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In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

THE WEEK.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 LIVING.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Living Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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COVER STORY

The 2019 Foodie Awards Our 10th Annual Celebration of Restaurant Culture

(Matt Kettmann and George Yatchisin)

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Angry Poodle Barbecue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Name: Carter Hiyama Title: Contributing Videographer How did you contribute to this year’s Foodie Awards? I produced the Foodie Awards video and tried some of the food after I was done filming.

That’s contributing, right?

When you’re not shooting for us, what do you do? I own a video production company called Datsu Films that specializes in commercial, corporate, documentary, and real estate videos. Aside from that, I’m usually out skateboarding, surfing, or trying a new restaurant.

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What’s your favorite subject matter to film? I love filming people that are passionate about what they do. Their stories always inspire me, and their excitement really shines through on camera.

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Arts Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Movie Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology . . . . . . . 51 This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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NEWS BRIEFS IMMIGRATION “Interfaith was looking for a way to respond to these national horror stories of children in cages,” said Maureen Claffey of the Unitarian Society, host to a fundraising concert on 9/7 to help refugees and immigrants seeking asylum understand their civil rights and obtain food and clothing. Singing for Asylum benefits S.B. Immigrant Legal Defense Center and the Asylum Project and features singer/songwriters Kate Wallace and Doug Clegg, 7-9 p.m. The cover charge is a suggested $10 minimum, and donations can be made by calling the Unitarian Society at 965-4583.

GOLETA/COUNTY To broaden the appeal of City Council meetings to constituents and to address a voting rights act settlement in 2017 with the District Elections Committee, the City of Goleta will change its meeting times starting October 1. The council has held afternoon and evening sessions during its decade and a half, and they now move to 4 p.m. for closed sessions and 5:30 p.m. for open meetings on the first and third Tuesday of the month. The new hours equal the roughly 6.5 hours of a normal council session.

OUT THE GATE: Laura Capps held a kick-off rally for her supervisorial bid surrounded by many supporters including her mother, former congressmember Lois Capps (behind her left shoulder); and publisher-philanthropist Sarah Miller McCune, just in front. Incumbent Supervisor Das Williams (left) says he lookvs forward to knocking on doors.

It’s Official: Capps Challenges Williams Santa Barbara County’s 1st District Supervisor Race Starts Off with Roses

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t was perhaps the most excruciatingly beautiful political throwdown in Santa Barbara history: Santa Barbara school boardmember Laura Capps announced Tuesday she was running for the 1st District supervisorial seat against incumbent Das Williams at a press conference orchestrated at the Rose Garden by the Santa Barbara Mission — under sunny August sky-blue skies — where Capps disclosed she once rolled down the hill as a young girl.

Surrounded by an army of friends, family, and enthusiastic, sign-

wielding well-wishers, Capps — the daughter of husband-and-wife former congressmembers Walter and Lois Capps — vowed repeatedly to listen to her constituents, and not just special interests, and conduct herself with integrity. She spoke frequently of the “bond of trust” that must exist between elected officials and their community and of being a “caretaker” for the community. Reverend Anne Howard, who spoke before Capps, hit similar themes but more pointedly. There could be “no under the table contributions and no backroom deals.”

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Chasing Holy Grail of Psych Services for Kids

TRANSPORTATION None of the seven people on board were hurt when a C-130 cargo plane skidded to a stop at Santa Barbara Municipal Airport late Sunday night, but about 4,000 passengers found their flights canceled for most of Monday. The big fourengine aircraft was headed to Mesa, Arizona, from Santa Maria when catastrophic hydraulic problems caused an emergency landing without flaps to slow it down. Firefighters put out a fire that erupted, and investigators looked into the crash when daylight dawned. It was towed away that night after a crane raised the craft and its landing gear was lowered.

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f the “Holy Grail” is more psychiatric beds and a “more robust continuum of care,” for those under 18 years of age, as County Supervisor Das Williams put it Tuesday, then the supervisors clearly have a lot more chasing to do. That was the upshot of the supervisors’ response to a recent Grand Jury report lamenting the acute lack of acute-care facilities in Santa Barbara County for children and youth in psychological distress.

The county has no inpatient psychiatric hospital to treat teen patients who pose an imminent threat to themselves or to others, nor are there any less-restrictive step-down beds where minors can receive short-term or extended residential treatment. Alice Gleghorn, director for county Behavioral Wellness, stated no plans for a hospital existed either because the demand is too small to

The county has no inpatient psychiatric facility to treat teen patients in psychological distress. justify the substantial expense. Since 2014, she noted, 320 minors were ordered to threeday involuntary holds, 54 in the last year. But before the patients were hospitalized, 20 per-

cent of the orders were rescinded. The rest, she said, went to seven out-of-county psychiatric hospitals, Ventura’s Vista del Mar being the most well-known. A hospital operation could not be sustained on 40 patients a day, Gleghorn argued.

In its report, titled “Weathering the Storms of Mental Disorders and Emotional Disturbances,” the Grand Jury objected that shipping such patients out of the county was “restrictive, expensive and stressful for children, parents, and families and mental health care providers.” The Grand Jury pushed for Crisis Stabilization Units (CSUs) where minors in serious distress could seek relief before involuntary hospitalization became necessary. The county now has eight CSU bed spaces, but none are open to minors.

Gleghorn argued CSUs were the wrong tool for the job, because they are only available

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Response to Grand Jury Report Refines Psychiatric Facility Needs

Santa Barbara’s culinary world woke up to sad news Saturday morning, learning that Chef James Sly (pictured above) had died from complications after a stroke. Before his Carpinteria restaurant Sly’s, which he operated with his wife, Annie, from 2008 to 2018, he was founding chef at Lucky’s in Montecito and before that chef at El Encanto. Sly was more than just a talented chef — he was a friend and teacher. He was also a fine writer and a lover of language, with a less-known side career as an automotive journalist. n

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udge Thomas Anderle ruled in favor of several Painted Cave residents Tuesday morning in the case of Painted Cave Ad Hoc Committee v. Board of Directors of the Painted Cave Volunteer Fire Department, finding that the board must turn over documents revealing how the department spends its money. The decision comes after months of argument between residents and their volunteer fire department over the department’s alleged secrecy regarding spending. Since the lawsuit was filed in March, the department has effectively ceased to operate.

On Tuesday, board lawyer Cameron Goodman argued the group’s volunteer status made it a private entity, not a public one, and thus immune to financial disclosure. He said there was “no available precedent” for a case like this: If the volunteer group had to release financial documents — tantamount to requiring them to act as a public entity — the cost and time involved “would mean the end of the Painted Cave fire department from a financial standpoint.”

However, Anderle’s ruling found that the Board of Directors itself called the group a public entity in 2018 and therefore must turn over the documents. The judge also granted a 20-day stay on his ruling to give time to file an appeal, which Goodman later said his clients were considering.

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The ad hoc committee’s lawyer, Philip Seymour, said he hoped the parties could resolve the issue quickly. After the meeting, Seymour said the fire department would be “foolish to keep fighting” in an appeal. “They would rather spend money on the ability to do things behind closed doors,” he added.

The committee’s suit alleges Brown Act and Public Records Act violations, as well as “major misappropriation of funds.” The complaint claims the designated volunteer chief, Kevin Buckley, “maintained a strict policy of secrecy” over the more than $675,000 received by the fire department, and spent some of it on a custom table and a giantscreen TV for himself.

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LET’S TALK: Multiple agencies will begin discussing options to prevent train deaths.

Train Death Prevention Gains Traction

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ore people have died on train tracks in Santa Barbara County than in comparable neighboring counties in recent years, and a Grand Jury report issued in June laid out solutions that included a safety plan, fencing, trimming foliage, a sealed corridor in the danger zone, security patrols, and video surveillance.

County supervisors responded on Monday, agreeing only with the first of the six recommendations.

High numbers of homeless encampments have sprouted from Ortega Hill in Summerland to Milpas Street in the City of Santa Barbara and from Patterson Avenue to Glen Annie Road in Goleta—where 85 percent of the deaths occurred. Twelve of the 20 victims were homeless, and 12 deaths are considered suicides.

The supervisors will begin meeting to

develop a safety plan within the next six months, the report stated. The S.B. County Association of Governments will be the lead agency for county stakeholders, including Union Pacific and the Sheriff ’s Office, for the meetings, the supervisors stated at Tuesday’s meeting. The issues of fencing and foliage were up to Union Pacific, according to the report, which also said sealed corridors only enhanced safety at railroad crossings, where none of the 20 deaths occurred.

The Sheriff ’s Office has signed a Memoranda of Understanding with Union Pacific Railroad for increased security patrols, but the contract contained no additional funding, so patrols are based on existing staffing levels. Similarly, the supervisors’ report found a lack of staff and resources to respond to any trespassers caught on surveillance camera.

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“And by the way, the other picture was from a Harley Davidson Route 66 three-week road trip from Chicago to Santa Monica.”

Kavanagh wasn’t bragging. Travel is her life — one she’s worried that Assembly Bill 5 will end.

Employer exploitation of the gig economy versus the freedom to work one’s own hours forms the subject of Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez’s bill and also the ABC Test formulated in a Supreme Court ruling in 2018. The case, brought against Dynamex Operations West by its drivers, became a class-action suit after Dynamex changed the drivers’ status to independent contractor in 2004. The California Supreme Court ruled that three criteria determined a person’s independent contractor status —the ABC Test: the work is done free of control, is outside the business’s normal work, and is a customarily independent trade.

Businesses that routinely abuse the independent contractor classification are the target of the San Diego assemblymember’s bill. In looking at companies in the trucking, delivery, janitorial, and construction industries, the ABC Test and Gonzalez’s bill swooped up almost all independent contractors.

Kavanagh roams to Kauai and Canada annually from her home base in Santa Barbara, while running her business as an independent travel agent. She’s concerned that the independence to choose her clients and set her own hours, which allowed her to work while raising her children, might disappear under Lorena Gonzalez’s Assembly Bill 5, about to go to the California Senate for a final vote.

Lorena Ortiz Schneider agreed. She owns an interpreting and translation service based in Santa Barbara that sends her far and wide. “We support AB5,” she said, “but not in its present form. Translators should get the same exemption as doctors and law-

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yers.” Interpreting is an exhausting business, Ortiz Schneider said, and it’s important to be able to set your own hours. She was headed for a Spanish-English job in Santa Maria when she called. “Just as two hands don’t make you a concert pianist,” she said, “translating is a skill that takes aptitude.” For Ortiz Schneider, that includes French and Portuguese, languages not often in need of translation, and her work for a number of clients sends her across the geographically immense landscape of California.

In AB5, the San Diego assemblymember asserts the social safety net — payroll taxes, workers’ compensation, Social Security, and unemployment and disability premiums — is shortchanged when companies misclassify employees. Workers lose as much as $2.72 billion nationwide while businesses save 15-30 percent annually. The legal rumbles have been enough to concern Uber and Lyft executives, who conceded in a San Francisco Chronicle opinion piece that perhaps they should be offering their drivers benefits like paid time off or retirement planning. According to AB5’s legislative analysis, in one decade, the number of independent workers grew by 30 percent.

Santa Barbara’s legislators are hearing from their constituents about AB5. They’ve also voted in its favor: Assemblymember Monique Limón on the Assembly floor and State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson at the Labor Committee. The bill names exemptions for licensed insurance agents, hairdressers, investment advisors, and repo men. It’s added defining provisions for freelance writers and artists, and Gonzalez’s staff indicated updates were still coming.

Kavanagh was working on her family’s farm near Toronto as she described being able to plug in while parked in her truck at the beach in Kauai. In her nearly 50 years as an agent, she’s ticketed many clients who have been bumped from a flight. “Agents have access to airline ticketing while travelers are just trying to get online,” she said.

“It’s never been about a pension or a large income,” Kavanagh said, “and I can say I’ve never regretted my job. I research the world n for work every day.”

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Behrens’s attorney, David Cousineau, vowed to appeal, stating, “The legal process has confirmed what we always thought: Ed Behrens, a devoted and respected principal, was demoted after a concerted campaign to undermine his reputation, and then was publicly denigrated based on false information.” What exactly that information was never saw the public light of day because Behrens himself obtained a court order to seal his personnel files.

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Capps, who has differed with the party establishment several times on which candidates it’s endorsed, reminded attendees that her father bucked the party establishment 25 years ago when he announced he would run for Congress and challenged the candidate selected by the party machine. For Capps, who ran unopposed for her current seat on the Santa Barbara Unified school board, this will be her first seriously contested election.

By contrast, Williams is a seasoned shoeleather and get-out-the-vote campaigner.

But he hasn’t faced a serious contender since 2010, when he beat Susan Jordan for the State Assembly.

Williams said he intends to keep working on ways to address climate change and increase the capacity of the county’s catch basins to reduce the risks associated with flooding. Williams, who has received sizable donations from the cannabis industry, has argued that legalized cultivation is the best way to limit black-market operators. As for listening, he says he meets with constituents all day every day. He expressed regret that two such like-minded candidates would find themselves sucking up money, resources, and energy running for the same seat. “It’s kind of a waste when the country is going so crazy,” he said. “But I do sometimes enjoy the opportunity to go door-to-door to meet and talk with people.”

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Gleghorn’s comments to the board proved more sobering than her written responses to the Grand Jury report. For the past three years, she explained, state regulators have been rewriting the rule books for group homes serving psychologically fragile teens.

The new rules require substantially more staffing than before. For many of the homes that might morph into STRTPs, “it has been a trying transition,” Gleghorn stated.

As for other changes recommended by the Grand Jury, Gleghorn said her department had already initiated them or was in the process of doing so by the time the report was released this June. Improvement to the call response times for those in crisis had been initiated, she said, as had getting crisis case workers out into the field for more face-to-face encounters. Psychological triage workers, she said, had been embedded in emergency rooms to expedite hospital-

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ization or less-restrictive care for young patients. As for the Grand Jury’s complaint that no comprehensive information was available online directing family and friends of troubled teens to available help, Gleghorn flat-out disagreed. Her department’s website was designed, up, operating, and easily navigable when the report was written. “I don’t want anyone to tumble their way through this webpage while they’re dealing with a crisis,” she stated.

Supervisors expressed wary enthusiasm about the positive steps Gleghorn has taken to address the county’s looming mental-health crisis, asking for needs and progress metrics.

Supervisor Williams stressed the continued need to “create more beds,” adding, “There’s a n lot of work yet to be done.”

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RACIAL TENSIONS ARISE DON’T INTERRUPT: Retired SBCC English instructor Celeste Barber (left) recently filed a lawsuit against chemistry professor Raeanne Napoleon (below) and others after Napoleon interrupted her during a January Board of Trustees public comment period. The incident sparked one of several high-profile controversies the college endured this past year.

Perhaps the biggest upheaval on campus occurred when Vice President of Business Services Lyndsay Maas said the unabbreviated n-word at a gender equity meeting in November 2018, resulting in multiple protests at board meetings and throwing the college administration into months of chaos.

Two dozen students, most of whom were black, surrounded the trustees at the January board meeting following Maas’s return from paid administrative leave, demanding she resign or be fired. Multiple coalitions of black students and faculty formed as a result, and backlash continued at each board meeting for the remainder of the semester. Despite their efforts, Maas continues to serve as VP of business services.

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Retired SBCC English instructor Celeste Barber was at the center of one of the college’s most high-profile controversies when she requested in January that the Board of Trustees reinstate the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance before each meeting. Barber, whose son is Santa Barbara City Councilmember Eric Friedman, was cut off during her public comment when chemistry professor Napoleon began shouting objections.

The exchange garnered national media attention overnight, and Barber has since filed a lawsuit against Napoleon, Board President Robert Miller, and interim Superintendent Benjamin over the interruption, although Benjamin was not employed with the college at the time of the incident.

“I was actually a big fan of Beebe,” Barber said. “He took a lot of heat, but he really tried and was a good leader. …

What we need in this next leader is someone who gauges the needs of the local students rather than focusing on housing students from outside the district.”

SBCC Looks for New Leader

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New City College President Will Inherit Fallout from Tumultuous Last Year

by Delaney Smith he new academic year begins at Santa Barbara City College this week, and the campus is looking forward to a fresh start. Last year, the school, considered one of the top community colleges in the country, was hit with a number of high-profile controversies involving lawsuits, protests, Title IX complaints, an administrator’s use of the n-word, and accusations of freespeech infringement. Amid these troubles, superintendent/ president Anthony Beebe resigned in February for health reasons, and today the college is still actively searching for his replacement — someone who must solve the financial challenges that all California community colleges are facing, as well as finding ways to quell the tensions on a divided campus.

A 17-person screening committee is accepting applications for the position through September 16 and will begin interviewing applicants in late September. When asked what qualities SBCC was looking for in a new leader, Dr. Helen Benjamin, the interim superintendent/president, declined to comment, as did the committee’s cochairs Patricia Stark, Academic Senate president, and Geoff Green, SBCC Foundation CEO. However, interviews with many of those at the center of last year’s turmoil revealed vital points of view yet to be resolved.

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Raeanne Napoleon, the Academic Senate president-elect and a chemistry professor, was one of the most outspoken critics of the administration during the 2018-19 year, yet she supports the promise of new leadership.

“Our current superintendent/president, Dr. Helen Benjamin, has many of the traits that I would like to see in our next,” Napoleon said. “Specifically, those are intelligence, consistency, empathy, and refreshing honesty.”

Before her appointment as president-elect, Napoleon found herself at the center of the first campus crisis. On

March 19, 2018, she sent out an email warning staff and faculty about a Michael Shermer, who had been invited to speak on campus that day. She cited a 2014 BuzzFeed article in which three women accused him of sexual assault, although he was never investigated or charged by police.

Shermer threatened to sue Napoleon, the college, and The Channels, a student news publication, but in the end decided against it.

Napoleon’s tensions with the administration began here, when she felt then-superintendent/president Beebe failed to support her during these legal wrangles. In a letter to The Channels, Napoleon wrote that she “begged Dr. Beebe and his Administrative staff for guidance, reprieve from the harassment, questions about college procedures, advice for how to deal with the media, and so many other specific, tangible, obvious things” but was “met with nothing.”

Since Benjamin took over as interim leader, Napoleon has been much more supportive of the administration and hopes to continue that with the new, permanent leader.

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Krystle Farmer was at the center of a different SBCC eruption when she resigned from her position on the Board of Trustees and the student senate last October, stating, “As a black woman and a single mother, I have experienced nothing but hardships during my time on the Associated Student Government, and especially as the student trustee.”

Since then, she has filed a lawsuit against the college listing eight separate allegations, including racial discrimination and sexual harassment. Though no longer at SBCC, she does not predict a quick solution to the conditions that she found “toxic.” She stands by her resignation letter, saying, “Until folks hold themselves accountable, wash away their egos, and allow space for real conversations to be had for restorative justice, the problems will only continue to grow and become worse.”

The issue of housing for out-of-area students has been a source of contention for years. Though community colleges such as SBCC are required to accept any qualified California resident, Santa Barbara does not have the housing needed for out-of-district students. Last fall, more than half of the 16,177 main campus students (including online and dual-enrollment high school students) came from outside the district—8,307. Though student enrollment over the last decade has been declining throughout the community college system, housing remains a major problem in the city.

Trustee Jonathan Abboud, who was elected to the board in 2014, said during his campaign that creating affordable housing for students was his biggest priority. And unlike Barber, he thinks the new superintendent/president should prioritize it, too.

“The college needs someone who is completely committed to putting all students first, will cultivate a positive climate on campus, and will make sure Santa Barbara City College is uplifting those who need it most,” he said about the search for the new leader.

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Lori Gaskin, who retired as head of the college before Beebe was appointed, had grappled with the housing problems during her tenure but had a broader view of what qualities were needed to guide Santa Barbara City College into the future.

“It’s critically important we remember the roots and framework of the college—academic excellence,” Gaskin said. “I use the pronoun ‘we’ because I still feel so much a part of the college. In all of the crises and issues the college suffered recently, that hallmark has remained the guiding light…. SBCC needs a leader who understands that. The cutting-edge caliber of the academic programs speaks directly to issues of gender and race.”

Following the screening committee’s evaluation and selection of finalists next month, the Board of Trustees will interview prospective candidates at public forums in late n October.

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the good guys won, per se. But from my vantage point, it appears the bad guys took a serious shot between the legs this week. Such victories, however imperfect, need to be savored.

A district judge no one ever heard of before in the small town of Cleveland, Oklahoma —population 3,200—brought the hammer down big-time on Johnson & Johnson, a $300 billion corporation, for its role in causing the opioid epidemic. Judge Thad Balkman ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay the state $572 million, about what it will cost to launch a statewide addiction abatement and recovery program and keep it running for just one year.

The Santa Barbara County Supervisors, by the way, have joined a separate legal action against Johnson & Johnson—and a host of other Big Pharma companies implicated in a premeditated and far-flung national opioid conspiracy that’s cost the American Economy more than $500 billion. That case is now unfolding in the State of Ohio.

Until Monday, I’d never heard of Judge Balkman. Now he’s my all-time favorite rightwing Mormon. It turns out Balkman grew up in Long Beach, where his childhood home had a starring role in John Hughes’s 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Balkman happened to graduate from the same high school at the same time as Snoop Dogg. When Dogg recently held a 30-year reunion bash, Balkman showed up. Selfies abound. In a previ-

ous incarnation, Balkman served six years in the Oklahoma State Assembly where he was reviled by Democrats for being “anti” everything. About six years ago, he got appointed to the bench, where he now handles pretty much everything on the frontlines of American jurisprudence. In other words, a whole lot of family violence. Sometimes it gets to him. In one case, he sentenced a defendant to 3,000 years.

For 33 days this summer, Balkman presided over a bench trial on a public nuisance lawsuit filed by Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter against Johnson & Johnson. Fortytwo witnesses were called. When it was over, Balkman issued a 42-page ruling. It’s not great reading in that lofty, stentorian way some judges strive for. It was just good enough to make me want to grab a ballpeen hammer and take out a few kneecaps. Naturally, the Wall Street Journal has belittled the verdict, saying it’s great news only to people looking for a convenient “scapegoat.” Having read all 42 pages, I’d say Balkman was lenient.

Between 2011 and 2015, he concluded, 2,100 Oklahomans died unintentionally from opioid overdoses. In 2015 alone, Oklahoma pharmacies dispensed 110 pills for every adult in the state. Two years later, more than 4 percent of babies born under SoonerCare insurance came into the world going through drug withdrawals.

But why Johnson & Johnson, the company that’s forever defined how freshly cleaned and diapered babies are supposed to smell?

Let’s start at the beginning. Until 2016, Johnson & Johnson owned a couple subsidiaries that engineered the creation of new brand of super opium poppies that subsequently proved absolutely crucial—for a host of legal, technical, and regulatory reasons—for the development of new synthetic opioids. These Super-Poppies—grown in massive fields on the island of Tasmania —had cute names like the “Norman” and the “Ted.” The drugs they manufactured with that opium they marketed with the catchy slogan, “From Our Fields to Your Formulations.”

By the mid ’90s, Johnson & Johnson was selling a host of new pain-relieving drugs, fentanyl being the most infamous. The company sponsored scientific “research” indicating America was in the throes of a pain management crisis that left millions forced to endure unabated agonies. Its research “showed” that the risks of addiction from their drugs were minimal compared to those of other companies. It operated pain management clinics that dispensed these drugs. It marketed the hell out of it all, bombarding front line doctors with branded and unbranded sales pitches, relentlessly minimizing the risks of addiction.

Its sales teams, Judge Balkman concluded, were schooled in “emotional selling techniques” that understated the products’ obvious hazards. They launched websites such as “Prescribe Responsibly,” not attributed to the company, which dismissed “pseudo-addiction” and “opiophobia” as impediments

to treatment. They claimed scientific studies demonstrated that if a doctor prescribed opioids, there was a 2.6 percent lower risk of addiction. Doctors bought it—worn down by non-stop sales calls, free meals, free trips, free symposia, and endless proselytizing by reputable-sounding medical organizations such as the American Academy of Pain Medicine, a group bankrolled by Johnson & Johnson.

But Johnson & Johnson knew the truth.

As early as 1998, Balkman found, the company had been put on notice by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that its marketing claims were “false and misleading.” By 2001, a scientific advisory board hired by the company itself put corporate officers on notice that no data existed to support marketing claims that their drugs were “low risk” when it came to addiction, and in fact would actually lead to increased addiction. In 2004, the FDA put the company on notice yet again for “false and misleading claims.” On most planets, that kind of evidence qualifies as a “smoking gun.”

Among the legal definitions of public nuisance cited by Judge Balkman was that it “offends decency.” Systematically lying as part of a multi-billion-dollar marketing campaign certainly qualifies. Such speech, the judge ruled, is not covered by the First Amendment.

The day after Balkman issued his ruling, Johnson & Johnson’s stocks went up. The market had expected worse.

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ompulsive eating is a disease, not a matter of character, and I have it. When I consume certain ingredients, they have the effect of creating a craving, and I want more and more. I have no idea when I will stop eating. For me, these trigger ingredients are white flour, sugar, dairy, high-fat foods, and nuts. For many people, the trigger is simply sugar and white flour, because it varies from person to person. In the case of one person whom I sponsor, it is only white flour. Sugar does not trigger her. She doesn’t like sugar.

If we avoid our trigger ingredients completely, we do not trigger this allergy of the body. But for those of us who are real compulsive eaters, something in our heads sends us to these foods, over and over and over again. For a real compulsive eater, it is human emotions, and not only when we are feeling resentments and fears, but even when things are going well for us. Food is the drug that brings us ease and comfort after taking a few bites, just as for an alcoholic, ease and comfort comes “at once after taking just a few drinks.” [Alcoholics Anonymous] We know that obesity is an epidemic.

Most of us who do not have a normal-size body try everything we can think of to lose the excess weight. We lose a little, sometimes a lot, and put it back on, over and over and over again. We wonder, what is wrong with us? Why can we not exercise the willpower to lose the excess weight?

We know the excess pounds not only affect our appearance but also lead to deadly diseases. Most of us have used willpower to succeed in careers and in other endeavors, but when it comes to controlling our eating, we cannot get anywhere. In fact, over the years we gain more and more weight.

When I retired from 37 years of teaching, I was desperate to lose the excess weight I had put on since I stopped jogging in my mid-thirties. Over the years, I had become a lifetime member of Weight Watchers three times. I had tried every conceivable diet. Now I tried Weight Watchers again.

It worked for others, why not for me? I did not know why, but it did not work for me.

Then I tried behavior modification therapy based on controlling my heartbeat. Lost a little, put it back on. I tried standard therapy — my daughter was getting married. I wanted to look good for the wedding and have her be proud of me. I lost a good part of my excess weight, but I started putting it right back on during the wedding weekend.

I shared my frustration with people I knew, and finally, hearing me so exasperated, someone asked if I had ever tried Overeaters Anonymous? It had never occurred to me that a 12-step program might help me.

My view at the time, that alcoholics were people of poor character, made me question whether a program to help alcoholics would help me. But I started attending meetings and eventually found a sponsor who took me through the 12 steps of the book Alcoholics Anonymous, lovingly called the Big Book by many who have recovered.

OA is not a religious program, but it is a spiritual program. It works exactly the same way that AA works. The 12 steps brought serenity to my life. I took off my excess weight and have kept it off for four years. I am no longer fighting with the food, but I have to work the steps and stay spiritually fit. I look great and feel fabulous.

I urge anyone who is suffering from this cunning and baffling disease to come to an OA meeting. I would love to meet you and work with you. Like AA, OA is free. Find a meeting at oa.org.

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Frank Bond Horner 1/6/1930 – 8/9/2019

“I’ve had a wonderful life and feel very blessed. My faith is strong and I know that I will be at peace.”

Frank Bond Horner was born in Piedmont, CA, on January 6, 1930, to William James Horner and Francis Bowman Horner, and died in Santa Barbara, CA, August 9, 2019.

When Frank was a young boy, his family moved to 29 Palms where he developed a lifelong love for the desert of Southern California.

He graduated from 29 Palms High School in 1947 with 12 students in his senior class, and went on to attend UC Berkeley.

Frank was married for 30 years to his high school sweetheart, Jeannie Van Nest Horner. They had three children: Suzie (Gordon) Sichi of Santa Barbara CA, Jeanette Horner Mathisrud (deceased), and William (Pamela) Horner of San Clemente, CA. After Jeannie passed away, he was married to Ginger Franovich Horner (deceased) for 32 years.

As a teenager Frank worked for his family shoe store, the local market, and the US Forest Service.

With a growing family he began working for the Bank of America and then at Sears for 32+ years, retiring at age 53 as San Diego Group Manager. He was recognized for his many innovative achievements during his career at Sears, which was the nation’s largest retailer at the time of his retirement. He also made many lifelong friends there. After retirement, he worked for the University of San Diego as Director of Corporate Relations. He volunteered his time to many organizations during his life including the Boy Scouts of America, Big Brother, Navy League of San Diego, Palm Desert Community Presbyterian Church, and Rotary Club, among others.

Frank and Ginger lived for many years in Rancho Mirage, CA, at the Sunrise Country Club, enjoying golf and an active social life. He was especially proud of instituting a retirement plan for all of the club’s employees during his tenure as President of the Country Club. He moved to Santa Barbara in October of 2017 to be closer to his family, who enjoyed very much having him near.

Frank loved to golf and played courses all over the US and the world, and one of his favorite stories was remembering when he played St. Andrews in the pouring rain. He also enjoyed travel all over the US and the world, including Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy and Greece. He was an avid reader and would often have several books going at once. And he was a huge car fan, from his 1938 Ford to his fast Porsche.

Frank is survived by his children, his sisters Jacquelyn Thorsen of Edina, MN, and Carolyn O’Nesky of Ahwahnee, CA, his stepchildren Mary Thomsic and Stephanie Franovich, and his “second son,” Timothy Bremner. He had eight grandchildren, 18

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Tom (Cindy) Sichi, Cielo (Erin) Sichi, Erin Mathisrud (deceased), August (Natasha) Mathisrud, Jeannie Horner, J.B. Horner, Allison (James) Styles; and six greatgrandchildren, Ayla, Tenaya, Meison, Lilia, Nicolo, and SkylerGrey.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Jeffrey Polito, Helping Hands Group, Vista del Monte, and St. Andrews Presbyterian Church for their compassionate and excellent care in Santa Barbara.

Frank will be remembered as a dedicated family man who took great pride in the accomplishments of his children and grandchildren; he was thrilled to be able to attend granddaughter Allison's and James’ wedding at grandson Tom Sichi's and Cindy Sichi’s home in Goleta in April this year. He had a deep and comforting faith. He was strong and gentle as needed, a faithful friend, a genuine gentleman and a positive mentor, including to his son-in-law Gordon Sichi as Headmaster of Anacapa School.

In lieu of flowers please consider making a donation to one of Frank’s two favorite charities, the American Red Cross and the Alzheimer’s Association.

Laurie Pitney 1963 – 2019

Laurie Pitney, age 56, passed away on Monday July 29th, 2019 due to complications from end stage renal disease. Born in March, 1963 near Rapid City, SD; Laurie was the youngest of four children born to her Father William F Robinson, from Brooklyn NY and Mother, Helen Pappas-Robinson from Huron, SD. In 1965 the family moved to Atwater, Ca where she received her education and, graduated from Atwater High School in 1981.

Shortly afterwards she and her best friend Terri made a leap of faith decision to move to Santa Barbara, get jobs, and attend college.

In 1991 Laurie Robinson met Gary Pitney, the man who had been looking for his soulmate.

Introduced by a good friend at O’Malley’s Sports Bar of all places, their relationship grew. In August of 1993 they were married in a beautiful outdoor winery setting in Santa Ynez. After honeymooning in Hawaii, Gary & Laurie returned to Santa Barbara and within 2 months bought a home in the San Roque neighborhood of Santa Barbara.

Together they enjoyed the carefree life of a couple without children, traveling and spending time with family and friends.

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carefree life was replaced by the incredible joy of having a baby in their lives. Proud grandparents and extended family joined in the celebration. Just 16 months later, Julie Deene Pitney came into the world and the celebration continued. Laurie soon “retired” from her assistant manager position at a local credit union and focused her energy on being a full-time mother. Playdates and volunteering at the Oaks Preschool brought joy to Laurie.

Before becoming a wife andmother, Laurie’s first love was animals. She liked nothing more than to bring the preschool rabbits or guinea pigs home for the weekend to join the ever growing Pitney menagerie of dogs, hamsters, birds, lizards and fish. As the children grew, Laurie became involved in all aspects of their lives. She loved working with children and volunteered for years in the Sunday School program at the Santa Barbara First United Methodist Church. Laurie volunteered her time in the classrooms at Peabody Charter School and was an enthusiastic fan cheering for Ethan and Julie in their many sports activities, including roller hockey and soccer.

As the kids grew, Laurie returned to work. She managed a retail clothing store then decided to pursue her passion for animals, subsequently working for three different Santa Barbara veterinary clinics. She greeted every client and pet with a warm smile and a loving touch. Laurie had compassion for animals and humans alike, offering a warm embrace and shedding tears with many pet owners when the time came to say goodbye to their beloved pets.

The Pitney family enjoyed many adventures together during Laurie’s lifetime. Dozens of trips to their condo in Mammoth with good friends and family. Travels to Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, sailing adventures in the Bahamas, and most recently a trip to visit Julie during her study abroad program in Copenhagen.

Watching Ethan and Julie develop their faith in God and grow into energetic & compassionate young adults gave Laurie some of her greatest joy. She will be remembered by friends and family alike for her easy going nature, soft spot for birds & animals, love of the Beatles and her warm smile.

Laurie is survived by her father William Robinson, 86 brother James Robinson, 64, sister Lyssa Holmes 59, husband Gary Pitney 59, son Ethan Pitney 23, daughter Julie Pitney 21, as well as numerous cousins, nephews, nieces, aunts, and uncles. She is now in heaven with her Mother Helen, Sister Debra Davis, and Sister in-law Debbie Pitney. Laurie lived her life with zest and was always there to lend a helping hand. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.

A private family ceremony and scattering of ashes off the Santa Barbara coastline will take place during the morning hours of Saturday Sept 21st. A Celebration of Laurie’s life is planned the same day. Please email gpitney@cox.net for details if you are interested in attending. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the following charities that Laurie was passionate about: C.A.R.E.4Paws @ care4paws. org.

Grace Fisher Foundation @ gracefisherfoundation.org American Kidney Foundation at kidney.org

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James Sly

1952 – 2019

Chef and “Capitán” James Sly passed away at Serenity House on August 23, 2019, following a brief illness, with Annie, his wife of 33 years, by his side. He is also survived by his sister Catherine Aiken, and nieces and nephews Casey, Brian, Adam, Stefanie, and Josh.

Born and raised in Fullerton, California, he held a B.A. in Linguistics from California State University Fullerton. He first cooked at Boy Scout campouts (and was proud of baking pineapple upsidedown cake on a campfire) and obtained the rank of Eagle Scout.

He worked at restaurant chains, then began an apprenticeship at Chez Cary, an “old school” haute cuisine restaurant in Orange County, where he met fellow apprentice Michael Hutchings. The chefs have remained colleagues and friends for more than 45 years.

James began his formal training at the Hotel Ritz in Paris, Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo, and with Michel Guerard at Regine’s in both Paris and New York. He refined his craft at the Summer House in Nantucket; at 1789 Restaurant and the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC; and at the Desert Princess Hotel and Grand Champions Resort, both in Palm Springs. James also spent several years in private homes, cooking for, among others, Princess Sham Pahlavi, the sister of the Shah of Iran.

In 1984, Michael asked James to cook at an American Institute of Wine & Food Festival at the Music Academy of the West, where James met Annie. The pair married City Hall in Arlington, Virginia, on December 30, 1985, the afternoon before 1789 Restaurant’s gala reopening.

The Slys returned to Santa Barbara in 1989 when James became chef at the El Encanto Hotel, and the two moved to Carpinteria. He became the founding chef and general manager of Lucky’s in Montecito in 1999.

On 8/8/08, Annie and James opened Sly’s in Carpinteria, which offered fine dining with a traditional approach. The walls were hung with vintage road racing photographs by Jesse Alexander who, with wife Nancy, were also dear friends. After a successful ten-year run, they closed Sly’s last year.

James loved to travel and was fluent in French and Spanish, and conversant in Italian and German.

He had a lifelong love affair with Volkswagen cars, and wrote for “VW & Porsche” and “European Car” from the 1970s until shortly before his death. Passionate about Apple computers, he helped many a friend navigate their complexities.

His generosity, wit, and humility are legendary, as were his silver handlebar moustache and beard, and warm, welcoming smile. James put other people first, helping his staff, friends, and causes he believed in. He donated his services to many local charities, and received by a “Giraffe Award” from Planned Parenthood for “sticking his neck out.”

James and Annie were best friends, and he wanted her to be part of whatever he was doing.

Though many spouses cannot work together, they did at Sly’s, happily.

They could be sighted on bike rides in Carpinteria, wearing headsets so they could talk with each other.

At the bottom of every menu, he credited “James Sly & Brigade.”

He believed in sharing the credit as much as he loved to share his knowledge and expertise with his staff, many of whom stayed with him for years. They called him “Capitán,” an honor higher than “Chef,” as James Sly taught them not only how to cook, but how to live.

A memorial is Friday, August 30 at 10 a.m. at Carpinteria Cemetery, followed by a celebration of his life at noon at the Carpinteria Arts Center. In lieu of flowers, please donate in his memory to Planned Parenthood, Serenity House, Carpinteria Arts Center, or Girls Inc. of Carpinteria.

Kevin John LoRusso 12/1/1970 – 8/17/2019

It is with great sadness that the family of Kevin John LoRusso announce his passing on Saturday, August 17, 2019, in Goleta, California at the age of 48.

Kevin was born in Carmichael, California on December 1,1970. He spent much of his youth and adulthood in Santa Barbara and its surrounding area.

Kevin attended high school at Santa Barbara High. For many years, he enjoyed driving for Santa Barbara Airbus.

Kevin was a self-taught guitar player. He loved singing and sharing his gift of music. He had an amazing wit and sense of humor.

Kevin was a loving, sensitive, kind, generous and compassionate man. He deeply loved his family, friends and his two dogs. He always made time for family sporting events, BBQs, the simple pleasures in life and reading his Bible.

Kevin is survived by his mother, Kathy Weagley; father, Robert LoRusso; brothers, Bob LoRusso, Anthony Loza and Michael Loza; sister-in-laws, Heather LoRusso and Andrea Loza; stepfather, Anthony Loza Sr.; stepmother, Marilyn LoRusso; Aunt Libby; many nephews and nieces, Evynn, Sofia, Bobby, Mikey, Anthony, Christopher, Arabella and Jacob; and his angel, the love of his life, Melanie Newhouse and children, Delaney, Kenyon, Leila and Aspen.

His life will be a cherished memory in our hearts.

Services will be held on Saturday, September 21 at 11:00 am at a Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara, 1 N. Calle Cesar Chavez, #21. A celebration of life will follow immediately at Toro Canyon Park, located at 576 Toro Canyon Road, Santa Barbara. All are welcome to join us to reminisce, grieve and support each other. Those who so desire may make memorial donations in memory of Kevin to Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara.

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on Friday, August 2, after dining with friends at Arnoldi’s — one of his favorite eateries. He was laughing minutes before the lights went out. He was 71.

Born in Los Angeles, Jim’s first aspirations were to be a professional cook. He apprenticed with a French chef who displayed an intense artistic temperament (throwing lots of pots and pans around). Jim noticed the bartender seemed to do less work, have more fun, and make the same money.

So a new path to success was selected.

Jim lived in Summerland in the late ’60s with his wife, Sue, and attended SBCC. In 1970, they moved to Arcata, with Sue now pregnant with their son Darrin. There, Jim transferred to Humboldt State, where he earned his BA. Jim continued working toward a master’s at Humboldt in film studies — fostering his lifelong love of that medium. He relished discussing foreign films and new filmmakers, and he had an encyclopedic knowledge of both.

SNARKY CHARM: Jim Breen’s wit once ruled the roost at Harry’s and The Growing up, Jim and his siblings Sportsman and also made him a sought-after publicist with clients like began a tradition of going to the movEnsemble Theatre and Old Spanish Days. ies on Christmas Day. Jim’s family life in Arcata continued that tradition, Jim was incredibly proud of his son, Darrin, and and after Christmas dinner he’d take his young son to the movies. However, they never saw holiday the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. They shared movies. Rather, Jim took Darrin to dark, complex the same sense of humor, likes, dislikes, love of films like Schindler’s List, The Thin Red Line, or an art, line of work, and opinions on almost everyobscure bit of foreign cinema. It’s a tradition that thing. They spoke on the phone almost daily, which included a lot of laughing, complaining, and love. lives on in his family to this day.

Jim moved back to L.A. in the late ’70s to work in He was also very proud of his granddaughter, Sadie, the hospitality industry. But he’d always loved Santa and spoke humbly of the father his son turned out Barbara and made his way here shortly thereafter. to be.

Jim became renowned in S.B. as the snarky, witty Throughout Jim’s life, he remained close to his bartender who ruled the roost at Harry’s and The three siblings, visiting them, enjoying cultural events together, and vacationing. They were a clan, Sportsman.

He also pinch-hit at Mel’s, the Tee-Off, Jimmy’s, and he was proud to be a member. the Lei Lani Room, and many other watering Jim was an iconic figure: a fixture of our comholes. Even after finding sobriety, he still enjoyed munity — with a pronounced edge and a singular the camaraderie of bars where he’d now order a style. Yet to think of Jim is to forever see his beam“Breen,” soda water — no fruit! ing smile in our mind’s eye.

Jim’s second act, career-wise, was to first become To say he was loved and admired by his family a media salesman and later a specialist in public and many friends is an understatement. To lament relations. He went back to SBCC to keep up with his being taken from us too soon is indisputable. the onslaught of new technologies. Jim was one of But we will always hold an indelible picture in our the earliest enthusiasts of the World Wide Web. The collective memory of the charming curmudgeon man loved his Macintosh. with a heart of gold.

Over the years, Jim represented (or built websites Jim was preceded in death by his much-loved for) a myriad of clients, including The Ensemble daughter, Lauren James. Born with cystic fibrosis, Theatre, Three Pickles Sandwiches/Pickle Room, Lauren succumbed to the disease in 2014. Jim’s Old Spanish Days, Santa Barbara Symphony, Mari- ashes will be spread underneath the Golden Gate anne Williamson, Passport Magazine, The Dupree Bridge at the same spot as Lauren’s.

Foundation, and many, many others.

Jim is survived by his son, Darrin; daughter-inHe also served on the board of several arts orga- law, Ivy; granddaughter, Sadie; sisters, Kathy and nizations — including Center Stage Theater and Virginia; niece, Carly; brother, Rob; and a roster of Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Going friends that reach from coast to coast. The family anywhere (anywhere!) in Santa Barbara with Jim is in the planning stages of a memorial at The New meant running into lots of folks who knew him. n Vic (Ensemble Theatre) in October.

If you are concerned about your child’s development or have reason to believe your child needs special education due to a physical, mental, emotional, learning or speech problem, you may contact either the SELPA office or your local school district Special Education Department if you have questions about referring a child for special education services.

Santa Barbara County Special Education Local Plan Area Office (SELPA) 5385 Hollister Avenue, Box 107 Santa Barbara, CA 93111 805.683.1424

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Si usted está preocupado acerca del desarrollo de su hijo o tiene la mínima razón de pensar que su hijo necesita servicios de educación especial debido a problemas físicos, mentales, emocionales, de aprendizaje o de habla, comuníquese con la oficina de SELPA o con el Departamento de Educación Especial de su Distrito Escolar si tiene alguna pregunta acerca de referir a un niño para servicios de educación especial.

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reaking news (after the U.K. Independent): Cosmological scientists have announced that numerous repeated signals are being sent through the universe to Earth. Research suggests one burst could be coming from a galaxy surprisingly close by, one that neighbors our own Milky Way. The profound intensity suggests the blasts are being sent by an extreme event, anything from a star falling into a black hole to a message being sent through the cosmos by aliens.

After further intense but extremely complicated study by code experts, the essence of a message has been determined: “Weather here burning us up. Can we come to you?”

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I was with some friends, and we saw one over the Montecito Country Club in 198486 time frame. No jets could hover back then, and it was no copter! It was huge and just hovered for about 20 seconds above us. * Fred Munoz Go ahead and laugh. In Santa Barbara I had five encounters of the first kind. * Veronica Frishman I saw one hovering around the mountains up 154. The movement is what catches your eye. Nothing darts around like that, that I’ve ever seen.

Michele Schneekloth I always believed I was being watched as a child and that I was part of a reality show for aliens. In 2007, I experienced something that changed my view on life forever: a Doritos-shaped ship flying seemingly out of control until it reached the height of a palm tree where it hovered for a whole minute right before me and about six other people. Entirely soundless, you could feel its presence, a silent sound or feeling. Lights spun around it, and a red hook dropped and dangled back and forth. It backed up like a car in reverse and drove off.

The year before, when I was 18 years old, I was doodling, drawing a picture of an alien in the sky with “illuminate” on the arm. At my house, my aunt and I noticed spinning lights in the sky. I thought it was a

bomb or something and that we were going to die. The neighbors came out and saw it hovering over our street. The neighbors and my uncle were terrified and went back into their houses.

Laurie Mason My family and I all saw something similar in 2007.

Nancy McCradie I have had two UFO sightings.

One a ship about 500 feet above our head.

My friends and I were camping in Pendola when she slowly moved over our campsite.

She then sat very still. I wanted to stay and watch her, but we were ready to hit the hot tub.

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s a 35-year resident, coauthor of the field guide Animal Tracks and Scat of California, professional naturalist, and expert animal tracker, I have seen the alarming effects of rodenticides on wildlife and domestic animals. Yes! Even our pets! My experience of countless dying or dead animals is extensive.

My neighborhood has seen an almost complete eradication of great horned owls, barn owls, and western screech owls. Their nights calls used to be ubiquitous outside my window, and now they are all but gone.

Animal Control has also seen a spike in dead raptors in my area.

This crisis points directly to the use of rodenticides. This is not just affecting birds of prey. Effects are being seen throughout the food chain, involving turkey vultures, striped skunks, opossums, raccoons, gray foxes, bobcats, coyotes, and mountain lions, to name a few. As the City of Malibu did, we need to ban all rodenticides.

If you have a rodent or squirrel “problem,” there are countless ways to deal with the issue. As a city and as citizens, we need to protect our wild denizens from the scourge of these insidious poisons. Please, people, I implore you to wake up! Innocent creatures are dying for frivolous out-of-touch lifestyle —Michael Kresky, S.B. choices.

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hambers of Commerce from across the county voice their support for the restart of ExxonMobil’s Santa Ynez Unit (SYU). The newly formed Santa Barbara County Chamber Coalition recently commissioned an economic report from the California Economic Forecast. The report found that rerestarting SYU would create a meaningful increase in funding to county public safety, fire protection, local government services, and the local K-14 public school system.

This facility has been idle since May 2015.

Until a pipeline alternative becomes available, ExxonMobil is pursuing a temporary trucking permit to transport crude oil to market — allowing for a phased restart of SYU. After SYU shut down, many employees were relocated or laid off. Restarting SYU will add 218 direct jobs with average salaries that are 27 percent higher than the average county resident salary.

Restarting SYU will provide $1.07 million per year to the County Fire Department. It will increase total education funding by $4.93 million per year, some to the neediest schools in North County. An additional $1.8 million per year will go toward the county’s General Fund, which pays for public safety, roads, libraries, and foodbanks.

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letters cont’d We simply can’t wait any longer — we must restart SYU now. We encourage the Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors to consider this matter post-haste and to support this temporary trucking permit.

—Kristen Miller, CEO, Goleta Chamber of Commerce, for the chambers of Santa Barbara, Buellton, Santa Maria Valley, Solvang, and Lompoc

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xxonMobil is proposing to restart its offshore oil platforms in Gaviota that have been shut down since the 2015 Refugio oil spill and transport the oil via 70 tanker trucks, 24 hours a day along Highway 101.

The cities of Goleta, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo all oppose Exxon’s trucking proposal.

Offshore oil is risky anywhere, which is why even Republican-controlled states like Florida oppose it, but California has the largest GDP of any state, and 80 percent of that economic activity is in coastal counties.

With its economic importance, coastal population, and marine biodiversity, California is the worst possible place to drill for oil offshore. The 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill off the coast of Louisiana caused $22.7 billion in lost tourism dollars alone. A similar spill in California would cost trillions. This is why new oil leases are prohibited in state waters, and why thousands of businesses and a number of Chambers of Commerce have joined defendthepacific.org to oppose offshore oil leases in federal waters.

The trucking proposal restarts offshore oil from a federal lease and adds the additional risks of trucking.

The benefits are paltry compared to the economic and human costs. The oil industry contributes less than one percent of county revenue, even when ExxonMobil was fully operational.

Meanwhile, Exxon’s oil facilities were the largest source in the county of greenhouse gases and major air pollutants linked to lung disease, heart disease, and cancer. And trucks are the least safe way to transport oil, posing an ongoing danger to local roads and drivers. Let’s not replace a broken pipeline with even —Katie Davis, Goleta riskier trucks.

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chef of the West. Go cook it up with Jim. He is waiting to dine with you. Bless your soul and your family. •Moises Bernal Man! I am losing my chef and mentor! That really saddens me. RIP my friend James, till we meet again! •Harold Whiting James was also a European car journalist. Spent many a time discussing cars with him when we were neighbors in Carp. Great guy, he will be missed. •Mark Mooney That guy knew how to cook a steak! •Stephen Goularte Respect, Chef. Your talent will be remembered.

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¶ Among the myriad cannabis facts in last week’s paper, regarding the Carpinteria greenhouse appeal, it was ozone levels, not oxides of nitrogen (or NOx), that the county did not violate for the first time in 40 years. That project falls outside the coastal zone and cannot be appealed to the Coastal Commission.

Also, Proposition 64 qualified for the ballot in 2015 (not 2016), and grower Graham Farrar purchased a home, Ferrari, and sailboat from the proceeds of his Software.com stock, not WaveFront. ¶ To last week’s news story “Can Solar Grease Oil’s Wheel?” we add that although TerraCore proposes to install three megawatts of solar panels, none of the power will be used to generate steam for the oilextraction process, which would require an estimated 1,000-acre solar array.

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BY MATT KETTMANN AND GEORGE YATCHISIN PHOTOGRAPHS BY PAUL WELLMAN he year 2010 was a fortuitous time for

the Santa Barbara Independent to launch the Foodie Awards, our annual celebration of the region’s restaurant scene.

While still emerging from the depths of a recession, Santa Barbara’s culinary community built upon its historic farmto-table ethos to blossom like never before, welcoming waves of restaurant openings that explored fresh concepts

Terry Morinini (center), with her children, from left, Elio, Deanna, and Dino Morinini

Traditional Italian subs come stacked with cold cuts, and Tino’s Super Deluxe is no exception: Molinari salami, coppa, galantina, ham, and two way (a blend of mortadella and salame cotta) come with Swiss and American cheese, mayo, mustard, oil, lettuce, tomato, and pepperoncini on a white loaf.

It’s been more or less that way for more than 70 years, when Valentino “Tino” Ziliotto started working at the Italian Grocery and Bakery in 1946, becoming owner the following year. Before he died in January 2014 at 86 years of age, Tino gave his blessing to the extended family to open a new deli in his name on West Carrillo Street, and they’ve served this sandwich ever since.

Lesser known, but equally delicious, is the veggie option, stuffed with a mix that rivals what the famed Central Grocery in New Orleans spreads on its muffulettas. “The artichoke hearts and marinated mushrooms used in the mix are prepared in house and sold separately, as are the pitted green and pitted mixed olives,” explained Tino’s niece Deanna Morinini, who serves it with provolone.

The odds are good you’ll even see Tino’s sister Terry Morinini — his right hand since he became owner of the deli on July 1, 1947 — still working with her family. “As one customer put it, ‘Seeing her [Terry] in the back making the sandwiches gives them the extra flavor: love,’” said Morinini.

Even more to love: Tino’s has one of our town’s best Amaro selections.

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veyor each year — in this case, Bernard Friedman of Santa Barbara Mariculture and his Hope Ranch mussels.

And, as always, we’re bestowing “The Izzy,” our lifetime achievement award named for its first recipient, Isidoro Gonzalez of La Super-Rica. This year, that honor goes to Los Arroyos Mexican Restaurants, founded 20 years ago

by Tony Arroyo.

Please enjoy this year’s menu of Foodie Awards. We hope they will inspire you to visit these establishments and experience their gourmet glories all for yourself.

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OLD-SCHOOL SUB AWARD

TINO’S ITALIAN GROCERY’S SUPER DELUXE SANDWICH

and focused on new neighborhoods, including the muchbuzzed-about Funk Zone. Looking back, it’s been a rather delicious decade.

For our 10th annual awards, we’ve shifted back to one of our original goals for this issue: to showcase specific dishes that epitomize each restaurant’s unique offerings. That’s the bulk of this year’s honors, from classics, such as Tino’s Super Deluxe sandwich, to fancier fare, like The Monarch’s Abalone à la Flambadou.

We’re also kicking off a new tradition to honor a pur-

Why just cook with live fire — as they do at The Monarch, the first of many restaurants that Phillip Frankland Lee and Margarita Kallas-Lee have opened in the Montecito Inn — when you can play with a flambadou? That’s a steel cone you hang above the fire so melted fat or butter can slowly drip down onto, say, a super-fresh abalone.

“We happened upon a restaurant in Stockholm where the chef showed us a primitive cooking tool called a flambadou,” recalls Lee. “We immediately were in awe and began thinking about how we could incorporate this technique into our cooking.”

That sums up The Monarch’s magic. Working with all sorts of global techniques, there’s elegance, balance, and yet also always something centering, like the hearth of a home.

(And Kallas-Lee’s desserts always seal the deal, nodding toward sweet from a decidedly savory flavor profile.)

Lee blazed a career with his Scratch|Restaurants in Los Angeles and a Top Chef season before turning his eyes northward. “To be accepted into this wonderful community has meant so much to us,” he insisted. “We are unwavering in our commitment to sourcing locally and celebrating the bounty of Santa Barbara and the Central Coast.”

1295 Coast Village Rd., Montecito; 869-0789; themonarchmontecito.com

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Margarita Kallas-Lee and Phillip Frankland Lee

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Drew Cuddy and Emma West

SATELLITE’S SMOKED MUSHROOMS & NATURAL WINE State Street was crying out for a hot spot like Satellite, somehow both retro hip and currently comfortable, rooted in the region but not afraid to pour some German orange wine called Wild Pony as well.

“Our food is crunchy, nutrient-dense, pesticide-free, and without much manipulation, as are our wines,” said owner and founder Drew Cuddy. “We don’t make it easy on ourselves — only using seasonal, local ingredients, and with a constantly changing wine list — but we really believe these fleeting, temporary experiences at the height of freshness and quality are essential to what makes Satellite Satellite.”

At the top of the essential are the smoked mushrooms — exotics like king oyster, maitake, bunapi, and beech — that Chef Emma West cooks up and serves on Oat Bakery bread.

It all comes from a tiny kitchen that forced West to focus on a mostly vegan menu.

The staff happily helps you navigate why the tacos are sexy, the toast is rad, and the salad wears yoga pants — and explains why you’ll want to pair that with an Italian pét-nat from The Marche. “We love what we’re doing,” Cuddy enthused. “Emma and I would be nowhere without the Herculean efforts of our entire team: They’re young, dynamic, empathetic, and the best damn crew in town.”

1117 State St.; 364-3043; satellitesb.com

FOODIE AWARDS CEREMONY & RESTAURANT DISCUSSION Join the Santa Barbara Independent as we present this year’s Foodie Awards to our honorees on Wednesday, September 4, 5:30 p.m., at the Modern Times Academy of Recreational Sciences at 418 State Street. The brief ceremony will be followed by a discussion of Santa Barbara’s restaurant scene with Mitchell Sjerven of bouchon, Alejandro Medina of Bibi Ji, and our own senior editor Matt Kettmann, who started writing about Santa Barbara restaurants 20 years ago.

‘THE IZZY’ LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

OAT BAKERY’S HOLY SHIITAKE/SHALLOT BREAD

Tony Arroyo (center) and staff

LOS ARROYOS MEXICAN RESTAURANTS When Tony Arroyo founded Los Arroyos in a small space on West Figueroa Street with his then-wife, Maria Arroyo, on March 4, 1999, they only sold two meals during lunchtime.

That worried Arroyo, who’d spent all but $10 of his savings to open the Mexican restaurant, but then came dinner: everything was sold out by 7:30 p.m.

The popularity of this traditional yet more upscale cuisine never ceased — while we love our traditional taquerias and family-run rice-and-beans diners, Santa Barbarans craved a place for fresher Mexican fare, where salmon-jicama salads and crab enchiladas with mango salsa were served alongside taco combos, sopes, and pozole.

Arroyo has since expanded to a larger space on Figueroa and opened sister restaurants in Montecito, Camarillo, Reno (since closed), Goleta, Solvang, and suburban Indianapolis.

He now employs 200-plus people, and more than 60 of them have worked for the small chain for more than a decade. “We are family here,” said Arroyo.

It started that way too, as many of the recipes came from Arroyo’s mother in Mexico, whom he frequently consulted while developing the concept. The business acumen was all Arroyo, though — he started washing windows at Moby Dick’s on Stearns Wharf in 1984 and was general manager by age 21.

He is inundated with requests to open Los Arroyos in other cities, which is likely in the future, though he’s enjoying two decades of success right now. “I feel very honored,” said Arroyo. “It’s just hard work and loving what I do. I love opening restaurants. I love my customers. I feel proud.”

Multiple locations; losarroyos.net

When you bake something as elemental as bread, context is crucial. Just like wild yeast, what’s in the air at Oat Bakery is a sense of community and teamwork — for instance, this is a bakery that refuses to make its workers show up at 3 a.m. like most do.

“Collaboration — in our kitchen, there’s no right or wrong,” said Louise Fontana, who owns Oat with her husband, Lou Fontana. “When it comes to creating new recipes, we kinda just go for it and see what happens. That’s how the shiitake shallot bread came to life. Our love for mushrooms, and the shallots? Why not?”

The initial bread recipes came from Louise’s health-conscious mom in Copenhagen, so they have a Scandinavian twist. “She used a lot of grains and vegetables like kale, spinach, and carrots and added different seeds and nuts,” Louise recalled. “It was always a different bread, and I think that really inspired me to be creative and not hold back when it came to finding new recipes.”

That includes recipes beyond the usual. To be a bakery for everyone, Oat even offers gluten-free breads and darkchocolate cookies, healthy cinnamon buns, focaccia, and an arrray of different spreads.

5 W. Haley St.; 335-1628; oatbakery.com

Louise and Lou Fontana

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Finch & Fork’s Rainbow Trout

DINNER WITH A DRINK AWARD

FINCH & FORK’S RAINBOW TROUT WITH EUCALYPTUS LANE COCKTAIL Those who remember Seven Seas Green Goddess dressing as something heavenly from the ’70s will be in awe when chowing down on Finch & Fork’s rainbow trout over warm grains, with broccoli, hazelnuts, and a reinvented green goddess.

“These tried-and-true favorites can be equally, if not even more, delicious than what’s new or trendy,” said Chef Peter Cham. “We find ways to tweak or reinterpret classic recipes in both our food and drinks, which provide our diners with flavors they have already come to know and love but can appreciate through a different set of lenses.”

Nowhere at the Canary Hotel is that lens sharper than at the bar watched over by George Piperis. Take the Eucalyptus Lane, a ginger, Ojai pixie, and gin delight topped with eucalyptustangerine bubbles, the people’s choice winner from the 2019 Official Drink of Santa Barbara contest. A bit edgy with its foam, but completely satisfying, it’s emblematic of the way, as Cham put it, “We make food that is approachable and simple with fun nuances that we hope will surprise our guests.”

31 W. Carrillo St.; 879-9100; finchandforkrestaurant.com

FOODIE AWARD HONOR ROLL Here are all the establishments that we’ve honored since starting the Foodie Awards in 2010.

See independent.com/foodies19 for a list of their specific awards.

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A-RU Sushi • The Ballard Inn • Bella Dolce • bouchon & Wine Cask • Buttonwood Winery • Ca’Dario • C’est Cheese & Our Daily Bread • The Cultured Abalone • D’Angelo Bread • The Harbor Restaurant • Hollister Brewing Company • Jessica Foster Confections • Judge for Yourself • Julienne • Lucky’s Steakhouse • Opal • Plow & Angel • Santa Barbara Museum Café • Sly’s • La Super-Rica Taqueria • Tom Shepherd’s Greens

The Blue Owl • Cádiz Restaurant & Lounge • Cold Spring Tavern • Downey’s Restaurant • Hollister Brewing Company • Full of Life • Flatbread • The Hungry Cat • Olio Pizzeria • Petrini’s Restaurant • Red Pepper Restaurant • Renaud’s Patisserie & Bistro • Three Pickles in Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens • Wine Cask

Bell Street Farm • The Brewhouse • Cielito • Santa Barbara Wine Festival • Tee-Off Restaurant & Lounge • Pace food+drink • Scarlett Begonia • Here’s the Scoop • Lilly’s Taqueria • The Hitching Post II

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BELL’S IN LOS ALAMOS

Bernard: doesn’t need one

After working at some of the top restaurants in the country — including Thomas Keller’s New York City outpost Per Se — Daisy and Greg Ryan decided to return to Daisy’s childhood home in the Santa Ynez Valley to raise their young son and open their own restaurant.

“This area reminds us of Beaujolais or Lyon,” said Greg.

“We are in wine country, but it does not feel like corporate wine country. This is where people are working and living and producing. We felt there was a lack of bistro-style restaurants here. It was a cuisine we felt comfortable with that we thought could thrive here.”

In March 2018, they opened Bell’s on Bell Street in Los Alamos, adding yet another gastronomic goodie to this onestreet wonderland of food and drink. It was an immediate hit, from the buttery escargot and tinned sardines with saltines to Parisian gnocchi, moules-frites, and steak tartare. Ryan calls WORTH THE it the “classic pantheon of bistro dishes,” but reminds that the Daisy and Greg Ryan DRIVE AWARD menu morphs all the time. “Something that you had yesterday you may never have again,” he explained.

With the recent addition of Chef Adam Shoebridge, formerly of Helena Avenue Bakery, they will continue to focus on making food that, according to Ryan, “is very natural but also elevated and sophisticated without having people feel like we’re trying to teach them something.”

More restaurants may be in the future. “We are here for the rest of our lives, so we aren’t really in a rush,” said Ryan. “We want to build restaurants that we want to spend time in.”

406 Bell St., Los Alamos; bellsrestaurant.com

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tially a partnership between celebrated AussieIndian chef Jessi Singh, his brother Chef Gary Singh, sommelier Rajat Parr, and managing partner Alejandro Medina. Now owned by the latter three, the concept is as strong as ever: creative Indian dishes combining familiar subcontinent flavors and techniques with the Central Coast’s freshest produce and meats, served with naturalleaning wines.

“It’s a modern take on traditional Indian dishes using hyper-local produce and seafood,” said Medina. “We always take a fresh and lighter Uni Biryani approach.”

No dish symbolizes this approach better than the Uni Biryani, in which über-fresh urchin from Stephanie Mutz and Harry Liquornik of Sea Stephanie Fish are layered atop heavily spiced rice and served in the dramatic and pokey purple urchin shell.

“It encompasses what Bibi Ji is as a whole — nontraditional ingredients with traditional flavors of cumin and ginger and garlic and chiles,” explained Medina. “It’s a great chance to incorporate our local seafood with that Southern Indian flavor in the biryani. That’s been a staple menu item since opening, and it’s definitely a house favorite among our guests.”

734 State St.; 560-6845; bibijisb.com

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FOODIE AWARD HONOR ROLL 2013 Sides Hardware and Shoes • Arigato • Spare Parts Bistro • The Isla Vista Food Co-op • Patrick Reynolds • Arlington Tavern • The Four Seasons Biltmore • Taqueria la Colmena • Shoreline Beach Café

2014 Ethnic Breads • Rose Café • Santa Barbara Public Market • Cajun Kitchen • Good Cup on the Mesa • McConnell’s Fine Ice Cream • The Lark • Sama Sama • Goodland Kitchen & Market • The Shop Café • Toma Restaurant & Bar

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IMAGINATION & TECHNOLOGY October 25-27, 2019

As our devices merge with our bodies and minds, technology is becoming an extension of ourselves. Artificial intelligence has started to think and see for us, cyberspace is turning into our preferred habitation, and the virtual and the real are trading places.

What do our psychologies have to say about this? How is the cultural imagination digesting these radical changes? This conference will explore these questions.

Conference Presenters Keynote Speaker Adrienne Mayor Stephen Aizenstat Robert Bosnak Erik Davis David Savlowitz

Diana Pasulka Jonnie Penn Glen Slater David Yale

Alia Aizenstat Michael Elliot Elizabeth Nelson Ryan Crowley

Adrienne Mayor, PhD (Hon), is a folklorist and historian of ancient science who investigates natural knowledge contained in pre-scientific myths and oral traditions.

Mayor’s latest book, Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology investigates how the Greeks imagined automatons, replicants, and Artificial Intelligence in myths and later designed self-moving devices and robots.

Greg Brewer and Greg Murphy

BOUCHON’S TRIO OF SEARED SEA SCALLOPS WITH DIATOM CHARDONNAYS Mitchell Sjerven started working in Santa Barbara restaurants while a UCSB student in the 1980s, from Piatti’s and Andria’s Harborside to the Wine Cask and Acacia on Coast Village Road, eventually opening his own place, Meritage, on De la Vina Street in 1996. But it was on Bastille Day of 1998 when Sjerven made his indelible mark on the city’s restaurant scene by opening bouchon in a cozy indoor/outdoor space on West Victoria Street.

It’s become the gold standard of a fine Santa Barbara meal, pairing Chef Greg Murphy’s exquisite food with one of the deepest Central Coast wine lists anywhere. Explained Sjerven, “We call it wine country cuisine and have for 20 years, before people were really associated with that style of food.”

The sea scallop trio was developed by Murphy in 2008 at Seagrass (a former Sjerven restaurant) to coincide with the inaugural release of Greg Brewer’s Diatom chardonnays, which are unoaked in order to showcase the ancient seabed soils of the Sta. Rita Hills. (Brewer, it’s worth noting, helped come up with the name “bouchon.”) “What represents the ocean best in that context was easily scallop,” said Sjerven.

The three preparations change frequently based on the season but always reflect the flavors of each wine and flow from lighter to rich.

“It’s easily our most popular appetizer,” said Sjerven, who says that, about 40 percent of the time, it’s actually ordered as an entrée. “We joke that some nights there is one on every table.”

9 W. Victoria St.; 730-1160; bouchonsantabarbara.com

Diana Walsh Pasulka, PhD, is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. Her research focuses on religion and technology, including supernatural belief and its connections to digital technologies and environments. She is author of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology (Oxford University Press).

Jonnie Penn is a bestselling author and a Rausing, Williamson and Lipton Trust doctoral scholar researching artificial intelligence at the University of Cambridge. He is currently an Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University. Formerly, he was a MIT Media Lab Assembly Fellow, Google Technology Policy Fellow, Fellow of the British National Academy of Writing (Pembroke College, Cambridge), and television personality.

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8/29: Teen Book Club Have you heard about this new teen book club?

Come discuss The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Copies are available for checkout at the circulation desk! 6pm.

Goleta Valley Library, 500 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Call 964-7878.

8/29: Rent Party Blues Band Try

local wines and beers while enjoying good vibes and the blues. 6-9pm. S.B. Wine Therapy, 732 State St. Free. Call 637-7492.

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FRIDAY 8/30 8/30: Creed Bratton The guy who played a fictional version of himself on TV’s The Office is also a singer/songwriter who plays guitar and will play music from his catalog of music, including his seventh full-length album, 2018’s While the Young Punks Dance.

8:30pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $20-$25. Ages 21+. Call 962-7776.

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8/30: End of Summer Jam! Molly Ringwald Project + DJ Darla Bea Kick off your Sunday

Sara Shield, “Gas Fired Earthenware with Engobes”

shoes and cut loose with The Molly Ringwald Project, DJ Darla Bea, and an evening of 1980s jams.

7-11pm. Canary Hotel Rooftop, 31 W. Carrillo Ave. $30-$40. Ages 21+. tinyurl.com/

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Opening Reception: Spontaneous Response: The Innovative Ceramics of Don Reitz This opening reception

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will feature 78 of Don Reitz’s best works from throughout his career and an all-new full color, clothbound monograph with essays

by Peter Held and Glenn Adamson. The exhibit shows through November 9. 4-6pm. Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, 955 La Paz Rd., Montecito. Free. Call 565-6162. westmont.edu

8/29: Artist Talk | Brian Rochefort Join artist Brian Rochefort for an exclusive walkthrough of his current exhibit, Absorption by the Sun, as he shares his artistic process and his interests in physical phenomena, and more.

6-7pm. Museum of Contemporary Art S.B., 653 Paseo Nuevo Terrace. Free. Call 966-5373. mcasantabarbara.org

8/29: Ocean Adventure Storytime Families can join this special ocean story time in English and Spanish, and then stay for ocean-themed crafts, water tables, games, and marine science activities, and more! 3:30-4:45pm.

Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Ages 3-7. Call 564-5602. sbplibrary.org

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8/30-9/2: S.B. Studio Artists’ 18th Annual Open Studios Tour

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totally awesome artists from the ’80s will come together for one rad concert. Hear performances by Flock of Seagulls, Bow Wow Wow, The Escape Club, Missing Persons, Wang Chung, Real Life, The Motels, and more. 8pm. Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 E. Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez. $69-$99. Ages 21+. Call (800) 248-6274.

This weekend art tour benefiting the Sansum Diabetes Research Institute kicks off with a Friday-evening opening reception and features the works of 45+ studio artists, along with exclusive access to the artists in their studios. See website for time and participating locations.

Free-$50. Call 280-9178.

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8/31: El Capitan Canyon Summer Concert Series: LiveWire Pack a

Dale Bozzio from Missing Persons

8/30: Conner Cherland Trio Have a glass of the fruit of

Lab to design and build tiny houses for magical friends during this workshop with guest artist Beth Amine. 10am-noon. Art From Scrap, 302 E. Cota St. $8. Children ages 6 or younger must be accompanied by an adult. Call 884-0459.

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8/31: SOhO’s 25th Anniversary Celebration Series This special show

8/31: Women’s Wellness Summit

will honor the club’s dedication to S.B.’s local music scene! Leslie Lembo and her group Raw Silk will join forces with Michael Andrews of soul-funk dance group Area 51, surprise guests, and a pre-show BBQ on the patio starting at 6 p.m. 8pm.

SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. GA: $15$18; pre-show BBQ and show: $45. Ages 21+. Call 962-7776.

8/31: Carpinteria Museum Marketplace

8/31:

Chessmar Sculpture Studios Gallery Grand Opening and Reception Check out

the newest gallery utilizing indoor and outdoor spaces to display sculptures while enjoying live music, light bites, wine, and an artist talk at 6 p.m. followed by a Q&A. Complimentary parking at provided at First United Methodist Church.

3:30-9:30pm. Chessmar Sculpture Studios Gallery, 320 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call 6377548. tinyurl.com/SculptureGallery

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8/31: Fairy and Wizard Houses with Beth Amine Get to the Creator-

the vine as this band performs a blended contemporary style as well as a variety of musical genres. 7-9pm. 414 N. Salsipuedes St. Free. Ages 21+. Call 965-7985.

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picnic and listen and dance to tunes from this rock cover band. 7-9pm. El Capitan Canyon. 11560 Calle Real. $10.

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Lost ’80s Live Tour The most, like,

Celebrate your mind, body, and soul with a community of like-minded women to move, nourish, and elevate the quality of our life together featuring Pilates followed by brunch, and learn how your life and wellness are a direct reflection of your inner being. 9am-noon. The Sandbox S.B., 414 Olive St. $89. bit.ly/wellnessSB

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8/31-9/1: Different Strings, Sean Wiggins Relax and unwind with family and friends this weekend while you enjoy complimentary live music on Saturday with Different Strings and on Sunday with Sean Wiggins. Feel free to pack a lunch and relax in the courtyard with a glass of wine in hand. Noon-3pm. Zaca Mesa Winery, 6905 Foxen Canyon Rd., Los Olivos. Free. Call 688-9339 x308.

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SUNDAY 9/1 9/1: Sunday Salons Enjoy an interactive demonstration on how to create mixed-media backgrounds that will include a demonstration followed by

Authentic Vietnam-era Huey Helicopter on Display

Climb aboard a utility military helicopter nicknamed Huey provided by the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 218, while tunes from the ’60s and ’70s play. Huey T-shirts, caps, and other memorabilia will be available for purchase. 10am-4pm. Fosters Freeze, 5205 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria.

Free. Call 259-9779. tinyurl.com/VVA218-Huey

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Shop the many bargains for antiques, collectibles, handcrafted gifts, vintage goods, plants, jewelry, books, musical instruments, toys, and more. 8am-3pm. Carpinteria Valley Museum of History, 956 Maple Ave., Carpinteria.

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Silver Air USPA Pacific Coast

Open Finals Dress in your best

and head to the fields and enjoy a pony parade, team introductions, ball throw-in, and more. The club’s popular after-party continues immediately following the trophy presentation. 3-5pm. S.B. Polo & Racquet Club, 3300 Via Real, Carpinteria. $15-$25. See website for VIP ticket info. Call 684-6683.

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a training-based solution for shelter dogs hands-on participation. 5-7pm. Gallery 113, 1114 State St., Ste. 8. Suggested dona- with challenging behavioral issues. Noon3pm. Gainey Vineyard, 3950 CA-246, Santa tion: $5. Call 965-6611.

Ynez. $25-$30. Call 688-0558.

9/1: Hoodlum Friends Enjoy the great outdoors while this band plays an eclectic variety of rock, folk-rock, and surf instrumentals. 4:30-7:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call 967-0066.

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It’s time to try a night of dinner, drinks, dancing, and live rockin’ blues music. 8pmmidnight. The Red Piano, 519 State St. Free.

Call 358-1439.

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TUESDAY 9/3 9/2: Labor Day Picnic and Ice Cream Social 2019 Elected offi- 9/3: Romance Book Club Meet other

cials will be scooping ice cream at this event featuring BBQ chicken and the chance to hear 9/1: Pinot & Pups Bring your pups for an afternoon of fun from elected and endorsed candidates and local union representatives. Funds raised will featuring wine tastings, gourmet dog support S.B. County Democratic Central Comgoodies, and dog trainers on-site from K-Nine Solutions. A portion of wine sales mittee Federal PAC. 2-5pm. Oak Park, 300 W. Alamar St. $25. Call 965-8030. will benefit Train Me Home, nonprofit partner to K-Nine Solutions, dedicated to tinyurl.com/2019LabordayPicnic

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9/2: Jeff Dale and the Dirty Jacks

romance readers in the community the first Tuesday of each month, chat about your favorite romances, and discuss September’s reading selection, The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai. 5:30-6:30pm. Faulkner Gallery West, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call 564-5605. lneubert@santabarbaraca.gov.

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DJ Darla Bea’s 40th Birthday Pool Party Bash Make a splash at this birthday shell-a-

bration for S.B’s favorite deejay and enjoy a drag performance by Vivian Storm, seashell cupcakes, games, belly dancing by Beth Amine, and more! Happy Birthday, DJDB! Noon-5pm. Kimpton Goodland, 5650 Calle Real, Goleta. Free. Call 895-3400.

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Hendrika de Vries Area marriage and family therapist and author Hendrika de Vries will launch her memoir, When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew, about how she survived her father's deportation from Nazi-occupied Amsterdam to a POW camp in Germany and how her mother joined the Resistance. 7pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Free. Call 682-6787. chaucersbooks.com

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8/29-8/31: The Endless Summer Bar-Café Thu.: Jason Friedman.

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8/30-8/31: The Brewhouse Fri.: One 2 Tree. 9:30pm. Sat.: Kyle Smith.

9pm. 229 W. Montecito St. Free. Call 884-4664.

8/30: Carr Winery Barrel Rm. Conner Cherland Trio. 7-9pm. 414 N. Salsipuedes St. Free. Ages 21+. Call 965-7985. carrwinery.com

FIVE CONSECUTIVE TUESDAYS AT 7:30 PM

8/30-9/2: Cold Spring Tavern Fri.: Robert Thomas Blues Band. 6-9pm.

Sat.: Paradise Road; 1-4pm. The Tailgaters; 5-8pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan; 1:15-4pm. Hoodlum Friends. 4:30-7:30pm. Mon.: Tina Schlieske and the Graceland Exiles. 1:30-4:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call 967-0066. coldspringtavern.com

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8/30-9/1: Maverick Saloon Fri.: Red Fish. 8:30-11:30pm. Sat.: Flannel 101. 8:30-11:30pm. Sun.: Bear Redell. 1-2pm. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez.

Free-$5. Ages 21+. Call 686-4785. themavsaloon.com

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8/30-8/31: M.Special Brewing Co. Fri.: Cuddlefish. 7-9pm. Sat.: Ecoswitch. 6-8pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Bldg. C., Goleta. Free. Call 968-6500. mspecialbrewco.com

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8/30-8/31: Uptown Lounge Fri.: Sin Chonies. Sat.: Heart & Soul.

9pm-midnight. Uptown Lounge, 3126 State St. Free. Ages 21+. Call 845-8800. www.sbuptownlounge.com

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8/31: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. (Buellton) Sam Kulchin.

6-9pm. 45 Industrial Wy., Buellton. Free. Ages 21+. Call 694-2252 x110. figmtnbrew.com

1.5 CE Hours available**

8/31-9/1: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. (Los Olivos) Sat.: Oddly Straight. Sun.: Dan Cressler. 3-6pm. 2363 Alamo Pintado Ave., Los Olivos. Free. Ages 21+. Call 694-2252 x343. figmtnbrew.com

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8/31: The James Joyce Ulysses Jasz. 7:30-10:30pm. 513 State St. Free.

Ages 21+. Call 962-2668. sbjamesjoyce.com

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8/31: La Cumbre Plaza Lawrence Duff. Noon- 3pm. 121 S. Hope Ave. Free. Call 687-6458. shoplacumbre.com/Events

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8/31: Pure Order Brewing Co. GrooveShine. 4-7pm. 410 N. Quarantina St. Free. Ages 21+. Call 966-2881. tinyurl.com/PureOrder-GrooveShine

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9/1: Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant Irish Jam Session. 4:30-7pm. 18 E. Ortega St. Free. Call 568-0702. darganssb.com COURTESY

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SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Thu.: Kota the Friend. 8pm. $15-$35.

Ages 18+. Fri.: Creed Bratton. 8:30pm. $20-$25. Ages 21+. Sat.: 25th Anniversary Celebration featuring Leslie Lembo, Raw Silk, Michael Andrews and special guests. 8pm. $15-$45. Ages 21+.

1221 State St. Call 962-7776.

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Learn more about how you can make a difference in people’s lives, and join our team of Hospice Volunteers.

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SeaVees Opens Funk Zone Store There is a solitude of space A solitude of sea A solitude of death, these Society shall be Compared with that profounder site That polar privacy A soul admitted to itself — Finite infinity.

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any of us may sense that we are afflicted with a basic deprivation. Through constraints of time and stress, we may find ourselves separated — as if by a glass wall — from nature, from others, and even from the silent enchantment of our own being.

In our distraction, we may have forgotten how fundamentally nourishing silence is to our souls. We may even disparage the contemplative impulse as a commitment to an utterly impractical calling. With little sense of eternity, we cannot imagine ourselves wasting time on a retreat.

Yet silence beckons when we gaze upon a loved one or a mountain until our concerns begin to vanish, our desires and ego thin to nothing, and our sense of where we end and our loved one or the mountain begins dissolves.

Retreat centers are finite infinities, sites of both private and collective solitudes. They open to us our infinite, most intimate universe: our soul. They nourish our visions. They shelter the most intimate textures of inmost silence. They allow us to dream and transcend in peace. Their nooks and corners offer themselves as centers of simplicity in dwelling. Sequestered securely within their folds, we experience the primitiveness of refuge. We feel safe to open to pure Being.

Amid the silence haunting oaken woods may await a chapel, a meditation cove, a yoga space, a teahouse.

Here countless multitudes have gathered together in individual or centralized solitude. And if they tremble at all here, it is a shivering with Spirit.

In recent years, the number of our shelters of infinity has become more finite. San Lorenzo relinquished its retreat center functions. As did the two St. Mary’s.

Mount Calvary, alone, continues hosting seekers. La Casa de Maria is in the planning stage of its reemergence.

These seemingly insignificant nooks and corners of our communities enhance all our lives. Even if we never visit them: unseen, they visit and protect us.

For they have been there for whoever had been without hope. For whoever had lost everything. For whoever was overflowing with praise. For whoever

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The tranquility of these sites proceeds from the peace souls have felt within themselves. An ancient yoga scripture observes that within the vicinity of a settled mind, hostile tendencies fall away. After all, in Nature, internally coherent systems repel incoherent influences. This is called the Meissner effect. The brain wave coherence of contemplatives produces a field effect. Brain wave coherence is also found in the EEG signatures of breastfeeding infants. This field extends beyond the contemplative just as a gravitational field extends beyond a planetary body. The field produces protective influences far outside the whole region. This wave of tranquility does not speak to us in the words of any particular creed. It speaks with us through silence.

That silence is ourselves. Our very selves. Our souls.

Silence bestows upon us a blessed distance from the demands of the world. Community leaders gain the ability to comprehensively weigh the whole of a situation and to discover the importance of what before had seemed but insignificant detail. Individual hearts cease to strive toward things. The world — suddenly and mysteriously before our wondering eyes — unveils its eternal enchantment. We begin again to view even the simplest of things with fresh vision.

Contemplative silence transcends thought, allowing us to dwell outside time and space and think outside the box. This is how in the 1980s Michael Murphy’s Esalen Institute was able to accomplish what two nations’ politicians, spies, think tanks, and well-wishers could not: to get Soviets and Americans talking and relating to one another and to achieve the first strategic nuclear arms reduction accord.

Silence harmonizes thinking with the environment’s maximally evolutionary needs. Thus, the contemplative impulse is for action. For a heart given to timeless contemplation, the urgent demands of time begin to deepen and enliven silence, so that silence and activity, timelessness and time, begin to bow toward each other, to lose their boundaries, and to blend together into one evolutionary impulse of being.

Our community would do well to support our remaining retreats, which provide sacred spaces to protect and nourish our deepest souls. Even thinking just of ourselves, we find that in these sheltered niches resides our own highest good.

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SeaVees started churning out batches of shoes at a boutique factory in Asia and was holding down a small corporate presence on Ortega Street, but Tiller — a veteran footwear designer with stints at Cole Haan, Sperry Top-Siders, and Keds — itched for a Santa Barbara storefront. He and his team of 35 local employees SeaVees CEO Steven Tiller have finally made it happen.

“Opening up a flagship store has always been a dream of mine,” said Tiller, “a place that embodies all things SeaVees. The right space presented itself in the heart of the Funk Zone, and 24 East Mason came to life.” Alongside the brand’s full array of men’s, women’s, and kids’ shoes ranging from $68 to $178, the place sells an assortment of SoCal merch, including Apolis tote bags, Camp Collection T-shirts, and OP shorts. With a tin roof and polished concrete floor, it has that carefully curated but easy-breezy beach feel, complete with longboards along one wall.

We recently chatted with Tiller by email.

How do you start designing a pair of shoes? Where do you draw your inspiration? I draw inspiration from our heritage—looking back at the original SeaVees ads from the 1960s is a regular touch point for me. We are extremely passionate about the multiple benefits of an authentic vulcanized sneaker, from the obvious greater durability to the magical little nuances that happen in the oven. We focus on being both classic and contemporary with a reverence for 1960s California cool.

What styles do you personally like to wear? What’s on your feet right now? I love them all, but you will most often find me in the Legend—the silhouette featured in the original SeaVees ad campaigns from 1964. Currently I’m wearing the Legend Sneaker Cordies in Red Ochre.

If you had to pick a pair that best encapsulates Santa Barbara, what would it be? The Baja—an easy, coastal, everyday shoe in men’s and women’s that evokes casual, California living.

Any new stuff you’re excited about? We recently launched our fall/winter collection, which is now available at 24 Mason and online. Coming soon we have: • Liberty: Five of our favorite styles made with two 1960s archival prints from Liberty™ Fabrics in their premium ribbed cotton.

• Goodlife: A collection of Goodlife terrycloth and our hairy suede in an assortment of new colors.

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ualifying for the Olympics is about as ambitious of an athletic goal as a person can hope to achieve. However, setting your sights on the Olympics while also aiming to redefine the way the world thinks about your particular discipline takes that challenge and cranks it past 11 on the difficulty dial. Enter Jesse Zastrow, a 30-year-old sponsor-less swimmer who lives on Milpas Street and is looking to shock the world.

“It’s pretty darn crazy,” laughs Zastrow when I ask him to assess the “craziness” of his idea to qualify for the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo as a 50m and 100m freestyle swimmer.

“I’d say it’s about as bold as a child climbing Mount Everest.”

Specifically, Zastrow is looking to qualify as a freestyle swimmer who never puts his face in the water. That’s right, when Zastrow swims his heat and the other competitors are blazing away in a mad splash of whirling arms, scissoring legs, and down-facing heads constantly turning to breathe, he’ll be enjoying an entirely different view of the proceedings, his eyes above the waterline and his arms and legs driving toward the finish with markedly less wake behind him.

A competitive swimmer since the age of 8, Zastrow grew up in Montgomery County, Maryland, one of our nation’s true hot spots of swimming talent. Olympic legends of the pool like Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps were forged in the mid-Atlantic hotbed. Zastrow swam for club, summer league, and various school teams. He then swam for University of Vermont, all of it with his head down just like everyone else. He graduated in 2011 and considered that the end of his hardcore swimming days. His athletic background and interest in biomechanics was a good match for what was then the emerging fitness subculture of CrossFit. Zastrow became a certified CrossFit mobility specialist and was more than a half decade down that path when he got his first real taste of heads-up swimming. It happened in August 2016 while out for a swim in Massachusetts’s famed Walden Pond. “I knew immediately that this [technique] could give me an upper hand,” recalled Zastrow. “I mean, I was flailing and felt like it was my first time ever in the water, but even so, it was intuitive to me that this was a potentially better, more efficient way to swim. The physics of it were obvious.”

To be clear, heads-up swimming isn’t anything new. Egyptian petroglyphs depict swimmers with their heads up. And then there is the story of Johnny Weissmuller, arguably the most accomplished American swimmer of the 20th century.

Weissmuller, who went on to even greater fame as the actor

OLYMPICS OR BUST: Jesse Zastrow swims freestyle with his head and upper chest above water, a technique used by professional swimmers up until the 1930s when it fell out of fashion. Zastrow is bringing it back and says it’s a faster, more efficient way to cut through the water. His recent wins in Olympic qualifying meets are proving his point.

Zastrow’s results at qualifying meets show real promise. He who portrayed Tarzan, won five gold medals in the 1924 and 1928 games and over 50 U.S. National Championships as a did five of them this past spring on the short course and was frequently the fastest swimmer in his heat. A video of a race devoted heads-up swimmer.

The current version of “the crawl” (with your head down at UCLA shows Zastrow beating the field as the announcer, with obvious amazement, says, “Heads-up freestyle beats and turning to breathe) came into widespread populareverybody?” ity in the 1930s and has stayed in favor ever After talking with Zastrow and reviewsince. After all, conventional wisdom — ing some video, it became clear that I and virtually all serious swim coaches had to try the technique for myself.

— consider the modern crawl to Within minutes of watching Zashave superior drag reduction and trow swim at UCSB’s pool and body angle to the old, heads-up observing the folks swimming approach. There hasn’t been in the lanes next to him, it was a major national or internaimpossible not to notice some tional race won by a heads-up major differences. For one, the swimmer in nearly 100 years. water was calmer both in front However, in 1978, a kinesiologist and behind him. Swimmers named Bob Cooley presented doing the traditional crawl were the U.S. Olympic Swim Compushing water away from their mittee with the idea that heads-up heads, not unlike a snowplow. Zasswimming was not only better for trow had none of that. His drag appeared the body but that it was also just plain to be significantly less. faster. He was all but laughed out of The real wow came when I got in the room. the pool myself. With Cooley offering Nowadays, Cooley is considered some tips, I was able to momentarily one of the nation’s foremost authoriachieve the proper form and the ties on flexibility with stretching stuby Ethan Stewart feeling was remarkable. Akin to a dios on both coasts, including one speedboat lifting out of the water and right here in Santa Barbara. He is achieving planing speed, I could feel my also Zastrow’s coach, a role he played head and torso rise as my legs drove me forward. for another Olympic hopeful back in 2000 For a couple of glorious strokes, swimming felt the easiest when then-33-year-old Dara Torres earned a spot on the podium in Sydney as the oldest woman ever to medal in a and most powerful I have ever known it to be. Of course, both swimming event. Cooley’s coaching and flexibility knowledge my legs quickly cramped and I had to retreat to the hot tub in was critical again in the 2008 Bejing Games when Torres took relatively short order, but, still, the point had been made.

This September, the real test for Zastrow’s 2020 dreams will home multiple silver medals and credited stretching as her “secret weapon.” She did not, however, embrace the heads-up begin as the long course race season gets underway and he ramps things up in hopes of making a big splash at the Olymapproach.

It was Cooley who introduced Zastrow to the technique pic Swimming Trials next June in Omaha. All he has to do is that day at Walden Pond, and now Zastrow has relocated to finish 1st or 2nd in either of his races, and his ticket to Tokyo Santa Barbara to work with Cooley in both the pool and the will be punched. Of course, this is far easier said than done.

“The Olympics are my goal, not my destination,” offered stretching studio. The argument that heads-up creates more drag and weight resistance ceases to be valid as your flexibility Zastrow pensively. “I know if I give everything I have to this increases and your technique improves, Zastrow says. “In tra- that, no matter what happens with Tokyo in 2020, I will wind ditional freestyle, you are pulling yourself through the water up where I am supposed to be. I am learning that there is much with your arms. With heads-up, once you have the sufficient more to being an Olympian than grit and hard work. Those flexibility in your hips and hamstrings, your back arches, your are obviously important, but it takes even more. You have to body rises even further out of the water, and you really start to develop parts of you that you never knew existed. It is the most humbling thing I have ever done.” n propel yourself with your legs.”

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by Matt Kettmann life munchkins stayed — and partied cigarettes post-dinner if you ask nicely). like crazy — while filming The Wizard of Among shellfish and raw fish and pickled Oz, the hotel was built by Harry Culver in 1924 vegetables adorned with tiny flowers, I experiand instantly became a hub for the surrounding movie- enced the best bite of beef I’ve ever had in my life, and the making community. After ownership stints by Charlie best spindle of truffled pasta as well.

Chaplin and John Wayne, the Culver fell into disrepair My morning sustenance came via the Culver’s generous buffet, and I finished my trip by driving by the by the 1980s and was nearly demolished.

But the shine, as well as landmark status, came back wacky frame of Vespertine—reportedly the most brilin 2007, when hotelier Maya Mallick refurbished the 46 liantly bizarre eating experience anywhere, located in the guest rooms and reinvigorated the food and drink offer- architect’s dreamscape known as the Hayden Tract—and ings, which run from traditional tea to late-night DJ ses- then checking out the Culver City Stairs. The hotspot for sions in the upstairs speakeasy. It’s become a hot spot for joggers and walkers rises to the top of the Baldwin Hills special events and also hosts a regular series of craft and Scenic Overlook, where wildflower blooms provide stark wellness workshops, such as sound healing on September relief to the surrounding concrete jungle. From the over23 and floral design on October 23. look, Los Angeles sprawls out in all of its metropolitan The lobby bar was starting to bustle when I checked glory, a traffic-snarled headquarters for delicious creativn in, as a guitarist and violinist prepared to unleash their ity that thrives like never before. renditions of “Only Fools Rush In,” “Isn’t She Lovely,” and “One Love.” Bartenders shook and stirred a steady stream of orders, particularly for the Ruby Slipper 2.0, with hibiscus-infused vodka, sparkling wine, and fresh raspberries.

I wandered a few blocks down the street to meet a friend for cocktails at Margot (8820 Washington Blvd.; [310] 643-5853; margot.la), one of the many eateries in Platform, a modernist architectural statement-meetsoutdoor mall. We sipped on fennel-laced negronis as the sunset lit up vivid flower petal portraits on the wall and beautiful people seated at the alabaster bar.

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“It’s been a tough place to farm, but it’s created Wagner was flabbergasted, some really great wines,” said Wagimmediately and for life — “I wanted ner. “It’s been a pretty thrilling projto do anything to shut up that guy ect, even though not particularly from New York,” he recalled — but lucrative.” the rude comment unwittingly By then, wine country real estate agents were showing Wagner proplaunched him on a subconscious journey to find, embrace, and proerties as they hit the market. In 2012, mote the beauty of his native Calihe purchased a 107-acre property of fornia. That quest landed in Santa converging canyons in the southeastBarbara wine country almost 20 ern Sta. Rita Hills, with views from the Santa Ynez River to high into the years ago and culminated earlier BY MATT KETTMANN this year with the opening of Peake Santa Rosa Hills. Previously owned Ranch, the newest estate winery on Santa Rosa by both the artist Channing Peake and the pioneerRoad in the Sta. Rita Hills. ing vintner Richard Sanford, it’s home to the historic “It’s the epitome of what Central Coast beauty is: adobe tasting room made famous in Sideways.

Christening the property and brand as Peake the mountains, the sunset, the fog in the morning,” said Wagner. “I thought this would be the perfect Ranch, the Wagners set about planting about 50 acres of chardonnay, pinot noir, syrah, and grenache. place.”

The son of a nurse and Moorpark College chem- They immediately began the permitting process for istry teacher, Wagner studied physics at UCLA, got a a winery, which they were warned might take a PhD, and then realized the lab environment wasn’t couple years. It took seven. for him. He traded science for stocks and was one of In the meantime, renowned vintner Paul Lato the first to track the market by applying mathemati- started making the wine — 2014 was the first vintage cal equations.

— and Wagner assembled a team of consultants, “Back in 1990, people were just starting to use including Adam Lee of Siduri and viticulture expert math to figure that stuff out,” said Wagner, who Mike Anderson, who retired after 30 years at UC founded his own hedge fund called Camden Asset Davis’s Oakville Station to focus on this project. In Management in 1991 and has reaped the financial 2018, Wynne Solomon joined the team as winerewards of managing about $5.5 billion for 15 insti- maker; she worked the first harvest with Lato to tutional accounts ever since. “That’s why there have ensure a smooth transition, and she will be tackling been a whole bunch of Nobel Prizes awarded in the 2019 by herself, starting any day now. economics in the last 20 years.”

In May, the Peake Ranch tasting room finally His timing was even luckier upon entering the opened its doors, welcoming people into its sleek world of farming. While on the lookout for an avo- but warm environs, though most head straight for cado ranch, Wagner learned that vineyard land the mountain-shrouded patio. “This sounds so was selling cheap, so he purchased about 175 acres wine-wimpy, but we really want this to be about of pinot noir and chardonnay in the Santa Maria the beauty of the place,” said Wagner. “The design Valley’s Sierra Madre Vineyard as a “spreadsheet” was meant to blend in with the surrounding valleys investment in the early 2000s. “A month after the and just be part of it, not to dominate or be the focal vineyard closed, the movie Sideways came out and point.”

So far, business is steady, with every weekend pinot noir went through the roof,” said Wagner. “I immediately knew I was a genius in agricultural doing better than the last. “We’re selling wine,” said investing! It was absolutely dumb luck.” The sales of Wagner. “This may work out.” his first harvest almost covered the purchase price. Open 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thu.-Mon. 7290 Santa Rosa Rd, Buellton; Soon, an Italian friend named Sebastian Sterpa 688-7093; peakeranch.com — who was like an uncle to Wagner’s London-born * A version of this chapter will be published in the forthcoming wife, Gillian — suggested they plant grapes on his book Vines & Vision: The Winemakers of Santa Barbara County. See cattle ranch in the Sta. Rita Hills. When informed vinesandvisionsb.com to preorder your copy.

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a stroke last week and passed away two days later at age 67. With his wife, Annie, Sly owned and operated Sly’s restaurant in Carpinteria from 2008 to 2018. Before that, Sly was a chef at the El Encanto and the founding chef at Lucky’s in Montecito. He will be greatly missed.

Sly was a founding sponsor of The Restaurant Guy blog and supported this column during his Carpinteria restaurant’s entire 10-year run. He would periodically send me food news tips without using his real name — in fact, he’s the person who, years ago, came up with the idea of using “Reader Annie” for all anonymous tips published in this column.

Reader Annie continues to appear in The Restaurant Guy several times a month. Each time she does, consider it a wink from James Sly. VIVA EVOLVING TO ELEVEN FOURTEEN: The restaurant Viva Santa Barbara — which opened in July 2016 inside La Arcada Court at 1114 State Street, the former home of Cielito, Stateside, and Acapulco —is in the process of remodeling and rebranding, with plans to relaunch as a pub called Eleven Fourteen in September. Where Viva currently offers a menu from south of the border, Eleven Fourteen will be adding to (or possibly changing) American cuisine, including burgers. Thanks to reader Sunny for the tip!

RINCON BREW IN FUNK ZONE: Reader Tyler let me

know that Carpinteria’s popular Rincon Brewery is planning to open a location in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone at 205 Santa Barbara Street, Suite B, the former home of Laplace Wine Bar & Shop, which closed in November 2018. I’m told that a public notice for application to sell alcohol has appeared on the premises that indicates Rincon Brewery is moving in. Rincon Brewery opened a location in Isla Vista in July 2017 but closed it a year later.

LA MICHOACÁNA ICE CREAM ON MILPAS: In July 2018,

I wrote that La Michoacána, a Mexican ice cream and popsicle place, was coming to 21 North Milpas Street, near Little Caesars and a Sherwin Williams paint store. Readers Ana and Theresa say the eatery is now open with lines out the door.

EMBERMILL OPENS: Reader Brendan let me know

that Chef Harold Welch has opened Embermill at 1031 State Street (formerly Aldo’s and the Copper Coffee Pot), offering Caribbean Creole cuisine. Welch runs a similar restaurant in Solvang named Hummingbird. A wood-burning oven at Embermill is the centerpiece and is visible from State Street.

CLOSINGS CORNER: Two years after noticing on a

real estate website that Ming Dynasty was for sale, I received a flurry of messages from readers confirming that the Chinese restaurant is closing on September 1. … Hoffman Brat Haus, which opened in March 2013 at 801 State Street — a fabulous location in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara that once housed Snack Shack, Piranha Restaurant & Sushi Bar, Rocks, and ImageNet, where I once worked — has closed.

The property is being redeveloped into residential apartments. … Alito’s Mexican restaurant, founded by Ali Ahlstrand, co-owner of Mollie’s restaurant, opened in April of this year at 509 State Street, in the former home of Cadiz. The eatery closed on August 18. Mollie’s continues to be in business as usual. … In mid-July, The Little Door at 129 East Anapamu Street abruptly closed with a note on the door that read, “Dear Patrons, Unfortunately we’ve closed our doors temporarily for improvements. Good news is we will be back better than ever. Please keep in touch with us for updates.” But Reader Primetime now tells me that The Little Door restaurant has closed permanently.

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

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LIFE INTERRUPTED: In his latest collection of essays, Westmont professor Paul J. Willis (pictured) writes about how he and his wife recovered their lives after the 2008 Tea Fire destroyed their home.

always adjusting to the terrain of the story.

In building a trail, you adjust to the terrain. When I wrote my novels, I sometimes had to cut a chapter or two out, and when I was building the trail, I occasionally painted myself into a dead end and had to backtrack.

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The Reconstruction period following the American Civil War lasted barely a dozen years. In that time, chattel slavery was outlawed, African-American men won the right to vote and equal protection under the law, and former slaves assumed elected offices at the local, state, and federal level. But, as the prolific Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. recounts in Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow, Reconstruction also laid the groundwork for a vigorous backlash of white supremacist ideology. The roots of freedom promised to African Americans by Reconstruction were not allowed to take hold.

Gates refers to the years between 1877 and 1915 as the Redemption period. While the Southern states recognized the illegality of slavery, there was no recognition that African Americans were equal to whites, and, as Gates illustrates, a combination of religion, science, literature, and racist propaganda, made ubiquitous through the emerging technology of the lithograph, portrayed Negroes as genetically inferior, morally debased, lazy, childlike, and bestial, with devastating effect. The imposition of black codes, rigid Jim Crow segregation, and a surge of lynchings happened in this period. In 1915, President Woodrow Wilson screened D.W. Griffith’s film The Birth of a Nation — a blistering attack on Reconstruction — in the White House.

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a&e | FILM & TV CONT’D FROM P. 47 Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (134 mins., PG-13) In this spin off of the Fast & Furious franchise, Diplomatic Security Service agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and former British Special Forcesturned-mercenary Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) pair up to help Shaw’s sister, Hattie (Vanessa Kirby), an MI6 agent tasked with bringing down rogue MI6 agent Brixton Lore (Idris Elba).

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O Good Boys (89 mins., R) Coproduced by comedy kings Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, Good Boys follows three tweens who prepare to attend their first “kissing party.” The film makes use of its high levels of absurdity to create an abundance of hilarious moments. With good pacing and great character development, Good Boys keeps audiences invested in the trio’s shenanigans and laughing at their silly debaucheries. Unlike it’s illustrious predecessor Superbad, Good Boys does not offer quotable lines that will make their way around the school yard. Rather, parents will simply hope that their kids don’t turn out like these proclaimed “good boys.” Despite its thin plot, the film succeeds nonetheless in its ability to entertain. (AM) Camino Real/Metro 4

O Honeyland (87 mins., NR) Layers of intrigue draw us into the slowmoving but rewarding Honeyland, an engagingly dramatic film about Macedonian beekeepers. From a cinematic perspective, the most compelling aspect is that the film — which plays like a naturalistic feature with gifted non-actors — is, in fact, a documentary, painstakingly crafted by filmmakers Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov, who embedded themselves with the subjects for three years. (JW) Riviera The Lion King (118 mins., PG) Jungle Book director Jon Favreau helms this photorealistic computer-animated remake of Disney’s 1994 animated original, which tells the story of lion cub Simba as he fights to remain heir of the Pride Lands. Includes the voice talents of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and James Earl Jones.

➤ O The Peanut Butter Falcon (93 mins., PG-13)

Supercharged by a bold script and light humor, The Peanut Butter Falcon soars gracefully as one of the best films of the summer. Zac (Zack Gottsagen) has Down syndrome (as does Gottsagen) and has been wrongly placed in a care home. He decides to escape and comes across Tyler (Shia LaBeouf), an outlaw on the run for setting fire to his fisherman, competitor’s equipment. The outcasts, paths merge, and Tyler makes it his mission to help fulfill Zac’s desire of becoming a professional wrestler. As their friendship grows, Tyler and Zac end up filling the void each harbor due to estrangement from their respective families. The heartfelt story is painted by exceptionally raw performances from both LaBeouf and Gottsagen. Overall, The Peanut Butter Falcon shines a poetic light on the importance of aspirations and how “friends are the family we choose.’’ (AM) Paseo Nuevo Ready or Not (95 mins., R) Samara Weaving stars in this blackcomedy thriller as Grace, a new bride who participates in her husband’s tradition of playing hide-and-seek, only to discover that their version is not the childhood game but rather that the family is literally hunting her. Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, and Andie MacDowell also star.

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them. Though lackluster dialogue and cliché moments pervade, the film is charged with wonderful imagery that creates more of a Goosebumps-esque universe rather than the intensity of something like A Nightmare on Elm Street. Overall, the film’s fun and frightful tales are suited perfectly for younger generations in search of a scare. (AM)

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Spider-Man: Far from Home — Extended Cut (173 mins., PG-13) Still mourning the death of his mentor Tony Stark/Iron Man, Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland) resumes life as a high school student and goes on a trip to Europe with his classmates. While there, former SHIELD director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) teams him up with Quentin Beck/Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) for a special mission to fight the evil Elementals. Arlington/Camino Real Toy Story 4 (100 mins., G) Sheriff Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), Jessie (Joan Cusack), Rex (Wallace Shawn), and the rest of the toy gang get a new addition to their group when Bonnie makes new toy Forky (Tony Hale). But Forky suffers from an existential crisis, and Woody must help him understand what it really means to be a toy.

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Many remember being a kid, skimming through their elementary school’s library and picking up one of the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books, only to freeze in fear from the chilling illustrations and horrific tales. Although the film adaptation, based on Alvin Schwartz’s 1984 book of horror short stories of the same name, does not retain the tome’s fright power, its storyline does stay true to the source and delivers vivid depictions of the monsters that terrorized us as children. The plot follows a group of teenagers who’ve found a book filled with terrifying stories that are brought to life as they read

Richard Linklater’s latest film could be called the cinematic equivalent of summer reading: amusing, breezy, loopy.

But as the director’s light touch moves across Bernadette’s life within her enormous and eccentric house, we see that she’s been driven mad by 20 years in Seattle. Our hero, played by Cate Blanchett, is an architect with a dark Los Angeles past whose story is metered out slowly while the film has elaborate fun with Bernadette’s passions, all credit to the production-design crew. Any more would spoil the delicate balance the film achieves with mercurial plot points such as blackberry canes and the FBI. Suffice it to say, it’s worth the watch. (JY)

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O Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (161 mins., R) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, is a nostalgia-inducing ode to Los Angeles and classic film. The director/screenwriter teases a fairytale from the very real 1969 tragedy — the brutal murder of Sharon Tate and her friends by the Manson Family. Although the storyline develops leisurely, Tarantino nonetheless delivers an engaging snapshot of a moment in time with a thrillingly ruthless finale in this valentine to Hollywood. (AM) Camino Real/Paseo Nuevo

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SPORTS LOOKED GOOD IN LOSS: The Dos Pueblos High Chargers lost their opening game of the season 19-0 to Rio Mesa from Oxnard but showed bright spots in the form of wide receiver/defensive back Baylor Huyck, who caught five passes from 83 yards from quarterback Albert Alvarado (#10 below).

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he 2019-20 prep sports season is upon us as the fall sports —football, girls’ volleyball, boys’ water polo, girls’ tennis, girls’ golf, and cross country — are officially underway. The questions that have lingered all summer will soon be answered.

The time for talking and projecting has ended. Scores will be settled, pride will be swallowed, and bragging rights will be won. May the spirit of competition motivate all to put forth their very best.

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DYNAMIC DUO: San Marcos High quarterback Ben Partee and wide receiver Josh Brown have a special connection on the field. The tandem eviscerated the Santa Paula secondary as Brown finished with 10 catches for 175 yards and three touchdowns in a 36-14 victory. Brown was named the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Athlete of the Week.

“Don’t let the surfer-boy demeanor and laid-back attitude fool you—he’s he’s a very hard worker,” said San Marcos coach Jason Fowle at Monday’s SBART

VICTOR BRYANT’S GAME OF THE WEEK 8/30: High School Football: Bishop Diego vs. St. Bonaventure Bishop Diego will host St. Bonaventure at La Playa Stadium on Friday 8/30 with kickoff scheduled at 7:30 p.m. The game features a clash of two of the area’s premier private school football programs.

The Cardinals will look to avenge a 27-3 loss at St. Bonaventure last season when they were without starting quarterback Jake Engel.

The visiting Seraphs feature 6 5 Wyoming commit Gavin Beerup at quarterback. For Bishop Diego, this matchup is an opportunity to make a statement and prove how much improvement was made in the off-season.

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luncheon. “He and Ben worked tirelessly over the summer to perfect their timing. We’re going to have to find more ways to manufacture touches for him in every game.”

The Royals won their season opener in football for the first time since 2013. Could a breakthrough season be in the cards?

BIG MAN ON CAMPUS: The contributions of Dos Pueblos wide receiver/defensive back Baylor Huyck were overshad-

In Gamberdella’s absence, sophomore Ava Cole got the start in a season opening sweep of Buena on August 20 as well as a fiveset loss to Arroyo Grande on August 22. Allie Fryklund also saw time at setter against Arroyo Grande and performed admirably.

“To have really young ‘quarterbacks’ running your team is certainly challenging, but I thought Ava did a great job,” said San Marcos coach Dwayne Hauschild. “She is making smart decisions and she is getting the ball for the most part where we need it to go, but there is room for growth for all of these kids.”

owed by the 19-0 season opening loss to Rio Mesa. The 65 senior hauled in five passes for 83 yards and brought down a crucial interception in the end DONS DOMINATE BUENA: The muchzone that prevented a Rio Mesa touchanticipated Santa Barbara High airdown early in the game. show conducted by quarterback Deacon Hill and a host of speedy receivHuyck appeared to get Dos Pueblos on the board early in the second ers finally came to fruition in a 51-14 quarter, but his touchdown catch and season opening victory over Buena.

Hill passed for 277 yards and four run was called back due to a block-intouchdowns. the-back penalty.

“I’ve just been working so when “That’s our philosophy: we are tryI get the opportunity, I know what ing to score points,” said Santa Barbara I’m doing and I know I’m going to BREAK TIME: Dos Pueblos Head Coach Doug Caines High coach J.T. Stone. “I am trying to catch the ball,” Huyck said about the talks to his team during a time-out. get these kids to understand if we’re improvements he made in the off-seatrying to go a long way, we have to develop a mentality, and Deacon is the start of that.” son. “I have confidence in us. We’ll get back on it.”

Next up for Santa Barbara is a showdown at former ChanHuyck was also a key contributor on the Dos Pueblos basketball team last season where he was named to the All-Chan- nel League rival Ventura on Friday beginning at 7 p.m. nel League First Team. If the season opener against Rio Mesa is any indication, Huyck is on track for a special senior season. OWLS SOAR: The Laguna Blanca girls’ volleyball team avenged a loss to Windward on Friday by defeating them in Saturday’s BIG SHOES TO FILL: 2018 Channel League MVP Ellie Gam- semifinal and went on to defeat Cate in the final 25-19 to win berdella suffered a knee injury last spring that will keep her the first annual Cardinal Classic girls’ volleyball tournament.

Macy Christal led the Owls with 25 kills in nine games and out for the entire 2019 indoor volleyball season. Gamberdella is committed to Stanford for beach volleyball and led San Mar- was named Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Girls Athlete cos to the Channel League title last season as the team’s setter. of the Week. n

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CANCER

(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Here are examples of activities I rec-

(June 21-July 22): If you decide to travel to a particular

ommend you try in the coming days. (1) Build a campfire on the beach with friends and regale each other with stories of your most interesting successes. (2) Buy eccentric treasures at a flea market and ever thereafter refer to them as your holy icons. (3) Climb a hill and sit on the grass as you sing your favorite songs and watch the moon slowly rise over the eastern horizon. (4) Take naps when you’re “not supposed to.” (5) Sneak into an orchard at night and eat fruit plucked just moments before. (6) Tell a beloved person a fairy tale in which he or she is the hero.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): The hardiest creature on the planet

may be the bacterium known as Deinococcus radiodurans. It can endure exposure to radiation, intense cold, dehydration, acid, and vacuum. I propose we make it your power creature for the coming weeks.

Why? Not because I expect you’ll have to deal with a lot of extreme conditions, but rather because I think you’ll be exceptionally robust, both physically and psychologically. If you’ve been waiting for the right time to succeed at demanding challenges that require you to be in top form, now is a good time to do it. P.S. Deinococcus radiodurans is colloquially referred to as Conan the Bacterium, borrowing from the spirit of the fictional character Conan the Barbarian, who is renowned for his strength and agility.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the yearly cycle of many Geminis,

retreating into a state akin to hibernation makes sense during the end of August and the first three weeks of September. But since many of you are high-energy sophisticates, you often override your body’s signals.

And then nature pushes back by compelling you to slow down. The result may be a rhythm that feels like constantly taking three steps forward and two steps backward. May I suggest a different approach this year?

Would you consider surrendering, even slightly, to the invitation to relax and recharge?

place via hot air balloon, you must be prepared for the possibility that your route will be indirect. At different altitudes, the wind may be blowing in different directions: toward the east at a hundred feet high, but toward the southwest at two hundred feet. The trick for the pilot is to jockey up and down until finding a layer that’s headed toward the desired destination. I see your life right now as having a metaphorical resemblance to this riddle. You have not yet discovered the layer that will take you where you want to go, but I bet you will soon.

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and being selected to the All-Star team 16 times. So, it’s astounding that he played with a torn ligament in his knee for 17 years, according to his biographer Jane Leavy. She quoted an orthopedic surgeon who said that Mantle compensated for his injury with “neuromuscular genius.” I’m thinking that in the next few weeks you’re able to accomplish an equivalent of Mantle’s heroic adjustment.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Most people who belong to the Church

of Satan neither believe in nor worship Satan. (They’re atheists and don’t believe in the supernatural.) I think a comparable LEO HOMEWORK: What do you want principle is true for many rightwing (July 23-Aug. 22): Considering how most for the person or animal you love fundamentalist Christians. Their bright you have been burning since actions and words are replete with best? Freewillastrology.com. the Flame Angels designated you bigotry, hard-heartedness, materias the Hottest Cool Person of the alism, and selfishness: so contrary Month, I hesitate to urge you to simto what the real Jesus Christ taught that they in effect mer down, but I must. Before there’s a meltdown in don’t believe in or worship Jesus Christ. I mention your vicinity, please lower your thermostat. Not a lot. this, Scorpio, in hope of inspiring you to take invenJust a little. If you do that, everyone will continue to see tory of whether your stated ideals are reflected in the your gleaming charisma in the best possible light. But practical details of how you live your life. That’s always don’t you dare extinguish your blaze. Don’t apologize an interesting and important task, of course, but it’s for your brilliant shimmer. The rest of us need your especially so for you right now. The coming weeks will magical radiance. be an excellent time to purge any hypocrisy from your system and get your actual behavior in close alignment VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Shogun is a bestselling novel about with your deepest values. an Englishman who transforms himself into a samu- SAGITTARIUS rai warrior in 17th-century Japan. Written by James (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s the right time for you to create a Clavell, it’s over 1,100 pages long. Clavell testified that fresh mission statement and promotional campaign. the idea for the story sprang up in him when he read For inspiration, read mine: “My column ‘Free Will one line in his daughter’s schoolbook: “In 1600 an EngAstrology’ offers you a wide selection of realities to lishman went to Japan and became a samurai.” I suspect choose from. With 4,212 years of dedication to cusit’s highly likely you will soon encounter a seed like that, tomer service (over the course of my last 13 incarnaVirgo: a bare inspiration that will eventually bloom tions), I’m a reliable ally supporting your efforts to into a Big Thing. escape your oppressive conditioning and other people’s hells. My horoscopes come with an ironclad guarantee: LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran athlete Mickey Mantle is If the advice you read is wrong, you’re under no obligation to believe it. And remember: a panel of 531 experts in Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame. He had a has determined that ‘Free Will Astrology’ is an effective spectacular 18-year career, winning the Most Valuable therapy for your chronic wounds and primordial pain.

Player Award three times, playing in 12 World Series,

It is also dramatic proof that there is no good reason to be afraid of life.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Here are good questions for you to

meditate on during the next four weeks. (1) How can you attract resources that will expand your mind and your world? (2) Are you bold enough to reach out to wise sources and provocative influences that could connect you with useful tricks and practical treasures?

(3) What interesting lessons can you stir up as you explore the mercurial edges, skirt the changeable boundaries, journey to catalytic frontiers, and make pilgrimages to holy hubbubs? (4) How best can you encourage lyrical emotion over polished sentimentality? Joyous idealism over astringent zealotry? Exuberant integrity over formulaic kindness?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “It is the beginning of wisdom when you recognize that the best you can do is choose which rules you want to live by,” wrote author Wallace Stegner, “and it’s persistent and aggravated imbecility to pretend you can live without any.” That will be an excellent meditation for you during the coming weeks. I trust you are long past the time of fantasizing you can live without any rules. Your challenge now is to adjust some of the rules you have been living by, or even dare to align yourself with some new rules — and then completely commit yourself to being loyal to them and enjoying them.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): Given the astrological omens that will

symbolize your personal story in the coming weeks and months, I think Piscean author Nikos Kazantzakis articulated the perfect prescription for you. I invite you to interpret his thoughts to fit your circumstances.

“We’re going to start with small, easy things,” he wrote.

“Then, little by little we shall try our hand at the big things. And after that, after we finish the big things, we shall undertake the impossible.” Here’s an additional prod from Kazantzakis: “Reach what you cannot.”

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Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Non-Clinical

Nursing

• Cook

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• Concierge

Access Case Manager Birth Center Cardiac Services Nurse Liaison – FT Educator, Lactation Emergency Endoscopy Hematology/Oncology Injury Prevention Coordinator RN Infection Control Practitioner Med/Surg Float Pool MICU Mother Infant NICU Nurse Practitioner – Palliative Care Operating Room Orthopedics Peds Peds Outpatient RN PICU Psych Nursing Pulmonary, Renal, Infectious Disease Recuperative Care Nurse SICU Surgical Trauma Telemetry Utilization Case Manager – PD

Clinical EKG Tech –PT Patient Care Tech I Patient Care Tech II – FT Pharmacist – FT QI Specialist Surgical Tech II Unit Care Tech

Cottage Business Services • Admin Asst, Employee Health & Safety

• Director of Population Health • Director of Technology Operations • Environmental Services Representative • EPIC Clarity Writer Sr.

• HIM Manager • Major Gift Officer • Manager, Patient Access • Marketing Coordinator • Sr. Benefits and Wellness Consultant

• Lead Cook • Lead Food Service Rep

• Telehealth Coordinator

• Nutrition Lead – FT

• Website Specialist

• Nutrition Supervisor

Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital

• Patient Financial Counselor I • Patient Financial Counselor II (Hollister)

• Manager, Radiology

• Research Coordinator – Non RN

• Relief Nursing Supervisor – PD

• Research Department Coordinator

• RN, ICU

• Room Service Server

• RN, Med/Surg – PD

• Security Officer – FT Nights/Evenings • Sr. Instructional Designer, Optime (RN)

Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital

• Sr. Quality Analyst

• ED Tech – PD

• Teacher – PT

• Patient Financial Counselor –PD

Allied Health

• RN, ED – PD

• Case Manager – PD

Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories

• Case Manager – SLO Clinic • Community Nurse Practitioner

• Certified Phlebotomist Technician

• Occupational Therapist – PD

• CLS II, Core Lab – FT (Evening/Night)

• Physical Therapist II – PD

• Sr. Sales Representative

• Recuperative Care Nurse • Special Procedures Tech – FT

• Please apply to: www.pdllabs.com

Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital • Lifeguard – PD • Occupational Therapist • Physical Therapist – PD • Psychotherapist • Recreational Therapist – PD

• RENTAL & RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR SELECT FULL-TIME POSITIONS • CERTIFICATION REIMBURSEMENT

We offer an excellent compensation package that includes above-market salaries, premium medical benefits, pension plans, tax savings accounts, rental and mortgage assistance, and relocation packages. What’s holding you back?

Please apply online at jobs.cottagehealth.org.

Candidates may also submit a resume to: Cottage Health, Human Resources, P.O. Box 689, Pueblo at Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0689

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Please reference “SBI” when applying. EOE

Excellence, Integrity, Compassion

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DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT, HUMANITIES & FINE ARTS

OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT Primary contact for three Directors of Development in the Humanities and Fine Arts team to provide essen‑ tial administrative and financial sup‑ port that is critical to the successful operation of a complex fund raising program to secure support. Manages online calendars, screen incoming calls, make travel and entertainment arrangements, and complete all nec‑ essary paperwork in compliance with policies and procedures. Compile and analyze data and information from various sources including Advance database and assist all aspects of planning, analysis and implementation strategies to secure financial support to the team; requires high degree of independence, initiative, professional‑ ism, confidentiality, sound judgment and discretion, and strong analytical and technical skills. Reqs: Strong orga‑ nizational skills and unfailing atten‑ tion to detail and accuracy. Excellent interpersonal communication and customer service skills. Excellent com‑ puter skills including proficiency in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Internet and e‑mail and demonstrated ability to quickly learn various software pro‑ grams. Notes: Criminal history back‑ ground check required. Occasionally will work evenings and weekends. $23.19‑ $24.81/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive con‑ sideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, pro‑ tected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online by 9/4/19, thereafter open until filled.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20190481

GIFT ADMINISTRATION ASSOCIATE

OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT Responsible for review, input and processing of various gift transac‑ tions types made to the UC Regents and The UCSB Foundation. Performs a variety of gift processing related duties including gift batch prepara‑ tion, gift batch entry, reconciliation of gift batches, preparation of daily deposits, matching gift and matching claims entry. Interfaces with academic departments, constituents of UCSB, faculty, administration and match‑ ing gift companies to represent the department/University through verbal and written correspondence. Performs detailed review and accurate data entry of gift related donor biograph‑ ic information. Reqs: High School Diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience. Knowledge of University policies and procedures related to gift acceptance. Proficient

in MS Word and Excel. Notes: Criminal history background check required.

Overtime may be required due to seasonal workload. $23.19‑ $23.72/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employ‑ ment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gen‑ der identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online by 9/3/19, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20190472

UNDERGRADUATE ADVISOR

BLACK STUDIES DEPARTMENT Advises students in all aspects of the requirements for the Black Studies major and minor and topics such as academic planning, petition pro‑ cessing, and post‑graduation oppor‑ tunities such as employment and graduate/professional school options.

Maintains the files on a quarterly basis for majors and minors, track‑ ing degree progress and preparing minor clearances. Coordinates meet‑ ings with new and current majors/ minors, and with graduating seniors to ensure they are on track to com‑ plete the necessary courses. Assists in the recruitment of majors and minors by coordinating and conducting out‑ reach presentations. Assists a fac‑ ulty coordinator with the department honors program. Provides information to majors wishing to study abroad.

Works with the Chair of the Graduate Committee by providing quarterly processing of graduate Teaching Assistant (TA) assignments and hires.

Oversees coordinating/processing or distribution of faculty and TA evalu‑ ations, textbook orders, faculty and TA office hours, student access approval forms, and electronic class lists. Provides assistance to the Chair by maintaining records of BSE stu‑ dents, tracking their progress towards completion of emphasis requirements.

Supervises and trains Student Office Assistants. Provides admin assistance to Business Officer in processing financial paperwork. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Microsoft Office proficient. Google App Suite proficient. Demonstrated organiza‑ tional skills. Proven ability to work under tight deadlines with a high degree of accuracy. Note: Criminal history background check required. $23.19‑ $24.81/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive con‑ sideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, pro‑ tected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online 9/5/19, thereafter open until filled.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20190475

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or rltd, which includes 2 years of exp in: developing automation test framework using automation tools such as Selenium; using manual & automated testing methods to test SW; performing test automation using Java programming language; auto‑ mating test scripts through Jenkins, WebDriverIO, GIT, & Oracle Database; & executing & maintaining test plans & test cases for enterprise SW. Reply to: Job #110, 801 Garden St, Ste 201, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 or jobs@ fastspring.com.

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ANALOG AND DIGITAL ELECTRONICS SPECIALIST

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING Installs and services electronic equip‑ ment in the department’s teaching and research laboratories and the Electronics Shop. Supervises labora‑ tory assistant in the front desk opera‑ tions of the ECE Shop. Responsible for the development and main‑ tenance of approximately 19 Shop databases. System administrator for the ECE Department’s and College of Engineering Dean’s Office brass and electronic card keys. Responsible for the Shop’s sales, BARC billing, and reconciliation. Responsible for equip‑ ment inventory control for the depart‑ ment. Uses electronic test equipment, hand and power tools, and soldering tools. Reqs: Experience with electron‑ ics and computer systems with an aptitude to learn more advanced cir‑ cuit design and implementation for the teaching labs, including the use of electronic test equipment. Proficient with relational databases and draw‑ ing programs, such as FileMaker and CAD. Must have excellent communi‑ cation skills both verbal and written.

Ability to work well with others in a very diverse workplace, with a range of students, faculty and staff. Ability to problem solve and find solutions for all Electronic Shop operations in need of updating or change. Must be able to work independently and

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Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20190484

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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Notes: Criminal history background check required. Occasional nights and weekends. $51,200‑ $60,440/ yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employ‑ ment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gen‑ der identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online 9/17/19, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20190488

leadership to a management team in a high volume retail environment.

High degree of flexibility, energy, ini‑ tiative, problem solving and resource‑ fulness is required. Demonstrated leadership abilities, customer service and communication skills, interper‑ sonal savvy, strategic and organiza‑ tion agility, managing vision and pur‑ pose, innovation management and business acumen. Highly developed organizational skills, including atten‑ tion to detail, accuracy, and ability to manage multiple and often con‑ flicting priorities. Must be proficient with desktop and mobile productivity tools. Notes: Criminal history back‑ ground check required. Must work occasional evenings and weekends. $66,100‑ $94,608/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive con‑ sideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, pro‑ tected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online 9/10/19, thereafter open until filled.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20190489

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, RETAIL

HOUSING, DINING, & AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES Oversees 4 campus convenience stores, Starbucks, and 2 satellite coffee carts. Responsibilities include Staff Development and Training of 3 career managers, 12 student manag‑ ers and 200 ‑ 225 part time student staff. Responsible for Purchasing of over 6,500 store items. Works with Vendors to secure the lowest price for food and non‑food items. Liaison for the two leased tenants, Subway and Woodstocks, at the Arbor store.

Manages budget in excess of $5.9M, writing annual budgets for each store, and making recommendations to exceed annual budget. Responsible for the Marketing and Merchandising of all units. Manages 2 contracted vending companies and over 75 cam‑ pus vending machines. Participates in the bid process for coffee, snack and candy vending, and the cam‑ pus Pouring Rights contract. Reqs: 5+ yrs of progressive experience in collegiate or high volume, retail or convenience store food operations, or the equivalent combination of education and experience. Advanced supervisory and communication skills to direct the work of others and interact successfully within a large diverse staff. Experience providing

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

ORIENTATION PROGRAM Responsible for planning, implement‑ ing, and evaluating annual summer orientation sessions (freshmen and transfer) for new students and their parents and quarterly orientation sessions for new students; respon‑ sible for independently planning and implementing various aspects of the summer program, which serves over 9,000 individuals annually; consults with various campus offices and departments to ensure new student needs are met; plays a key role in the recruitment, hiring, training, and supervising of twenty‑seven student advisors as they interact with the new students and their parents dur‑ ing orientation. Oversees the Student Resource Building Information Center (ICen) and the recruitment and selection of ICen student staff.

Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experi‑ ence. Demonstrated communication, organization, and supervisory skills.

Public speaking experience. Strong interpersonal skills, including sensitiv‑ ity, diplomacy, and flexibility in deal‑ ing with students, staff, faculty, the

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public, and crisis situations. Notes: Criminal history background check required. Occasional evening and weekend work year round; evening work during summer months while program is in session. $23.18‑ $26.28/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employ‑ ment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gen‑ der identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online by 9/3/19, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20190473

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Analyzes and interprets federal and state research protocols; Includes Stem Cell, Human and Animal sub‑ jects, for both agency requirements and campus policy, providing direc‑ tives to PIs. Review contract and grant awards and provides detailed spend‑ ing projections to PIs. Assists with budgetary projections and analyses for PIs and Contracts and Grants Manager. Manage coordination and completion of effort reporting in the Effort Reporting System for all NRI PIs to meet effort reporting requirements and deadlines. Coordinate the call and process for Graduate Student Researchers. Reqs: Strong analytical, administrative, and organizational skills. High level of initiative, inde‑ pendence, attention to detail, and problem‑solving skills. Excellent com‑ munication /interpersonal skills, pro‑ fessionalism, and confidentiality are required. Proficient in MS Excel, inter‑ net, email and database applications.

Ability to prioritize demands, evaluate / analyze data and make recommen‑ dations, meet deadlines, and work under pressure during periodic heavy work cycles, while maintaining a high level of accuracy. Note: Criminal history background check required. $24.52‑ $28.74/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/

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Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive con‑ sideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, pro‑ tected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Open until filled. Apply online at https:// jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20190461

END USER SUPPORT TECHNICIAN II

ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOY SERVICES (ETS) Provides IT support for IT incident and problem resolutions for all ETS IT Service Customers. Some of these departments may be located off‑campus, but in the general vicinity of the UCSB Campus. Maintains an advanced technical understanding of current Windows and MAC operating systems, office productivity software, and standardized workstation knowl‑ edge to provide tier 2 support to ETS IT Service Customers. Maintains regular end user communication with strong ability to maintain effective client and colleague rapport. Reqs: 3 years of direct experience supporting workstations executing the Windows operating system and associated hard‑ ware. Background and direct experi‑ ence with supporting the Macintosh operating system and associated hardware. Demonstrated ability to interact well with end‑users and expe‑ rience in doing so. Notes: Criminal history background check required.

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship currently or in the future. $23.75‑ $31.57/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employ‑ ment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gen‑ der identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply by 09/4/2019, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20190478

FINANCIAL AND ACADEMIC SERVICES MANAGER

PHELPS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT CENTER Responsible for providing the full range of administrative manage‑ ment functions and services for the Departments of French and Italian, Germanic and Slavic Studies, Spanish and Portuguese, Programs in Comparative Lit and Latin American and Iberian Studies, as well as a number of centers and labs. Manages a budget with annual expenditures of over $12 million. Oversees all academic personnel transactions for ladder and temporary faculty recruit‑ ments, appointments, reviews, and leaves, using in‑depth knowledge of academic personnel policies to guide faculty and support staff. Oversees all accounts, ensuring monthly review and reconciliation of ledgers, pro‑ viding timely reporting, coordinating corrective actions, and ensuring com‑ pliance. Establishes best‑practices for procurement, payroll, and accounts payable functions. Funds managed include a variety of state operating funds, gifts, endowments, fellow‑ ships, and grants. Supervises sup‑ port staff, and serves as back‑up as needed. Develops and implements operating policies and procedures as they relate to the overall departmental goals and objectives, interprets policy for the chairs of the departments and serves as departmental liaison to other campus academic and adminis‑ trative units. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of educa‑ tion and experience. Ability to apply and interpret campus policies and procedures. Experience working in a fast‑paced office environment, pos‑ sess strong communication, organiza‑ tional and record‑keeping skills. High level of proficiency with Microsoft products, such as Excel and Word.

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ADMINISTER OF ESTATE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ANACAPA DIVISION Estate of GRACE HOSKIN also known as GRACIE HOSKIN, Decedent Case No. 17PR000234 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE (PROBATE CODE §§10300, 10304) Department 5 (Hon. Colleen Sterne) 1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, subject to confirmation by this court, on September 13, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., or thereafter within the time allowed by law, EVERETTE KERR as administrator of the estate of the above‑named decedent, will sell at private sale to the highest and best net bidder on the terms and condi‑ tions stated below all right, title, and interest of the decedent at the time of death and all right, title, and inter‑ est that the estate has acquired in addition to that of the decedent at the time of death, in the real prop‑ erty located in Santa Barbara County, California.

2. This property to be sold is com‑ monly referred to as and is located at 1219 E. Gutierrez Street, Santa Barbara, California and more particu‑ larly described as follows: The real property in the City of Santa Barbara, County of Santa Barbara, State of California, described as fol‑ lows: Lot 27 of “Around the City Boulevard Tract,” according to the map thereof recorded July 8, 1921, in Book 9, Page 80 of Maps and Surveys, in the office of the County Recorder of said County. Subject to covenants, conditions restrictions, reservations, rights, rights‑of‑way, and easements of record, if any.

APN: 031‑323‑012 3. The property will be sold subject to current taxes, covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, rights, rights of way, and easements of record, with any encumbrances of record to be satisfied from the purchase price.

4. The property is to be sold on an “AS IS” basis, except for title.

5. Bids or offers are invited for this property and must be in writing and can be mailed to the office of Jeffrey Soderborg, BARNES & BARNES, 1900 Street, Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, Tel: 805‑687‑6660; email: jsoderborg@barneslawsb.com, or delivered personally, at any time after the first publication of this notice and before any sale is made.

6. The property will be sold on the following terms: Cash, or cash to a new loan, the terms of such credit to be acceptable to the undersigned and to the court. The estate shall pay only such real estate broker’s commissions and in such amount as allowed by the Court out of the proceeds of the sale.

7. Taxes, rents, operating and main‑ tenance expenses, and premiums on insurance acceptable to the purchaser shall be prorated as of the date of confirmation of sale. Examination of title, recording of conveyance, transfer taxes, and any title insurance policy shall be at the expense of the pur‑ chaser or purchasers.

8. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.

9. Sale will be subject to court confir‑ mation and bids should be submitted on the appropriate C.A.R. Probate Purchase Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions form.

Jeffrey B. Soderborg, Cal Bar #264666 BARNES & BARNES 1900 State Street, Suite M Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 687‑6660 Attorneys for EVERETT KERR, Administrator of the Estate of GRACE HOSKIN Published Aug 22, 29. Sep 5 2019.

FBN ABANDONMENT STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: ELEGANT NAILS & SPA at 5915 Calle Real #F Goleta, CA 93117; The origi‑ nal statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 11/15/2016 in the County of Santa Barbara.

Original file no. 2016‑0003140. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Andy Nguyen 30 Winchester Canyon Rd #28 Goleta, CA 93117; Anh Truc

Nguyen (same address_ This state‑ ment was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 08, 2019. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original state‑ ment on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera, Published: Aug 15, 22, 29. Sep 5 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GG CREATIVE at 30 Winchester Canyon Rd, Spc 115 Goleta, CA 93117; Gail Anne Gallessich (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 30, 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: 2019‑0001844. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HELPING HEARTS THRIFT STORE AND DONATION CENTER at 611 E Main St Santa Maria, CA 93454; Argelia Perez 2009 Pinnacle Dr. Santa Maria, CA 93458; Maria M Velasco 1627 N Depot Santa Maria, CA 93458 conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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: 2019‑0001826. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SWING TRADER WEEKLY at 133 E De La Guerra St #332 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; William Cottingham (same address) con‑ ducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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 Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN Number: 2019‑0001830. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: REVER ATELIER at 618 Anacapa St. Suite B Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Haley Chapman 1300 Tunnel Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105 con‑ ducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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 Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2019‑0001833. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WYE MATERIALS at 5708 Hollister Avenue #110 Goleta, CA 93117; Sierra Crystals, Inc. (same address) conduct‑ ed by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 29, 2019. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0001832. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ANGKOR SALES, FAB BROWS USA at 335 Rosario Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Angkor Sales (same address) conduct‑ ed by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 30, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

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by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0001842. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GEOCOMB HOMES at 976 Miramonte Drive #3 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; James Alex Spitzer (same address) con‑ ducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 30, 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: 2019‑0001848. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALEOS IN WONDERLAND at 114 Conejo Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Jeff Chemnick (same address) conduct‑ ed by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 30, 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: 2019‑0001854. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GARAGE GEMS at 8 West Constance Ave #1 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Jonathan Brandan (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 31, 2019. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0001861.

Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GODINEZ GARDEN & MAINTENANCE at 705 N. C St. Apt #2 Lompoc, CA 93436; Daniel Martinez Godinez (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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: 2019‑0001820. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA ROADSIDE, SB TOWING, SANTA BARBARA TOWING, SB ROADSIDE at 218 East Ortega St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Towing Inc (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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 Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0001889. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HAPPIKNACK at 2530 Las Positas Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Jonathan Chappell (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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 Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0001808.

Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ST. HILAIRE TRAVEL at 58 McDonald Pl. #303 Goleta, CA 93117; Lindsay Marcus (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Lindsay Marcus Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 30, 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: 2019‑0001843. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SOL CONSTRUCTION at 945 Guadalupe St. Guadalupe, CA 93434; Scott Hansen (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 05, 2019. This state‑ ment 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: 2019‑0001887. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LA MICHOACANA AZTECA‑SANTA MARIA at 722 East Main Street #108 Santa Maria, CA 93454; Los 4 Aces, Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Hector Garcia Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 30, 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: 2019‑0001849. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RISK REWARD MEDIA at 760 Alisal Road Solvang, CA 93463; Daniel Kormos (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Daniel Kormos Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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: 2019‑0001828. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE FARMACY SB at 128 W. Mission St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Farmacy SB, Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 30, 2019. This state‑ ment 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: 2019‑0001856. Published: Aug 8, 15, 22, 29 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 86 STRATEGY, EIGHTYSIX STRATEGY at 1810 Chapala St Unit 6 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Timothy J Ryan Jr (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Timothy J Ryan Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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 Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0001824.

Published: Aug 15, 22, 29. Sep 5 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: POULIN SAFTEY, POULIN SOLUTIONS at 940 Rose Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Matthew Phelps Poulin (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Matthew Poulin Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 09, 2019. This state‑ ment 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: 2019‑0001942. Published: Aug 15, 22, 29. Sep 5 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ACTION TREE, ACTION TREE CARE, ACTION TREE SERVICE at 897 Fellowship Road Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Eric Alan Halvorson (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 26, 2019. This state‑ ment 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: 2019‑0001788. Published: Aug 15, 22, 29. Sep 5 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MISA & MARTIN GALLERY at 619 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Misa Art 1726 Calle Boca Del Canon Santa barbara, CA 93101; James C Martin (same address) conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 12, 2019. This state‑ ment 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: 2019‑0001949. Published: Aug 15, 22, 29. Sep 5 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CREATIVE NAILS at 3022 De La Vina St Unit B Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Thuy Van Tran 886 Sanford Ct Santa Barbara, CA 93111 conducted by an Individual Signed: Thuy Van Tran Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 09, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

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by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0001943. Published: Aug 15, 22, 29. Sep 5 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: B&L PAINTING at 722 Union St Ste B Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Jesse Benenati 15 Las Alturas Cir Santa Barbara, CA Perry Benenati 265 Pacos St Ventura, CA 93001; Mark Lentini 4723 Glenbrook St Santa Barbara, CA 93110 conduct‑ ed by an General Partnership Signed: Jesse Benenati Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 24, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

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by General Partnership. FBN Number: 2019‑0001800. Published: Aug 15, 22, 29. Sep 5 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OURLI at 508 East Haley St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Gaviota Global Industries (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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: 2019‑0001920.

Published: Aug 15, 22, 29. Sep 5 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NORVELL BASS CLEANERS at 3323 State St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; FMS Enterprises Inc (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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 Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0001936. Published: Aug 15, 22, 29. Sep 5 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLUMAKA at 7768 Kestrel Lane Goleta, CA 93117; Invonu, LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 09, 2019. This state‑ ment 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: 2019‑0001940.

Published: Aug 15, 22, 29. Sep 5 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WOMEN WHO WARRIOR, WOMEN WHO WARRIOR RETREAT at 11 West Figueroa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Randee Brookins (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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 Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0001996. Published: Aug 22, 29. Sep 5, 12 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLACKJACK RANCH VINEYARDS & WINERY, WISTED’S CALIFORNIA BLACKJACK at 2205 Alamo Pintado Rd Solvang, CA 93463; Roger Wisted (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 16, 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: 2019‑0002002. Published: Aug 22, 29. Sep 5, 12 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MONTECITO VILLAGE SALON & BLOW DRY BAR at 1470 East Valley Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Dlext LLC 516 Hooper Ave Simi Valley, CA 93065 conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2019‑0001999. Published: Aug 22, 29. Sep 5, 12 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CUTTING EDGE HAIR AND BODY SALON at 5779 Calle Real Goleta, CA 93117; Adriana Lilia Marin 616 Eucalyptus Ave #1 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by an Individual Signed: Adriana L. Marin Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Jul 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 Connie Tran. FBN Number: 2019‑0001831.

Published: Aug 22, 29. Sep 5, 12 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LAVA FALLS 18 PARTNERS at 916 W Campus Ln Goleta, CA 93117; Catherine Holleman Branch 88 Edgehill Rd Providence, RI 02906; Steven Hendrix Branch (same address) Constantine Christopher Metropolis 715 Merrimac Pl Danville, CA 94526; Katherine Marguerite Metropolis 916 W Campus Ln Goleta, CA 93117; Marlene Metropolis 715 Merrimac Pl Danville, CA 94526; Daniel David Richman 56 St Marks Pl #8A New York, NY 10003; Jeffrey David Richman 916 W Campus Ln Goleta, CA 93117 conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 15, 2019. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0001997.

Published: Aug 22, 29. Sep 5, 12 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: METHOD, METHOD CELLARS, METHOD WINES at 90 Easy Street Buellton, CA 93427; Robert Dafoe 2570 Grand Ave Los Olivos, CA 93441; Jason Charles Tuley 216 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Robert Dafoe Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 13, 2019. This state‑ ment 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: 2019‑0001969. Published: Aug 22, 29. Sep 5, 12 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY at 7266 Alameda Avenue Goleta, CA 93117; Cami Chou 4981 Yaple Avenue Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Mia Chou (same address) Elizabeth Oroudjeva 5065 Rhoads Avenue Unit B Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Geneva Walman‑Randall 1040 Cambridge Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93111 conducted by an Unincorporated Association Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 13, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALANA RAE EVENTS at 5691 Shilo Ct. Santa Maria, CA 93455; Alana Rae Beal (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 06, 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: 2019‑0001903. Published: Aug 22, 29. Sep 5, 12 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SBOA at 2324 Bath Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Santa Barbara Orthopedic Associates, Inc. (same address) con‑ ducted by an Corporation Signed: Richard Kahmann MD President Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 13, 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: 2019‑0001974. Published: Aug 22, 29. Sep 5, 12 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing busi‑ ness as: BARRON STONE AND MASONRY at 13 La Cadena St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Jose Barron (same address) con‑ ducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 16, 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: 2019‑0002009.

Published: Aug 22, 29. Sep 5, 12 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PARAKATA PAINTING CO. at 205 W Victoria Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Oscar Salazar Mendoza (same address) con‑ ducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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 Adela Bustos.

FBN Number: 2019‑0001954.

Published: Aug 22, 29. Sep 5, 12 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing busi‑ ness as: LA REINA PLAZA, WOODLAND MANOR at 928 Las Palmas Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Susan J Rose, Trustee of The Ghitterman Tax Exclusion Trust (same address) conducted by an Trust Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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 Adela Bustos.

FBN Number: 2019‑0002028.

Published: Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TOM SLOCUM MUSIC at 1221 State St #90931 Santa Barbara, CA 93190; Thomas Paul Slocum (same address) Tom Slocum (same address) con‑ ducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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 Thomas Brian.

FBN Number: 2019‑0002021.

Published: Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MAIQUELA’S COSMETOLOGY ACADEMY, INC. at 402 E. Main St. Santa maria, CA 93454; Maiquela’s Cosmetology Academy, Inc 8511 Long Beach Blvd South Gate, CA 90280 conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 20, 2019. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0002029. Published: Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PEP at 130 South Patterson Avenue #261 Santa Barbara, CA 93116; Postpartum Education For Parents (same address) conduct‑ ed by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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 Adela Bustos.

FBN Number: 2019‑0001869.

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FBN Number: 2019‑0001944.

Published: Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g p e r s o n ( s ) i s / a re d o i n g b u s i ‑ ness as: THE LA CUMBRE C E N T E R F O R T H E C R E AT I V E A RT S a t 4 0 9 8 C e r r i t o L a n e Santa Barbara, CA 93110; B re n d a n B r i g g s 1 0 7 N o p a l i t o s Wa y # 4 1 9 5 S a n t a B a r b a r a , C A 9 3 1 0 3 ; M i c h a e l C re g a n 4 0 9 8 Cerrito Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93110 conducted by an Unincorporated Association Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 23, 2019. This state‑ m e n t e x p i re s f i v e y e a r s f ro m the date it was filed in the O ff i c e o f t h e C o u n t y C l e r k .

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FBN Number: 2019‑0002071.

Published: Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LNG CONCERTS at 508 E De La Guerra St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Ali Manzanarez (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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 Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0002052. Published: Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The follow‑ ing person(s) is/are doing busi‑ ness as: ALLOY WHEEL REPAIR SPECIALISTS, AWRS at 67 Depot Rd. Goleta, CA 93117; Santa Barbara Wheel Repair, Inc. 5662 Calle Real #146 Goleta, CA 93117 conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 26, 2019. This state‑ ment 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: 2019‑0002077. Published: Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALIVE AND CONNECTED at 127 Loureyro Road Montecito, CA 93108; Jennifer Newman (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Jennifer Newman Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 07, 2019. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0001922. Published: Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PELICAN BAY PRESS at 6 Harbor Way #257 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Roy M Hildestad (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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 Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0002050. Published: Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: INDO, INDOCHINE at 434 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Death Star, LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 22, 2019. This state‑ ment 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: 2019‑0002064. Published: Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CHANNEL CITY AUDIO VIDEO at 726 East Cota Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Channel City Audio Video (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 21, 2019. This state‑ ment expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0002047. Published: Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The follow‑ ing person(s) is/are doing busi‑ ness as: KADYDID, KADYDID CONSULTING at 259 Valley Dairy Road Buellton, CA 93427; Kathryn Fleckenstein (same address) con‑ ducted by an Individual Signed: Kathryn Fleckenstein Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 13, 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: 2019‑0001972. Published: Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LIZ’S GLASS KITCHEN at 285 Gould Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Elizabeth Lovelace (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2019‑0001992. Published: Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VOICES TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING SERVICES at 47 Dearborn Place #24 Goleta, CA 93117; Viviana L Marsano (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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: 2019‑0002011. Published: Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF CHLOE AMANDA LYNN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV03450 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: CHLOE AMANDA LYNN TO: CHLOE DESTEFANO THE COURT ORDERS that all per‑

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NOTICE OF HEARING August 28, 2019 9:30am, Dept 6, 1100 Anacapa St 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 JuL 15 2019.

by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Aug 15, 22, 29. Sep 5 2019.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF HANNAH PALFREY BROWN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV03923 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: HANNAH PALFREY BROWN TO: HANNAH‑MAE PALFREY BROWN THE COURT ORDERS that all per‑ sons 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 October 09, 2019 9:30am, Dept 6, 1100 Anacapa St 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 Aug 12 2019.

by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Aug 22, 29. Sep 5, 12 2019.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF WINNI YI SIMON ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV03320 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: DANIEL LI TO: DANIEL YI SIMON THE COURT ORDERS that all per‑ sons 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 September 25, 2019 9:30am, Dept 6, 1100 Anacapa St 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 Aug 07 2019.

by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Aug 22, 29. Sep 5, 12 2019.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF AMY ELIZABETH HENDEL ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV03889 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: AMY ELIZABETH HENDEL TO: AMY ELIZABETH SHIFFMAN HENDEL FROM: MAYA ELIZABETH HENDEL

TO: MAYA ELIZABETH SHIFFMAN HENDEL FROM: MEREK LEE SHIFFMAN HENDEL TO: EVAN LEE SHIFFMAN HENDEL THE COURT ORDERS that all per‑ sons 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.

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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

ORDINANCE NO. 19-12 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2.01.010 OF THE GOLETA MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGING THE TIME OF REGULAR MEETINGS FROM 1:30 AND 6:00 P.M. TO 4:00 P.M FOR CLOSED SESSION AND 5:30 FOR OPEN SESSION On August 20, 2019 at Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, California, the City Council of the City of Goleta adopted Ordinance No. 19-12 that would change to evening-only City Council meetings. The regular meetings of the Goleta City Council shall commence at 5:30 p.m. If the date of any regular meeting falls on a holiday, the regular meeting shall be held at the designated hour on the next succeeding day which is not a holiday.

Closed sessions and public comment associated therewith may be held between 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. No other public agenda items will be considered between 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. unless a regular meeting is adjourned to that time or a special meeting is called for that time. No closed session or study session will be held during that hour unless the posted agenda of that evening’s regular meeting indicates that such session will take place; in the absence of such notification in the agenda, the regular meeting shall commence at the hour of 5:30 p.m.

The City Council of the City of Goleta passed and adopted Ordinance No. 19-12 at a regular meeting held on the 20th day of August 2019, by the following vote: AYES: MAYOR PEROTTE, MAYOR PRO TEMPORE RICHARDS, COUNCILMEMBERS ACEVES, KASDIN AND KYRIACO NOES:

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The Ordinance will be effective 31 days from the date of adoption.

Any interested person may obtain a copy of the proposed ordinance at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, California 93117 or by calling City Hall at (805) 961-7505.

Deborah Lopez City Clerk Publish:

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NOTIFICACIÓN DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA PROGRAMA DE SUBSIDIOS GLOBALES PARA EL DESARROLLO COMUNITARIO (CDBG POR SUS SIGLAS EN INGLÉS) BORRADOR DEL REPORTE DE LA EVALUACIÓN DEL DESEMPEÑOANUAL CONSOLIDADO 2018-2019 SE NOTIFICA que el Concejo Municipal de la Ciudad de Goleta llevará a cabo una audiencia pública en la fecha y hora indicadas abajo para considerar lo siguiente: En conformidad con los reglamentos del Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos, el Ayuntamiento de la Ciudad de Goleta ha preparado el borrador del Reporte de la Evaluación del Desempeño Anual Consolidado (CAPER, por sus siglas en inglés) del Programa de Subsidios Globales para el Desarrollo Comunitario (CDBG, por sus siglas en inglés) del Año Fiscal 2018-2019.

El CAPER proporciona una evaluación del desempeño y rendimiento del Ayuntamiento de las metas establecidas para la vivienda y desarrollo comunitario durante el Año Fiscal 2018-2019 tal y como se delineó en el Plan de Acción Anual 2018-2019 previamente adoptado. Este reporte a su vez expone cambios que el Ayuntamiento anticipa llevar a cabo durante los subsecuentes años debido al resultado de la evaluación del desempeño anual del Año Fiscal 2018-2019.

La Ciudad de Goleta urge la participación en el proceso CDBG. Se requiere que una copia del CAPER esté disponible para el público para su revisión y comentarios por un periódico de quince (15) días. El borrador del CAPER estará disponible para revisión pública a partir de septiembre 3, 2019 hasta septiembre 17, 2019 a el Ayuntamiento de Goleta, la Biblioteca Pública de Goleta Valley, y el Centro Comunitario de Goleta Valley.

Todos los interesados ciudadanos, residentes y agencias públicos o privados sirviendo a la comunidad de Goleta están invitados a asistir a la audiencia pública.

Reunión FECHA Y HORA:

Martes, 17 de septiembre 2019 Reunión comienza a las 1:30 PM

UBICACIÓN DE LA Reunión:

Cámaras del Concejo Municipal, Ayuntamiento 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, California 93117

PARA MÁS INFORMACIÓN: El informe de calificación para esta reunión será disponible en el sito web de la Ciudad en www.cityofgoleta.org tres (3) días antes de la fecha de la reunión. Para información en español, por favor llame al (805) 961-7555 y pregunte por Vyto Adomaitis o por correo electrónico a vadomaitis@cityofgoleta.org. Los residentes que desean presentar declaraciones escritas al Concejo Municipal para la consideración en la vista pública pueden entrar en contacto con: Deborah Lopez, Secretario Municipal (City Clerk), 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, CA 93117.

Nota: En cumplimiento con la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (ADA), si usted necesita asistencia especial para participar en esta reunión, por favor póngase en contacto con Deborah Lopez, Secretario Municipal, al (805) 961-7500. Notificación al menos 48 horas antes de la reunión permitirá a personal de la Ciudad a tomar las medidas razonables de alojamiento.

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prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated Aug 12 2019.

by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Aug 22, 29. Sep 5, 12 2019.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF LENA ALEXANDER FELIX ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV03813 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: LUCIANO MARCOS TREVINO TO: LUCIANO MICHAEL FELIX THE COURT ORDERS that all per‑ sons 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 October 09, 2019 8:30am, SM1, 312‑E Cook St. 312‑C Cook St Santa Maria, CA 93458; COOK DIVISION Superior Court Of California, 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 July 29 2019.

by Timothy J. Staffel, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

PUBLIC NOTICES CELLCO PARTNERSHIP and its controlled affiliates doing busi‑ ness as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) is proposing to construct a 55‑foot (overall height) Faux Water Tank Telecommunications Tower in the vicinity of 1687 Alamo

Pintado Road in Solvang, Santa Barbara County, California 93463 (lat/long: N 34° 37’ 50.93” / W 120° 7’ 8”). Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Emily Trimpe, 4685 South Ash Avenue, Suite H‑4, Tempe, Arizona 85282, 602.239.4886, Emily Trimpe@terracon.com .

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Planning Commission September 9, 2019; 6:00 p.m.

New Zoning Ordinance NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Goleta Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider a resolution recommending to the City Council adoption of the New Zoning Ordinance (Case No: 13-084ORD). The date, time, and location of the public hearing are set forth below. The agenda for the hearing will also be posted on the City website (www.cityofgoleta.org).

HEARING DATE AND TIME: PLACE:

Monday, September 9, 2019, at 6:00 P.M. City of Goleta, Council Chambers 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, California 93117

PROJECT LOCATION: The amended regulations would apply citywide, including all areas of the City within the Coastal Zone.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The City of Goleta incorporated in 2002 and adopted the Coastal and Inland Zoning Ordinances and Sign Ordinance in effect in the County of Santa Barbara at that time as the City’s Zoning Ordinance (City Ordinance No. 02-01). The City adopted its first General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan (General Plan) in 2006.

The proposed New Zoning Ordinance provides rules and regulations for land use and development on private property to implement the General Plan. The purpose is to implement the General Plan, and to protect and promote the public health, safety, peace, comfort, convenience, prosperity, and general welfare. The proposed Zoning Ordinance consists of six parts: • Part I: General Provisions • Part II: Base Zoning District Standards and Allowed Uses • Part III: Overlay Districts • Part IV: Regulations Applying to Multiple Districts • Part V: Administration and Permits • Part VI: General Terms The proposed New Zoning Ordinance includes four types of zoning regulations to control the use and development of property: • Land Use Regulations. Land use regulations specify land uses permitted, conditionally permitted, or specifically prohibited in each zoning district, and includes special requirements, if any, applicable to specific uses. Land use regulations for base zoning districts are in Part II of the proposed New Zoning Ordinance, while land use regulations for overlay districts are in Part III. Certain regulations applicable in multiple districts and performance standards which govern special uses, are in Part IV. • Development Regulations. Development regulations control building density and intensity and the height, bulk, location, and appearance of structures on development sites. Development regulations for base zoning districts and for overlay districts are in Parts II and III of the proposed New Zoning Ordinance. Certain development regulations, applicable to multiple districts are in Part IV. • Administrative Regulations. Administrative regulations contain detailed procedures for permitting private development as well as the administration of this Title and include common procedures, and permit processes. Administrative regulations are in Part V. • Use Classifications and Definitions. Part VI provides a list of use classifications and definitions used in the proposed New Zoning Ordinance.

The proposed New Zoning Ordinance includes a new Zoning Map with Zoning Districts corresponding to the land use designations in the General Plan Land Use Element and an Overlay Districts map.

Environmental Review: Pursuant to Public Resources Code §21083.3 and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines §15183, projects that are consistent with the development density of existing zoning, community plan or general plan policies for which an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was certified shall be exempt from additional CEQA analysis except as may be necessary to determine whether there are project-specific significant effects that are peculiar to the project or site that would otherwise require additional CEQA review. There is no new substantial information indicating that the impacts of the project will be more severe than described in the General Plan/Coastal Land Use Plan EIR, Supplemental EIR, and subsequent addenda (General Plan EIR) and there are no cumulative or off-site impacts from the proposed project that were not addressed in the General Plan EIR. As such, the New Zoning Ordinance is exempt from further CEQA review.

DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY: The staff report may be obtained at the City of Goleta, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, CA 93117 and on the City’s web site at www.cityofgoleta.org at least 72 hours ahead of the meeting.

PUBLIC COMMENT: All interested persons are encouraged to attend the public hearing and to present written and/or oral comments. Written submittals concerning agenda items may be emailed to Kim Dominguez, Management Assistant, e-mail: kdominguez@cityofgoleta.org.org; or mail: Attn: Planning Commission at 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, California 93117. To be disseminated to the Planning Commission for consideration during the meeting, written information must be submitted no later than Monday by noon prior to the Planning Commission meeting. Material received after this time may not be reviewed by the Planning Commission prior to the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Additional information is on file at the Planning and Environmental Review Department, Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, CA 93117. Contact Anne Wells at (805) 961-7557 or awells@cityofgoleta.org for more information regarding the project or visit http://www.

GoletaZoning.com. [Para información en español, por favor llame Sr. Jaime Valdez, (805) 961-7568.]

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (805) 961-7505. Notification at least 72 hours prior to the hearing will enable City staff to make reasonable arrangements

BARCAL, A MINOR, BY STACIA SMITH BARCAL NOTICE TO: LEAH MICHELLE WILLIAMS BARCAL, 512 BATH ST, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA 93101 You will take notice that Stacia Smith Barcal, filed her petition on July 29, 2019, to adopt Hannah Renee Barcal, a minor, alleging that the said mother, Leah Michelle Williams Barcal abandoned said minor. Please be advised that if you intend to contest this adoption, you must file a written response within thirty (30) days hereof with the attorney for the Petitioner, whose name and address is shown

below and with the Clerk of said Probate Court. Done this the 16th day of August, 2019.

Attorney for Petitioner: Brian M. White White & Oakes, LLC 801 Church Street, Suite 9 P.O. Box 2538 Decatur, Alabama 35602 (256) 355‑1100 Judge of Probate Judge of Probate Hon. Greg Cain Office of the Judge of Probate Morgan County Courthouse 302 Lee St., NE Decatur, Alabama 35602 Published Aug 29. Sep 5, 12, 19 2019.

ORDINANCE NO. 19-__ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLETA, CALIFORNIA, SPECIFYING THE INTENT TO IMPLEMENT A COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM

BY AND THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN MONTEREY BAY COMMUNITY POWER AUTHORITY’S COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM On September 3, 2019 at Goleta City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, California, the City Council of the City of Goleta will conduct the second reading and possible adoption of a proposed ordinance that elects and specifies the intent to implement a community choice aggregation (CCA) program within the City’s jurisdiction by and through the City’s participation in the Monterey Bay Community Power Authority’s (MBCP) existing Community Choice Aggregation Program.

Upon completion of all necessary actions by the City and MBCPA, MBCPA will be able to enter into agreements with electric power suppliers and other service providers and, based upon those agreements, MBCPA will be able to provide power to residents and businesses at rates that are competitive with those of the City’s incumbent utility, Southern California Edison. Customers have the right to opt out of the CCA program and continue to receive service from the incumbent utility.

Any interested person may obtain a copy of the proposed ordinance at the City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B, Goleta, California 93117 or by calling City Hall at (805) 961-7505.

Deborah Lopez City Clerk Publish:

Santa Barbara Independent August 29, 2019

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM 2018-2019 Draft Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Goleta will conduct a public hearing on the date and time set forth below to consider the following: Pursuant to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations, the City of Goleta has prepared the draft Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the 2018-2019 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program year.

The CAPER provides an assessment of the City’s performance in meeting Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019 housing and community development goals as outlined in the previously adopted FY 2018-2019 Action Plan. Additionally, the CAPER discusses any changes the City anticipates making in the upcoming year as a result of the assessment of FY 20182019 annual performance.

The City of Goleta encourages participation in the CDBG process. A copy of the CAPER is required to be made available to the public for review and comment for a fifteen (15) day period. The CAPER draft will be available for public review from September 3, 2019 to September 17, 2019 at Goleta City Hall, Goleta Valley Public Library, and the Goleta Valley Community Center.

All interested citizens, residents, and public or private agencies serving the Goleta community are invited to attend the public hearing.

MEETING DATE AND TIME:

Tuesday, September 17, 2019 – Meeting begins at 1:30 p.m.

MEETING LOCATION:

City Council Chambers, Goleta City Hall 130 Cremona Drive, Suite B Goleta, California 93117

FOR MORE INFORMATION: The staff report for this meeting will be posted on the City’s website at www.cityofgoleta.org three (3) days prior to the meeting date. Citizens wishing to submit written statements to the City Council for consideration at the public hearing can contact Deborah Lopez, City Clerk, City of Goleta, 130 Cremona Drive Suite “B”, Goleta, CA 93117.

Note: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact Deborah Lopez, City Clerk, at (805) 961-7500. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable City staff to make reasonable accommodation arrangements.

Note: If you challenge the City’s final action on this project in court, you may be limited to only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City on or before the date of the hearing (Government Code §65009[b][2]).

For more information, please contact Dominique Samario, Management Analyst, at (805) 690-5126 or by email at dsamario@cityofgoleta.org Information is also available on the City’s website: http://www.cityofgoleta.org/city-hall/neighborhood-servicesand-public-safety/neighborhood-services/community-development-block-grantprogram

Publish: Santa Barbara Independent, August 29, 2019

Date of Publication: August 29, 2019 (Santa Barbara Independent)

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