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volume 31, number 591, May 11-18, 2017 Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Barney Brantingham’s On the Beat . . . . . 23

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PARALLEL STORIES: Colm Tóibín and House of Names SUNDAY | MAY 21 | 2:30 PM From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Testament of Mary, Brooklyn, and The Master comes House of Names—a powerful retelling of the classic Greek tragedy of Clytemnestra and her children. The story of a family at war with itself is reimagined and read by Colm Tóibín. Q & A and book signing to follow.

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news Briefs LAW & DISORDER The body of 51-year-old Jon Jay Read was found on the beach below More Mesa around noon on 5/8 by two people on a walk. He was a New York resident who frequented Santa Barbara, according to spokesperson Kelly Hoover with the Sheriff’s Office. “His death is under investigation, but there are no signs of foul play.”

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million share of capital costs and up to $1.6 million in operational costs. Was this any way to treat a prospective partner?, the directors wanted to know.

In the end, the board balked at making a $250,000 payment to the city this spring. It would have covered half the cost of designing a pipeline to carry desalinated water uphill to the city’s transmission mains near the Mission. And it would have been on top of $190,000 that the district paid the city last year for legal and engineering costs incurred during negotiations.

“It’s tabled for the time being, unless the city would like to present alternate terms,” Floyd Wicks, a newly elected Montecito water board director, said. During 30 years as a water company executive, he added,“I don’t remember any time where I had to pay to sit at the table. That doesn’t make a lot of sense.”

But the city never had a “pay-to-play” arrangement with Montecito, according to

Josh Haggmark, the city’s water resources manager. The city had hired a contractor to begin designing the pipeline but has halted the work now, he said.

“We understood it was a priority for the district to get desalinated water,” Haggmark said. “The city has invested a lot of resources in trying to meet their water-supply needs. It’s frustrating to have them hit the brakes when we get a little rain.”

The city’s desalination project is a complete overhaul of a plant that was built at the same location in 1991 to turn seawater into drinking water. On the heels of the “March Miracle” storms of 1991, the original plant was used for only a few months. As fate would have it, the new $70 million plant is expected to begin operations next month, on the heels of a very wet winter. For now, Haggmark said, the city plans to use desalinated water instead of well water to give its depleted groundwater basins a chance to recover.

Back in January, representatives of both sides seemed upbeat and optimistic about reaching an agreement.

But the Montecito water board is no longer viewing a deal with Santa Barbara as a panacea for drought. The pressure on this community of big estates and small groundwater basins has eased considerably after the heavy rains—enough so that penalties for overwatering have been lifted.

Now that both Cachuma and Jameson lakes are more than half full and there’s plenty of state aqueduct water, district officials say they have enough supplies on hand for the next three years, even if it doesn’t rain.

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by Melinda Burns anta Barbara’s new waterfront desalination plant is expected to go online next month, but behind the scenes, negotiations over a 40 percent share for Montecito have stalled, raising the possibility that the wealthy community will opt out of the $70 million project.

The two sides, represented by staff employees, began weekly talks in October but haven’t met since January. In February, the Montecito Water District’s Board of Directors requested a face-to-face meeting with the Santa Barbara City Council to hash out their differences. The city declined.

Then, in March, amid complaints that the city was “exacting a pound of flesh,” the Montecito board publicly aired its opposition to a number of key points including the 20-year term of the agreement. Board directors also objected to a $237,500 annual fee imposed by the city, on top of Montecito’s annual $1.7

The Babich Family Foundation’s Monica and Tim Babich have made a $500,000 matching gift to MOXI, the new children’s museum downtown.

The Babiches have pledged to match donations to the museum’s Education Fund for up to $100,000 a year for five years. Ron Skinner, MOXI’s director of education, said, “The Babich family’s generous support will make our field trips, camps, and classes accessible to all.”

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WATER IN THE WEST: This season’s exceptional rainfall was especially welcomed after five years of historic drought. But it has also thrown a wrench in desal negotiations between the City of Santa Barbara — represented by Josh Haggmark (left) — and the Montecito Water District and its Board President Dick Shaikewitz (right). Picured below is an aerial shot of the city’s desal plant.

Santa Barbara Herb Clinic reopened on 5/1 under new ownership, as the administrators of the estate of Dr. Weidong “Henry” Han and his wife, Huijie “Jennie” Yu — both murdered along with their young daughter, Emily Han, in March 2016 — have sold the business to acupuncturist Tram Pham, who studied biological sciences and global studies at UCSB before obtaining her master’s from the Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Los Angeles. The preliminary hearing for triple-murder defendant Pierre Haobsh is set to start on 5/31.

City officials cut the ribbon on 5/8 at the recently opened traffic roundabout at the busy intersection of Cliff Drive and Las Positas Road (pictured).

The $2 million feature is designed primarily to prevent lengthy backups along Las Positas during afternoon rush hour. The redo includes a public transit stop and new streetlights, landscaping, and storm-water drainage.

Ace Hardware CEO John Venhuizen was in town on 5/8 to honor Gary Simpson, the owner of Santa Barbara Home Improvement Center, celebrating 50 years in business and many recent retail accomplishments. Santa Barbara Home Improvement Center was the highest volume store for Ace Hardware nationally in 2016. Also, in 2016, the store raised $16,920 for Cottage Children’s Medical Center.SCHOO cont’d on page 14 É

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DESAL CONT’D FROM P. 9 what’s best for them,” said Wicks, who campaigned last fall as an advocate of recycled water. “I think we should put things on hold for a while and study the alternatives. There could be other locations for a desal plant somewhere near Montecito.”

At the staff level, Haggmark said, Montecito had been “very much in concurrence” with the city during negotiations.

“I think, if we hadn’t had that one storm on February 17, their board would have arrived at a different conclusion,” he said.

“Any agreement has elements of give and take, and I thought the current draft terms reached at staff level came close to striking that balance. It really is fair and reasonable.

And I’m not ruling out that it won’t still happen.”

One of the main sticking points for the Montecito water board has been the 20-year term that the city set for the agreement, with the possibility of three 10-year extensions.

The city charter limits all contracts to 50 years. But Montecito directors said they wanted a guaranteed long-term share of desalinated water; they were afraid the city would shut down the plant.

“We were looking to make it a source forever on into the future because it’s not rainfall-dependent,” Wicks said. “The city has other sources — a lot more well water, for example. We didn’t want to get into a big dispute about how long desal should be a big source of water.”

Haggmark said it simply wouldn’t make sense for the city to walk away from the plant after investing so much money in it.

“I would welcome an example of why we would do that,” he said. “It seemed to be a red herring in my mind. Their logic did not hold water— water pun intended. I’m confident we could resolve this under further negotiations, unless this is just an excuse for Montecito to delay participating in desal ’til the next drought.”

The plant has been sized to produce 3,125 acre-feet of water yearly. The Montecito district had requested a 40 percent share, or 1,250 acre-feet — enough water to meet a third of the yearly demand in Montecito and Summerland. The district would pay 40 percent of the $4.2 million annual capital cost of the project, plus 40 percent of operational costs.

In a major concession to Montecito, the city agreed to reduce the district’s 40 percent share of the capital cost proportionate to its actual share of the water, should the plant

capacity be expanded for other districts.

At the same time, there was friction over whether Montecito was the city’s partner or its customer. Montecito wanted the option to double its share in the plant, and the city wanted to charge the district $37,500 yearly for the right to be first in line for that option — another condition the board didn’t like.

The two sides also argued over whether the city could supply well water and, in the future, recycled water, as part of Montecito’s share.

“That’s a real deal killer,” said Tobe Plough, who joined the Montecito board with Wicks in January as an advocate of recycled water.

“They were putting in a condition where the city could give us any kind of water they had available.”

Finally, the parties were at odds over a $237,500 annual fee that the city wanted Montecito to pay toward past development

‘It seemed to be a red herring in my mind.

Their logic did not hold water — pun intended.’

—Josh Haggmark, city water manager, venting about Montecito’s rationale for walking away from the bargaining table

costs. Montecito and Goleta had been partners in the original desalination plant in 1991 but they dropped out in 1995, leaving the city to pay millions of dollars to buy the land, maintain the plant in standby mode, and keep the permits current.

“We had to come up with a small amount of money that attempted to compensate the city for costs that we had incurred to make desal even a possibility at this point,” Haggmark said.

Montecito Board President Dick Shaikewitz believes there is a 50-50 chance that the two sides can still come to an agreement.

“If it can work, it’s a benefit to both of us,” he said.“If it doesn’t happen, there is a chance that we will build our own facility.”

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Trump’s Ag Order May Open Back Door to Guest Worker Program FiFtH-generation groWer: George Adam, pictured here in a broccoli field, said an increasing amount of food is coming from Mexico, where regulations are less stringent.

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armers in the Santa Maria Valley are breathing a sigh of relief since President Donald Trump ordered Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue two weeks ago to ensure the industry has “access to a reliable workforce.” The faint reference to immigration in his executive order on promoting and regulating agriculture constitutes a sharp departure from Trump’s campaign promise of mass deportations.

It is “the first sign we’ve seen for having an opportunity for some type of guest worker program,” said Santa Barbara Republican Mike Stoker, who has worked on ag policy for more than 20 years.“Otherwise we don’t have a reliable workforce.”

While many farmers share Stoker’s confidence, they disagree about what form such a program would take. A task force of Perdue and White House officials has 120 days to draft recommendations for Trump.

Asked if this one line in the executive order amounted to a significant shift, Stoker said Trump has been softening his tune on immigration for two years.“Every president evolves,” he added. “Obama evolved on a lot of issues — thankfully so.”

Stoker, who reportedly is pursuing an appointment to the National Labor Relations Board, famously originated the “lock ’er up” chant at the Republican convention last year.

Roughly 30 percent of the county’s estimated 40,000 undocumented laborers work in agriculture to the north of the Santa Ynez Range, many earning just enough to live there permanently as a strong immigrant community.

The area is also where Santa Barbara’s most conservative voters live; the region’s 4th supervisorial district was the only one in the county where Trump beat Hillary Clinton, by 9 percentage points. Even though many farmers support Trump, they also knowingly hire undocumented farmworkers.

“The Trump administration is in a bind where their proposed mass deportations and border wall would be devastating to their business allies in the ag sector,” said immigrant-rights advocate Lucas Zucker of the Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy.“They are looking for a way to have their cake and eat it, too.”

Californians for Population Stabilization spokesperson Joe Guzzardi called Trump’s softened position “extremely disappointing,” adding,“There’s not a shred of evidence that

more ag workers are needed.” There is “no shortage of anything” at the farmers markets or grocery stores, he claimed, adding that growers have fabricated the issue in an attempt to get an “abundance of labor.”

Yet white Californians have not been seen working in the fields for years. “It’s backbreaking work, and I’m pretty sure there aren’t a lot of millennials filling out applications at our local farms,” said conservative 5th District Supervisor Steve Lavagnino, who has said he did not vote for Trump.

In fact, most Republicans and Democrats agree the immigration system needs reforming; they just disagree on how to get there.

Many Republicans have abandoned their old hard-line mentalities, Stoker said, and would probably support reform as long as citizenship is not included. Citizenship tends to be a sticking point for Democrats, though, particularly coastal Democrats, he added.

Farmer George Adam of Innovative Produce said perhaps undocumented workers could be issued “resident alien cards and [paid] so much to achieve that status.” Otherwise, farmers say they won’t be able to compete with cheap produce from Central and South America increasingly stocked in grocery stores.

Most area farmers support some type of a guest worker program, as a labor shortage of an estimated 25 percent straps the county, leaving $11 million of crops to rot in the field.

The growth of strawberry farms has only made it worse. More hands are required to delicately pick the lucrative crop, and farms are nowhere near automation. They pay an hourly wage of roughly $12.50, which is a few dollars more than growers farming leafy greens and broccoli.

In recent years, Santa Barbara County has brought in the highest number of temporary ag workers as part of the H-2A program in California, according to Zucker. In 2015, the year the most recent data is available, nearly 1,300 immigrants were brought in for up to nine months—about 500 more than the prior year.

Yet almost everyone hates it. Farmers complain the program is cumbersome and expensive, while immigrant advocates say it confines workers to cramped housing and creates an underclass.

“Agriculture policy shouldn’t be driven by people in Washington, D.C., who love strawberries but hate farmworkers,” Zucker n said.

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Prominently involved were about 35 high school and college students who are part of Wellness Connection clubs that have sprouted up on campuses in response to a spike in young-adult suicide.“It’s what gives me the most hope,” said march organizer Annmarie Cameron, with the Santa Barbara Mental STRETCH THERAPY: Marchers for mental wellness Wellness Center. “They’re talking to take to the beach, where natural splendor is a each other so much more now.” known stress reducer.

About 35 club members at San Marcos High School hold regular meetings and reach out to students experiencing In remarks made before last week’s walk, psychological distress. Membership at San Santa Barbara City Councilmember Jason Marcos, Cameron noted with considerable Dominguez said the event was “inspiring,” surprise, is split evenly between males and noting that he majored in psychology in females; typically, girls make up the over- college. The march took place as the county whelming majority of such gatherings. supervisors weigh budget cuts. On the Focus on teen suicide has increased with butcher’s block is continued funding of a the recent release of the Netflix series, 13 pilot program known as Laura’s Law (AB Reasons Why. Two months ago, two local 1421), designed to target the most serviceteens committed suicide within a few hours resistant of the mentally ill. Mental-health and a few miles of each other. Mental-health advocates passionately fought to have the professionals reached out to Santa Barbara program adopted; with just five months of media, urging restraint in headlines and actual implementation, they contend, it’s more detail about the service options avail- too soon to pull the plug. Next Tuesday, the able to those in need. And interest in the San supervisors will hear a report assessing the Marcos approach — modeled on a club at impact of the program. Given changes in the Santa Barbara City College — has sparked at board makeup, future funding remains very Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, and Dos Pueblos much an open question. high schools.

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osted by the Coalition Against Gun Violence (CAGV), Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer visited the Santa Barbara Club on May 7 to speak about California’s gun laws and the ever-changing national dialogue on gun safety. “When President Obama was in office, we worked closely with the federal government, both with the Justice Department and with the White House,” Feuer said. “That has changed. The White House is now led by a president who just went to the [National Rifle Association’s] convention, indicating how much he owed the NRA.” Despite the new administration, Feuer said he believes he can find bipartisanship by following gun violence data. “The common ground that should emerge could happen around domestic violence,” he said.“No one thinks that a domestic abuser should have a weapon. Science tells us a domestic abuser in the wake of having a temporary restraining order imposed on him is tremendously more likely to commit an act of violence.” Feuer said the same restrictions should apply to mentally ill people, mentioning Elliot Rodger, the man who went

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Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer on a shooting spree in Isla Vista in 2014 and killed six. California has 60 gun laws, making it one of the strictest states in the nation.

Despite the myriad of gun regulations, Feuer said he is not interested in “taking guns away from individuals who are responsible gun owners trying to defend themselves.” Feuer is the cofounder of Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, a national nonpartisan group of prosecutors whose aim is to curb gun deaths in the country.

CAGV chair Toni Wellen said the group’s priority this year is to prevent Congress from passing HR 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. The bill would soften federal regulations of concealed-carry permits across state lines.

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niversity of California, Santa Barbara scholar Elisabeth Weber has spent the last 14 years studying torture, resulting in her new book, Kill Boxes: Facing the Legacy of U.S.-Sponsored Torture, Indefinite Detention, and Drone Warfare. Weber recently sat down with Brian Tanguay to discuss her research and her book.

What motivated you to write about torture? I

believe it is the duty of scholars to search for the truth, no matter how painful or inconvenient that truth might be. Ignorance isn’t an option when it comes to the total denial of human rights represented by torture, indefinite detention, and drone strikes. We must confront such blatant injustice. There is a long tradition in the humanities of confronting the denial of human rights [and] of gross ethical violations, which is one reason autocratic regimes attack the arts and humanities. We deal in complexity and deep truth; autocratic regimes tend to favor black and white, either/or ideas and solutions.

To provide some context, did the united States employ what we now call enhanced interrogation techniques prior to 9/11? The CIA

was involved in developing psychological methods during the Cold War, including sensory deprivation, stress positions, and so on. Many of the techniques developed by the CIA were taught to the security and intelligence services of U.S. client states in Central and South America, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and so on. But, of course, 9/11 changed everything.

Can you explain what you meant when you wrote that torture victims are forced into becoming traitors of themselves? When a prisoner is subjected to intense physical or

psychological pain, like sensory deprivation, he or she will do or say practically anything to make the pain stop, even if this entails betraying friends, family members, country, or religious beliefs. In fact, some prisoners might confess to committing acts they had nothing to do with. Stopping the pain quite understandably becomes paramount. This is one reason why torture is an unreliable method for extracting actionable information from prisoners. It doesn’t work in the real world as it does in movies and television dramas.

President Trump has said he believes torture works. President Trump might want to listen

to people inside the intelligence services, and it wouldn’t hurt if he became familiar with U.S. and international law.

You write a lot about the iconic photograph of the hooded man from Abu ghraib prison in Iraq.

Why did that particular photograph resonate so powerfully around the world? I think that

image tapped into ancient memories of the practice of crucifixion, particularly in the Middle East, and it also brought up collective memories of colonialism. That and [the] blatant cruelty contributed to [the photograph’s] power. It’s a shocking symbol, and we—and by this I mean the United States —own it and its legacy. Crucifixion was the most despised form of torture in the ancient world.

Some of the prisoners at guantanamo have been held for years without ever being charged.

Indefinite detention without due process of law seems a particularly cruel form of punishment.

Yes. Detention without due process is a form of torture. Unfortunately, American citizens don’t know as much about this as we should.

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Imagine if your father or brother or uncle was seized without justification, flown to Guantanamo, and forcibly detained for years, his life, liberty, and human dignity stolen from him; there’s absolutely nothing you can do about it. In those circumstances, you might be inclined to seek revenge or retribution for this injustice, either directly or by lending support to others. The point is that our actions have consequences.

How has researching and writing about torture changed you? I’m not entirely sure. I

started my academic career studying the Holocaust. Torture is certainly a dark and unsettling subject, but like I mentioned before, I feel a responsibility as a scholar to investigate and think critically about human rights, about gross injustice. In the long term, it’s in the self-interest of the United States to reflect, deeply and seriously, on our policies and actions. Torture n is an abomination.

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city smoking laws. Supporters cited secondhand smoke wafting into homes and businesses as well as the thousands of cigarette butts collected during regular beach cleanups. Detractors worried about the impacts to tourism and the late-night bottom lines of bars and restaurants. Ultimately, councilmembers followed the leads of Central Coast cities like Carpinteria and San Luis Obispo and opted for a more restrictive measure.“We have a certain image, a certain brand,” said Councilmember Jason Dominguez of Santa Barbara’s health-conscious reputation. Mayor Helene Schneider was both surprised and encouraged with the ease by which the ordinance was approved.

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SCHOOLS With construction costs booming statewide, bids to seismically, aesthetically, and comprehensively renovate Santa Barbara High School’s Peabody Stadium came in far beyond the project’s original $18 million estimate, prompting the Santa Barbara Unified School District’s Board of Education to reject all offers and attempt to broaden its search for one or more builders. Time, however, is of the essence, stressed Superintendent Cary Matsuoka, explaining that the project’s price tag will continue to escalate with inflation.

ENVIRONmENT Assemblymember Monique Limón recently authored a bill that would require conventional oil and gas companies to issue quarterly chemical reports. AB 1328 would make the full list of chemicals available to regulators with the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources and to the public. This mandate is currently in place for unconventional drilling operations — such as fracking — in California, the third largest oil producer in the country, with 201.7 million barrels in 2015. The bill faces opposition from several oil associations including the Western State Petroleum Association, as well as the California Chamber of Commerce.

Citing inconsistencies with state and county law, the California Coastal Commission has requested

that the parking lot gate and new signage at Loon Point be removed. Not only were the gate and sign installed without a permit, the new posted hours allow beach access between 8 a.m. and sunset, a more restricted window of time than the historic use from dawn to dusk. “The next step is, I’m talking to [the Coastal Commission] regarding their request,” said Brian Yanez, deputy director of Santa Barbara County Parks Department.

Channel Islands National Park rangers are encouraging the boating public to inspect their vessels, anchor lines, and fishing gear for the invasive seaweed Undaria pinnatifida, which has been competing with native seaweed along the northern coast of Anacapa Island and has been found in Ventura Harbor. Rangers advise removing it by the roots and throwing it into the trash. If released back into the ocean, the plant’s microscopic spores can remain dormant for up to two years.

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mIxED FEELINGS Dr. Frederic Kass Reflects on State’s Aid-in-Dying Bill

by Nick Welsh hen the state’s aid-in-dying law, the End of Life Option Act, went into effect nearly a year ago, Dr. Frederic Kass was one of the few physicians in town willing to even discuss the matter. If the Legislature voted to give those facing terminal illness the right to end their own lives, Kass — a highly respected oncologist and major player in the South Coast medical community — argued, doctors needed to step in to make sure it was done competently and humanely. The state bill was strictly voluntary: doctors were allowed to participate if they so chose. In Santa Barbara County, both Cottage Health and Marian Medical — the two big hospitals — declined to participate. Sansum, with which Kass is affiliated, offered to be involved. So, too, did a small number of private doctors. Since then, a small handful of patients have chosen to activate their opt-out clause. At least one was a patient of Dr. Kass’s. This week, the doctor spoke on the End of Life Option Act at a forum hosted by the Alliance for Living and Dying Well. Beforehand, he spoke with Santa Barbara Independent editor Nick Welsh. The following is a transcribed version of their conversation.

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When this act was first passed, it seemed that not many providers in Santa Barbara were willing to participate. Yes, only a few

of us were willing to say so publicly. I think some physicians didn’t want people coming to them asking: “Can you help me?” Some just wanted to do it quietly for their own patients.

No one here wants to be offering this as a service.

Did that happen in Oregon, where assisted suicide has been legal for 19 years? The data from Oregon shows a few group prac-

titioners who [had] a relatively large number of patients for whom they provided this service; yet, if you look at the time from when they met the patient until the time the patient died, it was barely more than the statutory minimum. The implication is that new patients came to them with their plan, and the doctors were willing to do it.

It became a concierge service.

That is not the kind of service I want to offer.

Dr. Frederic Kass

point where her body would not be able to save itself, she told me: “I don’t want to be just lying in bed waiting for my heart to stop.”

Wow, that is a tough one. It goes from the theoretical to the very real. That is right. In the State of California, this is part of

practicing medicine. But, I will tell you that I spend time asking myself: Is this what God wants me to do? And if you ask me, am I sure I know the answer to that? The answer is no. But it was a way to help her with her suffering. And I pray that that’s part of compassionate care.

I really spent time in prayer asking if this was the right thing to do.

The patient was someone I’d been taking care of for years, who asked You have had a patient who me for something that the Legisrequested an assisted suicide. lature has said should be available —Dr. Frederic Kass Without revealing the name or in California. I made the decision any personal details, can you tell professionally that I was not going what the process was like? This to send my patient to find another was a patient with whom I enjoyed a long and very close doctor. But personally, this was a difficult decision. Ultimately, relationship. We had a lot of heartfelt conversations about I was committed to meeting my promise to the patient. But her condition. I was absolutely sure that it was the appropri- I didn’t presume that it was going to be easy, and it wasn’t. ate thing to do and that she represented the kind of patient for whom the act was written and passed. But personally, it Do you have other patients who are asking you to do the same? was … it was extraordinarily difficult. I did it. I think it was You know I can’t answer that. the right thing to do. But did I have a lot of second thoughts What exactly is the process? You issued the prescription. And after along the way? Boy, you bet. that the patient is on his or her own? No. I asked if I could be And did you try to talk her out of it? No. She was very clear. present because I feel like this isn’t something I wanted to do When her quality of life had diminished and she was at the by proxy.

‘When her quality of life had diminished and she was at the point where her body would not be able to save itself, she told me: ‘I don’t want to be just lying in bed waiting for my heart to stop.’’

Oh, man. That must have been really tough. Yeah, but if I am

going to take responsibility to do this, I can’t hand someone a prescription and say I am not going to be around for the hard part. Right? If I was going to go this far, then I was going to be present for the whole journey.

So you write a prescription … Right, and of course it is up to the

patient to acquire the medication. But once the patient has the drug, I think it is safer if a provider is there. There are questions about how to do this right to avoid mishaps. What you don’t want is for the patient to get sleepy and then not finish it.

Right, so you take like, 100 seconals? So do you have to take apple sauce or … What you do is empty all the capsules, I think

there are 90, and then dissolve it in a juice that the patient can drink. But first, the patient takes anti-nausea medication and other things to make sure it will go down okay. And I gave the patient some advice about eating or drinking that day to be sure it would be absorbed. I hate to describe it this way, but like any other medical procedure there is guidance on how to make sure it goes well. The patients, however, have to do this themselves — the voluntariness has to be straight through to the end. The patient has to be on his or her own to the very end taking the medication.

Thank you very much for discussing this. To be honest, Nick, to

say it’s not easy is an understatement. This is just really hard.

You know, the fact of the matter is that, well, we can’t fix being mortal, can we?

We haven’t figured that one out yet. And I, for sure, think God n

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deserved to be fired … just not by Trump, nor for any of Trump’s phony-baloney reasons.

The stated rationale is that Comey violated protocol and usurped the chain of command by announcing last July there would be no charges against Hillary Clinton for numerous email security transgressions, and that he did so again on October 28—just 11 days before the election — when he announced he was reopening the investigation because new emails had surfaced. July and October being several eternities ago, one can reasonably ask, why fire Comey right now? Because Comey was actively investigating ties between the Trump White House and Russia for possible collusion. Two hours before Trump fired Comey, federal grand jury subpoenas had been issued demanding business documents from associates of Trump’s short-lived former national security advisor Michael Flynn.

In other words, the investigation was heating up. Flynn, as we now know, improperly met a Russian diplomat before Trump was sworn in, improperly discussed American sanctions recently imposed against Russia for hacking the election, lied about it, and failed to properly disclose the $45,000 he was paid by a Russian propaganda agency to deliver a speech in Russia.

To an unusual degree, Trump’s election brought America’s genitals out of the closet.

It’s worth remembering that we would not be in this mess were it not for disgraced congressmember Anthony Weiner’s twisted

ning for Santa Barbara city mayor. Who do they have to bribe to get a break? I say that because this year’s mayoral election is threatening to become one of the weirdest, wildest, most out-of-control, genuinely unpredictable, and freakishly interesting since 1934. That’s when a messianic megalomaniac who got in fights on Haley Street and packed a gat in his cummerbund beat out a fractured field of boring, pince-nez-wearing establishment ho-hums and the combined might of the city’s power elite. Yet no one cares.

Yes, Santa Barbara might have a certified, male, XY chromosome mayor for the first time in 36 years. But such possibilities can’t compete with the ever-escalating self-immolation Trump has unleashed upon himself, firing G-Man-in-Chief James Comey in the most craven way imaginable: via TV news announcement executed from the safe distance of 3,000 miles away. Comey initially thought he’d been the victim of a particularly well-played prank. This from a commander in chief —with his finger on the buttons of 4,018 nuclear missiles — who achieved critical mass in the celebrity freak firmament for his syndicated reality show, You’re Fired! Barely 100 days into Year One, Trump appears to have ignited a constitutional crisis of such magnitude that in any parallel universe would have already brought him down. The cruel irony here, of course, is that many people singing in the anti-Trump choir believe Comey richly

need to flash his junk—via sex texts—to a 15-year-old girl in another state. Weiner was married at the time to Clinton’s aide and confidante, Huma Abedin, to whom Clinton had sent some of her emails for printing. Abedin shared a computer with her husband, who in his sextcapades went alternately by the on-screen monikers “Carlos Danger” and “T Dog.” When the feds investigated Weiner and his computer for corrupting the morals of a minor across state lines, they stumbled across emails from Clinton. These emails— the number of which, we have since learned, Comey greatly exaggerated — gave rise to his October 28 announcement that the investigation against Clinton was being reopened. He would quickly conclude there was nothing to the new emails, either, but by then the damage was done. There’s no doubt Comey’s October 28 announcement was the fatal blow to Clinton’s campaign. Only in America does a compulsive dick waver named Weiner manage to get an inveterate pussy grabber elected president.

Competing for oxygen in this atmosphere are six definite mayoral contenders. In a normal universe, Councilmember Cathy Murillo would be and should be the clear front-runner. As the furthest-left, most overtly populist member of the council, Murillo should be able to tap into the surging anti-Trump sentiment.

No one will campaign harder, she’s raised tons of cash, and she’s backed by the Democratic Machine. But Murillo tends to lead with both heart and chin, and a backlash is mounting.

Normally, Councilmember Frank Hotchkiss, as the sole Republican, wouldn’t stand

a chance, especially given his past skepticism about climate change. But with so many candidates, Frank — a Zen Buddhist realtor with a steamy midlife-crisis novel featuring a hot Russian babe as lust object—could win with even a tiny fraction. Former Deckers CEO Angel Martinez just announced from Mt. Olympus this week that he’d generously make his vision and executive skills available since both are so sorely lacking at City Hall. Martinez, a Cuban immigrant who reportedly grew up eating Great Society peanut butter, has gobs of dough, a business pedigree that can appeal to the right, and progressive beliefs that resonate left—he hates Trump and has the Tweets to prove it. Though he has zero experience with City Hall, he is strongly backed by a coalition of impatient, agitated, and frustrated Funk Zone property owners. Spicing things up is wild-woman art curator Maiza Hixson, who declared her candidacy at a press conference at 7:45 p.m. on Thursday. Hixson, in town only two years, finds Santa Barbara’s art scene—with its conspicuous lack of nudity and political content — suffocatingly tame.

Hixson may have no chance, but she’s smart and funny and should run an entertaining performance-art campaign that offers actual nutritional content. Councilmember Bendy White has yet to announce and former councilmember Hal Conklin has, but both toil in the ho-hum fields to which smart, experienced, mushy moderates with gobs of experience are consigned. If Trump’s the question, they may not be the answer.

Here’s what I want to know: If Trump’s the answer, what’s the question? — Nick Welsh

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Peter Karoff

A Celebration of Life for Peter Karoff, Santa Barbara and Boston, will take place on Friday, May 12, at 2:00 p.m., at the University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara St., in Santa Barbara.

A full obituary may be found at www.wrhsb.com/ obituaries/H-Peter-Karoff/#!/ Obituary.

Eugene (Gene) Adam Spaulding 08/31/45-05/01/17

ing, playing with his grand grandson, working in the yard of his Hope Ranch residence, and a cold beer on the front porch after a long day. Gene is survived by his wife Jean, sons Charles and Brad, sisters Berni Koutch and Sue Wirdzek, and his four-yearold grandson, Tyler.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to Ernest Panizzon, his daughter Heidi Earle, Bridget Foss, and Lisa Schilling-Bates for all their love and support. Thank you, also, to the team at Mission Terrace Convalescent Hospital for their extraordi extraordinary care. The family plans a private memorial service.

A Celebration of Gene’s Life will be held on Saturday, May 20th from 4:00 to 5:30 PM at Harry’s Plaza Cafe. For more information and to confirm attendance, please reach out to Charles Spaulding via email at SpauldingFamilySB@ gmail.com.

constructions. She was an articulate and witty person of rich humanistic sensibilities, and her selfless devotion to her family and to those in need was a constant inspiration to her many friends.

She is survived by William Forgie, her husband of 39 years, by her daughters Anna Forgie of Washington D.C. and Julia Forgie of Los Angeles and by her brother George Johnson of Berkeley, California.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, May 13th, at the Santa Barbara Club, 1105 Chapala St. In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, curemeso.org.

graveside on May 3rd, 2017 Calvary Cemetery 199 North Hope Ave Santa Barbara, CA, US, 93110 http://www.archdiocese.la/ directories/cemeteries/info. php?cemetery_id=3 Online memorial at http:// www.wrhsd.com//obituaries/Virginia-Morrissey/#!/ TributeWall

settled into Vista Del Monte Retirement Community, where she spent her final years surrounded by the wonderful and caring staff there and visited by her children daily.

Jane is survived by her children Gerry and Katie, and is now reunited with Dick and her first son, Rick, who predeceased her.

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James Paul LeVasseur

Family and friends will cel celebrate the life of Glenn William “Bill” Elliott who died February 10, 2017. Join us at Tucker’s Grove Park, Cathedral Oaks Road, Area 1, at noon on Sunday, May 21, for sharing followed by lunch and Bill’s favorite pies.

James Paul LeVasseur, 58, of Santa Barbara, died gently at Sarah House hospice on April 4, 2017, after a courageous battle with cancer. His family is grateful for the many loving visits from friends and the kindness of so many professionals at The Cancer Center, Sansum Clinic, and Cottage Hospital, all of which sustained him during his ordeal.

Jim was a peaceful atheist with a passion for the performing arts, progressive causes and the Democratic Party. Jim discovered theater and choir while attending Glendale High School and earned his AA Degree from the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA) in Santa Maria. Jim worked 24 years for Santa Barbara City College, cooking in their restaurants and cafes. His day job left time for making friends of all ages and persuasions, acting in local theater, singing in the Live Oak Unitarian Choir, and performing at open mic nights and karaoke venues.

Jim took a big interest in LeVasseur family events-cooking, leading sing-alongs and trivia contests, remembering birthdays with just the right greeting cards. He leaves sisters Elaine LeVasseur of Santa Barbara and Ann LeVasseur of Lake Havasu City, brothers Marty LeVas LeVasseur of San Marcos, Phil LeVasseur of Santa Barbara, Tommy LeVasseur (Danitza) of Ventura, and Dan LeVasseur (Sherry) of Oceanside, four nieces and six nephews.

He was preceded in death by brother Steve (Sal) LeVasseur (YuYu-Feng) of Mill Valley and parents George and Lois LeVasseur of Ventura. Donations to The Cancer Center of Santa Barbara is suggested.

Friends and family are welcome to a musical celebration of Jim’s life at Live Oak Unitarian Church, 820 N. Fairview Ave, Goleta, CA on May 21st at 2:30 pm.

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Eugene (Gene) Adam Spaulding, 71, passed away peacefully from complications of pancreatic cancer on the morning of May 1, 2017.

He was born August 31, 1945 in Latrobe, PA. Gene attended Derry Area High School and joined the U.S. Navy immediately after graduating. He met his future wife, Jean Jacobson, while stationed in Hawaii. She was vacationing on Waikiki Beach, and the two quickly became inseparable. Gene made Santa Barbara his permanent home after departure from military service, raising his family and working in the title insurance industry for nearly five decades. He held numerous positions at Chicago Title Insurance and First American Title Insurance, where he was an integral part of the team responsible for historical research and ensuring challenging escrows were seen to closure. In more recent years, Gene enjoyed making friends and helping customers via part time posi positions at La Cumbre Plaza. He also continued his real estate work on contract with First American where he enjoyed working with and mentoring many friends—leveraging years of experience and expertise to solve challenging real estate conundrums. A man of simple pleasures and needs, Gene enjoyed fish18

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Patricia Johnson Forgie, age 68, died at Cottage Hospital on May 4th with her family by her side. The cause of death was peritoneal mesothelioma.

Patty Forgie was born in Stockton, California on February 10th, 1949. She received a BA degree from UC Davis and a PhD in philosophy from UC Santa Barbara, with a dissertation on Plato.

Patty taught philosophy at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, at California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo, and for ten years at UCSB. In 1994, she was elected to a four-year term on the Goleta Union School District Board of Trustees. She was also a creative innovator in the education department at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and served for many years as the executive director of the University Religious Conference in Isla Vista.

Patty Forgie was deeply loved by all who knew her.

She was a vibrant, joyous physical and human presence in our lives. She completed three marathons, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, walked the Milford Track in New Zealand, backpacked into Machu Picchu and trekked in Nepal.

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Virginia “Ginger” Mor Morrissey was born Virginia Lee Blankenship on June 15th, 1927 in Russel Springs, Kentucky to Marvin & Annie (Hale) Blankenship. She passed peacefully on April 16th, 2017 at the age of 89 years 10 months & 1 day.

She was preceded in death by her parents, sister’s Dorothy & Thelma, her husband Thomas, her son Michael, a great-granddaughter & a great-great grandson.

She met & married Thomas Francis in Illinois in 1947 & gave birth to her 1st son Michael Allen in 1948. The family moved to California in the early 1950’s & she gave birth to her 2nd son James Francis in 1956. In 1961 the family moved to Santa Bar Barbara, CA. where they lived ever since.

Virginia was active for many years with the Arthritis Foundation, the VFW Post 5656 ladies auxiliary, & she was a dedicated volunteer for the VA hospital for 8 years.

Although she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s many years ago, she knew her family till the end. She is survived by her son James, 5 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great grandchildren, her brother’s James & Charles Blankenship (IL), her sister Jean Stenger (UT) & numerous nieces & nephews.

Although small in stature, she was big in heart. Her love & laughter will truly be missed.

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Age 89, died peacefully on April 29, 2017 with her children at her side in her Santa Barbara, CA home. She was born Mary Jane Hansen on August 30, 1927 in Pontiac, MI, where she grew up and attended school, obtaining her pilot’s license at a young age.

She later attended Purdue University, where she met the love of her life, Richard “Dick” DeWitt, with whom she celebrated 63 years of marriage.

The couple settled in Pontiac and had two sons, Rick and Gerry, before moving to Riverside, CA in 1960. Shortly thereafter, a third child, Katie, was born, and Jane lived with Dick in Riverside until his passing in 2013. Once her children were grown, Jane enjoyed an active life of golf and bridge at the Victoria Club, where she and Dick were members for over 50 years. After Dick retired, the couple also traveled extensively.

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President Trump’s budget proposes a 30 percent cut to development assistance programs that help moms deliver on their promises to children. I’m calling on our senators and representatives to speak to leadership in the Senate and House about protecting effective development assistance programs, particularly nutrition programs. What better gift to ask for this Mother’s — Celeste Margaret Anacker, S.B. Day?

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am happy to hear that the Santa Barbara Foresters will be having their baseball games at Pershing Park this year. I am a longtime Santa Barbara resident and attended SBCC many years ago. I have always thought it a shame that Pershing has been underutilized. Some new life is being breathed into it, however, with the Argentine Festival, Santa Barbara Middle School, and now the Foresters holding events there.

It is such a lovely park and in such a lovely location; anything that encourages our community to use this gem is appreciated. I hope the city and Parks & Rec are continuing to revive this trend to use Pershing Park for community events.

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racismhousing] about a City Council meeting that addressed “tenant protection issues” reminded me of my own experience with prejudice when we came here from San Jose in 1959.

We looked several years for a house and were assured by many realtors, especially after they heard the last traces of my Southern accent, that no blacks would ever live in whatever neighborhood we might choose.

My mother had urged me to leave Mobile as she was afraid I could be maimed or killed defending the black people whom I loved, as they had always been so good to me. She paid our cook’s way to live in New York with her daughter so she would not be hurt if she went to Selma, and my mother knew I would try to protect her.

A psychiatric consultant I worked with, who lived in Hope Ranch, said she was not aware that minorities were not allowed to live there. At a dinner party down the street, the host, a college professor here, said proudly, “... and no blacks will ever live in our neighborhood.” I stood up and told him I thought that was disgusting! The party broke up shortly after that.

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Marie Ellen LaCombe (Parker) Conway 11/15/34-01/20/17

Callista and Jenessa West, Austin Venezia and Amber Williams. Great-grandchil Great-grandchildren, Nolan, Addison, Olivia and Ellie Lynch. She is also survived by her sister Joan Mansbach of Goleta and brother Don LaCombe of Syracuse, New York.

A funeral mass will be held on May 15th at 10 am at our Lady of Sorrows Church.

Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery.

We will see her in the Garden now that she is on her Golden Flight.

Don Jose Vazquez 02/14/32-04/30/17

Stuart Kennedy Haney 03/23/25-02/16/17

Jose Vazquez passed away April 30th, 2017. He was beloved by friends and family and was known for his tireless work ethic, sense of humor and love for life. His passing was a peaceful one, sur surrounded by family.

Jose was born in Michoacán, Mexico to his father Agapito Vazquez and mother Petra Lira. He came to the U.S. as a part of the Bracero Labor Program circa 1950.

As a Bracero, he was brought into the U.S. from the central Mexico highlands via train, riding atop a cattle train the entire voyage. Through that program, he served as a laborer for the US government, working through Texas, Arizona and California in the harvest of crops ranging from cotton to tomatoes to oranges.

Jose decided to start a family, married and settled in Santa Barbara, California in 1967.

Jose was a well-established resident of Santa Barbara from 1967 on, building a suc successful landscaping business and establishing a strong real estate footprint of rental properties in Santa Barbara.

Jose’s tireless pursuit of a better life for his immediate and extended family was the embodiment of the American Dream. Jose was an avid Dodger fan, teaching him himself English through the Vin Scully radio broadcasts. He was also a soccer fan, cheering on the Mexico team and the Monarcas from his home state of Michoacán. More than anything Jose was a devoted father and grandfather. Jose was happiest with a child in his arms, patiently walking them through his many gardens and explaining all there was to tell about the plants and trees he so deeply cared for.

Jose is survived by his wife of 50 years: Noelia, his sons: Roberto and Jose, and his daughters: Yolanda and Graciela. Grandchildren: Jose Vasquez, Esteban Mendez, Miranda Vasquez, Diego Vasquez, Adrianna Vasquez, Arianna Allison, Isabella Vasquez, Alina Allison and Maya Cruz.

If wished, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his honor to City of Hope.

Stuart Kennedy Haney passed away in Santa Barbara on February 16, 2017 at the age of 91. He was born in Chicago and moved to California in 1955, settling in Goleta in 1961.

He enlisted in the Navy during WWII in June of 1943 and served as a proud Machinist’s Mate, Third Class on Guadalcanal until March 1946.

After graduating from Michigan State University as an engineer, he worked short periods for Elgin Watch, Lockheed Aircraft and IBM before starting a career with Hughes Aircraft Co. He designed infrared space mechanisms for the Viking Orbiter, Pioneer Jupiter, Mariner Mars and night vision sites for Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems that supplied our military. His final career accomplishment was designing the infrared optical system for the Maverick Missile.

Stu loved his family, motor motorcycling, gardening, HO trains and playing classic computer games. He was deeply loved by everyone who knew him for his kind spirit and quick wit. He will be greatly missed.

Stu is survived by his wife of 42 years, Lori and their children Courtney Haney and Sabrina Malone; and his children from previous marriages, Bill Haney, Steven L. Haney, Jan West, Brian Haney, Kevin Haney, Allen Haney, Sheri Holmes, Steven C. Haney and a stepdaughter, Ilene Peterson.

Stu is also survived by many beautiful grandchildren, great grandchildren and wonderful friends.

A Celebration of Stu’s life will be held on June 3rd. If you are interested in attending please e-mail chaney6464@ yahoo.com. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the COPD Foundation.

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Ellen (Elle) Jane Otchis Marie Conway (Parker) 82, passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017. She was born Marie La Combe on November 15, 1934 to Arthur and Mildred Lacombe (Baker) and was raised in Syracuse, NY. In 1955 while working for Hardware Mutual Insurance Company, she transferred to their new Santa Barbara office.

She married in 1957 and moved to San Diego in 1958 where her three daughters were born. The family returned to Santa Barbara in 1968. In 1970 she went to work as the manager of Ray Raysan Federal Credit Union at Raytheon Company in Goleta.

She worked her way up from the sole employee to Manager/President of the credit union. She loved helping Raytheon employees with their financial needs.

She retired in 1990 to travel and finish her education. She graduated from UCSB with an English degree in 1995. She continued to work during her retirement years in a tempo temporary capacity at various local companies. She had a strong work ethic and enjoyed being a part of the world.

Marie loved to travel and spent much of her retirement visiting Europe, and many places around the United States. She also visited Thailand, Turkey, and China.

She was always up for a new adventure.

She was a gifted writer. She wrote many short stories, hoped to publish a novel.

She was well known for writing touching poems for her friends and family for their birthdays.

She enjoyed playing water volleyball, wine tasting and socializing with her many friends. She volunteered for many organizations. She was an optimist and loved people.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Marilyn Stevens.

She is survived by her three daughters, Teri West, of Bend, OR, Colleen Conway of Santa Barbara, and Elaine (Doug) Williams of Santa Barbara. She is also survived by 7 grandchildren, Rebecca (Nate) Lynch, Sarah, Veronica, 20

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Ellen (Elle) Jane Otchis passed away on Feb 19, 2017 after a prolonged illness. She was born in San Diego and spent most of her early years there. She attended the University of Oregon after gradu graduation from High School. Elle is survived by her loving and dedicated husband, John, her three adult children: Jamie, Jennie and Jed as well as many grandchildren. Elle attended the University of Oregon after High School and received her Teaching Credentials from California State College, Northridge. After college she taught elementary school for many years. Her many stu students loved her.

She led a full, energetic life, participating in Marathons, Iron Man competition, tennis, golf, tap dance and her great love: Music. She played many instruments expertly. Notably Flute with the Primetime Band and Ukulele with the Santa Barbara Ukulele Club.

Music was at the heart of her soul.

Elle was a dedicated 12 step follower, an expert in Big Book Study having completed 44 years of Recovery and Sobriety on February 15, 2017.

She was also a respected and loved member of Al Anon.

She always stressed Recovery in every aspect of her life.

Her generous spiritual nature, caring life philosophy, attention to detail, gifted artistic qualities and pleasant, loving personality will be sorely missed by all who knew her.

At the end of her life she had two goals: To be out of pain and to be with Jesus. We are sure she accomplished both.

A Memorial/Celebration of life will be held at 11:00 AM on May 19, 2017 at the Chapel at the Santa Barbara Cemetery.

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Our dearest Audrey, a delight delightful, warm and empathetic woman died April 11, 2017 after a short illness. Born on Flag Day, 1922 in San Francisco to Swedish immigrants Theodore and Marie Bostrom, she grew up in the small logging town of Tuolumne, CA with her brother Ted and sisters Barbara and Jeanette. Following Ted’s example, she enlisted in the USMC in 1943 and was stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. There she met fellow Marine and the love of her life, Maj. Robert F. Seward. They married in San Francisco on January 12, 1946. Her sense of adventure, can-do attitude and all around smarts made the family’s nomadic military life successful. They settled in Santa Barbara in 1969, a city she has loved since her first visit with Bob via train in the 1940’s. She was the heart of our family and a fabulous mother, grandmother and friend. In addition to the Marines, she had a passion for reading, gardening and the Green Bay Packers.

Predeceased by Robert F. Seward (2011). She is dearly loved by her surviving family, her three girls: Kim SewardGoda (Robert Goda), Susan Marie Graves and Heidi Seward (Steven Wynne).

Grandchildren Corey Lester, Scott Graves and Sara McDaniel. Great grandchil grandchildren Grant, Madeline and Charlotte. Loved and remembered by her extended family, step grandchildren Jesse and Bethany Wynne and step great grandchildren Cassandra, Tsering and Eden Wynne.

Audrey had heartfelt friends too numerous to count; we all admired her loving wisdom and remember her life as well lived. If wished, donations can be made in her honor to the Food Bank of Santa Barbara County.

Death Notices Gloria Shepherd, DOD 01/27/17 (79) Santa Barbara, CA Betty Lou Bushnell, DOD 04/29/17 (73) Formerly of Santa Barbara, CA Jolene DeLisa, DOD 05/01/17 (88) Carpinteria, CA

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by Lee HeLLer hirty-one years ago, I took an

overnight train from Boston to my first march in Washington, D.C., to protest for social justice in Central America and South Africa. Last week, I flew from Santa Barbara to D.C. for what will likely be my last march there (before moving to New Zealand in the fall). This time it was to march for climate justice or, to put it more plainly, to save the planetary ecosystem from catastrophe. The first march was followed by change — no more right-wing paramilitary assaults on the democratically elected socialist government in Nicaragua, and an end to apartheid in South Africa. I’m feeling less optimistic about the likely effectiveness of this last one.

There were a lot of people in D.C., although not even a third as many as were reportedly at the Women’s March in January.

I was afraid this would be the case, although I understand why—the Women’s March was the first organized response to the nightmare of the emerging alt-right/Republican Trumpocalypse. It channeled the rage and horror of everyone (although led by women reacting to the reality of a Sexist Molester in Chief) on behalf of all those who were being demeaned and devalued. And it was powerful and empowering, spawning sequel after sequel to the point where there seems to be a demonstration nearly every week.

And that has me really worried. If the purpose of public protests is to cultivate optimism and community, then that is all to the good. And it would be pretty hard to say to any one cause, “Hey, we’ve already marched for women, science, tax transparency, and the environment — sorry, we’re going to stop now, so you are SOL.” But if the purpose of marches and rallies is to effect change, then I am concerned about two consequences of the current March of the Week pattern: diluting the impact of public demonstrations by making them ordinary (and with smaller turnouts over time) and leading attendees to believe that participation in rallies and marches is in itself effective action.

I’ve been an activist for a long time, from social justice and anti-nuclear work in the ’80s to animal welfare and environmental advocacy during my 20 years in Santa Barbara. I’ve been at it long enough, and at the granular level, to care that my efforts are more than feel-good or symbolic; I want my time and energy to pay off. I went to L.A. for the Women’s March and to D.C. for the Peoples’ Climate Rally because I wanted my participation to be effective, and that meant helping to make a public protest big enough, in a place that captures national news coverage, to influence the national debate and the decision makers who determine policy.

Most people don’t have that travel option, so local rallies give them a chance to speak up at home. But when they are rallying again and again, to send messages to elected officials already in their camp, and then going

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City Hall, City Council Chambers, 735 Anacapa Street The Draft New Zoning Ordinance (NZO) proposes updates and new formatting for the Zoning Ordinance, which is Title 28 of the City’s Municipal Code. The Zoning Ordinance establishes the zone classifications, permitted uses in each zone, development standards and regulations, and the development review process for the City. Development standards related to growth, such as residential density, and amount of nonresidential growth allowed remain unchanged. The majority of the proposed changes consist of reformatting and modernizing language, and clarifying existing regulations; however, a number of changes to zone classifications, permitted uses in each zone, development standards and regulations are proposed, including, but not limited to: Zone Classification/Districts and General Plan Changes: Revising the names and classifications of most zones in Title 28 and several in Title 29 (Airport) to be more descriptive of the allowed uses. Combining three existing commercial zones (C-P, C-L and C-1) into one zone (C-R). Area A of the Veronica Meadows Specific Plan and an adjoining lot are proposed to be rezoned to P-R (Park and Recreation) with a park designation of Open Space, and the General Plan Map designation changed to Parks/Open Space.

Allowed Land Uses: Narrowing the range of allowed uses in the M-1 (Light Manufacturing) zone, allowing neighborhood markets, updating home occupation standards, allowing mobile food vendors on private property, and expanding temporary use regulations.

Development Standards: Changing standards including the number of stories in a building, building separation, setbacks, open yards, allowed encroachments into setbacks and open yard, size of accessory buildings/garages, fences and hedges, nonconforming buildings and uses, and other aspects of property use and configuration.

Parking: Standardizing nonresidential parking requirements, including food service uses, parking for change of use, parking for expansions, bike parking, and parking reduction for small residential units.

The Ordinance Committee Draft of the New Zoning Ordinance, a memo describing the project and major topics discussed by the Planning Commission, and additional information regarding this work effort is available at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/NZO. Ordinance Committee recommendations will be forwarded to the City Council for its consideration later this year. The legislative actions required include: 1. General Plan Map Amendment to designate the Veronica Meadows Specific Plan Area A (APN 047-010-064 and 047-010-065) as Parks/Open Space from Hillside Low Density Residential (Max 2 du/ac), and to designate APN 047-061-026 as Parks/Open Space from Hillside Low Density Residential (Max 3 du/ac) and Suburban Low Density Residential (Max 3 du/ac); 2. Amendment to the Certified Local Coastal Program for all proposed changes in the Coastal Zone; and 3. Amendments to Title 28 (Zoning Ordinance & Zoning Map), Title 29 (Airport Zoning Ordinance & Airport Zoning Map), Specific Plan 9-Veronica Meadows, Title 9 (Public Peace and Safety), Title 22 (Environmental Policy and Construction), Title 27 (Subdivisions), and related Titles of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code (SBMC §28.92.020).

The Environmental Analyst has determined that the proposed amendments are implementing actions of the 2011 General Plan and within the scope of the 2011 General Plan Certified Final Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR). An Addendum to the 2011 General Plan Certified Final Program EIR provides documentation of environmental analysis of the proposed amendments under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

You are invited to attend this hearing. On Thursday, May 25, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 will be available at City Hall, 735 Anacapa. Ordinance Committee meeting agendas, reports, minutes, and videos are available online at http://www.santabarbaraca. gov/gov/cityhall/council/meetings/videos.asp For information or to submit comments, please contact Marck Aguilar, Project Planner at MAguilar@SantaBarbaraCA.gov, by phone at (805) 564-5470, by mail at P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990, or in person at the Planning Division Office, 630 Garden Street.

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Judy Garland explains Emancipation Proclamation to the president, who calls it “fake.” cReatuRe fROM the D.c. tiDaL Basin:

Scientists discover U.S. Constitution hidden in underwater cave; lawmakers are shocked at contents. tORa! tORa! tORa! Japanese refuse to finance U.S. government deficit; Trump negotiates with emperor at Midway Island.

Marines land. tweLve O’cLOck high: White House interns light up at noon to celebrate D.C. medical marijuana bill. tO have anD have nOt: Hemingwaytype president beds down in White House and Florida while wife lives in Manhattan in domestic experiment at the cost of taxpayer millions. They have, the taxpayers have not. President ends movie by going golfing.

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American president’s first 100 days and nights in office. i waLkeD with a ZOMBie: President Trump cozies up to Philippine killer President Rodrigo Duterte. Invites him to White House despite deaths of thousands in drug crackdown. aLiBi DOnaLD: A U.S. president amusingly covers up goofs with stunning denials. The world guffaws. fOuR wise fOOLs: Supreme Court liberals outvoted again. iDiOt’s DeLight: Presidential national security appointee fired after secret romance with Russian chief Putin. Didn’t report payoff.

Of huMan BOnDage: Health-care reform tied up in Congress. the Quiet aMeRican: Secretary of State goes globe-trotting; leaves no footprints or signs he’s been anywhere. gOLD DiggeRs Of 2017: Three chorus girls secretly invite corporate lobbyists to White House Rose Garden to wheel and deal with WH staff. swaMp things: A president promises to “drain the swamp” but instead hires the corrupt because they’re the only ones who know their way around D.C.

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Reporters are ousted from Oval Office before they can reveal plot to force president to take mental stability test. Guards give the test to press instead. it happeneD One Day: New budget fails to give Attorney General “Corn Pone” Jeff Sessions money to crack down on states’ marijuana laws. Californians cheer. the DiRty DOZen: Lee Marvin, John Cassavetes, and Charles Bronson lead top lobbyists on dangerous mission to fight “clean government” radicals. the eneMy BeLOw: Congressional hardliners plot in Capitol basement to shut down government, hoping to get their way. up peRiscOpe: James Cagney and U.S. Navy avert government shutdown, at least until September. heaven OnLy knOws: Trump cabinet appointees Mark Green (Secretary of the Army) and Ben Carson (Health) come out

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5/11: Free Thursday Evenings Take a docent-led tour or guide yourself through the museum’s temporary and permanent exhibitions, including the recently opened Rodin and His Legacy. 5-8pm. S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. Free. Call 963-4364. sbma.net

5/12: Block Printing At this workshop, you’ll explore the art of block printing to use on cards, notebooks, fabric, and so much more. Materials, guest artist instruction, and a glass of wine are included. Must be 21+ for glass of wine. 6-8pm. Art From Scrap, 302 E. Cota St. $30. Ages 18+. Call 884-0459. tinyurl.com/introtoblockprinting 5/12: Opening Reception: It’s About Time: A Kinetic Installation on the Illusive Nature of Time Conceptual artist R.T. Livingston presents

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S.B. Rose Society: Roses in California History Heritage Rose experts Jeri and Clay Jennings will discuss the colorful history of roses in the Golden State. There will be a rose raffle, refreshments, and a rose exchange. 7pm. Trinity Lutheran Church, 909 N. La Cumbre Rd. Free. Call (310) 569-7090. sbrose.org

5/11: Climate Justice Mixer Become friends with the folks working to create a just and sustainable world in S.B. County with a climate-justice-themed scavenger hunt, food, trivia, raffle, and open mic at this family-friendly event. 6-9pm. Del Pueblo Café, 5134 Hollister Ave. Free.

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Friday 5/12 5/12-5/13: Dramatic Women: One Night Stands Seven S.B. playwrights will

5/11: Justin Ruhge Join the author for a signing of his new book, History All Around Us, an anthology of historic photographs of events in and around the area. 7pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call 682-6787.

perform seven very quick plays to tell seven unique stories. 8pm. Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo. $19-$25. Call 963-0408.

5/12-5/14: 41st Isla Vista Jugglers Festival Come see jug-

5/11: Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) Orientation At this orientation, you’ll meet with WEV representatives to see which program is right for you to start your own business. These orientations are required for WEV services such as consulting, training, and loans for entrepreneurs. 6-7pm. Location given when registered. Free. Call 965-6073.

5/13: 2nd Saturday Artisans Chat with area artists to learn more about their history and creative process, or browse and purchase original, handmade works of art. Noon-5pm. Santa Ynez Valley Grange, 2374 Alamo Pintado Ave., Los Olivos. Free. santaynezvalleyarts.org

5/13: Know Before You Go Kathryn Padgett will speak about katagami, katagami the Japanese paper stencils first used to create intricate patterns on everyday garments that have inspired art movements in France, Vienna, Britain, and America. The katagami collection at the S.B. Museum of Art, Carved Paper: The Art of the Japanese Stencil Stencil, is on view through June 11. 4-5pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call 564-5641.

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5/13: Folded Stories This themed workshop will teach kids how to create with less by repurposing recycled material while mom and dad head over to the Saturday farmers market, just one block away. 10am-noon. Art From Scrap, 302 E. Cota St. $8. Ages 6 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Call 884-0459 x13. exploreecology.org 5/13-5/14: 11th Annual Carpinteria and Summerland Artists Studio Tour

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array of art from the S.B. Visual Artists organization, formed in 2013 by newcomers to the area with a common passion for creating art, promoting artists, and community activism. On view through June 2. 5:30-7:30pm. S.B. Tennis Club, 2375 Foothill Rd. Free. Call 682-4722. 2ndfridaysart.com

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Mosquito season is here, so it’s best to prepare. Entomologist David Chang will examine the life cycle of mosquitos, the problems they cause for humans, and what to do about them. 7pm. Solvang Library, 1745 Mission Dr., Solvang. Free.

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glers, unicyclists, magicians, clowns, and more. Beginners and those interested in juggling are encouraged to join in the fun, learn a new skill, and make new friends. Proceeds from T-shirt sales and public show tickets will benefit the S.B. Rape Crisis Center in memory of activist, juggler, and sexual assault victim Patty Laney. Festival: Fri.: 6-11pm; Sat.: 10am-6pm; Sun.: 10am-5pm. People’s Park, Isla Vista. Free. Public Show: Sat.: 7:3010pm. Isla Vista Theater, 960 Embarcadero del Norte, Isla Vista. $8-$15. Call 898-3919. Read more on p. 37.

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a visual metaphor with video and sound of some 80 battery-powered clocks with “time is a man-made illusion” handwritten on each one to challenge our perception of time. Guests are encouraged to wear watches to the reception to compare time’s uneven path. On view through June 21. 5-7pm. Architectural Foundation Gallery, 229 E. Victoria St. Free. Call 965-6307. afsb.org

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tgif! Attend the “best happy hour in S.B.” for live music, a raffle, drinks, and tasty hors d’oeuvres. Enjoy the company of regional nonprofit and environmental organizations, elected officials, and community members. Bici Centro will be on-site with a complimentary bike valet, and each ticket includes two drinks.

5:30-7:30pm. Environmental Defense Ctr. Courtyard, 906 Garden St. $15-$20. Call 963-1622. environmentaldefensecenter.org/tgif

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5/12: Belly Dance Showcase Enjoy a sultry performance of belly dance, burlesque, Latin dance, and drag at this neighborhood nightclub. 7:30-9:30pm. Wildcat Lounge, 15 W. Ortega St. $7. Ages 21+.

saTurday 5/13 5/13: 8th Annual S.B. Harbor Nautical Swap Meet Fish for deals on tackle and gear, surfboards, fishing poles, inflatable boats, and a multitude of other marine/ nautical items. Coffee and refreshments will be provided. 8am-noon. Harbor main parking lot near Marina 3, S.B. Harbor. Free.

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ongoing: Chinese Brush Paintings and Watercolors Artist Suemae Lin Willhite dedicates this collection of Chinese brush paintings in watercolor of animals, flowers, landscapes, and Chinese calligraphy to her Taiwanese mother to celebrate Mother’s Day and share this revered art form she learned from her ancestors. On view through May 31. Faulkner Gallery West, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call 962-7653. suemaeart.com/exhibitsevents ongoing:

Merry Month of May Margaret Nadeau is May’s featured artist of the month, presenting paintings evocative of springtime. On view through May 31. Gallery 113, 1114 State St., Ste. 8, La Arcada Ct. Free. Call 965-6611.

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Climate Odyssey This collection of photographs from artist Lucy Holtsnider and hydrologist Dr. Zion Klos, taken on a 3,000-mile sailing trip in 2015, visually documents the effects of climate change. On view through June 4.

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ongoing: New Work & New Faces Don’t wait until the Mesa Artists Studio Tour in November to see exciting works of original art from this collective of 12 area artists. Their work will be on view through May 26. Distinctive Art Gallery, 1331 State St. Free. Call 845-4833. distinctiveartgallery.com

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State Street Ballet: Modern Masters This won’t be your grandma’s ballet but rather an eclectic mix of contemporary movement and new ideas from talented choreographers including Cecily Stewart, the 2016 Indy Dance Award winner for choreography. An artistic presentation will celebrate acclaimed dance photographer Rose Eichenbaum, whose work has been closely associated with State Street Ballet for the past 20 years. Sat.: 7:30pm. Sun.: 2pm. The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St. $18-$38. Call 965-5400. Read more on p. 55. statestreetballet.com

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Mozart’s, Saint-Saëns’s, Liszt’s, and Gershwin’s ties to Paris. Sat.: 8pm. Sun.: 3pm. Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $29-$134. Call 899-2222.

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5/14: S.B. Jazz Society: Headless Household S.B.’s “hopelessly eclectic” band will play jazz standards featuring world-renowned alto saxist David Binney and founding members of the Jazz Society. 1pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $5-$25. Call 962-7776.

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5/15: Omar Souleyman with UCSB Middle East Ensemble KCSB-FM 91.9 pres5/11: Brooklyn Rider & Kayhan Kalhor The innovative string quartet Brooklyn Rider joins three-time Grammy Award nominee and master of the kamancheh (a fourstringed upright Persian fiddle) Kayhan Kalhor for an evening of classic pieces, contemporary compositions, and original works that combine modern minimalism and Persian folk.

7pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. $10-$40. Call 893-3535.

ents Syrian musician Omar Souleyman in concert.

Souleyman, from the Al-Jazira region in northeastern Syria, has emerged as a world- and electronic-music marvel and is currently on tour with his newest album, To Syria, with Love, a reflection on his war-torn homeland. Opening for Souleyman will be the UCSB Middle East Ensemble, playing traditional instruments with dance accompaniment. 6pm. Storke Plaza, UCSB. Free. Read more on p. 51.

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5/11: Pete Yorn Spend an evening with the L.A.-based singer/songwriter on a stop for his You & Me acoustic tour ahead of his 2016 album, Arranging Time. 7pm. Velvet Jones, 423 State St. $35. Ages 21+. Call 965-8676.

5/16: S.B. Chamber Orchestra: Schumann Squared

5/11: Mesa Music Nites: SuperStoked Enjoy music by SuperStoked surrounded by views of the mountains and ocean at this family-friendly concert series.

There will be artists, vendors, dancing, food, drinks, and a raffle, with all proceeds funding two new crosswalks on Cliff Drive. 5:30-7:30pm. Singleton Pavilion, Elings Park, 1298 Las Positas Rd. Free. mesabusinessassociation.org

5/12: Camerata Pacifica: Haydn, Mozart, Dohnanyi This core group of dedicated, professional musi-

5/16: Ying Quartet This quartet of prominent classical musicians will perform Mozart’s Quartet in G Major, K. 387 387, Billy Childs’s Awakening, and Dvorak’s Quartet in A-flat Major, Op. 105. 7:30pm. Mary Craig Auditorium, S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. $20-$25. Call 963-4364. sbma.net courtesy

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Acclaimed Italian pianist Alessio Bax will perform Robert Schumann’s expressive piano concerto followed by an orchestral performance of the composer’s Symphony No. 2 in CC. 7:30pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $54-$64. Call 963-0761. lobero.com

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cians will perform a variety of works with string and wind instruments. 7:30pm. Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Rd. $56. Call 884-8410. musicacademy.org

5/12: Poor Man’s Whiskey This band from Northern California brings a high-energy, foot-stomping performance complete with onstage shenanigans, well-crafted covers, and storytelling originals from its six studio albums. 9:30pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $14-$17. Ages 21+. Call 962-7776. sohosb.com

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5/13: Hotel Garuda, Wingtip Get on your dancing shoes for a night of DIY dance music from this set of up-andcoming deejays with thousands of SoundCloud streams.

8:30pm. Velvet Jones, 423 State St. $15-$20. Ages 18+. Call 965-8676. velvet-jones.com

5/13: Gene Evaro Jr. This old-soul, youthful group of artists brings the creativity and spirit of Joshua Tree to life with deeply grooved, funky blues, soulful folk, and prolific songwriting. 9pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $10-$12. Ages 21+. Call 962-7776. sohosb.com

5/13-5/14: S.B. Symphony: From Paris to Broadway Many composers made their debut in Paris, one of the world’s great cities and once considered the classical music center of Europe. Celebrate the City of Light with a program celebrating

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5/17: Robin Trower, Strange Vine Robin Trower, the legendary guitar player of Procol Harum, brings British blues to the States with his Strat and masterful musicianship. California rockers Strange Vine will open the set. 7:30pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $69-$79. Call 963-0761.

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5/11: The Real McCoy Enjoy a screening of this film about Bill McCoy, the pioneer rum runner of the Prohibition era, who fueled the Roaring Twenties with more than two million bottles of undiluted alcohol. Bailey Pryor, writer, producer, director, and owner of The Real McCoy rum, will give a post-screening lecture and Q&A. 7pm. S.B. Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Wy. $5-$15. Not rated.

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5/13: Trolls When her village gets invaded, Poppy (Anna Kendrick), the happiest troll ever born, must rescue her friends with the help of the overly cautious, surly Branch (Justin Timberlake) in this fantasy, animated adventure film. 1-3pm.

Island Rm., S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Rated PG. Call 962-7653. sbplibrary.org

5/15: The Wisdom of Winona LaDuke Catch a screening of Lucien

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Reed’s 2016 short, Mni Wiconi: The Stand at Standing Rock, and welcome activist and two-time Green Party vice presidential candidate Winona LaDuke, who will speak about the successes and continued struggles faced by the Native American community. 7-9pm. Pollock Theater, UCSB. Free. Not rated. Call 893-4637.

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5/15: Movies that Matter: Concussion Will Smith stars in this film about the true story of Dr. Bennet Omalu’s discovery and campaign to protect young people from mind-altering concussions as a result of football and other contact sports. Former S.B. mayor and film critic Hal Conklin will host a post-screening Q&A. 7pm. Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $10-$20. Rated PG-13. Call 899-2222.

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5/17: Love Arcadia Rather than head off to college, Jake decides to take over his family’s bubble tea shop, Tea Arcadia, until a young woman, Joanna Lee, buys and plans to develop the shopping center and put his shop out of business.

The Taiwanese American Student Association will sell boba drinks prior to the screening. 6-7:30pm. MultiCultural Ctr. Theater, UCSB. Free. Not rated. Call 893-8411. mcc.sa.ucsb.edu

5/13: Keep CALM and Shop On This gift show and sale will feature contemporary art, fashion, gourmet food items, gift ideas, and more from Central Coast and L.A. vendors to benefit Child Abuse Listening Mediation (CALM). 10am-6pm. Warren Hall, Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real. Free.

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5/13: Ojai Youth Opera: Brundibár

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Monthly Beach Cleanup Join fellow volunteers to beautify our beaches. Afterward, stop by the Watershed Resource Center to see the impact of our actions on the health of our beloved creeks and oceans. The cleanup is BYO: bring your own bag, bucket, and gloves. Noon2pm. Arroyo Burro Beach, 2981 Cliff Dr. Free. Call 884-0459. exploreecology.org

Opera S.B., the S.B. Youth Symphony, and Ojai Youth Opera present a full production of Jewish/Czech composer Hans Krása’s folk opera, which he reconstructed for children and musicians while imprisoned in a German concentration camp. This uplifting opera tells the story of a poor brother and sister who, through determination, innocence, and cooperation with others, prevail over the tyrannical bully Brundibár.

7:30pm. Libbey Bowl, 210 S. Signal St., Ojai. $5-$22. Call 646-1980.

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Dog Adoption and Welfare Group (DAWG) 25th Anniversary It’s a paw-ty! Celebrate 25 years of rescuing and raising furry friends with the chance to participate in a variety of unique S.B. experiences, and receive one drink, hors d’oeuvres, and a doggie goodie bag.

Proceeds from the event will benefit DAWG. 5-7pm. Potek Winery, 406 E. Haley St., Ste. 1. $35-$40. Call 886-0032. puttingonthedawg.org

Rocky with permaculture principles. Larry Saltzman, proud owner of a 20-year-old food forest, and landscape contractor Fred Hunter will guide you through two area food forests so you, too, can create a food forest. Donations will benefit the Mesa Harmony Garden. 9am-4pm. Location provided upon registration. Suggested donation: $10-$50. Call 451-4168.

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5/13: Lynsey Addario: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War The MacArthur fellow and photojournalist, whose work appears regularly in the New York Times, Time, and National Geographic, will detail her experiences covering Syrian refugees, the ISIS push into Iraq,

5/14: Meditation for Families & Kids Children can learn simple Buddhist principles such as kindness, respect, and keeping a happy heart, at these introductory teachings. A parent must accompany each child. 9-10am.

Mahakankala Buddhist Ctr., 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. $10/family. Call 563-6000.

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5/14: CycleMAYnia: Family Bike Parade Deck out your bikes to cel-

maternal mortality in Sierra Leone, and being kidnapped twice, while reporting in her memoir, It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War, currently being made into a Steven Spielberg film starring Jennifer Lawrence. 3pm. Campbell Hall, UCSB. $25.

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5/13: Citizens Climate Lobby Join Citizens Climate Lobby volunteers for a national live call and action planning meeting to put a price on carbon.

Learn about the effects of fossil-fuel use on public health from Dr. Natasha DeJarnett, and find out how you can be part of the solution over coffee and snacks. 9-11am.

Blake Lounge, Unitarian Society of S.B., 1535 Santa Barbara St. Free. Call 687-0890.

ebrate Mother’s Day with a family bike parade and the chance to win prizes, plus a special present for mom. 2-4pm.

Paseo Nuevo Mall, 651 Paseo Nuevo.

Free. Call 963-7283.

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5/14: Now is the Time: Healthcare for Everybody This documentary film honors the health-care activists fighting the elites in power for those who cannot rely on Congress to act on behalf of those in need. A discussion and Q&A will follow the screening. Call 682-5183.

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5/11-5/13, 5/17: Chuck’s Waterfront Grill Thu: Rob Malanca.

Fri.: Blues Bob. Sat.: Joey Almeida. Wed.: Dave Vignoe. 3-6:30pm. 113 Harbor Wy., Ste. 180. Free. Call 564-1200.

5/11-5/13: Eos Lounge Thu.: Cashmere Cat, $24. Fri.: J. Phlip, $10$20. Sat.: Lightning in a Bottle Pre-Party with Lauren Lane, $5-$10. 9pm.

500 Anacapa St. Ages 21+. Call 564-2410. eoslounge.com 5/12: ROY Live jazz. 8-11pm. 7 W. Carrillo St. Free. Call 966-5636.

5/12: Carr Winery Barrel Rm. Ben Bostick. 6pm. 414 N. Salsipuedes St. Free. Call 965-7985. carrwinery.com 5/12: Carr Winery Warehouse Dave Vignoe, Ray Panell. 5pm. 3563 Numancia St., Ste. 101, Santa Ynez. Free. Call 965-7985. carrwinery.com 5/12-5/14: Cold Spring Tavern Fri.: Back Pocket, 6-9pm. Sat.: Fort Taylor, CA, 1:30-4:30pm; The Caverns, 5-8pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan, 1:15-4pm; Teresa Russell and Cocobilli, 4:30-7:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call 967-0066. coldspringtavern.com

5/12, 5/16-5/17: Velvet Jones Fri.: Maxo Kream, Warhol.ss, 8pm. $17.50. Sat.: Hotel Garuda, Wingtop, 8:30pm. $15-$20. Tue.: Armed for Apocalypse, 8pm. $10. Ages 18+. Wed.: Dirt Monkey, AMP, 8:30pm. $10.

Ages 18+. 423 State St. Call 965-8676. velvet-jones.com 5/12: M. Special Bullfrog Blues Band. 6-9pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Goleta.

Free. Call 450-6903. mspecialbrewco.com 5/13: Island Brewing Company King Bee. 6-9pm. 5049 6th St., Carpinteria. Free. Call 745-8272. islandbrewingcompany.com

5/15: KITP: Black Holes and Gravitational Waves: Was Einstein Right? Author, professor, and scientific researcher Saul Teukolsky will speak on Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which doesn’t provide empirical evidence for black holes and gravitational waves according to an experiment last year detecting gravitational waves from a pair of orbiting black holes. 8pm.

The New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St. Free. Call 893-4111.

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Tuesday 5/16 5/16: Death and Cupcakes Converse openly about death, celebrate life, and eat cake at this monthly group discussion dedicated to end-of-life issues. 1-2pm. Hospice of S.B., 2050 Alameda Padre Serra, Ste. 100. Free.

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Ambassador Dennis Ross Fifty Years After The Six Day War Wednesday, May 17th / 7:30 p.m. / Free UCSB Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall Ambassador Dennis Ross, counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, served as special assistant to President Obama, National Security Council senior director for the Central Region, and special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. For more than twelve years, Ambassador Ross played a leading role in shaping U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process and dealing directly with the parties in negotiations.

After leaving his position as envoy, Ross returned to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy as counselor and Ziegler distinguished fellow.

Dennis became chair of the Jerusalem-based think tank, the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, funded and founded by the Jewish Agency in 2002. Ross co-authored (with David Makovsky) Myths, Illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East and authored Statecraft: And How to Restore America’s Standing in the World and The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace. He currently serves on the advisory board for the non-profit America Abroad Media. In 2006, he taught at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service as a Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy.

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S.B. Dance Institute: The Letter The yearlong educational dance programs come together for an original dance and theater piece about a viral letter called Dear Chase, written from a father to his 8-year-old son on the boy’s first day in 3rd grade, in which the father recounts his own bullying experiences. Watch almost 300 young performers from elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as parents and community members in S.B. Dance Institute’s event of the year! 7pm. School gym, Solvang Elementary School, 565 Atterdag Rd., Solvang. $6-$15. Call 245-0794. tinyurl.com/TheLetterSBDI

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Wednesday 5/17 5/17: Michel Stone Author Michel Stone will sign her new book, Border Child, about young lovers Hector and Lilia who set out in search for the American Dream with their young daughter, Alejandra, on a dangerous trip across the border from Mexico. Tragedy strikes, and the young girl disappears in this story of the contemporary immigrant experience and the consequences of wanting more for the next generation. 7pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call 682-6787. chaucersbooks.com

5/17: Sunset at the Canary Take in breathtaking views of the ocean and mountains, sip on drinks from the rooftop bar, and mingle with LGBTQ+ folks and other friends to the tunes of DJ Darla Bea at this monthly summer cocktail mixer. 6-8pm. Kimpton Canary Hotel, 31 W. Carrillo St. Free. Ages 21+.

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5/17: Naomi Klein The 2014 book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs.

The Climate, of this award-winning journalist, activist, and environmentalist has already been made into a documentary.

Hear from the Sydney Peace Prize winner about how the free market encourages behavior that is detrimental to the health of the environment. 7:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. Free.

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ome one, come all to the 41st annual Isla Vista Juggling Festival this Mother’s Day weekend, Friday-Sunday, May 12-14. Cosponsored by the Santa Barbara Jugglers Association and Club Juggling at UCSB as a fundraiser for the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center, jugglers from the Western United States and beyond will showcase their skills in the longest-running regional juggling festival in the world!

Events kick off Friday at 6 p.m., with free juggling workshops at People’s Park. Practice your hand at jug-

gling and learn from the pros. These workshops are held all weekend long.

The fun continues with a public vaudeville show at Isla Vista Theater, Saturday night only. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15 for adults and $8 for seniors, students, and kids. All proceeds benefit the S.B. Rape Crisis Center.

Don’t drop the ball on this one. It’s an event you don’t want to miss!

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Established in Santa Barbara in the early ’7os by he majority of child abusers are the parents of the abused, according to the National Child Abuse nurse Claire Miles, who was compelled to action by and Neglect Data Systems. It’s a horrific thought, the death of a shaken infant, CALM started as a crisis but it proves to be true year in and year out. What’s hotline out of Miles’s home, a simple initiative that more, because child abuse and neglect largely occurs would develop into a dexterous nonprofit benefiting within the home, it can go on unnoticed or unre- thousands within the community. Over the years, CALM has held to its core ported. Santa Barbara Counmission, providing free ty’s Child Abuse Listening therapeutic services and a Mediation (CALM) exists to non-judgmental ear, with change that. “[CALM] treats articulate programs mindfamilies in crisis. The idea is fully geared toward child to step in before something abuse prevention, interventerrible happens,” says Carotion, and education.“I don’t line Sweet, CALM Auxiliary think you can ever validate member and volunteer. children enough in what On May 13, the commuthey need to know,” says nity can step in and help at Toni Schinnerer, CALM the first Santa Barbara Gift Auxiliary president.

Show & Sale at Earl War- ART HEALS: Beautiful pieces like this by S.B.’s Tamarisk CALM will continue to ren Showgrounds. The fun- Hope will help CALM’s services for children. draiser promises a robust array of more than 100 validate children and families across Santa Barbara hand-selected vendors coming together in support County—and with gusto, thanks to the aid of proof the organization, featuring one-of-a-kind artisan ceeds from festive events passionately imagined by its goods, clothing, bags, jewelry, homewares, food prod- devoted and savvy volunteers and auxiliary members.

CALM will host the Santa Barbara Gift Show & ucts, and more. Admission and parking is free—the Santa Barbara Gift Show & Sale is all about the shop- Sale on Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., at Earl Warren ping and, in turn, helping CALM keep on. All money Showgrounds (3400 Calle Real). For more informacalm4kids.org from the vendor booth fees will go directly to CALM tion, visit calm4kids.org.

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here’s something new in Santa Barbara for those of you who like to live on the edge: The House of Clues, an escape room that combines mental puzzles with physical challenges and fosters a team-building mentality to the intense countdown of a clock.

Designed by a clever group of artists with backgrounds in prop and set design, The House of Clues currently has two themed escape rooms available for play — Pirate Ghost Ship and Psycho Dentist—both created to challenge logic, draw players out of their comfort zones, and collaborate with other individuals in a setting far different from anything found on the daily. With 45 minutes to escape from each respective room, you are under constant video and audio surveillance and can communicate with the game master at any time, as well as receive guidance in the proper direction when needed. Every move counts, and nothing is as it seems.

The Pirate Ghost Ship room is right up your alley if you’re in the market for a traditional adventure. Full of treasure, rickety floorboards, and skeletons, the room is decorated to perfection, with every detail playing a key role in the story and in solving the riddles and (literal) puzzles. The Psycho Dentist room is not for those with weak stomachs.

This scenario places you in the middle of a deranged dentist’s chilling murder plot, where the key to escape rests in solving a series of tough mysteries based on logic and mathematical puzzles. Though the room has its fair share of jump scares, it’s instantly gratifying to witness your team progress with each riddle solved.

Currently operating Friday through Sunday, The House of Clues is a great addition to Santa Barbara’s repertoire of things to do, especially for local adrenaline junkies and those who enjoy stimulating activities. The group of artists behind The House of Clues, with experience in escape rooms from Los Angeles, has brought a big-city activity to Santa Barbara, truly unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. I highly recommend you pay The House of Clues a visit, be it with coworkers as a way to strengthen the team mentality, or with friends as an interinter esting way to spend a Saturday afternoon. With a third escape room in the works, this is going to be our community’s next commodity and will satisfy our healthy need for adventure.

—Gabriel Tanguay The House of Clues Santa Barbara is at 629 North Salsipuedes Street. Call 229-9179 or visit thehouseofclues.net. thehouseofclues.net

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The numbers and honors tell the story of why Christensen will be inducted into the Santa Barbara Basketball Court of Champions this month: She helped the Gauchos win four consecutive conference titles (1999-2002); she had a career field-goal percentage of .560 (one night she made 16 of 17 shots against Arizona); as a senior, she was the Big West Player of the Year and an Academic All-American; and at her commencement, she was the keynote speaker for the Arts and Humanities graduates. But basic facts don’t reflect how incredibly hard she played, fighting tooth and nail for every loose ball, except maybe the hundreds of fouls she accumulated.

The 63 forward took her racehorse style of play to the WNBA for six years, until an injury ended her career. But she did not slow down off the court. Christensen went to work in sports media, becoming a sideline reporter and analyst for the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. Three years after they hired her, the Kings replaced her with big-name sportscaster Jim Gray, prompting an outcry from a considerable number of fans. Christensen took on other gigs until the Kings wised up and brought her back in 2013. Gray’s departure was unlamented.

Christensen’s forthrightness has earned her the respect of the players she covers.“My favorite job is doing player interviews,” she said. “Because I was a player, I’ve built relationships with them.” Even the gifted but controversial center DeMarcus Cousins, who spent seven turbulent seasons in Sacramento, will cooperate with Christensen. “He trusts me,” she said. “He’s done some horrible things to the media that I can’t condone, but he’s not a bad guy once you get to know him.” Cousins was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans this year, and Christensen said,“I wouldn’t be surprised if he winds up with the Lakers.”

Christensen is cohost of weekday sports talk show “The Drive with Dave, Kayte and Nate” on Sports 1140 KHTK in Sacramento. As part of her job, she writes a regular blog that is as expressively vigorous as her crashing the boards for the Gauchos. When she sees ignorance and hypocrisy in sports, Christensen jumps all over it.

After former WNBA star Candice Wiggins gave an interview that trashed the women’s league for bullying her and suggested that 98 percent of the players were lesbians, Christensen termed her remarks “unwarranted, disgust-

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That’s just not true. And even if it was, who cares?!” Having gotten along as a straight player in the league, she questioned whether Wiggins knew the difference between bullying and the competitive nature of professional sports.

“It came easily,” Christensen said last week about her opinion piece.“I know a lot of players and coaches. I didn’t find any credibility [in Wiggins’s claims].”

LaVar Ball offended Christensen’s sensibilities during March Madness when he took the spotlight away from his son, UCLA guard Lonzo Ball.“It’s shameful. It’s embarTALKING LIKE A CHAMPION: Former UCSB basketball star Kayte Christensen says interviewing NBA rassing. It’s a joke,” she wrote players like the intimidating DeMarcus Cousins is her favorite job as a sportscaster. of the elder Ball’s “one-man circus.”

Christensen herself came from a background far be among the 10 players and coaches entering the Court removed from today’s social-media-blanketed culture. She of Champions in a ceremony on Sunday, May 21, at 5:30 grew up on a 750-acre cattle ranch in the sparsely populated p.m., at the Cabrillo Arts Pavilion (see sbcourtofchampions high plains of northeastern California. She once said that if .com).

Fry, who set a scoring record at Santa Barbara High, she could go back to any point in her life, it would be “when I was about 8 or 9 years old with a short ‘boy’s’ haircut, run- will be inducted into the Santa Barbara Athletic Round ning around wearing T-shirts, cut-off shorts, baseball cap, Table Hall of Fame next Monday, May 15, at La Cumbre tennis shoes, and playing in the dirt. …You went home with Country Club. Other inductees are Gerardo Jimenez (Dos no homework and got to play in the dirt some more.”

Pueblos soccer), Mark Warkentin (San Marcos and OlymShe was a legendary athlete at Modoc High School in pic swimmer), and Donald Young (Dos Pueblos baseball).

Alturas. Competing against small schools in the region, Jon Lee (San Marcos volleyball) will enter the coaching she once scored 27 points in the first quarter of a basketball wing, and Santa Barbara Tennis Club pro Larry Mousouris game. Her coach had her sit out the last three quarters. When will be enshrined for special achievement. The Round Table it came to college, her only thought was “to get an education.” will fete the area’s top high school and college athletes of That’s how she arrived at UCSB.“I underwent a pure recruit- 2016-17 on Wednesday, May 17, at 5 p.m., at the New Vic ing process,” she said. “I didn’t know about college athletics. theater. Read more information at sbart.org and ensemble All I knew was [the UCSB coaches] cared about me as a theatre.com/rental-shows. n person. It was a really good decision for myself.”

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5/17: Cycling: Amgen Tour of California (ATOC) Many of the world’s best professional riders will shove off next Wednesday at the start of Stage 4, a 99-mile lung-buster from Santa Barbara to Santa Clarita. It’s the midpoint of the 2017 ATOC, which gets underway Sunday in Sacramento and finishes Saturday, May 20, in Pasadena. Stage 3 on Tuesday will start in Pismo Beach, dip into northern Santa Barbara County, and finish in Morro Bay. Santa Barbara is a host city for the eighth time in 12 years since the tour’s inception. Last year, the “Queen Stage” of the race finished at the top of Gibraltar Road, where Julian Alaphilippe of France took the overall lead for good. This year’s outcome may be decided by Stage 5, which ends with a climb up Mount Baldy. The Santa Barbara-Santa Clarita route will likely end in a sprint finish.

The usual prospects include perennial Amgen Tour participants Mark Cavendish of Great Britain and Peter Sagan of Slovakia. The NBC Sports Network will televise the race live from 2 to 4 p.m. Start: 11:30am. Cabrillo Boulevard near East Beach. Free.

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We’re riding through the high grass of an oak-studded plateau on the Parker family’s Foxen Canyon Road ranch, where our horses don’t quiver at the sight of a gopher snake nor pay much attention when a donkey brays loudly in the distance. We’re on the hunt for Katie’s Wagyu cattle, a Japanese breed famed for the marbling of its beef, and we find their dark hides and docile demeanors lingering in pockets of shade near the last of the season’s purple lupine.

After spending all of her life stabling horses, teaching riding lessons, leading trail rides, renting livestock to television shows, running beef cattle, and even raising bucking bulls for professional rodeos —“I like to think I was my grandpa’s favorite because I’ve always been the resident cowgirl,” she quipped — Katie and her husband, bull rider Rocky McDonald, started raising the coveted breed about four years ago. The inspiration came from a Wagyu hamburger in Las Vegas. “It was so good; I didn’t even eat the bun,” said Katie.

Despite being a slow-growing and sensitive breed, the herd — whose life starts on the family’s New Mexico and Texas ranches and then continues on these pastures before ending with a butcher in Santa Paula — is now a substantial family affair. The 120 head of cattle are further fattened on grape pomace from the family’s winery operations as well as spent brewer’s grains from her half-brother Kristopher Parker’s Third Window Brewing Company. Katie hopes to plant beardless wheat in between the vineyard rows next year while growing the herd to 300 animals. When Katie’s dad, Eli Parker — the son of Fess, who died in 2010, and Marcella, who’s still alive — started to wonder what to do with the meat, he talked to Chef John Cox during a visit to Big Sur’s Post Ranch Inn. “When it’s that tied in, it would be a shame to take a product and sell it to someone else,” Cox advised about a year and a half ago.“I told him that, long-term, you need to create a restaurant. It was inevitable.”

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Farm-to-table, For real The family’s Wagyu, wine, and beer are just a few slices of the ranch-to-restaurant pie being cooked up by Cox and the Parkers at The Bear and Star, which opened on May 1 in Los Olivos inside the Fess Parker Wine Country Inn. Katie is also raising 50 sheep for the menu, and Cox’s friend Carly Connelly is tending to Mangalitsa pigs, two acres of row crops, 75 fruit trees, 40 chickens, and a greenhouse on their property, with 50 quail accessible nearby. And the restaurant itself is putting out. There’s an aquaponics system growing about 30 catfish below and leafy greens, watercress, and nasturtiums atop, as well as a fascinating mushroom cabinet with pink, white, and yellow oysters, bear’s heads, shiitakes, and reishis.

“My pet peeve as a chef is how abusive people have become to the farm-to-table slogan,” said Cox, who

worked at Post Ranch on and off for 15 years and for similar properties such as Hotel Hana Maui, Cavallo Point, and Sea Ranch Lodge among other stints in Fiji, Florida, and Carmel. Even with everything he’s got going, Cox will be excited to source 50 percent of the menu from the ranch right away and hopes to be close to 80 percent within a couple of years.

Why not 100 percent? “Ultimately, it’s people’s expectations,” Cox said. “I would be completely happy with kale, dry-aged beef, and sunchokes — that’s achievable.

What’s not achievable is 20-30 menu items, like seafood.

We couldn’t really have steelhead trout; we couldn’t have salmon.”

So despite all the cross-country hype, Cox explained, “You could probably count on two hands the number of true farm-to-table restaurants in the United States. You’d think that places in California would do it more.”

Due to that unique opportunity, Cox jumped onboard as a partner last November, moved from Big Sur to the Santa Barbara Harbor, and directed the design evolution that ensued during the speedy remodel. The look is elegantly modern yet infused with chic cowboy touches, most prominently the skull that hangs over the fireplace in the dinner room.“Maggie was the favorite cow on the ranch,” said Cox, explaining that her addition came at the last minute.“She finished the room for us.”

He’s also proud of enhancing the outdoor seating options and breaking down the layout — which was formerly home to Petros and once housed the family’s Restaurant Marcella — into more intimate spaces. That includes the secret room behind the wall of wine bottles and the chef’s room, where he plans to serve more inventive fare amid the shelves of pickling vegetables, fermenting hot sauce, lab-looking rotovap machine, library of cookbooks, mushroom cabinet, and view into the kitchen.

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and then hit the world barbecue championships in San Angelo, where Fess Parker was born.

Despite being outsiders — a beef rib preparation they envisioned at the last minute got them dubbed “The Kumquat Boys” — they got first place in chicken and third overall out of about 40 contestants. The smoker is now an integral part of the restaurant for beef, bacon, ribs, and more, and serves as a symbol of what The Bear and Star is all about: the melding of Texas tradition with California ingenuity.

Menu highlights include oysters with pink peppercorn sorbet; deviled eggs with guajillo pepper yolks topped by crispy lardon; smoked pork rillette on grilled bread with pickled onions; Wagyu carpaccio with koji, charred scallions, radish, crunchy mushrooms, and shaved cured yolk (emu if you’re lucky, which tastes like gouda cheese); and cornbread in a cast-iron pan that comes out sizzling in bacon lard with a brown sugar, sherry vinegar, and house hot sauce glaze. And those are just appetizers. Entrees include burgers, pork chops, meatloaf, stuffed quail, and Wagyu tri-tip, while dessert upholds old-school Texas: savory 2860 Grand Avenue, pecan and chess pie, a custardy Los Olivos; 686-1359; concoction whose sugary insides thebearandstar.com form a crust on top while baking.

There’s also a full breakfast served daily 7:30-10 a.m.

“At Post Ranch, a lot of the food got pretty cerebral,” said Cox, who will still do some of that for one-off dinners. “I hope the level of detail here is the same as there, but we’re trying to do it at an accessible scale.”

That’s also why the prices are downright cheap, at least for such considered and directly sourced cuisine: the most expensive items are the $32 Wagyu tri-tip and $28 Berkshire pork chop —similar items easily go for double at many steakhouses—all the way down to the $16 burger and $14 smoked chicken cobb salad. With a pint of Third Window beer, you could escape satisfied for about $30.

“It’s the most fair pricing we can do,” said Cox. “The artist from down the street can not only make the plates, but she can come down 10 minutes from her house and afford it. It’s so much fun seeing your neighbors come in and have an awesome experience.”

In my estimation, The Bear and Star is not just another new restaurant to try. With so much competition in the culinary space, the biggest challenge is creating something truly unique yet honestly authentic while keeping the menu logistically manageable and relatively affordable. If Cox and the Parkers can stick to the formula, and continue to grow this real ranch-torestaurant experience, The Bear and Star may prove to be Santa Barbara County’s homegrown version of New York’s Blue Hill at Stone Barns. Certainly, that Dan Barber hotspot is a whole different animal, with a $258 tasting menu and almost everything grown on-site, but the spirit is identical.

The Parker family’s extensive resources don’t hurt either, nor does the fact that this is the culmination of a generational dream for many of them, including Katie, who’d wanted to do something like this for a long time. “Everyone was at a point in their careers where they were perfectly prepared for this restaurant,” she explained as our horses trotted under the spring sun.“You couldn’t have planned it better.” n

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That same question mark hovers over the South Coast’s hospitality industry, where thousands of immigrant workers fill vital “back of the house” functions.

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Writ large — and with all the statistical caveats acknowledged — the total number of non-farm jobs in Santa Barbara County appears to have increased by about 3,800 since last March. Modest but significant gains were reported in the realm of government, education, tourism, hospitality, professional management, services, and engineering. Legal profes professional jobs flatlined; oil mining dropped. The number of retail jobs fell, as well.

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Some of the stats in such reports are merely curious. For example, the number of CEOs increased by 10 countywide between 2015 and 2016, and their annual mean compensation compensation— — not counting stock options and other bonuses — remained flat at $213,000. The number of clergy plunged from 76 to 50 in the past year and their annual pay dropped from $76,000 to $64,000.

In the world of media, the number of reporters and correspondents dropped from 60 to 50 in the past year, and the pay —in — in apparent contradiction of the laws of supply and demand — dropped from $42,970 to $38,310. By contrast, the number of public relations practitioners dropped far more modestly—from modestly from 210 to 190—while 190— 190 — while compensacompensa tion increased from $63,000 to $66,820.

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What did you like best when you began? What do you like best now? You kind of get to be your own boss. When the call board isn’t stacked with requests for service, you can decide to walk through the park to check things out after you’ve let dispatch know first. Or you can sit at a stop sign at an intersection that’s been bugging you. And you can interview to join special divisions, like crime scene investigation or narcotics.

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What was the scariest thing about your job when you first started? Giving incorrect information, which I’m sorry to say, I probably have done in the past. Early on, I changed my thinking about being very clear with guests about what I think I know and what I actually know. I take pains to explain to the public what I’m certain of — what I’ve read or taken from my own observations — versus what are my hypotheses.

What did you like best when you began? What do you like best now? One of the things I enjoyed most in the beginning was working with the volunteers. They’re a great group of people. Many are retired folks, but they’re also all ages, and there’s a story behind each one of them. Nowadays, I really enjoy communicating information about native plants to the public.

What personality type best thrives in this position? Plants are creatures that require patience and tenacity to observe. Type A personalities might have a harder time. You need the focus to stay with the plant and watch it grow and change to find what happens when you water it this much or give it that much light. That might take days or weeks to find out.

What would others find surprising about your job? That there aren’t simple answers for why a plant does or doesn’t grow. It’s a very complex equation of factors, and there’s quite a lot we still don’t know about why plants do what they do. When people come into the retail nursery asking questions, they often assume I can give them easy answers. When the conversations get longer, sometimes they’re surprised.

What are the formal education or background experiences required for your job? There’s not a lot of formal education required. I’m mostly self-taught. I’ve kept my ears open, and I keep learning. Even before I started working in the horticulture field, I was reading about plants. Many people get a degree in horticulture, but that’s not the path I chose. I’m really lucky to be in the milieu that I am here at the garden. There are so many people I can rub up against and absorb information from. And I’m really lucky to have taken classes from Bob Haller when he was still teaching classes here.

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What was the scariest thing about your job when you first started? I don’t know that I would characterize it as scary, but there is a lot we do on a daily basis that has an impact on people’s health and business. It’s challenging to strike the correct balance of information, education, assistance, compliance, and enforcement.

What did you like best when you began? What do you like best now? At first, I was out doing the inspections and permitting work and had direct contact on a daily basis with business operators. And now being in a management role, it’s much more in the world of dealing with systems, performance, and oversight of all of our staff. A lot of my contact with the public is in problemsolving mode. Sometimes, people are dealing with things we just really haven’t seen before and that we don’t really have a place for in our regulations.

Rules are pretty stagnant and tend to be conservative, and people’s views and aspirations don’t always line up with rules. For instance, there is increasing interest in the use of gray water for irrigation and the capturing of gray water and use for some of the non-potable purposes.

Some of our paradigms have shifted a little bit in terms of our willingness to look at these things and balance a bit of risk with other, bigger goals that might be worthy of pursuing.

What personality type best thrives in this position? Golly, there is a bunch. A person who is going to do well in this work has to, first off, naturally enjoy working with people. If you don’t have empathy, it’s going to be really challenging.

What would others find surprising about your job? People ask about restaurant codes. They ask, “Where do you eat? What do you eat?” I don’t rely on inspectors to tell me where the good food is. They can tell me where the safe food is but maybe not the best food.

What are the formal education or background experiences required for your job? There are a couple of pathways to pursue an environmental health program degree. Most people don’t have the environmental science degree. They have a degree in one of the biological sciences or related fields. Those folks can apply for trainee status, and the state looks at their work experience.

—Kelsey Brugger

What did you like best when you began? What do you like best now? I think the best thing starting out was the fun of having a chance to put together a good team. There were already many excellent staff members, but there were a number of openings, especially in the curatorial ranks.

We have excellent and ambitious curators, who are really the engines of a museum, and a very creative and passionate group of educators in our Education Department. Thanks to all of them, no two years are alike—in fact, no two days are alike! My favorite parts of my job now (and then) are going through our exhibitions, especially when they are just going up, and observing our education programs, particularly the Day of the Dead celebration.

What personality type thrives best in this position? There are many different personality types in the museum world. There was a time when it was mainly led by more “scholarly” types; in recent years, one sees more “public relations” types in charge. As a result, there has been more emphasis at some museums on spectacular building projects and less on the art itself, which is unfortunate. At our museum, virtually the entire staff is composed of A-type personalities. If you aren’t one, there’s a good chance you’ll get run over!

What would others find surprising about your job? Those not familiar with the museum world may not be aware of some of the complexities. In a sense, the museum, with its scholars and educators, is like a university or a school. We are not only in the business of educating the visitor but also, through partnership with local schools, in the business of educating the vast majority of students in Santa Barbara. We organize and present not only events involving the visual arts but also musical, theatrical, and dance performance as well as literary events.

What are the formal education or background experiences required for your job? Over the years, the formal educational requirements have gone back and forth. In the early days, many directors needed only to come from the right families and attend the right undergraduate college.

Then, as the field became more competitive, advanced degrees became de rigueur. Lately, some directors with no museum experience and little management experience have been hired at —Charles Donelan some institutions. It will be interesting to see how that works out. …

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What was the scariest thing about your job when you first started? I don’t really like eels. I mean, they’re pretty cool, but they’re mean-looking and have big mouths, and they just stare at you like they might take a bite. Especially wolf eels.

What did you like best when you began? What do you like best now? As a welder, I liked the travel and the money, once I got up the food chain. With teaching, I like being around the students. I learn as much from them as they do from me. It feels good to be in a learning environment; it is very fulfilling to be able to help someone reach their hopes, dreams, and ambitions. I wake up stoked to go to school each morning, and the students and faculty are all together most days — we become family.

What personality type best thrives in this position? Type A personalities. Competitive, adventurous people. I liked going places and being part of an elite team doing unique things that other people could only dream about. It’s always something new — the process and procedure are the same, but the task is always a bit different.

What would others find surprising about that job? If you do it correctly, you don’t get shocked that bad, considering you’re submersed in a brine solution with a welding electrode in your hand.

What are the formal education or background experiences required for your job? Underwater welders are required to be certified commercial divers first. In the U.S., that would be through a dive school like Santa Barbara City College’s Marine Diving Technologies program. The certification is from the Association of Commercial Diving Educators and the American National Standards Institute. Welders are also generally required to pass a practical examination using equipment and materials that replicate what they will be doing in the field. It is called a welder qualification test and is administered by a certified welding inspector. You can’t just be a good diver or good welder; you have to excel at both.

Back when I was doing it, a person could just be an underwater welder. There is still a niche market for the best underwater welders, and they still travel a lot and make much better money than [in] the old days. However, it is better to think of underwater welding as another arrow in your quiver to make you a versatile and well-rounded diver that employers want.

—Keith Hamm

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Kristen Wieners Marc Minier Golf Pro

Senior Mammal Keeper

SAntA bArbArA Zoo 6 years

Glen Annie Golf Club Teaching 28 years, playing 49 years

What was the scariest thing about your job when you first started? You really want to make sure the person you’re teaching gets better. Golf can be a complicated thing, and sometimes people get worse before they get better. People need to see that they’re learning something and that they’re improving. It was that pressure.

What did you like best when you began? What do you like best now? It was being able to make a difference, especially with the juniors. You don’t just teach lessons, but you establish a bond and it remains. With younger golfers, I’m helping them develop specific skills, but I’m also helping them develop confidence and the ability to socialize. A lot of them are at the age where their parents can’t really teach them. There’s friction. I can be their friend and mentor. My daughter is 15. She’s a very fine golfer and a very fine lady. I enjoy watching her grow in golf and in life.

What personality type thrives best in this position? I’ve had to learn to become more a psychologist than a teacher. Everyone learns differently. You can’t teach everybody the same way. You have to adapt to their own particular learning track and teach them their way. I’m teaching very specific skills, but I’m also teaching how to read a whole environment. You play tennis or basketball, and you have the court pretty much as-is. When you golf, the grass is different, the wind is different, and you have to be able to shift your approach in response.

What would others find surprising about your job? A lot of people think I’m living the lifestyle they’d like to be living. It’s fun, to be sure, but it’s also hard work. I teach 14 lessons a day. I give 40 lessons a week. I work from 8:30 in the morning, and I stay ’til about 7 p.m. I’m out here all day. Doing what I do, you really want to help the person. You feel their shot. You feel their pain. You feel their joy. At the end of the day, that’s a lot of emotion.

What are the formal education or background experiences required for your job? I am a PGA-certified instructor. It helped that I had four years of college at UCSB. But you need to complete a three-year apprenticeship as well. And you need to take three week-long classes put on by the PGA. Lots of written materials. At the end of each, you take a four-hour test. It’s like the —Nick Welsh SATs. The pass rate is something like 28 percent.

What was the scariest thing about your job when you first started? Working with wild animals; I’d say getting used to that was the biggest thing. I started with macaws and a serval and a porcupine at another facility and then shifted over to gray wolves. You’re looking at this animal, and it looks like a dog, but no; it’s a wild animal, and they remind you of that. It’s a little intimidating.

Then shifting to the big cats and all of a sudden you’re working with a 300-pound lion that is just as tall as you.

What did you like best when you began your career? What do you like best now? When I first began, it was the fact that I could make a career working with amazing animals. Every single day of my life, I get to go to work and work with these amazing creatures. And I get paid to do it. [Laughs.]

It’s kind of shifted over the six years. Now for me it’s really connecting our guests with these animals and sharing the conservation story. Like the amur leopard — no one really knows they exist. That there are only 60 left in the wild and that we are making a difference to save that species is incredible. So my shift has been to share that with our guests and share my passion.

What personality type best thrives in this position? A lot of personality types do well; we are a very diverse group of people. What we all have in common is a passion for what we do; for animals; for making sure they are happy, healthy, really well taken care of; and [spreading the] conservation message.

What would others find surprising about your job? That it’s more than just picking up poop.

[Laughs.] What people seem to be surprised by when they ask me that question is the amount of training that we do with our animals and that we are able to train big cats to participate in their health care. And we don’t force them to do that; it’s always their choice. People are always surprised [that we] can train a lion to take a vaccination. … [Also], we spend a lot of time with the guests. We do keeper talks … we do a lot of behind-the-scenes tours. I spend a lot of time out on the public side.

What are the formal education or background experiences required for your job? It depends on the individual facility. At Santa Barbara Zoo, we require a background in biological sciences, so animal science, biology, zoology. I personally have a four-year degree. A lot of facilities are shifting to that higher education and then wanting a lot of experience behind it … any experience with animals so you can start to read [their] body language and subtle cues, [which] will —Michelle Drown benefit anybody in this career.

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What was the scariest thing about your job when you first started? I started out at Able Engineering, building a rotary joint for the International Space Station’s solar array, but when I went out on my own, I learned that the patent on such an object is not frequently used. Market research is really necessary. I had made a $100 device, except only about 600 are needed per year. I spent several years consulting, eating mac ’n’ cheese, before my company got off the ground.

What did you like best when you began? What do you like best now? I got into engineering through art and design. Engineering allows art, but it’s a lot harder to get art to finance engineering, like kinetic sculpture, for instance. My pinnacle project, the one that challenged all my engineering experience, is this massively articulating surgical robot. It’s like a third arm for a surgeon. Getting the 10 separately moving pieces to move together as the surgeon directs was difficult on the software side, but it was also a packaging nightmare, like a puzzle.

The 3D printer makes all the difference. They’re 10-12 times faster than machining a model, and you can produce a piece at a time. I can work the bits out rather than the whole, and then, holding it, carrying it around, I can think about how to make it better.

What personality type best thrives in this position? Well, as a kid, my parents were happy if my toys lasted more than a day. I’d take them apart; I couldn’t ever put them back together, either. But drawing and inventing all the time, the mechanical left side of the brain got a workout and also the creative and artistic right side of the brain.

What would others find surprising about the job? I’ve found that when you’re on the way to an impossible goal, spin-offs happen. Your work may not be taking you to where you thought you were going, but don’t feel bad. You’ll end up somewhere, and you’ll embrace it.

What are the formal education or background experiences required for your job? I went to Cal Poly for a bachelor’s in aeronautics, but my scores weren’t good enough, so I went into physics. But I worked with the aeronautics team as an illustrator for a human-powered flight project, so I —Jean Yamamura got my toe in the door for aerospace that way.

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What was the scariest thing about your job when you first started? When you’re young and new, it’s the fires. As you get more experienced, you learn how many more hazards there really are. The fires become one of the last of your worries. Most fatalities are in aviation, driving, falling trees.

What did you like best when you began? What do you like best now? At first, it was all about being able to work out outside, being in the woods like where I grew up in Mariposa. Working with my hands and trying to improve our forests were big. Now, it’s working with and being able to influence all these amazing young men and women. I’m just constantly getting to meet incredible people—uncommon people coming together to reach a common goal. It’s a really diverse group. They come from all walks of life.

What personality type best thrives in this position? Someone who likes teamwork, can work well with others, and who’s accountable—accountable to themselves and to their crew from November through May. That needs to be their priority.

What would others find surprising about your job? The amount of sacrifice that goes into it. We work 16-hour shifts for 14 straight days. We call them tours; I’ve done six back-to-back. A lot of the time, we don’t have cell phone coverage. Our families and friends really sacrifice, too. All summer, you might get two to four days off a month to spend with them. We also get pretty fatigued toward the end of the season, but I don’t want to say it’s a negative job. I’ve had some of the best times of my life in fires. I work with amazing people, and we keep morale up. I think it’s the best job in the world.

What are the formal education or background experiences required for your job? That’s one of the great things about being a Hot Shot. You just need a high school degree or equivalent. I was fresh out of high school when I joined. There are others who have four-year-college degrees and decided office life wasn’t for them. Overall, it’s a really diverse group. You might be surprised when you see me — I have a lot of tattoos on my throat, hands, arms. We’re extremely professional, but it’s —Tyler Hayden nice to have that kind of leniency. Everyone’s welcome.

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What was the scariest thing about your job when you first started? How many eyes were gazing on my very first words when I was introduced to the school. Same goes for being introduced to the families.

What did you like best when you began? What do you like best now? The best thing about the job was meeting new people. I knew I belonged when the students reached out to me with their problems prior to making the wrong decisions. My favorite part now is the stronger relationships I’ve built with these new people.

What personality type best thrives in this position? An “understanding” personality. You have to take in multiple perspectives, ideas, and beliefs to help facilitate the most informed decisions that affect the most students. When things are not going according to plan, I try to read up on the most recent research to help sharpen my understanding. I like to talk to other administrators, especially in other districts, to see how they approach problems. Many of my topics of conversation deal with engaging students and making sure they are being taught at their potential.

What would others find surprising about your job? It requires a lot of time, and much of it is spent dealing with adults rather than students.

What are the formal education or background experiences required for your job? Formal education requirements are a teaching credential and an administrative credential. Being able to speak Spanish helps with the population I serve. [If it were up to me,] I would allow teachers to take on administrative roles. This would allow our talented teacher leaders to start exploring [leadership opportunities].

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12 Years

Bassist

What was the scariest thing about your job when you first started? The scariest part at that time was when we — my wife, Erica, and I — found out we were being considered for this position on the same day we found out we were expecting a child. We knew our life was gonna change right then. Also, I was sort of a little bit nervous with my inexperience of the position at the time. I probably wouldn’t have been considered for any other place except here, because I was so familiar with its logistics.

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What was the scariest thing about your job when you first started? Being a musician isn’t a scary job. I guess just being the new guy and trying to fit in.

What did you like best when you began? What do you like best now? The quality of the symphony was much better than I thought it would be. I didn’t know anything about Santa Barbara when I moved here. I came from New York City, and Santa Barbara was much smaller. But the quality of the orchestra was much better than I expected, and it just keeps getting better and better.

What kind of personality type thrives in your positon? We tend to think of ourselves as the calm, stable, patient personalities.

What would others find surprising about your job? Just how much concentration is required to play in a symphony orchestra. People don’t understand how much focus it takes. Even when you’re not playing — and not playing for a while — you have to be keeping track so that when you come back in, you come back at exactly the right place. You always have to know exactly where you are. The whole time.

What are the formal education or background experiences required for your job? About 100 percent of the members studied music in college or attended a music school. I attended Juilliard.

—Nick Welsh

What did you like best when you began? What do you like best now? It’s an honor to hold this position. Just being offered this was the best feeling ever. Only one person has this position in all of S.B., and the S.B. Bowl is a pretty neat place. … You just take a lot of pride in it when you have a good team around you, and the place — it feels like it’s better than it’s ever been. It makes you proud to be such a key role in that.

What personality type best thrives in this position? Well, you have to be flexible. Every show day is different. There’s no recipe to making everything work. You have to be friendly and open and be very approachable because you’re working the tour with very professional people you’ve never met before.

What would others find surprising about your job? It’s more involved than people think it is. A show day starts at 6 a.m. and ends at 2 a.m. and goes through different roles all day long. You start the morning off with trucks and buses, and then different departments all start to roll in throughout the day. The promoters crew, the security ushers — they all kind of come to you with everything that they need done or answered. You don’t really get a whole lot of time to enjoy the shows.

What are the formal education or background experiences required for your job? Mine was all learned hands-on on this property. Like I say, I probably would never have been considered for this position anywhere else than right here, and I wouldn’t want to do it anywhere else than right here, too.

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JANUARY 2017: Bar 29, 1134 Chapala St.; HiWi Tropical Fusion, 6555 Pardall Rd., Isla Vista DECEMBER 2016: 18 East, 18 E. Cota St. (now closed); Blaze Pizza, 3925 State St.; Mesa Burger, 315 Meigs Rd.; Somerset, 7 E. Anapamu St. NOVEMBER 2016: Nikka Ramen, 5701 Calle Real, Goleta; Red Kettle Coffee, 2275 Ortega Hill Rd., Summerland.

OCTOBER 2016: The Honey B, 602 Anacapa St.; Phoevermore, 1017 Casitas Pass Rd., Carpinteria.

SEPTEMBER 2016: Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, 7060 Hollister Ave., Goleta; Loquita, 202 State St.; Pickles & Swiss, 7060 Hollister Ave., Goleta; PokeMee, 7000 Hollister Ave., Goleta.

AUGUST 2016: Pieology, 7000 Hollister Ave., Goleta; Pizza Man Dan’s, 699 Linden Ave., Carpinteria; Sprouts Farmers Market, 175 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta; Vons, 2010 Cliff Dr.

let me know that a public notice of application to sell alcoholic beverages has appeared at 1226 State Street (next to the Granada), in the spot formerly occupied by Ultimate Bagels, The Coffee Bean, and Santa Barbara Sandwich Company. The application was filed by the Sportsman Lounge LLC. Of course, there is always a chance that this will be a second location, but that seems unlikely because Sportsman Lounge is just a block or so away at 20 West Figueroa Street.

JULY 2016: American Ale 02, 214 State St. (now closed); Convivo at Santa Barbara Inn, 901 East Cabrillo Blvd.; Corazón Cocina, 38 W. Victoria St.; Drunken Crab, 416 State St.; Helena Avenue Bakery, 131 Anacapa St.; Nona’s Deli, 415 E. De la Guerra St.; Viva Santa Barbara, 1114 State St.

RESTAURANT OPENINGS: Here is a list of area eateries that have opened in the last year:

MAY 2016: Le Petit Bistro, 532 State St. (now closed); Little Kitchen, 17 W. Ortega St.; Nook, 120 Santa Barbara St.; Phamous Café, 7127 Hollister Ave., Goleta; Smart & Final Extra!, 3943 State St.; Zizzo’s Coffeehouse & Brew Pub, 7060 Hollister Ave., Goleta.

MAY 2017: The Bear and Star, 2860 Grand Ave., Los Olivos; Sun Sushi, 3631 State St.

JUNE 2016: Angel Oak at Bacara, 8301 Hollister Ave., Goleta; Dunkin Donuts, 3771 State St.; Rusty’s Pizza, 111 State St.; The Nugget, 5096 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria.

John Dickson’s reporting can be found every day online at SantaBarbara.com. Send tips to info@SantaBarbara.com.

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holding shows in his community has been complicated by the ongoing Syrian civil war, and in a letter penned to his home country, he dedicated “all future Omar Souleyman shows … to help Syrian people fleeing to a better life elsewhere. Omar Souleyman is a refugee himself, but not an exile, alone providing for a family of 30. Together with all willing promoters of his shows he conspires to raise funds to aid the refugees in flight from Syrian situation.”

His newest album, To Syria With Love, will be released on June 2.

Playing alongside Omar Souleyman is the UCSB Middle East Ensemble, an “ethnomusicology performance group” composed of 40-45 orchestral musicians, 10-12 singers, and up to a dozen dancers, though the group performs in various sizes depending on the show. The ensemble “performs music and dance from Arab, Turkish, Persian, Armenian, Greek, Sephardic and Oriental Jewish, Kurdish, and Assyrian cultures,” and seeks to reflect and promote awareness of “the great diversity of cultures found in the Middle East.”

Their music is often fast-paced, boasting a rich sound constructed by a variety of traditional Middle Eastern instruments, with an “extended cabaret-style dance set” at the end of most performances.

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interview in Ahram Online with journalist/ professor Omar Al-Ghazzi, the “music was mixed in studio and Souleyman had no say in the process of production and, as he was keen to tell me, he did not have much input in determining the profit he would make off the album sales.” He and Björk never met in person to work on the remixes.

After being signed by “extra-geographical” Seattle record label Sublime Frequencies (he’s now signed to Mad Decent), Souleyman expanded his global following through a decade of world tours accompanied by keyboardist Rizan Sa’id and saz (Turkish lute) player Khaled Youssef. The prospect of

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You can’t change a channel these days without finding a new, fab reality TV competition designed to pluck talented artists from obscurity and slingshot them to stardom. The latest comes from Ryan Seacrest Productions and takes advantage of YouTube’s foray into original programming. Hosted by Ludacris (pictured), the show is called Best.Cover.Ever., and its premise is summed up in its title: Unknown singers are asked to submit an original video of themselves covering a song by one of the high-profile artists participating in the series. For the first round of submissions, which ends Friday, May 19, contenders can choose “As Long As You Love Me” by the Backstreet Boys, “Confident” by Demi Lovato, or “Trumpets” by Jason Derulo. The winner has an opportunity to duet with the famous singer. For all the submission details and more about the series, see thebestcoverever.com. —Michelle Drown

Camille Umoff Wins Acting scholA cholArship cholA Arship For nearly 30 years, the L.A. Music Center’s Spotlight Program has awarded talented Southern California teens scholarship money to help advance their artistic schooling. This year, 14 individuals were named Grand Prize Finalists: two winners in each of seven categories that include variations of dance, voice, instrumental performance, and acting. Representing Santa Barbara is 16-year-old Camille Umoff, who was selected for her theatrical skills. Umoff will receive $5,000 toward furthering her education and will appear with the other winners in the Grand Finale performance Tuesday, May 23, 7 p.m., at the Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall. For tickets, call (213) 972-0711 or see musiccenter .org/spotlightfinale.

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lege and community radio station KCSB-FM 91.9 will host Syrian folk-EDM sensation Omar Souleyman alongside the UCSB Music Department’s Middle East Ensemble, in a celebration of Middle Omar Souleyman Eastern music past and present. The concert is taking place at Storke Plaza on the UCSB campus, and it seeks to raise awareness of the evolving humanitarian crisis unfolding in Syria and provide attendees with options for participating in relief efforts.

From cutting his teeth on wedding dance floors throughout his home region of Al-Hasakah (formerly Al-Jazira), Syria, where he used to sing part-time, to gracing the stage of Oslo Spektrum Arena, where he performed in the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert in 2013, Omar Souleyman has recordings that have garnered an impressively large audience in his community and worldwide. His sound, though it draws from many styles of Middle-Eastern folk, mainly augments traditional dabke music with drum machines and heavily modulated keyboards, adding a contemporary twist to a style of music and dance that spans millennia. He has called his sound “popular heritage music.”

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Carp artiStS t tS StudiO tOurS ur urS Numerous canvases hang on the gallery walls of the Carpinteria Arts Center. While the multicolored streaks of paint captivate onlookers, the signatures of their creators at the bottom of each canvas are often overlooked. The Artists Studio Tour, organized by the Carpinteria Arts Center, puts a friendly face to these names.

This Mother’s Day weekend, May 13-14, 10 a.m.5 p.m., more than 30 professional artists in the Carpinteria and Summerland communities will open their studios to the public. In this free exhibit, visitors have the opportunity to see where the artistic magic unfolds.

The Carp Arts Center established the tour in 2007 to promote the work of area professional-level artists. Like a modern-day treasure hunt, detailed maps direct visitors to the studios of participating artists. But rather than gold, guests will find each painter’s, ceramicist’s, and photographer’s charming workspaces. “Some artists paint in their living rooms and kitchens. It’s interesting to see where they work,” said Gary Campopiano, Arts Center boardmember and an artist on the tour.

Artists’ spaces tend to be as unique as the pieces they display; the studio tour highlights their unique styles instead of a theme. “Whatever the artist’s style is, is what you see,” said Campopiano, who will showcase his acrylic and watercolor paintings, although he looks forward to the lithographic print studio of Garrett Speirs, a first-time open-studio participant.

Visitors can expect to see a wide variety of working environments and artistic styles. They may also have the opportunity to purchase art pieces at a discounted rate. A portion of the sales will go toward supporting area artists and other programs organized by the Carpinteria Arts Center. For more information, see carpinteriaartscenter.org.

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hen I mentioned to photojournalist Lynsey Addario over the phone that I read her memoir, It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War, and found it both stirring and terrifying, she laughed and said, “Aren’t you glad you’re not my mother?” It’s a sobering question considering the life-and-death situations with which Addario is constantly confronted in her job as a war correspondent — she’s been kidnapped twice.

Selfishly, I am glad she chose the path she did, as Addario has documented some of the Middle East’s most pivotal moments of the past decade, from the fall of Saddam Hussein to the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan to the Libyan civil war. What she captures is far more than combat stills — she illuminates the humanity of the men, women, and children living in battle zones trying to carry on semblances of “normal” existence: going to school, having babies, providing for family, etc. In doing so, Addario reveals that we have far more in common with people of differing cultures than we may have thought.

From her home in London — which she shares with her husband, journalist Paul de Bendern, and their 5-year-old son — Addario spoke about spending time in war zones, the sexism she experiences on the job, and the responsibility she feels to show the world the consequences of our foreign policies. The following is an abbreviated version of our conversation. For the full interview, see independent.com/ lynseyaddario.

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I find your profession both scary and enviable; to be in the middle of the fray — I imagine there is nothing like it. When I first witnessed what it was like to watch history unfold, I mean, there was no substitute. It’s exhilarating, and I started to feel this sense of responsibility immediately because I felt like most Americans — who make up the bulk of whatever readership I’m working for — don’t get the chance to witness what I witness, so I felt like it’s very important that I’m here and show them what’s happening on the ground.

These are the fruits of our foreign policy; this is where our troops are fighting. I felt like it’s really important to be here.

How do you cope with that burden of responsibility? It’s hard because I’m a pretty intense person and I don’t have an off switch, really. So once I started doing this work, I just felt like there was no end in sight. One of the things I always struggle with is that I kind of always want to be in a hundred different places at once. Obviously, that’s not possible, but I never feel like I’m doing enough. I always feel like I’m sort of struggling with [the] need to be doing more.

by Michelle Drown You’ve spoken about being a female photographer in war-torn places.

It must be disheartening to have men make assessments of your capability — or liability — based on your gender. I think [that] whether or not people admit it, the sexism is incredibly pervasive today in the year 2017. I’ve been doing this job for 23 years, and it still exists. I still have to fight to prove myself in a way that I’m sure my male colleagues don’t, and that is incredibly frustrating. But my philosophy has always been to just get on with it, to just show rather than sit around and complain.

To just do the work and to try and do it better than anyone else or to try and do the best I possibly can. It’s not that it’s not frustrating, but it’s just a fact. This is, sadly, how it still is.

You mention in your book that you are a shy person. But to take the photos you take, you have to get right up in the melee. Does being behind the lens embolden you? I started out shy; there was no question I was terrified to photograph people. Now I think it takes a lot for me to be intimidated. I observe a lot when I’m working. I feel like my greatest asset is to be able to just hang out and observe and then figure out how to tell a story.

But I also feel like the camera enables me access to places that obviously I would never have access to [otherwise]. I think it’s kind of an excuse to sort of butt into people’s lives. Obviously, why would a complete stranger let me into the delivery room? Or why would a complete stranger let me photograph the funeral of their mother? These are, for me, such great privileges to be able to witness those things. I think, also, being a woman helps because I think that I’m seen as sort of less threatening. But I also think it’s in the approach. We all have different techniques with how we approach a subject.

Your photos capture people in intimate moments — experiencing loss, birth, fear, family, celebration, war — showing that their lives are similar to our own despite the separation of culture, etc. That’s my point. That’s exactly my goal, to connect these two very different worlds. How can I show that Iraqi women are just like us? Or Syrian women? Sure, they might be refugees, but they’re women, just like us. They want the best for their children. They want a home. They want security. We might have these huge cultural divides, but we’re all the same at the end of the day.

These days feel more frightening than ever, with the philosophy of our president being “us versus them.” Has that changed anything in terms of your job? Maybe makes it more important than ever?

It was really disheartening when [Trump] came in and implemented the Muslim ban, for example, because I feel like,“Oh my god, you are basically doing recruitment for ISIS.” … It’s hard for me because I’ve spent the last 17 years in the Middle East and in the Muslim world, and I’ve been treated with such incredible respect and generosity and hospitality and I think that it’s very easy for people to just label things and people they don’t know. The harder thing is to actually take the time to get to know them.

How do you cope with the long periods of waiting for the action? It seems a job of contrasts — durations of downtime and then go, go, go. How did you deal with it? So much of international journalism and being a war correspondent or a photographer is waiting. The best stories usually entail a tremendous amount of waiting. I think that that’s something that most people don’t realize, but that is the reality. [You] just have to make sure you’re there when everything goes down, and the only way to do that, because so much of this is unpredictable, is actually just being there and waiting. …

That’s something that I could do in my twenties and thirties.

Now I have a child, and so it’d be a lot harder for me to go into a situation where there was no exit with a 5-year-old because, God forbid, [if] something ever happened to him, I’d need to get out.

Is there anything you would like to say about your job or what’s going on in the world today? I think that there’s always this misconception that people who cover war are adrenaline junkies, and I think that the most important thing is to realize that adrenaline has nothing to do [with it for me].

Look, everyone’s different, so everyone has different reasons for covering war. But me personally, and a lot of the great correspondents that I know, don’t do this for the adrenaline; they do it because they believe that the public has the right to know what’s happening and to know about human rights and abuses, to know about the repercussions of our foreign policy. So I think it’s important to dispel that misconception that it’s all about the adrenaline.

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tate Street Ballet (SSB) has given us the other by Boston choreographer Kevin some of the Granada’s greatest nights. Jenkins—have either never been seen here The theater was remodeled with the before (Jenkins) or haven’t been seen in a intent to create a permanent home for sev- while (Soleau). Soleau’s “Sonnets of Love and eral of our city’s resident performing arts Death” premiered here in 2004, when SSB companies. It’s been a performed it as part of a blessing to every one of festival of Latin Amerithem, but certainly none can expression at the more so than Artistic Lobero. He said that he Director Rodney Gusis looking forward to tafson’s remarkable team seeing it again for the of dancers, choreografirst time in 13 years and phers, and designers. In described the dance as

by Charles Donelan addition to lighting up a “subtle, poignant, and the universal Christmas emotional” exploration tree of happiness that is The Nutcracker every of the pas de deux form. It features three year, they charm a range of audiences, from couples and is set to Argentine folk songs with the families and schoolchildren who came lyrics by Pablo Neruda. to see Cinderella to the modern dancers and Soleau’s Sonnets will be danced en pointe, their friends who turned out in force to wit- as will Cecily Stewart’s contribution, which ness the world premiere of Edgar Zendejas’s takes a very different musical approach.

Rite of Spring. When the marquee on State Stewart will be familiar to many, either from reads “State Street Ballet,” you know the her piece based on The Diary of Anne Frank, event will be spectacular, entertaining, and “Anne’s Window,” which was part of Women’s unforgettable.

Work, or from her dancing with the company.

And this Saturday-Sunday, May 13-14, you She describes the work she will premiere at can follow them off State to the Ensemble Modern Masters, which is set to a mix of songs Theatre Company’s gorgeous and intimate by Depeche Mode, as a significant departure New Vic theater, where they will present but one still rooted in her classical training.

Modern Masters, an original program of con- “There’s a theme of how we interact with techtemporary dance featuring the work of four nology, and it’s performed with lots of classical brilliant choreographers. After the success of steps,” she said, adding that,“At the same time, Women’s Work, last May’s SSB program, the in some aspects it has a Broadway feel.” Expect company looks set to make this spring week- to hear some of your favorite Depeche Mode end at the New Vic a regular thing. It’s a great jams early in the night, as this work will open idea, because it provides these prolific artists the show. with their own version of Off Broadway — a Gina Patterson is a seasoned professional place where innovation and imagination can choreographer who nevertheless maintains a operate freed from the commercial consider- palpable edge. Stewart describes Patterson’s ations that sometimes constrain them in the contribution, “The Call,” which will serve as the show’s finale, as “super contemporary.” larger venue.

Two of the four works on the program Stewart dances in Kevin Jenkins’s C’est la vie, are new, and the others — one by longtime a quirky, subtle quartet that she said has “lots State Street associate William Soleau and of character work.”

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GET IN THE ZONE: Sunday is Mother’s Day, and if you’re in the mood for some good bonding this weekend, why not take her to a concert?

For a very non-traditional experience, consider taking her to the Drone Zone. For 24 straight hours, Funzone will host 20-plus musicians for 24 hours of ambient, drone, and noise soundscapes, providing a solid block of prolonged, hypnotic waves and washes of tones and timbres from synths, guitars, computers, and more. Many of the musicians hail from the S.B. region. The event boasts the stated goal of “inspiring, provoking thought, and providing a meditative listening experience and working art space for attendees.” Bring open ears, an open mind, and perhaps an open journal or sketchbook page, allowing your thoughts to meditate in the midst of massive musical mists. The droning begins Friday, May 12, at 8 p.m. and continues through Saturday, May 13, until 8 p.m. inside the East Beach Batting Cages (226 S. Milpas St.).

YOU & YORN’S: Your mother may also be happy to know that Pete Yorn is coming to Velvet Jones (423 State St.) on Thursday, May 11, with his You & Me solo acoustic tour. Yorn is known to deal in pronouns, as one of his first projects was to make the score for the Jim Carrey film Me, Myself & Irene.

He rose to musical prominence with 2001’s Musicforthemorningafter, and he most recently released ArrangingTime in 2016. Hear the man and his music starting at 7 p.m.

YOU GOTTA GARUDA: Hotel Garuda, the EDM sensations who found success on SoundCloud, will make Velvet Jones a great place to dance on Saturday, May 13, starting at 8:30 p.m. Formed by deejay/producer duo Manila Killa & Candle Weather, who met in middle school in Indonesia, the group’s unique take on house music has tallied millions of listens and multiple Hype Machine picks. Brooklyn’s Wingtip will join.

POUR ME SOME POOR MAN’S WHISKEY: If dancing to banjos is more your style, you’re in luck, as Poor Man’s Whiskey is back in town. Like whiskey, known for its simultaneously invigorating and relaxing burn, the good time provided

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It’ll kick up the jams once again at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club (1221 State St.) on Friday, May 12, at 9:30 p.m. in a near-yearly tradition for the homegrown act. For those who have followed the storied troupe of bluegrassers, they’ve continued their Californian kind of Appalachia ever since beginning in the Isla Vista environs, covering Paul Simon’s Graceland and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. Catch them at SOhO, and hear what new kinds of good times they’re whipping up.

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What makes them so compelling is their daring decision to continually forge forward with nonstop, unbounded creativity, genres and confinements be damned. Theirs is an unusually inventive kind of music in a town sometimes known for its comfortable cultural complacency. Hear what new tunes they’ve cooked up as a post-brunch repast, and enjoy an inventive afternoon.

A MAP TO MUSIC: Hump Day is always something to be gotten over, and thankfully, We The Beat will help you get over any midweek blues with a performance by Bay Area–based band Geographer. With bright synths and bright colors, the band has made a creative cartography of indie-rock themes around kites and animal shapes. May it be a welcome return to innocence in the midweek mire of work and responsibility at SOhO on n Wednesday, May 17, at 9 p.m.

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n Becoming Leonardo: An Exploded View of the Life of Leonardo da Vinci, Mike Lankford sets his goal as stripping the halo from da Vinci and placing the reader across the table from Leonardo the man, dirty fingernails and all.

Many people rightly associate da Vinci with masterpieces such as “The Last Supper” and the “Mona Lisa,” his sketch of the “Vitruvian Man,” and perhaps with his polymathic notebooks.

Or they’ve heard that da Vinci was a genius of the Renaissance, a contemporary of Michelangelo. Lankford, while steeped in historical resources, dates, and places, doesn’t get bogged down in dry recitations of facts; he’s always trying to get at da Vinci the man, even if that means taking liberties as a novelist might. Becoming Leonardo is not a romanticized biography. Lankford speculates, supposes, and makes assumptions about the impact and implications of da Vinci’s illegitimate birth to a woman who may have been a domestic servant (and possibly a slave), his distant father, and da Vinci’s sexuality.

Life in da Vinci’s time was difficult and often brief, with an average life expectancy of 40 years. Wars raged as did diseases like

the plague and syphilis; a fall on the uneven streets of Florence might leave one crippled.

Da Vinci was always keenly aware of the fleeting nature of existence. Da Vinci’s talent for drawing and music became apparent early, but in no way made his existence easy or secure. In 15th-century Italy, artists and craftsmen depended on the patronage of dukes and bishops and princes, who could be capricious, demanding, and cruel. Foul up or flake on a commission for a noble or the church, as da Vinci did more than once, and you might find yourself unemployable. da Vinci’s existence was often tenuous.

For all his abilities — as a painter, military engineer for hire, sculptor, and dreamer dreamer— da Vinci was obsessed with his failings and limitations. “We think of him,” Lankford writes, “as a universal genius but his own intense self-perception was of his limitations and lack of knowledge. That was a hole he kept trying to fill and never could.”

What comes through Becoming Leonardo are da Vinci’s humanity, foibles, and imperfections alongside his gifts. In Lankford’s hands, da Vinci isn’t objectified. He is, as Lankford writes,“sitting across the table covered in ordinary sunlight.” — Brian Tanguay

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Blonde on Blonde. Not At the Granada Theatre, Thu., May 4. only would they be reassured that Dylan deserves the accolades that have come his way as a wordsmith, but they would also hear what keeps & entertainment him a vibrant force in popular music. For

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ood stories, storytellers say, have a mix of comedy and tragedy. Great storytellers, like David Sedaris, know you can’t often separate comedy and tragedy, and that life is both one big joke suffused with sadness and one bleak sermon alit with laughter.

At the Arlington Theatre, Wed., May 3.

Knowing his S.B. audience, he opened with ferociously funny recollections on the weary and dreary days of the 2016 election and the interpersonal divides we all faced.

The highlight was a heart-wrenching story in which Sedaris used the absurdity of intervention and reality T.V. as a springboard to humanize his mother’s struggles with drinking, he and his siblings tenderly helping her along with a mix of innocence, grace, and

two action-packed sets, the members of OCMS steered a course through Dylan’s classic double album Blonde on Blonde, sticking to the original song order while tinkering with many of the other parameters laid down back in 1966. Although tunes were sometimes transposed into new keys or modified in tempo for certain sections, the focus and intensity of the original was never compromised. In many instances, a new ebullience was added — the joy of a younger generation celebrating the discovery of a deep and lasting musical legacy.

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dance routine and plenty of fiery banjo and percussion. With three singers taking turns on the vocals, no single member stood out as most similar to Dylan, or most different, but there was certainly something extraordinary about the way that Ketch Secor added his soaring violin solos to such great songs as “Visions of Johanna.” It may be too soon to start calling Dylan’s songs great in the way that we call the compositions of Bach and Beethoven great, but these wonderfully wellcrafted versions of his songs might be the right place to start.

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here’s a discernible shift in undercurrents when Santa Barbara Dance Theater heads downtown. The penetrating technique that has come to define this season’s company dancers remains intact, as do the shrewd collaborations with well-versed and Presented by vibrant choreograS.B. Dance phers. But something Christopher Pilafian’s “Mystique” Theater. At the Lobero Theatre, in the way the comFri., May 5. pany embraces the han’s restaging of “Cante Flamenco,” had no Lobero stage—utilizing its challenges in filling the breadth of the stage technical bones to great effect—seems to illu- with the electrifying movement dialogue, minate reprisals with accentuated vibrancy with Maurice’s slick and confident transitions while framing each individual choreographic through various character changes adding expression with punctuated relevancy. layer upon layer of mounting refrain.

To see Christopher Pilafian’s “Mystique” The two most captivating pieces of the on an expansive stage, its essence anchored evening—Andrea Giselle Schermoly’s negofirmly in place by the towering artwork of tiation with flesh and tissue and unrestrained Mary Heebner like ancient Greek stelae, was strength in the wholly captivating “Hers,” and to witness each section breathe with full emo- David Maurice’s darkly complex study of tional lungs to staggering results. Flashing the art of running on empty in “Were It Not a Cheshire Cat grin in the tongue-in-cheek for Shadows”—underscored Pilafian’s deep “Chamber Fantasy,” Pilafian followed up with trust in allowing his guest artists the creative a Victorian-spiked piece teetering humor- freedom to massage his dancers into shapeously around marital expectations. shifting roles, ones they embraced with full The two solos on the program, David presence and tangible depth.

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very visit of the Los Angeles Philharmonic to Santa Barbara is a special occasion, and Sunday’s late-afternoon concert featuring mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung was no exception. Maestro Presented by CAMA. Gustavo Dudamel put At the Granada on a dazzling display Theatre, Sun., May 7. from the podium, conducting the program in his inimitable, fullbodied manner and without a score. Dudamel has his own approach to everything, even the way he calls attention to players who deserve special recognition. Rather than nod and point from the podium, he wades in among the music stands, shaking hands and sharing a few quiet words of praise with, for example, cellist Ben Hong after he played a beautiful solo in the concert’s first work, the Symphony No. 1 in D Major, D. 82 of Franz Schubert.

DeYoung’s formidable presence would overshadow many orchestras, but not this one. Listening to the duel between her highly expressive vocals and the equally idiosyncratic music Gustav Mahler wrote for them in his Songs of a Wayfarer was like hearing a tragic opera in miniature. Every phrase struck

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his month, UCSB’s Carsey-Wolf Center (CWC) is hosting Trans Media, a multi-night series of films created by or about transgender and gender-nonconforming people, at the Pollock Theater.

The series is a timely one. With shows like Amazon’s Transparent and Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, trans-focused works have introduced nonbinary lives to a wider audience than ever.

UCSB film professor Patrice Petro, the Dick Wolf Director of the CWC and presidential chair in Media Studies, oversaw the series curation and felt it was high time to introduce audiences to an array of film pieces.

“There was a lot of new work out there by trans people both in front of and behind the camera,” she said.

The series will feature post-screening Q&As. Last Thursday, May 4, Raising Zoey screened, a documentary about a family’s experience as their child transitions gender identities, with a Q&A by director Dante Alencastre. It was followed by two episodes from Transparent on Saturday, May 6, with Professor Amy Villarejo leading the Q&A. On Wednesday, May 10, Director Jacqueline (Jac) Gares spoke after a screening of her documentary Free Cece, about the survivor of a hate crime. Still to come, on Tuesday, May 23, Director Kortney Ryan Ziegler will give a talk following the screening of his documentary Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen. The series concludes on Thursday, May 25, with Tangerine, a buddy film in the tradition of Thelma & Louise, about a trans prostitute and her friend, with an appearance by lead Mya Taylor.

Petro thought it was especially important to diverge from more clichéd accounts of transgender lives and to offer audiences a chance to think more expansively and critically about trans portrayals. “I wanted to move away from [how] the trans issues have been represented since the beginning of cinema — in the last couple of decades, there’s been a number about trans people who are murdered or are murderers or are frightening or pathetic or dead,” she said.“I thought

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it was really important to carry a series that highlights the work of media makers in the trans community that really try to produce a different view of what it is to just live.”

“I don’t feel like we’ve been fully embraced as people,” agreed Tangerine’s Taylor. Trans themes make for well-received films —“as long as it’s we’re getting killed and being victims,” she said. “I cannot tell you how many auditions I have done for how many prostitution roles.” — while series such as LaVerne Cox’s Doubt, about a trans lawyer, quickly get canceled.

Taylor also hopes her work and the series itself will inspire gender-nonconforming performers and artists to continue despite the odds. “Before I got discovered for Tangerine, I had applied for 86 jobs in one month and I didn’t get one,” she said. She recalled a long, difficult streak of unemployment, which she feels was largely due to discrimination. Her advice: “Don’t give up, and don’t trust nobody, and follow your own rules.”

With its Trans Media series, the CWC will help, in its way, to break the usual cinematic boundaries and rules and open audience’s eyes to a wider lens. For more information, visit carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock.

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grandmother’s house for her 90th birthday. The boys, however, have ulterior motives.

Fairview/Fiesta 5 (Opens Thu., May 18)

Everything, Everything (96 mins., PG-13) Amandla Stenberg (Rue from The Hunger Games) stars as Maddy, a girl who must live in a “bubble” with filtered air due to a rare disease. When a new family moves next door, Maddy meets Olly (Nick Robinson).

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Alien: Covenant (122 mins., R) Ridley Scott returns as director for this sequel to 2012’s Prometheus, which was the first in the Alien prequel series. Michael Fassbender reprises his role as a synthetic android, this time named Walter, who assists the crew of the Covenant, a ship sent to colonize space.

While looking for paradise, they find instead a dangerous planet. Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, and Danny McBride also star.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (90 mins., PG)

The fourth installment of the Wimpy Kid series, this film sees Greg and his brother Rodrick convincing their parents to take a family on a road trip to their

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (126 mins., PG-13) In this telling of the famous Arthurian legend directed

by Guy Ritchie, Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) is denied his birthright and brought up on the streets. His life path changes, however, once he pulls Excalibur from the stone. Djimon Hounsou, Jude Law, and Eric Bana also star.

Camino Real (2D)/Fiesta 5 (2D and 3D) The Lovers (94 mins., R) Debra Winger and Tracy Letts play an unhappy married couple who, when they decide to get a divorce, find themselves falling in love again.

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Lowriders (99 mins., PG-13) A teenager’s loyalties are tested when he is forced to choose between his father and his felon brother during an annual lowrider event.

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Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, and Tobey Maguire for this story of a briefcase-toting, fast-talking secret agent baby who must bring down the CEO of Puppy Co., who is trying to steal all the world’s love.

entrance exam, she is attacked, the result of which could jeopardize her school plans. Romeo struggles with how to rectify the situation while staying true to his principles.

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The motley crew of space adventurers is back, this time fighting to keep their team together while they explore the mystery of who Peter Quill/Star-Lord’s parents are. It stars Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Dave Bautista, and Zoe Saldana.

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The Wall (81 mins., R) Aaron Taylor-Johnson and John Cena star as two American soldiers who get pinned down by an Iraqi sniper with only a crumbling wall to protect them.

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Disney’s live-action adaptation of its animated classic dazzles, enchants, and charms just as it did more than 20 years ago. As Belle, Emma Watson perfectly encapsulates the complexities of a “funny girl” yearning for adventure outside of her provincial village where the hyper-masculine Gaston (Luke Evans) chases her every move. Her deliberate imprisonment in the Beast’s (Dan Stevens) castle to save her father (Kevin Kline) takes Belle on a whimsical adventure filled with singing dressers, storytelling teapots, and dancing feather dusters. The animated antiques play matchmaker between the beauty and the beast, knowing that only true love will allow them to see the sun once more. This is a delightful, magical film that hopefully inspires a new generation of Belles unafraid to do the right thing, seek adventure, and love beyond what meets the eye. (SM) Paseo Nuevo

The Circle The Circle (110 mins., R) Based on Dave Eggers’s 2013 book of the same name, this sci-fi-tinged film stars Emma Watson as Mae, who gets a job at the world’s largest tech company only to find that the corporation is involved in nefarious experiments that threaten privacy, ethics, and personal freedom. It also stars Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Patton Oswalt, and Bill Paxton, in his last film role.

Fairview/Paseo Nuevo The Dinner (120 mins., R) Based on the novel by Dutch author Herman Koch, this drama/thriller explores the lengths that parents will go to keep their children safe. It stars Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan, Rebecca Hall, and Chloë Sevigny.

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In 1954, Walt Disney Productions won an Academy Award for its documentary The Living Desert. The film was one in a spate of nature docs that the company produced for its True-Life Adventures series, which ran from 1948 to 1960. After the success of March of the Penguins (2005), Disney decided to reintroduce animal films to its repertoire and in 2009 released Earth. Born in China is Disneynature’s, as this arm of the film studio is called, latest offering and is just what you’d expect from the Magic Kingdom — visually stunning, humorous, heartwarming, and educational. John Krasinski narrates the stories of animals living throughout the wild expanse of China, including a snow leopard and her cubs, whose survival is fraught with hardship and tragedy; an adolescent golden snub-nosed monkey who leaves his family for the company of the group’s other disenfranchised males; and a giant panda with her cub who spends much of her days accidentally rolling down leaf-strewn hills. With beauty and compassion, the film shows the complexities of the animal world — from familial bonds to the prey-predator dynamic — and ultimately imparts the valuable, though difficult to confront, lesson of the circle of life. (MD) Fiesta 5

The Boss Baby (97 mins., PG) DreamWorks Animation called in the voice talents of Alec Baldwin, Jimmy

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Although ridiculous is the word I would use to describe this iteration of the popular Furious franchise, that doesn’t mean I didn’t thoroughly enjoy it. In fact, it was what I was counting on given the increasing preposterousness of each film. While there is still plenty of car action, the plot has expanded to include, among other vehicles, a decommissioned, remote-controlled Russian submarine, which at one point breaches through an iced-over lake like an orca picking off penguins. Brilliant! The acting talents of the massive ensemble cast range from one-dimensional wonders (Michelle Rodriguez) to Oscarwinning performers (Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron), but the real fun is the witty banter between Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, who both prove — once again — their ample comic chops. Tyrese Gibson also delivers in the humor department, cracking wise to great effect. Though not the best of the franchise’s releases, the delightfully implausible action sequences, beautiful locations, and cast chemistry make for an absurdly entertaining experience.

(MD) Metro 4 Graduation (128 mins., R) This Romanian-made film takes place in a mountain town in Transylvania where Dr. Romeo Aldea and his 18-yearold daughter, Eliza, live. The day before Eliza is scheduled to take her college

How to Be a Latin Lover (115 mins., R) Ken Marino directs this comedy about a man, Maximo (Eugenio Derbez), who seduces older, rich women for their money. Then one day, his billionaire, 80-year-old wife dumps him for a younger man. Maximo goes to live with his estranged sister (Salma Hayek) and her son in their tiny apartment while he schemes to land his next sugar mama, Celeste (Raquel Welch). Fairview/Fiesta 5

O The Lost City of Z

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In this subtly thoughtful and powerful movie, English explorer Colonel Percival Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam) sets out to search for a mysterious city in the Amazon rainforest. As with many period pieces, it’s a bit dull in the pacing, even though it’s based on the no doubt adventuresome disappearance of said explorer in the 1920s. But even if it’s a tad slow, it’s the kind of film that unfolds and rewards better in hindsight. With a Spielberg-like wonderment at the awes and horrors of the Amazon and an unusually wise script, the movie tackles themes of colonialism, the European underestimation of the Native Americans, and the journey of life itself. (RD)

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➤O Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (117 mins., R) “Trust me”— those are always fraught words. But when followed by “something good will happen,” oh, look out. Norman, written and directed by Joseph Cedar, is either about a boundless optimist or a thick-skinned operator, but whichever way you take him, Norman, played by Richard Gere, is never short of charming. When the quintessential back-scratcher befriends an aspiring politician (Lior Ashkenazi) on the mean streets of New York, the storyline’s hapless humor tilts, which soon begins twisting around Norman’s attempts to “help.” With the refreshingly unpredictable plot comes a readily recognizable cast — from Harris Yulin and Steve Buscemi to Dan Stevens and Michael Sheen, with a delicately coldblooded performance by Charlotte Gainsbourg — not to mention some jaw-dropping split-screen editing. (JY)

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(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): The process by which Zoo Jeans are manufactured is unusual. First, workers wrap and secure sheets of denim around car tires or big rubber balls, and take their raw creations to the Kamine Zoo in Hitachi City, Japan. There the denim-swaddled objects are thrown into pits where tigers or lions live.

As the beasts roughhouse with their toys, they rip holes in the cloth. Later, the material is retrieved and used to sew the jeans. Might this story prove inspirational for you in the coming weeks? I suspect it will.

Here’s one possibility: You could arrange for something wild to play a role in shaping an influence you will have an intimate connection with.

(June 21-July 22): You are free to reveal yourself in your full glory. For once in your life, you have cosmic clearance to ask for everything you want without apology. This is the LATER you have been saving yourself for. Here comes the reward for the hard work you’ve been doing that no one has completely appreciated.

If the universe has any prohibitions or inhibitions to impose, I don’t know what they are. If old karma has been preventing the influx of special dispensations and helpful X-factors, I suspect that old karma has at least temporarily been neutralized.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): “Kiss the flame and it is yours,” teased the poet Thomas Lux. What do you think he was hinting at? It’s a metaphorical statement, of course.

You wouldn’t want to literally thrust your lips and tongue into a fire. But according to my reading of the astrological omens, you might benefit from exploring its meanings. Where to begin? May I suggest you visualize making out with the steady burn at the top of a candle? My sources tell me that doing so at this particular moment in your evolution will help kindle a new source of heat and light in your deep self — a fresh fount of glowing power that will burn sweet and strong like a miniature sun.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your symbol of power during the next three weeks is a key. Visualize it. What picture pops into your imagination? Is it a bejeweled golden key like what might be used to access an old treasure chest? Is it a rustic key for a garden gate or an oversized key for an ornate door? Is it a more modern thing that locks and unlocks car doors with radio waves? Whatever you choose, Gemini, I suggest you enshrine it as an inspirational image in the back of your mind. Just assume that it will subtly inspire and empower you to find the metaphorical “door” that leads to the next chapter of your life story.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions,” said Irish writer Oscar Wilde.“I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.” In my opinion, that may be one of the most radical vows ever formulated. Is it even possible for us human beings to gracefully manage our unruly flow of feelings? What you do in the coming weeks could provide evidence that the answer to that question might be yes. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you are now in a position to learn more about this high art than ever before.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Africa’s highest mountain is Mount Kilimanjaro. Though it’s near the equator, its peak is covered year-round with glaciers. In 2001, scientists predicted that global warming would melt them all by 2015. But that hasn’t happened. The ice cap is still receding slowly. It could endure for a while, even though it will eventually disappear. Let’s borrow this scenario as a metaphor for your use, Virgo.

First, consider the possibility that a certain thaw in your personal sphere isn’t unfolding as quickly as you anticipated. Second, ruminate on the likelihood that it will, however, ultimately come to pass. Third, adjust your plans accordingly.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Will sex be humdrum and predictable in the coming weeks? No! On the contrary,

your interest in wandering out to the frontiers of erotic play could rise quite high. You may be animated and experimental in your approach to intimate communion, whether it’s with another person or with yourself.

Need any suggestions? Check out the “butterfliesin-flight” position or the “spinning wheel of roses” maneuver. Try the “hum-and-chuckle kissing dare” or the “churning radiance while riding the rain cloud” move. Or just invent your own variations and give them funny names that add to the adventure.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Right now, the word “simplicity” is irrelevant. You’ve got silky profundities to play with, slippery complications to relish, and lyrical labyrinths to wander around in. I hope you use these opportunities to tap into more of your subterranean powers.

From what I can discern, your deep dark intelligence is ready to provide you with a host of fresh clues about who you really are and where you need to go. P.S.: You can become better friends with the shadows without compromising your relationship to the light.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You can bake your shoes in the oven at 350 degrees for 40 minutes, but that won’t turn them into loaves of bread. Know what I’m saying, Sagittarius? Just because a chicken has wings doesn’t mean it can fly over the rainbow. Catch my drift? You’ll never create a silk purse out of dental floss and dead leaves. That’s why I offer you the following advice: In the next two weeks, do your best to avoid paper tigers, red herrings, fool’s gold, fake news, Trojan horses, straw men, pink elephants, convincing pretenders, and invisible bridges. There’ll be a reward if you do: close encounters with shockingly beautiful honesty and authenticity that will be among your most useful blessings of 2017.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Of all the signs of the zodiac, you Capricorns are the least likely to believe in mythical utopias like Camelot or El Dorado or Shambhala.

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You tend to be uber-skeptical about the existence of legendary vanished riches like the last Russian czar’s Fabergé eggs or King John’s crown jewels. And yet if wonderlands and treasures like those really do exist, I’m betting that some may soon be discovered

by Capricorn explorers. Are there unaccounted-for masterpieces by Georgia O’Keeffe buried in a basement somewhere? Is the score of a lost Mozart symphony tucked away in a seedy antique store? I predict that your tribe will specialize in unearthing forgotten valuables, homing in on secret miracles, and locating missing mother lodes.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to my lyrical analysis of the astrological omens, here are examples of the kinds of experiences you might encounter in the next 21 days: 1. interludes that reawaken memories of the first time you fell in love; 2. people who act like helpful, moon-drunk angels just in the nick of time; 3. healing music or provocative art that stirs a secret part of you — a sweet spot you had barely been aware of; 4. an urge arising in your curious heart to speak the words, “I invite lost and exiled beauty back into my life.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Ex-baseball player Eric DuBose was pulled over by Florida cops who spotted him driving his car erratically. They required him to submit to a few tests, hoping to determine whether he had consumed too much alcohol. “Can you recite the alphabet?” they asked. “I’m from the great state of Alabama,” DuBose replied, “and they have a different alphabet there.” I suggest, Pisces, that you try similar gambits whenever you find yourself in odd interludes or tricky transitions during the coming days — which I suspect will happen more than usual. Answer the questions you want to answer rather than the ones you’re asked, for example. Make jokes that change the subject. Use the powers of distraction and postponement. You’ll need extra slack, so seize it!

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Fingerprint background check required. Applicants must submit three letters of recommendation with application, resume and cover letter. $20.27‑$22.30/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. For primary consideration apply by 05/21/17, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20170190

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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 05/25/2017 AT 9:00 am Dept: 5 Room: located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, California.

If you

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object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Megan N. Bowker 3910 Constellation Road Suite 105B Lompoc, CA 93436; (805) 430‑8990.

Published Apr 27. May 4, 11 2017.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: Glenn Robert Williams NO: 17PR00186 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of Glenn Robert Williams A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: Barbara Hall and Lynn Eichert in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): Barbara Hall and Lynn Eichert 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 06/01/2017 AT 9:00 a.m.

Dept: SB5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

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

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

Attorney for Petitioner:Martin Cohn; COHN RENGO, 314 East Carrillo Street, Suite 7, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MANUEL MATA BARAJAS, also known as MANUEL M. BARAJAS NO: 17PR00045 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of MANUEL MATA BARAJAS also known as MANUEL M. BARAJAS A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: SHARON KENNEDY in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): Sharon Kennedy be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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 06/08/2017 AT 9:00 a.m.

Dept: FIVE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

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

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Jeffrey B. Soderborg; Barnes & Barnes.

1900 State Street, Suite M Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 805‑687‑6660.

Published May 11, 18, 25, 2017.

FBN Abandonment S TAT E M E N T OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: 805 MASSAGE COMPANY at 903 State Street Ste 211 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was

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filed 05/24/2016 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2016‑0001528. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Princess Tabs, Inc (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 26 2017, I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jessica Sheaff.

Published. May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

Fictitious Business Name Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ONE TRIBE at 3370 Braemar Drive Santa barbara, CA 93109; Interplay (same address) This business is conducted by an Corpoation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 13, 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: 2017‑0001132.

Published: Apr 20, 27. May 4, 11 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE EDGE at 635 1/2 Chapala Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Michelle Crispin Ibarra 516 1/2 West Canon Perdido Street 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 Mar 24, 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: 2017‑0000921. Published: Apr 20, 27. May 4, 11 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MI FIESTA LIQUOR at 833 N. Milpas St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Fiesta Liquors Inc (same address) This business is conducted by an Corpoation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 10, 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 Paredes‑Sadler. FBN Number: 2017‑0001080. Published: Apr 20, 27. May 4, 11 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LINES BY LINE at 1201 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Karina Dawn Line 43 North Dos Caminos Avenue Ventura, CA 93003 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Karina Dawn Line This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 14, 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: 2017‑0001139.

Published: Apr 20, 27. May 4, 11 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DIPSTICK ICE CREAM at 2985 Steele Street Los Olivos, CA 93441; James Lawson (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 17, 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: 2017‑0001150.

Published: Apr 20, 27. May 4, 11 2017.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LUCIANNA DESIGNS at 1719 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Lucianna Salgado 4711 Baxter St Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 30, 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 Jessica Sheaff FBN Number: 2017‑0000982. Published: Apr 20, 27. May 4, 11 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DIRECT DISCOUNT 1 at 836 Anacapa St #542 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Julie A Coffman (same address) Tekino West (same address) This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 21, 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: 2017‑0000863. Published: Apr 20, 27. May 4, 11 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PAMPEL DESIGN SOLUTIONS AND AWNINGS at 4696 Eleanor Dr Carpinteria, CA 93013; Pampel Enterprises 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 Apr 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 Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2017‑0001027. Published: Apr 20, 27. May 4, 11 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CINDY’S HEALTHY CREATIONS, RUSTIC CAKE, SB PERSONAL CHEF at 16 S. Glen Annie Rd. Goleta, CA 93117; Cindy Dollar (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 12, 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2017‑0001114.

Published: Apr 20, 27. May 4, 11 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MASON CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED, MCI at 411 Linda Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Caulfield Management Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 17, 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 Jessica Sheaff. FBN Number: 2017‑0001148. Published: Apr 20, 27. May 4, 11 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: REAL VILLAGE LANDSCAPING SERVICES, REAL VILLAGE PALMS & CYCADS at 4054 Foothill Rd Carpinteria, CA 93013; Carlos Villarreal (same address) Francisco Javier Villarreal (same address) This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 Tania Paredes‑Sadler.

FBN Number: 2017‑0001051.

Published: Apr 20, 27. May 4, 11 2017.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE GLASS ONION at 1925 Bath Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Nicholas Bodden (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 11, 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: 2017‑0001107.

Published: Apr 20, 27. May 4, 11 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PLANET EARTH COMMUNICATIONS at 1926 El Camino De La Luz Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Michael James Maybell (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Michael James Maybell This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 18, 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2017‑0001164. Published: Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GOLETA ACUPUNCTURE AND MASSAGE THERAPY at 5973 Encina Rd #102 Goleta, CA 93117; Deborah Diane Atkinson 75 Willow Springs Lane #103 Goleta, CA 93117; Jacob Chain Atkinson (same address) This business is conducted by an Married Couple Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 10, 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: 2017‑0001090. Published: Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: MONTECITO FINANCIAL SERVICES at 1482 East Valley Rd, Suite One Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Donna Louise Payne 11 Hunt Drive Box 1382 Summerland, CA 93067 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 10, 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: 2017‑0001085.

Published: Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LA HACIENDA at 298 Pine Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Juana Angelica Landeros 1025 Olive Street Apt 23 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Luz Maria Landeros 140 Nectarine Ave Apt 3 Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Luz M. Landeros This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 19, 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2017‑0001173. Published: Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FHC SERVICES at 598 N. Fairview Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Thomas Carlton Flood (same address) Verma Gregorio Flood (same address) This business is conducted by an Married Couple Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 24, 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 Paredes‑Sadler. FBN Number: 2017‑0001223. Published: Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GARDEN STREET ACADEMY, SAN ROQUE SCHOOL at 2300 Garden St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Stephanie G Sperling Trustee of The San Roque School Charitable Trust (same address) This business is conducted by an Trust Signed: Susan M Toney, Agent This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 14, 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 Tara Jayasinghe.

FBN Number: 2017‑0001142.

Published: Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: CROSSHATCH WINERY at 414 Salsipuedes Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Wood Fired Inc (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 11, 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: 2017‑0001100.

Published: Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: CLARALUXA at 321 Inger Dr Unit K96 Santa Maria, CA 93454; Amber Mires (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Amber Mires This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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: 2017‑0001005.

Published: Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SYDNEY AND SAMI at 4124 San Martin Way #B Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Stuart Andrew McLeod (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 21, 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 Noe Solis.

FBN Number: 2017‑0001206.

Published: Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WRIGHT AND FEUSIER ORTHODONTICS, WRIGHT AND HUDSON DENTAL GROUP INC., WRIGHT CENTER FOR ORTHODONTICS at 111 W. Micheltorena St. #100 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Wright And Feusier Dental Group Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: John R. Feusier, Vice President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 20, 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: 2017‑0001194.

Published: Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FRIEND AND FOE, FRIEND AND FOE WINE, FRIEND AND FOE WINES at 340 North G Street Lompoc, CA 93436; Zinke Family Wines, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Michael Zinke, Owner This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 21, 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 Marlene Ashcom.

FBN Number: 2017‑0001210.

Published: Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ATLAS ANIMAL PHYSICAL THERAPY AND PERFORMANCE CENTER, SANTA BARBARA ANIMAL PHYSICAL THERAPY AND PERFORMANCE CENTER, ATLAS CANINE PHYSICAL THERAPY AND PERFORMANCE CENTER, SANTA BARBARA CANINE PHYSICAL THERAPY AND PERFORMANCE CENTER, SANTA BARBARA ANIMAL PHYSICAL THERAPY AND PERFORMANCE CENTER at 3208 State St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Atlas Rehabilitation For Canines, Inc. 4864 Payton St Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Karen Atlas, President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 20, 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: 2017‑0001196. Published: Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KEOTA’S HAIR DESIGN at 5136 Hollister Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Gus Bill Chachakos 2575 Calle Galicia Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Keota Khambounheung (same address) This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Shelley Osborn This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 27, 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2017‑0000925. Published: Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA PSYCHOLOGY at 1513 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Shelley Nicole Osborn PSY.D. 1694 Monarch Drive Santa Ynez, CA 93460 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Shelley Osborn This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 20, 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2017‑0001195. Published: Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WINE COUNTRY CAB & WINE TOURS at 207 Menlo Drive Buellton, CA 93427; 805 Transportation LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Jose De La Cruz III This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 25, 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: 2017‑0001246.

Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: V Goalie Coaching at 201 W. Montecito Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Brian Anthony Scullion 994 Via Los Padres Santa Barbara, CA 93111 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Brian Scullion This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 01, 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 Paredes‑Sadler. FBN Number: 2017‑0001313. Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: J.C. MAINTENANCE SERVICES at 604 S. San Marcos Road Santa Barbara, CA 93111; James Colbert (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 25, 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 Paredes‑Sadler. FBN Number: 2017‑0001247. Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WALKER WELLS MEDIA at 258 Butterfly Lane Montecito, CA 93108; Lauren Wells (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 24, 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: 2017‑0001234.

Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CHRISTENSEN PLUMBING, PIPEDREAMS PLUMBING at 624 Coronel Pl Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Gabriel Lee Christensen (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Gabe Christensen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 12, 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: 2017‑0001119.

Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PARTY FOR OUR PEOPLE at 1637 Santa Rosa Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Manon Holroyd 8399 Bates Road Santa barbara, CA 93013; Lara Wooten 1637 Santa Rosa Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Lara Wooten This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 Tania Paredes‑Sadler. FBN Number: 2017‑0001008. Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HERITAGE GOODS AND SUPPLIES at 5100 Carpinteria Avenue Unit B Carpinteria, CA 93013; Women’s Heritage Skillshare (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 Apr 26, 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: 2017‑0001265.

Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: C Rea Process Server at 605 Kentia Ave Apt #1 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Carlos U Rea (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Carlos U Rea This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 01, 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: 2017‑0001314.

Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Satellite SB at 1117 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Satellite Santa Barbara LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Andrew P. Cuddy, Manager.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 28, 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: 2017‑0001293.

Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Luna Hart Wines at 84 Industrial Way Unit C Buellton, CA 93427; Gretchen Voelcker 17 Broadmoor Plz #1 Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Gretchen Voelcker This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 20, 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: 2017‑0001198.

Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: The Apartments at Los Carneros at 6505 Sea Star Court Goleta, CA 93117; GF Mark Twain LLC (Same Address) This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 18, 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 Paredes‑Sadler. FBN Number: 2017‑0001157.

Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Hotel Indigo Santa Barbara at 121 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; State House Inc 365 Ortega Ridge Rd Santa barbara, CA 93106; This business is conducted by a Limited Partnership Signed: Marc Recordon This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 12, 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: 2017‑0001115. Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Bright Images at 1324 San Andres St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jerry Wood (same address) Charlie Salah 11763 Pine Mountain Dr. Brighton, MI 48114 This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Jerry Wood This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 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 Paredes‑Sadler. FBN Number: 2017‑0001026. Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Blue Flame Plumbing at 902 N Nopal St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Victor Beltran Abitia (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Victor Beltran Abitia This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 28, 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: 2017‑0001288. Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DEJA VU CAFE at 966‑B Embarcadero Del Mar Goleta, CA 93117; Djamali & Khatami Inc (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 19, 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 Paredes‑Sadler. FBN Number: 2017‑0001177. Published: May 4, 11, 18, 25 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Shoe Repair at 127 West Canon Perdido Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Marcelino B. Martinez 483 Linfiel Pl. Apt #B Goleta, CA 93117, Elizabeth Rodriguez 4755 Chandler St. Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Elizabeth Rodriguez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 13, 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 Paredes‑Sadler . FBN Number: 2017‑0001121. Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Black Sheep Finds at 129 South G St Lompoc, CA 93436; Black Sheep Finds (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Peter HunkenThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 20, 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: 2017‑0001200. Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: A‑Lite Electric, A‑Lite Electric Systems, Aquafinti, Ricochet EV at 1615 Castillo St. #6 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Geoffrey Wallace (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 21, 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: 2017‑0001208. Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Digestive Disease Consultants of Santa Barbara, Gutdoctors of Santa Barbara at 504 W Pueblo Street #201 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Gary M. Van Deventer 4075 Sonriente Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Gary M. Van Deventer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 11, 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 Paredes‑Sadler. FBN Number: 2017‑0001102.

Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mission Nursing Anesthesia at 36967 Lan Franc Rd Yucaipa, CA 92399 ; Mission Nursing Anesthesia (same address)This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Enrique Molina, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2017‑0001370. Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: China Pavilion at Chapala at 1202 Chapala St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 ; Honhai Inc. 650 Russell Way Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Suy Kean Chen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2017‑0001364. Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Raymond Arias Construction at 1 N. Calle Cesar Chavez, Suite 230‑B Santa Barbara, CA 93103 ; Raymond Arias 4655 Vista Buena Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: Marian Alexander This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 19, 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: 2017‑0001179. Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as:Santa Barbara Souvenir & Apparel at 301 Paseo Nuevo Santa Barbara, CA 93101 ; Tiamo, LLC 217A Sterns Wharf Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Patrick Hartmann, MGR This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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: 2017‑0001348.

Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Golden Eagle Body Piercing at 407 State St FL#2 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 ; Parkhurst Enterprises, Inc. (same address)This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Josh Parkhurst, CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 08, 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 Tara Jayasinghe .

FBN Number: 2017‑0001393.

Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: IDCC at 95 Sontag Place Unit#202 Goleta, CA 93117; Jeffrey Dale Dempsey (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual S i g n e d : J e ff re y Dale Dempsey This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 08, 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 Paredes‑Sadler . FBN Number: 2017‑0001384.

Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: Qi Massage at 318 Arden Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105 ; Nell Grace Leblanc (same address)This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Nell LeBlanc This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 25, 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: 2017‑0001251. Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: 805 Junkies, Dionysias at 3102 State St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105 ;Dana Rae Demourkas 4131 Cresta Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93110, John Peter Demourkas (same address).

This business is conducted by a Married Couple Signed: John P. Demourkas This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2017‑0001342. Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rincon Landscapes at 5095 Rhoad Av Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Nicolas Lebrero Co. (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Alejandra Aleman This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Jessica Sheaff. FBN Number: 2017‑0001354. Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Go Show Em’ Dog Grooming at 5540 Pembrooke Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93111 Kirstie McCormick (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed:Kirstie McCormick This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Jessica Sheaff. FBN Number: 2017‑0001351. Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Isla Vista Community Couseling Services 250 Storke Rd. Suite 9 Goleta, CA 93117 ;Isla Vista Community Counseling Services (same address) This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Jeremy Roork, President This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 19, 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: 2017‑0001190.

Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cushcakes, Happycakes at 5392 Hollister Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Shannon Gaston 507 San Onofre Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Shannon Gaston This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 02, 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 Jessica Sheaff.

FBN Number: 2017‑0001335.

Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Eclair City at 403 E. Anapamu St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Michelle Susanne Olivera (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Michelle S. Olivera This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 02, 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 Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2017‑0001326.

Published: May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

Name Change AMENDED IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF PAMELA JOAN SHAW HANASZ TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 16CV05865 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: PAMELA JOAN SHAW HANASZ TO: PAMELA JOAN SHAW 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 May 31, 2017 9:30 am, Dept 6, 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 Apr 12, 2017. by Pauline Maxwell of the Superior Court. Published. Apr 27. May 4, 11, 18 2017.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF Suzanne Tomlinson‑Brown ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 17CV01598 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: Suzanne Tomlinson‑Brown TO: Suzanne Tomlinson Brown 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. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must aooear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed , the court may grant the petition withouta hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING June 21, 2017 9:30 am, Dept 6, Courthouse, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara 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 May 03, 2017. by Pauline Maxwell of the Superior Court. Published. May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF Kristina Denise Bengtson ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 17CV01751 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: Kristina Denise Bengtson TO: Kristina Denise Bryte 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. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must aooear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed , the court may grant the petition withouta hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING July 05, 2017 9:30 am, Dept 6, Courthouse, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT

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HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara 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 May 03, 2017. by Pauline Maxwell of the Superior Court. Published. May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF Anna Pokazanyeva ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 17CV01788 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: Anna Pokazanyeva TO: Anya Poe Foxen 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. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must aooear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed , the court may grant the petition withouta hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING June 21, 2017 9:30 am, Dept 6, 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 Santa Barbara 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 May 03, 2017. by Pauline Maxwell of the Superior Court. Published. May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF Kimberly Pratt‑Shiber ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 17CV01720 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: Kimberly Pratt‑Shiber TO: Kimberly Pratt 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. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must aooear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed , the court may grant the petition withouta hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING June 21, 2017 9:30 am, Dept 6, Courthouse, SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT HOUSE 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara 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 May 03, 2017. by Pauline Maxwell of the Superior Court. Published. May 11, 18, 25, June 1, 2017.

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