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Can’t-miss Added Lecture Events On Sale Now! Bernard-Henri Lévy The Genius of Judaism

2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient An Evening with the Visionary Creator of the

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Maya Lin

Sat, Jan 14 / 8 PM / Campbell Hall / FREE “Bernard-Henri Lévy, perhaps the most prominent intellectual in France today, [speaks] truth to power.” The Boston Globe

Mon, Jan 30 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall

$25 / FREE for UCSB students (with valid ID) “[Maya Lin] has established herself as a model of what architecture can become in the hands of a woman unafraid to pursue a different path.” New York Review of Books

Lévy puts an obligation to the other, to the dispossessed and to the forgotten at the heart of the matter, arguing that the spirit of Judaism must continue to inform our moral thinking and courage today. Co-presented with the Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies in cooperation with the UCSB Department of Religious Studies, Congregation B’nai B’rith, the Jewish Federation of Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara Hillel

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Yuval Noah Harari

Cancer and the Gene: Past, Present and Future

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

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2016 National Book Award-winner

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Harari has taken the world on a tour through the span of humanity, from apes to rulers of the world. Now, he looks to the future, exploring how godlike technologies such as artificial intelligence and genetic engineering will define what we become.

An Evening with the Author of The Underground Railroad

A Field Guide to the 21st Century: How to Live in an Age of Acceleration

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Whitehead’s compelling tour de force novel chronicles a young slave’s desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. Be captivated by his dynamic storytelling, inspiring anecdotes and irreverent rules for writing as he reveals how he came to write his powerful new work.

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volume 31, number 574, Jan. 12-19, 2017 Capitol Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19

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Music Academy and New York Phil Bring Beethoven to the Beach

(Charles Donelan) ON THE COVER: Alan Gilbert ert conducts the New YYork Philharmonic at Central Park. Photo by Chris Lee.

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Indy Executive Arts Editor Charles Donelan attributes his lifelong interest in music to lots of active listening, rather than any claim to musical talent: “I put down the fiendishly difficult B-flat cornet almost as soon as I picked it up.” He recalls life-changing concerts while a New England teenager by everyone from the Grateful Dead and Little Feat to Talking Heads and Pere Ubu. As a grad student in New York City, he was an elevator operator in the legendary Danceteria, where Madonna made her first public appearances and Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys were regulars. Here in town, Charles salutes the symphony and opera, the Lobero and Bowl, and CAMA and UCSB Arts & Lectures for consistently bringing the best in music old, new, and in between.

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GreeN TeaM: Joan Hartmann (left) and Das Williams (right) were sworn in Tuesday as 3rd and 1st district county supervisors, respectively. Both strong environmentalists, they enter county government at a time when the looming Donald Trump administration appears poised to try to roll back federal regulations related to climate change.

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as Williams showed up to the first day

of his new job as a county supervisor without prepared remarks. Even so, the former state assemblymember recited a line from “his favorite dead white male,” T.S. Eliot: “Take no thought of the harvest, but only of proper sowing.” He explained, “Our society does not prize long-term thinking … I want my values to be more than surface pretention.” Joan Hartmann, meanwhile, said while America’s faith in nearly all institutions has tanked, the glimmer of hope is local government. It doesn’t get much more local than Santa Barbara’s Board of Supervisors. Williams, 42, was elected to represent the 1st District, which stretches from Montecito to the western edge of the City of Santa Barbara. Hartmann, 66, will represent the 3rd District, spanning Isla Vista to the Santa Ynez Valley, and up to Guadalupe. They both received a warm welcome from an overflowing board hearing room, but the cheerful congeniality might not last. Conservatives grumble that the new board will continue to tilt to the left since Williams and Hartmann are liberal progressives. They are joining Janet Wolf, who seldom budges from her strong, progressive values. Her soft, motherly presence can be deceptive; she is fierce. In addition, Steve Lavagnino, once the GOP’s golden boy and son of a Santa Maria mayor, is increasingly seen as reasonable by liberals. That means archconservative Peter Adam, the owner of a large commercial

farm in Santa Maria, is regularly the lone vote. He was the only supervisor to support Donald Trump, saying, “I think it represents saving America as we know it.” Though Adam was usually the odd man out, the dynamic of the old board grew affable, as the five county supervisors appeared to truly like each other. “I was surprised that I was as emotional as I was about the other two leaving,” Lavagnino said. As for the new personalities, he said they “will figure it out.” They will have to. This year’s budget will be a challenge. The county must contribute an estimated $11 million more to the employee pension fund next fiscal year. Ultimately, this could translate to layoffs, reduced services, and slower services. In addition, more money was recently allotted to fire services. And the county supervisors previously voted to tuck away more money each year to maintain county roads and parks. The county must allot several million dollars every year for the future operation of the new northern branch jail, now under construction. But the greatest uncertainty fast approaching is the Trump presidency. Trump has already indicated he would repeal the Affordable Care Act, deport undocumented immigrants and oppose raising the minimum wage —just some of the things that a majority of California voters have supported. In fact, Governor Jerry Brown recently appointed Xavier Becerra, congressmember from Los Angeles, as the state’s attorney general, to fight Trump’s plans.

This battle could drastically impact the hundreds of millions of dollars Santa Barbara County receives every year from the federal government. Specifically, the county gets $118 million each year directly from the feds and a similar amount for providing certain services. This includes enrolling 55,000 people in the Affordable Care Act since 2013. But, County CEO Mona Miyasato said, Trump has also pledged to invest $1 trillion in infrastructure over the next 10 years. “If that ends up being true,” she said, “that could be good news for us.” Given the certain and possible budget shortfalls, some are calling for more oil drilling and development to boost county revenues. In the next two years, applications for several hundreds of steam-injection oil wells will go before the board. Approval could be unlikely. Both Hartmann and Williams drive electric cars. No one can predict exactly how the new group will get along. “In any change, there is a period of adjustment,” said Supervisor Wolf. “For me, I just want to make the new boardmembers comfortable.” On the surface, Williams and Hartmann appear very different. If Hartmann were a schoolteacher, Williams would be the kid in the back of the class performing card tricks. In fact, he hired magicians and fire dancers to entertain college students in Isla Vista on Election Night while they waited in line to vote. He is often the center of attention. He was the first county supervisor to be sworn in at the beach

Anthony Michael Durham (pictured), 67, pleaded guilty on 1/5 to 17 counts of child molestation, which could land him in prison for life. The former Lompoc City Council appointee was a volunteer chaplain with the city’s police and fire departments and a former CHP officer, and he had worked as a “crime prevention” specialist for the Sheriff’s Office. Durham had “grotesque” and “adult” sexual contact with two children younger than 11 years of age, said prosecutor Stephen Foley, and faces 45 years to life at sentencing, a reflection of the severity of his conduct and the youth of his victims. It’s “essentially a life sentence,” Foley said, since Durham will not be eligible for parole until age 112. Steve Crozier, 64, of Santa Barbara has pleaded not guilty to 19 felony counts filed on 1/6 in Ventura County involving financial transactions totaling more than $500,000. Crozier was a financial advisor, said Howard Wise, senior deputy district attorney in Ventura, who convinced two women, one a senior, to invest money in companies including Media Ventures,

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THe New Guy: Santa Barbara native Ismael Ulloa was sworn in just before his first meeting as the newest member of the school district’s Board of Education.

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District’s Board of Education unanimously appointed Ismael Ulloa, 35, to fill the seat vacated last month by newly elected state Assemblymember Monique Limón. Ulloa, a bilingual first-generation Santa Barbaran from a low-income Latino family, attended district schools from preschool and in 2007 graduated with a history degree from UCSB. He earned a master’s in education from Antioch University last year. He currently serves on the Future Leaders of America board of directors and works at Santa Barbara City College’s Express to Success outreach program for high schoolers, talking with parents about college prep, applications, and financial aid. “I want to help the students and parents in our district so that they need not struggle —Keith Hamm needlessly and … can feel more connected to our schools,” he said.

News briefs CONT’DFROMP. 9 Digital Media Ventures, Old Street Venture Partners, and Podl.io. Crozier used the money to pay off other investors and also for his own living expenses, said Wise. Ventura DA investigator Jon Hixson is looking for other potential victims and asks for those with information to call 662-1732. About 10 hikers at Nojoqui Falls and Gaviota Hot Springs have found their car windows smashed and valuables taken in the past month. Also targeted have been cars parked near trails located at Lizard’s Mouth, Las Canoas and Mountain Drive (Rattlesnake Trail and Skofield Park), the 3400 block of Gibraltar Road (Rattlesnake), Jesusita Trail, and even the Andrée Clark Bird Refuge. Santa Barbara Police and the County Sheriff’s Office state the break-ins happened during the day and that such locations are easy targets since the cars are sitting ducks while people go for a walk. Lock doors, roll up windows, keep valuables out of sight, or take them with you, police advise.

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The County Sheriff’s Office has added an online feature that allows people to report certain crimes directly to sbsheriff.org. For crimes in progress, citizens still dial 9-1-1, but for incidents such as lost property, theft, animal complaints, child custody violation, telephone harassment, civil complaints, vandalism, trespassing, unlawful use of credit card, vacation checks, and fraud or identity theft, citizens can report them online. The new procedure should increase the efficiency of deputies’ investigations into community needs, help spot crime trends, and allow more focus on priority calls.

ciTy The Mexican Consulate’s community affairs consul, Jonathan Elías Álvarez-Alzúa, was in town on 1/8 for a showing of El Bracero del Año, part of the Cine en Domingo film series at the Granada Theatre. Álvarez-Alzúa countered President-elect Donald Trump’s statements that immigrants could be potential dangerous criminals, stating immigrants are less likely to commit crimes because of their immigration status. People should know there are rights that protect them in the U.S., he said. For instance, for Dream Act scholars, it is against the Constitution to use their information against them. Álvarez-Alzúa also warned of people posing as lawyers who falsely promise legal papers or other services. The consulate offers a 24-hour service for questions, claims, or help locating family members: 889-0241. Macy’s at Paseo Nuevo will be closing in mid-spring, affecting 77 sales associates, the department store announced on 1/4. Nationwide, 68 locations will close their doors in the next several months, displacing an estimated 3,900 associates. Some may be offered positions in nearby stores, and eligible part-time and full-time employees will be offered severance packages. Terry J. Lundgren, CEO of Macy’s, Inc., said in a statement that the company was “closing locations that are unproductive or are no longer robust shopping destinations.” The rain and tide early on 1/9 finally breached the mouth of the Goleta Slough, which had risen to about 7 feet from summertime levels of 3.5 feet, and prevented parts of Old Town Goleta and the cont’d on page 12 

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or City of Santa Barbara water czar Joshua Haggmark, cruel ironies are piling up fast and furious. The good news, of course, is that it’s raining — so hard and sustained, in fact, that for the first time in many moons, there’s water running down the Santa Ynez River and into Lake Cachuma. The bad news, less obviously, is that the rain is falling most plentifully on the wrong side of the mountains, away from the three reservoirs upon which South Coast water agencies rely. This week’s wet optics provided a particularly inauspicious backdrop for Haggmark to drop his latest bombshell on city councilmembers over the escalating price tag for rebuilding the city’s longmothballed desalination plant. The desal plant, he revealed, will cost $15 million more to build than the $55 million initially projected and nearly $10 million more than the last time he reported $6 million in cost overruns. The start-up date for plant production has been pushed back yet again, this time to somewhere between mid-February to mid-March. Initially, the plant was slated to become operational October 4. For some councilmembers, sticker shock quickly became shell shock. “This is a $15 million oops we’ve got here,” thundered Councilmember Frank Hotchkiss. “That’s a lot of money.” Haggmark explained that drawings of the plant provided by Ionics, the company that built the original facility back in 1992, bore little relationship to what construction crews were encountering now. Hotchkiss charged “fraud” and wanted to know if the city could sue. He was informed that Ionics has long been out of business and that fraud would be exceptionally hard to prove. After asking a series of pointed questions, Councilmember Jason Dominguez argued that neither the current contractor nor the company City Hall hired to manage the construction project had any incentive to control costs or finish the work in a timely manner. Both Dominguez and Hotchkiss questioned whether money could be saved by farming out some of the work via competitive bids. To open any portion of the project to bids, Haggmark replied, would delay start-up by at least three more months.

The cruelest irony of them all that Haggmark never got around to telling the council is this: The heavy rains now pummeling Northern California are threatening to cause 30,000 acre-feet of emergency water that Santa Barbara water agencies have stored in the San Luis Reservoir — located 12 miles west of Los Baños—to disappear. That the logic seems counterintuitive in the extreme does not make the threat any less dire. Over the years, all the area water agencies that are hooked into the State Water Project and that belong to the Central Coast Water Authority (CCWA) purchased emergency water and stored it in the San Luis Reservoir, the fifth largest in California. But by contractual agreement, once San Luis fills to the brim, all storage capacity disappears, and in the parlance of water managers, a “theoretical spill” has occurred. This means any stored water is lost. The Montecito Water District has 8,000 acre-feet stored in San Luis, roughly twice what the agency produces in a year. The City of Santa Barbara has about 5,500 acre-feet parked there, roughly twothirds what it’s currently using. It’s little wonder then that the Montecito district held a special emergency meeting Monday. District manager Nick Turner said in a worst-case scenario, it could transfer its stored water to a reservoir controlled by the Irvine Water District. But the cost in water charged to make such a transfer happen is expensive, and Montecito could salvage only 40 percent. The San Luis Reservoir is shared by the California Department of Water Resources and the federal Bureau of Reclamation. In the highly convoluted and equally counterintuitive world of water storage, the Bureau of Reclamation may have storage space in the San Luis Reservoir even if the state’s capacity has “spilled.” In that eventuality, South Coast agencies might be able to “park” some of their stored water with the feds. That’s an iffy solution at best. When this news trickled down to water district managers late last Thursday, they were notified odds were better than 50 percent the San Luis Reservoir would spill by the end of January. But with the arrival of the Pineapple Express last week, all bets were off. n

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rallyiNG THe TrooPs: Emily Allen (left) and Chuck Flacks (right) brief volunteers with this year’s Point in Time index, which documents the number of homeless people living in Santa Barbara County.

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or the third time in six years, organizers with the Central Coast Collaborative on Homelessness (C3H) is beating the bushes for volunteers willing to help count the number of homeless throughout Santa Barbara County. According to Chuck Flacks with C3H and Emily Allen of Common Ground, about 200 volunteers will be needed for four hours the afternoon of Thursday, January 26.

This year’s homeless count —known as the Point in Time index—will be less time consuming by design in hopes of reaching more homeless people. Two years ago, volunteers equipped with smart phones were dispatched into the pre-dawn darkness two days in a row in search of homeless on their own turf. When they found them, volunteers had a list of intensely personal questions— designed to determine fragility and vulnerability— that took 45 minutes to complete. ability By contrast, this year’s questionnaire will take 10 minutes, and none of the personal details regarding mental health, drug abuse, health concerns, or sexual behavior will be sought. By making the questionnaire shorter, Flacks and Allen said they hoped more people could be interviewed.

This year, the homeless will be encouraged to show up at designated locations —Alameda Park in downtown Santa Barbara, for example — rather than sending volunteers in search of homeless encampments. (From 9-11 p.m., however, some volunteers will venture from the centralized count locations looking for individuals to count and interview.) Those homeless who agree to be interviewed will receive a cereal bar, fresh socks, and a $5 gift certificate to Starbucks. The count is required by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) every two years for communities receiving federal funds to address problems associated with homelessness. Santa Barbara County received $2.5 million last year in HEW dollars. The count includes homeless people living in shelters, emergency warming centers, and RV dwellers enrolled with the New Beginnings program. The count results are used to determine service needs. Two years ago, the count tabulated 1,455 homeless people in Santa Barbara County. Two years prior, it — Nick Welsh was 1,466.

News ews briefs CONT’DFROMP.10 Santa Barbara Municipal Airport from flooding. City crews had worked on 1/6 to “groom” the sand berm to allow such a breach, and Andrew Bermond, project planner for the City of Santa Barbara, which owns the airport, said the slough has not only filtered through the berm but also along the natural slough outlet alongside the cliff.

educaTioN Crane Country Day School — a private K-8 founded in 1928 — unveiled on 1/3 its new engineering building and surrounding Oak Tree Quad, a $4.5 million addition that combines classrooms, administrative offices, and a 300-seat auditorium with teaching expertise created in partnership with Dos Pueblos High School’s acclaimed Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy (DPEA). Starting in 2015, DPEA provided hands-on training and curriculum development for Crane teachers, who in turn served as much-needed instructional assistants at the public high school. Their 12

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training complete, those Crane teachers now teach engineering, design, and robotics at the school’s all-new Phil von Phul Design and Engineering Center.

HealTH Planned Parenthood Action Fund launched the #IStandWithPlannedParenthood national campaign on 1/5 in response to House Speaker Paul Ryan’s threats to defund the organization. Planned Parenthood California Central Coast Young Advocates kicked off the campaign with a fundraiser at The Mill on Haley Street. Organizers said hundreds of similar events will take place in 47 states and 150 cities over the next three months. “Now that their plan is clear … the entire public health establishment and the millions of supporters across the country are ready to defend care with everything we’ve got,” said Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. For more information, visit n istandwithpp.org.

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GaTHer ’rouNd: Susan Epstein ran this week’s Progressive Coalition meeting, where participants broke into groups that focused on immigration rights, health care, and other topics.

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bout 85 people showed up for a meeting convened by the Santa Barbara Progressive

Coalition, reincarnated by the election of President-elect Donald Trump after an eight-year hiatus, to hammer out local actions they could take in response to political changes promised by the new administration. The group, meeting at La Casa de la Raza, broke into five sub-groups that focused on immigrant rights, health care, reproductive choice, the environment, and what, if any, counter-inaugural action would take place in Santa Barbara. To date, the Women’s Political Committee has chartered 10 buses—enough to carry 585 people — to the Million Women’s March in Los Angeles on January 21. The Santa Barbara Independent chartered four more. As of deadline, there’s been talk of a rally taking place at De la Guerra Plaza at noon on January 20, with those assembled marching from City Hall to the County Administration Building a few blocks away. Those focusing on immigrant rights announced they will ask the county supervisors to declare Santa Barbara a “sanctuary county” and the City College Board of Trustees to declare the campus there offlimits to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Those seeking to protect the Affordable Care Act from repeal—and similar cuts to Medicare and Medi-Cal—are planning to host a rally at De la Guerra Plaza this coming Sunday at noon, the same time Senator Bernie Sanders is scheduled to deliver a major speech on the issues. Part of the challenge confronting organizers was what elected officials to target. Salud Carbajal, Hannah-Beth Jackson, and Monique Limón—congressmember, state senator, and assemblymember, respectively—have already indicated their support on most issues having to do with Trump. Many in attendance were mainstays of the left-liberal environmentalist Democrat establishment, and the event could be described as the choir singing to itself. But others—like one prominent land-use attorney who frequently represents development interests—were less expected. She was heard recounting how she grew up in the South dur— Nick Welsh ing the 1960s.

Cleveland May drop Year-Round schedule

leveland Elementary moved one step closer to transitioning from a year-round cal-

endar to a traditional school year as Santa Barbara Unified School District’s Board of Education voted unanimously on 1/10 to open discussions with the teachers union. The majority of polled parents are already on board, with families citing work- and vacationrelated conflicts associated with the year-around schedule, especially when those families have other children attending schools on a traditional schedule. Principal Gabriel Sandoval also spoke in favor of a traditional calendar. Since year-round teachers are used to getting a paycheck 12 months out of the year, the district and the union will be discussing a “deferred net pay” system that skims a bit from the traditional year’s 10 monthly checks to be paid out in July and August. Since becoming a year-round school in 1998, when it had 600 students and was highachieving, Cleveland’s enrollment has steadily dropped, in large part, the data suggests, because families were having trouble adapting to the calendar. Today, Cleveland holds 347 students and has one of the highest absentee rates among the district’s 13 elementary schools. — Keith Hamm

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ernment agency most people never heard of — the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) — Marjorie Kirn has been meeting and greeting with a vengeance. “One of the things I heard is there’s a need to improve relationships,” said Kirn, who spent the past 24 years working for the Merced County Association of Governments, the last four as the chief executive. SBCAG dispenses millions of dollars a year in state and federal road construction repair money to all local governments. It funds the freeway-widening project and efforts to expand commuter rail services, and bankrolls area bus systems and alternative transit options. Any of these objectives are challenging enough even with harmonious relations. With bad blood, they’re considerably harder. When Kirn left her previous gig, Merced County residents just approved a sales-tax hike to fund $450 million in road and transit improvements over the next 30 years. Even though two mayors actively campaigned against the tax, the measure passed with 71 percent of the vote. Kirn structured the measure so that 50 percent of the revenues went to local governments. Kirn takes over an agency struggling to secure the funds needed to widen the freeway from Carpinteria to downtown Santa Barbara. She also inherits a legal controversy whether the environmental analysis conducted for the freeway widening adequately reflected its impacts, mitigations, and alternatives. When the freeway widening was first proposed and funding for it approved — in the form of Measure A — commuter rail service was promised along with the added freeway lanes. While considerable progress has been made to widen the freeway, the commuter rail option has proved more elusive. “The train is a major priority to me,” Kirn said. “I want to — Nick Welsh see that happen.”

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on a rainy day. When it started to drizzle as he began to take the oath, he practically declared himself the rain god. He brings his 15-month-old daughter, Ya’Ash, to various events, even changing her diaper at a packed fundraiser featuring Bill Clinton at the Canary hotel. His wife posted a photo on Facebook of him smiling brightly in the shower with Ya’Ash.“I’d prefer people to know I’m an actual human being,” he said, “not something a consultant created from focus groups and polling.” Though she does not have any Facebook photos in the shower, Hartmann does not come across as uptight. She has had a full career in academia and environmental law. She is like a polished hippie. She rides horses, and Jackson Browne played at her fundraiser. She will join the Women’s March in Los Angeles on the day after Trump’s inauguration. Her adversaries, however, painted her as a heavy-handed regulator during the campaign, complaining that when she was on the Planning Commission, she aligned

herself with South Coast environmental elitism without considering the practical reality of North County. But her campaign argued that criticism was flawed. Most of the commission’s votes were unanimous. The former 1st and 3rd district supervisors Salud Carbajal, now a member of the U.S. Congress, and Doreen Farr, who retired, were both known for a willingness to compromise. Even conservatives said Carbajal often struck a deal, and Farr judiciously studied the issues. Their final meeting in December was a chummy ceremony that lasted for hours. To be sure, Williams and Hartmann stand for firm environmental regulations, which could be hardened if the Trump administration amends the offshore oilleasing agreement or federal air-quality standards. After all, Hartmann was an attorney with the U.S. Department of the Interior when Ronald Reagan came into office, and she was struck by how quickly “he was dismantling programs rather than trying to create them. I expect major changes.” n

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Anti-Semitism in Our Time Bernard-Henri Lévy Discusses New Book, The Genius of Judaism

How do Brexit, Farrage, le Pen, and now trump figure into the surfeit of anti-Semitism? there are a host of contradictions here in respect to jews and israel. True. Take Trump, for example. Until very recently, he made statements strongly tinged with anti-Semitism (as when he said to a group of Jewish Republicans,

call the glory and strength of the Jews — [and] both terms I intend in the spiritual rather than the trivial sense. the Kurds appear to be the best friend of the West, though are never treated as such. What do you see as their future with a potential turkish/ russian/t ussian/ rump alliance? I made a documentary ussian/t titled Peshmerga that was filmed along the 600-mile front between Daesh [ISIS] and the Kurds. One of the many things that I took away from that effort was the deep respect of the Kurds for Jewish memory and, in particular, for the part of that memory that occurred on their land. I filmed many examples of that respect, which is as rare (in the region) as it is moving. Set against that, you have the ingratitude of the international community toward the Kurds, an ingratitude that is not going to be resolved or improved by a Russo-TurkoTrumpist alliance. Will the Kurds be the fall guys once again? Will the world perpetuate the historic injustice that for a century has left the Kurds without the state that is rightfully theirs? © Th i er ry DU DO iT / L’EXPR ES S

by Ann Louise Bardach ernard-Henri Lévy, or BHL as he’s known in France, is that rare bird, a public intellectual who is also a journalist, filmmaker, and a crusader of sorts. He has fought for Bangladesh independence and has been a ceaseless ally of the Kurds, and he is believed by many to have single-handedly prompted the world’s intervention in Libya. A former socialist, he was a founder of the “Nouveaux Philosophes” movement in 1976 and is an agile and erudite debater on all matters great and small. I heard from Lévy a few days ago — literally from the battle of Mosul, where he has been with Kurds during the ongoing siege —to discuss his new book, The Genius of Judaism, a consequential, provocative book of prescient timeliness on anti-Semitism in the age of Trump, Brexit, the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, and the perils of Islamic fundamentalism. Lévy will be speaking at UCSB’s Campbell Hall this Saturday, January 14, at 8 p.m.

in your view, jews being called “the chosen people” is a huge and woeful semantic error. But it is unclear to me what you regard as the accurate translation. The treasured people, [those who are the] depository of a treasure, a treasure that belongs not only to them but also to all nations, to all of humanity. The Jews, in other words, have a responsibility to and for the world. To be a Jew is to be in a relationship not with oneself but with others. And this relationship is called messianism.

y cite the history and origins of anti-Semitism you and point out its current incarnations. is fundamentalist/extremist islam the most dangerous form of it today? Well, Islamic extremism is indeed fundamentally anti-Semitic for the simple reason that it rejects Islam’s debt to Judaism and nurses the illusion of a spontaneously created Islam. In the course of this delusion about its own origins, it has to deal with Judaism, which is the origin par excellence, the beginning of the beginnings, the body of thought to which all monotheistic religions, Islam included, are inextricably indebted. Islamic extremists do not want to hear about this debt or any other, which is why they harbor the same hatred for Christianity, to which Islam is also indebted. Parenthetically, that is one of the reasons for today’s new alliance of Christians and Jews: They face a common and violent enemy. While the BdS movement is pervasive in europe, it is gaining popularity in the u.S.; even at ucSB, students speak of instances of anti-Semitism that Bernard-Henri Lévy they believe stemmed from BdS. But for some in this generation, it is almost like their Vietnam. or is antiSemitism, as you say, dressed up as anti-Zionism, more pernicious? in your view, what are BdS’s most grievous flaws? “You’re not going to vote for me because you know I don’t The Vietnam generation was fighting for and in the name want your money”). of freedom, rights, and democracy. The BDS generation is On the other hand, he sets himself up as a friend of Israel. fighting for exactly the opposite. … I very much hope that I’m wrong, but I tend to believe We should never forget that the first people in the mod- that any love for Israel that is not based on a sincere appreern era to have called for sanctions against Israel, then in ciation of the Jewish people and their traditions of thought its embryonic state, were former Nazis living in exile in the will not last. Middle East after the Second World War. We should not forget that the leaders behind BDS are on record opposing the How much is The Genius of Judaism your response to the godless intellectwo-state solution and thus peace between Israelis and Pal- tualism of the Socialists/Marxists, and how much to the anti-Semitism estinians. Nor should we forget that the Palestinian move- seemingly woven into French society? Both are important. [But] ments that BDS supports [e.g., Hamas] are bigoted, intoler- the heart of the book is in the affirmation of the values of Jewish thought. It is in the defense and illustration of what I ant, authoritarian, and hostile to women and minorities.

y write that 75 percent of israel’s arabs or Muslims you would not trade their life in israel srael for any ““arab country.” explain. In fact, I believe that the entire Arab population of Israel knows that they enjoy, in Israel, civil and human rights and freedoms that they would not enjoy elsewhere in the Arab world. Where does one find the freest Arabic-language newspapers? In Israel. Where do Arab workers have an absolute right to protest, demonstrate, and unionize? In Israel. Where can they count on defending their rights in court, even up to the highest court of the land, when they are wronged? In Israel. Where are they most free to obtain medical care, pursue their education, and to travel? In Israel. do you have a personal faith? No, I don’t “believe” in God. And, to be frank, I am not sure that “believe or not” is so much the question. It is a question for Christians. It is a question for Buddhists. But is it a question for Jews who always said that Judaism is matter of “study” more than of “belief”? When Gaon of Vilnius has to choose between a lazy student who believes and an ardent, vibrant student who doubts, he says that he prefers the second. So do I. To be a Jew means to me intelligent, not to be extatique. What is required is to question, doubt, and understand the world, not to lose oneself in the warmth of a supposed communion. Talmud, n not Pascal’s Wager [argument in the belief in God]!

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Disgraced former president and evil foreign policy genius Richard Milhous Nixon would have celebrated his 104th birthday this past Monday. Were he still alive, Nixon, no doubt, would be spinning in his grave. The grimly cynical realpolitik that Nixon perfected, however, has been replaced by a new wild-hair global political impulse, particularly as it relates to what was formerly known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Nixon made history by breaking with his anti-commie witch-hunter past and establishing diplomatic relations with “Red” China. This was done with the explicit purpose of containing the Soviet Union. Since then, of course, the Soviet Union has collapsed and has been replaced by Vlad “the Impaler” Putin. Where Nixon embraced China, President-elect Donald Trump antagonizes. Where Nixon antagonized the Soviets, Trump embraces Putin, belittling, until only recently, allegations that Putin interfered

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to help get Trump elected. It’s arguable precisely what impact the Russian hacks and leaks ultimately had on the election result— though it’s obvious they set Hillary Clinton back on her heels — but Russia’s involvement would appear to be settled fact. The speed with which Trump is reversing the fundamental global alignment of the past 50 years is sufficient to induce whiplash. One hopes there’s something to it beyond a

fawning infatuation with tough guys, bad boys, and dictators. Maybe Trump believes Putin can help wipe out ISIS. Maybe he has

private business interests in Russia. This week, we hear for the first time that Russian intelligence agencies had bugged the Moscow hotel room Trump stayed in three years ago when he hired Russian prostitutes to put on a golden shower orgy for his viewing pleasure. Under this scenario, the Russians would have had “something” on Trump. Trump predictably tweeted his outrage. “We are now living in Nazi Germany,” he protested. Likewise, Putin dismissed the allegations with customary scorn and contempt. Personally, I have no doubt the hotel room was bugged and that Trump’s tastes where rain dances are concerned were every bit as kinky as described. But given Trump’s singular lack of shame, such tapes—no matter how explicit—wouldn’t afford Putin any leverage. In fact, I wouldn’t put it past Trump to push the dirty dossier story — which major media outlets have allegedly been sitting on — himself. Certainly, it distracts from the confirmation hearings about Jefferson Beauregard “I am not a racist” Sessions III for attorney general or former Exxon exec Rex Tillerson —yes, it’s Rex—whose coziness with Putin exceeds even that of Trump’s. When it comes to assaults upon the conscience of an amoral, indifferent universe, Tillerson ranks as a twofer. First, there’s the Order of Friendship Award bestowed upon Tillerson by Putin

himself. Then there’s the fact that Exxon spent millions of dollars denying the fact of global warming even though its own scientists had confirmed the phenomenon dating back to the 1970s. To the morally unambiguous, that might seem like fraud. In the brave new factfree world, it’s free speech. In the past week, I had occasion to interview Mark Harris, a filmmaker whose documentary about the popular uprising in the Ukraine, Breaking Point, will be screening in the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Harris reminded me how Putin invaded the Ukraine — the bread basket of the Eurasian continent — in 2014 after his stooge and puppet Viktor Yanukovych was forced to flee in the face of Ukrainian opposition. Putin famously denied Russian troops were in any way involved — conspicuously, the invaders wore no national insignia of any kind — despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. If Trump and Putin regard facts with the same casual indifference, it’s not surprising. Paul Manafort, who functioned as Trump’s campaign manager until being famously fired, had provided similar services for Putin puppet Yanukovych, whose troops killed 123 Ukrainians while putting down that country’s equivalent of Tiananmen Square. Like other Manafort clients — Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines comes to mind—Yanukovych was stratospherically corrupt. Even after Yanukovych fled, Manafort’s services were deployed, seeking to resurrect the fortunes of his party. Manafort’s strategy was simple and chillingly effective. He rebranded the party as the Oppo Bloc and gathered to it “the larg-

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est number of people opposed to the current government … avoid anything concrete, and just become a symbol of opposition.” Sound familiar? Meanwhile, the Putin government spent billions via its Russia Today media machine spinning the invasion as an uprising of Russian-speaking Ukrainians. Compared to Trump, Nixon looks farsighted and brilliant. It’s worth remembering Nixon had no qualms about interfering with other nation’s elections. When Chileans elected socialist Salvador Allende in the 1970s, the United States made that country’s economy “bleed” and instigated a military coup. Henry Kissinger, Nixon’s henchman, famously explained that the United States need not “stand by” because of the “irresponsibility” of Chilean voters. “The issues are much too important to be left to the Chilean voters to decide for themselves,” he declared. Recently released documents reveal Nixon played it the other way, too. According to written logs kept by Nixon White House confidante, Watergate co-conspirator, and, yes, Santa Barbara resident H.R. Haldeman, Nixon personally told him to “monkey wrench” the Paris Peace initiated by President Lyndon Johnson to end the war in Vietnam. If the talks succeeded, Nixon worried, he’d have a tougher time beating Democrat Hubert Humphrey in 1968. The peace talks failed. Five years later, Nixon pulled out of Vietnam. In the intervening years, a lot of dead bodies piled up. The world doesn’t just seem upside down; it is. Time to stand on your head. And happy — Nick Welsh birthday, Tricky Dick.

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or the foreseeable future, there is one and only one political question that truly matters to California: Can Sacramento’s dominant Democrats fend off Republican supremacy in Washington? As Governor Brown and the Legislature returned to the Capitol this week, while the GOP’s Ayn Rand Congress began action on the appointments and wishes of our 46 percent president, the shape and scope of a looming state versus feds brawl over California’s progressive policies began to emerge:

The $100 billion anTe. For those keeping score at home, the most important number to know is this: $95.98 billion. That is the amount of federal money now flowing through California’s $267 billion budget, about 36 percent of the total, as calculated by the arithmetically trustworthy California Budget & Policy Center. As a political matter, it represents the dollars at stake as legislative leaders ratchet up their rhetoric of defiance in vowing to resist President-elect Trump’s campaign promises to repeal Obamacare, ignore the “hoax” of climate change, and crack down on immigration. It’s hard to imagine even Trump seeking to slash such a vast sum in retaliation for state officials refusing to help him with deportations, for example, but then again this is the guy whose head exploded when Meryl Streep tweaked him at the Golden Globes, so who knows? issue #1. In California, the feds help pay for many programs, including but not limited to unemployment insurance, welfare benefits, public schools, higher education, roads, highways, and other transportation projects. About 6 in 10 dollars, however, finance health-care benefits for about 13 million lowincome Californians through the Medi-Cal program. The number of Californians covered grew substantially after the passage of the Affordable Care Act. One of Obamacare’s aims was extending health insurance to the “working poor,” so the law provided federal payments to many low-income people who had been ineligible; today, nearly four million people, previously without insurance, have Medi-Cal coverage. As Republican Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell swiftly move ahead on Republican campaign promises to “repeal and replace” Obamacare (the second part of the alliterative formulation remains elusive) these folks likely will be the first in the middle of the federal-state throwdown. The GoP conundrum. There is a significant wrinkle in the political calculus of health care.

In Santa Barbara County, about 140,000 people, or one-third the population, according to the aforementioned Budget & Policy Center study, now have health insurance through Medi-Cal. While substantial, it is a considerably smaller population slice than in many inland counties that voted for Trump, where half or more of residents enjoy Medi-Cal coverage. From Tulare (55 percent) to Merced (51.5 percent), Fresno (49.9), and other rural counties, California Republican members of Congress face a political dilemma: vote with their party for the partisan promise of “repealing Obamacare” or on behalf of constituents who have health insurance for the first time —not only millions on Medi-Cal but also tens of thousands of others with private insurance through Obamacare. biG man in conGress. The most visible pol on this issue is Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who represents the Central Valley’s 23rd District, with one of the highest Medi-Cal enrollments in the state. It’s worth noting that while McCarthy has freely blathered on the subject to the Washington Post —“I think once [Obamacare] is repealed you will have hopefully fewer people playing politics”— both the Fresno Bee and the Bakersfield Californian report he did not return calls on recent stories they published on the issue. new sheriff(s) in Town. Rep. Xavier Becerra—Gov. Brown’s nominee for state attorney general who was to appear this week for confirmation hearings—in a prepared, nine-page statement listed nearly a dozen issues on which California is at odds with Trump or congressional Republicans, from immigration and environment to gun control and racial profiling. “The Federal Government’s powers to force such a change at the state level or locally are very limited,” he said at one point, in a reference to a law enforcement policy that might apply equally to other issues. “If an attempt is made to do so, or if a threat of withholding federal funding is made to force such a change, I would treat this as a serious federal overreach … and would look forward to working with our Governor and the Legislature to fight vigorously to defeat such a policy.” Emphasis ours. Doubling down, the Legislature meanwhile decided to spend $75,000 to enlist the law firm of ex-U.S. attorney general Eric Holder for the fight. As Senate President Kevin de León told the New York Times, “This means we are — Jerry Roberts very, very serious.”

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“[Bell’s] technique is full of body – athletic and passionate – he’s almost dancing with the instrument.” The Washington Post Program Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, op. 12, no. 1 Brahms: Scherzo in C Minor, WoO posth. 2 from the F.A.E. Sonata Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, op. 108 Kernis: “Air” for Violin and Piano Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, op. 27 (“Georges Enescu”) Rachmaninoff: “Vocalise,” no. 14 from op. 34, Fourteen Songs Sarasate: Carmen Concert Fantasy, op. 25

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David Warren Huff

Saturday, Jan. 14 Memorial Services for David Warren Huff. Please join us on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Holy Cross Church, located at 1740 Cliff Drive - on the Mesa in Santa Barbara. Services will begin at 11:00 a.m.

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routines. He was also a dedicated bridge player and played often with various groups in the Santa Barbara area. An avid reader, Art collected many books, seldom missing the annual Santa Barbara Planned Parenthood book sale. Art is predeceased by his life partner of nearly two decades, Maria Pereyra (Santa Barbara) and by his parents. He is survived by his brother, Richard C. Windecker (Patricia) of Shrewsbury, NJ, his nieces, Karin Windecker and Laura Windecker, and several cousins. The funeral was private. Donations in Art’s memory may be made to Planned Parenthood, California Central Coast.

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Please join friends and family for a Celebration of Life for Matt Wilson this Saturday Jan. 14th from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm at Kiwanis Meadow, Tucker’s Grove Park. BBQ tri-tip will be provided, please bring a side dish and memory to share. Attire is park casual and bright. If you have photos or stories to share, please email them to memoriesofmattwilson@gmail.com prior to the Celebration so they can be displayed.

Arthur Alexander Windecker III 03/27/37-12/07/16

Arthur Alexander Windecker III, of Goleta, passed away on December 7, 2016. Art was born in Newark, NJ on March 27, 1937, the first son of the late Arthur Jr. and Beatrice (Bickford) Windecker. He grew up in Chatham, NJ and graduated from The Taft School before attending Harvard College and Columbia University. After working a variety of jobs, ranging from merchant seaman to bank teller, Art moved to San Gabriel, California in 1966. He studied computer programming at Pasadena City College and was subsequently hired as a systems programmer by the Burroughs Corporation. When the company moved him to Goleta in 1969, Art became a very active and enthusiastic member of the Santa Barbara Bachelors ‘N’ Bachelorettes square dancing club. Well before personal computers became common, he used his programming skills to support the BnBs, maintaining a monthly calendar, creating announcements and fliers, and working out complex dance 18

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Kelcey Keim, husband, son and faithful friend departed this world on December 13, 2016. He was 41 years old. Kelcey was born at Cottage Hospital on September 6, 1975 and was raised in Santa Barbara by his beloved mother Judy Keim who taught him a deep love for the outdoors, animals and an endless compassion for all types of people. He graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1993. Kelcey's love for traveling and the beach led him to move to Maui, Hawaii in 1999. There he attended Maui Community College and made life long friends while expanding his love for the culinary arts, surfing and the beach. Upon returning to Santa Barbara he continued his love of cooking and worked and many restaurants in town. This is also how and where he met the love of his life and best friend Valerie Ekern in 2004. They were married at the Santa Barbara Courthouse on January 27, 2014. Kelcey was a faithful friend who always brought humor and kindness to everyone he met. He inspired and taught many friends and young chefs the love of food and art of cooking. He will be remembered as a skater, surfer, light pole dancer, expert beach packer and the best Velociraptor impersonator that ever lived! He is survived by his wife Valerie Ekern, long time family friend Vickey Ford, his step father Donnie Hammock, his many family members on the East Coast, and a vast and eclectic group of many lifelong friends. He is preceded in death by his mother Judy Keim and his Father Mario Perell. A celebration of his life will be held at Lookout Park in Summerland CA from 1-sunset on January 21.

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staff for their support and amazing care of Yvette. A memorial service for Yvette will be held on Saturday, January 14th at 2:00 PM at Kingdom Hall, 3208 Via Real, Carpinteria, California. We invite you to visit: http:// memorialwebsites.legacy.com/ yvettestanley/homepage.aspx to share memories of Yvette.

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Maurice Charles Lucky, 88, Scottsdale, Arizona died December 30th, 2016. Maurice “Charles” was surrounded by his loved ones at the time of his passing. Charles was the son of Maurice Cecil and Gertrude Malone Lucky, and was born in Houston, Texas on January 11th, 1928, where he grew up. His father was a geologist, which influenced Charles’ interest in engineering. He attended Rice University, where he earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering, class of 1948. Charles had a prolific career as an expert in forging press and ring mill design, creating manufacturing facilities for companies around the world. His designs were primarily focused in oil production and aviation industries, and today his work continues to provide thousands of jobs and positively impact those industries. Charles had a tremendous enthusiasm for travel. He toured the world with his beloved first wife of 40 years, Judith Hope Lucky, followed by more worldwide travels with his current and equally cherished wife of 19 years, Gail Lucky. Charles loved sailing and reading, and also enjoyed the arts. He toured galleries around the world, and also appreciated fine wines and scotch. He was honored with membership in the international wine organization the Commanderie de Bordeaux. Charles was active in several charities including the Arizona Historical Society, the United Way of Santa Barbara, the Santa Barbara Performing Arts Foundation and Braille Institute Auxiliary of Santa Barbara. Charles also served in leadership roles for the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara, California. Charles was a member of Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, Scottsdale, Arizona. Charles is preceded in death by his first wife, Judith Hope Lucky and survived by his current wife, Madelon Gail Lucky, three children, Matthew Craig Lucky and spouse, Lisa Lucky; Mark Burdon Lucky and wife, Amy Lucky; Noel Lucky and her spouse, Jeff Ris and five grandchildren, Matthew Clay Lucky, Laura Valliant Lucky, James Burdon Lucky, Alicia Hope Lucky and Jackson Davis Lucky. In lieu of flowers, the family requests a donation in honor of Maurice Charles Lucky to Braille Institute Auxiliary of Santa Barbara, California. 2031 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Phone: (805) 682-6222 Email: sb@brailleinstitute.org

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On Thursday, December 22, 2016, Yvette Stanley passed peacefully from this world, with her husband Kriss Stanley by her side. Yvette Cecile Franklin was born on January 31, 1969 at Goleta Valley Hospital. After her mother died she was adopted and raised, from the age of 2, by her maternal grandmother Annie Walker, in Santa Barbara, California. She attended Franklin Elementary School, Santa Barbara Junior High and Santa Barbara High School. She loved kids, and this led to jobs in the after-school programs at the Franklin Center and Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation. She also had a job as a much-loved nanny. A good word to describe Yvette would be faith. She dedicated her life to Jehovah on November 25, 1989, and her faith became stronger as her illness progressed. She truly lived by what the Bible describes as true faith “the assured expectation of things hoped for.” Yvette’s hope never wavered, no matter what obstacle or adversity came her way. She was fearless in her hope and in her love for Jehovah God and her many friends and “spiritual” family members. Another good word to describe Yvette would be family. She valued connection above all, seeking to knit together family and friends, whether to share Scooby snacks, beat you at Scrabble, watch I Love Lucy episodes, or play Spit with the kids. Her door was open to all. And finally, a good word to describe Yvette would be strength -- the strength to continue to provide love and support to family and friends through several years of battling the illnesses that ultimately claimed her. No complaints, no bitterness -- that was not Yvette. She had the strength of acceptance and once again, her focus was outward, shining on loved ones. She was preceded in death by her mother, Elva Lee Walker, and father, Cecil Franklin, maternal grandmother Annie Walker, maternal grandfather James Wafer, and brother Robert Brown. She is survived by her husband Kriss Stanley, siblings Denise Daniels, Jimmy Brown, Demetria Pope, Darryl Gilbert, Donna Hastings, Julia Shands, and all of the friends and family --“framily” -- too numerous to mention here. Yvette had a big reach and the gift of making each person in her life feel special. To some she was “TT”, to some a second mom, to all she is the one we will love always and carry in our hearts forever. The family would like to thank Dr. Margaret Ray and all the medical

Rod Stevens passed away unexpectedly in the early hours of January 2, 2017 at the age of 87. Rod was born in Portland, Maine on November 25, 1929 to Margaret E. (nee Johnson) and John Harold Stevens. He graduated from St. George High School, Evanston, IL and attended the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN majoring in journalism. He then attended Bryant and Stratton Business College, studying business administration. He was drafted and is a veteran of the Korean War, having seen active service in 1952. Upon his discharge, he became a salesman at his father’s company, Paramount Pictures, in Chicago, Il. He later worked as a salesman at Addressograph Multigraph, GAF and others. He moved to Santa Barbara and worked at Cottage Hospital in security for many years, retiring to Lompoc, CA. Rod was a devout fan of the Bears, Notre Dame football, and his beloved Cubbies. A favorite memory of Rod’s was as young man riding the “L” down to Wrigley with his brother Jack to cheer on the “Lovable Losers” as Bleacher Bums. Rod loved Jazz music, books, and movies and would share his passion for the Kingston Trio with his son Pete and his love of musicals, especially Danny Kaye, with his daughter Megan. Rod adored his family and would share pictures and stories of them with everyone he met. It was not uncommon for his children to meet friends and acquaintances of Rod’s only to discover that they already knew everything about them. He is loved, missed, and survived by his children: Peter Stevens (Christa), Megan Scouten (nee Stevens) (David), grandchildren Samuel, Walter, Evelyn, and Shayla, as well as his sister, Margaret (Peggy) Stevens (Dennis Story) and the mother of his children and longtime friend, Cathy Stevens. He was preceded in death by his parents and his younger brother and lifelong best friend, John H. (Jack) Stevens, II. In accordance with his wishes, there will be no services. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the American Heart Association or Cottage Hospital

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that if my work offered insurance, I had to accept it, no exceptions. Yet another said, no, I could opt out, which made more sense. But all the inconsistent information is exhausting and crazy making, and you spend a good deal of time on hold. By law we carry car insurance to protect ourselves and others, and that insurance actually looks magnificent compared to what we get for mandated health coverage. I can chose not to drive a car, but I can’t chose not to have health insurance. Or I can be unemployed and get full coverage from the State. Funny how that works. Those who have good insurance through your work, don’t take it for granted! I ended 2016 uninsured and at a loss as to what to do next. [Full op-ed at independent — C. O’Rourke, S.B. .com/opinions.]

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Patricia L Hickey (Patsy Lou) 9-15-26-12-22-16. Patsy was born in St. Paul, MN. She and her beloved older brother (deceased) lost their parents at age 4 and 5, but were lovely raised by their grandparents with good Midwestern values. Patsy married and had 3 children - Dennis, Tom, and Kathy. She became a single parent when her daughter was born. She soon became a career Mom, but her main focus was her children. They were the light of her life. Her working career was mostly in sales positions in which she excelled, but had a tough fight back then as women were still not recognized as equal in the job. When the children were raised, Patsy decided to abandon Minnesota and its weather, and she moved to beautiful Santa Barbara. The 3 children soon followed. She again went into sales work until she retired from full time employment, and continued to work part time for another 20 years. Patsy had a truly optimistic attitude, which carried her through life with a big smile. She never complained and was loved and respected by all who knew her. She had a joy for life and was often consulted by friends and family for advice. She was an avid rummy tile player, loved jigsaw puzzles, and playing gin rummy on the computer. She will be dearly missed by family and friends.

Ofelia Ortega

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Ofelia Ortega, 81, left her mark, as she was an enthusiastic, generous and loving person. She came from Tototlán, Jalisco, Mexico to Santa Barbara in 1973. Almost every day, Ofelia could be found at either the Catholic Charities Haley Street compound, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish or Our Lady of Sorrows Church helping to cook meals. One year she was honored in The Independent among others as being one of our local heroes. Ofelia taught catechism yearly to 20

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(continued) 35 children, ages ranging from ten to thirteen at Our Lady of Guadalupe. Attending church weekly, one of her gifted characteristics was singing beautifullyalong to the gospel music. She also spent many evenings visiting the sick and the elderly. “I like to visit them, listen and to give them comfort. When I am with them, it makes me feel good.” Inside the home, Ofelia was a loving and hardworking mother of eight. She loved all her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren dearly. Ofelia may be gone, but she has clearly left her mark in our hearts. We may have lost a beautiful soul, but heaven has gained a beautiful angel. She will forever be in our hearts. In loving memory of Ofelia Ortega, November 18, 1935 – January 4, 2017. Rosary will be at Our Lady of Sorrows Church January 12, 2017 at 7:00 pm and Funeral Mass January 13, 2017 at 10:00 am at Our lady of Sorrows Church. Arrangements by McDermottCrockett Mortuary.

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held that position for over 20 years before passing on the torch. He was also a member of the Prime Timers Central Coast. Over the years Bob had many pets and there was always a story about one of them that would illicit a smile & chuckle. Bob was a respectful lover of nature and appreciated all the wildlife that visited his home daily, especially enjoying the humming birds landing on his hand and the Scrub-Jays taking a peanut. He is survived by his spouse Fred Di Pasquale, cousins and many beloved friends. A celebration of Bob's life will be held in the near future. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson Research (www.michaeljfox.org) Donation Processing, PO Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5014 or the Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care Foundation (www.vnhcsb.org), 509 E Montecito St, suite 200, Santa Barbara, CA 93103

her and will treasure her memory till they meet again in Heaven. There will be a Rosary Celebration in San Roque Church on Saturday January 21, 2017 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in Margaret’s name may be made to Direct Relief Organization 27 S. La Patera Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93117, USA.

Margaret Ann Harper

Loretta began the next step of her journey on December 9th, 2016, at the age of 85. She is survived by her two daughters, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and many wonderful friends. There are many ways to describe Loretta, including world traveler, painter, business owner, generous, and caring, but her relationship with her late husband Robert was something all who knew her can remember her by for their love for one another. She will be missed by many. You may leave a memory of Loretta at Mcdermott-Crockett.com Life Tributes page. Services were held on Monday, January 9th at the Goleta Cemetery,

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Robert A Price was born on St Patrick's Day, March 17, 1930, in New York City to Alfred and Elsie Price. He grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey where he graduated from High School, then received an Electrical Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and went on to earn his Master's at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Bob began his career with Raytheon in Boston and then transferred to Santa Barbara in 1959, where he worked for thirty-eight plus years. Bob was a brilliant, detail-oriented, soft spoken, gentle human being who passed away on December 12, 2016. Bob had a wide scope of talents. He was a lover of travel, theater, photography and art. Bob especially enjoyed his cruises to the Panama Canal, Hawaii, and Alaska. He enjoyed musical theater and was a supporter and season ticket holder for the SBCC Theatre Group. He also pursued amateur photography, receiving an award from the Santa Barbara Camera Club. Bob could transform a blank canvas into a beautiful work of art. People who visited his home were always astonished by Bob's detailed oil paintings that adorned his walls. Bob was a very determined individual and no matter the task at hand, he would see it through to the end. He enjoyed working in his garden so he could have some of the best tasting avocados around. Bob volunteered as the membership chairman for the UCSB Retirees and

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Margaret, beloved wife of Walter died of internal medical problems in Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara on 3rd January 2017 after her admission on 31st December 2016. She requested no medical interventions and just wanted to die peacefully. She received last rites and Holy Communion from Father “Mike” with her family just before her passing. Walter and her family watched over her as she slowly passed away. She leaves three daughters, Wendy, Lucy, Ruth and son Paul, three grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Margaret was born in Pickering, Yorkshire England on 25th September 1922. She was married to Walter for 70 years. Sadly, their 70th wedding anniversary was 2nd January 2017. She was a long time member of San Roque Church and went to the Rosary meetings every Thursday and attended a small Rosary group meeting in members’ homes every Tuesday morning. She also was on the Prayer “Hot Line” where persons in need could call her for solace. Margaret was a prolific knitter and every year sent about 30 pairs of knitted slippers to her church and a care group in Guam. She loved cruising and went on 84 cruises to places all over the world. She was a quiet, aware, and a wonderful wife and mother and was loved by all she knew. She was so good to her husband Walter and there were so many things he still wanted to tell her. She knew he loved

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others. He had a zest for life and his love was boundless. We will miss him immensely and forever. Kendall is survived by his parents: Kurt Joseph Schramm (Shari) of San Luis Obispo and Laurie Lea Brown of Santa Barbara; Sisters: Emily Schramm of Oakland and Brita Schramm of Carlsbad; loving aunts, uncles, and cousins; and Grandparents: Joseph Schramm of Thousand Oaks, and Sherburne and Marianne Brown of Moraga. May Kendall’s soul and spirit travel the universe with joy, happiness, and love. For those who knew him and were touched by his presence, remember when he showed you love and kindness, and made you smile. Please pay it forward to others in order to honor his life and carry his memory onward, for the greatest loss occurs when we forget.

Death Notices Bernice M. Leever, DOD 12/02/16 (89) Santa Barbara, CA. Antonio Silva Serrano, DOD 12/05/16 (91) Santa Barbara, CA. Helen Hurley Brown, DOD 12/05/16 (94) Santa Barbara, CA. Katherine S. Hodson, DOD 12/08/16 (52) Santa Barbara, CA. Anne Mary McPhail, DOD 12/08/16 (88) Goleta, CA. Ila J. Bayha, DOD 12/11/16 (95) Santa Barbara, CA. Robert A. Price, DOD 12/12/16 (86) Santa Barbara, CA. Theresa M. Silva, DOD 12/13/16 (81) Santa Barbara, CA. Delia Rose Grubbs, DOD 12/14/16 (83) Santa Barbara, CA. C. Patricia O’Brien, DOD 12/17/16 (93) Santa Barbara, CA. Marjorie H. Glass, DOD 12/18/16 (94) Goleta, CA.

Kendall Joseph Schramm, age 26, died unexpectedly in his home in Santa Rosa on December 15, 2016. Born in San Luis Obispo, April 26, 1990, he attended The Laureate preschool, Sinshiemer Elementary, Laguna Middle School, and SLO High School. Kendall graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta in 2008, and went on to Cabrillo Community College in Santa Cruz and UC Santa Cruz, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology in 2013. Kendall was very active and often skateboarded, loved snowboarding, writing prose, and working as a DJ at local events. He was passionate about music, and was outspoken for social justice and change in the current political environment. Kendall very much cared for the welfare of

Robert J. Kilburn, DOD 12/18/16 (53) Santa Barbara, CA. David C. Aguirre, DOD 12/25/16 (87) Santa Barbara, CA. John Paul Perez, DOD 12/30/16 (92) Santa Barbara, CA. Walter W.K. Yee, DOD 01/01/17 (93) Goleta, CA. Bernard Gondos, DOD 01/03/17 (81) Santa Barbara, CA. Dorian Blancarte, DOD 01/05/17 (30) Santa Barbara, CA. Jose Gallardo, DOD 01/07/17 (46) Santa Barbara, CA. Michael Peter Jogoleff, DOD 01/07/17 (70) Santa Barbara, CA.

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dead and head-shakingly ponder 2017, we must ask why we elected a dunderhead as president. We could do so much better. The choices are many, both men and women. (Dodger legend Vin Scully, for instance, a man of honor and character.) Luckily, our golden enclave of Santa Barbara, so far from Washington, so close to heaven and the beach (if you can afford the price of admission), remains an oasis of relative peace and quiet in a world gone tragically bonkers. I know what they say about us, that we’re smug, self-satisfied, and cynical. Oscar Wilde said it first. A cynic, he said in the play Lady Windermere’s Fan, is someone “who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” That’s not quite true, of course. We know the value of our homes to the penny. In Washington, heads are already rolling in Congress. Obamacare, with 20 million people relying on it for health insurance, has a target on its back and is on life support. Planned Parenthood, long-hated by the GOP, is as good as dead. These are just the first casualties, of course. Much more to come. Don’t tell me you’re surprised. The latest crackpot bait-and-switch scheme out of Washington is Trump, who,

having won the election in part by pledging to build a border wall, with Mexico paying the bill, now wants U.S. taxpayers to foot the construction cost. Mexico will reimburse us the estimated $25 billion later, Trump assures us. If you believe that, he has a wall to sell you. Is it symbolic of the selfish, careless new era in D.C. that on opening night of the glitzy new MGM National Harbor casino there the chair of the county liquor commission was arrested for DUI? HORSES, HORSES: We can only

regard 2017 with trepidation. Perhaps it’s best to avert our eyes, hug our children tighter than ever, and consider the pleasures here at home. Awaiting is the smack of a cascarone on your head. The sound of a Fiesta mariachi band piping away in a lower State restaurant. The music is comfortingly familiar. So is the sun on your neck the first morning the June gloom finally burns off. The saucer-eyed black cat staring at you from next door. The way practically anything can grow here, from tropical bananas and bougainvillea to crabgrass.

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ing for City College, ready for a free year there hitting the books. A rock band somewhere high on the Riviera. Jackson Browne or Crosby, Stills & Nash filling the soft evening air at the Bowl. Bells pealing from the Mission and the annual I Madonnari chalk art on the parking lot there. A boat chugging into the harbor with a cargo of happy anglers. Kids learning to sail in little seashell boats. Parents lugging a pile of books back to the library, with a gaggle of kids trailing behind, anxious to begin reading in the car before they even get home. The jagged profile of the Channel Islands when winter clears away the summer mists. Harry’s Plaza Café when it’s jammed with weary little cowpokes after a horse show at Earl Warren Showgrounds. Tourists rubbernecking at the County Courthouse (financed by Ellwood oil revenues way back when). Silver-sailed catamarans skimming the water off Stearns Wharf. As George and Ira Gershwin put it: “Who could ask for anything more?” DaviD Fitzsimmons, The ArizonA STAr

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The little kids across the street screaming with glee as it finally rains. A fish sandwich at Leadbetter Beach with your toes in the sand while eavesdropping on the obviously honeymooning couple at the next table. College girls screaming at Joe’s. New Orleans–style jazz in the night at the James Joyce. The clip-clop of horses on State Street during the Fiesta parade and the slightly sweet essence of warm manure after the parade passes. (Not for everyone, natch.) Calm elections. The bang-bang of the train crossing gates. The swarm of graduates head-

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Barbara’s classical music history. MaeMusic Academy of the West with a multitude of desirable locastro Alan Gilbert will lead the New York and New York Philharmonic tions, the bluff that spans from East Philharmonic in a concert featuring Prepare for Grand Finale at Beethoven’s crowning achievement, the Beach in Santa Barbara to Butterfly La Playa Stadium with $10 Tickets Beach in Montecito nevertheless majestic Ninth Symphony, which will take place in Santa Barbara City Colstands a bit apart from — and above by Charles Donelan lege’s La Playa Stadium. Seven thousand — the rest. Residents of this magical spot can count Ty Warner and his Four tickets will be available, and more than Seasons Resort The Biltmore, Huguette 6,000 of them will cost just $10, making Clark’s Bellosguardo, and the many this both the biggest and the most accesdistinguished folks resting in the Santa sible music event of the summer. At the Barbara Cemetery as neighbors, along end of the night, a barge stationed in the with a remarkable variety of wildlife, ocean off Leadbetter Beach will launch including some very active foxes. Smack fireworks as the audience in La Playa in the middle of this exclusive enclave and the orchestra look on. This epic musical pilgrimage from sits the campus of the Music Academy of the West, which celebrates its 70th New York to Santa Barbara, and then anniversary this year and can make a from East to West Beach, represents strong claim on the title of world’s best the culmination of a decade under the summer destination for advanced stuleadership of President and CEO Scott dents and lovers of classical music. TanReed, a UCSB grad who began at the glewood and Aspen, and Marlboro and academy as an intern. The dynamic Salzburg, continue to attract extraorReed, along with a powerful team that dinary talent. But when measured in includes legends such as Voice Program The Marilyn Horne Main House at Miraflores terms of innovative programming, Director Marilyn Horne and young Turks such as VP for Artistic Planning high-profile partnerships, youthful energy, and sheer irresistible beauty, the Music Academy of the West, circa 2017, comes and Educational Programs Patrick Posey, has turned what has always been an instituout on top. The establishment of its Global Academy Fellowship program with the New tion of extraordinarily high standards into one with a vision of its mission that’s equal in York Philharmonic three years ago gave academy musicians unprecedented involvement scope to the distinguished tradition on which it builds. The thinking behind the Music with the world’s best symphony orchestra, and the total renovation of the Miraflores Academy’s rapid transformation is simple yet revolutionary. Start with the idea that the campus, now entering its final stages, gave New York Philharmonic musicians — along academy’s fellows are an invaluable resource, and make them the core of a program that with many other renowned singers, soloists, and composers — ample reason to want to puts their needs first. From moving the vocal fellows’ housing from Cate School to nearby Westmont College in the summer of 2016 to engaging Santa Barbara fitness guru Jenny spend June and July playing, studying, and relaxing here in Santa Barbara. To celebrate its ascent to the pinnacle of classical cool, and to express its vision of what Schatzle as the academy’s official workout partner, no expense has been spared in making music can mean to a community, the academy announced this week that it will present the musicians comfortable and keeping them in shape — but that’s only one small part a concert on July 31 for which there is no precedent, even in the rich annals of Santa of the student-centered approach. continued... Mehosh DziaDzio

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“We have to be as entrepreneurial as an organization as these musicians will need to be in their careers,” said Reed. That means providing them with unique opportunities for career advancement, such as the Global Academy Fellowship Program with the New York Phil, as well as creating a new Alumni Enterprise Awards Program. Beginning with this season, all academy alumni are eligible to submit projects that, as stated in the Alumni Enterprise Awards Program call for submissions, “align with and/or challenge the Academy’s mission to further classical music education and/or cultivate discerning, appreciative, and adventurous audiences.” The academy’s National Advisory Council, a group that includes television producer/philanthropist Marcy Carsey and Juilliard School provost and dean Ara Guzelimian, will evaluate the applications this fall and award the winning proposals with grants of between $2,500 and $20,000. What’s perhaps more important is that the money will come with a mentor or mentors drawn from the top ranks of the classical music world who will be there to guide and promote the projects. Notice that the wording in that call for proposals includes the possibility that an alum might actually want to “challenge” the academy’s mission, and you’re on your way to grasping what’s most innovative about the vision of the organization under Reed’s stewardship. Sitting with him in his distinctly modern office, a space that’s hidden away within the more traditional décor of the freshly renovated Marilyn Horne Main House administration building, it’s easy to feel the pull of the future as it manifests in his excitement about learning from the fellows, even as the school is teaching them. This two-way street can be seen in another

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of the 2017 launches, Classical Evolution/Revolution, a two-day conference scheduled for June 19 and 20 that will draw experts from music, technology, business, and media to Santa Barbara to discuss and debate the current role and the potential future of classical music in world culture. From redefining the live experience to partnering with the visual arts and developing new financial models to support the music, Classical Evolution/Revolution promises to deliver a remarkable range of perspectives on where things are going, and you can expect that in many instances. When examples of what’s coming next are produced, the name of the EN LA PLAYA: The July 31 N.Y. Philharmonic concert at SBCC’s La Playa Stadium Music Academy itself will may not be the first concert held there, but it will likely be the biggest. be among those most frequently mentioned.

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For boldness, the decision to put the New York Philharmonic in La Playa Stadium probably takes first prize, but a new Commissions and Premieres Program that launches this summer gives it some stiff competition. By bringing in guest composers, featuring distinguished alumni as composers and performers, and investing directly in the commissioning of new music, the academy takes a giant step toward its ambitious stated goal of “making Santa Barbara a front-line destination for music of today.” Matthew Aucoin, a 27-year-old phenomenon, returns after an almost unimaginably successful year in which he conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic, became artist-in-residence with the Los Angeles Opera, and conducted and performed his work with a who’s who of the world’s top musicians and orchestras. For example, if you happen to be in Salzburg, Austria, next Composer Matthew Aucoin week, stop by the Landestheater, where Aucoin will be conducting the Mozarteum Orchestra in the European premiere of his cantata The Orphic Moment. Aucoin thrilled at least two Santa Barbara audiences with his chamber opera Second Nature last summer—one was made up mostly of adults who came to hear him conduct the work in the evening at the Lobero Theatre, and another of children, who came for a special, free daytime performance of the work, which was commissioned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago and premiered at the Lincoln Park Zoo. Another rising star, Timo Andres, will make his Music Academy debut by presenting a West Coast premiere, as will London-based pianist and composer Pianist Stephen Hough Stephen Hough. In all, there will be 10 world and/or West Coast premieres this summer, six of which are academy commissions. It’s hard to overstate the importance of this initiative. Commissioning new work is expensive and risky, as the vast majority of new compositions only receive a handful of performances before being relegated to programming oblivion. In fact, that’s one of the reasons that, as Posey put it, “second and third performances are often as important as premieres” to the life chances of a new work. By combining the two approaches — commissioning and premiering — into a single program, and investing in the future through a network that includes talented young composers such as

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Aucoin and Andres along with such distinguished academy alums as Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw, the academy makes a move that promises to shift the center of attention for contemporary composers to the Central Coast of California for two full months every summer for decades to come. Taken in tandem with the Ojai Music Festival, which has been presenting the best in new music for almost exactly as long as the Music Academy has been training the best new musicians, the Commissions and Premieres Program inaugurates an era in which our community will witness an annual season of irreproachable choices that lasts two full months, from the first week in June until the first week in August.

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As one important alliance, the three-year partnership with Alan Gilbert’s New York Phil, winds down, another and more permanent one begins, this time with the fabled Steinway & Sons. This summer, the academy joins an elite club by becoming an official All-Steinway institution. There are now 55 (!) Steinway pianos on the Miraflores campus, including a new Hamburg model D concert grand in Hahn Hall that was hand-selected at the factory by Jeremy Denk. Speaking of Denk, the MacArthur “genius grant”– winning pianist, composer, and author has stepped up his participation in 2017, moving from guest artist to full-time faculty status. Two distinctive events are planned to mark the achievement of the coveted All-Steinway status: On May 21, the academy’s 70th Anniversary Gala will include a recital featuring famous pianists who are official Steinway Artists, and later in the summer, the academy will launch its first solo piano competition. In addition to a substantial cash prize, the winner will receive a recital tour of Steinway venues nationwide. Of course, no Music Academy season would be complete without a great opera, and 2017 is no exception. Los Angeles–

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based director James Darrah, known for creating extraordinary productions with unforgettable design elements, will collaborate with academy alum conductor Speranza Scappucci on Donizetti’s charming and hilarious The Elixir of Love. As always, the select Voice Program fellows lucky enough to be cast in this full production, which will be at the Granada Theatre on July 27 and 29, will be rehearsing and performing under the watchful eye and even more attentive ears of Voice Program Director Horne. Fans of great voices should also take note that the New York Philharmonic performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony will feature superstar alum soprano Susanna Phillips (’02, ’03) as a soloist. Phillips, who received rave reviews for her performance in the Metropolitan Opera’s recent production of Kaija Saariaho’s L’Amour Opera director James Darrah de Loin, is one of the most sought-after singers working today, and her appearance will only add further luster to this already stellar evening by the water. That special community performance at La Playa Stadium is, by the way, dedicated to the late Baroness Léni Fé Bland and made possible through partnerships with Santa Barbara City College and the City of Santa Barbara.

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If the availability of $10 Community Access tickets isn’t enough incentive to get you off the sofa and into the concert hall, you might consider another option: live streaming. The Music Academy will live-stream up to 20 events in the 2017 season, and there are many more performances archived at musicacademy.org. And on the subject of archives, a long-standing partnership with the UCSB Library will be renewed this season as the library mounts an exhibit of memorabilia celebrating the academy’s 70th anniversary and announces a commitment to digitize 400 of the most important reel-to-reel tapes documenting historic concerts going back to the academy’s earliest days and featuring such luminaries as Lotte Lehmann. Circling back to Reed and what he said about the direction that things are taking in this 70th anniversary year, it’s easy to see why applications for the program’s all-expenses-paid fellowships are increasing so rapidly and why the school is attracting better and better players all the time. “We are never comfortable,” Reed said of his board and staff. “We’re always pushing ourselves to be better.” But at the same time, the key to real and lasting progress in a creative field remains, according to Reed, on the side of the young and the talented. “We don’t have all the answers, and that’s one reason it’s so important to listen to our fellows. If we can find out what they are thinking and keep learning from them, we have a better chance to become what we want to be — an epicenter for innovation and curiosity and part of a community with a worldwide reputation as a place where people are living in a complete way.” In other words, it’s not just about the music but rather about the people and about empowering artists, and then “throwing open the doors” to let all of Santa Barbara in to hear what’s happening on the crest of that beautiful bluff overlooking the ocean in Montecito.

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UCSB’s resident professional dance company kick off its fifth decade of performances with exciting new works, including a restaged piece from mid-century dance maven Jane Dudley. The show runs through January 22. Hatlen Theater, UCSB. $13-$17. Call 893-2064. Read more on p. 55. theaterdance.ucsb.edu

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1/13: Eternal Flame Gathering Honor and celebrate the Civil Rights Movement leader and activist’s birthday during a series of events hosted by the Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of S.B., beginning with a commemorative ceremony at the Eternal Flame, dedicated to UCSB. Following the presentation will be speakers, refreshments, and sharing at the MultiCultural Center. Noon. Buchanan Courtyard, UCSB. Free. mlksb.org

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1/13: Small Packages: An Evening of One-Act Plays Enjoy a special, one-nightonly reading by S.B. actors of six original one-act plays written by area playwrights Stuart Orenstein and Edward Giron. Readings will be performed with the actors on script, breathing life into the words of works that are in different genres and range from surrealistic to comedic. 7:30pm. Karpeles Manuscript Library, 21 W. Anapamu St. Free. Call 962-5322.

reflected in speeches, a skit, and interpretive dances, including a Ring Shout, which is an African-American art form that originated in the traditional African Circle Dance. 11am-12:30pm. Pilgrim Terrace, 649 Pilgrim Terrace Dr. Free. mlksb.org

1/14: I Have Decided to Stick w with Love: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Peace Builders of Our Time A diverse panel with SGI-USA (Nichiren Buddhist Soka Gakkai International) will speak on the history of nonviolence as it relates to Dr. King, followed by a Q&A session and an open reception. 1-2:30pm. Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 21 W. Anapamu St. Free. mlksb.org

1/16: Morning Program The day will start off with a prayer followed by speeches from state and area officials alongside celebratory speakers, gospel singing, and a special performance by World Dance for Humanity. 9-10am. De la Guerra Plaza. Free. mlksb.org 1/16: Unity March and Celebration After the morning program, stride up State Street from De la Guerra Plaza to the historic Arlington Theatre for an inspirational program. There will be a ceremonial Native-American opening, vignettes of MLK, music, essay and poetry readings by area students, and a performance from the S.B. Dance Institute. 10am-12:45pm. Arlington Theatre, 1317 State St. Free.

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plan before the deadline of January 31. Find out if you qualify for Medi-Cal or financial assistance to purchase private health insurance with help every step of the way. Appointments are required in advance by phone. 8:30am-12:30pm. Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital, 351 S. Patterson Ave., Goleta. Free. Call (855) 247-9355.

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1/14: Bernard-Henri Lévy Hailed as one of France’s most prominent intellectuals and a champion of causes ranging from Africa’s forgotten wars to the Kurdish Peshmerga’s fight against the Islamic State, Bernard-Henri Lévy will share his argument that the spirit of Judaism must continue to inform and shape our moral thinking and courage today, as expressed in his new

book, The Genius of Judaism. Books will be available for purchase to be signed. 8pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. Free. Call 893-3535.

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1/14: 23rd Annual Mission Rose Garden Pruning Known as the A.C. Postel Memorial Rose Garden since 1984, this garden contains more than 1,500 rose bushes, and they are in need of pruning to maintain their healthy and vibrant blooms. Volunteers should bring a pair of garden gloves and pruning shears. Training and refreshments will be provided. In case of rain, this event will be rescheduled for the following Saturday, January 21. 9am1pm. A.C. Postel Memorial Rose Garden, 555 Plaza Rubio. Free. Call 564-5464.

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1/14: Radical Bodies Anna Halprin’s dance workshop in August 1960 gave birth to the postmodern dance movement that Simone Forti and Yvonne Rainer implemented into the art world. This exhibition will reunite these revolutionary women for the first time in over 55 years through photographs, videos, and original scores and drawings alongside artwork inspired by them. The exhibit shows through April 30. Thu.: noon-8pm; Wed.-Sun.: noon-5pm. Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB. Free. Call 893-2951. tinyurl.com/AD-AMuseum

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1/13: Succulent Arranging Adult Workshop Sip on a complimentary glass of wine while creating your own succulent arrangement to brighten up your home, your office, or a friend’s day with a gift! 6-8pm. Art From Scrap, 302 E. Cota St. $30. Ages 21+. Call 884-0459.

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1/14: 14 Black Classicists This historic professor-curated exhibition highlights the achievements made by African-American men and women in education at the end of the Civil War, specifically the study of philology. The study of language in literature in the U.S. began with the scholars featured in the exhibition, which shows through April 30. Thu.: noon-8pm; Wed.-Sun.: noon-5pm. Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB. Free. Call 893-2951.

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1/15: Opening Reception: Exposed! An artistic journey by professional photographers View this juried exhibition highlighting works from area photographers, each with unique perspectives on the world. The exhibit shows through February 22. 1-4pm. Jewish Federation of Greater S.B., 524 Chapala St. Free. Call 957-1115.

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Sunday 1/15 1/15: Jailhouse Rock See Elvis Presley at his greatest in this 1957 musical drama about a young man who discovers his musical abilities while in prison for manslaughter but struggles to stay humble with his rise in fame after his release. 2pm. Plaza Playhouse Theater, 4916 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. $7. Not rated. Call 684-6380.

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tueSday 1/17 1/17: Narrative & Violence: Using Media to Fight Terrorism Join students and faculty from the Fielding Graduate University for a public forum as they share with you their experiences working with the U.S. Department of Defense in simulation exercises aimed at countering terrorist messages in Iraq and Syria. Members of the University’s Media Psychology team will answer your questions and discuss the role of persuasion in a “post-truth”

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Sobel Klonsky became the first photographer to scale the cables atop the Verrazano Bridge to capture the start of the New York City Mara Marathon. She has since built an impressive résumé as a photog photographer and has also compiled a collec collection of photos that capture the unconditional bond formed between man and man’s best friend. She will sign copies of her new book, Unconditional: Older Dogs, Deeper Love. 7pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call 682-6787.

Recorded at Madison Square Garden in 1992, this epic concert features many artists performing classic Dylan songs including Johnny Cash, Tracy Chapman, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, The Band, Eddie Vedder, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, and of course, Bob Dylan. Plus more magical moments with Zimmie and Hale’s quips and clips! Proceeds support live music at the Lobero Theatre.

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listening to this singer/songwriter’s heartfelt country songs about romance and small-town longing. 7:30pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $10. Call 962-7776.

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piano duo Sinaisky-Kislenko will play a delightful program of duets written specifically for four hands and one piano. 2pm. Ojai Art Ctr., 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai. $8-$10. Call 640-8327.

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1/13: Grant-Lee Phillips He may have gotten his name out as part of Grant Lee Buffalo in the ’90s, but Phillips is still writing and performing original works and will share with you his interpretation of Americana folk music. 6:30pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $13. Call 962-7776.

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1/14: Idiomatiques Grab a partner and swing ’em round image: anna halprin’s The Branch c. 1957: A. A. Leath, Anna Halprin and Simone Forti. Photograph by Warner Jepson, Estate of Warner Jepson, 2017.

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and round to live gypsy jazz, or sit and listen to this band’s unique sound. 5:30pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $10. Call 962-7776. sohosb.com

1/14: An Evening with Dawes This California-based band draws upon the sound created in Laurel Canyon: rich vocal harmonies accompanied by a warm, stripped-down Americana sound. 8pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $26-$33. Call 963-0761. lobero.com

1/14: Gavin DeGraw, Parachute Kids Helping Kids’ (KHK) 15th annual benefit concert will host multiplatinumselling singer Gavin DeGraw along with pop-rock band Parachute, known for the hit song “She Is Love.” Proceeds from the concert will help KHK’s mission to aid children locally and globally. 7pm. Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $42-$212. Call 899-2222. granadasb.org

1/17: Lucinda Williams You’ve probably heard of country rock singer Lucinda Williams, but her new album, The Ghosts of Highway 20, tells stories of her life growing up in Louisiana. Inspired by the culture of living near Interstate 20, her newest album shares immensely personal tales of the lives lived on those roads. 8pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $42-$105. Call 963-0761. lobero.com

1/18: Martin Sexton Known as the “musician’s musician,” Martin Sexton and his soulful voice, honest lyrics, and acoustic-guitar-playing skills will have you singing and swaying all night long. 8pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $25-$66. Ages 21+. Call 962-7776. sohosb.com

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WedneSday 1/18 1/18: Shout Your Abortion: An Evening with Amelia Bonow The S.B. Pro-Choice Coalition, in honor of the 44th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, will present #ShoutYourAbortion cofounder and social activist Amelia Bonow. Bonow will speak on what is now a movement that has grown exponentially from when she first used the hashtag on Facebook and encourages women to share their abortion stories on social media in order to broaden the current cultural discourse around abortion. Following the presentation will be a no-host networking reception in the courtyard in commemoration of the 1973 Roe v. Wade agreement. 6pm. The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St. $15-$25. Call 965-5400. Read more on p. 43. tinyurl.com/ShoutYourAbortion

t1/18: Crossing the Skills Chasm on the Central Coast Why is it that almost half of U.S. employers reported difficulty filling jobs because of a lack of a talented workforce? Students and people from all areas of the workforce are invited to join area entrepreneurs and industry experts for a roundtable discussion about this issue and to learn how schools and businesses in the area are working creatively to address the workforce gap. 5-8pm. Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Ctr., 1118 E. Cabrillo Blvd. Free-$40.

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INNER FREEDOM: Ginny Kuhn (pictured in the background) leads a class at the Santa Barbara County Jail. She views her classes as a service to the inmates.

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ive years ago, Ginny Kuhn was asked on her graduate school application to the University of Santa Monica, “How do you plan to use your master’s degree in service of the world?” With 22 years of yoga experience, the Santa Barbara resident wanted to spread the practice’s healing ways to the incarcerated population, so Prison Yoga Project Santa Barbara (PYPSB) was her response. Today, Kuhn instructs yoga at Santa Barbara County Jail and Los Prietos Boys Camp with fellow volunteer Mike Lewis. They are affiliated with the Prison Yoga Project, which was started 15 years ago by yogi James Fox at California’s San Quentin State Prison, and teach free, 90-minute yoga, meditation, and mindfulness practices to interested inmates. Kuhn is careful to clarify that she’s not trying to “help” or “fix” the inmates but rather is motivated to “serve” them as they cultivate a yoga and meditation practice and find inner calm. In early December, Kuhn and Lewis brought Fox and other speakers to town for a community event called “Working Freedom from the Inside,” which presented an in-depth look at how the work is changing incarcerated individuals both in Santa Barbara and around the world. The following day, Fox hosted a teacher training at Yoga Soup, where 40 participants learned how to use yoga to address violence and addiction among inmates. “A challenging yoga class involves self-control and self-discipline and learning how important the breath is to calm the mind and calm the body,” said Fox, explaining that the practice has been empirically shown to help with impulse control

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far and wide as a businessman, a college athletic director, a father of three, and a dedicated trail runner, but for almost nine hours last Friday, his steps were circumscribed on a 400meter oval. To celebrate his 50th birthday, Odell ran 50 miles—201 and 1/3 times around the Westmont College track. He undertook the challenge to raise $50,000 in donations to be shared by the Westmont track-andfield program and the Santa Barbara Track Club. LAST LAP: Dave Odell reaches out to his Odell kept a steady pace, knockwife, DeAnna Odell (below, left), coming ing off the laps at close to 10 minutes down the homestretch of his 50-mile per mile. Every hour, he changed run. The timer shows that he finished in directions, so sometimes he was less than nine hours. running clockwise like a British racehorse. As the skies began to darken, his competitive instincts took over. “I wanted to break nine hours,” he said. “I had to pick it up and suffer the last three miles.” The timer was approaching 8:56 with a lap to go. In Pied Piper fashion, Odell pulled along a pack of fellow runners who had kept him company off and on during the day. A sizeable crowd gathered for the finish. “Ding, ding, ding!” they shouted in lieu of a bell. Two minutes later, Odell came to a gratifying standstill and listened participated in the Transrockies Run, a six-day, 120-mile to a chorus of “Happy Birthday.” He thanked them and said, mountain trail race. “We ran in the mixed-pairs division,” “I’m going to sit down and take my Dave said. “We had a blast.” shoes off.” Last summer and fall, they did two 100-mile runs: the Rio “He was a little sick this week,” del Lago near Folsom and the Cascade Crest in Washington. said Dave’s wife, DeAnna Odell. “He “He loves his wife, and she loves to run,” said Bill Odell, came through. The community got Dave’s father and a former Westmont basketball player himbehind him. For not one lap did he self. He and his wife, Gayle Odell, were at the track Friday. run alone.” “He’s crazy,” Bill said.“For our anniversary, we went to Maui.” Dave and DeAnna both were Westmont athletes in the “I love the mindfulness of being out there,” said Dave Odell, 1980s—he as a basketball player and she as a record-breaking who is president and CEO of MedBridge, a company he distance runner. In their wedded life, she turned his exertions founded, as well as Westmont’s athletic director. He runs an from the court to the hills. On their 20th anniversary, they average of 12 hours a week, usually with DeAnna. “We talk about being parents and pray,” he said. “I think about things going on in my business and at s.b. athletiC RounD table: Westmont.” On Saturday night, he was watching basketball at Murchison Gym. “My legs pretty sore,” he said. He preferred to stand rather than sit, as it was painful to straighten up. In some ways, it was harder to grind away at 50 miles on the track surface than cover 100 miles over varied terrain. “I’d hike and climb on the trails,” he said.“This was the longest continuous running I’ve done.” During the run, Odell addressed his Ryann Neushul, Diego Riker, interests as “a closet science geek when it Dos Pueblos water polo Dos Pueblos basketball comes to endurance.” He had his blood In a 15-14 overtime victory The senior guard sank six tested for levels of sugar, lactate, and over Mater Dei, the junior three-pointers and scored ketones to see what effects his carbohyscored seven goals and set 32 points in a 60-36 win over drate intake had on his metabolism. His up the tying goal late in Moorpark. The Chargers enter makeup is rather unusual. Twenty years regulation time. She also Channel League play with ago, some serious gastrointestinal issues drew five ejections. an 11-2 record. necessitated the removal of Odell’s colon.

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His small intestines were reconfigured to take on the functions of the absent colon. While Odell is a walking, running testament to modern medicine, he is also a worthy representative of mankind’s ancestors going back thousands of years. “They would roam miles and miles to hunt and gather food,” he said. “It’s how we used to eat.” Nearby fans snacked on pizza slices in the gym. The stands were almost full, although Westmont was still on winter break. It was a great night for the Warrior basketball teams. They both defeated the visiting Biola Eagles, their longtime rivals. Westmont’s women prevailed in a tense affair, 54-51, while the men made almost 70 percent of their shots in the second half of a comefrom-behind 93-81 victory. “I have a good feeling about our teams,” said Odell, noting that they finished strong, just as he did. WISH LIST: Here’s hoping that the Santa Barbara Foresters work out

a deal to play ball at Pershing Park or Westmont so they can continue their run this summer as the most winning team in the National Baseball Congress. The club’s arrangement to play at UCSB ended last year. The 2006 team, the first of Santa Barbara’s six NBC World Series champions, will be inducted at the Foresters Hall of Fame Banquet on Saturday, February 4. Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia will be the keynote speaker. For tickets to the banquet and entry into a benefit golf tournament the previous day, visit sbforesters .org … The Dos Pueblos Little League (dpll.net) is engaged in fundraising to build three batting cages at Girsh Park and supporting scholarships for youth baseball players in Goleta. … UCSB continues to seek generous donors to upgrade the school’s baseball facility for a fraction of the cost of a high school football stadium in Texas. … Good luck to a pair of former UCSB soccer stars. Chris Pontius has been added to the U.S. national team by new coach Bruce Arena for upcoming exhibitions against Serbia and Jamaica. Nick DePuy is one of the recent college players invited to the Major League Soccer predraft combine. n

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Tenure: A labor of love is how owner Kristi Bean describes the Santa Barbara–based catering company, Beans BBQ, which grew out of her Sunday-afternoon family barbecues to a professional venture in 2014. Wanting to pass on what brought her family together every weekend, Bean brought barbecue traditions from their hometown of Bakersfield to Santa Barbara, where they found it to be lacking. “It was really a no-brainer,” Bean relayed.“We do it really well, we work really cohesively together, and we’ve been doing this a long time, now as family and as business associates.” Dishes she digs: Bean’s per-

sonal favorite, as well as the catering company’s most popular option, is the tri-tip/chicken combination. The slow-grilled, marinated beef is paired with the Beans’ bean chili, which is prepared with shredded cheddar, diced onions, and sour cream. “When you couple that with a garden salad with our fresh dill ranch and those garlic croutons that people just can’t seem to get enough of, it makes for a really nice entrée and side,” Bean explained.

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man in Marco’s wedding. “In the kitchen, we are at the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore totally different, but that’s what makes us friends,” since May — is a thrill, as he tosses out ideas, Fossati explained.“The concepts are different. I like words, and even his hands in a wonder- more of the changes, I like to think out of the box, I ful expression of creativity like to break the rules.” and passion. That energy That rule-breaking includes taking advantage of The Biltis already transforming what’s happening with the more’s certification to cure food at the hotel, as he leads meats. It’s the only restaurant in Finds Focus at Montecito’s his team of 82 cooks and seaside Four seasons resort Santa Barbara with such licensseven chefs so that rooming and only one of 12 in the by George Yatchisin service breakfast is as fabustate.“Making more charcuterie, lous as the most spectacuthis is what gets me excited,” he lar wedding feast. said.“In Italy, you can get cacciaCheck out his mussels, for instance, currently torino — little curved salami— salami at stores, and I want on special every Tuesday at Ty’s Lounge. Of course, to introduce this.” He’s also eager for the arrival of a they’re local (Hope Ranch or Morro Bay), and, of Burkett slicing machine to install at Bella Vista. “In course, they’re cooked perfectly (done but never Italy, charcuterie is à la minute,” he said. “There’s a rubbery). But the kicker is the range of sauces, from huge difference between a salami cut and sitting for traditional Dijonnaise rich in wine, cream, mustard, an hour and one just cut before you eat it.” and parsley to a Thai redolent of lemongrass, cocoBeyond bresaola, he’s planning changes for nut milk, and red chili, yet enriched by wine, too. breakfast bowls, “upgrading the classics” (think These are luxurious mollusks, their sauces ready to oyster Rockefeller on bruschetta), exploring partnerships with regional breweries, and developing be sopped with hearty bread or fries. speIt’s no surprise that Fossati can oversee such his take on piadina (the Italian crêpe) for lunch spe deliciousness. He’s been a chef for nearly 30 cials.“At the end of the day, I like three or four items years, having worked in his native Italy as well on the dish instead of the mix as France, Germany, Egypt, and, for the last six and match of too many years, as the executive chef for the Four Seasons ingredients,” he said. in Palo Alto. “I like to learn; I like to grow,” he said “Simple is better. of his early-career itinerant ways. “My attitude That’s why I like to now is to push my chefs and not let them get too change the menu. comfortable.” Let’s get moving! In Montecito, Fossati is stepping into the for- Let’s discover new midable toque of Alessandro Cartumini, who c o m b i n at i o n s transferred to Four Seasons Hualalai; the two are without going too fourseasons.com/ longtime compadres, and Alessandro was the best crazy.”

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itself on its signature deep-dish buttermilk pie. “It is a Southern, creamy, cold pie that comes in a buttermilk crust and is served with a fresh fruit compote and a bourbon-vanilla, fresh whipped cream,” Bean passionately described. Motivation: More than just food or a service, barbecue is an experience. “It is going to your family’s house on a Saturday afternoon; the sun is shining, the barbecue smoke is wafting in the air, you can smell the meat cooking on the grill, and everyone’s happy,” Bean said. “The beachy, salty smell is in the air, you see people that you haven’t seen in a long time, and the camaraderie becomes intoxicating.” For Bean, barbecue is an irreplaceable component of functions, for it serves as a reminder to pay attention to what is true and authentic. “It’s like going home,” says Bean. —Anjalie Tandon

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any may know the little trian- strike his spoon once on the stove if a gle of land at 217 North Mil- customer was trying to cheat him. pas Street, currently occupied Jim had a wonderful guide dog, Rex, by Taquería La Colmena, but who accompanied him everywhere and few may know the history behind it. Built was very protective of Jim. Sadly, a cusin 1951, the shapely structure housed the tomer, angry because Jim kicked him out Triangle Café, once of the café for cheating on the money, run by my uncle, Nephew Recalls poisoned Rex. Jim Branigan, and His Uncle’s Milpas Restaurant, his wife, Roma. Jim was a very Jim came from a Owned and Operated While Blind proud man: He foodie family. The refused to take charity, would berate Branigans owned by Jimmy McMullin other handicapped and operated Brapeople for begging, nigan’s Ice Cream, and wouldn’t allow me established in 1915, which sold ice cream to give anyone a handin the Milpas area by out. He was all for a truck and horse-drawn hand-up, however, and carriage in the 1940s. was recruited to run Jimmy, as we called the state cafeteria in him, remembered carSacramento, where ing for the horse and he only hired handiriding in the wagon as capped employees, kids ran out to get their which eventually ice cream bars. expanded to runJim was totally blind, ning three cafetehaving diabetes which rias for the state of took his eyesight. To operCalifornia. ate the café’s cash register, Jim and Roma he would fold the corners were very proud of the money to determine of their little Triangle what denomination of bill he was han- Café and had many happy years there dling. They moved the register to the with their many loyal customers of the center of the bar so that the cook could Santa Barbara area. Though the business n oversee the register, and the cook would is now gone, I will never forget it.

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THE AULD TRIANGLE: Jim Branigan (pictured below with guide dog Rex) operated the old Triangle Café on North Milpas Street (above) with his wife, Roma. He came from a foodie family whose Branigan’s Ice Cream trucks (bottom) could be seen around town in the 1940s.

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n Tuesday, January 24, participating McDonald’s restaurants in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties will celebrate the creation of the iconic breakfast item, the Egg McMuffin, with a $2 offer available all day. The Egg McMuffin was invented more than 40 years ago by the late Central Coast franchisee owner Herb Peterson. “My dad made the first Egg McMuffin sandwiches with freshly cracked eggs in the early 1970s, and that’s the exact same way we make every order today, all day long,” said Herb’s son David Peterson, area owner-operator and president of the Central Coast Owners Association. “The Egg McMuffin revolutionized the breakfast industry, and we are proud to honor and celebrate this tasty innovation that is enjoyed around the world and started right here in our own backyard. As a kid, I remember watching my dad inventing it in the kitchen and coming home from the blacksmith’s with the first ‘egg ring’ that makes the fresh cracked eggs cook perfectly round for the sandwich. He was, just as we are today, proud to serve it each morning to customers, but today, we are cracking eggs throughout the day as the Egg McMuffin is available on the All Day Breakfast menu.” In 1968, Herb Peterson, at the age of 53, embarked on a new career, opening his first McDonald’s restaurant in Santa Barbara. At the time, no other quick service restaurant offered breakfast. He saw that customers wanted a breakfast option they could eat on the go, and he was determined to provide it. Modeled after Peterson’s personal breakfast favorite, Eggs Benedict, he asked an area blacksmith to make an iron “egg ring” to keep eggs round and tidy as they were cooked for a hand-held sandwich. Convinced his creation would be a game-changer, he presented his breakfast product idea to McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc to rave reviews in 1971. The following year, the Egg McMuffin became the first McDonald’s breakfast item.

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of laughter. Expect to hear these and more when The Resistance, the über-exciting improv troupe from L.A., comes to Elings Performing Arts Center at Dos Pueblos High School on Saturday, January 14. Before your very eyes, the group will create an entirely original action/adventure/comedy based on your suggestions, complete with the cinematic magic of live music and lighting. With proceeds going to help DP’s theater program, it’s far better than going to the movies. I spoke with The Resistance member Kurt Maloney about making movies come to life on the spot. What is the rehearsal process like? Our rehearsal process is probably not what you think. Since it’s improv, we can’t rehearse because we make it up on the spot. Instead, we read a lot of books on screenwriting to sharpen our knowledge of the hero’s journey and what makes a story worth watching. We also train physically because of the amount of improvised stunts we perform.

the Old West will feel very different from one set in space. Think about the movies Die Hard and Taken. In both movies, someone close to the hero has been taken hostage, but the way the movie plays out is very different. … They both have the same motive, but they meet different people and encounter different obstacles. We try to take that into account when improvising a new movie every week.

getting too “talky,” we use games and bits to push our narrative. I think our biggest challenge is remembering the names of all the characters we play. Sounds dumb, but I bet you couldn’t name more than 10 characters in The Lord of the Rings. Now imagine improvising a fantasy movie where you have to know everyone’s name. It’s hard. And nobody wants to see a scene where a character asks everyone’s name repeatedly. “What’s your name again?” “It’s Frodo. I’m here to save all of Middle Earth.” “That’s right. Thanks, Froyo.” “It’s Frodo!” Courtesy Photos

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ACTION-PACKED: From police dramas to sci-fi, The Resistance loves to spoof action genres. “We once did a Western where the whole town died and the bad guys won,” says Kurt Maloney. “It might not sound hilarious, but, trust me, it was.”

How do you store up knowledge of movie formulas/tropes/themes, and how does the storytelling play out? We are also fascinated by the action/adventure genre, and I think that’s what keeps us so knowledgeable on the topic. We are constantly researching new movies and plot devices and then sharing them with the rest of the group. … The way we keep our show from getting repetitive is we do a new genre each week and let that color the story. A revenge story set in

How does performing this style of longform compare with other styles? What are the unique challenges of making a movie on the spot? Most improv theaters, especially in L.A., want the troupes to stay away from a narrative. Often coaches will give notes saying, “You got too plotty. Stick to the game (the bit of the scene).” Our show relies heavily on a strong narrative. After all, we’re doing a movie. But to keep it from

Have you all ever considered rendering one of these into a real feature? What might be gained or lost in translating the improvised into the fully developed? What makes an improvised movie so enjoyable versus a scripted one? We have. We film a lot of our shows, and the very best ones get transcribed into a first draft. What usually stays in our scripts is the story structure. Sometimes the jokes change; sometimes we’ll add scenes. But the story is usually untouched.

If you could live inside any movie, which would it be and why? Star Wars, because then I’d have the Force and I’d get to chill —Richie DeMaria with Yoda.

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updated the classic disco moves while keeping the excitement of the original film intact. “It’s a fresh take that reflects on where we are now,” said Alfano, adding that “you can see the evolution of dance” through the different numbers. Although he is far too young to remember seeing the original film when it came out, the actor has enjoyed researching his leading role, saying, “I’m from an Italian family, so I had a good start on the accent, but what got me really excited was learning about the 1970s New York vibe, which was raw and wild. There’s a documentary about New York in 1977 called The Coolest Year in Hell Hell, and I really liked that.” A dance contest in Act II features lots of partnering and lifts for the ensemble, and at the end of each performance, a mega-mix comes on that breaks down the fourth wall and pulls the audience into the action. For tickets and information, see granadasb .org or call 899-2222. — Charles Donelan Carol rosegg

What started back in 1976 as a New York Magazine article by rock writer Nik Cohn titled “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night” has proved to be one of the most enduring and influential stories ever told about the power of music and the importance of the dance floor. Playing Saturday Night Fever ’s working-class hero Tony Manero in the 1977 film made John Travolta a star, and playing the classic Bee Gees hits from the soundtrack — songs such as “Staying Alive,”“Night Fever,” and “Jive Talkin’” — can still make people at a party get up and get down. On Tuesday and Wednesday, January 17 and 18, the Granada Theatre (1214 State St.) will feel the Saturday Night Fever Fever, Broadway musical style, when Theater League’s nationally touring production arrives for two nights of performances, both of which will end in an audiencefriendly disco dance party. When I spoke with Matt Alfano, the dynamic young dancer/singer playing Tony, he emphasized the way choreographer Marc Kimelman has

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AnimA And Animus “It’s important to me that our community knows that Santa Barbara Dance Theater is continuing to commission, create, and perform great works of dance art,” said the company’s artistic director Christopher Pilafian. With its upcoming performance, Anima and Animus, the only professional dance troupe in the UC system certainly speaks to that mission, with gender as the thematic thread that runs through all of the pieces. “We’re talking about external appearance and the internal relationship to gender, what Carl Jung referred to as the anima and animus,” said Pilafian. “Gender is traditionally viewed as a binary construct but is becoming less so in our contemporary culture. Romantic love, the maturation of the individual, the recognition of the self as reflected in the world, the recognition of the self in the Other — all these elements are connected to gender.” The program is composed of pieces by guest choreographer Rebecca Lemme, Pilafian, UCSB Theater and Dance Assistant Professor Brandon Whited, and Martha Graham–trained dancer/choreographer Jane Dudley, as restaged by UCSB Theater and Dance lecturer Nancy Colahan. Of her piece, “Witnesse,” Lemme said it is “inspired by ancient symbols of female power; the work rejects the notion that vulnerability and power are mutually exclusive.” Whited explained his “Petit Pas” as “a contemporary exploration of the duet form [that reframes] the balance of power and agency, [and revisits] the gender-centric roots of the [duet].” Colahan’s take on Dudley’s “Cante Flamenco” explores the gender conflict through the Spanish dance form, and Pilafian’s “Mystique” is a nod to his mentors, most of whom have been “tremendously accomplished, vivid female artists,” he said. —Michelle Drown

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WHAT’S THE FREQUENCY, CURTIS? Dr. Curtis Roads performs a concert of his works in Graz, Austria, days after receiving the Giga-Hertz Award.

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Roads remembers his first explorations a millisecond-long fraction of which is into granular synthesis when it was written then cloned and repeated into a spray of on punch cards and calculated on a large smaller sound particles, all piled upon mainframe computer. “I still recall a sunny each other in a moment of time, similar to day in La Jolla in December 1974 when I grains of sand slipping through the fingers, heard my first granular synthesis experiall distinct in suspension and then enveloped ment by means of a DEC-PDP/20 computer and a custom, together once more. If you can pic12-bit, digital-toanalog converter ture this, you can conceive the revofor sound. I felt at lutionary process that time that I was onto something,” of granular synhe said. It was an thesis pioneered exhaustive process, by UCSB professor and electronic one unimaginable music pioneer Dr. perhaps to natives Curtis Roads, who of today’s rapidly in December of last quick software year was awarded the such as GarageBand 2016 Giga-Hertz Award, and Pro Tools; Roads’s a prize given to indiresults could take days viduals who have made to process. To get a sense of how cool it lasting contributions to electronic music and all is, think of the limby Richie DeMaria culture in general. ited amount of sounds For decades, Roads and notes offered in has explored how compositional techniques traditional acoustic piano composition, for can be expanded through periodic sound example. Roads’s experiments helped forge impulses sampled, stretched, and crisscrossed the way for musicians to utilize an infinite in fragments of time, leading to never-before- variety of sounds beyond the classical scales heard frequencies. While concepts such as of time and notation. “The realm of elecgranular and pulsar synthesis are perhaps not tronic sound is a vast universe of uncharted part of the average listener’s lexicon, Roads’s territories,” he said. influence can be heard all across the world “I am grateful to my teacher—the polyof popular electronic music, with acts such math genius, composer, architect, and engias Autechre and Aphex Twin employing his neer Iannis Xenakis—who conceived of this innovations in their work. approach,” Roads said. He has continued his Roads had no idea he was in the running research at UCSB, where he works with fellow for the €10,000 prize and only found out via sound explorers such as Dr. JoAnn Kucheraemail that he had won. “It came out of the Morin, who oversees the Allosphere, an blue. It is an honor, and I am very grateful,” immersive and complex three-story instruhe said. Following the ceremony, sponsored ment—a version of which will appear at the by Germany’s Zentrum fur Kunst und Medi- soon-to-open MOXI, The Wolf Museum of entechnologie (ZKM) and the Experimen- Exploration + Innovation. Roads is currently talstudio des SWR, Roads performed in delving deep into the world of subharmonGraz, Austria, with a 29-speaker setup and ics — “the ratios below the fundamental visuals by Brian O’Reilly. While in Europe, he frequency.” received yet another unexpected honor, this “If being influential means to touch, move, time from ZKM’s director, who offered to and inspire, then I am proud to be of service,” publish Roads’s and O’Reilly’s collaborations. Roads said of the honor. Congratulations, and Roads envisions a Blu-ray with new high- here’s to more innovations and explorations resolution video and audio. into the infinite world of synthetic sound. n

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art of the oddly magnetic — if melancholic and sometimes sinister — allure of the unusual and binge-worthy TV series Rectify (now in its fourth, final season) relates to a key narrative hole in its middle. That hole, spinning off into metaphorical mystery zones, is the nearly 20 missing years in the life of young Daniel Holden, wrongly (we assume) convicted of raping and murdering his high-school-age girlfriend, Hanna, and released from death row after belated DNA evidence draws his guilt into question. Fast-forward to life “outside,” and the sweetly aloof Daniel is a free man — at least in the non-incarcerated sense. He is death-defying but is greeted by skeptics and connivers in his Georgian hometown, along with repair work needed in the family-relations department. But the real barrier to a true sense of “freedom” is interiorized: He’s haunted by demons, but his soft-edged, detached manner of speech and actions keep details of what’s going on inside obscured. Beguilingly played by Canadian actor Aden Young, Daniel is one of contemporary television’s dreamier characters, making his periodic dream scenes—with echoes of “life” on death row, bonding with his doomed friend, and memories of being raped — all the more integral to the series’ unsettled atmospherics. Created by Ray McKinnon, Rectify is a splintered and multi-limbed family saga, a Southern Gothic– flavored web of small-town hearsay and truth bending, suspicions running amok, and the nature of reality thrown up in the air. It’s not the typical domain of TV, although we recognize the tools and tricks of the serialization trade, the stretching out of segments and detours into subplots and sideline characters. Although we find some natural parallels between Rectify and Making a Murderer — the documentary about the wrongly accused and released Steven Avery, later convicted for another crime — the distinction of real life versus a writer’s elaborate, serial scheme changes everything. These imagined characters shapeshift episode by episode. In a particularly hypnotic episode in the middle of Season 2 of Rectify called “Donald the Normal,” Daniel finds himself in Atlanta, almost accidentally trying to reinvent himself after meeting a cultured woman in an art museum. But he

UNMAKING A MURDERER: Aden Young stars as daniel Holden, a man trying to put his life back together after serving nearly 20 years on death row, in Sundance’s tV series Rectify.

doesn’t have the necessary skills, wits, facts, or backstory to come close to pulling it off. There are huge holes in his story—and one in particular. By the final season, he has been banished from the hometown and is more pragmatically reinventing himself from the ground up through a post-prison transition house in Nashville and working as a warehouseman with a fleeting love interest with an artist (Caitlin FitzGerald), realizing his presumed misfit status for a “normal” life. The last season’s most cathartic moment comes early, as he speaks with his transition house leader and briefly breaks through his shell of cryptic composure and channels his dark passage in years of isolation: “You go deeper into yourself. It’s a perverse contradiction. I don’t know what is real. I don’t know what I did or didn’t do. That’s my truth.” Toward the end of the season, the episode title “Happy Unburdening” refers both to his self-delving work in therapy and the purging of possessions in his mother’s attic (via eBay) as various family members take on new life twists, and he wends toward presumed exoneration. One production downside is an intrusive musical score, which bullies us into feeling one stock emotion or another, contrasting the script’s more ambiguous emotive turf. The musical cues could be cut by half and made twice as effective. Ambiguity and the nagging mystery of the holes in the mega-story is what keeps us tuned in, wanting more. Even the “happy ending” moments lightening the narrative load are fraught with dark prospects and unanswered questions. Rectify goes places we don’t expect TV to go, with a pithily mumbling dreamer as hero/mystery man. — Josef Woodard

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Live by Night (128 mins., R) Ben Affleck stars in and directs this gritty tale of Prohibition Era–gangsters adapted from Dennis Lehane’s novel. Elle Fanning, Sienna Miller, and Brendan Gleeson also star. Camino Real/Metro 4 Monster Trucks (104 mins., PG) Eager to escape life in his small town, high school senior Tripp (Lucas Till) builds a monster truck using scrap metal. When he befriends a strange subterranean creature called Creech, Tripp and his unlikely friend find their freedom. Fairview/Fiesta 5 Patriots Day (133 mins., R) Mark Wahlberg stars in Peter Berg–directed account of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. John Goodman, Kevin Bacon, J.K. Simmons, and Michelle Monaghan also star. Camino Real/Paseo Nuevo Sleepless (95 mins., R) Jamie Foxx stars as a corrupt Las Vegas policeman whose criminal life is exposed when he steals cocaine from a drug lord, who then kidnaps his son as retribution. Metro 4

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Split (117 mins., PG-13) Director M. Night Shyamalan’s latest horror/thriller tells the story of a man with 24 personalities (James McAvoy) who kidnaps three girls and tortures them psychologically as they try to coax out the one personality who will release them. Camino Real/Metro 4

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Vin Diesel returns as Xander Cage for this third installment of the action-film franchise. Cage comes out of hiding to retrieve a weapon known as “Pandora’s Box.” Camino Real/Metro 4

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Silence he was a boy by an Australian couple and searches to find his birth family.

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Plaza de Oro

O 20th Century Women (118 mins., R)

O Manchester by the Sea

Dorothea (Annette Bening) is a nononsense single mother intent on seeing the world through her teenage son’s eyes as he tries to solve the mystery of his village full of feisty females, including an artsy boarder (Greta Gerwig), true-blue pal (Elle Fanning), and her — his mom — the most puzzling of all. The kid is California dreaming, skateboarding down canyon roads, and soaking up free-spirited Santa Barbara, which, according to our hometown boy (writer/director Mike Mills), thrived in the ’70s thanks to the spiky intelligence of intriguing women played so wonderfully by this dream cast. (JK)

This poignant film captures raw human emotion in the wake of tragedy. Not only do Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams shine, but breakout actor Lucas Hedges perfectly portrays how difficult is it to deal with the death of a parent during adolescence. Anyone who has experienced the loss of a family member can find solace in the film’s themes of grief, forgiveness, and learning to let go. (SM) Plaza de Oro

Paseo Nuevo

Hidden Figures (127 mins., PG-13) Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe star in the film based on the true story of the women who helped NASA launch its first space mission.

Fairview/Fiesta 5

Jackie (100 mins., R) Natalie Portman is getting Oscar buzz for her turn in this biopic about Jacqueline Kennedy and how she copes after the shocking assassination of president John F. Kennedy. It also stars Peter Sarsgaard, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, and Greta Gerwig. Metro 4

O La La Land

(128 mins., PG-13)

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a film that had me sitting upright the whole time, amazed at the magic that Hollywood creates, but La La Land did just that. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling play young artists trying to make it in the entertainment industry; their chemistry is akin to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, including a delightfully enchanting tap dancing scene. Through song, dance, humor, romance, and heartache, the lovers inspire each other to work for their dreams. Yet the film also reminds the audience that fantasy can be just that — things we desire but may never have. (SM)

Camino Real/Paseo Nuevo

Lion (118 mins., PG-13) Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) stars as a man who was adopted from Calcutta when

(137 mins., R)

Moana (113mins., PG) Disney’s latest animated feature tells the story of a young girl named Moana, daughter of a chieftain, who sets sail to find the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) to help her unite her people. During their adventure, she meets a giant crab, a lava witch, and various other characters. Camino Real/Fiesta 5 A Monster Calls (108 mins., PG-13) Based on the fantasy novel of the same name, this story follows young boy Conor, who struggles to talk about his mother’s terminal cancer when he is visited by a tree monster who warns him he will tell the boy three stories. Then, Conor must tell his own story. Felicity Jones, Sigourney Weaver, and Lewis MacDougall star. Metro 4 Passengers (116 mins., PG-13) Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt star in this sci-fi romantic thriller about two passengers on the starship Avalon, which is on course for a 120-year journey to a new planet to colonize. Things go awry when Aurora Lane (Lawrence) and Jim Preston (Pratt) wake up from their hibernation pods just 30 years into the trip. Camino Real/Metro 4

O Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

immersive worlds where sassy androids best storm troopers who still can’t shoot worth a damn. Fun homages abound without being overplayed. But Rogue One tries too hard to cement a new cast of gritty yet lovable rebel warriors, throwing out action and one-liners when a couple more moments of meaningful dialogue would have hit much harder. Still, it’s a ride worth taking. (TH) Arlington/Camino Real

O Silence (161mins., R) What is the difference between a spiritual truth and a cultural imposition, between divine will and individual will, between meaningful and meaningless suffering? These are some of the deep questions posed in Martin Scorsese’s weighty Silence, a cinematic inquisition centered on two Jesuit missionaries, played by Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver, who travel to Japan to earn converts and find their mentor. Richly shot and patiently paced, it’s as slow and stern as a serious sermon but gripping in its telling, rewarding both in the realism of its depiction and the depth of its discourse. It’s a worthy watch for believers, thinkers, and feelers all. (RD)

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Sing (108 mins., PG) Koala bear Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) owns a theater that has fallen upon financial difficulties thanks to a series of flops he’s produced. In an attempt to raise funds to save the theater, Moon holds a singing competition, which brings unlikely hopefuls to audition. Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Seth MacFarlane, Taron Egerton, and Jennifer Hudson are just a few of the stars who lend their voices to this animated film. Fairview/Fiesta 5

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Underworld: Blood Wars (91 mins., R) Kate Beckinsale reprises her role as vampire Selene in this fifth installment of the film franchise. Camino Real/Metro 4

(134 mins., PG-13)

In terms of the Star Wars timeline, Rogue One falls between the space opera’s disappointing prequels and its game-changing originals — so after the Empire really hits its dark-side stride but before the Alliance blows the Death Star to bits. In terms of appeal, the spin-off, directed by Gareth Edwards, hits right in the middle, too. Interstellar dogfights sizzle above deliciously

Why Him? (111 mins., R) James Franco and Bryan Cranston go head-to-head in this comedy about a father (Cranston) who wildly disapproves of his daughter’s new, socially incompetent billionaire boyfriend, Laird (Franco). Megan Mullally and Zoey Deutch costar. Fiesta 5

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(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is a huge holy tree that links all of the nine worlds to each other. Perched on its uppermost branch is an eagle with a hawk sitting on its head. Far below, living near the roots, is a dragon. The hawk and eagle stay in touch with the dragon via Ratatoskr, a talkative squirrel that runs back and forth between the heights and the depths. Alas, Ratatoskr traffics solely in insults. That’s the only kind of message the birds and the dragon ever have for each other. In accordance with the astrological omens, Aries, I suggest you act like a far more benevolent version of Ratatoskr in the coming weeks. Be a feisty communicator who roams far and wide to spread uplifting gossip and energizing news.

(June 21-July 22): “I never wish to be easily defined,” wrote Cancerian author Franz Kafka. “I’d rather float over other people’s minds as something fluid and nonperceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically iridescent creature rather than an actual person.” Do you ever have that experience? I do. I’m a Crab like you, and I think it’s common among members of our tribe. For me, it feels liberating. It’s a way to escape people’s expectations of me and enjoy the independence of living in my fantasies. But I plan to do it a lot less in 2017, and I advise you to do the same. We should work hard at coming all the way down to earth. We will thrive by floating less and being better grounded; by being less fuzzy and more solid; by not being so inscrutable, but rather more knowable.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): You have a divine mandate to love bigger and stronger and truer than ever before. It’s high time to freely give the gifts you sometimes hold back from those you care for. It’s high time to take full ownership of neglected treasures so you can share them with your worthy allies. It’s high time to madly cultivate the generosity of spirit that will enable you to more easily receive the blessings that can and should be yours. Be a brave, softhearted warrior of love!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I love and respect Tinker Bell, Kermit the Frog, Shrek, Wonder Woman, SpongeBob SquarePants, Snow White, Road Runner, and Calvin and Hobbes. They have provided me with much knowledge and inspiration. Given the current astrological omens, I suspect that you, too, can benefit from cultivating your relationships with characters like them. It’s also a favorable time for you to commune with the spirits of Harriet Tubman, Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, or any other historical figures who inspire you. I suggest you have dreamlike conversations with your most interesting ancestors, as well. Are you still in touch with your imaginary friends from childhood? If not, renew acquaintances.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Here’s my declaration: “I hereby forgive, completely and permanently, all motorists who have ever irked me with their rude and bad driving. I also forgive, totally and forever, all tech support people who have insulted me, stonewalled me, or given me wrong information as I sought help from them on the phone. I furthermore forgive, utterly and finally, all family members and dear friends who have hurt my feelings.” Now would be a fantastic time for you to do what I just did, Leo: Drop grudges, let go of unimportant outrage, and issue a blanket amnesty. Start with the easier stuff — the complaints against strangers and acquaintances — and work your way up to the allies you cherish.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) : There are some authors who both annoy me and intrigue me. Even though I feel allergic to the uncomfortable ideas they espouse, I’m also fascinated by their unique provocations. As I read their words, I’m half-irritated at their grating declarations, and yet greedy for more. I disagree with much of what they say, but feel grudgingly grateful for the novel perspectives they prod me to discover. (Nobel Prize winner Elias Canetti is one such author.) In accordance with the current astrological rhythms,

Virgo, I invite you to seek out similar influences — for your own good!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Now would be an excellent time to add new beauty to your home. Are there works of art or buoyant plants or curious symbols that would lift your mood? Would you consider hiring a feng shui consultant to rearrange the furniture and accessories so as to enhance the energetic flow? Can you entice visits from compelling souls whose wisdom and wit would light up the place? Tweak your imagination so it reveals tricks about how to boost your levels of domestic bliss.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 2017, you will have unprecedented opportunities to reimagine, revise, and reinvent the story of your life. You’ll be able to forge new understandings about your co-stars and reinterpret the meanings of crucial plot twists that happened once upon a time. Now check out these insights from author Mark Doty: “The past is not static, or ever truly complete; as we age we see from new positions, shifting angles. A therapist friend of mine likes to use the metaphor of the kind of spiral stair that winds up inside a lighthouse. As one moves up that stair, the core at the center doesn’t change, but one continually sees it from another vantage point; if the past is a core of who we are, then our movement in time always brings us into a new relation to that core.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The Tao Te Ching is a poetically philosophical text written by a Chinese sage more than two millennia ago. Numerous authors have translated it into modern languages. I’ve borrowed from their work to craft a horoscope that is precisely suitable for you in the coming weeks. Here’s your high-class fortune cookie oracle: Smooth your edges, untangle your knots, sweeten your openings, balance your extremes, relax your mysteries, soften your glare, forgive your doubts, love your breathing, harmonize your longings, and marvel at the sunny dust.

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I recently discovered Tree of Jesse, a painting by renowned 20th-century artist Marc Chagall. I wanted to get a copy to hang on my wall. But as I scoured the Internet, I couldn’t find a single business that sells prints of it. Thankfully, I did locate an artist in Vietnam who said he could paint an exact replica. I ordered it, and was pleased with my new objet d’art. It was virtually identical to Chagall’s original. I suggest you meditate on taking a metaphorically similar approach, Capricorn. Now is a time when substitutes may work as well as what they replace.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “It is often safer to be in chains than to be free,” wrote Franz Kafka. That fact is worthy of your consideration in the coming weeks, Aquarius. You can avoid all risks by remaining trapped inside the comfort that is protecting you. Or you can take a gamble on escaping, and hope that the new opportunities you attract will compensate you for the sacrifice it entails. I’m not here to tell you what to do. I simply want you to know what the stakes are.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): “All pleasures are in the last analysis imaginary, and whoever has the best imagination enjoys the most pleasure.” So said 19th-century German novelist Theodor Fontane, and now I’m passing his observation on to you. Why? Because by my astrological estimates, you Pisceans will have exceptional imaginations in 2017 — more fertile, fervent, and freedom-loving than ever before. Therefore, your capacity to drum up pleasure will also be at an all-time high. There is a catch, however. Your imagination, like everyone else’s, is sometimes prone to churning out superstitious fears. To take maximum advantage of its bliss-inducing potential, you will have to be firm about steering it in positive directions. Homework: Tell a story about the time Spirit reached down and altered your course in one swoop. Go to RealAstrology.com and click on “Email Rob.”

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GEOGRAPHY Assists with the planning, and executing the annual California Higher Education Sustainability Conference and related events. Markets, raises funds, identifies sponsors, and institutes a development strategy for cultivation. Works collaboratively on event planning, logistics, and takes the primary lead on training, coordinating, and supervising the team of student interns and volunteers. Coordinates event logistics. Collects and streamlines information coming from conference organizing committee. Develops and manages content for social media, the web, and print. Assists with financial tracking, keypunch, accounts receivable, billing, and trouble‑shooting for the conference account. Processes and tracks contracts and supports the Geography Financial Manager. Reqs: Excellent communication skills and working knowledge of sustainability and event planning. Ability to analyze problems and issues as they arise and reach quick positive solutions. Excellent mathematical skills and demonstrated knowledge of financial management, accounting, tracking, troubleshooting, and reconciliation. Experience with MS Office Suite. Advanced Excel knowledge. Notes: Fingerprint background check required. This is a 75%‑time position. $20.59 ‑ $21.08/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20160557

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HUMAN RESOURCES We are looking for a team member with excellent administrative and customer service skills to support the Human Resources management team and the Employee and Labor Relations and Compensation units. Reqs: Able to work independently, act with sound judgment, anticipate job requirements, and prioritize and coordinate tasks with frequent interruptions while meeting critical and time‑sensitive deadlines. Must be able to communicate effectively with a diverse clientele, work as a member of a team and maintain confidentiality at all times. Note: Fingerprint background check required. $19.08‑$21.00/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Provides expert technical knowledge to the College of Engineering in the form of systems design and administration, programming, consultation, and project management. Directly responsible for 1/4 of ECI’s servers and the services they provide. Maintains current knowledge and skillset to act as backup on all production and research systems. Supports research activities on College resources, consults with faculty and researchers in the support of their research, and works to integrate research labs into the College infrastructure. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of related education and work experience. Demonstrated analytic, problem‑solving, and interpersonal and communication skills. Strong programming experience in Python or PHP, experience developing in a MVC framework such as Django, Flask, or Laravel. Experience with message queuing technologies such as RabbitMQ or ActiveMQ. Strong familiarity with Linux (Redhat/Centos) system administration and open‑source technologies such as Git, OpenLDAP, Apache, etc. Note: Fingerprinting background check required. $76,200‑$84,435/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply by 1/24/17, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20170006 Sr. SfTWr Engrs sought by AppFolio Inc. in Goleta, CA to defn, dsgn, implmnt & tst softwr. Aply @ www. jobpostingtoday.com # 90253.

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OFFICE OF RESEARCH The Research Development division in the Office of Research at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) seeks an Academic Coordinator to serve as Associate Director of Research Development for Science and Engineering. The Associate Director advises faculty and researchers in science and engineering on funding opportunities and strategic planning for extramural research proposals. The main focus of efforts are 1) single investigator proposals from early career faculty, 2) major large scale, multidisciplinary and/or multi‑investigator research projects, and 3) training, institutional program development, and outreach proposals focused in engineering and the sciences. The Associate Director serves as a strategic funding advisor and proposal reviewer for early career faculty in science and engineering in developing competitive proposals to grow their research programs. The Associate Director works with faculty to facilitate the preparation of successful major grant applications, including the coordination of large multi‑investigator, multi‑disciplinary research proposals. This position develops workshops to support proposal development, and understands how campus priorities and information needs fit into the larger national education, research, and funding contexts in order to provide advice to faculty and researchers. This is a full‑time Academic Coordinator 2 position, with the initial appointment for one year, subject to renewal based on performance. The annual salary range is $84,044 ‑ $111,536, depending on qualifications and experience. Minimum Requirements: Graduate degree in science or engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Desired Qualifications: Ph.D. in science or engineering and experience with proposal writing. For primary consideration, applications should be received by January 16, 2017. This position has an anticipated start date of March 1, 2017. To apply, please submit your application to UC Recruit: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/ apply/JPF00888. The Department is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the university community through research, teaching and service. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT Works to optimize philanthropic support for the College of Creative Studies (CCS). Sixty percent of time is focused on major gift ($50k+) fund raising activities. Twenty percent of time is focused on prospect discovery and annual giving solicitations, and twenty percent on administrative duties such as planning, coordinating and executing aspects of the CCS development program. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Minimum of 5 years of major gift experience, including raising six figure gifts. Demonstrated skill at gift negotiation and gift solicitation. Demonstrated skill in writing professional, clear, and compelling proposals and other solicitation materials, and business correspondence. Commitment to and ability to articulate the case for higher education, and CCS’ programs in particular. Effective verbal communication skills. Knowledge of office and productivity software including but not limited to word processing, spreadsheet, database, email, and Internet applications. Ability to establish strong, interpersonal relationships. Experience in conceptualizing, planning, and implementing customized donor cultivation activities, such as dinners, luncheons, receptions, meetings, and tours. Ability to work independently and as part of a team, under deadlines, without close supervision. Self‑direction in the initiation, coordination and completion of tasks, and acute attention to detail are essential. Understanding and/ or experience working within the environment of a large, public research university. Notes: Fingerprint background check required. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license. Annually renewable contract position. Ability and willingness to travel frequently. Ability to work some weekends and evenings. Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. The University of

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Legals Administer of Estate NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WALTER R. ANDERSON, III, aka WALTER RALEIGH ANDERSON, III, WALTER R. ANDERSON, and WALTER RALEIGH ANDERSON NO: 16PR00572 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of WALTER R. ANDERSON, III, WALTER RALEIGH ANDERSON, III, WALTER R. ANDERSON, and WALTER RALEIGH ANDERSON A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: DENISE M. ANDERSON in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): DENISE M. ANDERSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 02/23/2017 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Meal Prep at 1269 Camino Meleno Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Adriana Garcia (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 19, 2016. 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: 2016‑0003448. Published: Dec 22, 29 2016. Jan 5, 12 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Compassionate Coaching at 6647 El Colegio Rd #B225 Goleta, CA 93117; John David Mudie (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 06, 2016. 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 Connie Fran. FBN Number: 2016‑0003318. Published: Dec 22, 29 2016. Jan 5, 12 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Grab Eat Fit at 231 S. Magnolia Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Sania Revault Diaz 106 Sumida Garden Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 02, 2016. 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: 2016‑0003287. Published: Dec 22, 29 2016. Jan 5, 12 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Archer‑Gimbal Publishing, Greg Jacobson International at 6 Harbor Way #200 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Gregory Lawrence Jacobson 130 Santa Rosa Place Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 13, 2016. 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 Connie Fran. FBN Number: 2016‑0003381. Published: Dec 22, 29 2016. Jan 5, 12 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Michael Bordofsky MD And Trautwein Medical Corporation Joint Venture at 515 E. Micheltornea Street Suite C Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Michael Bordofsky 416 Foxen Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Trautwein Medical Corporation 1805 E Cabrillo Blvd #C Santa Barbara, CA 93108 This business is conducted by a Joint Venture Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 20, 2016. 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: 2016‑0003450. Published: Dec 22, 29 2016. Jan 5, 12 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Asociacion Nacional DE Locutores DE Mexico AC EN CA at 3755 San Remo Dr. Apt 161 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Alma Patricia Blando Rangel (same address) Sergio Naveda Pedraza (same address) This business is conducted by a Unincorporated Association Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 09, 2016. 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: 2016‑0003362. Published: Dec 22, 29 2016. Jan 5, 12 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 805 Iron at 225 E Carrillo Suite 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Travis Twining 475 Santa Rosa Ln Santa Barbara, CA 93108 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Cesar Hernandez‑Agent This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 13, 2016. 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 Cristine Potter. FBN Number: 2016‑0003384. Published: Dec 22, 29 2016. Jan 5, 12 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Conversation Cafe at 821 State St. Unit B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Bridging Borders International 66 Ocean View #14 Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 30, 2016. 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: 2016‑0003261. Published: Dec 22, 29 2016. Jan 5, 12 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Dash Medical at 235 W. Pueblo Street 2nd Floor Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Palliative Care Consultants of Santa Barbara, 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 20, 2016. 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: 2016‑0003451. Published: Dec 22, 29 2016. Jan 5, 12 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Goleta Realty, Santa Barbara Realty at 7103 Monique Ct. Goleta, 93117; William Michael Gadsby (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 21, 2016. 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: 2016‑0003461. Published: Dec 29 2016. Jan 5, 12, 19 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Carpets Unlimited Colortile at 1217 S. Blosser Rd. #A Santa Maria, CA 93458; Carpets Unlimited of Santa Maria, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Greg Frainer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 07, 2016. 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 Mary Soto. FBN Number: 2016‑0003345. Published: Dec 29 2016. Jan 5, 12, 19 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Creative Promotions, Creative Promotions Unlimited, The Map at 1072 Camino Del Retiro Santa Barbara, CA 93110; David Adam Zeff (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: David Zeff This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 20, 2016. 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: 2016‑0003460. Published: Dec 29 2016. Jan 5, 12, 19 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Hireth Makery at 3739 Foothill Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Alexis Saghie (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 30, 2016. 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 Tania Paredes‑Sadler. FBN Number: 2016‑0003262. Published: Dec 29 2016. Jan 5, 12, 19 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Gift & Apparel at 933 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Tiamo, LLC 217A Stearns Wharf Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 20, 2016. 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: 2016‑0003453. Published: Dec 29 2016. Jan 5, 12, 19 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Free Methodist Church‑USA at 214 El Monte Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; The Free Methodist Church of North America 770 N. High School Road Indianapolis, IN 46214 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Larry Roberts This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 20, 2016. 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 Connie Tran. FBN Number: 2016‑0003458. Published: Jan 5, 12, 19, 26 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: INTEGRATIVE HEALING at 832 Manda Ct Orcutt, CA 93455; Patricia M. Stewart (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 29, 2016. 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: 2016‑0003526. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BIMARIAN FILMS at 5951 Encina Rd #107 Goleta, CA 93117; Bimarian Films (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liabilty Company Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 05, 2017. 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: 2017‑0000081. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CAPTAIN ROLLO KIDS AT SEA at 2580 Ingraham Street San Diego, CA 92109; Friends of Rollo (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Harold Davis, President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 29, 2016. 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 Connie Tran. FBN Number: 2016‑0003523. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PAINTINGS BY FAWN at 315 Meigs Rd A275 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Fawn Johnson (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Fawn L. Johnson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 05, 2017. 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: 2017‑0000049. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DANIEL’S PLUMBING SERVICE at 123 Kamala Way Goleta, CA 93117; Daniel Wade Facundus (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Daniel Wade Facundus This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 04, 2017. 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: 2017‑0000026. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ONIRIC LICENSING at 720 E. Haley St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Oniracom Corporation (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Jacob Tell This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 29, 2016. 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 Connie Tran. FBN Number: 2016‑0003521. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA CERAMICS, SANTA BARBARA OLIVE OIL, SANTA BARBARA FOOD COMPANY, THE SANTA BARBARA COMPANY, SANTA BARBARA FOODS at 214 E. Victoria St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Montrose Partners LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 04, 2017. 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 Connie Tran. FBN Number: 2017‑0000019. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DMXO RECORDS at 835 North Milpas Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Carmalisa Kristelle Jorquia 530 San Pasqual Street Apt 9 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 04, 2017. 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: 2017‑0000029. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: GIVINGTOTES at 222 Vernal Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Georgia C. McDermott (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Georgia C. McDermott This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 16, 2016. 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 Connie Tran. FBN Number: 2016‑0003432. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: BLUESAILS at 3748 San Remo Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Martin John Spargur (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Martin John Spargur This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 06, 2017. 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 Connie Tran. FBN Number: 2017‑0000059. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: TABACCO & MORE NO 2 at 4020 Calle Real #1 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Lamiaa Abdulhai 799 Seeger Ave Ventura, CA 90003 This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 03, 2017. 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 Connie Tran. FBN Number: 2017‑0000007. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Veronica Springs Church at 949 Veronica Springs Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93105; First Baptist Church of Santa Barbara (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Hans Kistner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 09, 2016. 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: 2016‑0003360. Published: Dec 29 2016. Jan 5, 12, 19 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA BEST WINE TOURS, SANTA YNEZ WINE TOURS, WINE TOURS SANTA BARBARA, SANTA BARBARA WINE COUNTRY TOURS, WINE COUNTRY TOURS, SANTA BARBARA WINERY TOURS, WINE TOURS OF SANTA BARBARA at 32 E Haley St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Adventure Company, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Michael Cohen, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 03, 2017. 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: 2017‑0000006. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OLIVETTA FLOWERS & FOLIAGE at 2211 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Julie E Adams (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Julie E. Adams This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 03, 2017. 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: 2017‑0000004. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: MOUNTAIN VIEW LANDSCAPING at 4844 Winding Way Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Tyler Valenzuela (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Tyler Valenzuela This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 20, 2016. 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 Connie Tran. FBN Number: 2016‑0003459. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: FILTERSMART at 146 Powers Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Neptune Online LLC 245 Alto Dr. Oak View, CA 93022 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Colin Barkar This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 19, 2016. 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: 2016‑0003449. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: THE PETS PAL at 27 W Anapamu Street Suite 478 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Sylvie Raphael Dream LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jan 04, 2017. 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 Tania Parades‑Sadler. FBN Number: 2017‑0000016. Published: Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cejae Photography at 611 Miramonte Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Cierra Benavidez (same address) This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Cierra Benavidez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec 15, 2016. 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 Jessica Sheaff. FBN Number: 2016‑0003089. Published: Dec 29 2016. Jan 5, 12, 19 2017.

Name Change IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF JAMES MICHAEL MOSKOW and LINDA FRANCINE MOSKOW CHAN TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 16CV05619 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: JAMES MICHAEL MOSKOW TO: JAMES MICHAELS FROM: LINDA FRANCINE MOSKOW TO: LINDA FRANCINE MICHAELS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Feb 22, 2017 9:30 am, Dept 1, Courthouse, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 Anacapa Division A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Dec 13, 2016 . by Judge James E. Herman of the Superior Court. Published. Dec 22, 29 2016. Jan 5, 12 2017. IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF EMILY GAIL WITHERS TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 16CV05808 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A petition has been filed by the above named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara Superior court proposing a change of name(s) FROM and TO the following name(s): FROM: EMILY GAIL WITHERS TO: EMILY WITHERS WALCOTT THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Mar 01, 2017 9:30 am, Dept 1, Courthouse, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107 Anacapa Division A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Jan 09, 2017. by Judge James E. Herman of the Superior Court. Published. . Jan 12, 19, 26. Feb 2 2017.

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