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Co-commissioned by UCSB Arts & Lectures

“A roving musical laboratory without walls.” The Boston Globe

Heroes Take Their Stands

Fri, Apr 26 / 8 PM / Granada Theatre

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This bold new project tells the stories of five heroic figures from diverse cultures – from the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., to Elektra from Greek mythology, to Arjuna from Hindu epic poetry – through five new works commissioned from members and friends of the ensemble. Collaborating partners include Bharatanatyam dancer/choreographer Aparna Ramaswamy (with Colin Jacobsen) and puppeteer/filmmaker Hamid Rahmanian (with Kayhan Kalhor).

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Pauchi Sasaki: Elektra Zhao Lin: June Snow Colin Jacobsen: Arjuna’s Revelation Jason Moran: Moderato 400 Kayhan Kalhor: The Prince of Sorrows

Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Music

– FREE and open to public observation –

Master Class with Yo-Yo Ma and UCSB Students Sat, Apr 27 / 10 AM / Granada Theatre (Doors open at 9 AM) Related Special Lecture Event

Yo-Yo Ma Culture, Understanding and Survival Sat, Apr 27 / 7:30 PM / Granada Theatre (very limited availability)

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David Sedaris Fri, May 3 / 7:30 PM Granada Theatre “Sedaris’s droll assessment of the mundane and the eccentrics who inhabit the world’s crevices make him one of the greatest humorists writing today.” Chicago Tribune

“14 stomping, drumming, roaring men pounded rapid-fire rhythms into the ground with many surfaces of their feet – and with spinning boleadoras.” The New York Times Bringing fiery, fast-paced malambo to the contemporary stage, Che Malambo celebrates the unique South American tradition of the gaucho with an exhilarating percussive dance and music spectacle that offers nonstop thrills for the entire family.

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Joshua Bell, violin Steven Isserlis, cello Jeremy Denk, piano Tue, May 7 / 7 PM Granada Theatre

“There are funky grooves and joyous ones and acoustic tapping of terrific complexity and cogency.” The New York Times The MacArthur Fellow returns with a mesmerizing evening-length work that combines rhythm with interactive electronic music technology.

Dance Series Sponsors: Annette & Dr. Richard Caleel, Margo Cohen-Feinberg & Robert Feinberg, Irma & Morrie Jurkowitz, Barbara Stupay Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance

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Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, op. 66 Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, op. 67 Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor

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CONTENTS

THE WEEK.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

LIVING.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Living Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Starshine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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FOOD & DRINK .. . . . . . . . . . 44 Dining Out Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

COVER STORY

The Fight for the Frozen Head

A&E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Arts Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Positively State Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

FILM & TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Son Sues Cryonics Company to Make Dad Whole Again

Movie Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Previews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

ON THE COVER: Dr. Laurence Pilgeram. Courtesy photo.

SPORTS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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NEWS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ODDS & ENDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology . . . . . . . 68

OPINIONS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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years ago, multimedia artist Ethan Turpin Sblazesixembarked on a quest to record what these look like from the inside. While he pro-

duced a number of videos that we posted on independent.com, the main goal was developing a final project, which is now showing at the Santa Barbara Community Arts Workshop. Called Burn Cycle: Living with Fire, the multifaceted exhibit features immersive displays, short documentaries, and hands-on climate change explorations, enhanced by Spanish language translations as well.

How did this project develop? In 2013, I was starting to think about video work I wanted to make about wildfire. At that time, a research group was forming at UCSB Bren School called SERI-Fire, and I was invited to do what would become the first Burn Cycle show at the UCSB Library. We started writing grants together and received support from the National Science Foundation. This was actually during a period of low fire severity in our community, but we knew that could change, and of course it did while we were underway with our research and visualization work.

What impact do you hope it will have? We want to help people in our communities bring their attention to fire preparedness before the summer arrives. If clearing shrubs will make your home safer, this is a nice time to be outside doing it before it gets hot and dry. Embracing the natural beauty of where we live can include syncing up with cyclical changes, and that includes fire.

Any future plans for the work? The development of this show is putting us in the position to make a more mobile, pop-up-ready version for people living in fire-prone communities big and small. With regional partners, we hope to bring this to commucommu nity centers, museums, schools, and even outdoor areas at the edge of the woods.

Burn Cycle: Living with Wildfire runs until April 20 at S.B. CAW, 631 Garden Street. See burncycleproject.com. See a longer interview at independent.com.

Saturday, April 27, 2019 5:30 pm RECEPTION 6:30 pm ART SELECTIONS OFF THE WALL is the fan-favorite fundraising event hosted by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Women’s Board that features donated work by generous local and regional artists with proceeds supporting SBMA’s exhibitions, acquisitions, and programming. Join us for drinks and hors d’oeuvres, and take home an original work of art. $400 per general ticket*

*Allows one piece of original art through a lottery system on the night of the event.

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Historic Carrillo Ballroom at the Santa Barbara Recreation Center 100 East Carrillo Street Kathi Scarminach

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pedestrian-only haven. Tables will line the middle of the street for outdoor dining, and ping-pong tables, dance classes, and chalk for chalk drawing will be provided. “I think this is great,” said commercial real-estate powerhouse Ray Mahboob. “This gives us a chance to try things out. … It’s only a day.”

Councilmember Randy Rowse was skeptical: “I don’t see why we have to hold Woodstock III in the middle of Easter weekend.”

—Nick Welsh

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this, Johnson and crew will — between 8 p.m. and midnight this Friday—convert the underpass into a sound-and-light gardeninstallation art piece. Ironically — given Johnson’s ultimate objective to get people moving through the underpass—traffic will be blocked.

On Saturday, motorists are advised to steer clear of the 400 and 500 blocks of State Street, which for one day will be rendered a

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ina Johnson, an administrator at City Hall and a de facto social engineer, is hosting two party-like experiments this weekend to see what changes might re-electrify State Street. To get the Funk Zone’s mojo—and its hordes of visitors—moving into the central business district, they have to get past the pinch point of the freeway underpass, dauntingly dark and infused with the atomized aroma of human urine. To do

NEWS BRIEFS PEOPLE Jeffrey Stewart, who teaches in UCSB’s Department of Black Studies, won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for his book The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke. The award was announced on 4/15 during the 50th anniversary of Black Studies, which Stewart chaired from 2008 to 2016. Prior to Stewart’s book, Locke was fading into archival memory despite his historic role as an advocate for African and African-American art and the Harlem Renaissance and as mentor to Langston Hughes. Stewart said of the title, “I think about his achievement, and what that was to create a family among writers and artists and dancers and dramatists, and call them The New Negro. The basis for a new creative future — and not just for black people. A new negro, for new America.”

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A rose by any other name might famously smell as sweet, but what about a wastewater treatment facility? The City of Santa Barbara is about to find out. The City Council voted to rebrand its El Estero Wastewater Treatment Plant a “water resource center.” Right now, El Estero releases six million gallons of treated wastewater into the ocean daily. If and when state water-quality regulators figure out safety thresholds for “potable reuse,” city water czar Joshua Haggmark estimates Santa Barbara could meet roughly half its water demand — 5,000 acre feet a year. “There is no new water on the planet,” Haggmark stressed. “We have no water to ‘waste.’” A significant shift in public perception is needed for potable reuse to succeed, he said.

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CONFLICTED: Tenants rallied for protection from eviction (right), while several councilmembers, such as Eric Friedman (left), suffered their way to a vote against task force advice.

Just-Cause Eviction Protection Passes Council Vote Goes 6-1, but No Real Harmony over Tenant Rights

by Nick Welsh n a meeting where political theatrics eclipsed the final outcome, the Santa Barbara City Council voted 6-1 to pass a just-cause eviction-protection ordinance, the details of which will be hammered out at a later date. Tenants’ rights advocates and landlords packed the chambers in what was a momentous debate. For organizers with CAUSE, who’ve been campaigning three years for such an ordinance, the outcome—hardly preordained— constituted a huge victory. preordained Tuesday’s vote marks the first major tenants’ protection measure passed by City Hall in many years and reflects the daunting economic realities imposed on working families by Santa Barbara’s unforgiving rental market. The new ordinance does nothing,

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however, to limit what rents landlords can charge; instead, it precludes landlords from evicting renters unless they have violated one of a list of specified violations, such as not paying rent. In addition, the council voted to require that all landlords — with only a few exceptions — offer their tenants one-year leases. While leases won’t prevent rent hikes, they will restrict when such rent hikes can occur, thus providing a modicum of additional economic stability for tenants.

The vote suggests there was council agreement, when in fact, it was — and will likely remain — a deeply divisive issue.

Most striking was Councilmember Eric Friedman’s passionately conflicted soliloquy in which he laid out compelling arguments in favor of adopting recommendations made

by a special task force three years ago that explored possible tenant protections. Made up of landlords and tenants, the task force met frequently for the better part of a year.

Ultimately, it voted unanimously to require landlords to offer their tenants leases and to require them to pay relocation assistance for some tenants displaced by gentrification and mass evictions. That task force rejected justcause eviction, however.

Landlords and property owners attending this Tuesday’s meeting frequently cited those task force recommendations, urging the council to honor them. As a legal matter, the council is not bound by the opinions of its advisory boards and commissions. But as a political matter, the council vote could have ramifications. “Bait and switch,” one landlord

Ten thousand Santa Barbarans are at risk of losing their CalFresh benefits if the USDA goes through with a proposed plan to tighten food stamp eligibility requirements. Working-age adults without children receive food assistance for three months, within a three-year period, if they work 20 or more hours a week. The federal Department of Agriculture rules would restrict states’ ability to waive food-assistance time limits for these adults.

Average gross income for a CalFresh recipient in the county is $400 a month — 40 percent of the federal poverty level.

LAW & DISORDER The feds delivered another smackdown on 4/10 to Michael Avenatti, the attorney who first gained national notoriety for representing adult-film star Stormy Daniels’s suit against President Trump, when federal agents flew off from Santa Barbara Airport in a Honda HA-420 said to belong to the attorney. Avenatti is now under criminal indictment for wire, bank, tax, and bankruptcy fraud in the Central District of California. The $4.5 million, twin-engine, four-seater jet had been hangared at SBA, a Department of Justice spokesperson said, and was flown to Chino in an asset forfeiture. Avenatti tweeted, “I have no interest in the plane and could care less,” according to lawenforcementtoday.com. n

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Councilmember Friedman anticipated serious problems down the road if and when the council finds itself moved to create other ad hoc stakeholder task force to find common ground. Despite his vigorous defense of the task force recommendations, Friedman ultimately could not bring himself to vote no on just cause. “I cannot vote against protecting our most vulnerable residents,” he said. Freidman recounted how his family had been forced to move from Santa Barbara to Lompoc as a child because of high rents and how he and his wife were also almost forced to move.

Councilmember Randy Rowse commented, “I have never heard anyone debate themselves so effectively as Mr. Friedman did,” adding, “I’m not sure who won.” Rowse—who cast the sole dissenting vote—fumed the council allowed itself to be stampeded into an ill-considered action by “emotions, feelings, and absolutely no data.” Like Friedman, Councilmember Jason Dominguez argued against just cause for several hours—suggesting it was an empty gesture and a “Frankenstein measure” that enabled certain councilmembers to “feel good about themselves.” However, he then also voted in favor of it. As a former attorney with the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara and California Rural Legal Assistance, Dominguez said, just cause would not prevent landlords from using rent increases to force out tenants.

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the organization pushing hardest for the ordinance, argued among other points that the relocation assistance alternative language exempted all tenants living in single-family homes. Zucker, an accomplished number cruncher, noted that 5,000 tenants live in single-family homes. As for evictions by rent increases, Zucker argued, the situation couldn’t get much worse than it already is.

And in fact, two years ago, out-of-town investment companies bought up large apartment complexes, evicted existing tenants—mostly Latino families—gussied them up, and rented them out to City College students. Most of the focus at the task force level — and later, when the matter came before the council’s Ordinance Committee —was about how much assistance should be required and what constituted “mass evictions.”

Councilmember Kristen Sneddon — chair of the Ordinance Committee—added just-cause eviction to the list of options to be considered by the council as a whole.

Sneddon expressed appreciation for the task force work, but dismissed landlord concerns about just-cause protection as being overblown. “It’s one year at a time,” she said. “We can take it down a notch about never being able to get rid of a bad tenant or not being able to fix up an apartment.”

For landlords, she said, it might be an inconvenience. But for the 57 percent of the city’s population that rents, she said, the ordinance will give them the breathing space to figure out what they’re doing come Christmastime or during the school year. n

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Assembly bills 764 and 138, which would regulate marketing practices and tax distributors of sugary drinks, respectively, were presented in the Assembly Health Committee on April 9. Since then, both bills have been read and amended a second time. “As a matter of first policy discussion, I felt it was important to support both, to continue the needed dialogue about

desired health outcomes in California,” said Assemblymember Monique Limón.

“These bills must still go through four to five additional hearings, and my final vote is slated to take place in September.” AB 765, which would ban sugary drinks from being placed in checkout areas, has undergone its second reading. AB 766, intended to regulate unsealed sugary drink size, was shelved and will be introduced at a later date next year.

Senate Bill 347, to include safety warnings on sugar-sweetened drinks, was introduced April 8 and is being held on the suspense file.

None of the bills have come before Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, but she is generally supportive. “I look forward to analyzing this legislation when it comes before me and applaud efforts to promote healthy habits among our youth and our communities,” she said. —Blanca Garcia

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hough Census Day is still a year away, Santa Barbara County and the Santa Barbara Foundation are hitting the ground running now to ensure that every person will be counted. The two groups came together to create a Complete Count Steering Committee to formulate a fullcount plan with nonprofits, businesses, civic groups, and others. The committee is cochaired by Dennis Bozanich, county deputy executive officer, and Pedro Perez with the Santa Barbara Foundation.

“An accurate count for the 2020 Census is critical because it translates to millions of dollars in funding for local agencies and infrastructure, as well as programs and services for all of our communities,” said Ron Gallo, who heads the Santa Barbara Foundation.

More than 21,000 humans, or 5 percent of the population, in Santa Barbara County are deemed “hard to count” or less likely to complete the Census survey. The 2020 Census will prove to be especially difficult because it will be completed online. A citizenship question may yet be added,

deterring millions of noncitizens from completing the questionnaire, pending a Supreme Court hearing. The hard-tocount population in the county represents $43 million in funding each year for 10 years. “Santa Barbara County can’t afford to undercount its constituents who depend on the breadth of services and grants, such as Medicaid, mental-health resources, education, school lunch programs, transportation infrastructure, neighborhood development, and housing assistance,” said Bozanich. “If we miss even 1,000 people, we stand to lose out on millions of dollars until the next 10-year Census.”

Community Action Commission CEO Patricia Keelean encourages people to get involved. “Volunteer to do presentations to civic groups, neighborhood associations, churches, to educate residents about how crucial it is for everyone to complete their Census survey,” said Keelean. “When the 2020 Census is underway, volunteer to assist seniors, non-English speakers, and others in completing the Census online.”

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The deeply anchored steel curtains are engineered to capture runoff—including boulders and trees — dislodged in the mountains by intense rainstorms. The Montecito debris flow of January 9, 2018, which happened a few weeks after the Thomas Fire, damaged or destroyed about 500 homes and killed 23 residents.

“It’s amazing to see this happening,” said retired fire chief Pat McElroy, the partnership’s executive director, as he watched the helicopter lift 250-gallon NETTED: Supplies for debris-net fencing up Montecito water totes from the fire road near San canyons arrived by helicopter.

Ysidro Creek and set them down next to the site of the first net installation. Earlier have the net up next week.” Cooper has been that week, crews had trucked the equipment monitoring the process to make sure crew and materials as close to the net site as they members stay out of the creek and contain could; the helicopter took it from there. any construction waste. “We’re trying to At the drop site, wildlife biologist Justine make the least amount of impact,” she said, Cooper with Storer Environmental Services explaining that creek corridors provide cleared a creekside work area, noting the important wildlife habitat. plant species that would need to be replanted While the rainy season is coming to a after the net installation. She also monitored close, the nets still need to be installed under the delivery of the anchoring gear, including the permit requirements, McElroy said. The a mixer, a generator, 1,000 gallons of water, nets will be removed when it’s determined large totes of concrete mix, and various that debris flow risk had been sufficiently hoses. Those anchors were set in concrete curtailed by the return of the mountain earlier this week, McElroy said. “And we’ll vegetation.

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HELP WANTED: Salvation Army’s Jeff Walters inaugurates a much-needed facility.

Filling Big Void in Detox Beds

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ith a snip of the ceremonial scissors and the declaration “This is God’s business, I believe,” Jeff Walters, a lieutenant with the Salvation Army, inaugurated the 24-bed detox and rehab operation that began last week at its digs on lower Chapala Street. What makes these beds important is that they will be available to low-income and otherwise able-bodied men and women, who — but for their addictions — would be ineligible for government assistance to cover the cost of such treatment. For Santa Barbara County, the effects of this change — which went into effect last December — are expected to be monumental.

The program — known by the acronym AOD, which stands for “alcohol or other drug” treatment — now has 93 beds county wide, with 36 in South County. Thanks to a $4 million contract approved by county supervisors last week, the Salvation Army will be offering 24 of them for as long as 90 days. County substance-abuse phone lines receive 250 calls a week. Getting inebriates clean and sober has been part of the Salvation

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Army’s mission since 1898, when volunteers cruised London streets in wagons looking for likely candidates. Those who leapt off before reaching their final destination were said to have “fallen off the wagon.”

For the supervisors and city councilmembers on hand, the gap in treatment available to those with no to low incomes has been a huge problem for more than 30 years. The AOD program, they hope, will help make services available to the homeless and mentally ill. Their presence in public places poses both a moral and public health challenge, and a public relations nightmare for the tourist-friendly South Coast.

The Salvation Army takes in 270 guests a year at Chapala Street, 69 at any given time.

As of last week ceremony, five guests had already signed up for the new treatment beds; the treatment includes “withdrawal management” — formerly known as detox — and rehabilitation. On hand will be a couple of licensed marriage and family certified therapists, eight alcohol and drug treatment counselors, and other direct service staff.

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n just over 10 years, from 2008 to 2020-21, $506.4 billion will have been lost from the General Fund because of tax credit and exemptions, the state Department of Finance estimated. In comparison, the 2019-20 General Fund budget approved

by Governor Gavin Newsom was $144.2 billion. The $506.4 billion loss is a result of these nearly 80 corporate tax expenditures in California. Few of the expenditures have language describing their intended policy goals, and even fewer have been evaluated to determine whether their goals are being met.

Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson teamed up with educators to unveil Senate Bill 468 on April 16, which proposes an evaluation of the nine most expensive tax expenditures that have no sunset and no data. “For too long, California has routinely granted generous tax credits. Without asking whether they deliver economic or social benefits to our state,” said Jackson.

Tax expenditures have also been negatively affecting school funding. Proposition 98 appropriates a minimum percentage of the general fund to education funding. As the general fund has lost out on billions, so too have schools. It is estimated that schools have lost out on 40 cents of every dollar, amounting to approximately $26.6 billion less a year, said Jennifer Baker, with the California Teachers Association. That’s in addition to the $65 billion cut from schools to balance the budget, said Baker.

While California has the strongest economy in the country, its education funding per pupil is found among the bottom 10 states. If all nine of the tax expenditures in SB 468 are found to be ineffective in their policy goals and are subsequently repealed, that could lead to almost $3 billion in additional funding a year for public schools, said Dennis Meyers, of the California School Boards Association.

—Blanca Garcia

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Derrick Bailey, principal transportation engineer for the City of Santa Barbara, testified for the prosecution. He explained the midblock traffic signal’s functions and that it could not display conflicting lights — i.e., southbound cannot be green if northbound were red — but would default to a red flashing light. Bailey reviewed footage of the traffic light before, during, and after the collision and testified that it was working “just as programmed.” Bailey said he had “no doubt” the light was red at the time of the collision.

Bailey also testified that he received a call from the Santa Barbara Police Department after the incident, to inquire about making the lights “more noticeable.” The red light was increased from 8 inches to 12 inches, and a reflective border was added for visibility. The stop bar is planned to double from 12 to 24 inches.

The trial resumes Thursday in Judge James Herman’s courtroom with testimony from Officer Ethan Ragsdale for the defense.

Closing arguments and jury deliberations are expected.

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he trial of Iron Chef Lawrence Forgione resumed on April 18. He is charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in the death of 90-year-old Gilbert Ramirez on the 500 block of State Street in February of last year. Forgione testified on April 8 that the traffic light was green when he drove through the crosswalk. District Attorney Sarah Barkley contended it was red. Much of the trial has revolved around that point.

After an earlier postponement, David Krauss, an expert in cognitive neuroscience, testified for the defense on April 15. After his review, he concluded: (1) There was a failure in Forgione’s attentional processing; (2) Had Ramirez looked left before crossing, he would’ve seen Forgione’s vehicle; (3) It takes about two seconds for a person to stop their forward motion.

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fter months of discussion between boardmembers, the Santa Barbara City College Board of Trustees acted on what began as an anti-racism resolution. The April 11 version approved had been watereddown to a campus-climate resolution with little mention of racism or bias. The resolution passed 5-2, with trustees Veronica Gallardo and Craig Nielsen opposed. “I’m not willing to give an inch on anything that someone’s going to run with and try and make our college something that it’s not,” said Gallardo.

Trustee Kate Parker had called for the anti-racism resolution at the trustees’ February 14 meeting, when a resolution to include the Pledge of Allegiance at meetings was taken up. That meeting, not unlike others, included racially charged public comment. Black students and faculty shared experiences of what they perceived to be discrimination, and a white man used the unabbreviated n-word.

The anti-racism resolution was first placed on the February 28 meeting agenda.

It sparked heated public comment from both supporters and opponents. At the April 11 meeting, after almost two hours of discussion and compromise, the resolution passed.

Trustee Peter Haslund led the discussion and worked primarily with Trustee Marsha Croninger to reach a resolution that could be supported by the majority. Student Trustee Kenny Igbechi commented, “You say there’s no need to pass a resolution for this … but just some months back we passed a resolution [to add] the Pledge of Allegiance,” said Igbechi. “If the climate of this college isn’t good for [students] to have a very good education, I think it’s important for this board to take a stance.”

The resolution reaffirms the college’s mission of serving all students and of cultivating an inclusive educational environment. It resolves “that the Board authorizes and directs the Superintendent/ President to take all necessary actions, consistent with existing policies, to improve the campus climate and the educational experience of all students.” —Blanca Garcia INDEPENDENT.COM

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WATER TRAP: The golf courses at Birnam Wood and the Valley Club are two of the largest water users in Montecito. A recent study found it would cost $16 million to develop reclaimed wastewater to supply non-potable irrigation water to the golf courses and other large commercial properties.

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he current five members of the Montecito Water GETTING ON THE SAME PAGE Board ran as slate candidates in 2016 and 2108, Since the 2018 election, the Water Board and Montecito and they won election largely on the promise Sanitary District board have struggled to understand each of recycling treated wastewater for irrigation. A other. Tom Bollay, Sanitary District board president, says group of wealthy donors poured $200,000 into the Sanitary District could have a recycling plant up and operating on its property at 1042 Monte Cristo Lane by the their campaigns.

Yet the new board seems in no hurry to get the job done. summer of 2020, with a price tag of well under $5 million.

Boardmembers have signaled their “intent to pursue” It could be the “first phase” of a larger recycled water a $16 million project, one that would provide non-potable project, Bollay said, and it would serve non-potable irrigarecycled wastewater for irrigation at the Birnam Wood and tion water through “purple pipes” to the sanitary district’s Valley Club golf courses, Santa Barbara Cemetery, Music immediate neighbors — the Santa Barbara Cemetery, the Academy of the West, and Biltmore and Miramar hotels, Music Academy of the West, and, possibly, the Biltmore. some of the biggest water-guzzling customers in Monte- “There’s no need to go to the higher expense of extra puricito. But they won’t likely vote on the fication if ultimately we’re going to use the water for irrigation anyway,” project until October, at the earliest.

Bollay said.

In the recent seven-year drought, mandatory water rationing rattled Heal the Ocean, a Santa Barbara– Montecito residents. About 10 perbased nonprofit group, supports the cent of water district customers Sanitary District’s approach. The incurred high penalties for overwaWater District, said Hillary Hauser, tering. At the Birnam Wood Golf the group’s executive director, is just “fooling around.” “Why do they Club, two water district irrigation wells failed. The current water board want to spend ratepayer money to had received large donations from treat wastewater to Sparkletts qualBirnam Wood and Valley Club ity when it’s not necessary?” she members during the election. Enviasked. “Heal the Ocean wants to see ronmental activists are also frusrecycled water as soon as possible in trated by the board’s lack of action.

Montecito. No more studies. Build Tom Bollay, Sanitary District board president Recently, the board called for this thing, exclamation point!” more studies to see whether treated But, also, water boardmembers wastewater could be injected into Montecito’s ground- say they will look into whether a recycling plant could be water basins and used as a future drinking supply for all designed, financed, and operated by a private company customers. However, because advanced treatment would more cheaply than by the sanitary district. be required, a groundwater injection project could cost Meanwhile, the Sanitary District is planning to move as much as $31 million. According to the board’s timeline, ahead this summer with a pilot wastewater recycling projMontecito’s recycled water project, whatever it is, will not be ect on a small scale. It will produce non-potable water to completed until mid-2022. irrigate the landscaping on Sanitary District property and “I’m not sure what the studies may show,” said Director flush sewer pipelines.

Ken Coates, who was elected to the board in November. “I At an April 2 meeting with water boardmembers, Sanithink it’s premature to know when we might be ready for a tary District officials floated the idea of testing the pilot project across the street at the cemetery, to determine what hard vote.”

blend of non-potable water would work best on grass.

“We may be able to actually start doing something,” Bollay said.

But Floyd Wicks, the water board president, said, “We’ve got bigger fish to fry.”

‘WHERE’S THE PLAN?’

Goleta and Santa Barbara have been recycling wastewater for irrigation for more than 25 years, but the Montecito water board never embraced the idea. Only 15 percent of the water supply in the community of one-acre lots, large estates, and luxury resorts is used indoors and can be recovered through the sewer system.

A recycled water supply for Montecito “shouldn’t be considered a significant drought relief measure,” a report for the Water Board stated in 2015. It concluded that Montecito’s shallow groundwater basins, dense with private wells, had “limited recharge potential” even after long droughts. But Wicks maintains that the latest drought has drawn down the underground water to historical lows, potentially providing more space for injecting wastewater that has undergone advanced treatment.

“We’re at the stage where all these ideas are swirling around,” Wicks said. “We’re trying to do what’s best for the community, and speed is not something that is going to give you the best answer all the time.” The more wastewater that can be treated and recycled, the less that has to be discharged into the ocean, he said, adding, “That’s an intrinsic benefit you can’t put a price on.”

But Bollay is not so sure. “Just because it’s the right thing to do doesn’t mean it’s affordable to the community,” he said.

THE COST OF NEW WATER

Even as it postpones a decision on recycled water, the Montecito Water District is actively pursuing an agreement with the City of Santa Barbara for a share of the city’s water supply. To sell surplus water to Montecito, the city would expand its desalination plant; the resulting cost to Montecito and Summerland ratepayers would be up to $5 million per year for the next 50 years, rain or no rain.

The board is expected to vote on the deal this summer, following a rate study and public hearings. But Bob Roebuck, a former general manager of the Montecito Water District (MWD), warned customers in a letter to the Montecito Journal that they should be prepared for “a serious increase in their monthly bills” for projects he said Montecito doesn’t need. It can import enough water through the state aqueduct to weather a long drought, he said. In a recent interview, Roebuck said that if the two golf courses want recycled water, maybe they should pay for it. “Why does a Montecito Water District customer have to pay?” he asked.

About 43 percent of the non-potable recycled water produced in Goleta and more than half in Santa Barbara goes to public properties such as parks and schools. In Montecito, close to 100 percent of any non-potable supply would likely go to private commercial properties.

Birnam Wood already enjoys the lowest water rates in Montecito — $1.40 per hundred cubic feet of irrigation water from five non-potable district wells serving the golf course.

By contrast, the lowest rates for agricultural operations and single-family homes in Montecito are $3 and $5.40 per hundred cubic feet of drinking water, respectively.

At the April 2 meeting, Sanitary District officials asked their water board colleagues if they had considered the Pebble Beach model in Carmel, California, where the $67 million cost of a recycled water plant — built in 1994 and later expanded and updated — is paid for by golfers and residents of the world-famous resort.

Brian Goebel, one of the new water board directors, said a non-potable supply in Montecito would free up drinking water for all residents. “The community benefits; the community pays,” he said. Goebel said the water and sanitary districts should jointly develop “talking points” to convey that message.

“I would like to get us singing from the same songbook n on this,” he said.

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SO LONG: It took me a while to figure out that Bruce Rittenhouse was not the cryptofascist megalomaniac I long supposed. First

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ing city bureaucrats to provide workable and unlocked restrooms in Bohnett Park, where he had built—on his own dime and by his own sweat — a handball court for the neighborhood kids. His apartment was small and cramped. Mostly I remember the large plastic cola bottles stockpiled everywhere.

And the endless succession of stray cats who came in through his window, grabbing a bite of kibble and a scratch and a rub from Bruce before heading out on their appointed rounds. For me, it was an epiphany. Sugar.

Caffeine. Stray cats. That was Bruce.

Bruce grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, reportedly the son of Henry Ford’s personal plumber. He served a hitch in the military and worked three years as a cop in Dearborn, but for most of his professional life, Bruce worked as a house dick for the global insurance empire. When he first arrived in Santa Barbara, he was all crisp suits. Eventually, he was subverted by Santa Barbara’s shorts-andsandals culture. Politically, he remained an indefatigable civil libertarian contrarian.

Not content to speak truth to power, Bruce kicked its ankles. When city cops got aggressive in their gang sweeps, Bruce accused them of ethnic profiling. He mocked the gang hysteria sweeping the city. Everyone belonged to some sort of gang, even those,

impressions die hard with me. And I had my reasons.

When Bruce exploded upon the Santa Barbara scene in the 1980s, it was as an antihomeless demagogue and would-be savior of downtown from the unwashed hordes who had, in fact, occupied City Hall for months as a sustained act of political insurrection. Bruce — who ran for a seat on the City Council seven times between 1987 and 2001 — was all glowering indignation and bushy-browed bombast. Back then, he was advocating for a city-wide anti-camping ordinance of questionable constitutionality. Most famously—and ridiculously—he argued City Hall should red-stripe the curbs where panhandling was to be prohibited.

As if panhandlers couldn’t move.

Bruce—who died this week in Puerta Vallarta —never pretended his ideas would work, just that he had them. “At least it’s an idea,” he’d shrug. That, in his mind, put him head and shoulders above the competition.

My sense of Bruce changed drastically after I interviewed him in his Westside apartment located above the gas station by Carrillo and San Andres Street. By then, Bruce had emerged as de facto and self-appointed

he sneered, “who trotted off to Sunday Mass.”

He met with the police chief, demanding the police remove security cameras from Bohnett Park. When the chief said he would not be spoken to “that way in his own house,” Bruce countered the police station was “the people’s house.” In the heat of political battle, Bruce had two speeds: gleefully savage and savagely gleeful. It was hard to tell one from the other.

Bruce knew something about being on the outside looking in. It was well-known that he was gay. He lived with his partner, Mark, who would later die of AIDS. But no one ever mentioned any of this. It was not to be discussed. Certainly Bruce didn’t. Santa Barbara was a don’t-ask-don’t-tell town; the universe was too. Some things were just not mentioned.

Over the years, Bruce grew close with another famously closeted gay political personality, the late, great Santa Barbara mayor Harriet Miller. After one candidates’ debate, Miller reportedly asked Bruce if he liked to drink. The rest was history. Over time, he became her chauffeur and confidant. He took care of her plants and pets when she was away. When Miller’s life partner, Elizabeth, was dying of cancer, Bruce made sure Harriet had all the words to “You Are My Sunshine,” so she could sing it to her one

last time. Where Harriet exuded all the gruff, tough authority of a get-stuff-done, middleof-the-road Democrat who broached no nonsense, Bruce functioned as her court jester. He’d say things she couldn’t say and attack people she had to pretend to like.

In turn, she’d look out for him. For a while, Bruce conducted a political graffiti campaign throughout the Westside, painting in seemingly random public locations —like gas station parking lots—horizontal bars stacked on top of one another in the colors of the American and Mexican flags.

He did just enough to generate pointed questions. Complaints were filed with the proper department heads. Miller would quietly intervene, and somehow these messages developed a habit of disappearing.

Today, an openly gay presidential candidate, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, is running for the Democratic Party nomination. It’s a historic first. It’s a big deal. Weirdly, it just doesn’t seem that way, even as Buttigieg defends his sexual identity in much the way John F. Kennedy famously defended his Catholicism nearly 60 years ago. Times have changed. We’ve all moved on. So too has Bruce Rittenhouse, now largely forgotten, who made Santa Barbara infinitely more noisy, fun, and soulful for being here.

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hen people feel welcomed in their

neighborhood, they invest in their community and make it an appealing place for diverse and talented people to live. Housing discrimination is not only illegal, but it contradicts the principles of freedom and opportunity that Americans treasure. Equal access to rental housing and home-ownership opportunities is a cornerstone of federal housing policy.

Many people are aware of the shameful history of housing discrimination in the United States. It was common practice for African Americans to be denied the opportunity to purchase homes or to be subject to “redlining,” a discriminatory practice involving lenders that refused to lend money or extend credit to borrowers in certain areas of town or Realtors who would not show properties to certain types of people in certain neighborhoods.

The impact of lawful discrimination and redlining is still felt today. A 2018 study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition shows that the majority of neighborhoods marked “hazardous” in redlined maps drawn by the federal Home Owners’ Loan Corporation from 1935 to 1939 are today much more likely than other areas to include lower-income, minority residents.

This month is Fair Housing Month, a time that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recognizes as a time to celebrate the Fair Housing Act and to encourage us to recommit to ensuring that all members of our community have equal opportunity to access housing.

The federal Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful to discriminate in housing transactions based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, or family status. In California, two additional laws also make it unlawful to discriminate in housing based on gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, immigration status, and source of income.

These laws govern all aspects of housing transactions, including renting or leasing, sales, mortgage lending, restrictive covenants, advertising, and more.

What does the promise of fair housing mean today?

Discrimination is often subtler and less overt than in years past, but its impact is still felt, and consequences may be severe. It could mean that a gay couple is asked more questions upon applying for rental housing than a straight couple, which deters the couple from submitting an application. A woman living in subsidized

housing might be subject to unwanted sexual harassment from a property manager but be afraid to report the problem for fear of losing her housing. A person with a mental disability may be denied a reasonable accommodation by a landlord.

Discrimination also plays out in online advertising for rentals. Coded language may have a discriminatory impact on who chooses to apply. Social media algorithms may target housing advertisements to people of certain genders, races, or marital statuses in an unlawful manner.

The best practice for all owners, Realtors, advertisers, and property managers is to treat each applicant equally and to follow the same procedures for all potential housing applicants. By following a set of objective procedures, people reduce the risk that implicit bias will impact decision making.

At the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County, we advise and represent tenants who believe they may be impacted by unlawful discrimination.

We also conduct community legal presentations on fair housing to help prevent discrimination before it happens. We receive funding from the County of Santa Barbara, the City of Santa Maria, and the City of Lompoc to ensure that our communities are aware of fair-housing responsibilities and protections.

The promise of fair housing is important to remember in a time of housing shortage. We sometimes hear talk about the high cost of living in Santa Barbara County and how only certain people should have the opportunity to live here. We hear the fears about immigrant farmworkers living in H-2A housing or concerns about allowing multifamily apartment complexes in certain neighborhoods. Implicit and sometimes explicit bias may underlie these concerns and fears.

Our dedicated attorneys and staff at the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County are working to raise awareness in our community about fair housing laws and to ensure that the promise of fair housing is protected for all Santa Barbara County residents. We hope you will join us in making sure that this promise continues in the years and decades to come.

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(1) Kamala runs third on her own turf. California Democrats or voters who lean Democratic rank Senator Kamala Harris as merely their third choice among presidential contenders, at 17 percent, according to a new Quinnipiac University Poll, placing her behind Joe Biden (26 percent) and Bernie Sanders (18 percent).

(2) (Don’t) Run, Kamala, (Don’t) Run! By 52 percent to 38 percent, likely voters of all partisan stripes say Harris, who has served less than half her first term, should not run for president, according to a new Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) survey. Democrats and Republicans unsurprisingly divide on the question, but self-identified independents by a 2-1 ratio believe she should not seek the presidency.

(3) The guy who hasn’t declared is winning. Former VP Biden remains the front-runner among Democrats and Dem leaners nationwide, Quinnipiac reports, at 29 percent, trailed by Sanders (19 percent), ex-Texas congressmember Beto O’Rourke (12 percent), and Harris (8 percent).

(4) Biden’s handsiness hasn’t made a big difference. Amid a flood of stories about multiple women complaining that Biden’s nonsexual touching of them in political settings made them uncomfortable, a Politico/Morning Consult poll shows that Democratic women (50 percent) and men (49 percent) alike said the reports won’t matter in their presidential primary voting, while 32 percent of Dem women and 26 of men said it makes them less likely to support him in the primary. A Quinnipiac California survey reports that the tactile politics issue has less traction here, where 71 percent of Dems and 67 percent of women said it is “not serious.”

(5) Twitter Dems drive the news but won’t decide the nominee. In a media atmosphere where news increasingly originates via Twitter, data from Hidden Tribes, a research project studying political polarization based on census stats, shows that moderate Democrats who avoid social media outnumber — by a 2-1 margin — Dems who routinely tweet and overall are more liberal. Notable: Moderate Dems are more diverse and less educated than the largely white, college-educated tweeters.

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(7) … but disagree with how Newsom handled the issue. By 46 percent to 44 percent, Californians oppose the governor’s unilateral suspension of death sentences (Independent 3/27/19), with an expected vast disparity on the question between Democrats and Republicans; significantly, independents oppose his move 50 to 41 percent.

(8) Californians say fixing immigration is crucial— crucial but not a crisis. Asked to name the most important issue facing Sacramento, more adult Californians (15 percent) voluntarily said “immigration” rather than any other issue, including education (11 percent), jobs and the economy (10 percent), and the environment (8 percent), PPIC reports. However, only one in four (27 percent) of California adults agreed with Trump in describing the situation at the border as a “crisis.”

(9) More Californians than ever say housing is unaffordable. Twothirds of those interviewed by PPIC identified the cost of housing in their area as a major problem — and nearly half (47 percent) said it is making them think about moving to another state.

Regionally, residents in the San Francisco (80 percent) and Los Angeles (74 percent) areas find the situation most serious.

(10) State voters hate Trump’s tax changes. As they prepared to file tax returns, a large majority (60 percent) of California adults in the same survey expressed disapproval of the Republican’s 2018 federal “tax reform” legislation —while 6 in 10 said they pay too much.

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n this year of commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Union Oil spill that befouled our ocean and beaches and birthed the modern environmental movement, at a time when the current administration in D.C. is doing all it can to roll back every environmental protection enacted since, and when we in this region are mounting serious opposition to the fossil-fuel-extraction industry, including ExxonMobil’s application to resume trucking crude oil up our coastline since the Plains All American Pipeline disaster of four years ago shut it down, not to mention the proposed hundreds of wells to be installed in North County, it seems more than odd that you would publish an article dramatizing the plight of a few workers who have chosen to cast their fate with one of the largest and potentially criminal fossil fuel extractors [independent. com/DisplacedExxonWorkers].

It is good to get more than one side of a story, but the idea that the few jobs brought back is worth restarting the extraction and transportation of crude oil from the remaining offshore platforms beggars belief.

I was at the Goleta City Council meeting when a few workers, in their work garb, looking to me like a Village People knockoff, were put on pathetic display in a plea to overturn the resolution to ban the trucking of oil from the onshore pipeline to the processing up the road. The Goleta City Council was not taken in by this ploy and voted unanimously to support the resolution.

I’m interested to know that there are human beings doing the nefarious work of ExxonMobil, and that their lives have been made difficult because of the ongoing disaster of the fossil-fuel industry, but the best thing they can do is seek employment elsewhere, we hope, in a less destructive industry.

As a union member, my sympathy almost reflexively falls with the working people, but in this case, their plight does not move the needle, and I am quite incredulous to see this piece published without any counterbalance to the narrative, leaving us awash in pathos for the displaced workers in an industry hellbent on continuing its profiteering at the expense of us all. — ​Steve Nelson, Goleta

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t filled my heart to read such heartfelt stories about Russ Spencer and his marvelous effect on people in the April 11 issue. I also appreciated the directness in discussing his battle with the mental illness that plagued him. I had known Russ for more than 20 years before I realized the struggles he had with his illness.

Local resources can be vital when we have concerns about someone’s mental welfare.

In addition to the Mental Wellness Center and the National Association of Mental Illness listed in the story, I want to suggest two more that focus on suicide awareness and prevention: The National Suicide Prevention Hotline, (800) 273-8255, suicidepreventionlifeline.org, is a network of local crisis-response centers.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, afsp.org, focuses on public education, funds scientific research, and provides resources and aid to those affected by suicide.

You can honor Russ and help provide education and prevention programs to the many who struggle with complex issues that can lead to them feeling there is no way out of their emotional pain by joining the “Out of Darkness” suicide awareness fundraising walk. It takes place Sunday morning, September 8, at Leadbetter Beach, one of Russ’s favorite spots. Teams can be created and donations can be pledged at afsp.org/ SantaBarbara.

Organizers are also looking for volunteers to help organize this event. A meeting takes place April 30 at the Goleta Valley Community Center, 5679 Hollister Ave., Goleta, from 6-8 p.m. RSVP to twinters@afsp.org; or register as a volunteer at afsp.org/la.

— ​Andrew Teton, S.B.

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We’re going to be clipboarding or talking to voters in public instead of at their doors.

Clipboarding allows us to talk to voters virtually anywhere and allows us to collect new supporters’ information so we can keep them in the loop about our campaign.

To RSVP, go to betoorourke.com; click Events; go to date April 22.

To volunteer for other events, click Volunteer.

On Monday, April 22, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., we’ll be outside Trader Joe’s, 222 North Milpas Street. Look forward to seeing you there!

— ​Stanley Nicolaides, S.B.

Just Water Last week’s op-ed “Are We Preparing for the Climate Crisis?” laid the groundwork for a Wednesday workshop on sea-level rise and health impacts. Facebook readers were equally concerned with drinking water and other issues: Rich Foster Each year the reservoirs silt up a

bit more, and each year we are told we need more housing. The leaders in this county are dancing on the Titanic. It is only a question as to whether water or unfunded pensions takes us down first. • Tom Modugno Keep building houses, and blame the lack of water on climate change. • Debra Dell Exactamundo! • Joy Greenburg One good winter, after a record-breaking drought, and we’re turning the fountains on like everything’s normal. What if it doesn’t rain for another decade? Drought is the new normal; we still must conserve!

Robert Sorin Both factors apply, and the human population growth is off the charts. There are limits. • Federico Hill S.B. is preparing by approving $20 million on “upgrading” Paseo Nuevo, arguing about the “new Target,” and building multistory mixed-use condos on every available space.

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was disappointed to read the piece “Santa Barbara Cannabis and Its Discontents,” as I believe it does not reflect a balanced perspective on the extraordinary citizen efforts pushing back against commercial cannabis and the Board of Supervisor’s land-use framework that allows an unprecedented number of permits for grows — many near residents, vineyards, and schools and an array of other businesses/uses [independent.com/cannabisdiscontents].

Concerned Carpinterians and the broader S.B. Coalition for Responsible Cannabis are true grassroots collaborative citizens groups with combined hundreds of members and a sizable egalitarian leadership contingent. While Annie Bardach has made an excellent contribution, she is (like me) a relative newcomer to this grassroots movement that began years ago and has gathered increasing strength as residents and businesses have felt the negative impacts of commercial cannabis growing more acutely. I would urge you to check who the primary repeat speakers have been at the Board of Supervisors meeting after meeting — names like Anna Carrillo, Sally Eagle, and Merrily Peebles come to mind. These people have been tireless in their efforts over a long time.

Additionally, I would like to point out that it is not a fact that resources were the limiting factor in verifying grower affidavits. While that may be the assertion or perspective from one side of the issue, the supervisors could have decided to direct staff toward this critical area (or at least consulted the Planning Commission for advice or recommendation) in order to safeguard from the risk of fraudulently obtained land entitlements we now see playing out.

— ​Sarah Trigueiro, Carpinteria

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hese days, the mission of the Santa Barbara Unified School District seems to be out with the old, in with the new, no matter what. And that includes its recent rewriting of its mission statement that’s been around as long as anyone can remember.

This comes on the heels of other questionable actions that include dismissing or reassigning long-

time personnel, closing the beloved-and-innovativesince-1975 Open Alternative School, shutting down the once highly touted Parent Resource Center, and spending nearly $40 million dollars on a new Peabody Stadium with 500 fewer seats than the old one.

The adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” comes to mind — with the exception of Peabody Stadium, which surely needed fixing, but not at quadruple the original estimate.

Here’s the mission statement they discarded: “The mission of the Santa Barbara Unified School District is to ensure the educational success of all students through high expectations and a commitment to excellence and to empower them to reach their full potential as responsible, ethical, and productive citizens in a diverse and changing world.”

This is its replacement, according to a recent newsletter from the district: “prepare students for a world that is yet to be created.”

The un-inspirational stringing together of words by committee reads like it’s what ended up on a whiteboard when everything else was erased.

I suggest the educators involved in this rewrite go back to the drawing board—or just go back to the mission statement that served so well for so long.

— ​Cheri Rae, S.B.

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John Robert (Bob) Hamilton, 77, died peacefully at Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing, in Berlin, Vermont on March 15, 2019 of complications from Parkinson’s disease.

Bob was born on November 28, 1941 in Crawfordsville, Indiana. After high school he attended Wabash College from 1960 to 1964, also in Crawfordsville, where he achieved an outstanding record, including receiving the Paul T. Hurt Award for Outstanding Freshman and winning the highly coveted Baldwin Award for the most outstanding oration. He was the Managing Editor of The Bachelor and a leader on the campus, achieving many awards too numerous to mention. Bob was passionate about equal rights for all and in 1962 was the driving force behind bringing Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity to the campus, the first fraternity at Wabash to admit African-American students.

After graduating from Wabash, Bob received a full scholarship to attend Duke University School of Law, earning his J.D. there in 1967.

Once again he proved himself, serving on the Duke Law Journal Board, co-winning the Dean’s Cup Moot Court Competition, and serving on the Duke Moot Court Board.

During the summers of law school Bob was a law clerk at the prestigious international law firm of Jones Day in Cleveland, Ohio, a summer intern at the Wall Street Journal, and a Ford Foundation grant research assistant.

In the late 1960’s Bob moved to Los Angeles to join the law firm of Jones Day as an associate. He later left Jones Day to work as an attorney for Universal Studios. While working for Universal, he started to submit scripts for a variety of television shows. It was a dream of Bob’s to be a script writer and he became so successful at it that he left Universal to write television scripts full-time and was represented by the Adams, Ray Rosenberg Literary Agency. He wrote scripts for such well- known and loved shows as: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Jake & The Fatman; Father Dowling Mysteries; Matlock; Magnum P.I. and, Spencer for Hire, and a number of made-for television movies.

By 1980, Bob was such a prolific writer that he had to hire a full-time secretary and bookkeeper. He also moved to Santa Barbara, California, was on the phone much of the time with agents and producers, and made trips to Hollywood as necessary for production meetings, zooming along the Pacific Coast in his Porsche. In 1983, Bob won a Peabody Award for a television movie script he wrote about the true story of a therapist who used a therapy dog to work with mentally disabled children.

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side town of Santa Barbara, California for almost 30 years. Most of that time he lived on the oceanfront, sitting at a long farm table writing screenplays. He was a disciplined writer and never wrote less than 10 longhand pages on yellow pads each day without fail. He had several Golden Retrievers and then a series of rescue dogs who shared his beach life. He was a loving and devoted companion to all of them.

Each weekend, exhausted and work-weary guests would arrive from Los Angeles to Bob’s home to be nurtured back to their feet. Bob was known for his spectacular parties and was a consummate host.

A lifelong non-drinker and nonsmoker, Bob put his guests at ease with conversation an fun. Although he loved “interviewing” guests from the television business to find the latest information or fun bits of gossip, his guests always felt they were present not for Bob’s pleasure but for their own. He was famous for his summer white party where all guests were asked to attend a fabulous beach party dressed in white. Bob also started a solstice day parade group where the participants dressed in wacky cardboard costumes and danced along the entire parade route. How he got everyone to do it is a marvel, and so is the memory of it that still brings smiles to those who participated and those who simply laughed from the sidelines.

When Bob retired in 2001, he moved to Holland, Vermont from Santa Barbara.

While he lived in Holland he founded the Animal Rescue of the Kingdom (“ARK”) because he wanted a local no-kill rescue option.

ARK rescued high risk dogs from high kill shelters in the south. Bob’s passions were dogs, dog rescue, national politics, classical music, and Broadway show musicals.

Bob moved from Holland to East Montpelier, Vermont in 2003, buying an historic farmhouse that sat on 60 acres. He wanted to be closer to Montpelier and needed plenty of land for his beloved dogs. The first year he moved to East Montpelier he had five dogs whom he loved to take for long walks on the land and up into the meadow, wearing fly tape on his cap in the springtime to catch the black flies to keep them from biting him and the dogs, and wearing Yak Traks in the winter to keep from falling on the ice. He also became an ardent gardener, planting hundreds of spring bulbs in his yard and fields that first year and then the next. Later, he added rose bushes and a hillside of colorful perennials along his road. He often would host a game of croquet with lemonade and sandwiches on his porch in the summer and elegant dinners in November to celebrate his birthday.

He very much enjoyed entertaining his friends and neighbors.

While he lived in Vermont, Bob continued to write scripts, including the 2001 version of Ponderosa. In the same year, he wrote and published a humorous book about his dog Annie, whom he cherished, titled Annie: Diary of a Bad Girl.

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When he moved to East Montpelier, Bob joined the Unitarian Church of Montpelier. While not religious, he supported its liberal values, and before his Parkinson’s disease got the better of him, Bob enjoyed serving food at the Monday free luncheons at the Church.

Due to the effects of Parkinson’s disease, the last two years of his life Bob needed full-time care, but despite his disabilities, he was a favorite of the staff at Woodridge where he lived the last year of his life, and knew how to enjoy himself to the end.

Bob was incredibly kind to people at difficult times in their lives: he offered a willing ear, a place to stay, a job, a place of healing, and mostly friendship to those lucky enough to cross his path. The world feels a little less buoyant without one of its favorite dreamers.

Bob was preceded in death by his mother, Esther Warbritton Hamilton, in May of 1967, his father, John Kenneth Hamilton, in July of 1976, and his favorite aunt, Eleanor L. Warbritton Futch Beall in June 27, 1990. He is survived by his brother William Nelson Hamilton, living in Indianapolis, Indiana, and his sister Nancy Hamilton Winkler, living in Polebridge, Montana, and cousins, J. Thomas Futch, Jr. and Jenny Futch Hensley, both living in the Washington, D.C. area. He is also survived by many friends coast-to-coast and by his two loyal and devoted caregivers at the end of his life, Darcey Warner and Richard Atkinson. Darcey and Rich attended to Bob’s every need and provided him with companionship. Bob’s friends and family will forever be grateful for their great care of Bob. They are also grateful for the kind and attentive care Bob received from the staff, nurses, and medical providers at Woodridge.

A memorial service will be held on Bob’s land in East Montpelier sometime in the late spring or early summer when his flowers are blooming. If you desire advance notification of the date and time, please either call or e-mail Beth Danon at 802-482-2905 or bdanon@ kohnrathlaw.com, and she will add you to the notification list.

Frederick Lewis Walters 1928-2019

Fred peacefully passed away March 25, 2019.

He was born in Ecorse, Michigan in 1928. He was a loving husband and father, and never met a stranger.

Fred was a talented drummer, playing professionally since his early 20’s in Detroit. In 1977 the family moved to Santa Barbara, where he worked at Sears, then OSH, continuing to play drums with many groups.

Fred is survived by his wife Beverly, son Eric, daughter-in-law Dianne, and brother-in-law Jim Hampton.

Beside his love of family and music, being active in church was

important to him.

A special thank you to Danielle’s Guest Home and Staff, where he received loving care for 15 months.

A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, April 27th, 12:00 PM at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, at 4575 Auhay Dr. A reception will follow.

Helen Christina (Ring) Dean 09/15/20-03/27/19

Helen Christina (Ring) Dean of Santa Barbara passed away peacefully at Serenity House on March 27, 2019 at the age of 98. Helen was the next to last of ten children born to William Bernard and Ellen Elizabeth “Nellie” (Dowd) Ring. She was born at home in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, MA on September 15, 1920 and promptly bathed from the sugar bowl which is why, her mother said, she was so sweet.

Helen loved all her siblings but had a special bond with her younger sister, Betty. Her older sister, Mary, widowed for the second time, lived with Helen for the last 15 years of her life. Helen fondly recalled many things from her childhood; her athletic and playful brother Tommy who taught his younger sisters to dance, hopping streetcars for a downtown activity or to deliver the laundry carefully pressed by her mother, and making regular visits to the local library where she became enthralled with the magic of books.

As an eighth grade student, Helen won the school spelling bee and represented St. Thomas Aquinas (an all-girls parochial school with the majority named Mary) at the next level. She never forgot the word that exited her from the competition at Faneuil Hall, “supersede”. A gift for spelling as well as grammar stayed with her throughout her life.

Helen rarely lost at a family game of Scrabble, frequently corrected the use of language by her children and could be seen daily with a book in her lap.

At 19 years of age she gained employment as a clerk typist for the Overseers of the Public Welfare on Hawkins Street in Boston and began what she often referred to as the “most wonderful time of life.”

Helen made fast friends with her co-workers and joined them in a bowling league, softball league, rooting for the Boston College Eagles (which included a road trip to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year’s Day 1941) and grilling hot dogs at the beach on many a weekend afternoon.

While at a USO dance she fell under the spell of a handsome sailor.

She and Andy married on New Year’s Eve 1944 and were blessed with nine children. Andy’s military career took them from Boston to California to Germany to New Hampshire to Hawaii and finally back to California. Their travels

included an epic coast-to-coast road trip in the spring of 1961 driving a Ford Country Squire packed with seven children ages 2 to 15, much luggage strapped on top, an occasional flat tire and memories to last a lifetime. Helen always had a welcoming home and hosted many a holiday dinner featuring recipes from her New England roots including Nana’s apple pie, Indian pudding and the secret Brigham’s hot fudge sauce recipe.

Helen was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew C. Dean, and is survived by their children and families; Susan (Joseph) Poprock, Michael (Kathryn) Dean, Ellen (Steven) Sherman, Peter (Diane) Dean, Andrea (Phillip) Lea, Monica Dean, Teresa Dean, Patricia (Robert) Tracy, and Katherine Dean along with 9 grandchildren and 15 great- grandchildren. Donations may be made in Helen’s memory to Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care or a charity of your choice. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at Saint Barbara Parish at a future date.

James C. Bustillos 12/22/73-03/22/19

The family and friends of James C. Bustillos, (Jimmy) mourn the loss of a devoted son, brother and devoted friend. Jimmy made his transition to the afterlife on March 22, 2019 as the hushed words " You are deeply loved" echoed through the corridors of Santa Barbara Serenity House. Jimmy possessed a childlike innocence and openness to the world that made those around him love him and want to care for him; this was demonstrated by the constant vigil of family and close friends that surrounded his bedside in the final days of Jimmy's life. Jimmy will be remembered for his signature locks of jet black curls, million -dollar smile and infectious laugh.

Jimmy was born to Irma Parra Bustillos and John James Bustillos, SR. During his final days, one of the last conversations with his sister (Roxanne), Jimmy stated, sister, I'm ok. Dad is talking to me and asked if I'd like to go camping again to our favorite spot, Pendola. This was a father - son favorite until his fathers passing in 1991.

Although Jimmy's life was marked by early loss he found solace in the two pillars of his life, mother, Irma and sister Roxanne. These two women where especially loved, for their care and nurturing, with blind

obituaries devotion and fierce loyalty.

As the American essayist Washington Irving once remarked....."There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that transcends all other affections of the heart."

Irma gave Jimmy life and Roxanne gave him heart.

Jimmy graduated Carpinteria High School in 1992. Jimmy was an ardent "Warrior' fan who loved his hometown and school. He loved fishing and was a true blue man, kind and loyal. He put everyone's needs before his very own. He will be forever missed and leave a mark on all those he touched.

Jimmy is survived by his mother, Irma Bustillos, sister, Roxanne Canaday and brother John Jr Bustillos.

Services will be held at Carpinteria Community Church on Sat, April 27, 2019 from 11 am- 4 pm. In lieu of flowers, please send donations made to James Bustillos in care of Roxanne Canaday P.O. Box 20262, Santa Barbara, Ca. 93120

Timothy C. Thompson 10/12/58-03/13/19

Tim passed away peacefully on March 13, 2019 @ Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, with his family by his side. Born October 12, 1958 in Hammond Indiana, to Raymond & Delores Thompson.

He graduated from Dos Pueblos High School, then worked in the restaurant business before becoming a Farmers Insurance Agent. He retired from his insurance business after 25 years.

He was married to Patricia Boberg and they have two children, Jeffrey & Melanie.

He moved to Solvang in 2005 and made that his home.

He was an avid bowler, was President of the Santa Barbara Bowling Association.

Tim is survived by his children Jeffrey Thompson, Melanie Phillips(Adrian) brother Tom Thompson (Cindy) sisters Patricia Moskowitz (Steven) Sandi Milby (Jon) sister-in-law Suzi Thompson (Daniel) brother in law Jesse Holder Jr, stepfather Jay Potter, Aunts Marylou Crowley & Patricia Guiden from Munster Indiana, nieces & nephews, & ex-wife Patricia Thompson.

He is preceded in death by his Father Raymond, Mother Delores, Brother Daniel.

Special thanks to Kailee (Thompson) Vitelli of Marshall Spoo Sunset Funeral Chapel for bringing Tim home.

A Celebration of life will be on April 27th, 4-7pm in Solvang. 1683 Copenhagen Dr. on the patio behind Cariloha.

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Esther Thornton Glover 11/09/46-04/07/19

Esther Thornton Glover passed away on the morning of Sunday, the 7th of April 2019 at MD Anderson Hospital with her family at her side.

She fought a two-year battle with esophageal cancer.

Esther was born on the 9th of November 1946 in Marceline, Missouri. She was especially proud that Marceline was the boyhood home of Walt Disney and the exact model for Main Street USA at Disneyland.

The small town formed her wise perspective of life in America, just as it had Walt Disney’s.

Esther earned her BA from William Jewel College in Liberty, Missouri, her Master’s Degree in English Literature from The University of Missouri at Columbia and she completed her coursework for her Ph.D. in English Literature.

Following school Esther moved to Minneapolis where she taught eighth grade English and American History. Esther and her husband Gene moved to Santa Barbara, California where they lived until moving to Houston in 2004.

Esther loved playing the piano.

With the concerted effort and support of her mother and father Helen and Bernard Thornton, Esther started piano lessons at age 4. Esther played regularly for Bethany Baptist Church in Marceline. She was an accomplished sight reader of music and was the regular pianist at her children’s primary school, Montecito Union. Because of her talent Kenny Loggins asked her to fill in on one of his Christmas Albums and she helped him write the Montecito Union School Anthem. In the 1980’s, Esther and a group of friends formed a singing group called “Tuxedo” and performed around Santa Barbara. She took great pleasure in writing her own lyrics to popular songs for special occasions of her friends.

Esther was a member of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, The Garden Club of Houston, The Houstonian, Texas Corinthian Yacht Club, The Forest Club, and Bolero. In Santa Barbara, Esther was a member of the Santa Barbara Garden Club, where she served as past-President, The Little Town Club, The Santa Barbara Yacht Club, Birnam Wood Golf Club, and The Santa Barbara Club. Esther was an accomplished bridge player, needle pointer and quilter. Esther also loved sailing off the coast of California and spent weeks at a time aboard the Lina Marta cruising the Channel Islands. One of her fondest memories was living on her boat in Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island; living as a regular in the small town atmosphere she knew so well.

Esther leaves to mourn her husband of thirty-five years, Eugene George Glover; her son, Matthew Tucker Renshaw and his wife Elizabeth; and their three children, Ryan

Elizabeth, Benjamin Glover and Jane Kelley; her daughter, Leslie Glover Fairbanks and her husband Charles (AJ); and their two children, Charles Warren and Lilah Esther. She is also survived by her brother, Tom Thornton and his wife Cindy; and their sons, Zach and Tim. A memorial service is to be conducted at one o’clock in the afternoon on Thursday, the 18th of April, at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, 717 Sage Road in Houston, where The Rev. Dr. Russell J. Levenson, Jr., Rector and The Rev. Jonathan V. Adams Associate for Pastoral Care and Outreach, are to officiate.

Immediately following, all are invited to greet the family during a reception to be held in the adjacent Bagby Parish Hall.

In lieu of customary remembrances, memorial contributions may be directed to The Garden Club of Houston Endowment Fund, 4212 San Felipe PMB 486, Houston, TX 77027 or The Garden Club of Santa Barbara, PO Box 5773, Santa Barbara, CA 93150.

Please visit Esther’s online memorial tribute at www.geohlewis. com.

Bernard Wallace Paulson 02/24/25-02/17/19

Bernard Wallace Paulson— known as Bernie by his nearest and dearest—passed away peacefully on February 17, 2019 at the age of 93, a week shy of his 94th birthday.

Bernie was born on February 24, 1925 to Martin L. Paulson and Flora Ella Paulson and was raised in Santa Barbara, CA with his three siblings Molly, Vic, and Priscilla. After attending SB High School, he served in the Navy from 1943–46 and was honorably discharged as an Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Petty Officer. In 1946, Bernie was offered a scholarship to play football at UC Santa Barbara where he graduated and proudly lettered as a Gaucho (olé!) for four years.

Bernie was drafted to play for the Indianapolis Colts upon graduation, however “decided to marry Mom instead”... an anecdote he loved to tell. He married Evelyn “Jean” La Velle, whom he met at UCSB, on July 3, 1949. Bernie and Jean settled in Fillmore, CA in 1951, where they began raising their four children, and in 1967 returned to Santa Barbara where they lived for the rest of their lives. Bernie worked as an Instrument Mechanic for the Southern California Gas Company and ended his 36-year career in management to begin his retirement with Jean. They spent a wonderful 55 years together until her passing in 2005.

Bernie had many passions in life.

He valued taking family vacations, including a 1976 excursion to Washington D.C. to celebrate the bicen-

tennial. He and Jean enjoyed trips to Hawaii, Mexico, England, and especially loved traveling around the United States in their motorhome.

Bernie was an animal lover, a quality which he instilled in his children. He had many hobbies which included fishing with his sons; watching boxing matches; gardening (he was known to grow giant pumpkins and win competitions); attending local football and baseball games; and later in life, solving puzzles and playing the slots at the Chumash Casino.

Bernie was a true family man, and will be remembered for his generosity, sense of humor, kindness, and devotion to his wife, children, and grandchildren. He was also known for his quiet strength— though a man of few words, those that he did speak were heartfelt and respected. He will be deeply missed and forever celebrated as living life to the fullest.

Bernie is survived by his four children; John Paulson and wife Svetlana of Oceano, Jill Smethers and husband Marshal of Paso Robles, Ann Rapley and husband Mike of Atascadero, and Bill Paulson and wife Jennifer of Santa Barbara; grandchildren Matthew Luman, Tyler and Chandra Rapley, Brianna Ashley, and Taylor Paulson; sister Priscilla Reid and brother-in-law Charles, nephews and nieces, and countless friends. Bernie was preceded in death by his wife Jean, parents, sister Molly Thrower, brother Vic Paulson, and grandson Wesley Luman.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Ridley-Tree Cancer Center of Santa Barbara. A private celebration with family and close friends will honor Bernie’s life.

Rose Marie Gray

Rose Marie Gray passed away peacefully and the way she had planned on March 15, 2019 in her bed holding her husband's hand. She was surrounded by loving family members and her dear friends. She was the eighth of nine children born on Long Island, New York to Frank and Virginia Corbani. She lived mostly in Santa Barbara from the time she was four years old and her father moved the family from Long Island to Santa Barbara but Rose also lived in Boston and San Francisco. Rose grew up to be a beautiful blue eyed blond woman with a heart of gold. She earned a Bachelor's INDEPENDENT.COM

Degree from San Francisco State University before returning to Santa Barbara to raise two daughters. She later earned a Master's Degree from Antioch College in Santa Barbara.

She worked at many jobs but especially enjoyed counseling students at Antioch and at U.C.S.B.. Rose loved to garden and delighted in pretty flowers in and around her home.

Rose is survived by her husband of 13 years, Michael Gray, with whom she shared great love and camaraderie and many adventures in their RV, on cruise ships and in distant cities.

Rose also leaves behind her daughters, Lisa and Julia Chrynko, and one beloved grand-daughter, Coral Rock. She is also survived by her first husband, Dan Chrynko. Rose has six surviving siblings and many nieces, nephews and close friends who will dearly miss her good and loving nature and that mischievous twinkle in her eyes. Rose will be remembered for her great strength, courage and determination. Rose and her family were treated with a lot of love, caring and respect by everyone involved with Hospice of Santa Barbara and by Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara.

Edward Albert Thompson

07/11/39-04/09/19

Edward Albert Thompson passed peacefully from this life at the age of 79 on April 9, 2019 in Santa Barbara, California, his home for the past 59 years.

Ed was born July 11, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts to Albert and Vera Thompson. On June 19, 1960 he married Carolyn Ann Benson and moved to Santa Barbara, Ca. where they had two children, Lynn (Clark) and Tracey (Hart).

An Entrepreneur, Ed had several successful business ventures in the field of asset recovery until his retirement in 2009. Some years after the death of his wife Cally in 2005 he met Sharon Talkington and the two of them became partners, enjoying traveling, playing golf, and being together up until the time of his passing.

He is survived by daughters, Lynn (Scott) Clark, Tracey (Doug) Hart, grandchildren Tracy (Jared) Ward, Jacob (Brittney) Niessen, greatgrandchildren Jase and Colton Niessen, brother and sister in-law Robert and Jane Benson, and partner, Sharon Talkington.

Funeral services will be Friday, April 19, 2019 at 1:00 in the Chapel at Santa Barbara Cemetery with internment following.

The family wishes to acknowledge the excellent, compassionate care Ed received at Oak Cottage Memory Care as well as Hospice of Santa Barbara. They made his final days with us much more comfortable and dignified.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. Arrangements by Welch-Ryce-Haider.

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Born in Wisconsin, Jo moved to Southern California as a child. She attended UCSB, graduating with a degree in biology in 1965.

She moved to San Diego to acquire her laboratory technician certification, but when a job opened up at Cottage Hospital, Jo jumped at the chance to return.

A Santa Barbara treasure, Jo quietly volunteered her time wherever she saw that help was needed. She worked for more than a dozen nonprofits, including Crisis Helpline, and for literacy, voting, and flying organizations. Jo was considered a “gem” for her skill and commitment.

Jo worked with the League of Women Voters, helping people register to vote and then again on Election Day when she volunteered at polling places.

When Jo was asked to do lab work with the nonprofit Aeromedicos, she was flown in small planes to remote areas of Baja to provide medical support. Once Jo started flying in small planes, her life took off — literally!

SOLO! Jo Duffy celebrated her first solo flight, then went on to fly Back in Santa Barbara, Jo got her pilot’s countless missions for Aeromedicos, LightHawk, Coast Guard, and more. license and commercial license. She soon bought her own beloved Cessna and flew with Aeromedicos for more than 10 years. rabbits and some huge weeds. As any pilot will tell With her own airplane, Jo’s horizons expanded. She you, obstacles on the runway can be treacherous. Jo loved nature. She flew baby eaglets to sanctuaries to announced, “I’ve got this!” and strafed the runway keep them safe. She helped set up the “Eagle Cams” on a couple of times, landing safely and dodging only Santa Cruz Island so scientists and bird lovers could the weeds! watch as the baby eagles grew and took off on their One of her sisters remarked, “We loved it when Jo own solo flights. got into flying. She would fly to visit whenever she got Jo flew for Lighthawk, an organization of more a chance.” Jo organized frequent family reunions to than 200 pilots who fly to protect the environment. keep her extensive family connected.

“Jo loved anything that flies or is in the sky,” a friend She mapped oil spills, tracked migrating whales, and monitored the health of the shoreline and its wildlife. recalled. She led caravans of friends up Camino Cielo She was also a search and rescue pilot for the U.S. at midnight to observe comets or a meteor shower.

Coast Guard Auxiliary for 10 years.

She was also an avid birdwatcher. However, one time, The Santa Barbara Flying Club remembers Jo for on a birdwatching visit to Lake Los Carneros, friends tirelessly going beyond the requirements of the offices caught Jo focusing her binoculars on the tail numbers she held, recruiting many new members, and being of airplanes, not birds, flying overhead. Plane-spotting apparently outranked birdwatching. known for her “Count me in!” enthusiasm.

Jo loved her friends forever and kept in touch with Her support for new pilots was legendary. Many a new pilot remembers Jo standing on the field to watch friends from her childhood as well as those she saw their solo flights and congratulating them when they daily. landed. One of her favorite things to do while conFamily and friends surrounded Jo with love when fined to a wheelchair with a badly broken leg was to she passed away from cancer. To say she will be missed go to the airport, drink iced tea, and watch her fellow is an understatement. Jo Duffy leaves a void in our community that will be difficult to fill. pilots take off and land.

Jo loved introducing people to the adventure of Jo leaves two sons, Michael and Patrick, and flying. When the Experimental Flying Club recruited grandchildren Jacob and Keeley. She also leaves sispilots to take Young Eagles ages 8-17 for their first-ever ters Charlene and Penny, brothers Joseph and Phil, airplane flights, Jo was one of the first to sign up. She and a long list of nieces and nephews, including her was also a member of the Ninety-Nines — a women’s beloved triplets. flying organization founded in 1922 by Amelia Earhart Whenever you see a plane flying overhead, think —where she actively encouraged women of all ages to about Jo and her work, and maybe ask yourself, “How take to the air. can I help?”

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Dr. Laurence Pilgeram didn’t believe in heaven, but he did believe in life after death.

In 1990, at the age of 66, Pilgeram signed a contract with the Alcor Life Extension FounFoun dation to freeze his body upon his death with the hope that, decades or centuries from now, medical science would resurrect him.

Alcor, headquartered in a sand-colored business park in Scottsdale, Arizona, offers two types of “cryonic suspension” services: full-body for $200,000, and head-only for $80,000. It’s a bargain for a shot at immortality. Clients typically pay by signing over their life insurance policies.

The head-only option, the company explains, is the most cost-effective way to preserve a patient’s identity; using future nanotechnology, a new body might be grown around the brain. But Pilgeram never liked the idea of “Neurocryopreservation,” his family has said, so he chose “Whole-Body Cryopreservation” by initialing the appropriate box in the contract with his characteristically ornate handwriting. He also requested that Alcor freeze all of his remains, regardless of any damage caused to them by trauma or decomposition.

In 2015, when Pilgeram was 90 years old, he died of an apparent heart attack on the sidewalk in front of his Moreton Bay Lane home in Goleta. Alcor was contacted and preparations for Pilgeram’s suspension began. But things didn’t go as planned. Alcor dispatched two of its technicians to the morgue, where they removed Pilgeram’s head, packed it on ice, and drove it back to Scottsdale. The rest of his remains were cremated and mailed to his son Kurt in Montana.

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When Kurt demanded to CO UR know why his father’s whole body TE SY hadn’t been preserved, he received conflicting accounts from Alcor, according to court records. First, the company said Laurence’s body had decayed beyond saving. Then, it claimed he hadn’t kept up with his yearly $525 membership dues. Finally, it suggested the technicians didn’t want to wait for the permit necessary to transport a full body across state lines.

Not satisfied with any of those answers and incensed by what he considered a dismissive attitude by Alcor throughout the process, Kurt blocked the payout of his father’s life insurance and demanded the company relinquish his head. Alcor refused and sued Kurt for the money; Kurt sued back. Thus began a tangled, four-year legal battle that will go to trial in Santa Barbara Superior Court next year.

The case has ballooned beyond the initial dispute, and now there’s major money at stake. Using the Pilgeram incident as a springboard, Kurt’s lawyers intend to challenge the validity of the entire cryonics industry by questioning its basis in science and the promises it makes to customers. “The more we learn, the more we ask ourselves, does the model itself work?” said attorney David Tappeiner with Santa Barbara law firm Fell Marking. “This case is a lot bigger than we thought.” If they win, it could put Alcor out of business.

Alcor, a multimillion-dollar nonprofit and the biggest cryonics operation in the world, is now lawyered to the hilt, too. The company

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PLAYING GOD Even as a little boy, Laurence Pilgeram thought a lot about death. He wanted to understand it, and to beat it.

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and unaware of the beings and life around the casket,” he wrote in a self-published autobiography. It filled him with dread because Pilgeram, who was raised Catholic, had stopped believing in an afterlife about the same time he’d stopped believing in Santa Claus.

By 14, Pilgeram was studying the embalming process of Egyptian mummies and pondering the splitsecond transition from life to death. The concept was constant and concrete, as livestock were frequently slaughtered on his family’s ranch in Eden, Montana, where his German forebears had settled in the late 1880s. While other young men his age were establishing their own ranches, Pilgeram was saving up his fur-trapping money to buy books on tissue culture and organ transplants. “He was always just a little

bit different,” said his younger brother, Jim. “He got along with everybody and had a lot of girlfriends, but he was always just a little different. Our mother used to joke that he was dropped from outer space by aliens.”

Pilgeram built a laboratory in a corner of his parents’ barn, complete with a hand-crank centrifuge and a car-battery-powered electrical system, where he experimented on animals and tried to prolong their lives. He injected bovine growth hormone into guinea pigs but only succeeded in giving them diabetes. He fed thyroid tablets to the old family dog, Tommy, who regained some of his youthful energy and even started chasing lady dogs again until he was shot by a neighbor for harassing his livestock.

For his most ambitious test, Pilgeram, inspired by a radio series on experimental biology produced by UC Berkeley, injected fertilized chicken-egg embryos into adult chickens. He killed three of them before his mother found out. Still, he was determined to keep following what his brother called his “inquisitive streak.” “He wasn’t much for the country way,” Jim said.

Pilgeram graduated high school and enrolled at Berkeley, where he got his PhD in biochemistry in 1953. He wanted to devote his career to researching the aging process but quickly discovered it was a field of low standing among scientists. “It was as though the topic was relegated to the province of fools and incompetents,” a frustrated Pilgeram wrote.

He chalked it up to “mankind’s unquestioning acceptance of death as being inevitable.”

He made an end-run by choosing to study vascular disease, a respected field still connected to aging.

His plan was to research heart attacks and strokes and, whenever possible, consider the results through the lens of aging. “It was killing two birds with one stone,” he said.

After teaching in Chicago and running a lab in Minnesota, Pilgeram was recruited by Sansum Clinic in Santa Barbara to direct its atherosclerosis research program with a promise to build him a new research facility on Bath Street. In July 1965, Pilgeram moved to town with his wife, Marylin, and their two young sons, Kurt and Karl. They were welcomed at a swanky buffet dinner at the Hope Ranch Country Club, and

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It was around this time that Pilgeram first became interested in cryonics. While he makes no mention of it in his 125-page autobiography, Jim recalls the topic coming up frequently during Pilgeram’s summer trips back to the family ranch.

He’d tell everyone he wanted to be frozen when he died. They should too. He’d argue that their German family line, which he traced back to the 1300s and said produced a number of great thinkers like himself, ought to be protected.

The relatives all refused. “The rest of us just thought, hell, if we’re lucky enough to have one good life, that’s all we deserved out of it,” said Jim, now 87. The debates were usually civil, but sometimes they escalated. Their mother was especially against the idea, Jim said. “She’d tell me, ‘Jim, don’t let your brother freeze me.’ ” With respect to the lawsuit, Jim was adamant Pilgeram wanted his whole body preserved. “He believed in cryonics, but he didn’t believe in mutilation,” said Jim, who gave a deposition to the same effect. “He made it awful plain to them people that he did not want to be just a head.” He recalled teasing Pilgeram about Alcor’s cheaper suspension option. “Hell, they’re going to put your head on a coyote and stick you in the circus,” he’d say. Plus, Jim went on, Pilgeram was a boxer and a tap dancer and always kept in good shape, even in his later years. He was proud of his body. He’d have wanted to keep it.

Pilgeram remarried to a woman named Cynthia Moore in 1971, the same year he started giving talks at cryonics conferences around the country. One of his favorite memories of Cynthia was seeing the movie Dr. Zhivago together under the starry ceiling of the Arlington Theatre.

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Cynthia’s death in 1990 hit Pilgeram hard. His writings about it reflect a seething pain and anger. “A vital part of my life has been taken from me by this evolutionary outrage called death,” he fumed.

Pilgeram donated Cynthia’s body to Alcor through the Anatomical Gift Act, which normally only applies to medical research or organ harvesting. She was deposited in one of Alcor’s giant, liquid-nitrogen-filled vats cooled to a frigid -300 degrees Fahrenheit, each one containing four full bodies surrounding a central column of ten heads stacked in Crock-Potsized canisters. But in 1994, a California appellate court ordered Alcor to hand Cynthia’s body over to her family after her sister found a copy of Cynthia’s will. She’d wanted to be buried.

Meanwhile, Pilgeram continued a long and successful career that won him several awards and earned him a prestigious position at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He eventually settled into retirement in Goleta, where son Karl still lives. His work introduced him to a number of prominent politicians as he jockeyed for National Health Institute funding, including Hubert Humphrey, who remained an ally in securing him government grants over the years.

As recently as 2010, Pilgeram published a research paper through UC Santa Barbara that identified ways to flip a key biochemical switch in the aging process. And in at least one way, he already lives on. UCSB’s Laurence Pilgeram Biology Aging Fund is flush with nearly $900,000.

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The concept of cryonics — not to be confused with cryogenics, the branch of physics that studies the effects of very low temperatures on inert materials — entered public consciousness in 1967 with news of the world’s first “cryonaut,” a 73-year-old psychologist from Glendale. Since then, it’s stoked equal amounts of curiosity, revulsion, and legitimate scientific study. Critics, of which there are many, call it a scam that takes money from desperate and gullible people. Proponents, like Alcor, are always ready to counter.

First, they emphasize, no one promises cryonic suspension will work. The service is full of disclaimers and is essentially a long-term experiment to see if medical science can catch up with the fantasy of a second life. Why not give yourself the chance? There’s also the possibility of one day mapping a brain’s neural network and uploading all the electrical connections to a computer. In 2015, a 23-year-old woman who died of cancer gave her head to Alcor with that specific wish.

Supporters say there’s significant precedent for the freeze/thaw theory. Human embryos are frozen and warmed back up in fertility procedures. Certain species of fish survive entire winters encased in iced-up lakes. Recently, a scientist was able to put a rabbit kidney into suspension, thaw it, and transplant it back into the rabbit, and five dozen researchers, includ-

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Even as far back as 1980, Laurence Pilgeram discussed, in a strongly worded letter to the California State Cemetery Board, how a cat’s brain had been frozen and partially resurrected in Japan. He’d taken great issue with the board describing cryonic suspension as “consumer fraud” during a meeting in Santa Barbara.

The possibilities offered by the budding field of nanotechnology are especially enticing to cryonicists. “Cells will be reprogrammed to heal severed spinal cords, regrow lost limbs, and even regenerate new organs,” Alcor says on its website.

“This kind of tissue regeneration already occurs naturally in children that lose fingertips, and in organs such as the liver.” Perhaps most importantly and most basically, no one knows what the future will hold. Fifty years ago, the production of an artificial kidney was inconceivable. Who’s to say what we’ll be capable of in another 50 years? Or 500 years?

Still, the afterlife industry remains on the fringes. There are only about 300 people preserved in the U.S., 164 of them at Alcor, which also warehouses 33 unwitting pets. Around 1,400 more people are signed up for suspension with an average of one or two checking into Scottsdale every month. The vast majority of clients are men. Among them are a TV sitcom writer, a casino owner, and a Silicon Valley venture capitalist. The youngest patient is a 3-year-old girl.

Alcor, named after a faint star in the Big Dipper, chose Arizona because the region is generally safe from natural disasters and has lax regulations for its line of work.

Its Patient Care Bay is protected behind bullet- and bombproof walls in case of a terrorist attack.

Its only real competitors are the Cryonics Institute near Detroit and CryoRus outside Moscow, which host around 100 and 50 corpses, respectively.

The place is run by longtime director and futurist Max Moore, who has plans to expand the facility to accommodate 1,000 more suspensions. A couple of years back, he installed blue floor BIG MEN ON CAMPUS: Dr. Laurence Pilgeram stands in lighting below the patient vats to his Sansum Clinic office on Bath Street. The facility, which Pilgeram helped design, was built to aid his research give the room a more “scienceon atherosclerosis, the buildup of plaque in arteries. A fictiony” look, he told a reporter. portrait of Dr. William Sansum hangs in the background.

In the same interview, Moore challenged the idea that the organization is freezing dead bodies. “[Alcor’s patients] are basically in a deep coma, but without any metabolism,” he said.

The scientific community at large maintains cryonics is a bad bet. The medical technology needed to awaken a dead person isn’t even a dot on the horizon. The idea of uploading consciousness to a computer is just as far-fetched. At present, it would cost billions of dollars and take thousands of years to properly map even a single person’s brain.

That’s not to mention that the main process behind cryonic freezing, called vitrification, may not even work. Before they lower patients into their liquid nitrogen bath, Alcor pumps a chemical cryoprotectant, a sort of human antifreeze, through their veins, which turns into a glassy substance so that ice crystals can’t form and destroy tissue cells. But that glassy substance is known to crack and break. Even if that worked, what other untold complications, from physical to mental, would result from reanimation, from waking up in a different era with no friends or family or money?

More practically, what happens if Alcor runs out of money or its facilities shut down?

Critics frequently cite the Chatsworth Scandal of 1979, when nine cryonic patients were abandoned and left to rot in an underground crypt at the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Chatsworth, California. “The stench near the crypt is disarming,” a reporter famously wrote.

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The front door was locked, so they circled around back and noticed a large rectangular box wedged under the carport. Inside was Alcor’s first female patient in deep subzero sleep.

“She was just sitting there,” Kurt scoffed. “Even at that age, I knew something was wrong. Any dog could have just walked up and lifted its leg.”

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He did a year of junior college in Oxnard before loading up his truck near his 21st birthday and heading up to the Pilgeram homeland in MonTHE FIRST CRYONAUT: James Bedford’s mylar-wrapped body lies in its original 1967 aluminum capsule. The cryonics movement traces its tana, where he lives today, selling origins to the book The Prospect of Immortality Immortality, published three years Mac tools. He may not have followed earlier by a physics and math professor from Atlantic City named Robert in his father’s footsteps or believed Ettinger. in bringing people back from the dead—“You can’t make a cow out of hamburger,” he declared — but with respect to the lawsuit, it doesn’t matter.

“What the family believes, what I believe, what you didn’t Alcor just pick up the phone and say, ‘Guys, we believe — none of that is important,” Kurt said. “What really messed up?’” Kurt asked. “I would have worked is important is what my dad wanted.” The closest Kurt with them on that. There were so many opportunities can get to that now, he believes, is to cremate his father’s this could have been fixed. They haven’t been regular head, reunite it with the rest of his remains, and scatter folks.”

Kurt’s brother, Karl, was originally party to the the ashes at the ranch. “I don’t think that’s too much lawsuit. But after Alcor threatened to disinherit the to ask.” brothers from their father’s estate—a hyper-aggressive intimidation move by Alcor that a judge quickly dismissed—Karl settled with the company for an undisclosed amount.

Karl wants to keep fighting.

—Kurt Pilgeram He’s flown out to Santa Barbara for every court hearing, no matter how minor. “They’re used to bulldozing people out of the way,” he said. “I’m not that kind of person.”

Alcor’s entire business model is predicated on unreHe’s suing not just for his father’s head and the life alistic expectations, Kurt said. For a dead patient to be insurance money, but also for punitive damages from properly preserved, the company itself admits, he or what he described as chronic anxiety and stress he’s she must be immediately dunked in an ice bath, then felt since receiving his dad’s ashes in the mail and the flash-frozen as quickly as possible in Alcor’s operating subsequent litigation threats lobbed his way by Alcor. room. In fact, ideally, they’d pass away in a Scottsdale “They’ve taken this way too far,” he said. “It’s the prinhospice, where Alcor staff would be waiting right out- ciple of the thing. It’s just so wrong.”

As a legal matter, Kurt and his attorneys may have side the door. But that rarely happens, Kurt points out.

Alcor’s patients are scattered all over the country, a difficult time convincing a jury that Alcor should and it takes time for arrangements to be made, espe- relinquish the head. It could set a dangerous and unfair cially if they die unexpectedly. In Pilgeram’s case, he sat precedent that family members of Alcor patients who for five days in a regularly chilled morgue and vehicle disagree with their loved one’s final wishes would be before his head was finally ensconced in its liquid able to simply sue for the remains and the money nitrogen container. “Alcor’s so-called grand experi- promised to the company. ment is set up to fail,” Kurt said.

Alcor is also likely to seize on the fact that it took He also noted that there are no medical doctors on two years for Kurt to formally ask for his dad’s head.

Alcor’s roster. The people sent to perform the “neuro- The company might argue Kurt was waiting for his separation” on his father hold degrees in fine art and inheritance to be finalized before making his move. business administration. They’re allowed to do what Kurt said he simply didn’t know how to proceed. they do because in the eyes of the law, cryonics are “You don’t just Google ‘My dad lost his head and treated as elaborate funeral arrangements. who’s a good lawyer,’ ” he said. “I’ve lost a lot of sleep Alcor’s people have been anything but honest or over this; there’s no doubt about it. But this has fallen apologetic about the matter, Kurt claimed. Commu- to me, so I’ll do whatever I need to do to make it right.” nication was nearly nonexistent from the start. “Why n

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Call 966-5373. mcasantabarbara.org

4/18: DJ Quik One of the premier West Coast gangsta rap artists of the early ’90s, DJ Quik will play hits that topped the Billboard charts, such as “Tonite” and “Born and Raised in Compton.” 8pm. Velvet Jones, 423 State St. $25-$30. Ages 21+. Call 965-8676.

is today created by only female artisans in the village of Ocumicho in Michoacán, Mexico. This exhibit will be on display through July 30. 2-4pm. Casa Dolores, 1023 Bath St. Free. Call 963-1032.

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4/20: Buckles ’n’ Brews Invitational Beer Festival More than 30 select craft breweries, BBQ by the Kiwanis Club, and live music await you. Ticket includes a souvenir glass and unlimited samplings from the craft breweries and winery! All proceeds benefit the Kiwanis Club of S.B. 11:30am-4:30pm.

Carriage Museum, 129 Castillo St. $15$45; VIP: $65. Call 448-7070.

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4/18: Susan Jaques Author Susan Jaques will read from and sign copies of her new nonfiction work titled The Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession That Shaped an Empire.

7pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free.

Call 682-6787. chaucersbooks.com

FRIDAY 4/19 Alan Cumming: Legal Immigrant

This Tony- and Emmy-winning Renaissance man, style icon, social activist, author, singer, and actor will perform a cabaret of songs and stories about his life and loves in his adopted homeland, America. 8pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $79. Call 893-3535.

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and the Queens, singing hits such as “Narcissus Is Back” and “Tilted.” 6:30pm. S.B. Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. $45-$70. Call 962-7411. Read more on p. 51. sbbowl.com

THURSDAY 4/18 4/18-4/24: Everything Is Illuminated This heartfelt and hilarious story, based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2002 novel, chronicles the bizarre journey of Jonathan, a young Jewish writer from New York, to the Ukraine in search of a woman who may have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. This show runs through April 28. Thu.-Fri., Wed.: 8pm; Sat.: 4 and 8pm; Sun.: 2pm.

New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St. $25-$65.

4/18: Trail Talk: Helpful and Harmful Plants Every Hiker Needs to Know Join guest speaker and author of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the California Central and South Coasts Sue Reinhart and learn about the uses of 100 plants found along our area trails. 6:30-8pm. Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call 564-5621. Read more on p. 51.

4/18: Opening & Reception: Rum Running, Sailors & Prohibition This

4/18: Sunset Soiree Bring your dancing shoes and song requests for DJ Darla Bea and toast the beautiful sunset while sipping cocktails. 6-9pm. The Canary Hotel, 31 W. Carrillo St. Free-$15.

Ages 21+.

exhibit covers more than 400 years and illustrates the new world’s first distilled spirit, from its origins on 17th-century Caribbean sugar cane plantations to the role of slavery.

Real McCoy Rum will be pouring cocktails.

The exhibit runs through October 20.

5-6:30pm. S.B. Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Wy. Free. Call 456-8747. sbmm.org

4/18: Blood Orange, Christine and the Queens Celebrate the first concert of the season with producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, and vocalist Devonté Hynes of Blood Orange, followed by one of the most rule-breaking pop stars, Christine

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4/19: Opening Reception: Whimsical Tales of Ocumicho/ Cuentos Fantásticos de Ocumicho See a display of

4/20: Self Care Festival & Makers Market Enjoy exer-

“Point Sal” by Don Crocker

4/19-4/20: 7th Annual 2019 SCAPE Benefit Find fine art landscape paintings from more than 150 talented area artists from the Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment (SCAPE) to benefit Gaviota Coast Conservancy. Enjoy live music, bites, and wine at Friday’s reception with a silent auction and a raffle. The movie Gaviota: The End of Southern California will screen on Saturday. Fri.: 2-8pm; Sat.: 10am-5pm.

The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, S.B., 8301 Hollister Ave. Free. Call 683-6631.

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SATURDAY 4/20 4/20: Santa Barbara Music Club This musical afternoon will feature pianist Betty Oberacker and clarinetist David Singer as they perform the program “Apotheosis,” a grouping of works that

cise classes, artisan market, massage, mini facials, live music, and a pop-up restaurant by Pico. Donations made benefit the Santa Ynez Valley Youth Coalition. 10am-4pm. Mattei’s Tavern, 2350 Railway Ave., Los Olivos. Free.

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4/20: KopSun Presents Reefer Madness This 1936 film is a cautionary tale that features a fictionalized take on the use of marijuana as told by a high school principal at a PTA meeting.

There will be introductory remarks and a discussion following the screening.

7-8:30pm. Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria. $15. Rated PG. Call 684-6380. thealcazar.org

4/20: Maker Craft: Wind Chimes Bring the kids to this fun workshop focused on creating a decorative wind chime. All materials will be supplied.

elaborate festive clay sculptures from what

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4/19: Experiment Weekend Head downtown and check out a series of demonstration projects to reenergize the street.

Experiments include expansive outdoor dining areas, interactive art installations, and featured pop-ups from area start-up companies. Visit the website for a full schedule, times, and locations. Free.

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4/19: ZEDD Dance under the stars while this five-time Grammy nominee delivers smash hits like “The Middle,”“Clarity,” and “Stay.” Special guests Whethan and Yung Bae will open the show. 6pm. S.B. Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. $34.50-$54.50. Call 962-7411. sbbowl.com

represent the summation of practice or of a composer’s musical style. 3-4pm.

Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. sbplibrary.org

4/18: Third Thursday Studio | Spinning Be inspired with an evening of creation and conversation over art and a glass of wine while exploring the creation of whimsical kinetic sculptures incorporating found objects. 6-8pm. Museum of Contem-

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Nachle Deewane: Santa Barbara’s Indian Dance Festival Experience Indian dance and culture

with more than 200 dancers performing extraordinarily energetic, vibrant Bollywood- and Bhangra-style dancing. 5:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $18-$50. Call 899-2222. granadasb.org

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out with this instrumental trio who combines visionary guitar work with a powerful rhythm section and will have you up on your feet dancing.

7pm. Velvet Jones, 423 State St. $12-$13. Call 965-8676.

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2-3pm. Council Chambers, Buellton Library, 140 CA-246, Buellton. Free.

Children younger than 8 must bring an accompanying adult. Call 688-3115.

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4/22: Good Times Guitar Student Showcase Area students from Good

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author of How to Change Your Mind Mind, takes a deep look into the medical and scientific revolution around psychedelic drugs and explores the use on difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction, and anxiety. 7:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $16-$44. Call 893-3535.

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Times Guitar school will showcase their amazing talents. 6pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. Free. Call 962-7776. sohosb.com

4/22: Makerspace: Sewing Workshop Kids can learn machine or hand sewing in this week’s workshop. All supplies will be provided. Registration is encouraged. 4-5:30pm. Tech Lab, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free.

Call 564-5642. sbplibrary.org

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4/23: The Risk of Us Come hear author

TUESDAY 4/23 4/23: Is There a God on the Mic? Hip Hop’s (Untold) Religious History Join Josef Sorett, associate professor of religion and African-American studies at Columbia University, in a talk that highlights how religion has long been a centerpiece of the music and culture.

6-7:30pm. MultiCultural Ctr., UCSB. Free.

Call 893-8411 mcc.sa.ucsb.edu

4/23: Michael Pollan: How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan,

ing the loved ones around you. This show contains adult language and situations.

This show runs through April 27. 7:30pm.

Jurkowitz Theatre, SBCC, 721 Cliff Dr. $14-$24.

Call 965-5935.

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Lawn Games!

The Messthetics Jam

Rachel Howard in conversation with D.J. Palladino about her latest book, The Risk of Us about the fragile, shape-shifting quality Us, of family. 7pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call 682-6787. rachelhoward.co

WEDNESDAY 4/24

SCHEDULE THURSDAY Carpinteria: 800 block of Linden Ave., 3-6:30pm

FRIDAY

Montecito: 1100 and 1200 blocks of Coast Village Rd., 8-11:15am

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4/24: The Theatre Group at SBCC Presents Significant Other Follow

Downtown S.B.: Corner of Santa Barbara and Cota sts., 8:30am-1pm

the story of Jordan, a single man, in search of Mr. Right while learning the only thing harder than looking for love is support-

Goleta: Camino Real Marketplace, 10am-2pm

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Earth Day Book Celebration with Author and` Activist Marc McGinnes Celebrate Earth Day 2019 with environmentalist, activist, and author Marc McGinnes as he shares and signs his memoir, In Love with Earth, which follows his ongoing work in the environmental movement at its birthplace in S.B. after the devastating 1969 oil blowout.

7pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call 682-6787.

Old Town S.B.: 500-600 blocks of State St., 4-7:30pm

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Solvang: Copenhagen Dr. and 1st St., 2:30-6:30pm

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FISHERMAN’S MARKET SATURDAY

Rain or shine, meet local fishermen on the Harbor’s commercial pier, and buy fresh fish (filleted or whole), live crab, abalone, sea urchins, and more. 117 Harbor Wy., 6-11am.

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4/18, 4/21: Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant Thu.: Dannsair.

6:30-8:30pm. Sun.: Irish Jam Session. 4:30-7pm. 18 E. Ortega St. Free. Call 568-0702. darganssb.com 4/18-4/20, 4/24: The Endless Summer Bar-Café Thu.: Dustin Janson. Fri.: Benny Collison. Sat.: Al Vafa. Wed.: Brian Kinsella. 5:308:30pm. 113 Harbor Wy. Free. Call 564-1200.

4/18-4/20: Mercury Lounge Thu.: Alex Nahas playing the Chapman Stick. 8pm. $5. Fri.: Fiddl’n Dave Bluegrass Happy Hour Show. 6pm. Free.

Sat.: Borrowed Time. 9pm. $7. 5871 Hollister Ave., Goleta. Ages 21+. Call

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Feelin’, Joe Marcinek Band.

8:30pm. $10-$15. Ages 21+.

Fri.: Pet Medz & The Grownups, Last Point, The Chores.

9pm. $5. Ages 21+. Sat.: Led Zepplica. 9pm. $15. Ages Led Zepplica 21+. Tue.: Singer/Songwriter Showcase featuring Spring Loaded Unplugged, Sannah, Christina Larocca.

7-10pm. $8. Wed.: Back Pocket. 7:30pm. $10. 1221 State St. Call 962-7776.

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4/18-4/20: Velvet Jones Thu.: DJ Quik. 8pm. $25-$30. Ages 21+. Fri.: The Emo Night Tour. 9pm. $10-$15. Ages 21+. Sat.: The Messthetics. 7pm. $12$13. Velvet Jones, 423 State St. Call 965-8676. velvet-jones.com 4/19-4/20, 4/24: The Brewhouse Fri.: Little Al. Sat.: Christian and Company. Wed.: Bryan Titus Trio. 8pm. 229 W. Montecito St. Free. Call 884-4664.

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4/19: Carr Winery Barrel Rm. Teresa Russell & Tom Buenger. 6-8pm.

414 N. Salsipuedes St. Free. Ages 21+. Call 965-7985. carrwinery.com 4/19-4/21: Cold Spring Tavern Fri.: The Excellent Tradesmen. 6-9pm.

Sat.: Jim Rankin; 1-4pm. RML; 5-8pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan; 1:154pm. Paradise Kings. 4:30-7:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call 967-0066. coldspringtavern.com 4/19-4/20: Eos Lounge Fri.: Omnom. $5. Sat.: Dombresky; $10. Silent Disco: La Luna and Subsessions DJs. Free. 9pm-1:30am. 500 Anacapa St. Ages 21+. Call 564-2410. eoslounge.com

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4/19-4/20: M.Special Brewing Co. Fri.: The New Vibe. 6-9pm. Sat.: Plastic Harpoons. 6-8pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Bldg. C., Goleta. Free. Call 9686500. mspecialbrewco.com

starring: Frankie Avalon, Fabian & Bobby Rydell

4/19: Uptown Lounge The Mark Roberts Band. 9pm-midnight. Uptown Lounge, 3126 State St. Free. Ages 21+. Call 845-8800. www.sbuptownlounge.com

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4/20-4/21: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. (Los Olivos) Sat.:

Kenny Taylor; 3-6pm. The Soul Cats; 6-9pm. Sun.: Complicated Animals.

3-6pm. 2363 Alamo Pintado Ave., Los Olivos. Free. Ages 21+. Call 694-2252 x343. figmtnbrew.com

4/20: The James Joyce Ulysses Jasz. 7:30-10:30pm. 513 State St. Free.

Ages 21+. Call 962-2668. sbjamesjoyce.com 4/20: La Cumbre Plaza Montecito Jazz Project. Noon-3pm. 121 S. Hope Ave. Free. Call 642-0605. tinyurl.com/Music-LaCumbre 3 4 0 0 E H i g h w a y 24 6 , S a n t a Yn e z · 8 0 0 - 24 8 - 6 2 74 · C h u m a s h C a s i n o . c o m

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4/18: Learn About Passover Kids can enjoy a Passover story time with a special guest! 10:15am. Goleta Library, 500 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Ages 3-5. Call 964-7878.

There will be jumpers, arts and crafts, and the Girsh Park Bunny. Please arrive on time to park and register. 10am; hunt: 11am. Girsh Park, 7050 Phelps Rd., Goleta. Free.

Call 968-2773. girshpark.org

4/20: Annual Eggstravaganza 2019 Bring a basket to the valley’s biggest egg hunt followed by activities, games, and crafts, plus an adults-only egg hunt shortly after the kids’ hunt.

10am. River View Park, 151 Sycamore Dr., Buellton. Free.

4/20: Easter Egg Hunt with Crafts Bring your favorite

4/20: Annual Girsh Park Egg Hunt Bring the family for a giant hunt featuring 10,000 eggs filled with candy, toys, and prizes in six different age-appropriate fields, with several magic eggs containing certificates to host a party for free at Girsh Park.

4/20: Kids’ Egg Hunt Join this fun event for all children up through 5th grade. Please bring a dozen candy-filled, plastic Easter eggs for each child to donate to the hunt. If it rains, meet in the Free Methodist Church sanctuary (1435 Cliff Dr.). 9-11am. La Mesa Park, 295 Meigs Rd. Free. tinyurl.com/FMC-EggHunt

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basket and meet under the redwood tree for this annual Easter egg hunt, followed by crafts (including egg coloring). 10amnoon. First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St. Free.

Call 963-3579. fumcsb.org

4/20: Easter Egg Hunt Children through 6th grade will

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have a blast hunting more than 3,000 eggs and getting a visit from the Easter Bunny. Bring a bag or basket and a pair of new adult socks to donate. 10am. Cambridge Drive Community Church, 550 Cambridge Dr., Goleta. Call 964-0436.

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4/20: 17th Annual Goleta Bunny Express Take a miniature-train ride, play in the Thomas the Train bounce house, create bunny or train art, collect bunny souvenirs, and more. There is a 34 minimum height requirement to ride. Buy your tickets online. 11am-4pm. South Coast Railroad Museum, 300 N. Los Carneros Rd., Goleta. $5.

Call 964-3540.

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4/20: EGGstravaganza Egg Hunts Children from toddlers through age 8 should bring a basket for an eggstravaganza hunt!

Families can pick from two parks this year.

10am-11am. Chase Palm Park, 323 E. Cabrillo Blvd., and Bohnett Park, 1251 San Pascual St. Call 564-5495.

AT HOPE SANTA BARBARA church for the rest of us | no perfect people allowed :)

10am | April 21st

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4/20: The Great Egg Hunt Bring your own baskets and join the fun, which will include bounce houses, face painting, music, snacks for purchase, age-appropriate egg hunts, photo ops with the Easter Bunny, and more! A $10-per-car parking fee applies.

9am-noon. Softball Fields, Elings Park, 1298 Las Positas Rd. Free. Call 569-5611.

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The Tierney Sutton Band Screen Play

“Tierney Sutton is exquisite.

Part story-teller, part musician, a seamstress weaving tiny invisible magic threads that surround you without your noticing.”

4/20: Easter Egg Hunt Bring your own basket and gather in the area between Macy’s and Pottery Barn. Twenty children at a time will enter the Easter Egg Hunt Zone to collect 10 eggs maximum (eggs may contain nuts) while supplies last. There will be empty eggs that can be exchanged for special prizes at the trade station. There will be crafts by Tiffany & Co. and a visit from the Easter Bunny. 10am-noon. La Cumbre Plaza, 121 S. Hope Ave. Free. tinyurl.com/LaCumbreEggHunt

4/20: Easter at the Mart Meet at the Mart and enjoy complimentary photos with the Easter Bunny, plus playtime with baby chicks, bunnies, and pigs, as well as Easter treats! Noon-3pm. Montecito Country Mart, 1018 Coast Village Rd. Free. Call 969-9664. tinyurl.com/Easter-TheMart

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Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band Known as one of the finest pianists of the past 60 years, Eddie Palmieri is a bandleader, arranger and composer of salsa and Latin jazz with 10 GRAMMY® awards to his name.

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4/21: EGG-cellent Spring Brunch Bring the whole family to this Champagne

Easter Brunch featuring bottomless champagne and mimosas, magnificent pastry towers, make-your-own omelet and waffle stations, a carving station, a visit from the Easter Bunny, and Instagram-worthy ocean views. Children under 12 will receive a special Easter-themed gift upon departure. 10am-2pm. Hilton S.B. Beachfront Resort, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd. Adults: $115; kids 5-12: $55; kids 5 and younger: Free. Call 884-8535. tinyurl.com/HiltonBrunch

4/21: Miramar Easter Brunch and Celebration This bountiful buffet will have a beverage station as well as an Explorers’ Station offering brunch dishes for younger guests. After brunch, enjoy Easter egg hunts, crafting, face painting, and more! 11am-2pm. Rosewood Miramar Beach, 1759 S. Jameson Ln., Montecito. Adults: $160; kids 5-12: $80; kids 5 and younger: Free. Call 303-6116.

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4/21: Biltmore Brunch This holiday buffet brunch will also have face painting, a balloon artist, and an all-ages Easter egg hunt. Four Seasons Resort, The Biltmore S.B., 1260 Channel Dr. Adults: $140; kids: 5-12: $70; 2 and younger: Free.

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4/21: Easter Brunch This buffet-style meal will feature a variety of classic brunch items as well as signature dishes. 11am-3pm. The Bear and Star, 2860 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. Adults: $60; kids 12 and younger: $25. Call 686-1359. sponsors

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Join us in Santa Barbara for our Information weekend and learn about our various degree programs in Depth Psychology, Humanities, Clinical Psychology, Counseling and Mythological Studies. Faculty from each of the programs will be hosting program-specific information sessions throughout the day.

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At our April Introduction weekend, you will: Experience Pacifica’s unique interdisciplinary degree programs led by our renowned faculty.

Tour both of our beautiful campuses including the Joseph Campbell Archives and the Research Library.

Learn how to navigate the admissions and financial aid processes to make graduate school a reality.

Enjoy complimentary continental breakfast and lunch.

We will be giving away a $200 bookstore gift certificate.

Experience staying overnight and participate in a Sunday lecture on Dream Tending with Dr. Stephen Aizenstat.

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Weekend Schedule

Saturday, April 27, 2019 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM Sunday, April 28, 2019 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Evening Featured Presentation Mary Watkins

Mutual Accompaniment and the Creation of the Commons Dr. Mary Watkins will illustrate both clinical and non-clinical expressions of accompaniment. While linking the private practice of psychology to various modes of public practice, she hopes to nourish your own imagination of the kinds of work you could do while and after studying at Pacifica.

Dinner, Wine Tasting and Evening Presentation Also, join us on Saturday evening for a catered dinner, wine tasting and evening presentation. We will be giving away two-for-one tasting coupons and a bottle of Summerland’s Proprietor’s Reserve Collection.

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FEEL THE BURN: Jason Baker (foreground) of Fitness805 leads the abs segment of a weekly donation-based workout at Alameda Park

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his is when it starts to get real,” trainer Jason Baker said to about 40 people holding the plank position on the opening night of an ongoing fitness program open to the community. EarEar lier this month, Baker and his crew launched the 805 Project, a weekly donation-based guided workout for all ages and fitness levels.

“It’s a win-win,” one participant said. “You get to give back to your community while giving back to yourself.”

For the first three months, all donated proceeds from the weekly workouts will be given to the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade disaster-relief nonprofit. This summer, Baker’s team will select a new nonprofit to receive the proceeds.

Outdoor fitness is a rising trend across the nation, and for good reason. A study published in the scienscien tific journal Nature suggests that even simple visits of 30minutes minutes or more to green spaces during the course of a week could reduce high blood pressure by up to 9 percent. “I’ve always been a huge advocate of getting people outside in the fresh air to work out,” said Baker, founder of Fitness805. “Santa Barbara has so much to offer outside. Let’s take advantage of it!”

Amid hoots, laughter, and high-fives, Baker and his crew crew—including wife Wendy Baker, plus Emily Carey, Jessie Hernandez, and Ashleigh Vargas—led the group

through fitness stations for a full-body workout. These activities included a run around the park, step-ups, ball slams, squats, presses, and rows with resistance bands.

Participants did it all accompanied by swaying palm trees, birdsong, and glowing afternoon sunlight.

“We’ll definitely be back next week!” said Richard Gonzalez, who brought his young son and daughter to the workout. Gonzalez began training with Baker eight years ago.

Growing up, Baker said, poor food choices made him overweight and fatigued. He turned it around and then chose a career in fitness to share secrets of feeling healthy. “Fitness and better eating habits made me feel better,” he said. “Go figure. After I learned that, I was hooked!” Relationships are key to getting healthy, Baker added. He hopes to create a space where people are comfortable just being themselves so they can befriend other health-minded people.

“This isn’t just a workout,” Baker said. “It’s the beginning of a healthier, better-supported community.”

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s instructed, I poked my index finger into the shallow dip between my neck and collarbone, a delicate and often exposed area of the body called the suprasternal notch. “It’s an accesacces sible target,” explained Melodee “Mel” Meyer, who was leading the women’s self-defense workshop last month at Martial Arts Family Fitness. “That’s key.”

The practice room was lit with bright fluorescent lights and lined with soft rubber mats, which lent a faint scent to the space. I was there with 19 other women for the free class, and we formed a circle around Master Mel, as she’s called, as she explained how this spot at the base of the neck is even more accessible than the groin, the other target that often first comes to mind when women think about defending themselves from a male attacker.

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aul Smith Rivas has a blunt message for parents of high schoolers: Your kid is not ready for college.

While tutoring a wide spectrum of students in the Washington, D.C., area, this Santa Barbara native, San Marcos High grad, and UCSB alum watched kids from the best high schools struggle in college because they had no clue what was in store for them. “The road to college is littered with kids who were not prepared or who never had a chance of paying for college,” said Rivas. He wants to change that, at least as far as preparation is concerned.

He hopes to change by publishing This Book Will Not Be on The Test: The Study Skills Revolution, in which Rivas takes everything he’s learned about conquering college and presents it in an accessible way that often challenges conventional thinking. The study-skills specialist argues that college today is largely a scam, a system guilty of “overcharging for on-campus housing and extorting you emotionally by charging you for knowledge available free online or at the public library because students will think less of themselves if they don’t graduate from a respectable college.” Rivas is certainly not echoing the rosy platitudes one might hear at a high school college-night presentation or campus visit.

The tone of the book is that of a straight-talking coach— coach the wisdom of John Wooden grafted with the intensity of Mike Krzyzewski— Krzyzewski who honestly wants you to succeed, but who will never let you fool yourself or accept anything but your grittiest effort. Don’t be misled by the book’s slender appearance— appearance it’s packed with practical advice about what college is really like, and what it takes to squeeze every ounce of value from it. The chapters on reading, note-taking, and tests are particularly useful.

High school teachers might take offense when Rivas writes that “high school is set up to make teachers unhappy and kids dumb,” but he says his book is not anti-teacher. At one time, Rivas considered becoming a high school Spanish teacher, and he acknowledges that being a high school teacher is a tough job with numerous bureaucratic obstacles, high demands, mediocre pay, and difficult working conditions.

Instead, he sees how the system also works against students. As any parent knows too well, high school students have little time for reflection.

They dash from activity to activity, cranking out assignments and meeting requirements rather than learning beyond a superficial level. “The highest performing high school students in the country are all sleep deprived,” Rivas writes. Many are not equipped to make decisions on their own, and college is nothing if not a smorgasbord of decision-making.

The core of the book is seven rules for success in college that Rivas distilled while writing. The rules are not a magic formula. Succeeding in college takes diligence, planning, and self-motivation. Students must figure out how to manage their time, find and use all the resources availavail able to them, connect what they’re learning to what they already know, and, perhaps most importantly, take responsibility for their own learnlearn ing. If they succeed, college can be a life-changing experience, worth every penny it costs.

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—Brian Tanguay

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“Know your boundaries and know, too, that it’s your responsibility to uphold them,” she said. If shouting “Stop!” and putting up your hand has failed, look for a way to escape or involve nearby people by drawing attention to your situation. Running is not a guaranteed means of escape, she added. “You probably won’t be able to outrun your assailant, so you need to know how to end the conflict another way — by facing the danger.”

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It may sound counterintuitive, but when you’re being threatened, attacking first is often the best way to put an end to a dangerous situation. Identifying and attacking soft targets such as the perpetrator’s nose, eyes, and suprasternal notch could be the difference between life and serious injury or even death. She taught us that some parts of the body that make great weapons are elbows, fingers, feet, and legs, but not usually fists.

“Be proactive, not reactive, because you’re going to end it,” Meyer said as we stood facing each other in two long lines, and a trickle of sweat leaked onto my brow line. We practiced escape maneuvers, including various wrist-grabs and being held from behind. And we unleashed knee attacks on Bob, our willing attacker dummy. Much like a hunk of rubber does, he took his lumps without complaint.

As we practiced, Master Mel’s voice cut through the pummeling noises with strategic tips on minimizing our risk of being targeted and building our situational awareness. My favorite part came near the end of the workshop, when participants shared some of their personal experiences with violence, reflecting on the lessons they had learned in the course.

“It was cool to learn how you can look like a victim, or not,” one participant said. Another woman remarked that she didn’t realize how important making eye contact was in facing down potential threats, and that it was going to be something she’d work on. Master Mel shared her friend’s story of using the maneuvers we practiced to successfully defend herself when an Uber driver attacked her.

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t this point, it would be hard to calculate which is greater: the number of words I’ve written about Target over the years, the number of purchases I’ve made at Target, or the number of hours I’ve spent pining for a Target right here in my hometown.

I’ve hosted a Target haiku contest and investigated the freaky phenomenon that compels some shoppers to relieve themselves in Target loos. But it all started 17 years ago when I wrote a column professing the unwholesome addiction my friends and I have to the retailer.

“Under the guise of hunting for Midol and a greeting card, we have been known to absent-mindedly knock toile throw pillows, sleek travel mugs, chunky-heeled boots, ceramic dog bowls, quick-dry nail polish, and purse-sized cartons of goldfish crackers into our carts—and then double back around to have another go,” I confessed. “Some of us are wearing three Target items as you read this.”

I was so overwhelmed with feedback from like-minded local bull’s-eye fanatics that I started an online petition to bring Target to Santa Barbara. When I sent it to the corporation and local city councils after three months, it had amassed 4,000 signatures, including that of then-mayor Marty Blum.

“We see it as cruel and unjust that our otherwise fabulous community should be denied the stylish knick-knacks and affordable must-haves reaped by so many other, and frankly less deserving, burgs,” my letter read. “We expect our leaders, and those who have made Target the dazemail: starshine@roshell.com zling retail temple that it is, to overcome any challenges of property location, traffic congestion, and misplaced anger by those who naively consider themselves Target’s competitors (the undersigned never have, and never will). Wouldn’t you rather we spend our money here—and with what we assure you would be shocking frequency and zeal—than leave town once a month to drop a bundle in some neighborhood an hour away?”

And now, at long last, our wish has come true. … So why do I expect to walk into the paltry clothing department at our tiny Target and see a ¾-sleeve raglan graphic tee sporting the slogan “Be careful what you wish for, bitches” in a cheeky retro font?

I was one of the thousands of curious shoppers who shuffled through the new two-story Target on the corner of State and La Cumbre when it opened last week. In fact, I was there three times in its first six days and spent … well, just never you mind what I spent; you should see the fabulous bracelets I nabbed.

It’s a beautiful space streaming with sunlight—an improvement over most fluorescent-lit Targets. And who doesn’t love a cart escalator? But parking is the kind of ghastly problem you see at the end of action movies, when you’re thinking, “There just is no solution! How can they possibly survive this contrived plot point?!” Also: There seems to be somehow too much—and yet not enough—stuff crammed into our compact new shopping shrine.

Curation is what Target has always excelled at; it’s what distinguishes them from their lesser Lame-Mart competitors. Rather than offering a vast mess of low-quality dreck, they only stock a modern, budgetminded suburbanite’s essentials—inexpensive must-haves and on-trend treasures: everything you’d need to survive the zombie apocalypse while maintaining gorgeous skin, staying up on your best-seller reading, and choking down gluten-free, non-GMO, vegan, kosher protein bars with coconut-lime kombucha.

But our mix, on tall shelves flanking narrow aisles, is a particularly odd assortment. Kettlebells and yoga blocks. Fifty-plus colors of craft paint. Oodles of wine but no shoes. Two dressing rooms (not male and female—literally space for two humans to simultaneously try on clothes).

And, I kid you not, 25 kinds of nicotine gums, lozenges, and patches.

This last touch is weird — but it’s also kind of appropriate. Our token Target is a lot like a Nicorette patch to a cigarette addict: No one’s pretending it’s as satisfying as the real thing. But it’ll feed that monkey on the backs of junkies like me and keep our sweats and tremors at bay … until the full-sized Target opens in Goleta this fall.

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surprising creativity and multicultural touchpoints, it was Chef Jeremy Van Kralingen’s first dish that really told the strongest story: a cross-section of octopus, doused with a jalapeño-pineapple relish and sprinkled with popcorn nibs that were seasoned Tajin-style, with salty chile and tangy lime. It was as delicious as it sounds, sweet and spicy and savory and seafood-y, each bite layered with textures from chewy to crunchy, paired expertly with a premier cru Champagne.

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proud to support him, whether it’s a street dog in Intermezzo or scallops and pork belly in Wine Cask.”

That means Van Kralingen isn’t beholden to any particular style, so long as the results are good and, of course, work well with wine. Even the wine list is shifting a bit, according to our server Nuri Monahan, a NEW SPOTLIGHT FOR KITCHEN VET: After years working in kitchens across Santa Barbara, Chef Jeremy Van Kralingen now leads the Wine Cask team, blending his Hawaiian roots into creatively modern cuisine. well-known face in fine-dining circles. “We’re shifting the program to be more international than just Santa Barbara County,” said Monahan, explaining Instead, these dishes are more likely to show up as the that they want to offer diners a counterpoint since Central daily-changing crudo appetizer or as part of the chef ’s Coast wines are “super well-represented” in town. “It’s been choice tasting experiences, in which you sit back and let really well received,” said Monahan. the kitchen do all the thinking. The five-course menu is But as the co-proprietor of the Santa Ynez Valley–based $75, with an optional wine pairing for about $35 or so; the Point & Line wines, Monahan also proudly pours regional eight-course tasting is $85, with a wine pairing that’s closer wines as well. That included a Santa Maria Valley char- to $60. And because the Wine Cask has a Coravin device in donnay by Timbre that accompanied our seared scallops the house to tap older and rarer bottles, even more luxuriin corn-miso emulsion and a co-fermented red blend by ous wine pairings are possible, said Monahan, “if you want Sanguis that enveloped bites of the pan-roasted ribeye. to go Gucci.”

As Van Kralingen worked the kitchen on the night of Among the on-point pairing displays, we enjoyed the my visit, Monahan guided my friend and me through the oven-roasted marrow served with crab fat and sourdough octopus, scallops, and ribeye as well as dishes centered on toast, leveled by a citrusy Von Winning riesling from Pfalz, bone marrow, crab, and lobster. Most are not on the regular Austria. And while a curious choice at first, the Napa Valley menu, which still features familiar classics like duck confit, sauvignon blanc by Spottswoode provided an herbaceous slice through the richness of the squid ink spaghetti, topped pan-seared salmon, and braised pork shank. with lobster claw meat and swimming in preserved lemon-flavored crème fraîche.

Toward the end of our gluttonous affair, Van Kralingen came out from the kitchen, and his face was immediately familiar. “That barbecue contest at Whole Foods,” he answered, and it clicked: Van Kralingen was one of the first-ever participants in a barbecue contest that this newspaper hosted for many years. We briefly reminisced about the silliness of that inaugural event, where people were forced to grill in the Whole Foods parking lot. (We didn’t exactly think the whole thing through, and thankfully our techniques were refined in the ensuing years.)

Since then, Van Kralingen worked at Café Luck, the San Ysidro Ranch, Julienne, El Encanto, and The Lark, before being hired by David Rosner about five years ago to join the Wine Cask team. Originally from Hilo, Hawai‘i, Van Kralingen originally came to Santa Barbara to attend SBCC and fell into the cooking life.

That time in the kitchen makes him hypersensitive to what it’s like working the line, a mostly anonymous, often thankless task whether you’re in fancy kitchens or burger joints. “I feel like we’ve built a positive-reinforcement culture in the kitchen,” he said in an ever-so-slight Hawaiian accent. He’s challenging his cooks to come up with the next best dish and says they have dozens of ideas ready for prime time.

“You want to feel important,” he said of what it’s like working in the back. “And everyone’s stepped it up, too.”

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“When I first sampled it, it tasted like mezcal,” said Van Kralingen later that night. “It’s Latin and Asian cultures coming together, which I enjoy.”

It was also a departure of sorts from the traditional Wine Cask fare, which for decades adhered a bit more to classic French-inspired offerings, albeit through the Californian lens. “I have the freedom to just go for it,” said Van Kralingen of what’s changed since Anda Ashkar took full ownership of the restaurant last fall.

“I think she wants even more change than what she’s seeing now.”

In July 2017, Ashkar bought out longtime co-owner Doug Margerum (whose family founded the enterprise in 1981) and co-owner/operator Mitchell Sjerven (who also runs bouchon on West Victoria Street); the two men stayed on board until September of last year. The trio originally teamed up to save the Wine Cask in 2009 after a series of controversial moves by then-owner Bernard Rosenson, who’d bought it from Margerum in 2007. For the next nine years, with Sjerven overseeing dayto-day restaurant operations, the new owners repaired the restaurant’s reputation and returned it to the height of fine dining in Santa Barbara.

Ashkar intends to uphold that esteem while letting the kitchen broaden its scope. “Chef Jeremy and his team merely needed a runway to showcase their creative talents,” said Ashkar. “He’s earned the opportunity COLORFUL PLATES: The Wine Cask’s vibrant dishes include steak tartare with watermelon radish and aioli. and freedom afforded him, and we are

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Since opening their doors inside the former the brewers as well.

“The beauty of being an independent brewery home of Pierre Lafond and Caffe Primo, Institution has been bustling, with customers spilling out with family ownership is being able to brew what into the front patio and packing the place until the we love to drink,” explained Smith. “If some beers midnight closing time. It could be the welcom- don’t sell well, I can live with that, because it sure beats having to brew beers just because someing all-glass doors that advertise a vibrant scene body else told you to or because you need inside, or the promise of hot pretzels and to brew it for business reasons.” pizza, or just the need for another The contagious love for brewery in the heart of State what they do trickles down Street, mere blocks away from to the staff as well, who, even Night Lizard and The Cruison the busiest nights, have ery. All of these factors add shown nothing but ultrato their success, but it really friendly customer service, hinges on one key reality: offering tastes, recommenThe beer is delicious. dations, and smiles “I think we do things with every beer. the right way, which peo“It takes a ridicuple respect,” said co-owner lous amount of Shaun Smith, who owns the hard work from business with his brother, Ryan, our team, but the and father, Roger Smith. “We end result is always are family owned and operated super rewarding,” and passionate about the qualsaid Smith. ity of our beer and food. Many

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BY ALEX WARD ceramicist, speaks about his new role with the giddy zeal of a man self-actualized. “Distilling is a cooking process; it’s chemistry; it’s a little bit of physics,” Craig explained, sounding like a morally centered Walter White. “It’s just all the things I’ve ever done in my life that I loved.”

Craig initially began distilling as a weekend hobby, building a backyard still and producing his own corn whiskey and bourbon. His wife, Laura Craig, witnessing the satisfaction Craig was deriving from the experience, urged him to pursue the work full-time with a few minor stipulations: “No selling until you’re legal, no fire, no explosions,” Laura recounted. “I’m not going to bail your ass out of jail either.”

Craig proceeded to design and build his own distilling operation over the course of a year, struggling against architectural challenges, municipal permitting restrictions, and the state’s antiquated liquor laws. The process inspired the company’s logo: a pileated woodpecker.

“It’s sort of indicative of what it took to open up this place,” Craig said. “I mean, really constantly bonking my head but knowing there’s that nugget there if I hit it hard enough and long enough.”

Goleta Red Distilling Company opened in April 2018 and has already garnered industry accolades for its spirits, including a bronze medal from the American Distilling Institute for the Fiesta Agave Spirit and a silver medal for the Goodland Gin. For those of us haunted by bad college experiences and who generally think of gin as the devil’s saliva, the Goodland Gin is a revelation. Nowhere to be found is the Pine Sol–esque juniper intensity that characterizes so many old-world-style gins. Instead, the Goodland features a citrus-forward blend of 14 botanicals (including locally grown avocado leaves) and a surprisingly easy drinkability. “It’s going to keep getting refined,” Craig claimed. “Got silver this year. I’m getting double gold next year.”

Similarly smooth and even more dangerous is the Orange Java Overproof, a delicious rum liqueur distilled from turbinado sugar and molasses and flavored with oranges and coffee beans. At 57 percent alcohol by volume, it’s as potent as it is sweet.

The distillery’s charming tasting room features a bar decorated with authentic preProhibition liquor bottles and enough seating to accommodate small groups. In addition to tastings of straight liquor, Craig pours imaginative cocktails composed solely of his own spirits and locally sourced ingredients. He also offers monthly hands-on tours of the facility, in which visitors are able to load up a still, run some gin, proof it down, and take a bottle of their creation home.

Goleta Red Distillery’s products can currently be sampled at The Imperial, The Hilton Garden Inn, and Break Time. Or at the distillery itself — if you’re able to find it.

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SAN DIEGO TO PASO: Chuck Silva (left) departed San Diego’s legendary Green Flash four years ago to start his eponymous brewery in Paso Robles with his wife, Mary Jo Silva (right), and their enthusiastic team.

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Occasionally, one of the always-rotating handles yields an offering from a brewery that may sound foreign to those who drink hyper-local yet is actually a bright star in the 805’s sudsy constellation: Silva Brewing from Paso Robles.

Denner delivered the brewmaster some free-run grenache juice, which Silva co-fermented with a kettle-soured ale.

The wine/beer hybrid then aged in French oak (previously used to mature white wine) and was finished with a champagne yeast. The Pink Stuff is dry and effervescent and became an instant hit both among wine lovers and beer drinkers, including the beer-drinking winemakers. His plan for the next beer in this vein is a sparkling brut beer co-fermented with white wine grapes.

While Silva’s small-batch projects are predominantly only available on- site at his tasting room in downtown Paso Robles, Santa Barbara scores a few kegs here and there. The last one that landed at Lama Dog was Nut Farm, a nitrogenated sweet stout inspired by the walnut groves surrounding the brewery. The creamy beer, which is brewed with milk sugar, is instantly appealing to fans of Rocky Road or Jamoca Almond Fudge ice creams. It was the best seller in Santa Barbara County until the release earlier this year of Gateway to Hefen, a Bavarian-style Hefeweizen with telltale banana-and-clove-like esters that lights up the palates of anyone who enjoys banana bread.

“My wife, MJ, and I are very much enjoying owning and operating our own small, independent brewery, even with the challenges we face,” explained Silva. “We simply roll up our sleeves and get busy with making our beer. I like that I don’t have to ask anyone permission to brew whatever I want. It’s been good for the soul, and I’m living my dream of brewing in wine country.”

Legendary San Diego Brewmaster of Green Flash Fame Returns to Coastal Roots

BY BRIAN YAEGER The brewery is owned by Mary Jo and Chuck Silva, who earned a number of awards during his 11 years at the helm of Green Flash Brewing in San Diego. After years of crafting German, English, Belgian, and American styles, Silva resigned from Green Flash in 2015. A year later, he started making and selling beer in his native San Luis Obispo County — it’s a far cry from the beer-steeped culture of San Diego, but making beer in the heart of wine country has its own advantages.

Despite exceling at hop-forward IPAs like the ones that put Green Flash on the map, Silva Brewing made a splash with The Pink Stuff. “My vision was to make something champagne-like, not just accented by grapes,” he said. “And because Paso is surrounded by vineyards and wineries, it didn’t take long to befriend Anthony Yount, winemaker at Denner Vineyards just up the road.”

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How has life changed since releasing Negro Swan? This time around was maybe a little different because of a couple factors. I’ve actively played more shows than the last few times I’ve released albums. For me, this is the first time I’ve released music in a landscape where you kind of feel it existed straight away; it never really was a thing even when I was younger, since Lightspeed Champion. Things are so different now, so heightened, that you kind of, regardless of the size of your fanbase, whether you like it or not, you’ll notice a reaction when you

MUSICAL FEEDBACK: “This is the first time I’ve released music in a landscape where you kind of feel it existed straight away,” said Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes of how quickly fans can react to new music thanks to social media.

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He joins gender-bending French chanteuse Christine and the Queens at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Thursday, April 18. I talked to Hynes about the new album, his childhood, and why he loves Santa Barbara.

sure to be? No and no. Maybe I would feel more inclined to that kind of thing in a slightly different climate, but we’re in an age when people really want superheroes, and they just don’t exist. … Every single person is flawed.

And that’s kind of what’s beautiful about humanity.

On “Dagenham Dream,” there’s a vocal narrative wherein Janet Mock says, “So often in society, in order to belong means that we have to, like, shrink parts BACK IN S.B.: “I love Santa Barbara,” said Dev Hynes, as it of ourselves.” Is there a part was the first time he and Solange Knowles worked on music you’ve shrunk that you’ve been together. “It became a lifelong friendship.” maybe been able to reclaim on release something. That’s kind of been a this album? I think I’ve been able difference to everything as a whole. to reconnect with my childhood more — most recently, actually. Because the medium You have so many wonderful collaborators. I choose to work through things is music, How do you collaborate without compro- and luckily music can be such a nostalgic mising everyone’s individual voices? I can thing, and so through that, I’ve been able to count on one hand where the person I revisit things from my past, and it turns into worked with wasn’t a friend beforehand. moments and feelings.

You have a lot of great friends, then! Yeah, I’m lucky. Mostly, it just begins in my own music. It’s not that detached from my personal life or who I am. A lot of the time, I have people around … whose opinion I like and trust and I’m a fan of as a person, whether you work on music or not. That being the case, I’m usually happy for their input in any form. … My thing is that I’m open to everything and anything. To me, the simple answer is that I love starting things, and I kind of love seeing it through at the end, but I don’t necessarily think I always know the best ideas in the middle period.

Do you feel you are a spokesperson for a subculture or genre, and/or do you feel pres-

How you feeling about the show in Santa Barbara with Christine and the Queens? I love Santa Barbara; it’s a special place to me. The first period of time that me and Solange ever spent working on music was in Santa Barbara. I wish I could remember where, exactly. … It’s kind of crazy, that’s now, like 9-10 years ago, and that was a very important, special time. I’m such a fan of hers. It became a lifelong friendship, and even musically, it was kind of the first time I really worked with someone and they valued the things I did. So yeah, it’s really cool to go back.

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Blood Orange plays at the Santa Barbara Bowl (1122 N. Milpas St.) with Christine and the Queens on Thursday, April 18, at 6:30 p.m. See sbbowl.com.

In the rural town of Ocumicho, Mexico, art reigns supreme: specifically, droll figurines that capture the rich traditions of the Purépechan, an indigenous people who have been in the western Michoacán region since the 1300s. Imagination and myth are the basis for the subject matter and are combined with scenes of everyday life, religion, and allegories. The results are delightfully surreal works of art depicting sirens, Negritos, and devils doing a variety of things such as driving, bicycling, or dancing. Santa Barbarans can take a peek at some of the creations, which are made of clay and typically by women, at Casa Dolores’s exhibit Whimsical Tales of Ocumicho. There is an opening reception for Friday, April 19, 2-4 p.m., at Casa Dolores (1023 Bath St.).

The show runs through July 30. Call 963-1032 or see casadolores.org.

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THE RISK OF US UCSB graduate and former Santa Barbara Independent writer Rachel Howard has published her first novel, The Risk of Us, a tight, compelling story about a couple in the midst of adopting a precocious and spirited child who also carries a load of trauma.

Seven-year-old Maresa has experienced things no child should have to face.

Prior to writing The Risk of Us, Howard wrote and published a memoir, The Lost Night Night, and then spent several years writing a novel that never quite clicked, though working on it for so long taught Howard valuable lessons. She said she discovered the voice of the narrator of The Risk of Us on a drive to San Francisco, and once she had that, the shape of the story became clear. Eight months later, the novel was completed. In prose that is spare and compact, the reader experiences the doubt, confusion, and hope the couple feels as they navigate the bureaucracy of the foster care system, endure meetings with social workers and therapists, read the books recommended to them, and try to create a home for a child they find delightful, bewildering, and sometimes frightening.

Howard creates and maintains an excruciating tension and uncertainty around the finalization of Maresa’s adoption. Bringing Maresa into their lives exposes the couple’s own emotional baggage, frailties, and insecurities. The idea of adopting a child is one thing; actually doing it and creating a family is something that must be earned.

Rachel Howard will be signing books at Chaucer’s Books (3321 State St.) Tuesday, April 23.

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by Richie DeMaria PALE WAVES MAKE BIG WAVES: Many a man has put Manchester, England, on the musical map — but women have been largely left out of the picture.

Pale Waves is changing that. Fronted by the singer/guitarist/lyricist Heather Baron-Gracie and drummer/songwriter Ciara Doran, they’re pushing the scene forward in bold, exciting ways. They open for fellow Manchester music-makers The 1975,at the Santa Barbara Bowl, April 21, at 6 p.m., along with No Rome, from Manila.

Pale Waves makes music for the now while still building on and furthering the legacy of their predecessors. A four-piece rounded out by Hugo Silvani (guitar, keyboard) and Charlie Wood (bass, keyboard), singer Baron-Gracie said the band is “doing something different. We’re a mixed-gender band that plays pop music and is somewhat dressed up like vampires — but we’re making room for that. We inspire people to just be themselves.”

For Baron-Gracie, it’s especially important to be a visibly empowered woman in the man’s world of the music industry. “We’re all about seeing our power, and doing it for the girls, and we do sort of try and preach about that as much as we can,” she said. “We just want to inspire young female artists to pick up an instrument, to show you can do it. So many come up to us and said they were intimidated to pick up an instrument. Music is very dominated by the male gender, and it sometimes is intimidating; I’ve been talked down to because I’m a girl. A lot of men talk to Hugo a lot more about guitar stuff—I’m just as interested in guitars.”

Pale Waves’ synth-heavy pop sound shares some similarities with labelmates The 1975. “We have a lot of the same influences; we love pop music and ’80s music,” Baron-Gracie said. They’ve enjoyed a quick explosion of attention as an indie band thrust onto the world stage. Last year, they won an NME Under the Radar Award and ranked fifth in the BBC Sound of 2018 poll. Throughout, Pale Waves showcase an independently spirited identity all their own.

“I feel like people are so shocked by how we dress these days and the music we write; they think we do it for the contradiction or gaining more popularity, but we actually dress like this day to day. That’s how I feel comfortable,” she said. “So many people are scared of truly being themselves these days. Even though we get a lot of backlash for how we dress and the music we do, it’s all about making space for people to be themselves.”

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PET MEDZ PUNK PRESCRIPTION: In other news of all things rocking, head to SOhO Restaurant & Music Club (1221 State St.) on Friday, April 19, to catch area punk greats Pet Medz, starting at 9 p.m. The band headlines in this punked-out evening, along with the punkabilly of The Grownups, ’90s-style punk rockers Last Point, and fellow punks The Chores. With the Central Coast and northern SoCal being famed for growing a few of our recent decades’ bigger punk-rock and ska bands, acts like these continue on the 805’s rule-breaking rock ways, with good melodies to boot.

QUIK IS THE NAME: Alternatively, if hip-hop’s more your groove, legendary producer, turntableist, and emcee DJ Quik comes to Velvet Jones (423 State St.) on Thursday, April 18, at 9 p.m. A fundamental force of ’90s rap and co-sculptor of Compton’s musical world, DJ Quik is one of those rare producers whose beats continue to make you bounce decades after their making, one whose influence is felt far and wide. Thankfully, he’s still going strong. n

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t this most eventful time of the performing arts year, when virtually every organization in town is mounting some kind of production, leave it to State Street Ballet (SSB) to present something that’s as bright, joyful, and full of happiness as Ballroom.

Focusing on the pleasures of social dance through the lens of ballet, the seven pieces on the program each framed the subject in a different way. “Five by Gershwin” showed the choreography of SSB co–artistic director William Soleau at its most romantic and glamorous, with the men Presented by State Street in tailcoats and the Ballet. At the Lobero women in brightly Theatre, Sun., Apr. 14. colored gowns. In “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” longtime company member John Christopher Piel showed that he’s grown into the ballet equivalent of a Hollywood leading man from the golden age, capable of warmth, wit, and self-deprecating humor, sometimes within the short space of a few bars.

“Stand by Me,” a world-premiere duet

by Kassandra Taylor Newberry, gave dancers Ahna Lipchik and Nickolas Topete the opportunity to show off their superb athleticism in both hip-hop-derived moves and spectacular lifts and vaults. Robert Sund’s 1999 composition “BAND” closed out the first half in rousing fashion, setting spectacular ensemble work to the strains of Duke Ellington. “Caravan,” which featured Lipchik and Francois Llorente moving to the trombone

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of Juan Tizol, was particularly memorable.

“Bubbles” by Laurie Eisenhower gave the young company a wonderfully cheeky set of tunes from Lawrence Welk to bop to. Anna Carnes and (however briefly) Noam Tsivkin came next with a brilliant new piece by Soleau set to Ella Fitzgerald singing “Misty.”

Soleau’s 1997 epic “Nuevo Tango” brought eight dancers and an equal number of high wooden stools to the stage for an exquisitely detailed and lyrical finale. — Charles Donelan

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rom the first moment SBCC Dance Company streamed onto the Garvin Theatre’s stage—a quick-paced jolt of 14 pairs of legs darting through choreographer Shelby Lynn Joyce’s newly commissioned work titled “prologue: A Sense of Human” — one got the distinct sense the company had undergone a growth spurt of tangible proportions. Perhaps a season of traveling across the West Coast to attend dance festivals and student competitions had taken its intended toll; the dancers looked poised and professional as never before while cutting across eight dance works from seven distincAt the Garvin Theatre, tive choreographers Wed., April 10. over the course of a two-hour program.

Along for the ride was the spirited vibrancy of the Santa Barbara Festival Ballet dancers and State Street Ballet Young Dancers — as well as a knockout showing by Weslie Ching Dance in a captivating incantation of pattern and torsos in “I Don’t Exist Anymore.”

Equally palpable was the breadth of work this season’s Collective program highlighted, from a restaging of Jerry Pearson’s nostalgiafueled and wistfully endearing “Strange Boat” to Lauren Serrano’s fresh and funky quintet titled “Dopamine,” or artistic director Tracy Kof Kofford’s romantic and & ENTERTAINMENT

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This year marks the seventh season for Kof Kofford’s passion project: a modestly scaled and shoestring-budgeted program that infuses experience and accountability into young artists seeking a quality and financially attainable entry into the world of professional dance.

Last weekend’s program punctuated all the right things Kofford’s formula is bringing to the table, and Santa Barbara dance lovers would do well to take notice.— Ninette Paloma

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egally Blonde, first a novel, then a popular film, and now a Broadway musical, was presented last week at The Granada Theatre as part of the Broadway in Santa Barbara series. In Legally Blonde, sorority president Elle Woods gets dumped by her country-club boyfriend. (If he’s going to be a senator, he needs to At The Granada Theatre, marry a “Jackie,” not Wed., Apr. 10. a “Marilyn.”) Elle ups her game to follow him to Harvard Law School to prove she can be “serious” and win him back.

The musical offers a sunny vibe of half halfheartedly concerned female empowerment.

Elle (Maris McCulley) is a firecracker onstage, the drum major of a giggling, sorority-girl floorshow. Ample dance breaks showcase an ensemble of energetic performers in big-ticket glitter-bomb musical numbers, but substance is missing in all that sparkle. On the first day of class, Professor Callahan (Chris Carsten) tells his students they’ll need to be sharks to be successful in the courtroom. Ideally, Elle finds her inner shark (who can still be pink) by learning to respect herself without sacrificing her personality. Too bad character development is replaced by multiple makeover scenes in a lazy attempt to equate the changing of clothes with the evolution of character. However, the

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It’s not all bad; the production is fun and frivolous, and it certainly offers many real laughs. The sorority-girl “Greek chorus” is clever, and Brook Wyndham’s (Megan Hoxie) aggressive jump-rope workout routine is impressive. Overall, it’s light and inof inoffensive, but there’s very little depth — which is problematic for a show about a woman trying to prove she’s deep. Legally Blonde: The Musical represents what Elle Woods is before her Law School transformation: Malibu Barbie with Daddy’s credit card.

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n Everything Is Illuminated, the past is quite literally another country, in this case, Ukraine.

Combining a millennial author’s search for his Jewish roots with the demotic pleasures of the picaresque, Jonathan Safran Foer’s popular 2002 debut novel forms the basis for this stage adaptation by Simon actors, so the first act passes rapidly as Foer Block. On one side, there’s the young American and his tour guides travel across the Ukrainian author, “Jonathan Safran Foer,” ably portrayed landscape in their beat-up automobile, accomby Jeremy Kahn. On the other, there’s a host of panied by Grandfather’s rowdy dog.

Ukrainians, past and present, including Foer’s In Act Two, Alex, who until now has been tour guide, Alex (an engaging Matt Wolpe); depicted following the blueprint for satirizing Alex’s crotchety grandfather (Adrian Sparks); Eastern Europeans drawn up in the late 1970s a young waitress (Emily Goglia); and an old by Steve Martin and Dan Ackroyd as “two wild woman (Anne Gee Byrd). Three of the four and crazy guys,” must find a deeper place as he Ukrainians play multiple roles, with discovers his grandfather’s dark At Ensemble Theatre Kahn and Byrd left to inhabit single collaborationist past. What may Company’s New Vic, have worked in the novel — a parts.

Sat., Apr. 13.

The play starts off as a comedy, pair of gruesome monologues Shows through Apr. 28. with Alex and his grandfather speakdetailing Nazi atrocities, some ing in accented English to indicate English, imaginary sequences about the shtetl set in a and unaccented American English to indicate yet more remote time— time fail to hold the stage Ukrainian. What begins as a relatively harmless as the show’s sheer accumulation of ideas solution to the dilemma faced by many drama- and narrative directions reaches a breaking tists who write about other places eventually point. The inclusion of a brief coda in which turns into something of an obstacle. Exchanges the author imagines himself reading a “much that represent moments of translation, such as beloved” passage from the novel he’s been when Foer demands of Alex, “What did she writing assumes too much. “Wait, what?” one say?” turn into redundancies as Alex is forced wants to ask, and more than once. Perhaps, to “translate” things the audience has already despite a strong effort by the ETC team behind heard from English into … English. Neverthe- the production, this is one novel that should less, it’s a beautiful set and these are talented have stayed between the covers.

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– Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer Spend an evening with cartoonist Thi Bui, author of the acclaimed graphic memoir The Best We Could Do, an intimate portrayal of her family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam to California.

Presented as part of UCSB Reads, sponsored by the UCSB Library and the Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor with additional support from UCSB Arts & Lectures and a variety of campus and community partners Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Chaucer’s Corporate Season Sponsor:

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here was more than a little method to Jennifer Koh’s Shared Madness 2, an exhilarating program of solo pieces for violin that she presented at St. Anthony’s Chapel on Friday, April 12. Koh has been an eminent friend of UCSB Arts & Lectures for a number of years now, and whether she’s playing the music of J. S. Bach, as she did in a memorable series of a few years ago called Bach and Beyond, or exploring the outer limits of contemporary composition, as in this concert, Koh always brings her best work to our city.

In her mirror-clad dress, Koh made a dazzling Presented by contrast to the intricately detailed monochrome of the UCSB Arts & Lectures.

St. Anthony’s Chapel, chapel’s altarpiece. Taking full advantage of the venue’s Fri., Apr. 12. unusually “live” acoustics, Koh delivered a stunning performance supercharged by the full range of her instrument’s extended techniques. Each of the nearly 20 pieces she performed was written expressly for her by an important or emerging contemporary composer, all of them operating under the instruction that this series would explore the meaning of virtuosity in the 21st century.

In addition to the immense pleasure of witnessing one of the world’s top solo performers in any genre on any instrument, we got to listen in on the global conversation that’s happening among composers who inhabit the highest rungs of modern music. Koh’s multigenerational approach to assembling her collaborators means that one can, in a single night, hear what Philip Glass is up to, along with music by such young upstarts as Matthew Aucoin and Chris Cerrone. One highlight that definitely deserves mentioning is “Sense,” the stunning contribution made to this set by Kaija Saariaho, who is also the subject of Koh’s most recent CD release, Saariaho X Koh, which came out in November 2018. We are extraordinarily fortunate to have this major figure & ENTERTAINMENT of the contemporary music scene as such a regular visitor to Santa Barbara.

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enry James said, “The only obligation to which …we may hold a novel without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.” Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan has certainly upheld her end of that bargain with the spectacular Washington Black, an adventure story that never feels escapist.

The novel, which begins in Barbados in 1830, is told from the point of view of the adult George Washington Black as he looks back on the moment when his life changed at “ten, eleven years old—I cannot say for certain.”

Faith Plantation, where Washington is a slave, has been inherited by the unspeakably cruel Erasmus Wilde. The opening pages are brutal, but Washington’s fortunes soon shift with the arrival of Erasmus’s brother, Christopher, an English inventor and explorer. Christopher takes Washington under his wing, and before long, the two escape Barbados via a balloon that crash-lands into a ship during a storm.

Major plot points in the novel turn on similarly unlikely events, although the world, as seen through the eyes of the brilliant and perspicacious narrator, is already so improbable that these plot twists never seem particularly farfetched. Edugyan reinforces the realism of the novel by masterfully straddling the line between overly antiquated language and prose that actually sounds like it was written in the 19th century.

Even after Britain outlaws slavery in 1833, Washington Black is haunted by his origins and the bone-deep corruption that slavery engenders in everything it touches. Sometimes that deep foreboding takes human embodiment in the form of a demented slave-catcher named John Willard, but even as Washington makes his way from the United States to Canada to the relative safety of England, there is always a sense that something else can go wrong. Like Colson Whitehead’s Underground Railroad Railroad, Edugyan’s Washington Black is a gripping reflection by a writer of African descent on the resonant, inescapable horrors of history.

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TAKE ME TO THE ARLINGTON: Hozier and his band put on a stellar show last week, easily translating his recorded material to a live venue.

The sparkling choral elements on songs “Nina Cried Power” and “To Noise Making (Sing)” were particularly delightful.

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rish singer/songwriter Hozier made a stop in Santa Barbara as part of his Wasteland, Baby! tour, which will take him around the world and back — in fact, he plays the Bowl again this fall.

For this show, the evening got off to a rousing start thanks to Jade Bird, whose powerful vocals punched holes in the air as she stood onstage with just her acoustic guitar for accompaniment. Charming and gracious, the 21-year-old Brit wowed the audience with her dynamic musicianship which earned her a standing ovation, adoration generally reserved for the main act. An enticing mixture of rock and folk, Bird’s raw, vigorous vocals mixed beautifully with her straightforward guitar playing. The next time Bird performs in Santa Barbara, it will no doubt be as headliner.

The sold-out crowd was in good form At The Arlington Theatre, by the time Hozier took the stage. Backed Wed., Apr. 10 by seven musicians, the singer got right to the business at hand, leading off with several tunes from his new album before greeting the audience with, “It’s very good to see you this evening.”

As expected, Hozier put on a stellar show. Thanks to his talented bandmates, the singer was able to evoke the musical depth of his songs live; the sparkling choral elements on songs “Nina Cried Power” and “To Noise Making (Sing)” were particularly delightful. The set was a pleasing mix of tunes from his self-titled debut album and Wasteland, Baby!, which was released to critical acclaim in early March.

Hozier is a compelling musician whose pieces are awash in vocal and instrumental nuances that make his songs aurally rich and alluring. Unfortunately, due to the venue’s less-than-stellar acoustics, a fair amount of that subtlety was lost in the mix. Nevertheless, Hozier’s performance was top-notch, and it reminded attendees why he is one of the most popular musicians today.

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The 2019 Diana and Simon Raab Writer-In-Residence:

Tyree Daye

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SIZZLE REEL: Although Love, Death & Robots’s episodes come from some of the boldest animation studios of the day and may celebrate human achievement in this narrow respect, they are certainly no celebration of humanity.

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The third episode, “The Witness,” seems he new Netflix sci-fi series amounts to variations on a theme. Titled Love, Death to be going for the prize. After a woman & Robots, the 18-episode anthology accidentally witnesses a scene of domestic series is heavy on the death and occasionally violence (cue feminist perspective soon to throws in some love and robots for added be obliterated), the assailant gives chase. The spice. Creator Tim Miller (Deadpool) and woman, whose pigtails and makeup give her executive producer David Fincher (Gone an uncanny resemblance to a sex doll, doesn’t Girl) have promoted the series as a celebra- quite have enough time to get dressed before tion of animation, and it plays like a sizzle needing to escape. With her robe a-fluttering reel for some of the boldest animation studios and her breasts and other extremities exposed of the day. But, while it may be a celebration to the city air, she scampers down staircases and through streets, hails taxis, of human achievement in this and makes her way safely to her narrow respect, Love, Death & place of employment: a strip Robots is certainly no celebraclub. The bad guy follows her tion of humanity. every step of the way and soon For those looking for Finchfinds himself at her work, where er’s fingerprints on the project, he is treated to a private dance Love, Death & Robots’s closest from his would-be victim. relation would be Fight Club, While this strip-show interwhere reality is susceptible to lude is astounding on a technical schizophrenic reordering, and level, narratively, the scenario indictments of late-capitalist

by T.M. Weedon seems to exist solely as an exersocial malaise are hurled from cise in virtual-reality sex simulathe privileged vantage of hypermasculine exceptionalism. Even when the tion, with an intimate first-person POV as the show postures a feminist perspective on the woman gyrates and touches herself.

Eventually, the chase is back on, and someobjectification of the female body or the prevalence of violence against women, its one dies a grisly death. And so it goes. On and insatiable appetite for gratuitously visualizing on. Episode after episode.

Victor Maldonado and Alfredo Torres these ills undermines any softball attempt at seem to have the distinguished honor of palcritique.

Viewers won’t need to go beyond the first ate cleansers amid all this unsavoriness. They episode, “Sonnie’s Edge,” from Blur Stu- have three episodes in the series, all of which dio, to catch a whiff of the zeitgeist moving are based on stories by science-fiction writer through this apocalyptic assemblage. The John Scalzi. Their animation is a little more tech-noir-influenced, photorealist animation whimsical, and comedy is more central to is absolutely stunning, and the images dazzle their storytelling, but even they can’t resist the from the outset. But, once the episode has appeal of bare, bouncing animated breasts in the viewer’s attention, what does it do with it? two out of three of their episodes. And, while Under the auspices of a rape revenge narrative Maldonado and Torres may take a more and a thin feminist veneer, “Sonnie’s Edge” humorous approach, the destructive hubris of subjects its viewers to graphic, blood-spurting humankind and its exploitation of everything sexual violence. And when women aren’t possible to exploit, women and resources having their heads smashed in or aren’t busy especially, is never outside their scope.

In one episode, they imagine a super-intelpenetrating other men and women in phallic retribution, they are completely unable to keep ligent yogurt culture taking over the planet.

It’s one of the few episodes in the series that themselves clothed.

Is the standard for cutting-edge technique is even remotely uplifting. If it sounds strange in animation how realistically it can render to consider humanity being eradicated from a breast? Is there some kind of competition the face of the earth “uplifting,” maybe watch among animation studios with industry-wide a few episodes of Love, Death & Robots first. metrics on bosom shape and bounce? The The apocalypse never looked so appetizing. nipple count in Love, Death & Robots would Love, Death & Robots streams on Netflix. certainly give that impression.

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CHIC CINEMA: The films in New Waves “each attempt to use cinema in ways that express what had been unexpressable,” said organizer Patrice Petro, such as Rome, Open City (pictured).

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he term “New Wave” can conjure two Daring cinematic tactics also play a role artistic visions: First, there is the revolu- in the series. Cuban director Tomás Gutiértionary chic French cinematic trend (aka rez Alea’s innovative 1968 film Memories of Nouvelle Vague) set into Underdevelopment (May 21) motion by directors Jeanblends fictional elements Luc Godard, François Trufand documentary footfaut, Éric Rohmer, Claude age into its narrative, and Chabrol, and others in the the series closer This Is Not late ’50s and into the ’60s. Its a Film was made during a influential ripples continue repressive regime in 2011 through today. Second, on

by Iranian filmmakers Jafar a more street-based, popPanahi and Mojtaba Mircultural level, New Wave tahmasb. They smuggled was glibly co-opted by the their guerilla doc, shot on commercialized post-punk smart phones, to Cannes

by Josef Woodward pop scene of the ’80s to on a flash drive buried in a describe the music of Talkbirthday cake, and went on to enjoy widespread critiing Heads, B-52s, the Police, cal kudos and a 97 percent and the like.

In regard to the upcoming series at UCSB’s critical Rotten Tomatoes score. Petro comPollock Theater, the term is strictly cinematic. mented that the Iranian film bravely breaks According to organizer Patrice Petro, a profes- with tradition, and is “even in its title, a provosor in UCSB’s film and media department, the cation—questioning what techniques qualify movies selected “each attempt to use cinema as ‘filmmaking’ and what do not.” in ways that express what had been unexpressIn the series, said Petro, “The order is able.” roughly chronological. Italian neorealism As with earlier Pollock Theater series, the was one of the first national film movements New Waves was organized by Petro and her to gain a passionate transnational critical and colleagues, which include professors Cristina artistic following. Premieres at world film Venegas and Anna Brusutti, and PhD student festivals in the 1940s helped introduce the Wesley Jacks, and follows intriguing earlier films from the neorealism to many of cinema’s programs, such as Hollywood Berlin (with a most influential writers and filmmakers,” she memorable visit from dryly charismatic mav- continued, “and they inspired new conversaerick director Werner Herzog) in 2017, and, tions and explorations of what cinema could earlier this year, the Beatles Revolution series, be. The French New Wave had a similarly with guests including Beatles biographer Ivor powerful impact in the late ’50s and early ’60s.

Davis and former Beatles engineer (and area … Across the 20th century, groups of audacious filmmakers seemed to arise in disparate veteran rock star of note) Alan Parsons.

For New Waves, the post-screening dis- zones where traumatic, historical circumcussions engage various visiting scholars and stances gave way to new cultural regimes.” cover a gamut of viewpoints within internaThe films strategically chosen for this series tional cinema—with significant films from embody a broader definition of a New Wave Italy, France, China, Cuba, and Iran. In all, the spirit, stylistically and thematically. The films series navigates through and around the con- capture “cinema at its most vital and reveals ventional parameters of the French movement. cinema’s capacity to speak to diverse historiOn Thursday, April 18, the series begins with cal and cultural circumstances,” according to Roberto Rossellini’s Italian neorealism master- Petro. “These films take up urgent questions piece Rome, Open City, followed by Alain Resnais’s about war, global politics, poverty, and cenHiroshima Mon Amour (April 25)—a French film sorship, but they approach these topics not in set far from France, based on acclaimed French the abstract but in intensely personal works. author Marguerite Duras’s book.

They are films that challenged their audiences May 18 brings the Chinese film Red Sor- on the first day of their release and continue ghum, directed by Zhang Yimou, who, Petro to challenge audiences today.” explained, “not only shoots a rural, impoverThe Carsey-Wolf Center presents its New ished China largely absent from that nation’s Waves film series Thursday, April 18-Thursmainstream cinema; he also makes it look day, May 23. All films are free; reservations beautiful.” are advised. See carseywolf.ucsb.edu. n

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Dogman (102 mins., PG) Inspired by real events, this Italian crime drama tells of Marcello, a dog groomer by trade, cocaine dealer on the side to his friends. Then one friend, Simone, starts bullying “Dogman,” as Marcello is called, forcing him to participate in a robbery. After Simone wreaks havoc throughout the town, a group gets together to decide his fate.

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Paseo Nuevo Teen Spirit (92 mins., PG-13) Violet (Elle Fanning) is a shy European teenager who dreams of becoming a famous pop singer to escape her small hometown and dysfunctional family. Her ambition seems to come true when she enters an international singing contest.

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Breakthrough (116 mins., PG) Chrissy Metz (This Is Us) stars in this screen adaptation of the Christian novel The Impossible, which tells the story of a teenage boy who fell through the ice of a Missouri lake. As he lies in a coma, his mother prays to God he will pull through. Topher Grace and Josh Lucas also star.

High Life (113 mins., NR) Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche star in this sci-fi film about a group of convicts serving life sentences in prison who are sent on a mission into space to find an alternative energy source. While on board the space craft, the “crew” is treated as guinea pigs

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NOW SHOWING After (146 mins., PG-13) Based on the 2014 “new adult” romance/drama novel of the same name, this film tells the story of Tessa Young (Josephine Langford), a college student who begins questioning herself and her world after meeting rebel Hardin Scott (Hero Fiennes Tiffin).

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There she finds similarities to the supernatural instances she and her family have been experiencing.

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Djimon Hounsou, Samuel L. Jackson, and Annette Bening also star. Metro 4 Dumbo (112 mins., PG) Director Tim Burton reimagines Disney’s 1941 animated classic for this live-action telling of the famous, floppy-eared elephant who overcomes his oversize feature to become a circus star. Danny DeVito, Colin Farrell, Eva Green, and Michael Keaton star.

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Hellboy (148 mins., R) David Harbour (Stranger Things) stars as the titular character in this reboot of the Hellboy film series. In this iteration, Hellboy and his compatriots try to keep the undead Blood Queen (Milla Jovovich) from destroying the world.

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Hotel Mumbai (125 mins., R) Dev Patel and Armie Hammer star in this thriller based on the documentary Surviving Mumbai, which explores the 2008 attacks by an Islamic terrorist group who carried out 12 coordinated shootings and bombings over four days at various locations across Mumbai, including the India’s Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.

Arlington Little (109 mins., PG-13) Jordan Sanders (Regina Hall) is a ruthless tech mogul who gets “wished” back to her younger self, thus getting the opportunity to relive her childhood. Issa Rae, Marsai Martin, and Justin Hartley also star.

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He sets up plots that play into your cultural assumptions and stereotypes, especially about race. Then he radically subverts expectations to teach us a lesson. Us grips emotionally as well as intellectually. It’s a horror film with the gravitas of a profound allegory for our troubled cultural moment. Next to Get Out, it may be the superior work of art because it is at once urgently entertaining and it yields more and more to those willing to reflect on it.

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In Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson’s fascinating, layered, and agreeably quirky film, the “woman” in question (Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir) is an environmentally conscience-stricken and driven choir director. Her “wars” of note involve her extreme personal response to threats of industrialization and ecological disaster, and efforts to adopt a war-afflicted Ukrainian girl. An empathetic eco-activist, she sabotages power grids and distributes a manifesto warning “we are the last generation that can stop the assault against our Earth.” What might be only a tense and/or sobering premise finds its load lightened by dry Icelandic humor and inventive, Kaurismaki-ish narrative twists. For example, musicians producing the beguiling folksy Ukranian score — a tuba/drums/ accordion trio and traditionally dressed female folk singers — regularly show up in the scenes like a Greek chorus coloring a climate-change-era fable of looming doom and anti-heroism. (JW)

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Santa Barbara Youth Team Ekes Out Win over Morrinsville College HIGH-LEVEL RUGBY: New Zealand’s Morrinsville College shows its skill in controlling the ball in a line-out — a restart after the ball goes out of bounds — but the Santa Barbara Stingrays won the match.

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ike a small blimp, the rugby ball floated across the bright evening sky above San Marcos High’s Warkentin Stadium.

Thomas Coleman booted the ball between the goal posts, providing the winning margin in the Santa Barbara Stingrays’ 26-24 victory over the visiting team from Morrinsville College, a high school on New Zealand’s north island.

The score hardly mattered. The match last Friday evening was more about displaying the qualities of rugby—a high-energy sport with a tradition of sportsmanship that also offers opportunities for cultural exchange when teams go on tour.

“It’s awesome to play a team from another country, especially New Zealand, which is like a rugby haven,” said Anthony Gills, one of the standouts on the Santa Barbara team.

The Stingrays are a youth organization that complements the city’s other rugby squads named after sea creatures: the adult Grunions and their female counterparts, the Mermaids. Facing the Kiwis last week was the Stingrays U18 team, which is heading for the Southern California championships after winning the Tri-Counties region (Ventura/Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo).

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Morrinsville is a small town in a rural area dotted with dairy farms—“24,000 cows within a 24-kilometer radius” is a local saying. The high school has 600 students, and among its alumni is Jacinda Ardern, the estimable prime minister of New Zealand.

When she visited her alma mater, she was treated to a haka, a ceremonial dance originated by the indigenous Maori.

The Stingrays faced a warlike version of the haka before Friday’s match. The Kiwis broke out of a circle and advanced toward their hosts, stomping and chanting, until they stood eye-to-eye with them. While some of the Stingrays thought it was intimidating, Gills said, “It pumped me up.”

Gills was one of several players from Santa Ynez who fortified the Stingrays for this match. He scored a pair of tries— tries touchdowns in rugby lingo— lingo including a long scamper after picking off a pass when the visitors threatened to score. Gills, a football quarterback at Santa Ynez High, said he enjoys rugby’s constant action. “It tests your body more,” he said. “You’re always moving.

In football, you run for eight seconds and rest for 20.”

Tommy Schaeffer, who amassed almost 1,500 yards in two seasons as a San Marcos running back, agreed. “It’s a faster-paced game,” he said. “It’s about reaction and thinking on your feet.

We’re all playmakers.” Schaeffer will play rugby next year at Central Washington University.

“The pace of the game is really fun,” said JJ Fuller, a Bishop Diego linebacker. “You’re flying around the field.”

Also scoring five-point tries for Santa Barbara were Ian Young of Dos Pueblos High and Alex Lammers. The third two-point conversion by Coleman, a Bishop Diego student, put them ahead 26-19. The Kiwis failed to convert their last try. They were driving downfield when the final whistle blew.

Santa Barbara was the first stop on Morrinsville’s tour, which precedes its season back home. “We had to

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shake a few cobwebs out of the closet,” said Roger Wilton, coach of the Kiwis. They held a training session on the beach in Santa Monica on Friday morning. They planned to attend a DodgersBrewers game in L.A. before heading to three more matches in San Francisco and Vancouver, B.C. “It’s our first time in California,” Wilton said. “We usually go to Australia. It was my idea to start with a significant tour somewhere.” He said the Stingrays proved formidable against his boys, who were born into rugby. “Their skill work was very good; they matched up physically,” he said.

“We knocked them off their perch a little,” said Peter Crick, coach of the Stingrays U18 squad. A native Australian, Crick said he seeks to control the “football mentality” of his players.

Sometimes they are penalized for dangerous tackles—slamming into a player without wrapping one’s arms around him is a no-no — and they have to work on their passing when tempted to keep running with the ball. “If a team holds you up, you’ve got to get to the ground and release it,” he said.

There were hugs all around after the match. The home team shouted its song (“Stingrays are we … where the palm trees meet the sea …”), and both sides shared in a tri-tip barbecue.

TOMMY JEWONFRIDDO: Meanwhile, in the U.S. national pastime, UCSB continues to excel. The Gauchos swept a three-game baseball series against UC Irvine and took over first place in the Big West Conference. They are ranked in the top 10 on three national polls.

Al Gionfriddo, who made one of the most famous catches in major-league history, a game-saving grab of a 415-foot blast from Joe DiMaggio in the 1947 World Series, called Santa Barbara home in the last decades of his life. UCSB centerfielder Tommy Jew made a similar catch on Friday that will be long remembered by those who witnessed it. He sprinted toward right field after a deep windblown fly off the bat of Irvine’s Brendan Brooks, leaped high, and snagged the ball several feet above the top of the fence.

Jew’s catch prevented an Anteaters comeback in a game the Gauchos won, 4-1. The next day, UCSB’s bats were clattering in a 10-1 victory; and on Sunday, clutch pitching finished the Anteaters off, 3-2. The Gauchos’ three weekend starters— Ben Brecht (7-0), Jack Dashwood (5-0), and Rodney Boone (4-0) – are a combined 16-0; set-up man Mike McGreevy is 4-0; and closer Chris Lincoln has eight saves.

The Gauchos (27-5 overall) will host UC Davis in a series starting Thursday, April 18, at 3 p.m., the same time Friday, and 1 p.m. n Saturday.

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ARIES

CANCER

LIBRA

CAPRICORN

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): French writer Simone de Beauvoir sent

(June 21-July 22): The Free Will Astrology Commit-

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Curcumin is a chemical found in

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): All over the world, rivers and

a letter to her lover, Aries author Nelson Algren. She tee to Boldly Promote Cancerians’ Success is glad to wrote, “I like so much the way you are so greedy about see that you’re not politely waiting for opportunities life and yet so quiet, your eager greediness and your to come to you. Rather, you’re tracking them down patience, and your way of not asking much of life and and proactively wrangling them into a form that’s yet taking much because you are so human and alive that workable for your needs. You seem to have realized you find much in everything.” I’d love to see you embody that what you had assumed was your fair share isn’t that state in the coming weeks, Aries. actually fair; that you want and In my astrological opinion, you have deserve more. Although you’re not HOMEWORK: Imagine your being mean and manipulative, neia mandate to be both utterly relaxed

future self sends a message to and totally thrilled; both satisfied you back through time. What is it? with what life brings you and skillFreewillastrology.com. fully avid to extract the most out of it; both at peace with what you already have and primed to grab for much more. it even further.

ther are you being overly nice and amenable; you’re pushing harder to do things your way. I approve!

And I endorse your efforts to take

TAURUS

LEO

(Apr. 20-May 20): The Beat Generation of American poets

(July 23-Aug. 22): Many experts who have studied the

arose in the late 1940s as a rebellion against materialistic mainstream culture and academic poetry. It embraced sexual liberation, Eastern spirituality, ecological awareness, political activism, and psychedelic drugs. One of its members, Jack Kerouac, tweaked and ennobled the word “beat” to serve as the code name for their movement. In its old colloquial usage, “beat” meant tired or exhausted.

But Kerouac re-consecrated it to mean “upbeat” and “beatific,” borrowing from the Italian word beato, translated as “beatific.” I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because you’re on the verge of a similar transition: from the old meaning of “beat” to the new.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Scattered through the ordinary world,

there are books and artifacts and perhaps people who are like doorways into impossible realms, of impossible and contradictory truth.” Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges said that, and now I’m passing it on to you — just in time for your entrance into a phase when such doorways will be far more available than usual. I hope you will use Borges’s counsel as a reminder to be alert for everyday situations and normal people that could lead you to intriguing experiences and extraordinary revelations and life-changing blessings.

art and science of running fast believe that it’s best if a runner’s legs are symmetrical and identical in their mechanics. But that theory is not supported by the success of champion sprinter Usain Bolt. Because he has suffered from scoliosis, his left leg is a half-inch longer than his right. With each stride, his left leg stays on the track longer than his right, and his right hits the track with more force. Some scientists speculate that this unevenness not only doesn’t slow him down but may in fact enhance his speed. In accordance with current astrological variables, I suspect you will be able to thrive on your asymmetry in the coming weeks, just as your fellow Leo Usain Bolt does.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo adventurer Jason Lewis trav-

eled around the world using transportation powered solely by his own body. He walked, bicycled, skated, rowed, pedaled, and swam more than 46,000 miles.

I propose that we make him your role model for the next four weeks. You’re primed to accomplish gradual breakthroughs through the use of simple, persistent, incremental actions. Harnessing the power of your physical vitality will be an important factor in your success.

the plant turmeric. When ingested by humans, it may diminish inflammation, lower the risk of diabetes, support cardiovascular health, and treat digestive disorders. But there’s a problem: The body is inefficient in absorbing and using curcumin — unless it’s ingested along with piperine, a chemical in black pepper. Then it’s far more available. What would be the metaphorical equivalent to curcumin in your life? An influence that could be good for you, but that would be even better if you synergized it with a certain additional influence? And what would be the metaphorical equivalent of that additional influence?

Now is a good time to investigate these questions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I have the usual capacity for want-

lakes are drying up. Sources of water are shrinking. Droughts are becoming more common and prolonged. Why? Mostly because of climate change.

The good news is that lots of people are responding to the crisis with alacrity. Among them is an engineer in India named Ramveer Tanwar. Since 2014, he has organized efforts leading to the rejuvenation of 12 dead lakes and ponds. I propose we make him your role model for the coming weeks.

I hope he will inspire you to engage in idealistic pursuits that benefit other people. And I hope you’ll be motivated to foster fluidity and flow and wetness everywhere you go. The astrological time is ripe for such activities.

AQUARIUS

ing what may not even exist,” wrote poet Galway Kinnell. How about you, Scorpio? Do you, too, have an uncanny ability to long for hypothetical, invisible, mythical, and illusory things? If so, I will ask you to downplay that amazing power of yours for a while.

It’s crucial for your future development that you focus on yearning for actual experiences, real people, and substantive possibilities. Please understand: I’m not suggesting you’re bad or wrong for having those seemingly impossible desires. I’m simply saying that for now you will thrive on being attracted to things that are genuinely available.

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A blogger named Caramelizee

SAGITTARIUS

PISCES

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Sometimes I have kept my feel-

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): You Pisceans have been summon-

ings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in,” wrote Sagittarian novelist Jane Austen. I’m guessing you’ve had that experience — maybe more than usual, of late. But I suspect you’ll soon be finding ways to express those embryonic feelings. Congrats in advance! You’ll discover secrets you’ve been concealing from yourself. You’ll receive missing information whose absence has made it hard to understand the whole story. Your unconscious mind will reveal the rest of what it has thus far merely been hinting at.

offered her definition of elegance: “being proud of both your feminine and masculine qualities; seeing life as a non-ending university and learning everything you can; caring for yourself with tender precision; respecting and taking advantage of silences; tuning in to your emotions without being oversensitive; owning your personal space and being generous enough to allow other people to own their personal space.” This definition of elegance will be especially apropos and useful for you Aquarians in the coming weeks.

ing heroic levels of creative intensity. You’ve been working extra hard and extra smart. But it seems that you haven’t been fully recognized or appreciated for your efforts. I’m sorry about that. Please don’t let it discourage you from continuing to express great integrity and authenticity. Keep pushing for your noble cause and offering your best gifts. I’m proud of you! And although you may not yet have reaped all the benefits you will ultimately sow, three months from now I bet you’ll be pleased you pushed so hard to be such a righteous servant of the greater good.

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and concerns. Note: Fingerprint background check required. $23.47‑ $31.47/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. Apply by 4/29/19. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20190198

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ADP encompasses a diversity of stakeholders. Knowledgeable about the theory and practice relevant to this work. Acts as a principal associate, analyzes problems and is responsible for the full range of ADP management functions. Understands industry practice and campus policies and procedures. Has the authority to make decisions regarding budget and staffing. Selects methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

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Ensures compliance with University, Federal, State and Local policies and regulations. Directs the coordination of services with other campus/ community wellness services. Reqs: Must have a minimum of 2 years of related experience in Prevention and/ or Public Policy. Must have a Master’s level degree in Public Health, Public Policy or related degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience creating and managing prevention programs and providing peer leadership. Experience creating spreadsheets and managing budgets, as well as proficiency with digital presentation technology.

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MULTICULTURAL CENTER (MCC) Acts in the absence of the MCC Director. Must be aware of concerns, pressures, and inequities that marginalized communities (including people of color, and people with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities) confront. Must be willing to work as a member of a team of staff and students advocating for the aforementioned populations.

Assumes primary responsibility for raising programming funds for the MultiCultural Center. Assumes primary responsibility for overseeing a 150‑seat theater, a lounge/gallery space that seats 70 people, two small meeting rooms and a kitchen.

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Mandated reporter for requirements of child abuse. $53,200‑$70,000/ 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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Mandated reporter for requirements of child abuse. Must be eligible for a CA Child Development Permit.

Acceptable Statement of Health to include negative TB test results and immunization records. Health screening clearance required. CPR and 1st aid cert prior to start date. $19.58‑$20.45/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 4/24/19, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20190186

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT, REGIONAL GIVING

OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT Assists the Directors with all aspects of analysis, planning and implementation strategies for the Regional Team, to support the University’s overall mission by securing support from private donors (individuals, foundations and corporations). Provides administrative support, which includes but is not limited to: scheduling appointments, making travel arrangements, directing critical calls, updating databases and spreadsheets, completing paperwork in compliance with University and Department policies and procedures, and handling confidential, high profile, and time sensitive matters involving senior UC Santa Barbara administrators, faculty, staff, collaborating institutions and the donor community all in a timely and professional manner in accordance with Development and UCSB standards, policies and protocols.

Reqs: High School Diploma. Strong organizational skills and attention to detail and accuracy. Exceptional verbal and interpersonal skills that foster positive relationships with diverse populations. Excellent computer skills including proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet and e‑mail and demonstrated ability to quickly learn various software programs. High level of initiative and creativity. Ability to work independently and maintain strict confidentiality in all aspects of work. Notes: Fingerprint background check required. Occasional evenings and weekends at various Development Office, Institutional Advancement or campus‑wide events. $22.51‑$24.09/ 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. Apply by 4/24/19.

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ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW DEPARTMENT Manages all dimensions of the complex and important Academic Program Review process. Serves as the campus’s Associate Accreditation Liaison Officer to ensure that the campus can plan for and comply with evolving accreditation standards and expectations that result in successful accreditation outcomes.

Provides leadership and direction for the assessment of student learning at UCSB, which includes co‑directing the Assessment Research Group, initiating programs and outreach to academic departments, and serving as a permanent member of the UCSB Council on Assessment.

Reqs: Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent combination of education and experience/training. Must have extensive experience, knowledge, and demonstrated ability to organize, direct, and successfully carry out multiple programs within a complex, multidisciplinary research university. Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including the ability to write reports that synthesize complex issues with clarity and economy. Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with a diverse range of faculty, staff, students, and senior administrators and experience working effectively with a wide variety of institutional stakeholders.

Demonstrated capacity for independent judgment, problem solving, and discretion.

Note: Fingerprint background check required. $85,990‑ $100,825/ yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online by 4/22/19, thereafter open until filled.

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PEOPLESOFT/ KRONOS SUPPORT ANALYST

ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SERVICES Serves as a campus customer support contact for UCPath including Kronos, PeopleSoft, and other related UCPath applications and business processes.

Provides technical assistance for incoming queries and issues related to UCPath, and both technical and functional assistance for incoming queries and issues related to Kronos.

Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates business processes, user needs, and technology opportunities and limitations, in order to provide solutions or engage the appropriate service provider. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Knowledge of business and process analysis functions. Ability to analyze processes and issues, information flow, and architecture. Demonstrated ability to communicate technical information to technical and non‑technical personnel at various levels in the organization.

Ability to capture and learn new concepts quickly. Strong client‑facing customer service and communication skills. Strong verbal, written communication, and presentation skills; to interpret and communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner. Attention to detail and accuracy; organizational and time

management skills. Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and be confidential.

Ability to work independently, as well as collaborate with and participate on multi‑disciplinary teams. Notes: Fingerprint background check required. Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship currently or in the future. $27.17‑ $34.72/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 4/25/19, thereafter open until filled.

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PLACEMENT SERVICES COORDINA COORDINATOR

DEAN STUDENT RESIDENTS Responsible for processes including applications, waiting lists, contract distribution, space allocation, billing and collection for over 10,000 residents annually in 17 diverse buildings and complexes. Provides excellent service and counsels a diverse population of clients regarding application processes, availability, eligibility, policies, procedures, conflict resolution and problem solving for Residence Halls, Undergraduate Apartments, Graduate Apartments, Family Student Housing and Summer Session Housing. Reqs: Strong work ethic with capability to work independently within an interdependent team. Familiarity with Microsoft Office computer programs, specifically Word and Excel.

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V. DELGADO, aka ANGELO DELGADO A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: SUZANNE M. CASTELLANOS in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that SUZANNE M. CASTELLANOS be appointed as personal representatives to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 05/16/2019 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 form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: James F. Cote 222 East Carrillo Street, Suite 207 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 966‑1204.

Published Apr 11, 18, 25 2019.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ALFRED BRADLEY NAEGLE, also known as A. BRADLEY NAEGLE and ALFRED B. NAEGLE Case No.: 19PR00116 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of ALFRED BRADLEY NAEGLE, also known as A. BRADLEY NAEGLE and ALFRED B. NAEGLE A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: MUFG Union Bank, N.A. in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that: MUFG Union Bank, N.A. 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: 05/16/2019 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 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.

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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; (805) 687‑6660 1900 State Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Published Apr 11, 18, 25 2019.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: REGINA BERNES NO: 19PR00121 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of REGINA BERNES A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: MARSHALL BERNES, ELINOR FISHER, AND JUDITH DANNETT in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MARSHALL BERNES, ELINOR FISHER, AND JUDITH DANNETT be appointed as personal representatives to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 05/16/2019 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 form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: James F. Cote, Esq P.O. Box 20146 Santa Barbara, CA 93120‑0146; (805) 966‑1204.

Published Apr 11, 18, 25 2019.

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MARVIN M. MAXWELL NO: 19PR00119 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of MARVIN M. MAXWELL, aka MARVIN MILTON MAXWELL A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: MARCIA M. FRALEY in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MARCIA M. FRALEY be appointed as personal representatives to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.)

The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 05/16/2019 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.

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

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court.

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

Attorney for Petitioner: James F. Cote 222 East Carrillo Street, Suite 207 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 966‑1204.

Published Apr 11, 18, 25 2019.

FBN ABANDONMENT STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: CHERRY DETAIL at 2109 Chapala St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 01/15/2019 in the County of Santa Barbara.

Original file no. 2019‑0000114. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Behrooz Falsafi (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 19, 2019. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos, Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: SANTA BARBARA GRAPHICS, SANTA BARBARA SIGNS, SANTA BARBARA SIGNS & GRAPHICS at 3019 Stae St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 01/25/2017 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2017‑0000272. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Santa Barbara Signs, Inc (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 1, 2019. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter, Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: SANTA BARBARA PLUMBING SUPPLIES at 621 N. Milpas Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 02/04/2015 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2015‑0000407. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: S.B. Plumbing Supplies, Inc. (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 28, 2019. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Connie Tran, Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: LUCAS M BELL at 735 State Street, Suite 516 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 07/18/2018 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2018‑0002073. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Lucas Matthew Bell 6485 Santa Ynez Ave Atascadero, CA 93422 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 29, 2019.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter, Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: FISHER PUMP & WELL SERVICE, INC. at 2361 A Street Santa Barbara, CA 93455; The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 09/09/2014 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2014‑0002606. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Fisher Pump & Well Service, Inc. (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 09, 2019.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Connie Tran, Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GRIFFIN PUBLISHING at 3868 Pueblo Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 25, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000700. Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NEXT GENERATION, WWW. NEXTGENERATIONSB.COM, NEXT GENERATION ONLINE ESTATE SALES AUCTIONS AND CONSIGNMENT, NEXT GENERATION SANTA BARBARA at 5760 Thornwood Dr Goleta, CA 93117; Taste of BLTS, Inc 680 Arundel Rd Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 21, 2019.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2019‑0000673. Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 805 COLLEGE PLANNING, CROSS COLLEGE PLANNING at 257 San Nicolas Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Rebecca Cross (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 25, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2019‑0000697. Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA SONSHINE at 836 Anacapa Street, Suite 24036; Jonathan McKee (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 25, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000692. Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EVENT PLANTING at 2800 Grand Ave. Los Olivos. CA 93441; Event Planting (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 19, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0000650. Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CASA DE TERPENOS at 315 Bell St Unit #C, CA 93440; Seamus Ethridge (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 19, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2019‑0000656. Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MAGICAE DRACO at 315 Bell St Unit #A, CA 93440; Seamus Ethridge (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 19, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2019‑0000654.

Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PUFF SMOKE SHOP AND SOCIAL CLUB at 315 Bell St Unit B, CA 93440; Seamus Ethridge (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 19, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2019‑0000655. Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PHYSICALLY HEALING PERSON at 7798 Wagon Wheel Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Jeanine Wright (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 20, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0000664.

Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: REAGAN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES at 170 Brandon Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Sally Reagan (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 20, 2019.

This 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: 2019‑0000659. Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ISOQUE at 75 Aero Camino Suite 203 Goleta, CA 93117; Stel, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 11, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000579. Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 7959 WINES at2111 Hill Haven Rd Solvang, CA 93463; Real Wine Trail, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 14, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000610.

Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FIREBRIX, HERE TO GO, INDUSTRIAL EATS at 181 Industrial Way Ste B Buellton, CA 93427; New West Catering Inc (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 07, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000548. Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MOUNTAIN AND SEA DENTAL, MOUNTAIN AND SEA DENTAL AND ASSOCIATES at 2780 State St. Ste 6 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Michael D. Carley DDS Inc. 209 Calle Granada Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Michael Carley Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 04, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000523.

Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TEORI AESTHETICS at 3568 Sagunto Street Suite B Santa Ynez, CA 93460; Christopher John Flynn, MD Inc. 875 Woodland Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93108 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 25, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000702. Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MICHELLE DILLON PHOTOGRAPHY, TASTE OF SB at 5760 Thornwood Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Michelle Dillon 680 Arundel Rd Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 21, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0000674.

Published: Mar 28. Apr 4, 11, 18 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EJ’S CLEANING at 719 W Micheltorena St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Joyce Hulsebos N Ontare Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Esdwin M Lopez 719 W Micheltorena St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 27, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000734. Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ELLIE’S TAP & VINE at 3640 Sagunta Street CA 93460; Joy Lee Reinhardt 1996 N Refugio Rd Santa Ynez, CA 93460 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 26, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2019‑0000717.

Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: S.A.F.E. HOUSE at 229 East Victoria Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The Junior League of Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 26, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2019‑0000723.

Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RENAISSANCE ANTIQUES, RENAISSANCE COMPANIES, RENAISSANCE ANTIQUES AND DESIGN, RENAISSANCE DESIGN, RENAISSANCE ANTIQUES OF SOLVANG, RENCO, INC. at 496 First Street Solvang, CA 93463; Renco, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Julie Palladino Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 19, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000642. Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LAUREN MAEVE PHOTOGRAPHY INC. at 3620 Mibek Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Lauren Maeve Photography Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 19, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000643.

Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: INTREPID FLORAL CO. at 114 W Valerio St Unit 1 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Rebekah Elise Hofberg (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 27, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jaysinghe. FBN Number: 2019‑0000729. Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DEVIL & DEEP BLUE SEA at 219 Stearns Wharf Suite A Santa Barbara, CA 93001; JBC Investment Holdings1, LLC 1630 Mira Vista Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 27, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0000736. Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: C2I FILM, CREATE 2 INSPIRE FILM at 5715 Alondra Dr. Goleta, CA 93117; Omar Aleandro Espinoza (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 28, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000740.

Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ABLITT’S, ABLITT’S FINE CLEANERS, ABLITT’S FINE CLEANERS & LAUNDERERS, ABLITT’S FINE CLEANERS & TAILORS at 14 W Gutierrez St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; SABLITT Co. (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 27, 2019. This 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 Tarasinghe.

FBN Number: 2019‑0000734. Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AALAAF FLOWERS SHIPPERS at 4711 Foothill Rd Carpinteria, CA 93013; Luis Lopez Arroyo 644 Orwell Ln Ventura, CA 93003 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 12, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2019‑0000589.

Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PORTER & TAN LAW PRACTICE at 933 East Yanonali Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Joakim Ivan Tan (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Joakim Tan Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 29, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0000753. Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA PLUMMBING SUPPLIES at 711 N. Milpas Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Capitol Hardawre, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 28, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000745. Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BORRELLO’S PIZZA & PASTARIA at 3807 Santa Claus Lane Carpinteria, CA 93013; MTR46, Inc (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 1, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera.

FBN Number: 2019‑0000766. Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KAWAII BODY WAX at 323 Mellifont Ave #A Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Marlin L Navas (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 28, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2019‑0000747. Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JOY IN THE SMALL THINGS at 1035 W Pedregosa St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jill A Dixon (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 1, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0000759. Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA SIGNS & GRAPHICS at 3019 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Nu Image Ad Group, Inc 6175 Manzanillo Dr Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 1, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0000772. Published: Apr 4, 11, 18, 25 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LOMPOC COIN LAUNDRY at 1004 North H St. Lompoc, CA 93436; Aaron Alexander Boucher 434 Farmland Dr. Buellton, CA 93427 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 27, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2019‑0000733. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PARADISE TOBACCO INC at 1926 De La Vina St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Paradise Tobacco Inc (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 4, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter.

FBN Number: 2019‑0000808. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KROTTER FARMS at 286 Winchester Canyon Rd Goleta, CA 93117; White Light Farms, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Jack E Motter Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 1, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000761.

Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GRANADOS INNOVATIONS at 5395 E Camino Cielo Santa Barbara, CA 93001; Frank Granados (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 2, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000782. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KEYNOTE PRESS at 652 S. San Marcos Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Kimberly Lynn Miller (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 2, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera.

FBN Number: 2019‑0000773. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COMMUNITY HEALING at 402 E. Valerio St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Interplay 3370 Braemar Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93109 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Brad Smith, agent Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 3, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000795. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALMA ROSA WINERY, ALMA ROSA WINERY & VINEYARDS at 250A Industrial Way Buellton, CA 93427; Vin De Zo, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 5, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000815. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CK PROPERTIES at 801 Chapala St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Geoffrey Cockrell 404 W. Ortega St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Tyler Kallenbach 513 E. De La Guerra Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 08, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000832. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ROBERT TOVAAS CENTRAL COAST INSPECTIONS at 1115 Kathryn Way Santa Maria, CA 93454; Robert Gordon Tovaas (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Robert G. Tovaas Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 4, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000801. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CARPINTERIA COIN‑OP LAUNDRY at 1102 Casitas Pass Road Carpinteria, CA 93013; Susana Estrada 1474 Eucalyptus Street Carpinteria, CA 93013 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 8, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0000821. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CARHARTT FAMILY WINES at 1541 Rancho Santa Ynez Rd Solvang, CA 93463; Carhartt Vineyard, Inc. (same address)This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 04, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000810. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BARONESS JEWELERS at 5730 Calle Real Goleta, CA 93117; Irene Baroni Bifano 5493 Hanna Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93117 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 3, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000794. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GLASHEEN DESIGN at 429 E. Figueroa St. #5 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Emily O. Glasheen (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Emily O. Glasheen Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 28, 2019.

This 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: 2019‑0000744. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OPPI’S, THE LATTERIA, OPPI’Z, OPPISBISTRO at 1026 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The Latteria 325 K Street Apt 89 Davis, CA 95616 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 8, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000829. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COMMERCE A1, LLC at 440 Commerce CT. Ste A Lompoc, CA 93436; Commerce A1, LLC 320 North Palm Canyon Dr Palm Springs, CA 92262 This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 26, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodroguez. FBN Number: 2019‑0000719. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ERIC’S GUITAR AMPLIFIER REPAIR at 2025 Bath St. Apt 22 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Eric Feeser (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 3, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000793. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COMPLETE HOME MANAGEMENT at 960 West Mountain Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Kristine Mae Taylor (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Kristine M. Taylor Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 5, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2019‑0000818. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25.

May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MORE MESA PRESS at 1085 Vista De La Mesa Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Barbara Greenleaf (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 2, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera.

FBN Number: 2019‑0000781. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HARBOR MEAT AND SEAFOOD at 215 Helena Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Sovereign Seafoods, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Al Ballabio Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 19, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000649. Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 2 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MARCO LUCCHESI WINES at 65 Los Padres Way Buellton, CA 93427; Section Wines, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 26, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0000709.

Published: Apr 11, 18, 25. May 7 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: US OF US at 4280 Calle Real #85 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Emiliano Campobello 5038 San Julio Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Jesus Catalan 4280 Calle Real #85 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Luis Perez 2219 Clock Tower Ct. Riverbank, CA 95367 This business is conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 11, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000870. Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COVENANT LIVING AT THE SAMARKAND, COVENANT RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES WEST at 2550 Treasure Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Covenant Living West 5700 Old Orchard Road Skokie, IL 60077 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 04, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000807. Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

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 Living West 5700 Old Orchard Road Skokie, IL 60077 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 04, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000803.

Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TORO’S JUMPER’S at 111 North La Cumbre Rd #16 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Alonzo Martinez Melchor (same address) Maria Mora Mayo (same address) This business is conducted by an Married Couple Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 08, 2019.

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

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2019‑0000831.

Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RIVER TERRACE DESIGN at 924 Anacapa Street Suite #1 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Rebecca Jane Berkus 2441 Garden Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Rebecca Jane Berkus Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 02, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000784. Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GAVIAL ITC at 869 Ward Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Gavial Engineering & Manufacturing 1435 West McCoy Lane Santa Maria, CA 93455 This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 09, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0000843. Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GENERAL AQUADYNE TRAVEL at 655 Camino Campana Santa Barbara, CA 93111; General Aquadyne Travel, LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 09, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000845.

Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

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OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE GOLETA COMMUNITY The City of Goleta is looking to fill positions on the City’s Design Review Board, the Public Tree Advisory Commission and the Parks and Recreation Commission.

DESIGN REVIEW BOARD VACANCY – Are you a Licensed Landscape Professional (Landscape Architect or Landscape Contractor), the Design Review Board Needs you!!! The Design Review Board meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.

PUBLIC TREE ADVISORY COMMISSION VACANCIES - Do you have an interest in and/or experience in urban forestry or landscaping? Apply for a position on the Public Tree Advisory Commission!

PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION VACANCY – Do you have an interest in discussing the needs, opportunities and current offerings of parks and recreation activities in the City of Goleta. Apply for a position on the Parks and Recreation Commission.

Apply online go to http://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/city-clerk/ boards-commissions. Additional information can be provided by emailing cityclerkgroup@cityofgoleta.org or by contacting Deborah Lopez, City Clerk at (805) 961-7505. Applications period open until filled. Eligible applicants must live in the City of Goleta.

Goleta FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA INTERIORS at 10 E. Figueroa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Colleen Macey 1119 Alameda Padre Serra Santa Barbara, CA 93103 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 09, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000846.

Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FISHER PUMP & WELL SERVICE at 2361 A Street Santa Maria, CA 93455; All American Drilling, Inc. (same address) This business is conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 09, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000844. Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: POP UP NOW, POP UP TOWN at 27 West Anapamu #491 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Dawn Marie Jordan 7930 Whimbrel Lane Goleta, CA 93117; Thomas Mendoza 5395 E Camino Cielo Santa Barbara, CA 93110 This business is conducted by an Copartners Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 10, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0000856. Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MOTHER EARTH LANDSCAPE at 79 San Milano Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Luis E. Perez (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 27, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000738. Published: Apr 18, 25.

May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PROTOCOL Z PRODUCTIONS, RAYMOND AUTHIER CREATIVE ENTERPRISES, SKULLILY LEATHER at 785 Camino Del Sur #228 Goleta, CA 93117; Raymond Authier (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 10, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2019‑0000858.

Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SHELTER SUPPORT SERVICES at 2612 Caspia Ln Summerland, CA 93067; Aaron Capper 152 Lancaster Pl Goleta, CA 93117 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 11, 2019.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0000861. Published: Apr 18, 25.

May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: METADATA‑MEDIA at 619 Stone Meadow Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Barkley August Kern (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 05, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000819. Published: Apr 18, 25.

May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MCO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT at 2440 Alamo Pintado Ave Ste 205 Los Olivos, CA 93441; Bruce A. Mocettini 3165 Horizon Dr Santa Ynez, CA 93460 This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 08, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000835. Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SB LEGAL SUPPORT at 10‑B Romaine Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Cheryl Johnson (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 01, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0000770.

Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CALIFORNIA SOUL CATERING at 519 W Alamar #3 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Troy Peters (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 19, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000651. Published: Apr 18, 25.

May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MP IMPORTS at 133 East De La Guerra Street #53 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Dwight Buck (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 12, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera.

FBN Number: 2019‑0000882. Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BETTERMENT FINANCIAL SERVICES at 6594 Pipeline Place Goleta, CA 93117; NPN Financial Group LLC (same address) This business is conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 22, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000687. Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WINCO at 833 Weldon Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Olga Winter (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 15, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0000892. Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GIVING MATTERS at 1210 Miramonte Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Catherine Brozowski (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Mar 26, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000710. Published: Apr 18, 25.

May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: M G CONSTRUCTION at 303 W. Arrellaga St. #1 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jose Antonio Guerrero‑Munguia (same address) This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 15, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000896.

Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COLLECTIVE MUSIC & MEDIA GROUP DBA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PIANO ACADEMY at 10061 Riverside Dr #214 Toluca Lake, CA 91602; Giuseppe Fratianni (same address) Laurie Robinson (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 15, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000898. Published: Apr 18, 25. May 2, 9 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MARTIAL ARTS FAMILY FITNESS at 122 E. Gutierrez St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kickboxers Inc (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Apr 15, 2019. This 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: 2019‑0000900. Published: Apr 18, 25.

May 2, 9 2019.

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF PEDRO LAZARO DE JESUS ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 18CV05812 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: PEDRO LAZARO DE JESUS TO: SORAIDA MONIC LAZARO DE JESUS 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 Jan 30, 2019 9:30am, Dept 6, 1100 Anacapa St PO Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Superior Court Of California, County of Santa Barbara A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Mar 13 2019. by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Apr 11, 18, 25.

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