risky bet.

Most people think that a no-nonsense menu ought to include reasonable prices. Sly’s is American food done exceptionally well — the steaks, chops, and even the meatloaf are cooked perfectly and spiced with drama, and it isn’t cheap. The bar is legendary for reviving classic drinks — corpse reviver 2, anyone?

But the best part is the comfortable way the real waiters help you with the meal. You are not experiencing experimental flavors; you’re having a reliably satisfying meal.

Finalist: The Palms Isla Vista Restaurant

Freebirds World Burrito 879 Embarcadero del Norte, Isla Vista, 968-0123

Old Gauchos remember this place the same way the Lost Generation recalled Harry’s Bar. Well, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but there is no other restaurant in town with loyalty like this. Don’t believe me? Come out to I.V. at two in the morning on a Saturday night when the line goes down the block. It’s easy, delicious, and open as late as you have a craving for the soul food of partying studentry everywhere: burritos, tacos, and nachos. To paraphrase the song, if they leave here tomorrow, they would still remember Freebirds.

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Trattoria Grappolo 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 688-6899

Considering the competition — some of the best chefs in town work within a few miles of the place — this is a remarkable win and has been the readers’ choice for the last four years.

Trattoria Grappolo does northern Italian food with a special emphasis on hearty dishes like pasta carbonara, fagioli con salsicce, and for dessert vin santo con biscotti. Or you can have pizza. It’s small, comfortable, and friendly, and maybe it wasn’t featured in Sideways, but it sure is well-loved.

Finalist: S.Y. Kitchen Appetizers/Tapas

Milk & Honey

30 W. Anapamu St., 275-4232 Dish titles alone qualify this place for Best Of status. They have Breakfast for Dinner, which mixes eggs, prosciutto, toast, and brussels sprouts — cute. Then there is Nice Rack, a vaguely offensive but funny title for lamb rib pops. But the winner and by far the most inventive entrée on Anapamu Street goes to Lamburginis, a combo of lamb, pesto, and raisins on Hawaiian bread. Even better, the small plates and fun bar are delicious, making it holy ground for sophisticated snackers.

Finalist: Woodstock’s

Finalist: Alcazar Tapas Bar

Montecito Restaurant

Breakfast

1295 Coast Village Rd., 969-3392

Many locations

Montecito Café

It may be hard to judge which is the flagship restaurant in Mark and Margaret Huston’s empire, Jane downtown or the Montecito Café.

But it’s easy to judge how well this almosthumble space has done in a town riddled with big-name chefs: It consistently tops this list.

They claim the food is “simple and delicious,” and they are right, though simplicity shouldn’t be confused with plain here. It’s also reasonably priced with starting dishes in each course from the goat cheese pancakes to the coconut cake with sauce anglaise.

Finalist: Lucky’s

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Cajun Kitchen They do breakfast and lunch only, but you’d better get over there now if you don’t want to wait in line for a breakfast table. Actually, since they opened their fourth place, Cajun Kitchen’s demand has spread out and settled down enough to make the fun more convenient. Most of the food is standard eggs and bacon kind of grub, though, as you might imagine, there are a lot of Big Easy options available such as grits, Andouille sausage, and jambalaya. That these things offer instant relief for those who suffer from post-imbibement syndrome has never been actually proved by science. But if you know that beignets, coffee, and dirty rice make you feel better, why wouldn’t you go?

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Four Seasons Resort

The Biltmore Santa Barbara 1260 Channel Dr., 969-2261

Chef Alessandro Cartumini thinks it’s a good idea to change things up, to keep abreast of new happenings — for instance, serving spring rolls at the brunch that has defined celebratory Sunday in this town since the 1970s. “I think that the trend is toward healthier foods,”he said, and the Biltmore tries with all its might to use organic fruits and vegetables. On the other hand, you can’t mess with success: their famed rack of lamb, smoked local fish, and baked salmon. But there is a more important philosophy guaranteeing success here, he said. “I give the people what they want.” The same can be said for the classic Santa Barbara hotel itself. For about 500, you can stay a night in a deluxe room with a wine package in the evening. There is a spa, perhaps the most underrated in the county. It was elegant in the 1940s when movie stars like Clark Gable and W.C. Fields used to weekend here, and it’s never fallen on lean or shabby years. There are other elegant rooms in town, but this is where our readers go, or dream they will.

Finalists: The Brewhouse (Sunday Brunch)

Bacara Resort & Spa

(Hotel/Motel)

Late-Night Eats

Salad Bar

5 W. Canon Perdido St., 705-0991

24 W. Figueroa St., 962-6611

Blue Owl

Savoy Café & Deli

It’s safe to say that Cindy Black’s late-night eatery makes the hippest food in town. Lots of pretentious new places toy with other cuisines or elevate the merely comforting to the level of nice surprise. But none of them do it with the utter aplomb that young Black manages in a tiny space with an even tinier kitchen — or on a smaller price index. The kids line up late at night for munchies — friendly food like Porkducken, an adobo dish containing you know what, or a Thai basil cheeseburger, or the legendary kimcheezer. This is the kind of food that puts you back on your feet for the solemn road home, and, best of all, priced for people who work and play hard in a town that routinely overcharges for most everything.

Finalist: Roy

“No way!” exclaimed manager Alex Bayet. “We’re so excited to win.” If that boisterousness surprises regular habitués of the Figueroa Street deli that opened, went away, and opened again, we’re not. The place is dignified — a peaceful, easy spot where guests just heap their plates, pay at the register, and, more often than not, tuck into a book and a meal. “I think people like the fact that it’s good food and good service.”

Organic and locavore is the underlying dream of the place, said Bayet.

“But people also appreciate that we listen. We like to get feedback on what we are doing and improve on it.”

Finalist: Chuck’s of Hawai‘i Italian Restaurant

Ca’ Dario

Indian Restaurant

Flavor of India

37 E. Victoria St., 884-9419

3026 State St., 682-6561

The Joshan family has 23 years now making tandoori, dal, raita, and bhaji roll off the tongues of people who never traveled farther than Las Vegas. People here do not recite the names of these staples and delicacies of Indian cookery as if exotic words used to impress dates.

It’s what you get on Friday night now — or for lunch on Tuesday — and this place not only introduced half of the city to the foods but stayed good enough to make the customers regulars and comfortable asking for extra chapati.

Some day pasta may be an endangered species, what with all the carb and gluten police on patrol. In the meantime, it is plentiful, creative, and delicious in this place with the exotica ranging from ravioli in sage butter to penne with smoked salmon and capers — and Thursday is fresh gnocchi night. Hurray. There’s only one true revenge that can be taken on lives of quiet desperation — a loud, happy meal with your lovers and friends (even your family) of pappardelle with Ca’ Dario’s exquisitely complex Bolognese sauce. Ask for extra gluten, per favore.

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China Pavilion 1202 Chapala St., 560-6028

Santa Barbarans know elegant Chinese cuisine when it’s offered them. All of your favorite dishes are a bit more subtly seasoned here, and when you break into the Chinese menu and start sampling dishes like the Pavilion’s dense, tender pork belly or the chicken cooked in clay pots with basil, it’s more like revelation than nosh. Dim sum on the weekends completes a restaurant that has long held down this foodie corner of downtown and has in the last years taken its place next to the best cooking in the whole city.

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Los Agaves Three locations

It took no time at all for the clamoring hordes to discover Los Agaves’ second location on De la Vina Street. Call them Luna-tics, the ultra-patient customers who willingly wait in line to eat at Carlos Luna’s emporium of empanadas, palace of pasillas, and castle of carnitas. Luna claims it is the ever-changing menu and fresh ingredients that whip his customers into addiction frenzies, but we think that serving things like squash blossom quesadillas and poblanos stuffed with shrimp might have done the trick, too. Top it off with a rainbow of salsas ranging from smooth, avocadobased to muy picosa red sauce with devastating half-lives of burn, and you have the makings of true food madness.

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Seven locations — sadly the Lighthouse waterfront store is closed — with one ring (on one phone number) to unite them, Rusty’s is one of those amazing started-in-Isla Vista businesses (Blenders in the Grass, Kinko’s) that made it big right after leaving the student ghetto incubator. Today, it’s the readerpreferred place to get quick delivery with all the efficiency of a chain and the idiosyncrasies of a local biz. Just try and get a chorizo pizza at Domino’s.

Finalist: Olio Pizzeria

Finalist: Los Arroyos

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Seafood Restaurant Clam Chowder Bloody Mary

1225 State St., 965-6074

Brophy Bros.

Clam Bar & Restaurant 119 Harbor Wy., 966-4418

Our only trifecta winner, Brophy Bros. is a lot of restaurant squeezed into a rather small loft overlooking the glorious harbor. The seafood is grilled, fried, and raw — and fresh, we might add. Self-billed as a clam bar, it’s no wonder that they have the raw ingredients on hand to make a great chowder, one that is smooth but not gluey, and full of nice garlic flavor.

As for the Bloody Mary? Well you could blame that on the location — sailors have for some few centuries been readily connected to strong grown-up drinks. But it’s an overall combination of taste as well as location that makes Brophy’s reputation not on the best of something but the best of a lot.

Finalists: Enterprise Fish Co.

(Seafood Restaurant and Clam Chowder)

Tupelo Junction (Bloody Mary)

Arigato Sushi Always popular and never conventional, in a town that is very blessed with an abundance of sushi spots (most of them fine), this is the one that everybody remembers — not just for the scene nor just because they serve fusion-y dishes with Western ingredients like truffle oil and blackened fish. It’s more because the place holds professionalism and service on a level that seems impossible to get anywhere else. It’s crowded, but your impeccable dish will arrive on time.

Finalist: Sakana Thai Restaurant

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22 N. Milpas St., 966-5151 It was the first Thai restaurant in town, and it hasn’t changed much since the 1980s, besides adding more room. But people love that: the tropical décor with big fish tanks and a menu that favors the flavorful standard dishes like pineapple fried rice, curries, and spicy salads like larb. This place boasts friendly service and a clientele that never wavers in its faithfulness.

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Holdren’s Steaks & Seafood 512 State St., 965-3363

Why do they always call it a steak house, as opposed to a shack or a stand?

Because some sort of ultimate dignity gets preserved in the occasions on which we indulge in large grilled slabs of tender cow. Holdren’s has history on its side, housed in a building that oldsters remember as the original Joe’s. But by now, Holdren’s has its own family histories — dating back to the 1990s. Kids who came in with their parental units 15 years ago can order a martini with that porterhouse now. And probably do. It’s not bargain basement, nor is it throughthe-roof expensive. But it’s a nice steak house built by a family who keeps the quality better than you can cook in your own home.

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Finalist: Lucky’s Sandwich

South Coast Deli Many locations

Once confined to the land of Goleta, South Coast now peddles its sammies from Isla Vista to Carrillo Street. The formula isn’t tricky — in a way, they are just a slightly fancier brand than Sam’s To Go, which used to dominate this category for years. But the edge is a bigger kitchen and embellishments like herbed mayonnaise and red-pepper jellies. It’s clean and breezy and serves reasonably priced salads that no known human has ever finished.

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Finalist: Three Pickles Barbecue

Woody’s Bodacious Barbecue 5112 Hollister Ave., 967-3775

This place has been a success since it first opened down on Montecito Street in the Reagan years. With a cartoony ambience, big servings — including the milk bucket of beer — and a menu that has stayed the same for a quarter of a century, this is consistency personified, and the best place in Goleta to get your fingers sauced.

Finalist: Killer B’s BBQ

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The Habit Burger Grill Many locations

Sure, Brent Reichard is excited to win The Indy Best Of, but you have to remember, the sandwich he and his brother launched from Goleta to a 100-plusrestaurant chain has had other thrills this year. “How about Consumer Reports calling us the best burger in America?”he asked with more than a hint of pride.

He was as shocked as everybody by the news. Driving in Los Angeles, Reichard heard a radio report that a small California chain had won. “I thought they were going to say In-N-Out, which I love by the way.”When the newscaster said Habit, he almost ran off the road. Reichard, who is pioneering another fast-food concept, long ago sold the Habit name but kept the S.B. stores and sits on the board of the burgeoning business. But the Dos Pueblos grad couldn’t be happier.

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The Palace Grill 8 E. Cota St., 963-5000

This is from their website: “To insure [sic] we remain authentic, the Palace routinely flies its staff to New Orleans to experience first-hand the magical quality of the city that has inspired the spirit of the Palace grill.” So what did we learn here today, students of Santa Barbara’s Best Of? Number one: The feeling you have of expert service mixed with let-the-good-times-roll bonhomie was not just a public relations thing. These servers are in the Big Easy dream. Number two: Let’s all see if we can get a job at the Palace.

Finalist: The Lark

Veggie Burger

The Natural Café Many locations

Sometimes even the wisest among us needs to take a break from eating animals. For those experiencing abstinence, not to mention those who abstain regularly by principle or taste, the little things are what you miss. It’s not beef Wellington you walk around craving; it’s the burger all warm, caramelized, nestled in a fresh bread bun with lettuce, etc. The Natural Café’s veggie burger, made of leaf and root and other things that do not sport a pair of eyes, satisfies the craving and rewards the craver with vitamins and such.

Finalist: The Habit Burger Grill

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Burrito

Super Cucas Many locations

This dish has become staple food for the young. And why not? It’s reasonably priced, convenient to score and eat, and good nowadays for breakfast, lunch, and supper. The Cucas crew builds their version big with dynamite payloads of small-diced meats — whether it is steak (carne asada), pork (al pastor or carnitas), and, of course, chicken (which doesn’t get a fancy Spanish name except for pollo, which just means chicken) — beans, rice, onion, cilantro, and salsa, though there is a nice bar from which you can pull for free some supplementary saucing. The burrito is popular at lunch in all the locations, but the best time to order one is when you are hungry.

Finalist: Freebirds World Burrito Tacos

Lilly’s Taqueria Two locations

waste-not-want-not parts of the cow anyways. You can have their fine asada, pastor, or machiza, which is a steamed beef. There’s chicken for the relatively squeamish, too. Best part? Their unbelievably satisfying small tacos run about 2 each. You can have three and a soda for less than 7, and it won’t be weird at all, dear gringos; it’ll be delicious.

Finalist: Rudy’s Mexican Restaurants Restaurant for Dessert

Sojourner Café

134 E. Canon Perdido St., 965-7922 We used to think that this place was famed for desserts just because no one expected it — such fripperies in a healthy food environment.

Then we took a peek at the dessert menu, which changes daily. Red velvet cake with vanilla buttercream? Cheesecake with Earl Grey honey whipped cream? Cocoa cashew coconut orb? This isn’t health food; this is professional night on Chopped. Is there any restaurant in town with a list like this? The readers don’t think so.

Finalist: The Andersen’s Restaurant & Bakery

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Keric Brown, Scott Webber, and Art Tracewell started this place in 1995 in Isla Vista. They have grown to 12 stores now, and all of them seem happy not to take over the world.

The shops take all their attention, according to Tracewell, but not because they are overwhelmed. It’s more because they are passionate about doing things right. “Every day someone comes up to me and says something like, this would be great in Austin.

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The French Press Two locations

Julia Mayer and her husband, Todd Stewart, own the places and call the whole thing their “American dream.” Truth is, there were a number of dreamy hipster coffee places over the years with their own lines of beans and sweets, but none of them ever seemed to break big past the bohemians who gathered at their siren coffee cry — places like Borsodi’s or Roma or even (for those with ancient memories) the Noctambulist. The French Press somehow transcends the beatnik Sugar Shack vibe, while maintaining a winsome, cool-guy façade. Mostly it’s the baristas who seem the right combo of unflappable and attentive. The coffee isn’t cheap, especially the namesake drink, but the caffeine is attractively zippy, and the joints have just the right ambience, comfortable and business-y enough so that everybody wants to go there.

Finalist: Starbucks

Tea Selection

Vices & Spices 3558 State St., 687-7196

If you grew up in the Earth Shoe era, prepare yourself for a shock. Vices & Spices is 39 years old. Don’t even calculate what that makes you. Blue Booth can testify to the oncealternative store’s ultimate acceptance by the whole town.

“I’m the founder,” he said. But then as now, it wasn’t hippie magic that made the place great. “We have such a variety of teas from all over the place — coffees, too,” said Booth, whose current favorite is a tea called coconut pouchong.“But we always did things a little different, like the gifts we sell.

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“Five times in a row we’ve won this,”enthused general manager Maia Hall, who thinks that one reason the happy hour is so appreciated is because it features great pub-grub snacks like chicken sate and artichoke.“It’s not just fried foods.”

The place does serve up a mean oyster or two or dozen, as well, with 1.50 shooters and 4 vodka shooters, drink deals galore, and a happy hour that lasts for four. “Monday through Thursday it’s 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.,” Hall said. Her only regret? “Some people may not get how much we have to offer.”

Finalist: Boathouse

Beer Selection on Tap S.B. County Brewery

Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. 137 Anacapa St., 694-2252 “I like to make people happy when they come in and happy when they leave,” philosophized Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. manager David Esdaile. He’s the first to admit that the beer and big open-air pub have become popular pretty fast. “We first opened in November of 2010, but the whole thing would have gone down the drain if I didn’t have good beer and good people serving it.”

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“I think it’s the hospitality that people like the most,”said Sunstone owner and winemaker Bion Rice. “I know we have the best servers, highly educated and personable. But besides that, I think it’s the location. You come here, and you’ll feel like you stepped off a plane in Provence,” he said referring to the rustic winery buildings surrounded by growing herbes de Provence. “And then there’s our merlot, which is made like a Pommerol, soft and aged 24 months in oak barrels. I think they like all those things.”

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Its name sounds like an English pub, but its true spirit is a lot more boisterous than that. “I think people like us [because] we’re the tasting room that has the most fun,” said assistant general manager Madeleine Smith. “Also because we change our wines and beers constantly, so people don’t know what to expect.” They do boutique wines, garagista and craft beers, and lots of things people won’t sample anywhere else. Right now, Smith said, they just finished a single-hop beer fest served with smokehouse food, and at press time they were putting together a rosé tasting to say good-bye to summer. “It’s totally awesome that we won,” she said.

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It’s a neighborhood without a name, the area surrounding the corner of Montecito and Bath streets. Long ago, it was the ethnic part of town with an Italian place called Luigi’s (really) and great Mexican, and this place was a kid-friendly Greek taverna called The Plaka. Today, it’s an unlikely mix of tourists in hotels and kids living near the City College campus and moving between the nearby brewery and The Neighborhood, which doesn’t just serve drinks and pub grub but also has Ping-Pong, foosball, video games, and sunset bike shows. And it’s won this category five years in a row.

Finalist: Uptown Lounge

S.B. Wine Tour Company

Sustainable Vine Wine Tours 698-3911 This may be the most viable start-up business in our changing economy.

These guys have watched as the number of wine-country-excursion services — a great way to sample responsibly — grew from a few to

The Neighborhood Bar & Grill 25. But Bryan Hope and Scott Bull won this year. “I think what we did is that we are successful owner/operators. We don’t hire other people to drive, and we care about each tour,” said Hope. They also offer tailormade excursions. “We ask people what kind of wine they like and plan the trip accordingly,” he said.

Finalist: Captain Jack’s S.B. County Winery White Wine

Santa Barbara Winery 202 Anacapa St., 963-3633

In a way, Santa Barbara Winery is about the whites, but assistant manager Jeanette Gardner thinks the long-lived vintners have a couple of really good tricks up the sleeve. “For one thing, there’s our orange muscat, which most people think is a dessert wine. But ours is dry and really good. They scratch their heads over that. All of the chardonnays are good, clean and crisp, so it may be a toss-up, but I think the orange muscat is a nice surprise.”

Finalist: Brander Winery S.B. County Winery Red Wine

Margerum Wine Company Two locations, 845-8435

Doug Margerum from his North County winery couldn’t be clearer: “It was definitely M,” he said, referring to the most popular wine he makes. It’s not the title of an imaginary intelligence agency; the “M” is

for him, but the“”stands for five grapes it employs — syrah, grenache, mourvèdre, counoise, and cinsault. He was always a Rhône wine buff, beginning with an experience he had drinking there at about the age most other kids are thinking about getting their learner’s permit. “I used to collect Chateauneuf-du-Pape,” he said. Some of these lesser-known grapes would just make you mad if you had wine made exclusively from them. Together, they are magic. It’s a staple at bars like Lucky’s, said Margerum, and he’s thrilled that the readers have such astute collective tastes.

Finalist: Grassini Restaurant Wine List

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813 Anacapa St., 966-9463 Again with the Doug Margerum. This time he’s onstage for the amazing wine list at the restaurant he owns, but he’s not going to take credit for this. “All credit for this goes to Branden Bidwell,” said Margerum, referring to his wine director. Though it may seem like the place has every right to the greatest cellar since it began as a wine store in the early 1970s, the truth is that after the restaurant was sold and then bought back by the present owners, it was a new ball game. “We had to start from scratch, and it was all Branden who made it what it is today.”Most of the wines are local, many are virtually unattainable anywhere, and all of it is great, said Margerum.

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Back when Santa Barbara had only one or two wineries, say 1975, there were five great wine stores spread evenly from Montecito to La Cumbre Plaza. Now there are only boutique specialists, and we say this not to glorify the old days but to express how lucky we are that Winehound is around: great variety from domestic to the foreign spheres; terrific range of prices; and, best of all, Bob Wesley at the helm, a man who lives up to his own principles — stock lots of wine but no snobbery.

artful escapes. Harry’s makes strong drinks, ks though it’s hard ha to imagine how a martini could be stronger. It’s just slung down on the table right, by people sophisticated in the making of drink.

Finalist: Les Marchands Wine Bar & Merchant

Carlitos Café y Cantina

Martini

Harry’s Plaza Café 3313-B State St., 687-2800

Cocktail sophistication begins and ends with the martini. Its silver clarity and astringent perfume vaults the combination of gin or vodka with vermouth and olive or lemon into a place where slumming or beginner drinkers really can’t tread. This is the essence of alcohol — one more step in the direction you are headed would equal medicinal product.

Yet the artistry involved — shaking, tincturing, cooling, and subtly accessorizing it — makes the idea of medicine melt into the idea of

Bloody Mary (see Eating) Moscow Mule

Finalist: Joe’s Café Margarita

224 Helena Ave., 845-0377

It’s meant to represent the deadly sins, many of which our readers enjoy indulging in — at least the victimless varieties like sloth — without even resorting to bars or Moscow mules. Seven has also become one of the stars of the Funk Zone firmament, and according to our readers, the concoction served in a copper mug with vodka, ginger beer, lime, and mint ought to be rightly credited for their street cred: the occasion to sin sweetly.

Finalist: Arch Rock

1324 State St., 962-7117

You have to take the readers at their word. This voting did not split between crushed ice and margs on the rocks. It did not specify fancier twists like the St. Germain–inflected margarita. We even know of an UrMargarita that is simply lime juice and cheap tequila. No. This version is made with good Herradura tequila, a lime juice and triple sec concoction poured over rocks into a glass with salt on the rim. It was made famous

by Fiesta-goers burned out after the parade and young yups waiting for concerts in the palmy Jackson Browne days of Arlington concerts.

We imagine you will make certain modifications, and that is your right, whether living here or touristing. But the readers agree this is the place in town where you go. Word.

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536 State St., 966-4638 Joe’s is the real deal, a chop house with Italian in the background — ever notice the salsa and bread is more like bruschetta than nachos? The bar is long and usually occupied. The drinks are so strong you will be cautioned if you order a double, which is a waiter’s way of showing off while protecting you for the rest of the evening. It’s the kind of place where you can fly on one wing.

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There are many controversies surrounding the smartphone pay-toride service that enlists nonprofessional drivers as ad hoc hacks. On the plus side, there is a liberating sense of taking the streets back — regular people intervening in what was a viable job for many yet constituted a kind of de facto monopoly. Even though there was an explosion of new cab companies in the last 10 years, ride prices went up not down as the familiar market model is supposed to ensure. On the downside, licensed drivers have been replaced with unknown quantities, and there are many rumors of Uber sabotaging other companies. Uber has unstated costs, too, like a safety fee tacked on to riders late at night in this town. But whichever accounting system you use, Uber has neatly triumphed in The Indy’s poll, and it will be fascinating to see how new technologies change other aspects of our rewired lives.

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Ducati of Santa Barbara 17 W. Montecito St., 884-8443

“We are absolutely ecstatic,” said Carlin Dunne, who has slowly but surely been taking over the business from his father, Trevor, who opened the shop in 1978. (Rest assured; his dad knows.) “I think we win this because we care about people; we have individual relation-

ships with many of our customers. And we’re passionate about motorcycling, and we want to make other people feel the same way, too,”said Carlin, who wants people to notice the alternative to cars that motorcycles and scooters represent.

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Toyota of Santa Barbara 5611 Hollister Ave., Goleta, 572-1130

“The auto industry is very strong,” claimed Toyota of Santa Barbara general manager Mike Caldwell. “We think there was some demand held up during the worst of the recession, but it’s booming now. I think people vote for us because it’s a great brand, and we provide quality service.”The Prius is responsible for more than 30 percent of area business, said Caldwell.“We’re very happy and very grateful to the readers and to all of Santa Barbara.”

Finalists: Perry Ford of Santa Barbara (New Car Dealership); Milpas Motors (Used Car Dealership)

Educated Car Wash 3735 State St., 687-8800

Prices range from a 13.95 basic clean to a 200 detail, and the 32-yearold business offers the extra incentives of an all-hand wash with the cheapest prices in town. It’s like sending your car to a spa. The industry estimates people save 50 percent of the water they use to wash their car by taking it to a pro. In times like these, it all seems a bit scary, but if you must clean the coupe, this is probably the place.

Finalist: Fairview Car Wash Place to Get Tires

Ian’s Tires & Auto Repair 4299½ State St., 683-0716

Eric Miller just bought Ian out, but don’t worry: Ian is his dad.

Besides that, the rest of the crew are the same. “Most of our staff has been with us for a long time,” he said. That would be since 1991, when this store began acquiring not only faithful workers but also a lot of clients. “Our prices are competitive,” said the younger Miller.

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It’s one of those things you don’t really want to do, as it implies either your own car is broken or just unequal to the job. (Some people don’t own cars, even in California, so to them renting may be a guilty pleasure.) It’s important to know that the readers have voted this chain over all others and above and beyond any mom-and-pop available. It’s reasonably priced and convenient as can be, and if you’re biting the bullet, it’s at least comforting that others can tell you where it bites back the least.

Finalist: Hertz Chris and Kathy Neely

Auto Repair

Richard’s Accurate Import Service

Scooter Dealership

“I think we keep winning this because people know we have integrity,” said Richard’s owner Mike Bishop. “We will never sell you anything you do not need, and our customers know that.”In business for more than 35 years, Bishop is proud of the fact that his repair biz stays abreast of new technologies and still knows how to have fun.

“We’re honored to win again,”said owner Chris Neely.“What we’re doing is trying to change the way Santa Barbarans get around town one car at a time.”In its seventh year, the former Mountain Drive jeweler’s biz is the direct effect of a number of epiphanies he had on an around-the-world trip taken with his spouse, Kathy, a Waldorf teacher. They saw how others lived vibrant lives without jumping in a big SUV every time they needed a quart of milk from the store and vowed to bring that way of life home — and make a living from it at the same time. The readers are obviously pleased with Neely’s resolve. The SYM scooters he sells can get 75 miles to the gallon, and that’s an honor done to our environment.

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Art Supply Store

Art Essentials 32 E. Victoria St., 965-5456

(FROM LEFT) MacSuperstore’s Justin Ooms, Manabu Kumakura, and Tyler Anderson

Bookstore

Chaucer’s Books 3321 State St., 682-6787

Since 1974, Mahri Kerley’s first small store in Five Points and then larger space in its present location has been the shop that all other bookstores in town have been measured by. Most of them have come up short — or come and gone — yet Chaucer’s, with its piled-high shelves, continues to thrive. The staff is perfectly polite; they neither interrupt your muse-y browsings nor shrink from the craziest request. (“There’s this book I’m looking for — I don’t know the author or title.”) Most bookstores are either havens of refuge or social scenes; Chaucer’s has a nicely integrated combination of friendly neighborhood store and deep archive of the culture’s best-wrought reflections committed to print.

Musical Instrument Store

Jensen Guitar & Music Co.

2830 De la Vina St., 687-4027 One measure of the destructive power of a recession is the music store.

Jensen’s had 50 employees and four locations before the boom got lowered. Today, Chris Jensen has one store and 15 employees — and not all of them are full-time. He’s not complaining really. He likes being in the one store and experiencing all the fun it always was. “People come in for lessons, and they see all that we have, or they come in for repairs,” said Jensen.“Then they hang around and talk and put their band posters in the window. That’s what I like.”

Finalist: Granada Books

Finalist: Nick Rail Music

Computer Repair

Gift Shop

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909 State St., 845-3900

MacSuperstore

The store everybody knows was purchased last year by another familyowned business, San Luis Obispo’s MacSuperstore, owned by Shane Williams. They’ve made changes in the nearly year they’ve held the lease, and it’s safe to say the readers are happy with the modifications.

“It’s probably our customer service that people like,”said store manager Tyler Anderson.“We have a lot of students and a lot of older people. We pride ourselves in being able to talk to any group.”

Michaels

187 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta, 967-7119 Here’s a quick story about a someone who got himself into trouble by promising to supply fake golden rings for a Lord of the Rings movie party. Seemed simple until he started looking. Just as he was about to take out a mortgage to buy real rings, he remembered Michaels.

He drove over, asked one of the nice clerks, who said, “Of course,” and then disappeared into the vast store and came back with a bag of fake gold rings that made certain Hobbits happier than they need to be. It’s a good place for Hobbit-ual shoppers.

Finalist: Art Essentials

“We’re so stoked. Thank you so much to Santa Barbara,” said Plum Goods owner Amy Cooper, in business four years this October. “I think people like us because we have such a unique inventory, and the music is great, and it looks good inside. It even smells good,” she laughed.

Cooper is excited that Plum Goods is about to join One Percent for the Planet, an environmental fund that helps return all the abundance she has received in her sweet-smelling store.

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Camera Shop

Party Supply Store

530 State St., 963-7269

3319 State St., Ste. A, 687-4500

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Frame Shop

Finalist: Imagine

Another big business that moved its quarters this year, Samy’s left its cavernous Chapala Street digs for the main street rush of a State Street locale. Everything came with them, from the basics of photographer outfitting to the convenience of television and computer hardware sales. There’s a great deal to recommend this store, but the most important thing to note is this: Photographers hang out there, and some of them talk to each other. It’s weird, and you might not witness it anywhere else.

Finalist: Michaels

Plum Goods

Finalist: Channel Data Systems

Samy’s Camera

This is the kind of art store every town ought to have. Peopled with real artists as clerks and managers and stocked with just about everything you might need to paint a chapel ceiling or to carve a great cogitating man out of a stone, it’s low-key to visit but difficult to stump — everything from printmaking tools to books that tell you how to make a print.

The readers paint a glowing picture of it year after year.

Glenda’s Party Cove Steve Thomson doesn’t like to talk about how long he has helmed the store with the coolest name in Santa Barbara. “Let’s just say, for a long time,” he said. According to him, the world hasn’t changed much, at least in terms of party supplies.“We do a good business in balloons, and helium has been scarce this year,” he confessed, though people keep buying them along with cards, toys, and stuff like funny hats. Maybe it’s just a metaphorical cove, but it’s a place where Santa Barbarans get into the swim of all life’s holidays.

Aaron Brothers Nobody sane, and that excludes a lot of artists, wants to pay more for the frame than the thing being enframed. Aaron Bros. has kept this simple standard as a guiding principle — many sales, good stock on hand, and friendly clerks to help you surround your beautiful things with protective beauty.

Finalist: Michaels Bank

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“Thank you, Santa Barbara, for voting Montecito Bank & Trust the Best Bank for the second year in a row!” said bank president and CEO Janet Garufis. “Your vote inspires us to continue to deliver on our commitment to serve the banking and borrowing needs of the entire community. A special thanks to our Montecito Bank & Trust associates, who are responsible for helping us to earn your confidence as the community’s bank of choice.”

Finalist: Chase

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Travel avel Agency

Santa Barbara Travel Bureau Two locations

“It’s always an honor,” said David de L’Arbre, manager of the business his father began in 1947. (His brother, Charles, took over in 1974, and David came soon after.) “‘Duty of care’ is the watchword of this business nowadays, and that’s what a good travel agent does for you,”he explained. People who buy travel online get bargains, but if there are problems, only they can dig their way out of them.“We have a great service-oriented staff, and that’s how we’ve done so well.”

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“After being in practice for 27 years, I can honestly say I still love what I do and genuinely care about each and every patient that walks through my doors,”said Dr. Lori Sender-O’Hara.“Seeing a doctor of any kind is a sacred trust, and I value that immensely. Unlike any other profession, people may judge chiropractic by one visit or one doctor. My goal is to massively exceed expectations. Excellence starts with the first phone call to make an appointment, through the consultation and examination process, and most importantly to the precision of the chiropractic adjustment. When I began in 1987, I knew I was in it for the long haul, never taking short cuts or compromising my principles. That, along with mastering the chiropractic technique called Gonstead, has been my secret ingredient to long-lasting success. Thank you again to all my patients for allowing me to serve you for all these years!”

Finalist: Serena Singer Dentist

Johnson Family Dental Many locations

Nicole Clark thinks that the longevity of the practice, the skill of the dentists, and the way they treat patients are all vitally important. But convenience is likely the quality that makes people crazy about Johnson Family Dental.“We try very hard to keep everything under one roof,”said Clark, the marketing director.“From cleaning to dental implants, we don’t send people out the door to get something done somewhere else.”People also appreciate the high-tech approach, from the anesthesiologist to the D-imaging machine they use to do implants. “We always try to make it convenient, even with appointments, billing, and creating payment plans.” They take care to please their clients, and the clients seem quite willing to endorse the Johnsons.

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“My team and I are honored to be voted Best Massage therapist in Santa Barbara for the sixth year in a row,”Marlo Tell writes.“With a combination of trigger-point therapy, deep-tissue work, myofascial release, and other techniques, we help clients with a multitude of ailments, including chronic pain, poor circulation, acute muscle tightness, and much more. Since we take a holistic approach to our client’s wellness, we are pleased to have recently become a part of the team at The Lab (thelabsb .com). This partnership will allow our clients to experience a full breadth of services focused on restoring, regenerating, and building the human body, including the healing effects of whole body cryotherapy.”

Finalist: Mary Elliott

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“It’s nice to see that we are still the one your readers vote for.”

Finalist: Vista del Monte

Acupuncturist

Points of Health

1805 E. Cabrillo Blvd., Ste. E, 687-7775 “We are very grateful to have won the last four years!”said Points of Health’s Erik Smith. “We want to thank our amazing patients for their support and trust. We are perpetually humbled and amazed by the healing power of acupuncture, and we are honored to share it with the wonderful people of Santa Barbara. You inspire us, and we love you!”

Finalist: Anthony Kar Optometrist

Dr. Joanne Gronquist 1805 State St., Ste. B, 569-1504

The readers like her, but her husband is even more devout in his praise. “I think people voted for her because of the personal care she gives each patient, because of her attention to detail, and because of her lovely personality,” said Dr. Tem Gronquist, who shares a practice with Joanne.

“We both try to stay at the front of advances in emerging medical technologies.” Both believe it’s important to look at everything affecting a patient. “She looks at personal, professional, and leisure time activities, too.”

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Orfalea Family Children’s Center UCSB, 893-3665 While it’s true that the Orfalea Center is set up primarily for UCSB families, students, and faculty, a certain percentage remains open to the general community. “In point of fact, 20 percent of the openings are from non-university people,” said Leslie Voss, the center’s director of childcare and education. She’s all the more happy that the center took number one in the polls. “We’re happy, and we take seriously our privilege and responsibility to care for these children with resources and support for the families.”They promote the idea that kids benefit greatly from their relationships with others. “And we believe in the idea that children learn through play.”

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“Egad! Huzzah!” said Gretchen Brinser upon hearing the news that Kernohan’s won Best Toy Store.

She and her husband, Greg, have shepherded the business for the better part of the last decade, buying it from the beloved family who first put a big bear out on State Street, the place where the whole town bought its toys. The last years have not been enormously kind since the recession, and not only did they see their business fall off, but a lot of the manufacturers they liked disappeared.

“It’s better than it once was, and it has come back a lot,” said Gretchen, who is grateful that her neighbors and customers feel flush enough to let their children play again.

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And you thought this place was just for people who “interrogate” ideas and think about “fictive” modes while they are “establishing bandwidths of subjectivity.” Boy were you wrong. “We have the best pools in town; we have gymnastic ropes,”said camp director Cathy Czuleger, adding details like surf camp — which was started by rock star Jack Johnson — to the profile of possible adventures.“UCSB camp has been running for 34 summers,”she said.

“And I’ve been here for 23 of those years.” It’s good that they won the Best Of category, said Czuleger.“Finally we are bringing it back here where it belongs.”

Finalist: YMCA Children’s Clothing Store

Peanuts Maternity & Kids 9 E. Figueroa St., 618-1640

Ever since Nicki Horne opened this store, her vision was making it more than just a place to score kiddie toys. So, there are used and new clothes, cool toys, and a number of educational and entertainment programs meant to knit the fabric of the family tight. A winner now since it first opened, it’s an urban outfitter for urchins and so much more.

Finalist: Chicken Little

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This is a new category, and its winner, Dr. Jerold Black, practices at Sansum Clinic. “I’m thrilled and surprised to be honored by my patients and their families,” he said. “I feel blessed to be able to practice what I love, taking care of Santa Barbara and Sansum Clinic’s smallest patients. I’m excited that my passion for children’s health has shown through enough to have my families vote for me to win the S.B. Independent Readers’Poll for Best Pediatrician 2014.

Here’s to a healthy and happy 2014 and beyond.”

Finalist: Dr. Patricia Erbe Pet Hospital/Clinic

White’s Pet Hospital 532 E. Haley St., 966-1604

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Since the 1920s, White’s has been a town favorite and, since the Best Of began, either a winner or a runner-up in this category. Besides the staff, White’s has always offered a lot in one spot. It’s a hospital, a doggy doctor’s office, a kennel, and dentist’s office, and it now features a new line of laser-based, noninvasive kinds of surgery. This town may seem like it changes at a glacial rate, but there are really very few businesses of any kind coming up on a centenary. White’s Pet Hospital is awesomely modern and, as far as we can tell, the oldest business in town.

Finalist: St. Francis Pet Clinic

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Douglas Family Preserve (a k a the Wilcox Property) Officially titled the Douglas Family Preserve, this park stands for a number of things: celebrity charity spending, community activism, the love of untouched nature (or barely touched). But most of all, it stands for dogs off the leash. On a large mesa bordered by Hendry’s Beach, the Pacific Ocean, Cliff Drive, and the ’burbs, this large area features trails through brush and eucalyptus, pines and oak, and dogs happier than any other in the city limits. Whether examining each other’s private credentials, running after sticks, or picking up messages left on the heather and the trees, pooches on parade here clearly experience canine euphoria. The Wilcox is dog heaven, and that’s nothing to sniff at.

Finalist: Arroyo Burro Beach (a k a Hendry’s Beach) now Wendel is moving into Agoura Hills for a third. “I think it goes back to our team,” she said. “I think they are excited to be working here. And it shows.” Wendel has no problem recruiting new workers; she just looks for the real dog lovers, adding that they often say, “Wait, you’re going to pay me to play with dogs?” There’s a lot of play and a lot of direct supervision. Dioji may not be poised to take over the world, but its dogged growth seems assured.

Finalist: Animal Inn/Camp Canine Pet Store

Lemos Feed & Pet Supply Many locations This small chain began on the Central Coast in the early 1970s and now has more than a dozen stores between Paso Robles and Carpinteria. If you’ve shopped for a pet or had to pay for health care, you know that the expenses have skyrocketed

in the last decade. People are not complaining, however, and this store is no bargain basement. It isn’t expensive, either, and everybody says that the personal care gotten there gives faithful customers paws to wonder.

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The Little Dog House 5758 Hollister Ave., Goleta, 964-2446

Annabelle Hofmann quipped,“We’re cleaning up every year.”

And it has been nearly 40 years since she opened her megapopular dog-grooming place out in Goleta. “I think people like us because we let the dogs run around free,” she said.

“And we all live and breathe dogs. I have a rescue group, and we’re very well-versed in rare breeds.”In dog years, that may be half a century of grooming, but Hofmann said she loves every dog day she gets.

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La Sumida Nursery 165 S. Patterson Ave., 964-9944

Things are changing in the natural world, and La Sumida is trying to help people and plant life cope with it. “We’ve got a lot of lawn removal going on,” said manager Dee Honer. “People are buying a lot of lawn substitutes like succulents,” she added. This is a typically steady business time of year, and La Sumida is doing its best to keep up with the times and the changes. They have enormous vegetal resources there. “And luckily we have a lot of experienced staff, too.”

Finalist: Terra Sol Garden Center

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When you simply must forgo the pleasure of living on thrift-store couches and mismatched hand-me-down chairs grouped around shelving that was put together with boards and big bricks — and yet you have not reached the point where John Saladino is putting together an ensemble of artfully mismatched designer pieces and obscure Etruscan weaves — you go to Cost Plus. With nice taste, great prices, and a showroom that’s also filled with unusual wines, crazy snacks, and Day of the Dead skull candles from Mexico, it’s a trip around the world.

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Ed Edick said part of it is just the numbers. “We’re the number one agency in volume of sales. And hopefully the people who took part in those sales are happy. So even if clients of other agencies were happy, we would still have more happy people.” Edick is being slightly facetious; he and his partner, Renee Grubb, not only run a service-minded realty company but also reach out into the community. In the past years, they have raised a million dollars for the Teacher’s Fund, giving a lot of their own profits as well as involving agents and townspeople.

“We have strong marketing and great people working for us. We’re very happy; it’s fun to be number one.”

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After the big recession, Louise McKaig, who had been selling real estate for less than a decade, decided to travel around the country and study success. She wanted to know how people, contracts, and things worked in a coordinated manner. She said she learned how to work. “Most of all, though, I think people voted for me because I really care about my clients,” said McKaig, who works for Village Properties. “I care about them, and they seem to care about me.”

“It’s great to win,” said owner Erik Haney, who celebrated just seven years in the business and has taken this category for the last four. “I think people like us because we go above and beyond the requirements to make our customers happy. I think the ecological twist helps with our image, but the greatest factor is that we are in a service-based business, and we give extra for our clients.”

Finalist: Steve Epstein

It’s the idea of a department store but for the other world that surrounds us — our electronic net: fancy phones from Apple and Samsung, computers, stereos, televisions, and all of the accompanying paraphernalia from wire connectors to video games. Technology is no longer the exclusive realm of engineers and hi-fi geeks; it’s the air that we breathe and communicate through. This place makes it even easier to negotiate.

1 N. Calle César Chávez, Ste. 130, 845-6600

Alan Howard’s conglomerate of 20 vendors is what he often refers to as “great entertainment.” It’s nice to get lost looking at quaint dishes and jewelry, reading titles of old books, thumbing through boxes of postcards your mother might have written. Nowadays, antiques can easily refer to the 1960s, which doesn’t seem right to youth-obsessed boomers. On the other hand, it is cool to look at real troll dolls, Augie Doggie action figures, and novels like Stranger in a Strange Land that seem foreign nowadays but defined the era they survived.

Finalist: Summerland Antique

Finalist: Mammoth Moving & Storage continued This is my community. Here, I am free to discover, learn and do what I love, in the company of good friends.

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h o usi n g “And I carefully screen the people I hire, so nobody has to worry. Like I said, we take this work seriously, and I have excellent employees.”

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Carpet Cleaning

Coleman Carpet Cleaners

Goleta, 681-7010

This one is a bit of a puzzler even to the super-nice family that runs it.

Around since 1969, the Kitson family business is now in the hands of daughter Sarah and her husband, Dave Fudurich. Everybody agrees that the clan couldn’t be nicer and the workers are excellent. So what’s the problem? The Kitsons do commercial accounts — there are no little suburban love nests or even McMansions getting the famed touch. But the family name is so well known, the readers give the Kitsons a green light for their thumbs year after year.

Finalist: Orchard Supply Hardware

275 Orange Ave., Goleta, 683-2305

Flexibility is the watchword at Coleman’s, with a fleet of cleaners who specialize in very big jobs, from mansions to corporate HQs — which is not to say that they don’t work small. If anything, they prefer to be known as detail-oriented workers whose handiwork ensures lots of repeat business, and the readers do not reward those with spotty résumés.

Finalist: Enviroscaping

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Hardware Store

Karen’s Kleaning

the best thing is how little the place has changed. You walk in and, assuming some familiarity, head right over to where what you want is, assuming you don’t run into a bunch of friends and neighbors on the way. If it’s not where you thought, an employee is always standing by who can direct you to it inside the store, order it for you, or let you know who in town is likely to carry that screen-door spline or recessed thumbscrew. If it has changed over the years, it just got subtly better.

564-1444

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Now in its 30th year, Karen’s Kleaning thinks of itself as a midrangepriced service that has one large distinction.“We care very much about what we do,” said owner Karen Laurie, who is keenly aware that her workers are going into strangers’ homes and must prove themselves.

On Home Improvement Center’s website, owner Gary Simpson writes that the store has grown and changed with the times. (Simpson’s dad opened the big store in 1967; the son took over operations in 1983.)

Maybe that’s true, but as very regular shoppers there will tell you,

Tile Shop

Tileco

7 N. Nopal St., 564-1868 “We give the same attention to someone who wants to tile a whole house as to a person with a tiny tile they have to replace. We will find it,” laughed Mimi Campbell, who works for a whole lot of people she respects at Tileco — the owners, Margaret and Mike Burchiere; the“captain”(and daughter of the Burchieres), Gina Flint; and the manager (and son of the original owner) of whom she speaks in awe, “Bert Muscio, a tanned man who likes to go on vacation.” All of them, she said, are completely committed to making your dreams in tile come true. They have a better chance of helping you on the spot after moving into their new headquarters, at  North Nopal Street. “We go above and beyond the call of duty,” said Campbell. “And we’re very glad your readers recognized us for that.”

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5610 Hollister Ave., Goleta, 964-3551 Since the 1970s, this family-owned franchise store has been a handy clearinghouse for the important bottom line in your home — the floor and what covers it: carpeting (naturally), hardwood and laminate, vinyl (what folks used to call linoleum and tile abound here), and handy people who can install the materials with a guaranteed beauty in some cases. Easy to find and abundantly stocked, Carpeteria has been flooring readers for years.

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Darin Jon Studio 1428 Chapala St., 962-1884

“We’ve always been community-based and all about the customer,” said Darin Jon, who opened his own salon 17 years ago after working for some of the other bests in town. “We don’t really campaign to get the readers’ approval, and we were very happy to be a finalist. For us to get it means our clients must be voting, and that means our clients must be happy.”

Finalist: Walter Claudio Salon Spa

It was 48 years ago when Tim Sanchez’s grandpa Bob and fellow barber Jess Martinez opened the current location of Montecito Barbers, a place where grocery clerks, movie producers, old money trustafarians, and Robert Mitchum got their ears lowered. Today, Tim is proud to win the readers’approval and even happier to have inherited the chair four years ago from his dad, Matt. “It’s a great job and it’s a lot of fun,” said Tim. “Sit around talking to the boys and watching sports all day. And the people who come in here aren’t our customers; they’re our friends.”

Finalist: Arturo’s Barbershop Nail Salon

Aqua Nail Bar 3455 State St., 687-8483

“I think we win because we are on the forefront of innovation in the nail salon business,” laughed owner Claudia Cordova-Papa. But she is serious, too. They’re proud of the new online chat reservation system

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Float Luxury Spa

18 E. Canon Perdido St., 845-7777 On one hand, owner Natalie Rowe believes that the setting matters.

“I do think this is the most beautiful spa in town,” she said, of the place that seems so small from the street. It’s magically sandwiched between the Lobero and El Paseo yet opens to reveal many hidden glories.“But the real reason people like us,”said Rowe,“is my amazing team.” Many of them have been with her since the spa first opened five and a half years ago.“And I think that’s why we get so much repeat business. Word of mouth is so important, and I think the team is so great that our reputation just gets passed from local to local.”

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“It’s not a one-size-fits-all business,” said managing partner Brian Perkins, who likes to point out that since last year, Evolutions has been evolving.“We have 6,000 square feet and 15 treating rooms and can do everything from facials to Botox injections.” In fact, this seems to be what the readers appreciate — a highly respected medical staff that can get under the hood for major repairs, including laser hair removal systems that are only found at Evolutions. “We’ve made a big investment in equipment and took equal pains to have the right people working for you,” he said.

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Skin Deep Salon 3405 State St., 687-9497

“Fourteen years out of 17 — not bad!” exclaimed Skin Deep head honcho Tina Hasche. “Winning a long-running award like the Best Of is like Paula Dean and bacon, kids and candy, Brazil and soccer — it’s very exciting! Our team of technicians and sales staff is brimming with pride.”The folks at Skin Deep have been in the same location for 34 years, and they seem to be more devoted than ever in connecting with and providing to their clients the best experience possible and loving what they do at the same time. “A big thank-you from not only myself but my sisters and from the best staff we’ve had in years, all 26 of them; it takes a village. We are honored!” said Hasche.

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“We’re a small team of people all full-time, so we all know our clients pretty well. We know when something comes in who will probably like it,”said owner Whitney Moser, now in the 12th year of the boutique voted highest of high couture by the readers. “Our fashions are all pretty timeless, but we represent a lot of designers you can’ t find anywhere else in town,” she said, citing labels like Isabel Marant, Jerome Dreyfuss, Chloé, and Raquel Allegra. “We’re very thrilled to be picked,” she added.

Finalist: Natasha Consignment Store

Jessica Consignment 2008 De la Vina St., 687-2755

In the bookstore world, there are used-book and (at a higher, more sifted-out level) rare-book stores.

Jessica’s is the equivalent — you might find a designer label in a thrift store, but you will only find gently used clothes of fine pedigree in a store like this. They buy Blahnik, Jimmy Choo, Prada, and Stella McCartney (and many more of that caliber) from people who want to thin out their fancy closets. You walk in and get nice things to wear at a super nice price. It won’t be the rag-and-bone shop, but it’s a lot less finance-draining than a trip to L.A.’s Robertson Boulevard.

Finalist: The Closet Dry Cleaner

Ablitt’s Fine Cleaners & Launderers 14 W. Gutierrez St., 963-6677

Since 1934 when the building that houses this dry cleaner was first built — it had another name then — the Ablitt family was on duty. Today, Sasha Ablitt runs the business her father renamed after the family 30 years ago, and she loves it. “I used to wonder why more people don’t take advantage of our free pickup and delivery service,” said Sasha, “then one day I spent some time in the front and saw how much fun the people who came in were having with our staff. I think that’s great. I do want people to know that our drivers are just as nice, too.”

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Each store has its own subtle character and regular followers, and buyers will agree they all have the goods: clothing, books, bric-a-brac, and items on“post,”things designated by some astute clerk as better-quality thrift than the rest. All stores have a selection of furniture and larger items, and everything eventually cycles through a color system of sales. They try to be seasonal, so check out the Halloween costumes and Christmas bins, and don’t forget the sale rack out front.

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“Oh, really? I won again, how cool,” said Lee Thompson, who has owned this perennial favorite for the last 24 years. “I think I win because I have the right stuff to make the job perfect. I’m always buying new equipment. I just got a new machine that fixes the zippers on lady’s boots and one that re-attaches the straps on backpacks. If there’s a job, I’m going to be all over the top of it.”

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Occhiali Fine Eyewear Two locations

Occhiali’s Irwin Eve is a proud winner, and here’s what he had to say about his company: “Since 1988, Occhiali has been providing unique, handmade eyewear and expert guidance in a comfortable and luxurious atmosphere. Occhiali has ABO-certified opticians that are brutally honest in telling you how each pair of glasses looks on your face. … Taking into account your prescription and frame choice, we help choose the lens product best for you. Our approach is artisanal and educated, and we take time to ensure an optimal balance of good looks, comfort, and clear vision.”

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Jesse Holder has been on the job for 43 years, and he gets up very early so that people can drop their favorite loafers, heels, pumps, boots, wingtips, saddle shoes, desert boots, sandals, Earth Shoes, Uggs, or even Mary Janes off when they are down at the heel to be retrieved after Holder makes them smart for walking again.

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Men and women’s shoes from sneakers to fine designer footwear, from the comfy Converse and Ugg end of the spectrum to the chic show-off Jimmy Choo — all the levels of footwear are available here.

It’ll save you a lot of legwork, and the selection in all the varying levels of shoe sophistication includes a lot of soul. Nordy’s has won this category since it came to town.

Finalist: Macy’s

Magic Johnson will give a rousing talk about his role in the game as a player and beyond – from the Olympic “Dream Team” to buying the Los Angeles Dodgers – followed by an audience Q&A.

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Bryant & Sons 812 State St., 966-9187

“I think we’ve won this for the last 15 years. It makes us very happy, and we don’t take it for granted,” said store manager Tony Schaap, who also stresses the range of sparkle the shop represents from affordable to the limits of sky. “We hope that the reason people vote for us is because of the very high-quality pieces we sell and how hard we work to show them to you. We try hard not to say ‘No.’ ”

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19 E. Haley St., 962-1413 “I think one reason people like us is because we have real vintage,”said Gina Comin, who thinks that a lot of new shops that produce faked 1980s concert shirts and the like have muddied the waters. Comin should know; she’s been in business in a number of different sites around the lower downtown area since 1989, and even though it has been hard, she has operated a real vintage store/art gallery/cool hangout for all these years. “It’s so great that I won. I can’t believe it. I’m so happy.”

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Nine winning years in a row now for the place the kids call the Shitty Kitty — actually owner Bob Stout calls it that, too, on their alarmingly decadent website. Wildcat has been around for more than two decades now and has evolved into a perfect version of what it first meant itself to be — a juke joint for hip kids. Best part? The cool comes in all sizes, shapes, colors, and sexual persuasions. Thursday is farm-to-bar happy hour with comp pizza from next door at Nardonne’s; the first Saturday of every month is DJ Bling; Tuesday is all-request night (that has to be cuckoo); and Sunday is the notoriously welcoming Red Room gay night.

The plush red-leather upholstery on the wall says it all, no matter which catnip you choose.

Finalist: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Place to Hear Live Music

SOhO Restaurant & Music Club 1221 State St., 962-7776

It’s 20 years now since the Hansens took over a bluegrass bar’s failed revival and turned the brick-and-exposed-beam club into what is clearly the city’s best-known nightclub. “We’re so happy to win,” said Gail. “And as to why we win, my son said it the other day, asking, If

you had a favorite band, which place would you rather see them — a little 300-person venue or a huge place? I think that’s why people like us.” And after two decades, those people probably know SOhO plans to stick around.

Finalist: Santa Barbara Bowl Gallery

Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery 7 E. Anapamu St., 730-1460

Here’s a roll call of great Santa Barbara artists: Meredith Brooks Abbott, Ken Bortolazzo, Colin Campbell Cooper, Lockwood de Forest, Hank Pitcher, Nicole Strasburg, and Howard Warshaw. It may not be all the greats, but it is a party we would attend gladly, and it’s just some of the people Frank Goss and his very successful “American Gallery” were showing at press time. He has a lot of other artists, too. This would be enough for most other stores.

Finalist: Waterhouse Gallery

Santa Barbara Museum of Art 1130 State St., 963-4364

Larry Feinberg, museum director, couldn’t be happier. “All of us at the museum, staff and trustees, are delighted that the community has honored us again this way. We will continue to try to offer a range of exhibitions and programs so that everyone in S.B. feels there is something in the museum for them … something they find interesting and enjoyable, something they have never experienced before.”

Finalist: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Dance Company

State Street Ballet 2285 Las Positas Rd., 563-3262

Rodney Gustafson’s company has always been audience-friendly.

Highly narrative choreographies grace time-honored musical pieces ranging from the classical repertoire (this year including Scheherazade and The Nutcracker) to popular music, with ever-more-popular seasons, a touring company that boasts a 90 percent rebooking rate, and a company that trains new dancers. It’s the city’s en pointe appointment with movement, drama, and grace.

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We know the weekend begins early in college, and Sharkeez has a plethora of ways to celebrate what old people used to call So Happy It’s Thursday: two drinks for 5, half off pitchers for people playing beer pong on the premises, and a giant discount on party buckets of beer.

It’s more like an alcohol theme park than a watering hole, and even though Sharkeez has moved across the street from its once-cavernous headquarters, the scholars who invented the long weekend still know how to get the party started.

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town — bet you forgot how picturesque the old place is — and then head down to the harbor and slide into the briny blue. Next stop is a cruise around the pier in the water, waving to the seals and seagulls.

When Aunt Georgina comes from Medicine Hat, Canada, you ought to take her out there. Who knows? This might be the visit where she puts you back in the will.

Finalist: S.B. Adventure Co. Funk Zone Spot

The Lark 131 Anacapa St., 284-0370 It’s safe to say that The Lark consolidated the idea of the Funk Zone and, come what may, gave it the real sense of place a lot of people were waiting for. The food is remarkable — unorthodox enough for a town that has long subsisted on a combo of great ethnic, cheap fare and safe expensive dining. Items like bone marrow, the highly addictive duck pâté, and even the supercharged popcorn that comes first to your table are revving up the taste buds for big comfort items like hanger steak, chicken, and fish. But the best part is the young, exciting atmosphere hovering around the mostly outdoor seating. The crowds are still coming, and after eating there, you can radiate out into the new part of town that The Lark polished into being.

Finalist: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.

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“We’ve been in the new theater just shy of a year,” said Jonathan Fox, executive artistic director. The theater company, which had its humble origins in the Alhecama Theatre nearly four decades ago, moved into a home of its own in the arts corridor, a stone’s throw from the Arlington and the Art Museum. “It was exciting and nail-biting this last year,” he explained. The sound system wasn’t perfect, and they opened with A Little Night Music, an act of sheer bravado.“But now it’s all coming together, air conditioning, the acoustic problems, everything is tuned and tested.”Fox and company is looking to an exciting season that includes a musical play by Tom Waits.“We’re thrilled to win,”he said of being voted best. “It’s a palpable sign that we are reaching out into the community and they are reaching back.”

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Let’s face it: Some people win because they are the only game in town. This is basically true of Mission Tuxedo, though it won for many a year when the town was crawling with rent-a-suit purveyors. John Murray’s store first opened 30 years ago and gradually started losing competitors as the economy waned. Last year, King Tux left, and Men’s Wearhouse stopped offering tuxedos.“The special-occasion business has not come back after the recession like other businesses did,”he said. But even when the town was crawling with formal wear, they did well.

“It’s great that we won, and we’re very happy,” he said.

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Wedding Cake Shop

12 E. Cota St., 730-1625

135 E. Anapamu St., 965-3075

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A Tropical Affair

After 14 years in the business, they’ve heard it all: intimate apparel, enticing undies, naughty bits, and, of course, elegant lingerie. They also sell bikinis. But the best part of A Tropical Affair is that in a tiny shop, the purveyors have managed to best a gigantic underthings empire we won’t mention besides noting its spurious connection to the Victorian era. Owner Heather Taylor has put together a plain-speaking boutique with such intelligent extras as a gift registry to nudge the shy suitors and a selection of garments with a wide variety of labels and names but with one common denominator: The inducement of torrid response is virtually guaranteed.

Victor the Florist It was RaeAnne Alvarado’s grandfather Victor Sourmany who started the florist’s in 1930. Her father, Maurice Sourmany, left the business in her capable hands, and she has four children ages 17-23 who are ready to carry the floral torch forward. It’s a dynasty, but Alvarado likes to joke that it’s something else people love: “It’s the pink building. Actually, our customers know us, and they’ve been coming here forever,” she said.

Finalist: Kaleidoscope Flowers

Finalist: Victoria’s Secret

Bridal Shop

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1315 State St., 892-4000

Pure Joy Catering 111 E. Haley St., 963-5766

Lynette La Mere is thrilled to win. She’s been in business for nearly 14 years and is on a tear, winning media awards for Most Beautiful Event and top 25 women-owned businesses. But La Mere, who employs more than 300 people at any given time, credits fresh farmers’markets ingredients, her sparkly staff, and one more thing — “Our delicious homemade food,” she said — for the win.

Finalist: Rincon Events

Panache Bridal “We probably won because we exude everything right for the bride,” laughed Kimberly Allen, who has managed this store for the last seven years, since before it was Panache. “We have the right ambience, the right attitude, and a plethora of dress designs.” Allen said she has seen just about everything and understands why some brides-to-be walk in the door with gigantic complexes on their shoulders.“I’ve trained myself to deal with everything with a big smile on my face. We’re all human, and we all want the best experience possible, which is what we try to give them. How can you go wrong with that?”

Finalist: The Dress

Your Cake Baker “We have the highest quality, on-time delivery, and fast turnarounds,” said Wayne Kjar, who was raised in the profession — his dad started Henning’s decades ago. A lot of other wedding-related businesses have taken a dip in the post-recession economy. “Not us,” said Kjar, who opened a second store in Montecito this year. “We’re up 40 percent over last year.

We did 500 weddings, and we’re close to that again. We are so happy the readers found us.”

Finalist: Henning’s Cake Boutique Bed & Breakfast Inn

The Upham

1404 De la Vina St., 962-0058 “It’s a little oasis downtown,” said Marjorie Robertson, assistant hotel manager. And if you ever stayed there, you would agree. A lazy late morning on the grassy common area, ducking into the building for continental breakfast will induce shock when you later leave the building and find yourself two blocks from the Arlington. The city’s oldest continuously operating hotel has been this amazing oasis since 1871, the year the Paris Commune was founded and the first major league home run was hit. When you’re lounging there, you’ll just think how comfortable the world seems.

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The Boathouse 2981 Cliff Dr., 898-2628

It’s hard to believe it was once just a hamburger stand, then a hash house, and now a bar and grill with big plateglass views of the Pacific — a nice patio, too. It’s a great breakfast spot, a lazy afternoon haunt, and almost too spectacular on warm summer evenings. Where Hope Ranchers meet the Mesa Rats and clink glasses — the Boathouse, at sunset or on a day when the waves are breaking big, turns the idea of happy hour into the astounding.

Finalist: Belmond El Encanto Limo Service

RockStar Transportation 882-9191 Limousines can be delicate things. Meant for discretion originally, to hide the VIP inside smoked glass, nowadays they serve as an announcement of arrival. RockStar tries its best to put the partying aspect back in perspective: the ride to the Bowl, the once-in-a-lifetime anniversary, or maybe just a chance to flaunt your big raise. And what better role model for such indulgences than the lords and ladies of electronic exuberance? You want to travel worry-free and not interrupt that party for a minute. It’s the company that put the reason for a limo right in its name.

Finalist: Uber Hotel/Motel (see Eating)

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Pool halls. Your mother warned you against them; your father probably sneaked off to them. Or maybe it was your dad who preached while mom hustled the squares. Who can remember? This town has a number of pool halls, and none of them ever seem empty or even a tiny bit sinister. Don Q’s has been around the longest, and it’s the one place where pool, billiards, and snooker aren’t a sideline for a bar. (Though there is bottled beer to drink.) Here’s a great idea: Friday nights they have an Eight Ball tournament, and they don’t mind a bit if you just watch. And who cares what your mom and dad said?

Finalist: Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant

Antonio Martinez (left) and Bob Pastor shoot pool at Don Q’s.

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Yoga Studio

Pilates Studio

Many locations

28 Parker Wy., 965-8811

330 State St., 901-3440

“When we do surveys, the number one desire people have is a clean club,”said Ramon Adams, who is both fitness manager and general manager of this popular club.“We spend a lot of time cleaning these gyms. Remember, we use these gyms, too. Which may be another reason people like us — when they see trainers training, it’s good.

We’re absolutely thrilled to win.”

It’s not a stretch to think of Yoga Soup as a community center. Like the pastime itself, the friendly studio at the groovy end of Chapala ranges from exercise opportunity to philosophical realm. On one recent weekend, Eddie Ellner’s dharmateria offered a new ecstatic dance class, a lecture, and a book-signing. Ellner prides himself on homey things, the drop-in-and-turn-on aspect of Yoga Soup, as they put it: “A serious and light-hearted space for self-observation and transformation to take place.”

Spectrum Athletic Clubs Yoga Soup

Finalist: Santa Barbara Athletic Club

Finalist: CorePower Yoga

Fit Buddha

It’s a great name, though we’re not sure that it is the Enlightened One’s body type most people think of first when contemplating getting in shape.“It’s so awesome we won,”said Marcus Kettles, who cofounded the studio with his wife, Eva Kettles.“We’re like the momand-pop Pilates studio, but I think people like us because we put a lot of love into everything we do.” They also offer fantastic package deals that can bring the price of a session down to 10, which is cheaper than you can get in a lot of health clubs where customers are already paying memberships.“Plus,”he said,“it is the best workout in town.”

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122 E. Gutierrez St., 963-6233 “We love The S.B. Independent, we love the readers, and we love our customers who love us,” said Melodee Meyer, co-owner of the lower Westside dojo-cum-fitness club. The club not only teaches the martial art hapkido as a defense and fitness program but also offers kickboxing, bands resistance training, and KUT — a nine-week fitness and nutrition program — all as methods of building confidence, staying safe, and getting healthy as a family.

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funding from a host of Santa Barbra arts sponsors sponsors, like the Towbes Group. But Tillim most greatly appreciates ciates the ddeeper things she thinks the SBDA imparts. “Our mission is building confidence in the people who come here,”she said, and that includes all the new classes for adults, hip-hop instruction, and even aerial yoga. “But the best thing is that parents can drop the kids here after school where they can do homework, take classes, and be safe,”said Tillim, “until 7 p.m., when their parents come get them, all for the cost of classes.”

Finalist: Rhythm Dance and Fitness

Finalist: Paragon Brazilian JiuJitsu & Kickboxing

Campground

Dance Studio

Two worlds intersect here. There is the state park campground, which combines the easy, affordable getaway with beachfront living; there is also another El Cap that exists across the street. That’s a privately owned campsite with luxury tents and a smorgasbord of talent playing on Saturday nights through the warmer months, with reasonably priced BBQ by the campfire. Whichever one you pick — and we can’t read the readers’ minds on this one, so we award both El Capitáns — it’s an opportunity to get all the way out of Dodge and back the next day easy.

Santa Barbara Dance Arts 531 E. Cota St., 966-5299

Alana Tillim is thrilled that Santa Barbara Dance Arts (SBDA) keeps stepping lightly into the pinnacle of this category. A lot has been happening for this 17-year-old dance education emporium — they’ve moved into new headquarters at  East Cota Street after getting

El Capitán

Finalist: Refugio State Beach

Camping Gear Store

REI

321 Anacapa St., 560-1938 In case you haven’t trekked the untrammeled lands lately, you should know that camping gear now looks less like army surplus and more like science-fictional apparatus. Even the names of some of the most basic items reflect this new high-tech futurity — this store sells something called a cosmic down sleeping bag, which is only a bit pricier than the radiant model. The bag liner is now a thermolite reactor.

But relax: You don’t need to catch up on sci-fi writer Greg Bear’s novels to go out on a slog. Just do what S.B.’s happy wanderers have been doing since this great chain opened here. Take a hike through the wide variety and competitively priced items before your next excursion into the radiant cosmos.

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“We have a motto,” said Jason Baker, who cofounded this program with Kayla Johnson.

“No Sweater left behind. Actually, we have a lot of bad puns that have to do with sweat.

But the point of it is that we do circuit interval training, and we fit it to the individual,” he said. In other words, anyone participating in the program, from hardened athlete to outof-shape beginner, will get a workout that will help them move ahead in their fitness goals. After three years, the program outdoors at eight locations has become a big fave with the readers, who prefer their muscle-making al fresco.

Finalist: Jenny Schatzle

Sweat Outdoors director of operations Kayla Johnson flexes at Alameda Park.

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This store was for a long time owned and run by the legendary surfboard shaper Al Merrick and is always a readers’ pick. “It’s awesome that we won,” said manager Zack Kelly. “It’s been a great year. You know surfers just take what they get and make the most of it, and we’ve had a lot of traffic in the store. I think people like us because we are community-based. We listen to people and do our best at supplying what they are demanding. And we stand behind the store, trying to do our best to live up to what the Merricks were trying to be.”

“We hope the reason we keep winning is because we have such knowledgeable staff,” said Ken Duddridge, who has been in the business of snowy diversions since 1979 and collected this Best Of category every year since its inception.

He has to admit, however, that last year wasn’t the greatest sales experience; the drought in California seriously curbed winter sports. “We go into survival mode in years like that. But it’s not just us; we know everybody’s hurting,” he acknowledged. “We count on the loyalty of our good customers, and we just hope this next winter will be better for all of us.”

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Finalist: Surf n’ Wear’s Beach House

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Trek, which helped the BB folks put together the show-worthy new shop. “We still get calls from people every day, wondering where we are,”said sales manager Nicole Bochenek.“But people have stayed with us, I think because we offer something for every rider, from fitness to family and all the way to the high end.”

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Finalist: Velo Pro Cyclery

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Sally Yater, who passed away last year, began this constant-winning store back when the Beatles were a novelty act.“I still find little reminders of her all over the store,” said Linda Meyer, who has been running the place for a long while herself. “Business has been good this year.

It was a good beach summer, but when I talk to all my friends in the business, they say their business has picked up, too. I think people are finally coming back to brick-and-mortar stores, at least in swimwear.

They’re tired of doing business over the Internet.” On the other hand, Meyer is pretty sure that her Instagram account has helped increase biz, too — pretty good for a person so skeptical about virtual shopping.“Are you kidding me? I have a bunch of 20-year-olds working for me. They’re the ones who keep that going.”

Finalist: Surf n’ Wear’s Beach House

selection,”she added, explaining that her staff takes time to really make sure the shoe fits the runner using complex calculations. They even do a gait analysis to get you out on the road equipped. “We’re footwear nerds and we’re passionate users, too,” said DeVreese.

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Finalist: Big 5 Sporting Goods

26 E. Gutierrez St., 899-1586

You may think this shop is all about chill. “But I was a little worried this year,” confessed the Church’s buyer and manager Kyle Fournier.

“We have a lot of really strong competition all of a sudden with good products, and I wasn’t sure we would win.” But he credits the faithfulness of his followers for their continued life. “We rely on a local group of kids who come in nearly every day. It’s a place to meet up, hang out, and get the word out of what’s happening.” And for that and the votes, the Church is thankful.

Finalist: Powell-Peralta

Bicycle Shop

Bicycle Bob’s

Place to Get Athletic Shoes

320 S. Kellogg Ave., Goleta, 682-4699 Despite two monumental changes, Bicycle Bob’s is still number one with the readers. Around since 1983, the venerable all-purpose shop prided itself for having two locations and offering the two major bike brands, Specialized and Trek. However, in April they moved to one central Old Town Goleta headquarters and decided to represent only

Santa Barbara Running Many locations

“I think we win because we have the best selection of the most innovative shoes on the market,”said Monica DeVreese, who started this store with her husband, Joe, back in 2003.“I feel like the service matches that

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Glen Annie Golf Club 405 Glen Annie Rd., 968-6400

Maybe it sounds like Scottish golf’s birthplace, but this sparkling green golf course sits on lands that memorialize the tawdry years of a true American plutocrat, W.W. Hollister and his wife, Hannah Annie James Hollister, whose early California story makes the protagonists of Edna Ferber’s Giant look like a scout troop. Meanwhile, back in the present green day, this club offers challenging play at rates only a little higher than the Municipal Courts, but much cheaper than all the big clubs stretching from Montecito to Santa Ynez (about 62 with sizeable breaks for locals and during twilight hours). You don’t have to be a land baron to play on a course that sounds like Caledonia but looks like pure Golden State.

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One might imagine a Twitter account best serves a pop musician’s musing on philosophical issues or your buddies describing their hookup plights. Not so for our readers, who picked Jon Mahoney, a realtor dealing in mainly luxury homes.

Mahoney thinks it’s just staying up with the game. “Having the best Twitter feed for us has been about keeping new and updated content available for buyers and sellers looking to stay up-to-date on local Santa Barbara real estate,”Mahoney said in an email. “Our Twitter feed keeps buyers and sellers connected with all of our social media including market updates, video feeds, comprehensive advice, and new listing information. My real estate team strives for creative ways of staying cutting edge with tomorrow’s technology! Stay connected.”

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Since 2003, Edhat has provided the community with collaborative journalism — that is, everyday people not necessarily schooled in the arts and sciences of journalism such as they are, reporting on events that happen in the community and also creating lively discussions after the stories in the commentary sections. There are a number of interesting“columns,”including one based on astronomical issues (not astrological, as this and every other newspaper would). The readers like this scrappy website, and we think we know why: It belongs to them in a minimally supervised way. Edhat is an enigmatic name for a plain thing, an electronic water cooler, and a way to keep up-to-the-minute with your own town.

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/: Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band � Parrotheads, unite! The country-rock singer/songwriter will bring his Key West lifestyle to S.B. From songs like “Boat Drinks” to “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” you won’t want to miss this night full of rock and tropical worldviews.

Come watch Jimmy strum his six string at the Bowl just like he does in Margaritaville. pm. S.B. Bowl,  N. Milpas St. $-$. Call - or visit sbbowl.com.

THURSDAY 10/16 /: Inside Perspectives: Scorsese � Everyone knows Martin Scorsese, director of Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, Raging Bull, The Wolf of Wall Street, and more. It’s time to go deep into Mean Streets, a film about a small-time hood in New York City’s Little Italy starring Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel.

Stay after the screening for a Q&A with screenwriter Mardik Martin and producer of Baghdad to Hollywood Ramy Katrib. -pm. Pollock Theater, UCSB. $-$. Call - or visit www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/ pollock. /: Orpha Klinker and Bill

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fornia To support the California �

Historic Landmark Registration Program, Orpha Mae Klinker painted these oils and watercolors between  and . In , William B. Dewey captured images of these same sites, which speak to the ongoing value of historic preservation. Frank Goss and Bill Dewey will speak about the life and legacy of this exhibit. Exhibit shows through October . pm.

Casa de la Guerra Historic House Museum,  E. De la Guerra St. Free-$. Call - or visit sbthp.org. /: Socks in the Frying Pan Are you ready for traditional Irish music? Brothers Shane and Fiachra Hayes, accompanied by Aodán Coyne, will blend Irish melodies

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with innovative rhythmic and melodic garnish. pm. Ojai Valley Woman’s Club,  E. Ojai Ave., Ojai. $-$. Call - or visit ojaiconcertseries.com. /: Introduction to Symbolic Drawing � Tap into your inner symbols of the psyche, and learn how to draw in an abstract and nonrepresentational manner.

This workshop is for all, including those who draw realistically to those with no art experience, so bring an open mind and life experiences. :pm. Art From Scrap,  E. Cota St. $. Call - or visit exploreecology.org. /: Voz de Mando Founded and originally hailing from Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, this diverse band brings to you hit singles like “La Hummer y el Camaro,” “Comandos del M.P. ( Balazos),” and “Versos de Mi Alma.” With their accordion, tuba, saxophone, and drums, they will play all styles of music from norteño Tejano to Latin pop. pm. Chumash Casino Resort,  E. Highway , Santa Ynez. $-$. Ages +. Call () - or visit chumashcasino .com. /-/: The Heiress � Navigate with Catherine Sloper through the terrain of love and regret, desire and duty, a chance for happiness and the doubleedged sword of a large family fortune. Can this shy introvert of a girl become a self-respecting woman who will not settle? Let’s find out together. Adapted by Henry James’s novel Washington Square.

Previews October  and shows through November . Thu.-Sat.: :pm; Sun.: pm. Garvin Theatre, SBCC,  Cliff Dr. $-$. Call - or visit theatregroupsbcc .com. Read more on p. . /: New Noise Music Conference & Festival : Dawes � Do not miss this folk-

rock band heavy into harmonies who will no doubt play favorites

from their albums North Hills and Nothing Is Wrong as well as songs from their latest release, Stories Don’t End, produced by Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Norah Jones, Tom Waits) and full of intricate music and unexpected instrumental slants. pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,  State St. $; free with New Noise VIP Badge ($).

Call - or visit newnoisesb .org. Read more on p. . /: Walter Isaacson � The award-winning author of Steve Jobs () and president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, Walter Isaacson will discuss and sign copies of his forthcoming book, The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, a revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. Free. Call - or visit cappscenter.ucsb.edu.

FRIDAY 10/17 /-/: rd Annual Liturgical Arts Festival � Explore , years of Orthodox musical traditions with tours, vendors, exhibits, lectures, presentations, and more. Learn about the ancient chants and worships from different

friars and doctors. Fri.: -:pm; Sat.: am-pm; Sun.: pm. St. Athanasius Orthodox Church,  Sumida Gardens Ln. Free-$. Call - or visit stathanasius.org/ liturgical-arts-festival-. /: Massive Attack, TV on the Radio � Among the most innovative and influential groups, Massive Attack and their hypnotic fusion of dark hip-hop rhythms and soulful melodies have set the pace of dance music to emerge throughout the ’s. TV on the Radio, eclectic rock music band, will star as a guest. Join a night of “paradise circus” with these two bands. pm. S.B. Bowl,  N. Milpas St. $-$. Call - or visit sbbowl.com. Read more on p. . /-/: AIDS Walk Yard Sale � Start saving, organizing, and de-cluttering your extra items in the garage, those clothes taking up space in the closet, small kitchen appliances, and other items. This sale is dedicated to helping educate our community and preventing the transmission of HIV/AIDS by supporting the Pacific Pride Foundation’s HIV/ AIDS Programs and Services. ampm.  E. Arrellaga St. Free. Call - or visit pacificpride foundation.org.

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GAME OF THE WEEK /-/: Lacrosse: S.B. Showdown � There will be  youth teams (ages -) from across the country playing on  fields at the spacious polo grounds in this inaugural tournament. It begins Friday with two exhibition games featuring the Akwesasne Attack, a lacrosse club from upstate New York. The team is made up of girls in the Akwesasne Tribe of the Iroquois Nation. Eight S.B. teams are entered in the regular tournament play, beginning Saturday morning. Championship matches in  divisions will take place Sunday afternoon. Fri.: -pm; Sat.: ampm; Sun.: am-pm. S.B. Polo & Racquet Club,  Via Real, Carpinteria. Free-$. Visit sbshowdown.com.

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Dedicated to transforming the world through dance, the cast of Contra-Tiempo will dance through a history of social and political contradictions embodied in salsa and flip the script on who leads whom. This dance will serve a spicy mix of eclectic evocative movement and original music.

Fri.: pm. Isla Vista School,  El Colegio Rd., Goleta, -.

Sat.: :pm. Guadalupe City Hall Auditorium,  Obispo St., Guadalupe, -. Sun.: pm. Marjorie Luke Theatre,  E. Cota St., -. Free.

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than  vendors. Proceeds benefit area nonprofit Child Abuse Listening Mediation (CALM). Fri.-Sat.: am-pm; Sun.: am-pm. Earl Warren Showgrounds,  Calle Real. Free-$. Call - or visit calmantiqueshows.com.

asking yourself, where has this remarkable guitar-playing crooner been all your life (in the last two years)? pm. Velvet Jones,  State St. $; free with New Noise VIP Badge ($). Visit newnoisesb .com. Read more on p. .

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ACROSS THE NATION, WE’RE STEPPING UP ON BEHALF OF OUR FRIENDS, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR FUTURE. EVERYONE HAS A REASON TO END ALZHEIMER’S — AND EVERYONE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

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be a multimedia feast for the senses, blending projections of drawings, live jazz music, and narration as Art Spiegelman, celebrated cartoonist and creator of Maus, takes you through the early history of the graphic novel. Pre-signed books will be available for purchase. pm.

Campbell Hall, UCSB. $-$.

Call - or visit artsand lectures.sa.ucsb.edu. Read more on p. .

/: Arise Come watch a screening of this documentary that tells the stories of extraordinary women coming together to heal the injustices against the earth and honors them as protectors, nurturers, and activists. Dr. Dawn A. Murray, core faculty in the BA program at Antioch University S.B., will discuss women around the world who are leading movements in environmental protection and provide information on how to get involved in organizations mentioned in the film. -pm. Antioch University S.B.,  Anacapa St. Free. Call - x or visit antiochsb.edu/events.

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Come on, S.B.: Let’s gets together for a rain dance like no other. :am. Alameda Park,  Santa Barbara St. Free. Call -. /: th Annual Starr King Rummage Sale It’s that time of year again: Starr King’s big sale with treasures like clothes, furniture, housewares, toys, and more.

Take note that even though this event is at a new location, the proceeds will still go toward operating expenses for the preschool. am-pm. Earl Warren Showgrounds,  Calle Real. Free.

Call - or visit starrking-pcw .org. Read more on p. . /: th Annual Day in the Country According to Tim Snider, Los Olivos Business Organization (LOBO) president, this festival “is a wonderful opportunity for families to enjoy country living the way it used to be in simpler times.” Come enjoy activities like a pancake breakfast, parade, climbing wall, zip line, booths, crafts, gourmet foods, and music. ampm. Various locations. Free. Visit /: An Evening in Bloom Be a part of a glamorous evening of dinner, dancing, and orchids at this fundraiser that will feature cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, red-carpet photos, area art, and more. All proceeds will support Girls Inc. of Carpinteria, inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold and to achieve personal, social, economic, and political success. Cocktail attire and black tie are encouraged. pm. Westerlay Orchids,  Via Real, Carpinteria. $. Call - or visit girlsinc-carp.org.

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songwriter Ray LaMontagne has been praised from fans for his heartfelt storytelling while his folky, raspy voice is an honor and pleasure to listen to. American vocal and instrumental duo the Belle Brigade will bring out the classic California pop-rock and country sounds. :pm. S.B. Bowl,  N. Milpas St. $.-$..

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/: 2014 S.B. Beer Festival Spend /: Fall Music the afternoon sampling ales, lagers, and Festival Have a stouts from some of the best brewers in good time enjoying a the west. Cruise the grounds of a beautidelicious BBQ dinner, ful park, and enjoy a sunny October day. desserts, refreshments, Noon-pm. Elings Park,  Las Positas and live entertainment Rd. $-$. Ages +. Visit sbbeerfestival all while supporting .com. the Villa Majella Maternity Home, which has supported hundreds of women in  State St. $-$. Call their decision to carry their babies  or visit granadasb.org. to term under difficult situations /: Saintly and Spirited: by offering physical, emotional, Art Made of Tin Opening and educational services. -pm.

Reception The story of tin Junipero Serra Hall,  Garden crosses continents, mining trails, St. $-$. Call - or visit centuries, and cultures and can villamajella.org. represent devotion and be playful. It has become an important /: Creepy Creatures material that can be seen in Fall under the spell of living painting the divine on retables owls, bats, spiders, snakes, and (altars) and symbolic offerings scorpions and touch a collecfor milagros (miracles). The tion of skulls and bones that will reception will feature a raffle rattle yours at this wonderfully drawing and refreshments. creepy event that will feature live Exhibit shows through Decemmusic, a mini garage sale, and ber . Noon-pm. Casa Dolores, face painting, while witches lurk  Bath St. Free. Call - on the sidelines with punch and or visit casadolores.org. popcorn. am-pm. Neal Taylor Nature Ctr. Cachuma Lake,  /: “The Sounds and Hwy. . Free-$. Call - Rhythms of Afghanistan” or visit countyofsb.org.

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/: Chris Smither, Tim Easton Don’t miss this chance to see singer/songwriter Chris Smither, who this year released Still On the Levee, a double-disc retrospective that features new takes on  iconic songs from his vast career. Opening the show will be alt-country singer/songwriter Tim Easton. pm. Lobero Theatre,  E. Canon Perdido St. $. Call - or visit lobero.com.

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cians the Very Lonesome Trio will bring a wealth of material to their audiences, featuring mandolins, guitars, banjo, and upright bass. Get listening to some early country songs, bluegrass standards, and much more. pm. S.Y.V. Grange Hall,  Alamo Pintado Ave., Los Olivos. $-$. Call - or visit bluegrasswest.com. /: Mark Bittman Celebrate New York Times columnist and cookbook author Mark Bittman’s new book, How to Cook Everything Fast, a straightforward approach to cooking that will usher timid home cooks into the kitchen with confidence and ease. Spend an afternoon hearing about the moral, environmental, political, and economic issues connected with food. pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. Free-$. Call - or visit artsandlectures .sa.ucsb.edu. Read more on p. .

/: El Norte: Screening and Discussion Still relevant and a must-see, this movie depicts the experience of two young Guatemalans fleeing from the violent persecutions of their government in the early s.

Film critic Roger Ebert said that “one of the main characteristics of the film is the way it acknowledges all the political realities of Latin America and yet resists being a ‘political’ film. It tells its story through the eyes of its heroes, and it is one of the rare films that grants Latin Americans full humanity.” pm. Institute of World Culture, Concord House,  Chapala St. Free.

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SUNDAY 10/19 /: Darryl Hall & John Oates “If you feel like leaving, you know you can go.” But why don’t you wait until Sunday and watch these devoted disciples of soul and newly inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Famers? You know they will sing their favorites, “She’s Gone,” “Rich Girl,” and “You Make My Dreams Come True,” but will they sing “One on One” and “Do What You Want, Be What You Are”? pm. S.B. Bowl,  N. Milpas St. $-$. Call - or visit sbbowl.com. /: New Noise Music

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S.B. Museum of Natural History,  Puesta del Sol. Free. Call - or visit santabarbara audubon.org. /: Harry Potter and the Inner Life Sure, you can think of Harry Potter as just a successful book and film franchise, but after you listen to Jonathan Young, PhD, psychologist, and founding curator of the Joseph Campbell Archives, discuss how the mythological themes can translate in our own personal challenges with courage, allies, creativity, and mentors and the lives we impact, maybe you can reread or rewatch with a newfound urge to learn from the boy wizard. pm. Live Oak Unitarian,  N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Call -.

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/: The Hidden Life of Wolves In this National Geographic Live event, you will learn about the world the wolf faces today and workable solutions for their survival from biologists and Emmywinning husband-and-wife filmmakers Jim and Jamie Dutcher, who spent six years living in Idaho’s Sawtooth Wilderness, documenting a pack of wolves they bottle-fed as pups. Get a rare glimpse at the majestic animals who share the social characteristics of elephants and the DNA of dogs and who play an important role in balancing ecosystems. pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. $-$. Call - or visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu. Read more on p. .

that include Triggers and Cues, Substance and Anger, Coping Mechanisms, Relaxation Techniques, and more. A completion certificate will be provided for completion of all  weeks of the program. -pm. New Beginnings Counseling Ctr.,  E. Carrillo St., Ste. C. Free. Call - x.

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With the generous efforts of businesses like the Figueroa Mountain Brewery, the nonprofit Mothers Helpers is able to celebrate five years of making sure no infant ever goes without the essentials to have a safe and happy first year. A raffle and silent auction will raise funds, and you can learn about this extraordinary organization while listening to live music from The Voice of Reason. -pm. The Taproom, Figueroa Mountain Brewery,  Anacapa St. Free. Ages +. Call -.

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“One of the shining lights of legal academia.” The New York Times Many Americans believe that the Supreme Court is objective, but Erwin Chemerinsky, one of the country’s leading constitutional lawyers, shows that the Court is made up of fallible individuals who base decisions on their own biases.

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/: Michael Lewis UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Michael Lewis, best-selling author of The Big Short, Boomerang and Liar’s Poker, fascinating reports on Wall Street and the financial crisis. His new book, Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, makes the assertion that the U.S. stock market is rigged for the benefit of insiders. Lewis is also the author of The Blind Side and Moneyball. Pre-signed books will be available for purchase. pm. Granada Theatre,  State St. $-$. Call - or visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu. Read more on p. . /-/: Phish If you don’t know Phish, then you’re probably not going to these shows; if you do know, then you’ll see the boys play music from their more than  years together to their latest critically acclaimed album, Fuego, which, according to Will Hermes of Rolling Stone, is full of “optimistic songs that can be jammed all the way up to our depleted ozone in concert.” pm. S.B. Bowl,  N. Milpas St. $. Call - or visit sbbowl.com. Read more on p. .

WEDNESDAY 10/22 /: Chili’s Fundraiser If you eat at Chili’s on this day,  percent of your dine-in or carryout purchases will go toward the national Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) through the local chapters’ team in training whose honorable team member this season is Maddy, an area -yearold who was diagnosed last year.

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Funds will help with cancer research and family support.

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Chili’s Grill & Bar,  Market Place Dr., Goleta. Free. Call () -.

Walter Isaacson The Innovators: How a Group of

Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Thursday, October 16 / 5:00 p.m. / Free UCSB Campbell Hall Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs,

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Dr. Corina Logan, junior research fellow, SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind at UCSB, will present her research on how New Caledonian crows learn from others or use existing information to solve new problems and examine what they know about the problems they solve. :-pm. Farrand Hall, S.B. Museum of Natural History,  Puesta del Sol. Free. Call - or visit santabarbaraaudubon.org.

Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps?

Why did some succeed and others fail?

Walter Isaacson is the award-winning author of The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (2014), Steve Jobs (2011), Einstein: His Life and Universe (2007), Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003), and Kissinger: A Biography (1992). He joined TIME in 1978 and became the magazine’s 14th editor in 1996. He became chairman and CEO of CNN in 2001, and then president and CEO of the Aspen Institute in 2003.

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left: “I came here from Laughlin, Nevada, to be back in the nice weather,” said Arlene Judd after playing an original piece on the piano on State Street in front of Marshalls as part of New Noise’s Pianos on State. Judd started playing piano at 8 years old and currently makes music with her husband; the two have even recorded albums together.

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Community News FOODBANK HARVEST VOLUNTEERS:

Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is looking for produce donors (folks with orchards, farms, or gardens) and volunteers to help harvest said produce, which will then be given to community members in need. “We are so lucky in Santa Barbara County to have such a wide variety of fresh produce growing nearly year-round,” said Niles Brinton, Foodbank’s Backyard Bounty coordinator, in a press release. “Our mission is to make sure that none of this produce goes to waste.” Since the Bounty program began in 2007, more than 500,000 pounds of fresh fruits and veggies have been plucked from area farms and gardens and distributed to people throughout the county.

Backyard Bounty Day takes place Saturday, October 25. For more info, contact Niles Brinton at 403-8327 or backyardbounty@foodbanksbc.org.

STARR KING RUMMAGE SALE: Since its

formation in 1949, Starr King has followed the “reduce, reuse, and recycle” creed, with its biggest public display being its annual Rummage Sale. For the past 65 years, the “cooperative parent education and early childhood program” has delighted smart shoppers with a treasure trove of clothes, books, furniture, tools, housewares, toys, and more, to poke through until they find the perfect item at the perfect (read: super-affordable) price. The event is a bit different this year, as it is one day instead of two, and it will be at Earl Warren Showgrounds rather than on-site at the Unitarian Society. Don’t miss the shopping extravaganza on Saturday, October 18, 7 a.m.-6 p.m., at Warren Hall, Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real. For more info, email starrkingrummage@ gmail.com or see starrking-pcw.org.

PIGGY WANTED FOR WALK-ON PART:

Anyone can be a star — even a wee piggy. Dos Pueblos theater director Clark Sayre has put out a call for a micro-porcine for a small role in the high school’s upcoming performance of Alice in Wonderland. If your pet pig fits the bill, email Clark Sayre at csayre@dhps.org.

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are, or why you do the things that you do, until you come to terms with your past. This is one of the central messages in The Crying Dance, written by S.B. resident John Spivey. It is a love letter to both the San Joaquin Valley and the people who once lived there. “The area is now like a third-world country,” Spivey said.

“It is so poor, and the people are uneducated and devastated by the drought. [The h area.” book] is really a note of compassion and love to the Spivey, who grew up in the San Joaquin Valley, tells his story using four main characters: a Native American named Francisco; a Chinese man named Wu; a modern-day cowboy named J.R.; and Junípero Serra (yes, that Junípero Serra).

The book is the result of five years of research and toil, but he’s had the story on his mind for more than 50 years. When he was 12 years old, he read an article in his local newspaper about John Woods, a white settler who was killed in a gruesome manner by a group of Native Americans. One of these Native Americans, a member of the Yokuts tribe, was named Francisco. He became the inspiration for the novel and one of the main characters.

While Francisco’s backstory is fictional, the incidents were based on real events. In The Crying Dance, Francisco is kidnapped by soldiers when he is a young boy and taken to the mission, where he is forced into hard labor. Francisco escapes and seeks refuge with the Yokuts tribe. He finds peace with them until white settlers, including John Woods, begin to encroach on Native American land and threaten their way of life.

Woods wants to settle the land, build houses, and create fenced-in homesteads. The Native Americans and the settlers come into conflict because of their opposing views about ownership of the land, and Francisco and Woods become enemies. “The relationship between Francisco and Woods really is the relationship between the white conquering world and Native Americans,” Spivey said.

For the full review, see independent.com/cryingdance.

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above: “I thought State Street was too hectic, and I wanted to include the post office and the Lobero. I didn’t want to get my friend any old boring birthday card,” said Brian MacLaren while sketching a scene on East Canon Perdido Street to use in a watercolor painting for his friend’s birthday. MacLaren switched creative gears to drawing and painting after making stained glass for 30 years.

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ig-name, e, otoo-big-tofail-or-jaill et Wall Street n players like Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, and Bank of America play a role in Flash Boys, Michael Lewis’s startling exposé of the inner workings of the k — a market k L i American stock market Lewis describes as rigged against investors — but the key actors are a band of idealists assembled and led by an unassuming Canadian named Brad Katsuyama.

While employed by the Royal Bank of Canada — a relatively insignificant Wall Street player with a reputation for being a “nice” bank — Katsuyama began to notice that the stock market frequently behaved aberrantly.

Katsuyama would be poised to make a trade on behalf of a client, and poof, right before his eyes the stock would vanish, or move, in trading parlance, from his computer screen.

The search for answers to the odd behavior of the market led Katsuyama into the shadowy world of high-frequency trading, where proximity to a stock exchange and the speed of electronic networks rule. Forget the days when traders in blue smocks jockeyed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, waving scraps of paper and frantically shouting buy or sell orders. In the electronic age, machines rather than people make trades. As Lewis writes: “Every day, the markets were driven less directly by human beings and more directly by machines” — very smart machines running sophisticated algorithms with the ability to anticipate large-volume trades and front-run them where high-frequency traders want them to go. In an environment that now includes more than 50 stock exchanges and countless private “dark pools” run by banks, speed measured in milliseconds spells the difference between millions of dollars in profit or loss.

As was the case with mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations and credit default swaps, the automated stock market is stunningly complex. On its face, high-frequency trading seems like it should be illegal. But no, the system is merely riddled with perverse incentives. The reality is that between investors and the market sits a layer of middlemen who earn fees, commissions, and rebates from order flow and volume. This labyrinth adds little actual value to the market or the larger economy; middlemen profit from the complexity they have nurtured and sustained — and defend with every resource at their disposal. Katsuyama summed the arrangement up this way: “The fact that people who make the most money want the least possible clarity — that should be alarming, too.”

The next time the stock market takes a swan dive for no logical reason, think of Michael Lewis and Flash Boys. I know I will.

Michael Lewis talks about his latest book Tuesday, October 21, 8 p.m., at the Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street. For tickets, call 893-3535 or visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu.

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t’s a paradoxical truth: They are the origin species of society’s beloved dog, yet humans have relentlessly persecuted and killed the gray wolf. Now on and off the endangered species list, the Canis lupus story is a tragic one.

No two people know this better, perhaps, than wildlife filmmakers Jim and Jamie Dutcher, who spent six years intermingling with a group of wolves in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains to study the emotional and social dynamic of this misunderstood creature. The pair documented their experiences in a beautiful, highly informative book called The Hidden Life of Wolves.

In 1990, the Dutchers were given a special-use permit from the U.S. Forest Service to create an expansive space in which they would live with a pack of wolves. To be allowed intimate access by the animals, however, they had to create their own pack. After great searching, they were given a male, female, and four pups from rescue and research centers in Montana and Minnesota, and the Sawtooth Pack was born. “Under BEAUTIFUL CREATURES: Emmythe looming peaks of Idaho’s winning filmmakers Sawtooth Mountains…we built a vast enclosure, rich with aspen Jim (left) and Jamie Dutcher spent six groves, streams, ponds, and meadows,” the Dutchers write in years studying the social and famHidden Life. “From the beginily dynamics of ning, it was our hope that these wolves in Idaho’s wolves would act as ambasSawtooth Range. All sadors and educators, guiding the wolves pictured us to a better understanding of are members of the their species.”

Sawtooth Pack.

For the next six years, the Dutchers devoted their lives to observing the Sawtooth Pack. To gain the trust of the first residents, they bottle-fed the pups, taking care of their needs around the clock. The four little ones bonded with

the Dutchers. “We raised them from puppies, so they didn’t fear us,” said Jim in a recent phone interview. “But we didn’t overassert ourselves into the pack; we were just observers, and they went about their business, and we went about ours. If you go out into the wild and you try to film wolves, they’re so impacted by your presence that they change their natural behavior.” Added Jamie, “We never tried to dominate them or submit to them, and so in turn everything was very neutral.” All social studies are done with captive wolves.

During their years with the pack, the Dutchers learned myriad mythdispelling truths about wolf behavior.

One particularly surprising — and touching — observation was how compassionate wolves are to their members. “A mountain lion killed one of our wolves, and the pack’s behavior changed,” Jim explained. “They were mourning this loss of this member …. They stopped playing completely — wolves play all the time, even into old age — for about six weeks.”

Since leaving the Sawtooth Pack in 1996, the Dutchers have devoted their lives to educating people about the true nature of these elusive and wondrous animals through lectures, films, their nonprofit Living with Wolves (livingwithwolves.com), and now their book Hidden Life. Published

by National Geographic, Hidden Life comprises more than 200 pages of stunning photography, personal stories, and stand-alone sections that, for example, describe wolf behavior and communication, depict the former and current range of the gray wolf, and introduce the Sawtooth wolves via a family tree. It’s an essential tome that allows people a rare glimpse into the complicated social fabric of the North American gray wolf. (For the full interview, see independent.com/wolves.)

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ill Bertka upcourt with the speed spoke proand efficiency of the Lakphetically on ers in the ’80s. Magic was November 7, the architect.”

1991, the day Johnson explained his the sports world shook approach: “You must stay over Earvin “Magic” Johndedicated and focused. son’s announcement that You must put the time in he had contracted the HIV to get better as a player virus. Bertka was an assisand as a team, so preparatant coach of the Los Angetion is really important. les Lakers during a decade You can’t ever get satisfied. of greatness that had been I always wanted to win orchestrated by Johnson on another championship … the basketball court.

As long as you stay hun“He’s in another arena gry like that, you’re going now,” Bertka told me. “He to be successful. The art won in high school, in colof winning for me was lege, and in the pros. Now that I tried to improve as he’s going to play at the a player and to push my ultimate level. If anybody teammates as a leader of can win over a terrible the Lakers. I know that it SUPERSTAR STATUS: On November 7, 1991, Earvin “Magic” opponent, he can. The was a big disappointment Johnson shook the sports world when he announced that he had Lord does things in strange for the Dodgers losing, contracted the HIV virus. Nearly 23 years later, the Magic Johnson Foundation is a leader in promoting HIV/AIDS awareness and ways. Magic got selected to but now our leaders have prevention, and its namesake and founder is thriving. another challenge where got to step up and push he can do the greatest good themselves, Clayton and ever. He made a statement that he’s going to be a spokesman the other guys, and they’ll be better next season.” about the problem of AIDS. Maybe this cause needs a superMagic’s most serious setback was, of course, the diagnosis star. They’ve got one now.” of HIV at a time when it was considered a death sentence. He Nearly 23 years later, the Magic Johnson Foundation is a retired as an everyday NBA player but did not withdraw from leader in promoting HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, being a public figure.“I’ve been a positive guy for my entire and its namesake and founder is thriving. The NBA legend life,” he said.“I wasn’t going to change when I announced has parlayed his fame and fortune into a far-reaching entreHIV.” He benefited from new drugs that have controlled the preneurial career that includes urban business development virus.“I’m just happy things have turned out the way they and part ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers. have,” he said. “I’m blessed to have a great family, a great wife.

When Johnson takes the stage at the Arlington Theatre on I’m thankful to the Laker organization for supporting me Friday, October 24, to give a talk titled The Magic of Winning, through those tough early years. I owe a lot to [team owner] he can point to any number of challenges he has met with grit Dr. Jerry Buss, who is now gone, but he still loved me, still and grace. His talk is presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures in treated me like I was his son ... I owe a lot to great friends who association with UCSB Athletics. supported me, and now we’re talking about it 23 years later.”

Dodger fans can only wish that their baseball club could One of those friends is Bertka, a Santa Barbara resident. “I discover the magic of winning in the postseason. After love Billy B.,” Johnson said. “I’ve been up to his beautiful place another failure to get past the St. Louis Cardinals last week, a number of times. It was cool to be working with Coach Johnson said he could relate to their frustration. Early in his Bertka even after I retired. I would go up and get those shots career with the Lakers, the Boston Celtics defeated them in off, and he would throw the ball back to me.” the NBA Finals.

Johnson came out of retirement to earn the MVP award “We hadn’t beaten the Celtics in eight tries,” Johnson said. at the 1992 NBA All-Star Game and to play with the U.S. “Then [in 1985 and ’87] we beat them twice for the champion- “Dream Team” at the Barcelona Olympics. He retired again ship. A lot of superstars have been through adversity. Look at at the start of the NBA season, and the next time he played LeBron James; he went through adversity, then he won cham- before a crowd was May 27, 1993, at UCSB’s Thunderdome. pionships. Larry Bird went through adversity, Kobe Bryant … The game was called the Magic Johnson All-Star Baswe all do. We all bounce back. [Dodgers pitcher] Clayton Ker- ketball Classic, a fundraiser for his foundation and UCSB’s shaw will bounce back. We will eventually beat the Cardinals.” financially strapped department of physical activities. Before a sellout crowd of 6,000, Magic spearheaded his NBA team to Johnson said any changes in the Dodgers’ makeup will be a 139-128 victory over college all-stars with a dazzling tripleup to Stan Kasten, the club president, and managing partner double of 26 points, 14 assists, and 13 rebounds. He sank a Mark Walter. “When you got a guy like Stan Kasten, who half-court shot at the end of the first half and a 40-foot hook built the Atlanta Braves and started the Washington Nationshot at the end of the game as if they were layups. als — he has the expertise. I don’t have that kind of expertise.

“Oh, man, that was a great game,” Johnson said, laughing [Kasten and Walter] will get together and decide who’s going heartily at the memory.“It was so loud there; it was incredible. to be on the Dodgers team and in the organization.”

That was one of the best crowds I’ve ever played in front of. I The Lakers appeared in the NBA Finals nine times in 12 want to thank the people for coming out and supporting me, years during Magic’s career. They won five titles.“Without supporting the game. It was so much fun.” a doubt, I haven’t seen a greater decade of basketball since Magic was smiling then, and he’s sure to be smiling when then,” said Bertka, who still works as a scout and consultant he returns to Santa Barbara on Friday, October 24, 8 p.m., at for the Lakers. “I’ve yet to see a basketball team push the ball

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Goss led the Dos Pueblos (DP) girls volleyball team to a five-set win over San Marcos.

Bebb came up big for the San Marcos boys water polo team in a 14-12 comeback victory over Dos Pueblos.

Goss was tough down the stretch for Dos Pueblos in a tense Channel League match at San Marcos. With the Chargers down 14-12 in the 15-point fifth set, Goss delivered backto-back kills to tie the score. She came through again when San Marcos had match point at 15-14. DP scored the next two points to pull out the win, 17-15. Goss finished with a team-high 18 kills, four blocks, and four service aces.

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anta Barbara’s red-tiled-roofed downtowners often deride Goleta’s suburban setting, where tract homes, strip malls, and office parks tend to trump cultural trendsetting. But if Kimpton Hotels’ latest hospitality gamble pays off — and those of us who live in said tracts sure hope it does — these coolerthan-thou sentiments may need to be reconsidered.

Last month, after a half-year BRINGS of remodeling the old Holiday Inn on Calle Real, Kimpton opened the Goodland Hotel as a destination resort of sorts, with retro room décor (record players and Mexican CocaBY MATT Cola) and a party-ready pool scene, featuring yoga sessions, movie screenings, slushy drinks, and the occasional deejay. But the centerpiece — especially for those who live and/or work but really want to play in Goleta — is the indoor/outdoor Outpost at the Goodland restaurant and the adjacent, billiards- and backgammon-equipped Good Bar. By offering cuisine-crossing dishes, creative cocktails, and a stylish, surfy vibe, the Goodland Hotel is Goleta’s next best chance of converting downtown dwellers into suburban sympathizers, if not full-fledged fans of what’s happening in strip mall central.

At the helm of Outpost is Chef Derek Simcik, already a Kimpton veteran at just 31 years old, having helped open two properties in Washington, D.C., before taking the helm at the Atwood in Chicago in 2009, where he won wide acclaim in four-plus years of work. Born in Athens, Greece, as the son of a CIA employee, Simcik was raised all around the world, attending high school outside of Tokyo, dropping out of an arts college and then graduating from culinary school in the States, and working in Vienna, Austria, before joining Kimpton. His first taste of Santa Barbara came when he helped the boutique chain take over downtown’s Canary Hotel and rebrand the restaurant as Finch & Fork. With so many farms and fishermen so close, the chef fell in love.

“I let it be known with the people in the home office that I was really interested in transferring to California at some point,” he explained. “Then it was January, our first cold day in Chicago — it was negative 56 degrees; it really was — and we had to close the restaurant down because it was too cold.” Dreaming of warmer climes, he searched the company’s job postings instead, found the “Santa Barbara project,” and took the gig, even though he knew nothing of Goleta.“I knew it was very close driving distance, so I figured I would be getting a hold of the same produce as Santa Barbara, the same farms, the same seafood,” said the chef.“But as far as the market goes and

what was needed, I wasn’t 100 percent sure of what I was getting into.”

Simcik spent the ensuing months figuring that out, learning that there are indeed quite a few youngish, welltraveled, educated, and properly paid professionals, especially from places like Citrix, Deckers, and Sonos.“They work and they live here, but they don’t have any place to really go and hang out withTO out having to go to downtown Santa Barbara,” said Simcik.“They have families and are a little older and out ON of the whole party scene, but they want to go someKETTMANN where that has a really great product with a much more relaxed, casual setting. That’s what we’re trying to do.”

His interpretation is reflected on the menu, which ranges widely in cuisine, cost, and quantity. My friend and I recently plowed through the $12 yellow tail crudo (with grilled stone fruit), $8 queso fundido (with poblanos and chorizo), the $12 blistered brussels sprouts (with coconut, pine nuts, and Thai basil), $3 pork taco (with grilled pineapple), $4 mushroom bao-bun (with hoisin onion), and the $26 pork belly (with apple kimchi), among some crafty cocktails prepared under the supervision of lead bartender Chris Burmeister. The ethnically eclectic experience reminded us of cities much bigger than Santa Barbara, and Simcik later explained that our sense of the menu being a bit all over the place was part of the intent.

“It goes to any diner,” he explained.“You can have the four-course dinner, or you can share everything, or you can just have a bite. You can do what you want. You should give the guest an option for what they are in the mood for.”

Brunch will be one such option now, as that service begins on October 18, but locally sourced ingredients won’t ever change. “It’s always been one of my personal philosophies that there is no need to go to bigger companies if you can get the same thing from someone across the street from you,” said Simcik.

And yes, thankfully, Goletans are taking notice.“We’re already starting to gather a following of regulars, which is great,” said Simcik. “Everybody is just telling us, ‘Thank you so much. We’re so glad this is here.’ ”

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uthor, 35-year food writing veteran, and New York Times columnist Mark Bittman — a k a the man who taught us How to Cook Everything and gave us the highly straightforward yet equally revolutionary Vegan Before 6:00 diet — recently developed a need for speed.

Or, rather, he’s developed a staggering 2,000 recipes crafted specifically for those whose lives demand that dinner go from zero to on-thetable with a quickness. And he Mark Bittman is very excited about it.

“It’s the best book I’ve done; it’s the best thing that’s gonna happen this year for cooks!” he tells me during a small window he’s offered for our conversation — so small and specific, I later learn, because he squeezed me in while backstage at the Today show, post-prep but pre-live. Unshocking, I suppose: It’s precisely this sort of time-consciousness he advocates in his latest book.

The recipes in Fast — save some “master” items like stocks and beans — take 45 minutes or less. And Bittman achieves this by (chefs, kindly avert your eyes) dispensing with mise en place altogether. When you’re at home, he argues, there’s no need to prep all of your ingredients ahead of time, as though you’re going to be cooking for 100 — or demo-ing a recipe in a two-and-a-half-minute segment on the Today show. Instead, the recipes make efficient use of downtime: For instance, step one might be to heat oil; step two might be to peel and chop garlic while that oil is heating.

“It’s a new way of cooking, a way that represents how home cooks cook every day,” he says. “The recipes are quite revolutionary; they’re rethought and done in a way that anybody, whether they know how to cook or not, can walk into the kitchen and cook successful stuff.”

And that’s important because the road to better health — both for the self and the planet — doesn’t boast a lot of drive-throughs.

This is something of which most of us are well aware, and yet, in an era when “busy” is a badge of pride, cooking dinner can seem a daunting, kitchen-trashing time suck. But the recipes in Fast make a solid case that preparing a fresh meal needn’t be. Better still, as readers of Bittman’s work have come to expect, the focus is more on technique than specifics, with plenty of variations and encouragement for creativity. After all, as he writes in his intro, “Teach a cook a recipe, and he’ll cook for a night; teach a cook a technique, and she’ll improvise for a lifetime.”

If it all sounds a little common sense to you, well, that’s kinda the point. “The opportunity to help people figure out how to bring food in a saner way into their lives in a smarter, better way is really wonderful,” he says. “I do love that.”

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ere’s a dirty secret about the seemingly rootsy and artisan life of a winemaker: Aside from jamming around the clock during harvest, many spend the rest of the year on the road, hitting markets across the state, country, and world to peddle their bottles in a cutthroat market that’s ever-demanding of their time and increasingly competitive with a steady stream of new brands both big and small. The grind got so wearing for veteran vintner Lane Tanner — who started at Firestone Vineyard in 1980 and then made Zaca Mesa and Hitching Post wines before starting her eponymous brand in 1989 — that she retired her historic pinot noir brand in 2009.“I wasn’t having fun anymore,” she explained.

Thankfully for those of us who enjoy Tanner’s clean and bright style of pinot and chardonnay, the good times have returned, all thanks to her new business partner, Will Henry, whose father founded the Henry Wine Group, today one of the largest distributors in California. With his sales and marketing acumen —“I have a really good background on how to do things right,” said Henry, “and how not to do things wrong”— Tanner can focus solely on the winemaking of their brand, Lumen Wines, whose inaugural 2012 vintage is by-the-glass at many restaurants in Santa Barbara, including Sama Sama, Petit Valentien, and San Ysidro Ranch.

Lumen’s pinot and chard are from Sierra Madre Vineyard, where Tanner started working on a low-key project for the property’s owner, Doug Circle, in 2012, after her two years of retirement. But then Circle decided against founding his brand, so, as Tanner explained,“I had this beautiful wine with no home.” Henry serendipitously came knocking.“I was wanting to do a certain style of wine, and I’ve really been turned on by the low-alcohol movement, which is really more of a low-sugar-at-harvest movement,” he explained.“She’s always made wines along those lines and never changed to appease the critics.”

After failed attempts to hire her as simply winemaker, he offered her a partnership, and she agreed.

Today, they are making about 600 cases of pinot and 600 of chard in a warehouse facility that they’re calling the “Santa Maria Projects” (also home to Tantara, Luminesce, and other small brands), and

they’ve added some If you’re looking for something sweet grenache blanc and but farm-fresh this Halloween season, try grenache to the mix, Ojai’s Conway’s Confections, a family-run as well. That’s because business that crafts homemade “treats Henry was “floored” with a sense of terroir.” while drinking A Inspired by her mother’s memories Tribute to Grace of life on a New York farm, Sue Gilbreth grenache a few years taught herself to farm on Hermitage back.“It was almost Ranch, which she owns with her husband, pinot-like,” explained Henry. “I was really Bill, and often used the abundant fruit to fascinated by the make sweets for friends and family. She different flavor profile turned that hobby into a business, now d but with the same food sourcing all of her fruit from her ranch or versatility and lighter others nearby, whether using lemons, body. And it has its orange, lavender, walnuts, or native own set of challenges plants like bay leaf and sage. “I love that also make it like developing new flavors and experimentpinot.” Tanner was reluctant at first —“I’d never tasted a grenache that ing with the local bounty,” explained Sue, I really fell in love with,” she relayed — but now is also enthused by who named the business after their son. the grenache (“It’s the prettiest smelling grape we’ve gotten this year”) Popular products include Chocolate and grenache blanc (“I love flowery whites”).

Altogether, they’ll stick to about 2,000 cases tops, and the prices Dipped Candied Oranges and Lavender right now are low compared to similar brands — just $28 for the pinot Lemon Walnut Chocolate Bark. Both feaand $25 for the chard, which Henry is aiming at restaurants. (There’s ture 66 to 70 percent fair trade organic also a reserve pinot that will come in closer to $50.) “These are the chocolate that’s made in the couverture same wines I was making under my label, but those were $40,” said style, which is rich in cocoa butter and Tanner, who aims to make “healthy” wines with low tannins, almost cocoa solids. The Gilbreths hope to debut no sulfur, and completely without methanol (though she won’t the apricot and sage flavors very soon as divulge how she fully extracts that). “This is a screaming deal.” well as a sweet mix of fig, orange, and Boasting short hair a Halloween shade of orange and joking freCalifornia bay. Crafting everything in quently about Henry’s admirable six-pack abs, Tanner is happier their ranch kitchen, there are no than she’s been in a long time, and you can almost taste that energy in the glass. She explained,“We are two of the luckiest MORE tricks here, just delightful treats. people you know.”

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1980s answer to 1960s underground comics that launched half a dozen great careers.

Spiegelman also is an educator, long stumping for graphic artists and comic history at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. He also loves music.

“I have this friend in Australia, Phillip Johnston,” said Spiegelman, referring to the saxophonist and composer often associated PAGE 127 with N.Y.C. avant-garde musicians like John Zorn and Dave Hofstra, but also known for writing scores for real and imaginary silent movies. Spiegelman thought he could put together a type of slideshow with music that included a live talk about artists. “These would be like the lost cartoonists of Atlantis,” he laughed. His piece brings together early 20th-century comics and GerChristopher Tocc man woodblock artists who worked o (left) and Thomas Frey on a parallel course — i.e., married pictures and words that told stories.

“The whole thing is kind of hard to describe,” he said,“but we did it a few times, and I’m very happy with the results. It’s a kind of intellectual vaudeville or, maybe, an entertaining chautauqua. I wonder if people know that word.”

Spiegelman has been a champion of the medium for so long that the world seems almost ready to catch up with him. With artists like Chris Ware and the brothers Hernandez (Love and Rockets) selling their work What do you do when your first dream doesn’t work in proper galleries and appearing in places out? That’s the widespread experience at the core of like the New Yorker, Spiegelman feels that  Pianos  Hands, which opened this week and runs comics, which used to be universally read, through November 16 at the Rubicon Theatre in Venare now marginalized and that many of the tura. Written nearly 20 years ago by Ted Dykstra and people practicing the art are artists with more Richard Greenblatt, the show requires two actors inherent value than fine art figures like Jeffrey who combine skills rarely found together: They must Koons and Damien Hirst. be strong comedians, and they must play classical Spiegelman is starting a new project himpiano at a professional level. Drawing on their comself, though he’s hesitant to talk about it until mon experiences in the high-pressure, high-stakes it gels. Meanwhile the Wordless! show pulls its world of concerto competitions and recital debuts, brainy vaudeville self into UCSB’s Campbell Dykstra and Greenblatt created a two-act show in Hall this Friday night. He’s used to lecturing, which the performers, seated at dueling grand piaso if the slides break down, he’ll still have nos, play both themselves and a colorful cast of secplenty amusing and informative things to say. ondary characters, including parents, friends, and, “I just hope people come,” he said. of course, scary piano teachers. Spanning years of UCSB Arts & Lectures presents Art Spiedevotion to the instrument that stretch from pregelman’s Wordless! An Evening of Words, adolescence to early middle age, the cumulative Music and Comix on Friday, October 17, at effect of these musical vignettes is twofold. The 8 p.m. Call 893-3535 or visit artsandlectures audience gets to laugh along with the performers at .sa.ucsb.edu for tickets and info.

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ou could say the Wordless! idea originated when R. Crumb bailed on Australia. At least that’s what Art Spiegelman says. “It was an odd thing the way it started,” he laughed on the phone from his New York home, describing how he morphed from a stay-at-home comic artist to a traveling entertainer with a mixed-media program.

“Crumb was scheduled to go, which was weird enough,” said Spiegelman. The group that invited Crumb down under was pleased when the notorious and notoriously reclusive artist once connected with Zap Comix and Fritz the Cat agreed to talk. But then uproar began in Sydney, and Crumb was accused of being a pervert and a child molester, and

Crumb, who lives in France now, got wind of it and cancelled. “Then they called me,” said Spiegelman, “and asked if I wanted to come. And I said,‘I hear you have a nice opera house.’ ” Most people who know Spiegelman connect him correctly with Maus, the comic serial later published as a graphic novel that chronicled his relationship with his parents, who had been Auschwitz survivors. Enough accomplishment for any lifetime, the narrative was both innovative and heartrending.

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LEONARD COHEN POPULAR PROBLEMS Octogenarian maestro Leonard Cohen returns with his transcendent 13th studio album Popular Problems.

Although it consists of mostly new blues, bluegrass, and ballad-based material, several of the tracks have appeared in earlier iterations in past live performances (“Born in Chains” and “My Oh My”) or as published poems in the New Yorker magazine (“A Street”) and Cohen’s Book of Longing (“Nevermind”). Additionally, Québec producer Patrick Leonard cowrote the majority of these full-bodied songs with Cohen — many of which feature those familiar female-sung choruses. “Slow” starts things off right with a lethargic boogie-woogie beat as Cohen proves he’s still a lady-killer. “All your moves are swift / All your turns are tight / Let me catch my breath / I thought we had

all night / I like to take my time / I like to linger as it flies / A weekend on your lips / A lifetime in your eyes,” he intones. On the exquisite “Almost Like the Blues,” Cohen’s self-referential wry humor shines through as he sings, “So I let my heart get frozen / To keep away the rot / My father said I’m chosen / My mother said I’m not / I listened to their story / Of the Gypsies and the Jews / It was good; it wasn’t boring / It was almost like the blues.” The dirge-like “Samson in New Orleans” finds Cohen channeling Tom Waits as his gravelly baritone sermonizes, “The king so kind and solemn / He wears a bloody crown / So stand me by that column / Let me take this temple down,” as a catharsis to one of America’s worst tragedies. The sublime “A Street” includes the cryptically dystopian lyrics: “I see the

Ghost of Culture / With numbers on his wrist / Salute some new conclusion / Which all of us have missed.” If Leonard Cohen isn’t the philosopher king/poet laureate of the human condition set to music, who is?

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ending career ladder, and at the same time they discover a web of similar expectations that extend far beyond the concert hall and the practice room.

Thomas Frey, who directs and performs in this production along with Christopher Tocco, has been with  Pianos  Hands for years and thus has more than his share of audience memories.

“I’ve had people come up to me after the show and say, ‘So it’s really about tennis’ or ‘That’s what I went through with baseball.’” It appears that the play strikes a chord (sorry!) with all those who pursued childhood dreams until they evaporated in the harsh light of adult realities. “Musicians start working toward long-term goals so early that it’s like a different person made that choice,” said Frey. “What happens when you are 35 and living with decisions that you made at 17?” Not to worry though — the emphasis in the show falls on the comic side of this fascinating subculture. And yes, the music will be as fresh and exciting as the perspective provided by hearing from  Pianos  Hands.

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CHOPIN CHAMPION: Ingrid Fliter’s rise to prominence began with her success at an international Chopin competition.

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n February 2014, Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter released one of the year’s most highly praised classical albums, a collaboration with the Scottish Chamber Orches- by Charles Donelan tra and conductor Jun Märkl for the Linn Records label containing both of Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Concertos.

This Saturday and Sunday, Fliter will join the Santa Barbara Symphony at the Granada for Chopin’s Concerto No.  in F Minor, Op. , a brilliant opening choice for what promises to be a very interesting season. Maestro Nir Kabaretti’s ongoing tenure with the orchestra has resulted in a compelling balance between the familiar and the new, and, as indicated by the quality of the soloists this programming attracts, there’s real excitement throughout the classical music world about the level of the playing here. Having the Granada as a home base clearly doesn’t hurt, either.

Santa Barbara has enjoyed Fliter’s playing before, when she gave a memorable solo recital at the Lobero as part of CAMA’s Masterseries in November 2007. Since then, due to several well-regarded recordings, most of them focused on the music of Chopin, her stock has risen once again, and this time around she comes wearing the crown of the composer’s number one contemporary interpreter. Kabaretti describes Chopin’s concerto as “among the most fascinating solo pieces and always a huge challenge for every performer. The thing is that technically they are so complicated and difficult, but at the same time it is a music that has a pure and simple approach that touches every listener’s heart.”

Fliter’s reputation stands on two feet — one is her unquestioned command of the technical aspects of these works, and the other is her consummate taste.

Geoffrey Norris, classical music critic of the Guardian, characterized her playing on the Linn disc of these two concertos this way: “Fliter has a natural, utterly compelling feel and flair for this music, its suppleness of pulse, its glow, its sparkle, its touching fragility and its forceful impetus.” Comparable phrases stud virtually every critical response thus far — from “pure joy” to “exquisite lyricism” and “luminous tone.”

Chopin is not, however, the only composer on the bill, although the other choices do reflect Kabaretti’s desire to present a unified and coherent program of music. The Festive Overture of Dmitri Shostakovich ought to shake the Granada to its ornate rafters and will serve as a heartening reminder to our war-torn world that even longtime tyrants (Joseph Stalin, in this instance) do eventually topple. The Chopin and the soloist will follow, and when the orchestra returns after intermission, the audience will thrill to the Symphony No.  of another Romantic piano genius, Sergei Rachmaninoff. This particular work by Rachmaninoff not only displays the composer’s versatility — unlike Chopin, Rachmaninoff was comfortable writing in the large orchestral genres — but it also demonstrates his durability. In 1976, lite-rock superstar Eric Carmen borrowed the main theme from this symphony’s third movement for the melody in his hit song “Never Gonna Fall in Love Again.” Try and match that, Stravinsky!

Overall, this concert represents a new level of international presence for the Santa Barbara Symphony, which continues to chart a strong course toward membership in the first tier of major orchestras worldwide. By combining charismatic leadership on the podium with a keen musical intellect, Kabaretti has kept things fresh without merely succumbing to fashion, and his players have in turn taken to their magnificent hall with great verve and enthusiasm.

For anyone with an eye to the future of music in Santa Barbara, this concert and the season it opens are not to be missed.

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THE EYE OF NIGHT: Pictured from left, Richard Yongjae O’Neill, Adrian Spence, and Bridget Kibbey summon the mystery of the night in a series of nocturnes by David Bruce.

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Camerata Pacifica. At the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall, Friday, October 10.

Reviewed by Joseph Miller

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his intimate occasion was really the induction of harpist Bridget Kibbey into the Camerata family as their newest principal artist. Kibbey, in fact, programmed the evening in a rare harp showcase concert that balanced solo works with pieces for a small ensemble. Only two other Camerata regulars were on hand: director and principal flutist Adrian Spence and principal violist Richard Yongjae O’Neill. Sparse instrumentation was offset by a broad palette of offerings that included J.S. Bach, Benjamin Britten, and a mixture of internationally spiced contemporary compositions. An Avery Fisher career grantwinning harpist, Kibbey has done much to wrestle her instrument away from angels and lullabies — and the momentum of this program never lulled, with a Cuban- and Latin-influenced finish that was music to dance (not snooze) by.

There was no easing into this marathon (harp was featured in all nine of the evening’s selections); Kibbey launched off the starting block with her own arrangement of Bach’s monumental Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. Purged of pipe-organ spookiness, the work acquires entirely new character on the strings of the harp: The drama and counterpoint took on a glass-like delicacy, and yet Kibbey wielded forceful bass strikes at key moments and an unrelenting rhythmic drive. It was a no-nonsense, no-holds-barred blast of virtuosity that did not beg audience attention but snatched it up with sheer gumption. Tribute dutifully paid to the baroque master, Kibbey was then joined by O’Neill for Britten’s Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of John Dowland. Ten short variations act as preludes rather than reexaminations of the song, which is only delivered last, answering with satisfaction the earlier fragments and strands.

Canadian-American composer Katy Agócs’s Northern Lights is a newly commissioned work from Kibbey’s upcoming tour and album titled The Bridge Project, which celebrates international threads in American culture. Northern Lights ignites with sharp dissonances, moving through a fluty warm melody in the second movement; a Newfoundland folk song comes third, followed by an emotionally complex setting of the “Huron Carol.” The fifth movement swells, then trails off in a rapidly glittering auroral arpeggio.

Camerata added another world premiere to its portfolio treasury with a gift from Irish composer Ian Wilson. Inspired by the Himalayan visions of poet Tony Curtis, Three Songs of Home for trio was an evening highlight characterized by spaciousness, spare melodic figures, repetition, and mystery.

However charming, Bach’s Trio Sonata in G Major for flute and harp was a program misfit between the Wilson and the Latin-Cuban works that followed. The forced air system in the hall seemed to agree: A comic interruption prevailed as Kibbey’s sheet music adamantly refused to stay on the right page.

Bandoneon by Cuban-born woodwind player Paquito D’Rivera, another work from The Bridge Project, sways a steady tango underneath sweeping melodic lines of dazzling chromatic color. Venezuelan Joropo-inspired pieces by David Bruce followed. And for an edge-of-the-seat finish, Kibbey sang a jazz vocalise accompaniment to the cumbia El Pescador by Colombian composer José ■ Benito Barros. october 16, 2014

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he 1850s were a bad hair decade,” laughs Avery Clyde, who will play the lead in the Theatre Group of Santa Barbara City

by Charles Donelan College’s (SBCC) upcoming production of The Heiress. Clyde is very attractive, and her observation came by way of explaining how she will adopt a convincing look as the heiress Catherine Sloper, whose fate is largely determined by the perception that she is unusually plain. With just over a week to go before the show hits the stage at SBCC’s Garvin Theatre, the veteran actress is buoyant at the prospect of playing this part, partially because of the company she’s keeping. Film legend Olivia de Havilland and, more recently, Broadway star Cherry Jones have both wowed audiences in the role. When The Heiress opens here on October 15, the Los Angeles–based Clyde will be joined by some of the top talent in our area, including Tom Hinshaw as Catherine’s domineering father and Josh Jenkins as her handsome and unreliable suitor, Morris Townsend.

Although the premise of the play comes from the Henry James novel Washington Square, playwrights Ruth and Augustus AN UNMARRIED WOMAN: Leslie Gangl Howe Goetz clearly added something (left) and Avery Clyde star in The Heiress. special when they adapted this story for the stage. The Heiress was an instant hit when it premiered back in 1947, and since then it’s been revived four times on Broadway and in countless regional productions. Set in the mid-19th century, The Heiress hinges on the question of what motivates a man to marry. Catherine Sloper is the only daughter of a wealthy New York doctor, and, as her mother died in childbirth, she has the expectation not only of a substantial allowance in the form of a trust fund but also the inheritance of her father’s fortune and his elegant Washington Square townhouse.

Enter Morris Townsend, the handsome man who asks for Catherine’s hand in marriage. In a series of tense scenes between father and daughter, the ailing and emotionally abusive doctor makes it clear that he sees Townsend as a gold digger, and he refuses to grant his blessing. Catherine refuses to bend to his will, but Townsend, upon learning that she may be disinherited, clears out for California, leaving the brokenhearted girl alone to reconcile with her now seemingly vindicated daddy. For Clyde, the core dynamic between father and daughter reveals the doctor’s weak spot — he never finished mourning his lost wife.

“He sees his daughter almost as the murderer of his wife,” she explained, adding that “the doctor remembers his wife as perfect — a beautiful and charming woman who did everything right. There’s no way that Catherine can live up to her father’s image of her mother. It’s not so much that there is anything wrong with her; she’s just not what he had.”When Catherine’s dream of love with Morris Townsend shatters, her transformation from a passive to an active character begins.

The Heiress sharpens the insight that provided Henry James with his point of departure for Washington Square. For a man, having money means being someone of importance in the world, but for a woman, having money can be perceived as being vulnerable. A rich man can choose any woman he likes without fear of censure, but a woman in the same position is suspect if she does not successfully perform the kind of femininity that men and women alike deem attractive. The double standard that assumes male autonomy in marital choice when money is involved puts women in the position of having something to prove. Catherine, caught between her father’s ruthless worldly wisdom and her lover’s ultimate faithlessness, must find a way to make herself count. The second act of The Heiress may veer in the direction of melodrama, but audiences for decades have agreed that the show’s stirring ending confirms everything that has lead up to it.

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Dorado Schmitt and the Django Festival All-Stars NOVEMBER 11 The greatest gypsy jazz group in the world presents the music of Django Reinhardt.

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THE COMPOSER CONDUCTS: Randy Harrison (left) plays W.A. Mozart in Ensemble Theatre Company’s Amadeus.

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ven by today’s standards, when pop stars are among the most lauded individuals on the planet, the claims made on music’s behalf in Mozart’s era can seem excessive. Absolute music was termed “God’s art,” and great composers, when they were recognized, received the special attention due to messengers bringing good news from beyond this world. When any art form aspires to such super status, there’s bound to be contention; with so much at stake, all is fair and anything goes. That’s certainly the notion driving Peter Shaffer’s still-juicy confection Amadeus, which takes copious liberties with the facts of history in order to deliver a message that’s part warning and part consolation.

Yes, there’s danger in ambition, especially when it’s tainted by envy and despair, and, no, we don’t all have to be born with talent to experience beauty, even though the uneven distribution of genius is likely to register as unfair.

While from a marketing standpoint it would have been a disaster, from the point of view of the plot, Amadeus really should have been titled Antonio after Antonio Salieri, the court composer and musical rival whose stealthy vendetta gives the show its tension and energy. Daniel Gerroll is marvelous in this demanding part, switching easily from light comedy to extended bouts of introspection and exposition, all without losing the character’s heat. In his boldest departure from fact, Shaffer depicts Salieri as having murdered Mozart with poison, or at least as having intended to. Whole branches of the publishing industry would appear to have sprung up in the aftermath of this high-profile bit of slander entirely devoted to clearing Salieri of this spurious assertion.

Fortunately, some of these volumes are excellent — I recommend Mozart at the Gateway to His Fortune: Serving the Emperor, - by Christoph Wolff in particular to those whose curiosity leads them to further research. Salieri most certainly did not poison Mozart, but Mozart’s final years were difficult, especially with regard to finances, and he did suffer and die at a relatively young age while writing some of his most exciting and advanced music.

As Mozart, Randy Harrison turns in a fine and vigorous portrayal of a man who lived, as we say in these times, with no filter. Mozart says what he thinks and lives with the consequences, and since what he thinks is never commonplace, nearly always irreverent, and just as often obscene, those consequences are grave. The court of Emperor Joseph II (a splendidly comic Bo Foxworth) fits Mozart like a gaudy straitjacket, and he suffocates in its dim atmosphere of obsequy and convention. Or so Shaffer would have it — once again, history is somewhat at odds with the play, but so be it. As Baron van Swieten, Robert Lesser voices many of the period’s accepted ideas about the proprieties to be observed when composing an opera.

For his part, Mozart lives to disrupt them. The evening’s most exciting pieces, apart from the beautiful and unpredictable muse Constanze Weber (Zoë Chao), are the ideas that keep spilling forth from Mozart’s silly bewigged head. When four characters spend too long arguing, Mozart’s attention drifts away from what they are saying and back to the idea of a quartet. Listening to the sound of four voices at once gives him the inspiration he needs for his next opera. Opera can do more than theater, he realizes, because in a quartet, the individuals do not need to speak in turn, allowing the composer to reveal all four characters simultaneously, rather than in sequence. If such insights seem overly abstract, there’s plenty of richly observed roughhouse play to pull them down to Earth ■ in this fascinating season opener.

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The Luke Theatre and UCSB Arts & Lectures present the 2nd show of the Viva el Arte SB FREE family concert series. Rooted in Salsa and Afro-Cuban dance and drawing from Hip-Hop, urban and contemporary dance-theater, Contra-Tiempo creates an invigorating blend of physically intense and socially astute performance that pushes the boundaries of Latin dance. For more info visit www.facebook.com/vivaelartesb or call 805-884-4087 x7. See you there!

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For the first time ever, New Noise is opening up its day of lectures, workshops, mentort’s all hands on deck this week as New Noise Santa Barbara kicks off its sixth year of nonstop music. Over the course of its run, the annual music festival and conference ship, and mingling to everyone. For free. Which means that, for one day out of the year, S.B.’s has undeniably upped the ante, thanks in large part to the Block Party — a three- music scene can congregate, cohabitate, and learn things to boot. Welcome to the networking opportunity of a lifetime. year-strong tradition that’s turning the Funk Zone “We’ve wanted to make the New Noise Music Conferinto a grand-scale pop-up concert of sorts. (Last ence free since the first year,” says New Noise founder year’s New Noise pièce de résistance came in the form Jeff Theimer. “It’s a really tough thing to do when you of sisterly super-group Haim, who headlined Mason break it down expense wise, but this year, thanks to Street at dusk.)

by Aly Comingore, with Jake Blair and Cassandra Miasnikov the S.B. Art Foundry, Sonos, Jensen A/V, and the Santa Still, for music fans and music makers who have Barbara Foundation, we were able to narrow the loss followed the festival’s climb, the heart of the matter still lies in the community. As in years past, 2014’s five-day, five-venue lineup is teeming enough where we felt like it was possible. The New Noise Music Foundation exists not only with Santa Barbara–based bands and artists (The Santa Barbara Independent–sponsored to throw this event once a year but also to inspire and connect artists of all ages with others Thursday-night showcase at Muddy Waters Café featuring locs Sun Daes, Kelp, Pacific Haze, in the industry. I can’t say the conference will remain free forever, but we’re gonna give it a and Afishnsea the Moon being just one example). Come Sunday, when New Noise’s confer- go and hope artists take advantage of the opportunity.”

In the following pages, we’re highlighting this year’s strongest live acts, as well as some of ence arm takes over the Santa Barbara Art Foundry, that down-home vibe is sure to get the conference’s hottest topics. For the real-deal full schedule, visit newnoisesb.com. even stronger.

little venues in cities around California and trying to play as much new material as possible because we’re going into the studio in November to make a record.

Will this new album sound anything like your last, Stories Don’t End, or are you trying something totally different this time around? The evolution of our sound has always been a natural progression for us. Our tastes FOLK YEAH! Los Angeles act Dawes will be trial running a whole slew of new material when they pull and the way we play into SOhO as part of New Noise ’14. are always evolving and changing. We’re listening to different stuff now than we were then, and I’m sure that will continue to be the case in our records to come.

I don’t think our music is very genre-specific, though.

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t’s no surprise that Americana band Dawes are itching to return to their roots. After a year of festivals, touring, and writing new music, who wouldn’t want to head home?

Dawes return to California for their latest tour, stopping at a host of intimate venues along the way. The band will be hitting up SOhO in Santa Barbara this week and playing brand-new songs in honor of the New Noise Music Festival.

We caught up with drummer Griffin Goldsmith to discuss genre, new music, and California.

You guys are exclusively playing intimate California shows on this tour. Why is that? The purpose of this little run that we’re doing right now is that we’re trying to do some preproduction. Dave Rawlings, who is gonna produce our next record, is out on tour with us right now. We’re playing

You guys have been classified as everything from alternative to bluegrass. Why do you think classifying genres for bands has been so erratic lately? I think people categorize music into genres in order to relate to it. I’ve heard people say that we’re Americana or folk, but I’ve always chosen the overarching genre, which to me is rock ’n’ roll. But if I like a record, I like a record. I don’t need to put it into a box of an arbitrary category. Everybody is influenced by everybody else, and that doesn’t bum me out. On the contrary, I get excited about it.

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TALKING POINTS NEW NOISE CONFERENCE IS FREE, FREE, FREE! Any high school guidance counselor worth their salt will tell you that it’s no easy life being a musician. Between practices, tours, and the never-ending decline of record sales, 2014’s rock stars have their work cut out for them. So what’s the first step to making it big? Passion. And we mean lots of it. But today’s market also rewards hard work, creativity, and innovation. These are just a few of the topics that are sure to be sussed out over the course of Sunday’s free New Noise Conference (RSVP through newnoisesb.com), which kicks off at 11 a.m. at the Santa Barbara Art Foundry ( Santa Barbara St.).

Below, we break down some of the key players and what they’re bringing to the table.

Tariqh Akoni

If there was ever someone to talk on behalf of musical versatility, it would be Tariqh Akoni.

The Berklee College of Music grad (and native Santa Barbaran) claims “session guitarist” as his trade (he’s worked with everyone from Elton John and Stevie Wonder to Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera), but he’s also music directing and chairing the L.A. Music Academy. He’ll appear as part of Playback Presents: The Ins and Outs of the Professional Recording Industry, 11 a.m.

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Kat Corbett

If you’ve spent any chunk of time in Los Angeles in the last two decades, you know Kat Corbett as the strong female arm behind the KROQ . FM empire.

But even aside from her place at the top of the boys club of modern rock radio, Corbett bucks trends. Her Locals Only segment has carried the torch for unsigned bands in the corporate radio world for over a decade. She’s also booking shows and making movies. She appears as part of Be an Entrepreneur in the Music Industry, 2 p.m.

David Codr

No matter what branch of the music tree you’re looking to climb, getting there requires hustle. And musicpage.com CEO David Codr may be the master of it. From show promoter and producer to band manager and talent buyer, he’s done it all. At New Noise, Codr will lead a workshop on guerrilla marketing tactics, aka Hustle . He leads the Guerrilla Promotion Workshop, 3 p.m. — AC

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THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART here’s something to be said for a band that can wear its heart on its sleeve. In the best-case scenarios, these are the acts that really connect to their fans, the ones that invite their listeners into a world that goes far deeper than the lyric sheet. Case in point: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.

Since forming around frontman Kip Berman in 2007, the New York–based shoegazers have championed a refreshing, lay-itall-on-the-table approach. Their songs are nostalgic and wistful, calling to mind a reference list (The Smiths, The Cure, The New Pornographers, My Bloody Valentine) that lovingly extends to the bottom of the record-store bins. Songs boast titles like “Higher Than the Stars” and “Until the Sun Explodes” and “This Love Is Fucking Right!” And if you get Berman on the phone, he practically radiates heartfelt emotions.

“The new record really made me realize that so long as I don’t die, I can keep on making music that is meaningful to me and isn’t degraded by anything else,” he told us last week.

If that sounds dire, it’s only partially the case. Earlier this year, Pains released Days of Abandon, their sweet and sparkling third studio album, which brought a welcome scaling back of the big,

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oogle “Joyce Manor,” and you’ll learn a lot about this Southern California poppunk band. There are a lot of notes about that recent show in Houston (more on that later), as well as a few hundred hits about stage diving. It’s an online paper trail that could easily translate as “growing pains” for the young quartet who NEW KIDS ON THE ROCK: Pop-punk newcomers Joyce Manor may cross over from alt-rock was just recently introduced to the phenomenon into indie darlings — just so long as the blogosphere doesn’t swallow them first.

Internet’s “cool kids.”

It’s easy to understand what Joyce Manor frontman Barry Johnson, whose voice is chock- a crowd of people at that aforementioned Houston gig landed full of inflection, means when he’s asked about the band’s Johnson and Joyce Manor in the middle of a heated discussion recent review on music mega-blog Pitchfork.“I feel like every about the merits of stage diving. band out there kind of has to deal with whether they’re going “It’s obviously a conversation that everyone was dying to to seek the approval of … more or less, I guess, legitimate have because with the tiniest spark, the Internet went crazy online publications, you know?” about it,” said Johnson, who also explained that he’s taking a On the phone, Johnson sounds more cynical than cautious. break from the web in the wake of the controversy.

“Part of me wants to be acknowledged by that world, but “The Internet is crazy. And the strangest part of it all was the up until this point, we haven’t really been acknowledged,” he fact that we never came out and said, ‘Hey, we’re trying to ban said.“I guess it is kind of interesting to be a band that Alterna- stage diving worldwide.’ But that’s how everyone acted! Everytive Press cares about and a band that Pitchfork cares about, one was like ‘Joyce Manor thinks stage dives are immoral.’”

Johnson, like Joyce Manor, is clearly still adjusting to his because there’s a lot of bullshit with both of them.”

It’s easy to understand Johnson’s simmering disdain for the new environment, and steadily working to define himself, Internet’s always-jabbering music media (*wink*). For a band despite everyone else’s rush to do it for him. whose music is so delightfully straightforward — think strong, “I don’t want to be remembered as, like, the stage-dive band. evocative melodies and yell-along lyrics — Joyce Manor has We’re just a band.”

— JB dealt with more than its fair share of music-scene semantics, including getting caught in the undertow of the alleged (but, Joyce Manor plays Velvet Jones (423 State St.) frankly, never clearly substantiated) “emo revival movement.” on Saturday, October 18, at 7 p.m. Visit newnoisesb In the last month, a heated (though, frankly, semi-typical) .com for tickets and info. exchange with a concertgoer who was attempting to jump into

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arena-ready sound that manifested on the band’s 2011 sophomore effort.

More importantly, though, Days of Abandon marked the f irst Pains ELECTRIC FEELS: Heartfelt shoegazers The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are drawing inspiration from all over the record made withrock ’n’ roll canon and touting a stunning new full-length, too. out the majority of the band’s founding members. Today, Berman stands as the only permanent figure ing on sincerity and candidness since the start. It’s also just one in The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s lineup. It’s a position that of the reasons why The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s fans have — AC he’s yet to fully settle into but one that he’s warming up to more fallen so hard for this band. and more by the day.

“Collaborating with new people and making these songs at a time where I didn’t know if the band could go on made me The Pains of Being Pure at Heart play the New realize that not only could this band go on, but it could go on Noise Block Party in the Funk Zone on Sunday, to do things that weren’t even possible before,” he explained.

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PHISH TICKETS SLEEPING OVER AT THE SANTA BARBARA BOWL

SLEEPING WITH A PURPOSE: When tickets went on sale in early August for this week’s two-night stand by Phish at the S.B. Bowl, more than a hundred fans camped out in the wilds of Milpas Hill to score a highly coveted ticket or two. Despite the band’s party-rich history and infamously festive fan base, the overnight ticket hang proved to be a markedly civil affair, complete with a fangenerated sign-in sheet (far right) and all sorts of shiny, happy people like Michael Glazer (top), who scored the first tickets sold.

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t is a rite of passage that is fast going the way of the mixtape.

Since the advent of rock ’n’ roll, fans have been flocking during ungodly hours to do this very thing, often putting themselves or their employment status at risk in the process. It is the fabled campout for concert tickets and, while technology and Ticketmaster have been co-conspiring to rid the world of this once-proud tradition, I am here to report that, thanks to the powers that be at the Santa Barbara Bowl, it’s still alive and well at the top of Milpas Hill. In fact, I did it this very August on an otherwise nondescript Wednesday night. I came to procure tickets to next week’s soon-to-be legendary two-night stand by Phish. And I was far from alone.

For the past five years, the Stewart Family has been proud to count the Bowl as one of our closest neighbors. Many of their guests have walked by our front door or, on some occasions, pissed in our driveway on their way to and from the venue. It is a proximity that I count among one of life’s pleasures, affording us easy access to life-affirming live music and insight to the round-the-clock goings-on of a world-class music venue.

Among these revelations has been the fact that people do indeed still line up hours in advance to buy concert tickets, sometimes by the hundreds. And while most shows tend to go on sale on

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Saturdays, making the waiting routine ever easier to fit into your hectic schedule, the ones most likely to generate a high volume of overnight camping interest seem to invariably be released on weekdays, a likely strategic bit of scheduling by Bowl management to keep the parking lot from looking like a full-blown State Park. This trick usually works pretty well, and the number of overnighters rarely hits the double-digits, with the bulk of hopeful ticket shoppers usually showing up a few hours after sunrise. But Phish fans are a different breed. They are my generation’s answer to the Dead Heads, and they are a powerful lobby with lifelong commitments. Nearly 24 hours before tickets to next week’s shows went on sale, a family of Phish fans and their friends were already loitering outside my home, happily hanging out after their drive up from Los Angeles.

It should be noted that I, though far from being a “Phish Head,” do have more than a baker’s dozen of shows under my belt, a product not so much of me loving their music, but more of me loving a good time and being a young twentysomething during the 1990s. I also had a babysitter growing up whose claim to fame was sleeping with Phish frontman Trey Anastasio during the band’s early years. But that is another story for another day.

What I’m trying to say is that I wasn’t so much surprised by the arrival of early-bird Phish fans but rather energized and uniquely motivated to join them. But I’m closer to 40 than 30 these days, so there was no way in hell that I was camping out. Right? Wrong.

By midnight, a couple dozen folks had taken up real estate outside of the Bowl box office. Tents had been erected, and mellow good times were underway, with a special-detail Bowl security guard occasionally making his presence known. By 3:45 a.m., I too was in line. Out of the gray darkness to my left, a yellow notepad was passed to me as I set up my camping chair and sleeping bag.

I was officially number 33 in line. I was impressed by the organization of the sign-in sheet and immediately flashed back to the malnourished and hedonistic chaos of my mini-tour with Phish (10 shows in 13 nights) in the late ’90s. By the time the first sun rays of the day began to twist their way into the Bowl parking lot, that sheet would have over 120 names on it.

As the day built, so did the conversation among those in line.

Some were out-of-towners, but the lion’s share of us were locals.

We were skipping class or ditching work or simply brought the whole family along, but all of us had history with the band, and all of us couldn’t believe they were actually playing the Bowl — our Santa Barbara Bowl.

It was obvious that we were all experienced in the art of waiting; manners and good humor prevailed throughout the day, as opposed to some other ticket-sale waits that I have endured over the years. It was also obvious, like all bands and fan bases that survive the test of time, that Phish’s scene had grown up. Super-heady dank burritos, Hobbit-esque bare feet, and public consumption of the Devil’s Lettuce had given way to children, our children, hanging in laps and watching iPads while we chitchatted about careers and the wild times at shows now a decade or two in the rearview mirror. When the dude with the beard toward the front of the line started his booming countdown to the box office opening, we all joined in,“10… 9… 8… 7….” I felt a broad smile break out across my face and felt a childish panic inside that maybe I wouldn’t actually get tickets, that maybe I should have shown up earlier.

“6… 5… 4… 3… 2….” But then it hit me; I was already having a blast, and the show was still a couple of months away. Everything was going to be just fine.

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MASSIVE ATTACK: Yes, Massive Attack puts on a great show. (Anyone who caught their closing of the 2010 Bowl season can back me up on that one.) They’re the kind of band that employs complex lighting setups and heavily charged guitars and tense, tightly wound percussion elements that stack high before bursting open. In short, it’s the stuff big open-air amphitheaters were made for. That said, this week’s highly anticipated return of Massive Attack is making the list mostly because of openers TV on the Radio, who take to the stage long before the sun sets on Friday evening. The Brooklyn band returns to the fold on behalf of Seeds, the group’s long-awaited (and thoroughly great) new album, which officially drops November 18. It’s the band’s first studio release since the passing of bassist/producer Gerard Smith. It’s also easily their most affecting to date. At the Santa Barbara Bowl ( N. Milpas St.) on Friday, October 17, at 7 p.m. Call 962-7411 or visit sbbowl.com.

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t’s often said that Santa Barbarans reap the benefits of big-city living with all the quaint comforts of a small town. For me, that sentiment rings no truer than it does in October. For one action-packed month out of the year, downtown S.B. practically bursts at the seams with live music, thanks in no small part to the annual New Noise festivities (see p. 133). But there’s also the return of UCSB Arts & Lectures, the final push of the Santa Barbara Bowl season, and the newly reheated energy of the  DIY scene to keep calendars packed. On any given night this week, concert fans can choose between a wealth of great programming — or, if you’re like me, make some kind of mad-dash, gotta-catch’em-all challenge out of it. Whatever your energy (and sanity) level, I figured we could all benefit from a little thought collecting and game planning. Below, you’ll find my running list of this week’s must-sees. You can thank me later.

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NICK WATERHOUSE: Say what you will about the soul revival movement — there is no arguing with the power of Cali-bred crooner Nick Waterhouse. At just 27 years old, Waterhouse has done his fair share of record-store rummaging. He cites everyone from Bert Berns to John Lee Hooker as an influence, he worships at the altar of Stax Records production techniques, and he has mastered the art of injecting vintage cool all over contemporary acts like Allah-Las and The Strange Boys.

Better still, Waterhouse moves and grooves with all the class, style, and finesse of a performer decades more accomplished. Whether he’s just an avid student or bona fide old soul, I’m not sure. But either way, he puts on one helluva show. At Velvet Jones ( State St.) on Friday, October 17, at 8 p.m. Visit newnoisesb.com.

REPTOID: For the avant-garde lovers among us, meet Reptoid. The project of Oakland-based noisemaker Jordan Sobolew, Reptoid’s music is not for the faint of heart. In fact, this scuzzy, electronic-sprinkled guitar-and-feedback machine falls closer in line with the weirdo rock of acts like This Heat and Scott Walker than anything currently making the contemporary circuit. That said, if noise is your thing, Sobolew’s sonic studies will not disappoint. The music he’s making is heated, driving, and structurally complex. And I’m already betting it will be delivered at ear-bleeding decibels. In other words, come early. Bring earplugs. At FUNZONE ( S. Milpas St.) on Thursday, October 23, at 8 p.m. with Oldneck, Oak Small, and Soma Vice. Visit facebook.com/funzonesantabarbara.

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Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum – Megan Leal: Abstract Explosion, through Oct. ; Pamela Benham: Pamela Benham Paintings; Evita, Abstract Art Collective Exhibit, through Dec. ; multiple permanent installations.  W. Anapamu St., -.

Museum of Contemporary Art S.B. – Requiem for the Bibliophile and Bloom Projects: Lisa Tan, Sunsets, through Dec. .  Paseo Nuevo, -.

Rancho La Patera & Stow House – Multiple permanent exhibits hosted by the Goleta Valley Historical Society.  N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta, -.

S.B. Historical Museum – Under the Umbrella: Lutah Maria Riggs, Oct. -spring ; The Story of Santa Barbara, permanent exhibition. Free admission.  E. De la Guerra St., -.

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

S.B. Museum of Art – Contemporary/Modern: Selections from the Permanent Collection; 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. Musem of Natural History– John Gould and Illustrators: The Bird Man, Oct. -Jan. , .  Puesta del Sol, -.

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

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

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

Art from Scrap Gallery – WATER, through Nov. .  E. Cota St., -.

Arts Fund Gallery – inch4inch, through Oct. . -C Santa Barbara St, -.

Artamo Gallery – Jack N. Mohr: The Red Room, through Nov. .  W. Anapamu St., -.

Atkinson Gallery – Small Images, through Oct. . Humanities Bldg. , SBCC,  Cliff Dr., -.

Bella Rosa Galleries – Robert Heeley: Groundswell, through Oct. .  State St., -.

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, through 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 – Saintly and Spirited: Art Made of Tin, Oct. -Dec. ; Objects from the Permanent Collection, through Dec. .  Bath St., -.

CASA Gallery– The Mesa Artists Exhibition, through 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., -.

Elverhoj Museum – Looking Back Sideways, through Nov. .  Elverhoy Wy., Solvang. -.

Faulkner Gallery – Abstract Art Collective, through Oct. .  Anapamu St., -.

Flying Goat Cellars – The Sea at 5am, through Nov. .  E. Chestnut Ct., Ste. A, Lompoc, -. galerie – Amaranth Ehrenhalt, Craig Stockwell: Colorimetry, through Nov. .  W. Matilija St., Ojai, -.

Gallery  – Beyond Our Wildest Dreams, through Nov. . La Arcada,  State St., -.

Gallery Los Olivos – Jill Targer, Julie Fish: Above, Below, Beyond, through Oct .  Grand Ave., Los Olivos, -.

Goleta Library – The October Art Show, through Oct. .  N. Fairview Ave., Goleta, -.

The Good Life Craft Beer & Wine Cellar – Suzanne Huska, through Nov. .  Mission Dr., Solvang, -.

Granada Books– Dorothy Littlejohn: Barking Trees, through Oct. .  State St., -.

Harris & Fredda Meisel Gallery – Friends & Family, through 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 – Priscilla BenderShore, through Nov. .  Laguna St., -.

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

Multicultural Center – Judy Baca, through Dec. .UCSB Campus, Mesa Rd., -.

Ojai Art Ctr. – Ojai Studio Tour Artists, 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, -.

El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park– Nihonmachi Revisited: Santa Barbara’s Japanese American Community in Transition, 1900-1940; Memorias y Facturas, ongoing.  E. Canon Perdido St., -.

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

S.B. Tennis Club – Small Craft Advisory, through Nov. .  Foothill Rd., -.

Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery – Frank Kirk: The Secret World of Frank Kirk and Celebrating 30 Years of Art, through Nov. ; Dan Lutz: Original Expression, through Dec. .  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., -.

Youth Interactive – Cartoons, Oct. -Nov. .  Anacapa St., -.

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OCT. 16-23 LIVE MUSIC CLASSICAL

Granada Theatre – Rachmaninoff and Chopin.  State St., -.

SAT: pm SUN: pm

POP, ROCK & JAZZ

Adama –  Chapala St., -.

THU: Greg Harrison (pm) Blush Restaurant & Lounge –  State St., -.

SUN: Chris Fossek (pm) Campbell Hall –  Mesa Rd., UCSB, -.

THU /: Jake Shimabukuro (pm) Chumash Casino Resort –  E. Hwy. , Santa Ynez, () -.

THU: Voz De Mando (pm) SAT: Star Voice (pm) THU: Sara Evans (pm) Cold Spring Tavern –  Stagecoach Rd., -.

FRI: The Nombres (-pm) SAT: Tom Corbett’s Dan-O (-pm); Afishnsea (-pm) SUN: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan (:-pm); Roy Schmeck and the Schmeck-tones (:-:pm) The Creekside –  Hollister Ave., -.

FRI: Chris Ahlman (pm) SAT: DJ Frank Ramirez (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) Hoffmann Brat Haus –  State St., -.

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

TUE: Indie Night (pm) WED: Karaoke (:pm) Lobero Theatre –  E. Canon Perdido St., -.

SAT: Chris Smither, Tim Easton (pm) Maverick Saloon –  Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, -.

FRI: Dusty Jugz Band (pm) SAT: Melissa Rugge (pm); Rockabilly Night, Crown City Bombers (pm) Mercury Lounge –  Hollister Ave., -.

SAT: The Mattson  (pm) Monty’s –  Hollister Ave., Goleta, -.

THU: Karaoke Night (pm) MultiCultural Ctr. – Channel Islands Rd., UCSB, -.

SAT: Salar System (m) O’Malleys and the Study Hall –  State St., -.

THU: College Night with DJ Gavin Ojai Art Ctr. –  S. Montgomery St., -.

SAT: Amanda McBroom and George Ball (pm) Ojai Valley Woman’s Club –  E. Ojai Ave., -.

THU /: Socks in the Frying Pan (pm) Old Town Tavern –  Orange Ave., Goleta, -.

FRI, SAT, WED: Karaoke Night (:pm) Pickle Room –  E. Canon Perdido St., -.

TUE: Jazz at the Pickle Room (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., -.

Jimmy Buffet & the Coral Reefer Band (pm) FRI: Massive Attack (pm) SAT: Ray LaMontagne (:pm) SUN: Daryl Hall & John Oates (pm) TUE, WED: Phish (pm) S.B. Maritime Museum –  Harbor Wy., #, -.

SAT: Ukulele music and singing (-:pm) S.Y.V. Grange Hall –  Alamo Pintado Ave., Los Olivos, -.

SAT: Peter Feldmann and Very Lonesome Trio (pm) Sandbar –  State St., -.

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

THU: An Evening with Dawes (pm) FRI: Cornerston & The Upbeat, Thrive, King Zero (:pm) SAT: Beat Connection, Mexico City Blondes (pm) SUN: Dishwalla and The Caverns, North of Nine (pm) MON: Jazz Jam with Jeff Elliott (:pm) TUE, WED: Karl’s Denson’s Tiny Universe: Phish After-Party (pm) THU: Griffin House (pm); Leslie Lembo (:pm) Statemynt –  State St., -.

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

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

THU: Cloud Nothings (pm) FRI: Nick Waterhouse (pm) SUN: New Noise Music Fest (pm) MON: Jon Snodgrass, Austin Lucas, Northcote, Jayke Orvis (pm) TUE: Koffin Kats (pm) WED: The Grieves (pm) THU: Brotha Lynch Hung (pm) Whiskey Richards –  State St., -.

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) THU:

Theater Center Stage Theater – The Wilde Circus: Ember.  Paseo Nuevo, -.

THU /: pm Garvin Theatre – The Heiress.  Cliff Dr., SBCC West Campus, -.

THU-SAT: :pm SUN: pm THU: :pm Lompoc Civic Auditorium – Ghosts of El Camino Real.  S. L St., Lompoc, -.

FRI, SAT: :pm SUN: pm The New Victoria Theatre – Amadeus.  W. Victoria St., -.

THU, FRI: pm SAT:  and pm SUN: pm WED, THU: pm Rubicon Theatre – 2 Pianos 4 Hands.  E. Main St., Ventura, -.

THU, FRI: pm SAT: pm SUN: pm WED:  and pm THU: pm

dance Guadalupe City Hall Auditorium – ContraTiempo Urban Latin Dance Theater.  Obispo St., Guadalupe, -.

SAT: :pm Isla Vista School – Contra-Tiempo Urban Latin Dance Theater.  El Colegio Rd., Goleta, -.

FRI: pm Marjorie Luke Theatre – Contra-Tiempo Urban Latin Dance Theater.  E. Cota St., -.

SUN: pm

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Youth in Peril – Exploring Solutions How Should Our Community Collaborate to Better Serve Our Youth?

Friday, October 24, 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM Faulkner Gallery Santa Barbara Public Library Main Branch 40 East Anapamu Street The United Nations Association, Santa Barbara, invites you to attend a Summit Meeting that can affect the lives of young people in our community. Please join the discussion about urgent youth issues. In the spirit of the United Nations, based on principles of neutrality and collaboration, the UNA-SB is reaching out to Non-Profit Organizations, educators, the media and community members. Your organization and voice need to be heard.

The Association for Global New Thought Supported in part by Science of Mind Foundation

Awakened

World International

Film Festival Oct. 27 - 30, 2014 Santa Barbara, California

A Festival Wrapped Around a Retreat Jeff Bridges, Michael Imperioli, Barbara Marx Hubbard Michael & Rickie Byars Beckwith, Ram Dass live from Maui What the Bleep 10th Birthday Party, and much more

WORLD PREMIER: The Power of the Heart “The biggest movie since THE SECRET” from the same director Featuring Maya Angelou, Deepak Chopra, Paulo Coelho, and Eckhart Tolle Live workshop with writer / producer Baptist de Pape

Full Passes & Individual Sessions now on sale

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This event is free and lunch will be provided to guests pre-registered by Oct. 22.

REGISTER NOW: www.unasb.org Co-Sponsors: The World Business Academy, 2020 A Year Without War, Coalition Against Gun Violence, League of Women Voters, Revolutionary Conversations, LLC, Betsy Ingalls, Rotary World Peace Conference 2016, Santa Barbara Sister Cities, Center For Global Dialogue, West Model UN, The Santa Barbara Response Network

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LEADBETTER CLASSIC DEC 20th 2014 Free grom event 14 & under Nobody loses

rst round!

Divisions include: U8 push or paddle, U10, U12, 13-14, U12 girls, U 14 girls

Featuring a learn to surf clinic with pro guests for Teddy Bear families with children surviving cancer.

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NO CRYING IN THE COURTROOM The Judge. Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, and Vera Farmiga star in a film written by Nick Schenk and Bill Dubuque and directed by David Dobkin.

Mark Bittman Known for his incisive writing on the environmental and economic issues connected with food, the celebrated columnist and best-selling cookbook author comes to Santa Barbara for a wide-ranging conversation about food, health and other timely topics.

Reviewed by D.J. Palladino

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ourtroom dramas ought to be smart.

When you think about mind-candy films like Witness for the Prosecution,  Angry Men, or even The Lincoln Lawyer, it’s the histrionics of attorneys, juries, and order-in-the-court gavels, but the entertain- OUT OF ORDER: The Judge stars Robert Downey Jr. as a big-city lawyer who ment is built over a foundation, a clever kin returns to his hometown when his father comes under suspicion of murder. to the whodunit: reversals played out in the What we keep waiting for is some sort of ingenious ultra-formal setting of The Palace of Law. This movie is dumb. Which is surprising since the lead- surprise or some golden revelation. (There’s even a bizarre ing men are all so A-List. The esteemed Robert Duvall is a flirtation with incest that gets promptly dropped by the stern patriarch and title character, and the always-watch- inexpert script.) Instead we get a plot that seems like it’s able Robert Downey Jr., whose entire shtick is the savvy managed by a bad sitcom team who knows how to score wisecrack, plays the bratty son as a morality-free attorney. heart tugs every 10 minutes but can’t even keep the charac(Around here, we just call that “a lawyer.”) Papa gets in ters fixed. One moment, Duvall’s character is a thundering trouble, and his estranged son must come to the rescue. hypocrite; three minutes later, he’s a kitty cat. What this Of course, every fatuous family-is-everything device is movie needs is some literary equivalent of the rule of law; employed, mortality is invoked, and a wide-eyed prodigy what we get is emotional gunk worthy only of unequivocal objections.

■ daughter fills in the schmaltzy gaps.

UNLIKELY ALLIES Pride. Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, and Dominic West star in a film written

by Stephen Beresford and directed by Matthew Warchus.

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he year 1984 was a grim one for the United Kingdom. All across the region, mine workers were ODE TO JOY: Despite its bleak backdrop and some heavy subject matter, Pride is one of striking, and mining towns faced the most uplifting and heartwarming films of the year. police brutality and the very real threat of starvation. Meanwhile, the gay and lesbian popuThe cast is a veritable who’s who of U.K. talent: Dominic lation was fighting its own uphill battle with widespread West and Andrew West play gay activists, while Imelda prejudice and the onset of the AIDS crisis. This is a bleak Staunton and Bill Nighy take on roles as the inhabitants canvas for a film, which is why it is such a welcome surprise of the mining town. This is a true ensemble cast, and there that Pride, a movie that dives straight into this conflict, is a isn’t a single actor, star or unknown, who doesn’t shine heavyweight contender for the most uplifting, heartwarm- bright. The script (courtesy of actor-turned-scribe Steing, straight-up joyous film of 2014. phen Beresford) plays into the tropes of an inspirational Pride tells the true story of a group of gay and lesbian movie without ever sacrificing the grit of reality. The film is London activists who, with enough pushing and prodding helmed by Matthew Warchus, who recently brought us the from their leader, Mark (a dynamo Ben Schnetzer), pick musical Matilda and is also set to head up that big-screen at random a down-and-out Welsh mining community to adaptation. It makes perfect sense that Warchus’s backfinancially support. When the group is invited to the town, ground is in musicals. Although Pride is not technically they at first clash with the conservative community and a musical (though there is one dynamite dance number then end up deeply connecting with the townspeople. Both and another killer a cappella moment), it plays with all the the miners and the gay community are misunderstood heightened emotion and irrepressible joy of one. Pride is and even reviled by their government and the laypeople easily one of the most emotionally moving and flat-out fun of their land. They are the most visible underdogs of their films I’ve seen, and I can’t recommend it highly enough.

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An orphan boy raised by subterranean trash collectors tries to save his friend from an evil exterminator. The Boxtrolls is one of those pitch-perfect animated films that fires on all cylinders for its pint-sized audience and works like gangbusters for accompanying adults. (KS) Metro  (D) Dracula Untold (92 mins.; PG-13: intense sequences of warfare, vampire attacks, disturbing images, some sensuality) When his family and his kingdom are threatened, Vlad Tepes contemplates making a dangerous deal with supernatural repercussions.

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TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20): In 1987, a college freshman named Mike Hayes was having trouble paying for his education at the University of Illinois. He appealed for help to the famous newspaper columnist Bob Greene, who asked each of his many readers to send Hayes a penny.

The response was tidal. Although most of the ensuing donations were small, they added up to over $28,000 — enough for Hayes to finance his degree. I encourage you to take a comparable approach in the coming weeks, Taurus: Ask for a little from a lot of different sources.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): The word “abracadabra” is a spell that stage magicians utter at the climax of their tricks: the catalyst that supposedly makes a rabbit materialize from a hat or an assistant disappear in a puff of smoke.

There’s no real sorcery. It’s an illusion perpetrated by the magician’s hocus-pocus. But “abracadabra” has a less well-known history as an incantation used by real magicians to generate authentic wizardry. It can be traced back to gnostic magi of the second century. They and their successors believed that merely speaking the word aloud evokes a potency not otherwise available. I invite you to experiment with this possibility, Gemini. Say Homework: Fantasize about ways you could make money from doing what you love to do. Report results! FreeWillAstrology.com.

“abracadabra” to boost your confidence and enhance your derring-do. You already have more power than usual to change things that have been resistant to change, and intoning some playfully ferocious “abracadabras” may put your efforts over the top.

CANCER (June 21 - July 22): The 17th-century writer René Descartes is regarded as the father of modern philosophy and the founder of rationalism. His famous catchphrase is a centerpiece of the Western intellectual tradition: “I think; therefore, I am.” Here’s what I find amusing and alarming about the man: He read almost nothing besides the Bible and the work of Catholic theologian Thomas Aquinas. He said that classic literature was a waste of time. Is that who we want at the heart of our approach to understanding reality? I say no. In accordance with the astrological omens, I authorize you to instead adopt one or both of the following formulas: “I feel; therefore, I am” or “I dream; therefore, I am.”

LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22): You can’t give what you don’t have.

Here’s a corollary: You can sort of half-give what you half-have, but that may lead to messy complications and turn out to be worse than giving nothing at all. So here’s what I recommend: Devote yourself to acquiring a full supply of what you want to give. Be motivated by the frustration you feel at not being able to give it yet.

Call on your stymied generosity to be the driving force that inspires you to get the missing magic. When you’ve finally got it, give it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22): I suspect that one of your allies or loved ones will get caught in his or her own trap. The way you respond will be crucial for how the rest of the story plays out. On the one hand, you shouldn’t climb into the trap with them and get tangled up in the snarl. On the other hand, it won’t serve your long-term interests to be cold and unhelpful. So what’s the best strategy? First, empathize with their pain, but don’t make it your own.

Second, tell the blunt truth in the kindest tone possible.

Third, offer a circumscribed type of support that won’t compromise your freedom or integrity.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22): In 1936, Libran author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about the “crack-up” he had experienced years earlier. It included this tough realization: “I had been only a mediocre caretaker of most of the things left in my hands, even my talent.” Let’s use this as a seed for your oracle. Have you been a good caretaker of your talent? Have you been a good caretaker for other things you are responsible for? Look within yourself and take inventory. If there’s anything lacking, now is an excellent time to raise your game. If you’re doing pretty well, reward yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): On a late summer day in 1666, scientist Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree in his mother’s garden in Lincolnshire, England. An apple fell off a branch and plummeted to the ground. A halfcentury later, he told his biographer that this incident inspired him to formulate the theory of gravity. Fastforward to the year 2010. Astronaut Piers Sellers got on the space shuttle Atlantis carrying a piece of Newton’s apple tree. He took it with him as he escaped Earth’s gravity on his trip to the International Space Station.

By my reading of the astrological omens, now would be an excellent time for you to undertake a comparable gesture or ritual, Scorpio. With a flourish, update your relationship with an important point of origin.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21): Most birds don’t sing unless they are up high: either flying or perched somewhere off the ground. One species that isn’t subject to this limitation is the turnstone, a brightly mottled shorebird. As it strolls around beaches in search of food, it croons a tune that the Cornell Lab of Ornithology calls “a short, rattling chuckle.” In the coming weeks, this creature deserves to be your mascot — or your power animal, as they say in New Age circles. Why? I doubt that you will be soaring.

You won’t be gazing down at the human comedy from a detached location high above the fray. But I expect you will be well-grounded and good-humored — holding your own with poise amid the rough-and-tumble. As you ramble, sing freely!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19): Let’s discuss that thing you are eyeing and coveting and fantasizing about. My operative theory is that you can enjoy it without actually having it for your own. In fact, I think it will be best if you do enjoy it without possessing it. There’s an odd magic at play here.

If this desired thing becomes a fixed part of your life, it may interfere with you attracting two future experiences that I regard as more essential to your development. My advice is to avoid getting attached to the pretty-good X factor so as to encourage the arrival and full bloom of two stellar X factors.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): “Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way,” said philosopher Alan Watts. You have either recently made a personal discovery proving that this is true, or else you will soon do so. The brainscrambling, heart-whirling events of recent weeks have blessed you with a host of shiny new questions. They are vibrant replacements for the tired old questions that have kept at least one of your oldest dilemmas locked in place.

PISCES (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20): “There is for every man some one scene, some one adventure, some one picture that is the image of his secret life,” said Irish poet William Butler Yeats. I invite you to identify that numinous presence, Pisces. And then I urge you to celebrate and cultivate it. Give special attention to it and pay tribute to it and shower love on it. Why? Because now is an excellent time to recognize how important your secret life is to you — and to make it come more fully alive than it has ever been.

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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

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.

Live music Thursday nights.

Children welcome. Avail. for private parties. Pool & Darts.

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.

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

Natural 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 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

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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!

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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

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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Wine Gadget of the Month Rabbit’s Automatic Electric Corkscrew Rabbit’s Automatic Electric Corkscrew: If you’re yanking corks enough to get a case of sommelier’s elbow, the wine industry’s gadgetry leader, Metrokane, now offers just the salve you need: their brand new if rather blandly named “Rabbit Automatic Electric Corkscrew,” which is so easy to use that there’s not even a single button to push. Simply pop the sleek (comes in black, silver, or red!) and rechargeable (about 30 bottles per plug in!) cylinder atop your bottle‑to‑be — which you will have already de‑foiled with the included cutter — and allow the corkscrew do its magic, drawing the cork up and then, without any additional action on your part, spitting it out. Like its push‑button electro‑screw cousins, the Rabbit’s grinding gears are a bit jarring to the ears, the sensors do occasionally fire off when brushing up against material‑other‑than‑bottle, and definitely don’t leave it anywhere near your kids. But if you embrace the $50 device, you can kiss that somm’s elbow goodbye. See metrokane.com.

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os Agaves opened Goleta’s Camino Real Marketplace over the weekend, the third restaurant opened on the South Coast by owner Carlos Luna in the past six years. Located at  Market Place Drive in the former home of New Baja Grill, the new Los Agaves also offers authentic Mexican food in a casual setting.

“We are very excited to open our doors to the Goleta community,” said Luna. “We will continue our dedication to making TRES AGAVES: Los Agaves Mexican Restaurant opened a new location in Goleta this past weekend, their third restaurant on the South Coast since starting on Milpas the most fresh and deliStreet in 2008. cious authentic Mexican cuisine and look forward to sharing our unique flavors with our new neighbors.” August 2014: none.

Soon after opening his first location at  North July 2014: none.

Milpas Street on Santa Barbara’s Eastside in 2008, Los June 2014: All India Café,  State St. (now HimaAgaves gained fame with locals, taking the title as “Best layan Kitchen); Harold’s Caribbean Kitchen,  De Mexican Restaurant” and “Best Salsa” on SantaBarbara la Guerra Plaza; Montecito Confections,  Coast .com in 2013 and 2014. After five successful years of Village Rd., Montecito (now Your Cake Baker– business, Luna opened his second location at  De la Wayne Kjar).

Vina Street in June 2013.

May 2014: Holdren’s Grill,  Market Place Dr., Everything guests enjoy at the Mexican restaurant’s Goleta. two other locations can be found at the new Goleta April 2014: D’Vine Café,  W. Canon Perdido St.; location: fresh daily specials, complimentary chips, house-made salsa bar, authentic Mexican favorites, iGrill Korean BBQ,  State St. (just re-opened; ice-cold cervezas, and more. Signature dishes include see above); Mad Dogs,  State St. (now Ana’s Taco their Chiles Norteños, stuffed with shrimp and Oaxaca Bar); Magic Pita Café,  W. Haley St. (now Tacos El cheese, topped with chipotle dressing, and served with Rey); Smoke ’N Barrel BBQ Shack,  Market rice and beans and a house salad; Agaves EnchilaPlace Dr., Goleta. das, with fresh halibut and shrimp; the tender Carne March 2014: Bangkok Palace,  De la Vina Azteca, accompanied by stuffed Anaheim peppers, St.; Beto’s Subs,  De la Guerra Plaza; Brummis, grilled nopalito, and chorizo; and many more favorites.  State St. (now TAP Thai); The French Table, All locations are open for lunch and dinner  E. Anapamu St. (now Piano Gastrolounge); SunMonday-Friday, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday, nyside Market & Deli,  E. Gutierrez St. 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Catering services are available upon February 2014: none. request.

January 2014: Museum Café,  State St. (now Fire & Ice Museum Café); Rusty’s Pizza,  E. iGRILL REOPENS: Reader Brendan let me know that Cabrillo Blvd. (moving to  State St.); The Pan, iGrill Korean BBQ has reopened under new owner E. Cota St.; Wahoo’s Fish Taco,  State St. (now ship at  State Street. It is now operated by the famBarbarian’s Pizza); YoYumYum, -A Calle Real, ily that owns Nikka Fish Grill and Nikka Market.

Goleta.

SWEET ALLEY CLOSES: The Daily Nexus reports that December 2013: Culture Shock (mobile); Verde, Sweet Alley at  Embarcadero del Mar in Isla Vista  State St. has closed. The business opened five years ago this November 2013: Altamirano’s,  N. Milpas St.; month. Thanks to reader Cris for the tip.

Las Palmeras,  E. Haley St.; Rudy’s,  Calle Real, Goleta (now Paloma Restaurant and Tequila RESTAURANT CLOSINGS: Here is a list of restauBar). rants that have closed in the last year: October 2013: Cafe Int’L,  Trigo Rd., Isla Vista (now Lovin’ Oven); Good Karma Market & Deli, October 2014: Simply Pies,  Hollister Ave.,  W. Anapamu St. (now Red Sands Market and Goleta; Sweet Alley,  Embarcadero del Mar, Isla Deli); Javan’s,  Embarcadero del Norte, Isla Vista Vista. (now Aladdin Café); Maggie’s,  State St. (now September 2014: Café del Sol,  Los Patos Wy., Benchmark Eatery); Takenoya,  Calle Real, Montecito; Killer B’s BBQ and Bar,  State St.; New Goleta.

Baja Grill,  Camino Real Marketplace, Goleta (now Los Agaves).

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

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Legals FBN Abandonment STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: Bee Limo at 225 W. Los Olivos St., Apt #7 Santa Barbara, CA 93105 The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed Oct 23, 2013. in the County of Santa Barbara.

Original file no. 2013‑0003240. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Cuneyt Aci (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 2, 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 Jan Morales for Published.

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FBN Withdrawal STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following persons (s) has (have) withdrawn as partner (s) from the partnership operating under: Bee Limo 225 W. Los Olivos St., Apt #7 Santa Barbara, CA 93105. The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 10/23/2014 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2013‑0003240.

The person or entities withdrawing use of this name are as follows: Nancy Paulinsky 230 E. Anapamu Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 02, 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 Jan Morales. Published. Oct 9, 16, 23, 30 2014.

Fictitious Business Name Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Slingshot Art Forum at 220 West Canon Perdido Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara 4501 Cathedral Oaks Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Sling Shot Art Forum, Kimberly Olson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0002765.

Published: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 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: 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: 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: 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: Old Time Plumbing Co. at 315 Meigs Rd A‑391 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.

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: 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.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Hypatia House, Svetlana Meritt at 1511 Bath Street #10 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Svetlana Mancic‑Johnson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Svetlana Meritt This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 19, 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: 2014‑0002718. Published: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/

are doing business as: Premier Home And Pet Support at 7295 Alameda Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Hugh Michaels (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Hugh Michaels This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 23, 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: 2014‑0002733. Published: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Eli at 69 1/2 Humphrey Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Eileen Barrack (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Eileen Barrack This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 24, 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: 2014‑0002738.

Published: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Miss T The Original Hot Boba And Snowfluff at 35 East Ortega Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jun Shi 1722 De La Vina Street Apt 7 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jun Shi 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 Gabriel Cabello.

FBN Number: 2014‑0002608. Published: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Soul City Survivors at 2043 Mountain Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Winfield Shiras (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Winfield Shiras This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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: 2014‑0002697. Published: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Delaney Gabriel, HHP, Holistic Health and Hormone Center, Holistic Anti‑Aging, Holistic Health and Hormones, Holistic Anti‑Aging Center at 533 E. Micheltorena Street, Street Suite 102 Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Delaney Gabriel, Managing Member 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: 2014‑0002678. Published: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Granada Taxi Company at 1420 Castillo Street #D Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Victor M Ruiz‑Chavez (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Victor M Ruiz‑Chavez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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: 2014‑0002771.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: NCR Property Management at 735 State Street Suite 407 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; National Commercial Reality, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Jennifer Lynn Stokes‑Pena.

President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Tara Taysinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0002772.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Dragabok at 1644 Loma St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Shane Amaya (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Shane

Amaya This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 19, 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 Christne Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0002715.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Chateau Bon Air at 902 El Rancho Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Frederick Harnsberger (same address) Lorette Harnsberger (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Frederick Harnsberger This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 22, 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: 2014‑0002722.

Published: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Casa Roofing at 133 E De la Guerra #272 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Casa Roofing And Construction 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 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002761.

Published: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Tre Lune at 1151 Coast Village Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Quattro Inc 114 E Haley St. Suite O Santa Barbara, CA 93101 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: 2014‑0002540. Published: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Santa Barbara English at 1037 Monte Cristo Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Patrick Evans 1704 Grand Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Alfred Morgan 1037 Monte Cristo Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Alfred Morgan This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Tara Tayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0002757. Published: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Isla Vista Hair Company at 6529 Trigo Road Ste C Isla Vista, CA 93117; Katherine Marie Pepe 4715 Andrita St Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by a Individual 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002583.

Published: Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Santa Barbara Succulent Art, SB Succulent Art at 515 W. Valerio St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Adam Jeffery Kopras (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Adam Kopras This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Tara Tayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0002775. Published: Oct 9, 16, 23, 30 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Decca Consulting at 3820 State Street, Santa Barbara CA, 93105; New Koosharem Corporation (same address) This business is conducted by a New Koosharem Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Tara Jayasinghe.

FBN Number: 2014‑0002699. Published: Oct 9, 16, 23, 30 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Injury & Disability Consultants at 1263 Calle Cerrito, Ste 77 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Karen Ann Luckett (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Karen Luckett This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 24, 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 Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0002742.

Published: Oct 9, 16, 23, 30 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Bee Limo at Cuneyt Aci (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Cuneyt Aci This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002827.

Published: Oct 9, 16, 23, 30 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Vaughan Business Solutions at 3820 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; New Koosharen 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 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0002701. Published: Oct 9, 16, 23, 30 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Legacyworks Group at 102 Hixon Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Collaborative Conservation Advisors, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Carl Palmer, Managing Member This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002756. Published: Oct 9, 16, 23, 30 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: 7 Horizons at 5949 Hollister Ave Suite B Goleta, CA 93117; Interactive Software Engineering, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Annie Meyer‑CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 30, 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: 2014‑0002802.

Published: Oct 9, 16, 23, 30 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: A Quality Auto Body Rene Ascarrunz at 5965 Daley Street Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Rene Ascarrunz (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Rene Ascarrunz This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 01, 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: 2014‑0002811.

Published: Oct 9, 16, 23, 30 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Multimedia Arts & Design Academy Foundation at 905 N Nopal St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; California Academy Foundation­ (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Carolla Nicholson‑Treasurer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0002792. Published: Oct 9, 16, 23, 30 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Star Dental Group

of Ranjan Rajbanshi DDS, Inc. at Ranjan Rajbanshi DDS Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Ranjan Rajbanshi 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0002669. Published: Oct 9, 16, 23, 30 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Vino Divino at 2012 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Gabriella Larkins 310 Stevens Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Sean Larkins (same address) This business is conducted by a A Married Couple Signed: Sean Larkins This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 24, 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: 2014‑0002736.

Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Boston Elements at 5177 San Simeon Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Nathan Fredrickson (same address) Bryan Austin Gillison (same address) This business is conducted by a A General Partnership Signed: Nathan Fredrickson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002904.

Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Desiderata Designs at 4 East Yanonali Street Sanata Barbara, CA 93101; Kae Lynne Dalton 490 Paseo Del Descanso Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a A Individual Signed: Kae Dalton This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 30, 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: 2014‑0002796. Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: One 2 Tree at 409 B West Figueroa Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jeffrey R Vegas Jr (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Jeffrey Vegas Jr This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 19, 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: 2014‑0002717. Published: Oct 16, 23, 30, Nov 6, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Premier Outdoor Movies, Premier Outdoor Movies of Santa Barbara at 522 West Victoria Street Ste C Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Premier Outdoor Movies, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Michael Menasco This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 01, 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: 2014‑0002812. Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Maritime Museum Events, Ocean View Weddings, Santa Barbara Ocean View Weddings at 113 Harbor Way, Suite 190 Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Greg Gorga This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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: 2014‑0002793. Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Mount Calvary Monastery, Mount Calvary, Inc., St. Mary’s Retreat House, Mount Calvary Monastery & Retreat House, Mt.

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Calvary, Mount Calvary Retreat House, Order of The Holy Cross at 505 East Los Olivos Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Adam D. McCoy, President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0002769. Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: 805 Baseball, 805 Baseball Academy, The 805 Baseball Academy at 460 Pomona Court Goleta, CA 93117; Martony Managment LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Daniel Martony This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 30, 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: 2014‑0002810.

Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Victor’s Mobile Service Diesel & Gas Mechanic at 385 North La Cumbre Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Victor Hugo Sanchez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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: 2014‑0002696. Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Twelve Hands Ranch at 7325 Santos Rd Lompoc, CA 93436; Brandon Finley (same address) Sarah Finley (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Sarah Finley This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 01, 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: 2014‑0002815.

Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following STATEMENT person(s) is/are doing business as: Discoverchannelislands. com, Sunswept Sailing,Discoverchannelislands. org, Sunsweptsailing.com, Sailsantabarbara.com at 2535 Hacienda Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Spencer James MacRae This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 19, 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: 2014‑0002709. Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Ecolawn at 555 Flora Vista Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Lee Turner Schmidt 103 North Nopal Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 30, 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: 2014‑0002806. Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Impact at 6067 Shirrell Way Goleta, CA 93117; Presbytery of Santa Barbara (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: David Wilkinson, Corp Secretary This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 30, 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: 2014‑0002809.

Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Cafe 154 at 4151 Foothill Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Gregorio Ramirez 3931 Via Diego #G Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Plaza Del Oro at 360 S Hope Avenue, Suite C‑120 Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Limited Partnership Signed: Michael MacElhenny This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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: 2014‑0002702. Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Leonard’s Lactose Free at 769 Cypress Walk #C Gpleta, CA 93117; Amelia Leonard (same address) Keith Leonard (same address) This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Amelia Leonard This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Miriam Leon FBN Number: 2014‑0002707. Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Spudnuts & Bagels at 3629 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Vouy Nhek 2430 Chapala Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Vouy Nhey This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0002694.

Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Michell’s Donuts at 1341 North Broadway Santa Maria, CA 93105; Vouy Nhek 2430 Chapala Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Vouy Nhey This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0002695.

Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Casa Dorinda Residents Christmas Fund at 1111 Chapala Street, Suite 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Foundation (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Dee Jennings, CFO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0002865.

Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Women’s Fund of Northern Santa Barbara County at 1111 Chapala Street, Suite 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Foundation (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Dee Jennings, CFO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 10, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed

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Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Cutting Edge Painting at 464 Ribera Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Monte Clayton Aleridge III (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Clay Aleridge This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0002875.

Published: Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

Name Change IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF AFRODITI KAKLAMANOS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 1468833 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: AFRODITI KAKLAMANOS TO: AFRULA FIELDS 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 Dec 3, 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 22, 2014 by James E. Herman, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Oct 2, 9, 16, 23 2014.

Statement of Damages STATEMENT OF DAMAGES (Personal Injury or Wrongful Death)­ MICHAEL REINO, ESQ Attorney for PLAINTIFF: Yury Vasconez, Case number: 1468329. TO: DEFENDANT: HARPEST, et al. 1. General Damages a. Pain, suffering, and inconvenience $25,000 2. Special damages a. Medical expenses (to date) $4,453.37 b. Future medical expenses (present value) $3,000 c. Loss of earnings (to date) $290 3. Punitive damages: Plaintiff reserves the right to seek punitive damages in the amount of (specify)..$10,000 when pursuing a judgement in the suit filed against you. seeks damages in the above‑entitled action, as follows: The name, and address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: Michael Reino, Esq 621 West Micheltorena Street, Suite A Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805‑899‑3322 Published Date: Oct 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014

Summons SUMMONS ‑ (Family Law) NOTICE TO REPONDENT: JAVIER LIBORIO APARICIO AVISO AL DEMANDANDO: Petitioner’s name is: MARINA N. MORAN Nombre del demandante: CASE NUMBER:(Numero del caso) 1466910 You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL‑120 or FL‑123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children.

You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courts.ca.­gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

NOTICE‑RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders.

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FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form.

The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

Tiene 30 dias calendario despues de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citacion y Peticion para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL‑120 o FL‑123) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefonica o una audiencia de la corte no basta para protegerto.

Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar ordenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte tambien le puede ordenar que pague manutencion, y honorarios y costos legales.

Para asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado.

Puede obtener informacion para encountrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.­ sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.­ lawhelpca.org) o poniendose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado.

AVISO‑LAS ORDENES DE RESTRICCION SE ENCUENTRAN EN LA PAGINA 2: valen para ambos conyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la peticion, se emita un fallo o la corte de otras ordenes. Cualquier autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas ordenes puede hacerlas acerlas acater en cualquier lugar de California. EXENCION DE CUOTAS: Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario un formulario de exencion de cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a peticion de usted o de la otra parte.

1.The name and address of the court are (El nombre y direccion de la corte son): SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT 1100 Anacapa Street P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107. 2. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: (El nombre, direcion y numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): Dated May 01, 2014. ELIZABETH DIAZ, SBN: 284731, ROBLES‑MUZINICH,APC 418 E. Canon Perdido Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 966‑9696. Darrel E. Parker, Execcutive Officer; Clerk, by (Secretario, por) Susan Donjuan, Deputy (Asistente) Published Oct 2, 9, 16, 2014 SUMMONS ‑ (Family Law) NOTICE TO REPONDENT: TROY ALLEN OSTBOE AVISO AL DEMANDANDO: Petitioner’s name is: MAUREEN HOPE OSTBOE Nombre del demandante: CASE NUMBER: (Numero del caso) 1466796 You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL‑120 or FL‑123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children.

You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.courts.ca.­gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

NOTICE‑RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders.

These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form.

The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

Tiene 30 dias calendario despues de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citacion y Peticion para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL‑120 o FL‑123) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefonica o una audiencia de la corte no basta para protegerto.

Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar ordenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte tambien

le puede ordenar que pague manutencion, y honorarios y costos legales.

Para asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado.

Puede obtener informacion para encountrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.­ sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.­ lawhelpca.org) o poniendose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado.

AVISO‑LAS ORDENES DE RESTRICCION SE ENCUENTRAN EN LA PAGINA 2: valen para ambos conyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la peticion, se emita un fallo o la corte de otras ordenes. Cualquier autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas ordenes puede hacerlas acerlas acater en cualquier lugar de California. EXENCION DE CUOTAS: Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario un formulario de exencion de cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a peticion de usted o de la otra parte.

1.The name and address of the court are (El nombre y direccion de la corte son): SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 1100 Anacapa Street P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107.

2. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: (El nombre, direcion y numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): Dated Apr 24, 2014. LARRY LABORDE, CFLS, SBN: 151975 LABORDE & DAUGHERTY EL CENTRO BUILDING SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101; (805) 963‑4567 Darrel E. Parker, Execcutive Officer; Clerk, by (Secretario, por) Susan Donjuan, Deputy (Asistente) Published Oct 2, 9, 16, 2014 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): KARA HARPEST, ROBERT HARPEST; and DOES 1 to 10, Inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): YURY VASCONEZ NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.

A letter or phone call will not protect you.

Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use your for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www.courtinfo. ca.­gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.­ courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case.

The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales papa presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante.

Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte.

Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta.

Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de

Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.­ sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotasy los costos esentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el graveman de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

CASE NO: (Numero del Caso): 1468329 The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT 1100 ANACAPA STREET, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA 93101 The name, address, and telephone number of the plantiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): Michael Reino, Esq. (77869); 621 W. Micheltorena St. #A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 899‑3322; fax 899‑3320 Published. October 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK, a Utah corporation, COMMUNITY WEST BANK, NA a national banking association, SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, an agency of the United States Government, JOSEPH SEPULVEDA ENRIQUEZ, an individual, MARSHA MESSMORE, Successor Trustee of The Survivor’s Trust Portion of the Slason Family Trust‑1992 and MARSHA MESSMORE, Successor Trustee of Exempt QTIP Trust Portion of the Slason Family Trust‑1992, the heirs and devisees of Thomas Purcell, deceased, and all persons unknown claiming any interest in the property, named as DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, and DOES 51 through 100, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): SANTA BARBARA LAND CO, LLC, a California limited liability company NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.

A letter or phone call will not protect you.

Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use your for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www.courtinfo. ca.­gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.­ courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court

or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case.

The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales papa presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante.

Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte.

Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta.

Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.­ sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotasy los costos esentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el graveman de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

CASE NO: (Numero del Caso): 1468753 Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 872.320 (c), the following language shall be included in the publication of the Summons: “The Property which is the subject of this action is located at 708 East Haley Street, Santa Barbara, California.”

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT ANACAPA DIVISION 1100 ANACAPA STREET, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA 93101 The name, address, and telephone number of the plantiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): DATE: Sep 11, 2014 Robert B. Forouzaneh (#247177); Daniel A. Reicker (#51398) 805‑966‑2440 Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy LLP 1421 State Street, Suite B Post Office Box 1470 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 Published. October 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK, a Utah corporation, COMMUNITY WEST BANK, NA, a national banking association, SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION an agency of the United States Government, JOSEPH SEPULVEDA ENRIQUEZ, an individual, MARSHA MESSMORE, Successor Trustee of The Survivor’s Trust Portion of the Slason Family Trust‑1992 and MARSHA MESSMORE, Successor Trustee of The Exempt QTIP Trust Portion of the Slason Family Trust‑1992, the heirs and devisees of Thomas Purcell, deceased, and all persons unknown claiming any interest in the property, named as DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, and DOES 51 through 100, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): SANTA BARBARA LAND CO, LLC, a California limited liability company NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this

Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.

A letter or phone call will not protect you.

Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use your for your response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center(www.courtinfo. ca.­gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia. org), the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www.­ courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case.

The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la informacion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales papa presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante.

Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte.

Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta.

Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.­ sucorte.ca.gov), en la biblioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios legales gratuitos de un programa de servicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Services, (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California, (www. sucorte.ca.gov) o poniendose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotasy los costos esentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida mediante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el graveman de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

CASE NO: (Numero del Caso): 1468753 Pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 872.320 (c), the following language shall be included in the publication of the Summons: “The Property which is the subject of this action is located at 708 East Haley Street, Santa Barbara, California.”

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT ANACAPA DIVISION 1100 ANACAPA STREET, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA 93101 The name, address, and telephone number of the plantiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: (El nombre, la direccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante que no tiene abogado, es): DATE: Sep 11, 2014 Robert B. Forouzaneh (#247177); Daniel A. Reicker (#51398) 805‑966‑2440 Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy LLP 1421 State Street, Suite B Post Office Box 1470 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 Published. October 9, 16, 23, 30, 2014

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COMPASSION

FOR EVERYONE IN OUR CARE.

Accounting/ Bookkeeping

FINANCE ACCOUN­TANT

• Lead Cook

• Patient Financial Counselor – Credit/Collections

UC EDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAM Work location is at the UCEAP Systemwide Office which provides study abroad programs for all UC campuses.

Responsible for student accounts and UC Study Center finances abroad.

Initiates, processes and reviews all business transactions and manages student accounts, financial aid and accounts receivable. Identifies and troubleshoots issues, recommending solutions that improve efficiency and quality. Analyzes monitors and reports on program budgets. Ensures compliance with financial policies and develops database procedures. Reqs: Minimum of two years of experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience) in AP, AR, billing and collections. Proficiency in MS Office and Excel. Ability to analyze financial data and apply policies as needed. Strong business communication and customer service skills. Notes: Fingerprinting required. UCEAP is located off‑campus, in Goleta, CA. $21.43 ‑ $23.09/ 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 For primary consideration apply by 10/27/14, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://Jobs.ucsb.­ edu Job #20140473

• LOA Coordinator

• Recruitment Specialist

Business Opportunity

• Surgery

• Physician Practice Consultant

• Staff Account – Finance

• Surgical Clinical Reviewer

• Recruitment Specialist

• Triad Coordinator

• Room Service Server

It’s one of our core values.

In the experience Cottage Health System provides to our patients, clinical skill and state-of-the-art technology are only part of the equation. Equally important is compassion – the demonstration of sincere caring, as fellow human beings, for each patient we are privileged to serve. Along with excellence and integrity, compassion is a Cottage core value. Join us in putting it into practice every single day.

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Nursing

• Catering Set-up • Compensation Consultant • Cook – Temp

• Med/Surg – Float Pool

• Director – Epic Program

• MICU

• Director – IT Project

• NICU

• Environmental Services Rep

• PACU

• Integration Analyst

• Pediatrics

• Interpreter – Per Diem

• PICU • SICU

• Behavioral Health Clinician • Chemical Dependency Tech • Sonographer • Speech Language Pathologist II – Per Diem • Support Counselor – Per Diem • Surgical Techs

Cottage Business Services • Dept Assistant, Sr. – HIM • HIM Coding Special Project Coordinator

Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories

• Sr. Analyst – CeHC

• Certified Phlebotomy Techs

• Sr. Admin Assistant – HR • Sr. Digital Marketing – Strategist

• Clinical Lab Scientist • CLS Lab Supervisor

Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital

• Lab Assistant

• Patient Care Techs

• Please apply to: www.pdllabs.com

• Recreation Therapist

Clinical • PCTs – NRU, Telemetry

Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital

• Telemetry Technician – Per Diem

• RN – Med/Surg

• Security Officers

• RN

• Personal Care Attendant – Villa Riviera

• RN – Emergency

• Concierge – PT

• Access Case Manager

Allied Health

Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital

Non-Clinical

• RNs – ICU

• UC – Surgical Trauma

• Lab Tech

• RENTAL & RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR SELECT FULL-TIME POSITIONS • CERTIFICATION REIMBURSEMENT

For more information on how you can advance your future with these opportunities, or to submit a resume, please contact:

Please reference “SBI” when applying. EOE

RUN YOUR own Medical Alert Company. Be the only Distributor in your area! Excellent Income Opportunity.

Small investment required. Limited avail ‑ start today! 1‑844‑225‑1200.

(Cal‑SCAN)

Computer/Tech Product Design Manager at Citrix Systems, Inc. in Goleta, CA. Manage & direct group of user exp designers responsible for interaction design for multiple web & SW apps. Req Bachelors or foreign equiv in Comp Sci, Human Computer Interaction, Graphic Des, or related field & 5 yrs of exp in user interface or user exp design for web or SW apps. Will accept 2 additional yrs of exp as stated in lieu of Bachelors. 2 yrs of stated exp must incl performing in team management or leadership role. Must pass co tech review. Mail resume to A. Gonzalez, Job Ref #913, 899 W Cypress Creek Rd, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33309.

EXPERIENCED DRIVER OR RECENT GRAD? With Swift, you can grow to be an award‑winning Class A CDL driver.

We help you achieve Diamond Driver status with the best support there is. As a Diamond Driver, you earn additional pay on top of all the competitive incentives we offer. The very best, choose Swift. • Great Miles = Great Pay • Late‑Model Equipment Available • Regional Opportunities • Great Career Path • Paid Vacation • Excellent Benefits Please Call: (866) 837‑3507 (Cal‑SCAN) NEED CLASS A CDL TRAINING? Start a CAREER in trucking today! Swift Academies offer PTDI certified courses and offer “Best‑In‑Class” training. • New Academy Classes Weekly • No Money Down or Credit Check • Certified Mentors Ready and Available • Paid (While Training With Mentor) • Regional and Dedicated Opportunities • Great Career Path • Excellent Benefits Package Please Call: (520) 226‑4362 (Cal‑SCAN)

Nonprofit

Client Service Spe­cialist & Training Co­ordinator

SB Rape Crisis Center seeks to fill two positions Client Service Specialist & Training Coordinator. FT + benefits.

Bilingual English/Spanish req’d. Review job announcements and apply at www.­ sbrapecrisiscenter.org.

Core Faculty, Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies Program Starting date: 7/1/15. This position is for a Full‑time Core Faculty in the Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies (BA) Program who teaches, advises students and conducts scholarly work. Area of expertise is open. The Department curriculum is based on the core values of critical and creative thinking; global awareness; holistic personal development; competence for professional pursuits; effective communication; and praxis for social justice. The ability to teach courses in business, marketing, entrepreneurship and related fields highly desired.

Career Counselor Starting date: 11/1/14. Reporting to the Grant Project Director as part of the Envisioning Career Success Project, the Career Counselor will provide career services and develop undergraduate work and paid internship placements that support students’ post degree career success.

Undergraduate Academic Retention Advisor Starting date: 11/1/14. Reporting to the Grant Project Director as part of the Envisioning Career Success Project, the Retention Advisor will provide academic and personal support to undergraduate students in order to strengthen their persistence to degree completion.

Statistics Tutor Starting date: 11/1/14. Under the direction of the BA Program Chair, The Envisioning Career Success Project Statistics Tutor provides academic support for undergraduate courses in QNT389‑Research Methods and Statistics.

ESL Writing Tutor Starting date: 11/1/14. Under the supervision of the Writing Center Director and funded by the Envisioning Career Success Project Grant, , the ESL Tutor works with students who are speakers of other languages to assist them in learning English language skills with the aim of improving the quality of undergraduate program outcomes in effective communication.

Part Time Financial Aid Counselor Starting date: 11/1/14. Under the general direction of the Dir. of Student Services, the Financial Aid Counselor is responsible for the accuracy and validity of all data entered into the Financial Aid software programs (Webgrants, COD, NSLD, Datatel, FASFA). This position is the on‑campus contact and serves as a resource to other faculty, staff and students. Will answer basic inquiries and problem solve at the campus level in collaboration with the Director of Student Services and the Director of University Financial Aid. This is a 20 hour per week position.

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$9-$15.00/hr. base pay + bonuses

Education

We offer an excellent compensation package that includes above-market salaries, premium medical benefits, pension plans, tax savings accounts, rental and mortgage assistance, and relocation packages. What’s holding you back?

Cottage Health System, Human Resources, P.O. Box 689, Pueblo at Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0689. Please apply online at www.cottagehealthsystem.org.

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Professional

Behavioral Health Clinician Emergency Psychiatric Services

Cottage Health System is seeking a qualified mental health/addiction professional to serve as a per diem Behavioral Health Clinician in Emergency Psychiatric Services.

Duties include providing triage, crisis intervention, assessment, consultation, referral and follow‑up services to psychiatric and chemical dependency patients in the emergency departments, medical‑surgical and specialty areas at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and Goleta Valley Cottage Hospitals. Days, night, weekends and on‑call required.

Qualified applicants must be licensed as an MFT, LCSW, PhD, or RN with a minimum of 5 years clinical experience with acute psychiatric and chemical dependency ideally within a hospital setting.

Cottage Health System offers an excellent compensation package that includes above market salaries; premium medical benefits, pension plans, and tax savings accounts.

Please apply online at: www. cottagehealthsystem.org.

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CALIFORNIA NANO‑SYSTEMS INSTITUTE (CNSI) Establishes, develops, and maintains equipment housed in the CNSI Core Laboratories. Performs corrective maintenance on equipment in the Nano‑Cleanroom, Microfluidics Lab, in the Bio‑Nano Lab. Also responsible for parts inventory, some user training, and equipment development. Reqs: BS in Engineering or related field and a minimum of 3 years related work experience. Excellent communication skills.

Desirable:Familiarity with cleanroom environments and equipment, wet processing, characterization, and vacuum tools.

Experience working with hazardous chemicals and materials. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Occasional evenings and weekends. $4,958 ‑ $6,938/mo. 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, disability, or protected veteran status.

For primary consideration apply by 10/23/14 thereafter open until filled.

Apply online at https://Jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20140470

Interpreter for Deaf­/ Hard of Hearing

Interprets for deaf or hearing‑impaired students (DHOH) in a variety of educational settings. Interprets a wide range of curriculum, including scientific and advanced placement subjects; interprets at educational extracurricular school‑related activities including sports and clubs; interprets and provides instruction, or reinforces instruction, as needed, to individual or small groups

of DHOH students. Collaborates with DHOH team to standardize signs in an educational setting; under the direction of a credentialed teacher, performs record‑keeping, monitoring of Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or special education related activities that support student learning. This is a classified position, 30 hours per week, 9‑months of the year. Hourly pay ranges from $23.57 to $29.14, depending on experience. Minimum requirements are: Associates degree and certification by one of the following: Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID); American Consortium of Certified Interpreters (ACC1), level 4 or above; NAD certification, level 4 or above; Education Signs Skills Evaluation Interpreter (ESSE‑1), level 4 or above; Educational Interpreter Performance Evaluation (EIPA) level 4 or above. Please apply at www. edjoin.org or visit our website at www. sbunified.org.

MANAGER OF STU­DENT SERVICES & VENTURA CENTER

UNIVERSITY EXTENSION Responsible for managing the small and efficient multifunction unit (Extension’s Student Services Office) and of a small off‑campus instructional support unit (Extension’s Ventura Center). Organizes, automates and synchronizes sales, marketing, customer service, and technical support. In addition, key areas of oversight include: registration and enrollment, grade recording and transcript issuance, immigration advising and I‑20 processing for F‑1 Visas, and program/instructor/student support with respect to real‑time and digital program offerings in the Ventura Center. Critical duties also include determining, achieving, and evaluating the attainment of customer relations goals. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree, in business management or related field. Must have knowledge and work experience in the principles, practices

and trends of management. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Occasionally works evenings and Saturdays. Must have a valid California driver’s license, enrollment in DMV Pull‑Notice Program. Must be willing to drive to Ventura site weekly. $4,099 ‑ $6,155/ mo. 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 10/27/14, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20140472

Sales/Marketing

WATERSPORTS & OUTDOOR SALES REP­RESENTATIVES

MOTIVATED SALES REPRESENTATIVES NEEDED FOR OUTDOOR & WATERSPORTS DISTRIBUTOR & SUPPLIER. EXCITIING & TRENDING INDUSTRY & MARKET. MANAGE YOUR OWN TERRITORY WITHIN RETAIL & BUSINESS CLIENTS. EARN EXTRA & EXCELLENT INCOME FROM YOUR SALES EFFORTS. CONTACT outdoor_ watersports@yahoo.com

Skilled ATTN: DRIVERS ‑ New Hiring Area!

Quality Home time. Average $1000 Weekly. BCBS + 401k + Pet & Rider.

CDL‑A Required. 877‑258‑8782. www.­ Ad‑Drivers.com (Cal‑SCAN) ATTN: Drivers! Be a Name, Not a Number. $$$ Up to 50 cpm + Bonuses $$$. 401k + Family Friendly. CDL‑A Required. (877) 258‑8782 meltontruck.com/drivers (Cal‑SCAN)

Custodian

The Custodian will clean classrooms, offices, cafeterias, and other facilities of an assigned school during an assigned shift; sweep, scrub, mop, wax and polish floors and vacuum rugs and carpets in classrooms, offices, and other work areas. Assure security of school during assigned hours; lock gates, doors and windows; monitor facilities for fire hazards and report to appropriate personnel as required. Dust and polish furniture, light fixtures, and woodwork; clean chalkboards, trays and erasers; empty pencil sharpeners.

Empty and clean waste receptacles; refill dispensers. Clean, scrub, and disinfect student and staff restrooms; wash windows and walls; polish metal work, restock paper supplies and soap as necessary; clean drinking fountains. Set up school facilities for special events and meetings. Operate and maintain a variety of custodial equipment including a floor stripper, buffer, carpet shampooer, vacuum cleaner, and small power and hand tools; replace belts and bags on vacuum cleaners as necessary. Assist with minor grounds maintenance or general maintenance of the school building such as painting as required.

Replace lights, adjust shades or blinds or adjust desks and other furniture.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Please apply at www.edjoin.org or visit our website at www.sbunified.org.

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made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 277‑4845 or visit this Internet Web Site www.usa‑foreclosure.­ com, using the file number, 14CA00188‑1, assigned to this case. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not be immediately reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. DATE: 09/17/2014 RSM&A Foreclosure Services, LLC 43252 Woodward Ave, Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, CA 48302 (805) 804‑5616 For specific information on sales including bid amounts call (714) 277‑4845. Kimberly Karas, Authorized Agent of RSM&A Foreclosure Services, LLC FEI#1045.245144 10/09/2014, 10/16/2014, 10/23/2014

A LAWYER. On 10/29/2014 at 01:00 P.M., First American Title Insurance Company, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 12/09/2005, as Instrument No. 2005‑0117846, in book , page , , of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of SANTA BARBARA County, State of California. Executed by: JAMES C HANNUM, AN UNMARRIED MAN, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (Payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States) At the main entrance to the County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA. All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEED OF TRUST APN# 149‑210‑23 The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2400 SANTA BARBARA CANYON ROAD, MARICOPA, CA 93255 he undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said 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 said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication

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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD; SPECIAL NOTICE OF LAWSUIT (Pursuant to Labor Code section 3716 and Code of Civil Procedure section 412.20 and 412.30) WCAB No. 8121319 & WCAB No. 8121333 To: DEFENDANT, ILLEGALLY UNINSURED EMPLOYER: APPLICANT, Presiliano Alarcon DEEFENDANTS, Biondo Construction NOTICES 1) A lawsuit, the Application for Adjudication of Claim, as been filed with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board against you as the named defendant by the above named applicant.

You may seek the advice of an attorney in any matter connected with this lawsuit and such attorney should be consulted promptly so that you response may be filed and entered in a timely fashion.

If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney reference service or a legal aid office (see telephone directory).

2) An Answer to the Application must be filed and served within six days of the serve of the application pursuant to Appeals Board rules; therefore, your written response must be filed with the Appeals Board promptly; a letter or phone call will not protect your interests.

3) You will be served with a Notice(s) of Hearing and must appear at all hearings or conferences. After such hearing, even absent your appearance, a decision may be made and an award of compensation benefits may issue against you. The award could result in the garnishment of your wages, taking of your money or property or other relief.

If the Appeals Board makes an award against you, your house or other dwelling or other property may be taken to satisfy that award in a non‑judicial state, with no exemptions from execution.

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4) You must notify the Appeals Board of the proper address for the service of official notices and paper and notify the Appeals Board of any changes in that address.

TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS Issued by: WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD Name and address of Appeals Board: WCAB Santa Barbara 411 E. Canon Perdido Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Name and address of applicant’s attorney: Ghitterman, Ghitterman & Feld, 418 E. Canon Perdido St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101; FORM COMPLETED BY: Benjamin P. Feld, Esq. Ghitterman, Ghitterman & Feld, 418 E. Canon Perdido St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 965‑4540.

NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served: as the person sued under the fictitious name of: Biondo Construction.

Published Oct 16, 23, 30. Nov 6 2014.

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD; SPECIAL NOTICE OF LAWSUIT (Pursuant to Labor Code section 3716 and Code of Civil Procedure section 412.20 and 412.30) WCAB No. ADJ7036604 To: DEFENDANT, ILLEGALLY UNINSURED EMPLOYER: APPLICANT, Jorge Arredondo DEEFENDANTS, Frank Goss & Patricia Goss NOTICES 1) A lawsuit, the Application for Adjudication of Claim, as been filed with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board against you as the named defendant by the above named applicant.

You may seek the advice of an attorney in any matter connected with this lawsuit and such attorney should be consulted promptly so that you response may be filed and entered in a timely fashion.

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be filed and served within six days of the serve of the application pursuant to Appeals Board rules; therefore, your written response must be filed with the Appeals Board promptly; a letter or phone call will not protect your interests.

3) You will be served with a Notice(s) of Hearing and must appear at all hearings or conferences. After such hearing, even absent your appearance, a decision may be made and an award of compensation benefits may issue against you. The award could result in the garnishment of your wages, taking of your money or property or other relief.

If the Appeals Board makes an award against you, your house or other dwelling or other property may be taken to satisfy that award in a non‑judicial state, with no exemptions from execution.

A lien may also be imposed upon your property without further hearing and before the issuance of an award.

4) You must notify the Appeals Board of the proper address for the service of official notices and paper and notify the Appeals Board of any changes in that address.

TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS Issued by: WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD Name and address of Appeals Board: WCAB Santa Barbara 411 E. Canon Perdido Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Name and address of applicant’s attorney: Ghitterman, Ghitterman & Feld, 418 E. Canon Perdido St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101; FORM COMPLETED BY: Benjamin P. Feld, Esq. Ghitterman, Ghitterman & Feld, 418 E. Canon Perdido St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 965‑4540.

NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served: as the person(s) sued under the fictitious name(s) of: Frank Goss and Patricia Goss. Published: Oct 16, 23, 30.

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Trustee Notice NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 14CA00188‑1 Order No. 8415441 APN: 059‑222‑03 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 06/30/2008. 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 10/29/2014 at 1:00 PM, RSM&A Foreclosure Services, LLC as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 07/07/2008 as Document Number: 2008‑0040091 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Santa Barbara County, California, executed by: THE SAMUEL AND ELEANOR MARTINEZ LIVING TRUST, UTD FEBRUARY 27, 2008, SAMUEL J. MARTINEZ, SR. AND ELEANOR R. MARTINEZ, TRUSTEES as Trustor, Bank of America, N.A., a National Banking Association, as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state) at the following location: At the main entrance to the County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street., Santa Barbara, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California describing the land therein: Legal description as more fully described in said deed of trust. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 319 El Sueno

Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be 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 said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note­ (s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to‑wit: $456,675.00 (Estimated*) *Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. 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 the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property.

You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be

TSG No.: 8453481 TS No.: CA1400259615 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 6000200363 APN: 149‑210‑23 Property Address: 2400 SANTA BARBARA CANYON ROAD MARICOPA, CA 93255 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/21/2005. 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

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AUTO 190 Tiburon Bay Lane, $4,498,000, 4BD/4.5BA, Sun. 1‑4, Debbie Lee 637‑7588

Coldwell Banker 770 Camino Cascada, 4BD/2BA, Sun. 1‑4, $949,000, Coldwell Banker, Tony Zapata 805.350.8193

4BD/4BA, Sun 2‑4, Coldwell Banker, Laura Mast 680‑7887

2434 Santa Barbara St., $2,198,000, 260 Penny Lane, $3,995,000, 4BD/4.­ 4BD/3BA, Sun 2‑4, Coldwell Banker, C. 5BA, Sun. By Appt., Coldwell Banker, Scott McCosker 687‑2436 Susan Burns 886‑8822 26 Calle Crespis, $895,000, 2BD/2.­5BA,

Hope Ranch 1332 Las Palmas, 5BD/4.5BA, Sun 2‑4, $5,975,000, Coldwell Banker, David Goldstein 805.448.0468 275 Las Palmas, $1,875,000, 5BD/3BA, Sat. 1‑4 Wolfe/Lomas 722‑0322, Sun. 1‑4 Andy Madrid 452‑1456, Coldwell Banker

927 Coyote Road, 3BD/3.5BA, Sun 1‑4, $2,950,000, Coldwell Banker, Caroline Harrah 805.259.9379

Sun. 11‑1:30, William Turner 708‑3236, Sun 1:30‑4 Jena Harris 331‑3683, Coldwell Banker

Riviera

313 W. Micheltorena, $699,000, 2BD/1.­5BA, Sun. 11‑2, Coldwell Banker, Stephanie Rachford 252‑5229

45 Alisal Road, $1,395,000, 3BD/2.­ 3627 Campanil Drive, $2,100,000, 5BA, Sun. 1‑4, Coldwell Banker, Kirk 4BD/2BA, Sun. 1‑3, Coldwell Banker, Hodson 886‑6527 Sara Guthrie 570‑1211

4589 Via Vistosa, 6BD/5.5BA, Sun 1‑3, $3,500,000, Coldwell Banker, Linda Lorenzen‑Hughes 805.886.1842

San Roque 1220 Northridge Road, 4BD/4.5BA, Sun 1‑4, $1,899,000, Coldwell Banker, Sofie Langhorne 805.689.5759

Montecito 1032 Fairway Road, $995,000, 2BD/2BA, Sun. 1‑4, Coldwell Banker, Bonnie Jo Danely 689‑1818

Santa Barbara

1066 Toro Canyon Rd., $4,700,000, 4BD/5BA, Sun. 1‑4, Coldwell Banker, Scott Westlotorn 403‑4313

1246 W. Micheltorena, $1,998,000, 5BD/4.5BA, Sun. 2‑4, Coldwell Banker, William Turner 708‑3236 1316 De La Guerra Road, $1,498,000,

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3801 Mariana Way, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1‑4, $634,000, Coldwell Banker, Pat Costello 805.451.3977 436 Grove Lane, $1,295,000, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1‑4, Coldwell Banker, Elisa Atwill 705‑9075 722 Calle De Los Amigos, 2BD/2.5BA, Sun 2‑4, $639,000, Coldwell Banker, Tenaya Tabler 805.452.9764 918 Garcia Road, $1,445,000, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1‑4, Coldwell Banker, Wolfe/Lomas 722‑0322

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of the Notice of Sale is $253,625.72.

The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust has deposited all documents evidencing the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust and has declared all sums secured thereby immediately due and payable, and has caused a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be executed. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you

are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your

sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916)939‑0772 or visit this Internet Web http:­ //search.nationwideposting.­ com/propertySearchTerms.aspx, using the file number assigned to this case CA1400259615 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. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: First American Title Insurance Company 5 First American Way Santa Ana CA 92707 First American Title Insurance

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