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Stories of His Life and Career Join us for Itzhak Perlman’s special 75th birthday celebration, a rare autobiographical evening providing fascinating insight into one of our most revered musical masters.

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NEWS BRIEFS PUBLIC SAFETY On 12/14, the U.S. Forest Service announced that the Cave Fire, which began on 11/25 and burned more than 3,100 acres of land, has been 100 percent contained. In a press release, Los Padres National Forest officials thanked firefighters for their hard work and diligence, pointing to the fact that no residences were damaged and no injuries occurred as a testament to their success. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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nywhere from 400 to 600 Santa Barbarans thronged to the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Tuesday night to call for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. They carried signs reading, “No one is above the law” and “Dump Trump, Ditch Mitch”; heard speeches from the likes of State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, County Supervisor Das Williams, and

State Assemblymember Monique Limón; chanted; and beat on drums. The rally was one of at least 500 like it nationwide, held just as the Senate was scheduled to launch impeachment proceedings of its own. This one was organized by activists with Indivisible with help from developer Andrew Bermant.

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e have been targeted,” Vanessa Ramirez told the Board of Supervisors last Tuesday. “My generation is falling into a very deep hole of addiction.” Speaking through tears, the Dos Pueblos High School junior described how some classmates recently skipped a field trip because they couldn’t go more than a few hours without vaping.

Between 2016 and 2018, e-cigarettes usage among Santa Barbara teenagers has nearly doubled. Using devices disguised as pens, watches, or even wallets, young users ingest as many as four pods a day. The most popular brand, Juul, sells e-juice pods that taste like Pop-Tarts, ice cream, or other treats, yet contain as much nicotine as two packs of cigarettes.

Santa Barbara teachers describe school hallways and bathrooms permeated by the sicklysugary aroma of vapor.

Santa Barbara’s supervisors, who listened to Ramirez and other students as well as doctors and parents, voted last week, and affirmed this Tuesday, to ban flavored nicotine products. The ban also covers menthol products, the mailorder delivery of nicotine items, and the sale of small pack sizes. Similar rules have passed in Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties.

UP IN VAPE: This Tuesday, county supervisors affirmed its ban on flavored nicotine products, which includes e-cigarettes as well as menthol products, the mail-order delivery of nicotine items, and the sale of small pack sizes.

“Can you picture the adults in a corporate boardroom who thought it was a good idea to addict children to nicotine?” asked Supervisor Gregg Hart. “It’s unfathomable, and the fact that the state and the feds haven’t taken action is beyond ridiculous.”

Santa Barbara doctors reminded the board that California’s Department of Public Health did, in fact, make the stunning announcement in November warning people to immediately

cease vaping until more research is done on its health impacts.

Unregulated by the FDA and containing mysterious cocktails of volatile compounds, heavy metals, and artificial flavoring, vaping has been blamed for 173 hospitalizations and four deaths in the state, in addition to more than 2,000 reports of lung damage nationwide.

The ban was not without its critics. Isis Dominguez, spokesperson for county tobacco

Rep. Salud Carbajal, with Rep. Julia Brownley of Ventura, has introduced a boat-safety bill authored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Julia Brownley addressing issues widely implicated in the Conception blaze, in which 34 people died while bunked below deck. The proposed Small Passenger Vessel Safety Act of 2019 requires such boats to have at least two means of escape to different parts of the vessel, mandates safety standards for handling and storing devices like lithiumion batteries, and establishes increased standards for fire alarm systems that are connected to one another, among other requirements.

PEOPLE After 11 years as the CEO of Lotusland, Gwen Stauffer announced she is retiring. Rebecca Anderson, the garden’s current director of philanthropy, was named interim director by the Board of Trustees. The 37-acre botanic garden is home to over 3,000 exotic plants that have won it plaudits from outlets such as the Los Angeles Times, Condé Nast, and Architectural Digest. During her tenure, Stauffer oversaw the $6 million renovation of Lotusland’s Japanese Garden, which reopened in June.

A 21-year-old Oak Park man was killed 12/23 on the U.S. 101 north of Garden Street. The man jumped out onto the road from the highway divider at around 1:16 a.m., ran across the southbound lanes, and was hit by a Freightliner truck, CHP reported. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say they are unsure if alcohol or drugs were a factor in the incident. The county Coroner’s Office will release information about the victim after next of kin have been notified.

COURTS & CRIME Two alleged identity thieves, Michael Flitterman and Alexandra Pearl, were captured in Long Beach after one of the suspects reportedly used a credit card stolen from a Santa Barbara man’s mail and another person’s ID to buy a car. The accompanying search warrant uncovered other identity theft victims, tools to make fake IDs, credit cards, checks, and other documents. The two were booked on felony charges of identity theft.

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San Jose surgeon who is charged with the attempted murder of a courtordered observer December 8 in the parking lot of Goleta’s Zodo’s Bowling & Beyond was arrested in Whitefish, Montana, December 11. Theresa Lynn Colosi was on a supervised visit with her 12-year-old son when she struck the observer with a metal object at Zodo’s at about 9:30 a.m. December 8, according to Montana media and Santa Barbara’s Sheriff ’s Office. The observer sustained severe injuries to her head and face but told the child to run to Zodo’s for help, according to the County Sheriff ’s Office. Colosi fled the scene in a car while bystanders called 9-1-1.

Sheriff ’s detectives discovered Colosi had chartered a private jet out of Lompoc Airport, which flew to Glacier International Airport in Montana at around 10:48 a.m. on that Sunday. An orthopedic surgeon, Colosi had previously given away her belongings, withdrawn $900,000 from her bank account, and chartered the flight under fictitious names for herself, her son, and her dog.

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ON THE RUN: Theresa Lynn Colosi flew to Montana after allegedly striking a court-ordered observer with a metal object in the Goleta bowling alley’s parking lot during a supervised visit with her son.

it and had no professional relationship with them.

Colosi was arrested on a $1 million warrant as she got into a cab in Whitefish, the Montana papers stated. She’s being held without bail at Flathead County Detention Center until she can be extradited to Santa Barbara on attempted murder and attempted kidnapping charges.

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SHARING IS CARING: A bike-share program is something city traffic planner Rob Dayton (above) and local bike advocates have long desired. his May, about 250 Trek electric bikes installed on city sidewalks, and benches will

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will descend on downtown Santa Barbara, part of the city’s first bike-share program. The e-bikes, programmed to hit top speeds of 19 miles per hour with pedal assist, will cost riders $5 for the first half hour.

Of the three companies that applied for the city’s contract, the Trek-owned bikeshare company BCycle was the only one to offer all-electric bikes, said city traffic planner Rob Dayton. According to Dayton, BCycle has been in the bike-share business for 10 years and is now operating in 50 cities.

“They’re not going anywhere,” he said. Nor did it hurt that Trek CEO John Burke lives part-time in Santa Barbara, Dayton added.

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be removed to create space as needed. Dayton said most downtown business owners are happy to see the removal of the benches, where homeless people often rest.

While the news was greeted with enthusiasm by councilmembers and many of the alternate transportation advocates in attendance, COAST representative Melissa Cunningham raised the issue of “equitable access,” suggesting some e-bikes be located at the transit center and tourist hot spots.

Councilmember Jason Dominguez, who represents the Eastside, noted that e-bikes would be welcome in his district, especially along the bicycle boulevard slated for Alisos Street.

Teddi Drew, co-owner of Wheel Fun Rentals, warned that the e-bike rentals could put her and four other companies out of business unless they’re priced to discourage anything but rides of less than 35 minutes.

Her company, she noted, provides 100,000 —Nick Welsh bike rides a year.

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IT’S UNANIMOUS: The council voted unanimously to enact an emergency ban on new granny-flat applications and in favor of Ed. St. George’s (above) revised plans for a three-story, 33-room hotel proposed for the 300 block of East Montecito Street.

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Council Enacts Temporary Ban in High Fire Zones and Approves New Hotel for Ed St. George

by Nick Welsh early two months after Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill to eliminate local controls that might hinder the development of new granny flats — otherwise known as accessory dwelling units (ADUs)—the Santa Barbara City Council voted unanimously to enact an emergency ban on new granny-flat applications in parts of town where steep and narrow roads make mass evacuations challenging if not impossible. This temporary ban also applies to historically significant properties that might be compromised by such development and could last for as long as a year.

In this time, the council and city staff will attempt to craft local ordinances that comply with the state’s radical new hands-off doctrine when it comes to housing regulations, while also addressing the health-and-safety concerns expressed by city Fire Marshal Joe Poiré and traffic engineer Derrick Bailey.

They contend the potential onslaught of new granny flats in certain single-family neighborhoods could generate enough additional traffic and congestion—especially in times of fire—to constitute an imminent threat to public safety.

Whether it’s possible for the council to draft anything that meets the Legislature’s newfound sense of urgency when it comes to California’s housing crisis remains to be seen. But without the emergency measure enacted by the council, Santa Barbara’s own granny-flat ordinance would have been deemed null and void as of January 1. In its place would have been the state’s lessrestrictive language.

The state’s new law is unfettered when it comes to parking demands, size limits, and owner-occupancy requirements compared to the ordinance adopted by the council last May. In addition, the state’s new law allows multiple granny flats to be built on parcels with multi-family housing, as well as the conversion of garages, storage rooms, rec rooms, and carports into housing.

If every eligible property owner takes advantage of the new bill, the number of housing units within city limits could jump from 36,000 to 75,000. About 8,000 of those new units, said planner Renee Brooke, lie

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within the city’s foothill zone or its extreme fire zones. Given the network of narrow roads serving these zones, all that extra traffic would pose major challenges in times of fire. But even in non-emergencies, such an increase of vehicle trips would be seriously problematic.

In the past two years, 291 granny flats have been either built or approved within city limits, and another 166 are currently under review. To date, only 75 applications have been denied or withdrawn. Under current law, granny flats must be processed within 120 days; if not, they’re deemed approved.

Under the new law about to take effect, that processing time is 60 days.

While some councilmembers would have liked to adopt a broader measure in defense of local control, that fervor was extinguished by practical political realities; the governor signed not one but five bills robbing local governments of discretionary authority when it comes to housing. Besides, a sixvote super-majority was required for the emergency measure to pass, and six votes did not exist for the more defiant approach.

In another housing matter, the council voted unanimously in favor of Ed. St. George’s revised plans for a three-story, 33-room hotel proposed for the 300 block of East Montecito Street. St. George changed the architecture from sharply modern to traditional Santa Barbara Spanish, reduced the square footage by about 14 percent, increased the setbacks, and agreed to replace the four units of housing he plans to demolish on-site with six units offsite somewhere within city limits.

Councilmembers praised St. George for being so quick and responsive to their concerns when the project came to them on appeal a month ago. Even councilmembers who shared concerns that St. George might convert the hotel rooms into upscale housing for City College students—as some of the project critics contended, given the hotel’s room sizes and floor plans — said such speculation lay outside the purview of their authority. Other councilmembers, like Meagan Harmon, expressed excitement about the changes and some astonishment n he could craft them so fast.

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retailers, agreed that usage among minors is bad, but that Santa Barbara’s measure was “knee-jerk and overreaching.” Vaping devices help smokers transition away from cigarettes, she said.

Ben Pierce, the owner of a Santa Barbara– area vape store, complained, “I don’t want to be the monster I’m being represented as.” The county should identify and crack down on the scofflaws, he said. “My question is: Where are the kids getting it? Because they’re not getting it from me.”

NEWS BRIEFS CONT’D FROM P. 9 Two more young men were arrested in connection with an Isla Vista home invasion that occurred on 11/18: a minor and Gavin Rapin, 18, both of San Francisco. Santa Barbara detectives identify them as the two who allegedly held the victims at gunpoint. They were arrested in S.F. with the help of the S.F. Police Department. So far, four people have been arrested in the incident, in which a laptop, cell phones, a wallet, and a small quantity of marijuana were allegedly taken.

An investigative report released last week by the District Attorney’s Office concluded that the death of Francisco Anthony Alcaraz Jr. on 5/7 was a justifiable homicide by a Santa Barbara Police Department SWAT team. At the time, the officers were serving an arrest warrant on Alcaraz for attempted murder connected to two gang-related shootings. Alcaraz was killed by four police bullets after he shot at officers at his apartment at 25 Camino de Vida in Goleta.

The report determined the shooting was justified based on the threat of death or severe harm the officers faced.

On 12/17, a man was stabbed during a fight on the 800 block of State Street. Two Downtown Ambassadors, Jose Navarro and Romeo Lopez, saw the fight occurring and rushed over to help the stabbing victim. Police credited Navarro with saving the victim’s life by applying pressure to his wounds to help stop the bleeding. The victim was transported to Cottage Hospital with serious injuries. The assailant, who was still at large as of press time, fled the scene on a bicycle.

Attorney A. Barry Cappello filed a lawsuit against City Hall charging that airport administrators unreasonably blocked the transfer of the restaurant lease from the High Sierra Grill — located on airport property — to Warren Butler, owner of the flight-themed Flightline Restaurant, who took over restaurant operations from High Sierra. Cappello claims the city’s “unreasonable interference” in allowing the lease transfer to take place cost High Sierra Grill $1 million and Butler more than $5 million. He is demanding a jury trial and punitive damages.

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County health officials responded that most minors illegally purchase their products from a physical location, through social media platforms like Snapchat, or from older siblings. They also said studies show local bans greatly reduce local consumption.

But Supervisor Peter Adam, the only supervisors to vote against the ban, said that people would simply drive to Las Vegas, load up on vaping supplies, and sell them here.

“There will be the exact same amount on the street,” he said. “So good luck with that.” n

COUNTY The county supervisors took their first steps to authorizing a merit-based selection process for the six storefront recreational cannabis operations they opted to allow. Initially, the supervisors had planned to allow eight dispensaries but reduced it to six following intense opposition. The final selection for applicants should take place in the last quarter of next year. From there, it could be another 18 months before any of the new dispensaries are open for business, given the time required for permitting and construction. The final criteria will be adopted by the supervisors early next January.

Goleta held its first open house on 12/11 at the Goleta Community Center to hear ideas to help solve homelessness from the city’s residents and business owners. The open house is part of a greater Goleta initiative to create its firstever comprehensive Homelessness Strategic Plan. The 2019 point-in-time count of homeless individuals in the county totaled 1,803 people, including 119 in Goleta. Members of the public with any feedback are invited to fill out the online survey at s.zoomerang.com/r/DFCFSWP.

CITY A Funk Zone development proposal that just won unanimous approval from both the City Council and Planning Commission has been appealed to the Coastal Commission. An advocate with Accessible Santa Barbara, Will Rehling, claims the mix of new restaurant and retail spaces slated for 11 Anacapa Street does not provide the number of parking spaces that city codes would otherwise require. The Coastal Commission must first determine if Rehling raised any substantial issues before the development can move forward.

The city chose not to join any legal effort challenging the Boise decision, which the Supreme Court declined to hear this week.

The Boise ruling found any local laws barring individuals from sleeping on sidewalks to be “cruel and unusual” unless there were beds available in local homeless shelters. A host of cities had petitioned the Supreme Court to revisit the Boise decision, arguing that it hampered cities from being able to maintain public health and safety.

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ore samples taken from the bottom of the Santa Barbara Channel reveal that the waters off the California coast are acidifying twice as fast as the global average. A new study led

by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists tracked the thickness of shells belonging to microscopic animals called foraminifera that had accumulated in Channel sediment over the last 125 years. Their data shows California waters experienced a 0.21 decline in pH in that time, more than double the worldwide average of 0.1 pH. When carbon dioxide is absorbed by the ocean, as it is in increasing amounts from man-made emissions, it undergoes chemical reactions that increase the water’s acidity. Higher acid levels, in turn, kill off coral and make it harder for organisms like clams and oysters to build their shells. It also causes more frequent and more toxic algae blooms.

The study also made a surprising connection between acidification and a natural warming and cooling cycle called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. While human-caused CO2 emissions are driving ocean acidification, the scientists said, this natural variation also plays an important role in alleviating or amplifying the trend.

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this holiday season TINY BUT TELLING: Scientists measured the thickness of microscopic foraminifera shells trapped in Santa Barbara Channel sediment to track the rate of ocean acidification over the last 125 years.

“During the cool phases of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, strengthened winds across the ocean drive carbon dioxide-rich waters upward toward the surface along the West Coast of the U.S.,” said lead author Emily Osborne in a press statement. “It’s like a double whammy, increasing ocean acidification in this region of the world.”

The study’s findings could have major impacts on the management of California crab and shellfish fisheries, some of the most economically valuable fisheries in the country, the scientists said. —Tyler Hayden

died of opioid overdose in 2017 and 2018, respectively, Kane said, less than half of heroin and roughly half of either fentanyl or prescription opioids, though many overdoses occurred from a combination of drugs.

Pennon, who’s headed the program for the past two months, said, “This opiNARCAN VAN: Pacific Pride’s Sophia Willis-Conger and Matt Pennon wait oid epidemic we’re dealing for customers in the needle-exchange program van, which also offers with doesn’t just look at one OD-stopping Narcan, in Lompoc on Tuesday. gender or race or ethnicity.”

Ages range from twentysomethings to and 60-yearolds, he said. Among their n astonishing 424 overdoses have been clients, 58 percent were referred for substance reversed since Pacific Pride Foun- abuse counseling and 21 percent were referred dation began to include naloxone to mental-health services in recent years.

In a report to county supervisors on Decemin its syringe-exchange program in mid-2016. Grown out of the need to stop ber 10, Pacific Pride and County Public Health blood-borne diseases like HIV, the needle- stated intravenous (IV) drug use was connected exchange program handed out 1,452 Nar- with fewer than 10 percent of the 59 new HIV can kits, the brand name for naloxone. infections in the county for the 2017-2018 fiscal And that’s just through 2018, according to year. As part of its disease-prevention work, a report to county supervisors last week. Pride offers education and testing for sexually So far in 2019, another 1,554 kits were dis- transmitted infections. HIV was not detected in tributed, and 356 successful reversals saved any client tested, but of the 85 clients screened lives, program administrator Matt Pennon for hep C, about 17 percent tested positive.

About 20 percent more people used the said, who’d just compiled the numbers for a syringe-exchange program, largely due to the grant request to the state.

The distribution of naloxone — admin- availability of naloxone and consistent service istered as a nasal spray — skyrocketed from at the three locations. Altogether, the program 282 in 2017 to 1,053 in 2018, said Joy Kane, counted 839 unique clients — 304 in Santa Barsenior epidemiologist at County Public bara, 369 in Santa Maria, and 166 in Lompoc Health. It reversed 101 overdoses in 2017 — the county report stated. In the two-year and 308 in 2018 through the program, she reporting period, more than twice as many said. (Medical personnel and first respond- syringes were exchanged than in the previous ers also administer naloxone, she said.) period — about 271,000 compared to 102,000.

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space. It hasn’t been perfect, but we’ve tried to work with the surrounding community whenever they come to us with concerns.”

Not everyone agrees.

“I appreciate the work they’re doing over there, but I have a problem with activities that affect my business,” said Rick Dodge, owner of Dodge City, an outdoor equipment and ammo shop in the center. “We’ve had a guy pass out in front of our shop, had guys drink in the alley near our store.

I have a lot of sympathy for people who have fallen on hard times. I have a brother who’s homeless. But they [the center] haven’t listened to our concerns.”

Other employees at businesses in the mall voiced similar complaints.

“They told us they’d have a security guard, but he’s rarely around,” said Tiffany Vague, an employee at Hook Line & Sinker. “Whenever we come to them with an issue, they basically just ignore us.” Paredes disputes this, saying that the center has investigated claims made by some of the businesses and failed to find evidence in support of them.

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No Place to Go? Virgil Cordano Center Offers Place for Unhoused

By Brian Osgood oey O’Connell is many things. She is a mother of five, a survivor of domestic abuse, a former drug addict, and, as of the day I met her at the Father Virgil Cordano Center, 67 days sober. As she sits at a table talking and getting her makeup done by a friend, other members start loads of laundry, put together plates of food, converse with volunteers, or lie asleep on reclining chairs. O’Connell’s story is one of hardship and human failures, the kind that might overwhelm anyone. But it’s also one of resilience, determination, and, ultimately, the human need for compassion and support.

Earlier this year, O’Connell was moved for her safety from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara by Domestic Violence Solutions (DVS) after escaping an abusive marriage. Trying to numb the trauma of abuse, she turned to drugs. Her children were taken away and placed in foster care, and she lost her apartment. She became homeless this May and spent her nights sleeping in a friend’s car or staying at the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission.

But when her children were transferred to a foster care center in Santa Maria, she became terrified that her chances of winning them back were evaporating. She has since worked, with ups and downs, to turn things around. She credits her support network, many of them other homeless individuals, and organizations like the Rescue Mission and the Virgil Cordano Center, for the progress she’s made.

“When I came here, I was such a wreck. But now I know that the people here see the difference in me,” said O’Connell.

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Located in a small strip mall on Calle Real near Bishop Diego High School, the Father Virgil Cordano Center was the result of a collaboration between Sister Margaret Keaveney from the Daughters of Charity at St. Vincent and Father John Hardin from the Franciscan Friars at the Santa Barbara Mission. It is the only day center in the city of Santa Barbara.

Their vision was to provide homeless individuals with a place where they could find refuge from the uncertainty and stress of life on the street and, more importantly, a space where they could feel dignified and respected. The center has now been open for just over 10 months and provides 14

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A PLACE OF WELCOME: Pictured from left is Michael Merenda with volunteer Patricia Kruse, staff member Sister Linda Mulvehill, and volunteer Katherine Pattison at the Father Virgil Cordano Center, the only homeless day center in the city of Santa Barbara.

services such as daily meals, spiritual advice, bus tokens, laundry services, access to the internet, and information about government and charity services to around 200 individuals a month.

As the city struggles to deal with a homelessness crisis brought about by low wages and high costs of living, many efforts to provide resources for the homeless have been met with intense backlash.

City Hall and homeless advocates have been cautiously exploring the idea of a drop-in day center for the homeless somewhere downtown.

Thus far, however, this has been limited to a pop-up center and then only sporadically. In recent months, interest in such a day center has intensified as the City Council explored more punitive approaches — a shopping cart ordinance, for example, as well as a measure to make it easier for police to seize personal belongings left in public spaces. Councilmember Kristen Sneddon — who sits on the council’s Ordinance Committee — put the brakes on such initiatives until more time had been spent focusing on creating a day center.

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The Virgil Cordano Center’s relationship with the surrounding community has so far been mixed. While local residents contacted by the Independent spoke in positive or neutral terms about the presence of the center, several of the businesses in the small strip mall where the center is located say it’s had a negative impact on their operations and that little has been done to address their concerns, despite numerous complaints.

Rosa Paredes, CEO of the center, said that they’ve tried to do things differently.

“We know a lot of people are skeptical about facilities like this. But we installed cameras and ask all of our members to abide by a handful of rules to make sure they’re behaving well,” said Paredes. “We had our own concerns at first.

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Others, such as Steve Hoganson from the El Patio Gardens Family Community Apartments, across the street from the center, offered a different picture.

“We had some concerns at first, but we haven’t had any notable incidents so far,” said Hoganson. “And whenever we have a problem, the center has been really responsive.”

Christina Maloney, a resident of an apartment complex in the neighborhood behind the center, said that her impression is that the center has been well-received.

“I haven’t really noticed any changes since it opened. I work at the Santa Barbara Mission, and a lot of people have come in wanting to donate to the center. So, it seems like a lot of people are happy that it’s open,” said Maloney.

‘A FRIENDLY PLACE’

Paredes says that the center was originally going to be located on Yanonali Street, but the conditionaluse permit requirements made the project prohibitively expensive.

“There were all these unnecessary requirements that just kept adding up, until eventually we realized that it wasn’t going to be feasible.” The current location, at 4020 Calle Real, did not require such a permit, and the center was able to move in after securing a lease.

The facility is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and provides a number of material services, but Paredes said that it provides something less tangible but no less significant: a place where homeless individuals can find peace of mind and be treated with dignity and respect.

“There are a lot of misperceptions about homeless individuals,” she said. “But what we’ve found is that when we treat them with respect, they respond in kind. Volunteers come in, and over time some of their old perceptions of homeless individuals start to disappear.

They develop friendships with each other. People from all walks of life come here. There’s no ‘average profile.’ But we want anyone who walks in to feel that they’re being treated with respect.”

That feeling of dignity can mean a lot. Thomas Sullivan, a regular at the center, told the Independent that the center “probably saved my life.” Sullivan, who become homeless after a leg injury caused him to lose his job, said that while the food and laundry services provided by the center were useful, he also appreciated that there was always someone he could talk with.

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KING OF KINGS: It being Christmastime, naturally, thoughts turn to King Herod, one

of the great villains of history. Without Herod — the erstwhile King of Judea — there would have been no mandated Census forcing Mary and Joseph’s journey to register in Bethlehem. And without that Census, the Baby Jesus

would never have wound up in some manger surrounded by barnyard animals. And without that, the whole Nativity scene never happens and a crèche industry plummets.

Given our current president’s penchant for tough-guy, gangster dictators, I was half expecting to read he’d issued Herod a posthumous pardon. After all, there’s some scholarly evidence suggesting that maybe Herod got a bad rap. Maybe he, too, has been the subject of a vast witch hunt. Short of an outright pardon, I would have expected a shout-out — from one historical world leader who knows you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few legs to another.

It’s worth noting that any such parallels did not escape the notice of Pope Francis, capo di tutti i capi of the world’s oldest and biggest religious bureaucracy. During a speech in Thailand earlier this month, the Pontiff decried the treatment of refugees throughout the world. Getting a little personal when it comes to Trump, Pope Francis noted, “In other parts, there are walls that even separate children from parents.” After a brief pause, the Pontiff added, “Herod comes to mind.”

For all you Heathens out there, King Herod ruled a sizable chunk of real estate in the Middle East from 36 BCE until his death shortly after the birth of Christ. Admittedly, Herod was a toady for Imperial Rome; it was the Roman Senate that voted him King of the Jews.

Like Trump, Herod would have been nowhere without his father, a man of vast wealth and political connections. Herod’s father and Julius Caesar were thicker than thieves. When the Romans needed someone to keep the trade ways open, Herod was their man. And Herod was not without chops of his own, skillfully navigating treacherous allegiances with Cleopatra and Mark Antony after their nasty breakup from Rome.

Ethnically, Herod was an Arab; religiously, he was a practicing Jew. What Herod liked to do was build stuff. Big, impressive stuff.

Expensive stuff. Aqueducts. Temples. Vast baths. Fortresses. His engineers pioneered new forms of underwater construction. He was unabashedly gaudy; everything looked better with an immense golden eagle adorning it. Historians say he spent extravagantly, strip-mining his subjects for every last dime they might have sequestered in their sock drawers.

Like Trump, Herod understood the power of spectacle, bailing out the Olympic Games when the Greeks couldn’t keep them financially afloat. Also like Trump, Herod was cer-

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tifiably paranoid. He sent out secret police to spy on possible malcontents, bust up protests, and silence critics. But it wasn’t until the birth

of Jesus that Herod distinguished himself from all the garden-variety despots then ruling the world. When Herod heard the Three Wise Men were traipsing hither, thither, and yon in search of a baby boy they described as the “King of the Jews,” he got his hackles up. That, after all, was his moniker. When Herod’s first efforts to locate said Baby Jesus failed — sending Mary and Joseph fleeing for safer ground — Herod found himself forced to adopt Plan B. That involved rounding up all the usual suspects, which in this case were all male babies two years old and younger.

Just to be on the safe side, Herod ordered all the suspects thus rounded up terminated with extreme prejudice. As to the number of babies thus dispatched, estimates range all over the place. Regardless of the actual number, this slaughter has gone down in the books as “The Massacre of the Innocents.”

We allegedly know about this because it was written up by the Apostle Matthew in one of his many Gospels. And no truth is truer than the Gospel Truth, right? It turns out many historians now believe Matthew may have made it all up. They cite a conspicuous lack of corroborating evidence from other accounts written at that time. They also point out that Herod actually ordered no Census during his lifetime. To complicate

matters further, he may have already been dead by the time the Baby Jesus arrived on the scene.

Does this mean Herod got a bad rap?

Not necessarily. It turns out he had his wife, Mariamne, murdered even though historians agree he loved her madly. He worried that she might be with another man after he died and arranged for her to be killed. Mariamne got wind of this and made plans accordingly.

When Herod found out, he accelerated matters and had her deep-sixed. But it broke his heart. Along the way, he also offed three of his sons. Maybe a mother-in-law, too. Herod worried excessively that no tears would be shed when he died. To make sure they were, he made plans to have a large number of popular community leaders collectively executed at his funeral service. Even if people weren’t weeping for him, tears would be falling.

For what it’s worth, Herod died so agonizing a death that forensic medical historians have been trying to figure out what did him in ever since. He suffered intense itching, convulsions of every limb, painful bowels, and trouble breathing. He tried to stab himself to death but failed. The latest theory is Herod was done in by chronic kidney infection coupled with gangrenous genitalia.

Last I checked, there’s no pardon for gangrenous genitalia. Impeach that.

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or many Democratic voters, the choice in selecting a 2020 presidential candidate comes down to one basic question: Who has the best chance to beat Donald Trump?

As a practical matter, they might ask a far more explicit and meaningful question: Who can beat Trump in Wisconsin?

That’s because the Badger State emerges as the most likely “tipping point” state of the 2020 election, when America’s bitterly polarized political landscape is overlaid by the calculus of the Electoral College.

“In Wisconsin,” the state’s DemoBIG CHEESE: Wisconsin has emerged as the most likely “tipping point” cratic chair recently told the Washstate of the 2020 presidential election. ington Post, “we’re already in the general election, while the rest of the country is thinking about the primary.”

• Overwhelmingly, the Republican would benefit from an inversion election, prevailing in nearly HILLARY’S FOLLY: The outsize importance of two-thirds of the cases they studied.

Cheesehead votes derives from two factors: (1) the rural/urban split that defines its politics reflects the “In the modern period, Republicans should be red/blue state of the nation; and (2) its 10 electoral expected to win 65% of Presidential contests in votes are crucial amid the intricate correlations which they narrowly lose the popular vote,” they between the Electoral College and the national reported. popular vote.

A state’s electoral votes represent the size of WHY WISCONSIN MATTERS: In 2020, it is its congressional delegation— the sum of House almost certain that Trump will again lose the popumembers, plus two U.S. Senators. Overall, there are lar vote, given his unfavorable ratings and wide538 electoral votes, so a presidential candidate needs spread unpopularity in mega-blue states like Cali270 electoral votes to win. fornia and New York.

As every schoolchild knows, Hillary Clinton His chances of claiming the Electoral College failed to make a single appearance in Wisconsin in look pretty good, however.

The most recent analysis by the University of 2016. Taking it for granted was a historical, appalling blunder, based on misguided belief in a Dem- Virginia’s Center for Politics shows Democrats and ocratic “blue wall” of hegemony in much of the Republicans both entering 2020 with a base of 248 industrial Midwest.

Electoral votes—counting states that are safe, likely When the deal went down, of course, Trump or significantly leaning to either party. beat Clinton by 22,748 votes out of 2,787,820 cast in That leaves 42 electoral votes in three states— Wisconsin (0.008 percent for those keeping score at Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—that, for home); similar micron-thin margins gave him the now at least, seem genuine toss-ups. allegedly safe Democratic states of Michigan (0.002 Wisconsin is most likely to be the “tipping point” percent) and Pennsylvania (0.009 percent). state next November, as Nate Cohn, statistical proThese states delivered Trump a shocking 304-227 peller head columnist for the New York Times, Electoral College win—although Clinton won the recently concluded after analyzing reams of statepopular vote by 2.9 million. by-state polling.

Political scientists call such an outcome, which This means that Wisconsin would be the most also occurred in George Bush’s 2000 victory over likely to push a candidate over the 270 electoral vote threshold, when states are ranked in order of Al Gore, an “inversion.”

Economic researchers at the University of Texas, popular vote margin. in a study recently reported by Vox, tested hundreds It is possible Trump could lose to a Democrat by of thousands of simulated elections to better under- more than he did to Clinton and still win reelection, stand the phenomenon.

Cohn wrote—if he prevails in Wisconsin.

“Wisconsin is the pivotal state in this analysis, They found the following: and a one-point difference there could potentially • In contests where the popular vote difference is be decisive,” he wrote. “Wisconsin was the tippingwithin 2 percent, the losing candidate would win point state in 2016, and it seems to hold that distinction now.” the electoral vote in 30 percent of elections.

•In campaigns with a one percent popular vote differential, such a result would occur 40 percent of the time.

BOTTOM LINE: New data from the respected Marquette Law School Poll shows Trump tied with every leading Democratic contender in Wisconsin.

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Vaya con Dios Mom On the morning of May 21, 2019 Dolores Elaine Sutton left us on her terms. She was at her favorite place, her home. Dolores was born in Alameda, California on March 25th, 1927 to Victor and Cova Susan Bargas.

Soon after she moved with her mom and brother to Hollywood, California to be closer to family. It was there she spent her childhood and was soon known as “The prettiest girl at Hollywood High”. She worked as an usherette for the Paramount Theater. She loved to tell stories of Gary Cooper & all the stars she seated when they came to see their films.

During the war, her mom a telephone operator, was temporarily transferred to San Pedro. It was there she met a handsome young sailor, Henry (Hank) Sutton. The two fell in love and were married May 8, 1945, the day the war ended. A year later their first daughter Sandy was born. Their family continued to grow with the addition of their son Bob and later daughter Toni.

Rarely appropriate but always hilarious, Dolores was a classic Hollywood beauty and an exceptionally glamorous woman with a feisty sense of humor and a big affinity for life.

There were so many things that would make us all laugh. Things we call “Doloresisms.” Her infectious laughter and wit kept her family and friends in constant hysterics. There was a time when she was concerned about giving her dog “Buddy “pain pills because she didn’t want him “to become addicted like Elizabeth Taylor!” She thought Yahtzee was a form of Karate. How many grandmothers do you know who rocked red leather hot pants at 50? Only one, and we miss her. There will never be another like her. Her stories were timeless & we miss them.

She loved all animals, a legacy we carry on. She rescued many animals, often bringing home the ones no one else wanted. Dolores loved and was proud of the family that she and Hank created. As you know, time waits for no one, and her youthful spirit struggled to compete with an aging body.

She said more than once, “Old age was worse than polio.”

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We are eternally grateful to all of her friends who reached out with kind words, flowers, or knowingly donated to various animal charities. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

You’d think we would be more prepared to say good-bye after her 92 years, but it has taken months to put this obituary together.

Perhaps her life is best summed up with her own words: “Don’t take life too seriously. It’s not permanent. “ --Dolores Sutton

Gilbert Ernest DiCicco 11/14/1943 - 12/9/2019

Gilbert Ernest DiCicco passed away peacefully on December 9, 2019, in Santa Barbara at age 76. Gil was born in Chicago on November 14, 1943 and spent his youth in the city.

He began a career as an animator during his teenage years.

After serving in the United States Army, Gil continued a successful career as an artist. Gil was an award-winning watercolorist and illustrator who worked for the Chicago Tribune, Hanna-Barbera, and Disney among others during his long career. While working as a layout artist on The Great Mouse Detective in Burbank, California, Gil met and married his wife of 35 years, Sue. He moved to Santa Barbara in 2000, where he continued working as both a painter of watercolors and an illustrator until his retirement in 2005. During his retirement he continued his creative pursuits, spending his time with his family and working on his art. Gil will be remembered by those who knew and loved him for his creativity, his kindness, and his thoughtful and philosophical nature.

Gil is survived by his loving wife Sue, his sons Lenny and

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Doug, and his grandson Neil.

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Constance Hannah 1925 - 2019

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Connie died on Saturday, November 23 at the age of 94.

She knew many people in Santa Barbara from her work as a frequent spokesperson for the League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara, and from her previous work at the UCSB Child Care Center during the l980's.

Earlier in her career she had always worked, and when she moved to Southern California she was anxious to find new work to do, and eager to see as much of the far west as possible. She and her husband Bob accomplished both, and learned to love the very different climate from their previous home in Denver. They had eagerly explored all of that state during their early marriage, when Bob had served in the Army at Fort Carson, in Colorado Springs and Connie had worked in various social service agencies.

Connie was born in 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio and spent her entire childhood in the suburb called Bay Village. It was a small and charming town outside of Cleveland, on Lake Erie. The Lake played a big part in her family’s life because the children all learned to swim at a very early age, and spent their teen free time swimming, boating and beaching.

Connie's own mother died when she was two, and when her father remarried, she had the good fortune to have an educated, perceptive mother. Elizabeth had three children of her own, Doris, Jean and Dick, and was determined to treat all of her children equally. Because both Libby and Harry Watson had graduated from college they assumed that their children would too, and all of them did, finding successful careers as a result. All of Connie’s siblings have survived her.

Connie always felt that she had had an idyllic childhood, in a place with great natural beauty and with a lot of freedom when she was young. As a result she began to think for herself at about 15, and insisted on attending Antioch College

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in Southern Ohio. There she joined the work-study program, and had work experiences at the National Labor Relations Board in Chicago, at Time-Life magazine in New York, and on the city room staff of the Detroit News. She majored in psychology and journalism. She expected to continue working in news rooms, but when the war ended, the men returned to their previous jobs, and women were all sent to do the society pages.

That caused her to rethink her career.

She returned to college on an assistantship in the Child and Adolescent Psychology Department at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. She received her Masters Degree there, and met her husband Bob, who came from Denison, Iowa. They had been married for 68 years at her death.

When they lived in Colorado, Connie worked for 17 years at the Florence Crittenton Home in Denver. That was the largest maternity home in the country, with its own hospital, school for the girls, and counseling program. Colorado had an excellent law requiring that all unmarried mothers have full counseling, and only release their child in a formal court hearing. With a psychology background, it was easy to help girls decide what they wanted to do in one of the most serious decisions they would ever make.

Connie and Bob moved to Santa Barbara in the 1970’s and their son Lee attended UCLA and UCSB. Lee and Lala Hannah were married in Madagascar in the late 1990s and Connie and Bob visited them when they lived in Cape Town just after the birth of their daughter Tia, and again when they had moved to the Washington DC area for the birth of their son Jay. After Lee and Lala moved to Santa Barbara, Connie spent many happy hours with Tia and Jay, Lala and Lee. Connie did not let being a wonderful grandmother deter her from her work on environmental and social causes, striving to make a better community.

She loved staying in touch with her many friends in the League and EDC, in her book group, in her poetry group, her neighbors, and old friends as far away as San Luis Obispo, Denver and Guatemala, up until the time of her death.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Environmental Defense Center or the League of Women Voters.

Carmen Fierro

8/29/1932 - 11/9/2019

Carmen Fierro, born August 29, 1932, of Santa Barbara, CA passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by her family, on Saturday, November 9, 2019. She is survived by her beloved husband, Raul Fierro of 65 years, sister Consuelo Perez, daughter Victoria Pointer (Michael), son David Fierro (Kaylyn). She is preceded in death by her parents, Juan Perez and Rosario (Jimenez) Perez, siblings Joseph Perez, Guadalupe Romero, and Esther DeLaTorre. She was blessed with seven grandchildren, Brian Pointer (Dalen), Kevin Pointer, Shannon Pointer Sadecki (Ian), Steven Fierro (Miranda), Jaclyn Fierro, Quinn Fierro, and Chase Fierro. She has five great grandchildren, from Brian and Dalen (Luke and Abe), Shannon and Ian (Logan), and Steven and Miranda (Ellory and Mateo).

Carmen arrived in Santa Barbara at age four and attended Lincoln Elementary, Santa Barbara Junior High, and Santa Barbara High School, class of 1951. She worked for local businesses having far-reaching impact in the community, including several lemon packing houses, Knapp Nursery, Woolworth’s, Ott’s Hardware, and Let’s Dine Out. She retired from Santa Barbara County Child Health Department after 16 years of dedicated service to the children and families of Santa Barbara County. She embraced her identity as both a Mexican and American citizen, having travelled the world and welcoming all those she encountered with open arms. Her unconditional love for family kept her heart full. Carmen had an unwavering devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe. On many occasions she could be found with a Rosary in her hands praying for her family, friends, and that all those in the world find the same comfort of peace and grace that filled her heart throughout her life. She will be greatly missed by the many people she deeply touched. May she rest in peace with the conviction of her legacy as an endearing matriarch of exemplary character to soothe her in eternity. She will forever be loved and missed by all those she leaves behind.

A Rosary will be held at 7 p.m., December 19, 2019 at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m., December 20, 2019 at Our Lady of Sorrows.

Her burial at Calvary Catholic Cemetery will follow immediately thereafter.

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Income vs. Housing

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t ain’t rocket science! The media has done a lousy job of telling the story of what has happened to wages versus buying power and houses over the last decades. Wages have stagnated for over 40 years!

Reporters here are too concerned about the newest brew house opening and other trash news. They moan, “There’s no affordable housing here.” None have done researched pieces on the facts!

Most workers have no clue as to what happened to their buying power.

What cost $1 in 1989 cost $2.03 in 2018 — double in 30 years while wages went up 14 percent! A house costing $100,000 in 1975 would be $550,000 now.

One dollar in 1975 would need about $4.50 today to buy the same thing.

Santa Barbara is even worse than the national average, and this is why most of the people working here will never be able to afford a house. Their wages have gone down in relation to the cost of anything they want to buy!

Illegal immigration holds down wages and inflation — government and business love it! Wages are being held down because of the number of workers available in many menial jobs. As an example, the building trades — carpenters, roofers, drywall, etc.

—used to be high paying and often unionized. I just had a new roof put on—all except one roofer were illegal immigrants from Mexico. The government and big businesses have busted the union movement. Benefits have evaporated.

In many businesses, part-time workers are the norm. Home Depot has all part-time workers with no benefits, lousy hours, and low wages. Most of the new jobs are badly paid with no benefits, and many are part-time — restaurants, retail, etc. Many businesses use contract workers to skirt labor laws. The ride-hailing companies don’t count their drivers as employees. That is in the courts now!

A 14 percent increase in wages occurred in the last 30 years during the height of illegal immigration and importation of H1B workers from places like India. Look at the increases in cost of living: 100-plus percent!

The problem is not housing costs. It is income vs.

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Square Pegs in Round Holes

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egarding the city losing these court cases over vacation rentals, I am reminded about

how the city staff chose to proceed down the path that they took.

Years ago, when this started to become an issue, it was suggested to the planning staff and the deputy city attorney, during Planning Commission public hearings, that while vacation rentals were a different thing than long-term housing, they were not hotels either. It was observed that the city staff was trying to put a square peg in a round hole by clinging to the illogical position that vacation rentals are all the same and are the same as hotels.

The city staff were urged then that the city should craft rules to deal with vacation rentals as a unique and different type of residential use as many other communities have done with generally acceptable results. But our city staff has adamantly refused to deal with vacation rentals any other way than as a hotel with all of the attendant building modifications, etc.

Thus, we now have the situation as described where the court cases are costing us taxpayers once again for the actions of our “public servants.”

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t was late in the afternoon when I got taken for my ride. The sun was hanging low in the December sky, and I was grinning like a fool. I wouldn’t stop until the sun went down.

I was sitting in the front seat of the three-wheeled bicycle rickshaw being propelled by John SeigelBoettner, an ebullient cross between Big Bird, Johnny Appleseed, and Mr. Rogers. He was giving me a test ride down Hollister Avenue in the suburban wilds of outer Noleta.

I was waving at everybody we passed. Everybody was waving back.

You couldn’t not. They couldn’t not either.

We were a two-man parade on three wheels.

I’ve ridden in the back of bicycle rickshaws many times before.

For a brief period, I pursued the idea of becoming a pedicab driver myself. I even went to the bother of submitting my fingerprints to the Department of Justice to prove I wasn’t a menace to potential passengers.

But the ride with SeigelBoettner was altogether different. First, there’s the design. The seat bucket of his Danish-made rickshaw — with an electric motor for muchneeded pedal assist when climbing hills — was in front of the driver, not behind like most others. This makes conversation between pilots and passengers infinitely easier, and the front seat, replete with seat belts and blankets, is broad enough that two can sit abreast.

Then there’s Seigel-Boettner himself. He stands 66 with a bird’s nest of white hair, a semi-handlebar mustache, wire-rim glasses, and brown eyes that dance. At age 66, Seigel-Boettner is a homegrown Santa Barbara local, a recently retired middle school teacher, and a lifelong bike nut. His bipedal rapture is rooted not so much in the astringent aesthetics of pure kinetic performance as it is in the everyday exaltations available to those lucky enough to

see the world from above their handlebars.

“You’re closer to people; you’re closer to the community,” Seigel-Boettner explained. “And you’re closer to the sky.”

A natural storyteller, historian, and teacher, SeigelBoettner is a conversation waiting to happen. He’s a talker who listens, a listener who likes to talk. His antennae are fully extended, and his curiosity is a living thing.

It’s with this combined mojo that Seigel-Boettner started his latest initiative: Cycling Without Age. Since late March, Siegel-Boettner has been showing up at three different retirement communities once a week, where for two hours, he takes residents on rides in his threewheeled machines.

The response was instantaneously affirmative, prompting Seigel-Boettner to double down, buying a

new “tri-shaw” bike with plans for a third. He’s vetted and trained five other pilots so far, and another 20 are ready for lift-off. Their payload is Santa Barbara’s 17,000 senior citizens, many of whom can’t get out on their own, let alone ride a bike.

“That’s a lot of people up in their room,” he said, “just waiting for Godot.”

‘THE BEST MEDICINE’ When I caught up with Seigel-Boettner last week, he was pulling his black trike into the circular driveway in front of Heritage House on Hollister Avenue. He was wearing shorts, athletic shoes, and his signature Mr. Rogers T-shirt, which suggests, “Believe there is good in the world.” (Mr. Rogers, he believes, was “really radical — radically kind.”)

Sitting in his front seat was a 92-year-old former twostar general for the U.S. Air Force named Philip Conley C O N T I N U E D >>>

WIND IN THE FACE: “You’re closer to people; you’re closer to the community. And you’re closer to the sky,” explained John Seigel-Boettner of being on a bicycle, a gift he is now giving to residents of the Heritage House (pictured) as well as other retirement homes around town.

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and his daughter, Kathy Conley, a pilot in her own right. During the course of an accomplished military career, Conley the elder distinguished himself as a serious badass, flying 70 combat missions in Korea. When he retired, he was the commander in charge of the Edwards Air Force Base.

But coming in for a landing at Heritage House, Conley was all grins and glee. His daughter was too. “He was as happy as a clam,” she confirmed later.

On their trip, Seigel-Boettner shepherded the Conleys down along the bike path to the Goleta I WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT Slough. From there, he swooped down to Goleta Beach, where he’d OF THE THREE-WHEELED BICYCLE set a picnic table with a checkered RICKSHAW BEING PROPELLED BY JOHN tablecloth and cloth napkins. For the occasion, he brought panetSEIGEL-BOETTNER. I WAS WAVING AT tone, warm eggnog, chocolate EVERYBODY WE PASSED. EVERYBODY cookies, and, due to the brisk weather, a heavy blanket.

WAS WAVING BACK. WE WERE A Conley and his wife, Shirley Conley — a onetime TWA stewTWO-MAN PARADE ON THREE WHEELS. ardess who in her youth had toured all over Europe on a bicycle — are now restricted to wheelchairs. They both live, their daughter said, in the moment. For her parents to get outside on a bike, she added, “That’s the best medicine there is.”

Heritage House is where Siegel-Boettner started Cycling Without Age. It helped that he already knew the folks in charge there, but he still needed to get insurance and the required licenses while establishing trust with staff and residents. In particular, getting residents into and out of his rig requires collaboration with staff and an elaborate dance of bodies, hoists, and straps.

That’s not something Seigel-Boettner tries to do alone.

The program is only gaining in popularity. One of his first passengers was a 96-year-old Italian woman who got all dolled up for the ride, doing her hair, jewelry, and fingernails. Upon returning to Heritage House, she hustled back to her room to put on a disguise — sweats and a Boston Red Sox hat — so she could go again. The facility’s operations director, Philippe de L’Arbre, described Seigel-Boettner as “an accomplice in mischief and a collaborator of good,” an assessment with which administrator Rosemarie Harris concurred.

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Seigel-Boettner shared his first bike with the rest of his family; it was “more rust than paint,” with chunky rubber tires that eventually crumbled off the rims. When he was 9, his parents broke down and bought Seigel-Boettner a black Raleigh three-speed for Christmas. But he didn’t appreciate it at the time, more smitten with the much cooler and colorful Schwinn Varsity.

He rode the bike as a paperboy, delivering the News-Press, and was an athletic kid, WHEELED EXHILARATION: “Do you know playing basketball, football, baseball, and how long it’s been since a hat blew off my volleyball. (He remembers the terror of fachead?” asked one passenger, although some ing fullback Sam Cunningham at the line can no longer speak due to advanced age. of scrimmage in junior high, years before But as Seigel-Boettner, seen here riding a pleased passenger along the waterfront, Cunningham would go on to become a relayed, “Even when they can’t talk, they can gridiron legend.) still grin.”

Later, Seigel-Boettner would ride throughout the United States with his wife, Lynn Seigel-Boettner, up until she was eight months pregnant with their first child. They once camped out on the property of an Amish couple with 14 kids. The Seigel-Boettners promised to name their first child Jacob after the father of that family; the mother, in turn, would knit the expecting Santa Barbara couple a baby blanket. When Jacob was born, Seigel-Boettner biked him home from Cottage Hospital wrapped in that blanket.

When Seigel-Boettner started teaching at Santa Barbara Middle School, he became integral to the private school’s celebrated commitment to cycling culture, leading large groups of students on lengthy cross-country bike adventures. He retired three years ago.

Not long afterward, someone brought his attention to a TED Talk by Ole Kassow, the person who started Cycling Without Age in Denmark. It was love at first bite. He couldn’t not do it. Today, Santa Barbara’s Cycling Without Age is one of more than 1,200 chapters — and he is one of 13,000-plus pilots — worldwide.

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It’s been ages since many felt the wind in their face. “Do you know how long it’s been since a hat blew off my head?” asked one passenger. Some can no longer speak. “Even when they can’t talk,” SeigelBoettner said, “they can still grin.”

One, a regular from the Friendship Center in Montecito, once ran 18 marathons in one year, earned a doctorate in divinity from Harvard, and interviewed the Dalai Lama, Ram Das, and Norma Shearer.

“This guy is like royalty,” said Seigel-Boettner. After his first ride, he kicked his feet and fists into the air and let out a loud grunt of joy.

As a baseball fan, Seigel-Boettner grew up worshiping at the shrine of Eddie Mathews, the famously ferocious star of the Milwaukee Braves who was raised in Santa Barbara. His name came up while biking an older woman around one day. “Oh, I went to high school with Eddie Mathews,” she replied. “Guess what? I beat him at Ping-Pong one time. And he was really pissed off.”

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Occasionally, he plops a SBMS student in front to ask questions.

Sometimes they even get answers; sometimes they don’t. “Do you think it matters that you asked?” Siegel-Boettner asked one 13-yearold he brought along for the ride. “Do you think it matters when we talk to babies even though they can’t answer?” The moral of the story?

“We’re humans on both ends of the scale.”

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12/19: Trail Talks: It Was Safe to Go in the Water: The Truth About White Sharks and Shark Attacks Peter

DAVID BAZEMORE

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Teri Bibb (left) and Hannah Tamminen

’Tis The Season

Howorth will separate facts from fiction, unfounded assumptions from documented investigations, and general speculations from actual scientific research during this informative talk about the increasing population of sharks in our waters. 6:30-8pm.

Faulkner Gallery, S.B. Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. Free. Call (805) 564-5611.

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new version of Forever Plaid includes holiday favorites such as “The Dreidel Song,”“Let It Snow,”“Joy to the World,” and hits from the ’50s in a speed-date version of The Ed Sullivan Show featuring the Rockettes, the Chipmunks, and The Vienna Boys’ Choir. The show plays through December 29. Thu.: 7pm; Fri.: 8pm; Sat.: 2 and 8pm; Sun.: 2pm (sold out). Rubicon Theatre, 1006 E. Main St., Ventura. $39-$74. Call (805) 667-2900. rubicontheatre.org

12/19: Writing in the Galleries All skill levels are invited to bring a journal or notebook, laptop, or tablet and write from a prompt given by a visiting writer/facilitator.

You must reserve your spot. 5:30-7:30pm.

S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. Free. Call (805) 963-4364. sbma.net

12/19: Playfully Paint: A Mixed Media Workshop Artist Adonna Ebrahimi will guide the class through creating art with everyday objects such as forks, paper towel rolls, and even bubble wrap.

Your ticket includes a 10 x 10 canvas, paints, and tools. 10am-noon. Glenn Dallas Gallery, 927 State St. $30. Call (805) 539-5957.

film, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play tells the story of idealistic George Bailey, a man who gives up his dreams to help others, and whose life’s decisions on Christmas Eve bring about the intervention of his guardian angel. Five talented actors will perform dozens of characters as a live radio broadcast. Thu-Sat.: 8pm; Sun.: 2 and 7pm. New Vic, 33 W. Victoria St. $25-$72. Call (805) 965-5400. etcsb.org St., Carpinteria. Free. Call (805) 745-8272.

FRIDAY 12/20

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12/20: Parents’ Night Out Calling all parents! Take a break and recharge while the kids have a fun-filled evening of ageappropriate yoga, storytelling, music, games, art projects, and more in a safe and nurturing environment. Dinner is included, and kids do not have to be potty-trained. 5-9pm. Kidaru, 3835 State St., C154. $40. Ages 1-8. Call (805) 682-7400. tinyurl.com/ParentsGoOut 12/20: Artist Reception: Rick Sharp Meet artist, avid surfer, and lover of all things vintage Rick Sharp as you take in early pen-and-ink works and other artifacts used in the creation of American vintage posters that depict ’70s surf culture when the sport was young. The Lost Posters of Surf Artist Rick Sharp will show through February 2, 2020.

6-8pm. Island Brewing Company, 5049 6th COURTESY

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It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Inspired by the classic holiday

12/20-12/21: A Christmas Carol Ghost Walk Follow Ebenezer Scrooge as he transforms from a cranky humbug to a compassionate and caring human while you travel along a spirit trail through the Live Oak congregation grounds during this familyfriendly presentation of Charles Dickens’s classic tale. Reservations are recommended.

6, 7, and 8pm. Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 820 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta.

Suggested donation: $10. Call (805) 708-7010.

liveoakgoleta.org

SATURDAY 12/21 the new year and next decade and connect

embrace personal darkness, open up energy freeways with Kundalini Yoga, surrender to healing gong vibrations, and awaken inner light with mantra and chanting. 7-8:30pm.

32 E. Micheltorena St. $20. Call (805) 9656045. santabarbarayogacenter.com

SUNDAY 12/22

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12/21: Ballroom Blitz Enjoy world-class ballroom dancing to some of your favorite holiday songs along with a champagne reception and a social dance party. 7-10pm. California Gold Ballroom Dance Studios, 4647 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria. $45. Call (805) 705-9090.

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12/21: Winter Solstice Mayan Fire/ Cacao Ceremony Enhance your goals for

12/20:

with the energy of the Maya as Abby Isadora Haydon, author of The Mayan Sacred Count of Days and The Mayan Astrology Handbook, will conduct a special fire ceremony to honor the sacred times of the solstices and equinoxes as you drink warm cacao (hot chocolate). Noon2pm. Center of the Heart Medicine Wheel, 487 N. Turnpike Rd. $10-$15. Call (928) 451-0890.

12/21: Winter Solstice: Kundalini Yoga & Gong Experience In this workshop led by Amardeep Kaur, participants will

12/22: Print Making Workshop Artist Madi Manson will provide instruction and inspiration for all experience levels in the creation of a tote bag at this workshop.

Design and screen print a canvas tote bag through the process of cut-paper stencils and open screens to give as a gift or keep for yourself. 3-5pm. Fairview Gardens Education Farm, 598 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. $45. Call (805) 967-7369.

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For all of this year’s holiday happenings, see our ’Tis the Season guide on

mallows Young scientists can use their

imagination to create buildings and shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks. 3:30pm.

Goleta Valley Library, 500 N. Fairview Ave., Goleta. Free. Ages 8-12. Call (805) 964-7878.

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Felipe Esparza

Laugh along with this wild-haired comedian and actor known for his often-imitated phrase “What’s up, fool?,” for winning the title of Last Comic Standing in 2010, and for his one-hour special, They’re Not Gonna Laugh at You. 8pm. Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 E. Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez. $19-$59. Ages 21+. Call (800) 248-6274.

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Christmas Eve La Cumbre Jr High Auditorium 2255 Modoc Rd E x p e r i e n ce : G re at mu s i c .

The thrill of Hope.

Fu n f o r t h e w h o l e f a m i l y.

good time while raising funds for the S.B. Veterans Foundation. There will be a pinup pageant, mustache contest, and live music

by The Rayford Brothers. Noon-6:30pm.

Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free-$5. Ages 21+. Call (805) 686-4785. themavsaloon.com

12/21:

Don’t miss your chance to see S.B. resident, Westmont graduate, and The Voice contestant Will Breman, who’s won over audiences and America with his high-spirited, energetic, and unique versions of various soul, pop, and rock songs. Find out for yourself why he was one of the final eight!

1-4pm. Cold Spring Tavern, 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call (805) 9670066. coldspringtavern.com

MONDAY 12/23 12/23: Christmas and Classics with Bryan Tari and Friends Join virtuoso pianist and composer Bryan Tari for an evening of Christmas favorites and classic and popular showpieces in a variety show for the entire family. Special guests will include emcee and soloist Doug Giordani, Santa (on drums), S.B. Piano Boys, 2018 Teen Star finalist McKenna Gemberling, and others. 7pm. Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. $15-$50. Call (805) 963-0761. lobero.org

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TUES DAY 12/24

www.hopesb.com immersive installation designed by Tatsuo Miyajima especially for SBMA’s spacious Davidson Gallery of four light-based works embodies this internationally renowned artist’s career-long philosophy — keep changing, connect with everything, and continue forever — and is also his first solo U.S. museum exhibition in over 20 years. This exhibition will show through April 5, 2020. Tue.-Sun.: 11am-5pm. S.B. Museum of Art, 1130 State St. Free-$5. Call (805) 963-4364. sbma.net

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Christmas Eve Candle-Lighting Services All

are welcome to share in the sacredness, music, and the celebration of Christmas Eve during this service.

5-6 and 7-8pm. Unity of S.B., 227 E. Arrellaga St. Free. Call (805) 9662239. santabarbaraunity.org

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12/22:

Traditional Christmas Day Contra Dance All levels of

dancers are welcome to this traditional Christmas day Contra Dance with a caller and live band, Erik Hoffman & Bayou Seco. There is no need to bring a partner as this is a social dance! There is a free lesson and walkthrough at 6:10pm. 6:30-9:30pm. Carrillo Recreation Center, 100 E. Carrillo St. Free. Call (805) 699-5101.

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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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12/19-12/22: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club Thu.: DENM. 9pm. $12-$15. Ages 21+. Fri.: Alastair Greene Band.

8pm. $12-$15. Ages 21+.

Sat.: Cornerstone. 9pmmidnight. $15. Ages 21+.

Sun.: Curly & Company.

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12/19, 12/22: Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant Thu.: Dannsair.

6:30-8:30pm. Sun.: Irish Jam Session. 4:30-7pm. 18 E. Ortega St. Free. Call (805) 568-0702. darganssb.com

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12/20-12/21: The Brewhouse Fri.: Mark Roberts Band.

Sat.: Blown Over. 8pm.

229 W. Montecito St.

Free. Call (805) 884-

New Year's Eve Dance Party:

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12/20-12/22: Cold Spring Tavern Fri.: The Yules. 6-9pm. Sat.:

The Boogie Knights & The Spazmatics

Will Breman; 1-4pm.

Claude Hopper’s Annual Hollerday Hootenanny; 5-8pm. Sun.: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan; 1:15-4pm. Cadillac Angels; 4:307:30pm. 5995 Stagecoach Rd. Free. Call (805) 967-0066. coldspringtavern

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12/20-12/22: Maverick Saloon Fri.: PODS. 8:30-11:30pm. Sat.: The Cavern. 8-11pm. Sun: Johnny Clashers. Noon-4pm. 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Free-$5. Ages 21+. Call (805) 686-4785. themavsaloon.com

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12/20-12/21: M.Special Brewing Co. Fri.: False Puppet. 7-9pm. Sat.: Brambles. 6-8pm. 6860 Cortona Dr., Bldg. C., Goleta. Free. Call (805) 9686500. mspecialbrewco.com 12/20: Whiskey Richards Phantom Pomps, The Deveros, The Grownups, and Defeating the Purpose. 9pm. Whiskey Richards, 435 State St. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 963-1786. tinyurl.com/NatesBirthdaybash

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12/21: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. (Buellton) Ben Larsen.

6-9pm. 45 Industrial Wy., Buellton. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 694-2252 x110. figmtnbrew.com

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12/21: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. (Los Olivos) 3 Way Stop.

3-6pm. 2363 Alamo Pintado Ave., Los Olivos. Free. Ages 21+. Call (805) 6942252 x343. figmtnbrew.com 12/21-12/22: Island Brewing Company Sat.: Brian Faith Band.

6-9pm. Sun.: Rick Reeves. 3-6pm. 5049 6th St., Carpinteria. Free. Call (805) 745-8272. islandbrewingcompany.com 12/21: The James Joyce Ulysses Jasz. 7:30-10:30pm. 513 State St. Free.

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12/28-12/31: New Year’s Eve Sparkling Wine Pairing Flight

december 31, 2019 Bob Bernhardt, C O N D U C T O R VOCALS:

Cassidy Catanzaro Brie Cassil Tamika Lawrence

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Beloved guest pops conductor Bob Bernhardt returns to lead the orchestra in a rousing program celebrating the music of Carole King, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, and more!

Cassidy Catanzaro

upcoming concerts... beethoven’s “eroica” january 18 + 19, 2020

Unity Church, 227 E. Arrellaga St. Free.

Riverbench is excited to partner with Jessica Foster’s Confections to pair a sparkling wine tasting flight with four decadent chocolate truffles. Pre-purchase your handmade local chocolate truffles and then come by the tasting room any day.

The wine flight is sold separately. Sat.Mon.: 11am-6pm; Tue.: 11am-2pm.

Riverbench S.B. Tasting Room, 137 Anacapa St. $10. Ages 21+.

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12/31: Noon Year’s Eve at MOXI There are two chances for kids to celebrate New Year’s Eve with festive activities such as face painting, dance workshops, a rooftop deejay dance party, a MOXI-fied countdown to 2020, and other surprises.

Advance ticket purchase is recommended.

10am-12:30pm and 1-3:30pm. MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, 125 State St. Free-$19. Call (805) 7705000. tinyurl.com/MOXINoonYearsEve

12/31: NYE Meditation Celebrate

Nir Kabaretti, C O N D U C T O R Sivan Silver & Gil Garburg, P I A N O

our collective wish to remove suffering from our world with an evening program that will include a guided meditation and prayers to Avalokiteshvara, Buddha of Compassion. 6:30-7:45pm. Mahakankala Buddhist Ctr., 508 Brinkerhoff Ave. Free (donations welcome). Call (805) 563-6000.

reif conducts tchaikovsky & mozart february 15 + 16, 2020 Christian Reif, C O N D U C T O R Thomas Mesa, C E L L O

an american in paris march 21 + 22, 2020 Constantine Kitsopoulos, C O N D U C T O R

music of Carole King, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, and more! 8:30pm. The Granada Theatre, 1214 State St. $47-$161. Call (805) 899-2222. granadasb.org

12/31: Whiskey Richards 2020 New Year’s Eve Party Dress to impress as you relive the roaring ’20s at this almost speakeasy with prohibition vibes. There will be music by Colonel Angus and 100 free shots of whiskey at midnight! 10pm1am. Whiskey Richards, 435 State St. Free.

Ages 21+. Call (805) 963-1786.

tinyurl.com/WhiskeyRichardsNYE

12/31: Chumash NYE Dance Party The Boogie Knights and The Spazmatics will fill your night with flashbacks from the 1970s and ’80s as you dance in the New Year. 9pm. Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 E. Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez. $25. Ages 21+. Call (800) 248-6274. chumashcasino.com

12/31: Belmond El Encanto’s New Year’s Eve Celebration Welcome the New Year with a three-course meal, the tinkling sounds of Champagne flutes, and live jazz with your choice of two seatings.

5-8:30pm and 9pm-midnight. Belmond El Encanto, 800 Alvarado Place. $125-$180.

Call (805) 845-5800 or email reservations .ele@belmond.com to reserve your spot.

meditationinsantabarbara.org

tinyurl.com/BelmondNYE

12/31: New Year’s Eve Pops: Women Rock Beloved guest pops con-

12/31: New Year’s Eve Burning Bowl Ceremony Celebrate the New

ductor Bob Bernhardt will return to lead the S.B. Symphony in a rousing program called Women Rock, celebrating the

Year by letting go of the past in this sacred healing service of release. 7pm. Sanctuary,

805-899-2222 | thesymphony.org

tinyurl.com/BurningBowlService

12/31: SOhO New Year’s Eve Spend the evening with S.B.’s top indie rock bands Dante Elephante and Clean Spill with special guests Queen Tide to open the show!

There will be drink specials from 8-9 p.m. and tacos all night long. 9pm-1am. SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State St. $25$40. Ages 21+. Call (805) 962-7776.

sohosb.com

12/31: EOS The Roaring 2020s Celebrate the evening in ’20s costumes, cocktails, music, and dancing. Presale tickets include access to the Champagne bar (9-10pm). 9pm-1:30am. Eos Lounge, 500 Anacapa St. $10-$20. Ages 21+. Call (805) 564-2410. tinyurl.com/EOSNYE

12/31: Matrix NYE 2020 You are invited to ring in the New Year with a Champagne toast, balloon drop, and music on the main floor with M*A*S*H, Katashtrophy, MattyMatt, Alex Barajas, and DJ Last Night and Latin party music on the third floor by DJ Prince. Matrix S.B., 409 State St. $20+. Ages 21+. Call (805) 9574111. tinyurl.com/MatrixNYE

12/31: The Ritz Carlton Bacara Rotunda New Year’s Eve for Adults, Teens, and Children The dress code is casual elegance for this fabulous soirée that will offer an open bar and entertainment with bottle service and culinary delights added at an additional price. The Teens’ Party for ages 13-17 includes snacks and their very own party, while the Children’s Party for ages 4-12 will be a festive celebration that includes snacks. 10pm-2am. The Ritz-Carlton Bacara S.B., 8301 Hollister Ave. $75-$150. Call (805) 571-4220 to make reservations.

tinyurl.com/RitzCarltonBacaraNYE

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12/31: Hotel Californian New Year’s Eve Ring in 2020 in the heart of the Funk Zone with deejay sets by Party

12/31:

Biltmore Roaring 1920s New Year’s Eve Put on

with Alonso Benavides, ph.d.

your most glamorous ’20s costume and celebrate in style with Champagne and music by DJ Darla Bea. 10pm-2am. Ty Lounge, Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore S.B., 1260 Channel Dr. $90 (at the door). Ages 21+. tinyurl.com/BiltmoreNYE

Our method calls for small groups (6 maximum) and conversation as soon as it is possible

Details:

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12 sessions $350 24 sessions $700 Private $90 hr.

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New Year’s Eve at the Zoo Create a new tradition by spending the last day of the year at the zoo with your animal friends, including reindeer Cookie and Peppermint.

10am-5pm. S.B. Zoo, 500 Niños Dr. Free-$18. Call (805) 962-5339.

Performing works by Bach, Busoni, Grieg

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Proper Productions and Crush Club, who will also give a special live performance to countdown to midnight. VIP ticket includes your first glass of Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label and access to the lounge. 9pm-1am.

Alhambra Ballroom, Hotel Californian, 36 State St. $30; VIP: $50. Ages 21+.

This program combines different musical languages and collaboration between violin and piano. Enjoy Bach’s singing melodies and careful counterpoint, Busoni’s epic and majestic sonata, and Grieg’s lyrical tunes and dance rhythms.

ing: 8:30, 8:45, and 9pm. Opal Restaurant & Bar, 1325 State St. $90-$115. (805) 966-9676.

tinyurl.com/OpalRestaurantNYE

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Not only is the Firehawk newer than the Vietnamera Hueys, but its dual engines protect against an engine failure, an essential margin of safety in ocean rescues. It remains stable in 50mph winds and, with a belly tank, it carries three times the water of a Huey and can fight fires at night. “Only the ’copters with tanks can fly at night because the buckets that hang below the helicopter can get caught on power lines too easily,” said Woody Enos, deputy chief of operations for Santa Barbara County Fire.

The Blackhawk conversion costs about $2.8 million, and Direct Relief has been collecting funds raised by supporters to finish the work. The fundraising still has about $1.65 million to go.

Santa Barbara’s helicopter 964, as its Firehawk is currently named, has a reservation at a shop in Colorado that’s hustling to complete conversions for other fire agencies. Copter 964 awaits the 1,000-gallon belly tank that makes the Firehawk so valuable, and the taller landing gear needed to accommodate the tank.

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Santa Barbara bought its first Firehawk earlier this year for $1.7 million, part of a statewide move to replace Vietnam-era helicopters with a newer breed. It’s a used National Guard Blackhawk that’s in Alabama right now, being gutted and rebuilt, said Mike Eliason, a County Fire spokesperson. The 2004 aircraft is having its armor removed and a “bambi”

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ocated on Seville Street near Isla Vista’s People’s Park, the I.V. Food Co-op is an inviting, friendly place with the look of a gardening center. The roof is lined with solar panels, a fitting addition to the building with a stated mission of advancing sustainability. But what many don’t know is that those panels were made possible by RE-volv, an organization that crowdfunds money to help nonprofits install solar systems.

RE-volv is based in San Francisco, and their website states that they’ve successfully funded installations for 20 organizations. Now, through its student ambassador program at UCSB, RE-volv is ramping up operations and hoping to expand its work to new organizations in the Santa Barbara community.

Back in 2017, when the I.V. Food Co-op became REvolv’s first Santa Barbara project, it raised over $59,000 to install around 100 panels. The project, the group says, will reduce the building’s carbon emissions by about 1.3 million pounds over the lifetime of the panels. “We’re one of, maybe even the only, solar-powered grocery stores in the county,” said co-op general manager Melissa Cohen. “The savings in carbon emissions for this year alone are the equivalent of the emissions you’d use driving 57,000 miles, so we hope it can help encourage customers who might feel guilty about driving to come shop. I think RE-volv learned a lot since we

were one of their first projects, and it was a cool way for students to learn about building up the community through hands-on experience. And the effectiveness of the panels has surpassed early projections.”

RE-volv has a nationwide Student Ambassadors program that teaches student fellows how to launch crowdfunding campaigns and educate on solar energy policy, project financing, and community engagement. RE-volv has such programs in place at 16 universities across 11 states.

“RE-volv gives students the platform to be agents of change,” said Michelle Le, Project Lead for RE-volv at UCSB. “Through their model, I get to see tangible change happening within my own community.”

In the past, the UCSB group only had the capacity to work on one project at a time. But now, Le says that the organization is in the process of reaching out to multiple nonprofits in the Santa Barbara. “We are actively seeking new nonprofits to partner up with,” she said. “We want to be able to see clean and reliable energy everywhere in our community.” Visit re-volv.org to learn more.

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ld-fashioned Solvang charm will blend with newfangled technology this Saturday for the city’s upcoming Julefest Christmas Drone Show, called (wink, wink) Aurora Dronealis. For 15 minutes starting at 6 p.m., 100 drones fixed with color-changing LED lights and synched to amplified holiday music will put on a display guaranteed to widen eyes and drop jaws. Picture the dazzle of a fireworks show (but without all the loud noise that dogs hate) combined with the shapeshifting magic of a college marching band.

While the show will be visible from five-plus miles around, its twodimensional shapes will only take their proper form from the viewing area at Solvang Lot 72 at 100 Alisal Mesa Road. There, ticketed grandstand seating will be available for $15 per person. A handful of $500 VIP tickets are also for sale. Those will get you a firsthand crash course in drone technology from the show’s pilots. “We’re so excited for this fantastic holiday display,” said Solvang mayor Ryan Toussaint. “It is quite literally a shining example of all that’s new to Julefest, and to the entire town.”

Drone shows are relatively new things. They first burst onto the scene during Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime performance three years ago, and then again during the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The productions are growing in popularity, led mainly by Intel and its high-end fleet. Firefly Drone Shows based in Detroit, one of only a handful of FAA-licensed operators in the U.S., is choreographing the Solvang event.

Scott Shuemake, president of IDK Events, producers of this year’s Julefest, stressed all safety precautions are being taken. There will be a 1,500-foot buffer set up around the flying area, and the drones — all fully autonomous and programmed to fly only predetermined paths — contain firmware that forces them to land if they wander too far outside their routes. They’re custom made and much smaller and lighter than the drones most people see in the sky taking photos or video, Shuemake explained.

The rest of the event will feature all the regular crowd-pleasers, like the interactive Nisse Adventure experience, evening Candlelight Tours, and visits with Santa in Solvang Park. New this year is a play area called “Santa’s Lade” (Santa’s Barn), a children’s winter wonderland with snow and live animals.

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by Matt Kettmann It’s not quite as instantaneous you feel about three-quarters of as smoking, but there’s no need the effect in 25 minutes,” explained to inhale or unleash pungent aromas Maser, who compares the psychoactive either. With a capful of elixir containing little effects to vaping. “And the sooner it’s absorbed more than a one milligram dose (four capfuls is a into your system, the sooner it gets expelled.” In 5mg shot), the ability to manage intake is precise as other words, the Tinley effects fade within a few possible. (That said, friends who’ve had unpleasant hours, unlike those gummies that still cloud your edible experiences struggled a bit with these, too.) head the next morning.

I asked Tinley’s founder/owner Jeffrey Maser how Maser pushed to make sure his beverages weren’t this all came to be. “It started three years ago when just laced with THC, but included all of the terpenes I was at a party, holding a cocktail in my hand and and cannabinoids found in a full-flower experience. really wishing that it was going to give me a cannabis “It doesn’t matter if it’s coming from a drink or a effect instead of an alcohol effect — that would be vape or a joint — if it doesn’t make the consumer way more fun and healthier and leave no hangover,” feel good, then they’re not gonna come back to Maser told me over the phone from his Los Angeles the product,” he said. “We felt it was important to office. “I wished there was some way I could create replicate and provide a full-flower effect in a drink.” the product, so I set out to see if it could be done.”

That’s how they settled on the Pineapple Jack Sativa, He contacted beverage industry associates from which Maser said offers a euphoric feeling perfect his former career, raised some money, and began for a social setting. working with liquor formulators to emulate the flaHe’s aware that people may mix booze into his vors of known brands but without the alcohol. “And product, but thinks that defeats the purpose. Said then I had to find a way to infuse cannabis in a way Maser, “The mission of the company is to give that protects the original taste,” he said. “It’s been a people the opportunity to enjoy premium adult long road. The science has been difficult.” beverages without alcohol.”

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MACHINE MAESTRO: Salvatore Cisaria handcrafts espresso machines in his workshop, where he also sells coffee beans and grinders.

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BY GEORGE YATCHISIN “In the last 19 years-plus, I have created a little niche ern coffee. A modest company called Starbucks for home espresso machines,” explained Cisaria. “Now, launched its IPO with a mere 140 coffee shops— there are at least 40 competing machines available.” It’s today, it has 214 times (!) more outlets, not count- doubtful that any of those competitors employ Cisaria’s ing the dozens that opened as I wrote this article. watchful eye and care. Despite high demand, he’s never More critically for folks in search of a good cup, 1992 had more than one employee, besides Stephen.

Originally from Ostuni, Italy, Cisaria became was the year that Salvatore Cisaria’s “brain started to roll and roll and roll, and I decided to do this.” “This” is mak- obsessed with coffee machines as a kid while hanging out ing some of the most beautiful, completely handcrafted in a cousin’s café. His first job after mandatory military espresso machines in the world, which he’s been doing service was in a Florence machine shop, doing exacting ever since, from Haley Street to the Santa Ynez Valley. die work for accessories for shoes and handbags — think A quarter century ago, coffee lovers didn’t have of those buckles on your Ferragamos and Guccis. many options for home-brewing espresso. “There were Work brought him to Los Angeles off and on until he just plastic machines that used pods,” said Cisaria. He decided “to take really serious English classes” and make wanted to bring the art and science of espresso to your the big move in 1985. Fast-forward a bit, and Cisaria’s kitchen by combining the “four M’s”: miscela (the bean Santa Barbara–based friend and occasional business blend), macinadosatore (the grinder), macchina (the partner Richard Smith got him a job repairing espresso machine), and mano (the operator’s hand). machines in a garage on Haley Street, where Lab Social Today, his storefront just off Highway 246 in Buellton is today. handles the first three. That’s where he and his wife, Five years later, he was building his own machines. “I didn’t have any money to pay the rent,” he explained.

“But Richard said, ‘The space is empty anyway— when you make money, you can pay me.’ ” While now there’s a waiting list for Salvatore machines—they sell 80 to 100 each year—things were much harder in the 1990s. “The internet didn’t exist, but I knew a lot of people around,” Cisaria explained. “We used all our friends and did a little marketing.”

Trips to trade shows like Coffee Fest in Seattle and demos in New York City didn’t hurt, either. For years, you could buy a Salvatore machine from the Wendy Stephen, sell primo Arabica bean blends legendary Zabar’s catalog. “We still get requests to have that aren’t oily, so they don’t brew bitter. They’ve also some of those Zabar machines refurbished,” explained got handmade precision grinders and the espresso Stephen. machines, which can be customized in amazing ways.

The factory eventually moved from Haley Street There’s a wine barrel one, one atop a surfboard, and to Solvang—yep, cheaper rent—and then in 2009 to another tucked into a mini car frame. Behind the show- Buellton, which makes a perfect home base. “All these room, there’s a spotless machine shop of drills and lathes beautiful horse ranches—it’s a long way for them to and welding gear—what’s behind the curtain, it turns get up in the morning and get to a coffee shop,” he said. out, is even more amazing than the projected Oz. “Plus, everything you do at home is better.”

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I don’t recall ever seeing an alternative to the dominant Branca brand, but now Santa Barbara — reportedly one of the top five fernet-consuming cities in California BY MA TT KETTMA NN — boasts its own version.

Throwback Fernet is the creation of Black Market Spirits, a partnership between veteran distiller Ian Cutler and entrepreneur Matt Fraser, former bartender at Q’s and co-owner of Statemynt on State Street.

“The complexity and sheer number of botanicals makes this type of spirit difficult to balance, so I saw this as both a creative challenge and a daunting task to create something balanced and enjoyable,” explained Cutler, who tried out more than 100 concoctions with the goal of a more approachable, softer, and slightly less bitter result. He opted for a bit of chocolate from Twenty-Four Blackbirds, some Ojai Pixie tangerines, and then a range of dried fruits, peppermint, aloe, cardamom, chamomile, and about a dozen secret ingredients. The result is a bit like mint chocolate chip ice cream hooked up with bay leaf and bouquet garni to make a baby.

“I am excited to have people try Throwback and have been thrilled with the response we have gotten to date,” said Cutler, who prefers his fernet chilled and straight up but is also finding it a nice partner with Aperol. And it’s not too bad with Coca-Cola, either.

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Inn, 1295 Coast Village Road. Featured bites include bluefin otoro with fresh black truffle, JapaRumors about the closure of Breakfast Culture nese and Santa Barbara uni topped with caviar, Club at 711 Chapala Street are also confirmed, as and Japanese wagyu. Three seatings are available readers Primetime and Steve H. report there is a on December 31 at 5, 7, and 9 p.m. The experi- letter now in the window from “Morgan & the ence begins 30 minutes prior with a cocktail in the Breakfast crew,” saying that the coffee shop closed lobby. Seats are $250 per person; drink pairings are after Thanksgiving. “It’s been an amazing 3 & 1/2 more. See sushibarmontecito.com. years of coffee, art shows, concerts, poetry readAlso on New Year’s Eve, Bibi Ji at 734 State ings, movie nights and everything in-between,” Street is offering a four-course dinner alongside a it reads.

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C O U R AG E ACTIVITIES Our events and programs are constantly evolving and expanding as new partnerships are formed. Our goal is to implement two recreational and educational events every month throughout the year. The following is a list of events and activities that Eyeshine implements for our visually impaired youth and adults.

Goal ball MOXI, Maritime Museum, and other museum field trips

Lake Casitas Water Park Independent Living Skills (cooking, shopping, personal care, jewelry making, Braille classes)

Conduct S.B. School District Science Night Classes Deep sea fishing Surfing and Boogie Boarding Boat Riding at Lake Casitas

Ventura High Eyeshine Alliance promotes equality and community. We strive to bridge the gap between the blind and the sighted and move forward as a strong united force. We aim to achieve this bonded community by participating in fun and engaging Seneca is a long activities that Eyeshine provides time member of and educating each other on Eyeshine’s community. the different lenses with She is an awesome artist which we view our and teaches Independent worlds.

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for our low income visually impaired students in the Oxnard School district.

White Water Rafting Snow and Water Skiing SUP (Stand Up Paddling) Kayaking Outrigger Canoeing Horseback riding Hiking Swimming Tandem cycling Overnight camping trips Golf Bowling

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In October of 2017, a group of dedicated parents, teachers, students, and other concerned members of the community came together to address the need for services for youth with blindness, vision loss, and other disabilities throughout Santa Barbara County. This group decided to start their own nonprofit organization to increase these services by providing sports and recreational activities, while at the same time continuing to conduct Independent Living Skills Classes through the Santa Barbara and Ventura County School Districts. As a result, Eyeshine was born.

Today, we continue to provide our visually impaired and disabled children and adults with the opportunities that they deserve, while striving to enhance the provided services, and build upon them to enrich the community we serve.

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Lions Club of Carpinteria-Lake Casitas Water Park and Boat Adventure Hutton Parker Foundation/Independent Media Grant Wayfinder Family Services-Junior Blind Olympics City of Oxnard Special Populations Goal Ball Tournament Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center Santa Barbara County School Districts ILS Classes Eyeshine Parents and Student Volunteer Association Rotary Club of Santa Barbara North (Pending)

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Executive Director & Board Member Eyeshine children and adults see with their hearts and with their souls. They ask us for inclusion into society. They ask to be treated the same as sighted children and adults, to play sports, to water ski, to surf, to have the opportunity for a university education, to have the option to serve our country, and to have the chance to compete for employment on the open job market. This Christmas, please open the eyes to your heart and help Eyeshine.org to empower our children and adults to someday soon live completely independent lives.

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Eyeshine is in need of volunteers and interns that can help us Assist in managing Eyeshine’s social media accounts Assist in implementing monthly outdoor recreational events Assist with graphic design and marketing Help with grant writing and fundraising

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D O N AT E Donate directly through eyeshine.org Donate through Pay pal www.paypal.me/EyeshineOrg Donate the old fashioned way: Make checks out to “Eyeshine” and send them by snail mail to PO Box 117 Goleta, CA 93116

Erica Torres

* All donations are tax exempt and are used for direct program costs

ACTION Eyeshine requests to partner with local and national Foundations, Philanthropic Organizations and Public Charities interested in supporting Eyeshine’s activities on the central Coast of California.

Eyeshine also urgently needs two 16 seat vans to transport children to all the outdoor sports events and monthly activities and requests that the leading car dealerships and automobile agencies of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties answer the call.

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By his estimate, if you spend $10 a day buying coffee, you could buy a Salvatore machine and amortize the cost over a year while controlling your quality. “The baby,” which is a Club lever machine in basic stainless, will set you back $1,950.

But Salvatore promises more than just a great cup. Each is a piece of art, WORKS OF FUNCTIONAL ART: The Salvatore machines are easy on the eyes and come with a decorated with a trademark six-year warranty. swirled “S” punched out on one side, quite a pretty vent for the boiler. The metalwork is so spectacular that more important to me than anything else.” Explained people hire Cisaria to do non-espresso machine jobs— Stephen, “We give a six-year warranty on a new like hammered copper signs—and to renovate antique machine, so when people have trouble, they just call machines, like the 70-year-old one he spent 100 hours here and we usually figure it out.” refurbishing for Jeff Olson at Industrial Eats.

225 McMurray Rd., Unit G, Buellton; (805) 688-9807; Most of all, said Cisaria, “Customer service is salvatore-espresso.com

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MEDITERRANEAN FOXTAIL KITCHEN 14 E. Cota St. Lebanese cuisine, American burger, 24 craft beers, great cocktails, whiskey bar, vegan options, open late night, hookah lounge. Kitchen closes at midnight on the weekend, try our best falafel in town. www.foxtailsb.com NORTHERN EUROPEAN ANDERSEN’S DANISH RESTAURANT & BAKERY. 1106 State St., 805-962-5085. Open Daily 8am-9pm. Family owned for over 42 years. Northern European Cuisine with California Infusion. Fresh scratch made pastries & menus everyday. Authentic Breakfasts, Lunches & Dinners. Happy Hour menu with exquisite R wines & beers, 3-7pm everyVE TI S D day. High Tea served everyday starting at 2pm. Huge Viking Mimosas & Champagne Cocktails. Private Event spaces.

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IRISH DARGAN’S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT, 18 E. Ortega St. (next to lot 10) SB, 568-0702. $$. Open 7 days 11:30a-Close (Food ‘til 10p, 11p on Sat/Sun). AE MC V Disc. Authentic Irish food & atmosphere in downtown SB. Specialties from Ireland include Seafood & Meat dishes. Informal, relaxed pub-style atmosphere. Live music Thursday nights. Children welcome. Avail. for private parties. Pool & Darts.

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Books Born a Crime by Trevor Noah • Film Brittany Runs a Marathon, SBIFF offerings: Transit, Prosecuting Evil, Quiet Storm, Shoplifters • Albums Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?; Lana Del Rey, Norman Fucking Rockwell!

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Books The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine Weiss • Live Performance Kristin Chenoweth at the Granada • Theater Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at the Rubicon • Film How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, The Irishman • Albums Lizzo, Cuz I Love You, Deluxe Version; FKA Twigs, Magdalene

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Books Washington Black by Esi Edugyan; Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman; The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern; Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper; The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang; Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton • Albums Kevin Morby, Oh My God; Brittany Howard, Jaime; Solange, When I Get Home; Anderson .Paak, Ventura; Lizzo, Cuz I Love You • TV Good Omens • Biggest Letdown of the Year Game. Of. Thrones (Yes, that WAS this year … I know you blocked it out.)

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Books Hungry by Jeff Gordinier; Higher Etiquette: A Guide to the World of Cannabis, from Dispensaries to Dinner Parties

by Lizzie Post • Albums Jungle Brown, Full Circle; Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (preferably in a Maserati); Andrew Bird, My Finest Work Yet

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Albums Lana Del Rey, Norman Fucking Rockwell!; Tinashe, Songs for You; Ariana Grande, thank u, next • Books Lock Every Door by Riley Sager; Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco; Dreyer’s English by Benjamin Dreyer; When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

RICKY BARAJAS GRAPHIC DESIGNER Books Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi; Kindred by Octavia Butler; Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James; The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma; Trail of Lightning

by Rebecca Roanhorse • Film Booksmart, Us, Avengers: Endgame, Midsommar, Spider-Man: Far from Home • Albums Solange, When I Get Home; Yola, Walk Through Fire; Moonchild, Little Ghost; Tyler, the Creator, Igor; Ari Lennox, Shea Butter Baby • TV Euphoria; Love, Death & Robots; Los Espookys; Watchmen; Rhythm + Flow

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Books Kudos by Rachel Cusk; This Storm

by James Ellroy; Mr. Know-It-All by John Waters; Bad Gateway by Simon Hanselmann • Albums Jennifer Koh, Limitless; Danish String Quartet, Prism II; Prince, 1999 Super Deluxe Edition; Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Camerata Bern, Time & Eternity

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TV Barry, PEN15, Fleabag, The Good Place, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Our Planet • Book Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster • Film The Irishman, Midsommar, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far from Home • Album Vampire Weekend, Father of the Bride

MICHELLE DROWN, SENIOR EDITOR

Albums Tory Lanez, Chixtape 5; Summer Walker, Over It; H.E.R., I Used to Know Her; Post Malone, Hollywood’s Bleeding; J Balvin and Bad Bunny, Oasis • Film Pain and Glory • TV Russian Doll, Insecure, The Good Place, Sex Education, Friends from College

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Film Pain and Glory, Parasite, The Irishman, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood, Little Women

Books I’m Writing You from Tehran by Delphine Minoui; Know My Name by Chanel Miller • TV Tuca & Bertie, Sex Education, Good Omens • Albums Billie Eilish, When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?; Ariana Grande, thank u, next; Lizzo, Cuz I Love You

TV Line of Duty, Mr. Robot, The Keepers, Bad Blood • Books Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe; Crusaders by Dan Jones; The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy; Mythos by Stephen Fry; She Said by Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor • Film Parasite, Avengers: Endgame, Yesterday, Ford v Ferrari, The Joker • Albums Calum Scott, Only Human (Special Edition); Lana Del Rey, Norman Fucking Rockwell!; Twenty One Pilots, Trench

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Film The Irishman, Pain and Glory, Parasite, Amazing Grace, Us • Albums Joe Lovano, Trio Tapestry; Wilco, Ode to Joy; Lana Del Rey, Norman Fucking Rockwell!; Bill Frisell, Harmony; Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan, Epistrophy; Art Ensemble of Chicago, We Are on the Edge

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In Santa Barbara, the effort was launched by intrepid founder/artistic director and participant Susan Keller and is firmly entrenched in the canon of perennial Christmas-calendar-timed activities in town. Each production shifts locale and setting, from the British Isles to Europe to New England and, locally, making a thematic stop in Alta California’s “Rancho” period.

This time out the production goes Italianate with The Christmas Revels: A Venetian Celebration of the Winter Solstice.

The new edition aims at “a nice balance between the light-hearted, physical humor of our commedia dell’arte players and some beautifully complex Renaissance choral and instrumental music,” said Revels Executive Director Nick Jurkowski. “Every show has a certain flavor, of course, and this year’s show brings into focus the fun of the season in our imagined Venice during the Festival of the Seven Fishes. As always, there are songs to sing along with, dancing, and some beautiful costumes and sets.”

Although the directorial parties involved have shifted over the years, the current team is a strong one: Keller leads the charge, alongside stage director Matthew Tavianini and music director Erin McKibben. Collaboration and community involvement are key to the success of the cast of many Revels productions, which draw on diverse talents in the music, dance, and thespian niches in Santa Barbara. “Santa Barbara has an outsized community of skilled performers for a city its size,” Jurkowski said. “A point of pride for us is integrating professional musicians, actors, and dancers with talented community members for a really beautiful result.”

A new addition this year is the participation of the Santa Barbara Trombone Society Sackbut Ensemble, weighing in with the fitting vintage sonorities of the sackbut, a Renaissance precursor to the trombone.

In this season grounded in Christian ideology, the Revels productions are nonsectarian. “Revels occupies an interesting spot,” Jurkowski said, “in that it is neither explicitly religious nor entirely secular.…The Revels program has a broad subtext: coming out of the darkness and the return of light….This relates very much to the cyclic seasonal pattern of the year, but more broadly, this arc is common to many religions in one form or another,” he continued. “I think we do offer a unique way to celebrate the season, one that not only provides beautiful performances but one that also encourages interaction, movement, and community both for the audience and for the performers.

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As he tries to discover the real killer, his family and neighbors peel away, the aforementioned secrets and lies are revealed, and none of them are what you expected. (Six episodes)

The Cry (SundanceTV/Amazon): A Scottish couple and their infant son visit Australia hoping to gain custody of the husband’s older daughter, who lives there with her mother. On the drive from Melbourne to the tiny coastal town of Wilde Bay, their baby son vanishes. Panic and despair mingle with a serpentine investigation and flashbacks to the couple’s previous life. It’s an A+ addition to the missing child genre. (Six episodes)

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La Mante (Netflix; subtitles): The beautiful, seasoned French actress Carole Bouquet plays a notorious serial killer toward the end of her prison sentence. Released to her grown son, now a detective, to help the search for a copycat killer, things hum along until she escapes custody. Okay, it’s a bit of a stretch, but the acting, plot, and setting (Paris!) suspend your disbelief.

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Camino Real/Paseo Nuevo Cats (120 mins., PG) In this cinematic reimagining of the Tony Award–winning musical Cats, a tribe of felines called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and then return reincarnated.

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A Hidden Life (174 mins., PG-13) This historical drama written and directed by Terrence Malick (Badlands, The Tree of Life) tells the story of Franz Jägerstätter, an Austrian farmer who refused to join the Nazis during WWII and was ultimately sent to prison and executed for being a conscientious objector.

The Hitchcock Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (142 mins., PG-13)

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga.

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Anna, Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), Olaf (Josh Gad), and Sven journey afar and end up saving their kingdom. Catchy songs, lots of laughs (thank you Olaf), and lovely animation make this delightful family holiday entertainment. (MD) Fairview/Fiesta 5

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James Mangold (Logan, 3:10 to Yuma) directs this exciting biopic about the Ford visionary designer, Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon), and his British driver, Ken Miles (Christian Bale), who were determined to build a car that could beat the Ferrari racing team at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France.

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Uncut Gems (135 mins., R) Adam Sandler is getting accolades for his turn as Howard Ratner, a New York City jewelry store owner who comes into possession of an uncut opal worth more than $1 million. But things go awry for Ratner, who is in debt to loan sharks, is getting divorced, and whose mistress is having an affair. Idina Menzel, Lakeith Stanfield, and Julia Fox also star.

Paseo Nuevo (Opens Tue., Dec. 24)

NOW SHOWING A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (109 mins., PG) Tom Hanks dons Fred Rogers’s button-up sweater and sneakers for his portrayal of the TV icon in this biopic. Based the 1989 Esquire article, the film shows how the jaded journalist Lloyd Vogel’s (Matthew Rhys) life is transformed after spending time with Rogers for the story. Fiesta 5

➤ Jumanji: The Next Level (123 mins.,

does pick up at the end, however, when the four teens are back in their original hosts, which is where they should have been all along. (MD)

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Knives Out (130 mins., PG-13) Rian Johnson (Looper, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) wrote and directed this whodunit about a dysfunctional family who reunites for patriarch Harlan Thrombey’s (Christopher Plummer) 85th birthday.

The next morning, Harlan is found dead, and everyone is a suspect. Despite an excellent cast that includes Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, and Lakeith Stanfield, and some clever dialogue, the film falls a bit short in both humor and mystery. (MD)

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Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black, and Kevin Hart reprise their avatar roles for this fourth installment of the Jumanji franchise. This time around, Spencer, feeling inadequate in his new life at NYU, returns home for the holidays with his mom and grandpa (Danny Devito). Longing to be his old avatar Dr. Bravestone (Johnson), Spencer reenters the game, which he had secretly saved. When his friends Bethany, Fridge, and Martha realize he has returned to Jumanji, they go after him. Things go awry, however, as they are paired with different avatars and Grandpa and his friend Milo (Danny Glover) also enter the game. The new pairings prove incongruent to the actors’ skills making for a slow and not-so-funny sequel. The film

Parasite (133 mins., R) Director Bong Joon-ho (The Host, Snowpiercer) helms this black comedy thriller about two families—one rich, one poor —whose lives become inextricably and murderously entwined.

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Richard Jewell (129 mins., R) Clint Eastwood directs this biopic about Richard Jewell, the security guard who discovers the plot to detonate a bomb at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Despite saving several people after the attack, the FBI accuses him of being a suspect in the bombing. The press vilifies him before he is cleared of charges nearly three months later. Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, and Jon Hamm star.

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Black Christmas (98 mins., PG-13) A modern take on a slasher film, the sorority women at Hawthorne College fight back when sisters start getting murdered.

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Even with an enrollment of just under 300 students, the boarding school has long prided itself on strong athletic programs to supplement an academic environment that strives to cultivate independent thinkers.

Through the early stages of the 2019-2020 season, the boys’ basketball team has held its own against some of the larger public schools in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

“In my interview at Cate School, I told our athletic director that I wanted to be able to play with these big public schools,” said head coach Andrew Gil, who is in his fifth season leading the program. “This year, it’s been fun. We’ve already beat a couple of them.”

At the Nordhoff tournament, the Rams captured victories over Rio Mesa, a school with more than 2,000 students, and Pacifica, which tops 3,000. Gil’s vision for the program is beginning to come into focus.

“My first year at Cate, we had barely enough players to field a varsity and a JV team,” Gil said. “This year, we actually

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fielded three teams, and we had over 50 guys try out for three levels.”

Such progress comes despite the many hurdles that other high school programs do not encounter. For instance, Cate players don’t participate in a traditional off-season, which for many schools includes spring and summer leagues.

“Every year when I walk into the school, I have no idea who is going to be here, I have no idea who is injured, and I have no idea who did what over the summer,” said Gil with a chuckle. “A lot of these guys, in years past, wouldn’t touch a ball after basketball season. Now these guys are playing club.

They’re going and finding teams and working on their own.”

The onus for skill development falls primarily on each individual player, which captains Khadim Pouye, Thomas Nettesheim, and Ethan Ng take very seriously. The three seniors were not highly touted recruits brought in to lift the program to new heights. They are scrappy student athletes with nuanced worldviews who simply love the game and have developed accordingly.

“I first played basketball for my middle school team at Crane School in Montecito,” said Pouye, whose father teaches French at Cate. “I never thought I’d become a captain for any high school team. I’ve made a lot of improvement. I was really bad back then, so definitely a lot of growth.”

Originally from Senegal, Pouye moved to the Santa Barbara area when he was 6 years old. He is the most physically gifted player on the team, with a chiseled 61 frame and ample strength and quickness to impose his will on the court.

The Rams finished first place at the recent Fillmore tournament, where Pouye was named MVP after scoring 21 points in the final against Trinity Classical Academy—that includes his 16 fourth-quarter points that sparked a thrilling comeback. In his fourth season as a varsity player, it’s fair to say that Pouye is not a bad player anymore.

Nettesheim is perhaps the most experienced player on the roster. The Ventura resident started playing with 805 Basketball Club in the 4th grade and has been hooked ever since.

Like Pouye, Nettesheim has been on the varsity team since his freshman year and is a pillar of the program, and his ability to battle inside allows Cate to compete with bigger teams.

Last season, after being named MVP of the Ojai Valley Classic tournament, Nettesheim tore his ACL, MCL, and meniscus on the very next practice after returning from winter break. “I was obviously really bummed out to miss my junior season, because we were playing well,” Nettesheim said.

“I’m just so happy to be out here and be able to play because I’ve never had it taken away from me for that long. Now that I’m back out here, it’s just a blessing.”

Grizzled vets like Nettesheim may prove to be the missing pieces of the Cate puzzle for 2020. The Rams fell just short of a league championship last season, narrowly defeated by rival Carpinteria in the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS Division 5A playoffs. “If we don’t win league, our season is a failure in our eyes, no matter what we do in playoffs,” Nettesheim said.

The third captain is senior forward Ethan Ng, who was born in San Francisco but spent his formative years in Hong Kong and Shanghai. He came to Cate as a sophomore with high expectations for himself as a player, and he has settled in as a leader and key contributor on the court after a bit of a slow start.

“I didn’t make the [varsity] team my first year, due to a myriad of reasons, including transfer rules, the fit of the team, and my relationship with the coach,” said Ng. “I didn’t do a good job of establishing myself, but on JV I had a lot of fun and learned how to be a leader.”

At 62 with a sweet shooting stroke, Ng can stretch the floor and guard multiple positions. He relishes the underdog role when playing against larger schools.

“Having the underdog mentality is a good thing, even though, comparatively, we have wealthy kids and we have good lives,” Ng said. “But the small-school thing is what helps us a lot because some teams do underestimate us. I feel like that’s going to be to our advantage this year.”

With the support of such key contributors as Nkemka Chukwumerije, Parker May, and Mason Oetgen, the Rams stormed out of the gates with a 7-2 record to start the season. And there’s still plenty of room for improvement. “On any given night, we can have six or seven guys lead us, and that is what makes us a dangerous team,” Gil said. n

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Breszny ARIES

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(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): The English word “hubris” means pride-

(June 21-July 22): I won’t be surprised if you’re enamored

ful, exaggerated self-assurance. In the HBO TV series Rome, the ancient Roman politician and general Mark Antony says to his boss, Julius Caesar, “I’m glad you’re so confident. Some would call it hubris.” Caesar has a snappy comeback: “It’s only hubris if I fail.” I’m tempted to dare you to use you that as one of your mottoes in 2020, Aries. I have a rather expansive vision of your capacity to accomplish great things during the coming months. And I also think that one key to your triumphs and breakthroughs will be your determination to cultivate a well-honed aplomb, even audacity.

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): For years, I’ve lived in a house bordering

a wetland, and I’ve come to love that ecosystem more than any other. While communing with reeds and herons and muddy water, my favorite poet has been Taurusborn Lorine Niedecker, who wrote about marshes with supreme artistry. Until the age of 60, her poetic output was less than abundant because she had to earn a meager living by cleaning hospital floors. Then, due to a fortuitous shift in circumstances, she was able to leave that job and devote more time to what she loved most and did best. With Niedecker’s breakthrough as our inspiration, I propose that we do all we can, you and I, as we conspire to make 2020 the year you devote more time to the activity that you love most and do best.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the English language, the prefix

“re” comes at the beginning of many words with potent transformational meaning: reinvent; redeem; rediscover; release; relieve; redesign; resurrect; rearrange; reconstruct; reform; reanimate; reawaken; regain. I hope you’ll put words like those at the top of your priority list in 2020. If you hope to take maximum advantage of the cosmic currents, it’ll be a year of revival, realignment, and restoration.

and amorous more than usual in 2020. I suspect you will experience delight and enchantment at an elevated rate.

The intensity and depth of the feelings that flow through you may break all your previous records. Is that going to be a problem? I suppose it could be if you worry that the profuse flows of tenderness and affection will render you weak and vulnerable. But if you’re willing and eager to interpret your extra sensitivity as a superpower, that’s probably what it will be.

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won’t be in play during 2020. My prediction is that you will develop a more robust sense of where you belong than ever before. Any uncertainties you’d had about where your true power spot lies will dissipate. Questions you’ve harbored about the nature of home will be answered. With flair and satisfaction, you’ll resolve long-running riddles about home and community.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Friendship is a very taxing and ardu-

ous form of leisure activity,” wrote philosopher and educator Mortimer Adler. He was exaggerating a bit for comic effect, but he was basically correct. We all must LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Does the word “spirit” mean anything mobilize a great deal of intelligence and hard work to initiate new friendships and maintain existing friendto you? Or are you numb to it? Has it come to seem ships. But I have some very good news about how these virtually meaningless — a foggy abstraction used careactivities will play out for you in lessly by millions of people to express 2020, Scorpio. I expect that your HOMEWORK: Start dreaming sentimental beliefs and avoid clear knack for practicing the art of about who you can be in 2020. My thinking? In accordance with astrofriendship will be at an all-time long-range audio horoscopes are here: logical omens, I’ll ask you to create a high. I also believe that your close RealAstrology.com. sturdier and more vigorous definition alliances will be especially gratiof “spirit” for your practical use in fying and useful for you. You’ll 2020. For instance, you might decide be well-rewarded for your skill and care at cultivating that “spirit” refers to the life force that launches you out rapport. of bed each morning and motivates you to keep transforming yourself into the ever-more-beautiful soul you SAGITTARIUS want to become.

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1933, Sagittarian artist Diego Rivera was commissioned to paint a huge mural in one of the VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “There are people who take the heart famous Rockefeller buildings in New York City. His patrons didn’t realize he was planning to include a conout of you, and there are people who put it back,” wrote troversial portrait of former Soviet Communist leader author Charles de Lint. According to my analysis of the Vladimir Lenin. When the deed was done, they ordered astrological omens, your heart will encounter far more him to remove it. When he refused, they ushered him of the latter than the former types of people in 2020. out and destroyed the whole mural. As a result, Rivera There may be one wrangler who tries to take the heart also lost another commission to create art at the Chiout of you, but there will be an array of nurturers who cago World’s Fair. In any other year, Sagittarius, I might will strive to keep the heart in you — as well as boosters encourage you to be as idealistic as Rivera. I’d invite you and builders who will add even more heart. to place artistic integrity over financial considerations.

But I’m less inclined to advise that in 2020. I think it may LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Composer Igor Stravinsky was born a serve you to be unusually pragmatic. At least consider leaving Lenin out of your murals.

Russian citizen, but later in life became a French citizen, and still later took on American citizenship. If you have had any similar predilections, Libra, I’m guessing they

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “People mistake their limitations for

high standards,” wrote Capricorn author Jean Toomer.

In my astrological opinion, it’s crucial that you avoid doing that in 2020. Why? First, I’m quite sure that you will have considerable power to shed and transcend at least some of your limitations. For best results, you can’t afford to deceive yourself into thinking that those limitations are high standards. Secondly, Capricorn, you will have good reasons and a substantial ability to raise your standards higher than they’ve ever been. So you definitely don’t want to confuse high standards with limitations.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Historians once thought that 14th-

century Englishmen were the first humans to track the rhythms of the planet Jupiter using the complicated mathematics known as calculus. But in 2015, researchers discovered that Babylonians had done it 1,400 years before the Englishmen. Why was Jupiter’s behavior so important to those ancient people? They were astrologers! They believed the planet’s movements were correlated with practical events on earth, like the weather, river levels, and grain harvests. I think that this correction in the origin story of tracking Jupiter’s rhythms will be a useful metaphor for you in 2020. It’s likely you will come to understand your past in ways that are different from what you’ve believed up until now. Your old tales will change.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): China produces the most apples in the

world. The United States is second. That wasn’t always true. When Europeans first reached the shores of the New World, crab apple was the only apple species that grew natively. But the invaders planted other varieties that they brought with them. They also imported the key to all future proliferation: honeybees, champion pollinators, which were previously absent from the land that many indigenous people called Turtle Island. I see 2020 as a time for you to accomplish the equivalent, in your own sphere, of getting the pollination you need. What are the fertilizing influences that will help you accomplish your goals?

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LEGALS ADMINISTER OF ESTATE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WADE CLARK ROOF NO: 19PR00566 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of WADE CLARK ROOF A PETITION FOR PROBATE: has been filed by: KATHERINE JANE ROOF BRANDTS in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara THE PETITION for probate requests that (name): KATHERINE JANE ROOF BRANDTS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: on 01/23/2020 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Anacapa Division.

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

Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor.

You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Cristi Michelon Vasquez 132 East Figueroa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; (805) 805‑882‑2226.

Published Dec 19, 26, Jan 2 2020.

FBN ABANDONMENT STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: INSEASONHARVEST at 1419 De La Vina Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 06/11/2019 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2019‑0001403. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Sirwan McAlvain (same address) Jessica Ann McAlvain (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 18, 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 Margarita Silva, Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: ANGELS NAIL & SPA at 1825 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 06/23/2016 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2016‑0001866. The person

(s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Angels Nail & Spa Inc (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec. 10, 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 Brenda Aguilera, Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following Fictitious Business Name is being abandoned: THE CARRILLO PROFESSIONAL BUILDING at 1371 Holiday Hill Road, Goleta, CA 93117; The original statement for use of this Fictitious Business Name was filed 09/26/2018 in the County of Santa Barbara. Original file no. 2018‑0002641. The person (s) or entities abandoning use of this name are as follows: Terrance L. Mc Gowan (same address) This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Dec. 11, 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 Maria F Sanchez, Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HEAD TO TOE at 887 Linden Ave Carpinteria, CA 93013; Adrina Zazueta 1227 Cacique St Santa Barbara, CA 93103 conducted by a Individual Signed: Adrina Zazueta Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 18, 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 Maria F. Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0002853. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FIGS AND CHOCOLATE at 6850 Shadowbrook Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Cassandra Durtschi (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Thomas Brian. FBN Number: 2019‑0002766. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

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Tom Robbins, writer (1936 -- ) Humanist Society of Santa Barbara

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1 “Don’t Know Why” singer Jones 6 Wheat center 10 Ruby, for one 13 Kind of acid in proteins 14 One who writes “Happy Birthday” 15 “Rendezvous With ___” (Arthur C. Clarke novel) 16 Ink with obvious spelling errors?

18 Cable sports award 19 Historic stretch 20 Inexpensive beer, for short 21 Andorra la ___ (capital city) 22 Move furtively 24 Ape cousin 25 The study of eggs from certain parrot relatives?

29 Follow to the letter 30 Green, frowning symbol of poison prevention 31 “About the author” info 32 Unidentified slime threatening animals in captivity?

35 “Aaron Burr, ___” (“Hamilton” song) 38 Put away 39 Vibrant glow 40 Brass band sound inspired by a marsupial?

45 Post production?

46 “The House That Gave ___ Treats” (2001 Halloween Homestar Runner cartoon) 47 Lease out again 48 2006 and 2011 W.S. champs

49 “Arabian Nights” flying creature 52 “Mockingbird” singer Foxx 53 Altogether unlike the Addams Family?

57 Stable locks?

58 Cheese with an edible rind 59 “The Magic Flute,” e.g.

60 Opposite of WSW 61 Passed easily 62 Supreme Court justice since 2010

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1 Rapper ___ Dogg 2 Ilhan of the “Squad” 3 Moreno of “One Day at a Time” 4 Kitchen pest 5 Commotion 6 “Buon ___!”

7 “Foucault’s Pendulum” author Umberto 8 Agent 9 ___ Peacock (Clue suspect) 10 Fake wood in a fireplace 11 Hire on 12 Quetzalcoatl worshiper 15 Nike competitor 17 “In memoriam” writeup, briefly 21 Market price 22 Word before line or box 23 Largest living lizards, to pet lovers 24 R&B quartet ___ II Men 25 Core with kernels 26 Kimono band 27 Satya Nadella, for one 28 Guerrero gold

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32 Restaurant guide publisher 33 Roller derby track shape 34 Above, to a bard 35 “How’s it goin’?”

36 Glass with a narrative 37 “Yay, team!”

38 “Gesundheit” elicitor 39 “Inside ___ Schumer” 40 Tool’s Maynard James ___ 41 “Garfield” girlfriend 42 Gave the boot 43 Bi-, quadrupled 44 Words often before “I get it ...”

45 Felonious deed 49 “The Man Who Fell To Earth” director Nicolas 50 Gumbo vegetable 51 Ink cartridge color 53 Bucks’ gp.

54 Dungeons & Dragons humanoid 55 Overtime situation 56 ___-Locka (suburb of Miami) ©2019 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords. com) For answers to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 cents per minute. Must be 18+. Or to bill to your credit card, call: 1-800-655-6548. Reference puzzle #0958

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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: ILY BEAUTY at 7060 Hollister Ave, Ste 103 Goleta, CA 93117; Ly Truc Tran 6626 Picasso Rd, Apt 36 Goleta, CA 93117 conducted by a Individual Signed: Ly Truc Tran Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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: 2019‑0002850. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: OFF THE CURB at 1117 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Lynne Desmond Cage 2814 Puesta Del Sol Santa Barbara, CA 93105 conducted by a Individual Signed: Lynne Desmond Cage Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 08, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck.

FBN Number: 2019‑0002801.

Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: PACK MULE MOVERS at 366 Ribera Dr Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Adam Dyrenforth (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Adam Dyrenforth Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 18, 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 John Beck.

FBN Number: 2019‑0002856.

Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EL GATO, OAKY DOKEY, OH, HAY ROSE at 5069 Presquille Drive Santa Maria, CA 93455; Parker Parker, LLC 721 Crater Camp Dr Monte Nido, CA 91302 conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 08, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera.

FBN Number: 2019‑0002803.

Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: INNATE BEAUTY at 130 S. Hope Ave. Space #F 127, Suite 103 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Laura Araceli Perez 7615 Dartmoor Ave. Goleta, CA 93117 conducted by a Individual Signed: Laura Perez Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 18, 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 Maria F. Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0002855. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: DEAN at 6100 Hollister Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Jennifer Shively 26 W. Constance Ave #8 Santa Barbara, CA 93105 conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Maria F. Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0002810. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CORNER TAP at 201 Santa Cruz Boulevard Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Mesa Brew, LLC (same address) conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Maria F. Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0002885. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HITS at 2525 Santa Barbara St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; High Temperature Superconductors, LLC (same address) conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 John Beck.

FBN Number: 2019‑0002902.

Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ANACAPA VAPOR at 4 W De La Guerra St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Benjamin L W Pierce 857 Arbor Ave Ventura, CA 93003 conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Maria Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0002778. Published: Nov 27.

Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: MICO NONET at 605 San Roque Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Efe Baltacigil 3009 West Barrett St. Seattle, WA 98199; Paul Lafollette 2678 California St., #2 San Francisco, CA 94115; Carrie Dennis 2250 Cove Ave Los Angeles, CA 90039; Katherine Needleman 8024 Rider Ave Towson, MD 21204; Joshua Lee Kramer 605 San Roque Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105 conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0002905.

Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CRAVIOTTO BROS ENTERPRISES at 500 Puente Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Darlene S. Levien Craviotto 6230 Malborough Drive Goleta, CA 93117; Daniel F. Craviotto Jr 500 Puente Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93110; James Craviotto 1806 Robbins Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Maria Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0002896. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: NEXTGEN EVENTS at 99 Cardinal Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Adriana Elkington (same address) Michael Elkington (same address) conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 22, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2019‑0002915. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

The City of Santa Barbara Department of Public Works, in accordance with National Flood Insurance Program regulation 65.7(b)(1), hereby gives notice of the City of Santa Barbara’s intent to revise the flood hazard information, generally located between W. Carrillo Street and W. Cabrillo Blvd and between Ladera Street and Santa Barbara Street. Specifically, the flood hazard information will be revised along Lower Mission Creek from the W. Cabrillo Street Bridge to W. Carrillo Street Bridge. As a result of the revision, the 1% annual chance floodplain will narrow within the area of revision. There are also areas where the 1% annual chance floodplain will be established.

Maps and detailed analysis of the revision can be reviewed at the City of Santa Barbara Public Works office at 630 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93102. Interested persons may call Brian D’Amour, PE at (805) 897-2661 for additional information from 8:00am to 5:00pm.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AGUIRRE’S CLEANING SERVICE at 673 Carina Drive Lompoc, CA 93436; Gerardo A g u i r re (same a d d re s s ) Norma Aguirre (same address) conducted by a Married Couple Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2019‑0002879. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: BASH TILE at 712 W Anapamu Street Apt #7 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Bashyr Magomet Bochayev (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 25, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

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

FBN Number: 2019‑0002927.

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: D. SHELTON STUDIOS at 801 Cold Springs Rd Santa barbara, CA 93108; David Shelton (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Maria Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0002892. Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME S TAT E M E N T T h e f o l l o w i n g person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA WOOD FIRED PIZZA, SB WOOD FIRED PIZZA at 2840‑B De La Vina St Santa Barbara, CA 93105; RQ Project Inc 16849 Bircher St. Granada Hills, CA 91344 conducted by a Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Maria F. Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0002882 Published: Dec 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CLEAR ESTHETICS at 30 W Mission St Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Satara Arthaud I.E. 1489 Owl Ridge Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105 conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Maria Sanchez.

FBN Number: 2019‑0002864.

Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE WELLNESS MOVEMENT, INC. at 1629 Garden Street #1 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; The Wellness Movement, Inc. (same address) conducted by a Corporation Signed: Cynthia Abrami‑President Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Maria Sanchez.

FBN Number: 2019‑0002770.

Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA OFFICE FURNITURE at 5390 Overpass Rd #4 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; (same address) conducted by a Corporation Signed: Gilbert J. Regalado Sr. Owner Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 25, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck.

FBN Number: 2019‑00029250.

Published: Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JAMES H. CORDES AND ASSOCIATES at 831 State Street #205 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; James H Cordes 1223 Manitou Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 07, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Maria F. Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0002795. Published: Dec 5, 12, 19, 26 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: SOL ET LUNA at 121 W Pueblo St. Suite 14 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Paul Zagala 460 Fellowship Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93109 conducted by a Individual Signed: Paul Zagala Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 2, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Rachel Becerra.

FBN Number: 2019‑0002956.

Published: Dec 5, 12, 19, 26 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: GLOBAL SYSTEM TRADE & SERVICES at 100 Oceano Ave Ste 11 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Adama Perry Traore (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 John Beck.

FBN Number: 2019‑0002932.

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PRESCHOOL PATHWAYS at 7 W. Figueroa St., Ste 300 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Preschool Pathways LLC (same address) conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: COLLEEN BANNON, PRESIDENT Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Maria F. Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0002868. Published: Dec 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: REL CYCLERY at 5085 Oleander Pl. Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Alex Chen (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0002884. Published: Dec 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LA CHAPALA MARKET at 5780 Hollister Ave Goleta, CA 93117; Lourdes De Maria Ramos 838 Montclair Dr. Santa Paula, CA 93060 conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov 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 Maria F. Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0002942. Published: Dec 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE ORNAMENT COMPANY at 498 Toro Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Julie Armour Seefeld (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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 Maria F Sanchez.

FBN Number: 2019‑0003034.

Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PIP PRINTING, MARKETING & SIGNS at 5735 Hollister Ave, Unit A Goleta, CA 93117; Juice Island, INC (same address) conducted by a Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 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 Jazmin Murphy. FBN Number: 2019‑0002876. Published: Dec 12, 19, 26, Jan 2, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GOLDEN LINE COFFEE at 618 Anacapa St. #A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Christopher Brocco 7620 Hollister Ave, Unit 221, Goleta, CA 93117 conducted by a Individual Signed: Chris Brocco Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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 John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0003037. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: COURT CONNECTION at 315 Meigs Road, A130, Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Colleen Dennis (same address) Nicole Koger 2386 Fair Oaks Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95825 conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Colleen Dennis Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 5, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0003022. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RESILIENCE INSTITUTE OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA at 1032 E Mason St, Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Jacqueline Inda (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: Jacqueline Inda Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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: 2019‑0003083.

Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LUNCHBOX at 3400 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Jennifer Shively 26 W Constance Ave #8, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 conducted by a Individual Signed: Jennifer Shively Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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: 2019‑0003025.

Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ARMADA WORLD at 1218 Harbor Hills Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93109; ARMADA WORLD LLC (same address) conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Farzad Mobin, President Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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: 2019‑0003081.

Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: VIZMA at 1230 Coast Village Cir Ste F, Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Vija Hodosy 5519 Cameo Road, Carpinteria, CA 93013 conducted by a Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 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: 2019‑0002938. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ANGELS NAILS & SPA at 1825 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Kim T Le, 9630 Cardinal Ave, Westminster, CA 92683 conducted by a Individual Signed: Kim T Le Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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 John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0003070. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: GRASONS COMPANY SELECT CENTRAL COAST at 633 E. De La Guerra #34, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Taca Inc. 400 Mountain Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93103 conducted by a Corporation Signed: Anthony Aguilar, President Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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 John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0003091. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: REP YOUR MAX, REP YOUR MAX FITNESS at 35 Compass Lane Unit 309, Goleta, CA 93117; Jared Martinez (same address), Vincent Martinez (same address) conducted by a General Partnership Signed: Vincent Martinez Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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 Maria F Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0003094. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE BRICKKICKER INSPECTION SERVICES at 101 Oceano Ave #11, Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Crotty Properties LLC (same address) conducted by a Limited Liability Company Signed: Dan Crotty Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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 Maria F Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0003033. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CENTER FOR JUNGIAN AND DEPTH PSYCHOLOGYat 2015 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Jean Palmer‑Daley 5486 Rincon Beach Park Dr, Ventura, CA 93001 conducted by a Individual Signed: Jean Palmer‑Daley Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 5, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Maria F Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0003025. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HERALD SQUARE PUBLISHING at 310 Lighthouse Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Nittany Valley Productions, Inc. (same address) conducted by a Corporation Signed: Paul Levine, President Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 3, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0002972. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THE SANTA BARBARA ORTHOPAEDIC FOOT & ANKLE CENTER at 5333 Hollister Ave #160, Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Matthew James Harrison 5689 Berkeley Rd Goleta, CA 93117 Steven Wayne Pearson 1128 Nirvana Rd Santa Barbara, CA 93101 conducted by a General Partnership Signed: SUSAN E. PEARSON Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 2, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0002952. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KEYT‑TV KKFX‑TV at 730 Miramonte Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109; NPG OF CALIFORNIA, LLC 730 Miramonte Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93109 State: MO conducted by Limited Liability Company Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 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 Rachel Becerra.

FBN Number: 2019‑0002907.

Published: Dec 12, 19, 26, Jan 2, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ISAAC CUSTOM WELDING at 709 E. Mason St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Isaac Anguiano 218 S. Steckel Dr Santa Paula, CA 93060 conducted by Individual Signed: ISAAC ANGUIANO Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 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 Maria F Sanchez.

FBN Number: 2019‑0002909.

Published: Dec 12, 19, 26, Jan 2, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: FIGUEROA LAW GROUP at 922 State Street, Suite A2 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Central Coast Law Group, LLP (same address) conducted

by Limited Liability Partnership Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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 Margarita Silva. FBN Number: 2019‑0003016. Published: Dec 12, 19, 26, Jan 2, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LIFE AND WHIMSY at 2110 Hermosa Court, Lompoc, CA 93436; Melissa Mercer (same address) conducted

by Individual Signed: Melissa Mercer Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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: 2019‑0002988. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: THRIVE EXECUTIVE SERVICES at 6572 1/2 Stagecoach Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Stephanie Bateman (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: STEPHANIE BATEMAN Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 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 John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0003060. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AYR at 6553 Camino Ve n t u ro s o , Goleta, CA 93117; John Brian Dawson (same address) conducted by Individual Signed: John Brian Dawson Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 25, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN Number: 2019‑0002923. Published: Dec 12, 19, 26, Jan 2, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ORI PUBLICATIONS at 2441 Borton Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Elihu Moshe Gevirtz (same address) Lucinda Rae Gevirtz (same address) conducted by A Married Couple Signed: ELIHU M. GEVIRTZ Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 5, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Maria F Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0003021. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ARLO MOON SALON at 130 S. Hope Ave Space #F127 Suite 122 Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Emma Fader 122 Cardinal Ave Goleta, CA 93117 conducted

by Individual Signed: EMMA FADER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 2, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0002953. Published: Dec 12, 19, 26, Jan 2, 2020.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SANTA BARBARA WINE CONCIERGE at 830B Poinsettia Way Goleta, CA 93111; Sarah Robin (same address) conducted

by Individual Signed: SARAH ROBIN Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 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 John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0002805. Published: Dec 12, 19, 26, Jan 2, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ROOTED SANTA BARBARA at 1111 Chapala Street Suite 200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Santa Barbara Foundation (same address) conducted by Corporation Signed: JONATHAN BOWER Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 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 Maria F Sanchez. FBN Number: 2019‑0002904. Published: Dec 12, 19, 26, Jan 2, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CA’DARIO MONTECITO at 1187 Coast Village Rd, STE. 3C; CICCIOLO, INC. (same address) conducted by Corporation Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 3, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: 2019‑0002969. Published: Dec 12, 19, 26, Jan 2, 2020.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: LOVEN BAKERY at 312 Cordova Drive #2, Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Christina Koontz (same address) conducted

by Individual Signed: Filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 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 John Beck. FBN Number: 2019‑0002811.

Published: December 12, 19, 26, January 2, 2020.

NAME CHANGE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF NIKKI ANDRIA REID ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV05876 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: NIKKI ANDRIA REID TO: REID NIKKI ANDRIA CARR RYAN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING January 15, 2020 9:30am, Dept 6, Civil Court, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the Santa Barbara Independent, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in this

county, at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated November 7, 2019

by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published: Dec 5, 12, 19, 26 2019.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF VINCENT PAGLIARO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV05439 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: ABIGAIL LYNN PORTER TO: ABIGAIL LYNN‑MAE PAGLIARO THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING January 22, 2020 9:30am, Dept 6, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the 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 Nov 26, 2019

by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Dec 05, 12, 19, 26 2019.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF SHANNON JARRETT ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV05766 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: SHANNON JARRETT TO: ZYAN REIGNA AVRAHAM THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING January 15, 2020 9:30am, Dept 6, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the 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 November 7, 2019

by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF LUCAS PINOLI RICKMAN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV06164 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: LUCAS PINOLI RICKMAN TO: LUKE MATTHEW PINOLI THE COURT ORDERS that all

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NOTICE OF HEARING January 22, 2020 9:30am, Dept 6, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the 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 December 04 2019

by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published. Dec 12, 19, 26, Jan 2, 2020.

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF DENISE DENION ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE NUMBER: 19CV06220 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: BAILEY MILA VESSLUND DENION TO: IRIS BAILEY VESSLUND DENION THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING January 22, 2020 9:30am, Dept 6, Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 A copy of this order to Show Cause shall be published in the 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 November 26, 2019 by Pauline Maxwell, Judge of the Superior Court. Published: Dec 19, 26, Jan 2, 9, 2020.

PUBLIC NOTICES EXTRA SPACE STORAGE will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 6640 Discovery Drive, Goleta, CA 93117 December 31, 2019 @ 3:30PM Sandra Shields Patio furniture, table, boxes, memorabilia Anthony Munoz Personal Patrick Ortiz Personal Cesar Martinez Office Items, Personal Jose Farias Tools, Homegoods, Personal Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

SUMMONS SUMMONS ‑ (Family Law) NOTICE TO REPONDENT: JUAN C. LEON AVISO AL DEMANDANDO: Petitioner’s name is: FRANCISCA DE LA LUZ Nombre del demandante: CASE NUMBER: (Numero del caso) 19FL00569

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL‑120) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter, phone call will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self‑Help Center (www. courts.ca.gov/selfhelp), at the California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

NOTICE‑RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE ON PAGE 2: are effective against both spouses or domestic partners until the petition is dismissed, a judgment is entered, or the court makes further orders.

These orders are enforceable anywhere in California by any law enforcement officer who has received or seen a copy of them.

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

Tiene 30 dias calendario despues de haber recibido la entrega legal de esta Citacion y Peticion para presentar una Respuesta (formulario FL‑120) ante la corte y efectuar la entrega legal de una copia al demandante. Una carta o llamada telefonica o una audiencia de la corte no basta para protegerto.

Si no presenta su Respuesta a tiempo, la corte puede dar ordenes que afecten su matrimonio o pareja de hecho, sus bienes y la custodia de sus hijos. La corte tambien le puede ordenar que pague manutencion, y honorarios y costos legales.

Para asesoramiento legal, pongase en contacto de inmediato con un abogado. Puede obtener informacion para encountrar un abogado en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov), en el sitio web de los Servicios Legales de California (www.lawhelpca.org) o poniendose en contacto con el colegio de abogados de su condado.

AVISO‑LAS ORDENES DE RESTRICCION SE ENCUENTRAN EN LA PAGINA 2: valen para ambos conyuges o pareja de hecho hasta que se despida la peticion, se emita un fallo o la corte de otras ordenes. Cualquier autoridad de la ley que haya recibido o visto una copia de estas ordenes puede hacerlas acerlas acater en cualquier lugar de California. EXENCION DE CUOTAS: Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario un formulario de exencion de cuotas. La corte puede ordenar que usted pague, ya sea en parte o por completo, las cuotas y costos de la corte previamente exentos a peticion de usted o de la otra parte.

1.The name and address of the court are (El nombre y direccion de la corte son): SANTA BARBARA SUPERIOR COURT 1100 Anacapa St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: Francisca De La Luz P.O. Box 4384 Santa Barbara, CA 93140; (805‑729‑3298) (El nombre, direcion y numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del demandante si no tiene abogado, son): Dated March 15, 2019.

Darrel E. Parker, Execcutive Officer; Clerk, by (Secretario, por) Yuliana Razo Deputy (Asistente) Published Nov 27. Dec 5, 12, 19 2019.

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