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Kristin Chenoweth in Concert

Tue, Oct 1 / 7:30 PM Granada Theatre Tickets start at $40 $10 all students (vith valid ID)

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In this intimate evening, the treasure of stage and screen shows off her sparkling demeanor and uncanny ability to shift between showtunes, gospel, country, pop and more as she performs standards and classics from Broadway to Hollywood.

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Westover’s bestselling memoir explores the tension between loyalty to one’s family and loyalty to oneself and tells a universal story about the transformative power of education.

Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance

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Promethean composer Philip Glass has had an unprecedented impact upon the musical and intellectual life of his times. This special evening brings together two unique and commanding cross-cultural interpreters for an intimate conversation about life, creativity and the global soul.

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With its sublime visual spectacles and deeply moving theatrical experiences, Tokyo’s all-male Butoh company Sankai Juku is known the world over for its elegance, refinement, technical precision and emotional depth.

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Trio’s First Santa Barbara Appearance

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Building the Photo Ark Sun, Oct 13 / 3 PM UCSB Campbell Hall $25 / $15 UCSB students “It is folly to think that we can destroy one species and ecosystem after another and not affect humanity… When we save species, we’re actually saving ourselves.” – Joel Sartore Presented through the generosity of Crystal & Clifford Wyatt and an anonymous patron

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Sat, Oct 19 / 8 PM UCSB Campbell Hall Tickets start at $40 $15 UCSB students “Simply the best at what they do… they’re world-class masters of the banjo, the bass fiddle and the tabla [who] conquered mere technical prowess long ago.” NPR Presented through the generosity of Marilyn & Richard Mazess

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COVER STORY

Natural Wine on the Vine Meet the Winemakers Who Push a Sustainable Style

ON THE COVER: Beckmen Ranch by George Rose Photography / Wine Country: Santa Barbara County. See page 47 for an article on Rose’s new book.

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In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

TEACHER TALKS MUSIC, FOOD

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In addition to being a regular Indy contributor, what’s your day job? I teach 6th and 7th grade English at Marymount of Santa Barbara. I feel really lucky to be able to interact with such creative, kind, curious, and hard-working young people every day who give me hope for the future. I aim to inspire a love of reading, writing, and lifelong learning in my students.

How did you start writing for us? I’ve always loved writing and found my niche in college writing for the food section of UCSB’s student newspaper. When I moved back to Santa Barbara in 2015, I emailed Matt Kettmann about writing for the Independent and am grateful every day that he gave me the chance. Food and music are two of my biggest passions, so getting to explore restaurants and concerts and process through writing is a dream.

What are some of your favorite stories you’ve worked on, and what are you looking forward to covering? Reviewing the Mac Demarco and Flaming Lips concert at the Bowl was so much fun, since the show was unlike any I’d seen before. I love writing about restaurants with thoughtful and kind owners who have a real sense of hospitality, such as Satellite Wine Bar and Mosto Crudo. I’m looking forward to writing about Apna Indian Kitchen and am excited to see Santa Barbara is expanding its cuisine!

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Arroyo Burro Open Space Planting 5-6:30pm,, Arroyo Burro Open Space, 599 Alan Rd Join the City of Santa Barbara Creeks Division and Bartron Real Estate Group to help install native plants along Arroyo Burro. For details contact Liz Smith at (805) 897-2606 or LSmith@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

Carpinteria Watershed Talk 6pm,, Island Brewing Company, 5049 6th St in Carpinteria Join the City of Carpinteria and BEACON (Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment). For details contact Erin Maker at (805) 880-3415 or erinm@ci.carpinteria.ca.us. erinm@ci.carpinteria.ca.us

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Hidden Valley Open Space Tour 9am, Meet at the end of Palermo Dr Join the Urban Creeks Council and special guests for a walking tour along Arroyo Burro. For details contact sbucc@silcom.com.

North Campus Open Space Tour 5pm, Meet at 6975 Whittier Dr in Goleta Tour the recently restored North Campus Open Space. For details or to RSVP contact ncos@ccber.ucsb.edu.

Santa Monica Creek Planting 9am-3pm (Drop in event), Meet at Santa Monica Creek Trail, west end of El Carro Ln in Carpinteria Trail beautification project led by Ray Kolbe. Contact Ray at (805) 705-3429 or rwkolbe@gmail.com for details.

Wildlife Paddle with the City of Carpinteria 9:30am,, Meet at Carpinteria Boathouse, Ash Ave at the Beach Explore the coast by land and kayak. $5 RSVP Required to Erin Maker at (805) 880-3415 or erinm@ci.carpinteria.ca.us. erinm@ci.carpinteria.ca.us

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San Jose Creek Clean-Up 10am-12pm,, Meet at Berkeley Foot Bridge on Berkeley Rd in Goleta Join the City of Goleta, Environmental Defense Center, and Urban Creeks Council to help clean the creek! Contact Brian Trautwein at (805) 963-1622 x108 or btrautwein@environmentaldefensecenter.org btrautwein@environmentaldefensecenter.org.

Carpinteria Salt Marsh Tour 1-3pm,, Meet at the end of Estero Way off Carpinteria Avenue in Carpinteria Join in a walking tour of the Salt Marsh, learn about plants and animals that call the marsh home. For details contact Andrew Brooks at AJBrooks@ucsb.edu.

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HUNGER Foodbank reports a 35-45 percent increase in the demand by college students for free food given away at food pantries in Santa Barbara County. “It’s shocking,” exclaimed Judith Smith-Meyer of the Foodbank. At UCSB, student demand for Foodbank food increased from 183,000 pounds to 210,500 in the past year. At Allan Hancock, demand went from 130,000 pounds to 152,197. At Santa Barbara Community College — where issues of hunger and homelessness have been discussed more frankly — the numbers increased from 119,000 pounds to 183,000

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budget in the report has now dropped from Government action is needed on “big-ticket” 420 gigatons to 350 gigatons: “That remaining items, he said, such as the 67 percent of U.S. CO2 budget will be entirely gone within less emissions that come from burning fossil fuels than eight and a half years,” she said. for transportation. California’s clean energy Thunberg, who would only be 24 years old standards have convinced four auto makers by then, promised the General Assembly: “We to quickly transition to alternative-energy vehicles. “It’s true that habits need to change,” will not let you get away with this.”

Evan Sherman of Santa Barbara High Goodlet observed, “but green technologies School’s Green Club agreed, saying, “We only exist, and they create green jobs.” have one future, and it’s important that we fight Jet fuel, he added, remains an unsolved for it.” He helped organize last week’s down- technological problem. And you probably town march, in which about 200 students wouldn’t want to put a giant windmill amid walked off campus holding signs painted on an endangered bird habitat, he said, but huge used cardboard, joined by hundreds more as swaths of earth were available for wind and they marched to Stearns Wharf and back to De tidal resources. la Guerra Plaza. “The world was watching us,” “Whether we want to believe it or not,” he noted of the global climate strike, in which Goodlet said, “we’re entering the sixth extincstudents in 150 countries took part. “I sure hope tion event in this planet’s history,” an existential this spurs action.” fight well understood by youth activists. When At City College, a member of the Biology 3-4 percent of a voting population actively Club, Sophie Cameron, spoke starkly: “We advocates for a policy, he noted, “you can typimay not have a normal cally win the day.”

Youth activism is a future. We may not be able to have kids, or jobs.” huge change, Goodlet Other students said they said. “It’s a huge reason worried whether they for hope.” n should take a gap year while resources were still available, or whether they Brent Goodlet, Strike Orginizer should stay in school for a master’s degree. Cameron’s Biology Club copresident, Rebecca Adam, observed, “If anything is going to happen with climate change, it’s going to happen to us.”

“We’re living on borrowed time,” Goodlet said. He noted that island nations as well as coastal areas such as Florida were being inundated already—and 40 percent of people worldwide live along coastlines. Climate changes now causing giant wildfires and ocean flooding would ultimately affect food production and air and water quality. “There are so many positives to taking action now,” he said, “and no real benefit to delaying.”

Looking after the environment has always been a conservative ethic, Goodlet noted. Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency, after all.

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by Jean Yamamura he great movement of young people striking for climate action around the globe brought more than a thousand people to downtown Santa Barbara’s De la Guerra Plaza last Friday, with a second Climate Strike rallying this Friday at noon. The global demonstrations were inspired by the Swedish 16-year-old, Greta Thunberg, who castigated world leaders at the United Nations on Monday, September 23, for betraying her generation.

Thunberg, whose every word was urgent, asked UN members gathered for a climate summit: “How dare you pretend that this can be solved with just business as usual?” Thunberg said climate change science has been “crystal clear” for more than 30 years, but leaders preferred the “fairy tales of eternal economic growth.”

“Change is coming, whether we like it or not,” said Brent Goodlet, one of the organizers for the Friday, September 27, rally, and a materials engineering postdoc at UCSB. “What I fear is that we will lose this green beauty that is Santa Barbara. This wonderful climate that harbors a wonderful city will dry out as climate zones shift northward. When the next forest fire comes through, it will not regrow the way it was before because the middle latitudes are getting hotter and drier.”

With that in mind, the organizers of Dos Pueblos High School’s walkout last Friday pushed county supervisors for a moratorium on all future oil projects and for a Green New Deal to transition oil workers into other jobs.

One student organizer, Coraline Crannell, said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2018 special report had made it “frighteningly obvious that climate change is a direct threat to our global ecosystem that needs to be addressed immediately.”

In her UN speech, Thunberg also referred to the study, criticizing the promise by some countries to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030, even though there was just a 50 percent chance this would keep temperature rise below the critical threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Failure meant an irreversible chain reaction beyond human control. The carbon dioxide

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CITY Santa Barbara Zoo officials announced on 9/24 that Little Mac, a 48-year-old Asian elephant, is receiving hospice care following a sharp decline in her health.

She is being kept comfortable, and zoo CEO Rich Block said euthanasia was a compassionate and respectful option: “We’ve gone public about this to allow all of us to begin to cope with her passing.”

Mac’s decline comes just under a year after the death of her companion, the 47-year-old Sujatha.

Since Little Mac and Sujatha arrived at the Santa Barbara Zoo, standards for elephant management have changed dramatically; Little Mac will very likely be the zoo’s last elephant.

The City Council voted Tuesday to tone down Zoning Information Reports (ZIRs), required when residential properties change owners. A city code update eliminates physical inspections and instead allows owners to only disclose existing written city records to potential buyers. The owner must also now provide the ZIR to a buyer within seven days of entering into a sales agreement. The changes, while seemingly minor, cap a 10-year effort by Realtors to eliminate frequent complaints by sellers and buyers that the city’s physical inspections often went beyond their original purpose and scope.

GOLETA Goleta may soon purchase its City Hall at 130 Cremona Drive from Jeff Bermant’s development company for roughly $11.5 million. The council voted on 9/17 to apply to the state’s Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to finance about $10 million, the cost after a deposit and available cash for the purchase, in a 30-year loan at 3.52 percent. IBank would issue bonds on Goleta’s behalf. The annual mortgage and maintenance costs would be about $700,000, a savings of roughly $50,000 every year compared to rent, said city Finance Director Luke Rioux.

COURTS & CRIME Conception crewmember Ryan Sims filed suit in Ventura Superior Court on 9/12, alleging inadequate training and safety equipment in the Labor Day fire that took 34 lives. Sims broke his leg trying to escape from the fire, according to the Los Angeles Times. He names in the suit Truth Aquatics, owner Glen Fritzler, and Worldwide Diving Adventures, which booked the trip. Fritzler has already filed for protection under an 1851 maritime law that limits liability to the value of the ship, which burned to the waterline. n

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he Santa Barbara Unified School District put a positive spin on recent data showing that student math and English proficiency scores have remained relatively flat compared to previous years— igniting outrage among parents who called the scores “damning” and “a disgrace to this town.”

The state test score report, called the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress Report (CAASPP), measures achievement in English language arts/literacy and mathematics for students in grades 3-8 and 11. The CAASPP testing, now in its fifth year, replaced the previously used STAR testing system. The new program has been called significantly more rigorous than STAR. “This report is … false and misleading,” said James Fenkner, a father of four and cochair of Fair Education, a local group that has challenged the district in the past. “If you look at these numbers … 54 percent of students are not at grade level … that’s over 6,000 students.”

The district tested 6,572 students in English language/literacy and 6,584 in math.

English showed a one percent decrease and math showed 2 percent increase. Though the staff report called the data “discouraging,” it pointed to the No Child Left Behind era — when standardized test results took 5-10 years to reflect successful school reform. The stagnant CAASPP scores are expected to catch up, too.

In some historically disadvantaged groups, the test scores improved compared to overall district scores. For example, Latinx students increased by four points above grade level in math and disabled students increased by seven points in English literacy and math. What was left out was how low the scores were to begin with. With over half of all students testing below grade-level standard, slight improvements were not seen as something to celebrate.

A breakdown of the scores by grade level, school, demographic, and more can be found at independent.com/news. —Delaney Smith

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or a fleeting moment on Tuesday, the desperate need for housing trumped Santa Barbara’s chronic case of NIMBYism when the City Council enthusiastically approved the construction of a pair of duplexes on Olive Street. Before the council was an appeal by neighbors who argued the size and scale of the project was out of sync with the rest of the area.

“In simple terms, the current design of 1108 Olive Street will impose itself like a bucktooth in an otherwise pretty smile,” the neighbors—Nancy Cohen, Mark Wienke, Darlene Zehren, and Jack Zehren—wrote in their letter. They also claimed the two-story structures would cast shadows large enough to violate the city’s “solar access” code.

The council respectfully but decisively denied the appeal, thus green-lighting the proposal put forth by owner Andre Schneider and architect Kirk Gradin to demolish the property’s existing 1,366-square-foot, singlefamily house and build two duplexes as well as four covered parking spaces. The council called it an “exemplary model” of a develop-

ment that fits within Santa Barbara’s highdensity housing program, and they lauded not only the structures’ Spanish Colonial design but also their conformity to the character of the neighborhood. Councilmember Eric Friedman said he walked the area himself and noticed its many multifamily complexes.

Councilmember Randy Rowse said he appreciated Schneider and Gradin’s negotiations with other neighbors and their responsiveness to the city’s design review boards, which at first had issues with the project but grew to approve it after a handful of significant changes. Councilmember Kristen Sneddon said she was struck by an argument from Gradin that one of the appellants had himself designed a three-story luxury condo complex just down the road that is taller and larger than the duplexes. Sneddon said she was normally the first to resist residential redevelopment, but in the case of 1108 Olive Street, she was happy to give her approval. “These are beautiful buildings,” she said, “and they’ll be providing new housing.”

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RESTRAINED: Despite intense lobbying by California landlords — like Santa Barbara’s Andy Alexander — a bill to keep rent hikes no more than 5 percent per year passed the Legislature.

Rents Go Up as Gov. Mulls Rent Cap Bill Santa Barbara’s Average Increase Exceeds Amount Allowed

by Nick Welsh n explaining why she voted for a state bill that will limit how much landlords can increase their rents — by no more than 5 percent a year — State Senator HannahBeth Jackson said she was “looking out for tenants who would otherwise find themselves out on the street.” Even though Governor Gavin Newsom has yet to sign the bill, approved overwhelmingly by both houses, Santa Barbara landlord and property manager Andy Alexander said area landlords are already increasing their rents in anticipation. In the future, he predicted, more landlords will increase their rents more frequently, and more will seek the maximum allowed. Even landlords who normally don’t raise rents that way will feel they have to, he stated. Alexander, who manages 150 units, said he will, too. “I have a fiduciary responsibility to look out for my investors,” he said.

Given California’s excruciatingly tight housing market, rents have defied the laws of gravity; no matter what anyone does, they only go up. Alexander, an effective voice for landlords at City Hall, said he lobbied both Jackson and State Assemblymember Monique Limón, but both voted for the bill.

The state landlord lobby spent $10 million fighting the bill in Sacramento. They placed no fewer than 8,500 phone calls to legislators statewide, and Alexander said local landlords were “very, very engaged.”

That such Herculean lobbying efforts were called for just one year after California defeated a rent-control initiative demonstrates how desperate the housing market has become. If and when Newsom signs the law, Assembly Bill 1482, California will become the third state this year to enact such a measure, following in the footsteps of Oregon and New York.

In a March 2019 report on Santa Barbara’s rental market by the Dyer Sheehan Group, a respected consulting firm, the picture is grim and only getting worse.

According to the report, rents countywide “have increased much faster than elsewhere in the state and nation.” Though more rental housing is now being built than in decades, it’s not enough to slake the demand. High-earning millennials —

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priced out of the ownership market — are demanding the amenities that drive rents up. More Californians are living in rentals than ever before.

Santa Barbara’s vacancy rate hovers at about 1.8 percent, and the average rent on the South Coast — from Dyer Sheehan’s survey of 2,200 rental units of all sizes and types — has increased by 5.6 percent in each of the past two years. In the City of Santa Barbara, it jumped by 5.8 percent each of the past two years, more than what the new state law would allow.

For the South Coast as a whole, the total average rent is now $2,073 a month. Four years ago, it was $1,776. In Goleta, it’s $2,233, up 7.9 percent from the previous year. With these rents, average tenants would have to earn $71,000 a year to pay no more than 35 percent of their earnings for rent. The normally detached report now used words such as “astounding” and “record breaking” to describe Santa Barbara rent levels.

AB 1482 exempts single-family-home rentals, condos, and government-assisted housing. Also exempt are any buildings built in the past 15 years. The law expires after 10 years unless renewed by the Legislature. Sen. Jackson said she thought these exemptions would soften the blow anticipated by many so-called mom-and-pop landlords. To Alexander’s concern that the new law will chase landlords and developers from rental housing, Jackson noted changes to the federal tax codes that reinstate major tax breaks that landlords lost under Ronald Reagan’s presidency.

The state law also requires evictions to be for just cause. Santa Barbara’s City Council has been debating such an ordinance; it’s uncertain how a state bill might affect that debate. Most evictions currently take place for failure to pay rent. But the number of evictions, for whatever reasons, is going up. County supervisors just awarded a $145,000 grant to the Legal Aid Foundation to fight evictions as part of a funding package designed to prevent homelessness. According to the grant application, Legal Aid, which has offices in Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and Lompoc, represented tenants in 456 housing cases in 2016, 517 in 2018, and already this year, 566. n

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SHOT CALLER: County Public Health’s Dr. Henning Ansorg hopes to find common ground with parents afraid to vaccinate.

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ntil last week, Amanda S. and her husband had no idea they would be packing up their belongings, taking their three kids out of school, and fleeing the state. They loved their life in Santa Barbara, but they believe the State of California has taken away their right to protect their children.

Amanda is an anti-vaxxer, or, as she prefers, “ex-vaxxer.” She said she was “very much for vaccines” until she experienced severe side effects from the Gardasil human papillomavirus vaccine in 2007. She said her body went into organ failure, nearly killing her. She began menopause at 21 years old and said she only regained fertility after 10 years of reproductive therapies before she was able to give birth to their two biological children. (Her third child is her stepchild.)

To this day, she deals with an autoimmune disease that she attributes to the vaccines; she isn’t willing to gamble the same won’t happen to her kids.

Her two biological children had been granted family-history medical exemptions so they could attend school, but new California legislation makes it doubtful that will continue.

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bills 276 and 714 into law September 9, tightening California’s childhood immunization requirements. The bills grant the state significantly more oversight on medical practices, including investigating any doctor who provides five or more medical exemptions in a year and all schools with immunization rates below 95 percent, the threshold for herd immunity.

The bills come at a time when measles has been on the rise after the disease was declared eradicated nationwide in 2000. So far, 67 cases have been confirmed in the state since the beginning of the year.

“I understand that the health of their children is important to [parents] and is driving their fear of vaccination,” said Dr. Henning Ansorg, health officer for the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department. “I wish

they knew that it’s important to me, too. We need to find a common ground here because we all have the same goal—healthy kids.”

Some parents have felt paralyzed since the bills passed. One dad, Jarrod, had favored vaccines until his daughter, 11 months old at the time, suffered an ischemic stroke two days after receiving the Prevnar shot to prevent pneumonia. “Even though strokes are a listed side effect on the vaccine insert, the second I mention it to doctors, they imme-

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‘roll the dice’ with his son’s life, too.

diately shoot you down and claim it isn’t possible.” Jarrod’s daughter received a vaccination exemption, and he got a familyhistory exemption for his son because he isn’t willing to “roll the dice with his life, too.”

The new state law allows any medical exemptions before January 1, 2020, to remain until the child begins kindergarten or 7th grade or changes schools. Temporary medical exemptions are limited to one year.

“If we didn’t vaccinate, we’d see something like 3,000 deaths per year from measles alone,” County Public Health’s Dr. Ansorg said. “These parents are forgetting what measles looks like. Of course some children need medical exemptions, and they will get them. But overall, the risk of measles far outweighs the risk of a bad vaccine reaction.”

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Brandon said the majority of the microplastics they discovered were in the form of clothing fibers and were smaller than a piece of lint. Much of it was likely carried to the ocean in storm runoff or discharge from wastewater treatment plants. The study didn’t analyze the effects of plastics on marine life, but the authors referenced previous research showing that ingestion of plastics by small organisms can cause physical damage that reverberates throughout the food web.

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Denise joined hundreds of other California parents in Sacramento last week to protest the bills that they believe will put political pressure on doctors and instill fear in medical professionals who otherwise would issue medical exemptions, or at least agree to space out combination vaccines into separate ones.

“I’ve been told by my pediatrician that she would be putting her license on the line if she wrote an exemption because my son is healthy now,” Denise said, “even though he had a severe reaction at the time of his last

vaccine.” Dr. Ansorg disagreed: “It is concerning there were some black-sheep doctors who were liberally writing exemptions,” he said. “It is a good thing they will be investigated now.”

Despite the parents who avoid vaccines for their kids, 96.7 percent of kindergarteners in the Santa Barbara Unified School District are fully vaccinated — a higher rate than the 94.8 percent state average. Private schools, however, don’t report.

“We have been stripped of informed consent,” Jarrod said. “No one should ever be forced to undergo a medical procedure that could possibly result in injury or death.”

Several parents are holding a Medical Freedom Forum at the Santa Barbara Central Library October 6, 4:30-6:30 p.m., to discuss their views on vaccines. Kids are welcome. n The names of the parents interviewed have been changed per their request.

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alty, sentimental, outspoken, occasionally profane, and always passionate, Mick Kronman — the unlikeliest of bureaucrats — has stepped down as city harbormaster after 20 years. His departure comes shortly after Waterfront director Scott Reidman retired this summer for health reasons. Their combined departures leave a serious hole at the leadership of the city’s Waterfront Department.

Kronman, a former fisherman and journalist, was hired as harbormaster in hopes that his personal experience in a fishing boat — and as an industry consultant — would help improve relations between City Hall and commercial fishermen. While they’ve

OLD SALT: City Harbormaster Mick Kronman retires after two decades on the waterfront.

butted heads more than a few times over the years, many commercial fishermen were on hand at Kronman’s retirement party Sunday night; one longtime fisherman said Kronman had helped the commercial fishing industry remain viable on the Santa Barbara waterfront, keeping at bay the forces of

“yachtification.” Kronman was affectionately roasted by those who remembered him as an Isla Vista radical. “You were sticking it to The Man,” quipped one. “Now you are The Man.” Over the years, Kronman received no fewer than four kidney transplants; all four donors were on hand.

Kronman served several months in Chino prison after he got into a fight with a man, later identified as a plainclothes cop, who was assaulting his friend. While in Chino, Kronman heard prison guards announce, “Dead man walking,” as they escorted Charles Manson by. Kronman also made the acquaintance of a prisoner nicknamed “Pincushion” after having been stabbed 52 times over a disagreement over peanut butter. “I got scared straight,” he recalled.

After his release, Kronman found solace and stability as a deckhand and moved his way up the commercial fishing food chain.

Later, as a journalist and industry advocate, Kronman — the son of a Hollywood screenwriter — wrote for news outlets and trade publications. As harbormaster, he wrote a comprehensive history of fishing in the Santa Barbara Channel, From Hooks to Harpoons. Kronman’s politics shifted from campus radical to libertarian, and given the low regard libertarians have for government, several speakers ribbed Kronman for his government job. “Ah, the ironies of a well-lived life,” he replied. Professionally, Kronman was named Harbormaster of the Year by an association of California harbormasters. This year, he was given the lifetime achievement award.

Filling in as acting waterfront director for two months will be Brian Bosse, who commented on the infectiousness of Kronman’s laugh: “It will be a lot quieter,” Bosse said.

“That’s what we’ll miss the most.”

—Nick Welsh

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n anonymous survey of Santa Barbara City College employees revealed an “unhealthy” and “highly polarized” culture, affirming the gender and racial discrimination concerns that erupted on campus last year. The college survived what was arguably its most tempestuous year, loaded with lawsuits, protests, Title IX complaints, an administrator’s use of the n-word, and accusations of freespeech infringement that drew national media attention. The survey went to 2,294 employees, 30 percent of whom responded to a total of 64 questions, adding 588 pages of written comments.

The most important question in the survey, said Howard Deutsch, CEO of New Jersey–based Quantisoft, which conducted the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion survey, asked if there is a “high level of trust between the senior leadership team and employees.”

That question received the second-lowest overall rating: Only 24 percent agreed with it, and the written comments showed trust in the Board of Trustees was low.

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The lowest-scoring question asked if the college “handles all reported acts of discrimination against employees effectively.”

Thirteen percent fully agreed, and a quarter of respondents agreed or somewhat agreed. To the question regarding a colleague experiencing exclusionary, intimidating, or hostile and harassing conduct at work, a third said they’d experienced it themselves, and half said they’d witnessed such behavior.

“This is alarming,” Trustee Jonathan Abboud said. “I’m hearing it, and I want employees to know we’re hearing it and we need to be active about it.”

Deutsch said SBCC’s overall rating is “on the low side” based on his 20 years of experience. “The worst part about a survey is asking people their opinions, only to do nothing with them,” he cautioned. “Not responding to the survey is worse than not doing one at all. It’s on leadership to do something meaningful.” He recommended that the school conduct a survey for students in the spring.

—Delaney Smith

DRY FOR WATER: Goleta’s ban on new water mains will stay, though preexisting entitlements include the new Target set to open in October.

Wet Winter, No New Water Goleta Ban Remains Despite Abundant Rains

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he five-year-old moratorium on new water hookups in the Goleta Valley will likely continue through 2020, even though the drought emergency is over, authorities say.

On the heels of a very wet winter, the Goleta Water District is receiving its normal deliveries from Lake Cachuma, a key condition for lifting the moratorium on new service under the SAFE Water Supplies Ordinance of 1991. But district officials say they are unable to fulfill a second condition that would require injecting a substantial supply of Cachuma water into the valley’s depleted groundwater basins.

On October 8, the Goleta Water District (GWD) board will vote on a resolution extending the moratorium through 2020.

It has been in effect since September 2014, when Cachuma was two-thirds empty and all the South Coast water agencies agreed to a 55 percent cut in their reservoir allocations.

“It is unlikely that the district will be able to provide any water for new or additional service in 2020,” Ryan Drake, GWD’s water supply and conservation manager, said this week.

The district is currently blending groundwater with Cachuma water, Drake said, because the Whittier and Thomas fires and associated debris flows have degraded the quality of the reservoir supply. He said the district doesn’t have the injection capacity for 2,477 acre-feet, the annual groundwater storage requirement under the SAFE ordinance. That’s more than a quarter of the district’s yearly share of Cachuma water. Goleta Valley residents use just under 10,000 acrefeet of water per year.

In addition, the district needs a groundwater injection permit from the state Regional Water Quality Control Board, John McInnes, the district general manager, told a long-range planning committee this month.

“It’s a very heavy lift to get the permit,” McInnes said, noting that the mineral content of the injected water cannot exceed the mineral content of the water underground.

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“We’ve heard that we’re close, but we have no definite time frame.”

Finally, the state may limit the amount of water that can be injected into Goleta Valley groundwater basins, prolonging the moratorium, McInnes said.

Goleta Valley voters approved the SAFE Ordinance at the end of the six-year drought of 1986-1991. It authorizes the release of up to one percent of available water supply for new or additional service if no rationing is in effect and if the Goleta Water District is receiving full deliveries from Cachuma.

The district also must meet an annual storage commitment to the groundwater basins until they reach 1972 levels. The ordinance does not require the basins to be fully replenished before the district lifts the moratorium.

At the same time, the moratorium does not apply to preexisting water entitlements dating back to the 1950s in the valley. In deference to this “stealth demand,” the district has approved water connections for hundreds of new homes and apartments during the moratorium.

According to a district staff report, 21 projects requiring about 200 acre-feet of water per year are exempt from the water moratorium and are currently in various stages of application for water meters. They include the Cortona Corner Apartments — 176 units on Cortona Drive; the third phase of Willow Springs Heritage Ridge — 346 apartments, a community center, and a two-acre park on Los Carneros Road; and a Target store, fire station, and senior living facility on Hollister. Two hundred acre-feet is enough water to serve more than 600 families of four for a year.

Elsewhere on the South Coast, the Montecito Water District lifted its five-year moratorium on new water hookups in May. Like Goleta, Montecito has applied for a groundwater injection permit from the state. But the Carpinteria Water District and the City of Santa Barbara are drafting a joint letter to the state board, asking it to revisit what they view as unnecessarily onerous permit n requirements.

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n the world of mental health care, everything is boiled down to acronyms. Adult Residential Facilities, for example, are known as ARFs, and this past week, the universe of ARF beds — desperately needed in the county — grew by 10 with the opening of Polly’s House within spitting distance of Cottage Hospital. Polly’s House will provide housing and services for older and physically frail patients whose mental illnesses are sufficiently severe that they have been sent to intensive longterm care facilities located out of county — because none exist here — known as IMDs. That’s short for Institutions of Mental Disease.

At Polly’s House, patients share rooms and receive 24/7 care, supervision, and services. “It’s the services that will make this place a home,” said Jeff Gaddess, residential service director for the Mental Wellness Center, which operates seven facilities with 100 beds. The trick is to ensure the right mix of patients so everyone gets along. Likewise, he noted, extra effort is made to ensure good relations with neighbors.

At any given time, the county’s Department of Behavioral Wellness has about 50 patients living in out-of-county IMDs. The waiting list is intense, as long as two years. Polly’s House brings some patients back to town, where local government can be reimbursed — up to $58,000 per person per year — via Medi-Cal for the care provided. And family members can be closer to patients. The opening of Polly’s House brings the total number of ARF beds through the Mental Wellness Center to 28.

Other providers, such as Phoenix House, also offer such beds.

Polly’s House is named after Polly Mack — and indirectly, her mentally ill son Philip Mack — whose house was sold to help purchase the Bath Street property, formerly a 14-bed senior care facility. Those funds — coupled with $300,000 from the city’s defunct Redevelopment Agency — helped buy and retrofit the property, bringing it into compliance with a host of Americans with Disabilities Act regulations. —Nick Welsh

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or more than 100 years and in three incarnations, the Unity Shoppe has provided free food, clothing, and gifts to the poorest of Santa Barbara’s poor, but now, Executive Director Tom Reed says the one-stop private charity shop was forced to pull the plug for at least two months unless a sudden infusion of cash donations appears.

Reed said Unity Shoppe is currently $500,000 “upside down and underwater” and blamed the Thomas Fire and 1/9 Debris Flow for a critical shortfall in grants and donations. Those disasters, Reed said, created a massive increase in new customers and left a multitude of nonprofits scrambling for funds as donations fell off. Grants and donations, Reed said, plummeted by nearly 30 percent. Little cushion exists for a $1.7 million operation like Unity Shoppe.

Reed expressed the most anguish in having to lay off 15 of his 18 workers, most of whom have been on the job more than 20 years.

He estimated Unity Shoppe helps 22,000 people a year. That’s free presents at Christmas — some homemade

Unity Shoppe Executive Director Tom Reed

The Unity Shoppe is currently $500,000 upside down and underwater.

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Reed is seeking community donations to open the doors again. He vowed to be open in November, when Unity Shoppe holds its annual Christmas sale and televised fundraising marathon, courtesy of KEYT and Kenny Loggins. —Nick Welsh

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Chelsea Anne Maler-Laurie 9/27/1995 – 7/24/2019

Chelsea Anne Maler-Laurie of Santa Ynez passed away on July 24, 2019. Chelsea was born to Michael Laurie and Gretchen Maler in Santa Barbara, California on September 27, 1995. She was raised in Santa Ynez, California, where she attended school as a Gifted and Talented student.

She later continued her studies at Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara. California.

Chelsea had many friends. She was smart, sweet, and had an eye for fashion and personal style from a young age. Even when she was just a little girl, her artistic flair was obvious. She had a curious mind and liked an adventure.

Unfortuntely her potential will never be known. She passed too soon and will be missed by many.

Chelsea was preceded in death by her parents, Michael Laurie and Gretchen Maler. She is survived by her sisters, Sara Ellis and Cara Laurie, her uncles Scott Laurie and Guy Maler, fraternal grandmother, Betty Laurie, and maternal grandparents Betty Maler and Carl Maler.

We want to express our thanks to Loper’s Funeral Home for their help during this difficult time. A private, family memorial service and celebration of her life was held.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to a charity of your choice in Chelsea’s honor.

Maureen Rosemaryanne Anderson "Grandma Mo" 6/9/1946 – 9/11/2019

ANDERSON, Maureen Rosemaryanne "Grandma Mo" We lost our beautiful Maureen on September 11, 2019 after an unfortunate fall at home. We let her go very peacefully into the warm and comforting hands of God. First, the family wishes to gratefully thank the very professional and personal care given to Maureen, at Cottage Hospital, over an eight day effort-- the Neurological and Trauma teams, the Surgical ICU nurses and technicians, and the Chaplain/ Palliative Care teams. We are very fortunate to have such a medical 18

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facility in Santa Barbara.

Maureen was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada on June 9, 1946.

Her family moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, growing up with the loving care of her parents Doug and Millie Scrivener and her grandparents, Horace and Rose Scrivener, all who preceded her. She loved the arts, books, teen dances, plus summers at her family's lake cottage with her many friends.

With her love of the arts, colors and design, she attended the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, graduating with a four year Bachelor of Interior Design degree in May, 1968. She was an active member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, resulting in lots of friends. She and her husband Don (who had been chasing her for years!!) were married Aug 24, 1968, at St Paul's Cathedral in Regina and the two began their life journey to London, Ontario (while Don earned an MBA), then Toronto and Vancouver.

Maureen excelled in her interior design profession plus raising her son Bayne (born in Toronto 1975).

Following Don's corporate move to Los Angeles, they eventually settled in Santa Barbara in 1983.

Maureen loved Santa Barbara, with life-long friendships and community volunteering-- donating time at Bayne's schools (Montecito Union and Laguna Blanca), on the Board of the Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, and an active member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Music Academy of the West. With her passion for reading, especially Canadian authors, she helped form a number of book clubs with her friends, plus continuing art classes at various colleges.

Everyone knew of her fondness for flowers and her creative floral arranging, gladly donating her time and talent to numerous charitable and family events.

The loves of her life-- her son Bayne and daughter-in-law Krista-- and Grandma Mo's two grandkids Madeleine (10 yrs) and Miika (8 yrs) of Toronto.

These little one's are going to miss Grandma Mo-- their art classes, reading stories, decorating the Xmas tree, puzzles and cooking adventures.

She treasured her friends and family times together, especially her summers in Kelowna, British Columbia and trips to Maui and Toronto.

For everyone she touched, she had a kind word and a smile. She was a classy lady!

There will be a Celebration of Maureen's life, with a service on Thurs, October 10, 1:30 pm at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St, Santa Barbara, followed by a reception.

In lieu of flowers, if you wish, the family suggests donations in Maureen's name to The Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Road, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108 and All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 83 Eucalyptus Lane, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108.

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Sally Blevins

11/30/1938 – 9/2/2019

Church in Santa Barbara.

Donations can be made in her honor to Food from the Heart of Santa Barbara or Cottage Hospital of Santa Barbara.

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Eleanor Julia D’Andrea 2/25/1920 – 9/18/2019

Sally Blevins lived life with flair, curiosity, and eternal optimism. She was an artist, mother, grandmother, businesswoman, community organizer, sister, aunt, and dear friend.

A third generation Californian, Sally was born to Vivian Young Blevins and William Joseph Blevins, Jr. in Woodland on November 30, 1938. She attended Dingle Elementary School, Woodland High School and then went off to San Jose State University to earn her Bachelors degree.

Ever the Californian, she settled in Burlingame in 1963 where she raised her three children. She supported their Hoover Elementary School on many levels as a room mother, a PTA president, a Great Books facilitator, and a key organizer of the construction of two creative playgrounds. As a member of the San Mateo Junior Auxiliary, she organized exhibition tennis tournaments to raise money for camperships for children in need.

Along with consistently pursuing her art, Sally substitute taught and learned sign language to work with deaf and hard of hearing children. She eventually obtained her real estate license and built a thriving career working with Fox & Carskadon and Cashin & Company.

Sally’s great eye for aesthetics could be found in her art, her stylish dressing, and her homes.

When her mother passed away in 1998, Sally moved back to Woodland into her family home and lovingly redecorated it. She loved to travel and spent extended periods in Punaluu, Hawaii, Michelstadt, Germany, and Tuscany, Italy.

She moved to Santa Barbara in 2012 and was embraced by its artistic community.

She was a founding co-chairwoman of the Santa Barbara Visual Artists and exhibited frequently with the group. Her work is currently on view at the Faulkner Gallery where her watercolor Apollinaire was awarded the Juror’s Second Prize.

Sally passed away peacefully on September 2, 2019 encircled by loved ones.

Sally is deeply loved and dearly missed by her children: Carolyn Peter (Nigel Raab), Brian Peter, and Elizabeth Peter (Brent Davis), her grandchildren: Matthew, Katherine, and Julia Peter, and Bryce Davis, as well as her sisters Sue (John Brodie) and Carol (Jim Berry), her nieces and nephews, and many, many friends.

Her memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 28 at 1:30pm at the Trinity Episcopal

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In Loving Memory of Eleanor Julia D’Andrea, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.

Eleanor passed away peacefully on Sept 18, 2019. Eleanor was born Feb 25, 1920 in the Bronx New York to Charles and Mary Jones.

Eleanor had two sisters, Kay and Dotty and one brother Sonny. As a young child the family moved to Mt. Vernon New York. In Mt Vernon, she graduated from Edison Vocational Technical High School. Soon after she met the love of her life, Sam D’Andrea on a blind date. Sam worked in a machine shop and was a number one mechanic. Sam was in the National Guards. They married on Dec 18, 1941, war was declared Dec 7, 1941. Eleanor followed Sam to all duty stations until he was called to go overseas tours duty included England, World war II, and the Korean War, during Sam's absence Eleanor worked at Kress till Sam returned. When he returned, they had four wonderful children, Marianne, who later passed away at three years old in SB, Steve born in MT Vernon, NY Dennis and Dana born in SB. Eleanor devoted her time to the Catholic religion service as Sacristan to the Holy Cross Church for 21 years, till she was hit by a truck at the Church. Her injuries prevented her from carrying out her duties at the church she is survived by her three sons Steve and his daughter Lisa, Dennis and his wife Marylou and their two children Yvonne and her two kids Sandra and Dylan and Philip and his daughter Johanna, Yvonne's husband Aaron, Dana and his wife Liz and their two daughter's Nicole and Jillian. Eleanor's happily reunited with her husband Sam and lovely daughter Marianne. We would like to thank Liv Home for providing special care and to her providers Kathleen, Maria, Gloria and Iris. A special thanks to the staff at Serenity House. The (Aides) Laura , Cindy, Rocio and Billy (Nurses) Vandy, Kathy, Leah, Margie, Paula (Social Workers) Lainie, (Harpist) Jeannie.

There will be a celebration of Eleanor's life with a service on Monday, Sep 30th, 10:00 am at Holy Cross Church 1740 Cliff Dr. SB followed by a reception at Hayes Hall. In Lieu of flowers: Eleanor’s name to the Holly Cross Church 1740 Cliff Dr. SB, CA 93109: ft.rafael@hollycross. sbcoxmail.com

Edward Easton III, husband and father, passed away in Santa Barbara on August 28th from complications following a stroke.

He was 83.

Ed was born in July 1936 in New York City to Edward Easton and Emily DeForest Easton. He attended Loomis Chafee preparatory school and received his Bachelors degree in 1958 and Masters in Architecture in 1965, both from Yale University.

In the ‘60s and ‘70s he worked as an architect and city planner in Charlotte, NC, achieved the rank of Master Sergeant in the Special Forces of the North Carolina National Guard, and also volunteered with the Sierra Club in various chapter and regional leadership roles. In 1979 he moved to the Washington, DC area to become Director of Leadership Development at the National Wildlife Federation, and from 1990 to 1993 served as the Founding Executive Director of the Institute for Conservation Leadership.

After retiring to the Santa Barbara area in 2000, Ed stayed active in a number of community roles. He served the City of Goleta on the Old Town Project Advisory Committee, Design Review Board, and Chair of the Planning Commission. In 2008 he was elected to the Goleta City Council, was re-elected in 2012, and served a term as Mayor in 2012. Ed served on the Board of Directors of the Gaviota Coast Conservancy and chaired the organization's Land Use Planning Committee. He also played a vital role in establishing the docent program to help restore the Western Snowy Plover to Coal Oil Point Reserve near UCSB. Ed's passions included protecting our natural environment, public service, snowy plovers and good architectural design. Ed is survived by his wife Ky, sisters Emily and Pat, brother Rob, sons Ed and Will, and granddaughters Summer and Clementine. A celebration of Ed's life will be held at 2 PM on September 28th at the Live Oak Unitarian Church in Goleta, and his family requests that instead of flowers, donations in Ed's memory be made to the Gaviota Coast Conservancy at https://www.gaviotacoastconservancy.org/donate . Ed’s online memorial can be found here: http://www.never-gone.com/ Memorials/edeaston

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It is with profound sadness that the family of Stephen John Calvin announce his passing. He died peacefully in his sleep from heart failure on September 1, 2019 at the young age of 64. Steve was born on March 31, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA to John and Wanita Calvin.

The family moved to Montecito in 1961 where Steve attended Montecito Union Elementary School from first through sixth grade.

Steve participated in sports at the Montecito YMCA, played golf at the Montecito Country Club, and spent many happy, carefree days at Butterfly Beach. Steve attended Santa Barbara Junior High and Santa Barbara High School where he was the captain of the golf team.

One of his proudest accomplishments was helping the Dons win a CIF Championship in 1972.

After graduating from high school in 1973, Steve went on to attend SBCC and Brooks Institute of Photography.

Steve began his lifelong career in the aerospace industry. He first worked for Symetrics in 1979 -- a company founded by his father.

After his father retired and sold the company in 1994, Steve found new success working for Stratoflex (a division of Parker Hannifin). Stratoflex specializes in, valves, hoses and quick disconnects used in commercial and military aerospace programs. Steve’s area of expertise was business development and marketing. Steve’s job allowed him to travel the world, develop deeply personal connections with his customers, and carry on his father’s legacy. He often acknowledged how fortunate he felt to have such an interesting and fulfilling career, one that spanned over forty years.

Steve was a family man through and through. He married his soulmate Cindy in October of 1979, and they would have celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in October. Together they had two wonderful sons who were the highlight of their lives. Matthew was born in 1985 and Sean was born in 1989. Steve was a very hands-on dad who adored his children. He was always very involved in the boy’s many activities, and he was especially active in AYSO Soccer over the years. Steve had many interests that he loved sharing with his family including surfing, skiing, fishing, photography, and travel.

Steve embodied the best in all of us. He was a kind and gentle man with a big heart who touched many lives. He was dedicated, loyal, hard working, and genuine, and he will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Steve is sur-

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vived by his wife Cindy, his two sons Matthew and Sean, a brother Peter Calvin, a sister Janine Calvin and three nieces Sophie, Mia and Annabelle. A Celebration of Life will be held in his honor at Rincon Beach Club in Carpinteria, CA on Sunday, October 6th at 2:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking for donations to the Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs as a way to honor Steve’s love for the outdoors and his fondness for the community of Carpinteria.

Citizens for the Carpinteria Bluffs P.O. Box 700 Carpinteria, CA 93014 http://carpinteriabluffs.org/

ity who inspired his family and all who knew him.Gene is survived by his two daughters, Shelley (Fall) Soger and husband Randy of Mt Vernon, Illinois, and Janine (Fall) McKernan and husband Michael of Goleta as well as five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.Services for Gene will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date, where he and his wife will be interred together. Arrangements have been made through Osborn Funeral Home in Dix, IL.

Eugene Charles Fall 2/17/1919 – 9/5/2019

John Dean Caldwell 11/14/1940 – 7/31/2019

Eugene Charles Fall, age 100, passed away on Thursday September 5, 2019. Gene was a long-time resident of Goleta, California but was lovingly cared for in the last 3 years of his life by his oldest daughter, Shelley, and her family, in Illinois. Prior to this, Gene and wife Phyllis lived in Virginia where they were cared for by their daughter Jan and her family in their home.Gene was a World War II veteran, serving with the U.S. Army as a Commando in Africa, Italy and Ireland. He attained the rank of Staff Sergeant serving in intelligence as a noncommissioned officer. At age 77, Gene wrote his memoirs detailing his war years and early life, as a gift to his family. After the war, he attended the University of Florence in Italy and then Gates Business College. He met the love of his life, Phyllis, when they worked together in Minnesota. They soon moved from the cold Minneapolis winters to sunny Southern California where they made their home for many years. Gene worked for General Motors in the Research and Development plant until he retired at age 62.

Gene was a strong Christian man, a wonderfully patient husband and devoted father as well as a friend to many. He truly enjoyed life; singing and whistling tunes for every occasion, and he had a kind and sunny disposition. A quote from his memoirs stated, "I made up my mind that if I ever got through the war and returned home, nothing would ever get me down again!". He lived contentedly like that every day, inspiring his daughters to want to be "just like Dad". Gene also enjoyed golfing, square dancing, and helping friends and family. He sang in the church choir and was an Elder for many years. He was a man of integrity, honor, humor and humil-

John Dean Caldwell, respected defense analyst and noted national security expert, died unexpectedly following complications from an ulcer surgery on July 31, 2019. John was born in Pittsburgh, PA on November 14, 1940 to Dr. David Caldwell, a thoracic surgeon and his wife Jean Baldinger Caldwell. The family relocated to Santa Barbara in 1945. John was a graduate of Cate School. He made and maintained many life-long friendships from Cate, and he had enduring loyalty to the school.

He proudly served as trustee for many years and held leadership roles in several advancement campaigns. Following high school, John attended and graduated from Amherst College with honors in 1963, and later earned his M.A. and PhD in political science from UC Santa Barbara.

In 1967, John began a career while still in graduate school that would ultimately span five decades in research and consulting. From 1968 through 1970, he worked on counterinsurgency and civil development projects in Thailand and Vietnam under contract to the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) with the Department of Defense. Through much of the 1970s, John’s professional focus shifted to domestic issues related to the criminal justice system. One of his projects helped design a modern county-wide justice center for Ventura County, CA, which was funded by the federal government as a demonstration project. In the 1980s, John returned to his earlier interest in national security. He

relocated to Los Angeles to work on classified research for TRW and Northrop Grumman for twentyfive years, officially retiring in 2007, but returning as an independent contractor and mentor, roles he continued until his death.

Over the course of his career, John worked on projects related to fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, space missions, and strategic nuclear deterrence. His passion for research and writing is especially evident in one of his final accomplishments: In 2019, he published Anatomy of Victory: Why the United States Triumphed in World War II, Fought to a Stalemate in Korea, Lost in Vietnam and Failed in Iraq. This 500 page book has been widely praised, including former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster remarking that it was “Excellent!” and “Fills an important void in our understanding about policy, strategy, and operations.”

Throughout his adult life, John remained a serious intellectual and committed political conservative. Calm, articulate, witty and with a razor-sharp mind, John made and retained a wide circle of friends throughout his lifetime. Dr. Caldwell is survived by wife Karen Sketch, sister Jan Thorpe (Larry), and their sons, Trevor (Gabrielle), and Jason of Kensington, California.

A Memorial will be held on September 27, 2019 at 3:30p at Katharine Thayer Cate Chapel at Cate School in Carpinteria. Reception to follow.

Edward Edwin Foley 10/30/1931 – 8/27/2019

Ed Foley passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on August 27, 2019 due to complications from Alzheimer's. Ed was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Edward Edwin Foley and Aifrieda Dorothy Foley. He was raised in Worcester, Massachusetts with his younger brother, Jon, and attended Auburn High School in Auburn, Massachusetts.

In 1950 at the age of 18, Ed enlisted in the Air Force. In his 9 years of service he specialized in photography and was sent to Japan, Korea, The United Kingdom and Nassau, Bahamas. In 1957 he was stationed at Vandenberg Air Force Base until his honorable discharge in 1959. While serving Ed was awarded The Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and Good Conduct Medal.

Ed moved to Santa Barbara in 1959 and was employed by Raytheon. In 1960 he was hired by Patt Wardlaw, the new owner of KIST

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Radio. Over his 12 years at KIST Ed was a disc-jockey, host of "Doctor Pepper Dance Time" - part of the "Ed Foley Show" on weeknights, Chief Engineer, newsman, and News Director. Ed's years at KIST were memorable for him. In 1972 Ed was hired by KEYT-TV to coanchor the 6 and 11 PM newscasts with Bill Huddy. In 1975 Ed formed Edward Foley & Co., Advertising. His clients included Exxon , Vreeland Cadillac, Mobile Life Support (now American Medical Response), and various political campaigns. Ed eventually returned to broadcasting doing newscasts for KEYT-AM Radio, and assignment editor for KKFX-TV and KEYT-TV. In between broadcast jobs, Sy Jenkins was kind enough to hire Ed to work at Jedlicka's Saddlery where Ed enjoyed waiting on old friends.

In the 80's and 90's Ed participated in the Old Spanish Days Fiesta Parade as announcer for live TV coverage, wrote the parade script and recruited announcers for the annual "El Desfile Historico". Ed was one of the founding members in 1973 of the Santa Barbara/ Puerto Vallarta Sister Cities Committee. He was also a member of the Lions Club and a lifetime member of the Santa Barbara Zoo. In 1980 Ed and Renee spent their honeymoon in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and had many future visits for the next 27 years to the city and people they loved. They hosted visitors from Puerto Vallarta who came here for the Old Spanish Days Fiesta. Among those were Ramon Gonzalez Lomeli and his wife Bernie, who have remained very dear friends to this day.

Ed and Renee loved nature and until recent years frequently visited the Zoo, Museum of Natural History and Botanical Gardens.

Lunches at the Harbor, Stearns Wharf, Goleta Beach, and walks at Lake Los Carneros were favorite outings. Ed could bring dead plants to life - quite the gardener!

He cooked dinners into his early 80's.

Ed is survived by Renee, his wife of 39 years; his daughters Valerie Roses (Joaquin), Mary Perry (Kevin), his sons Edward and Craig. He also leaves 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren with one more expected early next year, and 1 great-great grandchild.

Joanne Foley, the mother of his children also survives him.

Ed's brother, Jon, predeceased him in 2014. The family would like to thank Dr. Robert Zylstra and the wonderful Hospice team of Mike, Debra, Nancy, Elinore and Rosa for their concern and care.

A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday, October 6, at Harry's Plaza Cafe from 2-5 PM. Memorial donations in memory of Ed may be made to Trusted Hospice or the Alzheimer's Association.

Ed was the most loving husband and friend I could have ever wished for. Adios until we meet again.

Love, Renee

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Ed Easton

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6/28/1942 – 9/16/2019

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in laughter. He never belittled an opponent.

He was always prepared. Ed spoke the language of architecture but could translate it for the layperson; he was listened to and respected. He was a gentleman, in every sense of that word.

Ed was born to an established Greenwich, Connecticut, family that held public service in high esteem; he brought that heritage to our community. He served as a Goleta planning commissioner, Design Review Board member, and city councilmember and mayor. He relished this work, and we rewarded him with the honorific title of “His Honor.”

COURTESY

Ed Easton died peacefully in his sleep in late August 2019 from complications of a stroke.

He will be missed by all those who knew him and worked alongside him in his various endeavors. Nearly his entire life was spent in some form of service to the public interest.

Ed and his family — wife, Ky, and sons, Ed Jr. and Will — arrived in Santa Barbara in 2000 from North Carolina, where he had worked for more than a decade with the National Wildlife Federation and formed strong connections at the Sierra Club. He was at home in the natural world, having grown up spending summers at Camp Timanous, a boys’ camp in a remote area of Maine, where he developed a strong commitment to the beauty and health of the natural world. He translated this awareness into his Gaviota Coast activism.

When Ed retired, he became active in a number of local organizations. We met Ed in early 2004 when he joined the board of directors of the Gaviota Coast Conservancy.

His application was impressive; his degrees in architecture and CALMLY TENACIOUS: Working to preserve the natural world on both political science from coasts, Ed Easton spent nearly his entire life in service to the public interest.

Yale provided a wonderful academic background for issues the But there is more. Ed’s work with the Conservancy was facing. Equally intrigu- National Wildlife Federation and the Sierra ing was his extensive work history with the Club involved organizational consulting National Wildlife Federation and the Sierra with environmental organizations on the Club. The man had “chops.”

Eastern seaboard. He built on this expeIn 2004, and for the next decade, the rience by founding the Institute for ConGaviota Coast was inundated with devel- servation Leadership 25 years ago, and it opment proposals from Orange County continues its work today. He refined his developers and national hedge funds eager understanding of the dynamic life of grassto bring inappropriate development onto roots organizations, and he shared this the rural coast. Ed was involved in oppos- understanding with us at the Gaviota Coast ing all of them. Naples was a 72-house Conservancy. At one of the last board meetblight imported from Newport Beach that ings that Ed attended, at which we were Ed critiqued as an imposition on the rural in the process of selecting our first execucharacter of the coast. He dissected the fail- tive director, he spoke softly about “servant ings of a football-field-long house lurking leadership.” That leadership was not about over the coast from a ridgeline; if it had power, but service. Service to an organizabeen built, it would have set an unwanted tion, a cause, an ideal. Service to colleagues precedent. He was absolutely tenacious in so their tasks are lightened. Service to the demanding that two ridgetop mansions common good that ultimately creates a be sited and designed so that their mas- more just and caring world. sive bulk and scale would not intrude into Thank you, Ed. coastal views.

A celebration of Ed Easton’s life takes place He did this work with a calm demeanor, September 28, 2 p.m., at the Live Oak Unitarian rational arguments, and the tenacity of a Church in Goleta. His family requests that instead of bulldog. He never raised his voice, except flowers, donations in Ed’s memory be made to the Gaviota Coast Conservancy.

Sander Vanocur

1/8/1928 – 9/16/2019

John McCann, loving husband, father and grandfather, peacefully passed away on Monday, September 16th from a brief respiratory illness compounded by pulmonary fibrosis. John was born at Fort Meade, MD on June 28th, 1942 to Peg and Jack McCann, two of the best parents for whom a boy could ask. He was the oldest of seven siblings and a proud big brother his entire life.

John felt blessed to grow up on the west side of Los Angeles during the post-war period. He attended Beverly Hills Catholic, Loyola High, Beverly Hills High, and UCLA, graduating with a BA in history.

He served in the US Coast Guard and then joined his brothers on Topanga Beach, enjoying the surf culture of the 60’s.

On a chance ski trip to Idaho, John dropped anchor at the Sun Valley Lodge and worked for the Janss Corporation.

While at the resort he met a co-worker, Janet Nelson, who became the love of his life. John and Janet were married for 50 incredible years, moving to Santa Barbara in 1969. They travelled all over the world together and made many dear friends and memories in Santa Barbara.

John had a strong work ethic his entire life. He was a leading salesman for CocaCola and then general manager at Schick Mayflower Moving & Storage. In 1972, he purchased Hazelwood Allied Moving & Storage and successfully ran the company until his passing. John was an early pioneer of self-storage, owning several facilities in Santa Barbara and Ventura, including McCann Mini Storage, which he built in 1989.

Janet and John had one son, Casey, who continues to operate the moving and storage business following his dad’s philosophy of providing high quality professionalism and exceptional customer service. John loved helping clients during stressful relocations and considered himself an amateur therapist. His client base was exceptional, and he treated everyone with the same level of care and respect, no matter their background or circumstance. Most of all, he loved his employees and felt honored that they came to work for him every day.

Aside from business and family, his other passion was the ocean. John “took a dip” each afternoon to clear his head, even on cold winter days. He was a member at the Miramar Beach & Tennis Club as well as the Coral Casino.

In addition, John was a supporter of numerous non-profit organizations including Catholic Charities, the Lobero Theater, St. Judes, and many more. He loved music and live concerts, especially at the SB Bowl and the Lobero.

His friends and family will miss his positive energy, his ever-present sense of humor, and his caring approach to life. He is survived by his wife Janet, son Casey, daughter-in-law Melissa (née Wilson), grandchildren Charlie and Grace, brothers Austin (Roxanne), Michael (Anita), and Richard (Cindy), sisters Molly Outwater (Chris) and Maureen Bailey (Bob), and many wonderful in-laws, nieces, nephews and cousins. John was pre-deceased by his brother, Brian.

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Legendary broadcaster Sander Vanocur passed away on September 16th, 2019, in Santa Barbara, California. He was 91 years old.

After attending his beloved Northwestern University and the London School of Economics, Vanocur’s illustrious reporting career included assignments for the Manchester Guardian, the New York Times, NBC News, PBS, the Washington Post, ABC News, and the History Channel.

Vanocur made his mark as one of the most respected political reporters of his generation. Among many accomplishments, he was one of the panelists at the very first presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon. During this debate, he asked the Vice President a tough question challenging Nixon’s claims of extensive White House experience. Nixon later wrote that this question would plague him for the rest of the 1960 campaign. As president, Nixon put Vanocur on his nefarious “enemies list.” The reporter called this one of his proudest achievements.

Vanocur also covered the Vietnam war for NBC News. On a plane leaving Vietnam after a 1965 assignment, Vanocur started crying because he foresaw the sorrow which lay ahead.

But Vanocur’s favorite story to cover was America’s civil rights movement. In 1967, he conducted a revealing interview with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In that interview, a pensive Dr. King said his “dream” had turned into a bit of a nightmare.

Sander Vanocur is survived by his wife, Virginia Backus Vanocur of Montecito.

Also, by his stepdaughter, Daphne Wood Hicks of New York City and her children, Standish and Henry. Vanocur had two children from a previous marriage, Christopher of Salt Lake City, and Nicholas, who predeceased him.

On one occasion, his son Christopher had the honor of introducing his father before a speaking engagement. He asked his dad what he should say. Vanocur Sr. told him, “Son, use lots of adjectives.”

With that in mind, here are some adjectives which best describe Sander Vanocur: brilliant, courageous, eloquent, witty, complex, charismatic, driven, passionate, historic, and loving.

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onique Limón’s decision to give up her Assembly seat to run for the State Senate, announced over the weekend, resolves the biggest unanswered question about Santa Barbara politics in 2020, six months before California’s March 3 primary election.

Limón, a second-term state lawmaker reelected last November, drove insiders, ambitious strivers, hungry campaign consultants, geezer gossipmongers, and assorted hacks and flacks nuts with a half-year Monique Limón Hamlet act about whether to stay put or move on, during which time much of the 3. The District 37 race is wide local political world was effectively frozen open. Beyond Jason, look for SBCC in place.

Trustee Jonathan Abboud, who represents Limón kept her own counsel through- I.V., to announce for Assembly. An acolyte out, even after she blew by a self-imposed of local Dem influencer Daraka Larimore60-day deadline for announcing her plans. Hall, Abboud in recent days has been dropShe routinely warned annoying reporters ping hints on his Facebook page like this: not to believe the rumor of the week: “Until Big (personal) political announcement comyou hear it from me, don’t believe it,” she ing soon (sic). kept saying.

The campaign could get crowded: Cathy, While being pushed, pulled, and leaned for starters, would make things verrry interon behind the scenes, virtually from the day esting for the Dems, not to mention Ventura after her reelection, Limón, to her credit, County Supervisor Steve Bennett or Elsa focused on work in the Capitol. During Granados, executive director of Standing a strong legislative session, she passed a Together to End Sexual Assault, both of model bill to reform the usurious payday whom, we hear, have expressed interest. loan industry and another that jumpstarts state action to require public access to 4. Magical Thinkers Disapclosed-off Hollister Ranch beaches. pointed. Again. Some conflict-averse Now she’s a prohibitive frontrunner to Dem libs recently pushed a scenario in replace termed-out Hannah-Beth Jackson. which Monique would run for reelection and Das Williams would slide over Here are five political takeaways: to run for Senate, thus avoiding the politi1. Cathy overplayed her hand. cally awkward Dem-on-Dem matchup for Mayor Cathy Murillo publicly floated a big 1st District Supervisor between him and trial balloon about running for Senate a few school boardmember Laura Capps. weeks ago, apparently based on bad inforThe day before Limón’s announcement, mation that Monique was going to stay put; Das told us there was “zero chance” of that Cathy’s zeppelin now lies in a crumpled happening, and there’s no doubt he’s ready heap on the ground. to go to the mattresses against Laura. LatOur 27 percent mayor did not return est data point: Darcel Elliott, his longtime Cap Letters’ calls or texts inquiring of her operative and wingperson, is taking a leave latest intentions, although friends say she from working for Das at the county to get is weighing her chances for the Assembly his reelect campaign humming. seat Monique is vacating.

5. A win for Beth. Senator Jackson 2. Jason’s two-track strategy. had cajoled and wheedled Monique to run Since last spring, S.B. Councilmember for the 19th Senate District seat, viewing Jason Dominguez has quietly but openly the identity of her successor as part of her sought support for a 2020 campaign for own legacy. In Limón, Jackson sees a virtual the Legislature while simultaneously seek- mirror image of her politics and style. ing reelection to his Eastside City Council A fascinating, data-set report on politiseat this year. cal polarization in the Legislature, recently Mysteriously, neither Alejandra Gutier- published by Cal Matters, ranked every rez nor Cruzito Cruz, Jason’s two council lawmaker on a 0-100 scale, from most opponents, have made much of a fuss so far liberal to most conservative; Limón got a about the have-his-cake-and-eat-it strat- super-lib score of 3.7 in the Assembly, while egy. Look for Jason, who sounds confident Jackson set the pace for lefties in the Senate of reelection, to make an announcement with a perfect score of zero. shortly after the November 3 balloting.

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What’s That Racket?

The story on Pat Nesbitt’s permit application for a private Summerland helicopter pad elicited a variety of Facebook comments: Meredith Furman Why shouldn’t his neighbors experience what most of us in S.B. experience? Helicopters flying low overhead and jets skirting the Mesa as they land. We all get it. • Gretchen Hackett Brinser His application sounds reasonable. But it’s disappointing that he’s one of those rich people who say others are jealous of them. No, we’re really not.

I’m quite happy not to have a helicopter in my life.

• Jamie Town Ever been in a helicopter? It’s pretty sweet. • Dan Seibert Unless you are under it.

Harold Whiting This same matter was written up a few months ago — and the comments overwhelmingly attacked Mr. Nesbitt because of his wealth.

People piled on like it was some contest over “who can toss the biggest zinger” over this guy’s supposed “privilege and wealth,” all the while complaining that they themselves did not have the same. • Jim Maguire 175 letters of opposition. That doesn’t have jack to do with income. • Catherine Espinoza Since he flies over my house, it’s not jealousy, it’s irritating and disruptive and wakes the baby. Can he at least change the flight pattern?

Steve Cook He’s done his homework. This is appropriate for him to use his property in this way.

• Rebecca Stebbins Still hasn’t answered the question as to why he can’t just fly into SBA. • David Murray Have you seen the traffic through Santa Barbara?

It’s a Start

An informative Facebook dialogue developed after we posted “Intensive Homeless Services Increase with Grant”: Amber McCoy In receiving a Section 8 housing voucher, the recipients are to find housing on their own with a limited time frame. This is a nearly impossible task to ask of anyone. There has to be a way to navigate, but no one helps or shares information. Maybe more support and help could come from a liaison who enlists landlords to sign up for Section 8; they are guaranteed 60-70% of rent every month. • Jason Patton A lot of great organizations are doing everything they can, the Community Action Commission and the city Housing Authority among them, but they simply don’t have

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n March, an op-ed titled “Who Gets to Live in Santa Barbara” stated more than 20,000 commuters drove to Santa Barbara jobs. About a month ago, a TV news program referred to 25,000 commuters coming into the city. I contacted the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments for information and was told an estimated 22,700 more jobs existed than employees living on the South Coast to fill them.

In June, I learned the number of commuters from Ventura County to Santa Barbara city is estimated to be 5,787. The number of commuters from North Santa Barbara County to Santa Barbara city is estimated to be 5,895. Thus, estimated commuters into the City of Santa Barbara are 11,680, or 58 percent of the oft-cited 20,000. Still, a very large number commute. Under the best of circumstances it is unrealistic to expect that more than an extremely small dent can be made in the number of commuters through —Sheila Lodge, S.B. building more housing.

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BY TOM MATES he 2020 presidential debates

have begun, and already journalists are back to asking their standard question: Yes, candidates X and Y may be winning over partisan audiences of likely primary voters, but can they pivot back to a more broadly popular stance for the general election? This is our biennial, right-out-in-the-open reminder that the primaries make our politicians even more disingenuous, and our politics even more idiotic and divisive, than they would otherwise be and used to be. And once the elections are over, any executive or legislator tempted to try governing reasonably is thwarted by — you guessed it — the specter of the next round of primaries: Unless you govern from the fringes, you’ll be challenged from the fringes, and in the primaries, the fringes rule.

Not that we could easily do anything about this.

Most Americans believe that primaries are a fundamental expression of one-person-one-vote, as if they sprang directly from the logic of the Constitution.

But the freedom to vote for various parties’ nominees, and the assurance that every vote will count — the real bedrocks of our system — are completely distinct from the rather crazy (and recent) notion that citizens should dictate to the parties who their nominees will be — should dictate to them, effectively, their philosophies and platforms. Parties are supposed to reflect the philosophies of the citizens who founded them and nominate candidates who share those philosophies. That way, the nation is less likely to be rocked by pivots and populist upheavals.

The primaries’ most recent gift to us is a divideand-conquer fraud named Donald Trump: an agent of chaos promoted by a system that has left the parties so little self-determination that they’re nearly rudderless. Trump, that is to say, found it easy to put his stamp on republicanism because republicanism has already come unglued. Republicans still call themselves conservative, but their governance in nearly every sphere is just the opposite. They take a radical, reckless approach to banking and business regulation, gun legislation, deficits, the gulf between haves and have-nots, and the sustainability of the biosphere.

And when it comes to infrastructure, immigration, and health care, they’re too degenerated to even bother floating proposals.

The Republicans’ degradation is so severe that it should make easy work for the party of opposition.

Any straightforward policy agenda that would attract the center and the center left without deeply offending common sense or fiscal mathematics would have the entire playing field to itself.

But the Democrats have their own primaries, their own fringes. On the whole, their 2020 candidates exhibit a good deal of moderation, but activists, who play an amplified role in the primaries, are pushing hard to the left, toward Medicare for All (though the projected, and necessary, cost savings are uncertain and employer-provided plans very popular), impeachment (a political bonfire around which Trump would dance with a can of gasoline), slavery

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reparations (the ultimate debate minefield), and that silver bullet of messaging suicide: socialism.

Yes, the internet and fake news and social media echo chambers are also to blame for our sorry, divisive politics, and on the right, so too is the ongoing nativist reaction to the sunset of America’s white majority. All these factors are energizing a lot of halfbaked, tribal passion. But it’s the primaries that put that passion in the driver’s seat.

Of course, it’s not as though we were guaranteed great candidates before primaries took control of our system, but the party heads in their smoke-filled rooms did at least set a modest minimum standard for knowledge, competence, and centrism. Trump would never have been chosen by a smoke-filled room, nor would have his bewildered Republican predecessor. Not until 1980 was the Republican presidential nominee fully determined before the convention by the primaries. In other words, only since 1980 has the party been operating without gatekeepers.

But within one generation of that sea change, in 2004, Karl Rove was able to successfully bet that an election could be won by appealing to the base alone, for what they lack in numbers they more than make up for in intensity.

We could all do with a little less intensity: less populism, more competence. The obvious thing would be to do away with primaries altogether, but that would be a very hard sell. Remembering how we got here, via the hyper-divided crucible of 1968, reminds us of both the tragedy and the seeming inevitability of our situation. That era’s divisions changed our political system in ways that are helping to keep us divided today.

So while it would be salutary to disempower the primaries, such a move is not likely. Voters would howl, and party leaders might not like it either. It might seem paradoxical for them to embrace the loss of platform control implied by our newly enhanced populism, but today’s leaders, Republicans especially at this point, obviously don’t care much about platform anymore, just power for the sake of power. And both parties can see how easy, in one sense, a freewheeling primary powerhouse like Trump can make political life: All you need to do is smile and keep your mouth shut while your crybaby tyrant picks a few fights and drives turnout. You may lose, but if you win, you won’t have to strain yourself crafting meaningful arguments or policies during, or after, the campaign. What’s not to like? n

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A GENERATIONAL THING: above: For many Santa Barbara County winemakers, an enduring cycle of sustainability begins in the vineyard. right: David and Anna deLaski of Solminer (with their son, Linus) make biodynamic farming a family affair.

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avid deLaski reaches into his ice bucket and fishes out a no-label bottle of misty pink wine, holding it up to a small crowd that has gathered around his tasting table.

“We don’t have a name for this pét-nat yet,” he shrugs, pouring the effervescent rosé into Mathieu and Antoine Kochen’s glasses, “but we’re really happy with the results.”

The Kochen brothers, who own Odessa Comptoir wine bar in Lyon, France, widen their eyes as they take their first sip, nodding at one another approvingly and patting their jeans pockets in search of a business card. “We would really like to keep in touch,” says Mathieu, polishing off his glass before sliding over to the next table.

Grinning broadly, deLaski tips back his baseball cap. “Could you imagine our wines in France?” he muses, his eyes twinkling mischievously.

Last fall, a Central Coast delegation — including deLaski’s Solminer Wine Co. as well as Domaine de la Côte, Roark Wine Co., Coquelicot Estate Vineyard, and Lo-Fi Wines — headed south for the Los Angeles edition of Raw Wine, the world’s largest fair highlighting low- to nointervention, biodynamic, and/or organically produced wines. Over the course of two days, nearly 2,000 attendees sampled wines from more than 100 producers across the globe, including sips of Santa Barbara County’s diverse portfolio of boutique wines, from skin-fermented grüner veltliner to peppery cabernet franc and fruit-forward gamay.

A secondary army of Santa Barbarans followed them down: restaurateurs and wine directors, retailers and enthusiasts, all eager to support their allies and experience the widespread implications of a burgeoning movement.

“I did not expect this,” said Lompoc winemaker Sashi Moorman as he poured a selection of elegantly aromatic Domaine de la Côte pinot noirs for a group of young women. Waving his arm around the near-capacity warehouse in downtown L.A., he shook his head in disbelief. “Where are all of these people coming from?”

The Raw Wine fair was a tipping point of sorts for the Santa Barbara County wine industry during a time that’s been riddled with discord over how best to expand the region’s share of the industry pie. As the Santa Barbara Vintners pondered whether to create a Business Improvement District (BID) that would charge an additional 2 percent per bottle sold and wondered whether the region should be more strongly marketed as a two-trick pony (a k a pinot noir and chardonnay), here was a group of winemakers embracing diversity and unified by an objective that went beyond swelling their bottom lines. Openly promoting sustainability from farm to bottle, these vintners were commanding attention among the French and Italian contingents while introducing a broad, new audience to the virtues of a region with six federally sanctioned American Viticultural Areas (AVAs).

“The conversation used to revolve around Europe,” said Raw Wine founder Isabelle Legeron, “but we had European visitors for the first time come to Los Angeles to try the wines. It shows how dynamic the producing scene is in the States.”

An accredited Master of Wine, Legeron draws from a vast network of farmers, winemakers, and distributors to curate a six-city festival tour each year (with more to come), fostering notable connections with sommeliers, retailers, restaurateurs, and wine devotees interested in learning more about the natural wine movement. For her, each city represents a unique opportunity for attendees to take stock of the INDEPENDENT.COM

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WORKIN’ IT: Peter and Rebecca Work of Ampelos Vineyard roll up their sleeves for the 2019 harvest. right: Biodynamic preparations include the use of cow horns, ground minerals, and crystals.

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For Santa Barbara County, the fair presented a timely opportunity to flex its quality-over-quantity ethos and show the broader wine community what makes the area so unique. Legeron sees this as a winwin for all.

“I want this to be a dialogue that creates a chain reaction,” she explained. “I’d like to see our industry be less driven by numbers and more driven to promote sustainability and transparency.”

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It Starts with the Soil Currently, the only regulation that shows a vineyard is adhering to natural wine principles is through biodynamic or organic farming certification. The former, certified by the Germany-based Demeter International, takes measured steps to include considerations for nature’s cyclical patterns and rhythms. The latter, certified by state agencies, relies on composts and additives derived strictly from nature, among other standards. The road to certification is not easy, usually requiring years of preparation, a third-party analysis,

If the term “natural wine” seems elusive or idiosyncratic, it’s because the categorization is more of a concept than a rigid construct. It’s a set of philosophical principles that begin with a golden ideal — say, no chemical additives during the farming and winemaking process — but might end with modest concessions in the name of life and livelihood, such as a pinch of sulfur dioxide I’ll bet if we polled everyone in the for stabilization. When compared to what’s valley, a good portion would say that allowed in conventional winemaking — they’re either already practicing where polyvinylpolypyrrolidone and more sustainability or very interested in it. than 70 other chemical additives as well as dozens of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and — Michael Larner herbicides are given the nod of approval — it’s not hard to see the appeal of aligning with a term that distinguishes itself from current standards. site visits, and annual reviews. (There’s a smattering of “We’re by no means dogmatic, but observing a less rigorous certifications as well, including Sustainhigh-standard approach directly reflects our integ- ability in Practice, or SIP, Certified, which is popular rity and values,” said Solminer’s co-winemaker Anna across the Central Coast, and a statewide designation deLaski. “Could you imagine telling a toddler not to called Certified Sustainable.) touch anything in their own backyard because it’s poiMany Santa Barbara County vineyards are already son?” added her husband, David. “We just couldn’t moving in these sustainable directions, with Alma live like that.”

Rosa, Ampelos, Beckmen, Coquelicot, Martian Ranch, To most proponents, natural wine is more of a hark Duvarita, Sea Smoke, Grimm’s Bluff, and Solminer back to the traditional ways of winemaking—long heading up the charge. Following closely are vineyards before the days of industrialization or wine criticism such as Larner and Sunstone, which are either pending or a points system, when small-batch, minimal-inter- or in the process of renewing certification, as well as vention wine was made at home and shared among pioneers such as Demetria, Bien Nacido, and Ibarraneighbors, more food source and less commodity. Young Vineyards, which have been practicing bioBut its modern-day incarnation, which began in the dynamic and organic farming, respectively, for years mid-1970s in a tiny town in France, has mushroomed without pursuing certification or annual renewal. into what some are calling one of the most impactful Then there are those that Jeff Newton, founder of Coastal Vineyard Care Associates and one of the counwine movements of the 21st century.

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ty’s foremost advisors on sustainable vineyard practices, refers to as being “a step or two away from being biodynamic or organic,” citing mental and financial obstacles as reasons why vineyards may not make the formal leap.

“When you tell someone that right off the bat, they’re probably looking at a 15 percent cost increase; that can seem like a fortune,” he explained. “But the long-term benefits are in the form of soil health and resistance to insects …,” he trailed off. “Intuition plays a big part of it.”

For Steve Beckmen of Beckmen Vineyards, the choice was born out of sheer pragmatism. “At first, I didn’t think I needed to be certified, but as people began using the term ‘biodynamic’ loosely, I wanted something official to back up what we were saying and doing,” he explained.

Felicia Dalzell, manager at Martian Ranch, agreed. “We have our certificate posted proudly in our tasting room, where all of our customers can see it,” she said. “Without formal certification, companies can say just about whatever they want about their product—true or not.”

Certification aside, some of the most compelling benefits of a naturally driven, biodiverse vineyard lies in the landscape itself: tufts of yarrow and nettle lining bucolic paths where sheep roam freely, or rows of olive trees keeping head-trained vines company atop an ancient riverbed.

“I remember the first time I walked onto a biodynamic farm,” recalled Newton. “It smelled so good and rich, I got the real sense that something was going on there.”

Jeff Chaney, manager at Grimm’s Bluff, said the mystical element is unmistakable. “It’s hard to quantify, so you reserve a few minutes each day to stand in the center of it all and take it in,” he said. “Doing right by the land is the right way to begin.”

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“Try this blend next, just for shits and giggles,” he offers to one, and then to another: “This is just some juice I’ve been experimenting with; let me know what you think.”

As a celebrated sommelier, author, winemaker, and now restaurateur — he co-owns Bibi Ji with Alejandro Medina—there’s no mistaking Parr’s encyclopedic knowledge of old-world grape lore. But these days, Parr is far less interested in the pomp-and-status-fueled side of the wine industry than he is in making and drinking “fresh, delicious, zero-zero wines.” Zero-zero is the golden unicorn of natural winemaking, meaning no additions, removals, or intervention from start to finish. That includes the use of sulfur, a common preservative found in winemaking since the 1400s.

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“We have a fun and playful by-the-glass program here that’s very approachable, encouraging guests to maybe try a grape they’ve never heard of,” explained Parr. “But we’re also not here to tell someone what to do.”

Bibi Ji’s unpretentious approach to foodand-wine pairings is an appealing blueprint gaining traction across the globe, and for both Parr and Medina, a direct reflection of their personal sensibilities. For many next-generation wine drinkers, the culture of inclusivity associated with the natural wine movement has encouraged them to explore methods and varietals with a sense of freedom never afforded to their parents.

“The vibe is very laid-back,” added Medina, “and the character of the wine reflects the ambience we’re known for. We serve rock-and-roll wine here; there’s no smooth jazz.”

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Emma West have created a concept that revolves around the virtues of farm-to-table and farm-to-bottle, serving up veggie-forward dishes with a side of low-intervention wines. “Santa Barbara’s healthy lifestyle falls right into step with wanting to consume fresh wines from small producers who practice responsible farming,” West explained. “It’s a pretty painless sell, even when people come in not really knowing what natural wines are. They’re really open about the educational process.”

Lenka Davis, wine director for Barbareño and the first sommelier to curate a comprehensive natural wine program in Santa Barbara, believes that the kinds of wines you’re seeing on Santa Barbara’s menus these days aren’t the only changes happening. “Our preferences are evolving,” she emphasized. “Our brain changes with every taste, even here in Santa Barbara, where people tend to lean on the traditional.”

For a generation that reveres sour beer and hard kombucha, exploring the vibrant and earthy characteristics that some natural wines possess may feel like a seamless journey into the next. For others, the unfamiliar flavor profiles may take a bit more getting used to.

“Guiding people around an unfamiliar list and holding their hand through the process is one of my favorite aspects of the job,” said Davis. “Most people respond to it so well, and the risk really is so low. Nobody gets hurt.”

To Market, To Market Perhaps the most appealing aspect of the natural wine movement — its strong emphasis on relationships with smallproduction farmers and winemakers — is one of the most challenging experiences for everyday consumers to come by. How many Manhattanites can hop on a red-eye to Paris, catch a train to the Loire Valley, and hitch a ride to the tiny town of SaintLambert-du-Lattay to personally thank Agnès and René Mosse for the brilliant pétnat they enjoyed at Frenchette the night before?

For Santa Barbara residents, however, that same impulse would only set you

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back about 40 minutes — the time it takes a unified declaration of standards had on to drive to Los Olivos to check out Sol- Denmark’s culinary scene. Now that his miner’s ancestral method sparklers, which life’s work had turned to winemaking in the they may even show you how to disgorge Sta. Rita Hills, he wondered, why not use if you ask nicely. What’s more, as natural the same formula to create a Santa Barbara wine’s popularity grows, it’s becoming County wine manifesto that focused on increasingly clear that the traditional wine solid environmental ethics? distribution model simply isn’t capable of “It’s really easy to say you’re going to meeting the demands of the movement. regulate yourself, abide by ethical practices, Instead, direct-to-consumer sales will be but either you can prove it or you can’t,” he the next big trend in natural wine, some- emphasized. “Why not do something to thing that Santa Barbara County produc- actively participate?” Many winemakers ers have been doing effectively for decades in the region have shared Work’s assertion that one of the most significant common now.

“Eighty to 85 percent of all of our wine denominators in the region — this embracsales come directly from our wine club,” ing of sustainability — could be one of the said Michael Larner of Larner Vineyards, most impactful environmental shifts Santa reflecting what many of the county’s wine- Barbara County has seen in this generation. makers report. “Not being a faceless winemaker definitely has its benefits.”

Twelve years ago, certified sommelier Bryan Hope recognized the appeal of highlighting Santa Barbara County’s low-intervention winemakers when he launched Sustainable Vine Wine Tours, intimately encouraging a direct dialogue between vigneron and enthusiast. More than a decade later, after changing the name to simply Sustainable Wine Tours, owner and tour operator Scott Bull has sat down with dozens of farmers, winemakers, and estate managers, cataloging their personalities and preferences to curate some of the most thoughtfully executed wine experiences currently available FARM TO BOTTLE: Michael Larner of anywhere.

Larner Vineyards pours from his selection A classic excursion with Bull of organic wines. might include being picked up in the company’s signature Tesla Model X full-size SUV before being whisked off “Losing the region’s diversity isn’t the to the Buellton Bodegas for a fabulous way to brand ourselves,” argued Larner. geology geek-out session with Brandon “But I’ll bet if we polled everyone in the valSparks-Gillis of Dragonette Cellars over ley, a good portion would say that they’re his 2016 Seven syrah. Then head east to either already practicing sustainability or Ballard Canyon, where Larner’s guava- very interested in it.” forward 2017 malvasia bianca is served up Others, like Beckmen, are encouraged with fresh mozzarella sandwiches on his by Sonoma County’s sustainability protranquil estate, before looping around to gram, which is aiming to get 100 percent Happy Canyon, where Chaney leads a golf participation by the end of the year. (At cart tour of the breathtaking Grimm’s Bluff this point, they’re dealing mainly with estate to get a firsthand view of their bio- old-school holdouts.) The contents of any dynamic preparations, before settling into manifesto, many agreed, would need to a deep and spicy 2015 Cliffhanger cabernet. include language that also encompassed “Wine is a time capsule that represents social ethics and workers’ rights. a real sense of place,” emphasized Bull.

“People talk about the natural wine “There’s no better way to communicate that movement being too cool for school,” than to let a winemaker tell their own story, said Medina. “But you know what’s not in their own words, and on their own land.” cool? Driving up to the valley and seeing men in hazmat suits working in the vineyards.”

Building a Manifesto Jessica Gasca of Story of Soil in Los OliRebecca Work pops open a bottle of her vos sees the move toward responsible wine Ampelos Cellars 2016 Blanc de Noir as her practices as all upside. “The Santa Barbara husband, Peter Work, snaps his fingers in wine industry is only about 50 years old,” delight. “I think what we need is a mani- she explained. “I feel a wave of change comfesto,” he declares. ing on. We have generational shifts pulling As a former corporate executive from us forward, where people care about susDenmark, Peter paid close attention to tainability and they don’t care about scores, his native country’s New Nordic Cuisine and this is no longer just a white old man’s food movement, noting the benefits that beverage.” s

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award-winning storyteller will fuse mime and spoken word with realistic sound effects and mesmerizing moves that will entertain as well as address matters of communication, selfesteem, conflict resolution, and respect while tickling your funny bone and delighting your soul.

2pm. Ojai Art Center Gallery, 113 S. Montgomery St, Ojai. $10-$15. Call (310) 890-1439. ptgo.org/events

9/26-9/29: The Mary Jane McCord Planned Parenthood Book Sale Come to the largest used-book

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winning band will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its platinum-selling breakthrough album Make Yourself with hits like “Pardon Me,”“Drive,” and “Privilege.” Metal, punk, and rock band Dub Trio will open the show.

7pm. S.B. Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. $41-$91.

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festival with this opening night reception, followed by a concert featuring L.A.-based composer and guitarist Andres Vadin along with Manuel Gutiérrez (vocals, dance), Yosmel Montejo (bass), Ioannis Goudelis (piano, accordion), and Diego Álvarez (percussion). Visit the website for the full schedule. Reception: 6pm; concert: 7:30pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $25-$51. Call 963-0761.

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enthood fundraiser with books ranging in category from American history to children’s and young adult, cookbooks, literature, nonfiction, and more. Most paperbacks will be priced at $1. Thu.-Fri.: Noon-8pm; Sat.: 10am-8pm; Sun.: 10am-6pm. Warren Hall, Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real. Free. Call 722-1517. ppcccbooksale.com

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gio Lizárraga This important regional Mexican group from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, on its Con Todas Las Fuerzas tour, will perform songs like “Háblame De Ti,” “No Me Pidas Perdón,” “A Lo Mejor,” and big hit “Solo Con Verte.” Este importante grupo regional mexicano de Mazatlán, Sinaloa, en su gira Con Todas Las Fuerzas, interpretará canciones como “Háblame De Ti,” “No Me Pidas Perdón,” “A Lo Mejor,” y su gran éxito “Solo Con Verte.” 7:30pm.

S.B. Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. $64.509/28: Deb $154.50. Call 962-7411. sbbowl.com

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Richards’s Shift & Shine Enjoy an intimate

songwriters sharing an impressive backing band and giving the audience three shows in one in support of their separate, new, critically acclaimed projects. 7:30pm.

Standing Sun Winery, 92 2nd St., Buellton. $15. Call 691-9413. standingsunwines

evening of readings with Deb Richards as she shares and signs her memoir, Shift & Shine, an honest and inspiring story of hope and an excellent companion for those who face or have faced addiction and suicide. Refreshments will be served. 3-4pm. Tecolote Book Shop, 1470 East Valley Rd., Montecito. Free.

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will show you how to create mini moving machines with recycled materials in this week’s art workshop. 10am-noon. Art From Scrap, 302 E. Cota St. $8. Children ages 6 or younger must be accompanied by an adult. Call 884-0459 x13.

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9/28: Friends of the Poor 5K Walk/Run You can walk or run in this 5K that benefits St. Joseph of Carpinteria. Registration: 7am; run: 8am; walk: 8:15am. St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1532 Linden Ave., Carpinteria. Free. Call (314) 576-3993 x218.

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of family fun, food, entertainment, pieeating contests, a classic car show, and a fun kids’ zone with an inflatable course and carousel, rock wall, toddler obstacle course, laser tag, Euro bungee, bubble fun, and more! Sat.: 10am-6pm; Sun.: 10am-5pm.

Girsh Park, 7050 Phelps Rd., Goleta. Free; Kids Zone wristbands: $25-$30. Call 967-2500.

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Reducing the Stress of the College Decision-Making Process Career and transition coach and former director at USC London Priya Rana Kapoor will talk about some of the myths around the chase for the “right” college and will give parents/ grandparents/guardians tools to help open discussions with their soon-to-be college student about who they are, what they want, and how they are going to get it.

6:30-8:30pm. University Club of S.B., 1332 Santa Barbara St. Free$10. Call 966-0853 x140 or email memberservices@uclubsb.org to RSVP. tinyurl.com/Reducing

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Author of bestselling memoir Educated Tara Westover will share her unique experience growing up in rural Idaho in a radical, survivalist family without schooling, a birth certificate, or medical care and how she decided to escape her family at the age of 17 and eventually earn a doctorate from Cambridge University. 7:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $11-$46. Call 899-2222.

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9/26, 9/28-9/29: Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant Thu.: Dannsair; 6:30-8:30pm. Mashugana; 10:30pm-1am. Sat.: On Tap. 9-11:30pm. Sun.: Irish Jam Session. 4:30-7pm. 18 E. Ortega St. Free. Call 568-0702. darganssb.com 9/27: Carr Winery Barrel Rm. Mark Tesla Band. 7-9pm. 414 N. Salsipuedes St. Free. Ages 21+. Call 965-7985. carrwinery.com 9/27-9/29: Cold Spring Tavern Fri.: The Nombres. 6-9pm. Sat.: Spoonful; 1-4pm. Cheyenne Skye; 5-8pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan; 1:15-4pm. RML; 4:30-7:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call 967-0066. coldspringtavern.com

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

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9/27-9/29: Maverick Saloon Fri.: The Molly Ringwald Project. 9pmmidnight. Sat.: Colonel Angus (AD/DC). 8:30-11:30pm. Sun.: Wil Ridge.

1-5pm. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free-$5. Ages 21+. Call 686-4785.

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9/27-9/28: Mercury Lounge Fri.: Night Owls. 9pm. $5. Sat.: Man Mistress, Pet Sympathy, The Marborgs. 9pm. $5. 5871 Hollister Ave., Goleta.

Ages 21+. Call 967-0907.

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

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9/28: La Cumbre Plaza Natalie Wattre. Noon-3pm. 121 S. Hope Ave. Free. Call 687-6458. shoplacumbre.com/Events 9/30: Red Piano Morganfield Burnett and da Blues. 8pm. 519 State St. Free. Call 358-1439.

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8:30pm. $15-$18. Ages 21+. Sat.: Crooked Colours. 9pm. $15-$18.

Ages 21+. Sun.: Smitty & Julija Present: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen. 7:30pm. $10-$12. Mon.: Motown Mondays with DJ Darla Bea and Gavin Roy. 6-9pm. $5. Tue.: Glen Phillips, Khasy Modisette. 8pm. $15-$18. Wed.: Soccer Mommy, Rosie Tucker. 9pm. $17-$20. Ages 18+. 1221 State St. Call 962-7776. sohosb.com

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31st Annual Senior Expo of S.B. This active aging fair for seniors and caregivers will offer free flu shots (ages 55+), health screenings for blood pressure, glaucoma, hearing, and more, and more than 110 education and information booths. There will be live music, food, volunteer opportunities and activities for seniors, and presentations on the latest products and services. 9am-noon. Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real. $5. fsacares.org/senior-expo Continued from p. 36 will be served! Noon. First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu St. Free.

Call 963-3579. fumcsb.org

9/29: The Observable Universe: Visualizing the Cosmos in Art The Observable Universe explores a diverse range of artistic representations of the cosmos roughly coinciding with the “Space Age” of the last 60 years that reflects an enduring captivation with outer space and the mesmerizing imagery that the limitless cosmos inspires. The exhibit shows through February 16, 2020.

Tue.-Sun.: 11am-5pm. S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. Free-$5. Call 963-4364. sbma.net

9/29: To Leonard with Love: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen Ojaibased artists Smitty West and Julija Zonic will bring a night of beautiful music, paired vocal harmonies, and sensual interpretations of both original music and songs from their 2012 album, To Leonard with Love. 7:30pm. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $10-$12. Call 962-7776. sohosb.com

WEDNESDAY 10/2 10/2: Kristin Chenoweth Don’t miss this versatile, Tony Award–winning star of stage and television, who will bring her brilliant voice and down-home charm to S.B. with songs that shift between show tunes, gospel, country, pop, and more. 8pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $31-$156. Call 899-2222. Read more on p. 53.

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Nesmith, former member of the band and the Emmy Award–winning The Monkees, will perform country-tinged songs such as “Different Drum” and The Monkees’ classic “Papa Gene’s Blues” backed by a stellar 10-piece band. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $48-$63; VIP: $156 (includes a meet & greet). Call 963-0761.

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10/1-10/2: Santa Ynez Valley Scarecrow Festival Scarecrows will be displayed in the Santa Ynez Valley in the four main communities around Solvang (Ballard, Buellton, Los Alamos, and Los Olivos) in hopes of winning the 2019 Harvest Cup: Best in the Valley title and trophy. These humorous and goodnatured scarecrows will be on display through October 31. Various locations.

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

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A staged reading of a new play, directed by Maggie Mixsell Starring: Joe Spano, Faline England, Diahnna Nicole Baker, Lisa Gates, Dan Gunther, Brian Harwell, Ivy Vahanian, and Verenice Zuniga

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

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Goleta: Camino Real Marketplace, 10am-2pm

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

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

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by Starring Joe Spano & Faline England

Rain or shine, meet local fishermen on the Harbor’s commercial pier, and buy fresh fish (filleted or whole), live crab, abalone, sea urchins, and more. 117 Harbor Wy., 6-11am. Call 259-7476. cfsb.info/sat

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ike so many of us, Rod Lathim was feeling ground down by the soul-sucking toxicity of today’s America. “I wasn’t balanced, I wasn’t healthy, and I certainly wasn’t happy,” he said. “I realized I couldn’t do it anymore. I couldn’t keep swimming in this lake of negativity.”

So Lathim, board president and producer at The Marjorie Luke Theatre, started thinking about an antidote. He began looking to the people who could help him tweak his daily routines and thought processes and get him back to a better place. And he wanted to share their expertise with others who may be struggling.

Lathim has organized the theater’s very first speaker series, called Mind, Body & Soul, which had its first installment with author Dave Mochel on September 17 and will continue with multiple speakers and events through 2020. Mochel delivered a talk called “Practicing a Peaceful & Powerful Life in an Anxious & Divided World” with his characteristically pragmatic, left-brained messaging, Lathim explained.

The audience took notes, and Mochel offered to email his presentation to anyone who wanted it. “This is practical, usable stuff,” Lathim said. “I asked every

speaker to give the audience tangible takeaways.” It was a hit. “Supremely inspirational,” said one audience member. “Informative, enlightening, and educational,” said another.

Mochel will come back on October 1 for “Kindness, Gratitude, and Awe: The Neuroscience Behind the Benefits” and again on October 15 for “Making Every Day Count.” There’s also a spiritual element to the series, Lathim said. “There’s something for everyone.” Last Tuesday, life coach Pamala Oslie spoke about how to tune into your personal energy, and on October 8, she’ll address shaping your life by intention. Tickets for each event are $22.

In February, Noah benShea, a globally recognized philosopher and author, will give a talk, and in March, author and success expert Debra Poneman will discuss how inner silence is the foundation for outer achievement.

For more information and to buy tickets, visit luketheatre.org.

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The Cannabis Corner

n Saturday, September 28, Santa Barbarans will get the chance to gather around one long potluck table spread in the middle of State Street to eat, talk, and remind one another that while we may come from different backgrounds and believe in different things, we’re all neighbors and we’re all in this together. Everyone is invited, and it’s free.

SECOND COURSE: The first Common Table on State Street was a The upcoming Common Table event is the smashing success. This time, there’ll be live performances as well. latest in a series of get-togethers organized by complete with a complementary street closure and the Lois & Walter Capps Project. “There is no hidden agenda, no specific issue to debate or goal strings of lights.

After eating, the evening will progress to live to achieve,” explained director Todd Capps. “The purpose is a return to performances and presentations from artists, musihuman connection, cians, dancers, poets, and storytellers. Capps is neighbor to neighbor, calling the overall evening The Art of Community.

“From the internationally acclaimed to the undisface to face.”

This will be the covered,” he said.

The lineup includes Grupo Sismo, a Mexican second time a Common Table is held on band formed in Santa Barbara in 1990; Trent State Street, and it Summar, a multi-award-winning songwriter from appears the first has Nashville who recently relocated to Carpinteria; already achieved a Clean Spill, a group of Santa Barbara surf rats who new level of commu- play garage-flavored punk rock; Zayan Reza, a nity harmony. Last young Bangladeshi-American poet and writer from time, Santa Barbara Oxnard; The Decent Folk, a lively quartet specialCity Hall made life izing in Irish, Scottish, and Celtic tunes; and others.

Things kick off at 5 p.m. in the 500 block of State miserable for the event’s permit seekers, throwing up hurdles and fees every step of the way. This time Street. Visit cappsproject.org for more information. around, the city has become an actual cosponsor, —Tyler Hayden

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n one end of the cannabis dispensary spectrum are the kinds of places where you feel uneasy and unwelcome, their dark lighting and cramped quarters as unappealing as the scowling employees behind the counter. On the entirely opposite end of that spectrum — and really in a class all by itself — is Coastal, the city’s newest cannabis shop.

Walking into the sleek and airy Coastal space, located on Chapala Street right next to the downtown Ralph’s, feels like entering a highend surf shop or health food store. In other words, very Santa Barbara.

After passing through the security check-in, you’re greeted by a smiling budtender who offers to help you find what you’re looking for, whether it be flowers, edibles, cartridges, etc. The concentrates are housed in a chilled chocolatier case near a dealcoholized wine infused with THC. The dispensary carries more than 30 brands and 400-plus cannabiscontaining products, from multistate retailers to local, small-batch producers, with strain names as pleasant as Biscotti and as provocative as Alaskan Thunder F*ck. Coastal even has its own line divided into the three categories of Play, Chill, and Care, depending on your desired effect or medical need; most of it is grown in Carpinteria greenhouses.

“We basically have whatever you want,” explained CEO Julian Michalowski during a recent tour. “If you’re looking for the best, we offer the best.” The tenders, the majority of whom hail from Santa Barbara, might direct you to a table where you can examine and smell flowers locked in small plastic containers, or they may point you toward two giant touch screens where you can scroll through the store’s entire inventory. If want even less human contact — and let’s be honest, we all have those days — you can place your order online from home and grab your purchase from the pickup window. There’s a delivery service and a loyalty program, too.

Coastal, which opened September 12, is hard at work launching three other dispensaries in Goleta, Lompoc, and San Luis Obispo, but Santa Barbara is home base. Corporate headquarters with office and manufacturing space is being built on Reddick Street, and Michalowski estimated the company will employ more than 100 people in town by year’s end.

Flanked by a living plant wall and photos of Hollister Ranch, Michalowski talked a lot about the importance of “healthy, happy, and active” living and how everything about Coastal is meant to promote that lifestyle. He said they were particularly proud of their Coastal Cares program, where employees volunteer with nearby nonprofits. Their first two recipients are the Unity Shoppe and PATH. Devon Wardlow, Coastal’s director of public affairs, acknowledged the “fair and robust” debate around recreational cannabis and its place in Santa Barbara. Sure, people in the industry have made mistakes (the same could be said for local government regulators), and everyone is still finding their footing. But tensions, at least in the city, are already easing. Coastal earned the top score in the city’s competitive, meritbased licensing process, Wardlow noted. “We’re all learning from each other,” she said, “and we’re all going to be okay.”

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Coastal, located at 1019 Chapala Street, is open 10 a.m.-10 p.m. MondaySaturday and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit coastaldispensary.com.

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Included in our purchase price were an installation kit, a three-year protection plan, and a promise to have the dryer installed within one week. We tracked our order status each day, and although a week late, the dryer finally showed up and was installed.

Small problem: The dryer didn’t work. What followed was a three-and-a-half-month corporate horror story. A story that sadly seems to be repeated by others if you take a look at the Goleta Home Depot store’s home page. It has over six pages of one-star reviews in which frustrated, angry patrons scream into the internet void for help and justice.

This, then, is a short story about how corporate America seems to be falling apart.

Problem One: The first and most obvious step was to call Home Depot and tell them our dryer didn’t work. Trying to connect via phone with a live human being there is, unless you’re willing to commit hours of your life, virtually impossible. Instead, you’re on hold for vast chunks of time listening to an unending stream of messages about other wonderful products available to you. It’s the kind of thing that, had I known about it years ago, I would have made my child listen to as punishment.

Problem Two: Once you are miraculously connected to an operator, you are then put on hold for another long, painful wait in which you once again get to hear the same messages. Finally, when the operator reappears, you are connected to the department that sells your product.

Problem Three: Nobody in that department ever answers the phone.

After failing to find anyone at Home Depot to speak with, I decided to see if their repair department could help me. I brought a number of snacks and YouTube videos to entertain me as I dialed their number. If there is a circle in hell to torture humans, it will probably closely resemble this experience. After once again being placed on hold and hearing the numerous shopping opportunities my family would have at Home Depot, I was finally able to reach a human who asked if I could please hold. After about 10 minutes, I realized that she wasn’t ever coming back.

At this point, I no longer really cared about the dryer. By now we were hanging our wash on backyard clotheslines, just like our grandparents did before Home Depot existed.

Instead, I was now curious if, in the 21st century, the task of returning a dryer could ever be accomplished. It had become my own personal Mount Everest.

The next time I called, I was ready for them. I was able to binge-watch a number of programs on Netflix and catch up on most of my email. I no longer minded being on permanent hold. In fact, I was getting used to it. Finally, a woman came on the line and allowed me to repeat my tragic dryer story. She couldn’t have been more sympathetic, but alas, this wasn’t her area. She would, however, be glad to connect

me to someone else in the store who could help me.

I told her I would be honored to hold. The incessant noise of the Home Depot pitches was becoming almost soothing. At long last, I had actually found someone who could help me! Well, she couldn’t really help me, but she told me that if I called the manufacturer, they, perhaps, could help me. And so my journey continued.

I won’t describe my troubled interactions with the LG Electronics phone system. It was as long and equally painful as you can imagine. When I was finally connected to a human, I was able to convince them that their appliance didn’t work.

They said they’d send a “technician” out to fix it.

We continued to hang our clothes out to dry. After 10 days, one of their fellows showed up, took a look at the dryer, and told us that maybe our duct wasn’t working? Get the duct fixed, he said, and he promised to come back.

After calling around, I finally was able to find a chimney sweep company that was willing to send a man to look at our duct. He spent quite a while coming in and out of the house, thoroughly entertaining our four dogs. Turned out the duct was fine. He reckoned we simply had a dryer that didn’t work. I paid him hundreds of dollars and got back on the phone.

I was lucky enough to have an online baseball game to watch this time I called LG. By the fifth inning of the game, I finally was able to reach someone and, yet again, tell them our wonderful dryer story. They promised they’d get right on it.

Two weeks passed. We strung up a longer clothesline.

Suddenly, another “technician” showed up to look at our dryer. Our dogs once again were thrilled to have an inhouse visitor. He spent hours taking the dryer apart and putting it back together. Finally he told us, “Your dryer doesn’t seem to work.” I nodded, and he left.

After another week of not hearing anything, I again reached out to LG. Once more, I had the joyous experience of being put on eternal hold. When someone finally answered, they informed me they had no record of our dryer problem. Seems that the new “technician” had failed to file any kind of report, and without his report, their hands were tied. So was my laundry, tied by clothespins.

This person suggested I call the company that sent the tech guy out. I did so, but after three days of trying to reach them, I realized they probably were never going to answer

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their phone. (My record for most rings was 41.)

I gave up on them, and, armed with hours of good books to read, again called LG. LG promised that they’d send a new “technician” out to our house next week. If he can make it through the now seemingly endless lines of drying clothes and our four dogs excitedly waiting to meet him, he can take a look at our machine. He’ll see it doesn’t work. I’m sure that by the end of the year, LG Electronics and Home Depot will provide us with a brand-new Large High Efficiency Gas Dryer.

In the meantime, I’d like to thank everyone involved who provided me with this true urban adventure, one in which perseverance and a never-say-die attitude were rekindled within me. Thank you, and now I’m going to take a shirt down off the line and go back to my real life.

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George Rose captures this remarkable array of images in Wine Country: Santa Barbara County, a thoughtfully arranged largeformat photography book showcasing a comprehensive collection of the area’s wine appellations, trails, and tasting rooms.

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“There is a Western edge,” said Rose. “I’m talking about the cattle, the cowboys, the vaqueros, the tri-tip, and the dryness of the valley where the grapes are grown. You don’t get that in Sonoma, and you don’t get that in Napa.”

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The burgers and sandwiches range in price from $10 to $14 and include the 1114 Burger, BBQ Bacon Burger, Truffle Mushroom Burger, Spicy Jalapeño Burger, Crispy Chicken Sandwich, and the Beyond Burger. Homemade flatbreads cost $14 and include pepperoni, pesto caprese, Crafthouse Club, and margherita. Signature dishes ($14-$28) include fish and chips, steak and fries, double-cut brined pork chops, bourbon chicken, wild salmon, spicy tequila shrimp fettuccine, lobster mac and cheese, sizzling fajitas, and shrimp and crab enchiladas. A special kids’ menu and Sunday brunch menu are available.

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Doug Scheiding will be on the panel of judges in addition to serving his awardwinning BBQ to the attendees. Competitors include Beans BBQ, Convivo, Craft Wood Fired Catering, The Hitching Post, The Monarch, Mosto, Soul Cal Smokehouse, and Santa Barbara Woodfire Catering. Attendees will be able to sample tri-tip from the BBQ competition and try food from other vendors as well, including tacos, wood-fired pizza, lobster bisque, and more.

Of the more than 40 breweries and 120 beers will be Firestone Walker, Lagunitas, and Karl Strauss, as well as smaller Santa Barbara County producers such as The Brewhouse, Captain Fatty’s, Draughtsmen, M.Special, Rincon Brewery, Santa Barbara Brewing, The Cruisery, and Third Window Brewing.

There will also be wine, cider, and kombucha to try. Participants can vote on the best brewery of the day, and the top three will be honored.

The event starts at 1 p.m. for VIP ticket ($100 online/$125 at gate) holders and 2 p.m. for general admission ($65 online/$80 at gate); it ends at 5:30 p.m. Designated driver tickets are $40 online/$50 gate. See californiabrewfestival.com.

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Beatrice says that the old Empress Palace at 2251 Las Positas Road, which closed in May of last year, has a new sign out front announcing “Meet Up Chinese,” but I am told that it still seems to be closed. Their website, meetuprestaurant. com, indicates that the new business is a restaurant but gives no indication when they are opening. The site suggests that you can order food online now.

GOLETA CLOSINGS: A couple of weeks ago,

I reported that Flightline Restaurant/ High Sierra Grill at 521 Firestone Road was officially closed for a “few days.”

Manager Warren Butler now tells me that the eateries are closed permanently.

“Airport/City of S.B. did not allow the lease to be assigned to Flightline,” says Butler. … Reader Annie walked by Vicenta’s in Camino Real Marketplace and noticed that it looks like they’ve shut their doors for the foreseeable future. I contacted a manager from the eatery who confirmed that they are closed permanently. Vicenta’s opened in October 2018.

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The money, which came through the department’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, is earmarked to empower marketing initiatives in the Los Angeles area to increase awareness and sales of Santa Barbara County wine.

Of the $72.4 million doled out under the federal program, California received $22.9 million.

Those funds were then dispersed by the California Department of Food and Agriculture following a competitive selection process. Other recipients included three other wine regions (Paso Robles, Sonoma, and Lake County), a “Zinfandel Trail,” and numerous other vineyard projects, as well as the cherry, lettuce, fig, bok choy, and prune industries, among more than 60 other agricultural initiatives.

S.B. Vintners’ leader, Alison Laslet, was thrilled and honored at the news. “[It] allows for a bigger marketing budget than we’ve ever had,” she said. “To have this kind of funding dedicated exclusively to promotion is exactly what the wine industry has been requesting.”

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SINGER’S LATEST RECORD IS HOMAGE TO LADIES people to understand that music it for a year and a half. And during that “ want hits people on different levels,” said time, Oprah gave her Golden Globes

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Kristin Chenoweth when speaking about her new album, For the Girls. “For example, ‘Desperado’ was written by men, but [made famous by] women singing it.”

The record is brimming with familiar songs that Chenoweth reinterprets in her own imitable style to great effect, including “The Way We Were,” Barbra Streisand’s chart-topping tune from the 1973 movie of the same name; “Crazy,” Patsy Cline’s version of the Willie Nelson–penned song; and “I’m a Woman,” the 1962 Peggy Lee hit.

Chenoweth — who has a multifaceted career, finding success in television, film, on Broadway, and as a solo singer — can manipulate her voice to whichever musical style she wants, from jazz to pop to country to stage musicals. This enviable ability is on full display in For the Girls, which sees her flutter from the achingly delicate, aforementioned “Desperado” to the rebellious pop of “You Don’t Own Me” to the sultry “The Man that Got Away.”

Chenoweth will be performing in Santa Barbara on October 2, at the Granada. I recently spoke over the phone with the amiable, charming artist about For the Girls, including how she chose the tracks and how the title came to be.

The album track list is a delightful mix of styles and genres. I particularly liked “You Don’t Own Me” with Ariana Grande. Even though Lesley Gore recorded it in the 1960s, its sentiment still holds today. I know; I love Lesley Gore’s version — it really resonated with me. When I was making my list, I didn’t know that it was going to be a female-empowered album.

But when I had the tracks together, I saw that they were all sung by kick-butt women and thought, “This is for the girls, for the women — and also the men who love us.” I worked on

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speech, turning the world on its ear. I thought, “I know why these strong women are inspiring me.”

So that’s kind of how it evolved.

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How did you choose the songs on For the Girls? They kind of tell a little story. I had a long list of potential tracks, and then the songs revealed themselves to me. Like “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” by Carole King — my mother listened to Tapestry every day of my life. And it all just started making sense. And on “I’m a Woman” with Reba [McEntire] and Jennifer [Hudson], we’re all so different [as singers]. But we recorded it, and I was like, “This is a big surprise. I really love this.” Because we are all strong, independent women, and I thought that was relevant.

The album includes several songs from the ’60s.

Was there a reason for that? It might just be what I was raised on, you know? I was raised on Dolly [Parton] and Barbra [Streisand] and Judy [Garland] and Dinah Washington — all these different musical influences. But I think there has to be a [For the Girls] part two, because there are new singers who really inspire me. Brandi Carlisle. [Country star] Maren Morris. There’s a Broadway star, Adrienne Warren, who was getting ready to play Tina Turner in New York.

You are able to change your approach to suit many styles. Do you think that that has to do with opera training? Yes, ma’am. I grew up singing gospel and country music, and my voice teacher said, “I’m going to break your bad habits. And then once I break you, I’m

going to let you have your habits back.” And at the time I was — what the heck is she talking about?

“You have a voice in your head; that does everything,” she said. “Your niche is going to be the fact that you can do so much with your voice if you train it, and you continue to train it, and live a healthy, clean life.”

It wasn’t that I didn’t take her advice — I had a great time in college. But when it came right down to it, I knew that I wanted to be an artist, and that outweighed a fun party. It does to this day.

—Michelle Drown

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SBIFF’S CALL TO ACTION FILM FEST For seven days, the SBIFF is hosting a mini film festival focused on social and environmental issues, with the goal of bringing the community together to discuss the important topics raised by the documentaries.

The slate includes American Factory, which follows factory workers who were laid off when GM shuttered its plant in 2008, then given a new work American Factory opportunity when a Chinese glass manufacturer reopens it in 2015; Artifishal, a Patagonia-made film about than 500,000 cats living on the streets of New York City; wild salmon’s slide toward extinction; The Cat Rescuers, ChangingtheGame, which explores transgender high school which follows the efforts of folks trying to help the more athletes who are breaking boundaries in sports; For Sama, a

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mother’s ode to her daughter that captures the Aleppo, Syria, uprising; Gay Chorus Deep South, which sees the S.F. Men’s Chorus tour the South in response to anti-LGBTQ laws in 2016; and Sea of Shadows, Nat Geo’s film about the plight of the few remaining vaquita porpoises, whose decline is linked to an international crime syndicate.

There will be moderated panel discussions with the films’directors and subject specialists.

SBIFF’s Call to Action Film Festival takes place FridayThursday, September 27-October 3, at SBIFF’s Riviera Theatre. See sbiff.org/cta.

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For two decades, the Flamenco Arts Festival has brought a galaxy of international stars to Santa Barbara annually in order to create and nurture an audience here for this sophisticated, traditional art form of southern Spain. Vibiana Pizano carries on the work begun by her father, Alberto Paul Pizano, one of the most prominent cultural leaders in Southern California from the 1960s until his death in 2015.

Beginning in East Los Angeles before moving to Santa Barbara in the late 1970s, father and daughter have been tireless advocates on behalf of the performing arts, maintaining close contact with the culture of modern Spain while at the same time taking leadership roles in the politics of Latinx advancement in California. The Flamenco Arts Festival, with its red-carpet pageantry at the suitably historic Lobero Theatre, represents a rare distillation of what’s best about the dream of Spanish culture on the coast of the Pacific Ocean.

This year, the festival takes place over the course of four days, Thursday-Sunday, September 26-29.

On Thursday night, Los Angeles–based composer/ guitarist Andres Vadin will bring a five-piece group to the Lobero to express the height of 21st-century sensibility in flamenco guitar. Incorporating elements of Cuban, Arabic, and jazz music into the flamenco tradition, the Andres Vadin Project will set the stage for the three days of dazzling dance to come.

As instruction is an important aspect of the festival’s mission, Friday and Sunday will be devoted to workshops led by master practitioners in each of the flamenco’s disciplines: toque (the guitar), cante (singing), and baile (the dance). Saturday night’s red-carpet gala features perhaps the most talkedabout young flamenco artist in the world right now, the Galician Eduardo Guerrero. With his long, flowing hair, bright-blue shoes, and toreador attire, Guerrero presents a flamboyant version of the masculine ideal. He’s also a tremendously original performer and a remarkable athlete, fully capable of holding an audience’s rapt attention for more than an hour without a break.

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by Charles Donelan October 3, as the first guest in in November.

UCSB Arts & Lectures’ 2019-20 Immediately following his Speaking with Pico [Iyer] series, represents both a bold appearance at UCSB, an exclusive event he’s only doing continuation of Western music’s core tradition and a for Arts & Lectures, Glass will travel to Carmel, where definitive break from the cliché of genius as a wound- The Philip Glass Center for the Arts, Science, and the ing gift or a Faustian bargain. Maybe it’s his decades of Environment is based. Each fall, the Glass Center presBuddhist practice or his status as an OG of the avant- ents two weeks of programming in Big Sur and Carmel garde, but after speaking with Glass by phone last week, under the banner of The Days and Nights Festival. Glass I can attest to the remarkable perspective and general clearly loves this event, which offers him the opportuequanimity of this extremely productive 82-year-old. nity to play music—his own and other people’s —in an Glass famously drove a New York City cab when he was intimate setting and with complete creative control over a young man, and the sangfroid required to navigate the content.

Manhattan traffic remains a feature of his disposition This year, Days and Nights kicks off on Saturday, to this day.

October 5, with A Thousand Thoughts, a documentary Widely recognized as the world’s best-known living film about the Kronos Quartet featuring live musical composer, Glass and his music are much more than sim- accompaniment. On Thursday, October 10, the group ply famous and popular. His immediately recognizable Third Coast Percussion will premiere a work by Danny early sound — derived in part from the music of India Elfman that was commissioned for the festival. The and honed to a sharp point in the lofts of New York City’s whole thing comes to a creative crescendo with what SoHo—continues to be heard ’round the world, even as Glass refers to as a new “pocket opera” called Drowning, he races ahead of his signature style in later work. Indeed, based on a text by the playwright María Irene Fornés. compositions from every period in his vast oeuvre have Glass and Pico Iyer should have plenty to talk about.

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opping a season that included Roshi Joan Halifax, George Saunders, Susan Orlean, and Andrew Solomon won’t be easy, but this season’s Arts & Lectures Speaking with Pico series is primed for the challenge. “Our aim,” Pico Iyer said over the phone recently, “is to bring to the Arts & Lectures stage people with vision who can offer us possibilities to which we can aspire. The format of the series allows me to ask things I might not otherwise have a chance to ask, and, strangely enough, it’s sometimes easier to have an intimate conversation in public than it is in private.”

On October 3, Iyer will sit down with the legendary composer Philip Glass, now 82, whom he knows slightly from their association with Tricycle, the Buddhist magazine.

“I know more about Philip’s life and writing than I do about his music,” Iyer said, “and I am interested in talking with him about the art of collabo collaboration.”

Elaine Pagels returns to her native California from Princeton, New Jersey, in Janu January. Known as a radical religious scholar, and author of The Gnostic Gospels, Beyond Belief, and Revelations, Pagels’s most Belief recent work is Why Religion?, an intimate, intensely personal memoir about loss and faith. Iyer taught at Princeton in 2019, and one evening over dinner, he and Pagels talked for three hours about religion and how it can help us cope with loss and suffering.

“We were really fortunate to book Moshin Hamid on the one day he was free before returning to Pakistan,” Iyer said of the man he will host in April. Hamid is a keen observer of the intersection between America and the Islamic world and the author of several novels, including Moth Smoke, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and his latest, Exit West, an allegorical tale about refugees. “Moshin is always fresh, clear, and sharp,” Iyer said. “His intellect is startling, and he never answers a question the same way twice.”

His final guest of the season is, Iyer admitted, almost a private indulgence.

Elizabeth Strout is known to be shy and doesn’t travel much, but she will be on the Campbell Hall stage in May. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name Is Lucy Barton, among other books, Strout is an ton undisputed master at bringing smalltown characters to life and illuminat illuminating the limitless follies of the human heart. “Strout,” said Iyer, “strikes me as a wise elder, which makes her an ideal guest for this series.”

—Brian Tanguay

Philip Glass comes to Santa Barbara Thursday, October 3, 7:30 p.m., at Campbell Hall, as the first guest in UCSB Arts & Lectures’ 2019-20 Speaking with Pico [Iyer] series. Call 893-3535 or see artsandlectures.ucsb.edu.

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Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise beautifully embodies the nightmarish clown, and performances from actors James McAvoy and Bill Hader are outstanding. Although not the perfect bookend to Chapter One, IT: Chapter Two does balance heartfelt emotion with creepy jump scares galore. (AM) Camino Real/Fiesta 5

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REMEMBERING UCSB’S TWO CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS Can Gaucho Water Polo or Soccer Squads Repeat the Glories of 1979 and 2006?

this weekend. The hosting Bruins were ranked No. 2 last week. Stanford, Cal, Pepperdine, and USC are also in the tournament.

The ’79ers and their coach, Pete Snyder, will be there when the Gauchos play their next home match against USC at noon on Sunday, October 6. Nostalgia will be in the air. UCSB’s Campus Pool, which Hendrickson described as “a leaking cement box,” remains the water polo team’s antiquated home.

A turn-away crowd is expected for the match against the Trojans.

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THE ’79ERS: The 1979 UCSB water polo team secured the school’s first NCAA championship trophy.

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WE’RE NO. 1: The undefeated (13-0) Gauchos will be on top when the national water polo rankings come out this week.

They have knocked off the two previous No. 1 teams: USC, the defending national champion, by a 13-9 score at the Inland Empire Classic two weeks ago; and Stanford, a 15-10 thumping in Palo Alto last Friday. With a 21-7 win at Fresno Pacific on Saturday, they eclipsed the school record of 12 consecutive wins.

Dave Hendrickson, cocaptain of the 1979 team, attended UCSB’s demolition of Stanford and saw familiar qualities.

“The way they played, passing the ball, looking for teammates, was exceptional,” he said.

Teamwork was the Gauchos’ hallmark 40 years ago. In their pivotal 10-9 NCAA semifinal win over Stanford, five players each scored two goals. Six scored in the final when they buried UCLA, 11-3. “We worked so hard,” Hendrickson said. “Being the first UCSB team to win it all it cemented our social circle to this day.”

Craig Wilson, their goalkeeper, went on to defend the cage for the U.S. team in three Olympic Games, winning two silver medals. “For me, the Olympics was just icing,” Wilson said.

“Santa Barbara’s championship was the cake.”

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trivia question for new UCSB students: How many NCAA Division 1 championships have been won by Gaucho sports teams?

The answer is two: men’s water polo in 1979 and men’s soccer in 2006.

Those are not trivial accomplishments. In the business of college sports, where extravagantly funded programs breed success (UCLA has won 118 national titles), UCSB’s modest outlay leaves it in a scrappy state. The two NCAA trophies on display in the Gaucho Athletic Hall of Fame — known as the Phil Womble Hall of Champions—are like precious Rembrandts in a small-town art museum.

The water polo title was so meaningful that the 1979 Gauchos have remained best friends over the years, and most of the players will return to the campus to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their accomplishment next week.

The soccer championship was so special that UCSB dubbed Harder Stadium—built for football in the 1960s—“Soccer Heaven,” bringing the NCAA’s College Cup here in 2010 and 2018. It will return in 2020.

In both sports, the Gauchos are making waves in 2019, especially in water polo, where visions of another championship are coming into focus.

STRONG ARMS: Cole Brosnan (above) scored four goals, including the game winner, in UCSB’s 16-15 overtime victory over Pepperdine.

cer championship at the expense of UCLA, defeating the Bruins, 2-1, at St. Louis 13 years ago. For the next nine years, UCSB led the NCAA in soccer attendance. The largest crowd ever to watch a regular-season game at a campus site was the 15,896 that showed up to see the Gauchos shut out UCLA, 2-0, in 2010.

The Gauchos have not qualified for the NCAA tournament since 2015. A 1-6-1 road record did them in last year. The new season began with a reversal of fortunes. UCSB lost two straight home matches—Virginia Tech and Cal shellacked them, 6-1 — and went on the road facing what goalkeeper Ben Roach called “must-win” situations. They came through, blanking Gonzaga, 1-0, and rallying past Oregon State, 3-2.

Back at Harder, the Gauchos extended their winning streak last week by stopping Seattle, 1-0, and Maryland-Baltimore County, 4-0. “We have to keep getting clean sheets [shutouts] and scoring goals,” Roach said. The sophomore keeper from Santa Barbara High carries a lot of weight on his shoulders because the Gauchos have lost several defenders to injuries and two more — Noah Billingsley and Hunter Ashworth —are down under trying out for the New Zealand U-23 national team.

UCSB hosts Stanford in a marquee match Saturday night.

The Cardinal are known for their lock-down defense. The Gauchos’ attack looked encouraging against UMBC, as midfielder Thibault Candia, a senior from Paris, scored their first hat trick since 2010. “Being able to score three goals is always a plaisir,” n Candia said. You can say that again, in any language.

FINA World Masters Championships in Hungary, they won the gold medal in the over-55 division. “Nine of the 13 players were on our UCSB team,” Hendrickson said.

The 2019 Gauchos still have a lot of work to do to create a new legacy, but they are off to a good start. They proved themselves under pressure in their home opener last Thursday, when Pepperdine came at S.B. ATHLETIC ROUND TABLE: them with all barrels blazing. The game had numerous lead changes and went into two overtime periods. The Waves took a 15-14 lead into the final 40 seconds, but the Gauchos tied the score on a clutch penalty shot by sophomore Nathan Puentes and won it, 16-15, on a sensational goal by junior Cole Brosnan.

A pass to the middle of the pool was intercepted by a Pepperdine player. Brosnan alertly forced a “ball under,” which resulted in a turnover, and, immediately taking possession, he whipped a 20-foot backhanded shot that scored with three seconds remaining.

“An amazing shot,” said Wolf Wigo, UCSB’s 14-year head coach. “I’ve never seen a play quite like it.”

“One of the craziest matches ever,” said Gaucho attacker Spencer Wood. “This is the most fun team I’ve ever played on.” Wood, a junior out of San Marcos High, Mikayla Butzke, Henry Herrera, was one of nine Gauchos who scored in the game.

Dos Pueblos Volleyball San Marcos Football It was a sign of the team’s maturity that less than 24 The senior setter recorded a rare The senior running back led the Royals hours later, following a morning bus ride, the Gauchos triple double with 10 kills, 23 assists, to a 20-14 homecoming victory over confidently took down the No. 1 team on the road. and 19 digs in the Chargers’ sweep of Channel Islands.

He rushed for 159 “We’ve had some real battles,” Wigo said after the Pepdefending Channel League champion yards on 24 carries, including the gameperdine match. “We’ll be ready for Stanford.”

San Marcos. winning TD in the final minute.

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JOHN ZANT’S GAME OF THE WEEK 9/28: College Men’s Soccer: Stanford at UCSB Stanford will come into town Saturday with a No. 1 national ranking after getting off to a 6-0 start, outscoring its opponents 15-2. The Cardinals are 14-6-2 in their series against UCSB, but the Gauchos won their last meeting at Harder Stadium by a 1-0 score in 2015, when the Cardinals began their streak of three NCAA titles.

They are loaded again this year with two outstanding freshmen: Ousseni Bouda, a two-time national player of the year who scored 156 goals as a prep, and Gabe Segal, who shared the early team lead with three goals. The Gauchos (5-2) are batting .500 against Pac-12 teams, losing to Cal at home and winning at Oregon State.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Breszny ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Comedian John Cleese speaks of two

different modes toward which we humans gravitate.

The closed style is tight, guarded, rigid, controlling, hierarchical, and tunnel visioned. The open is more relaxed, receptive, exploratory, democratic, playful, and humorous. I’m pleased to inform you that you’re in a phase when spending luxurious amounts of time in the open mode would be dramatically healing to your mental health. Luckily, you’re more predisposed than usual to operate in that mode. I encourage you to experiment with the possibilities.

99 percent of the atom’s mass, but it is as small in comparison to the rest of the atom as a pea is to a cathedral. The tiny electrons, which comprise the rest of the basic unit, fly around in a vast, deserted area. So we can rightfully conclude that you are mostly made of nothing. That’s a good meditation right now. The coming weeks will be a fine time to enjoy the refreshing pleasures of emptiness. The less frenzy you stir up, the healthier you’ll be. The more spacious you allow your mind to be, the smarter you’ll become. “Roomy” and “capacious” will be your words of power.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “We don’t always have a choice

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): Upcoming adventures could test

your poise and wit. They may activate your uncertainties and stir you to ask provocative questions. That’s cause for celebration, in my opinion. I think you’ll benefit from having your poise and wit tested. You’ll generate good fortune for yourself by exploring your uncertainties and asking provocative questions. You may even thrive and exult and glow like a miniature sun. Why? Because you need life to kick your ass in just the right gentle way so you will become alert to possibilities you have ignored or been blind to.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Novelist John Irving asked, “Who can distinguish between falling in love and imagining falling in love? Even genuinely falling in love is an act of the imagination.” That will be a helpful idea for you to contemplate in the coming weeks. Why? Because you’re more likely than usual to fall in love or imagine falling in love — or both. And even if you don’t literally develop a crush on an attractive person or deepen your intimacy with a person you already care for, I suspect you will be inflamed with an elevated lust for life that will enhance the attractiveness of everything and everyone you behold.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You know your body is made of

atoms, but you may not realize that every one of your atoms is mostly empty space. Each nucleus contains

bathroom,” confesses a Libran blogger who calls herself MagicLipstick. “An hour ago I shocked myself by making an impulse buy of a perfect cashmere trench coat from a stranger loitering in a parking lot,” testifies another Libran blogger who refers to himself as MaybeMaybeNot. “Today I had the sudden realization that I needed to become a watercolor painter, then signed up for a watercolor class that starts tomorrow,” writes a Libran blogger named UsuallyPrettyCareful. In normal times, I wouldn’t recommend that you Libras engage in actions that are so heedlessly and delightfully spontaneous. But I do now.

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about how we get to know one another,” wrote novel- (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You could call the assignment I have ist John Irving. “Sometimes, people fall into our lives for you as “taking a moral inventory,” or you could cleanly — as if out of the sky, or as if there were a direct refer to it as “going to confession.” I think of it as “flushflight from Heaven to Earth.” This ing out your worn-out problems so principle could be in full play for as to clear a space for better, bigger, HOMEWORK: “It is hard work you during the coming weeks. For more interesting problems.” Ready? and great art to make life not so Take a pen and piece of paper or best results, be alert for the arrival serious,” said John Irving. How are of new allies, future colleagues, open a file on your computer and you doing with that? write about your raw remorse, unlikely matches, and surprise FreeWillAstrology.com helpers. festering secrets, unspeakable apologies, inconsolable guilt, and VIRGO desperate mortifications. Deliver the mess to me at (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In North America, people call the truthrooster@gmail.com. I’ll print out your testimony phone number 9-1-1 to report an emergency. In much and conduct a ritual of purgation. As I burn your conof the E.U., the equivalent is 1-1-2. As you might imag- fessions in my bonfire at the beach, I’ll call on the ine, worrywarts sometimes use these numbers even Goddess to purify your heart and release you from though they’re not experiencing a legitimate crisis. For your angst. (P.S.: I’ll keep everything confidential.) example, a Florida woman sought urgent aid when her local McDonald’s ran out of Chicken McNuggets. In SAGITTARIUS another case, a man walking outdoors just after dawn (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Two hundred years ago, Sagittarian spied a blaze of dry vegetation in the distance and noti- genius Ludwig van Beethoven created stirring music fied authorities. But it turned out to be the rising sun. that’s often played today. He’s regarded as one of hisI’m wondering if you and yours might be prone to false tory’s greatest classical composers. And yet he couldn’t alarms like these in the coming days, Virgo. Be aware multiply or divide numbers. That inability made it of that possibility. You’ll have substantial power if you hard for him to organize his finances. He once wrote marshal your energy for real dilemmas and worthy about himself that he was “an incompetent business riddles, which will probably be subtle. man who is bad at arithmetic.” Personally, I’m willing to forgive those flaws and focus on praising him for LIBRA his soul-inspiring music. I encourage you to practice (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I just cut my bangs in a gas station a similar approach with yourself in the next two weeks.

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 26 Be extra lenient and merciful and magnanimous as you evaluate the current state of your life. In this phase of your cycle, you need to concentrate on what works instead of on what doesn’t work.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “When you hit a wall — of your own

imagined limitations — just kick it in,” wrote playwright Sam Shepard. That seems like a faulty metaphor to me. Have you ever tried to literally kick in a wall? I just tried it, and it didn’t work. I put on a steeltoed work boot and launched it at a closet door in my basement, and it didn’t make a dent. Plus, now my foot hurts. So what might be a better symbol for breaking through your imagined limitations? How about this: Use a metaphorical sledgehammer or medieval battering ram or backhoe. (P.S. Now is a great time to attend to this matter.)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1965, Chinese archaeologists found an untarnished, 2,400-year-old royal bronze sword that was still sharp and shiny. It was intricately accessorized with turquoise and blue crystals, precision designs, and a silk-wrapped grip. I propose we make the Sword of Goujian one of your symbolic power objects for the coming months. May it inspire you to build your power and authority by calling on the spirits of your ancestors and your best memories.

May it remind you that the past has gifts to offer your future. May it mobilize you to invoke beauty and grace as you fight for what’s good and true and just.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): “All human beings have three lives:

public, private, and secret,” wrote Piscean novelist Gabriel García Márquez. I will add that during different phases of our lives, one or the other of these three lives might take precedence, may need more care than usual. According to my analysis, your life in the coming weeks will offer an abundance of vitality and blessings in the third area: your secret life. For best results, give devoted attention to your hidden depths.

Be a brave explorer of your mysterious riddles.

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• Educator – FT

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• Recruitment Specialist

• EPIC Clarity Writer Sr.

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• Lead Cook

Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital

• Med/Surg Float Pool

• Lead Food Service Rep

• Concierge

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• Manager, Radiology

• Educator, Lactation • Emergency • Hematology/Oncology

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PAYROLL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANT

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CIRCULATION & ELECTRONIC RESERVES MANAGER

LIBRARY Collects and processes materials for reserves and electronic reserves use.

Responsible for handling all aspects of electronic reserves materials procedures including communication with faculty, and verifying documents for Fair Use compliance.

Communicates with faculty and staff to ensure electronic reserves materials are submitted and processed in a timely manner. Catalogs new faculty copies and readers for reserves.

Records statistics and workflow of Course Reserves and distributes statistics to departments. Assists with billing workflow. Serves as one of several Managers responsible for Services Desk operations. Enforces and clarifies Library, Circulation, Course Reserves, and Interlibrary Loan policies. Resolves problems, handles complaints, and issues library cards and guest login passwords. Answers telephone, email, and in‑person inquiries regarding reserves as well as circulation, verifies daily bills, and calls patrons with overdue reserves.

Supervises and assists in training and evaluating 4 ‑7 student assistants in Circulation and Course Reserves. Reqs: 2‑3 years of library experience and/or equivalent combination of education and work experience. Ability to utilize independent judgement in recommending library policies and procedures; ability to solve complex problems. Ability to interpret and apply complex description, filing, and data entry procedures. Demonstrated customer service experience and ability to work effectively with patrons, including students, staff, and faculty.

Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Notes: Criminal history background check required. Work schedule varies

• MICU • Mother Infant

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• NICU

• Room Service Server

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• Security Officer – FT Evenings

• Operating Room

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Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital • RN, ED – PD

• Peds

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• Peds Outpatient RN

• Teacher – PT

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• Admin Assistant – FT

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Clinical

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Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital

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AVAILABLE FOR SELECT FULL-TIME

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POSITIONS

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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 Please reference “SBI” when applying. EOE

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EMPLOYMENT during the quarter, primarily evenings, weekends, and holidays. $21.05‑ $22.44/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online by 10/1/19, thereafter open until filled.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20190533

FINANCIAL SUPPORT ANALYST

GRADUATE DIVISION Participates in the central administration of Graduate Student Financial Support across both fellowship and employment based fee remission programs.

Develops and manages reporting for the administration of central fellowship funds, performs complex technical analysis and calculations to help generate campus resource allocations, develops and maintains the Division’s budget for student support in both current year and multi‑year contexts, and performs account reconciliation and fiscal close functions. Performs fiscal and financial system audit and compliance functions for both graduate fellowship and employment based fee remission functions. Reqs: Requires ability to work both independently and within a team environment. Ability to perform financial and policy analysis. Requires understanding of accounting principles. Requires strong attention to detail, high degree of accuracy and follow through. Strong communication skills. Experience analyzing and reporting on large data sets. Proficient with MS Office and database applications. Demonstrated timely completion of assignments.

Note: Criminal history background check required. $54,500‑ $63,840/ yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online by 10/2/19, thereafter open until filled.

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GENERAL ACCOUNTANT

BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES Uses in‑depth accounting knowledge to resolve complex Financial Control account reconciliations between all UC campuses and the 2 UCOP ledgers (E and M). Analyzes problems using a variety of applications from multiple sources to determine solutions, ( i.e., Excel, PeopleSoft, EIA, Corporate Reporting System, etc.) . Collaborates Systemwide moving millions of dollars of funding. Independently performs responsibilities with a detailed understanding of significant processes, practices and policies. Understands the Accounting Manual and Policies, and make decisions advising local campus and systemwide departments how to account for Financial Control transactions. This position is an experienced professional and technical leader in Financial Control for UCSB. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/ training. Knowledge of accounting function and assignments. Ability to independently gather, organize, and perform accounting related analysis.

Thorough knowledge of financial transactions and systems, as well as related policy, accounting, and regulatory compliance requirements.

Note: Criminal history background check required. $61,180 ‑ $63,000/ yr. The University of California is

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HR BUSINESS PARTNER

OFFICE OF THE CIO (OCIO) AND ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (ETS) Responsible for coordination and delivery of HR services; assessing and anticipating OCIO organizational needs; and working to develop integrated solutions for a high performing culture. Job description reflects a dual classification recruitment Ultimate decision to fill the position at the Professional level 2 or Professional level 3 will be based on the combination of expertise, experience, and skills in HR subject matter, HR leadership, analytical and critical thinking, communication, workforce planning, employee relations, and HR strategic planning.

Reqs: HR Generalist 2 (non‑exempt): Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent combination of education/ experience. Direct experience with the following HR functions: recruitment, employee onboarding, separation and off‑boarding, and records management. Knowledge of HR concepts, best practices, risk implications, and compliance requirements of Federal and State laws/regulations in the functional areas described. Recent HR Generalist experience is preferred. HR Generalist 3 (exempt): In addition the level 3 requires significant, progressive generalist experience in the field of HR that demonstrates HR leadership, advanced knowledge of human resources concepts, best practices, risk implications, and compliance requirements of Federal and State laws/regulations across the full scope of HR functions. Demonstrated experience in employee relations, compensation administration, and performance management. Ability to translate the long‑term vision for the organization into HR work plans that align HR priorities with broader goals, measure outcomes, and use feedback to change as needed. Notes: Criminal history background check required.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship currently or in the future. May be required to report to duty in the event of emergency and may need to help mobilize other staff members during and after an emergency.

Work schedule may require occasional evening and weekend work. Telecommuting or Remote work may be an option for this position. Salary: $58,130‑ $91,400/ yr. Salary negotiable. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply by 9/30/19, thereafter open until filled. Apply online at https://jobs. ucsb.edu Job #20190526

IT PROJECT MANAGER

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER Responsible for the overall success of an enterprise‑level project, including time and resource management, financial planning, scope management, issue and risk

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Plans, directs, and monitors the work produced by the extended project team, including planning and implementing appropriate quality assurance activities. Manages stakeholder relationships, including general ongoing communications, negotiation of scope and schedule changes, key risks, issue resolutions, and ongoing progress reporting.

Shapes stakeholder expectations, and manages the scope and any contracts associated with the project. Must have a broad knowledge of industry best practices and be able to proactively identify potential project risks in order to advise and consult with stakeholders on risk identification, analysis and mitigation strategies. Reqs: UCSB requires Project Managers to have the skills and experience to manage the entire life‑cycle of a project, from initiation through successful delivery and closeout. Must be proficient in applying industry standard techniques and tools to perform the standard project management activities, based on experience in managing projects to deliver campus IT solutions. Bachelor’s degree in business, human resource management, information systems or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience. 3‑4 years of relevant project management experience. Project management skills related to project planning and control, scope management, issue and risk management, and quality management. Ability to monitor progress and health of a project against the plans using industry standard techniques. Experience negotiating contractual documents and maintaining changes to the terms and conditions of those documents, especially as it relates to project deliverables. Experience leading projects within approved scope, budget and quality. Communication skills, to include the ability with project stakeholders at all levels and work through tough issues with team members, senior leaders and sponsors and/or third party vendors.

Notes: Criminal history background check required. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship currently or in the future. Telecommuting or remote work may be an option for this position. $77,005‑$102,500/yr.

Salary commensurate with experience.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online by 10/7/19, thereafter open until filled.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20190554

PAYROLL ANALYST

BUSINESS & FINANCIAL SERVICES Use critical thinking, and problem solving skills to research, analyze and develop solutions to a wide range of complex campus payroll and general ledger questions, issues, and concerns. Researches and troubleshoots business processes and system issues and demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining resolution within tight deadlines. Administers the campus wide work authorization program and processes required by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Reviews and analyzes all documents submitted by employees to support their citizenship status and makes decisions on the acceptability and validity of the documents in accordance with guidelines set forth

by USCIS. Reqs: Knowledge of payroll policies, practices and concepts for large and complex institution in Higher Education serving a variety of unique employee pay groups.

Knowledge regulations related to work authorization, leaves of absences, termination, retirement, compensation, taxes, deductions, and other areas of payroll processing.

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Knowledge of financial data management and reporting systems.

Notes: Criminal history background check required. This is a multi‑hire recruitment with three vacancies. $24.09‑ $26.34/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online by 9/29/19, thereafter open until filled.

Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20190529

SENIOR AUDITOR

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Five or more years of relevant experience. Exceptionally strong organizational and time management skills; proven ability to set priorities that accurately reflect the relative importance of job responsibilities and take into consideration deadlines, competing requirements and complexity. Skill in coordinating project elements and planning resource utilization. Note: Criminal history background check required. $69,435‑$80,812/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For primary consideration apply online by 10/6/19, thereafter open until filled.

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LEGALS ADMINISTER OF ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ARTHUR GROPPER, also known as ARTHUR LAWRENCE GROPPER NO: 19PR00370 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of ARTHUR GROPPER, also known as ARTHUR LAWRENCE GROPPER A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: BONNIE FISH in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): BONNIE FISH be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The Independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 10/10/2019 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Anacapa Division.

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

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

Petitioner: Charron O’Neill; O’Neill & Woolpert, 1014 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401; (805) 543‑7695.

Published Sep 05, 12, 19 2019.

BULK SALE PROPERTY NOTICE of Seizure and Notice of Intended forfeiture Property was seized pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11470 in the following case and the District Attorney of Ventura County has instituted proceeding to forfeit this property pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11488.4.

The case number and property description for each case is set forth below.

You are instructed that, if you desire to contest the forfeiture of the property, pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11488.5, you must file a verified Claim Opposing Forfeiture (MC‑200) stating your interest in the property.

You must file this claim with the Court Clerk in the Superior Court of Ventura, at 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, 93009 California, within thirty (30) days from the date of first publication of the notice, or if

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you received personal or mailed notice, thirty (30) days from the date on which your received personal or mailed notice, whichever is earlier. Identify the claim with the applicable case number as stated below. You must serve an endorsed copy of your claim on the District Attorney of Ventura County, 5720 Ralston Street, Suite 300, Ventura, California 93003 to the attention of Deputy District Attorney Karen L. Wold within thirty‑ (30) days of filing your claim in Superior Court.

The failure to timely file a verified claim stating an interest in the property in the Superior Court and timely serving an endorsed copy thereof on the District Attorney will result in the property being declared forfeited to the State of California and distributed pursuant to the provision of Health and Safety Code section 11489 without further notice or hearing. FS#19‑011 February 26, 2019 Ventura County Sheriff’s Department officers seized $18,045 U.S. currency at 551 Pueblo Street, #10, Santa Barbara CA in connection with a controlled substance violation of section 11351 of the Health and Safety Code. The seized property has an estimated or appraised value of $18,045. 9/12, 9/19, 9/26/19 CNS‑3290267# SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (Notice pursuant to UCC Sec. 6105) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a bulk sale is about to be made. The name(s) and business address of the seller are: Andy Taylor117‑D Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Doing business as: Blue Water Hunter. All other business name(s) and address(es) used by the seller(s) within the past three years, as stated by the seller(s), are: (if none, so state): None. The location in California of the chief executive office of the seller is: Andy Taylor 1118 Los Olas Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

The name(s) and business address of the buyer(s) are: Jethro Acosta 1031 Palermo Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93109. The assests being sold are generally described as: DIVING EQUIPMENT and SERVICES. and are located at 1117‑D Harbor Way Santa Barbara, CA 93109. The bulk sale is intended to be consummated at the office of: 117‑D Harbor Way Santa Barbara, CA 93109 and the anticipated sale date is September 27, 2019. The bulk sale is subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2. The name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is: Jethro Acosta 1031 Palermo Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93105. and the last day for filing claims by any creditor shall be September 26, 2019 which is the business day before the anticipated sale date specified above.

Dated: September 12, 2019. Signed: Jethro Acosta. Published: Sep 19, 26.

Oct 10 2019.

FBN ABANDONMENT STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: YOSHINOYA 4146 at 1180 University Circle Santa Barbara, CA 93106; The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 08/16/2016 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2016‑0002365.

The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Bao Thai Nguyen 7543 Sea Gull Dr. Goleta, CA 93117 (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 09, 2019. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy, Published: Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VIVA at 31 W. Quinto St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Kyli Bingham (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 Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2019‑0002008. Published: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAGE TRIAL ALLIANCE at 1019 Quinientos Street Apt 9 Santa Barbara, CA 93103‑3462; Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Paul Herning, Treas. 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 Brenda Aguilera . FBN Number: 2019‑0001990. Published: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ELEVEN 14 CRAFTHOUSE & KITCHEN at 1114 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Viva SB LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Partnership Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 27, 2019.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2019‑0002091.

Published: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KRIS‑IT! CONCIERGE & PERSONAL ASSISTANT at 960 West mountan Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Kristine Mae Proksch (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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: 2019‑0002127. Published: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PEOPLE’S PASTA at 2228 De La Vina St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Emily Kaskela (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Emily Kaskela Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 27, 2019.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales . FBN Number: 2019‑0002094.

Published: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HD TILE & STONE at 1233 Richelle Lane Unit E Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Eduardo Dominguez Huerta (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 28, 2019.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2019‑0002111.

Published: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CARLIN DUNNE FOUNDATION at 1111 Chapala Street Suite 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Foundation (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Jonathan Bower‑Agent Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 28, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0002100. Published: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: QUANTUM ENERGY CONSULTANTS at 10 E Yanonali St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Daniel Bost Howard 6897 Trigo Rd. Goleta, CA 93117 conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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: 2019‑0002125. Published: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: ART4SECURITY, ART4STREAMS, ART4TECH at 317 Alameda Padre Serra Santa Barbara, CA 93103 conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 22, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Connie Tran. FBN Number: 2019‑0002057.

Published: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LA PLAYA AZUL CAFE at 914 Santa Barbara St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Delia Beatrice Elias 5016 La Gama Way Santa Barbara, CA 93111 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 Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2019‑0001899. Published: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GOODLAND GOODS at 7316 Freeman Place Goleta, CA 93117; Ryckman Diversified LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Todd Ryckman‑Managing Member Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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: 2019‑0002126.

Published: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THOUSAND STEPS, THOUSAND STEPS TAPROOM AND KITCHEN, THOUSAND STEPS TAPROOM, THOUSAND STEPS TAPROOM & KITCHEN at 201 Santa Cruz Blvd.

Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Mesa Brew, LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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 Adela Bustos. FBN Number: 2019‑0002114.

Published: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CLEARVIEW LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS at 6464 Hollister Ave., Suite 7A Goleta, CA 93117; Clearview Property Services Inc P.O. Box 61707 Santa Barbara, CA 93160 conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 27, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0002088.

Published: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: GOWIRELESS21 at 306 E Haley St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Jose Guadalupe Contreras Rios 227 W Valerio St #1 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 27, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2019‑0002093.

Published: Sep 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: YOSHINOYA 4146 at 1180 University Center Santa Barbara, CA 93106; Kevin Lam 219 Pebble Beach Dr conducted by an Indivdual Company Signed: Kevin Lam Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 9, 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: 2019‑0002162. Published: Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HOPE FITNESS APPAREL at 816 Nopal Street #1 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Ruben Venegas Jr (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 26, 2019.

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

by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0002082. Published: Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KRISTI BORDEAUX WORLD TRAVEL at 1324 State St. Ste C Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kristi Bordeaux 3945 Stacy Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93110 conducted by an Indivdual Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 9, 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: 2019‑0002173. Published: Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CHEF PHILIPPE, EVENTS BY PHILIPPE, PHILIPPE at 254 E. Calle Laureles Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Philippe Sautot (same address) conducted by an Indivdual Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 9, 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: 2019‑0002163. Published: Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MAYA INCOME TAX COMPANY at 5874 Hollister Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Ernesto Martinez 104 S. Alisos St. Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Ana Maya 717 E. Ocean Ave Lompoc, CA 93436 conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 04, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0002143. Published: Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: POULIN SAFETY, 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 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: 2019‑0001942. Published: Aug 15, 22, 29. Sep 5 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SIZZLING LUNCH at 6533 Trigo Rd #106 Goleta, CA 93117; 212F Hotpot (same address) conducted by an Cororation Signed: David Chen, CEO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 04, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2019‑0002144. Published: Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SAFE START PROFESSONAL MONITORS at 289 Ellwood Beach Dr. #12 Goleta, CA 93117; Leah Fernandez (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 03, 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: 2019‑0002134. Published: Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PHOTOPOSTOS at 132 Garend St. 1A Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Marlise Senzamici (same address) conducted by an Indivdual Company 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 Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2019‑0001956.

Published: Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SURFERS DELIGHT at 20 S Kellogg Ave Unit C Goleta, CA 93117; Jeffrey Svoboda 905 Vereda Del Ciervo Goleta, CA 93117 conducted by an Indivdual Company Signed: Jeffrey Svoboda Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 6, 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: 2019‑0002156.

Published: Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SEEDS OF LOVE LLC, SOL, SOL SB at 1072 Cheltenham Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Seeds of Love LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Kelly Patterson Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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 Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2019‑0002075. Published: Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA VIPERS at 214 South Salinas Street #10 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; David Palmer Jr (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: David Palmer Jr. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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: 2019‑0002117. Published: Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: SUN RISE POOL & SPA SERVICE at 200 South 7th Street Lompoc, CA 93436; Cristian Rubi (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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: 2019‑0002250.

Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BROKEN OAK at 1316 Viola Way Lompoc, CA 93436; Amber Rose Hogan (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Amber Hogan Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 03, 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 Mary Soto. FBN Number: 2019‑0002137.

Published: Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RIVER ROAD PROPERTIES at 3993 Foothill Road Santa Barbara, CA 93110; RRP Realty LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Mark A. Corliss, Managing Member Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 9, 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: 2019‑0002171.

Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ELEMENTS 13 FLOORING at 7 W. figueroa Street Suite 318 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; FCS Financial Construction Services Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Mark A. Corliss, Managing Member Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 9, 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: 2019‑0002170. Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GREATER SANTA BARBARA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE at 1601 Anacapa St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Greater Santa Barbara Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 10, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0002178. Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GREATER SANTA BARBARA HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION at 1601 Anacapa St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Greater Santa Barbara Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 10, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0002180. Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL at 3790 San Remo Drive #32 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Pempa Dema (same address) Jose Luis Jacobson (same address) conducted by an Married Couple 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: 2019‑0002022. Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALL TERRAIN SOLAR ELECTRIC at 1187 Coast Village Rd Ste 1‑134 Santa Barbara, CA 93108; All Terrain Solar Electric (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 11, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2019‑0002201.

Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GM AUTO & SMOG INC at 155 W. Alamar Ave. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; GM Auto & Smog Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Andrew Gonzales 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 Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2019‑0002013. Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NELLY’S TAILORING, SANTA BARBARA SEWING STUDIO at 435 E. Sola Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Nelly Bondarenko (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Nelly B. Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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: 2019‑0002132. Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GCO FARMING at 224 W Main St Santa Maria, CA 93458; J. Guadalupe Contreras 2275 Bonnie Jean Ln Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 conducted by an Individual Signed: J. Guadalupe Contreas 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 Mary Soto. FBN Number: 2019‑0002042. Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WABI SABI at 38 West Victoria Street #119 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Siamese Corporation 460 Camino Del Remedio Unit A Santa Barbara, CA 93110 conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 11, 2019.

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

by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2019‑0002190. Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PROPERTY ONE MANAGEMENT at 5290 Overpass Rd Bldg C Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Sierra Property Group, Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Kevin S. Roberson CFO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0002209. Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ALPHIE’S CAFE, ALPHIE’S RESTAURANT at 5725 Hollister Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Ely A Tagatac 4551 Via Maria Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Ophelia V Tagatac (same address) conducted by an Married Couple Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0002219. Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CORE STRATEGY INC., PHILIP LESSLIE CONSULTING, JC CONSULTING, STAR NETWORK INTERNATIONAL, JUST CUSTOMERS INC. at 6647 El Colegio Road Suite D232/234 Goleta, CA 93117; Philip William Lesslie 3219 Bagley Ave #2 Los Angeles, CA 90034 conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 11, 2019.

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

by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2019‑0002200. Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BLUE WATER, BLUE WATER HUNTER at 117 Harbor Way #D Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Jethro Acosta 1031 Palmero Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93105 conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 10, 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: 2019‑0002184. Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TORO’S JUMPERS at 111 N La Cumbre Rd Apt 16 Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Maria Mayo‑Mora (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 06, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

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by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2019‑0002155. Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CHOCOLATE MASTERWORKS, SWEET DREAMS

BY CHOCOLATE MASTERWORKS at 803 Alston Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108‑2302; Margaret J. Van Sicklen (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Aug 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: 2019‑0002187. Published: Sep 19, 26. Oct 3, 10 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MOXI, MOXI, THE WOLF MUSEUM OF EXPLORATION + INNOVATION at 125 State St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Children’s Museum of Santa Barbara (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Jenny Kearns, CFO & COO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 17, 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: 2019‑0002272.

Published: Sep 26. Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SENIOR FITNESS TRAINING at 3661 Montalvo Way Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Richard E Payne (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 17, 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: 2019‑0002262. Published: Sep 26.

Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FOSTER CONSTRUCTION at 6252 Newcastle Ave Goleta, CA 93117; JSF Construction Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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: 2019‑0002253. Published: Sep 26.

Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PERFECTION PAINTING at 760 Mission Park Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Paul Joseph Moore (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Paul Moore Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 13, 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: 2019‑0002217. Published: Sep 26.

Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: WOLF PACK WALKS at 303 Loma Alta Dr #4 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Brittany Steele ( s a m e a d d re s s ) c o n d u c t e d by an Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 17, 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: 2019‑0002275. Published: Sep 26. Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: AMOR A CHURROS at 2720 Las Positas Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Zacarias Gonzalez (same address) Monica Valle 1035 E Cota Santa Barbara, CA 93103 conducted by an General Partnership Signed: Zacarias Gonzalez Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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: 2019‑0002296. Published: Sep 26. Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: SB HANDYMAN at 2229 Chapala Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Holden Ploch (same address) conducted by an Individual Signed: Holden Ploch Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0002236. Published: Sep 26. Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: S A N TA BARBARA VASCULAR SPECIALISTS at 1392 Camino Rio Verde Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Kevin M Casey MD Apmc (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 20, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0002303. Published: Sep 26. Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business a s : S E RV P R O O F S A N TA BARBARA at 6100 Hollister Ave #4A Santa Barbara, CA 93117; SB Restoration, Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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 Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0002293. Published: Sep 26. Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business a s : PA R RY L a t 4 2 3 W. G u t i e r re z # 9 S a n t a B a r b a r a , CA 93101; Katherine Klein ( s a m e a d d re s s ) conducted by an Individual Signed: Katherine Klein Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 03, 2019. This s t a t e m e n t e x p i re s f i v e y e a r s from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Margaret Silva.

FBN Number: 2019‑0002133.

Published: Sep 26. Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T The f o l l o w i n g p e r s o n ( s ) i s / a re doing business as: COUTURE CONSTRUCTION at 18 Calle Capistrano Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Shawn Couture (same a d d re s s ) S u s a n n a C o u t u re (same address) conducted by an Married Couple Signed: Susanna Couture Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 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: 2019‑0002151. Published: Sep 26. Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RADIUS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AND INVESTMENTS at 205 E. Carrillo St., Ste. 100 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Radius Groyup Commercial Real Estate, Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Sherrie Martin Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 17, 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: 2019‑0002266. Published: Sep 26.

Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 805 ROLFING & MASSAGE, SANTA BARBARA MASSAGE & ROLFING at 903 State St. Ste 211 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; 805 Rolfing & Massage LLC (same address) conducted by an Limited Liability Company Signed: Robert Cumming, Manager Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 23, 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: 2019‑0002320. Published: Sep 26. Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CENTRAL COAST ABRASIVES, NITRIDE SPECIALTY SUPPLY, SANTA BARBARA BOGU at 5708 Hollister Avenue, #110 Goleta, CA 93117; Sierra Crystals, Inc. (same address) conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 24, 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: 2019‑0002328.

Published: Sep 26. Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RED PEPPER at 282 Orange Ave. Goleta, CA 93117; Uncle L, Inc 325 Pacific Oaks Goleta, CA 93117 conducted by an Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Sep 19, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2019‑0002299. Published: Sep 26. Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF LAURA OAKS & JOHN DOUGLAS ENGLISH ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV04615 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: MARISSA AYASHA REBECCA OAKS ENGLISH TO: MARISSA AYASHA REBECCA OAKS ENGLISH THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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NOTICE OF HEARING October 23, 2019 9:30am, 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; SANTA BARBARA 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 Aug 30 2019.

by Timothy J. Staffel, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF JULIAN SEAN HENDERSON, JULENE PEARL CASTILLO TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV04519 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: JULIAN SEAN HENDERSON TO: JULIAN SEAN CASTILLO FROM: JULENE PEARL ARMSTRONG TO: JULENE PEARL CASTILLO THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING October 30, 2019 9:30am, Dept 6 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; SANTA BARBARA 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 Sep 03 2019.

by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF GABRIEL MATTHEW RODMAN TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV04581 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: GABRIEL MATTHEW RODMAN TO: LACHLAN ALEXANDER KLUGE THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING Novmber 06, 2019 9:30am, Dept 6 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; SANTA BARBARA 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 Sep 03 2019.

by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Sep 12, 19, 26. Oct 3 2019.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF ANTONY BERT BUTTRAM TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV04886 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: ANTONY BERT BUTTRAM TO: ANTHONY BERT CRESTFIELD THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING November 13, 2019 9:30am, Dept 6 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; SANTA BARBARA 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 Sep 20 2019. by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Sep 26. Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF JOE SOLARES NAVARRO TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV04981 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: JOE SOLARES NAVARRO TO: JOSEPH PETER NAVARRO THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING November 13, 2019 9:30am, Dept 6 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101; SANTA BARBARA 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 Sep 20 2019. by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Sep 26. Oct 3, 10, 17 2019.

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE: Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless are proposing to build a 100‑foot (overall height) Self‑support Communications Tower. Anticipated lighting application is medium intensity dual red/white strobes. The site location is 41 Lake Canyon Road, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California 93437, lat/long: N 34‑44‑48.38 / W 120‑31‑27.64. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Antenna Structure Registration (ASR, Form 854) filing number is A1142138.

Santa Barbara Superior Court, 1100 Anacapa Street, P.O. Box 21107, Santa Barbara, CA 93121‑1107. Shore Name of Case: McQuarie and Wilson v. Vernon Construction, Inc., Case Number: 18CV05147. The name, address, and telephone number of cross‑complainant’s attorney is: Darren M. Ebner / Kathryn L. Kim, 714‑957‑5742, Springel & Fink LLP, 18100 Von Karman Ave., Suite 750, Irvine, CA 92612. Date: Jan 02, 2019; Clerk Sarah Sisto Published: Sep 05, 12, 19, 26 2019.

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