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few hours after the city came together Monday in De la Guerra Plaza to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s messages of unity and compassion, police erected a barrier in front of the Santa Barbara News-Press. On one side, supporters of the paper — which has invited widespread backlash over its repeated use of the word “illegals” to describe immigrants in the U.S. without permission — carried signs, bullhorns, and American flags to promote free speech and decry abuses of the country’s immigration system. They were rallied by a Claremont group called We the People Rising and accompanied by members of the Santa Barbara Tea Party. On the other side, a diverse crowd of community activists spoke against what they’ve described as blatant racism on the part of News-Press management. The activists said they respected the paper’s First Amendment rights and editorial prerogative but took issue with its dehumanizing word choice that intentionally offends Latinos, who account for 44 percent of Santa Barbara County’s population. “Support free speech, not hate speech!” they chanted and circulated a petition to boycott the paper and its advertisers after it refused to run a retraction. While the two camps stayed away from each other for most of the day, confrontations did take place. Some of the interactions were civil. Most were not. Between shouts of “Protect our borders!” “Defeat censorship!” and “We love the News-Press!” the daily’s supporters hurled derogatory, epithet-filled insults across the plastic fencing, the least offensive of which were “Speak English, you morons!” and “Go back to where you came from!” They also demanded to see documentation proving citizenship and held signs that read “Stop the Invasion” and “Deport Illegal Alien Gangbangers.” One News-Press demonstrator threatened to light an oppos10
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ing protester on fire. Another repeatedly asked where others lived so he could “find them later.” The dueling demonstrators blasted bullhorns in each other’s faces and tried to out-yell one another. Some News-Press detractors called the supporters white supremacists and argued how their forebearers were also immigrants. About a dozen police officers were on hand for the event, which drew several hundred people. No arrests were made. The paper’s editors have repeatedly defended their word choice, saying it’s accurate to describe someone living in the country illegally as an “illegal” and comparing the spray-paint vandalism that hit their office to the Charlie Hebdo attacks. The vandalism and an earlier protest took place after the paper published the headline “Illegals line up for driver’s licenses” above a January 3 news story about a new California law (AB ) that allows state residents to apply for driver’s licenses without proving citizenship. Last Friday, the News-Press ran another article on the same topic with the headline “Driving legal opens door to illegals’ past.” “We will not give in to the thugs who are attempting to use political correctness as a tool of censorship and a weapon to shut down this newspaper,” the paper’s copublisher Arthur von Wiesenberger recently wrote to the Minuteman Project, an activist group against illegal immigration. We the People Rising members came from all over Southern California to attend the rally. Its executive director, Robin Hvidston, said beforehand, “Freedom of speech is not about pleasantries. It can generate opposition, but that’s what it means to live in this great country.” On Monday, group leader Mike McGetrick from Orange County pointed to the News-Press critics across the plaza and said, “See what’s going on there? That’s what happens when you have open borders.” He said he wants to see
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After a late-night burglary spree across a dozen city businesses that caused as much as $100,000 in damage, two teenagers were arrested by Santa Barbara police on 1/17. The break-ins reportedly began at La Bella Rosa Bakery on San Andres Street before moving to Super Cucas Restaurant, Dahlia’s Beauty Salon, Mobil, Instant Klasick, GameStop, Paradise Tobacco, Fuzion, South Coast Deli, and Santa Barbara Public Market, among others. The pair, 16 and 17 years old, were taken into custody at around 4 a.m. near the Chapala Street MTD station and booked into Juvenile Hall. The owner of United Seal Coating along with his wife and a longtime employee have been the targets of a multi-agency investigation for alleged violations of state insurance codes, workers’ compensation fraud, denial of workers’ comp benefits, and wage theft. Owner Alberto “Al” Rodriguez, his wife, Maria, and Byron Duran were arrested 1/14. The District Attorney’s Office asks that anyone employed by United Seal Coating — a k a United Sealcoating and Slurry Seal, United Paving, and Santa Barbara Paving — who was not paid or was denied workers’ comp to call the DA at 568-2300.
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immigration laws enforced more effectively and worries about how “Mexican is being taught in school instead of English.” He accused the other demonstrators of “getting more militant and angry. … They shout and call us names.” McGetrick said a continued influx of unauthorized immigrants would spell financial ruin for the state, but liberals and Latinos are blind to such issues. “That’s what these idiots don’t understand,” he went on, also describing Sacramento’s Hispanic caucus as “a bunch of rat finks.” If the media would only shine an investigative light on them, he said, “they’d scatter like cockroaches.” Marilyn Schneider from San Bernardino County said the activists had “an entitlement aspect. They think, ‘I’m entitled to live here as an illegal.’ We say, ‘No, you’re not.’ ” Many of Monday’s attendees were rallied together by PODER (People Organizing for the Defense and Equal Rights of Santa Barbara Youth), which has voiced loud and consistent criticism of the News-Press. City Councilmember Cathy Murillo, former News-Press staffers, and area religious leaders accompanied them. Some wore cardboard butterfly wings to symbolize migration, in this case of monarchs from Mexico up California’s coast.“They’re beautiful and peaceful, just like our people,” said PODER member Savanah Maya. “Migration is natural to beings of all kinds.” Maya said she was heartened by the crowd’s size and diversity and was glad for the relatively peaceful proceedings considering “how much antagonizing” her group endured. “We did exactly what Dr. Martin Luther King was asking for,” she said of the civil-rights leader’s insistence on nonviolence. In coming days, Maya said, PODER members and volunteers will make door-to-door calls on businesses, asking them not to advertise with the Newscont’d page 15
“If you’re not getting an alert from us, it’s safe to say there’s not an emergency,” said Lt. Ryan Smith of the UCSB Police Department in response to rumors of a shooting threat that “took off like wildfire” through Isla Vista the evening of 1/16 and through the very early morning hours.The false alarm stirred painful memories of last May’s killings. UCSB Police increased patrols in town and on campus but declined to issue a UCSB Alert notification because the system is reserved for actual emergencies. Police are investigating the origin of the post, which appeared on the anonymous social media app Yik Yak. Two people miraculously escaped injury 1/16 when their small plane lost power and then flipped over during an emergency landing near Highway 166 east of Santa Maria. Around 10:30 a.m., the pilot of the single-engine aircraft radioed the San Luis Obispo Airport to report engine trouble and advise of the highway landing. Emergency crews scrambled from Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and state agencies and found the plane on its roof near Twitchell Reservoir.
CITY Not long after a string of electrical failures sparked a campaign by disgruntled downtown business owners to upgrade the city’s aging grid, Santa Barbara was hit with yet another blackout on 1/15. From about 6:40-11:01 p.m., Paseo Nuevo went dark, as did nearby restaurants and bars, and 1,382 Southern California Edison customers lost power. Movie theaters passed out refund vouchers, firefighters rescued people stuck in elevators, and diners used cell phone lights to get back to their cars. Edison blamed the outage on an unspecified equipment failure. A pocket park for toddlers has popped up on the corner of Ortega and Bath streets, slated to open to families within the month. The
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Showdown at Slippery Rock
In an unprecedented move, the Goleta Water District served notice last week it intends to sue owners of the Slippery Rock Ranch, a 725-acre avocado operation located in the Goleta foothills, to stop the ranch owners from selling their water to the Montecito Water District. The declaration of legal war came just two days after a delegate from the water-strapped Montecito District addressed the Goleta Water board, beseeching its boardmembers to work cooperatively with the agency to explore the Slippery Rock deal. Goleta Water District General Manager John McInnes had put the Montecito district on notice just six weeks prior that he would engage in no such discussions and that his agency had retained the services of water law specialists. McInnes has contended the Slippery Rock water basin is connected to Goleta’s storage basin, meaning any draw on Slippery Rock would come at Goleta’s expense. Slippery Rock’s owners contend they have hydrologic reports showing the opposite is true. The Montecito district and Slippery Rock owners had argued a test run would settle the matter definitively, while generating 500 to 1,000 acre-feet of water Montecito desperately needs now. Montecito had expressed a willingness to spend up to $500,000 to make this happen. Since no action has been taken, Slippery Rock agent Mark Lloyd and Montecito Water’s Tom Mosby expressed bewilderment about what kind of lawsuit Goleta could possibly file. Slippery Rock’s owners claim the water basin under their property can hold almost as much water as Lake Cachuma and that this supply could be used as a crucial drought buffer in times of need. Other South Coast water officials had expressed interest in exploring the Slippery Rock option should the drought continue, but Goleta’s stance will likely dampen that curiosity. McInnes explained via email he was looking out for the interest of his 87,000 customers. Mosby expressed disappointment with Goleta’s refusal to discuss the matter. “Have I ever seen the door closed and locked in this — Nick Welsh manner before?” he asked. “The answer is no.”
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EN GARDE! MCA leader Sharon Byrne (left) and City Councilmember Cathy Murillo have crossed swords in the past, and this duel is no exception.
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nity of a lifetime” and his staff for their bravery. “It has been an honor to serve with you,” he said. City crews are installing the last of 195 larger street signs, redesigned for better visibility. City transportation engineer Derrick Bailey said faded signs were being replaced and new ones added, which presented a chance for a new design. The font remains “Mission,” a style unique to Santa Barbara that dates to the 1960s, but block numbers, the white border, and street suffixes — like St. or Ave. — are gone in place of larger lettering. This round of new signs costs $42,692, or about $218 each.
COUNTY The Board of Supervisors and County Fire personnel on Tuesday bid farewell to outgoing Chief Michael Dyer (pictured), who retired on 1/16 after 36 years in public safety and five-plus years heading the department. Dyer will be succeeded by Deputy Chief Eric Peterson, who called him “a great boss” and “a tough act to follow.” The supervisors heaped praise on Dyer, particularly for his advocacy for the property-tax shift in 2012 that funneled more money to the department. Dyer thanked the board for the “opportu-
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In the year since the Affordable Care Act went into effect, 34,000 county residents have enrolled in MediCal and another 16,000 have become insured through Covered California. Those figures were among the tidbits presented by county health officials to the Board of Supervisors this week. Overall impressions of the federal law were positive, but some concerns remain. Starting in 2017, the state and/or counties will have to provide a 5 percent match; the federal government is currently footing the bill. Another question hovers around how undocumented immigrants (who don’t qualify for coverage) and those who choose not to enroll will affect costs to Public Health. The Goleta City Council voted on 1/20 to approve a 176-unit apartment complex at 6830 Cortona Drive. A restriction on hookups for new development, implemented recently by the Goleta Water District, won’t apply to the project, given the site’s existing agreement with the water purveyor. The apartments, which will sit near the intersection of Hollister Avenue and Storke Road, will be available in one-, two-, and threebedroom units. cont’d page 15
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plan by the Milpas Community Association to create an Eastside Business Improvement District along the Milpas Street corridor has generated serious blowback by some activists, business owners, and at least one city councilmember. At a meeting on January 14 of the city’s Neighborhood Advisory Council, several activists charged the creation of the new Eastside Business Improvement District (EBID) would promote the gentrification of Milpas Street and raise rents. A couple of business owners stated they’d been pressured to support the EBID. Making the showdown odd was the fact that there was no presentation by EBID supporters on the agenda. Instead, the meeting only called for an “update” on the plan. As such, Wednesday evening qualified as a slashing display of forks and knives without any food. The MCA argues the district is necessary because the proceeds of assessment — which they estimated at $1 a day for most businesses — would be used for street cleaning, graffiti removal, parades, promotions, and special events. Currently, the MCA — led by Sharon Byrne — performs all these functions but on a voluntary payment plan that’s been heavily underwritten by a small handful of businesses. EBID supporters argue this places an unfair burden on the few and that the creation of a new district would create a stable funding base. City Councilmember Cathy Murillo has opposed the business district almost from its inception, arguing that the new assessment would be passed on to business owners in the form of higher rents, that bigger hotels would have a disproportionate sway over EBID policies, and that the MCA has failed to do any meaningful outreach. It’s worth noting that Murillo and Byrne have crossed swords several times in the past. The two ran against each other independent.com
for City Council four years ago, and Murillo was almost as outspoken in her defense of the Casa Esperanza homeless shelter as Byrne and MCA had been critical of its operation. When the EBID plan was first unveiled at a City Council meeting two months ago, Murillo pounded the pavement interviewing business owners. She contended few had been aware that such a plan was even in the works. And she has since seized on this issue and mobilized opposition. For her part, Byrne denied that any intimidation or harassment has taken place and said that the improvement district would create a more attractive place for shoppers to visit, thus generating more foot traffic for area businesses. Byrne said the council presentation had been premature and was done only at the direction of City Hall officials. The final details have only now congealed. The tone and tenor of Wednesday’s meeting was adversarial and confrontational, suggesting a bumpy road ahead when Byrne and the MCA finally do unroll their plans to the broader Milpas community. MCA boardmember Jarrett Gorin demanded that Advisory Councilmember Sebastian Aldana recuse himself because of a conflict of interest. Aldana had served on the MCA board since its inception until a few months ago, when he was kicked off for being a plaintiff against the city over the current election system. Mark Alvarado, the city staff liaison to the Neighborhood Advisory Council, said City Attorney Ariel Calonne had notified him that under the law, no conflict of interest exists. Aldana did not respond to Gorin’s charges, nor did he comment on the proposed EBID. What happens next with the district has yet to be seen. The Neighborhood Advisory Committee has scheduled dueling presentations for its monthly meeting in February, allowing both sides to lay out the pros and cons of the proposal at length and in detail. ■
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BY N I C K W E L S H oughly the same time last October that a Santa Barbara City College student heaved a rock through the front window of Mark Taylor’s Oceano Street home, City College President Lori Gaskin convened a high-powered task force to address neighborhood concerns regarding unruly students living near campus. Taylor, not coincidentally, would emerge as one of the task force’s most outspoken members. By last week’s final convocation of the group, which included high-ranking City Hall officials and campus deans, police had managed to identify the student. He’d been speeding down Oceano when an angry neighbor threatened to damage his silver Ford Focus. The student broke Taylor’s window under the mistaken belief that it was Taylor who’d threatened his car. He has since apologized and paid to have the window repaired; Taylor asked that charges not be filed. But sometime in the next two weeks, Taylor and the contrite rock-heaver will meet together with City College Dean of Students Ben Partee for what the dean calls a “heart-to-heart” to determine what discipline should be meted out. The tidy symmetry suggested by this incident gives an exaggerated sense of resolution where campus-neighborhood tensions are concerned. But last week’s task force confab outlined a list of actions which, if taken, promise to reduce the aggravation. The quickest fix requires the Santa Barbara City Council to adopt a new noise ordinance so the City Attorney can levy stiff civil penalties against offenders. As currently written, the noise ordinance is enforced criminally by the District Attorney’s office. Front-line enforcement would be delegated to a crew of City College students hired, trained, and supervised by the Police Department. They would give warnings only, and if follow-up visits proved necessary, cops would issue citations. This approach has been used at Cal Poly with dramatic results, according to task force members who visited there recently. As proposed, City College would pay the startup costs for hiring the neighborhood patrols. After that, the program would be sustained through the fines collected. Another proposal involves how classes are scheduled at City College. Traditionally, the majority of academic courses are held Mon-
days through Thursdays; Fridays are widely avoided by both students and instructors. As a result, students typically begin their weekend revelries on Thursday nights. Noise and parties top the list of neighborhood complaints. In 2014, police were called to the block of Oceano Street where Mark Taylor lives no fewer than 241 times. Similar problems have plagued La Breza apartment complex on the lower Westside. Partee pledged this spring to begin scheduling classes required for graduation or transfer on Fridays and Saturdays. This would also open desperately needed classroom space, he said. Partee reported that Gaskin has asked Police Chief Cam Sanchez to provide the college with the names of all students under the age of 21 cited for relatively minor drunk and disorderly offenses. Partee said the Isla Vista Foot Patrol has been doing this for the past four years. As a result, Partee said, he sends out 10-15 letters a month notifying parents of such transgressions. Police spokesperson Sgt. Riley Harwood said he needs to address any privacy issues before engaging in a wholesale data swap with school administrators. Partee said City College notified 566 students last year they’d failed to meet minimal requirements to remain enrolled. These are students pulling less than a 2.0 average or who have dropped more than half their classes. Some, he said, have experienced a death in the family or serious health problems. Exceptions are allowed in such cases, but only after an appeals hearing; 150 such appeals are currently scheduled. “What we find,” he concluded, “is that many of the people who do not perform well are the same ones who cause problems throughout the community.” Task Force member Beebe Longstreet expressed serious skepticism about such resolve and said she’s giving the college two months before passing any judgment on its commitment to change. That, coincidentally, is roughly the same time within which the task force has recommended that SBCC’s Board of Trustees conduct a joint meeting with City Council to explore a range of long-term “save the world” issues involving traffic, parking, and housing problems. Gaskin, who spoke briefly at the first meeting, showed up for the last one, as well. She thanked the task force members for their courage and commitment, vowing,“Your work here will not be in vain, I can assure you.”
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BY N I C K W E L S H ropping one of his classic, impromptu bombshells, Pope Francis announced Thursday evening that he intends to declare Father Junípero Serra, the 18th-century Franciscan friar who started nine of California’s 21 missions, a saint this September. The Pope described Serra as a “great evangelist” and waived the requirement that all saints be responsible for at least two documented miracles. In Serra’s case, there’s only one, involving a nun who was cured of lupus by praying to him. Serra’s canonization will reignite debate over the treatment of Native Americans by Spanish missionaries. Historian and writer Greg Orfalea said he’s hoisting a glass of beer in celebration of the news. Despite the decimating impact of the Spanish colonial system on Indian populations, Orfalea argued, Serra was a man of remarkable mercy. He cited Serra’s intervention to spare the lives of about 12 Indians who participated in an uprising against the Spanish near San Diego in 1775. Not only that, Serra succeeded in getting a previous governor fired over the mistreatment of Indians at the hands of colonial soldiers. “Pope Francis is all about serving the poor,” said Orfalea,“and Serra gave up a life as a highly respected intellectual heavyweight in Spain to come here to work directly with the Indians.” John Johnson, historian and anthropologist with the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, acknowledged that the Franciscan approach to missionary work — bringing the converted into the missions rather than serving them in their own villages — contributed enormously to their demise. “But that happened 20 years after Serra died in 1784,” he said. That being said, Johnson added, Serra fought with several Spanish governors of California over the missionization of native populations when he was alive. He supported it, and they opposed it. Serra presided over the founding of Santa Barbara’s Presidio in 1782, and he had hoped to preside over the founding of the Santa Barbara Mission, as well. But he died four years before it could be established. According to UC Riverside historian Steven Hackel, Governor Felipe
de Neve forbade Serra from starting a mission in Santa Barbara because he believed the missionaries had amassed too much power. In fact, Neve wrote scoldingly to Serra that the soldiers would do a better job teaching the Indians how to be Christians than the missionaries. Hackel argued that as a historical figure, Serra has had a profound impact both on native populations and on the introduction of European culture into what was then the New World. “Serra has few peers in his ability to marshal resources under difficult circumstances,” Hackel said. “He was a leader of men. He was tough as nails. He had an undying spirit.” The professor added that under Serra’s administration, the mission system took a huge toll on native culture — diet, clothes, and marriage patterns. Even so, Hackel said, many descendants of those native people remain practicing Catholics who have embraced a blending of the two traditions. Serra’s appointment will no doubt lend greater urgency to the major symposium taking place in Berkeley next month on the consequences of missionization. Ernestine De Soto of Santa Barbara will be attending. De Soto is the daughter of the last native Chumash speaker in Santa Barbara and a devout Catholic. As to the impact of missionization, De Soto said,“I’m an Indian on the fence, which means I will probably be shot at with both bullets and arrows.” De Soto acknowledged the Franciscan missionaries flogged upstart Chumash. But, she said, Serra — a flagellant — didn’t do anything to the Chumash that he didn’t do to himself. De Soto found herself praying to Serra when her daughter became gravely ill. She was joined in her prayers by many priests, and her daughter got better. Does this qualify as the second miracle Serra would need under ordinary circumstances for canonization? “I don’t know,” said De Soto.“I was desperate. I was praying to everything and anyone.” Noting that the mission system was initiated by the Spanish crown as a strategy to preempt Russian colonization of the Pacific Coast, De Soto concluded, “If it wasn’t for Father Serra, we’d probably all be speaking Russian right now. And be better looking, too.” ■
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BY B R A N D O N FA S T M A N ongressmember Lois Capps thought President Barack Obama had lingered longer than usual on the House floor after his sixth State of the Union address Tuesday night. She said she felt like a “groupie.” “I had an opportunity to shake his hand and tell him how proud of him I was,” she said.“Then I turned around, and he was still there.” Most importantly, Capps had the opportunity to give Obama a photograph of Christopher Michaels-Martinez as a young boy. Michaels-Martinez was a bright UCSB student gunned down last May in the Isla Vista massacre perpetrated by a mentally ill City College dropout. His father, Richard Martinez, a Santa Maria lawyer turned gun-control activist, was seated in the gallery as Capps’s guest. Martinez has been jet-setting around the country as a representative of the advocacy organization Everytown for Gun Safety, which grew out of the Newtown school shooting. Obama did not speak to gun-control in his address, although he did reference some other recent sites of gun violence. Capps said she thinks gun violence policy will come from the bottom up.“When we’ve had enough as a nation in communities, the Congress will change. It might not show exciting leadership. It might need to be dragged kicking and screaming, but it won’t be the first time that grassroots activity has led to national policy change.” Earlier in the day, she reintroduced the Pause for Safety Act, which would give families and law enforcement more power to keep guns away from dangerous individuals. While Martinez was making his rounds in D.C., Obama must have been taking a dip in the Hot Tub Time Machine because he delivered a State of the Union address in which he reiterated policies and themes that he championed as a bushytailed candidate — closing the Guantanamo Bay prison, practicing diplomacy, acting on climate change, investing in infrastructure, and reducing partisanship. Such goals have been buried for years under attention to a cataclysmic economic collapse, two wars, partisan retrenchment, and the consuming effort to pass a health-care reform bill. With the wars (officially) over and the economy show-
ing increasing signs of life, Obama laid out plans to bolster what he called “middle-class economics,” including tax breaks for childcare and tuition-free community college nationwide. Capps said, “I think [SBCC President Lori Gaskin] is sort of in a state of disbelief that we would ever actually do that, but that’s what happened when our current governor’s father was governor. The Master Plan included two free years of community college, and it was good for the economy.” Responding to criticism that Obama’s vision is just typical liberal tax-and-spend orthodoxy, Capps pointed out that the economy has improved even with Obama increasingly asserting executive power to enforce policies anathema to Republican lawmakers. She praised the president specifically on the separate executive actions he has taken to defer action against students and workers in the country without immigration documents, singling out comprehensive immigration reform as the first legislation package she would like to see Congress pass this term. While some Republican lawmakers have accused Obama of poisoning the well with his most recent decree on immigration enforcement, Capps believes he’s actually lit a fire under Congress to get something done. Referring to the last Congressional term as “the most divisive I’ve ever served on,” Capps defended Obama’s goit-alone approach.“When comprehensive immigration is passed by one chamber and not the other, he stepped out on that. When we failed to act on paid sick leave, which is such a common-sense thing to do, which is so family friendly and economically valuable, then he’s going to do things where he can on his own.” However, Capps said both she and the American people prefer that Congress do its job, and she holds out hope that she can be an effective legislator despite the fact that Democrats are now the minority in both Houses. When asked if Obama’s statement that “I have no more campaigns to run” would fit her as well, she said,“I’m focused on this new session of Congress. We’re only two weeks into it. I don’t know what my future holds. That’s as much ■ as I can say.”
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Press or distribute the paper in their stores. “This has sparked so much energy in us,” she said. “This is just the beginning.” Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval, a professor of Chicano-Chicana studies at UCSB, talked about how the News-Press ignores standard journalism guidelines, called it a “silly” publication, and declared, “They’re fighting so hard because we’re winning.” The crowd later chanted, “Undocumented, unafraid,” “We are beautiful, My nation is beautiful,” and “Love, not hate.” Listening nearby, Alvarado Jimenez equated the term "illegals" to the "N-word." Invoking the messages of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Pastor David Moore called on the News-Press and its owner, Wendy McCaw, to practice decency and compassion toward everyone, regardless of race or status, and to recognize basic human rights. He also appealed to the religious sensibilities of those embroiled in debates over immigration.“Many of you listening are Christians. I hope to reason with you: As a young child, Jesus’s parents, Joseph and Mary, fled violence in their homeland into Egypt. What if they had been turned away at the border? Don’t forget that Jesus was human.”
news briefs cont’d ENVIRONMENT Activists with last year’s failed Measure P campaign joined forces with larger organizations last week and vowed to continue their fight against expanded oil drilling. On 1/15, speakers and an audience of more than 100 rallied at the Faulkner Gallery — and a smaller group at the courthouse — against potential health and environmental effects of fracking and cyclicsteam injection. The rally was one of many statewide seeking participants for a February march to persuade Gov. Brown to ban certain drilling techniques. Moderator Becca Claassen thanked the oil industry for spending “$7 million worth of awareness” during the Measure P campaign.
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Moore, who recently penned an op-ed for the Huffington Post and helped lead Santa Barbara demonstrations in the wake of the Eric Garner and Michael Brown killings, spoke through a PA system over the blaring bullhorns of News-Press supporters. “To our brothers and sisters who are outraged that we are even gathered here to make a statement,” said Moore, “I am willing to find out why you are so afraid, and I hope that we share an eagerness for immigration reform.” He also spoke of love for all, explaining, “Oh, yes! I prayed for Wendy McCaw this morning. When you love somebody, you want them to do the right ■ thing.” Cabrillo Business Park in Goleta, according to the Pacific Coast Business Times. About to celebrate its 100th anniversary, Santa Barbara– based Jordano’s Inc. is a food and beverage distributor that has mushroomed from a small family business to a powerhouse that employs more than 500 people. The company intends to build a 102,000-square-foot regional distribution center, the Times reported, and construction is expected to commence in 2016. Lynda.com announced an investment of $186 million led by TPG, a global firm that manages $65 billion in assets. Currently, Lynda.com has more than 5,700 courses and 255,000 video tutorials — in multiple languages — that it sells to individuals and corporations. The company said it plans to use the funds to develop new content, expand its library, and grow its consumer base. According to the company, its consumer base already includes half of the Fortune 50, a third of the nation’s colleges and universities, numerous state governments, and all U.S. military branches. ■
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Estoy Charlie; Je Suis ‘Illegal’
GOT MLK? In my household, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was always a big deal. That it hap-
pened to fall on mother’s birthday may have been part of it. My mother was there for King’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech by the Lincoln Memorial, and when she came back, she was beyond giddy. I was young and decidedly uncomfortable with my mother deviating from what I expected. Mostly, I was embarrassed she wouldn’t stop singing “We Shall Overcome.” Today, with a black man in the White House, we’ve clearly overcome much. Just as obviously — with black men getting killed and incarcerated in barbaric numbers — there’s still a lot of overcoming to do. Here in Santa Barbara, we celebrated the day with a free-flowing exchange of spit in front of the Santa Barbara News-Press building, with “free speech” advocates, imported all the way from Orange County for the occasion, telling our very own “burrito eaters” and “beaners” to return — posthaste — to their countries of origin. Presumably this line of argument works somewhere down in Orange County. The stir arose out of the News-Press’s editorial decision to refer to undocumented immigrants as “illegals” in news articles and headlines. For the record, no one has suggested the News-Press can’t use this language. Only that they shouldn’t. The fact is most of us break the law with some regularity, though typically with less justification and provocation than those crossing our borders. It seems little-minded and hard-hearted to reduce this swirling epic of human migration to
something as paltry and oversimplified as “illegal.” But, of course, they’re entitled. Those criticizing the News-Press were done no favors by the radical chic nitwits who vandalized the offices of our erstwhile daily paper with pro-immigrant protest graffiti. Maybe that line of argument, also, flies somewhere down in Orange County. This year, MLK Day arrived as we approached the 50th anniversary of King’s historic march from Selma, which would give rise to the even more historic Voting Rights Act of 1965. Our retrograde Supreme Court saw fit to eviscerate that law in 2013, on the grounds that such protections were no longer necessary. As a result, no fewer than 22 states have now enacted new rules and regulations making voting and voter registration harder to do. It is no doubt coincidental the voters most affected by these restrictions happen to be the young, the minorities, and the poor. Equally coincidental is that overwhelmingly, these were enacted by Republican legislatures. In Santa Barbara, the voting-rights picture is problematic in the extreme and promises to get only more so. Last Friday, the Santa Barbara City Council met for two hours in closed session to discuss possible ways to settle a voting-rights lawsuit to force City Hall to adopt district elections because the current at-large system yields “racially polarized” results. They didn’t find one. Many excuses have been made and many explanations offered, but the inexplicable and inexcusable fact remains that only two Latinos have been elected to the council in the past 20
years. Only five have been elected since 1968. No matter how you do the math, that doesn’t add up. The remedy, the courts say, is district elections, which generally are more accommodating and accessible to groups on the margins. A majority of the council disagrees, citing logrolling, featherbedding, horse trading, and other arcane practices few know the meaning of. But if the case goes to trial, it’s all but certain they’ll lose. They’re eager to avoid such excruciations, and even more adverse to paying attorney Barry Cappello, who represents the District Elections Committee, a king’s ransom in legal fees. The chicken bone in the throat is the district boundaries: Where will they be drawn and how? City Hall wants the public to have time enough to weigh in on the formation of the six new districts. But the committee is skeptical and adverse, suspecting the council is trying to drag things out. The plaintiffs are mostly a group of Latino activists who started La Casa de la Raza back in the 1970s, combined with a smattering of younger players who fought City Hall’s proposed gang injunction. In the meantime, another group of younger progressive hell-raisers associated with groups like CAUSE — not to mention the Democratic Party — worry Latino voters will be smooshed into just two districts, leaving the four others vulnerable to takeover by more conservative candidates. And they’ve stumbled onto an obscure fact with a very big impact. Santa Barbara is the only governmental entity within 50 miles to hold elections on odd-numbered years. Studies show
that timing, far more than districts, affects how many voters show up at the polls. As a rule, City Council races generate little voter interest. But when they’re held in odd-numbered years — no presidential race, no gubernatorial contest — there’s even less. In 2012, for example, 65,000 city voters cast ballots in that year’s schoolboard race. But in 2013, only 49,000 voted in the council race. If Santa Barbara switched from odd to even, turnout would increase by nearly 25 percent overnight. And City Hall could pocket the $300,000 it now spends to maintain its odd-man-out schedule. The odd-year effect manifests itself most negatively on lower-income, minority, and younger voters. For example, the number of Latinos voting within city limits dropped by two-thirds from 2012-2013. During that same time, the drop in white voters was 50 percent. There’s growing interest gathering in the activist universe that the council insist the odd-to-even switch be included as part of any negotiated deal that includes district elections. If it isn’t, the council should make the switch itself. Otherwise, candidates running for the two “safe” Latino seats can get elected with just a few hundred votes and then make decisions affecting 100,000 residents. How interested the councilmembers are, I don’t know. The plaintiffs aren’t opposed, but they’re not interested either. The picture, like I say, is problematic. But interesting. In the meantime, happy birthday, MLK. And happy birthday to my mother, too. — Nick Welsh
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he Sierra Club-Los Padres Chapter supports the nomination of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary for the Central Coast of California. The marine sanctuary would protect ocean resources from San Simeon down to the Gaviota Coast. This region was first inhabited by one of the few oceangoing bands among the First People of the New World. Ancient, submerged Chumash village sites extend 13 miles offshore, and more than a dozen coastal sites have been continuously occupied for more than 9,000 years. The site of significant wetlands, kelp forests, coral reef, and the highest sand dunes in the state, the Central Coast hosts one of the only nonseasonal West Coast upwellings of nutrients, making it a major population center for sea otters, sea lion haul-outs, and a cetacean feeding area. The need to secure National Marine Sanctuary protection is clear in light of a history of oil exploration and toxic agricultural runoff. Public awareness and understanding of marine resources are enhanced by the presence of sanctuaries, which can support and help fund scientific research, allow stakeholders to present united positions on matters of mutual concern, and be proactive about ocean protection. The waters of the Central Coast meet the standards of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act for nationally significant oceanographic, geological, biological, and archaeological characteristics, and proactive protection should be pursued. — Jim Hines, Marine Sanctuary Organizer, Sierra Club-Los Padres Chapter, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties
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or the past 18 months, Carpinteria’s residents have advocated the city pass a legally nonbinding resolution against cat declawing, an inhumane amputation of an animal’s toes at the last joint. But, phoning city hall, residents were told:“The law doesn’t allow us to do that” and “Legally, there is nothing we can do.” This is not correct. An ordinance is a law adopted by the city council. A resolution is not a law; it is a formal expression of opinion or intention of the city council. Under current state law, the City of Carpinteria can’t ban declawing, but there is
no law that prevents a California city, or any other U.S. city, from passing a resolution against declawing. On November 20, 2014, Carpinteria’s paper, Coastal View News, ran an article,“Cat declawing decried as inhumane,” that echoed the misinformation city officials and staffers had been telling residents. The paper decided to correct only two of the article’s three false statements, leaving the misstatement of fact — that current law prohibits cities in California from passing anti-declaw resolutions — stating that Carpinteria’s city manager said the city can’t ban declawing. Animal welfare advocates in Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez, Solvang, and Ojai now believe something that is not true. The truth is that there is no law that prevents or prohibits any city in the United States from passing a resolution against declawing.
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or the welfare of our pets, THC toxicity is not to be taken lightly and can both be fatal and have long-term effects on a dog. My family’s accidental weed brownie incident put our dog Millie in the emergency hospital for seven days and cost almost $6,700 to save her life. The vets were seriously worried she might not survive, especially after complications developed. Mille finally came home but never fully recovered from THC-induced ataxia (imbalance and poor coordination). If we had not had pet insurance, we would have lost Millie. — Jennifer MacLeod, S.B.
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he New Year has begun — 2015 — and so have the numerous financial appeals! But this year, though I do enjoy giving and wish I had more money to spare, I have decided not to donate to those organizations that list amount suggestions. And I will not send to Washington, — Vera Nelson, S.B. D.C., post office boxes!
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Maxwell Sanders
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Maxwell Sanders, a Santa Barbara resident for virtually all of his life, died at age on January , , at his home in the Maravilla Senior Living Community, surrounded by three generations of his family. Macky was born in San Diego on September , . He moved to Santa Barbara with his parents, Leo and Frances, and his older sisters, Joyce and Gladys, when he was six months old. His younger sister, Phyllis, was born a few years later. He attended Roosevelt Elementary School, La Cumbre Junior High School, and Santa Barbara High School. After graduation, Macky had no idea what direction his life would take, but he knew he was willing to work hard. When WWII broke out, he decided to enlist in the US Navy, rather than be drafted into the Army. During his four years of military service, he was stationed in San Diego, New Guinea, the Philippines, and San Francisco, and he eventually became a Chief Petty Officer. Shortly before he was shipped abroad, he met his future wife, Betty Cibull, at a dance for young Jewish men and women in Los Angeles. They embarked on a three-year, long-distance courtship, writing to each other every day that Macky was away. In June of , one week after he returned from overseas, they got married in the garden of his parent’s home on Santa Barbara Street. The newlyweds lived briefly in Oxnard, where Macky open a jewelry business. Subsequently, they purchased the Chapala Furniture House and came back to Santa Barbara. In , Macky got his real estate license, an event that marked the beginning of a long and a very successful career in the real estate investment business. Macky worked hard, but he also had many interests. As a boy, he was an excellent chess player as well as an avid reader. He once received a commendation by the local librarian for having read every book in the children’s library. Throughout his life, he remained a voracious reader and especially enjoyed biographies. He was fascinated with the stories of people’s lives and was himself a gifted and entertaining storyteller. From an early age, he was an ardent animal lover. Later on in his life, he became a fine horseback rider, and for a number of years, he was a member of the Santa Barbara Trail Riders. He and Betty took trips all over the world, and although he loved to travel, he insisted that nothing beat coming home to Santa Barbara. He was a connoisseur of fine cuisine, especially the food of Thailand, and he continued to enjoy dishes from his 20
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favorite Thai restaurant up until a few days before he died. He was a skilled gin rummy and bridge player. He was proud of his Jewish heritage. Throughout their married life, he and Betty were generous supporters of Congregation B’nai B’rith, Hadassah, and the Santa Barbara Jewish Federation. He genuinely enjoyed being with people, and he and Betty had a wide circle of friends that extended to faraway places. Macky’s main passion, however, was his family. He was a supportive father to his two children as well as an immensely proud grandfather of six and greatgrandfather of seven. He and Betty were happily married for years, until she died this past April. Heartbroken, he predicted that, without her, he would last no more than six more months. He was just a few months off. Macky and Betty will be reunited in the Santa Barbara Cemetery under a stone inscribed with a line from one of their all-time favorite songs, “That Old Black Magic.”“You’re the lover I’ve been waiting for, the mate that fate had me created for.” Macky is survived by his daughter Trudy Reece and spouse Amy; his son Richard Sanders and wife Rosemary; his grandchildren, Ethan Reece and wife Hsingyi, Naomi Anafi and husband Ron, Omri Finkel and wife Dafna, Olivia Sanders and husband Marc Steyer, Julian Sanders and fiancé Katherine Guzman, and George Sanders; as well as his seven great-grandchildren, Lila, Ari, and Joshua Anafi; Levi and Rose Reece; and Maya and Shira Finkel. Macky’s family would like to express their gratitude and appreciation for the wonderful and compassionate care that was provided by Dolores Weaver and her team—Armando Hernandez, Zulema Mendoza, Ryan Hughes, Sally Salgado, and Lauren Munoz. For those who wish to do so, donations in Macky’s memory can be sent to the Santa Barbara Humane Society, Congregation B’nai B’rith, the Santa Barbara Jewish Federation, or Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care. A memorial service for Macky will be held at : PM on Sunday, January at Congregation B’nai B’rith, on San Antonio Creek Road. A reception will immediately follow.
in Transportation Systems led him to many significant achievements. In Sam and his family moved to Santa Barbara, where he worked at Delco Electronics. With President Kennedy’s declaration to go to the moon, Sam assembled a team and worked with determination to ensure that a General Motors vehicle participated in the exploration of the moon. That vehicle, which became known as the Lunar Rover, was developed and built in Goleta and successfully traveled to the moon on the last Apollo missions. Following Delco, Sam worked at Minicars Inc. in Goleta, developing vehicle safety structures and measures that are now standard equipment in automobiles today. In , Sam temporarily left Santa Barbara for Georgetown University to lead a Fuel Cell technology development program to help wean the automotive industry away from petroleum. Prototype systems were implemented in public transportation systems in Denver, Washington, D.C., and abroad. Sam loved traveling, wine making, cultivating his orchard and a host of other activities, but most of all spending time with his family. Sam was preceded in death by his first wife, Dolores Fitzsimons, and is survived by his loving wife of years, Margaret; four children, Cliff, Laurie (Keith), Tim (Chandra) and Mariliz (Doug); eight grandchildren, Brandon, Michelle, Colette, Stephanie, Andre, Paul, Camille and Angelina; and one greatgrandson, Lucas. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Friendship Center or the Santa Barbara Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care.
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Samuel Romano , passed away peacefully in his home on January , , in Santa Barbara. He was born in Jersey City, N.J., on January , . Sam served in the Navy during WWII and afterwards attended college on the GI Bill, earning a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Sam worked as a project engineer and manager across his career where his interest
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Gary Steven Grubacich, a well-known local attorney and resident of Santa Barbara for over years, died of natural causes in his home on Monday, January , . Gary was born on January , , in Long Beach, California, to parents Steven and Rose (Wucetich) Grubacich. He attended UCSB for three years before joining the U.S. Air Force from to . Gary then worked as a System Engineer for General Motors in Michigan, where he completed his B.A. with honors at Oakland University in . He returned to Santa Barbara, continuing his employment with General Motors/EDS for a total of years. While serving on a local jury, he decided he wanted to be an attorney. In , Gary was admitted to the California Western School of Law in San Diego and graduated in with his J.D. degree, cum laude. Upon again returning to Santa Barbara, he was employed as an Attorney in Civil Litigation and Appeals with McCarthy & Kroes for years until
his death. Gary gave broadly and deeply to others. In particular, he donated his time and treasure with great affection to his cherished Sigma Pi Fraternity. For many years until his death, he was Vice- Chairman of Legal Affairs for the International Sigma Pi Education Foundation and Advisor to the UCSB Alpha-Omicron Chapter of Sigma Pi. Gary was involved in the lifetime events of his extended family. He was always up for card games, friendly debates, and trivia on music and movies. He could talk with anybody at length and depth on almost any subject. He is survived by his sisters Vicki Morris (Ed) and Sandra Kula, two nieces and two nephews, five grandnieces and three grandnephews. Gary was a beloved son, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, great-uncle, fraternity brother, and good friend who will be dearly missed. A memorial service has not yet been planned.
Margaret C. Bohling
// – // Margaret Catherine (O’Toole) Bohling, a longtime resident of Goleta, CA, passed away on Tuesday, January , , at the age of . She was born on July , in Saint Louis, Missouri and lived in the states of Missouri, Pennsylvania, Florida and New York before settling in Goleta in with her husband, Donald F. Bohling. Margaret, known to her friends and family as Skip, was a homemaker and with Don, parents to five children, grandparents to seven and great-grandparent to four. She was preceded in death by her husband of years when Don died in March . Margaret is survived by her children and their spouses—Donna Bohling and Doug Kalish (Palo Alto, CA), Dori and Tom Panetta (Mashpee, MA), Debbie Anglin (Goleta, CA); Michael and Sharon Bohling (Carson City, NV), Matthew Bohling (Goleta, CA), her grandchildren—Ana Reyes (Palo Alto, CA), Nathan Kalish (San Francisco, CA), Meredith Bohling (Los Angeles, CA), Christopher Panetta (Quincy, MA), Alexandra Panetta (Brookline, MA), Erik and Elizabeth Anglin (Encinitas, CA), and Patrick Anglin (Goleta, CA); and her great grandchildren—Zoe and Isaac Reyes and Isabella and Luciana Anglin. A funeral mass for Margaret will be held at Saint Raphael Church, Hollister Ave. in Goleta at am on Saturday, January , . In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation, P. O. Box
Bradley N. Currey
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Bradley N. Currey was born September , , in Brewster, FL, and died at peacefully at home December , , at Goleta, CA. Brad was the last survivor of
six children born to Washington Currey and Mildred Littlefield Currey. He spent his youth in Pittsburg, PA, and his teen years in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. In , at he enlisted in the Army and was assigned to the Military Police in Leyte Philippine Islands. He transferred to the Army Air Corp and served in Biak, New Guinea and Rome, N.Y., where he became a chaplain’s assistant. From Hamilton AFB in San Rafael he was sent to Okinawa where he edited the base newspaper and recorded the transformation of the Air Corp to the Air Force Constitutional Amendment. After a transfer to Hamilton, AFB he was Honorably Discharged in . Using the GI Bill he graduated from Springfield College with a degree in Social Youth Work becoming employed at the YMCA in El Paso, TX, where he directed Y camps. This led to a move to Santa Barbara to work at the old YMCA here. Brad helped plan the Yon Hitchcock Way in Santa Barbara. He was employed at Devereaux School while taking classes to become an elementary school teacher. A -yr. career at the Hope School District followed, years of which were at Viejo Valley School teaching th grade. He enthusiastically led his students into preparing for achieving their higher education goals, especially focusing on his favorite areas history, government and geography with emphasis on the cultures of peoples around the world. His second marriage in joined together six children ages -, W. Lee Currey, Robert Frey, Jefferson Currey, Diane Frey (now deceased), Elaine Currey, and Mitchell Frey. The couple later adopted two of Diane’s children, Shelah “Sunny” Currey and Elisha “Eli” Currey. Brad is survived by his wife of years, Louise A. Currey, his beloved children, and grandchildren and their respective spouses in many cases. All were special to him and a joy to his heart. Throughout his life, social justice concerns were paramount. He was instrumental in starting the Santa Barbara Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which recently had its th Anniversary. A Celebration of his Life is planned at the Unitarian Society, Santa Barbara St., SB, on Saturday, January , at P.M. followed by a potluck. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to the ACLU, the Friendship Day Care Center, The Parkinson’s Assn, of S.B., the Hearts Riding Academy or a charity of your choice in his memory. A life well lived.
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aims and purposes of our entire family, and it enabled me to launch the Return to Freedom wild horse sanctuary. The ranch enabled my mother, Stella, and father, known to all as Bill, to enjoy and share their retirement with us. My sister, Diana, enjoys the ranch as a vacation retreat, and she brings her son, my nephew, Tommy, and her husband to commune with nature and with us. Tommy has brought his class up every year for camping and hiking and learning from the natural world. At the Return to Freedom Ranch, my parents shared their home and lives with all of us and more than 300 wild mustangs that might otherwise have been abandoned, abused, or slaughtered. My father often expressed how he and my mother’s lives were so enriched by the volunteers, educators, and visitors who came to enjoy and learn about these beautiful animals. He delighted, with my mother, in the children who came to participate in the numerous youth programs, and he took great pride in the success of Return to Freedom and its pioneering efforts in keeping wild horse family bands intact so that they could enjoy their families as nature intended. My father’s life was fuller and richer by virtue of what he shared. My sister and I have been enriched by the gratitude we share for our father and mother and the love they shared with us. My father passed away on May 4, 2014 — he would be 94 years old this January 22, 2015. He loved good and bad jokes and friends and family, and he loved to sing! He sang until he peacefully took his last breath. We are so grateful to everyone who laughed and sang with him and for the kind people at Serenity House in Santa Barbara. Bill enjoyed his life to the fullest. He was grateful and gracious to the end and leaves behind a legacy and example that inspires us all. My father is in the hills and beautiful skies over the Return to Freedom Ranch. We celebrate him! Donations in his name may be made to Return to Freedom and will be earmarked for the Freedom Legacy Fund in honor of William DeMayo as part of Return to Freedom’s endowment (returntofreedom.org). ■
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Clark’s Cabrillo Boulevard mansion depends largely on what happens in some office at 1111 Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C. That’s IRS headquarters. So how are the folks with green eyeshades feeling these days? Charitable? Willing to forgive the $16 million-$18 million in penalties on gift taxes Huguette’s attorney and accountant neglected to pay? So far, the green-eyeshade people have given no signal to impatiently waiting Bellosguardo Foundation folks in Santa Barbara. Unless all or most of the penalties are waived on grounds that the foundation is a nonprofit entity and because other charities are involved in the Clark estate settlement, the property might have to be sold, knowledgeable people say. But you can expect Santa Barbarans to fight to the last drought-browned blade of Bellosguardo lawn to avoid that. The late Huguette Clark’s estate started at $300 million in a New York court last year, but after vicious settlement squabbles began, huge chunks were torn out of it, as if from a savory roast by greedy animals. Huguette’s distant relatives, many of whom had never met her, went to war and gouged out $34.5 million. They even insisted that the mansion be sold. (The attorney general said no.) In one of her two wills, she’d insisted that they not get a penny. Attorneys slashed off millions more. But if
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As for the hilltop mansion’s future, the board has the task of figuring out what kind of artsrelated use to put it to. A museum or what? “The board is also talking about potential partnerships with other arts institutions,” Schneider emailed me. Jeremy Lindaman, Schneider’s political guru and great good GENEROUS TO A FAULT? Among the many, many checks friend, is president of the nonHuguette Clark gave to those who tended her was this profit Bellosguardo Foundation, one to her nurse. a board appointment criticized by some. Board chair Dick Wolf said in a statement that the board appointed Linda- quoting shocking taped remarks by President man as president but that he is “not a board Richard Nixon urging the infamous break-in, member but answers directly to the board. Woodward said that after interviewing Presi“Once the IRS issue is successfully resolved dent Gerald Ford, he came to understand Ford’s and the full potential of the property as a world- reason for pardoning Nixon: saving the nation class institution becomes clearer,” wrote Wolf, the pain of seeing a president on trial and con“the board will move forward with finding a victed. When fellow Watergate reporter Carl permanent executive director who will guide Bernstein heard the news, he phoned Woodthe Foundation in achieving its full promise.” ward: “The son of a bitch pardoned the son of The inscrutable IRS having a mind of its a bitch.” own, no one can figure out (or is willing to speculate in public) which way it’s going to go. NIGHT OF SURPRISES: Camerata Pacifica’s Adrian Spence had all kinds of musical surWATERGATE REVISITED: Bob Woodward of prises in store for us Friday night at Hahn Watergate fame, now a Washington Post investi- Hall: a marimba, a harp, an Australian didggative reporter and author, delivered zingers to eridoo played by flutist Spence, and a haunting a Coral Casino audience Friday, sponsored by Asian drama featuring violist Richard Yongjae — Barney Brantingham Westmont College’s Mosher Foundation. After O’Neill. EMPTY MANSIONS
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arsity soccer center midfielder Jesse Gonzales led his team to a CIF championship after an incredibly good season. It was 2010, and 8,000 people had packed Harder Stadium to see the Santa Barbara Dons crush the Dos Pueblos Chargers. Gonzales and his teammates had become stars. Everyone was talking about them. Soon after, Gonzales and a few friends popped into the career center, where they regularly hung out at lunchtime. To people passing by, the crowded room kind of looked like chaos, but to the many students who showed up daily, the career center was a sanctuary. There they could eat lunch, find out about job opportunities, and receive academic or personal advice. The driving power behind this sanctuary was the “career lady” Alejandra Gutierrez, Ale for short, whose kind demeanor, big brown eyes, and infectious smile softened her determined probing of students. “What’s your plan after high school?” the then-26-year-old Gutierrez pressed the soccer stars, still basking in their athletic glory and trying to forget that there was life after high school.
Graduation in a few months seemed like an eternity away. They hadn’t thought much beyond getting a job or maybe enrolling in a City College class. Not if Gutierrez had anything to do about it. A big soccer fan herself, Gutierrez recognized the varsity players were really talented and could use the determination and focus they learned on the field in a college setting. Within days, she had them apply for college, busting out personal statements and revising their essays based on their teachers’ critiques. “She definitely got our feet back on the ground,” Gonzales said. The following Sunday, she held an impromptu meeting with their parents at 8 p.m. in the center. She wanted their permission to drive the students up north for an unofficial field trip to the Bay Area to visit the small, private college Notre Dame de Namur University. With the help of Franklin Elementary School Principal Casie Killgore — the two first met when Gutierrez was a high school freshman in 1997 — Gutierrez had arranged for the boys to meet the university head coach and play for a trial run. Shocked by the opportunity, the moms broke into tears. Ultimately, three of the four boys were accepted to the small school. Gonzales received a full scholarship, and he graduated last June with a degree in kinesiology. His success, Gonzales said, “had a lot to do with Ale’s influence.”
Last fall, Franklin Principal Killgore, well-known as an innovative, forward thinker and one of the school district’s movers and shakers, noticed that parents at her school, many of whom did not speak English, were forced to take their children out of school when they had appointments at social services agencies and other government offices, all located far from the neighborhoods they served. Bus routes, for instance, conflicted with school schedules, and parents had work obligations, which made it almost impossible to use services intended to actually help low-income families. All of this was blocking not only Franklin students but also the whole neighborhood from navigating a path toward achieving the American Dream. Killgore decided the way to eliminate these barriers was a neighborhood resource center, a one-stop shop, bringing a multitude of practical services to one place; it was put into high gear by the offices of Assemblymember Das Williams and Supervisor Salud Carbajal. “What I see is the potential here of the state-level, county-level, and city-level interaction with the government and nonprofits — being able to serve a community directly, without sort of barriers,” said Williams, whose family grew up on the Eastside. Having known Gutierrez, now 31, through several channels, Killgore thought she’d be a natural choice as director of the Franklin Service Center, which is located on the Mason and Soledad streets corner of the elementary school campus. Like all new programs, this one will take the right mix of stamina, luck, and monetary resources to truly take off. Lauded for being tough but supportive, Gutierrez, who was born and raised in Santa Barbara, may be just the right person for the job.
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MAKE YOUR RESOLUTIONS A REALITY ENCOURAGED: SBCC student AB Rico (right) visited Alejandra Gutierrez (left) at the service center after she pushed him to do well in high school for many years.
be a nurse, are remarkable byproducts of their parents’ determination. But from the beginning, it did not seem Gutierrez comes from a typical immigrant that Ale was destined for a career in the school family made up of two working parents and system. On the first day of kindergarten, she two kids, both girls. Her parents came here sobbed, grasping her father’s leg, begging him from the town of San Martín de Hidalgo in not to leave her. But her teacher, Felice FerJalisco, Mexico. Her father, José, worked as a nandez, who works at the school to this day, mechanic at Ian’s General Tire and her mother, made it clear she would stay. “I hated school,” Luz, cleaned houses in Montecito. Gutierrez recalled. At times, she would even Ale grew up on both the East and Westside. fake sick so she could go with her father to She spent the first eight years of her life in a work; her family could not afford a babysitter. small rental on Canada Street before her famHer mother, Luz, picked up tidbits of useful ily had saved enough to afford a house across info about American life wherever she could. town on San Andres Street. As a kid, she was Cleaning housing one day in Montecito, Luz showed her employer Ale’s report card that she had in her purse after a recent parent-teacher conference. Her employer was struck by the fact that Ale was classified as an English Language Learner; she was born here and could speak English when she entered kindergarten. Shortly after, Luz marched into the office at Franklin and told the secretary, in broken English, she wanted her daughter to be in regular classes. “I can teach her Spanish at AROUND TOWN: Ale’s uncle well-known police officer Adrian Gutierrez home. I want her to learn is very active in community endeavors; he is seen here at a crimeEnglish here like all of the prevention meeting in 2012. rest of the American kids,” Luz said. By 4th grade, Ale surrounded by a number of extended family shed the English Learner Label. Ale still recalls moments when she did not members. Always energetic, Ale would proclaim,“I want to help the Spanish people!” said feel like one of the rest of the American kids. her aunt Erica Gutierrez. “She always wanted At lunchtime, Ale noticed all of the white kids to help people. She doesn’t care what she has brought sandwiches in brown paper lunch to do.” bags. “My mom would give me a plastic bag She was (and still is) particularly close from Scolari’s and put burritos in there,” Gutiwith her dad’s brother, Adrian Gutierrez, a errez recalled with a half-smile.“It was embarwell-known Santa Barbara police officer who rassing! Nobody brought burritos. Now, it’s serves on so many committees and volunteers like, ‘You have a burrito? Cool! Can I have for so many neighborhood civic groups that half?’” he is practically a small-town celebrity. “She’s In high school at San Marcos, Gutierrez always getting everyone on the move,” Adrian joined AVID, a program to help often-underGutierrez said. “When she sees people down, represented students prepare for college. In it, she picks them up.” Gutierrez learned to take extensive notes and Supported by a hardworking family, Ale- be confident. She dreamed of going to a fourjandra and her sister, Maria, who is studying to year university, but she doubted it would be
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possible. No one in her family had gone to college. Graduating high school was a feat in itself. During senior year, she was accepted to UCSB, but her parents made her stay at home and go to City College. At first, she hated it. She pleaded with her dad, who still drove her to school, to let her get a job so she could buy a car. But her dad insisted education should be her priority; no one could take that away from her. Once she did get to UCSB, she was thrilled to be there. One day in a sociology lecture, her professor asked the students who had parents with a bachelor’s degree to stand up. Quite a few did. Then he asked the students with parents with a PhD to stand. The two kids on either side of her stood up. She felt so proud. “I was there. I was finally with everyone else,” she said.
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Gutierrez is uniquely suited to help those whose childhoods resemble her own. She and her uncle, Adrian Gutierrez, have morphed their careers — in education and police work — into similar pursuits. Adrian Gutierrez was the driving force behind the Eastside community policy center, which in some ways is a perfect parallel to Alejandra’s new work at the center. “A lot of people in the neighborhood are really hesitant to go to the police department,” Adrian Gutierrez said. “Especially the ones who are not documented. They prefer to go here, to someone who speaks their language.” The two Gutierrezes, drawing from personal experiences, are well suited to virtually wrap themselves around people who could benefit from the assistance. In fact, the number of people who vouched for Alejandra Gutierrez, academically and personally, suggests she will have little trouble
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WARM WELCOME: As part of her new job as director of Franklin Service Center, Alejandra Gutierrez (right) will help junior high and high school students plan for college and apply for scholarships. “I have a huge responsibility,” Gutierrez said of her new job. “For anyone in the community, they have a place they can come.”
having an impact at the center. Sitting down with a group of seven of her former students, the group painted a picture of Gutierrez — both bold and compassionate, lighthearted and no-nonsense. The group of 20-year-olds, who, with short notice, agreed to talk to me on a Thursday morning during semester break, said they were in college today in no small degree because of Gutierrez’s help. All but one of them were the first in their family to go to college.“And we’re just a fraction of the students she has helped,” said AB Rico, a 19-year-old SBCC student. One year, they told me, Gutierrez strong-armed 10 students to sign up for Express to Success, an accelerated math and English program at SBCC. She arranged a carpool schedule for the kids who could drive and piled the rest in her dad’s truck. Another year, they said, a group of her students were stressed because prom was so expensive, so Gutierrez took them to Michaels to buy materials to make corsages and boutonnieres. She stayed up late working with them. But Gutierrez is not just nice. There were times that Zahida Pacheco, now a 22-year-old CSU Northridge student, would beg her to fill out her scholarship application.“Ale would say,‘No, I helped you halfway. You do the rest,’” recalled Pacheco. To this day, Pacheco said, her parents still remember Gutierrez and often ask how she is doing. During our conversation, it became clear that Gutierrez had inspired each of them to push their friends to thrive, as well. Didn’t get a particular scholarship? Try another one. And another. She’s the last person who would pat herself on the back, said Police Chief Cam Sanchez, who met Gutierrez through volunteer work she did in college. “She’s helped to give back,” Sanchez said. “And consequently, that’s contagious.”
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/: Roe v. Wade Annual Commemoration Join the S.B. ProChoice Coalition for a screening of the documentary Vessel, about a fearless sea captain who sails a ship through loopholes in international law to provide abortions on the high seas, showing the lengths that women will go to in order to have a safe abortion when their access is severely restricted. Refreshments and appetizers will be served. :pm. Louise Lowry Davis Ctr., De la Vina St. Free-$. Visit tinyurl.com/VesselTheFilm.
THURSDAY 1/22 /-/: The Last Five Years Come see this (musical) story of a five-year relationship of New Yorkers Cathy and Jamie. Her story starts at the end of the relationship and travels backward in time (“I’m Still Hurting” gets me every time), his story starts at the beginning and moves to the end, and they only meet once onstage, in the middle for their wedding. The show runs through February . Thu.-Fri.: pm; Sat.: pm; Sun.: pm; Wed.: and pm. Rubicon Theatre, E. Main St., Ventura. $-$. Call - or visit rubicontheatre.org. /: Roger Friedland Roger Friedland, UCSB professor of religious studies, will share and sign his new book, Amore: An American Father’s Roman Holiday, a journey to the heart of Rome. Part memoir
and part cultural exploration, this book dives into the way Romans love and what they have to teach about love and youth culture in America. pm. Chaucer’s Books, State St. Free. Call - or visit chaucersbooks.com. /: Brooklyn Rider This ensemble, celebrating its th anniversary, has released The Brooklyn Rider Almanac, which includes a new piece co-commissioned by Arts & Lectures and is composed by Wilco’s Glenn Kotche. Inspired by influential artists of the last half-century, ranging from Chick Corea to John Steinbeck, this groundbreaking multidisciplinary project is still classical meets rock. pm. Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West, Fairway Rd. $-$. Call - or visit artsandlectures .sa.ucsb.edu. Read more on p. .
/: Barbara MacAdam: Drawing Inconclusions Barbara MacAdam, deputy editor of ARTnews magazine, will discuss how drawing has remained constant throughout history but how forms have changed. She will explore a vast range of contemporary artists and drawing styles, and drawing’s welcome of new media, materials, technology, and narratives. -:pm. S.B. Museum of Art, State St. Free-$. Call - or visit sbma.net.
to the world beyond. Employing doses of humor and diverse philosophical perspectives, this play is one about life. Thu.-Fri.: pm; Sat.: and pm; Sun.: and pm. Lobero Theatre, E. Canon Perdido St. $. Call - or visit lobero.com. Read more on p. . /: A Conversation with Mike Sheldon Join Mike Sheldon, president and CEO of Information Technology hardware and service provider Curvature, in a discussion about technology community, business, leadership, and more. Proceeds will fund Transition Home, solution for family homelessness, and Mentorship Works. :-pm. University Club of S.B., Santa Barbara St. Free-$. Visit mentorshipworks.com.
/: The Southern Pacific Railroad in Santa Barbara: The First Years Illuminating the museum’s latest exhibition, Vintage Toys & Trains (on view through February), this lecture will feature model train engineers Ken Kelley and Bruce Morden and will explore the impact of the Southern Pacific Railroad from its arrival in to its participation in WWII, tourism, and construction. Reservations are required. :pm. S.B. Historical Museum, E. De la Guerra St. $-$. Call - or visit santa barbaramuseum.com/events.html.
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/: Mad Caddies Ska punk band Mad Caddies will be having a CD-release party and kick off their West Coast tour with music and dancing. Also performing will be The Olés and Bunny Gang. :pm. Maverick Saloon, Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. $. Ages +. Call - or visit mavericksaloon.org. /: Death Café Death Café’s aim is to increase awareness of death to help people make the most of their lives. This meeting will include Liz Bauer and Lynn Holzman, in conjunction with the Center for Successful Aging. There will be cake and tea. :pm. Historic adobe building, E. Carrillo St. Free. Call - or visit deathcafe.com.
/-/: Unfinished Business Writer and director Rod Lathim’s first autobiographical work explores the life-changing experience he had when he witnessed the gathering of spirits who appeared in his Mom’s transition
-:pm. Granada Books, State St. Free. Call -.
/: Mythic Roundtable: Tools and Inspiration for Creating New Myths Are you a writer, artist, mythologist, storyteller, or an activist? Mythologist and entrepreneur Willi Paul will read his recently published “New Myths” and engineer a live “Myth Lab” exercise that will generate a new myth with the audience.
23 - 25 /-/: CALM Antiques, Decorative Arts & Vintage Show and Sale It’s that time of year when beautiful antiques and unique decorative pieces from furniture, garden artifacts, paintings, china, and more will be available and for a good cause. Proceeds will benefit CALM, nonprofit agency specializing in the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Fri.-Sat.: am-pm; Sun.: ampm. Earl Warren Showgrounds, Calle Real. Free-$. Call - or visit calmantiqueshows .com.
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From Pipeline, Rebel Rouser, Rumble, Turn, Turn, Turn, Surfer Girl, and Tired Of Waiting for You, this evening of truly iconic electric guitar music will be ‘outta this world.
/: Headshine � With a touch of reggae and the California sunshine, this surfer/ acoustic sound will ring your ears with sweet melodies. Come listen to the music that will make music come alive inside and begin to radiate. pm. Carr Winery, N. Salsipuedes St. Free. Call - or visit carrwinery.com.
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/: James Wanless, PhD: Year of Balance � During this interactive talk with pathmaker and visionary James Wanless, you may be inspired into some eternal and vexing questions such as, How do you balance work and life, you, and others? Search for answers using his “Voyager Tarot” and “Sustain Yourself Cards.” -pm. Paradise Found, E. Anapamu St. Free. Call - or visit paradisefoundsantabarbara .com. /-/: th Annual Santa Barbara Mission Conference � This year’s conference theme will be “Radical Compassion” with the purpose to inform,
inspire, and engage in the work of God’s mission. This conference will feature Raymond J. Bakke, chancellor of English-speaking programs for the Union University of California, and many others. There will be workshops available. Fri.: -pm; Sat.: :am-pm. First Presbyterian Church, E. Constance Ave. $-$. Call - or visit sbmissionconference.org for a full schedule. /: The Langston Hughes Project � This Project is a multimedia performance of Langston Hughes’s kaleidoscopic jazz poem suite that will include spoken word, a jazz quartet, and videography chronicling the Harlem Renaissance and musical cues from blues and Dixieland, gospel songs, boogie-woogie, cha-cha, Afro-Cuban mambo, African drumAMITAVA SARKAR
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SATURDAY 1/24 /: Award-Winning ( Medals) Sagebrush Annie’s Winemaker � Inside Wine S.B. will showcase the award-winning wines of winemaker and proprietors Larry and Karina Hogan of Sagebrush Annie’s Winery while the student chefs of the School of the Culinary Arts at SBCC offer light appetizers. Tickets must be reserved and purchased by January . -pm. Gourmet Dining Rm., SBCC, Cliff Dr. $. Ages +. Visit tinyurl.com/sagebrush annie.
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/: Cirque Zíva � After a successful run on Broadway, the remarkable Golden Dragon Acrobats with dazzling feats of athleticism and heart-stopping stunts will perform their eye-popping show offering a bounty of gorgeous visuals that will thrill audience members of all ages. pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. $-$. Call - or visit arts andlectures.sa.ucsb .edu.
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/: th Annual Winter Wine Classic As the capital of Southern California’s wine country, S.B. residents can celebrate the joys of wine as California’s ultra-elite winemaking masters assemble and present classic California wines, such as Bernardus, Charles Krug, Grassini, and more. VIP: :-pm; general: :-pm. Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort, E. Cabrillo Blvd. $-$. Visit californiawine festival.com. /: Gardening in Drought: A Symposium You can drop in for one or two specific lectures such as Composting Basics or Designing Your Water-Wise Garden, or plan to spend the day learning up to topics about gardening in a drought. :am:pm. Louise Lowry Davis Ctr., De la Vina St. Free. Call - or visit cesantabarbara .ucanr.edu.
/: Feast for the Children: A Benefit Lunch to Assist the Fisher Family Come on, S.B.: One of our own needs our help. On December , , -year-old S.B. High School junior Grace Fisher went to the hospital with a strange numbness in her hands and soreness in her neck and was eventually diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a viral infection that occurs in those under the age of , and she is now paralyzed from the neck down. Come eat an authentic and delicious meal provided by Via Maestra , with percent of the proceeds going toward Gracie’s medical bills. Please reserve a seating time. :am, :pm, or :pm. First United Methodist Church, E. Anapamu St. $-$. Call -, email office@fumcsb.org, or visit fumcsb.org. /: Robben Ford with The Ford Blues Band American blues, jazz, and rock guitarist Robben Ford has collaborated with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, and KISS, and he was also a member of the L.A. Express. Come see someone who Musician magazine named one of the “ Greatest Guitarists of the th Century.” pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, State St. $-$. Call - or visit sohosb.com. /: Chamber on the Mountain: Trio Cavatina Trio Cavatina — made up of Harumi
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26 /: Screening: E-Team Award-winning filmmakers Ross and Katy Chevigny, using a cinema-verité approach, document a collection of fiercely intelligent individuals known as the E-Team (Emergencies Team), who document war crimes and report them to the world. After the film, HRW Emergency Team Director Peter Bouckaert will have a conversation with Roman Baratiak, associate director of UCSB’s Arts & Lectures, and take questions from the audience. Email your seat request to leadere@hrw.org, and your return email will act as a ticket and must be presented at the door. pm. Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West, Fairway Rd. Call -. Rhodes on violin, Priscilla Lee on cello, and Ieva Jokubaviciute on piano — will prove their command of the classical and romantic repertoire as they weave th- and st-century repertoire into their program, which will include Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Schumann. pm. Logan House, Ojai-Santa Paula Rd., Ojai. $-$. Call - or visit chamberonthemountain.com.
MONDAY 1/26 /: Bill Frisell: Guitar in the Space Age! with Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr and Kenny Wollesen For this special performance, guitarist Bill Frisell searched the catalog of the largely instrumental, guitarbased music from the s and s, from surf & rock classics like the Chantays’ “Pipeline” and the Byrds’ “Turn, Turn, Turn” to the Beach Boys’ “Surfer Girl” and the Kinks’ “Tired of Waiting for You.” Frisell will be joined by Greg Leisz on electric and pedal steel guitars, Tony Scherr on bass, and Kenny Wollesen on drums. VIP tickets include a preshow reception and premier seating. pm. Lobero Theatre, E. Canon Perdido St. $-$. Call - or visit lobero.com. Read more on p. .
/: The Great Escape The Elmer Bernstein Memorial Series will be screening The Great Escape with Steve McQueen and James Garner. This film is based on real men in a German POW camp and tells the story of courage, compassion, and the human spirit. Series curator and award-winning lyricist and composer Paul Williams will discuss the film and its musical score and also moderate a Q&A session. pm. Granada Theatre, State St. $-$. Call - or visit granadasb.org. /: Eric Lichtblau: The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler’s Men Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter Eric Lichtblau will discuss his new book about this little-known chapter of postwar history that tells the shameful and shocking story of how America became a safe haven for Hitler’s men. Books will be available for purchase and signing. pm. Corwin Pavilion, UCSB. Free. Call - or visit www.ihc.ucsb.edu.
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Anniversaries PAUL WELLMAN
Rabbi Steve Cohen
Reflects on Three Decades Though not particularly large in quantity, Santa Barbara’s Jewish community enjoys an extremely vibrant quality of their shared spiritual and social experience. This is especially true for members of Congregation B’nai B’rith and UCSB’s Hillel chapter, and that’s almost entirely due to the 30 years of forward-thinking service by Rabbi Steve Cohen (pictured). He’s exponentially grown the size of both communities by encouraging diversity of thought, revitalizing worship, and incorporating the great outdoors into the modern Jewish experience. “In a place like Santa Barbara, where there isn’t a huge Jewish population, there is more of a desire and a need to hold everybody together rather than splinter into different communities,” explained Cohen, a Harvard grad from Rochester, New York, who started at UCSB Hillel at age 28 after finishing rabbi school in 1985. He grew that organization from just a handful of active members to more than 200 over 20 years and, upon taking over at B’nai B’rith 10 years ago, nearly doubled the number of households involved, from about 450 to 800. “The challenge here is to create a community that’s strong enough to tolerate a lot of diversity, both religious and political,” said Cohen, who admits that can lead to tension around ideas about Israel and the Middle East. “The philosophy I have attempted to hold is that we create a space for civil discourse,” he said. “I know for a fact that we have people on the left and on the right who feel their views are not well represented. But for the most part, our community would agree that what we are striving for is a place where a diversity of views are welcomed and actually needed.” Upon coming to the synagogue on San Antonio Creek Road in 2004, Cohen immediately professionalized the organization, hiring an executive director and evolving
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the temple from a volunteer-based program to a more business-minded nonprofit, which was able to afford a $2 million renovation and raise more than $100,000 to build a preschool in Rwanda. He also put some needed spice into the services. “I see worship as a basic human need,” said Cohen, whose services are full of songs and smiles. “I like making Jewish worship come alive and be authentic and honest and exciting and fun.” From exploring Rattlesnake Canyon with UCSB students in his Hillel days to taking today’s religious school students on short hikes through Tucker’s Grove, the spirituality of the outdoors is an increasingly strong focus for Cohen, who conquered the 220-mile John Muir Trail two years ago with his wife, Marian Cohen. Most visible is the service he holds at Goleta Beach during Rosh Hashanah, when more than 250 congregants come to toss bread crumbs into the ocean to cast off the old year and prepare for the next. “I love it,” said the very content rabbi. “I think everyone loves it.” — Matt Kettmann
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“I’m not a painter by trade. I’m a printmaker and a drawer, so painting is a new adventure for me,” said Pamela ZwehlBurke (center) while painting the bluffs with her friend Diane Handloser at Arroyo Burro Beach. The two have been painting together since 2009 after retiring from SBCC. Usually the duo is a group of four women who playfully call themselves Les Quatre and get together once a week to paint different scenes around Santa Barbara. “I love being out in nature and really seeing things. We also get to talk to people who have nifty things to say. We’re just a group of pals who have a good time,” added Handloser.
or theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, the human brain is a source of enduring fascination and wonder. Though it weighs in at a modest three pounds, the brain is one of the most complex objects in the solar system. If nothing else, this should make all of us feel a certain pride of ownership. In his book The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind, the prolific author, well-known lecturer, and radio program host focuses his prodigious mental energy on what the future might hold. For instance, Kaku ponders whether it might one day be possible to download memories, create a backup copy of our brain, or use the knowledge gleaned from brain scans to invent cures for devastating afflictions like depression, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s. Will we be able to replace damaged cells with healthy ones? Because our understanding of how the brain functions has increased exponentially since the introduction of MRI technology and brain scans and continues to rise every year as significant money is poured into research, Kaku believes such outcomes are within reach. He even contemplates the possibility of human consciousness existing outside the physical body. This is exhilarating stuff. Kaku skips across considerable territory in Future of the Mind, from neuroscience and physics to artificial intelligence and the possibility of alien life to the meaning of consciousness itself, but he does so with the ease of an affable docent. Kaku’s writing is fired by the fierce and incurable curiosity that has led to every scientific breakthrough human beings have achieved. The encouraging news is that we have much more to learn, understand, and appreciate about the untapped — Brian Tanguay potential of the human mind.
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by John Zant 18-17 lead over Long Beach State 12 minutes into last Saturday’s women’s basketball game at the Thunderdome. Long Beach’s ers were leading the Big West Conference with a shiny 16-1 overall record, while the Gauchos were seeking their first regular-season win. Alas, the euphoria lasted only as long as a time-out. The ers crushed UCSB’s hopes with a 17-2 run en route to an 81-44 triumph. An unthinkable prospect is emerging — this team is 0-16 and may not win a game. The only other Big West team with a sub-0.500 record is UC Irvine at 3-15. Irvine’s visit on January 29 may be UCSB’s best chance to avoid the ignominy of a winless season. Out of 349 NCAA Division I teams, only three others currently have a bagel in the win column. There is a Division III school in Pasadena that would consider UCSB’s slide a mere hiccup. At least Gaucho women’s fans have memories of an NCAA Sweet appearance in 2004. The men’s basketball team at the California Institute of Technology has not enjoyed a winning season since 1954. Santa Barbara resident Fred Anson was senior captain of that 1953-54 Caltech team, which went 14-7 and won the school’s only Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) championship. In the 60 years since, the Beavers have not gotten the faintest whiff of another title. Their futility reached historic depths. It was the subject of Quantum Hoops, an entertaining 2007 documentary produced by Rick Greenwald, a UCSB film studies graduate. At the time, Caltech was buried in a streak of 250 consecutive SCIAC losses dating back to 1985. The despair continued four more years, culminating in 310 conference defeats, until the Beavers beat Occidental in the 2011 season finale, 46-45. Victory was never sweeter. Athletics has never been a priority at Caltech, a preeminent institution in the education of future leaders in science and technology, with an undergraduate enrollment of fewer than 1,000. The basketball teams often had starters with no high-school varsity experience. “We struggled to have enough guys coming out,” Anson said. “Just after the Korean War, veterans came to the school. They were older, rougher, and tougher and helped make the team more formidable.” Anson was an industrious youth who rose at 2 a.m. to deliver the L.A. Times in his neighborhood while attending high school in Alhambra. He played basketball but did not make the varsity team until his senior year. The Times rewarded his outstanding work as a carrier by endowing him with full-tuition scholarship to Caltech — $600 a year. Caltech’s only basketball court at the time was a gritty outdoor clay surface.“We practiced in the armory and played our home games at the PCC [Pasadena City College] gym,”Anson said. He did not consider his participation a detriment to his studies in chemistry.“It was a way of getting relief from all the pressure of labs and classes.”
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IT’S ALL RELATIVE: There is a Division III school in Pasadena that would consider the UCSB women’s basketball team’s losing streak a mere hiccup. The men’s basketball team at the California Institute of Technology has not enjoyed a winning season since 1954. Santa Barbara resident Fred Anson (above) was senior captain of that 1953-54 Caltech team, which went 14-7 and won the school’s only Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship. (LEFT) Anson (#10) takes a shot during his winning season.
Anson was a slim 6 6 player who was adept at sinking shots, while his bulkier teammates set screens. He scored 1,199 points in his career, a school record that stood for 43 years. He was also a high achiever in the classroom. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Prize–winning head of the chemistry department, offered him a job as a young instructor. “Part of the reason was that I was an athlete,” Anson said. He remained on the faculty for 47 years, retiring in 2002 and moving to a home on the Mesa. Caltech has not forgotten the part that Anson played in putting the only championship pennant in the school’s gym. Alphabetically and athletically, he was the first basketball player to be inducted into the newly established Caltech Athletics Hall of Honor last May. FUN FACTS: Another Caltech basketball honoree was Fred Newman, a 1959 grad who was one of Anson’s early students.
Newman, a lifetime gym rat, once made 88 consecutive free throws blindfolded. He also holds a world record for most free throws made in a 24-hour period — 20,371. His fingers were rubbed raw like those of the El Capitan climbers in Yosemite. Pomona-Pitzer, one of Caltech’s rivals in the SCIAC, gave Gregg Popovich his first head-coaching job in 1979. The Sagehens went 2-22 in his first year, including a loss to Caltech. Popovich stayed eight years and won a conference title in 1986.
He has done all right in the NBA, winning five crowns as coach of the San Antonio Spurs. MORE HOOP FUN: The Washington Generals, who endured
the granddaddy of all losing streaks, will play at UCSB’s Thunderdome on Wednesday, February 11, before a crowd that pays to see them embarrassed. They will take on the beloved Harlem Globetrotters. Playing the straight men against the “Clown Princes of Basketball” over the years, the Generals came up short night after night. They had lost 2,495 consecutive games when, one night in 1971, the Globetrotters lost track of the time and the score. A last-second basket by Red Klotz lifted the Generals to a shocking 100-99 victory. Klotz, the team’s founder, died last year with that priceless memory. The Globetrotters’ exhibitions in Southern California next month have been billed as “The Washington Generals Revenge Tour.” For information, visit harlemglobetrotters.com. NEVER GIVE UP: There is a certain nobility in the character of teams like Caltech’s Beavers and the Generals. They keep showing up to play games in defiance of almost certain doom, hoping that on this night, lightning will strike and their persistence will be rewarded. Faith Mimnaugh is in her 18th year as Cal Poly women’s basketball coach. In her first season, UCSB defeated the Mustangs, 114-44. Now she is riding a streak of six consecutive victories against the Gauchos. After this month’s 56-41 win at the Thunderdome, Mimnaugh said,“You look up and see banner after banner. I cherish every win we have in this building.” She also said that the Gaucho women played harder than her winning Mustangs did — a reversal of the teams’ roles in the past. “That’s a starting point [for UCSB],” she said. ■ Gaucho fans just hope it doesn’t take decades to end.
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n 1971, Herb Peterson, then an owner of “Mc” item on today’s Mc-heavy menu — and three McDonald’s in Santa Barbara, fried the sandwich became the chain’s first an egg in a specially designed circubreakfast offering in 1972. “It really changed the way the lar ring and then slapped it, a cut of FRANCHISE OWNER world ate breakfast,” said Herb’s son Canadian bacon, and a slice of American cheese onto a toasted, buttered English David Peterson, who now owns six muffin. He saw the creation, which he McDonald’s in the area and wrote called the Fast Break Break-Fast and cona book about his dad, called The sidered a poor man’s eggs benedict, as a Good Egg.” Now it’s 35 percent of our way to feed customers before the fast food business.” BY MATT KETTMANN To celebrate the creation, McDonald’s chain’s traditional 11 a.m. opening. The move riled the corporate brass. But when all across the Central Coast will sell the Egg McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc came by to taste this McMuffin for $1 a pop during regular breakfast rogue menu item, he loved it and gave his blessing. The hours on Tuesday, January 27, in honor of the seventh ■ name was changed to the Egg McMuffin — also the first annual Herb Peterson Day.
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vodka, tequila, and all other forms of liquor as the singularly most popular booze in the world. Of course, you’ve probably never heard of this ancient, sorghum-based, 100-plus-proof elixir, because the vast majority of the imbibing goes down in China, where a billion or so folks regularly toast their friends, family, and colleagues with tiny shots of the stuff on what must be quite common special occasions. But after 5,000 years of keeping the drink to themselves, the Chinese are starting to shower their traditions upon willing and curious Americans. The result is that intricately designed, rather pricey bottles of baijiu are now showing up in trendsetting U.S. liquor stores and brave bars. That’s where creative mixologists — including Chris Burmeister at the Good Bar inside Goleta’s Goodland Hotel — are experimenting with the incredibly unique flavors, a pungent whirl of sharp, licorice-like herbs, ripe tropical fruits, and ester-y elements. It’s hard to pigeonhole a typiThe Good Bar’s Imperial Sour cal baijiu flavor because, like wine and beer, there are myriad interpretations. “The world of baijiu is vast,” explained Manny Burnichon, a French-born, Palm Beach–residing luxury liquor veteran who started his own company called Private Cask Imports to bring the drink stateside. “It’s a set of flavors you’ve never experienced before.” Each city and village boasts its own secret recipe for baijiu (pronounced “bye-joe”), yet they all use sorghum as the lead ingredient (along with wheat, rice, and other grains) and employ a yeast-like fungi called qu (pronounced “tchu”) that both turns the grain’s starch to sugar and ferments it in the same magical step. It’s then steam-distilled and stored in headhigh ceramic vessels for anywhere from two to 80 years. Late last year, Burnichon — whose last liquor success story was introducing Asian-American markets to top-tier cognacs — toured me through a few bottles of baijiu, from the entry level $30 bottle to the $150-plus versions (for 375 ml no less) by Moutai, which have been served to Richard Nixon and Barack Obama on their Beijing visits. We toasted each other on each three-quarterounce shot, trying to clink the rims of our specially sized glasses lower than each other to show respectful deference, as is done in China. “You constantly toast people there,” said Burnichon, whose goal with his partner company, CNS Imports, is to import the tradition along with the liquid. “It gets a little intense after a while.” Though intriguingly distinct and generally pleasant — a number of people who tried Moutai at my house over the holidays were surprised to like the bizarre taste — I’m not yet sure that “it will be all over the place” by 2024 as Burnichon predicts. But it’s certainly opening up a new range of cocktails, as revealed by the Good Bar’s Imperial Sour, in which Burmeister mixes blends of baijiu with yellow chartreuse, honey, lemon, and pineapple juices, orange bitters, and egg whites. If Santa Barbarans prove curious enough, there may be flights of baijiu on restaurant menus in years to come. See cnsimports.com and goodlandhotel.com. — MK
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“Imperfect is perfect” when it comes to the English muffins’ nooks and crannies, explained David, who said that the McMuffin really introduced the West Coast to the bread style.
TIDBITS The fifth annual Santa Ynez Valley Restaurant Week features three-course meals for just $20.15 at more than a dozen restaurants, from A-RU Sushi in Buellton to Sides Hardware & Shoes in Los Olivos, January 25-31. See dinesyv .com. • NorCal wineries Bernardus, Charles Krug, Heitz, and Peju join Central Coast stars such as Grassini, Beckmen, and Tablas Creek, among nearly 100 other wineries, at the Winter Wine Classic on Saturday, January 24, 6:30-9 p.m., at the Fess Parker DoubleTree. See californiawinefestival
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Saturday, January 24, 2 p.m. The $50 tickets should be purchased in advance by calling 344-2107 or emailing tastingroom@bedfordwinery.com. • Grow your own rare fruits and veggies by attending the seventh annual Santa Barbara Community Seed Swap on Sunday, January 25, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at the downtown library’s Faulkner Gallery. See sbpermaculture.org. • Cebada Winery is now pouring pinot noir and chardonnay in a tasting room on East Figueroa Street above Isabella’s Gourmet Foods every ThursdaySunday, noon-6 p.m. • Leslie “The Accidental Chef” Thomas hosts a free “Stealthy Healthy Dishes” class on how to cook cauliflower at the Santa Barbara Public Market on Sunday, January 25, 2-3 p.m. Call 770-7702. ■
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HOMETOWN MEDIUM: Santa Barbara playwright Rod Lathim credits a spiritual awakening with helping fuel his new production, titled Unfinished Business. The play stars (from left) Solomon N’Dungu, Katie Thatcher, Ann Dusenberry, Marion Freitag, and Brian Harwell.
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laywright, producer, and longtime advocate for the performing arts Rod Lathim stands poised to embark on a production of the second version of his original play Unfinished Business. Like many of the other shows going up around town this season, Unfinished Business features a stellar cast of experienced actors drawn from our community’s deep talent pool. Unlike those other shows, though, Lathim’s creation has its roots not in this world but in the next. As a longtime believer in spiritualism, Lathim combines the composition of his plays with an ongoing process of mediumship that he believes allows him to communicate with people after they have died. When his mother died several years ago, Lathim experienced a profound personal spiritual awakening, and he has been pursuing this fusion of the theatrical and the supernatural ever since. There are precedents for Lathim’s mixture of literary ambition with supernatural claims.
James Merrill wrote his American epic, The Changing Light at Sandover, with the help of the Ouija board, and William Butler Yeats composed A Vision, his elaborate and mystical theory of history and personality, under the influence of his wife’s séances. For Lathim, the substantially longer, more intricate version of Unfinished Business that will play in a circumscribed, 160seat setup with the audience seated onstage at the Lobero Theatre this week represents a similar attempt to fuse art with mysticism and magic. By combining his claim to contact and communicate directly with the dead with his experience as an actor, director, and producer and his record as an advocate for the disabled, Lathim intends to put Unfinished Business, his magnum opus, into this special, unclassifiable category alongside other literally death-denying works such as Edgar Allan Poe’s Eureka. Playwrights often struggle to understand other people and to portray their motives and passions in stage actions and dialogue that
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SLEATER-KINNEY NO CITIES TO LOVE
Don’t call it a comeback or a reunion record. Sure, No Cities to Love is the first Sleater-Kinney album since 2005’s The Woods, and the first we’ve heard from the band since its quiet hiatus announcement in 2006. But Corin Tucker (guitar/vocals), Carrie Brownstein (guitar/ vocals), and Janet Weiss (drums) don’t want their new album to be seen as some sort of calculated grab for attention. In their defense, No Cities to Love refuses to cling to any of the rock-reunion clichés. Rather than try and re-create the classic rock vibe of The Woods, or the punk-pop appeal of 2000’s All Hands on the Bad One, Cities finds the trio pushing forward in new, exciting direc-
is plausible and meaningful, even when it is unrealistic and unexpected. Lathim, however, has lucked out, because he has a personal resource for material that’s not available to the ordinary writer. He can turn inspiration on like a faucet, thanks to his time spent at a school that’s more like Hogwarts than Harvard. Last summer, Lathim attended the Arthur Findlay College, a school of spiritualism and psychic sciences in Essex, England. At this college, students are charged hundreds of pounds a week for classes with titles like Trance Healing , Go Beyond, and So You Want to Be a Medium? “It was really about attunements,” Lathim said of the experience. “I learned how to receive information without filtering.” This information from the hereafter has now been distilled into six new characters and a much longer, two-act structure that describes three levels of reality, one physical, and the other two supernatural. By the end of the second act, according to Lathim,“everything is happening at once.” Unfinished Business will be at the Lobero Theatre ( E. Canon Perdido St.) ThursdaySunday, January 22-25. For tickets and show times, call 963-0761 or visit lobero.com. — Charles Donelan
tions. There are moments of pure sing-along abandon on (“No Cities to Love”), grinding punk fury (“Bury Our ur Friends”), and bombastic ’80s arena rock (“Fade”),), as well as production that feels crisper, cleaner, andd meatier than anything they’ve done in the past. Mostt importantly, though, No Cities beautifully showcasess Tucker, Brownstein, and Weiss flexing the rock ’n’ roll muscles we’ve known them to have all along. From the opening seconds of lead track “Price Tag,” Tucker’s voice demands you stand at attention; “Surface Envy” features some of Weiss’s most complex, beastly drum work yet; and Brownstein, widely known for her fun-loving approach to guitar, turns in some of the more impressive licks of her career. In other words, Sleater-Kinney fans, it was worth the wait. — Aly Comingore
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ention Bill Frisell’s name to any guitar player, and you’re likely to get an earful. The seminal guitarist, composer, and arranger has lent his chops to more recording sessions than we can even begin to name, ranging from Bonnie Raitt’s Slipstream to John Scofield’s Grace Under Pressure to Loudon Wainwright III’s Here Come the Choppers. That’s just for starters. Other oneoffs include collabs with Elvis Costello, Rickie Lee Jones, Lucinda Williams, and Buddy Miller. Then there’s his ongoing work with John Zorn, Naked City, Paul Motian, and Joe Lovano. And the list just keeps growing. This Monday, January 26, Frisell returns to the Lobero Theatre with fellow guitar master Greg Leisz by his side. The show comes in support of Guitar in the Space Age!, Frisell’s recently released ode to the music that initially inspired him to pick up guitar. The evening will include Frisell’s reliably avant-garde riffs on ’60s surf and rock classics from the Kinks, the Byrds, Duane Eddy, and Link Wray, among others. On record, these reinterpretations are both reverential and undeniably fun loving — a testament to their importance to Frisell and to the guitarist’s long-held approach to music. “Guitar in the Space Age! isn’t really an exercise in nostalgia but about a recommitment to keep learning, to firm up the foundation and showcase one of the best bands I ever had,” Frisell says of the album. Whether you’re a fan of jazz, rock, proto-prog, or altcountry, this is one show you don’t want to miss. Don’t believe us? Just ask your neighborhood guitarist. Bill Frisell plays the Lobero Theatre ( E. Canon Perdido St.) on Monday, January 26, at 8 p.m. For tickets and info, call 963-0761 or visit lobero.com. —AC
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hile her mentor George Washington Smith remains the betterknown figure, the career of prolific architect Lutah Maria Riggs captures a broader range of the styles that have made Santa Barbara renowned as a beacon of innovative design. While Smith set the tone for our city’s best-known public buildings, it was Riggs’s transition from mission to modern that laid the groundwork for such extraordinary examples of late-20th-century Santa Barbara architecture as the Crawford and Blades houses by Thom Mayne/Morphosis. In Under the Umbrella, currently on view at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, a wide array of artifacts, many from the collection of the UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum, have been brought together to tell this unusual woman’s inspiring story. The fact that Riggs became an architect at all stems from a combination of chance and her own initiative and persistence. While still a teenager, she won a scholarship to the University of California at Berkeley through a contest based on delivering the most newspapers. As a woman entering what was at the time an exclusively male field, Riggs had to work hard to be accepted even at the most basic level of apprenticeship. She did, however, have the good luck to be in the right place — Santa Barbara — at the right time, which for her meant 1924, the year before the big earthquake. Her field trips to Europe with George Washington Smith in 1924, and again in 1928, allowed her to become familiar with the best practices of Spanish, French, Italian, English, Swiss, and German developers. When she was given the opportunity to design buildings in California, Riggs demonstrated skills in drafting and in siting projects that won her the confidence of both her fellow architects and her many clients. By the time World War II came along to interrupt what had been a very busy period for California architecture, Riggs had completed a number of impressive projects, including the Lobero Theatre, the Von Romberg house in Montecito, and the City of Rolling Hills, a gated community of elegant ranch houses on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Although she managed to sneak in one more important Santa Barbara project for the Botanic Garden during the war, she spent most of it designing sets at MGM Studios in Hollywood. The jewels of this show include a series of beautifully rendered architectural models that begin with the Von Romberg house of 1937, an impressive modern/mission mash-up that combines massive external walls with intricate, serpentine interiors leading to grand salons and cozy, private bedroom suites. If only the Baron von Romberg had lived to inhabit his magnificent home for more than a few months. He died tragically in an airplane crash shortly after the house was completed. The other models include two houses that Riggs designed for renowned art collector and
IF YOU BUILD IT: (ABOVE) Influential Santa Barbara architect Lutah Maria Riggs is the subject of an ongoing exhibit at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum; (BELOW) The Riggs-designed Parshall house, Quatros Vistos, is on Hot Springs Road.
philanthropist Wright Ludington. Hesperides (1957) and October Hill (1972-73) show Riggs at the height of her powers and in uncannily close harmony with the sensibility and aesthetic of her client. The “abstract traditionalism” of these unusual homes gives them a character that is distinctively Santa Barbaran, as different from the mid-century modernism of Palm Springs as the Courthouse is from San Diego’s Balboa Park. In these cases, Riggs’s talent for asking questions designed to draw out the personality of her clients through their habits and preferences, yielding unforgettable results. Along with Joseph Knowles Jr., the other architect who assisted on these extraordinary projects, Riggs and her client Ludington reached a peak of architectural innovation and refinement that has yet to be surpassed even in our understand■ ably house-proud region.
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NAMESAKE DESTINY READY TO RIDE: The adventurous string quartet Brooklyn Rider celebrates its 10th anniversary with a stop at the Music Academy of the West.
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here’s a lot of forward leaning in chamber Your group is named for the Blue Rider artists’ music today. Fortunately for us, Santa collective that formed around the painter WasBarbara has played host to many of the sily Kandinsky, and they published an almanac of movement’s forerunners of late, including their own. Was this album a matter of namesake violinist Jennifer Koh, the Calder Quartet, the destiny? Thinking about our 10th anniversary Silk Road Ensemble, Christopher Rountree’s as a group, we wanted to encapsulate some of wild Up, yMusic ensemble, the Danish String our interests and where we come from. And the Quartet, and monthly concerts by the inimi- Blue Rider group, which included people like table and protean Camerata Pacifica. The term [artist] Franz Marc and [composer] Arnold “classical music,” as a category for all art music SchÖenberg, put out an almanac that was really produced on symphonic instruments, is even eclectic. It was a loose association of artists, but more irritatingly awkward in the 21st century what we loved was how eclectic their sources than it was in the late 20th century; and the of inspiration were, from Russian folk art and term “new classical music” is just oxymoronic. wood-block prints and so-called primitive art Today’s conservatory-trained musicians often at the time. They just had so many different have a footing in rock and kinds of articles and writjazz, and the currents of world ings about music in that music continue to inundate almanac. So we thought all genres. In short, there are we could create some sort super exciting and rigorous of almanac for our time, collaborations happening as well, but mainly focus between imaginative, highly on music since that’s what trained, and diverse musicians we do. by Joseph Miller throughout the global village. Among these forwardUCSB Arts & Lectures had leaners, Brooklyn Rider seems a hand, I understand, in to be operating at full tilt. Formed by four men one of the pieces? They’re commissioning who bonded through playing together in Yo-Yo partner in Glenn Kotche’s piece Ping Pong Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble — Johnny Gandels- Fumble Thaw. We’ll have its world premiere man, Colin Jacobsen, violins; Nicholas Cords, while we are there. Glenn is a great musician, viola; Eric Jacobsen, cello — the New York– a wonderful drummer of the band Wilco, but based string quartet has distinguished itself by he’s also a great composer and has a whole life years of fresh and fertile collaborations. Now, writing music for people now outside of the for its 10th anniversary, the quartet is touring band. With The Brooklyn Rider Almanac, we its most daring project to date, The Brooklyn were really asking people — many of whom are Rider Almanac: short, new works by 13 diverse outside of what we think of as the traditional musicians, including jazz pianists Ethan Iverson classical-music world — to write short pieces and Vijay Iyer, saxophonist Daniel Cords, rock for string quartet in which they name an artistic drummers Greg Saunier and Glenn Kotche, inspiration of their choice. So people like Glenn vocalists Aoife O’Donovan and Christina Cour- and Greg Saunier, another drummer, as well as tin, multi-instrumentalist Dana Lyn, and more. people from the jazz world like Bill Frisell, Vijay We recently spoke with Brooklyn Rider violinist Iyer, and Ethan Iverson from The Bad Plus, all and composer Colin Jacobsen by phone. have written really interesting pieces. Glenn’s piece is inspired by the German electronic So, this tour is all about the new album? Yeah. music producer Jens Massel, and his piece is so So much of our energy for the last year or two rhythmically beautiful the way it unfolds. I also has been devoted to Brooklyn Rider Almanac, love playing Ping-Pong, so I have a personal very much celebrating 10 years of being a group. connection to the piece. 411 We’re very excited, now that this music’s been recorded, that it is living live in front of people.
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THE BEST-SELLER BLUES Brooklyn Boy. At the Plaza Playhouse Theater, Friday, January 16. Reviewed by Charles Donelan
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e’s been interviewed on the Today show about a serious novel that has cracked the best-seller list — what more could a writer ask for? Nothing and everything, as it turns out for Eric Weiss, the character played by Ed Giron, in this charming, idiosyncratic, and tumultuous play about yearning and regret, Brooklyn-style. This sharply written comic drama by Donald Margulies was a well-chosen delight as directed by William Waxman and performed by the seven-person cast on the intimate stage of Carpinteria’s Plaza Playhouse Theater. The story is told in a series of six scenes, four of which are dialogues, with two three-person segments in the second half of the show. Each of these encounters is designed to display another side of what makes Eric “Ricky”Weiss run. In the first, he’s head-to-head with his father, Manny, played very effectively by Jerry Oshinsky. Manny’s in Maimonides Hospital dying of cancer, and Eric brings him his new book, also called Brooklyn Boy, but dad is having none of it. In a wild scene that reads like any writer’s worst nightmare of parental incomprehension, Manny gets on Eric’s last nerve with a seemingly relentless stream of put-downs. To let just one ripe example stand for them all, when Manny sees that the book is dedicated to “My mother and father,” he doesn’t miss a beat before complaining, “Why didn’t you include our names? We could use the plug!” The line gets a laugh, but at the same time the audience knows that, in the story, Manny’s not joking. From there Eric takes refuge in the hospital cafeteria, only to run into his childhood friend Ira Zimmer (Richard Lonsbury). Anyone hoping for a break from the conflict will have to wait. Lonsbury was great as Ira, the best friend who can’t quite contain his excitement at being reunited with his now-famous pal or his resentment at having ended up running his father’s delicatessen. The waves of vulnerability and anger that rock back and forth across this scene leave both characters distraught and unable, in a bit of foreshadowing, to find a graceful exit. The somewhat bizarre and none-too-reassuring encounter with Ira does little to prepare Eric for what comes next. In a touching scene in his former apartment on St. Mark’s Place, Eric surrenders his keys to Nina (Shannon Saleh), his soon-to-be ex-wife. This excellent scene examined the kinds of irreconcilable differences that sometimes pile up when a couple has too much in common. Nina is also a writer, but she hasn’t had a story published in six years. Eric desperately needs to connect with her again in order to savor his success, but it’s his success that now stands between them. After the intermission, we get two scenes in Los Angeles, both of which take a different approach to the material and at times strain the limits of the tone that has given the piece its integrity up to this point. The first takes place in a room at the Mondrian Hotel on Sunset right after Eric’s reading at Book Soup. He’s got a UCLA student, Alison (Alison Waxman), with him, and things don’t go particularly well for reasons that only become apparent in retrospect. Waxman brought an interesting stage presence to the scene, with flashes of wit and self-awareness that transcended the dialogue. The next scene at Paramount Studios with Melanie Fine (Aden Hailu) and Tyler Shaw (Sean Jackson) began by seeming out of place, almost cartoonish, but ended with a punch to the heart as Eric breaks down in the process of reading lines he has written for his father in the screenplay version of Brooklyn Boy. The final scene takes place back on Ocean Avenue, and without giving away too much, it involves kaddish, the traditional Jewish prayer for the dead. DIJO is to be commended for this entertaining and thought-provoking production ■ of an excellent recent play. Mazel tov!
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or one intense day on Saturday, January 24, two acclaimed playwrights, Richard Hellesen and Amy Fox, will transform the Garvin Theatre at Santa Barbara City College into a giant writers’ room. The occasion is the third season of PlayFest Santa Barbara, a nonprofit partnership dedicated to engaging theater audiences by involving them directly in the development of high-quality new plays. Hellesen will conduct a playwriting workshop at 10 a.m. At 2 p.m., a group of professional actors directed by PlayFest artistic director Jeffrey Meek will read a new play by Fox, The Club, after which the author will take questions and suggestions from the audience. At 7:30 p.m., R. Michael Gros, PlayFest co-artistic director and chair of the theater program at SBCC, will direct a reading of All She Wrote, the latest play from Hellesen, in the same audience-oriented format. All AND A three PlayFest events are free and open to the public, so if you’ve ever entertained the idea AT THE of writing a play, or even if you have ever left the theater wishing you could have offered your observations on a work while it was still by Charles Donelan in progress, there’s no excuse. Hellesen is a veteran playwright with a serious track record in regional theater, including strings of successful productions at the South Coast Reperatory and at the Ford Theatre in Washington. Fox is a rising star from New York, and she’ll be coming to Santa Barbara from the Sundance Film Festival, as she is also in demand as a screenwriter. The plays they are bringing are brand-new, and with such proven talent involved, they are likely to be extremely well written. Fox’s The Club takes place at the central character Robin’s baby shower. At 36, Robin has become pregnant, and she gets together with her mother and her three best friends from college to celebrate the expectation of the blessed event. What ensues is an unexpected bout of truth telling that starts with Robin and soon spreads through the whole club. Can these women remain friends for the long haul, or has too much changed for them to connect on any deep level? Fox’s play Summer Cyclone earned her high praise from critics following its New York premiere, with the New York Times citing her “warmth of understanding.” The story is told partly in flashbacks, suggesting a cross between Harold Pinter and Bridesmaids. All She Wrote, Hellesen’s play, is set in contemporary Hollywood and features a protagonist, Danny, who desperately needs to believe in something again after his screen dreams have been dashed by that most dreaded of film-business mishaps — turnaround. Digging through a box of used books at a yard sale, Danny seizes on the discarded diary of a young woman as his next creative obsession. As he gets deeper into the material, unexpected connections to the author arise that complicate not only Danny’s life but also the lives of those nearest to him. Hellesen is a master storyteller with a great ear, and this project is sure to be enthralling. The chance for the audience to participate by offering observations and suggestions is at the heart of PlayFest’s mission, but Gros assured me that the talkback portions of the program will be moderated to keep things on track and to avoid spending too much time on suggestions like,“Why can’t this play be about polar bears?”
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reator. Visionary. Heroine. These are just some of I imagine you have young people asking your advice all the time. the words used to describe Patti Smith’s boundary- What do you tell aspiring artists looking for guidance? I always pushing career. Growing up outside of Philadelphia, say the same thing: You have to work hard. Being an artist, first Pennsylvania, Smith spent her childhood in awe of all — it’s usually something you can’t not do. Artists, musiof art and the people who made it. She read, wrote, cians, scientists — if you have any kind of visionary aptitude, and listened to music voraciously. As a struggling artist in it’s often something that you don’t have a choice in. You have New York City, she clung to a dream of writing poetry, sur- to do it. But I tell them that being an artist — any type of artist rounding herself with now-iconic names like — implies a lot of hard work and sacrifice. You have Allen Ginsberg, Lou Reed, and then-boyfriend to be willing to do that, but also to maintain your Robert Mapplethorpe, all of whom make an vision, you can’t let other people try to redefine appearance in Smith’s outstanding memor design or compromise your vision. I try oir, Just Kids. Onstage with her band, not to give too much advice, really, because Smith is a strong, explosive presence, people have to do their things their way. I POET LAUREATE the kind of frontwoman who wouldn’t got lots of advice when I was young, and I REFLECTS ON think twice before spitting lyrics like, ignored most of it — the good and the bad. “Jesus died for somebody’s sins but [Laughs.] not mine,” while playing in a church — which she did (at least once) in 1975. Was there anything in particular? Oh, yeah. As by Aly Comingore She’s a fearless and passionate revolutionI go through life, I can see why my mother ary, and she takes shit from no one. directed me that way, or why my father counToday Smith’s spitfire persona has softened seled me in that way. But some things you’re open a bit from those early days in New York, but her to when you’re young, and some things you need to insoluble creative spirit is still going strong. Earlier this find out for yourself. I think that that’s pretty universal. month, she turned in the manuscript for a new book. She also just wrapped up a European tour with her longtime band, What are your thoughts on the idea that people need to suffer often with her son, Jackson, and daughter Jesse rounding out for their art? Does better work come out of harder times? I don’t the lineup. think so. I think we have a creative impulse where suffering This week, Smith will head to the West Coast for a series can magnify our work, but so can joy. You can be in love and of shows to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her 1975 debut, write the greatest love song ever. Sometimes I think too much Horses. Widely held as a formative piece of New York’s then- suffering makes it difficult to do one’s work. I don’t think that burgeoning punk scene, Horses has been named one of the there are any rules in terms of what makes a great artist. Art, Best Debut Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone. It’s also whether it’s writing or music or sculpture, is labor-intensive. been recognized as shaping the styles, songs, and musical That is one of the greatest challenges — to be able to commit careers of everyone from The Smiths, Siouxsie and the Ban- to the amount of time and sacrifice and the amount of stamina shees, and R.E.M. to, well, almost every female rock musician that you need. I think there’s a lot of romance attached to sufof the past four decades. This Tuesday, January 27, Patti Smith fering, and I think that suffering has its beauty, but so does and Her Band play the Granada Theatre. In anticipation, I compassion and so does willingness to help others and so caught up with the punk-rock poet laureate from her home does being upright. There are many many qualities that can in New York City to discuss creativity, coffee, and what comes translate into good work. next.
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This year marks the 40th anniversary of Horses. Does a milestone like that come with an amplified sense of looking back? I’m happy to have a 40th anniversary of anything. It means you’ve survived. I’m very grateful that I’m still here. A lot of my friends aren’t. One of my most important collaborators on Horses, Richard Sohl, only lived until he was 37, so I look at it and think how fortunate I am to be here and to still be working and to still be able to perform these songs, to still be able to access the energy that produced these songs. I guess that’s the best thing I can say. I’m also so happy and so proud that people still find the record relevant, that new generations find it relevant, that they find it something to be inspired by or something to trample. I’m pretty happy about that. At 68, what are the things you still want to cross off your to-do list? Oh, a million things! I want to write many books. There are still places I haven’t been. I haven’t been to Tibet. I haven’t been to India. Every day, there’s something. I want to see my children grow. And now I have a grandson, and I want to see him grow. I’m a worker, so there’s always something. I’m finishing a book as we speak — my deadline is tomorrow — so I’ll finish that and take a little breather and then start another. I’m going to be recording and then touring. But I like to work, and there’s a lot to look forward to, and not just presenting old material or bringing out something that has been recently completed, but to begin something new. There’s lots of things to do. Can you tell me anything about the book? I can say that it’s coffeedriven. There’s a lot of coffee in it. [Laughs.] Coffee is the vice of choice for this book. I’m not quite sure what kind of book it is. I got on a train and stayed there. I started writing one day and kept writing ’til it was finished. But I will say that it’s coffee-friendly.
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ill the blue beings and the ethereal creatures The basket star, we learn, does have a mouth. And a sharing the otherworldly planet manage to friend! The two animals that Cousteau and Lohuis peer ally themselves against a common enemy at seem to be snoozing, entwined in corals growing on a to survive? That could almost be the plot of shipwreck off of New Providence. After sundown, one Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean D. But instead of them awakens and wanders off on its multiple arms of epic Avatar-style battles between alien species, in search of dinner. Cousteau chose to focus on true romance for his 3d The scene sets the bar for the intrigue to come: directorial debut. Nature, it seems, can be way weirder a pinkie-sized goby rooming with a blind shrimp; the dependencies of giant and infinitely more enchanting than clams on miniscule zooxanscience fiction. thellae; a dance of feather Shot in Fiji, the Bahamas, and the Channel Islands, the mesmerizing dusters and Christmas 40-minute film, premiering at the tree worms; the soft life of Santa Barbara International Film Fesanemones and clown fish; the tival and opening at IMAX theaters conundrum of involuntary invaders with big appetites; in March, is an intimate study of sea creatures — from manta rays to the iridescent squid spawning microscopic. By shedding light on en masse off Catalina Island; their interrelatedness, Cousteau said, and a graceful tête-à-tête with he hopes people will come to apprecinurse sharks and silvery hamate them as wild animals rather than merheads — all finessed by underwater cinematographer seeing them as a food resource. “Like my father said,‘Protect the ocean, and Gavin McKinney. “We filmed Jean-Michel Cousteau and Jim Knowlton we protect ourselves,’” explained the in slow motion, often at night, award-winning filmmaker, environsometimes an unseen unimentalist, and son of fabled Aqua Lung inventor and verse of organisms too small to be seen by the naked ocean adventurer Jacques. “People will protect what eye,” Cousteau said.“We had to create a whole new way they love, but how can they protect what they don’t of filming.” understand?” What viewers won’t see were the challenges of Through Cousteau’s eyes — and the magic of pro- location filming in 3d while working from boats and ducers Jean-Jacques and François Mantello’s large-for- beach huts. In Fiji, the currents were so fierce that the mat, macro-view 3d digital cameras — we’re introduced cameras had to be mounted on tripods anchored to the to a motley cast of characters, each in mind-boggling seafloor. In the Bahamas, the intrepid Mantello brothers detail. Some may be familiar (lobsters, octopus, moray attached the cameras to a 150-square-foot scaffolding eels), others less so (arrow crabs, banded cleaner shrimp, cobbled together just to film the basket stars. To check sea hares). footage shot in the morning meant afternoon downIn the film, Cousteau teams up on-camera with loads — terabyte by terabyte — to external hard drives. longtime colleague Holly Lohuis, a biologist with Ocean To view 3d snippets, the team took turns at a 19-inch Futures Society, his Santa Barbara–based conservation TV monitor. From there, they just had to picture those nonprofit. “I want to show you one of the strangest snippets in continuity on a 90-foot-wide screen. organisms I have ever seen,” rasps the scuba-masked The result of all their seasoned skill and expertise Frenchman to his dive buddy on location in the Baha- looks effortless. We see that nature scales, that basket mas. Suited head to fin in matching blue wet suits, they stars have a cuteness factor, and that the ocean’s wild animals are more dazzling than any motion-capture glide closer for a peek. Et voilà: a basket star! A relative of the starfish, it animation or computer rendering could ever be. looks like a yellow tumbleweed. “It has no eyes, no In 2009, a film critic lauded Avatar as director James blood, no head!” marvels narrator Sylvia Earle, the Cameron’s understanding of “the value of gigantism witty and erudite oceanographer and explorer whose and awesomeness.” Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean voiceover underscores the film’s scientific and educa- D draws on “gigantism and awesomeness” to show us the value of the diminutive and the commonplace. tional messages.
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didn’t know the power of dance,” said director Richard Raymond, whose film Desert Dancer opens the 30th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) this Tuesday, January 27.“I discovered this story and connected to it very strongly and felt that it should be told.” The film is centered on Afshin Ghaffarian, an Iranian university student who forms a dance troupe despite the fact that public dancing is prohibited in his country. Actually, many forms of artistic expression are considered criminal in Iran, but that doesn’t prevent a flourishing underground scene where young folks buck the stringent rules imposed by the government.“Iran is extremely modernized, Tehran especially,” said Raymond. “It’s not like northern Afghanistan or Iraq. If you were just transported there, you would think you were anywhere in Europe or America. Everyone is extremely educated; everyone is extremely modern. Seventy percent of the country is under the age of 35, but they’ve grown up in a country where there are two worlds — the one behind closed doors and the world outside.” Raymond read about Ghaffarian, who now resides in Paris, in a 2010 Sunday Times article and contacted him. The deeper the director delved, the keener he was to bring the tale to the screen. “We spent about six months where we talked and just got to know one another,” recalled Raymond.“It’s very well publicized, the struggles of the Iranian youth, but in particular dance. There’s no word for dance in Iran. I was particularly moved by Afshin’s story, but my first reaction was, well, Footloose in Iran?” Desert Dancer is nothing akin to Footloose, however. In the fictional American film, the characters square off against a town preacher. The real-life people depicted in Dancer risk beatings, imprisonment, and even death if they’re discovered. Dancer also uses choreography to tell the story. If there were no sound and all the audience saw were the dances, the message, politics, and the emotions would still be resoundingly clear. “The language of the film is dance,” said Raymond. “The whole story — and all the characters’ stories — are all quite clearly put out there within the dance.” For the cast, Raymond enlisted actors with no dance backgrounds, including Slumdog Millionaire’s Freida Pinto and British actors Reece Richie and Tom Cullen. “What makes the audience connect to the film is that [the stars] are not dancers. If they were brilliant, if their moves were flawless, it would be something totally different. That none of actors had danced a day in their lives was a good representation of the truth of what the characters in Iran were going through. These are characters who learn to dance on YouTube.” The film’s choreography is phenomenal in its ability to illicit poignant responses, thanks in large part to the work of choreographer Akram Khan. “I was very inspired by the fact that [Afshin] could take dance and use it as a storytelling narrative,” said Raymond.“I wanted to bring Akram Khan and Afshin’s work together and create something that had never been seen before.” Desert Dancer allows a fascinating peek into a culture that most Westerners believe is worlds apart from their own. In doing so, it reveals the differences but also the similarities — especially when it comes to the human desire for artistic expression. “There’s love and happiness all over the world,” said Raymond. “The way we look at Iran isn’t as simple as,‘Oh, they live in such a barbaric society.’ They don’t. But they are oppressed. What’s heroic about the youth of Iran is they’re positive people, and they have found a wonderful way to get around this oppression. Ghaffarian’s story is just one of many of how they exist and express themselves regardless of the repercussions if they were discovered.”
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lint Eastwood is not the jingoistic filmmaker that his mentor Don “Dirty Harry” Siegel was, no matter what the revisionist critics are saying. If anything, Eastwood is fiercely evenhanded in this engaging biopic about a Navy SEAL who served four tours of duty in our highly debated Middle East wars and cut down COMBAT FATIGUE: Bradley Cooper plays real-life Navy SEAL Chris Kyle in soldiers and suspect civilians from a disdirector Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper. tance, an assassin with an American heart. Eastwood’s version of Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) has a simplistic origin story: His “Rosebud” is a with his family even when he’s home. There’s the obligatory schoolyard bully beating; his “gift” is uncanny marksman- buddy with a wedding ring to give his girl when they get ship. But the heroism and the obsessive single-mindedness home. (You can guess what happens.) There’s even a bad generate a complex (and yet incomplete) aura around the Muslim Sniper so that we can get a worthy if predictable man. The film could be seen as a simple illustration of the antagonist. Yet the film is very moving. The battle scenes New Testament’s karmic utterance — He who lives by the are incredibly lucid but not as punishingly tense as those sword dies by it — but it’s also a portrait made with painful in The Hurt Locker. Cooper is terrific, beefed up and stolid, ironies. Kyle runs into his little brother on an Iraq military determined instead of crazy-eyed. He carries the film, and tarmac, where the younger confesses his hero worship of Eastwood’s no-nonsense direction style pushes us through “The Legend,” as big bro is known by then. But their part- the melodramatic script moments. American Sniper stays with you, though it’s not as coming words are more direct.“This place is fucked,” says little pressed and poetically executed as Fury was. (A lot of the bro. Eastwood seems to agree. This is engaging moviemaking, concise even though it same themes about God, country, and the horror emerge.) indulges most of the clichéd aspects of contemporary war The complainers claim Eastwood is celebrating a killer. But ■ stories. Kyle’s wife (Sienna Miller) complains that he isn’t it’s also hard to name a war film that doesn’t.
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Goblins, fairies, and imps come together for the first time amid a slew of interspecies culture clashes. Fairview/Fiesta 5
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PREMIERES Black or White (121 mins.; PG-13: brief strong language, thematic material involving drug use, drinking, a fight) A grieving widower is thrown into a custody battle over his granddaughter, who he helped raise since birth.
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The Boy Next Door (91 mins.; R: violence, sexual content/nudity, language) Following her divorce, a woman (Jennifer Lopez) begins a torrid affair with her younger new neighbor (Ryan Guzman).
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A Los Angeles man (Jake Gyllenhaal) falls into the world of freelance crime journalism. Every element of this thriller is sharp, taut, and unapologetically grotesque. (KS)
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Claire (Jennifer Aniston) becomes fascinated with the suicide of a woman in her support group while dealing with her own personal tragedy. Plaza de Oro The Loft (108 mins.; R: sexual content, nudity, bloody violence, language, some drug use) Five married guys decide to share a secret penthouse in the city where they can carry out their secret affairs.
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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) Fiesta 5
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An art dealer goes in search of a painting that’s allegedly linked to a lost bank account filled with unclaimed Nazi gold.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays English mathematician Alan Turing, who helped crack the Enigma code during World War II. In the end, The Imitation Game is a good (not great) Hollywood film about the growing pains of a genius. (DJP)
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Spare Parts (83 mins.; PG-13: some language, violence) Four Hispanic high school students decide to start a robotics club on a string budget and end up competing against the reigning champs at MIT. Metro 4 Taken 3 (109 mins.; PG-13: intense sequences of violence and action, brief strong language)
A retired government operative is accused of a murder he didn’t commit. With authorities in pursuit, he sets out to find the true killer and clear his name. In the end, Taken is a blurry action flick buried beneath an annoyingly careful morality tale. (DJP) Camino Real/Fiesta 5
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James Marsh directs and Eddie Redmayne stars in this story about the early life and trials of physicist Stephen Hawking. While Marsh’s sure-handed direction and Redmayne’s knockout performance anchor the film, it’s Felicity Jones as Jane Hawking that really sets Theory apart. (JF) Riviera
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Angelina Jolie directs this true-life story about Olympian Louis Zamperini, who was captured by the Japanese during World War II after surviving a near-fatal plane crash. As impressive as Unbroken is, it doesn’t feel original or essential. (KS)
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After the death of her mother and the end of her marriage, a woman embarks on a solo 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. Based on the memoir by Cheryl Strayed, Wild is a near-perfect film about the inherent imperfections of life. And much like the book, its empowering magic will stick with you long after its final scene. (AC) Plaza de Oro
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(Mar. 21 - Apr. 19): Is there a patron saint of advertising or a goddess of marketing or a power animal that rules publicity and promotion? If so, I’m going to ďŹ nd out, then pray to them in your behalf. It’s high time for your underappreciated talents and unsung accomplishments to receive more attention. And I am convinced that the astrological moment is ripe for just such a development. Help me out here, Aries. What can you do to get your message out better? What tricks do you have for attracting the interest of those who don’t know yet about your wonders? Polish up your self-presentation, please.
(June 21 - July 22): Will you ever ďŹ nd that treasured memento you misplaced? Is there any chance of reviving a dream you abandoned? You are in a phase when these events are more likely than usual to happen. The same is true about an opportunity that you frittered away or a missing link that you almost tracked down but ultimately failed to secure. If you will ever have any hope of getting another shot at those lost joys, it would be in the coming weeks. For best results, purge the regret and remorse you still feel about the mistakes you think you made once upon a time.
TAURUS
LEO
(Apr. 20 - May 20): During his 67 years of life, Taurusborn Leonardo da Vinci achieved excellence in 12 different ďŹ elds, from painting to engineering to anatomy. Today he is regarded as among the most brilliant humans who ever lived.“His genius was so rare and universal that it can be said that nature worked a miracle on his behalf,â€? said one observer. “He towered above all other artists through the strength and the nobility of his talents,â€? said another. Yet on his death bed, Leonardo confessed,“I have oended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.â€? Typical for a Taurus, he underestimated himself! It’s very important that you not do the same, especially in the coming weeks. The time has come for you to give yourself more of the credit and respect you deserve.
(July 23 - Aug. 22): In the early 1300s, the people of the Mexica tribe had no homeland. They had wandered for centuries through the northern parts of what we now call Mesoamerica. According to legend, that changed in 1323, when their priests received a vision of an eagle eating a snake while perched at the top of a prickly pear cactus. They declared that this was the location of the tribe’s future power spot. Two years later, the prophecy was fulďŹ lled. On an island in the middle of a lake, scouts spied the eagle, snake, and cactus. And that was where the tribe built the town of Tenochtitlan, which ultimately became the center of an empire. Today that place is called Mexico City. Have you had an equivalent vision, Leo? If you haven’t yet, I bet you will soon. Go in search of it. Be alert.
GEMINI
(Aug. 23 - Sept. 22): By the end of the 16th century, nutmeg was in high demand throughout Europe. It was valued as a spice, medicine, and preservative. There was only one place in the world where it grew: on the Indonesian island of Run. The proto-capitalists of the Dutch East India Company gained dominion over Run and enslaved the local population to work on plantations. They fully controlled the global sale of nutmeg, which allowed them to charge exorbitant prices. But ultimately their monopoly collapsed. Here’s one reason why: Pigeons ate nutmeg seeds on Run, then ew to other islands and pooped them out,
(May 21 - June 20): Where you have been and what you have done will be of little importance in the coming weeks. Both your mistakes and your triumphs will be irrelevant. In my estimation, you have a sacred duty to spy on the future and reconnoiter the pleasures and challenges that lie ahead. So I suggest you head o toward the frontier with an innocent gleam in your eye and a cheerful hunger for interesting surprises. How’s your Wildness Quotient? If it’s in a slump, pump it up.
VIRGO
enabling plants to grow outside of Dutch jurisdiction. I see this story as an apt metaphor for you in the coming months, Virgo. What’s your equivalent of the pigeons? Can you ďŹ nd unlikely allies to help you evade the controlling force that’s limiting your options?
while lounging in bed or hanging out with his buddies. In the coming weeks, Sagittarius, I recommend you consider strategies like his.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19): Each hour of every day, the sun oers us more energy than oil, gas, and coal can provide in an entire year. Sadly, much of our star’s generous gift goes to waste. Our civilization isn’t set up to take advantage of the bounty. Is there a comparable dynamic in your personal life, Capricorn? Are you missing out on a ow of raw power and blessings simply because you are ignorant of it or haven’t made the necessary arrangements to gather it? If so, now would be an excellent time to change your ways.
LIBRA (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22): Have you triggered any brilliant breakthroughs lately? Have you made any cathartic departures from the way things have always been done? Have you thought so far outside the box that you can’t even see the box any more? Probably not. The last few weeks have been a time of retrenchment and stabilization for you. But I bet you will start going creatively crazy very soon — and I mean that in the best sense. To ensure maximum health and well-being, you simply must authorize your imagination to leap and whirl and dazzle.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): According to my analysis of the longterm astrological omens, 2015 is the year you can get totally serious about doing what you were born to do. You will be given the chance to slough o all that’s fake and irrelevant and delusory. You will be invited to fully embrace the central purpose of your destiny. If you’re interested in taking up that challenge, I suggest you adopt Oscar Wilde’s motto: “Nothing is serious except passion.â€? Your primary duty is to associate primarily with people and places and situations that feed your deepest longings.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): The cassava plant produces a starchy root that’s used as food by a half billion people all over the planet. No one can simply cook it up and eat it, though. In its raw state, it contains the poisonous chemical cyanide, which must be removed by careful preparation. An essential ďŹ rst step is to soak it in water for at least 18 hours. I see this process as a metaphor for the work you have ahead of you, Scorpio. A new source of psychological and spiritual sustenance will soon be available, but you will have to purge its toxins before you can use and enjoy it.
PISCES (Feb. 19 - Mar. 20): “Give up all hope for a better past,â€? writes Emily Fragos in her poem “Art Brut.â€? That’s generally sound advice. But I think you may be able to ďŹ nd an exception to its truth in the coming weeks. As you work to forgive those who have trespassed against you, and as you revise your interpretations of bygone events, and as you untie knots that have weighed you down and slowed you up for a long time, you just may be able to create a better past. Dare to believe that you can transform the shape and feel of your memories.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21): Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) didn’t like to work hard, and yet he was also proliďŹ c. In fact, his desire to avoid strenuous exertion was an important factor in his abundant output. He got things done fast. His most famous opera, The Barber of Seville, took him just 13 days to ďŹ nish. Another trick he relied on to reduce his workload was plagiarizing himself. He sometimes recycled passages from his earlier works for use in new compositions. Feeling good was another key element in his approach to discipline. If given a choice, he would tap into his creative energy
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SB COFFEE Roasting Company 321 Motor Way SB 962‑5213– NOW WITH FREE WI‑FI! Santa Barbara’s premiere coffee roasting company since 1989. Come in for the freshest most delicious cup of coffee ever and watch us roast the best coffee in town at our historic Old Town location ‑ Corner of State & Gutierrez. Gift baskets, mail order & corporate gifts avail. sbcoffee.com.
Ethiopian AUTHENTIC ETHIOPIAN CUISINE Featured at Petit Valentien Restaurant 1114 State St. #14, 805‑966‑0222. Open Sat‑Sun Lunch ONLY 11am‑2: 30pm. Serkaddis Alemu offers in ever changing menu with choices of vegitarian, vegan, and meat options. Catering Avaliable for parties of up to 40 people.
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PETIT VALENTIEN, 1114 STATE ST. #14, 805‑966‑0222. Open M‑F 11:30‑3pm (lunch). M‑Sat 5pm‑Close (dinner). Sun $24 four course prefix dinner. In La Arcada Plaza, Chef Robert Dixon presents classic French comfort food at affordable cost in this cozy gem of a restaurant. Petit Valentien offers a wide array of meat and seafood entrees along with extensive small plates and a wine list specializing in amazing quality at arguably the best price in town. A warm romantic atmosphere makes the perfect date spot. Comfortable locale for dinner parties, or even just a relaxing glass of wine. Reservations are recommended.
DARGAN’S IRISH Pub & Restaurant, 18 E. Ortega St. (next to lot 10) SB, 568‑0702. $$. Open 7 days 11:30a‑Close (Food ‘til 10p, 11p on Sat/Sun). AE MC V Disc. Authentic Irish food & atmosphere in downtown SB. Specialties from Ireland include Seafood & Meat dishes. Informal, relaxed pub‑style atmosphere. Live music Thursday nights. Children welcome. Avail. for private parties. Pool & Darts.
Indian FLAVOR OF INDIA 3026 State 682‑6561 $$ www. flavorofindiasb.com VOTED BEST 17yrs. Finest, most authentic Indian cuisine is affordable too! All You Can Eat Lunch Buffet $9.95 M‑S dinner combos $9.95+ Specials: Tandoori‑ Mixed or Fish, Chicken Tikka Masala, Shrimp Bhuna. Also: meat, curries & vegetarian.Wine & Beer. Take out. 20yrs of Excellence! INDIA HOUSE, 418 State St. Next to 99 Cent Store 805.962.5070. 7 days 11:‑ 30a‑ 3:30p ALL YOU CAN EAT Lunch Buffet $8.95. Dinner 5p‑9p. Tandori & North Indian Muglai specialties. World Class Indian Chefs at your service! Traditional floor seating. Indian & Draft Beers, Local Wines. www. indiahouseusa.com
Natural NATURAL CAFE, 508 State St., 5 blocks from beach. 962‑9494 Goleta‑ 6990 Market Place Dr, 685‑2039. 361 Hitchcock Way 563‑1163 $. Open for lunch & dinner 7 days. A local favorite for dinner. Voted “Best Lunch in Santa Barbara” “Best Health Food Restaurant” “Best Veggie Burger” “Best Sidewalk Cafe Patio” “Best Fish Taco” all in the Independent Reader’s Poll. Daily Specials, Char‑Broiled Chicken, Fresh Fish, Homemade Soups, Hearty Salads, Healthy Sandwiches, Juice Bar, Microbrews, Local Wines, and the Best Patio on State St. 9 locations serving the Central Coast. www.thenaturalcafe.com
Steak HOLDREN’S 512 State St. 965‑3363 Lunch & Dinner Daily. Featuring $20 Prime Rib Wednesdays‑ USDA 12 oz Prime MidWestern corn‑fed beef char‑broiled over mesquite; or try from our selections of the freshest seafood. We offer extensive wine & martini lists & look forward to making your dining experience superb! Reservations avail.
RODNEY’S Grill, 633 East Thai Cabrillo Boulevard at The Fess Parker – A Doubletree YOUR PLACE Restaurant, by Hilton Resort 805‑564‑4333. 22 N. Milpas St., 966‑5151, Serving 5pm – 10pm Tuesday 965‑9397. $$. Open Mon through Saturday. Rodney’s 4‑9:45pm Tues‑Thurs & Grill Menu is Fresh and Sun 11:30a‑9:45p, Fri/Sat New. Featuring all natural 11:30a‑10:30p. V MC AE. Your hormone‑free beef and fresh Place ‑ The One & Only. Voted seafood, appetizers, and “BEST THAI FOOD” for 26 incredible desserts. The years by Independent and place to enjoy dinner with The Weekly readers, making family and friends by the us a Living Legend! Lunch & beach. Private Dining Room dinner specials daily. Fresh for 30. Full cocktail bar with seafood & tasty vegetarian specialty cocktails. Wine dishes. Santa Barbara cellar with Santa Barbara Restaurant Guide selected us County & California best as the Best Thai Restaurant for vintages by‑the‑glass www. exceptional dining reflected rodneyssteakhouse.com by food quality, service & ambiance.
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SPENCER’S LIMOUSINE & Tours, 884‑9700 Thank You SB, SANTA BARBARA Winery, Voted BEST 18yrs! Specializing in wine tours of all Central 202 Anacapa St. 963‑3633. Open Sun‑Thurs 10a‑6p & Fri‑Sat 10a Cal Wineries. Gourmet picnic lunch or fine restaurants avail ‑ 7p, small charge for extensive tasting list. 2 blocks from both TCP16297 State St & the beach. This 805‑884‑9700 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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opular cooking show The Inn Crowd is now hosted by Chef Michael Hutchings and airs Saturday nights on KEYT Channel . The show features notable guests from the Santa Barbara culinary scene who both assist and learn from Chef Michael. All the recipes will be posted on the blog .michaelscateringsb.com. In addition to teaching new dishes, The Inn Crowd will show the relationship between food and wine, with suggested pairings to enhance the dining experience. It’s produced by Craig Case, and the Foley Food and Wine Society continues to be a major sponsor for this show. The culinary action is filmed at Foley’s Crossroads Victorian estate in the Santa Ynez Valley. The production team YTS, namely Will, Harlene, and Gary Conlin, is continuing with the show’s fifth season. next door to sister restaurants
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new Yellowbelly restaurant at De la Vina Street: “My name is Alex Noormand. I own Yellowbelly on De la Vina Street. I just wanted to let you know that we are open for dinner, with a full menu. We are also a craft beer and wine bar. We also just changed our name to just Yellowbelly and took off the ‘tap sucker.’” CHIPOTLE VEGAN OFFERING: Whether or not your New Year’s Resolution is to eat less meat, Chipotle Mexican Grill is giving its customers a special opportunity to try its new vegan menu item, Sofritas, this month. On Monday, January 26, customers who purchase a Sofritas entrée item at any Chipotle restaurant can redeem their receipt for a free entrée of their choice any day between January 27-February 28. Sofritas is organic, non-GMO tofu braised with chipotle chilis, roasted poblano peppers, and a blend of spices. Sofritas was first tested in spring 2013 in several markets after which the vegan offering became a permanent addition on Chipotle’s menu. DOLLAR MENU: I recently stopped by McDonald’s in
the Camino Real Marketplace to refuel with a quick regular hamburger. While there, I noticed something interesting about their Dollar Menu: Most things cost more than a dollar. Of the nearly 20 entrées and sides on the dollar menu,
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only one item, a cone, cost a dollar. All other entrées and sides on the Dollar Menu cost more than a dollar, up to $9.59. A few offerings of tea are available for $1. MONTECITO, THE RESTAURANT: Reader Prime-
time tells me that a restaurant named “Montecito” has opened in Toronto, Canada. The Montecito Restaurant is a partnership between Toronto native, Hollywood director, and Montecito resident Ivan Reitman and Master Chef Jonathan Waxman. On the menu, you might note a dessert that’s a version of the baked Alaska, called the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, one of the characters from Reitman’s hit movie Ghostbusters. The restaurant is also decorated with video screens which show scenic videos shot from Montecito’s foothills, giving diners a taste of Santa Barbara County. See montecitorestaurant.ca. FROM THE INDY WIRES: This just in from The Indy’s
sources: Casitas Valley Farm is hosting a three-day charcuterie workshop, March 6-8, for $400. See casitas valley.com. … Vote for UCSB grad Ryan Turner’s Doritos commercial to air during the Super Bowl by seeing “Baby’s First Word” at doritos.com. … The Hungry Cat’s new chef de cuisine is Peter Cham, who returns to his hometown after kitchen stints around the county. He’ll relaunch the menu on February 1. … Celebrity chef Cat Cora comes to the Bacara to discuss her career on Saturday, February 21, with a 45-minute Q&A moderated by The Lark’s Sherry Villanueva at 5 p.m., followed by a reception with Margerum wine and chef’s tastings. Tickets are $49. See bacararesort.com. LILAC PATISSERIE OPENS: Reader Brendan tells me
that Lilac Patisserie, a “dedicated gluten-free bakery and café,” has opened at State Street.
John Dickson’s reporting can be found every day online at SantaBarbara.com. Send tips to info@SantaBarbara.com.
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date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0003587. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Gypsy’s Spirit Path at 1263 Calle Cerrito Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Karen Luckett (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Karen Luckett This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 09, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adele Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0003420. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Intriplex Technologies, Inc. at 751 South Kellogg Avenue Goleta, CA 93117; Intri‑Plex Technologies, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Lawney Fallon This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003551. Published: Dec 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15, 22 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Swoon California at 271 San Rafael Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Jennifer Arreguin 1131 Luneta Plaza Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Natasha Burton 271 San Rafael Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Jennifer Arreguin This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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: 2014‑0003502. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Video Journal of Orthopaedics at 255 Las Alturas Road Santa Barabra, CA 93103; MED 21, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Judith Effron, Managing Member This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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 tara Jaysinge. FBN Number: 2014‑0003485. Published: Dec 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15, 22 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: National Behavioral Care at 15315 Magnolia Blvd #428 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403; Brenda Monterde B.C.B.A. And Associates Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Avishai Zacharia This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0003488. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Country Squire MPH at 4680 Vieja Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Danny Patrick Foley (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Danny P. Foley This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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: 2014‑0003499. Published: Dec 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15, 22 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Santa Barbara Wine SPA at 827 State Street Suite 30 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Scott Crawford 1712 Calle Poniente Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Lauryn Haber (same address) This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0003595. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ECO.SB Design, ESB Design & Drafting & Constructions, ESB Design, ESB Design & Drafting at 1418 Alta Vista Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Eduardo Santiago Bell (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0003555. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Norwich Press at 950 Arcady Road Montecito, CA 93108; Linda Ochiltree (same address) Stuart Ochiltree (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Stuart Ochiltree This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 30, 2014. This statement expires five years from the
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Proximity Management, Proximity Management System, Proximity Management Systems at 1021 Tremonto Road Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Avrick Consulting, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 19, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0003529. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Ellwood Canyon Farms at 295 Ellwood Canyon Rd Goleta, CA 93117; Jeffrey Kramer 6210 Sunset Ridge Rd Goleta, CA 93117; Jack Edmund Motter 295 Ellwood Rd Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Jack E. Motter This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 30, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0003575. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: On The Glo, On The Glo SB at 1030 Ocean Vista Lane #B Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Malia
McGinley (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 11, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0003447. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Forno Classico at 148 Aero Camino Santa Barbara, CA 93117; Giuseppe Fabrizio Crisa 130 Middle Road Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Giuseppe Fabrizio Crisa This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0003598. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Inspired Eye Images at 1669 Maple Avenue Apt 13 Solvang, CA 93463; Laura Garcia (same Address) Christopher Silva (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Christopher Silva This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN Number: 2014‑0003435. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: SelfTalk, SelfTalk Productions, SelfTalk Enterprises, SelfTalk TV, SelfTalk Media at 370 Puente Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Shari Ross Altarac (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Shari Ross Altarac This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 5, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000024. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Nostrum at 2536 Borton Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Lucas Ryden (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Lucas Ryden This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 05, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000020. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Jumpstart Interior Design at 332 La Marina Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Leann Anderson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Leann Anderson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 05, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000018. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Surf Snacks, Surf Snax, The Surf Box Company at 7563 Newport Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Kyle Ashby (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Kyle Asby This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 05, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000023. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rancho De Lado Organics at 2480 Grand Ave Los Olivos, CA 93441; Fred Razo (samea address) Loretta Razo (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Loretta Razo This
statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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: 2014‑0003548. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Morello Wines at 5330 Debbie Road #200 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Debbie Road, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: David L. Chesterfield This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 18, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0003516. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Down Syndrome Association of Santa Barbara County at 1111 Chapala Street Suite 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Foudation (same address)This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Dee Jennings, CFO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 19, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Andrea Luparello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003531. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Golden Spiral Audio at 2810 Ontiveros Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Ky Takikawa (same address)This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Ky Takikawa This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 15, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2014‑0003482. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22,29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Advanced Estate Planning at 922 State St, Ste A7 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jamie A Plemons 2684 Montrose Pl Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jamie A. Plemons This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 29, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayayasinghe. FBN Number: 2014‑0003563. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22,29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: PPM Industries at 3025 Hermosa Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Ian David Parker (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Ian D. Parker This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 02, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000004. Published: Jan 8. 15, 22, 29 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Quick And Clean Hand Car Wash at 2544 S. Broadway Santa Maria, CA 93455; JHP Enterprises, LLC 6638 Halite Place Carlsbad, CA 92009 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Jason Prather This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 22, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2014‑0003538. Published: Dec 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15, 22 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Berton Painting Service at 729 N Voluntario Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Richard Berton (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Richard Berton This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa
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Barbara County on Dec 18 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Gabriel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003511. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Styled By Kara at 705 Via Miguel Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Kara Pearson (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Kara M. Pearson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 07, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000067. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Echo Location Arts at 2824 Clinton Terrace Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Steven Hajic (same Individual Signed: Steven Hajic This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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: 2014‑0003549. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ashely Farrell Design at 32 Pine Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Ashley Farrell (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Ashely Farrell This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 06, 2015. 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 Ashley Farrell.FBN Number: 2015‑0000064. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Santa Barbara WU WEI School of Movement at 332 S Salinas Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Ethan Zolt (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Ethan Zolt This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 05, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000021. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Santa Barbara Art Studios at 709 East Mason Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Cheryn Kathleen English 1031 Miramonte Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93109; James Jay Richards (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Cheryn Kathleen English This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 02, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000011. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Harbor Rat, Santa Barbara Harbor Rat at 709 East Mason Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Cheryn Kathleen English 1031 Miramonte Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; James Jay Richards (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Cheryn K English This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 06, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000052. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Mesa Produce at 2036 Cliff Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Jennifer Marie Walsh 131 Mohawk Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jennifer Walsh This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 02, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000010. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Macon Environmental Planning at 1336 Kenwood Road Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Gelre Naderi (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Gelare Naderi This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The DNA Life LLC at 133 East De La Guerra St #134 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The DNA Life LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Devin Ohanian, Managing Partner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 08, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000086. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Mail Box at 5142 Hollister Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Eric Thanh Vo (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Eric Vo This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 05, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000017. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: La Super‑Rica at 622 North Milpas Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Piransprings, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Martin Gonzalez‑Vice President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 09, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000097. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: JCN Consulting at 1115 Veronica Springs Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; James Carter Nonn (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: James Carter Nonn This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 12, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000110. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Powermove Media Group at 4280 Calle Real #70 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Anthony Binnebose (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Anthony Binnebose This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 12, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000121. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Harding & Company at 1383 East Valley Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Jonathan Harwood Harding (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: John H. Harding This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 12, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E.
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Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2015‑0000114. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Kentucky Fried Chicken at 5697 Calle Real Goleta, CA 93117; FLD Fig Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Frank C. Figueroa This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 09, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000094. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: India House at 418 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Krishan Gupta (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Krishan Gupta This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 12, 2015. 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 Jaysinghe. FBN Number: 2015‑0000120. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: India Forever USA at 518 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Raman Agarwal (same address) Krishan Gupta 418 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Krishan Gupta This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 12, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000119. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sprout Santa Barbara at 221 E. Haley Street #E Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Sarah Nibecker (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Sarah Nibecker This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 12 2015. 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: 2015‑0000116. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Equity Apartments Group at 3881 Rambla Orienta Malibu, CA 90265; Cahill Realty, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Partnership Signed: Timothy Cahill, Manager This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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: 2014‑0003552. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Two Nuts For Granola at 2916 Paseo Del Refugio Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Debra Ellingson Teton (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Debra E. Teton This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 07, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000071. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: TLC Nail Lounge at 24 E. Cota Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Cam Thanh Le 110 Vega Dr Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Cam Thanh Le This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 06, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.
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Having a positive impact on others, and feeling fulfillment in return, is a cornerstone of the Cottage Health System culture. As a community-based, not-for-profit provider of leading-edge healthcare for the Greater Santa Barbara region, Cottage emphasizes the difference each team member can make. It’s a difference you’ll want to experience throughout your entire career. Join us in one of the openings below.
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We offer an excellent compensation package that includes above-market salaries, premium medical benefits, Wellness program, pension plans, tax savings accounts, rental and mortgage assistance, and relocation packages. What’s holding you back? For more information on how you can advance your future with these opportunities, or to submit a resume, please contact: Cottage Health System, Human Resources, P.O. Box 689, Pueblo at Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0689. Please apply online at www.cottagehealthsystem.org.
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CARRILLO DINING COMMONS Manages all administrative aspects of the dining commons with 40+ career staff and 120‑170 student staff. Responsibilities include operational analysis, budgetary analysis, employment and personnel administration, accounts payable, office management, purchasing, management of the CBord Menu Management System, and the Time Management System. Reqs: High school diploma or equivalent and experience supervising staff. Able to read instructions, recipes and communicate with managers and production staff. Excellent interpersonal skills including ability to work with multicultural staff of varying skill levels. Ability to work with a large variety of standard computer systems including electronic mail, spreadsheet (preferably Excel), word processing. Excellent ability to work with composure with large numbers of people and frequent interruptions in a confined work and reception area. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. $18.34 ‑ $22.98/ 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 1/29/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb. edu Job #20150033
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ALUMNI AFFAIRS OFFICE Assists with the development, coordination, and implementation of the Alumni Association and Alumni Affairs’ programming that includes but not limited to regional events, student activities, alumni receptions, and the All Gaucho Reunion. Provides assistance with researching, analyzing, developing, implementing and executing programs designed to engage students and alumni, with the intent of fostering a culture of philanthropy and ongoing dedication to UC Santa Barbara. Reqs: Must possess outstanding written and oral communication skills to effectively communicate with a variety of audiences including alumni, students, donors, volunteers, faculty members and campus administration. Demonstrated experience in event planning and establishing, overseeing and evaluating projects, as well as developing support among multiple constituencies. Must have experience with accounting and possess budgetary skills. Knowledge of computer programs including Word, spreadsheets and databases, email and the internet with the ability to quickly learn various software applications is essential. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. Must work occasional evenings and weekends. $20.19/
hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For primary consideration apply by 2/3/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb. edu Job #20150040
Business Opportunity AVON ‑ Earn extra income with a new career! Sell from home, work, online. $15 startup. For information, call: 877‑830‑2916. (Cal‑SCAN) DRIVERS – NO EXPERIENCE? Some or LOTS of experience? Let’s Talk! No matter what stage in your career, it’s time, call Central Refrigerated Home. 888‑ 302‑4618 www.CentralTruckDrivingjobs. com (CalSCAN) Make $1000 a Week Mailing Brochures From Home. Helping home workers since 2001. Genuine Opportunity. No Experience required. Start Immediately www.themailinghub.com (AAN CAN)
with Microsoft and related technologies including ASP, ADO, ADO. Net, .NET, VB.Net and/or C#, XML and Web Services. Understanding of relational database concepts, and client‑server concepts. Experience with HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, CSS. Experience with MS SQL Server stored procedures and functions. Demonstrated ability to lead projects and work well with others in team, virtual and matrix environments. Note: Fingerprinting required.$4,958 ‑ $6,938/mo. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, 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 #20140501
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ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES Installs, performs problem isolation, repairs, programs and configures voice, data, and cable television services. Performs detailed installation and testing of complex wiring systems including fiber optic network using sophisticated test equipment. Prepares detailed itemized cost estimates of APPLICATIONS departmental services for campus departments and performs the DEVELOPER interconnection of customer‑owned ACADEMIC AFFAIRS INFORMATION equipment to the campus voice and TECHNOLOGY As part of a development team, data networks. Reqs: Minimum of five years of successful experience in performs software applications development, programming and analysis, preparing estimates, installing, repairing and support for complex software and maintaining single and multi‑line applications system and complex telephone systems and equipment. Demonstrated successful experience analysis solutions. Reqs: Bachelor’s installing and repairing cable television. degree and/or equivalent combination Demonstrated knowledge of fiber optic of education and experience. Familiarity with HTML5, AJAX, jQuery, CSS, MS installation, repair and transport. Notes: Fingerprinting required. Maintain a valid SQL, JavaScript, and XML. Excellent oral and written communication skills. CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record Notes: Fingerprinting required. $23.56 ‑ and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. $24.60 ‑ $27.02/ $25.71/hr. The University of California is hr. The University of California is an an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, receive consideration for employment sex, national origin, or any other without regard to race, color, religion, characteristic protected by law including sex, national origin, or any other protected veterans and individuals with characteristic protected by law including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For Primary consideration apply by 1/26/15, thereafter open until disabilities. For primary consideration apply by 1/26/15, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb. filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb. edu Job #20150030 edu Job #20150028
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ADMINISTRATIVE & RESIDENTIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Manages complex information systems projects. Performs systems analysis and design. Leads selection and implementation processes for vendor‑supplied software. Provides training to end‑users and develops web‑based and portal‑based systems. Provides support for existing systems and leads efforts for their enhancements and modernization. Identifies strategies and opportunities for innovation and automation and participates in multiple cross‑functional and cross‑organizational projects in broader Administrative Services Division IT context. Reqs: Programming experience
at Citrix Systems, Inc. in Goleta, CA. Design, develop, test, troubleshoot, & debug Citrix software applications. Reqs Bachelors or foreign equiv in Comp Sci, Comp Eng, Elect Eng, or related tech field & 6 yrs of progressive, post‑bacc SW dev exp. Will accept a Masters in stated field in lieu of 2 yrs of stated exp. Must have 2 yrs of exp in each of the following: C++, object‑oriented design, & Win32 programming & dev with Visual Studio. Must have 1 yr of exp in each of the following: creating libraries that run on multiple platforms & multi‑threaded programming & debugging. Must have knowledge of networking protocols, socket programming, & OS concepts. Must pass co tech review. Mail resume to A. Gonzalez, Job Ref #877, 851 W Cypress Creek Rd, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33309.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Creative Valuance at 587 El Sueno Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110; John Howard Andrews (same address) Michael Terrance Waters 33560 Mulholland Highway Malibu, CA 90265 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Michael Terrance Waters This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 12 2015. 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: 2015‑0000103. Published: Jan 15, 22, 29. Feb 5 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Ultimate Event at 152 Alameda Padre Serra Santa Barbara, CA 93103; David Rossi (samea address) Kaye Rossi (same address) This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Kaye Rossi This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 16, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000176. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Hochhalter Custom Cabinets & Fine Furniture at 314 Edison Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Bailey Hochhalter 922 West Micheltorena Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Bailey Hochhalter This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 16, 2015. 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 Andrea Luparello. FBN Number: 2015‑0000180. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Louvre Tec USA, INC at 4053 Calle Tesoro Unit A Camarillo, CA 93012; Louvre Tec USA, Inc 725 E. Figueroa Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Patricia Moffett, Secretary This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 16, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000183. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OilCanners Construction Consulting at 809 East Yanonali St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Edward Carl Miller (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Edward Miller This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 20, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000187. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mulligan’s Cafe, Inc at 3500 McMcaw Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Mulligan’s Cafe, Inc(same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Elena Medina This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 15, 2015. 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0000161. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Good Shepherd Lutheran Preschool at 380 North Fairview Goleta, CA 93117; Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Goleta (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Fred Barbaria This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 16, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000179. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Van Buren Consulting at 501 Chapala Street, Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Channel Island Technology Integrator’s Group, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 15, 2015. 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0000168. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: La Hacienda at 298 Pine Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Jorge Rodriguez 4583 Camino Molinero Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Karina Rodriguez (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 08, 2015. 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0000082. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: The Selections at 130 North Calle Cesar Chavez, Apt #18 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; John Whoolilurie 2265 Burnham Road Ojai, CA 93023 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: John Whoolilurie This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 29, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Gariel Cabello. FBN Number: 2014‑0003569. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Chaz’s Beauty Shop at 3206 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Charles E Hoffman III 3017 State Street Suite 7 Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Charles E. Hoffman This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 06, 2015. 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 Andrea Luparello. FBN Number: 2015‑0000051. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Casa Del Mar Inn at 18 Bath Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; K2K Management, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Yun Kim This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 13, 2015. 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
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employment Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0000139. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SHG Photography at 1238 Portesuello Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Ann Marie Galbraith (same address) Steven Harris Galbraith II (same address) This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Steven Galbraith This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 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 Miriam Leon. FBN Number: 2014‑0003599. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pride Barco Lock Co. at 116 N. Nopal Street #4 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Armand Renga 3894 Calle Cita Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Ian Renga (same address) This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Ian Renga This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 6, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000041. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Purety Family Medical Clinic at 200 N La Cumbre Rd Ste F Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Purety Family Naturopathic Corporation (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Jonathan Birch This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 7, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000072. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Summerland Shops Management at 104 San Federico Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Jim Dykstra (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Jim Dykstra This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2014‑0003558. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Gold Coast Errands And Chores at 240 Santa Monica Way Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Bruce Luft (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Bruce Luft This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 15, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000169. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Gazillion Dresses at 933 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Tiamo, LLC 3097 Santa Ynez Avenue Santa Ynez, CA 93460 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Patrick Hartmann, Manager This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 16, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000174. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Roberts Photography of Santa Barbara at 22 Anacapa Street Unit E Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Ashly Othic 134 West Ventura Avenue Ventura CA, 93001 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Ashly Othic This
statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 16, 2015. 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: 2015‑0000175. Published: Jan 22, 29. Feb 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Cascade Well & Pump Company at 1200 Via Regina Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Cascade Well Co (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Laura Giordano This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2014‑0003537. Published: Dec 31. 2014. Jan 8. 15, 22 2015.
Lien Sale NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Contents are woman’s clothing, a mattress and box spring, television and misc. personal items. Items are being stored for Ameila Dziurzynska in storage unit “P” located at Bucks Moving & Storage 309 Palm Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. (805) 966‑1261
Public Notices SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ANACAPA STREET DIVISION Case No. 1469190 (PROPOSED) ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF CONTINUED HEARING ON MOTION TO DECLARE JULIAN NAFAL AS VEXAATIOUS LITIGANT JULIAN NAFAL, PETITIONER, vs. GORDON FORBES, III, RESPONDENT Date: February 3, 2015 Time: 9:30 a.m. Place: Dept. SB‑5 Assigned to: Hon. Colleen B. Stern, Judge The Court having vacated the dismissal for failure to obtain consent with a request for affirmative relief pending on December 1, 2014, finds good cause to Order a continuance of the previously noticed Hearing on December 1, 2014 to February 3, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in this Department, and that publication, as required by law, be given in the Santa Barbara Independent as the publication most likely to provide Notice for 4 times over 4 weeks prior to the new hearing date. Good cause appearing, therefore it is so ORDERED. John Kenneth Dorwin, SBN 111082 Attorney and Counselor at Law 90 W. HWY 246, Suite 4 P.O. Box 2011 Buellton, CA 93427; Telephone (805) 688‑8377 Attorney for Gordon Forbes, III By Colleen Sterene; Judge of the Superior Court; DATE: 12‑9‑14. Published Dec 18, 2014. Jan 8, 15, 22 2015. NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PREQUALIFICATION OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS Notice is hereby given that the General Services Department, County of Santa Barbara will receive responses to prequalification submittals for: COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, NORTHERN BRANCH JAIL PROJECT PHASE 1 BID PACKAGE 1, ONSITE IMPROVEMENTS 2301 BLACK RD, SANTA MARIA, CA 93455 PROJECT 8600 Notice is hereby given that the County of Santa Barbara has determined that all Prime Contract bidders on Northern Branch Jail Project – Phase 1, Bid Package 1, Onsite Improvements, to be undertaken by the County of Santa Barbara must be pre‑qualified prior to submitting a bid on that project. It is mandatory that all Contractors who intend to submit a bid, fully complete the prequalification questionnaire, provide all materials requested herein, and be approved by the County of Santa Barbara to be on the final qualified Bidders list. No bid will be accepted from a Contractor that has failed to comply with these requirements. If two or more business entities submit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, or expect to
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submit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, each entity within the Joint Venture must be separately qualified to bid. The last date to submit a fully completed questionnaire is February 12, 2015. Contractors are encouraged to submit prequalification packages as soon as possible. The County’s competitive selection process will proceed in two steps: Step 1: The construction General Contractor prequalification phase. Step 2: Submittal of bids according to the requirements of the bid documents. Only those successfully qualified in step 1 will be allowed to participate in step 2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT The Northern Branch Jail Project ‑ Phase 1 (NBJP), located at the intersection of Betteravia Road and Black Road near the city of Santa Maria, California, will be a 376‑bed facility built on a 50‑acre site. The facility will house both male and female inmates and will include a health care housing unit. All necessary supporting infrastructure for the facility to independently operate will be provided, including booking/ transportation/release, medical clinic with outpatient housing, inmate programming and exercise areas, administration, staff support, kitchen, laundry, maintenance facilities. Notice to Proceed for construction is anticipated to be summer 2015 with project completion scheduled for fall 2017. Bid Package 1, Onsite Improvements, with a bid‑day construction budget of approximately $67 million, is primarily funded through a conditional award under State of California Assembly Bill (AB) 900 lease‑revenue bond financing of new detention facilities. The scope of the NBJP also includes Bid Package 1, Offsite Improvements. Bid Package 1 has no prequalification requirements but will have licensing, bonding and other requirements that will be defined within the bidding documents. PREQUALIFICATION CONFERENCE A prequalification conference is scheduled for January 28, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. PDT. Interested parties are to meet in the Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Administration Building, Board Hearing Room, 511 East Lakeside Parkway, Santa Maria, CA. The meeting will include a presentation of the Project, and will allow for questions regarding the prequalification submittal. Attendance at this conference is not mandatory, but highly recommended. ANTICIPATED MILESTONE SCHEDULE Prequalification conference January 28, 2015
COLEMAN, an individual, and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): MICHAEL MELIDEO, an individual NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMITTAL A letter or phone call will not protect Prospective bidders must possess a you. Your written response must be current California contractor’s license ‑ in proper legal form if you want the General Building License Classification, court to hear your case. There may License Code “B”. It is mandatory that be a court form that you can use your all General Contractors who intend for your response. You can find these to submit a bid for the construction court forms and more information at contract first submit a Prequalification the California Courts Online Self‑Help Submittal and all materials requested, C e n t e r ( w w w. c o u r t i n f o . c a .g o v / and be approved by the County to selfhelp), your county law library, or the be on the Qualified Bidders List. The courthouse nearest you. If you cannot Prequalification submittal contains all pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for submission requirements including a fee waiver form. procedure for appeals. If you do not file your response on time, The County must receive one (1) you may lose the case by default, and original (notarized and signed in ink your wages, money and property may where required), and five (5) copies be taken without further warning from of the Prequalification Submittal, no the court. later than 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, There are other legal requirements. February 12, 2015. Contractors are You may want to call an attorney encouraged to submit as early as right away. If you do not know an possible. attorney, you may call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford The completed Prequalification an attorney, you may be eligible for Submittals must be sealed and free legal services from a nonprofit marked: legal services program. You can locate “CONFIDENTIAL ‑ Prequalification these nonprofit groups at the California for County of Santa Barbara, Legal Services Web site (www. Northern Branch Jail Project ‑ lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Phase 1, Bid Package 1, Onsite Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www. Improvements” courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by And shall be accepted at the contacting your local court or county following address: bar association. NOTE: The court has a County of Santa Barbara General statutory lien for waived fees and costs Services, Support Services Capital on any settlement or arbitration award Projects of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The 1105 Santa Barbara St. (Santa court’s lien must be paid before the Barbara Historic Courthouse E. court will dismiss the case. Wing 2nd Fl), AVISO! Lo han demandado. Si no Santa Barbara, California 93101 responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte Attention: John Green, Project puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar Manager su version. Lea la informacion a To request a Pre‑Qualification continuacion. Questionnaire, contact Leann Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO Anderson at (805) 568.3063 or despues de que le entreguen esta andersonl@countyofsb.org. citacion y papeles legales papa presentar una respuesta por escrito en Additional information can be found at http://cosb.countyofsb. esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una org/gs/default.aspx?id=41510 llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su Published Jan 22, 29 2015. respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea Summons que procesen su caso en la corte. Es SUMMONS posible que haya un formulario que (CITACION JUDICIAL) usted pueda usar para su respuesta. NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: Puede encontrar estos formularios de la (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): RON corte y mas informacion en el Centro Last day for Contractor questions February 6, 2015 Deadline for receipt of prequalification submittals February 12, 2015 Announcement of prequalified bidders list March 6, 2015 The following dates are subject to change; all prequalified bidders will be notified of the final schedule which will include a mandatory Pre‑Bid Conference: Release of bid documents anticipated April 20, 2015 Bid opening anticipated June 4, 2015
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