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The Talking Dead

Spiritualism in Summerland and Beyond, a Victorian Legacy (Charles Donelan)

ON THE COVER: Background: Summerland at the end of the 19th century. Inner circle, from left: H.L. Williams (photo by G.H. Eldridge / source: Wikipedia); sisters Margaret, Kate, and Leah Fox; and Harry Houdini. Outer circle, from left: psychic medium Tony Morris, anthropologist Kohanya Groff, and practicing magician Maurice Lord (also above). Photo portraits by Paul Wellman.

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Angry Poodle Barbecue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Capitol Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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NEWS BRIEFS NATURAL DISASTER By 8/31, Santa Barbara County will no longer be providing services at the Montecito Center for Preparedness, Recovery and Rebuilding. Opened on 3/8 in the wake of the Thomas Fire and 1/9 Debris Flow, the center has been a hub of services, from insurance and FEMA consulting to trauma counseling and cleanup coordination. The county estimates that 250 property owners and 700 residents have visited the center for assistance. While the county phases it out, a handful of nonprofits may continue to provide services at its Coast Village Circle building.

Driest Drought Ever Cachuma Begins Release of 10,000 Acre-Feet

by Nick Welsh from Lake Cachuma will trickle and trun- notified them, he explained, they would have n a confluence of weird and jarring optics, dle downstream daily, percolating into the tried to stop him. At that time, Lake Cachuma operators of the Bradbury Dam at Lake underground aquifers as it goes. This process was less than 5 percent full — about as low it Cachuma began releasing what will even- is required to provide farming operations could possibly be without becoming a mud tually be 10,000 acre-feet of water down- and communities located downstream with puddle. Haggmark was not inclined to crack stream — toward Lompoc — just as regional much-needed water. But for the drought, the wise and said Wales’s conduct was “borderwater experts declared the current drought Santa Ynez River Water Conservation Dis- line criminal.” the driest in recorded history. As is often the trict would not have needed to rely on such This time around, Cachuma is about 37 case with water, what doesn’t appear to make downstream releases as often or as intensely percent full and Wales demanded the release sense actually does. And vice versa. of less water than he’s entitled The big news is that the years to. Moreover, he discussed his between 2012 and 2018 have now plans well in advance with Janet surpassed the county’s previous Gingras, head of the Cachuma worst drought in terms of intensity Operation and Maintenance and dryness. “We now have a new Board (COMB), one of many small but crucial agencies drought of record,” declared Tom Fayram, Santa Barbara County’s responsible for delivering water deputy Public Works director. to South Coast residents. Gingras and Haggmark were both Translated, that means the current drought will be the yardstick effusive in praising Wales’s against which all past and future change in approach. “He’s not droughts are measured. It’s what required to tell us anything, and current and future water planners he never has before,” said Haggmust conjure with when crafting mark, “but we greatly appreciprojections of long-term water STRAIGHT TALK: “We’re constantly shattering all kinds of records,” quipped city ate the olive branch.” Had Wales ordered more water, Gingras supplies. Barring any sudden water czar Joshua Haggmark (above). “We may as well be the new drought of record.” downpours between now and Sepnoted, the release could have tember 1 — the beginning of the next water as it has. During the release, the water level at dropped the lake level so low that COMB year — Gibraltar Reservoir has received Lake Cachuma will drop about six feet, and would need to reactivate — at a cost of $1.5 102.96 inches of rain. The worst recorded for a while, the Santa Ynez River will come million — the special barge equipped for drought prior, between 1945 and 1951, saw alive with a flow of water 20 feet wide and emergency pumping. If it doesn’t rain this 117.85 inches fall. By contrast, the most recent a foot deep. winter, the barge will be needed anyway to drought, between 1984 and 1990, recorded This year’s release was orchestrated with an draw water from the lake in 2019. rainfalls of 129.66 inches. abundance of consultation between downIn the meantime, Haggmark announced When notified of the new designation, stream and upstream water warriors more the City of Santa Barbara will finally Joshua Haggmark, the sometimes wisecrack- accustomed to being at each other’s necks. schedule an open house of its desalination ing water czar for the City of Santa Barbara, Two years ago, Bruce Wales of the Santa Ynez plant — reconstructed, refurbished, and quipped,“Oh good! Finally.” He added,“We’re district availed himself of far more released debugged to the tune of $72 million as of last constantly shattering all kinds of records: dri- water than South Coast water agencies were May, when the plant first began production of est year on record, hottest year on record, lon- expecting. That he made a point of not telling about 250 acre-feet monthly. The desal plant gest drought on record, most intense drought them only added insult to the sense of injury. was built in response to the late-’80s drought, on record. We may as well be the new drought Wales, a canny professional with an encyclo- complete with floppy disks. The revamped of record.” pedic grasp of the pertinent fine print, was version is immensely more efficient, HaggIn this context, it might appear counterin- looking after downstream interests and oper- mark said, but conveys considerably less tuitive that any water would be released from ating well within the law. But he admitted sense of control-room power and authority.

Lake Cachuma. But beginning this Mon- afterward he intentionally “hid the football” “You could run it with a small laptop,” he said. day morning and continuing for the next from South Coast agencies that rely on Lake The desal plant is open to public touring on three months, about 360 acre-feet of water Cachuma for about half their water. Had he August 18. Water will be served. n PAU L WE LLM A N FI L E PHOTO

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In a move to prevent loose boulders and debris from crashing into creek-side neighborhoods during the next big rainstorm, the nonprofit Partnership for Resilient Communities is planning to install steel ring nets across canyons above Montecito. The estimated $5.4 million project, which still needs to be funded, would theoretically double the capacity of existing debris basins to capture boulders and uprooted trees along Cold Spring, Montecito, San Ysidro, and Romero creeks.

One-hundred percent of the nearly $2 million received for Thomas Fire and Flood Fund relief was given away by United Way of Santa Barbara County as of last week. Groups offering food, clothing, counseling, cleanup help, and more received $711,000 from the nonprofit, and another $335,000 came through the United Way from the Southern California Wildfire and Flood Fund. More than 1,200 individuals received a total of $812,659 for lost property and wages. Preparedness, recovery, and rebuilding efforts in Montecito were given $99,341.

COUNTY COAST The California Coastal Commission on 8/10 is revisiting its critique of the Gaviota Coast Plan, a longrange planning document approved by county supervisors in 2016 but rejected by the commission earlier this year. Among other modifications, commission staffers have requested tighter land-use regulations, such as requiring farmers and ranchers to pull permits for new cultivation and grazing operations already allowed by zoning laws; they have also pushed for expanding endangeredspecies habitat. For seven years, county staffers worked with the Gaviota Coast Planning Advisory Committee (GavPAC) stakeholder group to author the plan.

Short-term vacation rentals (STVRs) on unincorporated residential property in Santa Barbara County will get a second hearing before the California Coastal Commission on 8/10. In May, commissioners voted 7-5 against the county’s newly drafted ordinance regulating STVRs, saying proposed county restrictions would limit public access to affordable overnight lodging along the coast, which goes against the mandate of the Coastal Act. Commission staffers are recommending that the commission uphold its position.

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Prior to the Sunday ride — a hang-loose exaltation of customized cruisers accompanied by a happy cacophony of miniaturized boomboxes — law enforcement issued multiple warnings against rolling stop signs and blowing through red lights. Multiple motorcycle officers and bike cops made their presence convivially felt, especially as the mass of riders snaked their way up State Street. The group stopped to gather en masse at a liquor store parking lot by Hollister and Modoc for sustained refueling before heading off to Goleta Beach.

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Paul Dore (pictured), who led the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation during the concert venue’s lengthy restoration period, died on 8/3 at age 54.

A charismatic and determined leader, Dore saw the Bowl through its $42 million capital campaign and hectic construction phase, which upgraded stage and backstage areas, and built improved amenities for concertgoers. He joined the board in 1999 and during his tenure attended more than 400 concerts and a thousand meetings. Recalling the first concert after the new stage was built, Dore said, “I remember looking at the stage and remembering all the hard work that went into the Pavilion, getting all that steel up the hill. It was an amazing feat. Then at the first show, the stage lights went on, and I thought, ‘We did that! We made this place! It’s like a dream!’”

Onetime Santa Ynez resident and former action movie star Steven Seagal was named special envoy by the Russian government to promote better relations with the United States.

Seagal lived in Santa Ynez during his famously turbulent marriage to actress Kelly LeBrock.

He is an admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he called “one of the world’s great 10

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Cruiser runs are exercises in semi-organized, unsponsored spontaneity. For Rex Stephens, owner of Santa Barbara Cruisers, it was his 28th ride. At his first, he was one of 112. In 2013, there were 4,000. That’s when then Santa Barbara police chief Cam Sanchez insisted on having a contact person with whom he could officially deal.While not one of the founders, Stephens was tagged to play that role. “This run was more fun than it’s been in years,” Stephens said. A couple of knees got skinned and a few doses of road rash caught, but no one was hospitalized or arrested. Before the ride, about 300 showed up for a cruiser show held at his shop. Although fewer people participated in this year’s run than in 2013, Stephens said it was more enjoyable. “It was a little more intimate,” he said, “than it was with 4,000.”

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leaders.” Seagal, who parlayed his skills in martial arts into a successful film career, bonded with Putin, who holds a black belt in karate. In 2013, Seagal invested in a Russian gun manufacturing company; in 2016, he was given Russian citizenship. He has been the target of #MeToorelated lawsuits.

LAW & DISORDER The estimated head count for the crowd downtown during Fiesta’s horse parade last Friday was 38,000, according to the Santa Barbara Police Department. SBPD made 20 felony arrests over the long weekend — ranging from assault to theft — and clocked 1,253 hours of overtime.

Of the four new U.S. Coast Guard cutters bound for duty in California next year, the Terrell Horne III was named after the 34-year-old officer murdered in 2012 off Santa Cruz Island. Horne died after his inflatable boat was intentionally rammed by a 30-foot panga manned by Jose Mejía-Leyva, of Ensenada, Mexico. Mejía-Leyva was sentenced to life in federal prison for second-degree murder; shipmate Manuel Beltrán-Higuera got 10 years as an accessory. The men were suspected of supplying gasoline to drug-smuggling boats. Based in San Pedro, the cutters will operate throughout California and in international waters off Mexico and Central America.

Dylan Sulit-Swalley, 30, was caught smuggling about $20,000 worth of contraband — including a cell phone, vape pen, drill bits, syringes, tobacco, THC concentrate, methamphetamine, heroin, Adderall, and Ecstasy, among other items — into County Jail “inside his person,” according to the Sheriff’s Office. Sulit-Swalley, of Santa Barbara, was originally arrested earlier this week on a probation violation after he cut off his electronic monitoring device. He is not eligible for bail due n to a parole hold.

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CRACKDOWN: Sellers of cascarón eggs got a little visit from state tax agents.

Fiesta Fiasco

State Agency Apologizes for Hard-Boiled Cascarón Tax Raid

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iesta turned fearful on August 1 for sellers of confetti-filled cascarón eggs.

Agents in black polo shirts from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration swarmed the grandmothers, moms, and children lining State Street that Wednesday afternoon, threatening them with misdemeanors if they didn’t get a state seller’s license, the women said, and that they’d be back the next day to seize their 25-cent eggs if they didn’t comply. The incident caused such an uproar that the state agency issued an apology on Friday.

Tax officials insisted their eight agents would not have used threats. “I find that hard to believe,” said Stacie Spector, the tax administration’s deputy director for external affairs, saying a misunderstanding was more likely. “The outreach team is very focused on education.

It’s not about enforcement.”

The next day, many of the people selling on State Street were uncertain who had conducted the raid; most thought it was the IRS. Some had complied—filling out forms or driving to Ventura to get the permit, which is free—and others had sought help. One woman said the tax agency’s phone went dead when she dialed the Spanish-language line.

Another had asked city librarians for help.Yet another had visited the police department, where no one knew about the tax agents.

Members of both Old Spanish Days, which puts on Fiesta, and the Downtown Santa Barbara organization have said that the confetti has been making an increasing mess and that there are just too many sellers. They nearly block the sidewalk, said Barbara Carroll with Old Spanish Days, and the vendors brought by trucks from Los Angeles put Mylar in their eggs, which ends up in the ocean. State tax authorities have taken a greater interest in Fiesta in recent years.

There’s been a cascarón creep, as well, with the eggs showing up at Solstice and Montecito’s Fourth of July parade.

State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson shared her feelings with agency leaders.

“They were mortified, embarrassed, and appalled,” Jackson said, “as well they should be.” Jackson found it offensive the tax agents were targeting people of limited means.

“We’re talking people trying to stretch a penny into a nickel,” she said. The tax agency is relatively new, having been created out of the ashes of the Bureau of Equalization (BOE), which was recently abolished in the wake of statewide scandal.

“This is the sort of conduct one would have expected from the BOE,” Jackson said. “There are some bells you can’t un-ring, but there is the expectation this will never happen again.”

Tax-compliance authorities visited Fiesta two years ago, contacting City Hall and Old Spanish Days, according to a former agent who asked for anonymity. Spector confirmed that outreach was routine. Santa Barbara Police Department spokesperson Anthony Wagner said the agents had focused on State Street “on a whim” after they couldn’t find parking near De la Guerra Plaza. Wagner said he emphasized to the state agents that heavy-handed enforcement would upset the positive relationship the police were trying to develop with the Spanish-speaking community. Spector said her agency was sensitive to immigration issues, as well.

This year’s matter was resolved with Nina Johnson, a senior assistant administrator with the city. The tax agents agreed to take no further action. The city and the police promised to work with Old Spanish Days next year to inform vendors. According to Wagner, the state agency is conducting an internal affairs review to determine how the outreach effort went so wrong. In its apology, the agency stated: “It was not our intention to alarm anyone in Santa Barbara or to single out any community, and we apologize if the department’s actions caused any misunderstanding or apprehension. We are reviewing our outreach efforts to assess how we interact with microbusinesses and individuals who may be selling goods only n occasionally.”

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he 23rd Annual Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival had a full house of attendees singing along to old classics and new releases on Saturday night at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Always a popular event among Fiesta festivities, the Mariachi Festival, cofounded by the late Al Pizano and Congressmember Salud Carbajal, strives to preserve and promote Latino culture and promote higher education. In that respect, the festival partners with the Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation to provide Latino students with scholarships. Since its creation, the festival has awarded more than $650,000 in scholarships, largely to first-generation, low-income, Latino students. This year, 20 students from the Central Coast region were selected; they were brought onstage by event emcee and radio personality Eddie “Piolín” (Tweety Bird) Sotelo.

“Their parents came here and have worked so hard for the next generation of America,” Sotelo said, gesturing at the students. “Why do we come to the U.S.?” he asked the crowd in Spanish. “To triumph!” they responded. Piolín reminded the crowd of the struggles Latinos face coming to the U.S. “Her dad,” he said about a recipient, “couldn’t make it today because he’s working — it’s the same story.”

The students expressed their gratitude for the scholarships onstage and in letters

Alicia Villarreal at the Santa Barbara Mariachi Festival

to the Mariachi Festival Annual Scholarship Fund.“This scholarship means a lot to me as it will allow me to attend a four-year university,” wrote Nayeli Abigail Casas Mejia. After being accepted into Seattle Pacific University, Mejia thought she wouldn’t be able to attend because her parents could not afford it. “This scholarship allowed me to accept and enroll in my top choice in school,” she wrote. Recipient Andrew Herrera is the first person in his family to go to college. “This is important because I feel like someone believes that I will succeed and is willing to help me,” he wrote. Herrera will attend UC Merced in the fall to study biological sciences. Another recipient, Anna Guadalupe Artiaga, wrote,“You are funding the American dream and an overall better future for —Blanca Garcia the world.”

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he Santa Barbara City College Promise is boosting enrollment numbers and increasing the number of full-time students, leading to better overall success while at SBCC and to more transfers to four-year universities. The Promise provides regional high school grads the opportunity to attend SBCC full-time for two years free of charge, covering tuition, fees, books, and supplies.

“Before, students had to work multiple jobs to cover expenses,” said Lucille Boss, director of scholarships for the SBCC Foundation.

“Now, we’re seeing students going to school full-time and taking more units.”

SBCC boasts one of the highest capture rates in the country, said Boss, meaning the college’s success in enrolling high school grads from within its district. “We’ve gotten students to college,” said Boss. “Now we have to get them through college.” Full-time enrollment is one way of increasing the likelihood of getting through college and is one of the requirements for the Promise. Students are also required to complete a student education plan and to meet with an academic counselor at least once a semester.

Removing financial barriers and providing students with encouragement and planning is allowing these students to thrive, said Boss. “We’ve been absolutely surprised and impressed,” she said.“[Promise students] are averaging more than 12, and even more than 13, units [per semester],” she said. Now enter-

ing its third year, the program has already begun to change lives. “My family’s income barely kept food on the table and a roof over our heads,” said student Armando Ibarra, who worried that he wouldn’t be able to afford college. “But I learned I could go to college through the SBCC Promise.”

The increase in Promise students comes during a decrease in overall SBCC enrollment. Since 2009, the community college has seen a steady decrease in enrollment from peak numbers just greater than 20,000 in 2009 to 17,111 last fall. But the college is not concerned, said Luz ReyesMartin, executive director of public affairs and communications. “Our current size is meeting the needs of our local community and has decreased impact on our facilities and parking,” she said. “Our focus has been on improving student outcomes.

We’re not trying to increase enrollment or market outside of our district or state. And we’re trying to encourage more full-time [enrollment].”

In fall 2017, only 34 percent of the total student body was enrolled full-time, while 100 percent of Promise students were full-time. With goals of student success in mind, SBCC Promise is helping the college move in the right direction.“It’s showing us what’s working and what’s not,” said Boss.

“It’s showing us how to better support our —Blanca Garcia students.”

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A Public Safety Power implemented a controverShutoff —or PSPS, as the sial public-safety strategy of shutting off power when the company calls it — is a weather turns dangerous. “As Edison is hosting a public educa“mitigation of last resort,” an electrical company, we tion workshop this Wednesday, Chiu emphasized. “We pride ourselves on keeping the August 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m, at only exercise these when lights on,” Edison’s Bill Chiu the Earl Warren Showgrounds, there are not other means where they will describe precauto protect the community.” told the Santa Barbara City tions homeowners can take if Edison recently ordered Council last Tuesday. “This they know a blackout is coming goes against all our instincts.” — making sure mobile phones two shutoffs, Chiu said, Edison’s announcement and laptops are fully charged, both down in the southwater and food that comes on the heels of a find- stockpiling ern reaches of its coverdoesn’t require refrigeration, and ing by state investigators that parking their cars outside their age area; the policy had live PG&E power lines rattled garages, since garage-door open- existed but not been used by strong winds sparked Octo- ers won’t work. for years. At the recomber 2017’s deadly wildfires in mendation of the CaliNorthern California, and just as Edison is fornia Public Utilities Commission, PG&E addressing multiple lawsuits alleging that is also now initiating blackouts during fire

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olding the top spot for just 227 days, the Thomas Fire (pictured), which burned 281,893 acres across Ventura and Santa Barbara counties this past winter, was surpassed on the evening of August 6 as the Mendocino Complex Fire became the biggest wildfire in modern California history, according to 90 years of Cal Fire record keeping. The Mendocino Complex conflagration began on July 27 as a pair of neighboring blazes, the Ranch and the River fires. Operationally, however, they are being fought together under a single incidentcommand team. As of Wednesday morning, the wildfire had burned 300,086 acres in Mendocino, Lake, and Colusa counties; containment was at 47 percent.

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Conditions leading up to that late-September blaze were marked by severe drought, nearly nonexistent spring and summer rainfall, and several Santa Ana windstorms that further desiccated an already parched landscape.

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“There is no doubt about it,” Chiu said, “there is a safety trade-off here. We’re looking for the lesser of two evils.” The decision would be made in close consultation with emergency managers and government representatives, he explained. “We will take everything under advisement.”

Chiu said the number of customers affected is entirely situational. But he said a PSPS typically hits “multiple circuits,” explaining the average circuit serves roughly 2,000 homes. “We’re talking about tens of thousands of customers impacted,” he said, potentially including downtown homes and businesses connected to the same circuits that power houses in high-fire-risk areas in the foothills. Based on historical weather data, Chiu forecasted Edison might order between two and ten shutdowns a year throughout its entire coverage area.

Before power can be turned back on, Edison crews must visually inspect power lines to ensure no vegetation or other debris have blown onto the wires. That could take a day or two, in some cases even three or four.“The weather will dictate the duration,” Chiu said. Edison’s last PSPS took place in December 2017 in Idyllwild. Approximately 5,000 residents were without power for 34 hours. Ideally, Chiu said, customers will receive a warning 24-48 hours in advance, but he warned if the weather suddenly turns, that may not be possible.

While Edison has framed the issue as a public-safety matter, there are also financial implications. The move could shield the utility from massive liability. In California, utilities can be held fully responsible

for all costs involved in fighting a fire if their equipment was involved in the cause, regardless of whether the equipment was faulty or working properly. Edison CEO Pedro Pizarro and other utility heads are actively petitioning the Public Utilities Commission and legislators to change the law, warning that huge financial payouts — like the $2.5 billion PG&E is about to dole out — could bankrupt them.

As he wrapped up his presentation to the City Council, Chiu touted the “system hardening” Edison is carrying out to better protect its equipment from man-made or natural disasters — installing fire-resistant poles, covering conductors, insulating wires, and so on. He also discussed the utility’s new weather stations and live video feeds.

Mayor Cathy Murillo thanked Chiu for his company’s work but was quick to ask what took them so long. “Some of us wonder why you haven’t done that yet,” she said.

“We’ve had sundowner [winds] and fire threats for a very long time.” Councilmember Kristen Sneddon asked Chiu if he thought a preemptive blackout may have prevented the Thomas Fire. Chiu said he couldn’t comment because of the pending litigation.

Edison staff briefed Santa Barbara emergency managers in June and are now working with the county’s Office of Emergency Management to pinpoint where circuits overlay critical infrastructure, including water pumps, hospitals, and evacuation centers, so as to avoid killing power to those facilities in the event of a PSPS. The utility is in close contact with customers who require intensive in-home medical care, said Edison representative Rondi Guthrie. Cottage Health spokesperson Maria Zate said all of its hospitals are able to run on emergency generators for at least 96 hours and have fast n access to additional fuel.

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il industry interests contributed more than half the $121,000 raised to collect signatures needed to qualify a controversial initiative slated for this November’s ballot asking voters whether they want to create an independent redistricting committee for the five Santa Barbara County supervisorial districts. The initiative is promoted by a group calling itself Reason in Government, claiming to speak for the “radical center.” The creation of an independent redistricting committee, they insisted, would remove the taint of political gerrymandering from the redistricting process, which will begin only after the 2020 Census results are in. Their critics have insisted the proposed committee would give Republicans representation disproportionate to their actual numbers and was really a front group to dilute the impact of Isla Vista’s reliably liberal voting bloc.

Liberal supervisors, such as Das Williams, insisted the effort was a political maneuver

by oil companies and North County ecoB A R B E B R A RS BH O nomic interests. Recent campaign disclosure E PR S H O P reports indicate that the California Independent Petroleum Association’s Political Action Committee, called CIPAC, donated $46,000 to the effort and that individuals and trusts associated with Vaquero Energy—now proposing new onshore oil development—gave $13,500. Most contributions came from North County businesspeople, several came from San Luis Obispo developers, and none came from South County sources. Paid gatherers collected more than 16,000 signatures.

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AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH: Consider this: The tallest mountain peak in Sweden — the south peak of Mount Kebnekaise

— just dropped by 14 feet in the month of July alone. It’s now no longer Sweden’s highest peak. This summer’s been a scorcher for Sweden. I hear more than 50 forest fires have raged across the country.

It’s been a scorcher for us as well. Seven of the worst wildfires in California history have occurred in the last 10 months. A succession of rolling heat waves has left us along the Central Coast pummeled and withered. Nerves are frayed; patience is stretched; tempers, as they say, have a tendency to flare.

Who can forget our freaky July 6 Holiday Fire, with its cyclonic up-drafting winds, when even at 10 at night, the mercury hovered above 100? It was just last September that Santa Barbarians found themselves dodging hail stones shot from an equally freaky “microburst” that left every other tree in the Funk Zone decapitated.

When the Thomas Fire exploded last December, it quickly established itself as the largest wildfire in California history. That record would stand barely eight months, less time than many victims have needed to recover. Thomas was surpassed this week by the Mendocino Complex Fire. Some Santa Barbara boosters are objecting the Mendocino conflagration is, in fact, really a compound of two megafires. Perhaps an asterisk, they argue, is in order.

Perhaps maybe an exclamation point.

In this context, Donald Trump famously lashed out via tweet against “bad environmental laws,” blaming them for causing California’s prolonged agonies of fire and drought.

Such laws “aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized,” Trump twote, because it was “being diverted into the Pacific Ocean.” Likewise, Trump twitted, “Must also tree clear to stop fire spreading!”

If the President often sounds like Homer Simpson after suffering a debilitating stroke, in this case, the gaping disconnect

between Trump’s baleful ignorance about what’s causing mass terror throughout the American West could not be more stark. I’m hoping it wakes up those who have so far avoided weighing in about climate change and the new abnormal — firefighters and weather forecasters, to name just two.

The speed and vehemence with which Cal Fire commanders have repudiated Trump’s remarks have been both striking and heartening. Lack of water, they made clear, has never been an issue. Climate change, they said, increasingly is.

Hopefully it’s just a start. Maybe they will weigh in on Trump’s proposal to freeze fuelefficiency standards for the nation’s fleet of automobiles and light trucks. As a practical matter, we’re talking the difference between 30 miles a gallon versus 36. In California, that’s the equivalent of adding 2.8 million cars

to the road. And this proposal will double atmospheric carbon dioxide counts by the end of the century to levels not seen since 56 million years ago. At that time, there were no glaciers on planet Earth. No people either.

Naturally, California is in the crosshairs of Trump’s fuel-inefficiency fatwah. That’s because California has always led the nation in devising new auto-pollution controls.

Since the days of Ronald Reagan, California has been allowed to set fuel-efficiency and clean-air standards that exceed the federal government’s. Trump wants to jam that genie back in the bottle. That’s not going to happen.

The bottle would break first.

Trump’s payoff? For car buyers, nominally cheaper and more fuel-inefficient cars. For the oil companies, the equivalent of half a million more barrels of oil a day will get sold at the pump. This, we are told, will result in safer cars and fewer deaths. It should be noted that the safety engineer on whose work the White House relied in making this claim has repudiated that conclusion. Since the 1970s, traffic deaths have steadily declined even as new fuel efficiencies and emission controls were imposed on an industry that steadfastly resisted every safety innovation, including the seat belt.

Naturally, Trump got it wrong about water being diverted to the ocean; he’s from the East Coast, where it rains all day. He wouldn’t know that the only water diversion taking place is diversion that prevents water from following

its natural path. As for increased logging to prevent forest fires, that too is a combustible point. It’s worth noting that commercial logging is now being proposed in Los Padres National Forest — for the first time ever in my lifetime — on 2,800 acres near Mt. Pinos.

It’s being sold as a fire-prevention initiative.

The funds raised from the sale of 400,000 linear board feet of pine would help offset the astronomical costs of firefighting in the forest, which now consumes 72 percent of the Los Padres budget. That’s up from 15 percent in 1996. Maybe this makes sense. Maybe it doesn’t. Critics contend the logging development will imperil a dozen condor roosts and insist that fire protection can be better achieved by fireproofing the properties to be saved than by clearcutting the forest. The government claims there’s no dearth of roosting perches and that logging will have no impact on recovery efforts.

Both sides have compelling arguments.

What makes me nervous is the number of questions left unresolved and the stealthy manner in which this proposal was rolled out.

The Forest Service sought and got a “categorical exemption” to the typical environmental review process. That means there were just 30 days allowed for the public to respond and comment on a significant shift in policy and practice. If this is just the first commercial logging effort of more to follow, that’s especially troubling. Still, 600 comments got submitted, most in opposition.

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ive years ago, the Board of Supervisors rolled out a study that showed the widespread extent of poverty in Santa Barbara County, heralding the report as an important new instrument to guide public policy.

“The silver lining,” said then-supervisor Salud Carbajal, “is that this provides us a tool to be more strategic in better serving that population in future years.”

These days, Salud is off being strategic in Washington, and poverty in Santa Barbara County has only grown worse.

In fact, S.B. now ranks third among California’s 58 counties in its rate of poverty, according to just-released, deep-dive data on poverty in the state by the influential Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC).

In partnership with Stanford University’s Center on Poverty, PPIC has produced the gold-standard study of economic misery in the not-so-Golden State. The researchers track economic factors through the California Poverty Measure, combining federal census data with crucial, state-specific costof-living factors such as California’s high housing costs.

BY THE NUMBERS. The new

of the population — but 52.8 percent of Californians living in poverty.

Despite familiar right-wing tropes about poor people being lazy welfare chiselers, the statewide research shows that “most poor families are working.”

As of 2016, 83.5 percent of poor children lived in a family with at least one working adult. Overall, 79.5 percent of poor Californians were in a family in which at least one adult worked —46 percent full-time for the entire year and 33.4 percent part-time or seasonally.

Another key finding: Poverty rates are closely correlated to education levels.

Only 8.4 percent of adults between 25 and 64 who have a college degree live in poverty — compared with 34.5 percent of those without a high school diploma.

And more than half of children in families without an adult who com-

S.B. now ranks third among California’s 58 counties in its rate of poverty.

report shows that one in five Californians — 19.4 percent, or about 7.4 million men, women, and children — live in poverty, defined as lacking adequate resources to meet basic economic needs, calculated in 2016 dollars as $31,000 per year for a family of four.

In Santa Barbara County, however, nearly one in four residents — 23 percent — fall below the poverty threshold. This is a greater proportion of poor people than in any other county except for L.A. (24.3 percent) and Santa Cruz (23.8 percent).

For children younger than 18, local numbers look even worse.

Statewide, PPIC reports, 21.3 percent of children — about 1.9 million — lived in poverty as of 2016, the most recent year for which final statistics are available.

In Santa Barbara, meanwhile, child poverty is substantially worse, with 26.3 percent below the line; this also is the third-worst rate in the state, topped again only by L.A. (27.8 percent) and Santa Cruz (27.2 percent).

“In part due to high housing costs on the coast, we do mostly find higher poverty rates in coastal counties than official poverty estimates would lead us to believe,” Caroline Danielson, policy director and senior fellow at PPIC, told us.

TAKE THAT, PAUL RYAN. Among ethnic

groups, Latinos statewide remain disproportionately poor, composing 39.2 percent

pleted high school—53 percent—live in poverty; this compares with just 8 percent of kids in a family with at least one adult with a college degree.

At a time when the safety net is under broad attack in Washington, PPIC data shows that federal and state social welfare programs — from food and housing assistance to nutrition and tax credits — prevent several million more Californians from falling below the poverty line—nearly 8 percent of the overall population, including an additional 1.3 million children.

WHAT’S NEXT? The economic, social,

and political underpinnings of poverty, of course, are enormously complex, if not intractable. For nearly two years, a statewide poverty task force commissioned by the Legislature has studied the issue, with a report of findings and policy recommendations due in November.

Information about the task force, including upcoming meetings, is available on the state Department of Social Services website (cdss.ca.gov). The PPIC report may be found at ppic.org.

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Geoffrey Donovan Aggeler 09/26/39-07/31/18

Geoffrey Donovan Aggeler passed on July 31, 2018 at Serenity House in Santa Barbara, due to multiple causes. He was born September 26, 1939, in Berkeley, California, the only child of William Ford Aggeler and Shirley Donovan Aggeler.

When he was two, the three moved to Santa Barbara, where he attended Catholic grade and high school. During his childhood he also lived with his maternal grandparents, John Joseph and Minda Donovan, to whom he was especially close, in Casper, Wyoming. From 1957 to 1959 he was a student at Santa Clara University, transferring to the University of California at Davis as a junior. It was there he met Sondra Croce.

They wed two years later at Carmel Mission, and went on to enjoy 56 love and fun-filled years of marriage. They shared a passion for animals and concern for people that led them into active involvement in numerous causes in Salt Lake City and Santa Barbara. They have three children: Brian Croce (Angela), Jill Marie (Jaime) and Christian Donovan (Heidi). Geoff loved the outdoors, and was happiest when he and his family were camping, skiing, backpacking, fly fishing, or hiking. He could never get enough of the Uinta Mountains in northern Utah nor of the red rock desert in southern Utah. He ran 12 marathons, including Pikes Peak, and recorded a personal best of 2:52; he continued to run half-marathons after retiring to Santa Barbara in 2001. In his younger years he worked as a seasonal ranger and fire crew leader with the U.S. Forest Service, and was a member of the Los Padres Hot Shot Crew. Geoff was also a student of martial arts for many years, earning a brown belt. In 2000 he was named the honorary chair of the Utah Open Karate Tournament.

Geoff earned his PhD in English from UC Davis in 1966. His first appointment was at Royal Roads in Victoria, BC, a branch of the Royal Military College of Canada, where he coached the judo team along with his teaching duties. He taught there for three years before taking an appoint18

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ment at the University of Utah, where he taught for 32 years before retiring as an Emeritus Professor of English. In 1998, the University inducted Geoff into Phi Beta Kappa. He published both scholarly books and novels throughout his life, including Confessions of Johnny Ringo, hailed as a masterpiece by novelist Anthony Burgess. His articles on Renaissance and modern British literature appeared in leading North American, European, and Asian journals. Geoff presented papers in England, Japan, and at numerous conferences in the United States and Canada. He chaired sessions at meetings of the Modern Language Association, the Marlowe Society, and the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast. Geoff held visiting appointments in drama and the writing program at UCSB, and taught courses in Shakespeare at the Schott Center. He also led a workshop on narrative techniques in fiction and creative nonfiction at the annual Santa Barbara Writers Conference. He enjoyed being a freelance editor, and his clients published both novels and nonfiction books.

Geoff was an honorable, intelligent, and kind man, who was a proud Democrat and Catholic.

But he was most proud of his beloved grandchildren: Madeleine Marie, Mia Gabrielle, Gwenyth Taylor, Sean Geoffrey, and Donovan James. A celebration of Geoff ’s life will be held at a later date. His ashes will be scattered near Leadbetter Beach, where he spent countless hours playing as a boy, and near the beautiful red sand of southern Utah he so adored.

“To write of life one must live fully and take what was offered -- danger, pain, and all the bitter reminders of mortality.” Geoff Aggeler, Horses of the Night.

Vincent Cavallero 11/08/22-07/18/18

A 95-year resident of Santa Barbara, Vincent Cavallero peacefully passed away surrounded by his family on July 18, 2018. He was born on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada on November 8, 1922 to Cecilia Becchio Cavallero and Frank Cavallero, immigrants from the Piedmont region

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of Northern Italy. At the age of four months, he and his parents moved to Santa Barbara. He and his younger brother, Raymond grew up speaking the Piemontese dialect. He was proud of his Italian heritage and encouraged his daughters’ bilingualism, travel to Italy and to maintain their Italian family connections.

He attended Franklin and Jefferson Elementary Schools, Santa Barbara Junior High School and graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1940. While at SBHS he and other students walked up the Riviera to take classes with Francesco Franceschi, which inspired his love of gardening and nature. He played violin at an early age and continued through high school. His love of music made him a great dancer and he later taught his daughters to dance. His mechanical ability was evident as a young boy.

Following welding classes at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, he took his skills to work on the liberty ships preparing for WWII. He was drafted into the Army Air Corps and spent 27 months in the Pacific Theater; the Philippines and the jungles of New Guinea.

Later, he witnessed the surrender of Japan. Upon his return from WWII, he married Cristina Tonietto and together they had two daughters. He joined the Santa Barbara City Fire Department in 1947 and due to his keen mechanical aptitude was promoted to Master Mechanic and the rank of Captain. He served the SBFD for 37 years, during which time he designed and wrote the specifications for new fire equipment.

Upon his retirement he was called back to consult for the City.

He was a 70-year member of Santa Barbara Masonic Lodge #192, Scottish Rite, SB Shrine Club, SB Elks Lodge and was a charter member of the SBHS Alumni Association.

He is survived by his two daughters Diana Rheinisch, Gloria Cavallero (Bruce Belfiore); grandchildren, Erik Rheinisch (Sorya), Cristian Rheinisch, Siana Belfiore (Bruna), William Belfiore; great-granddaughter, Scarlette Rheinisch and brother, Raymond Cavallero (Lois) and three nephews. His parents and son-in-law, Frank Rheinisch, predeceased him.

Vince’s family wishes to thank the caregivers at Oak Cottage, the entire professional team at Heritage House for their loving care and the extraordinary team of Assisted Hospice of SB. A funeral service will be held at the Santa Barbara Cemetery Chapel on August 9, 2018 at 11 am with interment following. In lieu of

flowers, donations may be made to SBHS Alumni Association for campus horticultural beautification, P.O. Box 6121, Santa Barbara, CA 93160 or Assisted Hospice of SB.

Misao (Akazawa) Mori

The family is grateful to those who cared for her at the end of her life and especially to Dr. Christopher Thrash. No service is planned. Donations may be made in her memory to the donor’s choice of charities.

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Misao Mori, 98, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, peacefully went home to be with her Lord on July 3, 2018. Misao’s parents immigrated to Kauai, Hawaii, from Japan. Born in Kauai, Misao had 6 brothers and sisters.

Misao came to California after graduating from high school, hoping to attend nursing school in Berkeley. Her dreams were thwarted by the outbreak of WWII when she was incarcerated along with other JapaneseAmericans at the Gila River internment center in Arizona.

There she met the love of her life, Frank Sadao Mori. They married in the internment camp and for 69 years had a full life together. While Frank was voluntarily fighting as a U.S. Army soldier in the Pacific, Misao gave birth to their first child in the internment camp. When their confinement center disbanded, Misao and Frank returned to Santa Barbara, Frank’s home town. Misao loved the Lord Jesus Christ and was committed to Bethany Congregational Church and Goleta Vineyard Christian Fellowship. An accomplished seamstress, she also worked in the family business, Katashi Landscape Nursery, while devoting time to raising her children and spending time with her grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Frank in 2013 and is survived by her children Dianna (Don) Ricky, Andrew (Janna) Mori, Stephen (Kae) Mori, and Elizabeth (Robert) Muraoka. She is also survived by seven grandchildren and great-grandchildren: Eric (Takako) Hendrickson, Joshua and Sean Hendrickson, Rachel (Alexis) Bidou, Eliott and Arlo Bidou, Joanna Mori (fiancée Luka Arnerich), Nathaniel (Madeline) Kong Mori, Meagan (Juan) Mori Fonseca, Luca Fonseca, Stephen (Ayako) Muraoka, Kenzo and Hanzo Muraoka, and Riley Muraoka.

Virginia “Ginny” Ann Harper 1952-2018

Virginia “Ginny” Ann Harper passed away peacefully Saturday, July 21, 2018 at the age of 66, after a brief but serious bout with cancer, of which she said, “It just sucks”.

Despite it being cut short, Ginny lived a life that she wanted - not because she was always dealt a good hand - but because she truly believed in doing what we can to be happy, and persevering when life knocks the wind out of us.

Whether immersed in a novel, enjoying spirited conversation, or dancing in the moonlight, Ginny made a point to find joy in all of life, and she spread that joy to those around her.

She was inspirational in her caring and sympathetic nature, and will always be remembered for her supportiveness and her dedication to friends and family.

Ginny had a beautiful mind and an even more beautiful spirit, and that spirit will live on through her sons, Stephen and Brian, her siblings, Bill, Nancy, and Leta, and her parents, Harold and Dortha, as well as her many friends and extended family.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 11th at 1:00pm at the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara’s Sanctuary, at 1535 Santa Barbara Street. All are welcome.

For those who wish, donations may be made in her name to Sarah House of Santa Barbara.

obituaries Linda Marie Hollenhorst Rose 01/20/54-07/29/18

Linda Rose’s world revolved around her love for her family: mom Ceil, sister Kathy, husband Don, and their daughter Lindsay.

Throughout her life, Linda was a person of tremendous kindness and resilience, and this gentle strength stayed with her to the end.

Born Linda Marie Hollenhorst on January 20, 1954, in St Paul, MN, Linda graduated from Golden Valley HS in Minneapolis. Following an adventurous summer at Outward Bound in Colorado, she moved to California, ultimately graduating from UCSB with a BA in Environmental Studies and Creative Writing.

Linda had a long professional career in writing and technical publications. She was highly regarded by her colleagues, known not only for her intelligence and technical expertise but also for her genuine and kind-hearted approach to all challenges. Linda worked at many local technology companies and institutions, including Delco, Wavefront Technologies, UCSB, and QAD. In addition to her work as a technical writer, Linda also wrote magazine and newspaper articles on topics from bananas to Balinese mask carvers.

Linda met her future husband, Don Rose, while at Delco.

Linda and Don married in Santa Barbara on July 7, 1990.

They were blessed when their daughter, Lindsay Anne Rose, entered their lives on February 17, 1994. Lindsay had a beautiful childhood growing up in Goleta and excelled academically and athletically. The Rose family spent many happy days on the softball field with Lindsay as an outstanding player, Don coaching, and Linda cheering them on with friends in the stands.

Over the years, Linda accumulated many incredibly loyal friends, and each one felt like they were her favorite person.

She was smart with an amazing sense of humor. She loved hats, scarves and everything purple.

Linda passed away on Sunday, July 29, with Don by her side.

She steadfastly pursued her goal to cure cancer. Her participation in multiple clinical trials will help advance the fight and make

To submit obituaries for publication, please call (805) 965-5205 or email obits@independent.com a difference for others. Linda is predeceased by her daughter, Lindsay; her sister, Anne; and her mother Ceil. She is survived by her husband Don, sister Kathy, brother Gary, brother-in-law Brad, Tim and Beata Rose, and Kathy Rose.

Linda’s family and friends will gather at Tucker’s Grove in midSeptember to share our love and memories of Linda. For the date and other details, please email Cris Prichard at 4LindaRoseSB@ gmail.com. In her memory, please donate to Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Goleta Valley Library, or Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy.

Luke Sky Zepeda 04/20/18-07/30/18

My baby Luke Sky[walker] Zepeda AKA Cupcake Muffin Fatty mc fat fat My future Don My son I wasn’t ready for you to leave me. From the moment I found out I was pregnant I knew that I wanted to completely give my life to you and your sister Lia. No matter what happened in this world I knew that as long as your sister and you were good I was good. I waited too long to meet you and from the beginning you were excited to meet me too! My Luke you came early into this world and we were all so excited even romeo (i know he kicked you from luceros tummy but i know in my heart he loved you).

You loved our mornings and so did I, you loved them so much you would wake me up earlier just so we could play but I didn’t mind because thats when we would play and laugh and your sister would wake up and come kiss you and me. My son Luke know that I will always love you more than all the stars in the sky baby and please give me the strenght to stay strong for you and your sister. I thank God for blessing me with such a beautiful baby boy and how I wish I would have had more time with you luke. You truly took my heart with you.

We will all love you forever and ever and ever you will always be my son.

Love always your mommy

Vernon Earl Cotter

Marjorie M. McDaniel

Vernon Earl Cotter Passed away on July 4th, 2018, with his wife Anne at his side. Vern was born in Johnson County, Iowa, on May 21st, 1930, to Eugene Howard and Eleanor Dlouhy Cotter.

Vern earned his PHD in math and statistics in 1972 from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He taught math at San Marcos High School, and Santa Barbara City College. He then became a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara and ran the secondary education program there. Vern was also a Real Estate Broker and was a director and was a director on the Santa Barbara Board of Realtors.

Vern was a dedicated Marine with the rank of Staff Sergeant.

He served at the Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor, as Construction Foreman during the Korean War. Vern and Anne were married in 1990, and moved to Sedona, Arizona, where they enjoyed 28 years of retirement together.

Vern was predeceased by his first wife, Phyllis Purrington Cotter and their son, Craig; his second wife, Sheila Dyer Cotter; and his parents, Eugene Howard and Eleanor Dlouhy Cotter.

He is survived by his wife Anne, of Sedona,·and her daughter Lisa (Mark); two daughters, Karen, of Solvang, CA, and Renee (Binh), of West Hills, CA.; five stepchildren, Sharlene (Tony) of San Diego,CA., Steven (Erika) of Marysville, WA., Drew (Shawn) of Santa Barbara, CA., and Dawne (Matt) of Santa Barbara,CA.; and 17 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held on October 9, 2018,at the Santa Barbara Memorial Cemetery in Santa Barbara, CA.

Marjorie M. McDaniel passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, August 4, 2018.

Marjorie will always be lovingly remembered by her family, son, Stuart, daughter Carol (Mike) grandchildren, Lisa (Chris), Christopher (David), great-grandchildren Kristina, Svetlana, and Victoria, and great-great grandchild, Laiklyn.

Her husband, Steward McDaniel and her parents preceded her in death.

Marjorie Mae McKee, the daughter of Lela and Patrick McKee was born October 4, 1920 in Centertown, Missouri.

She grew up on a Missouri family farm along with her eight brothers and sisters, all of whom preceded her in death.

In high school, Marjorie was involved in a variety of sports (including star basketball player), music and drama. She was voted all around girl and was valedictorian of her class.

Marjorie attended Warrensburg Teachers College and later taught all eight grades in a oneroom school.

She was married to Steward McDaniel on August 10, 1941 at the First Baptist Church in Centertown, Missouri. They were blessed in marriage sixtysix years preceding his death in 2007. She served in pastorates with her husband in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and California serving in many capacities.

Marjorie played the piano and sang, loved to teach, enjoyed entertaining, and was involved with crafts such as quilting, needlepoint, crocheting, and making beautiful flower arrangements out of dough.

She has been involved in American Baptist Womens’ work for years. She has served National, Regional, and Local boards in many different capacities. Marjorie was founder and president of the American Baptist Women at the First Baptist Church of Santa Barbara. She served as treasurer until the time of her death. She has been a member of the First Baptist Church for over 50 years.

She worked as a volunteer

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at Valle Verde in assisting resi residents with letter writing and other needs. She headed up a group of volunteers in managing the store at Valle Verde and managed the beauty shop as well.

She had strong convictions, dedication and strong passion for her beliefs and for her church and so enjoyed sharing this passion with others.

She had an amazing love for her family and so enjoyed their family time together and taking interest in and having special bonds with each of them.

She truly celebrated each day of life with a strong, positive attitude.

The family wants to thank all of those who continually shared their love, compassion and support including her “adoptive” family of caregivers - Alicia, Anna, Hilda, Jessica and Adela in caring for “Margie.”

The family also wants to thank the many staff members of Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care of Santa Barbara for their guidance, compassion and care in being there for the caregivers, and the family in caring for Marjorie.

The service of celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at the First Baptist Church of Santa Barbara, located at 949 Veronica Springs Road, Santa Barbara at 11:00am. Viewing will be prior to the service at the church.

Memorials are suggested to Central Baptist Theological Seminary for Steward M. and Marjorie M. McDaniel Scholarship, 6601 Monticello Road, Shawnee-Mission, Kansas 66216.

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Margaret B. Tinnin 1923-2018

Margaret B. Tinnin passed away on July 2, 2018 at the age of 95. A memorial will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, August 11, 2018, at Community Covenant Church on Cathedral Oaks Road in Santa Barbara. Margaret was an active member of the Covenant Church for about 70 years, dating from its origins as the Goleta Federated Church. Gifts in her memory can be made to Community Covenant Church.

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Meanwhile, large developers breeze through … four-plus stories and the most mundane, cheap-looking architecture I’ve ever seen.

—Dawn O’Brien, S.B.

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ere’s how to create housing without sacrificing the city’s character: Skip the commercial space that’s slipped in with every AUD project … which bulks them up. Businesses have their own demands on parking and traffic. With the vacancy rate on State Street, which has plentiful parking, it is hardly defensible to include commercial space with every housing proposal.

We need for the city to conserve our neighborhoods and create housing — we don’t need … businesses to infiltrate neighborhoods via the city ordinance on housing.

—Jamie Bishop, S.B.

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anta Barbara taking San Luis Obispo’s hints on how to improve downtown?

That’s a hoot! S.L.O.’s “thriving” downtown’s problems are concealed by a plethora of construction stimulated by the city letting developers do what they want and by giving public land to developers for pennies on the dollar. Landlords rent to chains, so downtown’s become Anymall, U.S.A. Rents are so high local businesses can’t afford them …

In place of our historic downtown, we have tall, out-of-context buildings, blocking sun from public spaces and mountain views we’ve cherished. Those views haven’t gone away, we’re told, but through the alchemy of city greed have been transferred from us to upper-floor occupants of $300 hotel rooms and $1 million condos …

Is this the sort of “hint” for improvement Santa Barbara really wants?

—Richard Schmidt, S.L.O.

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am surprised to read that we’re comparing State Street to Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado. … CEO Sean Maher from Downtown Boulder is not the voice of the locals.

To say no to chain stores in downtown is suicidal for Santa Barbara. Sean Maher first owned Ben & Jerry’s on Pearl. Having some chain stores stay stable here in S.B. is a good sign. We have lost too many.

It’s a totally different demographic here, and Boulder has changed drastically to cater to Google and the like, with tremendous development changing much of the natural landscape and beauty there. Not many in Boulder would agree it’s for the better.

I would love to see more courage in doing what’s better for the community by the people being paid to care about the greater good.

—Jeannette Weisskopf, S.B.

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e are turning a very interesting corner in terms of the manner in which we decide how and when legislation is necessary to achieve a social objective. Is it prudent to trust that people would actually act to do the “right” thing when given reasons and goals, or do we have to “… control [sic] every aspect of people’s lives,” as was said in a recent council meeting? … It seems there is practically no molehill that we, as a council, can’t turn into a mountain.

Outreach efforts … were incredibly successful. The hospitality industry … resoundingly responded by making the simple accommodation of providing plastic straws “on request only.” But wait … our council decided that a hammer from above was superior to community cooperation and participation. … In the end, the day was won by council, thus earning a merit badge for environmental stewardship. Bully for us.

My take is that we were voted in to lead, not dictate.

I don’t discount the good intentions of my colleagues, but this moment was chilling.

—Councilmember Randy Rowse, S.B.

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would like to request for Jason Dominguez to clarify his statement: “We have to regulate every aspect of people’s lives.” It is highly disturbing coming —Michelle Gold, S.B. from a government official.

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ast month, I missed the opportunity to properly communicate my position on regulation. To be clear, I reject the idea of overregulation. Working in East Germany shortly before the Berlin Wall came down, I witnessed disastrous government overreach of authority. Decades later, at a war crimes tribunal, I prosecuted politicians, who caused murder, rape, and destruction of communities. Thankfully, truly evil governments are rare, but all governments occasionally stumble. The Santa Barbara City Council needs to deal with priority problems:

• The mentally ill and the addicts living on our sidewalks and in parks.

• The out-of-control development that is causing traffic problems and parking issues, without providing workforce housing or reducing people’s commutes.

• Soaring water, trash, and wastewater rates.

• How to revitalize State Street.

• Serious policy decisions about utilities, forest management, and preventing fires.

• We were a leader in the green movement yet have fallen behind as an incubator of green businesses.

The impacts to the local environment and economy by not fixing these problems are sobering. Of all these issues, which will be the one to break the camel’s back?

—Councilmember Jason Dominguez, S.B.

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n the otherwise well-reasoned “Objective Objection,” the writer took to task another letter writer who, upset at Donald Trump’s election, was “unhappy at being outvoted.” I thought Hillary Clinton received —Milton Love, S.B. more votes than Trump?

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live on the Eastside of Santa Barbara. Each day, we have multiple food or snack carts deposited by van into the area. The vendors push the carts along the street, constantly honking handheld horns. This can be audible for 15 or so minutes at a time. Are these vendors even appropriately licensed, and if so, can’t they exercise some restraint in their persistent honking?

—Paul B. Slater, S.B.

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¶ For “Putting Shovel to Hard Ground” in last week’s news, we clarify that Union Bank did not bail on the project but ceased to pursue it. In the Fiesta story on horses, modern horses date to 1.8 million-2 million years ago, and the Equidae family to 55 million years ago. The S.B. Museum of Natural History exhibits the Equidae family, not just Equus, a fossil record that is more complete than most.

The Independent welcomes letters of 250 words or less accompanied by the writer’s name, city, and phone number at letters@ independent.com or to the Indy at 12 E. Figueroa St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Letters may be edited for length and clarity; full versions of the letters here can be found online at independent .com/opinions.

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n September 2017, the University Club in Santa Barbara hosted an event in the lecture series Anthropology Straight Up on “Psychics, Mediums, and Shamans.” For Kohanya Groff the large audience was no surprise. As founder and CEO of BOAS Network (BOAS stands for Broadening Anthropology’s Spectrum and also recalls Franz Boas, the Columbia University professor who is considered the father of American anthropology), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing a forum for anthropology entertainment, information, and education, she knows that shamans sell.

What would come as a surprise to anyone expecting the typical academic, hands-off approach to the subject was the presence of a second speaker on the bill, Tony Morris, an executive with a different area nonprofit who identifies as a psychic medium. For a fee of $140 per hour, Morris works with his clients by meditating about them in order to access information, much of it concerning the future, that he claims comes from “the other side.”

Put the two together, and you have the potential for conflict. Groff, who earned her PhD in anthropology at UC Riverside studying Chumash shamans and neo-shamans, necessarily has a sharp eye for inconsistencies and mixed messages in the origin stories of self-proclaimed Native American mystics. Neo-shamans are those who have not been trained by a traditional shaman or any member of an indigenous American culture, but Continued >

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Anthropology Straight Up continues on Tuesday, September 11, 5-7 p.m., at the University Club of Santa Barbara (1332 Santa Barbara St.). Kohanya Groff will lead a discussion on “The Afterlife” featuring Tony Morris and Peter Wright, a certified hypnotherapist specializing in past-life regressions. For further information about the Anthropology Straight Up series, visit boasnetwork.com. Maurice Lord performs feats of magic and mentalism at the McDermott-Crockett & Associates Mortuary (2020 Chapala St.). To receive an invitation to his next performance, email him at themaurie@gmail.com.

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In this case, however, the two form an unlikely “undoubted and immense resources of the Ortega truce, as Groff the anthropologist extends Morris the Rancho” would henceforth be dedicated to “the psychic medium something like the benefit of the promulgation of the truths of spiritualism.”Williams’s doubt in her talk. For his part, Morris relishes the proclamation must have been met with relief by at opportunity to describe his process next to some- least some members of the burgeoning new church one from the scientific comfounded on the notion that it munity who understands that was possible to communicate various kinds of shamanism with the dead. have existed at many times and The Church of Spiritualin many places throughout ism had suffered a seemingly recorded history, and will no definitive blow to its creddoubt continue. ibility just four years earlier, when, on October 21, 1888, Round one of the conversation, which can be seen in its Margaret Fox, one of the two entirety on the BOAS website, founding mediums of the was, to this observer at least, movement, took the stage inconclusive. What did appear at New York’s Academy of to me, without the aid of a Music and admitted that all crystal ball, was the opportuthe spirit communication nity to look more closely at a claims she and her family phenomenon that has piqued had made for the last 40 years the interest of many Santa Barwere fraudulent. According bara residents over the years: to Fox, when she and her sisthe affinity between spiritualter Kate summoned the spirist beliefs and our city. Spiriits of the dead by asking them to knock,“one for yes, two for tualism, defined as a system no,” and proceeded to use this of belief or religious practice knocking code to “converse” based on supposed commuTOE-POP STARS: The Fox sisters, (from left) Margaret, Kate, and Leah, were the most famous psychic with them, the sounds were nication with the spirits of not coming from the other the dead, especially through mediums in America when Margaret revealed in 1888 that the raps their spirits made were coming from mediums, has a long and rich inside the sisters’ shoes and not from the other side side of death but from the history here. By looking back at of life. inside of her shoes. The trick the period in which these beliefs that had taken in tens of thoufirst flourished here, it may be sands was in fact remarkable, possible to gain some insight into their persistence. not as evidence of the afterlife but rather as evidence of an unusual talent. To make the sound of the spirits knocking, the sisters cracked the joints in their toes.

Their toe-popping talent was such that the unamplified sound of Margaret’s crackling feet that night easily On September 24, 1892, Henry Lafayette Williams, reached the rear of the farthest section of the Academy former paymaster general of the Union Army and of Music, a theater near New York’s Union Square with the owner of the Ortega Rancho in what is now Mon- a capacity of 4,600.

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Why would Summerland founder H.L. Williams, a veteran of the Civil War and a former high official in the United States Treasury department, build a community supporting the work of a discredited movement? Fortunately, Williams provided clues to the explanation later in the same sentence in which he dedicates Summerland to Spiritualism. In addition to promulgating the truths of Spiritualism, the land of the Ortega Rancho, or at least a portion of it located near the newly arrived train tracks of the Southern Pacific Rail, would be devoted to “aid in building cheap homes for Spiritualists” and “homes for worn-out mediums.” Did Williams have the distraught and penniless alcoholic Margaret Fox in mind when he wrote that last phrase about “worn-out mediums”? We will never know, but what we do know is that Williams knew a good thing when he saw it and wasted no time switching agendas when it suited his business interests. The next thing that took his fancy proved to be the far more lucrative black magic of fossil fuels, which were discovered (first natural gas, and then oil) under the land and seabed off Summerland in such shallow pockets that the entire city could be illuminated by torches simply by pounding a pipe far enough into the ground and lighting the top.

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At the same time that H.L. Williams was finding a soft place in his heart — and a sweet spot on his ranch — for tired mediums and their followers, a very public battle raged over the legitimacy of psychic mediums, who were at a peak in popularity at the turn of the 20th century. The disputants were both famous men, and their respective positions on the subject reflect a perhaps surprising and unquestionably ongoing split.

In one corner stood Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the esteemed author of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories, and in the other was Harry Houdini, the world-famous escape artist.

What’s intriguing about the men’s engagement with the issue of spiritualism is that the creator of the greatest symbol of empirical deduction in all of fiction, Sherlock Holmes, happened to harbor an inexhaustible appetite for seances, spirit talking, and all forms of mediumship, regardless of their ability to withstand scrutiny.

On the other side, Houdini, presumably master of all sorts of techniques of dissimulation, was utterly impatient with what he saw as a massive fraud perpetrated by con artists on an unsuspecting and vulnerable public. In part as a result of their personal disagreement, Houdini conducted public sessions for unmasking psychics’ claims; the dispute eventually led to the end of the two men’s “OG” STANDS FOR ORIGINAL GHOSTBUSTER: longstanding friendship.

Harry Houdini, here pictured in chains circa For evidence of the skepti1905, was among the era’s most vigorous opponents of the claims of psychic mediums. cism that stage magicians and mentalist entertainers still harbor in regard to psychic mediums, I had to go no farther than (voilà!)

Summerland, where Maurice Lord, a five-time Indy Award–winning theater director and practicing magician, has lived for decades without seeing a single spirit … and not for lack of looking. A magician member of The Magic Castle in Los Angeles and an avid student of the paranormal, Lord, like Houdini, has no time for psychics, viewing them as “sloppy, unprofessional mentalists preying on vulnerable people.”

Thanks to a technique called “cold reading” and a set of procedures designed to minimize distracting false hits and encourage subjects to comply with the reading process, a well-trained mentalist can put even stalwart nonbelievers into a state of confusion in a matter of minutes.

Having attended several of Lord’s mentalism performances, which he holds from time to time for invited audiences at the McDermott-Crockett & Associates Mortuary, I can attest that his self-confessed magic tricks are the only events I encountered in the course of researching this piece that I still cannot explain to my own satisfaction. His mentalism shows are truly dazzling — and a lot of fun — but Lord insists that they are entertainment and do not represent real evidence of things unseen.

As a mentalist entertainer, he insists on staying as far as possible from claims of special psychic powers. “For me that would completely ruin it,” he said. “If after a show someone came up to me and wanted help in contacting a dead relative, I’d be depressed. There are mysteries in the universe, and there are ways of exploring them, but this isn’t one of them.”

Professional wrestlers have a word for the unspoken agreement they share not to drop character, no matter what. It’s called “kayfabe,” “the fact or convention of presenting staged performances as genuine or authentic,” and psychic mediums and magicians both observe it,

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albeit with diametrically responsible for making opposed intentions. the ultimate connecSOMEONE CAME UP TO ME AND WANTED HELP IN Among magicians, it is CONTACTING A DEAD RELATIVE, I’D BE DEPRESSED. tion between whatever common to admit that the medium says and the basis for any given some aspect of reality. performance lies in a For me, entering into THERE ARE MYSTERIES IN THE UNIVERSE, concealed illusion, and the relationship without AND THERE ARE WAYS OF EXPLORING THEM, the kayfabe contract is the urgency of personal that no good magician matters that so many –Maurice Lord ever reveals how those people clearly bring to it, illusions work to the audience. You can see this con- there were “hits”—points at which what I was hearvention observed weekly by Penn and Teller on the ing did in fact resemble some aspect of my life — but popular television program Fool Us. At the end of each they were no more compelling as psychic revelations performance, Penn and Teller confer and sometimes than they would have been as daydreams or points of even examine the performer’s props while the host departure in a standard getting-to-know-someone conducts an interview. When they are ready, the duo conversation. If, in coming weeks, the most obscure either congratulate the performer for fooling them, aspects of my reading suddenly attain unexpected and thus winning a spot opening their show in Las importance in my life, I’ll be the first to admit it.

Vegas, or they inform the artist that they believe they As a client of a psychic medium, one enters into a know how the trick was done. At that point, they may specific type of conversation that is both enabled and show the performer a written note to see if they are constrained by unspoken rules, and one of them— correct, but more often than not they simply let Teller perhaps the most important — is that you must arrive needing or wanting something. Perhaps I violated this, do his thing, which is to say nothing at all. spiritualism’s first commandment, “Thou shall want something from the reading.” All I was looking for was a story to tell, and maybe that’s just not enough of When it came time for me to test the waters with a a desire to get spirit sparks to fly. reading of my own, I entered into it feeling relatively From one perspective, this is bad news for psychic carefree, which may not have been such a good thing, mediums. How can you expect to receive recognition at least for the purposes of psychic mediumship. I and validation for claims that can’t be demonstrated to met with Morris and paid him his standard fee in work regardless of the client’s mindset? From another cash, and he proceeded to let it rip, psychic-style. An point of view, however, I got what I deserved. It was a hour later, after listening to his soft Alabama accent case of the experimenter’s fallacy, in which expectaas he unveiled a series of things he had seen in his tions overdetermine the interpretation of the results. psychic mind’s eye through a process that involved Although it’s possible that I could have gone into the some preparatory meditation, a single card drawn experience with a more open mind, in the end I feel from a modern tarot deck, and a handful of in-the- like “open” isn’t exactly the word for how my mind moment visitations that Morris marked with the clas- would have had to be for my experiment with spirisic medium’s mid-temple finger massage and earnest tualism to succeed.

Anthropology could contribute here, as could the squinting, I remained cheerfully entertained without experiencing any significant change in my skepticism. perspective supplied by those knowledgeable skeptics Morris has style, he clearly cares for his clients, and he who practice the illusion of mentalism as entertainment. strives for transparency as far as he can, but there are Americans today profess faith in a broad range of dubiplaces that a psychic medium’s clients simply cannot ous claims and often refuse to consider the weight of significant empirical evidence. With psychic phenomena, go, such as inside the spiritual medium’s head.

Without the option of falsifying what a medium as with other claims that violate norms around what’s says he or she “sees,” the subject is left to negotiate the acceptable as real, it’s reasonable to seek explanations vast and shapeless terrain of resemblance, relevance, that comprehend not only the absence of evidence, but and recognition. The standard formulation of the also the presence of those needs and desires that provide psychic —“Why am I seeing X?”— leaves the client the soil in which such beliefs can grow. n

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GUIDE TEENS AHA! (ATTITUDE. HARMONY. ACHIEVEMENT.) Through an innovative, experiential curriculum and with a high ratio of skilled facilitators per student, participants will build social-emotional awareness, knowledge, and understanding; participate in a supportive and positive peer community; engage in arts and outdoor activities; and learn to understand their “teen brains,” earn money and/or community service credits, and have fun. Groups include: Creative Group, Ally Group, Girls’ and Guys’ Groups, Peace Builders After-School, and Music Group.

A mandatory fall orientation will be held Saturday, September 29, 10 a.m.-noon. Call or email to learn more.

Mon-Fri., Oct. 1-Dec. 17. AHA! Office, 1209 De la Vina St., Ste. A, or Jefferson Hall, 1525 Santa Barbara St. All groups are offered by donation.

Ages 14-19. Call 770-7200 x3 or email claire@ahasb.org. ahasb.org

GIRLS INC. OF GREATER S.B. TEEN PROGRAM The Girls Inc. Teen Center is the after-school place for teens in grades 7+ this fall. This pro-girl environment focuses on leadership development, community engagement, college prep, and STEM activities, plus daily homework assistance.

Mon.-Fri., starting Aug. 20, school release time–6pm. Goleta Valley Teen Ctr., 4973 Hollister Ave. $35/week part-time, $55/week full-time; financial assistance and sibling discounts available. Grades 7+. Call 967-0319. girlsincsb.org

PROUD LGBTQ AND ALLY YOUTH GROUP This intersectional social support program provides a safe space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth. Straight and cisgender allies are welcome as well. Unpack LGBTQ+ equality and also racial justice, gender equity, and more. Emphasizing socio-emotional reflection, the group provides youth a weekly space to share, connect, and have fun. Events and activities, from Proud Prom to the 90 Days of Summer Program, are free and open to all.

Fri., starting Sept. 7, 4-5:30pm. Pacific Pride Foundation, 608 Anacapa St. Call 963-3636 x102. Free. Ages 12-17. pacificpridefoundation.org/youth

S.B. MUSEUM OF ART FALL EMERGING TEEN PROGRAM Students with a passion for art, a curiosity for learning in a museum environment, and a craving for new experiences with artists and peers will be mentored by SBMA Senior Teaching Artist Tina Villadolid as they dive into the themes of a current exhibition and/or a featured artist in a variety of media. They will showcase their work in an event on October 28.

Thu., Sept. 13-Oct. 25 (no class on Oct. 11), 3:30-5:30pm. S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St., and SBMA’s Ridley-Tree Education Ctr. at McCormick House, 1600 Santa Barbara St. Free. Ages 12-15. Call 884-6441 or email tvilladolid@sbma.net. sbma.net/learn/emergingteen

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TEEN ARTS MENTORSHIP This program offers in-depth arts enrichment for students interested in pursuing advanced study and careers in the arts. Mentorships help students produce quality portfolio work, gain experience, secure references, and take their talent to the next level. Offered this fall will be Storyboarding, Animation, and Video Storytelling.

Sept.-Nov. Classes take place after-school or on weekends in central locations within S.B. city limits. Ages 13-18. Call 965-7321 or email torrie@artsfundsb.org. artsfundsb.org/teen-arts-mentorship

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TEEN FILM CLUB (FORMERLY GRANADA VIDEO WORKSHOP) Students will learn video and editing techniques to create short films for local nonprofit organizations like the S.B. Zoo and DAWG in this hands-on workshop. Students can earn community service hours while collaborating and learning the art of filmmaking.

Grades 9-12. Please contact for dates, times, location, price, and enrollment forms. Call 452-7069 or email teenfilm club805@gmail.com.

GENERAL PROGRAMS CLIFF DRIVE CARE CENTER AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM This Christian-based After-School Program provides a physically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually safe place for children in transitional kindergarten through age 12. Healthy snacks, arts, crafts, and outdoor play engage the body and imagination in a cooperative environment. Assisted homework times encourage academic development. We are a state-licensed program, offering after-school pick up from Adams, Monroe, and Washington elementary schools.

Transitional K–12 years. Mon.-Fri., starting Aug. 22, school release time–5:30pm. Free Methodist Church, 1435 Cliff Dr. 965-4286. After K: $610/month; after-school: $490/month. Sibling discounts and rates for other schedules apply. cliffdrivecarecenter.org

GIRLS INC. OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM Girls Inc.’s structured after-school program, delivered by trained mentoring professionals, focuses on the unique needs of girls and equips them to be strong, smart, and bold! Girls learn life skills and healthy living and participate in activities that are academically and socially enriching and supportive in a fun, safe, all-girl environment. For girls in grades 7-10, check out the teen

program. Free transportation provided afterschool to locations.

Mon.-Fri., starting Aug. 20, school release–6pm. Santa Barbara Ctr., 531 E. Ortega St., 963-4017; Goleta Valley Teen Ctr., 4973 Hollister Ave., 967-0319. $65-$75/week part-time, $110-$120/week full-time; financial assistance and sibling discounts are available. Grades transitioning K–6. girlsincsb.org

MONTECITO FAMILY YMCA AFTERSCHOOL CARE The Y’s state-licensed after-school childcare helps children realize their potential through curriculum that encourages strong character development. With a staff of mature, caring professionals, your child is sure to have fun participating in a variety of activities that include sports, games, crafts, and homework help. Full-time and parttime care is available.

Mon.-Fri., 2-6pm. Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Rd., Montecito. Prices vary. Grades K-6. ciymca.org/montecito

POPPINS FAMILY SERVICES Michele Martin, elementary school teacher and director/ owner, offers an after-school program that provides snacks, time to unwind, assistance with homework, and a combination of student- and director-chosen activities. The span

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of activities like sports, crafts, field trips, and swimming. Full-time enrollment comes with a facility membership for your whole family!

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Grades 4-6: 3-5:30pm; $247-$494. Poppins Family Services, 3803 Connie Wy. Call 448-6289. poppinsfamilyservices.com

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In addition to providing care to infants, toddlers, preschool, and pre-K children, Rainbow School offers an after-school program for school-age children. In a relaxed and inviting environment, the children enjoy arts and crafts, cooking, special theme days, board games, outdoor activities and games, and homework time.

Mon.-Fri., 1:30-5:30pm (all-day care available during elementary school holidays). Rainbow School, 5689 Hollister Ave., Goleta. $34/day for kindergarten; $29/day for grade-schoolers; $44/all-day care (contact for infant, toddler, preschool, and pre-K rates). Grades K-6. Call 964-4511 or email rainbow.school1@verizon.net. rainbowschoolsb.com

Each week explore resource-rich locations such as the creeks, beaches, and open spaces of S.B.’s abundant front country. Activities include child-centered exploration, awareness games, and building naturalist skills. This nature-based mentoring curriculum combines experience in nature with a hands-on learning process.

Mon.-Fri., Aug. 27-Oct. 19. Various meet-up spots (Montecito, S.B., and Goleta), then different locations each week, via 15-passenger van. $245-$365; scholarships available. Grades K-12.

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WILDERNESS YOUTH PROJECT: WOOLLY BEARS & CHICKADEES EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS By experiencing seasonal transitions outdoors, children have the opportunity to cultivate a heightened awareness of the subtleties of nature. They direct their own learning with curiosity and ultimately experience a deep sense of place. These opportunities for growth provide a foundation for physical, emotional, and social intelligence that lasts a lifetime. Woolly Bears requires attendance two to four days a week; Chickadees is one day a week.

RANCHO PALOMINO PERSONAL ENRICHMENT This program offers professional instruction in horseback riding both in arena and on trails, as well as archery, arts, cooking, agriculture, and animal care with all of Rancho’s rescued animals. Free pickup from all S.B., Montecito, and Goleta schools. Private lessons and homeschool groups are also available.

One to three days per week: Mon., Tue., Thu., starting Sept. Rancho Palomino, 1051 Palomino Rd. $100-$300/month; pickup: $40-$100/month.

All ages welcome. Call 570-5075. ranchopalominosb.com

S.B. FAMILY YMCA AFTERSCHOOL CARE The Y’s state-licensed after-school childcare program is designed with the working parent in mind. The Y helps your child realize their potential through a curriculum encouraging strong character development.

With mature, caring, and professional staff, your child will love participating in a variety

Woolly Bears: Mon.-Thu., two to four days per week, Aug. 27-Dec. 20, 9am-1pm. Kiwanis Meadows at Tucker’s Grove Park, 4800 Cathedral Oaks Rd. $3,200/16 weeks, four days/week; $2,400/16 weeks, three days/week; $1,760/16 weeks, two days/week. Ages 3-5. Chickadees: Tue.-Wed., Aug. 28-Oct. 19. 9am-1pm; Stevens Park, 258 Canon Dr. Fri., 9am-1pm; Lake Los Carneros Park, Goleta. $375-$555/eight-week session, one day/week. Payment plans available. Ages 3-5.

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ART, DANCE, THEATER, AND MUSIC

COLLABREATIONS YOUTH THEATRE More than talent and performance, we’re about creation, teamwork, and always having a blast! Students will unleash their imagination and silliness as they work together to create their own original piece of theater, which they perform at the end of the session. In this judgment-free environment, self-confidence skyrockets, teamwork flourishes, and new friendships thrive!

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GOLETA SCHOOL OF BALLET This school offers a solid foundation in classical ballet and is dedicated to teaching at all levels with a genuine fondness for music and dance. With annual performances, this comprehensive ballet training school has been teaching students in the community for 33 years.

Yoga Ctr., 550 Maple Ave., Ste. E., Carpinteria; Santa Ynez Valley Studio, 1669 Fir Ave., Ste. 4, Solvang. Prices vary. Ages 0-9. Call 680-0749. kindermusikwithkathy.com

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Mon.-Fri., 3-7pm; Sat., 8:30am-12:30pm; starting Sept. 4. Goleta School of Ballet, 303 Magnolia Ave., Goleta. $54-$330/month ($30 yearly registration fee due upon enrollment).

Ages 3-18. Call 328-3823. goletaschoolofballet.com

GUSTAFSON DANCE FALL 2018 DANCE PROGRAM Gustafson Dance offers a full curriculum of ballet for all ages. There is a graduated program for children beginning at age 2 with creative dance, followed by pre-ballet, and then eight levels of ballet. In addition, there is a graduated program of jazz. Each year, ballet students perform in the State Street Ballet’s Nutcracker at the Granada, while the Creative Dance, Pre-Ballet, and Jazz students perform in Rudolph at the Lobero with the State Street Ballet Young Dancers. The school year culminates with a spring production for the entire school at the Lobero.

Aspiring young musicians will explore, create, and record music at either studio location. Studios are packed with electric and acoustic guitars, drums, keys/synthesizers, and more. Schedule lessons, and book rehearsal space and recording sessions.

Mon.-Fri., 3-7pm. Notes for Notes Studio West, 602 W. Anapamu St. Notes for Notes Studio East, 632 E. Canon Perdido St. Free. Ages 10-18.

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Mon.-Sat. Half-hour weekly lessons. Jensen Guitar & Music Co., 2830 De la Vina St. $36/lesson (sold by the month). Ages 7+. Call 687-4027. jensenguitar.com

KINDERMUSIK WITH KATHY AND FRIENDS Give your child the gift of music for life with Maestro Kathy Hayden and Kindermusik Educators, an awardwinning music education program inspiring young minds through music, singing, drumming, storytelling, and movement for more than 20 years. Programs are available for Babies to Big Kids (9 years), as well as after-school, in-depth instrument instruction with music theory, piano, ukulele, dulcimer, recorder, xylophones, singing, creative dance, FUN, and more.

Classes year-round. First United Methodist Church S.B., 305 E. Anapamu St.; Goleta Valley Church, 595 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta; Maravilla Senior Living Ctr., 5486 Calle Real, Goleta; Casa Dorinda, 800 Hot Springs Rd., Montecito; Carp

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Gustafson Dance, 2285 Las Positas Rd. $370$1,040. Ages 2+. Call 563-3262 x1. Email info@ gustafsondance.com. gustafsondance.com

Jensen Music offers after-school acoustic and electric guitar, bass, violin, mandolin, piano, banjo, and ukulele lessons. Lessons are one-onone with experienced instructors for beginning and advanced players. It’s proven that when kids study music, they get better grades and have better social skills.

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S.B. Dance Arts offers so much more than dance, and it provides children a place to belong. Classes include jazz, hip-hop, ballet, tap, aerial, contemporary, lyrical, mini moves, tumbling, and Disney Dance, plus, new this year, Voice & Acting! There are performance companies and a competition team for ages 6+. Come for class; stay for community! Classes are filling fast — sign up today!

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Mon.-Sat., Sept. 4, 2018-May 22, 2019, times vary. S.B. Dance Arts, 531 E. Cota St. Prices vary depending on course. Ages 18 months +. Call 966-5299. sbdancearts.com

S.B. FESTIVAL BALLET Bringing the gift of classical and modern ballet to our community for more than 50 years, S.B. Festival Ballet is dedicated to training through practicing safe and correct technique, developing artistry, and providing a supportive and dignified environment for your student. Creative movement to pre-ballet to professional-level classes are offered. Students range from toddlers to adults, from serious professionals to recreational dance lovers.

Mon.-Sat., starting Aug. 20, times vary. S.B. Festival Ballet, 1019 Chapala St., Ste. B. Prices vary depending on course. Ages 3+. Call 966-0711. santabarbarafestivalballet.com

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Learn the basic techniques of sculptural and functional ceramics, including hand building and wheel-throwing, in a fun and relaxed environment. Students create simple clay forms and experiment with surface decoration and glazing techniques, inspired by the exhibitions featuring Japanese screens and snow scenes.

Wed., Sept. 19-Dec. 19 (no class on Oct. 31), 3:30-5:30pm.

SBMA’s Ridley-Tree Education Ctr. at McCormick House, 1600 Santa Barbara St. $300 SBMA members/$350 nonmembers.

Ages 7-14. Call 884-6457. sbma.net/learn/kidsfamilies

S.B. MUSEUM OF ART FALL AFTER-SCHOOL MULTIMEDIA CLASS Inspired by the simplicity of Japanese screens and the luminous light of winter, students will explore techniques of drawing, painting, and collage to communicate the natural world. As they experiment with design and composition, as well as color palette, tone, materials, and brush stroke, students will discover the diverse ways artists depict the delights of nature.

Tue., Sept. 25-Dec. 18, 3:30-5:30 pm. SBMA’s Ridley-Tree Education Ctr. at McCormick House, 1600 Santa Barbara St. $300 SBMA members/$350 nonmembers. Ages 5-12. Call 884-6457. sbma.net/learn/kidsfamilies

WESTSIDE DANCE This is the boutique variety of ballet school, where the focus is on the unique path of each student. All classes are taught by Miss Jen, the director and former principal ballerina, in a new studio where parents can watch through the fulllength windows. Weekday classes are available for all levels by appointment. Saturday classes are open to drop-in students.

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Sept. 4-Dec. 22. Pre-Ballet: Sat., 9-9:50am. Ages 3-5. Ballet I: Sat., 10-10:50am. Ages 6-9. Westside Dance, 2009 De la Vina St. $10/class. Call 637-8773. westsidedancesb.com

YOUNG SINGERS CLUB Weekly confidence-building classes include solo and group training, voice lessons, choreography, microphone technique, and performance preparation, with recital opportunities at SOhO Restaurant & Music Club and other locations. Various 50-minute classes are available.

Mon.-Thu., Sept. 10-Nov. 12, 3:30-6pm. Young Singers Club, 4713 Chandler St. $260-$310/quarter. Ages 5+, 7+, 9+, and 11+. Call 280-9802. youngsingersclub.com

YOUNG SINGERS CLUB CHILDREN’S CAROLING CHOIRS Weekly practices include professional vocal training, harmonizing, and preparation for costumed caroling at various events, including the Annual Downtown S.B. Holiday Parade.

Now Enrolling for: - Morning (ages 3-5) and Afterschool programs (grades K-12) - Volunteer positions (age 16+)

Sept. 17-Dec. 15. Skylarks: Thu., 4:40-6pm. Ages 7-10. Dynamics: Wed., 4:45-6:15pm. Ages 10-12. Jr. High Choir: Tue., 5:30-6:30pm. Ages 12+. Young Singers Club, 4713 Chandler St. $355/quarter. Call 280-9802. youngsingersclub.com

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AFTER-SCHOOL MARTIAL ARTS Aikido Kenkyukai Santa Barbara instills confidence, discipline, and respect in your child in a fun and safe environment. Learn valuable life lessons, and make memories to last a lifetime!

Kids Class: Mon. and Wed., 5pm. Ages 3-10. Teens & Tweens Class: Mon. and Wed., 5:45pm. Ages 11-15. Veterans’ Memorial Bldg., 112 W. Cabrillo Blvd. Intro packages start at $17 (including uniform). Call or text 870-5437. aki-usa.org

BUFF PLATT GOLF INSTRUCTION JR. GOLF PLAYERS CLUB: BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE LEVEL This class is designed to give students an understanding of the fundamentals of golf and how to practice them, as well as on-course play, etiquette, and traditions of the game.

Tue., Sept. 20-Nov. 8. Twin Lakes Golf Course, 6034 Hollister Ave., Goleta. $225/eight-week session. Ages 7-14. Call 570-9853. buffplatt.com

BUFF PLATT JR. GOLF COACHING: ADVANCED LEVEL Coaching will focus on scoring aspects of the game, advanced putting, short game, and driver. While playing the course, students will cover course management, trouble shots, and green reading. Students will work to achieve their golf goals.

Sat., Sept. 22-Nov. 10, 9-11am. Twin Lakes Golf Course, 6034 Hollister Ave., Goleta. $250/eight-week session. Ages 7-14.

Call 570-9853. buffplatt.com

CAPOEIRA CLASSES Professor Chin has a natural gift as a teacher and will teach capoeira movements that combine everything from acrobatic movements to Brazilian drumming. The children will be challenged both physically and mentally in a very positive way while having fun.

Tue., 4:30-4:45pm; ages 3-6. Mon. and Wed., 4pm, and Sat., 10am; ages 7-11. Capoeira Sul da Bahia, 1230 State St., Ste. C. $16-$95/month. Call 637-5355. capoeirasb.com

GIRLS INC. OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA GYMNASTICS PROGRAM Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara Gymnastics offers recreation through competitive-level gymnastics, cheer and tumbling, birthday parties, camps, private lessons, and more!

Mon.-Sat., starting Aug. 27, morning, afternoon, and evening classes. Girls Inc. of Greater S.B. Gymnastics Ctr., 531 E. Ortega St. Girls and boys ages 18 months–18 years. Call 963-4492 for pricing. girlsincsb.org

GLEN ANNIE GOLF CLUB Glen Annie junior golf programs offer year-round learning opportunities for boys and girls and provide the chance for young golfers to improve their skills in a safe and caring atmosphere.

Year-round. Glen Annie Golf Club, 405 Glen Annie Rd., Goleta. Prices vary. Ages 6-17. Call 968-6400.

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ICE IN PARADISE SKATING SCHOOL If you want to start playing hockey, learn to figure skate, or just have fun during public sessions, this is where it all starts. The skating director and skating school instructors will find the right place for you.

Tue., 4:45pm, and Sat., 11:30am (times may vary depending on age group), Aug. 28-Oct. 20. Ice in Paradise, 6985 Santa Felicia Dr., Goleta. $160/eight-week session. All ages. Call 879-1550 or email terry@iceinparadise.org. iceinparadise.org

ICE IN PARADISE YOUTH HOCKEY Learn to play ice hockey or develop your skills on a youth hockey team! Students may join the American Development Model (ADM; entry-level players) or the Goleta Youth Hockey League (GYHL).

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ADM: Sat., 8:45am. GYHL: Ages 10 and younger: practice Tue., 4pm, or Thu., 5:15pm. Ages 10+: Thu., 6:30pm. Games on Sun.: minors, 9:45am; majors, 11am.

Open enrollment. Ice in Paradise, 6985 Santa Felicia Dr., Goleta. Ages 4-18. Call 879-1550 or email rj@iceinparadise.org for program placement and pricing. iceinparadise.org

MONTECITO FAMILY YMCA ITTY BITTY SPORTS Introduce the fundamentals of soccer and or basketball while encouraging character development. Teamwork and sportsmanship are the core of all of YMCA’s youth sports programs.

Wed. 3:15-4pm. Fall I: Sept. 19-Oct. 17. Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Rd., Montecito. Fall II: Nov. 7-Dec. 12. Montecito Family YMCA, 591 Santa Rosa Ln., Montecito. $45-$60. Ages 4-5. ciymca.org/montecito

MONTECITO FAMILY YMCA BASKETBALL LEAGUE Children will sharpen essential skills and learn new ones in this league, with practices and games focusing on basic skills, teamwork, and sportsmanship.

Days and times TBA. Registration: Oct. 1.- Dec. 21; practices begin January 4; games Jan. 12-Mar. 9. Most games will be played at the Montecito Family YMCA, 591 Santa Rosa Ln., Montecito. $109-$140. Grades K to junior high. ciymca.org/montecito

MONTECITO FAMILY YMCA NFL YOUTH FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE The Y teams up with NFL Flag to provide this safe, fast-paced sport that teaches the fundamentals and always involves every player on the team.

Sept. 4-Nov. 10. Registration ends Aug. 17; practice begins Sept. 4. Most games will be played at the Montecito Family YMCA, 591 Santa Rosa Ln., Montecito. $109-$140. Grades 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, and Jr. High. ciymca.org/montecito

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MONTECITO FAMILY YMCA OTTERS SWIM TEAM The Y Swim Team places an emphasis on participation, technique, character development, team building, water polo fundamentals, and fun. Sessions are four or five weeks long.

Session begin Sept. 3. Montecito Family YMCA, 591 Santa Rosa Ln., Montecito. $66-$204. Ages 6-14. ciymca.org/montecito

MONTECITO FAMILY YMCA YOUTH SWIMMING Imagine watching your child swim across the pool for the first time or learn a new stroke that they didn’t think they could ever do. When your kids take a swim lesson with the Y, they will gain confidence and learn new skills in a fun, caring environment, as well as stay active and healthy!

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Session begins Sept. 3. Montecito Family YMCA, 591 Santa Rosa Ln., Montecito. $50-$100. Ages 3-12. ciymca.org/montecito

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AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES GUIDE MONTECITO FAMILY YMCA OTTERS WATER POLO Water polo is known for its toughness and endurance, but the Y has developed a program that harnesses all the dynamic aspects of the game, such as toughness and endurance, in a safe way! This fun game, will motivate kids to swim and stay fit while learning water-safety skills. Kids will love this energetic sport that incorporates swimming skills, safety, teamwork and athleticism.

Goleta, 5940 Calle Real, Goleta; call 681-1691.

Ages 3-12. Email paragonbjj@gmail.com. paragonbjj.com/kids

S.B. FAMILY YMCA CHEER TEAM Join our Cheer Team and build selfesteem while developing social skills and healthy relationships with others.

Your cheerleader will learn basic motions, jumps, cheers, and chants. There will also be a performance at the Y’s football league game on Saturday, October 13.

Fri., Sept. 7-28, 5:30-6:30pm. Montecito Family YMCA, 591 Santa Rosa Ln., Montecito. $50-$100. Ages 7-12. ciymca.org/montecito

Mon., Sept. 10-Oct. 8. 4-4:45pm. S.B. Family YMCA, 36 Hitchcock Wy. $53/month, $68/program. Grades Pre-K-3. ciymca.org/santabarbara.

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Be the next Neymar, Ronaldo, or Messi! Enjoy the world’s most beautiful sport in a familiar and trusted school environment. Coaches focus on skill development, ball mastery, fun games, 1v1 moves, shooting, skills competitions, and small-sided games. Develop technical and tactical skills while building confidence!

The Y has teamed up with NFL Flag to provide this safe, fast-paced sport that teaches the fundamentals and always involves every player on the team.

Sessions are 8-11 weeks long (depending on the school) and held at elementary schools throughout S.B. County. Ages K-6. Call 845-6801 or email info@onesoccerschools.com. onesoccerschools.com

ONE. SOCCER SCHOOLS WINTER AND SPRING BREAK SOCCER CLINICS Players will gain an advantage over their competition by focusing on the individual approach to the technical aspects of the game. Sessions include ball mastery, SAQ (speed, agility, and quickness), technique, going to goal and finishing, dribbling 1v1 and 2v1, transitional exercises, and small-sided games.

Days and times vary. Girsh Park, 7050 Phelps Rd, Goleta. Ages 5½-16. Call 845-6801. onesoccerschools.com

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GYMNASTICS FALL CLASSES BEGIN AUGUST 27 Girls and boys – 18 months to 18 years Beginner through competitive level instruction Girls Inc. Gymnastics 531 E. Ortega Street 805.963.4492

Sept. 4-Nov. 10. Registration ends Aug. 19. This league travels for games between the S.B., Montecito, Ventura, and Stuart C. Gildred (Santa Ynez) YMCAs. $109/month, $140/program. Grades 1-8, divisions assigned based on grade. ciymca.org/santabarbara

S.B. FAMILY YMCA SWIM TEAM Join the Gators, a competitive team with Y spirit! This challenging group activity will get your child excited about health and wellness. Building on developed skills, practices get them ready for games and swim meets.

Days and times vary. S.B. Family YMCA, 36 Hitchcock Wy. $85/month, $157/program.

Junior Varsity: ages 6-10; Varsity: ages 11-15. ciymca.org/santabarbara

S.B. FAMILY YMCA YOUTH SWIMMING Imagine watching your child swim across the pool for the first time or learn a new stroke that they didn’t think they could ever do. When your kids take a swim lesson with the Y, they will gain confidence and learn new skills in a fun,

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Heather's Country Cottage is a Waldorf-Inspired preschool for children ages 2-5, that includes academics and kindergarten preparation. Located in a magical woodland setting.

Athletes will train with coaches to develop fundamental through advanced basketball skills. They will also spend time each session with a sports fitness specialist.

Girls: Grades 1-4: Tue., Sept. 4-Oct 9; Grades 5-8: Wed., Sept. 5-Oct. 10. Boys: Grades 1-4: Mon., Sept. 10-Oct. 15. Grades 5-8: Thu., Sept. 6-Oct. 11.

3:45-5pm. $150. Page Youth Ctr., 4540 Hollister Ave. Call 967-8778. pageyouthcenter.org

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PARAGON ACADEMY KIDS’ JIU-JITSU PROGRAM Classes will teach your child the basics of martial arts in a fast-paced, challenging, fun environment. In addition to techniques, the classes will also focus on “bully-proofing” drills that will not only teach your child self-defense but also increase their confidence.

Saturday, August 11 & 25 Saturday, September 15 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

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Please join Marymount in celebrating our 80th school year and welcoming our new Head of School, Christina Broderick Marymount of Santa Barbara prepares bright, confident and caring young people for the next adventures of their lives.

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lessly with families to help their children reach a new level of success!

Days, times, and prices vary. S.B. Family YMCA, 36 Hitchcock Wy. All ages. ciymca.org/santabarbara

Mon., Wed., Fri., 10am-7pm; Tue., Thu., 10am-5pm; Sat. by appointment. Brain Balance Ctrs. of S.B., 5737 Calle Real, Goleta. Prices vary depending on the program. Ages 4-17.

Call 770- 3896. brainbalancecenters.com

S.B. FAMILY YMCA YOUTH SOCCER Go for the goal! This program provides young players with an opportunity to learn and enjoy soccer in a positive and fun environment. Practice and games will take place on the same day.

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Sept. 4-Nov. 10. Registration ends Aug. 19. Pre-K: Tue., 3:30-4:30pm; kindergarten: Tue., 4:30-5:30pm; grades 1-3: Thu.: 3:30-4:45pm; grades 4-6: Thu., 4:45-6pm. S.B. Family YMCA, 36 Hitchcock Wy. $79/month, $99/program. ciymca.org/santabarbara

S.B. SAILING CENTER’S YOUTH AFTER-SCHOOL SAILING PROGRAM Come learn the ropes — and sheets and halyards — with this year-round program. There’s no long-term commitment, and you don’t have to sign up for a set amount of sessions to participate in this popular program: You can pick and choose custom dates throughout the school year.

Mon.-Wed.; Sept. 17, 2018-May 29, 2019; 3:30-5pm. S.B. Sailing Ctr., 302 W. Cabrillo Blvd. (between Marina 4 and public boat-launch ramp). $25 (plus tax)/session. Ages 7-15. Call 962-2826. sbsail.com

SURF HAPPENS AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM This program offers continuing education and weekly training sessions for beginning and advanced surfers looking to improve their surfing and catch a ride to the premier spots with friends. Each vehicle transports no more than four surfers to any given spot with a 1:4 instructor-to-student ratio. Participants are picked up from school and dropped off at home after each session. A stationary class located at Leadbetter Beach is also offered. Fun team events are also included throughout the year.

Mon.-Fri., starting Sept. 3, 2:30-6:30pm. $50-$100/session. Ages 6-14. Call 966-3613. surfhappens.com

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AFTER SCHOOL LANGUAGES This educational program was designed by professional linguists and translators to expose children to the world’s most spoken languages, such as Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Italian, and American Sign Language, using games and fun activities. English as a second language and private tutoring are also available. This program partners with numerous elementary schools throughout S.B. County.

Group classes. Grades K-6. For days, times, and start date, call 699-6705. afterschoollanguages.com

BRAIN BALANCE ACHIEVEMENT CENTERS OF SANTA BARBARA Brain Balance uses the latest neuroscience and research to craft individual programs to help kids with social, behavioral, and academic issues. Brain Balance believes that within each child is unlimited potential, and it works tire-

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CALIFORNIA LEARNING CENTER OF SANTA BARBARA Locally owned since 1984 and winner of the Santa Barbara Independent’s Best Of award for tutoring in 2016, California Learning Center (CLC) offers tutoring, SAT/PSAT/ACT/AP test-prep courses, test proctoring, and college counseling. Students of all ages receive customized instruction to meet their individual needs, directed by a credentialed teacher and certified college counselor. CLC offers a variety of college advising programs and education consulting, which includes study skills, time management and academic enrichment.

Mon-Sat, flexible hours. California Learning Ctr., 3324 State St., Ste. L. Prices vary. Grades K to college. Call 563-1579 or email info@clcsb.com. clcsb.com

GATEWAY EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING Gateway Educational Services (GES) has been serving students since 2009 and offers assessment-based assistance for all grade levels and designated subject tutoring for all areas of math, reading comprehension, writing, and exam preparation. GES also offers SAT and ACT help, college application assistance, and support for students with IEPs. All tutoring is one-on-one with case-management tracking.

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Grades K-12. Call 895-1153. gatewayeducationalservices.org

MATH CIRCLES & MATH COMPETITIONS Math Circles are for kids who enjoy math to explore advanced and extracurricular topics with similarly inclined peers in a fun and challenging noncompetitive environment.

Days and times vary. Math activities are held in a math room in a private residence near Goleta Valley Junior High School. $15/hr. All grade levels. Call 680-9950 or email skona@sbfamilyschool.com. santabarbaramathellipse.org D

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SATURDAY 8/11 8/11: Brewing Wild Beers with Local Plants Learn techniques for brewing wild beers with area plants in this workshop and book signing with Pascal Baudar, author of The Wildcrafting Brewer, and Ojai native plant guide Lanny Kaufer.

Food and beverages to be sampled are included.

9am-2pm. AT&T parking lot, 180 N. Blanche St. Ojai. $75. Ages 21+. Call 646-6281. herbwalks.com

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2018 S.B. Unified School District 2018 Free Meals Free breakfast, lunch, and supper for all youth 18 years and younger. All locations are open Monday-Friday unless otherwise stated. For more locations, visit the website, call 963-4338 x6387, or text “summerfood” to 877 877.

Desayuno, almuerzo, y cena gratis para todos los jóvenes de 18 años o menos. Todas las ubicaciones están abiertas lunes-viernes si no se indique lo contrario. Para obtener más ubicaciones, visite el sitio web, llame al 963-4338 x6387, o envie un mensaje de texto que dice “summerfood” al 877 877.

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Diving in Santa Barbara: How Santa Barbara Became the Birthplace of Deep-Water Commercial Diving Professor Don Barthelmess,

Franklin School Cafeteria 1111 E. Mason St. June 11-Aug.17.

Breakfast: 8-9am; lunch: 11:30am-1pm.

former director of the Marine Technology Program at SBCC, will present a multimedia chronology of the historical events that led to S.B. becoming the birthplace and home of deep-water commercial diving. 7-8:30pm. S.B. Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Wy. $5-$15. Call 456-8747. sbmm.org

8/9: Live Dive Watch and interact with scuba divers live as they explore the coastal ecosystems under Stearns Wharf. 11am-noon.

S.B. Museum of Natural History Sea Ctr., 211 Stearns Wharf. Free. Call 682-4711 x170.

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8/9-8/12, 8/14-8/15: Mamma Mia! Come follow the story of a single mother, a daughter about to be wed, and her three possible dads, who all work out life’s issues through uplifting song and dance. Don’t miss your chance to see this 2002 Tony-nominated, feel-good musical that will have you singing the songs of ABBA all the way home.

The show is appropriate for all ages but best enjoyed by children 9 and older and runs through August 26. 8pm. Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd St., Solvang. $38-$59.50. Call 922-8313. Read more on p. 61. pcpa.org

8/10: Free Summer Cinema: The Iron Giant Bring your friends to enjoy this critically acclaimed 1999 animated feature, in which an inquisitive young boy named Hogarth Hughes forms a powerful friendship with a gentle robot from outer space. Interact, play, and code with robots courtesy of the S.B. Public Library while listening to music by DJ Darla Bea at 6:30 p.m.

program will explore the defenses used to fight the war at home, including the Espionage and Sedition acts and the Committee on Public Information and their consequences for civil liberties. 7-9pm. Stone Pine Hall, 210 S. H St., Lompoc. Free; donations accepted. Call 736-3888.

I.V. Youth Projects Phelps: Mobile Café 6842 Phelps Rd., Goleta. June 11-Aug. 17.

Breakfast: 8:45-9:45am; supper: 4:40-5:30pm.

Parque de los Niños: Mobile Café 520 Wentworth Ave. June 11-Aug 17.

Lunch: 11:30am-1pm.

I.V. Youth Projects West Campus: Mobile Café 701-H Campus Point Ln., Goleta.

June 11-Aug. 17.

Breakfast: 8-8:30am; supper: 4-4:30pm.

McKinley School Cafeteria 350 Loma Alta Dr. June 11-Aug. 17.

Lunch: 11:30am-1pm.

Monroe School Cafeteria 431 Flora Vista Dr. June 11-Aug. 17.

Breakfast: 8-9am; lunch: 11:30am-1pm.

Oak Park: Mobile Café 502 W. Alamar Ave. June 11-Aug. 17.

Lunch: 11:30am–1:00pm.

Harding University Partnership 1625 Robbins St. June 11-Aug. 17.

Breakfast: 8-9am; lunch: 11:30am-1pm.

Westside Boys & Girls Club: Mobile Café 602 W. Anapamu St. Mon.-Sat., June 11-Aug. 18.

Breakfast: 8-9am; lunch: 11:30am-1pm.

Foodbank Kids’ Summer Meals 2018 The Foodbank offers free, nutritious meals, activities, and enrichment opportunities to all children ages 1-18 in our county, Monday-Friday, June 11-August 10. Visit the website for North County locations. Call 967-5741.

El Foodbank ofrece comidas nutritivas gratuitas, actividades, y oportunidades de enriquecimiento para todos los niños de 1 a 18 años en nuestro condado, del 11 de junio al 10 de agosto, de lunes a viernes. Visite el sitio web por las ubicaciones de North County.

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FRIDAY 8/10 8/10: Carrillo Comedy Night Enjoy laughs from some of L.A.’s best comedians, Monique Marvez (Showtime, HBO), Nick Cobb (Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing), and Jason Love (HBO, Comedy Central). 8-9:30pm.

Carrillo Recreation Ctr., 100 E. Carrillo St. $15.

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Girls Inc.: Mobile Café 531 E. Ortega St. June 11-Aug. 17.

Lunch: 11:30am-1:30pm.

music with guitarist and composer Chris Fossek in a soulful evening including a post-performance reception in the outdoor courtyard. 8pm. New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St. $30. Call 965-5400. Read more on 8/11: World War I Remembrance — 100 p. 57. ensembletheatre.com

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look at the other side California’s history as the Barbareño Chumash Council, S.B. Unitarian Society, and Tribal Eye Productions screen this half-hour nonfiction film by writer and filmmaker Gary Robinson that examines the multigenerational blow that colonization and immigration had on the state’s original occupants. 7pm. Unitarian Society of S.B., 1535 Santa Barbara St. Free.

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8/11: Star Party! Join the S.B. Astronomical Unit while getting a close look at planets, galaxies, nebulae, and more through telescopes that include the 20-inch state-of-the-art telescope in the observatory. Dusk (approx. 8)-10pm (weather permitting). Palmer Observatory, S.B. Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol. Free. Call 682-4711 x170. sbnature.org

message of hope expressed by more than 200 musicians in an offering to our community. 7pm. S.B. Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. Free-$100. Call 969-8787.

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8/11: Poetry in the Garden Listen to poems about nature while exploring the garden using your senses. Then enjoy writing and illustrating your own poems.

10-11:30am. S.B. Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Rd. Free. Ages 6+. Call 682-4726. sbbg.org

8/11: 5K Walk Strong This baby- and kid-friendly walk/run is not timed and will end with a fun finish line where participants can enjoy delicious organic food and juice, and those 21 and older can have a beer in the beer garden. All of the proceeds will go toward the Organic Soup Kitchen’s cancer recovery clients. 10am.

Leadbetter Beach, Shoreline Dr. $50. Call 284-3552. organicsoupkitchen.org 8/11: 6th Annual Surf ’n’ Suds Beer Festival Ride a wave

8/11: WriteSB Community members are invited to participate in one of five workshops led by area experts that will focus on correspondence, poetry, playwrit-

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2-4pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call 962-7653.

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8/11: Going Batty at the Nature Center Here’s another chance to meet behind the center at dusk to watch around 300 backyard bats fill the skies for their evening meal while a docent gives a special presentation. 7:35-8pm. Neal Taylor Nature Ctr., 2265 Hwy. 154. Free ($10/vehicle fee).

Call 693-0691. clnaturecenter.org

8/11: The Music Academy of the West: 2018 Community Concert The Academy Festival Orchestra and Los Angeles Master Chorale will perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” delivering a

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Hoffman, S.B. Museum of Natural History Dibblee Collection manager of earth science, as he reveals the influences of soil and geology on vine growth and flavor with a focus on the Central Coast. 6:30-8pm. Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant, 18 E. Ortega St. Free. Call 682-4711 x170. sbnature.org

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8/9-8/10: Carr Winery Barrel Rm. Thu.: OutOfTheBlue. Fri.: Spencer the Gardener. 7-9pm. 414 N. Salsipuedes St. Free. Ages 21+. Call 965-7985. carrwinery.com 8/9, 8/11: Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant Thu.: Dannsair. 6:308:30pm. Sat.: The Hoodlum Friends. 9-11pm. 18 E. Ortega St. Free. Call 568-0702. darganssb.com 8/9-8/15: The Endless Summer Bar-Café Thu.: Kylie Butler. 5:308:30pm. Fri., Wed.: Dave Vignoe. 5:30-8:30pm. Sat.: Benny Collison. 5:308:30pm. Sun.: Nax. 2-5pm. Mon.: Brian Black. 5:30-8:30pm. Tue.: Jim Rankin.

5:30-8:30pm. 113 Harbor Wy. Free. Call 564-1200.

Bones. 9pm. $15-$18. Ages 21+. Fri.: Echoswitch, The Cadillac Angels. 7pm. $5.

Ages 21+. Sat.: King Bee. 8:30pm. $8. Sun.: S.B. Jazz Society Summer Party & Jam Session. 1-4pm. Free$20. Mon.: Mae.Sun, The Lito Band. 7pm. $12-$15.

Tue.: Pre-Pride Party: Lucy & La Mer. 7:30pm. $8. Wed.: The Mattson 2, Astronauts, Etc. 8pm. $12$15. Ages 21+. 1221 State St. Call 962-7776.

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8/10-8/12: Cold Spring Tavern Fri.: Paradise Road. 6-9pm. Sat.: JR’s Combo; 1-4pm. Joe Lombardo Band; 5-8pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan; 1:15-4pm. Teresa Russell and Cocobilli; 4:30-7:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free.

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8/10-8/11: Maverick Saloon Fri.: Ashley Steele Nashville pop-up acoustic show; 6-8pm. Bryan Titus Trio; 8-11pm. Sat.: Tex Pistols. 8-11pm. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free-$5 (after 8pm). Ages 21+. Call 686-4785. themavsaloon.com

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8/10-8/11, 8/14: M.Special Brewing Co. Fri.: Sycamore Stings. Sat.: Brian Faith Band. Tue.: Back Pocket. 6-8pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Bldg. C., Goleta.

Free. Ages 21+. Call 968-6500. mspecialbrewco.com

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Proceeds benefit The Young and Brave Foundation. VIP early entry: 11:30am; general: 12:30-5pm. Carpinteria State Beach, Carpinteria. GA: $50; VIP early entry: $65; designated driver: $20. Ages 21+. Call 448-7070. surfbeerfest.com

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gather to picnic and dance to the best funk, soul, R&B, disco, and rock-’n’-roll music from one of S.B.’s most popular club and party bands. Food trucks will have food for 8/12: Bryan Tari Featuring purchase. 5:30-7:30pm. Rancho La Patera & Star Wars and Superman Med- Stow House, 304 N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta. leys Enjoy classical piano showpieces, Free. Call 681-7216. original compositions, jazz standards, and goletahistory.org/music-at Bryan Tari’s original arrangements of John -the-ranch Williams’s Star Wars and Superman soundtracks, all to benefit the Boy Scouts’ Los Padres Council rebuild Rancho Alegre after the damage of the Whittier Fire. Lobero 8/15: Free Summer Cinema: PerseTheatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. GA: $25-$75; polis This 2008 Academy Award–nomiVIP: $125 (includes reception after concert). nated film for Best Animated Feature is a Call 966-4946. lobero.org comedy-drama that follows a precocious and outspoken Iranian girl as she comes of 8/12: 2018 Sunday Jazz and Beyond age during the Islamic Revolution and is — In the Garden Under the Oaks: based on Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical Kristin Korb Trio Revel in Kristin Korb’s graphic novel of the same name. 7:30pm. crystalline voice as she plays the bass and Campbell Hall, UCSB. Free. Rated PG-13. Call her trio plays just for you. 3-5pm. Solvang 893-3535. artsandlectures.ucsb.edu

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guided tour with long stops at Southern California Rockpool, Ocean Tunnel, Shark Mission, and Kingdom of the Seahorse. The octopuses were active, and well-fed potato grouper lumbered among pacing zebra sharks. Last month, the park added another aquatic draw — stocked with blacktip reef shark, cownose stingray, and foxface rabbitfish — with the grand opening of the Deep Sea Adventure submarine ride. During the four-minute subsurface tour, riders can interact with a Lego mini-figure dive team through porthole touchscreens to hunt for gems, pearls, and other hidden sea treasures.

Another surprising highlight — one that grownups were particularly drawn to — was the attention to detail at Miniland USA, a sprawling collection of 1:20-scale Lego models of municipal landmarks, including Grand Central Station, New Orleans, the Vegas Strip, and Washington, D.C. Most of the intricate renditions are landscaped with living shrubs and trees pruned to scale, bonsai-style, adding the cool touch of nature to a deliberately constructed fantasyland.

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n search of dedicated long-term volunteers, the Family Service Agency — a nonprofit organization that manages a countywide Long-Term Care Ombudsman service for seniors living in residential homes — recently partnered with The Village of Santa Barbara to launch a “Volunteer 4 Seniors” advertisement campaign.

“We have to check in on every residential facility in the county, so we need a lot of volunteers for that,” said the agency’s THE RIGHT STUFF: FSA’s Michael Leu, a former Apollo engineer and now Marianne McCarthy. Ombudsmen are a long-term-care ombudsman, meets with Mary Modjeski at Mission responsible for investigating complaints Terrace Convalescent Hospital, where she is recuperating from a fall. of retired residents, making sure there are no issues of elder abuse, and resolving the issues to refocus my energy,” said Leu. “This has been a if there are any. The ideal ombudsman volunteer is really great application of my skill set, and I’m really someone who is retired “because they do have more pleased with the way it’s challenged me.” He’s been a volunteer ombudsman for more than six years. time and flexibility,” said McCarthy.

The seniors that Leu serves are usually strug“I can’t say enough for the differences that it makes for people who are in facilities and don’t have family gling with “losing their independence, living next to nearby or anyone to check on them to make sure the strangers, and also depending on strangers for their staff is meeting their needs,” she said. “We call it ‘the care.” He said that the most rewarding part of the job elite volunteer experience’ because it requires a lot of is “the satisfaction of being able to relieve anxieties and protect people from harm.” passion and the ability to listen and solve conflicts.”

Leu recommends volunteering as an ombudsOmbudsman volunteer Michael Leu is the perfect example of that. He started his career as an aerospace man for “anybody who has empathy for seniors engineer on the Apollo program, and then volun- and the disabled, has a little spare time, can listen teered as a deputy sheriff, and somewhere along the and communicate effectively, and wants to be a line went to law school and started his own practice. problem solver.”

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hen it comes to beats, writer Michael Cervin covers all the appealing angles: food, booze, travel, and, yes, even fine bottled water are the focus of his colorful reportage, which appears in numerous publications both regional and global. Santa Barbara Know-It-All: A Guide to Everything That Matters is his fifth travel book focused on Santa Barbara, and he recently answered a few questions about the humorous guide.

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hecking in to the Castle Hotel at Legoland California Resort was a trumpet-and-banners affair as the theme park unveiled its new 250-room spread that could very well represent a design-peak collab between Lego engineers, Medieval Times, and Minecraft.

Inside and out, the hotel supplied the sort of eye candy any kid is keen on, including three lodging themes — Knights & Dragons, Royal Princess, and Magic Wizard — anchored by a courtyard climbing structure and an expansive swimming pool heavily lifeguarded and loaded with fun water features and oversized Lego blocks made of rubber. Our groundfloor room offered just enough square footage to accommodate unpacking, bathing, channel surfing, and, as my kids would say, “vegging,” after we arrived in San Diego County across greater Los Angeles and through the Orange Curtain.

Inside the park, which celebrates its 20th anniversary next spring, my two young daughters found themselves sprinting in several directions through a mellow Friday crowd. The morning quickly filled with solo car rides at Volvo Driving School, a leisurely excursion on Coast Cruise, and a teacup spin on Bionicle Blaster, among many other attractions.

As big fans of the ocean and its otherworldly plants and animals, we were particularly enchanted by the park’s Sea Life Aquarium, which sent us on a self-

Why do readers need a funny edge to be engaged? Why shouldn’t a travel book make you laugh? I don’t think a modern reader needs “funny” to be engaged, but as a writer, there are two rules I try edu and follow with all my books: Entertain and educate. Let’s face it: We’ve got enough drama and mediocrity in today’s world — let’s laugh a little and learn a little.

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What are some of your secret spots? The Franceschi steps, the Frog Wall, Astronomy on Tap, the fact that the original location of The Habit in Goleta has a secret menu. Hiking and walking your dog in the San Marcos Preserve, the motorcycle museum in Solvang, a visit to BUNS to hang with the bunny rabbits and Guinea pigs, paragliding at Elings Park, to name a few.

If I were from Iowa and only had one day, what should I do? Though my book doesn’t break down “itineraries,” I would suggest the following: Do a morning walk/run/rollerblade along the beachfront. Breakfast at Helena Avenue Bakery, then visit the Courthouse and Presidio for a wee bit of history. Stop in the Museum of Art, then lunch at Cold Spring Tavern on your way to wine country. Visit Figueroa Mountain Brewery in Buellton, then Dragonette Winery in Los Olivos. For the full wine experience, stop in at Rideau and Brander. Dinner at the Ballard Inn. Which city in the world is most like us? Of all the cities I’ve actually been to, the city of Kelowna in the central Okanagan Valley of Canada could easily be designated as our sister city. Our populations are about the same, and we’re both large tourist destinations. Whereas Santa Barbara has the ocean, Kelowna has Okanagan Lake, as well as stunning mountain terrain and heaps of outdoor activities. It was the birthplace of wine in British Columbia and has more than 50 wineries nearby, a strong farm-to-table restaurant movement, a vibrant arts scene, and a low-key vibe to rival our own.

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Michael Cervin will be signing copies of Santa Barbara Know-It-All: A Guide to Everything That Matters on Sunday, August 19, 4-5 p.m., at the Healing Circle (3040 State St.).

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t my son’s summer camp, the kids get to know each other by answering the age-old question: If you could have any super power, what would it be? Flight and invisibility are popular answers.

Some kids say teleportation or time travel.

I’ve never liked that question.While I have unwavering responses to the Desert Island Album question (Beatles, white) and the Celebrity Sex Freebie question (Harrison Ford, any age), I’ve never had a solid super power at the ready. Are you supposed to choose from powers that already exist in the comic-book oeuvre? Or be creative and say,“Parthenogenesis. You know, so I could make babies without male involvement”?

The question actually irritates me. But to be fair, everything irritates me just now. I have begun spasming in and out of what The Google tells me are fits of perimenopausal rage—defined as “outbursts beyond your typical anger level” brought on by “fluctuations in hormones that typically begin in the mid-forties” and which“can be unsettling.”

I mean, sure. You could describe it like that.

Personally, I’d say it feels like Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors and D’Artagnan, the Stranger Things Demogorgon, have mated and their bloodthirsty hell-spawn offspring is clawing its way out of my soul in order to tear the face off whichever human being had the misfortune of interacting with me last.

by Starshine On the upside, though … I think I’ve found my super power.

My temper is utterly uncontrollable, but I’m email: starshine@roshell.com fairly certain it could power Gotham—which is a strangely thrilling sensation. I might have believed my newfound fury was not hormonal at all, but just a natural reaction to the political offal being flung at us daily by the current administration. I might have … except for two things:

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My rage comes on like a vegetation fire during a summer sundowner and—unlike any other mood that once plagued me, from mild disquietude to marked chagrin—it cannot be muffled with a glass of zinfandel. In fact, booze, cruelly, acts like gasoline on this particular inferno.

It is accompanied by semi-hourly fantasies about salacious rivers of creamy, melty peanut butter entwining pornographically with thick, glisten-y ribbons of hot fudge. Don’t judge me, or I swear to god I will cut you.

Things that suddenly steep me in rage: The band Chicago. Really any music in which the singer isn’t screaming and the bass isn’t rattling my ribcage. Pedestrians — all of them. The crow outside my bedroom window, at whom I shrieked “YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU’RE AN A—HOLE!” at 7 a.m. last Sunday.Ads of hideous shoes defacing my Facebook feed. (Who designed the algorithm that reckoned I’d wear those clunk-tastrophes? I want names. And addresses.) Drivers who wave my car ahead of them at stop signs even though it’s their right of way. That anarchy-disguised-askindness BS will not stand in a civilized society. Learn the rules, Gandhi!

Clearly I need coping strategies, but the advice I’ve read says to eliminate caffeine and sugar. As a responsible adult, I should issue a warning that anyone who tries to take either of those away from me should be watching over their shoulder for the rest of their puritanical, extortionate lives.

I downloaded an app called Calm that promised to help me“be kinder to and less judgmental of others.” But seconds into a recording called Cricket Pitch, I punched a pillow. I tried popping pellets of evening primrose oil; no dice. I’m considering loading the rest of them into a BB gun and aiming it at the crow outside my window.

Studies show that self-silencing our rage puts women at risk for depression, and I don’t need to be both mad and sad. Besides, by this age, haven’t I earned the right to erupt occasionally? So I’ll follow the lead of my mother, who actually found this life stage empowering.

“People learn not to [mess] with you,” she says. And, hooboy, does she mean it.

My other new role model: Super crankypants The Incredible Hulk.

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HILLTOP GRUB: After five years at Full of Life Flatbread, Chef Will Hanko is leading his own kitchen at Norman in Hotel Skyview on the prominent hill above Los Alamos.

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Highway 101 in 1959, the Skyview Motel attracted many a road-weary traveler — even, supposedly, the Beatles once. But its prominent hilltop perch, where the 33 rooms cast a dim glow at night against the dark expanses of the Los Alamos Valley, also inspired many a creepy feeling, so similar was it to the Bates Motel of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror film Psycho.

It’s in that vein that the new owners of the meticulously renovated property, which is now called the Hotel Skyview, decided to christen the on-site restaurant Norman — as in Norman Bates, the murderous character acted so hauntingly by a young Anthony Perkins in 1960 film.

“You might as well dance with it,” said the restaurant’s manager, Jorge Hernandez, who watched the two-year renovation from across the highway while working at Full of Life Flatbread, Bell Street Farm, and Bob’s Well Bread. “There’s no need to fight that.”

The similarities, thankfully, stop there. There’s nothing dark or dusty about Norman, and the only danger is drinking too many of their refreshing cocktails — perfect, in these warm months, for the adjacent pool — or perhaps slurping a gout-inducing bevy of oysters, which come with what might be the first cocktail sauce ever worth applying.

The kitchen is helmed by Chef Will Hanko, a Santa Maria native who learned the art of fine cooking at Artisan in Paso Robles and then spent the last five years at Full of Life Flatbread, where owner Clark Staub became a critical mentor. “He cares about people,” said Hanko.

“You don’t see that a lot these days.”

No culinary school could provide that level of training, either, as the menu changes every week. “In the five years I was there, we probably did 700 different appetizers,” said Hanko. “That was an eye-opener, not just into the world of cooking, but also into working with local purveyors, making connections, and trying to support our community.”

Hanko was on the verge of leaving cooking altogether to attend college. “But this opportunity came up, and I felt really intrigued by it,” said Hanko. “I knew it would be a good thing for me to do, not just to cook but also to help do my part in building up the town of Los Alamos. I just wanted to be a part of it.”

A few months into the job, Hanko admits that he’s still figuring out the right formula. “In the daytime, people are hanging out around the pool and just relaxing, so I’m thinking more spa-type food, things that are easy and refreshing to eat and that go well with light cocktails,” explained Hanko. “At night, there’s a switch where it turns into a loungy cocktail bar, so I’m cooking more classic food to serve that crowd, more savory bites.” There’s also a brunch menu and a “snacks” period in between lunch and dinner service.

During my afternoon visit, I saddled up to the sunny, stylish bar, though the seats outside under the juniper tree were also beckoning. My dinner kicked off with those Grassy Bar oysters from Morro Bay and the Pineapple Express cocktail, in which rum and agricole get an herbal cannabis kick from CBD oil. The cocktail menu alone is captivating, and broken into the categories of Classic, Refresh (fruit based), Garden (veggie and tomato based), and Bubbles (sparkling wine based).

Next up was a compellingly chewy halibut ceviche, with Fresno chiles and salty house-made chips, and the Roots & Fruits salad, where snappy carrot ribbons provided a counterpoint to the beets’ creamy texture. Both meshed well with the Poolside cocktail, a mix of gin, cucumber, lemon, and sparkling water, which was the natural favorite for all the beautiful people lounging by the pool and ordering drinks from the walk-up bar.

My main course was a Jidori half chicken, with Jimenez farm carrots, pan jus, and garlic mashed potatoes, a heartier exclamation point to an otherwise very light, clean, summery meal. If I hadn’t been driving home, I would have dug into the wine list at that point, full of unique Central Coast gems, including Scar of the Sea, Tatomer, Leitmotif, and A Tribute to Grace, as well as eye-opening foreigners, such as viognier from Condrieu, cabernet franc from the Loire, and syrah from St.-Joseph.

Hanko expects to morph the menu quarterly, if not monthly, but is happy with how things are working out so far, even as he tries to balance his new gig with family life at home.

“I don’t know how to get out of the world of cooking — it’s filled with the kind of people I like to be around,” he said. “This is very much me. It feels like a good opportunity to lead people into really enjoying being around food — not just the people who are coming into the restaurant, but the staff as well. It’s an educational process for everybody, really.”

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BY REBECCA HORRIGAN allowing participants to vote for Productions’ DJ Persian House their favorite fork. It continued each Cat. year until 2016, when the online ticketing “Santa Barbara has so many hidden platform Nightout hosted the last one at Chase treasures, and we’re just trying to help expose Palm Park. The event took a pause for a year and a few of them to a wider audience,” said Rock.

The event will also raise awareness and funds then was sold recently to Rock’s company, Pink for the nonprofit Autism Care & Treatment Cadillac Entertainment.

“My team and I are thrilled to pass the fork- Today (ACT Today!), which provides resources ing torch,” said Nightout’s Dusty Stutsman. “It’s to those with autism and their families. “Building not only exciting to have it come back to Santa a community that cares about the impact ACT! Barbara, but even more so to see it go national has locally and supporting local businesses all and benefit such a great cause.” Pink Cadillac is while enjoying one heck of a good time really is expanding the event to Boulder, Colorado, on a winning formula for all involved,” said Rock.

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that date back decades. “I’m not interested in, for lack of a better word, molesting any more land.

We run Black Angus on the rest of it. They’re like lawnmowers for us.”

Even the main, bowl-shaped vineyard — organically farmed, aligned with natural contours, nary an oak removed — is a testament to the winery’s light-touch intent, which, incidentally, is the way they describe the winemaking, as well. That side of the equation was originally spearheaded by legendary vintner Greg Brewer, who’d been buying Shepher’s Gnesa fruit since 2007.

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ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER: Ofer Shepher and Kat Gaffney stand atop Spear Vineyards & Winery, which straddles the two main corridors of the Sta. Rita Hills.

But Brewer had to officially step back from Spear in January to focus on Brewer-Clifton upon selling his namesake winery to Jackson Family Wines. Following stints at Center of Effort in Edna Valley, Penner-Ash in Oregon, and wineries in New Zealand, Gaffney learned alongside Brewer before he left and is now doing what she can to make the Spear wines sing.

She calls her approach a “light-touch, minimalist interventionist policy,” which aligns with Shepher’s goal to make “wine that tastes like where it comes from.” Said Gaffney, “It’s exciting to start as a younger winemaker with a vineyard that has so much potential and is farmed so rigorously. Every time I go into the vineyard, I learn something. It’s a privilege.”

For the jovial and earnest Shepher, the privilege is being able to fully explore his dream.

Born in Berlin, he was 4 when his family moved from Europe to the United States, where they were soon victims of a home-invasion robbery.

That prompted his father to develop the Life Alert system, which quickly became — and still is — the go-to device for empowering older people to live independently much longer.

(Remember “Help! I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up!”? That’s Life Alert.)

It was also a financial hit, so after attending Arizona State (political science, with a minor in ag mechanics) and graduate school at Cal State Northridge (mechanical engineering), Shepher smartly took a job with the family company, where he is now senior vice president. Along the way, he lived on the Mesa in Santa Barbara and camped at Figueroa Mountain on the weekends, eventually planning his outings around wine events.

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Ofer Shepher’s Vineyards and Winery Sit in Heart of the Famous Appellation ar off to the west, the curious white launch pads of Vandenberg. Deep in the east, the elongated peaks of Figueroa Mountain. Almost everywhere in the foreground, the iconic vineyards of the Sta. Rita Hills: the pioneering rows of Sanford & Benedict and rustic barn of Fiddlestix along Santa Rosa Road; the cult of Sea Smoke just above the Santa Ynez River; the steep hillsides of John Sebastiano toward Buellton; glimpses of Zotovich, Melville, and Babcock along Highway 246; even hints of Mt. Carmel and Rita’s Crown along the crest.

This is the hawk’s-eye view one gets from about 900 feet up at Spear Vineyards & Winery, one of the county’s newest estate domaines. But the vines halt a ways off from where I’m standing with proprietor Ofer Shepher and winemaker Kat Gaffney.

“This whole middle is not planted,” says Shepher of his property, which is located N MATT KETTMAN in the actual Sta. Rita BY Hills between 246 and Santa Rosa Road. “That’s because of this ranch.”

Having lived next door at Gnesa Vineyard since 2005, Shepher purchased the 1,100-acre property in 2013 and started planting about 34 acres of grapevines — mostly pinot noir and chardonnay, but with grenache, syrah, and grüner veltliner to keep things interesting. The plan is to sell about half of the fruit and use the other half for the Spear brand, so what’s planted today is already enough.

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The floor space is huge at Old Town Coffee, and they have filled it with lots of seating and power sockets to encourage people to stay. There is outdoor seating in the back and even a ping-pong table. “We want people to come for the coffee and stay for the coffee,” says Rachel. “We want to do everything local. Local coffee, local tea, local pastries, local everything.”

Old Town Coffee uses a local roaster named Rise Coffee Roasters, which opened three months ago. “We are trying to bring good-quality, specialty coffee at a more affordable rate for your average consumer but also offer good-quality stuff for those real connoisseurs that love their good coffee,” said Dennis Medina, co-owner of Rise Coffee Roasters.

Old Town Coffee has a wall designated to feature a different local artist every month. This month’s artist, Oliver Aquilon, sold a painting on the second day of business. Old Town Coffee does not take a cut of art sales.

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time, Sharon, and Vickie let me know that Sly’s restaurant at 686 Linden Avenue in Carpinteria is closing. Here is a message to Independent readers: “Sly’s had its 10-year anniversary this week on Wednesday. Sadly, following that we will be closing on or about September 23rd. Seems like a good time for Annie and I to retire. We are both grateful for having our restaurant for 10 terrific years, for the support of Carpinteria and the wonderful Santa Barbara area community, and the help of our skillful and dedicated staff who helped so much in making all this possible. It’s been fun for both of us making great food and hosting our

wonderful clients. We’ve appreciated the support of our purveyors and the terrific Santa Barbara Farmers’ Market purveyors. Again, thanks to all.

James and Annie Sly.” Here are some reader comments: “Say it ain’t so!” “Oh my goodness! I hope that what happens next is a beautiful adventure and that we can still be a part of it.” “Congratulations on the journey. Thank you.” “My heart is broken. Thank you for wonderful times with family!!” “Thank you for the great food and service, and of course the memories.” “Sly’s is truly part of our family culture. We will miss you all!” “Thank you for all the special times my family and I have had the last 10 years at Sly’s. U will truly be missed.”

EL POLLO LOCO CLOSES IN GOLETA: I was on vacation

for a while, and I received a bunch of tips about the same Goleta restaurant. Readers Goletian, Sue, Ted, Jose, Bill, Mike, Annie, Jeff, LB, and JM let me know that El Pollo Loco at 5796 Calle Real in Goleta has closed.

FLAGSTONE PANTRY CLOSES: Flagstone Pantry in the

Santa Barbara Public Market at 38 West Victoria Street closed on August 2. Here is a message posted on flagstonepantry.com: “FLAGSTONE PANTRY is closed. It was our pleasure serving you for over 6 years. Thank you, Santa Barbara!”

PALAZZIO UPDATE: I spoke with owner Ken Boxer,

who confirmed that Palazzio will not be reopening at 1026 State Street. It closed in 2015 after renovations revealed problems in the kitchen that sidelined the restaurant indefinitely. Boxer says that he would love to reopen the popular eatery elsewhere someday.

THE WINEHOUND CLOSING — SORT OF: This just in

from The Winehound on upper State Street: “The Winehound will be closing its doors forever.

However do not despair; we are reopening as: Enigma Wine Bar and Merchants! Our location in the La Cumbre Plaza will be closing at the end of August. Watch for us at our new location in the historic El Centro building, located at 23-25 East Canon Perdido Street, right next door to the Lobero Theatre.”

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enjoys. While Santa Rosa Road properties enjoy great soils full of white rocks, they are sometimes reliant on sulfur-laden Santa Ynez River water; along Highway 246, the water is better, but the soils are sandier.

Spear Vineyards gets that white-rock influence but with the sweet water of the Drum Canyon aquifer, explained Shepher. He’s the second winemaker in recent months to remind me that water purity can have an influence, if not a major impact, on the resulting wines.

“It really is in-between,” said Shepher of straddling the two main alleys of the Sta. Rita Hills. “It’s not one corridor or the other.”

And if you don’t believe him, look at the animals, as we did from high atop that hill. Said Shepher, “The deer come from all around to drink our water here.”

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When it was time to develop the winery, Shepher and his architects at Jones & Jones completely preserved the exterior of the barn, which is clearly visible from 246. But now inside, and going 30 feet down into the earth, is an ultramodern, superefficient, ergonomically designed, gravity-powered winemaking facility, as designed with input from Brewer and winemaker Mike Roth.

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Called WriteSB, the event has five workshops to choose from: Creative Correspondence Corner, in which participants write letters on any subject on a vintage typewriter; Live in Readiness, a poetry writing workshop led by Enid Osborn, who will speak about finding your muse and guide participants in breath exercise; The Play’s the Thing, in which folks write a script and rehearse and perform it; The Power and Healing of Writing, which helps folks find words to express and mourn losses and tragedies; andWriting for Bliss: Telling Your Story and Transforming Your Life, which shows you how to tap into your “authentic voice” through journaling, memoir, and poetry.

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Nava used to paint his Naïveté The effect is both shockof Flowers series, as well as a ing and humanizing, as we video of the process. This video are brought into the inner transformed Nava’s work into a workings of Nava’s mind’s multimedia expression when it eye. Buckets of tossed paint was displayed on July 28 at the drooling down the walls of CLEAN YOUR ROOM: The highlight of Studio Visit is a studio wall from Mike Nava’s working space replicated in the white-cube environment of the gallery. the studio reflect a sensibilLuckman Fine Arts Complex ity similar to that displayed in Los Angeles as a 50-foot projection backdrop for the premiere of Joshua Nava’s process is exceptional in its com- in the paintings themselves. Rectangular Tree Symphony by Raiford Rogers Modern plex yet blasé nature. The artist uses such shapes on the walls where the paintings in Ballet. oddities as ketchup bottles and cake-deco- the Naïveté series hung while they were creA new fixture in the Ojai arts rotation, rating bags to build up the forms, and then ated are clearly visible even amid the later The Basic Premise opened in late 2017 and blasts paint over his creations with squirt splatters, thus lending a greater transparhas featured shows by talents such as recent guns and fire extinguishers to draw in the ency to the process behind the paintings UCSB MFA Tom Pazderka. Gallerists Ted element of chaos so prevalent in the finished turned multimedia ballet experience. The Nava (Mike’s brother and painter John works. “Red Child” (2018) and “Blue Child” inclusion of a paint-laden chaise allows us Nava’s son) and business partner Matt Hen- (2018) are particularly painterly, recalling to peer across the artist’s creative boundarriksen curated the show, which emphasizes abstract expressionism gesturally, but done ies into his personal space, thus bringing both process and form. with a post-pop palette of fluorescents and his artistic expression to new heights of Mike Nava’s frothing masses of polysty- brights. decadence.

While the artworks all display a physical rene beads dripping with layers of paralyzed Fluid in nature, the gallery is not conresin create a sense of bodily tissue. Manic depth, “The Madonna” (2017) lights up with sistently open. While Studio Visit closed layers of canary yellow amassed atop girl- a greater sense of spirituality. The substance on July 14, Mike Nava’s paintings can still ish pinks and purples in “Sudden Glimpse” is at once biotic and otherworldly, with rich be viewed by appointment by contacting (2017) create a sense of feminine intrigue plum tones spackled against a coral-like sur- thebasicpremisegallery@gmail.com.

— Hannah De La Viña that immediately draws in the eye. The face whose topography appears as if it could organic qualities of the works’ material are Mike Nava’s Studio Visit is viewable by appointment only at The Basic Premise interrupted by unexpected objects such as (918 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai). The gallery will open to the public Saturday, August 11, tinsel and paintbrushes; meanwhile, each 8:30 p.m., for Fire, Flood and Freeway, a program of films hosted by the Echo Park Film Center. The piece retains its keen sense of optimism with next exhibit, Jane Handel’s Unrepentant Sensualist, opens September 15. a prism of powdery hues.

CHRIS FOSSEK AND FRIENDS

Maybe you’ve seen Chris Fossek performing in Ty Lounge at Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore, or perhaps you caught him accompanying a dance at the Granada with State Street Ballet. Whatever the venue, one thing’s for certain — you won’t forget the big man with the sweet-sounding classical guitar. It’s been a little more than a year since this Santa Barbara native dropped his first album, Camino Cielo, and on Friday, August 10, he and three other like-minded, eclectic musicians plan t o take things to another level when they appear as Chris Fossek & Friends in concert at Ensemble’s New Vic (33 W. Victoria St.).

Until now the easiest way to concentrate on Fossek’s music has been by listening to the album or checking out one of his YouTube clips, but on Friday, that’s all going to change, as he steps into the spotlight for his debut as leader in the swanky and focused confines of a traditional theater. No more competing with conversations and drink orders; now it will just be the players and the music — and, of course, since this is Chris Fossek we are talking about, some dance. His wife, Leila Drake Fossek, a star dancer with State Street Ballet (SSB), will be on hand to perform a solo and a duet with fellow SSB dancer James Folsom, both choreographed to Fossek’s original music. With his unique blend of classical, Spanish, folk, Eastern European, and rock influences, the compositions Fossek introduces with Peter Slocombe on sax, longtime Music Academy faculty member Paul Merkelo on trumpet, and percussionist Nate Keezer are sure to be inspired and imaginative. Through Fossek’s music, the open-sky spirit of Camino Cielo will make its way downtown and bring a little of our distinctive Santa Barbara midsummer night magic along with it.

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And what better time than summer to hear Winter? The music of one Samira Winter, she spins a prismatically cathartic indie rock sound she deems Ethereality (the title of her album, and her self-descriptor), a beautiful pinwheel of elements nostalgic, melancholic, and ecstatic. It does have the kind of sweetly bittersweet magic you would feel were a surprise snowflake flurry to festoon you on an otherwise sunny beach day or icecream outing.

Together with the aforementioned Williams, expect to be max relaxed, as I like to say, and likely inspired, to boot. As this is also a summer of many planetary retrogrades, the mathematicians, astronomers, and astrologers in the audience may be variously delighted to recall the phrase “music of the spheres,” which folks like Pythagoras used to describe the resonant frequencies of our ever-orbiting solar system. Astrophysicists have since confirmed that our sun and stars trillions of miles away give off harmonious hums in the form of vibrations — good ones, I imagine. The show begins at 9 p.m.

HE’S SO LUCKI, HE’S A STAR: Also this Saturday, you could enjoy the mellow moods of Chicago’s Lucki over at Velvet Jones (423 State St.) in an all-ages show. Lucki weaves a rather calming rhythmic blanket of words over his self-described alternative trap, a somber, piano-punctuated soundscape with languid, spaced-out synths. In the murky mystique he shows his vulnerability, words laced with the pains of heartache and addiction, but transmitted through a sort of meditative calm. Since his debut mix tape dropped as a teenager, the now 22-year-old talent has worked with acts like Chance the Rapper and FKA twigs. Here’s hoping he continues to shine for many more years. The show begins at 7 p.m.

GO FOR GHOUL: The next night at Velvet Jones, on Sunday, August 12, the thrash metal band Ghoul will arise from their native Creepsylvania to haunt the halls of Velvet with bands Fireburn, from L.A., and War Bison, from S.F., together for their Weapons of Mosh Destruction 4 Tour. Masked, hooded, and allegedly mutant, the band Ghoul features members known by aliases Cremator, Digestor, Dissector, and Fermentor. They’ll surely shake up some ghoulishly gritty grind music and very well may incite the undead to rise and mosh à la “Thriller.” Metal music rarely gets this fun — how many bands do you know whose origin story includes members being born as larvae from a witch-demon known as the Swamp Hag? Consider bringing garlic out on the town, lest any vampires join, too. The show begins at 7 p.m.

FOLKY THURSDAYS: Folk and/or beer fans, take note: Every Thursday, 8-10 p.m., throughout the month of August, you can raise a glass of craft to the ever-impressive Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara at Telegraph Brewing Co. (418 N. Salsipuedes St.). There’s no folk band in town quite like this orchestra, which, with 32 very skilled players and counting, packs more n musical power per folk than a small village.

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reminiscent of guitar strings and resonating with the band’s rhythms. The lighting was vibrant and focused. It switched between musicians, highlighting their solos and riffs, picking them out and then returning them to be a part of the band once again. The whole atmosphere of the show was tinged by the motif of togetherness. Each member of the band played an essential part in their music.

The audience played their part, too, standing and dancing in their seats during “Somebody’s Baby” and “Running on Empty” when the lights illuminated the rows and rows of attendees filling the Bowl.

“I’m from here, too,” Browne said before the band broke into “Redneck Friend.” Browne’s had a long history with Santa Barbara, having played benefit concerts here for decades and owning a house in Hollister Ranch. It’s obvious how much the people of Santa Barbara love Browne and his music, but his recent Bowl show made Browne’s affinity for this city clear as day.

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The plot hinges on a mystery — which of repeatedly comes alive with full cast numbers, the three men Sophie has invited to the wed- and they’re uniformly jubilant, even when ding is her father? — and for it to work, those things get dark and the party goes after-hours, guys have to be equally interesting, but in three as in “Gimme Gimme Gimme.” All the ABBA distinct ways. Michael Tremblay (as Harry hits make an appearance, some altered to fit Bright), Erik Stein (as Bill Austin), and Tim the story, and others simply celebrated on their Fullerton (as Sam Carmichael) all succeed not own as numbers that Donna and the Dynamos only in distinguishing themselves, but in com- used to do. It’s a winning combination and just ing together with the rest of the cast to create an the right thing for a midsummer night under unforgettable ensemble experience. The stage the stars in Solvang.

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n four years of existence, the On the Verge (mimed) fencing. Effortlessly genuine and theater festival has developed a reputa- engaging, Athena explores the struggles of tion for bringing fresh perspectives with teenage fencing partners from different culan experimental flare to the Santa Barbara tural backgrounds in New York. Terry Li and theater scene. The 2018 offerings, running at Allison Lewis Towbes capture the uncertainty the Community Arts Workshop in and humor of intelligent, intuidowntown Santa Barbara through tive girls navigating the awkAugust 12, continue in this tradi- Presented by On the Verge. ward limbo between childhood At the Community Arts tion. This year’s works include Gra- Workshop, Thu., Aug. 2 and adulthood. cie Gardner’s Athena, about two (Athena), and Fri., Aug. 3 Trouble in Kind, directed teenage fencers who find a kind (Trouble in Kind). Athena

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MOVIE GUIDE SPECIAL SCREENINGS The Iron Giant (81 mins., G) Pixar’s Brad Bird made his directorial debut with this now-classic 1999 animated movie about a 50-foot, metaleating robot whose fall to Earth off the coast of Maine coincides with the Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of Sputnik. The Iron Giant is befriended by a 9-year-old-boy named Hogarth Hughes. The movie features the voice talents of Vin Diesel, Harry Connick Jr., and Jennifer Aniston.

Courthouse Sunken Gardens (Fri., Aug. 10, 8:30pm)

Persepolis (96 mins., PG-13) Coproduced by France and Iran, this adult animated feature is based on the graphic novel of the same name about an Iranian woman name Marjane Satrapi who is living in France. While at the airport, she sees a flight to Tehran and begins to think on her childhood in that city and the dreams and tragedies that came to pass. UCSB’s Campbell Hall (Wed., Aug. 15, 7:30pm)

Storks (89 mins., PG) In this animated feature, the former baby-delivering storks now shuttle packages around the globe for international internet company Cornerstore.com. But when the baby-making machine is accidentally activated and spits out a human bundle of joy, stork Junior (Andy Samberg) must deliver her before his boss finds out.

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It conjures up an atmosphere both dreamlike and fraught with all-too-real, dark human traits. It is greatly aided by stunning, minimalist black-and-white camerawork and a spare musical score of drones and backward tracks mirroring a world folding in on itself. The Captain artfully wallows in a microcosm of a world on the brink, conveyed in the haunted but also power-drunk faces in the frames of one of last year’s finest films. (JW) Riviera

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Crazy Rich Asians (121 mins., PG-13) Constance Wu and Henry Golding star in this big-screen version of Kevin Kwan’s novel of the same name, about a Chinese-American econ professor (Wu) who goes to Singapore to meet her longtime boyfriend Nick’s (Golding) parents. Laughs and mayhem ensue.

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Dog Days (113 mins., PG) Eva Longoria and Nina Dobrev star in this film about Los Angelenos whose lives intersect thanks to their dogs.

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McQueen (111 mins., R) This touching, informative documentary explores the life of Lee Alexander McQueen, the famous English fashion designer who started as a tailor, rose to chief designer at Givenchy, and ultimately started his own, award-winning fashion house. Using extensive interviews with McQueen, directors Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui offer an intimate, sincere peek into the life and death of this beloved icon.

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BlacKkKlansman (135 mins., R) John David Washington stars as Ron Stallworth, a Colorado Springs detective who infiltrated the area chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. Directed by Spike Lee, the film is based on Stallworth’s memoir.

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (97 mins., NR) This documentary tells the story of Scotty Bowers, a former U.S. Marine who became a well-known Hollywood pimp, fulfilling the glitterati’s sexual appetites from the 1940s to the 1980s.

The Meg (113 mins., PG-13) Off the coast of China, a 75-footlong prehistoric megalodon attacks a research submersible, leaving the crew stranded in the ocean depths. Diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is called in to rescue the crew and stop the giant shark.

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Peyton Reed returns as director for this sequel and delivers another engaging and hilarious spectacle. Reed stated in an interview with IMDb, “We really wanted to design action sequences that were comedically based,” and this idea is amply evident in the scenes where Ant-Man vanquishes foes 100 times his size with mosquito-scale uppercuts. Evangeline Lilly’s Hope Van Dyne dons the prosthetic suit of the Wasp, a superhero persona previously occupied by her mother, Janet, who is lost in the quantum realm. With the help of her dad, Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), Hope tries to rescue her mother after realizing that she could still be alive. Despite having severed their ties with Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), Hope and Dr. Pym ask him for help. As new enemies emerge, Ant-Man and the Wasp keep doing what this series does best: marry delightfully unexpected action sequences with light, sarcastic humor in the form of Rudd’s spot-on wisecracks. (MN) Metro 4

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Christopher Robin is a nostalgic and surprisingly poignant film that reminds adults to cherish childhood memories and the time they spend with loved ones. (NR) Fairview/Fiesta 5 The Darkest Minds (105 mins., PG-13) Based on Alexandra Bracken’s youngadult novel of the same name, this dystopian superhero film stars Amandla Stenberg as 16-year-old Ruby Daly in a future United States where 98 percent of kids under 20 have been wiped out by a pandemic. The remaining 2 percent find they have psychic powers and are placed in internment camps. Fairview/Metro 4 Eighth Grade (94 mins., R) This coming-of-age dramedy written and directed by Bo Burnham follows Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher) during her last week of eighth grade, as she struggles to seal friendships and improve her selfimage before heading into high school.

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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (114 mins., PG-13) Taking place five years after the original film, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again brings us back to the island of Kalokairi for round two of the ABBA-inspired musical. Directed by Ol Parker (Now Is Good), the film gathers most of the original cast for its continuation story, plus Lily James (Baby Driver) as young Donna and Cher in a small role. The sequel tells its story through a combination of present-day characters and their past, younger counterparts, showing young Donna’s journey on Kalokairi before the birth of her daughter, Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) and, in the present, Sophie’s attempt to rebuild her mother’s hotel on the island. At times characters and events filter in and out of the story for the novelty of relating to the music.

While this adds some aha! moments, it often feels jolting and distracts a little bit from the story. Still, while Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again maintains the silly, happy style of the original movie, it’s probably most enjoyable for diehard Mamma Mia! and ABBA fans. (NS) Camino Real/Fiesta 5

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Mission: Impossible — Fallout The Equalizer 2 (129 mins., R) Director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Magnificent Seven) helms this sequel to the 2014 film. Denzel Washington stars as a retired CIA Black Ops operative who, after his friend is murdered, decides to find and punish the perpetrators.

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O Incredibles 2

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Tom Cruise is back as Impossible Mission Force (IMF) agent Ethan Hunt in this sixth iteration of the film franchise. Solomon Lane (Sean Harris) has escaped custody, and once again Hunt and his crew must save the world from dire consequences. Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, and Simon Pegg also star.

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Finally, 14 years after Pixar unleashed The Incredibles, the paragon animation studio has released the long-awaited sequel, Incredibles 2. The high expectations for the follow-up to such an iconic film — especially after more than a decade — can be both its bane and its attraction. Fortunately, Incredibles 2 doesn’t disappoint. It is a fantastic film whose breadth of story and concepts match perfectly with its characters and imagination. Taking up where the original story left off, Incredibles 2 answers the original film’s dangling questions, continues plot themes, and interweaves the Parr family’s (aka the Incredibles) challenges and humanity seamlessly into the story. This iteration dives deeper into the larger implications and politics of reintroducing “Supers” into society and is exactly the sequel that this series deserves. Incredibles 2 is a mustsee Pixar classic — but definitely watch the original first. (NS) Fiesta 5 Leave No Trace (109 mins., PG) Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie star in this survival story about a veteran and his daughter who live off the

Justin Theroux, Gillian Anderson, and Sam Heughan also star.

O RBG

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In this illuminating and warmhearted doc about longstanding Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen blend archival and modern footage to capture the diminutive, deceptively calm powerhouse — aka her rapper handle, “Notorious RBG”— in midstream, still going strong and adhering to her critical left position at age 85. Among the doc’s highlights: Ginsburg’s friendship with conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, a segment on her damnation of Trump (and subsequent apology), and the general sense of getting inside the story of a remarkable, opera-loving seeker of justice — who happens to be a woman.

(JW) Riviera (Sat.-Sun., Aug. 11-12, 2:30pm)

The Spy Who Dumped Me (116 mins., R)

Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon) are BFFs who inadvertently become entangled in an international mystery when they discover that Audrey’s ex-boyfriend is actually a spy.

O Three Identical Strangers (96 mins., PG-13)

On his first day of college, Robert Safran was mistaken for Eddie Galland. That same night, Robert drove all the way to Eddie’s house to discover that they were, in fact, twins. They connected immediately, and when a newspaper ran their story, a third stranger, David Kellman, came “out of the woodwork” as the third triplet. And they were delighted and inseparable — at first. The documentary portrays the adult lives of the three men who discover by chance that they are identical triplets who were separated at birth. In the 1980s, the brothers’ heartwarming reunion became an instant and well-chronicled media sensation, which turned disturbing when they realized they were part of a group of identical siblings separated by an adoption agency as part of a psychological study that remains unpublished to this day. Using archival footage, dramatic reenactments, and investigative interviews and research, the documentary poses the “nature versus nurture” question and explores the enduring consequences of institutional overreach through the adult lives of the reunited triplets. Like Diane Arbus’s unsettling photographs of identical siblings, this film refracts the inherit uncanniness of the triplets and their story and complicates our notion of the conditions that make us who we are. (EC) The Hitchcock

O Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

(93 mins., PG-13)

No contemporary American media personality has attended to the special needs of children with the singular respect, tenderness, and tenacity that Fred Rogers did in the three-odd decades that Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood aired on PBS. With Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, director Morgan Neville and his team capture the potency of Rogers’s voice through touchstones from his series, behind-the-scenes footage, and recent interviews with his family, friends, and collaborators. The documentary is a fluid blend of biography and cultural history. Incidentally released with the aggressive expansion of immigrant family separation, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? incites viewers to reflect on the integrity and vulnerability of childhood. How a society treats children is a hallmark of its overall moral and ethical orientation. Neville’s film reminds us that Fred Rogers would no doubt have crumbled at the notion that some children’s well-being must be sacrificed for the future of others’. And in its measured portrait of Rogers’s philosophy, it nudges us toward a framework for thinking otherwise. (AT) Fiesta 5

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BAG MEN: Santa Barbara Cornhole players gathered for a day of fun at Leadbetter Beach last weekend.

• Milli Vanilli (Robert Cabello and Fabian Ortiz): Cabello, 47, is a founder of Santa Barbara Cornhole, which unites area players through a Facebook site. They play regularly at M.Special Brewing in Goleta and the Eagles Lodge in Santa Barbara, and for fun on weekends they might get together on a grassy patch at Leadbetter Beach.

“If you’re not playing well, have a couple beers; you might play better,” said the former Santa Barbara Dons football player. Cabello started cornhole at a backyard barbecue a few years ago. “Once you learn it, there’s strategy,” he said.

Ortiz, 31, is a personal trainer. “He’s more relaxed than I am,” Cabello said.

His name provided the complement for the team’s name — Rob and Fab being the erstwhile Milli Vanilli musicians.

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8/12: Polo: Maserati of S.B. USPA America Cup There are two prestigious championships yet to be claimed in the Polo Club’s high-goal season: the America Cup this Sunday and the Pacific Coast Open on September 2. Five teams are competing.

Carpinteria native Jeff Hall led Lucchese to victory in the latest tournament, the Robert Skene Trophy, defeating Restoration Hardware by a 14-13 score. 3pm. S.B. Polo & Racquet Club, 3300 Via Real, Carpinteria. $12-$22. Call 684-6683 or visit sbpolo.com.

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• Team Has No Name (Matt Luna and Josh Fiero): UCSB brought the pair to Santa Barbara, and they have been able to stay, Luna as a software consultant and Fiero as an engineer at Raytheon. They’ve made new friends through cornhole.

“It’s relaxing to hang out,” said Luna, 32.

“The weather’s always great, and you can play anywhere, on somebody’s driveway or on the beach.” They will be competing in their fourth Throw Down. “The competition gets tougher every year,” Luna said.

• Team Kush (Ray Ray Martinez and Tyler Whitney): They led the Carpinteria High Warriors into the CIF football finals in 1986 — Whitney the record-setting quarterback and Martinez his favorite receiver — and they are paired up again in cornhole. The team is named after a variety of cannabis.

“Smoking doesn’t cure me, but it helps me deal with the side effects of cancer,” said Martinez, who raises two daughters with his wife, Janelle, his high school sweetheart. “I’m a fully functioning stoner. When I work on boards, I have to make straight cuts.”

• J-Dawgs (Justin Lamar and Joaquin Valle): A younger Carpinteria team, these 33-year-olds have been friends since the 3rd grade. They did well in last year’s Throw Down. “We got a good draw and finished 20th or something in the A bracket,” said Lamar, a plumber. The teams play in pools the first day of competition, and the upper half goes into the A bracket, which has the best payouts, and the rest go into the B bracket.

With skilled bag throwers from across the country entering the competition, it’s hard to finish in the money.

Valle, an electrician, said throwing a bag gives him some of the same feeling as a golf shot does: “The trajectory, the alignment, the purity of the release. You have to adjust … whether to execute a flop throw or throw it low and hard.”

The Throw Down will take place at Spencer Makenzie’s Fish Co., located at 806 East Thompson Boulevard in Ventura. The weekend will kick off with entertainment the night of Friday, August 24. For information, visit spencermakenzies.com. n

FORESTERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Logan Allen

The Foresters endured a twogame losing streak at the end of their regular season, when Allen was limited to one plate appearance while nursing a sore shoulder. His return to the starting lineup revitalized the offense in the first two games of the 84th National Baseball Congress World Series at Wichita, Kansas.

He led off Santa Barbara’s opening game with a double and proceeded to score three runs on three hits in an 18-5 rout of Lonestar (Texas). The Arkansas native had another three hits and three runs in a record-setting 20-12 slugfest against Dodge City, Kansas. Santa Barbara, attempting to become the first team to win seven NBC championships, would need three wins in three days beginning with the quarterfinals on Thursday, August 9.

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t’s bowling outdoors without the ball and pins; it’s golf without the clubs; it most resembles horseshoes, with bean/corn bags tossed toward a hole on a slanted wood board.

It’s cornhole, a game of relaxation and friendly competition that can become seriously meaningful.

“Cornhole is taking over my life,” Ray Ray Martinez said, “and it is saving my life. It makes me feel good.”

Before hearing about Martinez’s journey to cornhole bliss, one asks, why the double Ray? “When I was grown up, the guys said, ‘You’re like 10 years old; you should be called Ray Ray,’” he said. “And it stuck.”

He looks plenty old now at 49. Cancer will do that to you. Martinez has been fighting it for four years. “I get chemo treatments every three weeks, and I take eight pills a day,” he said. “I’ve got no hair, no eyebrows. I hope to make it to 50.”

Martinez, a painting contractor in Carpinteria, started making cornhole boards before he ever played a game. “A friend asked me to make a board, and I haven’t stopped making them,” he said. “I’ve made 50 or 60 sets [two boards].

I’ve got an order for Jeff Bridges.”

His compromised health drew him to the game. “I was a big softball guy,” he said. “[Cornhole] seemed hard at first, but in one or two hours I started to get the hang of it. It’s not strenuous, and it doesn’t make me bleed.”

Now, Martinez said, “I throw bags every day.

There’s a tournament somewhere every week.

I get into cash games, make a little money.” He often hangs out with the Santa Paula Cornhole Baggers at Garman’s Irish Pub. They recently raised $2,000 to help Martinez meet expenses.

“The love of this cornhole family is amazing,” he said.

Part of that amount was raised by an auction for an entry into Spencer Makenzie’s ninth annual Cornhole Throw Down, coming August 24-26 in Ventura. Billed as the largest cash cornhole tournament in the world, the Throw Down reached its limit of 224 teams weeks ago, making that entry valuable.

The competition is easy to follow. Two boards are placed 27 feet apart. From both sides, contestants from each team take turns pitching their bags — four each — and score three points for a bag in the hole and one point for a bag on the platform.

The first team to accumulate 21 points or more is the winner.

Four teams from Santa Barbara and Carpinteria are entered in the Throw Down:

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The point of communicating gratitude is to light up with lively and expressive emotions that respond in kind to the kindness bestowed. For instance, a recipient may exclaim,“May Allah bless the hands that give me this blessing” or “Beauty is in the eyes that find me beautiful.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I propose that you experiment with this approach. Be specific in your praise. Be exact in your appreciation. Acknowledge the unique mood and meaning of each rich exchange.

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selfishness overlaps with generosity, where the line between being emotionally manipulative and gracefully magnanimous almost disappears. With both hope and trepidation for the people in your life, I advise you to hang out in that gray area for now.

Yes, it’s a risk. You could end up finessing people mostly for your own good and making them think it’s mostly for their own good. But the more likely outcome is that you will employ ethical abracadabra to bring out the best in others, even as you get what you want, too.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You probably gaze at the sky enough

(Apr. 20-May 20): According to my analysis of the astro- to realize when there’s a full moon. But you may not logical omens, you need this advice from mythologist Joseph Campbell: “Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.” He says it’s “a rescue land … some field of action where there is a spring of ambrosia — a joy that comes from inside, not something external that puts joy into you — a place that lets you experience your own will and your own intention and your own wish.” Do you have such a place, Taurus? If not, now is a great time to find one.

If you do, now is a great time to go there for a spell and renew the hell out of yourself.

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monitor the heavenly cycles closely enough to tune in to the new moon, that phase each month when the lunar orb is invisible. We astrologers regard it as a ripe time to formulate fresh intentions. We understand it to be a propitious moment to plant metaphorical seeds for the desires you want to fulfill in the coming four weeks. When this phenomenon happens during the astrological month of Leo, the potency is intensified for you. Your next appointment with this holiday is August 10-11.

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(1903-1989) championed the beauty of the strong nose. She didn’t approve of women wanting to look like “piglets and kittens.” If she were alive today, she’d be pleased that nose jobs in the U.S. have declined 43 percent since 2000. According to journalist Madeleine Schwartz writing in Garage magazine, historians of rhinoplasty say there has been a revival of appreciation for the distinctive character revealed in an unaltered nose. I propose, Libra, that in accordance with current astrological omens, we extrapolate some even bigger inspiration from that marvelous fact. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to celebrate, honor, and express pride in your idiosyncratic natural magnificence.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Maybe happiness is this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else.” This definition, articulated by author Isaac Asimov, will be an excellent fit for you between now and September 20. I suspect you’ll be unusually likely to feel at peace with yourself and at home in the world. I don’t mean to imply that every event will make you cheerful and calm. What I’m saying is that you will have an extraordinary capacity to make clear decisions based on accurate appraisals of what’s best for you.

either find a willing nurturer to cuddle and nuzzle and whisper sweet truths with me for six hours or else seek sumptuous solace through the aid of eight shots of whiskey.” My Capricorn friend Tammuz confided that message to me. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were feeling a comparable tug. According to my assessment of the Capricorn zeitgeist, you acutely need the revelations that would become available to you through altered states of emotional intelligence. A lavish whoosh of alcohol might do the trick, but a more reliable and effective method would be through immersions in intricate, affectionate intimacy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Not even 5 percent of the world’s popula-

tion lives in a complete democracy. Congratulations to Norway, Canada, Australia, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Denmark, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Sweden. Sadly, three countries where my column is published — the U.S., Italy, and France — are categorized as “flawed democracies.” Yet they’re far better than the authoritarian regimes in China and Russia. (Source: The Economist.) I offer this public service announcement as a prelude to your homework assignment. According to my astrological analysis, you will personally benefit from working to bring more democracy into your personal sphere. How can you ensure that people you care about feel equal to you, and have confidence that you will listen to and consider their needs, and believe they have a strong say in shaping your shared experiences?

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In her poem “Dogfish,” Virgo poet (May 21-June 20): When he was 20 years old, future U.S. Mary Oliver writes, “I wanted the past to go away, I SAGITTARIUS president Thomas Jefferson had an awkward encoun- wanted / to leave it.” Why? Because she wanted her (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I’ve compiled a list of new blessings PISCES ter with a young woman who piqued his interest. He life “to open like a hinge, like a wing.” I’m happy to you need and deserve during the next 14 months. (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Mystic poet Kabir wrote, “The flower was embarrassed by the gracelessness he displayed.

For two days afterward, he endured a terrible headache. We might speculate that it was a psychosomatic reaction. I bring this up because I’m wondering if your emotions are also trying to send coded messages to you via your body. Are you aware of unusual symptoms or mysterious sensations? See if you can trace them back to their source in your soul.

tell you, Virgo, that you now have more power than usual to make your past go away. I’m also pleased to speculate that as you perform this service for yourself, you’ll be skillful enough to preserve the parts of your past that inspire you, even as you shrink and neutralize memories that drain you. In response to this good work, I bet your life will open like a hinge, like a wing — no later than your birthday, and most likely before that.

To the best of my ability, I will assist you to procure them. Here they are: a practical freedom song and a mature love song; an exciting plaything and a renaissance of innocence; an evocative new symbol that helps mobilize your evolving desires; escape from the influence of a pest you no longer want to answer to; insights about how to close the gap between the richest and poorest parts of yourself; and the cutting of a knot that has hindered you for years.

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Handles pre‑departure and academic processes. Performs detailed and accurate work while meeting critical deadlines. Reqs: Minimum of 2 years of previous office/clerical experience.

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Notes: Fingerprint background check required. This is a full‑time, on‑site position with a regular schedule, M‑F, at the UCEAP Systemwide Office in Goleta, CA (near UCSB).

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Handles pre‑departure and academic processes. Performs detailed and accurate work while meeting critical deadlines. Reqs: Minimum of 2 years of previous office/clerical experience.

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Proficiency in MS Office, including Excel. Ability to independently perform detailed and accurate clerical work while meeting critical deadlines. Excellent attention to detail with strong organizational and analytical problem solving skills. Ability to prioritize and adjust to varying workloads, manage a variety of tasks, and meet various deadlines with changing priorities, interruptions, and conflicting deadlines. Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with UC staff, students and parents, often over the phone or by e‑mail. Skill in independently researching questions and analyzing information, situations, policies and procedures to define problems, formulate conclusions and recommend solutions. Flexible and able to work both independently and cooperatively in a team environment.

Notes: Fingerprint background check required. Full time, on‑site position with a regular schedule, M‑F. Located off‑campus at the UCEAP Systemwide Office in Goleta, CA (near UCSB).

This position works with programs in Continental Europe. $22.51/ 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.

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Experience working in a fast‑paced office environment, possess strong communication, organizational and record‑keeping skills and have the ability to learn a large volume of information quickly and communicate information to our clientele. Note: Fingerprint background check required. $22.51‑$23.03/hr.

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Ability to work within established policy and the ability to effectively communicate policy and procedures.

Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.

Demonstrated experience with Word and Excel. Note: Fingerprint background check required. $22.56‑$25.60/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 8/20/18, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20180396

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CENTER FOR BIOENGINEERING (CBE) Manages the Center for BioEngineering (CBE) operations, including management of the CBE’s staff and financial unit as well as its associate educational and research programs and initiatives. CBE, an evolving interdisciplinary center housed in UCSB’s new state‑of‑art BioEngineering building, was created to strengthen the campus’s research efforts in the area of bioengineering and to guide the campus’s efforts to create new educational opportunities in this discipline. The Business Officer for the CBE will assist the Directors with growing CBE into a full‑fledged department in the near future.

Reqs: Leadership skills appropriate for managing the operations of a growing interdisciplinary unit. Ability to work independently, interpret and communicate policies, make sound decisions, anticipate job requirements, and prioritize and coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Knowledge of accounting principles and practices and experience with financial management. Strong technical skills and experience with spreadsheets. Ability to work with a wide range of organizations and people of diverse backgrounds, using a high degree of initiative, problem solving ability, diplomacy, and judgement. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in an academic setting. Notes: Fingerprint background check required.

Occasional alternate hours for special events. $58,500‑$73,850/ yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Performs tasks independently. Must have thorough knowledge of the ADA and Section 504 requirements. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience working with and creating budgets.

Experience working with policies and procedures. Supervision experience, including knowledge of collective bargaining agreements. Experience with processing payroll. High level of proficiency with Microsoft software products, such as Excel and Word.

Ability to work independently with high degree of discretion, initiative, sound judgment and confidentiality.

Note: Fingerprint background check required. $23.47‑$26.00/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply by 8/13/18, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20180415

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ASSOCIATED STUDENTS Provides advice to AS UCSB student committees including but not limited to: AS Transfer Student Alliance, the AS Global Gauchos Committee and the AS Public and Mental Health Commission.

Articulates agreements, requirements, regulations and collaborates with relevant UCSB departments on behalf of the Associated Students Committees. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and /or equivalent experience / training. Experience of advising preferred. Knowledge of University processes and procedures.

Understanding of University rules and regulations. Ability to multi‑task, verbal communication, written communication and organization skills. Abilities in problem identification and reasoning. Note: Fingerprint background check required. $22.56‑$23.00/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply by 8/20/18, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20180426

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DISABLED STUDENTS PROGRAM (DSP) Responsible for the day‑to‑day budgetary operations of Disabled Students Program. Ensures effective and efficient financial and payroll business functions for the Department.

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DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCE Supervises departmental shop and associated personnel. Oversees development and maintenance of existing and planned sample preparation laboratories. Works closely with instructors on organization and logistical support for departmental summer field camp and class field trips. Works with faculty and graduate students on design, construction, training, and maintenance of equipment and sample needs associated with Earth Science laboratory courses.

Designs and fabricates equipment for research and instructional purposes.

Serves as department safety officer and trains students in safe lab and field practices. Serves as project manager for departmental space maintenance, renovations and new construction. Reqs: Experience with laboratory and workshop health and safety protocols and implementation.

Basic carpentry, welding, plumbing, electrical and machining. Expertise in construction design and space planning.

Notes: Fingerprint background check required. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license, a clean DMV record and enrollment in the DMV Employee Pull‑Notice Program. $30.03/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.

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LEGALS ADMINISTER OF ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JOHN A. ERNEST Case No.: 18PR00344 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of JOHN A. ERNEST A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: MARK WATSON in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: MARK WATSON 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: 08/23/2018 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the 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) 687‑6660 Published July 26, Aug 1, 9, 2018.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: CORNELIA IRENE FREELAND NO: 18PR00264 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of CORNELIA IRENE FREELAND A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: GREGORY FREELAND in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): GREGORY FREELAND 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.

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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 09/06/2018 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anacapa Division.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the 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: Peter Eastman 1745 Calle Boca del Canon Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 805‑689‑3879.

Published Aug 1, 9, 16 2018.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: PHYLLIS ELAINE DOBYNS NO: 18PR00338 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of PHYLLIS ELAINE DOBYNS A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: FRANK D. DOBYNS in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): FRANK D. DOBYNS 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 09/06/2018 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

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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: Peter Eastman 1745 Calle Boca del Canon Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 805‑689‑3879.

Published Aug 1, 9, 16 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as 805 SUPPERCLUB, S.B. SUPPERCLUB, SIOBHAN’S SUPPERCLUB at 1935 Robbins St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Siobhan Melissa Major (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed: Siobhan Major Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 12, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0002017.

Published: Jul 26, Aug 01, 09, 16 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as CALIDENTAL at 1512 North H Street, Suites A & B Lompoc, CA 93436; Azad Dental Corporation 5903 Annie Oakley Rd. Hidden Hills, CA 91302 This business is conducted by an Corporation, Signed:. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 05, 2018. This 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: 2018‑0001943.

Published: Jul 26, Aug 01, 09, 16 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as JOSUE’S AUTO DETAILING at 158 Walnut Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Josue David Arias Leiva (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed:. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 28, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2018‑0001889.

Published: Jul 19, 26, Aug 01, 09 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as IMPERIAL DESIGNS at 7445 San Bergamo Dr. Goleta, CA 93117; Jose Rios (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 25, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0002128. Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as SANTA BARBARA ART WORKS at 28 East Victoria Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; UCP Work Inc. 5320 Carpinteria Avenue Suite G, CA 93013 This business is conducted by an Corporation, Signed: Jacob Allio Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 11, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jacob Allio. FBN Number: 2018‑0001985. Published: Jul 19, 26, Aug 01, 09 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as GREEN RAY SCIENCES at 1028 Via Regina Santa Barbara, CA 93111‑1340; David Bruce Mills (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 12, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Rachel N. Hillman. FBN Number: 2018‑0002009. Published: Jul 19, 26, Aug 01, 09 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as EIDER STUDIO at 1485 East Valley Road, Studio 8 Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Carabetta & Sanders, LLC 2020 Alameda Padre Serra #223 Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company, Signed: George Sanders, Managing Member Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 12, 2018. This 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: 2018‑0002020. Published: Jul 19, 26, Aug 01, 09 2018.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as ZDE DESIGNS at 2755 Williams Way Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Zachary Daniel Eichert (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 10, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0001973. Published: Jul 19, 26, Aug 01, 09 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as SABORES ARGENTINOS at 423 W Victoria St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Salem Samaan 629 Del Monte Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed:. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 26, 2018.

This 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: 2018‑0001855. Published: Jul 19, 26, Aug 01, 09 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as LIGHTHOUSE COFFEE & BEER/ LIGHTHOUSE COFFEE AND BEER at 201 Santa Cruz Boulevard Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Mesa Coffee, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company, Signed: Chris Chiarappa, Manager. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 03, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0001932. Published: Jul 19, 26, Aug 01, 09 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as RETREAT BLISS, TURNERDESK, RETREAT ME, VISIONIQUE, SB WEBTECH at 334 E. Valerio Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Amy Turner (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed: Amy Turner.

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 18, 2018.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2018‑0002069. Published: Jul 26, Aug 01, 09, 16 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as LUCAS M BELL at 735 State Street, Suite 516 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Lucas Matthew Bell 6485 Santa Ynez Ave. Atacadero, CA 93422 This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed:. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 18, 2018.

This 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: 2018‑0002073. Published: Jul 26, Aug 01, 09, 16 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as HOWELL RE ADVISORS at 645 Cowles Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Todd Howell (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 12, 2018.

This 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 Jayasinighe. FBN Number: 2018‑0002005. Published: Jul 26, Aug 01, 09, 16 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as SAN ROQUE LAUNDROMAT, STATE STREET LAUNDRY SB, STERLING LAUNDRY at 8 Broadmoor Plaza Santa Barbara, CA 93105; State Street Laundry SB LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company, Signed: Kevin Hansen Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 20, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Meissa Mercer.

FBN Number: 2018‑0002092.

Published: Jul 26, Aug 01, 09, 16 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as MACS BURRITOS at 501 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Edwin Isidro Magana 1517 Castillo St Apt #10 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jun 25, 2018.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0001841. Published: Jul 19, 26, Aug 01, 09 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as G M FENCE COMPANY at 30 Plumas Ave, Goleta CA 93117; Gerardo R. Martinez II (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Gerardo R. Martinez II Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 02, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy.

FBN Number: 2018‑0001906.

Published: Jul 19, 26, Aug 01, 09 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as RANCHO DEL MAR at 662 Vereda Del Ciervo Goleta, CA 93117; Lili Earline Walker Schafer (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed:. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 16, 2018. This 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 Jaya Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2018‑0002041. Published: Jul 19, 26, Aug 01, 09 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as CREATE DESIGN STUDIO at 1735 Mountain Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Lynn Marie Dodge (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 17, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Rachel N. Hillman. FBN Number: 2018‑0002061. Published: Jul 26, Aug 01, 09, 16 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as MONUMENT CONSULTING AND PUBLISHING at 2020 Las Canoas Ridge Way Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Mary Stern (same address) Regan Stern (same address) This business is conducted by an Married Couple, Signed:. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 23, 2018.

This 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: 2018‑0002101. Published: Jul 26, Aug 01, 09, 16 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION SERVICES/EIS at 662 Vereda Del Ciervo Goleta, CA 93117; Lili Earline Walker Schafer (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed:. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 16, 2018. This 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 Jaya Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2018‑0002043. Published: Jul 19, 26, Aug 01, 09 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as HERBL DISTRIBUTION SOLUTIONS at 29 El Paseo Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Herbl, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation, Signed: Jacqueline Hartwell.

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 18, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos.

FBN Number: 2018‑0002072.

Published: Jul 26, Aug 01, 09, 16 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as MONKEYSHINE, TYGER TYGER at 121 E. Yanonali St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Acme Markets LLC 218 Helena Ave. Suite A Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company, Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 20, 2018.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0002089. Published: Jul 26, Aug 01, 09, 16 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as ABSTRACT ART COLLECTIVE at 6545 Camino Venturoso Goleta, CA 93117; Thore H. Edgren (same address) J.T. Turner 554 Litchfield Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by an Unincorporated Association, Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 26, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0002135. Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as SNACK GALLERY at 22 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Madeline Manson 1436 De La Vina St. Unit C Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed: Madeline Manson Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 19, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy.

FBN Number: 2018‑0002085.

Published: Jul 26, Aug 01, 09, 16 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as BERRY CREATIVES at 24 La Vuelta Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Sally J Berry (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 11, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Rachel N. Hillman. FBN Number: 2018‑0001995. Published: Jul 19, 26, Aug 01, 09 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as BETTER WORLD TOURS at 1027 San Andres Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Vagalume Group Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 27, 2018. This 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: 2018‑0002149. Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as REYES PAINTING at 1209 San Andres St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Lazaro Reyes Perez (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed:. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 20, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0002096. Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as KEN BROWN WINES at 5010 Santa Rosa Road Lompoc, CA 93436; SWC Management, LLC 900 Armour Drive Lake Bluff, IL 60044 This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company, Signed:. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 18, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0002080. Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as ARRIVE LOS CARNEROS at 6505 Seastar Court Goleta, CA 93117; RTA Carneros Village, LLC Michelson Drive, 4th Flr Irvine, CA 92612 This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company, Signed:. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 16, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0002045. Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as LAW OFFICES OF ASHLEY REESE at 329 East Carrillo St, Suite H Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Ashley D Reese 429 Valerio Street Apt 37 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed:.

Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 16, 2018.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0002042. Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as CLOUD NINE COLLECTIVE at 4780 S. Bradley Santa Maria, CA 93455; Jarrad Rhodes­ (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed: Jarrad Rhodes Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 03, 2018. This 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: 2018‑0001929. Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as HEARING AID SYSTEMS OF SANTA BARBARA at 3324 State Street Suite., I Santa Barbara, CA 93105; John Sasala 4155 San Martin Way, Unit A Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by an Individual, Signed: John Sasala Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 17, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0002065. Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as PACKAGING STORE, SANTA BARBARA CRATE at 4281 State St. #A Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Charles Langella 349 Vista De La Cumbre Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Charles Langella Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 20, 2018.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy.

FBN Number: 2018‑0002093.

Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as 101 CANVAS WORKS at 750 Main St Los Alamos, CA 93440; Amy Bates Cano (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 25, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jan Morales. FBN Number: 2018‑0002150. Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL CHARTERS at 1632 Payeras Street Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Pascal Sada (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 31, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0002154. Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as M C ELECTRIC at 1801 De La Vina St. Unit D Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Michael Patrick Connolly (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Michael Connolly Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 03, 2018. This 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: 2018‑0001921. Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as INTEGRITY PRACTICE SALES at 301 South Miller Street, Ste 219 Santa Maria, CA 93454; Central Coast Practice Transitions, Inc. 214 Santos Way Pismo Beach, CA 93449; Kimball Consulting, Inc 1566 Granache Way Templeton, CA 93465 This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 16, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos.

FBN Number: 2018‑0002057.

Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as WELLNESS THERAPY DEEP TISSUE SOOTHING MASSAGE at 32 West Calle Laureles Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Yan Qu Ramirez (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 30, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0002156. Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as MARTIN ROOFING AND SHEET METAL at 211 E. Cota, Unit B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Anguiano Bros Corporation (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Martin Anguiano Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 27, 2018.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0002148. Published: Aug 01, 09, 16, 23 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BOSSIE’S KITCHEN at 901 N Milpas St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Eloise LLC 2410 Banner Ave Apt 2 Summerland, CA 93067. This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 02, 2018. This 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: 2018‑0002201. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALOHA MOVING LLC at 121 Barranca Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Aloha Moving LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 02, 2018. This 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: 2018‑0002200. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SUICIDE PREVENTION ALLIANCE at 115 W Canon Perdido St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The Glendon Association (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Maureen Sullivan, Agent Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 24, 2018. This 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: 2018‑0002114. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA HOUSE, SANTA BARBARA SPEEDSTER at 1703 Chapala Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jendo Corp (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 01, 2018. This 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: 2018‑0002191. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COASTAL at 819 Reddick Street #A Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Coastal Manufacturing, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 10, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0001978. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: COASTAL at 819 Reddick Street #B Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Coastal Distribution, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 10, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0001981.

Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COASTAL at 1019 Chapala Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Coastal Dispensary, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 10, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0001977. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COASTAL at 819 C Reddick Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Coastal Delivery Service, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 13, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0002037. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: YOU SHOULD GET OUT MORE at 1621 San Andres St #5 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Darius De’Ray Sasser 1209 Chino St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Darius De’Ray Sasser Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 18, 2018.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2018‑0002068. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA MID STATE MAIL & POST, SANTA BARBARA PRECIOUS METALS WE BUY GOLD SILVER PLATINUM at 1727 State Street #6 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Geoffrey Quaglino (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 25, 2018.

This 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: 2018‑0002127. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GABIE ENTERPRISES at 1125 Plaza Del Monte Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Carla P. Gabie (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 31, 2018.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0002175. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: STEWART’S DE‑ROOTING & PLUMBING at 415 E Montecito Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; County Sanitation Company, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 23, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0002100. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MARY J MART at 2945 E Ventura Blvd Oxnard, CA 93036; Mindful Habits LLC 1650 E. Gonzales Rd. #336 Oxnard, CA 93036 This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 11, 2018.

This 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: 2018‑0002001. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BRANDEL HALL, THE SMITH HEALTH CARE CENTER, HERITAGE COURT, THE SAMARKAND at 2550 Treasure Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Covenant Retirement Communities West 5700 Old Orchard Road Skokie, IL 60077 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: David G. Erickson, Secretary Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 24, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0002121. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OPEN AIR BICYCLES, OPEN AIR SPORTS at 1303 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Open Air Sports, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Edwin R Brown‑President Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 06, 2018.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2018‑0002213. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SPIRITUAL HEALING AND COUNSELING at 1900 State St., Suite C Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Sabine Schmidt 4049 Via Zorro #B Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 06, 2018.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0002214. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HOLLISTER SOFTWARE DESIGN at 4592 Via Clarice Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Robert Hollister (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 06, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0002216. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HALF DOME WEALTH MANAGEMENT at 311 Mesa Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Half Dome Wealth Management LLC This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 16, 2018. This 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: 2018‑0002056. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: J & B, J & B POOL CARE, INC., J & B POOLS, J AND B POOL CARE, INC. JB POOL COVERS, J & B POOL, J & B POOL COVER, J AND B POOL, J AND B POOLS, JB POOLS, J & B POOL CARE, J & B POOL COVERS, J AND B POOL CARE, JB POOL CARE at 714 Reddick Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; J and B Pool Care, Inc. 854 Fellowship Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Angela Boone Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 02, 2018. This 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: 2018‑0002193. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WB CONSULTANTS at 420 E. Sola Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Wouter Boender (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 06, 2018.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2018‑0002209. Published: Aug 09, 16, 23, 30 2018.

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF EVANGELINA FELIX ARECHIGA on behalf of ANGELINA JOHNSON FELIX, a minor ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 18CV03205 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: ANGELINA JOHNSON FELIX TO: ANGELINA GENOVESE FELIX 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 Aug 28, 2018 9:30am, Dept 6, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Jul 16 2018 by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published.

Aug 1, 9, 16, 23 2018.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF MOLLY FLORA BALTERI ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 18CV03026 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: MOLLY FLORA BALTIERI TO: ANTHOS ANIMA ANU 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 Sep 05, 2018 9:30am, Dept 6, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Jun 26 2018 by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published.

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of Hearing and must appear at all hearings or conferences.

After such hearing, even absent your appearance, a decision may be made and an award of compensation benefits may issue against you.

The award could result in the garnishment of your wages, taking of your money or property or other relief.

If the Appeals Board makes an award against you, your house or other dwelling or other property may be taken to satisfy that award in a non‑judicial state, with no exemptions from execution.

A lien may also be imposed upon your property without further hearing and before the issuance of an award.

4) You must notify the Appeals Board of the proper address for the service of official notices and papers and notify the Appeals Board of any changes in that address.

TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR INTERESTS Issued by: WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD Name and address of Appeals Board: WCAB Santa Barbara 411 E. Canon Perdido Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Name and address of applicant’s attorney:Ghitterman,­ Ghitterman & Feld,418E.­ CanonPerdido St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101; FORM COMPLETED BY: Megan E. Compton, Esq. Ghitterman, Ghitterman & Feld, 418 E. Canon Perdido St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Telephone No.: (805) 965‑4540.

NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served: as the person sued under the fictitious name of: Michael &Maureen Ingram.

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SUMMONS W O R K E R S ’ C O M P E N S AT I O N APPEALS BOARD;SPECIAL NOTICE OF LAWSUIT (Pursuant to Labor Code section 3716 and Code of Civil Procedure section 412.20 and 412.30) WCAB No. ADJ10786416 To: DEFENDANT, ILLEGALLY UNINSURED EMPLOYER: APPLICANT, Karen Pelletier DEEFENDANTS, Michael & Maureen Ingram NOTICES 1) A lawsuit, for the Application for Adjudication of Claim, as been filed with the Workers’Compensation Appeals Board against you as the named defendant by the above named applicant.

You may seek the advice of an attorney in any matter connected with this lawsuit and such attorney should be consulted promptly so that you response may be filed and entered in a timely fashion.

If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney reference service or a legal aid office. (See telephone directory.)

2) An Answer to the Application must be filed and served within six days of the service of the Application pursuant to Appeals Board rules; therefore, your written response must be filed with the Appeals Board promptly; a letter or phone call will not protect your interests.

3) You will be served with a Notice(s)

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