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WHICH WAY, MILPAS? When Sharon Byrne (left) unveiled plans to create an Eastside Business Improvement District along Milpas Street from the beach to the S.B. Bowl to sustain special events and other promotions, city councilmember Cathy Murillo (right) said it would gentrify the neighborhood.
Doubling Down on Milpas Will New Business District Keep It Real or Accelerate Gentrification?
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hen the Milpas Community Association (MCA) formed in 2010, its chief spokesperson wasn’t the least bit shy about getting in people’s faces. Outspoken, pugnacious, and charming, Sharon Byrne was vilified by homeless-rights advocates for her relentless criticism of the Casa Esperanza homeless shelter. But she was equally distrusted by the City Council’s conservative bloc, which at one time regarded her as a loose cannon and opportunist who ruined their chances at gaining political control. Four years later, the MCA has won community-organizing accolades nationwide, not just for its efforts to clean up Milpas Street, but for fostering a genuine sense of community spirit thanks to the Christmas parades, car shows, food fests, and Halloween events it sponsors. This Tuesday, Byrne packed the council chambers in hopes of winning city support for plans to transform the MCA from a volunteerdriven organization operating on a shoestring budget of $40,000 a year into a bona fide business improvement district legally empowered to levy fees on neighborhood businesses to the tune of $225,000 a year to fund ongoing marketing, promotions, special events, and government outreach. While no action was taken, most councilmembers expressed enthusiasm for the plan, though some had significant reservations. Byrne and the MCA were told they needed to do a better job communicating the plan to affected business owners. Councilmember Cathy Murillo said she spent four hours canvassing Milpas Street merchants last Saturday and was struck by how few had even heard of the improvement district. In fact, the draft 10
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plan was just released to the council last Friday. Given Santa Barbara’s astronomical rents, Byrne was also warned that apartment owners could not be included among the businesses assessed for fear that the additional cost would be passed on to their tenants. While not nearly as polarizing as she once was, Byrne still carries a charge for some progressive-styled community activists associated with groups like CAUSE and PODER. They blasted the proposed business improvement district, arguing it would accelerate the rate of gentrification while giving undue voting power to large hotel operations at the expense of the small mom-and-pop merchants. But more striking was the enthusiastic support Byrne and the MCA got from homeless-rights advocates, not to mention several longtime homeless individuals MCA helped get off the street. In explaining the need for morphing into a business-improvement district, Byrne said, “We can’t be everything to everybody everywhere.” As a volunteer-dependent organization, she went on, the MCA is susceptible to burnout. The new district would run from the beach to the S.B. Bowl, bounded by Milpas Street on the east and Salsipuedes Street on the west. Any business within those borders would have to pay an annual assessment, which Byrne said was roughly the price of a quarter-page ad in The Santa Barbara Independent. Those fees would generate anywhere from $180,000 to $225,000 a year. Although the plans have yet to be finalized, Byrne suggested $77,000 would go for graffiti removal and street cleanup, while another $77,000 would cover the cost of promotions and special events. Government representation, she said, would be a key function of the new entity. The MCA
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spent countless hours haranguing City Hall about people getting drunk at the Cabrillo Ball Field, Byrne noted. When a flashing pedestrian crossing light recently malfunctioned, it turned out the solar cell energizing it was not getting enough exposure because of intruding tree branches. Once again, City Hall had to be lobbied to make sure the work was done expeditiously. Also driving the effort is the fact that Milpas Street, like the much ballyhooed Funk Zone, is on the verge of becoming discovered. “It’s where the locals go,” said Byrne. Three years ago, she would have said exactly the opposite. Even more, at least according to Kathy JanegaDykes of Visit Santa Barbara, Milpas is where visitors now go if they’re seeking “an authentic local experience.” While Murillo used different language, she worried that whatever authenticity is left on Milpas Street could soon go the way of State Street — pretty, she said, but notably devoid of small, locally owned businesses — if the district is unleashed. Murillo expressed concern about the G-word, stating, “I would like to see a plan to avoid gentrification.” To the extent other councilmembers shared such concerns, they did not say. Mostly, they told Byrne to reach out to the entire community before coming back to the council for the next step. At that point, the MCA will be asking permission to mail out the petition to create the district. If the owners of just more than 50 percent of the assessed property value approve, the district is all but certain. But the worst thing, Mayor Helene Schneider cautioned, would be a close contest regardless of the outcome. Byrne said the MCA would initiate community outreach in earnest after the holiday season and be ■ back before the council in the spring.
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David Lack (pictured), former GOP mover and shaker, was sentenced to nine years and eight months behind bars for obtaining $1.2 million in bank loans in 2007 by fraudulent means and for bilking longtime friend and political colleague Mary Bell Snow out of $300,000. Lack obtained the commercial loans by lying about his real estate holdings to officials with Rabobank and the Bank of Santa Barbara. When the economy tanked, Lack defaulted, which is when the banks discovered his deception. Snow had given Lack the money to start a bank, but he instead spent $241,000 of it on his own expenses. Lack faces additional charges on allegations he acted as a licensed contractor after his license had been revoked; that trial is scheduled for 11/22.
A civil suit seeking compensation for battery, theft, and civil rights violations was filed last week by Life Legal Defense Foundation against UCSB, a professor, and three students after a highly publicized confrontation on campus last spring. On 3/4, Professor Mireille Miller-Young exchanged words with a group of anti-abortion demonstrators on campus and, accompanied by students, forcibly took one of their signs and later destroyed it. She also tussled with 16-yearold demonstrator Thrin Short, who filed suit and whose mother, Katie, is the foundation’s legal director. Katie Short also threatened to sue the City of Santa Barbara in July unless it rescinded or amended its “bubble ordinance.”
CITY The second part of the city bag ban starts 11/14. Stores smaller than 10,000 square feet — small grocery stores, convenience stores, liquor stores, drug stores, and gas stations — may no longer offer single-use plastic bags but must charge 10 cents for paper bags and encourage the use of reusable bags. The ban excludes bags used for fruits and vegetables, meat, and pharmacy prescriptions. Those enrolled in food-assistance programs can avoid the paper-bag charge. Officials expect the ban to remove 44 million bags per year from the Tajiguas landfill. The City of Santa Barbara asks residents to guide its decision making on upgrading and modernizing structures, parks, streets, and more. At the city’s Community Conversation webpage, a 20-minute video — in English and Spanish
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BREWING BATTLE: Goleta Water Distict’s John McInnes takes a dim view on Montecito’s plan to buy emergency water from a Goleta rancher.
Slippery When Wet Showdown Simmering Between Montecito and Goleta Water Districts
Big Man Bows Out
The announcement that veteran police officer Ken Wojciechoski will be retiring at the end of the year elicited tears and praise alike at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Wojciechoski, or “Wojo” as he’s known, was a major sustaining force behind the program Police Activities League (PAL), which works to foster relationships with police officers and hundreds of underprivileged kids. There was no shortage of appreciation Tuesday for the serious commitment and compassion Wojo has put into his work in the 23 years he’s been at the department. “He will be missed,” said an emotional police chief Cam Sanchez. — Indy Staff “He cannot be replaced.”
— explains the challenges that face a city distinguished for its century-old structures and lacking the $16 million it used to get annually in redevelopment money. The survey, also offered bilingually, asks citizens to rate priorities among about a dozen options that range from benches and bathrooms at parks to upgraded police and fire stations. Responses are requested by 11/16. The Santa Barbara Zoo’s pair of giant anteaters just popped out another male anteater on 11/6, and it’ll be least two weeks before he makes his in-person public appearance. The older pup, which was born in March, is on view now but will be leaving for his new home at the Staten Island Zoo next week to be part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ cooperative breeding program. In other baby news, both of the zoo’s female Masai giraffes are expecting calves, one of which should arrive before the New Year. The forts, slides, swings, and bridges at Kid’s World in Alameda Park — designed and built by children and parents in 1993 — have closed temporarily so that city crews can clean the wood structure, apply a preservative, and generally spruce up the popular play area. The closure runs through to Thanksgiving Day, November 27. The Santa Barbara City Council approved spending $348,000 to construct and install a new “bike station” at the Transit Center by Chapala and Figueroa streets, providing enclosed, secure parking for as many as 30 bicycles at any time. The council’s action came
in response to repeated complaints of theft and vandalism by bicyclists who park their bikes by the Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) center as part of their multimodal bike-to-bus journeys to and from work. The station will be modular in design, 10 feet wide, 20 feet long, and 10 feet high. Operations will be handled by the same company running the city’s existing bike station in the Granada Garage. The new module will replace three of the MTD lot’s former bike-storage structures that have fallen into disrepair.
EDUCATION Christian Felipe, founder of Sirios Capital Management and recent Santa Barbara–area transplant, wrote a $1 million check to help fund a new technology-management master’s program at UCSB. Coupled with a previous $1 million donation from UCSB alum and investor Reece Duca, the money goes to an endowed professor position to help lead the program, which aims to turn scientists into entrepreneurs. Felipe has degrees from UCLA and the Wharton School. “I found technology start-ups fascinating, and I always felt that in the long run, I wanted to continue to invest in technology companies,” Felipe said in a statement. He has also offered to fork over $50,000 a year for three years to the Goleta Entrepreneurial Magnet, a tech start-up hub in the Good Land.
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BY N I C K W E L S H hroughout this drought, the Montecito Water District has emerged very much the bastard stepchild looking for an adoptive parent. Montecito may have money, glitz, and glam, but it also has a tiny reservoir and a groundwater basin incapable of holding much more than the proverbial gob of spit. In addition to a possible $84 million desalination plant, the district is now playing footsie with the owners of the Slippery Rock Ranch located in the foothills of Goleta in hopes of “large-scale extraction and transportation of water.” That prospect, however, has met with chilly resistance from Goleta Water District manager John McInnes, who on October 29 sent his Montecito counterpart Tom Mosby a polite but curt “no way in hell” note. McInnes objected that when the Slippery Rock wells are pumped hard, it will have an adverse impact on the Goleta water basin, not to mention on nearby creeks on land controlled by the National Forest Service. For Montecito, however, the Slippery Rock proposal offers nothing less than instant salvation, and the owners of the ranch are only happy to help. According to Mark Lloyd, a land-use agent representing the Slippery Rock owners, the 800-acre ranch lies over an underground aquifer almost as big as Goleta’s and has a storage capacity of 200,000 acre-feet. That’s on par with Lake Cachuma. Lloyd said that hydrogeologic studies indicate the basin has a safe yield of 2,000 acre-feet a year, which is the amount that can be taken out with the reasonable expectation it will be replenished by natural recharge. And, he said, the aquifer could be pumped up to 10,000-15,000 acre-feet in emergency years. Under such a scenario, Lloyd suggested the ranch’s water basin — known as “The Chalice” — could provide a permanent drought buffer to all the water agencies on the South Coast. Likewise, Montecito and the City of Santa Barbara would not feel the imminent urgency to commit to a costly desal project. The ballpark costs involved, Lloyd estimated, would be around $500,000. And that, he argued, equates to about $500 an acre-foot, far less than the $1,300 area water agencies spent last year to buy surplus state water from rice farmers north of the San Joaquin Delta.
But according to McInnes, the real issue is whether The Chalice is “continuous” with the Goleta Water Basin. He said the historical record strongly suggests that it is, meaning that when The Chalice is pumped, the Goleta basin is drawn down, too. “Basically, they’re offering to sell us our own water,” he stated. McInnes acknowledged the theoretical possibility that the two basins are in fact separate, but he was exceedingly skeptical. Right now, the deal is dead. McInnes has insisted the Goleta Water District be given sole authority to shut down the Slippery Rock wells if need be. Lloyd insisted an adverse impact would have to be demonstrated before the pumping could be curtailed. For both, the issue is nonnegotiable, and the position of their counterpart is a certified deal killer. In the meantime, however, Lloyd is offering to conduct whatever groundwater studies Goleta deems necessary. And any water that would be pumped, he said, would be given away free of charge to whatever agencies participated. Once such studies were complete, the water would be available only by sale. The McInnes letter left members of the Montecito Water Board seriously chapped. “I was surprised and disappointed in your strong position regarding the Slippery Rock Ranch groundwater plan,” wrote Mosby. In particular, Mosby took issue with the suggestion that Montecito was attempting to export water from the Goleta Valley without environmental review. “That is a patently false claim and was never the intention of Montecito,” he added. Mosby said that by pumping Slippery Rock wells for a test period, the true environmental impacts could be determined. McInnes has made it clear he has no intention of compromising Goleta’s groundwater supplies because other water agencies failed to plan appropriately for a drought or to invest in a balanced portfolio of water sources. McInnes said Goleta district customers have taken excruciating pains to limit their per capita water consumption — even before the drought — while Montecito customers have spared little expense irrigating their lush landscaping. Early this year, however, Montecito imposed the strictest water rationing rules in the county, and use has ■ dropped by more than 45 percent.
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news briefs cont’d group Save the Valley, which alleged that the tribe wrongfully failed to sign its Williamson Act contract for the 1,400-acre Camp 4 property, purchased in 2010. Under Williamson, the tribe receives decreased tax rates. In its lawsuit — ďŹ led in July — the group asked that the tribe sign the document and pay its legal fees. Judge Timothy Staffel ruled that leaders Sam Cohen and Vincent Armenta — the two singled out in the suit — beneďŹ t from the sovereign immunity afforded to the tribe and that the group should have included the County of Santa Barbara as a defendant. Armenta, tribal chair, said he “wasn’t surprisedâ€? by the dismissal.
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Santa Barbara County will join other jurisdictions nationwide in participating in two
programs aimed at signiďŹ cantly reducing homelessness, including among veterans, in the near future. One of the campaigns, Zero: 2016, comes from New York–based nonproďŹ t Community Solutions, whose goal is to end homelessness within the next two years; Community Solutions will assist in the county’s continuing work to count the number of homeless citizens and ďŹ nd housing for them. The county will also partake in a campaign spearheaded nationally by First Lady Michelle Obama and regionally by Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider, in which mayors lead movements to get veterans housed. Both programs — supported by the Central Coast Collaborative on Homelessness (C3H) — will begin in January, coinciding with the homeless count. â–
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Measure P Postmortem
Whether the proponents of Measure P come back with a revised version of their proposal to ban new fracking, acidizing, and cyclic steam injection wells in 2016 remains the source of much speculation, with a poll on the group’s Facebook page seeking input. Many are hopeful that the initiative could fare better in a presidential election year. But judging from the nearly 62 percent of voters who said “noâ€? to the measure, the battle could still be tough, as Measure P lost in all ďŹ ve supervisorial districts and won only in the City of Santa Barbara and UCSB/Isla Vista. Separated by only four votes, the 1st District — which includes Carpinteria, Summerland, Montecito, and some of the City of Santa Barbara — came the closest of all ďŹ ve to supporting the measure and could end up ipping once the remaining 5,000 provisional ballots are counted by December 2. Overall, the 1st District saw 9,412 people vote against Measure P and 9,408 vote for it, with about 44 percent of the entire district casting ballots. In the 2nd District — home to portions of the cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta, and the unincorporated area in between — Measure P was only approved by 46 percent of voters, and only 46 percent of the district’s 49,084 registered voters showed up. Only 34 percent of 3rd District residents — who live from Isla Vista to the Santa Ynez Valley — turned up to the polls, but two-thirds of them voted against Measure P. The 4th and 5th Districts (which include Lompoc, Orcutt, and Santa Maria) made their opinions on the initiative the clearest, with 81 percent and 79 percent of voters, respectively, vetoing the ban. Measure P experienced its greatest support from the student community, as 80 percent of UCSB and Isla Vista voters checked “yes.â€? That support echoed into the City of Santa Barbara, where 53 percent of voters voted in favor. But the measure failed to resonate with a majority of voters in the South County jurisdictions of Carpinteria (52 percent against), Goleta (57 percent against), and Montecito (60 percent against). It was also soundly defeated in Solvang (71 percent), Buellton (75 percent), Lompoc (76 percent), Orcutt (84 percent), and Santa Maria (79 percent). Just more than 55 percent of Santa Barbara County voters participated in this election, a lower turnout than the past two gubernatorial elections in 2010 and 2006, which both drew rates of 68 percent. But June primary elections dating back to 2006 came in much lower, ranging from 38 percent in 2014 to 49 percent in 2006. Overall, 108,728 cards were cast. The governor’s race garnered the most votes (106,268), but Measure P was the second-most popular, with 105,624 total votes. The congressional race, in which Representative Lois Capps kept her seat over challenger Chris Mitchum, — Lyz Hoffman earned a third-best 105,601 votes in Santa Barbara County.
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BY N I C K W E L S H aniel Iacofano doesn’t pretend to be Moses, and there’s little risk he’ll be parting the Red Sea anytime soon. But the professional facilitator — capable of holding up to eight magic markers in one hand at the same time — may be making real progress toward soothing the bad blood between Santa Barbara City College and its neighbors. Iacofano was hired by City College to lead five intensely focused meetings with residents — angry about rude, noisy, and occasionally violent students — college administrators, and a bevy of high-ranking city officials. Based on the third encounter last Wednesday, Iacofano and the Neighborhood Task Force appear on the verge of achieving actual results, at least where noise complaints are concerned. Most of the discussion focused on the field trip led by Santa Barbara Police Sergeant Riley Harwood to San Luis Obispo to witness firsthand how Cal Poly administrators deal with similar complaints. Along for the ride was Oceano Avenue resident Mark Taylor, whose front window was recently smashed by a City College student, as well as George Buell, the new chief of Community Development for the City of Santa Barbara. As Buell recounted, the approach adopted by Cal Poly in conjunction with the City of San Luis Obispo resulted in a 30 percent reduction in noise complaints. Taylor said the program, if adopted in Santa Barbara,“would change our lives.” Cal Poly officials entered into a memorandum of understanding with city police to run what’s known as SNAP (Student Neighborhood Assistance Program) to address noise complaints against exuberant, unruly students. The police hire and train a cadre of student enforcement officers empowered to patrol neighborhoods outside the campus and issue warning citations for noise violations. If the first visit doesn’t achieve the desired results, a sworn officer is dispatched for round two. The first ticket costs $350; the second is $700. During certain times — like Halloween and the first week of school — the fines are doubled. The names of offending parties are sent to Cal Poly’s Dean of Students for follow-up action.
In addition, the San Luis Obispo noise ordinance is far less cumbersome and subjective to enforce than Santa Barbara’s. There, any noise emanating 50 feet beyond the property line before 10 p.m. is a violation. After 10 p.m., the limit is the property line. It’s that simple. Offended neighbors need not sign a complaint, either, eliminating the fear of potential retaliation. Last, in San Luis Obispo, noise violations are not deemed criminal violations, meaning they’re treated as infractions rather than misdemeanors. Because Santa Barbara’s ordinance is criminal in nature, alleged violators are entitled to a jury trial. And because of that, Santa Barbara police contend, they experience difficulty persuading the District Attorney’s Office to file charges. Writing all the major points down in a tuttifrutti-colored splash of meticulous calligraphy was the facilitator, Iacofano. When the conversation got off point, he reined it in, seeking to tease solutions out of conflict. Whether he got there remains too soon to say. Many of the broader issues creating tension between City College and the surrounding community — traffic, parking, and housing — exceed the scope of the Task Force. To the extent students — or their all-too-absent landlords — can be encouraged to modify their behavior, the Task Force might find points of consensus. City College officials initiated the Task Force after Beebe Longstreet, a longtime member of the city’s Parks & Recreation Commission and lower Westside resident, took her complaints to a recent Board of Trustees meeting. She got results. Two boardmembers, Marianne Kugler and former Santa Barbara mayor Marty Blum, are regulars at the Task Force meetings, as is City College Dean of Student Development Ben Partee. Likewise, City Hall dispatched not just Mayor Helene Schneider but also acting City Administrator Paul Casey. As to the broader issues of shared concern, Schneider stated she intends to host a joint meeting between the City Council and the Board of Trustees. It might not be the first ever, said former mayor Blum, but it would be the first that wasn’t strictly a ceremonial dogand-pony show. The next Task Force meeting ■ is scheduled for November 20.
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Grand Jury Hands Down Indictment
dgar “Playboy” Cordova and Benny “Conejo” Ybarra, two shot callers for Santa Barbara street gangs allegedly working for the more powerful Mexican Mafia prison gang, were indicted this week for conspiracy to commit murder. Law enforcement officials declined to comment on the charges, but the unsealed Grand Jury indictment offers at least a glimpse into the planned killing. On August 14, 2013, Cordova reportedly spoke to Ybarra about where the intended victim lived and advised Ybarra, known to carry a .32 caliber handgun, to “creep up” on him. Later that day, after the pair failed to locate their target, Ybarra told Cordova, “I’m gonna get that fool, dog.” The two are being held in County FACING HARD TIME: The Santa Barbara Jail on $1.2 million bail each and are defendants are (clockwise from top left) Ruben scheduled to appear in court on Decem- Regalado, Jesse Enriquez, Benny Ybarra, and ber 22. Edgar Cordova. Ybarra and Cordova were also indicted on charges of extortion and conspiracy to and a fellow gang member “discussed how to commit extortion, along with five other use violence to get individuals to pay taxes,” the defendants similarly accused of shaking down indictment states. (Read the full indictment at legal businesses and area drug dealers. Jesse independent.com) “Loco” Enriquez, Ulisses “Silent” Guzman, Cordova, 29, was arrested last month at the Arturo “Frosty” Renteria, Ruben “Evil” San Diego border as he attempted to reenter Regalado, and Sarah Elizabeth Montoya are the United States from Mexico. He reportall named in the indictment; Cordova and edly felt his arrest was imminent and wanted Regalado are charged with methamphetamine to avoid incarceration in a Mexican prison. sales and transportation, as well. A $600,000 A member of the Eastside Traviesos gang, he arrest warrant has been issued for Montoya, was sentenced to six years in prison in 2005 who remains at large. for driving the car used in a drive-by shooting The allegations appear to align with warn- of Westsiders. Ybarra, 36, has a rap sheet that ings from authorities over the past year and a dates back to 1997 and includes felony drug half that the Mexican Mafia — also known as and burglary charges. Both were implicated in La Eme — is digging deeper into Santa Bar- the Santa Barbara Police Department’s massive bara’s crime scene. The notorious syndicate gang crime crackdown last year, which was often pulls the strings of Latino gangs, like the dubbed Operation Falling Dawn as a subtle dig Sureños around Southern California, from at the side of the city where the sun rises and its behind prison walls, controlling drug sales stronger gang resides. and transportation through intimidation and Last month, Judge Rogelio Flores made a force. While Santa Barbara County is home ruling that limited the amount of hard copy to a number of smaller neighborhood gangs, materials defense attorneys can provide their or “cliques,” they generally operate under the clients behind bars. Prosecutor Stephen Foley umbrella of the Sureños. successfully argued that the safety of individuPhone calls and text messages among the als named in discovery documents could be defendants in the summer of 2013 and detailed jeopardized by such free access. Defense attorin the indictment shed light on the organiza- neys have challenged the protective order, saytion’s inner workings. (A 16-month investiga- ing it’s unreasonable to expect them to read tion leading up to the filing included the use of thousands of pages of evidence by themselves informants and wiretaps.) The group makes and that their clients are being denied the right introductions and discusses collection meth- to due process by not being able to adequately ods, specifying who owes debts and in what participate in their own cases. That issue is still amounts. The participants also organize pay- being litigated. Raymond “Boxer” Macias — a top tax colments with bank account info and MoneyPak lector who used to report directly to Moreno, purchases. In one phone conversation on July 16, and whose June 2013 arrest precipitated much Cordova allegedly told Enriquez that every of the evidence collecting in the current cases “hood” — Lompoc, Santa Maria, Goleta, and — was convicted in September 2014 for his Santa Barbara’s Eastside and Westside — has role in the kidnapping and torture of a Lomto pay $500 a month to Mexican Mafia boss poc man over a drug debt. As of press time, he Michael “Boo” Moreno, who until his August was scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday 2013 arrest, controlled the gang’s activities in to life in prison without parole. Enriquez had San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. In reportedly taken over collection duties from another conversation in early August, Cordova Macias before his own arrest last month. ■
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BIGGER AND BETTER? UCSB’s long-range development plan — expected to be the legacy of Chancellor Henry Yang — seeks to grow the school by 5,000 undergrads and hundreds of faculty and staff.
which the campus population grows. And, for commuters who live nearby in university housing, “Some people live maybe a mile away, but we’re saying they should get to campus without having to drive,” Flacks said. According to the staff report, if parking exceeds 85 percent capacity — lots are currently two-thirds full — the university should give more attention to alternative transportation, such as driving pools, bike riding, and bus transportation. A new site known as San Joaquin could potentially house as many as 1,000 students and hold eight faculty or staff units. New housing for faculty and staff could be some of the most affordable in the region, Flacks reasoned. Even if the Coastal Commission approves UCSB’s plan on Thursday, each of the nine new housing developments and other campus buildings would require separate commission approval. As for water, according to Goleta Water District’s Ryan Drake, the district has accounted for maximum UCSB build-out, even considering the multiple dry years of late. The staff report calls for more reclaimed water in place of potable water for irrigation, toilets, and industrial applications — which UCSB now does to a degree. Also, a comprehensive annual report of the campus’s water status, including results of short-term water reductions, will be required. The staff report also includes smaller but very specific modifications, including redesignating several acres from “housing” or “recreation” to “open space” near the Storke Apartments, West Campus Mesa Recreation, and the Devereux north and south knolls; installing more lights near Harder Stadium; applying a glazing treatment for all new buildings to make them bird-safe; and updating Coal Oil Point with three disabled parking spaces, bike racks, picnic tables, ADA-approved trails, and perhaps restrooms and a drinking fountain. “My most optimistic self says the international and national response to climate change is terrible, but beneath that radar, universities are planning for sustainability. That makes a difference,” said Flacks. ■
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Thomas Francis Murray passed away suddenly on Nov. st, at the age of . He was born in Bird Island Minnesota on April th, . A true Norwegian Irishman, he lived a full life of hard work, fun, adventure, humor, and laughter. A wonderful husband, father, and grandfather, he was always there to help those in need and support them in their endeavors. Tom moved to Center Avenue in Santa Barbara in November of at the age of . Tom is survived by his wife of years, Marilyn Murray, and his four children, Pamela Bateman, Thomas Murray Jr., Colleen Million, and Kimberly Sheetz. He is also survived by grandchildren, and great grandchildren with more on the way. He will be deeply missed by his family and friends! In lieu of flowers, the family gratefully appreciates donations to the Alzheimer’s Association in his memory. Please join us in celebrating his life at The Good Land Hotel in Goleta ( Calle Real), on Sunday, Nov. , AM – PM.
developed many close and loving friendships in the Santa Barbara area. She is survived by her son Sean, her three grandchildren, Alana, Conor and Kevin, four sisters and niece, Nuala, in Ireland. A Memorial Mass will be held on November , at : p.m. at the Catholic Church of the Beatitudes located at the First Congregational Church, State St. Santa Barbara, CA. A reception will follow. Attendees are encouraged to bring written expressions of condolences, which will be collected and sent to Imelda’s son Sean and her grandchildren.
Lynne Dana Merenbach, Petersen // – //
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FOREVER YOUNG Though you may not be physically with us, you are forever in our thoughts and hearts. We miss you, Love you Mom, Dad and family
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Imelda O’Brien, née Phelan, passed away on October , , at her son Sean’s home in Ireland, and is buried with her son David in Kilkenny, Ireland, where she was born. Imelda came to America as a young bride, arriving first to New York then later to Los Angeles, where she raised her two sons, Sean and David, and had a successful career in real estate. She eventually settled in Santa Barbara, where she volunteered her time at the Old Mission and
missed by a host of aunts, cousins and friends. With heavy hearts we say goodbye to our bright shining light. Thoughts of her love, laughter and smile will keep her alive in our hearts, and her memory will never fade. We thank you Tammie for sharing your life with us for the time that we had you here. You will forever be our little “yady.” Memorial services pending.
Loving daughter, mother, grandmother, and sister with an infectious laugh. These are but a few words that encompassed this beautiful soul. Born to Jo-Ann (Walker) Thomas and Richard Thomas, she was a lifelong resident of Santa Barbara and attended SBHS. Tammie and Mike DiSandro were blessed with a son, Aaron Christopher, who was the love of her life. Her joy was made complete with the birth of her granddaughter Jazzmin DiSandro. In addition to Aaron (Dalia) & Jazzmin, she leaves her parents, a sister Brittany McClelland, and two brothers Jamil and Amir Thomas. She was preceded in death by her brother Richard Allen Thomas V. She will be
Lynne passed away peacefully the morning of October , . She was born in Hoosick Falls, New York, on November , , to Thomas and Jocelyn Petersen. She was the eldest of six children and at an early age, stepped in to help her parents and beloved grandmother Esther raise her two younger brothers and the triplets, two girls and a boy who blessed the family in . This early responsibility surrounded by her loving family defined Lynne’s warmth, generosity and lifelong love of family celebrations. In , the family moved to Goleta, and Lynne graduated from San Marcos High School in . Following high school, Lynne joined UCSB to pursue an administrative position in the office of the Chancellor. The role of Administrative Assistant proved to fall short of her desire to travel and see the world, so in her father drove her to an interview for a job as a flight attendant for TWA. Of the many applicants, Lynne was the only candidate from Santa Barbara who was offered a job.
After completing her training in Kansas City, Missouri, she was stationed in San Francisco, where she launched a glamorous and exciting -year career of flying to some of the most exotic places on earth. Lynne loved her job, and traveled all over the world, visiting every important sight in every major city of the world. As a Flight Attendant, she would go on to log so many miles flying across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans that she could have traveled to the moon and back ten times. On one of her visits home in , Lynne met the love of her life, Dennis Merenbach. They married November , , in Santa Barbara, where they lived a happy and exciting life together filled with travel, adventure and a love of life. Lynne developed a passion for sports and shared Dennis’ commitment and passion for his alma mater, USC. Together, they embraced the USC motto “Fight On”, attended many Rose Bowl games together and lived the USC motto to the fullest during the challenges that life inevitably presents. She also loved the NFL’s San Francisco ’ers and went to two of their most exciting Super Bowl games. Not content with field sports alone, she also developed a love for sports cars and Formula One racing, having traveled to see races in many exotic cities of the world, including twice to the ne plus ultra of Formula One, Monte Carlo. When not enjoying the excitement of watching Formula One with Dennis, they were often found touring in their Corvette and spending time with their good friends in the Santa Barbara Corvette Club. But Lynne’s greatest passion was for her family. She dearly loved her husband, his children, her parents and her three brothers and two sisters. She loved to have her family close and host celebrations of life’s big events. Being the most gracious hostess and gourmet cook, Lynne loved to entertain and decorate her home during the holidays. One of Lynne’s happiest times of the year was when
Death Notices Vernon August Erickson, , passed away in Goleta on November th, . Funeral Service was Wednesday, November , at the Welch-Ryce-Haider Goleta Chapel. Interment at Goleta Cemetery. Ronald L. Kemp, , passed away in Santa Barbara on November th, . A Funeral service will be held on Wednesday at : am at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Santa Barbara St, Santa Barbara.
Ruby Kunkee, , passed away on November th, . Funeral service;Saturday, November , am at the Welch-Ryce-Haider Santa Barbara Chapel. Interment to follow at Calvary Cemetery. Kenneth Greg Anderson, , passed away in Goleta on November th, . A Memorial Service is pending.
her family and all their children gathered to celebrate Christmas together. Her Christmas trees decorated in all their splendor with beautiful ornaments from around the world always delighted the children and made their anticipation of opening presents that much sweeter. Lynne was most loved, had the biggest, most generous heart, and always wore a smile that was full of Life. Lynne passed away on October , , one month before her th birthday and her th wedding anniversary. “Perhaps they are not stars in the sky but rather openings in the heavens through which our loved ones pour out their love and let us know they are happy.” Lynne is survived by her husband, and her two stepchildren, Michael William Merenbach (Vickie) and Ogden Susan Merenbach; her brothers, Leif Petersen (Dana), Lloyd Petersen (Helen) and Thomas Petersen (Jennifer); her sisters Tina Perkins (Rick) Thea Townsendj and her many nephews and nieces, Brett Townsend, Britta Petersen, Cole Petersen, Addison, Andrew and Samantha Hunter, Louisa Petersen Breakey (Matson), and Kirstie Petersen Miller (Robert). In celebration of Lynne’s life, there will be private memorial, and her ashes will join her father and mother off the coast of their home in Santa Barbara. In lieu of flowers, the family humbly requests a memorial donation be made to the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara.
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WEIRDER BY THE MINUTE: I regret to say I never met Larry Agenbroad before he died
on October 31. By any reckoning, Larry was an extravagant exuberance of a man — big silver belt buckle, well-worn blue jeans, walrus mustache, and boots grimed forever by the mud of time. I guess when your chosen path in life is paleobiology, certain social defense strategies become necessary. Had I known Larry, he would have been very much in my thoughts last Friday afternoon at State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s high-octane summit on climate change, convened in Santa Barbara, by the Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management. As dog-n-pony shows go, this was prime cut. The head of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services — Mark Ghilarducci — made the trek from Sacramento to make the scene. As impressive as this was, the event still pushed 11 on my Cognitive Dissonance meter. Outside, it was 84 degrees. It was November 7. That’s just plain wrong. But then why did it feel so right? Climate weirdness may well be bad for the Earth, but here on Planet Santa Barbara, it’s been perpetual Ka-Ching. The tourist season — like fire season — now never ends. And nothing makes wine grapes sweeter than our new endless summer. And what could be more stimulating to the area economy than a bunch of wine-soaked tourists scrambling to find their cruise ships? But inside the county supervisors’ chambers, where the convocation of luminaries gathered, it was another story. There, the ambi-
ent temperature was sufficiently depressed that the space could easily have been rented out for lettuce storage. Not one leaf, I assure you, would have succumbed to wilt or rust. But how many baby polar bears, I wondered, were drowned so that I could be made so gloriously uncomfortable? The question, it turns out, was not merely snarky. The issue at hand, State Senator Jackson explained, had become all about adaptation — as in how can We the Species adapt to climate change now that weird has officially become the “new normal.” Jackson was in good form — at ease, in command, keeping things breezy and light. And she asked good questions without converting them into stump winders. And along the way, some genuine nutrient content got exchanged; it was not merely the politically correct flex fest I had expected. It was about the time that Carmen Milanes — a high-ranking administrator from a state agency whose initials are pronounced as “OhWeee-Hah” — began talking that my mind would have turned to Larry Agenbroad had I known him in the first place. Milanes had helped compile a 3,600-page report chronicling how we are all going to hell in a hand basket. The state’s ambient temperature has risen 1.5 degrees corresponding to an increase in sea levels at
10 of 11 measuring points. Off Golden Gate Park, it’s increased eight inches in the past century; off La Jolla, it’s five inches in 80 years. Snow pack is shrinking, glaciers are melting, and wildfires are both more frequent and intense. Trees are dying,
marine species being evicted from their traditional habitats. You get the drill. The answer, as usual, is more advance “resilience” planning. And more money for more plans. It’s reassuring that Caltrans — as we were told — is now trying to adapt by moving stretches of Highway further inland so they’re not totally inundated come the deluge. No doubt Agenbroad would have had a story or two about adaptation of his own. What Agenbroad didn’t know about mammoths — wooly, pygmy, or otherwise — probably is not knowable. Agenbroad spent much time at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History over the years, which has piles of mammoth bones he studied, tufts of prehistoric wooly mammoth fur he brought back from an ice-shackled specimen discovered in Siberia, and of course, the nearly complete pygmy mammoth skeleton he helped excavate from Santa Rosa Island in 1994. Back about 20,000 years ago, the sea level here was about 360 feet lower. As a result, the four Channel Islands were one large land mass known as Santa Rosae, which then sprouted out of the sea a mere six miles off the coast. Mammoths, as abundant back then as raccoons are now, could have easily made the swim over, their trunks qualifying as the greatest snorkel yet devised by either Man or God. Once there, however, the sea levels rose, leaving the mammoths stranded. They adapted by shrinking. Apparently, that’s what one does when trapped on an island; big creatures get
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small — not as much food — and small creatures get big — not as many predators. But these mammoths took it even further. They shifted their very DNA to achieve a new front-wheel-drive morphology. As their forelimbs shortened, the model mammoths gained much better torque and traction when climbing the island’s steep terrain. Naturally, this did not happen overnight or as a result of a government-induced plan. But over time, it did happen. As a result, Santa Rosae became party central for all pygmy mammoths and ranked as one of the top two mammoth population centers in all of North America. Who knew? Clearly, Larry Agenbroad did. I’m not sure how ironic Larry might have found it that the GOP paused all of three seconds before declaring an all-out fatwa on President Obama’s climate change deal with the Chinese. The icon for the Republican Party, after all, is the elephant, which — to strain an obvious point — is the direct lineal descendant of the now-defunct mammoths. Like I say, I didn’t know Larry. But from what I hear, he longed for the day of finding a human skeleton with mammoth tusks embedded in its remains as opposed to the other way around. As for me, I was thinking now might be a good time to dust off my resilience response plans. But my odds are better if I steal a page from Chucky Darwin’s book and simply sprout a mammoth trunk where my nose now is. In the meantime, I’ll see you swimming out — Nick Welsh to the islands.
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n November 4, America took a sharp turn to the right. It was a referendum against the failed policies of Pres. Obama. Unfortunately, California is still stuck on stupid. With the reelection of Democrats, we can look forward to more taxes (gasoline tax), anti-business and anti-energy policies, and the continued influx of illegal aliens, as California is now a sanctuary state. “You reap what you sow,” — Diana Thorn, Carpinteria Californians.
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about Tom Sneddon, the elected district attorney of Santa Barbara County from 1983 until his retirement in 2006. I knew Tom Sneddon. I worked with him from my first day in 1970 until his retirement — 36 years later! Tom Sneddon was a friend of mine and the person who appointed me his assistant district attorney in 1983. Tom was reelected during all those years, which followed him being a deputy district attorney here in Santa Barbara since 1969. A graduate of Notre Dame and then the UCLA Law School, he served in the U.S. Army 1967-1969. He married his wife, Pam, in 1967 and worked in the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office prior to coming to Santa Barbara. Pam and Tom had nine children, and now 14 grandchildren. As noted in every article regarding Tom’s death, he was the lead prosecutor in the criminal case against Michael Jackson, a case that ended with a verdict of not guilty. For many who read the articles, one would think that there was nothing more to Tom than this case. Nothing could be further from the truth. Tom was a man of courage, and whether one believes Michael Jackson was guilty of the accusations or not, Tom pursued the case even though he had no appetite for media attention and dreaded the stir it would create — because in his heart, he believed that based on the evidence, the charges were true. Prior to Tom’s election in 1982, he had a strong record of trials and convictions in all kinds of different cases. He won nearly all of his cases with a combination of preparation, knowledge, and quick thinking. One of his first cases was the 1969 prosecution of Unocal following the disastrous Santa Barbara Oil Spill, an event and a case that focused new attention on the effects and risks of offshore drilling, spurring many state and federal environmental laws. Probably no case demonstrates Tom’s tenacity more than the investigation and prosecution of the Hively murder case. The victims were murdered in their beds in 1987 by two hit men who fled to Israel, a country that does not extradite its citizens. Tom fought for and was successful in getting the Israeli government to open an investigation — one that eventually led to the arrest and conviction of the two killers. Tom was instrumental in the investigation and prosecution of the case from beginning to end — making numerous trips to Israel before and during the trial. The First Gulf War interrupted the trial, with Tom and some of the witnesses having to depart Israel — and the Scud attacks — by flying to Cyprus. Following the convictions, a third individual — the one who put the two killers up to the crime with an offer of money — was arrested and, following a yearlong extradition fight, returned from Halifax, Canada, to Santa Barbara; in 1993, he pled guilty to two counts of murder and is presently serving a life sentence in a California prison. The case took seven years to investigate and bring to a successful prosecution. Tom was known as a tough prosecutor — and an ethical one. He tried hundreds of jury trials to verdict, from simple drunk
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A Great and Caring District Attorney a major part of the Office of the District Attorney. Tom understood the importance of the pursuit of so-called “dead-beat dads” and the dire financial situation of many mothers with kids. During his tenure, there were tremendous advances in the way criminal cases were investigated and prosecuted. Tom was heavily involved in victim witness issues, drug and alcohol programs, the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program, domestic violence, Sexual Assault Response Teams, CASA (Court Appointed Special Assistants), Rape Crisis Center, gang violence, career offenders, and the truancy program to name a few. When policy issues came up, he was aware of the ins and outs of the problems because he was in the courts, not separated by two, three, or even four levels of supervisors as in some larger California counties. The courts and the DA had their skirmishes over the years but nothing that led to outright war. There was mutual respect, and when issues came up, Tom worked to solve them, not to push the blame or claim it was not his problem. He had common sense, spoke his mind, was tough and compassionate, and was not a slave to political correctness. He loved his family first, then his job, friends, softball, golf, and Notre Dame. Tom taught at the area law school, the National District Attorneys Association, and the California District Attorneys Association. He was a past president of both associations. He was a great role model. He volunteered as a coach for Youth Football League (YFL) for several years, opting for kids from the most disadvantaged areas. None of his own kids were on these teams — it was community service at its best. Many people, years later, told me Tom had coached them in YFL — all spoke well of the experience. As a coach, he brought the same passion, enthusiasm, and commitment driving to deaththat he did to his career as a DA. He set a great example, penalty murders. Not showing how to celebrate once was there an victory with humility and allegation of hiding defeat with grace and heads the truth, secreting held high. evidence, or other misconduct. Prior to the Sneddon Once elected, Tom years, in 1970 there was one woman deputy DA (DDA). continued to try jury trials as well as run the Tom, more than anyone else, was responsible for the hiring, office. He allowed wide discretion to his deputy mentoring, and promoting district attorneys and of women DDAs. The two STEADFAST: Santa Barbara County District Attorney from felt no one knew the elected DAs who followed 1982-2006, Tom Sneddon (top) loved his family first, then his him, Christie Stanley and now case better than the job, friends, softball, golf, and Notre Dame. At bottom, he and Joyce Dudley, are products assigned prosecutor. Pat McKinley shake hands at a political rally. Deputy DAs could easily of the merit-based office he navigate in the wake of nurtured and led. Tom’s clear, direct guidance regarding prosecution, ethics, and T.S. Eliot’s Becket was tempted to take the easy way out in order behavior. Many have said they always knew where things stood to avoid being remembered for an insignificant life. With Tom, he with Tom. I worked with five district attorneys — none of them always tried to do the right thing for the right reason — and for understood the multifaceted parts of the office better than Tom: this will be remembered as a great and caring district attorney. Yes — I knew Tom Sneddon. Tom Sneddon was a friend of Personnel, Budget, Politics, Criminal Prosecution, and, of great importance, Child Support — which for many of Tom’s years was mine. He will be missed. ■ november 13, 2014
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oddities that transpired last week after only 55 percent of your fellow Santa Barbara County voters trudged to a polling place. And about 15 percent mailed in their ballots to save the absolute bother of actually going in person. Hey, we’re all busy people, right? You’re not some politico geek playing inside baseball and crunching numbers to figuring out who to vote for to get a big job, nice office, a team of assistants to do all the work, keep the creepy constituents off his or her back, and ensure a fat retirement check. Or maybe you plain forgot about the election, you being so busy and all, and when it dawned on you, it was way too late to figure out who to vote for and go to all the trouble analyzing those mystery propositions that say one thing and mean another. But before you start feeling guilty or anything about not voting, let’s look at the facts. In Ventura County, our wonderful neighbors somewhere to the east way out somewhere past the Rincon, only 35 percent of registered voters marked ballots. And in Los Angeles, just 23 percent bothered, but what do you expect, right? I expected more in Sacramento, the state capital with all those state employees sucking at the budgetary tit, but the turnout was a miserable
29 percent. I mean, this is a company town, so you’d think its people would want to keep the company alive and well. Maybe they were too busy, slaving away for the taxpayers. (Besides, what’s the state capital doing in that boring, out-of-the-way town that no one would want to visit otherwise? And why are state elective offices like treasurer, controller, and secretary of state on the ballot? These are basically administrative jobs. Why politicize them?) Good, gracious, hard-working Representative Lois Capps survived a run at her seat by Republican Chris Mitchum, who had little going for him but his name and hopes of a surge that swept other Republicans into office around the country. He was also on the wrong side of too many issues dear to Santa Barbara hearts, like climate change. The question now is whether Capps will seek another term in 2016, a presidential year, or want to yield the seat to one of two Santa Barbara Democrats who political observers say are eyeing her job: st District Supervisor Salud Carbajal and Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider. On the GOP side, City Councilmember Dale Francisco is also said to be among those waiting in the wings. (Two years goes fast.) Meanwhile, true-blue Santa Barbara holds fast on the western rim of red flyover country. Why does it sometimes feel like we’re on an island? — Barney Brantingham
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he following three articles and an exhaustive online listing of Santa Barbara County’s public and private schools (available at independent.com/school-survey) form this year’s Independent Education Supplement, our annual look at how Santa Barbara’s schools are finding solutions to the challenges posed by learning in the new century. From bell schedules to field trips to report cards, it seems like everything in the 21st-century school is a potential target for fundamental change. Tyler Hayden surveys three of the most innovative school travel programs in his piece on experiential learning. Kelsey Brugger catches up with the report card, which has gone digital and real time. And Charles Donelan profiles a new peer teaching program that grew out of a major schedule change at Dos Pueblos High School. While it may be too soon to tell which of these innovations will stick, there’s no doubt about one thing — schools are more interested in adaptation than ever these days; the goal in education is to be better at getting better.
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For Bill Woodard, the assistant principal who oversees curriculum development at Dos Pueblos, the new Wednesday-Thursday schedule comes as a direct response to the state-mandated implementation of Common Core. “The six-period day just did not have the flexibility that we needed to delve more deeply into the material,” he said, explaining the new Extended Learning periods. “It was created for a different curriculum, and to do what we are being asked to do now, we had to move on.” The roots of Dos Pueblos’ innovative Seminar program, however, lie in an attempt to solve another major challenge. A recent WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) evaluation revealed that despite DP’s otherwise very high achievement record, a surprisingly high percentage of D and F grades were being recorded, almost one-third of the student body. Seminar is the radical answer to this challenge: a new “anti-class” common period. Under similar pressure to supply more individual learning support during school hours, San Marcos High also adopted this innovation this year. There they call it “Royal Time.”
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in the boxing ring, but it has found a permanent home in the modern high school, where bells ringing at set intervals continue to serve as the organizing force for the rhythms of the day. Even in schools that no longer actually ring anything, official school documents designating when daily activities begin and end are still known as “bell schedules.” The traditional bell schedule of six 40-minute classes per day every day of the week has been under intense scrutiny by education researchers for decades, but with the recent arrival of the Common Core State Standards, which emphasize deep learning for practical application over rote memorization of specific content, interest in this research among practicing teachers has spiked. If there’s one observation that’s common to schools confronting the Core, it’s this — time has defined learning for too long. In the new bell schedules, the goal is to turn this around and have learning define the use of time. Recently I visited the Dos Pueblos (DP) High School campus to see how these 2014-15 school year changes are working in real time.
PASSING TIME: Students at Dos Pueblos High School enjoy a few moments in the sun as they move from one class to the next.
New Schedules Change the Way Schools Use Time
Time for a Change At Dos Pueblos High School, they call the new bell schedule Seminar and Extended Learning. It’s only on Wednesdays and Thursdays, with Monday, Tuesday, and Friday remaining traditional six-period days. This schedule allows DP to roll out three new research-based programs at once. The Seminar program meets for 41 minutes (10:29-11:10am) on Wednesdays and Thursdays and is intended to allow students to do some of their homework, to receive individual support from both teachers and students, or to pursue other school activities.
by Charles Donelan The rest of the academic day is devoted to three extended learning periods that are similar to what are known as block periods. Over the course of these two days, each of a student’s six classes meet for 92 minutes, allowing teachers to provide uninterrupted, in-depth instruction or to initiate group projects once a week. Finally, both Wednesday's and Thursday's classes begin at 8:45 a.m. so that teachers can use the first 40 minutes to meet and collaborate with each other.
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I asked Robin Selzler, the English faculty member supervising the Seminar program at Dos Pueblos, how important the new schedule is to Seminar, and her eyes widened as she said,“We could never have done this without the schedule change — it would simply not be possible.” A critical part of Seminar is the student-teacher initiative that matches top students with those who need some tutoring. This is where Selzler is particularly enthusiastic:“My favorite unexpected thing about Seminar is watching what it’s doing for the students who are teaching. They are getting invested in the school, in the curriculum, and in their own learning in a whole new way.”
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The junior high years matter— and they’ve been our specialty since 1977. STUDENTS HELPING STUDENTS: Pictured clockwise from top are Assistant Principal Bill Woodard and English teacher Robin Selzler; three images of student teachers working with their peers during seminar; and Dos Pueblos librarian Heather Magner.
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For Heather Magner, the librarian who provides the student teaching program with the space it calls home, the new tutorial component is at the heart of the school’s collective drive toward deep and meaningful change. “I was crying on the first day — all of us teachers were. Seeing the way that these students who are struggling with Ds and Fs reacted to the attention and generosity of their peers was stunning. They respond completely differently to help when it is offered by a fellow student.” Observing the action in the library during Seminar for myself on a recent Thursday morning proved that it’s a revolutionary concept for school libraries, as well, as they are transformed by the influx of student teachers and their pupils into bustling learning carnivals. Every table in the Dos Pueblos library was full, and at every table there was a smiling student standing by with a big notepad on an easel, nodding in recognition, and teaching his or her heart out to
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ON THE ROAD: (top) Santa Barbara Middle School students mountain bike in Morro Bay. (below) A student takes a selfie while on an experiential learning trip.
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classroom and the tedium of textbooks, and when students and teachers escape outside, horizons are inevitably broadened. While Santa Barbara schools have long scheduled field trips to Yosemite, Space Camp, and Washington, D.C. — tried-and-true excursions that still hold a lot of value — a new way of breaking up the routine is becoming more en vogue. “Experiential learning” trips send classes all over the world to turn abstract curriculum into tangible connections ripe for personal growth and college application essays. These programs are admittedly expensive and tend to be more prevalent in private schools, but those lucky enough to take part are stamped with fresh perspectives few other teaching methods can offer. And with new fundraising pushes, the opportunities may soon spread to public school campuses. Santa Barbara is home to a number of these programs, three of which we’ll look at here.
The Hero’s Quest
Ahead of the school-trip curve since its inception, Santa Barbara Middle School’s outdoor program is a cornerstone of its educational philosophy. The school requires that each student go on four outdoor trips a year complete with healthy doses of kayaking, backpacking, or mountaineering and accompanied by most of the faculty and staff. Recently, 191 students and teachers returned to a homecoming party at Goleta Beach
after six days of mountain biking in Morro Bay, exhausted but beaming with pride. “It’s absolutely life-changing for these kids,” explained Whitney Ingersoll, who’s worked at the middle school for nearly 35 years and led trips for 15 of them. “We know what is a challenge, what is going to be hard, and what is going to be doable …. It’s Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey in real life, and I’ve seen it so many times for so many generations.” Out on the road during truly challenging cycling trips through Sedona canyons, Catalina Island trails, and Marin County ridgelines, students feel as if they can shake off their armor of manufactured “cool” and truly connect with their peers and the grown-ups. No electronics are allowed. Ninth graders often help out the younger students, Ingersoll said, teaching the simple but profound lesson of taking care of themselves and each other. And they figure out that when the going gets tough, they have a reservoir of inner strength to tap into. “It’s not corny; it’s archetypal,” Ingersoll explained. “It’s what young men and women need.” Their model has proved so successful that the middle school hosted an ISEEN (Independent Schools Experiential Education Network) conference last year that brought 80 schools from around the world to the campus. There, they learned about the program and heard from administrators about the school’s doctrine that Ingersoll summed up:“At this age, kids are pushing against the edges. They’re pushing against their parents and looking for mentors. Mother Nature is the best teacher possible.”
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Arts Alive Last March, Laguna Blanca School’s 9th and 10th grades flew to New York City for a five-day expedition thatt wove through their 1920s-’60s American Decades English nglish course. They toured sites of the Harlem Renaissance, ce, saw where The Catcher in the Rye’s Holden Caulfield d lived near Central Park, visited the Vanderbilt Mansion n and its Gilded Age trappings of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, and capped things off with a night on Broadway to watch A Raisin in the Sun. It was a massive hit, and English nglish teacher Ashley Tidey — who also takes 9th graders ers to the Gainey Ranch, where they act out scenes from m Of Mice and Men — has organized an even more ambitious itious adventure to London this spring. With a curricular focus this time around on the World War I centenary, British modernism, and London theater, eater, students and instructors will hit a special production on of Othello at the Globe, take tours of the Tate Modern n and Imperial War Museum, and explore neighborhoodss like Bloomsbury, Soho, and Kensington. They’ll also meet with actors, directors, artists, and professors in the Santa anta Barbara area to get the “backstory” on London theater eater and turn-of-the-century Europe.“What I’m trying too do is make the experiential learning not tangential but full of deep currents that intersect fields of art, history, and literature,” Tidey said.
Extracurricular Learning Alethea Paradis, a mom, lawyer, and history teacher, her, was inspired to start Friendship Tours World Travel avel after /. Already pushing against the “simplistic platiatitudes of American myth-making,” she’d been leading ing kids abroad since 1998 to help them become active ive global citizens and “change agents” in countries recovovering from conflict.“I learned over the years that social cial entrepreneurship has replaced community service, ce,” she said. To that end, Paradis and her student travel commpany organize trips to Cambodia, Cuba, Laos, Myannmar, Rwanda, and Vietnam with a focus on “authentic tic collaboration” and “long-term investment in commmunities.” They may help a genocide-survivor co-op op write a business plan to sell their handicrafts, create te a website and social media campaign for a home me with Agent Orange victims, or set up a Skype “pen n pal” program with English learners. “It’s not just the he colonial mindset of friendly Westerners coming to o dig wells,” Paradis said. “We’re not doing standard d tourist stuff.” Friendship Tours World Travel has worked with h Santa Barbara City College, Dos Pueblos High h School, Santa Barbara High School, Brooks Institute, e, and other campuses in town and has created a smalll scholarship foundation for those students who can’tt afford the trips. The company also facilitates fund-raising campaigns. A product of public schools her-self, Paradis said the trips as a whole benefit when there’s a cross section of kids from different economic backgrounds. Lower-income participants are “an effective bridge between the developing world and the developed world,” she explained, and they’re “more sensitive to the nuances of struggle.” And more privileged kids, she went on, come back more attuned to less-fortunate communities.“The kids get interested in solving social problems,” Paradis said. “The learning is undeniable.”
TRAVEL TO LEARN: Pictured from top are students getting a welcome home; Alethea Paradis with a group visiting Vietnam; students sharing the viewfinder with some new friends; Laguna Blanca students visiting a school in Harlem; and a trip to the Statue of Liberty.
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EDU . page pops up: all As. Eidelson has seven kids — and is a school boardmember — so she has seen quite a few report cards. In the old days, they were delivered once a quarter. A good one might get taped to the fridge. But B like most things nowadays, report cards are virtual — and constantly updated. The Santa Barbara Unified School District started using a program known as EDU . about abo a year ago. The interface almost looks like Facebook, and teachers and students can post info and communicate via message boards. Teachers use it for uploading assignments, inputting grades, and giving quizzes, among other features. Students — as assi well as parents — have an account and are expected to log in often. This constant feedback is supposed to improve student performance, but it also can create unnecessary anxiety and could contribute to a new generation of students who are less independent anxi than previous ones. “Sometimes it almost feels like a video game,” said La Colina Junior High School par“S ent Gisela Kommerell, worrying that students who become obsessed with grades may G hinder their ability to understand and process material, creating an “instant gratification” hind or “in “instant punishment” effect. It’s sort of like stepping on the scale every day. School administrators maintain EDU . translates into student success because it Sc increases parent involvement — just another tool in the toolbox. Also, it holds students incre accountable. “The dog ate my homework” no longer flies. “I do think that it would be accou tough being a kid today because your parents can find out exactly how you’re doing anytime,” said Todd Ryckman, the school district’s chief education technology officer. anyti “But I think that’s a good thing.” Teachers are now expected to give progress reports for all students, whether or not Te they are a in danger of failing. The good news is that kids no longer are stigmatized by having to carry around a “progress report” if they have Ds and Fs. It was fairly obvious and embarrassing. But entering grades on new software is also more work for teachers, who emba already have had a lot on their plate just to keep up with the changing seas surging from the alread Common Core State Standards Initiative. The new standards rolled out in Santa Barbara Comm a couple coup of years ago and have sought to alter the classroom dynamic, allowing students spend more time on fewer topics while forcing them to figure out things themselves. to spen Students struggling with grades are probably the ones who can benefit most from the Stu program. At La Cuesta Continuation High School, which started using EDU . last Januprogra ary, the program offers a way for students who are deficient on credits to stay on top of their work. Because La Cuesta was one of the four schools to participate in the district’s iPad pilot program, p Principal Frann Wageneck said her teachers have really expanded their use of EDU ., sending messages, posting weekly bulletins, and helping students to monitor progress — all while going paperless. their p Parents can create their own account, but some might be logging in too often, feeding Par parent syndrome.” Lisa Przekop, UCSB director of admissions, noted that the “helicopter “he freshmen entering college seem to be much less independent than they used to be. More freshm university professors get calls and emails from parents. and more, m Przekop is also a mother of two. Her kids attended Bishop and Dos Pueblos high Prz schools. She began logging in regularly and then would nag her son about a missing assignschool ment.““I stopped using it entirely,” said Przekop, explaining it created unproductive tension in her household.“I found it more valuable to have those conversations over dinner.” Online portals are intended to increase communications between teachers, students, and parents. p But going virtual may reduce conversations about school and direct attention online.“It’s like any tool. It can be misused,” said Przekop.“It’s probably more effective to ask their child as opposed to checking online.”
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/: Focus On: The Editor — House of Cards Come watch the Emmy-nominated premiere of the second season of the Netflix series House of Cards, featuring Kevin Spacey in a world of ruthless utilitarianism, manipulation, and power, and then stick around for a Q&A with the episode’s editor, Byron Smith. -pm. Pollock Theater, UCSB. $-$. Call - or visit carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock.
13 with /: MC Hammer Party wit the man who helped bring rap music to a mass pop audience along with flashy dance moves and Hammer pants. Don’t miss his live performance of “U Can’t Touch This” and “Too Legit to Quit.” pm. Chumash Casino Resort, E. Hwy , Santa Ynez. $-$. Ages
/-/: Big Fish Filled with heart, humor, and spectacular stagecraft and based on Daniel Wallace’s novel and Tim Burton’s film adaptation, this story centers on the charismatic Edward Bloom, who tells his son, Will, impossible stories of his epic adventures that include witches, circus performers, a mermaid, and his friendship with a giant. Thu.-Fri.: pm; Sat.: and pm; Sun.: pm. S.B. High School Theatre, E. Anapamu St. $-$. Call - x or visit sbhstheatre.com. /-/: Democratizing Technologies This multidisciplinary, global conference focuses on the role of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in harnessing the benefits and safeguarding against the risks of new technologies in order to create a more sustainable and equitable world. This event will feature speakers, researchers, NGOs representatives, and more. Thu.: :-pm; Fri.: am - pm; Sat.: am - :pm. Various locations at UCSB. Free-$. Visit www.cns.ucsb.edu/demtech /welcome for a full schedule. /: How to Be a “Deep Traveler” Enjoy some wine while award-winning international travel journalist Judith Fein signs her two books and discusses how to be in a deeptraveler mindset on the road and in daily life even if you never leave your hometown. RSVP for the intimate dinner. pm. Vita Travel Store, W. Anapamu St. Free-$. Call - or visit vitatravel.com. /: BoomBox and Ichisan Come listen to the beats of BoomBox, a duo of producers/deejays/ songwriters/multi-instrumentalists who will blend electronic soulful
Regency with The Hunger Games producer Alli Shearmur and Tower Heist screenwriters. pm. Brooks Institute, E. Cota St. Free. Call - or visit screenwriterssb .org. HUNTINGTON.ORG
/-/, /: Boxtales th Anniversary Theatre Festival Boxtales has been weaving a magic spell and changing the way we see theater since . Come see their unique blend of storytelling, movement, masks, live music, and imagination as each day will feature a different show. Thu.: pm; Prince Rama & the Monkey King. Fri.: pm; The Odyssey. Sun.: am; Leyendas de Duende: Magical Tales of Latin America. pm; B’rer Rabbit and Other Trickster Tales. Lobero Theatre, E. Canon Perdido St. Individual tickets: $-$; festival pass: $-$. Call - or visit lobero.com. Read more on p. .
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/-/, /: Ten Red Kings Margot Cates, grieving over the death of her sister, plans to spend every minute honing her skills at World of Warcraft … until she’s taken away to a wilderness camp for gaming addicts. Cut from technology, campers and counselors wrestle with personal demons. Capture the ever-shrinking gap between reality and digital fantasy in this fascinating and timely new play, which shows through November . Thu.-Sat.: :pm; Sun.: pm; Wed.: :pm. Jurkowitz Theatre, SBCC, block of Cliff Dr. $-$. Call - or visit theatregroupsbcc.com. rock and blues-based dance music incorporating backbeat, psyche, and funky house sounds. Ichisan, a k a Igor Skafar, will open the show with his brand of electronic space funk. pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, State St. $-$. Call - or visit sohosb.com. /: From Our Ancestors, for Our Future: Lessons from Legendary Organizers Ella Baker and Anne Braden on Building Justice Movements Today This workshop will draw insights and lessons from two of the most effective organizers of the Civil
Rights Movement: Ella Baker and Anne Braden. Explore what we can learn from these leaders and draw on their legacies to help build the movements we need today. am-noon. Orfalea Foundation, Chapala St. $ (sliding scale tickets available). Call - or visit fundforsantabarbara.org. /: Adapting True Tales for the Big Screen Award-winning journalist, author, screenwriter, and film producer Kathleen Sharp will discuss big-screen concepts and her latest book, Blood Medicine, being developed by New
/: S.B. Rose Society Meeting Special guest and legendary rose hybridizer Tom Carruth, director of the Huntington Rose Garden, will talk about the beauty and other spectacular gardens at the Huntington. Bring your cut roses to show off! pm. Louise Lowry Davis Ctr., De la Vina St. Free. Call () - or visit sbrose.org. /: Keeping Them Home, Keeping Them Safe Candlelight Vigil In recognition of National Runaway Prevention Month, Youth and Family Services YMCA is hosting a Candlelight Vigil to raise awareness and shine light on the regional and national tragedy of runaway and homeless youth. The Youth and Family Services YMCA provides youth development and social services programming and opportunities to young people in the greater S.B. and Goleta communities. :-:pm. De la Guerra Plaza. Free. Call - or Meghan .Rourke@ciymca.org. /-/: Picasso at the Lapin Agile This play, written by Steve Martin and performed by San Marcos High School’s Performing
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/-/: The JLSB th Annual Monster Rummage Sale � The Junior League of S.B. (JLSB) is back with more than two million items for sale in all categories, such as clothing, books, gardening, furniture, shops Grandma’s Attic and Beverly Hills North, and more. A Friday pre-sale party is available for purchase, where you can kick off the shopping with food and drinks. Proceeds benefit the JLSB, whose mission is to improve the lives of children, youth, and families in this community. Fri.: -pm. Sat.: :am - pm. Earl Warren Showgrounds, Calle Real. Free-$.. Visit jlsantabarbara .org. /: Alexander McCall Smith � This event featuring best-selling author of The No. Ladies’ Detective Agency series will be a sheer delight. Captivating readers with his imagi-
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/-/: BASSH! � This high energy dance production is coming to you with area and Central Coast dancers, choreographers, and students who will be performing various styles of dance like competition ballroom, Argentine tango, swing, hip-hop, and more. This year’s performances include a tribute to Georgette Friedman, a Santa Barbara Independent Local Hero and operations and sales manager of the S.B. Downtown Organization. Fri.: :pm; Sat.: : and :pm. The New Vic Theatre, W. Victoria St. $-$. Call - or visit sbassh.com. Read more on p. . nation and charismatic female sleuths, Alexander McCall Smith will give us an evening of wit and wisdom and storytelling. pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. $-$. Call - or visit artsandlectures .sa.ucsb.edu. Read more on p. .
from the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation, all associated class costs, including tuition, background screenings, and textbooks, will be fully covered. :pm. Administration Bldg., Rm. A, SBCC, Cliff Dr. Free. Call -.
/: Memory Care Classes Information Meeting � SBCC will hold a meeting and accept applications for two new classes geared toward compassionate caregiving for persons with dementia which will begin the week of January -, , and are open to all members of the community. Thanks to a grant
/-/, /-/: Middletown: A Play � When describing this poem for the theater, playwright Will Eno says, “I think Middletown tries to look at the accumulation and effect of the tiny moments that make up our lives — and how we are constantly vulnerable to these tiny moments, which may in fact change the angle of our entire life, or not.” Shows through November . Fri., Tue.-Wed.: pm; Sat.: and pm; Sun.: pm. Performing Arts Theater, UCSB. $-$. Call - or visit www .theaterdance.ucsb.edu. Read more on p. .
14 /: Stars and Galaxies � Did you know that there are billions of stars like the sun in our Milky Way galaxy? Learn more fascinating facts about stars in a short presentation, and then step outside to see stars and galaxies through telescopes provided by the S.B. Astronomical Unit. :pm. Goleta Library, N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Call - or visit sbplibrary.org.
/-/: S.B. Startup Weekend � Active and empowered entrepreneurs are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. Developers, designers, marketers, product managers, and startup enthusiasts alike will come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch a startup. Fri.: pm-midnight; Sat.-Sun.: am-midnight. Various locations. $-$. Visit up.co/ communities/usa/santa-barbara/ startup-weekend/ for the full schedule. Read more on p. .
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GAME OF THE WEEK /: College Football: Glendale at Santa Barbara City College These teams share the name Vaqueros and are tied for second place in the American Pacific Conference with - records. The winner of this showdown will likely receive a bid to a community college bowl game. SBCC (- overall) had a seven-game winning streak snapped last weekend by Santa Monica College, the only team to defeat Glendale (-). Freshman quarterback Brandon Edwards directs a Santa Barbara offense that is averaging yards and . points per game. The defense yields an average of points. Australian punter Mitch Wishnowsky, who has been recruited by the University of Utah, averaged . yards on eight punts last week, dropping five of them inside the -yard line. The scenic backdrop is another pleasure of watching an afternoon game at La Playa Stadium. After dark on Saturday, the stadium will be the site of Bishop Diego High’s opening-round CIF football play-off game against Antelope Valley. SBCC: pm; Bishop Diego: pm. La Playa Stadium, Loma Alta and Shoreline drs., SBCC. $-$. Call - or visit sbccvaqueros.com. /-/: Almost, Maine This contemporary play will show the residents of a remote, mythical town falling in and out of love in the strangest ways as knees get bruised, hearts are broken, and love is lost and found. Contains adult themes. Shows through November . pm. Porter Theatre, Westmont, La Paz Rd. $-$. Ages +. Call - or visit westmont.edu /boxoffice.
SATURDAY 11/15 /: Free Eye Examinations for Veterans SEE International will offer, in honor of all the brave women and men who have fought to defend our country, eye screenings and vouchers for discounted eyeglasses for veterans, children, and qualifying uninsured individuals. Appointments are highly recommended. am - pm. Sansum Clinic, W. Foothill Rd. Free. Call -. /-/: got Broadway? More than th and th graders will perform in the upbeat production with songs and dances from various Broadway musicals. Come support our students as they prove that there’s no business like show business! Sat.: pm; Sun.: pm. Goleta
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of performing instrumentals, vocals, and impromptu comedy. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Goleta, N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. $. Call - or visit gslcms.org. /: Endless Summer � Not ready to let go of summer fun? The Howard School will be hosting a surf-themed fundraiser full of festive food and activities to support an endless celebration for education and The Howard School. Shaka brah! -:pm. Montecito Country Club, Summit Rd., Montecito. $. Call - or visit thehoward school.org. /: Foster the People � At this last Bowl performance of the season, Foster the People takes the stage to play hits from Torches as well as their second release, Supermodel. Opening the show will be Sylvan Esso and Soko. :pm. S.B. Bowl, N. Milpas St. $.-$.. Call - or visit sbbowl.com. Read more on p. .
/: Holiday Faire � Discover great handcrafted holiday gifts for friends and family created by more than SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL) teachers and students who will be selling artwork and crafts. CLL e-gift cards will also be available at the Holiday Crafts Faire so you can give the gift of learning this holiday season. am - pm. Wake Campus, N. Turnpike Rd. Free. Call -. /: The Idiomatiques � Good Shepherd Lutheran Church presents these gypsy jazz musicians from S.B. who will bring to you the Hot Club de France tradition
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ery, and Something Ridiculous, high-energy entertainment featuring jugglers and acrobats, will perform. am - pm. Santa Ynez Valley Family School, -A Figueroa Mtn. Rd., Los Olivos. Free. Call - or visit syvfamilyschool .org. /: Holiday Boutique � Come get your holiday shopping finished at one spot at this festive holiday boutique featuring more than area vendors with handmade jewelry, candles, purses, art, food, and more. am - pm. Santa Ynez Valley Christian Academy, Refugio Rd., Santa Ynez. Free. Call - or visit syvca.org. /: An Evening with Anne Lamott � All you Anne Lamott fans, come meet and listen to her talk about her new book, Small Victories, a collection of new and selected essays on hope, joy, and grace, which are her trademark. This event benefits the Freedom Warming Center, which relieves suffering and saves lives for our neighbors without homes in emergency weather conditions. pm. First Presbyterian Church, E. Constance Ave. $. Visit eventbrite.com. /: Creekside Soul Funk Dance Party � Here is an awesome opportunity to get funky and have a night filled with food, drinks, and hopefully a soul-train line. All proceeds will benefit the Rwanda Education Fund. -pm. Creekside Inn, Hollister Ave. Suggested donation: $. Call
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/: Waldorf School Harvest Faire & Country Store � This annual fair now features a country store with handmade items (made by Waldorf families), fiddlers and other musicians, a pie contest, a puppet show, craft corn-husk dolls, barnyard games, and more. All proceeds will benefit the Waldorf School of Santa Barbara. -:pm. Waldorf School Upper Campus, N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Visit waldorf santabarbara.org. /: Pro-Youth Movement Presentation � You are invited to find out what Palabra, an S.B. nonprofit group, does to limit the violence and improve the lives of Latino youth by keeping the peace in the streets, fostering restorative justice, and working with families of youth in the juvenile justice system. Lunch will be provided by El Sitio, and child care will be available. Lunch: :pm; Program: -:pm. Trinity Episcopal Church, State St. Free. Call -.
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PETER BARNES Fixing Capitalism’s Deepest Flaws Tuesday, November 18 / 8:00 p.m. / Free UCSB Corwin Pavilion Peter Barnes argues that because of globalization, automation, and winner-take-all capitalism, there will not be enough high-paying jobs to sustain America’s middle class in the future. Therefore, to survive economically, our middle class needs—and deserves—a supplementary source of nonlabor income. To meet this need, Barnes proposes to give every American a share of the wealth we own together—starting with our air and financial infrastructure. The dividends would be paid by a nationwide fund similar to Alaska’s Permanent Fund. The fund’s revenue would come from a variety of common assets, starting with our atmosphere. The dividends would amount to several thousand dollars per year—money that would not be welfare or wealth redistribution but, as in the case of Alaska, legitimate property income. Peter Barnes, a journalist and entrepreneur, is the author of Who Owns the Sky? (2001), Capitalism 3.0 (2006), and With Liberty and Dividends for All (2014). Courtesy of The Book Den, copies of With Liberty and Dividends For All will be available for purchase and signing.
SUNDAY 11/16 /: Thomas Steinbeck and Benjamin Brode � Big Sur strikes visitors with its mystical atmosphere, and some people return with encounters with a “presence” or “Dark
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Watchers.” When Thomas Steinbeck told these stories to landscape painter Benjamin Brode, he decided to head that way. When he returned, he painted. Steinbeck’s vivid childhood recollections and Brode’s series led to their book In Search of the Dark Watchers. pm. Chaucer’s Books, State St. Free. Call - or visit chaucersbooks.com. Read more on p. . /: Flying Karamazov Brothers � The Flying Karamazov Brothers are soaring into S.B. with a zany showcase filled with laugh-out-loud comedy, wild theatrics, and astonishing juggling feats. These pranksters dance, prance, pun, sing, and mesmerize their way through a madcap evening of fun. -:pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. $-$. Call - or visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu. /: A Concert to Benefit Santa Barbara Rescue Mission � S.B.-based pianist Robert Cassidy will perform a solo recital with a program that will include Chopin, Debussy, and Schubert. Free-will donations will be accepted at the door, with all proceeds benefiting SBRM, a nonprofit organization providing food, shelter, and recovery programs for the homeless. pm. First Methodist Church, E. Anapamu St. Donations accepted. Call - or visit sbrm.org. /: Kristin Korb � The S.B. Jazz Society presents this bassist and singer performing music of
/: Jared & The Mill, Alexz Johnson, Patrick Droney � Whether they are playing a slow, heartfelt song or a foot-stomping rockabilly jam, you will get guitars and a story with Jared & The Mill (pictured), who released their first album, Western Expansion, this past June. Opening the show will be singer/songwriter Alexz Johnson out with new release Let ’em Eat Cake and singer/songwriter and blues guitarist Patrick Droney. pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, State St. $-$. Call - or visit sohosb.com. love, travel, marriage, and Denmark, her adopted home, all in celebration of the release of her new CD, Finding Home. -pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, State St. $-$. Call - or visit sohosb.com.
MONDAY 11/17 /: Benefit for S.B. Cancer Center � Acclaimed vocalist Holly Williams, an S.B. resident and cancer survivor, will perform live onstage with L.A.-based jazz trio trioKAIT. Come enjoy a night of jazz standards and original music all in support of the Cancer Center of S.B. with Sansum Clinic, a nonprofit corporation that treats those on the journey to live with, through, and beyond cancer with state-of-the-art cancer treatment. :pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, State St. $. Call - or visit ticketfly.com. /: Pilobolus � As always, you will be astounded by Pilobolus, a troupe of dancers who leap, fly, intertwine, and break all the rules. Part dance, part mime, and part sculpture, this act is filled with humor, athleticism, and theatricality. This show will contain partial nudity. pm. Granada Theatre, State St. $-$. Call - or visit artsandlectures .sa.ucsb.edu. Read more on p. .
TUESDAY 11/18 /: Balancing on a Planet: Can Local Food Improve Health, Increase Equity, and Slow Global Warming? � David A. Cleveland, professor in the Environmental Studies Program at UCSB and author of Balancing on a Planet: The Future of Food and Agriculture, will discuss the challenge of fixing our global food system and how even though it feeds us, in the process it contributes to sickness, hunger, and climate change. A reception with samples of local foods will follow the talk, and books will be available for purchase. pm. Pacific View Rm., UCSB Library. Free. Call - or visit www.ihc.ucsb.edu. /: Meet the Doctors: Caring for Your Heart � Does your heart race, flutter, or skip a beat? Join us for a physician-led discussion with Dr. Claudio Bonometti on conditions of the heart and how to treat them. This event will be part lecture, video, open discussion, and demonstration and include time for Q&A. -:pm. Burtness Auditorium, S.B. Cottage Hospital, W. Pueblo St. Free. Call - or visit cottageheart .org/contact. /: Kate Wallace � Join area singer/songwriter Kate Wallace for a signing of her newest CD,
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The Road to Bethlehem, a collection of “Amereclectic” Christmas tunes that can be played year ’round. pm. Chaucer’s Books, State St. Free. Call - or visit chaucersbooks.com.
/: Fixing Capitalism’s Deepest Flaws Peter Barnes, entrepreneur and former Washington correspondent for Newsweek, will discuss his views on how because of globalization, automation, and winnertake-all capitalism, there won’t be enough high-paying jobs to sustain America’s middle class in the future. There will be copies of Barnes’s latest book, With Liberty and Dividends for All, available for purchase and signing. pm. Corwin Pavilion, UCSB. Free. Call - or www.ihc .ucsb.edu. /: Danish String Quartet With its boundless interpretive and technical talents, matched by an infectious joy for musicmaking, this group of three Danes and a Norwegian is arguably the hottest string quartet performing today. This program will include the West Coast premiere of a piece written for them by Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen, plus string quartets by Haydn and Beethoven. pm. Hahn Hall, UCSB. $-$. Call - or visit artsandlectures .sa.ucsb.edu. Read more on p. .
biography, So, Anyway …. He will be in conversation with television director Terry Hughes (rd Rock from the Sun), followed by an audience Q&A. Pre-signed books will be available for purchase. pm. Granada Theatre, State St. $-$. Call - or visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu. Read more on p. .
/: CREATE Concert This concert will feature the distinguished performer-composer David Rosenboom, Dean of the School of Music at Cal Arts, performing a recent work for instruments and electronics. Also featured is a new piece entitled Then by faculty composer Curtis Roads, which was realized by processing electronic pulses through a Studer analog tape recorder in a feedback circuit. :pm. Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB. Free-$. Call - or visit music.ucsb.edu/news/event/.
/: Employment Law Update: Best HR Practices Come join legal firm Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth for breakfast and a presentation on Labor & Employment Law Updates as they discuss significant developments in labor and employment law, bullying in the workplace and how it could hurt employers, employer liability for failing to pay at least minimum wage, and other pertinent issues. :-am. Canary Hotel, W. Carrillo St. $-$. Call - or visit sbhra.org. /: An Evening with John Cleese In Conversation with Terry Hughes This evening with John Cleese, a k a the Minister of Silly Walks and Basil Fawlty, will share wonderfully entertaining anecdotes and amusements and insight into his new auto-
Rabbi David Wolpe David: The Divided Heart Sunday, November 16 / 3:00 p.m. / Free UCSB Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall
Of all the figures in the Bible, David arguably stands out as the most perplexing and enigmatic. He was many things: a warrior who subdued Goliath and the Philistines; a king who united a nation; a poet who created beautiful, sensitive verse; a loyal servant of God who proposed the great Temple and founded the Messianic line; a schemer, deceiver, and adulterer who freely indulged his very human appetites. David Wolpe, whom Newsweek called “the most influential rabbi in America” and the Jerusalem Post identified as “one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world,” takes a fresh look at biblical David in an attempt to find coherence in his seemingly contradictory actions and impulses. What emerges is a fascinating portrait of an exceptional human being who, despite his many flaws, was truly beloved by God. David Wolpe, Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, is the author of eight books, including Why Faith Matters and the national bestseller Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times.
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On Saturday, October 25, Shadow’s Fund held its annual Pit Bulls on Parade stroll along East Beach in an effort to educate folks about the American pit bull. With tongues lolling and tails wagging, pits and American Staffordshire terriers pad their way down the sidewalk greeting tourists and locals alike. “The little staffie Apple (pictured in tutu) was the star of the show that day — flirting with firefighters and wiggling for everyone that she met,” said Shadow’s Fund’s Jill Anderson. Apple is adoptable from the Santa Barbara county shelter in Goleta (5473 Overpass Rd., 681-5285). For more information about the pit bull parade and Shadow’s Fund, visit shadowsfund.org.
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Who doesn’t like a bargain? And it’s even better when the cash from the purchase goes to help a worthy cause. Well, the Junior League Rummage Sale covers both those criteria. Since 1934, the Junior League of Santa Barbara (JLSB) has hosted this annual shopping event, offering items such as clothing, sporting goods, furniture, housewares, and kid-related goods. Proceeds from the day go toward funding the works of the JLSB, a 90-year-old institution dedicated to “promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women and improving Santa Barbara through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers,” according to its mission statement. This year, the JLSB has added a pre-rummage-sale gala the night before the big event. For $10.50, folks can attend the First Dibs Pre-Sale Party Friday, November 14, 6-9 p.m. and peruse and purchase the perfect treasure before the crowds come in the following day. The actual Rummage Sale — which is free — takes place Saturday, November 15, 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m., at the Earl Warren Showgrounds, Exhibit Hall, 3400 Calle Real. For more information, call 963-2704 or see jlsantabarbara.org. —MD
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Introducing John Cleese
The Minister of Silly Walks, the Dead Parrot sketch, Basil Fawlty, “It’s just a flesh wound,” A Fish Called Wanda — these cryptic phrases invariably bring to mind John Cleese, the British comedian who has created an indelible mark on the funny bones of contemporary civilization. But who is the man behind the public figure? In his just-released autobiography, So, Anyway …, Cleese reveals details of his life from tot to teacher to Cambridge student to writing for the BBC to the birth of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Reading So, Anyway …, which is written in wonderfully candid prose that allows for asides and digressions, is akin to sitting in a cozy den while having tea and being told delightfully engaging stories, thanks to the author’s wit and thoughtful observations that infuse the book. Whether it’s skewering U.K. newspaper folks (“British journalists tend to believe that people who become good at something do so because they seek fame and fortune. This is because these are the sole motives of people who become British journalists”) or summarizing Monty Python (“The Flying Circus was always, despite its love of breaking comic conventions, and the originality of some of its content, recognizably a TV comedy show”), Cleese writes with the easy flow of a raconteur who is aware of — and appreciates — his audience. Santa Barbarans get the opportunity to actually hear Cleese tell his tales when he visits town as part UCSB’s Arts and Lectures series on Wednesday, November 19, 7 p.m., at the Granada Theatre (1214 State St.). For tickets and information, call 893-3535 or see artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu. — MD
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n a cold, drizzly November morning, Ely took the first tentative steps onto the gangway of the Hudson with great trepidation,” writes Robin Lloyd in his debut novel, Rough Passage to London. “The newly built 360ton ship was sailing to London that same day on its inaugural voyage, and the seriousness of what he was aboutt m.” to do was just beginning to dawn on him. The year is 1822, and Ely Morgan is a 16-year-old farm boy from Connecticut who joins the crew of a packet ship — sailing vessels that crossed the Atlanticc on a strict schedule, carrying mail and passengers — to escape his father’s brutality and to search for his older brother Abraham, a sailor who has gone missing. In evocative description, Lloyd reveals the harsh life of merchant marines in the first half of the 19th century, which includes battling storms, beatings from crewmembers, and attacks from river pirates. Lloyd, a former foreign correspondent for NBC and an award-winning television documentarian, didn’t have to look far for his subject: Elisha Ely Morgan is his direct ancestor, and it’s from the known details of his life that Lloyd spins this engaging historical fiction. On tour for Rough Passage, Lloyd is making a stop in S.B., where he will give a multimedia presentation depicting the history of packet ships — specifically the New York vessels — their routes, passengers, and the sailors of the era, using more than 100 maritime images. The presentation, titled The Age of Sail, takes place Thursday, November 20, 7 p.m., at the S.B. Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way. Call — Michelle Drown 962-8404 or see sbmm.org.
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hey live in the misty hillsides of Big Sur. The Dark Watchers, as they are known, possess incredible hearing and impeccable eyesight. Who or what the Watchers are, no one knows. Where they came from is a mystery. They leave without a footprint. Discover their meaning in an exquisite new book that is part adventure, part legend, filled with illuminating sketches and lavish oil paintings that are flush with mystery, shadow, and light. In the process you may learn more than you ever expected about the legendary Dark Watchers, as well as the origins of landscape painting itself. In Search of the Dark Watchers is the result of an artistic collaboration between author Thomas Steinbeck and artist Benjamin Brode. On a gentle summer evening, the noted novelist and storyteller told Brode about the legendary “watchers” who roam the wilds of Big Sur. Brode, a masterful painter inspired by both early California impressionism and contemporary landscape artists, decided to pack up his old VW van and head to Big Sur to see if he could capture some of the Dark Watchers’ mystery on canvas. This book takes the reader through Brode’s perambulating search for the elusive beings of the Sur in a series of 26 oils, lovingly reproduced in an elegantly designed volume by Caroline Paine, Brode’s daughter. Each painting contains the spark of the spirit of the Sur and its transitory coastal sunlight that alternates the hues of the forest and the fog, creating textures upon textures, draping the wilderness in mystery and mitigating color into darkness. Of special note is the painting “Near Partington Cove.” A lone windblown cypress clings to a cliff facing the sea, its tangled roots disappearing into shadow in a statement of persistence. Another is “4:30 AM at the Hermitage”; this
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is quintessential Big Sur — stark, moonlit, and still. Solitary trees stand in silhouette above the endless dark ocean that reflects the moon like a black mirror. m Brode’s sketches are a startling roadmap to his process that ssummons “Genius loci,” or the “spirit of place.” In the widest sense, that is what this book is about. The Romans coined the term, and in ancient times this spirit was envisaged as an actual creature, a guardian animal or supernatural being such as an elf, a fairy, or a ghost. How far away from this original idea of Genius loci are the Dark Watchers? Over time, beliefs of literal spirits were discarded and less supernatural concepts prevailed, imbuing landscape painting with its purpose and meaning. The paintings in this collection have an unadorned, unpretentious vibrancy that speaks of an original Edenic attachment to the land. There doesn’t seem to be an intermediary between the artist and the landscape — unless it’s the enabling influence of the Dark Watchers themselves. As far as the Dark Watchers are concerned, Brode confesses that to his surprise, they were showing up in the shadows as he was painting. He found himself practically stumbling over them. The Watchers do not give up their mysteries in this book — but if you are prepared to see them, you will. As Brode tells Steinbeck in the epilogue, “It’s always been my job to paint what I see. On the other hand it’s your job to find what it is you’re really looking for.” If you have a love of Big Sur, a good story, and great painting, then this book may be exactly what you’re looking for. — Mitchell Kriegman
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t’s no exaggeration to refer to author Alexander McCall Smith (pictured) as “world famous.” The Scottish author’s 1999 novel, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency — now a 15-volume series set in Botswana — has been translated into 46 languages. Now on tour for his newest book, The Handsome Man’s De Luxe Café, he took time from his hotel in New York to talk to The Santa Barbara Independent before heading off to a regal-sounding dinner at the home of a well-known New York philanthropist. “This is my fourth visit to the U.S. just this year,” McCall Smith said. “I went to Key West for a conference in January and during the summer was in Las Vegas for a librarian’s conference. It was wonderful; there were 20,000 librarians there. Can you imagine?” Since his books lodged themselves in the hearts of readers all over the world, McCall Smith has had a global touring schedule that sounds overwhelming. “It’s true: I do a great deal of traveling. After the U.S. visit, I’ll be off to Botswana and then Cape Town in South Africa. So far, though, I’m coping.” Considering his jam-packed travel schedule, it’s difficult to comprehend how McCall Smith, who is also the author of other crime series set in his hometown of Edinburgh, manages to be so prolific. He explained: “I set aside a few months a year just for writing, no touring. Since there are several [book] series going on at once, involving so many characters’ lives, I may think about what one character in Edinburgh — for instance, Bruce [narcissist supreme of the 44 Scotland Street series, whose comeuppance is already in the works] — is doing while I’m working on a book set in Botswana. But I have to concentrate on the book at hand, so I’ll jot down the thought and set it aside for the time being.” McCall Smith said of his daily writing schedule: “I get up early, about 4:30 in the morning, sometimes earlier, and get in a good three hours of writing. Then in the afternoon I take a siesta. I’m a great believer in siestas.” The easy-to-laugh, genial McCall Smith talked about his characters as though they were neighbors, which in fact they — or their archetypes — were for the years he spent in Botswana, after earning
his law degree at the University of Edinburgh. Born to Scottish parents in what was then Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, McCall Smith went to St. Patrick’s Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo, before enrolling at the University of Edinburgh, where he earned a degree in medical law. He later returned to Africa to help found a law school in Botswana and developed a great affection for its people. Gaborone, capital of Botswana, became the setting for The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. “The people of Botswana really are as kind and courteous as they are in my books,” he said. “They’re perhaps not as formal as they’re depicted [his characters, even husband and wife, address each other as Mma and Rra — Mrs. and Mr.], but I wanted to portray their essential dignity. I’m very fond of them.” The author has a wonderfully wicked sense of humor and thoroughly enjoys writing some of the more reprehensible creatures that serve as foils to the main characters. One of them is Violet, bête noir to Mma Grace Makutsi, codirector of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Violet does her best to sabotage Mma Makutsi’s latest undertaking with a devastating newspaper article. “Violet really is a wicked person,” McCall Smith said, laughing. “What she wrote would have been just ruinous. I had great fun with that.” One of the things that make McCall Smith’s books so popular, besides their subtle humor, is a focus on the mundane details, not riches. “That’s what I want to get across. It’s not material success that determines happiness — it’s the small events of daily life to be found in precious things like Mma Ramotswe’s old and ragged lace handkerchief, and the smell of rain. That’s where we find meaning in life.” MICHAEL LIONSTAR
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The Race for Freedom or the third time, Moninda Marube
crossed the finish line a winner in the Select Staffing Santa Barbara
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won the full marathon in 2010 and again in 2011 (setting a record of 2 hours, 22 minutes, and 28 seconds), dominated the half-marathon last Saturday, finishing the 13.1-mile race more than two minutes ahead of the second-place runner. The gap would have been wider if Marube hadn’t missed a turn and run, by his estimation, almost an extra mile. “I would have run 1:07 today,” said Marube, whose official time was 1:13:31. “But everything is good. I did not come to set a record.” He came to muster support for the biggest run of his life — some 3,700 miles across the MAN ON A MISSION: Moninda Marube dominated the half marathon last Saturday, United States. He intends to start next spring finishing the 13.1-mile race more than two minutes ahead of the second-place runner. The Kenya native came not only to run but also to gain support for the 3,700-mile run across the on the coast of Maine and finish at LeadbetU.S. he intends to start next spring on the coast of Maine and finish at Leadbetter Beach on ter Beach on November 7, 2015, at the end of November 7, 2015, at the end of another Santa Barbara Marathon. another Santa Barbara Marathon. Along the way, Marube wants to call attention to two the big ones in Boston and New York to the many small-town races maladies: human trafficking and child obesity. It is a grandiose quest, to be sure, fraught with uncertainty. But Mar- like Santa Barbara’s, they are in it to win it. “Nobody is born a runner,” Marube maintained. “Everybody is ube is fearlessly forging ahead. He has a community of support in his adopted hometown of Auburn, Maine; a videographer has volunteered capable of becoming a runner. The secret is training hard and being inspired.” to document his journey; and he has set up a nonprofit foundation, Kenyans are trained naturally by the daily exertions of being selfEscape from Freedom, with a website (escapefromfreedom.org). propelled in a mountainous country. As for inspiration, it seems that “It’s a paradox,” said Dan Campbell, a cross-country coach in they have an advantage that grows out of being disadvantaged. “We Auburn who has taken Marube into his home. “He came here to be run from corrupt police officers. We run from poverty. We run from free, and he fell into oppression.” illiteracy,” Marube said. “That inspires us. Physical training is 25 perMarube contends that after he embarked on a professional runcent; 75 percent is up here,” he said, pointing to his head. ning career in America, his livelihood was stolen by an unscrupulous Several Santa Barbara runners distinguished themselves among agent who confiscated a chunk of his earnings and consigned him and the 3,142 who completed the two races. UCSB grad student Damon other vulnerable immigrant athletes to deplorable living conditions in Valenzona, 28, was second in the marathon (2:34:30). Rita BeyMinnesota. non, 35, a mother of three, was the first woman in the half-marathon “Moninda is the first person to speak out about this kind of human (1:27:29). Deanna Odell, 48, was the top master’s woman and third trafficking,” said Campbell, who lent a sympathetic ear to Marube’s story after the Santa Barbara Marathon in 2011. (Campbell was a coach overall in the marathon (won by Paige Burgin of Los Alamitos in 3:06:39). The master’s winners in the half-marathon were Todd Booth, and mentor of Rusty Snow, the founder and director of the area running event, and he has helped stage the races here since its inception in 45, and Desa Mandarino, 43. A number of visiting runners posted complaints on social media. 2009.) They were upset that the finishers’ medals were not on hand (reportImpressed by Marube’s sincerity, Campbell brought him to Maine edly because of labor issues at the docks; they will be mailed when they early in 2012. He introduced the runner to an immigration lawyer and arrive). Some experienced difficulty following the course from Goleta the Auburn chief of police. They took Marube’s allegations seriously to the shore. Some expected to collect more swag at the expo. Snow against his former manager, whom he did not name publicly because and company have some things to work on. of concerns of retaliation. But many other runners took pride in their accomplishment, “I felt secure for the first time,” Marube said. “I poured out everyenjoyed the scenery, saluted the military veterans, and were happy to thing to the chief of police.” According to a story in the Portland Press contribute to such causes as the Community Environmental Council, Herald, it was determined there was not enough evidence to warrant a federal prosecution, but Marube’s cooperation may earn him a perma- Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation, and area school athletic programs. nent visa. Moninda Marube expressed the meaning of their actions on his Meanwhile, the 35-year-old Kenyan has become a valued resident website: “Let’s all aspire to live in a healthy society that is ruled by love of Auburn. He ministers an after-school fitness program for children and charity.” through the Police Activities League. He brought attention to his crusade by running and winning the Maine Marathon in Portland last POSTSEASON KICKS: Westmont College hosts Vanguard Univermonth. He opted for the half-marathon in Santa Barbara because he sity in the Golden State Athletic Conference women’s soccer chamwas not fully recovered, and he spent nine hours on his feet during pionship match Friday, November 14, at 1 p.m. Then the Warriors the Marathon Expo at the Earl Warren Showgrounds the day before will aim for a national title in the NAIA tournament. They made it the race, informing passersby about Escape from Freedom. “What to the finals last year. … UCSB could be hosting the Big West men’s is human trafficking?” he was asked. “It’s people taking advantage of soccer championship on Saturday night, depending on the outcome you,” he said. Sammy Cheruiyot Mutai, 36, emerged as the winner of Saturday’s of the semifinals. The Gauchos’ postseason hopes looked dim a few marathon in trying 80-degree weather. His time was 2:31:40. Mutai weeks ago before they found a deadly striker in 6�4� sophomore Nick DePuy. also hails from Kenya. When Kenyans show up at distance races, from
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Moninda Marube Wins S.B. Half Marathon, Musters Support for 3,700-Mile Run Across the U.S.
Stephen McCaffery and Adilene Aldapa Stephen McCaffery’s nine-touchdown performance and a Channel League individual victory for Adilene Aldapa earned them Athlete of the Week honors on Monday at the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon. McCaffery helped bring Laguna Blanca’s eight-man football team a CIF victory by delivering nine touchdowns in one game. The Owls senior rushed for six scores, passed for another, and returned two interceptions for touchdowns, as well. Laguna Blanca, which won 66-44 in its CIF opener, will host No. 1 Thacher on Friday under the lights at Warkentin Stadium at San Marcos High School. Aldapa had been a top-five finisher at each of the first two Channel League cross-country meets before breaking through with a victory on Thursday in Ventura. Aldapa, whose time was 18:02, helped the Royals’ team qualify for CIF by finishing second. — John Dvorak
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he many-windowed Craftsman bungalow across from the County Courthouse on Anapamu Street enjoys one of the most iconic views in Santa Barbara, and a revolving door of restaurateurs have tried to parlay its perfect patio and cozy bar into the eatery of their dreams. The longest success story in recent memory was the seven-year run of Elements Restaurant & Bar, which closed in 2012, but today there is a new team with a fresh, music-minded vision to make this seemingly ideal but historically challenging location shine. Piano Riviera Lounge (129 E. Anapanu St.; 882-0050; sbpiano.com) was opened in October by Chef Stephen Goularte and DJ Fabrice Allain, both veterans of the town’s hospitality scene. While working together at Eos down on Anacapa and Haley streets, they hatched their idea for a laid-back restaurant with Mediterranean-inspired dishes and a weekly lineup of musicians performing in an intimate space. “When [people] come here, they feel really at home,” remarked Allain. “It’s casual, the food isn’t crazy expensive, but it’s like an extension of the living room.” They’re also capitalizing on the location by offering picnic baskets and blankets so customers can enjoy their food in the Sunken Gardens across the street. “You order the food, we’ll put it in containers, and go have lunch across the street,” said Goularte. As for the music, every Wednesday-Sunday night, 7-9 p.m., the lounge hosts both area and nationally renowned musical artists sharing their tunes from the recently built stage. “It’s not much,” quipped Goularte, “but it’s got a baby grand piano!” Allain attributes the positive response so far to “the spirit of the cabaret.” He explained, “There’s a little room with a stage, everybody’s kind of compact, and suddenly the music starts and something happens.” Here are some highlights:
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Seared Ahi Tuna: Though admittedly not Mediterranean, this small plate offering is “one you just have to have!” exclaimed Goularte. The fish is artfully displayed upon a bed of Asian slaw (napa cabbage, purple cabbage, and edamame) that’s tossed in a soy ginger sesame dressing. Piano Pizza: The homemade crust gives just the right amount of crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. The secret is the oven, which Goularte says is cranked up to temperatures you won’t see at home. After it’s cooked, thinly sliced prosciutto is liberally draped on every other slice, and a handful of a fresh arugula and shaved parmesan dressed in olive oil tops it off. Lasagna: Just like mamma makes it. The Bolognese recipe — from a family
that hails just outside of Bologna, Italy — is prepared a day in advance, giving more time for the pork, beef, and pancetta to marinate in the flavors of Italy. The sauce is then carefully layered with béchamel and noodles, then hit with melted mozzarella and a splash of marinara sauce. The result melts in your mouth.
Chocolate Lavender Tart: A perfectly buttery pecan and brown-sugar crust is the foundation for a decadent chocolate lavender ganache filling. Finished with a drizzle of Earl Grey crème anglaise, this unexpected combo of indulgence is also gluten-free. Opera Night: “We had one in October, and it was just amazing,” said Goul-
arte, who is hosting the next one on November 13, 7-9 p.m., with $75 seating that includes a four-course meal, wine, and an opera performance between — Bethany Stetson each course.
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he food geek preceded the chef or the hippie again.” In addition to educating her listeners, she’s cookbook author,” said Evan Kleiman also a member of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council and about her life and role as the happy host of the Stewardship Council for Roots of Change. KCRW’s weekly radio program Good Food Along the way, she’s worked kitchens, written cookbooks, for 17 years. That’s longer than she ever and, in 1984, opened her own restaurant, Angeli Caffé, imagined. “I tend not to look which closed in January 2012. very much ahead, which could “There are many parts I don’t be a problem,” she said with miss: worrying about making her bubbly laugh, then quickly the payroll, telling everyone to admitted, “I hope I never have make their beds — that is, do to stop doing it.” the things they should know Now she’s got more places to do,” she said. “But I do miss to do it, ever since KCRW’s a venue to host people. There recent launch of its new 88.7 really isn’t a substitute for my FM frequency in Santa Barplace — so moderately priced, bara. “We always knew if we which is why it’s probably were going to go up there, it closed now. I miss production would be a natural for Good cooking, too. I think I was a Food, with all the farms,” witch in a previous life. I like explained Kleiman, though stirring caldrons of things, she’ll focus on seafood first soups, stew, sauces.” by throwing a three-course She’s also seen plenty of brunch at The Hungry Cat change, much of it positive. this Sunday all about sea “Since the coming of age of urchin, including a conversamy generation, there’s been tion with diver Stephanie a full other generation that Mutz and others. “Uni is such has been raised — with the a local product, it seemed like caveat if you’re middle class a no-brainer,” she said. “We and have access to farmers’ get good urchin in Los Angemarkets — and their point les, but how many of us get to of view is fascinating to see,” have the opportunity to have she explained. “It’s more uni that fresh, cracked open in complex; it’s much more front of us?” personal. They’re not chroniThe joy of discovery clearly cling authenticity as much motivates Kleiman. “I get to as themselves, depending on read everything, get every what experiences they’ve had great cookbook, and then in their lives. Kids, who are get to talk to whomever I barely in their twenties, have want,” she said of her Good so much knowledge because Food responsibilities. “The of the Internet while, for my hard thing now is doing topgeneration, that required travel ics that everyone else hasn’t and years of study.” done.” You can’t swing a She points to L.A.’s Grand whisk without hitting a food Central Market’s “little jewblogger today, but when Kleiels of passion projects” as man started in 1997, the food evidence. “It just makes me revolution was just stirring. happy,” she said. “It feeds my EAT YOUR RADIO: KCRW’s Evan Kleiman comes to Santa She believes the show remains mind as well as my stomBarbara’s Hungry Cat this Sunday for an uni-based distinctive thanks to “our ach, and for me that’s really educational brunch. quirky viewpoint, as we’re not important.” a plate-focused show but a human-focused show, through the lens of food.” KCRW’s Evan Kleiman host an uni brunch As founder of L.A.’s first Slow Food chapter 20 years ago, on Sunday, November 16, 11 a.m., at Kleiman has always been concerned about food justice and The Hungry Cat, 1134 Chapala Street. The $75 ticket sustainability issues. “It’s about linking ecological interests includes a glass of prosecco and one-year KCRW with gastronomic,” she asserted. “All the greatest joys of the membership. See events.kcrw.com or email member world and all the ills of the world are in that space. The older ship@kcrw.org. I get, the more I learn, the more I feel I’m becoming a big old
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calls “a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation.” Performed by 12 actors and set in mid-20th-century Middle America, the play infuses the quaint relationships and familiar irksomeness of small-town life with the unsettling big issues that gnaw at the psyche from underneath. You suggest there is a Shakespearean dimension to this play. How so? It’s buried, but I think it’s there. You know in Romeo and Juliet they say “two houses both alike in dignity.” Well, this also has two houses both alike in dignity — John Dodge’s house on one side of the stage and Mary’s house on the other. The scene outside the hospital in the second act — with the Landscaper planting essentially what is, to be a little sappy about it, the tree of life, from the middle of the stage — is a little bit like the gravedigger in Hamlet. As a matter of fact, he finds a rock and he pulls it out and he says, “I never know if I’m going to find a rock or a skull.” And at the opening of the play, the Public Speaker has a page-long litany of people he wants to welcome. And I think under that speech is a little bit of “the seven ages of man” [from As You Like It].
SMALL-TOWN AMERICA: Middletown’s cast includes (clockwise from top left) Rigo Sanchez as the Cop, Blythe Foster as the Librarian, Dillon Francis as the Mechanic, Ian Elliott as John Dodge, and Quinlan Fitzgerald as Mary Swanson.
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laywright Will Eno admits to a lifelong preoccupation with the existential underbelly of life: birth, death, the hunger for purpose, and the menacing threat of meaninglessness that makes life feel sometimes like the toe-ledge of some precipice, a fragile and futile defense against oblivion. In the monologue Thom Pain (based on nothing), a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in Drama (and staged locally this year by Genesis West), absurdity is feverishly analyzed, even relished, in a manic rant that violates the fourth wall and even accosts
the audience. Middletown, which landed Eno the inaugural Horton Foote Prize for Promising New American Play in 2010, faces existential issues in a markedly different timbre, according to UCSB associate professor Tom Whitaker. “There’s a kind of sweetness, I think, about this play. Thom Pain is more savage,” he says. Whitaker is directing the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance’s fall production of Middletown, a play that draws inspiration from Thornton Wilder’s Our Town yet is stamped with the insignia of a playwright who the New York Times
ARIEL PINK POM POM
“I make people feel uneasy,” Ariel Pink told a Spin reporter back in 2012. At the time, the L.A. avant-rock auteur was still a few months shy of the release of Mature Themes, his eighth and (now) most commercially successful album to date. If Pink’s true talent lies in his ability to unnerve, he knows how to wield it. This week, Pink follows up Mature Themes with pom pom, a funky, dark, catchy catch-all that stretches 17 songs long (two discs if you go vinyl) and moves all over the retrotastic map. There are moments of darkwave à la Bahaus’s Peter Murphy (“Not Enough Violence”), as well as some bombastic Rick James trance-channeling (“Black Balleri na,” “Sexual Athletics”). At one point, we even get a peek inside Pink as jingle writer (“Jell-O”). But rattling off reference points hardly scratches the surface of pom pom’s
What do you make of this line, “It’s not rare, but it’s very lucky to be a person, just a regular person?” We were talking about that line in rehearsal last week. One of the actresses said, you know, all of us — I don’t think it’s limited to artists — we have constant anxiety about “Are we doing enough, are we special, are we making our mark, are we impressing?” This starts when we’re little kids, and it runs and chases us through life. I think part of the play is saying that we are enough because of who we are.
Middletown: A Play plays Friday, November 14-Saturday, November 22, at UCSB’s Performing Arts Theater. For info, call 893-2046 or visit www.theaterdance — Joseph Miller .ucsb.edu.
bizarre, everythingeffacing appeal. Like those that came before it, Pink’s latest zips between worlds faster than a song idea can reach completion, with spoken word, interludes, and found sounds often jockeying for control of the careening lyrical ride. It’s a twisted, sometimes poignant, and oddly appealing collection, and it will make you feel every type of strange, uncomfortable, awkward, life-affirming emotion under the sun. —AC
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Dance, like all artistic media, can take myriad forms. There’s the classical HOSTS O approach, often rooted in pointe-shoestyle ballet; the modern take, which NOVEMB N stretches all over the avant-garde map; 14-15 ER and traditional dancing, which explores every imaginable nook and cranny of dance’s global roots. Then there’s social dance, the approachable, amorphous realm in which the Charleston and the tango sit side by side and everyone is welcome onto the floor. This Friday and Saturday, Santa Barbara’s long-standing celebration of social dance, BASSH!, heads to the New Vic for its biggest, boldest installment ever. Started by the Santa Barbara Dance Alliance back in 2000, BASSH! is now helmed and organized by S.B. dance community activist Derrick Curtis. Since taking the reins on the event last year, Curtis has been subtly retooling BASSH!’s show to include more area groups, highlight more S.B. community members, and, perhaps most importantly, be a way to give back. “For the first time ever, we’re making a donation to a local nonprofit,” said Curtis via phone last week. “We’re donating a portion of the proceeds from the show to the Trudie Olsen-Curtis Foundation, which does leadership training for girls and women locally and abroad.” In addition, this weekend’s shows will honor two of the Santa Barbara dance community’s shining stars, the Downtown Organization’s Georgette Friedman (a 2013 Local Hero) and Santa Barbara Dance Center owner David Alvarez. “Georgette is extremely enthusiastic, and she’s really excited to have her volunteers with her and participating, too,” said Curtis. “We just wanted to honor some of the people that have done outstanding work in the Santa Barbara community.” But even for those not involved in social dance, Curtis promises a night of great entertainment — and maybe a little inspiration: “My message to the people who come to these productions is, if you see these dances and you enjoy it, do it! All it does is enhance your life and give you longevity. The body in motion stays in motion.” Derrick Curtis Productions presents BASSH! at the New Vic ( E. Victoria St.) on Friday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, November 15, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. For more, visit sbassh.com or etcsb .org. — Aly Comingore
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YOU ARE HERE, NOW Parmet and Blackwood: Unbound. At wall space gallery. Shows through December 28. Reviewed by Charles Donelan
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rom its beginnings, one of the great promises of photography has been unparalleled immediacy — the sense that the image puts the viewer in a specific place to witness a particular moment in time. In this new double show at wall space, the ghost of that initial promise, now distorted beyond recognition by technology and time, returns in work that trades the illusion of photographic transparency for a different connection to the here and now. For Christa Blackwood, whose work refracts the romantic landscape tradition of such masters as Edward Weston and Ansel Adams through a feminist lens, the beauty of nature inspires an imaginative offset in the form of a transparent red dot. By placing these markers within her elegant photogravure prints of deserted western landscapes, Blackwood inserts a sign that substitutes for the nude female figure, that ubiquitous symbol of natural beauty employed by so many of her predecessors as a means of humanizing empty spaces. Like the “you are here” markers on functional wall maps, these dots invite the viewer to reimagine the subject of the image as it relates to his or her own experience of the current moment. Although that imaginative act of placing a woman’s body in the landscape is already loaded with potential complications, when Blackwood’s red dots start showing up in stunning portraits of shirtless young men, the equation becomes exponentially more fraught. By combining such coolly deliberate strategies of estrangement with evident technical facility in archival developing and printing processes, Blackwood embodies the aesthetic mission of many of the artists who show at wall space, which is to restore the shock of the new to photography, a medium in which even the most controversial gestures rapidly devolve into clichés. Blackwood’s images complement the recent work of Barbara Parmet, another contemporary artist who is equally astute in her critical response to the status of photography in the world today. Parmet’s latest work requires extensive preparation, as the subjects are all posed underwater in order to achieve a variety of anti-gravitational effects, but the typical
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A Christmas Gathering: Féile Na Nollag IN THE ROUND: Barbara Parmet’s “Touching the Moon” (below) is on view now at wall space, as is Christa Blackwood’s “Santa Elena” (above).
signifiers one associates with underwater photography are conspicuous by their absence. Parmet prints these dreamy images of women floating in various dramatic postures on pieces of wood, and she leaves the wood grain intact as a separate layer of texture to complicate the surface. It’s a daring technique that could easily lead to murky results, but in Parmet’s sure hands, the effects are dazzling. Whether it’s the languid backstroke of the young woman in “After the Wave,” the flying leap of the figure in “Suspension,” or the magnificent beatitude of the swimming pool Madonna in “untitled,” each of these images delivers a powerfully complete sensation of cinematic narrative. Such alchemy in mixed media remains rare. Parmet’s Zen discipline of letting go and simplifying allows her extraordinary compositions to react with, rather than fight against, the luminous qualities of the wood. Although she began her career as a photojournalist, in this phase, Parmet may not have traveled as far afield as it may seem on first glance. These sensual, mysterious images report on her inner state, and through them we get a glimpse of where she is right now, both in and out of the ■ game, watching and wondering at it.
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UCSB PERFORMING ARTS THEATER A bit like a post-Beckett Our Town, Middletown looks at the accumulation and effect of the tiny moments that make up our lives and how we are constantly vulnerable to these tiny moments, which may in fact change the angle of our entire life, or not.
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FIRE AND SMOKE: Tom Pazderka’s “Falling Twilight� (2014) depicts a burning building in charcoal on burned book paper.
BACKSTAGE PASS UCSB’s MFA Open Studios. At UCSB’s Harder Stadium, Friday, November 7. Reviewed by Nathan Vonk
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or those of us who consider ourselves art lovers, but who generally cannot claim any artistic ambitions of our own, getting to visit an artist’s studio has an air of mystery and intrigue akin to encountering something utterly foreign. On top of that, there is often a sense of great privilege to be allowed to enter a space that feels intensely private, where the sacred act of creation takes place. These are just a couple of reasons why UCSB’s MFA open studio night (which took place November 7) is so exciting. With 15 studios all crammed awkwardly under the bleachers of the university’s Harder Stadium, it’s like having a backstage pass at Coachella — except in this case, the artists have yet to hit the big stage. The event brings with it a sense of excited exploration and malleability to the work on display. These are emerging artists, and in Santa Barbara, this is one of the few places to see this kind of work. And for adventurous souls who aren’t intimidated by a certain level of chaos, it is a very rewarding experience. The opportunity to step into these spaces, often to be witness to the origin story of a work of art that has yet to be completed, is fascinating. In this academic setting, performance, conceptual, and installation art is common. Unfortunately, this kind of work is also frequently ill-suited to the close-quartered studio experience. There were quite a few exceptions, however, including Emily Baker’s two-dimensional renderings of data collected during various routines on the uneven bars. Below each drawing, the corresponding routine was spelled out with shorthand symbols representing each particular move, like some kind of ancient hieroglyph. Shannon Willis’s interactive installation, “Sexnology 2.0,â€? was another highlight. Inside an amorphous silicone blob, Willis has placed an array of LEDs that change color when the piece is touched. The beauty of the object is inviting, but the experience is complicated by the unsettlingly fleshy feeling of the silicone. In comparison to a previous visit to this event, there were a surprising number of pieces that one might envision on a wall at home. Rebecca Kerlin’s oilpainting series “Diagrams,â€? utilizing previously discarded conceptual sketches, were standouts, as were her “Drone Flowers,â€? which turned photographic imagery from drones into beautiful three-dimensional blossoms. Vanesa Gingold’s series of exquisitely detailed surrealistic ink drawings and Emily Thomas’s hypersexual, psychedelic painting served as a reminder just how rare it is these days to see work that demonstrates such skilled draftsmanship. But possibly the most jaw-dropping work on display was found in the studio of Tom Pazderka. The first of Pazderka’s two large pieces was a large rectangle made of innumerable one-inch cubes of wood onto which had been burned the image of a lone figure raising a flag before a background of fire and smoke. It is a hauntingly beautiful piece that impresses for its inventiveness and stunning execution. Adjacent to this is a series of slightly charred pages from a book, mounted together into a four-foot-by-10-foot grid. Onto this Pazderka has created a large charcoal drawing of a burning building, presumably the target of armed conflict. In both cases, the artist’s decision to go to such great lengths in the creation of his surface is juxtaposed with the upheaval, violence, and destruction of the image depicted. And both are genuinely moving. â–
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BENDABLE, POSEABLE: New York’s Pilobolus Dance Theater takes its name from a fungus that, like the company’s dancers, “propels itself with extraordinary strength, speed, and accuracy.”
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t’s been a hell of a week for Pilobolus Dance Theater. When I catch up with dancer and UCSB alum Derion Loman from a preshow stop in New Mexico, there are jazz pianos booming in the background. “We had someone get injured,” he explains, sounding a little exasperated. “So we’re currently having an emergency rehearsal in the lobby of the hotel.” Such is the life of a traveling modern dancer — especially by Aly Comingore one touring with one of the hottest, most physically demanding companies currently making the rounds. Just two years ago, Loman was finishing up his undergraduate studies in UCSB’s acclaimed Department of Theater and Dance, where he worked under choreographers like Christina McCarthy and Christopher Pilafian, and choreographed and performed in multiple performances. After college, Loman headed to New York for what he thought would be a two-week adventure. “While I was there, I auditioned for Ballet Hispanico’s second company, and I got that job,” he recalls. “Then I went to an open-call interview for a job at a hotel, and I got that. A friend of mine offered me a place to stay, and I called my dad, and I cancelled my ticket home.” It’s been full-steam ahead ever since. Following a year with Ballet Hispanico — which included a gig at Barack Obama’s second-term inauguration — Loman went to an open audition for Pilobolus “on a whim” and ended up beating out somewhere around 100 male dancers for a part. “It was definitely one of the top three companies that I wanted to audition for and get into when I was in school,” he says. For those unfamiliar with Pilobolus’s brand of highly physical dance theater, take heed. The New York–based company, founded in 1971, prides itself on an amorphous, highly collaborative, and ever-evolving repertoire. This Monday, November 17, when Pilobolus returns to Santa Barbara, they’ll perform five pieces that stretch back as far as 1981 and include everything from a trio loosely inspired by Greco-Roman myth to a dance about cyborgs discovering their humanity to a collaboration with the indie-rock band OK Go. Despite his relative newcomer status, Loman has already helped choreograph two pieces — “On the Nature of Things” and “The Inconsistent Pedaler” — both of which will be performed in Santa Barbara. “It’s pretty much unlike anything I’ve ever done,” he says of the company’s openly collaborative process, though he admits that the initial weeks were daunting. “You’re in a room with all these really awesome creative people, so it’s a bit scary to put your ideas out there,” he says. “One of the things people stress when you’re new is not to be precious about it, because if you are then you’re crushed when something doesn’t work. But if you keep coming up with more ideas, you get better at it, your brain gets faster at it, and you get more work done.” And Loman is no stranger to getting plenty done. In addition to performing at the Granada on Monday, he’ll lead a master class at UCSB during his short Santa Barbara stay. “I know the students I’m teaching, which is cool,” he adds. For those taking part in the class, it will surely be a solid firsthand lesson in how feasible it is to achieve your dreams, not to mention how great it feels when you do. Laughs Loman, “I mean, who gets to run around pretending you’re a freaking giraffe and say it’s their job?”
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ike a Viking version more accompanying voices. of The Fab Four, the But in the last quartet, it’s Danish String Quarreally four fully equal parts. tet (DSQ) is a quad People say he really found of musicians who wear his own voice there and his their achievements and own musical language. The fame with good-natured last quartet really doesn’t detachment. Publicity sound like anything else; photos depict the 30-yearit sounds like Nielsen. And olds’ attire as rumpledwhat’s the Nielsen sound? by Joseph Miller It’s something with a lightness, chic — mussed dirty blond mops, scruffy and cheery (a nice with very imaginative modulations. reprieve from the deadpan and maniThen there is the sarcastic element, as cured pics of other classical press kits). Their well — the Danish humor. website is warmly personal and hilariously selfeffacing: “We are simply your friendly neighbor- The program in Santa Barbara will include a new piece hood string quartet with above average amounts by a contemporary Dane, Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen. of beard.” In short, this foursome of three Danes Yes. We commissioned this piece with him a and a Norwegian has learned to play serious couple of years ago when we received the same music seriously well without taking themselves award, the Carl Nielsen Award, and went to the too seriously. But if they were ever tempted to ceremony and talked with him. We listened to gloat, you could hardly blame them. In 2011, the his music, his early string quartets, and found DSQ was awarded the Carl Nielsen Prize, one of that they were very good, indeed. We hadn’t Denmark’s most prestigious arts awards. Their really been commissioning pieces before, so we moniker alone is an awesome mantle, inherited thought, “Yeah, let’s try to do this.” We got the through mentor Tim Frederiksen, who played piece here this summer, and now we’ve played it violin in a previous incarnation of the DSQ four times — and it’s not easy. Thomas is going (1985-1996). Destiny bound the Danes from through [a] tough time in life. There is some an early age: Rune Sørensen (violin), Frederik struggle in this music, maybe even desperation. Øland (violin), and Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola) The title is, of course, a tip of hat to Nielsen were preteen music and football buddies. With because his fourth symphony was called “The Frederiksen’s interest and coaching, the boys Inextinguishable,” and this one is called “The cohered into a formidable string unit by their Extinguishable.” Olesen is not so sure that mid-teens. Norwegian cellist Fredrik Schøyen Nielsen’s way of seeing music and life was true. Sjölin joined the fellowship of the bow in 2008. Things have [an] end, and life also has an end. The Santa Barbara Independent spoke with Sørensen by Skype recently at his home in I’m so excited that you will be playing Beethoven Copenhagen. Quartet No. , Op. . I have wept listening to that; the whole world is in that piece. It’s true. You know, The DSQ has received accolades for recordings of Carl our old mentor and teacher [Tim Frederiksen] Nielsen’s quartets. What is special and compelling always said, “The Beethoven ‘131’ — that’s a about Nielsen? His chamber music is not so quartet for life.” He really meant it. You can play widely known. The symphonies are played a that all your life, and it will be still as moving little bit more — that’s what he’s most famous and deep and fantastic as when you heard it for for outside of Denmark. Not to compare him the first time. to Beethoven, but in Beethoven’s quartets he also showed a very clear development from the UCSB Arts & Lectures presents early “Op. 18” to the late quartets — there’s a very the Danish String Quartet at the big difference. You can also hear that in Nielsen’s Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall (1070 quartets. The first one he wrote when he was in Fairway Rd.) on Tuesday, November 18, at 7 p.m. his twenties, and you can call it immature in Call 893-3535 or visit artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu some ways, maybe not that interesting in the for tickets and info. middle parts; the second violin and viola are
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n th the he most mostt notorious not otor toriious ious remark rem emar arkk made mad ma de de FOUR CENTURIES IN, by a public radio host this year (Canadians excepted), Ira Glass REMAINS tweeted back in July that he found Shakespeare to be “not relatable, ASTONISHINGLY PERTINENT unemotional.” He had just watched John Lithgow play the title role in King by Tom Jacobs Lear, and while the actor impressed him, the This American Life star just couldn’t get into the tragedy. While he may have been unwittingly commenting on the quality of the production, Glass’s comment was glib and embarrassing. Not relatable? In the years since World War II, Lear has established itself as the Shakespeare play that arguably best mirrors the modern world. Post-/, its relevance seems even greater. In Lear’s world, as in ours, the traditional order has been upended, authority has fragmented, and certainties have crumbled. The king’s aura of invincibility has suddenly vanished, replaced by an intense awareness of his vulnerability. If his story isn’t reflective of 21st-century America — a shaken superpower struggling to deal with multiple threats, at a time when it has largely lost faith in its leaders and institutions — what is? “It’s incredible how pertinent these plays can seem, 400 years on,” marveled Bill Buckhurst, director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre’s touring production of the play, which UCSB Arts & Lectures will present in Campbell Hall on November 20 and 21. “Lear is unbelievably devastating. It takes us to a place which we might not want to engage with. But Shakespeare is making a point about the awful experiences we have to deal with sometimes.” Like, for instance, right now. The title character — an aging monarch who bequeaths his kingdom to two undeserving daughters and soon discovers he has made a horrible mistake — will be portrayed by Joseph Marcell, who is best known for his regular role in the 1990s television comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. “He’s one of the finest classical actors I’ve ever had a chance to work with,” Buckhurst said. “He was a renowned Shakespearean actor before he was a sitcom star. I was thrilled that he was interested in playing the part.” And what does he bring to the role? “He’s able to straddle the extremes of emotion that the part requires. He plays the tyrannical, all-powerful king with great conviction, and he also has extraordinary vulnerability. There are no spotlights used in this show. Joe, and the other actors, put the spotlight on themselves through their brilliant use of language.” That stripped-down style will be familiar to those who caught one of the troupe’s previous productions, such as Hamlet or The Comedy of Errors.“We try to capture the spirit of early touring theaters, which traveled with a very simple stage and a few props,” Buckhurst explained. “There are eight actors who play all 25 parts, as well as all the music. “The nature of this type of storytelling is quite fast, and there’s certainly plenty going on. We create the famous storm sequence in a way that reflects the spirit of the early productions. When we play indoors, we bring the house lights up, so there is shared light between the audience and the actors. The actors can see the audience, just as the audience can see the actors. It’s a very communal experience. It brings the audience into the world of the play a little bit more.You feel like you’ve been spoken to, as opposed to being spoken at.” Buckhurst hopes that the approach will help make his King Lear a more immediate and — yes — relatable experience than some Shakespeare productions. After all, he notes,“The human story it tells — a man who loses everything but discovers himself in the process — is timeless and universal, and deeply affecting when you experience it in the theater. On that level, we can all identify with it.”
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ythology often addresses beginnings, so it isn’t What does 20 years mean in mythological time? all that surprising that Boxtales Theatre Com- Michael Andrews: Twenty years is a day; 20 years is a pany has a creation myth of its own. Twenty moment. Most mythological stories use time that way. years ago, the Lobero Theatre Foundation, Like, “On the first day he could speak; on the second day under then-executive director Nancy he could walk and run; on the third day he R. Lynn, wished to create a storytellrefused his mother’s milk; and on the fifth ing performance piece for the Santa day he was ready to go hunting” — that Barbara school system as part of its kind of thing. But I might also look at it in Literary Arts Outreach Program. Perthe sense of this last 20 years, which is very former Michael Katz and movement unique in history, because of where we are expert Joseph Velasco were hired, but now as a society. We really pay attention to requiring additional help with music, that stuff; that’s what our job is. What we’re trying to do is mine relevance out of old the pair went in search of a musician rumored to have skills with exotic stories for a modern world. indigenous instruments. “One of the Matthew Tavianini: I’m just thinking about by Joseph Miller myths is they found me after a naked my time and how my doing this has drumming party,” said Boxtales execuchanged in 13 years. I’ve changed, the tive director Michael Andrews, poker-faced, “at the beach world’s changed, and I’ve found more of a connection now under a big pile of kelp.” Whether the story is true or lifted as to why I do this. I think it has to do with electronics and from a Joseph Campbell book under the heading “The how our kids are becoming so out of touch with human Hero Emerges from the Wild,” the world may never know. connection and communication. This work, where we’re Other facts are better established. By the time Katz actually live people onstage, looking into somebody’s eyes and Velasco recruited him in 1994, Andrews had been and engaging them in the storytelling — which is the oldest performing music and acting with Lit Moon Theatre tradition in the world — has meaning and purpose. Company. That same year, he founded Area 51, a favorite area dance band specializing in funk, soul, and R&B. How- Would you describe Boxtales as “children’s theater”? ever versatile and ambitious, the heart of Andrews — who MA: We base our work in the innate intelligence of children. happens to be the grandson of the late Alan Watts, British- We believe that kids are born smart, so we don’t want to born writer and lecturer on Asian mysticism — remains talk down to them, we don’t want to shame them, or we firmly rooted in a conviction that ancient stories matter to don’t want to act like they’re not brilliant, because they are. It’s not “kiddie.” It’s a little bit more akin to European education and personal development. The Lobero project, How Did That Get Here? Creation children’s theater. In America, we developed a high voice Myths from Around the World, was so successful that the with our kids — and we stayed there — from some of those trio quickly realized this onetime project was, in reality, the early TV shows, like Howdy Doody. The quality was just foundation for a new theater company and a whole new not there. approach to children’s drama. Boxtales is unique in a number of ways. First, the com- What about elements of rawness, cruelty, and ambiguity in pany performs only original works based on mythology “teaching tales”? and folk stories. Second, its physical approach combines Marie Ponce: We never shy away from the juice — that’s one mime, acrobatics, juggling, dance, Brazilian capoeira, and thing I will say about Boxtales. I remember the first time live music. Next are the masks and puppetry, strange and building a show, thinking, “Can we say this? Isn’t that a wonderful artifacts constructed especially for the troupe. little [risky]?” But it’s not! Having that attitude is why the Finally, its pared-down approach balances the spectacle of company has thrived for so many years. We don’t dumb theater with the intimacy of storytelling. Although based anything down. We bring in these stories that are messy in Santa Barbara, Boxtales is in fact a touring professional and gnarly and ask really important questions and somecompany, serving surrounding cities, the Bay Area, and times don’t answer them. That’s important; it will scratch even Olympia, Washington. the brain of anyone, child or not. In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Boxtales will return to the Lobero Theatre to stage four newly upgraded shows from its repertory this weekend: Prince Rama Boxtales Theatre Company’s 20th and the Monkey King, The Odyssey, Leyendas de Duende: Anniversary Festival takes place at the Magical Tales of Latin America, and Br’er Rabbit and Lobero Theatre (33 E. Canon Perdido St.) Thursday-Sunday, Other Trickster Tales. The Santa Barbara Independent November 13-16. For tickets and info, call 966-4946 or visit recently caught up with Andrews and company principals lobero.com. For more on Boxtales Theatre Company, visit Matthew Tavianini and Marie Ponce to discuss the big boxtales.org. milestone.
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hen Foster the People burst onto the scene three What’s been the best part of transitioning from bus touring to years ago with their first single,“Pumped Up van touring? Pretty much everything. [Laughs.] We luckily Kicks,” many doubted the staying power of an weren’t stuck in the van for too long — just a couple of indie-rock band whose lead singer and lyricist months. But we were all in bands for a long time before used to write jingles for Honey this, so we’d been touring in vans Bunches of Oats. But the conwith trailers for years. It’s importrast of the band’s jarring lyrics tant for artists to tour in vans and bright pop sound struck because once you spend enough a chord in the hearts of many time in those, you really learn to young hipsters — even Rolling appreciate the bus once you get Stone called them “one of the there! The bus makes more sense by Cassandra Miasnikov best things we saw at Coachella when you’re touring for a year — in 2014.” it’s much healthier, and it becomes This week, the band’s yearlong tour in support of its your home. We’ve been lucky with bus drivers. If you get sophomore album, Supermodels, comes to a close at the a bad one, you can’t sleep at all. Santa Barbara Bowl. We caught up with drummer Mark Pontius to discuss writing, staying sane on the road, and How do you keep the set lively night after night? We always try finding meaning in music. to change up the set for every show. Sometimes we’ll jam a little longer on a song or play it just acoustic — and it’s Looking back, what do you think are the big differences between great to have that openness. If the set list is formulaic, you Supermodels and your first album, Torches? Both albums were just get bored. I’ve really started to appreciate the differwritten a little bit differently, and they talk about very ent personalities of our fans and why they’re there and different things. The first album had a lot of [frontthe people who are coming just to check it out. … All of man Mark] Foster’s previous work as a solo artist, and a these people are from so many different walks of life, and couple of our songs were worked on in the studio with they’re all in this one room together for this one moment up to four different producers. There’s a lot of hope in that’s never going to happen again with the same group that first record; it’s a little more of a positive record. The of people. You can watch how people take the music in second album required a lot of writing in different places and really be a part of that. It makes it a community thing because we were traveling so much. I think Supermodels between the fans and the band. In that moment, anything brought up more conversation pieces that weren’t easy to can happen. It’s taken me two to three years to figure all have. It’s a little more intrusive to the listener, which was of that out. kind of the idea. Those themes are pretty constant. I don’t think any of us really enjoy going in to write for What’s been the best part of this tour? It’s nice to have a voice a specific thing. The beauty of what we do is that you can with the band, to be able to use this platform and push kind of be a sponge and absorb what’s around, whether people in a positive way or make them think differently. it’s the culture that you’re in, or where you’re writing, or Having the realization of why we’re doing what we’re what’s going on with your life. The music comes in if you doing and having the chance to really let that sink in open the door. I think that’s how we do most of our writ— we’re looking at how we’re affecting people lives, and ing. You just enable yourself to be open to that creative that’s inspirational. Being able to realize that, I think, and flow. not being blinded by always thinking about ourselves or how cool we look was the best part of this tour. It really Did you have any idea that the band was going to blow up the way brings meaning to everything that we’re doing. I love it did with “Pumped Up Kicks”? No, I don’t think any of us music, and I love this band. When you’re starting to purreally knew. The timing was very weird. … I had just quit sue music or anything seriously, you want to really look my band of six years, and I’d been working with Mark inward on why you’re doing it and what you can do with [Foster] for a while. The biggest thing that I knew was it to make things better in people. I was looking for that. I different was just that working with Foster was very easy just never realized it would come to me like this. and natural. There are a lot of bands where you get a lot of conflict music-wise or relationship-wise. Sometimes Foster The People plays the Santa Barbara things become too complicated. But working with Foster Bowl (1122 N. Milpas St.) with Sylvan Esso and was easy. The music was great, the energy was great. … Soko on Saturday, November 15, at 6:30 p.m. Call 962-7411 or I knew that was something to be spoken for, but I didn’t visit sbbowl.com for tickets and information. have any idea it would be this big. I think it’s important to follow those feelings of “this makes sense; this is easy.”
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NEW FRIENDS, OLD SOULS by Aly Comingore FRESH STARTS: When we caught up with Jett Pace last week, he was slowly careening his way down the highways of the Pacific Northwest.“It’s an absolute torrential downpour right now,” the Vancouver native laughed. “I’m hoping we’ll find the sun in California.” For a number of reasons, the conditions seem apropos. As Old Man Canyon, Pace has carved a sound out of personal tumult, creative darkness, and that quest for the light at the end of the tunnel. Founded on the heels of what he describes as a “pretty traumatic” band breakup, Pace’s solo music plays out like a heady soundtrack to navigating that uncertain space between one major life marker and the next. “I was really confused creatively with where I wanted to go, what I wanted to do musically, how I wanted to go about it,” Pace recalled of his post-band mindset. “I wrote those [first] songs while I was trying to explore these questions in my mind about what it means to make music, what it means to be a musician, and what am I trying to help facilitate in the people listening. Those songs were all questions to myself about life and how we go about finding out what we need to do and who we need to be.” Sonically, Old Man Canyon’s stock is rooted in a folksy, galloping, headheld-high kind of balladry, not far removed from genre grand champions like Fleet Foxes and Mumford & Sons, but pulled ever so slightly in the psychedelic direction. On the title track to his lone EP, Phantoms and Friends, Pace injects a sinister piano line and a heavy helping of vocal reverb into the mix, conjuring a landscape that’s a little grayer, a little weirder, and plenty indicative of the project’s origin story. “After high school, I traveled through Central America, and I stumbled across this jungle town in Mexico and randomly met this shaman,” Pace explained. “It was a very weird thing. He came up to me and basically told me that he had to take me on this journey. He said that he’d had a dream about me 20 years ago, and he had to show me this thing, so I went. For about a week, I was in communication with some sort of — I don’t know what it was, but it was some sort of force or being. It kind of told me what I needed to help facilitate musically and what this project needed to be focused on and the direction I had to go with it and the mind-set I had to have while going through with it. That was kind of where it started, and after that I continued having these very vivid dreams about this old wizard man that lived in the woods.” Trippy starting points aside, Pace considers Old Man Canyon’s music to be a constantly evolving journey of discovery and one that he hopes will resonate with all walks of people.“I hope that people have a sense of remembering something they’ve forgotten or chosen to forget, or something that helps them realize their potential as human beings and creative people,” Pace said of his listeners. “Hopefully I can inspire them to make some shifts in themselves, make some art, create a community, or share with the world a little bit more.” Old Man Canyon plays Velvet Jones ( State St.) on Friday, November 14, at 8 p.m. with The Peach Kings. ALSO THIS WEEK: One night prior, Los Angeles’ Maudlin Strangers take to the stage at Velvet for a slightly different take on that whole moody indie-rock thing. The brainchild of Agoura Hills native Jake Hays, Strangers makes music that vacillates between spooky garage rock and evocative pop, calling to mind everyone from The Shins to The Black Keys to closest contemporary kin Other Lives. Hays and Co. plug in on Thursday, November 13, at 8 p.m. Call 965-5676 or visit ■ velvet-jones.com for tickets and information to both shows.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT LISTINGS art exhibits MUSEUMS Art, Design & Architecture Museum – Barton Myers: Works of Architecture and Urbanism and Bollywood : The Visual Culture of Bollywood Film Posters, through Dec. 12; Eric Beltz: The Cave of Treasures, through May 1, 2015. UCSB, 893-2951. Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum – Pamela Benham: Pamela Benham Paintings; Evita, Abstract Art Collective Exhibit, through Dec. 31; multiple permanent installations. 21 W. Anapamu St., 962-5322. Museum of Contemporary Art S.B. – Requiem for the Bibliophile and Bloom Projects: Lisa Tan, Sunsets, through Dec. 14. 653 Paseo Nuevo, 966-5373. Rancho La Patera & Stow House – Multiple permanent exhibits hosted by the Goleta Valley Historical Society. 304 N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta, 681-7216. S.B. Historical Museum – Under the Umbrella: Lutah Maria Riggs, through spring 2015; The Story of Santa Barbara, permanent exhibition. Free admission. 136 E. De la Guerra St., 966-1601. S.B. Maritime Museum – Patti Jacquemain: From the Mountains to the Sea: Woodblock Prints and Mosaics, through Feb. 1, 2015. 113 Harbor Wy., 962-8404. S.B. Museum of Art – Contemporary/Modern: Selections from the Permanent Collection; Art to Zoo: Exploring Animal Natures, through Jan. 4, 2015; 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. 1130 State St., 963-4364. S.B. Musem of Natural History – John Gould and Illustrators: The Bird Man, through Jan. 4, 2015. 2559 Puesta del Sol, 682-4711. Ty Warner Sea Ctr. – Multiple permanent installations. 211 Stearns Wharf, 962-2526. Wildling Museum – Painting the Wilderness, through Jan. 5, 2015; Charley Harper: Beguiled by the Wild-ling, through Jan. 19, 2015. 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang, 688-1082.
GALLERIES Allan Hancock College Library – Children’s book illustrations, ongoing. 800 S. College Dr., Santa Maria, 922-6966. Art from Scrap Gallery – WATER, through Nov. 25. 302 E. Cota St., 884-0459. Artamo Gallery – Ann Baldwin, Christina Hall-Strauss, Julia Pinkham: Autumn, through Nov. 30. 11 W. Anapamu St., 568-1400. Atkinson Gallery – Art Alumni Invitational, through Dec. 5. 721 Cliff Dr., Rm. 202, SBCC, 965-0581 x3484. Beatrice Wood Ctr. for the Arts – Robert Rheem: Recent Paintings; Source & Inspiration, through Dec. 28. 8585 Ojai-Santa Paula Rd., Ojai, 646-3381. Bella Rosa Galleries – Morris B. Squire: Nature Conservancy, through Nov. 31. 1103 State St., 966-1707. Bronfman Family Jewish Community Ctr. – Voices, ongoing. 524 Chapala St., 957-1115. The C Gallery – Natural Tendencies, Nov. 15Jan. 14, 2015. 466 Bell St., Los Alamos, 344-3807. Cancer Ctr. of S.B. – Art Heals, a permanent exhibit. 540 Pueblo St., 898-2204. Carpinteria Arts Ctr. – Organics, through Nov. 17. 855 Linden Ave., Carpinteria, 684-7789. Casa Dolores – Saintly and Spirited: Art Made of Tin; Objects from the Permanent Collection, through Dec. 31. 1023 Bath St., 963-1032. Cypress Gallery – Al Brewer and Joellen Chrones: What We Do, through Nov. 24. 119 E. Cypress Ave., Lompoc, 737-1129. Divine Inspiration Gallery of Fine Art – Samuel Smith, through Nov. 22. 1528 State St., 962-6444. Faulkner Gallery – William Mitchell: Ad Hoc-Plein Air Observations, through Nov. 30. 40 E. Anapamu St., 564-5608. Flying Goat Cellars – The Sea at am, through Nov. 30. 1520 E. Chestnut Ct., Ste. A, Lompoc, 736-9032. Gallery – Hedy Price Paley and David Crouch, through Nov. 30. La Arcada, 1114 State St., 965-6611.
Gallery Los Olivos – The Painter and the Potter, through Nov. 30; Irina Malkmus, through Dec. 3. 2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos, 688-7517. The Good Life Craft Beer & Wine Cellar – Suzanne Huska, through Nov. 30. 1672 Mission Dr., Solvang, 688-7111. Harris & Fredda Meisel Gallery – Friends & Family, through Jan. 9, 2015. 2415 De la Vina St., 687-7444. Hotel Indigo – The Vastness Is Bearable, through Dec. 7. 121 State St., 966-6586. Jane Deering Gallery – The Flat File Project, ongoing. 128 E. Canon Perdido St., 966-3334. The Lark – Kevin Eddy, ongoing. 131 Anacapa St., 284-0370. Los Olivos Café – Sharon Foster: Our Beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, through Jan. 8, 2015. 2870 Grand Ave., Los Olivos, 688-7265. Lucky Penny – Campbell Baker, ongoing. 127 Anacapa St., 284-0358. Marcia Burtt Studio – Priscilla BenderShore, through Nov. 23. 517 Laguna St., 962-5588. Montecito Aesthetic Institute – Neo Diversity, through Jan. 10, 2015. 1150 Coast Village Rd., Ste. H, Montecito, 969-0083. MultiCultural Ctr. – Judy Baca, through Dec. 19. UCSB. 893-8411. Pacific Western Bank – Celebrating Years of I Madonnari Posters, ongoing. 30 E. Figueroa St., 883-5100. El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park – Nihonmachi Revisited: Santa Barbara’s Japanese American Community in Transition, -; Memorias y Facturas, ongoing. 123 E. Canon Perdido St., 965-0093. S.B. Artwalk – Arts & Craft Show, ongoing. Cabrillo Blvd. at State St. S.B. City Hall Gallery – Pursuit of Passion: Early Santa Barbara Women Artists, through Feb. 20, 2015. De la Guerra Plaza, 568-3990. S.B. Tennis Club – LAX Wax Art, Nov. 14-Dec. 5. 2375 Foothill Rd., 682-4722. Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery – Frank Kirk: The Secret World of Frank Kirk and Celebrating Years of Art, through Nov. 30; Dan Lutz: Original Expression, through Dec. 28. 7 E. Anapamu St., 730-1460. Tamsen Gallery – R.W. Firestone, ongoing. 3888 State St. , 687-2200. UCSB Library – Images of Africa; An Artist Looks at his African Heritage, through Jan. 2015. UCSB, 893-2478. wall space gallery – Barbara Parmet & Christa Blackwood: Unbound, through Dec. 28. 116 E. Yanonali St. C-1, 637-3898. Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art – ArtWatch : Young Careers – S.B. to Greater L.A., through Nov. 22. 955 La Paz Rd., 565-6162. Youth Interactive – Cartoons, through Nov. 30. 209 Anacapa St., 453-4123.
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First United Methodist Church – Pianist Robert Cassidy. 305 E. Anapamu St., 963-3579. SUN: 3pm Granada Theatre – S.B. Symphony: Beethoven. 1214 State St., 899-2222. SAT: 8pm SUN: 3pm Hahn Hall – 1070 Fairway Rd., 969-4726. FRI: Camerata Pacifica (1 and 7:30pm) TUE: Danish String Quartet (7pm) Piano Riviera Lounge – Opera Night. 1130 State St., 963-4364. THU /: 7pm Trinity Episcopal Church – A Fall Fantasie. 1500 State St., 965-7419. SUN: 3:30 pm Westmont’s Deane Chapel – 955 La Paz Rd., 565-6040. FRI: Composers Concert (7pm) SUN: Vocal Chamber Concert (7pm)
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BoomBox, Ichisan (9pm) The Olé’s, Groove Shine (8:30pm) Young Singers (5pm); Black Slate (9pm) Kristin Korb (1pm); Bobby Long, Daniel Champagne (8pm) MON: Benefit for S.B. Cancer Center (7:30pm) TUE: Jared & The Mill, Alexz Johnson, Patrick Droney (7pm); Polyrhythmics (10pm) WED: Brothers Gow, The Quick & Easy Boys, Pacific Haze Band (9pm) THU: Jessie Bridges, Tom Rhodes (8:30pm) Statemynt – 519 State St., 689-6968. THU: DJ Akorn WED: Blues Night (10pm) Tiburon Tavern – 3116 State St., 682-810 FRI: Karaoke Night (7:30pm) Velvet Jones – 423 State St., 965-8676. THU: Maudlin Strangers (8pm) FRI: Old Man Canyon, The Peach Kings (8pm) SAT: King Lil G (7pm) TUE: Dave Hause (8pm) WED: Magnets and Ghosts, Sad Robot (8pm) Westmont’s Deane Chapel – 955 La Paz Rd., 565-6040. WED: Jazz Concert (7pm) Whiskey Richards – 435 State St., 963-1786. SUN: The Hubcap Stealers (9pm) MON: Open Mike Night (8pm) WED: Punk on Vinyl (10pm) Wildcat – 15 W. Ortega St., 962-7970. THU: DJs Hollywood and Patrick B SUN: Red Room with DJ Gavin Roy (10pm) TUE: Local Band Night (10pm) Zodo’s – 5925 Calle Real, Goleta, 967-0128. THU: KjEE Thursday Night Strikes (9:30-11:30pm) MON: Service Industry Night (9pm) THU: FRI: SAT: SUN:
Theater Campbell Hall – King Lear. 574 Mesa Rd., UCSB, 893-3535. THU /: 8pm Center Stage Theater – 751 Paseo Nuevo, 963-0408. THU-SAT: Bare: A Rock Opera (8pm) SUN: Bare: A Rock Opera (2pm) THU: Instant Karma Improv Comedy (8pm) Jurkowitz Theatre – Ten Red Kings. SBCC West Campus, 965-5935. THU-SAT: 7:30pm SUN: 2pm WED: 7:30pm Lobero Theatre – 33 E. Canon Perdido St., 963-0761. THU: Prince Rama & the Monkey King (8pm) FRI: The Odyssey (8pm) SAT: Leyendeas de Duende (11am); B’rer Rabbit & Other Trickster Tales (2pm) THU: When the Lights Go Out (5:30pm) Porter Theatre – Almost, Maine. Westmont Campus, 255 La Paz Rd., 565-6045. FRI, SAT, THU: 8pm Rubicon Theatre – Pianos Hands. 1006 E. Main St., Ventura, 667-2900. THU, FRI: 8pm SAT: 2 and 8pm SUN: 2pm S.B. High School Performing Arts Ctr. – Big Fish. 700 E. Anacapa St., 966-9101. THU, FRI: 7pm SAT: 1 and 7pm SUN: 2pm UCSB Performing Arts Theater – Middletown: A Play. UCSB, 893-2064. FRI: 8pm SAT: 2 and 8m SUN: 2pm
dance Campbell Hall – Flying Karamazov Brothers. 574 Mesa Rd., UCSB, 893-3535. SUN: 3pm Goleta Junior High School – got Broadway? 6100 Stow Canyon Rd., Goleta, 967-3486. SAT: 7pm SUN: 6pm Granada Theatre – Pilobolus Dance Theater. 1214 State St., 899-2222. MON: 8pm New Victoria Theatre – BASSH! Dance Show. 33 W. Victoria St., 965-5400. FRI: 7:30pm SAT: 2 and 7:30pm
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HYBRID VEHICLE Big Hero 6. Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, and Jamie Chung star in an animated feature written by Jordan Roberts and Daniel Gerson and directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams. Reviewed by D.J. Palladino
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aybe you see a cute animated feature JOINING FORCES: Child prodigy Hiro and inflatable robot Baymax form here, but to me, buster, this seems more a group of high-tech heroes in the first animated collaboration between like a dark portent masquerading as Disney and Marvel, Big Hero . a cute animated feature. Big Hero 6 has a lot going for it: cool, obscure comic-book origins just like invention, Baymax, a giant, super-sweet blowup robot. The Guardians of the Galaxy, animation directors with fault- long setup is beautiful and touching, strewn with winsome less credentials in Bolt and The Emperor’s New Groove, and characters and touching details — you can almost smell the fun. But what many people fail to grasp is this film’s true baked goods in adoptive Aunt Cass’s café — and scenery underground connection; this is the first spawn of the that sparkles. unholy marriage between Disney Animation and Marvel But in the midst of celebrating the fun line between Entertainment, and, without a doubt, it wears the shared genius and loveable nut, a terrible mishap sets Hiro on a more vengeful path. As such, the second half of the film DNA on its cartoon sleeves. The first half of Big Hero 6 is Lasseter-Day-Disney devolves into a simple-minded superhero outing, with brilliant. Two orphaned genius brothers living in the obvious jokes and spectacle usurping the human floursemi-mythical city of San Fransokyo cultivate their robot- ishes that made the opening scenes so exhilarating. Don’t making talents in different ways. Older brother Tadashi get me wrong; this movie is never boring or stupid. But it attends “Nerd School,” while the younger and angrier also doesn’t love its own ideas enough. Instead of taking Hiro hustles robot battles on back streets. Tadashi brings after The Incredibles, Hero ends with the Marvel’s clichéd ■ Hiro over to the bright side by introducing his bro to his obsession with sequelization.
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Interstellar. Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, and Jessica Chastain star in a film written by Jonathan and Christopher Nolan and directed by Christopher Nolan. Reviewed by Jackson Friedman
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y Hollywood standards, Christopher Nolan has always asked a lot of his audience. The writer/ director’s breakout film Memento, which is plotted in reverse chronological order, leaves it to the viewer to piece together its convoluted narrative. His Dark Knight trilogy asked that we expunge from our memory nippleclad batsuits in favor of his gritty, stone-cold stoic vision of the Caped Crusader. And his genre-mashing head-trip of a heist caper, Inception — well, just Google the film’s title and the word “infographic,” and you’ll see that Nolan’s films reward active engagement, repeat viewings, and, on occasion, the use of visual aids. The filmmaker’s latest enigma to hit theaters, the spectacularly mind-bending and affecting space opus Interstellar, is no exception. The story is set in a not-so-distant, dust-storm-plagued future where crops are dying off at an alarming rate and “nonessential” programs like NASA, the military, and even Major League Baseball have been gutted. Matthew McConaughey plays Cooper, a widowed aviator/engineerturned-farmer raising his young daughter and teenage son with the help of his father-in-law. Upon discovering that humanity faces certain extinction, Cooper is enlisted by an old colleague into an interstellar expedition to find a new home for mankind among the stars.
STAR POWER: Matthew McConaughey pulls off another praiseworthy performance in Christopher Nolan’s mindbending space opus Interstellar.
Previous Nolan films have been faulted for their heavy reliance on exposition, and this film — which crams a crash course on astrophysics, wormholes, and relativity into its first act — is by no means immune to those criticisms. However, once our crew (which, in a nod to Kubrick, includes some gallows-humored AI) blasts off, the explanations take a backseat to some seriously stunning visuals, an epically organ-heavy Hans Zimmer score, and a plethora of solid performances. Of particular note is McConaughey, who continues his hot streak of weighty roles here. In one especially moving scene in which Cooper receives a series of video transmissions from Earth, McConaughey demonstrates once more that we are living in what has only half-glibly been termed the McConaissance. And though the film may lose some viewers along the way and fly a little too close to the sun in its epic ambitions, it is undoubtedly a journey on which you will want to reembark — with infographics in tow, of ■ course.
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a&e | FILM MORE DUMBER: Jim Carrey (left) and Jeff Daniels saddle up for the sequel Dumb and Dumber To. to move on or face a wholly new life. This is a teen film that dares to suggest that we have no warranty on a happy life. Sadly, its conclusion doesn’t live up to its purpose. (DJP) Fri., Nov 14, 7 and 10pm; Mon., Nov. 17, 7 and 10pm, Isla Vista Theater, 960 Embarcadero del Norte
The Overnighters (102 mins.; PG-13: thematic material, brief strong language)
Jesse Moss’s documentary follows the lives of people chasing their dreams in the midst of the North Dakota oil boom, and the local pastor who helped those in need.
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The following films are playing in Santa Barbara FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, THROUGH THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20. Descriptions followed by initials — DJP (D.J. Palladino) and KS (Kit Steinkellner) — have been taken from our critics’ reviews, which can be read in full at independent.com. The symbol ✯ indicates the film is recommended.
FIRST LOOKS Big Hero (108 mins.; PG: action, peril, some rude humor, thematic elements)
Reviewed on page 67.
Camino Real (2D and 3D)/ Fiesta 5 (2D and 3D)
✯ Interstellar
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PREMIERES Beyond the Lights (116 mins.; PG-13: sexual content including suggestive gestures, partial nudity, language, thematic elements)
A young superstar singer on the edge of a breakdown meets a cop who helps her find her voice. Fiesta 5 Dumb and Dumber To (110 mins.; PG-13: crude and sexual humor, partial nudity, language, some drug references) Twenty years after their first adventure, Harry (Jeff Daniels) and Lloyd (Jim Carrey) go in search of one of their longlost kids in the hopes of getting a new kidney. Fairview/Fiesta 5 Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me (116 mins.; PG: thematic elements, brief language)
The country music legend is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and then embarks on a globe-spanning farewell tour. Plaza de Oro The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I (123 mins.; PG-13: intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images, thematic material)
Now that she’s shattered the games, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) must fight to save her nation.
Arlington/Camino Real/ Metro 4 (Opens Thu., Nov. 20)
Laggies (99 mins.; R: language, some sexual material, teen partying)
After running from her boyfriend’s proposal, twentysomething Megan (Keira Knightley) decides to hide out in the home of her new, 16-year-old friend and her single dad (Sam Rockwell). Metro 4 Rosewater (103 mins.; R: language including some crude references, violent content) Jon Stewart writes and directs this true tale of Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar
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Whiplash (107 mins.; R: strong language including some sexual references)
A promising young drummer (Miles Teller) enrolls in a respected music conservatory and is mentored by a militant instructor (J.K. Simmons). Riviera
SCREENINGS Gone with the Wind (238 mins.; PG) Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh star in the 1939 classic about a Southern belle carrying on a love affair with a blockade runner during the American Civil War. Brooke Wheeler (son of art director Lyle Wheeler) will appear for a post-screening Q&A. Sat., Nov. 15, 7pm,
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The Hunger Games (142 mins.; PG-13: intense violent thematic material and disturbing images, all involving teens) Set in a future world where the ruling powers send 24 teens to fight to the death, a young woman volunteers to take her sister’s place in the battle. Suzanne Collins’s brilliant novel clearly indicts government that fosters economic injustice with media controls. Unfortunately, the movie version is a somewhat less complex moral mirror. (DJP) Thu., Nov. 20, 2:20pm, Camino Real
✯ The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (146 mins.; PG-13: intense sequences of violence and action, some frightening images, thematic elements, a suggestive situation, language)
Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) are named targets of the Capitol after their victory at the th Hunger Games incites a rebellion. Director Francis Lawrence and his screenwriters have improved a great movie franchise by hiding the machinery well; Hunger Games II is smoother and deeper-feeling. (DJP) Thu., Nov. 20, 5pm, Camino Real
✯ If I Stay
(106 mins.; PG-13: thematic elements, some sexual material)
A young woman falls into a coma following a horrific car accident. Still unconscious, she has an out-of-body experience during which she must decide
✯ Birdman (119 mins.; R: language throughout, some sexual content, brief violence) A washed-up actor (Michael Keaton) must put his ego aside when he signs on to a Broadway play that could relaunch his career. Birdman is a lot bigger than its injokes and a lot smaller than its faux philosophies suggest. But the reason to love this film lies almost completely in its performances. (DJP) Paseo Nuevo
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Fury (135 mins.; R: strong sequences of war violence, some grisly images, language throughout) A battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant leads a small crew on a mission behind enemy lines at the close of World War II. Fury is not a great film, but it has a great nucleus. What’s missing is any resolution to either embrace the horror or make a final stand for war as an unjustifiable evil. (DJP) Camino Real/Plaza de Oro
✯ Gone Girl
(145 mins.; R: a scene of bloody violence, some strong sexual content/nudity, language)
When Nick’s wife goes missing and the media starts to swarm, he quickly becomes a suspect in her disappearance. Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike star. Director David Fincher makes a sprawling downward spiral seem compellingly watchable. (DJP) Fairview/Paseo Nuevo
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a&e | ROB BREZSNY’S FREE WILL ASTROLOGY WEEK OF NOVEMBER ARIES (Mar. 21 - Apr. 19): We all have addictive and obsessive tendencies. They are fundamental to being human. So the challenge is not to eliminate them — that’s not possible — but rather to harness them. If you hope to keep them from dragging you down, you must work hard to channel them into activities that enhance your life. How are you doing on this score, Aries? Are you chronically dependent on drugs, gambling, sugar, or chaotic relationships? Or are you, instead, hooked on the courage you summon when you face your fears and the willpower you invoke as you free yourself from your limitations? Now is an excellent time to upgrade your addictive and obsessive tendencies.
TAURUS (Apr. 20 - May 20): Our planet’s most abundant mineral is called bridgmanite. It’s an amalgam of iron, magnesium, silicon, and oxygen. Until recently, no one had actually seen it because it lies so deep underground it can’t be reached by digging tools. Scientists have only known about it from studying how earthquake waves moved through it. That changed in the last few years, when two mineralogists found bridgmanite in an ancient meteorite. They were able to analyze the nuances of this basic mineral for the first time. I predict a comparable development for you, Taurus. In the coming months, you will become more familiar with a core part of you that has always been a mystery. The revelations may occur with the help of an influence that resembles a meteorite.
GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Some conspiracy theorists are paranoid that aliens or government agencies use radio waves to try to control their minds. They wear tin foil hats to protect themselves from the evil transmissions. But a recent study shows that this protective head gear has an effect that’s opposite to what it’s supposed to. In fact, it actually amplifies the intensity of radio frequencies, making it even more likely that mind-control signals would Homework: What’s the bravest thing you ever did? What will be the next brave thing you do? Testify at Truthrooster@gmail.com.
work their dastardly magic. This problem probably does not apply to you, but I suspect you are suffering from a comparable glitch. An approach you’re pursuing or an attitude you’re cultivating is having an impact contrary to what you imagine. Now is an excellent time to make adjustments.
CANCER (June 21 - July 22): I can’t remember the last time you’ve had as much artistic freedom as you have now. It’s as if life has given you a slew of wild cards and X factors to play with. You don’t have to answer to the past as much as you usually do. You are less beholden to the demands of duty and the constraints of karma. Here’s the best perk: You have been authorized by both the higher powers and lower powers of the cosmos to fall in love. With whom? With what? Everyone! Everything!
LEO (July 23 - Aug. 22): For much of its history, the United States claimed ownership of the ocean within three miles of its coasts. That changed in 1988, when the federal government declared that hereafter it would have sovereignty over the ocean as far as 12 miles from land. With that action, American territory increased dramatically. I invite you to consider a comparable expansion in the coming months, Leo. Seize more space. Seek further privileges. Ask for a bigger piece of everything.
VIRGO (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22): Poland’s most renowned ghost hunter is frustrated. Having invested a fortune in spectral detection equipment, Piotr Shalkevitz finds that there are fewer and fewer spooks to investigate as the years go by. I’m not qualified to speak about whether or not the whole world is experiencing a decline in the ghost population. But I’m confident that this is exactly what is happening for you Virgos. Recently, the haunted elements of your life have begun to dissipate. And in the next eight months, I expect that you will be freed from most, maybe all, of the ghosts and pesky demons that attached themselves to you once upon a time.
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(Sept. 23 - Oct. 22): “To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.”Winston Churchill said that, and now I’m passing it along to you — with one caveat. I don’t expect you to be perfect, and never will. To shoot for perfection is risky. It may set up unrealistic expectations that lead to bad mental hygiene. It tempts you to avoid messy experiences, some of which might be essential to your growth. So I will offer a revised version of Churchill’s maxim for your use: If you want to improve, you must change. If you want to keep improving, you must change often. And the coming months will be prime time for you to keep improving and improving and improving.
(Dec. 22 - Jan. 19): When Evan Lattimer’s 92-year-old father died in 2007, she inherited his large collection of odd relics. It included a cigar smoked by W. C. Fields, Greta Garbo’s driver’s license, Abraham Lincoln’s shaving mirror, a bearskin coat owned by General George Custer, and Napoleon Bonaparte’s penis. Many items turned out to be quite valuable to collectors. One eager bidder offered to buy the famous genitalia for $100,000. I suspect that in the coming months, you will experience events that have some resemblances to this story. For example, the legacy you receive may not be what you expected, but could turn out to be more useful than you imagined.
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(Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): “Sex is like pizza,” said comedian Mel Brooks.“Even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good.” That’s a generalization, of course. I’m sure you can think of times in your past when mediocre pizza and mediocre sex were just plain mediocre. But work with me on the overarching principle, Scorpio: Some of the finer things in life just can’t be spoiled. They are always at least moderately pleasurable and interesting and lucky — and usually more than just moderately so. According to my reading of the astrological omens, your immediate future will be filled to the brim with these finer things.
(Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): Here’s your assignment: Get more organized and purposeful about having fun. Think harder about what makes you feel good, and plan more aggressively to bring those feel-good experiences into your life. In offering these prescriptions, I’m not advocating irresponsible hedonism. Not at all. In my view, you will become a better servant of those you care about by boosting your commitment to pleasure. You will carry out your duties with more aplomb and effectiveness. Raising your joy quotient is actually a formula for becoming a better human being.
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(Nov. 22 - Dec. 21): Ancient people knew about Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn because all of those planets are visible to the naked eye. From the second millennium bce until the late 20th century, only three additional planets were found: Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. (Pluto was later reclassified as a dwarf planet, however.) Then in 1992, astronomers began to locate planets orbiting other stars. On one spectacular day in February 2014, NASA announced it had identified 715 new planets. I foresee a similar uptick for you in the next seven months, Sagittarius. Your rate of discoveries is about to zoom.
(Feb. 19 - Mar. 20): The Appalachian Mountains span 1,500 miles from Newfoundland to Alabama. They are the seventh longest range in the world. And yet they have shrunk over the eons. Their average height is 3,000 feet, but when they were young they were probably twice that high. What happened? There has been constant erosion caused by rivers, glaciers, wind, tree roots, lichens, and oxidation. Rain and condensation have also played a role because when water freezes, it expands, creating a wedging force. I propose that we make what has happened to the Appalachians a symbol of what’s possible for you in the next eight months, Pisces. Through steady, small actions, you can significantly grind down a mountainous obstacle.
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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 $$.Open M‑S 11:30a & 7 nights 5p. V MC AE Local’s Favorite, Eclectic California Cuisine fuses creative influences from around the world with American Regional touches: Chile‑Crusted Filet Mignon to Pan‑Seared Fresh Fish & Seafood, Homemade Pastas, Gourmet Pizzas, Fresh baked Breads, Deliciously Imaginative Salads & Homemade Desserts. OPAL radiates a friendly, warm atmosphere graced by our fun efficient Service, Full bar, Martinis, Wine Spectator award‑winning wine list, private room. Lunches are affordable and equally delicious.
PETIT VALENTIEN, 1114 STATE ST. #14, 805‑966‑0222. Open M‑F 11:30‑3pm (lunch). M‑Sat 5pm‑Close (dinner). Sun $24 four course prefix dinner. In La Arcada Plaza, Chef Robert Dixon presents classic French comfort food at affordable cost in this cozy gem of a restaurant. Petit Valentien offers a wide array of meat and seafood entrees along with extensive small plates and a wine list specializing in amazing quality at arguably the best price in town. A warm romantic atmosphere makes the perfect date spot. Comfortable locale for dinner
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Irish DARGAN’S IRISH Pub & Restaurant, 18 E. Ortega St. (next to lot 10) SB, 568‑0702. $$. Open 7 days 11:30a‑Close (Food ‘til 10p, 11p on Sat/ Sun). AE MC V Disc. Authentic Irish food & atmosphere in downtown SB. Specialties from Ireland include Seafood & Meat dishes. Informal, relaxed pub‑style atmosphere. Live music Thursday nights. Children welcome. Avail. for private parties. Pool & Darts.
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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
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Goodland Wines Santa Ynez Valley Red 2011 At least in the U.S., we tend to buy wines by varietal or maker, not grape growing location, so this red blend — along with all the Goodland Wines — is trying to buck a trend. You won’t know it’s a syrah‑grenache blend unless you look it up on their website or have a discerning palate. You will know it’s a rich mouthful of bramble and deep red fruit held in check by enough acid so it’s anything but flabby. The fine crew at Goodland (Matt Dees, Dave Potter, Ruben Solorzano, and Chris Snowden) bottle age it an extra year, too, to make this $25 bargain yet more food‑friendly. (They suggest BBQ, but in fall roasted meats and vegetables spiked with horseradish would pair well). Don’t let that austere label fool you — this is a decidedly pleasurably pour. See goodlandwines.com. –George Yatchisin
SPENCER’S LIMOUSINE & Tours, 884‑9700 Thank You SB, Voted BEST 18yrs! Specializing in wine tours of all Central Cal Wineries. Gourmet picnic lunch or fine restaurants avail TCP16297 805‑884‑9700 www.spencerslimo.com
Wineries/Tasting Rooms SANTA BARBARA Winery, 202 Anacapa St. 963‑3633. Open Sun‑Thurs 10a‑6p & Fri‑Sat 10a ‑ 7p, small charge for extensive tasting list. 2 blocks from both State St & the beach. This venerable winery is the county’s oldest‑ est.1962, and offers many internationally acclaimed wines from their Lafond Vineyard in the Santa Rita Hills. Try some of Winemaker Bruce McGuire’s small production bottling. www.sbwinery.com
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THANKSGIVING DAY MENU (BUFFET STYLE) • 12:00 PM TO 5:00 PM MENU INCLUDES: JOHN PALMINTERI
he e Gobble Song” is a Thanksgiving tradition from Santa Barbara’s popular band Spencer the Gardener, and The Restaurant Guy’s got a Thanksgiving tradition, too: answering the swarm of emails I get about which restaurants will serve a traditional turkey meal on Thanksgiving Day. Last week, The Restaurant Gal and I made a hundred phone calls to find out, so for the eighth year in a row, I present the list of restaurants offering Thanksgiving in Santa Barbara on Thursday, November 27. Make reservations now because many places sell out weeks in advance.
MEATS:
ROASTED TURKEY BREAST SWEET BAKED HAM PRIME RIB DESSERTS: PUMPKIN PIE/ PECAN PIE APPLE PIE HOMEMADE CREME PIES
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◆ Arlington Tavern, 770-2626 ◆ Ballard Inn & Restaurant, 688-7770 ◆ Bella Vista at Four Seasons Biltmore, 969-2261 ◆ Bistro at Hyatt, 730-1111 ◆ Bistro at Bacara Resort, 968-0100 ◆ Blush Restaurant + Lounge, 957-1300 ◆ bouchon, 730-1160 ◆ Brasil Arts Café, 845-7656 ◆ Brothers Restaurant at Red Barn, 688-4142 ◆ Cadiz, 770-2760 ◆ Cold Spring Tavern, 967-0066 ◆ Creekside Buffet at Chumash Casino, 686-0855 ◆ Crocodile Restaurant at Lemon Tree Inn, 687-6444 ◆ DoubleTree Resort, 884-8533 ◆ El Encanto, 845-5800 ◆ El Torito, 963-1968 ◆ Eladio’s, 963-4466 ◆ Finch & Fork at Canary Hotel, 879-9100 ◆ Fresco Café Five Points (take-out only, three-day notice required), 967-6037 ◆ Frog Bar & Grill at Glen Annie Golf Course, 968-0664 ◆ Harbor Restaurant, 963-3311 ◆ Harry’s Plaza Café, 687-2800 ◆ Holdren’s, 965-3363 ◆ Jack’s Bistro & Bagels Carpinteria (eat-in or takeout, three-day notice required for take-out), 319-0155 ◆ Joe’s Café, 966-4638 ◆ Julienne, 845-6488 ◆ Louie’s at the Upham Hotel, 963-7003 ◆ Marmalade Café, 682-5246 ◆ Miró at Bacara Resort, 968-0100 ◆ Moby Dick Restaurant, 965-0549 ◆ Montecito Wine Bistro, 969-7520 ◆ Mulligan’s Café, 682-3228 ◆ Petit Valentien, 966-0222 ◆ Petros in Los Olivos, 686-5455 ◆ Plow & Angel at San Ysidro Ranch, 565-1724 ◆ Root , 686-8681 ◆ Roy, 966-5636 ◆ Sage & Onion (take-out only, three-day notice required), 845-4134 ◆ Seagrass, 963-1012 ◆ Shoals Restaurant at Cliff House Inn, 652-1381 ◆ Sly’s (take-out only, 10-day notice required), 684-6666
◆ Stella Mare’s, 969-6705 ◆ Stonehouse at San Ysidro Ranch, 565-1724 ◆ Tee-Off Restaurant, 687-1616 ◆ The Black Sheep, 965-1113 ◆ The Outpost at The Goodland Hotel, 964-1288 ◆ Treehouse Restaurant, 687-2426 ◆ Willows at Chumash Casino, 686-0855 ◆ Wine Cask, 966-9463 THREE PICKLES WINS CHOWDER FEST: Reader
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Primetime, a judge at the recent Santa Barbara Chowder Festival, tells me that Three Pickles Deli won for Overall Champ, Best Clam Chowder Champ, and People’s Choice Award. The Chase Restaurant won for Best Creative Chowder. The event, held at the Bacara Resort, was coordinated by Food & Home magazine and benefits the Legal Aid Foundation.
RUMOR MACHINE: Ever since my son, Jimmy, was born on September 16, The Restaurant Gal and I have been learning what it takes to be parents: adjusting to life with less sleep, calming a crying baby in the front-facing Ergo pack, and falling behind in everything else in your life. For example, I hadn’t checked the Rumor Machine in months, so when I plugged it in, out popped a sheet that read: “Celebrity chef Cat Cora may be opening a restaurant in the Funk Zone.” As always, this might be completely false or a brilliant forecast of future events. Your call. SIMPLY PIES REOPENS: Simply Pies at Hollister Avenue in Goleta, which closed in mid-October, has reopened under new ownership. ADAMA TO CLOSE: Owner Deeahna Arrieta tells me that Adama at Chapala Street will tentatively have its last day on Saturday, November 15. Adama opened in May 2011.
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Legals Administer of Estate NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOSEPH A. DOYLE, aka JOSEPH DOYLE NO: 1469445 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of JOSEPH A. DOYLE, aka JOSEPH DOYLE A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: JoANNE GIBERSONin the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JoANNE GIBERSON be appointed as personal representatives to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 11/20/2014 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: Five SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Jeffrey B. Soderborg,1900 State Street, Suite M Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 805‑687‑6660. Published Oct 30. Nov 6, 13 2014. NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JEANNETTE JUNG MARLEY NO: 1469268 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of JEANNETTE JUNG MARLEY A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: DANA K. MARLEY‑KOLB in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests
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that DANA K. MARLEY‑KOLB be appointed as personal representatives to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 11/20/2014 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: Five SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: GREGORY M. HULTGREN, ESQ. 2820 Camino Dos Rios, Ste #301 Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 Published Nov 6, 13, 20 2014.
FBN Abandonment STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: Celebration Cruises of Santa Barbara at 219‑G Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 8/18/2011 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2011‑0002478. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Santa Barbara Water Taxi, LLC 125 Harbor Way #22, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 14 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 Christine Potter for Published. Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13, 2014. STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: Sweet Alley at 955 Embarcadero Del Mar Isla Vista, CA 93117. The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 2/27/2014 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2014‑0000598. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Isla Vista Plaza, LLC 3040 Hidden Valley Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 05 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 Christine Potter for Published. Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014.
Fictitious Business Name Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Bling Cartel at 572 Sunbeam Rd Lompoc, CA 93436; Ulises Gutierrez (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Ulises Gutierrez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 31, 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: 2014‑0003107. Published: Nov 6, 13, 20, 26 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Smarter Management Systems at 48 Broadmoor Plaza #12 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Mark Angelo Speciale (same address). This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Mark Speciale This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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: 2014‑0002957. Published: Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Straede Consulting Services at 407 W Pedregosa Unit 11 Santa Barbara, CA CA 93101; David W Straede (same address) Samantha A Straede (same address) This business is conducted by a married couple Signed: David Straede This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 14, 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: 2014‑0002925. Published: Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Holton Parris Energy Group at 510 Castillo Street Suite 320 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Parris Const., Inc. (same address). This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: W.S. Parris‑President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 20, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0002976. Published: Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Socal Spray Foam at 4868 Vieja Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Travis C. Magana (same address). This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Travis C. Magana This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 20 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0002975. Published: Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rose & Associates at 6562 Camino Venturoso Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Rose & Associates, LLC (same address). This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Barbara Rose McCaffrey, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0002963. Published: Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sea Bird Enterprises, LLC at 80 Seaview Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Sea Bird Enterprises, LLC This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Jay C Wheelan, Manager 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: 2014‑0002800. Published: Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ali Designs at 1177 Oriole Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Alison Oshinsky (same address). This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Alison Oshinsky 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: 2014‑0002745. Published: Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Adventures Out West‑Segway Tours of Solvang at 453 Atterdag Road Solvang, CA 93463; Peakridge Management, Inc. 213 San Nicolas Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Chris Cyr, President 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 Adela Bustos FBN Number: 2014‑0002729. Published: Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Harter Radiology Consultants at 5235 Paseo Cameo Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Lawrence Phillip Harter, MD (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Lawrence P. Harter, MD This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 9, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002887. Published: Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Center Point CNC Machining at 5773 Dawson Ave #B Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Jeffrey Carroll 596 San Marino Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jeffrey Carroll This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 15, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0002937. Published: Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Littlewood Studios at 435 East Pedregosa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93103; James Kahn (same address) Jill Littlewood (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: James Kahn. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 13, 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: 2014‑0002916. Published: Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Celebration Cruises of Santa Barbara at 237 Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Epic Cruises, Inc. (same address). This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Frederick Hershman This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 14, 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: 2014‑0002921. Published: Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Tacos Tecoman at 1024 Alphonse Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Martin G Rivera (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Martin Rivera This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 21, 2014. This statement expires five
years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002995. Published: Oct 30, Nov 6, 13, 20 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Trinity, Trinity Episcopal Church, Trinity Cathedral, Trinity Church at 1500 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Trinity Church Santa Barbara (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Mark E Asman This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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: 2014‑0003033. Published: Oct 30, Nov 6, 13, 20 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Riviera Fertility Laboratory at 536 East Arrellaga Street, #201 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Rene B. Allen, M.D., Professional Corporation (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003045. Published: Oct 30, Nov 6, 13, 20 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Autostrada at 1195B Mustang Drive Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Bubbles In Tubs, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Rachel Greenspan This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0002969. Published: Oct 30, Nov 6, 13, 20 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Flor De Campo Winery at 5010 Santa Rosa Road Lompoc, CA 93436; SWC Management, LLC 900 Armour Drive Lake Bluff, IL 60044 This business is conducted by a Limited Partnership Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 07, 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: 2014‑0002859. Published: Oct 30, Nov 6, 13, 20 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Harbor Mail Center at 125 Harbor Way Ste 6 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Jacques Bertrand 80 Zaca St Spc 16 Buellton, CA 93427; David Villazana 3750 Paradise Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Copartners Signed: Jacques Bertrand This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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 Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0003024. Published: Oct 30, Nov 6, 13, 20 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Anacapa Vapor at 701‑A Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Benjamin L W Pierce 520 S. 3rd Street Rio Vista, CA 94571 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Ben Pierce 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0002822. Published: Oct 30, Nov 6, 13, 20 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Makes 3 at 1365 Wyant Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Bikibug, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Daniel
Sperling, President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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: 2014‑0002872. Published: Oct 30, Nov 6, 13, 20 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Biosphere Technology at 1025 Cindy Lane Carpinteria, CA 93013; Chamness Biodegradables, LLC This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0002997. Published: Oct 30, Nov 6, 13, 20 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Buck’s Movers, Transport and Storage at 309 Palm Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Buck Adam Drew 1921 Castillo Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by an Individual Company Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 20, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0002977. Published: Oct 30, Nov 6, 13, 20 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Coherent Business Development Consulting at 7289 Butte Drive Goleta, CA 93101; Louise A Izzo (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Louise A. Izzo This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 21, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0002997. Published: Oct 30, Nov 6, 13, 20 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Sleep @ Home Diagnostics, Sleep Hacker, Sleep Cloud, Sleep Right All Night, Sleep Cloud Marketing, Socal Sleep Lap at 507 West Bath Steet, Unit C Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Sleep Cloud, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Amanda Tapia This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 14, 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: 2014‑0002929. Published: Nov 6, 13, 20, 26 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Designart Studios, Sea Group, Inc at 532 Santa Barbara St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Sea Group (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Douglas Gheza This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003119. Published: Nov 6, 13, 20, 26 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Still‑Elevate Your Ethanol at 37 E. Ortega St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jeremy N. Bohrer 618 Bath St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jeremy N. Bohrer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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: 2014‑0003047. Published: Nov 6, 13, 20, 26 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Jump on the School Bus at 4460 Foothill Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Sierra Bravo
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Enterprise, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Sierra Ialso C.E.O This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0003116. Published: Nov 6, 13, 20, 26 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Brawlin’ Betties, Mission City Brawlin’ Betties, Mission City Vicious Veronicas, Derby Justice League, Mission City Derby Justice League, Vicious Veronicas, MCRD, Mission City Roller Derby at 3433 State St, STE E Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Mission City Roller Derby (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Sarah Bacon President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0003117 Published: Nov 6, 13, 20, 26 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Carriage and Western Art Museum of Santa Barbara, Carriage Museum at 129 Castillo St. Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Carraige and Western Art Museum of Santa Barbara PO Box 1587 Santa Barara, CA 93102 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 31, 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: 2014‑0003103. Published: Nov 6, 13, 20, 26 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Reality, Reality Santa Barbara, Reality Coastlands, Reality SB, Reality SB, Reality Goleta, Reality Ventura at 5251 6th Street Carpinteria, CA 93013; Reality Carpinteria (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Tyler J. Morgan This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0003093. Published: Nov 6, 13, 20, 26 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rose And Hughes at 3463 State Street Suite 405 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Susan Henrichs 324 Samarkand Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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: 2014‑0003048. Published: Oct Nov 6, 13, 20, 26 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Lady “D” Body Juice, Rock Bit Oil And Gas at 116 S. Voluntario Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Dorothy M. Austin (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Dorothy M. Austin This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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: 2014‑0003022. Published: Nov 6, 13, 20, 26 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Government Aware, Service Management Consulting at 5110‑A Cathedral Oaks Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Cherie Jasinski (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Cherie E. Jasinski This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa
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MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE Serves as website designer and developer, creating and maintaining websites for a wide array of clients. Consults with customers to build the architecture for new websites that meet growing and modern needs as communication moves online. Develops unique identities and utilizes modern web technologies to provide for diverse client needs. Capable of working independently on tasks based upon organizational goals. Reqs: Drupal developer proficient in HTML 5 and CSS. Experience with mobile optimization/ responsive coding. Good knowledge of PHP, CSS, jQuery or JavaScript. Notes: Fingerprinting required. This is a 75% ‑100% time per year career position with a flexible schedule. $23.56/ 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 11/19/14, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb. edu Job #20140526
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Top salary & benefits commensurate w/experience ‑‑ must drive w/clean record, speak fluent English. Montecito family w/ 2 kids seeking enthusiastic F/T (w/ some flexibility) live‑out housekeeper. Strong management skills, cleaning, laundry, cooking, errands & coordination of home maintenance. Excellent references. Employment subject to background check, I‑9 and confidentiality agreement. Please email resume to lroth@vinpic.com or fax 805 565‑7719.
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SB Rape Crisis Center seeks to fill Client Services Specialist position. FT + benefits. Bilingual English/Spanish req’d. Review job announcement and apply at www. sbrapecrisiscenter.org.
Part Time Financial Aid Counselor
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. Complete descriptions may be found at: http://www.antiochsb.edu. This position is 20 hrs/week, ending 6/30/15, with the possibility of extending. To Apply: Please send a cover letter, resume and three references to: ausbhr@antioch.edu. Reference the job title of the position in the subject line of the email. Antioch University is Opportunity Employer
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DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING & SCIENCES DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Works to optimize philanthropic support for key fund‑raising initiatives, in response to academic priorities established by the Deans of Engineering and the Sciences and select affiliated program directors. Focuses approximately seventy percent time on fund‑raising activities to identify cultivate and close gifts in the $25,000 ‑ $1M+ range with a major focus on identifying new prospects for identified funding priorities. Focuses thirty percent on other activities related to fund raising and administrative
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duties such as coordinating and executing aspects of the Engineering and Sciences development program. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree. Minimum of 5 years of major gift experience, including raising six and seven figure gifts. Proven track record of successfully managing current and prospective benefactors at the leadership level. Demonstrated skill at gift negotiation and gift solicitation to engage complex and sophisticated individual, corporate, and foundation donors toward significant philanthropic outcomes. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Annually renewable contract position. Ability and willingness to travel frequently and to work weekends and evenings. Multiple positions available. Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. 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. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb. edu Job #20140516
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DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Designs, implements, and manages a comprehensive and proactive development plan focused on expanding and enhancing corporate relationships by directing and coordinating activities related to obtaining corporate philanthropic support. Works to optimize philanthropic support for Engineering and Sciences, in conjunction with academic priorities established by various Deans. Works strategically with deans, faculty, development colleagues and staff working on industry relations at UCSB to maximize the potential to support academic programs and initiatives within Engineering and Sciences and throughout the University. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree. Minimum of 5 years of major gift experience, including raising six and seven figure gifts. Proven track record of successfully managing current and prospective benefactors at the leadership level. Demonstrated skill at gift negotiation and gift solicitation to engage complex and sophisticated individual, corporate, and foundation donors toward significant philanthropic outcomes. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Annually renewal contract position. Ability and willingness to travel frequently and to work weekends and evenings. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. Salary
is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. 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 11/14/14, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb. edu Job #20140521
written and verbal communication skills. Experience with social media, experience and knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, and Word. Note: Fingerprinting required. Occasional evening and weekend hours are required. $21.43 ‑ $24.00/ 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 11/20/14, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb. edu Job #20140534
PUBLICIST AND MARKETING COORDINATOR
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MULTICULTURAL CENTER In consultation with the Director and the Events Coordinator, develops the program’s marketing goals and oversees productions and distribution of all marketing. Manages social marketing campaigns while ensuring all marketing is in compliance with the departmental mission. Responsible for researching, writing, editing, and proofreading all materials developed for the MultiCultural Center’s events. Reqs: Demonstrated experience in programming and marketing events for diverse populations and in a university setting. Strong interpersonal,
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Barbara County on Oct 27, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0003060. Published: Oct Nov 6, 13, 20, 27 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Gray Blacks at 227 Santa Cruz Blvd Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Kenneth Joseph Foresta (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Kenneth Foresta This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 28, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003070. Published: Oct Nov 6, 13, 20, 26 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Vitamin Angels at 111 W Micheltorena St. #300 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Vitamin Angel Alliance Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Howard Schiffer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 27, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0003050. Published: Nov 6, 13, 20, 26 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: The Good Lion at 1212 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Good Lion Cocktails, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0003044. Published: Nov 6, 13, 20, 26 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Alaris Fitness at 2009 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kristiana Almedia 1530 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct
9, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Melisa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0002892. Published: Nov 6, 13, 20, 26 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sweet Alley at 955 Embarcadero Del Mar Goleta, CA 93117; Caulfield Isla Vista, LLC 1530 Santa Rosa Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Nicholas W. Mason, President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 05, 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: 2014‑0003143. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Adding Technology at 3725 Mariana Way, Unit A Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Natalie Ann Browne (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Natalie Ann Browne This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 04, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0003130. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26 Dec 04 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Fox & Goss at 2830‑B De La Vina Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Ashley Fox 212 Canon Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Lauren Goss 128 East Mission St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Ashley Fox, Lauren Goss This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0002952. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 04 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Eighth Day Adventure at 3345 State St. #3187 Santa Barbara, CA 93130; Debra Arnesen (same address) James
Arnesen (same address) This business is conducted by a married couple Signed: Debra Arnesen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 04, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0003136. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Crister Fitness at 1119 San Pascual Street #G Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Crister De Leon Vega (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Crister De Leon Vega U. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0003125. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Handme Company, Handme Prints at 617 Ferrara Way Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Kendra Gaete (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Kendra Gaete This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 05, 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: 2014‑0003141. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: MK Analytics at 431 Peach Grove Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Mathew Kauk (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Mathew Kauk This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 05, 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: 2014‑0003148. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: The Kitchen at 38 West Victoria Street Santa Barbara,
CA 93101; Santa Barbara Public Market, LLC 913 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Margaret Cafarelli This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 31, 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: 2014‑0003099. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Produce Plus at 1344 Arabian Trail Santa Maria, CA 93455; Dale A. Johnson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Dale Johnson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 27, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0003049. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Village Realty, Vaughan Realty at 1975 Inverness Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108; George William Vaughan (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: George William Vaughan This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 04, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003137. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Santa Barbara Silver Safari at 7388 A Chapman Pl Goleta, CA 93117; Sylvia Sullivan (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Sylvia Sullivan This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 06, 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: 2014‑0003161. Published: Nov 13, 20,
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2007 Honda Civic EX Coupe $10,000
Very low miles, 67K, single, non‑smoking, owner since new. Religiously followed Honda’s scheduled maintenance and always maintained at Santa Barbara Honda, receipts available. Silver with black cloth interior, automatic transmission, premium sound, 16’’ alloy wheels, top‑of‑the‑line Civic at the time. Everything works and works like it should. Title in hand and ready to sell. Email mike7smith@gmail.com.
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DESIGNER The Independent is currently looking to fill a position in the editorial design department for Editorial Designer. Candidates must have knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, & Illustrator) on a Mac platform. Candidate will preferably have experience in font management and be familiar with print publishing and file handling. The candidate must possess time-management skills and the ability to meet strict deadlines and to work co-operatively with the editorial team. This parttime position reports to the Art Director. Please send résumés and online portfolio links to hr@independent.com. No phone calls. EOE (M/F/D/V)
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Cold Noses Warm Hearts
nonprofit dog rescue is looking for fosters! If you love dogs and want to open up your home to a rescue, this is for you! We will provide everything and the dog and you can provide the one-on-one time that rescues need to transition from shelter life! Please contact 964-2446 or email coldnosesrescue@gmail.com
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26, Dec 4 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Horny Toad Activewear at 2020 Alameda Padre Serra, Suite 125 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Toad & CO. International, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003123. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Olivo Santa Barbara at 130 Middle Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Barbara J. Hill (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Barbara J. Hill This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0003182. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 04 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Luz ‑ Design + Marketing at 2913 Paseo Del Refugio Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Andrea L. Arredondo (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Andrea L. Arrendondo This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 05, 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: 2014‑0003155. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 04 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Tina’s Tutoring at 1528 Santa Rosa Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Tina Pfadenhauer (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Tina Pfadenhauer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 31, 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: 2014‑0003101. Published: Nov 13, 20, 26, Dec 4 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ABC, WOW‑Woman of The World, American Cab Company, Good Karma 4 Life at 5136 San Simeon Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; S.S. Parts Int Inc. (same address). This business
is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Suresh Singh This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 13, 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: 2014‑0002917. Published: Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13 2014.
Trustee Notice NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 03/27/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Trustor: JOHN D. WILCOX AND ROSEMARY S. WILCOX, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Recorded 04/06/2007 as Instrument No. 2007‑0025520 in book ‑‑‑, page‑‑‑ and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Barbara County, California, Date of Sale: 12/08/2014 at 01:00 PM Place of Sale:AT THE NORTH DOOR OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 1100 ANACAPA STREET, SANTA BARBARA, CA Estimated amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $941,523.32 WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’ S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as
Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt More fully described in said Deed of Trust Street Address or other common designation of real property: 419 Calle Alamo, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 A.P.N.: 053‑173‑08‑00‑0 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $941,523.32. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property. Published Nov 13, 20, 26 2014.
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